nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: mastication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin masticātiō, equivalent to masticate + -ion. Pronunciation: /mæstɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The process of chewing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “It is no more blasphemous than that thing which is swiping our meat,” I replied, for whatever the thing was, it had leaped upon our deer and was devouring it in great mouthfuls which it swallowed without mastication. The creature appeared to be a great lizard at least ten feet high, with a huge, powerful tail as long as its torso, mighty hind legs and short forelegs. 2. The process of crushing as though chewed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: métier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French métier. Doublet of mister (“employment, trade”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛtjeɪ/, /meɪˈtjeɪ/ 1. Any activity that is pursued as a trade or profession; a calling. 2. An activity to which a person is particularly suited. 3. An outstanding or beneficial feature.
Word: Cartesian product Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cartesian + product, after French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist René Descartes (1596–1650), whose formulation of analytic geometry gave rise to the concept. 1. The set of all possible ordered pairs of elements, the being first from X, the second from Y, written X×Y. Formally, the set (x,y);|;x∈X;and;y∈Y. 2. All possible combinations of rows between all of the tables listed. 3. An (m+n)-dimensional space, formally composed of all possible ordered pairs of points from X and Y, but thought of as an independent (m+n)-dimensional space (in the sense that if, e.g. X and Y are vector spaces, the elements of X×Y are thought of as (m+n)-tuples instead of ordered pairs) and written X×Y. Example: On the Cartesian product of two manifolds a differentiable structure can be constructed in the following way. 4. Any of several generalizations of the set-theoretic sense, especially one which shares the geometrical intuition outlined above, i.e. one such that the product can be thought of as an object in its own right and not just as a set of pairs. Example: The hypercube is the simplest example of a Cartesian product of graphs; indeed, the m-hypercube is nothing but (K₂)ᵐ. Example: A moment's thought convinces us of the following: The Cartesian product of two Riemannian Einstein metrics with the same constant Ricci scalar ρ is again Ricci-constant, and has Ric
Word: presidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian прези́диум (prezídium), from Latin praesidium. Doublet of praesidium and presidio. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈsɪdi.əm/ 1. A permanent executive committee, used primarily in Communist countries, with the power to act for a larger governing body when the latter is in recess. 2. Such an executive committee headed by the President of the Supreme Soviet.
Word: presidio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish presidio (“garrison”), from Latin praesidium, 1763. Doublet of praesidium and presidium. 1. A garrisoned place, especially one that is or was once under Spanish control. Example: While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Word: chametz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חָמֵץ (khaméts). Pronunciation: /həˈmɛts/, /ˈhʌmɪts/, /ˈhɑːmɪts/, /x-/ 1. Food products made from leavened grain flour, which may not be consumed on Passover. Labels: Judaism, uncountable Example: The eating of chametz (leavened products) is explicitly prohibited on Passover (Exod. 12:19–20; 13:3), for the Israelites “took their dough before it was leavened” (Exod. 12:34) and left Egypt in great haste. Example: A chametz-free total environment is the Passover goal, so any place where chametz was or might have been used during the year is thoroughly checked and cleaned lest any chametz has been left behind.
Word: chametz Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew חָמֵץ (khaméts). Pronunciation: /həˈmɛts/, /ˈhʌmɪts/, /ˈhɑːmɪts/, /x-/ 1. Made of chametz. Labels: Judaism, not-comparable Example: It is permitted, therefore, to store and use all types of ointments, hand lotions, nail polish or medicated drops (for the ear or nose), etc., even if they contain an active chametz ingredient. […] 2. Used with or to be used with chametz. Labels: Judaism, not-comparable Example: One of the many preparations one must make for Pesach is kashering (a process to prepare a non-kosher vessel for kosher use or a chametz vessel for use on Pesach). […] All chametz utensils that will be used for Pesach must be thoroughly cleaned. […] Remove the filter covering the drain and put it away for Pesach with the chametz dishes. […] The pots may be chametz pots. […] Where needed, one can use a chametz microwave on Pesach by[…]
Word: chamets Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chametz. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: chometz Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chametz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hamets Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chametz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hametz Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of chametz. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: -ive Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive From Middle English -yf, from Anglo-Norman -if from Latin -īvus. Until the fourteenth century, all Middle English loanwords from Anglo-Norman ended in -if (compare actif, natif, sensitif, pensif etc.). Under the influence of literary Neo-Latin, both languages introduced the form -ive. Those forms that have not been replaced were subsequently changed to end in -y (compare hasty, from hastif, jolly, from jolif etc.). Like the Latin suffix -iō (genitive -iōnis), the Latin suffix -ivus is appended to the perfect passive participle to form an adjective of action. Pronunciation: /ɪv/ 1. An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive. Labels: morpheme
Word: maundy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maundee, maunde, from Old French mandée (“mandated”), from Latin mandatum (“commandment”). Doublet of mandate. The word came to refer to the foot-washing ceremony performed on Thursday before Easter because of the phrase used by Jesus to explain his act of foot-washing, which in the Latin Vulgate begins: Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem ..., i.e. "A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another …" (John 13:34). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːn.di/, /ˈmɑn.di/, /ˈmoːn.di/ 1. A commandment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 2. The sacrament of the Lord's supper. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And also they make their sacrament of the altar of Therf bread, for our Lord made it of such bread, when he made his Maundy. 3. The ceremony of washing the feet of poor persons or inferiors, performed as a religious rite on Maundy Thursday in commemoration of Christ's washing the disciples' feet at the Last Supper. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The office appointed to be read during the religious ceremony of foot-washing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bloodstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blood + stone, from the fact that the red inclusions in the stone resemble blood. Pronunciation: /ˈblʌdˌstoʊn/ 1. A green chalcedony that is sprinkled with red spots or veins of hematite. Example: These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone […] Example: The magician wore a blood-stone ring […] 2. Hematite.
Word: scutella Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scutellum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scutella Part of Speech: noun 1. A scutellum.
Word: bloodmobile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blood + -mobile. 1. A vehicle outfitted to collect blood from donors.
Word: blood-and-guts Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined in 1937. 1. Performed with vigor, ferocity, passion, or violence (especially in competition). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Cade Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from an old personal name Cada, from a Germanic root meaning "lump, swelling" and perhaps related to the next sense. * Also as an English occupational surname for a cooper, from Old French cade (“barrel, cask”), from Latin cadus. * Also as an English surname, from the noun cade (sense 1) (“domestic animal”). * As a French surname, spelling variant of Cadé, from cade (“juniper”). Pronunciation: /keɪd/ 1. An English metonymic surname originating as an occupation for a cooper. Example: Jack Cade hath gotten London bridge; / The citizens fly and forsake their houses; / The rascal people, thirsting after prey, / Join with the traitor; 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: They're fine lads, but if it's Cade Calvert you're setting your cap after, why, 'tis the same with me.
Word: interaction design Part of Speech: noun 1. The structure and definition of the behavior of a system, the surrounding environment, corresponding artifacts, and the elements that communicate the aforementioned behavior. Labels: uncountable
Word: Gringolandia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From gringo + -landia. 1. The United States of America. Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang, sometimes Example: The three gringos had all hucked themselves off Cerro Potosi, an imposing peak on the road to Gringolandia. Their idea was to try to fly as far north as possible. North after all, was the way out — the way out of Mexico and back to Gringolandia. Example: The film renders meaningless nativist claims of insider status in contrast to the supposed alien status of Mexicans, dissolving these claims in the nightmarish reality of having no more Mexican and Latin American labor on the highways, in the kitchens, in the factories, in the vineyards, or anywhere else in the infrastructure of Gringolandia.
Word: stake of Zion Part of Speech: noun 1. A territorial subdivision of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consisting of several wards and, possibly, branches. Labels: Mormonism
Word: plain-song Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of plainsong. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: breast augmentation Part of Speech: noun 1. A cosmetic procedure to increase the size of a breast (the organ on the front of the chest). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fallen angel Part of Speech: noun 1. An angel who rebelled against God and was exiled from heaven. 2. A (usually attractive) person, usually a woman, who has become deprived of money, status or morals. 3. A bond that has declined in value due to credit deterioration to become a junk bond.
Word: mullion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of monial (“mullion”), or metathesis of Middle English moyniel, both ultimately from Old French moinel. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌliən/ 1. A vertical bar between the panes of glass or casements of a window or the panels of a screen.
Word: mullion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of monial (“mullion”), or metathesis of Middle English moyniel, both ultimately from Old French moinel. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌliən/ 1. To shape into divisions by means of mullions. Labels: transitive
Word: musketry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From musket + -ry, after Italian moschetteria. Compare French mousqueterie. 1. The technique of using small arms such as muskets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Nickle will never make a reliable shot," confided Mr. Carrados to the little band of paralysed listeners. "He always takes sight too low—fault of British army musketry training. […]" 2. A collection of muskets or musketeers. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Musket fire. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A heavy trampling of steps—clashing as if of swords—several rounds of musketry—screams—shouts—rose in the direction of the court. Example: Nor was this less ominous than the rattle of musketry, for it suggested but a single solution to the little band of rescuers—that the illy garrisoned village had already succumbed to the onslaught of a superior force.
Word: monkish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English monk Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English monkish From monk + -ish. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a monk or monasticism. Example: Among the most curious, original, and lively of the monkish Latin poems, are those least in harmony with their cold ascetic discipline. 2. Tending to self-denial; ascetic.
Word: metonymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετωνυμικός (metōnumikós, “of or like metonymy”), from μετωνυμία (metōnumía, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). By surface analysis, metonym + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛt.əˈnɪm.ɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object. Example: The British government is often referred to by the metonymic expression "Downing Street". Example: With a metonymic expression encountered in almost every sixth utterance, an uncontroversial need for dealing with this problem is demonstrated.
Word: metonymic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μετωνυμικός (metōnumikós, “of or like metonymy”), from μετωνυμία (metōnumía, “change of name”), from μετά (metá, “other”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”). By surface analysis, metonym + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛt.əˈnɪm.ɪk/ 1. Synonym of metonym, an instance of metonymy.
Word: metonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from metonymy. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.tə.nɪm/ 1. A word that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object; a word used in metonymy. Example: Calling a government a "city hall" is using a metonym. Example: ...to say that "New York was thrown into a state of great excitement," when we mean the inhabitants of New York, is technically to use the metonym of putting "the container for the thing contained." 2. A concept, idea, or word used to represent, typify, or stand in for a broader set of ideas. Labels: broadly Example: See also: symbol, model, microcosm, archetype, exemplar, proxy Example: Chapter 1, using the railway as a metonym, explored the relationship between past and present, and argued that diachronic, or historical, time was dissolved in the proliferation of present moments, or synchronic time.
Word: dyspareunia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + Ancient Greek πάρευνος (páreunos, “lying beside, lying with”) + -ia. Pronunciation: /dɪspəˈɹuːnɪə/ 1. Painful or difficult sexual intercourse, especially in women. Labels: uncountable Example: deep dyspareunia
Word: take the biscuit Part of Speech: verb 1. To be particularly bad, objectionable, or egregious. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: I've seen bad grammar, but this takes the biscuit.
Word: binn Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of bin (“storage container for wine, etc.”). Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Mr. Tulkinghorn sits at one of the open windows, enjoying a bottle of old port. Though a hard-grained man, close, dry, and silent, he can enjoy old wine with the best. He has a priceless binn of port in some artful cellar under the Fields, which is one of his many secrets.
Word: solitary confinement Part of Speech: noun 1. Forced isolation in a small space and the denial of contact with other persons, usually as a form of punishment for a prison inmate. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: kissing gourami Part of Speech: noun 1. A large tropical freshwater fish (Helostoma temminckii), commercial food fish which are farmed in their native Southeast Asia and are also popular with aquarists for the fish's peculiar "kissing" behaviour.
Word: coupé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /kuːˈpeɪ/ 1. A two-seater car, normally a sports car. (variant of coupe) Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A car with a fixed-roof body style that is shorter than a sedan or saloon of the same model. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable 3. The front part of a French stagecoach. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 4. A four-wheeled carriage with two seats inside, and a separate seat for the driver. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. The front compartment of a railway carriage. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 6. The strongest grade of Spanish saffron, akin to the Iranian sargol. Labels: uncountable
Word: coupé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French coupé (an elliptical form of carosse coupé (“cut carriage”)), the past participle of couper (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /kuːˈpeɪ/ 1. Couped. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [...] who was knighted : His Arms were Or, three Barrs Azure on a Canton Argent, a Lyon's Head coupé Gules; Example: Grant of Arms and Crest from Hervy Clarenceux : Sablés, a chevron engrayled betwene three bezants, on a chief gold a rose gules between two flower de luces azure. Crest, a horsse head coupé golde pelletey betwene two winges barrey[…]
Word: kicked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɪkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of kick Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kicked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɪkt/ 1. Empty with nothing left to smoke but ash. Labels: not-comparable, slang, usually
Word: lambkin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lamb + -kin. Pronunciation: /ˈlæmkɪn/ 1. A young lamb, a very young sheep. Example: A lambkin’s snowy fleece Example: There might ye ſee the pioney ſpread vvide, / The full-blovvn roſe, the ſhepherd and his laſs, / Lap-dog and lambkin vvith black ſtaring eyes, / And parrots vvith tvvin cherries in their beak. 2. A term of endearment. Example: Let vs condoll the knight: for lamkins vve vvill liue. Example: She has no real cognisance, dear lambkin, of anything at all.
Word: lambskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lamb + skin. 1. The skin of a very young sheep, especially prepared with the fleece still attached. A very fine form of leather. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: sheepskin 2. A kind of woollen cloth resembling this. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tinkerbell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After a fairy in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1902), in which the name is spelled Tinker Bell. She was described by Barrie as a fairy who mended pots and kettles, like an actual tinker, and her speech consists of the sounds of a tinkling bell. 1. Anything whose existence or power depends on the faith of believers. Example: I characterize it as the "Tinkerbell Approach" to policy development: It might work if all the children would just believe hard enough and clap their hands Example: Sometimes I get the impression that the Tinkerbell theory is taking over: that the existence of God is dependent on our own existence and perceptions. 2. A homosexual or effeminate man. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang Example: When he confronted his boss he screamed at him about being gay and fired him saying he didn't want "Tinkerbells" working for him.
Word: laxity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French laxité, itself borrowed from Latin laxitas, laxitatem, from laxus. By surface analysis, lax + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˈlaksɪti/ 1. The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In these days of laxity, and anythingism in religion, even those of whom we might hope better things do not appear exercised, with the apostle Paul, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men. Example: It is no accident that capital punishment is reentering our society on the wave of the conservative reaction to the permissiveness and laxity of the past two decades.
Word: laxities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laxity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: legroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leg + room. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡɹuːm/, /ˈlɛɡɹʊm/ 1. Space to stretch the legs while seated. Labels: uncountable Example: The lack of legroom on international flights can be a health hazard as blood clots can form from not being able to move around. Example: Highlighted benefits include high quality seating, more legroom, more luggage space and a fixed buffet with kitchen providing a range of catering. 2. Freedom to move or grow. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: These guidelines provided some more legroom to the pro-religious groups without seriously offending liberals' concerns.
Word: lengthwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English length Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English lengthwise From length + -wise. 1. In the long direction of an oblong object. Labels: not-comparable Example: A lengthwise cut is difficult to saw with hand tools.
Word: lengthwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English length Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English lengthwise From length + -wise. 1. In the long direction of an oblong object. Labels: not-comparable Example: Cutting a string bean lengthwise is hard because they are so narrow.
Word: lenitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lēnīt(us) (“softened”) + -ive, from lēniō (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”). 1. Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering. 2. Laxative; easing the bowels. 3. Mild; gentle.
Word: lenitive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lēnīt(us) (“softened”) + -ive, from lēniō (“to soften, soothe”), from lēnis (“soft”). 1. An analgesic or other source of relief from pain Example: It is now full time to free him from all these necessities, and to apply cordials and lenitives, after those severities which have already had their full course against him. Example: Upon the whole, as the author seems to share all the common miseries of life, he appears to partake likewise of its lenitives and abatements. 2. A laxative.
Word: lengthways Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From length + -ways. 1. lengthwise Labels: not-comparable Example: Threads of silk and cotton are so arranged in parallel lines, lengthways with the note, and embodied in the substance of the paper during its manufacture.
Word: lengthways Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From length + -ways. 1. lengthwise Labels: not-comparable
Word: light-fingered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective). 1. Having quick, light and nimble fingers. 2. Having nimble fingers, especially for stealing or picking pockets (pickpocketing), given to thievery or shoplifting. Labels: figuratively Example: There is a great quantity of eating and drinking, making love and jilting, laughing and the contrary, smoking, cheating, fighting, dancing and fiddling; […] yokels looking up at the tinselled dancers and poor old rouged tumblers, while the light-fingered folk are operating upon their pockets behind.
Word: light-fingered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From light (“not heavy”, adjective) + fingered (“having fingers”, adjective). 1. simple past and past participle of light-finger Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shoplifting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, shoplift + -ing. The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb. 1. The action of stealing goods from a shop, store or other place of business. Labels: uncountable Example: […]William Grove for robbing his Master of twenty-sive Guineas ; and Catharine Knox for Shoplifting. Example: 1757 December 22, The London Chronicle, Volume II: June 30 - December 31, page 594, Yesterday Afternoon a Woman well dreſs'd, was detected at Mr. Flint′s, a Haberdasher on London-Bridge, in Shoplifting, and on examining her, there were found on her ſome Goods belonging to Mr. Kennet, a Haberdasher at the ſame Place. 2. A theft from a shop during trading hours. Labels: countable Example: In high school, he bleached his hair and began a series of shopliftings and bicycle thefts. Example: And we hardly even consider the countless robberies, shopliftings, burglaries, carjackings, kidnappings, stalkings, intimidations and harassments.
Word: shoplifting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, shoplift + -ing. The noun sense (from 1690) predates the verb. 1. present participle and gerund of shoplift Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: light-minded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Germanic *leuhtaz Proto-West Germanic *leuht Old English lēoht Middle English light English light English mind Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English minded English light-minded From light (“lacking mental gravity”, adjective) + minded (“having a mind or inclination”, adjective). 1. Not given to heavy thoughts or thinking, frivolous, not serious.
Word: recreationally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English recreational Middle English -ly English -ly English recreationally From recreational + -ly. 1. In a recreational manner, for recreation, for fun or entertainment. Example: Baseline plasma nitrate levels were similar to those of young recreationally active individuals[6, 34 ] and, whilst we were concerned that possible age related changes in digestion, enterosalivary circulation and oral commensal bacteria might impair nitrate delivery, the plasma nitrate levels achieved exceeded even those achieved by administration of a higher dose of nitrate in healthy young individuals[6 ].
Word: recreational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From recreation + -al. 1. For, or relating to, recreation. Labels: not-comparable Example: This is perhaps what we call recreational reading and we may be doing something useful in supplying it, if not anything strictly educational or even librarious. Example: The drone crashed into a tributary of the Nanticoke River, a U.S. Coast Guard official said. The crash site has been blocked to recreational boat traffic while the agency investigates, the Coast Guard official said.
Word: lilting Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪltɪŋ/ 1. Having a lilt; with energy, spirit and sprightliness; lively and cheerful. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lilting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɪltɪŋ/ 1. A type of lively singing without any musical accompaniment, where the tune itself is sung, often to nonsense syllables. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Anthology of Music and Dance of the Americas, The JVC/Smithsonian Folkways, Vol 1, Canada and the United States: Secular Traditions. Especially welcome in this survey are two examples of turlute, or lilting. In communities where musical instruments were not available, turlute was a common dance accompaniment. The popularity and availability of musical instruments has made lilting a rare art.
Word: lilting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɪltɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lilt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: longingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English longing Middle English -ly English -ly English longingly From longing + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɪŋli/ 1. In a longing manner, with desire, yearningly. Example: As she stepped nearer and peered longingly out, she saw something else: she saw, only a little way below the window, the wide, flat tin roof of Miss Polly's sun parlor built over the porte-cochère. The sight filled her with longing. If only, now, she were out there! Example: So Sebastian fetched in a closed basket, set it down before her, and went out again quickly. 'you had better finish your lessions before opening it,' remarked Miss Rottenmeier firmly, though Clara looked longingly at it.
Word: yearningly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English yearning Middle English -ly English -ly English yearningly From yearning + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈjɜːnɪŋli/, /ˈjɝnɪŋli/ 1. With yearning; with desire; longingly. Example: He was silent a few moments, not looking at her; while her eyes were turned toward him yearningly, in alarm at this sudden change. Example: Yet what was it she had in mind, what did she wish to make of him beyond what she had already made, a patient, punctilious host, mindful that she had originally arrived much as a stranger, arrived not at all deliberately or yearningly invited?—so that one positively had her possible susceptibilities the MORE on one’s conscience.
Word: longitudinally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English longitudinal Middle English -ly English -ly English longitudinally From longitudinal + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌlɒŋ.ɡɪˈtjuːd.ɪ.n(ə).li/, /ˌlɒŋ.d͡ʒɪˈtjuːd.ɪ.n(ə).li/, /ˌlɑn.d͡ʒəˈtuːd.ə.nə.li/, /lɔŋ.ɡəˈt͡ʃʉːd.ə.nə.li/ 1. Along lines of longitude, in the direction from pole to pole, meridianally. 2. By sampling data over time rather than merely once. 3. Lengthwise (rather than crosswise). Example: Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
Word: meridianally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English meridianal Middle English -ly English -ly English meridianally From meridianal + -ly. 1. Along the lines of meridian, longitudinally. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lonesomely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lonesome Middle English -ly English -ly English lonesomely From lonesome + -ly. 1. In a lonesome manner, in a way missing companionship.
Word: lonesomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lonesome 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 lonesomeness From lonesome + -ness. 1. The state of being lonesome. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wake up, by-and-by, and look to see what done it, and maybe see a steamboat, coughing along up stream, so far off towards the other side you couldn't tell nothing about her only whether she was stern-wheel or side-wheel; then for about an hour there wouldn't be nothing to hear nor nothing to see—just solid lonesomeness.
Word: longboat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + boat. 1. The largest and thus the most capable of boats carried on a ship. Example: But our Patron, warn’d by this Disaster, resolved to take more Care of himself for the future; and having lying by him the Long-Boat of our English Ship that he had taken, he resolved he would not go a fishing any more without a Compass and some Provision […] Example: We cast Anchor within a League of this Creek, and our Captain sent a dozen of his Men well armed in the Long Boat, with Vessels for Water, if any could be found.
Word: legginess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English leggy 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 legginess From leggy + -ness. 1. The state of having long legs. Labels: uncountable
Word: leisured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From leisure + -ed. 1. Having leisure time, especially as a result of not having to work for a living. Example: The iron and coal valleys of the Vermissa district were no resorts for the leisured or the cultured. Everywhere there were stern signs of the crudest battle of life, the rude work to be done, and the rude, strong workers who did it. Example: The very world for which they were designed is no longer imaginable. Rich, stable, be-leisured, and secure, it was shattered by the first world war. 2. Leisurely, filled with leisure. Example: 1893, John Davidson, “St Valentine’s Eve” in Fleet Street Eclogues, London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, p. 20, And brooding thus on my ephemeral flowers That smoulder in the wilderness, I thought, By envy sore distraught, Of amaranths that burn in lordly bowers, Of men divinely blessed with leisured hours, Example: "All right," said Basil, rising also and seating himself in a leisured way in an armchair. "Don't hurry for us," he said, glancing round at the litter of the room, "we have all the illustrated papers."
Word: lettering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of letter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lettering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.tə.ɹɪŋ/ 1. Written text, especially when printed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lettering on the sign made it clear that intruders were unwelcome. Example: On a recent afternoon a work crew and crane were affixing the tall lettering to the side of the team’s new stadium, just off the autobahn in Sinsheim, a few miles from Hoffenheim. 2. Designed text. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The lettering on the sign was very tidy. 3. The inking of text onto comic pages during production. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ring off the hook Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively. Labels: idiomatic Example: I placed the advertisement yesterday, and the phone has been ringing off the hook ever since.
Word: deregulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English regulation English deregulation From de- + regulation. 1. The process of removing constraints, especially government-imposed economic regulation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some say the airline industry has been profitable since the government began deregulation of it. Example: Because of deregulation and the drive to lower costs, Mr. Lorr said, truckers are now regarded by many companies as just another replaceable part. Some can barely eke out a living.
Word: farm out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From farm + out. 1. To subcontract (a task, responsibility, etc.) to another; to outsource. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Near-synonym: sub out Example: Every Tehsildary is farmed out in villages to the Gours or head-men.
Word: farm out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From farm (“to cleanse, clean”) + out. 1. To clear or clean out; empty out. Labels: Northern-England Example: Farm out the stable and pigsty.
Word: Monégasque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Monégasque, from Ligurian munegascu, from Munegu. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəɡæsk/, /ˌmɒnɪˈɡæsk/, /ˌmɑnɪˈɡæsk/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Monaco. 2. a Ligurian dialect spoken in Monaco. Labels: uncountable
Word: Monégasque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French Monégasque, from Ligurian munegascu, from Munegu. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒnəɡæsk/, /ˌmɒnɪˈɡæsk/, /ˌmɑnɪˈɡæsk/ 1. Of or relating to Monaco or its inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rigorousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rigoresnes, rigoresnesse, rigorousenes, equivalent to rigorous + -ness. 1. The property of being rigorous, strictness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Not the first nor the best and certainly not the most famous dictionary of the English language, Swansby’s has always been a poor shadow of its competitors as a work of reference – from the first printed edition in 1930 to today it has nowhere near the success nor rigorousness of Britannica and the Oxford English Dictionary.
Word: martially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English martial Middle English -ly English -ly English martially From martial + -ly. 1. In a martial manner.
Word: masterwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From master + work. 1. A piece done to prove possession of skill sufficient to be ranked a master. 2. A piece of quality, indicative of having been made by a master; a masterpiece. 3. An act of primary importance. Labels: obsolete 4. A main drain or irrigation channel. Labels: obsolete
Word: mayoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Italic *majjōs Latin maior Old French mairebor. Middle English maire English mayor English -al English mayoral From mayor + -al. Pronunciation: /meɪˈɔː.ɹəl/, /ˈmɛə.ɹəl/, /mɛːɹəl/, /meɪˈɔ.ɹəl/, /ˈmeɪ.ə.ɹəl/ 1. Relating to a mayor (or the office of the mayor). Example: The mayoral seal was applied to all official correspondence of the mayor. Example: Let’s have a quick recap of some of Han’s more rational campaign pledges during last year's mayoral campaign to see how he has performed in his current position. We will leave aside things like building a Disneyland, drilling for oil off the Taiping Islands, constructing an F1 circuit, and turning Qijin Island into Taiwan’s Las Vegas — after all, these sorts of things take time to deliver.
Word: mayoral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish mayoral. Pronunciation: /ˌmɑːjə(ʊ)ˈral/, /ˌmɑjəˈrɑl/ 1. A Spanish-speaking overseer of a bull ranch. Example: A thrust of the lance, and the mayoral says bullring or slaughterhouse. Example: The mayoral was dressed in much the same fashion as the other men but instead of a lance he carried a short braided quirt to emphasize his almost feudal authority. As overseer of the ranch, his commands were limited to monosyllables; more frequently, he merely gestured with the quirt. 2. A Spanish-speaking overseer of an estate’s slaves. Labels: historical Example: The mayoral who oversees the band, / Before me now is standing, whip in hand, / The straw-hat slouching o’er his olive face, / Sturdy in figure, active in his pace; / Nor coat nor waistcoat incommode his breast. Example: All mayorals of this country, wear a sword about four feet long; and ride about the estate on horse back. […] The counter mayorals are only allowed a whip. They, too, as soon as promoted, with whip in hand assume a bearing and deportment towards their fellows that are cruel and sometimes barbarous; always singing out at the top of their voice. ‘Apresuran! Apresuran!’ (hasten, hasten,) and afterwards laying the whip on the backs of those that do not work as they think they ought.
Word: daisies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪziz/ 1. plural of daisy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bootstraps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bootstrap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hit the books Part of Speech: verb 1. To study, especially with particular intensity. Labels: Australia, US, figuratively, informal Example: They go to the beach when they should be hitting the books and then they wonder why they get bad grades.
Word: vesical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin vesica (“bladder”). By surface analysis, vesic- + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛsɪkəl/, /ˈviːsɪkəl/ 1. Pertaining to the urinary bladder. Labels: not-comparable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:vesical.
Word: viga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish viga. Pronunciation: /ˈviːɡə/ 1. A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village Example: The smoke spread along the sagging vigas above them and little streams of liquid clay started down from the sod roof. Example: The vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor.
Word: vinolent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English vynolent, from Latin vinolentus, from Latin vinum (“wine”). Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪnələnt/, /ˈvɪnələnt/ 1. fond of drinking wine, especially to excess
Word: bioweapon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English weapon English bioweapon From bio- + weapon. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.əʊˌwɛ.pən/, /ˈbaɪ.oʊˌwɛ.pən/ 1. Any weapon designed to be used in biological warfare. Example: And (Wouter) Basson (who had worked on South Africa's clandestine bioweapons program) was there, too. Example: “Hey, Rick.” “Oh, hey, kiddo. How's your Saturday?” “You know, super chill. W-W-Whatcha doin'?” “Eh, nothing adventurous. You know that race of Underground Dwelling Cannibal Horse People that we're always fighting?” “Yeah, the CHUDs. W-W-What about 'em? “Well, don't tell anybody, but I'm working on a bioweapon to use against them, so I got this barrel of horse semen from your mom's hospital and I'm just gonna, you know, subject it to some otherworldly forces.”
Word: biological warfare Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of any harmful organism (such as a bacterium or virus) as a weapon of war. Labels: uncountable Example: At least the United States Government took the suggestion seriously enough to deny emphatically that it controlled any satellites designed to conduct biological warfare directly upon human beings. One or two minor nations, whom no one suspected of controlling any satellites at all, hastened to make similar declarations.
Word: germ warfare Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of harmful microorganisms as a weapon of war. Labels: uncountable
Word: quizzically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English quizzical Middle English -ly English -ly English quizzically From quizzical + -ly. 1. In a quizzical manner; as if puzzled or asking a question. Example: The bogan looked at Gretchen quizzically, wondering if she was having trouble reading the English alphabet.
Word: quits Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kwɪts/ 1. On equal monetary terms; neither owing or being owed. Labels: UK, colloquial, not-comparable Example: Here's the last of the money you lent me. We're quits now, right?
Word: quits Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /kwɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: quits Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /kwɪts/ 1. plural of quit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: virgular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From virgula + -ar and virgule + -ar, both from Latin virgula, diminutive of virga. Pronunciation: /ˈvɜːɡjʊlə/ 1. made up of thin lines or strokes, usually with reference to an alphabet or writing system Example: The increasing simplification traceable from the Egyptian epigraphic hieroglyphs to the Greek and Roman alphabets and the anticipation of modern stenography and telegraphic code in the cuneiform inscriptions (Semitic) and the virgular quinquecostate ogham writing (Celtic).
Word: profit monger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From profit + monger. 1. A person, business, or profession marked by avarice and greed. Example: Lawyers are considered to be profit mongers when the law is treated as a trade secret and the public process as a business owned and operated by the legal profession.
Word: vitrify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French vitrifier, from Latin vitrum (“glass”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɪt.ɹɪˌfaɪ/ 1. To convert into glass or a glass-like substance by heat and fusion. Labels: transitive 2. To be converted into glass, especially through heat. Labels: intransitive Example: A large percentage of all Late Horizon fragments at this site was overfired, to the point where many were vitrified, black to dark brown, and misshapen, some with blistered surfaces. Example: Her work was endless, she carried tubs and cauldrons and pails of heat-blasted sand, sand blasted into liquid glass, up the ladder that had vitrified where her bucket splashed, and tipped the liquid glass into the swimming pool, where, at the touch of the water, it turned into her huge, solid tears.
Word: vocable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin voc(ā) Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Latin -bulum Latin vocābulumder. Middle French vocablebor. ▲ Latin vocābulumbor. Middle English vocable English vocable From Middle English vocable, from Middle French vocable and its etymon, Latin vocābulum, from vocō (“to call”). Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊkəbl̩/, /ˈvoʊkəbl̩/ 1. A word or utterance, especially with reference to its form rather than its meaning. Example: Without words and almost with the seriousness of asylum nurses they at once set upon an unsavoury-looking matron who began to cry out Mediterranean vocables of distress. Example: At first the man puzzled; then he smiled. He pronounced a string of uncouth vocables. 2. A syllable or sound without specific meaning, used together with or in place of actual words in a song. Example: Many Native American songs employ vocables, syllables that do not have referential meaning. These may be used to frame words or may be inserted among them; in some cases, they constitute the entire song text.
Word: vocable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English vocable From Latin vocō + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊkəbl̩/, /ˈvoʊkəbl̩/ 1. Able to be uttered. Labels: not-comparable Example: a vocable marker
Word: voivode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variously from a number of Slavic languages including Bulgarian войвода (vojvoda), Czech vojevoda, Polish wojewoda, Russian воево́да (vojevóda), and Serbo-Croatian vojvoda, војвода, all from Proto-Slavic *vojevoda (“army leader; duke; warlord”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɔɪˌvəʊd/, /ˈvɔɪˌvoʊd/ 1. A local ruler or official in various parts of central and eastern Europe, especially early semi-independent rulers of Transylvania. Example: George Sechell[…], having been defeated in a battle by the Vayvoda of Transylvania, and taken Prisoner, was for three days together tied naked to a wooden horse, exposed to all manner of tortures, any man might devise against him[…]. Example: Who was it but one of my own race who as Voivode crossed the Danube and beat the Turk on his own ground? This was a Dracula indeed! 2. An administrative chief in modern Poland.
Word: voivod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative