nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: boning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊnɪŋ/, /ˈboʊnɪŋ/ 1. The removal of bones from a carcass; filleting. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The arrangement of bones in a corset. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An act of sexual intercourse. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: How is it possible that somebody who looks like Thinny can have sex with so many women? Where are all these girls out there begging for bonings in cars? 4. Bone structure. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had substantial boning and a wider pelvic girdle than our larger bitch. Example: She had a perfect nose, narrow and faintly sloped at the end to give it character. It fit the delicate boning of her face, the slightly raised cheekbones one could only fully appreciate in profile, the generous mouth. 5. The fertilization of a field with bone meal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The long-continued good result of the bonings of the Cheshire farmers, effects which are said to be perceivable during the continuance of a lease, demonstrates that at least one known fertilizer is useful not merely for a season; and, moreover, as the enlightened Cheshire landlords have been long wont even to aid their tenantry in the requisite outlay for the bones, this further seems to prove that the land is not finally rendered less valuable by the more bountiful, and consequently more exhausting crops of grass that it is thus enabled to produce. Example: Of the 84½ acres of pasture, 55 acres is one field, formerly eight, a mile distant from homestead ; it presents a good herbage, the result of repeated bonings. 6. The process or result of leveling using a boning rod. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Boning is performed with boning rods, which exactly resemble T squares, as shown in fig 1 (page 265). Example: The curbs being thus relaid to “bonings," they form the level from which all others are taken. 7. Placement of a curse by pointing with a bone, practiced by Australian aborigines; an act of pointing the bone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The practice of 'boning' was particularly discouraged. Mrs Duncan Kemp remembered that on one occasion the white stockmen on her father's station had tied up an Aboriginal man and soundly beaten him after he had ignored repeated warnings about his 'boning' activities. Example: As I say, Stagirius's symptons may well resemble those of an Aboriginal victim of boning.
Word: on a sixpence Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Within a very short distance. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: This motorboat can turn on a sixpence. Example: This car has excellent brakes that will stop it on a sixpence.
Word: gingival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin gingīvālis. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɪvəl/, /d͡ʒɪnˈd͡ʒaɪvəl/ 1. Relating to the gums. Labels: not-comparable 2. Alveolar. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: tonneau Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tonneau. Pronunciation: /təˈnəʊ/, /təˈnoʊ/ 1. The rear body or compartment of some types of motor vehicle, especially one containing seats for passengers. Example: From the tonneau of Bentley's car the sheriff and Garland removed the groceries and sick-room supplies, stowing them in the kyacks. Example: The first step was to install a tonneau cover. 2. An old-style open passenger vehicle with a tonneau (rear compartment with seats). Example: He has spent ten years lovingly restoring a rather luxurious tonneau with teak panelling and leather seats. Example: It was flood-tide along Fifth Avenue; motor, brougham, and victoria swept by on the glittering current; pretty women glanced out from limousine and tonneau; young men of his own type, silk-hatted, frock-coated, the crooks of their walking sticks tucked up under their left arms, passed on the Park side. 3. Clipping of tonneau cover. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: The first step was to install a tonneau cover. Now most pickup tonneaus snap onto studs screwed into the bodywork. The snaps rust, the holes in the truck rust and the tonneau—because the snaps are spaced every foot or so along the edges—eventually rips around the snaps. Example: Tonneaux were made of the same plasticised canvas material used for soft-tops.
Word: assidious Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of assiduous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Peralta Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Peralta. 1. A surname from Spanish.
Word: grubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English grub Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grubby From grub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌbi/, /ˈɡɹʊbi/ 1. Dirty, unwashed, unclean. Example: He's a grubby little boy, always playing around by the stream. 2. Disreputable, sordid. Labels: figuratively Example: I have in mind, in particular, the claim that has echoed through the liberal side of coronavirus-era debates — that the key to sound leadership in a pandemic is just to follow the science, to trust science and scientists, to do what experts suggest instead of letting mere grubby politics determine your response. 3. Having grubs in it. Example: The United States Department of Agriculture states that grubs cost the livestock industry from $50,000,000 to $100,000,000 each year. The average devaluation on grubby cattle is from 25 cents to one dollar per cwt.
Word: grubby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English grub Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English grubby From grub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹʌbi/, /ˈɡɹʊbi/ 1. Any species of Cottus; a sculpin. Labels: US, dialectal
Word: internal combustion engine Part of Speech: noun 1. A piston or a rotary heat engine directly powered by the products of intermittent combustion of a fuel. 2. A heat engine in which intermittent or the continuous burning of a fuel takes place inside a combustion chamber; the resulting pressurized gas acts directly on the engine to do useful work, such as a piston engine, gas turbine, jet engine or rocket.
Word: heat engine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any device which converts heat energy into mechanical work, by moving heat from a source to a sink.
Word: combustion chamber Part of Speech: noun 1. An enclosed space, within a heat engine, in which the fuel is mixed and reacted with air or other oxidizing agent in a controlled manner.
Word: stock ticker symbol Part of Speech: noun 1. A unique series of letters assigned to a company or other security for trading purposes. Example: They were joking that the stock ticker symbol for their company should be "SCAM".
Word: hucklebuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The dance is perhaps from huckle (“hip”) + buck. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌkl.bʌk/ 1. A rhythmic dance from the time just prior to rock and roll. Example: 1948, Paul Williams, The hucklebuck, quoted in Talkin' that talk (1986), page 168 Example: It's the dance you should know, when the lights are down low, / Grab your baby, then go, do the hucklebuck, do the hucklebuck, / If you don't know how to do it, boy, you're out of luck, / Push your partner out, then you hunch your back, / Have a little movement in your sacroiliac, / Wiggle like a snake, wobble like a duck, / That's the way you do it when you do the hucklebuck. 2. A treat consisting of frozen Kool-Aid served in a dixie cup. Example: I am turtle soup, gator soup, tenderloin catfish, shrimp saute Shrimp Samantha, fried shrimp, stuffed shrimp, peeled ice shrimp, Crabmeat au gratin, berled crab, stuffed crab, Shrimp Newberg, Shrimp etoufeé, Bananas Foster, Hubig’s Pies, Roman Example: So, we made soul food, hucklebucks, corn pone, and bread pudding, gumbo, and greyas. 3. A hillbilly or otherwise culturally backwards person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: […] I had a patrolman pull over a hot roller 'bout two hours ago. One a'them boys in the stolen car opened up on my man, who's in Atlanta General breathing through a tube and, according to the docs, ain't never gonna wake up. […] If they find those hucklebucks, I'm gonna have a hollow-point street dance on my hands, but in my spare time, what can I do to serve my Federal government?" Example: Who? I'm guessing a country singer of some reknown - I have heard the name before but I have no idea what he said or sang. Anyway, I will admit that when a celebrity with conservative beliefs states his opinion the response is usually more restained,^([sic]) but there's still a response. And a lot of it is of the "he should stick to singing to hucklebucks / he should stick to blowing stuff up in movies" type responses.
Word: hucklebuck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The dance is perhaps from huckle (“hip”) + buck. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌkl.bʌk/ 1. To dance the hucklebuck. Example: "We jumped* and boped* and stamped around the floor, we hucklebucked until my back is sore but honey, wont you waltz with me once more*. Example: The guys stood around the jukebox applejacking and hucklebucking to the music... 2. To move quickly, with quick movements and, often, going in circles. Example: Macon hucklebucked eleven flights rather than risk one elevator stare. Example: It is only a game. I join the rhythmic clapping that always follows the fight song while the last of the players extracts himself from the stands and hucklebucks his way to join the milling, weight-shifting, pocketjammed team, […]
Word: referring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of refer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: referring Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which somebody or something is referred; a reference.
Word: irresponsible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English responsible English irresponsible From ir- + responsible. Pronunciation: /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/, /ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/, /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɔn.sə.bəl/, [ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɔn.sə.bl̩] 1. Not responsible; exempt from legal responsibility, not to be held accountable. Labels: archaic Example: They left the crown what, in the eye and estimation of law, it had ever been, perfectly irresponsible. 2. Lacking a sense of responsibility; performed or acting as though without responsibility; negligent.
Word: irresponsible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Latin ir- English ir- English responsible English irresponsible From ir- + responsible. Pronunciation: /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɒn.sə.bəl/, /ˌɪɹ.əˈspɑn.sə.bəl/, /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɔn.sə.bəl/, [ˌɪɹ.ɪˈspɔn.sə.bl̩] 1. Someone who is not responsible.
Word: stagecoach Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of stage-coach. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stagecoach Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of stage-coach. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stage-coach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stage + coach, reflecting the fact that relay of horses was a typical aspect of the operation of the service. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪdʒ.kəʊtʃ/, /ˈsteɪdʒ.koʊtʃ/ 1. A horse-drawn coach that runs routinely between two destinations to transport passengers and mail. Labels: historical Example: Meronym: thoroughbrace
Word: stage-coach Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stage + coach, reflecting the fact that relay of horses was a typical aspect of the operation of the service. Pronunciation: /ˈsteɪdʒ.kəʊtʃ/, /ˈsteɪdʒ.koʊtʃ/ 1. To travel by stage-coach.
Word: ranged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of range Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ranged Part of Speech: adj 1. whose range can be adjusted
Word: ranged weapon Part of Speech: noun 1. Any weapon that strikes at a distance beyond the reach of hand-to-hand combat.
Word: swaddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, from Old English swaþul, swæþel, sweþel, sweoþol (“swaddling cloth”), equivalent to swathe (“to wrap with fabric”) + -le (agent/instrumental suffix), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d). Cognate with Middle Dutch swadel (“swaddling; bandage”), Old High German swedili (“poultice”), Old English sweþian, besweþian (“to wrap; swaddle”). Pronunciation: /ˈswɒdəl/, /ˈswɔdəl/, /ˈswɑdəl/ 1. To bind (a baby) with long narrow strips of cloth. 2. To beat; cudgel. Labels: archaic
Word: swaddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swathlen (“to bind; swaddle”), from Middle English swathel, swethel, from Old English swaþul, swæþel, sweþel, sweoþol (“swaddling cloth”), equivalent to swathe (“to wrap with fabric”) + -le (agent/instrumental suffix), the word then underwent th-stopping (its voiced th became a d). Cognate with Middle Dutch swadel (“swaddling; bandage”), Old High German swedili (“poultice”), Old English sweþian, besweþian (“to wrap; swaddle”). Pronunciation: /ˈswɒdəl/, /ˈswɔdəl/, /ˈswɑdəl/ 1. Anything used to swaddle with, such as a cloth or band. Example: They put me in bed in all my swaddles. Example: The baby is awake, trying to escape the swaddle I have imprisoned her in.
Word: swaddling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swaþelynge; equivalent to swaddle + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of swaddle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: swaddling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swaþelynge; equivalent to swaddle + -ing. 1. The practice of wrapping infants in clothing that restricts movement. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Clothing of this kind. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swaddling clothes Part of Speech: noun 1. A garment, made of strips of cloth, used to bind an infant and restrict movement of its limbs. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. An early period in development, infancy, the beginnings of something; inception. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: The steel—industry wore swaddling clothes when the first walkout occurred exactly 100 years ago. Example: 1954, Academy Site May Be Chosen May 15, St Petersburg Times, 11 May issue The Air Force Academy, baby brother to West Point and Annapolis, is crawling out of its swaddling clothes.
Word: bumble-bee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bumblebee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: saprophagous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sapro- (“putrid, rotten matter”) + -phagous (“eating, feeding on”). 1. Feeding on dead or decaying organic matter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: medial capital Part of Speech: noun 1. A capital letter occurring anywhere in the middle of a word.
Word: camel case Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From camel + case (“nature of a piece of alphabetic type”), probably modelled after lowercase and uppercase, from a fancied resemblance of the capital letters to the humps of a two-humped camel. Pronunciation: /ˈkæml̩ keɪs/, /ˈkæm(ə)l ˌkeɪs/ 1. Especially in computer programming, and in the names of brands and organizations: a style of typography in which several words are concatenated together without any spaces between them, with the first letter of each word (sometimes excluding the first word) capitalized. Labels: often, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: intercapping, intercaps Example: In the SMIL 1.0 specification, test criteria were hyphenated (e.g., system-bitrate and system-screen-size). This was deprecated by the SMIL 2.0 specification in favor of camel case attributes to be consistent with other developing standards.
Word: filter funnel Part of Speech: noun 1. A glass funnel, into which is placed filter paper or other material, through which a liquid / solid mixture is poured in order to separate them.
Word: filter paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Porous paper used for filtration, typically in a filter funnel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lithate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lithic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt of lithic acid (uric acid); an urate. Labels: obsolete
Word: lithiate Part of Speech: noun 1. lithate
Word: lithiate Part of Speech: verb 1. To mix with lithium Labels: transitive
Word: lithic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. uric acid Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: lithia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “a stone”), apparently because it is found only in minerals; discovered 1817 by Johan August Arfwedson. 1. Lithium oxide, Li₂O, used in the manufacture of ceramics and glass. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1839, Lithium, entry in The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, Volume 14, page 43, These substances contain from about five to nearly ten per cent. of lithia in combination with silica, from which it is best separated by the following process of Berzelius: […] . Example: This can be an acute problem with certain glass-ceramics because of the use of large quantities of lithia, in particular, which readily attack the refractories.
Word: lithian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lithium Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English lithian From lithium + -ian. 1. Containing lithium.
Word: lithiated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lithium + -ated. 1. treated with lithium or one of its compounds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prexies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prexie Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of prexy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prexie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English president Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English presidential English -ie English prexie From presidential + -ie. 1. A definitive stamp of the presidential series issued by the United States from 1938 to 1954. Labels: colloquial
Word: lithiophilite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lithio- + -philite. 1. A variety of triphylite that is a mixed phosphate of lithium and manganese. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lithiophorite Part of Speech: noun 1. A basic oxide of lithium, manganese and aluminium found in hydrothermal ore deposits and sedimentary manganese deposits, with the chemical formula (Al,Li)Mn⁴⁺O₂(OH)₂. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ownage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * own (“to have rightful possession of”) + -age Pronunciation: /ˈəʊn.ɪdʒ/ 1. ownership Labels: archaic, rare, uncountable Example: I Alone, of all the Graecians, haue not obteined the estate of a Monarche by extertion, neither haue I taken any thing, that was not mine owne by vsurpation: for I am by byrth, a Cecropian, I challenge that vnto me by right of ownage, ...
Word: ownage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * own (“to defeat, overwhelm”) + -age Pronunciation: /ˈəʊn.ɪdʒ/ 1. triumph or domination Labels: slang, uncountable Example: OK so I got a Dimond Monster 3d II and i slid that sucka in and it seemed to be doing great but now it seems that quake2 will bomb out on me but the video card wont deinitialize thus i am stuck with a still screen and the only way to fix it is to reboot do i need new drivers or is it a setting in quake i need some help here cause with out the practice my play no longer contains any lighty frosted ownage Example: "Ownage!" "Hey, it’s not ownage. I’m on your team!" 2. The situation where one player has a history of domination over another player. Labels: uncountable Example: Smith is just 1-27 lifetime against Jones. Jones has real ownage over him. Example: On August 23, 1993, the Braves came into San Francisco trailing the Giants by 7.5 games. The Braves swept the Giants in that pivotal series, and starting with that series, the Giants have won just 13 out of 51 games against the Braves. As Mike Krukow likes to say, "That's some serious ownage."
Word: mistreat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English treat English mistreat From mis- + treat. Pronunciation: /mɪsˈtɹiːt/ 1. To treat someone, or something roughly or badly. Labels: transitive 2. To administer an incorrect treatment to a patient. Labels: transitive Example: The syphilis that Catapano and other AIDS-syphilis theorists are especially concerned about may develop when repeated treponeme infections are not treated, or, more commonly, are 'mistreated with penicillin.
Word: stag-beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stag beetle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tubeshoulder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tube + shoulder. 1. Any fish in the family Platytroctidae.
Word: shining tubeshoulder Part of Speech: noun 1. A ray-finned fish, Sagamichthys abei, native to the Pacific Ocean.
Word: pitted tubeshoulder Part of Speech: noun 1. The palegold searsid (Maulisia argipalla).
Word: palegold searsid Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep-water ray-finned fish, Maulisia argipalla.
Word: ataraxis Part of Speech: noun 1. The absence of stress or anxiety; serenity. Labels: uncountable
Word: spanner barb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See t-barb. 1. A freshwater, open-water, substrate egg-scatterer fish commonly found in the Malay Peninsula and Borneo, Systomus lateristriga syn. Puntius lateristriga.
Word: t-barb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the shape of its body, which may be seen as resembling either the letter T or a spanner/wrench. Compare its Finnish and Swedish names, ristibarbi and korsbarb, literally “cross barb”, referring to its crucifix-like (thus T-like) form. 1. Synonym of spanner barb.
Word: machine room Part of Speech: noun 1. A limited-access room in a larger building dedicated to HVAC equipment and other machinery. 2. A dedicated room for computers and related data processing equipment, often having a raised floor, abundant and dedicated air conditioning, and specialized power supply and fire suppression systems. 3. A room for other types of machinery. Example: The two machine rooms, one each side of the river, are housed below road level. […] There is a synchronous tie between the motors in each machine room to ensure that the span remains level during raising and lowering.
Word: shyt Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃɪt/, /ʃaɪ̯t/ 1. Filter-avoidance spelling of shit. Labels: Internet, neologism, uncountable Example: how it feels waiting for fine shyt to respond Example: anneyonghaseyo fine shyt❤️
Word: streaklight tubeshoulder Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark-colored deep-water ray-finned fish, Holtbyrnia latifrons, found near the coasts of America.
Word: teardrop tubeshoulder Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep-water ray-finned fish, Holtbyrnia innesi.
Word: hydronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hydro- + -onic. 1. Being or relating to a heating system that involves circulating hot water or steam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mountaineer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mountain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English mountaineer From mountain + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪə̯(ɹ)/, /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪɹ/, [ˌmãʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ], [ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ], [ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈĩɚ] 1. A person who lives in a mountainous area (often with the connotation that such people are outlaws or uncivilized). Labels: archaic Example: (obsolete) Example: This was my master, A very valiant Briton and a good, That here by mountaineers lies slain. 2. A person who climbs mountains for sport or pleasure. Example: He first took me into Switzerland, and had he kept me there till now, amidst the scenery with which his pen and pencil brought me acquainted, I should have looked on myself as a very happy mountaineer, and him as a delightful guide! Example: These green and sweetly smelling crops They led in waggons home; And they piled them here in mountain tops For mountaineers to roam. 3. An animal or plant that is native to a mountainous area. Labels: obsolete Example: 1786, George Culley, Observations on Live Stock, London: G. G. J. & J. Robinson, p. 92, This hardy race [of sheep] differ from our other breeds, not only in their dark complection and horns, but principally in the long coarse shagged wool which grows upon these mountaineers. Example: […] the Gibbons are true mountaineers, loving the slopes and edges of the hills, though they rarely ascend beyond the limit of the fig-trees. 4. A bird of the genus Oreonympha; also called the bearded mountaineer or eastern mountaineer
Word: mountaineer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English mountain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English mountaineer From mountain + -eer. Pronunciation: /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪə̯(ɹ)/, /ˌmaʊn.tɪnˈɪɹ/, [ˌmãʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ], [ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈiəɹ], [ˌmæ̃ʊ̯̃(n)ʔn̩ˈĩɚ] 1. To climb mountains; to climb using the techniques of a mountaineer. Labels: intransitive Example: […] they had returned in safety to Europe, and were now in Switzerland, where they were mountaineering with great vigour. Example: […] no one who has mountaineered or travelled much in uncharted ground with men of very divergent or very similar powers of sight or experience will be found to discredit [the] positive but entirely accidental possession [of a sense of direction]. 2. To climb as if on a mountain. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: There is a well-made path, which makes a circuit over the mass [of ruins], and is amply sufficient for all rational tourists. Those who wish to see more have to go mountaineering over gigantic columns and pilasters, and squeeze their way through passes of cut stone. Example: […] he sat up and shook his ears once or twice, and then sprang lightly off the window-sill and began to mountaineer about the contents of the garret.
Word: mountaineering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mountain Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Middle French -ierder. English -eer English mountaineer English -ing English mountaineering From mountaineer + -ing. 1. The sport of climbing mountains. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lithium acetate Part of Speech: noun 1. the lithium salt of acetic acid; used as a buffer in electrophoresis Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium battery Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of electrical batteries that have a lithium anode; used in many portable electronic devices.
Word: tungsten carbide Part of Speech: noun 1. a very hard, grey compound, chemical formula WC, used as an abrasive. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium bromide Part of Speech: noun 1. the lithium salt of hydrobromic acid, LiBr, sometimes used as a desiccant Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium carbonate Part of Speech: noun 1. The lithium salt of carbonic acid, Li₂CO₃, used in the manufacture of glass and ceramics, and medically, in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. the lithium salt of hydrochloric acid, LiCl, used in the electrolytic production of lithium metal, and as a flux Labels: uncountable
Word: electrolytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English electrolyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electrolytic From electrolyte + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɨˌlɛk.tɹɵˈlɪ.tɪk/ 1. Relating to electrolysis Labels: not-comparable Example: However, approaching energisation, electrolytic corrosion was discovered between the copper contact wire and aluminium beams in the tunnel. The corrosion was caused by the dissimilar metals. An aluminium contact wire system which prevents electrolytic corrosion was subsequently developed, tested and adopted within a year, and replaced the earlier copper installation. 2. Relating to electrolytes Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrolytic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English electrolyte Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English electrolytic From electrolyte + -ic. Pronunciation: /ɨˌlɛk.tɹɵˈlɪ.tɪk/ 1. A battery, capacitor or other similar device
Word: 'er Part of Speech: pron Etymology: A representation of the pronunciation of her by a speaker whose dialect lacks the voiceless glottal fricative or transition ([h]). 1. Pronunciation spelling of her. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: 'im Part of Speech: pron 1. Representing a pronunciation of him that drops the h. Labels: Scotland, colloquial Example: It was the first time I seen ’im since that day of that picnic, weeks ago, and he looked real changed—thin and peakèd-like.
Word: lithium citrate Part of Speech: noun 1. The lithium salt of citric acid, sometimes used in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium deuteride Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of lithium hydride in which the normal hydrogen is replaced with deuterium; used in thermonuclear weapons Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium diisopropylamide Part of Speech: noun 1. A strong base, used in organic chemistry to synthesise carbanions. Labels: uncountable
Word: LDA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of localizer type directional aid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of lithium diisopropylamide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of local-density approximation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Although widely successful, these methods depend on the mixing parameters and are computationally more expensive than local/semilocal functionals such as the local density approximation (LDA) or generalized gradient approximation. 4. Initialism of linear discriminant analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of left-displaced abomasum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of legal drinking age. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of low-density amorphous ice; a form of H₂O water ice, with a density less than that of liquid water, but denser than the usual crystalline ice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of Lahore Development Authority. Labels: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: square circle Part of Speech: noun 1. A cancellation mark consisting of an outer ring of concentric circles, cropped into a square shape.
Word: squared circle Part of Speech: noun 1. The boxing or wrestling ring. Example: Most famous of all is the WWE and that long-running beef with conservation charity, the WWF. The wrestling organisation changed its name after a long legal battle – but the charity initially argued its new logo was too similar. Thankfully the two groups never had to settle their differences in the squared circle.
Word: lithium-drifted silicon detector Part of Speech: noun 1. a radiation detector used in astrophysics, nuclear physics, imaging and X-ray spectroscopy
Word: squaring the circle Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of square the circle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lithium economy Part of Speech: noun 1. A post-carbon economy, based on lithium fuel cells for the generation of power. Example: Internationally, economists have been forecasting a lithium economy for decades, and it may well be that every car, computer, and wearable electronic device—not to mention our energy storehouses—will depend on lithium batteries the way I've relied on medicinal lithium for the last twenty years.
Word: lithium hydroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. An alkali, LiOH, used in gas-purification systems in spacecraft, submarines etc, and in the preparation of lithium soap. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium iodide Part of Speech: noun 1. the lithium salt of hydriodic acid, HI Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium ion battery Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of rechargeable battery containing lithium compounds but not elemental lithium, used in many consumer electronics devices.
Word: rechargeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English recharge Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English rechargeable From recharge + -able. 1. Able to be recharged, especially of a battery that can be recharged from mains electricity via a charger. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rechargeable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English recharge Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English rechargeable From recharge + -able. 1. A device that may be recharged
Word: lithium niobate Part of Speech: noun 1. the lithium salt of niobic acid, LiNbO₃, whose transparent crystals are used lasers and other optical devices Labels: uncountable
Word: dog year Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of time in the life of dogs, defined such that the average life expectancy of a dog in "dog years" is numerically equivalent to the average life expectancy of a human. A 4- and a 5-year-old dog are about as mature as a human of 28 to 30 years and 33 to 35 years, respectively. The most common calculation uses a ratio of seven dog years to one human year. Labels: informal Example: 90 minutes of almost nonstop hilarity is a good entertainment value. Especially if you're counting in dog years. 2. A unit of age relative to the species being considered, defined such that an animal's age in "dog years" is the equivalent age of a dog in calendar years.
Word: Alternativism Part of Speech: noun 1. An ideology of limitless alternatives, and/or the practice of relating every logical alternative to a larger truth. Labels: uncountable 2. The belief that absolute truth must explain every legitimate alternative. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium nitrate Part of Speech: noun 1. The lithium salt of nitric acid, LiNO₃, used in fireworks and flares. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium nitride Part of Speech: noun 1. A binary compound of lithium and nitrogen, Li₃N. Labels: uncountable
Word: lithium orotate Part of Speech: noun 1. the lithium salt of orotic acid, used medicinally in a similar manner to lithium carbonate Labels: uncountable
Word: orotate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From orotic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of orotic acid.
Word: Camellia Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb of Sydney in the Parramatta council area, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: orotic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὀρός (orós, “whey”) + -ic acid. Pronunciation: /ɒˌɹɒt.ɪk ˈas.ɪd/, /əˌɹɑt.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/ 1. A crystalline acid which was discovered in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis; uracil-6-carboxylic acid, C₅H₄N₂O₄.
Word: illusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of illusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pneumonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the post-Classical Latin pneumonicus and its etymon, the Ancient Greek πνευμονικός (pneumonikós). Pronunciation: /njuːˈmɒnɪk/, /n(j)uːˈmɑnɪk/, /nə-/ 1. Of, or relating to the lungs; pulmonary. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, or relating to pneumonia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pneumonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the post-Classical Latin pneumonicus and its etymon, the Ancient Greek πνευμονικός (pneumonikós). Pronunciation: /njuːˈmɒnɪk/, /n(j)uːˈmɑnɪk/, /nə-/ 1. One who has pneumonia. 2. A medicine to treat lung disease.
Word: tea ceremony Part of Speech: noun 1. A detailed ritual in Japan for preparing, serving and drinking green tea, seen as an expression of Zen Buddhism; also any similar ritual performed in other Asian cultures.
Word: studiedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English studied Middle English -ly English -ly English studiedly From studied + -ly. 1. thoughtfully, knowledgeably, deliberately; with premeditation Example: McCormack's tone when he answered was studiedly mild.
Word: fulness Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated spelling of fullness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In the fulness of his belief that such a thing must be, he mentioned its probability to his wife, and the first time of the subject’s occurring to her again, happening to be when Fanny was present, she calmly observed to her, “So, Fanny, you are going to leave us, and live with my sister. How shall you like it?” Example: On this amiable quality, the mind fixes its eye in unwithdrawing approbation; and the heart yields up the fulness of its fondness with unsatiated delight. Virtue is the beauty of the heavenly world […]
Word: frilly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English frill Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English frilly From frill + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɪli/ 1. Having frills; frilled. Example: In scented, frilly boutiques that she seemed to find by instinct, they exchanged her battered wardrobe for fur capes and Anna Karenina riding boots that slithered on the frosty cobble, and Pym's dismal school habit for a leather jacket and trousers without buttons for his braces. Example: Ms. Grant was dressed up as Little Bo Peep and had on a huge, frilly skirt that was held out with a hoop at the bottom. 2. Over-elaborate or showy in character or appearance.
Word: visualizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of visualization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lechitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Lechite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Lechitic From Lechite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the language group including Polish, Kashubian and Polabian. Labels: not-comparable
Word: visualization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English visualize 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 visualization From visualize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌvɪʒ.ʊ.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌvɪz.jʊ.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌvɪʒ.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌvɪʒ.u.ə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌvɪʒ.u.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of visualizing, or something visualized. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable 2. A visual representation of data. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
Word: Tyler Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”). Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪ.lə/, /ˈtaɪ.lɚ/ 1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a tiler. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However, the whippet-like appearance of most Tyler Corp. executives suggests what McKinney really wants is a spring-legged crew that can run its competitors into the ground. - - - It's no coincidence, either, that his seven-year-old son is named Tyler. Example: "Yeah, I guess. I'm part Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth - on paper." Zermatt sucked his teeth, still dubious. "I thought Cobb was Tyrus." "Sounded too foreign for my mom or something. And there was some Scottish rebel named Tyler - maybe a cousin, so they compromised. It's kind of presidential, too, I guess. And my middle name is for - da-dum! - George Herman Ruth." 3. A female given name transferred from the surname, of 1980s and later usage. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A locale in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chuck steak Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular cut of beef, containing part of the shoulder bones. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jer Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of jerfalcon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: jer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian ер (jer) or ерь (jerʹ). Pronunciation: /jɛə/, /jɛɹ/ 1. either of the Proto-Slavic lax vowels /ɪ/ (front jer, ь) and /ʊ/ (back jer, ъ), which in Late Common Slavic were reduced in certain positions to ultrashort vowels [ɪ̆] and [ʊ̆] (weak jers) and then eventually lost.
Word: malarky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of malarkey. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: 'Smuggling,' she said. 'has a fine romantic ring about it—once aboard the lugger, you heave ho and all that kind of malarky. [...]' Example: There's mischiefs and malarkies / But no queers, or yids, or darkies. / Within this bastard's carnival, / This vicious cabaret!
Word: starkers Part of Speech: adj Etymology: * "naked": British slang, from 1923, combining (like a popular etymology) two meanings of stark (“strong, utterly; barren”) with stark naked, which is from Old English steort (“tail”), referring to the tail-end (as in butt-naked). * "crazy": stark (“shortening of stark raving mad”) + -ers Pronunciation: /ˈstɑːkəz/, /ˈstɑɹkɚz/ 1. Completely nude. Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang Example: Entering the bathroom, I found Bill there, still starkers after his bath. 2. Stark raving mad. Labels: informal, not-comparable
Word: cinquain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cinquain. Pronunciation: /sɪŋ.keɪn/, /sæŋ.keɪn/ 1. A five-line poetic form which consists of 2, 4, 6, 8 then 2 syllables. 2. A five-line poetic form set as a writing exercise for children, consisting of one noun, two adjectives, three actions, four feeling words, and the initial noun again.
Word: penny-pinching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pinchpenny. 1. reluctant to spend money; close-fisted Example: If there is an overall lesson, it is that train quality should be seen as part of the battle against climate change, with penny-pinching specifications robustly opposed as a false economy.
Word: penny-pinching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pinchpenny. 1. reluctance to spend money; thrift or parsimony; extreme economy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: you can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds Part of Speech: proverb 1. You can't have it both ways.
Word: trillionaire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trillion + -aire. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹɪl.i.əˈnɛə(ɹ)/, /ˌtɹɪl.jəˈnɛəɹ/ 1. A person whose wealth is at least one trillion (10¹²) currency units. Labels: especially Example: The CEO of our company is a multibillionaire and now hopes to become a trillionaire. Example: Move over billionaires. The first trillionaires are on their way. […] Their net worth expanded so quickly that Oxfam revised its estimate from last year that only one trillionaire would be crowned in the next decade. 2. A person whose wealth is at least one trillion (10¹²) currency units. Labels: sometimes Example: Countless Zimbabweans had the dubious distinction of being trillionaires in 2008. Example: One popular foreign currency transaction scheme labelled 'burning money' made people instant quadrillionaires and trillionaires in Zimbabwean dollars. 3. Synonym of gazillionaire (“an incredibly rich person”). Labels: figuratively Example: Who cares what that guy thinks? He may be a trillionaire, but he can’t buy good taste.
Word: pharate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek φᾶρος (phâros, “mantle, cloth, web”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), suggesting the process of being about to shed the old skin. 1. In the final stages of conversion from pupa to adult, e.g. waiting to emerge from a cocoon, or escaping from an aquatic pupal stage to terrestrial adulthood. Example: 1968 Hinton, H. E. Spiracular Gills, Advances in Insect Physiology Vol. 5 Academic Press Each new instar or stage of an arthropod begins enclosed within the cuticle of the previous instar or stage. That part of it that is spent enveloped by the cuticle of the previous instar or stage is known as the pharate phase or stage, or simply as the pharate larva, pupa, or adult, as the case may be. Example: Many Trichoptera swim to the surface as pharate adults, the middle legs of the pupae of these species being fringed to facilitate swimming, and the insect may continue to swim at the surface until it finds a suitable object to crawl out on. 2. In transition between major stages of development, e.g. from pupa to imago. Example: 1981Thomson, John A. Speculations on the evolution of the insect storage proteins. Evolution and Speciation. →ISBN Where the fat body cells are not replaced at metamorphosis, the larval storage proteins are withdrawn during pharate adult development, the protein granules become smaller and less numerous, and the fat body shrinks (e.g., in mosquitoes...)
Word: arbitrage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/, /ˈɑɹbɪtɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. A market activity in which a security, commodity, currency or other tradable item is bought in one market and sold simultaneously in another, in order to profit from price differences between the markets. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But in recent years, for reasons we shall develop later, the field of "arbitrages and workouts" became riskier and less profitable. 2. Arbitration. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: arbitrage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French arbitrage, from arbitrer (“to arbitrate”); see arbitrate. Pronunciation: /ˈɑɹbɪˌtɹɑʒ/, /ˈɑɹbɪtɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. To employ arbitrage Labels: intransitive Example: He has arbitraged by purchasing in one market and simultaneously selling the same or similar merchandise in another market. 2. To engage in arbitrage in, between, or among Labels: transitive Example: Indeed, as banks become more adept at internal risk classifications, their incentives to arbitrage economic and regulatory capital can only increase
Word: peel off Part of Speech: verb 1. To separate off from the main body, to move off to one side; as in troop movements on a parade ground or an organized retreat, or columns in a procession. Labels: intransitive 2. To remove (an outer layer or covering, such as clothing). Labels: transitive 3. To drive away, especially at a fast speed; to peel rubber. Labels: intransitive
Word: DSN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of data source name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of data set name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of digital subscriber network. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DSN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Deep Space Network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: toolshed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tool + shed. Pronunciation: /ˈtulˌʃɛd/ 1. An outdoor shed for storing tools and other equipment.
Word: storyteller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From story + teller. 1. A person who relates stories through one medium or another to an audience. Example: Near-synonym: storywriter Example: "Charlotte is the best storyteller I ever heard," said Fern, poking her dish towel into a cereal bowl. 2. A liar; a fibber. Example: There was once upon a time a king, who had a daughter, and she was such an awful story-teller, that you couldn't find a greater anywhere. 3. A game master, particularly in games focused on collaborative storytelling.
Word: magar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mugger (“type of crocodile”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: psychedelic circus Part of Speech: noun 1. A wild party where the drug acid is taken. Example: TONIGHT YOU ARE INVITED TO A ‘PILL PARTY' You will experience every jolt...every jar of a Psychedelic Circus....The Beatniks...Sicknicks...and Acid Heads...and you will witness their exstacies, their agonies and their bizarre activities...You will be hurled into their debauched dreams and frenzied fantasies! For the adult minded...LSD! DOPE! HORSE! The revealing story of today's HALLUCINATION GENERATION