nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of pansexual or panromantic. Pronunciation: /pæn/, /pan/, [peə̯n] ~ [pɛə̯n], /pæːn/, [peːn] 1. Pansexual or panromantic. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: When she publicly acknowledged that she is pan, it educated citizens near and far on what that sexuality meant and the importance of being proud of who you are. Example: Another anonymous pansexual disclosed, "Sometimes I feel really left out because I'm pan. […] "
Word: pan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of pantograph. Pronunciation: /pæn/, /pan/, [peə̯n] ~ [pɛə̯n], /pæːn/, [peːn] 1. Clipping of pantograph. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: paregmenon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek. 1. The juxtaposition of words that have the same roots; using cognate words together, such as "curvaceous curves", "my loving and beloved wife", or "he's a manly man". Labels: rhetoric
Word: pillowbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pillow + book. 1. A journal of a person's sexual dreams and escapades, usually for the writer's eyes only.
Word: PMEE Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːmiː/ 1. Acronym of prime mission electronic equipment. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable 2. The people who operate this equipment, such as the crewmembers aboard the Advanced Range Instrumentation Aircraft. Labels: US, informal, uncountable
Word: poll books Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poll book Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pre-gaming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English gaming English pre-gaming From pre- + gaming. 1. The act of consuming alcoholic beverages before attending an event or function. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: predicative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English predicate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English predicative From predicate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kə.tɪv/, [ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kə.ɾɪv], /ˈpɹɛd.ə.kə.tɪv/, [ˈpɹɛd.ə.kə.ɾɪv], /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.keɪ.tɪv/ 1. Modifying a noun from within a predicate. Labels: not-comparable Example: in predicative position
Word: predicative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English predicate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English predicative From predicate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kə.tɪv/, [ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.kə.ɾɪv], /ˈpɹɛd.ə.kə.tɪv/, [ˈpɹɛd.ə.kə.ɾɪv], /ˈpɹɛd.ɪ.keɪ.tɪv/ 1. An element of the predicate of a sentence which complements the subject or object by means of the verb. Predicatives may be nominal or adjectival. 2. In some languages, a special part of speech used as a predicate and denoting a state of being. Example: A predicative in Russian is an uninflected word that regularly constitutes a complete utterance when standing alone, i.e., when preceded and followed by silence. Example: Traditional grammars usually differentiate between neuter short adjectives and predicatives based on whether there is an overt nominative subject; hence курение вредно ‘smoking (noun) is harmful’ is viewed as a clause with nominative subject, zero copula and neuter short form adjective that agrees with the subject in gender, whereas курить вредно (same meaning, literally ‘to smoke is harmful’) is often viewed as an impersonal clause with predicative.
Word: pseudobranchia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English branchia English pseudobranchia From pseudo- + branchia (“gill”). 1. A small patch of gill-like filaments on the inner surface of the opercle near the junction of the preopercle.
Word: pseudostate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English pseudostate From pseudo- + state. 1. A geopolitical entity which has some of the trappings of an independently-governed country or territory, but which lacks real independence and is not recognized as a self-governing political entity by the international community of nations. Example: In 1975 the state decreed that the Mfengu were really Xhosa, and that their traditional "homeland" was 300 miles away, in a Xhosa pseudostate called Ciskei. Example: For Iran, Syria is a counterweight to any Sunni resurgence in Iraq, as well as the conduit to Hizbullah, its client Shiite pseudo-state in Lebanon. 2. An entity that resembles, but is not in fact, a state in a state machine or similar. Example: Every exit pseudostate that does not have an incoming transition becomes a priority relevant exit pseudostate, the other exit pseudostates become non-priority relevant exit pseudostates.
Word: pterygiophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pterygium Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros)der. New Latin -phorusbor. English -phore English pterygiophore From pterygium + -phore. 1. Any of the bones in a fish that support the dorsal fin. There are two to three of them: proximal, middle, and distal. In spinous fins the distal is often fused to the middle or not present at all.
Word: recreant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English recreaunt, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French recreant (“defeated”), from recroire (“to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance”). Compare miscreant. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkɹɪənt/, /ˈɹɛkɹiənt/ 1. Having admitted defeat and surrendered; defeated. Labels: archaic, poetic Example: Soothly, he that despeireth hym is lyk The coward champious recreant, that seith, Creant withoute nede, allas! akkas! bedekes us He recreant and nedelees despeired. [Translation by Larry D. Benson from Riverside Chaucer: Truly, he that despairs himself is like the cowardly defeated champion, who says "I surrender" without need. Alas, alas, needless is he defeated and needless in despair.] Example: For, from the day that he thus did it leave, / Amongst all Knights he blotted was with blame, / And counted but a recreant Knight with endles shame. 2. Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false. Labels: literary, poetic Example: Who, for ſo many benefits receiv'd, / Turn'd recreant to God, ingrate and falſe, / And ſo of all true good himſelf deſpoil'd, […] Example: And let the recreant traitors seek / My tourney court […].
Word: recreant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English recreaunt, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French recreant (“defeated”), from recroire (“to yield in a trial by combat, surrender allegiance”). Compare miscreant. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛkɹɪənt/, /ˈɹɛkɹiənt/ 1. Somebody who is recreant, who yields in combat; a coward or traitor. Example: [I]n the Choephoroe of Aeschylus Orestes pursues the same idea saying that unless he avenges his father, a stern duty which has devolved upon him, he will be punished in turn by the avengers of his father's wrongs. It may be remarked that in Maina to-day no recourse must be had to law for such cases, nor must the injured person satisfy himself by calling upon the aid of the police. To do this were incredibly base, the subterfuge of a recreant and a craven. Example: If Scholz believed he could dodge a reckoning after his party was beaten into a humiliating third place by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, he, like most recreants, is likely mistaken.
Word: Sacagawean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sacagawea + -an. 1. Of or relating to Sacagawea.
Word: self-titled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English titled English self-titled From self- + titled. 1. Eponymously named; having the same name as the author or artist. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Song 2" is a single from Blur's 1997 self-titled album.
Word: Shamsher Jang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hindi शमशेर जंग (śamśer jaṅg, “sword of war”), from Classical Persian شمشیر جنگ (šamšēr jang). It was part of the full title of the Maharaja of Travancore. 1. A Hindu princely title, Sword of War. Labels: Hinduism
Word: Shirshak Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi शीर्षक (śīrṣak). 1. A male given name from India, of Nepalese and Indian usage.
Word: stellar disk Part of Speech: noun 1. the flat part of a spiral galaxy around the central bulge
Word: taipo Part of Speech: noun 1. An evil spirit. Labels: New-Zealand Example: They are called taipos, or devils. If a Maori went fishing or birding between them in the Maungapakeha Valley, he might fail to get either birds or eels. The reason was that the Tinui taipo was angry, and would say to the Maungapakeha taipo, “This man has offended me; he shall catch no more eels or birds to-day.” 2. A goblin. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: trans-Tasman Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + Tasman, since the Tasman Sea lies between the two countries. 1. Of or pertaining to inter-relationships between Australia and New Zealand. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Trans-Tasman commerce
Word: turnpike doubles Part of Speech: noun 1. A tandem trailer operation, where two large hauling trailers are connected with a single axle, wheeled device known as a tandem dolly, allowing a truck to carry two or more trailers bound for separate destinations. Labels: slang
Word: valley boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A young man who lives in the Valley, specifically the San Fernando Valley. Labels: US, slang 2. A young gay man who listens to 1970s genre music. Labels: US, slang 3. A young man from the South Wales Valleys. Labels: UK, Wales
Word: wordmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From word + mark. 1. A logotype; a standardized graphic representation of the name of a company or product used for purposes of easy identification. It is often text with unique typographic or graphical treatment. 2. A bit in each memory location on some variable-word-length computers (e.g. IBM 1401, IBM 1620) used to mark the end of a word.
Word: year mark Part of Speech: noun 1. An inscription on a coin indicating the year in which the coin was either produced or issued.
Word: miniaturist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian miniaturabor. English miniature Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English miniaturist From miniature + -ist. 1. An artist who paints miniature figures or scenes. 2. A person who creates or collects miniature figurines (such as dolls). Example: Power scissors Every miniaturist should have a pair. Example: The miniaturist's hobby is as varied as the people who pursue it.
Word: noncomputable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + computable. 1. Incapable of being computed by any deterministic algorithm in any finite amount of time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: princeps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prī̆nceps (“first, foremost”). Doublet of prince and principe. Pronunciation: /ˈprɪn.sɛps/, /ˈprɪŋ.kɛps/ 1. The title of the Roman emperor during the principate. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: Its special characteristics were that the princeps was not governed by any law of procedure or confined to a particular place of judgment and, moreover, had complete freedom in the composition of his consilium. 2. One who, or that which, is foremost, original, etc. 3. The editio princeps, or first edition of a book.
Word: nonrecursive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + recursive. 1. Not recursive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ceps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cep Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undecidable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English decide 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 decidable English undecidable From un- + decidable. 1. Incapable of being algorithmically decided in finite time. For example, a set of strings is undecidable if it is impossible to program a computer (even one with infinite memory) to determine whether or not specified strings are included. Labels: not-comparable Example: The first-order procedure SP differs from the proposi- tional procedure CP°₁ in an essential feature. Namely, CP°₁ always terminates while SP may run forever as we have seen with the example immediately after (3.7). This is not a specific defect of SP. Rather it is known that first-order logic is an undecidable theory while propositional logic is a decidable theory. This means that for the latter there are decision pro- cedures which for any formula decide whether it is valid or not — and CP°₁ in fact is such a decision procedure — while for the former such decision procedures do not exist in princi- ple. Thus SP, according to these results for which the reader is referred to any logic texts such as [End], [DrG] or [Lew], is of the kind which we may expect, it is a semi-decision procedure which confirms if a formula is valid but may run forever for invalid formulas. Therefore, termination by running out of time or space after any finite number of steps will leave the question for the validity of a formula unsettled. [...] 2. (of a WFF) logically independent from the axioms of a given theory; i.e., that it can never be either proved or disproved (i.e., have its negation proved) on the basis of the axioms of the given theory. (Note: this latter definition is independent of any time bounds or computability issues, i.e., more Platonic.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: recursively enumerable Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a set, such that there exists a deterministic algorithm which will list all the items in the set and no others. Labels: not-comparable
Word: primitive recursive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a function, capable of being constructed from the zero function, successor function, and projection functions, by a finite number of applications of composition and recursion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: videogames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of videogame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flageolet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French flageolet. Pronunciation: /ˈflæʒəleɪ/, /ˈflæd͡ʒəlɪt/ 1. A type of small flute of the fipple family. 2. A technique for playing stringed instrument that produces high-pitched overtones. 3. A type of small light green kidney-shaped bean, common in France.
Word: Scotsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scotsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: switchgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From switch + grass. 1. A tall North American perennial grass, of species Panicum virgatum, used as forage and to make hay. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He peers from the road to the woods, tangled with switchgrass and swamp myrtle.
Word: Scotswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Scots Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English Scotswoman From Scots + -woman. 1. A woman from Scotland.
Word: Scotswomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Scotswoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cellulosic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cellulosic From cellulose + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from cellulose. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cellulosic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English cellulosic From cellulose + -ic. 1. A synthetic plastic derived from cellulose.
Word: full-throated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + throated. Pronunciation: /ˌfʊlˈθɹəʊtɪd/, /ˌfʊlˈθɹoʊtəd/, [-ɾəd] 1. Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously. Labels: also, figuratively Example: [T]hou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, / In some melodious plot / Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, / Singest of summer in full-throated ease. Example: The laughter was not quite so full-throated as before. Such excessive cleverness was a little Satanic. 2. Showing strong feelings. Labels: figuratively Example: [Andy] Warhol's portraits of Jackie [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis] could not be more full-throated in their sorrow because they are so obviously felt, a silent agony. Example: Governor [Nikki] Hayley's full-throated insistence that the [Confederate] flag be removed—she called it a "deeply offensive symbol of a brutally offensive past"—played an instrumental role in building consensus in the state's Republican Party. 3. Of a woman: having ample breasts. Labels: dated, euphemistic Example: There she sits, at the very opposite corner, just as far off as accident could put her from this handsome fellow, by whose side she ought, of course, to be sitting. [...] Tawny-haired, amber-eyed, full-throated, skin as white as a blanched almond. Example: And this was Miggles! this bright-eyed, full-throated young woman, whose wet gown of coarse blue stuff could not hide the beauty of the feminine curves to which it clung; [...]
Word: throated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From throat + -ed. 1. Having the specified type of throat. Labels: in-compounds
Word: throated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From throat + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of throat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: close-cropped Part of Speech: adj 1. Cut very short. Example: A soldier with close-cropped hair walked past. 2. Having the hair cut very short. Example: Minutes later, several more close-cropped fellows passed by in an evident hurry. Example: Bradly could see the livid mark of scars on the close-cropped sandy skull. They were recent, and still showed contused edges[.]
Word: speechifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of speechify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: speechifying Part of Speech: noun 1. The art of making speeches; rhetoric or oratory. 2. The act of speaking, especially at excessive length. Example: "I thank you," said Lorraine, "for reinforcing my favourite theory, which maintains that a love of talking is the great feature of the present time. Steam is not half so much its characteristic as speechifying." Example: “To literary readers, the books look cheesy, sexist in a hairy-chest, gold-chain kind of way. His [Robert Heinlein's] stuff hasn’t stood the test of time,” because of characters’ windy speechifying and their frontier optimism.
Word: speechify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English speech Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos 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 speechify From speech + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːt͡ʃɪfaɪ/ 1. To give a speech; to hold forth; (now especially) to pronounce pompously or at length. Labels: intransitive Example: Caleb was a powerful man and knew little of any fear except the fear of hurting others and the fear of having to speechify. Example: He never missed a chance of speechifying in public. 2. To make speeches to (someone); to address in a speech. Labels: obsolete, possibly, transitive Example: They take their little enjoyments on little means and with little things and don't let solemn big-wigs stare them out of countenance or speechify them dull.
Word: Dodd Part of Speech: name Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly from any of the following: # Old English personal names Dodd(a), Dudd(a) # The Proto-Germanic root *dudd-/*dodd- (“rounded”), denoting a rounded, lumpish man, or a stupid person. # The same root as Old English dydrian (“to deceive”), denoting a deceiver. # The verb dod (“to make bare, to lop off”), to denote a fairly hairless person. 1. An English surname from Middle English derived from a Middle English given name of obscure origin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As Dodd wrote in ‘The Empty Nest,’ “To me, it was glaringly obvious that parting from a child who has been the centre of your life for twenty-odd years is a really big deal. Yet while new parents are bombarded with advice, empty nest parents are left to muddle through what is arguably the most challenging phase of parenting.” 2. An unincorporated community in Tobin Township, Perry County, Indiana, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: obdurately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English obdurate Middle English -ly English -ly English obdurately From obdurate + -ly. 1. In an obdurate manner; stubbornly, intractably or inflexibly. Example: The sparse grey locks he combed were fewer and greyer: and though the accustomed mouth circle was as obdurately set as of old, his head waggled purposelessly: and his hands fumbled stiffly as he folded and replaced his pocket comb.
Word: bechamel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of béchamel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: béchamel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French béchamel. Pronunciation: [ˈbɛʃəmɛɫ] 1. Ellipsis of béchamel sauce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually
Word: kid leather Part of Speech: noun 1. Leather made from the skin of a young goat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cowskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cow + skin. 1. Leather made from the hide of a cow or similar animal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A whip made of that material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Plummer was a miserable drunkard, a profane swearer, and a savage monster. He always went armed with a cowskin and a heavy cudgel.
Word: ordinal rank Part of Speech: noun 1. A specified position in a numbered series.
Word: stocking cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A knitted woolen cap, often with a tassel.
Word: ice storm Part of Speech: noun 1. A storm in which rain freezes on contact with the ground to form a sheet of ice.
Word: decapitated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of decapitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decapitated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈkæpɪteɪtəd/ 1. With the head removed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cablecast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cable + -cast, from broadcast. 1. A telecast via cable television. Example: The festival is produced collaboratively by several Boston-area public access communities, but it represents the collaboration of women around the world. Interviews, excerpts from submitted tapes, and live segments are combined for a five-hour live cablecast on International Women's Day in the Boston area.
Word: cablecast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cable + -cast, from broadcast. 1. To originate a video and audio program by using a broadcast station or infrastructure focused on cable television operation. Example: We will cablecast the final game on this station.
Word: cablecast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cable + -cast, from broadcast. 1. broadcast via cable television Labels: not-comparable Example: Cablecast programs are as popular as many broadcast programs.
Word: cablegram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cable + -gram. 1. A telegram transmitted via a submarine cable. Example: A cablegram was received also from Susan Lawrence, chairman of the Labor party.
Word: cablegram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cable + -gram. 1. To communicate by cablegram. Labels: rare
Word: cabstand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cab + stand. 1. A place where taxis wait for passengers; a taxi rank.
Word: phalloplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phallo- + -plasty. 1. Plastic surgery to construct or repair a penis, performed to repair injury or as part of sex reassignment surgery. 2. Plastic surgery to enlarge the penis. Labels: nonstandard
Word: cachepot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French cache-pot, from cacher (“to hide”). 1. An ornamental container for a flowerpot.
Word: cackler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cakelere, equivalent to cackle + -er. 1. A person or creature that cackles. 2. A speaker; a person who gives speeches. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: I never wath much of a Cackler, Thquire, and I have thed my thay.
Word: caddish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cad Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English caddish From cad + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈkædɪʃ/ 1. Characteristic of a cad, discourteous, ungentlemanly, dishonorable. Example: To introduce into philosophical discussions a sneer at a creed's antiquity is like introducing a sneer at a lady's age. It is caddish because it is irrelevant. The pure modernist is merely a snob; he cannot bear to be a month behind the fashion. Example: 'I think it's absolutely—absolutely caddish of you to mention such things!'
Word: rhytidoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rhytid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -plasty English rhytidoplasty From rhytid + -o- + -plasty. 1. Plastic surgery to reduce the visible signs of aging in the face by removing wrinkles.
Word: rhytidectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rhytid Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English rhytidectomy From rhytid (“undesirable wrinkle in the skin”) + -ectomy (“excision”). 1. Plastic surgery to reduce the visible signs of aging in the face by removing wrinkles.
Word: barmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: staphyloplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From staphylo- + -plasty. 1. Plastic surgery to replace or repair the uvula and the soft palate.
Word: government men Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of government man Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemokines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chemokine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cytokines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cytokine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bitterling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Bitterling, calque from Latin amārus (“bitter”), equivalent to bitter + -ling. Compare grayling, fingerling. 1. Any of various species of small cyprinid fish in the genus Rhodeus. 2. Specifically Rhodeus amarus, formerly called Rhodeus sericeus.
Word: gibberellins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gibberellin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panicking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of panic Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: panicking Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of panic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We have various events or processes, therefore: cuttings, kickings, humiliatings, panickings, puncturings, smashings, blowings, and swellings. These are the things that really go on in the world and causation is perhaps just a label […]
Word: uvulas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uvula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniaturists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of miniaturist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tonsillectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tonsillectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. 1. A yarn measure of six hundred yards, or 1/24 of a spindle.
Word: heer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch heer. 1. A Dutch lord. Example: […] ſo as I was for four Days and Nights together in State of one of your Dutch Heers after a Feaſt, looking ſtill when I ſhould vomere Animam; […] Example: Mr Irving, after writing, perhaps after printing one volume, and three-fourths of another, seems to have been suddenly struck with a conviction of the worthlessness of the materials that had thus been passing through his hands, and in a happy day, and a happy hour, he determined to fill up the remaining fifty or sixty pages, not with milk-and-water stuff about ghosts and banditti, but with some of his own old genuine stuff—the quaintnesses of the ancient Dutch heers and frows of the delicious land of the Manhattoes.
Word: caddishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English caddish Middle English -ly English -ly English caddishly From caddish + -ly. 1. In a caddish manner.
Word: cagily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cagy Middle English -ly English -ly English cagily From cagy + -ly. 1. In a cagy manner.
Word: canonically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English canonical Middle English -ly English -ly English canonically From canonical + -ly. 1. In a canonical manner. Example: For example, once the child is able to parse (i.e. grammatically analyse) an adult utterance such as Help Daddy and knows that it contains a verb phrase comprising the head verb help and its complement Daddy, then (on the assumption that the language faculty specifies that all heads of a given type behave uniformly with regard to whether they are positioned before or after their complements), the child will automatically know that all verbs in English are canonically (i.e. normally) positioned before their complements.
Word: cantankerously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cantankerous Middle English -ly English -ly English cantankerously From cantankerous + -ly. 1. In a cantankerous manner.
Word: capaciously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English capacious Middle English -ly English -ly English capaciously From capacious + -ly. 1. In a capacious manner. Example: But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]
Word: capitalistically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English capitalistic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English capitalistically From capitalistic + -ally. 1. In a capitalistic manner.
Word: lymphatics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lymphatic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: captiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English captious Middle English -ly English -ly English captiously From captious + -ly. 1. In a captious manner.
Word: cardinally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cardinālisder. Middle French cardinalbor. English cardinal Middle English -ly English -ly English cardinally From cardinal + -ly. 1. In a cardinal manner; fundamentally.
Word: carnally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English carnal Middle English -ly English -ly English carnally From carnal + -ly. 1. In a carnal manner.
Word: carnivorously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English carnivorous Middle English -ly English -ly English carnivorously From carnivorous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)ˌnɪv.əɹ.əs.li/ 1. In a carnivorous manner.
Word: catastrophically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English catastrophic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English catastrophically From catastrophic + -ally. 1. In a catastrophic manner, or to a catastrophic extent; disastrously.
Word: categorically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From categorical + -ly. Pronunciation: /kæt.əˈɡɒ.ɹɪk.(ə.)li/ 1. In a categorical manner. Example: Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) generically, classically, typically Example: a welfare scheme for the categorically needy 2. In a categorical manner. Labels: modal Example: She categorically denied all allegations of misconduct. Example: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has categorically ruled out any new negotiations saying the future of the Falklands can only be decided by the islanders themselves in accordance with the UN principle of self-determination.
Word: lymphomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lymphoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lymphomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lymphoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caudally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English caudal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English caudally From caudal + -ly. 1. In a caudal manner; with regard to a tail Labels: not-comparable Example: However, articulated specimens reveal that in hadrosaurids the radius articulates with the lateral condyle of the humerus, as in other vertebrates, and the palms face caudomedially, though more medially than caudally.
Word: causally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English causal Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English causally From causal + -ly. 1. In a causal manner. Example: Sometimes the attempt was made to reduce the inner to the outer world (Condillac, Mach, Avenarius, materialism); sometimes the outer to the inner world (Descartes, Berkeley, Fichte); sometimes the sphere of the absolute to the others (e.g., by trying to infer causally the essence and existence of something divine in general);
Word: adenoidectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adenoidectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caustically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English caustic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English caustically From caustic + -ally. 1. In a caustic manner. Example: As conformist and inarticulate as the other man vying for Lelaina's affections — her roommate Troy (Ethan Hawke), who slackerishly fronts a grunge band — is caustically rebellious, Michael can at least help her career.
Word: kettle fur collector Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, coiled, stainless steel wire placed in a kettle to attract limescale that would otherwise build up on the heating element.
Word: categorical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin catēgoricus + -al. By surface analysis, category + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l/, /ˌkætəˈɡɔɹɪk(ə)l/, /ˌkæhəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/, /ˌkæʔəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/ 1. Absolute; having no exception. Example: We now see that they [propositions] are either conditional or unconditional, or, as the logicians say, hypothetical (conditional) or categorical (unconditional). Example: Daytime interests are clearly not such far-reaching psychical sources of dreams as might have been expected from the categorical assertions that everyone continues to carry on his daily business in his dreams. 2. Of, pertaining to, or using a category or categories.
Word: categorical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin catēgoricus + -al. By surface analysis, category + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈɡɒɹɪk(ə)l/, /ˌkætəˈɡɔɹɪk(ə)l/, /ˌkæhəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/, /ˌkæʔəˈɡaɹɪk(ə)l/ 1. A categorical proposition.
Word: caddishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English caddish 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 caddishness From caddish + -ness. 1. The quality of being caddish. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cadenced Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a regular, rhythmic cadence.
Word: cadenced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cadence Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: caducei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caduceus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cagy 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 caginess From cagy + -ness. 1. The quality of being cagey. Labels: uncountable Example: And as a much better NYT comment piece on queerbaiting put it last year: “As self-serving as some celebrity caginess can be, you can’t build a world in which everyone feels free to self-identify by ordering everyone to self-identify.”
Word: cagy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cagey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: keloids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keloid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keloids Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of keloid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: extrahepatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English hepatic English extrahepatic From extra- + hepatic. 1. Originating or occurring outside the liver. Labels: not-comparable Example: Research is needed to define extrahepatic processes for uptake and distribution.
Word: albularyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog albularyo, from Spanish herbolario (“herbalist”). 1. A Filipino faith healer or witch doctor.
Word: stying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sty Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sty Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: airglow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + glow. 1. A faint illumination in the sky due to photochemical luminescence in the upper atmosphere, now rarely observed by earthbound humans without the assistance of instruments. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Reed-Sternberg cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Reed-Sternberg cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: interreligous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of interreligious. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: cisplatinum Part of Speech: noun 1. Cisplatin. Labels: uncountable
Word: immunotherapies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immunotherapy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agonistic monoclonal antibodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agonistic monoclonal antibody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pistol grip Part of Speech: noun 1. The grip by which a pistol is held in the hand. 2. A similarly shaped grip on any of several firearms, swords and tools.
Word: halting problem Part of Speech: noun 1. The problem of deciding in finite time whether a given program will finish running in finite time, when given a certain finite input.
Word: deaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dead Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: 1826, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Edward Reynolds, Lord Bishop of Norwich, collected by Edward Reynolds, Benedict Riveley, and Alexander Chalmers. pp. vii, 227. London: B. Holdsworth What a man should do when he finds himself disabled and deaded in good works
Word: clonk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Compare clink, clank, clunk. Pronunciation: /klɒŋk/ 1. The abrupt sound of two hard objects coming into contact. Example: Our milkman is a jovial character, but not one given to yodelling at the customers on his round. Only the resounding "clonk" of bottles advises us that a couple of pints have been left on the doorstep. Example: He passed under a low branch now. It hit the top of his helmet with a clonk. 2. A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait.
Word: clonk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Compare clink, clank, clunk. Pronunciation: /klɒŋk/ 1. To make such a sound. Example: One half-naked kid with a garrison cap clonked on the marimba; the little black rubber balls on his sticks struck fast. 2. To wallop, clobber. Labels: informal
Word: Hedelfinger Part of Speech: name 1. A cultivar of the wild cherry, Prunus avium
Word: wild cherry Part of Speech: noun 1. An uncultivated cherry tree of species Prunus avium, native to Europe and western Asia. 2. A tree of species Prunus serotina, native to North America. 3. A tree of species Antidesma bunius, native to Southeast Asia and northern Australia 4. Fruit of these trees.
Word: ostrobogulous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɒs.tɹəʊˈbɒɡ.jʊ.ləs/, /ˌɑs.tɹəˈbɑɡ.jə.ləs/ 1. Slightly risqué or indecent; bizarre, interesting, or unusual. Labels: humorous Example: "The Beast and the Devil tried to hold a serious business conversation, but Vickybird kept chipping in with questions of a purely 'ostrobogulous'* nature until Crowley became so enraged that he turned Vickybird into a zebra, rode him into a zoo, where he remained for two years before regaining human shape." Example: A tissue of ostrobogulous lies, he calls them.
Word: clop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap. Pronunciation: /klɒp/, /klɑp/ 1. The sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Holonym: clip-clop
Word: clop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps from German or Dutch kloppen (“to hit, knock”), from Middle Dutch cloppen (“to make a clopping sound”), of onomatopoeic origin. See also clap. Pronunciation: /klɒp/, /klɑp/ 1. To make this sound; to walk so as to make this sound. Example: Robert Loo sat and listened behind his counter, his heart aching, his eyes staring at nothing, while his brothers cheerfully clopped around, occasionally calling to the kitchen, as customers drifted somnambulistically in.
Word: clop Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional Romanian small straw hat.
Word: Alfvén wave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For Hannes Alfvén, Swedish physicist. 1. A hydromagnetic shear wave in a charged plasma.
Word: Alzheimer's Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of Alzheimer's disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable Example: Finding a successful treatment for Alzheimer’s faces two major hurdles: the first being we still don’t know enough about the disease’s underlying biology. Example: I'll tell you one thing: even though this country is officially barbecue chicken, buckle up, sit back, and relax, 'cause as Trump's brain becomes more and more like figgy pudding 'cause of the Alzheimer's, man, it's- he's gonna say some wacky ass shit.
Word: reinsurer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reinsure + -er. 1. A provider of reinsurance.
Word: shear wave Part of Speech: noun 1. A wave that changes the medium through which it travels to change its shape but not its volume or density.
Word: alginate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alginic acid + -ate (“salt, ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈæl.dʒɪ.neɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of alginic acid.
Word: whereäs Part of Speech: conj Etymology: The ä emphasizes that the word is where + as. 1. Rare spelling of whereas. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: After a dry season, the influence of heavy rains becomes manifest more quickly and more progressively in the less wooded basin, whereäs the reverse is found in the basin which has a larger forest area. Example: Notice that since the range of χ is limited by (5), whereäs that of x is unlimited, the transformation (6) does not cover the whole of the space-time represented by (1).
Word: Port Louis Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Mauritius.
Word: sterilizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sterile 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 sterilize English -er English sterilizer From sterilize + -er. 1. A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc. Example: The hospital was in trouble when the sterilizer broke; they almost had to shut down the operating room.
Word: sterilizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sterilizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stiflingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stifling Middle English -ly English -ly English stiflingly From stifling + -ly. 1. In a stifling manner; so as to suffocate. Example: The air was stiflingly hot. Example: On one stiflingly hot afternoon I padded across the corridor from my bedsit to the bathroom in my dressing gown.
Word: teratology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From terato- + -logy, from Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”). 1. The study of congenital malformations, their development, and people with them. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The study of the mechanisms, teratogenic agents, or teratogens, in bringing about malformations. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The study or cataloging of monsters. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ...I would identify a more recent and widespread tendency to remove evil from the realm of a properly human interpretation: what I call a postmodern teratology of the sublime. Example: Despite being productive in embodying and critiquing human problems, however, the incorporation of the cyborg into teratology overlooks one important aspect that distinguishes this cybernetic creature from the rest of the monster phylum: we are able to choose how to fabricate and use the cyborg.
Word: UPSC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Union Public Service Commission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pearlescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pearl + -escent. First attested in 1926. Pronunciation: /pəːˈlɛsənt/, /pərˈlɛsənt/ 1. Pearl-like, either in color or luster. Example: Everyone who has the slightest chance of eve going on a honeymoon is a potential customer for “The Story of Bermuda” by Hudson Strode (Smith & Haas). With its beautiful photographs and pearlescent binding, this book makes Bermuda seem a delightful place before even a word of its pleasant text is read. Example: Successful continuous extrusion of a variety of lead alloys for power and communications cable sheathing has opened still other possibilities. There are new lead pigments, including those of the pearlescent type, low-firing porcelain enamels for aluminum, steel and other metals, and low-loss dielectric ceramics for electronics, all of which will be given attention, [Robert L.] Ziegfeld said.