nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: militaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French militaire. Doublet of military. 1. A military man; a soldier. Example: There hangs something majestic about a man who has borne his part in battles, especially if he is very quiet regarding it when you desire him to unbosom. I am continually lost at the absence of blowing and blowers among these old-young American militaires.
Word: baptism of fire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from English translations of the New Testament, namely the Gospels of Matthew (3:11) and of Luke (3:16); from Ancient Greek through Latin; presumably from Aramaic. 1. The gift of the Holy Spirit. 2. Tribulation endured as spiritual discipline. Example: And the Father's counselor suggested that he invite you along to help: sort of a re–baptism of fire, so to speak. 3. Martyrdom by immolation. 4. The first experience of a severe ordeal, especially a first experience of military combat Labels: figuratively Example: Having to deal with a bomb scare on his first day was a real baptism of fire for John. Example: She sat down for four exclusive interviews over the course of several weeks to reflect on her first 100 days in the job. It has been a baptism of fire by many accounts, including hers.
Word: gendarmerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁tis Proto-Italic *gentis Latin gentem Old French gentder. French gents French gens Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old French de Middle French de French d' Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)rmosder. Late Latin arma Old French arme Middle French arme French armes French gens d'armes French gendarmesbf. French gendarme Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -erieder. French -erie French gendarmeriebor. English gendarmerie Borrowed from French gendarmerie. Pronunciation: /ˈʒɒn.dɑː.mə.ɹi/, /ˈʒɑn.dɑɹ.mə.ɹi/ 1. A military body charged with police duties among the civilian population. Example: We must defend it till the Gendarmerie turn out. Keep after me.
Word: incept Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Originally borrowed from Latin inceptus, past participle of incipio. The term is marked "obsolete" in the first edition of the OED (1905); newer usage is a back-formation from inception. * (put an idea into someone's mind): Inspired by the film Inception (2010). 1. To take in or ingest. Labels: transitive 2. To begin. Labels: transitive Example: The company was incepted in 2006. 3. To accept or to be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University. Labels: UK, ambitransitive 4. To put an idea into a person's mind so deeply that they believe it was their own. Labels: transitive Example: Is the idea really yours? Or was it incepted into your mind by your friend?
Word: dynasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dynasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amuses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈmjuːzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of amuse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Rosie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊziː/, /ˈɹoʊziː/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Rose, Rosemary and other female names related to the rose. Also used as a formal given name.
Word: Rosie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊziː/, /ˈɹoʊziː/ 1. A female factory worker during World War II (after the 1942 song Rosie the Riveter). Labels: US, countable, informal Example: […] continued oppression and exploitation of women in the workplace 50 years after the Rosies entered wartime factories. 2. Ellipsis of Rosie Lee (“tea”). Labels: Cockney, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang, uncountable Example: Now for a quick lamp over the slag. Ever had someone put some snout ash in your rosie? Makes you put on that wry face, doesn’t it? Well, that’s what the slag does.
Word: Enid Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle Welsh eneit (“spirit, life; purity”), from Proto-Celtic *anatyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Gaulish anatia (“souls (?)”) attested on the Larzac tablet; see also the modern Welsh anadl (“breath, wind”), from Proto-Celtic *anatlā (“breath, breathing”). Pronunciation: /ˈiːnɪd/ 1. A female given name from Welsh of obscure meaning. 2. An unincorporated community in Tallahatchie County, Mississippi, United States. 3. A city, the county seat of Garfield County, Oklahoma, United States; see Wikipedia:Enid, Oklahoma
Word: Quentin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French. The name of a third century French martyr, from Latin Quīntīnus, a derivative of the Roman praenomen Quīntus, from quīntus (“fifth”). It was brought to England by the Normans, but never became particularly popular. Compare Quinton. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɛntɪn/ 1. A male given name from Latin. Example: Quentin Barry had always wished that he had been called Sean or Brian. It was hard to be called Quentin at a Christian Brothers school in the 1970s. But that was the name they had wanted, his beautiful mother Sara Barry had wanted, she who had always lived in a dream world far more elegant that the one she really lived in. Example: The question is inescapable following the killing in Lyon of nationalist student Quentin Deranque by suspected far-left militants. 2. A female given name from Latin occasionally used. 3. A surname.
Word: Selina Part of Speech: name Etymology: First recorded in England in the 17th century, possibly from Latin Caelīna (“heavenly”), or a variant of Selene, the Ancient Greek goddess of the moon. 1. A female given name from Latin.
Word: Randall Part of Speech: name Etymology: A Middle English variant of Randolph, preserved as a surname and revived in the twentieth century. Pronunciation: /ˈɹændəl/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: “Each time they’d build, they’d try to outbuild all the rest of them,” said Dr. Randall F. Hipple, a retired obstetrician who helped establish a seven-block stretch of the street as a National Historic District. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A place name: 4. A place name: 5. A place name: 6. A place name: 7. A place name: 8. A place name: 9. A place name: 10. A place name: 11. A place name:
Word: Michelangelo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Michelangelo, from Michele (“Michael”) + Angelo (“Angel”), referring to Michael the Archangel. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒɪloʊ/, /ˌmaɪkəlˈænd͡ʒəloʊ/ 1. A 15th- and 16th-century Italian artist, full name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475–1564). Example: In the room the women come and go / Talking of Michelangelo. Example: There are no evidences in these days of Michelangelos and Titians, who at the age of eighty or ninety could turn out stronger work than our people of thirty and forty today!
Word: Haydn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Haydn. 1. A surname from German; (music) used specifically of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732–1809), an Austrian composer of the Classical period. Example: Two years ago I rashly accepted a commission from Tring Chamber Music and Paul Barritt, leader of the Hallé orchestra, to write poems to read between movements of Haydn's quartet Opus 51, which meditates on Christ's "Seven Last Words". Haydn, commissioned in 1785 by Cádiz cathedral, wrote this music to go between words so it's hard to perform and listen to without some.
Word: Jolyon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Medieval spelling of Julian, revived by Galsworthy in Forsyte Saga. 1. A male given name from Latin, in quiet use since the 1920s. Example: In that Summer of 1909 the simple souls who even then desired to simplify the English tongue, had, of course, no cognizance of little Jon, or they would have claimed him for a disciple. But one can be too simple in this life, for his real name was Jolyon, and his living father and dead half-brother had usurped of old the other shortenings, Jo and Jolly. As a fact little Jon had done his best to conform to convention and spell himself first Jhon, then John; not till his father had explained the sheer necessity, had he spelled his name Jon.
Word: Elaine Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Elaine, a variant of Elene, cognate to Helen, ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἑλένη (Helénē). A Celtic origin has also been suggested since the name appears in Arthurian legend. Doublet of Helen. Pronunciation: /ɪˈleɪn/, /iːˈleɪn/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Example: Elaine the fair, Elaine the lovable, Elaine, the lily maid of Astolat, High in her chamber up a tower to the east Guarded the sacred shield of Lancelot; Example: My own mother named me after her best friend, as women did in those days. Elaine, which I once found too plaintive. I wanted something more definite, a monosyllable: Dot or Pat, like a foot set down. Nothing you could make a mistake about; nothing watery. But my name has solidified around me, with time. I think of it as tough but pliable now, like a well-worn glove. 2. A town in the Shire of Moorabool, central western Victoria, Australia.
Word: interruptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interruption Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elisha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אֱלִישָׁע (ʾĔlîšāʿ). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlaɪʃə/ 1. A prophet, a disciple and successor of Elijah. Example: And he tooke the mantle of Eli[j]ah that fell from him, and ſmote the waters, and ſaid, Where is the Lord God of Elijah? and when hee alſo had ſmitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Eliſha went ouer. 2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin, in quiet use since the 17th century.
Word: Elisha Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /əˈliːʃə/, /əˈlɪʃə/ 1. A female given name, variant of Alicia. Example: Elisha Cuthbert
Word: supremely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English supreme Middle English -ly English -ly English supremely From supreme + -ly. Pronunciation: /səˈpɹimli/, /ˌsuˈpɹimli/ 1. To the greatest, highest, or utmost degree. Example: They were supremely confident at the beginning of the season. Example: The second half was a test United passed supremely. They began with an equaliser that again illustrated how ruthless their attacking play can be.
Word: mezquita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish mezquita. Doublet of mosque. 1. A Moorish or Spanish mosque. Labels: dated
Word: Jeanie Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jean + -ie, q.v. Doublet of Ivanka, Jan, Janelle, Janet, Janey, Janine, Jeanette, Jeannette, Jeannine, Jen, Jenna, Jenny, Jessie, Jo, Jody, Juanita, Shanae, Sinead, and Vanna. 1. A diminutive of the female given name Jean.
Word: Gustave Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Gustave. French form of Swedish royal name Gustav; see Gustav for more. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Gustav.
Word: Francesca Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Francesca (“Frances”), the feminine form of Francesco (“Francis”), from Late Latin Franciscus, from Francia (“France”) + -iscus (“-ish”). Doublet of Frances. Pronunciation: /fɹænˈsɛskə/, /fɹænˈt͡ʃɛskə/ 1. A female given name from Italian.
Word: Belgians Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɛld͡ʒənz/ 1. plural of Belgian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Felipe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese and Spanish Felipe. Pronunciation: /fəˈliːpeɪ/ 1. A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Philip. Example: Fr. Felipe Císcar Puig was a Valencian priest who is also also considered a martyr of the sacramental seal because he was martyred after keeping confessions secret during the religious persecution of the Spanish Civil War.
Word: Adrienne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the French Adrienne, the feminine form of Adrien (equivalent to English Adrian). Pronunciation: /eɪdɹiˈɛn/, /ædɹiˈɛn/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: What I needed was an exciting name and I would give myself one. I was reading a book where the heroine's name was Adrienne. I printed that as my first name. Now what would go well with Adrienne? I peered over my shoulder at the little girl in back of me. Her name was Mary Frances Carroll. Frances...I thought. No, that's not exotic enough. Francine. Francine. That was beautiful. I printed in: FRANCINE.
Word: Theodora Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Ancient Greek feminine form of Theodore. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, most famously borne by two empresses of Byzantium. Example: Peter Mathias and the baby, a tiny girl with a ridiculous name, had gathered around their mother. What was her name, something barbaric, an empress, not Cleopatra - Theodora.
Word: shrugging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of shrug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shrugging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹʌɡɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who shrugs. Example: And in our times, in Philadelphia, there have been specimens of violent shruggings of the shoulders, and brachial twitches, and prodigious wry faces, and thumpings on the pews. Example: My crucial mistake was shrugging instead of shaking my head.
Word: loudest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of loud: most loud Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Russ Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive of Russell. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Russell. 2. A surname.
Word: Russ Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare more recent Rus. 1. Of or relating to the Russians. Labels: dated
Word: Russ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare more recent Rus. 1. A Russian. Labels: dated, poetic, rare Example: But time will teach the Russ, ev'n conquering War Has handmaid arts: aye, aye, the Russ will woo All sciences that speed Bellona's car, All murder's tactic arts, and win them too […]
Word: Russ Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Russe etc., from Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare more recent Rus. 1. The Russian language. Labels: dated
Word: Huguenots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Huguenot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Olga Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed in the 19th century from Old East Slavic О́льга (Ólĭga), name of a Kievan knyaginya (Saint Olga of Kiev), a medieval form of Helga, Old Norse heilagr (“holy; inviolable, sacred”). Doublet of Helga. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊlɡə/, /ˈɒlɡə/ 1. A female given name from Russian, Ukrainian, or Belarusian. Example: Olga was named after a Russian ballerina whose picture had once appeared in a local advertisement for a ballet company that was to perform in Philadelphia during the weeks of her impending conception, and who was shown pirouetting on a point of light, impressing their mother. 2. A transliteration of the Russian female given name О́льга (Ólʹga). Example: OLGA YOURIEVNA SOLENSKY and I followed the black-veiled nun through the chaste, white, highly polished salons of the convent while she explained to me the origin of her curious name, with which certain highly considered Russian saints had had to do. In Russia, it seems, they called her Olga, daughter of Youri.
Word: fun and games Part of Speech: noun 1. Recreation; nothing serious; easy, enjoyable activities. Labels: idiomatic, often, plural, plural-only Example: Being a film director isn't all fun and games. Example: You wouldn't believe the fun and games I had trying to find somewhere to park.
Word: evolver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evolve + -er. 1. Someone or something that evolves. Example: This animal may be a fast runner, but it has been a dreadfully slow evolver.
Word: diethyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eydʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *áitʰō Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō) ▲ Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)influ.? Ancient Greek αἰθήρ (aithḗr)der. Latin aethērbor. German Äther German Ether Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Ethylbor. English ethyl English diethyl From di- + ethyl. Pronunciation: /daɪˈɛθɪl/ 1. Two ethyl groups attached to the same molecule. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shintaido Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Japanese 新体道 (shintaidō, “new body way”) 1. A form of physical and mental exercise developed from several Japanese martial arts Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French phosphène, from Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs, “light”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “to appear, shine”). 1. A sensation of lights induced by mechanical, electrical, or magnetic stimulation (rather than optical) of the retina or visual cortex, or by random firing of cells in the visual system.
Word: phosphenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phosphene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paronyme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of paronym. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: paronymes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paronyme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laser-plasma accelerator Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of plasma accelerator that uses an amplitude-modulated intense laser beam to excite a large-amplitude plasma wave that propagates at near the speed of light with a longitudinal acceleration electric field.
Word: inchworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inch + worm. So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare measuring worm. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt͡ʃ.wɜːm/, /ˈɪnt͡ʃ.wɚm/ 1. The larva of a moth of the family Geometridae.
Word: inchworm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inch + worm. So called because their gradual movement seems to be measuring the ground; compare measuring worm. Pronunciation: /ˈɪnt͡ʃ.wɜːm/, /ˈɪnt͡ʃ.wɚm/ 1. To move in a looping fashion, like an inchworm. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive 2. To crawl or creep slowly. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive
Word: collaborates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of collaborate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: collaborating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of collaborate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: collaborated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of collaborate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: perinormal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + normal. Sense 2: by analogy with paranormal, and apparently coined by Richard Dawkins, though he does not claim to have been its sole originator. 1. Prepathological; lying between normal and pathological. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having previously been thought to be a paranormal phenomenon, but having since been scientifically verified as natural. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2007 March 3, Sam Vaknin, Ph.D., “Parapsychology and the Paranormal”, The Paranormal & Ghost Society, Google Groups The eventual acceptance by the scientific community and incorporation into the mainstream of science of phenomena that were once considered paranormal and then perinormal (e.g., hypnotism).
Word: jammies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæm.iːz/ 1. plural of jammy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jammies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæm.iːz/, /ˈd͡ʒɑːm.iːz/ 1. Clipping of pyjamas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only, slang Example: GUY: I've always worn jammies. Don't think I'd feel right without 'em. SAM [Tosses pajamas to Guy L.]: Then you wear them. Example: I was just in my pajamas and slippers, and I blushed because she was looking at me. Then she whispered, "Take off your jammies, and love me up good, Arlene. Please, I want you to."
Word: co-operates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of co-operate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: co-operating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of co-operate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sparkling wine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any wine that is effervescent because of dissolved carbon dioxide; either because of fermentation in bottle or by physical carbonation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: co-operated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cooperate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cooperates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cooperate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cooperating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cooperate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cooperated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cooperate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spumante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian spumante. 1. Any of several Italian sparkling wines, some of which are made using the méthode champenoise. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alcoholize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English alcoholize From alcohol + -ize. 1. To convert into alcohol by fermentation, or to increase the concentration of alcohol by rectification 2. To infuse or saturate with an alcoholic spirit 3. To subject to the influence of alcohol 4. To reduce to a fine powder Labels: obsolete
Word: cooperator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English operator English cooperator From co- + operator. 1. One who cooperates; an associate.
Word: cooperators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cooperator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alcoholized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alcoholize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: alcoholized Part of Speech: adj 1. saturated, infused or under the influence of alcohol 2. rectified 3. reduced to a fine powder Labels: obsolete
Word: cafetoriums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cafetorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cafetoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cafetorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pull the fire alarm Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause the fire alarm to go off, by pulling the lever on the fire alarm pull station.
Word: no-account Part of Speech: adj 1. Of no value or merit; good-for-nothing; of no account. Labels: UK, US, colloquial Example: "There are ten or fifteen hound-dogs around the yard, and they are actually too no-account to scratch the fleas off." Example: "Well, I'm sorry to have had to be the one to give you the bad news," he says. What bad news would that be? I'm wondering. That's just one more no-account Carter for me not to have to think on.
Word: nobleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English noble Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 nobleness From noble + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈnoʊ.b(ə)l.nəs/, [ˈnoʊ.bl̩.nəs] 1. The quality or state of being noble; nobility or grandeur. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: noblewoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English noble Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English noblewoman From noble + -woman. 1. A woman having a noble rank, especially one belonging to the peerage; a Lady. Example: The King [...] sit at the head of the royal table with his elder warriors and advisers, noblemen and noblewomen.
Word: nocturnally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English nocturnal Middle English -ly English -ly English nocturnally From nocturnal + -ly. 1. During the night. Labels: not-comparable 2. Habitually during the night; every night at night. Labels: not-comparable Example: Owls usually hunt nocturnally.
Word: no-fault Part of Speech: adj 1. In which a claimant is compensated for actual economic loss without blame being assigned to a particular party. Labels: not-comparable 2. In which neither party is assigned blame. Labels: not-comparable
Word: no-good Part of Speech: adj 1. Having no value, use or merit. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable
Word: no-good Part of Speech: noun 1. A worthless or useless person. Labels: derogatory Example: The jail had not housed a white criminal in over four years, and there is seldom a prisoner of any kind, the Sheriff being a lazy no-good, prone to take his ease with a bottle of liquor, and let trouble-makers and thieves, even the most dangerous type of cutthroats, run free and wild.
Word: noiselessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English noiseless 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 noiselessness From noiseless + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being noiseless; quiet or hush; silence. Labels: uncountable Example: She had established a character for humility, discretion, noiselessness and religion which Mrs. Piper greatly regretted losing.
Word: noisiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English noisy 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 noisiness From noisy + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being noisy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: no-load Part of Speech: adj 1. Sold directly to a customer without a sales commission. Labels: US, especially, not-comparable 2. Not supplying power; open-circuited. Labels: not-comparable
Word: no-load Part of Speech: noun 1. A financial instrument that is sold directly to a customer without a sales commission. Labels: US
Word: no-man's-land Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of no man's land. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: notability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From notable + -ity; alternatively, may be analyzed as note + -ability. Pronunciation: /ˌnoʊ.təˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌnoʊ.ɾəˈbɪl.ə.ɾi] 1. The quality or state of being notable or eminent. Labels: uncountable 2. A notable or eminent person or thing. Labels: countable Example: Lesser notabilities have indeed utilized and built upon the opportunities created for filling in the gaps within the socioeconomic and political maps of the popular community. 3. Locally eminent people; the bourgeoisie or upper middle class Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Just as the notability lived in its own social universe between the common citizenry and the aristocracy, so too did its intellectual universe express this complex mediation. Example: Such petitions were part of the role of the notability as understood at the time; a manifestation of their social hegemony was the obligation to speak for or represent the local community to the imperial center. 4. A standard used to determine whether a subject merits its own article. Labels: uncountable
Word: notarial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English notariall; equivalent to notary + -al. Pronunciation: /nəʊˈtɛːɹɪəl/, /noʊˈtɛɹi.əl/ 1. Pertaining to a notary or notaries. Labels: not-comparable Example: There were outspoken attacks on the free field in law from 1797 onwards, and lawyers were reintroduced in 1800, as was a state system of notarial certification in 1803. 2. Written or executed by a notary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: notarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English notarize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English notarization From notarize + -ation. 1. The act or process of notarizing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something notarized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: notepaper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From note + paper. 1. Relatively small writing paper used for writing notes or letters; often provided with matching envelopes. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper. Example: An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.
Word: noteworthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English noteworthy 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 noteworthiness From noteworthy + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being noteworthy. Labels: uncountable
Word: notifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From notify + -er. 1. A person or thing which notifies or provides notification. Example: The e-mail notifier displays a small icon in the notification area when mail is received.
Word: no-trump Part of Speech: noun 1. A declaration, in bridge and similar games, that a hand is to be played without a trump suit. Example: Many find it easier to remember 20 for Minors, 30 for Majors and 35 for No Trump.
Word: noway Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English no way, no wey, no weye, na wai, equivalent to no + way; compare nowise, -wards. Pronunciation: /ˈnəʊweɪ/ 1. In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise; no way. Labels: not-comparable Example: Noway will I go with you.
Word: no-win Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From no + win. 1. Bound to end in failure. Labels: not-comparable Example: no-win situation Example: We're in a no-win situation: if we move, they kill us; if we stay, we starve.
Word: nubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nub + -y. Compare knobby. Pronunciation: /nʌbi/ 1. Knobbly; covered with small knobs. Example: noil A type of silk, sometimes incorrectly called raw silk, with a nubby feel and a low sheen. 2. Nub-like, resembling a small bump or protrusion; stubby. Example: Xavier (Unknown Fan #1): Excuse me, miss. I seem to have lost my way. Could you point me in the right direction? Stranger (Unknown Fan #2): Well, shoot, stranger. My pointin' days are long gone, what with these prosthetic limbs and all. Xavier: What the hell? Who transformed your form, messed with your temple, altered your altar, modied ^([sic]) your body? Stranger: Why, Dr. Bruce blessed me with my new hands. He does all sorts of surgeries, but he specializes in hand jobs. Prior to this, I was just a misfit, a nobody. Xavier: Well, being a nubby nobody is better than being a stubby somebody. Stranger: I'm very grateful for these hands, but they're preventing me from getting silly old Whiskers down from that tree. Example: Now we are sitting in a circle and each is given a stenographer's pad, the kind with the spring spine, and a nubby pencil, a pencil of quarter size so it can't be used as a weapon [...]
Word: nucleate Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a nucleus; nucleated
Word: nucleate Part of Speech: verb 1. To form (into) a nucleus, or to act as a nucleus. Example: Lasker was the center of this collective, its nucleating force, its queen bee.
Word: nucleate Part of Speech: noun 1. Any salt of a nucleic acid.
Word: nucleated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nucleate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nucleated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a nucleus or nuclei. 2. Having a centre; clustered (as opposed to e.g. dispersed).
Word: nurseryman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nursery + man. Pronunciation: /ˈnəːs(ə)ɹɪmən/ 1. A person who rears and sells plants in a nursery. Example: More and more I am coming to the conviction that in the north the orchard-grower will do better to be his own nurseryman—that is, to grow his own trees from the ground up. Example: [H]e said he was a nurseryman and gave his address as "Leawood Nursery, Glen Osmond".
Word: nursling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nurse + -ling. 1. A young child or animal being nursed.
Word: nurturer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nurture + -er. 1. A person who nurtures someone or something. Example: Right then a ball is thwacked into Ari’s window leaving a spider web of cracks. Then the nurturer of grassroots street cricket runs out into the street, screaming, and confiscates the ball.
Word: nutmeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nut + meat. 1. The edible portion of a nut. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: nutpick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nut + pick. 1. A sharp tool used for digging the edible portion out of a nut. Labels: US
Word: nutpick Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of nut + nitpick; see nut (“crazy person”). Coined by a commenter in 2006 and popularized by Kevin Drum. 1. To cherry-pick poor representatives of a viewpoint (i.e., from Internet postings) in order to disparage it. Labels: Internet Example: Nutpicking has gotten easy over the last few years–just check out the Twitter feeds of Teanderthal Members of Congress. Example: The blog-era term "nutpicking", which refers to cherry-picking the worst or nuttiest comments to disparage a larger group ("liberals", "conservatives", "feminists") by falsely implying the views are widely-held within the group, needs to be revived. It's very common on Twitter.
Word: nutritionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English nutrition English -al English nutritional Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English nutritionally From nutritional + -ly. 1. Concerning nutrition. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nutritionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nutrition Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nutritionist From nutrition + -ist (“person”). Pronunciation: /njuːˈtɹɪʃ.ənɪst/ 1. An expert or specialist in nutrition.
Word: nutritiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English nutritious Middle English -ly English -ly English nutritiously From nutritious + -ly. 1. In a way that provides nutrition.
Word: nutritiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nutritious 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 nutritiousness From nutritious + -ness. 1. nourishment Labels: uncountable Example: I'm convinced that the nut's very nutritiousness is to blame for the dish's poor reputation. They're so dense that a loaf made primarily from nuts would be more suitable for slicing into energy bars and selling to mountaineering supply shops - hence the main bulk of a nut roast is generally some form of carbohydrate, intended to lighten the load.
Word: nutritive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“to suckle”). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to nutrition. 2. Nourishing, providing nutrition. Example: The juice of the ripe grape is a nutritive and agreeable food, consisting chiefly of sugar and mucilage. Example: The percentage of nutritive elements contained in the parsnip is very small; so small, indeed, that one pound of parsnips affords hardly one fifth of an ounce of nitrogenous or muscle-forming material.
Word: nutritive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French nutritif, from Late Latin nūtritīvus, from the participle stem of Latin nūtriō (“to suckle”). Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːtɹətɪv/ 1. A nutrient. Labels: archaic
Word: necroses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of necrosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: necroses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of necrose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: peaty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peat + -y. Slang sense attested circa late 2010s at earliest, often apparently mildly tongue-in-cheek. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːtiː/ 1. Of or resembling peat; peatlike. 2. Of whisky, having a complex smoky flavour imparted by compounds released by peat fires used to dry the malted barley. Example: The ten-year-old Ardbeg is traditionally considered the saltiest, peatiest malt on Islay (and that's saying something). Example: Many are eagerly anticipating Bruichladdich's Octomore line—intended to be the peatiest whisky from Islay (with a peating level of 129 phenol ppm in the malt in 2003). 3. Containing peat. Example: The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history. Example: The Drumochter Hills are a breeding haunt of dotterel, ptarmigan occur at high density, and where the ground is peatier, especially east of the Pass, golden plover and dunlin breed in company with these other birds at around 900 m. 4. Related to the dietary advice, research and data of Dr. Ray Peat (especially foods with high natural sugar content and lack of refined seed oils, or activities and habits claimed to boost metabolism, lifespan, inter alia). Labels: Internet, humorous, neologism, sometimes
Word: salmonberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salmon + berry, since they were traditionally eaten with salmon by indigenous peoples. 1. A bush, Rubus spectabilis, found on the Pacific coast of North America. 2. The fruit from this bush, similar in appearance and texture to the blackberry and raspberry.
Word: toolkit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tool + kit. Pronunciation: /ˈtulˌkɪt/ 1. A set of tools kept together, especially comprising all the tools suitable for some particular type of work. Example: The culture of Ice Age humanity expresses a steady growth in the complexity of the tool kit, and a steady growth in complexity of artistic development. 2. A set of personal abilities, skills, or resources to draw on. Labels: broadly Example: a financial planning toolkit for small businesses Example: My hope is that this book will familiarize readers with tools for analyzing historical and contemporary mechanisms of social differentiation, ethnoracial division, and symbolic structural inequality. My belief is that boundary theory offers the very best tool kit for this kind of work. 3. A set of software tools or components. Example: Morgan Computing Co.'s Disk Toolkit is the perfect program for speed demons who want a more flexible way to wield DEBUG's power. 4. A set of guidelines or instructions. Labels: India 5. A set of instructions that is used to organize a protest. Labels: India, derogatory
Word: Groundhog Day Part of Speech: name 1. An annual festival held in Canada and the USA on February 2 in which the arrival time of the spring season is predicted by whether or not a certain groundhog can see its shadow. Example: The prominence of the groundhog as a popular figure in the country lore of the Eastern States is shown by his having been given a place with the Saints on the calendar, February 2 being widely known as "Groundhog Day." It is claimed that on this date the groundhog wakes from his long winter sleep and appears at the mouth of his burrow to look about and survey the weather. If the sun shines so that he can see his shadow, bad weather is indicated and he retires to resume his sleep for another six weeks. Otherwise, the winter is broken and mild weather is predicted. Even on the outskirts of Washington some of the countrymen still appraise the character of the coming spring by the weather on "Groundhog Day." Example: Many sources claim that the original Groundhog Day took place in 1887, when residents of Punxsutawney set out to Gobbler’s Knob, known as Phil’s “official” home, but the first piece of evidence Yoder found of townspeople trusting a groundhog for the weather, a diary entry, was dated 1840.
Word: Groundhog Day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the title of the film Groundhog Day (1993), in which a man is forced to live out the same day over and over in a time loop. 1. A situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion. Labels: informal Example: Jackson, working on production this summer, sounded very much as if he were missing the trilogy already: "Each movie has a very different tone, feel and structure so I've never really felt like I've been trapped in a Groundhog Day for seven years working on one project." Example: Every time I go out I gotta keep my cool and watch my step / It's Groundhog Day when I wake up / 'Cause I find I'm next to you in bed
Word: Groundhog Day Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the title of the film Groundhog Day (1993), in which a man is forced to live out the same day over and over in a time loop. 1. To live out a situation in which events appear to be repeating themselves in a cyclical fashion. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: When Dis told her about groundhog daying, named after the old movie, she'd underestimated the way the experience would play out for her, going through the same conversations over again, trying different gambits but ending up in the same[…]
Word: weigh station Part of Speech: noun 1. A place on the highway where trucks stop to get weighed. Labels: Canada, US Example: Near-synonym: weighbridge
Word: TV guide Part of Speech: noun 1. A book, magazine or website that lists the television schedule. 2. An interactive menu-based system displaying the television schedule on the television screen.
Word: papadum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of poppadom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poppodom Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of poppadom. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: pappadum Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of poppadom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: popadum Part of Speech: noun 1. Uncommon spelling of poppadom. Labels: alt-of, uncommon
Word: popodom Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of poppadom. Labels: alt-of, rare
Word: pappadam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of poppadom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gâteaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gâteau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marteau Part of Speech: noun 1. A postiche curl. Example: A wreath of wild roses, without foliage, crosses the top of the head in front and under the roll of the first marteau; Example: An easy mode of dressing the hair for powder is to part it across the head from ear to ear, turning the front over a high cusion, making the back into a long, loose chignon, with a few marteaux or rolled curls behind the cushion. Sometimes the roll in front is replaced by a series of marteaux placed diagonally .
Word: griffe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French griffe (“claw”). Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪf/ 1. A claw-like ornament at the base of a column. Example: The primary use of this is to give the column a broader base and to diminish the amount of the cutting away of the solid stone. The griffe, however, is often used for elaborate ornamentation, being carved into vegetable or even animal form.
Word: griffe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Cajun French (in period American English usage) and from general French griffe (in reference to such people in e.g. Haiti), perhaps from (American) Spanish grifo (supposedly "curly-haired"). Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪf/ 1. A person of mixed (black and white) race, especially the offspring of a mulatto (person of mixed black and white ancestry) and a person of fully black ancestry. Labels: US, dated, dialectal, historical Example: Saint-Domingue's complex system of racial classification allowed for no fewer than eight “mixed” racial parental combinations that could produce a griffe, as infamously calculated by Moreau.
Word: jonquille Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jonquil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paysage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French paysage. 1. A landscape.
Word: foolery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English foleri, ffollery, equivalent to fool + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈfuːləɹi/ 1. Foolish behaviour or speech. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So from that tyme forwarde I began to ſmell the word of god, and forſoke the ſchole doctors and ſuch foolries. Example: Foolery, sir, does walk about the orb like the sun, it shines every where.
Word: incidence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere (“to fall upon”), from in (“on”) + cadere (“to fall”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/ 1. The act of something happening; occurrence. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The extent or the relative frequency of something happening. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interprete Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of interpret. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: illumined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English illumine Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English illumined From illumine + -ed. 1. Illuminated. Example: And when the long-illumined cities flame, / Their ever-loyal iron leader's fame, / With honour, honour, honour, honour to him, / Eternal honour to his name.
Word: illumined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English illumine Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English illumined From illumine + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of illumine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: venturing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of venture Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: venturing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who ventures.