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word: candle word_type: noun expansion: candle (plural candles) forms: form: candles tags: plural wikipedia: candle candle (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English candel, from Old English candel (“candle”), borrowed from Latin candēla (“candle”), from Latin candeō (“be white, bright...
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word: candle word_type: verb expansion: candle (third-person singular simple present candles, present participle candling, simple past and past participle candled) forms: form: candles tags: present singular third-person form: candling tags: participle present form: candl...
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word: semibreve word_type: noun expansion: semibreve (plural semibreves) forms: form: semibreves tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Italian semibreve, ultimately from Latin semi- (“half”) and Latin brevis (“short”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A musical note ...
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word: adiaphora word_type: noun expansion: adiaphora forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Adiaphora being the theological tool which was developed during the controversies of the Reformation, is the baptism not an adiaphora? ref: 2003, P. Solomon Raj, The New Wine-Skins: Th...
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word: botany word_type: noun expansion: botany (countable and uncountable, plural botanies) forms: form: botanies tags: plural wikipedia: botany etymology_text: First attested in 1696: Back-formation from botanic. senses_examples: text: the botany of Greenland type: example senses_c...
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word: metasyntactic word_type: adj expansion: metasyntactic (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From meta- + syntactic. senses_examples: text: Metasyntactic values, in the sense I'm using here, are descriptive of syntax, as for example the nonterminals of a Chomsky grammar. ref: 2...
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word: multiplication sign word_type: noun expansion: multiplication sign (plural multiplication signs) forms: form: multiplication signs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Any symbol (in particular ×, * or ·) used to denote the operati...
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word: freezing rain word_type: noun expansion: freezing rain (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Rain which freezes upon contact. senses_topics:
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word: redheaded word_type: adj expansion: redheaded (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From red + headed. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Having red hair. Having a red head. senses_topics:
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word: drain word_type: noun expansion: drain (plural drains) forms: form: drains tags: plural wikipedia: drain etymology_text: From Middle English dreinen, from Old English drēahnian (“to drain, strain, filter”), from Proto-Germanic *drauhnōną (“to strain, sieve”), from Proto-Germanic *draugiz (“d...
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word: drain word_type: verb expansion: drain (third-person singular simple present drains, present participle draining, simple past and past participle drained) forms: form: drains tags: present singular third-person form: draining tags: participle present form: drained ...
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word: metasyntactic variable word_type: noun expansion: metasyntactic variable (plural metasyntactic variables) forms: form: metasyntactic variables tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Use metasyntactic variables like foo and bar when you need a name but the part...
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word: Jorge word_type: name expansion: Jorge forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from Spanish and Portuguese Jorge, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios). Doublet of George. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A male given name from Spanish or Portuguese, equivalent to English Geo...
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word: second-person singular word_type: noun expansion: second-person singular (plural second-person singulars) forms: form: second-person singulars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The second-person singular of "to be" is "art" or "are". type: example ...
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word: knot word_type: noun expansion: knot (plural knots) forms: form: knots tags: plural wikipedia: knot (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Middle English knotte, from Old English cnotta, from Proto-West Germanic *knottō, from Proto-Germanic *knuttô, *knudô (“knot”); (cognate with Old High Ger...
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word: knot word_type: verb expansion: knot (third-person singular simple present knots, present participle knotting, simple past and past participle knotted) forms: form: knots tags: present singular third-person form: knotting tags: participle present form: knotted tag...
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word: knot word_type: noun expansion: knot (plural knots or knot) forms: form: knots tags: plural form: knot tags: plural wikipedia: King Canute knot (disambiguation) etymology_text: Supposed to be derived from the name of King Canute, with whom the bird was a favourite article of fo...
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word: third-person plural word_type: noun expansion: third-person plural (plural third-person plurals) forms: form: third-person plurals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: "Are" is the third-person plural of the verb "to be". senses_categories: senses_glosses...
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word: capital letter word_type: noun expansion: capital letter (plural capital letters) forms: form: capital letters tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An upper-case letter (A, B, C, ... as opposed to a, b, c, ...), used for emphasis, ...
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word: third-person singular word_type: noun expansion: third-person singular (plural third-person singulars) forms: form: third-person singulars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: "Is" is the third-person singular of "to be". senses_categories: senses_glosses...
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word: adiaphoron word_type: noun expansion: adiaphoron (plural adiaphora) forms: form: adiaphora tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Neuter of Ancient Greek ἀδιάφορος (adiáphoros, “indifferent”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: An indifferent matter. A matter that ...
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word: real number word_type: noun expansion: real number (plural real numbers) forms: form: real numbers tags: plural wikipedia: real number etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Every integer is a real number, but not vice versa. text: A real number can be regarded abstractly as an ...
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word: grab word_type: verb expansion: grab (third-person singular simple present grabs, present participle grabbing, simple past and past participle grabbed) forms: form: grabs tags: present singular third-person form: grabbing tags: participle present form: grabbed tag...
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word: grab word_type: noun expansion: grab (countable and uncountable, plural grabs) forms: form: grabs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle Dutch grabben (“to grab”) or Middle Low German grabben (“to snap”), from Old Dutch or Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *graban, fro...
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word: grab word_type: noun expansion: grab (plural grabs) forms: form: grabs tags: plural wikipedia: grab (ship) etymology_text: From Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb) and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A two- or three-masted vessel used...
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word: mighty word_type: noun expansion: mighty (plural mighties) forms: form: mighties tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”...
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word: mighty word_type: adj expansion: mighty (comparative mightier, superlative mightiest) forms: form: mightier tags: comparative form: mightiest tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, ...
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word: mighty word_type: adv expansion: mighty (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English mighty, mightie, mighti, myghty, miȝty, maȝty, from Old English mihtiġ, mehtiġ, meahtiġ, mæhtiġ (“mighty”), from Proto-West Germanic *mahtīg (“mighty”), from Proto-Germanic *mahtīgaz (“mighty...
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word: sunstroke word_type: noun expansion: sunstroke (plural sunstrokes) forms: form: sunstrokes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From sun + stroke. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Heat stroke caused by an excessive exposure to the sun's rays. senses_topics: medic...
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word: beseech word_type: verb expansion: beseech (third-person singular simple present beseeches, present participle beseeching, simple past and past participle beseeched or besought) forms: form: beseeches tags: present singular third-person form: beseeching tags: participle p...
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word: beseech word_type: noun expansion: beseech (plural beseeches) forms: form: beseeches tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English besechen, bisechen, prefixed form of Old English sēċan (“to seek or inquire about”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian besäike (“to visit”), Dutch be...
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word: -ous word_type: suffix expansion: -ous forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English -ous, from Old French -ous, -os, -us, from Latin -ōsus (“full of”). Doublet of -ose and -wise in unstressed position. Many English adjectives ending in -ous were taken from preexisting French or Latin adjectiv...
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word: venti word_type: adj expansion: venti (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From the Italian venti (“twenty [ounces]”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Larger than grande, usually 20 ounces (~ 0.6 l). senses_topics:
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word: venti word_type: noun expansion: venti (plural ventis) forms: form: ventis tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: PIE word *dwóh₁ From the Italian venti (“twenty [ounces]”). senses_examples: text: "They always order ventis," a cashier said brightly, "and are great tippers." ref: ...
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word: uni- word_type: prefix expansion: uni- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin uni-, combining form of unus (“one”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: one, single senses_topics:
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word: salable word_type: adj expansion: salable (comparative more salable, superlative most salable) forms: form: more salable tags: comparative form: most salable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The landlord [...] stripped the plumbing and e...
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word: salable word_type: noun expansion: salable (plural salables) forms: form: salables tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of saleable. senses_topics:
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word: deluge word_type: noun expansion: deluge (plural deluges) forms: form: deluges tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English deluge, from Old French deluge, alteration of earlier deluvie, from Latin dīluvium, from dīluō (“wash away”). Doublet of diluvium. senses_examples: te...
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word: deluge word_type: verb expansion: deluge (third-person singular simple present deluges, present participle deluging, simple past and past participle deluged) forms: form: deluges tags: present singular third-person form: deluging tags: participle present form: delug...
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word: -hedral word_type: suffix expansion: -hedral forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: used to form adjectives describing related nouns ending in -hedron or -hedra senses_topics:
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word: redhead word_type: noun expansion: redhead (plural redheads) forms: form: redheads tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Bahuvrihi compound of red + head. senses_examples: text: I like redheads. Their mouths are like a drop of strawberry jam in a glass of milk. ref: 2007, Matt...
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word: leven word_type: noun expansion: leven forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: See levin. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: eleven Alternative spelling of levin (“lightning”). senses_topics:
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word: leven word_type: verb expansion: leven (third-person singular simple present levens, present participle levening, simple past and past participle levened) forms: form: levens tags: present singular third-person form: levening tags: participle present form: levened ...
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word: skirt chaser word_type: noun expansion: skirt chaser (plural skirt chasers) forms: form: skirt chasers tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: Heaven Can Wait (20th Century-Fox) is a lengthy but frequently funny life history of an old New York skirt chaser (Don...
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word: tetr- word_type: prefix expansion: tetr- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Form of tetra- used before a vowel. senses_topics:
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word: SQUID word_type: noun expansion: SQUID (plural SQUIDs) forms: form: SQUIDs tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Acronym of superconducting quantum interference device, a sensor that uses certain quantum effects to detect small magn...
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word: octium word_type: noun expansion: octium (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The element oxygen. senses_topics: chemistry natural-sciences physical-sciences
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word: homosexuality word_type: noun expansion: homosexuality (usually uncountable, plural homosexualities) forms: form: homosexualities tags: plural wikipedia: Karl Maria Kertbeny homosexuality etymology_text: From homosexual + -ity, equivalent to homo- + sexuality and after the model of German ...
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word: octa- word_type: prefix expansion: octa- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ὀκτα- (okta-, “eight”); compare ὀκτώ (oktṓ). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: eight senses_topics:
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word: -hedron word_type: suffix expansion: -hedron (plural -hedra or -hedrons) forms: form: -hedra tags: plural form: -hedrons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἕδρα (hédra, “face of a geometrical solid”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: ...
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word: xylo- word_type: prefix expansion: xylo- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ξύλον (xúlon, “wood”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: wood senses_topics:
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word: Adonis word_type: name expansion: Adonis forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis). senses_examples: text: The Phœnician Adonis was identical with Tammūz. ref: 1866, Sabine Baring-Gould, Curious Myths of the Middle Ages, S. George type: quotation text: ...
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word: Adonis word_type: noun expansion: Adonis (plural Adonises or Adonides) forms: form: Adonises tags: plural form: Adonides tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek Ἄδωνις (Ádōnis). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A beautiful man. senses_to...
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word: caviar word_type: noun expansion: caviar (countable and uncountable, plural caviars) forms: form: caviars tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle French caviar, from Italian caviaro or Ottoman Turkish خاویار (havyar), from Persian خاویار (xâvyâr). Doublet of ajvar. senses_exampl...
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word: LSD word_type: noun expansion: LSD (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: LSD (disambiguation) etymology_text: From Latin lībra solidus dēnārius. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of £sd. (pounds, shillings, pence) senses_topics:
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word: LSD word_type: noun expansion: LSD (uncountable) forms: wikipedia: LSD (disambiguation) etymology_text: From German LSD, initialism of Lysergsäure-diethylamid. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of lysergic acid diethylamide. senses_topics:
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word: LSD word_type: noun expansion: LSD (countable and uncountable, plural LSDs) forms: form: LSDs tags: plural wikipedia: LSD (disambiguation) etymology_text: Other initialisms. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Initialism of Lake Shore Drive (freeway in Chicago). ...
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word: orbifold word_type: noun expansion: orbifold (plural orbifolds) forms: form: orbifolds tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Blend of orbit + manifold. Named by William Thurston. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: A topological space in which every small enough neighb...
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word: less than word_type: noun expansion: less than (plural less thans) forms: form: less thans tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The character <, denoting having a smaller amount or number. senses_topics:
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word: less than word_type: adj expansion: less than (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: On Sunday night in South Bend, where he delivered a poignant valediction to his campaign before hundreds of cheering supporters, he noted that it had “sent a message to every ...
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word: fee word_type: noun expansion: fee (plural fees) forms: form: fees tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English fee, fe, feh, feoh, from Old English feoh (“cattle, property, wealth, money, payment, tribute, fee”) with contamination from Old French fieu, fief (from Medieval La...
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word: fee word_type: verb expansion: fee (third-person singular simple present fees, present participle feeing, simple past and past participle feed) forms: form: fees tags: present singular third-person form: feeing tags: participle present form: feed tags: partici...
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word: pent- word_type: prefix expansion: pent- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of penta- used before a vowel. senses_topics:
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word: hept- word_type: prefix expansion: hept- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of hepta- used before a vowel. senses_topics:
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word: hex- word_type: prefix expansion: hex- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative form of hexa- used before a vowel. senses_topics:
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word: dec- word_type: prefix expansion: dec- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Form of deca- used before a vowel. senses_topics:
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word: oct- word_type: prefix expansion: oct- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Form of octa- or octo- used before a vowel. senses_topics:
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word: xor word_type: noun expansion: xor (plural xors) forms: form: xors tags: plural wikipedia: xor etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: The logic function exclusive OR (as opposed to inclusive OR), whose output is true only when exactly one of its inputs is tr...
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word: xor word_type: conj expansion: xor forms: wikipedia: xor etymology_text: senses_examples: text: The argument leads to the conclusion that an omnipotent being could rationally be able to do one xor the other and still be omnipotent. ref: 2002, Rob Janssen, “The rock argument”, in alt.atheis...
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word: platinumsmith word_type: noun expansion: platinumsmith (plural platinumsmiths) forms: form: platinumsmiths tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From platinum + smith. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: a worker in platinum, who makes platinum jewelry senses_topics:
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word: octo- word_type: prefix expansion: octo- forms: form: octo- tags: canonical form: before a vowel oct- tags: canonical wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ, “eight”) and Latin octō (“eight”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: eight senses...
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word: -ase word_type: suffix expansion: -ase forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Derived from ending of diastase; a libfix senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Used to form the names of enzymes. senses_topics:
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word: quin- word_type: prefix expansion: quin- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From one combining form of Latin quinque (“five”). See, e.g., quindecim. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: five senses_topics:
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word: anger word_type: noun expansion: anger (countable and uncountable, plural angers) forms: form: angers tags: plural wikipedia: anger etymology_text: From Middle English anger (“grief, pain, trouble, affliction, vexation, sorrow, wrath”), from Old Norse angr, ǫngr (“affliction, sorrow”) (compa...
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word: anger word_type: verb expansion: anger (third-person singular simple present angers, present participle angering, simple past and past participle angered) forms: form: angers tags: present singular third-person form: angering tags: participle present form: angered ...
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word: -phobic word_type: suffix expansion: -phobic forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From -phobia (from Late Latin -phobia, from Koine Greek -φοβία (-phobía), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”)) + -ic. senses_examples: text: claustrophobic text: bibliophobic text: homophobic senses_categories: ...
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word: mono- word_type: prefix expansion: mono- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only, sole, single”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: one, single, only senses_topics:
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word: execution word_type: noun expansion: execution (countable and uncountable, plural executions) forms: form: executions tags: plural wikipedia: execution etymology_text: From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + s...
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word: quadri- word_type: prefix expansion: quadri- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin quattuor (“four”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Four. senses_topics:
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word: inebriation word_type: noun expansion: inebriation (countable and uncountable, plural inebriations) forms: form: inebriations tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Latin inēbriātiōnem (“drunkenness”), from inēbriō (“intoxicate”), from ēbrius (“drunk”). senses_examples: text: in...
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word: thermo- word_type: prefix expansion: thermo- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm, hot”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: thermal: heat; temperature. senses_topics:
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word: minim word_type: noun expansion: minim (plural minims) forms: form: minims tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From French minime. senses_examples: text: He thanked me with a smiling nod, measured out a few minims of the red tincture and added one of the powders. ref: 1886,...
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word: second person word_type: noun expansion: second person (countable and uncountable, plural second persons) forms: form: second persons tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: text: “Are” is the second person of “to be”. type: example text: “Hast” is the se...
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word: whine word_type: noun expansion: whine (plural whines) forms: form: whines tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English whynen, hwinen, whinen, from Old English hwīnan (“to rush, to whizz, to squeal, to whine”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *hwīnaną, ...
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word: whine word_type: verb expansion: whine (third-person singular simple present whines, present participle whining, simple past and past participle whined) forms: form: whines tags: present singular third-person form: whining tags: participle present form: whined tag...
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word: microwave word_type: noun expansion: microwave (plural microwaves) forms: form: microwaves tags: plural wikipedia: microwave microwave oven etymology_text: From micro- + wave. senses_examples: text: Holonym: radio band text: Microwaves do not follow the curvature of the earth, ...
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word: microwave word_type: verb expansion: microwave (third-person singular simple present microwaves, present participle microwaving, simple past and past participle microwaved) forms: form: microwaves tags: present singular third-person form: microwaving tags: participle pres...
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word: oven word_type: noun expansion: oven (plural ovens) forms: form: ovens tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English oven, from Old English ofn, from Proto-West Germanic *ofn, from Proto-Germanic *uhnaz, *uhwnaz (compare Dutch oven, Low German Aven, West Frisian ûne, German Of...
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word: oven word_type: verb expansion: oven (third-person singular simple present ovens, present participle ovening, simple past and past participle ovened) forms: form: ovens tags: present singular third-person form: ovening tags: participle present form: ovened tags: ...
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word: hepta- word_type: prefix expansion: hepta- forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: From Ancient Greek ἑπτά (heptá, “seven”). senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: seven senses_topics:
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word: bar code word_type: noun expansion: bar code (plural bar codes) forms: form: bar codes tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: Alternative spelling of barcode senses_topics:
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word: chew word_type: verb expansion: chew (third-person singular simple present chews, present participle chewing, simple past chewed, past participle chewed or (rare) chewn) forms: form: chews tags: present singular third-person form: chewing tags: participle present form: ...
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word: chew word_type: noun expansion: chew (countable and uncountable, plural chews) forms: form: chews tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: From Middle English chew, cheu, icheu, from Old English *ċēaw, *ġeċēaw (“chewing”), from Proto-West Germanic *kauw, *gakauw (“chewing”), from Proto-Germa...
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word: appreciable word_type: adj expansion: appreciable (comparative more appreciable, superlative most appreciable) forms: form: more appreciable tags: comparative form: most appreciable tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: From French appréciable. By surface analysis, apprec...
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word: surreal word_type: adj expansion: surreal (comparative more surreal, superlative most surreal) forms: form: more surreal tags: comparative form: most surreal tags: superlative wikipedia: etymology_text: Back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real. senses_examples: ...
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word: surreal word_type: noun expansion: surreal (plural surreals) forms: form: surreals tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Back-formation from surrealism, equivalent to sur- + real. senses_examples: senses_categories: senses_glosses: surreal number senses_topics: mathematics science...
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word: caveat emptor word_type: phrase expansion: caveat emptor forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Latin for “buyer beware”; from Latin caveat (“may he / she / subject-noun beware”), the third-person subjunctive of caveō (“I beware”) + ēmptor (“buyer”). senses_examples: text: In an email she wrote that ...
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word: poly word_type: noun expansion: poly (countable and uncountable, plural polys) forms: form: polys tags: plural wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of various words. senses_examples: text: The most common poly budget in use for games at the time of this writing is between 5,000 an...
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word: poly word_type: adj expansion: poly (not comparable) forms: wikipedia: etymology_text: Shortening of various words. senses_examples: text: Coordinate term: mono text: Whether the family is poly, L.G.B.T.Q. or another minority, such as a religious one, coming out is very much a personal dec...
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word: poly word_type: verb expansion: poly (third-person singular simple present polys, present participle polying, simple past and past participle polyed) forms: form: polys tags: present singular third-person form: polying tags: participle present form: polyed tags: ...