nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: spore Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin spora, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”), related to σπόρος (spóros, “sowing”) and σπείρω (speírō, “to sow”). Related to English spread). Pronunciation: /spɔː(ɹ)/, /spoɹ/, /spoː(ɹ)/, /spo(ː)ɹ/, /spoə/ 1. To produce spores.
Word: petrify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French pétrifier, from Medieval Latin petrificāre, from Latin petra (“rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”) + -ficāre, from facere (“do, make”), equivalent to petro- + -ify. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛ.tɹəˌfaɪ/ 1. To turn to stone: to harden organic matter by permeating with water and depositing dissolved minerals. Labels: transitive Example: a river that petrifies any sort of wood or leaves 2. To produce rigidity akin to stone. 3. To immobilize with fright. 4. To become stone, or of a stony hardness, as organic matter by calcareous deposits. Labels: intransitive 5. To become stony, callous, or obdurate. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Like Niobe we marble grow, / And petrify with grief. Example: Hopes, feelings, and passion, petrify one after another; the crust of experience soon hardens over the hidden past; and who, looking on the levelled and subdued exterior, could dream of the wreck and ravage that lies below? 6. To make callous or obdurate; to stupefy; to paralyze; to transform; as by petrification. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: petrify a genius to a dunce Example: A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to petrify your volition.
Word: reborn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born English reborn From re- + born. 1. Revived or regenerated, especially emotionally or spiritually. Labels: not-comparable 2. Reincarnated. Labels: not-comparable, often, postpositional
Word: reborn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born English reborn From re- + born. 1. A manufactured vinyl doll that has been transformed to resemble a human baby with as much realism as possible. Example: People's passionate reactions to reborns include moments of discomfort that happen across the skin and through the body. Example: Some treat reborns as dolls, but others treat reborns as children. Adults who treat dolls as children or adults who play with dolls may face ridicule […]
Word: magnetopause Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magneto- + -pause. 1. The boundary between the Earth's magnetosphere and the sun's plasma.
Word: characterize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek χᾰρακτηρίζω (khăraktērízō)der. Medieval Latin charactērizōder. English characterize From Medieval Latin charactērizō, from Ancient Greek χαρακτηρίζω (kharaktērízō, “to designate by a characteristic mark”), from χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “a mark, character”). By surface analysis, character + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹəktəɹaɪz/, /ˈkɛɹəktəɹaɪz/ 1. To depict someone or something a particular way (often negative). Labels: transitive Example: [Stephen] Miller’s uncle, a neuroscientist, has been welcomed onto the public stage for his denunciations of his nephew’s immigration policies, which the elder Miller has characterized as hypocritical: the Millers’ not-so-distant Jewish ancestors were, of course, immigrants themselves. 2. To be typical of. Labels: transitive Example: There is no way to avoid the slight cups, crooks, bows and twists that characterize wood. 3. To determine the characteristics of. Labels: transitive Example: The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. Example: This glossary includes terminology used in coastal science, engineering, geology, management, nearshore oceanography and the technologies that characterize, measure, describe or quantify the physical properties, processes and changes of the coastal zone.
Word: characterise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character English -ise English characterise From character + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of characterize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: Charlbury, between Oxford and Worcester, is one of the few surviving Italianate stations designed by Brunel. Built in 1853, it is characterised by the broad overhanging hipped roof, providing shelter at front and rear. Example: Tuchel arrived in Belgrade insisting England were ready to improve and show their quality after the dour victories that have characterised their World Cup qualification campaign.
Word: tumorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tumōrōsus (“inflated, bloated”), from tumor (“swelling, tumor”), from tumeō (“to swell”). 1. Pertaining to or having the appearance of a tumor. 2. Covered with tumors.
Word: spectral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spectr(e) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛktɹəɫ/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, spectres; ghostly. Example: The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills. Example: The day itself was miserably dull; a thick fog shut out the landscape, while a few of the nearer trees alone were visible, spreading out their thin spectral arms on the murky air.
Word: spectral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spectr(um) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛktɹəɫ/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, spectra; classified according to frequency or wavelength (of light, etc.). 2. On the spectrum; spectrumy.
Word: ghostly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English gostly, gastlich, from Old English gāstlīċ (“spiritual, holy, clerical (not lay), ghastly, ghostly, spectral”), from Proto-West Germanic *gaistalīk (“spiritual”), equivalent to ghost + -ly. Cognate with Scots ghaistly, gaistly (“spiritual, ghastly, terrifying”), West Frisian geastlik (“spiritual, clerical, religious”), Dutch geestelijk (“spiritual, clerical, ecclesiastical”), German geistlich (“spiritual, sacred, religious”), Danish geistlig (“ecclesiastical, clerical”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊstli/ 1. Of or pertaining to ghosts or spirits. Example: a ghostly figure with a hood Example: The graveyard was haunted by a ghostly figure of a young girl. 2. Spooky; frightening. Example: A ghostly hush fell. Example: Scores of coconut-shell fires blazed with their characteristic glaring white flame, throwing grotesque shadows on the brown thatched huts, dancing in fairylike shimmerings among the domes of coconut fronds, casting ghostly reaches of light through the adjacent graveyards, and silhouetting the forms of pareu-clad natives at work cleaning their fish or laying them on the live coals to broil. 3. Relating to the soul; not carnal or secular; spiritual. Labels: archaic Example: a ghostly confessor Example: Save and defend us from our ghostly enemies.
Word: incestuous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English incest Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English incestuous From incest + -ous. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛstjuəs/, /ɪnˈsɛst͡ʃuəs/ 1. Pertaining to or engaging in incest. Example: If you engaged in an incestuous relationship with a family member, that would make you an inbreeder. 2. Characterized by mutual relationships that are intimate and exclusive to the detriment of outsiders. Example: It’s an incestuous thing. Faculty at the liberal, Ivy League schools are involved in hiring other faculty, who later hire the next generation of faculty. There’s very little intellectual or philosophical diversity in our newsrooms as a result. Furthermore, as I pointed out in the book, there’s a large number of so-called journalists who work for Democrat politicians, who go back and forth between politics and journalism. Example: Democrats have the luxury of controlling the public narrative, thanks, in large part, to their incestuous relationship with the news media.
Word: -cade Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formed from cavalcade, inferred to be a suffix 1. procession Labels: morpheme
Word: prism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă)bor. Late Latin prismalbor. English prism Learned borrowing from Late Latin prisma (“(geometry) prism”), from Ancient Greek πρίσμᾰ (prísmă, “anything sawn; sawdust; (Koine, geometry) prism”), from πρῐ́ζω (prĭ́zō) (a variant of πρῑ́ω (prī́ō, “to saw”), further etymology unknown) + -μᾰ (-mă, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the effect or result of an action, etc.). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɪz(ə)m/, [ˈpʰɹ̠̊ɪzm̩], /ˈpɹɪzəm/ 1. A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. 2. A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. 3. A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. 4. A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. Example: [page 13] One of theſe Parts [of a piece of black paper] I painted vvith a red Colour and the other vvith a blevv. […] This Paper I vievved through a Priſm of ſolid Glaſs, vvhoſe tvvo Sides through vvhich the Light paſſed to the Eye vvere plane and vvell poliſhed, and contained an Angle of about Sixty Degrees: vvhich Angle I call the refracting Angle of the Priſm. […] [page 17] Theſe Experiments may ſuffice for the Colours of Natural Bodies. For in the Colours made by the Refraction of Priſms this Propoſition vvill appear by the Experiments vvhich are novv to follovv in the next Propoſition. Example: Here, avvful [Isaac] Newton, the diſſolving clouds / Form, fronting on the ſun, thy ſhovvery priſm; / And to the ſage-inſtructed eye unfold / The various tvvine of light, by thee diſclos'd / From the vvhite mingling maze. 5. A polyhedron with parallel ends of the same polygonal shape and size, the other faces being parallelogram-shaped sides. Labels: archaic Example: The beams, that thro' the Oriel shine, / Make prisms in every carven glass, […] 6. A retroreflector (“device which reflects light back to its source with minimal scattering”) which is usually attached to a surveying pole as a target for a total station which emits a light beam at the device and calculates how long it takes to be reflected back in order to measure distance. Labels: broadly 7. A perspective that colours one's perception. Labels: figuratively Example: I had surveyed the landscape through the prism of poetry, which tinged every object with the hues of the rainbow. Example: It is a simple fact that many outside the Abu Dhabi-owned club will always view their triumph through the prism of the charges of 115 financial breaches brought against them by the Premier League, charges they fiercely deny.
Word: filmography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -ography English filmography From film + -ography. 1. A selective list of movie titles that share a similar characteristic such as the same genre, the same director, the same actor etc.
Word: RORO Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of roll-on roll-off. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable Example: two RORO vessels at anchor upriver
Word: RORO Part of Speech: noun 1. A RORO ship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: two ROROs at anchor upriver 2. Risk-on, risk-off, a sharp distinction between market conditions dominated and not dominated by risk or volatility pricing of securities. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fervor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -or (“abstract noun suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːvə/, /ˈfəːvə/, /ˈfɝ.vɚ/, /fɛɾvəɾ/, /føːvə/ 1. An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The coach trains his water polo team with fervor. 2. A passionate enthusiasm for some cause. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. Heat. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: kowhai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori kōwhai (“yellow”). Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊfaɪ/, /ˈkoʊwaɪ/ 1. Any of several small woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand that have yellow flowers. The national flower of New Zealand.
Word: chandelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chandelle (“chandelle”). Doublet of candela and candle. 1. An aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb. Example: The FAA terms a chandelle as a maximum fight performance maneuver. During the course of a chandelle the plane should gain the greatest amount of altitude possible for a given degree of bank, and without stalling.
Word: chandelle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French chandelle (“chandelle”). Doublet of candela and candle. 1. To perform an aerobatic maneuver in which a 180° turn is combined with a climb.
Word: Adam's apple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin pomum Adami, which is found in the botanical sense from 1560 and the anatomical sense from 1600. According to the earliest sources, the anatomical usage derives from a common belief that Adam was punished by God for the fall of man by having a piece of the forbidden fruit lodged in his throat (see 1662 citation). 1. The lump in the throat, usually more noticeable in men than in women; the laryngeal prominence. Example: That same bunch which is seen on the foreside of the Neck, is called Adams Apple, because the common people have a beliefe, that by the judgement of God, a part of that fatal Apple, abode sticking in Adams Throat, and is so communicated to his posterity Example: He was seated some way down a table at right angles to the one at which I sat, a man of mean appearance with a greyish complexion, thin, with a square nose, a heavy wiry moustache and a big Adam's apple sticking out between the wings of his collar. 2. Any of species Tabernaemontana divaricata of fragrant houseplants, native to southeast Asia. 3. Any of hybrid species Musa × paradisiaca, of cultivated bananas. 4. A citron (Citrus limetta, syn. of Citrus medica). Example: The fourth [name of the citron] is named of diuers Pomum Assyrium, or Citron of Assyria, and may be Englished Adams apple, after the Italian name, and among the vulgar sort of Italians Lomie, of whom it is also called Pomum Adami, or Adams apple, and that came by the opinion of the commom rude people, who thinke it to be the same Apple, of which Adam did eate in Paradise when he transgressed Gods commandement
Word: shouldn't've Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From shouldn't + -'ve. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊd(ə)n(t)ə(v)/ 1. Contraction of should + not + have. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: She’s right. I shouldn’t’ve come.
Word: Kalbfleisch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree German Kalb Middle High German fleisch German Fleisch German Kalbfleischbor. English Kalbfleisch Borrowed from German Kalbfleisch. 1. A surname from German.
Word: calcium carbonate Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless or white inorganic compound, CaCO₃, occurring as chalk, limestone, marble etc. Reacts with acids to liberate carbon dioxide. Labels: uncountable Example: When calcium oxide is combined with CO2, it naturally forms calcium carbonate over time due to thermodynamic equilibrium, explains the researcher.
Word: pres Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɛz/ 1. Clipping of presentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: pres Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of present. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: pres Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /pɹiːz/ 1. plural of pre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pres Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /pɹiːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pre. Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pres Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of pregames. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, slang
Word: skeeze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from skeezy. 1. A sleazy or sexually promiscuous person. Labels: derogatory, mildly, slang Example: Jackie was an old skeeze with an IQ of about 85, and the only thing she was good at, apart from picking out Chanel suits, was lying under men who could put her on easy street. Example: “Shit. You talkin’ about that skeeze over in the Yard?”
Word: speechwriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speech + writer. 1. Someone who writes speeches for others, especially as a profession.
Word: sesquiennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sesquiennium (compare sesqui- and biennial). 1. Occurring once every one and a half years (i.e. once every 18 months, or twice every three years); sesquiannual. Labels: not-comparable Example: The endemic Australian sea lion is one of the world's rarest and most unusual seals: rare in terms of very small numbers and unusual in its having a sesquiennial reproductive cycle. [Australian sea lions' breeding cycle is a 17-18 month aseasonal one.] Example: Delta Mu Delta, a national honor society in business administration, held its regular sesquiennial meeting at New York Institute of Technology DeSeversky Conference Center in Old Westbury, Long Island, New York, on Saturday, April 24, 1976. […] The next sesquiennial meeting of Delta Mu Delta is scheduled for October, 1977. […] The regular sesquiennial meeting of the National Chapter of Delta Mu Delta national honor society in business administration will be held on Saturday, October 29, 1977, at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania.
Word: POL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of petroleum, oil, and lubricants; consumable supplies for vehicles and machinery, collectively. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of port of loading. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of proof of life (in abduction cases). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: lo and behold Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The lo in the expression probably originated from the shortening of the word look, commonly seen in Middle English texts. Its presence in literature can be traced to at least as early as the 18th century. The literal meaning of the expression is look and see, and it is always used as if in the imperative. 1. Used to express surprise. Example: Here was I sat down, full of Love and Respect to write my dearest Friends a dutiful and loving letter, when lo, and behold! I was made happy by the receipt of yours. Example: 1995, Robin Hobb, Assassin's Apprentice : The Farseer Trilogy Book 1, Del Rey Mass Market Edition, p. 117. And when Regal and I rode down to get it, lo and behold, it's from Patience, to tell us Chivalry's dead.
Word: agateophobia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˌɡeɪ.ti.əʊˈfəʊ.bi.ə/ 1. A fear of insanity. Labels: uncountable
Word: semi-final Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of semifinal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: agliophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of algophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: algophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -phobia. 1. Fear of pain. Labels: uncountable
Word: outsider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-West Germanic *ūt Old English ūt ▲ Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *-ai Proto-Germanic *ūtai Proto-West Germanic *ūtē Old English ūte Middle English oute English out Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-der. Proto-Germanic *sīdaz Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ Old English sīde Middle English side English side English outside Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English outsider From outside + -er. Pronunciation: /ˌaʊtˈsaɪdəɹ/ 1. One who is not part of a community or organization. Example: While the initiated easily understand the symbols, they are wholly inaccessible to outsiders. Example: I'm an outsider by choice, but not truly. It's the unpleasantness of the system that keeps me out. I'd rather be in, in a good system. That's where my discontent comes from: being forced to choose to stay outside. 2. A newcomer with little or no experience in an organization or community. Example: Seeing the mess professional politicians have made of things is it any wonder the electorate is beginning to prefer outsiders? Example: These worlds have always belonged to us, from the moment our ancestors saw them through ancient telescopes. We claimed them when our first explorers reached the stars, and they remained our worlds even after the Scourge divided us in darkness. Outsiders have no right to these treasures, and true angara must stand ready to defend our birthright. 3. A competitor or contestant who has little chance of winning; a long shot. Example: Johnny was an outsider at this year's karate tournament, but he still managed to win second place out of sheer determination. 4. The heel or end piece of a loaf of bread. Labels: rare
Word: b/w Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of backed with, commonly used with old 45 and 78 RPM records, referring to the flip side (commonly called "B-side") of the record. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: b/w Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of black-and-white. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: b/w Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of between. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: SnowAngel:maybe it's not healthy to like someone as much as i like him, but i can't help it. when things are good b/w us, they're so so good, he's, like, my soulmate, i swear to god.
Word: haft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją. Pronunciation: /hæft/, /hɑːft/ 1. The handle of a tool or weapon. Example: See this brandiſh'd Dagger: / […] / I'll bury to the haft, in her fair breaſt, / This Inſtrument of my Revenge.
Word: haft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English haft, from Old English hæft, from Proto-West Germanic *haftī, from Proto-Germanic *haftiją. Pronunciation: /hæft/, /hɑːft/ 1. To fit a handle to (a tool or weapon). Labels: transitive Example: Instead, they made finely crafted bone points to haft onto their spears, reserving the use of flint mostly for blades and scrapers. 2. To grip by the handle. Labels: transitive
Word: haft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See heft (etymology 3). Pronunciation: /hæft/, /hɑːft/ 1. Alternative spelling of heft (“piece of pastureland which farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) have become accustomed to; flock or group of farm animals (chiefly cattle or sheep) which have become accustomed to a particular piece of pastureland”). Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: haft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See heft (etymology 3). Pronunciation: /hæft/, /hɑːft/ 1. Alternative spelling of heft (“(transitive) to accustom (a flock or group of farm animals, chiefly cattle or sheep) to a piece of pastureland; to establish or settle (someone) in an occupation or place of residence; to establish or plant (something) firmly in a place; (intransitive, reflexive) of a thing: to establish or settle itself in a place”) Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive Example: […] I hae heard him say, that the root of the matter was mair deeply hafted in that wild muirland parish than in the Canogate of Edinburgh.
Word: infestation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French infestation, from Late Latin infestatio. Morphologically infest + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnfɛsˈteɪ̯ʃən/, [ˌɪnfɛsˈtʰeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɪnfɛsˈtʰeɪ̯ʃn̩], [ˌɪɱfɛsˈtʰeɪ̯ʃən] ~ [ˌɪɱfɛsˈtʰeɪ̯ʃn̩] 1. The presence of a large number of pest organisms in an area or field, on the surface of a host or anything that might contact a host, or in the soil. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Guatemalan snowpea production has continually been harmed by insect and disease infestations. Example: You've probably heard about Beemageddon. Over the past few years, colony collapse disorder – thought to be brought on by a pernicious combination of overwork, bad weather, pesticides and infestations of parasitic varroa mites – has been threatening to wipe out honeybees all over the world, and with them many of our food crops.
Word: lockring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lock + ring. 1. A textured or threaded washer used to prevent components from become loose during rotation. On bicycles they are found, for example, on a bottom bracket and a track hub. 2. A ring (usually of steel) that is part of a wheelrim on some types of heavy equipment; it locks down the tire's mounting. 3. Any of various types of jewellery or components thereof, such as rings with a locking feature or rings that lock a chain closed.
Word: Contra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for Spanish contrarrevolucionarios (“counter-revolutionaries”). 1. A member of any of various rightist guerrilla groups violently opposing the socialist Sandinista government of Nicaragua and secretly funded by the United States government in the 1980s.
Word: cariad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh cariad. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹiæd/ 1. Darling. Labels: Wales Example: Eh, dear, Mr. Robert, sir, the master's waiting to hear you ask after your little cariad (sweetheart), Miss Hirell. Example: "Wilt thou be my cariad?" said she.
Word: ideals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪˈdi.əlz/, /aɪˈdɪəlz/ 1. plural of ideal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emotionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English emotionalism From emotional + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/, /ɪˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/, /iˈmoʊʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/ 1. An emotional state of mind, a tendency to regard things in an emotional manner; emotional behaviour or characteristics. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: to infuse into Judaism new vision, or rather to re-awaken the dormant emotionalism and mystic strain Example: Yet once the emotionalism of those ‘great gusts of words’ had been flensed, the flesh and bones of the programme looked disappointingly like the mixture as before […].
Word: chappal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चप्पल (cappal), itself borrowed from Telugu చెప్పులు (ceppulu). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃʌp.əl/ 1. A type of footwear used in India, Mauritius, and Pakistan, similar to a sandal. Example: Chappals and shoes will fill up the garbage pit too quickly. I think it is impossible to burn old shoes and chappals. They melt and become very bad.
Word: extremum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin extrēmum, neuter form of extrēmus (“extreme in degree”). Doublet of extreme. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹiːməm/ 1. A point, or value that is a maximum or a minimum.
Word: meninx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin mēninx, from Ancient Greek μῆνῐγξ (mênĭnx, “membrane of the eye; membrane enclosing the brain; eardrum”). Pronunciation: /ˈmen.ɪŋks/, /ˈmi.nɪŋks/, /ˈmɛn.ɪŋks/ 1. A membrane, especially one of the three membranes lining the skull and vertebral canal and enclosing the brain and spinal cord in vertebrates. Labels: plural-normally
Word: eyetooth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eye + tooth, so called because of their position directly below the eyes. 1. A canine tooth of the upper jaw in humans. Example: the Cutters and Eye-teeth have usually but one Root Example: She called us by all our names, and when she grinned she revealed two minute gold prongs clipped to her eyeteeth.
Word: Frenchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Frenshman. By surface analysis, French + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃm(ə)n/, /ˈfɹɪ̟nt͡ʃm(ə)n/ 1. A man of French birth or nationality. Example: A deep-seated misgiving about U.S. Asian policy is spreading among anti-Communists in Southeast Asia, who fear that the Korean truce is the first sign of U.S. withdrawal. In Hong Kong, anti-Communist Chinese newspapers, even those critical of Chiang, now talk about “U.S. double-faced diplomacy.” One said that “Ike and Dulles have stepped right into Acheson’s shoes.” Though Secretary Dulles has bulled through a special $387 million grant to bolster anti-Communist resistance in Indo-China, Frenchmen frequently grumble: Why should we fight our Communists to a finish when you did not fight yours to a finish in Korea? Example: The former recommended that all members of the Chamber of Deputies be elected by the scrutin de liste: that they be elected by all Frenchmen of both sexes over 21 years old. 2. A home-made tool used by bricklayers to cut excess mortar from newly pointed brickwork. 3. The red-legged partridge. Labels: UK
Word: Frenchwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Frensche wymen pl, equivalent to French + -woman. 1. A French woman; a woman of French ancestry, descent or citizenship.
Word: tidemark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tide + mark. 1. a line (of seaweed or differently coloured sand etc) on the shore showing the level of high or low tide 2. any mark showing the limit of some past activity Labels: broadly 3. a line of scum left on a bath tub when the water is drained away Labels: humorous
Word: flagstaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + staff. Pronunciation: /ˈflæɡstæf/, /ˈflæɡstɑːf/ 1. A pole on which a flag is raised. Example: Snowball had found in the harness-room an old green tablecloth of Mrs. Jones's and had painted on it a hoof and a horn in white. This was run up the flagstaff in the farmhouse garden every Sunday morning. Example: 1988, Rhodes Boyson, Hansard, 7 June, 1988, Criminal Justice Bill, https://web.archive.org/web/20190212095659/https://www.hansard-corpus.org/ The abolition of the death penalty has been the flagstaff of the permissive society. We know what that has meant for the people of this country. Local newspapers are full of articles about robbery, murder, rape and, literally, pillage.
Word: Plimsoll line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Samuel Plimsoll, Bristol merchant and member of Parliament; promoter of the Merchant Shipping Act. 1. Properly the International Load Line, a mark on the hull of a merchant ship to show the waterline under specified conditions. The line shows the maximum capacity load the ship may carry.
Word: pumps Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pʌmps/ 1. plural of pump Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pumps Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pʌmps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pump Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gym shoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gym shoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knees-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: UK 20th century. From the song "Knees Up Mother Brown" (from at least 1918; published 1938). Suggesting the motions of dancing. 1. A party. Labels: UK, informal Example: Let's have a bit of a knees-up, Arp. Example: However, having heard all the mutinous chants Taxpayer FC’s fans sang about Gollivan at Vicarage Road, Moyes has realised it’s probably part of his remit to spread some love and urge everyone in east London to have a good old Cockney knees-up before Friday’s visit from Leicester City.
Word: nationist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nation + -ist, from nationism, Joshua Fishman, 1968. 1. A language used for the day-to-day functioning of government – official forms, intra-government communication. 2. Misspelling of nationalist. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: ambush marketing Part of Speech: noun 1. A marketing strategy wherein advertisers associate themselves with, and therefore capitalize on, a particular event without paying any sponsorship fee. Labels: uncountable
Word: infomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From info + -mania. 1. impairment of concentration caused by frequent response to text messages, e-mails, and other forms of digital communication Labels: uncountable
Word: unctuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unctuous Middle English -ly English -ly English unctuously From unctuous + -ly. 1. Insincerely and excessively charming
Word: proficient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɪʃ.ənt/, /pɹoʊˈfɪʃ.ənt/ 1. Good at something; skilled; fluent; practiced, especially in relation to a task or skill. Example: He was a proficient writer with an interest in human nature. Example: By constant playing and experimenting with these he learned to tie rude knots, and make sliding nooses; and with these he and the younger apes amused themselves. What Tarzan did they tried to do also, but he alone originated and became proficient.
Word: proficient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin proficiens, present participle of proficere (“to go forward, advance, make progress, succeed, be profitable or useful”), from pro (“forth, forward”) + facere (“to make, do”); see fact. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfɪʃ.ənt/, /pɹoʊˈfɪʃ.ənt/ 1. An expert. Example: The colonel now addressed me, […] adding, "I hope we shall send you to your regiment up the country quite a proficient, and calculated to reflect credit on your instructors in the Zubberdust Bullumteers." Example: Why not subpoena as well the clerical proficients?
Word: Mackenzie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”). Pronunciation: /mɑˈkɛn.ji/, /məˈkɛn.ziː/, /məˈkɛn.zi/ 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic of Scottish origin. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A unisex given name Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A unisex given name Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Mackenzie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Spelling pronunciation of Scots MacKenȝie with the letter ⟨ȝ⟩ confused with ⟨z⟩. Ultimately from Scottish Gaelic MacCoinnich, itself from mac (“son, descendant”) + Coinnich (“of Coinneach”). Pronunciation: /mɑˈkɛn.ji/, /məˈkɛn.ziː/, /məˈkɛn.zi/ 1. A kind of cocktail made with gin and fruit juices.
Word: MacKenzie Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Mackenzie. Labels: alt-of
Word: iron lung Part of Speech: noun 1. A pneumonic device for assisted breathing. Example: To a polio victim who can no longer breathe for himself nothing is more disheartening than the thought of spending every hour of his life flat on his back in an iron lung. 2. A bung; a bribe. Labels: Cockney, slang Example: Most criminal cases, when I was practising, were paid for by SLAB, which kept a vice-like grip on the purse strings, paying a pittance no self-respecting plumber would get out of bed for, so an iron lung (bung) was the order of the day when dealing with the professionals of the underworld.
Word: forb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek φορβή (phorbḗ, “food”), from φέρβω (phérbō, “to feed”). 1. Any nonwoody flowering plant that is not a graminoid (a grass, sedge, or rush). Example: So younger is better and the part nearest the roots is better, but what makes life possible for the pronghorn is a supply of forbs—small broadleaf plants growing among the grasses. Example: 2004, A. Kirilov, P. Todorova Development of forage areas and forage resources in Bulgaria during the period of transition, A. Lüscher, et al. (editors), Land Use Systems in Grassland Dominated Regions: Proceedings of the 20th General Meeting of the European Grassland Federation, Grassland Science in Europe, Volume 9, page 859, Buchgraber (1995) recommends 50-70% of grasses, 10-30% of legumes and also 10-30% of forbs on meadows, while Kessler (1994) recommends the same proportion of grasses, 10-20% of legumes and 20-40% of forbs on natural meadows.
Word: AAR Part of Speech: noun 1. Aircraft accident report. Labels: abbreviation 2. after-action report; after-action review. Labels: abbreviation
Word: AAR Part of Speech: name 1. Axis2 ARchive file (extension .aar) Labels: abbreviation 2. Air America Radio Labels: abbreviation 3. All-American Rejects Labels: abbreviation 4. American Academy of Religion Labels: abbreviation 5. Association of American Railroads Labels: abbreviation
Word: AAR Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At any rate. Labels: abbreviation 2. against all risks. Labels: abbreviation
Word: hegemon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡγεμών (hēgemṓn, “a leader, guide, commander, chief”), from ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛ.d͡ʒɪ.mɒn/, /ˈhɛ.d͡ʒɛ.mən/ 1. A dominating leader or force, especially that which dominates a separate political entity; a hegemonist.
Word: Aare Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.ɹə/, /ˈɑː.ɹə/ 1. Alternative form of Aar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Aar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Aare, probably from a Celtic language. Pronunciation: /ɑɹ/, /ɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A river in Switzerland, flowing 292 km from the glaciers of the Bernese Alps into the Rhine at Koblenz, on the Swiss–German border. 2. A river in Germany that flows 50 km from the Taunus in Hesse into the Lahn at Diez, Rhineland-Palatinate. 3. A tributary in Hesse, Germany of the Dill river, itself a tributary of the Lahn.
Word: synonymous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin synōnymus, from Ancient Greek συνώνυμος (sunṓnumos). By surface analysis, synonym + -ous. Pronunciation: /sɪˈnɒnɪməs/, /sɪˈnɑnɪməs/ 1. Having a similar (sometimes identical) meaning. (See Usage notes below) Labels: not-comparable Example: He was not far wrong, for nothing strikes me more forcibly than the universal tendency to grumble: conversation and complaint are synonymous terms. Example: Jews and Israel are not synonymous; nor is support for Palestine synonymous with anti-Semitism; nor is questioning the orthodoxy of the Republican party, which the majority of us do with relish, an insult to Jewry. 2. Of, or being a synonym. Labels: not-comparable 3. Such that both its forms yield the same sequenced protein. Labels: not-comparable
Word: marksman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mark English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man English man English marksman From mark + -s- + man. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑɹksmən/ 1. A man or person skilled at hitting targets, as with a firearm, bow, or thrown object. Example: He should do as prudent marksmen do when the place they plan to hit appears too distant, and knowing how far the strength of their rifle carries, they set their aim much higher than the place intended, not to reach such a height with their bullet, but to be able with the aid of so high an aim to achieve their design. 2. Goalscorer. Example: In what was a characteristic Bent display, he made only an occasional impact - but proved once again in front of England coach Fabio Capello that he is one of the most reliable marksmen in the domestic game.
Word: mawashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 廻し or 回し (mawashi), same meaning. 1. The belt worn by rikishi during training and in competition
Word: Ummon Part of Speech: name 1. A Buddhist monk and philosopher, Yunmen Wenyan.
Word: ataxia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀταξία (ataxía, “disorder”), derived from ἄτακτος (átaktos, “disorderly”). By surface analysis, a- (“not”) + tax- (“order”) + -ia. Pronunciation: /əˈtæksɪə/, /eɪˈtæksɪə/ 1. Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor). 2. The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random Labels: countable, physical, uncountable 3. Disorder; irregularity. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: 1569, John Leslie, A Defence of the Honour of the Right Highe, Mightye and Noble Princesse Marie Quene of Scotlande, Rheims, Book 3, Ye frame an other argumente of inconueniences, as thowghe vnder the womans regimente, Ataxia, that ys to saye disorder moste commonlye creapethe in. Example: 1614, Thomas Adams, The Devills Banket, London: Ralph Mab, The Second Service, Sermon 2, p. 51, Let not Gods eutaxie, Order, by our friuolous scruples be brought to ataxie, Confusion.
Word: selo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Proto-Slavic *selo. 1. A village, in various Slavic regions. Example: Most Ukrainian and southern Russian selos are large; often they have several hundred households, and there are selos with more than a thousand.
Word: AND Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ∧, the conjunction operator. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The binary operator and, only true if both of two inputs is true. In infix notation. Example: The proof (Tables 9 and 10) of idempotence for both OR and AND follows from examining the definition of each operation under the constraint that both inputs have the same value.
Word: AND Part of Speech: verb 1. To combine (a value) with another value by means of this operator. Labels: transitive Example: If an internal node is encountered that contains a mask, the search key is logically ANDed with the mask and another search is made of the subtree...
Word: AND Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Initialism. 1. Initialism of airplane nose down. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FOR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of field Of research. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of frame of reference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FOR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Fellowship of Reconciliation, any of a number of religious nonviolent organizations, particularly in English-speaking countries. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of interactive fiction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win) learns this. 2. Initialism of impact factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of intermediate filament. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of intermediate frequency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of intermittent fasting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of immunofluorescence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of international federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: priests Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːsts/ 1. plural of priest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: priests Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of priest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: leaning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lening, leninge, from Old English hlinung (“leaning; resting; place of rest”), equivalent to lean + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈliːnɪŋ/ 1. A tendency or propensity. Example: a man of socialist leanings
Word: leaning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈliːnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lean Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: limiting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ/, [ˈlɪmɪɾɪŋ] 1. A limitation. Example: After the discoveries of criticism, the new reverence for the Bible will teach one thing, and that namely which has been my theme, — how much deeper the truth that is in Christ lies than the errors and limitings of the understanding […]
Word: limiting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmɪtɪŋ/, [ˈlɪmɪɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of limit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bourbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bourbon whiskey, originally Bourbon whiskey, of disputed provenance. Generally taken to derive from Bourbon County, Kentucky, but possibly also from Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana. Both derive from the French Bourbon dynasty, named for the lordship of French Bourbon l'Archambault. The town's name derives from Borvo, a local Celtic deity associated with hot springs, from Proto-Celtic *borvo (“froth, foam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to be hot, boil”). See also Borvo. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ).bən/, /ˈbʊə(ɹ).bən/, /ˈbɔː(ɹ).bən/ 1. A whiskey distilled in the United States from a mixture of grains in which at least 51% is corn, aged in charred, new oak barrels. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A serving of bourbon whiskey. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It concerns the gnomelike quality of the average American at a party. I have been to many parties where staid American business men have been transformed by a few ryes or bourbons into unpredictable gremlins out for adventure. 3. A Bourbon biscuit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Bourbon biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. An oblong chocolate-flavoured biscuit with a chocolate cream filling. Labels: UK
Word: cricket ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A hard, solid ball with an interior of cork and a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. Traditionally red, but other colors are available. Example: A feat sometimes achieved by outstanding local athletes is to throw a cricket ball clean over the top [of the viaduct].