nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: circumlocutionary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English circumlocution Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English circumlocutionary From circumlocution + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃənəɹi/, /ˌsɝːkəmləˈkjuːʃəˌnɛɹi/ 1. Articulated in a roundabout manner; tautological or with repetitive language. Example: The old man's rambling yarn was circumlocutionary. 2. Evasive, avoiding difficult questions or key points.
Word: cohere Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin haereō Latin cohaereōbor. English cohere Borrowed from Latin cohaereō (“cohere, cling (closely) together, harmonise, be consistent (with), be in agreement with”). Pronunciation: /kəʊˈhɪə/, /koʊˈhɪɚ/ 1. To stick together physically, by adhesion. Labels: intransitive Example: Separate molecules will cohere because of electromagnetic force. Example: Nothing coheres the way you expect. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender. 2. To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Members of the party would cohere in the message they were sending. Example: That dream of beautiful Paris was not likely to cohere into substance in the presence of this misfortune. 3. To be consistent as part of a group, or by common purpose. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: This division suggests that Khamenei is not playing his usual role of cohering the regime during a crisis.
Word: coheres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cohere Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cohered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cohere Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cohering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cohere Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: common purpose Part of Speech: noun 1. A purpose or intent shared by all members of a group. Example: These tasks may be summarised as comprising the maintenance and improvement of railway services and facilities during a transitional period; the reorganising of systems of management and technical practices, so as to secure maximum efficiency and economy from the fusion of four major railway systems (using for these purposes all the resources and traditional skill of the former companies); and the building-up of a sense of common purpose and esprit de corps among a staff of more than 600,000 men and women. Example: Where 12 or more persons who are present together or threaten unlawful violence for a common purpose and the conduct of them (taken together) is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for use his personal safety, each of the persons using unlawful violence for the common purpose is guilty of riot.
Word: memorise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of memorize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: eclaircissement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French éclaircissement, from éclaircir (“to enlighten, to clarify”). Pronunciation: /eɪˌklɛə(ɹ)siːsˈmɒ̃n/ 1. An explanation of something obscure or unknown; clarification, enlightenment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the heroes discovered, in the prize he had made, the very wife of his bosom; and his companion perceived that he had stumbled in the dark upon his own mother. Their mutual astonishment was unspeakable at this eclaircissement […]. Example: There is a name written with this pencil over the principal figure; if you wish for any further eclaircissement, apply to me.”
Word: tetrahydropalmatine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English palmatine English tetrahydropalmatine From tetra- + hydro- + palmatine. 1. A neuroactive alkaloid with analgesic and hypnotic action. Labels: uncountable
Word: volata Part of Speech: noun 1. A code of football developed and promoted by Italian fascists during the late 1920s and early 1930s. Labels: uncountable
Word: lo-cal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: low + calories 1. (of food or drink) That contains fewer calories than normal. Labels: informal
Word: amanita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, from Ancient Greek ἀμανίτης (amanítēs), mushrooms. Pronunciation: /ˌæməˈnaɪtə/ 1. Any of very many agaric mushrooms, of the genus Amanita, most of which are very poisonous.
Word: hormogonia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hormogonium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hormogonium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “first movements”) + -gonium. 1. A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament.
Word: nitroglycerin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian nṯr Proto-Afroasiatic *-i? Egyptian -j Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English nitro- English glycerin English nitroglycerin From nitro- + glycerin. 1. Alternative spelling of nitroglycerine. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: Officials in San Bernardino, California, report what is feared to be one of the most uneradicable dangers to gay people yet: the armoured crab. Armoured crabs […] are impervious to not only traditional commercial remedies but to unorthodox cures as well, such as sand blasting, nitroglycerin, and plastic surgery. Example: The observation that topical application of nitroglycerin to the penis may lead to erection adequate for sexual intercourse (Talley and Crawley 1985) has stimulated several investigations on the efficacy of this potential mode of treatment of erectile dysfunction.
Word: nonacid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English nonacid From non- + acid. 1. Having no acidic properties or content. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonacid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Latin acidusbor. French acidebor. English acid English nonacid From non- + acid. 1. A substance that is not an acid.
Word: nonbasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + basic. 1. Not basic (in any sense).
Word: contraharmonic mean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The contraharmonic mean of two variables is at the same distance from their arithmetic mean as their harmonic mean but on the opposite side. 1. A type of average calculated as the arithmetic mean of the squares of the values divided by the arithmetic mean of the values, i.e. C=(x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²)/n/(x_1+x_2+...+x_n)/norC(x_1,x_2,...,x_n)=x_1²+x_2²+...+x_n²/x_1+x_2+...+x_n Example: The contraharmonic mean of two numbers a and c is the number b such that #123;a-b#92;overc#125;#61;#123;b-c#92;overa#125;. Combining the two ratios: #123;b-c#92;overa#125;#61;#123;(a-b)#43;(b-c)#92;overc#43;a#125;#61;#123;a-c#92;overa#43;c#125;. Rotating the proportion 90° clockwise: #123;a#92;overa#43;c#125;#61;#123;b-c#92;overa-c#125;; transposing twice to isolate the b: b#61;c#43;a#92;left(#123;a-c#92;overa#43;c#125;#92;right). Likewise b#61;a-c#92;left(#123;a-c#92;overa#43;c#125;#92;right); these are both equivalent to the more symmetrical b#61;#123;a²#43;c²#92;overa#43;c#125;.
Word: nonevent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + event. 1. An anticipated event that does not occur, or one that has a disappointing anticlimax.
Word: nonstarter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + starter. 1. A project that has no chance of success. Example: The problem with the CRFB and CBO ideas is that they would be nonstarters politically. 2. A horse that does not run in a race for which it has been entered. 3. A loser; a person who is bound to fail. Example: But Berg was just a fool, a buffoon, a nonentity, a nonstarter so inept he took naps under bear bair.
Word: device driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Software, usually supplied with the operating system or by a hardware manufacturer, that communicates between the operating system of a personal computer and a specific hardware device. Example: The identity of the device driver process is returned by the process manager to the file manager[…]
Word: convect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from convection. Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛkt/ 1. To move (a warm fluid) upward through a cooler fluid, to transfer (heat or a fluid) by convection. Labels: transitive 2. To undergo convection. Labels: intransitive Example: The heated surface caused the air to convect.
Word: convects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of convect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: convected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of convect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: convecting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of convect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: convecting Part of Speech: adj 1. That convects.
Word: stipulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of stipulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stipulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of stipulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nuclear power Part of Speech: noun 1. Power, especially electrical power, obtained using nuclear fission or nuclear fusion. Labels: uncountable 2. A nation that possesses nuclear weapons. Labels: countable
Word: number-crunching Part of Speech: noun 1. Any computing application that requires large amounts of numerical calculation. Labels: uncountable
Word: numerable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nem- Proto-Italic *nomezos Latin numerus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin numerō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin numerābilisbor. English numerable Borrowed from Latin numerābilis. 1. Able to be counted; countable. 2. In one to one correspondence with the set of natural integers. 3. numerous Labels: comparable, nonstandard
Word: numeracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numerate + -cy, from Latin numerus; coined with numerate in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːməɹəsi/ 1. Numerical skill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: John Allen Paulos and others have asked our society to consider numeracy and innumeracy in a way closer to how we view literacy and illiteracy. Example: Numeracy includes such things as comprehending intuitively that a mean can sometimes be vastly different from a median and thus does not always represent a typical specimen, even despite being called "average". 2. Numerical skill. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The man lost all numeracy when he had a stroke, so he now depended on his wife for even the simplest financial matters, such as making change or paying a cashier.
Word: numerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix, of participial origin)). By surface analysis, Latin numerus + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːməɹeɪt/, /ˈnuːməɹeɪt/ 1. To count. Labels: transitive
Word: numerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin numerus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), by analogy with literate. Coined with numeracy in 1959 by the UK Committee on Education, presided over by Sir Geoffrey Crowther. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːməɹət/, /ˈnuːməɹət/ 1. Having numeracy. Example: In these days when the age of pulse was giving way to the age of tone. When the epoch of analogue (which was to say also of the richness of language, of analogy) was giving way to the digital era, the final victory of the numerate over the literate.
Word: numerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English numerat, numerate, from Latin numerātus, perfect past participle of numerō (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix, of participial origin)). 1. Numbered; counted. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Which Ratification foresaid is granted by Laurence Lord Oliphant and his Foresaids upon the saids Earle’s paying in numerate Money to the said Lord at the Date thereof the Sum of Twenty Nine Thousand Seven Hunder and 24 Mercks Scots […] Example: Now if the Monads are equall in number to all numerate things, of which the word One is prædicated, by participation of which Monads every particular is ſaid to be one, there will be infinite Monads thus participated.
Word: numeration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English numeracioun, from Latin numerātiō. By surface analysis, numerate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌn(j)uː.məˈɹeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of counting or numbering; enumeration. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any system of giving names to numbers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: numerically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English numerical Middle English -ly English -ly English numerically From numerical + -ly. 1. In a numerical manner. Example: Our forces are numerically inferior to those of the enemy. 2. In terms of numbers.
Word: numerologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English numerology 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 numerologist From numerology + -ist. 1. A practitioner of numerology
Word: numerously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English numerous Middle English -ly English -ly English numerously From numerous + -ly. 1. In a numerous manner; in great numbers. Example: People voted more numerously this year than last year.
Word: numismatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French numismatique. 1. Of or pertaining to currency, especially to coins. Labels: not-comparable Example: After the deperdition of Indagator, having an appetency still further to pervstigate the frithy occident; being still an agamist, and not wishing to be any longer a pedaneous viator, nor to be solivagant, I brought about the emption of a yaud, partly by numismatic mutuation, and partly by a hypothecation of my fusee and argental horologe. Example: The most prevalent use of the acronym for the phrase is not in texts — which allowed for expansive writing — but upon numismatic evidence (i.e. coinage) where space was limited and thus often had familiar abbreviations. 2. Of or pertaining to numismatics. Labels: not-comparable Example: Numismatic associations had argued before a State Department advisory committee that import restrictions on ancient coins could not fairly be enforced.
Word: paleolithic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Paleolithic. Labels: alt-of
Word: paleographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + -grapher. 1. A person skilled in paleography. Example: Paleography might teach men to read documents, diplomatics to date them and to test their authenticity; but the full significance of an ancient deed might easily escape the most exact paleographer and the most accomplished diplomatist, for the want of that finished sense for legal technicality which is the natural fruit of a conveyancing practice. Example: Finally Mark reports Christ as saying, after his resurrection, that those who believe in him will be saved and those who do not, damned; but it is impossible to discover whether he means anything by a state of damnation beyond a state of error. The paleographers regard this passage as tacked on by a later scribe. On the whole Mark leaves the modern reader where Matthew left him.
Word: palaeographer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of paleographer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: palimony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pal (“close friend”) + alimony (“maintenance”). Coined by celebrity divorce lawyer Marvin Mitchelson in 1977 in suit of his client Michelle Triola Marvin against the actor Lee Marvin. 1. A form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship. Labels: uncountable Example: Who won, huh? Nobody. Used to be sex was the only free thing, No longer. Alimony… palimony… it's all financial. Love is an illusion. Example: Audball's latest pickup didn't seem to care where they were, or anything at all about alimony, palimony, or child support […]
Word: panchromatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- English chromatic English panchromatic From pan- + chromatic. 1. sensitive to all visible colours Labels: not-comparable 2. sensitive to a wide range of wavelengths of light, typically most of the visible spectrum Labels: not-comparable
Word: pancreatic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌpæŋ.kɹɪˈæ.tɪk/, /ˌpeɪŋ-/, /ˌpæn-/, /ˌpeɪn-/ 1. Belonging or relating to the pancreas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parabolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós). 1. Of, or pertaining to, or in the shape of a parabola or paraboloid. 2. Of or pertaining to a parable. Labels: rhetoric 3. Of a leaf: ovate-oblong or ovate, obtuse and contracted below the apex.
Word: parabolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραβολικός (parabolikós). 1. A parabolic function, equation etc.
Word: intromittent organ Part of Speech: noun 1. A male copulatory organ
Word: paraboloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parabola Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English paraboloid From parabola + -oid. 1. Short for elliptic paraboloid Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Short for hyperbolic paraboloid Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: grasp at a straw Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of grasp at straws. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grab at a straw Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of grasp at straws. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: grab at straws Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of grasp at straws. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: clutch at a straw Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of grasp at straws.
Word: clutch at straws Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of grasp at straws.
Word: in a pickle Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The term refers to being in pickling solution, presumably unpleasant. It was first used in English by William Shakespeare in The Tempest (1611), although the phrase had been used in Dutch earlier. 1. In a difficult situation or a troubling quandary. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: How cam'ſt thou in this pickle? / Tri. I haue bin in ſuch a pickle ſince I ſaw you laſt, / That I feare me will neuer out of my bones: Example: Cody Ko, a YouTube star with 5.7 million subscribers, found himself in a pickle in May.
Word: Unix-like Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multi- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der.? Latin -plex Latin multiplexlbor. English multiplexed Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)der.? Latin fōrma Latin fōrmō Latin īnfōrmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Late Latin īnfōrmātiōder. Middle English enformacioun English information Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English computing Proto-Indo-European *ser-der.? Proto-Italic *serwos Latin servus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin servitiumbor. Old French servisebor. Old English serfis Middle English servise English service English Multiplexed Information and Computing Service English Multics ▲ English eunuchinflu. English Unix Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English Unix-like From Unix + -like. 1. Behaving similarly to Unix. Often used to describe systems which do not qualify for use of the Unix trademark. Example: NetBSD provides its users with a free Unix-like system. 2. Having design principles consistent with those of Unix. Example: This program is much more Unix-like: it operates on standard I/O instead of prompting the user for filenames.
Word: smell-o-rama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *smalljan Old English *smiellan Middle English smellen English smell English -o-rama English smell-o-rama From smell + -o-rama. 1. A fictional name for technology that reproduces odor. Labels: informal Example: Scoffers will duly scoff as they did at sound, color, and wide screen. On the other hand, Smellorama did not catch on -- most movies manage to smell without it. Example: I inhale slowly not wanting to miss any ounce of nature’s freely provided version of smell-o-rama.
Word: to the letter Part of Speech: adv 1. Literally, exactly, following the rules as written. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: You should follow what your boss said to the letter. Otherwise, you'll lose your job. Example: Capello warned his players that caution was not an option as they went in search of the result that would take England to Euro 2012. And his message was carried out to the letter in the opening exchanges as England played with a tempo and threat Montenegro struggled to subdue.
Word: thermonuclear weapon Part of Speech: noun 1. A weapon whose power is derived from nuclear fusion at high temperature.
Word: cheapskate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheap + skite (“contemptible person”). Compare blatherskite. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃipˌskeɪt/ 1. Someone who stingily avoids spending money. Example: He is such a cheapskate, he found that jumper in a dustbin. 2. Someone who does not give freely. Labels: broadly Example: My mum is such a cheapskate that she didn't lend me money to go shopping.
Word: searchingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English searching Middle English -ly English -ly English searchingly From searching + -ly. 1. In a searching manner. Example: He stared at me searchingly, trying to determine if I was lying. Example: Away to the left along a side track his eyes travelled searchingly, as they came to a gate.
Word: seatmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seat + -mate. 1. One who shares a seat (such as a bench or other surface that seats more than one). 2. One who sits next to another. Example: My seatmate on the airplane snored incessantly. Example: The Buzzis' older son, Rocco, and I had been high school buddies, then roommates at BU, seatmates at Sox games.
Word: seaborne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sea + borne (“carried, supported”). 1. Transported on the sea or ocean, especially by floating on the sea. Labels: not-comparable Example: China’s state-run iron ore buyer told the nation’s major steel producers and traders to stop purchasing a second type of ore from BHP Group, as contract talks with the world’s top miners drag on. The directive was made this week by China Mineral Resources Group Co. [CMRG] to halt buying BHP’s Jingbao fines, a low-grade ore, said people with knowledge of the order, asking not to be named discussing private matters. The ban applies to seaborne cargoes and inventories at Chinese ports, they said. It follows a move by CMRG in September to stop Chinese steel mills buying BHP’s Jimblebar blend fines after talks on long-term contracts faltered. […] CMRG is maintaining its pressure on BHP. In late September, the Chinese trader asked buyers to halt all dollar-denominated seaborne purchases, and mills now require CMRG approval to source BHP ore from ports, the people said.
Word: secretaryship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English secretary Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English secretaryship From secretary + -ship. 1. A person's term in office with a title including the term secretary, such as secretary of state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His secretaryship was marred by accusations of corruption, but the next secretary of state was called incompetent. 2. The office or position of being secretary. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: secondarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English secundarili. By surface analysis, secondar(i) + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛkənˈdɛɹəli/ 1. In a secondary manner or degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: Primarily, this will cause deaths; secondarily, it will also cost a lot of money. 2. In a secondary manner or degree. Labels: archaic, not-comparable, obsolete Example: And God hath ſet ſome in the Church, firſt Apoſtles, ſecondarily Pꝛophets, thirdly Teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helpes in gouernmẽts, diuerſities of tongues.
Word: autoroutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autoroute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: joual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Canadian French joual. 1. The dialect of working-class Quebecers. Labels: Canada, uncountable Example: As inflammatory as what the joual ‘is’—a mixed, oral sociolect—is its function as a kind of self-image for Québécois. In Jean-Claude Germain's terms, joual ‘bears in its flesh the scars of life and history.’
Word: dawgs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dawg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ginchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ginch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English ginchy From ginch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪn(t)ʃi/ 1. Awesome, cool, excellent. Labels: dated, slang Example: Wow, those shoes are the ginchiest! Example: You should carry a few silver dollars—they are the ginchiest. 2. Leery; wary or nervous. Example: I got very ginchy about being left alone with Eileen, very hopeful and very anxious both at once. Example: Except somehow he did know, just as he'd somehow known all along that this was a setup. And maybe that was why he'd been so ginchy in Albuquerque, all those months ago.
Word: American cocker spaniel Part of Speech: noun 1. A sporting dog of a breed ranging between 18 and 30 lbs., originally bred in Britain as the English cocker spaniel for the sport of cocking, or bird hunting. Breed divided by colors: black, sable, parti, tri, and ASCOB.
Word: circumventive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum- Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Italic *gʷəniō Latin veniō Latin circumveniōlbor. English circumvent Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English circumventive From circumvent + -ive. 1. evading or overcoming some protective measure. Example: A circumventive unauthorised user was accessing secure information.
Word: go around Part of Speech: verb 1. To move or spread from person to person. Labels: intransitive Example: The rumor is going around that Mr. X and Ms. Y are having an affair. There's a cough going around. Example: “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery. […]” 2. To visit (a place) or with (somebody). Labels: intransitive Example: I'm going around to John's house later. 3. To fight or argue; to obsess over something. Labels: intransitive, slang 4. To be shared with everyone. Labels: intransitive Example: There's plenty of fish to go around. 5. To perform a go-around maneuver. Labels: intransitive Example: ATC told the flight to go around because another plane was still on the runway. 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, around. Example: Let's make the wheels go around.
Word: Bhagavad-gita Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Bhagavad Gita. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hindus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hindu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vocals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊkəlz/, /ˈvoʊkəlz/ 1. plural of vocal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vocals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊkəlz/, /ˈvoʊkəlz/ 1. The words of a song together with other sounds sung by a vocalist. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: backup vocals Part of Speech: noun 1. The chorus and other lyrics and sounds sung by backup vocalists to provide an accompaniment to a song. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The singers who perform these vocals. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: lead vocals Part of Speech: noun 1. The primary words of a song, sung by the lead vocalist to the same tune as the primary melody. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: backup vocalist Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a group of singers who provide backup vocals to a song
Word: lead vocalist Part of Speech: noun 1. A singer (or one of a small group of singers) who provides lead vocals to a song
Word: negros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of negro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twenty to the dozen Part of Speech: adv Etymology: As if saying twenty words to another's dozen. 1. very fast, fluently Labels: idiomatic Example: He can talk French twenty to the dozen.
Word: touch and go Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The original sense, now obsolete, seems to have been that of brief encounters. The subsequent nautical sense then gave rise first to the abstract sense (indicating a hazardous situation) and later, by physical analogy, to the aeronautical sense. 1. Characterized by brief and transitory encounters. Labels: obsolete Example: Madam, I’m gone; no wonder, for you know, Lovers' encounters are but touch and go. 2. Precarious, delicate, risky, sensitive; of uncertain outcome (by analogy with a ship in shallow water). Example: His condition was touch and go for a time after the accident, but they think he will recover. Example: I could sense it was touch and go whether I could get the lay.
Word: touch and go Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The original sense, now obsolete, seems to have been that of brief encounters. The subsequent nautical sense then gave rise first to the abstract sense (indicating a hazardous situation) and later, by physical analogy, to the aeronautical sense. 1. To briefly encounter before moving on. Labels: obsolete Example: As the text doth rise, I will touch and go a little in euery place, untill I come unto too much. 2. To touch bottom lightly and continue without damage, as a vessel in motion. Example: Whilst they were disputing the vessel touched the ground, but soon got off again. "Ay," says the captain, "he is a good pilot that can touch and go." 3. To perform a touch-and-go landing.
Word: unmossed 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 mossed English unmossed From un- + mossed. 1. Having no moss. Labels: not-comparable
Word: soe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sō (“large tub, vat”), from Old English sā (“a tub, pail, vessel”) and/or Old Norse sár (“large cask”) (acc. s.sá), both from Proto-Germanic *saihaz (“bucket, vat”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyk- (“to reach, grasp”). Cognate with Swedish så (“large wooden water vessel”). Pronunciation: /səʊ/ 1. a large wooden vessel for carrying water, especially one to be carried on a pole between two people. Labels: obsolete Example: "[…] no more then a Pump grown dry will yield any water, unless you pour a little water into it first, and then for one Bason-ful you may fetch up so many Soe-fuls".
Word: soe Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /səʊ/ 1. Obsolete form of so. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Many of the lupus piscis I have seen, and have bin informed by the king's fishmonger they are taken on our coast, but was not satisfied for some reasons of his relation soe as to enter it into my Pinax […]
Word: quick match Part of Speech: noun 1. A pyrotechnic fuse consisting of a cotton string, coated with black powder, confined in a paper tube. Example: Cast off all the covers of the fire barrels, and hang the quick match loose over their sides, and place leaders of quick match from the reeds into the barrels, and from thence into the vent of the chambers, [..] Example: The Recent Chinese quick match has another property that may cause it to appear to be especially fierce burning. 2. An unranked match in a format that is more casual compared to the game's skirmish and competitive modes. Example: Hi, Whenever I try to play a quickmatch, I always find that someone leaves the game basically as soon as the game has started. This pi**es me off, wondered if anyone else was having the same prob. Example: Though the bug hinders players attempting to use the optimatch option, they can still readily play the game online using the quick match mode. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quick, match.
Word: black powder Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple form of gunpowder, consisting of a mixture of saltpetre, charcoal, and sulfur. Labels: uncountable
Word: changements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of changement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: evolutional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From evolution + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to evolution, or coming about as a result of the principles of evolution. Labels: not-comparable Example: Man is the probable evolutional successor to the chimpanzee.
Word: hermaphrodite brig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is a hybrid of the two main types of sail plan. 1. A two-masted sailing ship which has square sails on the foremast combined with a schooner rig on the mainmast (triangular topsail over a gaff mainsail). Example: About noon we saw a vessel on a wind to leeward of us, which was a source of great delight to us all, and we bore down to her. We soon made her out to be an hermaphrodite brig, under her close-reefed topsails and trysails.
Word: rudder authority Part of Speech: noun 1. The degree of control that the rudder can exert over the yawing motion of an aircraft; related to rudder design and airspeed. Labels: uncountable Example: At slow taxiing speed, there is insufficient rudder authority to steer the aeroplane.
Word: elevator authority Part of Speech: noun 1. The degree of control that the elevators can exert over the pitching motion of an aircraft; related to elevator design and airspeed. Labels: uncountable Example: The airspeed was so low that there was insufficient elevator authority to recover from the stall.
Word: aileron authority Part of Speech: noun 1. The degree of control that the ailerons can exert over the rolling motion of an aircraft; related to aileron design and airspeed. Labels: uncountable Example: At higher airspeeds there is sufficient aileron authority to perform extremely fast rolls.
Word: control surface Part of Speech: noun 1. A moveable surface attached to a machine such as an aircraft or submarine that can be used to control the machine's motion in roll, pitch or yaw. Example: Before flight, it is vital to ensure all control surfaces are clear of obstruction and can move smoothly and freely.
Word: on the half hour Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Happening hourly, but at 30 minutes past each hour; ie, 08:30, 09:30 etc. Example: Trains leave here for New York every hour on the half hour. 2. Happening on the hour and at 30 minutes after the hour. Example: In one corner is an old grandfather's clock; the chimes are on the half-hour. Example: He bought and framed Japanese prints, and she chose a bronze mantelpiece clock with a silver bell that struck on the half hour. 3. At thirty minutes into a half.
Word: top of the hour Part of Speech: noun 1. The time at (or very close to) the start of the next hour of time. Labels: idiomatic Example: If not done at the top of the hour, however, the station ID should come at the next possible break in the programme.
Word: on the hour Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. hourly, beginning at the start of each hour.
Word: sil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sil (“a kind of yellow earth, ochre”). 1. A yellowish pigment used by painters in ancient times. Labels: uncountable Example: Indeed, Vitruvius and Pliny the Elder attest that in Greece ochra was the name of the yellow quality, corresponding to what the Romans called sil.
Word: centre of lift Part of Speech: noun 1. That point on an aircraft where all the various lifting forces act. If the centre or lift is not coincident with the centre of gravity on the fore/aft axis, the plane will pitch, if not coincident on the lateral axis, it will roll. Labels: Canada, UK
Word: center of lift Part of Speech: noun 1. US standard spelling of centre of lift. Labels: US, alt-of, standard
Word: attitude indicator Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument that displays attitude of an aircraft in pitch and roll. Labels: UK
Word: validator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From validate + -or. 1. One who validates. 2. Something that validates. Example: Use the HTML validator to check that your web page is correctly coded.
Word: rate of climb Part of Speech: noun 1. The rate at which an aircraft gains altitude. A negative rate of climb implies descent.
Word: rate of climb indicator Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument installed in an aircraft that indicates the rate at which the aircraft is gaining or losing altitude.
Word: tsien Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of mace (“old Chinese unit of weight”).
Word: bachelordom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bachelor Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English bachelordom From bachelor + -dom. 1. The state of a male who is a bachelor, i.e. unwed. Labels: uncountable
Word: early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Attributed to Benjamin Franklin. 1. A person who goes to bed early and wakes up early will lead a more successful life.
Word: seemly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English semly, semely, semelich, from Old Norse sœmiligr (“seemly”); equivalent to seem + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic sæmilegur (“seemly, passable”), Danish sømmelig (“seemly”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmli/ 1. Of behavior, appropriate; suited to the occasion or purpose; becoming. Example: His behavior was seemly, as befits a gentleman. Example: I am a woman, lacking wit / To make a seemly answer to such persons.
Word: seemly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English semly, semely, semelich, from Old Norse sœmiligr (“seemly”); equivalent to seem + -ly. Cognate with Icelandic sæmilegur (“seemly, passable”), Danish sømmelig (“seemly”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːmli/ 1. Appropriately, fittingly. Example: The great earthes wombe they open to the sky, / And with sad Cypresse seemely it embraue [...].
Word: sensibleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sensible 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 sensibleness From sensible + -ness. 1. The property of being sensible; good sense, common sense. Labels: uncountable Example: “Talk of my private life”, “widespread press reports of my cronyism and embezzlement”, “my cut-price hair transplant that went hilariously wrong”, “the relentless clip-clop of my amazing shoes” – such things can become a distraction thanks to the silly media and their inability to just sit still and listen to the barrage of sensibleness that the government is trying to present.
Word: four-on-the-floor Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A four-speed manual transmission whose gearshift lever is mounted beside the driver on the floor of the vehicle. Labels: countable, metonymically, uncountable 3. A steady, uniformly accented beat with a 4/4 time signature in which the bass drum is hit on every beat. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: A four-on-the-floor rhythm: \drums<<{\hide\pp\repeat unfold16{hh8
Word: cumberbund Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of cummerbund.
Word: P-plate Part of Speech: noun 1. A plastic square sticker or sign bearing a large letter P, placed on a vehicle to indicate that the driver only has a probationary driver's licence, for various possible reasons. Labels: Australia, UK 2. A plastic square sticker or sign bearing a large green letter P - optional not mandatory - placed on a vehicle, probably to indicate that the driver has recently passed his or her driving test. Labels: UK
Word: Tuzla Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Tuzla/Тузла, from Ottoman Turkish طوزله (Tuzla), from طوز (tuz, “salt”). 1. A city in Bosnia and Herzegovina, located in the northeastern part of the country. Example: The security situation forced me to cancel my trip to Sarajevo, but the people I was to meet were so disappointed that they insisted on braving the journey along fifty miles of treacherous roads to meet me in Tuzla.
Word: tuzla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish tuzla 1. A kind of central Anatolian rug.
Word: super organism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of superorganism. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mafic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of magnesium + ferric. Pronunciation: /ˈmafɪk/, /ˈmeɪfɪk/, /ˈmæfɪk/ 1. Describing rocks, such as silicate minerals, magmas, and volcanic and intrusive igneous rocks, which contain relatively high concentrations of magnesium and iron. Example: Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite. Example: As a whole, rocks of this type are referred to as mafic, because of the importance of magnesium and iron in their composition.
Word: mafic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of magnesium + ferric. Pronunciation: /ˈmafɪk/, /ˈmeɪfɪk/, /ˈmæfɪk/ 1. A rock with such properties.
Word: winningest Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From winning + -est. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪnɪŋɪst/ 1. superlative form of winning: most winning Labels: form-of, superlative 2. superlative form of winning: most winning Labels: US Example: She has the winningest smile. 3. Having the most wins. Labels: US Example: a list of the all-time winningest baseball coaches Example: There can be little doubt that Carroll Shelby deserves the high praise he has received from many quarters. On the record he’s America’s winningest big car driver.
Word: DUCivR Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of District of Utah civil rules, the United States District Court for the District of Utah Rules of Practice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: cheapen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cheap + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃiːpən/ 1. To decrease the value or price of; to make cheaper. Labels: transitive Example: Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair. 2. To make vulgar. Labels: transitive Example: The pace of the season can't help but cheapen these scenes, but I can’t deny that it's a blast. I’ve been critical of both the relative depopulation of the cast in this final run and the speedy, schematic narrative that checks off high points and moves on without really building to them. 3. To become cheaper. Labels: intransitive 4. To bargain for, ask the price of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I should like to have seen that noble old madcap Peterborough in his boots (he actually had the audacity to walk about Bath in boots!), with his blue ribbon and stars, and a cabbage under each arm, and a chicken in his hand, which he had been cheapening for his dinner. Example: The maid was on the step, cheapening fish with a virulent lady who had a sieve-full to dispose of.
Word: alpinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English alpine 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 alpinism From alpine + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈælpɪnɪzəm/ 1. Mountain climbing. Labels: capitalized, sometimes, uncountable, usually Example: . . . our rapidly increasing knowledge of the Rocky Mountains of Canada for which geography is so greatly indebted to alpinism.
Word: mountain climbing Part of Speech: noun 1. The activity of climbing mountains, or scaling rock faces. Labels: uncountable
Word: anconad Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ancon + -ad. 1. Located towards the elbow. Example: This articulation of the metacarpal bone of the thumb is luxated either thenad or anconad of the os trapezium; when thenad, there is a prominence in the palm of the hand, the finger is extended anconad, and cannot be inflected thenad; when luxated anconad, there is a projection on the anconal aspect of the wrist, the thumb is inflected thenad, and cannot be extended.
Word: griefs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grief Labels: form-of, plural Example: Surely, he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.
Word: griefs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grief Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pouty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pout Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pouty From pout + -y. 1. Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person) Example: 1799, Cassandra Leigh Cook, Battleridge, London: Cawthorn, Volume 1, Chapter 5, p. 77, ‘My dear Doctor,’ said he, ‘this wrathful man thinks you have been unsuccessful, and is primed to be pouty; let us enjoy the pleasure of discovery by a little delay; […] ’ Example: Long ago when Jade used to come for holiday visits, Margaret found her awkward and pouty, but now that she was grown up, she was pretty and a lot of fun. 2. Shaped into a pout; (of lips) protruding (often implying sulkiness or flirtiness). (of a mouth) Example: 1851, Donald Grant Mitchell (as Ik. Marvel.), Dream Life, New York: Scribner, Chapter 5, pp. 239-240, Was there ever a baby seen, or even read of, like that baby! […] he is a little pouty about the mouth—but such a mouth! Example: Those girls, who could have been her daughters, were beautiful. […] Their mouths were pouty little cupid’s bows. 3. Characterized by pouting. (of an action or quality) Example: Where other actresses offer us a sort of pouty boredom which yet seeks to flirt with the audience, Huppert presents severity, anger, and an irritation raised to the condition of nausea. Example: 2006, Gary Shteyngart, Absurdistan, London: Granta, 2008, Chapter 27, p. 214, Only their full red lips bore similarity, the father’s bubbly wedges endowing him with a drag queen’s pouty glamour.