nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: openness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *opennesse, from Old English openness (“openness, publicity”), equivalent to open + -ness. Cognate with Old High German offannussi (“disclosure, revelation, openness”). 1. Accommodating attitude or opinion, as in receptivity to new ideas, behaviors, cultures, peoples, environments, experiences, etc., different from the familiar, conventional, traditional, or one's own. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Francis riled conservative cardinals with his compassion for migrants and refugees, openness towards LGBTQ+ Catholics and demands for action on the climate crisis. 2. The degree to which a person, group, organization, institution, or society exhibits this liberal attitude or opinion. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Lack of secrecy; candour, transparency. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "Instead of openness, there was the cunning tactics of cover-up and a complete failure by General De Chastelain to deal with the vital numerics of decommissioning," said Ian Paisley, 79, the Protestant preacher who heads the Democratic Unionists, Northern Ireland's largest party. 4. The degree of accessibility to view, use, and modify in a shared environment with legal rights generally held in common and preventing proprietary restrictions on the right of others to continue viewing, using, modifying and sharing. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The degree to which a system operates with distinct boundaries across which exchange occurs capable of inducing change in the system while maintaining the boundaries themselves. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Hahn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Korean 한(韓) (han). Cognate with English Han (from Mandarin). Pronunciation: /hɑn/ 1. A surname from Korean.
Word: Hahn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Hahn. Pronunciation: /hɑn/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: quiesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quiēscō ("I rest, repose, become quiet"). Pronunciation: /kwiˈɛs/, /kwaɪˈɛs/ 1. To become quiet or quieter. Labels: intransitive 2. To make temporarily inactive or disabled. Labels: transitive 3. To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it for backups or other maintenance. Labels: transitive
Word: malpractice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- ▲ Middle English practice, practise, practize, practyseder. Middle English practice, practique, practyse English practice English malpractice From mal- + practice. 1. The improper treatment of a patient by a physician that results in injury or loss. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Improper or unethical conduct by a professional or official person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When such a breakdown occurs there must be a full examination of the corruption that has been committed, and the leaders involved in malpractices must be encouraged to give a full account of what took place. Example: A national-security budget where we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence agencies as we do on diplomacy, democracy promotion, and smart power, is foreign-policy malpractice in the modern world.
Word: swirling Part of Speech: adj 1. that swirls Labels: not-comparable Example: When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.
Word: swirling Part of Speech: noun 1. A pattern or motion that swirls. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swirling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of swirl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: loiter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English loitren, from Middle Dutch loteren ("to shake, wag, wobble"; > modern Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle, ramble”)), ultimately connected with a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bend, stoop, cower, shrink from, decline”), see lout. Cognate with Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle”), Alemannic German lottern (“to wobble”), German lottern (“live a slovenly life”). More at lout, little. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɔɪtɚ/, [ˈlɔɪɾɚ] 1. To stand about without any aim or purpose; to stand about idly. Example: For some reason, they discourage loitering outside the store, but encourage it inside. 2. To stroll about without any aim or purpose, to ramble, to wander. Labels: archaic Example: With weary steps I loiter on, ⁠Tho’ always under alter’d skies ⁠The purple from the distance dies, My prospect and horizon gone. 3. To remain at a certain place instead of moving on. Example: The dancing, which had been suspended, now recommenced with additional animation, and De Candale claimed Francesca's hand; but the rooms were crowded, and they stood for some time loitering on one of the terraces. Example: For on what does the whole vast and varied membership of the craft rest? It rests, of course, on the little boys whom you see any day loitering about on the far end of station platforms in every part of the British Isles, each one with his grubby notebook and blunt pencil, and his list of all the engines on the railway system, collecting their numbers and names in the vain hope that one day he will have collected them all. 4. For an aircraft to remain in the air near a target.
Word: loiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loitren, from Middle Dutch loteren ("to shake, wag, wobble"; > modern Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle, ramble”)), ultimately connected with a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *lūtaną (“to bend, stoop, cower, shrink from, decline”), see lout. Cognate with Dutch leuteren (“to dawdle”), Alemannic German lottern (“to wobble”), German lottern (“live a slovenly life”). More at lout, little. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔɪtə(ɹ)/, /ˈlɔɪtɚ/, [ˈlɔɪɾɚ] 1. A standing or strolling about without any aim or purpose. Example: Oh, Sir, we just got up in the morning and had a loiter and a pipe on the green; then we got our breakfasts; […]
Word: kapo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kapo, see there for further etymology. Doublet of corporal and capo. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːpəʊ/, /ˈkɑpəʊ/ 1. A prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp who was given food and privileges in return for supervising other prisoners doing forced labor. Labels: historical 2. A Jewish person perceived as enabling or assisting harm to the larger Jewish community by collaborating or allying with antisemites. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slur, vulgar
Word: koro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Makasar garring koro' (lit. koro illness, "shrinking of the toilet", Matthes 1859), Buginese, or Malay. See "Koro § Etymology and geographical background" at Wikipedia for a full discussion. 1. A delusional syndrome found in Malay and southern Chinese populations, characterized by a belief that the subject's penis will retract into the abdomen and cause death. Labels: uncountable
Word: koro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori koro (“grandfather”). 1. A Maori male elder.
Word: unemotional 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- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English unemotional From un- + emotional. 1. Showing little or no feeling. Example: an unemotional person 2. Reasoned and objective, involving reason or intellect rather than feelings. Example: On a side note, I would like to also point out that when Mike was asked about what to do about a losing position, he replied that the trader must analyze the situation and make an unemotional decision.
Word: Forelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Forelle (“trout”), because of its speckled coloration. 1. A pear cultivar
Word: brown trout Part of Speech: noun 1. A nonmigratory freshwater trout of species Salmo trutta, with dark spotted skin, native to Europe and Asia. Example: Some brown trout live to be twenty years old. Browns are canny, the most wary of trout.
Word: rainbow trout Part of Speech: noun 1. A trout of the species Oncorhynchus mykiss, that has black spots and a pink streak running along the body. Labels: countable, usually 2. The fish as food. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: brook trout Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish of the species Salvelinus fontinalis. 2. A fish of the subspecies Salmo trutta fario, the brown trout. Labels: UK
Word: Evan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicization of Welsh Ifan, ultimately from Latin Jōhannēs, variant of Iōannēs, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννης (Iōánnēs), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָן (yōḥānān, yokhanán, literally “God is gracious”). Doublet of Giovanni, Ian, Ivan, Jack, Jean, Johan, Johann, Johannes, John, Sean, Shane, Shaun, and Shawn. Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.vən/ 1. A male given name from Welsh Ifan, equivalent to English John. Example: The rescue swimmer was Coast Guard third petty officer Evan Grills. He was 24 years old, he came from Florida and this was his first rescue. 2. A female given name. Example: Mr. and Mrs. John W. LaRocque have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Evan Kathrine LaRocque, to Martin Joseph Higgins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter J. Higgins of Larchmont. Example: Besides his wife, Mr. Lomond is survived by a son, Glase, and a daughter, Evan. 3. A surname, variant of Evans.
Word: Evan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.vən/ 1. A city in Minnesota, United States; named for the first postmaster's wife, Eva.
Word: self-control Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English control English self-control From self- + control. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/, /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹəʊl/ 1. The ability to control one's desires and impulses. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Near-synonym: willpower Example: A review of addiction research, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, suggests mindful meditation strengthens self-control in smokers, even among those smokers who haven’t set an intention to quit.
Word: self-control Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English control English self-control From self- + control. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/, /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹəʊl/ 1. To control oneself or itself. Labels: intransitive, transitive
Word: elephants Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.ɪ.fənts/, /ˈɛl.ə.fənts/, /ˈel.ə.fənts/ 1. plural of elephant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: witnessed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪtnəst/, /ˈwɪtnɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of witness Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: communicated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of communicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: speeches Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspiːt͡ʃɪz/ 1. plural of speech Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speeches Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspiːt͡ʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of speech Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tuxedo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tuxedo Park, New York, US, where the fashion is often said to have originated, the village in turn likely from an Eastern Algonquian language (Munsee), from Lenape, tucsedo or p'tuxseepu, ("crooked water" or "crooked river"). Pronunciation: /tʌkˈsidoʊ/, /tʌkˈsiːdəʊ/ 1. A typically black formal jacket worn by men. Example: He wore a tuxedo for his sister's wedding. Example: His mom bought a tuxedo for him. 2. The entire suit complementing and including this jacket. 3. Ellipsis of tuxedo cat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: très Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French très. Attested in English from the 19th century. Doublet of trans. Pronunciation: /treɪ/, /trɛs/ 1. Very, to superior degree. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable, usually Example: My view is that a fraternity is nothing more than a très snob clique or caucus, but I may be wrong. Example: He must look très sexy in a towel, I thought with a smile, très sexy indeed.
Word: arrows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæɹ.əʊz/, /ˈæɹ.oʊz/, /ˈɛɹ.oʊz/ 1. plural of arrow Labels: form-of, plural 2. Short darts feathered at the ends.
Word: arrows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈæɹ.əʊz/, /ˈæɹ.oʊz/, /ˈɛɹ.oʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of arrow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Prussia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From New Latin Prūssia, a Latinization used by Peter of Dusburg of a Baltic (Old Prussian, or perhaps Lithuanian or Latvian) autonym. In the Baltic languages it has a long /uː/. The Proto-Indo-European source of the name is unclear; more at Prussia. Compare the Proto-Balto-Slavic *prus-sk-, whose cognates include Proto-Slavic *prъskati (“to splutter, to splash”), Sanskrit प्रुष्णोति (pruṣṇóti, “to sprinkle”), and thus signifying "watery land". The Middle English designation for the region, Pruce, derives from the same Latinization and is the source of the terms pruce and spruce. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹʌ.ʃə/, /ˈpɹʊ.ʃɐ/ 1. A geographical area on the Baltic coast of Northeast Europe. Labels: historical 2. A former duchy, kingdom and (after German unification in 1871) a federal state of Germany, existing in various forms from 1525 to 1947, when it was disbanded by the Allies; it expanded from the above region and included parts of what is now Germany, Poland, Russia, Lithuania, Denmark, Belgium and Czechia. Labels: historical 3. A country known for exceptional military professionalism in her region. Historically used for Bulgaria as the "Prussia of the Balkans". Labels: countable Example: Sometimes referred to as the “Prussia of Africa,” Rwanda insists on enormous self-discipline from every citizen. 4. A township in Adair County, Iowa, United States. 5. Former name of Leader, Saskatchewan, changed due to anti-German sentiment in WWI.
Word: darker Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɑɹkɚ/, /ˈdɑːkə/ 1. comparative form of dark: more dark Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: happily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English happily, happyly, happyliche, happylyche, equivalent to happy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhæp.ɪ.li/, /ˈhæp.ə.li/ 1. In a happy or cheerful manner; with happiness. Example: This time next month I’ll be happily fishing at the beach. Example: And thus I have given the first part of a life of fortune and adventure, a life of Providence's chequer-work, and of a variety which the world will seldom be able to shew the like of: beginning foolishly, but closing much more happily than any part of it ever gave me leave so much as to hope for. 2. By good chance; fortunately, successfully. Example: Watt wore, on his feet, a boot, brown in colour, and a shoe, happily of a brownish colour also. 3. With good will; in all happiness; willingly. Example: I will happily help you look for your lost wallet. 4. By chance; perhaps. Labels: archaic Example: And who knoweth whether a thousand yeares hence a third opinion will rise, which happily shall overthrow these two precedents?
Word: heartily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hertely, herteliche, heorteliche, from Old English ġeheortlīċe (“whole-heartedly, vigorously”), equivalent to hearty + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈhɑːtɪli/, /ˈhɑɹtɪli/ 1. In a hearty manner. Example: eat heartily Example: greet someone heartily
Word: struggling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈstɹʌɡlɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: struggling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈstɹʌɡlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of struggle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: struggling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌɡl̩ɪŋ/, /ˈstɹʌɡlɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who struggles. Example: All the strugglings of genius in thee, have never equalled the strugglings of virtue in him.
Word: cenacle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cenacle, from Old French cenacle (modern French cénacle), from Latin cēnāculum (“dining room”). 1. A dining room, especially one on an upper floor (traditionally the room in which the Last Supper took place). Example: With Mary in the cenacle waiting for the Holy Spirit In the Acts of the Apostles after listing the names of the eleven apostles, Luke continued with these words, so precious to Christians: […] 2. A small circle or gathering of specialists (writers etc). Labels: broadly Example: I remember an anecdote of a well-known French theorist, who was debating a point eagerly in his cenacle. It was objected against him that he had never experienced love.
Word: passively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English passive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English passively From passive + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpæs.ɪv.li/ 1. In a passive manner; without conscious or self-directed action. Labels: not-comparable Example: Water flowed passively between tanks via the siphon. Example: Due to this pressure aortic and pulmonary valves are opened passively and due to relaxation blood is sucked from the venae cavae into the atrium. 2. In an acquiescent manner; resignedly or submissively. Labels: not-comparable Example: Paradoxically, the same faculty who complain about busyness are most likely to end up waiting passively. While they acquiescently wait to write, they busy themselves with other, often trivial, activities. Example: They were not waving at him but sat passively as if waiting to hear if what he had to say would be derogatory to their previous relationship. 3. In the passive voice; having a passive construction. Labels: not-comparable Example: Statements phrased in an active voice, with a few outcome-oriented goals, improve school performance more than those stated passively with either multiple goals or goals focused on processes or behaviors.
Word: taphonomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek θᾰ́πτω (thắptō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos)der. Proto-Indo-European *nem-der. Proto-Indo-European *németi Proto-Hellenic *némō Ancient Greek νέμω (némō) ▲ Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Latin -nomialbor. French -nomiebor. ▲ Latin -nomialbor. English -nomy English taphonomy From tapho- (from Ancient Greek τάφος (táphos, “grave”)) + -nomy. Pronunciation: /tæˈfɒnəmi/ 1. The study of the fate of the remains of organisms after they die, especially the study of fossilization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These characteristics are also applicable in forensic taphonomy. In contrast to our approach here, Buikstra and Ubelaker place "premortem and perimortem fractures, wounds, and abrasions" (p. 106) in the chapter on paleopathology, thus separating perimortem trauma from taphonomy. Example: Whilst there is some credit in distinguishing between taphonomies for thick-shelled forms and thin-shelled forms in shallower facies, these forms occur in both phacopids and homalonotids.
Word: take the reins Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of take control. Labels: idiomatic Example: a general election campaign focused on whether the pro-military camp should remain in power or pro-democracy opposition groups should take the reins.
Word: triple double Part of Speech: noun 1. The achievement of a two-digit number of any three of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game. Example: Yes, the Knicks had fallen prey to the habitual wizardry of the Thunder star Russell Westbrook, who had 27 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists, his third straight triple-double and his eighth in 19 games this season.
Word: quadruple double Part of Speech: noun 1. The achievement of a two-digit number of any four of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, or steals in a single game.
Word: testate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”). 1. having left a legally valid last will and testament (of one who has died). Labels: not-comparable
Word: testate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin testātus (“testified”), perfect passive participle of testor (“to be witness, testify, attest; to make a will”), from testis (“witness”). 1. one who has left a valid will and testament
Word: testate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English test Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English testate From test + -ate. 1. Having a test (external calciferous shell or endoskeleton) Labels: not-comparable Example: High frequency of species with acrostomy, eg species of the genera Euglypha, Assulina and Nebela, supports the conclusion that humidity is a major structuring force for testate amoebae at TH III.
Word: quintuple double Part of Speech: noun 1. The achievement of a two-digit number of all five of points scored, assists, rebounds, blocks, and steals in a single game.
Word: hookah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani حقہ / हुक़्क़ा (huqqā) and, in turn, derived from Arabic حُقَّة (ḥuqqa, “pot, jar”), from حُقّ (ḥuqq, “cavity, hollow”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʊ.kə/, /ˈhu.kə/ 1. A pipe with a long flexible tube that draws the smoke through water, traditionally used for smoking tobacco, which is often flavored. Example: In India, the lower orders use a hookah or hubble bubble, which is made of a cocoa-nut shell well cleaned out, having a hole through the soft eye of the shell, and another on the opposite side, a little lower down, the first of which is used for the chauffoir, and the other to suck or draw the smoke from. Example: Our new acquaintance very deliberately coiled up the tube of his hookah, and produced from behind a curtain a very long befrogged topcoat with Astrakhan collar and cuffs. 2. A tankless surface air compressor pump and umbilical piping system that supplies air to a diving mask.
Word: glutton for punishment Part of Speech: noun 1. One who persists in an effort in spite of harmful or unpleasant results. Labels: idiomatic Example: I should have quit this job long ago, but I guess I'm just a glutton for punishment. Example: Other gluttons for punishment include Phil Whittingham, from Avanti West Coast, who has returned for four events in a row.
Word: SSDD Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of single-sided, double density. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: SSDD Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of same shit, different day. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MASH Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /mæʃ/, [maʃ] 1. Acronym of Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Initialism of municipal, academic, schools and hospitals Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Don, who is now a member of the Kings Counsel, has been practicing law for over four decades. Focused on municipal law in the MASH sector, his law firm, Lidstone and Company – Barristers and Solicitors has evolved to include 26 lawyers, two articling students and 12 support staff.
Word: frisky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English frisk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English frisky From frisk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪski/ 1. Abounding in energy or playfulness. Example: He had his hands full, with three frisky kittens in the house. 2. Sexually aroused. Labels: informal Example: It was the shots. It had to be. LeClair had declined to explain what was in them, but they'd all been feeling energized, sharper, friskier since the injections. Something to do with McInnis' promise of advanced Foundation healthcare, he supposed. Maybe even O5 shit. Well, no harm done so far.
Word: initialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English initialize 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 initialization From initialize + -ation. 1. The process of preparing something to begin. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, uncountable 2. An act of preparing something to begin. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable 3. An assignment of an initial value for a data object or variable Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
Word: scaler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale English -er English scaler From scale + -er. 1. An electronic circuit that aggregates many signals into one. 2. An electronic or computer system that adjusts the size of a signal or graphic to fit on a screen etc. 3. One who scales. Example: The explorer was renowned as a scaler of the world's tallest mountains. 4. A tool or device for scaling fish. 5. A dentistry tool with two hooks.
Word: Parliament House Part of Speech: name 1. The building in which a National (or State) Parliament convenes.
Word: leap day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See leap year. Pronunciation: /liːp deɪ/ 1. An extra day intercalated into a year, especially the day intercalated into the Julian calendar every fourth year and into the Gregorian calendar every fourth year excepting centuries not divisible by 400, usually reckoned as February 29th. Example: This yere leapt, and the leap day was the morrow after the feast Terminalia. Example: The lunar cycle among the Chaldeans was called the saros and sara, from סהרא, sahara, the moon. This cycle it is said contained two hundred and twenty-three synodical months, or eighteen Julian years, ten days, when the same cycle or period contains five leap days, and eleven days when it contains four leap days, seven hours, forty-eight minutes, and one-fourth; in which time all the corresponding new and full moons and eclipses return again.
Word: bespeak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bespeken, bispeken, from Old English *bespecan, besprecan (“to speak about, speak against, accuse of, claim at law, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisprekan (“to discuss, blame”), from Proto-Germanic *bisprekaną (“to speak about, discuss, blame”), equivalent to be- + speak. Cognate with Scots bespeke (“to beseech, speak or negotiate with”), Saterland Frisian bispreke (“to discuss”), West Frisian besprekke (“to discuss”), Dutch bespreken (“to discuss, review, debate”), German besprechen (“to discuss, review, talk about”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈspiːk/ 1. To speak about; tell of; relate; discuss. Labels: archaic, formal, transitive Example: [They] bespoke dangers […] in order to scare the allies. 2. To speak for beforehand; engage in advance; make arrangements for; order or reserve in advance. Labels: transitive Example: concluding, naturally, that to gratify his avarice was to bespeak his favour Example: I walked on into the village, with the desertion of this house upon my mind, and I found the landlord of the little inn, sanding his door-step. I bespoke breakfast, and broached the subject of the house. 3. To stipulate, solicit, ask for, or request, as in a favour. Labels: transitive Example: to bespeak a calm hearing Example: I bespeak your patience in advance. 4. To forbode; foretell. Labels: archaic, transitive 5. To speak to; address. Labels: archaic, poetic, transitive Example: Then ſtaring on her with a ghaſtly Look, / And hollow Voice, he thus the Queen beſpoke. Example: Spurring his horse, he galloped down to the shore and bespoke them. 6. To betoken; show; indicate; depict; foretell; suggest; allude to. Labels: transitive Example: This act bespeaks his kindness. Example: When the abbot of St. Martin was born, he had so little the figure of a man that it bespake him rather a monster. 7. To speak up or out; exclaim; speak. Labels: intransitive
Word: bespeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bespeken, bispeken, from Old English *bespecan, besprecan (“to speak about, speak against, accuse of, claim at law, complain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bisprekan (“to discuss, blame”), from Proto-Germanic *bisprekaną (“to speak about, discuss, blame”), equivalent to be- + speak. Cognate with Scots bespeke (“to beseech, speak or negotiate with”), Saterland Frisian bispreke (“to discuss”), West Frisian besprekke (“to discuss”), Dutch bespreken (“to discuss, review, debate”), German besprechen (“to discuss, review, talk about”). Pronunciation: /bɪˈspiːk/ 1. A request for a specific performance; a benefit performance, by a patron. Labels: archaic Example: "By the bye, I've been thinking of bringing out that piece of yours on her bespeak night." "When?" asked Nicholas. "The night of her bespeak. Her benefit night. When her friends and patrons bespeak the play." "Oh! I understand," replied Nicholas.
Word: magna Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡnə/, /ˈmeɪ̯ɡnə/ 1. plural of magnum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bellwether Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *bellǭ Proto-West Germanic *bellā Old English belle Middle English belle Proto-Indo-European *wet- Proto-Indo-European *wétrusder. Proto-Germanic *weþruz Proto-West Germanic *weþru Old English weþer Middle English wether Middle English belwether English bellwether From Middle English belwether, belleweder, equivalent to bell + wether (“castrated ram”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlwɛðə/, /ˈbɛlwɛðɚ/ 1. The leading sheep of a flock, having a bell hung round its neck. Example: Several old ladies forthwith proclaimed their intention of following him; but, as one or two of them were deaf, and another had been threatened with an attack of that mild, but obstinate complaint, dementia senilis, many thought it was not so much the force of his arguments as a kind of tendency to jump as the bellwether jumps, well known in flocks not included in the Christian fold. 2. Anything that indicates future trends. Labels: figuratively Example: Mortgage delinquencies often act as a bellwether for a forthcoming recession. Example: At Hampton Court the little flocks of visitors are not provided with an official bellwether, but are left to browse at discretion upon the local antiquities. 3. A stock or bond that is widely believed to be an indicator of the overall market's condition. Labels: figuratively Example: One of my favorite sentiment indicators is bellwether stocks — key stocks that are leaders in their fields. When investors buy or sell these shares, it's usually a good sign of confidence or the lack of it in that sector of the market and sometimes even the economy.
Word: sepsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σῆψις (sêpsis, “putrefaction”), from σήπω (sḗpō, “to make rotten”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard; also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛpsɪs/ 1. A serious medical condition in which the whole body is inflamed, causing injury to its own tissues and organs as a response to infection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Imagine the sepsis of helpless loathing [Jimmy Connors] must have inspired in his opponents during his "great runs" at the US Open. Example: Los Angeles-based actor’s boyfriend said she died from meningitis and blood infection which in turn led to sepsis[.]
Word: verruca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin verrūca. Doublet of wart. Pronunciation: /vəˈɹuːkə/, /vɛˈɹuːkə/ 1. A wart, especially one that grows on the foot, caused by a human papilloma virus. 2. A rounded projection or wart. 3. A sexine element similar to a wart.
Word: beri-beri Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beriberi. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nothing to sneeze at Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that is decent, acceptable, or worthwhile. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Their music may not be worthy of radio time, but it's nothing to sneeze at.
Word: get a leg up Part of Speech: verb 1. To get a boost or a lift. Labels: idiomatic Example: I can climb over the fence if I get a leg up from you. 2. To gain some advantage; to get a head start. Labels: idiomatic Example: He hopes that all the extra advertising will allow him to get a leg up on the competition.
Word: lend a hand Part of Speech: verb 1. To help or assist, especially voluntarily. Labels: idiomatic Example: If we all lend a hand, the work will go quickly.
Word: chalk up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from the fact that many problems were figured out using chalk on a chalk board. 1. To achieve something. Labels: transitive Example: 2012 The Economist, Sep 29th 2012 issue, Rural activism: Working the system In recent years Mr Li, a divorced farmer with a laptop and internet access, has chalked up some stunning successes in resisting his village officials. 2. To assign a debt to someone. Labels: Australia, archaic, slang Example: Give me another drink and chalk it up to John. 3. To attribute to something, often tangentially. Labels: US, slang Example: I know we lost, but can we chalk it up as a win?
Word: highway robbery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old English weġrēaf (“highway robbery”, literally “road-theft”). 1. The act of robbing a traveler on a public road. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. Excessive or exorbitant prices. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable, usually Example: They think they can charge $400 for a shirt? That's highway robbery.
Word: going forward Part of Speech: adv 1. In the immediate future and beyond. Example: Going forward we plan to leverage our core competencies to gain market share. Example: […] Mayor Bill de Blasio announced on Friday that going forward, when flash floods were forecast, the city would go door-to-door in neighborhoods with high concentrations of such apartments and evacuate residents.
Word: lede Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lede, leode (“man; human being, person; lord, prince; God; sir; group, kind; race; a people, nation; human race; land, real property”) [and other forms], from three closely related words: * Old English lēod (“man; chief, leader; (poetic) prince; a people, people group; nation”); * Old English lēoda (“man; person; native of a country”), related to lēod; and * Old English lēode (“men; people; the people of a country”), originally the plural of lēod. Lēod is inherited from Proto-West Germanic *liudi, from Proto-Germanic *liudiz (“man; person; men; people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁léwdʰis (“man, people”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- (“to grow; people”). Doublet of leud. Cognates The English word is cognate with Dutch lieden (“people”), lui(den) (“people”), German Leute (“people”), Norwegian lyd (“people”), Polish lud (“people”), Russian люди (ljudi, “people”), West Frisian lie (“people”). Pronunciation: /liːd/, /lid/ 1. A man; a person. Labels: obsolete Example: & after to callice hee [Thomas Howard, Earl of Surrey] arriued, / like a noble Leed of high degree, / & then to Turwin soone he hyed, / there he thought to haue found King Henery; […] Example: Sweet, yes sweet is over (beyond) measure / The marrying for the young lede (people); / Most sweet it is, I say yet (once more), / When it goes with the rede (counsel) of the elders.
Word: lede Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A deliberate misspelling of lead, originally used in instructions given to printers to indicate which paragraphs constitute the lede, intended to avoid confusion with the word lead which may actually appear in the text of an article. Compare dek (“subhead”) (modified from deck) and hed (“headline”) (from head). Pronunciation: /liːd/, /lid/ 1. The introductory paragraph or paragraphs of a newspaper, or a news or other type of article; the lead or lead-in. Labels: US Example: Readers usually see the lead picture and read its caption first, before reading the lede of the article, so the article lede should not be a repetition of the caption. Example: "How can Mr. On-line Guy learn to be a journalist if he didn't go through what I went through?" they [newspaper journalists] ask. "I needed the city editor to tell me how to write a graceful sentence, and I was a year into the job before I could craft a decent lede?"
Word: lede Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See lead. Pronunciation: /liːd/, /lid/ 1. Obsolete spelling of lead (“to guide”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gloating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊtɪŋ/, /ˈɡloʊtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gloat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gloating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊtɪŋ/, /ˈɡloʊtɪŋ/ 1. The act of one who gloats. Example: There are not-so-disguised gloatings as a freelancer gets the job he has been looking for and gets access to powerful and productive television filmmakers.
Word: gloater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gloat + -er. 1. One who gloats.
Word: ennead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐννεάς (enneás), ἐννεάδος (enneádos, “body of nine”) + -ad (suffix designating a unit); analysable as ennea- + -ad. The Greek words ἐννεάς and ἐννεάδος are derived from ἐννέᾰ (ennéă, “nine”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ (“nine”)) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs, suffix forming abstract nouns of number from numerals) or -ος (-os). Pronunciation: /ˈɛnɪad/ 1. The number nine. Labels: obsolete Example: The ennead, according to the Pythagoreans, circulates all numbers within itself, and there can be no number beyond it. For the natural progression of numbers is as far as to 9, but after it their retrogression takes place. For 10 becomes as it were again the monad. […] Hence it is not possible there should be any elementary number beyond the ennead. Example: [T]he ennead is subtracted for this cause, because the three hundred and sixty parts of the entire [circle] consist of enneads, and for this reason the four regions of the world are circumscribed by ninety perfect parts. 2. Any grouping or system containing nine objects. Labels: rare Example: We may assert with confidence that no cycle of this kind, and of equal antiquity or even of inferior antiquity, is the actual existence better attested or more thoroughly authenticated than that of this octaëteris of Philammon of Delphi, or, as we may truly call it, this original Pythian ennead of primitive Hellas. Example: The exquisite language of the prophecy of Isaiah, especially in its last three enneads, may have had a nearer primary reference to, and a nearer fulfilment in, the return of the exiles under Zerubbabel, and Ezra, and Nehemiah; […]
Word: Salmo Part of Speech: name 1. A village in British Columbia, Canada.
Word: huitlacoche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish huitlacoche, an alteration of cuitlacoche, from Classical Nahuatl cuitlacochin. Pronunciation: /ˌwit.ləˈkoʊ.t͡ʃeɪ/ 1. Corn smut prepared as a delicacy. Labels: uncountable Example: I told him how much I'd liked my fish course, a black sea bass fillet with pickled lotus root and huitlacoche sauce […] Example: Consider huitlacoche (corn fungus), miracle berries (that trick taste buds into thinking sour is sweet), Casu Marzu (maggoty black-market cheese) or turu (a worm-like mollusc).
Word: cuitlacoche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cuitlacoche. 1. Alternative form of huitlacoche. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Stahl Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: seta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”). Pronunciation: /ˈsiːtə/ 1. A bristle or hair. Example: The setal arrangement in Puncia therefore could represent an evolutionary intermediate step appropriate to a wide-gaped ostracod, in which a domiciliar 'early warning' system is afforded by the frill and extremely long setae. 2. The stalk of a moss sporangium, or occasionally in a liverwort. Example: The latter has the sporophyte seta 4 cells in diam. and has thecal Lejeunea-type androecial branches[…]
Word: nieve Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /niːv/ 1. variant form of nief Labels: form-of, variant
Word: objective case Part of Speech: noun 1. the form of a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb or a preposition.
Word: Englishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of English (used of dialects etc) Labels: form-of, plural Example: For this analysis, let's combine the Englishes- American English, British English, etc.
Word: Englishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of English Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: catastrophic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek καταστροφικός (katastrophikós). By surface analysis, catastrophe + -ic. Pronunciation: /kætəˈstɹɒfɪk/, /ˌkætəˈstɹɑfɪk/, [ˌkæɾəˈstɹɑfɪk], /ˌkætəˈstɹɒfɪk/, [ˌkæɾəˈstɹɒfɪk] 1. Of or pertaining to a catastrophe. 2. Disastrous; ruinous. Example: The reason why Jon & Kate Plus 8 is such a hot topic is because it might all be a sham. It’s been claimed that Jon has a string of mistresses, that Kate had an affair with her bodyguard and that Baby Number Six is actually a shaved Ewok with a catastrophic heroin addiction. Or something. Example: Some experts, such as geographer Jared Diamond in his 2005 book, “Collapse,” used Easter Island as a cautionary tale of how the exploitation of limited resources can result in catastrophic population decline, ecological devastation and the destruction of a society through infighting. 3. From which recovery is impossible. Example: catastrophic failure
Word: intolerant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intolérant (early 17th century) or from its source, Latin intolerāns. By surface analysis, in- + tolerant (itself only attested from the 1780s). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɑləɹənt/, /ɪnˈtɒləɹənt/ 1. Unable or indisposed to tolerate, endure or bear. 2. Unable to digest food or be given substances of a certain composition without adverse effects. Labels: often, postpositional Example: Near-synonym: allergic Example: I am intolerant of lactose, so I can't drink milk 3. Not tolerant; close-minded about new or different ideas; indisposed to tolerate contrary opinions or beliefs; impatient of dissent or opposition; denying or refusing the right of private opinion or choice in others; inclined to persecute or suppress dissent. Example: Whilſt Congregationaliſts in England were complaining of the intolerant ſpirit of Epiſcopalians there Example: They ſhewed their intolerant ſpirit by demanding a ſtrict execution of the penal laws againſt Catholics
Word: intolerant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the first half of the 18th century; either borrowed from French intolérant (early 17th century) or from its source, Latin intolerāns. By surface analysis, in- + tolerant (itself only attested from the 1780s). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɑləɹənt/, /ɪnˈtɒləɹənt/ 1. One who is intolerant; a bigot. Example: […] a portion of the prejudice which darkened the spirits of these intolerants, might perhaps have cast its shadow over him.
Word: statute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English statut, from Old French statut, from Late Latin statutum (“a statute”), neuter singular of Latin statutus, past participle of statuō (“to set up, establish”). Pronunciation: /ˈstatjuːt/, /ˈstat͡ʃuːt/, /ˈstæt͡ʃuːt/ 1. A written law or ordinance passed by a legislative body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The new statute limited working hours. Example: Parliament passed a statute on environmental protection. 2. A rule of an organization or institution. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A law or decree made by a sovereign, or by God. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 4. A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 5. A (theoretical) type of statutory law specified as regulating a person or thing. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 6. A statute fair. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: taphephobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of taphophobia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: forestry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *forestrie, *forsterie (suggested by Middle English forster, forester (“forester”)), from Old French foresterie, from forest. Pronunciation: /ˈfɒɹ.ɪst.ɹi/, /ˈfɑɹ.ɪst.ɹi/ 1. The science of planting and growing trees in forests. Labels: uncountable Example: She studied forestry and environmental management. 2. The art and practice of planting and growing trees in forests. Labels: uncountable 3. The art and practice of cultivating, exploiting and renewing forests for commercial purposes. Labels: uncountable Example: sustainable forestry Example: The region depends heavily on forestry for employment. 4. Commercial tree farming. Labels: uncountable 5. A tree farm. Labels: countable 6. A forest-covered area. Labels: countable
Word: authenticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English authentic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English authenticity From authentic + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪti/, /ɑθənˈtɪsɪti/, [ɑθɛnˈtɪsɪɾi], [ɑθənˈtɪsɪɾi] 1. The quality of being genuine or not corrupted from the original, of having the same origin (or attribution, commitment, intention, etc.) as claimed. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I hereby certify the authenticity of this copy. Example: The authenticity of this painting is questionable. 2. The quality of being authentic (of established authority). Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: cnemis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin cnēmis, from Ancient Greek κνήμη (knḗmē, “shin”). Pronunciation: /ˈniː.mɪs/ 1. The section of the leg from the knee to the ankle; shin.
Word: IDE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of insulin-degrading enzyme. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of integrated development environment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of integrated drive electronics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: parking lot Part of Speech: noun 1. A parking area, generally paved and open-air (sometimes with limited overhead covering), where automobiles may be left when not in use. Labels: Canada, Malaysia, Philippines, US Example: Meronyms: parking space, parking spot, parking place Example: Should we park in that parking lot, or in the garage up the street? 2. A road blocked by stop-start traffic. Labels: US, figuratively, humorous Example: The 101 was a parking lot again today. 3. A holding area in which to set aside some question or concern for likely future consideration. Labels: especially, figuratively Example: Let's put this question in the parking lot for now, and we'll follow up on it later this week. 4. A place in a state of complete destruction, especially one achieved through military means. Labels: US, figuratively Example: America believed it had smashed Israel’s greatest enemy and turned Iraq into a parking lot, so now Israel could take risks it had never been able to take before. Example: I was one of the people understanding the need to turn Afghanistan into a parking lot on the way to finding Bin Laden and bringing him to justice.
Word: pluralia tantum Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plurale tantum Labels: form-of, plural