nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tweening Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique in film animation for generating intermediate frames such that one image evolves smoothly into the next.
Word: Mangan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mongáin (“descendant of Mongán”), a personal name derived from a diminutive form of mongach (“maned, long-haired”). 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: Mangan Part of Speech: name 1. A district of Sikkim, India.
Word: move the goalposts Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A metaphor of British origin derived from association football (soccer), from the idea that it is difficult for a player to kick the ball into the goal if it is moved. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːv ðə ˈɡəʊlpəʊsts/, /ˈmuːv ðə ˈɡɔʊlpəʊsts/, /ˈmuːv ðə ˈɡoʊlpoʊst/ 1. To alter the terms of an agreement or an agreed target, or the rules of a negotiation while it is ongoing, especially in an unfair way. Labels: idiomatic Example: This is a Government that meets its economic targets and does not move the goalposts. Example: We were given a moving date, and an exchange date, but the buyers kept moving the goalposts and giving us a later date.
Word: Zink Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German surname, from an obsolete derivative of Proto-Germanic *tindaz (“peak, spike, tooth”). * As a surname derived from various Romance languages, from Jacinctus, derived from the saint's name Hyacinthus. Comparable to Spanish Jacinto, Italian Giacinto. 1. A surname.
Word: Arsen Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Russian
Word: Brom Part of Speech: name Etymology: Spelling variant of Brohm and Brahm; also a variant of Bromm, Brumm. 1. A surname from German.
Word: espied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of espy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Zinn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *tiną Proto-West Germanic *tin Old High German zin Middle High German zin German Zinnbor. English Zinn Borrowed from German Zinn. 1. A surname from German. Example: Often, Gill said, Zinn was arrested on suspicion of trespassing. He said Zinn was politically conservative, leaning libertarian, and would “give me a hard time for being a Dem.”
Word: pineal gland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pineal + gland, from its pine-cone shape. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/, /ˈpɪ.niːəl ˌɡlænd/ 1. A small, pinecone-shaped endocrine gland found near the centre of the brain that produces melatonin.
Word: goat rope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from goat roper 1. A confusing, disorganized situation often attributed to or marked by human error. Labels: slang Example: Never did find out what happened in July, but that was a goat rope that was poorly coordinated. Example: What a goat rope! The fact that we had to appear three different times was certainly an indicator things were going poorly for the prosecution. 2. A convoluted issue that is contested by many parties. Labels: slang Example: “How far up does this little goat rope go?” Sarge asked. “As far as we know, all the way to the commander in chief.” 3. A rodeo event in which competitors attempt to lasso a goat, usually for younger participants. 4. An ill-advised solution to contain a problem; a solution that will eventually fail.
Word: plaintive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pleintif, plentyff, from Old French pleintif (“aggrieved, lamenting”) (whence modern French plaintif), from plainte (“lament, complaint”); see plaint. Doublet of plaintiff. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪntɪv/ 1. Sounding sorrowful, mournful or melancholic. Example: a typically plaintive song from Radiohead Example: I can see by your plaintive smile something is wrong, so spill it.
Word: algal mat Part of Speech: noun 1. an accumulation of filamentous algae, either freely floating or rolling along the sea bed. 2. a mass of diatoms etc. covering soft bottoms.
Word: alloparenting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- English parenting English alloparenting From allo- + parenting. 1. Parental behaviour towards infants and young from non-parents. Labels: uncountable Example: Some alloparenting relationships among animals resemble adoption, although more resemble foster care or wet-nursing. Example: The behaviors associated with alloparenting are phenotypically similar to maternal and paternal care.
Word: goat-rope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goat + rope. 1. Alternative spelling of goat rope. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cloud nine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The origin of sense 1 (“a state of bliss”) is uncertain; however, the following etymology has been suggested: * The first edition of the International Cloud Atlas (1896), which defined ten types of cloud, described the ninth type as the cumulonimbus which rises to 10 km (6.2 miles), the highest a cloud can be. Compare cloud seven (“state of complete happiness or euphoria”), which may have originated from confusion of cloud nine with seventh heaven. Sense 2 (“a state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking”) may be due to a confusion between sense 1 and the phrase head in the clouds. Pronunciation: /ˈklaʊd ˈnaɪn/ 1. Often in the phrase on cloud nine: a state of bliss, elation or happiness. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: He was on cloud nine for days after she agreed to marry him. Example: In your zeal you may not feel you are undertaking a thing for your own sake but think you are doing so for God. Nevertheless, you should remember that at the time of great excitement as though you were on cloud nine, you may perhaps be most fleshly! 2. A state of fantastic or impractical dreaming or thinking. Labels: idiomatic, nonstandard, possibly, uncountable Example: Now, the system approach, needless to say, wants to help out in that particular problem, but it lives up on cloud nine for the most part. This is one of the reasons that it has not made more headway than it has in the civilian agencies of government. Example: Mr. Walsh – […] It sounds like the purpose of the geographic base coding system is to fulfill a planning function of the agency. If that is not the case, then I am concerned as that is one way to get up on "cloud nine"—that is, to not associate with end products.
Word: Scarlem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Scarborough + Harlem. 1. An area in eastern Toronto, Canada, with certain poor neighbourhoods and youth gangs, loosely likened to Harlem in New York. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: cloud number nine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of cloud nine. Labels: uncountable Example: From that cloud number nine / Danger starts the sharp incline Example: Most of us do not think of excitement as a problem. After all, doesn't everybody like to be on cloud number nine? I agree: if we could stay on cloud number nine, life might be very pleasant. But, as all of us know, the cloud eventually evaporates. Then we not only come abruptly back to earth; we usually burrow right into its depths and hide – that is, we go into a depression.
Word: moulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French moulin, from Late Latin molinum (“mill”). Doublet of moline and mill. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːlæn/ 1. A cylindrical, vertical shaft that extends through a glacier and is carved by meltwater from the glacier’s surface.
Word: blow job Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of blowjob. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crevasse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice. Pronunciation: /kɹəˈvæs/ 1. A crack or fissure in a glacier or snowfield; a chasm. 2. A breach in a canal or river bank. Labels: US 3. Any cleft or fissure. Labels: broadly Example: I moved my left hand to the small of her back, just above her belt-line and stroked the peach fuzz in her crevasse with my fingers. 4. A discontinuity or “gap” between the accounted variables and an observed outcome. Labels: figuratively Example: […] he laments that he can find no physiological phenomenon answering to his subject’s winning a race, or losing it. Between his terminal output of energy and his victory or defeat there is a mysterious crevasse. Physiology is baffled.
Word: crevasse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French crevasse. Doublet of crevice. Pronunciation: /kɹəˈvæs/ 1. To form crevasses. Labels: intransitive 2. To fissure with crevasses. Labels: transitive
Word: entomologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English entomology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English entomologist From entomology + -ist. 1. A scientist who studies insects. Example: The noted entomologist Charles W. Woodworth suggested the use of Drosophila melanogaster for genetic studies. Example: He kindly offered me a room during my stay in Amboyna, and introduced me to his junior, Dr. Doleschall, a Hungarian and also an entomologist.
Word: dangling modifier Part of Speech: noun 1. A word or clause that qualifies another word or clause ambiguously, sometimes causing confusion (as to which meaning was intended) or (more often) causing unintended humorousness. Example: The dangling modifier is a curse of modern writing, particularly obituaries.
Word: phylogeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as if borrowed from a Classic Greek word φυλογένεια (phulogéneia), composed from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, genus, species”) + -γένεια (-géneia, “-geny (generation, production)”), equivalent to phylo- + -geny. Pronunciation: /faɪˈlɒd͡ʒəni/, /faɪˈlɑd͡ʒəni/ 1. The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was a bestiary more than a hundred years old, its entries organised by a quaintly outdated phylogeny and illustrated with hand-tinted plates. 2. A phylogenetic diagram. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Holonym: tree of life 3. The historical development of a human social or racial group. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music. 4. The historical development of any thing, idea, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Indeed, in a recent review article, Mithen (2009) traces the phylogeny of human communication […]
Word: dangling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈdeɪ̯ŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈdɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. Suspended from above. Labels: not-comparable 2. In a state of suspense. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Well, don't leave me dangling. Tell me what happened!
Word: dangling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈdeɪ̯ŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈdɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. The act of hanging something so that it can move freely; suspension. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of following or trailing around. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Falkner's quick-sighted honour would not have tolerated your brother's danglings at the skirts of beauty.
Word: dangling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdæŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈdeɪ̯ŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/, /ˈdɛ̃ŋɡ(ə)lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dangle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tutti Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Italian tutti, from Latin totus (“all”). 1. All together. Indicates that the remainder of a group should join in playing after a solo or other passage with a reduced number of voices. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tutti Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian tutti, from Latin totus (“all”). 1. All together; with all playing at once. Labels: not-comparable Example: a tutti passage
Word: tutti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian tutti, from Latin totus (“all”). 1. A passage in which all members of an orchestra are playing Example: Even so, the orchestra endowed tuttis with a positively radiant glow.
Word: Scheiße Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scheisse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: What a nasty piece of Scheiße he is. Example: What a pile of Scheiße.
Word: Stuhl Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: freezer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English freeze Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English freezer From freeze + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹiːzə/, /ˈfɹizɚ/ 1. An appliance or room used to store food or other perishable items at temperatures below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). Example: The packinghouse usually delivers shrimp to a few regular customers, such as breaders, freezers, canners, or wholesalers of fresh shrimp. Example: It’s easy to grab plastic-wrapped daifuku at Japanese grocery stores in New York, and to spot boxes of mochi ice cream in supermarket freezer aisles. 2. The section of a refrigerator used to store food or other perishable items at a temperature below 0° Celsius (32° Fahrenheit). Example: Holonyms: fridge, fridge-freezer, refrigerator, refrigerator-freezer 3. A Parkinson's disease patient that experiences freezing of gait (FOG) episodes. 4. A hardware device that can freeze the state of the system to allow it to be inspected, saved or modified. Example: […] "freezer" cartridges (such as the Action Replay), as a convenient way to take control […] Example: The execution of the program was suspended with a special hardware expansion, the freezer, and the contents of the memory were saved to disk.
Word: sex shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that sells sex toys, erotic lingerie, pornography etc.
Word: hidrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin hīdrōsis, from Ancient Greek ῑ̔δρώς (hīdrṓs, “sweat”) + -ωσῐς (-ōsĭs); also synchronically held to end in the suffix -osis. 1. The formation and excretion of sweat. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The formation and excretion of sweat. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: capital ship Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the most important types of warships, capable of projecting a fleet in being.
Word: ship of the line Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Contraction of ship of the line of battle, a warship large enough to be in the line of battle. See also battleship, contracted from the same phrase; and line of battle ship. 1. A large square-rigged warship large enough to have a place in the line of battle, with up to 140 guns on at least two decks. A capital ship from the age of sail, superior to a frigate; usually, a seventy-four, or three-decker.
Word: square-rigged Part of Speech: adj 1. Having (approximately) square sails rigged onto spars perpendicular to the keel. Labels: not-comparable 2. Smartly dressed. Labels: not-comparable Example: A handsome square-rigged fellow in a double-breasted blue uniform, not burnt, stood at her shoulder.
Word: square-rigger Part of Speech: noun 1. A square-rigged ship.
Word: television set Part of Speech: noun 1. A television; an electronic device that receives television signals, and displays the resulting images on a screen. Labels: dated
Word: TV set Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of television set. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: TV sets are spewing Baywatch through the windows into black
Word: televisual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English visual English televisual From tele- + visual. 1. of or relating to television 2. suitable for broadcasting on television 3. telegenic
Word: telegenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tele- + -genic, by analogy with photogenic. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛləˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ 1. Having an appearance and exhibiting qualities thought to be attractive to television viewers. Example: The young politician was very telegenic. Example: Then again, TV politicking simply selects for politicians who are good at TV — charismatic-cool like Mr. Obama, provocative-hot like Mr. Trump — and being telegenic does not necessarily mean having good policy or judgment or decision-making instincts. 2. televisual
Word: superset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English set English superset From super- + set. 1. (symbol: ⊇) With respect to another set, a set such that each of the elements of the other set is also an element of the set. Labels: especially Example: Near-synonyms: supergroup (broad sense), superclass, supercategory Example: The set of human beings is a superset of the set of human children. 2. Two or more different physical exercises performed back to back (i.e., without a period of rest between them). The exercises may employ the same muscle group, or opposing muscle groups. Example: While some lifters insist that supersets must consist of consecutive exercises for the same bodypart, others would bet their weight belts that supersets involve opposing bodyparts. Example: A superset is a combination of two or three different exercises back to back. For example, you start with bodyweight press up and switch to TRX chest press with few seconds to no rest in between.
Word: superset Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English set English superset From super- + set. 1. To perform (different physical exercises) back to back, without a period of rest between them. Labels: transitive Example: An example would be cable curls supersetted with tricep pushdowns, or leg extensions supersetted with leg curls. Example: “If you’re using more than one piece of equipment, make sure you’re close to them at all times,” says fitness coach JC Deen of JCD Fitness. Walk away for more than 15 to 30 seconds, and most people will assume you’re done, Deen says. “Supersetting is a luxury, not a necessity,” adds strength coach and author Bret Contreras. Bottom line: “If the gym is busy, don’t superset!”
Word: hissy fit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of histrionics. 1. A childish display of anger or frustration; an overly dramatic tantrum. Labels: informal Example: As for me, I don't care anymore if my kid has a hissy fit in the junior department. Example: Viewers were aghast. . . . As co-host Regis Philbin flinched, Gifford launched into a teary, it's-not-my-fault, TV hissy fit: "You can say I'm ugly, you can say I'm not talented, but when you say I don't care about children, how dare you!"
Word: Corsica Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Corsica. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔɹsɪkə/, /ˈkɔːsɪkə/ 1. An island and administrative region of France, in the Mediterranean to the north of Sardinia.
Word: Halle Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German surname, variant of Hall. * As a French surname, from the noun halle (“covered room”). * As a Belgian and Dutch surname, from Halle, Belgium. * As a Jewish surname, from Halle in Saxony, named after the river Saale. Pronunciation: /ˈhæli/ 1. An independent city in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Example: Roger Federer extended his grasscourt streak to 57 matches with a victory over Marcos Baghdatis and will play Nicolas Kiefer in the semifinals of the Gerry Weber Open in Halle, Germany. 2. A female given name, alternative spelling of Hallie. popularized by american actress Halle Berry
Word: utu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori utu. 1. Compensation for a wrong suffered; reciprocal exchange or payment; (loosely), payback, revenge. Labels: New-Zealand, uncountable Example: Utu determined that relations among individuals, and between families, communities and tribes, were governed by mutual obligation and an implicit keeping of social accounts […]. Example: Utu demanded that both favors and grievances be repaid in kind, but it was the grievances, naturally, that caused the most trouble.
Word: Kyle Part of Speech: name Etymology: From several places in Scotland and Northern Ireland, derived from Gaelic caol (“narrows”). Pronunciation: /kaɪl/, /ˈkaɪ.əl/ 1. A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic. Labels: countable 2. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wally Szalla was the least discomforting of men, nothing like the pushy arrogant guys I was always meeting, or who were always meeting me. Guys with names like Dale, Brock, Kevin, Kyle. Guys with names nothing like Wally. Example: The Auschwitz Memorial Museum slammed Kyle Langford, Republican candidate for Governor of California, after his antisemitic remarks, calling out his actions as a “profound moral failure.” 3. A unisex given name. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blood sausage Part of Speech: noun 1. A cooked sausage made out of meat (most often pork), blood and various other regional ingredients.
Word: deep-freeze Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of deep freeze. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deep-freeze Part of Speech: verb 1. To freeze at very low temperatures. Labels: transitive
Word: digs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪɡz/ 1. plural of dig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: digs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dig Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: digs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of diggings. Pronunciation: /dɪɡz/ 1. Lodgings; place of accommodation. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: Corley at the first go-off was inclined to suspect it was something to do with Stephen being fired out of his digs for bringing in a bloody tart off the street. Example: Our new digs are at the corner of Market and Castro – a great and gay neighborhood that will be a pleasure to work in. The new office has room for four women to work comfortably, a tiny deck and back yard, and looks out on two trees. 2. Clothes. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: For example, when “army digs” are in, the Jocks wear them; when designer jeans are fashionable, those who can afford them wear them. Example: I donned my new digs and found a trash can in which to dump my stinky old clothes.
Word: DNA microarray Part of Speech: noun 1. A collection of microscopic DNA spots attached to a solid surface forming an array; used to measure the expression levels of large numbers of genes simultaneously.
Word: wotcher Part of Speech: intj Etymology: 19th c., corruption of what cheer. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒt͡ʃə/ 1. A friendly greeting. Labels: UK, slang Example: “Wotcher, me old cock sparrow, how's the sleuthing business?” bellowed Sandy, pausing and balancing his saddle on one knee while he looped up the girth.
Word: wotcher Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: Representing an abbreviated pronunciation of various phrases. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒt͡ʃə/ 1. Contraction of what + do + you. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Wotcher think? 2. Contraction of what + you. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Listen, do wotcher gotta do! 3. Contraction of what + are + you. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Wotcher doing? 4. Contraction of what + have + you. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, informal Example: Wotcher been up to?
Word: proprioception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proprioceptor, from Latin proprius (“one's own”) + reception. Coined by British neurophysiologist Charles Scott Sherrington in 1906. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹəʊ.pɹi.əʊˈsɛp.ʃən/, /ˌpɹoʊ.pɹi.oʊˈsɛp.ʃən/ 1. The sense of the position of parts of the body, relative to other neighbouring parts of the body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] it is achieved through a neuromuscular feedback system known as proprioception or kinaesthetic awareness, as well as through an auditory control system in which the ear monitors the sound and makes […] Example: Sometimes referred to as our sixth sense, proprioception is what helps high-level athletes take a penalty without looking at the ball, or orient themselves in the air while doing a twisting somersault.
Word: gestalt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Gestalt (“shape, figure, form”). Pronunciation: /ɡəˈʃtælt/, /ɡəˈʃtɑːlt/, /-ˈst-/, /ɡəˈʃtɔlt/, /ɡəˈstɔlt/ 1. A collection of physical, biological, psychological or symbolic elements that creates a whole, unified concept or pattern which is other than the sum of its parts due to the relationships between the parts (of a character, personality, entity, or being). [simplified] An organized whole that is perceived as more than the sum of its parts. Example: Mary did not approve of the Eleanor gestalt. "I been to Woonsocket S.D., Eleanor McGovern's hometown," she said, "and nobody there? I mean nobody? dresses like that." Example: Thus one activity, talking, is understood in terms of another, physical fighting. Structuring our experience in terms of such multidimensional gestalts is what makes our experience coherent.
Word: sudor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sūdor. 1. Sweat; the salty fluid excreted by the sweat glands. Labels: uncountable
Word: sudate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin sūdāre, from Proto-Indo-European *sweyd-. 1. To perspire, to sweat. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: conjunctiva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 1540s late Middle English, borrowing from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (“conjunctive membrane”). Pronunciation: /ˌkɒn.dʒʌŋ(k)ˈtʌɪ.və/, /kənˈdʒʌŋ(k).tɪv.ə/, /ˌkɑnˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.və/, /kənˌd͡ʒʌŋ(k)ˈtaɪ.və/ 1. A clear mucous membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid and the exposed surface of the eyeball or sclera. Example: There is a third inner eyelid, highly developed and of beautiful mechanism: this is the nictitating membrane, or "winker" (nictito, I wink), a delicate, elastic, translucent, pearly-white fold of the conjunctiva. While the other lids move vertically and have a horizontal commissure, the winker sweeps horizontally or obliquely across the ball, from the side next the beak to the opposite.
Word: mucous membrane Part of Speech: noun 1. A membrane which secretes mucus. It forms the lining of various body passages that communicate with the air, such as the respiratory, genitourinary, and alimentary tracts including the mouth, nasal passages, vagina, and urethra.
Word: serous membrane Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin membrane that secretes serum and lines certain internal body cavities.
Word: up with the larks Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of up with the lark. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic
Word: early bird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the expression the early bird gets the worm. 1. A person who wakes early or arrives early, typically before most others. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you’re a bird, be an early bird— But if you’re a worm, sleep late.
Word: mastery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maistery, maistrie, mastere, mastry, from Old French maistrie, equivalent to master + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːs.t(ə.)ɹi/, /ˈmæs.tɚ.i/ 1. The position or authority of a master; dominion; command; supremacy; superiority. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops. Example: The desert storm was riding in its strength; the travellers lay beneath the mastery of the fell simoom. Whirling wreaths and columns of burning wind, rushed around and over them. 2. Superiority in war or competition; victory; triumph; preeminence. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake traueillers, whom gotten they did kill. Example: The voice of them that shout for mastery. 3. The act or process of mastering; the state of having mastered; expertise. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He […]could attain to a mastery in all languages. Example: The learning and mastery of a tongue, being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties. 4. A contest for superiority. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: […] pastimes of wrestling, and like maſteries betweene the Citizens of London and others of the Suburbes […] Example: Rury has given the word for some rare sport — a bout of games and masteries between me and Marcos Serkman to prove which is the better man. 5. A masterly operation; a feat. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Ye welsh men..brake out vpon the Englysshe men in ye Bordour..and there made masteryes for a whyle. Example: That ye maye knowe..what masteryes they haue played. 6. The philosopher's stone. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: Adolph Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant spelling of Adolf. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.dɔlf/, /ˈæ.dɔlf/, /-dɑlf/, /ˈæ.dɒlf/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: It was reminiscent of the rallies held by Adolph Hitler during the 1930s-1940s before adoring crowds in Nazi Germany. At many of these Nazi rallies, the German participants swore personal allegiance to their nation’s leader-Adolph Hitler over and above their own Nation-Germany. 2. A surname.
Word: Alec Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Alexander. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪk/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Alexander, from Ancient Greek, of Scottish origin.
Word: Gestalt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of gestalt. Labels: alt-of
Word: puppy fat Part of Speech: noun 1. The natural fat on the body of a child that normally disappears at adolescence. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: "I was not pudding-faced!" "Oh, believe me, you were! You hadn't lost your puppy-fat."
Word: tipping point Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use of the term appears c. 1959 in the New York Times. 1. The point at which a slow, reversible change becomes irreversible, often with dramatic consequences. Labels: broadly, figuratively 2. A point in time when a group rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice. 3. A point in time when a group rapidly and dramatically changes its behavior by widely adopting a previously rare practice. 4. An irreversible change in the climate system. Example: It is a scenario climate scientists have feared since first identifying "tipping points" - delicate thresholds where a slight rise in the Earth's temperature can cause a dramatic change in the environment that itself triggers a far greater increase in global temperatures. Example: Some researchers worry that rainforests will soon reach a tipping point — a point of no return in which the once-lush forests transition to arid regions.
Word: reversible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/ 1. Able to be reversed. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the Welwyn bottleneck will be relaid with high-speed turnouts and resignalled for reversible working. 2. Able to be worn inside out. Labels: not-comparable Example: That boy, Louis, is in his way a masterpiece. Do you know, every article of clothing that he wears is reversible, so that he can present quite a different appearance at the shortest notice! 3. Capable of proceeding in either direction. Labels: not-comparable 4. Capable of returning to the original state. Labels: not-comparable 5. Capable of returning to the original state without consumption of free energy and increase of entropy. Labels: not-comparable 6. Providing sufficient reason for a court decision to be overturned on appeal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reversible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle French, equivalent to reverse + -ible. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪbəl/ 1. A garment that can be worn inside out.
Word: Labour Party Part of Speech: name Etymology: In other countries, frequently patterned or translated after the model of the British Labour Party, founded in 1900 to combine earlier centre-left parties. 1. Any of various political parties that aim to advance the interests of the working class, often characterised by left-of-centre politics and support for organised labour. Example: Sure, the City loathed the old Labour Party that Jeremy Corbyn grew up with but they loved the Blairites. Example: The Communists had considerable influence in the Labour Party in the years 1920–26 and 1935–9. Their chief importance, and that of the whole left wing of the Labour movement, was the part they played in alienating the middle classes from Socialism.
Word: motte and bailey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (form of argument): Coined by philosopher Nicholas Shackel. 1. The predecessor of the European castle, having a raised earth mound (the motte) topped with a tower (or donjon), and a wooden ring fortification surrounding a courtyard (the bailey). Example: Should an inquiring stranger ask an Irish countryman if there were any "mottes" in the neighbourhood he might be met with unexpected but none the less unrestrained laughter, as in semi-slang the word has another meaning very far from that of a castle mound! Example: Deepwood is a motte-and-bailey castle in the midst of thick forest, easy to creep up on unawares. A wooden castle, defended by an earthen dike and a palisade of logs. 2. A form of argument and an informal fallacy where an arguer conflates two similar positions, one modest and easier to defend (the "motte") and one much more controversial (the "bailey"), by advancing the controversial position, but when challenged, insisting that they are only advancing the more modest position. Labels: rhetoric
Word: motte-and-bailey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of motte and bailey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: donjon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of dungeon remodelled on its etymon, Old French donjon. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌn.d͡ʒən/ 1. The fortified tower and main residence of a motte or early castle; a keep. Example: It was a fortress of no great size, consisting of a donjon, or large and high square tower, surrounded by buildings of inferior height, which were encircled by an inner court-yard. Example: […] the prison fortress called Qomr, a mound of yellowish brick rising up from the left back of the turbid river, in whose donjon by long tradition the warlord was obliged to lay his head.
Word: ot Part of Speech: noun 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ѿ / ѿ.
Word: telling off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tell off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: telling off Part of Speech: noun 1. A reprimand, reproach, or lecture. Labels: informal Example: He's going to get quite a telling off if his dad ever finds out about it.
Word: temperamental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From temperament + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌtɛmp(ə)ɹəˈmɛntl̩/ 1. Of, related to, or caused by temperament. Labels: not-comparable 2. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious. 3. User-unfriendly, unstable, that is complicated or has poorly written instructions and is subsequently difficult to operate; unpredictable and erratic. Labels: figuratively
Word: temperament Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/, /ˈtɛm.pɹə.mənt/, /ˈtɛm.pə.mənt/, /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/, /ˈtɛm.pɚ.mənt/ 1. A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: President Taft did not have the temperament either to dominate or to work with his Congress. 2. A tendency to become irritable or angry. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: If I will aske meere Philosophers, what the soule is, I shall finde amongst them, that will tell me, it is nothing, but the temperament and harmony, and just and equall composition of the Elements in the body, which produces all those faculties which we ascribe to the soule […] 6. Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: pericardium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περικάρδιον (perikárdion). Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹɪˈkɑː(ɹ)di.əm/ 1. A serous membrane that surrounds the heart allowing it to contract. Example: The Pericardium is sometimes swelled, as overcharged with too great a quantity of Serous Liquor, making a kind of Dropsie […]
Word: endocardium Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin serous membrane that lines the interior of the heart.
Word: sensitivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sensitive + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛn.sɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, /ˈsɛnsɪvəti/, /ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ti/, [ˌsɛn.səˈtɪv.ə.ɾi], /ˈsɛn.sɪ.və.ti/ 1. The quality or state of being sensitive; sensitiveness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In any event, the incident, and the media attention it attracted, highlights the sensitivity of language politics in Singapore and is reflective of the fact that this sensitivity extends to campus life. Example: Owing to sensitivities about the force's capabilities, Russell is unable to say how many drones BTP has, or where and when they operate. But he does confide that the force works hand in hand with the helicopter service, and its ability to deploy drones is getting quicker. 2. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. Example: A coenzyme that exists in all living cells, NAD+ plays a central role in the body’s biological processes, such as regulating cellular energy, increasing insulin sensitivity and reversing mitochondrial dysfunction. 3. The ability of an organism or organ to respond to external stimuli. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The probability, in a binary classification test, of a true positive being correctly identified. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: specificity 5. The degree of response of an instrument to a change in an input signal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Up to 1,884 microplastic particles were found per cubic metre of seawater in some locations, up to 18 times higher than in similar tests during the last Ocean Race, which ended in 2018. Scientists noted that the sensitivity of their instruments is now higher. 6. The rate at which the player's facing direction or position changes relative to input device movement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Since he played with high sensitivity, he only needed to move the mouse a tiny distance to rotate a full 360 degrees. 7. The degree of response of a film etc. to light of a specified wavelength. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: specificity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From specific + -ity, perhaps modelled after French spécificité. First attested in 1829. Pronunciation: /spɛsɪˈfɪsɪti/ 1. The state of being specific rather than general. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Congress must set a clear standard: Police should prove with specificity what's on your phone before forcing it open, and only after the device's owner has consulted with a lawyer. Doing so would provide citizens a means to ensure police follow warrant requirements without sacrificing law enforcement's ability to pursue the crime they're investigating. 2. The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus: Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Coordinate term: sensitivity 3. The extent to which a characteristic is specific to a given person, place, or thing; thus: Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brewe, bre, bregh, from Old English brēġ (“eyelid”) (Anglian dialect). Compare West Saxon brǣw, brēaw, brēaġ (“eyelid”), from Proto-Germanic *brēwō. Cognate with Dutch (wenk)brauw, German Braue. Compare brae from the same source. Apparently related to brow. Pronunciation: /bɹiː/ 1. The eyelid. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete 2. The eyebrow. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, obsolete 3. The brow; forehead. Labels: Scotland
Word: bree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bre, breie (“broth; gravy”), apparently from Old English brīw, brīġ (“pottage; porridge”), from Proto-West Germanic *brīw (“porridge; mash”), whence also German Brei, Dutch brij. Alternatively, the word could be a cognate of German Brühe (“broth”), from Middle High German brüeje, from the verb brüejen (“to scald, boil”), from Proto-Germanic *brōaną, whence modern German brühen, Dutch broeien, Middle Low German brȫjen. This is less likely, however, since the verb is not attested in English nor in Old Norse. Both paths eventually lead to the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, toss, cook, brew”), whence also English broth and brew. Pronunciation: /bɹiː/ 1. Broth.
Word: AFT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Federation of Teachers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bubonic plague Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bjuːˈbɒ.nɪkˌpleɪɡ/ 1. A contagious, often fatal, epidemic disease caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, transmitted by the bite of fleas from an infected person or rodent, especially a rat, and characterized by delirium, chills, fever, vomiting, diarrhea, and the formation of buboes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: balbriggan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Balbriggan, a place in Ireland. Pronunciation: /bælˈbɹɪɡn̩/ 1. An unbleached, knitted, cotton fabric mostly used for underwear. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: amianthus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀμίαντος (amíantos, “undefiled”), from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + μιαίνω (miaínō, “I defile”). 1. A type of asbestos with long, soft, thin fibers. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: the Microscope can afford us hundreds of Instances of Points many thousand times sharper: such as […] the ends of the stiriæ or small parallelipipeds of Amianthus […]
Word: bidialectal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der. Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *légō Ancient Greek λέγω (légō) Ancient Greek διαλέγομαι (dialégomai) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́λεκτος (dĭắlektos)bor. Latin dialectoslbor. Middle French dialectebor. English dialect English -al English dialectal English bidialectal From bi- + dialectal. Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪdaɪəˈlɛktəl/ 1. natively using or capable of using two dialects of a language Labels: not-comparable
Word: bidet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bidet. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːdeɪ/, /bɪˈdeɪ/ 1. A low-mounted plumbing fixture or type of sink intended for washing the external genitalia and the anus. Example: Near-synonym: washlet (sometimes synonymous) 2. A small horse formerly allowed to each trooper or dragoon for carrying his baggage. Labels: obsolete Example: For joy of which I will return to myself, mount my bidet in a dance
Word: backscratcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + scratcher; also, by surface analysis, backscratch + -er. 1. A long slender rod with a rake-like device on one end, sometimes in the form of a human hand, designed to let a person scratch their own back. 2. A participant in corruption, such as a briber or pay-to-play participant. Labels: figuratively, uncommon Example: Pierre-Gilles had made a name for himself, but also wanted to give credit to his collaborators, whom he was always careful to cite in lectures, to the point that, for a joke, Daniel Saint-James and his colleague Gobalakichena Sarma created a "backscratchers club" named the 'Société de la brosse à reluire mutuelle' (SABRM) — mutual backscratching society — appointing Pierre-Gilles as its honorary chairman. The members of this club, which included the other musketeers, numerous physicists from Saclay, etc., were obliged to mention the other members in all their lectures, even if they hadn't contributed to the results!
Word: behaviorism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Old French avoirbor. Middle English havour Middle English behavoure English behavior Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English behaviorism From behavior + -ism. 1. An approach focusing on observable behavior which, generally assuming that behavior is determined by the environment and denying any independent significance for mind, largely ignores any pathophysiological processes which may, or may not, underlie subjective, behavioral phenomena. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Behaviorism is considered by most philosophers of medicine, to be an expression of the weaker, minimalist interpretation of the 'medical model' of clinical psychology because it focuses the study and classification of mental disorders upon a phenomenological, rather than a pathophysiological, approach to the subject. 2. The theory that a mental state is identical to the disposition or tendency to behave in accordance with the physical causes; statements about the mind are reducible to statements of physical behavior. Labels: US, uncountable Example: Supporters of behaviorism claim that to be "in pain" is nothing more than the tendency to wince, yelp, scream "ouch!" and so on; the subjective experience of pain does not exist. Example: Behaviorism rejects the idea that the mind is a spiritual thing, and rejects it principally because there can never be the public human experience of spirits upon which alone the idea and knowledge of such things could be founded.