nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: horsemeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós? Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-? Proto-Indo-European *wers- Proto-Indo-European *-ḗn Proto-Indo-European *wérsēn Proto-Indo-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šā Proto-Iranian *(w)ŕ̥šāder.? Proto-Germanic *hrussą Proto-West Germanic *hross Old English hors Middle English hors English horse Proto-Indo-European *meh₂d-der. Proto-Germanic *matiz Proto-West Germanic *mati Old English mete Middle English mete English meat English horsemeat From horse + meat. 1. The meat from a horse. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In January 2013, supermarkets were hit by an extraordinary scandal as it emerged that foods made of processed 'beef' actually contained horsemeat.
Word: communistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *ḱom-moy-ni-s Proto-Italic *kommoinis Old Latin comoinis Latin commūnis Old French comun French commun 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 -istabor. French -iste French communiste English communist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English communistic From communist + -ic. 1. Characteristic of communism. Example: Act to declare the Communist Party of South Africa to be an unlawful organization; to make provision for declaring other organizations promoting communistic activities to be unlawful and for prohibiting certain periodical or other publications; to prohibit certain communistic activities; and to make provision for other incidental matters. Example: Anger at the system turned to anger against art. Damn that foolery too, which took, but never gave. A promise of achievement always withdrawn; an assurance of dignity and ease for ever vanishing over the skyline. The virus of communistic nihilism simmered within him, wishing to submerge all effort in an easily filled belly. 2. Living or having their nests in common. Example: communistic birds
Word: crioulo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese crioulo. Doublet of creole and criollo. 1. A native horse of South America, known for its speed and endurance.
Word: Crioulo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese crioulo. Doublet of Creole, Criollo, and Krio. 1. A creole dialect continuum spoken on the islands of Cape Verde, based on Portuguese and influenced by West African languages.
Word: dogmeat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dog meat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: delightsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From delight + -some. Pronunciation: /dəˈlaɪtsəm/, /dɪˈlaɪtsəm/ 1. Characterised or marked by delight or delightfulness; very pleasing; delightful.
Word: catmeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cat + meat. 1. Alternative form of cat meat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: catfood Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cat food. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: delightsomely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English delightsome Middle English -ly English -ly English delightsomely From delightsome + -ly. Pronunciation: /dəˈlaɪtsəmli/, /dɪˈlaɪtsəmli/ 1. In a delightsome manner.
Word: delightsomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English delightsome Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English delightsomeness From delightsome + -ness. Pronunciation: /dəˈlaɪtsəmnəs/, /dɪˈlaɪtsəmnəs/ 1. The state of being delightsome. Labels: uncountable
Word: discontentment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dis- + contentment. Pronunciation: /dɪskənˈtɛntmənt/ 1. A state of dissatisfaction or discontent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By this that ſtraunger knight in preſence came, / And goodly ſalued them; who nought againe / Him anſwered, as courteſie became, / But with ſterne lookes, and ſtomachous diſdaine, / Gaue ſignes of grudge and diſcontentment vaine: […]
Word: impregnated Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of impregnate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impregnating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of impregnate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: besmirchment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English besmirch Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English besmirchment From besmirch + -ment. Pronunciation: /biˈsmɝt͡ʃmənt/ 1. The act of sullying or besmirching. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: prefectures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prefecture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weltanschauungs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɛltɑːnˌʃaʊʊŋz/ 1. plural of weltanschauung Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fuddle duddle Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of fuddle-duddle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fuddle duddle Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of fuddle-duddle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cornfed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From corn + fed. 1. Fed on corn. Labels: not-comparable 2. Sheltered; uncultured. Labels: derogatory, informal, sometimes Example: Rock's friends, his real friends, present a picture of a nice guy: a Midwestern cornfed boy who heads west to Hollywood to break into pictures Example: a cornfed hillbilly 3. Running on ethanol (E85). Labels: informal
Word: biblethumping Part of Speech: adj 1. tending to loudly, annoyingly proselytize (especially of a Christian, Catholic, or other religion to which the Bible is an important book) Labels: derogatory, not-comparable
Word: gladiatorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gladiātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, gladiator + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to a gladiator. Example: Gladiatorial entertainment was common in ancient Rome. Example: "And all the better for yourself if you never enter the gladiatorial arena of public life: you will sacrifice time, health, and talents; you will be paragraphed—probably pelted; you will die of an inflammation, or a consumption; and leave it a debatable point to historians, what was the extent of the injury you did your country."
Word: gladsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gladsom, equivalent to glad + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlædsəm/ 1. Marked by joy or gladness; happy, joyous, or light-hearted. Example: I was not surprised, when I ran down into the hall, to see that a brilliant June morning had succeeded to the tempest of the night; and to feel, through the open glass door, the breathing of a fresh and fragrant breeze. Nature must be gladsome when I was so happy.
Word: glad-hander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glad-hand + -er. 1. One who glad-hands. Example: Charming and funny as he was in small groups, he was no glad-hander, backslapper, or baby-kisser.
Word: glad-handers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glad-hander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glad-hands Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glad-hand Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glad-handed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glad-hand Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glad-handed Part of Speech: adj 1. Superficially friendly. Example: ...his niggardly back-slapping coupled with an antediluvian crew-cut and a predilection for starched, razor-sharp creased shirts and spit-shined shoes only confirmed the prejudices of the glad-handed, button-down collared, slicked-back hair crowd-his benefactors, sponsors. Example: Since Thelonius's arrest, Keith had been doing the right thing, making regular and glad-handed visits to Lilette and the kids, and he could all too easily see himself developing an obligation there
Word: glamorize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English glamor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English glamorize From glamor + -ize. 1. To make or give the appearance of being glamorous. Labels: transitive 2. To glorify; to romanticize. Labels: transitive Example: Some movies glamorize criminal activity by making criminals seem cool.
Word: glamourous Part of Speech: adj 1. Uncommon form of glamorous. Labels: form-of, uncommon
Word: thig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English thiggen, from Old English þiċġan (“to take, receive, accept; ingest; eat or drink, consume, partake of”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiggjan, from Proto-Germanic *þigjaną (“to accept, receive, beg”), from Proto-Indo-European *tek- (“to receive”). Cognate with Middle High German digen (“to beg, implore, beseech”), German digen (“to beg, beseech, take, get”), Swedish tigga (“to beg, mooch”), Icelandic þiggja (“to get, receive, accept”). 1. To solicit or receive, usually by begging; ask as alms. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: This is not second clothing. This cloth is not thigged. 2. To beg, borrow; cadge. Labels: Scotland, ambitransitive 3. To profit by or live on the gifts of others. Labels: Scotland, intransitive, obsolete 4. To take alms. Labels: Scotland, intransitive, obsolete 5. To beseech; supplicate; implore. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, transitive 6. To crave; seek (a favour). Labels: Scotland, ambitransitive Example: "I'll go and the thigged wool demand From the good ladies of the land. […]"
Word: glossiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gloss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English glossy Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English glossiness From glossy + -ness. 1. The state of being glossy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gleefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gleeful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gleefulness From gleeful + -ness. 1. The state of being gleeful or joyous. Labels: uncountable Example: The woman's gleefulness was evident from her large grin.
Word: glumness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English glum Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English glumness From glum + -ness. 1. The emotion of being glum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gloominess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gloomy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English gloominess From gloomy + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being gloomy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: quadruplex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). By surface analysis, quadru- + -plex. 1. Having four components. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to a system in telegraphy by which four messages (two in each direction) can be sent on one wire simultaneously. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or relating to an early videotape format with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadruplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). By surface analysis, quadru- + -plex. 1. A quadruplex system. Labels: countable Example: The Western Union office is equipped with four quadruplexes, three duplexes and eleven single loops, besides special private loops in the Japanese and Russian suites, where direct communication will be maintained with the Atlantic cables at Heart’s Content, Newfoundland via Canso, and also with the Western Union offices in New York, whence the Japanese diplomatic matter will be sent via land lines to San Francisco over a direct circuit. 2. Clipping of quadruplex videotape, an early type of videotape with four magnetic record/reproduce heads mounted on a headwheel spinning transversely across the tape. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable
Word: quadruplex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin quadruplex (“fourfold, quadruple”), from quattuor (“four”) + plico (“fold”). By surface analysis, quadru- + -plex. 1. To make quadruplex. Labels: transitive
Word: quacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quack (verb) + -er. 1. One who quacks. Example: 1901–1947: Benjamin Albert Botkin, A Treasury of New England Folklore: Stories, Ballads, and Traditions of the Yankee People The decoy was what the townsman who had lent it to him called a "first-class quacker." The decoy quacked and swam about […] 2. A playing card with the rank of two; a duck. Labels: slang
Word: quacker Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Middle Dutch quacsalven Dutch quacksalverbor. English quacksalverclip. English quack Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English quacker From quack (adjective) + -er. 1. comparative form of quack: more quack. Labels: comparative, form-of, humorous, nonce-word Example: [Y]ou have undertaken to rid all our newspapers and periodicals of untrue, unclean and dishonest advertisements. It seems to me that you have already gained your victory and henceforth have only to guard the fruits of it, for, recently I examined as many newspapers and magazines as I could lay hands on just to see if I could find in them those old, alluring advertisements, ranging from the quack doctor to the quacker promoter and the quackest oracle of fate. There was nothing doing—everything as clean as a hound's tooth and as wholesome as sunshine.
Word: wizardly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wizard + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪzɚdli/ 1. Like, or suiting a wizard.
Word: thinnest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈθɪnəst/ 1. superlative form of thin: most thin Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: obsolescently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English obsolescent Middle English -ly English -ly English obsolescently From obsolescent + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɑbsəlˈɛsəntli/ 1. In an obsolescent manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hallucinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hallucination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mutated Part of Speech: adj 1. Possessing a mutation.
Word: mutated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mutate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: finitely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English finite Middle English -ly English -ly English finitely From finite + -ly. Pronunciation: [ˈfaiːnaiʔ.li] 1. In a finite manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Throughout this section, we shall assume the existence of finitely presented groups with unsolvable word problem.
Word: prochronism Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊkɹənɪz(ə)m/, /ˈpɹɑkɹənɪz(ə)m/ 1. An error in chronological order in which something is ascribed an earlier time than the actual one.
Word: balefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English balfulli; equivalent to baleful + -ly. 1. In a baleful, ominous manner. Example: The toad stared balefully at his reflection and puffed himself up to show that he wasn't really frightened.
Word: balefulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English baleful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English balefulness From baleful + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being baleful. Labels: uncountable
Word: backwoodsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From backwoods + man. 1. A person who is acclimated to living in a forest area that is far removed from civilization or modern conveniences. 2. An uncivilized or uncultured person (according to the value judgments of the speaker). 3. A Peer who is seldom present in the House of Lords of the United Kingdom Parliament, who may be encouraged to attend when a very important vote is expected. Labels: UK, informal
Word: backwoodsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backwoodsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frontiersman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frontiers + man. 1. A person who lives on the borders of a country, or in a wild and undeveloped area on the fringes of civilization. Example: The inhabitant's of England's North American colonies outnumbered French Canadians some ten to one, but the French were tough, fur-trapping frontiersmen who posed a considerable military threat.
Word: frontiersmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frontiersman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chinamen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chinaman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Chinamen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chinaman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ampre, from Old English ampre (“a dilated vein, varix, tumour, swelling; dock, sorrel”), from Proto-West Germanic *amprō, *amprā (“dock, sorrel”), which is related to Proto-Germanic *ampraz (“sharp”). Related to aber. 1. A tumour, often accompanied by inflammation; pustule; varicose vein; pus; atter. 2. A defect or flaw, especially in cloth.
Word: amper Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of ampersand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: While parseing an xml document( sax parser ), trying to replace ' | ' with ' & ' , it finds the pipe, but won't replace with amper.
Word: barbarously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English barbarous Middle English -ly English -ly English barbarously From barbarous + -ly. 1. In a barbarous manner. Example: However, he comforted himself by giving very particular accounts of how his mistress had been barbarously murdered by banditti; and the good city talked incessantly of the murder, till set right next day by the greater marvel of the escape. Example: I was reminded of this by an entry in the Westleton Churchwarden's Account for 1731-2 which records the sum of one shilling and sixpence having been given to 'fifteen seamen in company, which had been taken by ye pyrates and very barbarously used'.
Word: baffler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baffle + -er. 1. Something that causes a person to be baffled, particularly a difficult puzzle or riddle. 2. Any of the projections inside a dice tower that serve to deflect the die unpredictably. 3. A baffle (device to control flow). Labels: uncommon
Word: bafflers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baffler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bootblack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boot + black. 1. A shoeshine boy; a person who shines shoes as an occupation. Labels: dated Example: The young negro bootblack hummed "The Camp Meeting Blues" and polished in rhythm to his tune, drawing the shiny shoe-rag so taut at each stroke that it snapped like a banjo string.
Word: bootblack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From boot + black. 1. To shine shoes. Labels: transitive
Word: bootblacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bootblack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shoeshine boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A boy who polishes shoes as an occupation.
Word: shoeshine boys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shoeshine boy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dusts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʌsts/ 1. plural of dust Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dusts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dʌsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dust Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: metachronism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after, behind”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ism. Pronunciation: /məˈtækɹənɪz(ə)m/ 1. An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
Word: cæsium Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of caesium. Labels: uncountable
Word: parachronism Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˈɹækɹənɪzəm/, /pɚˈækɹənɪz(ə)m/ 1. An error in chronological order in which something is ascribed a later time than the actual one; metachronism.
Word: cæsura Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of caesura. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: PowerPointlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of PowerPoint + pointlessness, coined by Jamie McKenzie in 2000. 1. The senseless and excessive use of PowerPoint as a communication medium, characterized by an overreliance of superficial visual effects, such as animated transitions, which detract from the clarity and substantive quality of the presentation. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: death by PowerPoint Example: We do not have to subject ourselves or our students to 'death by PowerPoint' or 'PowerPointlessness' as Jamie McKenzie calls it
Word: cæsious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of caesious. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Behçet's syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Behçet's disease. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Behçet's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Turkish dermatologist Hulusi Behçet (1889–1948), who studied the disease in 1924. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪt͡ʃɛts dɪˈziːz/ 1. A multi-system disorder involving ulcerations on the mouth and sometimes the genitals, notorious for causing hypopyon uveitis (actually a rare symptom). Labels: uncountable
Word: perspirer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perspire + -er. 1. A person who perspires (sweats).
Word: UTF-16 Part of Speech: name 1. Unicode Transformation Format-16; a Unicode encoding scheme which uses two-byte (16-bit) code units (singly for characters in plane 0, and in four-byte [32-bit] surrogate pairs for supplementary characters in planes 1 through 16).
Word: matamata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese matamatá, from Nheengatu and Old Tupi matamatá. 1. A side-necked turtle of species Chelus fimbriata, whose shell resembles a dead leaf.
Word: junk sick Part of Speech: adj 1. Experiencing the nausea sometimes suffered by the user of a narcotic the following day, or after the effects of the drug begin to wear off, often with flulike symptoms. Labels: slang Example: I checked into the hospital junk sick and spent four days there […] Example: […] a few old relics from hop smoking times, spectral janitors, grey as ashes, phantom porters sweeping out dusty halls with a slow old man's hand, coughing and spitting in the junk-sick dawn […]
Word: junk-sick Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of junk sick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turtle-dove Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of turtle dove. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: domed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dome + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of dome Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: domed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dome + -ed. 1. In the form of a dome. Example: a domed hill 2. Having a dome. Example: a domed cathedral
Word: reinforced concrete Part of Speech: noun 1. A building material made from Portland cement concrete with a matrix of steel bars or wires (rebars) to increase its tensile strength. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Portland cement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its resemblance to limestone from Portland in Dorset. 1. A finely-ground powder made by heating and pulverizing limestone and clay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the world's most common form of cement. The blue plaque dedicated to inventor Joseph Aspdin describes OPC as "one of mankind's most important manufactured materials".
Word: tensile strength Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ultimate tensile strength. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: tensile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tēnsilis, from tendō (“to stretch”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛn.saɪ(ə)l/, /ˈtɛn.sɪl/, /ˈtɛn.səl/ 1. Of or pertaining to tension. 2. Capable of being stretched; ductile.
Word: mammotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mammo- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English mammotomy From mammo- + -tomy. 1. mastotomy, typically in order to check for breast cancer
Word: mastotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mast- + -otomy. 1. incision of the breast
Word: serration Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being serrated. Labels: uncountable 2. A set of teeth or notches. Labels: countable Example: On reaching the outer reef I was startled at the sight of the gigantic combers roaring along the serrations and knife-edges of coral, but Benny was not in the least alarmed. 3. One of the teeth in a serrated or serrate edge. Labels: countable
Word: trump card Part of Speech: noun 1. A playing card, of the trump suit that is held in reserve until needed to win a trick. 2. Something used to obtain an advantage, sometimes unscrupulously. Labels: figuratively Example: Domin The secret of their manufacture. Old Rossum's manuscript. As soon as they found out that they couldn't make themselves they'd be on their knees to us. Dr. Gall Madame Domin, that was our trump card. I never had the least fear that the Robots would win. How could they against people like us? Example: Desperate now to leave, Felix played what he believed was his trump card. ‘You’re forty-whatever. Look at you. You’re still living like this. I want to have kids. I want to get on with my life.’
Word: mercury barometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A barometer which indicates the atmospheric pressure by measuring the height of a column of mercury in a vertical, evacuated tube.
Word: Torricellian barometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist 1. A mercury barometer
Word: Torricellian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Torricelli + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to Evangelista Torricelli, Italian mathematician and physicist. Labels: not-comparable
Word: denouncement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English denounce Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English denouncement From denounce + -ment. 1. An act of denouncing; a denunciation Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A solemn or formal declaration Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Nørrebro Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Danish Nørrebro (literally “Northern Bridge”). 1. An area of Denmark.
Word: esthetically challenged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic imitation of the perceived oversensitivity of language like mentally challenged. 1. Ugly. Labels: euphemistic, humorous
Word: comme il faut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French comme il faut (literally “as is necessary, as must be”). Pronunciation: /ˌkʌmilˈfoʊ/, /ˌkʌmiːlˈfəʊ/ 1. Proper; in keeping with etiquette or social standards. Example: "Georgiana, put on your blue muslin, and ask Fanchette to make your hair a little comme-il-faut; and pray try to look well and cheerful; you were not up late, and ought to appear the better for it." Example: 2007: Talking during performances is perfectly comme il faut in Wharton – why else go to a show if not to talk to one’s friends? – so while Miss Shaw, up to her bosom in dirt, went on about existence, I asked my female companion for advice. — Deborah Friedell, ‘Short Cuts’, London Review of Books 29:5
Word: compactor Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɑmˈpæktɚ/, /kɒmˈpæktə/ 1. A machine that reduces the bulk of waste or other material by compaction.
Word: compaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French compaction, from Latin compactionem, from compingere. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpækʃən/, /kəmˈpɛkʃən/ 1. The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At Smithfield Frith is being shovelled up, his youth, his grace, his learning and his beauty: a compaction of mud, grease, charred bone.
Word: compartmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -al English compartmental From compartment + -al. Pronunciation: /kɒmpɑːtˈmɛntəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or constructed from compartments Labels: not-comparable
Word: compartmentalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin com- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-der.? Proto-Italic *partis Latin pars Latin partiō Latin partior Latin compartīrībor. Italian compartire Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Italian -mento Italian compartimentobor. Middle French compartimentder. English compartment English -al English compartmental Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English compartmentalize From compartmental + -ize. Pronunciation: /kɒmpɑː(ɹ)tˈmɛnt(ə)laɪz/, /kəmˌpɑɹtˈmɛntəlˌaɪz/, /kəmpɑɹtˈmɛntl̩ˌaɪz/ 1. To separate something into different categories, or compartments. Labels: transitive Example: In summary, we find the below listed empirical observations coming from our analysis of our Google hospital reviews ¶ The 11 identified valenced topics do not line up well with the standard way that the CMS and other surveys use to measure experiences, i.e., patients do not compartmentalize most of their comments to specific staff—doctors, nurses, etc.—or even departments. Example: Mediators and co-activators BRD4 and MED1 form phase-separated droplets at SEs that compartmentalize and concentrate the transcription apparatus, suggesting a significant role for co-activators in this process and revealing the regulation mechanisms of function and structure of SE involved in the control of hub cell identity genes.
Word: compensatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French compensatoire. By surface analysis, compensate + -ory. Pronunciation: /kɒmpɛnˈseɪtəɹi/, /kɒmˈpɛnsətəɹi/, /kəmˈpɛnsəˌtɔɹi/ 1. Intended to recompense someone who has experienced loss, suffering, or injury Labels: not-comparable 2. Reducing or offsetting the unpleasant or unwelcome effects of something Labels: not-comparable 3. That compensates for a deleterious mutation Labels: not-comparable
Word: complaisance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. See complaisant. By surface analysis, com- + plaisance. 1. The quality of being complaisant, amiable or agreeable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I see he has premeditated a Denial by the Complaisance of his Features. Example: It is no wonder that in an age when this kind of merit is so little in fashion, and so slenderly provided for, persons possessed of it should very eagerly flock to a place where they were sure of being received with great complaisance; indeed, where they might enjoy almost the same advantages of a liberal fortune as if they were entitled to it in their own right.
Word: complexioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From complexion + -ed. 1. Having a specified type of complexion. Labels: in-compounds Example: a ruddy-complexioned country gentleman Example: 5'3" long brown hair, green eyes, European complexioned woman.
Word: comportment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle French comportement. By surface analysis, comport + -ment. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɔɹt.mənt/ 1. The manner in which one behaves or conducts oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Deportment, bearing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: compoundable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Malay kampungder.? English compound Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English compoundable From compound + -able. 1. That can be compounded.
Word: compromising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of compromise. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: compromising Part of Speech: adj 1. Willing or able to make a compromise. 2. That compromises somebody or something, especially someone's reputation; socially damaging. 3. That compromises somebody or something, especially someone's reputation; socially damaging. Labels: broadly Example: A compromising photograph of the president was sold to the newspapers.
Word: compromising Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is compromised. Example: There hath been much of treason, And much of violence and shame, To the old worship of that spring-life season; And compromisings of a sacred claim!
Word: computer-literate Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of computer literate. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Bob explains: "We help a lot of people make and keep hospital appointments. Some clients aren't computer-literate or don't have phones.
Word: concavity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French concavité. Morphologically concave + -ity. Pronunciation: /kəŋˈkævɪti/ 1. The state of being concave Labels: uncountable 2. A concave structure or surface Labels: countable
Word: concealable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English conceal Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English concealable From conceal + -able. 1. Able to be concealed. Example: […] he denied the omniſciency of God, whereunto there is nothing concealable. Example: A bag of sequins, a jewel, a balsam, a single horse, constitute an estate in countries where insecure institutions make every one desirous of concealable and convertible property.
Word: concealer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English concelare, equivalent to conceal + -er. 1. Something that, or someone who, conceals. Labels: countable 2. A cosmetic designed to cover blemishes. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A moth of the family Oecophoridae. Labels: countable
Word: conceptualize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō ▲ Ancient Greek σῠλλᾰμβᾰ́νω (sŭllămbắnō)calq. Latin concipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin conceptus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin conceptuālisbor. English conceptual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English conceptualize From conceptual + -ize. 1. To interpret a phenomenon by forming a concept. Labels: transitive Example: Medicine today conceptualizes the heart as a machine. Example: Conceptualized as a neurological difference, autism is viewed as part of human diversity (Cherewick & Matergia, 2024; Taboas et al., 2023). 2. To conceive the idea for something. Labels: transitive Example: EconBiz was established as part of the Virtuelle Fachbibliotheken, a network of subject-related online portals conceptualized in the late 1990s and funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).
Word: concertize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English concert Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English concertize From concert + -ize. 1. To perform in concerts Labels: US Example: I have been concertizing for the last three years, and studying alone. Example: Of the great romantic pianists, Vladimir Horowitz and Serkin are the only ones still actively concertizing. 2. To adapt to the concert form Example: It was concertized folk music, complete with cello, but it had spirit.
Word: concertmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concert + master, as a calque of German Konzertmeister. Piecewise doublet of concertmeister. 1. The first violin in a symphony orchestra, which normally plays violin solos. Labels: US
Word: concessional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English concession Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English concessional From concession + -al. 1. Of, relating to, or being a concession; concessionary.
Word: concessional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English concession Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English concessional From concession + -al. 1. A resident of a nursing home who has limited means and whose accommodation is consequently partly paid for by the government. Labels: Australia Example: Every weekend and after work she'd done the rounds of the nursing homes. All are bound by law to take a percentage of 'concessionals'. But the waiting lists! On one he's placed at seventy-five. 2. Synonym of concessive. Example: […] where the subordinate clause expresses a contingency that applies to the main clause — timing and placing, conditionals, concessionals and all the other kinds of so-called adverbial clauses.
Word: confider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confide + -er. 1. One who confides.
Word: confidentiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English confidential Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English confidentiality From confidential + -ity. 1. The property of being confidential. Labels: uncountable Example: “Protection of victim confidentiality is essential, though we were never contacted about our thoughts on this,” the source said. Example: The company was unable to comment on much of the moves owing to client confidentiality agreements. 2. Something told in confidence; a secret. Labels: countable
Word: cooky Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of cookie. Example: This mornin’ she rails out at me fer dunkin’ my cooky and she says COFFEE IS FER SIPPIN’ AND NOT FER SAUCERIN’ . . . Example: Another interesting Russian recipe, Hvorost, is a rich cooky fried in deep fat and especially good with hot tea.
Word: cooky Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of kooky. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: coppery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English copper Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English coppery From copper + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒpəɹi/, /ˈkɑpəɹi/ 1. Resembling the metal copper, especially in color. Example: That night I dreamed I had a very disagreeable taste in my mouth, which caused me to spit all the time. I awoke and found my mouth full of saliva, with a coppery taste, and sure enough, I was obliged to spit. Example: Venetian women who wanted coppery hair colors applied bleaching mixtures, such as one that contained alum, sulfur, soda, and rhubarb. Then they sat in the sun, where heat produced a chemical reaction that developed the color. 2. Containing copper, especially if abundantly. Example: an especially coppery grade of brass
Word: courts-martial Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court-martial Labels: form-of, formal, plural
Word: hatemonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hate + monger. 1. A person who encourages hatred towards a person or group of people. Example: Inside, professional hatemonger Milo Yiannopoulos is addressing an audience of around 400 people, peppered with bright red baseball caps. Example: The power of that promise is part of why Trump's election win was like a Bat-Signal for hatemongers of all kinds.
Word: Morabaraba Part of Speech: name 1. The Shangaan name for the game of Twelve Men's Morris (a variation on Nine Men's Morris) which has come to be used as the promotional name for the game.
Word: factify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fact Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus 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 -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English factify From fact + -ify. 1. To establish truth or validity by presentation of factual evidence. Example: the machinery you use to construct this comforting world of facts involves things that don't themselves belong in that world. When you build your construct you conveniently forget all the stuff that does not end up as part of it. But, of course, we can factify anything. There is a table, there is a blurriness, there is a sensation of hardness Example: Where appropriate, Diana qualifies her statements. She does not transmute impersonal evidence into personal evidence to create a personality for Shakespeare as Schoenbaum does. She does not factify myth, as I show Park Honan and Anthony Holden doing above.
Word: convolve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin convolvōbor. English convolve Borrowed from Latin convolvere (“roll together”), from con- (“together”) + volvō (“roll”); see voluble, volute, and compare involve, evolve, revolve. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɒlv/, /kənˈvɑlv/, /kənˈvɔlv/ 1. To roll together, or one part on another Labels: transitive 2. To form the convolution of something with something else 3. To compute the convolution function
Word: cachexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin cachexia or French cachexie, from Ancient Greek καχεξία (kakhexía), from κακός (kakós, “bad; injurious”) + ἕξῐς (héxĭs, “act of having; habit or state of body”) (ultimately from ἔχω (ékhō, “to have”)) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix added to adjectives to form abstract nouns). Pronunciation: /kəˈkɛksɪə/, /kæˈkɛksɪə/, /kəˈkɛksiə/ 1. A systemic wasting of muscle tissue, with or without loss of fat mass, that accompanies a chronic disease. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An handful of the Leavs or Roots [of garden succory] boyled in Wine or Water, and a draught thereof drunk faſting, […] helpeth the yellow Jaundice, the Heat of the Reins and of the Urin, and the Dropſie also, and thoſe that have an evil Diſpoſition in their Bodies by reaſon of long ſickneſs, evil Diet &c., which the Greeks call Καχεξία, Cachexia. Example: [T]he intimate nature of cachexia is a deterioration in the qualities of blood, a favourite doctrine with the humoral pathologists, in support of which many very powerful arguments might still be adduced.
Word: calcareous sponge Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many sponges, of the class Calcarea, having skeletons composed of spicules of calcium carbonate
Word: caliche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish caliche, from Latin calx (“pebble”); compare chalk. Pronunciation: /kəˈlit͡ʃi/ 1. A crude form of sodium nitrate from South America; used as a fertilizer. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A layer of hard clay subsoil or sedimentary rock; hardpan. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: According to local well drillers, in wells drilled on the high plains a few hundred feet back from the caliche escarpment or in other locations on the high plains in this area no hard caliche or white layer, such as would characterize a soft layer of high lime-carbonate content, is generally reached at a depth corresponding to the elevation of the caliche escarpment. Example: Having a layer of caliche at depths of 16 inches and less really puts a damper on the garden site. The caliche does not allow roots to penetrate it (tree roots often take 10 years to break through a caliche layer) nor does this mineral allow water to drain.
Word: occipital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis. Pronunciation: /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.əl/, /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.l̩/, /ɑkˈsɪp.ət.l̩/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or located within or near the occiput (back of the head) or the occipital bone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: occipital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Middle French occipital, from Medieval Latin occipitālis, from occiput (“the back of the head, occiput”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix), equivalent of occiput + -al. Doublet of occipitalis. Pronunciation: /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.əl/, /ɒkˈsɪp.ɪt.l̩/, /ɑkˈsɪp.ət.l̩/ 1. Ellipsis of occipital bone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. An occipital scale in reptiles.