nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sugar pill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sugar + pill. 1. A placebo medication made with sugar. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sugar, pill.
Word: sugar pills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sugar pill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fractal response time Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of response time which uses the concept of fractal dimension in order to resolve variability of average response time with respect to sample size of time series. Example: To properly serve the city, ambulance units must be located in a manner that best services all the residents of the city. The location of ambulances is based on the concept of fractal, rather than average response times. Measuring the response time of all sectors of the city derives the fractal response time. Our goal is to have a first responder or BLS on-scene in less than four minutes and an ALS on-scene in less than eight minutes on 90% of all calls.
Word: fractal response times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fractal response time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preceptress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From preceptor + -ess. 1. A female preceptor, or provider of moral instruction; a teacher. Labels: archaic Example: ‘I daily became more amiable, and might perhaps by this time have nearly attained perfection, had not my Preceptoress been torn from my arms, e'er I had attained by seventeenth year.’ Example: Her preceptress had never found it necessary to repeat an admonition of any kind, since her arrival at years to discriminate between the right and the wrong.
Word: preceptresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of preceptress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperthermostable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + thermostable. 1. Remaining stable and functional at high temperatures. Example: This hyperthermostable enzyme remains active above 60 degrees centigrade.
Word: techniphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techni- + -phone. 1. A device used to train the hand muscles used in playing the piano, in order to acquire advanced techniques such as legato
Word: punches in Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of punch in Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: punching in Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of punch in Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: punched in Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of punch in Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: VCC Part of Speech: noun 1. Common Collector Voltage; the positive supply voltage for an integrated circuit containing bipolar junction transistors. 2. Initialism of Video Compact Cassette. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of variable capital company. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cælibate Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of celibate. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: That although to live a ſingle life is not totally repugnant to Humane Nature, yet it is repugnant to the Nature of moſt Men; Becauſe a ſingle life and cælibate are onely fitted for the moſt excellent Minds, and ſuch as are refined from the droſs of impure concupiſcence.
Word: bassinettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bassinette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bumfoolery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bum + tomfoolery. 1. Messing about, often in a homosexual way. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: I'm prepared to bet I was more spaced when I wrote this indexed register bumfoolery than you were when you wrote whatever it was you wrote... Example: He refers to the Pentagon shipping two 19-cent washers from South Carolina to Texas at a cost $1 million and spending $293,451 sending an 89-cent washer from South Carolina to Florida. If this is true, it certainly tops their old well-noted scandals of $90 hammers and $600 toilet seats. (Those numbers may not be the exact — giver or take — but they do illustrate the bumfoolery of the incidents.)
Word: cælibacy Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of celibacy. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable Example: Beſides there is an aukward kind of baſhfulneſs inherent in an old collegian, which makes him ſhudder even at the ſight of a petticoat, and often condems him, during life, to an irkſome ſtate of cælibacy.
Word: Chaldæa Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Chaldea. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: edit wars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of edit war Labels: form-of, plural
Word: edit wars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of edit war Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hadalpelagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hadal + pelagic. By surface analysis, had- + -al + -pelag + -ic. 1. Relating to the oceans at depths greater than 6,000 meters in the suboceanic trenches. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hadopelagic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, hado- + pelagic. 1. hadalpelagic Labels: not-comparable
Word: frown at Part of Speech: verb 1. To disapprove of. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: This town frowns at scandalous behavior.
Word: sarse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of searce. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sarse Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of searce. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sarse Part of Speech: noun 1. Pronunciation spelling of sauce. Labels: alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Example: I wanted cabbage or potaters, or most any sort o' garden sarse … . Example: "I don't want any of your sarse," said the boy, scowling.
Word: sarse Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of sauce. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Well, that ‘ud be imposing, too, on Tellson’s. For you cannot sarse the goose and not the gander.
Word: supermoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + moon. Coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. 1. A full moon or new moon, when the Earth–Moon distance is in the lowest tenth of its range. Example: And should the moon happen to hit its ever-shifting orbital perigee at the same time that it lies athwart from the sun, we are treated to a so-called supermoon, a full moon that can seem close enough to embrace – as much as 12 percent bigger and 30 percent brighter than the average full moon. […] Some astronomers dislike the whole supermoon hoopla. They point out that the term originated with astrology, not astronomy; that perigee full moons are not all that rare, coming an average of every 13 months; and that their apparently swollen dimensions are often as much a matter of optical illusion and wishful blinking as of relative lunar nearness.
Word: super moon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of supermoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Supermoon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of supermoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: SuperMoon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of supermoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Super Moon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of supermoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: full well Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English fol wel, fulwel, from Old English ful wel, equivalent to full + well. Compare Old Norse all-vel (“full well”). 1. Very well Labels: not-comparable Example: He is so fayre, withoutten les, / he semys full well to sytt on des. Example: Besides, there is always a tendency—indeed an interest—to take on what one knows full well.
Word: BED Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of B.Ed. (Bachelor of Education). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Initialism of banana equivalent dose. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of binge eating disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Ivanovich Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Ива́нович (Ivánovič). Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɑːnəvɪt͡ʃ/, /ɪˈvænəvɪt͡ʃ/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́нович (Ivánovič, “son of Ivan”).
Word: banana equivalent dose Part of Speech: noun 1. The radiation dose equivalent of consuming an average banana, equal to 0.01 mrem or 0.1 μSv.
Word: gentlemanish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gentleman + -ish. 1. Displaying the qualities of a gentleman.
Word: Ivanovna Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Russian Ива́новна (Ivánovna). Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɑːnəvnə/, /ɪˈvænəvnə/ 1. A transliteration of the Russian patronymic Ива́новна (Ivánovna, “daughter of Ivan”).
Word: fully well Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of full well. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, proscribed
Word: flabbergastingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From flabbergasting + -ly. 1. Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly Example: It was a good date but the food at the restaurant was so flabbergastingly excellent I could barely think of anything else to talk about. Example: He had said he would clean his room a thousand times before, but this time he actually did it, and flabbergastingly well too.
Word: hæmostatic Part of Speech: adj 1. That suspends hemorrhages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ACARS Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kɑɹs/ 1. Acronym of aircraft communications addressing and reporting system. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: overbearance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overbear + -ance. 1. Overbearing behaviour; arrogance; imperiousness. Labels: obsolete, rare, uncountable
Word: /dev/null Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Unix operating systems, where /dev (the Unix directory containing device files) contains a null entry representing no device. 1. A device file, present in Unix and Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, that discards all data written to it and yields no output, always being as an empty file when read. Example: It's possible to suppress the compiler's warnings by redirecting standard error to /dev/null. Example: To avoid problems when running the script, the output of man man was sent to /dev/null instead of sending it to a real terminal. This has the effect of discarding the already formatted text of the retrieved page. 2. Nowhere; often suggests an intent to ignore specific correspondence. Labels: Internet, figuratively Example: Thoughtful discussion and criticism is welcomed, but please send all flames to dev null. Example: suddenly the RLP calls form atlanta apparently go to dev null.
Word: flabbergaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flabbergast + -er. 1. A person, thing, fact or event that is flabbergasting, or that causes extreme shock. Example: Nothing on earth so delights the Mexican heart as a real flabbergaster of a funeral. Example: This first flabbergaster was that the new Sultan had decided he wanted at least a third of the construction crew to be made up of Saruvian workers, even though the museum would be built in Austria. 2. A state of surprise or fear.
Word: flabbergaster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flabbergast + -er. 1. To perplex or amaze; to shock or frighten Labels: archaic Example: Jack, among his friends, had raised money sufficient to fee an Old Bailey counsel, who, by blustering and cross-examination, succeeded in so flabbergastering the simple witnesses for the prosecution, that the prisoner was in a fair way of being acquitted; […] Example: But I've got an invention in my 'ead — at all events, the notion of an invention, that I ventures to say will work wonders in the terrestrial globe — flabbergaster the world!
Word: flabbergastation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flabbergast + -ation. 1. Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: We scarcely remember to have ever seen any respectable party in a greater state of flabbergastation than the writer of some observations in Mb. Cobden's Russo-Manchesterian organ, the Morning Star, of Thursday, December the fourth. Example: Upon a sign, she takes ahold of two cords of black silk, to which were attached loops, through which she passes her arms, and in the twinkling of an eye is translated by two pulleys from her bed through the ceiling into the room above, and the trap closing as it has opened, left the old duenna in a state of great flabbergastation, when, turning her head, she neither saw robe nor woman, and perceived that the women had been robbed. 2. The act of confounding or bewildering. Labels: archaic, colloquial, humorous, uncountable
Word: flabergastation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flabbergast + -ation. 1. Alternative form of flabbergastation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: flabagast Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: They flabagast good manners and good morals, and only show that one of the parties is vex'd and disappinted.^([sic]) Example: For I had talent: the promise and the drive to acquire advanced knowledge and skill to enundate or flabagast my superiors and excell in my profession.
Word: flabagast Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: hæmorrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of hemorrhea; hemorrhage. Labels: alt-of, archaic, uncountable, usually
Word: flabaghast Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: At this I was rendered completely flabaghast—for, although the allegation was undeniably correct, I had confidently hoped that my friend Ram was unaware of the fact, or would at least have the ordinary mother-wit to refrain from blurting it out!
Word: flabaghast Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: NTR Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialisms. Pronunciation: /ɛn tiː ɑː/, /ɛn tiː ɑɹ/ 1. Initialism of National Transcontinental Railway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. A district of Andhra Pradesh, India, an initialism of Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, an Indian actor turned politician.
Word: NTR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms. Pronunciation: /ɛn tiː ɑː/, /ɛn tiː ɑɹ/ 1. Initialism of nuclear thermal rocket. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NTR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese NTR(エヌティーアール) (enutīāru). Pronunciation: /ɛn tiː ɑː/, /ɛn tiː ɑɹ/ 1. Initialism of netorare. Labels: Japanese, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, uncountable
Word: NTR Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese NTR(エヌティーアール) (enutīāru). Pronunciation: /ɛn tiː ɑː/, /ɛn tiː ɑɹ/ 1. To cuckold. Labels: Japanese, slang
Word: shebop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A reference to the Cyndi Lauper song She Bop, the song itself a reference to masturbation. 1. To masturbate. Labels: US, slang
Word: netori Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 寝取(ねと)り (netori). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛ.təʊˌɹi/, /ˈnɛ.toʊˌɹi/ 1. A genre of cuckoldry pornography where a protagonist takes away someone else's love interest. Labels: Japanese, slang, uncountable
Word: netorare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 寝取(ねと)られ (netorare). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛ.təʊˌɹɑː.ɹeɪ/, /ˈnɛ.toʊˌɹɑ.ɹeɪ/ 1. A genre of cuckoldry pornography where a protagonist's love interest or close associate is corrupted and taken away by an antagonist. Labels: Japanese, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: netorare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 寝取(ねと)られ (netorare). Pronunciation: /ˈnɛ.təʊˌɹɑː.ɹeɪ/, /ˈnɛ.toʊˌɹɑ.ɹeɪ/ 1. To cuckold. Labels: Japanese, slang
Word: keep the peace Part of Speech: verb 1. To maintain order and peace in a volatile situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: The police were called in to keep the peace during the political demonstration.
Word: any nooks or crannies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of any nook or cranny Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homeoplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home- + o + -plasty. 1. Transplantation of biological tissue from one part of an individual between other individuals belonging to the same species. Labels: uncountable
Word: overcarve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + carve. 1. To carve too much or too deeply. Labels: transitive Example: If the finished restoration is overcarved, the depth dimension is decreased further thereby adding to the problem. By carving deep grooves in the occlusal anatomy, stress concentrations can further exacerbate the problem. 2. To carve or cut across; cross. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: overdeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + deal (“amount, portion”). Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvə(ɹ)ˌdiːl/ 1. An amount left over; excess. Labels: obsolete Example: Among the people (of Rome) beſide x. modij of corne, & as many pints of oyle, he diſtributed & dealt 300 Seſterces alſo by the poll, vvhich hee had in times paſt promiſed, vvith an overdeale of 100. a peece to boote, for time.
Word: overdeal Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + deal (“amount, portion”). Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈdiːl/ 1. To have too many dealings. Example: Extended family issues (Mom overdeals with his family and Dad underdeals with his family). 2. To deal too much or too many (for example, playing cards)
Word: commensurating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of commensurate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: homœothermic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of homeothermic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: homoeogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homoe- + -o- + -genesis, from Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with γένεσις (génesis, “origin, beginning, creation”). 1. Production of living offspring between organisms belonging to the same species. Labels: uncountable 2. Community of ancestry or origin. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: homeoblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homeo- + -blastic. 1. Developing from similar tissue. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homœopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homœ- + -o- + -pathy. 1. Alternative spelling of homeopathy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: homeomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably not a direct Ancient Greek ὁμοιόμορφος (homoiómorphos); rather a modern coinage from homeo- + -morph. 1. Material that exhibits similarity in crystalline structure. 2. Anything characteristic of homeomorphism.
Word: inverity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + verity. 1. Untruth, falsehood. Labels: rare Example: It is a structure existing in the imagination. It cannot exist anywhere else, because it includes novelties like perfectly elastic bodies in perpetual motion. In making it, we are well aware of the inverity of some of its elements. Example: God knows, we have been offered enough minacious parables over the centuries to discourage both of these stubborn delusions — from The Iliad and Oedipus Rex to The Picture of Dorian Gray and "Richard Cory" — but still they survive, eternal inverities.
Word: praecox Part of Speech: noun 1. Dementia praecox. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Psychiatrists did not know the etiology of dementia praecox, but their working assumption was that the brains of praecox patients exhibited "demonstrable microscopic cortex changes" as well as "gross anatomical anomalies" […] 2. Someone suffering from dementia praecox. Labels: uncountable Example: Occasionally I would run across mild praecoxes who were through their acute episode and became amenable to treatment […].
Word: praecoces Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of precoces (“precocial birds”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: provocatrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin prōvocātrīx. By surface analysis, provocator + -trix. 1. A female provocator. Example: Rounding out the primary characters is professional provocatrix Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope von Schweetz[…]. Example: In the Condé Nast universe,[…]former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld was the provocatrix; but Sozzani has become the activist – though you’d never know it to look at her.
Word: reordrant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reorder + -ant. By analogy with reentrant. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɔɹdɹənt/ 1. Of a character (usually a vowel in Indic scripts): input after another character, but intended to display before it when text is rendered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scate Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of skate (“footwear”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Obsolete form of skate (“fish”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: nymphomaniacally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From nymphomaniacal + -ly. 1. like a nymphomaniac, in a nymphomaniac manner
Word: overdight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From over- + dight. 1. Adorned; decked over; overspread; covered over. Labels: obsolete Example: Yet farre more faire be those bright Cherubins / Which all with golden wings are overdight
Word: overdreep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + dreep. Compare overdrop. More at over-, drip. 1. To fall or droop over; overshadow. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: overeye Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + eye. 1. To superintend; inspect; observe; witness. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Like a demigod here sit I in the sky / And wretched fools' secrets heedfully o'ereye.
Word: tidal energies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tidal energy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: originaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of originary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: originant Part of Speech: adj 1. original Labels: archaic Example: an absolutely originant act of self will
Word: maying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From May + -ing, or may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: SOo it befelle in the moneth of May / quene Gueneuer called vnto her knyȝtes of the table round / and she gafe them warnynge that erly vpon the morowe she wold ryde on mayeng in to woodes & feldes besyde westmynstre / & I warne yow that there be none of yow but that he be wel horsed / and that ye alle be clothed on grene outher in sylke outher in clothe Example: […]sometimes two or three parishes joining together, had their several mayings; and did fetch in maypoles[…].
Word: maying Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From May + -ing, or may (“celebrate May Day festivities”) + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of may Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inverities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inverity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bushment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Aphetic form of abushment, ambushment. 1. An ambush. Labels: obsolete Example: And by the way Sir Meliagrance laid in an embushment the best archers that he might get in his country, to the number of thirty, to await upon Sir Launcelot, charging them that if they saw such a manner of knight come by the way upon a white horse, that in any wise they slay his horse, but in no manner of wise have not ado with him bodily, [...] 2. The troops concealed in an ambush. Labels: obsolete 3. A surprise party; a company of soldiers secretly deployed. Labels: obsolete Example: The first day of August a bushement of Frenchemen came to the cawsey but a myle and halfe out of Caleys, where they brenned howses, toke many men prisonars, droffe away horses […].
Word: bushments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bushment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saw buck Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sawbuck. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: absconsio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin absconsiō (“shelter”). Pronunciation: /æbˈskɑn.si.oʊ/ 1. Cavity; fossa. Labels: uncountable
Word: achari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi अचारी (acārī), or another Indo-Aryan language. 1. pickle Labels: India, uncountable
Word: withdraught Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wyþdraȝþ, wedraught, etc, equivalent to with- + draught or withdraw + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /wɪðˈdɹɑːft/, /wɪθˈdɹɑːft/, /wɪθˈdɹæft/, /wɪðˈdɹæft/ 1. Withdrawal Labels: obsolete 2. Withdrawal Labels: obsolete 3. A place to withdraw to: a private chamber or retreat. Labels: obsolete 4. An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. Labels: obsolete 5. A sewer or watercourse used for sewerage. Labels: obsolete
Word: withdraughts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of withdraught Labels: form-of, plural
Word: face values Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of face value Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereotyper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereotype + -er. 1. One who makes stereotype plates, or works in a stereotype foundry. 2. A person who stereotypes others.
Word: stereotypers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereotyper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recriticality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + criticality. 1. A return to a point at which a nuclear reaction becomes self-sustaining. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: MOX Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of mixed oxide fuel Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: The United States began construction of the MFFF in 2007 in accord with the Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement (PMDA) between the United States and Russia. However, due to the project's 350-percent cost growth and a 32-year schedule slip, both the Department of Energy and external independent analyses have consistently concluded that the MOX approach to plutonium disposition is significantly costlier and would require a much higher annual budget than an alternate disposition method, Dilute and Dispose (D&D).
Word: teamen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teaman. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: textblocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of textblock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sweeten up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make sweet to the taste. Labels: idiomatic Example: I sweetened up the barbecue sauce by adding some sugar.
Word: upset price Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare set up, i.e. fixed, determined. 1. The lowest price at which an auction item may be sold. Example: After a solemn pause, Mr. Glossin offered the upset price for the lands and barony of Ellangowan.
Word: gay for pay Part of Speech: adj 1. Performing a homosexual role for money. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: friendly URL Part of Speech: noun 1. A URL that has a simple structure and is easy to read and understand. Labels: Internet
Word: friendly URLs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of friendly URL Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleomagnetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From paleomagnetic + -ally. 1. In a way that has to do with paleomagnetism Example: The paleomagnetically determined paleolatitude of the Rosemary paleosol during the middle Devonian was about 40° ± 14° (18 ). Example: It is based on the following observations: (i) different regions in the oceans subside like BL until different flattening ages, some as old as 170 Ma (49 ); (ii) depth and heat flow in some old basins behave like BL but with an effective thermal age t e, which is younger than the (paleomagnetically determined) actual age t m (50 ); (iii) effective elastic lithosphere thicknesses under some intraplate volcanoes suggest that hot spots produce a "thermal rejuvenation," reducing t e (51 ); (iv) the depths and subsidence of hot spot swells suggest that many swells reduce t e to the same value (52 ); and (v) on old lithosphere, it is hard to find areas that have not been near hot spots (53 ).
Word: dece Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening of decent. Pronunciation: /diːs/ 1. Decent; reasonably good, Labels: slang Example: I'm sorry but this book did not quite move me. Yeah, the slang wuz kewl, the attitude was neat, and the music was dece (if you read the book four years ago) but it's not THE BEST READ I've ever had[…] Example: Salad and Franchise both played ridiculously well after we took our lead, especially considering the ridiculous conditions of the game. I suppose the rest of Texas was dece as well, good for you[…]
Word: nothing balls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nothing ball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: husher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hush + -er. 1. Someone who hushes, insisting on silence.
Word: husher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant of usher inherited from Middle English. 1. Obsolete form of usher. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: And false Duessa, seeming lady fayre, A gentle husher, Vanitie by name
Word: husher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variant of usher inherited from Middle English. 1. Obsolete form of usher. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [N]ay he can ſing / A meane moſt meanely, and in huſhering, / Mende him vvho can, the Ladies call him ſvveete.
Word: hushers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of husher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homoeoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homoe- + -oid, from Ancient Greek: ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”) in conjunction with εἶδος (eîdos, “form, likeness”). 1. A boundlessly thin shell constrained by a couple of similar surfaces with nearly identical orientations.
Word: shark attack Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or practice of shouting and yelling by a drill instructor at an enlistee on their first day of training. Labels: US, informal 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, attack. An attack on a human or other animal by a shark.
Word: fall to pieces Part of Speech: verb 1. To break into a number of segments; to collapse. Example: The covers of the old book fell to pieces when I picked it up. 2. To be emotionally devastated; to break down. Labels: figuratively Example: When I found out my mother had passed away that night, I fell to pieces.
Word: themas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thema Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lick clean Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lick + clean. 1. To empty (something) by eating its contents. Labels: transitive
Word: fighting chance Part of Speech: noun 1. A chance that is dependent on success in a struggle, with the implication that such success is not unattainable. Labels: idiomatic Example: This essential medicine will give him a fighting chance against the disease. Example: I don't have a fighting chance to hand this article in on time.
Word: flabbergastment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flabbergast + -ment. 1. Synonym of flabbergast (“overwhelming shock or surprise”) Labels: uncountable Example: It was the Wells-Fargo coach, the Deadwood coach of Buffalo Bill's Wild West, the coach from which steps that pulchritudinous schoolmarm from the East to the flabbergastment of gawping cowpokes. Example: I even attempted tears myself, but flabbergastment dried my eyes.
Word: flabagasted Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of flabbergasted. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: flabagasted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of flabagast Labels: form-of, obsolete, past
Word: flambergasted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of flabbergasted Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flabergast Part of Speech: verb 1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, archaic
Word: flabergast Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of flabbergast. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, archaic Example: Her foibles were flattery, fine feeling, and flabergast; and if not old enough to be his mother, sufficiently so to be a young aunt.
Word: Poe's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: Formulated in 2005 by a user named “Nathan Poe” on the website christianforums.com, originally in the context of creationism. 1. The observation that, on the Internet, without a clear indication of the author's intent, it is impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and a parody of extremism. Example: If you accept Poe's Law, you hold that religious believers are indistinguishable from their parodies. Example: But Poe's Law isn't only useful as a defense against pearl-clutching reactions. It's also a diagnosis of exactly how the troll mentality has weakened internet culture. […] But because the internet has changed in innumerable ways since 2005, expanding and accelerating all the while, Poe's Law applies to more and more internet interactions.
Word: permablock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perma- + block. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːməˌblɒk/, /ˈpɝməˌblɑk/ 1. The act of indefinitely blocking the access of a user. Labels: Internet
Word: permablock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From perma- + block. Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːməˌblɒk/, /ˈpɝməˌblɑk/ 1. To indefinitely block the access of a user. Labels: Internet, transitive
Word: permablocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of permablock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: permablocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of permablock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: permablocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of permablock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: permablocks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of permablock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: homoeomerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homoe- (from Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios, “of like kind”, “similar”)) + -o- + -merous (from Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “portion”)). Pronunciation: /hoʊmiˈɑməɹəs/ 1. Having similar quantities or variations pertaining to parts of structure. 2. Composed entirely of thread-like hyphae. 3. Being the same whether whole or divided into parts. Example: A lump of bronze differs from a statue in being homoeomerous; it is divisible into lumps of bronze, whereas the statue is not divisible into statues.
Word: flabrigast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See flabbergast. 1. To brag or boast. Labels: Scotland 2. Alternative form of flabbergast. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative Example: He confesses to having loaded some of his compositions with technical tricks and difficulties on purpose to flabrigast some of his envious friends in Vienna.
Word: hæmatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hæmat- + -ology or hæmato- + -logy. 1. Dated spelling of haematology. Labels: uncountable
Word: spotted hyena Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Crocuta crocuta of the largest of hyenas.
Word: striped hyena Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌstɹaɪpt haɪˈiːnə/ 1. The smallest of the true hyenas, Hyaena hyaena.
Word: brown hyena Part of Speech: noun 1. A comparatively rare species of hyena, Parahyaena brunnea, endemic to desert and semi-desert areas and open woodland savannahs of southern Africa. Example: It is now well established that brown hyenas, at least when rearing cubs, deliberately hunt other carnivores (up to the size of cheetahs, on the Kruger Park evidence) and take them to the breeding dens as food for the cubs. Example: Because they are scavengers in a semiarid ecosystem where carrion is often limited, brown hyenas naturally occur in small numbers.
Word: hydrorrhœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of hydrorrhea. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: hyperpnœa Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of hyperpnea. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Mian Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Word: Mian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 勉 (Miǎn). 1. A county of Hanzhong, Shaanxi, China. Example: In 1978 the Administrative Office for Cultural Relics of Mian County, Shaanxi, conducted excavations of four tombs found in the course of agricultural improvements. Example: Large numbers of pottery dogs have been excavated from tombs all over China.² For example, a pottery dog was excavated from an Eastern Han tomb at Laodaosi, Mian county, Shaanxi.³
Word: chancleta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish chancleta (“slipper; (slang) girl”). 1. A slipper or sandal without a heel, such as a flip-flop or mule. Example: My friend has a gay uncle and on the puerto rican^([sic]) day parade he puts on these tight shorts with a puerto rican shirt which he ties at the bottom and bandana and wears chancletas and dances to gloria^([sic]) Estefan he also does this at my friends^([sic]) parties. Example: Carmela tucked her leg and with her foot pushed the chancleta closer to her hand, she reached down without effort and in one fluid movement she grabbed la chancleta, sat up, and threw the chancleta across the living room and into the hallway, where it made contact with Elenita's right temple.
Word: cœlom Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of coelom. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: It is possible that the mode of formation of this cœlom varies in respect to the different species. The mesoderm elaboration is considered as a modified enterocœlous method.
Word: chancletas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chancleta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cœliotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek: κοίλωμα (koílōma, “cavity”) in combination of τέμνω (témnō, “I cut, incise”). 1. Alternative spelling of coeliotomy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aromatizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aromatize + -er. 1. One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic. Example: Of other Strewings and Aromatizers , which may likewise be admitted to inrich our Sallet , we have already spoken , where we mention Orange and Limon - Peel
Word: artaba Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of artab. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: not touch with a barge pole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably derived from the barge poles that bargemen used to fend off wharfs and other boats. 1. To avoid something at all costs; to refuse to associate with something; (signifies a strong aversion). Labels: UK, idiomatic
Word: Charlestons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Charleston Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Charlestonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Charleston + -ian. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑːlˈstəʊ.ni.ən/, /t͡ʃɑɹlˈstoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Someone from the city of Charleston.
Word: Charlestonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Charlestonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cœnæsthesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cœn- + -æsthesis. 1. Obsolete form of coenesthesis. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: elæon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive oil”). 1. Oil. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: cœloscope Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of celoscope. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: gynæcology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gynæc- + -o- + -logy. 1. Dated spelling of gynaecology. Labels: uncountable
Word: axiom of extensionality Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the axioms in axiomatic set theory, equivalent to the statement that two sets are equal if and only if they contain the same elements.
Word: extensionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extensional + -ity. 1. The principle that objects are equal if and only if their observed properties are the same, regardless of internal processes that lead to those properties. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The principle that functions are equal if and only if they operate on the same domain and for any given element of the domain the result of each of the functions is the same. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The principle, codified in the axiom of extensionality, that sets are equal if and only if they contain the same elements. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: archaeography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed as archae- + -o- + -graphy, after the Ancient Greek ἀρχαιογράφος (arkhaiográphos, “the writing of antiquities”). Pronunciation: /ɑːkiːˈɒɡɹəfɪ/ 1. Descriptive aspects and practices of early antiquarianism, and later archaeology in general. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "archaeography: The systematic description of archaeological objects over time made by nonprofessionals (travelers, traders, diplomats, etc.) who are often in situations where they view sites and antiquities in a much better state of preservation than that in which they are today. These accounts, either in writings or drawings, are valued in archaeological studies (syn. archeography)." Example: The institute grants the degree of doctor of archæology or archæography. 2. An interdisciplinary field that studies various, mutually correlated aspects and properties of ancient manuscripts, early printed materials and other textual historical sources, thus preparing and producing scholarly descriptions and editions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "archeography (1) The scholarly work of collecting, identifying, cataloging, describing, and publishing manuscripts or other historical sources; traditionally used with reference to medieval manuscript books or other early historical documents".
Word: bigae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bigam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bigamus (“twice married”): compare French bigame. See bigamy. 1. A bigamist, or one who has married a widow. Labels: archaic, rare Example: If he were irreguler, suspende, excommunycate, bygame, illegittime, or concubinarie open and knowen, & by the consequens suspende at the tyme & houre that he receyved the dygnyte, the cure, or prelacyon he synneth mortally and is contynually in deedly synne... Example: The Asiatic queens, sultanas, and bigams, scarcely ever appear in public. They abide in the Haram, in the greatest luxury and spelendour...
Word: calathus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin calathus, from Ancient Greek κάλαθος (kálathos). 1. A vase-shaped basket made from reeds or twigs, used in Ancient Greece. Labels: historical
Word: calathi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calathus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calathis Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of calathidium
Word: calathos Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkæləθɒs/ 1. A basket-like ornament in Ancient Greek architecture.
Word: Oxfordian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Oxford + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɒksˈfɔːdɪ.ən/ 1. A native or resident of Oxford. Example: ‘But that’s just Oxfordians being stupid and provincial,’ said Letty, ‘it doesn’t mean―’ ‘I know you don’t see it,’ said Ramy. ‘And I don’t expect you to, that’s not your lot in life.’ 2. One who believes that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays traditionally attributed to William Shakespeare.
Word: Oxfordian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Oxford + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɒksˈfɔːdɪ.ən/ 1. The age from 163.5±1.0 Ma to 157.3±1.0 Ma or the stage of rocks (chiefly coral-derived limestones) deposited during it.
Word: Oxfordian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Oxford + -ian. Pronunciation: /ɒksˈfɔːdɪ.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to Oxford or its residents. 2. Relating to or denoting the theory that Edward de Vere (1550–1604), Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays attributed to William Shakespeare. 3. Relating to the Oxfordian age or stage.
Word: Oxfordians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Oxfordian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: make baby Jesus cry Part of Speech: verb 1. To provoke a negative reaction due to being offensive, unpleasant, immoral, etc. Labels: idiomatic, informal, often, sarcastic Example: My mom won't let me watch that show. All the sex and violence makes baby Jesus cry.
Word: gynæcomazia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gynæco- + Ancient Greek μαζός (mazós); compare gynæcomastia. 1. Alternative form of gynecomastia. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: gynæcologist Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of gynaecologist.
Word: unwakened Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wakened. 1. Alternative form of unawakened. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Unwakened innocence went down/Amid the pearls to sleep.
Word: dune coon Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone of Middle Eastern or North African descent. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: You're a...damn dune coon. B: Mhm. A: Not convincing is it? B: You're not great at the sentences part to be honest. A: Hah, I know, I know... B: You can definitely hate better than that. A: Heart's not really in it. Example: Now, get lost you dune coon. Harvard doesn't realize that he's still on mic. His comments are heard by the viewing audience. CAMERA ON AC H MAD ACHMAD Dune coon? Hey, I'm also half mick. As you've heard, this is an unprecedented case of[…]
Word: paceth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Queen Elizabeth to the king of Scots:/ "When the first blast of a strange, unused, and seld heard of sound had pierced my ears, I supposed that flying fame, who with swift quills oft paceth with the worst, had brought report of some untruth, but when too too many records in your open parliament were witnesses of such pronounced words, not more to my disgrace than to your dishonor, who did forget that (above all other regard) a prince's word ought utter nought of any, much less of a king, than such as to which truth might say Amen: But you, neglecting all care of yourself, what danger of reproach, besides somewhat else, might light upon you, have chosen so unseemly a theme to charge your only careful friend withal, of such matter as (were you not amazed in all senses) could not have been expected at your hands; of such imagined untruths as were never thought of in our time; and do wonder what evil spirits have possessed you, to set forth so infamous devices void of any show of truth. Example: The master paceth up and down his halls, And in the empty hours Can hear the tottering of his towers And tremor of their bases underground.
Word: paleomagnetician Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleomagnetic + -ian. 1. A specialist in the field of paleomagnetism Example: I would have expected that there would be more very bright spots," says paleomagnetician Gary Acton of Texas A&M University. Example: Still, the study, reported on page 1642 by paleontologist Peter Ward of the University of Washington in Seattle, paleomagnetician Joseph Kirschvink of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, and their colleagues, "could influence the fence sitters," says geologist Darrel Cowan of the University of Washington, who has written on possible geologic tests of the so-called Baja-British Columbia hypothesis.
Word: paleomagneticians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paleomagnetician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PABX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of private automatic branch exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: disparple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French disparpelier, disparpillier et al., apparently from a late prefixed form of Latin papilio (“butterfly”). 1. To scatter, disperse. Labels: obsolete Example: ‘Alas,’ seyde Sir Gawayne and Sir Gareth, ‘now ys thys realme holy destroyed and myscheved, and the noble felyshyp of the Rounde Table shall be disparbeled.’
Word: Framers Part of Speech: noun 1. The Founding Fathers of the United States; those who framed the US Constitution. Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: inoculent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inoculate + -ent. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɒk.jʊ.lənt/, /ɪˈnɑk.jə.lənt/ 1. Alternative form of inoculant. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The cells are again added in the fresh culture medium as inoculent.
Word: inoculator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin: compare French inoculateur. 1. One who inoculates. 2. A device used for inoculating.
Word: death clock Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer program or website displaying a countdown to a person's predicted date and time of death. Example: Keene had a death clock running, counting the days before his final breath, and his work plan was set to meet that last deadline, with a typical project management rigor.
Word: death clocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of death clock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slippy map Part of Speech: noun Etymology: slip + map. 1. An interactive digital map with pan and zoom features.
Word: bullers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bullers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of buller Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mald Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of mad + bald. See malding for further etymology. Pronunciation: /mɔːld/, [mɔːɫd], /məʊld/, [mɒʊɫd], /mɔld/ 1. Extremely angry, especially as a result of losing a video game. Labels: Internet, neologism Example: So bald, so mald.