nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: larvivore Part of Speech: noun 1. Anything that eats larvae
Word: sanguivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sangui- Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore English sanguivore From sangui- + -vore. 1. An animal that consumes blood
Word: catch out Part of Speech: verb 1. To discover or expose as fake, insincere, or inaccurate. Labels: transitive Example: Bishop Manning has his enemies, but those enemies have hardly ever caught him out on a point of theology or canon law. 2. To take (someone) by surprise. Labels: transitive Example: However, Colombia broke the deadlock, Leicy Santos toying with Rachel Daly after collecting Caicedo’s pass, before sweeping a dipping effort over a caught-out Mary Earps. It was a luscious finish and the crowd enjoyed it. 3. To put a batsman out by catching the batted ball before it touches the ground. Labels: transitive 4. To leave an area by jumping on a train; to ride the rails away. Labels: US, dated, intransitive, slang 5. To catch (someone); to detect an error or blunder on (someone's) part. Labels: slang, transitive Example: The police caught me out on a lie.
Word: eolithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French éolithique; from Ancient Greek Ἠώς (Ēṓs, “dawn”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) + -ic. By surface analysis, eo- + lith- + -ic. 1. of or relating to the early period of the Stone Age marked by the use of eoliths. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shove ha'penny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shove + ha'penny. Pronunciation: /ˌʃʌv ˈheɪp(ə)ni/ 1. A game, traditionally played in pubs in Great Britain, in which players attempt to push coins so that they land between marked boundaries. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: propositive Part of Speech: adj 1. Making, or concerned with, propositions or proposals (e.g., suggestions, hypotheses). Labels: not-comparable 2. Intentional. Labels: not-comparable 3. a specific verb form in the Korean language, also sometimes called the hortative or subjunctive assertive. Labels: not-comparable Example: "This auxiliary verb ma-l- occurs only in the imperative, propositive and gerund forms." Example: "Imperative and propositive (ie, 'let us V type) sentences were excluded. "
Word: shove halfpenny Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shove ha'penny. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Buddhahood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Buddha Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English Buddhahood From Buddha + -hood. 1. The state of being a buddha, or being spiritually enlightened by Buddhist or other teachings. Labels: uncountable
Word: tuppenny-ha'penny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tuppenny + ha’penny, i.e. “worth 2½ (old) pence”. Pronunciation: /ˌtʌpəni ˈheɪpəni/, /ˌtʌpni ˈheɪpni/ 1. Very cheap. Labels: Ireland, UK, derogatory, not-comparable Example: You’d think he’d lost a Rolex rather than that tuppenny-ha’penny old watch of his. 2. Alternative form of twopenny-halfpenny (“petty, insignificant”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Breton cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A boatsman's peaked cap.
Word: primatologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English primate Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English primatology 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 primatologist From primatology + -ist. 1. A specialist in primatology.
Word: primatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English primate Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English primatology From primate + -ology. 1. The scientific study of primates; a sub-discipline of zoology. Labels: uncountable
Word: fibronectin Part of Speech: noun 1. An adhesive blood glycoprotein that has several cellular functions Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: micromachines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micromachine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micromachine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Middle French machinebor. English machine English micromachine From micro- + machine. 1. Any machine or similar device having a dimension of the order of a micrometre; used especially of integrated circuits
Word: mesclun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mesclun, from Occitan. 1. A mixture of small, young leaves as a salad Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: maidhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maidhod, maidhede, meithhad, from Old English mæġeþhād, corresponding to maid + -hood. Compare maidenhood. 1. The state, condition, or quality of a maid; maidenhood; virginity. Labels: uncountable Example: Must the coming woman marry to take away the reproach of maidhood? ... But if the coming woman is to have the same fear of keeping her maidhood, she will be as subject to man as now, and equality laws will fail to make her equal.
Word: unbends Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unbend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: blockages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blockage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beekeepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beekeeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ecologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disappearances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disappearance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: envisages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of envisage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shortlist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of short list. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The government's New Towns Taskforce has also published a report listing Crews Hill, on the Hertford Loop used by Moorgate services, on a shortlist of 12 potential new towns.
Word: shortlist Part of Speech: verb 1. To place something on a short list. Example: First and Trenitalia were initially shortlisted for the East Midlands franchise but withdrew from bidding to focus on the West Coast Partnership, while Trenitalia was shortlisted as a sole entity for the South Eastern franchise but again withdrew from the competition.
Word: shortlisted Part of Speech: adj 1. Placed on a short list. Labels: not-comparable
Word: shortlisted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shortlist Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: short list Part of Speech: noun 1. A list of candidates selected from a longer list, and from which one or more successful candidates are in turn selected. 2. A list of the highest-ranked (most important) items from a longer list. Labels: broadly 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, list.
Word: appui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French appui, from Latin ad + podium (“foothold”). Pronunciation: /əˈpwiː/ 1. A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. Labels: obsolete Example: If a Vine bee to climbe trees that are of any great height, there would be staies and appuies set to it, wherupon it may take hold 2. The mutual bearing or support of the hand of the rider and the mouth of the horse through the bit and bridle. Labels: obsolete 3. Clipping of point d'appui. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: appui Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French appui, from Latin ad + podium (“foothold”). Pronunciation: /əˈpwiː/ 1. To prop or support, e.g. by posting troops. Labels: transitive
Word: Henny Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhɛni/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Henrietta. Example: Cecilia, who only through compassion to the blushing Henrietta forbore repressing this forwardness more seriously, merely answered Mrs Belfield by wishing her good morning: but, while she was taking a kinder leave of her timid daughter, the mother added "As to the present, ma'am, you was so kind to make us, Henny can witness for me every penny of it shall go to my son."
Word: Henny Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈhɛni/ 1. Hennessy, a French brand of cognac. Labels: slang Example: Maybe it's the Henny that has gotten in me / Whatever's got into me, I don't mind Example: And we don't really need Netflix, I'mma give you something to watch / After we done, bill a spliff and cotch / Pour me a glass of the Henny on the rocks
Word: monkhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English monkehode, from Old English munuchād. 1. The state of being a monk. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Do these two images represent the two competing monkhoods: the village dwelling monks and the forest mendicants? 2. Monks collectively. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Heinrich Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Heinrich. 1. A surname from German. 2. A male given name from German, equivalent to English Henry. Example: Germany last year said it had foiled an attempt by another far-right group – the Reichsbuerger movement - to plot accused of plotting an attack on Germany’s parliament building, allegedly to overthrow its constitutional order and install the group’s central figure – aristocrat Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss – as leader.
Word: afflux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin affluĕre, affluxum. See affluent. 1. An upward rush of fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The vis viva of these affluxes is employed almost wholly in turning the mass of intermediate gas […] 2. The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Backwater due to the crossing as a whole should not be confused with local afflux at piers due to pileup of flow against the hydraulic stagnation point […]
Word: at present Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. currently, now, at this moment in time, at the present time. Example: ...; that good and bad actions at present are naturally rewarded and punished, not only as beneficial and mischievous to society, but also as virtuous and civious; ... Example: One end of the east-west building is wet, the other windy, and at present there is smoke abounding, too; but these distressing yard elements can be completely excluded at each end by full-width folding doors [...].
Word: at this moment in time Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. currently, now, at present
Word: spang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”). Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A shiny ornament or object; a spangle Labels: obsolete Example: With glittering spangs that did like starres appeare.
Word: spang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spang (“a small piece of ornamental metal; spangle; small ornament; a bowl or cup”), likely from Middle Dutch spange (“buckle, clasp”) or Old English spang (“buckle, clasp”). Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To set with bright points: star or spangle. 2. To hitch; fasten.
Word: spang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Of a flying object (such as a bullet), To strike or ricochet with a loud report. Labels: intransitive Example: Occasional bullets buzzed in the air and spanged into tree trunks. Example: How clear, sweet, spanging the hammer blows!
Word: spang Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋ/ 1. Suddenly; slap, smack. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: And I didn't stop until I found myself spang in the middle of the Musée de Cluny, clutching the rack.
Word: spang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain. Cognate with Scots spang, and possibly related to English spank. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋ/ 1. To leap; spring. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive Example: a. 1758, Allan Ramsay, epistle to Robert Yarde But when they spang o'er reason's fence, / We smart for't at our own expense. 2. To cause to spring; set forcibly in motion; throw with violence. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: spang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Cognate with Scots spang, and possibly related to English spank. Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A bound or spring; a leap. Labels: Scotland Example: Set roast-beef and pudding on the opposite side o' the pit o' Tophet, and an Englishman will mak a spang at it—[…]
Word: spang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See span Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ/, /ˈspeɪ̯ŋ/, /ˈspɛ̃ŋ/ 1. A span. Labels: Scotland
Word: peoplehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English people Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English peoplehood From people + -hood. 1. The collective sense of being part of a distinct people. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: singlehood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English single Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English singlehood From single + -hood. 1. The state of being single (unattached or unmarried). Labels: uncountable Example: Having had a nonarranged marriage was found to be associated with favorable attitudes toward singlehood.
Word: barrique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French barrique (“barrel, cask”). Doublet of breaker. 1. A barrel or cask of varying capacity, very roughly 200 litres. Labels: historical
Word: statehooder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From statehood + -er. 1. A person who promotes or supports statehood for a certain territory.
Word: ha'porths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ha'porth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tannicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tannic + -ity. By surface analysis, tann- + -ity or tanni- + -ty or tann- + -i- + -ty. 1. The relative amount of tannin in something (especially in a wine). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian víla and Slovene vila. Pronunciation: /ˈviːlə/ 1. A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph. Example: "The Vilas (fairies) live there, and they will certainly put out your eyes as they have put out mine, if you venture on their mountain." Example: She is answered, fittingly enough, by a vila, who declares that she is more beautiful than the girl.
Word: apostrophise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From apostrophe + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of apostrophize. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Will Royalty fly off towards Austria; like a lit rocket, towards endless Conflagration of Civil War? Stop it, ye Patriots, in the name of Heaven! Rude voices passionately apostrophise Royalty itself. Example: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
Word: Gt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of guitar (of a rock band) Labels: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: kB Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of kilobyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: mk Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of m'kay. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative
Word: traveller's joy Part of Speech: noun 1. A climbing shrub native to Europe, Clematis vitalba. Labels: uncountable Example: Passengers on the Northern Line may often have noticed the flowering shrubs that glow from the banks of the cutting between Hendon and Brent. There are many such pleasant stretches of track. Their flowers range from the rather formal blossoming of outer London to the wilder flowering of the country, where willow-herb and broom, traveller's joy and campion, go rioting over the chalky banks of the Metropolitan Line. Example: The winds howled from the other side of the Morava River, which was stilled by ice, while along the banks the ice lay unmowed, full of icicled reeds, traveler's joy, and sedge, as though the ice were growing a silver beard.
Word: WTAI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Wireless Telephony Applications Interface: a protocol used in conjunction with the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) to allow a telephone number to be linked to a web page. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: iced tea Part of Speech: noun 1. Cold tea, a beverage. Labels: uncountable Example: Could you bring me some iced tea please? 2. Sweetened iced tea, flavoured with lemon. Labels: Canada, Philippines, countable, uncountable 3. A serving of cold tea. Labels: countable Example: I would like an iced tea with my sandwich, please. Example: Could you please buy me an iced tea from the machine?
Word: wireless telephony Part of Speech: noun 1. The transmission of voice using radio Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: radio telegraphy Part of Speech: noun 1. The transmission of Morse code (etc) using radio Labels: uncountable
Word: dubious honour Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dubious honor. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: open secret Part of Speech: noun 1. Information that is widely known, but not acknowledged openly. Example: At that time, the corruption in the mayor's office was an open secret. Example: 1894, Alvan S. Southworth, "A Generation of the New York Bar", in Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly (later The American Magazine), Volume XXXVII, page 427, It was an open secret in the profession at that time that Mr. Field had very explicit documentary evidence that would have made Mr. Evarts very uncomfortable had the Bar Association thrown down the gauntlet. 2. Information that is not widely known, despite being freely available. Labels: dated Example: The wonderful dining options in this city are hidden gems — an open secret.
Word: kagu Part of Speech: noun 1. A New Caledonian endemic bird species, Rhynochetos jubatus, the only surviving member of the family Rhynochetidae. Example: Therewith hastened the Kagu into the shadowy hall, moving softly and rolling a little in her gait, with her head thrust forward; and a little flurried was she in her bearing as she darted this way and that her large and beautiful eyes, mild and timid, that were like liquid gold heated to redness. Somewhat like a heron she was, but stouter, and shorter of leg, and her beak shorter and thicker than the heron’s; and so long and delicate was her pale gray plumage that hard it was to say whether it were hair or feathers.
Word: gluons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gluon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heliosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ Proto-Indo-European *sh₂wél(i)yos Proto-Hellenic *hāwélios Ancient Greek ἥλῐος (hḗlĭos) English helio- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English heliosphere From helio- + -sphere. 1. The region of space where interstellar medium is blown away by solar wind; the boundary, heliopause, is often considered the edge of the Solar System. Example: The heliosphere isn’t really a sphere at all, more an elongated teardrop shape.
Word: hectares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hectare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: integrals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of integral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kartvelian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian. Pronunciation: /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/, /kɑɹtˈviːliən/, /kɑːtˈviːliən/, /kɑːtˈvɛliən/ 1. A member of a group of related peoples in the South Caucasus, namely Georgians, Svans, Mingrelians and Laz. 2. A Georgian person.
Word: Kartvelian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian. Pronunciation: /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/, /kɑɹtˈviːliən/, /kɑːtˈviːliən/, /kɑːtˈvɛliən/ 1. A family of languages spoken by the Kartvelian people.
Word: Kartvelian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Kartvelian *kart-der. Old Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) Georgian ქართველი (kartveli)bor. Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Kartvelian Borrowed from Georgian ქართველი (kartveli) + -ian. Pronunciation: /kɑɹtˈvɛliən/, /kɑɹtˈviːliən/, /kɑːtˈviːliən/, /kɑːtˈvɛliən/ 1. pertaining to the Kartvelian peoples or languages such as Georgian. Labels: not-comparable 2. same as Georgian (language or ethnicity) Labels: not-comparable
Word: kilopascal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + pascal. 1. one thousand (1000) pascals, symbol kPa.
Word: kilopascals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilopascal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inosculating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inosculate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dispersant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disperse Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English dispersant From disperse + -ant. 1. Any substance that is used to prevent settling or clumping of particles suspended in a liquid. Example: Since the effectiveness of dispersants is time-critical, the sooner that concurrence can be obtained and the dispersant applied, the more effective such Example: Effects due to the dispersant solvent and surfactants in the water column may be surmised only from laboratory studies
Word: terannual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ter- + annual. 1. Occurring three times each year. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hominin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Hominini, from the stem of Latin homo (“man”). Compare hominid. 1. Any member of the taxonomic tribe Hominini, the evolutionary group that includes modern humans and now-extinct bipedal relatives. Example: [...] prefer the third explanation for the advanced-looking features of Neandertals (Chapter 7) and the Ngandong hominins (Chapter 6), but they have had little to say about the post-Erectine archaics from China. Example: Caspari and Lee carried out comparisons ranging from ancient hominins such as australopithecines through to Neanderthals and Cro-Magnons, assessing the ratios of young adults to old adults.
Word: gatherers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gatherer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanoparticles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanoparticle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuelling Part of Speech: verb 1. (Canadian spelling, common) present participle and gerund of fuel Labels: UK
Word: fuelling Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of fueling.
Word: bioengineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English engineer English bioengineer From bio- + engineer. 1. A biologist or engineer whose speciality is bioengineering.
Word: bioengineer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English engineer English bioengineer From bio- + engineer. 1. To produce or alter (something) by bioengineering. Labels: transitive
Word: bioengineering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English engineering English bioengineering From bio- + engineering. 1. The applications of the principles of engineering to any of the biological or medical sciences Labels: uncountable
Word: trialled Part of Speech: verb 1. (Canadian spelling, common) simple past and past participle of trial Labels: UK Example: Overnight services between Reading and Gatwick Airport are set to be trialled next summer.
Word: urohidrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + hidrosis. 1. The act of cooling oneself by urinating on the legs, as in some birds. Labels: uncountable
Word: adenovirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adeno- + virus, after the human adenoid tissue from which it was isolated. Pronunciation: /əˈdɛnəʊˌvaɪɹəs/ 1. Any virus of the family Adenoviridae, many of which are responsible for respiratory infections in humans
Word: nonviral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + viral. 1. Not originating in or caused by a virus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transfection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of trans- + infection. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈfɛkʃən/ 1. The introduction of foreign genetic material (such as DNA or RNA) into a eukaryotic cell. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bombo Part of Speech: noun 1. Short for bombo criollo Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: bombo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bumbo. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: recoilless rifle Part of Speech: noun 1. A lightweight portable weapon capable of firing artillery-type shells, used normally as anti-tank weapon.
Word: red-eye Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from red + eye; sense 2.3 (“strong but poor-quality whiskey”) and sense 3 (“overnight airplane flight”) are probably so named because they may cause people to develop bloodshot eyes. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdaɪ/, /ˈɹɛdˌaɪ/ 1. Often followed by it: to travel on a red-eye (“an overnight airplane flight”). Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: I flew in this morning, red-eying it in last night after hearing of this hearing, because what you are doing here is something that I am particularly interested in. Example: When I arrived at the Center, Block's staff told me he had red-eyed it home from Alaska the night before; he had been surfing fifteen- to twenty-foot waves off the coast of Alaska.
Word: trinomen Part of Speech: noun 1. A scientific name at the rank of subspecies: an expansion of a binomial name (a genus and a species) combined with the name of the subspecies; for example Anopheles gigas formosus or Homo sapiens sapiens. Example: The subspecies (trinomen) is the only infraspecific taxon so recognized by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature... However, the category of subspecies has not been widely used in entomology, because, in most cases, the level of population differentiation within a species is not clearly determined and subspecies populations are difficult to identify.
Word: underbellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of underbelly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unclouded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + clouded. 1. Not clouded. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unclouded sky Example: Samples containing added gelatin and tannin were somewhat darker than with equal amounts of gelatin alone, and remained unclouded for as much as 30 to 45 days longer.
Word: unreliability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English reliability English unreliability From un- + reliability. 1. The quality of being unreliable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crueler Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of cruel: more cruel Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: undersign Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English sign English undersign From under- + sign. 1. To subscribe; sign one's name at the foot of.
Word: reenter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English enter English reenter From re- + enter. 1. To enter again; return into. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The shuttle reentered the atmosphere. Example: It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades. 2. To enter again; retype, reinput. Labels: transitive Example: We had to reenter a day's worth of data into the system. 3. To cut deeper where the aqua fortis has not bitten sufficiently. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: reentry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of re-entry. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Sixteen previously deported illegal immigrants - including nine in Northwest Florida counties - have been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegal reentry into the United States, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Florida.
Word: blood corpuscle Part of Speech: noun 1. A blood cell.
Word: revolutionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English revolution 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 revolutionist From revolution + -ist. 1. A person who revolts. Example: And so this is Mr. Bullen. For such a famous revolutionist, I expected to find some one more dangerous-looking. Example: In just over 350 years, a nation of nearly 200 million people has grown up, populated almost entirely by persons who either came from other lands or whose forefathers came from other lands. As President Franklin D. Roosevelt reminded a convention of the Daughters of the American Revolution, “Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.”
Word: right-winger Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who belongs to the political right. Example: Analyses that used to exist only in arcane feminist journals are now common among right wingers and are being institutionalized as law and public policy. Example: The ruling led to calls from the right of the Conservative Party to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), a prospect that has loomed over the government for months and has caused deep rifts between centrists and right-wingers in Britain’s ruling party. 2. A member of the right wing of a party or group. 3. A winger who plays on the right.
Word: rearrangement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + arrangement or rearrange + -ment. 1. The process of rearranging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They form part of the vast electrification and reconstruction schemes which have been in hand for a number of years at Liverpool Street, and in suburban Essex, and include the rearrangement of tracks, of which the Ilford flyover forms part; the modern signal boxes, now needed only at key points; the electric control or sub-stations; and a large electric car shed. 2. A rearrangement reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reconquest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + conquest (noun), probably after either the verb and reconquer, or Middle French reconquest, reconqueste (modern French reconquête). 1. The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the reconquest of Spain Example: On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'.
Word: reconquest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English reconquesten, equivalent to re- + conquest (verb), after either Latin reconquestō or Middle French reconquester. 1. Synonym of reconquer. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Many excellente parſonages are condemned in Englande, beinge wholy reconqueſted to the Pope. Example: The tables being taken vp, the Emperoꝛ pꝛaid the king of Theſſalie to retire himſelfe to the Queen his deare wife, ſéeing the time did then require to be a little together without any beholders to ſtand by. Whervnto he willingly accoꝛded, as well to gratifie him therein, as to quench the deſire which might ſtirre him foꝛward to reconqueſt the place, […]
Word: non-exclusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + exclusive. 1. Not exclusive; general. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not exclusive; non-exhaustive; partial, incomplete. Labels: not-comparable Example: The examples [in Figure 33] are non-exclusive.
Word: trifid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *bʰinédti Proto-Italic *findō Latin findō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Old Latin -os Latin -us Latin -fidus Latin trifidusbor. English trifid From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”). 1. Divided into three lobes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The leafits are four or five pairs, with a trifid terminal leafit.
Word: landscapist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English landscape 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 landscapist From landscape + -ist. 1. An artist who paints landscapes. 2. A landscape gardener.
Word: indoctrinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indoctrination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Xanatos Part of Speech: name Etymology: A blend of Xavier + Thanatos originally coined by the creators of the television show Gargoyles, and subsequently used by other authors in their own fiction. Pronunciation: /ˈzænəˌtɑs/, /ˈzænəˌtoʊs/ 1. A male given name used in modern fiction.
Word: extra base hits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extra base hit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ontological argument Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of argument which maintains that the existence of God can be deduced from an analysis of the concept of God.
Word: APIPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of automatic private IP addressing: a safety mechanism in dynamic host client processing to assign IP addresses within a given range when the main DHCP mechanism fails. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: ontological arguments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ontological argument Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elemi Part of Speech: noun 1. A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A resin harvested from the tree. Labels: uncountable
Word: orlop deck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: orlop + deck 1. An orlop, the lowest deck in a ship.
Word: houseboi Part of Speech: noun 1. A domestic manservant, particularly colonial. Example: “‘Dear Chief: The bearer of this letter, Chow Lan Chu, my houseboi, is a great thief and steals whatever he can lay his hands on. […]’” Example: […] While still a pup, / You put him in a sack, then beat it / With a stick. When howls and yelpings die, / You send the houseboi out to set him free.
Word: puppy dog eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. A facial expression showing credulous or unsophisticated innocence or naivety. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: puppy-dog eyes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of puppy dog eyes. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: beef jerky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beef + jerky. 1. Jerked meat of bovine origin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antimonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English antimony Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English antimonite From antimony + -ite. 1. A grey mineral, antimony sulfide (Sb₂S₃) that is the main source of antimony; stibnite Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of several oxyanions of antimony such as H₂SbO₃⁻; any salt containing this ion Labels: countable
Word: herber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”). Doublet of arbour. 1. A garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium Labels: rare
Word: hyposulfite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulfur Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English sulfite English hyposulfite From hypo- + sulfite. 1. The SO₂²⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this ion. 2. The thiosulfate anion and salts.
Word: hyposulphite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English sulphite English hyposulphite From hypo- + sulphite. 1. Alternative spelling of hyposulfite. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
Word: perrhenate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Latin per-bor. English per- English rhenate English perrhenate From per- + rhenate. 1. The ReO₄⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this anion
Word: plumbite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plumb- + -ite. 1. The PbO₂²⁻ oxyanion or hydrated forms; any salt containing this anion
Word: bimmy Part of Speech: noun 1. A sennet whip.
Word: sennet whip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sennet + whip. 1. An implement for informal corporal punishment, usually consisting of about 18 inches of rope, made heavier and more brittle by dipping in hot tar, usually with a knot in the receiving end, or simulated by pleating leather shoelaces to form a single length as a thin whip.
Word: teazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently an alteration of teaser, referring to it being lighter than formal punitive instruments. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːzə(ɹ)/ 1. sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy.
Word: teazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corrupted from French tiser (“to feed a fire”). Pronunciation: /ˈtiːzə(ɹ)/ 1. The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glassworking. Example: The above four sets of workmen, with a teazer and lear man, changing every six hours, constitute the complement for one furnace
Word: gallica Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plant of the fragrant rose species Rosa gallica, or of the class of cultivars developed from it. 2. The flower of such a plant.
Word: togey Part of Speech: noun 1. sennet whip
Word: sennet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an alteration of the obsolete signet (“signal”) Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪt/ 1. a signal call given on a cornet or trumpet for entrance or exit on a theatrical stage 2. The barracuda.
Word: sennet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪt/ 1. Alternative spelling of sennit. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Boatswain Marsham fell to work overhauling the bolts of sail-cloth and the hanks of cordage and the coils of rope, till he had found a new foresail and laid it under the hatch, and had placed great ropes and such cordage as headlines and marlines and sennets so that a man could lay hands on them in a time of haste and confusion.
Word: sennet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪt/ 1. Alternative form of sennight, a sevennight, a week. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: I dranke not this sennet A draught to my pay; Elynour, I thé pray, Of thyne ale let vs assay, […]
Word: happy families Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's card game played with a pack of 44 picture cards that depict a father, mother son and daughter of 11 families mostly having occupational surnames (e.g. Mr Bun the Baker); players have to collect entire families Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: suspective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English suspect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suspective From suspect + -ive. 1. Arousing or based on suspicion. 2. Being or relating to a specific Korean verb form usually formed with the suffix -지 (-ji, “-ji”), and typically used to deny or qualify something said by another.
Word: sennit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from French coussinet, diminutive of coussin (“cushion”) because it is used to protect cables from fraying 1. braided cord or fabric of such small stuff as plaited rope yarns Labels: countable, uncountable 2. plaited or braided straw or grass which is used for making hats and for a variety of ornamental crafts Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the 19th century British sailors wore sennit or sennet hats. Originally made by the sailors themselves they could be waterproofed with tar.
Word: tenue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. Pronunciation: /tɪˈnjuː/ 1. bearing, carriage, deportment 2. mode of dress
Word: rope yarn Part of Speech: noun 1. The yarn or thread composing the strands of a rope. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes. 2. A yarn of fibers, twisted up loosely and right-handedly. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
Word: sizzler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sizzle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪzləɹ/ 1. One who, or that which, sizzles. Example: The cannelloni ($5.50) bubbles and hisses, a creamy sizzler with a blanket of fresh chopped parsley covering that lovely noodle dough; its forcemeat of pork and chicken is both rich and mild, and the Alfredo sauce isn't overcheesed. 2. A person who is very sexually attractive. Labels: slang 3. An Indian dish of meat and vegetables served sizzling on a hot plate. 4. A very hot day. Labels: colloquial Example: Today's a real sizzler, so it would be wise to put on sunscreen.
Word: sensorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Either sensorium + -al or sensory + -al. Ultimately from Latin sentiō. Pronunciation: /sɛnˈsɔː.ɹi.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to sensation or the senses; sensory. Example: Esquivel invites the reader to re-assess conventional approaches to literature and to experience the pleasure, through flagrant sight-gags, such as when Tita drops the apricots on Pedro’s head (38), and, especially, through the sensorial stimuli—the scents, tastes, colors and textures—induced by food. Example: Five years ago, I began to create a mixture of print/digital work that emerged as a popular series called “Reactive Books.” In this endeavor, I focused on developing not just “interactive” media, but “reactive” media, where the interaction hits at a more sensorial level.
Word: just in case Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/ 1. To provide for a possible event as a precaution. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: I'll take an umbrella, just in case.
Word: just in case Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/ 1. To provide for the possible event that. Example: I'll take an umbrella, just in case it rains. Example: 1629, Roger Williams et al., The Correspondence of Roger Williams, Brown University Press (reprinted 1988, →ISBN, page 204, Dudley and his council "gave no credit to these suspicions" but decided to strengthen the colony's defenses just in case the rumors turned out to be true. 2. Synonym of if and only if. Example: The negation of a disjunction is true just in case both disjuncts are false.
Word: vocate Part of Speech: verb 1. To appoint to a religious office. Labels: obsolete Example: That if Mr. Henop, your present minister, should approve of the aforesaid vocation, your congregation be at perfect liberty to vocate any minister who is a member of the synod; as likewise the minister, being thus vocated, is authorised to accept the vocation. Example: Yet in the remote parishes it would be mearly impossible to find medical men of superior talent to vocate for want of adequate practice.
Word: viticultural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéh₁itis Proto-Italic *wītis Latin vītisder. English viti- Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English viticulture Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English viticultural From viticulture + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to viticulture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fermentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fermentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: novate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin novātus, perfect passive participle of novō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /nəʊˈveɪt/ 1. To replace something with something new Labels: rare 2. To replace a contract (especially a financial contract) with one or more new contracts. Labels: rare
Word: keirin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 競輪 (keirin, “racing cycles”). 1. A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The keirin is one of the few track cycling events not originating in the West, having been developed in Japan. […] Keirin is extrememly popular in Japan, in particular because of gambling on the races. Example: Japan, however, has developed the distinctive cycling subculture of Keirin racing. Launched in Japanese velodromes in 1948 as a state regulated system designed to cream-off a percentage of stake money to support Japan's newly reconstituted bicycle industry […]