nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: morning kitchen Part of Speech: noun 1. A small collection of appliances and utilities placed in a residence to facilitate the preparation of quick meals or beverages near the living quarters. Usually not found near the primary kitchen. Similar to a wet bar, but more oriented to private use as opposed to entertaining.
Word: riving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: riving Part of Speech: noun 1. A strip of a townfield. Labels: historical 2. A piece of split wood. Labels: archaic
Word: rived Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹaɪvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: numericize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English numeric Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English numericize From numeric + -ize. 1. To represent using numbers; to digitize. Labels: rare
Word: dithyrambic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dithyramb Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dithyrambic From dithyramb + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a dithyramb; especially, passionate, intoxicated with enthusiasm. Example: Signor Papini, the leader of italian pragmatism, grows fairly dithyrambic over the view that it opens, of man's divinely-creative functions. Example: Nevertheless, if one has time and, still more, the patience to search whole acres of dithyrambic prose, he shall have his reward.
Word: dithyrambic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dithyramb Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English dithyrambic From dithyramb + -ic. 1. A dithyramb. Example: 1775, Anonymous, review of the West translation of Pindar's Olympic Odes, in The Critical Review, volume 40, page 451, As we have no remains of the dithyrambics of the ancients, we cannot exactly ascertain the measure.
Word: polacres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polacre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: throned Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: throned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of throne Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: raiding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of raid Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: raiding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of carrying out a raid. Example: These raidings and counter-raidings continued over a brief pre-war season, the wives being paraded and used in the same way as captured 'outsider' women.
Word: sulphanilamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sulphanilic amide. Pronunciation: /sʌlfəˈnɪləmaɪd/ 1. The amide of sulphanilic acid, used to treat streptococcal infections; the parent compound of the sulphonamides. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Gerhard Domagk discovered that the red dye Prontosil is active against streptococcal infections in mice and humans. Soon afterward French workers showed that its active antibacterial agent is sulphanilamide.
Word: adventuresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adventuress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adverbialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English adverbial Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English adverbialize From adverbial + -ize. 1. To use as or change into an adverb. Labels: US, transitive Example: The basic function of the copula in Japanese is to predicate, adnominalize or adverbialize nouns.
Word: adverbialise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of adverbialize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: alleviated Part of Speech: adj 1. Made more bearable. Example: My alleviated sorrow no longer crushes me.
Word: alleviated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of alleviate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: animosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of raid Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: alleviates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of alleviate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: melon ball scoopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melon ball scooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incised meander Part of Speech: noun 1. A meander (an erosion of a river bed) in a region that undergoes tectonic uplift subsequent to the action that caused the initial meander.
Word: river bed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of riverbed. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tectonic uplift Part of Speech: noun 1. The raising of a geographical area as a consequence of plate tectonics. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The meander in the river had been become incised as a result of tectonic uplift.
Word: deworm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Germanic *wurmiz Proto-West Germanic *wurmi Old English wyrm Middle English worm English worm English deworm From de- + worm. 1. To cause an animal to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs. Example: Hey, Ethel, you know it's your turn to deworm the cat?
Word: dewater Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Germanic *watōr Proto-West Germanic *watar Old English wæter Middle English water English water English dewater From de- + water. 1. To remove water from. Example: In the 20ᵗʰ century, when the mechanical separation of impurities based upon specific gravity separations and the removal of fine coal particles which are difficult to handle and dewater became the technology of choice, the bituminous coal mining industry produced vast quantities of both gob and fines. Example: The starting feedstock (i.e., pineapple peel) for producing biochar and activated carbon was collected from a local market (Chienchen district, Kaohsiung, Taiwan). It was first dewatered in the sun and further dried in the air-circulating oven at 105 °C.
Word: curation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English curacioun, curacion, from Old French curacion, from Latin cūrātiō. Pronunciation: /kjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /kjʊˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The act of curating, of organizing and maintaining a collection of artworks or artifacts. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of curing or healing. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 3. The manual updating of information in a database. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Manual database curation involves the following steps: (1) finding articles of interest; (2) finding and extracting facts (relations, events, associations, etc.) relevant to the database focus; and (3) converting extracted information into predefined standardized form. 4. The selective assembly and presentation of information. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Yeah." It was him, alright; if the world's weariest pair of workboots hadn't tipped her off, his world-weary voice certainly would have. "Where were you?" "My quarters. We've got a full ticket set today, and techs work best without oversight." Neither of these things was untrue, though the curation was more than a little dishonest. "Maybe yours do." Nascimbeni rolled out, back flat against a neon orange creeper, and sat up with an audible wince. "Mine fuck the dog."
Word: curations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of curation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downgrades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of downgrade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downgrades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of downgrade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: downgrading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of downgrade Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: downgrading Part of Speech: noun 1. A downgrade; a reduction of a rating, as a financial or credit rating. Example: Financial markets fell sharply on the news of possible downgradings.
Word: worried well Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1970 by Sidney Garfield, founder of Kaiser Permanente. 1. Users of medical or psychiatric services who are not suffering from any diagnosable disease. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: "In cities with a high and more visible number of men becoming sick and dying from AIDS, the worried well report panic attacks, somatic preoccupations, and difficulty functioning on the job because of obsessional worrying about the syndrome."
Word: torques Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of torque Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: torques Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of torque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torques Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin torquēs. 1. Synonym of torque (“collar or necklace of twisted metal”). Labels: historical Example: The torqueses worn by their chiefs, and which were displayed as valuable trophies at Rome, were exquisite works of art, as is proved by such as have been dug up from time to time.
Word: torquing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of torque Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: torqued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of torque Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: torqued Part of Speech: adj 1. Upset; angry. Example: The high school varsity basketball team, under Bernie's able coaching, was fourteen and three for the season, and Bernie was greatly torqued about the three.
Word: torcs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torq Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɔː(ɹ)k/ 1. Alternative spelling of torque (“collar or necklace”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: torqs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of torq Labels: form-of, plural
Word: puckers up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pucker up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: puckering up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pucker up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: belly buttons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of belly button Labels: form-of, plural
Word: belly-buttons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of belly-button Labels: form-of, plural
Word: citation cord Part of Speech: noun 1. A decorative cord worn on the shoulder, generally in conjunction with a uniform, also known as an Aiguillette. As pictured, this cord is being worn backwards (see Highty-Tighties). Instead, the thick braid goes under the arm, with the narrow strands outside.
Word: handwriting on the wall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of writing on the wall Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: innies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of innie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of inny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lap dancing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lap dance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lap danced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lap dance Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coherences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coherence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symbiogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sym- + bio- + -genesis. Coined in German by the Russian lichenologist Konstantin Mereschkowski, in a 1910 paper entitled "Theorie der zwei Plasmaarten als Grundlage der Symbiogenesis, einer neuen Lehre von der Entstehung der Organismen." 1. The merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cheatline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheat + line, because the first cheatlines aimed to "cheat the eye", making aircraft appear more streamlined. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtlaɪn/ 1. In civil aviation, a decorative horizontal band of color applied to both sides of an aircraft's fuselage of as part of its livery.
Word: crack head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crackhead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sravya Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रव्य (śravya, “audible, to be heard, worth hearing”). 1. melodious (in the context of Sanskrit poetry)
Word: neurotransmission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English transmission English neurotransmission From neuro- + transmission. Pronunciation: /ˌnʊɹoʊtɹænzˈmɪʃən/, /ˌnɝoʊtɹænzˈmɪʃən/, /ˌnjʊəɹəʊtɹænzˈmɪʃən/, /ˌnjɔːɹəʊtɹænzˈmɪʃən/ 1. The transfer of impulses between neurons. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Moroccans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Moroccan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metal homeostasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used as a set phrase in cytogenetic studies in the early 1980s. 1. The ability of individual cells to maintain a healthy level of metals within the cell. Labels: uncountable
Word: mouths off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mouth off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mouthing off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mouth off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mouthed off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mouth off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: methylases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of methylase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: model organisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of model organism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: laughableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English laughable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English laughableness From laughable + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness. Labels: uncountable Example: We obtain a true perception of the laughableness of this sort of buffoonery. Example: They encounter Empousa, the comic monster, who reminds us in spite of her laughableness of the dangerousness of the other.
Word: hennas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of henna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hennas Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of henna Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repressors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repressor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quantum limit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The spectroscopic sense is first attested in the 1920s; the measurement sense was coined by Vladimir Braginsky in a 1967 paper, and was originally restricted to the study of gravitational waves. 1. The limit on measurement accuracy at quantum scales due to back-action effects. Example: "This book is essential reading for all scientists and engineers the potential applications of technology near the quantum limit." 2. The shortest wavelength in an X-ray spectrum. Example: "The voltage and wave-length at the quantum limit of the spectrum under investigation are denoted by ν₀ and λ₀."
Word: Circean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Circaeus + -an. By surface analysis, Circe + -ean. 1. Pertaining to Circe, the Greek goddess, who first charmed her victims and then changed them into animals; hence, alluring but dangerous or degrading. Example: Is it then surprizing […] that an empty mind should be employed only to vary the pleasures, which emasculated her circean court? Example: Returned to the château just before it got dark, ate cold meats in Mrs Willems's kitchen. Learnt that J. and her Circean caresses were in Brussels on estate business […]
Word: stone mulching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First entered wide use following the publication of Stone Mulching in the Garden by J.I. Rodale in 1949. 1. The practice of covering plant roots with stone, in the manner of a mulch. Labels: uncountable Example: "My old roommate Erin Lee and I were first taught stone mulching by Ruth Hanner up in her Köke'e garden on Kaua'i. She had been taught this technique as a young farmer's wife in Peru." Example: "In experiments, stone mulching decreases soil water evaporation, protects against wind and rain erosion, and reduces daily temperature fluctuation."
Word: sheet erosion Part of Speech: noun 1. relatively even erosion of a layer of soil without channel formation; generally takes place on sloping land
Word: omi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from Italian uomo (“man”). Doublet of gome, hombre, homo, and ombre. 1. A man. Labels: Polari Example: Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil. Example: Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.
Word: erosions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erosion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Winchester measure Part of Speech: noun 1. Units used for the measurement of dry and liquid volumes, the standards for which were originally deposited at Winchester, England. The Winchester bushel is still used in the US. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pingos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pingo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Winchester bushel Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of dry and liquid volume equal to 35.24 litres used in US and Canada. Originating in England and one of the units of Winchester measure. Abbreviated bu
Word: bacteriogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bacterio- + -genic. 1. Caused by bacteria Labels: not-comparable
Word: therapeutic window Part of Speech: noun 1. The range of doses of a drug which are effective without being harmful. Example: 2001: The separation between the dose range in which the desirable medical benefits are seen, and the higher dose range at which adverse effects emerge, is known as the ‘therapeutic window’. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 31)
Word: angular mil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of milliradian 1. A unit of angular measurement equal to 1/6400 of a complete circle. At 1000 metres one mil subtends about one metre (~0,98 m). Also 1/6000 and 1/6300 are used in other countries.
Word: cytochrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyto- + -chrome. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪtəkɹəʊm/ 1. Any of various related hemoproteins found in the cells of most organisms, which are an important part of cell respiration. Example: The drug-metabolizing enzymes in the liver, called cytochrome-p450s, comprise a large family of some fifty or more related enzymes, which have evolved in a remarkable way […].
Word: exscind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exscindō (“demolish, destroy”), originally in the sense “to destroy utterly”. Pronunciation: /ɛk(s)ˈsɪnd/, /ɪk(s)ˈsɪnd/ 1. To cut out. Example: It should be mentioned that matter which has became^([sic]) untrue by the progress of events since the first edition of this book has been carefully exscinded. 2. To destroy utterly, to extirpate. Labels: Late, Modern, obsolete Example: Had this Monster no more Horns than Zechary saw in that prophetical Vision, had this Hydra no more heads than Alexander's World had Kingdoms […] my success hitherto might give me hopes, at last to excind the last of them. Example: O for their Prayers my Anglia’s Doom suspend! / […] / The sinful Land exscind not, but reprove, […]
Word: Mexican wave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Popularised during the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. 1. A phenomenon that primarily occurs at sports events, where the members of the crowd stand up and/or raise their hands in turn, creating the illusion of a wave passing through the crowd. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: 1995, Shane Cloude, An Introduction to Electromagnetic Wave Propagation & Antennas, Springer, 0-387-91501-X, pages 3–4, This is an important idea and can best be illustrated by analogy with a Mexican wave. Although the Mexican wave seems to involve the coherent motion of a large number of people, it is clear to those who have been involved, that the “trigger” for an individual to react is entirely spatially and temporally local, i.e. the individual reacts at the appropriate time and space point simply by waiting until his or her neighbours react. Example: 2001, John Morgan, Debrett’s New Guide to Etiquette and Modern Manners: The Indispensable Handbook, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 127, The usual signals for standing are: at the arrival of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother; […]; and every time the Colour passes in front of you. The effect can sometimes be like a rather well-dressed Mexican wave.
Word: Mexican wave Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Popularised during the 1986 FIFA World Cup held in Mexico. 1. To perform a Mexican wave.
Word: moresome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From more + -some, to follow on from threesome, foursome, etc. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɹsəm/, /ˈmɔːsəm/ 1. A sexual act involving more than three people, or a group of individuals involved in such an act. Labels: rare, slang Example: Jana and Sam had a child, and the moresome remained together through Zachariah's birth. Example: It featured a tent full of mattresses for one almighty love-in in the Nevada desert. Sadly, the revelries and ‘moresomes’ were not to be …
Word: publicity stunt Part of Speech: noun 1. A staged event used to garner publicity, usually for the purposes of marketing or activism.
Word: love-hate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is a calque of German Liebe-Hass (now more commonly Hassliebe (“love-hate relationship”)), from Liebe (“love; relationship of love”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”)) + Hass (“hate; hatred”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“anger; hatred”)). The verb is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌlʌvˈheɪt/ 1. Of a relationship: involving feelings of both love and hate, often simultaneously. Labels: not-comparable Example: The krogan have had a love-hate relationship with varren for millennia, alternately fighting them for territory and embracing them as treasured companions. Example: I loathe reviews in which a critic claims to have love-hate feelings about a work of art. It’s a way of having no opinion at all. But I love and hate “Taipei.”
Word: love-hate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is a calque of German Liebe-Hass (now more commonly Hassliebe (“love-hate relationship”)), from Liebe (“love; relationship of love”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewbʰ- (“to love”)) + Hass (“hate; hatred”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- (“anger; hatred”)). The verb is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌlʌvˈheɪt/ 1. To feel both love and hate (for someone or something), often simultaneously. Labels: transitive Example: […]Eric got to act out his resentment while also hating himself, really love-hating himself, and he got to do it while masquerading as a warrior for the less fortunate!
Word: phone sex Part of Speech: noun 1. An erotic or sexual telephone conversation between two or more people. Labels: uncountable
Word: gonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gonion Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English gonial From gonion + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊni.əl/, /ˈɡəʊnɪəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the gonion, the point at the apex of the mandible, or lower jaw. Labels: not-comparable Example: "We have seen that the gonial diameter, being related to the head breadth, is higher among the northern groups and especially among Mongols."
Word: gonial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Extracted from spermatogonial and oogonial, these being the cells the gonia develop into. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊni.əl/, /ˈɡəʊnɪəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the gonia, primitive germ cells. Labels: not-comparable Example: "When found, the expelled elements may be gonial cells or oocytes, normal or rarely degenerating."
Word: interstitium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin interstitium, from inter (“between”) + sistō (“to stand, place”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɚˈstɪʃi.əm/ 1. An interstitial space within a tissue or organ. 2. Specifically the tissue between the pulmonary alveoli and the bloodstream. 3. A state between systems or spaces. 4. An interstice, the interval of time required by the Roman Catholic Church between the attainment of different degrees of an order (pluralised as interstitia for the overall policy, which is also occasionally spelled instertitia).
Word: Sertoli cell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Enrico Sertoli, who published the first description of these cells in 1865. 1. A kind of sustentacular cell which serves as a "nurse" cell of the testes and which is part of a seminiferous tubule. Example: In 2009, researchers reported7 deactivating an ovarian gene called Foxl2 in adult female mice; they found that the granulosa cells that support the development of eggs transformed into Sertoli cells, which support sperm development.
Word: cameleer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Afrikaans kameelbor. English camel Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English cameleer From camel + -eer. 1. Synonym of camel rider. 2. A soldier mounted on a camel. 3. Synonym of camel driver.
Word: respondeat superior Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin respondeat superior (“let the superior respond or meet a charge”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒn.di.æt suːˈpɪəɹ.i.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A legal doctrine which holds that an employer, officer, manager, supervisor, or other individual or group superior to an employee or subordinate may be legally liable for the acts of that employee or subordinate. Labels: uncountable
Word: bequiver Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English quiver English bequiver From be- + quiver. 1. To cause to quiver. Labels: rare Example: 1952, Isaac Asimov, "The Mule", in Foundation and Empire, Ballantine Books (1983), →ISBN, page 142, "Yes?" The clown stirred uneasily. "That may be, my lady, but he has questioned me before, and his manner is of an abruptness and loudness that bequivers me. He is full of strange words, so that the answers to his questions could not worm out of my throat. Almost, I might believe the romancer who once played on my ignorance with a tale that, at such moments, the heart lodged in the windpipe and prevented speech."
Word: palaeovirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English virus English palaeovirus From palaeo- + virus. 1. Old, obsolete virus.
Word: mutual masturbations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mutual masturbation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angiotensin converting enzyme Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme which catalyzes the creation of angiotensin, and is a strong vasoconstrictor. Example: 2001: Angiotensin is generated in the blood from an inactive precursor called renin. The conversion requires an enzyme known as Angiotensin Converting Enzyme (ACE). — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)
Word: whole note Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German ganze Note. 1. A semibreve, a musical note four beats long in 4/4 time. Labels: Canada, US
Word: ranitidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English (fu)ran(yl) Egyptian nṯr Proto-Afroasiatic *-i? Egyptian -j Egyptian nṯrjder. Semiticbor. Ancient Greek νῐ́τρον (nĭ́tron) English ni(tro)- English -tidine English ranitidine From (fu)ran(yl) + ni(tro)- + -tidine. Pronunciation: /ɹaˈnɪt.ɪ.diːn/, /ɹaˈnʌɪ.tɪ.diːn/, /ɹəˈnɪt.ɪˌdin/ 1. A furan (trademark Zantac) which blocks the histamine H₂-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid. Labels: uncountable Example: The huge sales of one drug in particular, ranitidine (sold under the trade name Zantac®), helped to lift the British pharmaceutical company Glaxo into the world league.
Word: whoop-de-do Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Oh, wait, they did give me a certificate of appreciation on January 29, 1983, after my 1,000th mile. Well, whoop-de-do!
Word: whoop-de-do Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Example: Yet all this modern-day whoop-de-do notwithstanding, the fact remains that de Soto was and is an important part of Alabama history. 2. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Example: She wanted to remind my mother that in the eyes of the Church she was still a married woman and said she hoped Ma wasn't reserving herself a room in hell for the sake of one little night of whoop-de-do. 3. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Example: Racing past the truck would be a little like flying an airplane through choppy air— except that an airplane never loses contact with the air, and the truck's draft would cause the race car to veer or, if it coincided with a whoop-de-do, to lose contact with the pavement.
Word: whoop-de-do Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of whoop-de-doo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "They were all the big, whoop-de-do houses, and I just checked out what they were putting in their kitchens," she says. Jo and her husband, Jeff, now have cabinets finished with a whitewashed oak and a center island topped with charcoal-and-rust-colored granite.
Word: omeprazole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English o(xy)- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English me(tho)- Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English thi- ▲ English methyl ▲ English -o- German Pyridinbor. English pyridine ▲ Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English pyridinyl Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English benzo- English benz- Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English imide 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 English azo- English -ole English azole English imidazole English benzimidazole English timoprazole English -prazole English omeprazole From o(xy)- + me(tho)- + -prazole (“benzimidazole derivative”). Pronunciation: /əʊˈmɛp.ɹə.zəʊl/, /oʊˈmɛp.ɹəˌzoʊl/ 1. A substituted benzimidazole (trademark Losec, Prilosec) which is a proton pump inhibitor and inhibits secretion of gastric acid, being given orally in the treatment of ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux; 5-methoxy-2-(4-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-2-pyridylmethylsulfinyl)benzimidazole, C₁₇H₁₉N₃O₃S. Labels: uncountable Example: 2001: The first successful drug of this class was omeprazole (sold under the trade name Losec®), and it helped to change the medium-sized Swedish pharmaceutical company Astra, which discovered it, into a major player in the pharmaceutical industry. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 46)
Word: ruricolist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin rūricola + English -ist Pronunciation: /ɹuːˈɹɪkəlɪst/ 1. A country dweller. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: His appearance did not bespeak the ruricolist, and Dick, who at once detected this, set him down for a London burgess. Example: The House in Stone Row, lately possessed by Capt. Siree.
Word: landskip Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of landscape. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures Whilst the landskip round it measures, Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray; Mountains on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide. Example: [S]ome have used to get on the top of the higheſt Steeple, vvhere one may vievv with advantage, all the Countrey circumjacent, and the ſite of the City, vvith the advenues and approaches about it; and ſo take a Landskip of it.
Word: refrigerant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin refrīgerāns, present participle of refrīgerō (“to cool, to refresh”). 1. A substance used in a heat cycle that undergoes a phase change between gas and liquid to allow the cooling, as in refrigerators, air conditioners, etc. 2. That which makes cool or cold, such as a medicine for allaying the symptoms of fever. Example: 1783, Hugh Blair, Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Dublin: Whitestone et al., Volume 2, Lecture 32, p. 403, […] never give warning that you are about to be pathetic; and call upon your hearers, as is sometimes done, to follow you in the attempt. This almost never fails to prove a refrigerant to passion. Example: […] taking a blue and white soda-powder, [she] mingled the same in water, and encouraged me to drink the result. It might be a specific for seasickness, but it was not for home-sickness. The fiz was a mockery, and the saline refrigerant struck a colder chill to my despondent heart.
Word: refrigerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin refrīgerāns, present participle of refrīgerō (“to cool, to refresh”). 1. That cools or freezes; providing relief from heat or fever. Labels: obsolete Example: 1627, Francis Bacon, Sylua Syluarum: or A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries, London: William Lee, VIII. Century, p. 204, This Experiment may be transferred vnto the Cure of Gangrenes, either Comming of themselues, or induced by too much Applying of Opiates: Wherein you must beware of Dry Heat, and resort to Things that are Refrigerant, with an Inward Warmth, and Vertue of Cherishing. Example: Here on a bank, refrigerant seat, Screen’d from the Sun’s o’ercoming heat, Some stretch’d at ease the hours employ, In Bacchus’s unbounded joy,
Word: refrigerants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of refrigerant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oppidan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin oppidānus (“of a town, provincial”), from oppidum (“town which is not an urbs”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjective-forming suffix), by surface analysis, oppid(um) + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to a town or conurbation. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: ... calculating the portions of the population, which are purely oppidan, suburban and rural, separately, ... Example: In terms of socio-economic impact, it appears that the water mill was an oppidan development in the Roman possessions, including Dacia.
Word: oppidan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin oppidānus (“of a town, provincial”), from oppidum (“town which is not an urbs”) + -ānus (“-an”, adjective-forming suffix), by surface analysis, oppid(um) + -an. 1. A town dweller. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: But money is all-potent, and wealthy oppidans soon found means to elbow the aristocracy in their choicest assemblies. 2. A class of student in traditional English public schools such as Eton; opposed to colleger or King's Scholar. Example: ... might conceivably imply that he did not live, as the custom had been for such boys, in the Abbot's own house, but lodged in the town of Winchester and perhaps attended the College as an oppidan, or townsman.
Word: piriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin pirifōrmis, from pirum (“a pear”) + -fōrmis (“-form, -shaped”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of piriformis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈpɪɹ.əˌfɔɹm/ 1. Alternative form of pyriform. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: piriform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from New Latin pirifōrmis, from pirum (“a pear”) + -fōrmis (“-form, -shaped”, adjectival suffix). Doublet of piriformis. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪ.fɔːm/, /ˈpɪɹ.əˌfɔɹm/ 1. Alternative form of pyriform. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: globe-trot Part of Speech: noun 1. A trip around the world.
Word: globe-trot Part of Speech: verb 1. To travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing. Example: The twist in Chapter 4 is that John Wick goes full James Bond, globe-trotting and shooting his way through glamorous cities, with action that is even more spectacularly staged.
Word: refroze Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of refreeze Labels: form-of, past
Word: refrozen Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been frozen again. Labels: not-comparable
Word: refrozen Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of refreeze Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: renovator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From renovate + -or. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛ.nəˌveɪ.təɹ/ 1. A person who renovates.
Word: renovators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of renovator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: restrung Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of restring Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: full speed ahead Part of Speech: intj 1. A command to move forward at maximum speed. Labels: usually Example: Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead! Example: We had advanced a hundred yards, perhaps, when our first danger confronted us. Just ahead was a sharp right-angle turn in the tunnel. I could see the river's flotsam hurtling against the rocky wall upon the left as it was driven on by the mighty current, and I feared for the safety of the U-33 in making so sharp a turn under such adverse conditions; but there was nothing for it but to try. I didn't warn my fellows of the danger--it could have but caused them useless apprehension, for if we were to be smashed against the rocky wall, no power on earth could avert the quick end that would come to us. I gave the command full speed ahead and went charging toward the menace. I was forced to approach the dangerous left-hand wall in order to make the turn, and I depended upon the power of the motors to carry us through the surging waters in safety.
Word: full speed ahead Part of Speech: noun 1. Maximum speed on a ship. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Then he gave it full speed ahead, and shot us into the inlet. 2. Maximum effort without reservations or delay. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: We got the OK on the conversion project. It's full speed ahead.
Word: full speed ahead Part of Speech: adv 1. With maximum effort, without reservations or delay. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He charged full speed ahead into his studies.
Word: full speed ahead Part of Speech: adj 1. Unhesitant. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: The company's full speed ahead approach to product development would ultimately be its downfall. Example: I was always so busy and full-speed ahead that I didn't take any time out to really listen to God.
Word: papule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin papula. 1. A small, inflammatory, irritated spot on the skin, similar in appearance to a pimple, but not containing pus.
Word: Sisyphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Sisyphisme, coined by Frédéric Bastiat. 1. Infinite labor that produces nothing. Labels: uncountable
Word: resplendence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English resplendence, from Latin resplendentia. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsplɛn.dəns/ 1. The property of being, or that which causes something to be, resplendent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Son! thou in whom my glory I behold / In full resplendence, heir of all my might. Example: The sun above gleams like a shining jewel, but even its brightness is nothing compared to the resplendence of the Empire.
Word: rickrack Part of Speech: noun 1. A zigzag trim sewn to clothes for decoration. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rickracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rickrack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rightward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English right Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English rightward From right + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/, /ˈɹaɪtwəd/ 1. To or from the right. Example: This is seen as abnormal rapid leftward motion of the septum during preejection followed by rightward (paradoxical) motion. Example: Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.”
Word: rightward Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English right Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English rightward From right + -ward. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtwɚd/, /ˈɹaɪtwəd/ 1. To or from the right. Example: Most polls give the left, divided between Socialists, ecologists and far-left parties, less than 30 percent of the vote in a France drifting rightward. The once-proud “gauche” is in tatters.
Word: rightist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English right Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English rightist From right + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtɪst/ 1. One who believes in the politics or policies of the political right. Example: To summarize: on the average, rightists are made more anxious by ambiguity and have a stronger need for closure, dislike novelty, are more comforted by structure and hierarchy, more readily perceive circumstances as threatening, and are more parochial in their empathy. 2. One who supports the rights of a specified group. Labels: in-compounds Example: an animal rightist
Word: rightist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English right Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English rightist From right + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to the political right. Example: Hearsay even got "freeped." "Freepers," followers of a rightist Web site called Free Republic, orchestrated a "Freeper Call to Action." Example: Whether a Hidalgo candidacy can galvanize the left and throw open an election in which Emmanuel Macron, the centrist president, and Marine Le Pen, the rightist candidate, remain favorites is unclear.
Word: rightists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rightist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hioi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Māori hīoi. 1. Synonym of New Zealand mint. Labels: uncountable
Word: leftists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leftist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ridership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rider + -ship. Compare Middle English ridership, rydershipe; apparently re-formed. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.dəɹ.ʃɪp/ 1. The people who ride a form of transportation. Labels: US, collective, countable, uncountable Example: The bus company was going bankrupt because their ridership was too small. Example: Virgin Trains East Coast failed because ridership and revenue did not increase as predicted in its bid. It still rose, but not enough to satisfy the deal it had made with DfT. The result was that Stagecoach and Virgin lost a lot of money. 2. The position or office of a rider. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: After four years, (in 1780,) he ventured to propose the abolition of all riderships (croupe), and of other sinecures connected with the King’s household: […] Example: If you voluntarily put your head into that Apothecaries’ noose, so adroitly weaved for you in 1815 by the worse part of the Physicians, you will infallibly fall under the ridership it is your best desire to escape.
Word: right-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Sane; clear-thinking. Example: Right-minded people do not throw away their lives because trivial insults occur. 2. Decent; morally upright. Example: Surely all right-minded people agree that bigamy is wrong. Example: Let realism have its demonstration, comedy its criticism, or even bawdry its horselaugh at the expense of sexual infatuation, if it must; but to ask us to subject our souls to its ruinous glamour, to worship it, deify it, and imply that it alone makes our life worth living, is nothing but folly gone mad erotically—a thing compared to which Falstaff's unbeglamored drinking and drabbing is respectable and rightminded.
Word: right to die Part of Speech: noun 1. The moral principle that a human being is entitled to end his/her own life or to undergo voluntary euthanasia. Example: The Swiss researchers write that “the six right-to-die organizations assist in approximately 600 cases of suicide per year; some 150 to 200 of which are suicide tourists,” or people coming to Switzerland seeking aid-in-dying.
Word: salicylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From salicyl + -ic, from Latin salix (“willow tree”). Pronunciation: /sælɪˈsɪlɪk/ 1. Derived from salicin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: retrofire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English retrofire From retro- + fire. 1. The firing of rockets directed opposite to a craft's direction of motion in order to slow down. Example: The spaceship needs to turn around so its retrofire rockets slow it down and put it in a lower orbit.
Word: retrofire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire English retrofire From retro- + fire. 1. To fire rockets of a craft in the direction opposite to its direction of motion in order to slow down.