nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: incendiary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incendō (“to set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + candeō (“to be hot”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛn.dɪ.əɹ.i/, /ɪnˈsɛn.djəɹ.i/, /ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/, /ɪnˈsɛn.di.əɹ.i/ 1. Capable of, or used for, or actually causing fire. Example: Driving 2-6-2 locomotive No. 4771 Green Arrow, Blunt suddenly noticed that the tunnel mouth was silhouetted in a dazzling white glare and that incendiary bombs were showering down in their hundreds, he slammed on all his brakes and brought his train to a stop just inside the tunnel. Example: We saw photographs of bodies riddled with pellets from fragmentation bombs or charred by incendiary weapons (besides napalm, the Americans also drop white phosphorus, Thermit, and magnesium on the Vietnamese). 2. Of a damaging fire, intentionally caused rather than accidental. Example: The Crown must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the fire was incendiary in origin; that is, it was not accidental and that it was either intentionally or recklessly set by the accused. 3. Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion. Labels: figuratively Example: Earlier that year Italian Jews had come under serious attack when an incendiary publication, Gli ebrei in Italia (The Jews in Italy), had flooded the bookshops. The author, Paolo Orano, was a Fascist publicist whose book helped to harden Italian public sensibility against the Jews and pave the way for their eventual persecution. 4. Inflammatory, emotionally charged. Labels: figuratively Example: Politics is an incendiary topic; it tends to cause fights to break out.
Word: incendiary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English incendiarie, from Old French incendiaire, from Latin incendiārius (“setting alight”), from incendium (“destructive fire”), from incendō (“to set on fire, kindle”), from in- (“into, in, on, upon”) + candeō (“to be hot”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛn.dɪ.əɹ.i/, /ɪnˈsɛn.djəɹ.i/, /ɪnˈsɛn.di.ɛɹ.i/, /ɪnˈsɛn.di.əɹ.i/ 1. Something capable of causing fire, particularly a weapon. Example: The military used incendiaries to destroy the building. Fortunately, the fire didn't spread. 2. One who maliciously sets fires. 3. One who excites or inflames factions into quarrels. Labels: figuratively Example: March 7, 1692, Richard Bentley, The Folly of Atheism Several cities […] drove them out as incendiaries.
Word: firebreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + break. Compare windbreak and breakwater. 1. An area cleared of all flammable material to prevent a fire from spreading across it. Example: The firefighters used a bulldozer to clear a firebreak in the forest to try to contain the forest fire. Example: When a fire does break out, it tends to burn longer and further because the natural firebreaks that might have existed from previous, smaller fires are not there. 2. Any separating barrier. Labels: figuratively Example: That policy could consist of a statement that the declaring nation would not be the first to use nuclear weapons. This would strengthen the firebreak between the use of conventional and nuclear weapons. Example: First, it serves to demonstrate that the practice of sustainable critique […] need not be impossibly philosophically rarefied […] Second, it serves as a firebreak against the unrelieved negativity that, it is sometimes charged, follows from Adorno's practices of reflexivity.
Word: avgas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A blend of aviation + gasoline. Pronunciation: /ˈævˌɡæs/ 1. Gasoline fuel for piston-engined aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cylinder cracks are nothing new, however, and there is no reason to expect autogas-burning engines to have a higher incidence of head cracking than avgas-users Example: In the area of autogas volatility, a Reid vapor pressure of 9.0 to 15 is very common, compared to the vapor pressure of avgas, which is 5.5 to 7
Word: writers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtɚz/, /ˈɹaɪtəz/ 1. plural of writer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rapid fire Part of Speech: adj 1. Quickly, with minimal time between occurrences. Example: The attorney peppered him with rapid fire questions, barely giving him time to reply.
Word: answer the call of nature Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From answer the call + call of nature in reference to a need to urinate or defecate. 1. To satisfy a bodily urge to urinate or defecate. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Che [Guevara] jumped from his seat and rushed from the room, pursued by the entire press corps. Down the hall he went, and into the men's room where, surrounded by reporters, he proceeded to answer the call of nature, shouting: "Liberdad!" Example: Unfortunately mountain climbers, like everybody else, need to answer the call of nature, and there are few toilet facilities on mountains.
Word: thumbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thumb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thumbs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thumb Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tour operator Part of Speech: noun 1. A company that sells package holidays.
Word: ekstasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ἔκστασις (ékstasis, “displacement, cession, trance”) Pronunciation: /ˈɛkstəsɪs/ 1. The state of being beside oneself or rapt out of oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [1914], 1995, Holden E Sampson, The True Mystic http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=Qqm7RQvTQ3sC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA28&sig=5lVGuxEcsuYip2s9t2xgSTWp4nc In Psychics the strange phenomenon of “Katalepsis” experienced by developed “trance-mediumship” bears so close a resemblance, physically, to Ekstasis, that the two are often taken for one and the same thing. Example: In no wise is it possible for the State of Ekstasis to be attained by Mankind except as the prelude to Initiation in the Divine Mysteries. When the Initiations have been fully accomplished, to the Seventh Golden Gate, there is no further need for the Processes requisite to induce the State of Ekstasis.
Word: Mummerset Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of mummer (“actor in a pantomime”) + Somerset (“county in the west of England”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌməsɛt/, /-sɪt/, /ˈmʌmɚˌsɛt/ 1. An imaginary rural county in the West Country of England. Labels: humorous 2. An invented English-language dialect used by actors that mimics a stereotypical West Country rural accent. Labels: humorous, often
Word: cours Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of course. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cours Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cours in analogy to Japanese クール (kūru), originally singular (as dictated by Anime News Network for example) but later reanalyzed as a plural form. 1. three-month unit of television broadcasting corresponding to a natural season.
Word: redivivus Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin redivīvus. Pronunciation: /ɹɛdɪˈviːvəs/ 1. Living again; brought back to life. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable, postpositional Example: "Professor Munchausen - how's that for an inset headline? Sir John Mandeville redivivus - Cagliostro - all the imposters and bullies in history." Example: A tall, athletic, tanned man, his smooth black hair slick with oil, long sideburns, neatly trimmed moustache, Clark Gable redivivus.
Word: francs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of franc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capnophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From capno- + -phile. 1. A microorganism that requires or grows best in presence of high concentrations of carbon dioxide.
Word: ruts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rut Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bibliomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- + -mania. Pronunciation: /ˌbɪbliəˈmeɪniə/ 1. A passion for owning valuable books. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: To collect books indiscriminately tends to develop the dread bibliomania.
Word: bibliomaniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From biblio- + -maniac. 1. A person who is obsessed with owning books, especially valuable ones. Example: A bad example often finds imitators, and every season there crop up for public sale one or two such collections formed by bibliomaniacs who, although calling themselves bibliophiles, ought really to be ranked among the worst enemies of books.
Word: cochineal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Middle French cochenille (modern French cochenille), from Italian cocciniglia or Spanish cochinilla; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Latin coccineus, coccinus (“scarlet-dyed; scarlet in colour”) (whence Italian coccineo (“scarlet in colour”)) + Italian -iglia (suffix forming collective nouns), Spanish -illa (“diminutive suffix”). Coccinus is derived from Ancient Greek κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos, “scarlet; (figurative) blushing”, adjective), from κόκκος (kókkos, “kermes oak (Quercus coccifera); insect of the genus Kermes living on the oak; scarlet dye made from crushed kermes insects”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix forming adjectives). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, cochineal is not derived from Spanish cochinilla (“pill bug, especially the common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)”), a diminutive of cochina (“female pig, sow”) (from the animal’s shape), which coincidentally has the same spelling as cochinilla (“cochineal”). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːl/, /ˌkɑt͡ʃɪˈni(ə)l/, /ˈkɑt͡ʃəˌni(ə)l/ 1. A scale insect of the species Dactylopius coccus, native to the tropical and subtropical Americas, which lives on prickly pear cacti (genus Opuntia). Labels: countable Example: The Cochineel is an Inſect, bred in a ſort of Fruit much like the Prickle Pear. […] The Silveſter gives a colour almoſt as fair as the Cochineel; and ſo like it as to be often miſtaken for it, but it is not near ſo valuable. Example: A prodigious quantity of insects of all sorts (but no mosquitoes) assailed us at our evening meal. […] There were some that were larger—earwigs, cochineals, a little mole-cricket, and an enormous mantis. I stuffed a number of them into my poison-bottle. 2. A vivid red dye made from the dried bodies of cochineal insects. Labels: uncountable Example: Or if you can finde the berrie of Cochenile with whiche wee colour Stammelles, or any Roote, Berrie, Fruite, wood or earth fitte for dying, you winne a notable thing fitt for our ſtate of clothing. This Cochenile is naturall in the west Indies on that firme. Example: Cociniglia, a kinde of rich flie or graine comming out of India to dye ſcarlet vvith, called Cutchenele. 3. The vivid red colour of this dye. Labels: uncountable Example: And I to make all knovv, I am not ſhallovv / VVill have my points [i.e., lace] of Cucchineale and yellovv. Example: These days, I'm an apprentice at a tattoo shop on Sunset. […] I just keep staring at all the ink we have, that wild variety of color, everything from rootbeer, midnight blue and cochineal to mauve, light doe, lilac, south sea green, maize, even pelican black, all lined up in these plastic caps, […]
Word: cochineal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Middle French cochenille (modern French cochenille), from Italian cocciniglia or Spanish cochinilla; further etymology uncertain, possibly from Latin coccineus, coccinus (“scarlet-dyed; scarlet in colour”) (whence Italian coccineo (“scarlet in colour”)) + Italian -iglia (suffix forming collective nouns), Spanish -illa (“diminutive suffix”). Coccinus is derived from Ancient Greek κόκκῐνος (kókkĭnos, “scarlet; (figurative) blushing”, adjective), from κόκκος (kókkos, “kermes oak (Quercus coccifera); insect of the genus Kermes living on the oak; scarlet dye made from crushed kermes insects”) (possibly from Pre-Greek) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix forming adjectives). According to the Oxford English Dictionary, cochineal is not derived from Spanish cochinilla (“pill bug, especially the common pill bug (Armadillidium vulgare)”), a diminutive of cochina (“female pig, sow”) (from the animal’s shape), which coincidentally has the same spelling as cochinilla (“cochineal”). The adjective is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒt͡ʃɪˈniːl/, /ˌkɑt͡ʃɪˈni(ə)l/, /ˈkɑt͡ʃəˌni(ə)l/ 1. Possessing a vivid red colour, as or as if produced from dyeing with cochineal dye (noun sense 2). Labels: not-comparable Example: Batavus [a tulip variety], of somewhat the same shade, was slightly taller, and perhaps with a little more cochineal color. Example: The principal imports arriving by sea, then as previously, were textiles, among them coarse cotton cloth, known as Surat, the Indian port from which they were shipped, as well as blue cotton cloth and cochineal cloth called kemis, fine cloth from various parts of India, coarse white cotton cloth, and unspun cotton in balls from Yaman.
Word: compressor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From compress + -or, or from New Latin compressor. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹɛ.sə(ɹ)/ 1. A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas. 2. A device that squeezes (compresses). 3. A device that squeezes (compresses). 4. A device that squeezes (compresses). Example: The compressor is mounted adjacent to the fuel tank and provides compressed air for operating the locomotive brakes, control gear, sanders and warning horns. 5. A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal. 6. A muscle that compresses certain parts. 7. A program or algorithm for compressing data.
Word: cobble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒb.əl/, /ˈkɑ.bəl/, [ˈkɑ.bl̩], /ˈkɔb.əl/ 1. A cobblestone. Example: The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep. 2. A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale. 3. A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling. Example: These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions. Example: The ideal control which they offer the reversing motor is such, when a cobble might be made in the steel mill, the metal can be handled gently, and very often the ingot saved.
Word: cobble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒb.əl/, /ˈkɑ.bəl/, [ˈkɑ.bl̩], /ˈkɔb.əl/ 1. To make shoes (what a cobbler does). Labels: intransitive 2. To assemble in an improvised way. Labels: transitive Example: I cobbled something together to get us through till morning. 3. To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: cobble Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See coble. 1. Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cobblestone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/, /ˈkɒbl̩ˌstəʊn/ 1. A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads. Labels: countable Example: In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone 2. Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material. Labels: uncountable Example: The road was paved in cobblestone.
Word: compadre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish compadre (“joint father, godfather, friend”). Doublet of compeer, compere, and goombah. 1. A friend or companion. Example: Whenever he had a compadre or a friend, it was his bounden duty to do him some service. Example: He looks like a solid guy. Hiro leans into him. "Compadre, who is the guy with the antenna? A friend of yours?"
Word: cameo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin. The movie sense is short for “cameo role” referring to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch — a low-relief carving of a person’s head or bust — the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, it has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself. Doublet of camaieu. Pronunciation: /ˈkæm.iː.əʊ/, /ˈkæm.i.oʊ/ 1. A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief. Example: Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal. Example: SIMONE: And he tracked down Mom's cameo—the one Dad pawned? He outbid fourteen other buyers on eBay. 2. A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song. Example: Famous comic book writer Stan Lee had a cameo in the Spider-Man movie. He was on screen for perhaps ten seconds, but aficionados distinctly remember him. Example: As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
Word: cameo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin. The movie sense is short for “cameo role” referring to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch — a low-relief carving of a person’s head or bust — the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, it has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself. Doublet of camaieu. Pronunciation: /ˈkæm.iː.əʊ/, /ˈkæm.i.oʊ/ 1. To appear in a cameo role.
Word: hairpiece Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + piece. 1. A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.
Word: toupe Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tuːˈpeɪ/, /tuːp/ 1. A hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
Word: meddlesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meddle + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛdəlsəm/ 1. Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business. Example: If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme! Example: As this was well before the meddlesome days in which we now live, can Mr. Cox explain why this plan was never carried out?
Word: xenomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -mania. The components are of Ancient Greek origin. When used in the context of Greece, the word is likely borrowed from modern Greek ξενομανία (xenomanía). 1. A strong or excessive preference for foreigners or for foreign customs, manners, or institutions. Labels: uncountable
Word: murder one Part of Speech: noun 1. Murder in the first degree. Labels: US, colloquial, uncountable
Word: cognizant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A new formation from cognizance + -ant; first attested in the 19th century. Compare Old French conoissant (present participle of conoistre; modern French connaissant), from Latin cognōscentem (accusative singular present participle of cōgnōscō). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɡnɪzənt/, /ˈkɑɡnɪzənt/, /ˈkɔɡnɪzənt/, /ˈkɒnɪzənt/ 1. Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact. Example: The defendant is cognizant that this is a serious charge. Example: And now the memory has so far regained its dominion, that, in some measure, I am cognizant of my state. 2. Sapient; self-aware. Example: Is the cat truly cognizant in any real way? Example: It is important to note that zombies are not cognizant life forms. As such, they cannot be deterred or reasoned with in any way. However, there are zombie-inducing forces that can be deterred form^([sic]) further action.
Word: defrock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French défroquer, from dé- + froc. By surface analysis, de- + frock. Pronunciation: /diːˈfɹɒk/, /diˈfɹɑk/ 1. To divest of a frock. Labels: literally 2. To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy. Labels: figuratively Example: The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites. Example: The Vatican has defrocked the anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” of his bishop. 3. To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner. Labels: broadly Example: There are refugees and black marketers, defrocked bankers and resistance fighters, gamblers, floozies, French colonial policemen, American and Spanish entertainers, and, eventually, Nazi officers (who in reality never set foot in Casablanca).
Word: late unpleasantness Part of Speech: noun 1. A recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War. Labels: euphemistic Example: It is unlikely that anyone with significant knowledge of the Army or the late unpleasantness in Southeast Asia, upon reading these two sentences, would respond other than with a scatological barnyard expletive or some more genteel utterance representing the same level of acceptance.
Word: decontamination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English contamination English decontamination From de- + contamination. Pronunciation: /diːkənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
Word: horseherd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English horshirde, hors-horde; equivalent to horse + herd. 1. A person who tends to horses. Example: And he went along, and along, and along, and still further along, till he came to the horse-herd of the King of Elfland feeding his horses.
Word: swineherd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swynherde, from Old English swīnhierde. Cognate with German Schweinehirt. Pronunciation: /ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd/ 1. A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs). Example: But what of that vast number of the human kind who were always in the background? What of the hewers of wood and drawers of water, the swineherds, the shepherds, the carpenters, the hedgers and cobblers?
Word: pig in a blanket Part of Speech: noun 1. A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked. Labels: US 2. A (generally pork) sausage wrapped in bacon, most common at Christmas. Labels: UK 3. An oyster wrapped in bacon. 4. An uncircumcised penis. Labels: figuratively, slang
Word: fava bean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fava + bean, from Italian fava. 1. An edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation. Example: At the greenmarket, it’s still mostly potatoes and apples. There are no tender greens, fava beans, peas, asparagus, artichokes, sorrel, rhubarb or early strawberries. Those harbingers of the season are said to be full of chi, or qi, the Chinese word for life force. We’re craving them as we’re craving lighter, brighter-tasting meals, food that is greener and fresher.
Word: dipsomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) + -mania. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ 1. Addiction to alcohol. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A strong craving for something. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information. Example: "You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."
Word: Baton Rouge Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the French bâton rouge ("red stick"); so named because of a red painted pole placed on its original site by Native Americans. Pronunciation: /ˌbætən ˈɹuːʒ/, [̩bʰæ.ʔn̩ ˈɹuːʒ] 1. The capital city of the state of Louisiana in the United States and the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Word: jeweller's rouge Part of Speech: noun 1. A mild red polishing abrasive made from finely ground iron oxide (rust), used by jewellers and lens-makers for finishing surfaces, and as a red pigment in paints. Labels: uncountable
Word: jeweler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jueler, from Anglo-Norman jueler, or Old French juelier. By surface analysis, jewel + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːələ(ɹ)/ 1. A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.
Word: iron oxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two compounds obtained by the reaction of oxygen on iron. Generally known as rust when hydrated. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jeweller Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jeweler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: walk in the park Part of Speech: noun 1. Something easy or pleasant. Labels: idiomatic Example: High school was difficult, but it was a walk in the park compared to college engineering classes. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A recreational walk in a park. Example: I love to walk when it's sunny–let's go for a walk in the park, shall we?
Word: aerial surveying Part of Speech: noun 1. Any type of information-gathering accomplished from an aerospace vehicle in flight. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: pseudogout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- French goûtbor. English gout English pseudogout From pseudo- + gout. 1. A medical condition with symptoms resembling gout but caused by precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in the joints instead of monosodium urate crystals. Labels: uncountable
Word: CPPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical condition, also called pseudogout or CPPD, which resembles gout but results from precipitation of crystals in the joints by a different compound. Labels: uncountable
Word: file out Part of Speech: verb 1. To exit in one or more single file lines. Example: The recruits filed out of the hall.
Word: single file Part of Speech: noun 1. A line or queue one person wide. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They walked in a single file. Example: The religious figures were walking in single file in a group of 34 along the roadside when the bronze Isuzu ploughed through them […]
Word: single file Part of Speech: adj 1. One person wide. Labels: not-comparable Example: They walked in a single file line. Example: Single file traffic
Word: single file Part of Speech: adv 1. In a line or queue one person wide. Labels: not-comparable Example: They walked single file.
Word: plasmolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plasm Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English plasmolysis From plasm + -o- + -lysis. 1. the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: file in Part of Speech: verb 1. To enter in single file. Labels: intransitive
Word: cytolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English cytolysis From cyto- + -lysis. 1. The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: roller docker Part of Speech: noun 1. A food preparation utensil resembling a small rolling pin with spikes, used to pierce dough to prevent overrising or blistering. Labels: US
Word: sulkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sulky Middle English -ly English -ly English sulkily From sulky + -ly. 1. In a sulky manner. Example: But the pretty milk-maid was much too vexed to make any answer. She picked up the leg sulkily and led her cow away, the poor animal limping on three legs. Example: By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?"
Word: pregnant chad Part of Speech: noun 1. a chad that is bulging or pierced but is still attached to the voting ballot at all four corners Labels: US
Word: nonaligned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + aligned. 1. Not allied with any particular nation, or with any side in a dispute. Labels: not-comparable 2. Neutral; impartial. Labels: not-comparable
Word: being-for-itself Part of Speech: noun 1. The nihilation of being-in-itself Labels: uncountable 2. Consciousness conceived as a lack of being, a desire for being, a relation to being. Labels: uncountable 3. The origin of negation and destruction. Labels: uncountable
Word: being-in-itself Part of Speech: noun 1. The self-contained and fully realized being or existence of objects. Labels: uncountable
Word: finitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fin(is) + -itude or directly from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”), from fīnis (“end, limit”) + -tūdō. 1. The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Matter expresses the finitude of time-space; in this world of limitation a new way of knowing becomes possible, and this way is language. Example: A one-car life is one of finitude and limitations.
Word: Jahbulon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various etymologies of this word are found; as a mystic word it may be deliberately obscure, though the first syllable is invariably given as being Hebrew יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”). Some theories often cited: * First, that it is a compound of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + בּעל (bul, “on high, in heaven”) + אוֹן (’on, “strength”). * Second, that it may have been a blend of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + זְבוּלוּן (Zəbūlūn, “Zebulun or Zabulon, son of Jacob”). * Third, it is explained as being a combination of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + בּעל (bul, “Baal”) + אוֹן (’On, “Heliopolis”), a city of Egypt, explained as a reference to Osiris, perhaps as a misunderstanding of Genesis 46:20. Stephen Knight in The Brotherhood and Martin Short in Inside the Brotherhood argued that Jahbulon is a trinity consisting of Yahweh, God of the Jews, Baal, God of the Phoenicians and Celts, and Osiris, an Egyptian God. 1. A symbolic or ceremonial name for God associated by some writers with certain Masonic rites or passwords. Example: To this name, as the Royal Arch Masons to that of Jabulon, they attributed the most wonderful powers; and it could only be the subject of silent but pleasing contemplation, for its pronunciation was said to make earth and heaven tremble, and even the angels of heaven to quake with fear. Example: In the ritual of exaltation, the name of the Great Architect of the Universe is revealed as JAH-BUL-ON – not a general umbrella term open to any interpretation an individual Freemason might choose, but a precise designation that describes a specific supernatural being – a compound deity composed of three separate personalities fused in one.
Word: royalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From royal + -ist. 1. Of or related to royalists or some royalist faction. Example: For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder. 2. Of or characterized by royalism. Example: His father... was the son of Elijah C. West, who, being of royalist belief, found Massachusetts an uncongenial home during the Revolutionary period and therefore migrated to Nova Scotia.
Word: royalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From royal + -ist. 1. A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime. 2. A legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially: Labels: historical 3. A legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially: Labels: historical 4. A legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially: Labels: historical
Word: Δ Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of defendant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hotbox Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hot + box. 1. To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby intensifying the drug's effects. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Jane hotboxed the tent earlier. 2. To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle. Labels: slang 3. To smoke a cigarette vigorously and rapidly. Labels: slang 4. To fart in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car. Labels: slang
Word: propeller shaft Part of Speech: noun 1. The shaft which transmits the rotary motion from an engine to a propeller, as on a ship or aircraft. 2. the shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential on the axle of a rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Word: occiput Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin occiput (“the back part of the head”). Compare sinciput. Pronunciation: /ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt/, /ˈɑk.səˌpʌt/, /ˈɑk.səp.ət/ 1. The back part of the head or skull. Example: And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput. Example: He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’.
Word: lay to rest Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform funerary services, especially burial, for someone who has died. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Near-synonyms: entomb, inhume, inter, bury Example: He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825. 2. To close (a matter of dispute). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Payment of the court-imposed fine should finally lay this matter to rest. Example: TIn front of a record women's rugby crowd of 81,885, the Red Roses, who had lost the previous two finals to New Zealand, laid that ghost to rest with an assured display built on their power up front and ferocious defence.
Word: -oma Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), from verbs in -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.mə/, /ˈoʊ.mə/, /ˈəʉ.mə/, /ˈɐʉ.mə/, /ˈo.mə/ 1. Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity. Labels: morpheme 2. Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or malignant (cancerous); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses. Labels: morpheme, specifically
Word: environmentalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French environnementbor. English environment English -al English environmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English environmentalism From environmental + -ism. 1. A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The first is that the present work in no sense represents a relapse toward the old environmentalism which believed it could find the causes of culture in environment. 2. A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The need for environmentalisms engaged with the commons rather than relegated to the individual consumer or tied to the middle-class principles of private property.
Word: Davy Jones' locker Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heav'n Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /hɛvn/ 1. Contraction of heaven. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic
Word: ding dong Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See ding-dong Pronunciation: /dɪŋ(ɡ)ˈdɒŋ(ɡ)/ 1. The sound made by a bell; especially, that made by a doorbell. Labels: childish, colloquial, often, onomatopoeic Example: Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well! / Who put her in? Little Johnny Thin. / Who pulled her out? Little Tommy Stout. 2. A general exclamation of surprise or approval. Labels: colloquial Example: — Here's a photo of my new girlfriend. — Ding dong! Example: Ding dong, you're not wrong.
Word: ding dong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See ding-dong Pronunciation: /dɪŋ(ɡ)ˈdɒŋ(ɡ)/ 1. Alternative form of ding-dong; an idiot. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, derogatory Example: My girlfriend's math teacher is a ding dong. 2. Alternative form of ding-dong; a penis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, euphemistic, humorous, often
Word: godhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English godhede, equivalent to god + -head (“-hood”). First attested in the Ancrene Wisse (ca. 1225); compare godhood and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒd.hɛd/ 1. Divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For the inuisible things of him from the Creation of the world, are clearely seene, being vnderstood by the things that are made, euen his eternall Power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse: Example: It was at Fort Yukon that White Fang saw his first white men. As compared with the Indians he had known, they were to him another race of beings, a race of superior gods. They impressed him as possessing superior power, and it is on power that god-head rests. 2. God. Labels: capitalized, countable, uncountable, usually Example: For in him dwelleth all the fulneſſe of the Godhead bodily. Example: when at the holy mount / Of Heav'ns high-ſeated top, th' Impereal Throne / Of Godhead, fixed for ever firm and ſure, 3. Any deity or idol. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Adoring firſt the Genius of the Place, / Then Earth, the Mother of the Heav'nly Race, / The Nymphs, and native Godheads yet unknown, / And Night, and all the Stars that gild her ſable Throne, 4. An admired or influential person or entity. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: He pauses, as if hesitant to mention the godhead of computer design aloud, and adds, "Maybe even something Apple would be interested in."
Word: can'st Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of canst. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Much pleasure thou can'st give me
Word: -st Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -st; see -est. 1. Verb suffix for the second-person singular; Alternative form of -est. Labels: archaic, morpheme Example: Thou com'st to use thy tongue.
Word: -st Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the written form of first; see further etymology there. 1. Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first" Labels: morpheme Example: the 21st century
Word: -st Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From -s + -t of excrescent suffixes, with -s sometimes genitive. 1. Excrescent suffix (adding sound but largely not changing the meaning). Labels: morpheme Example: among + -st → amongst Example: mid + -st → midst
Word: fourth person Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that. Labels: uncountable 2. grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person. Labels: uncountable Example: The man saw the dog as he was leaving. (if he is the third person, or proximate, it refers to the man; if he is the fourth person, or obviative, it refers to the dog)
Word: myrrh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror. Pronunciation: /mɜːɹ/, [mɜː], [mɝ], [mɪr], [møː] 1. A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the genus Commiphora, especially Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men. Example: A compound of eggs boiled with myrrh, pepper, and cinnamon, taken on several successive days, is recommended by Arabs for strengthening amorous vigor. 2. Synonym of chrism. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The herb chervil. Labels: Scotland, uncountable, usually
Word: frankincense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French franc encens (“noble incense”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/ 1. A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men. Example: Frankincense, Frankenstein, Francophile, Philistine / Frankly, we are killing time
Word: semper fi Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˌsɛmpɚ ˈfaɪ/, /ˈsɛmpɚ ˌfaɪ/ 1. Abbreviation of semper fidelis. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: maketh Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkɪθ/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of make Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He maketh me to lie downe in greene paſtures: he leadeth mee beſide the ſtill waters. Example: [']I have lived, oh stranger, with my memories, and my memories are in a grave that mine own hands hollowed, for truly hath it been said that the child of man maketh his own path evil;' and her beautiful voice quivered, and broke in a note as soft as any wood-bird's.
Word: heedless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English heed Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English heedless From heed + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈhiːdləs/ 1. Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive. Example: Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather. Example: Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.
Word: wassailing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of performing a wassail. Example: I had rather kiss you than the tumbler, my dear / If there’s death in the cup, let us kiss before bier. / Our lips close with a cling / Undespondingly bring, / Then two happiest pairs to a good wassailing.
Word: wassailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wassail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: webisode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Web + episode, coined to describe Scott Zakarin's The Spot (1995–1997). 1. A short audio or video presentation on an Internet site. Example: 2012, J. C. Calciano, quoted in 2012, Suzanne Lyons, Independent Film Producing: The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking, unnumbered page, I've build a fan-base on the Internet to market my movies through my webisodes. I started the webisode a year before my first movie, and within two years, each of my webisodes average between 20,000 to 50,000 views a day. Example: Webisodes such as the '6 beers of separation' described in the IMC Challenge at the start of the chapter are online episodes or chapters of an ongoing story. One of the best early examples is the BMW webisode where well-known people such as Guy Ritchie tell engaging stories involving BMW cars. 2. An episode of an Internet-based movie, etc. Example: With the pilot webisode Fault Effect done and the additional character concepts prepared, it was time to start laying the groundwork for the initial batch of future webisodes. Example: Overall, through an analysis of the structure, content, and context of these Web series, this chapter assesses the power of the webisode as a tool for the expression of Black voices, as empowerment for Black creative forces, and as a potential site for creating Black community. 3. An episode of a television show that is only aired online. Example: n most cases, what was referred to as an episode or a webisode wasn't even a complete scene but instead an unfinished thought. A typical Seventh Portal webisode would set up its characters and present a conflict. Then, just as the conflict arose, the webisode reached its designated time limit and the audience was left hanging, rubbing its collective head and wondering, what the heck was that? Example: The webisodes made clear: Jammer betrayed the Resistance.[…]The webisodes reveal not only character details, but aspects of the narrative arc of the series as well. In Webisode Five, Viper pilot and new husband Duck cries when his wife is killed in a Cylon raid on New Caprica.