nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: yippee Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Of imitative origin. Perhaps an extension and modification of hip (interjection). Compare Dutch joepie (“yippee”). Pronunciation: /ˌjɪˈpi/ 1. Used to express excitement or joy. Example: You'll understand, though, if I don't jump up and down and yell "Yippee!" Example: While they are not saying “yippee, look what AI can do” (in fact, some say they are trying to highlight risks), by publishing in scientific journals, they are risking lending credibility to the very idea of using AI in problematic, physiognomic ways.
Word: shipment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der.? Proto-Germanic *skipą Proto-West Germanic *skip Old English scip Middle English schip English ship Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English shipment From ship + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪpmənt/ 1. A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We're expecting another shipment of oranges tomorrow. Example: The United States paused a shipment of bombs to Israel amid concerns over their potential use in a Rafah incursion, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed on Wednesday. 2. The act of transporting goods. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Shipment of hazardous waste on this route is strictly prohibited.
Word: yodeler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yodel + -er. 1. One who sings so that their voice fluctuates rapidly between their normal chest voice and a falsetto, one who yodels.
Word: yoo-hoo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of yoohoo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Choir! Choir! Yoo-hoo! Choir, gather around, I have great news.
Word: youthfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English youthful Middle English -ly English -ly English youthfully From youthful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈjuθfəli/ 1. In a youthful manner. Example: Nonetheless, it would be wonderful if, in the face of inevitable fate, all people could live youthfully and vitally until the end.
Word: yow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ðaʊ/ 1. Alternative form of yowe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yow Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ðaʊ/ 1. Expression of pain; ouch. Example: Yow! I dropped it on my toe! 2. Expression of humorous surprise or emphasis. Example: You've been divorced four times? Yow!
Word: yow Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /ðaʊ/ 1. Alternative form of you. Labels: West-Midlands, alt-of, alternative
Word: yuan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 元 (yuán), from 圓／圆 (yuán, “circle > round coin”) referring to the piece of eight. Compare Japanese 円(えん) (en), Korean 원(圓) (won). Doublet of yen and won. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːˈæn/, /ˈwæn/, /juˈɑn/, /ˈwɑn/, /ˈjuən/ 1. The basic unit of money in China. Example: Sung paused to show me some of the notes. They were in issues of five yuan (a Chinese dollar, equal at this time to a little less than one American dollar), one yuan, twenty and ten cent denominations. Example: The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.
Word: yuan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 院 (yuàn). Pronunciation: /ˌjuːˈæn/, /ˈwæn/, /juˈɑn/, /ˈwɑn/, /ˈjuən/ 1. One of the five branches of the government of the Republic of China. Labels: Taiwan
Word: yuk Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative, similar to the variant yuck. Pronunciation: /jʌk/ 1. An exuberant laugh. Labels: onomatopoeic
Word: yuk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative, similar to the variant yuck. Pronunciation: /jʌk/ 1. Something, such as a joke, that causes such a laugh. Labels: slang Example: The latest yuk from Congress is called the balanced-budget amendment. It could wind up making slumps deeper and recoveries more difficult — and that's no joke.
Word: yuk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative, similar to the variant yuck. Pronunciation: /jʌk/ 1. To laugh exuberantly.
Word: yuk Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /jʌk/ 1. Alternative spelling of yuck (disgust) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Yuk! Egg on my face! With my usual wait 'til it's history GCN reading habits, I opened my April Fools issue and began to read the election year news; it did not occur to this avid reader that anything was being spoofed until the second paragraph.
Word: intern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɝn/, /ɪnˈtɜːn/ 1. A person who is interned, forcibly or voluntarily.
Word: intern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɝn/, /ɪnˈtɜːn/ 1. To imprison somebody, usually without trial. Labels: transitive Example: The US government interned thousands of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Example: That description was of a camp at the Tanforan Racetrack near San Francisco, one of several centers in California where Japanese and Japanese-American residents (Issei and Nisei) were held before being interned in areas remote from the West Coast. 2. To imprison somebody, usually without trial. Labels: transitive Example: The Swiss government interned the Italian soldiers who had strayed onto Swiss territory. Example: The same day, 354 British and Australian prisoners who had been interned in north Korea arrived by rail at Inch'on after arrangements had been made with the Russian commander at P'yongyang and were embarked for the Philippines. 3. To internalize. Labels: transitive Example: Strings are automatically interned if they are assigned to a literal string within code.
Word: intern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French interner, from interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), compare Etymology 2. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɝn/, /ɪnˈtɜːn/ 1. Internal. Labels: archaic Example: Man was made after Gods image, which must be understood of the intern graces of the Soule
Word: intern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”); compare Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɝn/, /ˈɪntɜːn/ 1. A student or recent graduate who works in order to gain experience in their chosen field. Example: Students know that working as an intern can provide contacts and all-important experience in their chosen fields. And last year, 26 percent of graduates hired by companies had worked as interns, compared with 9 percent the year before. 2. A medical student or recent graduate working in a hospital as a final part of medical training.
Word: intern Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French interne (“inner, internal”), from Latin internus (“within, internal”), from inter (“between”); compare Etymology 1. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɝn/, /ˈɪntɜːn/ 1. To work as an intern, usually with little or no pay or other legal prerogatives of employment, and for the purpose of furthering a program of education. Labels: intransitive Example: I'll be interning at Universal Studios this summer.
Word: honda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Spanish honda, fonda (“sling”), from Latin funda (“hand-sling”); or from Spanish hondón (“eye of a needle”), from hondo (“bottom; deep, profound”) (from Latin fundus (“bottom, lowest part”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-(m)n-o, from *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”)) + -ón (augmentative suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈhɒndə/, /ˈhɑndə/ 1. A closed loop or eyelet at one end of a lariat or lasso, through which the other end of the rope is passed to form a much larger loop. Labels: Southwestern, US 2. A grommet or other device intended to strengthen or otherwise improve a simple rope honda. Labels: Southwestern, US
Word: Mithraism Part of Speech: name Etymology: Translation (1903) of French mithriacisme, as used in 1899 by Franz Cumont as shorthand for "mystères de Mithra". Cumont was convinced that Mithraism was "Roman Mazdaism", hence his (and earlier) treatments of Latin Mithras and Avestan Mithra as synonyms, and the continuing de-inflection of the Latin name (vocative) as French Mithra. 1. An astrology-based, middle-platonic mystery religion of the 1st-4th century Roman Empire that claimed to have been founded by Zoroaster, admitted only men, and was especially popular among the Roman military. Example: It has left many monuments of itself here in Britain. At Rome the worship was extremely popular, and it may almost be said to have been a matter of chance whether Mithraism should overwhelm Christianity, or whether the younger religion by adopting many of the rites of the older one should establish itself (as it did) in the face of the latter. Example: "Confirmation is mithraism. So is baptism, only it was blood instead of water. As to the sacrificial meal..." Mason put his fingers in his ears.
Word: Mithras Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Mithras. Doublet of Mehr, mitre, and Mitra. 1. A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-to-4th-century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras", or Mithraism.
Word: facultative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French facultatif. By surface analysis, faculty + -ative. Pronunciation: /ˈfæ.kəl.tə.tɪv/, /ˈfæ.kəlˌteɪ.tɪv/ 1. Of or relating to faculty, especially to mental faculty. 2. Not obligate; optional, discretionary or elective. Example: But does the penny fare end here, said Mr. Nixon, at a merely facultative stop? Surely it ends rather at the station. Example: The policy would be a “facultative” policy, whereby the insurers would first have assessed the risk involved in the particular shipment and decided to accept it. 3. That grants permission or power to do something. 4. Able to perform a particular life function, or to live generally, in more than one way. Example: facultative feeder Example: This hypothesis might be supported by the evidence that there are varieties of pathogenic fungi of which parasitism is in varying degrees, between obligate parasitic and facultative parasitic. The facultative parasite, which usually lives as a saprophyte but under some conditions can parasitize on a plant, seems to be a pathogen with the lowest parasitic adaptation. 5. At which a given function is positive. Example: For then it is seen, as before, that it is the points outside the two sheets which are facultative, and not the points between the surface and the touching plane.
Word: isomerase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English isomer Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English isomerase From isomer + -ase. Pronunciation: /aɪˈsɒməˌɹeɪz/, /aɪˈsɑməˌɹeɪs/ 1. Any enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of one isomeric form of a chemical compound to another.
Word: sluiceway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sluice + way. 1. A man-made channel designed to redirect excess water.
Word: sluice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodgate”), from Late Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to exclude”) (English exclude). Cognate to Dutch sluis. Pronunciation: /sluːs/, /ˈslʉs/, /sljuːs/ 1. An artificial passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, for example in a canal lock or a mill stream, for stopping or regulating the flow. 2. A water gate or floodgate. 3. Hence, an opening or channel through which anything flows; a source of supply. Example: At leaſt, I'm ſure I can fiſh it out of her. She's the very Sluce to her Lady's Secrets;—'Tis but ſetting her Mill agoing, and I can drein her of 'em all. Example: Each sluice of affluent fortune open'd soon. 4. The stream flowing through a floodgate. 5. A long box or trough through which water flows, used for washing auriferous earth. 6. An instance of wh-stranding ellipsis, or sluicing.
Word: sluice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodgate”), from Late Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to exclude”) (English exclude). Cognate to Dutch sluis. Pronunciation: /sluːs/, /ˈslʉs/, /sljuːs/ 1. To emit by, or as by, flood gates. Labels: rare, transitive Example: Nigh on the plain, in many cells prepared, / That underneath had veins of liquid fire / Sluiced from the lake, a second multitude / With wondrous art founded the massy ore, / Severing each kind, and scummed the bullion-dross. 2. To wet copiously, as by opening a sluice Labels: transitive Example: Nine - mile Creek has been dug out again and again , and has been sluiced three times Example: […] he dried his neck and face, which he had been sluicing with cold water. 3. To wash with, or in, a stream of water running through a sluice. Labels: transitive Example: to sluice earth or gold dust in a sluice box in placer mining 4. To wash (down or out). Labels: broadly, transitive Example: […] he did plot the Duke of Gloucester's death, / Suggest his soon-believing adversaries, / And consequently, like a traitor coward, / Sluiced out his innocent soul through streams of blood Example: And now men with a hose have come and are sluicing out the streets. 5. To flow, pour. Labels: intransitive Example: In the trough behind the white wave / Helen shook her dark head, the water sluiced from her shoulders / And rose-tipped breasts. Example: Out of sight of the houses he took off his clothes and let the rain sluice down on his bare body. 6. To elide the complement in a coordinated wh-question. See sluicing.
Word: saltless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sel- Proto-Indo-European *-yétor Proto-Indo-European *sl̥yétor Proto-Italic *saljō?? Latin saliō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin saltusbor. English salt Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English saltless From salt + -less. 1. free of salt Labels: not-comparable 2. insipid; tasteless Labels: not-comparable
Word: sanguinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sanguine Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sanguinity From sanguine + -ity. 1. The quality of being sanguine; sanguineness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: saraband Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sarabande. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: She has brought us the newest saraband from the court of Queen Mab.
Word: Macedon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Macedone, from Middle French Macédoine. 1. Ancient Macedonia. 2. Other places: 3. Other places: 4. Other places:
Word: Macedonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Macedonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Molossia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Μολοσσῐ́ᾱ (Molossĭ́ā). The micronation was named by its founder, Kevin Baugh, who provided the following explanation: I liked the name “Molossia”, having seen it on the Internet referring to the ancient Molossian hounds. Adopting it I later discovered there was an Ancient Greek city-state named Molossia (demonstrating the importance of googling first). After some angry Greek journalists objected to the use of the name, I distanced our Molossia from the ancient Molossia. Now the meaning of the name officially is a corruption of the Hawaiian word Maluhia, which means serenity or peaceful. 1. A region of ancient Epirus, the territory of the Molossians. Labels: historical 2. A micronation claiming sovereignty over 1.28 acres of land near Dayton, Nevada. Example: X # 2 25 WESTARCTICAN DOLLARS Copper-Nickel, 39 mm. Ruler: Grand Duke Travis I Obv: Arms Rev: Crown and rearing horse on quartered flag background Rev. Legend: Treaty of Friendship between Westarctica and Molossia Edge: Reeded Example: The micronation of Molossia in Nevada opened its own railroad line in March 2000.
Word: Molossians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Molossian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Molossian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Molossia + -n. 1. A member of the ancient Epirote ethnos which Olympias came from. 2. A breed of large dog of classical antiquity native to Epirus, resembling a mastiff and used as a hunting dog and guard dog. Example: But meanwhile a new grating was opened, and into the arena rushed, with mad speed and barking, whole packs of dogs,—gigantic, yellow Molossians from the Peloponnesus, pied dogs from the Pyrenees, and wolf-like hounds from Hibernia, purposely famished; their sides were lank, and their eyes bloodshot. Example: The hounds were Indian, Cretan or Locrian; there were also Molossians (mastiffs) and Spartans (big greyhounds).
Word: Molossian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Molossia + -n. 1. Of or relating to Molossia or Molossians.
Word: Olympias Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπιάς (Olumpiás). 1. Epirote queen who was the mother of Alexander the Great. 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.
Word: Alexandros Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Greek Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros), a male given name used in (modern) Greece. Cognate with English Alexander. 1. A transliteration of the Greek male given name Αλέξανδρος (Aléxandros).
Word: blends Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /blɛndz/ 1. plural of blend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blends Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /blɛndz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of blend Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: paediatrics Part of Speech: noun 1. Standard spelling of pediatrics. Labels: Commonwealth, plural, plural-only
Word: pædiatrics Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete typography of paediatrics. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, plural, plural-only
Word: petrol station Part of Speech: noun 1. A facility selling fuel for motor vehicles. Labels: Australia, Hong-Kong, Ireland, Malaysia, New-Zealand, Singapore, South-Africa, UK
Word: bichloride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English chloride English bichloride From bi- + chloride. 1. A dichloride.
Word: perchloride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin perbor. Latin per-bor. English per- English chloride English perchloride From per- + chloride. 1. A chloride having a higher proportion of chlorine than any other chloride of the same substance or series.
Word: hypochlorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English chlorous English hypochlorous From hypo- + chlorous. 1. Pertaining to or derived from chlorine having a valence lower than in chlorous compounds. Labels: not-comparable Example: This lack of shelf stability is the biggest reason hypochlorous acid sprays never became a staple of the cleaning-products aisle. […] For decades hypochlorous acid lingered in the background, used as a disinfectant in specific industrial and commercial contexts that could justify a pricey, on-site manufacturing process to create products on demand. But COVID accelerated the need for different methods of disinfection that would be safe, effective and easy to use in a wide range of environments.
Word: fluoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fluoro- + -ic. 1. Pertaining to, obtained from or containing fluorine. Labels: not-comparable 2. Hydrofluoric. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: hydrofluoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English fluoric English hydrofluoric From hydro- + fluoric. 1. Containing hydrogen and fluorine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mercuric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mercury + -ic, partly after French mercurique. 1. Pertaining to or derived from mercury. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Specifically (of a compound), containing mercury with an oxidation number of 2. Labels: not-comparable 3. Mercurial (of people). Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: I was the least mercuric, the most sedentary of the three, and my poor eyesight made me an indifferent athlete, though I fenced well and even got my blue for it.
Word: mercurous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Mercurius Latin mercuriusder. Middle English mercurie English mercury Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English mercurous From mercury + -ous. 1. Pertaining to or derived from mercury. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a compound, containing mercury with an oxidation number of 1. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phosphoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English phosphor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phosphoric From phosphor + -ic. 1. Pertaining to the element phosphorus; containing phosphorus, especially in its higher valency (5). Labels: not-comparable Example: An old man to whom a few drops of phosphoric ether had been administered experienced repeated and imperious venereal wants. 2. Pertaining to a phosphor; phosphorescent. Labels: figuratively, literary, not-comparable Example: I refer to the light in the tail of a glow-worm […] first, that it is phosphoric; secondly, that its use is to attract the male insect. Example: [T]he gulf beneath blended in the darkness, till but one atmosphere seemed both above and below, sometimes illumined by flashes of phosphoric light—meteors that might have suited sea or sky, and, broken by two or three ridges of foam, seen in obscurity, like lines of snow.
Word: nothing ventured, nothing gained Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Attested since 1546 in a book of English proverbs by John Heywood (see quotation below). Perhaps translated from or influenced by French Qui onques rien n'enprist riens n'achieva (“One who never undertook anything never gained anything”). Though a translation, a similar phrase of "Nothing ventured, nothing have." appears in Sir George Dasent's translation of the Icelandic text "The Saga of the Burnt Njal" (events occurring between 960 and 1020 A.D.), suggesting it may have gone back much further. However, certain translations of Herodotus 7.9 include "if nothing is ventured in life, then nothing is gained". Suggesting either the phrase or something similar stretches to even before 960AD. 1. If one takes no risks, one cannot gain (i.e., has no hope of gaining) any benefits. Example: Near-synonyms: no guts, no glory; no pain, no gain Example: Noght vēter noght haue spare to speke spare to spede
Word: wimple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wympel, wimpel, from Old English wimpel (“veil, an article of women's dress; a covering for the neck, a cloak, a hood”), from Proto-Germanic *wimpilaz (“wimple, scarf, veil”). Cognate with Scots wympill (“wimple”), Dutch wimpel (“streamer, pennant”), German Wimpel (“pennant”), Swedish vimpel (“pennant, banner”), Icelandic vimpill (“hood, cowl”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪmpəl/ 1. A cloth which usually covers the head and is worn around the neck and chin. It was worn by women in medieval Europe and is still worn by nuns in certain orders. Example: There are two tombs, each bearing effigies of a knight and his lady. One is 14th century, the other 15th century. The earlier knight wears chain mail and his lady has long, flowing hair. The later knight has plate armour, and his wife wears a wimple. Example: Even the unprecedented detail of the Urbanist regulations is still not sufficient to enable us to envisage with accuracy the appearance of the wimple or the other items that went to make up the habit. 2. A fold or pleat in cloth. 3. A ripple, as on the surface of water. 4. A curve or bend. 5. A flag or streamer.
Word: wimple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wimplen (“to cover, conceal; to fold, drape”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪmpəl/ 1. To cover with a wimple. Example: this wimpled, whining, purblind, wayward boy 2. To draw down; to lower, like a veil. Example: IV A lovely Ladie[*] rode him faire beside, Upon a lowly Asse more white then snow, Yet she much whiter, but the same did hide 30 Under a vele, that wimpled was full low, And over all a blacke stole she did throw, As one that inly mournd: so was she sad, And heavie sat upon her palfrey slow; Seemed in heart some hidden care she had, 35 And by her in a line a milke white lambe she lad. 3. To cause to appear as if laid in folds or plaits; to cause to ripple or undulate. Example: The wind wimples the surface of water. Example: [T]hoſe fair Straths that vvater’d are / VVith Tay and Tvveed’s ſmooth Streams, / VVhich gentily and daintily / Eat dovvn the flovvry Braes; / As greatly and quietly / They vvimple to the Seas. 4. To flutter. Example: Stars wavered and wimpled in the black waters of the Hudson as a launch put out in silence from the foot of Twenty-seventh Street. Example: She wimpled about in the pale moonbeam, Like a feather that floats on a wind tossed-stream; And momently athwart her track The quarl upreared his island back, And the fluttering scallop behind would float, And patter the water about the boat; But he bailed her out with his colen-bell, And he kept her trimmed with a wary tread, While on every side like lightening fell
Word: whippet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from whip (“to move quickly”) + -et. 1. A dog of a certain breed, similar to a small greyhound, originating in Britain and bred for racing.
Word: whippet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whipped cream, since "whippits" are typically sold in the United States for use in making whipped cream. 1. A cartridge of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), used as a recreational inhalant drug. Labels: slang Example: I was smoking hash from under glasses, sniffing glue, doing whippets, popping speed, smoking pot, dropping acid, and occasionally shooting dope.
Word: wetlands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wetland (“An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh”) Labels: form-of, plural Example: Their hike in the wetlands took them all the way across the marsh but gave them dozens of mosquito bites.
Word: Yoshida Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 吉田 (Yoshida). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: hachek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of háček. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ebb tide Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛb ˌtaɪd/ 1. The period between high tide and the next low tide in which the sea is receding.
Word: flood tide Part of Speech: noun 1. The period between low tide and the next high tide of the sea as the water flows toward the shore. Example: Going forward and glancing over the weather bow, I perceived that the ship swinging to her anchor with the flood-tide, was now obliquely pointing towards the open ocean. Example: The 120-ton double-track bridge-ramp of the Harwich-Zebrugge ^([sic]) train ferry was seriously damaged when the ferry Essex was lifted on the flood tide to an abnormal height, but was fully restored on March 5. 2. The highest point of something; a climax. Labels: broadly Example: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side. Example: After the introduction of the Highland Railway class, the progress of the 4-6-0 was tardy for some years.Then, when designers were increasingly turning to it as the answer to their growing motive power problems, production of 4-6-0s swelled into a flood tide.
Word: háček Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1951; from the Czech háček (“háček”, literally “little hook”), the diminutive of hák (“hook”) (from Middle High German hāken, from Old High German hāko (“hook”), from Proto-Germanic *hakô (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook”)) + the diminutive suffix -ek. Cognate with and formed like English hooklet and German Häkchen. Also cognate with Old English haca (“hook, door-fastening”) and modern English hake (more information below). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːt͡ʃɛk/, [ˈhɑːt͡ʃɛk], [ˈhɑt͡ʃɛk], [ˈhɑət͡ʃɛk], [ˈhaːt͡ʃɛk] 1. A caron; a diacritical mark (ˇ) usually resembling an inverted circumflex, but in the cases of ď, Ľ, ľ, and ť resembling an apostrophe (’) instead. Example: The caret (ˇ), háček, is used over the following consonants: c, d, n, t, r, s, and z to indicate the soft sound. Example: Linguistic forms had to be set in ordinary roman type and the capital C of Cäxa had to be left without a háček.
Word: hacek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of háček. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fiddling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fiddle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: He was fiddling while Rome burned.
Word: fiddling Part of Speech: noun 1. The playing of music on a fiddle. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of fidgeting. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Tweaking; manipulation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [W]e, her doctors […] seemed powerless to prevent [side-effects], despite all our reassurances, and all our fiddlings and manipulations with the dosage[…] Example: Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board?
Word: fiddling Part of Speech: adj 1. Of petty or trivial importance; footling Example: It was a fiddling little fault, but ultimately proved disastrous.
Word: debrief Part of Speech: verb 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 brief English debrief From de- + brief. Pronunciation: /diːˈbɹiːf/, /diˈbɹif/ 1. To question someone after a military mission in order to obtain information (especially intelligence). Labels: transitive Example: But, for whatever combination of reasons - and, to be fair, he'd been blasted in the face by shrapnel, was probably badly concussed, and, indeed, would actually remember nothing from the battle after he'd been hit when he was later debriefed - aside from two destroyers left behind to help Hiei, the rest of the Japanese forces withdrew north just before 0300 in the morning. 2. To question someone, or a group of people, after the implementation of a project, in order to learn from mistakes, etc. Labels: transitive 3. To inform subjects of an experiment about what has happened in a complete and accurate manner. Labels: transitive
Word: debrief 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 brief English debrief From de- + brief. Pronunciation: /diːˈbɹiːf/, /diˈbɹif/ 1. Synonym of debriefing Example: We had a debrief yesterday. Example: Family psychologist Susan Gamache said a family debrief of the holidays, once the dust has settled in January, will help make Christmas more manageable next time.
Word: unspool Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + spool. 1. To remove (film, cotton, etc.) from a spool; unwind. Example: Next, unspool twenty cubits of the thin silver wire thread and cut this length in half. If you have less than twenty cubits, unspool all you have, and cut it in two equal parts. Example: He lifted out the roll of tickets and began to unspool a dozen. 2. To reduce the thrust of a jet engine to idle in flight. Example: During this 14-second period, the airplane accelerated to about 173 KIAS, and the first officer retarded the throttles. By 1805:15, despite the instructions in the Delta L-1011 Pilot Operating Manual (POM), which states, “do not unspool the engines,” all three engines were either at, or very near, flight idle EPR and remained at that thrust level until 1805:22. 3. To play; to be screened. Labels: slang Example: Let all the films of Keaton and Wenders unspool blackly across your mind like the negative of the white line still unspooling down a road in God's imagination, long after the end of his road movie of the end of the world. Example: Trailers for upcoming movies unspool—The Nutty Professor is playing on Tuesday, along with Cinderfella. 4. To flow forth, unfold, or play out. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The landscape and the living figures of that summer, as in some umber-smeared snapshot found in the brittle black pages of an old album, had become more dusty and indistinct as time for me unspooled with negligent haste into my own middle age, yet that summer's agony still cried out for explanation. Example: At first, he was vague about his reason for coming in, talking about his uncertainty regarding the future and a few other stressors, but as he let his story unspool, he revealed the real reason. 5. To lose or cause to lose one's composure; to fall apart. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Normally, the worse a situation got, the calmer and more efficient Kelly became. But not this time. This was so bizarre, her mind unspooled. Example: This tragic illness which had so unspooled members of her family in the past was now directly on her doorstep maybe caused by the incessant explosions he had heard in South Africa. 6. To relax or become relaxed; to unwind. Labels: ambitransitive Example: After that, he felt exhausted — but unspooled inside — and drove to his Wilshire Boulevard home. Example: Instead, Marion felt herself unspool inside and it was lovely and she wanted to touch Joe Lanigan's arm, lightly, as she wanted to smile to him and even curl herself at his feet.
Word: shuffling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌfl̩ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shuffle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shuffling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌfl̩ɪŋ/ 1. The act or motion of one who shuffles. Example: As I lay waiting I could hear a sort of murmurousness beyond the door. It seemed composed of whimperings, slitherings, and shufflings, punctuated occasionally by a raised voice in the distance. Example: Jane Gibson taught the cast the movements of the various creatures they were representing: the linear shufflings of the hedgehogs, the dozy lollopings of the rabbits, the sinuous dartings of the weasel and so on. 2. The noise created by something moving about. Example: He would also have been exposed to the coughings and shufflings, comings and goings, questions and answers, wailings and slammings, snivellings and sneezings, etc., which figured so prominently in the reference room […] 3. Trickery. Labels: dated Example: Then he warmed to it, and smoothly set out all his shifts, malices, and treacheries, his extreme boldnesses (he was desperate bold); his retreats, shufflings, and counterfeitings (he was also inconceivably a coward) […]
Word: shuffling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʃʌfl̩ɪŋ/ 1. Moving with a dragging, scraping step. Example: This world I do renounce, and in your sights / Shake patiently my great affliction off. 2. Evasive. Example: a shuffling excuse
Word: camouflaged Part of Speech: adj 1. wearing, in, or treated with, camouflage; disguised
Word: camouflaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of camouflage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glumly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English glum Middle English -ly English -ly English glumly From glum + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlʌmli/ 1. In a glum manner. Labels: not-comparable Example: Robert turned and dawdled glumly through the peace of evening[.]
Word: proselytizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proselytize + -er. 1. Agent noun of proselytize; one who proselytizes. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: huffily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English huffy Middle English -ly English -ly English huffily From huffy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌfɪli/ 1. In a huffy manner. Example: "Needn't answer if you don't want to," said the man huffily.
Word: huffy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English huff Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English huffy From huff + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌfi/ 1. Angry, annoyed, indignant or irritated. Labels: informal 2. Easily offended; thin-skinned or touchy. Labels: informal 3. Haughty, arrogant. Labels: informal 4. Puffed up. Labels: informal Example: huffy bread
Word: shiva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew שִׁבְעָה (shiv'á, “seven”), referring to the number of days that shiva spans. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪvə/ 1. A weeklong period of formal mourning for a close relative. Labels: Judaism, countable, uncountable Example: Did you know that some parents sit shiva […] for 30 days if their child is discovered to be gay? Example: Seymour: Audrey, quick! We've got to do an emergency [flower] arrangement. […] Mr. Mushnik: The Shivas are our most important funereal account. A big, enormous family, they're dropping off like flies!
Word: shibah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shiva. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: shiv'ah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shiva. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: shivah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shiva. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Shiva Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit शिव (śivá, “the auspicious one”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃiːvə/, /ˈʃɪvə/ 1. The god of destruction and transformation, and together with Brahma and Vishnu, one of the principal deities in Hinduism. Within Shaivism he is viewed as the Supreme deity, whereas in other branches of Hinduism such as the Smarta tradition he is worshipped as one of the six manifestations of the Divine. Labels: Hinduism Example: The later Bhaumas who were originally Buddhists became worshippers of Siva as is known from their inscriptions. 2. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Word: deities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.ɪ.tiz/, /ˈdeɪ.ɪ.tiz/ 1. plural of deity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoo- + -genic. 1. originating in, or produced by, animals rather than plants Labels: not-comparable
Word: zoogenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoo- + -genous. 1. zoogenic Labels: not-comparable
Word: biogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bio- + -genic. 1. produced by living organisms, or by a biological process Labels: not-comparable 2. essential for the maintenance of life Labels: not-comparable
Word: zoologic Part of Speech: adj 1. zoological
Word: zooplastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English zooplasty Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English zooplastic From zooplasty + -ic. 1. of, or relating to zooplasty
Word: zooplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo + -plasty. Pronunciation: /ˈzoʊəˌplæsti/, [ˈzəʊ.əˌplæs.ti], [ˈzoʊ.əˌplæs.ti] 1. the surgical grafting of tissue from an animal to a human; zoografting
Word: zoografting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- English grafting English zoografting From zoo- + grafting. 1. zooplasty Labels: uncountable
Word: zymologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English zymology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English zymologic From zymology + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to zymology; zymological.
Word: cineast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cinéaste. 1. An enthusiast of film and the cinema. 2. A person in the filmmaking industry.
Word: memory leak Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several faults in the memory allocation logic of a computer or program whereby parts of memory become hidden or unusable. Example: I tracked down my program’s memory leak to a function that didn’t release graphics resources properly.
Word: Scriptol Part of Speech: name 1. an object-oriented programming language that uses an internal data structure based on XML.
Word: sprints classification Part of Speech: noun 1. A competition held as part of a cycle race in which the riders are awarded points for being among the first few to pass certain pre-selected sprint points along the course. The leader (or winner) in the competition wears a special sprints jersey. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: galaxies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galaxy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: object-oriented Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɒbdʒɛkt ɔɹɪəntɪd/, /ˈɒbdʒɪkt ɒɹɪəntɪd/ 1. Using entities called objects that can process data and exchange messages with other objects.
Word: sheltered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛltɚd/, /ˈʃɛltəd/ 1. Protected, as from wind or weather. Example: The boat was much safer, during the storm, in the sheltered cove. Example: "A sunny, sheltered corner," he remarked. "An ideal spot for a deck-chair and a book." 2. (Of a person) who grew up being overprotected by parents or other guardians, often lacking social skills or worldly experience as a result.
Word: sheltered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃɛltɚd/, /ˈʃɛltəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of shelter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Beavis Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbiːvɪs/ 1. A surname from Old French, a variant of Bevis. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: savings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvɪŋz/ 1. plural of saving Labels: form-of, plural Example: life savings Example: personal savings
Word: Bevis Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the French town Beauvais. Pronunciation: /ˈbivɪs/, /ˈbɛvɪs/ 1. An English habitational surname of Norman French origin. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. An unincorporated community in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States.
Word: Tausug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau + sūg, literally "people of the current". Pronunciation: /taʊˈsuɡ/ 1. A member of an ethnic group of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
Word: Tausug Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau + sūg, literally "people of the current". Pronunciation: /taʊˈsuɡ/ 1. A Visayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly in Sulu province in the Philippines, eastern Sabah in Malaysia and North Kalimantan in Indonesia.
Word: Tausug Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau + sūg, literally "people of the current". Pronunciation: /taʊˈsuɡ/ 1. Of or relating to this ethnic group or language.
Word: respected Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/ 1. Deserving of respect; due special honor or appreciation. Example: He was a respected jurist and his death will be a loss to the profession.
Word: respected Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɛktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of respect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: experiential advertising Part of Speech: noun 1. Commercials designed to evoke strong sensory responses from the audience as opposed to pitching a rational sales message. Labels: uncountable Example: Commercials that make you want to run to the fridge for a soda or drive to the restaurant for a burger are examples of one type of experiential advertising.
Word: Norman French Part of Speech: name 1. A dialect of Old French spoken in medieval Normandy, and in England following the Norman Conquest. Example: Some of us can preach, in English-Saxon, in Norman French, and even in Monk-Latin; others cannot in any language or jargon, being stupid.
Word: Norman Conquest Part of Speech: name 1. The invasion of England by the Normans in 1066 and their subsequent settlement. Labels: historical
Word: induction heating Part of Speech: noun 1. The heating of an electrical conductor by eddy currents induced by a varying magnetic field. Labels: uncountable
Word: induction motor Part of Speech: noun 1. An alternating current motor in which currents in the secondary wiring of the rotor are created by induction from the magnetic field of the primary winding of the stator.
Word: inductive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French inductif, from Late Latin inductivus. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʌktɪv/ 1. Of, or relating to logical induction, by generalizing a universal claim or principle from the observed particular instances. 2. Of, relating to, or arising from inductance. 3. Introductory or preparatory. 4. Influencing; tending to induce or cause. Example: A brutish vice, / Inductive mainly to the sin of Eve. Example: They may be […] inductive of credibility.
Word: picture sort Part of Speech: noun 1. A research tool used to assess the effectiveness of advertising by asking consumers to select the pictures that best describe a brand.
Word: inductive voltage divider Part of Speech: noun 1. an autotransformer that has its winding divided into (normally) ten equal-turn sections so that when an alternating voltage is applied to the whole winding the voltage across each section is exactly one tenth
Word: autotransformer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English auto- Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin transformo Old French transformer Middle French transfourmerbor. Middle English transformen English transform Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English transformer English autotransformer From auto- + transformer. 1. A transformer with a single winding, its output being taken from taps. Example: One of the principal features of the ordinary configurations of the transformer [...] is the electrical isolation that exists between the primary and secondary windings. [...] Whenever large transformation ratios are involved, safety demands that ordinary transformers be used. However, in instances where the transformation ratio is close to unity (which minimizes the hazard), a transformer employing a single tapped winding may be used with notable advantages. [...] This arrangement is called the autotransformer.
Word: pre-test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English test English pre-test From pre- + test. 1. Any test done as practice, before an official test.
Word: evocator Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who evokes. 2. A particular factor that controls the morphogenesis of the early embryo; the inductor.