nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: roc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish rocho, ruc, from Arabic رُخّ (ruḵḵ), from Classical Persian رُخ (rux). Pronunciation: /ɹɒk/ 1. An enormous mythical bird in Eastern legend. Example: The Arabian Nights Entertainment. Tale 4. Sinbad. The Second Voyage. "By this time the sun was about to set, and all of a sudden the sky became as dark as if it had been covered with a thick cloud. I was much astonished at this sudden darkness, but much more when I found it occasioned by a bird of a monstrous size, that came flying toward me. I remembered that I had often heard mariners speak of a miraculous bird called Roc, and conceived that the great dome which I so much admired must be its egg. In short, the bird alighted, and sat over the egg. As I perceived her coming, I crept to the egg, so that I had before me one of the legs of the bird, which was as big as the trunk of a tree. I tied myself strongly to it with my turban, in hopes that the roc next morning would carry me with her out of this desert island. After having passed the night in this condition, the bird flew away as soon as it was daylight, and carried me so high, that I could not discern the earth;
Word: roc Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɒk/ 1. Rocuronium. Labels: colloquial
Word: museology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From museum + -ology. 1. The design, organization, and management of museums. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dog-eared Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dog + eared (“having ears (of a specified type)”), modelled after dog’s-ear (obsolete), due to the similarity of their appearance to the folded ears of certain dogs. The word is analysable as dog-ear (“to fold the corner of a book’s page”) + -ed (suffix forming possessional adjectives) (dog-ear is attested in print later than dog-eared). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɡɪəd/, /ˈdɔɡˌɪ(ə)ɹd/, /ˈdɑɡ-/ 1. Of a page in a book or other publication: having its corner folded down, either due to having been read many times, or intentionally as a sort of bookmark. Example: By thumbing to the dog-eared pages, she quickly found the items in the catalog she wanted to order. Example: The pages in his favourite book were dog-eared from years of reading it at bedtime. 2. Ragged, worn-out; also, hackneyed, tired. Labels: figuratively Example: This is the old, old pain come home once more, Bent down with answers wild and very lame For all my delving in old dog-eared lore That drove the Sages mad. And boots the world Aught for their wisdom? Example: All this is somewhat unfair to Spetters which, in spite of all of its borrowings, and conventional form, manages to remain remarkably fresh and original. Director Verhoeven seems to specialize in turning dogeared plots into nice silk purses of movies.
Word: clown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier clowne, cloyne (“man of rustic or coarse manners, boor, peasant”); likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Icelandic klunni (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Swedish kluns (“clumsy fellow”), all from Middle Low German klunz, from klunt (“pile, lump, something thick”); according to Pokorny, this could be related to a group of Germanic derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; amass”), such as Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”), Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (“clod, lump”), *kultaz (“lump, bundle”), etc. Alternatively, directly from Low German (compare North Frisian klönne (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kluns (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kloen (“uncouth person, lout”)), themselves from the same ultimate source as above. Unlikely from Latin colōnus (“colonist, farmer”), although learned awareness of this term may have influenced semantic development. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊ̯n/, /ˈklæʊ̯n/, /ˈklaːn/ 1. A slapstick performance artist often associated with a circus and usually characterized by bright, oversized clothing, a red nose, face paint, and a brightly colored wig. Example: Over there in Norway, the churches all burn down / Let's go dress in goth clothes and get painted like a clown 2. A person who acts in a silly fashion. Example: He was regarded as the clown of the school, always playing pranks. 3. A stupid person. Example: "The dealers snatched at the state of intellectual exhaustion and scepticism of all values that followed the first world war to abolish values and substitute for them an arbitrary mumbo-jumbo of occultism and pseudo-Freudianism, which they tagged on to the works of studio clowns like Picasso and Modigliani and the like." Example: Doc Bruce Banner, belted by gamma rays, Turns into the Hulk – Ain’t he unglamour-rays! [unglamorous] Wreckin’ the town with the power of a bull, Ain’t no monster, clown. Who is as lovable As ever-lovin’ Hulk? - Hulk! Hulk! 4. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Labels: archaic Example: This loutish clown is such that you never saw so ill - favoured a vizar Example: […] three things ought always to be kept under: a mastiff dog, a stone horse and a clown; and really I think a snarling, cross-grained clown to be the most unlucky beast of three. 5. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl; a yokel. Labels: archaic Example: The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Example: He […] began to descend to familiar questions, endeavouring to accommodate his discourse to the grossness of rustic understandings. The clowns soon found that he did not know wheat from rye, and began to despise him; one of the boys, by pretending to show him a bird's nest, decoyed him into a ditch; […] 6. A clownfish. Example: While the tomato clownfish Amphiprion frenatus has been spawned in captivity, wild-caught tomato clowns are more often seen for sale.
Word: clown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier clowne, cloyne (“man of rustic or coarse manners, boor, peasant”); likely of North Germanic origin, akin to Icelandic klunni (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Swedish kluns (“clumsy fellow”), all from Middle Low German klunz, from klunt (“pile, lump, something thick”); according to Pokorny, this could be related to a group of Germanic derivatives of Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to ball up; amass”), such as Proto-West Germanic *klott (“lump”), Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (“clod, lump”), *kultaz (“lump, bundle”), etc. Alternatively, directly from Low German (compare North Frisian klönne (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kluns (“clumsy fellow, klutz”), Dutch kloen (“uncouth person, lout”)), themselves from the same ultimate source as above. Unlikely from Latin colōnus (“colonist, farmer”), although learned awareness of this term may have influenced semantic development. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊ̯n/, /ˈklæʊ̯n/, /ˈklaːn/ 1. To act in a silly or playful fashion. Labels: intransitive Example: Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids. 2. To ridicule, make fun of. Labels: transitive Example: The show Dismissed was one of my favorites, because I like to see people get clowned. Example: All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit.
Word: ayatollah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Iranian Persian آیَتُاللّٰه (âyato-l-lâh), from Classical Persian آیَةُاللّٰه (āyatu-l-lāh), from Arabic آيَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ (ʔāyatu llāhi, “sign of God”, from آيَة (ʔāya, “sign”) + اللّٰه (allāh, “God”)). Pronunciation: /aɪ.əˈtoʊl.ə/ 1. A religious leader in Twelverism. Labels: Shia Example: "It could also pave the way for the Iranian people to seize this unique opportunity and shape their own future," Falk clarified. “I doubt the Iranian people want to replace one ayatollah with another ayatollah.” 2. An authority on any subject. Labels: colloquial Example: P.S. This writer does NOT speak as the Ayatollah of SM. (There isn't one.) If you really want to know more, talk to sadomasochists, or at least do some reading if you're too scared to ask.
Word: ablest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bləst/, /ˈeɪ.bə.ləst/ 1. superlative form of able: most able Labels: form-of, superlative Example: Where are these memories, relating to conduct and feeling, stored? "We cannot localize them," says one of the latest and ablest specialists on this subject.
Word: A-bomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of atomic bomb. 1. Abbreviation of atomic bomb; a weapon that derives its energy from nuclear reactions and has enormous destructive power; in particular, those that rely on the uncontrolled explosive chain reaction of nuclear fission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang
Word: A-bomb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened form of atomic bomb. 1. To bomb with an atom bomb. Labels: slang
Word: Abraum salts Part of Speech: noun 1. a mixture of carnallite, kieserite and sylvite found in Prussia; chemically, mixed sulphates and chlorides of potassium, sodium and calcium Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: azarole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French azerole, from Spanish acerola, from Andalusian Arabic الزَعْرُورَة (az-zaʕrúra), from Classical Arabic زُعْرُورَة (zuʕrūra). Doublet of acerola. 1. Any of species Crataegus azarolus of shrubs of southern Europe, related to hawthorn. 2. The fruit of this plant.
Word: part Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English parten, from Old French partir. Pronunciation: /pɑːt/, /pɑɹt/, /pɐːt/, [p(ʰ)äɹt], /pæɹt/ 1. To leave the company of (each other, or someone/something [with with or from]). Labels: intransitive Example: He wrung Bassanio's hand, and so they parted. Example: It was strange to him that a father should feel no tenderness at parting with an only son. 2. To divide in two. Labels: transitive Example: to part the curtains Example: I run the canoe into a deep dent in the bank that I knowed about; I had to part the willow branches to get in; and when I made fast nobody could a seen the canoe from the outside. 3. To cut hair with a parting. Labels: transitive 4. To be divided in two or separated. Labels: intransitive Example: A rope parts. His hair parts in the middle. Example: I see the Red Sea part in front of me I see the desert clouds bleed above me I'm with the prophets on the final destiny We'll fight the heathens and the ghost enemy This is the prophecy 5. To divide up; to share. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: He that hath ij. cootes, lett hym parte with hym that hath none: And he that hath meate, let him do lyke wyse. Example: He left three sonnes, his famous progeny, / Borne of faire Inogene of Italy; / Mongst whom he parted his imperiall state […] 6. To have a part or share; to partake. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: They shall part alike. 7. To separate or disunite; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. Labels: transitive Example: The narrow seas that part / The French and English. Example: While he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 8. To hold apart; to stand or intervene between. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The stumbling night did part our weary powers. 9. To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion. Labels: transitive Example: to part gold from silver Example: The liver minds his own affair,[…]/ And parts and strains the vital juices. 10. To leave; to quit. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: since presently your souls must part your bodies 11. To leave (an IRC channel). Labels: Internet, transitive Example: He parted the channel saying "SHUTUP!"[…]so I queried him, asking if there was something I could do[…]maybe talk[…]so we did[…]since then, I've been seeing him on IRC every day (really can't imagine him not being on IRC anymore actually).
Word: part Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English part, from the noun. Pronunciation: /pɑːt/, /pɑɹt/, /pɐːt/, [p(ʰ)äɹt], /pæɹt/ 1. Fractional; partial. Labels: not-comparable Example: Fred was part owner of the car.
Word: part Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English part, from the noun. Pronunciation: /pɑːt/, /pɑɹt/, /pɐːt/, [p(ʰ)äɹt], /pæɹt/ 1. Partly; partially; fractionally. Labels: not-comparable Example: Part finished 2. to a partial degree. Labels: not-comparable Example: My Native American friend is also part German and part French.
Word: azedarach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French azédarach, from Spanish acederaque, from Arabic أَزَادَرْخَت (ʔazādarḵat), from Persian آزاددرخت (âzâd-deraxt), from آزاد (âzâd, “noble”) + درخت (deraxt, “tree”). 1. An Asiatic tree (Melia azedarach), common in the southern United States, commonly called bead tree, chinaberry, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: azimuthal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From azimuth + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/, /ˌæzəˈmuːθəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. Labels: not-comparable 2. Describing a map projection which preserves direction for all points relative to a selected point (or in some cases two points). Labels: not-comparable
Word: azimuthal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From azimuth + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌæzəˈmʌθəl/, /ˌæzəˈmuːθəl/ 1. An azimuthal projection. Example: Note that because of the square-well air-bag model, these synchrotron azimuthals are slightly different from the conventional ones.
Word: azimuth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French *azimut (modern French azimut), from Arabic اَلسُّمُوت pl (as-sumūt, “the directions”). Pronunciation: /ˈæzɪməθ/ 1. An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object. Example: the azimuth of a star Example: the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying 2. The quadrant of an azimuth circle. Example: The dome, being constructed of wood, was light by comparison with the rest of the structure, and the wheels which allowed it horizontal, or, as Swithin expressed it, azimuth motion, denied it a firm hold upon the walls; so that it had been lifted off them like a cover from a pot.
Word: azo Part of Speech: adj 1. azote, nitrogen Labels: not-comparable 2. Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc. Labels: not-comparable 3. Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: azoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + -zoic. 1. Destitute of any vestige of organic life, or at least of animal life. Labels: dated, not-comparable 2. Before the existence of animal life. Labels: dated, not-comparable
Word: azoic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to azo dyes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: azoleic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From azo- + oleic acid. 1. A specific acid produced by treating oleic acid with nitric acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: azonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + zone + -ic. 1. Confined to no zone or region; not local. Labels: not-comparable
Word: azonic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, related to, or derived from an azonic acid Labels: not-comparable
Word: Azorian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Azorean. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Azorian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Azorean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: azote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Borrowed from French azote, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “without”) + ζωή (zōḗ, “life”) + -τικός (-tikós, “adjective suffix”). Named by French chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier, who saw it as the part of air which cannot sustain life. Pronunciation: /ˈæzəʊt/ 1. Nitrogen. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Azote is one of the most abundant elements in nature, and combined with calorique or heat, it forms azotic gas or phlogistic air, and composes two thirds of the atmosphere […]. Example: The proportion of azote gas to that of the oxigen obtained is as 64 to 36.
Word: azoth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Andalusian Arabic الزُّوق (az-zūq), from Arabic الزَّاوُوق (az-zāwūq, “quicksilver”). Not related to azote. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːzɒθ/, /ˈæzɔθ/ 1. The first principle of metals, that is, mercury, which was formerly supposed to exist in all metals, and to be extractable from them. Labels: uncountable 2. The universal remedy of Paracelsus. Labels: uncountable
Word: azotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English azotic From azote + -ic. 1. Pertaining to azote, or nitrogen; formed or consisting of azote Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Fatal to animal life. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: azotite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English azotite From azote + -ite. 1. nitrite Labels: obsolete
Word: heavy metal umlaut Part of Speech: noun 1. An umlaut (“diacritical mark”) over a letter in the name of a heavy metal band, added gratuitously for mere stylistic effect. Example: Blue Öyster Cult Too clever by half to be heavy-metallers (though not too clever to deploy a Heavy Metal umlaut), the Cult's list of listenable songs goes nowhere near eleven.
Word: azotize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * azote + -ize 1. To impregnate with azote (nitrogen). Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: azotometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Hellenic *gʷyṓw-ō Proto-Hellenic *ďṓwō Ancient Greek ζώω (zṓō) Ancient Greek ζῶ (zô) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English azotometer From azote + -o- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪzəʊˈtɒmɪtɚ/ 1. An apparatus for measuring or determining the proportion of nitrogen. Labels: obsolete Example: The gases passed over a hot roll of copper gauze, then through a weighed calcium chloride tube, which absorbed the water, into an azotometer containing a concentrated solution of potassium hydroxide where the nitrogen was measured.
Word: azured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From azure + -ed. 1. Of an azure colour; azure, sky blue. Example: I haue bedymn'd / The Noone tide Sun, call'd forth the mutenous vvindes, / And tvvixt the greene Sea, and the azur'd vault / Set roaring vvarre: […]
Word: azureous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From azure + -eous. 1. Of a fine blue color; azure.
Word: azurine Part of Speech: adj 1. Sky-blue; azure.
Word: azurine Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of rudd or redeye, the blue roach of Europe (Scardinius erythrophthalmus, syn. Leuciscus caeruleus), so called from its color.
Word: azurite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Persian لاژورد (lâžvard, “blue color”). Pronunciation: /ˈæʒ.əˌɹaɪt/, /ˈæʒ.(j)ʊəɹˌaɪt/, /ˈæʒ(j)ʊˌɹaɪt/ 1. A blue vitreous mineral; a basic hydrated copper carbonate, with the chemical formula Cu²⁺₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂, used since antiquity as a blue pigment or ores to extract metallic copper.
Word: azurn Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of azure. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: Thick ſet with Agat, and the azurn ſheen / Of Turkis blew, and Emrauld green
Word: azygos vein Part of Speech: noun 1. a vein running up the right side of the thoracic vertebral column draining itself towards the superior vena cava
Word: azyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin azyma, from the adjective azymus (“unleavened”), from Ancient Greek ἄζυμος (ázumos). Pronunciation: /ˈæzaɪm/, /ˈæzɪm/ 1. unleavened bread used in Jewish or Christian religious context Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: azymous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin azymus (“unleavened, uncorrupted”). Pronunciation: /əˈzaɪməs/, /eɪˈzaɪməs/ 1. unleavened, unfermented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: azymic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English zymic English azymic From a- + zymic. 1. unleavened; unfermented. Labels: not-comparable
Word: azymite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin azȳmita, from Ancient Greek ἀζῡμίτης (azūmítēs), from ἄζῡμος (ázūmos) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming masculine nouns meaning being connected to or a member of something, or coming from a particular place). ἄζῡμος is derived from ᾰ̓- (ă-, the alpha privativum, a prefix forming words having a sense opposite to the word or stem to which it is attached) + ζύμη (zúmē, “leaven, yeast”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns of result or abstract nouns of action). The English word is analysable as, by surface analysis, a- + zym- + -ite or azyme + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈæzɪmaɪt/ 1. One who administers the Eucharist with unleavened bread, in particular a member of the Latin Church or Roman Catholic Church. Labels: derogatory, historical Example: “Shall we drink a cup in honour of the Holy Virgin, and confusion to the Azymites?” / “Yes, yes! shouted the multitude. “Away with the Azymites—we want no new religion here;” and, singing and shouting, they threw up their caps in the air, […] Example: “Away with them!” cried the Greeks; “we want no Latin allies! Away with the worship of the azymites!”
Word: azotous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ζωή (zōḗ) French azotebor. English azote Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English azotous From azote + -ous. 1. Nitrous Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: azotous acid
Word: azalea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Azalea, from Ancient Greek ἀζαλέος (azaléos, “dry”), because it grows in dry soil; from ἄζω (ázō, “to dry up”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Pronunciation: /əˈzeɪliə/ 1. A plant of the obsolete genus Azalea. Example: Rhododendrons and azaleas are plants of temperate regions, the grandest lilies are from temperate Japan, and a large proportion of our most showy flowering plants are natives of the Himalayas, of the Cape, of the United States, of Chili, or of China and Japan, all temperate regions.
Word: ay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English ei, ej, ey, eye, ultimately imitative of the natural utterance, although probably also influenced by Anglo-Norman and Old French ahi, Old French haï, and Middle French aï, aïe, ay. Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. Ah! alas! Expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc. Example: And ſuch as yet, coulde neuer weapon wꝛeſt, / But on the lappe are woont to dandled be, / Ne yet foꝛgotten had the mothers bꝛeſt, / How greekes them ſlew, alas here ſhall ye ſe, / To make repoꝛte therof, ay woe is me, / My ſong is miſchiefe, murder miſerye. 2. Expressing earnestness, surprise, wonder, etc. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Ay my word! I am glad to see you. Example: Under the strain of this continually impending doom and by the sleeplessness to which I now condemned myself, ay, even beyond what I had thought possible to man, I became, in my own person, a creature eaten up and emptied by fever, languidly weak both in body and mind, and solely occupied by one thought: the horror of my other self. 3. Used in ay, ay.
Word: ay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: See aye. Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of aye (“yes”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "Good morrow to thee, jolly fellow," quoth Robin; "thou seemest happy this merry morn." "Ay, that am I," quoth the jolly Butcher; "and why should I not be so?[…]" Example: I swear also that I will honour and will cherish thee, Kallikrates, who hast been swept by the wave of time back into my arms, ay, till the very end, come it soon or late.
Word: ay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See aye. Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of aye (“yes”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: counting the ays and the noes in a vote
Word: ay Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ai, from Old Norse ei, from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“eternity, age”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vitality”); cognate with Old English ā, Ancient Greek ἀεί (aeí, “always”), and Latin aevum (“an age”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ/ 1. Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, archaic, not-comparable, poetic Example: O he that hath ay lived free, …
Word: ay Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of a: the name of the Latin script letter A/a. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It said, in a whispering, buzzing voice, "Gee-you-ess-ess-ay-dash-em-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-em-eye-en-gee-oh-dash-pee-eye-pee-dash-pee-ee-ar-ar-wye-dash-pee-eye-en-gee-oh." Example: ETA [is spoken] as "ee-tee-ay" instead of "I SPELL Echo Tango Alfa".
Word: ay Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /eɪ/, [æe̯] 1. New Zealand spelling of eh (question tag). Example: For example, New Zealanders tended to say "ay" at the end of sentences, but in the Asian community people used different tags to check whether people were still listening.
Word: ay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly related to eh and hey; popularized by a catch phrase in a 1970s sitcom. Pronunciation: /eɪ/ 1. All right (inter); hooray (inter); cool (inter).
Word: aye Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwazder. Old Norse eyder. Middle English ay English aye From Middle English ay, ai, aȝȝ, from Old Norse ei, ey, from Proto-Germanic *aiwa, *aiwō (“ever, always”), from *aiwaz (“age; law”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“long time”). Doublet of aeviternity and aevum. See also Old English āwo, āwa, ā, ō, Middle Dutch ie, German je; also Old English ǣ(w) (“law”), West Frisian ieu (“century”), Dutch eeuw (“century”); also Irish aois (“age, period”), Breton oad (“age, period”), Latin ævum (“eternity”), Ancient Greek αἰών (aiṓn). Pronunciation: /eɪ/, /aɪ/ 1. Ever, always. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: […]Do that good miſcheefe, which may make this Iſland / Thine owne for euer, and I thy Caliban, / For aye thy foot-licker. Example: The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, / And southward aye we fled.
Word: aye Part of Speech: intj Etymology: "Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. Compare Faroese ája (“certainly, ah yes”). More at oh, yea. Online Etymology Dictionary also with these posits a possible descent from I (as if clipped from e.g. "I assent"). Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. Yes; yea; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative answer to a question. Example: Tro[ylus]. Haue I not tarried? Pan[darus]. I the grinding; but you muſt tarry the boulting. Troy. Haue I not tarried? Paude.^([sic]) I the boulting; but you muſt tarry the leauening. Troy. Still haue I tarried. Pan. I, to the leauening, but heares yet in the word hereafter, the kneading, […] Example: david: […] Will he surely give him his daughter? The daughter of his house in Gilgal? soldier: Aye, surely he will. 2. A word used to acknowledge a command from a superior, usually preceded by a verbatim repeat-back.
Word: aye Part of Speech: verb Etymology: "Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. Compare Faroese ája (“certainly, ah yes”). More at oh, yea. Online Etymology Dictionary also with these posits a possible descent from I (as if clipped from e.g. "I assent"). Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. To respond with an "aye". Example: The men ayed their agreement.
Word: aye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: "Appears suddenly about 1575, and is exceedingly common about 1600." Probably from use of aye (“ever, always”) as expression of agreement or affirmation, or from Middle English a ye (“oh yes”), or synthesis of both. Compare Faroese ája (“certainly, ah yes”). More at oh, yea. Online Etymology Dictionary also with these posits a possible descent from I (as if clipped from e.g. "I assent"). Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative. Example: to call for the ayes and nays Example: The ayes have it.
Word: aye Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /eɪ/, [æe̯] 1. Alternative spelling of ay (question tag). Labels: New-Zealand, alt-of, alternative
Word: aye Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /aɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of ay: expressing anger, alarm, frustration, pain, etc. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Iſt’s der? Keine Antwort? — Er iſt’s! Reinhold? Reinhold’, der boͤſe Feind jagt dich parforce! Ey, ey, ey! Welch Skandal! Example: jonathan: Oh, peace! Thou art all mischief, Michal, Thou shouldst be married to a Philistine, for his undoing. michal: Ayeee! This David has come back to trouble us! Why didst not thou slay the Philistine, Jonathan? 2. Used in aye aye.
Word: aye Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /eɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of eh. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, alt-of, alternative
Word: aye-aye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French aye-aye, from Malagasy aiay (also ahay, haihay or hay-hay in dialect), supposedly imitative of the animal's cry. However, this is doubted by Simons and Myers (2001) who note that the animal does not emit such a sound. They suggest a derivation from Malagasy heh heh (“I don't know”), used by the Malagasy people to avoid naming the animal, which they fear. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪˌaɪ/ 1. The lemur Daubentonia madagascariensis, a solitary nocturnal quadruped found in Madagascar and remarkable for their long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth. Example: The other of these aberrant forms is the cheiromys, or aye-aye, which, from the peculiar form of its two lower front teeth, has been ranged with the Rodentia. In the general character, however, it is essentially a lemur; […] Example: Of the other members of this group, the Aye Aye (Cheiromys), the Tarsier (Tarsius), the Propithecus, the Indri (Lichanotus), and the Cheirogaleus, are desiderata of which we can only hope to become possessed by the future exertions of zoologists who may obtain access to the countries in which they live.
Word: aye-aye Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of aye aye. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “I have a thought that doth annoy my soul,” he may reply. “For teacher tells us all that we should leave the schoolhouse naturally, and furthermore says she is hep that only convicts must keep step, or men who play the soldiers game (which she believes is much the same”). / “Aye-aye, my son,” I said, “proceed.” Example: “Shiver me timbers,” I said to my husband, Peter, “we’re off to Greenwich in southeast London.” / “What the heck are you talking about?” he asked, scowling. / “Pirates,” I said. / “Aye-aye,” he said, “let’s go.”
Word: ayegreen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aye (“always, ever”) + green. 1. The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum).
Word: ayen Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Variant or relative of again, in its obsolete sense "against". 1. Back against. Labels: not-comparable Example: The ſecunde is rebate youre hawke: to yowre fyſt, ⁊ thatt is whan yowre hawke batith, the leeſt meuyng that ye can make with yowre fyſt ſhe will rebate ayen vppon yowre fyſt[.]
Word: ayen Part of Speech: prep Etymology: Variant or relative of again, in its obsolete sense "against". 1. Back against.
Word: ayein Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of ayen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: ayein Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative form of ayen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ayle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ayel Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ayme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of aim. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ayme Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of aim. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ayme Part of Speech: noun 1. The utterance of the ejaculation "Ay me!" Labels: obsolete
Word: ayond Part of Speech: adv 1. Beyond. Labels: Northern-England, not-comparable
Word: ayond Part of Speech: prep 1. Beyond. Labels: Northern-England
Word: ayont Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + yond. 1. Beyond. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable
Word: ayont Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From a- + yond. 1. Beyond. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: How he escaped a broken neck in that dreadful place no human being will ever ken. The sweat, he has told me, stood in cold drops upon his forehead; he scarcely was aware of the saddle in which he sat, and his eyes were stelled in his head so that he saw nothing but the sky ayont him. Example: Ayont the windows in the waning of the afternoon, Chris could see the frozen glister of night on the Grampians […].
Word: Ayrshire Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈeːɹʃəɹ/, /ˈɛəʃɪə/, /ˈɛəʃə/, /ˈɛɚʃɪɚ/ 1. A traditional county of Scotland.
Word: Ayrshire Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeːɹʃəɹ/, /ˈɛəʃɪə/, /ˈɛəʃə/, /ˈɛɚʃɪɚ/ 1. One of a breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland, notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.
Word: ayuntamiento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish ayuntamiento. Pronunciation: /ɑˌjʊntəˈmjɛntoʊ/, /ə-/, /aɪ-/, /-jun-/, /-mi.ˈɛn-/ 1. A corporation or body of magistrates in cities and towns in Spain, corresponding to mayor and aldermen.
Word: litter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Latin lectus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin -āria Late Latin lectuāria Old French litiere Anglo-Norman literebor. Middle English litere English litter Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪt.ɚ/, [ˈlɪɾ.ɚ] 1. To drop or throw trash without properly disposing of it (as discarding in public areas rather than trash receptacles). Labels: intransitive Example: By tossing the bottle out the window, he was littering. 2. To scatter carelessly about. Labels: transitive 3. To strew (a place) with scattered articles. Labels: transitive Example: Their Clamour, 'lighting from their Chairs, / Grew lowder, all the way up Stairs; / At Entrance louder, where they found, / The Room with Volumes litter'd round; […] Example: A single written sheet of paper was on the table near her—but there were more than a hundred others, torn across, littering the floor. 4. To give birth to, in the manner of animals. Labels: transitive Example: We might conceive that dogs were created blind, because we observe they were littered so with us. Example: The son that she did litter here, / A freckled whelp hagborn. 5. To produce a litter of young. Labels: intransitive Example: A desert […] where the she-wolf still littered. 6. To supply (cattle etc.) with litter; to cover with litter, as the floor of a stall. Labels: transitive Example: Tell them how they litter their jades. Example: For his ease, well litter'd was the floor. 7. To be supplied with litter as bedding; to sleep or make one's bed in litter. Labels: intransitive Example: The inn where he and his horse litter'd.
Word: litter Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der. Latin lectus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Latin -āria Late Latin lectuāria Old French litiere Anglo-Norman literebor. Middle English litere English litter Inherited from Middle English litere, borrowed from Anglo-Norman litere, from Old French litiere (“bedding; bed of loose straw; litter”), from Late Latin lectuāria, from Latin lectus + -āria. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪt.ɚ/, [ˈlɪɾ.ɚ] 1. comparative form of lit: more lit Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: axunge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French axonge (“lard”), from Latin axungia, from axis (“wheel”) + ungere (“to grease, lubricate”). Pronunciation: /ˈaksənd͡ʒ/ 1. Fat or grease, especially of a pig or goose. 2. Lard prepared for medical use.
Word: axtree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English extre. 1. An axle or axletree.
Word: Axminster Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster. 1. A market town and civil parish with a town council in East Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SY2998).
Word: Axminster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English Acsan mynster, equivalent to the River Axe + minster. 1. A carpet made in Axminster imitating the Turkey carpet, noted for its thick and soft pile. Example: A great bargain also had been the excellent Axminster carpet which covered the floor; as, again, the arm-chair in which Bunting now sat forward, staring into the dull, small fire.
Word: axman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ax + -man. 1. Alternative spelling of axeman. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Axman: It is a raging storm; a steel storm that mows down all. Nothing is left after her battle.
Word: axletree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English axiltre; equivalent to axle + tree. Cognate with Icelandic öxultré. 1. A bar or beam of wood or iron, connecting the opposite wheels of a carriage, on the ends of which the wheels revolve. 2. A spindle or axle of a wheel. 3. A stimulus or driving force. Example: Soon after his arrival, that patent axletree of action, the not knowing what to do with himself, domesticated him during some weeks of the shooting season at Sillery House...
Word: axle guard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From axle + guard. 1. The part of the framing of a railway car or truck by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically.
Word: axle box Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of axlebox. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: axle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English axel, axle, eaxle, from Old English eaxl (“shoulder, armpit”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahslu (“shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *ahslō (“shoulder”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-l-eh₂, from *h₂eḱs- (“axis, axle”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian acsle (“shoulder”), Dutch oksel (“armpit”), German Achsel (“armpit”), Swedish axel (“shoulder”), Latin axilla (“armpit”), Latin axis (“axle”) (whence English axis, atelier, and via Latin āla English ala, aisle), Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn) (whence English axo-, axon), Greek άξονας (áxonas, “axle”), Sanskrit अक्ष (ákṣa, “axle”), Sanskrit कक्ष (kakṣá, “room, armpit”), Russian ось (osʹ, “axle”). Pronunciation: /ˈæksəl/ 1. Shoulder. Labels: obsolete
Word: axle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English axil, in turn a combination of Old English eax and Old Norse ǫxull. Pronunciation: /ˈæksəl/ 1. The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel. Example: rear axle Example: front axle 2. A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree. 3. An axis. Labels: archaic Example: the Sun’s axle
Word: axiom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French axiome in the 15th century, from Latin axiōma (“axiom; principle”), from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “that which is thought to fit, a requisite, that which a pupil is required to know beforehand, a self-evident principle”), from ἀξιόω (axióō, “to think fit or worthy, to require, to demand”), from ἄξιος (áxios, “fit, worthy”, literally “weighing as much as; of like value”), from ἄγω (ágō, “to weigh (down)”). Pronunciation: /ˈak.sɪ.əm/, /ˈæk.si.əm/, /ˈæk.ʃəm/ 1. A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved. Example: Near-synonyms: given, facticity Example: Neither can I reconcile this opinion of yours, with your argument brought from reaſon; if the axiom there laid down by you be true, it follows that, when matter began to exiſt in the divine mind, either matter became of the nature of the divine mind, i.e. active and intelligent, or elſe the divine mind became of the nature of matter, i.e. inert and unintelligent: this is a hard dilemma; have we not reaſon to ſuſpect that axiom? 2. A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context). Example: Holonym: formal system Example: Near-synonyms: given, facticity 3. An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received. Example: The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths. Example: But these innovating Medicaſters have introduced a Practice not only very precarious, but in many Reſpects extremely dangerous, and quite devoid of any one of the Qualities which conſtitute a good Remedy, viz. to cure the Patient, as the Axiom has it, cito, tuto, & jucunde, i.e. ſpeedily, ſafely, and pleaſantly.
Word: axiomatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός (axiōmătikós, “employing logical propositions”), from ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “self-evident principle”) + -ικός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to, -ic”), equivalent to axiom + -atic. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk/ 1. Self-evident or unquestionable. Example: The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable. Example: It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed." 2. Relating to or containing axioms.
Word: axiomatical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom; characterized by axioms.
Word: axiomatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English axiomatic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English axiomatically From axiomatic + -ally. 1. By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom. Labels: not-comparable
Word: axinomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin axinomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀξινομαντεία (axinomanteía), from ἀξίνη (axínē, “axe”) and μαντεία (manteía, “prophecy”) 1. Divination by saws or axes. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Diuination generally was done by diuers means […] by hatchets, Axinomancy Example: Axinomancy Was performed by balancing an axe on an upright stake, and the names of suspected persons being pronounced, it was supposed to point out the guilty by its motion.
Word: axinite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French axinite, from Ancient Greek ἀξίνη (axínē) + -ite, after its shape. 1. A borosilicate of aluminum, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: axillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (“of the axilla”), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axillāris, from axilla (“armpit”), diminutive form of the assumed *axula. Pronunciation: /ˈæksɪlɛɹi/, /ækˈsɪləɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit. Labels: not-comparable 2. Situated in, or rising from, an axil; relating to an axil. Labels: not-comparable
Word: axillary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration by association with -ary of the French axillaire (“of the axilla”), itself an alteration of the earlier forms aisselliere and aissellaire, both from the assumed Latin etymon *axillāris, from axilla (“armpit”), diminutive form of the assumed *axula. Pronunciation: /ˈæksɪlɛɹi/, /ækˈsɪləɹi/ 1. Alternative form of axillar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: axillar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of axillary. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: axillar Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the feathers connecting the undersurface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing.
Word: axilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin axilla (“side, armpit”). Doublet of axil. Pronunciation: /ækˈsɪlə/ 1. The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder. 2. The area that is located posterior to the transscutal articulation and anterior to the scutoscutellar suture. 3. Alternative form of axil. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: axil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin axilla. Doublet of axilla. Pronunciation: /ˈæk.sɪl/, /ˈæk.səl/ 1. The angle or point of divergence between the upper side of a branch, leaf, or petiole, and the stem or branch from which it springs. Example: Near-synonyms: crotch, fork Example: Black crowberry. Empetrum nigrum. Crowberry Family. Fruit. — The black drupe is berrylike, globular, and incloses six to nine seedlike nutlets with a seed in each. The calyx is at the base and the stigma is at the apex. The drupes are solitary in the leaf axils. They are juicy, acid, edible, and serve as food for the Arctic birds.
Word: axile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English ax(is) Latin -īlislbor. English -ile English axile From ax(is) + -ile. 1. Situated in the axis of anything; as an embryo which lies in the axis of a seed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: axially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Italic *aksis Latin axisbor. English axis English -al English axial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English axially From axial + -ly. 1. In relation to, or in a line with, an axis; in the axial (magnetic) line. Labels: not-comparable Example: … a first countershaft gear drivingly and axially rearrangeably mounted on said countershaft, … Example: PET images of the FDG distribution were reconstructed using a 4.0 mm Hanning filter transaxially and an 8.5 mm Ramp filter axially.