nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: flack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Most likely flak. Pronunciation: /flæk/ 1. To publicise, to promote. Labels: Canada, US Example: [..] he told funny stories about his early days in the theater district, flacking shows up and down the street, but Klara wasn’t listening.
Word: flack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of flak. Pronunciation: /flæk/ 1. Alternative spelling of flak. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Mexico City Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Mexican Spanish Ciudad de México. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛk.sɪ.kəʊ sɪti/, /ˈmɛk.sɪ.koʊ sɪɾi/ 1. The capital city of Mexico. Example: I went to Mexico City on April 15, 1966, to unveil a statue of Abraham Lincoln, who had been a contemporary of Mexican leader Benito Juarez and was revered in Mexico, as in so many other nations. Example: The writer Juan Rulfo, whose 1955 novel, “Pedro Páramo,” still stands as the central monument of modern Mexican literature, grew up in Jalisco and vividly depicted its arid, sun-blasted landscapes in his writing, while the architect Luis Barragán, who moved from Guadalajara to Mexico City in the 1930s, carried with him an appreciation for his home state’s cloisters, haciendas and humble country buildings, which he translated in his own work as austere, inscrutable volumes of stucco.
Word: megahertz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English hertz English megahertz From mega- + hertz. 1. A unit equal to one million cycles per second.
Word: anti-authoritarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₂owg-éye-ti Proto-Italic *augejō Proto-Italic *augeō Latin augeō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin auctor Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin auctōritāsbor. Old French autoritébor. Middle English auctorite English authority Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English authoritarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English authoritarianism English anti-authoritarianism From anti- + authoritarianism. 1. opposition to authoritarianism Labels: uncountable
Word: aka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori aka (“root; vine”). 1. The New Zealand vine Metrosideros fulgens.
Word: aka Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative letter-case form of AKA. Labels: alt-of Example: The Arkansas Legislature, aka the broligarchy, does not believe in the people’s right to the ballot process. This is as disappointing as is it unconstitutional, though the unconstitutionality isn’t stopping the bill’s sponsors.
Word: cogito Part of Speech: noun 1. The argument "cogito, ergo sum" ("I think therefore I am") from the philosophy of René Descartes; the mental act of thinking this thought; a conscious being which performs this mental act. Labels: capitalized, sometimes, uncountable, usually Example: The Cogito of Descartes and Husserl is an apprehension of fact. […] Such a Cogito is performed by a consciousness directed upon consciousness, a consciousness which takes consciousness as an object. Example: But are there not as many consciousnesses or cogitos as there are individuals?
Word: mec Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of meconium. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, uncountable Example: mec liquor
Word: Mecca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic مَكَّة (Makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛkə/ 1. A province of Saudi Arabia. Labels: proscribed, sometimes 2. A large city, the provincial capital of Mecca Province in the in the Hejaz region, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime, if possible. Labels: proscribed, sometimes 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A surname. Example: MR. HOWE: I would like to ask Mr. Mecca this question : does he think there would be substantial duplication between the agency that he is suggesting, and the current Governors' Committees on Employment of the Handicapped. MR. MECCA: […] 8. A unisex given name, mostly borne by women. Labels: uncommon Example: Mrs. Mecca Marie Varney and son are successful lecturers and debaters on various topics of current interest, such as suffrage, etc. Her home is in Paw Paw, Mich. Her lectures are managed by her husband, Charles E. Varney. Example: Just then, a young boy—named Mecca, as we learned later—arrived at the scene with the flight attendants who had been escorting him to his parents. In the midst of the frantic feeding of the protein bar, Mecca quietly announced:
Word: Mecca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic مَكَّة (Makka) of uncertain etymology. In American place names, in reference to the Arabian city. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛkə/ 1. Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest. Labels: figuratively, offensive, sometimes Example: It was consequently the “Mecca,” the “Delphic Oracle,” the “Vale of Egeria,” to which all studious pilgrims should resort to drink of the pure springs of knowledge; […] Example: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
Word: mulier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mulier (“woman”). Pronunciation: /ˈmjuː.lɪə/ 1. A child born lawfully in wedlock, in distinction from an elder sibling born of the same parents before their marriage (bastard eigne). Labels: historical Example: Or suppose an inquest were taken between us, and it were found that they are muliers, for which reason the voucher stood, and they came and pleaded the same exception to escape from warranting as heirs, then two inquests would be taken[…]
Word: Korsakoff's syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Russian neuropsychiatrist Sergei Korsakoff (1854–1900) who discovered the syndrome during the late 19th century. 1. A form of amnesia that is seen in chronic alcoholics coupled with nutritional deficits. Labels: uncountable
Word: the bomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested in reference to nuclear weapons or the capacity to use them since 1932; see quotations, below. As slang for something excellent, the phrase is attested since the 1960s; compare go down a bomb, UK theatre slang during the 1950s meaning “be a major success”. For further etymology see bomb. 1. The atomic bomb; the capability to launch a nuclear attack. Labels: capitalized, informal, often, uncountable, usually Example: Pakistan and India both have the Bomb now. Example: The Cabinet, when faced with this proffered omnipotence, had recoiled in fear. True it was that their acute distaste for the bomb[…] did credit to their humanity, to their state of civilization. 2. A success; something excellent. Labels: figuratively, slang, uncountable, usually Example: Their new record is the bomb. Example: That party was the bomb!
Word: preservation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French preservacion, from Medieval Latin preservatio. Morphologically preserve + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛz.əˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ˌpɹɛz.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/, /ˌpɹez.əˈvæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of preserving; care to preserve; act of keeping from destruction, decay or any ill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Every seneseless thing by nature's light Doth preservation seek, destruction shun Example: The eyes of the Lord are upon them that love him, his is ther mighty protection, a preservation from stumbling, and a help from falling. 2. The state of being preserved, how something has survived. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The canoe is of pure black oak, and is in excellent preservation. Example: Tons of engine sheds would bite the dust with the end of steam, and many would be demolished with their time in the spotlight over. We're lucky that the one at Didcot survived into preservation.
Word: superject Part of Speech: noun 1. The emergent actual occasion from which value is abstracted. Example: Thus the eternal relatedness is of the form — the είδος —; the emergent actual occasion is the superject of informed value; value, as abstracted from any particular superject, is the abstract matter — the ϋλη — which is common to all actual occasions and the synthetic activity which prehends valueless possibility into superjicient informed value is the substantial activity.
Word: for free Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without paying; free. Example: We got all our food for free, it was included in the contract. Example: Now John at the bar is a friend of mine He gets me my drinks for free 2. Without effort; as a useful side-effect of something that was to be done anyway. Labels: figuratively Example: When they fixed that one bug, we got this new software feature for free.
Word: scriptability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English scriptability From script + -ability. 1. The ability to be driven programmatically as well as interactively. Labels: uncountable Example: 2003: All output of the Subversion command-line client is carefully designed to be both human readable and automatically parseable; scriptability is a high priority. Subversion Home Page
Word: readme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From read + me. Pronunciation: /ˈɹidmi/ 1. A text file meant to be read before taking any significant action with the items it accompanies. Example: Remember, there may be many readmes in many different locations within the patch itself. Search and read all readmes before proceeding. Example: At times, README.txt is vague; some sections have been blacked out, presumably on legal advice.
Word: narco-state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narco- + state. 1. A state whose economy depends heavily on narcotics and other drugs. Example: With the collapse of the government, there is a real danger the country will become a narco-state. Example: During his trial, prosecutors in New York said Hernández ran the Central American country like a "narco-state" and accepted millions of dollars in bribes from drug traffickers to shield them from the law.
Word: pr0n Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A respelling of porn with middle letters transposed and o replaced with zero. 1. A filter-avoidance spelling of porn. Labels: Internet, Leet, uncountable Example: They were just pr0n, really. And I figured you might need to blow off some steam. No pun intended. Example: Merlin Mann, creator of 43 Folders, joked about the lure of “productivity pr0n” (pornography in internet slang) as early as 2005: “It is a tongue-in-cheek term often used lovingly by its avid—even obsessive—consumers. It often implies the awareness that not all productivity pr0n leads to actual productivity[…]
Word: lollygag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, lolly (“fool, tongue”) + gag (“fool around”). Compare lollypoop. Cited in American dialects from 1871 and attested since at least 1859. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒlɪɡæɡ/ 1. To dawdle; to be lazy or idle; to avoid necessary work or effort. Labels: US Example: Stop lollygagging! […] He ate ALL the ship's food! 'Zat your friend? Show him outta here! Example: Now this plaintiff thinks how poor he hereafter will have to live, for the sake of old Green's having a fine fat woman to lollygag with. 2. To fool around, especially sexually. Labels: US, dated Example: Lovemaking and lollygagging are hereby strictly forbidden. […] The holding of hands, osculation and constant embracing of WAVES, corpsmen or civilians and sailors or any combination of male and female personnel is a violation of naval discipline. […] 3. To effusively (often excessively) display affection. Labels: US, dated Example: At the fair the other day George and Sue were lollygagging around like two sick kittens.
Word: lollygag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, lolly (“fool, tongue”) + gag (“fool around”). Compare lollypoop. Cited in American dialects from 1871 and attested since at least 1859. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒlɪɡæɡ/ 1. Silliness, nonsense. Labels: US, uncountable Example: He likes to do his car up with blacked-out windows, and all that lollygag. 2. A useless or worthless person or thing. Labels: US, countable, dated Example: The lallygag strolls down the road that leads to Failureville.
Word: productization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Latin prōductusder. Middle English product English product 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 productize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English productization From productize + -ation. 1. The act of modifying something, such as a concept or a tool internal to an organization, to make it suitable as a commercial product. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bus bridge Part of Speech: noun 1. A temporary system of shuttle buses bypassing a failure, overhaul, or other outage in some other mode of transit (usually rail). Example: A bus bridge is being put in place for the stations affected by the recent train derailment. 2. A device for connecting two disparate hardware buses.
Word: APT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of automation presses tooling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of advanced passenger train. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of apartment, preferred by the United States Postal Service; compare Apt. and apt.. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of 4. Initialism of advanced persistent threat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The FBI has linked the incident to a North Korean APT it tracks as TraderTraitor, which the agency has been monitoring since 2022 for its attacks on blockchain companies. 5. Initialism of arbitrage pricing theory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of anatomical pathology technologist. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of acyl protein thioesterase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: APT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of automatically programmed tool: a high-level language for numerically controlled machine tools. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of advanced packaging tool: a package management system used by Debian and Debian-based distributions, also used by other Linux distributions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Alabama Public Television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of American Public Television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hovel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of *hove, *hof (“structure, building, house”), from Old English hof (“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“arch, bend, buckle”), equivalent to howf + -el. Compare Middle High German hobel (“cover, lid, covered wagon”). Cognate with Dutch hof (“garden, court”), German Hof (“yard, garden, court, palace”), Icelandic hof (“temple, hall”). Related to hove and hover. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒvəl/, /ˈhʌvəl/, /ˈhɑvəl/, /ˈhɔvəl/, /ˈhɐvəl/ 1. An open shed for sheltering cattle, or protecting produce, etc., from the weather. 2. A poor cottage; a small, mean house; a hut. Labels: derogatory Example: 'Behold! once more I kiss thee, and by that kiss I give to thee dominion over sea and earth, over the peasant in his hovel, over the monarch in his palace halls, and cities crowned with towers, and those who breathe therein.' Example: The hovel stood in the centre of what had once been a vegetable garden, but was now a patch of rank weeds. Surrounding this, almost like a zareba, was an irregular ring of gorse and brambles, an unclaimed vestige of the original common. 3. In the manufacture of porcelain, a large, conical brick structure around which the firing kilns are grouped. 4. A straitjacket. Labels: Midwestern-US, archaic, slang
Word: hovel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hovel, hovil, hovylle, diminutive of *hove, *hof (“structure, building, house”), from Old English hof (“an enclosure, court, dwelling, house”), from Proto-West Germanic *hof, from Proto-Germanic *hufą (“hill, farm”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“arch, bend, buckle”), equivalent to howf + -el. Compare Middle High German hobel (“cover, lid, covered wagon”). Cognate with Dutch hof (“garden, court”), German Hof (“yard, garden, court, palace”), Icelandic hof (“temple, hall”). Related to hove and hover. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒvəl/, /ˈhʌvəl/, /ˈhɑvəl/, /ˈhɔvəl/, /ˈhɐvəl/ 1. To put in a hovel; to shelter. Labels: transitive Example: To hovel thee with swine, and rogues forlorn. Example: The poor are hovell'd and hustled together. 2. To construct a chimney so as to prevent smoking, by making two of the more exposed walls higher than the others, or making an opening on one side near the top. Labels: transitive
Word: Chomskyan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Chomsky + -an. 1. Relating to the linguist and activist Noam Chomsky. Example: A rhizome, as Deleuze and Guattari explain in Rhizome: an Introduction (1976), is the antithesis of a root-tree structure, or ‘arborescence’, the structural model which has dominated Western thought from Porphyrian trees, to Linnaean taxonomies, to Chomskyan sentence diagrams. 2. Of or relating to the theoretical approach introduced by Noam Chomsky, et al., especially transformational grammar. Example: The differences between acceptable constructions like "Have you a book on modern music?" and unacceptable ones like "Read you a book on modern music?" need no Chomskyan signposts for a native speaker, and have very little to do with statistical probability but a lot to do with common sense. Example: According to Chomskyan theory, the deep structures are innate components of the brain that enable it to carry out certain formal kinds of operations on strings of symbols.
Word: Chomskyan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chomsky + -an. 1. A follower or adherent of Chomsky's linguistic theories; a transformational grammarian.
Word: watering can Part of Speech: noun 1. A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.
Word: Earthling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earth + -ling (suffix indicating a resident); earth is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”). Old English ierþling (“farmer, husbandman, ploughman”, literally “one of the earth”) is formed from the same roots but generally did not outlive Old English; all modern uses are historical: see earthling. Compare also human, which is derived from Latin humus (“ground, soil”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜːθlɪŋ/, /ˈɝθlɪŋ/ 1. An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of heaven. Example: VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs? 2. An inhabitant of Earth, as opposed to one of another planet; specifically, a sentient member of any species native to Earth. 3. A person who is materialistic or worldly; a worldling. Labels: archaic
Word: Slavic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Slavic From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey. Pronunciation: /ˈslɑːvɪk/, /ˈslævɪk/, /ˈslavɪk/ 1. Of the Slavs, their cultures, or the branch of the Indo-European languages associated with them. Example: Forty-five-year-old Maria Sedlakova, a small dark roly-poly woman with high cheekbones in a very Slavic face, interrupted furiously.
Word: Slavic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substrateder.? Proto-Indo-European *ḱlewH-der.? Proto-Slavic *slov- Proto-Slavic *-ǫta Proto-Slavic *Slov-? Proto-Balto-Slavic *-ēnas Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Slavic *-inъ Proto-Slavic *-ěninъ Proto-Slavic *slověninъder. Ancient Greek Σκλαβηνός (Sklabēnós)der. Byzantine Greek Σκλᾰ́βος (Sklắbos)bor. Medieval Latin Sclāvusbor. Middle English Sclave English Slav Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Slavic From Slav + -ic. Piecewise doublet of slavey. Pronunciation: /ˈslɑːvɪk/, /ˈslævɪk/, /ˈslavɪk/ 1. Any of various languages spoken by the Slavic peoples, such as Proto-Slavic, Common Slavic, Old Church Slavic, or the modern Slavic languages. Labels: uncountable Example: It is a commonly known fact that formal marks of perfective aspect in Slavic are prefixes. Example: Belter is composed mainly of Chinese, Japanese, Slavic, Germanic, and romance languages because Earth's most common tongues would be the ones to survive to form the new brogue of the cosmos.
Word: tellurian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”), + -ian (suffix meaning "from, related to, or like" when forming an adjective, or "one from, belonging to, relating to, or like" when forming a noun). Pronunciation: /tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən/, /tɪ-/, /-ˈljɔː-/, /tɛˈl(j)ʊ.ɹi.ən/, /tə-/ 1. Of or relating to the earth; (specifically, chiefly science fiction) inhabiting planet Earth as opposed to other planets. Labels: formal, literary, not-comparable Example: It certainly appears difficult to reconcile with known facts the opinion maintained by [Carl] Linnæus and by [Thomas] Pennant, which is, indeed, a very prevalent one, that all the tribes of tellurian animals now existing have descended from a stock that was preserved in the ark of Noah. Example: Of peaceful mutual Love, the whole mankind / Shall feel the happy power; joyful scenes / Of earthly bliss, tellurian happiness. 2. Of a planet, being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals; see also terrestrial planet. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a mineral: containing tellurium. Labels: not-comparable Example: The tellurian mineral from Goldfield, Nevada, described originally as goldfieldite by Ransome (1909), was proven to be tellurian tennantite by X-ray powder diffraction (Thompson 1946).
Word: tellurian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”), + -ian (suffix meaning "from, related to, or like" when forming an adjective, or "one from, belonging to, relating to, or like" when forming a noun). Pronunciation: /tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən/, /tɪ-/, /-ˈljɔː-/, /tɛˈl(j)ʊ.ɹi.ən/, /tə-/ 1. Alternative spelling of tellurion (“instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: The Second Part of this Orrery I call a Tellurian, [...] becauſe it ſhews moſt accurately and evidently all the Phœnomena ariſing from the Annual and Diurnal Motions of the Earth, in a Terreſtrial Globe full Three Inches in a Diameter; upon which all the Parts of the terraqueous Surface are diſtinctly delineated, [...] Example: Among the modern inventions appertaining to astronomy, besides the instruments necessary to correct observation, we may reckon those curious and elegant machines, exhibiting the motions and phenomena of our solar system and its several parts; our orreries, planetariums, tellurians, lunariums, &c., all of which may be considered as extremely interesting and ingenious contrivances. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Tellurian (“inhabitant of the planet Earth”). Labels: alt-of Example: Friends are not alone in this magnanimity, that likes truth only when it suits them. But among all tellurians or lunarians of my acquaintance, they are distinguished for liking those like them, and liking no others. Example: But it's well that that bunch of tellurians are dead! Our diamond was the cause of that much good for the earth!" Nega slowed her orbital speed, oscillated a bit, and twinkled: "Are all tellurians like those we've met in the last year?"
Word: terrestrial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al. Pronunciation: /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/, /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/ 1. A ground-dwelling plant. 2. Alternative letter-case form of Terrestrial (“Inhabitant of Earth”). Labels: alt-of Example: It will be manifest that natural scenery must present many beautiful varieties of effect altogether unfamiliar to us terrestrials, who know of no colours in scenery except those inherent in the objects themselves which form the landscape.
Word: terrestrial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English terrestrialle, from terrestre or Latin terrestris, from terra (“land, earth, ground”), with the suffix -al. Pronunciation: /tɪˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹɛstɹɪ.əl/, /tɪˈɹestɹɪ.əl/, /təˈɹestɹɪ.əl/ 1. Of or relating to the Earth or its (native) inhabitants. Labels: not-comparable Example: Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. 2. Of, relating to, or composed of land or earth, as contrasted with bodies of water, with wetlands viewed as semiaquatic environs, or with aerial or space environs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: land (attributive), landbased, landly Example: quoted in 2022, C. F. G. Clark, The Curiosities of Dudley and the Black Country […] yet this stone [Cannock] is so Sulphurious and Terrestrial, not fit to make Iron; […] 3. Living or growing in or on land (as opposed to other habitats or substrates). Labels: not-comparable Example: a terrestrial plant Example: Typically, tarantulas are either terrestrial or arboreal, but the Chilobrachys natanicharum can live in both enivronments^([sic]), the researchers said, demonstrating its adaptability. 4. Being composed primarily of silicate rocks or metals, as contrasted with gases, liquified gases, and dust. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: tellurian, telluric, terrene, Terran, rocky, metallic Example: a terrestrial planet 5. Concerned with the world or worldly matters. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: worldly, sublunary Example: A genius bright and base, / Of towering talents, and terrestrial aims. 6. Of or pertaining to the second highest degree of glory. Labels: Mormonism, not-comparable Example: We are now living and obeying celestial laws that will make us candidates for celestial glory; or we are living terrestrial laws that will make us candidates for terrestrial glory; or telestial. Example: Theirs is an everlasting terrestrial inheritance because they rejected the truth when it was offered to them in mortality. 7. Broadcast using radio waves as opposed to satellite or cable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cholo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cholo, of uncertain origin. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃoʊloʊ/ 1. A Mexican or Hispanic gang member, or somebody perceived to embody similar characteristics. Labels: derogatory Example: When Converse's cool-hunter DeeDee Gordon was in Los Angeles, she saw white teenage girls dressing like cholos, or Mexican gangsters, wearing tight white tank tops known as "wife beaters," a bra strap hanging out, long shorts, tube socks, and shower sandals.
Word: tellurion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tellūs (“earth, ground; the globe, planet Earth; country, land”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“ground, bottom”) + -ion (a Latinate suffix used in place of -ian (suffix meaning ‘one from, belonging to, relating to, or like’)), possibly coined by Benjamin Martin (baptized 1705; died 1782), an English lecturer, lexicographer, and maker of scientific instruments: see the quotation. Pronunciation: /tɛˈljʊə.ɹɪ.ən/, /tɪ-/, /-ˈljɔː-/, /tɛˈl(j)ʊ.ɹi.ən/, /tə-/ 1. An instrument used to show how the rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun cause day and night and the seasons. Labels: historical Example: The Second Part of this Orrery I call a Tellurian, [...] becauſe it ſhews moſt accurately and evidently all the Phœnomena ariſing from the Annual and Diurnal Motions of the Earth, in a Terreſtrial Globe full Three Inches in a Diameter; upon which all the Parts of the terraqueous Surface are diſtinctly delineated, [...] Example: Among the modern inventions appertaining to astronomy, besides the instruments necessary to correct observation, we may reckon those curious and elegant machines, exhibiting the motions and phenomena of our solar system and its several parts; our orreries, planetariums, tellurians, lunariums, &c., all of which may be considered as extremely interesting and ingenious contrivances.
Word: mestizo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mestizo, from Late Latin mixtīcius, from Latin mixtus (“mixed”). Doublet of metis, which came from French. Pronunciation: /mɛsˈtiː.zoʊ/, /mɛˈstiː.zoʊ/, /mɛsˈtiː.zo/ 1. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Spanish and Native American heritage. Labels: US 2. A person of mixed ancestry, especially one of Austronesian Filipino and Spanish or Chinese ancestry, such as that of the Spanish mestizos and Chinese mestizos from the Spanish Colonial Era of the Philippines. Labels: Philippines, historical
Word: mince Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *minnisōn, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon minsōn (“to make less, make smaller”), Old Dutch minson (“to make smaller”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min. Pronunciation: /mɪns/ 1. Finely chopped meat; minced meat. Labels: uncountable Example: Mince tastes really good fried in a pan with some chopped onion and tomato. 2. Finely chopped mixed fruit used in Christmas pies; mincemeat. Labels: uncountable Example: During Christmas time my dad loves to eat mince pies. 3. An affected (often dainty or short and precise) gait. Labels: countable Example: A wiry little girl in a starched, lemon-colored party dress, she sassed along with a grownup mince, one hand on her hip, the other supporting a spinsterish umbrella. Example: She was just the same; she had a light way of walking and she always wore flat heels so she didn't have that mince like most girls. 4. An affected manner, especially of speaking; an affectation. Labels: countable Example: A very moderate degree of accomplishment in this direction would make an end of stage smart speech, which, like the got-up Oxford mince and drawl of a foolish curate, is the mark of a snob. Example: And, further, who has not heard what someone has christened the "Oxford" mince, where every consonant is mispronounced and every vowel gets a wrong value? 5. An eye (from mince pie). Labels: Cockney, countable, in-plural, slang Example: Lancashire is a bit nazi about speed and the M6 in that area can be either clear or infested with vans and their helicopter. On the good side the vans tend to be on well sighted bridges so just keep the old minces peeled. 6. Something worthless; rubbish. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable Example: That band's new album is total mince.
Word: mince Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English mincen, minsen; partly from Old English minsian, ġeminsian (“to make less, make smaller, diminish”), from Proto-West Germanic *minnisōn, from Proto-Germanic *minnisōną (“to make less”); partly from Old French mincer, mincier (“to cut into small pieces”), from mince (“slender, slight, puny”), from Frankish *minsto, *minnisto, superlative of *min, *minn (“small, less”), from Proto-Germanic *minniz (“less”); both from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small, little”). Cognate with Old Saxon minsōn (“to make less, make smaller”), Old Dutch minson (“to make smaller”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐌶𐌽𐌰𐌽 (minznan, “to become less, diminish”), Swedish minska (“to reduce, lessen”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (mins, “slender, slight”). More at min. Pronunciation: /mɪns/ 1. To make less; to make small. Labels: transitive 2. To lessen; to diminish; to diminish in speaking; to speak of lightly or slightingly; to minimise. Labels: transitive 3. To effect mincingly. Labels: rare, transitive 4. To cut into very small pieces; to chop finely. Labels: transitive Example: Butchers often use machines to mince meat. 5. To suppress or weaken the force of. Labels: archaic, figuratively, transitive Example: Siren, now mince the sin, / And mollify damnation with a phrase. 6. To say or utter vaguely (not directly or frankly). Example: to mince one's words Example: a minced oath 7. To affect; to pronounce affectedly or with an accent. Labels: transitive Example: In some districts of England ll is sounded like w, thus bowd (booud) for BOLD, bw (buu) for BULL, caw (kau) for CALL. But this pronunciation is merely a provincialism, and not to be imitated unless you wish to mince like these blunderers. Example: One may hear some speakers in Oxford mince brother into brover (brëvë); Bath into Baf; both into bof. 8. To walk with short steps; to walk in a prim, affected manner. Labels: intransitive Example: At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones's trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar. Example: The daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, mincing as they go. 9. To act or talk with affected nicety; to affect delicacy in manner. Labels: intransitive Example: I love going to gay bars and seeing drag queens mince around on stage.
Word: Ginny Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive + -y Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪni/ 1. A diminutive of the female given names Virginia or Ginevra. Example: “Everyone who knew Ginny knows she had a special soul, one that radiated with love,” a statement on the page read. “She was a caregiver through and through, whether caring for patients, family, and especially in caring for her beloved furry friends.”
Word: futuristic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English future 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English futuristic From future + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˌfjuːt͡ʃəˈɹɪstɪk/, /ˌfjut͡ʃəˈɹɪstɪk/ 1. Of technology, a concept, etc, so far advanced as to appear to be from the future. Example: The modernistic architecture was both ugly and unfunctional, in spite of its futuristic appearance. Example: The same director's film The Quiet Earth (1984), from a novel by Craig Harrison, lands us back in futuristic territory with a pakeha "mad scientist" (plus female pendant for "mateship" interest) and a Vietnam-scarred Maori guerrilla surviving a cosmic catastrophe. 2. In or relating to the future tense.
Word: jardin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French jardin (“garden”), from the mossy appearance. Doublet of garden. 1. The inclusions and fissures within an emerald.
Word: swive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swiven, from Old English swīfan (“to move, sweep, wend, revolve”), from Proto-Germanic *swībaną (“to wipe, sweep”). Cognate with Old Frisian swīva, swīfa (“to waver”), Old Norse svīfa (“to drift, ramble, rove”), Norwegian Nynorsk sviva (“to rotate, wander”). Related to Old English swift (“swift”), Middle English swyvel (“swivel”). Pronunciation: /swaɪv/ 1. To have sex with (someone). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: 'Tis sure the sauciest prick that e'er did swive Example: “You were in such heat to swive me, you tore the clothes from your body.” 2. To cut a crop in a sweeping or rambling manner, hence to reap; cut for harvest. Labels: archaic, dialectal, transitive Example: The cradled scythes of the Vale of Towey were scarcely known in the Vale of Teivy; and the swiving method of reaping wheat in the latter, was as little known in the former ... Example: Swiving is a method first adopted apparently in Cardiganshire ...
Word: electromagnetic radiation Part of Speech: noun 1. Radiation (quantized as photons) consisting of oscillating electric and magnetic fields oriented perpendicularly to each other, moving through space. Labels: uncountable Example: As the public hears the name EMR Syndrome repeated in various applications related to health effects, it will begin to link EMR/electromagnetic radiation to those health effects. Over time the meaning of EMR will take hold and be understood for the environmental threat it is.
Word: Jessica Part of Speech: name Etymology: First used by William Shakespeare in Merchant of Venice in the early 17th century, probably from Hebrew יִסְכָּה (yiská, “Iscah in Genesis 11:29, Jescha in the Wycliffe version”), a proper name meaning "he will see/behold/look for", the 3ms imperfect form of a verb ultimately from the root ס־כ־ה (s-k-h), itself an alternative form of the root שׂ־כ־ה (ś-k-h), both of which mean "to see, behold, look for". * By folk etymology seen as an elaborate form of Jessie, from Jane. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛsɪkə/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: Lorenzo: In such a night / Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew, / And with an unthrift love did run from Venice, / As far as Belmont. Example: She will be beautiful, of course - how could our child not be beautiful? We will name her...Jessica. Yes, that's a good name, not one of those lighter-than-air names so popular among writers of romances and fairy tales. That's a name a real little girl might have.
Word: basketbrawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of basketball + brawl. 1. A basketball game involving a brawl. Labels: countable 2. Highly physical basketball play. Labels: uncountable
Word: quite a few Part of Speech: det 1. An indefinite and somewhat large number; more than a few; a fair number of; quite a lot. Example: I've watched quite a few basketball games in my time. Example: Well, they say money doesn't grow on trees, but what about iron helmets? I appear to have quite a few of those.
Word: quite a few Part of Speech: noun 1. An indefinite and somewhat large number. Example: About a third, perhaps more, were killed in the war; of the survivors quite a few were wounded, some severely.
Word: unilateralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unilateral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English unilateralism From unilateral + -ism. 1. A tendency of nations to act on their own, or with only minimal consultation and involvement with other nations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: edress Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of e-dress. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If anybody wants to take up a reply to ream me out, my edress is as follows: […] Example: Baleen’s boardroom lay somewhere out in the virtch, in a deeply encrypted region called the Briarpatch. Only Baleen (and Poole sEcurity) had the edress and key.
Word: e-dress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortening of e-mail address. 1. An email address, a unique identifier specifying a virtual location to which e-mail can be sent. Example: As I added my info, one e-dress caught my eye: […] Example: Had someone at the paper given out his home e-dress?
Word: Bayern Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Bayern Munich from German Bayern (“Bavaria”) (clipping of Bayern München). 1. Bayern Munich (a German football club based in Munich).
Word: Bayern Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Bayern. 1. Bavaria, a state in Germany. Labels: rare
Word: channel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English chanelen, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃænəl/, [ˈt͡ʃænəl] ~ [ˈt͡ʃænl̩], /ˈt͡ʃeə̯nəl/, [ˈt͡ʃeə̯nəl] ~ [ˈt͡ʃeə̯nl̩], /ˈt͡ʃɛə̯nəl/ 1. To make or cut a channel or groove in. Labels: transitive 2. To direct or guide along a desired course. Labels: transitive Example: We will channel the traffic to the left with these cones. Example: The resources channelled to those institutions which showed themselves most adept at formfilling, self-promotion and presentation were inadequate to sustain the quality they claimed. 3. To serve as a medium for. Labels: transitive Example: She was channeling the spirit of her late husband, Seth. 4. To follow as a model, especially in a performance. Labels: transitive Example: He was trying to channel President Reagan, but the audience wasn't buying it. Example: When it is my turn to sing karaoke, I am going to channel Ray Charles.
Word: channel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chainwale. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃænəl/, [ˈt͡ʃænəl] ~ [ˈt͡ʃænl̩], /ˈt͡ʃeə̯nəl/, [ˈt͡ʃeə̯nəl] ~ [ˈt͡ʃeə̯nl̩], /ˈt͡ʃɛə̯nəl/ 1. The wale of a sailing ship which projects beyond the gunwale and to which the shrouds attach via the chains. One of the flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks.
Word: ASBO Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæzbəʊ/ 1. Anti-Social Behaviour Order. Labels: UK 2. One who has been issued with the above legal order. Labels: UK, informal
Word: ASBO Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæzbəʊ/ 1. To issue an Anti-Social Behaviour Order to (someone). Labels: UK, transitive Example: Yes he will probably end up in the criminal justice system in a few years time - but if we ASBO him now he's going to end up there an awful lot quicker because he will breach it. Example: "Shut up, both of you. I've got the police here. You'll get asboed," Sally shouted
Word: ion channel Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein complex or single protein that spans between both sides of a cell membrane and allows specific ions to pass through. Example: 2008 Daniels, David. "Ion Channels Play Key Role in R&D". 1 June 2008. Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, 28 (11), pg 24.; archived 2 January 2010. ISSN 1935-472X. OCLC 77706455. Ion channels, which facilitate this movement, are protein assemblies that penetrate the membrane and catalyze passage of specific ions such as sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), or calcium (Ca2+) into or out of the cell down the electrochemical gradient. Example: Pleurobrachia was missing many common proteins called ion channels that generate electric signals that travel rapidly down a nerve.
Word: different strokes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Appeared in general use by 1970. Possibly originally from the 1968 song “Everyday People” by “Sly & The Family Stone” 1. Different touches. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Different styles adapted to a specific situation. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Different strokes for different folks.
Word: different strokes Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Appeared in general use by 1970. Possibly originally from the 1968 song “Everyday People” by “Sly & The Family Stone” 1. Ellipsis of different strokes for different folks. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: side with Part of Speech: verb 1. To choose to take the same point of view as (someone). Labels: transitive
Word: magister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin magister (“a master, chief, head, superior, director, teacher, etc.”), from magis (“more or great”) + -ter. Doublet of maestro, master, and meister. Pronunciation: /ˈmæd͡ʒɪstə(ɹ)/ 1. Master; sir: a title used in the Middle Ages, given to a person in authority, or to one having a licence from a university to teach philosophy and the liberal arts. 2. The possessor of a master's degree. 3. The chief male celebrant of an occult ritual. Example: The magnificent Magisters and Magistras, profound Priests and Priestesses, wondrous Witches and Warlocks, astounding Agents, and the ever-inspiring loyal cohort that makes up the Citizenry of our Infernal Empire—you are an aristocracy of achievers, many of whom are cherished friends, and cannot know how very much you each mean to me. Example: If only the Magistra and Magister of the Rite are present, then just the Magister shall drink of simulate if fake (ie theatrical) blood is used.
Word: magistra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-der.? Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *magisteros Latin magister Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin magistrabor. English magistra Borrowed from Latin magistra. 1. A woman with power or authority, such as a teacher or archmage; a mistress. Labels: especially Example: Your grandmother must have provided assistance to the magistra at some point. Example: What the magistra hadn’t said was that a number of the other students were children, some as young as eight or nine. 2. A female magister. Example: Meditation has an important part in many witchcraft ceremonies, at least in the coven of which I am the Magistra or leader. Example: The magnificent Magisters and Magistras, profound Priests and Priestesses, wondrous Witches and Warlocks, astounding Agents, and the ever-inspiring loyal cohort that makes up the Citizenry of our Infernal Empire—you are an aristocracy of achievers, many of whom are cherished friends, and cannot know how very much you each mean to me. 3. Female equivalent of magister. Labels: feminine, form-of