nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: RT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of right tackle. Labels: Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of right twist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of retweet. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of response time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Alternative form of R/T. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of resistance training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of respiratory therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of respiratory therapy technician / respiratory technician / respiratory therapist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of radiology technologist / radiology technician. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of radiotherapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of road test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. A bus formerly manufactured by the Associated Equipment Company, mostly for use in London. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. Initialism of reaction time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Symbol for refrigeration tons. Labels: alt-of, countable, symbol, uncountable
Word: RT Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of real-time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: RT Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of retweet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: "I see lots of Osama pics floating on twitter, aint gonna RT any of dem though .. Don't wanna get fined by terrorist"
Word: resat Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti Proto-Germanic *sitjaną Proto-West Germanic *sittjan Old English sittan Middle English sitten English sit English resit From re- + sit. 1. To take an examination a second time. Labels: transitive
Word: resit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *sédyeti Proto-Germanic *sitjaną Proto-West Germanic *sittjan Old English sittan Middle English sitten English sit English resit From re- + sit. 1. An examination taken a second time.
Word: sny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of obscure origin. Likely from late Middle English sniȝen, snyȝen (“to creep”), from Old Danish *snigæ (whence modern Danish snige), from Old Norse sníkja (“to crawl, creep”). If so, doublet of sneak. Pronunciation: /snaɪ/, /snʌɪ/ 1. To move, proceed. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare
Word: sny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1674; its etymology is unknown. Pronunciation: /snaɪ/, /snʌɪ/ 1. Abound, swarm, teem, be infested, with something Labels: dialectal, intransitive Example: “And did you kill it?” “I did, for they’re a nuisance. The place is fair snied wi’ ‛em.”
Word: sny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1711; its etymology is unknown; perhaps from Proto-Germanic *snōwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sneh₁- (“to wind; twist; braid; plait”). Compare snying and the Danish sno (“to twine”, “to twist”). Pronunciation: /snaɪ/, /snʌɪ/ 1. Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat. 2. Upward curving observed in the planks of a wooden ship or boat.
Word: sny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested with this spelling in 1893; see snye. Pronunciation: /snaɪ/, /snʌɪ/ 1. A small channel of water. Labels: archaic Example: 1893, Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer Abroad, Tom Sawyer, Detective and Other Stories (1896), page unknown “Well, Mars Tom, my idea is like dis. It ain’t no use, we can’t kill dem po’ strangers dat ain’t doin’ us no harm, till we’ve had practice — I knows it perfectly well, Mars Tom — ‛deed I knows it perfectly well. But ef we takes a’ ax or two, jist you en me en Huck, en slips acrost de river to-night arter de moon’s gone down, en kills dat sick fam’ly dat’s over on the Sny, en burns dey house down, en —” Example: The word snye, sny or snie has been used for many years to describe a channel behind an island, with slack current or partly dried, or some such similar feature.
Word: magic number Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of neutrons or protons in nuclei which are required to fill the major quantum shells, and thus produce exceptionally stable nuclei: 2, 8, 20, 28, 50, 82 and 126. 2. A metric used to determine a team's required performance to make the playoffs. 3. A metric used to determine a team's required performance to make the playoffs. Labels: broadly 4. A number which is manually entered into source code, rather than defined somewhere as a named constant; especially one which is arbitrary or lacks explanation. Example: We replaced the magic number 31 with a constant called MAX_DAYS_IN_MONTH. 5. A sentinel value which cannot occur in normal use, typically used as a placeholder (e.g. a fictitious date such as 2000-02-32). 6. A hash code, such as those used by some webmail servers to keep track of sessions. 7. A number or pattern in a binary file that identifies the filetype. Example: These files have a "magic number" stored in a particular place near the beginning of the file that tells the UNIX operating system that the file is a binary executable, and which of several types thereof.
Word: batune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman bastun, itself from mainland Old French baston. 1. Alternative form of baton. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: baston Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English baston, from Old French baston. Doublet of baton. Pronunciation: /ˈbæstən/ 1. Obsolete form of baton. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. A staff or cudgel. Labels: obsolete Example: Thoſe Chriſtian Captiues, which you keepe as ſlaues, […] when they chance to reſt or breath a ſpace, Are puniſht with Baſtones so grieuouſly, That they lie panting on the Gallies ſide. Example: [fight] performed by bastons, clubs and coulstaves 3. An officer bearing a painted staff, who formerly was in attendance upon the king's court to take into custody persons committed by the court. Labels: obsolete Example: Item, whereas divers people, at the suit of the party commanded to the prison of the Fleet, by judgment given in courts of our Lord the King, be oftentimes suffered to go at large by the warden of the prison, sometime by mainprise or by bail, and sometimes without any mainprise with a baston of the Fleet, and to go from thence into the country about their merchandises and other their business, and be there long out of prison nights and days, without their assent at whose suit they be judged, and without their gree thereof made, whereby a man cannot come to his right and recovery against such prisoners, to the great mischief and undoing of many people; It is ordained and assented, That from henceforth no warden of the Fleet shall suffer any prisoner there being by judgment at the suit of the party, to go out of prison by mainprise, bail, nor by baston, without making gree to the said parties of that whereof they were judged, unless it be by writ or other commandment of the King, upon pain to lose his office, and the keeping of the said prison. Example: When any person or persons shall yield his or their body or bodies to the hands of the sheriff or other officer, upon any of the said writs of capias, that then the same party or parties that shall so yield themselves, shall remain in prison and custody of the said sheriff or other officer, without bail, baston or mainprize, in such like manner and form, to all intents and purposes, as he or they should or ought to have done, if he or they had been apprehended and taken upon the said writ of excommunicato capiendo.
Word: magnesium alloy Part of Speech: noun 1. Any solid solution of magnesium with aluminium, zinc, manganese, silicon, zirconium etc that has a low specific gravity and is used in aircraft manufacture, etc.
Word: solid solution Part of Speech: noun 1. Any homogenous crystalline solid, consisting of more than one type of molecule or atom randomly dispersed, in which the structure is independent of its composition.
Word: sodality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French sodalité or its etymon, the Latin sodālitās, from sodālis (“companion”). Pronunciation: /səʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/, /soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/ 1. A fraternity, a society or association. Example: There’d even evolved somehow a kind of sodality or fan club that sat around, read from her books and discussed her Theory. Example: The story is a myth of origins, in this case the story of the origins of a sacred sodality of men in the city of Erech. 2. Companionship. Example: Those would, he thought, be expatriate writers. He was, of course, one of those himself now, but he was indifferent to the duties and pleasures of sodality. 3. Spiritual communion with a divine being; a fellowship. Example: On the wall of his bedroom hung an illuminated scroll, the certificate of his prefecture in the college of the sodality of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Word: battle axe Part of Speech: noun 1. An ancient military weapon, an axe designed for combat, including (in heraldry) when borne on arms as a mark of prowess. Example: Another battle-ax, in the same collection. Example: No Jute is left to wield a sword to save this hoard. No one is left to swing the battle-ax skyward. 2. A domineering, antagonistic woman. Labels: humorous, informal, sometimes Example: My mother-in-law is a real battle axe. 3. An electric guitar. Labels: informal Example: The instruments (one's named Baby) evoke tender talk from macho musicians. But some of these battle-ax beauties have seen more action than a roller derby queen: They bear the gashes and sweat stains to prove it. 4. An allotment of land at the rear of another property, with a long, narrow strip of land connecting it to the roadway. Labels: Australia
Word: magnetic lens Part of Speech: noun 1. a magnetic field with axial symmetry capable of converging a beam of charged particles of uniform velocity and of forming images of objects placed in the path of such beam
Word: battlements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of battlement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sordes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sordes, related to sordere. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːdiːz/, /ˈsoɹdiz/ 1. Deposits of dirt or bacteria on the body, discharges; bacterial deposits on the teeth or tongue. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Fresh sheets, sponging, a spoonful of animal soup, sordes removed from his cracked lips, black in the candlelight.
Word: battlement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English batilment, from Old French bataillement, earlier bastillement (“fortification”), from bastillier (“to fortify, to equip with battlements”), from bastille (“fortress”) (see bastion). By surface analysis, battle + -ment. Pronunciation: [ˈbætəɫmənt] 1. In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement. Example: Towers, and battlements it sees Bosom'd high in tufted trees, Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighbouring eyes. 2. Any high wall for defense. 3. The towering roof of heaven. Labels: poetic
Word: charged particle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any particle, especially a subatomic particle, that carries an electric charge. Labels: particle 2. An ion. Labels: physical
Word: teras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras). 1. a grossly malformed fetus
Word: tars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: battlemented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From battlement + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈbætl̩mɛntəd/ 1. Furnished with battlements, as the ramparts of a city or castle.
Word: terato- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”). Doublet of tera-. 1. Pertaining to birth defects and similar abnormalities. Labels: morpheme
Word: terata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teras Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rakish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rake Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English rakish From rake (“man habituated to immoral conduct”) + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪkɪʃ/ 1. Dashingly, carelessly, or sportingly unconventional or stylish; jaunty; characterized by a devil-may-care unconventionality; having a somewhat disreputable quality or appearance. Example: I did not catch what was going on at first, and was, therefore, extremely surprised at noticing George hurriedly smooth out his trousers, ruffle up his hair, and stick his cap on in a rakish manner at the back of his head, and then, assuming an expression of mingled affability and sadness, sit down in a graceful attitude, and try to hide his feet. Example: A little later a rakish young workman, with a goatee beard and a swagger, lit his clay pipe at the lamp before descending into the street. 2. Like a rake; dissolute; profligate. Labels: dated Example: Poverty seems as if it were disposed, before it takes possession of a man entirely, to attack his extremities first: the coverings of his head, feet, and hands are its first prey. All these parts of the Captain’s person were particularly rakish and shabby. Example: The door was open, and the hall was blocked up by a grand piano, a harp, and several other musical instruments in cases, all in progress of removal, and all looking rakish in the daylight.
Word: sortilege Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French sortilège, from Medieval Latin sortilegium (“witchcraft”), from Latin sortilegus (“sorcerer, diviner”), from sors (“fate”) + legere (“choose”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Witchcraft, magic, especially as a means of making decisions or predictions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We have therefore summoned to our presence a Jewish woman, by name Rebecca, daughter of Isaac of York — a woman infamous for sortileges and for witcheries. Example: Orthodox believers […] were less happy about using sortilege to coerce God into taking decisions on their behalf.
Word: atbash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the letters of the Hebrew alphabet aleph, tav, beth, shin. 1. A simple substitution cipher in which each occurrence of the first letter of the alphabet is substituted with the last, second with next to last, and so on. Labels: uncountable
Word: dimethyl dicarbonate Part of Speech: noun 1. A colorless liquid, used as a food preservative Labels: uncountable
Word: golden mole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several small, insectivorous burrowing mammals of the family Chrysochloridae, native to southern Africa.
Word: tenrec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tanrec, from Malagasy tàndraka or trandraka related to Malay landak (“porcupine”); English from 18th century. 1. Any of several diverse small mammals, of the family Tenrecidae, many native to Madagascar.
Word: spahi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French spahi, from Ottoman Turkish سپاهی (sipahi), from Classical Persian سِپَاهِی (sipāhī, “horseman, soldier”) (> sepoy), from سِپَاه (sipāh, “army”). Doublet of sepoy and sipahi. Pronunciation: /ˈspɑːhiː/ 1. An Ottoman (Turkish empire) cavalryman, especially as recruited under a land-based system. Example: 2001, Orhan Pamuk, My Name Is Red, tr. Erdağ M Göknar I hear that the great Sadiki Bey illustrated a copy of Strange Creatures, commissioned by an Uzbek spahi cavalryman, for only forty gold pieces. 2. A soldier in a mainly Arab-recruited cavalry (originally horse, later light armored) regiment in French colonial service in (former/ in name still) Ottoman North African provinces. Example: TARZAN’S first mission did not bid fair to be either exciting or vastly important. There was a certain lieutenant of spahis whom the government had reason to suspect of improper relations with a great European power.
Word: elephant shrew Part of Speech: noun 1. A sengi (order Macroscelidea). Example: For many years elephant shrews, represented here by the rock elephant shrew, were placed wifhin the Order Insectivora. Today they are separated from that group by virtue of their long snouts, heibivotous dentition and different digestive tract. Example: The recognition of elephant shrews as a distinct clade of eutherian mammals and the discovery of their earliest representatives has not simplified the problem of their higher-order affinities.
Word: spall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spalle (“a chip”) (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split”) (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split”). Pronunciation: /spɔːl/, /spɔl/, /spɑl/, /spɒl/, /spoːl/ 1. A splinter, fragment or chip, especially of stone. Labels: countable Example: My father knew Bert Le Feuvre, the foreman of Griffith's yard, and there was a little heap of spawls waiting ready every night in summer after school for me to crack. 2. A process of weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate. Labels: uncountable Example: The failure of this bearing involved spall under high load. Example: The inspection of this bridge abutment found extensive spall.
Word: spall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spalle (“a chip”) (first documented in 1440), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from the Middle English verb spald (“to split”) (c.1400), from Middle Low German spalden, cognate with Old High German spaltan (“to split”). Pronunciation: /spɔːl/, /spɔl/, /spɑl/, /spɒl/, /spoːl/ 1. To break into fragments or small pieces. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Cobbed Ore is the ſpalled which is broke out of the ſolid large ſtones with ſledges Example: Drones will give an idea of the worst bits, but if it's lightly spalled then I don't know if they will necessarily see that. 2. To undergo weathering, aging, or other wear that involves the crumbling of the substrate. Labels: especially Example: When the bearing race spalled under high load, it led to the failure of the bearing. Example: Once the concrete had spalled extensively, the bridge could no longer pass an honest inspection. 3. To reduce, as irregular blocks of stone, to an approximately level surface by hammering. Labels: transitive
Word: spall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian spalla. Doublet of spauld and spatula. Pronunciation: /spɔːl/, /spɔl/, /spɑl/, /spɒl/, /spoːl/ 1. The shoulder. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Their mightie ſtrokes their haberieons diſmayld, / And naked made each others manly ſpalles; […]
Word: spilth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spill + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Compare Old English *spilþ, spild (“annihilation, destruction, ruin”). Pronunciation: /spɪlθ/ 1. Spillage; spilled material. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: I tempted his blood and his flesh, / Hid in roses my mesh, / Choicest cates and the flagon's best spilth— / Still he kept to his filth! Example: Like a vast spider suspended by a metal chord, a candelabrum presided over the room nine feet above the floor-boards. From its sweeping arms of iron, long stalactites of wax lowered their pale spilths drip by drip, drip by drip.
Word: bespoil Part of Speech: verb 1. To spoil or pollute. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: marquee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”). Ultimately cognate with marque. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/ 1. A large tent with open sides, used for outdoors entertainment. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK 2. A projecting canopy over an entrance, especially one with a sign that displays the name of the establishment or other information of it. Labels: US 3. Lights that turn on and off in sequence, or scrolling text, as these are common elements on a marquee. Labels: US 4. An illuminated panel that appears above the screen/playfield of an arcade game, typically displaying the game's title and manufacturer. 5. A banner on a web page displaying text that scrolls horizontally. Labels: Internet 6. In graphical editing software, a special selection tool, used to highlight a portion of an image. Example: Rectangular Marquee Tool
Word: marquee Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”). Ultimately cognate with marque. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/ 1. Most famous; preeminent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Without adoubt, Brees was a marquee player. Example: Even after a marquee player is traded, he can have a lasting impact on the franchise for which he made his mark.
Word: marquee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From marquise, from French marquise. Ultimately from same root as march (“border country”), margin (“edge”). Ultimately cognate with marque. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)mɑː(ɹ)ˈkiː/ 1. To select (an object or region) with the marquee selection tool. 2. To display text prominently at the top, as in a video. i.e. The text was marqueed at the end of the presentation. Marquee it.
Word: Stagirite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin Stagirites, from the Ancient Greek Σταγιριτης (Stagiritēs, “natives of Stagira”), from Σταγειρος (Stageiros, “Stagira”). Pronunciation: /ˈstæd͡ʒɪɹʌɪt/, /ˈstæɡɪɹʌɪt/ 1. Someone from Stagira.
Word: Stagirite Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Latin Stagirites, from the Ancient Greek Σταγιριτης (Stagiritēs, “natives of Stagira”), from Σταγειρος (Stageiros, “Stagira”). Pronunciation: /ˈstæd͡ʒɪɹʌɪt/, /ˈstæɡɪɹʌɪt/ 1. Aristotle. Example: It was thus a sound insight into the thought framework of the great Stagirite that led the anti-Aristotelian writers of the Renaissance, and later preeminently Descartes and Spinoza, to attack the Platonic/Aristotelian conception of the embodiment of value in nature and the modern logical positivist opponents of metaphysics to attach the stigma of illegitimacy to all evaluative disciplines.
Word: Stakhanovite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Stakhanov + -ite, named after Russian coal miner Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a campaign in 1935. Pronunciation: /stəˈkɑːnəvaɪt/ 1. An extremely productive or hardworking worker, especially in the former USSR, who may earn special rewards; a workaholic. Labels: historical Example: Nevertheless, few outstanding Stakhanovites remained at the bench for very long. Even if they stayed on the enterprise payroll, they ceased to be workers, becoming instead living icons. Example: Kolkhozniki were soon attacking the Stakhanovites with abandon, beating them up, destroying their animals, even killing them.⁴⁰ For obvious reasons, collective farm management and even village authorities were often also not eager to see labor norms increased and colluded in these attacks.
Word: Stakhanovite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Stakhanov + -ite, named after Russian coal miner Alexei Grigoryevich Stakhanov (Aleksei Grigor’evich Stakhanov) whose prodigious output was publicised by Stalin as part of a campaign in 1935. Pronunciation: /stəˈkɑːnəvaɪt/ 1. Pertaining to a Stakhanovite; heroically hardworking. Example: Perhaps he was convinced that a more Stakhanovite nation would, simply because of its absolute ethical commitment to community and service, in some way decide to take from the rich and give to the poor; […] Example: The great galvanised iron shed where the valves were made was a cacophonous and tumultuous place, full of Stakhanovite workers torturing plugs of super-heavy metal with screaming drill bits.
Word: aldosterone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aldo- (“related to aldehydes”) + -sterone, modelled on German Aldosteron; coined in the 1950s. Pronunciation: /ælˈdɒstəɹəʊn/, /ælˈdɑstəˌɹoʊn/ 1. A mineralocorticoid hormone, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that regulates the balance of sodium and potassium in the body.
Word: corticosteroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kert- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-sder. Latin cortexder. English cortico- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English steroid English corticosteroid From cortico- + steroid. Pronunciation: /ˈkʰoɹɾɪko.steːɹoid/ 1. Any of a group of steroid hormones, secreted by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in a large range of physiological systems. 2. Any of several synthetic hormones of related structure. Example: Wúràọlá’s first patient was a man who had not noticed any significant improvement after a regimen of corticosteroids had been prescribed for his spondylosis.
Word: stannum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *stagnombor. Latin stannumbor. English stannum Borrowed from Latin stannum. Pronunciation: /ˈstænəm/ 1. tin Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: stentorious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Stentor + -ious, after the herald Stentor in the Trojan War. Pronunciation: /stɛnˈtɔːɹɪəs/ 1. Synonym of stentorian.
Word: stentoriously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stentorious Middle English -ly English -ly English stentoriously From stentorious + -ly. Pronunciation: /stɛnˈtɔːɹɪəsli/ 1. in a stentorious way. Example: Stentoriously the Countess snored in her lair.
Word: antiseptics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiseptic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: figo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fico. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A figo for the governor, and a figo for his flag.
Word: antisceptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + sceptic. 1. Someone who is opposed to scepticism. Example: Unlike the rationalistic sceptic, the rationalistic antisceptic believes he can provide an adequate justification for responsibility [....]
Word: antisceptic Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of antiseptic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: androsterone Part of Speech: noun 1. An androgenic hormone, excreted in the urine, somewhat less active than testosterone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: androgenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *anḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. English -gen English androgen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English androgenic From androgen + -ic. 1. Of, relating to, or being an androgen.
Word: anthraquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anthra- English quinine Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English quinic German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English quinone English anthraquinone From anthra- + quinone. Pronunciation: /ˌænθɹəkwɪˈnoʊn/, /-ˈkwaɪnoʊn/ 1. A tricyclic quinone, derived from anthracene. 2. Any derivative of this parent compound, mostly natural pigments or synthetic dyes.
Word: belled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɛld/ 1. Having a bell attached. Labels: not-comparable Example: He rode back around the common, mustering every mob of horses except those which contained belled stock. 2. Having bells (especially around the neck of an animal). Labels: not-comparable Example: Or, three falcons close proper, belled gules, a mullet for difference. 3. Having a thicker hollow end, for example to allow pipes to plug into each other. Labels: not-comparable Example: A pipe with one belled and one plain end.
Word: belled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɛld/ 1. simple past and past participle of bell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bend sinister Part of Speech: noun 1. A diagonal band on a coat of arms going from the sinister chief (the viewer's top right) to the dexter base, sometimes erroneously held to indicate bastardy. 2. Bastardy, (by extension) a defect or stigma. Labels: dated, figuratively Example: A ‘bend sinister’ ran athwart his reputation as a priest. Men muttered that he was an infidel, a blasphemous vagabond, versed in all the damnable heresies of antiquity. Example: Rumour credited his family tree with both a 50 per cent. Jewish strain and a bend sinister.
Word: in bend Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of figures: placed in a slanting direction from the dexter chief to the sinister base.
Word: picar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi [Term?]. 1. A retail dealer; an intermediate dealer or broker. Labels: India, obsolete
Word: bendlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *bindaną Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Germanic *-janą Proto-Germanic *bandijaną Proto-West Germanic *bandijan Old English bendan Middle English benden English bend Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English bendlet From bend + -let. 1. A diminutive of the bend, of the same shape, but only half the width of the bend. Example: The shield was silver, charged with a red cross voided (that is, with the centre cut out and only the edges left), between in chief (that is, above the horizontal limb of the cross) two black dragon's wings, and in base two red daggers, and in the centre of the cross a black winged helmet; on a red chief (a broad band across the top of the shield), a silver pale (a broad vertical band), and thereon eight black arrows crossed X-wise, four and four, and encircled with a black band, between on the dexter three bendlets (narrow bands slanting from dexter chief to sinister base) enhanced (that is, raised above the centre), and on the sinister a fleur-de-lis, all of gold.
Word: de facto corporation Part of Speech: noun 1. A business entity that is treated as a corporation for certain purposes despite its failure to meet all of the formal requirements imposed by law for a corporation to exist.
Word: picadura Part of Speech: noun 1. A passage or track cut through foliage. Labels: obsolete
Word: meat hook Part of Speech: noun 1. A two-sided hook normally used in butcheries to hang up meat or the carcasses of animals such as pigs. 2. One's hands or arms. Labels: plural-normally, slang Example: Keep your meat hooks off my radio.
Word: mediacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of media + literacy. 1. Mediation; presence of an intermediary. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mediacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of media + literacy. 1. The facility to work with words and numbers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The facility to work with media. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interlace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/, /ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/, /ˌɪn.tɚˈleɪs/ 1. A decorative element found especially in early medieval art Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hiberno-Saxon interlace patterns 2. A technique of improving the picture quality of a video signal primarily on CRT devices without consuming extra bandwidth. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interlace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English entrelacen, from Anglo-Norman entrelacer, from Old French inter- + lacer (“weave”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈleɪs/, /ˈɪn.tɚ.leɪs/, /ˌɪn.tɚˈleɪs/ 1. To cross one with another. Labels: transitive Example: to interlace wires Example: The opportunity was also taken to remove one of the few examples of gauntleted tracks in this country, interlacing the down fast and slow lines over the bridge. 2. To mingle; to blend. 3. To cross one another as if woven together; to intertwine; to blend intricately. Labels: intransitive Example: interlacing branches
Word: holographic will Part of Speech: noun 1. A will that is handwritten by the testator, without the usual formalities of execution.
Word: handwritten Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hand + written. 1. Written with a person's hand, as opposed to typed. Labels: not-comparable Example: The bible was used by Presley throughout his life until his death on 16 August 1977 and contains his handwritten notes, thoughts and annotations. Example: Dr Richard Beeching's handwritten draft of his report survives in the National Archives.
Word: handwritten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + written. 1. past participle of handwrite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: torero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *táwros Proto-Italic *tauros Latin taurus Spanish toro Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Spanish -ero Spanish torerobor. English torero Borrowed from Spanish torero. 1. A bullfighter
Word: rima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Latin rīma (“a cleft, crack, fissure, chink”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.mə/ 1. A cleft or gap between two symmetrical parts, particularly between the vocal folds. 2. A crack or fissure on a lunar or planetary surface; a rille. Example: Look for three prominent interior craters, as well as an ancient rima falling near the shadow's edge.
Word: kor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew כֹּר (kōr). 1. Alternative form of cor: a former Hebrew and Phoenician unit of volume. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: Solomon responded by committing 20,000 kors of pure oil and 20,000 kors of wheat in annual payments. A kor of oil is an ancient Hebrew unit of liquid of about 58 gallons. A kor of wheat is equal to 6.25 bushels.
Word: rost Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɔst/ 1. Alternative form of roust (“strong tide or current”). Labels: Orkney, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, especially
Word: rost Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹəʊst/ 1. Obsolete form of roast. Labels: Early, Modern, alt-of, obsolete Example: 1595, George Peele, The Old Wives’ Tale, The Malone Society Reprints, 1908, lines 82-85, Well Masters if you will eate nothing take away: Come, what doo we to passe away the time? Lay a crab in the fire to rost for Lambes-wooll […] Example: Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.
Word: rost Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹəʊst/ 1. Obsolete form of roast. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: I love no roſt, but a nut-brown toſte, and a crab layde in the fyre, / A lytle bread ſhall do me stead, much breade I not deſyre. Example: When Thraſo meets his friend, he ſweares by God, / Vnto his Chamber he ſhall welcome be: / Not that hee’le cloy him there with roſt or ſod, / Such vulgar diet with Cookes ſhops agree: / But hee’le preſent moſt kinde, exceeding franke / The beſt Tabacco, that he euer dranke.
Word: rost Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹəʊst/ 1. Obsolete form of roast. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: The secund covrse / Creme off almonds Rost coney plouers small byrds & custard Example: After ſupper we went to reſt, and they to fiſhing againe: more they gat and fell to eating a freſh, and retayned ſufficient readie roſt for all our break-faſts.
Word: tej Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ጠጅ (ṭäǧ, “honey wine, mead”). Pronunciation: [ˈtɛd͡ʒ] 1. A type of honey wine or mead from Ethiopia and Eritrea typically served in a specialized glass vessel known as a berele. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She smells the mingling odors of sweat and tej inside the hot room. Example: Amharic for “honey wine,” tej is an Ethiopian drink that kings, queens, and other royals have enjoyed for thousands of years.[…]¶ Tej is an ancient, fermented spirit mostly made from raw honey, water, and wild yeast.[…]¶ They toasted each other with the tej she brought.
Word: radiative Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or occurring through radiation
Word: anthracene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French anthracène, coined by its co-discoverer Auguste Laurent in 1837, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax, “coal”) + -ene. By surface analysis, anthrac- + -ene. 1. A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (an acene containing three fused rings) obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of wood preservatives, insecticides and the dye alizarin; it is isomeric with phenanthrene. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phenanthrene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. ▲ Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phenyl Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English phen(o)- French anthracènebor. English anthr(ac)ene English phenanthrene From phen(o)- + anthr(ac)ene. 1. A tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon obtained from coal tar; used in the manufacture of dyes, pharmaceuticals and explosives; it is isomeric with anthracene. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: benzophenone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of aromatic ketones based on the parent compound diphenylketone (C₆H₅)₂CO; used, amongst other things, as ingredients in sunblock. Labels: countable 2. The compound diphenylmethanone. Labels: uncountable
Word: anteflexed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- English flexed English anteflexed From ante- + flexed. 1. Bent in an anterior (forward) direction, as the uterus.
Word: retroflexed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From retroflex + -ed. 1. Bent in a posterior (backwards) direction, as the uterus Example: Ultrasound showed that she had a retroflexed uterus. 2. Being retroflex.
Word: butanone Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple aliphatic ketone, CH₃CH₂COCH₃, prepared industrially as a solvent, for use in the manufacture of paints, parts cleaning, and other tasks. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: methyl ethyl ketone Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of butanone (CH₃CH₂COCH₃). Labels: uncountable
Word: housemaid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + maid. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/ 1. A female domestic worker responsible for cleaning a house. Example: With a dramatic gesture, he pointed to a large splash of candle grease on the floor by the writing-table. "It must have been done since yesterday, otherwise a good housemaid would have at once removed it with blotting-paper and a hot iron. […]” 2. A housewife. Labels: derogatory
Word: housemaid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From house + maid. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsˌmeɪd/ 1. To be a housemaid. 2. To wait on someone hand on foot, to watch them. 3. To clean, as a housemaid. Example: Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.
Word: testamentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English testamentarie, from Anglo-Norman testamentarie and Latin testāmentārius (“of or belonging to wills”). 1. of or pertaining to a will or testament Labels: not-comparable Example: Although such letter shall not be interpreted as a testamentary writing, I request that my beneficiaries and executor carry out the requests made in the letter.
Word: high water Part of Speech: noun 1. The location of high tide on a coastal area. Labels: uncountable Example: So as not to impede navigation the two principal spans of the bridge were designed to provide a clear headway of 157 ft. above high water for a distance of 500 ft.; [...]. 2. The state of the tide when the water is at its highest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the requirements of the design was the provision of a clear headway of 50 ft. at high water for shipping. 3. The highest stage of a river. Labels: countable
Word: party of the second part Part of Speech: noun 1. The party to a legal dispute against whom a complaint was initially raised in a court. Labels: archaic 2. The second party named in a contract, generally the party to whom a duty is initially owed, and who is obligated to perform in response to the performance of that initial duty. Labels: archaic
Word: party of the first part Part of Speech: noun 1. The party to a legal dispute who first raised a complaint in a court. Labels: archaic 2. The first party named in a contract, generally the party agreeing to perform a duty thereunder. Labels: archaic
Word: unwelcome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unwelcome, unwelcum; equivalent to un- + welcome. 1. Not welcome. Example: This ſtraunge vnwelcome and vnhappie newes, Of theſe vnnaturall Rebels and vniust, That threaten wracke vnto this wretched Land, Aye me affrights my womans mazed minde, Burdens my heart, and interrupts my ſleepe, […] Example: Gynecomastia is estimated to affect anywhere from 30 to 70 per cent of males at some stage of their lives. And "gyne" or "gyno", as it's commonly known, is not only an unwelcome (and ironic) side-effect of anabolic-androgenic - that is, muscle-building and masculinising - steroids: it can also be caused by other hormonal disruptors such as alcohol, cigarettes, cannabis, obesity, puberty (usually temporarily) and old age. But [Tom] Powell says his gyno was "99 percent" likely due to steroids.
Word: unwelcome Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unwelcome, unwelcum; equivalent to un- + welcome. 1. To treat as unwelcome. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Devils and angels stood side by side on one platform to unwelcome him. Example: 'You could've said so if you're unwelcoming us. We could've just leave^([sic])!' I ranted and walked back into the room, away from the balcony.
Word: illegality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French illégalité, equivalent to il- + legality or illegal + -ity. 1. the state of being illegal Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The criminal was aware of the illegality of his act. Example: In Fraenkel’s defiance of mortality and professionalism and his skill in navigating the triple state lay part of the origins of his idea of the dual state. He answered the illegality in the Nazi prerogative state with his own commitment to illegality in both the resistance and even the legal system itself. 2. a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law Labels: uncountable Example: When sued for refusing to pay for services provided by a prostitute, the customer raised the defense of illegality.
Word: stick around Part of Speech: verb 1. To stay; to linger; to remain. Labels: informal Example: If you have any questions for the performers, stick around in the lobby after the show. Example: So if the bad boy’s proving elusive, why not try some novel, rewarding activities with a virtuous one? It might get your neurons firing. He might stick around afterwards. And even if he doesn't, you can be content in the knowledge that you and your misguided dopamine system had a good night out.
Word: take sitting down Part of Speech: verb 1. To tolerate, accept, or acquiesce; to take no action. Labels: transitive Example: I hope he doesn't think he can get away with such a thing. I'm not going to take this sitting down.
Word: sit still Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain motionless. Example: The dog wouldn't sit still while I gave him a bath. 2. To accept, tolerate, or acquiesce. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'm not going to sit still and let him treat me this way.
Word: gypsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gypsy Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of gypsie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seat-of-the-pants Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seat + of + the + pants. 1. Done by feel, guess, or trial and error rather than by careful planning, thought or technique. Labels: US, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: The new pension-fund managers are an eclectic group, displaying a spectrum of styles and strategies. Some rely chiefly on computers and charts, while others are more likely to trust their seat-of-the-pants judgment.
Word: get what's coming to one Part of Speech: verb 1. To experience the consequences of one's actions. Labels: idiomatic Example: I hope that creep gets what's coming to him, and soon!
Word: sneak preview Part of Speech: noun 1. An early preview or look at something, especially not yet made public. Labels: informal Example: Their dress rehearsal will be a sneak preview of the show for theater members.
Word: Barney Part of Speech: name Etymology: From either the Old English personal name Bera (genitive singular Beran) or from Old English beren (“growing with barley”) + īeġ (“island”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹni/, /ˈbɑːni/ 1. A male given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A male given name: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Casimir Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Polish royal name and saint's name Kazimierz, of Slavic origin, meaning "proclamation of peace". Pronunciation: /ˈkæzɪmɪɚ/ 1. A male given name from Polish. Example: - Babushka wants you to call the poor little bugger Casimir after her uncle in the Resistance. Can you imagine what would happen in any schoolyard to a kid with a name like Casimir?
Word: majorette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for drum majorette, equivalent to major + -ette. Doublet of marjoret. Pronunciation: /ˌmeɪ.d͡ʒəˈɹɛt/ 1. A female dancer who twirls and performs stunts with a lightweight baton, whether as a solo, in a group of majorettes, or in the company of a marching band.
Word: Hayhurst Part of Speech: name 1. A neighbourhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. 2. An English habitational surname from Old English, from Hay Hurst in Lancashire
Word: movers and shakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mover and shaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waveguide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave + guide. 1. A structure which guides waves, such as electromagnetic waves, light, or sound waves.
Word: waveguide Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wave + guide. 1. To act as a waveguide for Example: The advantage of transverse magnetic polarization, however, is the possibility of exploiting surface plasmons for waveguiding.
Word: teres Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin teres (“rounded”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəs/, /ˈtiːɹiːs/ 1. A terete muscle.
Word: skel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of skell. Labels: alt-of, alternative