nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sealing wax Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiːlɪŋ ˌwæks/ 1. Wax formerly melted onto a letter to seal it; the picture of the sender's seal was often pressed into the wax as evidence that the letter had not been opened. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hagiographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hagiography + -er. Pronunciation: /ˌhæɡiˈɑɡɹəfɚ/, /ˌheɪɡi-/, /ˌheɪd͡ʒi-/, /ˌhæɡiˈɒɡɹəfə/ 1. Someone who writes the biography of a saint. 2. Someone who writes in an excessively flattering and laudatory way about a person (as if that person were a saint). Labels: derogatory, figuratively 3. A writer of any of the Hagiographa․
Word: habiliment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English habilement, from Old French habillement (“clothes”). Pronunciation: /həˈbɪlɪmənt/ 1. Clothes, especially clothing appropriate for someone's job, status, or to an occasion. Example: Forth came that auncient Lord and aged Queene, / Arayd in antique robes downe to the ground, / And sad habiliments right well beseene; / A noble crew about them waited round / Of sage and sober Peres, all gravely gownd; / Whom farre before did march a goodly band / Of tall young men,° all hable armes to sownd, / But now they laurell braunches bore in hand; / Glad signe of victorie and peace in all their land. Example: She / In th' habiliments of the goddess Isis / That day appeared, and oft before gave audience […] 2. Equipment or furnishings characteristic of a place or being; trappings.
Word: hairline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + line. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛɹˌlaɪn/ 1. The line along one's forehead where hair starts growing. Example: It's just a receding hairline — it's not like you're going bald. Example: Using a Danish technique, doctors can now insert plugs of just one or two hairs in front of an implanted area to simulate a natural hairline. 2. A very thin line in writing, drawing, or typography. 3. A very thin fissure. Labels: figuratively Example: While inspecting the new house, we found a few hairlines in one of the walls. Example: There was a hairline crack in the airplane's wing. 4. A fishing line made from hair.
Word: smack dab Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of smack-dab. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: splatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of splash + spatter. Pronunciation: /ˈsplætɚ/ 1. An uneven shape or mess created by something dispersing on impact. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He had a hard time cleaning up the paint splatters on the carpet. 2. A genre of gory horror. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: splatter film; splatter movie 3. Spurious emissions resulting from an abrupt change in a transmitted radio signal. Labels: uncountable
Word: splatter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Emerged 1780s.https://www.etymonline.com/word/splatter Possibly a blend of splash + spatter. Pronunciation: /ˈsplætɚ/ 1. To splash; to scatter; to land or strike in an uneven, distributed mess. Labels: intransitive Example: The drink splattered all over me, the table, and the floor when I knocked it over. 2. To cause (something) to splatter. Labels: transitive Example: He splattered paint onto the wall. 3. To spatter (something or somebody). Labels: transitive Example: The farmer whose land the Pratincole had chosen to frequent had such an adversion to birders that he had been thundering up and down all day in a high-powered muck-spreader, splattering them with cow dung! Example: Her wet hands […] splattered him with suds.
Word: hackles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhækəlz/ 1. plural of hackle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hallow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English halwe (“a saint, holy thing, shrine”), from Old English hālga (“a holy one, saint”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagô (“holy one”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Scots halow, hallow (“saint”), German Heiliger (“saint (male)”) / Heilige (“saint (female)”). More at holy, whole. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/, /ˈhalo/, /ˈhæloʊ/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. A saint; a holy person; an apostle. Example: All Hallows Eve (or Halloween), the night before All Hallows Day (now more commonly known as "All Saints' Day"). 2. The relics or shrines of saints or non-Christian gods. Labels: in-plural, obsolete Example: To seek hallows: to visit relics or shrines, in the belief that the saints themselves are present there.
Word: hallow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English halwen (“to hallow, sanctify”), from Old English hālgian (“to hallow, sanctify, make holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną (“to make holy”), from *hailagaz (“holy”), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, hale”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Dutch heiligen (“to hallow”), German heiligen (“to hallow”). More at holy. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/, /ˈhalo/, /ˈhæloʊ/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. To make holy, to sanctify. Labels: transitive Example: […]I am coming on, to venge me as I may and to put forth my rightful hand in a well-hallow'd cause. Example: Come hallow the goblet with something more true / Than words we forget in a minute.
Word: hallow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”, interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/, /ˈhalo/, /ˈhæloʊ/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. To shout, especially to urge on dogs for hunting. Example: […] for the conversation (if it may be called so) was seldom such as could entertain a lady. It consisted chiefly of hallowing, singing, relations of sporting adventures, b—d—y, and abuse of women, and of the government.
Word: hallow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English halowen, from halow (interjection), from Old English ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”, interjection), probably conflated with Old French halloer. Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/, /ˈhalo/, /ˈhæloʊ/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. A shout, cry; a hulloo. Example: Then away they went from merry Sherwood / And into Yorkshire he did hie / And the King did follow, with a hoop and a hallow / But could not come him nigh. Example: I told them, the sherriff could not be admitted on board this time of night, on which they set up a hallow and rowed as fast as they could towards the vessel's bows.
Word: hallow Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhæləʊ/, /ˈhalo/, /ˈhæloʊ/, /ˈhɑloʊ/ 1. Alternative spelling of hollow. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If the sun were a hallow sphere of its present size and the earth were placed at the center[...]. Such a hallow sphere would hold more than a million balls the size of the earth. Example: But it was not a hallow victory.
Word: raise someone's hackles Part of Speech: verb 1. To annoy or anger someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: Every time I hear him talk, he just raises my hackles. Example: Much as I admire Wilson’s tour de force—I wish people would read it more and read about it less—my hackles have always risen at the entirely false suggestion that his book influenced mine.
Word: abat-jour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin battuō Latin battō Late Latin abbattō Old French abatre Middle French abbatre French abat Proto-Indo-European *dyew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dyḗws Proto-Italic *djous Latin diēs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin diurnusnom. Late Latin diurnum Old French jor Middle French jour French jour French abat-jourbor. English abat-jour Borrowed from French abat-jour. Pronunciation: /ˌɑˌbɑˈʒʊ.ɚ/, /ˌɑˌbɑˈʒʊɹ/ 1. A skylight. 2. A sloping, box-like structure, flaring upward and open at the top, attached to a window on the outside, to prevent those within from seeing objects below, or for the purpose of directing light downward into the window.
Word: Schwendeman Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of German Schwendemann, a topographic or habitational surname for someone who lived in a forest clearing, or in a place called Schwende. 1. A surname from German.
Word: spermatoblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English spermatoblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English spermatoblastic From spermatoblast + -ic. 1. of or relating to a spermatoblast Labels: not-comparable
Word: spermatoblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spermato- Ancient Greek βλᾰστᾰ́νω (blăstắnō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek βλᾰστός (blăstós)bor. English -blast English spermatoblast From spermato- + -blast. 1. A spermatocyte. Labels: dated Example: It does not, however, happen that the whole spermatosphere is converted into spermatoblasts; there remains a passive portion, which in the earthworm occupies a central position; this is the "sperm-blasophore," or "blastophoral cell."
Word: spermatogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spermato- + -genic. 1. of or relating to spermatogenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: stratospheric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stratosphere + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives from nouns). Pronunciation: /ˌstɹætəˈsfɛɹɪk/, /-fɪ-/ 1. Of, relating to, or occurring in the stratosphere (“the region of the uppermost atmosphere”). Example: Stratospheric fighting brings a new dimension to warfare, taking it into the realm of the fantastic—like an Orson Wells^([sic – meaning Orson Welles]) drama in which cities are bombed from the stratosphere beyond reach of anti-aircraft fire and barrage balloon and in relative safety from enemy pursuit ships. Example: This new pen operates on the principle of capillary attraction. It writes with greater ease than the smoothest lead pencil; writes on cloth or paper submerged in water or in an airplane at the ceiling of stratospheric air travel without leaking; writes on glossy paper, soft paper, blotting paper, or cloth without spreading. 2. Unusually or unreasonably high; astronomical. Labels: colloquial, figuratively Example: The hotel charged stratospheric prices for a simple cooked breakfast. Example: Parmenides, we recall, denied the possibility of change because it seemed to involve a passage from non-being to being, from nothing to something. Discussed on this stratospheric level, his argument appears to be irrefutable.
Word: sphenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek σφήν (sphḗn, “wedge”), + -ic. 1. Shaped like a wedge. Labels: archaic
Word: sphenic number Part of Speech: noun 1. A positive integer that is the product of three distinct prime factors.
Word: stringently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stringent Middle English -ly English -ly English stringently From stringent + -ly. 1. In a stringent manner.
Word: passim Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pandus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pandō Latin -tim Latin passimubor. English passim Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.sɪm/ 1. Used in citations to indicate that something, as a word, phrase, or idea, is to be found at many places throughout the work cited; here and there, throughout. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sceptics assert [Sext. Emp. adversus Math. lib. viii.], though absurdly, that the origin of all religious worship was derived from the utility of inanimate objects, as the sun and moon, to the support and well-being of mankind. This is also the common reason assigned by historians, for the deification of eminent heroes and legislators [Diod. Sic. passim.]. Example: See also Hearings on H.R.8825 before the House Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, 70th Cong., 1st Sess., passim (1928).
Word: passim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pandus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin pandō Latin -tim Latin passimubor. English passim Unadapted borrowing from Latin passim (“everywhere, here and there”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæ.sɪm/ 1. That occurs at various places throughout a text. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: In these passim allusions one often ‘nods’.
Word: democrat wagon Part of Speech: noun 1. A light flatbed farm wagon or ranch wagon that has two or more seats and is usually drawn by one or sometimes two horses. Labels: US, dated
Word: bastard pimpernel Part of Speech: noun 1. chaffweed. Labels: uncountable
Word: false pimpernel Part of Speech: noun 1. The chaffweed (Centunculus minimus). 2. A type of figwort (Lindernia dubia), found in wet or muddy places.
Word: chaffweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chaff + weed. 1. A low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
Word: USAF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United States Air Force. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: USN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United States Navy. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: USN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of update sequence number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: USMC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United States Marine Corps. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: USCG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United States Coast Guard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: suckle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌk.əl/ 1. A teat. Labels: obsolete Example: […] the body of this fish [the Mannatee] is commonly 3 yards long and one broad, slow in swimming, wanting fins, in their place ayded with 2 paps which are not only suckles but stilts to creep a shoare upon such time she grazes […] 2. An act of suckling Example: The baby was having a suckle at its mother's breast.
Word: suckle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sukelen; probably a back-formation of Middle English sukeling (“a suckling; infant”), formally equivalent to suck + -le (frequentative suffix). See suckling. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌk.əl/ 1. To give suck to; to nurse at the breast, udder, or dugs. Labels: transitive Example: […] the breasts of Hecuba When she did suckle Hector, looked not lovelier Than Hector’s forehead when it spit forth blood At Grecian sword, contemning. Example: Let us indulge them; they are not weak, suckled by Wisdom, taught to walk by Virtue. 2. To nurse; to suck milk from a nursing mother. Labels: intransitive Example: But out of the woman’s great brown breast the milk gushed forth for the child, milk as white as snow, and when the child suckled at one breast it flowed like a fountain from the other, and she let it flow. 3. To nurse from (a breast, nursing mother, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Buz attempted to suckle his left nipple. Example: She opened her eyes slightly, like a person drugged—dreamy and quiet. The baby suckled her.
Word: in spades Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From the card game of bridge, in which spades is the highest suit. Perhaps influenced by phrases with similar meaning, in spadefuls or in spate. Pronunciation: /ɪn ˈspeɪds/ 1. In large quantities; to a high degree; to excess, without restraint. Labels: idiomatic Example: Last year we harvested almost no potatoes, but this year we're getting them in spades. Example: "He is three times that bad in spades," I said. "He ain't washed his socks in four months for one thing," […] 2. Beyond doubt. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Marius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Marius, a Roman family name probably derived from Mars. By folk etymology seen as a masculine form of Maria. 1. A male given name from Latin.
Word: arbust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Likely borrowed from French arbuste. 1. a bush, shrub Example: One afternoon, she was in her garden cutting with a knife the sprouts of a shrub taller than a man; this arbust is known by the name of bellflower. Example: that may also contain, timber, arbusts and other plants.
Word: X Prize Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the trademarked name, X PRIZE, of one such prize. 1. A prize, usually a multi-million dollar monetary one, offered for a specific scientific or technological advance.
Word: chaise longue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chaise longue (literally “long chair”). Pronunciation: /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɒŋ(ɡ)/, /ˌʃeɪz ˈlɔŋ/ 1. A reclining chair with a long seat, which can support the outstretched legs of a sitter normally with one armrest. Labels: UK Example: Hey, you, over there / On the chaise longue, in your underwear / What are you doing sitting down? / You should be horizontal now
Word: sumach Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sumac. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The Rhamnus of Maderaspatan, and the Trifoliate Sumachs from the Coaſt of Africa, are altogether new. Example: RHUS, […] The Sumach Tree. […] The Species are; 1. Rhus; Virginianum. C.B.P. Virginian Sumach, by ſome falſely called The Stag's-horn-tree.
Word: sumach Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of sumac. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: After this operation, the goods muſt be winched and well planked, or otherwiſe cleaned; they are then, according to the quality of them, to be ſumached, and then ſnitchelled off, and waſhed. Example: A great variety of Blue Drabs can be dyed by first Sumaching the cotton, and then in another tub add a little Nitrate of Iron or Copperas liquor, and give a few turns.
Word: gas hydrate Part of Speech: noun 1. a crystalline compound having an isometric ice lattice containing cages that incorporate small guest gas molecules; they are stable at moderate pressure and low temperature
Word: conscripts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conscript Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conscripts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conscript Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hasta la vista Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hasta la vista. 1. See you later. Example: 1991 July 3, James Cameron and William Wisher Jr., “Terminator 2”, “Judgment Day”, Lightstorm Entertainment John Connor: And if you want to shine them on it's "hasta la vista, baby." The Terminator: Hasta la vista, baby.
Word: methane hydrate Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of methane clathrate.
Word: methane clathrate Part of Speech: noun 1. A gas hydrate that contains methane as the guest molecule; it occurs both in deep sedimentary structures, and as outcrops on the ocean floor.
Word: gas clathrate Part of Speech: noun 1. a gas hydrate
Word: clathrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin clāthrātus, from clāthrī (“lattice”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is from the clipping of clathrate compound, see -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈklæθɹeɪt/ 1. Having a lattice-like structure. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of an inclusion complex: in which molecules of one compound are enclosed within the crystal structure of another. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clathrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin clāthrātus, from clāthrī (“lattice”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). The noun is from the clipping of clathrate compound, see -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈklæθɹeɪt/ 1. A clathrate compound.
Word: clathrate compound Part of Speech: noun 1. a substance consisting of molecules of one element or compound contained within the cage-like structure of another
Word: clatter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren. The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14ᵗʰ century. Pronunciation: /ˈklætəː/, [ˈklætʰəː], /ˈklæɾɚ/, [ˈklæɾɹ̩] 1. To make a rattling sound. Labels: intransitive Example: When all the bees are gone to settle, / You clatter still your brazen kettle. Example: When he came to Nottingham, he entered that part of the market where butchers stood, and took up his inn in the best place he could find. Next, he opened his stall and spread his meat upon the bench, then, taking his cleaver and steel and clattering them together, he trolled aloud in merry tones: […] 2. To chatter noisily or rapidly. Labels: intransitive Example: But if that I knewe what his name hight, / For clatering of me I would him ſone quight; / For his falſe lying, of that I ſpake never, / I could make him ſhortly repent him forever: […] Example: Here is a great deale of good matter, / loſt for lacke of telling, / Now ſicker I see, thou doeſt but clatter: / harme may come of melling. 3. To hit; to smack. Labels: Northern-England Example: "I can't watch it because I have to go outside and clatter someone in the nuts!” Example: “An Orange bitch clattered seven shades of shite out of her,” Padraig eagerly piped up.
Word: clatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clatren (“to make a rattling sound”), from Old English *clatrian (attested as the Late Old English gerund clatrung), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare Dutch klateren, kletteren. The noun, derived from the verb, is first attested in the 14ᵗʰ century. Pronunciation: /ˈklætəː/, [ˈklætʰəː], /ˈklæɾɚ/, [ˈklæɾɹ̩] 1. A rattling noise; a repetition of abrupt, sharp sounds. Example: The patter of feet, and clatter of strap and swivel, seemed to swell into a bewildering din, but they were almost upon the fielato offices, where the carretera entered the town, before a rifle flashed. Example: There was something distinctly low-key, even wilfully alienating about the band’s performance. A scattering of OK Computer tracks were interspersed with more abstract latterday material – the clatter of 15 Step and Myxamatosis. 2. A loud disturbance. 3. Noisy talk or chatter. 4. A large group, especially of sibling children; a lot Labels: Ireland, informal Example: a young mother with a clatter of kids told me ... her Catholic doctor refused point-blank to advise other than the rhythm method. Example: There haven't been any men for years. The last one I can remember was a hairy old ballad singer who, it turned out, had a wife and a clatter of kids. 5. Alternative form of clitter; scree. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Clatter, or, as it is sometimes called, Clitter, is the name given to the confused masses of granite rocks that are so frequently seen covering large areas of ground on the hill sides of the moor, or clustering around the bases of many of the tors.
Word: hydrido complex Part of Speech: noun 1. A complex hydride, such as sodium borohydride, containing a hydride ligand bonded to a central atom.
Word: hydro complex Part of Speech: noun 1. a hydrido complex
Word: sodium borohydride Part of Speech: noun 1. A hydrido complex, NaBH₄; it is a selective reducing agent used in many industrial applications. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hydroboration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English boration English hydroboration From hydro- + boration. 1. The production or organoboranes by the addition of diborane to unsaturated organic compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: organoborane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From organo- + borane. 1. Any organic compound containing a carbon-to-boron bond.
Word: organic compound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Not only are organic compounds essential to living organisms, but the common belief until the 19th century was that only living organisms could produce them, whence the name. When it was shown in the early 1800s that they could also be produced in the laboratory, the old name was kept. 1. Any compound containing carbon atoms covalently bound to other atoms. Example: Meteorites contain a wide range of organic compounds.
Word: knee-deep Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English kne-depe; equivalent to knee + deep. 1. Reaching up to the knees. Labels: not-comparable Example: High above stood the ash-tree, its boughs covered with the toy-like bunches called "locks and keys;" and beyond spread the meadows, knee-deep with the verdant grass. 2. Submerged to the knees. Labels: not-comparable Example: This gave me a hint, and I went knee-deep, and sometimes neck-deep, in the Red Weed. The density of the weed gave me a reassuring sense of hiding. 3. Deeply involved (in something) or preoccupied (with something). Labels: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable Example: By the time Tracey arrived, Kayla was working on her second cup of café mocha and knee-deep in paperwork. Example: When you're knee-deep in these insecure feelings, it can be hard to see clearly.
Word: inorganic compound Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound not containing carbon atoms. 2. Any compound containing carbon atoms ionically bound to other atoms.
Word: ionically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ionic 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 ionically From ionic + -ally. 1. using ionic bonds Labels: not-comparable
Word: diborane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English di- Middle Persian *bōragbor. Arabic بَوْرَق (bawraq)der. Medieval Latin boraxder. Anglo-Norman boreisbor. Middle English boras English borax English boro- Proto-Indo-European *kerh₃-der.? Latin carbōnemlbor. French carbonebor. English carbonbf. English -on English bor(on) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānusder. English -ane English borane English diborane From di- + borane. 1. boron hydride, B₂H₆, a colourless explosive gas with a nasty smell; it has an unusual structure in which two of the hydrogen atoms form a bridge between the two boron atoms Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrocracking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English cracking English hydrocracking From hydro- + cracking. 1. The production of high-octane petroleum fuel and kerosene by hydrogenating large or complex hydrocarbons and then cracking them. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hydrocracking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English cracking English hydrocracking From hydro- + cracking. 1. present participle and gerund of hydrocrack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hydrodynamics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English dynamics English hydrodynamics From hydro- + dynamics. 1. The scientific study of liquids in motion. Labels: uncountable Example: He specializes in hydrodynamics. 2. The phenomena thus studied. Labels: uncountable Example: The hydrodynamics of a hovercraft are fascinating. Example: This type of valve doesn't have the right hydrodynamics to achieve what they're trying to achieve.
Word: hydroelectric generator Part of Speech: noun 1. A low-speed electric generator driven by water turbines. Example: We generate our own electricity with a small hydroelectric generator on the river.
Word: water turbine Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that converts the energy of moving water, usually at a dam into rotary motion, usually used to make electricity.
Word: hydroelectric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin ēlectricusbor. English electric English hydroelectric From hydro- + electric. Pronunciation: /ˌhʌɪdrəʊɪˈlɛktrɪk/ 1. That generates electricity by converting the energy of moving water, or of steam escaping under high pressure. Labels: not-comparable Example: Baishan hydroelectric station is located 39 km from the downstream Hongshi hydroelectric station and 250 km from the downstream Fengman hydroelectric station, Jilin Province, China, on the upper reaches of the Second Songhua River, […] In Baishan district the weather is very cold in winter (lowest temperature, -44.5°C; highest temperature, 38.8°C; long-term average, 4.3°C). 2. Of or relating to the electricity so produced. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydroelectric dam Part of Speech: noun 1. A dam containing hydroelectric generators.
Word: chiefest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of chief: most chief Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: hydrofoil craft Part of Speech: noun 1. a high-speed ship that supports its weight by means of wings (hydrofoils) beneath the surface of the water
Word: hydrofoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + foil. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑe.dɹəˌfoɪl/, /ˈhaɪ.dɹoʊˌfɔɪl/ 1. A wing attached to the hull of a ship that raises it out of the water when travelling at speed and thus reduces drag. 2. A vessel equipped with such a device.
Word: hydrofoil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hydro- + foil. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑe.dɹəˌfoɪl/, /ˈhaɪ.dɹoʊˌfɔɪl/ 1. To operate or use or ride atop a hydrofoil wing on a hull so equipped. Labels: intransitive
Word: yuen Part of Speech: noun 1. A crowned gibbon or pileated gibbon (Hylobates pileatus)
Word: hydroformylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English formylation English hydroformylation From hydro- + formylation. 1. The reaction of an olefin with carbon monoxide and hydrogen to form an aldehyde. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hydrogen ion Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hydrogen, ion.: H⁻ or H⁺ 2. a proton combined with one or more water molecules; usually written H₃O⁺ and called the hydronium ion though is best considered as H₉O₄⁺ but is often written H⁺_((aq)) for simplicity 3. a bare hydrogen nucleus; a proton, deuteron or triton
Word: hydronium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- New Latin ammōniumbor. English ammonium English onium English hydronium From hydro- + onium. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹəʊ.ni.əm/, /haɪˈdɹoʊ.ni.əm/ 1. The hydrated hydrogen ion, H₃O⁺. Labels: physical Example: The case of hydronium ions (H₃O⁺) is an example of this. In the gase^([sic]) phase, hydronium is a weak acid. The data in Table 3.10 indicates that bare hydronium ions have a higher electron affinity than most metal surfaces, so a bare hydronium ion should be neutralized when it absorbs on a bare metal surface. However, a hydrated hydronium ion is a stronger acid. Example: Acids are compounds that produce hydronium ions when mixed with water.[…]The hydronium ion is a very special ion because it is the defining particle of all acids.
Word: hydrogenolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydro- 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 -gène French hydrogènebor. English hydrogen Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English hydrogenolysis From hydrogen + -o- + -lysis. 1. the cleavage of a molecule, especially that of a carbon-carbon bond, with the addition of hydrogen atoms to the fragments Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hydrography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɒɡ.ɹə.fi/, /haɪˈdɹɑɡ.ɹə.fi/ 1. The scientific measurement and description of the physical features and conditions of navigable waters and the shoreline. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This small pond is not in the MDNR hydrography dataset but is part of a larger historical feature bisected by the Project Alignment noted in the MDNR hydrography data as a drained wetland.
Word: hydrometeorology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English meteorology English hydrometeorology From hydro- + meteorology. 1. The branch of meteorology that studies the occurrence, movement and changes of state of water in the atmosphere. Labels: uncountable
Word: manji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi माँझी (māñjhī, “boatman, sailor”). 1. A captain or skipper of a boat. Labels: British, India Example: I prevailed upon the mangee of a pinnace I found laying in the creek, awaiting the arrival of a gentleman hourly expected from Vizagapatam, to convey us up the river as far as Budge Budge […].
Word: manji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a form of Punjabi ਮੰਜਾ (mañjā, “raised bed”). The Sikh sense is based on their use as seats of authority. 1. A type of raised bed similar to a cot from South Asia. Example: Literally, 'He sat on a manji.' The manji is a small string bed. In the villages of the Punjab acknowledged leaders, spiritual and temporal, would commonly receive their followers seated on a manji. Example: The significance of a manji lies in its use as the seat of a person in authority, other people sitting on the ground. 2. A Sikh religious administrative unit. Labels: Sikhism Example: In the Janam Sakhis and utterances of Guru Nanak there is no reference, implicit or explicit, to the subject of manjis.
Word: manji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Japanese 卍 (manji). 1. A left-facing Japanese swastika, primarily used in Buddhism.
Word: bivi Part of Speech: noun 1. A bivouac, a temporary camp.
Word: culpae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʊlˌpaɪ/, /ˈkʊlˌpiː/, /ˈkʌlˌpiː/ 1. plural of culpa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gorse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gorst, gors, from Old English gors, gorst, from Proto-West Germanic *gorst, from Proto-Germanic *gurstaz or Proto-West Germanic *gerstu (“barley”). Akin to German Gerste (“barley”) and Latin hordeum (“barley”). Also compare Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- (“to bristle”), whence Proto-Celtic *garwos. Pronunciation: /ɡɔɹs/, /ɡɔːs/ 1. An evergreen shrub, of the genus Ulex, having thorns, spiny leaves, and yellow flowers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common. Example: Hidden behind thickets of acronyms and gorse bushes of detail, a new great game is under way across the globe. Some call it geoeconomics, but it's geopolitics too. The current power play consists of an extraordinary range of countries simultaneously sitting down to negotiate big free trade and investment agreements.
Word: overcoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English overcoat From over- + coat. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəkəʊt/, /ˈoʊvɚkoʊt/ 1. A heavy garment worn over other clothes, for protection from cold or weather. Example: Men that I knew around Wapatomac didn't wear high, shiny plug hats, nor yeller spring overcoats, nor carry canes with ivory heads as big as a catboat's anchor, as you might say. Example: ‘It's rather like a beautiful Inverness cloak one has inherited. Much too good to hide away, so one wears it instead of an overcoat and pretends it's an amusing new fashion.’ 2. An outer coat, an outer coating (of paint, etc). Example: Near-synonym: topcoat Example: Wait 24 hours before applying an overcoat.
Word: overcoat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Germanic *kuttôbor. Latin cotta Old French cottebor. Middle English cote English coat English overcoat From over- + coat. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəkəʊt/, /ˈoʊvɚkoʊt/ 1. To apply an exterior coating to. Labels: transitive Example: Wait 24 hours before overcoating with either this product or a clearcoat. Example: One method is to overcoat the fiber with Teflon AF, an amorphous Teflon that transmits over most of sapphire fiber's transmission range.
Word: Flag Day Part of Speech: name 1. A day commemorating the adoption of a national flag. Labels: Australia 2. A day commemorating the adoption of a national flag. Labels: Canada 3. A day commemorating the adoption of a national flag. Labels: US
Word: in black and white Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Explicitly, in writing, clearly and without doubt or misunderstanding, without any grey areas. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'll believe that when I see it in black and white. 2. Using shades of gray rather than color. Labels: literally Example: This film was shot in black and white. 3. Having it displayed using shades of gray rather than color (as it was shot or recorded). Example: to watch color films in black and white
Word: diametrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From diametrical + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪ.əˈmɛt.ɹɪk.li/ 1. Separated by a diameter, on exactly the opposite side. 2. Absolutely (in opposition). Labels: especially Example: "I do not see that we are at all called upon to pay so costly a compliment to society, as to assume a character diametrically opposed to our real one,—to utter sentiments we secretly disbelieve,—and to be as angry with our better nature for bursting from restraint, as at other times with our own inferior nature for refusing to submit to it. Example: The distinctness of London has led many to clamor for the capital to pursue its own policies, especially on immigration. The British prime minister, David Cameron, is a Conservative. So is the mayor of London, Boris Johnson. But they have diametrically opposed views on immigration.
Word: blasted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈblɑː.stɪd/, /ˈblæs.tɪd/, /ˈblaː.stɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blast Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blasted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈblɑː.stɪd/, /ˈblæs.tɪd/, /ˈblaː.stɪd/ 1. Subjected to an explosion. Labels: not-comparable Example: The remains of the blasted tank were testament to the power of the landmine it had hit. 2. Subjected to violent gusts of wind; storm-damaged. Labels: not-comparable Example: a blasted tree Example: In the same way the blasted trunk on the left, in Turner's drawing of the spot where Harold fell at the battle of Hastings, takes, where its boughs first separate, the shape of the head of an arrow; 3. Whose branches bear no leaves; leafless. Labels: not-comparable Example: BLASTED : leafless, applied to trees. Argent, three scrogs, blasted, sable. Blastock of that Ilk. Example: A modified form of this coat of arms, consisting of a blasted oak, with new branches growing out near the base, and an acorn suspended [...] 4. Accursed; damned. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: I've tried for 2 hours to make this blasted part fit, and it still won’t go in. Example: You great fat, blasted, blear-eyed, blundering, thundering, brainless, God-forsaken, doddering, damned fool! 5. Intoxicated, drunk. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Dude, we got blasted last night.
Word: blasted Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈblɑː.stɪd/, /ˈblæs.tɪd/, /ˈblaː.stɪd/ 1. Damned; extremely. Labels: colloquial Example: That dog is so blasted stubborn.
Word: sahib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani صاحب / साहिब (sāhib, “lord”), from Classical Persian صاحب (sāhib), from Arabic صَاحِب (ṣāḥib, “companion”). 1. A term of respect for a white European or other man of rank in colonial India. Labels: historical Example: One day when the Man's Wife and the Tertium Quid had just arrived in the Cemetery, they saw some coolies breaking ground. They had marked out a full-size grave, and the Tertium Quid asked them whether any Sahib was sick. They said that they did not know; but it was an order that they should dig a Sahib's grave. Example: One must never forget that one is a Sahib, and that some day, when examinations are passed, one will command natives.
Word: paperback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/, /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/ 1. A book with flexible binding.
Word: paperback Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/, /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/ 1. Having flexible binding. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paperback Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/, /ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/ 1. To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition. Labels: transitive Example: Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.
Word: memsahib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ma'am + sahib. 1. A white European woman in colonial India. Labels: India, historical Example: She had not wanted a little girl at all, and when Mary was born she handed her over to the care of an Ayah, who was made to understand that if she wished to please the Mem Sahib she must keep the child out of sight as much as possible Example: This might be accomplished literally through missionary work (Plate 5.1), but that tended to be unattractively pro-active and spinsterish, and it was rather the memsahibs, the mothers, wives and daughters of the white officers and administrators, who were to instil civilisation, through the example of their own moral refinement.
Word: Olympic Winter Games Part of Speech: name 1. The winter counterpart to the summer Olympic Games, featuring winter sports.
Word: parsons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psalms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɑːmz/, /sɑmz/, /sɑlmz/, /sɔmz/, /sɔlmz/ 1. plural of psalm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fenrir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse Fenrir (“fen-dweller”), Fenrisúlfr (“Fenris wolf”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛn.ɹɪɹ/, /ˈfɛn.ɹɪə/ 1. A monstrous wolf, one of Loki's offspring, who bites off Tyr's right hand while being bound by the gods in fear of a prophecy that he will kill Odin, remaining so bound until the events of Ragnarok. Labels: Norse Example: Lokasenna, stanzas 37-40, comprise an exchange between Týr and Loki. Loki boasts that Fenrir tore off Týr's arm; Týr responds that although he may be missing his hand, Loki is missing Hródrsvitnir, that is, the famous wolf, Fenrir. Example: Feared and misunderstood, Fenrir was the bringer of doom to the gods and was known as "an axe-age, a sword-age, a wind-age, a wolf-age before the wrecking of the world." 2. A moon of Saturn.
Word: stenography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steno- (“narrow”) + -graphy. Pronunciation: /stɪˈnɒɡɹəfi/, /stəˈnɑɡɹəfi/, /stɛˈnɑɡɹəfi/ 1. The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: steno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of stenographer or stenography. Pronunciation: /ˈstɛnoʊ/ 1. a stenographer, someone whose job is to take dictation in shorthand Labels: countable, uncountable 2. stenography Labels: attributive, uncountable
Word: steno pad Part of Speech: noun 1. a pad of paper specially designed for use taking dictation in shorthand
Word: stentorian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Stentor + -ian, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr). Stentor was the herald of the Greek forces in the Iliad, noted for his loud voice. Pronunciation: /stɛnˈtɔː.ɹi.ən/ 1. Loud, powerful, booming, suitable for giving speeches to large crowds. Example: Shouts of laughter were elicited, smart biddings drawn out, from the whispers of a timid miss, to the stentorian voice of a fox-hunting squire, and not a few fracas from parties either contending for a supposed prize, or disclaiming their chance for it,... Example: There seemed no one to dispute his claims when he said, or rather shouted, in stentorian tones: "I am Tsa. This is my she. Who wishes her more than Tsa?" 2. Stern, authoritarian; demanding of respect. Labels: broadly
Word: Stentor Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Stentōr, from Ancient Greek Στέντωρ (Sténtōr). 1. A herald in the Iliad celebrated for his loud voice. Example: For who can be the general of such a vast multitude, or who the herald, unless he have the voice of a Stentor? 2. The Jovian asteroid 2146 Stentor.
Word: Iliad Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Iliadis, genitive of Ilias, from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον (Ílion, an alternative name for Troy). By surface analysis, Ili- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈɪliˌæd/, /ˈɪli.əd/ 1. An Ancient Greek epic poem, ascribed to Homer, which depicts events near the end of the Trojan War. Example: Coordinate term: Odyssey
Word: Iliad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Iliadis, genitive of Ilias, from Ancient Greek Ἰλιάς (Iliás), the poem about Ἴλιον (Ílion, an alternative name for Troy). By surface analysis, Ili- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈɪliˌæd/, /ˈɪli.əd/ 1. A specific version, edition, translation, or copy of the above-mentioned Homeric text. 2. Any long tragic story. Example: [As they] listened to the tale he unfolded, some glow of pity must have possessed them; for it was an Iliad of herculean struggle against absolute disaster, ending with the bitter news of his grandfather's death.
Word: back to the drawing board Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Coined as “Well, back to the old drawing board,” as the caption of a cartoon by Peter Arno of The New Yorker on March 1, 1941, depicting an engineer walking away from a crashed plane. 1. Indicates that one must try a different strategy in order to achieve some goal following the failure of a recent attempt. Labels: idiomatic Example: Well, that didn't work at all, so it's back to the drawing board, I guess. Example: For such cases the only thing is to go back to the drawing board and do it better; and it is here that the highest qualities of vision and human leadership are needed.