nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: given head Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of give head Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: theophoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεόφορος (theóphoros, “bearing a god”) + -ic. 1. Containing the name of a deity. Labels: not-comparable Example: Elizabeth is still a common theophoric name, even though El is becoming less well known.
Word: etiolation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French étiolé, past participle of étioler (“to blanch”). Pronunciation: /ˌiːtiəˈleɪʃən/ 1. Growth process of plants grown in the absence of light, characterized by long, weak stems, fewer leaves and chlorosis. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Blanching of plants, accomplished by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Paleness produced by absence of light, or by disease. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: antitranspirant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + transpirant. 1. Reducing transpiration in plants. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antitranspirant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + transpirant. 1. A substance applied to plant leaves to reduce transpiration.
Word: tracheid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Tracheïde, corresponding to trachea + -id. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈkiːɪd/ 1. A tracheid cell.
Word: tracheid cell Part of Speech: noun 1. An elongated cell found in plant xylem whose major function is to carry water.
Word: chief operating officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A corporate officer of a corporation, company, or agency, responsible for executing decisions of the chief executive officer (CEO) according to their decided schedule.
Word: epicormic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From epi- + corm + -ic. 1. Of a sprout: growing from a dormant, adventitious bud on the trunk of a tree. Labels: not-comparable Example: Epicormic branching often follows disturbances, such as thinning or top breakage, which stimulate the sprouting of dormant buds on the boles. The branches may add to the growth capacity of the tree, but they also create knots that reduce lumber value.
Word: lignotuber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ligno- + tuber. 1. A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
Word: doodlebugger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doodlebug (“divining rod”) + -er. 1. A dowser searching for subterranean natural resources such as water or oil. Labels: slang Example: This was a "doodlebugger," a man who searches for oil with divining rods of wondrous shapes and descriptions. And not just any doodlebugger, but one of the hottest noses in the amateur oil-sniffing game – Walter J. Nelson. 2. A geophysicist working in the field to explore oil or other natural resources. Labels: broadly, slang
Word: advisory opinion Part of Speech: noun 1. An opinion issued by a court that does not have the effect of resolving a specific legal case, but merely advises on the constitutionality or interpretation of a law.
Word: flying saucers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flying saucer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: advisory opinions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of advisory opinion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: declaratory judgment Part of Speech: noun 1. A ruling of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of each party in a dispute, but does not necessarily award any damages or other relief.
Word: declaratory judgments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declaratory judgment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: JNOV Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of judgment notwithstanding (the) verdict. 1. A decision by a judge that sets aside a jury's earlier verdict in the same case based on a finding that the jury's determination was incorrect as a matter of law.
Word: cosinus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin cosinus, abbreviation of complementi sinus. Doublet of cosine. 1. Synonym of cosine. Example: When I came to these very buildings to pass my examination I knew far better the names of all the plants in this garden than the theory of the cubic roots or the long formulæ of the sum of two cosinus. Example: So, in the helicopteron, as the helix is at the same time a sustaining plane, it should be likened to a surface moving horizontally, and in which, consequenty, the resistance to motion will be to the lifting power as the sinus is to the cosinus of the angle formed by such plane with the horizon.
Word: flotation cost Part of Speech: noun 1. The selling cost or distribution cost of issuing new securities. Labels: UK
Word: -tort Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Old French tort, from Latin tortum, substantive use of the past participle of torqueō (“twist, turn”). Compare with torsion, torture. 1. To make something change its shape. Labels: morpheme
Word: ^H Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: A representation of ASCII character 0x08, which is backspace. 1. Delete that last character. Labels: Internet, humorous, usually Example: Read the fuc^H^Hine manual.
Word: gunsmithing Part of Speech: noun 1. The craft of a gunsmith Labels: uncountable
Word: hormesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὅρμησις (hórmēsis), from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ). 1. A phenomenon in which an environmental agent or stressor produces a stimulatory or beneficial effect at low doses and an inhibitory or harmful effect at higher doses, corresponding to a biphasic dose-response relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So the concept of a permissible, safe, or “threshold” dose gained currency, and this was used to set standards in industries where workers were exposed to radiation, such as uranium mining and nuclear power generation. Some people went even further, arguing for radiation hormesis—that small doses of radiation were actually good for you. Example: Though he is given to gee-whizzery about anything “super awesome”—Small amounts of radiation are actually good for you! It’s called radiation hormesis!—he has scant interest in the specifics of the apps that many YC companies produce; what intrigues him is their potential effect on the world.
Word: hypnagogia Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌhɪp.nəˈɡɒd͡ʒi.ə/, /-ˈɡɒɡi.ə/, /ˌhɪp.nəˈɡɑd͡ʒi.ə/, /-ˈɡoʊd͡ʒi.ə/ 1. A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake. Labels: uncountable
Word: hypnic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypno- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpnɪk/ 1. That induces sleep.
Word: hypnic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypno- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpnɪk/ 1. Any sleep-inducing drug.
Word: hypnoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hypnoid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English hypnoidal From hypnoid + -al. 1. hypnoid Example: A tormenting hunger shuddered through her and she wished she could put aside the power. Oh, to be as others were — blind in that safest of all blindnesses, living only the hypnoidal half-life into which birth-shock precipitated most humans.
Word: hypnoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hypno- + -oid. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling sleep (or hypnosis)
Word: hyponathemia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of hyponatremia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: immunopathology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logie French pathologiebor. English pathology English immunopathology From immuno- + pathology. 1. The branch of immunology that studies the relation of the immune system to disease. Labels: uncountable 2. A disease caused by a disruption of the immune system. Labels: countable
Word: inspiratory Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to inspiration (in all senses)
Word: expiratory Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to expiration
Word: kernel corn Part of Speech: noun 1. Kernels of maize, either frozen or canned Labels: US, uncountable
Word: bewared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beware Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: But idiots only may be cozened twice: Once warned is well bewared; [...] Example: Cavissem, si prævidissem, I had bewared if I had foreseen.
Word: horse-chestnut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of horse chestnut. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: platter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plater, from Anglo-Norman plater, dissimilatory variant of platel, from Old French plate (“metal plate”) (see plate). Doublet of plateau. 1. A tray for serving foods. Example: While his lov'd partner boastful of her hoard, Displays the cleanly platter on the board; 2. A main dish and side dishes served together on one plate. 3. The hard surface of a turntable on which a gramophone record rests when being played. 4. A vinyl record. Example: Artists are quick to blame the record company for failing to promote their follow-up platter. 5. One of possibly many disks on which data is stored in a mechanical hard drive.
Word: platter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plat + -er. 1. One who plats/plaits or braids.
Word: sinapism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sināpi (“mustard”) + -ism. 1. A mustard plaster.
Word: cheireme Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chereme. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: landslide victory Part of Speech: noun 1. A victory by a wide margin in an election. Example: Nixon capitalized on this changing tide of voting behaviour, and hence won a landslide victory in the 1972 election.
Word: down for the count Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The figurative senses are extended from the literal one. 1. Decisively beaten; defeated; rendered irrelevant for the long term. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: As the company grew, one after another of its smaller competitors ended up down for the count. Example: “But what puts me down for the count is the action of the fellow. Never showed up; just made her miss two performances.” 2. Soundly unconscious, either because asleep or because otherwise knocked out. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: A: Look at him, he's out like a light! B: Yeah, he had a long day! And now he's down for the count. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, for, the, count: lying upon the mat of a boxing ring while the referee counts the fighter out. Labels: not-comparable Example: Liston was down for the count more than once before rising up to regain command of the fight.
Word: doveish Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of dovish. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: -and Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Middle English -and, -end, -ant, -nd, from Old English -ende, -ande, present participle ending of verbs, and -end, -nd, agent ending, both from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle suffix), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts. More at -ing. 1. Used to form the present participle of verbs, equivalent to -ing. Labels: Scotland, dialectal, morpheme Example: livand, nurischand, ravand, snipand, goand 2. A suffix of Anglo-Saxon origin forming adjectives from verbs analogous to -ing. Labels: morpheme Example: waniand, blatant, blicant, farrand, flippant, gainand, rampant, trippant, warkand
Word: -and Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin gerundive termination -andus, -endus. More at -end. 1. A suffix forming nouns denoting patients (i.e., recipients of actions), such as compiland. Labels: morpheme
Word: compiland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From compile + -and. 1. A file or other single unit of program source code that can be compiled.
Word: -end Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -endus, a gerundive ending, related to -andus. 1. Forming nouns denoting patients or recipients of actions. Labels: morpheme Example: addend, subtrahend, dividend
Word: cisgender Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cis- (“on this side of”) + gender, by analogy with transgender. First attested in 1997. Compare slightly earlier cisgendered (1994). Pronunciation: /sɪsˈdʒɛndə/, /sɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/ 1. Having a gender identity which matches the sex one was assigned at birth; or, pertaining to such people. Labels: not-comparable Example: To uphold the inequality that we choose to engage in, we regularly present the myth that trans people are deviant or a danger to cisgender people. Example: As trans people, we have many cisgender allies—those who show their support for the concerns, needs, and rights of trans people, even though they may not personally face the same issues.
Word: cisgender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cis- (“on this side of”) + gender, by analogy with transgender. First attested in 1997. Compare slightly earlier cisgendered (1994). Pronunciation: /sɪsˈdʒɛndə/, /sɪsˈd͡ʒɛndɚ/ 1. A cisgender person. Example: Even in regard to cisgenders, research shows that it's “easier” for people to identify male than female features, meaning that the default “visible” person in our culture is male “unless proven otherwise.” Example: Is there a place for heterosexual cisgenders in Africa's queer movement?
Word: cisgendered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cis- + gendered (adjective). 1. Synonym of cisgender. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon Example: They seemed to be rather tense at first, and it was very funny to see that after talking for a while they found out that a TS guy is actually just a person you can have a chat and a giggle with, just like they are! Amazing, isn't it? 9:-) Anyway, kind of feels nice, the fact that you might have created understanding and compassion for another T* which you don't even know, through 'educating' cisgendered people. Example: Gendering is the process of classifying and identifying the gender of other people, quickly and usually unconsciously, based on just a few visual and/or audio clues. This process of gendering privileges cisgendered people as few cisgendered people have had the experience of being misgendered. The experience of being misgendered is common for all transgendered people before they transition and for many transgendered people after they transition.
Word: cisgendered Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cis- + gendered (adjective). 1. Synonym of cisgender. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: The fact that many cisgendereds accept me as a woman despite the fact that my body is male and they know it says some cisgendereds accept the concept that 'person' defines gender. The fact that other cisgendereds and transgendereds(!) will only define my gender by my body shows that others reject the idea that gender is defined by person.
Word: be sick Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: be sick. Example: I am sick today, so can't come to work. 2. To vomit. Labels: informal Example: The dog's been sick all over the carpet.
Word: coign of vantage Part of Speech: noun 1. a good position for observation, judgment, criticism, action, etc. Example: ...it seemed as if the traders had occupied with nests, bearing the same proportion to the building, every buttress and coign of vantage, as the martlet in Macbeth’s Castle. Example: ...a spacious gallery, from which latter coign of vantage an excellent view of the stage is afforded
Word: long term Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of long-term. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems— […]. Such a slow-release device containing angiogenic factors could be placed on the pia mater covering the cerebral cortex and tested in persons with senile dementia in long term studies.
Word: long term Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of long-term. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: long term Part of Speech: noun 1. The longer period, dealing with more than the short-term effects or concerns.
Word: crisscrossed Part of Speech: adj 1. Marked by lines crossing in two or more directions. Example: Don't tell me I lost a step / Criss-crossed in the wrong direction / Found myself in a conversation / From a missed connection
Word: crisscrossed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crisscross Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: As I crisscrossed managerial circles in different corporations, becoming known in some segments of the corporate world and running into managers that I had met in the course of my search, often in odd places, my personal contacts increased as managers referred me to each other.
Word: orchardist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orchard Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English orchardist From orchard + -ist. 1. Synonym of orcharder.
Word: orchardists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orchardist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marble orchard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with an orchard, because the marble or other stone grave markers are arranged in rows like planted trees. 1. A cemetery. Labels: slang Example: "It's so peaceful." ¶ "So's a marble orchard." ¶ "A marble orchard?" ¶ "A cemetery."
Word: grave marker Part of Speech: noun 1. A tombstone or other permanent fixed object to indicate the location of a grave.
Word: grave markers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grave marker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tombstoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tombstone Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tombstoned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having tombstones. Labels: not-comparable Example: a tombstoned landscape
Word: marble orchards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marble orchard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gravemarker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of grave marker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gravemarkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gravemarker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weather gage Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of weather gauge. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: adventure game Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer or video game of the genre characterized by investigation, exploration, puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters, and a focus on narrative rather than reflex-based challenges. Example: Phipps have put together a well planned and sometimes amusing adventure game here, with text and location graphics, which are simple but attractive. Example: The critics of adventure games are quick to point out that, really, adventure games are not games at all, but merely a series of puzzles strung together with bits of story between them. The puzzles, regardless of their form, serve as locked doors […]
Word: adventure games Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adventure game Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alpha radiation Part of Speech: noun 1. The radiation of alpha particles as a result of radioactive decay. Labels: uncountable Example: Meronyms: alpha particle < alpha ray
Word: alpha-blocker Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug which blocks α1-adrenergic receptors in arteries and smooth muscles, and is used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostatitis and other conditions.
Word: prostatitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prostate Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English prostatitis From prostate + -itis. 1. Inflammation of the prostate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: alpha-blockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alpha-blocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: normal histology Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the microscopic structure of living tissue (histology) that is in good health (as opposed to pathological histology which studies that of diseased tissue). Labels: uncountable
Word: pathological histology Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the microscopic structure of living tissue (histology) of diseased tissue (as opposed to normal histology which studies the histology of healthy tissues). Labels: uncountable
Word: liltingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lilting Middle English -ly English -ly English liltingly From lilting + -ly. 1. In a lilting manner. Example: "Of course, of course, sir," he said liltingly.
Word: liltingness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lilting Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English liltingness From lilting + -ness. 1. The property or characteristic of being lilting. Labels: uncountable
Word: lilts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lilt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lilts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lilt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lilted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lilt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gaieties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gaiety Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mesenteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mesentery Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mesenteric From mesentery + -ic. 1. Relating to the mesentery. Labels: not-comparable Example: However, several enterographic findings are associated with increased disease activity, including wall thickening greater than 4 mm, intramural and mesenteric oedema, mucosal hyperaemia, wall enhancement (and enhancement pattern), transmural ulceration and fistula formation, vascular engorgement and inflammatory mesenteric lymph nodes (often with hyperenhancement).
Word: mesenteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesentery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trichotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τριχοτομία (trikhotomía), from τρίχα (tríkha) + τόμος (tómos) + -ία (-ía). Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈkɒt.ə.mi/, /tɹaɪˈkɑt.ə.mi/ 1. Division or separation into three groups or pieces. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the property of an order relation whereby, given an ordered pair of elements (of a given algebraic structure), exactly one of these is true: the first element is 'less than' the second one, the second is 'less than' the first, or the two elements are equal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [A linear order] obeys the following trichotomy law[.]
Word: trichotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trichotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phyllode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin phyllodium, from Ancient Greek φυλλώδης (phullṓdēs, “resembling a leaf”). 1. A flattened petiole or leaf rachis that resembles and functions as a leaf, and may or may not be combined with an actual lamina.
Word: pavis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pavis(e) (paveis, pavas), from Anglo-Norman pavis (compare French pavois), from Latin pavensis, probably from Pavia in Italy. Compare Italian pavese. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑv.ɪs/, /ˈpævɪs/ 1. Most usually, a very large shield fitted with a stand, like a small moveable wall, carried in front to protect all or most of the bearer's body that could be positioned independently of the user, such as a crossbowman, often with a projecting ridge running vertically down the center. However, smaller, more standard shield types were also termed as such, with the central verticle ridge as a defining feature. Example: For in this proceſſe, Parrot nothĩg hath ſurmyſed No matter pretendyd, nor nothyng enterpryſed But that metaphora, alegoria with all Shall be his protectyon, his pauys and his wall
Word: teetotum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin totum (“all”), marked by a T on one of the four sides. 1. A toy (spinning top) similar to a dreidel. Labels: historical Example: The town awakes; the great tee-totum is set up for its daily spin and whirl; […] Example: "Are you a child or a teetotum?" the Sheep said, as she took up another pair of needles. "You'll make me giddy soon, if you go on turning round like that."
Word: teetotum Part of Speech: noun 1. A working men's club conducted under religious influences, as an alternative to drinking in the saloon. Labels: historical
Word: boiserie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French boiserie, from bois (“wood”). 1. panelling; wood trim Example: Pot luck turned out to be an exquisite light lunch served at a round table in a room lined with rococo boiseries that had been removed wholesale from some grand Parisian town house and painted pale blue. Example: Around 1960 the town house — 1081 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street — was pulled down to make way for 1080 Fifth Avenue, and the boiseries were removed.
Word: shammy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chamois with an initial sh to represent the sound /ʃ/ in English. 1. Chamois leather. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A cloth made of this leather. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shammy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chamois with an initial sh to represent the sound /ʃ/ in English. 1. To clean with a chamois leather cloth. Labels: transitive
Word: shammy Part of Speech: noun 1. Champagne. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Two smart-looking damsels have risked their lives on the top, and are sipping a glass of 'shammy' to keep up their spirits.
Word: chamois leather Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft suede leather, originally from the chamois but now made from sheepskin, used in cleaning and polishing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: let-through Part of Speech: noun 1. A transient voltage spike that is allowed to pass through a power conditioning unit to the load
Word: living tissue Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tissue of a living organism containing cells that are routinely lost and replenished by cellular renewal processes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gradin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a series of terraced steps or seats, as in an arena or an altar.
Word: military tactics Part of Speech: noun 1. The techniques for using weapons or military units in combination for engaging and defeating an enemy in battle. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: cubile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin cubīle (“bed”). 1. The lowest course of stones in a building. Labels: obsolete
Word: bird watchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bird watcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feel like Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a desire for something, or to do something. Labels: idiomatic Example: I didn't feel like working yesterday, so I called in sick. 2. To perceive oneself to resemble (something); to have the sense of being (something). Labels: idiomatic Example: “Perhaps it is because I have been excommunicated. It's absurd, but I feel like the Jackdaw of Rheims.” ¶ She winced and bowed her head. Each time that he spoke flippantly of the Church he caused her pain. 3. To feel that something is likely to happen; to predict. Labels: idiomatic Example: I feel like it will rain all week. Example: She felt like the dog could start biting at any moment. 4. To feel as though. Labels: idiomatic Example: Those guinea feathers blew out in the sun ahead of us and lighted up, then got sucked back into the shade. That old wreck wasn’t going to fly, it wasn’t even going to roll on those flat tires. But I felt like I was flying through a cloud of guinea feathers. Example: I’m real scared . . . stiff all over . . . I feel like I am dying . . . I can’t move . . . I don’t want to die . . . help me. 5. To give a perception of something; to appear or to seem. Labels: impersonal Example: It felt like rain, but it barely drizzled. Example: It feels like Gerald is the likely suspect. 6. Denotes the apparent temperature. Labels: impersonal
Word: xerclod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of "piece X" read upside down. Used by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, according to the rec.models.rockets newsgroup FAQ. 1. A parallelogram-shaped connector in a model rocket assembly. Labels: rare Example: There could be some side-to-side movement, because the piece the glider fuselage was cut from is actually a bit narrower than the piece the pod pylon was cut from (and I think the xerclod is a bit narrower than the fuselage, though I've built that part up with tape). Example: Each side of the BT-60 had 2 xerclods (short lengths of 1/8" dowels) to hang the gliders on.
Word: civilist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin civilista, from Latin cīvīlis (“civil (law)”), on the pattern of Medieval Latin canonista (“canonist”), from Latin canōn (“rule”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪvɪlɪst/ 1. One who studies or works with the civil law. Labels: obsolete 2. One who rejects the moral authority of Christ but who nevertheless adheres to a moral code in line with “civil righteousness” and “good citizenship”. Labels: obsolete 3. A statesman, politician, or student of the political sciences. Labels: obsolete
Word: parasequential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + sequential. 1. not in the intended order. Example: The request stream is parasequential, so we have some latency delay.
Word: booder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The term came into the popular vernacular in the jazz scene in 1920's Harlem. 1. A catch-all phrase for an object, person, or place. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: circular sector Part of Speech: noun 1. A portion of a circle enclosed by two radii and an arc.
Word: circle sector Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of circular sector. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ribbonwood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ribbon + wood 1. Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various plants from Australia and New Zealand in the genera Hoheria, Idiospermum and Plagianthus Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Redshanks, ribbon bush, a plant of species Adenostoma sparsifolium of southern California in the US and northern Baja California in Mexico. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kamal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Arabic كَمَال (kamāl, “perfection”). 1. A male given name.
Word: Kamal Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hindi कमल (kamal). 1. A male given name, feminine equivalent Kamala.
Word: lacebark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lace + bark. 1. Any of various New Zealand plants in the genus Hoheria. 2. Any of species Lagetta lagetto of Caribbean trees.
Word: kamal Part of Speech: noun 1. A navigation device, known to the Arabs and Chinese of the ancient world, consisting of a wooden card and knotted string. Labels: historical
Word: diamond cutters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diamond cutter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ski lodge Part of Speech: noun 1. A mountain hotel providing accommodation for skiers.
Word: embolia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embolium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electrophorese Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from electrophoresis. 1. To carry out electrophoresis on something. Example: The approach taken is to electrophorese the RNA sample on an agarose gel under denaturing conditions.
Word: electrophoreses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electrophoresis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electrophoreses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of electrophorese Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bottle cap Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several designs of closure used to seal bottles. 2. Any of certain mushrooms of genus Psilocybe, such as Psilocybe baeocystis.
Word: get to know Part of Speech: verb 1. To become acquainted with (someone or something); to meet someone. Labels: transitive Example: I'm not into that one-night thing. I think a person should get to know someone and even be in love with them before you use them and degrade them 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, know.
Word: 1080 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 1080° of rotation angle. Pronunciation: /tɛnˈeɪ.ti/ 1. An aerial maneuver in which the performer spins through three full revolutions. Example: Sadowski-Synnott scored 92.88 on her final run, landing back-to-back 1080s on a challenging course resembling the Great Wall of China. Asked how she felt about making history as the island nation's first Winter Games gold medallist, she said it made her a "proud Kiwi".
Word: 1080 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its original catalogue number. Pronunciation: /tɛnˈeɪ.ti/ 1. Sodium fluoroacetate poison. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: encomia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encomium (“praise”) Labels: form-of, plural Example: Needless to say the obituaries for Hefner, even if they acknowledge the seaminess, have been full of encomia for his great deeds: Hef the vanquisher of puritanism, Hef the political progressive, Hef the great businessman and all the rest.
Word: nurturant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English nurture Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English nurturant From nurture + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/ 1. That provides nourishment; nurturing. Example: Go to readings, read books like this anthology, read the publications, become nurturant and enriched and educated about what's going on around them, form writing support groups. Example: In other words, liberalism defines government as tyrant father but demands it behave as nurturant mother.
Word: nurturant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nurture Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English nurturant From nurture + -ant. Pronunciation: /ˈnəːtʃəɹənt/ 1. That which nurtures; a nurturing factor or influence. Example: By removing one or another aspect from an organism's visual environment, one can determine the essential visual nurturants. The latter are then considered the basic visual-environmental determinants of the development of visual perception.
Word: Swiss Army knife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the prominent (although not exclusive) association of this type of knife with officers of the Swiss Army; see Swiss Army knife § History for details. Pronunciation: /ˌswɪsˈɑɹmiˌnaɪf/ 1. Any of a class of multi-function pocket knives or multitools, having a blade and various tools, such as screwdrivers and can openers. Example: She carries a Swiss Army knife for the convenience of having dozens of small tools handy at any moment. 2. A tool or approach that has many functions, one for every perceivable need. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: This software has been a good Swiss Army knife for us as we rebuild our systems.
Word: abstract harmonic analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of harmonic analysis dealing with generalised Fourier transforms that act on functions defined on Hausdorff locally compact topological groups. Labels: uncountable Example: 1970, Edwin Hewitt, Kenneth A. Ross, Abstract Harmonic Analysis: Volume II: Structure and Analysis for Compact Groups; Analysis on Locally Compact Abelian Groups, Springer, 2nd reprint, 2002, page 547, WIENER [1] goes well beyond analysis of periodic functions on R or even functions in 𝔏₂(R); this important paper has yet to be interpreted and assimilated into the standard repertory of abstract harmonic analysis. Example: The present book is a text book for a graduate course on abstract harmonic analysis and its applications.
Word: pop psych Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of popular psychology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable
Word: touch oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. To masturbate. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: 1990, Divinyls - I Touch Myself I don't want anybody else; when I think about you I touch myself. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see touch, oneself.
Word: Proto-Indo-Iranian Part of Speech: name 1. The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Indo-Aryan languages, the Iranian languages, the Dardic languages and the Nuristani languages. Labels: uncountable
Word: Proto-Indo-Iranian Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who spoke the Proto-Indo-Iranian language. Labels: countable
Word: Proto-Indo-Iranian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the Proto-Indo-Iranian language, or the people who spoke it. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Old Persian Part of Speech: name 1. The ancestor language of Middle Persian, and via it of New Persian language. Attested in Old Persian cuneiform, in the period 525 B.C.E. – 300 B.C.E. Example: The oldest reliably dated citation is part of the Behistun inscription of Darius the Great (died 486 B.C.), which is given in transliterated Old Persian in the entry for Aryan.
Word: Lucullan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: After the Roman general Lucullus (circa 117-57 B.C.E.), known for his sumptuous banquets. 1. Marked by lavishness and richness; sumptuous. Example: a Lucullan feast Example: He will deign to finish this simple fare and wash it down with nothing more Lucullan than beer.
Word: tossed and turned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of toss and turn Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tosses and turns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of toss and turn Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tossing and turning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toss and turn Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wards off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ward off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: warding off Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ward off Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: warding off Part of Speech: noun 1. The technical foul called when an offensive player in possession of the ball uses his hands and/or forearm to push a defender away. Labels: uncountable
Word: warded off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ward off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Kant Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kant. 1. A surname from German. 2. Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher. Example: So it is natural to speak of a category of all categories, which we call CAT, the objects of which are all the categories, and the arrows of which are all the functors. This raises genuine problems. Is CAT a category in itself? Our answer here is to treat CAT as a regulative idea; that is, an inevitable way of thinking about categories and functors, but not a strictly legitimate entity. (Compare the self, the universe, and God in Kant 1781.) Of course, general category theory applies to CAT, and this category that we do not quite believe in is the single one that we investigate the most.
Word: Kant Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Kyrgyz Кант (Kant). 1. A city in Kyrgyzstan.
Word: Southern Rhodesia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes. 1. A former colony of the United Kingdom; a name used to refer to the area now called Zimbabwe, officially introduced in 1901. A self-governing colony of Britain from 1923, its government began to refer to itself simply as Rhodesia in 1964, when Northern Rhodesia became Zambia. The name Zimbabwe was adopted in 1980. Labels: historical
Word: Northern Rhodesia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British colonizer Cecil Rhodes. 1. A former protectorate of the United Kingdom, existing from 1911 to 1964, now called Zambia. Labels: historical
Word: Bechuanaland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Bechuana Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English -land English Bechuanaland From Bechuana + -land. Pronunciation: /ˌbɛt͡ʃuˈɑːnəlænd/ 1. A former colony of the United Kingdom in Africa, which gained its independence in 1966 as Botswana. Labels: historical Example: After independence, Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe, Nyasaland to Malawi, and Bechuanaland to Botswana.
Word: lychnobite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λυχνόβιος (lukhnóbios, “living by lamplight”), from λύχνος (lúkhnos, “lamp”) + βίος (bíos, “life”); ending analogical to cenobite. 1. A person who works or labors at night and sleeps during the day. Labels: rare Example: Before the enfeebled of the dull-eyed lychnobite of the press could succumb to its influence, the cheerful voice of the magician awoke him. Example: […] he has listened as a pretended accomplice while sinister lychnobites laid plans over a low back bar-room table for outlaw depredations involving theft and manslaughter.
Word: paranumismatica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English para- English numismatic substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Old English habban Middle English haven English have English -a English paranumismatica From para- + numismatic + -a. 1. exonumia Labels: UK
Word: set free Part of Speech: verb 1. To release, to free, to give freedom to. Labels: transitive Example: "Well, you can tell Nan that she won't marry Peter Mallory with my consent. I'll never set her free to be another man's wife." Example: Send it, send it / Just like it came to me / I'm gonna set it free / Send it, send it / You've got to let it go / Open up a window
Word: lesson plan Part of Speech: noun 1. A teacher's document used to plan a lesson. Example: You've written thousands of lesson plans. You've taught the same subjects over and over. Why doesn't your principal just exempt you from having to write lesson plans? You could teach your lessons with your eyes closed, couldn't you?
Word: scape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin scāpus, from Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos). Doublet of native English shaft. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪp/ 1. A leafless stalk growing directly out of a root, bulb, or subterranean structure. 2. The basal segment of an insect's antenna (i.e. the part closest to the body). 3. The basal part, more specifically known as the oviscape, of the ovipositor of an insect. 4. The shaft of a column. 5. The apophyge of a shaft.
Word: scape Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪp/ 1. To escape (someone or something). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace / As I have seen in one autumnal face. / Young beauties force our love, and that's a rape, / This doth but counsel, yet you cannot scape. Example: He (to beguile the ſimple) makes no bone / To ſvvear by God (for he beleeues ther's none); / His Svvord's his Title; and vvho ſcapes the ſame, / Shall haue a Piſtol, or a Poyſonie dram: […]
Word: scape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scapen (whence also atscapen and ofscapen (“to escape”)), formed by aphesis from escapen, ascapen (“to escape”). Compare also Old French scapper, a variant of Old French eschaper, formed via similar process. Doublet of escape and scarper. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪp/ 1. Escape. Labels: archaic Example: I spake of most disastrous chances, […] Of hairbreadth scapes in the imminent, deadly breach. 2. A means of escape; evasion. Labels: obsolete 3. A freak; a slip; a fault; an escapade. Labels: obsolete Example: Not pardoning so much as the scapes of error and ignorance. 4. A loose act of vice or lewdness. Labels: obsolete Example: though I am not bookish, yyet I can read waiting-gentlewoman in the 'scape
Word: scape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪp/ 1. The cry of the snipe when flushed. 2. The snipe itself.
Word: CRB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of corporate records binder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Criminal Records Bureau. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: niver Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈnə.vər/, /ˈnɛ̈.vəɹ/, /ˈnɜ.vəɹ/ 1. Alternative form of never. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: “Niver mind,” replies the opposition expressively, “niver mind; you go home, and, ven you're quite sober, mend your stockings.” Example: An’ niver got half his fill.
Word: grindcore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grind Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī) Old English heard Middle English hard English hard Middle English core English core English hardcorebf. English -core English grindcore From grind + -core. 1. A fusion genre of extreme metal and hardcore punk, incorporating aggressive guitar riffs; extremely rapid drumming; and loud, largely unintelligible screaming. Labels: uncountable
Word: rapcore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rap Proto-Indo-European *kret-der.? Proto-Germanic *harduz Proto-Germanic *-jaz Proto-West Germanic *-ī Proto-West Germanic *hard(ī) Old English heard Middle English hard English hard Middle English core English core English hardcorebf. English -core English rapcore From rap + -core. 1. A genre of metal music, incorporating loud guitar riffs mixed with rapping, loud almost-screaming singing and rapid drumming. Labels: uncountable
Word: lay preacher Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in a religious denomination.
Word: lay speaker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services.
Word: lay reader Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services. Example: The Sabbath with us was literally a day of rest. The doctor, who was a licensed lay reader, read the service, and we managed to form a choir, composed of my sister and those of the staff who cared to join it.
Word: deadend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + end. 1. Alternative spelling of dead-end. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: geotechnical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greek der. Proto-Hellenic *gayader. Ancient Greek γαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip. Ancient Greek γῆ (gê) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-)der. English geo- English technical English geotechnical From geo- + technical. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒioʊˈtɛknɪkəl/, /ˌdʒiːəʊˈtɛknɪkəl/ 1. Of or relating to the soil and bedrock, especially aspects of foundations and earthworks. Example: Powrie added: "Nuneham was not a structural problem. I am convinced of that. It was a geotechnical problem.
Word: outthrust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English thrust English outthrust From out- + thrust. 1. Something that extends outwards, especially such an outcrop of rock
Word: outthrust Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English thrust English outthrust From out- + thrust. 1. To extend outwards