nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: -es Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: See -s, -'s. Pronunciation: /-əz/, /-ɪz/, /-z/, /-iːz/ 1. Possessive marker; see -s, -'s. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme, obsolete Example: ... whereupon king Henry his sonne, as it may appeare by the later clause of this chapter, recouered diuers eschet[s] of lande within this Realme holden by Normans, whiche after they began to adhere to the French king, the kinges enimy[…]
Word: eye bank Part of Speech: noun 1. A reserve store of human corneas kept for treatment of the blind. Labels: US Example: The surgeon places a request for tissue with an eye bank expecting that high-quality corneal transplant tissue will be procured, processed, and delivered to the operating room on schedule.
Word: skins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɪnz/ 1. plural of skin Labels: form-of, plural 2. The drums. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: If I had my rathers I'd make up my own band. Art Blakey on the skins, Charlie Mingus on the bass, John Coltrane on the sax, Harry Edison on the horn- Example: Two women sat whacking the skins with long whippy sticks, whining a song
Word: skins Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of section Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sections Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of section Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: canoes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːz/ 1. plural of canoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canoes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈnuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of canoe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: motions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motions Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of motion Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: slopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slopes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slope Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flocks Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /flɒks/, /flɑks/ 1. plural of flock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flocks Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /flɒks/, /flɑks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cakes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /keɪks/ 1. plural of cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cakes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /keɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attributes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attribute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attributes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of attribute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: geal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːl/ 1. To congeal. Labels: Scotland, obsolete
Word: bulemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of bulimia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: horribly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒɹɪbli/, /ˈhɔɹəbli/, /ˈhɑɹəbli/ 1. In a horrible way; very badly. Example: The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces. Example: Looking back at the 2020s from our vantage point in 2030, the first great event was the complete destruction of Donald Trump’s Republican Party. As the former Republican consultant Mike Murphy had noticed, there were roughly 300 state and federal elections during the Trump years and Republicans did horribly in most of them. 2. To an extreme degree or extent. Labels: often Example: Then everything went horribly wrong. Example: The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him. 3. With a very bad effect. Example: Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.
Word: inga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ingá, borrowed from Old Tupi ingá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *iŋa. 1. Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs. Example: Here are the mimosas, the ingas, the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango. Example: Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.
Word: amusing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, amuse + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of amuse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: amusing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, amuse + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/ 1. Entertaining. Example: The film has some amusing moments, but it is unlikely to make you laugh out loud. Example: We don’t get amusinger as we get older, we grow prosy and repeat ourselves and talk about our complaints and selfish grievances: but our old friends bear up with our dullness for old times’ sake; […] 2. Funny, hilarious. Example: An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter. Example: [T]hey’d had to call it something – i.e. something that differentiated this occasion from others where they might just go for a pint or a curry. So beer & sausages had somehow happily invented itself, […] The best thing, of course, the amusingest thing, was that no one ever brought beer and Jas had only actually done sausages once.
Word: architectural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *tétḱō Proto-Hellenic *téktōn Ancient Greek τέκτων (téktōn) Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (arkhitéktōn)bor. Latin architectus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin architectūralbor. French architecturebor. English architecture English -al English architectural From architecture + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛkt͡ʃəɹəl/, /ˌɑɹkɪˈtɛktjəɹəl/ 1. Pertaining to architecture. Example: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement. Example: Wheelchair users are restricted entry into many structures and public facilities by architectural barriers. 2. Resembling architecture in style; seeming to have been designed (by an architect).
Word: supposedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English supposed Middle English -ly English -ly English supposedly From supposed + -ly. Pronunciation: /səˈpəʊ̯.zɪd.li/, /səˈpoʊ̯.zɪd.li/ 1. As a matter of supposition; in the beliefs or according to the claims of some people. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: supposably, reportedly, reputedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly Example: People from other planets have supposedly visited Earth in flying saucers. 2. Used in place of "supposed to be," often in informal or colloquial speech, as a mispronunciation. Labels: Philippines, informal, not-comparable Example: My parents told me I am supposedly in bed by 10 P.M.
Word: triclinium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin trīclīnium, from Ancient Greek τρικλίνιον (triklínion). 1. A couch for reclining at mealtimes, extending round three sides of a table, and usually in three parts. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: Seated on the triclinium in the midst is a middle-aged man, with a high and noble brow; the fine aquiline nose, so patrician, as if their eagle had set his own seal on his warlike race;... 2. A dining room furnished with such a triple couch. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: tablinum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tablīnum. 1. An anteroom in a house of ancient Rome, opening out of the atrium opposite the main entry and often containing the family statues and archives. Labels: historical Example: (b) There was also a Pluteus (which we call Tablinum) a Place or Study, where the Pictures of their Ancestors, and their glorious Atchievements, were drawn or pourtray'd: On the other Side was the Kitchin, from whence they came into a Porch built about the Hall, or Cavedium, which, because `twas four-square, it was therefore surrounded with four Porticos, which may properly be called Walks or Piazzas. Example: To my surprise I was shown not into the bedchamber but into the tablinum, where my imperial lover was half hidden by a mountain of paperwork.
Word: applied Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈplaɪd/ 1. Put into practical use. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a branch of science, serving another branch of science or engineering. Labels: not-comparable
Word: applied Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈplaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of apply Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: teaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tease Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English teaser From tease + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːzɚ/ 1. One who teases or pokes fun. 2. A person or thing that teases. 3. A preview or part of a product released in preparation of its main advertising, typically a short film, song, or quote. 4. A brief portion of a television episode or video that is shown at the beginning, often before the main title sequence, meant to introduce the story and entice viewers to watch the rest of the episode. 5. A kind of gull, the jaeger Labels: UK, dialectal 6. A shunt winding on field magnets for maintaining their magnetism when the main circuit is open. 7. The stoker of a glassworks furnace. 8. A short horizontal curtain used to mask the flies and frame the top of the inner stage opening, adjustable to the desired height. 9. An assistant who accompanies the 'Obby 'Oss in the May Day festivities of Padstow, Cornwall. Labels: UK 10. One who excites a person or an animal (see gomer) sexually without fulfilment. Example: A whore keeps her promises. A teaser only promises. 11. A lure, especially one without a hook, used to attract fish to another lure or lures. 12. A lure used in addition to a bucktail used for fluke fishing.
Word: Veps Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Veps veps. 1. The Veps language, spoken by the Vepses, belonging to the Finnic group of the Finno-Ugric languages.
Word: praying Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of saying a prayer. Example: c. 1854-1855, John Walford, Memoirs of the Life and Labours of the Late Venerable Hugh Bourne However, after breakfast, the prayings did not stop for the preachings, — each went on with force; people came flocking in; we had Wesleyans in abundance.
Word: praying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pray Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: traditions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tradition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tinnie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tin + -ie. 1. A can of beer. Labels: Australia, slang Example: Far better to send one of the girls out for a pizza and some tinnies, and then give her undivided attention when she returns. Example: In a city where alcohol was once the main currency (see p23), it′s little wonder that drinking is a big part of the social fabric – whether it′s knocking back some tinnies on the beach or meeting mates at the pub. 2. A small open aluminium boat. Labels: Australia, slang Example: The bullies laughed and whistled and the tinnie turned once more, this time racing straight towards them from the port beam, bows tilted up, spray creaming out. Example: Part of the tinnie could be seen pushed up against the bank but otherwise it had all sunk. 3. A small package of drugs wrapped in foil. Labels: New-Zealand, slang Example: Or swapped them for some tinnies, a bottle of El D?
Word: Michel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew מִי (mí) Biblical Hebrew כַּ־ (ka-) Biblical Hebrew אֵל (él) Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mīḵāʾēl)bor. Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl)bor. Latin Michāēl Old French Michel French Michelbor. ▲ Old French Michelbor. Middle English Michel English Michel Either a reborrowing of French Michel or a continuation (with pronunciation influenced by Modern French) of Middle English Michel, both from Old French Michel, from Latin Michāēl, borrowed from Koine Greek Μῐχᾱήλ (Mĭkhāḗl), from Biblical Hebrew מִיכָאֵל (mîḵāʾēl, literally “who is like God?”). Doublet of Michael, Miguel, and Mikhail. Pronunciation: /mɪˈʃɛl/ 1. A male given name from French, equivalent to English Michael.
Word: toise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French toise. Pronunciation: /tɔɪz/ 1. A former French unit of length, corresponding to about 1.949 metres. Labels: historical Example: […] the greater its speed, the less visible it grows, until at around a Thousand Toises per Minute, it vanishes entirely […]
Word: tonitruate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the past participle stem of Latin tonitruare (“to thunder”), from tonitrus (“thunder”) + -ate. Pronunciation: /təˈnɪtɹʊeɪt/ 1. To thunder. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: […] yet through the caliginous sublimity of internexed conundrums, tonitruating with obstreperous cadencies, you rather obfuscate than illuminate our A-b-c-darian conceptions […] Example: Stertile thunder tonitruated terribly. ‘Oh Lord forgive us our bloody sins.’ Rain now pelted. It was hard work finding a taxi.
Word: astrobleme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1963, from astro- + Ancient Greek βλῆμα (blêma, “wound from a missile”) Pronunciation: /ˈæs.tɹəʊ.bliːm/, /ˈæs.tɹoʊ.blim/ 1. A pit-like structure created by an impacting meteoroid, asteroid or comet.
Word: torchecul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French torche-cul, from torche (“wipe”) + cul (“arse”). Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)ʃˈkuːl/ 1. Something used to wipe the backside after defecation. Labels: obsolete Example: Then he must needs sit bare-arsed on his jordan, hand scooping sweat from his brow, and void much black nastiness. His torchecul was yet another discarded page of his play.
Word: tormina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tormina, ultimately from torqueō (“twist, turn”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːmɪnə/, /ˈtɔɹmɪnə/ 1. acute pain in the abdomen; colic, gripes Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Clonfert’s tormina exercise my mind; for by whatever private scale of pain one may measure them, they must come tolerably high.
Word: tovarish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Sogdian 𐫕𐫁𐫀𐫡 (θbʾr)bor. Proto-Turkic *tabar Turkicbor. Proto-Slavic *tovarъ Proto-Slavic *-iščь Proto-Slavic *tovariščь Old East Slavic товарищь (tovariščĭ) Russian това́рищ (továrišč)bor. English tovarish Borrowed from Russian това́рищ (továrišč). Pronunciation: /tɒˈvɑːɹɪʃ/ 1. Comrade, especially with reference to the former USSR. Example: Instead of addressing them according to revolutionary etiquette as Tovarish (comrade), he asked them their Christian names and that of their fathers, while telling them his own. Example: Touching one of them on the shoulder, she said, “Tovarish, these tovarishes want to know who you are.”
Word: tovarishch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɒˈvɑːɹɪʃt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of tovarish. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The people were surprised that the old Moshka had business with tovarishch Commissar. Example: Yes, a watch, and this tovarishch has given it to me.
Word: tovarich Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɒˈvɑːɹɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of tovarish. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Blade gulped and said as steadily as possible, “I'm looking for work, tovarich.” The sneer increased, exposing more of the yellow upper teeth, as the leathery face moved forward to intimidate, “I'm not your tovarich, maggot!” Example: So when he got his hands on that cocaine, he decided to play a little game with the tovarich fellow.
Word: fuller's earth Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfʊləz ˈɜːθ/ 1. A fine clay used in fulling cloth. Labels: uncountable Example: On Lord Sunderland's estate, in the county of Westmeath, there is a fine strata of fuller’s earth, a commodity of which our woollen manufacturers stand much in need: yet this bed lies unnoticed to all, except the peasantry on the soil. Example: You are probably aware that fuller’s earth is a valuable product, and that it is only found in one or two places in England?
Word: lunchroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lunch Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English lunchroom From lunch + room. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃˌɹum/ 1. A room designated as a place to eat lunch. Example: Company policy was to eat snacks only in the lunchroom. Example: Kraft Heinz said the new products will be available nationwide to all school administrators to procure and offer to students either for purchase in the lunchroom – though the company did not disclose the cost to schools – or for free through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). 2. A diner or small restaurant that serves lunch. Example: I don't know how they stay in business serving only lunch, but the lunchroom on the corner is cheap and fast so I like it.
Word: dhobi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi धोबी (dhobī, “washerman”) Pronunciation: /ˈdəʊbi/ 1. A laundryman or washerman, or laundrywoman or washerwoman. Labels: South-Asia Example: ... "The first dhobi khana was under the Madras Presidency...”
Word: magneton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French magnéton, from magnétique + -on, equivalent to magnet + -on. 1. Any of several units of magnetic moment of an atom, molecule or subatomic particle.
Word: Bohr magneton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Niels Bohr, Danish physicist, + magneton. 1. A unit that expresses the magnetic moment of the electron.
Word: nuclear magneton Part of Speech: noun 1. The unit of magnetic moment used to describe nucleons such as the proton.
Word: cloddish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clod Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English cloddish From clod + -ish. 1. Like a clod, a person who is foolish, stupid or parochial. Example: He was a cloddish man, like he'd just fallen off the turnip wagon and hadn't quite woken up yet from his long trip from the country. 2. Of or pertaining to lumpy soil. Example: Night-seeding, the tractor's floodlights are blood-red & ovarian - nurturing the cloddish soil, & always the farmer working the wheel, hands gnarled & frostbitten & large.
Word: acetylcholine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˌsitəlˈkoʊlin/ 1. A neurotransmitter in humans and other animals. It is an ester of acetic acid and choline with chemical formula CH₃COOCH₂CH₂N⁺(CH₃)₃. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Acetylcholine build-up in the body can be toxic.
Word: magnetooptics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- English optics English magnetooptics From magneto- + optics. 1. the branch of physics which deals with the influence of a magnetic field on optical phenomena Labels: uncountable
Word: choline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ)der. English choline Coined from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). The chemical compound was first isolated by Adolph Strecker from pig and ox bile (hence the name) in 1862. It was also named neurine when chemically synthesized by Oscar Liebreich in 1865, until 1898 when shown to be identical to choline. Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊliːn/ 1. A hydroxy quaternary ammonium compound with formula (CH₃)₃N⁺CH₂CH₂OHX⁻. It is an essential nutrient for cardiovascular and brain health and for cell membrane formation. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: imbizo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Zulu in- Proto-Bantu *-bɪ́dia Zulu -bîza Zulu -o Zulu ímbízobor. English imbizo Borrowed from Zulu ímbízo. 1. A forum for discussion of policy. Labels: South-Africa Example: When the Zulu nation calls for an imbizo, it's generally a spectacular affair. These mass gatherings, often organised for social and political purposes, have an important role for this huge and powerful African tribe. Example: 2006, https://web.archive.org/web/20060710221846/http://www.info.gov.za/issues/imbizo/index.html Imbizo is a forum for enhancing dialogue and interaction between government and ... Imbizo also highlights people's concerns, grievances and advice about ...
Word: essential nutrient Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound that must be obtained from food for survival
Word: cardiovascular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- English vascular English cardiovascular From cardio- + vascular. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjʊlə(ɹ)/, /ˌkɑːdi.əʊˈvæskjələ(ɹ)/, /ˌkɑɹdi.oʊˈvæskjəlɚ/, /ˌkaːdi.əʉˈvæskjələ(ɹ)/ 1. Relating to the circulatory system, that is the heart and blood vessels. Labels: not-comparable Example: As another interleukin 12/23 antagonist, briakinumab, was withdrawn from further development in part due to concerns about cardiovascular safety, discussion has also emerged on cardiovascular safety of ustekinumab. Example: Taking a daily multivitamin might be associated with improved brain function in older adults, a new study says, and the benefit appears to be greater for those with a history of cardiovascular disease.
Word: acetylcholinesterase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acetylcholin + esterase. 1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine into choline and acetic acid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acetylcholine receptor Part of Speech: noun 1. A feature of neurons that detects the presence of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine as part of neural activity.
Word: parochial school Part of Speech: noun 1. A school associated with the parish of a church.
Word: magnetoresistance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- English resistance English magnetoresistance From magneto- + resistance. 1. The change of electrical resistance produced in a conductor or semiconductor on application of a magnetic field.
Word: decanal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French décanal. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkeɪn.əl/, /ˈdɛ.kə.nəl/ 1. Pertaining to a dean or deanery. Example: decanal side Example: decanal stall
Word: decanal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English decane Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehydeclip. English -al English decanal From decane + -al (“aldehyde”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkənæl/ 1. The aliphatic aldehyde, CH₃(CH₂)₈CHO, related to capric acid Labels: uncountable
Word: magnetostriction Part of Speech: noun 1. the change of length or shape of a ferromagnetic material when it is magnetized Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lel Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Miscellaneously substituted vowel instead of the 'o' in lol. 1. Variation of lol. Labels: Internet
Word: abstract number Part of Speech: noun 1. A number used without application to things, e.g. 6, 8, 10; but when applied to anything, e.g. 6 feet, 10 men, it becomes concrete.
Word: magnetron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor. English -tron English magnetron From magnet + -tron. Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡ.nətˌtɹɒn/, /-.nɪtˌ-/, /ˈmæɡ.nətˌtɹɑn/ 1. A device in which electrons are made to resonate in a specially shaped chamber and thus produce microwave radiation; used in radar, and in microwave ovens
Word: magnon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magn(et) English -on English magnon From magn(et) + -on. 1. A quantum of a spin wave.
Word: spin wave Part of Speech: noun 1. a wave, propagated through a crystal lattice as a result of changes in the spin angular momentum of electrons in the lattice
Word: abstract term Part of Speech: noun 1. A term expressing an abstract idea, such as beauty, whiteness, or roundness, without indicating any object in which it exists. 2. A name for an order, genera, or species of things in which there is a combination of similar qualities.
Word: veldskoen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch veldschoen (Cape Dutch), from vel (“skin, hide”) + schoen (“shoe”); later reinforced by Afrikaans veldskoen. Pronunciation: /ˈfeltskʊn/, /ˈvɛldskʊn/, /ˈfɛltskʊn/ 1. Originally, a shoe with untanned leather upper sewn without nails, similar to the Canadian moccasin; now generally a heavy boot for outdoor labour. Labels: South-Africa Example: [A]ll my life I've been surrounded by violence. Not in the way any of my quite long line of pioneer forefathers experienced it, leaving their veldskoen tracks through history […]
Word: Maillard reaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French physician and chemist Louis Camille Maillard, 1912. Pronunciation: /maɪˈjɑː(ɹ)ɹiˈækʃən/ 1. The condensation reaction of an amino acid and a reducing sugar, followed by polymerization to form brown pigments - melanoidins; one of the causes of browning during cooking. Example: If the surface temperature exceeds the boiling point, as it does during grilling and frying, the Maillard reactions produce typical roasted, browned aromas.
Word: vaj Part of Speech: noun 1. The vagina. Labels: rare, slang Example: See Citations:vaj
Word: reducing sugar Part of Speech: noun 1. Any sugar that has a potential aldehyde or ketone functional group and thus reacts as a reducing agent.
Word: Benedict's reagent Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Stanley Rossiter Benedict, American chemist. 1. A buffered solution of copper sulfate which changes from blue to red in the presence of a reducing sugar.
Word: Fehling's solution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hermann von Fehling, German chemist. 1. An alkaline solution of copper sulfate which changes from blue to red in the presence of an aldehyde or a reducing sugar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: copper sulphate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of copper sulfate. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: labelled Part of Speech: adj 1. UK and Canada standard spelling of labeled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: labelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of label Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: I've labelled the file and put it on your desk.
Word: copper sulfate Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of copper(II) sulfate. Labels: uncountable
Word: tagged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tæɡd/ 1. Having a tag; labeled. Example: All the tagged items are on sale. 2. Having been marked with the signature graffiti of an individual.
Word: tagged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tæɡd/ 1. simple past and past participle of tag Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: We tagged each item in the store.
Word: kyujitai Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kyūjitai. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: “Something’s written there,” he said. “More Japanese kyujitai?” Alders brought the light down nearer the page so they could look more closely at the smudged characters: […]
Word: Bordeaux mixture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French bouillie bordelaise, after Bordeaux in France, where it is used on vines. 1. A mixture of copper sulfate and lime that is sprayed on plants as a fungicide. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Reports are coming to hand from a very large number of districts as to the success which has attended the use of the Bordeaux mixture (sulphate of copper and lime) as a preventive of potato disease. Example: The aggressiveness of several plant diseases in Europe between 1878 and 1882, particularly the downy mildew upon the grape, which, about 1878, had invaded Europe from America, stimulated a search in the former country for effective spraying mixtures. Trials of many chemicals were made, but it was left to accident to suggest and to the genius of Millardet, of Bordeaux, France, to perfect the happy combination of lime and bluestone that we now know as the Bordeaux mixture. It was customary in certain vineyards to sprinkle a few rows of grapevines near the road with a mixture of milk of lime and bluestone to give them a poisonous appearance to ward off depredation of the hungry passer-by. The vines so treated in 1882 were noted by Prillieux and Millardet to be less injured by the mildew than were other vines, and they ascribed the beneficial effect to its proper cause, the lime-bluestone mixture. While several investigators were engaged simultaneously in experimenting with these chemicals upon the mildew, it was Millardet who first planned and executed experiments and published results which demonstrated the commercial value of the lime-bluestone treatment. The first systematic applications of copper, and of copper with lime as a disease preventive, were made under the direction of Millardet, August 18, 1883. In 1884 the work was repeated, and in 1885 Millardet published the first directions for preparing BORDEAUX MIXTURE Water...........130 liters (34 gallons) Bluestone........8 kilograms (17.6 pounds) Lime..............15 kilograms (33 pounds) This mixture was to be shaken upon the plants with a broom. Following this demonstration came the introduction of an era, not yet at an end, of active experimentation with fungicides, wet and dry, which has already yielded results of incalculable value.
Word: commonweal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English comun wele, commen wele, comune wele, equivalent to common (“public”) + weal (“well-being”). By the 1520s used by some authors as the equivalent of res publica (republic), alongside commonwealth from about the same time. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒmənˈwiːl/ 1. The common good; public wellbeing or prosperity. Labels: archaic Example: He had to judge the people as justice Errant […]; to equip his milites, send them duly in war-time to the King; — strive every way that the Commonweal, in his quarter of it, take no damage. Example: He [David Gelernter] yearns for the days when people, for reasons of the commonweal, did what they were told. 2. The body politic; republic. Example: […] hit semeth that men haue ben longe abused in calling Rempublica a commune weale. And they which do suppose it so to be called for that, that euery thinge shulde be to all men in commune without discrepance of any astate or condition, be ther to moued more by sensualite, than by any good reason or inclination to humanite. […] And consequently there may appere lyke deuersitie to be englisshe, betwene a publike weale & a commune weale, as shulde be in latin betwene Res publica and Res plebeia.
Word: commonwealths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commonwealth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manganese nodule Part of Speech: noun 1. A concretion of oxides of manganese and iron found on the seafloor. Example: 1977 The most likely locations for early commercial mining of these seabed resources will be the Pacific Basin where there is a heavy concentration of manganese nodule sites at depths of between 12,500 feet and 17,500 feet. The Times - May 26, 1977 pg 27 col D
Word: concretion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French concrétion, or Latin concretio. 1. The process of aggregating or coalescing into a mass. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A solid, hard mass formed by a process of aggregation or coalescence. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A rounded mass of a mineral, sometimes found in sedimentary rock or on the ocean floor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of the three beds, the central one is the most compact, and more like ordinary sandstone: it includes numerous flattened spherical concretions. 4. The action of making something concrete or the result of such an action. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "My new statue!" said Kenyon. . . . "It is the concretion of a good deal of thought, emotion, and toil of brain and hand."
Word: manganite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, manganese + -ite 1. a dark gray mineral of manganese, MnO(OH), found throughout North America and Europe
Word: map projection Part of Speech: noun 1. Any systematic method of transforming the spherical representation of parallels, meridians and geographic features of the Earth's surface to a nonspherical surface, usually a plane.
Word: marcasite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Sumerian 𒈥𒄩𒅆𒆠der. Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā)der. English marcasite From Medieval Latin marchasita et al., from Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːkəsʌɪt/, /ˈmɑɹ.kə.sɑɪ̯t/, /ˌmɑɹ.kəˈzit/ 1. The orthorhombic form of iron disulfide, FeS₂, occurring as yellow crystals. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Pyrite. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of various metal sulfides, usually iron sulfide minerals. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: If he wants to speak as a physician, however, he must say, this marcasite is the man's disease, hence it will cure him.
Word: horse archer Part of Speech: noun 1. A cavalryman armed with a bow.
Word: colugo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, possibly from a Malayo-Polynesian language. Pronunciation: /kəˈluːɡoʊ/ 1. An arboreal gliding mammal of the family Cynocephalidae of the order Dermoptera, native to Southeast Asia. Example: Colugos, our closest living non-primate relatives, are able to glide as much as 150 metres (more than 490 feet) between trees.
Word: flying lemur Part of Speech: noun 1. A colugo (family spp.), having membranes between the front and hind legs similar to those of flying squirrels. Example: Flying lemurs do not fly (they glide) and are not lemurs: the nature of their relationship to primates (and to bats and treeshrews, with which they also share characteristics) is the subject of ongoing debate and research. Example: Another curious animal, which I had met with in Singapore and in Borneo, but which was more abundant here, is the Galeopithecus, or flying lemur. This creature has a broad membrane extending all around its body to the extremities of the toes, and to the point of the rather long tail. This enables it to pass obliquely through the air from one tree to another.
Word: cavalryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cavalry Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English cavalryman From cavalry + man. Pronunciation: /ˈkævəlɹi.mən/ 1. A soldier in the cavalry.
Word: cavalrymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cavalryman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bow and arrow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊ ən(d)ˈæɹəʊ/ 1. A weapon consisting of a bow and a supply of arrows, often kept in a quiver. Example: His bow and arrow never leaves him. Example: Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless.
Word: horse archers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horse archer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syli Part of Speech: noun 1. The currency of Guinea between 1971 and 1985, subdivided into 100 cauris.
Word: ground forces Part of Speech: noun 1. The military units operating on the ground, including tanks, soldiers, artillery, etc. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: yclept Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm From Middle English yclept, ycleped, iclept [and other forms] (i-, y- (prefix forming past participles) + clepen (“to say, speak, utter; to call, shout; to name; to address; to appeal to, beg, pray; to ask, request; to appear; to send for, summon; to convene; to call forth, induce; to lay claim”) + -ed, -t (suffix forming past participles of weak verbs)), from Old English ġeclypod, ġeclipod (ġe- (suffix forming past participles or participle adjectives) + clypian, clipian (“to call out, cry; to appeal”) (West Saxon) [and other forms] + -od (suffix forming past participles)). Clipian is derived from Proto-Germanic *klipjaną, *klapjaną (“to be noisy; to chatter”), probably related to *klappōną (“to clap, pound, or strike (especially two things against each other); to make loud noises, especially breathing or pulsating; to chatter”), and ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of clap. Pronunciation: /ɪˈklɛpt/, /-ˈkliːpt/, /ɪˈkliːpɪd/ 1. Called (by a certain name), named. Labels: archaic, humorous, not-comparable, poetic Example: And as I am a Gentleman, betooke my ſelfe to walke: the time When? about the ſixt houre, […] Now for the ground Which? which I meane I walkt vpon, it is ycliped Thy Park. Example: But com thou Goddes fair and free, / In Heav'n ycleap'd Euphrosyne, […]
Word: yclept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *ḱóm From Middle English yclept, ycleped, iclept [and other forms] (i-, y- (prefix forming past participles) + clepen (“to say, speak, utter; to call, shout; to name; to address; to appeal to, beg, pray; to ask, request; to appear; to send for, summon; to convene; to call forth, induce; to lay claim”) + -ed, -t (suffix forming past participles of weak verbs)), from Old English ġeclypod, ġeclipod (ġe- (suffix forming past participles or participle adjectives) + clypian, clipian (“to call out, cry; to appeal”) (West Saxon) [and other forms] + -od (suffix forming past participles)). Clipian is derived from Proto-Germanic *klipjaną, *klapjaną (“to be noisy; to chatter”), probably related to *klappōną (“to clap, pound, or strike (especially two things against each other); to make loud noises, especially breathing or pulsating; to chatter”), and ultimately onomatopoeic. Doublet of clap. Pronunciation: /ɪˈklɛpt/, /-ˈkliːpt/, /ɪˈkliːpɪd/ 1. past participle of clepe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clepe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian (“to speak, cry out, call, summon, invoke, cry to, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *klipōną (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian klippa, kleppa (“to ring”), Dutch kleppen (“to toll, chatter”), Middle Low German kleppen (“to strike, sound”), Middle Low German kleperen (“to rattle”). Pronunciation: /kliːp/ 1. To give a call; cry out; appeal. Labels: archaic, dialectal, intransitive 2. To call; call upon; cry out to. Labels: archaic, dialectal, transitive 3. To call to oneself; invite; summon. Labels: archaic, dialectal, transitive 4. To call; call by the name of; name. Labels: archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: She clepes him king of graues, & graue for kings, / Imperious ſupreme of all mortall things. Example: See Borneo's sea-girt shore where ever flow / the perfumed liquor's thick and curded gouts, / the tears of forest-trees men "Camphor" clepe, / wherefore that Island crop of Fame shall reap. 5. To tell lies about; inform against (someone). Labels: dialectal, intransitive, often Example: You tried to mentor someone, teach them the basics of the trade, and they ran off to clype on you. 6. To be loquacious; tattle; gossip. Labels: dialectal, intransitive 7. To report; relate; tell. Labels: dialectal, transitive
Word: clepe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clepen, clepien, from Old English cleopian, clipian (“to speak, cry out, call, summon, invoke, cry to, implore”), from Proto-Germanic *klipōną (“to ring, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to sound”). Cognate with Old Frisian klippa, kleppa (“to ring”), Dutch kleppen (“to toll, chatter”), Middle Low German kleppen (“to strike, sound”), Middle Low German kleperen (“to rattle”). Pronunciation: /kliːp/ 1. A cry; an appeal; a call. Labels: dialectal Example: So bold was I to show my voice that night / With clepes, and cries, to fill the street throughout / With Creuse’ name in sorrow, with vain tears ; / And often-sithes the same for to repeat.
Word: rasbora Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹæzˈbɔːɹə/ 1. Any minnow-like small fish in the cyprinid genus Rasbora. 2. Any similar fish formerly classified in that genus.
Word: lionfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of lion + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪənˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of various ray-finned fishes of the tribe Pteroini (especially of the genus Pterois) in the family Scorpaenidae.
Word: listlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English lystles English listless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English listlessness From listless + -ness. 1. The state of being listless; apathetic indifference; lethargy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But every thing must have an end. A motion made by this angelic youth, in the listlessness of going off sleep, replac'd his shirt and the bed-cloaths in a posture that shut up that treasure from longer view. Example: This sensation of listlessness, weariness, stupidity, this disinclination to sit down and employ myself, this feeling of every thing’s being dull and insipid about the house!— I must be in love; I should be the oddest creature in the world if I were not—for a few weeks at least.
Word: Siamese fighting fish Part of Speech: noun 1. A freshwater fish, Betta splendens.
Word: bolshie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bolshevik (Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), the socialist party in the 1918 Russian Revolution, from Russian большевики́ (bolʹševikí, “majority faction”), + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒl.ʃi/ 1. A government leftist, especially a communist, socialist, or labour union leader. Labels: UK, dated, derogatory
Word: bolshie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bolshevik (Russian большеви́к (bolʹševík), the socialist party in the 1918 Russian Revolution, from Russian большевики́ (bolʹševikí, “majority faction”), + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒl.ʃi/ 1. Difficult or rebellious. Labels: UK Example: Kate, don't be so bolshie! Example: It's quite possible that I and my pals were nasty bolshy little schoolboys who thoroughly deserved to be thrashed through the gorse bushes in the dead of the night[.]
Word: astonished Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /æ- -d/, /əˈstɒn.ɪʃt/ 1. Amazed; surprised. Example: utterly astonished Example: clearly astonished
Word: astonished Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æ- -d/, /əˈstɒn.ɪʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of astonish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: planktology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plankto- + -logy or plankt- + -ology. By surface analysis, plankt- + -o- + -log + -y. Pronunciation: /plæŋkˈtɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of plankton Labels: uncountable
Word: lady beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of ladybird.
Word: lady-bug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ladybug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lady-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ladybird. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rainout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rain + out. 1. Something which has been cancelled due to interfering rain. Labels: countable 2. Such a cancellation. Labels: countable Example: A rainout on the season's second game would be, to say the least, unconvenient. 3. Nuclear fallout deposited by means of rain. Labels: uncountable
Word: alternating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alternate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alternating Part of Speech: adj 1. That alternates. Labels: not-comparable Example: alternating motion Example: alternating system 2. Having a planar diagram whose crossings alternate between "over" and "under" as one travels along the knot. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having terms that alternate between positive and negative. Labels: not-comparable 4. Whose value is zero when any two adjacent arguments are equal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lecithinase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lecithin Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English lecithinase From lecithin + -ase. 1. An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of lecithin.
Word: lusciousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English luscious 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 lusciousness From luscious + -ness. 1. Property of being luscious. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lusciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English luscious Middle English -ly English -ly English lusciously From luscious + -ly. 1. In a luscious manner.
Word: lumpiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lumpy 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 lumpiness From lumpy + -ness. 1. The property of being lumpy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The women in the room were in various lumpinesses of pregnancy; some, like Joanne, were not yet pregnant but intended to be. 2. Something lumpy; a lump. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: luminously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English luminous Middle English -ly English -ly English luminously From luminous + -ly. 1. In a luminous manner, brightly, glowingly.
Word: particular integral Part of Speech: noun 1. Any solution to a differential equation.
Word: glowingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English glowing Middle English -ly English -ly English glowingly From glowing + -ly. 1. While giving off a glow. Example: The spark hung there glowingly, then suddenly went out. Example: I lay stretching out, glowingly alive all over, and tossing with burning impatience for the renewal of joys that had sinned but in a sweet excess 2. With enthusiastic praise. Example: He praised her glowingly; it was enough to make her blush.