nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: coder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English code Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English coder From code + -er. 1. A device that generates a code, often as a series of pulses. 2. A person who assigns codes or classifications. Example: Others may be subjective ratings made by the coders who independently read the studies, such as sex stereotype of the job […] 3. A programmer (computer programmer). Example: Part of the series' goal was to change how coders are perceived -- and show the community that it offers. Example: Reshma Saujani is not a coder but she's empowering "an army of young women" to take on tech's gender gap through her nonprofit Girls Who Code.
Word: arrear Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”). Pronunciation: /əˈɹɪə/, /əˈɹɪɹ/ 1. Towards the rear, backwards. Labels: obsolete Example: She, (Ladie) having well before approoved / The feends to be too cruell and severe, / Observ'd th' appointed way, as her behooved, / Ne ever did her ey-sight turne arere [...]. 2. Behind time; overdue. Labels: obsolete Example: In case the annuity should be arrear for sixty days being lawfully demanded, then the trustee might enter upon the premises assigned [...].
Word: arrear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arere, from Old French arere, from Vulgar Latin *ad retro (literally “to the rear”). Pronunciation: /əˈɹɪə/, /əˈɹɪɹ/ 1. Work to be done, obligation. Example: November 4, 1866, James David Forbes, letter to E. C. Batten I have a large arrear of letters to write. Example: My own work, with its manifold arrears, took me all day to clear off. 2. Unpaid debt. Example: fall into arrears Example: I know the debt is in arrears / The dog has not been fed in years / It's even worse than it appears, but / It's alright 3. That which is in the rear or behind.
Word: oldskool Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of old skool (“hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music”) (alternative spelling of old school). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: oldskool Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of old skool (“of or relating to hip-hop or rap music of the late 1970s and 1980s (or more recent music of this style) as contrasted with newer styles of such music”) (alternative spelling of old school). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Also look out for a PHAT PHAT oldskool style tune on Jemini [the Gifted One]'s album set to drop in the next couple of weeks. It uses the Love Unlimited 'Strange Games and Things' break, and comes on with the old skool rhymes believe …
Word: auxiliar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin auxiliaris. 1. auxiliary Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.
Word: auxiliar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin auxiliaris. 1. An auxiliary. Labels: archaic Example: Agricola, who perceav'd that the noiſe of this defeat had alſo in the Province deſirous of novelty, ſtirr'd up new expectations, reſolves to be before-hand with the danger : and drawing together the choice of his Legions with a competent number of Auxiliars, not beeing met by the Ordovices, who kept the Hills, himſelf in the head of his men hunts them up and down through difficult places, almoſt to the final extirpating of that whole Nation. With the ſame current of ſucceſs, what Paulinus had left unfiniſh'd he Conquers in the Ile of Mona: for the Ilanders altogether fearleſs of his approach, whom they knew to have no Shipping, when they ſaw themſelves invaded on a ſudden by the Auxiliars, whoſe Countrie uſe had taught them to ſwimm over with Horſe and Armes, were compel'd to yeild.
Word: acquittals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of acquittal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pituitary body Part of Speech: noun 1. The controlling gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain.
Word: postponed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of postpone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: postponed Part of Speech: adj 1. Done later than originally planned; delayed.
Word: black vomit Part of Speech: noun 1. A blackish matter, resembling coffee grounds due to hemorrhage, emitted in severer cases of yellow fever. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: A fever, with yellow skin and black vomit in some of the cases, appeared among a party of forty men. Example: Black vomit is nothing but a hœmorrhage from the stomach, and may exist in any degree, from a few particles of blood mixed, as it were, into a quantity of light glairy fluid, presenting the appearance of floating dark specks or flocculi, to that of a rapid and profuse discharge of pure red blood. 2. The disease of yellow fever itself. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: king-size Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of king-sized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: kinkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English kinky Middle English -ly English -ly English kinkily From kinky + -ly. 1. In a kinky manner.
Word: kinkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kinky 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 kinkiness From kinky + -ness. 1. The state of being kinky. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something kinky. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kiss-and-tell Part of Speech: adj 1. Betraying a confidence by disclosing private information. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Lewis wound up making a six-figure income in his first year as a bond trader and then became famous with his kiss-and-tell best-seller about the inner workings of a Wall Street bank at the height of the 1980s financial boom.
Word: kiss and tell Part of Speech: verb 1. To betray a confidence by disclosing private information, especially of a sexual nature. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: While I told Joe all about my Beth, and he told me about his Ellen, a student at Northwestern, I did not go into any details about my sex life; I have never liked to kiss and tell, even though I suppose that's what I'm doing in these pages.
Word: kissoff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kiss-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kiss-off Part of Speech: noun 1. A dismissal. Labels: slang
Word: kitty-cornered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Corruption of cater-corner. 1. Synonym of kitty-corner (“cater-corner”). Labels: US, not-comparable Example: He’s king of all these wigged men sitting with their hosed legs kitty-cornered under their desks.
Word: coup d'etat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coup d'état. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The truth of the axiom that there is nothing so successful as success, is more conclusively proved by the Coup d’Etat of Louis Napoleon than by any other event of the period. Example: These documents throw light on many features of the coup d’etat of December 2, 1851, and the plebiscite which followed it.
Word: klutzy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English klutz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English klutzy From klutz + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈklʌtsi/ 1. Awkward, clumsy or socially inept. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Life is a high wire act and there's no net. And most of us are klutzy, so watch out, here comes another splat.
Word: knavish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English knavych, knavyssh; equivalent to knave + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪvɪʃ/ 1. Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
Word: kneader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English kneder, cnedar, equivalent to knead + -er. 1. One who kneads. Example: If you practice building your massage muscles as I suggest in Chapter 9, you can be a better kneader because this particular maneuver requires a lot of strength in the hands. 2. A machine that kneads dough or any other highly elastoviscous mixture.
Word: knight-errant Part of Speech: noun 1. A knight in a medieval romance who wanders in search of adventure and opportunities to prove his chivalry. Example: In short, his wits being quite gone, [Don Quixote] hit upon the strangest notion that ever madman in this world hit upon, and that was that he fancied it was right and requisite, as well for the support of his own honour as for the service of his country, that he should make a knight-errant of himself, roaming the world over in full armour and on horseback in quest of adventures, and putting in practice himself all that he had read of as being the usual practices of knights-errant; righting every kind of wrong, and exposing himself to peril and danger from which, in the issue, he was to reap eternal renown and fame. Example: Before Tarzan had returned to the tribe, a certain young bull, not being able to secure a mate from among his own people, had, according to custom, fared forth through the wild jungle, like some knight-errant of old, to win a fair lady from some neighboring community. 2. A person who displays an adventurous or a quixotic spirit. Example: "Welcome, my young knight-errant!" exclaimed Madame de Soissons. "I am expecting you to do wonders." "Nothing could be wonderful when performed in your service," replied the boy, with that readiness of compliment so characteristic of his time and court. Example: It had known and served all the men of whom the nation is proud, from Sir Francis Drake to Sir John Franklin, knights all, titled and untitled - the great knights-errant of the sea.
Word: knights-errant Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knight-errant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knightliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English knightly 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 knightliness From knightly + -ness. 1. knightly behaviour; chivalry Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: knitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English knytter, knettere, equivalent to knit + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪtɚ/ 1. A person or a machine that knits. Example: “Ave! Old knitter of black wool.
Word: knock-knee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of knock knee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: knock-kneed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the knees abnormally close together, and the ankles spread apart. Example: I called for the cheeses, and took them away in a cab. It was a ramshackle affair, dragged along by a knock-kneed, broken-winded somnambulist, which his owner, in a moment of enthusiasm, during conversation, referred to as a horse. 2. Of a person or animal, suffering from genu valgum (or tibia valga).
Word: knowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since the 15th century; know + -able Pronunciation: [ˈnəʊəbɫ̩], [ˈnoʊəbɫ̩], [ˈnəʉəbɫ̩], [ˈnɐʉəbɫ̩] 1. Capable of being known, understood or comprehended. Example: Some things are not knowable. If Pradeep Mathew had played for India or England, would he have gone on to be the greatest spinner of all time? Not knowable. How many poor bastards have perished in this bed before me? Not knowable.
Word: knowledgeably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English knowledge 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 knowledgeable Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English knowledgeably From knowledgeable + -ly. 1. In a knowledgeable manner. Example: “Er. It looks like a Klatchian Hots with anchovies, sir,” said Sergeant Colon knowledgeably.
Word: kookiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kooky 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 kookiness From kooky + -ness. 1. The state of being kooky. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kronur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of krona. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kuchen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kuchen. Doublet of quiche. Pronunciation: /ˈkukən/ 1. Any of several types of cake, typically eaten with coffee. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: French pastry and bread, Vienna rolls and German kuchens will also be included in the list of articles placed on sale. Example: “Shall we go down and have coffee and Kuchen?” he asked.
Word: LSI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of large scale integration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of latent semantic indexing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: luminosity function Part of Speech: noun 1. A relative measure of the relationship between stellar magnitude and the distribution of stars between magnitudes Labels: uncountable 2. A standard measure of the response of the human eye to light of different wavelengths Labels: uncountable
Word: malfunction routine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any program or subroutine responsible for troubleshooting problems.
Word: Anastasius Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Anastasius, from Ancient Greek Ἀναστάσιος (Anastásios), from ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”). The name and its more common female counterpart, Anastasia, were originally given to children who were born around Eastertime during the early years of Christianity. 1. A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
Word: measurable function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function whose codomain is a topological space and domain is a measurable space, with the property that the inverse image of every open set in its codomain is a measurable set in its domain. 2. Any well-behaved function of real numbers between measurable spaces.
Word: membership function Part of Speech: noun 1. A generalization of the indicator function for a fuzzy set which assigns a truth value (0 or 1) to each element.
Word: multifunction array radar Part of Speech: noun 1. A radar system capable of detecting, tracking and discriminating a large number of targets simultaneously
Word: natural function Part of Speech: noun 1. An ordinary trigonometric function
Word: NOT function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function that is equivalent to the NOT operator.
Word: nuclear response function Part of Speech: noun 1. A relationship that describes the probability of a particle that collides with another being scattered in any particular manner Labels: particle
Word: odd function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose value changes sign if the independent variable changes sign i.e. f(-x) = -f(x)
Word: bubbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of bubble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: orthogonal function Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of functions whose inner product is zero
Word: orthonormal function Part of Speech: noun 1. An orthogonal function whose inner product with itself is unity
Word: partial function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function whose domain is a subset of the set on which it is formally defined; i.e., a function f: X→Y for which values f(x) are defined only for x ∈ W, where W ⊆ X. Example: 1967 [John Wiley & Sons], Stephen Cole Kleene, Mathematical Logic, 2002, Dover, page 244, The Church-Turing thesis applies to partial functions on the same grounds as to total functions (§ 41). Example: 1991, Michel Bidoit, Hans-Jörg Kreowski, Pierre Lescanne, Fernando Orejas, Donald Sannella (editors), Algebraic System Specification and Development: A Survey and Annotated Bibliography, Springer, LNCS 501, page 15, Nowadays it seems quite clear that if algebraic specifications are to be used as a powerful and realistic tool for the development of complex systems they should permit the specification of partial functions. […] There are essentially two ways of specifying partial functions.
Word: penalty function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function that applies constraints to a maximum or minimum problem
Word: periodic function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose value repeats after the regular addition of a period to its independent variable; i.e., a function ƒ such that, for some positive constant p, ƒ(x + p) = ƒ(x) for all x.
Word: phase function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function that describes the angular distribution of light reflected from a body when illuminated from a specific direction
Word: point function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose values are points
Word: polynomial function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose value is the solution of a polynomial; an element of a subring of the ring of all functions over an integral domain, which subring is the smallest to contain all the constant functions and also the identity function. (If the polynomial is multivariate then there is a different identity function corresponding to each variable.)
Word: Adamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin adamicusder. English Adamic From Adam + -ic, modelled on Latin adamicus. Pronunciation: /əˈdæmɪk/, /ˈædəmɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or resembling the Biblical character Adam. Labels: not-comparable Example: The story of the man who was bathing at the time, and ran out in Adamic costume, has been told too often, and for a fictional individual he has become altogether too notorious; […] Example: As a consequence of the primeval peripety, the Adamic fall narrated in Genesis 3, […]
Word: Adamic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔadam- Hebrew אָדָםbor. Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám)bor. Latin Ādāmlbor. Old English Adam Middle English Adam English Adam Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Latin adamicusder. English Adamic From Adam + -ic, modelled on Latin adamicus. Pronunciation: /əˈdæmɪk/, /ˈædəmɪk/ 1. The language believed to have been spoken by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden in the biblical account of creation; considered by some traditions as the original or divine language from which all others descended. Labels: Judaism
Word: power function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function where the independent variable is raised to a particular real number power.
Word: greased lightning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Believed to come from the observation that greased machinery tends to run faster, and the notion that if a lightning strike (the fastest normally observed movement) could be greased, it might move even faster. Originally US usage, but soon well known in UK due to Thackeray's use in 1848 (see cite). 1. Something incredibly fast (now mainly used in comparison: like or faster than greased lightning). Labels: uncountable Example: We find there quite seriously the monstrous hyperboles of swallowing a camel, of having a wooden beam in the eye, of a camel's going through the eye of a needle, of heaping coals of fire on the head; all well enough as jokes, like the description of the Green Mountain road so steep that "greased lightning could not go down it without the breeching on". Example: He rode his own horse, Greased Lightning, and won the Garrison cup at Quebec races.
Word: predefined function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a set of subroutines that perform standard mathematical functions included in a programming language; either included in a program at compilation time, or called when a program is executed
Word: hennes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of henne Labels: form-of, plural
Word: henne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hen. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: probability density function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose integral over a set gives the probability that a random variable has a value in that set.
Word: probability mass function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function that gives the relative probability that a discrete random variable is exactly equal to some value.
Word: aphis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin aphis, coined by Linnaeus in 1758. Doublet of aphid. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.fɪs/ 1. An aphid.
Word: reconnoitre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/, [ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə], /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/, [ˌɹˠɛkəˈnɔɪ̯ɾɚ] 1. To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Our scout will reconnoitre the path ahead of our troops. Example: Not a drop of rain fell; the clouds went portentously off, like ships of war after reconnoitering a strong fort, to return with added strength and fury. 2. To recognise. Labels: obsolete Example: As to my person, it will not be so easy to reconnoitre it, for I question whether any of it will remain
Word: reconnoitre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French reconnoître (obsolete spelling of reconnaître), from Latin recognoscere (“to recognise”). There is also an obsolete 19th-century British English spelling reconnaitre, influenced by the modern French form. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtə/, [ˌɹʷɛkəˈnɔɪ̯tʰə], /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚ/, [ˌɹˠɛkəˈnɔɪ̯ɾɚ] 1. An act or instance of reconnoitring. Example: The pilot reported the findings of his reconnoitre.
Word: wife beaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wife beater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decoder 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 code English decode Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English decoder From decode + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkəʊdə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who decodes secret messages 2. A device that decodes a scrambled electronic signal e.g. of a satellite television signal
Word: coders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decoders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of decoder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: playing possum Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of play possum Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Merry Widow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of merry widow. Labels: alt-of
Word: broad-brush Part of Speech: adj 1. General and sweeping in scope but lacking detail. Labels: idiomatic, informal, not-comparable Example: He takes a broad-brush approach to the study of history. Example: In setting out a broad-brush approach, the Arriva-owned operator doesn't make any specific requirements, but it says the replacement trains "must achieve a meaningful reduction in the exhaust emissions and exterior noise levels compared to Chiltern's existing DMUs".
Word: broad-brush Part of Speech: verb 1. To generalize or describe (something) in very broad, sweeping terms. Labels: idiomatic, informal, transitive
Word: doctrinally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English doctrinal Middle English -ly English -ly English doctrinally From doctrinal + -ly. 1. In a doctrinal manner; in terms of doctrine. Example: He was doctrinally knowledgeable but failed to follow the basic tenets of the religion.
Word: doctrinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun form was from French doctrinal; the adjective form was perhaps from Late Latin doctrīnālis, from doctrīna. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/, /dɒkˈtɹaɪnəl/, /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/, /dɑkˈtɹaɪnəl/ 1. Of, relating to, involving, belonging to or concerning a doctrine. Example: […]yet inevitably, [JD] Vance is already giving menacing doctrinal advice to the pope as part of the multi-theatre fallout of Operation Epic Facepalm. 2. Didactic. Labels: obsolete Example: The word of God serveth no otherwise than in the nature of a doctrinal instrument.
Word: doctrinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun form was from French doctrinal; the adjective form was perhaps from Late Latin doctrīnālis, from doctrīna. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒktɹɪnəl/, /dɒkˈtɹaɪnəl/, /ˈdɑktɹɪnəl/, /dɑkˈtɹaɪnəl/ 1. A matter of doctrine, or system of doctrines. Example: His Teaching is not to teach you the Doctrinals of Salvation and of the Son, for he leaves that to Ministers, and to the Bible, to teach you the Doctrinals only in a doctrinal way Example: The Doctrinal of Princes
Word: de-emphasize Part of Speech: verb 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 emphasize English de-emphasize From de- + emphasize. Pronunciation: /diːˈɛmfəsaɪz/ 1. To remove or reduce the emphasis from something; to make something less important; to play down. Labels: transitive
Word: misreading Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misread Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misreading Part of Speech: noun 1. An incorrect reading. Example: When done correctly, kerning helps to improve the readability of text by adding or removing space between two letters. Bad kerning, also known as keming, leads to misreadings, and in the worst cases, incredibly bad (but humorous) misunderstandings.
Word: counterbalanced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of counterbalance Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The wind blew from that direction, and brought with it the sound of their voices and laughter. The misery of such sounds was counterbalanced by the certainty that the same wind would waft their own voices, or rather Donna Margaretta's, voice away from the house.
Word: counterbalanced Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a counterbalance
Word: pumped-up Part of Speech: adj 1. inflated 2. inflated Labels: broadly Example: The stalked 'periscope' eyes of the Fiddler crab, which give it a panoramic view all the better to appreciate the outrageously pumped-up left claws of its waving fellows. 3. raised by pumping 4. tense with excitement or enthusiasm
Word: portion out Part of Speech: verb 1. To distribute in portions or shares; to apportion or allot. Labels: transitive Example: Great crowds turned out to watch the carcass portioned out. The butchering itself was rough and inexpert, conducted rapidly with a serrated knife on the side of the road.
Word: anti-flash Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + flash. 1. Intended to reflect the thermal radiation from a nuclear detonation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anti-national Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of antinational. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anti-national Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of antinational. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antinational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + national. 1. Opposed to one's own nation; unpatriotic. 2. Opposed to purely national concerns; not founded on the idea of the nation. Example: just as important have been the effects of diasporas and migrations (creating a mobile, ‘anti-national’ historical tradition) and the partial liberalization of many regimes […]
Word: antinational Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + national. 1. One who is opposed to India, usually suggesting pro-Pakistan or leftist associations, hostility against the Hindu religion, or opposition to Hindu nationalism. Labels: derogatory Example: Calling Tamil Nadu a “shelter” for anti-nationals, BJP national president J P Nadda said the state administration and the DMK were giving shelter to people working against the interests of the nation. Example: Today, the Indian media’s coverage of Modi is mostly fawning. Everything good that happens in the country is, in some way, his achievement. His failures usually go undiscussed. The country’s main television news channels all resemble Fox, with anchors who constantly praise the country’s leader for his strength and smarts. They berate his critics as mendacious “anti-nationals” — people whose hate for India is boundless.
Word: hot-and-hot Part of Speech: adj 1. served one at a time as soon as cooked
Word: hot-brain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot + brain. Compare Old English hātheort (“furious, angry, irascible, passionate, ardent”). 1. an impetuous, fiery person; a hothead Labels: obsolete
Word: hot-head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hothead. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hot closet Part of Speech: noun 1. An enclosure, once attached to a stove, used to keep food warm
Word: hot damn Part of Speech: intj 1. A minced oath from "god damn". Labels: Canada, US
Word: hot-flue Part of Speech: noun 1. a chamber, heated by a fire, used for drying
Word: hot-hoof Part of Speech: adv 1. hastily Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: hot-making Part of Speech: adj 1. embarrassing Labels: dated Example: "Now gather, and surmise," said Polonius. The reader will have to do his own gathering and surmising in connection with this, to use the current phrase, hot-making play.
Word: hot shift Part of Speech: noun 1. An early mechanism that synchronized the speeds of gear wheels when changing gear in an automobile. Labels: US, historical
Word: hot-skull Part of Speech: noun 1. a hot-head Labels: obsolete
Word: hot squat Part of Speech: noun 1. The electric chair. Labels: US, slang Example: to get the hot squat Example: "Hell," repeated Mr. Ogden. "Well, listen. They opine that in this country you don't get the hot squat, not without you earn it good and plenty."
Word: hot-stopping Part of Speech: noun 1. A drink of hot spirits and water. Labels: uncountable
Word: hot wave Part of Speech: noun 1. a heat wave Labels: dated
Word: irrationalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of irrationality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hot with Part of Speech: noun 1. A drink of hot spirits with sugar and water. Labels: UK, colloquial, obsolete Example: In like manner did the Cold Brandy-and-Water Sheet waft me now to the “Cider-Cellar”—now to the “Coal-Hole”! I heard a thousand voices cry, “ Hot with ”—“ Cold without ”—and saw a multitude of men, spinning like dervishes about me—spinning with tubs of oysters ! Example: He [Mr. H. S. Edwards] had formerly been unacquainted with even the taste of gin (a laugh, which was quickly suppressed by the usher of the court), but since this case had been placed in his hands, he had felt it his duty to consume several gallons of it. Part of this he had taken “hot with,” (meaning, as our reporter understood, “hot with sugar”); another portion he had enjoyed in the form of “cold without;” and the remainder in its simplest and most natural state—a state which he might be allowed to characterize as “neat but not gaudy.”
Word: hotting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hot + -ing; see hot (“stolen”), as in hot merchandise. 1. Riding in a high-performance stolen car, especially as a form of display. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: hotting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hot + -ing; see hot (“stolen”), as in hot merchandise. 1. present participle and gerund of hot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hyperabduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English abduction English hyperabduction From hyper- + abduction. 1. extreme muscular withdrawal of a limb outward from the body Labels: uncountable
Word: crises Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹaɪsiz/ 1. plural of crisis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ignoration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French ignorer English ignore Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English ignoration From ignore + -ation. 1. The state of being ignorant Labels: uncountable 2. The action of ignoring something, or the state of being ignored Labels: uncountable
Word: stomata Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstoʊmətə/ 1. plural of stoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octopuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octopus Labels: form-of, plural Example: (see more in main entry)
Word: octopuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of octopus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of recce Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: From April 25-27, I recced the approach to Baima Shan, an unclimbed peak of around 5500 meters on the west side of the road between Zhongdian and Dechin. Example: Having previously recced the forward ground, Acreman decided that guns C4 and D4 would best serve the defence of the minefield and strip by their deployment covering the bridge across the Anabila Creek and the adjacent beach.
Word: recced Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. simple past and past participle of recc Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: uteruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uterus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uteri Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjuːtəɹaɪ/ 1. plural of uterus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kipsie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kipsy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kipsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kips (“plural of kip (lodging-house or sleep)”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”). 1. A house or shelter. Labels: Australia
Word: kipsy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kips (“plural of kip (lodging-house or sleep)”) + -y (“diminutive suffix”). 1. To board, to reside. Example: “[…]It′s some kind of boarding-house that she kipsies in—”
Word: kipsy Part of Speech: noun 1. A basket. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: ki-yi Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪjaɪ/ 1. to howl like a dog Labels: US
Word: ki-yi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪjaɪ/ 1. the howl of a dog; a whoop or similar shout of excitement Labels: US
Word: long-established Part of Speech: adj 1. That has been in existence for a long time. Example: First, the employments must be well known and long established in the neighbourhood ; Example: The age in which we live is remarkable for searching out, and sifting to the bottom, the most long-established opinions which have come down to us.
Word: lameter Part of Speech: noun 1. A cripple. Labels: Scotland
Word: encoder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English code English encode Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English encoder From encode + -er. 1. A device or algorithm used to encode something. 2. A sensor which converts a position into an electronic signal.
Word: recce'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of recce Labels: form-of, past Example: We recce'd Davis-Monthan first. There were a dozen C-130 birds in the graveyard. Example: Although the Cambodian footage was to be a small part of the whole, Ron wanted everything. Each location that we recce'd was better for him than the last. 2. past participle of recce Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: A stout metal fence prevents any further exploration, but at the time the walk was recce'd you could hear water pounding away below.
Word: make-ready Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + ready. 1. A sheet of paper on which overlays are pasted for printing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of preparing such sheets. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of preparing something for use. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of preparing something for use. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: make-readies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of make-ready Labels: form-of, plural
Word: n-adic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From n + -adic. 1. Of the order n. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a valency of n. Labels: not-comparable
Word: on the ground Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In an area (location) of interest or active operations, versus outside that area (and especially, far away from it). Example: You might feel differently about this policy if you were on the ground in a war zone. 2. In the daily life of the general public, or at least in that of some group of people who aren't out-of-touch elites. Example: Near-synonyms: on the street, in the streets, in reality, in the real world Example: Evidently, senior management has no idea how things get done by those of us on the ground. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, the, ground. Example: I'm still surprised that I found a hundred-dollar bill just lying on the ground.
Word: skimmington Part of Speech: noun 1. A person impersonating his/her offending spouse in a procession with the aim of ridicule. Labels: obsolete 2. A ludicrous procession for the purpose of ridiculing a person's offending spouse. Labels: obsolete 3. A cuckold. Labels: obsolete
Word: squarehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From square + head. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɛəhɛd/, /ˈskwɛɚhɛd/ 1. An honest person; a non-criminal. Labels: slang 2. A foreigner of Germanic origin, especially a German, Dutch, or Scandinavian person. Labels: slang Example: The squarehead bent his chin to his breast and said, "Very well. In an hour." Example: "If I'm good enough to talk about I be good enough to drink with," Peters shouted. "Fritz! Squarehead! Two phlegm-cutters here." 3. A socially conventional or boring person. Labels: slang
Word: stape Part of Speech: noun 1. A staple Labels: dialectal
Word: stickybeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪkibiːk/ 1. An overly inquisitive person, a nosey parker. Labels: Commonwealth, colloquial Example: I walked back towards the grinning stickybeak who took a few steps backwards before fleeing for the steamy safety of his laundry. Example: Babies of this age are delightful stickybeaks, vitally interested in everything and everyone around them. 2. An act of looking at or watching something, especially something which does not directly concern the one looking. Labels: Commonwealth, colloquial Example: Want me to have a stickybeak at that? Example: Shall we take a stickybeak at that shop?
Word: stickybeak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sticky + beak; presumably from the metaphor of sticking one′s beak (“nose”) where it is not wanted (compare nosy). Pronunciation: /ˈstɪkibiːk/ 1. To pry or snoop. Labels: Commonwealth, intransitive Example: Two of the more arrogant birds actually inspected the inside of the tent, clucking away to each other as they stickybeaked. Example: 2007, Harry Hill, He Was My Father, Rosenberg Publishing, Australia, page 124, When my father had shorn for the Lindleys, I had spent a day at the shed, stickybeaking at everything but making sure I didn′t upset shed activities.
Word: tappy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tap + -y. 1. Resembling a tapping sound. Example: a tappy noise
Word: tappy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See tappish. 1. to lie close to the ground; to lie low or skulk Labels: obsolete
Word: recceed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of recce Labels: form-of, past Example: Issued warning order to my troops for next operation. Recceed the general area at Guthuma and Motai BOPs. Example: 2005: Delhi Newsline, Bombers avoided city, stuck to outskirts read at https://web.archive.org/web/20060320125051/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=157037 on 23 Sep 06. The interrogation of reporter-turned-terrorist Tariq Ahmed Dar has revealed that the four bombers, all foreign nationals, set up base on the fringes of Delhi and only recceed the blast sites days before the attack. 2. past participle of recce Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: 2005: Coral Cay Conservation, April Update - Malaysia Tropical Forest Project read at https://web.archive.org/web/20060930095521/http://www.coralcay.org/archives/2005/04/01/10.37.48.php on 23 Sep 06. Two exciting new sites were recceed in preparation for camps in the near future - firstly Bintang Hill, a large hill covered in some nice lowland tropical forest; secondly Tasik Borumbak, another wetland site comprising of mangrove, forest and lake habitats.
Word: Koepanger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Koepang + -er, from the older spelling of Kupang, a city in West Timor. 1. A Timorese person. Example: 1939, The Works of Ion L. Idriess Up above, the tender kept a sharp eye on the Koepanger paying out the air-pipe, while attending to the life-line himself and the management of the lugger. Example: 2004, William McGregor, The Languages of the Kimberley, Western Australia Pidginised forms of English were also in use between whites and the other ethnic groups employed in the pearling industry, including Malays, Japanese, and Koepangers […]
Word: Koepanger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Koepang + -er, from the older spelling of Kupang, a city in West Timor. 1. Timorese. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1939, The Works of Ion L. Idriess Upi, the Koepanger charm doctor, slept in the same room.
Word: PHY Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /faɪ/ 1. An electronic circuit implementing the physical layer of the OSI model.
Word: recces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recce Labels: form-of, plural Example: "I particularly asked for you, in view of the excellent track recces you carried out on the Siamese frontier," Dalley said. Example: They would do more detailed recces later. Phineas understood the 'special' operation' more fully now.
Word: recces Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of recce Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He recces the routes, although you don't have to follow them. Some of the roads he finds though are just superb, and often in places you would not normally expect.
Word: S.T. Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of subject to, used in optimisation problems. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Phy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from Khmer ភី (phii). 1. A surname.
Word: turron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish turrón, probably from Latin torrere (“to roast”). Pronunciation: /təˈɹɒn/ 1. A Spanish form of nougat made from almonds and honey. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These loaves or blocks of turron are frequently a foot long and have the dimensions of American packaged bread. They come in many flavors, and may be pink, white, yellow, chocolate, green, or a stomach-churning blend of all five colors. […] The ubiquitous turrones in shop windows, frequently sliced to show the prospective consumer the texture and color pattern, range from what most generously could be described as uninspired to confections of a caliber hard to resist.
Word: decked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɛkt/ 1. simple past and past participle of deck Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: decked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɛkt/ 1. Adorned or embellished. Example: In such an atmosphere the harbor was flecked with brilliantly decked craft of every description, all in a flutter of flags and carrying a host of passengers in gala dress. 2. Having a specified number or type of decks. Labels: in-compounds
Word: jackknives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jackknife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jadedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English jaded Middle English -ly English -ly English jadedly From jaded + -ly. 1. In a jaded manner. Example: As all the unemployed writers gathered for the first meeting, someone jadedly welcomed everyone to `Generic Sketch Show Pilot Number 417'.
Word: jadedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jaded 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 jadedness From jaded + -ness. 1. The state of being jaded or worn out. Labels: uncountable Example: […] It’s just a reset, like there’s a knob at the back of your head that’s tilted toward jadedness. Turn it back to wonder.” Example: Perhaps this absence of sentiment is the organic jadedness of being in the industry, 25 years of seeing the sausage get made.
Word: jaggedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English jagged Middle English -ly English -ly English jaggedly From jagged + -ly. 1. In a jagged manner.
Word: jaggedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English jagged 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 jaggedness From jagged + -ness. 1. The state of being jagged. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Although his existential thoughts seem to have been tossed onto the page in helter-skelter fashion, what Gilboa does here is to open his mind and heart to the reader through verbal jaggedness and poetic unneatness.
Word: jam-pack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jam + pack. 1. To pack or fill very tightly. Labels: informal, transitive Example: ScotRail General Manager Margaret Hoey told me at the reopening that she wanted to add shops but didn't "want to jam-pack the station".
Word: jam-packed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From jam + packed. 1. Packed or filled tightly. Labels: informal Example: Summer holidays: 'Staycationers' alight at London Paddington from a full train from the West Country. No matter what time of day, the trains are invariably jam-packed when they arrive at a London terminus.
Word: jam-packed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jam + packed. 1. simple past and past participle of jam-pack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: capitular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin capitulāre, capitulārium, capitulārius, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”). 1. An act passed in a chapter. 2. A member of a chapter. Example: The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. 3. The head or prominent part.
Word: capitular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English capituler, from Medieval Latin capitulāris, from Latin capitulum (“a small head, a chapter”). 1. Pertaining to a capitulum. Labels: not-comparable Example: the capitular process of a vertebra 2. Pertaining to an ecclesiastical chapter. Labels: not-comparable Example: From the pope to the member of the capitular body.
Word: Aki Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Kōchi Prefecture, Japan.
Word: Pim Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: pasting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ 1. The act of applying paste to something, or affixing something using paste. 2. A defeat; a beating. Labels: slang
Word: pasting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of paste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pastes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /peɪsts/ 1. plural of paste Labels: form-of, plural