nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: paper ballot Part of Speech: noun 1. A ballot printed on paper, where the voter places a form of acknowledgment next to the candidate of their choice.
Word: voting machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any machine used in place of a paper ballot. In the model used in the US the voters mark their choice by switching levers and then pulling the master switch to reset the machine and place their vote.
Word: Bushmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Bushman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brake assembly Part of Speech: noun 1. The collective replacement parts used to repair an automobile's worn down brakes.
Word: preheat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English heat English preheat From pre- + heat. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈhiːt/ 1. To heat beforehand or in advance, to heat something in preparation for further action. Labels: transitive Example: to preheat the oven for the casserole Example: to preheat the spare room for the guests
Word: preheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English heat English preheat From pre- + heat. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈhiːt/ 1. The act of heating before another process. Labels: uncountable Example: The ratio of preheat to postheat is often important and can produce significant differences in speed and economy of coating and in the end result. The authors show the relationship between these variables for a vinyl coating powder on objects of varying mass.
Word: reheat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English heat English reheat From re- + heat. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈhiːt/, /ɹɪˈhiːt/, /ɹəˈhiːt/ 1. An afterburner. Labels: UK 2. The act of heating something again. Labels: informal Example: I gave the potatoes a reheat.
Word: reheat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English heat English reheat From re- + heat. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈhiːt/, /ɹɪˈhiːt/, /ɹəˈhiːt/ 1. To heat something after it has cooled off, especially previously cooked food (also in figurative senses). Labels: transitive Example: I’m reheating some leftovers for dinner. Example: […] the street of the Latin and Italian Poets, smelt only like the broth of reheated Coleworts. 2. To become hot again after having cooled off (also in figurative senses). Labels: intransitive Example: He put the soup on the stove to reheat. Example: 2011 Helen Hollick, I am the Chosen King [UK title: Harold the King], Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Part 3, Chapter 7, p. 416, Dissension was reheating in southern Wales, but at least Wales could be quashed.
Word: taper off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From taper and off. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪpə ɒf/, /ˈteɪpɚ ɔf/ 1. To diminish or lessen gradually; to become or make smaller, slower, quieter, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: Months after they printed the article, the number of angry letters finally started to taper off. Example: The traffic tapers off towards mid-May, but it continues in some measure throughout the off-peak months. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see taper, off. Example: The glass tapers off at the top.
Word: gimmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gimmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Darug Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdʌɹʊɡ/ 1. Alternative form of Dharuk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Dharug Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdʌɹʊɡ/ 1. Alternative form of Dharuk. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: empty vessels make the most sound Part of Speech: proverb 1. Talkative, opinionated people are often ignorant.
Word: xeroradiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xero- + radiography. 1. A method of X-ray photography which uses an electrically charged metal plate instead of film. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ultrafiltration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felląder. Proto-West Germanic *feltbor. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin filtrumlbor. French filtre Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Old French -ier Middle French -er French -er French filtrer Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ation Middle French -ation French -ation French filtrationbor. English filtration English ultrafiltration From ultra- + filtration. 1. Filtration through a semipermeable membrane that only allows small molecules through. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated. Proton NMR was used to characterize aquafaba composition before and after ultrafiltration through membranes with different molecular weight cut offs (MWCOs of 3, 10, or 50 kDa).
Word: universal joint Part of Speech: noun 1. A coupling that allows different parts of a machine not in line with each other some freedom of movement at the same time as transmitting rotary motion. Typical applications include driveshafts and socket wrenches. Example: The drive from each hydraulic transmission to the axle-mounted gearboxes on the outer axles of each bogie is through cardan shafts fitted with needle-bearing universal joints.
Word: gypsy's kiss Part of Speech: noun 1. piss Labels: Cockney, slang, vulgar
Word: berks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of berk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reaving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reave Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reaving Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of pillage or plunder. Example: It was then as much the scene of continual spreaths, liftings, reavings, and herriments, as the Border country itself.
Word: reaves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reaved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reft Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɛft/ 1. simple past and past participle of reave Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reft Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛft/ 1. A chink; a rift. Example: If thou mayest finde any shore, Or hole , or reft , what ever it were Example: At one time the summit was beautifully bathed in golden light, whilst the middle part was quite blue, and the snow of its peculiar blue-green colour in the refts. Some of the glaciers are very distinct to us, and with the telescope I can see the refts and corrugations of the different parts, and the edges from which avalanches have fallen […]
Word: reive Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of reave. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: [The earl] commands all within his charge to abstain from reiving or stealing from the subjects of Scotland. For such riefs as have been made upon them, the Queen minds to have the same mended by justice. Example: Spine-chilling tales of reiving raids are a legendary legacy of these violent times, when careless murder, theft and pillage were everyday professions.
Word: reives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reive Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reiving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reiving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of reaving. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reived Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reive Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: impulse buy Part of Speech: noun 1. Something purchased spontaneously, without planning or thought.
Word: border reiver Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the predatory clans of the border region between England and Scotland. Labels: historical
Word: psychopolitics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- English politics English psychopolitics From psycho- + politics. 1. The interaction between human psychology and politics. Labels: uncountable Example: As O'Meara has shown, the NP would become viewed through the prism of ideology and cod psycho-politics. Example: Psychopolitics is a condition shaped by the human relations school of management, in which social relations take precendence over customers and clients and where process becomes king at the expense of productivity.
Word: sugar shack Part of Speech: noun 1. A building where sap from a sugarbush is boiled down to make maple syrup. 2. Such a facility that receives visitors for traditional meals and entertainment during the period when maple sap is being collected.
Word: koinomatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “common”) + matter. 1. Normal matter, as opposed to antimatter. Labels: uncountable
Word: panellist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English panel 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 panellist From panel + -ist. 1. A person who appears on a panel, either as a member of a committee or jury, or as part of a panel game. Labels: Canada, UK Example: The panel will meet four times a year and provide consultation on business policy, and panellists will be paid.
Word: SEAL Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of Navy SEAL (“member of the Sea, Air, Land unit”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Enough people connected to the SEALs and the bin Laden mission have confirmed for me that the Shooter was the "number two" behind the raid's point man going up the stairs to bin Laden's third-floor residence […] The point man is the only one besides the Shooter who could verify the kill shots firsthand, and he did just that to another SEAL I spoke with.
Word: elephant seal Part of Speech: noun 1. Any large marine mammal of the genus Mirounga, the largest of the pinnipeds.
Word: fur seal Part of Speech: noun 1. Any pinniped of the genera Arctocephalus and Callorhinus, differing from the sea lions in having dense underfur. Example: Near-synonym: sea puppy (a seal; informal, humorous)
Word: great seal Part of Speech: noun 1. The main seal of a nation or state that symbolizes its authority, and with which official documents are stamped. Example: Charles formally made the changes, which were announced a week ago, by issuing a letters patent under the great seal of the realm, which the crown office published in the Gazette, the UK’s official public record.
Word: monk seal Part of Speech: noun 1. A seal of the genus Monachus.
Word: ringed seal Part of Speech: noun 1. Pusa hispida, an earless seal inhabiting Arctic and subarctic coasts.
Word: seal point Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the color seal brown and the animal marking sense of point. 1. A dark brown area of fur on the ears, face, legs, and tail of a Siamese cat. 2. An animal that has such a marking.
Word: broad seal Part of Speech: noun 1. The public seal of a nation, especially the British Great Seal of the Realm; supreme authority. Example: Faith, if we were disposed, we might sin as safe as if we had the broad seal to warrant it; but that night's work will stick by me this forty weeks.
Word: Great Seal Part of Speech: name 1. The official public seal of any of several nations.
Word: privy seal Part of Speech: noun 1. The personal seal of an English or Scottish monarch. 2. A document to which such a seal is attached; specifically, a warrant demanding a loan. Example: Vergil would have seen the queues himself, people summoned by privy seal or letter, or waiting to pay installments of their fines […] 3. The position of Keeper of the Privy Seal.
Word: sealbore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seal + bore. 1. The polished bore of an oil well that accepts a seal assembly as part of a production packer.
Word: Solomon's seal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From genitive form of Solomon (king of ancient Israel) + seal, translating Medieval Latin sigillum Solomōnis. 1. Any flowering plant of the genus Polygonatum, especially Polygonatuym multiflorum. Example: Then, when the anemones went, came a few stray periwinkles and Solomon's Seal, and all the bird-cherries blossomed in a burst. 2. A mystic symbol in the form of a hexagram (or, less often, an octagram).
Word: unseal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English un- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal English unseal From un- + seal. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsiːl/ 1. To break the seal of (something) in order to open it. Labels: transitive Example: And a new time capsule was created by high schools students from the society’s internship program. They selected items to be unsealed in 2114, including tickets to a Lady Gaga concert. 2. To open by having a seal broken. Labels: intransitive Example: But it's just the equalising of pressure as the vault door unseals.
Word: enseal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enselen, inselen, inseilen, from Old English inseġlian (“to place a seal on”), from Proto-West Germanic *insigilōn (compare Old High German insigilōn, insigilen, Old Norse innsigla (“to seal”)), from Latin insigilāre; merged with and reinforced by Old French enseeler, from the same Latin source. Equivalent to en- + seal. 1. To mark with, or as if with, a seal (stamp) Labels: obsolete Example: So he wrote letters, ensealed with his ring, to his first daughter, that said that she loved him more than herself[…] 2. To ratify. Labels: obsolete 3. To enclose with a seal, i.e. to prevent leakage.
Word: heat-seal Part of Speech: verb 1. To enclose (something) in plastic wrapping and make an airtight seal by applying heat to fuse the edges of the wrapping together. Labels: transitive
Word: reseal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal English reseal From re- + seal. 1. To seal (something) again (in any sense of "apply a seal to"). Labels: transitive Example: My CIA file included two first class letters written by me on Liberation News Service stationery and addressed to Moscow. […] I cannot tell from the xerox copies sent to me if the letters were opened at the CIA and the re-sealed and sent out, or if the CIA merely stole them from the mail. Neither letter ever received a response, as far as I can recall.
Word: sealable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sealable From seal + -able. 1. That may be sealed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sealed bid Part of Speech: noun 1. A cost estimate, or a proposal to buy something, the value of which is kept secret from competitors until all such bids have been made.
Word: sealed source Part of Speech: noun 1. A measured amount of radioisotope sealed within a protective container.
Word: underseal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal English underseal From under- + seal. 1. A thick, resilient coating applied to the underbody or chassis of an automobile to protect against damage from small stones, etc, which would rapidly chip ordinary paint and allowing rusting to begin.
Word: underseal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- Proto-Indo-European *sek- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Italic *seknom Latin signum Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lum Latin sigillum Anglo-Norman seelbor. Middle English sel English seal English underseal From under- + seal. 1. To coat (the underbody or chassis of a vehicle) with underseal. Labels: transitive
Word: begynnynge Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of beginning. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In the begynnynge was that woꝛde / ãd that woꝛde was with god : and god was thatt woꝛde.
Word: unpossible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unpossible, equivalent to un- (“not”) + possible. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈpɒsɪbəl/ 1. Impossible. Labels: archaic, humorous, nonstandard, sometimes Example: And this is the .vj. moneth to her / which was called barren / foꝛ with god ſhall nothinge be vnpoſſible. Example: But the young man Hippomedon making her priuie vnto it, at the firſt ſhe was amaſed withall, and bad him hold his peace if he were wiſe, and not medle in matters vnpoſſible and vnprofitable.
Word: acquired immune deficiency syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: HIV virus Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of HIV (“human immunodeficiency virus”).
Word: human immunodeficiency virus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name was first proposed by a subcommittee of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses on 1 May 1986 in the Nature journal (as human immunodeficiency virus, along with its initialism HIV), in an effort to establish an internationally acceptable name to replace “the multiplicity of names currently in use”. However, the term is first attested on 11 April 1986 in the Capital Gay newspaper (as human immune deficiency virus). 1. Either of the two species of retroviruses that infect cells in the human immune system and can potentially lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Word: immunodeficiency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English deficiency English immunodeficiency From immuno- + deficiency. Pronunciation: /ɪˌmjuːnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənsi/ 1. A depletion in the body's natural immune system, or in some component of it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: upsilon meson Part of Speech: noun 1. The upsilon particle
Word: upsilon particle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of bound states of a heavy quark and its antiquark, especially that formed from a bottom quark and an anti-bottom quark. Labels: particle
Word: uraninite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English uran- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English uraninite From uran- + -ine + -ite. Pronunciation: /jʊˈɹeɪnɪnaɪt/ 1. Any of several brownish-black forms of uranium dioxide, UO₂, (especially pitchblende) that is the chief ore of uranium; it is isomorphous with thorianite.
Word: isomorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morph Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English -morphous English isomorphous From iso- + -morphous. 1. Of, relating to, or exhibiting isomorphism. Example: As can be expected, the westernmost varieties of North Saami resemble Lule Saami—likewise increasingly affected by Scandinavian—whereas many vernaculars in Finland are largely isomorphous with Aanaar Saami, the most Finnicized of the Saami languages.
Word: condensation product Part of Speech: noun 1. The product of a condensation reaction. Labels: physical
Word: uropygial gland Part of Speech: noun 1. A secretory organ, at the base of a bird's tail, that secretes the oil used in preening.
Word: secretory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːt(ə)ɹiː/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or used in secretion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: secretory Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiːt(ə)ɹiː/ 1. That which secretes. Example: As has been very justly remarked, we cannot properly regard these cells as secretories.
Word: uropygial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uropygium. Pronunciation: /jʊəɹə(ʊ)ˈpɪd͡ʒɪəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the uropygium; on the rump. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] [Aderyn the Bird Queen], on whose face a kind of agitated oil or sweat was spreading thinly, an uropygial secretion.
Word: uropygium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mediaeval Latin, from Ancient Greek οὐροπύγιον (ouropúgion, “tail feathers”). Pronunciation: /jʊəɹəˈpɪd͡ʒɪəm/ 1. The posterior part of a bird's body from which the tailfeathers grow.
Word: dead men Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dead, men. Labels: plural, plural-normally 2. The ends of reefs left flapping instead of being tucked out of sight when a sail has been furled. Labels: plural, plural-normally 3. The gills of edible crabs. Labels: US, informal, plural, plural-normally Example: Remove eyes, dead men (gills), and sand sack if necessary. Example: “I call these the lungs,” says Colleton, pointing to the gills with the dripping, short-handled knife. “The old people call them ‘dead men.’”
Word: dead water Part of Speech: noun 1. The eddying water under a slow-moving ship's counter, or a similar area of stationary fluid or gas in advance of a concave angle, which can occur when there is strong vertical density stratification (due to salinity or temperature or both), and can cause ships to become hard to control. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A "deadwater," that is a region occupied by stationary fluid or by gas at suitable pressure, ahead of a concave angle was shown to be possible by Villat. 2. A region in a body of moving water (or similar body of fluid in motion) where the water (fluid) is relatively stationary, or stagnant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of our party went down the deadwater for a short distance in it and came back with three black ducks and one golden eye. Example: The deadwater region is viewed to be in backmix flow and to be interchanging fluid slowly with the active backmix flow region.
Word: garden gnome Part of Speech: noun 1. A small statue of a gnome used as a garden ornament.
Word: strong personality Part of Speech: noun 1. The qualities of self-confidence and assertiveness in a person. Example: She is a successful leader because of her strong personality.
Word: Butt Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, from Middle English butte (“target, goal”), from French but (“target, aim”). * Also as an English surname, from butte (“isolated hill”). * Also as an English surname, from butt (sense 3) (“cask, bottle”). * Also as an English surname, from a nickname related to butt (sense 1) (“thick end”). * As an English and German surname, from butt (sense 4) (“type of flounder”). * As a Kashmiri surname, spelling variant of Bhatt. 1. A surname. 2. A surname. 3. A surname.
Word: stuff one's face Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat excessively. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: sendoff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from send off. 1. A demonstration of affection and well-wishing to someone leaving a place or group to begin a new undertaking; a farewell. 2. A party for an colleague who is leaving; a farewell party. Example: We had a sendoff for our departing colleague as he left for a new job. 3. A memorial service or funeral. 4. Alternative form of send-off (“type of sports penalty”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lexical semantics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of how the words of a language denote either things in the real world or concepts. Labels: uncountable
Word: servomotor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French servo-moteur, from Latin servus (“slave”) + motor (“mover”). 1. An electric motor in a servomechanism, especially one which incorporates feedback so it accurately positions the device.
Word: sewerage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sewer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English sewerage From sewer + -age. Pronunciation: /ˈsuː.ɹɪd͡ʒ/, /ˈsuːə.ɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A network of sewer pipes that geographically transfers wastewater; a sewer system. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Sewage. Labels: countable, nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: Mr. Lovick made a similar experiment, to determine accurately the amount of sewerage from 1,200 average sized houses in London, where there was an intermittent supply of water from the different water companies. Example: They put off paedophiles by spraying the child with eight litres of pressurized sewerage.
Word: skin effect Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency of an alternating current to distribute itself in a conductor such that the current density is greater near the surface than near the core.
Word: shakily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English shaky Middle English -ly English -ly English shakily From shaky + -ly. 1. In a shaky manner. Example: “Bloody hell,” she moaned. “Bloody hell, bloody hell.” Though her hands were trembling, she managed to reload the crossbow just as Sue had told her; then she began to shakily run towards where she thought the sound had come from.
Word: ampacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ampere + capacity. Pronunciation: /æmˈpæsɪti/ 1. The root mean square of the electrical current which a device (usually a wire) can carry within a specific environment (including temperature rating, power loss, heat dissipation, etc.) It is measured in amperes (amps) and is most often used to rate electrical wires and cables. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sharp-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having acute vision; having good eyesight. 2. Attentive, given to noticing things, aware. Example: The sharp-eyed detective noticed things the ordinary patrolman missed. Example: Only one mis-step! What is it? “Why, I only gave way to a little ill-temper,” but see the result! The children observed it. Children are sharp-eyed. They are close watchers. They are quick to mark the mis-step, and they have tenacious memories.
Word: passen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English passen, from Old French passer; equivalent to pass + -en. 1. plural simple present of pass Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: In forreine landes, and all which passen by, Beholding it from far, do thinke it threates the skye. Example: They in pleasing passen all.
Word: shot-putter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shot put + -er. 1. An athlete who competes in the shot put.
Word: valence band Part of Speech: noun 1. The highest range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor that can be populated; it corresponds to the valence electrons of the constituent atoms
Word: shrilly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English shrill Middle English -ly English -ly English shrilly From shrill + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɪli/ 1. In a shrill manner. Example: [T]he thwarted Hawk circled above, calling shrilly. Example: Anyone who denounces violent self-defense against the Jew is a coward. He may know the crimes of the Jew, but subconsciously he knows that ACTUALLY taking action would mean sacrificing the bread and circus. It might mean that he won’t live comfortably anymore. This is one of the reasons cowards so shrilly screech that Brenton Tarrant and Robert Bowers were Mossad false flag operations.
Word: shrilly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English shrill Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English shrilly From shrill + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɹɪli/ 1. Somewhat shrill. Example: The night—its silence—its rest, was rent in twain by a savage, a sharp, a shrilly sound that ran from end to end of Thornfield Hall. Example: Yet there they sat, as stones, silent and still. / Sudden a voice, a feeble shrilly voice, / Rose from the inner tent […]
Word: conduction band Part of Speech: noun 1. The range of electron energies in an insulator or semiconductor in which electrons can move freely and transport charge. Example: In a semiconductor material like silicon, something very interesting happens because the current is not only carried by electrons in the conduction band.
Word: shrillness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shrill Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English shrillness From shrill + -ness. 1. The property of being shrill. Labels: uncountable Example: The shrillness of her voice made people's ears hurt. 2. The result or product of being shrill. Labels: countable
Word: bandgap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From band + gap. 1. The energy difference between two allowed ranges of electron energy in a solid; especially the difference between the energies of the valence band and the conduction band. Example: The problem has been the lack of what is known as a bandgap. Semiconductors have bands of higher and lower energies and a point – the bandgap – at which excited electrons can hop from one to the other. This effectively allows switching on and off of the flow of current, so it is either conducting or not conducting, creating the binary system of zeroes and ones used in digital computers. […] Now, Walter de Heer at Georgia Tech in Atlanta and his colleagues have created graphene with a bandgap and even demonstrated a working transistor, an on/off switch that either prevents or allows current to flow through it. 2. A gap in a frequency range in which waves cannot propagate. Example: The propagation of an acoustic wave inside a phononic crystal is forbidden in the bandgap frequency range due to Bragg scattering.
Word: valve train Part of Speech: noun 1. The mechanical system that operates the valves in an internal combustion engine.
Word: variable star Part of Speech: noun 1. Any star whose brightness varies.
Word: vegetable ivory Part of Speech: noun 1. The nutlike seed of the South American tagua palm, used to make small items such as buttons. Labels: uncountable
Word: tagua palm Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical South American palm, Phytelephas macrocarpa, whose seed is used as a substitute for ivory.
Word: tagua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tagua. 1. The fruit of the tagua palm. When dried, it can be carved like ivory, and is used for beads, buttons, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tagua nut Part of Speech: noun 1. The fruit of the tagua palm.
Word: Venus' flytrap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Venus flytrap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vesuvianite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Vesuvian Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English vesuvianite From Vesuvian + -ite. 1. A yellow, green or brown mineral, a mixed calcium, magnesium and aluminium silicate sometimes used as a gemstone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Rowena Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the name of the daughter of Hengist and wife of Vortigern in Geoffrey of Monmouth's 12th century pseudohistorical Latin work Historia regum Britanniae. There have been attempts to connect it to some unattested Old English or Common Brittonic name, but without any real evidence. It was revived after Walter Scott used it in his novel Ivanhoe (1819). Some places are named after Lady Rowena in the novel. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages. 2. A number of places in the United States: 3. A number of places in the United States: 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A community in New Brunswick, Canada. 10. A town in Walgett Shire, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: BSEE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BSEE Part of Speech: name 1. Bureau of Safety and Environment Enforcement
Word: vibrotaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vibro- + taction. 1. The dynamic response of tactile nerve endings in the skin to vibration. Labels: uncountable
Word: virial theorem Part of Speech: name 1. A theorem in mechanics showing the relationship between the kinetic energy of a system to the virial of Clausius.
Word: insourcing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of in + outsourcing. 1. The obtaining of goods or services using existing in-house resources or employees. Labels: uncountable 2. The obtaining of goods or services using domestic resources or employees as opposed to foreign. Labels: uncountable
Word: insourcing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of in + outsourcing. 1. present participle and gerund of insource Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: poptastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pop Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαντάζω (phantázō) Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek φανταστικός (phantastikós)bor. Late Latin phantasticusbor. Middle French fantastiquebor. English fantastic English -tastic English poptastic From pop + -tastic. 1. Excellent; very good; especially of pop music. Labels: informal
Word: snow drift Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of snowdrift. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The 9.17 a.m. diesel train from Fraserburgh to Aberdeen, Scottish Region, was blocked by a snow drift just north of Newmachar Station on January 19. The 57 passengers were stranded for 15 hours. […] A steam relief train, which because of 10-ft. snow drifts could only approach to a quarter of a mile, took passengers off the diesel train at 4 a.m., and, preceded by an engine with snowplough, arrived at Aberdeen at 6.30 a.m.
Word: appam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil அப்பம் (appam). Doublet of hopper. Pronunciation: /əˈpɑm/ 1. A thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut
Word: après-skiing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From après-ski + -ing. 1. après-ski activities Labels: uncountable
Word: après-ski Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French après-ski. 1. Entertainment, nightlife or social events that take place at a ski resort, after the skiing. Labels: uncountable
Word: après-ski Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French après-ski. 1. Of or relating to such events. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gama grass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably alteration of grama. 1. A tall coarse American grass of species Tripsacum dactyloides, valuable for forage. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Senga Part of Speech: name Etymology: The name was relatively common in West Central Scotland until the 1980s, and is sometimes said to derive from Agnes. 1. A female given name originating as a coinage, of mainly Scottish usage.
Word: Senga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name was relatively common in West Central Scotland until the 1980s, and is sometimes said to derive from Agnes. 1. A female ned. Labels: Scotland, derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: Senga Part of Speech: noun 1. An ethnic tribe of Zambia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: regicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From regicide + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to regicide.
Word: Teddy boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Teddy (“Edward”), from their style of clothing, reminiscent of the Edwardian era. 1. A member of a male youth culture which originated in London in the early 1950s, later associated with American rock and roll music. Labels: historical Example: Mitch (Precious Pearl) is a smooth, impassive young man utterly dripping with the ambivalent sensuality of a teddy-boy in tap shoes.
Word: Ba'al Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Baʿal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gradualist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gradual 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 gradualist From gradual + -ist. 1. One who believes in gradualism. Example: Word has it that the DfT and Treasury are considering gradualist tinkering.
Word: gradualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gradual 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 gradualism From gradual + -ism. 1. The belief that evolution proceeds at a steady pace, without the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The belief that some phenomenon occurs gradually over a long period of time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Given enough time, the logic goes, water can cleave solid rock and mountains can be reduced to plains. This "gradualism" now underpins modern geologic thought. ... Maybe we'll find evidence that the rock layers are exposed on the flanks of Mount Sharp [on Mars] not because a river carved through them over millions of years, but because the wind blew against them for billions of years – the ultimate in gradualism. 3. The belief that change ought to be brought about in small, discrete increments rather than in abrupt strokes such as revolutions or uprisings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: punctuationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English punctuation 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 punctuationism From punctuation + -ism. 1. In evolutionary biology, belief that evolution does not proceed at a steady pace, but instead is characterized by periods of stasis, punctuated by brief (within several hundred-thousand years) periods of rapid change. Labels: uncountable Example: Gould has misled himself by his own rhetorical emphasis on the purely poetic or literary resemblance between punctuationism, on the one hand, and true saltationism on the other.
Word: punctuationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English punctuation 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 punctuationist From punctuation + -ist. 1. In evolutionary biology, one who believes in punctuationism. Example: Since most of the life of a species, on the punctuationist view, is spent in unchanging stasis, and since a species has a discrete beginning and end, it follows that, to a punctuationist, a species can be said to have a definite, measurable ‘life span’.
Word: saltationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English saltation 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 saltationist From saltation + -ist. 1. In evolutionary biology, one who believes in saltationism.
Word: saltationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English saltation 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 saltationism From saltation + -ism. 1. The belief that evolution operates by the sudden development of new species or biological features from one generation to the next. Labels: uncountable Example: Gould has misled himself by his own rhetorical emphasis on the purely poetic or literary resemblance between punctuationism, on the one hand, and true saltationism on the other.
Word: evolutionary biology Part of Speech: noun 1. A subfield of biology concerned with the origin and descent of species and as their evolution, multiplication and diversity over time. Labels: uncountable
Word: comestible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“to eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”). Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from Middle French, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century. Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish comida. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛstəbl̩/, /kəˈmɛstɪbl̩/ 1. Suitable to be eaten; edible. Example: Some herbes are most comestible. Example: What with freeze-dried chives costing $96 a pound, and those snipped fresh for the omelette from the potted garden on the kitchen ledge almost free, the bountiful begonia has given way in many apartments to more comestible greenery.
Word: comestible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French comestible, or its source, Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“to eat”), from com- (English com-) + edō (“I eat”) (as in English edible), from Proto-Indo-European (whence also English eat). Cognate with Spanish comestible (“grocery”). Attested as adjective in late 15th century, from Middle French, but fell from use in the 17th century, thence reintroduced from Modern French in 19th century. Corresponding terms in various Romance languages, more distant cognates include Portuguese and Spanish comida. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛstəbl̩/, /kəˈmɛstɪbl̩/ 1. Anything that can be eaten; food. Labels: in-plural Example: Comestibles of all sorts came to view, and a smell of cooking spread itself among the trees. Example: Both serve up, with no fanfare, country comestibles.
Word: chromium dioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A black, semiconducting material, CrO₂, having strong magnetic properties; used in recording tapes. Labels: uncountable
Word: defusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From defuse + -ion, apparently by analogy with fusion etc. Pronunciation: /diːˈfjuːʒən/ 1. The act of defusing. Labels: proscribed, uncountable Example: It seemed to us to express the right mixture of urgent concern and bracing responsibility that the middle 1970s require. But as the whole book shows, the megalopolitan time bomb is ticking uncomfortably fast. There is little margin for anyone to take a leisurely defusion course. Example: The loss of the collections was immediately reported to General Petrov and he detailed a special team of engineers and mine defusion experts to aid the men of the 164th battalion in their search.
Word: defusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English fusion English defusion From de- + fusion. Pronunciation: /diːˈfjuːʒən/ 1. The separation of an emotion or behavior-provoking verbal stimulus from the unwanted emotional or behavioral response as part of a therapeutic process. A neologism meant to indicate the reversal of thought-emotion-action fusion. Labels: countable, neologism, uncountable Example: […] acceptance involves deliteralization: the defusion of the derived relations and functions of events from the direct functions of these events.
Word: defusion Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːˈfjuːʒən/ 1. Misspelling of diffusion. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: The duration of the heat radiation from the bomb is so short, just a few thousandths of a second, that there is no time for the energy falling on a surface to be dissipated by thermal defusion; the flash burn is typically a surface effect.
Word: Krista Part of Speech: name Etymology: A spelling variant of Christa, a modern short form of Christina, partly borrowed from German Christa. 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
Word: comestibles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comestible Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fors Part of Speech: noun 1. Only used in fors and againsts Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: mazement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English maze Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English mazement From maze + -ment. 1. A trancelike state; amazement. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Plesse us awle, why does that sentilman make such unders and mazements at her, I know her not.
Word: illuster Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of illustre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: illustre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French illustre (French illustre), from Latin illūstris (“bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous; clear, lucid; illustrious, distinguished, famous”), from illūstrō (“to illustrate”). 1. Synonym of illustrious. Labels: obsolete