nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: railbed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rail + bed. Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlbɛd/ 1. The substructure of a railway, underlying the tracks; the roadbed of a railroad. Example: Holonyms: permanent way, right of way
Word: red link Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In most wikis, a link to a nonexistent page appears in red text. 1. A red hyperlink that directs to a potential page (one not yet created) of a wiki. Labels: Internet
Word: toxoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toxoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arseniate Part of Speech: noun 1. arsenate
Word: conservatorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conservator Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English conservatorship From conservator + -ship. 1. The legal status of a conservator, similar to guardianship or trusteeship. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being under the control of a conservator. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, the last few years of his life were primarily defined by his troubled family life—he is estranged from many of his relatives, at one point alleging that they tried to place him under a conservatorship[…]
Word: octology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of octalogy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: PMTCT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: manganin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several alloys of copper, manganese and nickel used in the manufacture of electrical resistors because of the thermal stability of their resistance Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: arsenic trisulphide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of arsenic trisulfide. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: trisulphide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + sulphide. 1. Alternative spelling of trisulfide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trisulfide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin sulpur Latin sulfur Latin sulphur Anglo-Norman sulfrebor. Middle English sulphur English sulf(ur) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English sulfide English trisulfide From tri- + sulfide. 1. Any sulfide containing three atoms of sulfur.
Word: arsenic trisulfide Part of Speech: noun 1. The bright yellow sulfide of arsenic, As₂S₃, that occurs as the mineral orpiment, and has been used as a pigment Labels: uncountable
Word: ammonium acetate Part of Speech: noun 1. The ammonium salt of acetic acid, CH₃CO₂NH₄, that is used as a buffer in standard electrodes Labels: uncountable
Word: Gibralter Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Gibraltar. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: STROG Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Strait of Gibraltar. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: conservatee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed by analogy from conservator, replacing the active suffix "-or" with the passive "-ee." 1. A person who the court has determined requires a conservator to handle their estate or affairs.
Word: conservatees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conservatee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lenity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French lénité, from Latin lēnitās (whence -ity), from lēnis (“soft”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛnɪti/ 1. leniency, mercy, forgiveness Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His Highneſſe pleaſure is that he ſhould liue, And be reclaim’d with princely lenitie. Example: In the ſeveral Debates upon this Impeachment, it muſt be confeſſed that his Majeſty gave many marks Of his great Lenity, often urging the Services you had done him, and endeavouring to extenuate your Crimes.
Word: fall away Part of Speech: verb 1. To cease to support a person or cause. Labels: intransitive Example: After the divorce, all his friends fell away one by one. Example: These […] for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 2. To diminish in size, weight, or intensity. Labels: intransitive Example: One colour falls away by just degrees, and another rises insensibly. Example: While long-distance and commuter rail travel still fared well, train travel to seaside resorts was perhaps inevitably falling away. 3. To perish; to vanish; to be lost. Labels: intransitive Example: How […] can the soul […] fall away into nothing? 4. To slope downward. Labels: intransitive
Word: fallaway Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from fall away. 1. Of a shot, taken while moving away from the basket. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fallaway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fall away. 1. A shot taken while moving away from the basket.
Word: fall back Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, back. 2. To retreat. 3. To fail to fulfill a promise or purpose. 4. To turn the clocks back for the end of daylight saving time.
Word: fall-back Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fallback. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fall down Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɔːl ˈdaʊn/, /fɔl ˈdaʊn/, /fɑl ˈdaʊn/ 1. To fall to the ground. To collapse. Labels: intransitive Example: Ring a-ring o' roses, / A pocketful of posies. / A-tishoo! A-tishoo! / We all fall down. — traditional nursery rhyme (British version) Example: The beams supporting the roof had rotted, causing the entire house to fall down. 2. To sail or drift toward the mouth of a river or other outlet. 3. To fail; to make a mistake. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: That is where your reasoning falls down.
Word: root-fallen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From root + fallen. 1. Of a plant, that has become too large and heavy to support itself, and has fallen over, so uprooting itself. Labels: not-comparable
Word: faller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fall 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 faller From fall + -er. 1. One who falls. Example: I've said that you girls on this side were not very whole-hearted fallers-in-love. Example: Most trippers and fallers I know fall forward, but it could have happened. He could have gone out for a midnight walk, he could have wanted to commune with the moon from the middle of the log, he could have tripped and fallen backward […] 2. A fruit that falls from the tree, rather than being picked. Example: There were peas to be gathered and shelled, currants and gooseberries to be picked, and when the apple season came, she had to go round the orchard several times a-day to pick up the fallers. 3. A part which acts by falling, such as a stamp in a fulling mill, or the device in a spinning machine to arrest motion when a thread breaks. 4. Synonym of feller (“one who cuts down trees”). Example: Fallers can make a tree fall exactly where they plan. Example: A worker who assists fallers and/or sawyers in clearing away brush, limbs and small trees, […]
Word: falling knife Part of Speech: noun 1. A stock whose price has dropped rapidly.
Word: jouissance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French jouissance, from jouir (“to enjoy”). 1. Enjoyment, delight, pleasure. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: friendship is enjoyed according as it is desired, it is neither bred, nor nourished, nor increaseth but in jovissance, as being spirituall, and the minde being refined by use and custome. 2. A transgressive, excessive kind of pleasure linked to the division and splitting of the subject involved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Instead Lyotard suggests that the worker experiences jouissance, a masochistic pleasure, in the imposed ‘mad destruction’ of their body.
Word: fall-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fall off. 1. Alternative form of falloff. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fall-out Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fallout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fidlam ben Part of Speech: noun 1. A thief. Labels: archaic Example: Given them are fidlam-bens who want Beauty and Booty as the reward of their havin fag'd as many of you as dont pike off, bullets for their prog; and let me see that you are jonnok, when these shabbaroons of England attack you. Example: He could get sent to jail for breaking in like a thieving fidlam ben.
Word: short-fall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shortfall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Gibraltarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Gibraltar Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Gibraltarian From Gibraltar + -ian. Pronunciation: /dʒɪ.bɹɔːlˈtɛəɹ.i.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Gibraltar or its people. Example: The curse has been Spanish ineptitude feeding Gibraltarian intransigence. Border hold-ups are counterproductive to winning hearts and minds, as were blundering Argentinian landings on the outer Falklands.
Word: Gibraltarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Gibraltar Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Gibraltarian From Gibraltar + -ian. Pronunciation: /dʒɪ.bɹɔːlˈtɛəɹ.i.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Gibraltar. Example: The idea of a British warship supposedly menacing Spain is ludicrous. Is it meant to bomb Cadiz? Will its guns lift a rush-hour tailback in a colony that most Britons regard as awash with tax dodgers, drug dealers and right-wing whingers? The Gibraltarians have rights, but why British taxpayers should send warships to enforce them, even if just "on exercise", is a mystery.
Word: Gibraltarian Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Gibraltar Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Gibraltarian From Gibraltar + -ian. Pronunciation: /dʒɪ.bɹɔːlˈtɛəɹ.i.ən/ 1. The dialect spoken in Gibraltar, a mix of British English and Andalusian Spanish.
Word: Gibraltarians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Gibraltarian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cock-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cockeyed. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: decrees absolute Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decree absolute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laughing-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having eyes that reflect happiness.
Word: over-under Part of Speech: noun 1. The spread or other predicted value for wagers.
Word: Louvain Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Louvain. 1. Synonym of Leuven.
Word: matriclan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matri- + clan. 1. A clan, with membership determined by matrilineal descent from a common ancestor.
Word: about-turns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of about-turn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: about-turns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of about-turn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: about-facing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of about-face Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: actomyosin Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein complex composed of actin and myosin, found in muscle fibers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: protein complex Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of two or more associated proteins that remains stable over time.
Word: protein complexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protein complex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adrenocortical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From adreno- + cortical. 1. Relating to the adrenal cortex. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tombac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tombak. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Cluj-Napoca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Cluj-Napoca, from Cluj, with the name of the Roman settlement Napoca added in 1974. 1. Cluj (a city in Cluj County, Romania). Labels: formal
Word: TSA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Transportation Security Administration. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Your next story of a travel pitfall the TSA isn't warning you about comes from Adam Felber. Example: The requirement for passengers to take their shoes off at TSA security checkpoints came nearly five years later due to “intelligence pointing to a continuing threat,” an official TSA history notes, following a foiled August 2006 terrorist plot to detonate liquid explosives onboard transatlantic flights. The TSA introduced its 3-1-1 liquids rule for carry-on luggage in response. 2. Initialism of Territory-wide System Assessment. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TSA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of towed sonar array Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of trypticase soy agar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Kaplan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cappella Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin cappellanusbor. English Kaplan Borrowed from Latin cappellanus. 1. A surname.
Word: spectacled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spectacle + -ed. 1. Wearing spectacles. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the appearance of wearing spectacles, especially of animals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hoddie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hod + -ie. 1. Synonym of hod carrier.
Word: zongora Part of Speech: noun 1. A guitar-like musical instrument of Romania, having originally two strings and now four or five. Labels: no-plural
Word: underoos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A trademark of the 1970s. 1. A set of matching briefs and top (usually a sleeveless shirt or T-shirt) themed after a superhero or other fictional character, popular with children in the 1980s. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: advocator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From advocate + -or. 1. One who advocates; an advocate
Word: advocators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advocator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affixer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin affīgō Latin affīxusbor. English affix English -er English affixer From affix + -er. 1. A person or thing that affixes. Example: Instead of retiring to his home he continued into the more reputable ways beyond, it then being about the hour at which the affixers of official notices were wont to display their energies.
Word: after-taste Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aftertaste. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: after taste Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aftertaste. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: after tastes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of after taste Labels: form-of, plural
Word: after-tastes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of after-taste Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English aged Middle English -ly English -ly English agedly From aged + -ly. 1. In an aged manner.
Word: agentry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin agō Latin agēnsder. English agent English -ry English agentry From agent + -ry. 1. The position of being an agent. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: agentries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agentry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ageratums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ageratum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, agha) (Turkish ağa ). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːɡə/, /ɑːˈɡɑː/ 1. An honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
Word: aghas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aerological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aerology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English aerological From aerology + -ical. 1. Relating to aerology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: affirmance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Either affirm + -ance or from Old French afermance 1. The act of affirming, affirmation Labels: uncountable 2. A decision upholding the decision of a lower court or agency Labels: countable Example: Of these 248 appeals the Appellate Division reviewed 4, rendering 3 affirmances and 1 reversal, 75% affirmances, 25% reversals. Example: The District [of Columbia] authored an amicus brief on behalf of 18 states urging affirmance.
Word: allergenicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English allergen Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allergenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English allergenicity From allergenic + -ity. 1. The property or degree of being allergenic. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: moneyness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Monēta Latin monēta Old French moneie Old French monoie Anglo-Norman muneiebor. Middle English moneye English money Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English moneyness From money + -ness. 1. The degree to which a derivative security is in the money, because of the relationship of the price of the underlying security to a conversion price or exercise price. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: As an option's expiration date approaches only its moneyness has value. 2. The degree to which an asset approximates cash in its ready liquidity and the low transactions costs in realizing that liquidity. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In good times everything seems to have moneyness; in bad times, some money doesn't have much moneyness. Example: It is this undiscriminating acceptability which confers 'moneyness' on some things, regardless of the fact that others may also serve such subsidiary money functions as being a store of value or unit of account.
Word: work house Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of workhouse. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: ambients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amarettos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amaretto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amatorial Part of Speech: adj 1. Referring to love and romance, amatory. Example: Hi Steve, I have these amatorial feelings for you. Please may I lay with you?
Word: amatorially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English amatorial Middle English -ly English -ly English amatorially From amatorial + -ly. 1. In an amatory manner, romantically.
Word: surveils Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of surveil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: surveilling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of surveil Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of surveille Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: surveilled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of surveil Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of surveille Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dracma Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of drachma. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: dewfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dew + fall. Compare Danish dugfald (“dewfall”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʒuːˌfɔːl/, /ˈdjuˌfɔːl/, /ˈduˌfɔl/, /ˈduˌfɑl/ 1. The forming of dew. 2. The time when dew begins to form. Example: It was dark when they rose in the morning and dark when they filed into the kitchen to get their plates and spoons and still dark when they turned out in the dewfall and grainy mist of the yard.
Word: dew-fall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dewfall. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dustfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dust + fall. 1. Fine particles deposited by the atmosphere. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: surgical gown Part of Speech: noun 1. A protective plastic gown worn by a surgeon when performing surgery.
Word: hydrobiological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English biological English hydrobiological From hydro- + biological. 1. Of or pertaining to hydrobiology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hydrobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English hydrobiology From hydro- + biology. 1. The study of the biology of the organisms that inhabit bodies of water. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydrobiologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English biologist English hydrobiologist From hydro- + biologist. 1. A biologist whose speciality is hydrobiology
Word: overfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overfallen, from Old English oferfeallan (“to fall upon, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *obarfallan, *ubirfallan, from Proto-Germanic *ubirfallaną; equivalent to over- + fall. Cognate with Dutch overvallen (“to raid, overtake”), German überfallen (“to assault, attack, raid”), Swedish överfalla (“to attack”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəfɔːl/, /ˈoʊvɚfɔl/ 1. A turbulent section of a body of water, caused by strong currents passing over submerged ridges. 2. Part of a garment that hangs so as to cover a lower part.
Word: overfall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English overfallen, from Old English oferfeallan (“to fall upon, attack”), from Proto-West Germanic *obarfallan, *ubirfallan, from Proto-Germanic *ubirfallaną; equivalent to over- + fall. Cognate with Dutch overvallen (“to raid, overtake”), German überfallen (“to assault, attack, raid”), Swedish överfalla (“to attack”). Pronunciation: /əʊvəˈfɔːl/, /oʊvɚˈfɔl/ 1. To fall on or spill over so as to cover (something). Labels: transitive Example: But her laugh stuck in her throat, for at that moment a shadow overfell the two houses Example: 1 of these ladies was strikingly handsome, with long black hair which overfell her face as she worked. 2. To change or affect so as to pervade (something); to come over Labels: transitive Example: From thence King Hakon proceeded up the Dovrefield; but as he was going over the mountains he road all day after a ptarmigan, which flew up beside him , and in this chase a sickness overfell him, which ended in his death ; and he died on the mountains. Example: Such a blankness overfell his face! 3. To fall over; to spill from an edge or height. Labels: intransitive Example: I had arrived at this conclusion, and was meditating on my possible conduct under the circumstances, as I groped my way gingerly enough in the dark shadow of a long crumbling wall, where the ivy clustered and overfell, when round a slight bend, obscured by straggling bushes , I came upon the most unexpected and picturesque sight imaginable – that of a gipsy camp. Example: A dam fitted between the sixth control group and the first insected group caused the water to overfall into the lower series and thereby prevented upstream movement of infective cysts. 4. To fall over; to topple. Labels: intransitive Example: Then back-toppling, crashing back – a dead weight flung out to wrack, Horse and riders overfell. Example: But that's OK, I mean one is apt to overfall today because the work is so crucial.
Word: delipidation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English lipidation English delipidation From de- + lipidation. 1. The removal of lipids or lipid groups, often from a protein.
Word: hydrochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English chemistry English hydrochemistry From hydro- + chemistry. 1. That part of hydrology that deals with the chemical characteristics of bodies of water Labels: uncountable
Word: delipidations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delipidation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dilapidations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dilapidation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hydrocopter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Ancient Greek ἕλιξ (hélix) Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *péth₂r̥ Proto-Hellenic *pterón Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón) French hélicoptèrebor. English helicopterclip. English copter English hydrocopter From hydro- + copter. 1. An amphibious catamaran propelled by an aircraft engine.
Word: hydrogenase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydrogen + -ase, after dehydrogenase. 1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the reduction of a substrate by the reversible oxidation of hydrogen. Example: It is clear from the experiments cited already that we are dealing with a bacterial enzyme comparable with the dehydrogenases, the substrate in this case being molecular hydrogen. […] In order to conform with the accepted terminology we suggest that this enzyme be called "hydrogenase."
Word: hydrographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydrography + -er. 1. A scientist whose speciality is hydrography.
Word: hydrographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hydrography Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hydrographic From hydrography + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to hydrography.
Word: hydrolytic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by hydrolysis.
Word: hydropathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -pathic English hydropathic From hydro- + -pathic. 1. Relating to or offering hydropathy. Example: Only at weekends did a certain disadvantage appear in their site: although the season was drawing to a close and the grey hydropathic hotels along the promenades were emptying, the golf course was packed all day with Liverpool brokers playing foursomes. 2. Relating to hydropathicity.
Word: hydropathic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -pathic English hydropathic From hydro- + -pathic. 1. A temperance hotel offering hydropathy to guests.
Word: hydrophilous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydro- + -philous. 1. That grows or thrives in or near water 2. That is pollinated by water
Word: first-come-first-served Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a process or situation in which one is dealt with in the order in which ones arrives. Labels: not-comparable Example: Effective March 30, 2006, the State of Virginia no longer follows their “first come, first served” policy regarding allocation of multiple child support orders.
Word: hydropiper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑδροπέπερι (hudropéperi). 1. Water pepper; a knotweed of species Persicaria hydropiper (formerly Polygonum hydropiper). Labels: archaic
Word: quite a bit Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˌkwaɪt ə ˈbɪt/, /ˌkwɑɪt ə ˈbɪt/, [ˌkwɑɪ.ɾə ˈbɪt] 1. considerably Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: tackle fall Part of Speech: noun 1. The end of the rope of a tackle, to which the power is applied when hoisting. Labels: archaic
Word: fall together Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The idiomatic sense “to merge” may be a loan translation of to coincide. Compare also German zusammenfallen (“to merge”). 1. To be merged or coalesce; to become identical. Labels: intransitive 2. To come together. Labels: intransitive Example: For, if (ſaid he) you throw among five Yahoos as much Food as would be ſufficient for fifty, they will, inſtead of eating peaceably, fall together by the ears, each ſingle one impatient to have all to itſelf; […] 3. Of the eyes: to close, especially from tiredness. Labels: Newfoundland, archaic, intransitive 4. to contract Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: misbefall Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English befall English misbefall From mis- + befall. 1. Of an event, to happen unfortunately to (a person). Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. Of an event, to happen unfortunately. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: being that Part of Speech: conj Etymology: Possibly an ellipsis of "it being so that" or "it being true that" 1. since or because. Labels: informal Example: Being that it's midnight, let's go home.
Word: surveyee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From survey + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜː(ɹ)veɪˈiː/ 1. A person who is subject to a survey. Example: Question 7 assessed the emotional response of the surveyees to mathematics.
Word: desquamate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1740; borrowed from Latin dēsquāmātus, perfect passive participle of dēsquāmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off”) + squāma (“a scale”) + -ō (“verb-forming suffix”). 1. To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel. Labels: transitive 2. To come off in the form of scales, to scale. Labels: intransitive
Word: cestode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin Cestoda, from cestus (“girdle, belt”), from Ancient Greek κεστός (kestós, “of Aphrodite’s charmed girdle”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛs.təʊd/, /ˈsɛˌstoʊd/ 1. A parasitic flatworm of the class Cestoda; a tapeworm.
Word: kreng Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of krang. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plaguy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of plaguey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I am plaguy qualmiſh this morning, vve drunk ſvvingingly laſt night, vvhat did vve do? tell me the Hiſtory. Example: O hovv I curſed the cenſoriouſneſs of this plaguy triumvirate! A parſon, a milliner, and a mantua-maker! The tvvo latter, not more by buſineſs led to adorn the perſon, than generally by ſcandal to deſtroy the reputations of thoſe they have a mind to exerciſe their talents upon!
Word: carnivalistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English carnival 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English carnivalistic From carnival + -istic. 1. Of or relating to carnival. Example: The hyperbolic exchange of identities […] suggests a form of carnivalistic play.
Word: mintmark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of mint + mark. 1. An inscription stamped on a coin indicating the mint of origin.
Word: thruppence Part of Speech: noun 1. Threepence. Labels: UK, countable, dated, informal, uncountable Example: "For thruppence you can buy one, full right to the brim."
Word: decimal system Part of Speech: noun 1. A numerical system of counting in tens.
Word: decimalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English decimal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English decimalize From decimal + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪməlaɪz/ 1. To convert to the decimal system. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: chi kung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 氣功／气功 (qìgōng, “breath work, qi work”) Wade–Giles romanization: chʻi⁴-kung¹. Pronunciation: /ˌt͡ʃiˈkʌŋ/, /ˌt͡ʃiˈɡɒŋ/ 1. Alternative form of qigong. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: So broad is the definition of Chi kung that spontaneous dancing, walking and other physical activities are all forms of it, but to practise a series of specific Chi kung exercises means consciously choosing to cultivate your personal energy. This book is primarily concerned with the conscious use of Chi kung to control the flow of chi into and out of, as well as within, the body. Example: The New Life Hiking Spa in Killington, Vt., offers an 11-night program at $229 a night for a single room, including meals, three spa treatments, exercise classes and a chi kung “energy training” class.
Word: Ba Duan Jin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 八段錦／八段锦 (Bā Duàn Jǐn). 1. A form of the Chinese exercise qigong. Labels: uncountable
Word: Baduanjin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Ba Duan Jin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Llanito Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Llanitos (“people of the flatlands”), or from Italian Gianni (“Johnny”). 1. A vernacular spoken primarily in Gibraltar, based on a mix of Andalusian Spanish and English, but also influenced by Genoese, Hebrew, Portuguese, Italian and Maltese.
Word: Llanito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish Llanitos (“people of the flatlands”), or from Italian Gianni (“Johnny”). 1. A Gibraltarian. Labels: informal
Word: social partnership Part of Speech: noun 1. Market control based on a comprehensive series of negotiated agreements between business and the labour force.
Word: Atlántico Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Atlántico. 1. A department of Colombia.
Word: TV movie Part of Speech: noun 1. A movie made for and initially broadcast by a television channel.
Word: Balochi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Baluchi بلوچی. 1. A native or inhabitant of Balochistan, a region of west-central Asia. Example: Had the fiercely independent Baluchis discovered what they were up to, it would immediately have been assumed that the British were exploring their lands preparatory to seizing them.
Word: Balochi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Baluchi بلوچی. 1. A Northwestern Iranian language spoken mainly in SW Pakistan (80% of speakers), SE Iran and S Afghanistan. SIL standard divides Balochi into three related languages: Eastern Balochi, Southern Balochi, and Western Balochi.
Word: Yanito Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Llanito. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Yanito Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Llanito. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Eight Section Brocade Part of Speech: noun 1. Ba Duan Jin, a Chinese exercise. Labels: uncountable
Word: criminate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested circa 1591; borrowed from Latin crīminātus, perfect passive participle of crīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. To accuse (someone) of a crime; to incriminate. Labels: transitive Example: ‘I am now under confinement in this place for debt; but if you obtain […] a condition from the judge that what I reveal shall not criminate myself, I will make discoveries that shall confound that same Marquis […].’ Example: In Germany, I had heard little of this terrible gang, and I had paid no greater heed to the stories related once or twice about them in Carlsruhe than one does to tales about ogres. But here in their very haunts, I learnt the full amount of the terror they inspired. No one would be legally responsible for any evidence criminating the murderer. 2. To rebuke or censure (someone). Labels: archaic, transitive
Word: criminate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested circa 1591; borrowed from Latin crīminātus, perfect passive participle of crīminō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Criminated. Labels: obsolete Example: If this bee a crime to call Vanitie, Vanitie: the wisest man that euer was before Christ was herein criminate, not when hee strayed, but when hee repented.
Word: namus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos)bor. Classical Syriac ܢܡܘܣܐ (nāmōsā)bor. Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs)bor. English namus From Arabic نَامُوس (nāmūs). Doublet of nome and nomos. 1. A concept of virtue and honor within a family, typically relating to chastity of female family members. 2. A cromlech, a stone circle, a lithic burial structure in the Sinai connected to various superstitions.
Word: insurance fraud Part of Speech: noun 1. Receiving insurance policy-based compensation by deceitfully causing an event that, if it were accidental, would lead to a rightful claim for said compensation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some people have committed insurance fraud by setting their houses on fire and claiming that the fire was an accident.
Word: agreeability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From agreeable (from Middle English agreable, from Old French agreable) by analogy with -ability. By surface analysis, agree + -ability. Compare the only attestation before the 18th century (by Geoffrey Chaucer), Middle English aggreablete, agreablete (“favorable disposition, tolerance”), from Middle French agréableté. 1. The property of being agreeable; pleasantness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [S]he was all good humour, spirits, sense and agreeability. Surely I may make words, when at a loss, if Dr Johnson does. 2. The result, product, or an instance of being agreeable. Labels: countable, usually
Word: aglimmer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English glimmer English aglimmer From a- + glimmer. Pronunciation: /əˈɡlɪmɚ/ 1. Glimmering; gleaming or shining. Example: The Yuletide tree was aglimmer with thousands of little lights.
Word: glimmerings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glimmering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: painted lady Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of certain cryptic patterned butterflies of genus Vanessa (family Nymphalidae), especially Vanessa cardui. 2. A painted trillium (Trillium undulatum), a forest wildflower of North America. 3. A flower of the pea family (Gompholobium scabrum), native to southwestern Australia. 4. A prostitute (in reference to their use of makeup). Labels: dated, historical, slang Example: In Cheyenne in 1883, a Dr. W.A. Wyan tried in vain to save painted lady Sallie Talbot. 5. A Victorian house repainted with vibrant colors to accentuate the architectural design, especially in San Francisco, California. Labels: US Example: An archetypal American streetscape is lined with Aesthetic movement houses: Stick Style cottages with muscular roof trusses and exposed timbering; many-colored painted ladies with gingerbread porches; […] 6. A sea snail (Phasianella australis).
Word: smoothen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old English smōþ Middle English smothe Proto-West Germanic *smanþī Old English smēþe Middle English smethe English smooth English -en English smoothen From smooth + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈsmuːðən/ 1. To make smooth. Labels: transitive Example: Men were smoothening the thatch, which ran from the top of the roof to the ground covering the sides and at the back of the building. 2. To become smooth. Labels: intransitive
Word: smoothens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of smoothen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: smoothening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of smoothen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: smoothened Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From smoothen + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of smoothen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: smoothened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smoothen + -ed. 1. Having been made smooth.
Word: smoothened Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately the same as etymology 1. The gene encoding the protein was first identified in Drosophila melanogaster as a segment polarity gene and initially named smooth (smo) by Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard et al. in 1984. This was later revised to smoothened by Dan L. Lindsley and Georgianna G. Zimm in 1992, because the former name already described another locus. 1. A transmembrane protein belonging to the group of G protein-coupled receptors that is a key component of the hedgehog signaling pathway. Labels: uncountable
Word: radiancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radiant + -cy. 1. The property of being radiant; radiance Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What radiancy of glory, / What light beyond compare! 2. The amount of energy emitted, flux. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radiancies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radiancy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: refulgency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, re- + Latin fulg(ere) + -ency. 1. The property of being refulgent. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: chloroacetophenone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chloro- + acetophenone. 1. The chlorinated form of acetophenone, C₆H₅-CO-CH₂Cl, used as the riot control agent CN gas Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acetophenone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Latin acētumder. English aceto- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō)der. French phéno- Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. French -yle French phénylebor. English phenyl German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English phenone English acetophenone From aceto- + phenone. 1. The aromatic ketone phenyl methyl ketone, used in the manufacture of very many organic compounds Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boneset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bone + set. 1. Any of several plants of the genera Eupatorium and Ageratina. 2. The herb common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum). 3. Comfrey.
Word: bonesets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boneset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ice lollies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ice lolly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: common boneset Part of Speech: noun 1. The herb Eupatorium perfoliatum, used by herbalists as a stimulant, febrifuge, and laxative. Labels: uncountable
Word: thoroughwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thorough (“through”) + wort: the leaf bases are joined, so it looks like the stem is growing through a single leaf. 1. Any of several plants of the genus Eupatorium. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thoroughworts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thoroughwort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: agueweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ague + weed. 1. The common boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum).
Word: agueweeds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agueweed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aidful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aid + -ful. 1. Helpful, assisting, providing aid.
Word: pirate ships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pirate ship Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aidless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aid Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English aidless From aid + -less. 1. Without aid. Example: 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 20, I found the place Where that dam’d wisard hid in slie-disguise (For so by certain signs I knew) had met Alreadie, ere my best speed could praevent The aidlesse innocent Ladie his wish’t prey, Example: It is not meet, Sir King, to leave thee thus, / Aidless, alone, and smitten through the helm. 2. Without mechanical assistance. Example: Aidless navigation has the advantage of not requiring equipment, but is much less accurate.
Word: airbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of air + waybill. Pronunciation: /ˈɛəˌbɪl/, /ˈɛˌ-/, /ˈɛɚˌbɪl/, /ˈɛɹˌ-/ 1. A waybill for cargo being shipped by air.
Word: airboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin āēr Old French airbor. Middle English aire English air English boat English airboat From air + boat. 1. A flat-bottomed boat driven by an in-air propeller and used in shallow water. Example: No seats were used yet and the pilot of the airboat stood by the engine and operated the throttle manually. Later, a stick control similar to that used in small aircraft was attached to the rudder ropes. Example: In keeping with that mission, the law called for the use of airboats in the national park to be phased out.
Word: airletter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + letter. 1. An aerogram. 2. A letter sent by airmail.
Word: airletters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airletter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: air beds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of air bed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airbed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of air bed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: air brick Part of Speech: noun 1. A brick-sized block with holes which is embedded in a wall to allow ventilation through it.
Word: air bricks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of air brick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airbrick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of air brick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: airbricks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airbrick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alterably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English alterable Middle English -ly English -ly English alterably From alterable + -ly. 1. In an alterable manner.
Word: allspices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allspice Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alopecic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English alopecia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alopecic From alopecia + -ic. 1. Relating to or suffering from alopecia. Example: The mortality rate of alopecic females from 2001 to 2204 was 42.9% (6/14), not significantly different from that of nonalopecic females (40%, 10/25). Example: During the surgical procedure, up to one hundred 4 mm plugs were removed from alopecic scalp to make room for a like number of transplant plugs from nonalopecic scalp.
Word: hens' teeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hen's tooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amalgamator Part of Speech: noun 1. One who amalgamates. 2. A device for preparing amalgam.
Word: amalgamators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amalgamator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amassment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from French amassement (“the act of amassing; the result of this action, objects that have been amassed or piled up”); equivalent to amass + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈmæsmənt/ 1. The act of amassing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All her energy was devoted to the amassment of a vast fortune. Example: 1654, Walter Charleton, Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana, London: Thomas Heath, Book 1, Chapter 2, p. 13, … no can know, whether He [God] created either more Atoms then were requisite to the amassment of this World, or more Worlds then this one: 2. That which is amassed; a large quantity (of something). Labels: countable Example: Through the Internet, we have access to an unprecedented amassment of information. Example: [Phancy, i.e. imagination, is] but an amassment of imaginary conceptions, praejudices, ungrounded opinions, and infinite Impostures;
Word: amassments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amassment Labels: form-of, plural