nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: factorylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English factory Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English factorylike From factory + -like. 1. Resembling a factory in any of various respects Example: As China modernizes at breakneck speed, emphasizing the factorylike production of contemporary artists, the tradition of Shaanxi shadow theater is on the wane.
Word: expressivists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expressivist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: embryoniclike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English embryonic Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English embryoniclike From embryonic + -like. 1. Resembling embryonic cells Example: It “raises no serious moral problem, because it creates embryoniclike stem cells without creating, harming or destroying human lives at any stage,” said Richard Doerflinger, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ’ spokesman on stem cell issues.
Word: eruv Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עירוב / עֵרוּב (eirúv, “mixture”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹʊv/, /ˈeɪ.ɹʊv/ 1. An eruv chatzerot; ritual aggregation of properties that allows Jews observing traditional Shabbat rules to carry burdens across property lines. Labels: Jewish Example: Sam is sad that people don't visit him at home on Shabbos because he lives outside the eruv. Example: That, she said, is the kind of problem that an eruv can solve. The city is home to other eruvs — a large one in Manhattan was extended this year from Midtown to Houston Street — and many are in predominantly Jewish areas. […] “We live in a day and age,” he continued, “where if you don’t have an eruv, you’re taking yourself off of many people’s lists.” 2. One of the other types of eruv; an eruv tavshilin or eruv techumin. Labels: Jewish
Word: falsecard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From false + card. 1. A card played in order to deceive an opponent as to one's true holding
Word: falsecard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From false + card. 1. To play a falsecard Example: East returned the diamond eight, the higher of his two remaining cards, on which declarer falsecarded with his ten.
Word: effortfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English effortful Middle English -ly English -ly English effortfully From effortful + -ly. 1. In an effortful manner: with effort. Example: When Mr. Wheeldon quotes Balanchine, it is those lifts in which the ballerina has her hands placed, effortfully, on her partner’s[…]. Example: They made their way effortfully towards the Carthaginians[…]”
Word: elderliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English elderly 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 elderliness From elderly + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being elderly Labels: uncountable Example: Saul Bellow wrote his last novel, “Ravelstein,” at age 84, and the book is a masterpiece, marred only by the fact that Bellow, in his elderliness, did keep on repeating himself[…].
Word: drummerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English drummer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English drummerless From drummer + -less. 1. Lacking a drummer Labels: not-comparable Example: Just over a decade ago, the bassist Charlie Haden played a drummerless New York nightclub engagement with the pianist Kenny Barron.
Word: dodecaphonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dodecaphony Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dodecaphonic From dodecaphony + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to dodecaphony. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 1952 Pierre Boulez wrote that “any musician who has not felt ... the necessity of the dodecaphonic language is of no use.”
Word: documentarylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English documentarylike From documentary + -like. 1. Resembling a documentary. Example: The book is a collage of sorts, a series of short, documentarylike moments from August 1892 to Dec. 31, 1941.
Word: disjuncts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disjunct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diffusers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diffuser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doorknock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From door + knock. 1. A campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors, such as for a charity appeal. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Sometimes they were raffles, mostly they were doorknocks. I went on one of the doorknocks after Wendy talked me into it. Example: To run a doorknock you need volunteer collectors — lots of them. But because there are so many doorknocks each year, collectors are overloaded and it is difficult to recruit new ones. So what is the answer?
Word: doorknock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From door + knock. 1. To participate in a campaign of going from house to house knocking on doors; to knock on the door (of a house) during such a campaign. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: 1979, Fatma Dharamsi, et al., Harlesden Community Project, Community Work And Caring For Children: A Community Project In An Inner City Local Authority, page 440, During the doorknocking local residents had talked about other issues. Example: With some exceptions, doorknocking is likely to elicit a large number of small donations but relatively few large donations.
Word: doorknocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doorknock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doorknocks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of doorknock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: detectible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English detect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English detectible From detect + -ible. 1. Able to be detected. Labels: not-comparable Example: The other crucial finding of the report was that there was a detectible “optimism bias” among Google employees.
Word: depthless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English depth Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English depthless From depth + -less. 1. Having no depth, or having a depth that is impossible to determine; immeasurably deep. Labels: not-comparable Example: The result is not an image of the natural world in a tapestry but a depiction of nature as a tapestry: a splendid, impenetrable, depthless screen of shivering pixels.
Word: depressionlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English depression Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English depressionlike From depression + -like. 1. Resembling a depression Example: El Centro has the highest unemployment rate in the nation, a depressionlike 22.6 percent.
Word: deliberator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deliberate + -or. 1. A person who deliberates. Example: But the policy deliberator has no special concerns for this golden nugget.
Word: dancegoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dance + going. 1. Habitually attending a dance or dance performance. Labels: not-comparable Example: Balletomanes can happily exist on a diet of toe shoes and tulle for two months, but the rest of the dancegoing population will want to pick and choose.
Word: crustless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English crust Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English crustless From crust + -less. 1. Having no crust Labels: not-comparable Example: 1 cup crustless country bread, torn into pieces Example: This wasn't a new concoction of salt, sugar, and fat whose appeal was well known to these investors. Madison's $18 billion portfolio had contained the largest Burger King franchise in the world, the Ruth's Chris Steak House chain, and a processed food maker called Pierre whose lineup includes a champion of handheld convenience, the Jamwich, a peanut butter and jelly contrivance that comes frozen, crustless, and embedded with four kinds of sugars, from dextrose to corn syrup.
Word: deliberators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deliberator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterinsurgents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterinsurgent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conjurings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conjuring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterinsurgent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English insurgent English counterinsurgent From counter- + insurgent. 1. A person combating an insurgency. Example: Counterinsurgency is, by definition, a competition between insurgents and counterinsurgents for the control and support of a population.
Word: cannonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cannon Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English cannonlike From cannon + -like. 1. Resembling the shape or sound of a cannon Example: Two young crew members, a man and woman, climb over the towers in the balconies as though they were monkey bars, stringing cable and then attaching small cannonlike lights that they aim at particular spots on the stage.
Word: buzzworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From buzz + -worthy. 1. Worthy of enthusiastic popular attention, or buzz Labels: Canada, US Example: The most buzzworthy has to be Glasgow's Optimo, an underground Glimmers, for what should be a sell-out at the Toff, while the following night obscure UK disco stalwart Felix Dickinson plays the club.
Word: size matters Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to assert the opinion that people prefer sexual partners with larger penises, or that penis size has an effect on the quality of an act of intercourse. Labels: humorous
Word: cipollini Part of Speech: noun 1. A specific variety of medium-sized, flat onion. Example: The cipollinis will brown quickly, so don't walk away while they're cooking.
Word: cipollini Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cipollino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cipollinis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cipollini Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bladelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bladelike From blade + -like. 1. Resembling a blade Example: He had cuts on his fingers from handling the bladelike fighting string.
Word: bigos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bi Proto-West Germanic *bī Old High German bī Middle High German bī German bei German bei- German Guss German Beigussbor. Polish bigosbor. English bigos Borrowed from Polish bigos. 1. A traditional Polish stew containing cabbage and meat Labels: uncountable Example: I bombarded him with questions about his history with bigos.
Word: falsecards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falsecard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: falsecarding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of falsecard Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: baptisias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baptisia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baptisia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Baptisia, derived from Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō, “to immerse”), in reference to the plant's use as a source of dye. 1. Any of various ornamental plants of the genus Baptisia. Example: “We’re really excited about the new baptisias out of Chicago Botanic Garden,” said Steven Castorani, a co-owner of North Creek Nurseries, which specializes in native plants, in Landenberg, Pa.
Word: barrelhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barrel + house. Originally used to refer specifically to a bar that served whiskey directly from the barrel. 1. A rough-and-tumble drinking establishment. Example: It’s beautiful, but never naïvely so; the pastoral moments were offset by barrelhouse intrusions. 2. A loud, percussive type of blues piano suitable for noisy bars or taverns. Example: A barrelhouse blues was being shouted over the stamping of feet on a wooden floor. Miss Grace, the good-time woman, had her usual Saturday-night customers.
Word: bulletlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bullet Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bulletlike From bullet + -like. 1. Resembling a bullet or the path of a bullet. Example: […] a journalist, Anita M. Busch, found a note saying “Stop” taped to her car, a fish and a rose in a tin tray on the hood, a bulletlike hole piercing the windshield.
Word: bridgelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bridge Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bridgelike From bridge + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bridge. Example: A sweeping arched roof is held up by a bridgelike cable-stayed suspension system. 2. Similar to the card game of bridge.
Word: bombmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bomb + maker. 1. A person or company that manufactures bombs Example: If Bush only gives money to his bombmaker friends, and none to the people, he should be deposed or step down. Example: He was also an accomplice of notorious JI bombmaker Azahari Husin, who was shot dead by police in November 2005.
Word: blockheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From block + headed. 1. Resembling a blockhead; stupid Example: Sullivan again proves himself a master at evoking diverse musical styles, as in “This Helmet, I Suppose,” a song for Arac, one of King Gama’s blockheaded warrior sons.
Word: blockheaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blockhead Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bloblike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English blob Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English bloblike From blob + -like. 1. Resembling a blob. Example: “He is one of the main reasons I decided to dedicate my life to design,” said Mr. Rashid, known for his bloblike furniture and housewares.
Word: baserunning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From base + running. 1. The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so Labels: uncountable Example: Zimmer's comment on Martinez's baserunning was that he was "timid" and wouldn't run on the green light.
Word: bombmakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bombmaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in any case Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Whatever be the case. Labels: idiomatic Example: Who knows how many more inches of snow will fall tonight, but in any case, we can expect to be doing a lot of shoveling tomorrow. Example: Who knows how many more inches of snow will fall tonight, but in any case, let's go to bed. 2. Whatever be the case. Labels: idiomatic Example: In any case, there are never fewer than two guards on duty here. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, case. Example: Their most popular product, an assortment of ales, is packaged such that there are always at least two bottles of India pale ale in any case. Example: It is not clear that this particular legal question has ever been a determining factor in any case to date.
Word: in any event Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At any rate: anyhow, regardless (emphasizing that a point doesn't matter or hardly matters). Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: nonetheless, nevertheless, come what may Example: The product is duly prohibited by law, but in any event, it is still available on the black market. 2. At any rate: by any measure, any way one slices it, in every case, no matter what (emphasizing that a point matters so much that there is no case in which it does not matter). Labels: idiomatic Example: You can grumble all you like, but in any event, you'd better be there at the appointed time. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, any, event. Example: Kinetics might be described as a series of events, and in any event, there is some instant at which some change begins.
Word: burrata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian burrata, from burro (“butter”). Pronunciation: /bʊˈɹɑːtə/, /bəˈɹɑtə/ 1. A fresh southern Italian cheese similar to creamy mozzarella. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So the greens in the salad at the start of our meal came with […] creamy, dreamy burrata.
Word: mumblings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mumbling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: action verbs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of action verb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multileveled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English leveled English multileveled From multi- + leveled. Pronunciation: /mʌltɪˈlɛvəld/ 1. Having multiple (literal or figurative) levels. Labels: not-comparable Example: In the superstitious Middle Ages, when the world was populated with demons and spirits, the mythic midrashists authored visionary portraits of an extraordinary and dynamic multileveled heaven and hell. Example: His successful embracing of the Calas cause highlighted how multi-levelled and complex politics had become by the 1760s.
Word: multipanel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English panel English multipanel From multi- + panel. 1. Having multiple panels Labels: not-comparable Example: In Ms. Murray’s mature work, eccentrically shaped or multipanel canvases fused Cubism’s shattered forms and Surrealism’s suggestive biomorphism with the scale and some of the angst of Abstract Expressionism and more than a touch of Disneyesque humor and motion.
Word: multiculturalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of multiculturalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multiculturalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English multicultural 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 multiculturalist From multicultural + -ist. 1. Pertaining to or advocating multiculturalism Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiculturalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English multicultural 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 multiculturalist From multicultural + -ist. 1. An advocate of multiculturalism Example: He takes dead aim at racial opportunists, opponents of affirmative action, multiculturalists and the myriad rights organizations trying to hitch a ride on the successes of the black civil rights movement.
Word: monitorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English monitor Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English monitorship From monitor + -ship. 1. The status of serving as a monitor. Example: John E. McArdle, a spokesman for Mr. Bruno, said […] that Mr. Getnick’s monitorship had not been discussed. Example: A costly part of corporate settlements, monitorship agreements force companies to hire external counsel for years to ensure executives don’t repeat their misconduct.
Word: moated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From moat + -ed. 1. Surrounded with a moat Labels: not-comparable Example: His goal is to imbue his waterfront enclave with enough complexity to provide a distilled version of the great metropolis within this moated sanctuary.
Word: minimart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English mart English minimart From mini- + mart. 1. A convenience store. Example: The joke is that these two men are sitting in front of a gas station that has been transformed into a minimart capable of supplying anything—even the kosher pickled herring requested by an Orthodox Jew. Example: I went to the minimart…It’s about a fifteen minute walk both ways. But I didn’t wanna drive cause I was really wasted.
Word: midquarter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English quarter English midquarter From mid- + quarter. 1. Occurring in the middle of a quarter Labels: not-comparable Example: Technology shares also received a boost ahead of a midquarter update from Texas Instruments, which tightened its financial targets after the closing bell.
Word: midpack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English pack English midpack From mid- + pack. 1. The middle of a pack, especially in a race Labels: uncountable Example: A son of Street Cry, Street Sense will break from the No. 7 post and, in theory, lope along in midpack before finding a spot near the rail to unleash a late run. 2. Synonym of mid. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: that nigga Putin off that midpack Example: I only fuck wit midpack my nigga STRICTLY MID!!!
Word: minimarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minimart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midmonth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English month English midmonth From mid- + month. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdmʌnθ/ 1. Occurring in the middle of a month, neither at the beginning nor the end Labels: not-comparable Example: But by the time the Iraqis return to Parliament in September, it is highly unlikely that they could meet the midmonth deadline in the United States.
Word: midmonth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English month English midmonth From mid- + month. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdmʌnθ/ 1. A point in the middle of a month.
Word: midmeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *melwą Proto-West Germanic *melu Old English melu Middle English mele English meal English midmeal From mid- + meal. 1. Occurring in the middle of a meal Labels: not-comparable
Word: midmeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *melwą Proto-West Germanic *melu Old English melu Middle English mele English meal English midmeal From mid- + meal. 1. The middle of a meal Labels: uncountable Example: And, bien sûr, the dinner guest must not leave the table in midmeal to use the powder room, and should she have to go, never, ever use the word “toilette” when asking a host for directions.
Word: midconcert Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English concert English midconcert From mid- + concert. 1. Occurring in the middle of a concert, neither at the beginning nor the end Labels: not-comparable
Word: midconcert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English concert English midconcert From mid- + concert. 1. The middle part of a concert Labels: uncountable Example: Even with some filibustering in midconcert and near the end, Foo Fighters didn’t fulfill Mr. Grohl’s promise to play for more than two hours.
Word: midcap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap English midcap From mid- + cap. 1. Having medium market capitalization, often defined as between 2 and 10 billion US dollars Labels: not-comparable Example: “You could’ve gone down to midcap stocks,” said Bruce T. Herring, group chief investment officer overseeing Fidelity Blue Chip Growth, the largest fund on the list.
Word: midcap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- Late Latin cappabor. Proto-West Germanic *kappā Proto-West Germanic *kappijā Old English cæppe Middle English cappe English cap English midcap From mid- + cap. 1. A stock with medium market capitalization.
Word: microenterprise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + enterprise. 1. A very small business with five or fewer employees, or the business sector comprising these businesses. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While the Inter-American bank concentrated most of its efforts during that time on lending to build Latin American infrastructure projects and heavy industries, Mr. Ortiz Mena also set up the bank’s first financing operations for microenterprise.
Word: methamidophos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from meth(yl)- + amido- + phos(phate). 1. A specific organophosphate insecticide, having the chemical formula C₂H₈NO₂PS Labels: uncountable Example: The Health Ministry said the dumplings contained a pesticide, methamidophos, which is used in China but is not common in Japan. Example: These are the last disulfoton and methamidophos products registered for use in the United States.
Word: memorialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English memorial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English memorialize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English memorialization From memorialize + -ation. Pronunciation: /məˌmɔːɹi.əˌlaɪˈzeɪ̯.ʃən/ 1. The act or process of memorializing or creating a memorial. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: “This is an important milestone in the whole memorialization process,” said Howard Dodson, one of the early leaders in the development of the memorial and the chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library .
Word: megaresorts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megaresort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: megaresort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English resort English megaresort From mega- + resort. 1. A very large-scale resort Example: At the same time, analysts say he is certain to face pressure from Mexico’s powerful tourism industry, which generates billions of dollars in revenue for the country but has also caused once-scenic coastlines to become clotted with megaresorts.
Word: megacomplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English complex English megacomplex From mega- + complex. 1. A very large complex of buildings Example: […] he has remade the city’s skyline with half a dozen high-rises, including a $4 billion megacomplex over 27 acres, Roppongi Hills.
Word: megacomplex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English complex English megacomplex From mega- + complex. 1. Very complex
Word: megacomplexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of megacomplex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mbalax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Wolof [Term?], meaning "rhythm". 1. A genre of popular dance music chiefly performed in Senegal and The Gambia Labels: uncountable Example: Another local style — the Senegalese funk called mbalax — arrived with the singer Fallou Dieng, a protégé of the Senegalese superstar Youssou N’Dour.
Word: marchlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English march Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English marchlike From march + -like. 1. Resembling a march Example: His work, “La Devinette d’Arlequin,” seemed less the riddle of its title than a busy, marchlike exercise in calculated harshness […].
Word: maraviroc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From [Term?] + -viroc (“chemokine CC motif receptor 5 antagonist”). 1. A specific drug used in the treatment of HIV to inhibit viral entry into cells. Labels: uncountable Example: In two Phase 3 studies […] more than 40 percent of patients who received maraviroc had undetectable levels of virus after 24 weeks of a 48-week study.
Word: lusterware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lust 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 luster Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English lusterware From luster + -ware. 1. A type of pottery having an iridescent metallic glaze Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Besides these hearty fellows, these salesmen of prosperity, there were the aristocrats, that is, the men who were richer or had been rich for more generations: the presidents of banks and of factories, the land-owners, the corporation lawyers, the fashionable doctors, and the few young-old men who worked not at all but, reluctantly remaining in Zenith, collected luster-ware and first editions as though they were back in Paris. Example: The golden gates of Meshed have a rosy sheen, like lustre ware […]
Word: loutishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English loutish 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 loutishness From loutish + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being loutish, of behaving like a lout. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1932-34, Samuel Beckett, "Gnome", Dublin Magazine Spend the years of learning squandering / Courage for the years of wandering / Through a world politely turning / From the loutishness of learning. Example: True, this is hardly the drink to inspire “Girls Gone Wild” loutishness.
Word: lunkheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lunk + headed. 1. obtuse; foolish; idiotic. Labels: not-comparable Example: That was a lunkheaded trick,’ Denham told him. Example: […] Andrew W. K.’s absurdly high-energy party metal (“Party Til You Puke”) comes across as either self-aware performance art or simply the most lunkheaded anthems to debauchery ever recorded.
Word: locater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From locate + -er. 1. Something which serves to locate Example: A perusal of recent transcripts reveals that Hillary Clinton likes “I am thrilled to see all of you” and “I am so pleased to be with all of you,” with an occasional locater: “I am so happy to be back here in [wherever].”
Word: lightless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lightles, from Old English lēohtlēas, from Proto-West Germanic *leuhtalaus; equivalent to light (noun) + -less (“lacking, without”). Cognate with West Frisian ljochtleas, Dutch lichtloos, German lichtlos. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪtlɛs/ 1. Lacking light; unilluminated; dark. Labels: not-comparable Example: From the besieged Ardea all in post, Borne by the trustless wings of false desire, Lust-breathed Tarquin leaves the Roman host, And to Collatium bears the lightless fire Which, in pale embers hid, lurks to aspire And girdle with embracing flames the waist Of Collatine’s fair love, Lucrece the chaste. Example: "I can’t stand much of this," said Hurstwood, whose legs ached him painfully, as he sat down upon the miserable bunk in the small, lightless chamber allotted to him.
Word: locaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of locater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lasered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of laser Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ladleful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ladelful, ladel-ful; equivalent to ladle + -ful. 1. A sufficient quantity to fill a ladle. Example: Add wine and a ladleful of hot stock and cook, stirring often, until liquid is absorbed.
Word: ladlefuls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ladleful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liftgate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lift + gate. 1. A hydraulic or electric platform that installs onto the rear of a vehicle and which may be raised or lowered in the loading and unloading of heavy cargo. Example: If the liftgate is for a dry van body, the body’s width — for example 96 or 102 inches — impacts the liftgate’s overall width and available platform sizes. 2. A closure at the rear of a vehicle, or rear door, that can be raised to access the back of a vehicle. Example: But Ford loaded that car up with options, including […] a power liftgate and heated second-row seats ($825).
Word: kulfi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi क़ुल्फ़ी (qulfī)/Urdu قلفی (qulfī), from Classical Persian قفلی (quflī) from قفل (qufl), from Arabic قُفْل (qufl, “lock, bolt”). 1. A flavoured frozen dessert of South Asia, made from milk and resembling ice cream. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Vada pav sandwiches and mango kulfi were sold at the concession stand.
Word: liftgates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liftgate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kufi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Arabic كُوفِيَّة (kūfiyya, “keffiyeh”), perhaps via Swahili kofia (“hat”), though some sources suggest a connection to Yoruba fìlà (“cap”). 1. A type of brimless, rounded cap associated with various African nations or ethnicities. Example: Whenever Brown shows up, wearing his African kufi and confronting issues, I find myself nodding vigorously, for old-time’s sake. 2. A type of close-fitting cap worn by some Muslims. Example: However, do not assume because the person appears to be conservative (e.g., a woman wearing a head scarf or a man wearing a skull cap or kufi) that the person does not shake hands.
Word: intoxicatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intoxicating Middle English -ly English -ly English intoxicatingly From intoxicating + -ly. 1. In a way that is intoxicating Example: Set to the jazz piano music of Willie Smith, known as the Lion, this work sets its dancers intoxicatingly crossing and recrossing the floor[…].
Word: scratch team Part of Speech: noun 1. A team, often brought together on a one-off basis, composed of players who normally play for different sides.
Word: Kanaan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَنْعَان (kanʕān). This surname is mostly found in Lebanon. 1. A surname from Arabic.
Word: suturate Part of Speech: verb 1. To sew up; to suture. Labels: archaic
Word: bladeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₃-der. Proto-Germanic *bladą Proto-West Germanic *blad Old English blæd Middle English bladder. Middle English blade English blade Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English bladeless From blade + -less. 1. Having no blade Labels: not-comparable
Word: machineguns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of machinegun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: machinegun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine English gun English machinegun From machine + gun. 1. Alternative spelling of machine gun. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The raids by machinegun toting police people on Gay bars in Montreal
Word: machinegun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Middle French machinebor. English machine English gun English machinegun From machine + gun. 1. Alternative spelling of machine-gun. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: However, one group of Americans at the Embassy doesn’t creep around quivering in anxiety about being RPGed or machinegunned. Example: Jon & Kate Plus 8. Not the name of a horrific-sounding midget-porn movie. It’s the reality show that everyone is talking about. Alright, not everyone. We haven’t been talking about Jon & Kate Plus 8. But that’s because we’ve only figured out what it is. It’s a show about a couple plagued by the fact that the woman keeps machinegunning babies out of her vagina and one of them hit the milkman in the eye. Or something.
Word: tenorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tenor 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 tenorist From tenor + -ist. 1. A tenor singer. Example: This letter is noteworthy because it specifies the voice ranges, sopranos and tenorists. 2. Someone who plays a tenor saxophone.
Word: tenorists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tenorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arrest warrant Part of Speech: noun 1. An official document that authorizes law-enforcement officials to arrest a named person and to bring that individual before a court of law or other authority.
Word: relative clauses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relative clause Labels: form-of, plural
Word: powers-that-be Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of powers that be. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: On the surface, the film is a globe-trotting gross-out caper in which Nobby, who's from a hellish version of the titular Lincolnshire town ("twinned with Chernobyl"), is reunited with his long-lost brother Sebastian (Mark Strong), who has become a spy for the British secret services. That makes him a servant of the powers-that-be that have no time for Nobby and his scrounging ilk.
Word: fribbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fribble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fribbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fribble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pivotally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pivotal Middle English -ly English -ly English pivotally From pivotal + -ly. 1. In a pivotal way.
Word: vilayets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vilayet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: systems science Part of Speech: noun 1. An interdisciplinary field of science that studies the nature of complex systems in nature, society, and science, aiming at developing interdisciplinary foundations that are applicable in a variety of areas including engineering, biology, medicine and social sciences.
Word: final whistles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of final whistle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chessically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chessic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English chessically From chessic + -ally. 1. In a chessic way; pertaining to chess. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Chessically these two champions are very much alike in style. In profundity, caution-cum-boldness, power of absorption in the game... Example: In fact, before the age of six, talented girls and boys are chessically indistinguishable. But something happens at six...
Word: maleolent Part of Speech: adj 1. malodorous, foul-smelling.
Word: resistivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resistivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: episialin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, epithel(ium) + sial(omuc)in or By surface analysis, epi- + sial- + -in; the first most likely reflects the historical origin. 1. An epithelial sialomucin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: malestream Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of male + mainstream. 1. Mainstream and usual, from the point of view of the man, though actually biased towards men.
Word: malestream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of male + mainstream. 1. A male-dominated mainstream.
Word: episialins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of episialin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recombinants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recombinant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whoppingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English whopping Middle English -ly English -ly English whoppingly From whopping + -ly. 1. In a whopping way; hugely, enormously. Labels: colloquial
Word: tetraspanin Part of Speech: noun 1. A tetraspan.
Word: malevolous Part of Speech: adj 1. malicious, malevolent
Word: tetraspanins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetraspanin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teraelectron volt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tera- + electron volt. 1. 10¹² electron volts, as a unit of energy (TeV).
Word: uncultivability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cultivability English uncultivability From un- + cultivability. 1. The state or condition of being uncultivable. Labels: uncountable
Word: teraelectron volts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teraelectron volt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squishinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squishiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: malfortune Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mælˈfɔːtjuːn/, /mælˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/, /mælˈfɔɹtjuːn/, /mælˈfɔɹt͡ʃuːn/ 1. misfortune Labels: uncountable
Word: squashiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English squashy 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 squashiness From squashy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being squashy.
Word: squasher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squash + -er. 1. One who, or that which, squashes. Example: It is in this sense that television, the great reducer, the great squasher of high hearts and innocence, is a depressing cultural voice. Example: Whatever their feelings about the state's heavy-handed blows on idealist scientific writings, they appear to have remained committed to their roles as squashers of superstition.
Word: squashinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squashiness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squashers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squasher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uninfectable 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 infectable English uninfectable From un- + infectable. 1. Not infectable.
Word: unaveraged 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 averaged English unaveraged From un- + averaged. 1. Not averaged. Labels: not-comparable
Word: squashily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English squashy Middle English -ly English -ly English squashily From squashy + -ly. 1. In a squashy way.