nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: heatsink Part of Speech: verb 1. To fit with a heat sink. Labels: transitive Example: It was necessary to heatsink the device through the center conductor of the coax thereby producing a total thermal resistance from the active layer to the ambient of almost 50°C/watt. Example: The device itself can dissipate a peak power of 78 W when properly heatsinked and has a 65 W steady dissipation.
Word: heatsinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heatsink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heat sinks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heat sink Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superconcentrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English concentrated English superconcentrated From super- + concentrated. 1. Very concentrated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: superefficient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English efficient English superefficient From super- + efficient. 1. Very efficient. Labels: not-comparable
Word: NP-complete Part of Speech: adj 1. That is both NP (solvable in polynomial time by a non-deterministic Turing machine) and NP-hard (such that any (other) NP problem can be reduced to it in polynomial time). Labels: not-comparable Example: Informally, a problem is in the class NPC—and we refer to it as being NP-complete—if it is in NP and is as "hard" as any problem in NP. We shall formally define what it means to be as hard as any problem in NP later in this chapter. In the meantime, we will state without proof that if any NP-complete problem can be solved in polynomial time, then every problem in NP has a polynomial-time algorithm. Most theoretical computer scientists believe that the NP-complete problems are intractable, since given the wide range of NP-complete problems that have been studied to date—without anyone having discovered a polynomial-time solution to any of them—it would be truly astounding if all of them could be solved in polynomial time. Yet, given the effort devoted thus far to proving NP-complete problems intractable—without a conclusive outcome—we cannot rule out the possibility that the NP-complete problems are in fact solvable in polynomial time. Example: Every area of math seems to have its own NP complete problems. For example, the question of whether or not a graph contains a Hamiltonian circuit is a quintessential NP complete problem and, since it can be explained with little higher level math, is a popular choice in expository works.
Word: ultraefficient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + efficient. 1. Extremely efficient; of utmost efficiency. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Xaverian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Xavier + -ian, after St. Francis Xavier. 1. A member of the Xaverian Brothers, a religious order founded in Bruges, Belgium 1839 and dedicated to Catholic education.
Word: Xaverian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Xavier + -ian, after St. Francis Xavier. 1. Pertaining or related to this religious order.
Word: xenelasy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (xenēlăsĭ́ā, “expulsion of foreigners”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Ξενηλᾰσῐ́ᾱ (Xenēlăsĭ́ā) is derived from ξενηλατεῖν (xenēlateîn, “to expel a foreigner”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); and ξενηλατεῖν (xenēlateîn) is from ξένος (xénos, “foreigner; stranger”) (probably from Pre-Greek) + ἐλαύνω (elaúnō, “to drive, set in motion; to drive away”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- (“to drive somewhere”)) + -ειν (-ein, suffix forming infinitives of verbs). Pronunciation: /zɛˈniːləsi/, /zɪˈnɛ-/, /zɛˈniləsi/ 1. The practice of expelling foreigners in Doric Crete and Lacedaemonia. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The old discipline and the public mess (as far as the rich were concerned) had degenerated into mere forms—a numerous body of strangers or non-citizens (the old xenêlasy, or prohibition of resident strangers, being long discontinued) were domiciled in the town, forming a powerful moneyed interest; […] Example: Le Roi was in London, cook to a gambling house, while the Baron Squrzenstern Von Hairontuft, had been warned off the premises by a process nearly allied to the Spartan "Xenelasy," so Desmond was left alone.
Word: Xanthian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Xanthos Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Xanthian From Xanthos + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈzæn.θi.ən/ 1. Of the city Xanthos (or Xanthus) in ancient Lycia. Example: Two pillar tombs dominate the acropolis: the Harpy Tomb, adorned with reliefs of female winged figures; and the Xanthian Obelisk, a giant stele covered in Lycian script that has not yet been fully deciphered.
Word: Xanthian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Xanthos Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Xanthian From Xanthos + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈzæn.θi.ən/ 1. A citizen of Xanthos.
Word: servient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin serviēns, servientis. Doublet of servant and sergeant. Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː(ɹ)viənt/ 1. subordinate Labels: obsolete Example: servient youth, and magisterial eld
Word: Xenophontean Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to Xenophon (c. 431–355 BC), a Greek soldier and admirer of Socrates, or his writings.
Word: xanthogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English xantho- French -gènebor. English -gen English xanthogen From xantho- + -gen. 1. Formerly, a hypothetical radical supposed to be characteristic of xanthic acid. Labels: dated
Word: xeriscaper Part of Speech: noun 1. A practitioner of xeriscaping.
Word: x-height Part of Speech: noun 1. The distance between the baseline and midline in a typeface, typically equal to the height of the lower-case letter x.
Word: thioester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English ester English thioester From thio- + ester. 1. Any of several classes of organic compound in which one or both oxygen atoms of an ester group are replaced by those of sulfur
Word: thermalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English thermal 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 thermalism From thermal + -ism. 1. The therapeutic use of hot-water springs Labels: uncountable
Word: therian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From translingual Theria + -ian. From Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪɹ.i.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the taxonomic subclass Theria. Labels: not-comparable
Word: therian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Theria + -ian. From Ancient Greek θηρίον (thēríon, “wild beast”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɪɹ.i.ən/ 1. Any member of the taxonomic subclass Theria, the placental and marsupial mammals.
Word: therian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈθɪɹ.i.ən/ 1. Clipping of therianthrope. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: tamis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tamis, from Middle French tamis, from Old French tamis, from Medieval Latin tamisium, of unclear origin. Cognate with Old High German zemis (dialectal German Zims), Dutch teems (“sieve”), West Frisian teams, tiems, German Low German Teemse, Teems, Old English temes, Old English temesian (“to sieve; sift”). Doublet of temse. 1. A culinary strainer, originally made from worsted cloth. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The cloth itself; a tammy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mirror ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A disco ball. Example: The B-52's influence is not obvious is not profound. They opened the door for rock's ever-growing invation ^([sic]) into discos. It is largely due to their popularity that you heard Bowie's "Fashion" or Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" playing in synch with mirror balls.
Word: nonterminal symbol Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of non-terminal symbol. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aviado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish. 1. One who works a mine with means provided by another. Labels: Southwestern, US
Word: vigorousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vigorous 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 vigorousness From vigorous + -ness. 1. The quality of being vigorous. Labels: uncountable
Word: fugitive from justice Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is convicted or accused of a crime and who then flees from law enforcement and runs across state lines to evade arrest. Labels: US
Word: y'see Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /jəˈsiː/, /jəˈsi/ 1. Shortened form of you see (meaning you comprehend). Labels: contraction, informal Example: Y'see, they’re just like us.
Word: temporised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of temporise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sales pitch Part of Speech: noun 1. Talk or demonstrations intended to persuade a consumer to make a purchase, especially when vigorously delivered or exaggerated. Example: unwanted telephone sales pitches at inconvenient times Example: As far as he is concerned, it is just a huckster's sales pitch.
Word: impolicy Part of Speech: noun 1. The state or act of being impolitic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The company pretty generally go out for a given time, and with a given sum in their pockets, which, in nine cases out often, admits of but little encroachment; and if the temptations of mixing in superior society and speculating in expensive novelties cause new demands on papas, or show mammas the impolicy of making them, nothing can be more probable than that a hasty retreat should be resolved on, the consequence of a "summons from some sick or dying friend, of the most pressing nature. Example: An impulse urged him to plant a sudden blow on it, by he forced himself to consider the impolicy of such an act.
Word: stockmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muriatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin muriāticus (“pickled”), from muria (“brine”). Pronunciation: /ˌmjʊəɹiˈætɪk/ 1. Pertaining to salt or brine. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Obtained from seawater; containing chlorine. (Now chiefly with reference to muriatic acid.) Labels: not-comparable
Word: appraisement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English appraise Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English appraisement From appraise + -ment. 1. The act of appraising. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: […] thesayd praysers before they take vpon them the appraisement of suche clothes, shalbe sworne in maner & forme folowyng. Example: I was obliged to stay till this afternoon, to settle several necessary matters, and to direct inventories to be taken, in order for appraisement; for every thing is to be turned into money, by his will.
Word: courtezan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of courtesan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: guiaras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of guiara Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guiara Part of Speech: noun 1. A ratlike rodent of the genus Euryzygomatomys.
Word: sixmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From six + -mo. 1. sexto (as a paper size in printing).
Word: sixteenmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sixteen + -mo. 1. sextodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
Word: eighteenmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Germanic *tehun Proto-Germanic *ahtōutehun Anglian Old English eahtatēne Middle English eightetene English eighteen English -mo English eighteenmo From eighteen + -mo. 1. octodecimo (as a paper size in printing).
Word: twenty-fourmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twenty-four + -mo. 1. Vicesimo-quarto (as a paper size in printing).
Word: forty-eightmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forty-eight + -mo. 1. quadragesimo-octavo (as a paper size in printing). Labels: uncountable
Word: sixty-fourmo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sixty-four + -mo. 1. sexagesimo-quarto (as a paper size in printing).
Word: callant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch calant (Modern Dutch klant), from Picard kalant, from Old Northern French calant, from Old French chaloir (“to heat, to care about”). 1. lad, boy Labels: Scotland Example: It was before the day of my ministry in Caulds, for then I was a tot callant in short clothes in my native parish of Lesmahagow; […]
Word: felspar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of feldspar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pastichio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian pasticcio (“hodge-podge”), from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from *pastīcius (“of dough”), from Latin pasta (“dough, pastry cake, paste”), from Ancient Greek παστά (pastá, “barley porridge”), from παστός (pastós, “sprinkled with salt”). Doublet of pastiche. 1. A Greek dish made with cheese, chopped meat and pasta, resembling lasagna. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pastitsio Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pastichio. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: caique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık), from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kayık. Pronunciation: /kɑːˈiːk/, /kaɪˈiːk/ 1. A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling. Example: Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.
Word: caique Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish caíque or Portuguese caíque. Pronunciation: /kɑːˈiːk/, /kaɪˈiːk/ 1. Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
Word: angustifoliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin angustus (“narrow”) + foliate. 1. Having narrow leaves.
Word: throw a fit Part of Speech: verb 1. To become angry, enraged, or upset; to act or react with an outburst, as by shouting, swearing, etc. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'd love to stay later, but my mother will throw a fit if I'm not home by 10. Example: He will throw a fit if his car breaks down.
Word: kajik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caique. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kainga (“Maori village”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caique. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: kaiki Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caique. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: caïc Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caique. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: caicco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık). 1. Alternative spelling of caique. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coureur de bois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French coureur des bois, literally “woods runner”. 1. A fur trader operating in North America in the seventeenth or eighteenth century without permission from the French authorities. Labels: historical Example: Those who stayed in New France often fled the fields to take up lives in the wilderness, where they traded for furs with the Indians or simply “went native.” […] In contemporary terms, these woodsmen—or coureurs de bois—were first-generation immigrants to aboriginal societies whose cultures and values they partially assimilated.
Word: mirk Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of murk. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: The thickness of mirk is bad enough, but the thickness of white, illimitable ether is worse a thousandfold, for it closes the eye and mazes the wits. Example: Outside the chapel in the weeping mirk a squire held his shield, another his helm, a groom walked his horse.
Word: mirk Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of murk. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: And there they lay so near his little heart, / With whispering of things that happened not, / Until the serpent green had mirked / His manly vision in a way that lost / The anchorage of balanced sanity.
Word: mirk Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of murk. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: c. 1590, Robert Greene, The Scottish History of James the Fourth, Act 5, Chorus 6, Norman Sanders (editor), 1973, The Revels Plays: James the Fourth, page 128, What gars this din of mirk and baleful harm, / Where everywean is all betaint with bloud? Example: Chill and mirk is the nightly blast, / Where Pindus' mountains rise, / And angry clouds are pouring fast / The vengeance of the skies.
Word: trust fund Part of Speech: noun 1. Property held by a trustee in a trust established by a grantor for a beneficiary. 2. Loosely, a substantial inheritance of money.
Word: ejusdem generis Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin ejusdem generis ("of the same kind"). 1. A canon of construction holding that when a general term follows a list of particular terms, the general term only applies to things similar to the particular terms. For example, in the list "sun, moon, and other large objects", the phrase "other large objects" only includes celestial bodies, not houses and elephants. Example: I would submit to the court that in order to determine the legislature's intent of the final phrase we need to apply the interpretive maxim of ejusdem generis to the sentence that contains the sequence. Example: Or what relation has debating \ Of church-affairs with bear-baiting? \ A just comparison still is \ Of things ejusdem generis: \ And then what genus rightly doth \ Include, and comprehend them both?
Word: antithesize Part of Speech: verb 1. To create antitheses.
Word: googler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Googler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Aigaleo Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Greece, in west Athens in the Attica prefecture 2. A mountain in Greece, in west Athens
Word: Nea Smyrni Part of Speech: name Etymology: Literally means 'New Smyrna'. Named for the large numbers of immigrants from Smyrna/Izmir, Turkey that settled in the area in the 1920s and 1930s. 1. A city southwest of Athens in the Attica prefecture Greece
Word: Papagou Part of Speech: name 1. A city northeast of Athens in the Attica prefecture, Greece. 2. A transliteration of the Greek surname Παπάγου (Papágou); the feminine equivalent of Papagos.
Word: Chaidari Part of Speech: name 1. A city 10 km northwest of Athens in Attica, Greece.
Word: Meschede Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Meschede. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛ.ʃə.də/, /ˈme.ʃə.də/, /ˈme.ʃe.ɖe/ 1. A town in Hochsauerland district, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Word: itemise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin itemlbor. Middle English item English item English -ise English itemise From item + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of itemize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: hypergelast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér, “over”) + γελαστής (gelastḗs, “laughter”), from γελάω (geláō, “I laugh”). Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəɹd͡ʒəˈlæst/ 1. Someone who laughs excessively. Example: America had become a laughing nation, a country of frivolists and hypergelasts, a culture dangerously out of control.
Word: wifty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From *wift + -y. First element is of unknown origin. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪf.ti/ 1. Eccentric, silly, scatterbrained. Example: […] Kirsten Dunst is utterly charming as the doctor's wifty office assistant, idolizing her boss from afar and sharing tokes and beer with a pair of Lacuna lab techies played by Mark Ruffalo and Elijah Wood. Example: Jack, at nineteen, twenty, had an unambiguous understanding of what it meant to win, there was none of that theoretical, wifty new-age stuff for him; […]
Word: politicaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian politicastro, from politico + -astro (“diminutive suffix”), equivalent to English politic(ian) + -aster. 1. A petty politician. Example: And for the Diſcipline propounded, ſeeing that it hath bin inevitably prov’d that the natural and fundamental cauſes of political Happineſs in all Governments are the ſame, and that this Church-diſcipline is taught in the Word of God, and, as we ſee, agrees according to wiſh with all ſuch States as have receiv’d it, we may infallibly aſſure our ſelves that it will as well agree with Monarchy, though all the Tribe of Aphoriſmers and Politicaſters would perſwade us there be ſecret and myſterious reaſons againſt it. Example: The politicaster is looking for small opportunities – for such pickings and stealings as a careless public may leave for those of his kind. The great politician is looking for great opportunities.
Word: Fas Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in Papua New Guinea.
Word: temporise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of temporize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Though that her heart were fired, and swollen with anger, she temporiseth so, 'twas undiscovered: […] Example: On the first day when his father formally gave him the hint that he was to place his affections at Miss Swartz's feet, George temporised with the old gentleman.
Word: ninpo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 忍法 (ninpō). 1. ninjutsu Labels: uncountable
Word: licuado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin liquārebor. Spanish licuardeverb. Spanish licuadobor. English licuado Borrowed from Spanish licuado. 1. A Latin American handmade blended beverage similar to a smoothie, made with milk, fruit, and usually ice. Example: “I come in every morning on my way to work to get my strawberry licuado and my coffee because it’s fast, very tasty and I know it’s good for me,” said Jose Perez, 30, a furniture salesman who grew up drinking licuados in Mexico. Example: I also love the fresh fruit licuados at Moonfish (also on the shores of the lake), the nightly, family-style vegetarian spread at La Paz, the tiramisú of Il Jardino, and the mojitos at the outdoor lakeside bar of Hotel Jinava,[…].
Word: chase a rainbow Part of Speech: verb 1. To pursue something illusory, impractical, or impossible. Labels: idiomatic
Word: hyposensitization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English sensitive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English sensitize 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 sensitization English hyposensitization From hypo- + sensitization. 1. A form of immunotherapy in which the patient is vaccinated with progressively larger doses of an allergen to which they have been diagnosed as being sensitive. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: virtuose Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of virtuous. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Exhibiting the qualities and skill of a virtuoso; virtuosic.
Word: virtuose Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virtuosa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taglioni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Said to be named after a celebrated Italian family of professional dancers, the most famous being Marie Taglioni. Pronunciation: /tælˈjəʊni/ 1. A kind of overcoat. Labels: archaic Example: A rhubarb-coloured coat of the sort which, I believe, are called Taglionis, and which have no waist-buttons.
Word: the ball is in someone's court Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From tennis, as when the ball is in someone's court it is their turn to play. 1. It is someone's turn to do something; often making a decision. Labels: idiomatic Example: Well there's not much more I can do, so the ball is in your court now. Example: Achieving that partnership will require leadership and flexibility. Not just from us, but from our friends, the 27 nations of the EU. And as we look forward to the next stage, the ball is in their court, but I am optimistic it will receive a positive response.
Word: TMA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tense, mood, and aspect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: a TMA system is the kind of thing that explains English “would”, “could”, “-ed”, “-ing”, “-s”, “have”, “been”, etc. 2. Initialism of trimethoxyamphetamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: A little over 50 years later – with LSD, psilocybin, psilocin, TMA, several compounds based on DMT and various other isomers – the number was up to almost 20. 3. Initialism of trimethylamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of television market area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of truck-mounted attenuator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: TMA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Tokyo Metropolitan Area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TMA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of transmisogyny-affected, i.e. transfeminine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Coordinate term: TME Example: […] transmisogyny-affected (TMA) people, are in the greatest danger of TERF violence, and thus their critiques take priority in the fight against TERFs. With TMA people routinely excluded from the bounds of academia, […] impacted by transmisogyny; […]
Word: ultrawarm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + warm. 1. Extremely warm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ultraconcentrated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ultra- + concentrated. 1. Extremely concentrated; of utmost concentration. Labels: not-comparable Example: She was treated effectively with calcium and A.T. 10. Since 1947 she had been given an ultraconcentrated vitamin H² preparation. Example: Unlike liquid protein products, most of which are made from animal parts, standard protein supplements are usually made from ultraconcentrated soybean protein.
Word: superconfident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English confident English superconfident From super- + confident. 1. Very confident.
Word: superpowerful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English powerful English superpowerful From super- + powerful. 1. Very powerful; having, or capable of exerting great power, potency, or influence.
Word: clacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clack 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 clacker From clack + -er. 1. A percussion instrument that makes a clacking noise. 2. Any device that makes a clacking noise. Labels: broadly Example: The last leg of one of our runs was Valencia to Madrid, a straight-line distance of about 93 nautical miles. A competition developed as to who could fly it in the least amount of time. For a couple of weeks, I held the record at 24 minutes, but then another captain did it in 23. One captain claimed he had done it in 22, but his flight engineer let it be known that the overspeed warning clacker had sounded during the flight. You could fly the leg however you wished, but if the overspeed warning—a distinctive loud clacking sound—went off, the run didn't count.
Word: clacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a deformation of cloaca. Alternatively of imitative origin, from the sound of farting or testicles clacking. 1. A testicle. Labels: UK, US, in-plural, often, slang, vulgar 2. The anus. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, vulgar Example: Someone tell me one thing that's good about sand. It gets so hot sometimes you can't even walk on it, it gets into your eyes when it's blowy, it gets stuck to the hairs on my back, it gets up your nose, in your ears and of course, worst of all, it gets up your clacker.
Word: ultraswift Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ultra- Proto-Indo-European *ksweybʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *kswéybʰ-e-ti Proto-Germanic *swībaną Old English swīfan Old English swift Middle English swift English swift English ultraswift From ultra- + swift. Pronunciation: /ˈʌltɹəswɪft/ 1. Extraordinarily swift; of utmost swiftness. Labels: rare Example: Ultraswift high-flying aircraft, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and manned spacecraft, entering the atmosphere share several types of control problems which NASA is continuing to investigate. Example: Kinesthetic warfare is not alone ultraswift motion and impact, it is also perception.
Word: fucknuckle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fuck-knuckle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: While we′re all sitting here having toxins pumped from our bodies, we are kept supplied with magazines about Hollywood fucknuckles who are voluntarily having botulism syringed into theirs. Example: ‘Whaddya want mate?’ he hiccupped as he concentrated on making his initials. ‘It′s Michael Rowe to you fucknuckle.’
Word: stola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin stola. Doublet of stole. 1. The traditional garment of women in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the toga worn by men. Labels: historical 2. A chorister's surplice.
Word: currymuncher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of curry-muncher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boonga Part of Speech: noun 1. A person of Polynesian origin. Labels: New-Zealand, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur 2. Indigenous Australian. Labels: Australia, offensive, slang
Word: Puntland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Punt + -land. From Land of Punt. Analogous with Jubaland. 1. A state of Somalia; a regional state of north-eastern Somalia.
Word: square bashing Part of Speech: noun 1. Marching drills and other military exercises practiced on a parade ground. Labels: UK, slang, uncountable
Word: winkie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of winky (“emoticon that shows a winking face”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In 2005, a forum-goer named Nathan Poe pronounced one of the most quintessential Internet laws: Without a winkie or other “blatant display of humor,” parodies of extreme views can’t be distinguished from the genuine article. 2. Alternative form of winky (“the penis”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After telling this story Andy stood up and held his penis saying that he would put a pin in his winkie, then changed his mind... Example: He certainly has a big crush on his own dick. It's a good one, but I can tell he really enjoys looking at his own body and his winkie in action.
Word: Socotra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic سُقُطْرَى (suquṭrā). 1. An island of Yemen, between the Guardafui Channel to the west, Gulf of Aden to the northwest, the Somali Sea to the south, and the Arabian Sea to the east.
Word: parade ground Part of Speech: noun 1. A large area of firm ground, formerly usually adjacent to fortifications and now usually a paved area at a military base or school, where soldiers or cadets present themselves for inspection ("parade") and practice marching and close-order drills.
Word: stearine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stearin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: The solid and fixed oily bodies, or stearines, contain less water than the soft and delicate fats and fluid oils, while alcohol, the lowest of the class, contains as much as 39 per cent, of water, and is quite soluble in that fluid. Example: 1835, Fat, entry in Andrew Ure, William Nicholson, A Dictionary of Chemistry and Mineralogy, page 463, The margaric acid of the stearines had precisely the same capacity for saturation as that which was extracted from the soaps formed of fat.
Word: square off Part of Speech: verb 1. To get ready for a confrontation (debate, argument, fight). Labels: Canada, US Example: Hey, man, don't square off on me with some bullshit. Example: When James Baldwin Squared Off Against William F. Buckley Jr. [title] 2. To increase the boxiness of (a design). Example: After the aeronautically inspired curvaceous designs of the 1930s and 1940s, many American automotive designs of the 1950s through 1970s were somewhat more squared off.
Word: acerra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin acerra. 1. In Ancient Rome, a small box for holding incense. Labels: historical 2. In Ancient Rome, a small sacrificial altar. Labels: historical
Word: MDI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of medium-dependent interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of metered-dose inhaler. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of multiple document interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MDI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mount Desert Island. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Microsoft Document Imaging format. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Mission Data Interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Wolverine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wolverine. 1. A native or resident of the American state of Michigan. Example: [The term "Sucker" is] The cognomen of the Illinoians, answering to the Buckeye of Ohio, the Wolverine of Michigan, the Corn-cracker of Kentucky, &c. 2. Someone associated with the University of Michigan, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan.
Word: imponed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of impone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: logicboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of logic board. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: impones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of impone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: expone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English exponen, from Latin expōnō. Doublet of expose and expound. 1. To expound; to explain. Labels: Scotland, UK, obsolete Example: it belongs to you alone to expone the Covenant 2. To expose; to imperil. Labels: Scotland, UK, obsolete
Word: ecclesiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecclesia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mecayapan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Mecayapan, from Nahuatl. 1. A town in Veracruz, Mexico. 2. A municipality, of which the town is the municipal seat.
Word: deponed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of depone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: depones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of depone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: BTEX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and ortho-, meta-, and para- xylenes: toxic VOCs commonly found together, used in the chemical analysis of air and water to determine their quality and purity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: reponed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: volatile organic compound Part of Speech: noun 1. Any organic chemical compound that can significantly vaporize under conditions of normal atmospheric temperature and pressure.
Word: repone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin reponere; prefix re- (“re-”) + ponere (“to place”). 1. To replace. Example: On 5th June Stephenson and Company presented a petition to be reponed, and the Sheriff pronounced an interlocutor reponing them. 2. To reply.
Word: teopan Part of Speech: noun 1. An Aztec temple.
Word: neuropathic pain Part of Speech: noun 1. Pain caused by damage to nerves or by damage to the brain, brainstem, or spinal cord. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All of the neuropathic pain was back in her hands, a continuous sparkling flare, like being pricked by glass splinters.
Word: interponed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of interpone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: interpones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of interpone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: frescoed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fresco Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English frescoed From fresco + -ed. 1. Painted with frescos ("an artwork made by applying water-based pigment to wet or fresh lime mortar or plaster"). Example: Glamour for its own sake is not something I have ever been particularly interested in," Stella McCartney said backstage after her catwalk show. Which could sound like a facetious statement from a fashion designer who was, at that moment, standing among the marble-slabbed floors, elaborately frescoed ceilings and giant chandeliers of the Palais Garnier opera house, where the show was staged.
Word: frescoed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fresco Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Horn of Africa Part of Speech: name 1. A peninsula in East Africa, jutting into the Guardafui Channel.
Word: nociceptor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by English neurophysiologist Charles Sherrington in 1906, originally in the spelling noci-ceptor, from noceō + clipped form of receptor, signifying pain detection. 1. A sensory receptor that sends signals that cause the perception of pain in response to a potentially damaging stimulus. Example: He divides receptors into three classes— "nociceptors", such as the nerve-endings for pain and hunger, "beneceptors", such as the nerve-endings stimulated when sugar melts on the tongue, and "neutroceptors", such as the nerve-endings in the eye and ear, called " neutroceptors" because they receive more or less indiscriminately both pleasant and unpleasant messages. Example: The “beneceptors,” “nociceptors,” and "neutroceptors” generally signalled stimuli that were, respectively, beneficial, harmful, or neutral as regards the organism or its species.
Word: Lorie Part of Speech: name 1. A less common spelling of Laurie, diminutive of the female given name Laura.
Word: supersubstantial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + substantial, after Latin supersubstantialis used by Jerome to render Ancient Greek ἐπιούσιος (epioúsios) in the Lord's Prayer. Introduced in English (where ἐπιούσιος is otherwise rendered as "daily") by Thomas More in order to make a connection of the "daily bread" of the Lord's Prayer and the "heavenly and supersubstantial" bread of the eucharist. 1. More than substantial, transcending all substance; spiritual. Labels: not-comparable Example: That heauenlye and supersubstancyall breadde and cuppe, beyng consecrate with that solemne benediction, is profitable to the lyfe and saluacyon of the whole man. Example: Give us the supersubstantial bread—the bread of life.
Word: dirty trick Part of Speech: noun 1. An unkind trick. Example: Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick / Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick 2. Unethical or illegal tactics used against an opponent. Labels: in-plural
Word: quick lime Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of quicklime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: timoroso Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian timoroso. 1. (To be played) in a timid, hesitant manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bradyseism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus Ancient Greek βρᾰδῠ́ς (brădŭ́s)bor. English brady- English seism English bradyseism From brady- (“slow”) + seism. 1. A gradual uplift or descent of part of the Earth's surface caused by the filling or emptying of an underground magma chamber and/or hydrothermal activity, particularly in volcanic calderas Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: panic attack Part of Speech: noun 1. A sudden period of intense anxiety, mounting physiological arousal, fear, stomach problems and discomfort that are associated with a variety of somatic and cognitive symptoms. Example: There was a client who was critical of me a few weeks back and it set off a panic attack. Example: I think I had a panic attack last night, a sense of rising panic and impending doom – chest tight, short of breath, shaking.
Word: preved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aquaduct Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of aqueduct. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: laughing-stock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of laughing stock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rhymelessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rhymeless 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 rhymelessness From rhymeless + -ness. 1. The quality of being rhymeless. Labels: uncountable
Word: dactylonomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dactylo- + -nomy. Pronunciation: /ˌdæktɪlˈɒnəmi/ 1. The use of one's fingers to express numbers. Labels: uncountable
Word: hostesse Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hostess. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Fal. Thou ſay'ſt true Lad: is not my Hoſteſſe of the Tauerne a moſt ſweet Wench? / Prin. As is the hony, my old Lad of the Caſtle: and is not a Buffe Ierkin a moſt ſweet robe of durance?
Word: likeableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English likeable 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 likeableness From likeable + -ness. 1. Alternative spelling of likableness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: The interview is “personality” oriented. The interviewer looks for likeableness, conformity, and sincerity in candidates.
Word: Mary Sue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of an intentionally over-the-top character in the 1973 Star Trek parody fan fiction A Trekkie's Tale by Paula Smith. 1. A fictional character, usually female, whose implausible talents and likeability weaken the story. Labels: derogatory, slang, usually Example: Bella may be a Mary Sue, but if we don't identify with her, and even if we do, there's no other interpretive place for us in the universe. Example: She was a mashup of ideals that made her feel very fake; a Mary Sue who was popular, pretty, athletic, artistic, all the while loved by everyone who met her.
Word: undock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + dock. 1. To remove (a ship) from a dock. Labels: transitive 2. To remove (a ship) from a dock. Labels: transitive 3. To remove from a docking station. Labels: transitive Example: After I undock my laptop, I can run it for about six hours on battery power. 4. To drag (a user interface element, such as a toolbar) away from its fixed position so that it floats freely. Labels: transitive
Word: docking station Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of hardware that expands the connectivity of a laptop or mobile device by linking it to peripherals such as monitors, keyboards, mice, and external drives through a single connection.
Word: dockable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dockable From dock + -able. 1. That can be docked. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dockable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dock Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dockable From dock + -able. 1. A device that can be docked to connect it to another. Example: Dockables also have the added advantage that if either of the two pieces is irreparably damaged, both do not have to be discarded. Most cameras sold to the professional market in the forseeable future will likely be of the dockable variety. Example: The ProShare 200 requires two cards to be installed, and many dockables didn't have two slots available.
Word: trading pit Part of Speech: noun 1. An area on a trading floor that is a focus for trading certain items, often specially furnished with equipment or taking the shape of a small amphitheatre.
Word: atresia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin atresia, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not, without”) and τρῆσις (trêsis, “perforation”). 1. A condition in which a body orifice or passage in the body is abnormally closed or absent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pte Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of private (“soldier”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: trading floor Part of Speech: noun 1. An indoor space in which exchanges of standardized goods such as securities are completed.
Word: Pte. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Pte (“private (soldier)”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fall back on Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn to as a substitute; to rely on as a backup. Labels: transitive Example: Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating. Example: So I fell back on the simple methods of the plainsman and Indian and jogged along on their trail. 2. to be blamed on. Labels: transitive Example: If we do this, the consequences will fall back on you.
Word: fall back upon Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall back on. Labels: transitive
Word: alphabetiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alphabetise + -er. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetizer. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: Americanise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃- Proto-Germanic *amalą Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor. Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder. Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz ▲ Proto-Germanic *rīks Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.? Italian Amerigoder. New Latin Americalbor. English America Middle English -n English -n English American English -ise English Americanise From American + -ise. 1. UK standard spelling of Americanize.
Word: fashion show Part of Speech: noun 1. An event at which fashionable clothes are modelled for an audience.
Word: fashion sense Part of Speech: noun 1. Knowledge of how to dress fashionably. Labels: uncountable