nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: versatility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English versatile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English versatility From versatile + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌvɜː.səˈtɪl.ɪ.tiː/, /ˌvɜɹ.səˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ˌvøː.səˈtəl.ə.tiː/, /ˌvɛɹ.səˈtɪl.ɪ.ti/ 1. The property of being versatile or having many different abilities. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Those are the sort of women who polish a young man the most, and who give him that habit of complaisance, and that flexibility and versatility of manners which prove of great use to him with men, and in the course of business. Example: We broke up our tests into three categories — performance, durability and versatility — so we could compare the different features of each jacket against the others directly.
Word: vocalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs Proto-Italic *wōks Latin vōx Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vōcālisbor. Middle English vocal English vocal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vocalize From vocal + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈvoʊ.kə.laɪz/ 1. To express with the voice, to utter. Example: Following the modern spirit, the real poems of the present, ever solidifying and expanding into the future, must vocalize the vastness and splendor and reality with which scientism has invested man and the universe,[…] 2. To produce noises or calls from the throat. Example: We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them. 3. To sing without using words. 4. To turn a consonant into a vowel. Example: In Hong Kong English, /l/ may be vocalized at the end of a syllable. 5. To make a sound voiced rather than voiceless. Labels: dated 6. To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew)
Word: viability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English viable Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English viability From viable + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌvaɪəˈbɪlɪti/ 1. The property of being viable; the ability to live or to succeed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1904, Hugo DeVries, Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Ordinarily these altered organs are sterile, but in some instances a very small quantity of seed is produced, and when testing their viability I succeeded in raising a few plants from them. Example: 1980, Jimmy Carter, State of the Union Address In making its grants the Endowment will increase its emphasis on techniques which stimulate support for the humanities from non-Federal sources, in order to reinforce our tradition of private philanthropy in this field, and to insure and expand the financial, viability of our cultural institutions and life.
Word: sphagnum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Sphagnum, which is from Ancient Greek σφάγνος (sphágnos). Pronunciation: /ˈsfæɡnəm/ 1. Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he ground up here is waterlogged and riddled with potholes, holes beneath the spongy coral fern, hidden holes throughout the sphagnum.
Word: logistic function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French fonction logistique; see discussion at logistic. 1. A function, the result of the division of two exponential functions, that gives rise to the logistic curve.
Word: trailer park trash Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of trailer trash. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, derogatory, idiomatic, uncountable Example: I didn't wear my “Trailer Park Trash” T-shirt that day. Example: I swear, this whole thing sounds like we're talking about some hillbilly trailer park trash.
Word: luctiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin luctifer (“full of sorrow”) + -ous, from luctus (“sorrow”) + -fer (“bearing”). 1. mournful Labels: archaic Example: The listeners were moved to tears by the luctiferous tolling of the funeral bells.
Word: Saracen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin Saracenus, from Ancient Greek Σαρακηνός (Sarakēnós) - *Saraka[?] + -ινος. The source of the Greek has long been debated. * In the 17th-19th centuries, the most widely accepted theory derived it from Arabic شَرْقِيِّين (šarqiyyin, “easterners”), as the Sarakenoi lived to the east of most Semitic peoples of the time. * Some authors in the 15th-17th centuries derived it from Arabic سَارِقُون (sāriqūn, “plunderers”) (as mentioned in Wikipedia Saracen). * In the 4th century AD, some authors (e.g. Eusebius) connected it (likely by folk etymology) to the biblical Sarah, claiming that the progeny of Hagar had chosen that name to imitate the nobler roots of Israelites. This might be the source of the pejorative use of the term, and its wide currency. * Two theories based on place-names point at Saraka in Arabia, or Sarakēnē in Arabia Petrea. The latter, apparently in Sinai, may be related to the Bedouin tribe Sawārke/Sawārika. According to this theory, this was the first Arabic group with whom the Greek writers from Alexandria would have sustained contacts, and it served as a type that was later generalized to all Arabic groups. Pronunciation: /ˈsæɹəˌsən/ 1. A member of a nomadic people from the Sinai near the Roman province of Arabia in the early centuries AD, who were specifically distinct from Arabs. 2. A Muslim, especially one involved in the Crusades. Labels: dated Example: We pretend to be Christians, and, from the superior Light we enjoy, ought to exceed Heathens, Turks, Saracens, Moors, Negroes, and Indians, in the Knowledge and Practice of what is right. 3. A pirate in the Mediterranean. Labels: dated
Word: Tell el-Amarna Part of Speech: name 1. Modern site of the ancient city of Akhetaten in Egypt, built by Akhenaten in honor of the Egyptian deity Aten.
Word: inducing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjuːsɪŋ/, /ɪnˈdusɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of induce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inducing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdjuːsɪŋ/, /ɪnˈdusɪŋ/ 1. That induces; inductive. 2. That induces; inductive. Labels: in-compounds Example: anxiety-inducing, nausea-inducing, sleep-inducing
Word: umma Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ummah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aesthetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English aesthetically From aesthetic + -ally. 1. In an aesthetic manner; with a pleasing sensory effect. Example: Amid all the fevered anticipation of this fixture, few would have expected to witness an aesthetically pleasing example of the beautiful game. Example: According to TikTok, where the trend has more than 30 million views, girl dinner is akin to an aesthetically pleasing Lunchable: an artfully arranged pile of snacks that, when consumed in high enough volume, constitutes a meal.[…]”
Word: countertrade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade English countertrade From counter- + trade. 1. Exchange of goods or services that are paid for, in whole or part, with other goods or services. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: countertrade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *dreh₂- Proto-Germanic *tradō Proto-West Germanic *trudo Old Saxon tradader. Middle Low German tradeder. Middle English trade English trade English countertrade From counter- + trade. 1. To engage in exchanges of this kind.
Word: florid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flōreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin flōridus French floride English florid From French floride (“flourishing”), from Latin floridus (“flowery, blooming”). Doublet of Florida. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹɪd/, /ˈfloɹɪd/, /ˈflɑɹɪd/ 1. Having a rosy or pale red colour; ruddy. 2. Elaborately ornate; flowery. 3. In a blatant, vivid, or highly disorganized state. Example: florid psychosis Example: His visions of their plans and his imminent detention were so florid that the reality, wherein he was unharmed and simply sitting in the cab of the RS-80 and continuing his slow work on the road, was far less plausible. 4. Flourishing; in the bloom of health. Labels: obsolete Example: Mean while Peregrine guessing the good fortune of his friend, and allured by the attractions of the maid, who was a cleanly florid girl, employed his address to such effectual purpose, that she yielded to his efforts; and he was as happy as such a conquest could make him.
Word: magnetic permeability Part of Speech: noun 1. a measure of the magnetisation of a material in a magnetic field; symbol μ. Materials with values less than 1 are diamagnetic those above are paramagnetic.
Word: BMT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of basic military training, which includes physical training, where Singaporean males will learn basic skills of a soldier. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: During the two-hour visit, Mr Ong was briefed by commanders on the BMT curriculum and observed recruits undergoing physical training and using tablets to learn how to strip and assemble their weapons. Example: At the start of BMT, he could manage just two chin-ups; at the end, he was doing more than 20. “My body has toned up a lot,” he says. 2. Initialism of bone marrow transplant or bone marrow transplantation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: We knew: People die during the first hundred days of a BMT. Although we would fly to Seattle together, a month later I might bring Jane home in a box—after the new marrow failed to engraft; after an unstoppable infection with no immune system; after liver failure when the new marrow attacked its stranger-body.
Word: BMT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: St. Elmo's fire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Erasmus of Formia, the patron saint of sailors, also known as St. Elmo. 1. An electrical discharge, or corona, seen around pointed objects, caused by ionization of the atmosphere during storms. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I can see a new horizon, underneath a blazing sky. I’ll be where the eagle’s flying, higher and higher! Gonna be a man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels. Take me where the future lies, in St. Elmo’s fire!
Word: IRT Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IRT Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of in reference to or in regard to. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IRT Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. The subway lines, collectively, formerly run by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A Soho sweetheart wants the man who injured her husband thrown in front of the IRT. Example: Take the IRT to Atlantic and change for the R. 2. Initialism of item response theory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of investigation and recovery team. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of independent review team Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: third rail Part of Speech: noun 1. The electrified rail that runs beside or between train tracks to power electric trains. Example: The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return. Example: The locomotive third-rail pick up shoes are of the new standard S.R. type. [...] Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area. 2. Anything that is controversial or dangerous to come into contact with, or is best avoided. Labels: broadly Example: Today's rapidly developing third rail (at least in some states) is supporting driver's licenses for illegal immigrants, as favored by New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Example: Despite ethnic resentment and suspicion, they [Ukraine's leaders] never contemplated breaking up the country. This was the third rail of Ukrainian politics, and very few were willing to touch it. Secession was taboo.
Word: sagittary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sagittarius, from sagitta (“arrow”). Doublet of Sagittarius. Pronunciation: /ˈsæd͡ʒɪtəɹi/ 1. A centaur, half-human and half-horse. Labels: archaic Example: the dreadful Sagittary / Appals our numbers Example: [...] lion, to tread down all that shall oppose them; and though many sagittaries shall appear in defence of the Lilies, yet shall they not prevail ; because the dull animal of the North shall be put to confusion; and though it be against […] the chief strength of France, consisting of horsemen who appeared like sagittaries, that is to say half men and half horses: […] 2. A mythical compound creature, resembling a centaur (half-human, half-horse) or a half-human, half-lion, often armed with a bow and arrows. Labels: capitalized, often Example: Gules, three Sagittaries - or, three torteaux. Stephen's cognizance was a Sagittary, because he entered England when the Sun was in that sign, and was greatly indebted for his success to mounted archers. Example: And all beasts azure are armed gules, and vice versa. The Sagittary is well known as the representation of the […] 3. An archer; by extension, a coin used in ancient Persia and Greece featuring an archer. Labels: archaic Example: Born till Crassus perished by them, at which time a Sagittary was blazoned in their Royal Standard: [...] Darius being stamped on the one side and a Sagittary (his coat-armour) on the other; memorized by Plutarch in the life of Agesilaus, who complained that his design of conquering Asia was prevented by thirty thousand Sagittaries; meaning a Bribe of so many[…]
Word: sain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum. Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”). Pronunciation: /seɪn/ 1. To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Saining is the grand protection against them; a Shetlander always sains himself when passing by their hills. 2. To make the sign of the cross. Labels: intransitive 3. To bless, to keep from evil influence. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Sain usǃ Sain us, oh Godǃ. Example: Far from my speech stands he who sains and saves.
Word: narrowboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narrow + boat. 1. A barge used on the narrow canals of England.
Word: saltimbanco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian saltimbanco. Used thus in English because of the association with street performers, seen by the settled population in English-speaking culture as not to be trusted. A more usual and more accurate English word, derived from similar sources, is mountebank. Pronunciation: /sæltɪmˈbæŋkəʊ/ 1. A quack doctor, a fraud.
Word: samisen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsæmɪsɛn/ 1. Alternative form of shamisen. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He sees her chastened and cast-down eyes as she kneels and tinkles away on her samisen
Word: shamisen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 三味線 (shamisen). Pronunciation: /ˈʃæmɪsɛn/ 1. A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.
Word: sanjak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish سنجاق (sancâk, “subdivision of a vilayet”, literally “flag, banner”), from Proto-Turkic *sančgak (“lance, streamer attached to a spear”). Pronunciation: /ˈsandʒak/ 1. A district, a prefecture, particularly (historical) a second-level administrative division of the Ottoman Empire. Example: This lymphatic monster had once blocked the distinguished pharynx of Lord Blatherard Osmo, who at the time occupied the Novy Pazar desk at the Foreign Office, an obscure penance for the previous century of British policy on the Eastern Question, for on this obscure sanjak had once hinged the entire fate of Europe. 2. Synonym of sanjakbey: the officer supervising a sanjak. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: ... the Duke ... enforced all the whole Armie to retire to the Campe, with the losse of five or six thousand, with the Bashaw of Buda, and foure or five Zanzacks, with divers other great Commanders, two hundred Prisoners, and nine peeces of Ordnance.
Word: sanjakbeg Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsænd͡ʒækbɛɡ/ 1. Alternative form of sanjakbey: an official of the Ottoman Empire who oversaw a sanjak. Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical
Word: sawney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (fool, idiot): From Sawney, a Scots variant of the personal name Sandy. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːni/ 1. A fool, an idiot. Labels: countable 2. Bacon. Labels: UK, obsolete, uncountable Example: Tyrrell, another boy, confirmed their testimony, and said, on one occasion, when they had stolen a heart, liver, and lights, the prisoner said, "go out, one or two of you, and see if you can get a bit of sawney!" (meaning a bit of bacon). Example: If a boy comes to the house on a night without money or sawney, or something to sell to the lodgers, a handkerchief or something of that kind, he is not admitted, but told very plainly, ‘Go thieve it, then.’
Word: sawney Part of Speech: adj Etymology: (fool, idiot): From Sawney, a Scots variant of the personal name Sandy. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːni/ 1. foolish, stupid
Word: electrified Part of Speech: adj 1. Powered by electricity. Labels: not-comparable Example: The electrified route to Corby will be served by the 21x4-car fleet of Class 360s cascaded from Greater Anglia, operating a half-hourly service under the EMR Electrics brand. Example: Back in 1963, how could Beeching advocate closure of the electrified Liverpool-Southport commuter route, just because its books didn't balance? The busy North London line between Richmond and Broad Street was also for the axe, as was Leeds to Bradford and Ilkley.
Word: electrified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of electrify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: schmegeggy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish שמעגעגע (shmegege). Pronunciation: /ʃməˈɡɛɡi/ 1. An idiot; a jerk. Example: Her lover she calls me, while her husband is listening on the other extension! And it never occurs to her, if I’m her lover, who is he, the schmegeggy she lives with?
Word: Southern Cross Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌsʌðə(ɹ)n ˈkɹɒs/ 1. A distinctive winter constellation of the southern sky, shaped like a cross, which appears in the flags of several countries in Oceania. Example: The stars had not quite faded out of the sky, and the Southern Cross was still shining faintly in the heavens; the jungle all round was very still, just as if Nature was waiting to introduce the busy hum of life till the last solemn scene was over. 2. The constellation as a symbol of Australia, New Zealand and various other places in the Southern Hemisphere.
Word: Southern Cross Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌsʌðə(ɹ)n ˈkɹɒs/ 1. A place in Australia: 2. A place in Australia: 3. A place in Australia:
Word: Northern Cross Part of Speech: name 1. A summer asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a cross. It includes the stars Deneb and Albireo.
Word: chamaeleon Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of chameleon. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: chemical space Part of Speech: noun 1. the set of all possible stable molecules
Word: enantioselective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Hellenic *antíos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (ăntĭ́os) Ancient Greek ἐνᾰντῐ́ος (enăntĭ́os)der. English enantio- English selective English enantioselective From enantio- + selective. 1. that catalyzes the reaction of only one of a pair of enantiomers Example: Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4 (pdf) from Sigma-Aldrich In combination with the two complementary methods that have been developed for asymmetric vinylcarbenoid cyclopropanations, the chemistry is applicable to the enantioselective synthesis of a wide variety of acyclic, cyclic, and polycyclic systems.
Word: anatase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French anatase, from Ancient Greek ἀνάτασις (anátasis, “extending, extension”), named for the length of its crystals. Pronunciation: /ˈænəˌteɪs/, /ˈænəˌteɪz/ 1. A blue or brown mineral, a form of titanium dioxide, used as a pigment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: porta-potty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of portable + potty, from the commercial name Porta Potti. Equivalent to porta- (“portable”) + potty. 1. A portable toilet, (in UK, particularly) a chemical toilet comprising only the fixture rather than an entire enclosure. Example: So let’s talk about infrastructure tonight, and let’s begin with dams, because dams are amazing. They’re the most powerful device we have for holding back liquid aside from the idea of using a porta-potty. “I’ll wait. I’ll just wait forever. I cannot go in there.”
Word: Chamaeleon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin chamaeleon (“chamaeleon”), from Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn). Doublet of chameleon. Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. 1. A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, imagined to resemble a chameleon, which lies south of the constellations Carina and Musca. Example: 1994, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica, Volumes 28-30, Instituto de Astronomía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, page 50, The X-ray luminosity function has been determined so far only for the far only for the central parts of the Chamaeleon SFR by Fiegelson et al. (1993). Example: 2001, A. Mizuno, T. Hayakawa, T. Onishi, Y. Fukui, Dense Core Survey toward the Chamaeleon Dark Cloud Complex with the NANTEN Radio Telescope, Alwyn Wootten (editor), Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA): Proceedings of a Conference, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, page 146.
Word: ammonia borane Part of Speech: noun 1. An inorganic hydride of nitrogen and boron, NH₃BH₃, proposed as a source of hydrogen in motor vehicles. Labels: uncountable
Word: isoelectronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English electronic English isoelectronic From iso- + electronic. 1. Having the same electronic configuration, although consisting of different elements. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ammonia borane is isoelectronic with ethane.
Word: Dorado Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Italian dorato (“gilded, golden”), ultimately from Latin deaurātus, the past participle of deaurō (“to gild”). 1. A small constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a goldfish or swordfish. It lies between the constellations Pictor and Reticulum, and is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud. 2. A barangay of Pakil, Laguna, Philippines.
Word: majoritarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English majority Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English majoritarian 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 majoritarianism From majoritarian + -ism. 1. A form of democracy in which decisions are made by a simple majority of some organized group. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: majoritarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From majority + -ary + -ly. Perhaps a calque of French majoritairement or equivalents in other Romance languages. 1. mostly; predominantly. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: Alternatively, the large difference in reward value between sweetened water and intravenous cocaine found in the present study strongly suggests that despite all the appearances, rats are in fact majoritarily resilient to cocaine addiction. Example: Therefore, even though those released on leaves from Germany were majoritarily ethnic Serbs and even though one of the avowed priorities of the Nedic government was to aid its co-nationals stationed in Germany as much as possible, the situation of those people who did not live up to the requirements and expectations of the newly deﬁned Serbian patriotism was not to be made any easier.
Word: irreparably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English irreparable Middle English -ly English -ly English irreparably From irreparable + -ly. 1. Such that it cannot be repaired. Example: The building was erected in two years, at the parochial expence, on the foundation of the former one, which was irreparably damaged by the hurricane of Auguſt, 1712.
Word: irreparable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French irréparable, from Old French, from Latin irreparabilis, equivalent to ir- + reparable. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹɛp(ə)ɹəbəl/, /ɪɹəˈpæɹəbəl/, /ɪɹəˈpɛ(ə)ɹəbəl/ 1. Incapable of being repaired, amended, cured or rectified; unrepairable. Example: It was impoſſible that the queen of France [Marie Antoinette] ſhould not be deeply affected by a conteſt, which ſo cloſely involved her neareſt and deareſt connections, and threatened ſo immediate and perhaps irreparable a breach of the harmony and friendſhip ſubſiſting between them. Example: “Florida has struck an unholy bargain with the Trump administration,” one speaker said. “People are not getting food, hygiene, or medical care. These conditions are substandard and cause irreparable harm.”
Word: impaled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪld/ 1. Pinned to something by piercing. Labels: not-comparable
Word: impaled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of impale Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unweathered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English weathered English unweathered From un- + weathered. 1. not weathered or seasoned
Word: undeviating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + deviating. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈdiːvieɪtɪŋ/ 1. That does not deviate, veer or turn aside; unswerving. 2. That does not change; steady. Example: And she had a yet harder lesson to learn—that nothing can supply the place of strong, undeviating principle.
Word: jumpiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of jumpy: most jumpy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: anadem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin anadēma, from Ancient Greek ἀνάδημα (anádēma, “head-band”). Pronunciation: /ˈa.nə.dɛm/ 1. A headband, especially a garland of flowers. Example: Ada, on the grass, kept trying to make an anadem of marguerites for the dog while Lucette looked on, munching a crumpet. Example: As she held high the Staff, she caught the early sunlight. Her hair shone about her like an anadem, and the golden Ranyhyn bore her up like an offering to the wide day.
Word: honed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /hoʊnd/, /həʊnd/ 1. Made sharp. 2. Made more accurate or precise.
Word: honed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hoʊnd/, /həʊnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: playacting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of play-acting. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: playacting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of playact Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pretence Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːtɛns/, /pɹɪˈtɛns/ 1. British standard spelling of pretense. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: commendable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English commendable, from Middle French commendable, from Latin commendabilis, from commendare (“to commend, intrust to”), from com- + mandare (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dare (“to put”). Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛndəbəl/, /ˈkɒmɛndəbəl/, /ˈkɒməndəbəl/ 1. Worthy of commendation; deserving praise; admirable, creditable, or meritorious. Example: Thanks, i' faith; for silence is only commendable In a neat's tongue dried and a maid not vendible. Example: Tuc[ca]. […] Can thy Author doe it impudently enough? Hiſt[rio]. O, I warrant you, Captaine: and ſpitefully inough too; he ha's one of the moſt ouerflowing villanous wits, in Rome. He will ſlander any man that breathes; If he diſguſt him. Tucca. I'le know the poor, egregious, nitty Raſcall; and he haue ſuch commendable Qualities, I'le cheriſh him: […]
Word: fervid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *ferwejō Proto-Italic *ferweō Latin ferveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fervidusbor. English fervid Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferveō. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + id. Pronunciation: /ˈfɝ.vɪd/, /ˈfɜː.vɪd/ 1. Intensely hot; radiating with energy. Example: Four years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city. 2. lively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous. Labels: figuratively
Word: steepled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstiːpəld/ 1. simple past and past participle of steeple Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: steepled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstiːpəld/ 1. having a steeple Example: The same steepled towns dangle from the sea's horizon, the Brueghel faces of our electorate are as pink with zeal as they were those three decades ago. 2. formed into the shape of a steeple
Word: raptly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English rapt Middle English -ly English -ly English raptly From rapt + -ly. 1. in a rapt manner
Word: phantasmagorical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phantasmagoria + -ical. 1. Synonym of phantasmagoric. Example: Accordingly, Hawthorne selects the Brook Farm episode (or a reflection of it) as affording his drama "a theatre, a little removed from the highway of ordinary travel, where the creatures of his brain may play their phantasmagorical antics, without exposing them to too close a comparison with the actual events of real lives." Example: "In my youth," he went on after a pause, "I found myself, quite fortuitously, involved in a series of the most phantasmagorical amorous intrigues.[…]"
Word: Alnair Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic النَّائِر (an-nāʔir, “the bright [one]”). 1. A bluish-white star in the constellation Grus; Alpha (α) Gruis. 2. A bluish-white binary star in the constellation Centaurus; Zeta (ζ) Centauri.
Word: food chain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From food + chain. 1. The feeding relationships between species in a biotic community. Example: Nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into molecule-size particles, are starting to enter the food chain through well-known food products and their packaging, but there is little acknowledgment by the companies using them, according to a new report from a nonprofit group that works to enhance corporate accountability. 2. A hierarchy. Labels: idiomatic Example: With my promotion this month I will continue my steady journey to the top of the food chain. Example: He, too, was a meat puppet. Unable to make any decision without imagined repercussions from above, he chose to make none and instead passed his decision onto the next guy up the food chain.
Word: Matthews Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Matthew English -'s English -s English Matthews From Matthew + -s. Pronunciation: /ˈmæθjuz/ 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Matthew. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Four days before his arrest in connection with the three Louisiana Baptist church fires, Holden Matthews expressed disgust with Baptist beliefs on Facebook, CNN has learned. 2. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Matthews Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈmæθjuz/ 1. plural of Matthew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Palmer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English palmer (“a pilgrim from the Holy Land”), from Old French. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːmə/, /ˈpɑmɚ/ 1. An English surname transferred from the nickname. Labels: countable Example: Chili’s has also enlisted several actors from “The Office” to star in the ads, including Melora Hardin (Jan Levinson), Andy Buckley (David Wallace), Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone) and Kate Flannery (Meredith Palmer). 2. A male given name. Labels: countable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename 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 12. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 15. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 16. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 17. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 18. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 19. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 20. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 21. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 22. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 23. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 24. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 25. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Fornax Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by the French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille. Originally called Fornāx Chemica, From the Latin for "chemical furnace". 1. A winter constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a furnace. It lies near the constellation Eridanus. 2. A dwarf galaxy located in the constellation Fornax. 3. The Roman goddess of ovens. Labels: Roman
Word: Graeco-Roman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Graeco- + Roman. Pronunciation: /ɡɹiːkəʊˈɹəʊmən/, /ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈɹoʊmən/ 1. Alternative form of Greco-Roman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Greco-Roman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Greco- + Roman. Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹiːkəʊˈɹəʊmən/, /ˌɡɹɛkəʊˈɹəʊmən/, /ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈɹoʊmən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture. Labels: Canada, US Example: In the beginning and height of the Greco-Roman civilization, everyone was expected to have courage, because it was deemed to be the First Virtue above all others. 2. Describing Greco-Roman wrestling, a form of wrestling where fighters may only attack above the waist. Labels: Canada, US
Word: fantasie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of fantasy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Horatio ſaies tis but our fantaſie,
Word: anonaceous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of annonaceous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: custard apple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fancied resemblance of the fruit's flesh to custard. 1. Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona: 2. Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona: 3. Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona: 4. Any of several tropical fruits in the genus Annona: 5. A pawpaw (fruit of Asimina triloba). Example: If you’ve ever sampled an American custard apple, a prairie banana or a hillbilly mango, then you’ve eaten a pawpaw.
Word: come-around Part of Speech: noun 1. Any shot that curls around another rock.
Word: gripper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grip Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English gripper From grip + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹɪ.pə(ɹ)/, /ˈɡɹɪ.pəɹ/ 1. A person who or thing which grips something. Example: In a method for guiding a thread onto an empty reel after a first reel in a continuously operating spooler has become full, utilizing a moving finger on the spooler in cooperation with a gripper rotating with the empty reel […] 2. A cover on a handle that makes it easier to grip. 3. A rubber or other material attached to a curling shoe to improve traction on the ice. 4. A ticket collector. Labels: slang 5. A visual component on a window etc. enabling it to be resized and/or moved. Example: To move the options bar from its default location at the top of the screen to a new location, click the gripper on the option bar's left edge and drag it to its new location. 6. A foot. Labels: plural-normally, slang Example: Put those grippers away!
Word: extra ends Part of Speech: noun 1. Overtime in a tied game. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: hog line Part of Speech: noun 1. The line in which the stone must completely cross to be considered in play. 2. The line before which the thrower must release the rock during delivery.
Word: hog line violation Part of Speech: noun 1. The failure to release a stone before crossing the near hog line.
Word: LSFE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of last stone in the first end. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: negative ice Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot in which the player curls the stone in the opposite direction in which the stone is expected to curve, due to significant defects in flatness of the ice surface.
Word: curling stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that permits a player to deliver a stone while standing upright
Word: curly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English curl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English curly From curl + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːli/, /ˈkɝli/, /ˈkøːli/, /kʌrle/, /keːli/ 1. Having curls. 2. Curling in a direction, as opposed to straight (quotation marks or apostrophes) 3. Complicated and difficult; knotty. Labels: Australia Example: Often, the job will throw you a curly problem that will cause the unprepared to fail, so it is best to prepare an investigative plan before starting work.
Word: curly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English curl Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English curly From curl + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːli/, /ˈkɝli/, /ˈkøːli/, /kʌrle/, /keːli/ 1. a person or animal with curly hair.
Word: banished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of banish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: banished Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbænɪʃt/ 1. Having been subject to banishment; kicked out and forbidden from returning; forbidden and prohibited. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sacrificed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪst/, /ˈsæk.ɹɪˌfaɪst/, /ˈsæk.ɹəˌfaɪst/, /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.fɑest/, /ˈsɛk.ɹɪ.fɑe̯st/ 1. simple past and past participle of sacrifice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wasting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of waste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wasting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ 1. Causing a waste, or wasting away; causing pronounced loss of body mass. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wasting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈweɪstɪŋ/ 1. Gradual deterioration or wasting away. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: muscular wastings 2. The act by which something is laid waste; destruction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wasting disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Any medical condition that causes pronounced loss of body mass. Example: He suffered from a horrible wasting disease and lost 100 pounds in only two weeks.
Word: springing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of spring Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: springing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to spring. Labels: uncountable 2. A set of springs in a vehicle, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: Bolsterless trailer bogies have been used, incorporating in the construction laminated springs mounted on the axle boxes, and steel helical springs with auxiliary rubbers, thus maintaining the high standard of springing of the swing bolster bogies. Example: In general, steel springs were stipulated for primary suspension, although rubber was accepted for auxiliary springing; hydraulic dampers were specified and the use of laminated springs ruled out. 3. The spring of an arch: the lowest part of an arch on both sides. Labels: archaic, countable Example: The arch failed first at the crown, then at the quarterings, and finally at the springings. After demolition the girders for half the new structure were erected on bedstones already built on the abutments behind the springings of the old arch.
Word: springing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋɪŋ/ 1. That springs or spring. Labels: not-comparable 2. That takes effect only after the incapacity of the grantor or some other definite future act or circumstance. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: jeu de paume Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French jeu de paume (“game of the palm”). 1. A precursor of lawn tennis, originally played by hitting the ball with the palm of the hand instead of with a racquet. Labels: uncountable Example: Although court tennis was at first played by hand (jeu de paume), the form of the game and the shape of the court were developed during the 12th and 13th centuries to a point differing little from the modern game. Example: Clerici reports on two types of jeu de paume that were associated with the Church during the Middle Ages. 2. The type of court where this game was played. Labels: uncountable Example: A jeu de paume court with game in progress. Example: The more superficial beholder of the book's cover (a magnificent piece of artistry by the Venetian painter Gabriel Bella) will have failed to notice, on its continuation overleaf, the employee of an ancient jeu de paume who, having scaled the slanting roof of the gallery, is busily retrieving from the dusty recesses of the window-sill the stray tennis balls from below.
Word: maids Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /meɪdz/ 1. plural of maid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: territories Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪˌtɔɹiz/, /ˈtɛɹɪt(ə)ɹiz/ 1. plural of territory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lunge. 1. Synonym of mackinaw trout.
Word: local gigantism Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition in which a certain part of the body acquires larger than normal size due to excessive growth of the anatomical structures or abnormal accumulation of substances. Labels: uncountable
Word: garrot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French garrot. Doublet of garrote. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæɹət/ 1. A stick or small wooden cylinder used for tightening a bandage, in order to compress the arteries of a limb. Example: The Army doctor used a garrot to stop the bleeding from the injured soldier's wound. 2. An Antiguan. Labels: Caribbean, derogatory
Word: garrot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of garrote. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: garrot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. 1. A seaduck of the genus Bucephala; a goldeneye.
Word: adjudicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin adiūdicō, adiūdicātus, from ad + iūdicō (“to judge”). Doublet of adjudge. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒuː.dɪ.keɪt/, /əˈd͡ʒu.dɪˌkeɪt/, /əˈd͡ʒʉː.dɪ.kæɪt/ 1. To decide, rule on, or settle as a judge. Labels: transitive Example: From the twelfth century Shetland had been administered directly by the Norwegian crown through the 'foud', rather than forming part of the patrimony of a great aristocratic estate. The foud appointed 'underfouds' and the Shetlands evolved their own elected officers, a 'lawman' and parish 'lawrightmen', who adjudicated and negotiated the collection of customary taxes and fines on behalf of the local population. Example: Blinded to the outcomes of HPV testing, samples were thereafter evaluated by cytoscreeners using FocalPoint GS Imaging System (BD), and abnormal findings were adjudicated by pathologists. 2. To act as a judge. Labels: intransitive, often Example: A Court of Arbitration, constituted by the World Bank in The Hague, has brushed aside New Delhi’s objections and concluded that it has the competence to adjudicate on Pakistan’s objection to the Kishenganga and Ralte hydroelectric projects of India. 3. To seize or convey as security. Labels: transitive
Word: schuss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”). Pronunciation: /ʃʊs/ 1. A straight run downhill. Example: The hand slid down the schuss of material and plucked at the hem.
Word: schuss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from German Schuss (literally “shot”). Pronunciation: /ʃʊs/ 1. To ski a schuss. Example: When, on his first time on skis, he just schussed down the mountain, we knew he was a natural.
Word: scialytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”). Pronunciation: /sʌɪəˈlɪtɪk/ 1. Dispelling shadows.
Word: sciamachy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin sciamachia, and its source, Hellenistic Ancient Greek σκιαμαχία (skiamakhía), from σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + μάχη (mákhē, “battle”). Pronunciation: /sʌɪˈæməki/, /saɪˈæməki/ 1. shadow-boxing; fighting that is futile or make-believe Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: scombroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκόμβρος (skómbros, “tuna, mackerel”) + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈskɒmbɹɔɪd/ 1. Pertaining to mackerel. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘Here then,’ the kindly scombroid face scanning Eventyr, quick as a fire-control dish antenna and even less mercy […]