nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: laughter lines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Especially visible when smiling or laughing. 1. Wrinkles at the outer corners of the eye. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She wanted to hear his man's voice and see the laughter-lines come and go round his eyes. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see laughter, lines. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: A fat, orbicular and jolly soul / With laughter-lines upon each rosy jowl
Word: cooperage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cooper Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English cooperage From cooper + -age. 1. The art, trade, or products of a cooper (barrelmaker). Labels: uncountable 2. The price paid to a cooper for work carried out. Labels: uncountable 3. A cooper's workshop. Labels: countable
Word: copay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English pay English copay From co- + pay. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˌpeɪ/ 1. To jointly pay with another or others.
Word: copay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English pay English copay From co- + pay. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˌpeɪ/ 1. A copayment. Example: The White House announced that, starting next year, Medicare copays for insulin will be capped at $35. Recipients who select drug plans with the new benefit could save about $450 a year.
Word: copayment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English payment English copayment From co- + payment. 1. A fixed fee paid by subscribers to a medical insurance scheme for each treatment or service in addition to a membership fee. Labels: US
Word: copulative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin copulativus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to copulation. Labels: not-comparable 2. That acts as a copula. Labels: not-comparable 3. That connects the subject of a clause with its complement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: copulative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin copulativus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv/ 1. A connection. Labels: obsolete Example: They understand Polygamie to be a Conjunction of divers Copulatives in number, which is not understood till a person proceeds unto a fourth Wife, which makes more than one Copulative in the rule of Marriage. 2. A copulative conjunction. Example: In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow, And every word its copulative will shew.
Word: neo-natal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of neonatal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pump iron Part of Speech: verb 1. To lift weights; to engage in weight or strength training. Example: Her upper body strength has been improving since she started pumping iron at the gym. Example: For years now, Arnold Schwarzenegger has made the talk-show rounds telling audiences that pumping iron is better than sex. No wonder it took him so long to find a bride.
Word: hivemind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hive + mind, originally applied to beehives. As a metaphor for collective intelligence popularized in Out of Control (1992) by Kevin Kelly. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪv.maɪnd/ 1. A collection of minds somehow linked or unified, possibly as if by telepathy. Example: It traces the growth of homo gestalt with the uniting of six lovely outcasts of society who have psi powers and come together as a hive mind, thus creating a gestalt super-being. Example: Though now extinct, the rachni once threatened every species in Citadel space. Over 2000 years ago, explorers foolishly opened a mass relay to a previously-unknown system and encountered something never seen before or since: a species of spacefaring insects guided by a hive-mind intelligence. 2. Collective intelligence, especially when facilitated by communications technology. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The marvel of “hive mind” is that no one is in control, and yet an invisible hand governs, a hand that emerges from very dumb members. Example: The hive mind should be thought of as a tool. Empowering the collective does not empower individuals — just the reverse is true. 3. A group of people who uncritically share beliefs, behave very similarly or mindlessly follow orders. Labels: broadly, derogatory, figuratively Example: Lehman, AIG, Anglo-Irish, etc. were not cases of immortal hive-minds at work; they were cases of kleptocrats run wild.
Word: corer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English core English core Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English corer From core + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːɹə/, /ˈkɔɹɚ/ 1. A utensil for removing the core from apples and similar fruit or vegetables. 2. A device used to take core samples from the earth's crust for analysis.
Word: hive mind Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hivemind. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corespondent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English respondent English corespondent From co- + respondent. 1. One of two or more persons against whom a lawsuit is made; but especially a person charged with committing adultery with the defendant in a divorce proceeding. Example: It was simply a certified copy of the decree in the divorce case of a prominent society woman, Mrs. Percy Schermerman, who had named as corespondent a still more prominent woman, Mrs. Willoughby Worthington. The evidence had been sealed, and the yellower papers had toiled in vain to find out just who the prominent corespondent was.
Word: cornball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + ball. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹn.bɔl/, /ˈkɔɹn.bɑl/ 1. A ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. Example: How large and inviting were the cornballs that piled the platter, and how crisp and glossy the braids and twists of molasses candy that mother and cousin had made when the little ones were snug in bed.
Word: cornball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + -ball. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹn.bɔl/, /ˈkɔɹn.bɑl/ 1. An unsophisticated person. Labels: US, informal 2. Something or someone excessively corny. Labels: US, informal Example: That movie was a real cornball. Example: [Paul] Rudd, especially, finds the perfect balance between synthetic cornball charm and actual emotional engagement. Like the movie itself, he’s best when playing the rom-com clichés straight. 3. A corny person; an uncool, stupid, or lame person. Labels: Internet, US Example: Who's this cornball, man?
Word: cornball Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corn + -ball. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹn.bɔl/, /ˈkɔɹn.bɑl/ 1. Naive, corny. Labels: informal Example: I know this sounds cornball, but I'd like to somehow make a difference in people's lives. Example: The Brady Bunch Movie, released in February of 1995, was built on this ambivalence: It was both an affectionate appreciation of the 1970s family sitcom and a parody of everything that made it cornball and outdated.
Word: cornrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of corn + row, reflecting the figurative evocation of rows of corn in a cornfield. 1. One of a set of rows of tightly braided hair close to the scalp, forming a hairstyle, of African origin. Labels: in-plural Example: The physician should evaluate for a history of tight ponytails, buns, chignons, braids, twists, weaves, cornrows, dreadlocks, sisterlocks, and hair wefts in addition to the usage of religious hair coverings. Example: Coolio, whose spindly and sprouting cornrows defined his look, went on to sell over 17 million records throughout his career.
Word: cornrow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of corn + row, reflecting the figurative evocation of rows of corn in a cornfield. 1. To braid the hair in this fashion. Example: He [...] passed his hand over her hair, which was now neatly cornrowed. Example: She had been hoping Sisi would help her cornrow her hair.
Word: single-elimination tournament Part of Speech: noun 1. A tournament where the loser of a game or match is eliminated from further competition.
Word: coyly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English coy Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English coyly From coy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɪli/ 1. In a coy manner. Example: Melons, who was engaged in breathing hard after Limpet, got such a shock as the curate drifted coyly before his beard, that for the moment he ceased to breathe at all.
Word: crinkly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English crinkle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crinkly From crinkle + -y. 1. That crinkles. Example: Again there was that eerie, indefinable something in Cousin Jimmy’s voice or look that gave Emily a sudden crinkly feeling in her spine. 2. Having crinkles; wrinkly. Example: Himself, he was a little as if made from leather, with his yellow crinkly face, and crinkly reddish hair and beard; and neat folds slanting down his cheeks to the corners of his mouth, and his guttural and one-toned voice;[…] Example: He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.
Word: crinkly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English crinkle Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English crinkly From crinkle + -y. 1. An old person. Labels: derogatory
Word: grand prize Part of Speech: noun 1. In a tournament, raffle or other contest, the most desirable prize, offered for the overall winner; first prize. Example: The grand prize on the game show was a brand new Cadillac.
Word: corporately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English corporate Middle English -ly English -ly English corporately From corporate + -ly. 1. Acting as a corporate body. Labels: not-comparable Example: Often we could do more, individually and corporately, to challenge without fear, the illegitimate authority of the government on deeply personal matters. Example: Management teams must act locally with nimbility and corporately with strength, to greater effect than people working individually. 2. In a corporate way. Labels: not-comparable Example: There is a great tendency to keep property corporately controlled.
Word: cutler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coteler (“knife-maker”), from Anglo-Norman cuteler, from Old French coutelier (“knife-maker”). 1. One whose business is making or dealing in cutlery.
Word: corporeality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English corporeal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English corporeality From corporeal + -ity. 1. The state of being or having a body (being corporal/corporeal); bodily existence. Labels: uncountable Example: And so these spirits are in constant search for vessels to occupy, and insatiable in their pursuit of corporeality. Example: See also: uncorporeal, spiritual, mystical, transcendence 2. Something having a corporeal existence. Labels: countable
Word: bardic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der. Proto-Celtic *bardosder. Old Irish bard Scottish Gaelic bàrdder. English bard Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bardic From bard + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹ.dɪk/, /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d.ɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to bards. Labels: not-comparable Example: To this being Taliesin gives a magic vase, the edges of which are adorned with pearl, and it contains the wondrous water of bardic genius and of universal knowledge. Example: In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence.
Word: bardic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-dʰh₁o-der. Proto-Celtic *bardosder. Old Irish bard Scottish Gaelic bàrdder. English bard Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bardic From bard + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈbɑɹ.dɪk/, /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d.ɪk/ 1. A bardic circle or competition: a gathering or contest at which stories, poems, and/or songs are recited. Example: [...] especially at Samhain, Yule, and Oimelc/Imbolg/Brigantia, we'd gather everyone into the living room around the fireplace and present our ritual enactments, hold our bardics, play music, dance, etc.—all before the great altar. Example: [...] in the bucolic bardics of BJ, whose eclogues insisted on rhyme [...]
Word: Cutler Part of Speech: name Etymology: Occupational surname from cutler. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌtlɚ/ 1. A surname originating as an occupation. Labels: countable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename in the United States, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bathyscaph Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bathyscaphe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bladed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪdɪd/ 1. Having a blade; having the specified number or type of blades. Labels: not-comparable Example: a bladed weapon Example: a four-bladed propeller 2. Of plants, having long, tapering, flat leaves. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tremulous on the bladed graſs ſhone bright the pearly drops, like an aſſembly of ſparkling ſtars dancing on the plains of the zodiac; vocal was every bending ſpray, every reed was inſpired, each warbling throat ſeemed to emulate the melodious voice of the bird of a thouſand ſongs.
Word: bladed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbleɪdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of blade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bolero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bolero, from bola. Pronunciation: /bəˈlɛɹoʊ/ 1. A lively Spanish dance in 3/4 time; also an unrelated slower-tempo dance of Cuban origin, in 2/4 time. Example: Edward's attention was at first rivetted on two dancers engaged in their graceful national dance, the bolero. What a blessing to a people is a climate that encourages out-of-door amusement! 2. A type of short, buttonless jacket or blouse, open or tied in front and ending at the diaphragm. Example: He took the bolero, which was made of soft angora, and rubbed it up and down his cheek.
Word: bolero Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spanish bolero, from bola. Pronunciation: /bəˈlɛɹoʊ/ 1. To dance the bolero. Labels: intransitive
Word: brutalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English brutal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English brutalize From brutal + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːtəlaɪz/, /ˈbɹutəlaɪz/, [ˈbɹu.ɾə.laɪz], /ˈbɹʉːtəlaɪz/, [ˈbɹʉː.ɾə.lɑez] 1. Alternative spelling of brutalise. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was reserved for Christians to torture bread, the staff of life, bread for which children in whole districts wail, bread, the gift of pasture to the poor, bread, for want of which thousands of our fellow beings annually perish by famine; it was reserved for Christians to torture the material of bread by fire, to create a chemical and maddening poison, burning up the brain and brutalizing the soul, and producing evils to humanity, in comparison of which, war, pestilence, and famine, cease to be evils. Example: The subconscious activities are not rationalized and humanized, they are in fact more brutalized than ever, inasmuch as under the aegis of military law and under the tacit understanding that necessity knows no law, there is no pity and no mercy in war.
Word: overworld map Part of Speech: noun 1. The overworld. Example: The overworld map is kinda confusing to walk through, i had know idea where i was going. Example: By the way, the games FF2 and FF3 (both for NES, never released in the US) allowed you to save on the overworld map.
Word: redistrict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English district English redistrict From re- + district. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈdɪstɹɪkt/ 1. To adjust the borders of districts of a state or other governmental or administrative entity. 2. To redraw the borders of the districts represented by legislators or other elected officeholders in accord with changes in population as shown in the decennial census. Labels: US
Word: isomorphically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English isomorphic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English isomorphically From isomorphic + -ally. 1. In an isomorphic manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: glens Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡlɛnz/ 1. plural of glen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monoglot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -glot. 1. A person capable of speaking only a single language.
Word: monoglot Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + -glot. 1. Capable of speaking only a single language; monolingual. Example: He thought Britain was more monoglot than ever.
Word: thrushes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɹʌʃəz/ 1. plural of thrush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: choux pastry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial calque of French pâte à choux. Pronunciation: /ʃuː ˈpeɪstɹi/ 1. A type of light pastry (made just from butter, water, flour and eggs) that is used to make profiteroles, éclairs, chouquettes, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If you don't get your choux pastry just right, the profiteroles will taste foul. Example: Similarly, choux pastry is a much beloved and ultraversatile pastry that is truly unlike any other. Where most pastries—such as a short pastry used in tarts—rely on minimal gluten activation to maximize crispiness and tenderness, choux pastry […]
Word: ass kicking Part of Speech: noun 1. A beating, sometimes prearranged. Example: Meet me after school for your ass kicking! 2. A brutal and decisive defeat of an individual or group of people by another who had thoroughly dominated them in doing so, such as in sports. Example: The top-ranked football team limited their opponents to just two first downs and 40 total yards, while rolling up 550 rushing yards and scoring the first eight times they had the ball in the ass kicking of the year. Example: When Wade first crosses paths with Art3mis (Olivia Cooke), the ass-kicking fellow “gunter” (or egg hunter) with whom he becomes infatuated, the pair’s meet cute is predicated on the swapping of favorite pop-culture quotes.
Word: etyma Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛtɪmə/ 1. plural of etymon Labels: form-of, plural 2. A genus of longhorn beetles of the subfamily Lamiinae
Word: say goodbye Part of Speech: verb 1. To wish someone farewell upon their leaving. Example: Hello, hello / I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello 2. To separate from someone or something. Labels: idiomatic Example: If we can't agree on whether to have children, maybe it's time to say goodbye. 3. To cease to have, or have to do, something. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Say goodbye to long waits at the airport with our new preboarding service. Example: You can say goodbye to your inheritance if you annoy your parents too much!
Word: farmgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + girl. 1. A girl or young woman who works on a farm, especially one who is growing up there as a child of the farmer. 2. A woman who grew up on a farm and prides herself on a farm-based identity. Labels: informal Example: She likes to say that she's still just a farmgirl at heart.
Word: farmboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + boy. 1. A boy or young man who works on a farm, especially one who is growing up there as a child of the farmer. 2. A man who grew up on a farm and prides himself on a farm-based identity. Labels: informal Example: He likes to say that he's still just a farmboy at heart. Example: Even if I wear shit-kicker boots, faded Levi's and a flannel shirt, something about me betrays too many years around universities. In the same clothes, you exuded farmboy simplicity and innocence.
Word: IAPH Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Association of Ports and Harbors. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hanko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 版行(はんこ) (hanko). 1. A traditional Japanese stamp bearing a personal seal, used (in place of a handwritten signature) to authorise or certify documents. Example: I used my hanko, and as I did I realized I needed a new one, with my new name.
Word: paywall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pay + wall, by analogy with firewall. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.wɔːl/, /ˈpeɪ.wɔl/, /ˈpeɪ.wɑl/ 1. A system that restricts access to content with a purchase or a paid subscription. Labels: informal Example: The premium content on this website is behind a paywall. Example: Techdirt got wind of a secret meeting by newspaper execs, complete with antitrust lawyers, to discuss how to proceed on the issue of implementing paywalls going forward.
Word: paywall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pay + wall, by analogy with firewall. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.wɔːl/, /ˈpeɪ.wɔl/, /ˈpeɪ.wɑl/ 1. To restrict access to (a website or other resource) by means of a paywall. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: deglomeration Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːˌɡlɒməˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of breaking up a mass into fine particles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin quīnārius (“containing five each”), from quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quinaire, the Italian quinario, and the Portuguese quinário. Doublet of quinarius. Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈkwaɪ.nɛɹ.i/ 1. Of fifth rank or order. Labels: not-comparable 2. Consisting of five things; arranged in fives. Labels: not-comparable 3. To the base of five; represented by the numerals 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quinary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin quīnārius (“containing five each”), from quīnī (“five each”, “five at a time”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary); compare the French quinaire, the Italian quinario, and the Portuguese quinário. Doublet of quinarius. Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈkwaɪ.nɛɹ.i/ 1. Any of 72 rays associated with the Sun, six for each of the 12 houses of the Zodiac.
Word: corpuscular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English corpuscle Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English corpuscular From corpuscle + -ar. Pronunciation: /kɔːˈpʌskjʊlə/, /kɔɹˈpʌskjəlɚ/, /koːˈpɐskjələ/, /koːˈpaskjələ/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of corpuscles; particulate.
Word: correctable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English correctable, equivalent to correct + -able. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɛktəbəl/ 1. Able to be corrected.
Word: correctional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From correction + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or intended for correction. 2. Of or pertaining to the imprisonment or rehabilitation of convicted criminals. Labels: Canada, US Example: correctional officer, correctional policy, correctional services.
Word: correlate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cor- + relate. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹəleɪt/, /ˈkɔɹəleɪt/, /ˈkɑɹəleɪt/ 1. To compare things and bring them into a relation having corresponding characteristics. Labels: transitive 2. To be related by a correlation; to be correlated. Labels: intransitive Example: Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Example: As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
Word: correlate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cor- + relate. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹələt/, /ˈkɔɹələt/, /ˈkɑɹələt/ 1. Either of a pair of things related by a correlation; a correlative. Example: Several studies have demonstrated that neutralizing antibodies are a strong correlate for protection against symptomatic infection with Covid-19 and its variants, with boosters enhancing neutralization. Peter Gilbert, professor of vaccine and infectious diseases at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and lead author of the Moderna study, says these correlates are useful to apply to large groups.
Word: corroborative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English corroborate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English corroborative From corroborate + -ive. 1. Serving to corroborate Example: Carrie Junkin, who lived with Appleby from the summer of 1977 through April 1978, and who was involved in numerous trips to New York to pick up leather men, is not under indictment for his participation in any of these activities. Nor was he even called as a corroborative witness by the state.
Word: corroborative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English corroborate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English corroborative From corroborate + -ive. 1. a medical tonic; a corroborant Labels: dated
Word: corroboratory Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to corroborate or strengthen
Word: homeowner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Proto-West Germanic *haim Old English hām Middle English hōm English home English own Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English owner English homeowner From home + owner. 1. Someone who owns a house. Example: He advised homeowners to get insurance before then so they can be grandfathered in as discretionary buyers of flood insurance in a nonflood zone. Example: The homeowner theorized that the intruders saw that the house was up for sale and targeted it for their rager. 2. Someone who does not have the title to a house, but has possession and is paying for it in installments. Example: The taxability of forgiven debt is set to become a pressing issue as more homeowners fall behind on their mortgages and face foreclosure.
Word: corruptibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corruptible + -ity. 1. The state of being corruptible. Labels: uncountable
Word: charge density Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of electric charge per unit volume of space, unit area of a surface, or unit length of a curve. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: electron density Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of the probability of finding an electron at a specific location within an orbital. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A measure of the number of electrons per unit volume of space. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: would like Part of Speech: verb 1. To want; to desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions, etc., followed by a noun [phrase] or infinitive) Example: Near-synonyms: should like, would not mind Example: Would you like some tea?... I asked if you’d like to have some tea. 2. To want; to desire (used to form polite requests, suggestions, etc., followed by a noun [phrase] or infinitive) Example: Near-synonyms: get, let someone get
Word: rhinoplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhinoplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryptologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- + -logist, after cryptology. Pronunciation: /kɹɪpˈtɒləd͡ʒɪst/ 1. One who studies cryptology.
Word: unsurprising 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 surprising English unsurprising From un- + surprising. 1. Not surprising; expected. Labels: not-comparable Example: The relative popularity of the Kyle of Lochalsh service is unsurprising, given how the famous route jostles with the West Highland Line for the title of Scotland's (and indeed the world's) most scenic rail journey.
Word: alizarin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French alizarine, corresponding to alizari + -in. Pronunciation: /əˈlɪzəɹɪn/ 1. A red substance, 1,2-dihydroxyanthraquinone, extracted from madder root and used as a dye. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: glass headed pins, oil-golds and copper greens, anthracite blues, alizarins, Example: In 1883, the German output of alizarin, the brilliant red chemical that imitated natural carmine, reached twelve thousand tons, dwarfing the amount being produced by Perkin's factory in London.
Word: stipple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Dutch stippel (“small dot”), originally applied to the dots themselves and later to the technique. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪpəl/ 1. The use of small dots that give the appearance of shading; the dots thus used. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Glory be to God for dappled things— / For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; / For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim: […]
Word: stipple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Dutch stippel (“small dot”), originally applied to the dots themselves and later to the technique. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪpəl/ 1. To use small dots to give the appearance of shading to. Labels: transitive Example: Don’t you think, Major Vampyre, that eye-brow ſtippled very prettily? Example: The worst drawings that have ever come from [Turner’s] hands are some of this second period, on which he has spent much time and laborious thought; drawings filled with incident from one side to the other, with skies stippled into morbid blue, and warm lights set against them in violent contrast […]
Word: birthdate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From birth + date. 1. The year, month, and day of someone's birth; a date of birth.
Word: restate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English restate From re- + state. 1. to state again (without changing) 2. to state differently; to rephrase
Word: resend Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + send. Attested since the 1550s. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈsɛnd/ 1. To send again. Labels: transitive Example: I didn't get your email. You'll have to resend it. 2. To send back. Labels: transitive 3. To forward (something received), especially a message. Labels: transitive
Word: resend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + send. Attested since the 1550s. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːsɛnd/ 1. The act of sending again. Example: If the BS reaches its maximum number of resends, it initiates another full authentication or drops the SS.
Word: reenact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English enact English reenact From re- + enact. Pronunciation: /ɹi.ɪnækt/, /ɹi.ənækt/, /ɹi.ɛnækt/ 1. To enact again. 2. To recreate an event, especially a historical battle.
Word: foyers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɪ.ɝz/, /ˈfɔɪ.eɪz/ 1. plural of foyer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demotion Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of demoting; a lowering of rank or status. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unlike other previous Prelates, who were swiftly anointed bishops, Francis did not follow suit. Ocáriz remained a Monsignor. In the eyes of many observers, it was a demotion of Opus Dei.
Word: pincher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pinch + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪntʃə/, /ˈpɪnt͡ʃɚ/ 1. A person or thing that pinches, as in squeezing; e.g. a miser or penny pincher. Example: The troubles can be endless: a mix-up on meals, a shortage of liquor, engine difficulties, other mechanical quirks, male pinchers, female whiners, vomiting children, two-timing stewardesses who steal your man, and, once in awhile,^([sic]) a plane that takes a good friend to a fiery death. 2. A person or thing that pinches, as in stealing; e.g. a thief or kleptomaniac. Example: “And they would certainly take offence, were their son to be accused of theft.” “It would stir them up like an egg whisk. I mean, however well they know that Wilbert is a pincher, they don't want to have it rubbed in.” Example: “And if ever a man needed to be constantly under an eye, it's the above kleptomaniac.” “The what?” “Haven't you been told? Wilbert's a pincher. […] He pinches things. Everything that isn't nailed down is grist to his mill.” 3. Dated form of pincer. Labels: alt-of, dated 4. Eggcorn of pincer.
Word: approximations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of approximation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archaisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archaism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autopilots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autopilot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: claxon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of klaxon. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.
Word: claxon Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of klaxon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: à contrecœur Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French à contrecœur, à contre-cœur, from Old French avoir a contrecuer, avoir contrecœur (“to dislike”), from à (“for, with”) + contre-cœur (“aversion, dislike”) (contre (“against”) + cœur (“heart”)); compare Old French estre contre coer a (“to be adverse to”). Pronunciation: /ˌæ ˌkɒn.tɹəˈkɜː/, /-ˌkɒ̃-/, /-ˈkəː/, /ˌɑ ˌkɑn.tɹəˈkɚ/ 1. Reluctantly, unwillingly, with disgust. Labels: not-comparable Example: Xtien was young at the time and had met him after her father's death, didn't know then what she knows now, and when the man died there she was alone with her child – forsaken, without a penny. À contrecœur went on the streets, became ill, was taken to hospital, in all sorts of trouble … Example: Œdipe is another matter: he can't simply be ejected from the plot. So Dircé in the end has to take back everything she had said earlier about Œdipe's tyrannical behaviour and claims that she had said it à contrecœur anyway.
Word: discoverers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of discoverer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extraneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English extraneous Middle English -ly English -ly English extraneously From extraneous + -ly. 1. In an extraneous manner.
Word: tridecennary Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the number thirteen Labels: not-comparable, obsolete, rare Example: The order of days in every month was computed, according to him, first by what he calls a tridecennary progression of days from one to thirteen, […]
Word: tricenary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin trīcēnārius, from trīcēnus (“thirty each”) + -ārius (“-ary: forming adjectives and related nouns”). 1. Of or related to the number thirty. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Lasting thirty days. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: After Solon's time, the Civill year was Lunary... though diverse places of Greece,... did not for a long time after part with their tricenary months.
Word: tricenary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin trīcēnārium, from Latin trīcēnārius + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˌtraɪˈsiːnəɹi/, /ˈtraɪsɪn(ə)ɹi/, /ˈtraɪ.səˌnɛɹi/, /ˈtrɪsəˌ-/, /traɪˈsinəɹi/ 1. Synonym of trental, a set of 30 requiem masses.
Word: bones of contention Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bone of contention Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concept Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus (“a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.”), from concipiō (“to take in, conceive”). Doublet of conceit and concetto. See conceive. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/, /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/, /ˈkɔn.sept/, /ˈkɔ̟n.sept/ 1. An abstract and general idea; an abstraction. 2. Understanding retained in the mind, from experience, reasoning and imagination; a generalization (generic, basic form), or abstraction (mental impression), of a particular set of instances or occurrences (specific, though different, recorded manifestations of the concept). Example: The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term. Example: Frege's concepts are very nearly propositional functions in the modern sense. Frege explicitly recognizes them as functions. Like Peirce's rhema, a concept is unsaturated. They are in some sense incomplete. Although Frege never gets beyond the metaphorical in his description of the incompleteness of concepts and other functions, one thing is clear: the distinction between objects and functions is the main division in his metaphysics. There is something special about functions that makes them very different from objects. 3. A description of supported operations on a type, including their syntax and semantics.
Word: concept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin conceptusder. Middle French conceptbor. English concept Borrowed from Middle French concept, from Latin conceptus (“a thought, purpose, also a conceiving, etc.”), from concipiō (“to take in, conceive”). Doublet of conceit and concetto. See conceive. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɛpt/, /ˈkɑn.sɛpt/, /ˈkɔn.sept/, /ˈkɔ̟n.sept/ 1. To conceive; to dream up.
Word: tipa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish. 1. A tree of species Tipuana tipu
Word: shibilant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of esh + sibilant. 1. A sibilant (fricative or affricate) pronounced further back in the mouth than [s] and [z]: [ʃ], [ʒ], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ], etc.
Word: Sini Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Malayalam, meaning “a fair-skinned girl”, of Indian usage. 2. A rare surname from Italian
Word: sumptuary tax Part of Speech: noun 1. A government levy on goods considered to be socially undesirable goods or nonessential luxuries, most commonly alcohol and tobacco. Example: The author seems favourable to a tax on dress, when, exceeding the limits of necessity and decency, it luxuriates in finery and ornament. A tax which should fall only on the superfluous embellishments, and costliness, of apparel would be a sumptuary tax, and might form a new source of supply to the necessities of the state, if an easy, simple, and economical mode of raising it could be devised. We have taxes on hats, and on hair-powder; and might not a salutary tax be levied on jewels and lace, and various other exterior decorations Example: Although the influence of a very patriotic sumptuary tax has diminished the number of dogs, we have still “ thousands too many.”
Word: zoomorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -morphism. 1. The representation of gods as animals or the attributing of animal characteristics to gods. 2. The use of animal figures in art and design or of animal symbols in literature. 3. The viewing of human behavior in terms of the behavior of animals.
Word: throwing wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, rotating circular table of variable speed used in the manufacture of ceramics.
Word: dead of night Part of Speech: noun 1. Middle of the night. Labels: idiomatic Example: Write loyal cantons of contemnèd love / And sing them loud even in the dead of night. Example: I was feeling just as I had felt in the old Malvern House epoch when I used to sneak down to [the schoolmaster]'s study at dead of night in quest of the biscuits he kept there in a tin on his desk, and there came back to me the memory of the occasion when, not letting a twig snap beneath my feet, I had entered his sanctum in pyjamas and a dressing-gown, to find him seated in his chair, tucking into the biscuits himself.
Word: Orcadian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Orcades Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Orcadian From Latin Orcades + English -ian. Pronunciation: /ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən/ 1. Of or relating to the Orkney Islands. Example: Orkney is an archipelago of 70 or so islands lying off the northeast tip of Scotland. “Everywhere in Orkney there is the sense of age, the dark backward and abysm,” the late Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown wrote. “The islands have been inhabited for a very long time, from before the day of the plough.”
Word: Orcadian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Orcades Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Orcadian From Latin Orcades + English -ian. Pronunciation: /ɔː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.diː.ən/ 1. Someone from the Orkney Islands.
Word: Shetlander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Shetland + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the Shetland Islands. Example: The Shetlanders believe in two kinds of Trows, as they call the Scandinavian Trolls, those of the land and those of the sea.
Word: Orkneys Part of Speech: name 1. Orkney Islands
Word: Shetland pony Part of Speech: noun 1. A small horse of a breed originally from the Shetland Islands
Word: Shetland sheepdog Part of Speech: noun 1. A breed of small sheepdogs, originally from the Shetland Islands.
Word: Sheltie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably ultimately representing Old Norse Hjalti (“Shetlander”). 1. A Shetland pony; by extension, any small pony. Example: You, sir, doubtless, are well mounted, and I, for the present, travel upon foot, or on a Highland shelty, that does not help me much faster forward. 2. A Shetland sheepdog. 3. A Shetlander. Labels: rare
Word: Kirkwall Part of Speech: name Etymology: A folk-etymological alteration of Scots Kirkwaa, from Norn Kirkavå (literally “church bay”), from Old Norse Kirkjuvágr. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪɹkwɔl/, /ˈkɜːkwɔːl/, /ˈkɝkwɔl/, /ˈkɝkwɑl/ 1. A town in and the administrative centre of the Orkney Islands council area, Scotland.
Word: Lerwick Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norn Larvik, from Old Norse Leirvík, from leir (“clay”) + vík (“bay”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɹɪk/, /ˈlɜːwɪk/ 1. A town in and the administrative centre of the Shetland Islands council area, Scotland.
Word: Shetlands Part of Speech: name 1. The Shetland Islands.
Word: Shetlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Shetland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ritzier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of ritzy: more ritzy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: n. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of note. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of footnote. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of noun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of north. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of intransitive (“neutral”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: n. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of neuter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Abbreviation of northern. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: cosign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English sign English cosign From co- + sign. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.saɪn/, /ˈkoʊ.saɪn/ 1. To sign a document jointly with another person, sometimes as an endorsement. 2. To agree with or endorse. Labels: informal, transitive Example: [Ilhan] Omar was left twisting in the wind earlier this year after facing spurious charges of antisemitism, a display of Democratic cowardice co-signed by Chelsea Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and most every other Democrat with a congressional leadership position.
Word: cosign Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English sign English cosign From co- + sign. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊ.saɪn/, /ˈkoʊ.saɪn/ 1. The promotion of one musical artist (usually less successful) by another. Example: Also, you can't base your entire career on cosigns and big features. At some point, your music has to stand on its own. Example: Big pump, don't stunt when it's showtime / Kinda funny how I didn't need a cosign
Word: cosignatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English signatory English cosignatory From co- + signatory. 1. Any of several people who sign a document together (especially a treaty)
Word: cosignatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English signatory English cosignatory From co- + signatory. 1. signed or signing jointly Labels: not-comparable
Word: cosigner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + signer or cosign + -er. 1. A cosignatory 2. A person who accepts joint responsibility for the debt of another
Word: cosmological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cosmology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English cosmological From cosmology + -ical. 1. Of or pertaining to cosmology, or to the overall structure of the universe. Labels: not-comparable Example: Within the standard cosmological framework, however, the new satellite data underscored the existence of puzzling anomalies that may yet lead theorists back to the drawing board.
Word: cosmological argument Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of argument for the existence of God arguing that since every thing and event that begins at a point in time has a cause, there must be an uncaused first cause.
Word: cosmological city Part of Speech: noun 1. Any city whose design is intended to reflect that of the cosmos
Word: cosmological constant Part of Speech: noun 1. A term added by Albert Einstein to his equations of general relativity in order to account for a supposed static universe, since used to describe vacuum energy as a form of dark energy.