nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: publique Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of public. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Come follovv vs, / VVe are to ſpeake in publique: for this buſineſſe / VVill raiſe vs all.
Word: BEF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bovine ephemeral fever. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BEF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Expeditionary Force. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: machetes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of machete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: machetes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of machete Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: macheting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of machete Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: macheted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of machete Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: eyelashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyelash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: citer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cite 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 citer From cite + -er. 1. One who cites.
Word: money order Part of Speech: noun 1. A directive to pay a prespecified amount of money from prepaid funds, making it a more trusted method of payment than a check. Example: 1965, Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics, Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 51 - 1965, page 589, The issue of money orders and postal notes is regulated by sections 74-79 of the Post and Telegraph Act 1901—1961. The maximum amount for which a single money order payable within Australia may be obtained is £40, but additional orders will be issued upon request when larger amounts are to be remitted. The maximum amount permitted to be sent by any one person to a person or persons outside Australia is £A.10 a week. A postal note is not available for a sum larger than twenty shillings. Example: 2007, Gary B. Magee, Andrew S. Thompson, ‘Migrapounds’: Remittance Flows Within the British World, c. 1875—1913, Kate Darian-Smith, Patricia Grimshaw, Stuart Macintyre (editors), Britishness Abroad: Transnational Movements and Imperial Cultures, page 47, In the UK, a Money Order Office was formed in 1838, a separate and specialised department of the Royal Mail that had its origins in an officially sanctioned private business carried on from the late eighteenth century.⁹ […] By 1873, a reliable international money order service was in full operation between the United Kingdom and the majority of its colonies,¹⁰ as well as with a number of other countries, not least the USA.¹¹
Word: Mercure Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Mercure. 1. A surname from French.
Word: hash-browns Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hash browns. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hash-browns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hash-brown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: a bad workman always blames his tools Part of Speech: proverb 1. It is not the tools we use that make us good, but rather how we employ them. Example: Never had ill workman good tools. Example: An ill labourer quarrels with his tools. 2. Upon failure, it is easier to blame the tools used rather than how they were employed.
Word: concretes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of concrete Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: concretes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concrete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concreting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of concrete Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Excavation and concreting between the piling and the wall was carried out in sections, involving considerable pumping, and this stage of the work was completed in August, 1952.
Word: concreted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of concrete Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: concreted Part of Speech: adj 1. Covered in or surrounded by concrete. Example: In 2009, Ruby moved to a much bigger studio complex in Vernon, further south, across the concreted LA River. Last year, Ruby expanded into even bigger premises in the area — 110,000 sq feet of studio space on a four-acre plot. Example: For Gio Fitzpatrick, the project represents the culmination of an old dream. As a 15-year-old exploring St Kilda's Elster Creek – once central to a coastal marsh ecosystem but since reduced to a concreted canal – he stumbled upon a flock of eastern rosellas, a species of birds thought long vanished from the area. 2. Solidified. Labels: obsolete Example: Hereof the common opinion hath been, and ſtill remaineth amongſt us, that Cryſtall is nothing elſe, but Ice or Snow concreted, and by duration of time, congealed beyond liquation.
Word: Troyes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Troyes. Pronunciation: /twɑː/ 1. A city, the capital of Aube department, in the region of Grand Est, France.
Word: photo echo Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of resonance sometimes observed as a coherent pulse of light after two similar pulses have traversed a medium.
Word: pluriformity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pluriform Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English pluriformity From pluriform + -ity. 1. plurality Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: Vannes Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Vannes. 1. A town and commune, a prefecture of Morbihan department, Brittany, France.
Word: Tours Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Tours, from Latin Turonum, from Turones, the name of the area's Gaulish inhabitants in antiquity. 1. A city, the largest in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France and the capital of Indre-et-Loire department.
Word: self-immolation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self- + immolation. 1. The act of setting oneself on fire, especially as a form of protest. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The act of self-immolation The sweeping wave of self-immolation began in 2009 in the aftermath of the 2008 nationwide uprisings against China. Since then, Tibet has witnessed at least 152 self-immolations. Of these self-immolators,¹ 126 were men and 26 women. The burning flame has consumed 130 lives. Nearly a third of the Tibetans who resorted to self-immolation protest were monks and nuns.² The rest were laypeople from different regions and from all walks of life: students, farmers, teachers, young parents, grandparents and mothers of several children. 2. The act of self-sacrificing oneself, in any manner of ways. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: motor neuron disease Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several neurodegenerative disorders that selectively affect motor neurons.
Word: deriding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deride Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deriding Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of derision. Example: The written word tells us our duty, and we ought to accomplish in solemn silence, but not with revilings and deridings of our pure, holy, and just intentions, the destruction of a race, cursed by divine judgment, […]
Word: obfuscating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of obfuscate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quacking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The usual note emitted by this genus is a kind of tremulous querulous bark, not very unlike the quacking voice of a duck. Although all our larger squirrels […]
Word: quacking Part of Speech: adj 1. Making quacking sounds, or prone to doing so.
Word: quacking Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound made by a group of ducks; quacks.
Word: actualizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of actualize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acquitting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acquit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acquiescing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acquiesce Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: acidifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of acidify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clapperboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clapper + board. 1. A device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing.
Word: clapperboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From clapper + board. 1. To use a clapperboard, especially to clap it to start a film take.
Word: jockeying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jockey Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jockeying Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who jockeys. Example: Selfishness and rapacity would give place to a spirit of justice, equity, and benevolence; contentions, jockeyings, and altercations would cease; peace and concord would prevail, and righteousness and truth would shed their benign influence […] Example: Through the magazine and blanket distribution, the headset sales and overhead baggage jockeying, the seat next to mine remained empty. With any luck, I'd be able to flip up the armrest and stretch out a little, the better to sleep my way to Chicago.
Word: jobbing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of job Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jobbing Part of Speech: noun 1. Buying and selling stocks or goods for profit; mercenary trading. 2. The fact or practice of using a public office or other position of trust for personal gain. Example: It is through the power of Paris, now become the center and focus of jobbing, that the leaders of this faction direct, or rather command the whole legislative and the whole executive government. 3. Work carried out by the job; piecework, odd-job work. Example: We have not lost sight of the various proceedings, appointments, jobbings, &c, at University College.
Word: jobbing Part of Speech: adj 1. That does odd jobs; that works on occasional jobs as available. Example: The jobbing foundryman has very little control over the nature of the jobs which come his way. Example: His performance in Dr No in 1962 set the jobbing actor and former milkman on a path that would lead to Hollywood stardom and all its trappings.
Word: jingling Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound made by something that jingles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the jinglings of many bells 2. An old parlour game in which blindfolded players within a ring attempted to catch another player to whom a bell was tied. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jingling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jingle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jewing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In allusion to the curvation stereotypically associated with the noses of Jews. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːɪŋ/ 1. The carunculation of the base of the beak of some varieties of the domestic pigeon; the lobes or wattles of the lower mandible, often in the form of three small fleshy processes, one at each side and a third beneath and before the others.
Word: jewing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Machin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/ 1. A surname originating as an occupation.
Word: Machin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From machun, from Anglo-Norman machun, masson, from Frankish *makjo (“maker; builder; see make”). More at mason. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪt͡ʃɪn/ 1. Any of a British series of definitive stamps designed by Arnold Machin, first issued in 1967 and featuring a side view portrait of Queen Elizabeth II.
Word: Machin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Maha-China ("Great China"), with same first component as in maharaja. 1. China. Labels: India, obsolete
Word: jewelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jewel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jetting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jetting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛtɪŋ/ 1. The application of a jet of liquid, especially to treat livestock against pests. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In bad fly years more than five jettings may be needed. But whatever the conditions, except for rare waves of body-strike, while flies are active station labour can control them by working at jetting for about ten days per month.
Word: jeering Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: jeering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jeer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jeering Part of Speech: noun 1. A mocking utterance.
Word: jazzing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jazz Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: In the old days, heaps of unmarried women were companions, and let me tell you, my dear girl, they had a much better time than they have now, with all this jazzing and short skirts and pretending to have careers. The modern girl hasn't a scrap of decent feeling or sentiment about her. Money--money and notoriety, that's all she's after. That's what we fought the war for--and that's what we've come back to!
Word: jangling Part of Speech: noun 1. A jangle, the sounds of a jangle.
Word: jangling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of jangle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: butt plug Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt + plug. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌtplʌɡ/ 1. A sex toy designed for insertion into the anus and rectum. Example: Thus, the vibrator was born – and women started going for check-ups a lot more often. But once men caught on to why certain doctors were in such high demand, however, the party was over – and now, in states like Alabama, you can openly carry a gun but not buy a butt plug. Example: An inflatable sculpture by American artist Paul McCarthy has been vandalised – and the artist himself assaulted – after a flurry of outrage in Paris over a sculpture that is said to resemble a type of sex toy known, I am informed, as a butt plug. 2. A rubber cap fitted to the end of the pole in pole vaulting; the pole tip. Labels: rare Example: Remove the butt plug of the pole and have the athlete grip 8–12 inches (about 20–30.5 cm) in excess of his or her extended reach on a pole placed vertically.
Word: get-up-and-go Part of Speech: noun 1. An enthusiastic and energetic drive or ambition. Labels: idiomatic, informal, uncountable
Word: get-up-and-go Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an enthusiastic or energetic drive or ambition. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: cicuta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cicūta. Apparently related to kex/kix. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkjuːtə/ 1. Hemlock. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: cicuta, or hemlock, is a strong poison in Greece, but with us it hath no such violent effects […].
Word: tiptoeing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tiptoe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: farking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fark Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: peeling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːlɪŋ/ 1. The act of removing the outer surface in strips. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the culinary process, there are none of those peelings and washings as in the case of potatoes and turnips, […] none of those squeezings and mashings and choppings, before the worthless mess can be got upon the table. 2. Strips of an outer rind or surface that has been removed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She flavored the broth with vegetable peelings.
Word: peeling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpiːlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of peel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: second joint Part of Speech: noun 1. The upper joint of the leg of a fowl, especially when used as food
Word: paymaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pay + master. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪmɑːstə/ 1. An official in charge of payments to employees, troops, etc. 2. A person or body which demands loyalty or services in return for payment (especially as paid in advance). Example: "This would have been completely avoidable if the RDG and their paymasters at the DfT, and Transport Secretary Mark Harper, had invited us to talks sooner."
Word: vituperating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vituperate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Dayi Part of Speech: name 1. The Dayi method, a text-input method for Chinese characters invented after the Cāngjié method and designed to be faster. Like Cāngjié, this system is based on the character shape rather than phonetics.
Word: feminists Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmənɪsts/ 1. plural of feminist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: co-dependent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English dependent English co-dependent From co- + dependent. 1. Mutually dependent (especially of an unhealthy psychological relationship in which one person perpetuates another's addiction or harmful behaviour).
Word: co-dependent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English dependent English co-dependent From co- + dependent. 1. A person in such a relationship.
Word: photo finishing Part of Speech: noun 1. All commercial aspects of the processing of photographs apart from simple developing and printing. Labels: uncountable
Word: photoabsorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English photoabsorption From photo- + absorption. 1. A situation in which all of the energy of a photon is transferred to an atom or molecule Labels: uncountable
Word: photoacoustic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic English photoacoustic From photo- + acoustic. 1. of, or relating to photoacoustics Labels: not-comparable
Word: photoacoustics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics English photoacoustics From photo- + acoustics. 1. The emission of sound from a material illuminated by a modulated light source Labels: uncountable
Word: photoactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active English photoactive From photo- + active. 1. Able to convert the energy of light into electricity via photoelectricity 2. Able to react chemically under the influence of light
Word: photoaddition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Latin addō Latin additiōder. Old French aditionder. Middle English addicioun English addition English photoaddition From photo- + addition. 1. Any bimolecular addition reaction that takes place under the influence of light
Word: bantlings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bantling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: molehill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mole + hill. The verb sense comes from the idiom make a mountain out of a molehill. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊlhɪl/ 1. A small mound of earth created by a mole's burrowing underneath the surface of the ground.
Word: molehill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mole + hill. The verb sense comes from the idiom make a mountain out of a molehill. Pronunciation: /ˈməʊlhɪl/ 1. To exaggerate a problem and perceive it as larger or worse than it actually is. Example: As Brazil faced the mountainous task of completing an Olympic venue before the opening ceremony, Chinese netizens got busy molehilling a remark by a Rio construction manager about their China supplier.
Word: Dalai Lama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tibetan ཏཱ་ལའི་བླ་མ (tā la'i bla ma), compound of Mongolian ᠳᠠᠯᠠᠢ (dalai, “ocean”) + Tibetan བླ་མ (bla ma, “lama”). Pronunciation: /ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə/, /ˈdɑːlaɪ ˈlɑːmə/ 1. The supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, believed to be an incarnation of Avalokitesvara, and considered the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. Labels: Tibetan Example: Of the Mongall Tartars. The Mongalls are a numerous people, and occupy a large extent of country, from this place to the Kallgan, which ſignifies the everlaſting Wall, or the great wall of China. From this wall they ſtretch themſelves northward as far as the river Amoor; and from the Amoor, weſtward, to the Baykail ſea ; where they border with the territories of the Kontayſha, or prince of the black Kalmucks. On the ſouth, they are bounded by a nation called Tonguts, among whom the Delay Lama has his residence. Example: Szechuen troops defending recognized Chinese territory against the raids of the Tibetans declare that by crossing the Kinsha River the forces of the Da Lai Lama have violated the recent truce. The truce established the stream as the boundary between Tibet and China Proper.
Word: British Central Africa Part of Speech: name 1. a former British protectorate in the area of present-day Malawi, between 1891 and 1907.
Word: ingraining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ingrain Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bandogs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandog Labels: form-of, plural
Word: machine tool Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /məˈʃiːn ˈtuːl/ 1. A tool, typically a power-driven machine and typically stationary, used especially for machining (removing hard material via cutting, grinding, or other subtractive processes) and (more broadly) for any mix of subtractive, forming/stamping, or additive work.
Word: B. M. A. Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Military Administration, used in the late 1940s as an overprint on certain stamps of Great Britain used in British offices in Eritrea and Tripolitania. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: BIOT Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of B. I. O. T.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: BIOT Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of biot Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: milling machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape. Labels: idiomatic Example: The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared. Example: In equal machining of cylindrical cam's groove, roughcast of cylindrical cam is clamped in revolving spindle of NC milling machine.
Word: tendering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tender Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tendering Part of Speech: noun 1. The offering of a tender, or bid. Example: As regards manufactured goods a list of contractors is maintained, and a yearly advertisement is issued stating that tenderings for certain articles will be called for during the year, and firms generally are invited to apply […]
Word: chairing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chair Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tabling Part of Speech: noun 1. A forming into (graphic) tables; a display in tabular form. 2. The letting of one timber into another by alternate scores or projections, as in shipbuilding; a crude form of dovetailing. 3. A broad hem on the edge of a sail. Example: On the luffs and after leaches of jibs the tabling ought to be 3 inches, on the foot 1 inches 4. A setting-aside of a topic from discussion. Labels: US Example: The Woodstock Town Board dropped the controversial anti-discrimination ordinance after a meeting marked by a series of tablings and withdrawals of various resolutions. 5. The introduction of a topic to a discussion. Labels: UK 6. Representing a company or organization (at an exposition, fair, etc.), usually at a booth or display. Labels: metonymically 7. board; support Labels: obsolete Example: My daughter hath there already now of me ten poundes, which I account to be given for her tabling : after this ten poundes will follow another, for her apparel 8. The uses of a table that contains the results of subproblems which can then be used later in the solving of a problem when the same subproblem arises again.
Word: tabling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of table Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pardoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pardon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pardoning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which somebody is pardoned.
Word: piling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/, [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ] 1. A structural support comprising a length of wood, steel, or other construction material. Labels: countable 2. The act of heaping up. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The process of building up, heating, and working fagots or piles to form bars, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪlɪŋ/, [ˈpʰaɪ̯ɫlɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of pile Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: writhing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing. 1. Bended in twisting struggle. Labels: not-comparable
Word: writhing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of writhe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: writhing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English writhyng; equivalent to writhe + -ing. 1. A twisting struggle. Example: But a video, taken from above, projects these writhings as if she were flying at top speed in a tunnel above traffic that’s whooshing past in the opposite direction.
Word: consorting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of consort Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: corallivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coral Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *gʷorh₃éh₂ Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorōder. English -vore English corallivore From coral + -vore. 1. Any animal that eats coral. Example: Acanthaster is potentially the most important corallivore in the eastern Pacific, due to its large size and high rate of consumption (about 0.5 m” of coral tissue per month). This corallivore is especially interesting ecologically because of its preferential feeding behavior; it tends to prey on massive, encrusting and nodular coral species, often avoiding branching corals such as Pocillopora spp.
Word: calming Part of Speech: adj 1. That calms; soothing, relaxing
Word: calming Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of making something calmer or an instance of something becoming calmer.
Word: calming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of calm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: titer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French titre. Doublet of tilde, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.tɚ/ 1. The concentration of a substance as determined by titration.
Word: titer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French titre. Doublet of tilde, title, titlo, tittle, and titulus. Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.tɚ/ 1. To measure a concentration, especially by means of titration
Word: jig borer Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of machine tool invented during the World War I era to make possible the quick-yet-very-precise location of hole centers.
Word: drill press Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine tool in which a rotating cutter, usually a twist drill, is pushed into a workpiece to produce a hole.
Word: Cabernet Sauvignon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæbə(ɹ)ˈneɪ səʊvɪˈnjɒn/ 1. A variety of red grape used principally in wine-making. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A wine made from such grapes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cabernet sauvignon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Cabernet Sauvignon. Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: It's not the red of which we bleed / The red of cabernet sauvignon Example: As we sat in the tasting room — a Japanese pagoda in the middle of a pond — sampling a pinot noir, a cabernet sauvignon and a white blend that he made, he explained that he tried to make wines accessible to the masses.
Word: twist drill Part of Speech: noun 1. A rotating cutting tool, used for cutting holes in rigid materials, that consists of an essentially conical point, relieved and fluted to form cutting lips, and spiral flutes which direct the chips away from the lips and toward ejection from the hole.
Word: B. C. A. Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Central Africa, as overprinted on stamps of Rhodesia in 1891. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: high speed steel Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of tool steel, invented in the early 20th century, which retains its hardness and temper at high temperatures (at which previous kinds of tool steel would soften), thus allowing cutters made from it to be employed at higher cutting speeds than were previously practical. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: colour code Part of Speech: noun 1. Any system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets. Labels: UK 2. An individual mapping of a colour to an element in such a set. Labels: UK
Word: colour code Part of Speech: verb 1. To mark items with a colour code as a means of sorting. Labels: UK, transitive
Word: G. E. A. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of German East Africa, found as an occupation overprint stamps of East Africa and Uganda in 1917 for the entire occupied territory, and Kenya and Uganda in 1921 for the part now in Tanzania. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: N. F. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Nyassaland Force, used as an overprint in 1916 on the stamps of the Nyassaland Protectorate for use in occupied German East Africa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: parvenus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parvenu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: station sedan Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of station wagon. Labels: Australia, Canada, US, archaic Example: 1948, American Machinist, Volume 92, Issues 1-5, page 72, July 11, 1946, the first station wagon went into production. It has the familiar Jeep “front-end look” with radiator grid, bonnet, front fenders, cowl, dash, windshield assembly and door assemblies identical with those in panel delivery, 2- and 4-wheel drive trucks and the new station sedan. Example: 1949 April 18, Advertisement, Life, page 120, The ‘Jeep’ Station Sedan combines the luxurious riding ease of a sedan with the spaciousness of a station-wagon.
Word: photoaffinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English affinity English photoaffinity From photo- + affinity. 1. the photoexcitation of a molecular entity (normally associated with a biomolecule) in order to attach a label Labels: uncountable
Word: photoaffinity labelling Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of photoaffinity labeling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: photoaging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- English aging English photoaging From photo- + aging. 1. The damaging effect of prolonged exposure to sunlight on the skin, especially wrinkling, discoloration and susceptibility to cancer Labels: uncountable
Word: writhy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From writhe + -y. 1. Characterized by or prone to writhing. Example: Nor fly, nor insect, nor writhy snake, escape their deep research. Example: When we caught a writhy, stunted fish, wide-eyed, mouthing silence, which slipped out of our hands, we picked it up, threw it back to its mud-blind home.
Word: aeration Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛːˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The process by which air is circulated through or mixed with a substance such as soil or a liquid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Mekydro transmission employs a single converter and a four-speed mechanical gearbox, which has the advantage of cheapness and simplicity for the same number of gear changes, and does away with the necessity for constantly emptying and filling converters, which tends to harm the oil by aeration. 2. By extension, a process in which other gases (such as carbon dioxide or nitrogen or argon) are circulated through or mixed with a substance (usually liquid), sometimes with the consequence of increasing the transfer of air into the same liquid at the surface due to the induced circulation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ball-breaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + breaker. 1. A person or task which is excessively demanding or punishing. Labels: US, idiomatic, vulgar Example: My slave-driving boss expects me to work over the weekend. What a ball-breaker!
Word: aerator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor. Latin aer Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English aerate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English aerator From aerate + -or. 1. A device which mixes air with a substance, particularly soil or a liquid. Example: faucet aerator 2. A device used for charging mineral waters with gas and in making soda water. 3. A fumigator used to bleach grain, destroying fungi and insects.
Word: aerially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾱ̓έρῐος (āérĭos)der. Latin āerius English -al English aerial 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 aerially From aerial + -ly. 1. In an aerial manner. 2. Via the air, as in aerial transmission of diseases. Example: Some months later it was determined that the infection resisted containment measures so easily because it was transmitted aerially.
Word: aerobically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) French aérobie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aerobic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English aerobically From aerobic + -ally. 1. In an aerobic manner.
Word: aerodynamically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic English aerodynamic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al 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 Middle English -ally English -ally English aerodynamically From aerodynamic + -ally. 1. In an aerodynamic manner, in a manner which reduces drag. 2. From the perspective of aerodynamics. Example: Aerodynamically, your ideas will never get off the ground. Example: Additionally, Saturday was when we would trek to Cherry Hill at the edges of Garfield and Lodi to fly our free-flight models. If the planes were not aerodynamically correct, they would crash.
Word: aestheticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin aesthēticusder. German Ästhetikder. New Latin aesthēticusbor. French esthétiqueder. English aesthetic 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 aestheticism From aesthetic + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˌæsˈθɛ.tɪˌsɪ.zəm/ 1. A doctrine which holds aesthetics or beauty as the highest ideal or most basic standard. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He went over his canvases with disgust and anger, unable to see virtue in any one of them. Even his sacred Oyster Girl went back on him. The creature of a vitiated æstheticism, he could only suppose that conceit had played an abominable trick on his eyesight. Example: Born the most sensitive of children into an unhappy family that misreared and misschooled him, Rilke recoiled into introspectiveness and dilletante^([sic]) aestheticism, and long remained there; the world, or outwardness, was what had hurt him, was the enemy.
Word: social democracy Part of Speech: noun 1. A moderate left-wing political philosophy or ideology that aims to achieve socialist (socialistic) goals within a democratic society and a liberal democracy such as by means of a strong welfare state and nationalisation of private industry. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A society based on this ideology. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flintstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English flynt ston; equivalent to flint + stone. 1. A piece of flint. Example: The very poor will sometimes adorn the graves of those they love with oystershells, or flintstones, or small plaster busts, or tiles […] Example: At times when there was inadequate sunlight to focus through the lens, the king struck flintstones to ignite the flame in the same way.
Word: albinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English albino 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 albinism From albino + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈælbəˌnɪzəm/ 1. Congenital lack of melanin pigmentation in the skin, eyes, and hair or feathers (or more rarely only in the eyes); the condition of being albino. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: democratic socialism Part of Speech: noun 1. A left-wing ideology that aims to introduce democracy into the workforce, i.e. worker cooperatives, and ensure public provision of basic human needs. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any form of socialism based on democratic principles and institutions. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: alkalinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English alkaline Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English alkalinity From alkaline + -ity. 1. The state of being, or the degree to which a thing is, alkaline. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alewives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alewife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anarchistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἄναρχος (ánarkhos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía)bor. French anarchie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French anarchisteder. English anarchist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anarchistic From anarchist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌanəˈkɪstɪk/, /ˌænəɹˈkɪstɪk/ 1. Of or relating to anarchism or anarchy. Example: One of the commonest objections to Communism is that men are not good enough to live under a Communist state of things. They would not submit to a compulsory Communism, but they are not yet ripe for free, Anarchistic Communism. […] Example: I don't feel that discouraging people from exploring where they will is in line with anarchistic thought. 2. Anarchic; chaotic or free-spirited. Example: With the exception of the leader's boppish title tune, the album is filled with anarchistic jazz reduxes of Nichols, Ellington, Kurt Weill, and Cole Porter.
Word: wussy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1960s: probably an alteration of pussy, perhaps a blend of wimp + pussy, or short for pussy-wussy (reduplication of pussy). Compare later wuss. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊsi/ 1. Weak or timid. Labels: informal Example: There was enough food for a soccer team and we were going to grill it. Our meatfest included no girly utensils, no wussy plates. Just our hands, mouths, and incisors.
Word: wussy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1960s: probably an alteration of pussy, perhaps a blend of wimp + pussy, or short for pussy-wussy (reduplication of pussy). Compare later wuss. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊsi/ 1. A wuss; a person who refuses to perform a particular task due to an unreasonable fear. Labels: informal
Word: write-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from write in. So called because anybody wishing to vote for such a candidate must explicitly write the candidate's name on the ballot. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtˌɪn/ 1. A candidate whose name is not listed on the ballot. Labels: attributive, often Example: He won a write-in campaign for Youngstown school board in 2015; he joined the Green Party last year. 2. A vote made for a candidate of this kind. Labels: attributive, often 3. A social event for authors, at which they meet up to work on their writing together. Labels: attributive, often Example: NaNoWriMo also provides free resources and curriculum globally to over 80,000 students and educators in 2,000 classrooms. In addition a host of volunteers provide write-ins and events in 500 regions. Example: If you have come to a point where you just don't know where to go next in the story, going to a write-in can be a huge help. 4. A clue or puzzle that is so easy that the answer is immediately obvious. Labels: attributive, derogatory, often Example: Normally, when the first clue is a write-in, I think I am in for an easy time, but not here: there is enough misdirection to keep most of us on our toes, and the bottom half remained nearly empty for far too long. Example: Elsewhere there was a capital that crops up every now and then and which I never remember, and much that will have been a write-in for regular solvers.
Word: wafer-thin Part of Speech: adj 1. Very thin, as thin as a wafer. Labels: not-comparable 2. Extremely marginal or tenuous. Labels: not-comparable Example: The President is struggling to maintain his government with only a wafer-thin majority in the lower house.
Word: inhumation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inhume 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 inhumation From inhume + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪn.hjuːˈmeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of burial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "Cremation versus Inhumation" was the subject considered at the meeting of the Nineteenth Century Club at the residence of Mr. Courtlandt Palmer, No. 117 East One Hundred and Seventeenth-street, last evening. Example: Stampolidis's team has unearthed three types of Iron Age burials at Orthi Petra . . . dating from the ninth to the seventh century B.C.: pithos (large ceramic jar) burials, cremations, and basic inhumations. 2. The act of burying vessels in warm earth in order to expose their contents to a steady moderate heat; the state of being thus exposed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Arenation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: waffler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From waffle + -er. 1. One who waffles, or changes sides or positions frequently. 2. One who waffles or rambles; a vague, unfocused speaker or writer. 3. A waffle iron.