nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: lene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicisation of Latin lēnis. Doublet of lenis. Pronunciation: /ˈliːn/ 1. The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). 2. A voiceless, or unaspirated, stopped consonant, such as Greek pi, kappa, or tau. Example: When in a crasis, a lene consonant […] is combined with an aspirated vowel, the lene is always changed (except in the Ionic dialect) into the corresponding aspirate […]
Word: Monhegan Part of Speech: name 1. An island of Maine.
Word: nice guy Part of Speech: noun 1. An inoffensive adult male who desires romantic companionship but who is too bland and uninspiring to be attractive. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: 1999, The 'Nice Guy' Syndrome, Self-Help Informational Resources, The Counseling Center for Human Development, The University of South Florida https://web.archive.org/web/19991013184527/http://usfweb.usf.edu/counsel/self-hlp/niceguy.htm The nice guy, they say, finishes last. But in romantic relationships, the nice guy often isn't even in the running. […] The nice guy may have expressed an interest in dating you…. The nice guy is the person who you trust and feel comfortable with, but don't see as "fun" or "challenging" or really all that "interesting," other than as a friend, of course. Example: "My frustrations were pretty typical Nice Guy relationship issues," he says. "Not feeling appreciated, not feeling sexually desired by my wife. I didn't feel like...I received as much as I gave." 2. A man who pretends to be kind and polite with the goal of attracting women, often becoming hostile and misogynistic when their advances are rebuffed; someone affected by nice guy syndrome. Labels: Internet, derogatory, sarcastic Example: Plenty of men will treat women kindly, but Nice Guys like to think that behaving kindly earns them a gold star. It doesn't. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see nice, guy.
Word: GSU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of geographically separated unit: a military unit not at the same physical location or base as its parent unit. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Georgia State University Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JSON Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪsən/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪsɑn/, /ˈʒəˌsɔ̃/ 1. Initialism of JavaScript Object Notation, a data format used to represent structured data. It is based on JavaScript syntax. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JSON Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪsən/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪsɑn/, /ˈʒəˌsɔ̃/ 1. A JSON document. Example: The default implementation of featureCheck.php returns plain strings—YES or NO—based on whether the receipts are valid or not. You might need to modify it to return in JSONs along with the URL of the content location. Example: The variety of data is increasing. It's all getting stored and nearly 85 percent of new data is unstructured data. The data can be in the form of tweets, JSONs with variable attributes and elements of which users may want to process selective ones.
Word: oolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oo- + -lite, after German Oolit. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊəlʌɪt/ 1. A rock consisting of spherical grains within a mineral cortex accreted around a nucleus, often of quartz grains. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here and there are beds of oolites, for example, made of little rounded grains – like millet seed – that form only in agitated warm waters, such as you might find off the Bahamas today. 2. An ooid or oolith. Labels: countable, rare
Word: opalescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English opal Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English opalescence From opal + -escence. Pronunciation: /ˌəʉpəˈlesəns/ 1. the state of being opalescent Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: operations research Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of scientific methods and techniques to problems of decision making, especially in business management and government administration. Labels: uncountable
Word: ophiolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis, “serpent”) + -lite. 1. An assemblage of mafic and ultramafic rock fragments of the ocean lithosphere that has been tectonically moved onto a continental margin or island.
Word: opportunistic infection Part of Speech: noun 1. Any infection that causes disease and occurs only when the host's immune system is impaired. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: optical flat Part of Speech: noun 1. A disk of high-quality quartz glass having at least one side ground and polished with a deviation in flatness less than 50 nanometers all over, and a surface quality of 5 microfinish or less; used, in an interferometer, to measure the flatness of other surfaces.
Word: flatness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flatnesse, equivalent to flat + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈflætnəs/ 1. The state of being flat Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The flatness of the landscape facilitates views right across the Firth of Forth to Fife, before the railway begins to pierce the Edinburgh suburbs. 2. The state of being two-dimensional; planar : planarity Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The state of being bland : dullness Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Mattness, the quality of a painted surface which scatters or absorbs the light falling on it, so as to be substantially free from gloss or sheen Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Lack of bouquet and freshness of a wine, through too much aeration or infection with film yeasts Labels: countable, uncountable 6. slim-tailedness or platykurtosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Norah Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name, a pseudo-Hebrew spelling of Nora, diminutive of Eleonora or Honora.
Word: surface quality Part of Speech: noun 1. A numerical description of the flatness or roughness of a surface, especially an optical or machined surface.
Word: microfinish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + finish. 1. a positive integer used as a measure of the smoothness of any surface; higher numbers indicate rougher surfaces Example: 1995 U.S. international Trade Commission - Certain Portable On-Car Disc Brake Lathes One cut is required and the microfinish will be somewhere in the range of 23 microns which is better than any other lathe on the market.
Word: cranberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cranberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spraying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spray + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of spray Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spraying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spray + -ing. 1. The act by which something is sprayed. Example: The parched lawn needed several sprayings before the grass looked green again.
Word: beot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English beot (“boast, threat, boastful speech; boastfulness”), from Old English bēot; see below. 1. A boast or threat; boastful speech. Labels: countable 2. Boastfulness. Labels: uncountable
Word: sinc Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of sinc function: f = sin(x)/x. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, no-plural 2. Ellipsis of sinc function: f = sin(pi*x)/(pi*x). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, no-plural
Word: lactol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: lacto- + -ol 1. any cyclic hemiacetal formed by the intramolecular addition of a hydroxy group to a carbonyl group
Word: Macca Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmækə/ 1. A diminutive of any surname beginning with Mac or Mc. Labels: Australia, UK Example: ‘It was just Macca being Macca: thumbs up Macca or prodding Macca.’ As he poked Measles in the chest, Paul asked: ‘What the fuck do you know? I fucking brought you down from Liverpool.’
Word: Macca Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmækə/ 1. A McDonald′s restaurant. Labels: Australia, colloquial 2. Macquarie Island; used chiefly by people who have visited the island. Labels: Australia, colloquial 3. Clipping of Macca Oromo, a tribal grouping of the Oromo people. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: We shall use available written accounts and the oral tradition to highlight the Macca expansion and settlement, to study their interaction with other peoples and cultures, and to analyze the subsequent evolutionary and revolutionary changes in their political economy in western central Ethiopia.
Word: rugburn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rug Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-? Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-West Germanic *brinnan Old English biernan ▲ Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *brannijaną Proto-West Germanic *brannijan Old English bærnan Old Norse brennabor. Middle English brennen English burn English rugburn From rug + burn. 1. A painful burn or redness of skin, especially on knees, elbows, and hands, from repetitive friction against a rug or similar surface. Labels: countable Example: The ombudsman found that youth living at El Pueblo remained under the care and supervision of staff who had been accused of abusing them. In one case, a youth was reportedly dragged across the carpet by two staff members, resulting in rugburns on his face. Example: The rugburn became increasingly inflamed, and, through trembling lips, which were pursed as if to whistle, my cure began singing its sublime, plaintive painsong. 2. Rugburns in general. Labels: uncountable Example: Like, seriously, thanks for the music. It's meant a lot. […] Your lead's hotter than rugburn. Example: His writing about the shattering nature of syphilis is both devastating and a bit sly. "You could joke with the word 'pox,'" he wrote. "You can’t joke with the word 'syphilis.'" Reading Lawrence’s writing about sex, in general, leaves you suspecting that he walked around with perpetual rugburn.
Word: rugburn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English rug Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰrenw- Proto-Indo-European *bʰrénuh₁e-? Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-West Germanic *brinnan Old English biernan ▲ Proto-Germanic *brinnaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *brannijaną Proto-West Germanic *brannijan Old English bærnan Old Norse brennabor. Middle English brennen English burn English rugburn From rug + burn. 1. To cause a rugburn to form. Labels: transitive Example: Every time I rugburned my knees, every time some morbidly obese man fondled me as if I were his mindless property, my distaste for the job deepened. Example: The threadbare red and gold carpeting rugburned his cheek, but he rolled over at once and kicked the door shut.
Word: frizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪzəl/ 1. To fry something until crisp and curled. Labels: transitive Example: Drain and heat it [shaved smoked beef] in one tablespoonful of hot butter, to curl or frizzle it. 2. To scorch. Labels: transitive Example: It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]” 3. To fry noisily, sizzle. Labels: intransitive Example: The bacon frizzled in the pan. 4. To curl or crisp, as hair; to frizz; to crinkle. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Now am I prowder of this pouertie, which I know is mine owne, than a wayting gentlewoman is, of a frizled groateſworth of haire, that neuer grewe on her head: […]
Word: frizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frizz + -le. Cognate with West Frisian frisselje (“to plait, braid”), Old Frisian frisle, fresle (“head of the hair, lock of hair”). More at frizz. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪzəl/ 1. A curl; a lock of hair crisped. Example: The frizzle-headed man-eaters were loath to leave their fleshpots so long as the harvest of human carcases was plentiful. Sometimes, when the harvest was too plentiful, they imposed on the missionaries by letting the word slip out that on such a day there would be a killing and a barbecue. 2. A frizzle fowl
Word: macrolide Part of Speech: noun 1. a macrocyclic lactone with a ring of at least ten atoms 2. Any of a group of antibiotics having this structure
Word: mercaptal Part of Speech: noun 1. a dithioacetal derived from an aldehyde Labels: obsolete
Word: antinociception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + nociception. 1. Reduced sensitivity to pain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overbore Part of Speech: adj 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- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English overbore From over- + bore. 1. Such that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overbore Part of Speech: verb 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- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Germanic *burōną Proto-West Germanic *borōn Old English borian Middle English boren English bore English overbore From over- + bore. 1. To modify so that the capacity of the burning cartridge powder is greater than the volume within the barrel. Labels: transitive 2. To bore out more than is usual for the design; especially, to bore out to a degree that pushes the limit regarding the wall thickness of the casting. Example: The Model F engine was an overbored variation of the larger engine first applied to the Model D the previous year. This made it considerably oversquare: 5 inch bore (4.625 on the D) and 4.5 inch stroke displacing 353 cubic inches. It was rated 32.4 SAE horsepower, produced 35 at the same conditions and 40 maximum.
Word: overbore Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overbear Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: big-ticket item Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term is derived from the idea that the price is high (big). 1. An expensive item. Labels: US, figuratively, slang
Word: clatty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A word from Cavan, Ireland. 1. shabby, dirty, greasy. Labels: Ireland, Scotland
Word: clatty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A word from Cavan, Ireland. 1. A shabby, slovenly person. Labels: Ireland, Scotland
Word: continental breakfast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named due to its popularity in continental Europe. 1. A light breakfast, often as served in a hotel, usually consisting of cereal, juice, and pastries, but without any fried items.
Word: full breakfast Part of Speech: noun 1. A breakfast including cooked ingredients such as sausages, bacon and eggs. Example: Near-synonyms: full monty, builder's breakfast (broadly synonymous) Example: Afternoon tea remains at its present price of 4s, but the prices of all other main meals have risen by 1s. Thus a full breakfast now costs 10s, lunch 13s 6d and dinner 14s 6d or 16s 6d according to train.
Word: geekster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English geek Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English geekster From geek + -ster. 1. Someone who is extremely studious or has esoteric knowledge, especially in technological subjects. Labels: informal Example: It was bad enough having a boyfriend turn into a geekster right before her eyes. Example: If you need file and print sharing enabled on a home network, and any of the info above sounds over your head, get some geekster friend of yours to do it for you, or go to http://www.grc.com for some step-by-step instructions. 2. An unfashionable or socially undesirable person. Labels: informal Example: This could've been a great party, but you don't know the meaning of the word, you skinny little geekster. Example: What is the world coming to when even an American geekster like Todd Solondz (Happiness) can outshock the children of De Sade and Baudelaire?
Word: geekster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of geek + hipster. 1. Someone who intentionally looks geeky as a fashion statement. Labels: slang Example: A small toothed geekster wearing aviator glasses and a virtuosically painted plaid shirt, Greenwold lives in Albany, New York . Example: Your average teenager wants to fit in with the rest, to appear fashionable, at the cutting edge. Nobody wants to be un-chic, dorky, or nerdy (outside of geeksters who have their own un-chic look and wear it proudly).
Word: unreconciled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unreconcyled; equivalent to un- + reconciled. 1. not reconciled 2. inconsistent
Word: unreconciled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unreconcile Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cloudscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cloud English landscapebf. English -scape English cloudscape From cloud + -scape. 1. A work of art or other image depicting sky and clouds.
Word: gumball machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A coin-operated machine that dispenses gumballs. 2. The flashing light on top of a police car. Labels: slang 3. A police car. Labels: broadly, slang
Word: hysterics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hysteric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hysterics Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hysteria Labels: plural, plural-only Example: But when they went to tread down the earth, it seemed to her like sacrilege; and, forgetting every thing in one strong emotion, she sprang forward to prevent it. The effort was too much; and, for the first time, she sank back in the arms of the servants in strong hysterics! Example: "How such swooning daughters can do it, constantly fainting and having hysterics, is a mystery to me," said Muriel Jane. "Ho, they're a pretty sly lot," said Silvander Dan.
Word: imploringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English imploring Middle English -ly English -ly English imploringly From imploring + -ly. 1. Beseechingly; in a manner that beseeches or implores. Example: “You must help me,” she said imploringly. Example: For a week or two after Wendy came it was doubtful whether they would be able to keep her, as she was another mouth to feed. Mr. Darling was frightfully proud of her, but he was very honourable, and he sat on the edge of Mrs. Darling's bed, holding her hand and calculating expenses, while she looked at him imploringly.
Word: guestbook Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of guest book. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fayre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæġer. Pronunciation: /fɛə(ɹ)/ 1. Fair, beautiful. Labels: archaic Example: 'Nay, I wyll nat so,' seyde sir Trystrames, 'for here is none that woll gyff ryghtuous jugemente. But I doute nat,' seyde sir Trystrames, 'my lady is fayrer than youres, and that woll I make good with my hondys, and who that woll sey the contrary, I woll preve hit on his hede!' Example: Now fayre, fayrest off every fayre.
Word: fayre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French foire, from Latin fēriae. 1. A fair, a market. Labels: dated Example: WHERE AS before this tyme dyverse Actis of Parliament have byn made by the Kyngis most noble pgenitours agaynst forstallers and regratours of vytaile and other marchaundisez in markettis and fayres within this Realme of Englonde, […] Be it therfore enactid by auctorite of this psent parliament that noo maner of pson or psones of what estate degree or condicion he or they be, other then suche pson or psones as nowe be or herafter shalbe marchaunt venterers to Iselande, for the seid fysshe, […] shall bye any of the kindes of the seid fysshe at or [apon] the stone or at the seyd easte see syde or easte see costis, to sell the same fysshe agayn or any parte therof at any of the seid fayre or fayres callid Sturbrigge feyre Sancte Ives or Elye fayre; […] Example: The market or fayre of Usurers. 2. Fare. Labels: dated Example: A book of ye olde English fayre. Example: A typical fayre [for the England national rugby union team] at lunchtime would include curry or carbonara, soybeans, sweet potatoes, lentils, apples, oranges, whole wheat pasta, brown rice, whole wheat bread and fresh vegetables, while the evening meal could include cottage pie, steak, chicken and more steamed vegetables.
Word: Eva Part of Speech: name Etymology: The (Vulgate) Latin Eva, from Ancient Greek Εὔα (Eúa), from Biblical Hebrew חַוָּה (ḥawwā). A Latinate variant of the English Eve. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvə/, /ˈeɪvə/ 1. A female given name from Latin, ultimately from Hebrew. Example: "Eve," said Poirot thoughtfully. "The fashions in names change, do they not? Hardly ever, nowadays, do you hear of an Eva. But Eve, it is popular." Example: Mrs Saunders referred to Aoife throughout this talk as 'Eva' and when Gretta corrected her, Mrs Saunders replied that didn't Gretta think it would be better 'for everyone' to use what she termed 'the proper spelling' of the name? If only to give Eva a better chance of learning to write it?
Word: Eva Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈiːvə/, /ˈeɪvə/ 1. Clipping of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: FSLN Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish FSLN (“Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional”). 1. Sandinista National Liberation Front; a socialist political party in Nicaragua. Labels: Nicaragua Example: In Nicaragua, “Sandinista” generally refers to members of the left-wing political movement, the Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) that came to power in the Nicaraguan Revolution at the end of the 1970s. Ortega’s party is the FSLN.
Word: springboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spring + board. 1. A board consisting of a flexible, springy, cantilevered platform that propels one into the air, used for diving or gymnastics. 2. Something that acts as a catalyst to begin or accelerate an action or growth. Labels: figuratively Example: The opportunity acted as a springboard for their success. Example: It was the section of the North Midland Railway from Derby to Ambergate which provided the springboard for a scheme that took shape in the early part of 1845 for a route through the Peak to Manchester.
Word: springboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spring + board. 1. To launch or propel as if from a springboard, especially toward political office. Labels: transitive Example: Such a change could amount to a seismic shift in the nation’s electoral dynamics, potentially springboarding a Republican into the White House, and the possibility has animated hopeful Republicans and fearful Democrats.
Word: cantilevered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkæntɪˌlivə(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of cantilever Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cantilevered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkæntɪˌlivə(ɹ)d/ 1. Fitted with, or constituting, a cantilever; projecting out laterally from a wall or similar support and thus hanging without other supports. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cantilevered shelf of crumbling concrete where my mother sits has been declared unsafe.
Word: paradoxically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English paradoxical Middle English -ly English -ly English paradoxically From paradoxical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌpaɹəˈdɒksɪkli/, /ˌpɛɹəˈdɑksɪkli/ 1. In a paradoxical manner; so as to create a paradox. Example: The proliferation of labor-saving devices has not given us more leisure time, paradoxically. Example: If there exists a non-empty set of uninteresting natural numbers, there must be a smallest uninteresting number, but this number is paradoxically interesting because it is the smallest uninteresting number.
Word: jeton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French jeter French -on French jetonbor. English jeton Borrowed from French jeton. 1. A counter or token. Example: The girl took a jeton and was given a fresh towel which she draped over her arm like a waiter.
Word: mahout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *méǵh₂s The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /məˈhaʊt/, /məˈhuːt/, /məˈhut/, /məˈhaːʋət̪/ 1. An elephant trainer, keeper, and driver. Labels: South-Asia Example: The Serrievvan hath the overſight of the Camels, and the Mahout, that of the Elephants. Example: The very best of all the elephants belonged to the very worst of all the drivers or mahouts; and the superior beast's name was Moti Guj. He was the absolute property of his mahout, which would never have been the case under native rule, for Moti Guj was a creature to be desired by kings; and his name, being translated, meant the Pearl Elephant.
Word: mahout Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *méǵh₂s The noun is borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi महौत (mahaut)/Urdu مَہَوت (mahaut)), महाउत (mahāut), variants of महावत (mahāvat)/مَہاوَت (mahāvat), from Sanskrit महामात्र (mahāmātra, “elephant keeper; high official; king’s minister”), from महा (mahā, “great”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s (“big, great”)) + मात्र (mātra, “measure; quantity”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- (“to measure”)). The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /məˈhaʊt/, /məˈhuːt/, /məˈhut/, /məˈhaːʋət̪/ 1. To drive (an elephant or elephants). Labels: transitive Example: Word was passed down the river, the call going out for the bravest of Brul mahouting only the strongest of mounts. Example: Don't forget, though, your wedding will always be memorable to you yourself, […] On the other hand, even if you arrive on an elephant mahouted by Lady Gaga, there will still be guests in years to come who won't be able to remember whose wedding that was because they were aged 26–32 at the time and it was the eighth wedding they were at that year. 2. To drive elephants. Labels: intransitive Example: First a team of six ponied pulling a miniature fire engine jumping with midget firefighters, then a dozen scantily mahouted elephants painted pink, came out of the arc light and sawdut into neon glow and mirroring asphalt. Example: Traditionally they are hunters and gatherers but today they are agricultural labourers. […] They are experts at collecting honey and mahouting.
Word: defibrillator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English defibrillate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English defibrillator From defibrillate + -or. Pronunciation: /diːˈfɪbɹɪˌleɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. An electronic device used internally or externally that delivers a controlled electric shock to a patient to correct ventricular fibrillation, a lack of coordination of the contraction of muscle tissue of the large chambers of the heart. Example: Two deaths have been linked to St. Jude Medical heart defibrillators with batteries that failed. […] Losing battery in a defibrillator could mean the failure of pacing heartbeats or delivering shocks, a potentially deadly consequence for cardiac patients. Example: High intensity EMF can have adverse impacts on the operation of implantable medical devices (IMDs) such as pacemakers and defibrillators.
Word: bread and butter Part of Speech: noun 1. That which is central or fundamental, as to one's business, survival, or income; a staple or cornerstone. Labels: idiomatic, plural, singular Example: They will do some machining if you ask them, but sheet metal has always been their bread and butter. Example: “There’s a big lockout at the foundry.” / “Lockout, what!” cried several. / “Sure as blazes, boys; just when the procession was passin’ I takes a squint at the big foundry door, and there I seen it writ, as clear as sunshine with a hole through it, on a bit o’ paper, that the ould foundry’s shut after Sathurday next, till further notice. Divil a bit less, but I’m shure them’s the very words.” / Silence fell on the crowd in the tobacco smoke. Most of them were foundry-men and had families. Their bread and butter were at stake. 2. The basic requirements of living, such as food and housing. Labels: idiomatic, plural, singular Example: What the nation, like the man, earns for itself by the honest labor of its people—when a man exerts himself to anything in an honorable calling—he is said to be earning his bread and butter, which includes his food and clothes and house-rent and all the rest of the thing [sic] he pays for. Now, if a man does not earn his bread and butter, he must either have it given to him as a gift, or steal it, as our forefathers nearly all did, honest, good people, too, as they were. ... It is worth while examining as to whether we earn all our bread and butter ... We ought to look after the bread and butter on our farms, and see that we eat the best bread and butter. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bread, butter. Labels: plural, singular Example: The bread-and-butter were good enough, but the ale poorish. Example: [I]n the centre stood an enormous table laid for tea—four cups and saucers, piles of bread and butter, crumpets, coconut cakes and a large plum cake with pink icing.
Word: bread and butter Part of Speech: intj 1. Said when two people walking together are temporarily separated by an obstacle in order to indicate that they belong together. Example: Should this happen, retrace your steps to the point of separation if you wish to counteract the spell. Or, say the words "bread and butter." Example: Peter Bartis, at the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, explains, “Bread and butter go together, a sign of unity.” He finds a citation in the seven-volume Frank C. Brown Collection of North Carolina Folklore: “If two persons are walking and they come to ... “When walkers were separated and did not use this phrase or bread and butter,” DARE adds, “it was believed they would have a quarrel.
Word: mercaptide Part of Speech: noun 1. thiolate Labels: obsolete
Word: thiolate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol English -ol English thiol English -ate English thiolate From thiol + -ate (“derivative”). 1. Any derivative of a thiol in which a metal atom replaces the hydrogen attached to sulfur RSH => RS⁻M⁺.
Word: mercaptole Part of Speech: noun 1. dithioketal Labels: obsolete
Word: thioacetal Part of Speech: noun 1. either a monothioacetal or a dithioacetal
Word: monothioacetal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English thioacetal English monothioacetal From mono- + thioacetal. 1. a thioacetal having general formula R₂C(OR')(SR')
Word: dithioacetal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English thioacetal English dithioacetal From di- + thioacetal. 1. a thioacetal having general formula R₂C(SR')₂
Word: swamp beggar-ticks Part of Speech: noun 1. an American beggar-ticks, Bidens connata, common in wet pastures and meadows
Word: beggar-ticks Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beggar's ticks Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Abruzzi Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɑˈbɹut.tsi/ 1. A former mountainous region in central Italy that borders the Adriatic Sea; properly Abruzzi e Molise; now separated into Abruzzo and Molise.
Word: next door Part of Speech: adv 1. In an adjacent building, room or place. Labels: not-comparable Example: He lives next door but one (= two houses from mine). Example: "Yeh know Tom Jamison, he lives next door t' me up home.
Word: next door Part of Speech: adj 1. That is in an adjacent place; that is located next door. Labels: postpositional, usually Example: Try the place next door.
Word: next door Part of Speech: prep 1. Next door to. Labels: dialectal Example: Next door the kirk was an olden tower, built in the time of the Roman Catholics [...].
Word: Alberto Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Alberto. 1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish, equivalent to English Albert. Example: Nonetheless, a spokesperson for Donald Trump’s administration – which has aimed to deport as many people as possible from the US since his second presidency started in January – maintained in a statement that the medical treatment Randall Alberto Gamboa Esquivel received before his death was better than many immigrants “have received in their entire lives”.
Word: Alessandra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Alessandra. 1. A female given name from Italian, equivalent to English Alexandra.
Word: Alessandro Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Alessandro. 1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Alexander. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A surname from Italian. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An unincorporated community in Riverside County, California, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pedlar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pedlare, variant of Middle English pedare. More at peddler. 1. Alternative spelling of peddler. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: After a time she touched the bell, with great caution; the cook appeared, to whom she gave a slip of paper, on which the woman vanished, leaving the little pedlar of small wares standing on the steps, where she had already placed her basket,... Example: I had strolled along the platform where the native pedlars called their wares as passengers leaned from the wide carriage windows.
Word: amoroso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian amoroso. Doublet of amorous and amoureux. 1. A male lover.
Word: amoroso Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian amoroso. Doublet of amorous and amoureux. 1. tender; loving Labels: not-comparable
Word: chillaxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chillax Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chillaxing Part of Speech: adj 1. Relaxing, chilling. Example: But these chillaxing engineers, led by Zuckerberg, were the ones who could bring the site back up with a few hours of frantic coding, and everyone else, considered ‘duller, incapable of quick and intelligent thought’, was there to serve the thing they had created and, therefore, them.
Word: foolishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English folysly, folysschly; equivalent to foolish + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːlɪʃli/ 1. In a foolish manner. Example: He dressed foolishly to entertain the children. Example: I never wish to offend, but I am so foolishly shy, that I often seem negligent, when I am only kept back by my natural aukwardness. 2. Without good judgment. Example: Foolishly, he had decided that, because a home was the best investment, two homes were even better. Example: Now Mr. Bush plans to pour more arms into this unstable region and add fuel to the volatile powderkeg he has foolishly created.
Word: ransack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English ransaken (“to examine, investigate; to rob, plunder, steal; to search, seek; to treat roughly, mistreat”), from Old Norse rannsaka (“to search a house (especially for stolen goods)”), from rann (“house”) (from Proto-Germanic *razną (“dwelling, house”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- (“to rest; quiet”)) + saka, an ablaut variant of sœkja, sǿkja (“to look for, search, seek”) (from Proto-Germanic *sōkijaną (“to look for, seek”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to follow; to seek out, trace”)). Verb senses 1.2 (“to search (someone, or a place) thoroughly in order to steal something”), 1.3 (“to search for and steal (something) as plunder”), and 2.2 (“to search for and steal things”) are probably influenced by sack (“to pillage, to plunder”). The noun is derived from the verb. cognates * Middle Low German rānsāken, rantsāken * Old Danish randsage, ransage (modern Danish ransage) * Old Swedish ransaka (modern Swedish rannsaka) Pronunciation: /ˈɹænsæk/, /ˈɹænˌsæk/ 1. Synonym of ransacking (“an act of ransacking (“searching thoroughly (in order to steal); etc.”) someone or something; an eager search”). Example: And euermore their vvicked Capitayn / Prouoked them the breaches to aſſay, / Somtimes vvith threats, ſomtimes vvith hope of gayn, / VVhich by the ranſack of that peece they ſhould attayn. Example: VVhat ſecret corner? VVhat unvvonted vvay / Has ſcap'd the ranſack of my rambling thoughts?
Word: Excellency Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sə.lən.si/ 1. A form of address for certain high officials or dignitaries.
Word: Audrey Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Aldreda, Etheldreda, from Old English Æþelþrȳþ (from æþele (“noble”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdɹi/, /ˈɑːdɹi/ 1. A female given name from Old English. Example: Touchstone. Come, sweet Audrey, / We must be married, or we must live in bawdry. Example: She hates her name. What was wrong with the name Audrey? It may not have been something Elise would choose now, but she'd been eighteen when her daughter was born, and the name had seemed pretty damn cool. 2. A male given name from Old English. Labels: rare
Word: sealion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is from “The Terrible Sea Lion”, a 2014 strip in the webcomic Wondermark, in which a character expresses a dislike of sea lions and a passing sea lion repeatedly, intrusively asks the character to justify this. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlaɪən/ 1. To intrude on a conversation with probing questions in an attempt to engage in unwanted debate, usually disingenuously as a form of harassment or trolling. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: There, Peggy speaks for every angry marginalised person who’s ever been sealioned or tone-policed in a disagreement. Example: The purpose of sealioning never to actually learn or become more informed.
Word: sealion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from “The Terrible Sea Lion”, a 2014 strip in the webcomic Wondermark, in which a character expresses a dislike of sea lions and a passing sea lion repeatedly, intrusively asks the character to justify this. Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlaɪən/ 1. Alternative form of sea lion. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon 2. One who engages in sealioning. Labels: Internet, derogatory Example: Randi's list is a key reason I've been able to continue to use Twitter, as it prevents relentless ideological sealions from crowding my mentions.
Word: metallacycloalkane Part of Speech: noun 1. A monocyclic heterocycle consisting of a metal atom and saturated carbon atoms in the ring.
Word: metalloenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. English metallo- English enzyme English metalloenzyme From metallo- + enzyme. 1. Any enzyme that contains a metal atom which is essential for its biological activity
Word: methylidyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From methyl + -ide + -yne. 1. carbyne
Word: sea lions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea lion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mucopolysaccharide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewk-der. Proto-Italic *moukos Latin mūcus New Latinder. English muco- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide English polysaccharide English mucopolysaccharide From muco- + polysaccharide. 1. Any polysaccharide consisting of alternating units of uronic acids and glycosamines, sometimes esterified with sulfuric acid.
Word: naphthene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphtha English -ene English naphthene From naphtha + -ene. 1. Any cycloalkane (or alkyl derivative).
Word: Tamara Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”). Pronunciation: /təˈmɑɹə/, /təˈmæɹə/, /ˈtæməɹə/, /təˈmɛɹə/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century. Example: Best Version Media shared a statement about the death of Tamara Durand, the wife of the executive chairman and founder, Dave Durand.
Word: ariki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori ariki, Proto-Polynesian *qariki. 1. A person having a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
Word: naphthenic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From naphthene + -ic + acid. 1. any carboxylic acid derived from a naphthene
Word: showbread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From show + bread. 1. The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: There is sett on the Board a high heap of Soule-cakes lyeing one upon another like the picture of the Sew-Bread in the old Bibles.
Word: Bartholomew Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”), from בר (bar, “son”) and תלמי (tolmai, “Talmai; Ptolemy”). It has long been unclear whether the Apostle's father was named after the biblical Talmai, king of Geshur, or one of the Greek Ptolemies, as the two originally unrelated names were conflated in Jewish Aramaic. The name's pronunciation was changed to match the spelling; contrast French Barthélemy from the same source. Pronunciation: /bɑːˈθɒləmjuː/, /ˈbɑːtəlmi/, /bɑɹˈθɑləmju/, /bɑɹˈtɑləmi/ 1. An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character) Example: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 2. A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin. 3. A surname.
Word: perahu Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑː.huː/ 1. Alternative form of proa (“sailing vessel”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nitramine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English nitro- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English nitramine From nitro- + amine. 1. Any amine having a nitro group substituted for a hydrogen atom; an amide of nitric acid R-NH-NO₂.
Word: nitrimine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English nitro- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine English imine English nitrimine From nitro- + imine. 1. any compound of general formula R₂C=NNO₂
Word: nitroimine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nitrimine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nitrolic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound having the general formula RC(=NOH)NO₂
Word: nitronic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. azinic acid
Word: breccia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Vulgar Latin *breca, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *breka. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/, /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/, /ˈbɹɛʃ.i.ə/ 1. A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Courses of angular boulders line the rim of the volcano, the remains of its last explosive phase, resulting in a volcanic breccia.
Word: VSO Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of verb–subject–object [word order]: a language is VSO if a typical sentence starts with a verb, followed by the subject, followed by the object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VSO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of violin-shaped object, referring to a violin that is of very low quality. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism Example: Even a damaged violin or a so-called V.S.O. — a “violin-shaped object” which looks and feels like a violin but, owing to damning structural issues, cannot be played to any satisfaction—can run higher than a hundred dollars […] When my friend first messaged me a video of Thackray hacking a V.S.O. into pieces, I whimpered.
Word: VSO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Voluntary Service Overseas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: showmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *skawwōną Proto-West Germanic *skauwōn Old English scēawian Middle English schewen English show Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English showman Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English showmanship From showman + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.mən.ʃɪp/ 1. The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The act was clean and well-rehearsed, but the performers lacked the showmanship that would have made it great.
Word: petticoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/, /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/, [ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt], /ˈpet.ɪ.kəʉt/, [ˈpeɾ.ɪ.kəʉt] 1. A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet. Labels: historical 2. A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown. Labels: historical 3. A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt. Labels: historical 4. A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively. Labels: archaic, historical 5. A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth. Example: “Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.” “Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.” 6. A woman. Labels: slang 7. A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes. Labels: historical
Word: petticoat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/, /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/, [ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt], /ˈpet.ɪ.kəʉt/, [ˈpeɾ.ɪ.kəʉt] 1. To dress in a petticoat. Labels: transitive