nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: bibimbap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 비빔밥 (bibimbap). 1. A Korean dish of white rice topped with vegetables, beef, a whole egg, and gochujang (chili pepper paste). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She'd made bibimbap with beansprouts, minced beef, and pre-soaked rice stir-fried in sesame oil.
Word: paralogism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French paralogisme, from Late Latin paralogismus, from Ancient Greek παραλογισμός (paralogismós). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹaləd͡ʒɪzəm/, /pəˈɹæləd͡ʒɪzəm/ 1. A fallacious argument or illogical conclusion, especially one committed by mistake, or believed by the speaker to be logical. Example: Which is a Paralogism not admittible; a fallacy that dwels not in a cloud, and needs not the Sun to scatter it.
Word: buffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buff + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfə/, [ˈbɐfə(ɹ)], /ˈbʌfəɹ/, /ˈbafə(ɹ)/, [ˈbäfə(ɹ)] 1. Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny). 2. Someone or something that buffs (polishes and makes shiny). 3. A boxer. Labels: Ireland, archaic, slang Example: Such a buffer as Donnelly, / Ereland never again will see.
Word: buffer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From buff + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfə/, [ˈbɐfə(ɹ)], /ˈbʌfəɹ/, /ˈbafə(ɹ)/, [ˈbäfə(ɹ)] 1. Comparative form of buff: more buff. Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: buffer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old French buffeder. Middle English buff 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 buffer Agent noun from obsolete verb buff (“make a dull sound when struck”) (mid-16c.), from Old French buffe (“blow”). The “boatswain's mate” sense is said to be popularly explained by the mate being a “buffer”, that is intermediary, between officers and men, but various other explanations have also been proposed. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfə/, [ˈbɐfə(ɹ)], /ˈbʌfəɹ/, /ˈbafə(ɹ)/, [ˈbäfə(ɹ)] 1. To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another. Example: The electronic apparatus is designed to buffer up the sorted wagons in the sidings at a speed not exceeding 4.7 m.p.h.—a particularly important provision in this yard, with its substantial traffic in whisky. 2. To use a buffer or buffers; to isolate or minimize the effects of one thing on another. Example: Some games let you buffer jumps—if you hold the jump button mid-air, your character will jump as soon as they touch the ground. 3. To store (data) in memory temporarily while it is awaiting processing. Labels: intransitive, transitive 4. To maintain the acidity of a solution near a chosen value by adding an acid or a base.
Word: buffer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfə/, [ˈbɐfə(ɹ)], /ˈbʌfəɹ/, /ˈbafə(ɹ)/, [ˈbäfə(ɹ)] 1. A good-humoured, slow-witted fellow, usually an elderly man. Labels: colloquial Example: Lastly, the looking-glass reflects Boots and Brewer, and two other stuffed Buffers interposed between the rest of the company and possible accidents. Example: Here, too, are Boots and Brewer, and the two other Buffers; each Buffer with a flower in his button-hole, his hair curled, and his gloves buttoned on tight, apparently come prepared, if anything had happened to the bridegroom, to be married instantly.
Word: buffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to buff leather. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌfə/, [ˈbɐfə(ɹ)], /ˈbʌfəɹ/, /ˈbafə(ɹ)/, [ˈbäfə(ɹ)] 1. A dog. Labels: UK, dated, slang Example: Who does not remember that adorable little dog, and that last Christmas season at Olympia, when the Whimmy we had all loved had been dead a month or so, and his buffer ran disconsolately round the circus, pining […]
Word: crochet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked. Pronunciation: /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/, /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/ 1. A form of needlework that is made by looping thread with a hooked needle. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A certain crest of enamel on the molar teeth of some rhinoceroses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crochet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French crochet, from Middle French crochet, from Old French crochet, crokét (“curved instrument, hook”), diminutive of Old French croc (“hook”), from Old Frankish *krōk (“hook”) or from Old Norse krókr (“hook, bend, bight”), both from Proto-Germanic *krōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“tracery, basket, twist”). Cognate with Middle English crōc (“crook, hook”), Middle Dutch croec, crōc (“curl”). Doublet of crocket, croquet, and crotchet. More at crook, crooked. Pronunciation: /kɹoʊˈʃeɪ/, /ˈkɹəʊʃeɪ/ 1. To make (a piece of) needlework using a hooked needle; to make interlocking loops of thread. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: favors Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪvɚz/, /ˈfeɪvəz/ 1. plural of favor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: favors Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪvɚz/, /ˈfeɪvəz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of favor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hypermarket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + market, calque of French hypermarché. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪpə(ɹ)ˌmɑːkɪt/, /ˈhaɪpəɹˌmɑɹkɪt/ 1. A shop combining elements of a department store and a supermarket. Example: Cherry Jones as Nan Pierce (2023), 42:37 from the start, in Succession, season 2, episode 8: “I got a taste for hypermarché vin ordinaire when I was 19 years old and I have never been able to shake it.”
Word: 5-star Part of Speech: adj 1. Luxurious and expensive. Labels: not-comparable Example: This 5-star hotel in Singapore is simply superb and provides excellent customer service.
Word: poach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pochen (“to poach (eggs)”), from Old French pocher "to put (egg yolks) in pockets" (i.e. in bags formed by the whites), from Old French poche (“pocket”). Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To cook (something) in simmering or very hot liquid (usually water; sometimes wine, broth, or otherwise). Labels: transitive Example: Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner. 2. To be cooked in such manner. Labels: intransitive Example: The white of an egg with spirit of wine, doth bake the egg into clots, as if it began to poach.
Word: poach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pochen (“to poach (eggs)”), from Old French pocher "to put (egg yolks) in pockets" (i.e. in bags formed by the whites), from Old French poche (“pocket”). Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/ 1. The act of cooking in simmering liquid. Example: Peaches are so perfect they need very little to make them extra special—just a quick poach in basil-scented rosé wine and a few adoring strawberries.
Word: poach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French pocher, pochier (“to trample, poach into”). Doublet of poke. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/ 1. To trespass on another's property to take fish or game. Labels: ambitransitive 2. To take game or fish illegally. Labels: ambitransitive Example: A 2016 study using carbon dating of more than 200 tusks from seizures spanning nine countries suggested that illegal ivory originates from elephants poached recently, instead of being pilfered from aging stockpiles kept by various nations. 3. To take anything illegally or unfairly. Labels: ambitransitive, broadly Example: Chelsea's embarrassment was symbolised by Ross Barkley's inexplicable header straight to the feet of Aguero to poach his second and Ilkay Gundogan capped that early blitz with a low drive. 4. To intrude; to interfere; to get involved inappropriately, without welcome. Labels: figuratively Example: to poach in foreign academic disciplines 5. To entice (an employee or customer) to switch from a competing company to one's own. Labels: ambitransitive Example: EBay has accused three Amazon managers of illegally conspiring to poach its sellers, escalating a monthslong feud between two of the country’s largest e-commerce companies. 6. To make soft or muddy by trampling. Example: Cattle coming to drink had punched and poached the river bank into a mess of mud. Example: the poach'd filth that floods the middle street 7. To become soft or muddy by being trampled on. Example: Chalky and clay lands […] chap in summer, and poach in winter. 8. To stab; to pierce; to spear or drive or plunge into something. Labels: obsolete Example: They vse alſo to poche them with an instrument somewhat like the Sammon-speare Example: his horse poching one of his legs into some hollow ground
Word: poach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French pocher, pochier (“to trample, poach into”). Doublet of poke. Pronunciation: /ˈpoʊt͡ʃ/ 1. The act of taking something unfairly, as in tennis doubles where one player returns a shot that their partner was better placed to return.
Word: boo-boo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Possibly from bug-a-boo, an imaginary evil goblin. * Possibly from bubo, a swollen lymph node especially obvious in sufferers of bubonic plague. * Possibly from the sound a baby or young toddler might make. * Possibly borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”) Pronunciation: /ˈbu(ˌ)bu/, /ˈbuː(ˌ)buː/ 1. A mistake or error. Labels: childish, colloquial, countable, often Example: Oh, gosh, golly, I made a boo-boo, and I gave it to Stephen Hawking! 2. A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise. Labels: childish, colloquial, countable 3. Feces. Labels: childish, colloquial, uncountable Example: I been A-1 since day one, you niggas boo-boo Your home boy, your block that you're from, boo-boo Lil' hoes you went to school with, boo-boo Baby mama and your new bitch, boo-boo
Word: boo-boo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * Possibly from bug-a-boo, an imaginary evil goblin. * Possibly from bubo, a swollen lymph node especially obvious in sufferers of bubonic plague. * Possibly from the sound a baby or young toddler might make. * Possibly borrowed from French bobo (“boo-boo”) Pronunciation: /ˈbu(ˌ)bu/, /ˈbuː(ˌ)buː/ 1. To make a mistake. Labels: childish, colloquial, intransitive Example: We boo-booed in giving the address of California Electric Railway Enthusiasts, and we realized it while mailing the last issue. Correct address is […] Example: If you do this and feel that you have boo-booed, press Shift+F5, the Go Back keyboard shortcut, to return from whence you came (that is, back to your previous edit). 2. To defecate. Labels: childish, colloquial, transitive Example: I went upstairs and Joseph, my husband, he came upstairs and found some boo boo on the floor. My little girl boo booed on herself downstairs as I was getting ready to clean her up. Example: “Ya know, I don't know what is wrong with my stomach. I must have eaten something spoiled at the job. I was at a customer's home climbing a pole, and I started boo-booing on myself. I got off the pole and took some of the leaves to wipe my butt. Man, that's a horrible feeling.”
Word: bang for the buck Part of Speech: noun 1. Efficiency; cost-effectiveness; value. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Do you think he would get as much bang for the buck out of a fancier, more expensive car? Example: And according to Hughes, HM Treasury is still sceptical about rail electrification. "It's not because they don't see electrification as a good thing, but I think when you look at it from the UK-wide perspective, if you have £x billion to spend on decarbonisation, you don't necessarily start with rail. Rail's not where you get the biggest bang for the buck in terms of decarbonisation."
Word: pitter-patter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication of patter. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt.əˈpæt.ə/, /ˈpɪt.ɚˈpæt.ɚ/ 1. A soft, percussive sound, as of tiny feet, or of rain on a rooftop; patter. Labels: uncountable Example: Once or twice I heard a faint pitter-patter like the feet of the dog going hither and thither on the sand far below me, and there were more bird-like sounds, but that was all. Example: Pitter-patter the rain falling down / Little glamor sun coming round / Take a walk when autumn comes to town
Word: pitter-patter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reduplication of patter. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt.əˈpæt.ə/, /ˈpɪt.ɚˈpæt.ɚ/ 1. To patter; to scurry. Labels: intransitive Example: The rain was coming down heavier now, the drops pitter-pattering on the roof of the truck.
Word: razzle-dazzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplication of dazzle. Pronunciation: /ræzəl dæzəl/ 1. Glitz, glamour, showiness, or pizazz. Labels: uncountable Example: The razzmatazz of a razzle-dazzle of pairs figure skating. Example: The big musical number at the end didn't have quite the razzle-dazzle they had hoped. 2. Dazzle camouflage. Labels: US, figuratively, uncountable
Word: razzle-dazzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Reduplication of dazzle. Pronunciation: /ræzəl dæzəl/ 1. To confuse or overcome with glamour or showiness; to dazzle. Labels: transitive
Word: hem and haw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: hem + and + haw 1. To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: If you hem and haw long enough, someone else will do it first. 2. To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize. Example: The man at the Chief Office hemmed and hawed. 'We make it a rule,' he explained, 'to give no information concerning our clients.' 'But in this case,' I urged, 'it is the client who requests you to give the information concerning himself.' Again he hemmed and hawed. Example: These New Yawk publishers hem and haw and say like well we’d LOVE to publish yer great friends but would it sell and I’m overloaded and this and that — everything but that they really don’t want to publish the writing; […]
Word: step up Part of Speech: verb 1. To increase, augment, or advance, especially by one or more steps. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Near-synonym: level up Example: They will need to step up production if they are going to compete.
Word: step up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Ellipsis of step up to the plate (“take one's turn at bat, take responsibility”). 1. To assume or take responsibility. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Won't anyone step up to the challenge? Example: The Gunners continued to press after the break but it was Leeds who broke the deadlock in the 54th minute. There was no doubt about the penalty either, with Denilson clumsily fouling Gradel and Snodgrass stepping up to find the bottom corner of the net.
Word: ins and outs Part of Speech: noun 1. The details or fine points of something. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: After a few months, you will know all the ins and outs of the system thoroughly.
Word: climatological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English climatology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English climatological From climatology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌklaɪ.mə.təˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to climatology.
Word: cliticization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clitic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English cliticization From clitic + -ization. 1. The process, or an instance, of a word becoming a clitic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brilliancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brilliant + -ancy; attested earlier than brilliance. Compare French brillance. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪljənsi/ 1. A shining quality; brilliance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it. Example: […] to assist greatly in the consumption of the lamp, and to diminish the aqueous precipitations produced on the interior of the lantern glass, which has the effect of reducing more or less the brilliancy of the light. 2. An act of being brilliant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His brilliancy lay in combining old concepts from far-flung fields into a new idea. Example: Surely it must have been his brilliancy that accounted for Vardon standing out as a stroke or two better than such a model of steadiness as J. H. Taylor[.] 3. A spectacular and beautiful game of chess, generally featuring sacrificial attacks and unexpected moves. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bobby Fischer, one of the greatest chess players who ever lived, died at the age of sixty-four from kidney failure. He had lived one year for each square on a chessboard. / THE GOOD / First of all, you should learn the term “brilliancy.” It refers to a game that is played with spectacular strategy and beauty, typically featuring unexpected moves and ingenious ideas. In other words, the game is extraordinary! At age thirteen, Bobby Fischer won a brilliancy against twenty-six-year-old Donald Byrne.
Word: art gallery Part of Speech: noun 1. A room, a group of rooms, or other space where works of art are placed on display, possibly for sale.
Word: hydrolyze Part of Speech: verb 1. To subject to hydrolysis. Labels: US, transitive 2. To undergo hydrolysis. Labels: US, intransitive
Word: butter fingers Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of butterfingers. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ichor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense 1 (“liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods”) is borrowed from Medieval Latin ichor, from Ancient Greek ῑ̓χώρ (īkhṓr, “fluid running through the veins of gods, ichor; watery part of blood, lymph, serum; watery part of milk, whey; gravy; pus; naphtha”); further etymology unknown, probably from Pre-Greek. Sense 2.4 (“fetid, watery discharge from a sore”) is from Middle English icor, icore [and other forms], from Medieval Latin ichor; see further above. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪkɔː/, /-kə/, /ˈɪkə/, /ˈaɪkɔɹ/, /ˈɪkəɹ/ 1. The liquid said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods. Labels: Greek, countable, uncountable Example: This ſaid, ſhe wip’d from Venus’ wounded Palm / The ſacred Ichor, and infus’d the Balm. Example: With his protruded ſpear her gentle hand / He wounded, piercing through her thin attire / Ambroſial, by themſelves the Graces wrought, / Her inſide wriſt, faſt by her roſy palm. / Blood follow'd, but immortal; ichor pure, / Such as the bleſt inhabitants of heav'n / May bleed, nectareous; […] 2. The blood of human beings or animals; also (obsolete) the clear, fluid portion of blood; blood plasma, plasma. Labels: broadly, countable, poetic, uncountable Example: He had merely meant to express his feeling that the streams which ran through their veins were not yet purified by time to that perfection, had not become so genuine an ichor, as to be worthy of being called blood in the genealogical sense. 3. A blood-like fluid. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, poetic, uncountable Example: [I]chores and thoſe ſerious matters being thickned become flegme, and flegme degenerates into choler, choler aduſt becomes æruginoſa melancholia, as vinegar out of the pureſt wine putrified or by exhalation of purer ſpirits is ſo made, and becomes ſowre and ſharp; […] Example: Go bring him [an ant] home to his people. / Lay him in state on a sepal. / Wrap him for shroud in a petal. / Embalm him with ichor of nettle. 4. A fluid believed to seep out from magma and cause rock to turn into granite. Labels: archaic, broadly, countable, uncountable 5. A fetid, watery discharge from a sore; pus. Labels: broadly, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: dinero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Italic *dekəm Latin dec(em) Latin -nus Latin dēnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin dēnārius Vulgar Latin *dīnārius Old Spanish dinero Spanish dinerobor. English dinero Borrowed from Spanish dinero (“money”). Doublet of denar, denarius, denier, dinar, diner, and dinheiro. Pronunciation: /dɪˈnɛɹ.oʊ/ 1. Money. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: diva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”), from Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Pronunciation: /ˈdiː.və/ 1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. 2. A person with an inflated sense of self, who has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges. Labels: derogatory, informal, slang 3. One who amazes or stuns, especially in a confident and feminine manner; (by extension) a term of endearment. Labels: Internet Example: Who is this DIVA 💜. Example: What a diva i love her
Word: boyo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰā- Proto-Germanic *bō- Proto-West Germanic *bōjō Old English *bōia Middle English boye English boy English -o English boyo From boy + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔɪ.əʊ/, /ˈbɔɪ.oʊ/ 1. A boy or lad. Labels: Ireland 2. A stereotypically Welsh form of address for a man, usually younger than the speaker. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: “Don't be daft, boyo. First chance I get, and I'm skipping!” Example: “Can’t get onboard the boat,” Dai finished for me. “Bloody typical, it is, boyo.”
Word: prima ballerina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian. 1. The leading ballerina in a dance company. Example: This elaborate ballet is a little too long for a modern audience, the action is not always clear to those who do not understand the language of gesture, while the elaborate and extremely difficult movements of the prima ballerina lose part of the effect they made in the far-off days of Fanny Elssler and Lucile Grahn. When these great prime ballerine were to the fore, and Cerito and Taglioni were dancing, the various degrees of achievement in Italian ballet-dancing were well known and understood.
Word: Cotton effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Aimé Cotton. 1. The characteristic change in optical rotatory dispersion and/or circular dichroism in the vicinity of an absorption band of a substance. Labels: physical
Word: optical rotatory dispersion Part of Speech: noun 1. the variation in the optical rotation of a substance with the wavelength of light Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: circular dichroism Part of Speech: noun 1. the differential absorption of left-handed and right-handed circularly polarized light Labels: physical, uncountable Example: In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.
Word: absorption band Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ bænd/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ bænd/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ bænd/, /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ bænd/ 1. One of any number of ranges of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation absorbed by a substance. Labels: physical
Word: accomodation Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of accommodation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: JFYI Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of just for your information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: housebroken Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From house + broken. Pronunciation: /haʊsbɹəʊkən/ 1. trained to avoid urinating or defecating in the house, except within a litterbox, toilet, or other receptacle. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hey. At least I'm housebroken. Example: Week in and week out you come back like a housebroken Pomeranian loyal to the bitter end. Good boy.
Word: Coulomb's law Part of Speech: name 1. the fundamental law of electrostatics - the force between two point charges is proportional to the product of their charges, and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
Word: Coulomb's constant Part of Speech: name 1. the constant of proportionality in the equation of Coulomb's law; numerical value depends on the units used
Word: Coulomb attraction Part of Speech: noun 1. the attraction between opposite charges due to Coulomb force Labels: uncountable
Word: Coulomb force Part of Speech: name 1. The electrostatic force between two charges, as described by Coulomb's law.
Word: Coulomb repulsion Part of Speech: noun 1. The repulsive force between two positive or two negative charges, as described by Coulomb's law. Labels: uncountable
Word: Coulomb barrier Part of Speech: noun 1. the barrier between two atomic nuclei, due to Coulomb repulsion, that has to be overcome for nuclear fusion to proceed
Word: Coulomb blockade Part of Speech: noun 1. the increased resistance observed at low temperatures in some semiconductor devices
Word: Coulomb collision Part of Speech: noun 1. the interaction between two moving electric charges at close range
Word: Coulomb explosion Part of Speech: noun 1. The effect of a molecule moving at high speed striking a solid; binding electrons being torn off, and the resulting charged constituents separating due to Coulomb repulsion.
Word: SSB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of single sideband, a type of radio emission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of social security board. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of Ballistic missile submarine, a diesel-powered submarine carrying ballistic missiles. Labels: Navy, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of site-specific browser. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: To get a bit technical for a moment, the specific feature that Mozilla abandoned is called “site-specific browsers,” or SSBs. 5. Initialism of star schema benchmark. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SSB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Standard Southern British. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Super Smash Bros.. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: coulometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English coulomb Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English coulometer From coulomb + -meter. 1. a device, used in coulometry, to determine the amount of substance released during electrolysis.
Word: coulometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coulo- + -metric. 1. of, or relating to coulometry Labels: not-comparable
Word: coulometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coulo- + -metry. 1. A technique in analytical chemistry in which the amount of substance released during electrolysis, and the amount of electricity used, are measured. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: CPT symmetry Part of Speech: noun 1. the fundamental symmetry of physical laws under transformations that involve the simultaneous inversions of charge, parity and time Labels: uncountable
Word: critical mass Part of Speech: noun 1. The minimum amount of fissile material needed to support a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] Rhodes calculated the uranium bomb would eventually need “about 42 kilograms – 92.6 pounds,” which Rhodes then stated was approximately 2.8 critical masses. In other words, critical mass can be calculated to be about 15 kilograms. 2. The minimum amount of something or the minimum number of people needed to trigger a phenomenon. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: […] depending on the rare circumstance of there being a critical mass of persons whose combination of interests and resources is high enough to overcome the feasibility problem. Example: The critical mass comprises the pioneers of an SNS who pay the start-up costs and set up a circle of acquaintances for newcomers; thereafter new subscribers to a mature SNS can join one after another rather than as a group (Heijden, 2004).
Word: self-sustaining Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English sustaining English self-sustaining From self- + sustaining. 1. Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others; self-sufficient. Example: There was nothing odd, or futuristic, or exotically “eco” about the house — no solar panels to be seen, no giant arrays of thermopane windows passively drinking up light and heat; yet here, I’d been told, in the Sourland Mountains in New Jersey, an hour from Manhattan, was a house that had the potential — not long from now, not 20 years from now, but maybe within 5 to 10 years — to help turn millions of American homes into fully self-sustaining power plants, each one capable of producing hydrogen to fuel cars as well. 2. Able to provide for one's own needs without help from others; self-sufficient. 3. Opposing or rejecting exterior influence; independent.
Word: fissile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fissilis. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪsˌaɪ.əl/, /ˈfɪsˌəl/ 1. Able to be split. 2. Easily split along a grain. Example: This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as Water or Cryſtal of the Rock, and without Colour; enduring a red Heat without loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining without Fuſion. 3. Capable of sustaining a nuclear fission chain reaction. Example: North Korea may soon have access to regular amounts of fissile material if it doesn’t already and could be preparing Punggye-ri for a number of nuclear tests if the above analysis is correct.
Word: nuclear fission Part of Speech: noun 1. A nuclear reaction in which a large nucleus splits into smaller ones, sometimes accompanied by the simultaneous release of energy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: not long for this world Part of Speech: adj 1. Unlikely to endure for much more time. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Townsend went there with us, but found himself so unwell that he went home very early. His cough has return'd, with several disagreeable symptoms. I fear exceedingly that he is not long for this world. Example: He thinks that said soul will have to be resuscitated from its asphyxia; that if it prove irresuscitable, the man is not long for this world.
Word: infiniverse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of infinite + universe. 1. Theoretically, everything that exists, seen or unseen; the infinite multiverse.
Word: accomodating Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of accommodating. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: doco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French documentairebor. English documentary English -o English doco From documentary + -o (“diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒ.kəʊ/ 1. Abbreviation of documentary. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: Seibert has many complaints about nature docos, not the least of which is the music that seems to suggest that animals are constantly shadowed by symphony orchestras. Example: Now we spend about a third of our time in the US working on docos, working with US wildlife. 2. Abbreviation of documentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: - Can you use asterisks in a filename? - I don't know. Check the doco.
Word: Rocco Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Italian form of the name of French 14th century saint Roch, of Germanic origin. The meaning is obscure; Old High German hruoh (“crow”) (from Proto-Germanic *hrōkaz), hrok (“rest”) (modern Ruhe) and rohōn (“to roar”) (modern röhren) have been suggested. 1. A male given name from Italian, of mostly American usage.
Word: airgun Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of air gun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: boorishly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English boorish Middle English -ly English -ly English boorishly From boorish + -ly. 1. In a boorish manner; uncultured.
Word: languorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French langoreux. Pronunciation: /ˈlæŋɡərəs/, /ˈlæŋ(ɡ)(ə)rəs/ 1. lacking energy, spirit, liveliness or vitality; languid, lackadaisical. Example: The atmosphere beneath is languorous, and is so tinged with azure that what artists call the middle distance partakes also of that hue, while the horizon beyond is of the deepest ultramarine. Example: Warm as a Lesbian valley's afternoon Made langourous ^([sic]) with June
Word: service station Part of Speech: noun 1. a service area Labels: Ireland, UK 2. a filling station, gas station or petrol station; a facility selling fuel for road motor vehicles Labels: Commonwealth
Word: fat cat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase was first used in the 1920s in the United States to describe rich political donors. By the middle of the 20th century, the term was being applied more widely to any wealthy individual. 1. A rich person who contributes to a political campaign. Labels: slang 2. Any affluent person who is perceived to have profited from the labor of others; and/or not to care about those of lesser means. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: A staggering 57% of American workers believe there is a very real chance they will be unemployed in the next 5 to 7 years. But what does that matter to a bloated millionaire fat-cat like you? Example: For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fat, cat.
Word: pasteurize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French pasteuriser. From Louis Pasteur, the inventor of the process, + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹaɪz/, /ˈpɑːstʃəɹaɪz/ 1. To heat food for the purpose of killing harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa, molds, and yeasts. Labels: transitive
Word: a.k.a. Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative form of AKA (“also known as”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tune in Part of Speech: verb 1. To select a channel, station, etc., as on television or radio. Labels: transitive 2. To pay attention. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: tune out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tune + out. 1. To stop paying attention to; to ignore; to zone out. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, transitive Example: I have a hard time tuning out a television that is on. Example: Ants are everywhere, in such abundance that we tune them out like we tune out traffic noise. 2. To change the channel or frequency away from. Example: I was tired of talk radio so I tuned out of that station and tuned into one playing all music.
Word: critical opalescence Part of Speech: noun 1. the milky turbidity observed in a fluid as it is slowly cooled to just above its critical point, at which point two clear phases (gas and liquid) form Labels: uncountable
Word: critical point Part of Speech: noun 1. The temperature and pressure at which the vapour density of the gas and liquid phases of a fluid are equal, at which point there is no difference between gas and liquid. 2. A point at which the derivative of a function is zero or undefined, such as a minimum, a maximum, a point of inflection or, in multivariate calculus, a saddle point. 3. A juncture at which time a critical decision must be made.
Word: point of inflection Part of Speech: noun 1. A point on a curve at which the sign of the curvature changes; at this point the second derivative of the underlying function will be zero, but positive on one side and negative on the other.
Word: inflection point Part of Speech: noun 1. A point of inflection. 2. Synonym of turning point. Labels: figuratively Example: Moscow has been targeted with a large-scale drone attack for the first time in its 15-month-old war in Ukraine, marking a new inflection point in the conflict, with the Kremlin threatening to take the “harshest possible measures” in response to the strikes. Example: These companies are at an inflection point. With Mr. Trump’s election, Silicon Valley’s power will reach new heights.
Word: arras Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English arras, from Middle French draps d'Arras, from the city of Arras, which was a major source for tapestries in the 15th century. Pronunciation: /ˈæɹəs/ 1. A tapestry or wall hanging. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At such a time I'll loose my daughter to him: / Be you and I behind an arras then Example: And with their conſorts chaſte at night they ſleep / On ſtatelieſt couches with rich arras ſpread.
Word: SIDD Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of single integrated digital device. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: gooch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A corruption of guiche, another slang term for the male perineum. Pronunciation: /ɡuːt͡ʃ/ 1. The perineum. Labels: slang Example: For those unfamiliar, Johnson helpfully informs us that 'it's for your gooch, your Biffin's bridge, your perineum (the bit on your bum that after days in the saddle starts to chaffe).' Example: The feather traced the crevices in Dan's ball-skin. It danced lightly around his gooch (it really liked that, staying there for a whole ten minutes). It traced along the inside of his thigh, and then lightly licked the base [of] Dan's cock.
Word: gooch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A corruption of guiche, another slang term for the male perineum. Pronunciation: /ɡuːt͡ʃ/ 1. To blunder or bungle; goof. Labels: slang Example: 2017 Ansi, "Rise and Shine Sleepyhead", Welcome to the Wayne episode 1, 10 minutes Olly, you gooched it! Fix it!
Word: iamb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French iambe in the mid-1800s, from Latin ïambus, from Ancient Greek ἴαμβος (íambos). Displaced iambus which shares the same classical origin. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪəm/, /ˈaɪˌæm/ 1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
Word: trochee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French trochée, via Latin trochaeus from the Ancient Greek τροχαῖος (trokhaîos), derived from τρέχω (trékhō, “run”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹəʊki/, /ˈtɹoʊ.ki/ 1. A metrical foot in verse consisting of a stressed or heavy syllable followed by an unstressed or light syllable. Example: ‘He made us read James Fenton on the genius of the trochee.’
Word: -leptic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “taking hold, seizing”) + -ic, as in Ancient Greek ληπτικός (lēptikós). 1. Of or relating to a condition of seizing, as in nympholeptic. Labels: morpheme 2. A person who is afflicted with a condition prone to cause violent seizures, as in epileptic. Labels: morpheme 3. Describing a coordination compound having some type(s) of ligand. Labels: morpheme
Word: pentatonic scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A scale having five notes per octave. Example: Japanese mode pentatonic scale: {\set Staff.midiInstrument=#"koto"\override Score.TimeSignature#'stencil =##f{\time6/4 e'f'a'b'c2
Word: nympholeptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nympho- + -leptic. 1. Of, or relating to, or having characteristics of an instance of nympholepsy.
Word: bleakly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English bleak Middle English -ly English -ly English bleakly From bleak + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈbliːk.li/ 1. In a bleak manner.
Word: CVT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of continuously variable transmission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of certified veterinary technician. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SBM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of small to medium business. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of single black male. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CRM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cockpit resource management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, historical, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of crew resource management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of cluster resource manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of customer relationship management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Let’s take B2B salespeople as an example. Today, most salespeople rely upon email communications, a CRM platform and conference calls to connect with prospects and engage leads. 5. Initialism of customer relationship manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of contact relationship management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of contact relationship manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of credit risk management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of certified reference material. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of cultural resource management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CRM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Contingent Reimbursement Model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bn Part of Speech: symbol 1. Billion. Example: Holonyms: tn, trn 2. Billion. Labels: usually Example: Holonyms: T, trn Example: Meronyms: mn, mn., mln, mln., M 3. Billion. Labels: rare
Word: bn Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of brand new. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: OSS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of open-source software. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of out-of-school suspension. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of operations/operational support system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of over-the-shoulder shot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: OSS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Office of Strategic Services (a United States intelligence agency formed during World War II). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: fine structure constant Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fine-structure constant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: all the same Part of Speech: adj 1. Making no significant difference. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: all one Example: It's all the same to me if you want to leave early. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, same. Labels: not-comparable Example: His speeches are all the same.
Word: all the same Part of Speech: adv 1. Anyway; nevertheless; nonetheless. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He knew it was risky. He did it all the same. Example: It's sleeting. All the same, I'll take the dog out.
Word: if it's all the same Part of Speech: phrase 1. If it makes no difference; if nobody minds; if it doesn't bother anyone. Labels: idiomatic Example: If it's all the same to you, I'd prefer to stay at a hotel instead of at your house. Example: “Well, am I goin' your way, or are you comin' mine?” he asked. “I'll come with you, if it's all the same,” said Miss Moss. And she sailed after the little yacht out of the café.
Word: tongue-in-cheek Part of Speech: adj Etymology: This phrase alludes to the facial expression created by putting one's tongue in one's cheek. The term first appeared in print in 1828, but it isn't entirely clear that it was used with the modern, rather than a literal, sense. A later citation from Richard Barham is unambiguous. 1. Not intended seriously; jocular or humorous. Labels: idiomatic Example: He gave a tongue-in-cheek explanation of why the sky was blue, offering a theory about some primordial discount on light blue paint. Example: It was in this era, too, that author and Scotland the Brave songwriter Cliff Hanley penned The Glasgow Underground, a tongue-in-cheek love letter to the Subway in song.
Word: tongue-in-cheek Part of Speech: adv Etymology: This phrase alludes to the facial expression created by putting one's tongue in one's cheek. The term first appeared in print in 1828, but it isn't entirely clear that it was used with the modern, rather than a literal, sense. A later citation from Richard Barham is unambiguous. 1. With contempt. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. With irony. Labels: not-comparable Example: He portrayed them tongue-in-cheek as great lawgivers, as Solons.
Word: diamond frame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the diamond shape of a conventional bicycle frame created by the two triangles head tube, top tube, down tube and seat tube, chain stays and seat stays. 1. A modern, upright bicycle shape or design, as distinguished from a penny-farthing bicycle, a recumbent, etc.
Word: tongue in cheek Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of tongue-in-cheek. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time after time Part of Speech: adv 1. Again and again; repeatedly; every time; always; time and again. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Time after time he tries, and time and again, he fails.
Word: company front Part of Speech: noun 1. a marching formation consisting of the entire band or corps standing side by side in a single row.
Word: duke it out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See put up one's dukes. 1. To fight, especially with the fists. Labels: informal Example: A large crowd came to watch the boxers duke it out. 2. To argue heavily or at length. Labels: informal Example: The candidates duked it out on the proposal for hours. Example: Like pharmaceutical companies that sue generic drug makers over their patents or technology companies that duke it out over who owns the right to microchip designs, Levi’s says it is trying to protect its most valuable asset, its trademarks.
Word: bitty box Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer of limited memory and computing power. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: neighboring Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbəɹɪŋ/, /ˈneɪbɹɪŋ/ 1. Situated or living nearby or adjacent to. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Han-yang is the smallest of the three cities. It was founded about A.D. 600 but, like neighboring Han-k'ou, remained relatively unimportant until the last half of the 19th century.
Word: neighboring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈneɪbəɹɪŋ/, /ˈneɪbɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of neighbor Labels: US, form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: neighbors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neighbor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neighbors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of neighbor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: neighbored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of neighbor Labels: form-of, participle, past