nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: missing in action Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈmɪsɪŋ ɪn ˈækʃən/ 1. The designation for a member of an organization (usually military) with whom contact is lost and whose whereabouts are not known, but whose death is not confirmed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Missing in action are those who have been dropped from the muster-roll as missing in action, and have subsequently joined again. [...] If the missing in action, or desertion, and the return to the company, both occur in the quarter, it is not necessary to note them; in other words, it is not necessary that the soldiers should be dropped and taken up again on the same return. Example: Private Louis R. Ziegra of this place [Deep River, Connecticut], formerly a bookkeeper at the Pratt-Reid Player Action Co., who is announced in dispatches from the War Department as missing in action is a German prisoner of war. 2. Not present when one is expected to be. Labels: broadly, not-comparable Example: He says that when pressed about why the money was missing in action, NAB [National Australia Bank] failed to provide an explanation and threatened to foreclose on the customer. Example: Finding her toothbrush last night had been the extent of her unpacking and her slippers were still missing in action.
Word: killed in action Part of Speech: adj 1. The designation for a member of an organization (primarily military) who has died while on duty. Labels: not-comparable Example: There were only some four hundred United States marines who in the heroic and historic defense of Wake Island inflicted such great losses on the enemy. Some of those men were killed in action; and others are now prisoners of war.
Word: magnesium sulfate Part of Speech: noun 1. The magnesium salt of sulfuric acid (chemical formula MgSO₄), commonly called Epsom salts.
Word: Epsom salts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Epsom in Surrey, England; the town had a spring which gave forth bitter saline water containing the compound. 1. magnesium sulfate, used as a laxative and in the preparation of tofu as a coagulator, and formerly as a medicated soaking solution. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And who but July would know […] that her back needed to be rubbed after she had drank^([sic]) her Epsom salts so as to release, into a belch or fart, the wind that so plagued her.
Word: coagulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coagulate + -or. 1. Something that causes coagulation (clumping or solidifying).
Word: unsteady Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to Old Frisian onstedich, Low German unstadig, etc. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈstɛdi/ 1. Not held firmly in position; physically unstable. Example: A slightly unsteady item of furniture. Example: "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day:[…]" 2. Lacking regularity or uniformity. 3. Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior.
Word: unsteady Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + steady. Like steady, the word first appeared in English around 1530. The word is comparable to Old Frisian onstedich, Low German unstadig, etc. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈstɛdi/ 1. To render unsteady, removing balance.
Word: get up the yard Part of Speech: intj Etymology: The earliest usage may be traced to a primary school in Dublin, Ireland. Initially, in the 1960s, the phrase meant what it literally denoted: it was a command to get up the yard, the school yard at St. Pius X National School in Templeogue, Dublin. Older pupils appointed as wardens would shout at children to "get up the yard", away from the road. 1. Get lost! Labels: idiomatic 2. Nonsense! I don't believe you. Labels: idiomatic 3. I disagree. Labels: idiomatic
Word: Beatlesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English beat all Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English Beatals Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-der.? Proto-Germanic *bautaną Proto-West Germanic *bautan Old English bēatan Middle English beten English beat Proto-Germanic *bitilô, *bītilaz Proto-West Germanic *bitilō, *bītil Old English bitula, bitela, bītel Middle English bitle, bitel, bityl, bytylle English beetle ▲ English -s English beetles blend English Beatles Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Vulgar Latin -iscus Italian -escobor. French -esquebor. English -esque English Beatlesque From Beatles + -esque. Pronunciation: /biːtəˈlɛsk/ 1. Similar to The Beatles or their music. Example: The 1980s all-girl band, the Bangles, reunites for a comeback album with crisp Beatles-esque melodies. 2. A style influenced by the psychedelic era of the Beatles, prominent around 1967, characterized by vibrant colors, Indian influences, or flower power motifs.
Word: insurrection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))). Pronunciation: /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/, /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature. Labels: also, figuratively, uncountable Example: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. (1866, Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Section 3) Example: After this, by the great wiſedome and politic of the Nobles and Captaynes, a communication was had, and an agreement made vppon the Kings pardon, obtayned for all the Captaynes and chiefe doers in this inſurrection, and promiſe made that they ſhoulde bee gentlye heard, to declare ſuch things as they found themſelues agreeued with, […]
Word: distaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English distaf (“distaff”), from Old English distæf (“distaff”), from *dis- (“bunch of flax”) (cognate with Middle Low German dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”)) + stæf (“staff”) (from Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-). Senses 3 and 5 (“anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only”; “a woman, or women considered as a group”) refer to the fact that spinning was traditionally done by women. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɑːf/, /ˈdɪstæf/ 1. A device to which a bundle of natural fibres (often wool, flax, or cotton) is attached for temporary storage, before being drawn off gradually to spin thread. A traditional distaff is a staff with flax fibres tied loosely to it (as indicated by the etymology of the word), but modern distaffs are often made of cords weighted with beads, and attached to the wrist. Example: Then hadſt thou had an excellent head of haire. […] Excellent, it hangs like flax on a diſtaffe: & I hope to ſee a huſwife take thee between her legs, & ſpin it off. Example: I muſt change armes at home, and giue the diſtaffe Into my Husbands hands, […] 2. The part of a spinning wheel from which fibre is drawn to be spun. 3. Anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only. 4. A race for female horses only. 5. A woman, or women considered as a group. Labels: also, collective Example: But O, passenger, if thou art desirous to know the cause of these fatal discomposures, of this inextricable war, truly I must deal plainly: I cannot resolve thee herein to any full satisfaction. Grievances there were, I must confess, and some incongruities in my civil government, (wherein, some say, the crozier, some say, the distaff was too busy,) but I little thought, God knows, that those grievances required a redress this way. Example: [C]an I ſooth Tyranny? Seem pleas'd to ſee my Royal Maſter murther'd, His crown uſurp'd, a Diſtaff in the Throne [Anne, Queen of Great Britain], A Council made up of ſuch as dare not ſpeak, And could not if they durſt; […]
Word: distaff Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English distaf (“distaff”), from Old English distæf (“distaff”), from *dis- (“bunch of flax”) (cognate with Middle Low German dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”)) + stæf (“staff”) (from Proto-Germanic *stabaz (“staff, stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-). Senses 3 and 5 (“anything traditionally done by or considered of importance to women only”; “a woman, or women considered as a group”) refer to the fact that spinning was traditionally done by women. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪstɑːf/, /ˈdɪstæf/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of women. Labels: not-comparable Example: Henry knew. If he were blackballed by this distaff Mafia, he was doomed: Endless, but always justifiable, delays would occur in the work he wanted typed. Example: Women predominate not only, I think, because of matriarchal considerations, or claims to divine paternity, but also because Boiotian tradition leans in every way toward the distaff side. 2. Of the maternal side of a family. Labels: not-comparable Example: Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral— […] They inherit Plantagenet blood by direct descent, and Tudor on the distaff side.
Word: straw man Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From straw + man. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1986 passim, shows first known usages for things insubstantial date to 1585-95. Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1897, Vol 4, p. 4485, notes “man of straw” as “The figure of a man formed of an old suit of clothes stuffed with straw; hence, the mere resemblance of a man; one of no substance or means; an imaginary person.” Compare West Frisian strieman, Dutch strooman, stroman, German Strohmann, Danish stråmand, Swedish stråman, Norwegian stråmann. 1. A doll or scarecrow, particularly one stuffed with straw. 2. An innocuous person or someone of nominal or lesser importance, as a front man or straw boss. Labels: figuratively 3. An insubstantial concept, idea, endeavor or argument, particularly one deliberately set up to be weakly supported, e.g. by misrepresenting an opponent's argument by broadening or narrowing the scope of a premise, so that it can be easily knocked down; especially to impugn the strength of any related or contrasted thing or idea. Labels: figuratively Example: This Euler inequality recurs as either the cornerstone or the straw man in many theories contained in this book. 4. An outline serving as an initial proposal for a project, usually refined iteratively. Labels: figuratively Example: a tentative straw-man spec 5. Synonym of straw buyer. Example: If a broker or a salesperson attempts to use a straw man to purchase property for which he or she has a listing, the real estate person must specifically disclose in writing to the seller this relationship with the buyer.
Word: straw man Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From straw + man. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1986 passim, shows first known usages for things insubstantial date to 1585-95. Universal Dictionary of the English Language, 1897, Vol 4, p. 4485, notes “man of straw” as “The figure of a man formed of an old suit of clothes stuffed with straw; hence, the mere resemblance of a man; one of no substance or means; an imaginary person.” Compare West Frisian strieman, Dutch strooman, stroman, German Strohmann, Danish stråmand, Swedish stråman, Norwegian stråmann. 1. To falsely attribute an insubstantial argument (a straw man argument) to another through direct declaration or indirect implication; to put words in someone's mouth. Labels: transitive Example: Person A: "Cats have claws." Person B: "Not all cats have claws: some are declawed." Person A: "Don't straw man me; I never said all." Example: 1996 [Vale Press], Ralph H. Johnson, The Rise of Informal Logic, Windsor Studies in Argumentation, 2014, E-edition, page 178, I have also argued that he is guilty of straw manning Copi and that his charge of shoddy reasoning against Kahane makes use of an equivocation on the concept of fallacy.
Word: tbsp Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of tablespoon, a unit of measurement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Add 3 tbsp of grilling sauce for every pound of chicken.
Word: tsp Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of teaspoon, a unit of measurement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: viruses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ɹə.sɪz/ 1. plural of virus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of organism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gangly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An American English alteration of gangling. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli/ 1. Tall and thin, especially so as to cause physical awkwardness. Example: I should have shot that long gangly lubber they called Hank, if I could have done it without crippling six or seven other people—but of course I couldn't, […] Example: A rangy, gangly, Scandinavian youth of a sailor, droop-shouldered, six feet six and slender as a lath, with pallid eyes of palest blue and skin and hair attuned to the same colour scheme, joined Kwaque in his work.
Word: meteoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English meteor Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English meteoric From meteor + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmiːtiˈɒɹɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or originating from a meteor. Example: meteoric iron 2. Like a meteor in speed, brilliance, or ephemeralness. Labels: broadly Example: Her meteoric rise to power was followed by a slow, lackluster career at the top. Example: With the meteoric rise has come broad concerns about the app’s impact on its relatively young users. 3. Originating in the atmosphere. 4. Influenced by the weather. Example: a meteoric flower Example: On the far side was reflected a single red and meteoric cloud, which had treasured one last crimson ray from the sunset, or perhaps nursed within it the fiery leaven.
Word: solemnity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From solemn + -ity, from Middle English solemnity (“observance of formality and ceremony”), frequently in the phrases in solemnity, with solemnity, which from Old French solemnite, from Latin sollemnitās, from sollemnis. (Compare solemn.) Pronunciation: /səˈlɛmnɪti/ 1. The quality of being deeply serious and sober or solemn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the solemnity of a funeral Example: The stateliness and gravity of the Spaniards shows itself in the solemnity of their language. 2. An instance or example of solemn behavior; a rite or ceremony performed with reverence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Great was the cauſe; our old ſolemnities / From no blind zeal or fond tradition riſe, / But ſav'd from death, our Argives yearly pay / Theſe grateful honours to the God of Day. Example: This is the Man after God's Heart, […] by endeavouring, when he aſſiſted at thoſe Solemnities, to perform them with the utmoſt Attention, Alacrity, and holy Warmth of Mind, of which he was capable. 3. A feast day of the highest rank celebrating a mystery of faith such as the Trinity, an event in the life of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, or another important saint. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A solemn or formal observance; proceeding according to due form; the formality which is necessary to render a thing done valid. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A celebration or festivity. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hateful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hateful. By surface analysis, hate + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪtfəl/ 1. Evoking a feeling of hatred. Example: 1935, Somerset Maugham, "The Voice of the Turtle." « She was hateful, of course, but she was irresistible. » 2. Dislikeable. Example: Home I vvould go, / But that my Dores are hatefull to my eyes. / Fill'd and damm'd up vvith gaping Creditors, / VVatchfull as Fovvlers vvhen their Game vvill ſpring; […] 3. Full of hatred. 4. Bigoted. Labels: metonymically
Word: untrammeled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trammel (“fishing net; shackle”), from Old French tramail (“net for catching fishes”), from Late Latin tremaculum. 1. Not limited or restricted; unrestrained; limitless. Example: The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza. Example: She would follow, her dream of love, the dictates of her heart that told her he was her all in all, the only man in all the world for her for love was the master guide. Nothing else mattered. Come what might she would be wild, untrammelled, free.
Word: airdrop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + drop. 1. The act of delivering goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight. 2. The distribution of free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency. Example: But Facebook is also likely to carry out what’s known in cryptocurrency circles as an “air drop”, handing out small amounts of currency for free in an effort to kickstart the ecosystem.
Word: airdrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From air + drop. 1. To deliver goods, equipment, or personnel by dropping them from an aircraft in flight. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The Mako is powered by a sealed hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell, and includes a small element zero core. While not large enough to nullify the vehicle’s mass, the core can reduce it enough to be safely air-dropped. 2. To distribute free tokens to help bootstrap a new cryptocurrency. Labels: intransitive, transitive 3. Alternative letter-case form of AirDrop. Labels: alt-of
Word: WSS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Web Security Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Windows Search Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Windows Server System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Windows SharePoint Services, former name of Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 5. Initialism of Windows Storage Server. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Windows Sound System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of WS-Security (meaning Web Services Security). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Wavelength Selective Switching. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WSS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Widescreen signaling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of white spot syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of wrinkly skin syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Wiedemann-Steiner syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: straw shoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US, mid 1700s. 1. A professional false witness hired by an unscrupulous attorney. Such a man would frequent the vicinity of a courthouse and show his intention and availability by a straw sticking from one of his shoes. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: rabbit punch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the use of a similar technique by hunters to kill rabbits. 1. A chopping punch to the back of the neck or head. Example: Bond doubled over with the pain and to shield himself from another blow, only to get a rabbit punch on the back of the neck which made him arch back again, the breath whistling through his teeth.
Word: ills Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪlz/ 1. plural of ill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pasticheur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pasticheur. 1. One who mimics the literary or artistic style of another.
Word: nosebleed seat Part of Speech: noun 1. A seat in the nosebleed section, usually cheaper and with a poorer view than other seats. Labels: Canada, US Example: You might want to bring binoculars if you will be in the nosebleed seats, so that you can see the action on the stage better. Example: A few fans who buy nosebleed seats to see Paul McCartney get the chance to see a Beatle as closely as they might have at the Cavern Club in 1962.
Word: pans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pænz/ 1. plural of pan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pans Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pænz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pins Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɪnz/ 1. plural of pin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pins Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: distaff side Part of Speech: noun 1. The female or maternal branch of a family.
Word: newsletter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From news + letter. Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)uzˌlɛtɚ/, /ˈnjuːzˌlɛtə/ 1. A periodically sent publication containing current events or the like, generally on a particular topic or geared toward a limited audience.
Word: advertizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of advertize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: naughty bit Part of Speech: noun 1. Those parts of the body not normally shown in public, particularly the nipples of women and the genitals. Labels: euphemistic, informal, plural-normally
Word: guanodine Part of Speech: noun 1. any of the three nucleotides guanosine monophosphate, guanosine diphosphate and guanosine triphosphate
Word: guanosine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡwɑː.nə(ʊ)siːn/ 1. A nucleoside derived from guanine and ribose Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adenosine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Adenosin, corresponding to aden(ine) + (rib)os(e) + -ine. Pronunciation: /əˈdɛnə(ʊ)siːn/, /əˈdɛnəˌsin/, /əˈdɛnəsən/, /əˈdinəˌsin/ 1. A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue. Example: Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine. Example: Think of adenosine as a chemical barometer that continuously registers the amount of elapsed time since you woke up this morning.
Word: Ekaterina Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian and Russian Екатерина (Jekaterina). Pronunciation: /ɪˌkæ.təˈɹiː.nə/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian or Serbo-Croatian female given name Екатерина (Jekaterina), equivalent to Catherine.
Word: Panjab Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Punjab Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The pashms of Rodak, Ladak, Spiti, Rampur, Bashabir are a second class wool, and form the staple export to the shawl manufacturing cities of the Panjab. 2. Alternative spelling of Punjab: 3. Alternative spelling of Punjab: 4. Alternative spelling of Punjab:
Word: anticathode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English cathode English anticathode From anti- + cathode. Pronunciation: /æn.ti.kæθ.oʊd/ 1. The opposite of a cathode, an anode. 2. The target at which electrons from the cathode in a CRT or x-ray tube are directed.
Word: X-ray tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that produces X-rays by directing energetic electrons into a metal target. Example: The dentist aimed the X-ray tube at my mouth to find the cavity.
Word: X-rays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of X-ray Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X-rays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of X-ray Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: black bear Part of Speech: noun 1. An American black bear, Ursus americanus, indigenous to North America. 2. An Asiatic black bear, Ursus thibetanus.
Word: antiarrhythmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + arrhythmic. 1. Used to treat or prevent (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
Word: antiarrhythmic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + arrhythmic. 1. A drug that treats or prevents (heart) arrhythmia (irregular beat).
Word: brigadier general Part of Speech: noun 1. A military officer who commands a brigade. 2. A one star general. Labels: US 3. A military rank between colonel and the second lowest general rank or major general, having an O7 NATO rank scale equivalency
Word: commencement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment. Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnsmənt/ 1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The time of Henry VII nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed modern history. Example: Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants. 2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: suffix tree Part of Speech: noun 1. (of a string) a radix tree containing all suffixes of the string
Word: ion exchange Part of Speech: noun 1. The reversible process whereby ions are exchanged between a solution and a solid or gel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: water softener Part of Speech: noun 1. A device which reduces the calcium and magnesium concentration of hard water by passing it through an ion exchange resin.
Word: hard water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water with a high concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it difficult to lather with soap. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soft water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water with a low concentration of dissolved minerals, especially calcium, making it easier to lather with soap. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ion exchange chromatography Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique that uses ion exchange to separate compounds, anions and cations according to their electrical properties. Labels: uncountable
Word: ion exchange resin Part of Speech: noun 1. An insoluble matrix of small beads having a charged surface; used as an artificial zeolite in water softeners and in ion exchange chromatography.
Word: zeolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish zeolit, and its source, New Latin zeolites, from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “to boil, bubble”) + -lite. 1. Any of several minerals, aluminosilicates of sodium, potassium, calcium or magnesium, that have a porous structure (originally, those which swelled and gave off water when heated); they are used in water softeners, in ion exchange chromatography, and as industrial catalysts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What I liked best were the zeolites from the stacks which rise out of the sea off the coast near Jaci.
Word: aluminosilicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alumino- + silicate. 1. Any of many silicate minerals, such as feldspar and zeolite, in which a proportion of the Si⁴⁺ ions are replaced by Al³⁺, the excess negative charge being balanced by extra sodium, potassium or calcium ions.
Word: montmorillonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Montmorillon + -ite, after where it was identified. 1. Any of a group of soft, clay-like silicate minerals having many industrial and technical uses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isotopologue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From isotope + -logue. 1. any of a group of compounds only differing in their isotopic composition; for example normal water and heavy water
Word: isotopomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English topomer English isotopomer From iso- + topomer. 1. An isomer of a chemical compound differing only in the position of an isotope
Word: lone pair Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of electrons in the valence shell of an atom that does not participate in bonding.
Word: valence shell Part of Speech: noun 1. the outermost shell of electrons in an atom; these valence electrons take part in bonding with other atoms
Word: lyotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lyo- + -tropic, c. 1910, presumably borrowed from German, or by analogy with earlier lyo- terms such as lyophilic or lyophilization (1894). From Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). 1. describing a liquid crystal that exhibits phase transitions as a function of concentration Labels: not-comparable Example: “We can however say that, with electrolytes, the effects are always lyotropic. Sulphates, tartrates, etc., raise the point of solidification, decrease the period of solidification, and increase the rate of change of the viscosity with the time. They therefore help the solidification.” Example: It is interesting to note that sulphates head one of Freundlich’s lyotropic series; but I fear that this is merely a coincidence.
Word: liquid crystal Part of Speech: noun 1. A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A phase of matter similar to a liquid, in which the molecules are arranged regularly in one or two dimensions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dwarvish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of dwarfish, coined by J. R. R. Tolkien. For -f → -vish, compare beevish, calvish, elvish, selvish, thievish, wivish, wolvish. 1. Alternative form of dwarfish. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: monostich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich. Pronunciation: /məˈnɒstɪk/ 1. A poem having only one line. Example: Monostich is a self-contained, stand-alone poem consisting of a single line. It is also sometimes referred to as a micro-poem or one-line haiku. The magic of monostich poems lies in their brevity.
Word: monostich Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, single”) + στίχος (stíkhos, “line”). See stich. Pronunciation: /məˈnɒstɪk/ 1. Containing a single line of verse. Example: The piece is described on the title-page as being written 'chiefly in imitation of Aeschylus,' and in accordance with the Greek model it contains monostich passages, and is furnished with a Chorus and a Messenger.
Word: nunchucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nunchuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crepuscular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin crepusculum + -ar. Pronunciation: /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjʊ.lə/, /kɹɪˈpʌs.kjə.lɚ/ 1. Of or resembling twilight; dim. 2. Active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight. Example: That's why cats are crepuscular — most active at dawn and dusk — because mice and rats forage for food during these hours when fewer of their natural enemies are around.
Word: leap second Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1971; derived from the terminology for leap day/leap year. 1. A second of time added to the year occasionally to compensate for variation in the rate of Earth's rotation relative to the absolute standards of time.
Word: arcsec Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of arcsecond. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: spellbind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spell + bind. 1. To place under the influence of a magical spell; to enchant or bewitch with a spell. Labels: transitive 2. To captivate, or hold the attention of, as if by a magic spell; to entrance. Labels: transitive
Word: bonfire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *péh₂wr̥ From Middle English bonnefyre (“a fire in which bones are burnt, bonfire”) [and other forms], by surface analysis, bone + fire. Replaced earlier Middle English bale-fyre, from Old English bǣlfȳr (see balefire). The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) notes that bonfires, originally lit as part of midsummer celebrations, were not generally associated with the burning of bones. However, the first edition of the OED (under the title A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1887) stated that “for the annual midsummer ‘banefire’ or ‘bonfire’ in the burgh of Hawick [in Roxburghshire, Scotland], old bones were regularly collected and stored up, down to c. 1800”. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognate with Scots banefire (“bonfire”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnfaɪəɹ/, [ˈbɒɱˌfaɪ̯ɚ], /ˈbɒnfaɪə/, /ˈbɑnˌfaɪɚ/, [ˈb̥ɒ̃ɱfaɛ̯ɚ] 1. A large, controlled outdoor fire lit to celebrate something or as a signal. Example: O thou art a perpetuall triumph, an euerlaſting bonefire light, […] Example: Theſe vvith the like diſtaſtures, diuulged among the rude multitude, it vvas a vvorld to ſee the face of this nevv VVorld, for in euery ſtreete Bonfires vvere made, in euery Church bels rung, Ditties vvere ſung at euery meeting, and euery man cryed K. Henry, King Henry, […] 2. A fire lit outdoors to burn unwanted items; originally (historical), heretics or other offenders, or banned books; now, generally agricultural or garden waste, or rubbish. Example: [A]ll the inhabitauntes confortynge and exhortynge eche other to die, rather than to violate the leage and amitie that they of longe tyme had contynued with the Romaynes, by one hole assent, after that they hadde made sondry great pyles of wode and of other mater to brenne, they layde in it all their goodes and substaunce, and laste of all, conuayenge them selfes in to the saide pyles or bonefires with their wyfes and children, sette all on fire, and there were brenned or Annyballe coulde entree the citie. Example: I had thought to haue let in ſome of all Profeſſions, that goe the Primroſe way to th'euerlasting Bonfire. 3. Something like a bonfire (sense 1 or 2) in heat, destructiveness, ferocity, etc. Labels: figuratively Example: And one thing I like in you, novv that you ſee / The bonefire of your Ladies ſtate burnt out, / You give it over, doe you not? 4. A fire lit to cremate a dead body; a funeral pyre. Labels: obsolete Example: The bodies which the plague had ſlaine were (O moſt wretched caſe) / Not caried forth to buriall now. For why ſuch ſtore there was / That ſcarce the gates were wyde inough for Coffins forth to paſſe. / So eyther lothly on the ground vnburied did they lie, / Or elſe without ſolemnitie were burnt in bonfires hie / No reuerence nor regard was had. Example: Now wil the Chriſtian miſcreants be glad, / Ringing with ioy their ſuperſtitious belles: / And making bonfires for my ouerthrow. / But ere I die thoſe foule Idolaters / Shall make me bonfires with their filthy bones, […]
Word: bonfire Part of Speech: verb Etymology: PIE word *péh₂wr̥ From Middle English bonnefyre (“a fire in which bones are burnt, bonfire”) [and other forms], by surface analysis, bone + fire. Replaced earlier Middle English bale-fyre, from Old English bǣlfȳr (see balefire). The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) notes that bonfires, originally lit as part of midsummer celebrations, were not generally associated with the burning of bones. However, the first edition of the OED (under the title A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 1887) stated that “for the annual midsummer ‘banefire’ or ‘bonfire’ in the burgh of Hawick [in Roxburghshire, Scotland], old bones were regularly collected and stored up, down to c. 1800”. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognate with Scots banefire (“bonfire”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒnfaɪəɹ/, [ˈbɒɱˌfaɪ̯ɚ], /ˈbɒnfaɪə/, /ˈbɑnˌfaɪɚ/, [ˈb̥ɒ̃ɱfaɛ̯ɚ] 1. To destroy (something) by, or as if by, burning on a bonfire; (more generally) to burn or set alight. Labels: transitive Example: [L]ike the Christmas joke of snapdragons for children, the very liquor was to be bonfired also, and drank burning. Example: Sir, there are as many public documents as you could put in this room that must be taken out and bonfired, that have cost millions, that must be burned up, unless this provision of the honorable Senator from Illinois is carried. 2. To fire (pottery) using a bonfire. Labels: transitive Example: The pots are formed by the coiling method and bonfired using palm fronds, grass and sometimes dung. Example: In China, where huge figures have been excavated in recent years at Xian, archaeologists surmise that they were probably bonfired lying horizontally in a pit, or possibly handmade bricks were piled over the sculptures to retain heat; the bricks would have been removed from round the figure when the firing was over. 3. To start a bonfire in (a place); to light up (a place) with a bonfire. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: They almost carried him [the king] into the palace on their shoulders; and at night the whole town was illuminated and bonfired. 4. To make, or celebrate around, a bonfire. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: [W]hen the news of the battle of Lissa came even to our remote quarter of Ireland, we considered it as a triumph for the cause of Protestantism, and illuminated, and bonfired, and had a sermon at church, and kept the Prussian king's birthday, on which my uncle would get drunk, as indeed on any other occasion. Example: Seems as if one day we are all bar-b-quing, swimming, jetskiing, bonfiring, and the next thing you know everyone is gone, leaving the house empty (except for the sad pile of damp towels and a refrigerator full of sloppy Jo's).
Word: baby boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A very young male human being, from birth to a couple of years old. 2. A man who is immature or infantile. Labels: derogatory Example: Tyrese stars as Jody, a misguided young Black man who is really just a "baby boy" finally forced to face the commitments of real life. Example: Says the director: "They've all been raised by women, so they're always trying to show how much of a man they are when they really are baby boys. They have nothing going for them." 3. The youngest son in a family. Labels: slang Example: My baby boy was accepted to Columbia! 4. A term of endearment for a man. Labels: slang
Word: SEA Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /siː/, /ˈsea/ 1. Abbreviation of Seattle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Southeast Asia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Single European Act. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SEA Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /siː/, /ˈsea/ 1. Initialism of Strategic Environmental Assessment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: lids Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɪdz/ 1. plural of lid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lids Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lifecycle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of life cycle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bryology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bryo- + -logy. 1. The study of bryophytes (non-vascular plants including mosses, liverworts and hornworts). Labels: uncountable
Word: call girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A female prostitute who is hired by telephone. Labels: informal 2. A woman who works as a call center agent. (see usage notes) Labels: humorous Example: The Quinlan Marketing Coordination Plan – "Call girl" approach , separating sales from prospecting doubled agency sales in one year. Example: The telephone reduced isolation and danger for rural families. City dwellers used it as a babysitter. It reinforced the social phenomenon of the teenage peer group. It led to new social and occupational roles: telephone operator, telemarketer, call girl. It helped the geographic expansion of organizations.
Word: Solomon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒləmən/, /ˈsɑləmən/ 1. In the Old Testament and Qur'an, a king of Israel famous for his wisdom; father of King Rehoboam and the son of King David. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And there came of all people to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from all kings of the earth, which had heard of his wisdom. 2. A male given name from Ancient Greek [in turn from Hebrew], feminine equivalent Salome. Labels: countable Example: Authorities have identified Solomon Henderson, a 17-year-old student, as the suspect in the Antioch High School shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. 3. A surname from Hebrew. Labels: countable 4. An unincorporated community in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A minor city in Dickinson County and Saline County, Kansas, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An electoral division in Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Solomon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Solomōn (variant of Salomon), from Ancient Greek Σολομών (Solomṓn), from Biblical Hebrew שְׁלֹמֹה (šĕlōmōʰ), from שָׁלוֹם (šālōm, “peace”). Doublet of Shlomo and Suleiman. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒləmən/, /ˈsɑləmən/ 1. A person of unusual wisdom. 2. A very large champagne bottle (named after the king) with the capacity of 18 liters, equivalent to 24 standard bottles.
Word: antimnemonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + mnemonic. 1. Difficult to remember, often intentionally so. Example: Features that make a password good tend to make it antimnemonic as well, which is bad because a password should be memorized rather than written down. Example: I have translated the symbols used by these German authors, which are antimnemonic for readers of English, to the initial letters...
Word: bake-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₃g- Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₃g- Proto-Germanic *bakaną Proto-West Germanic *bakan Old English bacan Middle English baken English bake English -off English bake-off From bake + -off. 1. A cooking contest, especially one where competition is head-to-head, not limited to preparing food involving baking. Example: The winner of the Pillsbury bake-off is obviously a very good cook and is respected for it. 2. An occasion of the preparation of crack cocaine. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Got weapons and rocks in the whip, I need to make prof Youngest chef in the game, throw your bands on the stove and we can have a bake-off
Word: bake-off Part of Speech: adj 1. Prepared in advance, to be finished off by baking. Labels: not-comparable Example: In its most speeded-up form, bake-off bread might need only a few minutes in the oven to give it a crust and some colour.
Word: airbrake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + brake. 1. A brake (slowing device) that is operated pneumatically (by air pressure). Example: The powerful airbrake of the truck quickly brought it to a stop. Example: These VEAs (of which some 550 were built in total) would themselves have been converted from 1962 vanwides, refurbished and fitted with airbrakes specifically with Ministry of Defence munitions traffic in mind, as many military establishments and depots would have had track too sharply curved for newer airbraked wagons. 2. A movable control surface that extends to increase drag without affecting lift (unlike a spoiler); a device that provides aerodynamic braking. Example: The BAe 146 and Fokker 100's tailcone-mounted airbrakes allow them to slow down quickly for steep approaches without experiencing the lift degradation seen with spoiler-only aircraft.
Word: queenly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English queenly, quenly, from Old English cwēnlīċ, equivalent to queen + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkwiːnli/ 1. Having the status, rank or qualities of a queen; regal. Example: So Maggie, glad of anything that would soothe her mother, and cheer their long day together, consented to the vain decoration, and showed a queenly head above her old frocks, steadily refusing, however, to look at herself in the glass. Example: There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep. 2. Resembling a queen (a typically feminine gay man); queenish. Example: The Pet Shop Boys are yet another synth-pop duo, albeit one that is not quite out of the closet. […] In past interviews, however, they [the Pet Shop Boys] have referred to their sound as "specifically gay disco," and their lyrics have that certain queenly something that lead singer Neil Tennant sings with an adorable sibilance.
Word: queenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English queen 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 queenly From queen + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈkwiːnli/ 1. In a queenly manner; regally.
Word: ebooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ebook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: everlasting Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ever-lasting (“(adjective) eternal, perpetual; constant; (adverb) eternally; (noun) eternity”), from ever (“at all times, always, constantly; eternally, perpetually; regularly; etc.”) + lasting (“continuing, lasting; eternal; etc.”). * Ever is derived from Old English ǣfre (“ever”), possibly from ā (“always, ever”) + in fēore (“in life”). Ā is from Proto-West Germanic *aiw (“eternity; long time”), from Proto-Germanic *aiwaz (“long time; eternity”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- (“life, vital force; long time; eternity”); and fēore is the dative singular of feorh (“life”), from Proto-West Germanic *ferh (“life; kind of tree”), from Proto-Germanic *ferhwą (“body; life; tree”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- (“oak tree”) (as the oak represented life and vitality in Germanic mythology). * Lasting is derived from lasten (“to continue, last; etc.”) + -ing (suffix forming present participle forms of verbs, often used as adjectives)); and lasten from Old English lǣstan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-West Germanic *laistijan (“to follow, pursue; to carry out, perform”), from Proto-Germanic *laistijaną (“to follow, pursue”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leys- (“to trace, track”). By surface analysis, ever (adverb) + lasting (adjective). Pronunciation: /ˌɛvəˈlɑːstɪŋ/, /-ˈlæst-/, /ˌɛvəɹˈlæstɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of everlastingly. Labels: US, archaic, informal, regional Example: […] Miranda’s impression, conveyed in privacy to Jane, was that Hannah was close as the bark of a tree, and consid’able selfish too; that when she’d clim’ as fur as she could in the world, she’d kick the ladder out from under her, everlastin’ quick; […] Example: The Jones man was looking at her hard. Now he reached into the hatch of his vest and fetched out a couple of cigars, everlasting big ones, with gilt bands on 'em. 2. Synonym of everlastingly. Labels: obsolete Example: You your ſelves in the opinion of this everlaſting talkative Advocate of the King, your accuſer, vvent more than half-vvay tovvards it; […]
Word: sincerity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sinceritie, from Old French sincerité and Medieval Latin sincēritās; both from Latin sincēritās, from sincērus + -tās. Equivalent to sincere + -ity. Pronunciation: /sɪnˈsɛɹəti/ 1. The quality or state of being sincere. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I protest, in the sincerity of love. Example: If the shew of any thing be good for any thing, I am sure sincerity is better