nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: embryology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English embryo Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English embryology From embryo + -logy. 1. The scientific study of embryos and (often) also the developmental biology of all prenatal phases (embryology sensu stricto plus fetology and teratology collectively). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: elliptical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From elliptic + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪp.tɪk.əl/, /ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/, /əˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/ 1. In a shape of, or reminding of, an ellipse; oval. Example: Having admitted that the projectile was describing an orbit around the moon, this orbit must necessarily be elliptical; science proves that it must be so. 2. Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted. Example: If he is sometimes elliptical and obscure, it is because he has so much to tell us. 3. Concise, condensed. Example: Browning's dark and elliptical mode of speech, like his love of the grotesque, was simply a characteristic of his, a trick of his temperament, and had little or nothing to do with whether what he was expressing was profound or superficial. Example: He was called a tramp; but that was only an elliptical way of saying that he was a philosopher, an artist, a traveller, a naturalist and a discoverer. 4. Elliptic. Labels: rare
Word: elliptical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From elliptic + -al, from Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪp.tɪk.əl/, /ɪˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/, /əˈlɪp.tɪ.kəl/ 1. An elliptical galaxy. 2. An elliptical trainer.
Word: lib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation for various words beginning in lib-. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪb/ 1. liberal Labels: countable, uncountable Example: own the libs 2. liberation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: women's lib 3. library Labels: countable, uncountable 4. libertarian Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English libbe, from Old English lybb, lyb (“medicine, drug, potion, poison, charm”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubi, from Proto-Germanic *lubją (“wort, herb, drug, poison”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ-, *lewb- (“to peel, break, damage”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew- (“to cut, remove, prune, separate”). Cognate with German Luppe, Lüppe (“salve, ointment, plant juice, medicine, magic”), Icelandic lyf (“medicine, drug”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪb/ 1. A potion; magic potion; charm; concoction. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: lib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *libben (suggested by libbyng (“gelding”), lybbere (“gelder”)), related to Dutch lubben (“to castrate, emasculate”), Dutch libbe (“a steer”), lubbert (“a eunuch”). Further relation uncertain. Possibly related to Old English *lybban (“to doctor”), from Proto-West Germanic *lubbjan; or perhaps related to Old English lappa, læppa (“lappet, piece, section, lobe, portion, district”). More at lop. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪb/ 1. To geld; castrate; emasculate (usually said of animals). Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive
Word: embryonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin embryonicus. Pronunciation: /ˈɛm.bɹi.ɒn.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to an embryo. 2. Of a project, etc: very new and still evolving; yet to reach its full potential. Labels: figuratively Example: We are also to see the green-lighting of some much overdue reform of fares and ticketing, even if it's still embryonic and to be trialled on part or the network.
Word: loony lefty Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the loony left. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: 1994, Meryl Aldridge, Making Social Work News http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=QurCxw9C7Z4C&pg=PA200&lpg=PA200&sig=paBsJGVUMjbGxZ-W7SX90U_6Bzc This is the tabloid world of snoopers, bunglers, loony lefties and little Hitlers. Example: 1998, Sylvia Bashevkin, Women on the Defensive http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=Piwck9KHrZMC&pg=PA178&lpg=PA178&sig=b0cpCRQd7DcWspW8YqS5M70QWuQ We are in no way open to the charge that we are loony lefties running the organization on behalf of some fringe interests.
Word: embryogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English embryo Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Hellenic *génetis Ancient Greek γένεσῐς (génesĭs)der. Latinbor. English -genesis English embryogenesis From embryo + -genesis. 1. The process by which an embryo is formed and develops. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: euphonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From euphony + -ic (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’). Pronunciation: /juːˈfɒnɪk/, /juˈfɑnɪk/ 1. Characterized by euphony; harmonious. Example: The title of this work has not been chosen without the grave and solid deliberation which matters of importance demand from the prudent. Even its first, or general denomination, was the result of no common research or selection, although, according to the example of my predecessors, I had only to seize upon the most sounding and euphonic surname that English history or topography affords, and elect it at once as the title of my work, and the name of my hero.
Word: emphatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈfætɪk/, /ɪm-/, /əmˈfætək/ 1. Characterized by emphasis; forceful. Example: Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout. 2. Stated with conviction. Example: He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out. 3. Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to. 4. Relating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it. Example: In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise". 5. Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation. 6. Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation. 7. Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
Word: emphatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈfætɪk/, /ɪm-/, /əmˈfætək/ 1. An emphatic consonant. 2. A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really. 3. A distinct pronoun form or noun suffix found in certain languages (e.g. Goidelic languages) that is used to place emphasis on the noun or pronoun in order to create contrast with the rest of the sentence.
Word: expellee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expel + -ee. 1. One who is expelled.
Word: economist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French économiste (“household manager”). By surface analysis, economy + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/, /iːˈkɒn.ə.mɪst/, /iˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, /ɪˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/, /əˈkɑ.nə.mɪst/ 1. An expert in economics, especially one who studies economic data and extracts higher-level information or proposes theories. Example: Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory. Its apparent simplicity explains why it is scrutinised down to tenths of a percentage point every month. Example: The formula, which AEI economists said had “no foundation in either economic theory or trade law,” instead wrongly incorporated the elasticity for retail prices. […] However, certainty is anything but a sure thing these days, and the bread-and-butter of the US economy might not go unscathed, said RSM economist Brusuelas. 2. One concerned with political economy. 3. One who manages a household. Labels: obsolete 4. One who economizes, or manages domestic or other concerns with frugality; one who expends money, time, or labor, judiciously, and without waste. Labels: obsolete
Word: resipiscence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Middle French resipiscence (“act of recovering one’s senses or coming back to a more acceptable view; repentance”) (modern French résipiscence), or from its etymon Late Latin resipīscentia (“regaining of a clear state of mind, repentance”), from Latin resipīscēns + -ia (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns). Resipīscēns is the present participle of resipīscō (“to recover one’s senses; to revive”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + sapiō (“to have flavour or taste; (figurative) to have good taste or discernment; to be sensible or wise”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁p-, *sep- (“to taste; to try out”)) + -īscō (a variant of -ēscō (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘becoming [something]’)). Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛsɪˈpɪsn̩(t)s/, /ˌɹɛsəˈpɪsn̩(t)s/ 1. Recognition of one or more past mistakes, especially with a desire to improve in the future; repentance; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: literary, uncountable, usually Example: And I haue already ſayd how ſinners for obteyning of pardon haue neede of repentance, which ſome like better to call Reſipiſcence, or amendment, and of change of minde: and the Lord promiſeth that he will pardon ſinners if they repent, if they amend and turne their hartes from their naughtie liues vnto hym. Example: [T]hey vvill not haue to ſignifie a ſorrovvefull repentance, but a Resipiscence, or vvaxing vviſe againe vvhich God graunt they may doe vvithout any ſorrovve, or affliction of minde for that vvhich is paſt. 2. The act of becoming comprehending, reasonable or responsible, especially after having behaved in an uncomprehending, unreasonable, or irresponsible manner; the act of coming to one's senses; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: literary, uncountable, usually Example: The most urgent thing to do seems to be that we come all together in having at once our Ministers in France give a joint declaration or like and simultaneous declarations which may bring to their senses the leaders of the violent party [behind the French Revolution] and avert desperate decisions by still leaving open to them a way for honest resipiscence and the peaceful establishment of a condition of things in France that will at least save the dignity of the Crown and the essential consideration of general tranquillity, […] Example: This return-to-oneself, resipiscence, 'rebirth,' is an infinitely dramatic and moving event, especially in a patient with a rich and full self, who has been dispossessed by disease for years or decades […] That a return to health or resipiscence is possible, in these patients with half a century of the profoundest illness, must fill one with a sense of amazement—that the potential for health and self can survive, after so much of the life and structure of the person has been lost, and after so long and exclusive an immersion in sickness.
Word: landing craft Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of flat-bottomed boat used to transport infantry and vehicles onto a shore during an assault from the sea. Example: Turpentine timber was obtained from the forests outside Maryborough and Townsville, and shipped by rail and landing craft to Hayman Island.
Word: rushed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹʌʃt/ 1. Very busy. Example: I was so rushed today, I didn't have time to eat lunch. 2. Done in haste; done quickly or hastily. Example: My rushed attempt at an essay received a predictably poor grade. 3. Abounding or covered with rushes. Example: […] once densely rushed, into a condition practically free from rushes.
Word: rushed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹʌʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of rush Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: calculated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkælkjʊleɪtɪd/, /ˈkælkjəleɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of calculate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: calculated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkælkjʊleɪtɪd/, /ˈkælkjəleɪtɪd/ 1. Arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically. Example: The calculated total appeared to be wrong. 2. Carefully thought out or planned. Example: a calculated campaign of disinformation Example: We made a calculated decision not to visit them on the first day, in case we seemed too eager. 3. Calculating; unemotional and analytical. Example: Zivin's (1982) findings bear this out, that as actors grow to adulthood they become increasingly calculated and less spontaneous about displaying nonverbals, and their displays correspondingly tend to be understood as more calculated and less spontaneous. Example: Being very calculated, he knew very well the arrival and departure hours, and respected them.
Word: wondered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəd/, /ˈwʌndɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of wonder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: wondered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndəd/, /ˈwʌndɚd/ 1. Wonderful, extraordinary. Labels: obsolete Example: The wondred Argo, which in venturous peece / First through the Euxine seas bore all the flowr of Greece.
Word: urged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɝd͡ʒd/, /ɜːd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of urge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: belonged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɪˈlɒŋd/, /bɪˈlɔŋd/, /bɪˈlɑŋd/ 1. simple past and past participle of belong Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inquired Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪɹd/, /ɪnˈkwaɪəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of inquire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glanced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡlɑːnst/, /ɡlænst/ 1. simple past and past participle of glance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: secured Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /səˈkjʊəd/, /səˈkjɔːd/, /səˈkjʊɹd/, /səˈkjɝd/, /səˈkjɔɹd/ 1. That has been secured or fastened.
Word: secured Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /səˈkjʊəd/, /səˈkjɔːd/, /səˈkjʊɹd/, /səˈkjɝd/, /səˈkjɔɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of secure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disposed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈspoʊzd/, /dɪˈspəʊzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dispose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disposed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈspoʊzd/, /dɪˈspəʊzd/ 1. inclined, minded Example: when he was disposed to pass into Achaia Example: Carried somehow, somewhither, for some reason, on these surging floods, were these travelers,[…]. Even such a boat as the Mount Vernon offered a total deck space so cramped as to leave secrecy or privacy well out of the question, even had the motley and democratic assemblage of passengers been disposed to accord either. 2. Having a certain disposition. Labels: in-compounds Example: well-disposed; ill-disposed 3. Inclined to mirth; jolly. Labels: obsolete Example: The wenches are disposed
Word: ultimogeniture Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of inheritance in which the youngest son or youngest child inherits an estate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English claritee, from Old French clarté, from Latin clāritās, from clārus (“clear”); equivalent to clear + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ti/, /ˈklæɹ.ə.ti/, /ˈklɛɹ.ə.ti/, [ˈklɛɹ.ə.ɾi] 1. The state or measure of being clear, either in appearance, thought or style; lucidity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She dreamed with great clarity. Example: The brilliant clarity of his argument could not be faulted. 2. The ability to be easily understood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Lack of clarity on the part of the teacher will cause confusion among the students. 3. The ability to think clearly and rationally. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The ability to be easily heard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The singer was praised for the amazing clarity in her voice.
Word: wonders Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndɚz/, /ˈwʌndəz/ 1. plural of wonder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wonders Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwʌndɚz/, /ˈwʌndəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wonder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: precept Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːsɛpt/, /ˈpɹɛsɛpt/ 1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct. Example: Precept guides, but example draws. Example: By Heav’ns, ſuch Virtues, join’d with ſuch Succeſs, Diſtract my very Soul: Our Father’s Fortune Wou’d almoſt tempt us to renounce his Precepts. 2. A written command, especially a demand for payment. 3. An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf. Labels: UK 4. A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected. Labels: UK Example: The Parish Council is financed by raising a small levy - the precept - on all residential properties within the parish. Example: New parish [councils] and town councils are formed every year. But the National Association of Local Councils, which represents them, says an unusual number are in the works now. […] Higher-level councils, swamped by chunky issues such as homelessness and children in care, are often happy to hand responsibilities down. Higher-level local authorities must normally hold a referendum if they want to raise taxes by more than 5% a year—something they almost never dare to do. Town and parish councils, which are funded largely through “precepts” on tax bills, face no such restrictions. As their numbers and responsibilities swell, the amount of money flowing to them is growing. Precepts raised £856m ($1.2bn) in 2024-25, a rise of 60% in real terms since 2010-11. […] the government has only itself to blame for the swelling numbers and powers of low-level councils. Its reforms are creating local authorities that are far too large to be truly local. Town councils are its baby.
Word: precept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin praeceptum, form of praecipiō (“to teach”), from Latin prae (“pre-”) + capiō (“take”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːsɛpt/, /ˈpɹɛsɛpt/ 1. To act as a preceptor; to teach a physician-in-training by supervising their clinical practice. Labels: US, intransitive 2. To teach (something) by precepts. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [T]he tvvo commended rules by him [Aristotle] ſet down, vvhereby the axioms of Sciences are precepted to be made convertible, and vvhich the latter men have not vvithout elegancy ſurnamed; the one the rule of truth, becauſe it preventeth deceipt; the other the rule of prudence, becauſe it freeth election, are the ſame thing in ſpeculation and affirmation, vvhich vve novv obſerve.
Word: urges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of urge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: urging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɝd͡ʒɪŋ/, /ˈɜːd͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of urge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ballerina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian ballerina. Pronunciation: /ˌbæləɹˈiːnə/ 1. A ballet dancer (unisex term) Labels: nonstandard, often 2. A ballet dancer (unisex term) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, nonstandard, often 3. A ballet dancer (unisex term) Labels: nonstandard, uncommon 4. A ballet flat shoe.
Word: ballerine Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballerina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ponders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ponder Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ponders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ponder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pondered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɑn.dɚd/, /ˈpɒn.dəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of ponder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pondering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ponder Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pondering Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of rumination or cogitation. Example: Now all his ponderings, however excursive, wheeled round Isabel as their center; and back to her they came again from every excursion; and again derived some new, small germs for wonderment. Example: Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.
Word: pondering Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: deflection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēflexiō, from dēflectere (“to deflect”; participle stem dēflex-) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns). The non-etymological spelling deflection is taken from the present stem dēflect-, associated with collection, dissection, etc. By surface analysis, deflect + -ion. Pronunciation: /dɪˈflɛkʃən/, /dəˈflɛkʃən/ 1. The act of deflecting or something deflected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Russell's goalbound shot took a deflection off a defender and went out for a corner. Example: The next morning Oswald stopped short in the middle of his shaving, which in his case involved the most tortuous deflections and grimacings. 2. Deviation (of a needle or other indicator or mechanism) from a previous position. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At about the time that #1 tyre failed, the Flight Data Recorder shows right rudder deflection. This may have been applied to correct a yaw to the left. (Traces of the left main gear on the runway show that the nose wheels were to the right of the centreline and never crossed it.) About 500 metres from the threshold, the inner wheels of the left main gear bogie had closed from about 2 1⁄2 metres to about one metre to the left of the centreline; this may have been because of over-correction for a tendency to yaw to the left or weather-cocking because of the surface wind. Whatever the reason, the actual deviation would probably have been considered insignificant to the cockpit crew. 3. The act of refusing to address something (questions, criticism, etc.). Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: “‘I’m focused on the future’ is one of the most generic store-brand fuckboy deflections there is,” Oliver fumed. 4. The act of rejecting culpability by redirecting blame elsewhere. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Bending or deformation under load. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The structure was examined and passed by the Board of Trade in February, 1890, after it had been tested with two trains of 50 loaded wagons, each hauled by two engines, and pushed by a third. The trains ran side by side, and their combined weight, including the six engines, was 1,800 tons. The deflections of the girders were precisely in accordance with the calculations of the engineers. Example: Tyre design deflection profile under load is about a one-third reduction in tyre section radius. If the tyre is overloaded, over-deflection will occur. Over-deflection results in a larger heat increase than would be expected from under-inflation. If one of a pair of tyres on the same axle is under-inflated, the other tyre may be overloaded. 6. A tactic that forces an opposing piece to leave the square, rank or file it occupies, thus exposing the king or a valuable piece Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glances Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡlænsɪz/, /ˈɡlɑːnsɪz/ 1. plural of glance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glances Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡlænsɪz/, /ˈɡlɑːnsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: glancing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡleə̯n.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡlɛə̯n.sɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of glance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: glancing Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡleə̯n.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡlɛə̯n.sɪŋ/ 1. Making superficial, obtuse contact with something. Example: His fist caught a glancing blow to my jaw. Example: She looked with a grudging eye on this waste of life and beauty—there was none for him; and the sight of the coffin, with its deep black pall borne slowly along the glancing path, was a contrast of unutterable misery. It was a relief to change the cheerful meadow for the dark umbrage of the forest which they now entered.
Word: glancing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɑːn.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡlæn.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡleə̯n.sɪŋ/, /ˈɡlɛə̯n.sɪŋ/ 1. A sideways look; a glance. Example: No doubt, sometimes there are comprehensive glancings at, and interminglings of different future eras of prophecy.
Word: lawmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lawemaker, lawe maker, equivalent to law + maker. 1. One who makes or enacts laws. Example: Lawmakers in France voted over the weekend of April 10/11 to introduce measures to restrict flights on routes where the same journey can be made by rail in under two and a half hours. Example: Republican Sens. Susan Collins of Maine and Mitt Romney of Utah both confirmed that a bipartisan group of lawmakers will have a series of video meetings starting in the next several days to see if they could agree on a deal soon.
Word: deflect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin deflecto, from de- (“away”) + flecto (“to bend”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈflɛkt/ 1. To make (something) deviate from its original path or position. Labels: transitive 2. To touch the ball, often unwittingly, after a shot or a sharp pass, thereby making it unpredictable for the other players. Labels: transitive Example: The defender deflected the cross into his own net. 3. To deviate from an original path or position. Labels: intransitive 4. To avoid addressing (questions, criticism, etc.). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The Prime Minister deflected some increasingly pointed questions by claiming he had an appointment. 5. To divert (attention, etc.). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Certainly there was much in the relationship itself that, with so much energy deflected into logistic maneuvering was never […] "worked out." Example: Critics suggest that Fernández, an unashamed populist and nationalist, is seeking to deflect attention from social disharmony at home. 6. To redirect culpability to avoid it.
Word: securer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From secure + -er. 1. comparative form of secure: more secure Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: securer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From secure + -er. 1. One who or that which secures.
Word: eavesdrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From eaves + drop; the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/, /ˈivzˌdɹɑp/ 1. To hear (intentionally) a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in. Labels: ambitransitive Example: You shouldn't eavesdrop, David. I told you: You'll only hear things you'll wish you hadn't. Example: I hope nobody was eavesdropping on our conversation last night, since it got so personal. 2. To listen for another organism's calls, so as to exploit them. Example: […] Eastern Red Bat will eavesdrop on the sonar calls of other red bats to locate potential insect prey. Example: Frog-biting midges also depend on eavesdropping for reproduction, and one would predict similarly strong selection to evolve auditory adaptations for hearing and localizing calls of their hosts.
Word: eavesdrop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eaves + drop; the "listening" sense derives from the notion of the listener standing in the area denoted by the physical sense. Pronunciation: /ˈiːvzˌdɹɒp/, /ˈivzˌdɹɑp/ 1. The dripping of rain from the eaves of a house. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The space around a house on which such water drips. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A concealed aperture through which an occupant of a building can surreptitiously listen to people talking at an entrance to the building. Labels: countable 4. The act of intentionally hearing a conversation not intended to be heard. Labels: countable Example: Were you having a little eavesdrop on us last night?
Word: securest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of secure: most secure Labels: form-of, superlative Example: “This is one of the securest corners in London,” says Kirschel. “We’ve created a matrix of private streets that we can shut down as we wish.”
Word: deflected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deflect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deflected Part of Speech: adj 1. Bent abruptly downward. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gasoduct Part of Speech: noun 1. a gas pipeline.
Word: encouragement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French encoragement. Pronunciation: [ɪnˈkʌɹɪd͡ʒmənt] 1. The act of encouraging Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something that incites, supports, promotes, protects or advances; incentive Labels: countable, uncountable Example: even their arch-enemy the gamekeeper is beginning reluctantly, but gradually, to acquiesce in the general belief of their innocence and utility, I cannot help indulging the hope that this bird will eventually meet with that general encouragement and protection to which its eminent services so richly entitle it. Example: The train was handed over 21 min. late at Salisbury, so there was every encouragement to Driver Moore, of Salisbury, to "get a move on." 3. Words or actions that increase someone's confidence Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 7 January 2017, Adharanand Finn writing in The Guardian, The 24-hour race: 'It is a battle with your mind' Diana Celeiro has come all the way from Argentina for the race. It’s her second time here. Her husband, Gustavo, acts as her support crew. Most of the runners have someone who stands diligently by the track watching, offering encouragement, preparing snacks or helping with any issues that arise, from blisters to emotional breakdowns. Example: If I live, an' please your honour, but once to get through it, I will never tell it again, quoth Trim, either to man, woman, or child--Poo--poo! said my uncle Toby--but with accents of such sweet encouragement did he utter it, that the corporal went on with his story with more alacrity than ever. 4. The feeling of being encouraged Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deflects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deflect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deflecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deflect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: malter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maltare, malter, maltar; equivalent to malt + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒltə/, /ˈmɔːltə/, /ˈmɔl.tɚ/, /ˈmɑl.tɚ/ 1. A person who makes malt; a maltster. Labels: dated
Word: apple butter Part of Speech: noun 1. Preserved apple purée with spices. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: DOMESTIC LIFE IN AMERICA. (In a Letter from a Correspondent at Cincinnati.) This town is far superior to our late place of sojourn, Pittsburgh, being spacious and clean, with handsome houses and wood for fuel. Pittsburgh, on the contrary, is dirty and confined, abounding in iron works burning coal, which gives forth a denser smoke than English coal. The houses in this place, when we visited it in 1818, were mostly of wood; these have been in general removed on wheels drawn by oxen and horses, and placed in the suburbs, whence they are now removing once more. Here are four markets well supplied with the necessaries, and even the luxuries, of life, including almost everything you can think of, and many things which you have never thought of. Apple butter, for instance, is one of the latter, and is made by stewing apples in new cider, after it has been boiled down to one-third of its bulk. It is sold at 6¼ cts. per quart, and is very delicious. The fruits of this country are abundant […] Example: APPLE BUTTER SANDWICH: On thin slices of lightly buttered white bread, spread apple butter. Sprinkle chopped candied orange peel, cover with another slice of bread.
Word: apple of love Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of love apple. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: apple borer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including: 2. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including: 3. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including: 4. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including: 5. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including: 6. Any beetle or moth that bores into the trunks of apple and other fruit trees as larvae, including:
Word: dong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese đồng, from Middle Chinese 銅 (duwng, “copper”), from Old Chinese 銅 (*doːŋ). Cognate with Mandarin 銅 /铜 (tóng, “copper”). Pronunciation: /dɒŋ/, /dɔŋ/, /dɑŋ/ 1. The currency of Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: ₫ 2. The currency of South Vietnam, 100 xus. Symbol: Đ. Labels: historical
Word: dong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Perhaps suggested by dingus and other names for unnamable objects; perhaps suggesting of a sound of striking (perhaps the clapper of a bell; compare ding-dong); perhaps there is an element of donkey in it. First attested in the 1890s. Pronunciation: /dɒŋ/, /dɔŋ/, /dɑŋ/ 1. The penis. Labels: slang Example: "That American girl was after you too, wasn't she?" "She didn't mean anything she said. She was just after your dong. But it's mine." "For sure, Mary." Example: Nevertheless, I was wholly incapable of keeping my paws from my dong once it started the climb up my belly. 2. A dildo, specifically a synthetic anatomical replica of the penis. Labels: broadly, slang 3. A fool. Labels: slang
Word: dong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /dɒŋ/, /dɔŋ/, /dɑŋ/ 1. A low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
Word: dong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /dɒŋ/, /dɔŋ/, /dɑŋ/ 1. To make a low-pitched, metallic ringing sound.
Word: dong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean 동(洞) (dong, “neighborhood”). Pronunciation: /dɒŋ/, /dɔŋ/, /dɑŋ/ 1. A submunicipal administrative unit of a city in North or South Korea.
Word: apple brandy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of apple + brandy. Attested from the 18th century. 1. A type of brandy made from apples. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let me adviſe all ſuch, as they value their own Credit, and the Succeſs of their Undertaking, to have no Dealings with Apple Brandy Makers, D__ll__ers, nor with Brandy Adulterers of any Sort, nor in any Shape whatever. Example: 9.00 New Moonshiners: Amanda and Kelly attempt to make a famous Appalachian apple brandy
Word: apple blight Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of fire blight. Labels: uncountable Example: Only a few years ago the disease known under the various names “pear blight,” “apple blight,” “twig blight,” “fire blight” and “blight” was almost unknown in this State.
Word: antihypertensive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + hypertensive or anti- + hypertension + -ive. 1. An agent that prevents or counteracts hypertension.
Word: antihypertensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + hypertensive or anti- + hypertension + -ive. 1. Preventing or counteracting hypertension. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anti-inflammatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + inflammatory. 1. An agent that prevents or counteracts inflammation.
Word: anti-inflammatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + inflammatory. 1. Preventing or counteracting inflammation.
Word: antimalarial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English malaria English -al English malarial English antimalarial From anti- + malarial. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/, /-taɪ-/, /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛ.ɹi.əl/ 1. An agent that prevents or counteracts malaria.
Word: antimalarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English malaria English -al English malarial English antimalarial From anti- + malarial. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛə.ɹi.əl/, /-taɪ-/, /ˌæn.ti.məˈlɛ.ɹi.əl/ 1. Preventing or counteracting malaria.
Word: teacher's pet Part of Speech: noun 1. A student who is perceived to be favored by the teacher. Labels: idiomatic Example: As an intelligent and conscientious student, he was often labelled as the teacher's pet in school. Example: Her friends are so jealous / You know how bad girls get / Sometimes it's not so easy / To be the teacher's pet.
Word: bioterrorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror 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 terrorist English bioterrorist From bio- + terrorist. Pronunciation: /baɪ.əʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/, /baɪ.oʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/ 1. One who engages in bioterrorism; a terrorist employing biological weapons.
Word: bioterrorist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *tres- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *troséyeti Proto-Italic *trozeō Latin terreō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin terrorbor. Old French terreur Middle French terreurbor. Middle English terrour English terror 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 terrorist English bioterrorist From bio- + terrorist. Pronunciation: /baɪ.əʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/, /baɪ.oʊˈtɛ.ɹə.ɹɪst/ 1. Of or relating to a bioterrorist or bioterrorism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: continuity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/, /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/, [ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ɾi], [ˌkɑn.tn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi], [ˌkɑn.ʔn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi] 1. Lack of interruption or disconnection; the quality of being continuous in space or time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While troubleshooting the heating and cooling system, we found a lack of continuity in a circuit that is normally closed. Example: Considerable continuity of attention is needed to read German philosophy. 2. A characteristic property of a continuous function. Labels: uncountable Example: The definition of a continuous function assumes that the function is already defined for x = a. If this is not the case, however, it is sometimes possible to assign such a value to the function for x = a that the condition of continuity shall be satisfied. 3. A narrative device in episodic fiction where previous and/or future events in a series of stories are accounted for in present stories. Labels: uncountable Example: In “Treehouse Of Horror” episodes, the rules aren’t just different—they don’t even exist. If writers want Homer to kill Flanders or for a segment to end with a marriage between a woman and a giant ape, they can do so without worrying about continuity or consistency or fans griping that the gang is behaving out of character. 4. A canon; one specific fictional universe within a multiverse. Labels: countable Example: At a live filmed announcement at Midtown Comics in Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso and executive editor Tom Brevoort announced a new status quo for the Marvel Universe, with worlds colliding to form a mish-mash of continuities that will be the setting for all Marvel comics from May 2015 onwards. 5. Consistency between multiple shots depicting the same scene but possibly filmed on different occasions. Labels: uncountable 6. The announcements and messages inserted by the broadcaster between programmes. Labels: uncountable
Word: continuity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitas. By surface analysis, continu(e) + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.tɪˈnjuː.ɪ.ti/, /ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ti/, [ˌkɑn.tɪˈn(j)u.ə.ɾi], [ˌkɑn.tn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi], [ˌkɑn.ʔn̩ˈ(j)u.ə.ɾi] 1. Being the successor to a no longer extant organization, operating under the same name and usually claiming to be the same entity. Labels: UK, not-comparable Example: The irony that was one of the other republican splinter groups in the field, the Continuity IRA, also claimed by virtue of its name that it was the authentic IRA. Example: This new group looked like another of those which eked out a herbivorous existence in the scrubland just this side of the Monster Raving lunatic fringe, something akin to the continuity Liberal Party perhaps, or the yogic-flying, transcendentally meditating Natural Law Party.
Word: animates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of animate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coagulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French coagulation, from Latin coagulatio, coagulationem. Morphologically coagulate + -ion. Pronunciation: /kəʊ.æɡjuːˈleɪʃən/, /koʊ.æɡjuˈleɪʃən/ 1. The precipitation of suspended particles as they increase in size by any of several physical or chemical processes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the coagulation of proteins 2. The process by which blood forms solid clots. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Similar solidification of other materials (e.g. of tofu). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disposes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dispose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: curie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French curie. Named after French physicist Pierre Curie (1859–1906). 1. 3.7×10¹⁰ decays per second, as a unit of radioactivity. Symbol Ci.
Word: flannelette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flannel + -ette. 1. A type of soft, woven fabric, made to imitate flannel by raising or brushing the fibers in the weft. Frequently used in sleepwear, pillows, and bedding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I am a draper mad with love. I love you more than all the flannelette and calico, candlewick, dimity, crash and merino, tussore, cretonne, crepon, muslin, poplin, ticking and twill in the whole Cloth Hall of the world. 2. Something made from this fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our flannelettes provide an extra layer between the underquilt and sheets.
Word: instigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnstīgātus, perfect passive participle of īnstīgō (“to instigate”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɪnstəɡeɪt/ 1. To bring about by urging or encouraging. Labels: transitive Example: to instigate a riot Example: to instigate a change 2. To goad or urge (a person) forward, especially to wicked actions. Labels: transitive Example: to instigate someone to a crime Example: he might instigate them to swear against the law of God
Word: lion's share Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aesop’s fable The Lion's Share, in which a lion claims the full amount of the spoil after hunting with a number of other beasts. In one version of the fable, the lion claims three-quarters of the kill rather than the whole, leaving the three other animals to fight over the remainder. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪ.əns ʃɛə/, /ˈlaɪ.ənz ʃɛ(ə)ɹ/ 1. The majority; a large or generous portion. Labels: idiomatic Example: They got a large donation, but the lion’s share of the money went straight into paying off debt. Example: In place of dividing the merit of the discovery between the Englishman and the Scotchman, and giving the lion's share to my countryman, I have given the whole merit of the discovery to [Henry] Cavendish the Englishman, and have reserved only for [James] Watt the Scotchman, the merit of the previous hypothesis,—a merit freely given him by Cavendish himself, and one which no other person ever claimed.
Word: funny farm Part of Speech: noun 1. An insane asylum. Labels: slang Example: Paddy the Duke was right. I had one more "tour of duty" to put in at the funny farm. They turned me loose a few days after he left, sometime in the winter months of 1959, but in a little more than a year's time I would be back at Avalon Valley; and I would be a very sick man.
Word: pulmonary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pulmōnārius (“of the lungs”), from pulmō (“lung”) + -ārius, from Proto-Indo-European *pléu-mon-. Cognate with Greek πλεμόνι (plemóni), French poumon, Lithuanian plauciai, Polish płuco and Russian пла́вать (plávatʹ, “to swim”). Pronunciation: /ˈpʌl.məˌnɛ.ɹi/ 1. Pertaining to, having, or affecting the lungs. Labels: not-comparable Example: [A]n actual progress of the blood in the pulmonary vessels is brought about [by potassium iodide], a phenomenon explaining the incontested superiority of iodine in all dyspnoeas, which have their origin in a disturbed state of the chemism of respiration, as well as in those of a nervous, arithmatic or cardiacal nature, the latter being connected with blood stagnations in the pulmonary vessels. Example: Wiener-Kronish's case showed plexogenic pulmonary angiopathy and positive immunofluorescent staining for IgG, C₃ and C1q in the lung (1981). […]
Word: go-getter Part of Speech: noun 1. An active and enterprising person; one who is motivated or inclined to excel; one who strives to achieve success or improvement. Labels: idiomatic Example: He's a promising young go-getter, but he needs to learn some things about office politics. Example: Tom Pitella is a go-getter and does not rely on others to prove things in the field of mathematics to him.
Word: undivided Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English divided English undivided From un- + divided. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndɪˈvaɪdɪd/, [ˌʌɾ̃ɪ̈ˈvaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d] 1. Unified, whole Labels: not-comparable Example: Long division can be hard to understand, so I want your undivided attention. Example: Today is that most sacred of American holidays. A day when people from all walks of life set aside their differences and focus their undivided attention on the prognostication abilities of a subterranean rodent.
Word: unmerciful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unmerciful, unmercifull; equivalent to un- + merciful. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmɝsɪfl̩/, /ʌnˈmɜːsɪfl̩/ 1. not showing mercy