nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ruan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 阮 (short for 阮咸, ruǎnxián). 1. A Chinese long-necked fretted round-bodied plucked lute which has, since the mid-20th century, been produced in a family of five sizes (from low to high).
Word: hua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of hooer. Sometimes erroneously thought to be borrowed from Maori. 1. Alternative form of hooer. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. abbreviation of the phrase Upoko kōhua, a highly offensive term, shortened to ‘hua Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: liao Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 了 (liáu) and Teochew 了 (liao²), with tone and spelling influenced by Mandarin 了 (liǎo) and its romanization in Hanyu Pinyin. Pronunciation: [ljaʊ˨˩], [ljaʊ˨], [ljaʊ˦˨] 1. Indicates action completion, or more generally, perfective aspect. Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: I run 4 laps liao. Example: You decorate the cake liao? 2. Marks a change in state, more or less in the same manner as the inchoative aspect (see usage notes). Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: It’s going to rain liao. Example: Reach liao, give me a call. 3. Marks a change in state, more or less in the same manner as the inchoative aspect (see usage notes). Labels: Manglish, Singlish Example: Go liao!
Word: liao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 料 (liào, “ingredients”). Pronunciation: [ljaʊ˦˨] 1. Meats, vegetables, and other ingredients added to an otherwise plain dish. Labels: Singapore, colloquial, uncountable Example: Bak Chor Mee, less mee, Auntie. No extra liao today. Example: Had this hearty bowl of bak chor mee today at Blk 58 New Upper Changi Road market. […] This is the $5 bowl with extra liao. […]
Word: kuai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 膾 /脍 (kuài). 1. A historical Chinese dish consisting of finely cut strips of raw fish or meat. Labels: uncountable
Word: kuai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 塊 /块 (kuài). 1. yuan (Chinese unit of currency) Labels: China, informal Example: Many Chinese people never cook at home because the range of options is endless, from 10-Kuai eats, to 1,000-Kuai feasts.
Word: pao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 炮 (pào). 1. A fairy chess piece which moves identically to the xiangqi cannon, moving orthogonally and must hop over a piece of either side to capture.
Word: guan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American Spanish, from Kuna kwama. Pronunciation: /ɡwɑn/ 1. Any (member) of several species of birds in the genera Aburria, Chamaepetes, Oreophasis, Penelope, Penelopina, and Pipile, of the family Cracidae, limited to the Americas. Example: The 'true' (Penelope) guans also occur at a range of altitudes but like most species of cracids, are mostly restricted to forest, both montane and lowland. Piping-guans (Pipile) are primarily lowland species, whereas numerous monospecific (single-species genus) taxa of guans (i.e. Aburria, Penelopina, Oreophasis) are restricted to montane environments. Example: Most guans move among only the most rewarding trees, those having the largest fruit crops and/or the greatest reward per fruit. Nevertheless, solitary individuals and some guan groups - as well as the first-mentioned guans, once they deplete the fruit crops in the most popular trees - are stuck with the less rewarding trees.
Word: nai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi नाई (nāī). 1. barber. Labels: India
Word: nai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian nai. 1. A Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century.
Word: luan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈlu(w)ɑn/ 1. Alternative spelling of lauan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: kang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 炕. 1. A traditional long platform of brick, clay or concrete, used for heating in colder parts of China and suitable for sleeping on at night. Example: Why is it built this way? Oh, it's a kang. It's heated from underneath, like an oven. Kang? What is a kang for? A community bed. You'll find them in every inn in north China. We've got lots of rooms, but when winter comes, this is the bed everybody'll be in. You mean togther? Thirty, forty, fifty at a time. All fully-clothed and ignoring each other. It gets cold here you'll find out. 2. A large Chinese water jar.
Word: kang Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of kangaroo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal
Word: kang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Internet meme we wuz kangz, with the word kang itself ultimately from king, referring to the pharaohs, from which Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended. 1. Nonstandard form of king Labels: Internet, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: kang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Internet meme we wuz kangz, with the word kang itself ultimately from king, referring to the pharaohs, from which Afrocentrist nationalists claim to be descended. 1. To appropriate the history of another ethnicity or country, in particular an empire or a civilization. Labels: India, transitive 2. To mock or satirize a popular but discredited Afrocentric theory claiming that sub-Saharan Africans were descended from or related to ancient Egyptians. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: kang Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Online alias of an XDA-Developers.com user who appropriated the work of other users. 1. To appropriate someone else's work. Labels: slang
Word: jiao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 角 (jiǎo). Doublet of kak. Pronunciation: /dʒjaʊ/, /dʒiˈaʊ/ 1. A currency unit of the People's Republic of China, one tenth of a yuan.
Word: weasellike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ Proto-West Germanic *wisulā Old English weosule Middle English wēsele English weasel Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English weasellike From weasel + -like. 1. Similar to a weasel. 2. Similar to that of a weasel. Example: a weasellike face 3. underhanded; shady. Labels: figuratively
Word: weasellike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wisulǭ Proto-West Germanic *wisulā Old English weosule Middle English wēsele English weasel Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English weasellike From weasel + -like. 1. In the manner of a weasel.
Word: gao Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of gau. Labels: Singapore, alt-of, alternative, colloquial
Word: monkeylike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English monkey Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English monkeylike From monkey + -like. 1. Resembling or similar to a monkey. Example: a monkeylike skull Example: monkeylike curiosity
Word: monkeylike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English monkey Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English monkeylike From monkey + -like. 1. In the manner of a monkey. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zai Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hokkien 在 (chāi, “steady”); likely a shortening of Hokkien 在穩 /在稳 (chāi-ún, “experienced and composed; safe; reliable; trustworthy”), in the sense of a person being solid, experienced, and collected under pressure. Pronunciation: [t͡sai̯] 1. extremely skilled; talented. Labels: Singapore, not-comparable
Word: xiao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 簫 /箫 (xiāo). Pronunciation: /ʃjaʊ/ 1. A type of Chinese flute. Example: Chou studied violin and erhu (a two-stringed Chinese fiddle) and tried to emulate his second brother by dabbling in the harmonica, mandolin, xiao (a vertical Chinese flute), and the musical saw.
Word: swanlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-osder. Proto-Germanic *swanaz Proto-West Germanic *swan Old English swan Middle English swan English swan Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English swanlike From swan + -like. 1. Similar to a swan or a characteristic of it, especially in elegance or grace. Example: a swanlike curve Example: Ocean on his bird-horse, horned Io, Harpies that snatch his food from Phineus, snake-haired Gorgons, man-hating Amazons, the Phorcides, swanlike in form, one-eyed and of a single tooth, […] 2. Beautiful like a swan Labels: figuratively
Word: swanlike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂-osder. Proto-Germanic *swanaz Proto-West Germanic *swan Old English swan Middle English swan English swan Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English swanlike From swan + -like. 1. In a swanlike way Labels: not-comparable 2. Beautifully like a swan Labels: figuratively, not-comparable
Word: Rebekah Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew רִבְקָה (Riḇqāh, “enchantingly beautiful, captivating, snare”). 1. The sister of Laban; Isaac's wife; the mother of Jacob and Esau. Example: And Isaac was fortie yeeres old when hee tooke Rebekah to wife, the daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of Padan Aram, the ſiſter to Laban the Syrian. 2. A female given name from Hebrew, a less-common variant of Rebecca.
Word: tribelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tribelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spasmology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spasm + -ology. 1. An area of neurology that deals with spasticity and its management. Labels: uncountable
Word: begrime Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- (prefix meaning ‘about; abundantly; all around; all over’) + grime (“to cake with dirt”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɹaɪm/, /bəˈɡɹaɪm/ 1. To ingrain grime or dirt which is difficult to remove into (something); also (more generally), to make (something) dirty; to soil. Labels: transitive Example: [U]pon a vaine and fooliſh ſuperſtition, enjoining men to begrime and beray themſelves with durt, to lie and vvallovv in the mire, to obſerve Sabbaths and ceaſe from vvorke, to lie proſtrate and groveling upon the earth with the face dovvnevvard, to ſit upon the ground in open place, and to make many ſtrange and extravagant adorations. Example: My name that vvas as freſh / As Dians Viſage, is novv begrim'd and blacke / As mine ovvne face.
Word: beguiler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bigiler, begylar, begilere, bigylere, equivalent to beguile + -er. 1. A person who beguiles.
Word: beguine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American French béguine, from French béguin. Pronunciation: /beɪˈɡiːn/, /bəˈɡiːn/ 1. A ballroom dance, similar to a slow rumba, originally from French West Indies and popularized abroad largely through the song "Begin the Beguine"; the music for the dance. Example: When they begin the beguine, / It brings back the sound of music so tender / It brings back the night of tropical splendor, / It brings back a memory ever green. Example: 1956, Langston Hughes, I Wonder as I Wander, 2003, Arnold Rampersad, Dolan Hubbard (editors), The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 14: Autobiography, page 69, It was a haunting kind of beguine with a strange sad lyric about slavery and freedom set against insistent drums and voluptuous maracas:
Word: -opia Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Attested classically as -ωπία in a few words, such as ἀμβλυωπία (ambluōpía). Apparently equivalent to -οψία (-opsía). By surface analysis, -ope + -ia. 1. vision (used to form names of visual defects) Labels: morpheme
Word: -plegic Part of Speech: suffix 1. Adjectives derived from the related -plegia Labels: morpheme
Word: -plegia Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγία (paraplēgía), ultimately from πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, para- + -plegia. 1. paralysis Labels: morpheme
Word: vigna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of the genus Vigna of fabaceous plants, including a number of cultivated legumes.
Word: putrefying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of putrefy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: putrifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of putrify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: arbor vine Part of Speech: noun 1. Spanish arbor vine, a species of bindweed (Convolvulaceae), Merremia tuberosa.
Word: vigoroso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vigoroso. Doublet of vigorous. 1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played with emphasis, spirit, vigour or energy. 2. A passage having this mark.
Word: vigoroso Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vigoroso. Doublet of vigorous. 1. Played in this style. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vigoroso Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vigoroso. Doublet of vigorous. 1. Of a passage: (to be) played in this style. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vertu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian virtù, †vertù (“moral worth, virtue (13th century); determination, perseverance, military valour (14th century); study of the liberal or fine arts; appreciation of, taste for, or expertise in the fine arts; objets d'art collectively (16th century)”); or from French vertu (“virtue”), ultimately from Latin virtūt-, virtus (“virtue”). Doublet of virtue; compare also virtuoso. Pronunciation: /vəˈtuː/, /vɚˈtu/ 1. The fine arts as a subject of study or expertise; understanding of arts and antiquities. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: To give them their Due, they ſoar a Step higher than their Predeceſſors, and may be called Men of Wiſdom and Vertù (take heed you do not read Virtue). Example: He engaged a certain Abbé of distinguished taste in virtù to attend them as their Ciceroné, and explain the antiquities brought from Herculaneum and Pompeia […]. 2. Objets d'art collectively. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: A Catalogue of a Truly Valuable Assemblage of Articles of Virtu of William Chinnery, Esq. Brought from Gillwell, Essex[…]. Example: Now, when with royal Tranquo I visited this wondrous whale, and saw the skull an altar, and the artificial smoke ascending from where the real jet had issued, I marvelled that the king should regard a chapel as an object of vertù. 3. Especially with reference to the writings of Machiavelli (1469–1527): the requisite qualities for political or military success; vitality, determination; power. Labels: uncountable Example: All these connotations, even the positive and moral ones, are within the range of significations Machiavelli wants us to hear in “virtù.” For him the word suggests a kind of flexibility that can initiate effective, efficient, and energetic action based on a courageous assertion of the will and an ability to execute the products of one's own calculations. Such calculations are a significant adjunct to his ideas about virtù: they outline what might be called an internal or mental virtù. Example: He alternately shocks his readers and provides relief from the very shocks he administers: Agathocles has virtù but cannot be said to have virtù. It is not enough to say that he uses the word in several “senses”; he uses it in two contradictory senses as to whether it includes or excludes evil deeds. 4. Moral worth; virtue, virtuousness. Labels: uncountable
Word: Camille Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Camille (“Camilla”). Doublet of Camilla. 1. A unisex given name from French. Example: - - - homecoming weekend at Colgate was frat parties like this, wild earsplitting drunken and not for sensitive girls like Camille, even her name was sensitive, delicate, Camille was to Lionel the most beautiful name he'd ever spoken, like music, - - - 2. A courtesan (from the English translations of La Dame aux Camélias) Labels: figuratively Example: Larry went about alternately urging Margo to disguise herself as a peasant and fly to Peter’s arms, or to stop behaving like Camille.
Word: Chloé Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Chloe Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Markus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Rare spelling variant of Marcus. 1. A male given name from Latin. 2. A surname
Word: Markus Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Marku Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hempvine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemp + vine. 1. Any plant of the genus Mikania.
Word: cecropia Part of Speech: noun 1. A large saturniid moth native to North America, Hyalophora cecropia, having distinctive red, white and black markings on the wings 2. Any tree of the genus Cecropia. Example: Surrounded by lofty airy cassias, broad-leaved, white-stemmed cecropias, thick-crowned myrtles, large-flowered bignonias, climbing tufts of the mellifluous paullinias, far-spreading tendrils of the passion-flower, and of the richly flowering hatched coronilla, above which rise the waving summits of Macaubu palms, we fancied ourselves transported into the gardens of the Hesperides. Example: The chief characteristic of the Amazonian forest, aside from its magnitude, is the great diversity of genera and species. In the northern temperate zone we find forests of a single species, others of three or four species; in this great tropical forest the habit of growth is solitary and an acre of ground will contain hundreds of species—palms, myrtles, acacias, mimosas, cecropias, euphorbias, malvaceas, laurels, cedrellas, bignonias, bombaceas, apocyneas, malpigias, lecythises, swartzias, &c.
Word: hemp-vine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hempvine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pipevine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + vine. 1. A vine of genus Aristolochia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: unsayable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English un- English say Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sayable English unsayable From un- + sayable. 1. Not capable of being said. Example: Whatsoever has been said before me, even on any subject, surely it belongs thereto that it can be repeated by me in rehearsal, and hence it does not seem possible that in this sense it should be so fitly called unspeakable or unsayable. Example: Nonetheless, in some unsayable way, value sentences are about values and reflect the structure of values. 2. Not allowed or not fit to be said. Labels: rare Example: His task: to say the unsayable. To say all the words we have normally suppressed and to say them and say them and say them. Example: In Oakland, Rachel Blau's lawn is green because it rained recently. But if there's no rain, "we let it go," she says, bravely adding the unsayable "I don't care how it looks."
Word: vine-leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. A leaf of any vine, especially of a grapevine.
Word: vining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vining Part of Speech: adj 1. Growing in the manner of a vine; twisting and entwining.
Word: vining Part of Speech: noun 1. A twisting, twining pattern or motion. Example: 1880–81, Mary E. Bradley, Mizora: A Prophecy The mantels and windowsills were of white onyx, with delicate vinings of pink and green. The floor was strewn with richly colored mats and rugs.
Word: Vinalia Part of Speech: name 1. An ancient Roman wine festival in honour of the gods Jupiter and Venus.
Word: higher being Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonhuman lifeform believed to have power over human life, such as the Christian God. Example: Klencory is famously claimed by the eccentric volus billionaire Kumun Shol. He claims that a vision of a higher being told him to seek on Klencory the "lost crypts of beings of light". These entities were supposedly created at the dawn of time to protect organic life from synthetic "machine devils."
Word: swordswomen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swordswoman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: virals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: golf pencil Part of Speech: noun 1. A small pencil, often about three inches long; one which was manufactured that way originally (as opposed to one which has become so through usage).
Word: mechanical pencil Part of Speech: noun 1. A writing instrument with a replaceable, mechanically extendable graphite lead that eliminates the need for sharpening. Labels: Canada, US
Word: pencil lead Part of Speech: noun 1. The material (usually black or dark gray) which allows a pencil to work. Usually a mixture of graphite and smaller amounts of other material, but not actual lead. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: exceptionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Old Latin kapiō Latin capiō Latin excipiō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin exceptiōder. Old French excepcion Anglo-Norman excepciounbor. Middle English exception English exception 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 exceptionless From exception + -less. 1. without exception 2. Without the use of an exception-handling mechanism.
Word: unopposed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + opposed. 1. With no or little opposition Labels: not-comparable Example: A number of other mergers of U.S. railroads are mooted, but the I.C.C. [Interstate Commerce Commission] has made it clear that its assent to the N.& W.-Virginian proposal, which was unopposed by competitors or stockholders, should not be taken as an indication that others will swiftly pass its scrutiny. 2. Without an opponent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Aaron Rule was elected unopposed in September 2006.
Word: froglike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English frog Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English froglike From frog + -like. 1. Similar to a frog (amphibian), or to a characteristic of a frog. Example: Though it was not far to Jamiltepec, once outside the village, the chauffeur and his little attendant lad began to get frightened, and to go frog-like with fear. Example: I have seen, too, a frog-like beast with protruding green eyes, which is simply a gaping mouth with a huge stomach behind it.
Word: froglike Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English frog Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English froglike From frog + -like. 1. In a froglike way Labels: not-comparable Example: to hop froglike Example: In all our adventures I do not know that I have ever seen a more strange sight than this impassive and still dignified figure crouching frog-like upon the ground and goading to a wilder exhibition of passion the maddened hound, which ramped and raged in front of him, by all manner of ingenious and calculated cruelty.
Word: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: time machines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of time machine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-inflammatories Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anti-inflammatory Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meropia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mero- + -opia. 1. Partial blindness.
Word: sinequanon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sine qua non. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ametropia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English a- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) English -opia English ametropia From a- + Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron, “measure”) + English -opia. 1. Any of several disorders of the eye (spherical or cylindrical) resulting from faulty refractive ability. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anisometropia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English metr- English -opia English anisometropia From an- + iso- + metr- (“measure”) + -opia. 1. A condition in which the two eyes of an individual have different refractive power.
Word: anorthopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + ortho- + -opia. 1. A defect of vision in which straight lines appear to be curved; a symptom of various vision disorders.
Word: cyclopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyclops + -ia; From Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps). 1. A congenital abnormality in which the orbits of the eye do not divide to form separate sockets Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rueda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish rueda. 1. A kind of salsa round dance.
Word: ecotopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of an ecological utopia in a novel ("Ecotopia") by Ernest Callenbach. Blend of eco- + utopia. 1. Any ecologically ideal place or situation
Word: hemeralopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin hēmeralōpia, from Ancient Greek ἡμεραλωπία (hēmeralōpía). From ἡμέρα (hēmérā, “day”), ἀλαός (alaos, “blind”), and ὄψ (ops, “eye”). Pronunciation: /ˌhɛm.əɹ.əˈloʊ.pi.ə/ 1. The inability to see clearly in bright light; day blindness. 2. Night blindness. Labels: archaic
Word: plaisance Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of pleasance (“pleasure ground”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: He wandered thoughtfully in the plaisance adjoining the house, planning, as we all plan, circumstances which never arrive; and framing speeches which, when the time comes, we never make.
Word: nyctalopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek νυκταλωπία (nuktalōpía), from νύξ (núx, “night”), ἀλαός (alaós, “blind”), and ὄψ (óps, “eye”). Pronunciation: /ˌnɪk.təˈləʊ.pɪ.ə/, /ˌnɪk.təˈloʊ.pi.ə/ 1. The inability to see clearly in dim light; night blindness Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hemianopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + an- + -opia. 1. Alternative form of hemianopsia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: hemianopsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Ancient Greek ἡμῐ- (hēmĭ-)lbor. English hemi- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opsia English hemianopsia From hemi- + an- + -opsia. 1. Blindness in one half of the field of vision of either or both eyes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pleasance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plaisaunce, plesaunce, from Old French plaisance. By surface analysis, please + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈplɛzəns/ 1. A pleasure ground laid out with shady walks, trees and shrubs, statuary, and ornamental water; a secluded part of a garden. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the pleasances of old Elizabethan houses Example: It is a tropical pleasance, washed by a noble river. 2. Willingness to please, or the action of pleasing; courtesy. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. The feeling of being pleased; pleasure, delight. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Now ſtands the Brere like a Loꝛd alone, / Puffed vp with pꝛyde and vaine pleaſaunce: […]
Word: hemiopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemi- + -opia. 1. hemianopia Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: hypermetropia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑπέρμετρος (hupérmetros, “excessive”) + ὀπός (opós) (genitive of ὄψ (óps, “eye”)) + -ia. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpə(ɹ)məˈtɹəʊpɪə/ 1. Synonym of hyperopia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isometropia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + metr- (“measure”) + -opia. 1. The condition of having equal refractive power in each eye, regardless of their acuity. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: mixoscopia Part of Speech: noun 1. mixoscopy or voyeurism Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: polyopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -opia. 1. A condition in which multiple images of a single object are formed on the retina; multiple vision Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quadrantanopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English quadrant Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English -opia English anopia English quadrantanopia From quadrant + anopia. 1. The loss of vision in one or more quadrants of the field of view. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: field of view Part of Speech: noun 1. The angular extent of what can be seen, either with the eye or with an optical instrument or camera.
Word: kasher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish כּשרן (kashern), from כּשר (kosher, “kosher”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑʃɚ/, /ˈkæʃɚ/, /ˈkæʃə/ 1. To render kosher. Labels: Judaism, transitive Example: “Kosher salt” is called thus, not because it is any more kosher than other types of salt, but because it is used in the kashering process of meat. 2. To render kosher. Labels: Judaism, transitive Example: David moved into his new apartment, put up mezuzahs, and kashered his new kitchen.
Word: cetane number Part of Speech: noun 1. A performance rating of diesel fuel corresponding to the percentage of cetane in a mixture with isocetane (or, formerly, methylnaphthalene) that would have the same performance.
Word: conqueresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conqueress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cetane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cetus (“whale”) + -ane. 1. The aliphatic hydrocarbon C₁₆H₃₄ (hexadecane) used as a standard for diesel fuel.
Word: hexadecane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hexadec- + -ane. 1. Any of the very many isomeric aliphatic hydrocarbons of general formula C₁₆H₃₄
Word: dick weed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dickweed. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: presentment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman presentment, presentement, Middle French presentement, corresponding to present + -ment. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈzɛntmənt/ 1. A statement made on oath by a jury. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In 1771, a grand jury presentment in Georgia revealed that "Slaves are permitted to rent houses …." 2. The notice taken by a grand jury of any offence from their own knowledge or observation, without any bill of indictment laid before them. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the presentment of a nuisance, a libel, etc. 3. A formal complaint submitted to a bishop or archdeacon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He recognised that there was general resentment of the oppressive conduct of the Forest officers, and made provision for regular inquiries into it, and for presentment of Forest offences to be made at the attachment courts, as a procedure preliminary to the Forest Eyre. 4. The act of presenting something for acceptance; now specifically, presenting something (e.g. a bill or cheque) for payment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When online bill presentment, which removes all the paperwork, becomes widespread, says McKinsey's Stephenson, online banking will be far more compelling. 5. An artistic representation; a picture. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Noted among the who's-who in portraiture: Hopkinson's Secretary Hughes, Childe Hassam's Governor Alfred E. Smith, of New York, Edmund C. Tarbell's Mary at the Harpsichord, Lillian Westcott Hale's child portrait study of Brothers, Frank Benson's Girl in Blue Jacket, and Marion Boyd Allen's presentment of Anna Vaughn Hyatt. 6. Presentation of a performance, as of a play or work of music. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The aspect or form in which something presents itself; appearance. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: But it was especially the aspect of the three chief officers of the ship, the mates, which was most forcibly calculated to allay these colourless misgivings, and induce confidence and cheerfulness in every presentment of the voyage. 8. The official notice (formerly required to be given in court) of the surrender of a copyhold estate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As to the presentment: that, by the general custom of manors, is to be made at the next court baron immediately after the surrender
Word: swordsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swordsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appellate jurisdiction Part of Speech: noun 1. The power of a court to review and potentially modify the decisions made by another court or tribunal. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: epistemologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English epistemology 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 epistemologist From epistemology + -ist. 1. A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.
Word: epistemologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of epistemologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: washing-up liquid Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of liquid soap used to wash dishes by hand. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: I have to use a special washing-up liquid, because I have sensitive skin.
Word: caramba Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caramba, a euphemism for the real expletive carajo. Pronunciation: [kaˈɹam.ba] 1. Exclamation of surprise or dismay.; gosh!, darn! Labels: euphemistic
Word: CH activation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a wide range of techniques, often using catalysts, in which a carbon to hydrogen covalent bond of an organic compound is made to cleave in order to replace the hydrogen with a functional group. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chabazite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chabasie, coined by Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic from Ancient Greek χαβάζιος (khabázios), apparently an error for χαλάζιος (khalázios, “a kind of precious stone”) (which is probably from χάλαζα (khálaza, “hail”), due to looking like a hailstone), one of twenty species of stones mentioned in the poem ascribed to Orpheus. See chalaza and chalazion. Pronunciation: /ˈkæbəzaɪt/ 1. Any of several zeolite minerals that occur in basaltic rocks.
Word: tongue-boring Part of Speech: noun 1. A punishment whereby a hole or bore was made in someone's tongue. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: Seventeenth-century settlers in the colonies - and usually their children as well - lived in a world that took for granted stocks and tongue-borings, religious proscriptions, fear of witches, and savage repression of the lower orders.
Word: Air Force Part of Speech: name 1. The military air force of a particular armed forces. 2. Ellipsis of United States Air Force. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 3. Ellipsis of Air Force Falcons sports teams representing the United States Air Force Academy. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Marines Part of Speech: name 1. The United States Marine Corps.
Word: Marines Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of marines. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable 2. Alternative form of marine corps. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ethnocide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + -cide. 1. The deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic group, accomplished either by destroying the members of the group (genocide) or by destroying its cultural identity (culturicide). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: maternities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maternity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: auto-ethnocide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + ethnocide. 1. The destruction of an ethnic culture by its own members. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: 1981 May 22, Pierre L. van den Berghe, The Ethnic Phenomenon, page 163-164 (paperback 1987), Elsevier Social Science Of all the ethnic groups, castes are the only ones which, if given an opportunity, would commit “auto-ethnocide,” that is, which would gladly shed their separate identity and join the main body of the society whose culture they share. Example: In what amounted to an act of autoethnocide (which of course is why it has attracted so much anthropological attention), gods, chiefs, and men were desacralized, and men and women (as well as chiefs and commoners) were defined as equal within the framework of a disenchanted world.
Word: spirited away Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spirit away Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: back slap Part of Speech: noun 1. A slap delivered with the back of one's hand instead of the palm-side of an open hand. 2. A controlled landing, slapping to the mat with one's back. 3. An encouraging pat on one's back.
Word: sacralize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English sacral 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 sacralize From sacral + -ize. 1. to make sacred Example: Bishop Daniel Flores of the Brownsville Diocese in Texas recently wrote on Twitter that Americans “sacralize death’s instruments, and then are surprised that death uses them.” [...] Bishop Flores told the Catholic website The Pillar, “[...] To say something is sacralized is to say it’s almost taken out of any possibility for conversation.”
Word: desacralize 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 sacral 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 sacralize English desacralize From de- + sacralize. 1. To remove the sacredness of. Labels: transitive Example: If whiteness bespoke purity and godliness, then poor white trash implied an ungodly, desacralized, polluted whiteness. Example: Still, certain programmatic commitments [of avant-garde art] can be identified: championing the volatile eventness of corporeal performances, […] consciously embracing the desacralizing and subversive, and disrupting conventional norms by placing the strange and unexpected in otherwise banal places.
Word: jactitations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jactitation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiefess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chief + -ess. Piecewise doublet of chefess. Pronunciation: /tʃiːˈfɛs/ 1. Synonym of chieftainess, a female chief. Labels: Hawaii Example: Although Lili‘u was born a high chiefess, with lineage that reached back to the high chiefs under Kamehameha the Great, at the time of her birth it would never have seemed possible that she would someday become queen.
Word: step-aunt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stepaunt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wedding cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wedding cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wedding dresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wedding dress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wedding rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wedding ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stultified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stultify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stultified Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been stultified or brought to a stop; stymied. Example: Cora only stood there, letting him talk. She may have been a stultified neophyte in the practise of her art, but at least she had the devilish ingenuity to explode an emotional bomb under Bradly's male innocence and blow its defences to tatters. Example: Sullen now, with stultified spleen, Mrs Dibble grappled her crutches and levered herself upright after an ungainly struggle. 2. Made dull or unable to think and act properly; stupefied. Example: An American sailor, who was cast away on the shore of Africa, where he was kept in slavery for three years, was, at the expiration of that period, found to be imbruted and stultified—he had lost all reasoning power; and having forgotten his native language, could only utter some savage gibberish between Arabic and English, which nobody could understand, and which even he himself found difficulty in pronouncing.
Word: idolatress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English idolater Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English idolatress From idolater + -ess. 1. A female idolater.
Word: chiefesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chiefess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: millionfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From million + -fold. 1. A million times so Labels: not-comparable Example: a millionfold dilution Example: a millionfold increase
Word: millionfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From million + -fold. 1. By a factor of a million. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sacralizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sacralize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sacralizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sacralize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: By blaming the sacralizing of weapons, [Miguel Gonzales] says, critics “fail to see the irony [created] by assigning an almost evil intent to the inanimate object rather than seeking and healing what ails the soul of those who use the object to commit evil [...]”
Word: sacralized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sacralize Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: As such, many gun owners say the fear around sacralized weaponry is overblown.
Word: billionfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French millionbf. French -illion French billionbor. English billion English -fold English billionfold From billion + -fold. 1. A billion times so Labels: not-comparable Example: a billionfold dilution Example: a billionfold increase
Word: billionfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰes- Proto-Indo-European *-lom Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslom ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Indo-European *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī Latin mīlle Italian mille Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ōnem Italian -one Italian milionebor. Old French million Middle French million French millionbf. French -illion French billionbor. English billion English -fold English billionfold From billion + -fold. 1. In a billionfold way; by a billion degrees; on a scale of a billion Labels: not-comparable Example: multiply something a billionfold Example: magnify something a billionfold
Word: jettisons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jettison Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jettisons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jettison Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trillionfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trillion + -fold. 1. By a multiple of one trillion; by a trillion times as much or as many. Labels: not-comparable Example: The volume occupied by the star's exploding gases underwent a trillionfold increase.
Word: trillionfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From trillion + -fold. 1. By a factor of one trillion. Labels: not-comparable Example: The national debt has ballooned trillionfold in the past century.
Word: desacralizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of desacralize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: desacralizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of desacralize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hypochondriacs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypochondriac Labels: form-of, plural
Word: desacralized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of desacralize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: instructress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English instructor Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English instructress From instructor + -ess. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈstɹʌktɹɪs/ 1. A female instructor. Labels: dated Example: […] you must allow me to look upon you as my Scholar, in one Sense; as my Companion, in another; and as my Instructress, in a third. Example: After a short pause Sir Thomas added with dignity, "Yes, let her home be in this house. We will endeavour to do our duty by her, and she will at least have the advantage of companions of her own age, and of a regular instructress."
Word: contra-octave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrābor. English contra- English octave English contra-octave From contra- + octave. 1. The octave directly below the great octave.
Word: giant anteater Part of Speech: noun 1. The largest species of anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, found in Central and South America.
Word: great octave Part of Speech: noun 1. The octave that begins on the C that is two ledger lines below the staff of the bass clef.
Word: glazes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzɪz/ 1. plural of glaze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glazes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪzɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of glaze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: giant anteaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giant anteater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: instructors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of instructor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haematologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English haematology 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 haematologist From haematology + -ist. 1. A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology.
Word: haematologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haematologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: demonesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demoness Labels: form-of, plural