nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: minging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the present participle of mengen (“stir up someone's mind”) or formed from English ming (“to bring to (someone's) mind”). In Middle English, came to mean 'an exhortation'. In the 17th and 18th centuries attaining a specialized medical sense before becoming obsolete. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪŋɪŋ/ 1. A premonitory symptom. Labels: no-plural, obsolete, rare
Word: gender bender Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who dresses in the clothes of another sex, or in clothes which make their gender identity ambiguous. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic 2. An event where people are encouraged to dress in the clothes of another sex, even if they would normally not. Labels: broadly 3. A person capable of changing their physical sex. 4. An instance of someone's physical sex being changed, usually via magic.
Word: 'twould Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of it + would. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, archaic, contraction Example: ‘Mebbe you’re right, Jed. Mebbe you’re right,’ sighed Peter. ‘I don’t see how you missed your master’s license, though. ’Twould ha’ bin fitter for a master to own shares in his ship than a fust mate.’ Example: ‘It is well the earth gave way’, the sexton was saying, ‘on a night when we were here to find it. I was in the graveyard myself after midday, and all was snug and tight then. ’Twould have been awkward enough to have the hole stand open through the day, for any passer-by to light on.’
Word: terabyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tera- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English byte English terabyte From tera- + byte. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹəˌbaɪt/, [ˈtʰɛɹəˌbaɪ̯t] 1. One trillion (10¹², or 1,000,000,000,000) bytes or 1,000 gigabytes. 2. A tebibyte. Labels: informal
Word: tebibyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tebi- + byte. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜbɪˌbaɪt/ 1. Strictly, 2⁴⁰ (1024⁴, or 1,099,511,627,776) bytes or 2¹⁰ (1024) gibibytes, as opposed to a terabyte (10¹² bytes).
Word: like the back end of a bus Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very unattractive. Labels: UK, colloquial, derogatory Example: Not really fighting over her (puns aside). When you get a current beau and an ex, full of booze and testosterone, meeting up, their common interest isn't much of an issue in the subsequent display of machismo. I think she looks like the back end of a bus but, to them, she was a 'possession'. Example: Must admit, I like the *original* 911s - the original, late-1960s ones back before they fitted bulgey wheelarches and silly tea-tray rear spoilers. They look much more like delicate, precision instruments compared with the later 'sledgehammer" versions [which IMHO are about as attractive as the back end of a bus].
Word: weirdo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/, /ˈwɪəɹ.doʊ/ 1. A strange, odd, eccentric person. Labels: derogatory, informal 2. An insane, possibly dangerous person. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: weirdo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From weird + -o (“person with characteristic”). First attested in the early 1950s, in American English. The similar word weirdie (“odd, unconventional person”) is attested from earlier, in 1887; in Scottish English. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪə.dəʊ/, /ˈwɪəɹ.doʊ/ 1. Weird. Labels: not-comparable Example: What's going on in this weirdo town?
Word: cero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of Spanish sierra (“sawfish”). 1. A large scombroid food fish (Scomberomorus regalis) found chiefly in the West Indies.
Word: rincón Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish rincón. 1. A meadow on the south-facing upper slopes of a mountain. Labels: Southwestern, US 2. An abandoned meander. Labels: Southwestern, US 3. An interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or hollow bend in a mountain, river, cliff, etc. Labels: Southwestern, US
Word: Tupperware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tupper + -ware. Named after American businessman Earl Tupper (1907–1983), who invented the product in 1942 and founded the company that produced it. Thus it is a genericised trademark. 1. A food-storage container (often plastic), or a set of such containers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:Tupperware.
Word: Tupperware party Part of Speech: noun 1. A party arranged by Tupperware ladies in their homes to sell Tupperware on the party plan, as a direct marketing concept. Example: One summer afternoon Mrs Oedipa Maas came home from a Tupperware party whose hostess had put perhaps too much kirsch in the fondue […] Example: Identified with her role as Tupperware party hostess, Ann doesn't seem happily at home in the social world.
Word: Tupperware lady Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman organising a Tupperware party.
Word: diacetylmorphine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diacetyl + morphine; 1870-75. Pronunciation: /daɪˌæsɪtl̩ˈmɔɹfiːn/, /ˌdaɪəˌsɛtlˈmɔɹfiːn/ 1. Synonym of heroin. Labels: uncountable
Word: microphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfoʊn/, [ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹəˌfoʊ̯n], /ˈmɑe.kɹəˌfəʉn/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfɐʉn/ 1. A device (transducer) used to convert sound waves into a varying electric current; normally fed into an amplifier and either recorded or transmitted over radio. Example: Behind the tangled garden of microphones that had sprouted on the lectern, Goldwater spoke softly and casually about his family. Example: It rained hard through most of Roosevelt's Second Inaugural. Audio tape recordings of the speech feature the tattoo of the rain on Roosevelt's microphone[…] 2. A speaking trumpet or hearing trumpet; an acoustic device to concentrate or amplify sound. Labels: obsolete
Word: microphone Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + -phone. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfəʊn/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfoʊn/, [ˈmʌɪ̯.kɹəˌfoʊ̯n], /ˈmɑe.kɹəˌfəʉn/, /ˈmaɪ.kɹəˌfɐʉn/ 1. To put one or more microphones on or in. Labels: transitive
Word: hard drive Part of Speech: noun 1. An electromechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage with one or more rigid, rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
Word: bowling alley Part of Speech: noun 1. A building or room which contains lanes for bowling.
Word: flash drive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is a storage device that uses flash memory. 1. A small electronic device used to store digital data, more portable and robust than a hard drive.
Word: inquest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English enquest, from Old French enqueste (Modern French enquête), from Vulgar Latin inquirere, or from Medieval Latin inquesta < in + Latin quaesita. Pronunciation: /ˈɪŋkwɛst/ 1. A formal investigation, often held before a jury, especially one into the cause of a death Example: The inquest on keeper Davidson was duly held, and at the commencement seemed likely to cause Tony Palliser less anxiety than he had expected. Example: However, the 'accidental death' verdict of the jury in the inquest into the Croydon tram accident of November 2016 is the latest episode in a saga that seems likely to prevent the full story of this eminently preventable disaster from ever being exposed. 2. An inquiry, typically into an undesired outcome 3. The jury hearing such an inquiry, and the result of the inquiry 4. enquiry; quest; search Labels: obsolete, rare Example: the laborious and vexatious inquest that the soul must make after science Example: Hauing of late by diligent inquest, Prouided him a sword of meanest sort 5. Prosecutorial proceeding on whether or not a warrantless arrestee is charged with an offense. Labels: Philippines, broadly
Word: inquisition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere. The sense implying persecution is influenced by the name of the Spanish Inquisition, which is a cardinal exemplar of government inquisitions that give inquisitions a bad name. Pronunciation: /ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/ 1. An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But as farrefoorth as I coulde learne, through earneſt inquiſition I thoughte in my conſcience the woman was not gilty, all the circumſtances well conſydered. Example: Let not search and inquisition quail / To bring again these foolish runaways. 2. An inquiry or investigation into the truth of some matter. Labels: countable, sometimes, uncountable 3. An inquest. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A questioning. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The finding of a jury, especially such a finding under a writ of inquiry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The justices in eyre had it formerly in charge to make inquisition concerning them by a jury of the county.
Word: inquisition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French inquisicion, from Latin inquisitio, from inquirere. The sense implying persecution is influenced by the name of the Spanish Inquisition, which is a cardinal exemplar of government inquisitions that give inquisitions a bad name. Pronunciation: /ˌɪŋkwɪˈzɪʃən/ 1. To make inquisition concerning; to inquire into. Labels: obsolete Example: And in their name I shall for neither friend nor foe conceal what the general murmur is ; that if it come to inquisitioning again
Word: habanera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Cuban Spanish habanera. Pronunciation: /ˌhɑbəˈnerə/ 1. A style of music from Cuba. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The programming was far from random. The habanera is a hybrid seed of great potency. An adaptation of the European contradanza by slaves from West Africa, it is not only an early version of a New World rhythm that took over the globe, but also a direct ancestor for much of jazz and rock ‘n’ roll. 2. A dance performed to this music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The music of Cuba has had a worldwide influence on forms of song and dance. René Buch who conceived and directed a musical “collage” called “¡Habana!” at the Repertorio Español on East 27th Street, points out the influence on Spain, for example, which received ‘habaneras’ and ‘contradanzas’ from Cuba; in this century, in the 1920's, the “rumba” and such songs as “El Manisero” and “Siboney” made their way north to become part of United States culture.
Word: interim order Part of Speech: noun 1. a court order entered at the beginning of a lawsuit to preserve a semblance of organisational order or to maintain the status quo pending the final disposition of the case
Word: insider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English ynneside English inside 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 insider From inside + -er. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsaɪdɚ/, /ˈɪnsaɪdɚ/ 1. A person who has special knowledge about the inner workings of a group, organization, or institution. Example: Near-synonyms: initiate, old hand, habitué Example: Heavy losses were sustained in Simms Petroleum, which took a greater toll from supposed "Wall Street insiders" than from the general public. 2. A person who is within an enclosed space. Example: To the insider, the ceiling is like a small firmament twinkling with astral radiations.
Word: invitee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From invite + -ee. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnvəˈtiː/, /ˌinvaɪˈtiː/, /ɪnˌvaɪˈtiː/ 1. A person who is invited.
Word: jaywalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from jaywalker. Analyzable as jay (“a stupid person”) + walk. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɔːk/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.wɑːk/ 1. To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for vehicles rather than on the sidewalk. Labels: US, intransitive, transitive
Word: joyride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From joy + ride. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪˌɹaɪd/ 1. A ride in a vehicle taken solely for pleasure or enjoyment, especially a vehicle ride taken with no particular goal or purpose and just for the pleasure or enjoyment of a vehicle ride. Example: Launched last March, the H.C.C. is similar to a country club-except, instead of playing golf, members take joyrides or leisurely weekend trips in any of the top-of-the-line cars housed in a Century City garage. Example: It's called the Beast for a reason: You literally hold on to your hat -- and your sunglasses, and anything else that isn't secured -- for a 30-minute joyride. Painted to look like a bright green, sharp-toothed shark, this 70-foot racing boat zips down the Hudson, skips over waves and zooms past the Empire State Building and other landmarks at up to 45 mph. 2. An instance of driving a motor vehicle in a carefree or reckless manner, especially a vehicle which has been taken without the permission of the owner. Example: Thieves took three go-karts for a joyride through the streets of Norwich. Example: “A joyride gone terribly wrong,” Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said during a news conference in Steilacoom, which is about 3 miles from the island. 3. A very pleasant experience. Labels: figuratively Example: Hello, you fool, I love you / Come on, join the joyride Example: Treat your taste buds. A good meal is a three-hour joyride for the senses — as rich as visiting an art gallery and as stimulating as a good massage.
Word: joyride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From joy + ride. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɔɪˌɹaɪd/ 1. To take a joyride. Labels: intransitive Example: You joyride around for a while listening / to the radio, and then abandon death, walk / away, and leave death for the police / to find. Example: His parents were out shopping and he used the opportunity to snatch the keys to the 1999 Suzuki Esteem and joyride around the neighborhood.
Word: joy riding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of joy ride Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: judicial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Latin iūs Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déyḱ-s ~ *diḱ-és Proto-Italic *-diks Latin iūdex 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 iūdicō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin iūdicium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin iūdiciālisbor. English judicial Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/ 1. Of or relating to the administration of justice. 2. Of or relating to the court system or the judicial branch of government. Example: It has jailed environmental activists and is planning to limit the power of judicial oversight by handing a state-approved body a monopoly over bringing environmental lawsuits. 3. specified by a civil bill court under the terms of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881 Labels: Ireland, historical Example: judicial rent, judicial lease 4. Of or relating to judgeship or the judiciary, the collective body of judges. 5. Of or relating to sound judgment; judicious (but see Usage notes).
Word: judicial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos Proto-Italic *jowos Latin iūs Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *déyḱ-s ~ *diḱ-és Proto-Italic *-diks Latin iūdex 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 iūdicō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin iūdicium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin iūdiciālisbor. English judicial Borrowed from Latin iūdiciālis. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuˈdɪʃəl/ 1. That branch of government which is responsible for maintaining the courts of law and for the administration of justice. Labels: uncountable
Word: jury box Part of Speech: noun 1. The area in a courtroom wherein the jury is seated during a trial.
Word: jury nullification Part of Speech: noun 1. An acquittal by a jury of a defendant ignoring the facts of the case and/or the law. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The prosecutor thought he lost the case, not due to the creation of reasonable doubt, but due to jury nullification.
Word: jury panel Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of people from which a certain number are selected to sit on a jury. Labels: US
Word: jury pool Part of Speech: noun 1. the eligible population from which jury members can be selected
Word: matter of record Part of Speech: noun 1. A fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications. Example: When Dick Larkin asked to see his credentials, the inspector not only produced them, but gave the owner's name and the county in which the brand was a matter of record. Example: It is a matter of record in history that asphalt was used in the construction of a highway in Peru, being built by prehistoric races. 2. A fact that is contained within court files or has otherwise been entered into evidence before the court.
Word: mens rea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mēns + reus (literally “guilty mind”), from the English common law precept Actus non facit reum nisi mens rea sit ("The act does not make a person guilty unless the mind is also guilty"). Pronunciation: /ˌmɛnz ˈɹiːə/ 1. A reactive mind, a conscious knowing by the individual that an act was committed, either by themselves or by another. Labels: general 2. A guilty mind, the conscious knowing of a perpetrator while committing an act that the act is illicit. Example: As a general rule the act (or omission) causing death and the relevant mens rea must occur at the same time. The most obvious application of this rule to exclude liability is the case where the mens rea is formed after the actus reus has taken place. Example: The criminal offences not requiring a mens rea proof for convictions are then specifically indicated in the legislature as being under “strict liability.”
Word: pro per Part of Speech: adv Etymology: short form of the Latin “in propria persona” 1. Abbreviation of in propria persona. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: in propria persona Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in propria persona. 1. By the person themselves; often used when a defendant is representing themselves in court without an attorney. Example: She became a subscriber—amazed at being anything in propria persona, amazed at her own doings in every way; to be a renter, a chuser of books!
Word: capital offense Part of Speech: noun 1. A crime for which the maximum penalty is capital punishment. 2. A crime for which the maximum penalty is life in prison without parole.
Word: some one Part of Speech: pron 1. Obsolete form of someone. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: “But she will be gained by some one else. And if that some one should be the very he whom, of all others, I could least bear—But I will not stay to rob myself of all your compassionate good-will, by shewing that where I have most injured I can least forgive. Good bye,—God bless you!” And with these words, he almost ran out of the room. Example: A company of young lads or men, generally went in old times on what they termed the Qualtagh, at Christmas or New Year's Day to the house of their more wealthy neighbours; some one of the company repeating in an audible voice the following rhyme:– […] they were then invited in to partake of the best that the house could afford.
Word: afghan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afghan. Pronunciation: /ˈæfˌɡæn/, /ˈæfɡən/ 1. A blanket or throw, usually crocheted or knitted. 2. A type of iced chocolate biscuit, sometimes containing cornflakes and topped with a walnut. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: smokefall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smoke + fall. 1. The close of the day before nightfall, when fog comes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The moment in the draughty church at smokefall 2. The soot fallout from a cloud of smoke. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The largest sea ice perturbations are generated by smokefall in spring. 3. An artificial waterfall of smoke for shows. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: inflexible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French inflexible, from Latin īnflexibilis. See also in- + flexible. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/ 1. Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent. 2. Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits. 3. Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances. Example: Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.
Word: agreements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of agreement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bolos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bolo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seperate Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of separate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: seperate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of separate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1630, Elizabeth Cary (translator), The Reply of the Most Illustrious Cardinall of Perron, to the Answeare of the Most Excellent King of Great Britaine the First Tome, Douay: Martin Bogart, Chapter 27, p. 120, […] he spake not with a iudiciary anathema, but with an anathema abiuratory, and abnegatory whereby hee did not seperate Liberius from the communion of the Church, who had alreadie seperated himselfe, […] but whereby he seperated himselfe from the communion of Liberius. 2. Misspelling of separate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Inquisition Part of Speech: name 1. A tribunal of the Roman Catholic Church set up to investigate and suppress heresy. Labels: historical Example: We know from history that the Catholic Church has historically murdered, mutilated, castrated, maimed, imprisoned and flogged homosexuals. Catholic atrocities during the Inquisition are well documented and cannot be denied. The Church no longer does those things to homosexuals, but it violates their human rights in other ways. 2. A harsh or rigorous interrogation that violates one’s rights. Labels: broadly
Word: Spanish Inquisition Part of Speech: name 1. An extension of the Papal Inquisition, established in 15th-century Spain to investigate and punish converted Jews and Muslims thought to be insincere. Labels: historical 2. Excessive questioning or interrogation. Labels: figuratively Example: I agreed to answer a few questions, but I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition.
Word: inquisition post mortem Part of Speech: noun 1. A local investigation into the lands of a deceased person in order to discover the amount of income and the legal rights that were due to the crown. Labels: England, historical
Word: post mortem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin post (“afterwards”) + mortem, from mors (“death”). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈmɔːtəm/, /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈmɔɹtəm/ 1. After death. Labels: not-comparable Example: The hospice's standard procedure for post mortem room cleaning looks very thorough. 2. Having been inflicted or having occurred after death. Labels: not-comparable Example: We shouldn't let these post mortem injuries distract us while looking for the cause of death. Example: The post mortem timeline is incomplete.
Word: post mortem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin post (“afterwards”) + mortem, from mors (“death”). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈmɔːtəm/, /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈmɔɹtəm/ 1. Occurring after death. Labels: not-comparable Example: The injuries were found to have been caused post mortem.
Word: post mortem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin post (“afterwards”) + mortem, from mors (“death”). Pronunciation: /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈmɔːtəm/, /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈmɔɹtəm/ 1. An investigation of a corpse to determine the cause of death. Example: Nor had the post mortem on Newson's body revealed any illness or other physical condition that might have prevented him from applying the brake, although after four days in the oven-like heat of the wreckage, the body was so badly decomposed as to make any reliable post mortem results unlikely. 2. Any investigation after the conclusion of an activity, particularly when said activity produces an unwanted outcome. Labels: figuratively Example: Each user-visible outage or SLA violation should be followed by a postmortem and conclude with implementation of the recommendations in the postmortem report. Example: After a serious delay there is often a post mortem on what happened, but this is usually in-house. 3. At Cambridge, a second examination for those who were "plucked" or failed in the first. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: zing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /zɪŋ/ 1. A short high-pitched humming sound, such as that made by a bullet or vibrating string. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He listened to the zing and echo on the line, the chatter of distant operators, the patches of Morse from aircraft and ships at sea, quickly suppressed. Example: I heard a zing close to my head and looked up again. Five or six men were lined up on the deck above me with rifles shooting at the shark. 2. A witty insult or derogatory remark. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. Zest or vitality. Labels: uncountable Example: To accompany a meal, the fresh Italian lager Poretti is perfect; Erdinger Weisbier, a wheat beer from Germany, is full of zing; 4. Pleasant or exciting flavour of food. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: zing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /zɪŋ/ 1. To move very quickly, especially while making a high-pitched hum. Labels: intransitive Example: We are all a second or two older than an astronaut who has been zinging around the Earth at 18000 miles per hour, because of his or her greater speed and the lack of gravity. Example: When the caller identified herself as from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle my heart zinged. I heard the words we had yearned for since March: They had found a donor marrow, mismatched at one antigen, that might work for Jane. 2. To address a witty insult or comeback to. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Goomba: Ouch that was cold! Paragoomba: “What, you’re too good for us? Come off it, sister! Spike Goomba: “Nobody zings us like that! Nobody! Let’s get ’em!” 3. To make a zinging noise or sound. Example: Outside, the crickets and the tree-frogs started to zing and tinkle and the great hawkmoths came to the wire-netting across the windows and clutched it, gazing with trembling ecstasy at the two oil lamps that hung from the cross-beams inside.
Word: zing Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Of onomatopoeic origin. Pronunciation: /zɪŋ/ 1. A high pitched humming sound. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: Something inside of me started a symphony / Zing! Went the strings of my heart 2. Used to acknowledge a witty comeback, a zinger. Labels: US, slang Example: Zing! The joke had rebounded back on the one who started it. "Ouch!" Mama Jane winced ruefully. We all dissolved in laughter at the good-natured repartee.
Word: zings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of zing Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zinging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of zing Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: zinged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of zing Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: zinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zing + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪŋə(ɹ)/ 1. A very rapidly moving object, especially one that is thrown. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: The pitcher threw a real zinger and struck him out. Example: On the first pitch from Kline, Lofton hits a zinger of a single into right field that J.D. Drew picks up on one bounce, and if he makes a good throw he has a chance to throw David Bell out at home plate. 2. A surprising or unusually pointed, humorous and impressive insult or insulting quip. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: I wasn't looking to make friends; there had been too much animosity between us in the past, and maybe the guy had a zinger waiting on me. Example: You might think it's almost worthwhile calling them and restarting the argument just to get that final zinger in. Why do you think of something good to say when it's too late? 3. An event that when experienced leaves the witness dazed, either physically or metaphorically. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: I was still reeling from the zinger of seeing my ex on a date with my best friend. 4. An outstanding, energetic and surprising thing or person. Labels: Canada, US, informal Example: They'd have to come up with a zinger for their Christmas windows to compete with that competitor's laughing Santa Claus and Stefan had that zinger in his proposal submitted to the President of the company. Example: Think about all the scientists—and all the microscopes and lab equipment and testing—that may come up with zero instead of a zinger. 5. A piece of food or drink that is tart and stimulating. Labels: Canada, US Example: Gonna eat bran muffins till they close this bakery down I ain't been nothing but hungry since my baby ain't around I'm gonna mix red zinger with my ginseng tea I'm probably gonna gain about 20 pounds. Example: Here, have a strawberry zinger and don't tell Mom and Dad that we had candy in the bedroom.
Word: zingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zineb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From “zinc ethylene bisdithiocarbamate”, its chemical name. Pronunciation: /ˈzɪnɛb/ 1. An organic fungicide and insecticide sprayed on cereal grasses, fruit trees, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: postmortem Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of post mortem. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: postmortem Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of post mortem. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Data for the potential human exposure portion of the model include antemortem and postmortem inspection, pneumatic stunning, carcass missplitting, advanced meat recovery systems, and […]
Word: zine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from fanzine, ultimately from magazine; from 1965. Pronunciation: /ziːn/ 1. A low-circulation, noncommercial publication of original or appropriated texts and images, especially one of minority interest. Example: Zines contributed to an evolving critical language that would ultimately take two paths: into the gut or to the academy. The most compelling zines fused the two. Example: The feminist zine community is not located in place but it geographically dispersed, constituting a connected flow of communicative practices, spaces, texts, technologies, bodies, and utterances.
Word: zincite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dóntsder. Proto-Germanic *tindaz Old High German zint? Old High German zinko Middle High German zinke German Zinke? German Zinkbor. English zinc Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English zincite From zinc + -ite. 1. A yellow, orange or dark-red mineral form of zinc oxide, often also containing small amounts of manganese, with a chemical formula (Zn,Mn²⁺)O, an important ore of zinc. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ZIFT Part of Speech: noun 1. Zygote intrafallopian transfer, a technique in which a fertilized egg is inserted into the recipient's Fallopian tube. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of microphone. Attested since 1961. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪk/ 1. Alternative form of mike (“microphone”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Picture a mic, the stage is empty A beat like this might tempt me To pose, show my rings and my fat gold chain Grab the mic like I'm on Soul Train
Word: mic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of microphone. Attested since 1961. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪk/ 1. Alternative form of mike. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If we add the drum kit, we'll have to mic the orchestra. Example: At 11:00 am, Doug mics up with me on the radio, and I advise him to go back to camp to get a quad, that we have a monster down.
Word: mic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of microfarad. 1. A microfarad.
Word: gender changer Part of Speech: noun 1. A coupling device that allows two male or two female connectors to be joined together.
Word: gender-bender Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gender bender. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nuclear magnetic resonance Part of Speech: noun 1. The absorption of electromagnetic radiation (radio waves), at a specific frequency, by an atomic nucleus placed in a strong magnetic field; used in spectroscopy and in magnetic resonance imaging. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radio wave Part of Speech: noun 1. Electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength between about .5 centimeters and 30,000 meters; used for the broadcasting of radio and television signals.
Word: NMR spectroscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. An analytical technique that exploits fine differences in the frequency of nuclear magnetic resonance in protons (and ¹³C atoms, etc.) within organic compounds that depends on their neighbouring atoms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: resonance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French resonance (French résonance), from Latin resonantia (“echo”), from resonō (“to resound”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛzənəns/ 1. The quality of being resonant. Labels: uncountable Example: The leiter-wagons contained great, square boxes, with handles of thick rope; these were evidently empty by the ease with which the Slovaks handled them, and by their resonance as they were roughly moved. 2. A resonant sound, echo, or reverberation, such as that produced by blowing over the top of a bottle. Labels: countable Example: He passed on, and the lights and cries of the station dropped away, merged in a wider haze and a hollower resonance, as the train gathered itself up with a long shake and rolled out again into the darkness. 3. The sound produced by a hollow body part such as the chest cavity upon auscultation, especially that produced while the patient is speaking. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Something that evokes an association, or a strong emotion; something that strikes a chord. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: emotional resonance Example: But the film is largely redeemed by an unexpected emotional resonance befitting a Steven Spielberg production. 5. The increase in the amplitude of an oscillation of a system under the influence of a periodic force whose frequency is close to that of the system's natural frequency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the most important developments beyond the original concept of magnetic resonance is so-called double resonance in which, as the name suggests, one excites one resonant transition of a system while simultaneously monitoring a different transition. 6. A short-lived subatomic particle or state of atomic excitation that results from the collision of atomic particles. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When experiments with the first ‘atom-smashers’ took place in the 1950s to 1960s, many short-lived heavier siblings of the proton and neutron, known as ‘resonances’, were discovered. 7. An increase in the strength or duration of a musical tone produced by sympathetic vibration. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The property of a compound that can be visualized as having two structures differing only in the distribution of electrons. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. An influence of the gravitational forces of one orbiting object on the orbit of another, causing periodic perturbations. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The dedicated time Cheops spent observing the star helped astronomers iron out the mixed signals from the TESS data to determine how many planets were crossing in front of the star and the resonance of their orbits. 10. The condition where the inductive and capacitive reactances have equal magnitude. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A quality of human relationship with the world. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Resonance is a kind of relationship to the world, formed through affect and emotion, intrinsic interest, and perceived self-efficacy, in which subject and world are mutually affected and transformed.
Word: amplitude Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *-tu- Proto-Indo-European *-d- Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Italic *-tūdō Latin -tūdō Latin amplitūdōder. Middle French amplitudebor. English amplitude Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplitūdō, from amplus (“large”). By surface analysis, ample + -itude. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.plɪ.tud/ 1. The measure of the size of something, especially its width or breadth; largeness, magnitude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cathedral of Lincoln […] is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Example: amplitude of mind 2. The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The range of motion of the gymnast's body while performing a skill. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The range of environmental conditions in which an organism can survive. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sympathetic vibration Part of Speech: noun 1. The vibration of a body, at its natural frequency, in response to that of a neighbouring one having that frequency; resonance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: neighbouring Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of neighboring. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired.
Word: neighbouring Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of neighboring. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: neighbourly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English neighbour Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English neighbourly From neighbour + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbɚˌli/ 1. Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour. Labels: Canada, UK Example: She's so neighbourly that she always holds a welcoming party for new residents. Example: I got the impression you were looking for something, and it crossed my mind to ask you what that might be. Just being friendly, sir, just being neighbourly.
Word: revisionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English vision English revision 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 revisionism From revision + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɪʒəˌnɪzəm/ 1. The advocacy of a revision of some accepted theory, doctrine or a view of historical events. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tories spent last week boldly whistling their unique brand of the kind of historical revisionism that has played a major part in getting us here. Example: As for Jones’s performance as Mandy Cohen, it united two leading facets of the funnyman’s repertoire: his fondness for female impersonation, and his passion for historical revisionism. 2. An evolutionary form of Marxism, abandoning some of its original principles. Labels: Marxism, countable, derogatory, uncountable
Word: Fu Manchu Part of Speech: name Etymology: The first book with the character was The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, from 1913. 1. A series of books by British author Sax Rohmer about a villain that sports a Fu Manchu moustache, and other media based on them, such as comic books and movies. 2. The villain who is the title character of that series.
Word: Fu Manchu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The first book with the character was The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, from 1913. 1. A Fu Manchu moustache.
Word: corkscrew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cork + screw. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːk.skɹuː/, /ˈkɔɹk.skɹu/ 1. An implement for opening bottles that are sealed by a cork. Sometimes specifically such an implement that includes a screw-shaped part, or worm. Example: I opened the wine with a corkscrew. Example: There stood presented to his sight, Or seem'd to stand, the God of wine, […] This hand a Cork-scrue did contain, And that a Bottle of Champaign. 2. The screw-shaped worm of a typical corkscrew. Example: A bubble rising rapidly in water describes a spiral closely resembling a corkscrew. 3. A type of sharp, twisting punch, often one thrown close and from the side. Example: […] the immovable McCoy let fly his most miraculous punch of the evening, of his lives, a world-beater of a right corkscrew, a punch years in the windup […] 4. A type of inversion used in roller coasters. Example: A corkscrew has a 90° turn just prior to the loop and a 90° turn just afterward.
Word: corkscrew Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cork + screw. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːk.skɹuː/, /ˈkɔɹk.skɹu/ 1. Having the tightly winding shape of a corkscrew. Labels: not-comparable Example: Then the old gentleman spun himself round with velocity in the opposite direction, continued to spin until his long cloak was all wound neatly about him, clapped his cap on his head, very much on one side (for it could not stand upright without going through the ceiling), gave an additional twist to his corkscrew mustaches, and replied with perfect coolness. Example: All the heat of a decade of fierce Indian summers is stored in the pitch-black, polished walls of the corkscrew staircase.
Word: corkscrew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cork + screw. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːk.skɹuː/, /ˈkɔɹk.skɹu/ 1. To wind or twist in the manner of a corkscrew; to move with much horizontal and vertical shifting. Labels: intransitive Example: Into the tea–room Mr. Pickwick turned; and catching sight of him, Mr. Bantam corkscrewed his way through the crowd and welcomed him with ecstasy. Example: The street corkscrewed endlessly. Sometimes it seemed to stop; then it found a hole in the opposing masonry and edged its way in. 2. To cause something to twist or move in a spiral path or shape. Labels: transitive Example: Caught and twisted—corkscrewed in the mazes of the line, loose harpoons and lances, with all their bristling barbs and points, came flashing and dripping up to the chocks in the bows of Ahab’s boat. Example: Rusty corkscrewed the plane back down again, but instead of mashing the throttles to the wall, he pulled them to idle. 3. To extract information or consent from someone. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I strongly suspect (from what Small has dropped, and from what we have corkscrewed out of him) that those letters I was to have brought to your ladyship were not destroyed when I supposed they were. Example: Yes, I believe you did after it was corkscrewed out of you, but I got the impression at the outset that you were, just as willing to let it stand there.
Word: Talmud Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew תַּלְמוּד (talmúd, “instruction, learning”). Pronunciation: /ˈtælmʊd/, /ˈtælməd/, /ˈtɑlmʊd/ 1. A collection of Jewish writings related to the practical application of Judaic law and tradition (may refer to either the Babylonian Talmud or the shorter Jerusalem Talmud). Labels: Judaism Example: On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism.
Word: Shema Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *šamaʕ- Hebrew שְׁמַעbor. English Shema Borrowed from Hebrew שְׁמַע. 1. The central declaration of faith of Judaism, recited at least twice daily by religious Jews.
Word: Stalinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Stalin 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 Stalinism From Stalin + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈstɑː.lɪ.nɪ.zəm/, /ˈstæ.lɪ.nɪ.zəm/, /ˈstɑː.lə.nɪ.zəm/, /ˈstæ.lə.nɪ.zəm/ 1. The Communist philosophies espoused by Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The act or state of living in accord with the communist philosophies of Stalin. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The political system that put into practice — by means of governance, implementing policies, enforcing laws, etc. — the communist philosophical theory of Stalin in the Soviet Union from the 1920s and in the Soviet satellite states from the late 1940s to Stalin's death in 1953. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: There are no crime[s] in history more terrible than the Moscow Trials of Zinoviev-Kamenev, and the- of Pyatakov-Radek. These trials developed not from communism, not from socialism, but from Stalinism: that is from the irresponsible despotism of the bureaucracy over the people.
Word: iBook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A trademark, apparently a blend of iMac + notebook computer, and by surface analysis, i- + book. 1. A computer of a line of lower-end laptop computers formerly manufactured by Apple Computer.
Word: sciatica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, from Late Latin sciatica, feminine of sciaticus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός (iskhiadikós), the adjective of ἰσχίον (iskhíon, “hip”). Pronunciation: /saɪˈætɪkə/ 1. Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by pain radiating down through the buttocks and the back of the thigh. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He picked up his own phone, shunned limos and preferred to walk if possible (sciatica later caused him to use a wheelchair) – as, for example, on the day after his election when he slipped away on foot to collect his suitcase and settle the bill at the modest pensione where he had been booked in before the conclave began.