nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: administrable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English administer Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English administrable From administer + -able. 1. Able to be administered Example: Ideally such legislation should ensure horizontal equity between taxpayers and should provide clear and easily administrable rules. Example: It is very difficult to state a sensible and administrable principle of compensation - but then, it is always difficult to state sensible and administrable principles.
Word: admissable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of admissible. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: adsorbable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adsorb Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adsorbable From adsorb + -able. 1. Able to be adsorbed Labels: physical
Word: affirmable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English affirm Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English affirmable From affirm + -able. 1. Able to be affirmed.
Word: aggrieving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aggrieve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: allottable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English allot Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English allottable From allot + -able. 1. Able to be allotted
Word: addressable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Proto-Italic *dwizrektos Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃réǵeti Proto-Italic *dwizregō Latin dīrigō Latin dīrēctus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -iāre Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre Old French drecier Old French adrecierbor. Middle English adressen English address Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English addressable From address + -able. 1. Able to be addressed. Example: "Despite the prevailing external forces, we remain confident in our ability to profitably grow the business in our addressable markets," the company said.
Word: adduceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adduce Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English adduceable From adduce + -able. 1. Able to be adduced.
Word: allegeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English allege Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English allegeable From allege + -able. 1. Able to be alleged
Word: alliable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ally Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English alliable From ally + -able. 1. Able to be allied
Word: allocable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, allocate + -able, on model of Latin allocare, rather than from allocate. 1. Able to be allocated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pourable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pour Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pourable From pour + -able. 1. Able to be poured.
Word: pourable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pour Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English pourable From pour + -able. 1. Any substance that can be poured.
Word: processable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English process Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English processable From process + -able. 1. Able to be processed; suitable for processing.
Word: recoupable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English recoup Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English recoupable From recoup + -able. 1. Able to be recouped.
Word: uncorrectable 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 correctable English uncorrectable From un- + correctable. 1. Unable to be corrected. Example: Near-synonym: incorrigible
Word: unprocessable 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 processable English unprocessable From un- + processable. 1. Unable to be processed; unsuitable for processing.
Word: unremovable 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- Proto-Italic *wre- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Proto-Italic *wremoweō Latin removeō Old French removoir Anglo-Norman removerbor. Middle English removen English remove Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English removable English unremovable From un- + removable. 1. Unable to be removed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ungroomed 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 groomed English ungroomed From un- + groomed. 1. Not groomed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: groomed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹuːmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of groom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: groomed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɡɹuːmd/ 1. Having a neat and clean appearance; well cared-for.
Word: groomings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːmɪŋz/ 1. plural of grooming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mentoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mentor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mentoring Part of Speech: noun 1. An arrangement by which one person mentors another.
Word: undivulged 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 divulged English undivulged From un- + divulged. 1. Not divulged; not disclosed; kept secret. Example: From Earth, his oracular mother, the Titan had learned a secret, which, so long as it was undivulged to Zeus, prolonged the insecurity of the tyrant’s sway.
Word: unspun 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 spun English unspun From un- + spun. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈspʌn/ 1. Not spun. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of fibers, not yet having been twisted into yarn or thread. Labels: not-comparable Example: Different breeds of sheep have been raised by the Navajo, and sometimes the yarn, and even the unspun wool, have come from outside the reservation. Example: Do not spin right up to the very end of your carded fibers; leave a generous unspun area for easy joining on of the next wool.
Word: untethered 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 tethered English untethered From un- + tethered. 1. Not tethered; not tied down. 2. Unrestrained. Labels: figuratively
Word: tied down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tie down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: untracked 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 tracked English untracked From un- + tracked. 1. Not tracked. 2. Without tracks. Example: What could be more silent and efficient for carrying an untracked vehicle than the pneumatically-tyred wheel? 3. Covered by freshly fallen, undisturbed snow.
Word: unmaneuverable 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 maneuverable English unmaneuverable From un- + maneuverable. 1. Not maneuverable
Word: naïfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naïf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naifs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of naif Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gut buster Part of Speech: noun 1. An extremely funny joke. Labels: colloquial 2. A large meal that causes gastronomic pain. Labels: colloquial
Word: asparaguses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of asparagus Labels: form-of, plural Example: The calamites were sort of immense asparaguses and related to our modern ferns known as horse-tails (equisetum).
Word: Jedi mind trick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Star Wars films, the first of which—Star Wars—was released in 1977. In the films, members of the Jedi order are able to use a metaphysical power called the Force to implant suggestions in other people’s minds to induce them to act as the Jedi wish. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛdaɪ ˈmaɪnd tɹɪk/ 1. A mental feat such as apparently inducing someone to act a certain way or reading someone's mind, achieved as if by magic or telepathy. Labels: idiomatic Example: I watched the show to see what kind of guy he was, and the character on the show ain't too bright, so I figured if he came up to me I could use the Jedi mind trick on him. Mr T would go, “I heard you did some jokes about me!” “No, you didn't!” “Maybe I didn't!” Example: Screamin’ “Brand new!”, when they just sanitized the old shit / Suppose it's just another clever Jedi mind trick
Word: pneumatolyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pneumatolysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saltworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salt + works. 1. A place where salt is refined and prepared commercially. 2. A job, usually considered boring drudgery. Labels: figuratively Example: I'm off to the saltworks again. Another day, another dollar.
Word: safehouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safehouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From safe + house. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪfˌhaʊs/ 1. A secure location, known to only a few trusted people, suitable for hiding witnesses, agents or other persons perceived as being in danger.
Word: oxynitrides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oxynitride Labels: form-of, plural
Word: segregating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of segregate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: segregates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of segregate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: segregates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of segregate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sergeant-major Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sergeant major. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sergeant-majors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sergeant-major Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoe tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A device approximating the shape of a foot that is placed inside a shoe when it is being stored to preserve its shape and extend the life of the shoe. Example: Bryce dutifully picked up after him — placing the suit on a wooden hanger and filling the lace-ups with shoe trees.
Word: jingle bell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jingle (“sound of metal, etc., clattering against itself”, attributively) + bell. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡl̩ bɛl/, /ˈd͡ʒɪŋɡ(ə)l ˌbɛl/ 1. A small, hollow, spherical metal bell with a narrow slit opening or small holes, containing a loose ball or rod as a clapper, which is attached to a horse's harness as a signal, or (music) used as a musical instrument. Example: Jingle bells, jingle bells, / Jingle all the way. / Oh! what fun it is to ride / In a one-horse open sleigh. Example: Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock / Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring
Word: doxastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek δοξασία (doxasía, “belief, opinion, conviction”). Pronunciation: /dɒkˈsæstɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or depending on opinion or belief.
Word: doxastic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δοξασία (doxasía, “belief, opinion, conviction”). Pronunciation: /dɒkˈsæstɪk/ 1. A conjectural statement or utterance.
Word: slouching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slouch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slouching Part of Speech: noun 1. The posture of someone who slouches.
Word: somersaults Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of somersault Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somersaults Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of somersault Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sampled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sample Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: snowblindness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of snow blindness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: snow blindness Part of Speech: noun 1. Photokeratitis caused by bright sunlight reflected from snow or ice. Labels: uncountable
Word: thrashes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thrash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: thrashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thrash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonpluses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonplus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonpluses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nonplus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nonplusing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nonplus Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nonplused Part of Speech: adj 1. Rare form of nonplussed. Labels: form-of, rare Example: So he left Brace Thurlow standing as he half carried the man inside and sat him down in his office chair. I looked back over my shoulder. Brace looked sort of nonplused. Example: But Mr. Cooper's remark, though pointed, was not far removed from the nonplused reactions of his fellow network stars, who seemed to channel a level of genuine shock rare even in the chaotic Trump era.
Word: nonplused Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nonplus Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: double-tongued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English doubultongud, dowbyl townged, dubble tungyd, equivalent to double + tongued. 1. Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Thou art but a double-tongu'd Chriſtian, I doubt: […] Example: “Thou wry-necked, trash-mongering, swaggering, double-tongued, huff-snuff!”
Word: double-tongued Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English doubultongud, dowbyl townged, dubble tungyd, equivalent to double + tongued. 1. simple past and past participle of double-tongue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catachresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin catachrēsis, borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάχρησις (katákhrēsis, “misuse (of a word)”). Pronunciation: /ˌkæt.əˈkɹiː.sɪs/ 1. Either of two types of misuse of a word or misapplication of a concept. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Either of two types of misuse of a word or misapplication of a concept. Labels: countable, especially, often, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: malapropism (precisely hyponymous, in which sense only absurd and laughable catachreses are malapropisms) 3. Either of two types of misuse of a word or misapplication of a concept. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Example: A Catachresis terms abused receives, And epithets and attributes improper gives.
Word: bo's'n Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊsn̩/ 1. Alternative form of bosun. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When Hennery saw the bo's'n crawl out of the water hole he nearly fainted with fright.
Word: lettuce opium Part of Speech: noun 1. Lactucarium. Labels: uncountable Example: I sleep fine, Frankie. Sometimes a little lettuce opium just to get me into it, but I don't feel like that you have to give me no happy endings here.
Word: lactucarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modern Latin, from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”) Pronunciation: /læktjuːˈkɛəɹɪəm/ 1. The thickened juice of certain varieties of lettuce, used as a drug for its sedative and analgesic properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: nautch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi नाच (nāc) / Urdu ناچ (nāc)), in turn derived from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘 (ṇacca), ultimately derived from Sanskrit नृत्य (nṛtya), which was originally नृत्त (nṛttá) (also see नृत्यति (nṛtyati, “to dance”)). Pronunciation: /nɔːtʃ/, /nɑːtʃ/, [näːt͡ʃ] 1. A dance in the Indian subcontinent, performed by professional dancing girls. Labels: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, South-Asia, Sri-Lanka, historical, obsolete Example: ‘We will punish no one, no one,’ he repeated, ‘and in the evening we will give a great banquet with a nautch, and lovely girls shall shine on every side of the tank […].’
Word: gynecophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gynaecophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Nonetheless, their voices did shake just perceptibly with gynecophobia, or the fear of women, of silent women, in these absolutely silent black gowns
Word: twilling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twill + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪlɪŋ/ 1. Twilled fabric or patterning, or the process which produces this. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It seemed to Yashmeen that the secret of the Snazzbury frock lay in the lining, the precise, as one would say, microscopic fine-structure of the twilling, which after inspection seemed far from uniform in the way it skipped over the threads
Word: lazarette Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of lazaret. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Without the harbour, is a lazarette, where persons coming from infected places, are obliged to perform quarantine. Example: He rolled to the lazarette aft the cabin and began hauling out the big mainsail.
Word: lazaret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lazaret, from Italian lazzareto (archaic), lazzaretto, lazzeretto; see further at lazaretto. Doublet of lazaretto. Pronunciation: /ˌlæzəˈɹɛt/ 1. Synonym of lazaretto. Labels: historical Example: But the civilising was so complete that the survivors of the original inhabitants numbered seven, of whom two were dying of consumption in the Native Compound, three confined in the Native Lazaret with leprosy, the rest, a man and a woman, living in a gunyah at the remote end of Devilfish Bay, subsisting on what food they could get from the bush and the sea and what they could buy with the pennies the man earned by doing odd jobs and the woman by prostitution. Example: I woke the next morning in a lazaret, a long, high-ceilinged room where we, the sick, the injured, lay upon narrow beds. 2. Synonym of lazaretto. Labels: also, figuratively, historical Example: The liver is the lazaret of bile, / But very rarely executes its function 3. Synonym of lazaretto.
Word: picric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French picrique, from Ancient Greek πικρός (pikrós, “bitter”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkɹɪk/ 1. Designating a type of bitter yellow acid. Example: Baldy had not moved since lying down, and his regular and somewhat sterterous breathing […] told Monica that he was alive and resting comfortably. “A week of rest and good care and some picric acid on your burns will put you right, Baldy,” Monica told him. Example: “Something in the picric family might do nicely,” Fatou went on, deploying maps and diagrams about the tiny room.
Word: furoshiki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 風呂(ふろ)敷(しき) (furoshiki). 1. A traditional Japanese wrapping-cloth, used for clothes, gifts etc. Labels: countable Example: Around her slender neck, the beauteous Asian was also wearing a furoshiki printed in a woodland motif of peacock blue, taupe, and Chinese red, folded in a triangle so as to make a cowgirl bandana. 2. The art of wrapping in this kind of cloth. Labels: uncountable
Word: Theodor Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek], variant of Theodore. Example: Theodor Seuss Geisel, the author and illustrator whose whimsical fantasies written under the pen name Dr. Seuss entertained and instructed millions of children and adults around the world, died in his sleep on Tuesday night at his home in La Jolla, Calif. Example: Theodor Holm Nelson, who coined the term hypertext, has been a thorn in the side of the computing establishment for more than a half century.
Word: Engelbert Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A male given name from Old French. Labels: historical 3. A male given name from German.
Word: adenocarcinoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn)der. English adeno- English carcinoma English adenocarcinoma From adeno- + carcinoma. 1. Any of several forms of carcinoma that originate in glandular tissue.
Word: antiangiogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon) Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)lbor. English angio- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English angiogenic English antiangiogenic From anti- + angiogenic. 1. That inhibits angiogenesis, including neoangiogenesis (especially when used to combat cancer). Example: When considered in combination with the use of antiangiogenic therapy, this diagnostic tool is easy to apply and has broad utility among medical oncologists to avoid the risk of hemosputum in the great vessels [ 5 ].
Word: antiangiogenic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Ancient Greek ἄγγος (ángos) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek -εῖον (-eîon) Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon)lbor. English angio- Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English angiogenic English antiangiogenic From anti- + angiogenic. 1. Any drug of this kind.
Word: keratitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from French kératite, from Ancient Greek κέρᾰτ- (kérăt-), κέρας (kéras, “horn”) + French -ite (“-itis”); see kerato-. 1. Inflammation of the cornea. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pericarditis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion)lbor. English pericard(ium) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English pericarditis From pericard(ium) + -itis. Pronunciation: /ˌper.ɪ.kɑːrˈdaɪ.t̬əs/ 1. Inflammation of the pericardium, the membrane that surrounds the heart. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: autoinducer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + inducer. 1. Any of several compounds, synthesized by bacteria, that have signalling functions in quorum sensing
Word: cadherin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calcium-dependent adhesion molecules + -in. Pronunciation: /kædˈhɪəɹɪn/ 1. Any of a class of transmembrane proteins important in maintaining tissue structure.
Word: eldership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elder + -ship. The Lithuanian sense is a calque of Lithuanian seniūnija. Pronunciation: /ˈɛldɚʃɪp/ 1. The position of being elder or senior; seniority, precedence of birth, primogeniture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Primogenitura, or eldership of birth, was greatly respected by God. Example: My claim to her by Eldership I prove. 2. The personality of an elderly person. Labels: countable, nonce-word, uncountable Example: So irresistible to their elderships to be flattered. Example: The pilgrim answered that he sought admittance to the intent that he should be found of service. Whereat there brake forth exceeding much laughter; at the subsiding whereof one Shootbolt demanded whereabout should be his eldership’s age? 3. The office or position of elder in a church. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The office of eldership is equallie distributed betweene the bishop and the minister. Example: He was deposed from his Eldership. 4. The collective body of (ecclesiastical) elders; a body or court of elders, a presbytery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That gyft, which was geuen thee by prophecie with the laying on of the handes, by the Eldership. Example: They that tyrannize not over, but be subject to their particulare elderships. 5. The smallest administrative division in Lithuania, equivalent to a ward. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The local governmental system in Lithuania has passed through several changes since the restoration of independence, and its future is still being debated. There are three levels of local government: apskritys (plural apskritis, usually translated as “counties”); municipalities; and elderates, sometimes given as elderships. Example: Article 1 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania states that the State of Lithuania is an independent democratic republic. The territory of Lithuania is divided into ten counties. Countries^([sic]) are subdivided into sixty municipalities. Municipalities may be divided into elderships.
Word: desmosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English desmo- Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor. English -some English desmosome From desmo- + -some. 1. A structural unit that functions in the adhesion of cells to form tissue.
Word: salt substitute Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance that tastes salty and stands in for table salt (which is mostly sodium chloride) but contains substantially less sodium; usually somewhere between half as much and nearly zero.
Word: table salt Part of Speech: noun 1. Sodium chloride or a mineral product chiefly composed of it: the salt most commonly used to season food at table. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonyms: common salt, salt (broad sense), NaCl, kosher salt
Word: salt substitutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salt substitute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microtoroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + toroid. 1. Any of an array of small ring-shaped structures, normally on the surface of a semiconductor substrate, that function as resonators in photonic devices.
Word: salt and pepper Part of Speech: adj 1. Mixed black and white. Labels: not-comparable Example: His beard, once black, was now salt and pepper. Example: the salt-and-pepper effect on an untuned television screen
Word: pinch of salt Part of Speech: noun 1. A small amount of salt. 2. Caution, doubt, consideration. Labels: figuratively Example: Take anything he tells you with a pinch of salt: he's an inveterate liar and mixes truth with his fiction liberally.
Word: in someone's eyes Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Inherited from Middle English in his eye, in his eyen. 1. Shining very brightly and directly at the face so that it is difficult to see because one is blinded by the light. Example: He couldn't see the traffic light because the sun was in his eyes. Example: I lost my night vision for ten minutes because Kevin stupidly shone his flashlight right in my eyes. 2. According to someone's subjective point of view. Labels: figuratively Example: In her eyes, there's nothing wrong with a cloud of cannabis smoke on a busy public beach. Example: That's rude and obnoxious in my eyes.
Word: nanocrystalline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nano- + crystalline or nanocrystal + -ine. 1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals
Word: nanocrystal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English crystal English nanocrystal From nano- + crystal. 1. A crystalline entity whose size is measured in nanometers; an individual nanometer-sized crystal of such a material. Example: Dr. Berger and his colleagues created their multisize nanocrystals with one enzyme, in water at room temperature.
Word: rastaquouère Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rastaquouère, from South American Spanish rastacuero. 1. A social upstart, especially from a Mediterranean or Latin American country; a smooth untrustworthy foreigner. Labels: derogatory Example: Like the prodigal rastaquouères—those Latin American millionaires who flaunted their wealth in Paris in the hope of gaining entry into the beau monde—writers and intellectuals loved to put on cosmopolitan airs after visiting the French capital—they had left their Hispanic backwaters and could now swim with the tide of modern life. Example: That is, willing to drop the surveillance and shelve the files of all his other current assignments, to concentrate on this band of rastaquouères who had blown so problematically into town.
Word: modularity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin moduluslbor. French modulebor. English module English -ar English modular Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English modularity From modular + -ity. 1. The property of being modular. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cheval-glass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cheval glass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: peau de soie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French peau de soie (“skin of silk”), perhaps originally a trademark. Pronunciation: /pəʊdəˈswɑː/ 1. A heavy closely-woven silk fabric, faced with satin on both sides. Labels: uncountable Example: She was in pale violet peau de soie, and a hat so beguiling that Kit was only momentarily surprised to find himself with an erection.
Word: guipure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French guipure, from guiper (“to cover with silk”), ultimately borrowed from Frankish *wīpan (“to wind, wrap”), from Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wind, wrap”). Related to English wimple. Pronunciation: /ɡɪˈp(j)ʊə/, /ɡiːˈp(j)ʊə/, /ɡiːˈp(j)ʊəɹə/, /ɡɪˈp(j)ʊɹ/ 1. A kind of bobbin lace that connects the motifs with bars or plaits rather than net or mesh. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mantillas are larger than last year, and are generally all worn with a deep flouncing, either of the same material, or of black lace; the mantilla itself is also much trimmed with small ruchings of ribbon, guip and guipure lace, laid on quite flat. Example: […] it happened actually to be a gray toque of draped velvet, trimmed with antique guipure, and a tall ostrich plume dyed the same shade of violet as her dress.
Word: adjuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adjure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adjuring Part of Speech: noun 1. adjuration
Word: alibiing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alibi Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alnico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the chemical symbols Al, Ni and Co. 1. An alloy of aluminium, nickel and cobalt, sometimes alloyed with smaller amounts of iron, copper, titanium and used primarily in the manufacture of magnets. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alkalinizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alkalinize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alkalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alkalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alliterating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alliterate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: alerting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: layby Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lay-by. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: lay by Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lay-by. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lay by Part of Speech: verb 1. To put away for future use; save; to build up as savings. Example: He had managed to lay by money for college through his years as a paperboy. 2. (of a sailing vessel) To remain stationary while heading into the wind; to come to a standstill; heave to; lay to. 3. To tend (a crop) for the last time, leaving it to mature without further cultivation. Labels: Southern-US
Word: lay by Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of lie by Labels: form-of, past
Word: service plaza Part of Speech: noun 1. rest area Labels: US
Word: aliening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of alien Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Rehe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 熱河 /热河 (Rèhé, “Hot Creek”), from a nearby river that did not typically freeze over during the winters. 1. A river near Chengde, Hebei, China. 2. A former name of Chengde, China. Labels: historical 3. A former province of China around Chengde. Labels: historical
Word: alimenting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aliment Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bulbar conjunctiva Part of Speech: noun 1. One of three parts of the conjunctiva, the bulbar conjunctiva is the conjunctiva covering the eyeball, over the sclera.
Word: hydrophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hydrophobe, from Latin hydrophobus, from Ancient Greek ὑδροφόβος (hudrophóbos), from ὑδρο- (hudro-, “water”) + φόβος (phóbos, “fear, dread”). 1. A hydrophobic compound or material. 2. Someone who is affected by hydrophobia (a fear or aversion to water). Example: The shock of the meeting triremes was tremendous, and in a moment the poor little hydrophobes were spluttering in the pond: […] Example: If I talk to 10 people, there is usually a fellow hydrophobe among them. It is hard to pick them out, because a person who is afraid of water looks very much like a normal person. But, from talking with fellow hydrophobes, I have discovered something we almost all share: more times than not, our fear of water stems from one intensely bad experience that came during our childhoods.
Word: tooting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tooting Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound of a toot. Example: These tootings can be sometimes heard at the distance of a mile.
Word: hydrolysate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English hydrolysis English -ate English hydrolysate From hydrolysis + -ate. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɒlɪsət/ 1. Any product of a hydrolysis reaction.
Word: hot working Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hot work Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: loosing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of loose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: loosing Part of Speech: noun 1. Early Modern form of lozenge. Labels: Early, Modern, alt-of
Word: loosing Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of losing. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: fledging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fledge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: spaghettoni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Italian 1. A form of thick spaghetti. Labels: uncountable
Word: transplanting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transplant Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transplanting Part of Speech: noun 1. transplantation Example: There appears, however, to be some difference of opinion as to the value of so many transplantings.
Word: hydroxonium Part of Speech: noun 1. The cation obtained by reacting a proton with water - H₃O⁺; hydronium.
Word: rebelling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rebellyng; equivalent to rebel + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of rebel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebelling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rebellyng; equivalent to rebel + -ing. 1. An act or feeling of rebellion. Example: Clarice, who had obeyed with much patience, although not without some inward rebellings, the dictation of those elders, now felt with a thrill of joy that the time of her freedom had come at last.
Word: hewing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hewing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhjuːɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who hews or chops. Example: Hadley [the sculptor] could afford to let his hewings be rough where the monarchical extremities were concerned, as these were to be covered by the raiment of state. Example: Hewing to this principle, I walked along the lakeshore at Bosque del Apache as the stragglers of a flock of Sandhill Cranes made their morning departure.
Word: festering Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of something that festers. Example: […] discontent would creep in and breed festerings and mortifications in the New Moral World, or else decree its fate more rapidly by effecting its dissolution.
Word: festering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fester Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interrogating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interrogate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interrogating Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of interrogating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now, wisdom to the other can materialize, for example, in terms of the interrogatings, actionings, and understandings that will take place beyond 'a set of self-serving narratives' facilitating the deployment of epistemic power […]
Word: fowling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fowl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fowling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaʊlɪŋ/ 1. A session of hunting fowl.
Word: vetiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French vétyver (older spelling) or vétiver, from Tamil வெட்டிவேர் (veṭṭivēr). Pronunciation: /ˈvɛtɪvə/, /ˈvɛtɪvɚ/, /ˈvɛtəvɚ/, /ˈvɛʈɪver/ 1. The grass Chrysopogon zizanioides (synonym Vetiveria zizanioides), which is native to India, but planted throughout the tropics for its fragrant roots and for erosion control. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two types of vetiver have been found in India – (i) flowering or seeding vetiver which grows wild in North India, and (ii) non-flowering or non-seeding vetiver which is cultivated in South India. Example: 2007, R. Sinha, et al., Phytoremediation: Role of Plants in Site Management, S.N. Singh, R. D. Tripathi, Environmental Bioremediation Technologies, page 328, Vetiver can easily thrive in wetlands and can be used in the constructed wetlands for removal of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) and heavy metals from the polluted storm water, municipal and industrial wastewater, and effluents from abattoirs, feedlots, piggeries and other intensive livestock industries. 2. The aromatic root of the grass. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An essential oil derived from the root; the fragrance of the oil. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She pressed his hand and was gone in a mist of vetiver, abruptly as the other evening. Example: A sweet scent which relieves stress, tension and headache, promotes restful sleep, heals the skin, lowers high blood pressure and cures sunburn (when blended with cedarwood, clove, clary sage, pine, geranium, vetiver and patchouli).
Word: cerebralize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English cerebral 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 cerebralize From cerebral + -ize. 1. To make a mental picture or map of. Labels: transitive 2. To make (a consonant) retroflex. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: alerted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alert Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: alerted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been made alert; having been made attentive, alarmed or warned of something coming soon.
Word: countable set Part of Speech: noun 1. A set that is countable.
Word: Merzifon Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Turkey.
Word: Corona Austrina Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Corona Australis.
Word: -iser Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From -ise + -er. 1. Alternative form of -izer. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: actualiser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of actualizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: death sentences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death sentence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planetdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English planet Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English planetdom From planet + -dom. 1. Those things that are planets; the state of being a planet. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: One day our System in its progress through space neared these lost Children of the Mist … such incorrigible vagrants, were enough to corrupt the habits of the staidest young family in Planetdom. Example: [...] yesterday, its members voted to drop Pluto from the ranks of planetdom.
Word: affricates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affricate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affricates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of affricate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: internuclear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English nuclear English internuclear From inter- + nuclear. 1. Acting between nuclei Labels: not-comparable
Word: cross- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Middle English cros-, crosse- (“relating to a cross, forming a cross, in the shape of a cross or x”), from the noun (see cross) and also from across. 1. Shaped like a cross or X; crossing lines. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossbody, crossbuck, cross-stitch 2. Perpendicular in angle; transverse. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossbedding, crossband, crossmember Example: . See visuals for difference between crossband and crossbuck. 3. Moving from one side to the other; across. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossfield, cross-city. When used for a rectangular space, this movement is typically diagonal, such as in crossbelt and crosscourt. Example: . 4. Moving from one side to the other; across. Labels: figuratively, morpheme Example: e.g. crossfeed as the process of blending the left and right channels of a stereo recording, crossfader, cross-link 5. Moving from one side to the other; across. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crosstown, cross-cousin, cross-ratio Example: , 6. Moving or acting against, opposing, contrary. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossflow, cross-beat, cross-vote Example: , 7. Located in between. Often, but not necessarily, forming an H-shaped structure. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. cross-passage, cross-tunnel, crossfire 8. More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crosslingual, cross-browser, crossfunctional, cross-cultural Example: , 9. More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossbreak, crosspost, crosscurrent Example: The room was a cross-mixture of voices. "Come in Kelly 4.[…]" "Come in Stanhope.[…]" "Evans 9. Confirm.[…]" 10. More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossdate, crossvalidated, crosscovariance 11. More than one, often in indicating applicability to several domains that are usually separate. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossbreed, cross-pollinate, crosslinear 12. Mutual exchange or influence, where both entities are affected in the same way. Mutuality. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crosstalk, crossrepression, crosscalibration, cross-progress 13. One entity affecting a similar entity, such as to transfer of one property from one entity to the other. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. crossregulation, crossfeed, crossprotection Example: To crossfeed as to supply one fuel tank of an aircraft with fuel from another. To crossregulate is when one metabolic pathway is regulated by the enzymes in another pathway. These are one-way influences, whereas the previous sense of mutuality has symmetric two-way influences; e.g. crossrepression is mutual repression of interacting systems. 14. Alternate, different. Labels: morpheme Example: e.g. cross-tune, cross-birth, cross-live Example: ,