nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: disputableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin disputo Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin disputābilislbor. English disputable 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 disputableness From disputable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being disputable or arguable; disputability. Labels: uncountable
Word: assay dish Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, square glass or plastic dish, having ruled orientation lines that is used in biological experiments such as agar diffusion assays, propagation of bacteria and fungi, culture and screening of bacteria and yeast colonies.
Word: disputatiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disputatious 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 disputatiousness From disputatious + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being disputatious or argumentative; contentiousness. Labels: uncountable
Word: babouche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French babouche, from Arabic بَابُوش (bābūš), from Persian پاپوش (pâpuš, “slipper”). Pronunciation: /bəˈbuːʃ/ 1. A Turkish or Moroccan slipper having no heel. Example: BABOUCHE, S. F. (soulier des Turcs, & autres peuples orientaux,) a Shoe worn by the Turks, and other Oriental Nations. Example: Everything that the reader of the Arabian Nights expects to find is here: […] the tunnelled passages where indolent merchants with bare feet crouch in their little kennels hung with richly ornamented saddlery and arms, or with slippers of pale citron leather and bright embroidered babouches; […]
Word: juvenescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin juvenescens, present participle of juvenesco; by surface analysis, juven(ile) + -escent. Pronunciation: /ˌdʒuvəˈnɛsənt/ 1. Becoming juvenile or young. Labels: especially 2. Catachresis for juvenile. Labels: rare
Word: persifleur Part of Speech: noun 1. One who participates in light, playful talk or banter or persiflage.
Word: persifleurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of persifleur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ex facie Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin ex facie (“out of the face”). 1. From the face or appearance. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of contempt of court, not committed directly in court in the presence of the judge. Labels: not-comparable
Word: speed bumps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speed bump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dolly-boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A toyboy; a gigolo. Example: He meant, because of Wagner, though he can't have been unaware of the discreetly homosexual style of the whole place, the waiters in tails with long white aprons, the rich older men treating their bored and flirtatious young dolly-boys. 2. The person (e.g. an apprentice) tasked with holding a rivet dolly in an Australian World War 2 aircraft factory. Labels: historical
Word: disquietness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disquiet 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 disquietness From disquiet + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being disquiet or disturbed; troubledness. Labels: uncountable
Word: disreputableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disreputable 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 disreputableness From disreputable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being disreputable or disgraceful; disreputability. Labels: uncountable
Word: disrespectfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disrespectful 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 disrespectfulness From disrespectful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being disrespectful; disrespect; disregard. Labels: uncountable
Word: distantness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin distānsder. Old French distantbor. Middle English distaunt English distant Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 distantness From distant + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distant or remote. Labels: uncountable Example: Back then, her distantness seemed dreamy. Romantic, even.
Word: distastefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English distasteful 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 distastefulness From distasteful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distasteful or objectionable; causing averseness; unpleasantness. Labels: uncountable
Word: distractedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English distracted 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 distractedness From distracted + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distracted; distraction. Labels: uncountable
Word: distraughtness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English distraught 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 distraughtness From distraught + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distraught or agitated; distressedness. Labels: uncountable
Word: distressedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From distressed + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distressed; anxiety. Labels: uncountable
Word: distressfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English distressful 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 distressfulness From distressful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distressful; the state of having or causing anxiety or strain. Labels: uncountable
Word: distressful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From distress + -ful. 1. Causing or feeling distress, anxiety, or strain; distressing. Example: There, vvhile above the giddy tempeſt flies, / And all around diſtreſsful yells ariſe, / The penſive exile, bending vvith his vvoe, / To ſtop too fearful, and too faint to go. Example: Once more, that fulness of prophetic joy, / With which this unborn Jubilee he mark'd / Through the long vista of distressful years, / While the dark war-clouds gathering at his feet / Involved the scene.
Word: distributiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English distributive 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 distributiveness From distributive + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distributive or allotting. Labels: uncountable
Word: distrustfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English distrustful 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 distrustfulness From distrustful + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being distrustful or doubtful; distrust; mistrust. Labels: uncountable
Word: diverseness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English diverse 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 diverseness From diverse + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being diverse or unlike and varied; diversity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: miscellanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miscellany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedjacket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + jacket. 1. A short jacket worn when sitting up in bed, usually by women. Example: She hauled the bed from her room out into the middle of the Studio before the open fire and lay there in state, done up in fancy bed-jackets, smoking innumerable cigarettes and entertaining anybody whom she could persuade to visit. Example: Oh dear, dear!—you know you’re sick when someone sends you a bedjacket instead of bath powder or a nice travel book. A bedjacket is almost as antiquated as a bustle or a dress shield. A bedjacket speaks of desperation, and what it says is: toodle-oo.
Word: besmocked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English smocked English besmocked From be- + smocked. 1. Wearing a smock. Labels: not-comparable
Word: periphrasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek περίφρασις (períphrasis). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɪfɹəsɪs/ 1. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will". Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: circumlocution, loquaciousness 2. Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went". Example: Native speakers use periphrases like "did not go" where a language learner might use "went not". 3. The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution). Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: Periphrasis a single thought expands, And uses many words for what but few demands. Example: The "glen," or the "brake of the lion," is Pindar's favourite periphrasis for Nemea. 4. The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: periphrastic conjugation Part of Speech: noun 1. A conjugation formed by the use of the simple verb with one or more auxiliaries. Example: The active periphrastic conjugation in Latin is formed by using the future active participle and the appropriate form of "esse".
Word: perjurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perjure + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpəɹdʒəɹəɹ/ 1. someone who has committed perjury by lying under oath Example: Here are none exempted or excluded, be they never so prophane or wretched, no Atheist, adulterer, thief, or murderer, no lyer, perjurer, Witch or conjurer, &c· al are one fellowship, one body, one Church. Example: Come in, you false witness, you perjurer, you suborner of evidence, come in!
Word: unilaterally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unilateral Middle English -ly English -ly English unilaterally From unilateral + -ly. 1. In a unilateral or one-sided way. Example: When it was the defense’s turn to try to rebut the prosecution’s case, lawyers for Mr. James called just two witnesses [—] two former councilwomen who tried to bolster the assertion of Mr. James that he could not approve property sales unilaterally. Example: One can trace the first blunder to December 1949 when India kept quiet after Beijing unilaterally closed down the Indian Consulate in Kashgar, Sinkiang (today Xinjiang).
Word: pestiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Mid 15th century, in sense “mischievous, pernicious”, from Latin pestiferus (“bearing plague”), from pestifer, from pestis (“plague”) + ferre (“carry”) (see infer). By surface analysis, pest + -i- (“bearing, carrying”) + -ferous. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛsˈtɪfəɹəs/ 1. containing organisms that cause contagious diseases Example: because he hath vouchsafed to preserue our nation from such fountains, from serpents and venemous wormes, & from al other pestiferous & contagious creatures. Example: In these solemn moments man discovers the germ of those vices, which like the Java tree shed a pestiferous vapour around--death is in the shade! 2. annoying, vexatious Example: No, prelate; such is thy audacious wickedness, / Thy lewd, pestiferous, and dissentious pranks, / As very infants prattle of thy pride. Example: and if any could have hanged his hindering and pestiferous council and set him free, he would have answered Joan's prayer and set her in the field.
Word: Jew down Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of jew down. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, offensive Example: " […] who should come along this mornin' but one of those same holy people, and Jewed me down on pay that the Lord knows is hard enough to live on." Example: Incidentally they ask a price much higher than it is worth; they expect to be Jewed down.
Word: amaurosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin amaurōsis, from Ancient Greek ἀμαύρωσις (amaúrōsis, “dimming, obscuring, amaurosis”), from ᾰ̓μαυρόω (ămauróō, “to grow dim”), from ἀμαυρός (amaurós, “dim”). Pronunciation: /ˌæ.mɔˈɹoʊ.səs/ 1. Any form of blindness that is accompanied by no obvious change to the eye; often the result of disease of the optic nerve. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Leber's congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a group of inherited blinding diseases with onset during childhood.
Word: strategize Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɹætəd͡ʒaɪz/ 1. To formulate a strategy. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US
Word: appanage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of apanage. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A bishop with a regular salary, and no appanage of land and land-bailiffs, is only half a bishop.
Word: appanage Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of apanage. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: autarchic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English autarch(y) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English autarchic From autarch(y) + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɑːkɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or marked by autarchy; autocratic. Example: Steinhoff’s work focused on "autarchic" – that is, self-sufficient – bases on Mars and Phobos. 2. self-sufficient 3. Not inhibited by neighbouring genetic material
Word: bandoneon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bandoneón, from German Bandoneon, named after Heinrich Band. 1. A small Latin American accordion played with buttons which is frequently used in tango ensembles. Example: a. 1989, Paul Honigsheim, “Governmental Control of Music in Hitler Germany”, in Paul Honigsheim (auth.), K. Peter Etzkorn (ed.), Sociologists and Music: An Introduction to the Study of Music and Society, Second Edition, Transaction Publishers (1989), →ISBN, page 203, Another indication of these changes in musical practice was the emphasis given to instruments that had either been eliminated from symphonic orchestras or had never been so used, such as mandolins of all classes (including mandolas and mandacellos with had lower ranges) and the bandoneon in all of its ranges. These instruments had always been popular with the German people, and with Hitler’s rise to power were included in various public bands. Example: Piazzolla studied piano in New York with Rachmaninoff and went to France to study with Nadia Boulanger, but his first and favorite instrument was the bandoneon, an accordion-like instrument invented in 1854 by Heinrich Band that has a series of buttons instead of piano keys.
Word: bird pepper Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical American plant, Capsicum baccatum. 2. The very hot, red fruit of this plant.
Word: blackout lamp Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand-held lamp that has sliding or rotating doors to adjust the amount of light emitted.
Word: borshch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian борщ (boršč) and Ukrainian борщ (boršč). 1. Alternative spelling of borscht. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Of all the Russian soups borshch is the most internationally famed, and it varies as much as a recipe possibly can vary. There are thick and thin borshchs as well as hot and cold. One borshch is so clear and light in colour it is almost a consommé of chicken broth with beetroot colouring. All borshchs must be served with a sour cream dressing. Example: Several kinds of soup made with cabbage and sauerkraut are related to the borshchs of Russia.
Word: quatrefoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French quatrefoil, from quatre (“four”) + foil (“leaf”). Pronunciation: /kætɹəˌfɔɪl/, /kædə(ɹ)ˌfɔɪl/ 1. A symmetrical shape that forms the overall outline of four partially-overlapping circles of the same diameter. Example: It was a narrow, gravelled island we had to lie on, guarded by glazed brick chimneys and, running along the sides, a prickly little gothic fence of iron finials and terracotta quatrefoils. 2. A stylized flower or leaf with four lobes.
Word: bosky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bosk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒski/ 1. Having abundant bushes, shrubs or trees. Example: And the fields; they must have been a little more trackless and irregular, more bosky and tumbled, retaining a little more hill and dale, an irregularity which generation after generation of ploughing has nearly counteracted ; […]. Example: A long olive-grove secretes the garden from the sea. When you walk in the garden, you know the sea only in blue glimpses through the vacillating leaves. White-gleaming from the bosky shade of this grove are several goddesses. 2. Caused by trees or shrubs. Example: It was open, and they looked down the road which was darkened over with long bosky shadows. 3. Bushy, bristling. Example: They were nearly all whalemen; chief mates, and second mates, and third mates, and sea carpenters, and sea coopers, and sea blacksmiths, and harpooneers, and ship keepers; a brown and brawny company, with bosky beards; an unshorn, shaggy set, all wearing monkey jackets for morning gowns. 4. Drunk; inebriated. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: positron emission tomography Part of Speech: noun 1. A medical imaging technique which detects the gamma rays produced by positrons emitted from injected radionuclides. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unchilled Part of Speech: adj 1. Not chilled
Word: unchilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unchill Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unfired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English fired English unfired From un- + fired. 1. Not fired 2. Not fired
Word: unobjective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + objective. 1. Not objective
Word: unexploded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English exploded English unexploded From un- + exploded. 1. Not exploded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uninviting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English inviting English uninviting From un- + inviting. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnɪnˈvaɪtɪŋ/ 1. Not inviting, not attractive, not welcoming. Example: It's a world away from the dank and uninviting St Pancras that British Rail wanted to tear down in the 1960s.
Word: unlabeled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English labeled English unlabeled From un- + labeled. 1. Not labeled; having no label. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: untanned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tanned English untanned From un- + tanned. 1. Not tanned Example: by nature, his manner was not unrefined, his frame slender, and appeared the more so from the broad, untanned frontlet of his brow, tangled over with a disheveled mass of raven curls, throwing a still deeper tinge upon a complexion like that of a shriveled berry.
Word: unsustainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sustainable English unsustainable From un- + sustainable. 1. Not sustainable. Example: You don't have to be Einstein to work out that this level of government subsidy is unsustainable. Example: RTDs cover a multitude of sips, including: “hard” or “spiked” teas, coffees, kombuchas and seltzers; […]. And although the sector was birthed in the ’30s by drinks like Campari Soda, and boomed in the ’90s with Bacardi Breezer and Smirnoff Ice, RTDs are now at a point of seemingly unsustainable saturation.
Word: unsustainable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sustainable English unsustainable From un- + sustainable. 1. Something that cannot be sustained.
Word: unsweetened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sweetened English unsweetened From un- + sweetened. 1. Not sweetened. Example: “People need to consider other ways to reduce free sugars intake, such as consuming food with naturally occurring sugars, like fruit, or unsweetened food and beverages,” said Francesco Branca, the W.H.O. director for nutrition and food safety.
Word: unsweetened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sweetened English unsweetened From un- + sweetened. 1. simple past and past participle of unsweeten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unsurrounded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English surrounded English unsurrounded From un- + surrounded. 1. Not surrounded
Word: unsymmetrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English symmetrical English unsymmetrical From un- + symmetrical. 1. Not symmetrical. Example: Nature is full of unsymmetrical things; even the human body, with its semblance of symmetry, has the heart on the left...
Word: unsystematic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + systematic. Pronunciation: /ʌnˌsɪstəˈmætɪk/ 1. Not systematic; random, disorganised, or unthorough. Example: The relegation of locomotives to storage seemed to be on a very unsystematic basis on all three principal Irish railways: while one member of a class was rusting in a yard, another might be hard at work in revenue-earning service—[…]. Example: None of the traditional proposals suffers from the weaknesses characteristic of CAW's suggestions: what CAW has to offer are mere guesses, arrived at in a totally unsystematic way and totally unsupported by rational and reasonable argumentation.
Word: untactful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tactful English untactful From un- + tactful. 1. Not tactful
Word: untalented Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Middle English talent English talent English -ed English talented English untalented From un- + talented. 1. Not talented; lacking in talent. Example: England is the only modern country among civilized nations where the untalented, unnobled, ungentle, and the vilest possessor of wealth is an envy and marvel with no small portion of its society.
Word: untapped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tapped English untapped From un- + tapped. 1. Not tapped; not drawn on in terms of resources. Labels: not-comparable Example: The author kindly welcomes notification of any terms overlooked, any antedatings of earliest attestations, and any untapped sources that may prove to be productive. Example: If 90% (often quoted) of the UK public don't use trains regularly, there is a huge untapped potential market for securing extra passengers.
Word: untended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tended English untended From un- + tended. 1. Not tended
Word: untarnished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tarnished English untarnished From un- + tarnished. 1. Not tarnished Example: Because White had been working for a different Govia franchise, rather than for either Southeastern or the parent group, he was untarnished by any of the financial accusations made by the Government.
Word: untasted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English tasted English untasted From un- + tasted. 1. Not tasted. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] yet all his virtues, Not virtuously on his own part beheld, Do in our eyes begin to lose their gloss, Yea, like fair fruit in an unwholesome dish, Are like to rot untasted. Example: It was not three months ago since, wild with joyful expectation, she had there run backwards and forwards some ten times a day, with an heart light, gay, and independent; looking forward to pleasures untasted and unalloyed, and free from the apprehension of evil as from the knowledge of it.
Word: untaught Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English untauȝt; equivalent to un- + taught. 1. Not taught; uneducated. Example: My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree Example: The gazing, the spying, and the ability to divine the eternal in the vivid manifestations of nature, here attributed to the young child, seem to be realised in this relatively untaught child of the woods of Oregon. 2. Not taught; not conveyed by means of instruction. Labels: not-comparable Example: What they used to teach here Now goes untaught.
Word: untranslated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English translated English untranslated From un- + translated. 1. Not translated; still in the original language. Labels: not-comparable Example: The forms can be bizarrely funny when blown up to fill a canvas, as in "Supergastrico Compensado" (the artist prefers that his often punning titles remain untranslated), whose eroticized digestive systems have an appealing decorative flair. Example: They talked through complicated idioms, untranslated figures of speech and, most difficult, the difference between pronouns, a nonissue in English: When should characters who are close but still colleagues address each another as the informal “tu” or the formal “vous”? 2. Not converted from a processed mRNA sequence into a protein. Labels: not-comparable
Word: knobheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knobhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: page-turners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of page-turner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: output device Part of Speech: noun 1. Any device that formats and presents data for display to a user; examples include printers and video monitors
Word: radium hydroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The strong base Ra(OH)₂ obtained when radium reacts with water; it has no commercial use Labels: uncountable
Word: agamogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek γάμος (gámos, “marriage”) + -genesis. 1. Asexual reproduction. Labels: uncountable Example: He was as touching and as confidential as ever, and I felt we must look like an old couple that by some dazzling agamogenesis had produced this golden-haired offspring.
Word: in the altogether Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Naked. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: Hearing that his wife was posing in the altogether for the great Spanish satirist, the Duke of Alba swore that he would paint Goya's picture in Goya's blood. Example: Last week, a Cleveland news anchor, Sharon Reed, was caught on camera stripping nude and joining a gaggle of other people in the altogether.
Word: undistinguished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English distinguish English -ed English distinguished English undistinguished From un- + distinguished. 1. Not distinguished: not marked by conspicuous qualities. Example: While most are familiar with the history of the Third Reich from 1933 onward, this essay offers insight into the undistinguished, prefamous Hitler. Example: All the messages in and around Wembley before and during this FA Cup final pointed to this Wembley showpiece marking the end of Van Gaal's largely undistinguished two-year spell in charge. 2. Not distinguished: not having an air of distinction.
Word: undismayed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dismayed. 1. Not dismayed; calm and undaunted. Example: But was not that the cobweb which she had wrecked? Had she without knowing turned back, or was it another web? Calmly, and again undismayed, the spider was industriously respinning in repair. Example: Undismayed he continued to flail with the broken half of it, denting many a helmet[.]
Word: undimmed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dimmed. 1. Not dimmed. Labels: figuratively, sometimes Example: But the importance of the railways as main arteries of the national economy remains undimmed, just as their fascination for the railway enthusiast is surely undiminished. Example: As I studied the songs that Kaczerginsky had compiled, I was struck not only by the pathos, sadness, and helpless feelings of authors both known and unknown, but also by the often undimmed spirit, hopefulness, and visions of a brighter future.
Word: undimmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: undiminished Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English diminished English undiminished From un- + diminished. 1. Not diminished. Example: A need that undiminished / Rebukes our slothful ease, Example: But the importance of the railways as main arteries of the national economy remains undimmed, just as their fascination for the railway enthusiast is surely undiminished.
Word: red blood cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red blood cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unedifying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English edifying English unedifying From un- + edifying. 1. Not edifying. 2. Ungraceful, usually due to a clash of expectations or disparity of knowledge. Example: Sunday’s scenes were the kind of unedifying thing some of those aggressive members prefer to think only happens in all the sports on which they look down, or during prime minister’s questions.
Word: unearthliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unearthly 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 unearthliness From unearthly + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being unearthly; ethereal; otherworldly. Example: These tunes have a taste of unearthliness—like a swaying mist which loses itself in infinity.
Word: unearthlinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unearthliness Labels: form-of, plural Example: […] not some cold dream-land; where all sensation is attenuated into a spiritual meagreness totally destitute of attractions for mortals; not a mere state, made up of certain unearthlinesses, of which no one can conceive and with which no one can sympathize; but a literal and material world, firm and ponderable as now, girthed and clothed with similar heavens, adorned with sunshine and showers, birds, trees, streams, melody, and flowers Example: The cult of art-as-art centers around art as a magic, art as a second, or double, or super nature, around art's immolations and unearthlinesses, around art's timelessness, uselessness, and meaninglessness.
Word: uncurl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + curl. 1. To straighten out from being curled up. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The hedgehog uncurled when its predators had left. Example: But when his foe lyes prostrate on the plain, He sheaths his paws, uncurls his angry mane; And, pleas'd with bloudless honours of the day, Walks over, and disdains th' inglorious Prey.
Word: daddy-long-legs Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of daddy longlegs. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A daddy-long-legs shot from corner to corner and hit the lamp globe.
Word: man-whore Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of manwhore. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: man-whores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of man-whore (alternative spelling of manwhores). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: man-eating Part of Speech: adj 1. Inclined to eat human flesh; that attacks and kills humans for food. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he den of a man-eating tiger, or a mad dog, could not be more dreaded. Example: The Lumbardar scouted the idea; the only man-eating leopard in those parts has been killed by the valorous sahib-thanks be to Allah!
Word: Estonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Estonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Livonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Livonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Võros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Võro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Finns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fɪnz/ 1. plural of Finn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Finns Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /fɪnz/ 1. plural of Finn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: address of record Part of Speech: noun 1. The SIP or SIPS URI that points to a domain with a location service that can map the URI to another URI where the user might be available, frequently thought of as the "public address" of the user. Labels: Internet
Word: blidget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Germanic *weraz Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi Proto-Germanic *alaną Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Germanic *-þiz Proto-Germanic *aldiz Proto-Germanic *weraldiz Proto-West Germanic *weraldi Old English weorold Middle English world English world Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *wīdaz Old English wīd English wide English -wide English worldwide Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English World Wide Web English Web Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *légʰyeti Proto-Germanic *ligjaną Old Norse liggjader.? Middle English logge English log Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵosder.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g-der.? Proto-Germanic *bōks Proto-West Germanic *bōk Old English bōc Middle English bok English book English logbook English log English weblog English blog English widget blend English blidget Blend of blog + widget. 1. In the context of blogging, a widget featuring a blog feed, which can be installed on another blog or website. Labels: Internet, slang Example: Widgetbox also gives you the tools to create your own widgets— either by turning your blog into a "blidget" that others can subscribe to or by coding something unique and adding it to the Widgetbox collection. Example: In particular, a "blidget" allows users to display a section of their blog on other web sites.
Word: closely held Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a corporation or other business, owned by a small number of people, and not having shares of ownership sold via a stock exchange or other public market. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: privately held (often hypernymous) Example: To reach Africa’s largest oil refinery, you must drive along a new six-lane highway that snakes its way through the swampland of Nigeria’s Atlantic shoreline. […] The refinery operates as a kind of city-state. It has its own jetty and breakwater to ensure the safe delivery of high-tech equipment, as well as a dedicated quarry, dam, water treatment center and power plant. Almost half the size of Manhattan, it sits on 100 million tons of sand—dredged during ­construction—17 times the weight of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Dangote Petroleum Refinery demonstrates the determination of a single man, Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest person. His closely held conglomerate, Dangote Industries Ltd., has long been the continent’s biggest cement producer and has lucrative interests in sugar and fertilizer, as is evident in the corrugated-­roof stalls selling his products along the road to the plant.
Word: Kibor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Traditionally a Kenyan name, specifically from the Kalenjin tribe in western Kenya, with a rough Kalenjin translation of "born at a time of good fortune." 1. A surname.
Word: Mriganka Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali মৃগাঙ্ক (mrigaṅkô). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit.
Word: Mudathir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic مُدَّثِّر (muddaṯṯir). 1. A male given name from Arabic. 2. The Islamic prophet Muhammad.
Word: quasistatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Italic *kʷis Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quam Proto-Indo-European *sóder. Proto-Italic *sei Latin sī univ. Latin quasī̆bor. English quasi- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English quasistatic From quasi- + static. 1. Happening so slowly as to appear to be static 2. In a state of dynamic equilibrium
Word: .com Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɒt.kɒm/, /dɑt.kɑm/ 1. Alternative form of dotcom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dot-com Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dotcom. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative Example: Dot-com companies are different from the traditional 'brick and mortar' in many ways ...
Word: dot-com Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of dotcom. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative Example: Check to see if your name—or any Web site name you pick—has been dot-commed yet at any of several Web sites that oversee domain-name registration, such as ... Example: In July 1999, while I was dot-comming in Virginia, Governor Bush went to Indianapolis, home of Mayor Stephen Goldsmith's “Front Porch Alliance.”
Word: queerious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of queer + curious. 1. Queer, curious: weird, odd, strange, bizarre. Example: Some said it was Aquarius,so queerious he'd get; But he declar'd no soda-hack should ever share his whet; His burnish'd sun was sol-o, soul-heart'ning was his cheer, And quaffing of good porter long kept him from his bier, As draughtsman he'd no equal,[…] Example: ... queerious but very cozy corners , we assure you , and really it is a delightful place to be in , and it is growing bigger every day. ' "But the King does not want us to come back. We hear that he has become quite as grave as the[…]
Word: bowl over Part of Speech: verb 1. To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: This tribe lived largely upon the smaller animals which they bowled over with their stone hatchets after making a wide circle about their quarry and driving it so that it had to pass close to one of their number. Example: The Celtic midfielder appeared to be bowled over by Milorad Pekovic but Italian referee Luca Banti waved play on. 2. To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bowl, over.
Word: rhetor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rethor, from Old French retor and Latin rhētor, rētor, rēthor (“teacher of rhetoric, rhetorician”), from Ancient Greek ῥήτωρ (rhḗtōr). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːtə(ɹ)/ 1. A rhetorician. Labels: archaic Example: Schir, ye have mony servitouris, / And officiaris of dyvers curis, / Kirkmen, courtmen, and craftismen fyne, / Doctouris in jure and medicyne, / Divinouris, rethoris, and philosophouris, / Astrologis, artistis, and oratouris, / Men of armes and vailyeand knychtis, / And mony uther gudlie wichtis, / Musicianis, menstralis, and mirrie singaris, / Chevalouris, cawandaris, and flingaris, / Cunyouris, carvouris, and carpentaris, / Beildaris of barkis and ballingaris, / Masounis lyand upon the land, / And schipwrichtis hewand upone the strand, / Glasing wrichtis, goldsmythis, and lapidaris, / Pryntouris, payntouris, and potingaris, / And all of thair craft cunning, / And all at anis lawboring, / Quhilk pleisand ar and honorable, / And to your hienes profitable, / And richt convenient for to be, / With your hie regale majestie, / Deservand of your grace most ding, / Bayth thank, rewarde, and cherissing. Example: Your hearing , which is mostly the fairest part of you , what is it but as of a rhetor at a desk , to commend or dislike , the same which you have as well for the stage as the pulpit , a plaudit or an hiss
Word: pubertal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to puberty. Labels: not-comparable Example: pubertal dip in performance
Word: pubescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pūbēscentia, from pūbēscō. Pronunciation: /pjuːˈbɛsəns/ 1. The state of being in or reaching puberty. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A covering of fine, soft hairs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: speach Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of speech. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speach.
Word: public-spirited Part of Speech: adj 1. Having personal motivation toward the betterment of the public. Example: For the young this device has proved most excellent under the wise management of the United Hebrew Charities, an organization that gathers to its work the best thought and effort of many of our most public-spirited citizens. Example: He was a noted philanthropist, and played a public-spirited part in the support of the Army during the Crimean War.
Word: puckishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English puckish Middle English -ly English -ly English puckishly From puckish + -ly. 1. Mischievously; playfully. Example: At the start of lockdown, some puckishly predicted that all those couples locked away together would set off a pandemic baby boom.
Word: mischievously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English mischevously, myschevously, equivalent to mischievous + -ly. 1. In a mischievous manner. Example: That's all I claim for Boston,—that it is the thinking centre of the continent, and therefore of the planet. / ―And the grand emporium of modesty,—said the divinity student, a little mischievously. Example: But the shifting moral tone is perfectly caught in Helen McCrory's polymorphous Phocion, who is mischievously aware of her sexual power and switches from macho snarls when seducing a woman to flirty oeillades when playing with a man.
Word: pupal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pupa + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈpjuːpəl/, /ˈpj̥uːpəɫ/ 1. Of or pertaining to the pupa stage of insect metamorphosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: platy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From plate + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪti/ 1. Resembling plates. 2. Semy of plates (roundels argent). Example: Alternative form: platé Example: Gules, a saltire argent within a bordure sable bezantée (sic C., but Papworth cites, p. 1069, from A., per saltire gules and sable, a saltire argent, and a bordure of the 2nd platy). 3. Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.
Word: platy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] ] Translingual: Platypoecilus (“former genus of platys”) Pronunciation: /ˈplæti/ 1. Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails). Example: I had a mixed community aquarium with several tetras, two mollies, some corydoras catfish, and a platy from a previous tank. Example: There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras [sic], Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.
Word: thabilitho Part of Speech: noun 1. A wooden slab, covered with a cloth, placed on the altar in the Syrian Orthodox Church, and symbolizing the Cross.
Word: old wives' tales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of old wives' tale Labels: form-of, plural