nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: games the system Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of game the system Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gaming the system Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of game the system Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gamed the system Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of game the system Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: GRP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of glass-reinforced plastic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of gross rating point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: catamites Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkætəmaɪts/ 1. plural of catamite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: attributed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪb.juː.tɪd/, /əˈtɹɪb.(j)ə.tɪd/, [əˈtɹɪb.(j)ə.ɾɪd] 1. simple past and past participle of attribute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: attributed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /əˈtɹɪb.juː.tɪd/, /əˈtɹɪb.(j)ə.tɪd/, [əˈtɹɪb.(j)ə.ɾɪd] 1. decorated with an attribute Labels: not-comparable Example: This attribute is used to declare in metadata that the attributed method or class requires SocketPermission of the declared form.
Word: graaf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch graaf. Doublet of graf and grave. 1. A Dutch earl or count. Example: The knights of St. John once had here their dwelling, or commandery, as it was called, but had removed in 1312 to a new building within the city of Haarlem, where they were richly endowed by Graaf William the Good, who also conferred on them numerous privileges, of which not the least was, that the commander of the order should thenceforth be the host of the graafs. Example: However, when I tell you that the Queen of England and the Duke of Edinburgh were there, and the King of Norway, and the Shah of Persia and Queen Farah Diba, and the Prince Michael of Greece, and Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, and Prince Bertil of Sweden, plus nearly fifty assorted princes and princesses, dukes, barons, graafs and gravins, meurows and heers, you will begin to see just how high a high point it was in the Amstel’s history.
Word: heal-all Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heal + all. 1. A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers; Prunella vulgaris. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A remedy for all diseases. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Widely used in Argentina as a heal-all, propoleum is found in a variety of forms, from candies to syrups.
Word: selfheal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English selfhele, selfehale, sylfhele, from Old English selfhǣlu, equivalent to self + heal. 1. A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers from any species of genus Prunella. 2. A small, herbaceous European plant with blue-violet flowers from any species of genus Prunella.
Word: healee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heal + -ee. 1. A character who is healed.
Word: sympathize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French sympathiser. By surface analysis, sympathy + -ize. Displaced native Old English efnþrōwian (literally “to suffer with or together”). 1. To have, show or express sympathy; to be affected by feelings similar to those of another, in consequence of knowing the person to be thus affected Labels: Canada, US, intransitive Example: […] the Authors having chosen for their Heroes Persons who were so nearly related to the People for whom they wrote. Achilles was a Greek, and Aeneas the remote Founder of Rome. By this Means their Countrymen (whom they principally proposed to themselves for their Readers) were particularly attentive to all the Parts of their Story, and sympathized with their Heroes in all their Adventures. Example: Some old people keep young at heart in spite of wrinkles and gray hairs, can sympathize with children’s little cares and joys, make them feel at home, and can hide wise lessons under pleasant plays, giving and receiving friendship in the sweetest way. 2. To support, favour, have sympathy (with a political cause or movement, a side in a conflict / in an action). Labels: Canada, US, intransitive Example: ‘[…] who is to hunt up my witnesses? All of them are sailors, drafted off to other ships, except those whose evidence would go for very little, as they took part, or sympathised in the affair. […]’ Example: “Whether one sympathises with the agitation for female suffrage or not one has to admit that its promoters showed tireless energy and considerable enterprise in devising and putting into action new methods for accomplishing their ends. […]” 3. To say in an expression of sympathy. Labels: Canada, US, transitive Example: “How much he slapped my sons—you should see their swollen faces, Panditji,” said Dukhi. […] “Poor children,” sympathized Pandit Lallaram. 4. To have a common feeling, as of bodily pleasure or pain. Labels: Canada, US, intransitive Example: […] the mind will sympathize so much with the anguish and debility of the body, that it will be […] too distracted to fix itself in meditation. 5. To share (a feeling or experience). Labels: Canada, US, obsolete, transitive Example: And all that are assembled in this place, That by this sympathized one day’s error Have suffer’d wrong, go keep us company, And we shall make full satisfaction. 6. To agree; to be in accord; to harmonize. Labels: Canada, US, intransitive Example: Henry V. The southern wind Doth play the trumpet to his purposes, And by his hollow whistling in the leaves Foretells a tempest and a blustering day. Henry IV. Then with the losers let it sympathize, For nothing can seem foul to those that win. Example: It was the Winter wilde. While the Heav’n-born-childe, All meanly wrapt in the rude manger lies: Nature in aw to him Had doff't her gawdy trim, With her great Maſter ſo to ſympathize: It was no ſeaſon then for her To wanton with the Sun her luſty Paramour.
Word: whitewashed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whitewash + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of whitewash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whitewashed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From whitewash + -ed. 1. Painted with the temporary paint whitewash. 2. Having had any controversy or potential for scandal removed, ignored or downplayed. Example: Steve Bannon, the former Trump adviser and still-influential MAGA voice, posed the question others were already repeating: "How does an anti–deep state administration put out something this whitewashed? This is not what people voted for." Example: "Beyond that the thinking was, 'Slavery was abolished over 150 years ago, so how is the United States still racist?' That's kind of the mind-set I grew up in. Going to a public school in a very white state, I was given a very whitewashed education." 3. Having been subjected to racial whitewashing: made to be or seem more white (Caucasian); for example, having been made to appear whiter via makeup, or by being illustrated in pictures or portrayed in films as white (despite originally or properly being nonwhite). Example: Hiro's a Japanese guy, Kim's an Indian guy. The transition for the three of us, goin' from a very mixed Chicago area to the very whitewashed Northwest, was kinda weird. It took me years to kinda deal with, Is this a real city? Where are the other people? Example: […] the “scandal” over actress Kerry Washington's seemingly whitewashed skin on the cover of the February 2015 InStyle Magazine, […] 4. A person of color perceived as having assimilated at the expense of their own racial or cultural identity. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: She tries to portray that she is the Japanese American woman. That she is very cultured in a Japanese way but she is not! She is very whitewashed.
Word: mightiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mighty: most mighty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: amalgama Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈmælɡəmə/ 1. Archaic form of amalgam. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: They divided this their amalgama into a number of incoherent republics.
Word: spie Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spaɪ/ 1. Obsolete spelling of spy. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: punte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of punty or pontil, a glassblowing tool. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: adumbrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of adumbrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: adumbrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of adumbrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: adumbrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of adumbrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adumbrated Part of Speech: adj 1. Obscured. Labels: comparable Example: We shall, therefore, only very humbly submit whether the whole statement be not rather too theoretic and somewhat too darkly adumbrated in ambiguous phraseology for plain, uncollegian understandings. 2. Foreshadowed. Labels: comparable 3. Depicted on a shield as an outline (having the same colour(s) as the field, but often darker) instead of a solid figure. (See "further reading" below.)
Word: obfuscates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of obfuscate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: parles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: community college Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name derives from the fact that community colleges primarily attract and accept students from the local community, and are often supported by the local community through property taxes. 1. An educational institution providing college education granting certificates, diplomas, and associate's degrees, but not higher level degrees; junior college. Labels: US 2. A secondary school, usually offering extended services of some sort. Labels: UK
Word: community colleges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of community college Labels: form-of, plural
Word: junior college Part of Speech: noun 1. An institution of higher education that awards an associate's degree but not a bachelor's degree or higher. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A government high school, usually abbreviated to "JC". Labels: Singapore, countable, uncountable
Word: junior colleges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of junior college Labels: form-of, plural
Word: associate's degree Part of Speech: noun 1. An academic degree awarded after the equivalent of approximately two years of college education, usually by a community college. Labels: Australia, Canada, Caribbean, US
Word: overexpose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + expose. 1. To expose excessively. 2. To provide excessive publicity or reporting regarding (a person, event, etc.). 3. To expose (film) to light during the development process for a longer time than is required to accurately produce the image.
Word: overexposes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overexpose Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overexposing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overexpose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bayed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /beɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bayed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /beɪd/ 1. Having a bay or bays. Labels: not-comparable Example: […]that by the yeerely birth / The large-bay’d Barne doth fill[…]
Word: courts of law Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court of law Labels: form-of, plural
Word: courts of equity Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of court of equity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoological garden Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌzəʊəˈlɒdʒɪkəl ˈɡɑːdən/, /ˌzuə-/, /ˌzoʊəˈlɑdʒɪkəl ˈɡɑɹdən/ 1. A zoo, a park where live animals are exhibited. Labels: formal
Word: control freak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From control + freak. First use appears c. 1970 in the Los Angeles Times. 1. A person who is excessively controlling and domineering. Labels: informal 2. A tyrant or manipulator. Labels: informal
Word: petaflop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peta- + flop. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛtəflɒp/, /ˈpɛtəflɑp/ 1. Either of two units of measure of the calculating speed of a computer: Example: ...a better machine is a petaflop machine. A petaflop is a quadrillion flops, a quadrillion floating-point operations per second, so a petaflop machine is a thousand times as fast as a teraflop machine, or a million times as fast as a Cray Y-MP8. The petaflop machine will exist by the year 2000, or soon afterward. 2. Either of two units of measure of the calculating speed of a computer: Example: First computer to surpass the 1 Petaflop (2⁵⁰ FLOPS) barrier [in 2008]
Word: teraflop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tera- + flop. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəflɒp/, /ˈtɛɹəfɫɑp/ 1. A unit of computing power equal to one trillion (10¹²) floating-point operations per second. Example: The gigaflop supercomputers of today are almost useless. What is needed is a teraflop machine. That’s a machine that can run at a trillion flops, a trillion floating-point operations per second, or roughly a thousand times as fast as Cray Y-MP8. One such design for teraflop machine, by Monty Denneau at I.B.M., will be a parallel supercomputer in the form of a twelve-foot wide box. You want to have at least sixty-four thousand processors in the machine, each of which has the power of a Cray. And the processors will be joined by a network that has the total switching capacity of the entire telephone network in the United States. I think a teraflop machine will exist by 1993. Now, a better machine is a petaflop machine. A petaflop is a quadrillion flops, a quadrillion floating-point operations per second, so a petaflop machine is a thousand times as fast as a teraflop machine, or a million times as fast as a Cray Y-MP8. The petaflop machine will exist by the year 2000, or soon afterward.
Word: chipmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chip Proto-Germanic *makaz Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English chipmaker From chip + maker. 1. A company that manufactures integrated circuit microchips. Example: On Monday, chipmaker Nvidia (NVDA) cut its sales outlook for the fourth quarter, citing “deteriorating macroeconomic conditions, particularly in China.” Last week, Intel’s (INTC) CEO also noted that “trade and macro concerns, especially in China, have intensified.” Example: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets executives of major global chipmakers ahead of a G7 summit.
Word: smectite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σμήχω (smḗkhō, “to rub off”) + -ite. 1. Any of many clay phyllosilicate minerals that have a relatively open structure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: phyllosilicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyllo- + silicate. 1. Any silicate mineral having a crystal structure of parallel sheets of silicate tetrahedra. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: intronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English intron Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English intronic From intron + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to introns. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phænomena Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phænomenon Labels: form-of, plural Example: The phænomena of the diſtillation of amber favour this opinion: It affords actually a ſort of naphtha, and a petroleum too, of a higher or a lighter brown colour, according to the degree of heat employed, and the length of time ſpent in the operation. Example: 1798 C.E., Pierre Simon La Place, Exposition du Système du Monde (translated as “on the System of the World”), chapter III: “on Time, and its measure”, quoted in:
Word: phænomenon Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of phenomenon. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: It is eaſy to obſerve how many empty hypotheſis and idle reaſonings the phænomenons of this river have put mankind to the expence of. Example: This wonderful phænomenon has, ſince it was firſt diſcovered, employed the thoughts of very able philoſophers ; many hypotheſes having been offered, not only for its explanation, but even to foretel the future variations in various parts of the world.
Word: petrolea Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petroleum Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: Some mineral oils, procurable among ourselves, are used by the common people, and often with benefit. The empirical medicine, called British oil, is of the same nature with the petrolea; the genuine sort being extracted by distillation from a hard bitumen, or a kind of stone coal, found in Shropshire and other parts of England. Example: Moſt naturaliſts and chemiſts aſcribe the formation of petrolea to the decompoſition of ſolid bitumens by the action of ſubterraneous fires. Naphtha, they obſerve, appears to be the light oil which is firſt diſengaged by fire: that which follows after it, having colour and conſiſtency, forms the ſeveral ſorts of petroleum: And, laſtly, petrolea, united with earthy ſubſtances, or altered by acids, acquire the characteriſtics of mineral pitch, or piſsaſphaltus.
Word: tersest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of terse: most terse Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: unassuaged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English assuaged English unassuaged From un- + assuaged. 1. Not assuaged; not calmed, appeased, mitigated, alleviated, satisfied or diminished.
Word: Hell no Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of hell no. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: takia Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of outrigger canoe used in Fiji.
Word: takia Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of takya. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: allopathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allo- + -pathic. Pronunciation: /ˌæl.oʊˈpæθ.ɪk/, /əˈlo.pə.t̪ʰɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to allopathy.
Word: allopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Allopathie, allo- + -pathy, originally a pejorative term. Pronunciation: /əˈlɒp.ə.θi/, /ˈæl.oʊˌpæθ.i/, /ˈæː.loːˈpæː.t̪ʰiː/, /əˈloː.pə.t̪iː/ 1. A system of heroic medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce the opposite effect. Labels: uncountable 2. Conventional Western medicine; a method or treatment therein. Labels: countable
Word: allopathist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English allopathy 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 allopathist From allopathy + -ist. 1. A practitioner of allopathy
Word: allopath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + -path. 1. A practitioner of allopathy
Word: allopathic medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of alternative medicine that treats symptoms with substances that produce opposite symptoms; the opposite of homeopathy. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Modern Western medicine. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: homeopathic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios)bor. English homeo- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -pathic English homeopathic From homeo- (“similar”) + -pathic (“suffering, disease”). 1. Of or pertaining to homeopathy. 2. Extremely dilute, insipid. Labels: informal Example: Therefore, with a slight misgiving that so delicate a creature as an embryo shad might possibly be affected by the homœopathic amount of alcohol still present, I set up my apparatus on the shaded piazza of the hotel. Example: On the other hand, the pop psychology titles are usually very accessible (hence their popularity) but frequently state the obvious or simply retread the same old ground – the psychological content is so diluted it's positively homeopathic!
Word: homeopathic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios)bor. English homeo- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -pathic English homeopathic From homeo- (“similar”) + -pathic (“suffering, disease”). 1. Any of the diluted remedies used in homeopathy.
Word: counter culture Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of counterculture. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: laske Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of lask. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: laske Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lask. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intermeddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English entremedlen, entermedlen, from Anglo-Norman entremedler (= Old French entremesler), from inter- + medler. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəˈmɛd(ə)l/, /ˌɪntɚˈmɛdəl/ 1. To mix, mingle together. Labels: obsolete, transitive 2. To get mixed up (with). Labels: obsolete, reflexive 3. To butt in, to interfere in or with. Labels: intransitive Example: The practice of Spain hath been, […]by war[…] and […]by conditions of treaty, to intermeddle with foreign states. Example: I must desire all those critics to mind their own business, and not to intermeddle with affairs or works which no ways concern them; for till they produce the authority by which they are constituted judges, I shall not plead to their jurisdiction.
Word: doob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दूब (dūb). Doublet of durva. Pronunciation: /duːb/ 1. Doob grass. Labels: uncountable Example: Doob is a shallow rooted plant and obtains its food from the surface layer of soil; most of the other grasses, with which it has to compete, such as motha (Cyperus rotundus), dabhi (Imperata arundinacea) and rari (Saccharum spontaneum) are comparatively deep-rooted; […]
Word: doob Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown, perhaps related to doob grass. Pronunciation: /duːb/ 1. A marijuana cigarette. Labels: slang Example: I don't smoke doobs and I don't really hang out.
Word: doobs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doob Labels: form-of, plural
Word: astun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English astonen, probably ultimately from a- + Old French estoner (“to stun”). By surface analysis, a- + stun. 1. To astonish. Labels: obsolete
Word: conflates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of conflate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: conflating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of conflate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: conflated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈfleɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of conflate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: QAM Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkjuː eɪ ˈɛm/ 1. Initialism of quality assurance management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of quality assurance manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of quality assurance manual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of quadrature amplitude modulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: bitumens Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtjumɛnz/ 1. plural of bitumen Labels: form-of, plural Example: Moſt naturaliſts and chemiſts aſcribe the formation of petrolea to the decompoſition of ſolid bitumens by the action of ſubterraneous fires. Example: Thus, as I have shown that there is a sort of gradation from naphtha to asphaltum, through a series of undefinable petrolea, so this analogy may be extended to the next general variety of the bitumens, coal.
Word: kirin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 麒(き)麟(りん) (kirin), from Middle Chinese. Doublet of qilin. 1. Synonym of qilin; typically used in Japanese contexts.
Word: bitumina Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɪˈtjumɪnə/ 1. plural of bitumen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: usuresses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌjuːʒəˈɹɛsɪz/, /ˌjuːzjəˈɹɛsɪz/ 1. plural of usuress Labels: form-of, plural Example: There are other entries relating to Christian usurers or usuresses Cf. Madox 237. It is a moot point whether Jewish chattels did not belong to the King…
Word: disbursement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disburse Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disbursement From disburse + -ment. 1. The act, instance, or process of disbursing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Money paid out or spent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: koina Part of Speech: noun 1. A local dialect of a koine. Example: The normal assumption that Τέταρτος is due to Doric or Attic influence and τέτορτος is the ‘correct’ form cannot be accepted a priori, but is supported by the presence of τέταρτος in a few Mantinean inscriptions written almost in Doric koina. Example: The documents from Kytenion are in North-west Greek koina:[…]
Word: koina Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of koinon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: takin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Tibeto-Burman language, probably Miju or Taraon. 1. A goat-antelope, of species Budorcas taxicolor.
Word: salin Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt reddish substance obtained from vegetable ashes during potash manufacture. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: aspin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog aspin, a blend of aso + Pinoy, suggested by the Philippine Animal Welfare Society as an alternative to askal. 1. Synonym of askal. Labels: Philippines
Word: poria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of porion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: syntonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Syntonie (“syntony”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /sɪnˈtɒnɪk/ 1. Having one's personality in harmony or synergy with one's milieu. 2. Having the same frequency.
Word: Latino-Punic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latino- + Punic. 1. Punic text written using the Latin alphabet.
Word: reviles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revile Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: in dictione Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin in dictione, translation of Ancient Greek παρὰ τὴν λέξιν (parà tḕn léxin), which appears in chapter 4 of Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn dɪktɪˈɔneː/ 1. Deriving from the linguistic expression used; for reason of ambiguity, division, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Abhishikt Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अभिषिक्त (abhiṣikta, “a person on whom the ceremony of Abhisheka has performed”). 1. A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage. Labels: rare Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Abhishikt.
Word: aboiteau Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑ.bwɑ.toʊ/ 1. Alternative form of aboideau. Labels: Canada, alt-of, alternative
Word: extra dictionem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin extra dictionem, translation of Ancient Greek ἔξω τῆς λέξεως (éxō tês léxeōs), which appears in chapter 4 of Aristotle’s Sophistical Refutations. Pronunciation: /ˌɛkstɹæ dɪktɪˈɔːnɛm/ 1. Not deriving from the linguistic expression used; for a reason other than of ambiguity, division, et cetera. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Eötvös Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for Hungarian physicist Vásárosnaményi Báró Eötvös Loránd (1848–1919). Pronunciation: /ˈøtvøʃ/, /ˈətvəʃ/, /-vəs/, /ˈɔtvɔʃ/ 1. Invented or enunciated by Vásárosnaményi Báró Eötvös Loránd. 2. A dilapidated lunar crater lying north-northwest of the Roche walled plain and east-southeast of the Bolyai crater at coordinates [35.5° S, 133.8° E].
Word: constituent country Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɒnˈstɪtjuənt ˌkʌntɹi/ 1. Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state. Example: the constituent countries of the Kingdom of Denmark Example: We were presented with the Soviet situation first — with the question of whether to go the clean slate route or to require that each constituent country coming out of the breakup of the Soviet Union continue with all treaty obligations. 2. Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state. Example: The United Kingdom is a unitary state composed of four constituent countries (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and three devolved administrations (Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales), having their own elected assembly and government since the devolution process in 1998. Example: While England specifically has had and continues to have significant political influence, it alone doesn’t decide the political actions of the UK. For example, the UK Parliament includes representatives from all four of its constituent countries. 3. Any country that is a subdivision of a larger sovereign state. 4. A sovereign country as a member of a larger organization. Example: European Union An economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labor. The constituent countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, ... Example: Collectively, the EU and its constituent countries are the world's leading donor of humanitarian aid.
Word: constituent countries Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɒnˈstɪtjuənt ˌkʌntɹiːz/ 1. plural of constituent country Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eo nomine Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin eo nomine, ablative form of id nōmen, “that name”. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.əʊ ˈnəʊmɪniː/, /(ˈ)eɪ.oʊ ˈnoʊmɪni/ 1. Under that name; that is called thus; explicitly. Labels: not-comparable
Word: wiggas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wigga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bandeaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandeau Labels: form-of, plural Example: 1839: Alexander Forbes, esq, California: A History, published by Smith, Elder and Co. Cornhill, London Their feather-bandeaus are sometimes very beautiful; and the acquisition of the materials of some of them must be a work of great labour.
Word: fringe benefit Part of Speech: noun 1. A benefit received in addition to the normal benefits of holding a job, or, by extension, any relationship to the source of the benefit.
Word: fringe benefits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fringe benefit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: positing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of posit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: positing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which one posits. Example: Formulated in this fashion, the phenomenological datum evokes the distinction made earlier between those intendings and positings in which the ego is involved and those in which the ego is not engaged.
Word: -i- Part of Speech: interfix Etymology: Borrowed from Latin -i-. 1. A vowel inserted interconsonantally between morphemes of Latinate origin in order to ease pronunciation (an anaptyxis, a linking vowel). Labels: morpheme
Word: -i- Part of Speech: interfix Etymology: The initial vowel of primate. 1. A monoclonal antibody derived from a non-human primate source. Labels: morpheme
Word: -i- Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: A word-internal spelling variant of a word-final y. 1. A spelling variant of a word-final -y vowel when followed by a suffix that does not begin with an i, for example -ied, -ier, -iest. Labels: morpheme Example: happiness (happy + -ness) Example: penniless (penny + -less) 2. In compound words, a spelling variant of a final or suffixed -y vowel in the first word. Labels: morpheme Example: pantiliner (panty + liner) Example: dutibound (duty + bound)
Word: interconsonantal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English consonant English -al English consonantal English interconsonantal From inter- + consonantal. 1. Existing or occurring between consonants. Labels: not-comparable Example: Coordinate term: intervocalic
Word: Loiner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Old English Leodis (“a Celtic kingdom”). Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary included an etymology from Marsh Lane in Leeds (volume 3, page 565). The word "lane" used to be pronounced /lɔɪn/ in the Leeds area, but this pronunciation has passed out of use. 1. A native of Leeds, England. Labels: UK, colloquial, dated
Word: buy-to-let Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing, or relating to, a property bought as an investment, the purchaser letting it to others rather than living in it. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: buy-to-let Part of Speech: noun 1. A property of this kind. Labels: UK Example: That doesn’t mean property is untouchable from a CGT standpoint. An easier target will be second homes and buy-to-lets; the CGT rate could be aligned with income tax rates – at 20%, 40% and 45% – meaning that the tax take on buy-to-let disposals would rise sharply.
Word: rixation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rīxārī (“to quarrel”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkseɪʃən/ 1. Scolding; brawling. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: hairdressing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + dressing. 1. The washing, colouring, cutting and styling of the hair; the art or trade of a hairdresser. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was also hairdressing: hairdressing, too, really was hairdressing in those times — no running a comb through it and that was that. It was curled, frizzed, waved, put in curlers overnight, waved with hot tongs;[…].
Word: hairdressing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hair + dressing. 1. present participle and gerund of hairdress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hairspring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + spring. 1. A spring, made of a coil of fine wire, that is used to regulate the movement of a balance wheel in a watch.
Word: hairstylist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hair + stylist. 1. A hairdresser. Example: The relationship between a hairstylist and a client can be far more than simply somebody to cut and shape hair, which is why Tennessee is the latest state to require cosmetologists to complete training on how to recognize and respond to signs of domestic abuse. Example: We spoke to Ford and other hairstylists over 40 about what to expect from these changes and how to treat them. Read on for the experts’ tips for helping your hair age gracefully.
Word: trion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + -on. 1. A singlet state formed from three atoms of different colours
Word: potin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French potin. 1. An alloy of copper, zinc, lead, and tin. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hammerlock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hammer + lock. 1. A hold, in wrestling, in which an opponent's arm is twisted up behind their back. Example: Then again, there is the hold known as the hammer lock (or arm up the back), which is best done by seizing your opponent by either wrist that may present itself, and pull it up his back, which can be done by using either one or both of your arms, and pull his arm up as far as possible, this hold is generally followed by the very best results […] Example: Though one animal may kill another, he thought, nowhere in nature outside of human society is enslavement known—nowhere is there an animal that sets up compounds for its fellows, an animal that invents institutions and complexes of psychic hammerlocks for its own repression.
Word: pinon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of piñon. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: handset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hand + set. Pronunciation: /ˈhæn(d)sɛt/ 1. The part of a landline telephone containing both receiver and transmitter (and sometimes dial), held in the hand. Example: Helen hears the click of the handset at the other end of the line. 2. A mobile phone. Example: Similarly, the handset can see more than one base station. Because the positions (longitude and latitude) of the base stations/Node Bs are known, then either a Node B or handset can work out the handset’s position. 3. A hand-held device for remote control of a piece of equipment. Example: The locomotives can be driven from two positions in the cab or remotely from a radio control handset.
Word: handset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hand + set. Pronunciation: /ˈhæn(d)sɛt/ 1. To typeset by hand. Example: handsetting type
Word: hedgehop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hedge + hop. 1. Of an aircraft: to fly very close to the ground, such that evasive manoeuvres need to be taken to avoid obstacles. Labels: intransitive 2. Of birds: to move along the line of a hedge; to move by flying from one hedge, bush, or the like, to another close by. Labels: intransitive Example: Gluttonous, hoarding jay; he should have hedge-hopped and lurched from tree to tree in his usual furtive manner. 3. Of people: to run and jump over a series of hedges, fences, etc., as a pastime. Labels: intransitive
Word: hibachi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: c. 1870, from Japanese 火鉢 (hibachi, “a charcoal-powered heating brazier”, literally “fire pot”). 1. A portable brazier, powered by charcoal, used for cooking. Example: Her husband [...] crouches over a portable hibachi nearby, making something that smells amazing. 2. A cooking method and performance art in which the chef grills pieces of food on a hot metal griddle in front of the guests; teppanyaki. Labels: Canada, US 3. The griddle used in such cuisine; teppan. Labels: Canada, US
Word: kipot Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kipah Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of kipa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buy to let Part of Speech: verb 1. To purchase a property as in investment, and to let it out for rental instead of living in it Labels: UK, idiomatic
Word: manto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian manto or Spanish manto. Doublet of mantum. Pronunciation: /ˈmæntəʊ/ 1. Obsolete form of manteau. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sutta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pali sutta, from of Sanskrit सूत्र (sū́tra, “thread, yarn, string; rule”). Doublet of sutra. 1. Alternative form of sutra. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: toran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit तोरण (toraṇa, “arched portal”). 1. A gateway consisting of two upright pillars carrying one to three transverse lintels, often minutely carved with symbolic sculpture, and serving as a monumental approach to a Buddhist temple.
Word: proviso quod Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin proviso quod, from prōvīsō (ablative neuter singular past participle form of prōvidēre, “to provide”) + quod (neuter form of quī, “that”). Pronunciation: /pɹɒˈviːsəʊ ˌkwɒd/ 1. It being provided that. Labels: not-comparable Example: …if the plaintife or demandaunt desist in prosecuting an action, by bringing it to a triall, the defendant or tenent may take out the venire facias to the Shyreeue: which hath in it these words, Prouiso quod, &c. to this ende, that if the plaintife take out any writ to that purpose, the shyreeue shall summon but one Iurie vpon them both.
Word: conceptualise Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈsɛp.tj(uː.)ə.laɪz/, /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃuː.ə.laɪz/, /kənˈsɛp.tj(u.)əˌlaɪz/, /kənˈsɛp.t͡ʃu.əˌlaɪz/, /kənˈsep.tj(ʉː.)ə.lɑez/ 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of conceptualize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: out to get someone Part of Speech: adv 1. Deliberately committed or designed to cause problems for another person. Labels: not-comparable Example: The supervisor keeps telling me off. He’s out to get me. Example: In order to live a happier life, one of the first steps is to realize that the world is not out to get you.
Word: rix-dollar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from obsolete Dutch rijcksdaler (modern rijksdaalder), after early modern German Reichsthaler. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪksˌdɒlə/ 1. A silver coin and money of account in use from the late-16ᵗʰ to the mid-19ᵗʰ centuries in the European Teutonic countries and their imperial trading networks. Labels: historical Example: At all other times they would receive the regular salary of thirty rix-dollars monthly. Example: He sent for the celebrated necromancer who lived at the sign of the Goatskin and whose familiar spirit so plagued the thief that he returned the stolen goods to their rightful owner, for which the sorcerer was paid ten rix-dollars. 2. A unit of currency introduced into certain former European colonies such as Cape Province and Ceylon. Labels: historical Example: Such had the business become before Lord Somerset left, that in 1821 no less than 196 horses were shipped mostly to India, for military remounts by cavalry officers. The declared value was 56,980 rix dollars, which the then currency represented, an average of about £20 per head, or a total of £4,273. Example: The Dutch monetary system of a rix-dollar or rijksdaalder of 48 stuiver was continued [in Cape Province] by the British in the early nineteenth century.
Word: rix-dollars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rix-dollar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: windscreen washer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that pumps water mixed with detergent from a tank through small nozzles onto the windscreen (the windshield) of a vehicle (e.g. car, van, lorry, train, aircraft, boat) so as to clean it. Labels: UK
Word: washing of feet Part of Speech: noun 1. A ritual washing of churchgoers' feet by clergy practised by some Christians, especially associated with Maundy Thursday. Labels: uncountable
Word: provocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English provocaten, from Latin prōvocō, prōvocātus. Doublet of provoke. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvɒk.eɪt/, /pɹəˈvɑ(ː).keɪt/ 1. To provoke. Example: The movie called It is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse But the Society In Which He Lives was a provocating movie. It dramatized the situation and got hard reactions from the gays and the straights. But when you look at it now it is full of hate. And it was OK, in a way, to provocate, but it was not done with a lovely touch. 2. To call forth. 3. To challenge.
Word: rooftree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From roof + tree. Pronunciation: /ˈɹuːftɹiː/, /ˈɹufˌtɹi/ 1. The primary beam of a roof; the ridgepole; hence, the roof itself. Example: Howsoever these things be, a long farewell to Locksley Hall! / Now for me the woods may wither, now for me the rooftree fall. Example: there an Annunciation that annihilates time by showing a rooftree throw the shadow of a cross between the Virgin and the angel […] 2. A home; a household. Labels: figuratively Example: [T]he merry company flocked into the King's House, to dance again and drink tea, and make more love, and play round games, and joke, and sing songs, and eat supper under old Colonel Stafford's snug and kindly roof-tree. Example: With the idea, presumably, of inducing the doctor's wife to leave her husband's roof-tree for some habitation which would be run at my expense, I had crammed my pockets with a store of banknotes, which represented a good deal of my immediate worldly wealth.
Word: liquidi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liquidus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bijective numeration Part of Speech: noun 1. A numeral system that uses digits to establish a bijection between finite strings and the positive integers, especially by k-adic notation such as unary and decimal without a zero. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: k-adic notation Part of Speech: noun 1. The bijective numeration of digits 1 through k inclusive that uses position in powers of k to encode an integer's expansion. Labels: uncountable
Word: k-adic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From k + -adic. 1. Of or pertaining to k-adic notation or the k-adic numbers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ointments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ointment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blasphemies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blasphemy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chapiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chapitre, from Old French chapitre, from Latin capitulum, diminutive of caput (“head”). Doublet of chapter and capitulum. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæpɪtɚ/ 1. Obsolete form of chapter. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Upon Friday the xxth daye of September in the yere before wrytten ther was a chapiter holden by Mr Deane and certen of the prebendaryes , at the whiche chapiter they dyd admitt ij peticanons and a clarke, that is to saye Syr John Thomas in to the rome of Sir Ellys Pecoke, Syr Wyllyam Laynborrow in the rome of Syr Ludgolde, and John Marshall in to Fox rome. 2. The capital or uppermost part of a column, upon which the roof and its decorations are supported. Example: Also he made before the house two pillars of thirty and five cubits high, and the chapiter that was on the top of each of them was five cubits. 3. A written summary of matters to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; articles. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: and when the time commeth , the shyrecue shall certifie the chapiters before the Justices in Eire, how many writs he hath and what & c. Example: And at this day chapiters are called articles, for the most part, and are delivered as well by the mouth of the justice in his charge, as by the clerks in writing, to the inquest, where in ancient time they were (after an exhortation given by the justices, for the good observation of the laws and of the king's peace) first read distinctly and openly in the full court, and then delivered in writing to the grand inquest.
Word: chapiters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chapiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oblations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /oʊˈbleɪʃənz/ 1. plural of oblation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tensity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Latin tensus (“tense”) + -ity. Compare intensity. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnsɪti/ 1. The quality of being tense (literally or figuratively); tension. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: That broke the tensity of the children's interest, and they ran back into the house
Word: revitalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English vital 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 revitalize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English revitalization From revitalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˌvaɪ.tə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ɹiːˌvaɪ.tə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/, [ɹiːˌvaɪ.ɾə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən], /ɹiːˌvɑɪ.tə.lɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃən/, [ɹiːˌvɑɪ.ɾə.lɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃən] 1. The process of revitalizing. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable Example: As we will see, it is not difficult to envisage a pragmatic and workable revitalisation strategy to stabilise and develop the Scots language by applying the basic principles discussed so far.
Word: scandalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scandalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scandalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been the subject of a scandal; disgraced.