nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scathe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scathen, skathen (“to harm; to cause loss; to assail, attack; to make war on; to defeat”) [and other forms], from Old Norse skaða (“to damage, harm; to hurt, injure”), from Proto-Germanic *skaþōną (“to damage, harm; to injure”) (whence Old English sceaþian, scaþian (“to harm, hurt, injure, scathe”)), from *skaþô (“damage, scathe; one who causes damage, injurer”, noun); see further at etymology 1. Sense 2 (“to harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source”) appears to derive from Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton (1608–1674), perhaps influenced by scorch: see the 1667 quotation. Cognates * Albanian shkathët (“adept, clever, skilful”) * Danish skade (“to hurt, injure”) * Dutch schaden (“to injure”) * Gothic 𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (skaþjan, “to harm, injure; to do wrong”) * Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής (askēthḗs, “unhurt”) * Old Frisian skathia (“to injure”) * Old High German skadôn (Middle High German schaden, German schaden (“to damage, harm, hurt; to be harmful”)) * Old Norse skeðja (“to hurt”) * Old Saxon scaðon (“to slander”) * Swedish skada (“to hurt, injure”) Pronunciation: /skeɪð/ 1. To harm or injure (someone or something) physically. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: This trick may chance to ſcath you I knovv vvhat, / You muſt contrarie me, […] Example: Thir Glory witherd. As when Heavens Fire / Hath ſcath'd the Forreſt Oaks, or Mountain Pines, / With ſinged top their ſtately growth though bare / Stands on the blaſted Heath. 2. To harm or injure (someone or something) physically. Labels: Scotland, UK, archaic, dialectal, obsolete, specifically, transitive Example: VVell goe too vvild oates, ſpend thrift, prodigall, / Ile croſſe thy name quite from my reckoning booke: / For theſe accounts, faith it ſhall skathe thee ſomevvhat, / I vvill not ſay vvhat ſomevvhat it ſhall be. 3. To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither. Labels: UK, archaic, broadly, dialectal, literary, poetic, transitive Example: The shout was hushed on lake and fell, / The Monk resumed his muttered spell. / Dismal and low its accents came, / The while he scathed the Cross with flame; […] Example: Hoary, yet haughty, frowns the oak, / Its boughs by weight of ages broke; / And towers erect, in sable spire, / The pine-tree scathed by lightning fire; […] 4. To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc. Labels: UK, archaic, dialectal, figuratively, transitive Example: There are some strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul—that penetrate to the vital seat of happiness—and blast it, never again to put forth bud or blossom. Example: For the fire-baptised soul, long so scathed and thunder-riven, here feels its own Freedom, which feeling is its Baphometic Baptism: […]
Word: masculinities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of masculinity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scur Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɜː/, /skɝ/, /skʌr/, /skøː/, /skeː/ 1. A distorted horn, regrown after the disbudding operation of a goat, sheep, or cow.
Word: scur Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare scour (“to run”). Pronunciation: /skɜː/, /skɝ/, /skʌr/, /skøː/, /skeː/ 1. To move hastily; to scour. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive, obsolete Example: Here he whistled, and the animal, who was scurring over the field , and occasionally kicking up his heels, instantly returned with a gentle neigh.
Word: Schauer Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: hydrosulfuric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English sulfuric English hydrosulfuric From hydro- + sulfuric. 1. Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydrosulphuric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English sulphuric English hydrosulphuric From hydro- + sulphuric. 1. Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hydrosulfuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. hydrogen sulfide Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrosulphuric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hydrosulfuric acid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: appetizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of appetizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cold cuts Part of Speech: noun 1. Cooked, sliced meat served cold. Labels: plural, plural-normally 2. Cooked, sliced meat served cold. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, plural, plural-normally
Word: toiled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of toil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: toiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: toiling Part of Speech: noun 1. Hard work. Example: Can we perceive a person's works as the effects of miracles or as the results of blessings or as the effects of their own mortal toilings?
Word: wait up Part of Speech: verb 1. To stay awake waiting for somebody to return. Example: Anyway, Dad waited up for them. It must have been about midnight when they came in. Example: It is one a.m. on a Sunday morning and I'm waiting up for my teenage son, who was supposed to be home at midnight. 2. To wait. Labels: US, colloquial, often Example: Hey, wait up! I forgot my umbrella. Example: We have to wait up for Steve.
Word: linking Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/ 1. Serving to connect other things together. Labels: not-comparable Example: Conjunctions frequently function as linking words in a sentence.
Word: linking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/ 1. Linkage. Example: […] I will assume that multiple linkings of tones to a single tone-bearing unit come about only by language-specific rules.
Word: linking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɪŋkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of link Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The yard manager is linking the sections of the train together.
Word: subdivisions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subdivision Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no-one Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative form of no one. Labels: Canada, Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, often
Word: capitalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English capitalise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English capitalisation From capitalise + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌkæpɪtəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of capitalising. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: English and French have different rules for the capitalisation of the names of the days of the week. 2. The act or process of capitalising. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The capitalisation of all nouns is a distinctive feature of German. Example: Race is a flawed concept to begin with, and while the capitalisation of the “b” assuages race politics, it also validates race politics. 3. The act or process of capitalising. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [...] apparently indicating the degree to which his identification with black music predicates his capitalization on it [...] 4. The state of being capitalised. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The state of being capitalised. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His capitalisation was erratic: sometimes he wrote "British", sometimes "british", sometimes "briTish"... 6. The total value of all outstanding shares for a publicly traded company Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I doubt if one of them was interested in any business the total capitalization of which exceeded a couple of hundred thousand dollars.
Word: capitalized Part of Speech: adj 1. US and Oxford British English standard spelling of capitalised. Labels: not-comparable
Word: capitalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of capitalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spiritualist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual 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 spiritualist From spiritual + -ist. 1. One who professes a regard for spiritual things only; one whose employment is of a spiritual character; an ecclesiastic. 2. One who maintains the philosophic doctrine of spiritualism. 3. One who practises spiritism (a.k.a. spiritualism); a believer in the possibility of communication with the dead; one who attempts to communicate with the dead.
Word: spiritualist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual 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 spiritualist From spiritual + -ist. 1. Pertaining to spiritualism; spiritualistic.
Word: Kisi Part of Speech: name 1. An African language of the Bantu family spoken in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Word: Kisi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Jixi. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The posters, put up by a delegation from the provincial town of Kisi (Chi-hsi), claimed that disloyal army troops and a mob of over 100,000 anti-Maoist workers had carried out an armed attack on 60,000 Maoists in Kisi May 14-15, killing or wounding an “unaccountable number” of them. Example: Other large Heilungkiang mines are sited at Kisi and Shwangyashan, which produced 5-8 million and 2-3 million tons respectively in 1957¹⁹.
Word: Kivinza Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Vinza (“a dialect of Rwanda-Rundi spoken in Tanzania”).
Word: greenbacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of greenback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pleochroism Part of Speech: noun 1. The optical phenomenon in some coloured, transparent crystals (such as tourmaline and opal) in which the colour changes when viewed from different directions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The presence of various colours in the cell wall. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pneumatolysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “vapor”) + λύειν (lúein, “to set free”). By surface analysis, pneumato- + -lysis. 1. the alteration of rocks and minerals by gases or magmatic fluid within volcanos etc
Word: magmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin magma + -ic, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “thick unguent”), from μαγίς (magís, “kneaded mass”). Pronunciation: /maɡˈmatɪk/ 1. Pertaining to magma or magmatism. Labels: not-comparable Example: The magmatic masses are moving at shallow depth in the western part of the Gulf of Pozzuoli.
Word: magmatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (the stem of) Latin magma + -ic, from Ancient Greek μάγμα (mágma, “thick unguent”), from μαγίς (magís, “kneaded mass”). Pronunciation: /maɡˈmatɪk/ 1. A rock formed from magma
Word: donkey's years Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1876 or earlier. Possibly chosen because donkeys can be long-lived animals. Likely directly related to donkey's ears, a less frequently used rhyming slang term for years.https://wordhistories.net/2016/06/30/donkeys-years/ 1. A long time, years and years. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Didn't you ask him how long it had been in his possession? I can't recollect that. I might have done so. Didn't he say for years and years and donkey's years? Example: With a heavy make-up, you’ll be the cutest vamp I’ve seen in donkey's years.
Word: poison gland Part of Speech: noun 1. Any specialized gland in some fishes and amphibians that secretes a mucus-like substance containing venomous or acrid material.
Word: myocarditis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English myocard(ium) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English myocarditis From myocard(ium) + -itis. 1. Inflammation of the myocardium. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polaron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English -on English polaron From polar + -on. 1. The object (a quasiparticle) that results when an electron (or hole) in the conduction band of a crystalline insulator or semiconductor polarizes the lattice in its vicinity.
Word: detour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”). Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈtʊə/, /dɪˈtɔː/, /ˈdi.toɹ/ 1. A diversion or deviation from one's original route. Example: On the third day I made a detour westward to avoid the country of the Band-lu, as I did not care to be detained by a meeting with To-jo. Example: Of course the Johnston swings around to engage the entire flotilla, and, despite taking several more hits, Johnston successfully forces away the first two ships, which leads to the entire squadron taking a detour to avoid the single pugnacious ship. 2. A temporary alternative route available to motorists away from the usual route due to a closure for repairs, dealing with an accident, or some event rendering the usual route unusable.
Word: detour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French détour, from détourner (“turn away”). Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.tɔː(ɹ)/, /ˈdiː.tʊə(ɹ)/, /dɪˈtʊə/, /dɪˈtɔː/, /ˈdi.toɹ/ 1. To make a detour. Labels: intransitive Example: Petrelis detoured away from southern activities to visit Chicago and help draw attention to lesbian, gay and AIDS issues during the Illinois primary March 16. 2. To direct or send on a detour. Labels: transitive
Word: adeptness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Italic *-skō Latin -scō Latin apīscor Latin adipīscor Latin adeptusbor. French adeptebor. English adept Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English adeptness From adept + -ness. 1. The quality of being adept. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: adequacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequ(ate) English -acy English adequacy From adequ(ate) + -acy. Pronunciation: /ˈædɪkwəsi/, /ˈædəkwəsi/ 1. The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt. Example: GREETINGS, adventurer! In honor of your adequacy, I bring you a gift from the Dunmer people!
Word: adequateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English adequateness From adequate + -ness. 1. The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: adhesiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin adhaesivusbor. French adhésifder. English adhesive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English adhesiveness From adhesive + -ness. 1. the quality of being, or the degree to which a thing is, adhesive Labels: uncountable, usually Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:adhesiveness.
Word: adjacency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adjacence + -y. Pronunciation: /əˈdʒeɪsənsi/ 1. The quality of being adjacent, or near enough so as to touch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: at that point the Needle conforms unto the true Meridian, and is not distracted by the vicinity of Adjacencies. Example: “With the adjacencies for victims whose families wish them to be listed together,[…], this is an approach that I hope will be acceptable to the great majority of the families affected,” he said afterward. 2. The programming directly before or after a commercial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The maker of film commercials should be especially aware of the film standards published by the networks and adhere to them carefully, as the effectiveness of his commercial is greatly affected by its adjacencies. He may well give serious thought in his production planning to the problem caused by adjacent film which, in most cases, will not be under his control.
Word: center field Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and straight ahead left if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher. 2. The defensive position in the outfield in the middle, typically played by a player that can run fast. 3. A central role in some activity that requires speed. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'd be happy to play center field on this proposal. I can cover a lot of ground.
Word: right field Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a baseball field which is beyond the infield and to your right if you stand on home plate and face the pitcher. 2. The defensive position in the outfield to the right, typically played by a player who can throw well. Example: He's got a cannon out in right field.
Word: catcher's mitt Part of Speech: noun 1. A large protective glove used by a catcher when playing baseball. 2. A contraceptive diaphragm. Labels: slang
Word: atrioventricular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From atrio- + ventricular. 1. Of the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the atria of the heart. Labels: not-comparable Example: atrioventricular block; atrioventricular node; atrioventricular septum
Word: helicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from helic- + -on (“augmentative suffix”), from Ancient Greek ἕλῐξ (hélĭx) + -on, after bombardon. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlɪkɒn/, /ˈhɛlɪkən/, /ˈhɛlɪkɑn/ 1. A large tuba whose coils fit around the player's shoulders. 2. A low-frequency electromagnetic wave observed in various plasmas.
Word: Ancien Régime Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Ancien Régime, from ancien (“former”) + régime (“rule, order”). The word first appeared in English in print in 1794. 1. The aristocratic social and political system established in France under the Valois and Bourbon dynasties, overthrown by the French Revolution of 1789. Labels: historical 2. Any other political system overthrown in the wake of the French Revolution. Labels: broadly, historical Example: the Ancien Régime of Switzerland (1648–1798)
Word: anciens régimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ancien régime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ancien régime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ancien régime (“former rule, former order”); the term first appeared in English print in 1794. Pronunciation: [ɑ̃siæ̃ ʁeʒim], /ɑn.sjɛn ɹeɪˈʒim/ 1. A system of government that has been supplanted by another, particularly a state of feudalism with an absolute monarchy supported by the doctrine of divine right with the explicit consent of an established church. Labels: derogatory
Word: hors d'oeuvre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French hors d'œuvre. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːˈdɜːv/, /ˌɔɹˈdɝv/ 1. A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal. 2. Anything preliminary and of secondary concern. Labels: broadly Example: His price was five hundred pounds in English or French gold—an interesting phase of your ordinary blackmailer's antipathy to paper—merely an hors d'oeuvre to the solid things to come, of course. 3. Something unusual or extraordinary. Labels: dated, rare
Word: SSS Part of Speech: name 1. Social Security System. Labels: Philippines 2. Selective Service System. Labels: US
Word: SSS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of super soft source. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of sick sinus syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of subclavian steal syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of shit, shower, shave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang 5. Initialism of subsurface scattering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: salinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English saline Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English salinity From saline + -ity. Pronunciation: /səˈlɪnɪti/, [səˈlɪnɪɾi] 1. The quality of being saline. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The concentration of salt in a solution. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: échappée Part of Speech: noun 1. An escape tone. 2. Alternative form of échappé (“ballet movement”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tantalizing Part of Speech: adj 1. Teasing; tempting, especially that which is beyond reach. Example: ...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe. Example: The tantalising theory that a fifth force of nature could exist has been given a boost thanks to unexpected wobbling by a subatomic particle, physicists have revealed.
Word: tantalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tantalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tantalizing Part of Speech: noun 1. teasing temptation Example: […] my resources against depressing thoughts and languor, amid the tantalizings of society […]
Word: monomaniac Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/, /ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪnɪæk/ 1. A person who is obsessed with a single thing, to the exclusion of other concerns. Example: To talk nonsense, or poetry, or the dash between the two, in a tone of profound sincerity, and to enunciate solemn discordances with received opinion so seriously as to convey the impression of a spiritual insight, is the peculiar gift by which monomaniacs, having first persuaded themselves, contrive to influence their neighbours, and through them to make conquest of a good half of the world, for good or for ill. Example: Harry knew now that the old man was crazy, or at least a monomaniac, and, though he seemed harmless enough, it was of course possible that he might be dangerous.
Word: monomaniac Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnəʊˈmeɪnɪæk/, /ˌmɑnoʊˈmeɪnɪæk/ 1. Focused on one thing above all others. Example: ...then it was that monomaniac Ahab, furious with this tantalizing vicinity of his foe, which placed him all alive and helpless in the very jaws he hated; frenzied with all this, he seized the long bone with his naked hands, and wildly strove to wrench it from its gripe.
Word: lignify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin līgnum (“wood”) + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪɡnɪfaɪ/ 1. To become wood. Labels: intransitive 2. To develop woody tissue as a result of incrustation of lignin during secondary growth. Labels: intransitive 3. To become rigid or fixed, like something made of wood. Labels: broadly, intransitive 4. To turn into wood; to make ligneous. Labels: transitive
Word: bathy- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”). 1. deep, especially deep sea Labels: morpheme
Word: convolute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin convolvō Latin convolūtusbor. English convolute Borrowed from Latin convolūtum, past participle of convolvere (“to roll together”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnvəˈluːt/, /ˌkɑːnvəˈluːt/ 1. To make unnecessarily complex. Labels: transitive 2. To fold or coil into numerous overlapping layers. Labels: transitive Example: The snake's coils were tightly convoluted. 3. To confuse, mix up (something) with something else. Labels: transitive
Word: convolute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin convolvō Latin convolūtusbor. English convolute Borrowed from Latin convolūtum, past participle of convolvere (“to roll together”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnvəˈluːt/, /ˌkɑːnvəˈluːt/ 1. Convoluted. 2. Coiled such that one edge is inside, and one outside the coil, giving a spiral effect in cross section.
Word: disparately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin disparō Latin disparātusder. Middle French desparatbor. ▲ Latin disparātusbor. English disparate Middle English -ly English -ly English disparately From disparate + -ly. 1. In a disparate manner. Example: The groups were formed intentionally disparately.
Word: disparateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin disparō Latin disparātusder. Middle French desparatbor. ▲ Latin disparātusbor. English disparate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English disparateness From disparate + -ness. 1. the degree to which a thing is disparate Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The disparateness of our team was truly our strength.
Word: beno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Modification of Spanish vino (“wine”). 1. An alcoholic drink distilled from the fermented sap of palm trees, originating from the Philippines. Labels: uncountable Example: In cases of continuous intoxication it results in dysentery, fevers, insanity, and drinking beno is the cause of many deaths. Example: I had some beno in my canteen and I took a few nips to steady me.
Word: batho- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús, “deep”). 1. Alternative form of bathy-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: on the defensive Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Prepared to defend or protect against criticism, attack or aggression. Example: Last year, despite winning 34 of the legislature’s 57 seats with 47 per cent of the popular vote, the NDP was on the defensive almost from the start. 2. defending; playing a defensive game Example: Brazil's greater quality and assurance in possession meant England spent much of the game on the defensive.
Word: placatingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English placating Middle English -ly English -ly English placatingly From placating + -ly. 1. In a manner that serves to placate. Example: Her title is always on the lips of the crew […] yet she herself is unseen, locked away in her quarters. ‘Working,’ the stewards say, placatingly.
Word: waspishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English waspish Middle English -ly English -ly English waspishly From waspish + -ly. 1. In a waspish manner.
Word: waspish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- Proto-Indo-European *wóbʰseh₂ Proto-Germanic *wapsō Proto-West Germanic *wapsu Old English wæps Middle English wasp English wasp Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English waspish From wasp + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒs.pɪʃ/, /ˈwɑ.spɪʃ/ 1. Suggestive of the behaviour of a wasp. 2. Spiteful or irascible. Labels: figuratively Example: Svveet Hony-Comb, don't be ſo VVaſpiſh: […] Example: Always, he radiated an air of soigné self-confidence: he could be amiable in his opinions or waspish, but he never betrayed a flicker of doubt about what he thought.
Word: salinization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English saline 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English salinization From saline + -ization. 1. The act of salinizing, or the state of being salinized. 2. The addition of salt or brine.
Word: sustainably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sustainable Middle English -ly English -ly English sustainably From sustainable + -ly. Pronunciation: /səˈsteɪ.nə.bli/, /səˈsteɪ.nə.blɪ/ 1. In a sustainable manner. Example: If you’re trying to live sustainably in 2024, there are tons of easy swaps that can make your life more environmentally friendly. Example: “Unlike other platforms, we store your files for as long as you need them, so it is crucial that we manage our storage sustainably. If you need more upload capacity, Nitro Basic offers a 50MB limit, and Nitro gives you up to 500 MB, so you have options that fit your needs,” the company said on its official support page.
Word: disproportionately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English disproportionate Middle English -ly English -ly English disproportionately From disproportionate + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪs.pɹəˌpɔɹ.ʃən.ət.li/ 1. in a disproportionate manner Example: Capitalizing on the restive mood, Mr. Farage, the U.K. Independence Party leader, took out an advertisement in The Daily Telegraph this week inviting unhappy Tories to defect. In it Mr. Farage sniped that the Cameron government — made up disproportionately of career politicians who graduated from Eton and Oxbridge — was “run by a bunch of college kids, none of whom have ever had a proper job in their lives.”
Word: overwhelmingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English overwhelming Middle English -ly English -ly English overwhelmingly From overwhelming + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.vəˈwɛl.mɪŋ.lɪ/ 1. In an overwhelming manner; very greatly or intensely. Example: Gratifying as it is to read such editorials even in the press which supports Mr. Marples' party—and to learn that the G.N. Line's London suburban electrification is at last being given a cost-benefit analysis of the kind which overwhelmingly justified the L.T. Victoria Line [...] but years later than need have been—[...]. Example: The Conan O’Brien-penned half-hour has the capacity to rip our collective hearts out the way the cute, funny bad girl next door does to Bart when she reveals that her new boyfriend is Jimbo Jones, but the show keeps shying away from genuine emotion in favor of jokes that, while overwhelmingly funny, detract from the poignancy and the emotional intimacy of the episode. 2. Mostly; predominantly; almost completely. Example: Studies on homeless income find that the typical “career panhandler” who dedicates his time overwhelmingly to begging can make between $600 and $1,500 a month. Example: Those recurrent noises in Italy about a move to Internazionale have resurfaced this week. It seems overwhelmingly likely Conte will stay, pay rise pending. But it is a feat of rare political skill to have made himself so unusually vital to the current success.
Word: indignantly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English indignant Middle English -ly English -ly English indignantly From indignant + -ly. 1. In an indignant manner. Example: When Samael saw that God had enlightened Adam, he yelled indignantly.
Word: inordinately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inordinate Middle English -ly English -ly English inordinately From inordinate + -ly. 1. In an inordinate manner. Example: Every being, which during its natural lifetime produces several eggs or seeds, must suffer destruction during some period of its life, and during some season or occasional year, otherwise, on the principle of geometrical increase, its numbers would quickly become so inordinately great that no country could support the product. Example: And then she giggles, inordinately pleased by her own cleverness.
Word: polyacetal Part of Speech: noun 1. a polyether derived from an aldehyde or ketone and containing -O-R-O- groups in the main chain; especially polyoxymethylene derived from formaldehyde
Word: polyomavirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From polyoma + virus. 1. Any of the papovaviruses, in family Polyomaviridae, that induce a wide variety of tumours in newborn animals.
Word: papovavirus Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the former family Papovaviridae, now split into the Papillomaviridae and Polyomaviridae families, of viruses that cause papillomas or polyomas in animals. Labels: archaic
Word: posttraumatic stress disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of post-traumatic stress disorder. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: [Elliott] Taub wants “a monetary settlement to each nurse the sum of which is to be agreed upon and paid, commensurate with each nurse’s physical and psychological injuries, pain and suffering, and particularly posttraumatic stress disorders.[”]
Word: potentiometer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɒmɪtə/, /pəˌtɛn(t)ʃiˈɑmɪtəɹ/ 1. A user-adjustable three-terminal variable resistor that can be used as a voltage divider. 2. An instrument that measures a voltage by opposing it with a precise fraction of a known voltage, and without drawing current from the unknown source.
Word: pontile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pont- (“bridge”) + -ile (“tending to, capable of”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɑnˌtaɪl/, /ˈpɑnˌtɪl/ 1. Of or relating to the pons. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sona Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of fursona. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang Example: Especially interesting in this regard are furries with more than one fursona. […] Consider, for instance, how Muse describes his two fursonas: My two current sonas are a bat and a rabbit. 2. Clipping of any term suffixed with -sona. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, clipping, slang Example: A sona’s main job is to represent the artist who created it. A sona is sort of like a self insert character in a fanfiction. Example: Look, if you didn't have a Sonic 'sona' (not that we called them that, all those moons ago when I was young) when you were a kid then have you really lived in fandom?
Word: sulfurated Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated or combined with sulfur. Labels: not-comparable 2. Modified by the addition of sulfide bonds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spere Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spɪəɹ/ 1. The fixed structure between the great hall and the screens passage in an English medieval timber house.
Word: sulfur candle Part of Speech: noun 1. A candle-shaped device that emits sulfur dioxide when burnt; used to fumigate rooms Labels: US
Word: inkstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ink + stone. 1. A stone mortar used for grinding and holding ink in the East Asian art and calligraphy tradition. Example: He turns to the inkstone and picks up by the handles the two inkballs, rolling the leather facings together to freshen the ink. […] As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
Word: odeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊdɪən/ 1. An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry. Example: The other building type similar to theatres, although smaller and generally roofed, was the odeon. Unlike theatres and amphitheatres, odea were not built in all of the larger Roman towns, although they became more common in the second century ad. Example: However, the significance of this transformation should not be overstated: it was not converted in to a church until the 6th c., and political meetings are attested in the nearby odeon, from late acclamations. Sagalassos is in fact the only eastern bouleuterion to show decay in the 5th c. Other examples are known that are generically dated to Late Antiquity: from Aizanoi and Ptolemais, both with bouleuteria-odea converted to aquatic spectacles, from Selge, where the building was converted into a church, and from Seleuceia-Lyrbe, where the building seems to have been transformed into a row of shops. 2. A theatre or concert hall.
Word: odeum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly from Middle French odéum and partly from Latin ōdēum. By surface analysis, ode + -eum. 1. Alternative form of odeon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: planarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Planaria (genus) (from Late Latin plānārius (“lying on a plane”), from Latin plānum) + -an. Pronunciation: /pləˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/, /pləˈnɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Any of various flatworms of the order Tricladida living in marine, freshwater, or terrestrial environments.
Word: wha Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /wɑ/, /wʌ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of what. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Wha? Speak up, I can't hear you!
Word: cacophemism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cacophemia + -ism. 1. dysphemism
Word: katabatic wind Part of Speech: noun 1. A drainage wind or a fall wind: a wind, such as the bora or Bohemian wind, which moves high density air from a higher elevation down an incline, due to the force of gravity. Example: Penguin colonies that number in millions; nights that run into days, and days that run into nights; katabatic winds that scream down the ice sheets at a terrifying 180 miles per hour, and then remain equally terrifyingly still.
Word: Dadaist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Dada 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 Dadaist From Dada + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːdɑːɪst/ 1. In the style of Dada. Labels: not-comparable Example: Breton's Surrealist movement transformed Dadaist despair -- at both the war and the technologies that had led to it -- into a constructive assault on social and sexual norms.
Word: Dadaist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Dada 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 Dadaist From Dada + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈdɑːdɑːɪst/ 1. An artist or writer who practiced Dada. Example: To the world at large, relativity seemed to pull the rug out from under perceived reality. And for many advanced thinkers of the 1920s, from Dadaists to Cubists to Freudians, that was a fitting credo, reflecting what science historian David Cassidy calls "the incomprehensiveness of the contemporary scene--the fall of monarchies, the upheaval of the social order, indeed, all the turbulence of the 20th century."
Word: lapse rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The rate of change in an atmospheric variable, especially temperature, with increase of height.
Word: dadaist Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Dadaist. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: dadaist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Dadaist. Labels: alt-of Example: In 1976 and 1977, and the years to follow, as symbolically remade by the Sex Pistols, it was, perhaps, dadaists, lettrists, situationists, and various medieval heretics. Example: That's what Hans Richter, the unofficial spokesperson for the Berlin dadaists, called her because she served sandwiches at their gatherings.
Word: analogue watch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By adjectival collocation, forming a retronym for watch, coined after the invention of the digital watch to refer specifically to the type of watch existing before then. 1. A watch (wristwatch or pocket watch) whose watch face displays time by means of a dial and hands (a traditional clock face).
Word: Datiwuy Part of Speech: noun 1. An aboriginal people from Arnhem Land, Australia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Datiwuy Part of Speech: name 1. The dialect of Dhuwal spoken by this people.
Word: digital watch Part of Speech: noun 1. A watch (wristwatch or pocket watch), usually electronic, whose watch face displays time in the form of numbers (a digital display, rather than by a dial and hands (traditional clock face). Example: Her mom bought her a digital watch as a birthday gift. Example: Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the Western Spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun. Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety-two million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.
Word: Dhuwal Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Duwal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Duwal Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of aboriginal peoples of Northern Territory, Australia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Duwal Part of Speech: name 1. A group of languages spoken by these people.
Word: analog watch Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of analogue watch. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: Davidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ)bor. Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d)bor. Late Latin Dāvīdbor. Old English Dauid, David Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde English David Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Davidian From David + -ian. Pronunciation: /dəˈvɪdɪən/ 1. Davidic Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the asteroid (511) Davida. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Davidian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic Biblical Hebrew דָּוִד (dāwiḏ)bor. Koine Greek Δαυῑ̈́δ (Dauī̈́d)bor. Late Latin Dāvīdbor. Old English Dauid, David Middle English David, Davyd, Davyde English David Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Davidian From David + -ian. Pronunciation: /dəˈvɪdɪən/ 1. A member of a particular offshoot of the Seventh-day Adventists.
Word: Davidian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Armenian Դավթյան (Davtʻyan). Doublet of Davtyan. Pronunciation: /dəˈvɪdɪən/ 1. A surname from Armenian, equivalent to English Davidson.
Word: black-and-white television Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Retronym for television, coined after the invention of colour television to refer specifically to the type of television existing before then. 1. A monochrome system of transmitting and receiving television signals. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A television set that displays only monochrome images. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: colour television Part of Speech: noun 1. A colour system of transmitting and receiving television signals. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable 2. A television set that displays images in colour. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable
Word: micrometeorology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + meteorology. 1. The portion of meteorology dealing with the observation and explanation of smallscale weather and weather forecasting for a local area up to several kilometers in diameter. Labels: uncountable
Word: ethic dative Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ethical dative. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sikhs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siːks/ 1. plural of Sikh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daycoach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + coach. 1. A normal railway car with seats, but no sleeping arrangements. Labels: US
Word: Diyari Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdiːjɑːɹiː/, /ˈdɪəɹiː/ 1. A Karnic language of Australia.
Word: Karnic Part of Speech: name 1. A group of closely related Pama-Nyungan languages of eastern central Australia; including Diyari and Pitta-Pitta.
Word: dearrest 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 arrest English dearrest From de- + arrest. 1. To release (a person) from arrest. Labels: transitive Example: Around midday, a 28-year-old local man was briefly arrested after he came close to the prime minister's group who had just left the Civic Hall in Leeds. No threats were made, and after the man's details were checked, he was de-arrested and allowed on his way. Example: There is a question mark over how disruptive that was, in the great scheme of things, but it was enough for the police to arrest and handcuff him, later to de-arrest him on the understanding that he would be questioned in the future.
Word: spinel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French spinelle, perhaps from Latin spina (“a thorn, a prickle”), in allusion to its pointed crystals. Pronunciation: /spɪˈnɛl/, /ˈspɪn.əl/ 1. Any of several hard minerals of cubic symmetry that are mixed oxides of magnesium and aluminium and are used as gemstones of various colours. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.) 2. Any crystalline material, not necessarily an oxide, that possesses the same crystal structure as this mineral. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spinel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spinel, from Old English spinel (“spindle; the amount of yard on a spindle”), whence also the usual modern form, English spindle. 1. Spindle; the amount of yarn that fits on a spindle. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] raised the price of that staple of yarn (of one Spinel in the pound weight) from 23d. to 26d. per Spinel. Example: 339, 612 yards of dimities, muslinets, jaconets, and booked muslins, from rod. to 20s. per yard, and, 4000. spinels of thread and yarn, were bleached by him in 1791, and 45 people were employed in the work.
Word: legator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lēgātor (“testator”). 1. A testator. Labels: uncommon 2. A donor. Labels: broadly
Word: NEER Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of nominal effective exchange rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: REER Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of real effective exchange rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: play fight Part of Speech: noun 1. An unrefereed contest in which participants try to dominate each other without inflicting injury. Example: Near-synonyms: roughhousing, horseplay