nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: silent miscarriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A missed abortion.
Word: missed miscarriage Part of Speech: noun 1. A missed abortion.
Word: overdue abortion Part of Speech: noun 1. A missed abortion.
Word: prolonged abortion Part of Speech: noun 1. A missed abortion.
Word: jumpscare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jump + scare. 1. Alternative form of jump scare. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I sit shaking in fear and shock from the horrible jumpscare. Example: Do you like jumpscares? Well then, here's your movie!
Word: jumpscare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From jump + scare. 1. Alternative form of jump scare. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jumpscares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jumpscare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jumpscares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jumpscare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gestational sac Part of Speech: noun 1. The intrauterine structure around an embryo in the very early stage of a fetus that can be used to determine if an intrauterine pregnancy exists until the embryo is identified.
Word: gestation sac Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gestational sac. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Assburgers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ass + burger, as a jocular play on Asperger. 1. Asperger's syndrome. Labels: derogatory, offensive, uncountable, vulgar Example: We all know you don't really have Assburgers, you're just making excuses to justify your fucktardery on this newsgroup, stupid attention-whore. Example: Stop making fun of people with Assburgers. It's a serious health issue.
Word: assburgers Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Assburgers. Labels: alt-of, uncountable Example: […] If anything, I'm on the autism spectrum, just a trace of assburgers, which is fairly rare in a girl. […] Example: Have you ever been diagnosed with assburgers?
Word: Spicanese Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spic + -n + -ese. 1. The Spanish language. Labels: US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur Example: Outdoor signs were always displayed in English. Now it's English & Spicanese. Example: The problem is not only a poorly secured border,but how people accomodate^([sic]) these vile cocksuckers!"Press 1 for English..press 2 for Spicanese"..
Word: beclown Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From be- + clown. 1. To make a fool of. Labels: transitive Example: To the extent that the demand for Black English comes from people with this attitude it is not a serious demand, and to answer their arguments would be to play their game and beclown onself.^([sic]) Example: In 1971, when I discussed his work in terms of this complex Renaissance understanding of folly, well documented in his own work and quite consistent with the traditions of the learned satire that he was trying to compose, he suggested that I had "beclowned" him, […]
Word: beclowns Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beclown Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beclowning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beclown Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: beclowned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of beclown Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: debigulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from Debigulator, itself from de- + big + -ule + -ate + -or, a fictional shrink ray featured in the 1996 episode "Treehouse of Horror VII" of the American animated television series The Simpsons. 1. To reduce or shrink; to make or become smaller. Labels: humorous, rare Example: > think moe will get his ears enlarged 2.27.00? No, he'll get them debigulated.
Word: debigulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of debigulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debigulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of debigulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adultivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adult + -ive + -ity. 1. The state or quality of being an adult; majority. Labels: humorous, uncommon, uncountable Example: Kearney: Good evening, young man. My name is Charles Norwood. Furthermore to this beer, I would also like three of your finest, cheapest cigars. Here's my ID which confirms my adultivity. Example: Also, just so we can verify your adultivity, please give us your credit card number and expiration date...
Word: river runner Part of Speech: noun 1. A raft, kayak, or similar watercraft used especially for traveling with the current of a river in a swift manner. Labels: US Example: There are many ways to go down a whitewater river. . . . If you paddle a play boat, you will play. If you paddle a more stable river runner, you may play a little less or a little differently. Example: [C]heck out the Jackson Kayak Zen—it’s a full-on river runner but will still surf and flat spin nicely. 2. A person who uses such a watercraft. Labels: US Example: Books like WHITEWATER RAFTING by William McGinnis, go into great, and very necessary, detail to explain all of the hazards which the river runner may have to face and the proper procedures which should be followed to negotiate each of these. Example: "It's fabulous, spectacular, a little scary and sometimes a lot scary," John Williams, a Moab river runner for 30 years, said of the Cataract spring flood. 3. A recreational or commercial boat used for regular operation on a riverway. Labels: US Example: In 1919, C.P. built a true work of art, a 26-foot mahogany river runner, with a stepped hull and an aft cockpit Example: The boat, a flat-bottomed river-runner with a forty-horse jet, slides off Mac's trailer, onto crumbling shelf ice and into the river, green, translucent. 4. A person who is an experienced worker or traveler on a riverway. Labels: US Example: [I]t was Captain Tod Halsey who had the responsibility of the whole thing. If the great marble shaft couldn't be dragged up the face of the bluff, the squint-eyed old river runner would be the loser.
Word: river-runner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of river runner. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: riverway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From river + way. 1. The segment of a river or route on a river which is traversed by watercraft. Example: "That is the boat of Captain Hyde. What comes he this way for?" "The river way is free to all, Joanna." Example: Manhattan was a line of constellations, the riverway a gulf of darkness in which were scattered stars.
Word: river way Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of riverway. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: river-way Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of riverway. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: 3DTDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of three-dimensional topological Dirac semi-metal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Unlike graphene, 3DTDS allows electrons to be assembled in a collective to flow in all directions. More important, the electrons on the surface of the material remember their magnetic spin, so data can be stored by reversing the polarity of a bit. Example: In the newly discovered materials, named '3D topological Dirac semimetals' (or 3DTDS in short), electrons can travel along any direction in its 3D bulk with energy linearly dependent on its momentum. Furthermore, the electrons in 3DTDS can race at much higher speeds than in silicon, which promises not only new physical insights, but also exciting applications for the high-tech industry such as much faster transistors and far more compact hard drives.
Word: Gusu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū). 1. A district of modern Suzhou, Jiangsu, China, established in 2012 and comprising the Old City and downtown. Example: Residents line up at a nucleic acid testing site during the fifth round of mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Gusu district of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China February 24, 2022. 2. Mount Gusu, a mountain near Suzhou 3. The capital of the state of Wu during the Zhou dynasty; a former city located at the site of present-day Suzhou Labels: historical 4. Modern Suzhou itself Labels: literary, metonymically
Word: Ku-su Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 姑蘇 /姑苏 (Gūsū). 1. Alternative form of Gusu. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: Liao-ning Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of its Mandarin 遼寧 /辽宁 (Liáoníng). 1. Alternative form of Liaoning: A province in northeastern China. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: The strategic and naturally rich province of Liao-ning was turned into an under-supplied and severely mismanaged backwater. In an effort to make a name for himself and prove the efficacy of his leadership in the province, Mao Yuan-hsin fabricated a series of 'new events' in Liao-ning. Example: (Chinese: Shen-Yang) Capital of China's province of Liao-ning, northeast on the Hun River, controlling north-south routes along the plain of south Manchuria.
Word: Liao Ning Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Liaoning. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Before the war iron objects of late-Chou date had been discovered in systematic excavation only in the north-eastern provinces of Liao Ning and Hopei. Example: Dalian is an attractive learning city and port in Liao Ning Province in northeast China.
Word: heptafluoroniobate Part of Speech: noun 1. The anion NbF₇²⁻ or any salt containing this anion
Word: Liao Part of Speech: name Etymology: A romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 遼 /辽 (Liáo) Pronunciation: /ljaʊ/ 1. A river of Manchuria (northeastern China) Example: The centre of Chinese influence in Manchuria was mainly Liaotung peninsula and along the Liao River valley. Example: Naturally the Japanese destroyed or captured the greater part of the obsolete Chinese Navy, drove the Chinese armies out of Korea, occupied Southern Manchuria as far west as the Liao River, and invaded Shantung. 2. One of various medieval dynasties of Khitan rulers in Chinese history originally from its watershed Example: To the Han people, the Khitan were not much more than barbarians. Interlopers from the Mongolian steppes, they moved into the northern provinces of China in the 10th century and established the Liao empire (named for the Liao River), one of the wealthiest and most powerful dynasties of its time. The short-lived Liao reign lasted from 907 until 1125, but at its height stretched from Manchuria to Inner Asia. 3. Liaoning, a Chinese province surrounding and named for the Liao watershed Labels: uncommon
Word: Liao Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 廖 (Liào). Pronunciation: /ljaʊ/ 1. A surname from Chinese.
Word: Liao Part of Speech: name Etymology: A romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation of 僚 (Liáo) Pronunciation: /ljaʊ/ 1. Synonym of Rau, a people of southeastern China
Word: cavity resonator Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of waveguide, closed at each end, used to create an intense electromagnetic wave.
Word: methyl isobutyl ketone Part of Speech: noun 1. The aliphatic ketone (CH₃)₂CH-CH₂-CO-CH₃, that is used as a solvent Labels: uncountable
Word: MIBK Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of methyl isobutyl ketone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Khatumo Part of Speech: name 1. The region composed of Cayn, Sool and the Fiqifuliye district, that collectively is congruous with Darwiishia.
Word: SSC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (“a state founded by the reer darawiish”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Superconducting Supercollider. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SSC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of super star cluster. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of spermatogonial stem cell. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of small surface combatant Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of skin-to-skin contact. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of stretch shortening cycle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SSC Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of safe, sane and consensual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: Sool, Sanaag and Cayn Part of Speech: name 1. An administration in northern Somalia formed by the reer darawiish in 2009, subsequently called the Khatumo State (2012–2017). Example: Just south of the Warsangeli, the Dhulbahante set up the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) administration in 2009. This was succeeded by the Khaatumo State of Somalia, founded in the Dhulbahante territories in January 2012. Example: This resulted in a meeting in Nairobi in 2009 during which the Sool, Sanaag and Cayn (SSC) administration was established.
Word: soleras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solera Labels: form-of, plural
Word: draw the cloth Part of Speech: verb 1. To clear the table after a meal. Labels: archaic Example: The silence of our meal was alone broken by the dull clattering of knives and forks, and the tinkling of the bell to summon the brisk waiter to bring wine and draw the cloth. Example: At last, when the cloth had been drawn and the King's health drunk in a glass of port suited to a very young head, they took their coffee and ratafia biscuits (the sea-going equivalent of petits fours) in the great cabin.
Word: Sir Humphrey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the fictional character Sir Humphrey Appleby, a self-important, Oxford-educated civil servant first depicted in the 1980 premiere of the BBC television series Yes Minister. 1. A high-ranking bureaucrat, particularly one who is elitist and deliberately obscure. Labels: UK Example: Wanted: a Sir Humphrey for funds to hide behind [...] Key skills required: — Ability to move head vertically rather than horizontally when asked to promote anything desired by the fund management companies who pay your salary — Ability to confuse fact with fiction via misleading random statistics (a mathematics skill would be helpful here) — Ability to pull wool over the regulators’ eyes while maintaining a straight, poker-like face — Ability to come up with new reasons à la Humphrey from Yes Minister, as to why any progressive change that might help the consumer is currently unworkable. Example: Among the most senior honours, the dominance of Sir Humphreys and courtiers is striking. There are gongs galore for the deputy director of this Whitehall department and the head of strategy group at that one, to say nothing of the pile of baubles handed to those who serve the Windsors.
Word: pollinarium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used in H. F. Link's Elementa philosophiæ botanicæ (1824), formed from classical Latin pollin- (pollen) and the suffix -arium (place for).¹ Pronunciation: /ˌpɒlɪˈnɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌpɑləˈnɛɹi.əm/ 1. The structure in an orchid flower which becomes attached to an insect during pollination. Includes the pollinia, caudicle, and viscidium.
Word: sleepaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sleep + -aholic. 1. A person who loves sleeping or has a tendency to oversleep. Labels: informal Example: […] becoming "sleepaholics" — staying in bed as many as fourteen or even sixteen hours a night simply because they can't cope without a challenge. Example: In fact, the New York Theatre Scene outside the safety of the small apartment looked so intimidating that he became a sleepaholic as a means of avoiding it. Sometimes, he would sleep around the clock in order to avoid going outside […]
Word: sleepaholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sleepaholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: daysleeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From day + sleeper. 1. One who sleeps during the daytime. Example: "I rose early to speak with you: I know you are a daysleeper." Example: I see today with a newsprint fray / My night is colored headache gray / Daysleeper
Word: daysleepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of daysleeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jettatura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian jettatura. 1. The evil eye. Labels: archaic Example: The golden bulla (as also those of brass) was hollow, and contained, it is supposed, remedies against the jettatura.
Word: fucktardery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fucktard + -ery. 1. Behaviour that is obnoxiously or annoyingly foolish. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: And this collection of grammatical errors and fucktardery is somehow emblematic of mature adulthood? Example: Why is it that when I back a kook up against the wall and reveal their fucktardery for all to see, they never debate the facts, instead they choose to attack ME?
Word: coëfficient Part of Speech: adj 1. Dated spelling of coefficient.
Word: coëfficient Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of coefficient.
Word: Aachener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Aachener, equal to Aachen + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Example: Von Schwerin arrived in Aachen late on the night of the twelfth, his Army Volkswagen fighting its way through the panic-stricken Aacheners, fleeing from the city which was already burning from the first American shells.
Word: malparkage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mal- + park + -age. Perhaps introduced in the animated TV series The Simpsons; see Citations:malparkage. 1. An act of parking a vehicle illegally. Labels: humorous, rare, uncountable Example: Lisa Simpson (reading letter): Dear motorist. Your vehicle is illegally parked in the borough of Manhattan. If you do not remedy this malparkage within 72 hours, your car will be thrown into the East River at your expense. Example: Coupled with said customer's malparkage in the handicapped zone right in front of the door, this will usually create an atmosphere of tense, suspect aversion.
Word: numbskullery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numbskull + -ery. 1. The behaviour of a numbskull; foolishness; stupidity. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: For every tuneful pop incision like "B-350" or "Chances Are," there's a lump of numbskullery like "Superman Is Dead" ("Now that Superman is dead/ Who will kick ass" — gee guys, I dunno, but if you're that worried . . .) […] Example: I felt just as I had at seventeen, the fumbling numbskullery of a boy in love without a brain in his head, […]
Word: Aacheners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Aachener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paddlesport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paddle + sport. 1. Any sport involving the propulsion of a watercraft by means of a paddle. Example: Kayaking and canoeing are paddlesports.
Word: paddlesports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paddlesport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reception room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room for receiving and entertaining guests or clients. Example: I wonder if Dr. Olivant knows anything of prints? Some doctors have uncommonly good things on the walls of their reception rooms. We might ask him.
Word: reception rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reception room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemicorporectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemicorporectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jungle boot Part of Speech: noun 1. A vented combat boot designed for use in hot, wet and humid environments. Example: When plaster fell from the ceiling it lay to be trampled by heavy jungle-boots. Example: The most common objects of pilfering were jungle fatigues and jungle boots, items that aircrew members were authorized – and encouraged – to wear, but which were difficult to obtain through normal supply channels since C-130 personnel were based outside of South Vietnam.
Word: jungle boots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jungle boot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kailkenny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See kail. 1. A variety of rumbledethumps using cream instead of butter. Labels: uncountable
Word: rumbledethumps Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional Scottish dish of potato, cabbage and onion with butter, salt and pepper. Labels: uncountable
Word: reprogrammings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reprogramming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: darl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of darling. Pronunciation: /dɐːl/, /daːl/ 1. darling (as a term of address) Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, informal Example: 'Well if you're sure. I was going to make myself a cup of tea before it gets too hot. Do you want one?' 'No. I'll be right. Listen darl, I brought you back something, and the kids,' he says, opening his backpack[…] Example: 'Hello, darl. This must be the newest addition to our family.' Melissa's attention was wrenched away from her confusing thoughts about Joss as she was enveloped in a warm hug from a woman just a little shorter than her.
Word: pentanaldehyde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penta- + -n- + aldehyde. 1. pentanal Labels: uncountable
Word: pentanal Part of Speech: noun 1. An alkyl aldehyde with molecular formula C₅H₁₀O, used in flavourings, resin chemistry, and rubber accelerators. Labels: uncountable
Word: postoperation Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + operation. 1. After an operation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: roboteer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From robot + -eer. 1. One who operates a robot. Example: Covered with American Cyanamid decals, this contrivance is radio-controlled by a roboteer behind a rattan screen at one end of Cyanamid's make-believe lounge […] 2. One who takes an interest in robotics. Example: There are roboteers who think it would be an advance to replace our brain tissue with computer circuits.
Word: roboteers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roboteer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conniption fits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conniption fit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transfered Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of transferred. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: pentachromat Part of Speech: noun 1. One whose vision exhibits pentachromacy; one who can distinguish five primary colors.
Word: pentachromats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentachromat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pirkanmaa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Finnish Pirkanmaa. 1. A region of Finland.
Word: Rovaniemi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Finnish Rovaniemi (literally “cape of forested eskers”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊvənɪəmɪ/ 1. A city and municipality in Lapland, Finland.
Word: Mongolian gazelle Part of Speech: noun 1. A medium-sized antelope native to the semiarid Central Asian steppes of Mongolia, as well as some parts of Siberia and China, Procapra gutturosa.
Word: Alabama rot Part of Speech: noun 1. A vasculopathy caused by E. coli that affects greyhounds. Labels: uncountable
Word: wub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a childish mispronunciation of love. Pronunciation: /wʌb/, /wʊb/ 1. Love. Labels: childish, humorous, uncountable Example: Glad to see your^([sic]) back cuz I need some of your wub! Example: Give Cindy my wub.
Word: wub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a childish mispronunciation of love. Pronunciation: /wʌb/, /wʊb/ 1. To love. Labels: childish, humorous Example: “I wub you, Mommie,” he'd say over and over. Example: One of the first real sentences uttered by our granddaughter sitting on my knee was, "I wub you, Papa," which I interpreted to mean, "I love you, Papa."
Word: wub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /wʌb/, /wʊb/ 1. wobble bass, a style of bass synthesizer heavily deployed by dubstep and drum and bass artists Example: For the uninitiated, a wub (or wobble bass, its technical name) is that distinctive long bass note that is “torn” or “bent” rhythmically or…wubbed, and is one of the distinctive features of dubstep music. Example: Though the audience wasn’t instantly sold on Datsik’s opening wubs, the cheer that erupted when the DJ segued into Skrillex’s remix of “Levels” further shook the already-vibrating venue.
Word: wub Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /wʌb/, /wʊb/ 1. To produce this sound. Example: For the uninitiated, a wub (or wobble bass, its technical name) is that distinctive long bass note that is “torn” or “bent” rhythmically or…wubbed, and is one of the distinctive features of dubstep music. Example: In a repeat of the "electronica" boom of the 1990s, when the music of artists like Moby, Dirty Vegas, and the Crystal Method became inescapable on prime-time TV, dubstep is steadily wubbing its way into the commercial landscape.
Word: itai-itai disease Part of Speech: name Etymology: Partial calque of Japanese イタイイタイ病 (itai-itai byō, “"ouch ouch" disease”) 1. A disease caused by cadmium poisoning that occurred in Toyama Prefecture, Japan.
Word: kiddushim Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiddush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cinematize Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cinematise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cinematizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cinematize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cinematizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cinematize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cinematized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cinematize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cinematisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Adaptation for the cinema. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cinematization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cinematisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: cinematisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cinematisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cinematizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cinematization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vector image Part of Speech: noun 1. An image file where the image’s elements (such as lines, circles and subimages) are stored as individual objects, as opposed to a raster or bitmap which stores the image’s pixels.
Word: private stock Part of Speech: noun 1. A supply of something, especially alcoholic beverages, belonging to a person or a commercial establishment and of such quality that it is usually reserved for the owner or for favoured friends or customers. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: [T]o feed 126 souls, we had but . . . Three ham-sandwiches, and a pot of currant-jelly, and 197 bottles of brandy, rum, madeira, pale ale (my private stock) . . . Example: The refreshment was brought in, and before the session adjourned, they had lowered the contents of a black bottle of private stock by several fingers.
Word: Duero Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Bohol, Philippines.
Word: orientalises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of orientalise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: orientalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of orientalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: orientalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of orientalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: orientalizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of orientalize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: orientalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of orientalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: orientalized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of orientalize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Orientalises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Orientalise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Orientalising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Orientalise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Orientalised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Orientalise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: get work done Part of Speech: verb 1. To receive plastic surgery. Example: The push to get work done younger is just a small part of the reason the cosmetic surgery industry is booming. Example: We've got nothing to be ashamed of but we don't want to advertise that we get work done either. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, work, done. Example: I can't get any work done with that noise outside!
Word: multi-hydrocarbon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + hydrocarbon. 1. Petroleum jelly.
Word: soft paraffin Part of Speech: noun 1. Petroleum jelly. Labels: uncountable
Word: white petrolatum Part of Speech: noun 1. Petroleum jelly. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ISIS Part of Speech: name Etymology: (Salafist group): An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَٱلشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”). Compare ISIL, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “the Levant” rather than “Syria”. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsɪs/ 1. A Salafist group mainly active in Iraq and Syria, where it has proclaimed itself as a (unrecognized) state and later caliphate. 2. Initialism of Israeli Secret Intelligence Services (“a pun on the Salafist group”) Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism Example: They didn't know the room was too big, because they didn't have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS? I don't think it's gonna happen. Example: Despite territorial defeats in Iraq and Syria, ISIS continues to draw support from HVEs in the United States and the group’s global calls for attacks have intensified since the death last year of senior leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. 3. Initialism of Institute for Science and International Security. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: neuro-otology Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of neurotology. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ISIL Part of Speech: name Etymology: An acronym of one English translation of one of the group's Arabic-language names, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق وَالشَّام (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq wa-š-šām, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant”). Compare ISIS, which translates الشَّام (aš-šām) as “Syria” rather than “the Levant”. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪsəl/ 1. Synonym of ISIS.
Word: know someone Part of Speech: verb 1. To have personal or social connections. Labels: idiomatic Example: Matsuo admitted to the paper that he told Rana, "I know someone, and the TLC's going to get you." Get him it did.
Word: neuro-ophthalmology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + ophthalmology. 1. The medical subspecialty of both neurology and ophthalmology concerning visual problems related to the nervous system. Labels: uncountable
Word: LGBTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LGBT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: meat jelly Part of Speech: noun 1. Aspic.
Word: anthralgia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of arthralgia. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: yellowfin tunas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellowfin tuna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autochthone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of autochthon. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Example: "The Arab al-Arabá" (or al-Aribah, or al-Urubíyat) are the autochthones, pre-historic, proto-historic and extinct tribes.
Word: sensorization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sensor + -ization. 1. The use of large number of sensors in an application Labels: uncountable
Word: scower Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of scour. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Lord. Behind the tuft of Pines I met them, neuer Saw I men scowre so on their way: I eyed them Euen to their Ships. Example: So four fierce Courſers ſtarting to the Race, / Scow'r thro' the Plain, and lengthen ev'ry Pace: / Nor Reigns, nor Curbs, nor threat'ning Cries they fear, / But force along the trembling Charioteer.
Word: scower Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of scour. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Fish as near the middle of the stream as you can in the spring months, and also on the shallows and scowers; but in the winter, in deep holes; let the bait drag two or three inches on the ground.
Word: matriculability Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability, or eligibility, to matriculate. Labels: uncountable
Word: mechanochemically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English mechanochemical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mechanochemically From mechanochemical + -ly. 1. In a mechanochemical manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: medicine woman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a calque of Ojibwe mashkikiiwininiikwe (“female doctor”), from mashkiki (“medicine”) + inini (“man”) + ikwe (“woman”). 1. A female Native American (or, any other indigenous) shamanistic healer. Example: Near-synonym: shaman
Word: medicine women Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medicine woman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maraschino cherry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the historical use of the technique of preserving cherries in maraschino liqueur, an alcoholic beverage produced by the fermentation of marasca cherries; the name continued to be used after production methods moved to nonalcoholic forms of preservation during the period of Prohibition in the United States. 1. A preserved, sweetened cherry. Example: The wife called not long ago to tell me she had run out of maraschino cherries again.
Word: maraschino cherries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maraschino cherry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marveller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marvel + -er. 1. One who marvels.
Word: marvellers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marveller Labels: form-of, plural
Word: marveler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From marvel + -er. 1. US spelling of marveller. Labels: US, alt-of
Word: marvelers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marveler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neuro-ophthalmologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro-ophthalmology + -ist. 1. A medical doctor or other practitioner who practices neuro-ophthalmology.
Word: neuro-ophthalmologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neuro-ophthalmologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plant milk Part of Speech: noun 1. Any milklike drink that is derived from a plant source. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Plant milks can, nevertheless, have a dark side, as when any crop is produced in mass quantities.
Word: geriaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of geriatric + action. 1. A genre of action films starring aging actors and actresses, especially ones who were action stars earlier in their careers. Labels: uncountable Example: Whatever it was, the geriaction flick looks like it might become a permanent fixture as our favourite actors grow old alongside us and compete with the younger heroes for celluloid space. Example: Ever since The Expendables grossed $274m worldwide - a figure almost as high as its cast's combined ages - the geriaction subgenre has exploded, making born-again stars out of 1980s icons such as Sylvester Stallone and Mickey Rourke, long thought to have hung up their assault rifles.
Word: Zam Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Zam. 1. A commune of Hunedoara County, Romania.
Word: place of worship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English place of worship, place of wurschip. 1. A place, usually a building such as a church, mosque, synagogue or temple where believers can practise their faith.
Word: petit fours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petit four Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aerothorax Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aero- + thorax. 1. pneumothorax
Word: poopetrator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of poop + perpetrator. 1. A person who defecates in public or otherwise commits an act of vandalism using feces. Labels: slang Example: During the night, certain perpetrators were sneaking onto play equipment in parks and school yards and leaving deposits […] The city stepped up surveillance of the park, which is just across the street and down the hill from the Police Department. It installed lights and a security camera. But it couldn’t catch the poopetrators. Example: There is a poopetrator on the loose in Brooklyn, responsible for smearing feces on a number of doors and keyholes in the Prospect Heights and Crown Heights areas.
Word: poopetrators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of poopetrator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mock fish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mock (“imitation”) + fish. 1. A dish made with grated raw potato, mixed with egg and flour, then fried. Labels: uncountable 2. A concoction of rice, margarine, flour, onion, and anchovy paste, which was made into a porridge and then pan-fried into a cake resembling fish. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: sight-translate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from sight translation. 1. To translate a written document out loud.
Word: sight-translates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sight-translate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sight-translating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sight-translate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sight-translated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sight-translate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sight translations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sight translation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minimoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mini- + honeymoon. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.iˌmuːn/ 1. A brief honeymoon or holiday taken after a wedding. Example: But weddings are stressful, and it makes sense to take a day or two after saying “I do” to relax and make mad, passionate love (read: sleep in and watch TV). So consider a minimoon: a quick two-night getaway close to home. Example: Rachel Moschke, Editor of Wedding Ideas magazine, said: ‘Most of us worry about saving up for our wedding day, but it seems we’re reluctant to give up the quality time together that a honeymoon offers. A minimoon is the perfect way to start married life, without busting the budget.’
Word: minimoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + moon. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.iˌmuːn/ 1. A small asteroid captured by the Earth's gravity and temporarily acting as a second moon of Earth. Example: This photo of Earth's newest minimoon was taken by the 8-meter Gemini North telescope on Hawaii's Maunakea. Example: Earth has only had two minimoons on record – one in February 2020 and the other in 2006. 2. Synonym of micromoon (“a full moon which appears unusually small due to coinciding with the Moon's apogee”). Labels: uncommon Example: The trouble is, the difference in size between Supermoon and Minimoon, though apparent when placed side-by-side, is only 14 percent, too small to be seen with the naked eye. Example: At its closest point, perigee, the moon will obviously appear largest. Such a "maximoon" has an apparent diameter about 13% larger than a "minimoon" at its most distant point, apogee.
Word: minimoons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minimoon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mini-moon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of minimoon. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I fell pregnant last November shortly after marrying my husband. We decided to take a "mini-moon" down South, and headed off to Navan and Dublin for a few days. Example: Over the weekend the Duke and Duchess have been enjoying a ‘mini-moon’ at a mystery location in the UK. They flew in the Queen’s helicopter from Buckingham Palace on Saturday for a two-night break.
Word: mini-moons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mini-moon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hooksian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hooks + -ian. 1. Of or relating to bell hooks (born Gloria Jean Watkins in 1952), American feminist author and social activist. Example: The book is unquestionably fashionable: the hot pink cover, littered with bell hooksian typography, opens to reveal overdesigned pages full of the trendiest graphics […] Example: Ultimately, the play centers on signs, language, and back talk in a bell hooksian guise: how black women gain control over their environment by calling out and redressing the governing social constructs […]
Word: sweetvetch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sweet + vetch. 1. Any of the flowering plants of genus Hedysarum. Example: In general aspect of foliage and flowers, the sweetvetches resemble the milkvetches and locoweeds. The short wing petals and abruptly angled keel petals are diagnostic features which distinguish the sweetvetches in flower. Example: In this environment, glacier lily (Erythronium grandiflorum) bulbs (Butler 1992; and yellow sweetvetch (Hedysarum sulphurescens) roots are major food sources.
Word: sweetvetches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sweetvetch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supratherapeutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From supra- + therapeutic. 1. Administered at levels greater than would normally be used in treatment of a medical condition. 2. Of or relating to amounts of a drug that are greater than the therapeutic concentration or maximum dose in a medical treatment.
Word: cradle-snatch Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a romantic relationship with a person much younger than oneself. Labels: slang
Word: mudflation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of MUD + inflation. 1. The gradual decrease in the value of existing virtual goods in a massively multiplayer online game as new goods are introduced. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: MUDflation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of mudflation. Labels: alt-of, uncountable
Word: Raf Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Rafael. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Rafael. Example: The Nets players sometimes jokingly call Derrick Coleman, of all things, Joe Jackson. Joe Jackson? Coleman says it comes courtesy of forward Rafael Addison. […] "It's just something Raf started," Coleman said of the nickname.
Word: octacyanomolybdate Part of Speech: noun 1. The anion Mo(CN)₈⁴⁻; any salt containing this anion
Word: TOFU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of trust on first use, a type of network software security model where a client requests an identification code from a remote host when establishing the first connection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of top of funnel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: To move prospects through a marketing funnel, you need to provide content designed to satisfy their needs at each of the three stages: » Content at the top of the funnel (TOFU) that facilitates awareness
Word: never-dying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From never + dying. 1. everlasting, unceasing Labels: not-comparable
Word: effusivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From effusive + -ity. 1. A measure of a material's ability to exchange thermal energy with its surroundings; the square root of the product of its thermal conductivity and its volumetric heat capacity. 2. Effusiveness.
Word: effusivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of effusivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: six o'clock swill Part of Speech: noun 1. The last-minute rush to buy alcohol at a bar before it closed at 6pm. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, historical, uncountable Example: Licensing laws in Australia were finally relaxed in 1967, bringing an end to the infamous six o'clock swill and encouraging people to eat out. Example: The six o'clock swill was the male ritual of consuming as many beers as possible in the hour before hotels and pubs closed at six o'clock. Early closing was introduced during World War One, when wartime patriotism and austerity and a general temperance mood impelled its introduction.
Word: polar vortex Part of Speech: noun 1. A large-scale cyclone located in the middle and upper troposphere and stratosphere that surround the polar highs and lay in the wake of the polar front. Example: Experts pointed to several factors. One culprit: the polar vortex, a giant mass of cold air normally contained above the North Pole by strong bands of circulating winds. In recent weeks, the vortex has broken apart, with one block of cold air escaping into Canada and the United States, and another into Europe.
Word: peroxymolybdate Part of Speech: noun 1. The oxyanion Mo₄O₁₂(O₂)₂⁴⁻; any salt containing this anion
Word: baggage reclaims Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baggage reclaim Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Peshlakai Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Navajo Peshlakai. 1. A surname from Navajo.
Word: flench Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of flense. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flenches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of flench Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flenching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flench Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flenched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flench Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: festilogy Part of Speech: noun 1. A treatise on church festivals.
Word: endophoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From endophora + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəˈfɔːɹɪk/, /ɛnˈdɑfəɹɪk/ 1. Relating to, or exhibiting, endophora. Labels: not-comparable
Word: endophoric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endophora + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɛndəˈfɔːɹɪk/, /ɛnˈdɑfəɹɪk/ 1. A use of endophora; an endophoric expression.
Word: exophoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exophoria + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɛksəˈfɔːɹɪk/, /ɛkˈsɑfəɹɪk/ 1. Relating to, or afflicted with, exophoria.
Word: exophoric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exophoria + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɛksəˈfɔːɹɪk/, /ɛkˈsɑfəɹɪk/ 1. A person who has exophoria. Labels: dated
Word: exophoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From exophora + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌɛksəˈfɔːɹɪk/, /ɛkˈsɑfəɹɪk/ 1. Relating to, or exhibiting, exophora.
Word: chasings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋz/ 1. plural of chasing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chasings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃeɪsɪŋz/ 1. A children's chasing game with multiple players in which one person runs after other players attempting to catch or touch them; a player caught then becomes the new chaser. Labels: Australia, uncountable
Word: compositionists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compositionist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garaad Part of Speech: noun 1. A Dhulbahante tribal elder in the Horn peninsula.
Word: Chorokhi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian ჭოროხი (č̣oroxi). 1. Alternative form of Çoruh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Chorokh Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Armenian Ճորոխ (Čorox). 1. Alternative form of Çoruh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: does the rounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of do the rounds Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: doing the rounds Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of do the rounds Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: did the rounds Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of do the rounds Labels: form-of, past
Word: makes the rounds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of make the rounds Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: making the rounds Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of make the rounds Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: made the rounds Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of make the rounds Labels: form-of, participle, past