nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: oloroso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish olor Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old Spanish -oso Spanish -oso Spanish olorosobor. English oloroso Borrowed from Spanish oloroso. 1. A type of sherry, darker and smoother than fino sherry, used as a base for sweetened sherries. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: explanandum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin explanandum. 1. That which is to be explained (cf. explanans). Example: Yet the most convincing thing was not this sense of familiarity, or the shards of explananda that my theory could account for.
Word: nett Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of net (remaining after expenses or deductions). Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, not-comparable Example: nett price; nett weight
Word: nett Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of net. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: intonate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1795; borrowed from Medieval Latin intonātus, perfect passive participle of intonō (“to vocalize, chant”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from in- (inchoative prefix) + tonus (“pitch, tone”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix); doublet of intone. Cognate with French entonner, Italian intonare. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəʊneɪt/ 1. To intone or recite (words), especially emphatically or in a chanting manner. Labels: dated, intransitive, transitive Example: […] we have no doubt whatever that the recitation of verse on the stage was of an artificial and semi-musical character. It was undoubtedly much more sustained and intonated with a slow and measured stateliness, which, whilst harmonizing it with the other circumstances of solemnity in Greek tragedy, would bring it nearer to music. Example: His manner on the platform and his speech were those of a drony, sing-song, intonating Episcopal minister, devoid of life and spirit. 2. To say or speak with a certain intonation. Labels: dated, transitive Example: “Is this Mr. O’Connor’s chamber?” inquired a voice of peculiar richness, intonated not unpleasingly with a certain melodious modification of the brogue […] Example: Miss Bremer talked plentifully in her strange manner—good English enough for a foreigner, but so oddly intonated and accented, that it is impossible to be sure of more than one word in ten. 3. To intone or vocalize (musical notes); to sound the tones of the musical scale; to practise the sol-fa. Labels: dated, transitive Example: The composer so ordered it, that the king’s part should be one holding note, in a pitch proper for a Contratenor, for that was the king’s voice. Nor was he inattentive to other particulars, for he contrived his own part, which was the Bass, in such a manner, that every other note he sung was an octave to that of the king, which prevented his majesty from deviating from that single note which he was to intonate. Example: 1844, The order for morning and evening prayer, and the Litany : with plain-tune, according to the use of the United Church of England and Ireland, London: J. Burns,Editor’s Preface, A comma or colon was intonated by the fall of a minor third from the key-note on the ultimate or penultimate and ultimate syllables of the clause […]
Word: intonate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1631; borrowed from Latin intonātus, perfect passive participle of intonō (“to thunder forth”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To thunder or to utter in a sonorous or thunderous voice. Labels: obsolete Example: But agaynst all such as contemne the holy scriptures & cast awaye the law of theyr LORDE God, wyllynge neither to enter them selues, nor yet suffryng other, christ intonateth and thonderethe on this manner […] Example: […] I hold a Prince ought not vvholly to neglect Military Affairs, but verſe himſelf in, and accuſtome himſelf to them, that he may intonate fear into Neighbours, […]
Word: sofrito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish sofrito. Doublet of soffritto. 1. A sautéed mixture of chopped onions, garlic, and tomato and/or (chili) peppers, and sometimes carrots, celery, and/or herbs, used as the beginning point of a dish, especially in Hispanic or Portuguese cuisine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Should I do it?" Jimmy asked again, finishing off his beer and using a piece of bread to sop up the sofrito.
Word: granularities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of granularity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax. 1. Interest on money; usury; increase. Labels: dialectal
Word: oker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oker, okur, okir, okyr, ocker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg- (“to add, increase”). Cognate with Scots ocker (“usury”), Icelandic ókur (“usury”), Swedish ocker (“usury”), German Wucher (“usury”), Dutch woeker (“usury”), Old English wōcor (“increase, growth, fruit, usury”), Gothic 𐍅𐍉𐌺𐍂𐍃 (wōkrs, “interest, usury, tax”), Latin augere (“to increase”). More at eke, wax. 1. To increase (in price); add to. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: oker Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ochre. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: oker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of oka (“unit of measurement”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Comparatively speaking, the Greek peasantry are wealthy; — a circumstance which, in most cases, produces contentment in the matrimonial state. I say wealthy, because, even in the interior of the country, a peasant can always gain his drachma per day; out of which he will buy an oker of bread (two pounds and a half,) which will cost him twenty-four leptas; […]
Word: anchorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor 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 anchorable From anchor + -able. 1. Capable of being anchored. Labels: not-comparable 2. That can be used as an anchorage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: immaturities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immaturity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Florence flask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Florence + flask, from a resemblance to wine bottles once used in the area around Florence in Italy 1. A glass flask with a round body used in a laboratory for holding chemical liquids and solutions. Normally with a round bottom for uniform heating, but may have a flattened base to stand on a flat surface without support.
Word: round-bottomed flask Part of Speech: noun 1. A glass flask used in a laboratory for holding chemical liquids and solutions, which has a spherical shape for uniform heating, and one or more long cylindrical necks.
Word: bivouacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bivouac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bivouacs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bivouac Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: volumetric flask Part of Speech: noun 1. A glass flask used in a laboratory for holding chemical liquids and solutions. They are similar in shape to a Florence flask, but with a longer neck and wider flat bottom. The neck is marked so that a particular volume of liquid can be measured with high precision.
Word: helmsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of helmsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dere Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dere Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dere Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Büchner flask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the industrial chemist Ernst Büchner. 1. A type of glass flask used in a laboratory similar to an Erlenmeyer flask, but with a side spout used for connection to an aspirator.
Word: I'se Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative spelling of I's Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction, dialectal, nonstandard Example: 1907, McClure's Magazine, Page 416, I jes' ‘mence tellin' ‘er all ‘bout ‘ow I'se comin' down de road, an' all ‘bout ole man where's […] Example: 1966, “I'se the B'y”, by Dick Nolan I'se the b'y that builds the boat And I'se the b'y that sails her I'se the b'y that catches the fish And brings 'em home to Liza
Word: vrat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vrata. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fishnets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fishnet Labels: form-of, plural 2. Pairs or a pair of stockings made of fishnet fabric.
Word: studen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian сту́день (stúdenʹ). 1. Synonym of kholodets. Labels: uncountable Example: But perhaps the most popular Russian entrees are studen and jellied suckling pig, the latter served with horseradish and cream. Example: Mrs. Petrunin had short notice about her guest (her husband simply phoned from the office), but she is most gracious and produces a splendid supper consisting of studen, a kind of jellied meat; small tomatoes from the farm’s hothouse; vinigrette, a salad of canned crab (it looks and tastes like lobster and is from Baikal lake in Siberia), eggs and peas; sardelki, a large thick boiled sausage; mashed potatoes; bananas (imported, probably from Israel), apples, cookies, candy (Little Red Riding Hood brand) and tea.
Word: bijel Part of Speech: noun 1. A bicontinuous form of emulsion stabilised by solid particles
Word: 'tweren't Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From ’twere + -n't. 1. Contraction of it + were + not. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: 'twasn't Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From ’twas + -n’t. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɒ.zn̩t/ 1. Contraction of it + was + not. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: Bazza Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Barry (or any personal name starting Ba-) + -zza. Pronunciation: /ˈbæzə/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Barry. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK Example: “Barry, you've been on the Coast too long. Tomorrow morning I'm going to organize a job for you elsewhere. I'd start packing if I were you.” However, Bazza wasn't put off that easily. 2. A diminutive of the male given name Basil. Labels: Australia, Ireland, UK Example: ‘I′m standing at me own door, Bazza. Nothing illegal in that, is there?’ ‘Do you want a lift, Basil?’ I asked him.
Word: écarté Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French écarté (“discarded”). 1. A card game in which one can discard certain cards from one's hand and replace them with cards from the deck. Labels: uncountable
Word: spettle Part of Speech: noun 1. Spittle. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Salivation (salivatio) a continual having of much spettle in the mouth.
Word: reverso Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the left-hand pages of a book.
Word: ophidians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ophidian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wellwiller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of well-willer. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: wellwillers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wellwiller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spit up Part of Speech: verb 1. To regurgitate or vomit. Labels: especially, intransitive, transitive Example: The baby spat up her breakfast. Example: Don't show the dead bird to him; he'll just spit up.
Word: spit-up Part of Speech: noun 1. Digestive fluids and other stomach contents which are regurgitated or vomited, especially by a child. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Dana Lowey Luttway anointed her son Daniel Henri "the king of spit-up" but was inspired by his daily rejections to create her first invention: the ParentSmock, a cotton bib made for parents.
Word: put down roots Part of Speech: verb 1. To establish oneself in a place; to become settled. Labels: idiomatic Example: It might be hard for her to leave London after all these years: she's put down roots there. Example: I haven't put down roots in this town yet, 'cause I've got trouble making friends here.
Word: cuvettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuvette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circannual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed as Latin circā (“about”) + annual, after circadian. 1. Of biological processes: having or occurring in annual cycles or periods Labels: not-comparable Example: Light pollution can interfere with the circannual migration of birds. Example: […] because morbidity and mortality from cardiovascular disease also reveal statistically significant circadian and circannual rhythms.
Word: genocides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genocide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genocides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of genocide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: curs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pullies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pully Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of pulley Labels: form-of, plural Example: […] the whole would amount to 320000 pounds; half of which would be lightened by the help of one pulley, three quarters by two pullies, and so onward […]
Word: herradura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish herradura (“horseshoe”). 1. A curved masonry wall characteristic of the Ancestral Puebloan road network.
Word: dry out Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause moisture to be completely removed from; to make dry. Labels: transitive Example: Placing socks on the radiator will dry them out more quickly. 2. To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed; to become dry. Labels: intransitive Example: Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on. 3. To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial, idiomatic 4. To become less oily, affecting play, after being oiled up. Labels: intransitive
Word: dries out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dry out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: drying out Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dry out Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dried out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dry out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dried out Part of Speech: adj 1. Old; worn out; useless.
Word: dries up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dry up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: drying up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dry up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Paphian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Paphius [from Ancient Greek Πάφιος (Páphios), from Πάφος (Páphos, “Paphos”) + -ιος (-ios)] + English -an. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪfɪən/ 1. Of, from or relating to Paphos, the mythical birthplace of the goddess of love on the island of Cyprus. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the Paphian deitie, Example: Then thus incensed, the Paphian queen replies: / "Obey the power from whom thy glories rise: / Should Venus leave thee, every charm must fly, / Fade from thy cheek, and languish in thy eye. / Cease to provoke me, lest I make thee more / The world’s aversion, than their love before; / Now the bright prize for which mankind engage, / Than, the sad victim, of the public rage." 2. Pertaining to love or sexual desire, especially when illicit. Labels: literary, not-comparable Example: Cease admiration, sit to Cupid's feast, / The preparation to Paphian dalliance. Example: I lay, as it were, in the Paphian bower of bliss, in a state of exquisite sensations quite impossible to describe.
Word: Paphian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Paphius [from Ancient Greek Πάφιος (Páphios), from Πάφος (Páphos, “Paphos”) + -ιος (-ios)] + English -an. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪfɪən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Paphos. Example: Then there is the mastus. Apollodorus the Cyrenæan, as Pamphilus says, states that this is a name given to drinking-cups by the Paphians. 2. A prostitute. Labels: literary Example: They reach'd the hotel: forth stream'd from the front door / A tide of well-clad waiters, and around / The mob stood, and as usual several score / Of those pedestrian Paphians who abound / In decent London when the daylight's o'er; / Commodious but immoral, they are found / Useful, like Malthus, in promoting marriage. Example: A smile I had learned to know elsewhere lurked at one corner of my paphian's mouth.
Word: dried up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dry up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dried up Part of Speech: adj 1. Dry; having run out of water or liquid. 2. Of a person, wrinkled from age. Example: The door was opened by an odd, swarthy, dried-up person of uncertain age, with a dark pilot jacket and brown leather gaiters.
Word: underpant Part of Speech: noun 1. Attributive form of underpants. Labels: attributive, form-of Example: Helene looked at the pallid child—her baby, whatever the world might say, even if the other woman was his mother fifty times over. He was wearing his pretty blue Sunday smock, and it was so filthy in front that it was practically matted. And one underpant leg hung down to the top of his boot. Example: A leading hosiery manufacturer who is responsible for a successful supermarket pantyhose has recently been unsuccessful in approaching several underpant manufacturers proposing that they produce a panty for them to be marketed exclusively in convenience outlets.
Word: parorexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From par- + -orexia. 1. An abnormal craving to eat objects not normally considered food. Labels: uncountable
Word: Paphians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Paphian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Aramaic דּוּכָּנָאbor. Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān)bor. Swahili dukabor. English duka From Swahili duka, from Arabic دُكَّان (dukkān), from Aramaic דּוּכָּנָא (dukkānā, “dais”), from Akkadian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠takkannu, dakkannu, dukkannu⁠/, “dais, platform, bench; niche, bedroom, private chambers or quarters”), ultimately from Sumerian 𒆠𒍇 (/⁠daggan⁠/, “chamber, doorway or its frame, niche in a wall”). 1. A shop, store. Labels: Kenya Example: This series […] was the only interesting reading material you could find on the half-empty shelves of Nairobi dukas that called themselves bookshops but mostly sold school texts and dust-coated magazines.
Word: farctate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin farctus + -ate (verb-forming suffix), perfect passive participle of farciō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. Stuffed; filled solid. Labels: obsolete Example: Stem stout and farctate. Example: In species such as P. lejolisii, the young tetrasporangia are pigmented and the sporangium remains farctate throughout development, with the eventual septa appearing as thin lines in side view. 2. Full. Labels: broadly Example: A statement farctate with meaning for those who throughout the years have made Brown Hall their home. Example: It is farctate with the sort of statistics that paper-writers love quoting. 3. Stuffed; full from overeating. Example: In the hotel restaurant, we had a seventeen-course banquet that we washed down with vodka, cognac, and beer. We walked out farctate, belching, and flatulent. Example: Samuel guzzled some golden liquid from a hip-flask plucked from a pocket of his brocaded dark blue jacket (which clashed outrageously, as every item of his clothing always did, with every other, with his orange cravat, maroon shirt, “M' favourite wesskit,” – taut over his farctate belly – of mustard yellow with pink buttons, red britches held up by another cravat, this one green, for a belt, orange socks – “To match the first cravat, of course!– and silver-buckled shoes so shiny black as to be ugly).
Word: locavore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loca(l) + -vore. Coined by Jen Maiser, Jessica Prentice, Sage Van Wing, and DeDe Sampson, co-founders of the “Locavores” web site in 2005. 1. One who tries to eat only locally grown foods. Labels: neologism Example: So I do think that there is a wonderful opportunity for us to find a carbon-neutral energy source where it is not only a beneficial model environmentally but we are sort of becoming forest and energy locavores, if you will, and so that is what we are trying to establish through this idea of a community wood energy program where we would be using, you know, town forests to actually supply town energy needs so that people can actually see the costs and the impacts of where their energy is coming from. Example: They are a locavore’s (someone who eats food produced within 100 miles of he lives) paradise.
Word: apparat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃- Proto-Indo-European *pr̥h₃o- Proto-Italic *paro- 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 Proto-Italic *parāō Latin parō Latin apparō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin apparātusder. Russian аппара́т (apparát)bor. English apparat Borrowed from Russian аппара́т (apparát, “apparatus, apparat”). Doublet of apparatus. 1. The Soviet machinery of state bureaucratic administration, or a similar communistic structure. Example: The second thing to absorb was that, behind all the spontaneity and eroticism and generalized “festival of the oppressed” merrymaking, a grim-faced Communist apparat was making preparations for an end to the revels and a serious seizure of the state.
Word: preta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit प्रेत (preta). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹeɪtə/ 1. A hungry ghost (a supernatural being in Buddhist folklore, the spirit of a greedy person whose divine retribution is never to be sated)
Word: spare the rod, spoil the child Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of spare the rod and spoil the child. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Berlin Wall Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl/, /ˈbɜː-/, /bɝˈlɪn wɔl/, /ˈbɝ-/ 1. A wall that parted the city of Berlin until 1989, constructed by the German Democratic Republic to keep East Germans from escaping to West Berlin.
Word: Berlin Wall Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɜːˈlɪn wɔːl/, /ˈbɜː-/, /bɝˈlɪn wɔl/, /ˈbɝ-/ 1. Any barrier designed to keep people from crossing a border, e.g. the one proposed to keep people from crossing from Mexico into the United States. 2. The Berlin Defence.
Word: ferrata Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɑːtə/ 1. Ellipsis of via ferrata. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: blink of an eye Part of Speech: noun 1. A moment (a very short period of time). Labels: idiomatic, uncountable, usually Example: Just a blink of an eye later, he was gone. Example: Mother, remember the blink of an eye / When I breathed through your body?
Word: mouillé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French mouillé (“wet, moist”). 1. Describing a palatal or palatalized consonant, particularly one historically derived from /l/ or /n/. Labels: not-comparable
Word: coalition of the willing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the early 1970s by MIT professor Lincoln P. Bloomfield and colleagues. 1. A group of countries whose leaders have been persuaded by another to take up a specific task, usually in the context of an invasion or war.
Word: peace for our time Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a speech by British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain in 1938, in which he stated that "peace for our time" would be the result of the Munich Agreement of 1938, intending to allay growing concerns that Nazi Germany posed a risk of starting another major European war. Invoked sarcastically, due to the outbreak of World War 2 only one year later. 1. Used to imply that the appeasement of an aggressor will not prevent further aggression in the future. Labels: sarcastic, uncountable 2. Used to evoke the idea of false political promises and false expectations. Labels: sarcastic, uncountable
Word: peace in our time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peace for our time. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Kannada ತೋಳ (tōḷa, “wolf”). Pronunciation: /dəʊl/, /dɒl/, /doʊl/ 1. An Asian wild dog, Cuon alpinus. Example: Mowgli's wanderings had taken him to the edge of the high grassy downs of the Dekkan, and he had seen the fearless dholes sleeping and playing and scratching themselves in the little hollows and tussocks that they use for lairs. Example: This whistling, a means of communication for a pack of dhole regrouping after an unsuccessful hunt, inspired the other common name of this species—the whistling dog.
Word: falk Part of Speech: noun 1. The razorbill. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: bise Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /baɪs/ 1. Alternative form of bice (blue pigment) Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: bise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bise. Pronunciation: /biːz/ 1. A cold and dry north wind; in particular in France, Switzerland, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: coronilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin coronilla, from Latin corona (“crown”) + Spanish -illa. Pronunciation: /ˌkɔɹəˈnɪlə/ 1. Any of the genus Coronilla of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets. 2. The lyreleaf greeneyes
Word: encephalon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”). Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsɛfələn/, /ɛnˈsɛfəlɒn/, /ɪn-/, /-ˈsɛfəlɑn/ 1. The area of central nervous system that includes all higher nervous centers, enclosed within the skull and continuous with the spinal cord; synonym of brain. Example: Meronyms: prosencephalon, telencephalon, diencephalon; mesencephalon; rhombencephalon, metencephalon, myelencephalon
Word: tie-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tie-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tie in Part of Speech: verb 1. To fit in or harmonize (with something). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: This paragraph does not tie in with the greater themes of the story. Example: "It works out perfectly for us," said Phoenix during an interview with CBC News that was at times interrupted by the sound of drills and saws. "It ties in nicely for our opening and it's just a good way to create a buzz with a new business." 2. For a local station to begin broadcasting an ongoing network transmission. Example: I believe Argentina has a network of about 20 or 25 stations that they can tie in. 3. To attach oneself to a rope using a secure knot.
Word: tie in Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tie-in. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tie ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tie in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pachanga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cuban Spanish pachanga. Pronunciation: /pʌˈt͡ʃɑŋɡʌ/ 1. A lively style of Cuban music and dance, a mixture of son montuno and merengue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fasti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fāstī. 1. The calendar, which gave the days for festivals, courts, etc., corresponding to a modern almanac. They were generally engraved on stone, e.g. marble Labels: Ancient-Rome, plural, plural-only 2. Records or registers of important events (outside the dominion of Ancient Rome) Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: splendiferousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English splendiferous Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English splendiferousness From splendiferous + -ness. 1. The state of being splendiferous. Labels: uncountable
Word: NIAC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Iranian American Council. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: enhanced interrogation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology at enhanced interrogation technique. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈhænst ɪnˌtɛɹəˌɡeɪʃən/, /ɪnˈhɑːnst ɪnˌtɛɹ.əˌɡeɪʃən/, /ɘnˈhaːnst ɘnˌteɹ.ɘˌɡæeʃɘn/ 1. The practice of using techniques normally considered torture that are claimed not to be torture according to a carefully parsed interpretation of legal language. Labels: US, countable, euphemistic, uncountable Example: In 2009, the Obama Administration released guidelines on enhanced interrogation written in 2003 and 2004 by the CIA Office of Medical Services. ^((OMS).1-3(appendix F)) The OMS guidelines, even in redacted form, and opinions from the US Department of Justice's (DOJ’s) Office of Legal Counsel show that CIA physicians, psychologists, and other health care personnel had important roles in enhanced interrogation. Example: If Cheney calls it enhanced interrogation, he argues, this still doesn’t change the meaning of the word torture, which Cheney and the public know perfectly well. But cognitive linguists like Lakoff (1996) remind us that the public can be manipulated into believing that torture is “merely” an enhanced interrogation technique and thus does not protest.
Word: inconnue Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of inconnu (fish) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: penger Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of peng: more peng Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: arp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of arpeggiator. 1. An arpeggiator. Labels: informal Example: "The arp can be applied to instruments by inserting it as a MIDI effect before your synth of choice."
Word: arp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of arpeggio. 1. An arpeggio. Labels: informal
Word: arp Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. 1. The bark of a seal. Example: All through the prayer he made little arp! arp! noises like a baby seal. Example: "ARP, ARP, ARP." George turned and saw the seal waddling down their side of the river.
Word: screaming bloody murder Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scream bloody murder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: convalidation Part of Speech: noun 1. In Roman Catholic canon law, the making of a putative marriage valid following the removal of some impediment. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A ceremony in which a marriage, such as a civil marriage, is made recognized by the church. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spiker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spike + -er. 1. One who spikes. 2. An engineer employed to drive in the nails that fasten the rails. 3. A mechanical device for driving in the nails.
Word: esclavage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French esclavage, for its resemblance to a slave's neck-chains. 1. A type of chain or bead necklace.
Word: Teslascope Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Tesla Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English Teslascope From Tesla + -scope. 1. A radio transceiver that was allegedly invented by Serbian scientist Nikola Tesla for communicating with extraterrestrial life.
Word: pavillon Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of pavilion. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: leint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 18th century. 1. To urinate in an alcoholic beverage to increase its strength.
Word: cadette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cadet + -ette. Pronunciation: /kəˈdɛt/ 1. A female cadet. Labels: Philippines, rare 2. A member of the Girl Scouts of the USA of a rank between junior and senior.
Word: gombo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gumbo (“stew, okra”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: tablero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tablero. 1. A panel or structure perpendicular to the ground and sitting upon the slope of the talud.
Word: compas Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of string music from Haiti Labels: uncountable
Word: synchronizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of synchronize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: synchronises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of synchronise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: synchronising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of synchronise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stick in the mud Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɪk.ɪn.ðəˌmʌd/ 1. A person unwilling to participate in activities; a curmudgeon or party pooper. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic Example: Have a little fun sometimes and don't be such a stick-in-the-mud. Example: "I don't hold back like you do. Even Tedd's dad can tell you're a stick-in-the-mud. That's why he made you the supervisor of this party." 2. More generally, one who is slow, old-fashioned, or unprogressive; an old fogey. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic Example: There’s a parallel here: the idea of Barbie dolls being in any way noxious seems, in the current climate, to be as hopelessly stick-in-the-mud a stance as the concept of selling out.
Word: vermine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of vermin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ramper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ramp + -er. 1. One of a gang of ruffians who intimidated bookmakers at races, claiming to have placed bets when they had not. Labels: historical
Word: bouffon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bouffon. 1. A style of performance focused on mockery, associated with French theater. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A clown or buffoon character. Labels: countable
Word: god-fearing Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of God-fearing and of godfearing. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: opp Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. Abbreviation of opposite. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: opp Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɒp/, /ɑp/ 1. An opponent; an enemy; the opposition. Labels: slang Example: Seeing the opps slumped in the front seats, I went for the duffel bag that was lying on the backseat. Example: The opps killed my man Snipes two years ago today. 2. Any person on unfriendly terms. Labels: broadly Example: When I saw her I fled on the spot man, me and her are opps. 3. Abbreviation of opportunity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The two regular job opps are in Geography and Battle Planning.
Word: fent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French fente, from Latin findēre (“to cleave”). 1. A slit or crack. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A remnant; an odd piece left over. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: fent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of fentanyl. 1. The drug fentanyl. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: uppe Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete spelling of up. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ilu Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ɪluː/ 1. Abbreviation of I love you. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang
Word: jonque Part of Speech: noun 1. A canary that is of a single color with no dark feathers. Example: I know not, indeed, if the artist could give the beautiful orange which distinguish ^([sic]) the jonque, or the mellowness of tint that pervades the mealy. Example: Canary-birds, however, are not likely to become extinct; […] each flock is said to have its own peculiar song, but we must not think the "jonques," so popular among us, form the majority in a flock.
Word: vertice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from vertices. Pronunciation: /ˈvɝtɪsiː/ 1. Alternative form of vertex. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: fritinancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Chirping, twittering. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: The Cicada is most upon trees; and lastly, the note or fritiniancy thereof is farre more shrill then that of the Locust. Example: Trees will make the old noises in my ears—their trunks lay the same purple stain along the path, and the grass, with a silver fritinancy, answer the same branch-noises; but the cause must be, as heretofore, wind, sun, and grasshopper!
Word: East Berliners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of East Berliner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: East Berliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From East Berlin + -er. 1. A resident of East Berlin. Labels: dated, historical
Word: tautologia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, from Ancient Greek. 1. Tautology. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: enzym Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of enzyme. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: remote desktop Part of Speech: noun 1. A real-time network mirroring of one computer's graphical display onto another computer (with or without knowledge of the mirrored computer's user, with or without shared mouse and keyboard interaction). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A specific software program that accomplishes that mirroring. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thereminist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English theremin Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English thereminist From theremin + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the theremin.
Word: thereminists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thereminist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oboists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oboist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riddle wrapped in an enigma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variation of Winston Churchill's quotation, made in a radio broadcast in October 1939. 1. Something very mysterious and hidden. Labels: idiomatic
Word: mazame Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mazama. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hammermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hammerman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laundrymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laundryman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handcraftsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handcraftsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gaso Part of Speech: prefix 1. Alternative form of gas-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: electron configuration Part of Speech: noun 1. The arrangement of electrons in an atom, molecule, or other physical structure like a crystal.
Word: reodorant Part of Speech: noun 1. A chemical additive designed to restore, enhance or disguise an odor. Example: Care must be taken never to use a reodorant to mask or cover up a toxic concentration of gas. Example: Some new material, the mask or reodorant which has something in common with the unwanted odour is added, eg an acid odour can be built up to a fruity note.
Word: raiments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raiment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electron capture detector Part of Speech: noun 1. An item of laboratory equipment used coupled to a gas chromatograph for the detection and quantification of very minute amounts halogenated organic compounds.
Word: ECD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electron capture detector. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of expanded-criteria donor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Ionians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Ionian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decimal places Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decimal place Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butt hinge Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, lid, covers, etc.; so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the frame, stop molding, and casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called a butt.
Word: arepa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Cumanagoto erepabor. Spanish arepabor. English arepa Borrowed from Spanish arepa. Pronunciation: /ɑˈɹɛpɑ/, /əˈɹɛpə/ 1. A type of cornbread originating from the northern Andes and resembling a tortilla. Example: The menu darts among Latin American cuisines like arepas, empanadas (a duo) and […] a gigantic Peruvian-style rotisserie chicken.
Word: barbacoa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa (whence also barbecue), from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Pronunciation: /ˌbɑː(ɹ)bəˈkoʊ.ə/ 1. Meat slow-cooked over an open fire, characteristic of Latin American cuisine. Labels: uncountable Example: At first Andablo tried to make barbacoa with cow heads, but something about American beef didn't taste right. "
Word: soldered Part of Speech: adj 1. Fastened by means of solder.
Word: soldered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of solder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: allineate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from the past participle of Italian allineare. 1. To align. Example: the intended base line allineated by placing a telescope a little beyond one of its proposed extremities
Word: solderings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soldering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: God bless you Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of it. Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily drop it. 1. May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally. Example: I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides! Example: You got that whole area cleaned up in one day? God bless you! I'll buy your coffee today! 2. Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you.
Word: adultry Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of adultery. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: nastiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of nasty: most nasty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: without a doubt Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. certainly; doubtlessly; unquestionably; indisputably; doubtless; surely; no doubt; without any doubt. Example: She is, without a doubt, the best singer in the competition. Example: Without a doubt, that was the most challenging hike we’ve done.
Word: ring-bark Part of Speech: verb 1. To girdle a tree; to kill a tree by removing a ring of bark, phloem, and cambium. Labels: transitive Example: Six or eight inches above this graft the stem should be ring-barked, but leaves above the ring-bark left for shade for two or three weeks […].
Word: ring-bark Part of Speech: noun 1. The bark removed by ring-barking. Labels: uncountable 2. The area of the tree from which the bark has been removed by ring-barking. Labels: uncountable
Word: gas syringe Part of Speech: noun 1. An item of laboratory equipment used to withdraw a volume of gas from a closed chemical system, for measurement and/or analysis.
Word: expansion adapter Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of laboratory apparatus used to connect equipment having ground glass joints of different sizes
Word: graduated cylinder Part of Speech: noun 1. An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a tall, narrow cylinder with a scale, or graduations marked up its length, which is used to measure liquids and solutions fairly accurately, but not precisely.
Word: measuring cylinder Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of graduated cylinder.
Word: ground glass joint Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several standard sized joints, made from ground glass, used to connect laboratory glassware without leaks.
Word: ground glass Part of Speech: noun 1. Glass having a rough, flat surface produced by abrasion or etching. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brewskies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brewsky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ahlspiessen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ahlspiess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pasteur pipette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the French scientist Louis Pasteur, who used them in his research. 1. An item of laboratory equipment consisting of a simple pipette with a very long, fine nose and a rubber bulb, used to draw small amounts of liquid from a chemical liquid or solution. Often used to separate two phases in a small sample.
Word: watch glass Part of Speech: noun 1. An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a simple, slightly concave circle of glass. It is a general utility item, used to hold small samples, to evaporate liquids, to cover a beaker, and so on. 2. The glass covering of the face of a watch. 3. A sandglass, hourglass.
Word: paperknives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paperknife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parablepsia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pæɹəˈblɛpsɪə/ 1. Alternative form of parablepsis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: carpet muncher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See rug muncher § Etymology. 1. A person, typically but not necessarily a lesbian, who performs cunnilingus. Labels: slang, vulgar 2. A person, typically but not necessarily a lesbian, who performs cunnilingus. Labels: offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: high-definition televisions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of high-definition television Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rug muncher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By a metaphor in which the pubic hair is the rug. 1. Someone who performs cunnilingus. Labels: offensive, slang Example: Marc knows all too well that a party without punch-ups, drugs, rug-munchers and corpses is hardly worth sticking around for. Example: She'd never had much to do with rug munchers in the past and was fascinated by this woman. 2. Someone who performs cunnilingus. Labels: derogatory, humorous, offensive, slang, vulgar
Word: girdling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of girdle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Schlenk flask Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the inventor, Wilhelm Schlenk. 1. An item of glass laboratory equipment consisting of a flask designed for the extraction of air to leave an inert gas or vacuum before introducing the reagents.
Word: ringbarking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ringbark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Schlenk tube Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Schlenk flask.
Word: ring-barking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ring-bark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thistle tube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its resemblance in shape to a thistle. 1. An item of glass laboratory equipment like a funnel consisting of a long, fine tube and a bulbous reservoir at the top. Used for introducing liquids, with care, into a solution.
Word: suh Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of sir, usually to suggest the speech of African-American slaves. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Good-mawnin', suh," he said, lifting his cap politely.
Word: suh Part of Speech: intj 1. Pronunciation spelling of sup (“what's up”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Suh, dude?