nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: wash over Part of Speech: verb 1. To pass (one) unnoticed so that one is unaffected by it. Labels: transitive Example: The news of the actor's death just washed over me, as I had never particularly cared for him. 2. To affect the emotions of (a person) suddenly and overwhelmingly. Labels: transitive Example: Embarrassment washed over me as I realized I had forgotten the notes for my presentation. 3. To surge over the banks, or other retaining structure. Labels: transitive Example: The river washed over the embankment at several places.
Word: timbrelist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English timbrel 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 timbrelist From timbrel + -ist. 1. A person who plays the timbrel
Word: stretch out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stretch + out. 1. To lie fully extended. Labels: intransitive Example: My cat likes stretching out in front of the fire. 2. To extend (something) fully, in space, time or use. Labels: transitive Example: You have to stretch your presentation out another two minutes. Example: Please don't stretch out your sweater by pulling it on and off carelessly.
Word: Salvation Army Part of Speech: name 1. A Protestant Christian church and an international charitable organisation structured in a quasi-military fashion, originally founded to help the poor of London.
Word: Jacobean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree New Latin Iacobaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Jacobean From New Latin Iacobaeus + English -an. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒæk.əˈbi.ən/ 1. Relating to a Jacob or James. 2. Relating to or characteristic of the reign of James VI and I (of Scotland and England, 1567–1625). Labels: historical Example: On one level, Irréversible is a companion piece to "bad girl" road movie Baise-Moi, which also featured a brutal rape sequence and the kind of stomach-churning violence that makes Jacobean Revenge drama seem understated.
Word: Jacobean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree New Latin Iacobaeus Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Jacobean From New Latin Iacobaeus + English -an. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒæk.əˈbi.ən/ 1. A partisan of James I and of the House of Stuart.
Word: pocket trumpet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to its small size. 1. A compact B-flat major trumpet, with the same range as a standard B-flat major trumpet.
Word: come in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English com in, imperative form of Middle English incomen (“to come in; enter”), from Old English incuman (“to come in; enter”), from Proto-Germanic *inkwemaną (“to come in; enter”), equivalent to come + in. Compare Dutch kom in (“come in”), singular imperative form of inkomen (“to come in; enter”), German einkommen (“to come in; enter”). See also income, incoming. Pronunciation: /ˌkʌm ˈɪn/, [ˌkʰɐm ˈɪn], [ˌkʰʌm ˈɪn] 1. To enter. Example: Please come in and look around. Example: Come in, it's cold outside. 2. To arrive. Example: That flight just came in. 3. To become relevant, applicable, or useful. Example: The third stage of the plan is where Team B comes in. Example: 1889, Thomas Huxley, in Popular Science Monthly; part of the "Agnosticism controversy", Agnosticism: A Rejoinder As I have shown, "infidel" merely means somebody who does not believe what you believe yourself, and therefore Dr. Wace has a perfect right to call, say, my old Egyptian donkey-driver, Nooleh, and myself, infidels, just as Nooleh and I have a right to call him an infidel. The ludicrous aspect of the thing comes in only when either of us demands that the two others should so label themselves. 4. To become available. Example: Blueberries will be coming in next month. 5. To have a strong enough signal to be able to be received well. Example: Most of the neighbors get 14 channels, but only two of them come in well here. 6. To join or enter; to begin playing with a group. Example: They started together, but the drummer came in late. 7. To enter a plan or group; to join in. Labels: informal Example: Near-synonym: come across 8. To surrender; to turn oneself in. Example: Near-synonym: come across Example: to come in from the cold 9. To yield or surrender. Labels: intransitive 10. To begin transmitting. Labels: imperative, often Example: This is Charlie 456 to base. Come in, base. Do you read me? 11. To function in the indicated manner. Example: Four-wheel drive sure came in handy while the bridge was washed out. 12. To finish a race or similar competition in a particular position, such as first place, second place, or the like. Example: The horse I had bet on came in fourth in the second race. 13. To finish a race or similar competition in first place. Example: My horse came in in the first race. 14. To rise. Example: The tide will come in in an hour. 15. To become fashionable. Example: Orange blouses are coming in! Example: During the summer of 1984 there had been a backlash against labels in Portsmouth and a more simple style came in. 16. To fully develop. Example: “Everyone says that you should wait, because your body doesn’t fully come in until you’re like 30, and I’m 20 years old, and why am I going to wait until I’m 30 to be snatched?” Catera Northup, an exotic dancer from Rhode Island, said. 17. To report to a workplace for a shift. Labels: intransitive 18. To be correctly placed in preparation for printing. Labels: obsolete
Word: pull-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pull-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pull-ups Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pull-up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misères Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misère Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miniscules Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of minuscules. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: monitrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monitrice Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of monitrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mottes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of motte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: normalisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of normalisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stretch limo Part of Speech: noun 1. stretch limousine Labels: informal Example: No flashy dressers, skimpily dressed starlets, or celebrities stepping out of stretch limos. Instead, on a warm Friday evening in June 2009, one hundred protestors sang prayers, chanted slogans, and carried signs […]
Word: optimisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of optimisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: billiard table Part of Speech: noun 1. A heavy felt-covered table fitted with six pockets along the perimeter used in the games of pool, billiards or snooker.
Word: outrances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outrance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ouvertures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ouverture Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: panades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of panade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantoufles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantoufle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 1-2-3 block Part of Speech: noun 1. A tool used in machining fields, especially milling, to aid in setup. It is a block of steel that is precisely squared and parallel whose sides are 1, 2, and 3 inches long, respectively. May contain arranged holes. Similar, larger blocks are called 2-4-6 blocks.
Word: 2-4-6 block Part of Speech: noun 1. A tool used in machining fields, especially milling, to aid in setup. It is a block of steel that is precisely squared and parallel whose sides are 2, 4, and 6 inches long, respectively. 2-4-6 blocks are a larger version of the more common 1-2-3 block.
Word: pattes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perruques Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perruque Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phobies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phoby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phonologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phonology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pin-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pin-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pointes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pointe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pom-pom girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pom-pom girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pornographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pornography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prunelles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prunelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pulsions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pulsion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wire fraud Part of Speech: noun 1. A felony of a particular class subject to a separate and additional federal penalty for any crime of fraud involving the use of technological communications methods such as wire, radio, or television. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The mail fraud statute and its counterpart, the wire fraud statute, historically have been powerful instruments for prosecutors.
Word: pyramides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyramide Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of pyramis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quinzaines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quinzaine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bolle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Bolle. 1. A surname from German.
Word: mail fraud Part of Speech: noun 1. A class of felonies, providing for a separate and additional federal penalty for any criminal offense whose perpetration involved the use of the postal system of the United States of America. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: The mail fraud statute and its counterpart, the wire fraud statute, historically have been powerful instruments for prosecutors.
Word: rades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ratatouilles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ratatouille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ratatouilles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ratatouille Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rectitudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rectitude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: restructurations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of restructuration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ribaudequins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbəʊdɪkɪnz/ 1. plural of ribaudequin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: richesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of richesse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ruche Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ruche Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: like a million dollars Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. extremely good or well Labels: colloquial Example: After that vacation I feel like a million dollars
Word: like a million bucks Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Extremely good or well. Labels: colloquial Example: After that vacation I feel like a million bucks.
Word: petrographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin petrader. English petro- English -grapher English petrographer From petro- + -grapher. 1. A person practicing petrography.
Word: petrographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petrographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gossipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gossip Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gossipping Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gossiping. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gossipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gossip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: yakity-yak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yackety-yak. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yakity-yak Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of yackety-yak. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yakety-yak Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yackety-yak. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: yakety-yak Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of yackety-yak. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lymphocytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lympho- Ancient Greek κῠ́τος (kŭ́tos)der. Latin cytader. English -cyte English lymphocyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English lymphocytic From lymphocyte + -ic. 1. Of, or pertaining to lymphocytes.
Word: inquiline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inquilīnus (“tenant, lodger”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkwɪlaɪn/ 1. An animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, gall, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. Example: The other study[…]involved the larvae of the caterpillar Maculinea rebeli, an inquiline of Myrmica schenki. Example: Queens of socially parasitic inquiline ants reproduce by laying eggs in the colonies of other species. 2. An organism that lives within a reservoir of water collected in the hollow of a plant stem or leaf. Example: Captured prey also constitute the resource base for a community of inquiline bacteria, protozoa, and invertebrates that inhabit the water-filled pitchers. For at least two of these inquilines (the pitcher-plant mosquito Wyeomyia smithii Coquillet and the pitcher-plant midge Metriocnemus knabi Coquillet) the availability of captured prey limits individual growth, and ultimately population growth[…] Example: The insect and other animal inhabitants of the pitchers, known collectively as the inquilines, may benefit the plants by breaking down prey and making nutrients available for plant absorption.
Word: per nocte Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Latin. 1. At night.
Word: grande wormwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French grande (“grand, great”) + wormwood. 1. The herb wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), which is used in the production of absinthe and vermouth, and as a tonic. Labels: uncountable
Word: speechful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English specheful, spekeful, equivalent to speech + -ful. 1. voluble; loquacious Example: He was never speechful, and grew more word-shy with years. Example: O they were speechful faces, gazing insistent […]
Word: speechful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speech + -ful. 1. The entire contents of a speech. Example: Or again, the Queen delivers a speechful of Gilbert's Fun-liners: "You never put gas pipes between your lips, / Or go to sea in secretary-ships. /. . ./ Or hang a picture in a frame of mind." Example: The Kalevala was only once given a whole speechful of attention ( 1 886), while the memorial status of the home and municipality of Elias Lonnrot was presented twice (1883 & 1885).
Word: stem the tide Part of Speech: verb 1. To slow or stop the flow of something. Labels: idiomatic Example: The news report stemmed the tide of concerned calls, but didn't stop them altogether. Example: To insure a future is crucial; it is crucial because gay communities and lesbian and gay-male citizens can conceivably become the next singled-out "target" in the "targeting" capability of the self-proclaimed Moral Majority and other groups with the same kind of agenda. Virginia Beach's vote to outlaw Our Own newspaper in its libraries is a concrete example of a tide we cannot depend on future courts to stem.
Word: dazzle camouflage Part of Speech: noun 1. A paint scheme used on ships, mainly during World War I, consisting of a complex pattern of geometric shapes in contrasting colors, interrupting and intersecting each other. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: interpellate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1599; borrowed from Latin interpellātus, perfect passive participle of interpellō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French interpeller. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təɹˈpɛl.eɪt/, /ɪnˈtɜɹ.pəˌleɪt/ 1. To interrupt (someone) so as to inform or question (that person about something). Labels: obsolete 2. To address (a person) in a way that presupposes a particular identification of them; to give (a person) an identity (which may or may not be accurate). Example: […] a Master of Ceremonies' words "Ladies and gentlemen" […] interpellates those being addressed as an audience, and one that is differentiated by gender. Example: […] the question may be whether the individual should let herself be interpellated as a feminist, a Christian or a worker. Perhaps all of these possibilities seem attractive, but they point in different directions […] 3. To question (someone) formally concerning official or governmental policy or business. Labels: transitive Example: After the gentleman and Senator [Mariano Jesús] Cuenco interpellated me, I knew already that my bill was hopeless. That is why I presented that bill on February 4th, but it slept the sleep of the just in the Committee on Education.
Word: abrasion platform Part of Speech: noun 1. A sloping or nearly flat bedrock surface extending out from the foot of a marine cliff under shallow water of a breaker (wave) zone, that was created by marine abrasion.
Word: abyssal plain Part of Speech: noun 1. A large expanse of very flat and smooth ocean floor, usually found at depths of 4,600 to 5,500 meters (15,000 to 18,000 feet). Example: Innocuous as it sounds, this note was a starting gun for a resource race on the planet’s last vast frontier: the abyssal plains that stretch between continental shelves deep below the oceans.
Word: comparable worth Part of Speech: noun 1. The principle that there should be no difference in remuneration between jobs held mostly by women and jobs held mostly by men, when the women's work is comparable in skill, effort, working conditions, and responsibility to the men's work. Labels: US, uncountable Example: Comparable worth aims to upgrade the wage scales for jobs that employ large numbers of women.
Word: accelerated erosion Part of Speech: noun 1. soil erosion occurring at a rate much faster than soil horizons can be formed from the parent regolith. Labels: uncountable
Word: generalissimus Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of generalissimo. Example: All the night long horses stamped and men shouted before the castle, and the light burned in the apartments of the generalissimus. It was still dark the following morning when the troops fell in.
Word: piss-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piss-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glaciolacustrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glacio- + lacustrine. 1. Of, or pertaining to lakes that are created or fed by glaciers. Labels: not-comparable Example: Glaciotectonic deformation requires a glaciolacustrine environment, or a similar very water-saturated setting such as a fjord.
Word: radiation fog Part of Speech: noun 1. a fog produced by the cooling of air at the ground through the release of electromagnetic energy in the form of heat
Word: on again off again Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of on-again, off-again. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: on-again, off-again Part of Speech: adj 1. Intermittent; frequent but irregular. Labels: not-comparable Example: But the screenplay, from Supernatural creator Eric Kripke, diverts too often to inert scenes of Lewis’ struggles at school, and a subplot about his on-again, off-again friendship with bully Tarby Corrigan (Sunny Suljic) feels like a distraction from the magical business at hand. Example: On the ninth day of filming Netflix’s “Mind Your Manners,” the show’s host, the Shanghai etiquette teacher Sara Jane Ho, dumped her on-again-off-again boyfriend of four years in a text message.
Word: on again, off again Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of on-again, off-again. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: on-again off-again Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of on-again, off-again. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: formivore Part of Speech: noun 1. an organism that eats or consumes ants, such as an anteater
Word: wifebeater Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wife + beater. The sleeveless shirt acquired the nickname by association with men who commit domestic violence. The lager, being relatively strong, was thought to lead to drunken disputes. 1. One who (usually as a repeated practice) beats his wife, or a husband prone to violence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Depp, 57, had sued the Sun’s publisher, News Group Newspapers (NGN), and its executive editor, Dan Wootton, over an article published in the Sun that originally carried the headline “Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?” 2. A type of sleeveless shirt, often but not exclusively worn as an undershirt. Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: [A]s I walked down the bustling street toward campus with my friends, he came out of nowhere and gave me a pick-up line only a wifebeater guy could muster. Example: So, at the first sign of any sunny weather, overweight males all over the country are drawn to their "wifebeaters" like footy fans to the digibox, with every lager-drinking dad labouring under the illusion that he looks like that gardener from Desperate Housewives in his black vest. 3. Stella Artois, a brand of lager beer. Labels: UK, colloquial, uncountable Example: And then we were walking back alleys, trudging through the drifts of chip papers, the bottles and empty cans of wifebeater[…] Example: But Stella shouldn't really be drunk in pints the same way our dads used to drink bitter or mild that was effectively half as strong. Drink Stella in goblets like people do in its native country and, hey presto! It's no longer 'wifebeater'.
Word: wifebeaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wifebeater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inaptly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inapt Middle English -ly English -ly English inaptly From inapt + -ly. 1. In an inapt manner; inappropriately.
Word: rain crow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See storm crow. 1. Synonym of yellow-billed cuckoo.
Word: populatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English populate Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English populatable From populate + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpˌjʊu.leɪt.əbəl/ 1. Able to be populated Labels: not-comparable Example: In particular, it is checked whether all parts of the conceptual scheme are populatable at all, whether any information is lost… Example: Since Man and Woman are exclusive, and an object type must be populatable, no object type can be a subtype of both…
Word: undergraduacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From undergraduate + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˌʌndəɹˈɡɹæd͡ʒuːəsi/ 1. The period of time spent in college or university by a student who has not yet earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree. Labels: uncountable Example: 1953, Tom Lehrer, introduction to Fight Fiercely, Harvard the days of my undergraduacy long ago when there used to be these very long Saturday afternoons in the fall with nothing to do […]
Word: schemata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σχήματα (skhḗmata), the nominative plural form of σχῆμα (skhêma). Pronunciation: /ˈskiːmətə/ 1. plural of schema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schemas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Friday the thirteenth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Believed to have been derived from the mass arrest of the Knights Templar on Friday, October 13, 1307. 1. A particular date combination that occurs when the thirteenth day of a month falls on a Friday, and which is considered unlucky in some cultures.
Word: henagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek: εἷς (heîs, “one”, accusative héna) + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛnəɡɒn/, /ˈhɛnəɡən/ 1. A polygon having one edge and one angle.
Word: monogon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -gon. 1. A one-dimensional object comprising one vertex and one (not necessarily straight) edge both of whose ends are that vertex. Example: A geodesic with multiple points contains at least one simple monogon. Example: There are no one-sided closed polygons on a plane. On the cube, however, monogons are a diverse and interesting class of figures. 2. A two-dimensional object comprising one vertex, one edge both of whose ends are that vertex, and one face filling in the hollow formed by that edge. Example: According to Theorem 4.1.1, such a derived imbedding could be obtained from an imbedded voltage graph with one vertex, 6s#43;2 edges, and 4s#43;2 faces. Of these faces, 4s#43;1 should be 3-sided and satisfy KVL. The other face should be a monogon whose net voltage has order two. Example: 2002, Tao Li, "Laminar Branched Surfaces in 3–manifolds", Geometry & Topology 6, page 158, There is no monogon in M-int(N(B)), ie, no disk D⊂M-int(N(B)) with ∂D=D∩N(B)=α∪β, where α⊂∂_(vN)(B) is in an interval fiber of ∂_(vN)(B) and β⊂∂_(hN)(B). 3. A single-faceted reflector. Example: A new optical scanner is described which serves as a monogon or single-facet device, providing one scan per shaft rotation. Example: 1999, William L. Wolfe, Infrared Design Examples, Tutorial Texts in Optical Engineering Volume TT36, SPIE Press, →ISBN, page 133, These devices also start with the monogon, a plane mirror, and include the bigon, a two-sided mirror, the trigon, quadrigon, and general n-gons.
Word: digon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- (prefix meaning ‘two’) + -gon (suffix forming the names of plane figures containing a given number of angles). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪɡən/, /ˈdaɪˌɡɒn/, /ˈdaɪˌɡɑn/ 1. A polygon having two edges and two vertices. Example: They [the students] also came upon new and unusual mathematical figures: the digon, a two-sided polygon on a spherical space, and the apeirogon, an open polygon with infinitely many sides […]. All these discoveries brought up even more questions. Is a circle a polygon? What makes an octagon an octagon – its eight vertices, its eight sides, or both? Can a polygon cross itself? Does a polygon need to be closed? 2. A pair of parallel undirected edges in a multigraph. 3. A pair of antiparallel edges in a directed graph.
Word: Numidia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Numidia, from Numida + -ia, from an earlier interpretation of Ancient Greek Νομάς (Nomás) (genitive Νομάδος (Nomádos)). Compare Latin Nomas, whence English nomad. Pronunciation: /n(j)uˈmɪdiə/ 1. A historical region and ancient Berber kingdom located in North Africa, initially situated in modern Algeria but later expanding into Tunisia and Libya. Labels: historical Example: Massinissa made many inward parts of Barbarie and Numidia in Africk (before his time incult and horrid) fruitful and battable by this means. 2. A former province of the Roman Empire, approximately located in modern northeastern Algeria. Labels: historical 3. A female given name. Labels: rare
Word: Soviet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Balto-Slavic *su- Proto-Slavic *sъ- Proto-Indo-European *weyt-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *waitas Proto-Slavic *větъ Proto-Slavic *sъvětъ Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ)bor. Russian сове́т (sovét)bor. English Soviet Borrowed from Russian сове́т (sovét). Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊvi.ət/, /ˈsɒvi.ət/, /ˈsɒv.jət/, /ˈsoʊvi.ət/, /ˈsoʊvi.ɛt/ 1. A citizen of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Example: The major obstacle to a border settlement is the status of Heixiazi, a 330-square kilometer island at the confluence of the Amur and Ussuri rivers. The island is claimed by the Chinese but controlled by the USSR. Because Heixiazi overlooks Khabarovsk as well as the point where the Trans-Siberian Railway crosses the Amur River, the Soviets are reluctant to give it up. 2. Alternative letter-case form of soviet (“workers' council”). Labels: alt-of Example: Толчками и скачками дело все же идет к тому, что давно провозглашенный нашей партией переход власти к Советам будет осуществлен.
Word: Soviet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus? Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-? Proto-Indo-European *h₁su- Proto-Balto-Slavic *su- Proto-Slavic *sъ- Proto-Indo-European *weyt-der. Proto-Balto-Slavic *waitas Proto-Slavic *větъ Proto-Slavic *sъvětъ Old Church Slavonic съвѣтъ (sŭvětŭ)bor. Russian сове́т (sovét)bor. English Soviet Borrowed from Russian сове́т (sovét). Pronunciation: /ˈsəʊvi.ət/, /ˈsɒvi.ət/, /ˈsɒv.jət/, /ˈsoʊvi.ət/, /ˈsoʊvi.ɛt/ 1. Pertaining to the Soviet Union or its constituent republics. Labels: historical, not-comparable Example: Later, in the 1980s, western scholars found that, notwithstanding the substantial Soviet military buildup near the Chinese borders in the late 1960s, it was Beijing that initiated the clash on Zhenbao (Damanski) Island. Example: A monument to Soviet dictator Josef Stalin erected in Moscow's metro is stirring debate, with some Russians welcoming it as a historical tribute, but others saying it's a mistake to commemorate someone who presided over so much suffering. 2. Supporting or representing the Soviet Union or Sovietism; Sovietist. Example: He remained more Soviet than his parents and often accused Gorbachev of having destroyed the Soviet Union on behalf of US intelligence. Example: Only in the GDR were the returning POWs presumed guilty; there East Germans, attempting to be "more Soviet than the Soviets," […]
Word: Aethiopia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek Αἰθῐ́οψ (Aithĭ́ops) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́α (-ĭ́a) Ancient Greek Αἰθῐοπῐ́ᾱ (Aithĭopĭ́ā)bor. Latin Aethiopiabor. English Aethiopia Borrowed from Latin Aethiopia. 1. Alternative spelling of Ethiopia (“a broad region of eastern Africa”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical
Word: duodecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duodeca- + -gon. 1. Alternative form of dodecagon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tridecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trideca- + -gon. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈdɛ.kə.ɡɑn/ 1. A polygon having thirteen sides and thirteen angles.
Word: triskaidecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From triskaideca- + -gon. 1. A polygon having thirteen sides and thirteen angles.
Word: tetradecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetradeca- + -gon. 1. A polygon having fourteen sides and fourteen angles.
Word: tetrakaidecagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetrakaideca- + -gon. 1. a polygon having fourteen sides and fourteen angles
Word: bock beer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Bockbier, from Bock + Bier (“beer”). The former component is a southern German alteration of Einbeck, a brewery town in Lower Saxony, where the beer originally hails from. The Low German placename suffix -beck (“-brook”) was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of Bock (“buck”). 1. A strong, dark lager of German origin.
Word: harrumph Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of harumph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harrumph Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of harumph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: harrumph Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of harumph. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: calices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Calvinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Calvinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncomprehended Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + comprehended. 1. Not comprehended; not understood
Word: shelterless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English shelter Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English shelterless From shelter + -less. 1. Lacking shelter; homeless.
Word: AEV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of armored engineering vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of article of extraordinary value: any transported item with a value exceeding 100 USD per imperial pound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, article, initialism
Word: AIFV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of advanced infantry fighting vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of armored infantry fighting vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AML Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of acute myeloblastic leukemia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of acute myelogenous leukemia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of acute myeloid leukemia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Secondary AML was assigned if a patient had a history of chemotherapy/radiation therapy for a malignancy and/or had a history of preleukemic disease (eg, myelodysplastic syndrome [MDS], myeloproliferative neoplasm [MPN]). 4. Initialism of anti-money laundering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: “Their AML regulation isn't as stringent because of the anonymity around some of their banking rules,” he says.
Word: AMR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Medical Response. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Adaptive Multi-Rate audio codec. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AMR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of antimicrobial resistance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The threat stems from antimicrobial resistance or AMR, as this silent killer is called. Example: Drugs are being lost faster than they are being replaced, with one in six bacterial infections now resistant to first-line antibiotics. This is a major blind spot in the global AMR response. 2. Initialism of antibody-mediated rejection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of autonomous mobile robot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, especially, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of anti-materiel rifle/anti-materiél rifle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: APCBC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of armor piercing capped ballistic cap. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: APCNR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of armor-piercing composite non-rigid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: APCR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of armor-piercing composite rigid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of activated protein C resistance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ATGW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of anti-tank guided weapon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ATGM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of antitank guided missile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AVLB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of armoured vehicle-launched bridge. 2. Initialism of armoured vehicle-launched bridge.
Word: AVRE Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Armoured Vehicle, Royal Engineers. Labels: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: apeirogon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apeiro- + -gon. Pronunciation: /əˈpiːɹɵɡɑn/, /əˈpeɪ̯ɹɵɡɑn/ 1. A type of generalised polygon with a countably infinite number of sides and vertices; Example: Hence the regular polygon ABCD ... can either be a convex n-gon, a star n-gon, a horocylic^([sic – meaning horocyclic]) apeirogon or a hypercyclic apeirogon. Example: In geometry, an apeirogon is a limiting case of a regular polygon. The number of sides in an apeirogon is becoming infinite, so the apeirogon as a whole approaches a circle. A magnified view of a small piece of the apeirogon looks like a straight line. 2. A type of generalised polygon with a countably infinite number of sides and vertices; (in the regular case) the limit case of an n-sided regular polygon as n increases to infinity and the edge length is fixed; typically imagined as a straight line partitioned into equal segments by an infinite number of equally-spaced points.
Word: zerogon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zero + -gon. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪəɹəʊˌɡɒn/, /ˈzɪəɹəɡən/, /ˈzɪɹoʊˌɡɑn/, /ˈziɹoʊˌɡɑn/ 1. A hypothetical polygon with no vertices. Example: Coordinate term: apeirogon
Word: polar equation Part of Speech: noun 1. An equation defining a curve in terms of radius and angle.
Word: jötunn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jotun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: plastic money Part of Speech: noun 1. Credit cards and debit cards as an alternative to cash. Labels: uncountable
Word: plentifulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plentiful + -ness. 1. A full supply; abundance Labels: uncountable Example: Taking its name from the cake of far and mola salsa that was broken over the bride's head, confarreatio was attended with an incident that increases its resemblance to the way in which our ancestors used at their weddings objects symbolical of natural plentifulness.
Word: jötnar Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jotun. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: difluoroethane Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two isomeric fluorine derivatives of ethane, but especially 1,1-difluoroethane, once used as a refrigerant and aerosol propellant
Word: josei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 女性 (josei, “woman”). Pronunciation: /dʒoʊˈseɪ/ 1. A class of manga written for an older female audience. Labels: uncountable
Word: digallane Part of Speech: noun 1. A hydride of gallium, Ga₂H₆, analogous to diborane 2. Any organic derivative of this compound
Word: digermane Part of Speech: noun 1. The hydride of germanium, Ge₂H₆, analogous to ethane 2. Any organic derivative of this compound
Word: Cambogia Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Cambodia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: diglyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English glyme English diglyme From di- + glyme. 1. The dimethyl ether of diethylene glycol, (CH₃-O-CH₂-CH₂)₂O, used as a chelate and solvent Labels: uncountable
Word: digold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder. Proto-Germanic *gulþą Proto-West Germanic *golþ Old English gold Middle English gold English gold English digold From di- + gold. 1. Two gold atoms in a compound Labels: especially, in-compounds, uncountable
Word: shōjo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shojo (“a style of anime and manga intended for young women”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Perhaps more than other manga artists, the first female shōjo creators embraced the idea of manga as escape as they spun tales of a fairy-tale European past vivid with details. Example: Not only is shōjo manga a fundamentally gendered genre, but there is a gendered division of labor in its production — that is, roughly 75 percent of shōjo manga editors are men, while 99 percent of the artists are women (mostly in their teens to late twenties).
Word: shoujo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of shojo (“a style of anime and manga intended for young women”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: shoujo Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of shojo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hypogeous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὑπόγειος (hupógeios) Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English hypogeous From Ancient Greek ὑπόγειος (hupógeios) + English -ous. 1. Living or maturing underground; subterranean
Word: shounen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shonen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: shonen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.nən/, /ˈʃoʊ.nən/ 1. A style of Japanese animation and comics aimed at a younger male audience. Labels: uncountable
Word: shonen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Japanese 少年 (shōnen, “few years”). Pronunciation: /ˈʃəʊ.nən/, /ˈʃoʊ.nən/ 1. Being in the style of shonen comics or animation.
Word: shōnen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shonen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: shōnen Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of shonen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ligulate Part of Speech: adj 1. Shaped like a strap or long tongue 2. Having a ligule
Word: logge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian logge, from Italian singular loggia, from Old French loge, from Late Latin laubia, from Frankish *laubjā (“pergola”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɒd͡ʒeɪ/, /ˈloʊd͡ʒeɪ/ 1. plural of loggia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: logge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English logge (“stick”), see below. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒɡ/ 1. Obsolete spelling of log. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: So was he brought forth unto the green, before the Chappell within the Tower, and his head laide downe upon a long logge of timber, and there strucke off, and afterward his body with the head, was enterred at Windsor, beside the body of King Edward.
Word: melliferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *mélit Learned borrowing from Latin mellifer (“honey-bearing, honey-producing, melliferous”) + English -ous (suffix forming adjectives denoting the presence of a quality, typically in abundance). Mellifer is derived from mel (“honey”) (plural form mella; ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mélit (“honey”)) + -fer (suffix meaning ‘bearing, bringing, carrying’). Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɪfəɹəs/, /mɪˈlɪfɹəs/, /məˈlɪfəɹəs/, /məˈlɪfɹəs/ 1. Of a plant or its parts: bearing any substance (such as nectar or pollen) which is collected by bees to produce honey. Example: [I]t vvas impoſſible to tell the Number of Palm-Trees, Olive-Trees, and Fig-trees [in Canaan]; beſides the Paſturage for raiſing innumerable Cattle; and vvas the great Market, for the Arabians and all the Countries about. And being Mountanous, could not but abound vvith Melliferous Plants of the beſt kind. Example: Pliny [the Elder] ſays this flovver [the anemone] […] differs alſo from ranunclulus in not having a melliferous pore on the clavv of each petal. 2. Producing honey. Labels: broadly Example: The Hymenoptera belonging to the melliferous or honey-collecting division of the Aculeata, are known by the peculiar conformation of the hind feet, of which the first joint is compressed and extended into the form of a square plate, and provided on its inside with brush-like tufts; these organs are employed for the purpose of collecting and carrying the pollen of flowers, which is employed for the nourishment of the young. Example: It is stated that honey has been found in the galleries of certain exotic species of Ants, but it is doubtful whether they have not stolen it from some other animals. However this may be, the most perfect melliferous animals are the Bees. 3. Honeyed, sweet. Labels: figuratively Example: melliferous music Example: […] Chriſt Jeſus, […] vvith the cæleſtiall devv of his ſpirituall graces diſtilling from the throne of his mercy, (vvhich is perfumed vvith the ſvveet ſmelling incenſe of his meritorious ſacrifice) doeth ſvveeten vvith melliferous odours, the hearts, and ſoules and conſciences of his children, making them acceptable in the noſtrils of their heauenly Father.
Word: mericarp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mero- + -carp. 1. An individual carpel of a schizocarp, having a single seed
Word: mesocarp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + -carp (from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”)). 1. The middle layer of the pericarp of a fruit. In many fruits such as drupes and tomatoes, the mesocarp is fleshy Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A few years ago a message from God was found in a tomato in Yorkshire. The Arabic letters were clearly visible, for those who could see them, spelled out in two halves of mesocarp, endocarp and seeds cradled within mandalas of indigestible skin.
Word: mesophyllic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mesophyll Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mesophyllic From mesophyll + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the mesophyll of a leaf 2. Of or pertaining to mesophily
Word: mesophyll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English -phyll English mesophyll From meso- + -phyll. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛsə(ʊ)fɪl/, /ˈmɛzə(ʊ)fɪl/, /ˈmiːsə(ʊ)fɪl/, /ˈmiːzə(ʊ)fɪl/ 1. The soft internal parenchyma of a leaf. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A leaf of middling size, between macrophyll and microphyll. Labels: countable
Word: Winter Finding Part of Speech: name 1. A festival celebrated in Heathenry which marks the beginning of fall, held on the autumn equinox. Labels: Germanic Example: 1985 The Wisdom of the Runes, Michael Howard, Rider & Company, →ISBN, page 133. Winter Finding. Example: 1998 The Norse Tradition a beginners guide, Pete Jennings, Headway, →ISBN, page 70. Asatru: Sheddingmoon Bede: Halegmonath Roman Date: Sept 23 Festival: Winter-Finding Theme: Harvest end.
Word: Summer Finding Part of Speech: name 1. A festival celebrated in Heathenry which marks the beginning of spring, held on the spring equinox. Labels: Germanic Example: 1985 The Wisdom of the Runes, Michael Howard, Rider & Company, →ISBN, page 133. Summer Finding. Example: 1989 A Book of Troth, Eldred Thorsson, Llewellyn Publications, →ISBN, page 54. The tide of the spring fetival, Easter, is rekoned as mentioned above - the first full Moon after the spring equinox, or Summer Finding.
Word: salades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sangsues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sangsue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saucisses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saucisse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sauterelles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sauterelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: secondes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seconde Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Liza Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given names Eliza or Elizabeth, from Hebrew.
Word: sodomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sodomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solitudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solitude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sonates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sonate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: soucoupes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soucoupe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Elisheba Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אלישבע. Doublet of Elizabeth. Pronunciation: /əˈlɪ.ʃɪ.bə/ 1. A female given name from Hebrew. Example: The oldest Weaver girls, Sara, 16, and Rachel, 10, were unharmed, as was their infant sister, Elisheba, whom Vicki had been holding when a sniper’s bullet crashed into her head. Example: Today’s Guests: […] Elisheba Ittoop, sound designer and composer at The New York Times 2. A female given name from Hebrew.
Word: sublimations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sublimation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: surjections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of surjection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: toiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of toile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: topographies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of topography Labels: form-of, plural
Word: martyrer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From martyr + -er. 1. One who martyrs another.
Word: Lissy Part of Speech: name 1. A commune in Seine-et-Marne department, Île-de-France, France. 2. A diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth.
Word: tornades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tornade Labels: form-of, plural