nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: marline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English merlin, from Middle Low German marling, from Middle Dutch marlijn (“cord”), from marlen (“secure, fasten”), frequentative of maren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mairōną (“to moor, fasten to”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. 1. A light all-purpose cord commonly used to bind the end of a larger rope, to prevent fraying. Example: 1749 (Sunday 26th May), John Newton's journal A young man, who has been the whole voyage out of irons, first on account of a large ulcer, and since for his seeming good behaviour, gave them a large marline spike down the gratings, but was happily seen by one of the people. 2. Twine used similarly.
Word: marline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English merlin, from Middle Low German marling, from Middle Dutch marlijn (“cord”), from marlen (“secure, fasten”), frequentative of maren (“to moor”), from Proto-Germanic *mairōną (“to moor, fasten to”), from Proto-Indo-European *mer-. 1. To wind marline around. Example: to marline a rope
Word: beauty is only skin deep Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: First use appears c. 1809, although beauty is but skin-deep appears much earlier. 1. A person's character matters more than their appearance. Example: "Handsome those that handsome do say I; beauty is only skin deep; it is the principle of the heart I consider. Example: And she graced the transition. Beauty is only skin-deep, but the nerves lie very near to the skin. Nerve—but just here will you oblige by perusing again the quotation with which this story begins?
Word: hulking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hulk Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English hulking From hulk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/ 1. Large and bulky, heavily built; massive. Labels: not-comparable Example: A hulking shape burst through the doorway and hurtled down the corridor, leaving a maelstrom of air currents in his wake. 2. Unwieldy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hulking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English hulk Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English hulking From hulk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hulk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hulking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hulk Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English hulking From hulk + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌlkɪŋ/ 1. A kind of sloping embankment used as a coastal defence. Example: The sand-hills have permanently disappeared from many parts of the coast and have been replaced by clay embankments, timber hulkings, and, during the pre-war years, by mass-concrete stepwork.
Word: somnambulatory Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to or carried out while sleepwalking. 2. Going through the motions. Labels: figuratively
Word: appareling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of apparel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: appareling Part of Speech: noun 1. clothing
Word: FNQ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Far North Queensland. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Spring Festival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The Chinese New Year sense is a calque of Chinese 春節 /春节 (Chūnjié), the usual modern name for the holiday. By surface analysis, and when not referring to the Chinese holiday, a proprialization of spring + festival. 1. Synonym of Chinese New Year. Labels: China Example: They plan to visit Shanghai during Spring Festival. Example: Although the Hui in the northwest do not celebrate the Han holidays of Zhongqiu, Qingming, or even Chun Jie (Spring Festival), the Hui in most of China's cities gladly participate. 2. Any other particular festival marking the beginning of spring. Labels: sometimes Example: Our school's Spring Festival is next week.
Word: apparelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of apparel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: apparelling Part of Speech: noun 1. clothing
Word: appareled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of apparel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sagittal crest Part of Speech: noun 1. A ridge of bone running lengthwise along the midline of the top of the skull (at the sagittal suture) in many mammals and primates.
Word: propanol Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₃H₇-OH Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Either of two isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₃H₇-OH Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Agul Part of Speech: name 1. A language primarily spoken by the Aghul people in Russian Dagestan and in Azerbaijan.
Word: Aguly Part of Speech: name 1. A language primarily spoken by the Aghul people in Russian Dagestan and in Azerbaijan.
Word: Akoli Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Acholi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: butanol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butane + -ol. 1. Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: linear perspective Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of geometric perspective in which parallel lines are represented as converging in order to give the illusion of depth and distance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tranquilizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tranquilizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: terms of endearment Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of term of endearment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poppets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɒ.pɪts/ 1. plural of poppet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: term of endearment Part of Speech: noun 1. A word, phrase, or nickname used as a term of address expressing affection; it is often a diminutive. Example: The words had such a softening influence, that he appended a term of endearment to Mrs. Dombey's name (though not without some hesitation, as being a man but little used to that form of address): and said, ‘Mrs. Dombey, my—my dear.’ Example: "Kun" is a term of endearment often used in Japan for small boys. Yoshi-kun lived with his parents and grandparents in a house in Takasaki.
Word: term of address Part of Speech: noun 1. A word or phrase used to address or refer to someone or something without using his, her, their or its name (for example, His Excellency or Your Honor). 2. A title used before someone's name when addressing them or referring to them (for example, Mister Jones or Lord Mountbatten).
Word: terms of address Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of term of address Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parachuting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parachute + -ing. 1. The sport or activity of jumping with a parachute. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: parachuting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From parachute + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of parachute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hemi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of hemisphere. 1. A motor with hemispherical combustion chambers. A piston engine internal combustion engine with hemispherical piston cylinder heads. 2. A combustion chamber with the hemispherical cylinder head from such an engine. 3. A hemispherical cylinder head from such a motor. 4. A vehicle equipped with such a motor engine. 5. Domed versions of the above that have cylinder heads that are not exactly hemispherical Labels: broadly
Word: zhou Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 粥 (zhōu). Doublet of jook and juk. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoʊ/, /d͡ʒəʊ/ 1. Synonym of congee, a thick rice porridge. Labels: uncountable Example: We did, however, send them to a Chinese nursery school that fed them a daily lunch of zhou, a rice porridge with various seasonings: pickled turnips, flakes of dough sticks, green or red beans, sesame paste, or something called hot prickly mustard tubers.
Word: partridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jellyfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jellyfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cacophonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cacophony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuckin Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfʌkɪn/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of fucking. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, pronunciation-spelling, slang, vulgar
Word: fuckin Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfʌkɪn/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of fucking. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling, slang, vulgar Example: —Nah, not me, my mum—I need some help. I've been to every fuckin door—please. Shar—my name is Shar. I'm local. I live here. Check!
Word: Niger-Congo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Coined in the 1950s by Joseph Greenberg, from the name of the two principal rivers in the area in which this language family is spoken, the Niger River and the Congo River. 1. A major language family of sub-Saharan Africa noted for the use of a noun class system.
Word: Niger-Congo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the 1950s by Joseph Greenberg, from the name of the two principal rivers in the area in which this language family is spoken, the Niger River and the Congo River. 1. A speaker of any Niger-Congo language, or a member of a Niger-Congo culture by ancestry or other affinity. 2. An African descendant of the transatlantic middle passage in the Americas. Labels: broadly
Word: Niger-Congo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined in the 1950s by Joseph Greenberg, from the name of the two principal rivers in the area in which this language family is spoken, the Niger River and the Congo River. 1. Belonging to the Niger-Congo language family, or pertaining to its associated peoples. Labels: not-comparable
Word: amortisseur winding Part of Speech: noun 1. A squirrel cage winding placed near the surface of the pole faces of a synchronous motor. Its main purpose is to dampen any speed fluctuations or oscillations that may occur as a result of sudden load changes. It is also used to accelerate the motor during starting. All the windings are shorted at the two ends of each pole of the motor. As the rotating field moves past the winding it induces currents in the winding which produce torque and accelerate the motor so as to overcome the lag in its speed.
Word: ambitransitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ambi- + transitive. Pronunciation: /ˌæmbɪˈtɹænzɪtɪv/ 1. Able to be used transitively or intransitively without requiring morphological change. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ambitransitive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ambi- + transitive. Pronunciation: /ˌæmbɪˈtɹænzɪtɪv/ 1. An ambitransitive verb.
Word: anticausative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English causative English anticausative From anti- + causative. 1. Which shows an action affecting its subject, without indicating the cause. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anticausative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English causative English anticausative From anti- + causative. 1. A verb or construction of this kind.
Word: control verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb which takes multiple arguments, one of which is another verb, such that one of the control verb's arguments (possibly its subject) is syntactically both an argument of the control verb and an argument of the other verb.
Word: object-control Part of Speech: adj 1. A control verb whose shared object is not the subject. Labels: not-comparable
Word: subject-control Part of Speech: adj 1. whose shared object is its subject. Labels: not-comparable
Word: crosse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French crosse (“stick”), of Germanic origin. Doublet of crutch. 1. A lacrosse stick.
Word: lacrosse stick Part of Speech: noun 1. The primary instrument used in lacrosse to handle the ball.
Word: banan Part of Speech: noun 1. Banana. Labels: informal, rare Example: "Hundreds of them," he exclaimed, "may be seen in New Orleans today, three generations from Italy, still pushing carts, yelling 'Banans,' 'Banans,' 'Banans'!!"
Word: dreamchildren Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɹim.t͡ʃɪld.ɹən/ 1. plural of dreamchild Labels: form-of, plural Example: The dream-children whom I would now raise, if I could, before every one of you, according to your various circumstances, should be the dear child you love, the dearer child you have lost, the child you might have had, the child you certainly have been. Each of these dream-children should hold in its powerful hand one of the little children now lying in the Child’s Hospital, or now shut out of it to perish. Each of these dream-children should say to you, “O, help this little suppliant in my name; O, help it for my sake!” Example: […] met winter muses, unacademic, and cloistered by Forty-second Street and Broadway, instead of the Shelleyan dreamchildren with whom he had regaled their expectant appreciation.
Word: dreamchild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- Proto-West Germanic *draum Old English drēam Middle English drem English dream English child English dreamchild From dream + child. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹim.t͡ʃaɪld/ 1. Something produced or established as a result of someone's imagination or personal efforts. Example: The startup, a dreamchild of veteran entrepreneur Greg Wolfond and backed by Montreal venture-capital firm Real Ventures, this week launches a mobile payment solution for retailers that is less costly than offerings from established players […] Example: Chester’s Grosvenor Park theatre, which opened in 2010, is the dreamchild of Andrew Bentley and Alex Clifton and forerunner of the more permanent Storyhouse arts centre.
Word: sublingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sublinguālis, from sub- (“under, below, beneath”) + linguālis (“relating to the tongue”); equivalent to sub- + lingual. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˌsʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˌsʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/ 1. Administered through placement under the tongue. Labels: not-comparable, relational 2. Situated beneath the tongue. Labels: not-comparable, relational 3. Of or pertaining to the sublingual gland. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: sublingual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin sublinguālis, from sub- (“under, below, beneath”) + linguālis (“relating to the tongue”); equivalent to sub- + lingual. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˌsʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /ˌsʌbˈlɪŋ.ɡju.əl/ 1. A particular scale near the front of the lower jaw in snakes, usually in a pair. Labels: relational
Word: bedwetting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + wetting. 1. A type of urinary incontinence involving involuntary urination while in bed during sleep. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bedwetting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bed + wetting. 1. Characterized by cowardly attitudes; wishy-washy. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable Example: Really? There'll be none of this bedwetting attitude towards problems when I take office.
Word: sustainable development Part of Speech: noun 1. Development which seeks to produce sustainable economic growth while ensuring future generations' ability to do the same by not exceeding the regenerative capacity of nature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: sustainable development goals Example: Africa’s growing demand for wood products presents an opportunity to build a resilient bioeconomy that creates jobs, strengthens local industries and reduces pressure on natural forests. Wood remains one of Africa’s most vital natural resources, supporting livelihoods, economic development and industrial growth across the continent. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization’s Global Forest Resources Assessment 2020, more than 600 million Africans depend on forests and trees for their livelihoods, relying on wood value chains for employment, energy, construction materials and income generation. The sector supports industries such as furniture manufacturing, paper production, packaging, electricity transmission, housing and construction. In rural Africa, wood and tree-based systems also provide fuel and income, forming a cornerstone of household survival. As population growth and urbanization accelerate, demand for wood products is rising sharply, creating both opportunities and challenges for sustainable development. Harnessing this potential could position the wood sector as a driver of economic transformation and green growth. At the centre of this opportunity is the idea of a resilient wood-based bioeconomy, an approach that sustainably uses renewable biological resources like wood and forest products to produce materials, energy and services while safeguarding ecosystem health.
Word: attacco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian attacco. 1. A short musical phrase treated as a point of imitation, for example as the subject of a fugue.
Word: attacchi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attacco Labels: form-of, plural
Word: image processing Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of information processing whose input and output are both images, such as photographs or frames of video. Labels: uncountable
Word: forest machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine used for logging or various other forestry purposes.
Word: sledding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈslɛdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sled Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sledding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈslɛdɪŋ/ 1. The act of sliding downhill, or transporting something, on a sled.
Word: organiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English organise Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English organiser From organise + -er. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of organizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: In one conversation, HDF’s organiser was recorded discussing “remigration” – a euphemism for the mass removal of ethnic minorities – saying: “You’ve just got to pay people to go home.” […] In multiple conversations, HDF’s organisers suggested their interests were also political.
Word: Lincoln Logs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Abraham Lincoln; instructions for building a model of his cabin were originally included. 1. A construction toy consisting of miniature, notched logs from which log cabins and similar buildings may be made. Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: no-trade clause Part of Speech: noun 1. A clause in a contract by players who do not wish to be traded without their consent. Labels: US
Word: fumed oak Part of Speech: noun 1. oak that has been exposed to ammonia fumes to darken its color. Labels: uncountable Example: […] the lower half of a fumed-oak newel post.
Word: concocting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of concoct Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: demagogic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French démagogique, equivalent to demagogue + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to demagogy or a demagogue. Example: Politicians knew that the law [barring HIV-positive immigrants] would do nothing to stop the spread of AIDS, and that medical experts agreed the law would actually facilitate it. But politicians did know a cheap and demagogic way to "do something" about AIDS. Example: The desire for politicians who are sincere explains not only the strategic value of demagoguery (and hence the campaign choices of candidates like Trump who may not in fact believe their own demagogic bombast).
Word: decimal place Part of Speech: noun 1. The position of a digit to the right of the decimal mark in a decimal number. Example: The answer is 1.245, to three decimal places.
Word: place of decimals Part of Speech: noun 1. A decimal place. Labels: UK, dated, plural-normally Example: It will always be better to calculate one place of decimals more than are required by the question. Example: Find the positive root of the equation eˣ – 3x = 0, correct to 3 places of decimals.
Word: pikelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Welsh bara pyglyd (“pitchy [i.e. dark or sticky] bread”), later shortened simply to pyglyd. The early 17th century lexicographer, Randle Cotgrave, spoke of "our Welsh barrapycleds". The word spread to the West Midlands of England, where it was anglicised to picklets and then to pikelets. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪklət/, /ˈpaɪklɛt/ 1. A thick type of sweet pancake. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: 2005, Christine Manfield, Charlie Trotter (foreword), Spice: Recipes to Delight the Senses, Penguin Group Australia, republished 2008, Periplus, Singapore, page 140, To cook the pikelets, heat a non-stick skillet and oil lightly, then pour the Pikelet Mixture into 6 oiled egg rings. Cook over moderate heat until bubbles start to appear in the batter, then flip the pikelets over and cook the other side, removing the egg rings as you do so. Example: 2006, Jude Blereau, Wholefood: Heal... Nourish... Delight, Murdoch Books, Australia, page 62, By soaking the batter overnight the grain is broken down, which results in a softer and more digestible pancake or pikelet. When made with wholemeal flours and low levels of fat, pikelets and pancakes are much denser than traditional ones. 2. A thin crumpet. Labels: UK 3. Any crumpet, regardless of thickness Labels: UK, Yorkshire, dialectal
Word: ungreen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ungrene, from Old English ungrēne (“not green”), from Proto-West Germanic *ungrōnī (“not green”), equivalent to un- + green. Compare West Frisian ûngrien (“ungreen”), Dutch ongroen (“ungreen”), German ungrün (“not green”), Danish ugrøn (“ungreen”), Swedish ogrön (“ungreen”), Icelandic ógræn (“ungreen”). 1. Not green. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: The ungreen emerald ring went round and round, and the ungreen emerald earrings swung: Thelma was working at the rim of her glass, too. Example: The ungreen virescent exhibits a low rate of true photosynthesis (on both a leaf fresh weight and chlorophyll basis) compared to wild-type. 2. Having little or no vegetation or plant matter. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is funny for the seaside, it looks such a “house-ified' place, it's an ungreen seaside. Example: The same article includes a recipe for a rather ungreen salad: Salad of mixed meat 3. Lacking sap or vitality; desiccated. Labels: not-comparable Example: The sheriff of Norfolk had power to search for and seize any "sound, dry, and ungreen" wood which he could find, and send the same to the Fletchers or arrow makers to be made into sheaves, tipped with steel heads according to a pattern in the Tower of London. Example: She scorched the ungreen fields, starving men of the yields of each expected crop; 4. Environmentally unfriendly; harmful to or inconsiderate of the environment. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are green products packaged in ungreen ways. Ungreen products wrapped in green ways. Green products from ungreen companies. And green companies making ungreen products. Example: In other words, they are very unlikely to cut down on purchases in a particularly ungreen product category in order to increase their purchasing in a particularly green one.
Word: ungreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English ungrene, from Old English ungrēne (“not green”), from Proto-West Germanic *ungrōnī (“not green”), equivalent to un- + green. Compare West Frisian ûngrien (“ungreen”), Dutch ongroen (“ungreen”), German ungrün (“not green”), Danish ugrøn (“ungreen”), Swedish ogrön (“ungreen”), Icelandic ógræn (“ungreen”). 1. To expose to air after dyeing in indigo so that the greenish color fades away. Example: When necessary to air and ungreen, by drawing the pulley the frame rises, and the cloth drains into the vat. Example: After the expiration of this time, suspend a second lock of wool for ten or fifteen minutes in the Vat; when it comes out, it should be of a deeper shade, and more like a grass green than the first lock was: it will take a little over five minutes to ungreen it, when it will assume almost a Middle Blue, with a slight tinge of Green, after it has been exposed to the air for half an hour. 2. To make or become familiar with and adept in handling a new environment. Example: Freshmen are called greens, and a ceremony was (and perhaps is) used in ungreening them, and admitting them to their full academical privileges. Example: The period of “ungreening” is closed by a solemn meeting where the novitiates are addressed by the president of the Corporation. 3. To change from green to some other color, as occurs with leaves in the autumn. Example: Harvests are congratulated She is pleased with the sight, Sweet hard apples and Small ungreening leaves. Example: We watched the ungreening of the trees as they put on their fall wardrobes of bright colors. 4. To urbanize or become less environmentally friendly. Example: John Robinson, in “Highways and Our Environment," complains that the highway system not only has disfigured our countryside by slapping down acres of concrete that threatens to ungreen America, but also carries an increasing number of cars that further befoul the environment by thrusting more pollutants into the air. Example: “Socioeconomic threshold” refers to a combination of societal and economic acceptable levels of the six factors to measure purpose accomplishment—in effect, how much “ungreening” would be tolerated by the citizenry before there was a demand for action.
Word: microtome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Could be construed as either micro + -tome (“instrument for cutting”) or micro- + tome. 1. A special instrument that produces very thin slices of plant and animal tissues, for later examination by light microscope or electron microscope. Example: The first microtome was constructed for John Hill, to make the specimens described in his book on the structure of timber (1770).
Word: microtome Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Could be construed as either micro + -tome (“instrument for cutting”) or micro- + tome. 1. To cut into sections using a microtome
Word: anterograde Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antero- + -grade (“direction”) from Latin gradus (“pace, step”). 1. Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock. Labels: not-comparable Example: Anterograde amnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia. 2. Moving or occurring in the normal forward or downstream direction of. Labels: not-comparable Example: Movement of mitochondria and other cell parts from a neuron's cell body toward the synapse is called anterograde transport. Example: Anterograde tracing is a research technique which is used to trace neural connections from their source to their point of termination. The opposite technique is retrograde tracing.
Word: hydroxystilbamidine Part of Speech: noun 1. a fluorescent dye that emits different frequencies of light when bound to DNA and RNA; it is also medicinally used as a trypanocide. Labels: uncountable
Word: fluorogold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder. Proto-Germanic *gulþą Proto-West Germanic *golþ Old English gold Middle English gold English gold English fluorogold From fluoro- + gold. 1. hydroxystilbamidine Labels: uncountable
Word: striped field mouse Part of Speech: noun 1. A field mouse of species Apodemus agrarius, native to much of western Eurasia and to east Asia,
Word: histological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English histology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English histological From histology + -ical. 1. Pertaining to histology. Labels: not-comparable Example: Laboratory manuals of paleopathology have long taken the form of atlases illustrating the skeletal changes wrought by various diseases. They have consistently included radiological images and histological slides alongside macroscopic images of diseased remains.
Word: yellow-necked mouse Part of Speech: noun 1. A mouse of species Apodemus flavicollis of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice), of much of western Eurasia.
Word: harvest mouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Thomas Pennant, after discovery by Gilbert White (1767); it is first named the Less long-tailed Field Mouse, and finally the harvest mouse (1776). 1. Micromys minutus, a species of the sub-family Murinae (Old World rats and mice). 2. A New World mouse of the genus Reithrodontomys.
Word: stereotaxic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to stereotaxis Labels: not-comparable Example: A stereotaxic atlas is a collection of sections of the brain with coordinates for stereotaxic surgery.
Word: puellile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin puella (“female child, girl”) + English -ile (suffix meaning ‘capable of; tending to’ forming adjectives), modelled after puerile. Puella is derived from puellus (“male child, young boy”) + -a (feminine form of -us); puellus is a contraction of puerulus (“little boy; little slave”), from puer (“boy, lad; male page, servant, or slave; child”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, little; smallness”)) + -ulus (“suffix forming diminutives of nouns indicating small size or youth”). Pronunciation: /p(j)uːˈɛlaɪl/, /ˈpjuːlaɪl/, /p(j)uˈɛlˌaɪl/, /ˈpjulaɪl/ 1. Characteristic of, or pertaining to, a girl or girls. Labels: derogatory, formal Example: One weak and puerile (or puellile; or anile) articles^([sic]) does a journal more harm than two good articles can neutralize. Example: [The tale] would be too puellile—may we coin a word?—for strictures, had not the writer challenged them by her introduction.
Word: IRQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of interrupt request. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: microdialysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + dialysis. 1. A technique in which a short length of dialysis membrane is introduced into a biological tissue in order to collect samples of fluid for analysis.
Word: mellaginous Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling honey
Word: sexile Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of sex + exile. 1. To banish somebody, usually one's roommate, from the room for the privacy to have sex. Example: As a happening dude or lady with a happening roommate, you should be prepared to get "sexiled" from your bedroom while someone gets intimate. Example: We promised to never "sexile" each other (kick your roommate out of the room for the purposes of hooking up).
Word: trypanocide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trypano- + -cide. 1. Any drug used to control or kill trypanosomes.
Word: œconomies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪːˈkɒ.nɒ.miːz/ 1. plural of œconomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shrubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English shrub Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shrubby From shrub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌbi/, /ˈʃɹʊbi/ 1. Of or resembling a shrub. Example: A shrubby species suitable for beefarming, as it flowers profusely from November-January, and yields both pollen and nectar. 2. Planted or covered with shrubs.
Word: fruticose Part of Speech: adj 1. Having woody stems and branches; shrubby Example: Fruticose lichens drape and tuft; crustose and squamulose lichens creep and seep; foliose lichens layer and flake. 2. Having a shrub-like or hairy thallus attached to the substrate at a single point.
Word: convex lens Part of Speech: noun 1. A lens having at least one convex surface, such that light passing through it may be brought to a focus.
Word: coadjutor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coadjutowre, from Old French coadjuteur, borrowed from Late Latin coadiūtōrem, from co- + adiūtor (“helper”), from adiuvō (“to help”) + -tor (agent suffix). By surface analysis, co- + adjutor. The French derivation gave the accentuation co⁠ˈadjutor (used by Samuel Taylor Coleridge), but the poets generally, since 1600, appear to have coa⁠ˈdjutor, after Latin. No Latin *coadiuvō or *coadiūtō is recorded, but in the modern languages words have been formed on these types, suggested by coadjutor. Pronunciation: /kəʊəˈd͡ʒuːtə/, /kəʊˈæd͡ʒʊtə/ 1. An assistant or helper. Example: Then have the lady patronesses and their active coadjutors, whether noble or ignoble, all the work of beating up for recruits to go over again. Example: The mountaineer, with all his pulses aquiver, looked down into his coadjutor’s white, startled face. 2. An assistant to a bishop. Example: When old age rendered any Bishop unable to perform his duties, the first example of which occurs AD 211, when Alexander became coadjutor to Narcissus at Jerusalem Example: August then appointed Prince George III of Anhalt (who was both a theologian and a priest as well as a prince) to be his coadjutor in spiritual matters.
Word: coalescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin coalēscēns, present participle of coalescō. By surface analysis, coalesce + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊəˈlɛsənt/, /ˌkəʊəˈlɛsənt/ 1. Causing or undergoing coalescence.
Word: coalescent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin coalēscēns, present participle of coalescō. By surface analysis, coalesce + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊəˈlɛsənt/, /ˌkəʊəˈlɛsənt/ 1. Any agent that causes coalescence.
Word: nanophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nano- + -philia. 1. An interest in nanotechnology and its benefits. Labels: uncountable Example: 2006 Joachim Schummer, Davis Baird - Nanotechnology Challenges: Implications for Philosophy, Ethics and Society Extreme nanophilia is also represented in some works of science fiction, especially the novels of Kathleen Ann Goonan (eg, 1994, 1997, 2000).
Word: naphthenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English naphthene Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English naphthenic From naphthene + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from a naphthene. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skimming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skim + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of skim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: skimming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skim + -ing. 1. Something skimmed from a surface etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: aluminium skimmings Example: sorghum syrup skimmings 2. A motion or action that skims. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I was forced, too, to wonder if my previous world-views had not been too pallid, too superficial, and altogether too 'rational' — mere skimmings or skatings on the surface of reality[…] 3. The sport of skimboarding. Labels: uncountable 4. Ellipsis of price skimming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable 5. Ellipsis of cream skimming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: What will be the unintended adverse effects of changes in payment? Will patient “skimming” lead to worse access for complex patients? 6. The act of fraudulently copying a magnetic stripe from a magnetic stripe card, such as found on credit cards and bank cards, through the use of a skimmer Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coalitionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coalition 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 coalitionist From coalition + -ist. 1. An advocate of coalition. 2. A partner in a coalition.
Word: coalitionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English coalition 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 coalitionist From coalition + -ist. 1. Advocating coalition
Word: coauthor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English author English coauthor From co- + author. 1. An author who collaborates with another to write something. Example: Following this trail, we treat our sample coauthor network as a causal graph and, using SDP relaxations, rule out latent homophily as a manifestation of prior shared interest leading to the observed patternedness. Example: In a 2022 paper, Dr. Baumert and his coauthors pointed out that the algorithms companies use to determine these scores are often proprietary and not scientifically vetted.
Word: coauthor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English author English coauthor From co- + author. 1. To write something in collaboration with another author. Labels: transitive Example: My intent in writing this book, as was the case in coauthoring Unfit for Command, is to fully document all arguments and contentions I make, extensively footnoting all references, so readers can determine for themselves the truth and validity of the factual claims. Example: Almost immediately after the video went semiviral, activist Rosa Clemente mobilized a group of women of color to coauthor and sign a statement denouncing the video, calling for XXL to feature anti–sexual violence content and demanding the firing of then–XXL editor-in-chief, Vanessa Satten.⁴²
Word: coaxer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coax Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coaxer From coax + -er. 1. A person who coaxes
Word: cobbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cobble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cobbled Part of Speech: adj 1. Laid with cobbles. 2. Crudely or roughly assembled; put together in an improvised way (as in "cobbled together"). Example: They were the terror of old ladies travelling in omnibuses. Sometimes in the middle of a drive down one of the principal streets, Harry's black face gleamed through the windows of the omnibus, and, instead of entering by the door, he climbed in through the window, singing his wild melodies and his snatches of comic songs in cobbled English as he did so.
Word: coquet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.ɛt/ 1. A flirtatious female; a coquette. 2. A flirtatious male. Labels: obsolete
Word: coquet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French coquet (“little cockerel”), from coq (“cockerel”) + -et (“masculine diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.ɛt/ 1. To act as a flirt or coquet. 2. To waste time; to dally. 3. To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint; to lead on. Example: November 26, 1725, Jonathan Swift, letter to Alexander Pope You [are] coquetting a maid of honour.
Word: jojo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reportedly coined on the spot by an employee of the Flavor-Crisp pressure fryer company at a Chicago trade show in the early 1960s. The potatoes were used to "clean the grease" between demonstrations of cooking chicken and fish, but customers unexpectedly started eating and enjoying them, leading someone to inquire what they were called. 1. A seasoned, battered and fried potato wedge. Labels: British-Columbia, Northwestern, US, in-plural Example: If you're really hungry, be sure to try the wood-fired jojos (potato wedges). Example: The cheesy jojos threaten to colonize every inch of my appetite but I hold back by only eating them once I am nearly full.
Word: coquets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.ɛts/ 1. plural of coquet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coquets Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.ɛts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coquet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coquetting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.ɛtˌɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of coquet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: coquetting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.ɛtˌɪŋ/ 1. coquetry Example: Whilst all these visits and balls, coquettings, and separations, had been going on, the Dutch carpenters had been repairing the wreck[…]
Word: coquetted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɒk.ɛtˌɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of coquet Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: delubrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēlūbrum. 1. A temple or shrine. 2. A sanctuary. 3. A church with a font.
Word: water vole Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of three Old World vole species: European water vole (Arvicola amphibius, formerly Arvicola terrestris), montane water vole (Arvicola scherman), or southwestern water vole (Arvicola sapidus). 2. North American vole (Microtus richardsoni).
Word: genericide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From generic + -cide. 1. The process by which trademark rights are diminished or lost as a result of common use in the marketplace. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Of course, the irony is that genericide occurs at the very moment a product manager's dream comes true and the product brand becomes synonymous with the product itself. Example: A legal determination of genericide is an instantaneous elimination of the associations between mark and product built up in the minds of consumers. 2. The act or process of letting a trademark term become so common that the trademark is indefensible. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: long s Part of Speech: noun 1. The ſ character, as distinct from the short s (which is the s character). Example: An instance lately occurred of a work so divided (a prayer-book), where the first part was printed with long s’s, and the last part with round, independent of other deviations; Example: The Bible itself was quite unknown ground until I was ten and stumbled upon the Apocrypha in an old edition of the Bible printed with long s’s and beautiful early type.
Word: smartness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smartnesse, smertnesse, equivalent to smart + -ness. Cognate with Middle Dutch smartenisse (“pain, injury, insult, scorn, agony”). 1. The state or quality of being smart, intelligence. Labels: uncountable 2. The state or quality of being smart in appearance. Labels: uncountable Example: The station buildings at Oxton and Lauder have been repainted, and a general air of smartness prevails, marred only by some broken signal spectacles. 3. The result or product of being smart. Labels: countable
Word: sickbed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seke bed, equivalent to sick + bed. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkbɛd/ 1. A bed used by a person who is sick. 2. A place for convalescence.
Word: sickbeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sickbed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sickish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sick Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English sickish From sick + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkɪʃ/ 1. Somewhat sick, but not seriously so. Example: [W]hen an unexpected bankruptcy was announced by Cluffe or Toole in the Club-room, it made his ear ring like a slap, and he felt sickish for half an hour after. Example: His heart was thumping harder than ever, and it was impossible to tell if the sickish, pukey feeling deep down in his belly was relief or terror.
Word: sickroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sick + room. 1. A room to be used by someone who is ill.
Word: sickrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sickroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidelines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdˌlaɪnz/ 1. plural of sideline (“lines marking the edges”) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidelines Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdˌlaɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sideline Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sideswipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + swipe. 1. A blow with the side of something, such as the side of car that is changing lanes incautiously. 2. A catty or sarcastic remark. Labels: figuratively Example: give a sideswipe Example: receive a sideswipe
Word: sideswipe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From side + swipe. 1. To give a blow with the side, as to strike with the side of a car when turning. Labels: transitive Example: As he turns left from Central into Jackson he nearly sideswipes a milk truck idling yards out from the kerb. Example: In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars. “Help!” she yelled as she sped through the orange construction cones. “They're going to kill me!”
Word: sideswipes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sideswipe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sideswipes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sideswipe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sightread Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of sight read. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: garden dormouse Part of Speech: noun 1. A rodent in the Gliridae (dormouse) family, Eliomys quercinus, native to parts of Europe, especially southern Europe.
Word: sight-reader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sight + reader. 1. A person who is able to sightread.
Word: sight-readers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sight-reader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ſ Part of Speech: character 1. The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called long s, medial s or descending s and written in the Latin script. Labels: archaic, letter, lowercase Example: VVritten in Latine by M.Iohn Caluine, and tranſlated into Engliſ he according to the authors laſt edition, By thomas norton. […] And the redemptor ſ hall come to Sion,and vnto thẽ that turne frõ their vvickednes in Iacob. Example: God is not onely a bare permiſsiue agent in an euill worke, but a powerfull effectour of the ſame[…]
Word: simon-pure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the phrase "the real Simon Pure" (the true person or article), from the character Simon Pure (who is impersonated by another, and obliged to prove his identity) in Susanna Centlivre's 1717 play A Bold Stroke for a Wife. 1. Absolutely pure; genuine, authentic. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘Art says the Prince Consort's bloodline is dreadfully polluted, while Ruthven's is simon-pure.’
Word: descending s Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of long s. Example: The script of the Latin praise poem is more filigree and smaller than on the remaining pages and appears even more influenced by cursive, since for example the stems of the ‘descending s’ and the ‘high-stemmed f’ reach under the imaginary line for writing, which is more common for Gothic cursive than for Gothic bookhand and which does not appear in the remainder of AM 382 4to.
Word: medial s Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of long s.