nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: yoghurt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Turkic *yugur- Proto-Turkic *-t Proto-Turkic *yogrut Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt)bor. English yoghurt Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish یوغورت (yoğurt). Ultimately from Proto-Turkic *yogrut. Pronunciation: /ˈjɒɡət/, /ˈjoʊ.ɡət/ 1. Alternative spelling of yogurt. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Many icecream shops now sell soft-serve yoghurts, icecreams and ice-desserts that are high in carbos and low in fat. Example: It was certainly an old smell – of that I could be certain. But it was not, I was sure, produced by any of the three thousand one hundred and twenty-six cheeses, yoghurts and fromages blancs that were being stored in the crypt.
Word: spectre Part of Speech: noun 1. UK and Australia standard spelling of specter. Example: To this extenuated spectre, perhaps, a crumb is not thrown once a year; but when ahungered and athirst to famine—when all humanity has forgotten the dying tenant of a decaying house—Divine Mercy remembers the mourner, […]
Word: spectra Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspɛktɹə/ 1. plural of spectrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skimmed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of milk: with all of the cream removed.
Word: skimmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of skim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: captivating Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English captivate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English captivating From captivate + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkæptɪveɪtɪŋ/, [ˈkæptɪveɪɾɪŋ], /ˈkæptɪvæɪtɪŋ/, [ˈkæptɪvæɪɾɪŋ] 1. That captivates; fascinating. 2. Very beautiful or attractive. Example: [T]he eye is delighted by a continual succession of small landscapes of captivating loveliness.
Word: captivating Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English captivate Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ynge English -ing English captivating From captivate + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈkæptɪveɪtɪŋ/, [ˈkæptɪveɪɾɪŋ], /ˈkæptɪvæɪtɪŋ/, [ˈkæptɪvæɪɾɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of captivate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whizz Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whiz. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: whizz Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of whiz. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: switched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /swɪt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of switch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: contributes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of contribute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mildews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mildew. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mildews Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mildew Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misgive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: from mis- + give, from Middle English give (“suggest, give”). Compare given and what gives. 1. Of the mind, heart, etc.: to give fear or doubt to; to make irresolute. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: As Henry’s late presaging prophecy / Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond, / So doth my heart misgive me, in these conflicts / What may befall him, to his harm and ours: Example: Surely those unarmed and Petitioning People needed not have bin so formidable to any, but to such whose consciences misgave them how ill they had deserv’d of the People; 2. To suspect; to dread. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: […] But for he had hir sought, / And coulde not finde hir any where, assuredly he thought / She did not liue aboue the molde, ne drewe the vitall breath: / Misgiuing worser in his minde, if ought be worse than death. Example: […] my mind misgives / Some consequence yet hanging in the stars / Shall bitterly begin his fearful date / With this night’s revels and expire the term / Of a despised life closed in my breast / By some vile forfeit of untimely death. 3. To give wrongly; to give or grant amiss. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: 1700, William Laud, An Historical Account of All Material Transactions Relating to the University of Oxford in The history of the troubles and tryal of the Most Reverend Father in God and blessed martyr, William Laud, Lord Arch-Bishop of Canterbury, London: Ri[chard] Chiswell, p. 192, […] I protest unto you, I knew nothing of any of their Liberty misgiven or misused, till about a Fortnight since […]
Word: the thing of it Part of Speech: noun 1. The important point to consider. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic Example: But the thing of it is, when to begin Example: But the thing of it is, everybody was rooting for the other individual and I was the only one rooting for him.
Word: 2-6-6 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and six trailing wheels.
Word: 4-6-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, the wheel arrangement of a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, six coupled driving wheels, and a pair of trailing wheels; a locomotive with this arrangement. Example: Therefore, the new standard design in fact has materialised as a 4-6-2 with two 20 in. cylinders and a boiler pressure of 250 lb. per sq. in.
Word: 4-10-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, ten coupled driving wheels, and one pair of trailing wheels.
Word: 4-12-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four coupled leading wheels, twelve coupled driving wheels, and one pair of trailing wheels.
Word: Québécois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French Québec French -ois Canadian French Québécoisbor. English Québécois Borrowed from Canadian French Québécois. Pronunciation: /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/, /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑːz/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec. Example: I am a proud Québécois.
Word: Québécois Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree French Québec French -ois Canadian French québécoisbor. English Québécois Borrowed from Canadian French québécois. Pronunciation: /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/, /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑːz/ 1. The French language as spoken by inhabitants of Québec.
Word: Québécois Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French Québec French -ois Canadian French québécoisbor. English Québécois Borrowed from Canadian French québécois. Pronunciation: /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑː/, /ˌkeɪbɛˈkwɑːz/ 1. Of, from or relating to the province of Quebec, Canada or its variety of French. Labels: not-comparable Example: Canadians have mixed views concerning whether the Québécois people constitute a distinct nation.
Word: take wing Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a winged animal, to take flight; to begin flying. 2. To depart. Labels: figuratively
Word: pseudocide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pseudo- + suicide. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uːdəʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯d/, /ˈs(j)uːdoʊ̯ˌsaɪ̯d/ 1. A death, or suicide attempt, that is faked. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Secondly, the contention that suicide attempts are self-therapy is clarified by introducing the concept pseudocide, with no implication that pseudocides eventually lead to suicides. Example: Some suspect Lord Lucan of pseudocide after he vanished in 1974 on the night of a murder in the Lucan household. His family, though, are convinced the peer killed himself for real.
Word: pinion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pynyon, from Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnjən/ 1. A wing. Example: Therefore do nimble Pinion'd Doues draw Loue, And therefore hath the wind-ſwift Cupid wings: Example: See o'er the Alps his tow'ring Pinions ſoar, Where never Engliſh Poet reach'd before. 2. The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body. 3. Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing. Example: An argument that he is pluckt, when hither / He ſends ſo poore a Pinnion of his Wing, 4. A moth of the genus Lithophane.
Word: pinion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pynyon, from Old French pignon, from Latin penna (“feather”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnjən/ 1. To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying. Labels: transitive Example: They that meane to fatte Pigions…some…do softly tie their Legges:…some vse onely to pinion them. Example: When they are aboute fortnights olde (for they must bee driven noe longer) yow must watch where the henne useth to sitte on nights, and come when it beginneth to bee darke and throwe somethinge over the henne as shee broodeth them, then take and clippe every of theire right wings. Then when they are aboute moneths old, yow must come after the same manner and pinnion or cutte a joynte of every of theire right winges. 2. To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding. Labels: transitive Example: “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared. […]” Example: Pinioning its extremities with the edge of the towel, she crushed off its offensive and defensive weapons with a splinter from the wall. The blowfly was her next victim, but an unexciting one. 3. To restrain; to limit. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: Know, sir that I / Will not wait pinion'd at your master's court, / Nor once be chastis'd with the sober eye / Of dull Octavia. Example: I was suddenly seized from behind and thrown to earth. As I fell, a warm body fell on top of me, and hands grasped my arms and legs. When I could look up, I saw a number of giant fingers pinioning me down, while others stood about surveying me.
Word: pinion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pignon. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnjən/ 1. The smallest gear in a gear train. Labels: transitive Example: 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial A certain period elapses, and some unseen mysterious principle again sets in motion the magic pinions and the wizard wheels. Example: The usual front sprocket has teeth, which which mesh into a pinion on a shaft that carries power to the wheel through a pair of pinions at the rear.
Word: burnt to a crisp Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of burn to a crisp Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hunched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /hʌnt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of hunch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: run in Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position) Labels: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually Example: These headings are run in because a free-hanging style would just be a waste of column inches. Example: One of the best headings for saving space is the heading that is run in. 2. Alternative form of run-in (adjective) (styled open when in predicative position) Labels: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, participle, usually Example: The engine should be well run in before its heavy working life begins. Example: Behaviour patterns now thoroughly "run in", and financial stringencies, appear to impose sharp limits on the prospects of success here.
Word: run in Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of run-in (omitting the hyphens from nouns of this type is nonstandard in formal publications but widely seen in unedited writing) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: run in Part of Speech: verb 1. To arrest; (especially) to track down and arrest. Labels: informal, transitive Example: The guys who robbed the bank last week have finally been run in. 2. To use new machinery at less than full speed, preventing damage. Labels: UK, transitive Example: I have to drive slowly for the first 1,000 miles to run the engine in. Example: It was run in by Ranochan of Polmadie on the forenoon slow to Carlisle and the afternoon slow back to the North. 3. To start a new regime slowly. Labels: figuratively 4. To score (a try). Example: Toeava went over unopposed to stretch his side's lead but Japan got on the scoreboard on 56 minutes, wing Hirotoki Onozawa intercepting an attempted offload from Slade, who had a rather flaky game, and running in from the All Blacks' 10m line. 5. To insert (a word, etc.) without making a line break or new paragraph (so that it is not free-hanging). Example: With these subsections, it is better to run their headings in. 6. To alter the position of matter to fill vacant space. 7. simple past and past participle of run in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: city hall Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪti ˌhɔːl/, /ˈsɪtɪ ˌhɔːl/, /ˈsɪti ˌhɔl/, /ˈsɪti ˌhɑl/ 1. The building that houses a city's government. Example: Near-synonym: town hall Example: A new city hall was built after the big fire of 1883. 2. The city government (city council, mayor, etc.); government in general. Labels: figuratively, metonymically Example: Near-synonym: town hall Example: you can't fight city hall
Word: renig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally a misspelling of renege. 1. To renege. Labels: US, colloquial, dated Example: My partner held the winning trick, and when the last card was on the board the score stood four to four. […] [T]he next gentleman will kindly follow suit — there is no renigging in this game — and the gentleman on my right will do the same. Example: […] cutting, shuffling, playing, revoking, discarding, renigging.
Word: tabellion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tabelliō. 1. An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France. Labels: historical
Word: madrassa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of madrasa. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The sultan's men got the message: he and his successors exiled out-of-favour amirs to Jerusalem where they were expected to spend their ill-gotten wealth on sumptuous complexes that contained palaces, madrassas and tombs.
Word: hypomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypo- + -morph. 1. a mutation that causes a partial loss of gene function.
Word: madrasah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of madrasa Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hypomorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypomorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Arabic ثَوْب (ṯawb). Pronunciation: /θəʊb/ 1. An ankle-length robe with long sleeves, worn by some Arab men and traditionally by Palestinian women.
Word: homozygotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- English zygotic English homozygotic From homo- + zygotic. 1. Originating from the same zygote Labels: not-comparable
Word: egg cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A cell, found in females, which merges with a sperm cell to form a zygote.
Word: hypomorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. causing a partial loss of gene function. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monocular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English ocular English monocular From mono- + ocular. Pronunciation: /məˈnɑkjələɹ/, /mənˈɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɒnˌɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)/ 1. Having one eye. Labels: not-comparable Example: ...one of his sparks alighted upon my eye and destroyed it making me a monocular ape; 2. Related to a monocle. Labels: not-comparable Example: You are not such a foolish woman as to like to be seen with Fred Mostyn, that little monocular snob, after the aristocratic, handsome Basil Stanhope. 3. Of any optical system suitable for use by one eye at a time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monocular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English ocular English monocular From mono- + ocular. Pronunciation: /məˈnɑkjələɹ/, /mənˈɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)/, /ˈmɒnˌɒk.jə.lə(ɹ)/ 1. A monocle. Labels: rare Example: The moony monocular set in his eye / Appeared to be scanning the Sweet Bye-and-Bye. 2. A monocular telescope, as opposed to binoculars. Labels: retronym Example: Monoculars are designed to fit discreetly in the hand, improving their cosmetic appearance. Most monoculars sold today have one primary optical difference from binoculars: the ability to focus at close range. These are known as short-focus telescopes.
Word: monorail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French monorail, equivalent to mono- + rail. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑnəɹeɪl/, /ˈmɒnəɹeɪl/, /ˈmɒnəʊˌɹeɪl/ 1. a railroad system where the trains run on one rail 2. a train running on a single rail
Word: dead last Part of Speech: adj 1. Finishing in last place in a competition or ranking, often by a considerable margin to the next to last place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: That high-school football team only scored 18 points all year! No wonder they were dead last in the league. Example: And compared with Canada, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and 14 European countries, the United States ranks dead last, with the highest death rate for people under age 75 from conditions that could have been treated or prevented with timely medical care.
Word: dead run Part of Speech: noun 1. Coming as fast as one can, often in a harried state. Example: When she saw smoke coming from the kitchen, the old woman came in on the dead run to remove the burned loaf of bread from the oven.
Word: many-worlds interpretation Part of Speech: noun 1. An interpretation of quantum mechanics that claims to resolve all of the paradoxes of quantum theory by allowing every possible outcome to every event to define or exist in its own history or world.
Word: filibeg Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of philibeg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: philibeg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic fèileadh beag, from fèileadh (“wrap, fold”) + beag (“little”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlɪbɛɡ/ 1. A little kilt. Example: Instead of plaids and philibegs, and trews, they were, henceforth, to be clothed in coats and in waistcoats, and (worst of all) in BREECHES!!!
Word: paralog Part of Speech: noun 1. either of a pair of genes that derive from the same ancestral gene
Word: paralogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paralog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stumbling-block Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stumbling block. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic Example: What is a wife but a pretended stumbling-block in the man's path, who has his way to make in the world?
Word: ensalada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ensalada. Doublet of salad. 1. A genre of polyphonic secular music mixing languages and dialects and nonsensical quodlibets.
Word: paprikas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paprika Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paprikas Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paprikash. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: liuli Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of Chinese glasswork. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Victory has found success in providing jobs to the disabled while also turning a profit, and it has banched out from the traditional industry of baked goods into running convenience stores, and even to the making of specialized liuli glassware, giving more opportunities to the disadvantaged while increasing their chances to interact with a larger group of people. Example: To better pinpoint the povenance of the Yixian Luohans, it is helpful to examine the development of the Liulichang and the history of liuli glazed ceramic sculpture.
Word: pluralize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English plural 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 pluralize From plural + -ize. 1. To make plural. Labels: transitive Example: The word "orange" can be pluralized into "oranges". 2. To take a plural; to assume a plural form. Labels: intransitive Example: Nouns pluralize in English, but verbs do not. 3. To multiply; to make manifold. Labels: transitive 4. To hold more than one ecclesiastical benefice at the same time. Labels: UK, intransitive
Word: bread pudding Part of Speech: noun 1. A dessert made from stale bread, suet, egg, sugar or golden syrup, spices, and dried fruit. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Once I'd got to Gloucester to visit the shed at Horton Road, I was sustained by tea and BR bread pudding from the station refreshment room."
Word: crab boil Part of Speech: noun 1. A spice mixture used to flavor the water in which crabs or other shellfish are boiled. Labels: uncountable 2. A social event where boiled crabs are eaten. Labels: countable
Word: seafood boil Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of social events where shellfish are cooked and eaten. 2. A dish made with boiled seafood.
Word: dirty rice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The extra ingredients give the rice a dirty appearance. 1. A traditional Cajun dish made from white rice cooked with small pieces of chicken liver or giblets. Labels: uncountable
Word: muffuletta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sicilian, diminutive of muffe (“mold, mushroom”), perhaps due to the appearance of the round sandwich bread being reminiscent of a mushroom cap. 1. A type of Sicilian sesame bread. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A type of sandwich, typically made in New Orleans and containing layers of olive salad, mozzarella and meats, made using that bread. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Grinder: Salami, pepperoni and capicola. Other Italian options include Muffuletta (salami, ham and olive salad), Meatball (marinara and Parmesan), Pepperoni Pizzawich (marinara, mozzarella and Parmesan) and Chicken Italiano (marinara and Parmesan). Example: ... a stop in the Central Grocery, where Tenn had a beer and one of the city's cherished muffuletta sandwiches, which he cut into four wedges and ate as carefully as he chose his words, which came forth at a slow, painful pace. 3. A kind of olive salad made with giardiniera. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: remoulade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rémoulade. Pronunciation: /ɹɛmuːˈlɑːd/, /ɹɜməˈlɑːd/ 1. A popular condiment in many countries, usually mayonnaise-based. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: breast reduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From breast + reduction. 1. The operation performed to reduce the volume of breast tissue.
Word: bona fida Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of bona fide. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: strangelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin -āneus Latin extrāneusder. Old French estrange Anglo-Norman estraungebor. Middle English straunge English strange Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English strangelet From strange + -let. 1. A proposed fragment of strange matter, consisting of a bound state of roughly equal numbers of up, down, and strange quarks.
Word: strange matter Part of Speech: noun 1. A proposed form of matter that includes strange quarks in addition to the usual up and down quarks of nuclear matter. Equivalently, a proposed very stable form of matter that protons and neutrons might decay into; matter composed of strangelets. Labels: uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see strange, matter. Labels: uncountable
Word: Muggletonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Muggleton + -ian, for Lodowicke Muggleton, English sectarian. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌɡəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌmʌɡəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A member of a small Protestant Christian sect most prominent in 17th- and 18th-century England. Labels: historical
Word: Muggletonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Muggleton + -ian, for Lodowicke Muggleton, English sectarian. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌɡəlˈtəʊ.ni.ən/, /ˌmʌɡəlˈtoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers. Labels: historical
Word: Pierrot Part of Speech: name Etymology: French Pierrot, diminutive of Pierre (“Peter”) via diminutive suffix -ot. Pronunciation: /pɪəˈɹəʊ/, /pjɛˈɹəʊ/ 1. A character from French pantomime; a buffoon in a loose white outfit; a popular choice for a masquerade costume. Example: I'll win them by politeness, and... and... show them that I've nothing to do with that Aesop, that buffoon, that Pierrot, and have merely been taken in over this affair, just as they have. Example: And he was attending that fancy-dress ball, mark you--not, like every other well-bred Englishman, as a Pierrot, but as Mephistopheles […] "He said that the costume of Pierrot, while pleasing to the eye, lacked the authority of the Mephistopheles costume."
Word: exploratory committee Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization established to help determine whether a potential candidate should run for an elected office. Labels: US
Word: exploratory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore English -ate English -ory English -atory English exploratory From explore + -atory. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/, /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/, /ɪkˈ-/, /ɛkˈsploɹ.əˌtoɹ.i/, /ɪkˈsplɔɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ 1. Serving to explore or investigate. Labels: not-comparable Example: Meanwhile, for those who doubted the sheer breadth of music Glastonbury offers, a short walk took you from Thundercat’s exploratory, spaced-out take on jazz-funk – where the smooth sound of yacht rock crashed into extended passages of improvisation to thrilling effect – to the aforementioned Craig David, clad entirely in white and padding out his set by the simple expedient of playing other people’s records and singing along to them, and thence to Liam Gallagher on the comeback trail. Example: Among other work done, according to the letter: CPR replaced the bottom of a deteriorating stair column base with hollow steel structural sections; conducted exploratory demolition on the underside of an eave that required “removal and reconstruction”; and removed all loose “cracked, spalled, deteriorated, and delaminated concrete” and damaged stucco from the underside of balcony eaves on 114 of the building’s 136 units, the letter said.
Word: exploratory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Latin plōrō Latin explōrōder. Middle French explorerder. English explore English -ate English -ory English -atory English exploratory From explore + -atory. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/, /ɛkˈsplɒɹ.ə.tɹi/, /ɪkˈ-/, /ɛkˈsploɹ.əˌtoɹ.i/, /ɪkˈsplɔɹ.ə.tə.ɹi/ 1. An exploration or investigation.
Word: methyl cyanide Part of Speech: noun 1. acetonitrile. Labels: uncountable
Word: polychlorinated biphenyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polychlorinated biphenyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Houston, we have a problem Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A misquotation of the phrases “Houston, we’ve had a problem here” and “Houston, we’ve had a problem” said by the American astronauts Jim Lovell (1928–2025) and Jack Swigert (1931–1982), who were crew members of the Apollo 13 moon flight, to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, on April 13, 1970, after an oxygen tank triggered an explosion which led to the mission being aborted. The phrase in the form “Houston, we have a problem” was popularized by the film Apollo 13 (1995). The American screenwriter William Broyles Jr. (born 1944) altered the original phrases as he felt that “[t]he past perfect tense wasn’t as dramatic”. However, the phrase has been used earlier, for example, as the title of a 1974 television movie about the Apollo 13 mission. Pronunciation: /ˈh(j)uːst(ə)n ˌwiː hæv ə ˈpɹɒbləm/, /ˈ(h)justən ˌwi hæv ə ˈpɹɑbləm/ 1. Used to report that a (major) problem has occurred. Labels: US, humorous Example: Houston, we have a problem. We're running out of oil! The petroleum that fuels our daily lives is getting harder to find. Example: My own contribution for the BBC London headline at the time was: "Euston, we have a problem."
Word: halogenates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of halogenate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: halogenating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of halogenate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vinification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vinify (“to make wine”) + -ication (suffix forming nouns). 1. Synonym of winemaking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vinify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin vinis (“wine”) + -ify (“to make into”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪnɪfaɪ/ 1. To convert fruit juice—particularly grape juice—into wine by fermentation.
Word: viniculture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vīnī cultūra (“cultivation of wine, winegrowing”). Compare viticulture. 1. Synonym of viticulture, the cultivation of grape vines for producing wine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Albanese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian albanese (“Albanian”). Pronunciation: /ˌæl.bəˈniːz/, /ˌɑl.bəˈniz/ 1. Synonym of Albanian. Labels: archaic
Word: Albanese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian albanese (“Albanian”). Pronunciation: /ˌæl.bəˈniːz/, /ˌɑl.bəˈniz/ 1. Synonym of Albanian. Labels: archaic
Word: Albanese Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Albanese, from albanese (“Albanian”) in reference to the Arbëreshë people (Italo-Albanians) of southern Italy. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.bəˈniːz/, /ˌɑl.bəˈniz/ 1. A surname from Italian [in turn originating as an ethnonym]; variant forms Albanesi, Albanees, Albinese.
Word: Canaanitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Canaanite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Canaanitic From Canaanite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the Canaanites. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Canaanite Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Canaan Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Canaanite From Canaan + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnənaɪt/ 1. A subfamily of the Semitic languages, which were spoken by the ancient peoples of the Canaan region, including Canaanites, Israelites and Phoenicians. Example: An affricated realization of *-z, as well as of voiceless *-s and emphatic *-ṣ-, is in any case reconstructed for Proto-Semitic, Northwest Semitic, and Canaanite, to which Phoenician belongs.
Word: Canaanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Canaan Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Canaanite From Canaan + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnənaɪt/ 1. A member of the ancient Semitic people who occupied Canaan before its conquest by Israelites. Example: Among the ancient Canaanites it was considered a divine honor to perform the sexual act. Example: It’s a simple sentence that captures the hopes and fears of modern-day parents as much as the bronze age Canaanite who owned the doubled-edged ivory comb on which the words appear. 2. A zealot or fanatic. Labels: broadly 3. A member of the Canaanism movement.
Word: Canaanite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Canaan Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Canaanite From Canaan + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪnənaɪt/ 1. Of or pertaining to the people or language of Canaan. Example: Unearthed in Lachish, a Canaanite city state in the second millennium BCE and the second most important city in the kingdom of Judah, the comb suggests that humans have endured lice for thousands of years and that even the wealthiest were not spared the grim infestations. 2. Of or pertaining to this sect or its followers; Canaanitic. 3. zealous or fanatical. Labels: broadly
Word: clansmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clansman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clansman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clan + -s- + -man (clan's man). Coined by Scottish novelist, poet and playwright Walter Scott. Piecewise doublet of plantsman. 1. A male member of a clan.
Word: cogeners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cogener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cogener Part of Speech: noun 1. A congener.
Word: fenestration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin fenestratio 1. The arrangement of windows and similar openings in a building. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An opening in the surface of an organ etc; the surgical creation of such an opening, especially one in the bony part of the inner ear made to improve hearing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An opening that occurs naturally or is created surgically, as through a biological membrane. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Either a translucent area in a structure such as a leaf or flower petal, or an opening in a structure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The terms ‘nectar window’ and ‘fenestration’ are used interchangeably for enlarged gaps on the adaxial side of the stamen sheath or tube. The fenestrations facilitate access to the nectaries by a pollinator. Example: Foliar traits unique to Darlingtonia include the presence of transparent light-transmitting fenestrations, ... 5. The practice of placing holes in the rudder of a ship to reduce the work required to move the rudder while preserving its ability to steer the ship. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Midrashic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Midrash Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Midrashic From Midrash + -ic. Pronunciation: /mɪˈdɹaʃɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a Midrash or to Midrashim. Labels: Judaism Example: Like the rabbis, the Christians used midrashic techniques to enable Jews to move forward.
Word: Midrash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh, “Midrash”), in turn from Aramaic דרש. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdrɑːʃ/ 1. A Rabbinic commentary on a text from the Hebrew Scripture. Example: In other stories of the midrashim, Adam, in penance for his fall, abstains from sexuality for 130 years, but he is not able to control his nocturnal emissions; in his dream state female spirits, the succubae, come and have intercourse with him, and with Adam's seed they give birth to demons. 2. The Rabbinic technique or tradition of such exegesis. Example: Midrash was not a purely intellectual pursuit and study was never an end in itself: it had to inspire practical action in the world.
Word: Nimrod Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew נִמְרוֹד (Nimród). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmrɒd/ 1. A grandson of Ham; a mighty hunter and king of Shinar. Example: Blake's depiction of the biblical Nimrod, whom Erdman traces to Young's poem, recalls Milton's Paradise Lost. Example: In the fourth century St. Ephraim the Syrian wrote, in his commentary on Genesis, that Nimrod 'ruled in Erekh which is Orhay (Edessa)'.[…]In Jewish and thereafter in Moslem tradition, Nimrod was the foe of Abraham. 2. A British biplane fighter aircraft manufactured by Hawker Aircraft in the early 1930s. 3. A British maritime patrol aircraft manufactured by Hawker Siddeley, in use from 1969 until 2011.
Word: Nimrod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew נִמְרוֹד (Nimród). Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmrɒd/ 1. Any great hunter. Example: Old Ekdal, whom Gregers remembers as Lieutenant Ekdal, his father's partner in the timber business up north and a mighty Nimrod, has, after a term of imprisonment for illicit tree-felling, become a shambling old drunkard, who solaces himself by sporting expeditions in the lean-to attic which his son and he have fitted up for the purpose with withered Christmas trees and a little menagerie of hens, rabbits and the like. 2. Alternative letter-case form of nimrod (“fool; idiot”). Labels: alt-of
Word: -ure Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Inherited from Middle English -ure, borrowed from Old French -ure, from Latin -(ā)tūram. Pronunciation: /-ʊə̯/, /-ɔː/, /-ə/, /-ʊɹ/, /-əɹ/ 1. A process; a condition; a result of an action. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme Example: erase + -ure → erasure 2. An official entity or function. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme
Word: -ure Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Derived from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”).. Pronunciation: /-ʊə̯/, /-ɔː/, /-ə/, /-ʊɹ/, /-əɹ/ 1. A tail. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme
Word: trackpad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from track + pad, coined by Apple Inc. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹækˌpæd/ 1. touchpad Example: He clicked the trackpad, and his computer made a whooshing noise.
Word: õ Part of Speech: character 1. The letter o with a tilde, replacing the sequence on or om. Labels: Early, Modern, letter, lowercase, obsolete Example: cõpose — compose Example: reckõ — reckon
Word: aneroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”). Pronunciation: /ˈænəɹɔɪd/ 1. Not using or containing fluid Labels: not-comparable Example: An evacuated bellows and mechanical linkage operates an aneroid barometer.
Word: aneroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French anéroïde, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + νηρός (nērós, “wet, damp”). Pronunciation: /ˈænəɹɔɪd/ 1. An aneroid barometer. Example: I may mention that our aneroid shows us that in the continual incline which we have ascended since we abandoned our canoes we have risen to no less than three thousand feet above sea-level. 2. An aneroid calorimeter.
Word: skates Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skeɪts/ 1. plural of skate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skates Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skeɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: quinol Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of hydroquinone.
Word: humoral immunity Part of Speech: noun 1. Immunity to infection due to antibodies, which circulate in the blood and lymph, and which are produced by B cells.
Word: fluorosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluor- + -osis. 1. Any adverse condition due to an excess of fluoride. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's no doubt about it: Fluoride should not be ingested. Even scientists from the EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory have classified fluoride as a "chemical having substantial evidence of developmental neurotoxicity.” Furthermore, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 41 percent of American adolescents now have dental fluorosis—unattractive discoloration and mottling of the teeth that indicate overexposure to fluoride.
Word: aneroid barometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A barometer in which variations in pressure are measured using a partially evacuated capsule whose sides move in and out.
Word: spuriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spurious 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 spuriousness From spurious + -ness. 1. The property of being spurious. Labels: uncountable
Word: pean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Middle French penne (“feather”), from penna (“feather”); doublet of pen and penna. Pronunciation: /piːn/ 1. A heraldic fur of gold spots on a black field.
Word: pean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from Middle French penne (“feather”), from penna (“feather”); doublet of pen and penna. Pronunciation: /piːn/ 1. In blazon, a heraldic fur of a black field with gold spots. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pean Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.ən/ 1. Alternative spelling of paean. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The barbarian, wandering in nature's wilds, plucking the fruits as they grow, or destroying the game for his meat, and quenching his thirst with the waters of the gurgling rill, may furnish the poet with a theme for a pean to the goddess of Natural Liberty; but he will be a barbarian still, and his children after him, will roam over the same uncultivated wastes, and sleep in the same caves and dens, until they learn to associate with others and combine their efforts for mutual good. Example: Antimodern romanticism is not primarily a complaint about lost nature; it is mainly a pean to lost values. Modernity is relativistic, the existentialists complain; it has lost a sense of real values, true courage, meaningful integrity.
Word: pean Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpiː.ən/ 1. Alternative spelling of paean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pean Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /piːn/ 1. Alternative spelling of peen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pean Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /piːn/ 1. Alternative spelling of peen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See dight. Pronunciation: /daɪt/ 1. To prepare for use or action; to make ready. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: His hideous club aloft he dites.
Word: dite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of doit. Pronunciation: /daɪt/ 1. A trifling quantity or amount. Labels: Maine, US Example: A “dite” is a Maine measurement, somewhere between a smidge and a bit. Example: Two carpenters were moving a small building onto a new foundation, and one of them says, “Shove it my way a dite!” The other shoved, but shoved a little too hard. “Nope — too much! I said a dite!”
Word: darning egg Part of Speech: noun 1. An egg-shaped ovoid of stone, porcelain, wood, or similar hard material, which is inserted into the toe or heel of a sock to hold it in the proper shape and provide a firm foundation for repairs.
Word: darning eggs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of darning egg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panjandrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined as a nonce word in the 18th century by British dramatist Samuel Foote. Pronunciation: /pænˈd͡ʒæn.dɹəm/ 1. An important, powerful or influential person; muckamuck. Example: 1755, Samuel Foote, The Grand Panjandrum (a nonsense poem written to test actor Charles Macklin's claim that he could accurately recite any paragraph of text after a single reading), So he died, / and she very imprudently married the Barber: / and there were present / the Picninnies, / and the Joblillies, / and the Garyulies, / and the grand Panjandrum himself, / with the little round button at top; Example: 1910, Eliakim Littell, Making of America Project, Robert S. Littell, Living age ... (Littell's Living Age), Volume 265, page 809, I think it's an excellent thing that the Great Panjandrum is coming for the week-end. Have you ever met him in private?" I ought to explain that the Great Panjandrum was the nickname for Lord Elkindale, the then Foreign Secretary. 2. A self-important or pretentious person. Example: You can never imagine how delighted I was to find that instead of being the correct sort of big panjandrum you were supposed to be, you were really an old rip like papa. 3. A massive, rocket-propelled, explosive-laden cart designed by the British military during World War II. Labels: historical Example: The Panjandrum lurched and overturned, the crash dislodging several of the rockets, which flew low over the beach in all directions […]. Example: The idea was that the Panjandrum, a kind of explosion-driven Ferris wheel, would be set rotating and then released into shallow water to roll up onto enemy beaches.
Word: superbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English bus English superbus From super- + bus. 1. A bus which is larger than or considered superior to ordinary buses.
Word: hedonic damages Part of Speech: noun 1. Damages awarded to the plaintiff, in a personal injury case, for the loss of joy of living. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: cultus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cultus (“cultivation, culture”). See cult. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.təs/ 1. Established or accepted religious rites or customs of worship; state of religious development. Example: Among the rituals which members of their family had inaugurated in other states of Greece, was a peculiar cultus of Hermes (Mercury) at Stymphalus in Arcadia.
Word: hypermorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + -morph. 1. a gain of function mutation that causes an increase in otherwise normal gene function.
Word: hypermorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypermorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypermorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. causing an increase in otherwise normal gene function. Labels: not-comparable
Word: amorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + -morph. 1. a null mutation. 2. a mutation that causes a complete loss of gene function.
Word: amorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + -morph. 1. A gain of function mutation that causes novel gene function.
Word: neomorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neomorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neomorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. causing a novel gene function. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + -morph. 1. a gain of function mutation that acts in opposition to the normal gene's function.
Word: antimorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antimorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antimorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. that antagonizes the normal gene's function. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homolog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French homologue, From Ancient Greek ὁμόλογος (homólogos, “agreeing, of one mind”), equivalent to homo- + -log. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒməlɒɡ/, /ˈhɑːməlɑːɡ/, /ˈhoʊməlɑːɡ/ 1. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element. 2. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element. Example: TP53 is the human homolog of murine Trp53. Example: Detecting remote homolog by protein similarity network. 3. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element. 4. Something homologous; a homologous organ or part, chemical compound, chromosome, gene, or cultural element.
Word: orthologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ortho- + -logue. 1. One of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species.
Word: mannerly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English manerely, equivalent to manner + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmænəɹli/, /ˈmɛnɘliː/ 1. Having good manners; polite. Example: Lucetta, as thou lov'st me, let me have / What thou think'st meet, and is most mannerly. Example: Tut, tut, here is a mannerly forbearance: / The truth appeares ſo naked on my ſide, / That any purblind eye may find it out.
Word: mannerly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English manerely, equivalent to manner + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmænəɹli/, /ˈmɛnɘliː/ 1. With good manners; politely.