nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: adoptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adopt 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 adoptable From adopt + -able. 1. Able to be adopted. Example: Only after reaching three weeks of age are the infants considered adoptable. 2. Desirable to adopt. Example: Personability and youthful vigor make this puppy highly adoptable.
Word: adoptable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adopt 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 adoptable From adopt + -able. 1. A person or animal that is eligible to be adopted. 2. A unique creature for a user to adopt. Labels: Internet 3. A character designed by an artist that one can claim ownership of.
Word: adman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ad + -man. 1. A person in the business of devising, writing, illustrating or selling advertisements.
Word: admissibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English admissible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English admissibility From admissible + -ity. Pronunciation: /ədˌmɪsəˈbɪləti/ 1. The state or quality of being admissible or allowable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Constructional costs are kept to a minimum by the admissibility of heavy grades and sharp curvature.
Word: adulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin adūlor Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin adūlātorbor. English adulator Borrowed from Latin adūlātor. 1. One who lavishes excessive praises or flattery; one who adulates.
Word: yes'm Part of Speech: intj Etymology: yes + -'m, a contraction of ma'am (itself a contraction of madam). Compare yessir. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛsəm/ 1. Alternative form of yessum. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: run-on Part of Speech: adj 1. Continuing on where a rhetorical pause would be more appropriate. Labels: not-comparable 2. Placed or coming at the end of something, such as at the end of a dictionary entry. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most dictionaries cover most adverbs with only run-on entries.
Word: run-on Part of Speech: noun 1. An amount of time spent playing on the field during a game, especially so as to evaluate a player's abilities. Labels: usually 2. A run-on sentence. Example: She reads musically. No harsh stops, no broken-breathy run-ons, no ups and down soft and fast fluctuations. 3. Anything that runs on, such as a run-on entry in a dictionary. 4. The period when a power saw or other tool continues to run after being powered off.
Word: ornithopters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ornithopter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bacteriostatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactērium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bacterio- English -static English bacteriostatic From bacterio- + -static. 1. Of or relating to bacteriostasis or a bacteriostat; inhibiting the growth of bacteria without destroying them. Example: All these compounds were bacteriostatic, affecting the bacterial metabolism and preventing its multiplication in the host, thereby permitting natural body defences to succeed against the invader.
Word: bacteriostatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactērium Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English bacterio- English -static English bacteriostatic From bacterio- + -static. 1. An agent (drug or other substance) that is bacteriostatic.
Word: third cousin Part of Speech: noun 1. A grandchild of one's grandparent's first cousin.
Word: Sheridan Part of Speech: name Etymology: As a surname, from Irish Ó Sirideáin. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛɹɪdən/ 1. A surname from Irish. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of uncommon modern usage. 4. Any of many place names, including: 5. Any of many place names, including: 6. Any of many place names, including: 7. Any of many place names, including:
Word: cabalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cabalist + -ic or cabal + -istic. 1. Of or relating to a cabal; secretive and cliquish. 2. Of or relating to Kabbalah. Example: Aaron is the author of "Bet Aharon" (Aaron's House; Brody, 1875), which contains his cabalistic and ethical expositions of the Pentateuch.
Word: cliquish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clique Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English cliquish From clique + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈkliːkɪʃ/, /ˈklɪkɪʃ/ 1. Of or pertaining to a clique. 2. Tending to associate with a small and exclusive group. Example: But Mr. Kleinzahler, 55, noted both for poems that jarringly marry the high and the low and for keeping his distance from the New York illuminati, has found himself late in his career in a rather awkward spot: the cusp of respectability in the cliquish world of poetry.
Word: surreply Part of Speech: noun 1. An additional reply to a motion filed after the motion has already been briefed.
Word: surreplies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surreply Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dayi method Part of Speech: name 1. The Dayi system of text input for Chinese characters.
Word: stabilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stabilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unadorned 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 adorned English unadorned From un- + adorned. Pronunciation: /ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/, /əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/ 1. Having no additional decoration or embellishment; plain and simple Example: Her clothes were unadorned, yet her beauty was undiminished. Example: This was the era of the polykatoikia, the apartment block built of unadorned concrete and typically five or six storeys high.
Word: unadorned Part of Speech: verb 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 adorned English unadorned From un- + adorned. Pronunciation: /ʌˌnəˈdɔːnd/, /əˌnʌˈdɔːɹnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of unadorn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: baggs Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of bags (“lay dibs”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In Simon’s house he and Rebecca were having a fight about who should put the angel on the tree. “It’s not fair Simon, I baggsed it before ya. D’ya remember last year, you put it up. Now it’s definitely my turn.” Rebecca felt defiant. Example: I had baggsed, on a whim, Ada’s swatches and books of cloth and they seemed such useless objects by the light of day that I pushed them into a bin on the street.
Word: stalkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stalker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: susurrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of susurration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hitting the pavement Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hit the pavement Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: denarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dēnārius (“of the number ten”), from dēnī (“ten each”), from decem (“ten”) + -an. Pronunciation: /dɪˈnɛəɹi.ən/, /dɪˈnɛɹi.ən/ 1. Pertaining to the number 10. Labels: not-comparable Example: He excused himself to his brother, the Argonaut, who reproached him for appearing before breakfast in a well-worn coat, 'it is my ante-jentacular coat, Jack ' ; and answered his apologies for troubling him with a letter to London, by saying, ' I shall put it into the denarian post, and there my trouble will end;. Example: play loose when it's only time to choose brother stop playing the goose trapped in a denarian noose 2. Pertaining to a form a numerology that views the number 10 as the most perfect or powerful number. Labels: not-comparable Example: He thus explains the scope of the “Denarian Tract,” which forms the third portion of the work: “The Denary or number Ten, is the highest number according to the largest extent of Nature; or the number Five being the Spirit or Quintessence, joined with its body, the number Four, or the four Elements made pure, out of this number Nine, or by the conjunction of Four and Five, the sum of perfection is brought forth, which is the number Ten. Example: the third and last book, is a denarian tract, shewing how to cure all diseases with ten medicaments, and the mystery of the quaaternary and quinary number opened, with a table shewing the suns rising, setting, hours of the day, hours of the night, and how many minutes are contained in planetary hour both day and night, with a table of the signs continuance on the ascendant, fitted for magical uses, as gathering of herbs, roots, and the like, with their uses;
Word: cadges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cadge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cadges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cadge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cadging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cadge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cadged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cadge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cadgin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of cadge Labels: Geordie, form-of, participle, present
Word: great grandparent Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of great-grandparent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ufologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ufologist. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: great great grandparent Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of great-great-grandparent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bottomry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bottom + -ry; see bottom (“hull”). 1. An early form of maritime contract in which the owner of a ship could borrow money using the ship as collateral. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Section 10 states that, ‘The lender of money on bottomry and respondentia has an insurable interest in respect of the loan’. A lender on ‘bottomry’ is, as its name suggests, a person who advances money to a shipowner on the security of (the bottom [of]) the ship. Example: 1999 [1880], John Bouvier, Daniel A. Gleason, Institutes of American Law, Volume 1, New Edition, page 309, There is much resemblance between bottomry and insurance. In one, the lender takes the risks, and in the other, the insurer. […] If these contracts resemble each other, there are also many differences between them. In bottomry, the lender actually furnishes a certain sum of money; in insurance, the insurer furnishes nothing; on the contrary, he receives a premium, which is frequently paid to him at the time of the agreement, but which when it is not paid in cash is a claim which he may assign, or for which he may procure a guaranty.
Word: codgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of codger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puritanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French puritanisme, equivalent to puritan + -ism. 1. Strict and austere religious conduct. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Extreme strictness regarding moral scruples. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2016 October 17, Vicky Spratt, "Work Hard, Work Hard:Meet The Neo-Puritans", Graziadaily.cohttp://graziadaily.co.uk/life/real-life/work-hard-work-hard-meet-neo-puritans Some have argued that the closure of Fabric is symptomatic of a wider shift towards a new puritanism in Britain: a culture in which fun, hedonism and cultural experimentation are no longer valued.
Word: cadgers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cadger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Puritanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Puritan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Puritanism From Puritan + -ism. 1. The beliefs and practices of the Puritans. Labels: uncountable
Word: cadger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the archaic verb cadge (“to carry”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkæd͡ʒɚ/ 1. A hawker or peddler. Labels: archaic Example: He was not a regular gondolier, so he had none of the cadger and prostitute about him. 2. A beggar. Labels: Geordie, sometimes Example: A woman mysteriously sitting up all night in the dark by the smouldering ashes of the kitchen fire, says it's only tramps and cadgers here
Word: legal tender Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of currency that, by law, cannot be refused as payment to extinguish a debt equal to the amount offered. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: legal tenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of legal tender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: philistinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English philistine Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English philistinism From philistine + -ism. 1. A materialistic attitude accompanied by ignorance of artistic or cultural matters. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's impossible to tell the story of flamenco without talking about Lorca, who found in it a source of inspiration in a lifelong political-cultural-sexual struggle against bourgeois philistinism.
Word: precariously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English precarious Middle English -ly English -ly English precariously From precarious + -ly. 1. In a precarious manner; dangerously. Example: A Greater Anglia Class 755 stands precariously close to where ballast has been washed away at Haddiscoe on January 30.
Word: dissolutions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissolution Labels: form-of, plural
Word: destabilising Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: destabilising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of destabilise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: destabilizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of destabilize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: destabilize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English stable 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 stabilize English destabilize From de- + stabilize. Pronunciation: /diːˈsteɪbɪlaɪz/, /dɪˈstæbɪlaɪz/ 1. To make something unstable. Labels: transitive Example: As part of its application, Macy's submitted "balloon control plans" describing how handlers, under the direction of a "pilot," were to navigate through intersections, where crosswinds can destabilize the balloons. Example: Fragments of laminin chains can act as biologically active peptides to perturb the blood–testis barrier (BTB) permeability function by accelerating protein endocytosis (e.g., occludin) at the site, thereby destabilizing the BTB integrity to facilitate the transit of preleptotene spermatocytes. 2. To become unstable. Labels: intransitive
Word: manoeuvres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manoeuvre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manoeuvres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of manoeuvre Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dualities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metafictional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -al English fictional English metafictional From meta- + fictional. 1. Of, relating to, or being metafiction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Full of sly jokes, riddles and metafictional high-jinks, his work had the voltage of a thriller (offering a rare voice of disapproval, the New Yorker critic James Wood accused his works of pedalling a “B-movie atmosphere”).
Word: emotionalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English emotionalistic From emotional + -istic. 1. Characteristic of an emotionalist
Word: obsidional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English obsidional, from Latin obsidiōnālis, from obsidiō (“siege, blockade”), from obsidēre (“beset, besiege, hem in”). Pronunciation: /əbˈsɪdɪənəl/ 1. Pertaining to a siege. Example: Nor was this strong geographical position her [Florence's] only bulwark; the capital itself in those unskilful days of obsidional tactics was deemed impregnable except through famine.
Word: emotionalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional 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 emotionalist From emotional + -ist. 1. Someone whose thoughts and actions are governed by their emotions rather than by logic. 2. Someone who is abnormally emotional.
Word: infraspecific epithet Part of Speech: noun 1. The third word in the scientific name of an infraspecific taxon, following the name of the species. This applies only to formal names of plants and fungi, and not to the formal names of bacteria or animals. Example: In the name "Cannabis sativa subsp. indica", the word indica is the infraspecific epithet.
Word: B-boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from break + boy. 1. A male who performs b-boying or breaking, commonly called breakdance; a breaker. Labels: slang 2. A male member of the hip-hop subculture. Labels: slang
Word: B-boy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from break + boy. 1. To breakdance. Labels: slang Example: By dancing to “Apache” or “It's Just Begun,” any contemporary breaker is arguing that communal values are shared by anyone who has b-boyed over the last three decades.
Word: weans Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wean Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: weans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weaned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wean Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: infrasubspecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English specific English subspecific English infrasubspecific From infra- + subspecific. 1. pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than subspecies. The names of such taxa are not regulated by a nomenclatural code; they are not available names. Labels: not-comparable Example: Holonyms: infraspecific, subspecific < specific < generic < familial
Word: infraspecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- English specific English infraspecific From infra- + specific. 1. Pertaining to a taxon at a rank lower than species, such as subspecies (in certain kingdoms only), strains, and varieties. Labels: not-comparable Example: Holonyms: specific < generic < familial Example: Meronym: infrasubspecific
Word: subspecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English specific English subspecific From sub- + specific. 1. pertaining to a subspecies. (See Usage notes.) Labels: not-comparable 2. infraspecific. (See Usage notes.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: face powder Part of Speech: noun 1. A cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed. ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’
Word: cisti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cistus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: propudious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin prōpudiōsus (“shameful, disgraceful, infamous”), from propudium (“scandal, shameful act; shameful person, wretch”) + -ōsus (“-ose: full of, prone to”), from prō- (“for, to, towards”) + pudēre (“to be ashamed, to cause shame”) + -ium (suffix forming abstract nouns). 1. shameful, infamous, disgraceful Labels: obsolete Example: Nothing more usual amongst them, (as he there observes,) than to hang their rooms with the pictures of their gods drawn in the most lascivious and propudious postures, engaged in the most filthy and dishonest actions, enough to shame intemperance itself.
Word: neocolonialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, neo + colonialism, or, by surface analysis, neocolonial + ism. Pronunciation: /ˌniːəʊkəˈləʊnjəlɪzəm/ 1. The control or domination by a powerful country over weaker ones (especially former colonies) by the use of economic pressure, political suppression and cultural dominance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: curtailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of curtail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wholemeal bread Part of Speech: noun 1. Bread made from wholemeal flour, having had none of the bran or germ removed. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Bread made from wholemeal flour, having had none of the bran or germ removed. Labels: especially, uncountable, usually
Word: clarino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian clarino (“straight trumpet”). 1. A reed stop in an organ. 2. A clarion.
Word: lowest common denominator Part of Speech: noun 1. The smallest positive integer which is a multiple of every denominator of several fractions. Example: The lowest common denominator of ¹⁄₆ and ³⁄₁₀ is 30. 2. The simplest or base shared interest or characteristic among a group or collection of people etc. Labels: figuratively Example: Reality TV really is appealing to the lowest common denominator in audiences. Example: These days, on platforms like X, slopulism is a pejorative label often applied to posts by politicians and pundits alike, anyone who shares out lowest-common-denominator ideas designed to appeal to loyal political bases.
Word: low water Part of Speech: noun 1. The location of low tide in a coastal area. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The railway then follows the widening estuary of the river, which at high tide has the appearance of a lake, but at low water presents a rather cheerless expanse of dark mud. 2. The lowest stage of a river. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The temporary situation of having little money. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Miss Monro’s eyes glistened. It struck me that she was in exceedingly low water, and that the chance of a square meal was not to be despised.
Word: pessimism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pessimisme, from Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ism, superlative of malus (“bad”). As a doctrine, from German Pessimismus as used by the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1819. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛsɪmɪzəm/ 1. A general belief that bad things will happen. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: T2 isn’t as good as T1: it is a little too long and unwinds a bit into caper sentimentality, broad comedy and self-mythologising. But it has the same punchy energy, the same defiant pessimism, and there’s nothing around like it. This sequel was a high-wire act, but Boyle has made it to the other side. 2. The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The condition of being pessimal. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: point out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From point and out. Instead of pointing to a particular thing, the term implies pointing to one particular thing out of several similar things, or to a thing in a scene where it might not be readily seen. 1. To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He pointed out the little brown bird in the tree. Example: She pointed out the two drummers in the class. 2. To tell, remind, indicate. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: I would just like to point out that we need to finish our meeting by 9 o'clock. Example: On November 15 our Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Soviet ambassador Petrov of this decision. At the same time I sent a message to President Harry S. Truman, pointing out that Soviet Russia's treaty violations and bad faith in Manchuria not only were detrimental to China's territorial integrity and unification, but also constituted a serious threat to peace and order in East Asia, and that the only way to prevent any further deterioration of the situation would be for China and the United States to take positive and coordinated actions.
Word: blue-tongue lizard Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of Australian skinks in the genus Tiliqua.
Word: Masai Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Maasai. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Masai Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Maasai. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: police station Part of Speech: noun 1. A building serving as the headquarters of a branch of the police force, and sometimes as a temporary place of confinement for offenders. Example: When the ballots were opened on 19 November, Hsu Hsin-liang’s supporters at a polling station in Chungli City suspected fraud. As the crowd swelled to approximately a thousand, rioting erupted. One protester was killed and the Chungli police station was burned. Example: In trying to stop him from exploiting more children, I was ensuring my parents and my siblings would be ostracised. She begged me not to go to the police station.
Word: Western Samoa Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwestən səˈmoʊə/, /ˈwɛstɚn səˈmoʊə/ 1. Former name of Samoa: an island country in Polynesia, from 1914 to 1997. Labels: historical
Word: whereafter Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwaz Proto-Indo-European *-r Proto-Germanic *-r Proto-Germanic *hwar Proto-West Germanic *hwār Old English hwǣr Middle English wher English where English where- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after English whereafter From where- + after. Pronunciation: /wɛəɹˈæftə(ɹ)/, /wɛəɹˈɑːftə(ɹ)/, /ʍɛəɹˈæftə(ɹ)/, /ʍɛəɹˈɑːftə(ɹ)/ 1. After which time or event. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: It is a matter for it to determine whether to make such application, whereafter the Trial Chamber will determine whether the material is so admissible
Word: West Berlin Part of Speech: name 1. The American, British and French sectors of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. Labels: Germany, historical
Word: West Bank Part of Speech: name Etymology: * (Sense 1) Calque of Arabic الضِّفَّة الْغَرْبِيَّة (aḍ-ḍiffa(t) al-ḡarbiyya, literally “the west bank”), so called due to its location relative to the Jordan River. * (Sense 2) From its location relative to the Mississippi River (and not New Orleans, which it is south of). Pronunciation: /wɛst bæŋk/ 1. A Palestinian territory on the west bank of the Jordan river, claimed by and under the partial administration of the State of Palestine, and illegally occupied by Israel. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Smaller than Delaware, packed with 2.7 million people, the core of a proposed future Palestinian state, the occupied West Bank is partitioned by the Oslo Accords into zones of Palestinian and Israeli control. Example: Mr Shapiro also criticised the way Israel governs in the occupied lands, saying “too much Israeli vigilantism in the West Bank goes unchecked,” he said. 2. The west bank of the Mississippi River within the vicinity of New Orleans; home to several distinct communities, including Algiers, the only neighborhood of New Orleans proper located west of the river. Contrasted with the East Bank.
Word: Wessex Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Westsex, from Old English Westseaxan (literally “West Saxons”), which stood for both Wessex and its people. The use of Wessex in a modern context for the West Country was popularised by Thomas Hardy, who used the term for his semi-fictional setting based on the region. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛs.ɪks/ 1. One of the seven major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms, existing between the 6th and 9th centuries, and comprising most of England south of the Thames. Labels: historical Example: Grey-stoned and dun-roofed, it stood within hail of the Wessex border, and almost with the tip of one small toe within it, at the northernmost point of the crinkled line along which the leisurely Thames strokes the fields of that ancient kingdom. 2. The West Country, a geographic area in the south west of England. Example: And I said I’d couch-surfed around Wessex and Wales and had a good time, and the train ride from Devon to Scotland was long and smoky […] Example: Crop circles are found in other parts of the globe, but not many. The 55 that have been spotted so far this year in Britain – mostly in Wessex – are more than half the total number observed throughout the world.
Word: West Africa Part of Speech: name 1. A geographic region comprising the western portion of Africa, spanning sixteen countries. Example: Bloch told CNN on Friday that the discovery is significant in part because of the “dramatic events involved with (the ships’) journey from Copenhagen to West Africa, and from there to the shores of Cahuita in Costa Rica.”
Word: West Frisian Islands Part of Speech: name 1. A chain of islands in the North Sea, belonging to the Netherlands, part of the Frisian Islands.
Word: West Germany Part of Speech: name Etymology: From informal use describing the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany following World War II, under influence from existing German Westdeutschland and Westdeutscher used to describe those areas of German-speaking Europe since the 17th and 18th centuries. 1. A former country in Central Europe, distinguished from the German Democratic Republic, commonly known as East Germany. Official name: Federal Republic of Germany. Labels: historical Example: The ECSC, which was made up of six nations (France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg) later evolved into the European Economic Community (EEC) – under which the member states established a common market, and worked to harmonize their policies on everything from agriculture and fisheries to monetary policy. 2. A geographic region of Germany, consisting of the states formerly part of the Cold War-era West Germany, also known as Western Germany. 3. Collectively, the British-, French-, and American-occupied zones of Germany, distinguished from the Soviet-occupied zone. Labels: historical, uncommon
Word: West Pakistan Part of Speech: name 1. The western part of Pakistan before it split from Bangladesh Labels: historical
Word: Western Europe Part of Speech: name 1. A sociopolitical region in the west of Europe.
Word: Maasai Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːsaɪ/ 1. A member of an indigenous people in Kenya and Tanzania. Example: Another way tourists move beyond the pretour narrative during the tour stems from the sheer materiality of being there, engaging in the practice of the tour, enacting the itinerary, and moving through the site, be it a Maasai compound, a Balinese dance performance, a five-hundred-year-old castle in Ghana, or an 1830s Abraham Lincoln heritage site. To perform the site is to inscribe the pretour narrative within the body of the tourist. Example: According to anthropology professor Peter Rigby, the Maasai's resistance to Westernization and their reluctance to enter the market system is ethnosuicide.
Word: Maasai Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːsaɪ/ 1. An Eastern Nilotic language spoken in Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania by the Maasai people.
Word: Easter Island Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Dutch Paaseiland. Named by the island's first recorded European visitor, the Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, who encountered it on Easter Sunday 1722. Roggeveen named it Paasch-Eyland (an 18th century Dutch spelling). The island's official Spanish name, isla de Pascua, also means “Easter Island”. 1. An island in the South Pacific, belonging to Chile and famous for its moai monuments. Example: The commodore, after he had quitted this iſland, ſailed 12 degrees to the weſtward, having ſight of a number of birds, which attended them till they arrived at a ſmall iſland about 16 leagues in extent, which they called Paſch, or Eaſter Iſland, from the day on which it was diſcovered.
Word: Wollongong Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlənɡɒŋ/ 1. A coastal city in New South Wales, Australia. 2. A local government area in the Illawarra region of New South Wales; in full, the City of Wollongong.
Word: grands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rhode Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Rode, from Old English rod, rodu and/or Old English hrēod. The Rh- form—a 16th century spelling modification— was created by analogy with the unrelated Rhodes, Greece. 1. for a person who either lived near a woodland clearing, or came from a place so named. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. for a person who lived near a reed bed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rhode Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ῥόδη (Rhódē). 1. In Greek mythology, the oldest Oceanid, a daughter of Tethys and Oceanus Labels: Greek
Word: Boers Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Boers. 1. A surname from Dutch.
Word: Boers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Boer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Moors Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Moors (“Moorish”), or directly from Moor + -s (after e.g. Scots). 1. Hindustani; Urdu. Labels: British, India, obsolete Example: [I]t was decided that we should stop to let them refresh themselves at a small village called Woolburreah, where we all landed, Colonel Watson undertaking to procure curry and rice for us, for which purpose he began to speak Moors to the natives, which excited our mirth.
Word: Moors Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of Moor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Moors Part of Speech: name 1. A surname. 2. A surname.
Word: Capt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of captain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: painters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of painter Labels: form-of, plural Example: It is work to ride head up and holy here. It is painters with slack in their brush, painters all jacked up on stampede dust just tryin' to get it right. I've been trying to get it right. I've been learning here how to grow larger […]
Word: ounces Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaʊnsɪz/, /ˈaʊnsəz/ 1. plural of ounce Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mists Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mɪsts/ 1. plural of mist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mists Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɪsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mist Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reproached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reproach Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: She never reproached me with her mouth, not once, but she reproached me with her eyes.
Word: deepened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deepen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: comprehended Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of comprehend Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: comprehended Part of Speech: adj 1. Understood. Labels: not-comparable 2. Included; comprised; contained. Labels: not-comparable
Word: straightened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of straighten Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: relied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rely Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fluttered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flutter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fluttered Part of Speech: adj 1. Confused, befuddled, flustered. Example: At this moment Lord Meersbrook stopped at Lady Anne's stand, and took out his pocket-book, on which, though much fluttered, she smiled most graciously, saying, "Thank you, my lord, I am most happy to see you, you are going to bring me good fortune. Here are purses, my lord, card-cases, pincushions———"
Word: differed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of differ Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: faltered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of falter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resented Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resent Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shrieked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shriek Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sister city Part of Speech: noun 1. A foreign city with which a city has a declared relationship of cordiality. Example: Near-synonym: twin town Example: Placetown and Machinville are sister cities in England and France.
Word: Haakon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse Hákon. 1. A male given name from Old Norse; that of many kings of Norway.
Word: Hezekiah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (Ḥizqiyáhu, “Hezekiah”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɛzəˈkaɪə/ 1. A king of Judah. Example: Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. 2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. 3. A fictitious book of the Bible, often cited as a source of made-up quotations.
Word: snipe hunt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * snipe + hunt * Although snipe are an actual family of birds, a snipe hunt was originally a quest for an imaginary creature whose description varies. Pronunciation: /ˈsnaɪpˌhʌnt/ 1. A prank in which a gullible victim is sent off on a fruitless search for a nonexistent item. Labels: idiomatic Example: And you asked Charles Briggs for the name of the man who bought the secret, and he gives you a legend. A man who might not even exist. You know what, this is a snipe hunt.
Word: snipe hunt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * snipe + hunt * Although snipe are an actual family of birds, a snipe hunt was originally a quest for an imaginary creature whose description varies. Pronunciation: /ˈsnaɪpˌhʌnt/ 1. To participate, as the gullible victim, in a snipe hunt. Labels: intransitive
Word: logic gate Part of Speech: noun 1. A physical device, typically electronic, which computes a Boolean logical output (0 or 1) from Boolean input or inputs according to the rules of some logical operator. Example: There are six non-trivial, symmetric, two-input, Boolean logic gates: AND, OR, XOR, NAND, NOR and XNOR. Example: There are basically seven main types of logic gates that are used to perform various logical operations in digital systems. […] In digital electronics, there is a specially designed logic gate named, XOR gate, which is used in digital circuits to perform modulo sum.
Word: kurdaitcha man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Eastern Arrernte gadaidja. 1. A kind of shaman among Aboriginal Australians whose task it was to avenge a death, and who was supposed to have worn slippers made from the feathers of emus.
Word: kurdaitcha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arrernte gadaidja. Pronunciation: /kə(ɹ)ˈdaɪtʃə/ 1. An aboriginal evil spirit; a sorcerer. Example: In the morning sharp eyes would be dilated by tracks surely made by the dreaded Kurdaitcha without his feathered feet. Those prints would be followed back to the tree, where the Kurdaitcha put on his great boots and mounted a bike to go back to Mitford. 2. An expedition taken to heal or avenge someone afflicted by evil sorcery. Example: The “kurdaitcha” is a party consisting of a medicine-man and three others, sent by the elders of a local group to avenge a magically-caused death, the offender having been beforehand identified. Example: However, the kurdaitcha (or gadaidja) and illapurinja are more properly expeditions carried out for the specific purpose of performing sorcery. (Spencer and Gillem, ibid.: 476-88) In the kurdaitcha men use special slippers of that name, made from emu feathers stuck together with blood, with an upper rim of netted hair string. 3. A man chosen to go on such an expedition. Example: ‘[…]One day when he was going to a creek to catch fish he saw a Kurdaitcha man - one who was going out alone to kill an enemy, and he had shoes of a very strange kind.’ 4. The boots worn by someone on such a mission, typically made from emu feathers. Example: Now Detective–Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte has solved his last case and laid away his kurdaitcha boots for ever. Example: The blacks crept up on their camp in their feathered kadaitcha boots to spear them.
Word: Arunta Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /əˈrʌntə/ 1. Alternative spelling of Arrernte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heeling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of heel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: heeling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhiːlɪŋ/ 1. An inclination to one side; a tilt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One reason why a ship will not sail close-hauled on even keel with helm amidships, is that the masts are too far aft, and this may be proved by a “stiff ship” going “upon a wind” five or six knots an hour without perceptible heelings, […]
Word: heads-up display Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of head-up display. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: propugn Part of Speech: verb 1. To fight for, defend, or contend for something Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: propugnacle Part of Speech: noun 1. A defence, rampart or fortress. Labels: obsolete
Word: pavements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pavement Labels: form-of, plural Example: Cement and concrete both make excellent pavements.
Word: rivals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rival Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rivals Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rival Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: interocular 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 ocular English interocular From inter- + ocular. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəɹˈɒkjələɹ/ 1. Between the eyes. Labels: not-comparable Example: interocular distance
Word: Parisienne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French Parisienne, feminine of Parisien, from Paris. By surface analysis, Paris + -ienne. Pronunciation: /pəɹɪzɪˈɛn/ 1. A woman from Paris. Example: It is so natural to a Parisienne, even when passion has almost mastered her, to hesitate and pause before taking the plunge. Example: It was at most but a vague hint dropped by a certain notorious Parisienne in a jealous mood that had caused suspicion to rest upon the lieutenant.
Word: circumorbital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- English orbital English circumorbital From circum- + orbital. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).kəmˌɔː(ɹ)b.ɪt.əl/ 1. Around the eye. Labels: not-comparable
Word: circumorbital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- English orbital English circumorbital From circum- + orbital. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ).kəmˌɔː(ɹ)b.ɪt.əl/ 1. Any of the scales around a reptile's eye.
Word: short-circuit Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of short circuit. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In my hand was a sharp knife—contemptible, you were satisfied, as a weapon; beneath my nose the 'flex' of the electric lamp. It was only necessary for me to draw the one across the other and the system was short-circuited.
Word: photocathode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English cathode English photocathode From photo- + cathode. 1. A cathode that emits electrons when exposed to light.
Word: photocell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English cell English photocell From photo- + cell. 1. A photoelectric cell.
Word: photoelectric cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A transducer that generates an electric current proportional to the light intensity.
Word: photoglycine Part of Speech: noun 1. glycin Labels: uncountable
Word: short circuit operator Part of Speech: noun 1. A logical operator that returns a value as soon as the outcome is certain, without necessarily testing all operands (for example, an OR operator returning true if the first operand evaluates as true, without evaluating the second operand).