nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: deferent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfəɹənt/ 1. A duct in the body serving to carry away from, as opposed to an afferent one. 2. An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round. Labels: historical 3. That which carries or conveys. Labels: obsolete Example: though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds
Word: deferent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English defferent, from Middle French deferent (modern French déférent) or its etymon Latin dēferēns, dēferentis. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfəɹənt/ 1. Serving to carry; bearing. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Bodies deferent.
Word: zincate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntsder. Proto-Germanic *tindaz Old High German zint? Old High German zinko Middle High German zinke German Zinke? German Zinkbor. English zinc English -ate English zincate From zinc + -ate. 1. Any salt formally derived from zinc oxide or hydroxide by combination with a more electropositive element.
Word: DCC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Doppelmayr Cable Car. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Direct Client-to-Client. 4. Digital Curation Centre. 5. Digital Command Control. 6. Digital Compact Cassette. 7. Data Compression Conference. 8. Debian Cluster Components. 9. Designing Correct Circuits. 10. Data Communications Committee. 11. Data Concentrator Card. 12. Design Computing and Cognition. 13. Data and Computer Communications. 14. Digital Content Creation.
Word: DCC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of direct cable connection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of deputy chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of descending chain condition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of direct client contact. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: In and around 2016, a controversy arose when the CRPO began refusing grandparenting applications on the basis that an applicant's SST hours did not count towards fulfilling the grandparenting requirements. Specifically, the CRPO was taking the position that the 800 DCC hours requirement for grandparenting could not be satisfied with SST.
Word: radiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌɹeɪdiˈɒlədʒi/, /ˌɹeɪdiˈɑlədʒi/ 1. The specialty of medical imaging and its interpretation, originally and especially radiography but now including all imaging modalities, including ones that use no radiation (such as ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging). Labels: uncountable 2. The use of radioactive substances in diagnosis and treatment (which today is the province of nuclear medicine). Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: gibe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gybe. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of jibe (“facetious or insulting remark”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Alas poore Yoricke, […] where be your gibes now? your gamboles? your ſongs? your flaſhes of merriment, that were wont to ſet the table on a roare, not one now to mocke your owne grinning, quite chopfalne. Example: [George] Carlin's opening-night monologue included some blunt gibes at organized religion which would almost certainly have been cut out of any other network show.
Word: gibe Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of gybe. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative spelling of jibe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Why thats the way to choake a gibing ſpirrit, / Whoſe influence is begot of that looſe grace, / Which ſhallow laughing hearers giue to fooles, […] Example: [Y]ou / Did pocket vp my Letters: and with taunts / Did gibe my Miſive out of audience.
Word: lands Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lændz/, /lænz/ 1. plural of land Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lands Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lændz/, /lænz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of land Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: knocking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnɑkɪŋ/, /ˈnɒkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of knock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knocking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɑkɪŋ/, /ˈnɒkɪŋ/ 1. An act in which something is knocked on, or the sound thus produced Example: These strange openings and closings and knockings were warnings and reminders from the spirits who attend the dying. Example: There was no response to continued knockings. 2. A repetitive ping, knock, or similar sound coming from an engine in which there are repeated uncontrolled explosions in the combustion chamber. Example: Sir―I was greatly interested in a short article in The Motor Cycle on the subject of engine knocking. Example: Knocking can also occur at high speed, but that may go undetected by the driver.
Word: improving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ 1. That tends to improve someone or something (especially (dated) to educate or morally better a person). Example: 1663, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Naturall Philosophy, Oxford: Ric[hard] Davis, Essay 1, p. 2, […] that Diviner part of Man, the Soule, which alone is capable of wearing the Glorious Image of its Author, being endowed with two chief Faculties, the Understanding and the Will; the former is blest and perfectionated by Knowledg, and the latter’s Loveliest and most improving property is Goodnesse. Example: […] nothing is so improving to the Temper as the Study of the Beauties, either of Poetry, Eloquence, Musick, or Painting.
Word: improving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹuːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of improve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: imprisoned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɪzənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of imprison Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: short title Part of Speech: noun 1. An abbreviated form of entry for a book in a list or catalog that usually gives only the author's name, the title in brief, the date and place of publication, and the publisher's or printer's name. 2. A title given to an act (or other piece of legislation) to facilitate citation; generally used as the common name for that legislation. Labels: Commonwealth, Philippines, US Example: The short title of this Act is the Companies Act 2006.
Word: forests Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹɪsts/, /ˈfɔɹɪsts/, /ˈfɑɹɪsts/ 1. plural of forest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forests Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹɪsts/, /ˈfɔɹɪsts/, /ˈfɑɹɪsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of forest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: running title Part of Speech: noun 1. The title or short title of a volume printed at the top of left-hand text pages or sometimes of all text pages.
Word: vade mecum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin vāde (“come”) mēcum (“with me”). Pronunciation: /ˌveɪdi ˈmiːkəm/, /ˌvɑːdi ˈmeɪkəm/ 1. A referential book such as a handbook or manual, especially one that is pocketable. 2. A useful object, constantly carried on one's person.
Word: easterly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From easter + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.stə.li/, /ˈiː.stɚ.li/ 1. Any persistent wind from the east (usually a broad current or belt of easterly winds).
Word: easterly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From easter + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.stə.li/, /ˈiː.stɚ.li/ 1. Facing the east; directed towards the east. Example: an easterly course or voyage 2. Located towards or in the east. Example: the easterly side of a lake 3. Coming from the east. Example: an easterly wind Example: The village itself is built on a ridge above the harbour, rows of sturdy cottages over which spume is hurled by easterly gales.
Word: easterly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From easter + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈiː.stə.li/, /ˈiː.stɚ.li/ 1. In an eastward direction or position; towards the east. 2. From the east.
Word: easterliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English easterly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English easterliness From easterly + -ness. 1. The state of being easterly. Labels: uncountable
Word: subhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + head. Piecewise doublet of subchef and subchief. 1. A subheading or subtitle Example: Allow me now to reprint the headline and subhead from a story in the Sunday Star […]
Word: bracket creep Part of Speech: noun 1. The move towards increased taxation when an inflation adjustment to a wage or salary pushes a taxpayer into a higher tax bracket (or, in a progressive taxation regime, further into a bracket). Labels: uncountable Example: The corporate tax is essentially a flat-rate tax; thus there is no bracket creep. Example: Bracket creep, however, was occurring only among individuals, not corporations. All other things being equal, this bracket creep increased the extent to which borrowing would be undertaken by individuals, not corporations.
Word: short sweetening Part of Speech: noun 1. Sugar. Labels: Southern-US, uncountable Example: He was a little taller than a hogshead of sugar, but not quite so round, consequently when his head and hands were at the bottom of the hogshead, into which he had slipped while surreptitiously filling his haversack with short sweetening, his feet hanging over the top, gave unimpeachable evidence of his whereabouts. Example: Made our molasses into long sweetening and tapped the sugartrees for short sweetening.
Word: luscious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier lushious, lussyouse (“luscious, richly sweet, delicious”), a corruption of lustious, from lusty (“pleasant, delicious”) + -ous. Shakespeare uses both lush (short for lushious) and lusty in the same sense: "How lush and lusty the grass looks" (The Tempest ii. I.52). An alternative etymology connects luscious to a Middle English term: lucius, an alteration of licious, believed to be a shortening of delicious. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌʃəs/ 1. Sweet and pleasant; delicious; juicy, succulent. Example: Her lips were like two luscious beefsteaks. Example: There were lovely patches of greensward all about, with stately trees bearing rich and luscious fruits. 2. Sexually appealing; seductive. Example: With one hand he gently disclosed the lips of that luscious mouth of nature. 3. Obscene. Example: Hitherto I had been indebted only to the girls of the house for the corruption of my innocence: their luscious talk, in which modesty was far from respected.
Word: long sweetening Part of Speech: noun 1. A viscous, syrupy sweetener, generally molasses, but sometimes table syrup. Labels: Southern-US, uncountable Example: Long Sweetening is its just and proper name, but by Molasses better known to fame. Example: Made our molasses into long sweetening and tapped the sugartrees for short sweetening.
Word: sidehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + head. 1. A subheading placed at or in the margin of printed matter. 2. A subheading whose succeeding text is run in. 3. A stub (row heading) in a table of information.
Word: cavernous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Late Middle English cavernous, cavernose, borrowing from Old French caverneux or Latin cavernōsus (“full of hollows or cavities”), from caverna (“a hollow, cavity, cave”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”, adjectival suffix); equivalent to cavern + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈkav.ən.əs/, /ˈkæv.ɚ.nəs/ 1. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere. Example: The last stop on the West Coast Main Line before you cross the border into Scotland, the strategically placed Carlisle Citadel is a station steeped in history. Opened on September 1 1847, the cavernous station was once home to seven railway companies in the pre-Grouping years. Example: At 8:34 p.m. Saturday night, in the cavernous ballroom at the Washington Hilton, I heard a loud crashing noise, like a big tray of dinner plates hitting the floor. 2. Resembling a cavern in size, shape, or atmosphere. Example: cavernous eyes Example: While the filmmakers behind Dear Evan Hansen have maintained that their biggest motivation for adapting the popular Broadway musical was to immortalize Platt’s Tony-winning titular performance, what they’ve actually done by having the 27-year-old play a high school senior is highlight the stage show’s cavernous weaknesses while failing to transport just about any of its strengths to the new medium. 3. Having many caverns. 4. Having many caverns.
Word: cavern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”). Pronunciation: /ˈkav.ən/, /ˈkav.n̩/, /ˈkæv.ɚn/, /ˈkæv.ɹən/ 1. A large cave. 2. An underground chamber. Example: In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree: / Where Alph, the sacred river, ran / Through caverns measureless to man / Down to a sunless sea. 3. A large, dark place or space. Example: a dark cavern of a shop
Word: cavern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English caverne, borrowing from Old French caverne, from Latin caverna (“hollow, cavity, cave”), from cavus (“hollow, excavated, concave”). Pronunciation: /ˈkav.ən/, /ˈkav.n̩/, /ˈkæv.ɚn/, /ˈkæv.ɹən/ 1. To form a cavern or deep depression in. Labels: transitive Example: catacombs caverning the hillsides 2. To put into a cavern. Labels: transitive
Word: nihilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nihilō (“to reduce to nothing”). 1. The act of nihilating.
Word: entangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English entanglen (“to involve [someone] in difficulty”, “to embarrass”). Equivalent to en- + tangle. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/, /ɛnˈtaŋ.ɡəl/, [ɛnˈtaŋ.ɡl̩], /ɪnˈtæŋ.ɡəl/ 1. To tangle up; to twist or interweave in such a manner as not to be easily separated. Labels: transitive Example: The dolphins became entangled in a fishing net. 2. To involve in such complications as to render extrication difficult. Labels: transitive 3. To ensnare. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: But when I turn away, / Thou, willing me to stay, / Wooest not, nor vainly wranglest; / But, looking fixedly the while, / All my bounding heart entanglest, / In a golden-netted smile; […] 4. To involve in difficulties or embarrassments; to embarrass, puzzle, or distract by adverse or perplexing circumstances, interests, demands, etc.; to hamper; to bewilder. Labels: transitive Example: The story entangles the facts with value judgments.
Word: megaliter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English liter English megaliter From mega- + liter. 1. Alternative spelling of megalitre One million liters. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: umpty-umpth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From umpty-ump + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈʌmptiˌʌmpθ/ 1. Umpteenth. Labels: not-comparable Example: Before dialing his office, he skimmed his trial notes, trying for the umpty-umpth time to poke a hole in the prosecution's case. For more than three days, witness by witness, the task had grown more formidable
Word: kiloliter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + liter. 1. Alternative spelling of kilolitre One thousand liters. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: decaliter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- English liter English decaliter From deca- + liter. 1. US spelling of decalitre. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: gigaliter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From giga- + liter. 1. Alternative spelling of gigalitre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nanoliter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nanolitre One billionth of a liter; 10⁻⁹ of a liter. Symbol: nl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fore edge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + edge. 1. The front edge of something. Example: [T]he fore-edge of this is arm'd with a multitude of little bristles, or Tenter-hooks […]. 2. The front edge of something.
Word: microliter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + liter. 1. Alternative spelling of microlitre One millionth (10⁻⁶) of a liter. Symbol µl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mischance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/ 1. Bad luck, misfortune. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But let this same be presently perform'd / Even when men's minds are wild, lest more mischance / On plots and errors happen. Example: I write gaily enough, for there is no use in bewailing such a hopeless mischance. 2. A mishap, an unlucky circumstance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He doth miraculously protect from thieves, incursions, sword, fire, and all violent mischances […]
Word: mischance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman meschance, Old French meschance, meschaunce. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtʃɑːns/ 1. To undergo (a misfortune); to suffer (something unfortunate). Labels: ambitransitive
Word: footer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English footer, equivalent to foot + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/ 1. A footgoer; pedestrian Labels: archaic 2. A line of information printed at the bottom of a page to identify the contents or number pages. (Compare foot in printing.) 3. Something that measures a stated number of feet in some dimension. Labels: in-compounds Example: The new boat is a six-footer. Example: Both of my sons are six-footers. 4. Someone who has a preference for using a certain foot. Labels: in-compounds Example: a right-footer
Word: footer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Germanic *fōts Proto-West Germanic *fōt Old English fōt Middle English fot Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal Middle English fotbal English football English -er English footer From football + -er (“Oxford -er”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/ 1. Football / soccer. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable 2. A football. Labels: UK, countable, slang Example: […] punting a footer around the quad on a beautiful day like today, not frowsting in their studies.
Word: footer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 18th century. From fouter, foutre (“valueless thing”), possibly from French foutre (“to lecher”), from Latin futuere (“to fuck”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit”). Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtə(ɹ)/ 1. To meddle with or pass time without accomplishing anything meaningful. Labels: Ireland, Scotland, slang
Word: bashful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 16th-century apheresis of abashed + -ful (“full of”). Pronunciation: [ˈbæʃfəɫ], [ˈbæʃfʊɫ] 1. Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid. 2. Indicating bashfulness. Example: a bashful look Example: “Have you done something to your hair?” “I just ran a comb through it,” shrugged the vicar. “Well, it looks delightful.” “How delightful of you to say so.” Auntie Flip and the vicar shared bashful grins. Frank had never witnessed his babysitter behave like this before.
Word: mutineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mutinier. 1. Someone who participates in mutiny.
Word: mutineer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French mutinier. 1. To mutiny. Labels: intransitive
Word: indignity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin indignitās, indignitātem. Equivalent to indign + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdɪɡ.nɪ.ti/ 1. degradation, debasement or humiliation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: public indignity Example: humiliating indignity 2. an affront to one's dignity or pride Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: debasement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English debase Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English debasement From debase + -ment. Pronunciation: /dɪˈbeɪsmənt/ 1. The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering or degradation, especially in character or quality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His large water-dog was acquainted with the fact, and upon the approach of his master, betrayed his sense of inferiority by a sanctity of deportment, a debasement of the ears, and a dropping of the lower jaw not altogether unworthy of a dog. Example: She had given herself to Darrow, and concealed the episode from Owen Leath, with no more apparent sense of debasement than the vulgarest of adventuresses. 2. The lowering of the value of a currency by reducing the amount of valuable metal in the coins. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: murrain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English morein, morine, moreyn (“(widespread) death; widespread sickness, plague; fatal disease; carnage; carrion”), from Anglo-Norman morine, mourine, moreyn (“death; widespread sickness, plague; carrion; cattle disease”), Middle French morine, and Old French morine, mourine, murine (“widespread sickness, plague; animal which has died from a disease”), from Late Latin morina (“plague”), probably from Latin morior (“to die; to decay, wither”). The adjective and adverb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian morìa (“plague”) * Latin morticīnus (“that has died naturally, dead; (relational) carrion”) (Medieval Latin morticinium) * Occitan moria (“death; plague”) * Old French morie (“death”) mourie (“flesh of animals that have died of disease”) (Middle French murie) * Portuguese morrinha (“cattle plague”) * Spanish morriña (“cattle plague”) Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɹ(ɪ)n/, /-ɹeɪn/, /ˈmʌɹən/ 1. Disgusting or offensive, as if having an infectious disease; contemptible, despicable, loathsome, plaguey. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: No, ich know thars not within this land / A muryner Cat than Gyb is, betwixt the tems [Thames] and Tyne, […] Example: [T]hou foule and murren lyer, / I cannot novv forbeare thee any longer, […] 2. Used as an intensifier: to a great extent; extreme, intense. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: But my Lady vvas in ſuch murrain haſte to be here, that ſet out ſhe vvould, thof' I tould her, it vvas Childermas Day.
Word: murrain Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The noun is derived from Late Middle English morein, morine, moreyn (“(widespread) death; widespread sickness, plague; fatal disease; carnage; carrion”), from Anglo-Norman morine, mourine, moreyn (“death; widespread sickness, plague; carrion; cattle disease”), Middle French morine, and Old French morine, mourine, murine (“widespread sickness, plague; animal which has died from a disease”), from Late Latin morina (“plague”), probably from Latin morior (“to die; to decay, wither”). The adjective and adverb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Italian morìa (“plague”) * Latin morticīnus (“that has died naturally, dead; (relational) carrion”) (Medieval Latin morticinium) * Occitan moria (“death; plague”) * Old French morie (“death”) mourie (“flesh of animals that have died of disease”) (Middle French murie) * Portuguese morrinha (“cattle plague”) * Spanish morriña (“cattle plague”) Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɹ(ɪ)n/, /-ɹeɪn/, /ˈmʌɹən/ 1. Used as an intensifier: extremely, very. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: It is a murrion crafty drab, and froward to be pleaſed. Example: La there; And that ſame's a murrain vviſe boy, if you mark him; and vvill ſee a thing, I vvarrant you, as ſoon as the vviſeſt of us all, vvere he tvvice as old again.
Word: repulse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English repulsen, a learned borrowing from Latin repulsus, from repellō. For spelling, as in pulse, the -e (on -lse) is so the end is pronounced /ls/, rather than /lz/ as in pulls, and does not change the vowel (‘u’). Compare else, false, convulse. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌls/, /ɹɪˈpɐls/, /ɹəˈpɐls/, /ɾɪˈpəls/ 1. To repel or drive back. Labels: transitive Example: to repulse an assault; to repulse the enemy Example: If we fail to repulse the enemy within the gates--unemployment, poverty, disorganized agriculture and the like--from whence may we expect the united strength and clear purpose to repulse any outside force? 2. To reject or rebuff. Labels: transitive Example: to repulse a suitor Example: At the end of a week, she could bear the suspense no longer, and so went humbly to her old home and sought forgiveness. She was not repulsed, but her reception was cold; and this hurt her almost as badly. 3. To cause revulsion in; to repel. Labels: transitive Example: The smell of rotting food repulsed me. Example: I find your conduct reprehensible, disgusting, and it repulses me, the way a mongoose repulses a snake.
Word: repulse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English repulse, borrowed from Old French repulse, from Latin repulsa (petītiō), from repellō. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌls/, /ɹɪˈpɐls/, /ɹəˈpɐls/, /ɾɪˈpəls/ 1. The act of repulsing or the state of being repulsed. 2. Refusal, rejection or repulsion.
Word: thrawl Part of Speech: noun 1. A stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in a larder or pantry, in the days before refrigeration was domestically available. Labels: dated Example: He placed the side of beef on the thrawl.
Word: twinkling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ 1. Sparkling intermittently.
Word: twinkling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of twinkle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: twinkling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English twynkelyng, twynkelynge, equivalent to twinkle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪŋklɪŋ/ 1. A shining with fast intermittent light. 2. A very short period, notionally the time it takes to blink the eyes. Example: The housework was done in a twinkling.
Word: infirmity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English infirm Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English infirmity From infirm + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈfɜːmɪti/, /ɪnˈfɜɹməti/ 1. Feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: physical infirmity Example: mental infirmity 2. A moral weakness or defect. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: varlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English varlet, varlette, from Old French varlet, variant of vadlet, vallet, vaslet. Doublet of valet. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːlət/ 1. A servant or attendant. Labels: obsolete Example: The varlet, or follower of the merchant, who was still a youth, though his vigorous frame and embrowned cheek denoted equally severe exercise and rude exposure, started and reddened at this free inquiry, which was enforced by a hand slapped familiarly on his knee, and such a squeeze of the leg as denoted the freedom of the camp. Example: The Winchester Manorhouse has fled bodily, like a Dream of the old Night […]. House and people, royal and episcopal, lords and varlets, where are they? 2. Specifically, a youth acting as a knight's attendant at the beginning of his training for knighthood. Labels: historical Example: [T]here was a little, sleek, fat clerk of the name of Chaucer, who was so apt at rondel, sirvente, or tonson, that no man dare give back a foot from the walls, lest he find it all set down in his rhymes and sung by every underling and varlet in the camp. 3. A rogue or scoundrel. Labels: archaic Example: [W]hen the worlde is fraughted with ſo manye varlettes, that it will be a long time ere a man ſhall diſcerne the faythful from the Hipocrites. Example: My lady to be called a nasty Scotch wh–re by such a varlet!—To be sure I wish I had knocked his brains out with the punchbowl. 4. The jack. Labels: obsolete
Word: trumpery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trompery, from Middle French tromperie (“deceit”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌmpəɹi/ 1. Worthless finery; bric-a-brac or junk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have ſold all my Tromperie: not a counterfeit Stone, not a Ribbon, Glaſſe, Pomander, Browch, Table-booke, Ballad, Knife, Tape, Gloue, Shooe-tye, Bracelet, Horne-Ring, to keepe my Pack from faſting: […] Example: PROSPERO.^([To Ariel]) / This was well done, my bird. / Thy shape invisible retain thou still: / The trumpery in my house, go bring it hither / For stale to catch these thieves. 2. Nonsense. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now upon the coming of Chriſt, very much, tho' not all, of this idolatrous Trumpery and Superſtition was driven out of the World: […] 3. Deceit; fraud. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1640, Richard Greenwey, The Annales of Cornelius Tacitus. The Description of Germanie, publ. by Richard Whitaker, 182. Agrippina after this, more mad and wilfull then ever, gave out threatning and thundring ſpeeches: yet not forbearing the Princes eares, but crying, that Britannicus was now growen to mans eſtate : a true and worthy plant to receive his fathers Empire, which a grafted ſon by adoption now poſſeſſed by the injury and trumpery of his mother. Example: In that case there is no need for me to write about the trumpery scandal by which I was the sufferer—the innocent sufferer, I positively assert.
Word: trumpery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trompery, from Middle French tromperie (“deceit”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌmpəɹi/ 1. Gaudy but worthless. Labels: not-comparable Example: He earnestly exhorted them all to be earnest in their studies, and to think nothing beneath them. Let them not pass over any cases as unimportant; for they must remember that some of the greatest principles of the law had been enunciated out of the most apparently trumpery cases that had come before the judges. Example: I also remember the old Royal Mews that stood on the site of the present trumpery National Gallery, with its too suggestive pepper-boxes; […]
Word: horn dog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of horndog. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Brandon has five [kids]. Then again, he always was a horn dog! Example: In spite of this, green M&Ms do not turn you into a raging horn dog, although Lord knows, people have tried.
Word: trull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trul (“travel about”), from Old French troller, treiller (“to hunt”). Doublet of troll. Pronunciation: /tɹʌl/ 1. A female prostitute or harlot. Labels: archaic Example: Spayne then enamour'd with the Romane trull, / Calls all her forces, more then Atomies, / And tells Ill-fortunes ſtorie to the full; […] Example: ‘Hark'ee, child,’ says she, ‘is not that very young gentleman now in bed with some nasty trull or other?’
Word: trull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tous les trois (“all three”). Pronunciation: /tɹʌl/ 1. A set of three special trump cards used in some Tarock games, having a higher value than the other trumps.
Word: breeders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of breeder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bascule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bascule, from earlier French bacule, from Old French bacul, from Old French battre + cul, from Latin battuō (“beat”) + cul (“bottom”). Pronunciation: /ˈbæskjuːl/ 1. A counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers. Example: In the late eighties and early nineties several new types of movable spans were advocated, including the pull-back draw, the jackknife span, the bob-tail swing, the horizontal-folding draw, the shearpole draw, the gyratory lift, the transbordeur, the double-cantilever swing, several types of bascule, and the vertical lift. Example: The study sample contains nine rolling-lift bascules of the type invented by Chicago engineer William Scherzer in 1893 , and refined by the engineering staff of the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company, also of Chicago. 2. The portion of a breech-loading firearm that pivots open in order to allow access to the chamber. Example: A device for coupling and releasing the trigger mechanism in a bascule of a gun
Word: seesaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.sɔː/, /ˈsi.sɔ/, /ˈsiː.sɑː/ 1. A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down. 2. A series of up-and-down movements. Labels: figuratively 3. A series of alternating movements or feelings. Labels: figuratively Example: He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a see-saw between the hypothesis and the fact. Example: Manchester Citykept up their unbeaten start to the Premier League season with victory over QPR in an entertaining see-saw encounter at Loftus Road. 4. An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement. Labels: attributive 5. A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
Word: seesaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.sɔː/, /ˈsi.sɔ/, /ˈsiː.sɑː/ 1. To use a seesaw. Labels: intransitive 2. To fluctuate. Labels: broadly, figuratively, intransitive Example: When I think of your kisses / My mind see-saws 3. To cause to move backward and forward in a seesaw fashion. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: He see-saws himself to and fro.
Word: seesaw Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.sɔː/, /ˈsi.sɔ/, /ˈsiː.sɑː/ 1. Fluctuating. Labels: figuratively
Word: fluctuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in the 1630'; borrowed from Latin flūctuātus, perfect passive participle of flūctuō (“(of the sea) to surge, swell; (of man) to waver, fluctuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/, /ˈflʌkʃu.eɪt/, /ˈflʌktju.eɪt/ 1. To vary irregularly; to swing. Labels: intransitive 2. To undulate. Labels: intransitive Example: One of them, at great Expence of Algebra, proves, that the Motes, which in Scotomias, we seem to have in our Eyes, are not real Bodies fluctuating in them. 3. To be irresolute; to waver. Labels: intransitive Example: I fluctuated between wishing he was back home and wishing I'd never met him. 4. To cause to vary irregularly. Labels: transitive 5. To rise and fall as a wave; to be tossed up and down the waves. Labels: also, figuratively, literally, rare
Word: fluctuate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the 1630'; borrowed from Latin flūctuātus, perfect passive participle of flūctuō (“(of the sea) to surge, swell; (of man) to waver, fluctuate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈflʌkt͡ʃu.eɪt/, /ˈflʌkʃu.eɪt/, /ˈflʌktju.eɪt/ 1. Tossed up and down the waves. Labels: obsolete 2. Wavering, fickle. Labels: broadly, obsolete
Word: Tridentine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Tridentīnus (“pertaining to Trent”). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈdɛntaɪn/, /tɹɪˈdɛntaɪn/, /ˈtɹɪdəntin/ 1. Relating to Trent, Italy. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to the Council of Trent. Labels: not-comparable 3. Pertaining to the form of Mass promulgated at the Council of Trent, often called the Tridentine Mass. 4. Aligned with the traditionalist Catholic movement.
Word: Tridentine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Tridentīnus (“pertaining to Trent”). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈdɛntaɪn/, /tɹɪˈdɛntaɪn/, /ˈtɹɪdəntin/ 1. A strong follower of the Tridentine Creed established at the Council of Trent.
Word: aecium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin aecium, from Ancient Greek αἰκίᾱ (aikíā, “injury, insult”). However Merriam-Webster relates that aecium is a back-formation from aecidium and is not related to the Greek αἰκίᾱ (aikíā). The word aecium was "introduced as a substitute for aecidium by the Purdue University plant pathologist J. C. Arthur (1850–1942) in an effort to reform terminology for rust fungi; see Terminology of the Spore-Structures in the Uredinales, Botanical Gazette, vol. 39 (Mar., 1905), pp. 219-22." Pronunciation: /ˈiːs.i.əm/ 1. A cuplike fruiting structure of some parasitic rust fungi that contains chains of aeciospores. Example: 1932 August, Ralph Ulysses Cotter, Factors Affecting the Development of the Aecial Stage of Puccinia Graminis, US Dept of Agriculture, Technical Bulletin No. 314, page 29, The writer therefore made observations to determine the conditions under which the aecia open and discharge spores most readily. Example: The receptive hyphae with binucleate cells eventually form the basal cells of the aecium.[…]Many cup-like structures, called aecia, appear on the lower surface of leaf.
Word: zachun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a dialectal variant of Arabic زَقُّوم (zaqqūm). 1. An oil extracted by from the fruit of a small thorny tree (Balanites aegyptiaca), which has healing properties. Labels: uncountable 2. The tree itself, found in northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula Labels: uncountable
Word: zaffer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of zaffre. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: deviancy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdiːvi.ənsiː/ 1. The state of being deviant, abnormal or anomalous. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: degenerative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English degenerate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English degenerative From degenerate + -ive. Pronunciation: /dɪˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹətɪv/ 1. Characterized by or causing degeneration.
Word: esurient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action). Pronunciation: /ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/, /ɪˈʃʊə.ɹi.ənt/, /iː-/, /ɛ-/, /ə-/ 1. Very greedy or hungry; ravenous; (figuratively) avid, eager. Labels: formal, humorous, often Example: So that (as I apprehend) theſe Famelick, Eſurient, and Sitient Spirits are not the Ferments product of Concoction in the Ventricle, but only incentives, ordained by nature to render us deſirous of Aliment, to repair the decaying frame of our Body. Example: Calcin'd Hartſhorn being a mere Terra damnata, wholly bereav'd of all Salts, muſt needs, as it boils in Water, imbibe the Salt of that Water, and leave its Pores empty and eſurient: And then that eſurient Water taken into our Viſcera and Veſſels, will greedily ſuck into it whatſoever Salts it finds, and will carry them out of the Body with it.
Word: esurient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēsurient, ēsurientem, from ēsuriēns (“hungering”), present participle of ēsuriō (“to be hungry, to hunger for something”), a desiderative verb from edō (“to eat”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (“to eat”)) + -turiō (suffix indicating a desire for an action). Pronunciation: /ɪˈsjʊə.ɹɪ.ənt/, /ɪˈʃʊə.ɹi.ənt/, /iː-/, /ɛ-/, /ə-/ 1. One who is greedy or hungry. Example: Sure it is that he [Philip Nye] was a moſt dangerous and ſeditious Perſon, a politick Pulpit driver of Independency, an inſatiable eſurient after riches, and what not to raiſe a family and to heap up wealth. Example: [S]ome noble sportsmen have, I hear, with a view to improve their [i.e., young foxes'] physique and to initiate them early into training, supplied the young esurients and their mammas and papas with Spratt's dog biscuits, by a due course of which food it may be supposed, theoretically, they would be put on a level with their pursuers so far as condition went, while their wily instincts would be so much weight in their favour in the great handicap 'twixt fox and hound.
Word: aeciospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aecium + spore. 1. A binucleate spore of a rust fungus, formed in a chainlike series in an aecium.
Word: tits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɪts/ 1. plural of tit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tits Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /tɪts/ 1. Used to express dismay or annoyance. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar Example: "Oh tits, a slight mishap, I've taken his fuckin' feet off!" Example: "Oh, tits. We can't do anything with those." 2. Used to express excitement. Labels: US, slang, vulgar Example: 2000, "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" (season 4, episode 1), South Park Eric Cartman: Alright! Kenny's in, you guys! Tits!
Word: tits Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɪts/ 1. Very good; awesome; amazing. Labels: US, predicative, slang, vulgar Example: Ah, man, I dunno what you're talking about, to me, beef broccoli pizza is tits! Example: 2000, "The Tooth Fairy's Tats 2000" (season 4, episode 1), South Park Eric Cartman: Yeah! This is so tits! Ms. Cartman: Don't say "tits", Eric. Cartman: Oh, I mean this is so cool!
Word: disasterous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of disastrous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: focused Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.kəst/, /ˈfoʊ.kəst/, /ˈfəʉ.kəst/, /ˈfɐʉ.kəst/ 1. Directing all one's efforts towards achieving a particular goal. 2. Dealing with some narrowly defined aspects of a broader phenomenon.
Word: focused Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊ.kəst/, /ˈfoʊ.kəst/, /ˈfəʉ.kəst/, /ˈfɐʉ.kəst/ 1. simple past and past participle of focus Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wheatgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wheat + grass. 1. Young grass of the common wheat plant, Triticum aestivum, used freshly juiced or dried into powder for animal and human consumption. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A grass of the genus Agropyron, commonly known as crested-wheat grass. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: wheat bread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English whete bred, equivalent to wheat + bread. Compare German Weizenbrot, Danish hvedebrød, Swedish vetebröd, Icelandic hveitibrauð. 1. Ellipsis of whole-wheat bread. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: brown bread (whole-wheat bread sense) Example: He usually eats wheat bread, but today he ordered white bread to change it up a little. 2. Any bread made from wheat flour, as contrasted with nonwheat flours. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She likes bread, but she can't eat wheat bread because of the gluten. We picked up some gluten-free bread that's made from other grains.
Word: wheat germ Part of Speech: noun 1. embryo or nucleus of the wheat kernel. Labels: uncountable
Word: NRAB Part of Speech: name 1. National Railway Adjustment Board.
Word: squarial Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Squarial. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: categorise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ger- Proto-Indo-European *h₂goréh₂ Proto-Hellenic *agorā́ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓γορᾱ́ (ăgorā́) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek ἀγορεύω (agoreúō) Ancient Greek κᾰτήγορος (kătḗgoros) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορέω (kătēgoréō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek κᾰτηγορῐ́ᾱ (kătēgorĭ́ā)bor. Late Latin catēgoriader. Middle French categorie French catégoriebor. Middle English English category English -ise English categorise From category + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of categorize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: babydoll Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of baby doll. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cycloheximide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed with cyclo-. 1. An agricultural fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus, widely used in biomedical research. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Arial Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from the word aerial, introduced as a trademark by Monotype. 1. A sans serif typeface designed by Monotype as a clone of Helvetica. Notably a default Windows font.
Word: cyclometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclo- + -meter. 1. A device that counts the revolutions of a bicycle wheel in order to indicate distance travelled. Example: While here at Constantinople I received by mail from America a Butcher spoke cyclometer, and on the second visit to Prinkipo I measured the road which has been made around half the island; the distance is four English miles and a fraction. 2. An instrument for measuring circular arcs. 3. A machine used to decrypt Enigma machine ciphers. Labels: historical
Word: cyclone cellar Part of Speech: noun 1. a domestic underground shelter used as protection from severe winds Labels: US
Word: cyclopaedia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”) + παιδεία (paideía, “child-rearing, education”). See cycle, and compare encyclopedia. Pronunciation: /saɪk.ləʊˈpiːd.i.ə/ 1. The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Labels: archaic 2. An encyclopedia. Labels: archaic
Word: cyclopedia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cyclopaedia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cycloparaffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- English paraffin English cycloparaffin From cyclo- + paraffin. 1. A cycloalkane.
Word: vingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of video + single. 1. A music video that can be mixed by a VJ in a similar manner to the mixing by DJs of music singles.
Word: cyclopentadiene Part of Speech: noun 1. an unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon, C₅H₆; it forms complexes with some transition elements Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cyclopentadienyl complex Part of Speech: noun 1. an organometallic compound formed from cyclopentadiene (or a derivative) and a transition element or other metal
Word: Cyclopes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Explained at cyclops. 1. plural of Cyclops (“one-eyed creatures in Ancient Greek mythology”) Labels: form-of, plural