nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: figuratively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English figurative 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 figuratively From figurative + -ly. 1. In a figurative manner. Example: TAIWAN, or Chinese Formosa, is considered a Foo or district of the province of Fokien, and is governed by a Taoutai extraordinary, who, though responsible to the provincial viceroy, possesses the privilege of memorialising the Throne direct. “The district of Taiwan,” says the Chinese Government Chart, of which a copy was supplied to me by the Formosan authorities, “is bounded in the rear by mountains, and in front by the sea. The ancestral hills of Formosa derive their origin from the Woo-hoo-mun (Five Tiger Gate), the entrance to Foochow, whence they glided across the sea. In the ocean towards the east are two places called Tungkwan (Damp Limit) and Pih-mow (White Acre), which mark the spots where the dragons of the Formosan hills emerged. These sacred reptiles had pierced unseen the depths of ocean, and announcing their ascent to the surface by throwing up the bluff at Kelung-head, by a number of violent contortions heaved up the regular series of hills, valleys, and plains that extend north and south in varied undulations for the space of 1000 leagues (applied figuratively). The mountain-peaks are too multitudinous to enumerate, and the geography of the island too comprehensive to take into present consideration ; we will therefore confine ourselves to a few general remarks. In rear of the hills, eastward, flows the ocean ; facing them, to the westward, is the sea ; and between lies the prefecture of Taiwan.” Example: 1897 Easton's Bible Dictionary available on Wikisource Shepherd A word naturally of frequent occurrence in Scripture. […] This word is used figuratively to represent the relation of rulers to their subjects and of God to his people. 2. Used to indicate that what follows is to be taken as a figure of speech, not literally. Example: Figuratively, the cat was out of the bag. Example: Time can be consumed figuratively like food.
Word: antemundane Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Proto-Italic *anti Latin ante Classical Latin ante-lbor. English ante- English mundane English antemundane From ante- + mundane. 1. Being or occurring prior to the creation of the world. Labels: not-comparable Example: The night in all its fulness met her flatly on the threshold, like the very brink of an absolute void, or the ante-mundane Ginnung-Gap believed in by her Teuton forefathers. Example: Again he became the sorcerer Zon Mezzamalech in Mhu Thulan; again he dreamt to retrieve the wisdom of the antemundane gods […]
Word: CNAA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Council for National Academic Awards. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ungenerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + generous. 1. Not generous; stingy. Example: "I have every reason in the world to think ill of you. No motive can excuse the unjust and ungenerous part you acted there. You dare not, you cannot deny that you have been the principal, if not the only means of dividing them from each other, of exposing one to the censure of the world for caprice and instability, and the other to its derision for disappointed hopes, and involving them both in misery of the acutest kind." Example: Moreover, it were ungenerous, having bred thee up freakish and fiery, to dismiss thee to want or wandering, for shewing that very peevishness and impatience of discipline which arose from thy too delicate nurture.
Word: rachitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from New Latin rachitis, used by the British physician Francis Glisson (1597–1677) to refer to rickets, from Koine Greek ῥαχῖτις (rhakhîtis) (in ῥαχῖτις νόσος (rhakhîtis nósos, “spinal inflammation”, literally “spinal disease”)), the feminine form of ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs, “in or of the spine, spinal”), from Ancient Greek ῥάχῐς (rhákhĭs, “lower part of the back; (anatomy) backbone, spine”) (probably ultimately Pre-Greek) + -ῖτις (-îtis) (feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘one connected to’)). By surface analysis, rach- + -itis. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈkaɪtɪs/, /ɹæ-/, [-ɾɪs] 1. Rickets. Labels: uncountable 2. A disease that produces abortion in the flower, seed, or fruit. Labels: uncountable
Word: call date Part of Speech: noun 1. A date on which a callable bond may be redeemed before its maturity
Word: phenomenology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English phenomenology From phenomenon + -logy, from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”), hence "the study of what shows itself (to consciousness)". According to Martin Heidegger's Introduction to Phenomenological Research, "the expression “phenomenology” first appears in the eighteenth century in Christian Wolff’s School, in Lambert’s Neues Organon, in connection with analogous developments popular at the time, like dianoiology and alethiology, and means a theory of illusion, a doctrine for avoiding illusion." (p.3) Pronunciation: /fɪˌnɒmɪˈnɒləd͡ʒi/, /fɪˌnɑməˈnɑləd͡ʒi/ 1. The study of structures of consciousness as experienced from the first-person point of view. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Writing, individuation, and civilization are all parts of one larger cultural phenomenology. Example: A similar and more influential use of the term can be found in William Whewell's Philosophy of the Inductive Sciences (1847), where phenomenology occurs in the context of the "palaetiological sciences" (i.e., sciences which deal wih more ancient conditions of things), as that branch of these studies which is to be followed by aetiology and theory. Among such phenomenologies Whewell mentions particularly phenomenological uranology, phenomenological geography of plants and animals, and even a phenomenological glossology. 2. A movement based on this, originated about 1905 by Edmund Husserl. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The process of questioning back displaces the emphasis in phenomenology from an inquiry into modes of givenness, which assumes that there can be a simple starting point, to an inquiry into modes of pregivenness. 3. An approach to clinical practice which places undue reliance upon subjective criteria such as signs and symptoms, while ignoring objective etiologies in the formulation of diagnoses and in the compilation of a formal nosologies. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The translation of theory into measurable or observable predictions that can be used to experimentally test it. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He hopes [students] will "do the necessary phenomenology experiments and produce the necessary theory extensions" that will "turn over the present physics." Example: Particle phenomenology research includes perturbative QCD [quantum chromodynamics], physics beyond the Standard Model as well as heavy flavor physics.
Word: phenomenological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English phenomenology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English phenomenological From phenomenology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to phenomenology, or consistent with the principles of phenomenology. Example: Phenomenological "things" are not commonsense objects or sense data but the phenomena in their presentation, grasped as intentional objects. Example: I call my models "mechanistic" to distinguish them from classical models that are more phenomenological. 2. Using the method of phenomenology, by which the observer examines data and other subjective effects without trying to provide a pathophysiological explanation of them, especially in diagnosing disease states and in nosology and other forms of taxonomy. Example: Ross and his colleagues [...] drew on prior research...to suggest that addictive gambling resembles dependence on stimulants (like cocaine) more than it does alcoholism, and hence enlarges our understanding of addiction more fully than purely behavioural criteria would do. The worry is that a behavioural approach misses the similarities and differences between forms of addiction by treating all as more or less the same, based on shared behavioural and phenomenological effects.
Word: riboflavin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ribo(se)- + flavin. Pronunciation: /ˌraɪboʊˈfleɪvɪn/ 1. Yellow or orange-yellow water-soluble compound, a member of the vitamin B complex, that acts as a growth-promoting factor in humans and other animals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tonality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tonalité. Pronunciation: /təʊnˈæl.ɪ.tiː/, /toʊnˈæl.ɪ.ti/ 1. The system of seven tones built on a tonic key; the 24 major and minor scales. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sound of specific pitch and quality; timbre. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The quality of all the tones in a composition heard in relation to the tonic. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The interrelation of the tones in a painting. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Christmas Day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Cristemasse day, from Old English Cristes mæssedæġ (“Christmas Day”, literally “day of Christ's mass”). Now equivalent to Christmas + day. 1. The day on which Christmas is celebrated. It is December 25 in the West, and January 7 in some Eastern Orthodox churches. Example: When Christmas Day falls upon a Saturday (as it did in 1736,) the Collect, Epistle and Gospel for St. Stephen's Day follows of Course, and no Notice is taken of the Sunday after Christmas Day
Word: J2ME Part of Speech: noun 1. Old abbreviation for JavaME.
Word: reflex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- + flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːflɛks/ 1. An automatic response to a simple stimulus which does not require mental processing. Example: For a while, I shall have to make a conscious effort to smile, nod, stand and perform the thousands of little gestures which constitute life on Earth, and then those gestures will become reflexes again. Example: He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive. 2. The descendant of an earlier language element, such as a word or phoneme, in a daughter language. 3. The ancestor word corresponding to a descendant. Labels: rare Example: The Middle Korean reflex for mey was mwoy 뫼 4. The descendant of anything from an earlier time, such as a cultural myth. Example: The superstition of the loup-garou, or werewolf, belongs to the folklore of most modern nations, and has its reflex in the story of "Little Red Riding-hood" and others. 5. A reflection or an image produced by a reflection; the light reflected from an illuminated surface to one in shade. Example: A reflex camera uses a mirror to reflect the image onto a ground-glass viewfinder. Example: Yon gray is not the morning’s eye, ’Tis but the pale reflex of Cynthia's brow.
Word: reflex Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- + flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːflɛks/ 1. Bent, turned back or reflected. Example: the reflex act of the soul, or the turning of the intellectual eye inward upon its own actions 2. Produced automatically by a stimulus. Example: It's easier to focus on the particular relationship or object (as in 'pornography', for example) than on the sexist (racist, ageist, etc.) attitudes that generate the almost reflex violence taught in our schools, churches, legal processes, families, mass entertainment, and advertising propaganda. 3. Having greater than 180 degrees but less than 360 degrees. Example: A polygon is said to be convex when no one of its angles is reflex. Example: An angle less than a right angle is said to be acute; one greater than a right angle but less than a straight angle is said to be obtuse; one greater than a straight angle but less than a perigon is said to be reflex or convex. 4. Illuminated by light reflected from another part of the same picture.
Word: reflex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin reflexus, past participle of reflectere (“to bend back”), equivalent to re- + flex. Photography sense is from noun sense meaning “reflection”. Compare English reflect. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈflɛks/ 1. To bend back or turn back over itself. Labels: transitive 2. To reflect (light, sight, etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To reflect or mirror (an object), to show the image of. Labels: obsolete, transitive 4. To cast (beams of light) on something. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The ſpring is hindered by your ſmoothering hoſt, For neither rain can fall vpon the earth, Nor Sun reflexe his vertuous beames thereon. The ground is mantled with ſuch multitudes. 5. To respond to a stimulus.
Word: Fawcett Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːsɪt/ 1. A surname from Old English from places in England derived from Old English words for “colourful slope”. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A hamlet in Westlock County, Alberta, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A locality in the Shire of Murrindindi, central eastern Victoria, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: malignancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From malignant + -cy or malign + -ancy or Latin malignantia. Pronunciation: /məˈlɪɡ.nən.si/ 1. The state of being malignant or diseased. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A malignant cancer; specifically, any neoplasm that is invasive or otherwise not benign. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. That which is malign; evil, depravity, malevolence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he malignancie of my fate, might perhaps diſtemper yours; […] Example: A cold wind swept down from it and set us shivering. Somewhere there, on that desolate plain, was lurking this fiendish man, hiding in a burrow like a wild beast, his heart full of malignancy against the whole race which had cast him out.
Word: cancerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cancer 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 cancerless From cancer + -less. 1. Free of cancer. Labels: not-comparable Example: The scientists work for a cancerless future. 2. Not causing cancer. Labels: not-comparable Example: cancerless cigarette
Word: opalescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From opal + -escent, after opalescence or French opalescent. First attested in 1814. Pronunciation: /oʊpəˈlɛsənt/ 1. Exhibiting a milky iridescence like that of an opal. Example: Below me, through the opalescent surface, I saw the white ghost of the Cessna.
Word: sylloge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek συλλογή (sullogḗ), from συλλέγω (sullégō, “collect”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪləd͡ʒi/ 1. A collection or compendium, especially of coins or antiquarian objects. Example: Milred's Sylloge might have included some of the poems of the so-called Alcuiniana (A and B):⁶⁷ Milred himself might even have taken a copy of his sylloge to Germany, where Alcuin and other Carolingian poets later used it as a model. Example: Ciriaco's epigraphic collections on paper, known as sylloges, are his most famous contribution. 2. A summary or digest of such a collection. Example: Another major development is the publication of sylloges. A sylloge presents images and descriptions of all the coins of a certain collection, subject to defined parameters of mint and time, and is usually organised by mint series.
Word: conventicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English conventicle, conventicule (“a gathering, meeting (especially a secret or unlawful one); (derogatory) a church”), from Latin conventiculum (“assembly; meeting (or the place involved); association”), from conventus (“assembled, convened”) + -culum (suffix forming noun diminutives), perfect passive participle of conveniō (“to assemble, convene, meet together”), from con- (“together, with”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + veniō (“to approach, come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”) + *-yéti (suffix forming intransitive, imperfective verbs)). Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/, /kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/ 1. A secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting. Example: [I]f when Luther firſt began to teach new doctrine, the catholiks at that time had not vouchſafed to giue him the hering, but had auoided his prechings & preuy couenticles, ther had not bin now in the worlde, either Lutheran, Swinglian, Calueniſt, Puritan, Anabaptiſt, Trinetarie, Family of loue, Adamite, or the lyke: whereof now there are ſo many thouſands abroad, al ſpringing of that firſt ſecte, and troubling at this day the whole worlde, […] Example: If publique Aſſemblies of Divines cannot agree upon a right vvay, private Conventicles of illeterate men, vvill ſoon finde a vvrong. Bivious demurres breed devious reſolutions. Paſſengers to heaven are in haſte, and vvill vvalk one vvay or other. 2. The place where such a meeting is held. 3. A Quaker meetinghouse.
Word: conventicle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English conventicle, conventicule (“a gathering, meeting (especially a secret or unlawful one); (derogatory) a church”), from Latin conventiculum (“assembly; meeting (or the place involved); association”), from conventus (“assembled, convened”) + -culum (suffix forming noun diminutives), perfect passive participle of conveniō (“to assemble, convene, meet together”), from con- (“together, with”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + veniō (“to approach, come”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- (“to step”) + *-yéti (suffix forming intransitive, imperfective verbs)). Pronunciation: /kənˈvɛntɪk(ə)l/, /kənˈvɛn(t)ək(ə)l/ 1. To hold a secret, unauthorized or illegal religious meeting.
Word: video games console Part of Speech: noun 1. A video game console. Labels: nonstandard
Word: lyse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from lysis. Pronunciation: /ˈlaɪz/, /ˈlaɪs/ 1. To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. 2. To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.
Word: cockchafer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cock (“male bird”) + chafer (“beetle”). The Oxford English Dictionary speculates that the name may relate to a resemblance of antennae to coxcomb, or to the beetle’s size. Compare French hanneton (“cockchafer”), ultimately from Frankish *hanō (“rooster”). First attested in the late 17th century. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒkˌt͡ʃeɪfɚ/ 1. Any of the large European beetles from the genus Melolontha that are destructive to vegetation. Example: To the person who shall discover to the Society an effectual method, verified by repeated and satisfactory trials, of destroying the Grub of the Cockchafer, so destructive to the roots of all sorts of Corn, Pease, Beans, and Turneps, the gold medal. Example: His impassioned words buzzed about my ears like cockchafers round the top of the lime-trees. 2. Any of various other similar beetles, such as of the genera Acrossidius, Cyphochilus, Rhopaea, etc.
Word: sawfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From saw + fly. 1. Any of various flying insects of the suborder Symphyta, within the order Hymenoptera, whose ovipositor is long and often serrated and is used to cut into plants to lay eggs.
Word: devil's coach-horse Part of Speech: noun 1. A large black European rove beetle, Staphylinus olens or Ocypus olens.
Word: rove beetle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rove (“to roam; a roam”) + beetle, in reference to the family's scavenging tendencies. 1. Any of various carnivorous or scavenging beetles of the family Staphylinidae that are often found in decaying matter and have slender bodies and short wing covers.
Word: lese Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of leese (“to lose”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: klippe Part of Speech: noun 1. A geological feature of thrust fault terrains.
Word: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Māori taumata-whakatangi-hanga-kōauau-o-Tamatea-turi-pūkaka-piki-maunga-horo-nuku-pōkai-whenua-ki-tāna-tahu (“The hill where (the ancestor) Tamatea with the bony knees, who climbed mountains and travelled swiftly across the land, played his flute to his beloved”). Pronunciation: [ˈtau.ma.ta.faka.ta.ŋi.ha.ŋaˌkɔ.au.au.ɔ.ta.ma.te.a.tu.ɾi.pʉ.ka.ka.pi.ki.mau.ŋa.ho.ɾo.nʉ.kʉ.pɔ.kai.fe.nʉ.a.ki.ta.na.ta.hʉ] 1. A hill near Pōrangahau, in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Example: If you thought Wytrzyszczka was a mouthful, wait till you try saying Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
Word: Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tetaumatawhakatangihangakoauaotamateaurehaeaturipukapihimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuaakitanarahu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coincidence point Part of Speech: noun 1. Of two mappings, a point in the domain of both mappings that has same image under both.
Word: colchicine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English colchicum Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English colchicine From colchicum + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒl.tʃɪs.iːn/, /ˈkɒl.kɪs.iːn/, /ˈkɑl.t͡ʃəˌsiːn/, /ˈkɑl.kəˌsiːn/ 1. A highly toxic alkaloid, chemical formula C₂₂H₂₅NO₆, originally extracted from plants of the genus Colchicum and formerly used to treat rheumatic complaints, now used mainly in the treatment of gout. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gloriosa superba: spectacularly beautiful climbing lily. Roots, stalks, leaves contain an acrid narcotic, superbine, as well as colchicine and choline. Three grains of colchicine are fatal. Hawaii.
Word: corm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scientific Latin cormus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós, “trunk stripped of its boughs”). 1. A short, vertical, swollen, underground stem of a plant (usually one of the monocots) that serves as a storage organ to enable the plant to survive winter or other adverse conditions such as drought. Example: The saffron crocus has to be planted by hand from corms.
Word: corm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cormorant. 1. A cormorant. Labels: informal Example: "Great Corm on the barge—fifth bird from the left," shouted a fourth. Example: These “islands” would provide refuge for corms and other seabirds from sea level rise as habitat is destroyed, as well as protection from land-based predators—people, dogs, cats, rats, and cars.
Word: COTS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of crown-of-thorns starfish. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: COTS Part of Speech: adj 1. Acronym of commercial/consumer off-the-shelf, ready-made merchandise that is available for sale, defined by market need, significant functionality and complexity, and self-contained. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: COTS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Commercial Orbital Transportation Services, a program for delivery to the International Space Station by private companies. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: Cool Britannia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Punning blend of cool and Rule, Britannia!, a British patriotic song. 1. A period of increased pride in British culture during the late 1990s, closely associated with the election of the New Labour government in 1997. Example: A series of images taken by Corinne Day of the teenage Kate Moss helped define the 90s, capturing a hedonistic early stage of Cool Britannia.
Word: cocker spaniel Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two breeds of dog, the American cocker spaniel and the English cocker spaniel.
Word: Conrad Part of Speech: name Etymology: A variant of German Konrad, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād, from *kōnī (“bold, brave”) + *rād (“counsel”). Cognate of Old English Cēnrēd, Dutch Koenraad and Icelandic Konráð. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑnɹæd/, /ˈkɒnɹæd/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages. Example: There was no further need for words, because the lexicon of Romance jargon has just been fully deployed. In it chaps are called names like Conrad, and girls names like Delora, quite unlike the names of those who are reading it on the way to work. Example: Career diplomat Conrad Tribble said on Twitter that multiculturalism “is one of our greatest strengths as a country, and I go to that well often as an American diplomat. It’s hard to overstate the global soft power impact of America’s cultural diversity.” 2. A surname. 3. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Illinois, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Newton County, Indiana, United States. 5. A small city in Grundy County, Iowa, United States. 6. A city, the county seat of Pondera County, Montana, United States.
Word: phenomenologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English phenomenology 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 phenomenologist From phenomenology + -ist. 1. A philosopher who practices, advocates, or specializes in the scholarly study of phenomenology.
Word: ferromagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English magnetic English ferromagnetic From ferro- + magnetic. 1. Exhibiting ferromagnetism.
Word: ferromagnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English ferromagnet From ferro- + magnet. 1. a ferromagnetic material 2. a magnet made from such material
Word: ferromagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English magnetism English ferromagnetism From ferro- + magnetism. Pronunciation: /ˌfɛɹoʊˈmæɡnɪtɪzm/ 1. The phenomenon whereby certain substances can become permanent magnets when subjected to a magnetic field. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ferrimagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ferri- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English magnetism English ferrimagnetism From ferri- + magnetism. 1. a form of antiferromagnetism in which some magnetization remains below a critical temperature (the Néel temperature). Labels: uncountable
Word: viraemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin virus (“poison”), in conjunction with Ancient Greek αἷμα (“blood”). 1. The condition or disease of having a virus in the bloodstream.
Word: spiced Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /spaɪst/ 1. Having spice added, spicy. Example: Fred preferred spiced rum to plain.
Word: spiced Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spaɪst/ 1. simple past and past participle of spice Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Colorado beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. A beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, formerly Doryphora decemlineata, with black and yellow stripes, that is a serious pest of potatoes.
Word: chigoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from a Cariban language term such as Kari'na siko (“chigoe”) (early recorded variant chico), from Proto-Cariban *tikô, or else a West African borrowing such as Wolof or Yoruba jiga (“insect”). The eighteenth century historian Charlevoix refers to them as chique in his 1730 history of Hispaniola. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪ.ɡoʊ/ 1. A small tropical flea, Tunga penetrans, whose females burrow under the skin of animals, including humans, and lay their eggs, causing strong irritation and sores.
Word: bacteraemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bacter- + -aemia. 1. The medical condition of having bacteria in the bloodstream. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anschauung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Anschauung, from anschauen (“to look at”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːn.ʃaʊ.ʊŋ/, /ˈæn-/, /-əŋ/ 1. Sense-perception. Labels: uncountable
Word: ferrimagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ferri- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English magnetic English ferrimagnetic From ferri- + magnetic. 1. Exhibiting ferrimagnetism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kittiwake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally Scots, imitative of the bird's call. 1. Either of two small gulls in the genus Rissa of the family Laridae that nest in colonies on sea cliffs and spend the winter on the open ocean. 2. the black-legged kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), no other kittiwake being found in Europe. Labels: Ireland, UK
Word: antiferromagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + ferromagnetism or antiferro- + magnetism. 1. a phenomenon, similar to ferromagnetism, in which magnetic domains line up in a regular pattern, but with neighbouring electron spins pointing in opposite directions; materials showing this effect are either ferrimagnetic or diamagnetic, and become paramagnetic above the Néel temperature. Labels: uncountable
Word: antiferromagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + ferromagnetic or antiferro- + magnetic. 1. Exhibiting antiferromagnetism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diamagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Faraday, from dia- + magnetic. Pronunciation: /daɪəmæɡˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Exhibiting diamagnetism; repelled by a magnet.
Word: diamagnetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Faraday, from dia- + magnetic. Pronunciation: /daɪəmæɡˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Any substance that exhibits diamagnetism.
Word: paramagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + magnetic. Coined by English polymath William Whewell in 1850 for Michael Faraday. 1. Exhibiting paramagnetism.
Word: paramagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Old French magnetebor. Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English magnetism English paramagnetism From para- + magnetism. Pronunciation: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈmæɡ.nə.tɪ.zəm/ 1. The tendency of magnetic dipoles to align with an external magnetic field; materials that exhibit this tendency become temporary magnets. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: diamagnetism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dia- + magnetism. 1. a weak form of magnetism that is only observed in the presence of an external magnetic field; due to an induced magnetic field in an opposite direction Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: take out of context Part of Speech: verb 1. To report (something) without taking into account the context in which it occurred. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: The statistics are not very meaningful when taken out of context.
Word: witch grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of witchgrass. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: welcoming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From welcome + -ing. 1. hospitable, accessible and cordial.
Word: welcoming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English welcomyng, equivalent to welcome + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of welcome Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: welcoming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English welcominge, welcomyng, equivalent to welcome + -ing. 1. An act of giving welcome.
Word: whillywha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Compare whilly. 1. a flattering deceiver Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable 2. wheedling speech, cajolery Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable 3. evasive indecisive speech Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: wee-wee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication of wee; onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːwiː/, [ˈwɪi̯wɪi̯] 1. Urine. Labels: UK, childish, countable, uncountable 2. Urine. Labels: UK, childish, countable, uncountable 3. The penis. Labels: US, childish, countable, slang, uncountable Example: “I agree he’s gorgeous,” said his friend, “but someone told me he has the smallest wee-wee in New York.” 4. The vulva or vagina. Labels: UK, childish, countable, slang, uncountable Example: But because little girls' genitals are tucked away, it's easy never to refer to them at all. They become the part with no name. Even up-front women are flummoxed. Vagina? Fanny? Front bottom? Twinkie? Privates? Didge? Down there? Flower? Wee-wee? Tuppence? Example: ‘Wee wee’ was the word my parent’s taught me to call my vagina.
Word: wee-wee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reduplication of wee; onomatopoeic for the sound of urination. Pronunciation: /ˈwiːwiː/, [ˈwɪi̯wɪi̯] 1. to urinate Labels: childish, informal, intransitive Example: “This is Bruce who doesn’t wee-wee in the sandbox.” Bruce looked pleased with himself. Mrs. Kemp felt a need to apologize for her granddaughter. “Willa Jean doesn’t mean what she says.” “But I don’t wee-wee in the sandbox,” said Bruce. “I wee-wee in the-”
Word: wampum belt Part of Speech: noun 1. a belt made from wampum beads
Word: unmarked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English marked English unmarked From un- + marked. 1. Not bearing identification. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unmarked highway patrol vehicle Example: My mother died when I could not have been more than eight or nine years old, on one of old master's farms in Tuckahoe, in the neighborhood of Hillsborough. Her grave is, as the grave of the dead at sea, unmarked, and without stone or stake. 2. Free from blemishes. Labels: not-comparable 3. Not noticed. Labels: not-comparable 4. Not closely followed by a defensive player. Labels: not-comparable Example: Bale worked Bozovic again as he was left unmarked in the Montenegro area but could not get enough power on his header from a looping cross. 5. Not having been assigned a score. Labels: not-comparable Example: The teacher sat down to a pile of unmarked work. 6. Not marked; not standing out as unusual, or contrasting, in a given context. Labels: not-comparable Example: The use of that word in that context was unmarked. Example: For instance, from the semantic point of view the words dog and bitch are unmarked and marked for the contrast of sex. The word dog is semantically unmarked (or neutral), since it can be applied to either males or females (That's a lovely dog you've got there: is it a he or a she?).
Word: unmatched Part of Speech: adj 1. Not matched; odd. Example: unmatched socks 2. Not matched with anything else. 3. Peerless; unrivalled; beyond comparison. Example: unmatched musician
Word: unmatched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unmatch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unrepaid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English repaid English unrepaid From un- + repaid. 1. not yet repaid Labels: not-comparable
Word: Taxol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See taxol. 1. Taxol, paclitaxel: a drug (a mitotic inhibitor) used to kill dividing tumour cells.
Word: taxol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin taxus (“yew”) + -ol. Named by the researchers who isolated it from the bark of the Pacific yew in 1967, Monroe E. Wall and Mansukh C. Wani, from the scientific Latin term Taxus (a genus name). Pronunciation: /ˈtæksɒl/ 1. A taxane, C₄₇H₅₁NO₁₄, used to treat cancer; Taxol. Example: The powerful anti-cancer drug taxol is extracted from the leaves of the yew tree.
Word: Renjith Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit, meaning "victor in wars". 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Word: taxane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Scientific Latin Taxus (“yew”) + -ane 1. Any of a class of diterpenoid drugs that inhibit cancer cell growth and division.
Word: discant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin discantus; doublet of descant. 1. Alternative form of descant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: discant Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin discantus; doublet of descant. 1. Alternative form of descant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glassed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glass Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: glassed Part of Speech: adj 1. Shielded or walled in by glass. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon 2. Of a person: having been assaulted with a glass smashed on them. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable 3. Of a place: having been turned into glass by the heat and pressure of a nuclear explosion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: least significant byte Part of Speech: noun 1. The byte of a multibyte number with the least importance: that is, the byte stored last on a big-endian system or first on a little-endian system.
Word: MSB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of most significant bit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of most significant byte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of main switchboard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of money services business. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Well, I think we're looking at a classic rug pull in just a few days. Once we pump the coin as high as it'll go, then I can register for an MSB with the federal government.
Word: LSB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of least significant bit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of least significant byte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of lower sideband. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Abbreviation of left side bearing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: LSB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Linux Standard Base. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Legal Services Board. Labels: England, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: thermos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericization of the trademark Thermos, from Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “warm”). Possibly related to English warm. Pronunciation: /ˈθɜː.mɒs/, /ˈθɝ.məs/ 1. A bottle, flask or similar vessel having a vacuum between its inner and outer silvered walls; designed to maintain the temperature of its contents
Word: thermos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek θέρμος (thérmos). 1. A unit of measure whose identification remains very unclear. Labels: historical Example: The mnaeion contains 4 gold pieces, 16 quarters, 64 thermoi, 128 carats. The gold piece contains 4 staters [sic for quarters], 16 thermoi, 32 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats. The quarter contains 4 thermoi, 8 carats. The thermos contains 2 carats.[…]The mnaeion has sixteen (16) quarters and the quarter has 6 thermoi, twelve (12) carats. The thermos has 2 carats, so that the mnaeion consists of 96 thermoi, 192 carats. The mnaeion weighs 8 drachmas, the quarter three obols, the thermos one-half obol, the carat 2 chalci.[…]Thermoi of 2 and of 1½ siliquae are attested in metrological writings (MSR II 180, s.v. θέρμοϲ); ½ ob. per thermus^([sic]) in 18 implies the lighter weight, as 1 ob. = 3 sil.[…]The mnaeion has 16 quarters and the quarter has (4 or 6) thermoi… Example: 1 saton (seʾah) = 1/3 ephah (see above for correction) = 2/3 bath / mina by weight = 50 shekels / ¼ shekel = 4 thermoi / shekel = 16 thermoi and one weight (?)
Word: thermostat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + -stat. Pronunciation: /ˈθɝməstæt/, /ˈθɝmoʊstæt/ 1. A device that automatically responds to changes in temperature by activating a heating or cooling system to maintain the temperature at a desired setting. Example: A smart thermostat can give you remote control over your heating and air conditioning, making sure your home is as cool or toasty as you like when you get home from work or wherever else, and a great one can monitor environmental conditions and your own preferences over time, adjust your systems to keep you comfortable and save you money. That’s why we spent several months testing eight smart thermostats to find the best one for your place. 2. An algorithm used to maintain a simulated system at a set temperature by absorbing or releasing heat
Word: thickening Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thicken + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/ 1. The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A substance, usually a source of starch, used to thicken a sauce. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A thickened part of a structure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] the inner layer (of nearly equally large cells) lacks the regular semiannular or annular thickenings of most other leafy liverworts […] Example: They disappear at once on slightly relaxing the air-pressure, whilst true incipient thickenings of the surface remain white and unpliably stiff.
Word: thickening Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thicken + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of thicken Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thickening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From thicken + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪkənɪŋ/ 1. Beginning to thicken, becoming thicker. Labels: not-comparable Example: From Keighley onwards we had obviously returned to civilisation, for the surrounding country was now studded with the sodium street lights of suburbia and a thickening industrial haze was blotting out the moon.
Word: thick-skinned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a thick skin. 2. Not easily offended. 3. Insensitive to the feelings of others; callous. 4. Obtuse, thick, intellectually dull or insensitive. Labels: obsolete Example: They that are ſo thick skinned as ſtill to credit the ſtory of the Phœnix, may ſay ſomething for animall burning: […]
Word: thieving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈθiːvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of thieve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: thieving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈθiːvɪŋ/ 1. That thieves; that steals; inclined to steal Labels: not-comparable Example: From her point of view, sex itself, or sexual awareness, is the thief that stole away her innocence (which completes the picture of Thomas's totally thieving world). Example: The landlady was "a desperately mean old specimen... who employed a very thieving set of servants,"
Word: thieving Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθiːvɪŋ/ 1. The action of theft. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "There's nothing to spend your thievings on up here."
Word: thighbone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English. Equivalent to thigh + bone. 1. The bone that extends from the pelvis to the knee in humans; the femur.