nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bounteously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English bounteously, equivalent to bounteous + -ly. 1. In a bounteous manner. Example: It is all a question of mode. Most of us are so bounteously endowed with intellect as to require also a spice of genius to choose the right form of behaviour.
Word: boundlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English boundless Middle English -ly English -ly English boundlessly From boundless + -ly. 1. In a boundless manner.
Word: bouncily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bouncy Middle English -ly English -ly English bouncily From bouncy + -ly. 1. In a bouncy manner.
Word: bossily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bossy Middle English -ly English -ly English bossily From bossy + -ly. 1. In a bossy manner. Example: She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.]
Word: bombastically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bombastic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English bombastically From bombastic + -ally. 1. In a bombastic manner.
Word: boisterously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English boisterous Middle English -ly English -ly English boisterously From boisterous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪstəɹəsli/, /ˈbɔɪstɹəsli/ 1. In a boisterous manner, energetically and noisily. Example: The best of the joke, too, is, that the very coal-merchant who is loudest in his complaints against the person who defrauded him, is the identical man who sat in the centre of the very front row of the pit last night and laughed the most boisterously at this very same thing,--and not so well done either. Example: Such indiscriminating stuff is difficult to treat as it deserves, because it is such a mixture of truth and nonsense (Miss Rehan, for instance, is clever in Katharine and boisterously bellowsome in Julia), but it may serve to emphasize the necessity of providing somewhere in newspaper offices for the education of critics in the fundamentals of the arts they profess to understand.
Word: bloodlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bloodless Middle English -ly English -ly English bloodlessly From bloodless + -ly. 1. In a bloodless manner.
Word: emotionless 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- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion 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 emotionless From emotion + -less. 1. Lacking emotion. Example: Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes. Example: “I'd admit the past & monsterize myself in the eyes of the jury,” he wrote. “I would try to be emotionless, to add credibility to that monsterization.
Word: blisteringly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English blistering Middle English -ly English -ly English blisteringly From blistering + -ly. 1. In a blistering manner. Example: blisteringly hot weather Example: a blisteringly fast pace
Word: blindingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English blinding Middle English -ly English -ly English blindingly From blinding + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈblaɪndɪŋli/ 1. In a blinding manner. 2. Extremely. Example: It is blindingly obvious that we need more money. Example: After an inquest's ruling yesterday, it is now official that the newspaper vendor, Ian Tomlinson, was unlawfully killed amid the policing of the G20 protests in 2009. Many who saw the footage the Guardian obtained, which showed PC Simon Harwood striking Mr Tomlinson just before his death, will regard the verdict as a statement of the blindingly obvious.
Word: blearily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bleary Middle English -ly English -ly English blearily From bleary + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈblɪəɹɪli/, /ˈblɪɹɪli/ 1. In a bleary manner. Example: Crabbe looked up blearily. On the bedside table were a bottle of gin, a jug of water, and a glass. Example: "He looked at me a little blearily, as though he could not believe his eyes."
Word: bricklaying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brick + laying. 1. The act of building a wall by laying bricks, usually with cement between the surfaces of the bricks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mr. Popham never worked at his bricklayings or carpentering or cabinet making or papering by the hour, but “by the job”; and a kind Providence, intent on the welfare of the community, must have guided him in this choice of business methods, […]
Word: bricklayings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bricklaying Labels: form-of, plural
Word: porn stars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porn star Labels: form-of, plural
Word: FSB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of front-side bus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FSB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Federation of Small Businesses. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Fire Support Base Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FSB Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian ФСБ (FSB), initialism of Федеральная Служба Безопасности (Federalʹnaja Služba Bezopasnosti, “Federal Security Service”). 1. The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation. Labels: Russia, initialism Example: Possible victims included Roman Tsepov, Putin’s bodyguard in 1990s St Petersburg, who died after drinking tea in 2004 at a local FSB office. Example: Krasikov, a former high-ranking FSB colonel serving a life sentence in a German prison, was on the top of Moscow’s list of Russian prisoners it wanted to exchange.
Word: ballot boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ballot box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: have a pair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation of "have a pair of testicles," the masculine glands supporting generation and sexual potency. 1. To be manly, brave. Labels: US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Example: Sound off like you got a pair! (drill sergeant in Full Metal Jacket)
Word: artesian water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water from an artesian well. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: artesian well Part of Speech: noun 1. An aquifer in which water rises to the surface under its own hydrostatic pressure. Example: “When I say mind,” said the blood relation, “I refer to the quarter-teaspoonful of brain which you might possibly find in her head if you sank an artesian well.” 2. A borehole in an artesian basin.
Word: fussiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fussy 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 fussiness From fussy + -ness. 1. The state of being fussy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Spinola was hovering about the external fittings of the figure with unusual fussiness. When at length he released the left hand it seemed for an almost perceptible moment that the action hung. Then the arm descended and carried out the discard.
Word: sernik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish sernik. 1. A baked Polish type of cheesecake that uses twaróg and is based more on eggs and butter, without cream or sour cream. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Kitchen's homemade desserts, such as its excellent chocolate cake or almond sernik (a Polish cheesecake), are worth stretching the budget for, too. Example: She is now the first port of call for newcomers, welcoming them with a slice of sernik and a hard dose of reality.
Word: unhurt Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unhert, un-hurt, unhurt, unhurte, equivalent to un- + hurt. 1. Not hurt; unharmed or unscathed Labels: not-comparable Example: The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work. [...] The train crew and 25 passengers were unhurt.
Word: bicyclist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwís Proto-Italic *dwis Old Latin duis Latin bisder. French bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusder. Middle French French cycle French bicyclebor. English bicycle 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 bicyclist From bicycle + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪsɪklɪst/ 1. Rare form of cyclist. Labels: form-of, rare Example: “Yes, that is true, professor. I believe I’ve been guilty of doing so myself; but look here, Miss Eunice,” and he turned suddenly to the professor’s daughter, “they tell me that you are an enthusiastic bicyclist.” Example: Our policemen, of course, will be fitted out with large, twirlable moustaches and small, twirlable rolling-pins, and will be taught to turn their backs on traffic jams, but to blow whistles violently at solitary bicyclists.
Word: bicyclists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bicyclist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tastiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tasty 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 tastiness From tasty + -ness. 1. The quality of being tasty. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: court of cassation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of French cour de cassation, from cour (“court”) + de (“of”) + cassation, from the verb casser (“to break”), indicating the power of such a court to quash the ruling of the court below. 1. In several legal systems, the highest-level court of appeal in procedural matters, which is empowered to quash a verdict but then refers the case back for a new trial at the previous level.
Word: daintiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dainty 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 daintiness From dainty + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪntɪnəs/ 1. The characteristic of being dainty. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A dainty behaviour or gesture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quashing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quashing Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of quashing something. Example: the quashing of a jihadi enclave here only spurs the sprouting of another there
Word: dishpan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dish + pan. 1. A large basin or pan with a flat bottom in which dishes are washed.
Word: dishpans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dishpan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dishrag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dish + rag. 1. Synonym of dishcloth (but now widely held to connote a threadbare and unclean nature versus that synonym). 2. An unclean person; used in similes. Labels: slang Example: You're not going out like that! You look like a dishrag!
Word: dishrags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dishrag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: green collar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of green-collar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: something or other Part of Speech: noun 1. Something unspecified or indeterminate, or whose name is forgotten or immaterial. Labels: uncountable Example: The advert was on about something or other having to do with skin care, and looking your best, and emptying your wallet into their company's coffers, and so on. Example: John has a something-or-other in his side but he might have to be operated on.
Word: cockhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + head. See cock (“penis”), and compare dickhead, knobhead. 1. The glans penis. Labels: literally, slang, vulgar Example: He says oh that feels great, could you squeeze a bit harder on my cockhead? 2. Dickhead. Labels: derogatory, slang, vulgar Example: I'm star material, you cockhead. Just look at me!
Word: cockhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock + head. See cock (“turn upward”). 1. The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: internegative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English negative English internegative From inter- + negative. 1. A specialized type of negative film stock that is part of the intermediate process that goes from an original negative to a release element (most common in the motion picture film post-production process). The material used is itself the same as in an interpositive. The differences is that an IN has a negative image on it, while an IP has a positive image.
Word: weirdos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weirdo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheat bisk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by other manufacturers as a generic term for Weetabix-style products. 1. A conglomeration of cereal fibres in lozenge form, used as a breakfast food. Example: Asda used the fact that their Wheat Bisks product bore a striking resemblance to the Weetabix brand to defend their position in the claimed confusion between their Puffin brand and the McVitie's Penguin brand. Example: There would be no more money until every last thing on the shelves was eaten. Now they were down to Sun Maid raisins and Sainsbury's Wheat Bisks. For three days the children had eaten only Wheat Bisks in water and handfuls of raisins.
Word: neckbeard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neck + beard. 1. A style of facial hair wherein the beard is allowed to grow down the chin and is trimmed to an even length over the entirety of the face. 2. A socially-inept, male nerd, typically characterized as unkempt and misogynistic. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Many front-end web developers may not have implemented a web service before, leaving that boring stuff to the neckbeards and the sysadmins.
Word: Akawaio Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous people of South America. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Akawaio Part of Speech: name 1. A northern Carib language spoken in Guyana.
Word: noctivagant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin noctivagans, from noctivagare, from Latin nocti- (“night”) + participle form of vagari (“to wander”). Pronunciation: /nɒkˈtɪvəɡənt/, /nɑkˈtɪvəɡənt/ 1. Walking or wandering in the nighttime, nightwandering. Example: […] I therefore think, Sarah, that the incommensurability of the crime with the effect, completely warrants the supersaliency of this noctivagant delinquent. Example: "Over the city, the suburb, the slum / He rambled from pillar to post, / And backward and forward, observant, though dumb, / As a fleetly noctivagant ghost."
Word: noctivagant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin noctivagans, from noctivagare, from Latin nocti- (“night”) + participle form of vagari (“to wander”). Pronunciation: /nɒkˈtɪvəɡənt/, /nɑkˈtɪvəɡənt/ 1. One who goes walking by night.
Word: acmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English acme Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós)bor. English -tic English -atic English acmatic From acme + -atic. 1. Relating to the acme of something; highest. Labels: rare Example: [T]he Great Council […] required the construction of the vast Sala in the Doge's Palace decorated with the largest oil painting in the world – Tintoretto's version of paradise – and a host of lesser works depicting the acmatic moments of Venetian glory.
Word: quene Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of queen. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: geometrid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Geometridae. 1. Any of the family Geometridae of moths 2. A larva of such moth, which when walking alternate legs and prolegs, giving the appearance of measuring
Word: geometrid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Translingual Geometridae. 1. Relating to such moths Labels: not-comparable
Word: proleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + leg. 1. An appendage of the abdomen of some insect larvae, such as caterpillars, which is used like a leg.
Word: Awabakal Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈwʌbəkʌl/ 1. A people indigenous to New South Wales, Australia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Awabakal Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /əˈwʌbəkʌl/ 1. The extinct Pama-Nyungan Australian Aboriginal suffixing language, within the Yuin-Kuric group, formerly spoken by these people.
Word: lodgment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French logement, from loger (“to lodge”) + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈlɑd͡ʒmənt/ 1. An area used for lodging; a place in which a person or thing is or can be lodged. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rawdon was denied the door by Mr. Bowls; his servants could not get a lodgment in the house at Park Lane; his letters were sent back unopened. Example: The door opened, and Marvel made a frantic effort to obtain a lodgment behind it. 2. The condition of being lodged. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nineteenth-century culture bears witness to a gradually intensifying anxiety about the structure of the self and the security of its lodgment in the world. 3. The act of lodging or depositing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Full provision is made by these Acts for the efficient inspection of tea gardens and for the lodgment of complaints by coolies in districts where they are in operation. Example: A suggestive analogy becomes apparent between the first febrile period of the dromedary or straggling types, and the phenomena of lodgment of the virus in the spleen and bone marrow of monkeys after intravenous inoculation. 4. The occupation of a position by a besieging party, and the works thrown up to maintain it. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: tickler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tickle + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈtɪkələ(ɹ)/, /ˈtɪklə(ɹ)/ 1. One who tickles. 2. A person who or thing which amuses or excites. Labels: informal 3. A reminder. Example: Put it in the tickler file for next week. 4. A latex condom that has additional protrusions, for enhancing the sexual pleasure of the user. Example: I could tell in advance if they were screamers, or leatherettes, or buggers, or great head-givers, or into toys and ticklers – I had it down to an art. 5. Something puzzling or difficult; a conundrum. Labels: dated, informal 6. A tickler file, file cabinet, or similar containing memoranda of deadlines arranged in date order. Labels: US Example: The moment she bought any item of stocks, any commercial paper or other securities in the course of her Wall-street operations, she at once wrote it down in the tickler. 7. A prong used by coopers to extract bungs from casks. Labels: UK, dated 8. A dram of spirits. Labels: dated 9. Something puzzling; a poser. Labels: slang 10. A small notebook that fits the pocket or pocket notebook. Labels: Philippines
Word: ticklers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tickler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Adnyamathanha Part of Speech: noun 1. A people indigenous to South Australia. Labels: in-plural Example: page 130: All children born of an Adnyamathanha mother are Adnyamathanha irrespective of their father's affiliations. The children (as in many Aboriginal communities) were raised by their mother's Adnyamathanha husband and were considered his ... page 161: If the missionaries had done nothing but negotiate the Nepabunna land and provide rations during the depression, they would have succeeded in fulfilling the Adnyamathanhas' most pressing requirements.
Word: Adnyamathanha Part of Speech: name 1. The language spoken by these people.
Word: Amaimon Part of Speech: noun 1. A people of Papua New Guinea. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Amaimon Part of Speech: name 1. The Papuan language spoken by these people. 2. A devil, king of the eastern portion of Hell in medieval demonology. Labels: rare Example: Amaimon sounds well; Lucifer well; Barbason well; yet they are devils' additions, the names of fiends.
Word: subfusk Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of subfusc. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1709-1711, The Tatler There was however one misfortune this experiment : the Portuguese's complexion was a little upon the subfusk, with very black eyes and eyebrows
Word: stitched Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: stitched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of stitch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: usufructuaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of usufructuary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undefended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English defend 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 defended English undefended From un- + defended. 1. Not defended. Example: “You needn’t worry about bombs, by the way. Dresden is an open city. It is undefended, and contains no war industries or troop concentrations of any importance.”
Word: differentiated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of differentiate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: differentiated Part of Speech: adj 1. That has taken on a specialized form and function. 2. Making fine distinctions. Labels: figuratively Example: “I am aware that this type of comparison, especially in Germany, is quickly seen as relativising the Holocaust. That’s why it’s so important to me that such a differentiated and intelligent thinker like Arendt didn’t shy away from this comparison,” Gessen told the newspaper.
Word: divine proportion Part of Speech: noun 1. The golden section.
Word: beautifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beautify + -er. 1. A person who or a thing which beautifies or makes beautiful. Example: Anthonie Becke […] was (by the report of Iohn Leland) either the very Author, or the first beautifier, of this the Princes house here at Eltham, also. Example: 1753, Arthur Murphy, The Gray’s Inn Journal, No. 24, 31 March, 1753, in Volume 1, London: P. Vaillant, 1756, p. 160, To cultivate, therefore, and cherish the natural Affections, to direct them to worthy Objects, to keep them all in Harmony, so that not one of them shall grow out of due Proportion, or contract any whimsical Habit, is the best Preserver and Beautifier of the female Form, it gives that pleasing Turn of Mind which we call Sweetness of Temper, prevents Wrinkles, Distortion of the Features, and gives an agreeable Air to the whole Person […]
Word: bedroll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + roll. 1. A roll of bedding that can be carried when hiking or camping etc.
Word: divine polity Part of Speech: noun 1. A government or system of governance (especially of a church) said to be instituted by God. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: But it cannot be expected that the Clergy […] should upon this Revolution by contented to cry peccavi [I have sinned], and openly recant all their former Doctrines of Divine Polity by a hearty active Conformity to your Majesty’s rightful Title and Government. Example: The Divine polity, under which they had hitherto lived, was distasteful to the carnal affections of man: they reject the Lord God of Israel, and exclaim, “Nay, but set a king over us.”
Word: bed-wetting Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bedwetting. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: Divine Providence Part of Speech: noun 1. The sovereignty, superintendence, or agency of God over events in people's lives and throughout history. Labels: uncountable
Word: beebread Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably an Early Modern English combination of bee + bread, but compare the Old English bēobrēad (“honeycomb full of honey”), and Middle English beoblæd (for beobræd?). Cognate with Old Saxon bībrōd (“honeycomb”, “gingerbread”, literally “bee-bread”). Pronunciation: /ˈbiːˌbɹɛd/ 1. Bee pollen with added honey and bee secretions, made and stored in brood cells by forager bees, and used as food for worker bees and larvae. Labels: uncountable
Word: undivine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + divine. 1. Not divine; not holy.
Word: divinable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English divine Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English divinable From divine + -able. 1. That can be guessed.
Word: divinize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English divine 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 divinize From divine + -ize. 1. To make divine; to make godlike; to exalt. Labels: transitive Example: As to the tendency to divinise these totems, this arises no doubt partly out of question (2).
Word: divinise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From divine + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of divinize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: divinyl 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 *weh₁y-? Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Indo-European *wéyh₁ōder. Proto-Italic *wīnom Latin vīnum Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English vinyl English divinyl From di- + vinyl. Pronunciation: [daɪˈvaɪnɪɫ] 1. Two vinyl functional groups in a molecule Labels: uncountable
Word: supertechnological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English technological English supertechnological From super- + technological. 1. Of, pertaining to, or using highly advanced technology Example: Are we then to resume the next round of supertechnological missiles? 2. Beyond or superseding the technological. Labels: rare
Word: overintellectualized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overintellectualize Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: It is not unreasonable to argue that the field has been overintellectualized in that many of the representations are based on matrix algebra, latent trait theory, and . . .
Word: overintellectualized Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated in an excessively intellectual manner. Example: The Kingdom of Triparia (www.triparia.cx), founded in 1998, is a classic of the genre: 17 citizens, with fancy titles and a penchant for posting overintellectualized bulletin-board messages, united in an act of collective imagination.
Word: overintellectualize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English intellectualize English overintellectualize From over- + intellectualize. 1. To treat something in an excessively intellectual manner. Labels: transitive Example: Everyone always asks what my advice is, and my advice is don’t overintellectualize your art.
Word: epiphyllospermous Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˌfɪləˈspɜː(ɹ)məs/ 1. That bears seeds on the backs of the leaves Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: EPIPHYLLOSPERMOUS PLANTS, so called by the old botanists, because they bore their seed upon the back of their leaves. They are what have more recently been called dorsiferous ferns.
Word: heterochlamydeous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + chlamydeous, from hetero- + Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús, “mantle, cloak”) + -ous. 1. Having a perianth in which the calyx and corolla are differentiated, usually by colour or texture. Example: Flowers single or in cymes, regular, usually unisexual, enclosed in a spathe, mostly with petals and sepals clearly differentiated (heterochlamydeous) […]
Word: cedarn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cedar + -en. 1. Constituted of or covered with cedar trees; made of cedar wood. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 34, And west winds, with muskie wing About the cedar’n alleys fling Nard, and Cassia’s balmie smells. Example: But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
Word: socio-demographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- English demographic English socio-demographic From socio- + demographic. 1. Of, pertaining to or characterized by a combination of sociological and demographic characteristics Labels: not-comparable Example: Respondents to the Violence Against Women survey were asked about the socio-demographic characteristics of current partners only . . . Example: During the past 25 years, the prevalence of cigarette smoking has declined in virtually every major sociodemographic group, including men and women, adults and adolescents, . . .
Word: zitherist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English zither 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 zitherist From zither + -ist. 1. Someone who plays the zither
Word: Britney Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtni/ 1. A female given name transferred from the place name, variant of Brittany.
Word: Britney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming slang for beers, from Britney Spears. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪtni/ 1. A beer. Labels: UK, in-plural, slang Example: I'm like, 'Oops, sorry,' and then I nod at the door of the jacks and go, 'Beer in, beer out!' Like I said, I've been fairly hounding the Britneys tonight.
Word: performative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English perform Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English performative From perform + -ative. 1. Being enacted as it is said. Example: Saying "I do" as part of a wedding ceremony is performative, enacting a marriage. Example: Thus in the example: 'By saying “I do” I was marrying her', the performative 'I do' is a means to the end of marriage. Here 'saying' is used in the sense in which it takes inverted commas and is using words or language, a phatic and not[…] 2. Insincere, inauthentic or disingenuous; done solely or largely as a performance, to produce an impression or enhance one's reputation. Example: We were beginning to suspect that her ethical qualms were sometimes performative, as the urgent need for fairness and justice seemed to apply to some people but not to others. Example: Although the seeming copycat nature of the plots in Port Huran and Conyers was terrifying because of their repetitive, performative, even texted nature—their seeming theatricality—more harrowing was the threat that, like theater, the performance would settle quickly into repetition compulsions in schools across the nation.
Word: performative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perform Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English performative From perform + -ative. 1. A performative utterance. Example: The distinction between constatives and performatives is one of the distinctions that he starts questioning.
Word: protolanguage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of proto-language. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Bickerton suggests that Homo erectus spoke in protolanguage.
Word: queans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horse opera Part of Speech: noun 1. A theatrical production, film, or program on radio or television depicting adventures of characters in the American Old West; a western. Labels: idiomatic Example: Three new examples of Hollywood's staple commodity, the horse opera, all filmed in color, contain the full quota of galloping and gunplay. Example: It's in this horse-opera mode that War For The Planet Of The Apes finds its most rewarding rhythms: in the parallels between Caesar's woodland stronghold and the archetypal frontier settlements of Western fiction; […] 2. An equestrian show, as in a circus. Labels: archaic, idiomatic Example: The Ravels, after having played a successful engagement at the Metropolitan, closed last evening, and sail to-day for New-Orleans, and now we have no amusement but nigger minstrels and the horse opera—i.e., circus. Example: Nor is it much easier to give the analysis of this extraordinary odyssey, which relates the trials, sufferings, and adventures of an ex-Sous-Prefêt, who has married a circus rider, and has abandoned home, friends, and position, to become the manager of an itinerant horse-opera.
Word: polyacetylenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyacetylene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyynes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyyne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethnolect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ethno- + -lect. Pronunciation: /ˈɛθnəlɛkt/ 1. A language variety specific to an ethnic group. Example: AAVE is an ethnolect of African Americans.
Word: Tongans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Tongan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aswarm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English a- Proto-Indo-European *swer-der. Proto-Germanic *swarmaz Old English swearm Middle English swarm English swarm English aswarm From a- + swarm. Pronunciation: /əˈswɔː(ɹ)m/ 1. Filled or overrun (with moving objects or beings). Example: 1882, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Sonnets on English Dramatic Poets, “Ben Jonson,” in Tristram of Lyonesse, and other poems, Portland, Maine: Thomas B. Mosher, 1904, p. 309, The mountain where thy Muse’s feet made warm Those lawns that revelled with her dance divine Shines yet with fire as it was wont to shine From tossing torches round the dance aswarm. Example: The juniors hurried out like bees aswarm, asking no questions, clattered up the staircase, and added themselves to the embroilment.
Word: tin-foil hat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tinfoil hat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: commies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Commie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Communist + -ie. 1. A Communist. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: Commie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Communist + -ie. 1. Communist. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: Commie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From commodore + -ie. 1. A Commodore computer. Labels: slang
Word: Commies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Commie Labels: derogatory, form-of, plural, slang
Word: vales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kassandra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Κασσάνδρα (Kassándra). 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, a rare spelling variant (or alternate transliteration) of Cassandra.
Word: testacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From testate + -cy. 1. The condition of being testate, of having left a valid will at one's death. Labels: uncountable
Word: uglification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uglify + -ication. 1. The process of being made ugly or uglified. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I go to put in readiness the feast Kept to the honour of our goddess Famine, Where, for more glory, let the ceremony Take place of the uglification of the Queen. Example: There is an amusing side to this terrible threat to the countryside. So long as the uglification and slummification of England was confined to the industrial centres, few of the really best people troubled themselves.
Word: skybox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sky + box. 1. A seating area for VIPs in a stadium. Example: When Aislyn showed up at the rally with her ticket, she and her friends and parents all got quickly ushered over to a fancy-looking private entrance and up to an even fancier luxury skybox. 2. A cube with textures on its inner faces, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield. Example: Thankfully, tools have been created to assist in the skybox creation process. Example: To ensure consistent sizing for all images, you should give each image in the skybox the same pixel width and height dimensions.
Word: fuddy-duddies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fuddy-duddy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: programming languages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of programming language Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micropolitan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of micro- (prefix meaning ‘very small’) + metropolitan. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪkɹəˈpɒlɪtn̩/, /-kɹəʊ-/, /ˌmaɪkɹəˈpɑlɪt(ə)n/, /-kɹoʊ-/, [-ɾ(ə)n] 1. Of or pertaining to a city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; of a city: less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: The government has created a new label for these communities, which increasingly fill the gaps on the map between major cities. The new term – Micropolitan Statistical Areas – recognizes that even small places far from metro areas are economic hubs that draw workers and shoppers from miles around. […] The largest micropolitan areas have more people than many metro areas. The Torrington, Conn., micropolitan area is the largest, with a population of 183,000 – bigger than the population of 103 metropolitan areas. Torrington is a micro, not a metro, because the central city has fewer than 50,000 people, the threshold for a city anchoring a metro area. Cities at the centers of micropolitan areas have at least 10,000 people but no more than 49,999.
Word: micropolitan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of micro- (prefix meaning ‘very small’) + metropolitan. Pronunciation: /ˌmaɪkɹəˈpɒlɪtn̩/, /-kɹəʊ-/, /ˌmaɪkɹəˈpɑlɪt(ə)n/, /-kɹoʊ-/, [-ɾ(ə)n] 1. A city or twin cities having at least 10,000 but fewer than 50,000 inhabitants; a city which is less populated than a metropolitan area but more than a rural one. Labels: US Example: For marketing experts who help companies decide where to expand, the "micropolitans" represent potentially lucrative – and untapped – markets. More than 28 million people, or one in 10 Americans, live in such areas.
Word: e-trade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + trade. 1. online trade Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "EU seeks e-trade without borders" - BBC News, 08/02/2007 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2004-06-27-rural_x.htm
Word: threepeat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of three + repeat. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiːˌpiːt/ 1. To win something three times consecutively. Labels: US, intransitive, slang
Word: threepeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of three + repeat. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiːˌpiːt/ 1. A third successive win. Labels: US, slang
Word: nucleocosmochronological Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to nucleocosmochronology Labels: not-comparable Example: 1997 Bernard E. Pagel - Nucleosynthesis and Chemical Evolution of Galaxies Fowler's nucleocosmochronological model
Word: fourpeat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of four + repeat. Compare threepeat (to rhyme with repeat). 1. To win something four times consecutively. Labels: US, slang
Word: fourpeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of four + repeat. Compare threepeat (to rhyme with repeat). 1. A fourth successive win. Labels: US, slang
Word: four-peat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of four + repeat. 1. To win something four times consecutively. Labels: US, slang Example: The U.S. will try to repeat as 4x100m men’s world champions for the first time since 1993, when they four-peated.
Word: four-peat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of four + repeat. 1. A fourth successive win. Labels: US, slang
Word: nucleocosmochronology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- English cosmochronology English nucleocosmochronology From nucleo- + cosmochronology. 1. A technique for estimating the age of astronomical objects by measuring the relative abundances of isotopes Labels: uncountable
Word: overproportionate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English proportionate English overproportionate From over- + proportionate. 1. overproportioned Example: Therefore, an overproportionate decrease of the market price in times of falling demand may still serve as an indicator for imperfect collusion in a market […]
Word: overproportioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overproportion Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overproportioned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having excessive proportions
Word: overproportion Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English proportion English overproportion From over- + proportion. 1. To give something excessive proportions
Word: overproportion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English proportion English overproportion From over- + proportion. 1. Excessive proportion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mega-joules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mega-joule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giga-joules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giga-joule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tera-joules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tera-joule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pico-farads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pico-farad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nano-farads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nano-farad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micro-farads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micro-farad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retropresbyteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English presbyteral English retropresbyteral From retro- + presbyteral. 1. Positioned behind the presbytery of a cathedral Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: milli-farads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milli-farad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nano-ohms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nano-ohm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: micro-ohms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of micro-ohm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milli-ohms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milli-ohm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overconsolidated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English consolidated English overconsolidated From over- + consolidated. 1. consolidated to an excessive degree 2. consolidated to a greater extent than that due to the overburden
Word: overconsolidated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English consolidated English overconsolidated From over- + consolidated. 1. simple past and past participle of overconsolidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kilo-ohms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kilo-ohm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mega-ohms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mega-ohm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giga-ohms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giga-ohm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tera-ohms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tera-ohm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetrakaidekahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetrakaideka- + -hedral. 1. In the form of a tetrakaidekahedron. Labels: not-comparable Example: These figures indicate the general symmetry of the cells, their departure from the dodecahedral, and their tendency towards the tetrakaidekahedral, form.
Word: tetrakaidekahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetrakaideka- + -hedron. 1. A solid figure having fourteen faces. Example: Two large flat surfaces and twelve edge facets make each squame a fourteen-sided solid or tetrakaidecahedron.
Word: heterotransplantable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English transplantable English heterotransplantable From hetero- + transplantable. 1. Capable of being transplanted from an individual to another of a different species
Word: heterotransplantation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English transplantation English heterotransplantation From hetero- + transplantation. 1. Synonym of xenotransplantation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: struggler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From struggle + -er. 1. One who struggles. Example: Huge credit must go to Championship strugglers Ipswich, who were well organised and kept their Premier League opponents at bay for 151 minutes in the tie, including more than an hour at the Emirates.
Word: equitemporaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin aequi-der. English equi- English temporaneous English equitemporaneous From equi- + temporaneous. 1. Performed in equal periods of time; contemporaneous. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1845 Encyclopædia metropolitana […] has observed that the vibrations of a pendulum, though the arches it describes be unequal, are in the sense formerly declared equitemporaneous, &c.
Word: rhinolaryngologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rhinolaryngology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English rhinolaryngologic From rhinolaryngology + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to rhinolaryngology. Labels: not-comparable Example: Henry Wagner — trained in Europe, and like others just mentioned, cosmopolitan in his reading and approach to rhinolaryngologic problems.