nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: vulgarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vulgarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: public transport Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of transport that can be used by a member of public (who usually pays a fare); as opposed to private ownership of e.g. cars. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable Example: Nevertheless, China’s investment in subway systems is overwhelmingly positive. And there are also encouraging signs, too, that Chinese cities are beginning to shape urban development around public transport hubs. For example, Tiantongyuan, a high-density community of giant housing blocks in the suburbs of northern Beijing, has three subway stations. Example: The Airports National Policy Statement objectives require the proportion of journeys made to the airport by passengers to be at least 50% by public transport by 2030 and 55% by 2040.
Word: -ions Part of Speech: suffix 1. plural of -ion Labels: form-of, morpheme, plural
Word: viscerally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English visceral Middle English -ly English -ly English viscerally From visceral + -ly. 1. Literally, in a manner that affects the viscera or gut. Example: The soldier was wounded viscerally and was expected to die of gangrene. 2. In a visceral manner; in a way that affects one's inner core or produces overwhelming emotions. Example: The shock of my friend's decapitation affected me viscerally, and I became paralyzed with dread.
Word: vinegary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French vinaigrebor. Middle English vynegre English vinegar English -y English vinegary From vinegar + -y. 1. Sour; like vinegar. Example: When Martha reopened the bottle of wine from the previous week's party, a vinegary whiff indicated that drinking it was out of the question. Example: Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:42 from the start, in Succession, season 4, episode 1: “I like my wine thin and vinegary.” 2. Acerbic, bitter, irritable. Labels: figuratively Example: Then she remembered Jalil's disgusting behaviour of the previous evening and turned to give him vinegary words. Example: Edward's maiden aunt was a vinegary old soul with a sharp tongue and quick temper; she would not be receiving a wedding invitation. 3. Of a liquid, having turned partially or fully to vinegar.
Word: virologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English virology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English virologist From virology + -ist. 1. A scientist or doctor who studies or specializes in viruses.
Word: virologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vitrifaction Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vitrification. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: vibes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /vaɪbz/ 1. plural of vibe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /vaɪbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vibe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vibraphonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vibraphone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English vibraphonist From vibraphone + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the vibraphone. Example: Since the 1960s, the keyboardist, vibraphonist and percussionist Mulatu Astatke has been a prime mover in Ethio-jazz: unmistakably Ethiopian music that also draws on American jazz, Afro-Caribbean music and more.
Word: vibraphonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vibraphonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vibratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English vibrate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English vibratory From vibrate + -ory. 1. Causing or exhibiting vibrations. 2. Of or relating to vibrations of a spiritual, etheric, or astral nature. Example: The seven levels would, therefore, correspond to the various vibratory planes of the subtle bodies of the world.
Word: conatus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cōnātus. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈneɪ.təs/, /koʊˈneɪ.təs/, /kəʊˈneɪtuːs/, /koʊˈneɪ.tus/ 1. An effort, an endeavour, a striving. 2. An effort, an endeavour, a striving. Example: Creationists commonly doctor the Second Law of Thermodynamics to claim that biological evolution, an increase in order over time, is physically impossible. The part of the law they omit is “in a closed system.” Organisms are open systems: they capture energy from the sun, food, or ocean vents to carve out temporary pockets of order in their bodies and nests while they dump heat and waste into the environment, increasing disorder in the world as a whole. Organisms’ use of energy to maintain their integrity against the press of entropy is a modern explanation of the principle of conatus (effort or striving), which Spinoza defined as “the endeavor to persist and flourish in one’s own being,” and which was a foundation of several Enlightenment-era theories of life and mind. 3. A force or impulse. Example: [E]ach part so moved does by that motion exert a conatus of protruding and displacing all the adjacent Particles.
Word: presidencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of presidency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bathrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bathroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vice-presidency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyk-der. Latin viceder. English vice- English presidency English vice-presidency From vice- + presidency. 1. The office or role of vice-president. Example: Richardson stressed that the war which had erupted in the Middle East the previous day made it doubly imperative to move me out of the vice-presidency. 2. The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the vice-president. 3. The time during which one is vice-president; a vice-president's term of office.
Word: vice presidency Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of vice-presidency. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: banana hammocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banana hammock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enter into Part of Speech: verb 1. to penetrate 2. To become legally committed to. Labels: transitive Example: One must be of legal age to enter into a contract. 3. To engage in a formal or informal process. Labels: transitive Example: The country entered into peace talks with the militants. Example: An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’. 4. To be relevant; to be a contributing factor in. Labels: transitive Example: He did the crime and will go to jail - the fact that he did not know it was illegal does not enter into it. Example: [Owner]: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage! [Mr. Praline]: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.
Word: mobile games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mobile game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cardinal spider Part of Speech: noun 1. A large European spider, Tegenaria parietina.
Word: analgesics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of analgesic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jazzier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of jazzy: more jazzy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: jazziest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of jazzy: most jazzy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: diversions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diversion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: actuators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of actuator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonentities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonentity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plumicorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plumicorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: argute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Latin argūtusder. English argute From Latin argūtus, perfect passive participle of arguō (“to clarify”). Pronunciation: /ɑːˈɡjuːt/ 1. Sharp; perceptive; shrewd. Labels: literary Example: “Suppose,” said Roland Græme, “we should begin as in a tale-book, by asking each others names and histories.” “It is right well imagined,” said Catherine, “and shews an argute judgment. Do you begin, and I will listen, and only put in a question or two at the dark parts of the story. Come, unfold then your name and history, my new acquaintance.” 2. Shrill in sound. Labels: literary
Word: argutely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₂érǵus Proto-Italic *argus Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Italic *-ō Proto-Italic *arguō Latin arguō Latin argūtusder. English argute 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 argutely From argute + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈɡjuːtli/ 1. In an argute manner. Example: 1762, You are wrong,—said my father argutely, and for this plain reason — Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 352)
Word: spiculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin spīculum (“a little sharp point”), from spīcum, alternative form of spīca (“point, spike”). Pronunciation: /ˈspɪkjʊləm/ 1. A thrusting javelin used by Romans that replaced the pilum in the late 3rd century. 2. A sharp, pointed crystal, especially of ice. 3. A sharp, needle-like structure, especially those making up the skeleton of a sponge. 4. A small radial emission of gas seen in the chromosphere and corona of the sun.
Word: keypads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keypad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: event horizons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of event horizon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: de luxe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French de luxe. 1. Alternative spelling of deluxe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deuces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deuce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deuces Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of twos. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: deuces Part of Speech: intj 1. peace; goodbye (because of the associated gesture holding up two fingers) Labels: slang Example: Nigga! You got until tonight to get your shit, deuces nigga!
Word: bylines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of byline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phimosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φίμωσις (phímōsis, “muzzling; contraction of the prepuce”), from φῑμόω (phīmóō, “to muzzle”) + -σις (-sis, nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /fʌɪˈməʊ.sɪs/, /faɪˈmoʊ.sɪs/ 1. A contraction of the foreskin (either as a stage of development or a pathological condition), which prevents it from being retracted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ’Twill end in a phimosis, replied Dr. Slop.
Word: racialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1910 (noun), 1917 (adjective). racial + -ist, from older racialism (1882). 1. A believer or advocate of racialism, the ideology of racial nationalism. Example: It was a fundamentally racialist attitude which regarded the native people of empire countries as primitive simpletons only fit to be led by a breed of men of higher intellect and moral fibre. 2. A racist. Labels: UK, dated
Word: chamade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chamade, from Italian or Portuguese, from Latin clamare. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈmɑːd/ 1. A signal sounded on a drum or trumpet inviting a parley. Labels: historical Example: But when the chamade was beat, and the corporal helped my uncle up it, and followed with the colours in his hand, to fix them upon the ramparts.
Word: tabid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teh₂-der. Latin tābeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin tābidus English tabid From tabes + -id, from Latin tābidus (“melting or wasting away, dissolving, decaying, rotting”), from tābeō + -idus. Pronunciation: /ˈtæbid/ 1. Pertaining to tabes. Example: The term "laryngeal crisis" has been applied to those sudden attacks of dispnœa in tabid patients,[…] 2. Wasting away, declining. Example: he certainly muſt have gone upon ſome of the old Roman ſouls, of which he had read, without reflecting how much, by a gradual and moſt tabid decline, in a courſe of eighteen hundred years, they muſt unavoidably have ſhrunk, ſo as to have come, when he wrote, almoſt to nothing.
Word: animists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: UNIFIL Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪfɪl/ 1. Acronym of United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: tea ceremonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tea ceremony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: periclitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin periclitari, from periculum (“experiment, risk”). Compare peril. 1. To endanger. Labels: obsolete Example: And why so many grains of calomel? santa Maria! and such a dose of opium! periclitating, pardi! the whole family of ye, from head to tail.
Word: photo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- From Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-), the combining form of φῶς (phôs, “light”). Pronunciation: /foʊtoʊ/ 1. light, electromagnetic radiation Labels: morpheme 2. photography Labels: morpheme
Word: sexploitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sex + exploitation (c. 1942) 1. Sexual exploitation in the media (especially film). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: photo finish Part of Speech: noun 1. The finish of a race in which the leaders are so close together that the winner cannot be identified using the naked eye but is determined by means of a photograph. 2. A very close outcome of any competition. Labels: broadly
Word: photo opportunity Part of Speech: noun 1. Any occasion when a politician or other celebrity may be photographed to their advantage.
Word: photo op Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipped compound of photo opportunity. Labels: informal Example: Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska on Tuesday declared himself “against clearing out a peaceful protest for a photo op that treats the Word of God as a political prop.”
Word: xylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pith helmets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pith helmet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: billfolds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of billfold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mercaptans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mercaptan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cash cows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cash cow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiral passes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spiral pass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aeroplanes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeə.ɹə.pleɪnz/ 1. plural of aeroplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aeroplanes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈeə.ɹə.pleɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aeroplane Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: proligerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From modern Latin proliger (from Latin proles + -ger) + -ous. Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈlɪdʒəɹəs/ 1. Productive, generative; prolific. Labels: archaic
Word: needling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English need Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *-ilingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ling Old English -ling Middle English -ling English -ling English needling From need + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈniːdlɪŋ/ 1. A needy person.
Word: needling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle English -ing English needling From needle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈnid(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of needle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: needling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Indo-European *(s)néh₁tlom Proto-Germanic *nēþlą Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Germanic *-ō Proto-Germanic *nēþlō Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu Old English nǣdl Middle English nedle English needle English -ing English needling From needle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈnid(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who needles or annoys. Example: […] it is a steady drip drip of small imperceptible needlings and irritations, coming day after day between a man and his wife, […]
Word: needled Part of Speech: adj 1. Covered or armored with needles. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hedgehogs are needled creatures, just like porcupines.
Word: needled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of needle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adi-guru Part of Speech: noun 1. The "first spiritual master" of a disciplic succession. Labels: Sikhism
Word: hedges Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪz/ 1. plural of hedge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hedges Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhɛd͡ʒɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hedge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Advaita Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अद्वैत (advaita). Pronunciation: /ədˈvaɪ.tə/ 1. A Sanskrit philosophical term that may be literally rendered in English as nonduality: denoting that though differences and variegation appear in the human condition they are unreal or illusory. Labels: Hinduism 2. Contraction of Advaita Vedanta (an orthodox philosophical school of Hinduism). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: goldmine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gold mine Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bad faith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (philosophy): a semantic loan from French mauvaise foi, coined by existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre. 1. The misrepresentation of one's own true motive. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: dishonesty, insincerity, bloody-mindedness Example: bad-faith interpretation 2. An intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold). Labels: uncountable 3. A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit, which has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies. Labels: uncountable 4. The existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will. Labels: uncountable
Word: angle bisector Part of Speech: noun 1. A ray that divides an angle into two equal parts.
Word: bugaboos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bugaboo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vaccination marks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vaccination mark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antivaccinationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antivaccinationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 800 number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the original North American Numbering Plan, phone numbers beginning with an area code of "800" were reserved for so called toll-free numbers, where the party receiving the call pays the charges. As more toll-free numbers were needed, additional area codes were added to the scheme including 888, 877, 866, 855, 844, 833 and one more was reserved: 822. The term "800 number" is used colloquially to refer to all of these. 1. A toll-free telephone number. Labels: Canada, US
Word: protocols Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtəˌkɒls/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɑls/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌkɔls/ 1. plural of protocol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seclusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seclusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scorpion kicks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorpion kick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begorra Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Minced oath of by God. Pronunciation: /biˈɡɒɹə/ 1. Alternative form of by God. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, alternative, dated, literary Example: But, begorra, whin they seen it was raly Bill Malowney himself that was in it, it was only who'd be foremost out agin, tumblin' backways, one over another, and his raverence roarin' an' cursin' them like mad for not waitin' for him. Example: Begorra, an' 'twas th' foinest sight yez niver saw to' see th' refor-rumed naughty-twos mate their dear lovin' home-definder, Carrie Nation.
Word: begorrah Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of begorra. Labels: Ireland, alt-of, alternative
Word: gird up one's loins Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Likely a Hebraism, often used in the King James Bible (e.g., 2 Kings 4:29). Literally referred to the need to strap a belt around one's waist, i.e. when getting up, in order to avoid the cloak falling off; or otherwise before battle, to free the legs for running. 1. To prepare oneself for something demanding. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Man came into this world, not to sit down and muse, not to befog himself with vain subtleties, but to gird up his loins and to work. Example: Then Tom girded up his loins, so to speak, and went to work to “get his verses.”
Word: distance formula Part of Speech: noun 1. Any algebraic expression that gives the distance between two points in a particular coordinate system in a particular number of dimensions
Word: buckaroos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buckaroo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fantasy lands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fantasy land Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fantasylands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fantasyland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compatriots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compatriot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English anality From anal + -ity. 1. The state of being anal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If the relationship between Protestantism and repressed anality is so close, then anality loosed from repression can be powerful to the point of political […] Example: It is important to note that not only anality, but also orality, causes pleasure […]
Word: Cliff notes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the given name Clifton. Derived from Cliff's notes, a series of literature study guides published by Clifton Hillegass. 1. A rundown (rough outline) of a situation, event, etc. Labels: US, plural, plural-only Example: Ryker stepped forward and blurted out the cliff notes of the current crisis. Example: Well, of course there's more, a lot more. But that's the cliff notes of what faces us once we find Sanderson.
Word: place card Part of Speech: noun 1. A card set down at a table to inform a guest (named on the card) where they are to sit. Example: Rachel was sitting at the table writing place cards with her italic fountain pen.
Word: place cards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of place card Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Geneva mechanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from Geneva in Switzerland, an important center of watchmaking. 1. A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.
Word: Geneva mechanisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Geneva mechanism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: condo-hotel Part of Speech: noun 1. A residential building featuring both condominium units and hotel suites, possibly including units used for both purposes.
Word: condo-hotels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of condo-hotel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: condo hotels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of condo hotel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: condo hotel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of condo-hotel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wiktionarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Wiktionarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morceau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French morceau, from Old French morsel, from Medieval Latin morsellum (“a bit, a little piece”), diminutive of Latin morsum (“a bit”), neuter of morsus, past participle of mordeō, mordēre (“bite, nibble, gnaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to rub, wipe; to pack, rob”). Doublet of morsel. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔː(ɹ)səʊ/, /mɔː(ɹ)ˈsəʊ/ 1. A small bit; a morsel or snippet. Example: M. De Luc has a specimen of the uranite (Peckblend) mixed with titan and crystals of quartz, a morceau of singular beauty Example: Amongſt a variety of urns, sepulchral fragments, and different morceaus of antiquity, are the known and celebrated buſts of Alexander the Great, and Brutus
Word: photo-essay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of photo essay. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: photo-offset Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of offset printing that uses photolithographic plates. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: photo-offset Part of Speech: verb 1. To print by this method. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: photomechanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic 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 mechanical English mechanical English photomechanical From photo- + mechanical. 1. of or relating to any of several methods of printing via a plate which has been prepared photographically, and can contain both text and images Labels: not-comparable
Word: photographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Ancient Greek -γραφικός (-graphikós)der. Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -graphic ▲ English photo- ▲ Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph ▲ English -ic English photographic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English photographically From photographic + -ally. 1. In a photographic manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: She's a California woman / Likes to live life photographically / She's a California woman / But alone she's my own down home baby 2. Using photography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: photo-realism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of photorealism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hyperrealistic Part of Speech: adj 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-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English realist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English realistic English hyperrealistic From hyper- + realistic. 1. Very realistic. 2. Of or relating to hyperrealism.
Word: hyperrealism 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-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism English hyperrealism From hyper- + realism. 1. A style in art that attempts to reproduce highly realistic graphic representations Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A compositional style defined by Noah Creshevsky as "an electroacoustic musical language constructed from sounds that are found in our shared environment (realism), handled in ways that are somehow exaggerated or excessive (hyper)." Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: songer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps dialectally inherited from Middle English songere, from Old English sangere, from Proto-Germanic *sangwārijaz (“singer”), whence German Sänger, Dutch zanger etc. Equivalent to song + -er. Alternatively newly formed from these components. 1. A singer (of songs); a songster. Labels: humorous, nonstandard, rare, sometimes Example: If a man who plays at ping pong is a "ponger," Then a singer of a "singsong" is a "songer"; If the "songer" is a singer. Then the "ponger" is a "pinger," And the man who says it's wrong must be a "wronger." Example: Will he sing it, I wonder?" "Chantoozie, I ain't much of a songer any more. I just done that because I was told it was a colorful trait."
Word: songe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of song. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hashbrowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hashbrown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hashbrowns Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hash browns. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: opposingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English opposing Middle English -ly English -ly English opposingly From opposing + -ly. 1. in a manner that opposes
Word: moshing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mosh Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: folktale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From folk + tale. Pronunciation: /ˈfoʊkteɪl/ 1. A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
Word: unwinnable 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 winnable English unwinnable From un- + winnable. 1. Unable to be won. Labels: not-comparable Example: The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win) learns this. Example: This does mitigate the problem of the game playing itself, but it doesn't change the fact that at higher levels a lot of the games are either unwinnable or unloseable depending on the luck of "obey" or "disobey".
Word: disconfirming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disconfirm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enjambed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of enjamb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enjambed Part of Speech: adj 1. continued without a pause Labels: not-comparable
Word: anathematic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the characteristic of anathema.
Word: layabout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lay + about. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪəˌbaʊt/ 1. A lazy person. Labels: informal, slang Example: “That’s better. Gilbert Goodie! I should have known it was you. The one-legged layabout. The uni-ped idler. The stumpy skiver. Stealing coins from a wishing well now, are we? You couldn’t make it up!”
Word: unsuppressible 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 suppressible English unsuppressible From un- + suppressible. 1. unable to be suppressed.
Word: Elisa Part of Speech: name Etymology: A spelling variant of Elise. 1. A female given name from French.
Word: inconsolate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + consolate; compare French inconsolé, Portuguese inconsolado. 1. Inconsolable; disconsolate. Labels: archaic
Word: tanka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 短歌 (tanka, “short song”), from Middle Chinese 短 (MC twanX) 歌 (MC ka) (compare Mandarin 短歌 (duǎngē) duǎngē). 1. A form of Japanese verse in five lines of 5, 7, 5, 7, and 7 morae. Example: Like haiku, tanka is a short, classical verse form that has attracted considerable attention in this century. Example: One tanka poet who directly influenced Kenji is Ishikawa takuboku, who lineated tanka—an extraordinary break with the tradition of writing tanka in one line.
Word: tanka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See thangka. 1. Alternative form of thangka (“Tibetan religious artwork”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the practice of yoga certain functions which were previously subconscious become open to consciousness; this opening of the subconscious is well pictured in certain Tibetan tankas, or in Western art, in the Temptation of St. Anthony paintings by Bosch and Grünewald. Example: A powerful 17th to 18th century example of the endless cycle of rebirth is this primitively painted tanka called “The Wheel of Existence." It was displayed with alarming vividness at the entrance to most Tibetan temples.
Word: tanka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Tanka. 1. Alternative form of Tanka (“ethnic group of boat people living in China”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And when foreigners go and come from Whampoa to Canton, tanka-boats and boats with families must not be employed. Example: At every landing place behind the hongs, (i. e. in the front of the factories,) where barbarians reside, they must not allow the tanka boats to anchor. 2. A kind of boat used in Guangdong, about 25 feet long and often rowed by Tanka women; junk. Example: Immediately on our nearing the harbour, a race took place among the amphibious damsels that inhabit the numerous sampans, tanka or egg-boats, which always lie within a short distance of the shore. Example: The tanka is a small boat, almost as wide as long, and differing therein much from the sharp and narrow canoes of the Malays. The crew generally consists of an elderly woman, who sits or stands at the stern, rotating with a vigorous and experienced arm the long oar which is the great propeller of all boats in the Celestial Empire.
Word: tanka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Sanskrit टङ्क (ṭaṅka, “chisel; tanka”). 1. A coin and unit of currency of varying value, formerly used in parts of India and Central Asia. Labels: historical Example: In Uzbek Turan Shah Rukh's tanka remained the standard silver coin and weighed an average of slightly more than 5 g throughout the sixteenth century. Example: The last of the gifts was fifteen horses with velvet and jewelled trappings and one hundred thousand tankas in cash.
Word: renga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 連歌 (renga, literally “connected verse”). 1. A form of Japanese verse in which short poems are connected together, the origin of haikai and haiku.
Word: haikai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 俳(はい)諧(かい) (haikai). 1. A form of Japanese comic verse, featuring satire and puns. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A poem written in such a style. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: self-justificatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English justificatory English self-justificatory From self- + justificatory. 1. Having the quality of justifying itself.
Word: Peripatetics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Peripatetic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Platonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Platonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Platonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Platonista, from Plato + -ista, equivalent to Plato + -ist. 1. A member of the philosophical school of thought established by Plato; a believer in Platonism. Example: [St Augustine of Hippo] became of a Maniche, and of a platoniste a good christian. 2. One who holds similar beliefs, particularly that abstract ideas are real. Example: I suspect that in their hearts most working mathematicians are Platonists, in that they take it as a matter of unassailable if unprovable fact that mathematical reality stands apart from the world, and is at least as real as the world, and possibly gives shape to the world, as Plato suggested. 3. A platonic lover. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: undichotomized 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 dichotomized English undichotomized From un- + dichotomized. 1. not having been dichotomized, that is, not having been broken into opposing parts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dichotomized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dichotomize. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dichotomized Part of Speech: adj 1. Divided into dichotomous parts.
Word: justificatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒʌstɪfəˌkeɪt(ə)ɹi/, /d͡ʒəˈstɪ.fə.kəˌtɔ.ɹi/, /ˈd͡ʒʌs.tɪ.fəˌkeɪ.tə.ɹi/ 1. Providing or related to justification; justificational. Example: Goal abandonment in the case of means-rational agents is precisely like taking a pill that removes both an agent’s goal and the agent’s justificatory basis for achieving that goal […]
Word: ataraxia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀταραξία (ataraxía), ἀ- (a-, negative prefix) + ταράσσω (tarássō, “trouble, disturb”). Doublet of ataraxy. Pronunciation: /ætəˈɹæksiə/ 1. Tranquility of mind; absence of mental disturbance. Labels: Greek, literary, uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: ataraxy, peace of mind, unflappability, unperturbedness Example: And what happineſs is there in a ſtorm of paſſions? On this account the Scepticks affected an indifferent æquipondious neutrality as the only means to their Ataraxia, and freedom from paßionate diſturbances.
Word: Jainist Part of Speech: noun 1. a follower of Jainism, a religion based primarily in India
Word: pentathlon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”). By surface analysis, penta- + -athlon. 1. An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus 2. Ellipsis of women's pentathlon (“a 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Ellipsis of modern pentathlon, a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet. Example: Dwindling interest and a reputation for being outdated couldn’t change modern pentathlon. A brief video clip of a coach punching a horse at the Tokyo Olympics has altered it forever. After more than a century of having its participants compete by running, shooting, fencing, swimming and riding, modern pentathlon will drop equestrian jumping from the event, the sport’s federation said Thursday.
Word: priceyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pricey Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English priceyness From pricey + -ness. 1. The quality of being pricey, that is, expensive. Labels: uncountable
Word: unresolvable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English resolve 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 resolvable English unresolvable From un- + resolvable. 1. Not able to be resolved.
Word: unresolvable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English resolve 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 resolvable English unresolvable From un- + resolvable. 1. A problem that cannot be resolved.
Word: romanized Part of Speech: adj 1. That is written in the Latin alphabet. 2. That has been brought under the authority or influence of Rome. Labels: uncommon 3. That has been made or become Roman in character or style. Labels: uncommon 4. That has been made or become Roman Catholic in religion, character or style. Labels: uncommon
Word: romanized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of romanize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: modern pentathlon Part of Speech: noun 1. An athletics event where athletes compete in épée fencing, shooting, freestyle swimming, show jumping and cross country. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Dwindling interest and a reputation for being outdated couldn’t change modern pentathlon. A brief video clip of a coach punching a horse at the Tokyo Olympics has altered it forever. After more than a century of having its participants compete by running, shooting, fencing, swimming and riding, modern pentathlon will drop equestrian jumping from the event, the sport’s federation said Thursday.
Word: hash browns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hash brown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hash browns Part of Speech: noun 1. Potatoes that have been finely chopped (i.e. hashed) and fried until browned. Labels: plural, plural-normally
Word: duathlon Part of Speech: noun 1. An athletic contest consisting of running and cycling.
Word: nagging Part of Speech: adj 1. Persistently annoying or painful. Example: nagging doubt Example: nagging pain
Word: nagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nagging Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb nag. Example: After breakfast it takes a stout heart and strong nerve to tackle the burden of dishwashing, separator, milk things, disorderly house, interspersed with quarrels, naggings, and interruptions of the children[…]
Word: nagging Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing persistent mild pain, or annoyance. Example: Some of the most beautiful and thus appealing physical theories, including quantum electrodynamics and quantum gravity, have been dogged for decades by infinities that erupt when theorists try to prod their calculations into new domains. Getting rid of these nagging infinities has probably occupied far more effort than was spent in originating the theories.
Word: vindaloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Konkani विंदालू (vindālū), from Portuguese vin-d’alho (“wine and garlic sauce”), from vinho (“wine”) + alho (“garlic”). Not related to English aloo, from Hindi आलू (ālū), but by confusion with this term the dish is often based on potatoes. Pronunciation: /vɪndəˈluː/, /vɪn.dəˈlu/ 1. A blend of chilis, tamarind, ginger, cumin, and mustard seeds, originally from Goa. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hot curry made with this spice. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gerry ordered poppadoms and parathas and then he was interrupted by requests for vindaloos, chicken madrases and sag joshes, rice, raita and nan, from Priest, Morgan and Maria Grazia.
Word: rogan josh Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi रोग़न जोश (roġan joś). 1. A Kashmiri curry made with red meat, traditionally lamb or goat flavoured with red chili powder. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ciabatta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ciabatta (“slipper, bread”). Doublet of sabot. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃəˈbɑː.ta/ 1. A broad, flat, white Italian bread. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Don't waste day-old ciabatta; slice it and bake the slices to make crostini, which will keep for days and can be used for snacks, canapés, or croutons.
Word: cyclamen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin cyclamen, from Latin cyclamīnos. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkləmən/ 1. Any of various primulaceous flowering plants, of the genus Cyclamen, widely cultivated as a houseplant, having decorative leaves and solitary flowers. Example: An expectant mother would avoid cyclamen, stepping over it being an ominous sign. Example: The root of the cyclamen, sowbread, was used in ancient times as an ingredient in love potions. 2. A purplish-red colour. Example: Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
Word: ronde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French [Term?] 1. A kind of script in which the tails of the letters are curly, giving the characters a rounded look. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: profonde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French profonde. 1. A secret pocket in a magician's coat, used in vanishing tricks etc.
Word: publique Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of public. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: I meruailled, why himſelf [Niccolò Leoniceno] did not practiſe Phiſike of whiche facultee he was a Doctour, and a publique reader: I auaile moche more, ſaieth he, in that I teach all thother Phiſiciãs [physicians]. Example: VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.