nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: extemporaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin extemporāneus, from Latin ex tempore (“impromptu”). Pronunciation: /ɪksˌ-/, /ɛksˌtɛm.pɜː(ɹ)ˈeɪn.i.əs/, /əksˌtɛmpɚˈeɪni.əs/ 1. With inadequate preparation or without advance thought; offhand. Example: My speeches in Great Britain were wholly extemporaneous, and I may not always have been so guarded in my expressions, as I otherwise should have been. I was ten years younger then than now, and only seven years from slavery. Example: “Who the devil is there in Ramilly County,” muttered Amory aloud, “who would deliver Verlaine in an extemporaneous tune to a soaking haystack?”
Word: aspirin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark of German Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (literally “acetylated spiraeic acid”). The trade name Aspirin is a registered trademark in some countries, but has entered the English language in generic usage, as various German trademarks were nullified in the United States after World War I (see also heroin). Pronunciation: /ˈæsp(ɪ)ɹɪn/ 1. an analgesic drug, acetylsalicylic acid Labels: uncountable 2. A tablet containing this substance. Labels: countable Example: "It nearly drove me insane. I took heaven alone knows how many aspirins." Example: I got so worked up writing it that I had to take an aspirin and stop trembling after I finished.
Word: bitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English biche, bicche, from Old English biċċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bikkjā, from Proto-Germanic *bikjǭ (“female dog”) (compare Norwegian bikkje (“dog, bitch”), Old Danish bikke (“bitch”)), from Proto-Germanic *bikjaną (“to thrust, attack”) (compare Old Norse bikkja (“to plunge into water”), Dutch bikken (“to hack”)). Related to bicker. Pronunciation: /bɪt͡ʃ/, /bɪʃ/ 1. To behave or act as a bitch; especially, to complain excessively. Labels: intransitive, vulgar 2. To complain or criticize spitefully, often for the sake of complaining rather than in order to have the problem corrected. Labels: intransitive, vulgar Example: All you ever do is bitch about the food I cook for you! Example: All you ever do is bitch at me! 3. To spoil, to ruin. Labels: transitive, vulgar Example: 'You're a Franco-maniac…You're thought to be a French agent…That's what's bitching your career!' Example: "Shy Smile didn't pay off." "I know. The jockey bitched it. So what?"
Word: flea bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A disreputable place of accommodation. Labels: slang Example: I stayed in this hotel last year, I hated it, it's a flea bag. Example: It's not a flea bag or one of those two hour hotels with the girls coming and going. 2. An unkempt mammal, especially a dog or cat. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: I scooped this little flea bag up and headed to the bathroom. Example: The animal was far from being a 'mangy old flea-bag'; and in fact had a nice glossy coat and was a well built cart horse. 3. A sleeping bag. Labels: slang Example: I slept out in my flea-bag each night—the weather was almost too hot for long-disatnce cycling—and had unwound considerably by the time I reached Mainz. Example: I pulled myself out of my flea-bag and reached for my clothes. 4. A poor and disreputable person. Example: He clearly had some of the spunk from the war left in him, for Tim always found the man addressing him as “flea bag,” “scum” or “maggot.” Example: O'Kelly whispered hoarsely, “Speak, you wretched flea-bag.
Word: movie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moving (picture) + -ie. Attested since at least 1912 (if not 1908), originally in American English. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːvi/ 1. A recorded sequence of images displayed on a screen at a rate sufficiently fast to create the appearance of motion; a film; a video. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US 2. A professionally made motion picture of a substantive narrative work, typically around 1 to 3 hours long, typically intended for cinema, art, entertainment, and a widespread audience; a feature film, theatrical film. Example: My favorite actor is starring in the new movie. 3. A cinema; a movie theatre. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, US, plural-normally Example: Let's go to the movies. 4. Any event, especially one that is unpleasant or tiresome. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: Don't worry; this isn't the first time I've been through this movie. Example: And then when the other five were in the Dance Hall up there on the river, steps away from the hot seat, Lehman let off an Italian dragged along on the lookout detail and a Hebrew who was supposed to have furnished the guns, although that had the smell of a frame because the cops didn't like him from another movie. 5. An extremely fun and exciting experience. Labels: figuratively, slang Example: Every night with you is a movie! Example: My life is a movie / Bull ridin' and boobies / Cowboy hat from Gucci / Wrangler on my booty
Word: recording Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, record + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of record Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Like most human activities, ballooning has sponsored heroes and hucksters and a good deal in between. For every dedicated scientist patiently recording atmospheric pressure and wind speed while shivering at high altitudes, there is a carnival barker with a bevy of pretty girls willing to dangle from a basket or parachute down to earth.
Word: recording Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, record + -ing. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɔː(ɹ)dɪŋ/ 1. The act of storing sound, video, etc., in a permanent medium. Example: The one-party consent law permits the recording of telephone calls with the consent of at least one of the parties. 2. A reproduction of sound, video, etc., stored in a permanent medium. Example: I made a recording of the TV show so that I could watch it later. Example: But, she says, a wartime ban on recordings using shellac and vinyl kept the Walker version from being released. 3. The act of registering for something; registration.
Word: center Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum. * (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.təː/, [ˈsɛn.tʰəː], /ˈsɛn.tɚ/, [ˈsɛ̟n.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɛ̟n.tʰɹ̩], /ˈsɛɾ̃.ɚ/ 1. Of, at, or related to a center. Labels: Canada, US, alternative, not-comparable
Word: center Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron)der. Latin centrumder. Middle French centrebor. Middle English center English center From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum. * (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.təː/, [ˈsɛn.tʰəː], /ˈsɛn.tɚ/, [ˈsɛ̟n.tʰɚ] ~ [ˈsɛ̟n.tʰɹ̩], /ˈsɛɾ̃.ɚ/ 1. To cause (an object) to occupy the center of an area. Labels: Canada, US, alternative, transitive Example: ????, Matthew Prior, Celia to Damon Thy joys are centred all in me alone. Example: He centered the heading of the document. 2. To cause (some attribute, such as a mood or voltage) to be adjusted to a value which is midway between the extremes. Labels: Canada, US, alternative, transitive 3. To give (something) a central basis. Labels: Canada, US, alternative, transitive Example: However, Lucas also centered the plot around the protection of the secret Death Star plans, which now filled the role of the clan treasure the enemy is seeking in Hidden Fortress; […] 4. To concentrate on (something), to pay close attention to (something). Labels: Canada, US, alternative, intransitive Example: The plot centers on the life of a working-class family. Example: The discussion centered around the recent issues. 5. To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. Labels: Canada, US, alternative
Word: equidistant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Latin stō Latin distō Latin aequidistō Late Latin aequidistānsder. Middle French équidistantder. English equidistant From Middle French équidistant, from Late Latin aequidistantem, from aequī (“equal”) + distantem (“distant”). By surface analysis, equi- + distant. Pronunciation: /ˌɛk.wɪˈdɪs.tənt/, /ˌiː.kwɪˈdɪs.tənt/, /ˌi.kwəˈdɪs.tənt/ 1. Occupying a position midway between two ends or sides. Labels: not-comparable 2. Occupying a position that is an equal distance between several points. Note that in a one-dimensional space this position can be identified with two points, in a two-dimensional space with three points (not on the same straight line), and in a three-dimensional space with four points (not in the same plane). Labels: not-comparable 3. Describing a map projection that preserves scale. No map can show scale correctly throughout the entire map but some can show true scale between one or two points and every point or along every meridian and these are referred to as equidistant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: attribute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin attributus. Pronunciation: /ˈæt.ɹɪ.bjuːt/, /ˈæt.ɹɪˌbjut/ 1. A characteristic or quality of a thing. Example: His finest attribute is his kindness. 2. An object that is considered typical of someone or some function, in particular as an artistic convention. Example: The eagle and the bolt of lightning are attributes of Jove. 3. A word that qualifies a noun. 4. That which is predicated or affirmed of a subject; a predicate; an accident. 5. An option or setting belonging to some object. Example: This packet has its coherency attribute set to zero. Example: A file with the read-only attribute set cannot be overwritten. 6. A semantic item with which a method or other code element may be decorated. Example: Properties can be marked as obsolete with an attribute, which will cause the compiler to generate a warning if they are used. Example: This attribute is used to declare in metadata that the attributed method or class requires SocketPermission of the declared form. 7. A numeric value representing the colours of part of the screen display. Labels: dated Example: […] you can only carry two objects, your attributes clash when you walk past multi-coloured objects and your enemies fly up and down from the ceiling. Example: If any of the video buffer's background attribute bits are on, MONO converts the attribute to 70h (inverse video).
Word: attribute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin attributus. Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪb.juːt/, /əˈtɹɪbˌjut/ 1. To ascribe (something) to a given cause, reason etc.; to affix. Labels: transitive Example: For as this is the liquor of modern historians, nay, perhaps their muse, if we may believe the opinion of Butler, who attributes inspiration to ale, it ought likewise to be the potation of their readers, since every book ought to be read with the same spirit and in the same manner as it is writ. 2. To associate ownership or authorship of (something) to someone. Labels: transitive Example: This poem is attributed to Browning. Example: We attribute nothing to God that hath any repugnancy or contradiction in it.
Word: almond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē)bor. ▲ Arabic لَوْز (lawz)sl. Latin amygdala Vulgar Latin *amendlader. Old French almandebor. Middle English almond English almond From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mənd/, /ˈa(l).mn̩d/, /ˈɑ(l).mənd/, /ˈæ(l).mənd/, /ˈɔl.mənd/ 1. The seed within the drupe of a small deciduous tree in family Rosaceae, Prunus amygdalus, considered a culinary nut. Labels: countable 2. The tree that produces almonds. Labels: countable Example: In early March the almonds are in flower, delicately pink, and there are washes of bright daffodils beneath the orchard trees; you can see women gathering them for market. 3. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. Other plants that produce almond-like nuts: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The colour of the kernel of an almond without its shell and thin seed coat, a creamy off-white colour. Labels: uncountable 10. The colour of an almond still covered by its skin, a shade of brown. Labels: uncountable 11. Flavour or other characteristics of almond. Labels: uncountable Example: I can't eat it if it has too much almond in it. 12. Anything shaped like an almond; specifically, (anatomy, archaic) a tonsil. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The next set are shorter, and are more contracted or acuminated at their posterior end, where they are contiguous to the almonds or tonsils.
Word: almond Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē)bor. ▲ Arabic لَوْز (lawz)sl. Latin amygdala Vulgar Latin *amendlader. Old French almandebor. Middle English almond English almond From Middle English almond, almaund, from Old French almande, amande, from Vulgar Latin *amendla, *amandula, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē), of uncertain origin. Influenced by amandus and by many European words of Arabic origin beginning with the Arabic definite article Arabic ال (al-). Compare Spanish almóndiga and Portuguese almôndega (“meatball”) from Andalusian Arabic البُنْدُقَة (“hazelnut al-bunduqa”). Doublet of amygdala, amygdale, and mandorla. Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.mənd/, /ˈa(l).mn̩d/, /ˈɑ(l).mənd/, /ˈæ(l).mənd/, /ˈɔl.mənd/ 1. Brownish, resembling the colour of an almond nut.
Word: aqua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo. Pronunciation: /ˈækwə/, /ˈɑːkwə/, /əˈkwɑ/ 1. The compound water. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A shade of colour, usually a mix of blue and green similar to the colour turquoise. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ms. Rockburne, with help from a team of artists, is working on a gargantuan mural of deep blues, shimmering aquas and luminous gold leaf that is headed for the American Embassy in Kingston, Jamaica.
Word: aqua Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English aqua (“water”), borrowed from Latin aqua. Perhaps also a learned borrowing directly from Latin. Doublet of ea, Eau, eau, and yeo. Pronunciation: /ˈækwə/, /ˈɑːkwə/, /əˈkwɑ/ 1. Of a greenish-blue colour.
Word: intersection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French intersection and its etymon Latin intersectiō. By surface analysis, intersect + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəɹˌsɛkʃən/, /ˌɪntəɹˈsɛkʃən/ 1. The junction of two (or more) paths, streets, highways, or other thoroughfares. Example: Near-synonym: crossroads Example: We determined that the car driver’s transportation of multiple teen passengers, limited driving experience, and likely impairment from effects of cannabis at the time of the crash adversely affected her judgment of the danger of entering the intersection in front of the approaching combination vehicle. 2. Any overlap, confluence, or crossover. Example: Within this melee of intersections between English and Cantonese, the students, being themselves bilingually fluent, were able to navigate with perfect ease in communicative contexts where the provenance of a certain term or expression matters little. 3. The point or set of points common to two geometrical objects (such as the point where two lines meet or the line where two planes intersect). 4. The set containing all the elements that are common to two or more sets. 5. The element where two or more straight lines of synchronized skaters pass through each other.https://web.archive.org/web/20120214131704/http://www.isu.org/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,4844-128590-19728-18885-295370-3787-4771-layout160-129898-news-item,00.html 6. The pullback of a corner of monics.
Word: alacrity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid-15th century; from Middle English alacrite, from Latin alacritās, from alacer (“brisk”) + -itās (“-ity”). Pronunciation: /əˈlakrᵻti/, /əˈlæk.rə.ti/ 1. Eagerness; liveliness; enthusiasm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Besides, a wealthy man, well at ease, may pray to God quietly and merrily with alacrity and great quietness of mind, whereas he who lieth groaning in his grief cannot endure to pray nor can he hardly think upon anything but his pain. Example: I have not that alacrity of spirit / Nor cheer of mind that I was wont to have. 2. Promptness; speed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Governments show thus how successfully men can be imposed on, even impose on themselves, for their own advantage. […] Yet this government never of itself furthered any enterprise, but by the alacrity with which it got out of its way. Example: He had a uniform jacket with one button off, and seeing a white man on the path, hoisted his weapon to his shoulder with alacrity.
Word: voltage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From volt + -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery. Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊltɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvɒltɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvoʊltɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvəʉltɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈvɐʉltɪd͡ʒ/ 1. The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark. Example: Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.
Word: rust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rust, rost, roust, from Old English rust, rūst (“rust”), from Proto-West Germanic *rust, from Proto-Germanic *rustaz (“rust”), from Proto-Indo-European *rudʰso- (“red”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”). Cognate with Scots roust (“rust”), Saterland Frisian rust (“rust”), West Frisian roast (“rust”), Dutch roest (“rust”), German Rost (“rust”), Danish rust (“rust”), Swedish rost (“rust”), Norwegian rust, ryst (“rust”), Finnish ruoste, Estonian rooste. Related to red. Pronunciation: /ɹʌst/, /ɹʊst/, /ɾʌst/ 1. The deteriorated state of iron or steel as a result of moisture and oxidation; it consists mostly of iron(III) oxide (ferric oxide) and iron(II) oxide (ferrous oxide). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The rust on my bicycle chain made cycling to work very dangerous. 2. A similar substance based on another metal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: copper rust 3. A reddish-brown color. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus (Pucciniales). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Damage caused to stamps and album pages by a fungal infection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English rusten, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ɹʌst/, /ɹʊst/, /ɾʌst/ 1. To oxidize, especially of iron or steel. Labels: intransitive Example: The patio furniture had rusted in the wind-driven spray. Example: Your gold and silver have rusted, and their rust will be evidence against you and will eat your flesh like fire. 2. To cause to oxidize. Labels: transitive Example: The wind-driven spray had thoroughly rusted the patio furniture. 3. To be affected with the parasitic fungus called rust. Labels: intransitive Example: I am sorry to say that, contrary to the majority, I have to report that the forage rusted rather badly. 4. To (cause to) degenerate in idleness; to make or become dull or impaired by inaction. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: Must I rust in Egypt? never more / Appear in arms, and be the chief of Greece? 5. Of a black cat or its fur, to turn rust-coloured following long periods of exposure to sunlight. Labels: intransitive Example: It's very common for black cats to rust during the summer.
Word: rectangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”). Pronunciation: /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/ 1. Any quadrilateral having opposing sides parallel and four right angles. 2. Such a quadrilateral that is oblong (longer than it is wide): one that is not regular (equilateral), that is, any except a square. 3. A right angle. Labels: archaic Example: For why should you praise, for example, the integrity of a Square who faithfully defends the interests of his client, when you ought in reality rather to admire the exact precision of his Rectangles? 4. The product of two quantities. Labels: archaic Example: In Lines it [the product] is always (and ſometimes in Numbers) call'd the Rectangle between the two Lines, multiply'd by one another.
Word: rectangle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French, from Medieval Latin or Late Latin rectangulum (“right angle”), from Latin rectus (“right”) + angulus (“an angle”). Pronunciation: /ˈrɛktæŋɡl̩/ 1. Right-angled. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: a rectangle triangle
Word: amalgam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer. Pronunciation: /əˈmæl.ɡəm/ 1. An alloy containing mercury. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A combination of different things. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] nor must we overlook, in quite recent times, the ingenious "Dukedog", a little 4-4-0 (officially 90XX class) whose Victorian lineaments arise from an economical amalgam of obsolete "Duke" and "Bulldog" components. Example: This was the Ambergate, Nottingham & Boston & Eastern Junction Railway, an amalgam of a number of separate schemes put forward in 1845, which secured its Act on July 16, 1846. 3. One of the ingredients in an alloy. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An alloy of mercury used to fill tooth cavities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amalgam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic اَلْمَلْغَم (al-malḡam, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer. Pronunciation: /əˈmæl.ɡəm/ 1. To amalgamate (something) with a thing. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: gold t’amalgam with some six of mercury Example: […] I had once occaſion to diſtil in a ſmall Retort ſome Gold amalgamed vvith ſuch a fine and ſubtile Mercury, that being (vvithout the addition of any Salt) put to the Gold in the cold, they preſently grevv hot together.
Word: pair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of par (“pair”). Related to pār (“equal”, adjective). Compare Saterland Frisian Poor (“pair”), West Frisian pear (“pair”), Dutch paar (“pair”), German Paar (“pair”), Italian paio (“pair”) Pronunciation: /pɛə/, /pɛɹ/, /peː/, /ˈpeə/, /ˈpiə/ 1. To group into one or more sets of two. Labels: transitive Example: The wedding guests were paired boy/girl and groom's party/bride's party. Example: Brown as I am, an Ethiopian dame / Inspired young Perseus with a gen’rous flame; / Turtles and doves of diff’ring hues unite, / And glossy jet is paired with shining white. 2. to link two electronic devices wirelessly together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth. Example: It was not possible to pair my smartphone with an incompatible smartwatch. Example: If your computer has a built-in, non-Microsoft transceiver, you can pair the device directly to the computer by using your computer’s Bluetooth software configuration program but without using the Microsoft Bluetooth transceiver. 3. To bring two (animals, notably dogs) together for mating. Labels: transitive 4. To come together for mating. Labels: intransitive Example: The raven, in short, when he pairs, which he does at the earliest moment permitted by the laws of ravendom, pairs for life […] 5. To engage (oneself) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. Labels: slang 6. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart. Labels: intransitive Example: My Heart was made to fit and pair with thine, / Simple and plain, and fraught with artleſs Tenderneſs; / Form’d to receive one Love, and only one, / But pleas’d and proud, and dearly fond of that, / It knows not what there can be in Variety, / And would not if it could.
Word: pair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pairen, peiren, shortened form of apeiren, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, empoirier, from Late Latin peiōrō. Pronunciation: /pɛə/, /pɛɹ/, /peː/, /ˈpeə/, /ˈpiə/ 1. To impair, to make worse. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Why dreghis þou þis dole, & deris þi seluyn? / Lefe of þis Langore, as my lefe brother, / Þat puttes þe to payne and peires þi sight. Example: It were good therefore, that Men in their Innouations, would follow the Example of Time it ſelfe ; which indeed Innouateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees, ſcarce to be perceiued : For otherwiſe, whatſoeuer is New, is vnlooked for ; And euer it mends Some, and paires Other […] 2. To become worse, to deteriorate. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: operation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera 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 -or Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation From Middle English operacioun, from Old French operacion, from Latin operātiō, from the verb operor (“to work”), from opus, operis (“work”). Equivalent to operate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌɒp.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɑ.pəˈɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɑ.pɚˈeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɔp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɒp.əˈɹæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The method by which a device performs its function. Labels: uncountable Example: It is dangerous to look at the beam of a laser while it is in operation. 2. The method or practice by which actions are done. Labels: uncountable 3. The act or process of operating (verb): agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. Labels: uncountable Example: the pain and sickness caused by manna are confessedly nothing but the effects of its operations on the stomach and guts. Example: Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. 4. A planned undertaking. Labels: countable Example: The police ran an operation to get vagrants off the streets. Example: The Katrina relief operation was considered botched. 5. A business or organization. Labels: countable Example: We run our operation from a storefront. Example: They run a multinational produce-supply operation. 6. A surgical procedure. Labels: countable Example: She had an operation to remove her appendix. Example: This done, ſhe performs the very ſame Operation on the other Side of the Cock's Body, and there takes out the other Stone; then ſhe ſtitches up the Wounds, and lets the Fowl go about as at other Times, till the Capon is fatted in a Coup, which is commonly done from Chriſtmas to Candlemas, and after. 7. A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands). Labels: countable Example: The number of operands associated with an operation is called its arity; an operation of arity 2 is called a binary operation. 8. A procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the operands). Labels: countable 9. A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm). Labels: countable 10. Effect produced; influence. Labels: countable, obsolete Example: The bards […] had great operation on the vulgar.
Word: aphasia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French aphasie, from Ancient Greek ἀφασία (aphasía), from ἄφατος (áphatos, “speechless”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + φάσις (phásis, “speech”). Equivalent to a- + -phasia. Pronunciation: /əˈfeɪzɪə/, /əˈfeɪʒə/ 1. A partial or total loss of language skills due to brain damage. Usually, damage to the left perisylvian region, including Broca's area and Wernicke's area, causes aphasia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The very disease aphasia is to most of us a new one; and we venture to say that even yet no one can give a satisfactory definition of Trousseau's new term. Example: Of one form of aphasia we have an accurate description by Van Swieten, in his chapter on apoplexia:―"Vidi plures, qui ab apoplexiâ curati omnibus functionibus cerebri recte valebant, nisi quod deesset, hoc unicum, quod non possent vera rebus designandis vocabula invenire."
Word: transcendent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns. Pronunciation: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/ 1. Surpassing usual limits. Example: In sculpture and in the drama, in Aristophanic farce and in hieratic rituals, in pictorial art and in the stream of literature, the phallus is transcendent. Example: "One shot. Wars can't be won with just one... oh. Oh my. You utterly transcendent idiots should not have put a transponder there." 2. Supreme in excellence. Example: Both stood silent, gazing on each other; Walter was actually lost in admiration of Lady Marchmont's transcendent beauty. 3. Beyond the range of usual perception. 4. Free from constraints of the material world.
Word: transcendent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transcend + -ent, or borrowed from Latin trānscendēns. Pronunciation: /tɹæn(t)ˈsɛndənt/ 1. That which surpasses or is supereminent; something excellent.
Word: nefarious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nefārius (“execrable, abominable”), from nefās (“something contrary to divine law, an impious deed, sin, crime”), from ne- (“not”) + fās (“the dictates of religion, divine law”), which is related to Latin for (“to speak, to say”) and cognate to Ancient Greek φημί (phēmí, “to say”). Pronunciation: /nɪˈfɛəɹi.əs/, /nɪˈfeːɹi.əs/ 1. Sinful, villainous, criminal, or wicked, especially when noteworthy or notorious for such characteristics. Example: Aliens have a nefarious connotation in many science fiction books. Example: "If the vessel be no fair-trading slaver, nor a common cruiser of his Majesty, it is as tangible as the best man's reasoning, that she may be neither more nor less than the ship of that nefarious pirate the Red Rover."
Word: ignominy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ignominie, from Latin ignōminia, from ig- (“not”) + nomen (“name”) (prefix assimilated form of in-). Pronunciation: /ˈɪɡnəˌmɪni/, /ˈɪɡnəməni/, /ɪɡˈnɑməni/ 1. Great dishonor, shame, or humiliation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: bad name Example: But like Czar Peter content to toil in the shipyards of foreign cities, Queequeg disdained no seeming ignominy, if thereby he might happily gain the power of enlightening his untutored countrymen.
Word: furtive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *furtyve (implied in furtyvely (adverb)), from Middle French furtif, furtive (“furtive, stealthy”) (modern French furtif), from Latin fūrtīvus (“clandestine, furtive, secret; concealed, hidden; stolen”), from fūrtum (“theft; robbery”) (from fūr (“thief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”)) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːtɪv/, /ˈfɝtɪv/, [-ɾɪv], [ˈfɜːɾɪv] 1. Of a thing: done with evasive or guilty secrecy. Example: […] The Defendant never vvas acknovvledged by the Sieur Harrouard’s Family, nor by that of his VVife. Thus, granting him to have been in Poſſeſſion of his Son’s Eſtate, it vvould only be a furtive and clandeſtine, not a public and avovved Poſſeſſion; and conſequently ſuch a Poſſeſſion as is incapable of founding a juſt and legal Title. Example: [T]ender cares and mild domestic Loves, / With furtive watch, pursue her [a swan] as she moves; […] 2. Of a thing: that has been acquired by theft; stolen; also (generally) taken stealthily. Example: Novv ſhine theſe Planets vvith ſubſtantial Rays? / Does innate Luſtre gild their meaſur'd Days? / Or do they (as your Schemes, I think, have ſhovvn) / Dart furtive Beams, and Glory not their ovvn, / All Servants to that Source of Light, the Sun? 3. Of a person or an animal: sly, stealthy. Example: All women have their foibles. Wise husbands must bear and forbear. Is that all? wherefore, then, is her aspect so furtive, wherefore on his a wild, vigilant sternness? Example: So, Riderhood looking after him as he went, and he with his furtive hand laid upon the dagger as he passed it, and his eyes upon the boat, were much upon a par. 4. Of a person, etc.: inclined to steal; pilfering, thieving.
Word: phalanx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin phalanx or Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order; array”). Doublet of phalange, planch, plancha, planche, and plank. Pronunciation: /ˈfælæŋks/, /fəˈlæŋks/, /ˈfeɪˌlæŋks/ 1. An ancient Greek and Macedonian military unit that consisted of several ranks and files (lines) of soldiers in close array with joined shields and long spears. Labels: historical 2. A large group of people, animals or things, compact or closely massed, or tightly knit and united in common purpose. Example: The monarch hath gone, but his rocky throne Still rests on its frowning base; Its motionless guards rise in phalanx lone, And nought save the winds through their helmets that moan, And none but those bosoms and hearts of stone Sigh o'er a fallen race. Example: But there was no man to greet them in the market-place, and no woman's face appeared at the windows - only a bodiless voice went before them, calling: "Fallen is Imperial Kôr! - fallen! - fallen! fallen!" On, right through the city, marched those gleaming phalanxes, and the rattle of their bony tread echoed through the silent air as they pressed grimly on. 3. A Fourierite utopian community; a phalanstery. Labels: historical Example: [Charles Fourier] calculated that if precisely 1,620 men, women and children were collected in a 6,000-acre phalanx, they would — all by merrily following their individual passions — end up satisfying all the phalanx’s essential needs. 4. One of the bones of the finger or toe. 5. A bundle of stamens, in diadelphous and polyadelphous flowers.
Word: surreptitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin surrēptīcius (“furtive, clandestine”), from surrēpō (“to creep along”). Pronunciation: /ˌsʌɹɪpˈtɪʃəs/, /səˌɹɛpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsʌɹəpˈtɪʃəs/, /ˌsɛɹəpˈtɪʃəs/ 1. Stealthy, furtive, well hidden, covert (especially movements). Example: He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement. Example: It is also worth noting the case law on prisoners' correspondence which establishes that interception of a person's communications need not be surreptitious in order to amount to an interference with respect to Art 8 (1) [ECHR].
Word: sylvan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin silvanus, cognate with Latin Silvānus (“Roman god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). The ⟨y⟩ in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle. Analysable as sylva (“silva”) + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.vən/ 1. Pertaining to the forest, or woodlands. Example: Broke by the jutting Land, on either ſide: / In double Streams the briny Waters glide. / Betwixt two rows of Rocks, a Sylvan Scene / Appears above, and Groves for ever green: […] Example: A little cabinet stood beside, with some of its shuttles and drawers open, displaying hawks-bells, dog-whistles, instruments for trimming a falcon's feathers, bridle-bits of various constructions, and other trifles connected with sylvan sport. 2. Residing in a forest or wood. Example: Now, my Sacontalá, you are becomingly decorated: put on this lower veſt, the gift of ſylvan goddeſſes. 3. Wooded, or covered in forest. Example: Nicolet Area Technical College, a Rhinelander green centerpiece, gets high marks not just for its management of more than two hundred acres of sylvan land and its thousand feet of frontage along the pristine shores of Lake Julia, but for being Wisconsin's college campus leader in renewable energy use. Example: This house in McLean, Va., has just about everything a nature lover desires: soothing sounds of the Potomac River, a sylvan setting with countless species of birds and other wildlife, access to hiking, fishing and canoeing — and all within a half-hour of downtown Washington and minutes from the Beltway and George Washington Parkway.
Word: sylvan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin sylvanus, possibly via Middle French sylvain, from Latin silvanus, cognate with Latin Silvānus (“Roman god of the woods”), from silva (“forest”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). The ⟨y⟩ in sylvanus and its descendants is due to influence from Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē, “wood, matter”), transliterated in the Latin style as hyle. Analysable as sylva (“silva”) + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.vən/ 1. One who resides in the woods. Example: [H]e hurried to a masquerade-warehouse in Westminster, where he selected the garb of a sylvan, or a man of the woods, together with a guitar, which he entrusted to a porter, bidding him accompany then to St. James's Park. / "But what connexion is there between a sylvan and a French song accompanied by the guitar?" asked Jocelyn, as they paced rapidly along. / "None whatever," replied his companion, "and, therefore, the better for our purpose. The King has long lost taste for that which is appropriate: to be pleased he must be surprised, and this can only be effected by some absurdity; the more preposterous the more likely to succeed." 2. A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr. Example: And ſeeing it is ſo generall a report, and ſo many auerre it eyther from their owne triall or from others, that are of indubitable honeſtie and credite, that the Syluanes and Fawnes, commonly called Incubi, haue often iniured women, deſiring and acting carnally with them: […] Example: 214. A Revel and Sacrifice to Pan. The frequent repetition of these subjects shows how deeply the artist's mind was imbued with the love of sylvan rites and ceremonies, characteristic of the fabled golden age, when "In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan." […] [N]ear to her are a nymph and a faun sitting together; the attention of the former is at the moment attracted by a sylvan, who is dragging a goat by the leg; […]
Word: accountably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English accountable Middle English -ly English -ly English accountably From accountable + -ly. Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊn.tə.bli/ 1. In an accountable manner.
Word: account book Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkaʊnt bʊk/ 1. A book in which accounts are kept; ledger. Example: When a woman loves you she's not satisfied until she possesses your soul. [...] The soul of man wanders through the uttermost regions of the universe, and she seeks to imprison it in the circle of her account-book.
Word: BDA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Dental Association. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Bermuda. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BDA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bomb damage assessment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: lemonade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French limonade. By surface analysis, lemon + -ade. Pronunciation: /ˌlɛmənˈeɪd/, /ˈlɛmənˌeɪd/ 1. A flavored beverage consisting of water, lemon, and sweetener, sometimes ice, served mainly as a refreshment. (In the UK and Ireland, generally specified as still, cloudy, or traditional lemonade.) Labels: Canada, India, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable Example: Mrs. Murphy, who had […] stopped for a few minutes, at Mrs. Loring's invitation, to rest and enjoy the cool glass of lemonade that was very refreshing after her long walk. Example: The tiny flowers on the long skirt and sleeveless halter-top made her look like she belonged in some Southern porch handing out lemonade and sweet tea. 2. A clear, usually carbonated, beverage made from lemon or artificial lemon flavouring, water, and sugar. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, countable, uncountable 3. Recreational drugs of poor or weak quality, especially heroin. Labels: countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable Example: In fact, a recent report from Denver shows it [street heroin] was about 1 to 2 percent and the addicts that are receiving this in many cases refer to it as lemonade, because it is so weak. Example: Lemonade — heroin; poor quality drugs
Word: accouple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French acopler, French accoupler. See couple. Equivalent to ad- + couple. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌpəl/ 1. To join; to couple. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: The Englishmen accoupled themselves with the Frenchmen.
Word: accouplement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French accouplement. Pronunciation: /əˈkʌpəlmənt/ 1. The act of coupling, or the state of being coupled; union Labels: countable, rare, uncountable 2. That which couples, as a tie or brace Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: accourage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French acoragier; à (from Latin ad) + corage. See courage. Pronunciation: /əˈkɜɹɪd͡ʒ/, /əˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To encourage. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete Example: […] willing the comfort of al merchauntes in accouraging of them willing to make any ship or shippes, and also towardes the supportacion of the costes and charges of the said Nicholas, [I grant them money]. Example: Aftir two yeres Philometor obtayned helpe of the Roma[n]s to reamer his lost cities, and thus accouraged of [=by] the Romans he expelled his auuncles syriake hoste […]
Word: accourt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ac- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰórtos Proto-Italic *hortosder.? Proto-Italic *horti- Latin cohortem Latin cōrtem Old French cortbor. Middle English court English court English accourt From ac- (“to”) + court (“woo”). Pronunciation: /əˈkɔːt/ 1. To treat courteously; to court. Labels: Early, Modern, obsolete Example: Whilest she her selfe thus busily did frame Seemely to entertaine her new-come guest, Newes hereof to her other sisters came, Who all this while were at their wanton rest, Accourting each her frend with lavish fest
Word: accouter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French accoutrer, from Old French acoustrer, from Vulgar Latin acconsūtūrāre (“to equip with clothes”), from Latin ad (“to”) + consūtūra (“sewing, clothes”), from Latin cōnsuō (“to sew together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + suō (“to sew”), first attested in the 1590s. Pronunciation: /əˈku tɚ/ 1. To furnish with dress or equipments, especially those for military service Labels: transitive Example: […] Ile hold thee any wager / When we are both accoutered like yong men, / Ile proue the prettier fellow of the two, […] Example: Vpon the word, / Accoutred as I was, I plunged in,
Word: accouterments Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkuːtəmənts/ 1. plural of accouterment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calculus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Borrowed from Latin calculus (“a pebble or stone used as reckoning counters in abacus”), diminutive of calx (“limestone”) + -ulus. * Mathematical topic is from differential calculus. Pronunciation: /ˈkæl.kjʊ.ləs/, /ˈkæl.kjə.ləs/, /ˈkælk(j)ʊləs/ 1. Calculation; computation. Labels: countable, dated 2. Any formal system in which symbolic expressions are manipulated according to fixed rules. Labels: countable Example: lambda calculus Example: predicate calculus 3. Differential calculus and integral calculus considered as a single subject. Labels: definite, often, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: analysis, mathematical analysis Example: I took calculus in high school. 4. A stony concretion that forms in a bodily organ. Labels: countable Example: Commonly indicated for treatment of sour crop (Fig. 11-11, A), an ingluviotomy is done to retrieve crop calculi, ingluvioliths, or foreign bodies (which are not accessible per os) or to retrieve proventricular or ventricular foreign bodies (using micromagnets [glued in place within plastic tubes], lavage, or endoscopy) and for the placement of an ingluviotomy or proventriculotomy tube or the collection of crop wall biopsies. 5. Deposits of calcium phosphate salts on teeth. Labels: uncountable 6. A decision-making method, especially one appropriate for a specialised realm. Labels: countable Example: The Tory leader refused to state how many financiers he thought should end up in jail, saying: “There is not some simple calculus."