nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cybercafé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- English café English cybercafé From cyber- + café. 1. A café in which customers may access the Internet, play video games etc. Labels: dated Example: The notion of a cybercafe—a place for Net surfers to socialize on a tide of gourmet coffee—is at odds with how most people want to use computers, even in their leisure time. Example: Most recently, the rattiest old cybercafes in Queens have been shut down, following too-frequent fights among hotheaded video-game patrons. And the once-glamorous @Cafe in Manhattan was already boarded up by 1998!
Word: cybercafe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cybercafé. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Internet café Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Internet cafe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backtalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + talk. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.tɔːk/, /ˈbæk.tɔk/ 1. Verbal impudence or argumentative discourse, given in response. Labels: uncountable Example: Don't give me any backtalk; just go clean your room. Example: He scratched his head. "Well, damn me," said he. "I never thought I would take orders from a Chink, but he says 'hist!' and by crums you've got to hist and no back talk either."
Word: backtalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + talk. Pronunciation: /ˈbæk.tɔːk/, /ˈbæk.tɔk/ 1. To respond to in an aggressively disputatious, often sarcastic or insolent manner. Labels: transitive Example: Peter was sent to detention for backtalking the teacher.
Word: backtalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of backtalk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cybershop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κυβερνητικός (kubernētikós)bor. English cybernetic English cyber- Proto-Germanic *skup- Old English scoppa Middle English shoppe English shop English cybershop From cyber- + shop. 1. A website that allows users to browse and then order products or services via the Internet. Labels: Internet
Word: backtalking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backtalk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: backtalked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of backtalk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dadrock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dad + rock. Pronunciation: /ˈdædˌɹɒk/ 1. Rock music that appeals to an older generation, or that is heavily influenced by that of an earlier era. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: e-cash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + cash. 1. Money that is held, exchanged and represented in electronic form, and is used for transactions over the Internet. Labels: uncountable Example: The money came in the form of bank drafts, credit-card numbers, e-cash encryption keys, wire transfers to Crédit Suisse, and hundred-dollar bills in airmail envelopes.
Word: flexecutive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of flexible + executive. 1. An executive or other professional who works flexible hours, sometimes from home via the Internet
Word: kitesurfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kite + surfer. 1. a person who kitesurfs 2. a kiteboard
Word: mattifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mattify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mattifying Part of Speech: adj 1. that gives the skin a matt appearance
Word: boun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”). Pronunciation: /baʊn/ 1. Ready, prepared. Labels: obsolete
Word: boun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English boun, from Old Norse búinn, past participle of búa (“to prepare”). Pronunciation: /baʊn/ 1. To make or get ready; prepare. Labels: ambitransitive Example: From Cheviot to the shores of Ross, From Solway-Sands to Marshal's - Moss, All bouned them for the fight
Word: heteroduplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English duplex English heteroduplex From hetero- + duplex. 1. A nucleic acid composed of two chains with each derived from a different parent molecule
Word: heteroduplex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English duplex English heteroduplex From hetero- + duplex. 1. To form such a compound by genetic recombination
Word: disomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disome + -y. 1. The normal state of a diploid eukaryotic cell or individual which has two members of a pair of homologous chromosomes in each nucleus. A normal chromosome is represented twice in a single cell.
Word: concatemer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Italic *katesnā Latin catēna Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin catēnō Latin concatēnō Latin concatēnātus English concatenate Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English concatemer From concatenate + -mer. 1. A segment of DNA composed of multiple repeated sequences linked end to end.
Word: backal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From back + -al, in humorous reference to frontal. Used since at least the 1970s. 1. Of or involving a person's back (rather than the front or side). Labels: especially, humorous, not-comparable Example: full backal nudity Example: In television, the final refuge of Victorianism, eroticism is the great no-no. "I have coined the expression: 'At NBC, we don't show frontal, backal or sidal nudity,'" Traviesas says. "Although I squirm a little — we are showing more backal nudity."
Word: LETS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of local exchange trading system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: swire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swire, from Old English swēora, from Proto-Germanic *swerhô. Pronunciation: /swaɪə/ 1. The neck. Labels: obsolete 2. A hollow between two hills or peaks, especially with a road running through it; a vale. Example: As he approached the swire at the head of the dell […], he beheld, to his astonishment, a bright halo in the cloud of haze, that rose in a semi-circle over his head like a pale rainbow.
Word: dwine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dʰew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush. Pronunciation: /dwaɪn/ 1. To wither, decline, pine away. Example: Without visible mark or sign she was elf-shot; and the proof of this appeared from her going off her milk, dwining away, and dying before her calves could be counted on the hooves of one foot.
Word: dwine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dʰew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush. Pronunciation: /dwaɪn/ 1. Decline, wane. Labels: countable, no-plural, rare, uncountable Example: Old Mrs. Jennery, of Springholm, never had a daughter of her own, neither had her son, the father of the twin lads whom he left to his mother's care when he died of the dwine, as the country-folk called it. Example: They stopped only when they came to the first deep pools gleaming with oily reflections in the dwine of the daylight.
Word: refried beans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Spanish frijoles refritos (literally “well-fried beans”). 1. A dry to mushy paste made by boiling, mashing, and then frying particularly pinto or black beans, included in or served as anything from a main dish in Central America to a dip in the Southern US and a side dish in Mexico. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: bang-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Especially good; wonderful; superb. Labels: colloquial Example: It is true that certain kinds of documents, especially sham hawkers’ licenses, may be had in the provinces, at prices suited to the importance of their contents, or to the probable gains of their circulation; but all the ‘regular bang-up fakes’ are manufactured in the ‘Start’ (metropolis), and sent into the country to order, carefully packed up, and free from observation. Example: […] he had dined with the Hickses ("a bang-up show -- they're really lances-you wouldn't know them!"), and had met there Lansing […]
Word: germinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin germen, germinis (“seed”) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɜː(ɹ)mɪnəl/ 1. Relating to spring 2. Pertaining, similar, or belonging to a germ. 3. Relating to a plant ovary. 4. Serving as a point of origin; formative. Labels: figuratively Example: My upbringing was the germinal idea behind the opera. 5. Highly influential; seminal. Labels: figuratively Example: This case was germinal to development of the theory of joint participation.
Word: plack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch placke (“name of a coin”). Cognate with Old High German pleh, bleh (“a thin leaf of metal, plate”). Compare plaque. Pronunciation: /plæk/, [pʰl̥æk], /plak/, [pʰl̥ak] 1. A coin used in the Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries. Labels: obsolete 2. A coin issued by James III of Scotland; also a 15th-16th century Scottish coin worth four Scots pennies. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, historical Example: ‘Yes, I prayed you to grant my life, which is in your power. The saving of it would not have cost you a plack, yet you refused to do it.’
Word: plack Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /plæk/, [pʰl̥æk], /plak/, [pʰl̥ak] 1. Misspelling of plaque. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: coextensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English extensive English coextensive From co- + extensive. Pronunciation: /ˌkəʊ.ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv/, /ˌkoʊ.ɛkˈstɛn.sɪv/ 1. Having the same spatial limits or boundaries; sharing the same area. Labels: not-comparable Example: The city and county of San Francisco are coextensive. Example: And then there are the catch-all provisions: rules that allow police to stop drivers for conduct that complies with all the rules on the books, but that officers consider "imprudent" or "unreasonable" under the circumstances, or that describe the offense in language so broad as to make a vioation virtually coextensive with the officer's unreviewable personal judgment. 2. Occurring over the same period of time; contemporaneous. Labels: not-comparable Example: His life is almost co-extensive with one of the most disastrous periods in Roman history. 3. Having the same extension—the object or set of objects to which a term refers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Coextensive expressions with different intensions cannot in general be substituted for one another within an expression e while preserving the extension of e (assuming that the extension of a declarative sentence is its truth value).
Word: chromosomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromosome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doup Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /daʊp/ 1. The bottom end of something; the human buttocks. Labels: Scotland Example: on the eve of Ellison's wedding they took him as he was going into his house and took off his breeks and tarred his dowp and the soles of his feet and stuck feathers on them and then they threw him into the water-trough, as was the custom. 2. A cigarette butt. Labels: Scotland Example: They were getting stuff, empty bottles and doups to smoke, getting matches off men to light them.
Word: barbarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English barbarian 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 barbarianism From barbarian + -ism. 1. A primitive or simplistic ethos or societal condition; barbarism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some postulate that after a nuclear war, humanity would fall into a state of barbarianism. 2. Behaviour appropriate to a barbarian, that is uncivilized, brutal, or crude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The teacher accused the bullies of barbarianism when she caught them taunting the girl in a wheelchair.
Word: tirl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl. 1. To quiver; to vibrate; to veer about. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive 2. To make a rattling or clattering sound by twirling or shaking. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, intransitive Example: to tirl at the pin, or latch, of a door 3. To twist. Labels: transitive 4. To strip; to unroof. Labels: transitive
Word: tirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archaic trill (“spin, twiddle”), probably related to Old English þweran (“to twirl, stir”). Compare twirl, thirl. 1. A vibration. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal 2. A substitute for a trundle wheel or lantern wheel in a mill. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: bandy-legged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bandy (“bowlegged”) + legged. 1. Synonym of bow-legged, having knees which bend outward. Example: Once some bandy-legged, lurching creature, an ant-eater or a bear, scuttled clumsily amid the shadows.
Word: luck out Part of Speech: verb 1. To experience great luck; to be extremely fortunate or lucky. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: I lucked out and got the last two tickets to the big show. 2. To experience a misfortune; to be unlucky. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: The baby brother was no oil painting. He had lucked out with the genetic lottery. […] He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.
Word: bloods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bloods Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blood Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: atajo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish a- Spanish tajar Spanish atajardeverb. Spanish atajobor. English atajo Borrowed from Spanish atajo. Pronunciation: /əˈtɑ(ˌ)hoʊ/ 1. A train of mules or horses. Labels: Canada, US, historical Example: It could hardly be termed a cavalcade, as it consisted of an atajo of pack-mules, with some carretas drawn by oxen.
Word: Ulster Scots Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect of the Scots language spoken in Ulster, Ireland. 2. The descendants of Scottish settlers in the Irish province of Ulster, mostly in present-day Northern Ireland.
Word: oxidizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús) Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) French oxygène 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 Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin acidusbor. French acide blend French oxidebor. English oxide 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 oxidize 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 oxidizer From oxidize + -er. 1. An oxidizing agent, especially one used to oxidize the fuel of a rocket or a fuel cell. Example: Both chemicals are solid oxidizers in granular form and have a chlorine odor. […] Plant 12 also stored super sacks of bromochloro-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (BCDMH), which is a granular solid oxidizer with a halogen odor that, in addition to chlorine gas and hydrogen chloride, can also release bromine gas and hydrogen bromide upon decomposition. Example: BioLab officials told the investigators they had established a permanent fire watch two or three months prior to the incident after strong odors from oxidizers in two storage buildings were detected, according to the CSB report. BioLab also told CSB two employees were on duty for fire watch on September 29.
Word: blooding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of blood Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blooding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blodyng, equivalent to blood + -ing. 1. A bleeding. Labels: historical Example: Seven or eight annual bloodings, and as many purgations — such was the common regimen the theory prescribed to ensure continuance of health[…]
Word: ozone-friendly Part of Speech: adj 1. not containing substances (such as CFCs) that that are destructive to the ozone layer
Word: hounding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Proto-Germanic *hundaz Proto-West Germanic *hund Old English hund Middle English hound English hound English -ing English hounding From hound + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of hound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hounding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱwṓder. Proto-Germanic *hundaz Proto-West Germanic *hund Old English hund Middle English hound English hound English -ing English hounding From hound + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊndɪŋ/ 1. Pursuit, especially when persistent or relentless. Example: Elsewhere, the hounding of Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel laureate and founder of the Grameen Bank who briefly flirted with politics, was vindictive. 2. The part of a mast below the hounds and above the deck. Labels: dated
Word: hounded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊndɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of hound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pharmacologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pharmacologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glucocorticoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glucocorticoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gangrenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gangrene 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 gangrenous From gangrene + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋɡɹɪnəs/ 1. Indicative of or afflicted with gangrene. Example: The medic worried that Private Johnson's wounded leg was looking more gangrenous.
Word: corticosteroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of corticosteroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: auxilian Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a group, typically composed of volunteers, that helps support a hospital.
Word: pyrogens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyrogen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avales Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of avale Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pyrectics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyrectic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sulfonamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulfonamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mineralocorticoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mineral Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English corticoid English mineralocorticoid From mineral + -o- + corticoid. 1. Any of a group of steroid hormones, characterised by their similarity to aldosterone and their influence on salt and water metabolism. Example: Severely undervirilized males may have normal mineralocorticoid activity; fully masculinized males may display salt loss.
Word: avises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of avise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sulfa drug Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of antibiotic drugs structurally related to sulphonamide, tending to be bacteriostatic rather than bacteriocidal.
Word: sulfa drugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulfa drug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phytosterol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Hellenic *kʰolā́ Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ) Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) French cholestérine French cholestérolbor. English cholesterol English sterol English phytosterol From phyto- + sterol. 1. Any of a group of steroid alcohols, phytochemicals naturally occurring in plants. They are white powders with mild, characteristic odor, insoluble in water and soluble in alcohols.
Word: sulphonamides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulphonamide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tranquillizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tranquillizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tranquilliser Part of Speech: noun 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of tranquilizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: tranquillisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tranquilliser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: watch it Part of Speech: verb 1. To be careful or cautious; to pay attention to what one is doing (usually imperative). Labels: idiomatic Example: Hey, watch it! You nearly hit me.
Word: disulfanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disulfane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disulphane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of disulfane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gamely Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From game + -ly; compare Old English gamenlīċ (“belonging to games, sportive, theatrical, ridiculous”) and Middle High German gāmelich, gemelich (“joyful”). 1. Sportive; lively; joyful. Example: That's what I wanted: a challenging race, a gamely fight. Example: This confirmed the penetration of the theoretical knowledge of color when it is taught using a gamely practice where the act of working come to be a pleasure. 2. Of or pertaining to game. Labels: usually Example: The black bass was strongly recommended as a gamely creature and as excellent for the table, and it was put into Meeting-house Pond.
Word: gamely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From game + -ly; compare Old English gamenlīċ (“belonging to games, sportive, theatrical, ridiculous”) and Middle High German gāmelich, gemelich (“joyful”). 1. In a game or plucky manner; in a willing and spirited fashion. Example: Stoke pressed gamely but clear chances were few and Fulham held on to record a first away league win in 16 months. Example: Many of the other boats cut in, with their radios, to cheer Dick on, while he gamely fought the huge fish. The monster was continually stripping line off the reel, as Dick fought gamely; reeling for all he was worth!
Word: disulphanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disulphane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nootropics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nootropic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Adamesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. English -esque English Adamesque From Adam + -esque. Piecewise doublet of Adamish. 1. In the style of Robert Adam (1728–1792), Scottish neoclassical architect. Example: Samuel McIntyre, famed for his distinctive and delicate version of the English Adamesque style.
Word: VFL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Victorian Football League, an Australian rules football league formed in Victoria, Australia, in 1896; renamed the Australian Football League (AFL) in 1990 after expansion to other states starting in the 1980s. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism Example: The VFL began with eight clubs: Carlton; Collingwood; Essendon; Fitzroy; Geelong; Melbourne; St Kilda; and South Melbourne. 2. Initialism of Victorian Football League; a second-tier regional (country area) Australian rules football league operating within Victoria; derived from the historic Victorian Football Association, from which the future AFL broke in 1896. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: anticonvulsants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anticonvulsant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: AMSL Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of above mean sea level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Pty Ltd Part of Speech: adj 1. Proprietary Limited, a type of company that has one or more shareholders and in which the number of shareholders is limited. Labels: Australia, South-Africa, not-comparable Example: Both companies stem from the formation in 1926 of the Australian Cream Tartar Company Pty Ltd to undertake the manufacture of cream of tartar and tartaric acid. Example: In CA Henschke & Co v Rosemount Estates Pty Ltd, the applicant (the proprietors of the Hill of Grace wine) made allegations under ss 52 and 53 of the Act concerning the respondent′s Hill of Gold wine.
Word: bailo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Venetan bailo. Doublet of bailiff. 1. title of the Venetian envoy to particularly the Sublime Porte Labels: historical Example: Venice engaged to restore to the triarchs all property which the baili had conferred in fief since 1255. Example: In 1670 the bailo was considered responsible for all the Venetian consuls in the Ottoman Empire.
Word: baila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese [Term?]. 1. A genre of music from Sri Lanka and India, mainly using European instruments and rhythms. Labels: uncountable Example: Unfortunately Wellington noise control cut short the party after 3 a.m., when drunken baila broke the decibel level.
Word: bailes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English bales, balais, from Old French balais, from Arabic بَلَخْش (balaḵš), from Persian بلخش (balaxš), a form of بدخش (badaxš, “balas”), related to بدخشان (badaxšân, “Badakhshan”), the region where they are found. Pronunciation: /ˈbaləs/ 1. A type of rose-coloured spinel once thought to be a form of ruby. Labels: archaic, attributive
Word: balaban Part of Speech: noun 1. An Azerbaijani wind instrument made of wood.
Word: bales Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /beɪlz/ 1. plural of bale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bales Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /beɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bale Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: balases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baso Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Clipping of basically + -o (diminutive suffix). Compare deffo. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.səʊ/ 1. Abbreviation of basically. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable, slang Example: i mean yeah it's baso the same tbh
Word: basan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of basil (a tanned sheepskin) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: basen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From base (adjective) + -en. 1. To make or become base (inferior or unworthy); to lower Labels: ambitransitive Example: If I had time I should write a long essay to show how much the political, and the ethical, and the theological teaching of the early Friends has basened that of modern England. Example: The Nation, self-immersed, sinks in the mires; It basens to a horde of the unjust.
Word: bastes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /beɪsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of baste Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bastes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /beɪsts/ 1. plural of baste Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish batido (“beaten”). 1. A Cuban smoothie-like beverage.
Word: batiste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French batiste, a form of Baptiste, of disputed origin (“according to Littré and Scheler from the alleged original maker, Baptiste of Cambray; according to others, from its use in wiping the heads of children after baptism” – OED). Pronunciation: /bəˈtiːst/ 1. A fine cloth made from cotton or linen; cambric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Smocking done in colors on fine white batiste, silk mull, or nainsook makes pretty guimpes and dresses for children and very smart blouses for women. Example: Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.
Word: bata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yoruba bàtá. 1. A ceremonial double-headed drum played in triplet in the religion of santería, especially in Cuba and Puerto Rico, originally from the Yoruba of Nigeria. Example: Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine. Example: Five drummers in front setting the dance—three beating barrel drums, a fourth beating a double-skin bata, and the fifth beating four small bata tied together.
Word: beneficia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beneficium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: besa Part of Speech: noun 1. The Albanian cultural precept of keeping one's word of honor. Labels: uncountable
Word: besan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tamil [Term?]. Compare Hindi बेसन (besan). Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪsən/ 1. Gram flour, as used in Indian and Burmese cuisine. Labels: uncountable
Word: ovenbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oven + bird, from the shape of the nest. 1. Any of several birds: 2. Any of several birds: 3. Any of several birds:
Word: birle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English birlen, from Old English byrelian (“to give or serve a drink to”), from byrele (“cupbearer, steward, butler”), from Proto-Germanic *burilijaz (“carrier, manservant”), from *burjô (“descendant, son”), from *beraną (“to bear, carry”). Related to Old English byre (“son, offspring, youth”). More at bear. 1. To pour a drink (for). Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 68: "Young Hunting", She has birld in him Young Hunting / The good ale and the beer, / Till he was as fou drunken / As any wild-wood steer. 2. To drink deeply or excessively; carouse. Labels: Scotland, obsolete Example: c.1882-1898, Francis James Child (collector and editor), Child's Ballads, Number 73: "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet", They birled, they birled at Annies wake / The white bread and the wine, / And ere the morn at that same time / At his they birled the same.
Word: birles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of birle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pericope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin pericope, from Ancient Greek περικοπή (perikopḗ, “section”), from περι- (peri-, “across”) + κοπή (kopḗ, “cutting”), from κόπτω (kóptō, “I cut”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹɪkəpi/ 1. A section of text forming a coherent thought, suitable for use in a speech. Labels: rhetoric 2. A passage of Scripture to be read in public worship or a book containing such passages. Example: The reader looked up the Sunday morning pericope. Example: The oldest known system of pericopes in the Western Church is ascribed to Jerome.
Word: phytochemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English phytochemical From phyto- + chemical. 1. Pertaining to the chemistry of plants. Labels: not-comparable Example: The plants used belonged to botanical families known to have little phytochemical significance.
Word: phytochemical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English phytochemical From phyto- + chemical. 1. Any chemical substance characteristic of plants. 2. Any chemical or nutrient derived from a plant source; a phytonutrient.
Word: lown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn (“windstillness”), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”). Pronunciation: /laʊn/, /lʌun/ 1. Calm, tranquillity. Labels: Scotland 2. A shelter; a calm or peaceful place.
Word: lown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lune, borrowed from Old Norse logn (“windstillness”), from Proto-Norse *lugna, meaning "place where the water is smooth", ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright”), referring to shining water. Germanic cognates include Icelandic lón, Danish lyn (“lightning”), Swedish lugn (“calm water”). Pronunciation: /laʊn/, /lʌun/ 1. Peaceful, calm. Labels: Scotland Example: Ye may hear him, on a lown day, at every farm-house in the parish.
Word: lown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See loon. 1. A low fellow. Labels: obsolete
Word: homogenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English homogen(eous) 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 homogenize From homogen(eous) + -ize. Pronunciation: /həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/, /həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/ 1. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform. Example: While we neither refute nor endorse this contention of arrival at a more inclusive postmodernity, our analyses seek to explore the strange agencies that neoliberalism has set into motion under the banner of ablenationalism: first in a discussion of a backlash against the homogenizing implications of universal disability access design in cities and national monuments addressed by the contemporary European art theorist Paul Virilio, and in the complaints about paving over U.S. national parklands by American desert environmentalist Edward Abbey. 2. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform. 3. To make or treat as homogeneous or uniform.
Word: phyto- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Derived from Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón, “plant”). Pronunciation: /faɪtəʊ/, /faɪtoʊ/ 1. Pertaining to or derived from plants. Labels: morpheme
Word: boleen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used in the year 2000 on the website WitchVox. 1. Alternative form of boline. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: homogenized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of homogenize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: homogenized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been made homogenous, said especially of milk (which when homogenized no longer separates into cream and skim milk).
Word: jalouse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots jalouse, from Old French jalouser. The sense "to be jealous of" came about as a misunderstanding by southern writers, from the similarity to jealousy. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒəˈluːz/ 1. To suspect. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: Now the mention of the Skerburnfoot brought back to him only the thought of Ailie, and not of the witch wife, her mother. So he jaloused no ill, for at the best he was slow in the uptake. […] 'Ford!' cried John, in scorn. 'There'll be nae ford for you the nicht unless it was the ford o' the river Jordan. The burns are up and bigger than man ever saw them. It'll be a Beltane's E'en that a' folk will remember. They tell me that Gled valley is like a loch, and that there's an awesome heap o' folk drouned in the hills. Gin ye were ower the Mire, what about crossin' the Caulds and the Sker?' says he, for he jaloused he was going to Gledsmuir. 2. To be jealous of. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: When my two sisters (these two bitches, O Commander of the Faithful!) saw me by the side of my young lover they jaloused me on his account and were wroth and plotted mischief against me.
Word: bombee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bomb + -ee. 1. One who is bombed; the victim or target of a bombing. Example: It must be comforting to the bombee to know the bomber had a moral doubt.
Word: bombees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bombee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: levirate marriage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From levirate + marriage, from Late Latin lēvir (“husband's brother”). 1. A marriage in which a widow marries her late husband's brother in order to maintain the family community. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Levirate marriage protects a levir's sexual property and a dead man's entitlement. The former, however, serves the latter.
Word: average atomic mass Part of Speech: noun 1. The weighted average of the atomic masses of the naturally occurring isotopes of an element. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: animistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English animist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English animistic From animist + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to animism.
Word: stramash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Scots stramash. Possibly related to Hindi तमाशा (tamāśā) or Italian stramazzone, although the OED rules out the latter connection (to Italian) and suggests a relationship to English smash. Pronunciation: /stɹəˈmæʃ/ 1. A tumult or disturbance. Labels: Scotland, informal Example: This stramash was the first time that I had interposed in the family concerns of my people, for it was against my nature to make or meddle with private actions, saving only such as, in course of nature, came before the Session[…] Example: Then more calling, and bawling, And squalling, and falling, Oh! what a fearful stramash they are all in!
Word: stramash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Scots stramash. Possibly related to Hindi तमाशा (tamāśā) or Italian stramazzone, although the OED rules out the latter connection (to Italian) and suggests a relationship to English smash. Pronunciation: /stɹəˈmæʃ/ 1. To make a noise, to cause an uproar, to cause a disturbance Labels: Yorkshire, dialectal 2. To strike, beat, or bang; to break; to destroy. Labels: Scotland, dialectal
Word: pericopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pericope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: levirate marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of levirate marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: progestagen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of progestogen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: botes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sororate marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A marriage in which a husband engages in marriage or sexual relations with the sister of his wife, usually after the death of his wife, or once his wife has proven infertile. Example: Sororate marriage is prevalent among the Hill Kharias, only after the death of the first wife and that also depends on the consent of the father-in-law and the prospective second wife.
Word: sororate marriages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sororate marriage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ergosterol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French ergot + sterol. 1. The steroid precursor of vitamin D₂. It is found in cell membranes of fungi, and is their functional equivalent of cholesterol. It is also found in the membranes of some protists. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Terbinafine has a unique mechanism of action among the antifugal agents (Petranyi et al, 1984; Balfour and Faulds, 1992), inhibiting the synthesis of ergosterol, a key sterol component in the plasma membrane of the fungal cell.
Word: brame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brame, from Old French brame, bram (“a cry of pain or longing; a yammer”), of Germanic origin, from Frankish *brammjan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bramjaną (“to roar; bellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make a noise; hum; buzz”). Compare Old High German breman (“to roar”), Old English bremman (“to roar”). More at brim. Compare breme. Pronunciation: /bɹeɪm/ 1. Intense passion or emotion; vexation. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: […] hart-burning brame She ſhortly like a pyned ghoſt became.
Word: brille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Brille. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪlə/ 1. A transparent scale that covers the eye of a snake and is periodically shed as part of the exuvia.
Word: brilles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: case hardening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of case harden Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: case hardening Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of imparting greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal. Labels: uncountable 2. A condition of dried meat in which the exterior is so dry and hard that the interior moisture is sealed in. Labels: uncountable
Word: case harden Part of Speech: verb 1. To impart greater hardness to the surface of a piece of metal.
Word: burle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French burle. 1. A cold north wind that blows in the winter in south-central France. Labels: rare Example: […] wind cutting through your clothes : the burle, a wind so harsh it had a name. That was Tanieux to him: a winter town, a cold, stone village huddled on its hillside, Grandpa's kitchen its one welcoming place. Example: […] wind of good weather, it can chase away clouds but also intensify drought and heat. On the high plateau, the mistral can unleash in winter the burle, a swirling, blinding snowstorm propelled almost horizontally.
Word: case hardened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of case harden Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: case hardened Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of case-hardened Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: case-hardening Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of case hardening. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: case-hardened Part of Speech: adj 1. Of metal: harder at its surface, due to a case hardening process. 2. Hardened by experience. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: Even a case-hardened monorailist must blench at the thought of the storm such a proposition would create.
Word: delusional parasitosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A delusional disorder in which affected individuals experience uncontrolled hallucination in which they are infested with parasites, insects, or bugs. Labels: uncountable
Word: documentarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From documentary + -an. From document + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌdɒk.jʊ.mənˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /-.mɛnˈ-/, /ˌdɑ.kjʊ.mənˈtɛɹi.ən/, /-.kjə.-/ 1. A person whose profession is to create documentary films. Example: As film tourism becomes a rising field of interest, this portion of documentary history is in danger of repetition unless documentarians utilize the nobler ideas of documentary in order to cultivate a deeper understanding between people, filmmaker, and audience. 2. A person who writes software documentation. Example: After you have gone through all these steps, you are ready to tackle your company's documentation problems. You have also become an experienced systems documentarian... Example: Have you considered hiring a technical writer or documentarian to assist in the production of user manuals? 3. A person who cares about communication and documentation. Example: Expanding the meaning of documentarian to include folks of any job title is important. Historically, people writing documentation might be called either a tech writer or a programmer, but there wasn’t a name for someone who cares about communication and documentation. We hope to change this. Example: ...the developer with an aptitude for or an interest in writing assumes the task of documentarian. 4. Somebody who advocates the documentary hypothesis. Labels: attributive, sometimes
Word: ridiculed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ridicule Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: -sky Part of Speech: suffix Pronunciation: /-skiː/, /-ski/ 1. Alternative spelling of -ski. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: -sky Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Clipping of Bluesky. Compare -blr, -Tok, and -Tube. Pronunciation: /-skaɪ/ 1. Combined with a noun or adjective for a specific community of users or a genre of posts on the social media platform Bluesky. Labels: Internet, morpheme
Word: -off Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Back-formation from playoff, a deverbal, as the archetype. 1. A competition [of the activity denoted by the word it combines with], especially a final, tiebreaker, or repechage within a broader tournament. Labels: morpheme Example: We must imagine this as a set of instructions: go forth and buy tickets, so we can keep making our bonkers explosion-offs for you in the future. When asked if he had enjoyed the film, he said: “I loved it” – twice. He wore a mask. Example: Gary, trying: “Let’s just have a black-off, let’s just do that now / Let’s just have a black-off, Yvette lemme show you how…”
Word: -off Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: See -ov. 1. Alternative spelling of -ov. Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: -ov Part of Speech: suffix 1. A romanization of the Slavic possessive suffix -ов (-ov). Labels: morpheme
Word: hogging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hogging Part of Speech: noun 1. The targeting by men of overweight or obese women for sexual encounters, not due to sexual attraction but for amusement, or to take advantage of low self-esteem. Labels: slang, uncountable 2. Taking up too much of something so others cannot use it. Labels: uncountable Example: The child was hogging the arcade game. 3. Making a rough cut to quickly remove material Labels: uncountable
Word: hogging Part of Speech: adj 1. Drooping at the ends; arching; in distinction from sagging. Labels: not-comparable Example: For a cantilevered beam, the steel reinforcement should be placed at the top to carry the hogging moment along the upper face. 2. relating to hogging Labels: not-comparable Example: hogging pass, hogging cutter
Word: miasmatic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪəzˈmætɪk/ 1. Reeking, oppressing, having the nature of miasma. Example: In the Renaissance, when disease was thought to be miasmatic, or transmitted by bad air and smells, strongly perfumed gloves were thought to protect the wearer from epidemics.