nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: xenodochial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ξενοδοχή (xenodokhḗ, “strangers' banquet”) + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌzɛnəˈdoʊkiəl/, /ˌziːnəˈdoʊkiəl/ 1. (obsolete) Friendly to strangers. Labels: rare Example: At least, those intemperate Reflections may serve as Precautionary Documents for Dignitaries of all sorts to humble as well as to steer themselves by, especially in their unfrequented and almost wholly neglected Duty of Christian Hospitality and Oecumenial as well as Oeconomical Reception of Xenodochial Providence-Conformists; who must nevertheless ‘Take “Heart, nor of the Laws of Fate complain, tho’ “now ’tis cloudy, ’twill clear up again. Example: They both departed from the xenodochial type, in limiting admission to the sick only, and from the city hospital tradition by depending for support entirely on privately donated funds.
Word: liverwort Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lyverwort, liverwort, from Old English liferwyrt, equivalent to liver + wort, from the belief that some species looked like livers and were useful for treating the liver medicinally. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪv.ə.wɜːt/, /ˈlɪv.ɚ.wɝːt/, /ˈlɪv.ɚ.wɔːɹt/ 1. A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The liverworts are either thallose, without any differentiation into stem and leaves, or leafy. Example: Since the thallus of some liverworts resembled a liver, such plants were considered useful in making a concoction that would aid in curing liver ailments. Hence the name "liver-plant," or liverwort. Unfortunately, there is no evidence that liverworts possess curative properties. 2. A common flowering perennial herb of northern woodlands, Hepatica nobilis (syn. Anemone hepatica), used in traditional European herbal medicine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: liverweed
Word: undifferentiated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English differentiated English undifferentiated From un- + differentiated. 1. Not differentiated; not different; alike. Example: If we just plopped down a dot for every observation we’d end up with an undifferentiated black blob, so the weathergami technique visualizes frequency of temperature pairs: we divide the chart area into a fine hexagonal grid, and then color each hexagon according to how many daily observations fall within it. 2. Not differentiated; not different; alike. Example: This further exacerbated the diagnostic challenge posed by undifferentiated febrile illness during a “twindemic” of both COVID-19 and dengue, as both illnesses could potentially present with febrile syndromes. 3. Not differentiated; not different; alike.
Word: bryophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Bryophyta, from Ancient Greek βρύον (brúon, “moss”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) ( + -phyte). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹʌɪ̯.əˌfʌɪt/, /ˈbɹaɪ̯.əˌfaɪt/ 1. Any plant of the division Bryophyta, defined sensu lato to comprise the mosses, liverworts and hornworts and corresponding to all embryophytes that are not vascular plants. Example: Without going into their reasons, Bold, Alexopoulos, & DelBevoryas (1980) and Crandall-Stotler (1980) believe that there are at least three independent lines of bryophytes and that this is best reflected by establishing three divisions - the Bryophyta (mosses), Hepatophyta (liverworts), and Anthocerotophyta (hornworts). Example: 2002, William R. Buck, Bryophytes, entry in Niles Eldredge (editor), Life on Earth, page 202, Because of their small size and often delicate structure, bryophytes have a poor fossil record, dating back only about 290 million years.
Word: homicides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homicide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱens-der. Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos Ancient Greek κόσμ(ος) (kósm(os)) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós)bor. English cosmic Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοσμικός (kosmikós). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒz.mɪk/, /ˈkɑz.mɪk/, /ˈkɔz.mɪk/, /ˈkɒz.mək/, [ˈkɔ̟z.mək] 1. Of or from or pertaining to the cosmos or universe. 2. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast. Example: cosmic speed Example: The human understanding, for example—the faculty which Mr. Spencer has turned so skillfully round upon its own antecedents—is itself a result of the play between organism and environment through cosmic ranges of time. 3. Of or relating to abstract spiritual or metaphysical ideas. Example: Humpty Dumpty is the cosmic egg, the wall, the edge between transcendence and existence. As nothing breaks up into the world of things, the movement toward entropy becomes irreversible. Example: “It's called transdimentional awareness,” Jay contributed to the conversation, “and it's like totally cosmic man.” 4. Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal. Labels: dated
Word: metonymies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metonymy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: greenbottle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + bottle. From resemblance to shiny colored-glass bottles. 1. Any of various blowflies of the genus Lucilia that are a brilliant metallic green in colour.
Word: hoverfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hover + fly. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌ.vɚˌflaɪ/ 1. Any of various flies from the family Syrphidae that hover in the air and feed on the nectar of flowers.
Word: crowberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crow + berry; probably a calque of German Krähenbeere. Apparently so-called due to birds' fondness for the fruit. Yet the dark color (compare Old Norse blár (“blue-black, like a raven's sheen”)) may be the main or another factor; compare Inuktitut paurngaq (“crowberry”) (allegedly meaning "which looks like soot"). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊbəɹɪ/ 1. Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit. 2. Empetrum; a small genus of dwarf evergreen shrubs that bear edible fruit. Example: Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds. 3. A fruit of this plant.
Word: Stokavian Part of Speech: name 1. The most widespread dialect of Serbo-Croatian, which is used as the dialectal basis for the standard Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian versions of the language. The word what is usually rendered as što, whence the name.
Word: Stokavian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Stokavian dialect. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Čakavian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Chakavian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kajkavian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian kajkavski, from the regional Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun kaj (“what”), which is used in that region instead of the standard što. Pronunciation: /kaɪˈkɑːviən/ 1. A South Slavic language or supradialect of Serbo-Croatian spoken in central Croatia.
Word: Kajkavian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian kajkavski, from the regional Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun kaj (“what”), which is used in that region instead of the standard što. Pronunciation: /kaɪˈkɑːviən/ 1. A speaker of Kajkavian, or a native of northern Croatia.
Word: Kajkavian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian kajkavski, from the regional Serbo-Croatian interrogative pronoun kaj (“what”), which is used in that region instead of the standard što. Pronunciation: /kaɪˈkɑːviən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Kajkavians or their language.
Word: bazookas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bazooka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bazookas Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bazooka Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: realpolitik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Realpolitik (literally “practical, realistic, fact-based, realism-based politics”). Pronunciation: /ɹeɪˈɑːlpɒlɪˌtiːk/, /ɹeɪˈɑlpoʊlɪˌtik/, /ɹiˈɑlpoʊlɪˌtik/, /ˈɹi.əlˌpɑ.lɪˌtɪk/ 1. Pragmatic, often expansionist, diplomacy and politics focused on perceived national interests of the state to the near exclusion of ethical, moral, and theoretical objectives. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is Realpolitik in sport, and a Realpolitik which is not wholly unknown in England; but while the spirit of Realpolitik is still perceivable in German sport, it is equally perceivable that the standard English way of viewing sporting competition is becoming more and more approached in Germany. Example: Possibly the Germans themselves regard their Realpolitik as but the continuation of the philosophic tradition of disillusionment: like Xenophanes they would remind us that the gods of the Ethiopians are snub-nosed and swart, of the Thracians blue-eyed and red-haired, and that if oxen had gods their gods would be oxen.
Word: greenfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + fly. 1. Any of several kinds of common insects green in color: 2. Any of several kinds of common insects green in color: 3. Any of several kinds of common insects green in color: 4. Any of several kinds of common insects green in color: 5. Any of several kinds of common insects green in color:
Word: deafening Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. Loud enough to cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. Example: At that instant, Eragon's back ruptured in an explosion of agony so intense, he experienced it with all five senses: as a deafening, crashing waterfall of sound; a metallic taste that coated his tongue; an acrid, eye-watering stench in his nostrils, redolent of vinegar; pulsing colors; and, above all, the feeling that Durza had just laid open his back. Example: But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simultaneous hits from the aircraft they should have been dropped from. The station was instantly reduced to bits of debris, and the line to a huge crater. 2. Very loud. Labels: excessive Example: At the end of a frantic first 45 minutes, there was still time for Charlie Adam to strike the bar from 20 yards before referee Atkinson departed to a deafening chorus of jeering from Everton's fans.
Word: deafening Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. present participle and gerund of deafen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deafening Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfənɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. pugging Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process by which something is deafened. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Film and dance theory offer a productive vocabulary for considering the effects of these mutings and deafenings.
Word: blackfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + fly. 1. A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops. 2. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae. Example: According to Bonnie Louison, […] Axel made a mistake when she didn't consult western Massachusetts women about the time and place of the event. Louison said that Axel didn't realize that June is black fly season, that the area is in the grip of a severe drought, […]
Word: interacting Part of Speech: adj 1. Taking part in an interaction.
Word: interacting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interact Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deafening silence Part of Speech: noun 1. A noteworthy silence, or absence of response, especially one signifying disapproval or lack of enthusiasm. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable, usually Example: The suggestion that they work through the holidays met with deafening silence.
Word: QWERTY Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the first six letters on one of the upper rows of such a keyboard. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɜːti/, /ˈkwɛəti/, /ˈkwɚti/, [-ɾi] 1. A standard layout of keys on a keyboard for typing, in which the leftmost keys of the top lettered row are Q-W-E-R-T-Y. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: It was the Monotype model D keyboard introduced in 1907 which became the standard for printers, with a "qwerty" typewriter lay and removable keybars which made the keyboard independent of the matrix case arrangement. Example: The older children we came to know had had a great deal of experience with written language, and they certainly had a firm grasp of the alphabetic sequence. They were annoyed with the arrangement of letters on the typewriter keyboard, which begins at the second from the top row and proceeds left to right with the letters, "Q," "W," "E," "R," "T," and "Y." Computer professionals, who refer to this arrangement as the "QWERTY keyboard," have pointed out that, although it originated in order to avoid jam-ups of frequently used keys on the manual typewriter, the QWERTY arrangement is now completely obsolete but apparently here to stay. Third and fourth graders knew only that QWERTY had no logic that they could discern, and, until they developed basic keyboard familiarity, it greatly delayed their attempts at finding the keys they needed. 2. A keyboard with such a layout. Labels: countable Example: If you need to get a grip on a remote workstation, remote-control software can put your fingers on the pearly white QWERTYs of any computer, even half a world away.
Word: Marco Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romance Marco (Italian Marco, Portuguese Marco, Spanish Marco). Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː(ɹ).kəʊ/ 1. A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark. Example: Marco mainly sells his clothes online. 2. A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark. 3. A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark. 4. A male given name from the Romance languages, equivalent to English Mark.
Word: Marco Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Marco Polo, from Latin Marcus Paulus, from Marcus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑː(ɹ).kəʊ/ 1. Shouted by a player of the game Marco Polo. Compare Polo.
Word: amphiprotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amphi- + proton + -ic. 1. Able to both donate and accept a proton, and thus able to react both as an acid and a base; amphoteric.
Word: sithee Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: see + thee or see + thou 1. See thee; variously used as a farewell (i.e. I will see you later) or an admonition to pay attention (= see here) Labels: UK, Yorkshire, contraction Example: Sithee, ther's a bowt here at's comin lowse, best to get it aat an a new-un in. Example: Voice. Barlow.—See ’s motor?—comin’ up—sithee?
Word: look you Part of Speech: intj Etymology: look + you 1. see here Labels: Wales Example: For there is no toubt put the tevil, when Owen Thomas saw him, must have peen sitting on a piece of rock in a straight line from him on the other side of the river, where he used to sit, look you, for a whole summer's tay, while Hugh Llwyd was on his pulpit, and there they used to talk across the water!
Word: Carlo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Carlo, from Latin Carolus, from Germanic. Doublet of Charles, Carl, and Carlos. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹloʊ/, /ˈkɑːləʊ/ 1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Charles. Example: Charles, come here and be presented to your cousin, Mabel Earnshaw. His name is Carlo, but I couldn't possibly call him by it; it sounds so like a dog. At least, pronounced in my English fashion. And I can't roll my r's.
Word: fleetingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fleeting Middle English -ly English -ly English fleetingly From fleeting + -ly. 1. in a fleeting manner; transiently
Word: last-ditch Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Popularized and given its current sense through an 1847 translation by Agnes Strickland of a quote attributed to William of Orange during the French invasion of 1672 on his being advised to surrender Holland to Louis XIV: "No, I mean to die in the last ditch." 1. Final, as a last resort; done in desperation. Labels: idiomatic Example: a last-ditch attack Example: He sent flowers in a last-ditch effort to keep her from leaving.
Word: shouldn't Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From should + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊdənt/, [ˈʃʊdn̩t], /ˈʃɵdənt/, [ˈʃɵdn̩t], [ˈʃʊdn̩t] ~ [ˈʃɵdn̩t] ~ [ˈʃɨ̞dn̩t] 1. Should not (negative auxiliary) Example: I shouldn't be telling you all this. It'll make you angry.
Word: shouldn't Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From should + -n't. Pronunciation: /ˈʃʊdənt/, [ˈʃʊdn̩t], /ˈʃɵdənt/, [ˈʃɵdn̩t], [ˈʃʊdn̩t] ~ [ˈʃɵdn̩t] ~ [ˈʃɨ̞dn̩t] 1. Something that should not be done. Labels: informal Example: Being a list-o-maniac, I suggested we make a list of the "shoulds" and "shouldn'ts." So in the darkness of hazy sleep, I began to mentally prepare mine. The first item on the "should" side was easy: a sibling for our 3-year-old daughter.
Word: out-of-service Part of Speech: adj 1. Not working, not functioning, broken; currently unavailable. Labels: not-comparable Example: No one much likes it when something—an empty cab, an out-of-service subway train, summer—goes by without stopping.
Word: Air Sea Rescue Part of Speech: name 1. An emergency service, often operated by a branch of the armed forces, that serves to rescue people at sea, or stranded on a coast, normally with the use of helicopters.
Word: air pump Part of Speech: noun 1. A pump that moves air either into or out of something.
Word: air pocket Part of Speech: noun 1. A local region of low atmospheric pressure, or a local downward current; especially one that causes an aircraft to lose height suddenly.
Word: clear-air turbulence Part of Speech: noun 1. The erratic movement of air masses in the absence of any visual cues, especially such movement that causes unexpected turbulence to an aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: air navigation Part of Speech: noun 1. the science and technology of determining the position of an aircraft with respect to the surface of the earth and accurately maintaining a desired course Labels: uncountable
Word: airlift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + lift; compare sealift. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.lɪft/ 1. The transportation of troops, civilians or supplies by air, especially in an emergency. 2. Such a flight. 3. A pipe that is used to suck up objects from the sea bed.
Word: airlift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From air + lift; compare sealift. Pronunciation: /ˈɛə.lɪft/ 1. To transport (supplies, troops, etc) in an airlift. Labels: transitive Example: The mountaineer who fell down a crevasse had to be airlifted out. Example: Emergency food and bottled water were airlifted into the earthquake zone.
Word: air letter Part of Speech: noun 1. An aerogram; a letter sent by airmail.
Word: aerogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + -gram. 1. A wireless message. Labels: dated Example: An aërogram to the Examiner yesterday from Quito announced the success of the second attempt, and details of the achievement were at once secured. 2. A telegram whose transmission included at least one segment sent via airplane. Labels: dated, rare Example: Mr. Holt Thomas gave some details of a projected scheme of communication which combined the telephone or telegraph with the aeroplane. Messages sent by the system would be described as aerograms. 3. A thin piece of foldable and gummed paper for writing a letter and serving as its own envelope for transit via airmail. 4. A pneumogram. Labels: rare Example: aerogram 1. A roentgenogram of an organ afer it has been injected with air; also called pneumogram.
Word: air lane Part of Speech: noun 1. A designated route used by commercial aircraft when flying from one airport to another.
Word: eam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English eem, eme, from Old English ēam (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Germanic *awahaimaz (“maternal uncle”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwh₂os (“maternal uncle, maternal grandfather”). Cognate with Scots eme (“uncle”), West Frisian iem, omke (“uncle”), Dutch oom (“uncle”), German Ohm, Oheim (“maternal uncle”), Latin avunculus (“maternal uncle”). See uncle. Doublet of oom and ohm. Pronunciation: /ˈiːm/ 1. Uncle. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: James Melville remarked that during his uncle's time in Geneva he became “weill acquented with my eam, Mr. hendrie Scrymgeour” and was said to have been “a frequent visitor at his lodgings in town, and also at the Violet.
Word: bristletail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of translingual Thysanura, as Ancient Greek θύσανος (thúsanos, “bristle”) + Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”). By surface analysis, bristle + tail. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪsəlˌteɪl/ 1. Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related: 2. Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related: 3. Any of various small, active six-legged arthropods that have two or three bristles at the ends of their abdomens and that do not have wings. These were formerly classified together in the insect subclass Apterygota or the order Thysanura but are no longer considered closely related:
Word: woodworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wood + worm. 1. Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1599, Simon Harward, “A Displaying of the wilfull deuises of wicked and vaine worldlings” in Three Sermons, London: Richard Johns, […] Chrisostome doth compaire enuie to the wood worm which though it doe breede in the tymber, yet it doth consume & waste the tymber, as enuie springing of the heart doth putrifie and vtterly eat vp the heart. Example: 1872, Robert Louis Stevenson, letter to Mrs. Thomas Stevenson dated July 29, 1872, in Sidney Colvin (editor), The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson, New York: Scribner, 1917, Volume I, p. 45, There was only one contretemps during the whole interview—the arrival of another visitor, in the shape (surely) the last of God’s creatures, a wood-worm of the most unnatural and hideous appearance, with one great striped horn stucking out of his nose like a boltsprit. If there are many wood-worms in Germany, I shall come home. 2. Any of many beetle larvae that bore into wood. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A shipworm, a worm-like mollusk in the family Teredinidae that feeds on wood underwater in saltwater. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: financier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French financier. Pronunciation: /f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/, /f(a)ɪnænˈsɪɚ/, /f(a)ɪneə̯nˈsɪɚ/, /f(a)ɪnɛə̯nˈsɪɚ/ 1. A person who, as a profession, profits from large financial transactions. Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. 2. A company that does the same. 3. One charged with the administration of finance; an officer who administers the public revenue; a treasurer. Example: The English financier was obliged to raise new taxes to pay the interest of this immense sum ; the financier of France did no such thing 4. A light, spongy teacake, usually based on almond flour or flavoring. Example: ‘Excuse me, can we order some fresh financiers? I know we haven’t finished our mains yet but we’re in rather a hurry.’ 5. A traditional French (Ragoût à la Financière) or Piemontese (Finanziera alla piemontese) rich sauce or ragout, made with coxcomb, wattles, cock's testicles, chicken livers and a variety of other ingredients.
Word: financier Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French financier. Pronunciation: /f(a)ɪˈnæn.sɪ.ə/, /f(a)ɪnænˈsɪɚ/, /f(a)ɪneə̯nˈsɪɚ/, /f(a)ɪnɛə̯nˈsɪɚ/ 1. To carry out financial transactions; to finance something. Labels: ambitransitive Example: So time crept on, and the day arrived when Sturk must pay his rent, or take the ugly consequences. The day before he spent in Dublin financiering. It was galling and barren work.
Word: quantify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos? Proto-Indo-European *-onts? Proto-Indo-European *kʷoider.? Proto-Italic *kʷāntos Latin quantus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Medieval Latin quantificōder. English quantify From Medieval Latin quantifico (introduced by Sir William Hamilton in logic). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒn.tɪˌfaɪ/, /ˈkwɑn.tɪˌfaɪ/, [ˈkwɑn.ɾɪˌfaɪ], /ˈkwɑn.təˌfaɪ/, [ˈkwɑn.ɾəˌfaɪ] 1. To assign a quantity to. Labels: transitive 2. To determine the value of (a variable or expression). Example: As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds. Example: Once more significant differences were observed for CTR w/o LIF. (E)- Protein levels for Hexokinase I and II, GAPDH and PKM1/2 were determined by western Blot and quantified by densiometric evaluation. 3. To relate a statement (called a predicate) to a given set using a quantifier—either for all (denoted ∀) or there exists (denoted ∃). Example: The statement (#92;forallx#92;in#92;mathbb#123;R#125;)#92;,2x#61;x#43;x quantifies over the real numbers.
Word: outperform Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English perform English outperform From out- + perform. Pronunciation: /ˌaʊt.pɚˈfɔɹm/ 1. To perform better than something or someone. Labels: transitive Example: The strategy depends on an ability to outperform the market consistently, which many economists regard as virtually impossible. Example: Rail has continued to outperform bus operations, where a decline in ridership continues.
Word: quicker Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪkɚ/, /ˈkwɪkə/ 1. comparative form of quick: more quick Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: quicker Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪkɚ/, /ˈkwɪkə/ 1. comparative form of quick: more quick Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: lip sync Part of Speech: noun 1. The synchronization of prerecorded audio signals and movement of the lips such that there is no lack of simultaneity between them. Labels: uncountable
Word: lip sync Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of lip-sync. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Debbie lip synced the theme song to All In The Family.
Word: welter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English welteren, equivalent to welt + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognates include German Low German weltern (“to wallow; roll”), Old Norse velta (Danish vælte), German wälzen, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waltjan). Akin to wallow and Latin volvō. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛltə/, /ˈwɛltɚ/ 1. A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items. Example: He would, except for his guests, have fled outdoors and walked off the intoxication of food, but in the haze which filled the room they sat forever, talking, talking, while he agonized, “Darn fool to be eating all this—not ’nother mouthful,” and discovered that he was again tasting the sickly welter of melted ice cream on his plate. Example: And in truth, his mind was such a welter of opposites—of the night and the blazing candles, of the shabby poet and the great Queen, of silent fields and the clatter of serving men—that he could see nothing; or only a hand. 2. A tossing or rolling about.
Word: welter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English welteren, equivalent to welt + -er (frequentative suffix). Cognates include German Low German weltern (“to wallow; roll”), Old Norse velta (Danish vælte), German wälzen, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰𐌽 (waltjan). Akin to wallow and Latin volvō. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛltə/, /ˈwɛltɚ/ 1. To roll around; to wallow. Labels: intransitive Example: […] were it not for shame, Shame and dishonour to a soldier’s name, Upon my weapon’s point here shouldst thou fall, And welter in thy gore. Example: I had no horse, and the deep and wheeling stream of the river, rendered turbid by the late tumult of which its channel had been the scene, and seeming yet more so under the doubtful influence of an imperfect moonlight, had no inviting influence for a pedestrian by no means accustomed to wade rivers, and who had lately seen horsemen weltering, in this dangerous passage, up to the very saddle laps. 2. To revel, luxuriate. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: 1537, Hugh Latimer, Sermon III, Preached to the Convocation of the Clergy, in The Sermons of Hugh Latimer, London: J. Scott, 1783, Volume I, p. 38, When we welter in pleasures and idleness, then we eat and drink with drunkards. Example: These wisards weltre in welths waues, pampred in pleasures deepe, They han fatte kernes, and leany knaues, 3. To rise and fall, to tumble over, to roll. Labels: intransitive Example: Such Musick (as ’tis said) Before was never made, But when of old the sons of morning sung, While the Creator Great His constellations set, And the well-ballanc’t world on hinges hung, And cast the dark foundations deep, And bid the weltring waves their oozy channel keep. Example: There, waves that, hardly weltering, die away, Tip their smooth ridges with a softer ray;
Word: welter Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈwɛltə/, /ˈwɛltɚ/ 1. Heavyweight. (of horsemen) Example: a welter race
Word: welter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare wilt (intransitive verb). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛltə/, /ˈwɛltɚ/ 1. To wither; to wilt. Example: 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilization, and Other Essays, London: Bell & Dalday, “Ultimate Civilization,” Part I, IV, p. 40, But look now into the weltered hearts and blighted memories of those whom we have gathered from out of the thousands of the lost and wretched.
Word: lipsync Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lip sync. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lipsync Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of lip-sync. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: welterweight Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of welter-weight. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: welterweight Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of welter-weight. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Undoubtedly, his record versus welterweights (147 pounds) is better than against full-blown middleweights (160 pounds). Being a tweener, Graziano probably would have campaigned as a junior middleweight (154 pounds) if he fought today. Example: Safety and fairness in female sport was one of the most prominent topics at this summer’s Olympic Games, where boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting took gold in the women’s welterweight and featherweight categories respectively.
Word: welter-weight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896. 1. between lightweight and middleweight Labels: not-comparable
Word: welter-weight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally “heavyweight horseman” (1832), from welter (“heavyweight horseman”) + weight. Boxing sense 1896. 1. a boxer weighing more than a lightweight boxer and less than a middleweight boxer; someone boxing in the welterweight class 2. A weight of 28 pounds (or 40 pounds: a heavy welterweight), sometimes imposed in addition to weight for age, chiefly in steeplechases and hurdle races.
Word: molecular sieve Part of Speech: noun 1. A material, usually a zeolite silicate mineral, having pores of a precise and uniform size, that can be used to separate molecules of different shape and size.
Word: orthomolecular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English molecular English orthomolecular From ortho- + molecular. 1. Relating to the theory that human health, including mental illness, depends upon chemical deficiencies and can be cured with vitamins etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gum acacia Part of Speech: noun 1. gum arabic
Word: supramolecular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English molecular English supramolecular From supra- + molecular. 1. Consisting of many molecules; of scale or complexity greater than that of a molecule.
Word: lissome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See lissom. 1. Alternative spelling of lissom. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [T]he most striking object was the long array of shoes and boots of all lengths, breadths, and thicknesses; high-lows, low-highs, lace-ups, mud-boots, waders, and snow-boots. If they were not waterproof, as they professed to be, the only question was, as it appeared to me, how they ever got dry and lissome again, when they were once wet. Example: Straight, but as lissome as a hazel wand; / Her eyes a bashful azure, and her hair / In gloss and hue the chestnut, when the shell / Divides threefold to show th'fruit within.
Word: self-dual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English dual English self-dual From self- + dual. 1. Of a vector space, isomorphic to its dual space. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a proposition that is equivalent to its dual. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a graph or polyhedron, being the dual of itself. Labels: not-comparable
Word: self-evident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English evident English self-evident From self- + evident. 1. Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation, axiomatic. Labels: not-comparable Example: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Example: Who were these people who took refuge behind a few honoured but misguided names? What right had they to expect serious men of science to suspend their labours in order to waste time in examining their wild surmises? Some things were self-evident and did not require proof.
Word: self-made Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English made English self-made From self- + made. 1. Having achieved success by one's own efforts, with little to no support from family members and others. Labels: not-comparable Example: My father was the quintessential self-made man. Example: There was I a dragoon, roving, unsettled, not self-made like him, but self-unmade—all my earlier advantages thrown away, all my little learning unlearnt, nothing picked up but what unfitted me for most things that I could think of. 2. Made by oneself instead of bought or taken over. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: homemade, homebrew, homespun, handmade; see also Thesaurus:custom-made Example: Originally each school was bound only by self-made rules.
Word: self-defense Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + defense. First used by Hobbes in the 1650s. 1. The means of defending oneself from physical attack. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nearly all the women are wearing a hijab, one of the reasons they’re in this self-defense class in Antioch, Tennessee, a community nestled next to Nashville. For three hours, these Muslim women learn Krav Maga and Brazilian jiu-jitsu defense moves, including kicks, punches and elbow strikes that will help them escape an attacker. 2. The right to protect oneself against violence by using reasonable force, which can be used as justification in several charges including murder, assault, and battery. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The case inspired widespread rallies and “Million Hoodie Marches” in early 2012, after Sanford, Fla., police refused to charge Zimmerman with a crime, saying they couldn’t counter his self-defense claim. A special state prosecutor indicted him 44 days later. The trial began June 10.
Word: self-defence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + defence. 1. Alternative spelling of self-defense. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: self-centeredness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English self-centered 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 self-centeredness From self-centered + -ness. 1. The state, quality, or condition of being self-centered; concern only for oneself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: autocentrism, self-absorption, egoism, egotism; see also Thesaurus:selfishness
Word: egress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ēgressus, from ex- + gressus, literally “out-way”. Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡɹɛs/ 1. An exit or way out. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The window provides an egress in the event of an emergency. Example: Gates of burning adamant, / Barred over us, prohibit all egress. 2. The process of exiting or leaving. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Buildings or portions thereof shall be provided with a means of egress system as required this chapter. The provisions of this chapter shall control the design, construction and arrangement of means egress components required to provide an approved means of egress from structures and portions thereof. Example: Although the primary rationale for selection of antigenic and phase variants is believed to be the evasion of host antibodies resulting in persistence, other possibilities exist, such as differential adherence to host cells or regulation of host cell invasion and egress. 3. The end of the transit of a celestial body through the disk of an apparently larger one. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: egress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēgressum, past participle of ēgredior. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɡɹɛs/ 1. To exit or leave; to go or come out. Labels: intransitive
Word: cancelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cancel Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The game was cancelled because of snow on the field.
Word: cancelled Part of Speech: adj 1. No longer planned or scheduled. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cancelled show would have drawn some 5,000 fans. 2. Marked over the stamp, to show that the stamp has been used. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most of the cancelled specimens were somewhat less valuable philatelically. 3. Socially censured in a way expected to be durable rather than transient. Or, otherwise a permanent and irrevocable state of social isolation, esp. from interactive media. Labels: not-comparable Example: On the question of rehabilitation for cancelled celebrities, the nature of the offence is relevant: a bad day is different from a life of abusive crime.
Word: yenta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish יענטע (yente). 1. A woman who meddles in the business of others; a busybody; a female gossipmonger. Labels: Jewish Example: Please don't tell your girlfriend what I said; she's a yenta! Example: And you had to marry that yenta West Side broad from a family of ward politicians and punchboard gamblers of candy-store kikes and sewer inspectors.
Word: scofflaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scoff + law. Coined simultaneously by Mr Henry Irving Dale and Miss Kate L. Butler for a contest held in Boston in 1923 in which a word for "a lawless drinker of illegally made or illegally obtained liquor" was sought during the Prohibition era. Pronunciation: /ˈskɔfˌlɔ/, /ˈskɒfˌlɔ/ 1. a criminal or lawbreaker, especially one who is openly contemptuous or dismissive of current laws or displays conspicuous or outward disrespect, distain, or disregard for the law 2. One who habitually violates minor laws or fails to answer trivial court summonses (such as parking tickets). Labels: US Example: The scofflaw entered the scoflsloon. He leaned an elbow on the scoffbar and rested a foot on the scoffrail. 'Waddle'y' have?" said the scoffbartender. "A little tea," said the scofflaw. Example: If we are to scour out the scofflaws, we must first remove those particular laws at which nearly everybody scoffs.
Word: Dei gratia Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Deī grātiā (“by the grace of God”). 1. by the Grace of God. Example: Elizabeth II, Dei Gratia Regina Example: Charles III, Dei Gratia Rex
Word: ancho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish (chile) ancho (literally “wide chile”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːnt͡ʃəʊ/ 1. A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder. Example: Add stock, tomato sauce, beans, roasted red pepper, garlic, paprika, ancho powder, ground chipotles and habaneros, cocoa powder, salt and pepper.
Word: work wife Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman with whom another person has a platonic intimacy at work.
Word: work husband Part of Speech: noun 1. A man with whom another person has a platonic intimacy at work.
Word: work marriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A platonic intimacy between two people (often a man and a woman) who work at the same workplace. Labels: informal
Word: Windsor knot Part of Speech: noun 1. A wide triangular knot of a particular sort in a necktie.
Word: whump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ʍʌmp/, /wʌmp/ 1. A soft thumping sound. Labels: countable, informal 2. A genre of fan fiction in which a character endures injury, torture, or other forms of physical and mental suffering. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: By embracing dark genres of slash such as ‘squick’ and ‘whump’, the art of mythagowood purposely skirts parameters of taste and acceptability. Example: Narrative devices shared by Hannibal and fanfiction include “whump,” the vivid abuse and torture of a character, a popular convention across certain types of fanfiction: Graham is knocked out, shot, stabbed, gutted, sawed open, and subjected to induced seizures.
Word: whump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /ʍʌmp/, /wʌmp/ 1. To strike something with a whump. Labels: informal, transitive 2. To make a soft thumping sound. Example: […] the sound of sheets drying on a line a windy day: whumping, whushing.
Word: wheresoever Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From Middle English hwer se eaver, hwer-se-eaver, hwer so ever, qheresoevere, quar-sua-ever, quere-so-ever, wer so ever, wharsoever, where-sere, wheresoever, where so evere, wher ser, wher-sever, wher-so-ever, wher so evere, wher-so-evere, whe[r] so er, whor so ever. By surface analysis, where + so + ever. Cognate with West Frisian hwērsāea (“wheresoever”). 1. wherever Example: While wee, returning again to embark our ſelvs for Greece, underſtood that the mightie Otanes (brother to Barzanes, ſlain by Muſidorus, in the battell of the ſix Princes) had entred upon the kingdom of Pontus, partly upon the pretences hee had 20 to the crown, but principally, becauſ hee would revenge upon him (whom hee knew wee loved) the loſs of his brother, thinking (as indeed he had cauſ) that whereſoëver wee were, hearing of his extremity, wee would com to reliev him; Example: We have said that in our judgment there was no evidence which would justify a jury in finding that the defendants, for a valuable consideration, sold the working right to the entire Heathcock range, wheresoëver it might run on lands owned by them.
Word: wheresoever Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hwer se eaver, hwer-se-eaver, hwer so ever, qheresoevere, quar-sua-ever, quere-so-ever, wer so ever, wharsoever, where-sere, wheresoever, where so evere, wher ser, wher-sever, wher-so-ever, wher so evere, wher-so-evere, whe[r] so er, whor so ever. By surface analysis, where + so + ever. Cognate with West Frisian hwērsāea (“wheresoever”). 1. wherever Labels: not-comparable
Word: when all is said and done Part of Speech: phrase 1. In the end; ultimately. Labels: idiomatic Example: When all is said and done, you will find it is a smaller project than it appears. Example: when all was said and done, nothing that was said was done.
Word: pro-life Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + life. 1. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances. Labels: US Example: They were pro-life except in cases of rape, incest, or risk to the life or health of the mother. 2. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances. Labels: specifically 3. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances. Labels: specifically 4. Of, pertaining to, or supportive of the right to life; believing that life should be protected from its beginning to natural death in all or most circumstances. Labels: specifically Example: Suicidal people can have discussions about suicide on pro-life peer-to-peer forums and hotlines without fear of judgment or intervention.
Word: pro-choice Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + choice. 1. Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion. Example: When I defend my pro-choice position in the debate over abortion in our country, I frequently refer to Romania, where pregnancy could be monitored on behalf of the state, and to China, where it could be forcibly terminated. Example: But if past is prologue, it’s hard to predict what our prochoice Republican governor will do. […] “You’re totally prochoice and bipartisan,” Caroline says in the ad, as they sit together on a park bench surrounded by trees and grass. 2. Supportive of a person's right to choose whether or not to end their life by euthanasia. Example: These cases help create and sustain an essentially pro-choice regime, at least with respect to passive euthanasia and arguably with respect to physician-assisted suicide as well. Example: Two other sites worthy of note are http://www.efn.org/~ergo/ (Pro-Choice) and http://www.euthanasia.com (Pro-Life). 3. Supportive in general of a person's right to choose; supportive of self-determination, bodily integrity, and individual sovereignty. Example: Individualism, self-determination, and pro-choice rhetorics are additional cultural discourses that play into this experience as well: the ability to make your own choices in life and to be able to succeed with those choices is the quintessential American dream.