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word: yocto- word_type: prefix expansion: yocto- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10⁻³. The letter y was added, as the second term in a series running backwards through the alphabet. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻²⁴ short scale septillionth or long scale quadrillionth). Symbol: y senses_topics:
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word: ola word_type: noun expansion: ola (countable and uncountable, plural olas) forms: form: olas tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of olay senses_topics:
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word: show-off word_type: noun expansion: show-off (plural show-offs) forms: form: show-offs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Deverbal from show off. senses_examples: text: Quit being such a show-off, before someone gets hurt. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who shows off; a person given to egotistically demonstrating their prowess or ability. senses_topics:
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word: ampere word_type: noun expansion: ampere (plural amperes) forms: form: amperes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Named after French physicist André-Marie Ampère (1775–1836). senses_examples: text: Definition: The ampere, symbol A, is the SI unit of electric current. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the elementary charge e to be 1.602 176 634 x 10⁻¹⁹ when expressed in the unit C, which is equal to A s, where the second is defined in terms of Δν_(Cs). (The International Bureau of Weights and Measures) senses_categories: senses_glosses: A unit of electrical current, the standard base unit in the International System of Units; colloquially amp. Abbreviation: amp, Symbol: A senses_topics:
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word: Adrianopolitan word_type: adj expansion: Adrianopolitan (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Hadriānopolītānus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or pertaining to Adrianople (modern-day Edirne). senses_topics:
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word: Adrianopolitan word_type: noun expansion: Adrianopolitan (plural Adrianopolitans) forms: form: Adrianopolitans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin Hadriānopolītānus. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A native or inhabitant of Adrianople (modern-day Edirne). senses_topics:
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word: West Midlands word_type: name expansion: the West Midlands forms: form: the West Midlands tags: canonical wikipedia: West Midlands etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A metropolitan county of England. One of nine regions of England. senses_topics:
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word: Panamanian word_type: noun expansion: Panamanian (plural Panamanians) forms: form: Panamanians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Panama + -ian, with euphonic -n-. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Panama or of Panamanian descent. A person from Panama City. senses_topics:
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word: Panamanian word_type: adj expansion: Panamanian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Panama + -ian, with euphonic -n-. senses_examples: text: Now when Ruthie says come see her / In her honky-tonk lagoon / Where I can watch her waltz for free / 'Neath her Panamanian moon ref: 1966, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again”, in Blonde on Blonde type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Panama or Panamanian people. senses_topics:
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word: negro word_type: adj expansion: negro (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Black Power United Negro College Fund W. E. B. Du Bois black pride etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. senses_examples: text: Recently, on a wintry Sunday, some 2,500 white Chicago area residents embarked on a strange safari across the city, determined to do what most of them had never done before—visit a Negro home. Eager to purge themselves of ignorance about the city's "other half," they were participants in Interracial Home Visit Day, a "Coffee Klatsch" co-sponsored by local Catholic, Jewish and Protestant groups in an effort to eliminate racial bigotry and hate. ref: 1963 April, “Anti-bias Coffee Klatsch: Windy City Interfaith Project Fights Bigotry with Coffee, Cookies and Conversation”, in Ebony, volume XVIII, number 6, Chicago, Ill.: Johnson Publishing Company, →ISSN, page 67 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Relating to a black ethnicity. Black or dark brown in color. senses_topics:
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word: negro word_type: noun expansion: negro (plural negroes or negros) forms: form: negroes tags: plural form: negros tags: plural wikipedia: W. E. B. Du Bois etymology_text: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese negro (“black”), from Latin nigrum (“shiny black”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Indo-European *negʷ- (“bare; night”). Doublet of noir. senses_examples: text: The negroes believe that its presence has a sanitary effect upon their cattle […] ref: 1867, Mayne Reid, Quadrupeds: what they are and where found, page 141 type: quotation text: There were two negros who were guilty of thieving; he went and had them both shot, and gave notice that he would put all to death who kept disturbing the property of the white people, and kept confusion in their land. ref: 2003, Benjamin Hawkins, Howard Thomas Foster, The Collected Works of Benjamin Hawkins, 1796–1810, page 259 type: quotation text: His parents had always said that the area he grew up in had been a nice place to live before 'those Negros invaded'. ref: 2010, Ryan Acheson, Chalk, page 68 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person of Black African ancestry. senses_topics:
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word: exa- word_type: prefix expansion: exa- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx, “six”), for the sixth order of 10³, analogous to tera-. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁸ (a short scale quintillion or long scale trillion). Symbol: E senses_topics:
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word: Haitian word_type: noun expansion: Haitian (plural Haitians) forms: form: Haitians tags: plural wikipedia: Haitian etymology_text: From Haiti + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Haiti or of Haitian descent. senses_topics:
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word: Haitian word_type: name expansion: Haitian forms: wikipedia: Haitian etymology_text: From Haiti + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Haitian Creole, one of the official languages of Haiti. senses_topics:
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word: Haitian word_type: adj expansion: Haitian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: Haitian etymology_text: From Haiti + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Haiti, its inhabitants, or their language. senses_topics:
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word: Jordanian word_type: noun expansion: Jordanian (plural Jordanians) forms: form: Jordanians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Jordan + -ian. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Jordan or of Jordanian descent. senses_topics:
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word: Jordanian word_type: adj expansion: Jordanian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Jordan + -ian. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Jordan or the Jordanian people. Pertaining to the work of Camille Jordan. senses_topics:
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word: FOLDOC word_type: name expansion: FOLDOC forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Acronym of Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. senses_topics:
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word: Larissa word_type: name expansion: Larissa forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Λάρισσα (Lárissa). senses_examples: text: Larissa, 107 miles from Salonica, is reached at 10.33, and there is a halt of 17 min. while vendors of oranges, cheese, meat on skewers, sweetmeats, and Turkish coffee do a brisk trade. ref: 1951 November, 'Pausanias', “To Greece by the "Simplon-Orient Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 731 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A city in north-central Greece, the capital of Thessaly. A city in western Asia Minor, close to the ancient Greek city of Smyrna and to the contemporary Turkish city of Menemen. A nymph with a local cult near the city of Larissa. A female given name from Ancient Greek (after the mythological character and a 4th century Greek Orthodox martyr). A moon of Neptune. senses_topics: human-sciences mysticism mythology philosophy sciences astronomy natural-sciences
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word: Eritrean word_type: adj expansion: Eritrean (comparative more Eritrean, superlative most Eritrean) forms: form: more Eritrean tags: comparative form: most Eritrean tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Eritrea + -an (suffix forming adjectives). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, belonging to, or relating to Eritrea or its people. senses_topics:
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word: Eritrean word_type: noun expansion: Eritrean (plural Eritreans) forms: form: Eritreans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Eritrea + -an (suffix forming adjectives). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A native or inhabitant of Eritrea, or a descendant of such person. senses_topics:
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word: kibi- word_type: prefix expansion: kibi- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of kilo- + binary. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2¹⁰ = 1,024. Compare kilo-, meaning 10³ = 1,000, a thousand. Abbreviation: Ki senses_topics:
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word: Andalusia word_type: name expansion: Andalusia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From the Arabic الْأَنْدَلُس (al-ʔandalus), الْأَنْدُلُس (al-ʔandulus, “Iberia”), from Vulgar Latin *Vandalicia (“land of the Vandals”), or possibly from Vandalic *Wandalitia (“land of the Vandals”) (or *Vandalitia) of the same Latin source, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz. Alternatively, Halm (1989) suggests it may derive from (unattested) Gothic *𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌰𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (*landahlauts), from 𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳 (land, “land”) + 𐌷𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍄𐍃 (hlauts, “allotment, inheritance”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Historical region in Southern Iberia. The most populated and second largest of the seventeen autonomous communities that constitute Spain, whose capital is Seville. A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Covington County, Alabama. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated area of Flagler County, Florida. A number of places in the United States: A village in Rock Island County, Illinois. A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community and historic neighbourhood in Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. senses_topics:
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word: zetta- word_type: prefix expansion: zetta- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Coined with Latin septem and Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”) in mind, for the seventh order of 10³. The consonants pt are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the initial z was chosen instead of s to avoid confusion with s for second. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²¹ (a short scale sextillion or long scale trilliard). Symbol: Z senses_topics:
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word: hertz word_type: noun expansion: hertz (plural hertz or hertzes) forms: form: hertz tags: plural form: hertzes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Named after German physicist Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857–1894). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of frequency; one (period or cycle of any periodic event) per second. Symbol: Hz senses_topics:
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word: Trento word_type: name expansion: Trento forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Italian Trento. Doublet of trident. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The provincial capital of Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Trentino (a province of Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy) senses_topics:
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word: honeybee word_type: noun expansion: honeybee (plural honeybees) forms: form: honeybees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From honey + bee. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of honey bee senses_topics:
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word: coulomb word_type: noun expansion: coulomb (plural coulombs) forms: form: coulombs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French coulomb, from the French physicist Charles-Augustin de Coulomb. senses_examples: text: He is charged up with enough coulombs to make his hair stand on end. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electric charge; the amount of electric charge carried by a current of 1 ampere flowing for 1 second. Symbol: C senses_topics:
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word: Cilician word_type: adj expansion: Cilician (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cilicia + -an. senses_examples: text: The purple Hyacinths, and fresh Costmarie, / And Saffron, sought for in Cilician soyle ref: 1591, “Virgils Gnat”, in Edmund Spenser, transl., Complaints, translation of Culex by Virgil type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Pertaining to or originating from Cilicia. senses_topics:
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word: Cilician word_type: noun expansion: Cilician (plural Cilicians) forms: form: Cilicians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cilicia + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A native or inhabitant of Cilicia. senses_topics:
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word: Peloponnese word_type: name expansion: Peloponnese forms: wikipedia: Peloponnese etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Πελοπόννησος (Pelopónnēsos) directly and via Latin Peloponnesus, from Πέλοψ (Pélops, “Pelops”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A peninsula in Greece, separated from mainland Europe by the Gulf of Corinth and connected to it by the Isthmus of Corinth. A periphery of Greece containing Achaea, Arcadia, Argolis, Corinthia, Elis, Laconia, and Messenia. senses_topics:
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word: tebi- word_type: prefix expansion: tebi- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of tera- + binary. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2⁴⁰ = 1,024⁴ = 1,099,511,627,776. Compare tera-, meaning 10¹² = 1,000⁴ = 1,000,000,000,000, a trillion. senses_topics:
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word: peta- word_type: prefix expansion: peta- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Based on penta- (“five”) with the middle letter removed, analogous to tera-. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹⁵ (a short scale quadrillion or long scale billiard). Symbol: P senses_topics:
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word: wash word_type: verb expansion: wash (third-person singular simple present washes, present participle washing, simple past washed, past participle washed or (archaic) washen) forms: form: washes tags: present singular third-person form: washing tags: participle present form: washed tags: past form: washed tags: participle past form: washen tags: archaic participle past wikipedia: Wash etymology_text: From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wasċan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”). senses_examples: text: The car is so dirty, we need to wash it. type: example text: Dishwashers wash dishes much more efficiently than most humans. type: example text: Wash the vegetables, drain off the surplus water, and pack them in a keg, crock, or other utensil until it is nearly full ref: 1917, Lester Angell Round, Harold Locke Lang, Preservation of vegetables by fermentation and salting, page 9 type: quotation text: If using celery or okra, wash the vegetables in safe water. ref: 1971, Homemaking Handbook: For Village Workers in Many Countries, page 101 type: quotation text: Wash the vegetables thoroughly; even a little dirt can contain bacteria. Wash vegetables individually under running water. ref: 2010, Catherine Abbott, The Everything Grow Your Own Vegetables Book: Your Complete Guide to planting, tending, and harvesting vegetables, Everything Books, page 215 type: quotation text: Heavy rains wash a road or an embankment. type: example text: The flood washed away houses. type: example text: I wash every morning after getting up. type: example text: Waves wash the shore. type: example text: to hear the water washing type: example text: Laureano singled out for criticism several board members who resisted the creation of the MAC and who suggested instead that the board deal with "reverse discrimination." "That doesn't wash," said Laureano. "It's just a knee-jerk reaction to what we are trying to achieve." ref: 1988 April 16, Chris Bull, “PWA Group Struggles To Reach People of Color”, in Gay Community News, page 12 type: quotation text: 2012, The Economist, Oct 13th 2012 issue, The Jordan and its king: As beleaguered as ever The king is running out of ideas as well as cash. His favourite shock-absorbing tactic—to blame his governments and sack his prime ministers—hardly washes. text: Claims of a lack of parliamentary time don't wash. ref: 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “Comment: GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3 type: quotation text: Some calicoes do not wash. type: example text: steel washed with silver type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: To clean with water. To move or erode by the force of water in motion. To separate valuable material (such as gold) from worthless material by the action of flowing water. To clean oneself with water. To cover with water or any liquid; to wet; to fall on and moisten. To move with a lapping or swashing sound; to lap or splash. To be eroded or carried away by the action of water. To be cogent, convincing; to withstand critique. To bear without injury the operation of being washed. To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; said of road, a beach, etc. To cover with a thin or watery coat of colour; to tint lightly and thinly. To overlay with a thin coat of metal. To cause dephosphorization of (molten pig iron) by adding substances containing iron oxide, and sometimes manganese oxide. To pass (a gas or gaseous mixture) through or over a liquid for the purpose of purifying it, especially by removing soluble constituents. senses_topics: business mining
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word: wash word_type: noun expansion: wash (countable and uncountable, plural washes) forms: form: washes tags: plural wikipedia: Samuel Wallis Wash etymology_text: From Middle English wasshen, waschen, weschen, from Old English wasċan, from Proto-West Germanic *waskan, from Proto-Germanic *waskaną, *watskaną (“to wash, get wet”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“wet; water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian waaske (“to wash”), West Frisian waskje (“to wash”), Dutch wassen, wasschen (“to wash”), Low German waschen (“to wash”), German waschen (“to wash”), Danish vaske (“to wash”), Norwegian Bokmål vaske (“to wash”), Swedish vaska (“to wash”), Icelandic vaska (“to wash”). senses_examples: text: I'm going to have a quick wash before coming to bed. type: example text: My jacket needs a wash. type: example text: mouth wash type: example text: hand wash type: example text: There's a lot in that wash: maybe you should split it into two piles. type: example text: I could hear the wash of the wave. type: example text: […] the wind in the cordage and the wash of the sea helped the more to put them beyond earshot […] ref: 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 16, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co. type: quotation text: The ship left a big wash type: example text: Sail away from the wash to avoid rocking the boat. type: example text: To date, much of the research undertaken on high-speed vessel wake wash has appeared only as unpublished reports for various authorities and management agencies. ref: 2003, Guidelines for Managing Wake Wash from High-speed Vessels: Report of Working Group 41 of the Maritime Navigation Commission, PIANC, page 5 type: quotation text: 1997, Stanley Desmond Smith, et al. Physiological Ecology of North American Desert Plants, Nature In some desert-wash systems (which have been termed “xero-riparian”) text: ...though the wash may carry surface water for only a few hours a year. ref: 1999, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert type: quotation text: Rock Spring Wash continues a short distance then joins Watson Wash. Water from Rock Spring comes out of the boulder strewn wash and disappears into the sand ref: 2005, Le Hayes, Pilgrims in the Desert: The Early History of the East Mojave Desert type: quotation text: I knew that for every vote I cast for, say, the Republicans, some kid at a polling place nearby was casting his votes for the Democrats, so it was probably a wash or close to it. ref: 2003, David Brenner, I Think There's a Terrorist in My Soup, page 100 type: quotation text: In order to augment the vinosity of the wash, many substances are recommended by Dr. Shaw, such as tartar, nitre, common salt, and the vegetable or mineral acids. ref: 1793, Bryan Edwards, History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies type: quotation text: a carriage wash in a stable type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: The process or an instance of washing or being washed by water or other liquid. A liquid used for washing. A lotion or other liquid with medicinal or hygienic properties. The quantity of clothes washed at a time. A smooth and translucent painting created using a paintbrush holding a large amount of solvent and a small amount of paint. The breaking of waves on the shore; the onwards rush of shallow water towards a beach. The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular: The bow wave or wake of a moving ship, or the vortex from its screws. The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular: The turbulence left in the air by a moving airplane. The bow wave, wake, or vortex of an object moving in a fluid, in particular: The backward current or disturbed water caused by the action of oars, or of a steamer's screw or paddles, etc. The blade of an oar. Ground washed away to the sea or a river. A piece of ground washed by the action of water, or sometimes covered and sometimes left dry; the shallowest part of a river, or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a marsh. A shallow body of water. In arid and semi-arid regions, the normally dry bed of an intermittent or ephemeral stream; an arroyo or wadi. A situation in which losses and gains or advantages and disadvantages are equivalent; a situation in which there is no net change. A fictitious kind of sale of stock or other securities between parties of one interest, or by a broker who is both buyer and seller, and who minds his own interest rather than that of his clients. Waste liquid, the refuse of food, the collection from washed dishes, etc., from a kitchen, often used as food for pigs; pigwash. In distilling, the fermented wort before the spirit is extracted. A mixture of dunder, molasses, water, and scummings, used in the West Indies for distillation. A thin coat of paint or metal laid on anything for beauty or preservation. Ten strikes, or bushels, of oysters. The upper surface of a member or material when given a slope to shed water; hence, a structure or receptacle shaped so as to receive and carry off water. A lighting effect that fills a scene with a chosen colour. A lighting fixture that can cast a wide beam of light to evenly fill an area with light, as opposed to a spotlight. senses_topics: art arts nautical transport business finance architecture broadcasting media television
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word: joule word_type: noun expansion: joule (plural joules) forms: form: joules tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Named after English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). The surname is a variant of Joel. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of energy, work and heat; the work required to exert a force of one newton for a distance of one metre. Equivalent to one watt of power for a duration of one second. Symbol: J senses_topics:
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word: Epirus word_type: name expansion: Epirus forms: wikipedia: Epirus etymology_text: From Latin Ēpīrus, from Ancient Greek Ἤπειρος (Ḗpeiros, “mainland”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A traditional geographic region lying partly in northwestern Greece (where it includes Arta, Ioannina, Preveza and Thesprotia) and Albania (an area known as Northern Epirus). A larger historical kingdom in roughly the same region, widely extended by the Greek general and king Pyrrhus during the early Hellenistic period. A region in northwest Greece; one of the thirteen peripheries (administrative regions) of modern Greece. senses_topics:
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word: gibi- word_type: prefix expansion: gibi- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of giga- + binary. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2³⁰ = 1,024³ = 1,073,741,824. Compare giga-, meaning 10⁹ = 1,000³ = 1,000,000,000, a billion. senses_topics:
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word: mebi- word_type: prefix expansion: mebi- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of mega- + binary. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The IEC prefix meaning 2²⁰ = 1,024² = 1,048,576. Compare to mega-, meaning 10⁶ = 1,000² = 1,000,000, a million. senses_topics:
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word: Mars rover word_type: noun expansion: Mars rover (plural Mars rovers) forms: form: Mars rovers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any of a number of small unmanned remote-controlled vehicles sent to the planet Mars to do scientific research. senses_topics:
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word: unfathomed word_type: adj expansion: unfathomed (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From un- + fathomed. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of unknown depth. Not explored or understood. senses_topics:
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word: Luxembourger word_type: noun expansion: Luxembourger (plural Luxembourgers) forms: form: Luxembourgers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Luxembourg + -er. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from the independent Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or of Luxembourgish descent. An inhabitant of the former duchy (originally county) of Luxembourg (originally Letzeburg) An inhabitant of the Belgian province of Luxembourg. An inhabitant of the city of Luxembourg, the capital of all the above territories. senses_topics:
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word: fathomable word_type: adj expansion: fathomable (comparative more fathomable, superlative most fathomable) forms: form: more fathomable tags: comparative form: most fathomable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From fathom + -able. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: able to be fathomed senses_topics:
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word: insula word_type: noun expansion: insula (plural insulas or insulae) forms: form: insulas tags: plural form: insulae tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin insula (“island”). Doublet of isle. senses_examples: text: All mammals have insulas that read their body condition, Dr. Craig said. ref: 2007 February 6, Sandra Blakeslee, “A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects”, in New York Times type: quotation text: The insula registers our physical gut feelings, including the sensation of a distended stomach and other inner states like nausea, warmth, a full bladder, and a pounding heart. ref: 2011, Steven Pinker, The Better Angels of Our Nature, Penguin, published 2012, page 608 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A block of buildings in a Roman town. A structure of the human brain located within the lateral sulcus. senses_topics: anatomy medicine neuroanatomy neurology neuroscience sciences
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word: atto- word_type: prefix expansion: atto- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Danish atten (“eighteen”), extending the idea to how femto- is derived from Danish femten (“fifteen”) and the fermi unit. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹⁸ (short scale quintillionth or long scale trillionth). Symbol: a senses_topics:
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word: eremite word_type: noun expansion: eremite (plural eremites) forms: form: eremites tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin eremita, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs), from ἐρῆμος (erêmos, “uninhabited”) + -ίτης (-ítēs). Doublet of hermit. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A hermit; a religious recluse, someone who lives alone. senses_topics:
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word: Edessa word_type: name expansion: Edessa forms: wikipedia: Edessa etymology_text: From Latin Edessa, from Ancient Greek Ἔδεσσα (Édessa). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A city in Greece, capital in Pella Prefecture, in periphery of Central Macedonia. Synonym of Urfa, a city in southeastern Turkey. senses_topics:
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word: serpent word_type: noun expansion: serpent (plural serpents) forms: form: serpents tags: plural wikipedia: Modern English etymology_text: From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder. Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as English serpent. senses_examples: text: He falls into it, who has digg'd a Pit. Who breaks a Hedge is with a Serpent bit. ref: 1712, A. Hill, chapter 9, in The Book of Ecclesiastes Paraphrased. A Divine Poem., Newcastle upon Tyne: J. White, page 38 type: quotation text: Coiled up behind the shrub, […] was a green imamba, the most dreaded of all South African serpents. ref: 1879, Charles H. Eden, chapter III, in Ula, in Veldt and Laager: A Tale of the Zulus., copyright edition, Hamburg: Karl Grädener, page 45 type: quotation text: Any serpent six feet long looks formidable; and over that length, one takes on the aspect of a chimera. ref: 1946 October, Archibald Rutledge, “Along Nature's Trail”, in Boys' Life, volume 36, number 10, Boy Scouts of America, Inc., →ISSN, page 40 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A snake, especially a large or dangerous one. A subtle, treacherous, malicious person. An obsolete wind instrument in the brass family, whose shape is suggestive of a snake (Wikipedia article). A kind of firework with a serpentine motion. senses_topics: entertainment lifestyle music
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word: serpent word_type: verb expansion: serpent (third-person singular simple present serpents, present participle serpenting, simple past and past participle serpented) forms: form: serpents tags: present singular third-person form: serpenting tags: participle present form: serpented tags: participle past form: serpented tags: past wikipedia: Modern English etymology_text: From Middle English serpent, from Old French serpent (“snake, serpent”), from Latin serpēns (“snake”), present active participle of serpere (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Italic *serpō, from Proto-Indo-European *serp-. In this sense, displaced native Old English nǣdre (“snake, serpent”), whence Modern English adder. Compare Sanskrit सर्प (sarpa, “snake”), which is a descendant of the same Proto-Indo-European word as English serpent. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: To wind or meander To encircle. senses_topics:
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word: Tuvaluan word_type: noun expansion: Tuvaluan (plural Tuvaluans) forms: form: Tuvaluans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Tuvalu + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Tuvalu or of Tuvaluan descent. senses_topics:
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word: Tuvaluan word_type: adj expansion: Tuvaluan (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Tuvalu + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Tuvalu, the Tuvaluan people or the Tuvaluan language. senses_topics:
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word: Tuvaluan word_type: name expansion: Tuvaluan forms: wikipedia: Tuvaluan language etymology_text: From Tuvalu + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Polynesian language mostly spoken in Tuvalu. senses_topics:
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word: Kiribatian word_type: noun expansion: Kiribatian (plural Kiribatians) forms: form: Kiribatians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Kiribati + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Kiribati or of Kiribatian descent. senses_topics:
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word: Kiribatian word_type: adj expansion: Kiribatian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Kiribati + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Kiribati, the Kiribatian people or language. senses_topics:
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word: sievert word_type: noun expansion: sievert (plural sieverts) forms: form: sieverts tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Swedish Sievert. Named after the Swedish radiologist Rolf Sievert. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of radiation dose; the dose received in one hour at a distance of 1 cm from a point source of 1 mg of radium in a 0.5 mm thick platinum enclosure. Symbol: Sv senses_topics:
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word: show up word_type: verb expansion: show up (third-person singular simple present shows up, present participle showing up, simple past showed up, past participle shown up) forms: form: shows up tags: present singular third-person form: showing up tags: participle present form: showed up tags: past form: shown up tags: participle past wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Please come on time; don't just show up whenever you feel like it. type: example text: No matter how many I throw away, more copies always show up. type: example text: “We showed up. We showed up,” Mr. Biden said at a news conference at the United Nations summit on climate change, known as COP26, in Glasgow, Scotland. “The fact that China is trying to assert, understandably, a new role in the world as a world leader, not showing up? Huh. The single most important thing that’s gotten the attention of the world is climate.” ref: 2021 November 2, Jim Tankersley, Katie Rogers, Lisa Friedman, quoting Joe Biden, “With Methane and Forest Deals, Climate Summit Offers Hope After Gloomy Start”, in The New York Times, →ISSN type: quotation text: Stains really show up on this white tablecloth. type: example text: This bright light shows up the dust in the corners of the room. type: example text: I bet the Jayhawk fast break could show up the Nimrod's lack of speed. type: example text: I finished in five minutes and she showed me up by finishing in three. type: example text: His team were not outclassed but, once again, England have reminded us of their habit of being shown up as soon as they face half-decent opposition and one or two authentic category-A footballers. ref: 2014 June 20, Daniel Taylor, “World Cup 2014: Uruguay sink England as Suárez makes his mark”, in guardian.co.uk type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: To appear, arrive, or attend, especially suddenly or erratically. To be easily visible; to be conspicuous. To make visible; to expose. To make visible or expose faults and deficiencies in, usually by outdoing, outperforming, or outcompeting another. senses_topics:
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word: noise word_type: noun expansion: noise (countable and uncountable, plural noises) forms: form: noises tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. senses_examples: text: He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise. type: example text: Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the least noise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour. ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax type: quotation text: The sudden noise made everyone jump. type: example text: She crept up behind him not making a noise. type: example text: signal-to-noise ratio text: On the technical side, the scanning and OCR of texts, in combination with the graphic design of high school text books, introduced a certain level of noise into the corpus which in turn led to a higher tagging error rate than usual and may affect count precision. ref: 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 11 type: quotation text: In order to provide coherence and confidence, the leader must dramatically turn down the noise level in the organization, eliminate any unnecessary distractions that inevitably get in the way of execution, and banish the fear of uncertainty. ref: 2013, R. Douglas Williamson, Straight Talk on Leadership: Solving Canada's Business Crisis type: quotation text: The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot of noise at Head Office. type: example text: 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning What noise have we had for fome Years about Transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood! text: He [Socrates] lived in Athens during the great plague, which has made so much noise through all ages. ref: October 13, 1711, Joseph Addison, The Spectator, No. 195 text: Despite encouraging noises made by politicians from time to time, the two sides there have never been further from an agreement. ref: 2012, Richard Oliver Collin, Pamela L. Martin, An Introduction to World Politics, page 425 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. Any sound. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations. Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output. Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity. The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population. Rumour or complaint. Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion. Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock. senses_topics: engineering natural-sciences physical-sciences technology biology genetics medicine natural-sciences sciences entertainment lifestyle music
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word: noise word_type: verb expansion: noise (third-person singular simple present noises, present participle noising, simple past and past participle noised) forms: form: noises tags: present singular third-person form: noising tags: participle present form: noised tags: participle past form: noised tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: To make a noise; to sound. To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip. senses_topics:
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word: tera- word_type: prefix expansion: tera- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek τέρας (téras, “monster”). Also from Ancient Greek τέτταρες (téttares, “four”), by analogy with tetra- for being the fourth power of 10³. Doublet of terato-. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10¹² (short scale trillion or long scale billion). Symbol: T senses_topics:
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word: bald word_type: adj expansion: bald (comparative balder, superlative baldest) forms: form: balder tags: comparative form: baldest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare with Old Danish bældet (“bald”). Alternate etymology has Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰- (bala-, “shining, grey (of body)”), Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (both from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”). senses_examples: text: Porn didn't revolutionize our pubic hair overnight […] but the general gist is that the vast majority of porn performers in film and magazines had full bushes until Hustler magazine printed a bald vulva, a so-called ‘pink shot’, in 1974. ref: 2019, Lynn Enright, Vagina: A Re-Education, Atlantic Books type: quotation text: a bald man with a moustache type: example text: There has never been a bald James Bond nor a hairless contestant on Love Island. Growing up, bald men were never the superheroes and always the villains. ref: 2021 March 14, Michael Segalov, “It can leave your self-image fractured”, in The Guardian type: quotation text: The bald cypress is a tree that loses its leaves in winter. type: example text: Such is a bald statement of the singular and romantic series of events which centred public attention upon this Lancashire tragedy. ref: 1922, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Black Doctor type: quotation text: The NYSDOT, through the DSEIS, makes a bald assertion in the DSEIS, but does not explain in detail, why it feels that the Short Bypass Tunnel provides a more appropriate and respectful setting for the WTC Memorial. ref: 1994, Route 9A Reconstruction Project, Battery Place to 59th St. type: quotation text: Here the existential process (“there is”) functions as a bald assertion of fact, with no hedging or concessions to the observer's subjectivity, while the nominalization (“a significant role-reversal”) activates a pre-existing category from the discourse of Literary Criticism, into which the present "specimen" will be slotted. ref: 2006, João Ferreira Duarte, Alexandra Assis Rosa, Teresa Seruya, Translation Studies at the Interface of Disciplines, page 115 type: quotation text: The plaintiff in this case must satisfy the judge that she has visible means, the mere bald statement that she has visible means is not suflicient. ref: 1891, The Australian law times - Volumes 12-13, page 61 type: quotation text: The question regarding this issue is whether the applicant raised sufficient doubts regarding adoption and use of the official mark by the respondent as to have the effect that the respondent's bald assertion is not enough to provide evidence that the official mark was adopted and used or whether a negative inference should be drawn from the failure of the respondent to provide further evidence. ref: 2001, Canadian patent reporter, page 194 type: quotation text: The Criminal Procedure Act of 1977 gives police officials the power and discretion to conduct identification procedures 'A bald statement that the accused is the person who committed the crime is not enough ... the greatest care should be taken to test the evidence. ref: 2005, Colin Tredoux, Psychology and Law, page 198 type: quotation text: The EC's bald assertion of compliance in the context of this scientific and factual landscape highlights the fact that it has made no effort to demonstrate how its new import ban satisfies the conditions of a "provisional" ban under Article 5.7 of the SPS Agreement or "rationally relates" to or is "reasonably supported" by a risk assessment for purposes of Article 5.1 of the SPS Agreement. ref: 2010, World Trade Organization, Dispute Settlement Reports 2008: Volume 11, page 3959 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having no hair, fur or feathers. Having no hair on the head, or having a large area of bare scalp on top of the head although hair may still grow on the sides and back of the head. Having areas (of fur or plumage) that are coloured white, especially on the head. (of animals) Denuded of any covering. Of tyres: whose surface is worn away. Unembellished. Without evidence or support being provided. senses_topics:
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word: bald word_type: noun expansion: bald (plural balds) forms: form: balds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare with Old Danish bældet (“bald”). Alternate etymology has Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰- (bala-, “shining, grey (of body)”), Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (both from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”). senses_examples: text: Brn hair eyes & stache sks same 28-38 for gd times fun frndship & or possibly more near Waltham area no balds drugs queens kinky scenes fats or pot smokg. ref: 1982 December 4, “GWM 32 6 165 North Of Bos (personal advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 18 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A mountain summit or crest that lacks forest growth despite a warm climate conducive to such, as is found in many places in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. A bald person. senses_topics:
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word: bald word_type: verb expansion: bald (third-person singular simple present balds, present participle balding, simple past and past participle balded) forms: form: balds tags: present singular third-person form: balding tags: participle present form: balded tags: participle past form: balded tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English balled, ballid, bald (“bald”), of uncertain origin. Probably formed from Middle English bal, balle (“ball, round object, knoll, head”). Compare with Old Danish bældet (“bald”). Alternate etymology has Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌻𐌰- (bala-, “shining, grey (of body)”), Old English bǣl (“fire, flame; funeral pyre”) (both from Proto-Germanic *bēlą), Albanian balë (“white spot on the forehead”) and ballë (“forehead”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: To become bald. senses_topics:
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word: Corinthian word_type: adj expansion: Corinthian (comparative more Corinthian, superlative most Corinthian) forms: form: more Corinthian tags: comparative form: most Corinthian tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Corinth + -ian. senses_examples: text: Corinthian Stakes of 10 Guineas ... To be rode by Gentlemen. ref: 1825 June 16, “Curragh June Meeting, 1825”, in Dublin Evening Post, Dublin, page 4 type: quotation text: It was a condition of the race, that the horses should be ridden by gentlemen ... [I]t was submitted, that if none were to be reputed in the rank of gentlemen, whose wives had not been visited by Lady Clanricarde, the notion of a Corinthian Race might as well be given up at once, within twenty miles all round Portumna castle. It would amount, in fact, to a disgentilizing of two or three counties. ref: 1844 July 1, “What Is A Gentleman?”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume xi, Edinburgh: William Tait, page 417 type: quotation text: [W]e have horse races ... whereat the aforesaid noble animals are ridden by gentlemen, and if I err not are named "Corinthian." ref: 1853 January 30, "The Man In The Mask", “The Regattas of 1853”, in Bell's Life in London and Sporting Chronicle, London, page 6 type: quotation text: In Corinthian matches the yachts are steered and manned by gentlemen alone, ref: 1856 October 1, “Royal Northern Yacht Club Regatta”, in Hunt's Yachting Magazine, volume 5, London: Hunt, page 427 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of or relating to Corinth. Of the Corinthian Greek order. Elaborate, ornate. Debauched in character or practice; impure. Being a sporting event (originally in horse racing and yachting) restricted to gentleman amateurs. senses_topics: architecture
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word: Corinthian word_type: noun expansion: Corinthian (plural Corinthians) forms: form: Corinthians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Corinth + -ian. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An inhabitant or a resident of Corinth, and its suburbs. An inhabitant, a resident of; a thing that originates from Corinthia An accomplished amateur athlete. A sailboat owner who helms his or her own boat in competitive racing. A worldly, fashionable person, accepted in society though possibly dissolute. Horse show-class in which contestants are members of a formal hunt and wear its livery, as opposed to appointment show-class. A small tubular wafer used in desserts. senses_topics:
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word: Nicolas word_type: name expansion: Nicolas forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, of less common usage, variant of Nicholas. senses_topics:
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word: where is the toilet word_type: phrase expansion: where is the toilet? forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Direct me to the restroom (US) or WC (British). senses_topics:
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word: newton word_type: noun expansion: newton (plural newtons) forms: form: newtons tags: plural wikipedia: newton etymology_text: Named after the English scientist Sir Isaac Newton. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of force; the force required to accelerate a mass of one kilogram by one metre per second per second. Symbol: N. senses_topics:
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word: newton word_type: noun expansion: newton (plural newtons) forms: form: newtons tags: plural wikipedia: Fig Newtons Newton, Massachusetts newton etymology_text: Attested since the 1990s, from Fig Newtons, a brand name (later renamed just "Newtons" in 2012) which was named for Newton, Massachusetts. senses_examples: text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:newton. senses_categories: senses_glosses: A cookie consisting of fruit paste in a sheathe of pastry dough. senses_topics:
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word: pascal word_type: noun expansion: pascal (plural pascals) forms: form: pascals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from French pascal, named after French scientist and philosopher Blaise Pascal. Doublet of Paschal. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units, the derived unit of pressure and stress; one newton per square metre. Symbol: Pa. senses_topics:
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word: femto- word_type: prefix expansion: femto- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Danish femten (“fifteen”), and the previous name of the femtometre, the fermi. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10⁻¹⁵ (short scale quadrillionth or long scale billiardth). Symbol: f. senses_topics:
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word: hydrologist word_type: noun expansion: hydrologist (plural hydrologists) forms: form: hydrologists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From hydrology + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Someone who is skilled in or practises hydrology. senses_topics:
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word: dollar sign word_type: noun expansion: dollar sign (plural dollar signs) forms: form: dollar signs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The symbol $, used to indicate a price in dollars. senses_topics:
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word: Wallachia word_type: name expansion: Wallachia forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Romanian Valahia. Related to Vlach. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A former principality in Eastern Europe, now part of South Romania. A historical part of north-east Moravia. senses_topics:
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word: way word_type: noun expansion: way (plural ways) forms: form: ways tags: plural wikipedia: way etymology_text: From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. senses_examples: text: Do you know the way to the airport?  Come this way and I'll show you a shortcut.  It's a long way from here. type: example text: "It's a long way to Tipperary, / it's a long way to go." [It’s a Long Way to Tipperary, a marching and music hall song by Jack Judge and Henry "Harry" James Williams, popularized especially by British troops in World War One] text: "Do you know the way to San Jose?" [song title and lyrics, Bacharach and David] text: Risk is everywhere.[…]For each one there is a frighteningly precise measurement of just how likely it is to jump from the shadows and get you. “The Norm Chronicles”[…]aims to help data-phobes find their way through this blizzard of risks. ref: 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76 type: quotation text: We got into the cinema through the back way. type: example text: If you're ever 'round this way, come over and visit me. type: example text: You're going about it the wrong way.  He's known for his quirky ways.  I don't like the way she looks at me. type: example text: […] That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh.[…]If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes ; love of the people, and that sort of guff. ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad type: quotation text: […]his lordship was out of humour. That was the way Chollacombe described as knaggy an old gager as ever Charles had had the ill-fortune to serve. Stiff-rumped, that's what he was, always rubbing the rust, or riding grub, like he had been for months past. ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax type: quotation text: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic the way real kidneys cleanse blood and eject impurities and surplus water as urine. ref: 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly) type: quotation text: 2023 June 10, Patricia Murphy, “OPINION: ‘Atlanta way’ long gone as city leaders face death threats over training center”, in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: type: quotation text: When I returned home, I found my house and belongings in a most terrible way. type: example text: There's no way I'm going to clean up after you. type: example text: My little sister always whines until she gets her way. type: example text: To walk the Way of the Runes, you must experience the runes as they manifest both in the part of Midgard that lies outside yourself and the worlds within. (Diana Paxson) text: Ten minutes into the run Tang slowed, Welch calling out her speed as she lost way. ref: 1977, Richard O'Kane, Clear the Bridge: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang, Ballantine Books, published 2003, page 343 type: quotation text: In a significant way, crocodiles and alligators are similar. type: example text: Way to ruin the moment, guys. type: example text: Jimmy leaned forward holding his ear, the personification of naïveté, looking as young as a baby with his oh-so-innocent face. “Oh, way to get us busted, Jimmy,” Curt hissed under his breath. ref: 2001, Joshua Nedelman, The Garden of Eastern, page 36 type: quotation text: Oh, way to start a rumor, Hope. Angel glared the silent statement at her sister. ref: 2009, Linda Winfree, Fall in Me, page 165 type: quotation text: "Oh, way to care about how I feel." His voice took on an exaggerated “Valley Girl” tone. ref: 2012, Nancy Manther, A Charmed Life type: quotation text: By the time the Mauretania was ready for launching a total weight of 16,800 tons was standing in the berth, and this represented the heaviest weight that had ever been sent down the ways up to that time. ref: 1912, Fredrick A. Talbot, Steamship Conquest of the World, page 36 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: To do with a place or places. A road, a direction, a (physical or conceptual) path from one place to another. To do with a place or places. A means to enter or leave a place. To do with a place or places. A roughly-defined geographical area. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism. A method or manner of doing something; a mannerism. A set of values and customs associated with and seen as central to the identity of a group of people. A state or condition Personal interaction. Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way'). Personal interaction. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct. A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc. Speed, progress, momentum. A degree, an amount, a sense. Acknowledges that a task has been done well, chiefly in expressions of sarcastic congratulation. The timbers of shipyard stocks that slope into the water and along which a ship or large boat is launched. The longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc. along which a table or carriage moves. senses_topics: heading heading heading heading heading lifestyle paganism religion nautical transport
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word: way word_type: intj expansion: way forms: wikipedia: way etymology_text: From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. senses_examples: text: - We searched the vehicle. It was clean, so we did the body cavity searches. - No way. ref: 1992, Wayne's World (film) type: quotation roman: - Way! text: We repeated this ritual of “no way - way, no way - way” over the years. ref: 2011, William Schwenn, Dogs of Meadowbrook type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: yes; it is true; it is possible senses_topics:
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word: way word_type: verb expansion: way (third-person singular simple present ways, present participle waying, simple past and past participle wayed) forms: form: ways tags: present singular third-person form: waying tags: participle present form: wayed tags: participle past form: wayed tags: past wikipedia: way etymology_text: From Middle English way, wey, from Old English weġ, from Proto-West Germanic *weg, from Proto-Germanic *wegaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of voe and possibly via. senses_examples: text: on a time as they together way'd, / He made him open chalenge[…]. ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii type: quotation text: Laötze says, “The Name that can be named is not the Eternal Name. The Way that can be wayed, is not the Eternal Way.” Infinite wisdom is beyond the human power to understand. ref: 1919, Gotō Shinpei, "Japanese Statesman on Christian Missions", The Missionary Review, Volume 42, p. 660 senses_categories: senses_glosses: To travel. senses_topics:
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word: way word_type: adv expansion: way (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: way etymology_text: Apheresis of away. senses_examples: text: I used to live way over there. type: example text: The farmhouse is way down the bottom of the hill. type: example text: He kicked the ball way up. type: example text: A number of Dundee businessmen commuted across the bridge from their homes in Wormit, and some became concerned at the speeds that trains were crossing the bridge. Ex-Dundee Provost William Robertson timed one train at 43mph, way in excess of the 25mph speed limit. ref: 2020 September 23, Paul Bigland, “The tragic tale of the Tay Bridge disaster”, in Rail, page 81 type: quotation text: The initial exposure of aluminum, regardless of alloy, will form a thin oxide film on the surface the second it is exposed. This film continues to grow and, after a few days of exposure, the growth slows way down. ref: 2020, L. William Zahner, “Corrosion Characteristics”, in Aluminum Surfaces: a Guide to Alloys, Finishes, Fabrication and Maintenance in Architecture and Art, John Wiley & Sons, →OCLC, page 287 type: quotation text: I'm a way better singer than Emma. type: example text: I'm way too tired to do that. type: example text: It turns out that's way more gain than you need for a keyboard, but you don't have to use all of it to benefit from the sonic characteristics. ref: 2006, Keyboard, volume 32, numbers 1-6, page 132 type: quotation text: Porcine dermal collagen is similar to human dermal collagen biochemically. In mouse skin, the dermis is once again way thinner than in humans. ref: 2023 April 18 (last accessed), “Top differences between human and animal skin”, in Genoskin type: quotation text: I'm way tired. type: example text: String theory is way cool, except for the math. type: example text: With all the way cool boys out there, what if you don't recognize them because you don't know what to look for? Or, what if you have a chance to pick a perfect Prince and you end up with a yucky Frog instead? ref: 2005, Erika V. Shearin Karres, Crushes, Flirts, & Friends: A Real Girl's Guide to Boy Smarts, page 16 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Far. Much, far, by a great degree. Very. senses_topics:
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word: way word_type: adj expansion: way (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: way etymology_text: Apheresis of away. senses_examples: text: Sitting in the way back of the bus type: example text: some day in the way future me and @HowdyDuda are gonna have to come for a visit… ref: 2022 August 19, @DazzlerAOA, Twitter type: quotation text: This will be a funny one with Snow’s 2 1st rounders going to be at the way bottom while 2 of his mid round picks will be towards the very top. ref: 2023 July 10, @JLoading06, Twitter type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Extreme, far senses_topics:
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word: way word_type: noun expansion: way (plural ways) forms: form: ways tags: plural wikipedia: way etymology_text: Apheresis of away. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A seventeenth-century unit of Rhenish glass containing 60 bunches. senses_topics: arts crafts glassblowing hobbies lifestyle
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word: way word_type: noun expansion: way (plural ways) forms: form: ways tags: plural wikipedia: way etymology_text: From the sound it represents, by analogy with other (velar) letters such as kay and gay. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The letter for the w sound in Pitman shorthand. senses_topics:
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word: ice cream word_type: noun expansion: ice cream (countable and uncountable, plural ice creams) forms: form: ice creams tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Lexicalization of a reduced pronunciation of iced cream with regular deletion of -d before a cluster, from iced + cream. Compare mash potato. senses_examples: text: Strawberries are particularly delicious with ice cream. type: example text: Can I have some money for an ice cream, Mum? type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A dessert made from frozen sweetened cream or a similar substance, usually flavoured. A portion of ice cream on a stick, in a cup or in a wafer cone. senses_topics:
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word: Liechtensteiner word_type: noun expansion: Liechtensteiner (plural Liechtensteiners) forms: form: Liechtensteiners tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Borrowed from German Liechtensteiner, equivalent to Liechtenstein + -er. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Liechtenstein or of Liechtenstein descent. senses_topics:
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word: unicyclist word_type: noun expansion: unicyclist (plural unicyclists) forms: form: unicyclists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From unicycle + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person who operates a unicycle. senses_topics:
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word: good turn word_type: noun expansion: good turn (plural good turns) forms: form: good turns tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: One good turn deserves another. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: A good deed; a thoughtful or selfless act. senses_topics:
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word: bunion word_type: noun expansion: bunion (plural bunions) forms: form: bunions tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From alteration of earlier bunny (“lump, swelling”), from Middle English bony, boni (“bunion, swelling”), perhaps Italian bubbone (augmented form of bugno (“beehive”)), or more likely from Lombard bugnon (“bunyon”), all three from Old French bugne, buigne, bune (“bump, knob, swelling”), from Old Norse bunga (“an elevation, bulge”) or Frankish *bungjō (“a swelling, lump, bump”), both from Proto-Germanic *bungô, *bunkô (“lump, clump, heap, crowd”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick, dense, fat”). Cognate with Dutch bonk (“lump, clump”), German Bunge (“swelling, tuber”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A bump or bulge on the first joint of the big toe caused by the swelling of a sac of fluid under the skin. Hallux valgus, deviation of the big toe from its normal position towards the other toes, the prime cause for the swelling of its first joint. senses_topics: medicine pathology sciences
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word: New Caledonian word_type: adj expansion: New Caledonian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From New Caledonia + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to New Caledonia (any sense), its people or language. senses_topics:
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word: New Caledonian word_type: noun expansion: New Caledonian (plural New Caledonians) forms: form: New Caledonians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From New Caledonia + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from New Caledonia (any sense) or of New Caledonian descent. senses_topics:
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word: deca- word_type: prefix expansion: deca- forms: wikipedia: number prefix etymology_text: From Late Latin decas (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δέκας (dékas), from δέκα (déka, “ten”). SI prefix da Previous: deci- Next: hecto- senses_examples: text: decagon senses_categories: senses_glosses: Ten. In the metric system, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10. Symbol: da senses_topics:
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word: polish off word_type: verb expansion: polish off (third-person singular simple present polishes off, present participle polishing off, simple past and past participle polished off) forms: form: polishes off tags: present singular third-person form: polishing off tags: participle present form: polished off tags: participle past form: polished off tags: past wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: They polished off the last of the cake. type: example text: White rice is rice that has had the brownish hull polished off leaving just the white inner part of the grain. type: example senses_categories: senses_glosses: To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor. To remove by polishing (rubbing with a fine abrasive). senses_topics:
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word: glyph word_type: noun expansion: glyph (plural glyphs) forms: form: glyphs tags: plural wikipedia: glyph etymology_text: First attested in 1727. Borrowed from French glyphe, from Ancient Greek γλυφή (gluphḗ, “carving”), from γλύφω (glúphō, “I carve, engrave”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. A figure carved in relief or incised, especially representing a sound, word, or idea. Any of various figures used in Mayan writing. Any non-verbal symbol that imparts information. A visual representation of a letter, character, or symbol, in a specific font and style. A vertical groove. A land snail of the genus Glyphyalinia Any of various black-and-white noctuid moths with figural-like wing patterns, such as those in Protodeltote, Deltote, and Maliattha. senses_topics: computing engineering mathematics media natural-sciences physical-sciences publishing sciences typography architecture
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word: Cambodian word_type: adj expansion: Cambodian (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cambodia + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: of, from, or pertaining to Cambodia, the Cambodian people, or the Khmer language senses_topics:
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word: Cambodian word_type: noun expansion: Cambodian (countable and uncountable, plural Cambodians) forms: form: Cambodians tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Cambodia + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a person from Cambodia or of Cambodian descent the language of the Cambodian people senses_topics:
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word: thermologist word_type: noun expansion: thermologist (plural thermologists) forms: form: thermologists tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From thermology + -ist. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: One who practices thermology. senses_topics:
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word: Congolese word_type: noun expansion: Congolese (plural Congolese) forms: form: Congolese tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese. senses_examples: text: The first feature film ever made in Congo by a Congolese was Le hasard n'existe pas (There is no such thing as luck, 1977), by Madenda and Luzolo, and it was filmed in 16mm and in black and white. ref: 2002, Nwachukwu Frank Ukadike, Questioning African Cinema: Conversations With Filmmakers, U of Minnesota Press, page 134 type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from the Congo or any Congolese state. A person from the Republic of the Congo. A person from the Congo or any Congolese state. A person from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire). A person from the Congo or any Congolese state. senses_topics:
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word: Congolese word_type: adj expansion: Congolese (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From French congolais, equivalent to Congo + -ese. For information about the -l-, see Togolese. senses_examples: text: Where there were disagreements between the Portuguese and Congolese authorities with regard to the trading in African slaves, these tended to be about numbers, rather than the trade in human beings itself. According to some sources, the Congolese monarch publicly expressed his concerns to the Portuguese representatives that some European traders were enslaving all African citizens, ref: 2012, Phillip Jones, Mariners, Merchants And The Military Too type: quotation senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state. Of, from, or pertaining to the Republic of Congo or its people. Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state. Of, from, or pertaining to the Democratic Republic of Congo or its people. Of, from, or pertaining to the Congo or any Congolese state. senses_topics:
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word: yotta- word_type: prefix expansion: yotta- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”), for the eighth order of 10³. The consonants ct are reduced to tt as in Italian, by analogy with peta-; the final a conforms to the finals vowel of the SI series from mega- upwards; the letter y was added, as the second term in a series running through the alphabet backwards (from zetta-). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: In the International System of Units and other metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10²⁴ (a short scale septillion or long scale quadrillion). Symbol: Y senses_topics:
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word: Tokelauan word_type: noun expansion: Tokelauan (plural Tokelauans) forms: form: Tokelauans tags: plural wikipedia: Tokelauan language etymology_text: From Tokelau + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A person from Tokelau or of Tokelauan descent. senses_topics:
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word: Tokelauan word_type: name expansion: Tokelauan forms: wikipedia: Tokelauan language etymology_text: From Tokelau + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The Polynesian language of the Tokelauan people. senses_topics:
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word: Tokelauan word_type: adj expansion: Tokelauan (comparative more Tokelauan, superlative most Tokelauan) forms: form: more Tokelauan tags: comparative form: most Tokelauan tags: superlative wikipedia: Tokelauan language etymology_text: From Tokelau + -an. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Tokelau, the Tokelauan people or language. senses_topics:
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word: Messina word_type: name expansion: Messina forms: wikipedia: Messina etymology_text: From Italian Messina. Doublet of Messene. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A former province of Sicily, Italy, replaced by the Metropolitan City of Messina. A metropolitan city in Sicily, which replaced the province in 2015. A city, formerly the provincial capital of Messina province, Sicily. Former name of Musina, formerly in Transvaal, now in Limpopo, South Africa. senses_topics: