nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: contentiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin contentiōsus Middle French contentieux English contentious Middle English -ly English -ly English contentiously From contentious + -ly. 1. In a contentious manner. Example: The etymology of the term Japlish is disputed and contentiously so.
Word: contently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English content Middle English -ly English -ly English contently From content + -ly. 1. In a contented manner; contentedly
Word: conterminously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English conterminous Middle English -ly English -ly English conterminously From conterminous + -ly. 1. In a conterminous manner
Word: contextually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contextual Middle English -ly English -ly English contextually From contextual + -ly. 1. In a contextual manner; with reference to context.
Word: contiguously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contiguous 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 contiguously From contiguous + -ly. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪɡjuəsli/ 1. In a contiguous manner. Example: The most important result of Mr. Mercer's work was the rediscovery of the tunnel, which had been buried, although still accessible through the partly blocked southern portal of the second and larger tunnel, built contiguously to the old one, about 1840.
Word: contingently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contingent 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 contingently From contingent + -ly. 1. In a contingent manner; without foresight
Word: contrapuntally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contrapuntal Middle English -ly English -ly English contrapuntally From contrapuntal + -ly. 1. In a contrapuntal manner
Word: controversially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English controversial Middle English -ly English -ly English controversially From controversial + -ly. 1. In a controversial manner. Example: West Brom came from behind to snatch their first league win at Villa Park since 1979 after Aston Villa's Chris Herd was controversially sent off. Example: Chirk station closed to goods traffic in 1964 and became unstaffed in the 1970s, before a final blow was dealt in 1987 when the original station building was controversially demolished by the local council.
Word: conversationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English conversational Middle English -ly English -ly English conversationally From conversational + -ly. 1. In a conversational manner
Word: convivially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English convivial Middle English -ly English -ly English convivially From convivial + -ly. 1. In a convivial manner
Word: convexly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English convex Middle English -ly English -ly English convexly From convex + -ly. 1. In a convex manner.
Word: coquettishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English coquettish Middle English -ly English -ly English coquettishly From coquettish + -ly. 1. In a coquettish manner; flirtatiously. Example: She reached the abstract, comic art-style mountain, which the Maker had decided to destroy ten times in the past hour without ever quite being able to bring itself to do so. She dramatically increased in scale, and winked coquettishly. A speech balloon appeared above her head.
Word: covetously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English covetous Middle English -ly English -ly English covetously From covetous + -ly. 1. In a covetous manner
Word: scallawag Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of scalawag. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scallawags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scallawag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sel, sele, from Old English *sǣle (“good, fortunate, happy”) (attested in Old English unsǣle (“evil, wicked”)), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“good, happy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Danish sæl (“blissful”), Dutch zalig (“blissful”), Gothic 𐍃𐌴𐌻𐍃 (sēls, “good, kind, useful”), Icelandic sæll (“blissful”), Latin sōlor (“to comfort, console”), Swedish säll (“blissful”). Pronunciation: /siːl/ 1. Good; fortunate; opportune; happy. Labels: obsolete
Word: seel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sele, sel, from Old English sǣl (“time, occasion, a fit time, season, opportunity, the definite time at which an event should take place, time as in bad or good times, circumstances, condition, position, happiness, joy, good fortune, good time, prosperity”), from Proto-Germanic *sēliz (“luck, joy”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *sēl- (“to calm, quiet, be favourable”). Cognate with Icelandic sæla (“bliss”), Dutch zalig (“blissful, blessed”). More at silly. Pronunciation: /siːl/ 1. Good fortune; happiness; bliss. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. Opportunity; time; season. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: the seel of the day
Word: seel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English silen, from Old French siller, ciller (“to sew up the eyelids of, hoodwink, wink”), from cil (“eyelid”), from Latin cilium (“eyelid, eyelash”). Pronunciation: /siːl/ 1. To sew together the eyelids of a young hawk. Example: Hey who does blindly soar at Rhodalind[…] Mounts, like seel'd doves, still higher[…] 2. To blind. Labels: broadly
Word: seel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“to drop”). Compare Low German sielen (“to lead off water”), French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”), and English sile (transitive verb). Pronunciation: /siːl/ 1. To roll on the waves in a storm. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: when a Ship seels or rowls in foul Weather
Word: seel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *sīgan (“to drop”). Compare Low German sielen (“to lead off water”), French siller (“to run ahead, to make headway”), and English sile (transitive verb). Pronunciation: /siːl/ 1. The rolling or agitation of a ship in a storm. Labels: obsolete Example: The ship hulls as the billows flow; / And all aboard at ev'ry seel, / Like drunkards, on the hatches reel.
Word: sego Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ute siγoʔo. 1. A perennial bulb lily found in Western North America (Calochortus nuttallii), which has trumpet-shaped flowers.
Word: soph Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of sophomore. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:soph.
Word: soph Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of sophister (“student advanced beyond first year of residence”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:soph.
Word: incandescently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English incandescent Middle English -ly English -ly English incandescently From incandescent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɪnkənˈdɛsəntli/ 1. In an incandescent manner; using incandescence. Example: Every day was as incandescently hot as the last.
Word: headhunters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headhunter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sudd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سُدّ (sudd, “dam, barrier”). 1. A floating mass of plant matter, such as reeds, which obstructs the passage of boats. Labels: Africa, Central
Word: guiro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Taínobor. Spanish güirobor. English guiro Borrowed from Spanish güiro. Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɪɹoʊ/, /ˈɡwiːɹoʊ/, /ˈɡwaɪɹəʊ/ 1. Synonym of sekere. 2. A musical instrument, a shaker, made of a hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side, and played by rubbing a stick or scraper ("pua") along the notches to produce a ratchet-like sound. Example: The house band consisted of gigantic guitars, fiddles, trumpets, and accordion, with rhythms provided by a batería including timbales, guiros, and congas. 3. A genre of traditional Cuban music, used in santería rituals.
Word: haymow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hay mowe; equivalent to hay + mow. 1. A pile of hay stored in a barn. 2. The place in a barn where hay is stored.
Word: pua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi पुआ (puā). 1. A type of fried sweet cake made of flour and sugar/jaggery popular in Northern India. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pua Part of Speech: noun 1. A scraper or stick used to play a guiro.
Word: supreme being Part of Speech: noun 1. A god, or a similar deity, characterized by power over all things. Example: Near-synonym: overdeity Example: And so when they led her from her dungeon, through long, dark corridors, and up a flight of concrete steps to a brilliant courtyard, she went willingly, even gladly—for was she not among the servants of God? It might be, of course, that their interpretation of the supreme being differed from her own, but that they owned a god was sufficient evidence to her that they were kind and good.
Word: supreme beings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supreme being Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lord Mayor Part of Speech: noun 1. The holder of a ceremonial post on a local council (distinct from the council leader who may be addressed as mayor). Labels: UK 2. The mayor of a major city. Labels: Australia 3. Conventional translation of German Oberbürgermeister; an elected official in charge of a major German city.
Word: Lord Mayors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lord Mayor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scripting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English -ing English scripting From script + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪptɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is scripted. Example: After all, dramatic scriptings of behavior are everywhere present in our media-drenched society, and these scriptings guide and organize real experience (Goffman 1974:55).
Word: scripting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script English -ing English scripting From script + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹɪptɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of script Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: toll-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toll + -free. Compare Saterland Frisian tolfräi (“toll-free”), West Frisian tolfrij (“toll-free”), Dutch tolvrij (“toll-free”), German zollfrei (“toll-free”), Swedish tullfri (“toll-free”), Norwegian tollfri (“toll-free”). 1. Free to use; not requiring payment of a toll to use. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without an additional toll, especially for a long-distance charge. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Call now. The call is toll-free. Operators are standing by.
Word: toll-free Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From toll + -free. Compare Saterland Frisian tolfräi (“toll-free”), West Frisian tolfrij (“toll-free”), Dutch tolvrij (“toll-free”), German zollfrei (“toll-free”), Swedish tullfri (“toll-free”), Norwegian tollfri (“toll-free”). 1. Without an additional toll, especially for a long-distance charge. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: You can call us toll-free anytime. Operators are standing by.
Word: fireline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + line. 1. A firebreak. 2. A row of firefighters seeking to stop spread of a forest fire. Example: The ranger said that working a fire is called being "on the fireline." 3. The line where firefighters intend to stop a spreading fire.
Word: fireline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fire + line. 1. To create a firebreak.
Word: firelines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fireline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firelines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fireline Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: migrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of migrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: long-standing Part of Speech: adj 1. Having existed for a long time; of long standing (duration). Example: Near-synonym: long-lasting (often synonymous) Example: Forty-five years ago, Crewe was witnessing the first year of the revised timetable associated with the 'Electric Scots' services, following inauguration of through London-Glasgow electric running in May 1974. Except for Euston-North Wales traffic, the long-standing practice of motive power changing at Crewe had ended. 2. Having been done for long enough time to become convention. Example: Near-synonym: established Example: Long-standing custom calls for referring to the town chairman as mayor, even though we don't have a mayor.
Word: skeleton in the closet Part of Speech: noun 1. A shameful secret. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: "Humph!" she vouchsafed. Then, showing her old-time interest, she went on: "But, say, it is queer, his speakin' to you, honestly, Miss Pollyanna. He don't speak ter no one; and he lives all alone in a great big lovely house all full of jest grand things, they say. Some says he's crazy, and some jest cross; and some says he's got a skeleton in his closet." Example: I think it’s safe to say that the skeletons in the closets of some lawmakers corrupted the process, making an even stronger case for why a politician’s character is so important.
Word: skeleton in the cupboard Part of Speech: noun 1. A shameful secret. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: ‘I expect all families have some skeletons in the cupboards,’ Robina said with a smile of understanding. ‘I know I have some relatives who embarrass me, but you have done nothing to be ashamed of that I can see.[…]’
Word: turkey-cocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turkey-cock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stripping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stripping Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who strips. Example: 1879, Herbert Spencer, Principles of Sociology Volume II Part IV: Ceremonial Institutions The mutual bows and courtesies […] are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. Example: Never were cows that required such stripping. 2. A physical separation process where one or more components are removed from a liquid stream by a vapor stream
Word: pluralization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plural + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌplʊəɹ.əl.(a)ɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of making plural. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In English pluralization usually involves adding an 'S', but not always.
Word: contractible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English contract Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English contractible From contract + -ible. 1. Capable of contraction 2. (of a topological set) Able to be reduced to one of its points by a continuous deformation
Word: markedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English marked 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 markedly From marked + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː.kɪd.li/, /ˈmɑɹ.kɪd.li/ 1. In a marked manner; distinctly, noticeably, conspicuously. Example: Being markedly different as a teenager can get you taunted; as an adult it can make you famous. Example: Nearer the coast, the land becomes markedly more marshy, with long, winding channels striking inland from the sea, making access to some of the waterside villages rather difficult.
Word: pronouncedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pronounced Middle English -ly English -ly English pronouncedly From pronounced + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈnaʊnsɪdli/ 1. In a pronounced manner; markedly, distinctively. Example: His political views had always been pronouncedly liberal.
Word: contractual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Morphologically contract + -ual, from Latin contractus + -al. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/, /kənˈtɹæk.t͡ʃ(u)əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or enforced by a contract. Labels: not-comparable Example: contractual rights, contractual obligations Example: "For myself, because of the baggage of 30 years of balkanisation, I think the elegant solution is to take operations back into the public sector. It will mean you can have a whole-industry approach to running the railway, unencumbered by contractual differences."
Word: contractual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Morphologically contract + -ual, from Latin contractus + -al. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹæk.(t)ʃ(ʊ)əl/, /kənˈtɹæk.t͡ʃ(u)əl/ 1. A contractualized employee; One who is hired as a temporary worker, especially one who is hired for a single project. Example: […] Labor Day is just around the corner, hence, it is timely to examine the current and hot issues affecting the workers’ sector. One such issue concerns the matter of endos, contractuals and contractualized employees. / Endos, contractuals and contractualized employees do not enjoy full security of tenure rights as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Labor Code. Example: Serrano (2014, p. 84), meanwhile, claims that non-regular workers now account for around 30 percent of the labor force and that the top five industries that hire contractuals are real estate, renting and business activities, manufacturing, wholesale and retail trade, construction workers and hotels and restaurants. 2. A charge for a service that is applied through a contract with another provider. Example: Additionally, the CALM general ledger has no account comparable to the contra ( offset ) account maintained by private sector medical centers for contractuals and discounts. Example: Contractuals are telephone, utilities, and other contracted services. 3. A contract specifying details of the relationship with another country or body Example: If the Declaration continues to be deferred for the contractuals, it is bound to seem old and stale and insufficient when it finally comes, while if it were issued now, particularly if issued freely, it might have some significance as a concession, or gesture, made by the Three Powers to meet the wishes of Berliners. Example: It may be doubtful although not impossible that Congress willing ratify cultural convention pending or preceding ratification contractuals.
Word: distinctively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English distinctive Middle English -ly English -ly English distinctively From distinctive + -ly. 1. In a distinctive manner; in a way that is notable for its difference.
Word: affirmations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affirmation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contractually Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contractual Middle English -ly English -ly English contractually From contractual + -ly. 1. By means of a contract. Labels: not-comparable Example: They also could have circumvented W.G.A. members altogether. Instead, this deal guarantees a contractually mandated context in which A.I. can be utilized — one that benefits, rather than impedes or replaces, the workers.
Word: contrarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contrary Middle English -ly English -ly English contrarily From contrary + -ly. 1. In a contrary manner; in opposite ways or directions.
Word: contributory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earlier contributary, from Middle English contributarie, from con- + tributarie after Middle French contributaire. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹɪˌbjuːt(ə)ɹi/, /kənˈtɹɪbjʊt(ə)ɹi/, /kənˈtɹɪbjət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈkɑntɹɪbjəˌtɔɹi/, /kənˈtrɪbjəˌtɔɹi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or involving a contribution. 2. Tending to contribute to a result. 3. Paying tribute, tributary. Labels: obsolete Example: My Lord the great Commander of the worlde, Besides fifteene contributory kings, Hath now in armes ten thouſand Ianiſaries, Mounted on luſty Mauritanian Steeds, […]
Word: contributory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier contributary, from Middle English contributarie, from con- + tributarie after Middle French contributaire. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹɪˌbjuːt(ə)ɹi/, /kənˈtɹɪbjʊt(ə)ɹi/, /kənˈtɹɪbjət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈkɑntɹɪbjəˌtɔɹi/, /kənˈtrɪbjəˌtɔɹi/ 1. A person or thing that contributes. Example: The response to firing is remarkable, and though the 280 lb. pressure seems more in the nature of a reserve for emergencies than a continuous working figure, even with the present-day apology for coal it seldom fell below 250 lb., and could always be brought up to blowing-off point with little difficulty. To this liveliness of steaming the thermic syphons are doubtless the chief contributory.
Word: contriver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contrive + -er. 1. A person who contrives. Example: I’ll tell thee, Charles, it is the stubbornest young fellow of France; full of ambition, an envious emulator of every man’s good parts, a secret and villainous contriver against me his natural brother. Example: […] those desctructive Machines, whereof he said, some evil Genius, Enemy to Mankind, must have been the first Contriver.
Word: convectional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English convection Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English convectional From convection + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convective. Labels: not-comparable
Word: convective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English convect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English convective From convect + -ive. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛk.tɪv/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or employing convection; convectional Labels: not-comparable
Word: hower Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hour. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [O]ur men receaued no other recreation from work and sleep, but onlie the time of eateing their meat, whereof they had sufficient, thrice in every twenty-four howers; and besides, some of them had alowed aquauitæ at ech four hower's end.
Word: scientific classification Part of Speech: noun 1. A scheme for the ordering of things such as stellar objects, minerals, forms of life, or personality types according to characteristics that are discernible and testable by scientific methods. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: skeletons in the closet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skeleton in the closet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skeletons in the cupboard Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of skeleton in the cupboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: survives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of survive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: utilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of utilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: analects Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1658, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλεκτα (análekta, “things chosen”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + λέγω (légō, “I gather”). Compare lecture. Pronunciation: [ˈæ.nəˌlɛk(t)s] 1. A collection of excerpts or quotes. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: scientific classifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scientific classification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: testable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English test Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English testable From test + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛs.tə.bəl/, [ˈtʰɛs.tə.bl̩], /ˈtes.tə.bəl/, [ˈtʰes.tə.bl̩] 1. Susceptible to being tested. 2. With respect to the scientific method, capable of being proven true or false. Example: We have identified an miR-1246 target site in the noncoding region of F8 mRNA and were able to confirm the suppressory role of hsa-miR-1246 on F8 expression in a stable lymphoblastoid cell line expressing FVIII. These findings suggest several testable hypotheses vis-à-vis the role of nc-RNAs in the regulation of F8 expression. 3. Capable of being devised, or given by will.
Word: hiccoughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hiccough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pockmarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pockmark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plying Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ply Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plying Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈplaɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. An arrangement of strands or plies.
Word: pluralized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pluralize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pluralizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pluralize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plusses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plusses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pluses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pluses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: withies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪðiz/, /ˈwɪθiz/ 1. plural of withy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dadaism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French dada French -ïsme French dadaïsmebor. English dadaism Borrowed from French dadaïsme. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːdɑːɹɪzəm/, /ˈdɑːdɑːɪzəm/ 1. The cultural movement of Dada. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What is Dadaism? Its official organ, published at Zurich, tells us, mystifyingly at first, that “Dada” doesn't mean anything.
Word: distilled water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water that has been purified by distillation. (This entry is a translation hub.) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fencepost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fence + post. 1. A post which helps hold up a fence. Example: Reversing the car I got the headlights on the bird sitting on the roadside fencepost to reveal a Powerful Owl imperiously staring back at us.
Word: fencepost problem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with fence-building. If one wants to say "lay a fencepost, then a length of fence, then repeat", then a special case must be made for the final fencepost. If one wants to say "lay a length of fence, then a fencepost, then repeat", then a special case must be made for the initial fencepost. 1. A problem dealing with how to treat the initial or boundary values of a discrete problem.
Word: asthma attack Part of Speech: noun 1. An incident wherein a person who suffers intermittent experiences of bronchioconstriction undergoes such an experience, usually with a sudden onset.
Word: conventionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English convention English -al English conventional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English conventionality From conventional + -ity. Pronunciation: /kənˌvɛnʃəˈnælɪti/ 1. The state of being conventional. Labels: uncountable 2. Something conventional; a convention. Labels: countable Example: Whither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and be free, for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society, and rest from the hard struggles, the cares and toils, the strifes and competitions of life? Example: The Sugar Pine is as free from conventionalities of form and motion as any oak.
Word: conventionalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English convention English -al English conventional 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 conventionalize From conventional + -ize. 1. To make something conventional. Labels: transitive Example: A human language is a conventionalized communication system that is acquired, produced, and understood in a community of people, to be used in their day-to-day lives.
Word: convergent Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/, /kənˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ 1. That converges or focuses; converging 2. Of a (typically infinite) sequence or series in a topological space, converging to a (finite, proper) limit. Example: convergent direction
Word: convergent Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/, /kənˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/ 1. The rational number obtained when a continued fraction is terminated after a finite number of terms.
Word: continued fraction Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound numerical expression consisting of an integer plus a fraction whose numerator is a positive integer and whose denominator is a continued fraction (an integer plus a fraction), and so on, with finite or infinite recursion. Example: Several results focus on the famous Rogers–Ramanujan continued fraction [47], [48, pp. 214-215], the only continued fraction appearing in Ramanujan's published papers. Example: 2000, Andrew Zardecki, 18: Continued Fractions in Time Series Forec[a]sting, Da Ruan (editor), Fuzzy Systems and Soft Computing in Nuclear Engineering, Physica-Verlag, Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, page 397, We achieve this by using well-known examples from the number theory pertaining to the continued fractions. Any sequence of natural numbers drawn from the probability distribution of the quotients of the continued fraction corresponding to an irrational number represents a typical sequence, in the sense that almost all sequences of quotients have this distribution.
Word: thunder god Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + god. 1. A god associated with thunder.
Word: diving-bell Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of diving bell. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diving bell Part of Speech: noun 1. An airtight chamber, open at the bottom, that is lowered on a cable underwater to operate as a base or a means of transport for a diver or a small number of divers.
Word: diving-board Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of diving board. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: skirmished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skirmish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: diving mask Part of Speech: noun 1. A mask worn by divers over the eyes or face to allow them to see clearly underwater, having a watertight seal around its edges to hold it securely to the face.
Word: diving-suit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of diving suit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diving suit Part of Speech: noun 1. A garment or apparatus worn by a diver for protection from the underwater environment. 2. A condom. Labels: slang
Word: sky-diving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of skydiving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sky diving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of skydiving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dumpster-diving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dumpster diving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: detartrated Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of detartrate Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Grape juice ... is the only fruit juice that cannot be concentrated immediately after pressing because of the presence of potassium salts, commonly called tartrates, in the juice that cannot be filtered or centrifuged out. They have to be detartrated by gravity, a process that usually takes about six weeks. Example: In a large plant in California, the juice is first stored in large tanks under refrigeration. It is then partially detartrated by the ion exchange process.
Word: detartrated Part of Speech: adj 1. From which tartrates have been reduced or removed through a detartration process. Labels: not-comparable Example: The detartrated juice that is to be preserved by pasteurization must be treated with bentonite in order to remove proteins which form an undesirable haze upon heating. Example: In each case the coagulant was added to 200 ml of the detartrated floe.
Word: long-haired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From long + haired. 1. Having long, uncut hair on the head. 2. Of animals, having hair or fur with long strands.
Word: diving beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any beetle of the family Dytiscidae.
Word: hyperplasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σῐς (plắsĭs)der. New Latin -plasiabor. English -plasia English hyperplasia From hyper- + -plasia. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.pɚˈpleɪ.ʒə/ 1. An increase in the size of a tissue or organ due to increased number of cells. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But we can no longer regard the mere fact of these diffuse condensations of the lung becoming yellow and caseous as an evidence of their tuberculous nature, especially since the pathological anatomists, and among them Virchow, have shown that formations of the most different kind, having not the slightest connection with tubercule— as, for example, old cancerous masses, lymphatic glands swollen by a hyperplasia of cells, hæmorrhagical infarctions, abscesses, &c.— undergo exactly the same caseous transformation. Example: […] there has been recognition that porosity of the orbital roofs and cranial vault may arise due to a variety of different causes. These include rickets and scurvy, where it occurs due to different pathophysiological mechanisms[…]. In vitamin D deficiency, it arises as a result of deficient mineralization of the growing bone surface, in scurvy as a result of deposition of porous new bone and/or vascular inflammatory response; versus diploic hyperplasia coupled with resorption of overlying cortical bone in anemia.
Word: diving-petrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of diving petrel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: diving petrel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any seabird of the genus Pelecanoides in the family Procellariidae, resembling auks and native to the southern oceans.
Word: entheogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entheogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consumables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consumable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: LSD-25 Part of Speech: noun 1. LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide). Labels: uncountable Example: 1956, M. W. Hirsch, M. E. Jarvik, and H. A. Abramson, "Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD-25): Effects of LSD-25 and six related drugs upon handwriting", in Journal of Psychology, volume 41, pages 11–22. Example: The bridge, die Brücke, being his pet name for the experiment he was helping the community hospital run on effects of LSD-25, mescaline, psilocybin, and related drugs on a large sample of suburban housewives.
Word: Pickering Part of Speech: name 1. A city in the Regional Municipality of Durham, Ontario, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A town and civil parish with a town council in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Ryedale district (OS grid ref SE7984). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A minor city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A township in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Former name of Wool Bay, South Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A habitational surname from Old English, from the English town. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Baker Street Part of Speech: name Etymology: In London, named after William Baker, a builder. 1. A street in the City of Westminster, London; the fictional home of Sherlock Holmes was at number 221B. Example: She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked. 2. An important Underground interchange in Baker Street (Baker Street tube station) that gave its name to the Bakerloo Line. 3. A settlement west of Orsett, Thurrock borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ6381). 4. A street in Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Word: yogic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *yewg- Proto-Indo-European *yówg-os Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwgas Proto-Indo-Aryan *yáwgas Sanskrit योग॑ (yóga)bor. English yoga Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English yogic From yoga + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to yoga. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here we see the yogic pattern, "Loss of semen equals loss of soul." Example: She says that rubbing palms or the soles of the feet together is a yogic technique that integrates the left side of the brain and the right.
Word: swordswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sword English -s- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English swordswoman From sword + -s- + -woman. 1. A woman skilled at using swords in combat. Example: Arwen is portrayed as a valiant swordswoman in the Lord of the Rings films. Example: Not for the first time she reflected that there were many drawbacks to being a swordswoman, not least of which was that men didn‘t take you seriously until you‘d actually killed them, by which time it didn‘t really matter anyway.
Word: in principle Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From in + principle (the noun ultimately from Latin principium). Compare French en principe, German im Prinzip, Dutch in principe, Swedish i princip, Danish i princippet. 1. With regard to the fundamentals, but not to the particulars. Example: agree in principle Example: approve in principle 2. According to theory.
Word: extreme sport Part of Speech: noun 1. Any sport taking place at potentially dangerous speeds or heights, or involving a high level of physical exertion, highly specialized gear, or spectacular stunts. Example: Base-jumping is called an extreme sport, but I think it should be called an insane sport.
Word: extreme sports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extreme sport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kuf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of qoph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: secretor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From secrete + -or. 1. A person who or animal that secretes (emits a bodily fluid). 2. A person who secretes comparatively large quantities of blood-group antigens in their bodily fluids. 3. A cell, tissue, or organ (such as a gland) that produces a bodily secretion.
Word: Rubik's cube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Hungarian Rubik-kocka, named after the inventor Ernő Rubik. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʉwbɪkskjʉwb/ 1. A mechanical puzzle in the shape of a cube, all sides able to be rotated, each side divided into 9 squares, the moving pieces allowing the cube to be rearranged. The goal is to get the colored squares aligned so that each side of the cube is the same color. Example: They can open bottles, smoke a cigarette, draw a picture, solve a Rubik's cube, all with the holiest of holies.
Word: punch drunk Part of Speech: adj 1. Dizzy or confused due to repeat blows to the head. Labels: not-comparable Example: The fighter looked harmlessly punch drunk, but he was only faking and suddenly threw a vicious, skillful, blow. 2. Behaving in a bewildered or dazed manner, especially due to repeated negative events. Labels: not-comparable Example: We've become so accustomed to the word 'billions' over the last ten months that we've become punch drunk about just how much the COVID-19 pandemic has really cost us all.
Word: emboldened Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been made bold.
Word: emboldened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of embolden Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: They were emboldened by their success.
Word: Boston baked beans Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of baked beans, sweetened with molasses, and flavored with salt pork or bacon. Labels: plural, singular Example: Boston baked beans is a lovely winter supper: Andy Appleton, head chef at Fifteen in Cornwall, sent me a nice recipe for creamy borlotti beans which I've been whacking on toast for breakfast.
Word: convertibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being convertible Labels: uncountable 2. The quality of a currency of being exchangeable for gold or other currencies Labels: uncountable Example: When it comes to Argentina, [Javier Milei's] model is the 1990s, when the convertibility plan established by President Carlos Menem pegged the peso to the dollar and completely ended hyperinflation.
Word: Atlantean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean. Pronunciation: /ətˈlænti.ən/, /ætlənˈtiːən/ 1. An inhabitant of the mythical island of Atlantis. Example: 1847, M. Bodichon, Études sur l'Algérie, translated in Nott & Gliddon, 1854, Types of mankind, The Atlanteans, among the ancients, passed for the favorite children of Neptune; they made known the worship of this god to other nations 2. A pillar or statue in the form of an architectural atlas. Example: This pyramid has been restored and the tall statues, called Atlanteans (Los Atlantes), have been erected on its summit.
Word: Atlantean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean. Pronunciation: /ətˈlænti.ən/, /ætlənˈtiːən/ 1. Of or like the Greek titan Atlas, who carries the heavens on his shoulders, as in Atlantean strength Labels: not-comparable Example: With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear / The weight of mightiest Monarchies. 2. Of the celestial spheres carried by Atlas Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: 1940, WHD Rouse, trans. of Nonnus, Dionysiaca I [Elektra] shall pass from the earth to the stars’ Atlantean vault, and dwell in heaven 3. Of an architectural atlas or atlantid, or reminiscent of such: atlantean figures Labels: not-comparable Example: Arms outstretched, an Atlantean statue of Jesus welcomes a diver in the mysterious depths off Ambergris Caye 4. Of the mythical island of Atlantis, its people, or its civilization. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2002, Vadim Joseph Rossman, Vidal Sassoon, International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim), Russian Intellectual Antisemitism in the Post-Communist Era, Barkashov saw a critical difference between Atlantis and Hyperborea in the organization of labor. The Atlantean economy, he claims, was based on the use of the mass slave labor in agriculture and crafts, while the Aryan civilization did not employ slaves nor tolerate slavery. 5. flooded or submerged, especially in case of a natural disaster, reminiscent of the way Atlantis sank into the ocean Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: So [after the tsunami], once again Hideaki navigated his way through the Atlantean city, picking his way through crumbling wreckage, splintered wood, and shredded metal to find his elderly mother. 6. of Saturn's moon Atlas Labels: not-comparable
Word: Atlantean Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Atlas + -ean and Atlantis + -ean. Pronunciation: /ətˈlænti.ən/, /ætlənˈtiːən/ 1. The language supposedly spoken by the inhabitants of Atlantis. Example: How Atlantean sounded or how the various alphabets worked is anyone's guess, of course, but since there is a certain logic to how language is constructed, we might allow that theirs may not have been so different from our own. 2. A constructed language invented for the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire. Example: Indeed, Okrand's goal in inventing Atlantean was to recreate Indo-European, and it thus borrows from several languages yet contains no recognizable words from these linguistic systems.
Word: Atlanteans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Atlantean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: convertor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *wert- Proto-Indo-European *wértetor Proto-Italic *wertō Proto-Italic *komwertō Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English convertor From convert + -or. 1. Alternative form of converter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: conveyable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English convey Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English conveyable From convey + -able. 1. Able to be conveyed, especially from one owner to another.
Word: conviviality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From convivial + -ity. Pronunciation: /kənvɪviˈælɪti/ 1. The state of being convivial; a feeling of comfort and happiness, as from celebrating casually with friends. Labels: uncountable Example: He's easy to talk to because of his conviviality. Example: He will not abide intellectually lazy thinking or any form of acquiescence to political correctness and its facile rituals of politeness and forced conviviality. 2. A jovial activity or spirit, marked by easy and lively socializing; a hospitable and festive atmosphere. Labels: uncountable Example: We're old friends, so once we started talking, the evening gained an air of conviviality. Example: Keeping a relationship over social media just is not the same as experiencing in-person conviviality.
Word: cool-headed Part of Speech: adj 1. Calm and imperturbable, especially under pressure. Example: The best headteachers are like submarine captains – cool-headed, astute decision-makers – who trust their colleagues and surroundings to indicate where their ship is headed.
Word: pop art Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From op art and abbreviation of popular, attributed to English art critic Lawrence Alloway (1926–1990). 1. A genre of art that uses elements of popular culture, often using techniques from commercial art and advertising. Labels: uncountable Example: Before pop art, there was such a thing as bad taste. Now there’s kitsch, schlock, camp and porn.
Word: crow's foot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crowes feet pl. 1. A small wrinkle in the corner of an eye, emblematic of aging. Labels: plural-normally Example: You must get a brown gown, and a white apron, and a mob cap, and we must make you a few wrinkles, and a little of the crowsfoot at the corner of your eyes, and you will be a very proper, little old woman. Example: The Food and Drug Administration says it's an effective temporary treatment for crow's feet, the wrinkles that form next to aging eyes. 2. A triangular embroidery stitch. 3. A symbol, resembling a bisected equilateral triangle, used in database diagrams to indicate plurality. Example: The crow's-foot notation similarly represents relationships. Example: Each crow's foot in your ER diagram indicates the need for a foreign key. 4. A number of lines rove through a long wooden block, supporting the backbone of an awning horizontally. 5. A caltrop. 6. A device for supporting a tripod to prevent the legs from slipping. Example: My foreman with his faked assistant had littered the place with all my apparatus, my bellbox, my crowsfoot, the V-drills, the rods, and the weight, but Malone insisted that we disregard all that and descend ourselves to the lowest level. 7. Certain flowering plants 8. Certain flowering plants
Word: op art Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of optical art. 1. A genre of abstract art that uses geometric shapes and vivid colours to create optical illusions, such as an illusion of movement. Labels: uncountable