nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Seneca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Sennecaas, from Algonquian (probably Mahican [Term?]). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪkə/ 1. The Iroquoian language of the Seneca people. 2. A number of places in the United States, including: 3. A number of places in the United States, including: 4. A number of places in the United States, including: 5. A number of places in the United States, including: 6. A number of places in the United States, including: 7. A number of places in the United States, including:
Word: idem Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English idem, borrowed from Latin idem (“the same”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪ.dɛm/, /ˈaɪ.dɛm/ 1. The same.
Word: polytetrafluoroethylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English tetrafluoroethylene English polytetrafluoroethylene From poly- + tetrafluoroethylene. Pronunciation: /ˌpɑlitɛtɹəˌflɔɹoʊˈɛθɪlin/, /ˌpɒlitɛtɹəˌflɔːɹəʊˈɛθɪliːn/ 1. A tough synthetic resin used to make seals and bearings and to create a nonstick coating on cooking utensils. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Gael Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Gael, alt. Gaol, from earlier Gaoidheal, cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Manx Gael, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf. Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Doublet of Goidel, unrelated to Gaul or Gallia. Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word. Pronunciation: /ɡeɪl/ 1. A member of an ethnic group in Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man, whose language is one that is Gaelic. Example: For the great Gaels of Ireland Are the men that God made mad, For all their wars are merry, And all their songs are sad. Example: For England knows and England fears the famous Northern Gael and that's another reason why we'll free our lads in Crumlin Jail.
Word: Gael Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Gael, alt. Gaol, from earlier Gaoidheal, cognate with Scottish Gaelic Gàidheal and Manx Gael, from Middle Irish Gaídel, from Old Irish Goídel (“Irishman”), a loanword from Old Welsh Guoidel (“wild man, warrior”) (also recorded as a personal name in the Book of Llandaff), from Proto-Brythonic *Guɨðel (“savage, woodsman”), from Proto-Celtic *weidelos (“savage, woodsman”), related to *weidus (“wild”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- (“wood, wilderness”) (cf. Old English wāþ (“hunt”)). Doublet of Goidel, unrelated to Gaul or Gallia. Medieval Irish traditions, including the Lebor Gabála Érenn, trace the origin of the Goídels to an eponymous ancestor, Goídel Glas, but this is no longer held to be the ultimate etymology of the word. Pronunciation: /ɡeɪl/ 1. An unknown-gender given name.
Word: Japanglish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Japanese + English. 1. English words that have been co-opted into Japanese vernacular, often incorrectly. 2. English terms or names that have been localized for Japanese use.
Word: dalek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Dalek. Labels: alt-of
Word: crossbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + bill. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒsbɪl/ 1. Any of various finches of the genus Loxia, whose bill crosses over at the tips; they are specialist feeders on conifer cones. 2. A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Example: he not having the money ready[…] filed a bill for a specific performance, evidently to gain time. The vendors filed a crossbill; and afterwards the purchaser became a bankrupt
Word: steelpan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From steel + pan. 1. A percussion instrument consisting of a drum made of steel, originally from Trinidad. Labels: countable Example: Inside, it’s dim and cool, quiet except for some boys up in the loft at the back playing on the steelpan, not really playing seriously, just tapping notes at random, practising rolling the sticks. 2. A style of music incorporating steelpans. Labels: uncountable
Word: STHU Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of shut the hell up. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: I never cease to be amazed at what you feel qualified to give advice! WTF do you know about separations or divorces? ¶ Good grief! If you have no experience in the matter, STHU, please.
Word: enrich Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enrichen, from Anglo-Norman enrichir and Old French enrichier. By surface analysis, en- + rich. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To enhance. Labels: transitive 2. To make (someone or something) rich or richer. Labels: transitive Example: Hobbies enrich lives. Example: The choke in a car engine enriches the fuel mixture. 3. To adorn, ornate more richly. Labels: transitive 4. To add nutrients or fertilizer to the soil; to fertilize. Labels: transitive Example: European adventurers found themselves within a watery world, a tapestry of streams, channels, wetlands, lakes and lush riparian meadows enriched by floodwaters from the Mississippi River. 5. To increase the amount of one isotope in a mixture of isotopes, especially in a nuclear fuel. Labels: transitive Example: The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog says US strikes on Iran fell short of causing total damage to its nuclear program and that Tehran could restart enriching uranium “in a matter of months,” contradicting President Donald Trump’s claims the US set Tehran’s ambitions back by decades. 6. To add nutrients to foodstuffs; to fortify. Labels: transitive 7. To make to rise the proportion of a given constituent.
Word: enrichment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English enrich Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English enrichment From enrich + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənt/, [ɪnˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mn̩t] 1. The act of enriching or something enriched. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of making enriched uranium. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That stockpile of 60% Uranium, if enriched to 90%, which is a relatively easy step, is enough for about nine bombs, according to experts. Just before the war started, Iran announced that it had built another new secret facility for enrichment that was due to come on stream soon. Example: In an interview with CBS broadcast Sunday, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, Amir-Saeid Iravani, said that his country’s uranium enrichment will “never stop” because Iran has an “inalienable right” to do so for “peaceful nuclear activity.” 3. The addition of sugar to grape juice used to make wine; chaptalization. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Extracurricular activities for students. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Stimulation provided for the mental wellbeing of a captive animal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The practice of enrichment to address these problems started in zoos and later spread to more intensively managed captive settings, such as farming and animal laboratories.
Word: presage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/, /pɹɪˈseɪdʒ/ 1. A warning of a future event; an omen. Example: Speak frankly, Mirzes—nor believe thy words, / Whatever black preſages they contain, / Subjoin'd to all Trophonius hath foretold, / Can change my firm reſolves, or blunt my ſword. 2. An intuition of a future event; a presentiment. Example: Glad was I when I reached the other bank. / Now for a better country. Vain presage!
Word: presage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English presage, from Latin praesāgium. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛsɪdʒ/, /pɹɪˈseɪdʒ/ 1. To predict or foretell something. Labels: transitive Example: If I may truſt the flattering truth of ſleepe, / My dreames preſage ſome ioyfull newes at hand : / My boſomes L. ſits lightly in his throne : / And all this day an vnaccuſtom’d ſpirit, / Lifts me aboue the ground with cheatfull thoughts […] Example: That brief moment after the election four years ago, when many Americans thought Mr. Obama’s election would presage a new, less fractious political era, now seems very much a thing of the past. 2. To make a prediction. Labels: intransitive 3. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. Labels: transitive
Word: preposed Part of Speech: adj 1. Placed before another term in a phrase. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preposed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prepose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: postposed Part of Speech: adj 1. Placed after another term in a phrase. Labels: not-comparable
Word: guillemot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French guillemot. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪ.lɪ.mɒt/, /ˈɡɪ.lə.mɑt/ 1. Any seabird belonging to the genera Uria and Cepphus of the auk family Alcidae. They have black and white bodies and are good at swimming and diving.
Word: atriovenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From atrio- + venous. 1. Of the spatial relationship between the primary veins and the atria of the heart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ventriculoarterial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ventriculo- + arterial. 1. Refers to the spatial relationship between the ventricles and the primary arteries of the heart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arteriovenous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā)bor. Latin artēria Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā) English arteri- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English arterio- English venous English arteriovenous From arterio- + venous. 1. Relating to the arteries and the veins Labels: not-comparable
Word: caner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor. Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor. Latin canna Old French canebor. Middle English cane English cane Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English caner From cane + -er. 1. One who canes. 2. A recreational drug user. Labels: slang
Word: Doxbridge Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Durham + Oxbridge. 1. The universities of Oxford, the Cambridge and Durham collectively. Labels: UK, rare Example: Which university did you go to? ... Doxbridge – well, Durham, if you must know 2. An annual five-day sports tournament held in March in Dublin involving colleges of the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, the University of Durham and the University of York.
Word: personal online desktop Part of Speech: noun 1. a desktop environment that is accessible from the Internet
Word: parturient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“to be in labour”). 1. In labour, about to give birth, or having recently given birth. Example: In later times the Uji-gami became simply the tutelary deity of one's birth-place, and was also called ubusuna (birth-sand). Infants born in his jurisdiction are presented to him soon after birth, and parturient women pray to him for relief. Example: This communication is to develop this thought process as pertains to the position of the parturient woman during her delivery. 2. About to create a new product, or float a new idea. Labels: broadly 3. Of, related to, or caused by childbirth. 4. Facilitating labour.
Word: parturient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin parturiēns, present participle of parturiō (“to be in labour”). 1. One who is in labour, who is about to give birth, or who has recently given birth. 2. A substance that facilitates labour.
Word: confectioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confection (verb) + -er. 1. A manufacturer of or dealer in confections (sweets, candies, sweet pastries, and other sweet food items).
Word: birr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind”), from Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”); cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bør, Icelandic byrr (“sailing winds”), Albanian borë (“snow”), and Polish burza (“storm, thunderstorm”). Pronunciation: /bɜː/, /bɝ/, /bɪr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. Strength, vigor, energy. Labels: Scotland Example: Ye'll be sae kind as let me see How this same bird o' yours can flee. T'oblige ye, friend, I winna stand — Syne loos'd the falcon frae his hand. Unhooded, up she sprang wi' birr, While baith stood staring after her. Example: Then steer thro' life wi' birr an' vigour 2. The force of movement; rush, impetus, momentum, driving force. Labels: Scotland Example: A chaise in full birr came upon her and knocked her down. Example: And away down, in full birr, to the Duke's gate. 3. A whirring noise. Labels: Scotland Example: O' the sounds o' love and joy, There's nane sae pleasant as the birr o' Scotland's spinnin' wheel. Example: Close by the ingle sat his widow Elsie enjoying its warmth, and listening to the birr of her wheel. 4. A strong trilling. Labels: Scotland Example: Nae mair he will wi' rattlin' birr, Sing to his soul-inspirin' girr, The dormant Gothamites to stir, His powers to heed; Example: […] can only be accounted for on the supposition that they recognise the resemblance it bears to their national pipe, and believe in nothing without a "sough", whether it be the "birr" of the drone, or the more dissonant but characteristic falsetto that governs the higher notes of the "chaunter".
Word: birr Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bir (“favorable or strong wind”), from Old English byre (“strong wind, storm”); cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bør, Icelandic byrr (“sailing winds”), Albanian borë (“snow”), and Polish burza (“storm, thunderstorm”). Pronunciation: /bɜː/, /bɝ/, /bɪr/, /bøː/, /beː/ 1. To make a whirring noise; make a noise like that of revolving wheels, or of millstones at work. Labels: Scotland Example: if it is ordained that ye must forget him, ye will banish him from your mind the mair easily that ye ken nae mair o' him than ye do o' the bird that birrs past ye in the wood—that it has a bonny feather in its tail." Example: The gudewife birrs wi ' the wheel a' day, Three threeds an' a thrum, Three threeds an' a thrum, 2. To lurch or set to spinning. Labels: Scotland Example: His cowt grew reezy, its lang tail 'Twad swash, and lugs wad birr up, At length it cuist him, and did trail Him hame, by fit i'e stirrup, Example: She's bow't i' the bacck, has a growth on her shouther, And hirples in daytime when steerin ' frae hame ; But nichtly birrs aff like a rocket o ' puother, And reels ' mang the staurs on a broomstick o ' fame .
Word: birr Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ብር (bər, “silver”). Pronunciation: /bɪə/, /bɪɚ/ 1. The currency of Ethiopia, divided into 100 santims.
Word: vulpecular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Vulpecula + -ar. 1. vulpine, foxlike
Word: milts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milts Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of miltz (“spleen used as food”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: NI Part of Speech: intj 1. Initialism of no idea. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Northern Ireland. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Over 60% of NI people opposed to paying for water supply, survey reveals [title] Example: Campaigners say the Lough Neagh, the largest freshwater lake in the UK, which supplies nearly half of NI’s drinking water, is “dying in plain sight” because of vast algal blooms. 2. Lower Saxony, a federal state of Germany.
Word: NI Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of national insurance. Labels: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: egalitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French égalitaire + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. Characterized by social equality and equal rights for all people. Example: Ladies of yesteryear toured world capitals in sedate linen dresses, but such priggish frumpery hardly presents Americans as the carefree, egalitarian, and sensuous people the viewers of dubbed Baywatch episodes have come to expect.
Word: egalitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French égalitaire + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ɪˌɡæl.ɪˈtɛɹ.i.ən/ 1. A person who accepts or promotes social equality and equal rights for all people. Example: The Greeks have been variously represented: as aristocrats or democrats, as unravished brides of quietness or sexual misfits in need of a therapist's couch, as narcissists or altruists, as protoracists or open-minded egalitarians.
Word: egalitarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English egalitarian 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 egalitarianism From egalitarian + -ism. 1. The political doctrine that holds that all people in a society should have equal rights from birth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The gap between rich and poor is growing in ways that mock American middle-class egalitarianism.
Word: elude Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ēlūdō (“to evade, elude”), from ē- (“out of”, short form of ex-) + lūdō (“to play; to trick”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈljuːd/, [ɪˈlʉwd], /ɪˈlyːd/, /ɪˈlud/, /ɪˈluːd/ 1. To evade or escape from (someone or something), especially by using cunning or skill. Labels: transitive Example: Thus the observation of human blindness and weakness is the result of all philosophy, and meets us at every turn, in spite of our endeavours to elude or avoid it. Example: The line continued in operation until about 1908, but the precise date of closure has eluded research. 2. To shake off (a pursuer); to give someone the slip. Labels: transitive Example: Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker. 3. To escape being understandable to; to be incomprehensible to. Labels: transitive Example: I get algebra, but calculus eludes me. 4. To escape someone's memory, to slip someone's mind. Labels: transitive Example: The solution of that brainteaser eludes me and the name of the author eludes my memory too.
Word: apple-pie order Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. First recorded in 1780 in the sea journal of an Englishman. There are two mainstream theories as to its origin, although there is no evidence for either: * French cap-à-pied (“head to foot”) * French nappe pliée (“folded linen”) The proposed nappe pliée fits more closely with the date of first attestation. 1. A neat and tidy arrangement or organization; a perfect order. Labels: colloquial, dated, uncountable Example: And he was devoted to his books, which were in apple-pie order. Example: He was made welcome...and was able before retiring to rest to arrange his materials for work in apple-pie order upon a commodious table which occupied the outer end of the room...
Word: aloo chaat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi आलू चाट (ālū cāṭ), from आलू (ālū, “potato”) + चाट (cāṭ, “savory”). 1. An Indian dish of diced potatoes spiced with chilli, cumin, chaat masala, chutney and coriander. Labels: uncountable
Word: lateral pectoral nerve Part of Speech: noun 1. A nerve that branches from the lateral cord and innervates the pectoralis major muscle.
Word: witan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English witan, plural of wita (“wise man”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtən/ 1. The Anglo-Saxon national council or witenagemot. Example: But in estimating the powers of the witan, we must not lose sight of the fact, that the king sometimes assumes a tone of superiority scarcely consistent with its independence. Example: The folkland, the national fund, was administered and conveyed conjointly by the king and the witan.
Word: mahogany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A word of unknown origin, concocted in either English or Middle Dutch from one or more exotic phytonyms and common European words. alternative etymologies Alternatively from Portuguese mogano, mógono, obsolete forms of mogno, itself of unknown origin (often suggested to be from the English word instead of the reverse), perhaps from an extinct indigenous language, such as a Mayan language originally spoken in Honduras or a South American language, but no known cognates survive. Another theory attempts to link Yoruba moganwo (“trees”, literally “tall ones”), but this has been criticized. Pronunciation: /məˈhɒɡəni/, /məˈhɑɡəni/ 1. The valuable wood of any of various tropical American evergreen trees, of the genus Swietenia, mostly used to make furniture. Labels: uncountable Example: A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away[…]. Example: In 2003, at Neal Auction Company in New Orleans, an 1810s mahogany armoire inlaid with ribbons and vines brought $140,000 (the presale estimate was $30,000 to $50,000). 2. Any of the trees from which such wood comes. Labels: countable 3. (by extension) Any of various kinds of trees, the timber of which resembles that of trees the genus Swietenia. Labels: countable 4. A Cornish drink made from gin and treacle. Labels: countable, regional, uncountable Example: William Murdoch […] produced a bottle of port; but I chose mahogany (two parts gin and one part treacle, which Lord Eliot made us at Sir Joshua Reynolds's as a Cornish liquor, but it seems they make it also with brandy, and often add porter to it). Example: Next day, the fish was 'scrowled' on a gridiron over the fire and eaten with 'mahogany', a powerful mixture of black treacle and gin, a favourite tipple of Cornish fishermen for keeping out the cold! 5. A reddish-brown color, like that of mahogany wood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Better she, my dear, than a black Mrs. Sedley, and a dozen of mahogany grandchildren. 6. A table made from mahogany wood; a dining table. Labels: colloquial, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Poets eat and drink without stint — and seldom at their own cost — for what man of mark or likelihood in the moneyed world is there, who is not eager to get their legs under his mahogany? Example: Yet habit—strange thing! what cannot habit accomplish?—Gayer sallies, more merry mirth, better jokes, and brighter repartees, you never heard over your mahogany […]
Word: mahogany Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A word of unknown origin, concocted in either English or Middle Dutch from one or more exotic phytonyms and common European words. alternative etymologies Alternatively from Portuguese mogano, mógono, obsolete forms of mogno, itself of unknown origin (often suggested to be from the English word instead of the reverse), perhaps from an extinct indigenous language, such as a Mayan language originally spoken in Honduras or a South American language, but no known cognates survive. Another theory attempts to link Yoruba moganwo (“trees”, literally “tall ones”), but this has been criticized. Pronunciation: /məˈhɒɡəni/, /məˈhɑɡəni/ 1. Made of mahogany. 2. Having the colour of mahogany; dark reddish-brown.
Word: FCS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Football Championship Subdivision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FCS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of frame check sequence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of fellow of the Chemical Society. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of family and consumer sciences. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: sixth form Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earlier educational naming conventions in public schools termed every two years of education "forms" (itself sometimes said to be from form (“bench”), where students of certain ages would sit together, though disputed, or alternatively from form (“established method of expression or practice”)), where Years 12 and 13 (i.e. ages 16 to 18) was the "sixth" and final form. State schools adopted the term "sixth form" and retained it when the rest of the form structure was dropped. 1. The final two years of secondary education, during which students of about 16 to 18 years of age prepare for their A-level examinations or equivalent qualifications. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nathaniel: Maister, there is nobody to teach in the sixth form. Maister: What a thing is this? N: He is sick in bed. M: How do you know? N: One of the scholars in his house told me so. 2. a sixth form college. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. Mitochondrial disease. Labels: uncountable Example: Without consulting the girl’s doctor at Tufts, Boston Children’s concluded that the girl’s problem was not mito, but largely psychiatric, according to The Boston Globe.
Word: sexo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sex + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛks.əʊ̯/, /ˈseks.əʊ̯/, /ˈsɛks.oʊ̯/, /ˈseks.ɐʉ̯/, /ˈseks.əʉ̯/ 1. A sexual offender. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable Example: ‘Maybe it's only me,’ said Prudence. ‘Maybe he's only laying for me. Maybe he's a sex-oh.’ Example: [Y]ou don’t want to be a sexo or kid fucker in parrie Max, unless you’re cunning as a shithouse rat. 2. Synonym of sex (“sexual intercourse”). Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: conjunto Part of Speech: noun 1. A small Latin American musical ensemble, mainly in Mexico and Cuba. Labels: countable Example: In 1962, he joined Eddie Palmieri’s seminal band, La Perfecta, which challenged the big band scene with a smaller, conjunto lineup that called for fewer players and more improvisation. 2. The style of music played by such groups. Labels: uncountable Example: […] conjunto is also evolving as a popular-music style. Younger musicians who once rejected conjunto and the accordion in the 1970s and 1980s, or those musicians who stopped performing due to lack of interest in conjunto, have […]
Word: NN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of network neutrality. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of neural network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of nomen nescio (a filler in a text that indicates an anonymous or non-specific person). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The fury of every god and every goddess, the great living one, lalat / ’bareshak eye of Ethiopia be cast upon NN, the son of NN, and NN, the daughter of NN. 4. Abbreviation of noon. Labels: Philippines, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: NN Part of Speech: prefix 1. The prefix of catalog entries in the Gliese star catalog, the expansion called the Preliminary Version of the Third Catalogue of Nearby Stars. Labels: morpheme
Word: NN Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of nonnude. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: NN Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of not now. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of no name, denoting an unreleased song without an official title. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of night night. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of nice nade. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Netscape Navigator, a former web browser. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: vada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi वड़ा (vaṛā). Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːdə/ 1. A type of savoury doughnut eaten as a snack in south Asia. Example: I bought a tea and a potato vada, and sat under a banyan tree to eat.
Word: vada Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Sabir vada, ultimately from Italian vedere (“to see”) Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːdə/ 1. To look (at), to see. Labels: Polari Example: […]"The mummers have got a slang of their own, which parties connected with the perfession^([sic – meaning profession]) generally use. […] "'Vada the glaze' is—Look at the window.[…]" Example: You may have vada'd one of our tiny bijou masterpiecettes, heartface.
Word: intracardiac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ακός (-akós) Ancient Greek κᾰρδῐᾰκός (kărdĭăkós)bor. Latin cardiacusder. Middle French cardiaqueder. English cardiac English intracardiac From intra- + cardiac. 1. Inside the heart. Labels: not-comparable
Word: MSAU Part of Speech: noun 1. MAU: a hub for a Token Ring network.
Word: MAU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of media/multiple attachment unit: a connectivity device for a token ring network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of monthly active user: a measurement of customer engagement, typically with an online service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: token ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A network standard invented by IBM and later defined by the 802.5 subcommittee of the IEEE which provides for a network with a star ring topology, and which operates by passing a token frame around the logical ring.
Word: ring topology Part of Speech: noun 1. A network topology in which, in the physical case, every node of a network is connected to exactly two other nodes: one node designated as upstream and the other as downstream. A given node receives data from its upstream node and sends data to its downstream node.
Word: mountainous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”). Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊn.tɪ.nəs/, /ˈmaʊn.tə.nəs/, [ˈmæʊn.tn̩.əs], [-ʔn̩-], [ˈmæ̃ʊ̃(n)-] 1. Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky. Example: [Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […] Example: The mountainous nature of Norway has always been a serious obstacle to the development of railways, and although some 2,700 route miles are now open for traffic, several schemes have yet to be completed. 2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering. Example: But the added size did not give them an advantage this time. Not when Kanter and Adams, two mountainous players, could match the Knicks’ girth with their own. 3. Very difficult. Labels: figuratively Example: As Brazil faced the mountainous task of completing an Olympic venue before the opening ceremony, Chinese netizens got busy molehilling a remark by a Rio construction manager about their China supplier. 4. Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous. Labels: obsolete
Word: headgear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + gear. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdɡɪə(ɹ)/, /ˈhɛdɡɪɹ/ 1. Anything worn on the head, such as a hat, hood, helmet, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: Grey hairs straggled out from under her head-gear, which surrounded a dark face with bushy eyebrows and a long knotted nose. 2. The harness that fits on a horse's head. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The lifting gear at the head of a mine or deep well. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The rigging on the foresail. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A type of orthodontic appliance attached to dental braces that aids in correcting severe bite problems. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: punch card Part of Speech: noun 1. A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent. 2. A card that can have holes or notches cut in it, especially one for storing data, that can be sorted according to combinations of holes present or absent. Labels: historical Example: Programming by typing C++ or Python yourself might eventually seem as ridiculous as issuing instructions in binary onto a punch card. 3. A card given to a customer and punched with a hole at each purchase, allowing a reward to be claimed when fully punched.
Word: serves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sɝvz/, /sɜːvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of serve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: serves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɝvz/, /sɜːvz/ 1. plural of serve Labels: form-of, plural Example: His serves did not clear the volleyball net.
Word: turners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of turner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glutinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin glūtinōsus. By surface analysis, gluten + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈɡluːtɪnəs/ 1. Glue-like, sticky, viscid. Example: Then comes the dinner, a glutinous spread that seems simultaneously generous and disgusting, but no one ever touches the food 2. Of the nature of gluten. 3. Containing gluten.
Word: glint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns. Pronunciation: /ɡlɪnt/ 1. A short flash of light, usually when reflected off a shiny surface. Example: I saw the glint of metal as he raised the gun. Example: To be plunged straight into the old nut and bolt shop, as was the writer's experience, during a spell of cloudless June Weather was a real hardship, and the mind kept flitting back to the glint of blue water under willow trees and the click of ball on bat on a quiet spacious greensward. 2. A brief look; a glance. Labels: obsolete Example: "My name is Elphinstone, ma'am," said the young man, and then he cleared his throat and gave a glint at Mary, and grew redder in the face than ever. Example: Are ye the gentleman that’s speering for my hayreens—they’re fresh this morning—cast a glint at them, sir, and you’ll say you neever saw rubies, emeralds, and silver, and gold, sparkle sa boneely as the finny jewels that dazzle ye in this wee basket.
Word: glint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns. Pronunciation: /ɡlɪnt/ 1. Not sharp; dull. Labels: Shropshire, archaic Example: The knife is glint.
Word: glint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 15th century. Borrowed from Scots glint, from Middle English glenten (“to shine, gleam; flash”), probably from Old Norse *glenta, from Proto-Germanic *glantijaną, causitive of Proto-Germanic *glintaną (“to gleam, shine”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰley- (“to shine”). Cognate with Danish glente, Swedish glänta, Norwegian Nynorsk gletta (“to peep, look”), Middle High German glinzen; compare also Swedish glinta (“to slip, slide, gleam, shine”), Swedish glimt (“flash, glint, glimpse”), Norwegian Nynorsk glanta, gletta (“to glide, slip”). Reintroduced into literary English by Robert Burns. Pronunciation: /ɡlɪnt/ 1. To flash or gleam briefly. Labels: intransitive Example: A wedding ring glinted on her finger. Example: Thor glared at him [...] what little light there was in the place mustered its forces briefly to glint menacingly off the horns of his helmet. 2. To glance; to peep forth, as a flower from the bud; to glitter. Labels: intransitive, uncommon Example: The rising sun owre Galston muirs, / Wi' glorious light was glintin' Example: There was Clavers and six wild dragoons standin’ ranged in a raw, wi’ their muskets in hand, and a form kneelin’ on the grass afore them. I saw the flash o’ the guns, and as I turned to glint at the mangled corpse, oh, mither! 3. To cause to flash or gleam; to reflect. Labels: transitive Example: The scientists theorized that a meteoroid, ranging in size from a speck of dust to a marble, might have struck the satellite and chipped off a bit of debris that glinted a ray of sun back on the Vela's second sensor […] 4. To dry; to wither. Labels: Shropshire, archaic, transitive Example: The sun glints grass and corn.
Word: scallywag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈskælɪwæɡ/ 1. A disreputable fellow, a good-for-nothing, a scapegrace, a blackguard Labels: UK, dated, derogatory 2. A badly behaved person, especially a child; a mischief-maker; a rascal Labels: UK, informal Example: But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff.
Word: prophase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + phase. 1. The first stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form the chromosomes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The first stage of meiosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antemeridiem Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of ante meridiem. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: post meridiem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Medieval Latin post merīdiem, from Latin post (“after”) + merīdiem, accusative singular of merīdiēs (“noon, midday”). 1. After noon, in the afternoon. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some new Commissions produced, and Additions made to Committees, eodem die, Sess. 7. post meridiem. Example: 1853, John Drew, Manual of Astronomy: A Popular Treatise on Descriptive, Physical, and Practical Astronomy, with a Familiar Explanation of Astronomical Instruments and the Best Methods of Using Them, Second Edition, George Bell, page 237, The civil day begins at midnight, and reckons 12 hours ante meridiem, or before noon, and 12 hours post meridiem, or after noon.
Word: meridiem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from the phrases ante meridiem and post meridiem (more commonly a.m. and p.m.), from Latin merīdiem, accusative of merīdiēs (“midday, noon”). 1. Midday, noon. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Quantities and frequencies are distributed as follows (neglecting the meridiem hour):[…] Example: The same female number 1 introduced inside the ice-box at 9 a.m., to 9:15 was in lethargy, pick up and put it inside the stove to 350 degrees, to 12 meridiem, was in excellent conditions. 2. The property of a timestamp of being either a.m. or p.m. Labels: countable Example: The terminal responds N HH MM CR where N, HH, and MM are the meridiem, hour, and minutes, as above. Example: If a 12-hour clock is specified, the eighth field (the meridiem indicator) is required.[…]If this input string is entered, the parse still recognizes “feb” as the month name and “am” as the meridiem indicator, even though the format string specified both of these fields as uppercase, and the month name as unabbreviated.
Word: mires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overconfident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English confident English overconfident From over- + confident. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈkɒnfɪdənt/ 1. Too confident. Example: The downturn triggered by putting everyday life on hold to halt the infection should, we were told, be V-shaped: a shock, but one from which we’d soon bounce back. Like many comforting predictions in the early days of this pandemic, that is beginning to look alarmingly over-confident. Example: By propagating a "reality distortion field"—that is, mesmerizing potential employees, investors, and strategic partners so they focus on a startup's world-changing potential rather than on its real-world risks—overconfident and charismatic founders in particular are able to persuade people to commit resources under terms favorable to their new venture. 2. Too confident. Labels: also, sometimes Example: Near-synonyms: insolent, conceited, foolhardy, cocky
Word: degrees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈɡɹiːz/ 1. plural of degree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: internym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + -nym. Coined by Madeleine Page in the Internet newsgroup alt.folklore.urban. 1. A phrase or epithet, particularly one intended to be witty, inserted in quotation marks between one's first and last names—or elsewhere by or in one's name, if this is not possible—at the end of a post. Labels: Internet Example: Madeleine "why don't we just call the damn thing the "internym"?" Page Example: Madeleine "internym goes here" Page
Word: Burdett Part of Speech: name 1. An English surname from French derived from the French surnames Burdette, Bourdette, and back to Bourdet. 2. A hamlet in the County of Forty Mile, No. 8, Alberta, Canada. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States:
Word: thespian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Thespis, from the name of the Ancient Greek actor Thespis (fl. 6th century BCE), from Θέσπις (Théspis) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈθɛspi.ən/, /ˈθɛzbi.ən/ 1. Of, or relating to drama and acting; dramatic, theatrical.
Word: thespian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Thespis, from the name of the Ancient Greek actor Thespis (fl. 6th century BCE), from Θέσπις (Théspis) + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈθɛspi.ən/, /ˈθɛzbi.ən/ 1. An actor or player.
Word: chary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ċeariġ (“careful; pensive; chary, wary; anxious, sad, sorrowful; dire, grievous”), from Proto-West Germanic *karag (“anxious; sad”), from Proto-Germanic *karō + *-gaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“exclamation; voice”) + *-kos (suffix forming adjectives with the meaning ‘pertaining to; typical of’)); analysable as care + -y. The English word is cognate with Danish karrig (“miserly, stingy”), Dutch karig (“austere, scant, sparing”), Norwegian karrig (“barren; meagre; poor”), Old High German charag, karag (“sparing”) (modern German karg (“barren; meagre, poor”)), Old Saxon carag, karag, Swedish karg (“austere; barren; hungry; needy, poor”). See further at care. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛəɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃeː.ɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃeəɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃiəɹi/ 1. Careful, cautious, shy, wary. Example: The Charieſt maide is prodigall enough, / If ſhe vnmaske hir beautie to the Moone. Example: [E]ls is he chary and wary to lay himſelfe open to any daunger, if the finall end of his endeauour and toile bee not plauſible in his demurring judgement. 2. Excessively particular or fussy about details; fastidious. Example: True, the wreath might have been improved with a little more care; [...] Though, after all, we are, perhaps, too chary; for in nature every leaf is not ironed out to a form, nor propped up with a wiry precision; but blown and ruffled by the refreshing breezes, and looking as easy, and careless, and unaffected, as a child that bounds along with its silken locks tossed to and fro just as the wind uplifts them. Page after page of this volume have we perused with a feeling of pleasure and admiration. 3. Not disposed to give freely; not lavish; frugal, sparing. Example: Oh! look not thus o'erjoy'd, for if I thought / We e'er could meet again this side the grave, / Trust me, I had been charier of my tenderness. Example: The house had a projecting window, where the poet [Percy Bysshe Shelley] loved to sit with book in hand, and catch, according to his custom, the maximum of sunlight granted by a chary English summer. 4. Cared for, regarded as precious; cherished. Labels: obsolete Example: The bounty so much delighted mine host, that he ran to fill the stirrup-cup (for which no charge was ever made) from a butt yet charier than that which he had pierced for the former stoup.
Word: chary Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English chari, charre, charri, chary, Early Middle English cearig, chariȝ (“concerned with, diligent; sad, sorrowful; of a person: cherished, loved”), from Old English ċeariġ (“careful; pensive; chary, wary; anxious, sad, sorrowful; dire, grievous”), from Proto-West Germanic *karag (“anxious; sad”), from Proto-Germanic *karō + *-gaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r- (“exclamation; voice”) + *-kos (suffix forming adjectives with the meaning ‘pertaining to; typical of’)); analysable as care + -y. The English word is cognate with Danish karrig (“miserly, stingy”), Dutch karig (“austere, scant, sparing”), Norwegian karrig (“barren; meagre; poor”), Old High German charag, karag (“sparing”) (modern German karg (“barren; meagre, poor”)), Old Saxon carag, karag, Swedish karg (“austere; barren; hungry; needy, poor”). See further at care. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛəɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃɛɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃeː.ɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃeəɹi/, /ˈt͡ʃiəɹi/ 1. Synonym of charily: carefully, cautiously, warily. Example: O therefore loue be of thy ſelfe ſo wary, / As I not for my ſelfe, but for thee will, / Bearing thy heart, which I will keep ſo chary / As tender nurſe her babe from faring ill, [...]
Word: lamer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lame + -er. 1. comparative form of lame: more lame Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: lamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lame + -er. 1. A person lacking in maturity, social skills, technical competence or intelligence. Labels: dated, derogatory, slang Example: Phil and his counterparts in Asia and the US are deployed to infiltrate pirate groups; to study IRC; to get under the skin of the lamers, the dabblers, and the professionals; to chat, seduce, charm, and interact with the denizens of this bizarre over-underworld. Example: Other accounts mention that the lamers are constantly asking for advice on coding routines.
Word: laserpicium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laserpicium. 1. silphium resin Labels: uncountable