nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: libel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪbəl/ 1. A written or pictorial false statement which unjustly seeks to damage someone's reputation. Labels: countable 2. The act or tort of displaying such a statement publicly. Labels: uncountable 3. Any defamatory writing; a lampoon; a satire. Labels: countable 4. A written declaration or statement by the plaintiff of their cause of action, and of the relief they seek. Labels: countable Example: These provisions of law being in force, the steamer Rio Grande, owned, as was alleged, by persons in Mexico, being in the port of Mobile, in the Southern District of Alabama, certain materialmen, on the 26th of November, 1867, filed separate libels against her in the district court for the said district. 5. A brief writing of any kind, especially a declaration, bill, certificate, request, supplication, etc. Labels: countable Example: a libel of forsaking [divorcement]
Word: libel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English libel, from Old French libelle, from Latin libellus (“petition”, literally “booklet”). Doublet of libelle. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪbəl/ 1. To defame (someone), especially in a manner that meets the legal definition of libel. Labels: transitive Example: He libelled her when he published that. Example: But vvhat ſo pure, vvhich envious tongues vvill ſpare? / Some vvicked vvits have libell'd all the fair. 2. To proceed against (goods, a ship, etc.) by filing a legal claim. Labels: transitive
Word: Komodo dragon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Komodo (island) + dragon. Pronunciation: /kəˈmoʊdoʊ ˈdɹæɡən/ 1. Any of the endangered species Varanus komodoensis of monitor lizards native to certain Indonesian islands east of Java, the world's largest lizard, growing to 10 feet or 3 meters, known for its ability to kill prey with its septic saliva.
Word: RFID Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of radio-frequency identification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The lockers were the standard metal cubes with electronic locks keyed to the RFID in our ID cards. Example: It’s got locking zippers that hook onto side rings (so it won’t just unzip if someone tugs on it), RFID-blocking slots to help protect your cards and ID, and anti-theft reinforced cables in the straps (just in case anybody tries to get creative, you never know!).
Word: dracunculus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dracunculus, diminutive of draco (“dragon”). 1. A dragonet, a fish of families Callionymidae or Draconettidae. 2. A Guinea worm (Filaria medinensis, now Dracunculus medinensis).
Word: laccic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French laccique (“laccic”). Pronunciation: /ˈlæk.sɪk/ 1. Characteristic of lac, such as in laccic acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gadhelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin gathelicus, from gathelus, from Old Irish Goídel. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈdɛlɪk/, /ɡaˈdɛlɪk/ 1. Rare form of Goidelic. Labels: form-of, not-comparable, rare
Word: vanilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīna Old Spanish vayna Spanish vaina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish vainillabor. English vanilla Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream. Pronunciation: /vəˈnɪl.ə/, /vəˈnɛl.ə/ 1. Any tropical climbing orchid of the genus Vanilla (especially Vanilla planifolia), bearing podlike fruit yielding an extract used in flavoring food or in perfumes. Labels: countable Example: Vanilla itself was transplanted from Madagascar, the main source of the spice, to Polynesia a century ago. 2. The fruit or bean of the vanilla plant. Labels: countable 3. The extract of the fruit of the vanilla plant. Labels: uncountable 4. The distinctive fragrant flavour/flavor characteristic of vanilla extract. Labels: uncountable 5. Any artificially produced homologue of vanilla extract, principally vanillin produced from lignin from the paper industry or from petrochemicals. Labels: uncountable 6. Someone who is not into fetishism. Labels: countable, slang 7. An unmodded version of a game. Labels: slang, uncountable 8. A yellowish-white colour, like that of vanilla ice cream. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A white person. Labels: countable, derogatory, ethnic, slur, uncountable
Word: vanilla Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wāgīnā Latin vāgīna Old Spanish vayna Spanish vaina Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Latin -ella Old Spanish -iella Spanish -illa Spanish vainillabor. English vanilla Borrowed from Spanish vainilla, a diminutive form of vaina (“pod”). "Plain" senses derive from the perceived plainness of vanilla ice cream. Pronunciation: /vəˈnɪl.ə/, /vəˈnɛl.ə/ 1. Of vanilla. Labels: usually Example: A mass of folders and binders. One, vanilla in colour, catches her eye. 2. Standard, plain, default, unmodified, basic. Labels: colloquial, retronym Example: vanilla JavaScript Example: BBCFiles is a BBC file converter that converts between some of the various types of files used by BBC emulators on Acorn & PC formats. It supports 6502Em style applications & scripts, /ssd dfs disc images (supporting watford double catalogue), vanilla directories, /zip of bbc files with /inf files (with limitations) and directory of bbc files with /inf files. 3. Not kinky, not involving BDSM. Example: An uncharacteristically vanilla threesome and non-cute realist rendering - derived paradoxically from tracing drawings rather than photographs. Example: While Dominick was more of a vanilla kind of a guy himself, he wasn't a total dunce when it came to the kinkier sides of things. 4. Plain; conventional; unimaginative. Example: The further right or left you go, the more likely you are to eventually come around to hating Jews. On the left, this is plain to see. From the Corbyn-era trend to attack Israel for all the world's sins, to the self-hating asaJews that tweeted enthusiastically about October 7 being a 'day of celebration' to previously vanilla comedian Reginald Hunter retweeting posts about the evils of the Talmud.
Word: mute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus. Pronunciation: /mjuːt/, /mjʉwt/, /mjut/, /mɪu̯t/, /mjʉt/ 1. Not having the power of speech; dumb. Example: Thus, while the mute Creation downward bend / Their sight, and to their Earthy Mother tend, / Man looks aloft; and with erected Eyes / Beholds his own hereditary Skies. / From ſuch rude Principles our Form began; / And Earth was Metamorphos'd into Man. 2. Silent; not making a sound. Example: He ask’d, but all the Heav’nly Quire ſtood mute, / And ſilence was in Heav’n: […] Example: […] The heathens have broken into Thy Temple, and Thou art silent! Esau mocks Thy Children, and Thou remainest mute! Show thyself, arise, and let Thy Voice resound, Thou mutest among all the mute! 3. Not uttered; unpronounced; silent; also, produced by complete closure of the mouth organs which interrupt the passage of breath; said of certain letters. 4. Not giving a ringing sound when struck; said of a metal.
Word: mute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus. Pronunciation: /mjuːt/, /mjʉwt/, /mjut/, /mɪu̯t/, /mjʉt/ 1. A stopped consonant; a stop. Labels: obsolete 2. An actor who does not speak; a mime performer. Labels: obsolete Example: As for the poor honest Maid, whom all the Story is built upon, and who ought to be one of the principal Actors in the Play, she is commonly a Mute in it: 3. A person who does not have the power of speech. Example: The girl left, and presently returned, followed by two male mutes, to whom the Queen made another sign. 4. A hired mourner at a funeral; an undertaker's assistant. Example: He asked about the undertaking business, and how many mutes went down with Lady Estrich’s remains […] Example: The little box was eventually carried in one hand by the leading mute, while his colleague, with a finger placed on the lid, to prevent it from swaying, walked to one side and a little to the rear. 5. An object for dulling the sound of an instrument, especially a brass instrument, or damper for pianoforte; a sordine. 6. An electronic switch or control that mutes the sound. Example: Another related primary control is called a mute, which is simply a switch that kills the signal altogether, allowing for a speedier turn-off than turning the fader all the way down rapidly. Mutes are probably more commonly used during multitrack music recording than during film mixing because in music all tracks are on practically all of the time, whereas workstations produce silence when there is no desired signal […] 7. A mute swan. Example: The trumpeters' fate seems likely to get tangled with that of the mute swan. Currently there's enough habitat for both species, but that may change if trumpeters flourish and mutes aren't controlled. Right now mutes are thriving. 8. An action of muting, especially in a discussion forum as a penalty for breaking rules. Labels: Internet
Word: mute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English muet, from Anglo-Norman muet, moet, Middle French muet, from mu (“dumb, mute”) + -et, remodelled after Latin mūtus. Pronunciation: /mjuːt/, /mjʉwt/, /mjut/, /mɪu̯t/, /mjʉt/ 1. To silence, to make quiet. Labels: transitive 2. To turn off the sound of. Labels: transitive Example: Please mute the music while I make a call.
Word: mute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. Pronunciation: /mjuːt/, /mjʉwt/, /mjut/, /mɪu̯t/, /mjʉt/ 1. Of a bird: to defecate. Labels: archaic Example: I Mute as a hauke dothe whan ſhe hath endued her gorge. Example: And I knewe not that there were Sparrowes in the wall, and mine eyes being open, the Sparrowes muted warme doung into mine eyes, […]
Word: mute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French muetir, probably a shortened form of esmeutir, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. Pronunciation: /mjuːt/, /mjʉwt/, /mjut/, /mɪu̯t/, /mjʉt/ 1. The faeces of a hawk or falcon. Example: On which was written not in words, But hieroglyphic mute of birds Example: The Wart was familiar with the nests of Spar-hawk and Gos, the crazy conglomerations of sticks and oddments which had been taken over from squirrels or crows, and he knew how the twigs and the tree foot were splashed with white mutes, old bones, muddy feathers and castings.
Word: mute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin mutare (“to change”). Pronunciation: /mjuːt/, /mjʉwt/, /mjut/, /mɪu̯t/, /mjʉt/ 1. To cast off; to moult. Labels: transitive Example: Have I muted all my feathers?
Word: jackpudding Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Jack Pudding; an amusing person who acts foolishly in order to entertain others. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He had been chief justice of Chester when Delamere, then Mr. Booth, represented that county in parliament. Booth had bitterly complained to the Commons that the dearest interests of his constituents were intrusted to a drunken jackpudding.
Word: per se Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”). Pronunciation: /pəˈseɪ/, /pɚˈseɪ/, /pɚˈsiː/, /pəˈsæɪ/ 1. Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: by definition, by nature, essentially, in essence, ipso facto, intrinsically; see also Thesaurus:intrinsically Example: Some people say that a hangover is caused by impurities in the drink, not by the alcohol per se. 2. In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description. Labels: nonstandard, not-comparable Example: It's not a museum per se, but they do have some interesting artefacts. Example: I take photographs. But I'm not a photographer. Per se. Right. Not per se. Right. 3. As the principle of its own determination and positing itself. Labels: not-comparable Example: Everything not applying per se in one of these two senses is called an accident. Example: Peter is per se alive, endowed with intellect, and the faculty of laughter, the artist is per se one who fashions objects. But Peter is per accidens a sufferer from influenza 4. Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute. Labels: not-comparable Example: The law makes drunk driving illegal per se. Example: In an effort to assist states that may have recently adopted or expect to adopt administrative per se, NHTSA has collected sample copies of forms and a brief description of the administrative procedures from selected states with in-place programs.
Word: per se Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per sē (“by itself”), from per (“by, through”) and sē (“itself, himself, herself, themselves”). Pronunciation: /pəˈseɪ/, /pɚˈseɪ/, /pɚˈsiː/, /pəˈsæɪ/ 1. Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hence, God would have to be the immediate per se cause of some natural motions, but not of all. But no known natural motion is without a natural motion as its immediate per se cause. Example: Before stating at 74b5ff. that the connection between the subject and predicate of the premisses of scientific inferences must not be accidental but per se, he introduces the technical terms 'about all' ( 'kata pantos' ) and 'per se' (' kath' hauto ') in order to clarify the meaning of this proviso. 2. That does not leave discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute. Labels: not-comparable Example: Until recently Denmark hesitated to adopt a formal per se law, preferring to give more discretion to its judges, but the general practice was to take blood tests and to convict those accused under the classical law if the blood alcohol concentration was greater than 100 mg./100 ml. Example: CBS (441 U.S. 1 [1979]) explains, the per se rule against price-fixing isn't to be taken literally.
Word: positive crystal Part of Speech: noun 1. A doubly refracting crystal in which the index of refraction for the extraordinary ray is greater than for the ordinary ray, and the former is refracted nearer to the axis than the latter, such as quartz and ice; as opposed to negative crystal: one in which this characteristic is reversed, such as Iceland spar or tourmaline.
Word: cacoxenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”) + ξένος (xénos, “guest”) because the phosphorous content of cacoxenite lessens the quality of iron smelted from ore containing it. 1. A soft phosphate of iron occurring in yellowish clumps: hydrated iron aluminum phosphate oxide: (Fe,Al)₂₅(PO₄)₁₇O₆(OH)₁₂·17H₂O.
Word: dephlogisticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + phlogisticate, after French déphlogistiquer (“to dephlogisticate”). Pronunciation: /ˌdiflɒˈd͡ʒɪstɪˌkeɪt/, /ˌdiflɑˈd͡ʒɪstɪˌke(ɪ)t/ 1. To take away the phlogiston, i.e. ability to burn, which is now understood to be chemically impossible
Word: archery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin arcuārius Vulgar Latin *arcārius Old French archier Old French archeriebor. Middle English archerie English archery From Middle English archerie, from Old French archerie, from archier (“archer”). Equivalent to archer + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃəɹiː/, /ˈɑːt͡ʃəɹiː/ 1. The practice or sport of shooting arrows with a bow. Labels: uncountable 2. A group of archers. Labels: countable
Word: positive degree Part of Speech: noun 1. That state of an adjective or adverb indicating simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as in wise, noble.
Word: wikify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki English -fy English wikify From wiki + -fy. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪkifaɪ/ 1. To adapt to the standards and facilities of an existing wiki, such as by marking up with wikitext. Labels: transitive Example: As a starting point, I've wikified an article I wrote a while ago. Example: This is definitely worth wikifying. 2. To make into a wiki, or to use a wiki approach for. Labels: transitive Example: The Los Angeles Times proved this last week, with its high-minded but ultimately hilarious attempt to 'wikify ' its editorial column. Example: Although he's adamant that NCBI is not going to "wikify" GenBank, Lipman says he's eager to work with mycologists to come up with a solution, possibly through RefSeq. 3. To use or participate in a wiki. Labels: intransitive Example: "They can blog and podcast and 'wikify ' and do all sorts of things we could not even imagine until very recently."
Word: belligerent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“to wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“to lead, wage, carry on”)). Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/, [bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt] ~ [bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹn̩t], /bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɚ.ənt/, [bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɚ.ənt] ~ [bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɹ̩.n̩t] 1. Engaged in warfare, warring. 2. Eager to go to war, warlike. 3. Of or pertaining to war. 4. Aggressively hostile, eager to fight. Labels: broadly Example: And I think the facts are that Beijing is a belligerent bully jealous and envious of what Taiwan has accomplished- mainland China- that's what I get out of all of this. Example: England were not allowed to give their chariot the momentum it had a week ago. It was stopped dead in its tracks by a belligerent Springboks defence that simply refused to yield. 5. Acting violently towards others. 6. Uncooperative.
Word: belligerent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“to wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“to lead, wage, carry on”)). Pronunciation: /bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt/, [bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹənt] ~ [bəˈlɪdʒ.ə.ɹn̩t], /bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɚ.ənt/, [bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɚ.ənt] ~ [bəˈlɪd͡ʒ.ɹ̩.n̩t] 1. A state or other armed participant in warfare Example: The UN sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.
Word: oily Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪli/ 1. Covered with or containing oil. Example: oily machinery; oily rags; oily fish; oily cooking Example: His clothes were apt to look oily and smell of eating-houses. 2. Resembling oil. Example: oily swells; oily seas Example: There were no breakers and no waves, for not a breath of wind was stirring. Only a slight oily swell rose and fell like a gentle breathing, and showed that the eternal sea was still moving and living. 3. Excessively friendly or polite but insincere. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonyms: slick, buttery; smarmy Example: […] for I want that glib and oyly Art, To ſpeake and purpoſe not, ſince what I well entend Ile do’t before I ſpeake, […]
Word: oily Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oylei, equivalent to oil + -y. Compare German ölig (“oily”), Swedish oljig (“oily”). Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪli/ 1. A marble with an oily lustre. Example: Lustered (also called lusters, rainbows, oilies, and pearls). Example: But marbles are not only used to play games: they are also traded. In this market, the value of the different kinds of marbles (oilies, emperors, etc.) is determined by local supply and demand and not by the price of the marbles […] 2. Oilskins. (waterproof garment) Labels: in-plural, informal
Word: XNAY Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Initialism of X-No-Archive: yes, a Usenet message header that indicates the message should not be retained on the server after delivery. Probably also influenced by ixnay. 1. Indicates the poster’s request for a message not to be stored in Usenet archives. Labels: Internet
Word: perfect tense Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future. 2. A verb form indicating that an action or state has been completed at the present time, in the past, or shall be completed in the future.
Word: bosom Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek βυζί (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊz(ə)m/, /ˈbʌz(ə)m/ 1. In a very close relationship. Labels: not-comparable Example: bosom buddies Example: Lieut. Creecy of the navy, who has been detailed to the aerial experiments at the fort, and who was a bosom companion of young Selfridge, was brokenhearted.
Word: bosom Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bosom, bosum, from Old English bōsm, from Proto-West Germanic *bōsm, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH- (“to swell, bend, curve”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bossem, Bousem (“bosom”), West Frisian boezem (“bosom”), Dutch boezem (“bosom”), German Busen (“bosom”). Related also to Albanian buzë (“lip”), Greek βυζί (vyzí, “breast”), Romanian buză (“lip”), Irish bus (“lip”), and Latin bucca (“cheek”). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊz(ə)m/, /ˈbʌz(ə)m/ 1. To enclose or carry in the bosom; to keep with care; to take to heart; to cherish. Example: Bosom up my counsel, You’ll find it wholesome. 2. To conceal; to hide from view; to embosom. Example: To happy Convents bosom’d deep in Vines, Where slumber Abbots, purple as their Wines; Example: Those whom you feared most are now bosoming themselves in the queen's grace; and though her highness signified displeasure in outward sort, yet did she like the marrow of your book. 3. To belly; to billow, swell or bulge. Labels: intransitive Example: Just above the recess the cliff bosomed out with a full swell for some two or three feet, effectually preventing any one’s looking down into the nest from above […] Example: 1905, Alex Macdonald, In Search of El Dorado, London: T. Fisher Unwin, Part II, “The Five-Mile Rush,” p. 92, What Stewart called a “langtailie coat” spread out behind him like streamers in a breeze, a “biled” collar had, in the same gentleman’s terse language, “burst its moorings” and projected in two miniature wings at the back of his ears, and a shirt that had once been white, bosomed out expansively through an open vest. 4. To belly; to cause to billow, swell or bulge. Labels: transitive Example: 1822, James Hogg, The Three Perils of Man, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, Volume 3, Chapter 12, pp. 440-441, I looked again, and though I was sensible it must be a delusion brought on by the stroke of his powerful rod, yet I did see the appearance of a glorious fleet of ships coming bounding along the surface of the firmament of air, while every mainsail was bosomed out like the side of a Highland mountain. Example: 1855, The Scald [pseudonym of George Smellie], “Sketches of a Voyage to Hudson’s Bay” in The Sea: Sketches of a Voyage to Hudson’s Bay, and Other Poems, London: Hope & Co., p. 45, Thus one by one they mount, and spreading wide, The transverse wings extend on either side, And, lightly bosomed by the gentle gale, She seems a moving pyramid of ail.
Word: astucious Part of Speech: adj 1. having insight or acumen; perceptive; shrewd
Word: astucity Part of Speech: noun 1. Craftiness; astuteness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: astute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin astūtus, from astus (“craft”). Pronunciation: /əsˈtjuːt/ 1. Quickly and critically discerning. 2. Shrewd or crafty. Example: astute analysis Example: astute observation
Word: activities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ækˈtɪv.ɪ.tiz/, /ækˈtɪv.ə.tiz/, [ækˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾiz], [ækˈtɪv.ə.ɾiz] 1. plural of activity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: actless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English actless From act + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈæktləs/ 1. Without action or spirit; inactive; without acts Labels: not-comparable Example: I felt a certain shallow contempt for the emotionalism, the unreasoning bitterness and the actless anger of the soapbox radicals.
Word: acton Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæk.tən/ 1. Alternative form of aketon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acton Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of actinon. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: formule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French formule. Doublet of formula. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)mjuːl/ 1. formula (model) Labels: obsolete
Word: formulae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ).mjə.li/, /-.leɪ/, /-.laɪ/ 1. plural of formula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dogging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɡɪŋ/, /ˈdɒɡɪŋ/, /ˈdɑɡɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who dogs or harasses. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] free from the doggings of the common informer, but under the superintendence of the bishop […] 2. The practice of having sexual intercourse in public places, especially parks, deliberately taking the chance of being watched. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: We do it because we've found / When people crowd around / It is somehow more profound / When you're dogging. Example: Even that […] had been less awful than this date-rape opportunity and likely dogging hotspot, with its hasty skim of tarmac spread like cheap, stale caviar across the pink pedestrian tiles beneath […]. 3. The job of killing wild dogs and dingos in a rural area. Labels: Australia, uncountable Example: ‘Has a good plant. Wanders around on his own doing a bit of dogging (dingo-hunting).’
Word: dogging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɡɪŋ/, /ˈdɒɡɪŋ/, /ˈdɑɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aculeiform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aculeus (“thorn”) + -iform. 1. Like a prickle or thorn
Word: acuity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English acuite, acuyte, from Middle French acuité, from Medieval Latin acuitas, irreg., from Latin acuō (“sharpen”). Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːɪti/ 1. Sharpness or acuteness, as of a needle, wit, etc. 2. The ability to think, see, or hear clearly. Labels: figuratively Example: The old woman with dementia lost her mental acuity. Example: And yet [Ray] Dalio’s acuity prompts an awkward question: how much of Bridgewater’s success comes not from the way it is organized, or any notion of “radical transparency,” but from the boss’s raw investment abilities?
Word: acture Part of Speech: noun 1. Action. Labels: obsolete
Word: acuate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuātus, past participle of acuāre, variant of Classical Latin acuere (“to sharpen”), from acus (“needle”). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ju.ət/ 1. Sharpened; sharp-pointed.
Word: acuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuātus, past participle of acuāre, variant of Classical Latin acuere (“to sharpen”), from acus (“needle”). Pronunciation: /ˈæk.ju.eɪt/ 1. To sharpen; to make pungent; to quicken. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: wicked dispositions shou'd have knowledge to acuate their ill intentions
Word: acuation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of sharpening. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: acuition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin acuitio (“whetting, sharpening”), from acuo (“sharpen”). By surface analysis, acuity + -ion. 1. Synonym of acuation (“act of sharpening”). Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: aculeate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aculeātus, from acus (“needle”). 1. Having a sting; sharp like a prickle. 2. Having prickles or sharp points. 3. Having a stinger; stinging.
Word: aculeate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aculeātus, from acus (“needle”). 1. Any insect of the infraorder Aculeata, which have ovipositors modified into stingers.
Word: aculeated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aculeātus + -ed, from acus (“needle”). 1. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles. 2. Pungent, incisive. Labels: figuratively
Word: aculeolate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having small prickles or sharp points. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aculeus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aculeus. Pronunciation: /əˈkjuː.lɪ.əs/, /əˈkju.li.əs/ 1. A sharp spike or other projection growing on a plant, as in some brambles and roses. Example: Many plants, like many animals, are furnished with arms for their protection; these are either aculei, prickles, as in rose and barberry, which are formed from the outer bark of the plant; or spinæ, thorns […]. 2. A sting.
Word: packed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pækt/ 1. simple past and past participle of pack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: packed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pækt/ 1. Put into a package. Example: packed lunch 2. Filled with a large number or large quantity of something. Example: packed with goodness Example: […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and left only a dull oppression of the spirit. 3. Filled to capacity with people. Labels: colloquial Example: The bus was packed and I couldn't get on. Example: On a steamy summer late afternoon the Luzhniki was once again packed. It is a vast space, with a roof that almost closes in on itself capturing the air like a superheated bubble.
Word: pow Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /paʊ/, [pəʉ] 1. The sound of a violent impact, such as a punch. Example: Whap, Biff, Ooooof, Sock, Pow, Zok! Batman is back. Gotham City is again leaving its law and order in the hands of a man who wears plastic underpants over his tights. 2. The sound of an explosion or gunshot. Example: Pow, they took off. Example: ‘Pow-pow-pow...’ Monte drew and slaughtered the besiegers.
Word: pow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /paʊ/, [pəʉ] 1. The sound of a violent impact. 2. The sound of an explosion.
Word: pow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant forms. 1. Alternative form of poll. Labels: Ireland, Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative Example: he'd snuffle round the door till the few remaining hairs on the bald pow of Munro would fair rise on end. 2. Clipping of powder (“powder snow”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: acuminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin acuminātus, perfect passive participle acuminō (“to sharpen to a point”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːmɪnət/ 1. Tapering to a point; pointed. Example: acuminate leaves, teeth, etc. 2. Tapering to a long point in concave manner at its apex.
Word: acuminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin acuminātus, perfect passive participle acuminō (“to sharpen to a point”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /əˈkjuːmɪneɪt/ 1. To render sharp or keen; to sharpen. Labels: transitive Example: September 17, 1784, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. John Newton To acuminate even despair. 2. To end in or come to a sharp point. Labels: intransitive
Word: acumination Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˌkjuːmɪˈneɪʃən/ 1. A sharpening; termination in a sharp point; a tapering point. Example: The coronary thorns did not only express the scorn of the imposers by that figure into which they were contrived, but did also pierce his tender and sacred temples to a multiplicity of pains, by their numerous acuminations.
Word: acuminose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acūminōsus. Doublet of acuminous. 1. Terminating in a flat, narrow end.
Word: acuminous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acūminōsus. Doublet of acuminose. 1. Characterized by acumen; keen.
Word: acupressure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of acupuncture + pressure. By surface analysis, acu- + pressure. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kjuˌpɹɛʃ.ə/, /ˈæ.kjuˌpɹɛʃ.ɚ/, /ˈæ.kjə-/ 1. An alternative medicine technique, derived from acupuncture, in which physical pressure is applied to acupoints. Labels: uncountable 2. An act or instance of applying an acupressure technique. Labels: countable Example: The warm needles of water acted like tiny acupressures on his face. 3. A mode of arresting hemorrhage resulting from wounds or surgical operations, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: puke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably imitative; or, alternatively related to Proto-Germanic *pukaną (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). If so, then related to German pfauchen, fauchen (“to hiss, spit”), Dutch spugen (“to spit, spit up”), German spucken (“to spit, puke, throw up”), and Old English spīwan (“to vomit, spit”). More at spew. Attested as early as 1581, first mention is the derivative pukishness (“the tendency to be sick frequently”). In 1600, "to spit up, regurgitate", recorded in the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Pronunciation: /pjuːk/ 1. vomit. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: 2007, The Guardian, The Guardian Science blog, "The latest in the war on terror: the puke saber" the puke saber … pulses light over rapidly changing wavelengths, apparently inducing "disorientation, nausea and even vomiting" 2. A drug that induces vomiting. Labels: colloquial, countable Example: "at 8 a.m. took a puke of vinum antimoniale; which operated very kindly; was very weak the remainder of the day." 3. A worthless, despicable person. Labels: colloquial, countable 4. A person from Missouri. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, slang Example: "Pukes" and "suckers" had badly mauled the Saints, the first pummeling them from Missouri and the second from Illinois.
Word: puke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably imitative; or, alternatively related to Proto-Germanic *pukaną (“to spit, puff”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). If so, then related to German pfauchen, fauchen (“to hiss, spit”), Dutch spugen (“to spit, spit up”), German spucken (“to spit, puke, throw up”), and Old English spīwan (“to vomit, spit”). More at spew. Attested as early as 1581, first mention is the derivative pukishness (“the tendency to be sick frequently”). In 1600, "to spit up, regurgitate", recorded in the Seven Ages of Man speech in Shakespeare's As You Like It. Pronunciation: /pjuːk/ 1. To vomit; to throw up; to eject from the stomach. Labels: ambitransitive, colloquial Example: Unfortunately, he could not hold it long enough till the end of the ride, so he puked on the bus seat. Example: At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms 2. To sell securities or investments at a loss, often under duress or pressure, in order to satisfy liquidity or margin requirements, or out of a desire to exit a deteriorating market. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: puke Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pjuːk/ 1. A fine grade of woolen cloth. Labels: uncountable Example: Puke-stocking caddis garter 2. A very dark, dull, brownish-red color. Labels: uncountable
Word: acupuncture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. Proto-Italic *akus Latin acus Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pūnctūra New Latin acūpūnctūralbor. English acupuncture Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. First attested in 1684. By surface analysis, acu- + puncture. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/, /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/, /ˈæ.kjə-/ 1. The insertion of needles into the (living) tissue of the body affecting the Qi or energy along energetic pathways of the body called meridians. This modality is traditionally used as a form of internal medical treating all disease and illnesses, in Western countries it is widely used for the purposes of pain relief. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Chinese doctors at Chishan County Hospital in Shansi Province have used acupuncture on the scalp to cure a patient suffering from paralysis of the right limbs caused by inflammation of the brain’s blood vessels.
Word: acupuncture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. Proto-Italic *akus Latin acus Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pūnctūra New Latin acūpūnctūralbor. English acupuncture Learned borrowing from New Latin acūpūnctūra, from Latin acus + pūnctūra. First attested in 1684. By surface analysis, acu- + puncture. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɜ/, /ˈæ.kjuˌpʌŋk.t͡ʃɝ/, /ˈæ.kjə-/ 1. To treat with acupuncture. Labels: transitive
Word: acupuncturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der. Proto-Italic *akus Latin acus Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pungō Latin pungō Latin pūnctus Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pūnctūra New Latin acūpūnctūralbor. English acupuncture Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English acupuncturation From acupuncture (verb) + -ation. 1. Acupuncture Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: she'll Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ʃiːl/, /ʃil/, /ʃɪl/ 1. Contraction of she + will. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Yet Ile not leaue to interceſsionate, / To her hard Breaſt, for my too gentle Hart : / That if her Rigor ſhe'le not mitigate, / At leaſt ſhe'le ſomewhat eaſe me of this Smart : / I onely craue if ſhe'le not yeelde relieſe, / T'adiourne my paine, and to proroge my Griefe. 2. Contraction of she + shall. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: acutangular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of acute + angular. Pronunciation: /əˌkjuːˈtæŋ.ɡju.lə/, /əˌkjuˈtæŋ.ɡju.lɚ/, /-ɡjə-/ 1. acute-angled. Labels: not-comparable 2. Sharply angular. Labels: not-comparable Example: an acutangular stem
Word: acutifoliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin acutifolius, from acutus (“sharp”) + folium (“leaf”). 1. Having sharp-pointed leaves.
Word: adactylous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English dactyl Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English adactylous From a- + dactyl + -ous. Pronunciation: /eɪˈdæk.tɪl.əs/ 1. Without fingers or without toes. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without claws on the feet (of crustaceous animals). Labels: not-comparable
Word: adage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French adage, from Latin adā̆gium. Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ɪd͡ʒ/ 1. An old saying which has obtained credit by long use. Example: According to an old adage, oysters are best in months containing the letter R. Example: He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure." 2. An old saying which has been overused or considered a cliché; a trite maxim. Labels: rhetoric Example: Like the poore Cat i’ th’ Addage.
Word: adage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of adagio. Pronunciation: /əˈdɑ(d)ʒ/ 1. Clipping of adagio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: adagial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adage Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English adagial From adage + -ial. 1. Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.
Word: adamantean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adamant + -ean. 1. Of adamant; hard as adamant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: adamantine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English adamantine, adamantyne, adamauntyn (“(adjective) of adamant; (noun) adamant”), from Anglo-Norman adamantin and Middle French adamantin (“of or resembling adamant or diamond”) (modern French adamantin), and from its etymon Latin adamantinus (“adamantine”), from Ancient Greek ἀδᾰμάντῐνος (adămántĭnos, “hard as adamant; made of steel”), from ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰντ- (ădămănt-) (a stem of ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “the hardest metal (probably steel); diamond”), possibly originally Semitic) + -ῐνος (-ĭnos, suffix meaning ‘made of’ forming adjectives). By surface analysis, adamant + -ine (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Etymology 1, adjective sense 1.2.4 (“having the quality of attracting or drawing”) and etymology 1, adjective sense 2 (“like diamond in lustre; etc.”) refer to adamant (“(archaic) lodestone; (historical, poetic) diamond”). Pronunciation: /ˌædəˈmæntaɪn/, /ˌædəˈmænˌtaɪn/, /-ˌt(i)n/ 1. Synonym of adamant. Example: [A]t laſt appeer / Hell bounds high reaching to the horrid Roof, / And thrice threefold the Gates; three folds vvere Braſs, / Three iron, three of Adamantine Rock, / Impenitrable, impal'd vvith circling fire, / Yet unconsum'd. 2. Synonym of adamant. Labels: figuratively Example: adamantine bonds adamantine chains Example: Vnleſſe the Deſtin's adamantine band / Should tye my teeth, I cannot chuſe but bite, […] 3. Synonym of adamant. Labels: figuratively Example: For two hours they stand; [François Claude Amour, marquis de] Bouillé's sword glittering in his hand, adamantine resolution clouding his brows; […] Example: He [William III of England] was proved by every test; […] by the imminent and constant risk of assassination, a risk which has shaken very strong nerves, a risk which severely tried even the adamantine fortitude of [Oliver] Cromwell. 4. Synonym of adamant. Labels: figuratively Example: I thought this last information would soften the young man, but he was adamantine. He informed me that it was against all bank rules for a woman to draw from her husband's deposit without his order. 5. Synonym of adamant. Labels: figuratively, obsolete Example: Embravvne your ſoft-skind encloſure vvith Adamantine duſt, that it may dravve nothing but ſteele vnto it. Example: All mens eyes vvere preſently turnd to the North, ſtanding euen ſtone-ſtill in their Circles, like the poynts of ſo many Geometricall needles, through a fixed & Adamantine deſire to behold this 45. yeares vvonder novv brought forth by Tyme: […] 6. Like diamond in lustre; bright, lustrous, shiny; also, of a lustre: like that of a mineral with a high refractive index such as diamond. Example: Raspite, a new dimorphous form of lead tungstate, is found on some of the stolzite specimens as brownish or yellow monoclinic crystals with a strong adamantine lustre.
Word: adamantine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from adamantium + -ine (suffix forming the names of chemical substances or materials). 1. Synonym of adamantium (“a fictional metal which is indestructible or nearly so”). Labels: also, attributive, uncountable
Word: adambulacral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- English ambulacral English adambulacral From ad- + ambulacral. 1. Next to the ambulacra Labels: not-comparable Example: The adambulacral ossicles of the starfish.
Word: adambulacral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad-bor. English ad- English ambulacral English adambulacral From ad- + ambulacral. 1. Such an ossicle or spine
Word: adamite Part of Speech: noun 1. A descendant of Adam; a human being.
Word: adamite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after French mineralogist Gilbert Joseph Adam (1795-1881) in 1866. 1. A zinc arsenate hydroxide mineral, Zn₂AsO₄OH.
Word: Adamical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English Adamical From Adam + -ical. 1. Adamic Labels: not-comparable