nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pedantocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pedant + -ocracy. 1. Government by pedants. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] if we would not have our bureaucracy degenerate into a pedantocracy, this body must not engross all the occupations which form and cultivate the faculties required for the government of mankind. Example: Bureaucracy too, in education as elsewhere (perhaps especially in education) was prone to pedantocracy and to slow strangulation in the toils of its own immutable maxims.
Word: neocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + -cracy. 1. Government by the new or inexperienced. 2. new power non-representative government.
Word: partocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English party Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English partocracy From party + -cracy. 1. Government by political parties or factions, rather than citizens or individual politicians. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable
Word: catechu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a corruption of the Malay kacu. Pronunciation: /ˈkæt.ɪt͡ʃ.uː/, /ˈkæt.əˌt͡ʃuː/, /ˈkæt.əˌʃuː/ 1. A gummy extract of any of several species of Acacieae, but especially Senegalia catechu, produced by boiling the wood of the tree in water and evaporating the resulting liquid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The pale catechus are usually sweeter and more pleasant for chewing.
Word: short-acting Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a pharmaceutical effect principally in the short term. Example: Short-acting insulin is maximally effective for one to three hours. Example: I have tried all the medium and short acting non-barbiturate sedatives since the war (including thalidomide) but they don’t work and I don’t trust the newfangled long acting, “safe” analgesics.
Word: kiełbasa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kielbasa. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Polish music, the Polish language, a display of photographs from the President’s trip to Poland and, of course, an array of Polish foods such as: kiełbasa, pierogi,[…] Example: Bring the sauce to a boil and into it place the kiełbasa, cut into pieces diagonally. The kiełbasa may also be served in a spicily seasoned onion or tomato sauce.
Word: Haack Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German and Dutch. 1. A surname from German or Dutch.
Word: gaffa Part of Speech: noun 1. Gaffer tape. Labels: UK, colloquial Example: A body – a corpse – my own, I think – wrapped in tape, suspended in gaffa.
Word: markworthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mark + -worthy. Compare German merkwürdig (“strange, odd”). Pronunciation: /mɑːkˈwɜːði/ 1. Worthy of note or remark. Labels: dated, rare Example: The scholar found something markworthy while reading the Bible for the eighth time. Example: That the ancient Britons eat of the nuts and berries and other fruits which were borne by the more wooded land of their time, we may well believe, and a markworthy proof of it was many years ago afforded in the neighbourhood of Dorchester.
Word: go spare Part of Speech: verb 1. To be available or unused. Example: There's some bacon going spare if anyone wants some more. 2. To become very angry; to become frustrated or distraught: see spare. Labels: UK, informal Example: When he found out that someone had broken the window, he went spare. Example: The poor girl is going spare, stuck in the house all day with the kids like that. 3. To be unemployed. Labels: archaic
Word: red dwarfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red dwarf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assn Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: brake mean effective pressure Part of Speech: noun 1. The average (mean) pressure which, if imposed on the pistons uniformly from the top to the bottom of each power stroke, would produce the measured (brake) power output.
Word: Adi-Buddha Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit आदिबुद्ध (ādibuddha). 1. The Primordial Buddha, a self-emanating, self-originating Buddha, present before anything else existed.
Word: CAGR Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kæɡɚ/ 1. Acronym of compound annual growth rate. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The concept of CAGR is similar to the idea of compound interest. It is the average annual growth rate when compounding is taken into account. Example: The global vertical lift module (VLM) market is expected to be valued at US$ 595.86 mn by 2025 from US$ 358.15 mn in 2018. The market will register at a CAGR of 7.58% throughout the forecast period.
Word: feedbacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feedback + -er. 1. One who provides feedback. Example: How far can you trust the experience of these feedbackers? How representative are their views?
Word: feedbackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feedbacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unquantified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English quantified English unquantified From un- + quantified. 1. Not quantified (in any sense). Labels: not-comparable Example: "It is clear" the Review adds, "that over and above the financial return from passengers, there are other hitherto unquantified benefits which accrue to the community but not to London Transport. This line of argument was accepted by the London Transport Committee in their report of 1959 on the Victoria Line".
Word: quadrilaterals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadrilateral Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quarried Part of Speech: adj 1. Provided with quarry or prey. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: Now I am bravely quarried.
Word: quarried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of quarry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quarrying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of quarry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: quarrying Part of Speech: noun 1. The extraction of material from a quarry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In 1765 only 80 men were employed, and the annual output of slates did not exceed 1,000 tons, and large-scale quarrying was not begun by Lord Penrhyn until 1782. 2. A small piece of stone chipped off any stone found in a quarry. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quarterlies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quarterly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: queerer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From queer (verb) + -er. 1. One who queers something. Labels: rare Example: The large crop of independents, emerging, at all events, as queerers of the democratic pitch, are evidence of the deeper cuts […] Example: The people spoke and grew queerer “as the Spirit gave them ability” (Acts 2:4). God is the Queer doing the queering. God is the one pulling the tongues out of the people. God is the great queerer of every moment.
Word: queerer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English queer Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Germanic *-izô Proto-West Germanic *-iʀō Proto-Germanic *-ōzô Proto-West Germanic *-ōʀō Old English -ra Middle English -ere English -er English queerer From queer (adjective) + -er. 1. comparative form of queer: more queer. Labels: comparative, form-of Example: When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose. And the queerer the cure for those ailings the bigger the attraction. A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies. Example: I know that my life is different since I'm a bisexual, a butch, and a pervert. […] And even when I found a queer community, I discovered I was queerer than I thought.
Word: queerest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkwɪəɹəst/, /ˈkwɪɹəst/ 1. superlative form of queer: most queer Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Jacquelyn Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Jacqueline. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Faith laughed, pointing out, "All of their names rhyme—Gwendolyn, Jacquelyn, Joelyn. It's kind of weird, don't you think?'
Word: fiddle the books Part of Speech: verb 1. To alter financial records in order to commit or conceal fraud, tax evasion or theft.
Word: Ramona Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Ramona. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈmoʊnə/ 1. A female given name from Spanish. 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States:
Word: Kosti Part of Speech: name 1. A city in White Nile state, Sudan. 2. A village in Burgas Province, Bulgaria.
Word: Constantin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Cōnstantīnus, the name of Roman emperors, Latin cōnstāns (“constant, steadfast”). Doublet of Konstadinos. 1. A male given name.
Word: Cloe Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkloʊ.i/ 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, an alternative spelling of Chloe.
Word: Cloe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly a variant of French Clouet. 1. A surname from French.
Word: blandiloquent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin blandus (“flattering”) + loquēns (“speaking”). 1. Speaking, or spoken, in a mild, flattering manner. Example: Graunt to me no learning, Muses, thou Pagan Apollo, Cynthia, with Charites, thou blandiloquent mery Pytho, Example: Saulsbury, who was very drunk—or, to use the blandiloquent expression of the reporters—who is “in the habit of visiting the refectory very frequently,” gave utterance […] to the following disloyal sentiment:
Word: Arron Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Hebrew, a less common spelling of Aaron.
Word: nail-biting Part of Speech: adj 1. That causes nervous anticipation or suspense. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Yet again the phrase does not do justice to the nail-biting 750-mile journey through what is left of the ramparts put up by Genghis Khan, mountain ranges, arid plains, alien landscapes and alien people, stopping at little wooden stations identical to those the length and breadth of Russia but with tongue-twisting Chinese names like Manchouli, Pokotu and Tsitsihar. Example: He said recent nail-biting finals had renewed interest in the end-of-season contests, after a series of one-sided beltings earlier this decade.
Word: landlocked salmon Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the populations of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar that inhabit freshwater only.
Word: nail-bitingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English nail-biting Middle English -ly English -ly English nail-bitingly From nail-biting + -ly. 1. In a nail-biting manner. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: orange grove Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of cultivated orange trees
Word: Erivan Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Yerevan: the capital city of Armenia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Sofya Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Sophia, A female given name. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: acoustic emission Part of Speech: noun 1. A phenomenon wherein external stimuli such as mechanical loading generate physical vibrations. Labels: uncountable 2. A physical vibration caused by sudden movement within a material subjected to physical stress, often symptomatic of a defect. Labels: countable Example: Acoustic emissions are only generated when some abrupt and permanent change takes place somewhere in the material.
Word: querying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of query Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: querying Part of Speech: adj 1. Questioning, or prone to asking questions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: querying Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of making a query. Example: God's word suffers nothing from such captious queryings and cavillings as deface the pages of the modern destructive school.
Word: quenches Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of quench Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: quainter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of quaint: more quaint Labels: comparative, form-of Example: Not everybody welcomes standardisation as a principle, because it reduces variety (and, incidentally, tends to dispose of the quainter and more picturesque anomalies).
Word: quaintest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of quaint: most quaint Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: queasier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of queasy: more queasy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: queasiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of queasy: most queasy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: quilters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quilter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dumbnut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dumb + nut. 1. A stupid person Labels: informal
Word: wedgelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English wedge Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English wedgelike From wedge + -like. 1. Shaped like a wedge. Example: He looks, he feels, and satisfies himself: the driving forward with fury, its prodigious stiffness, thus impacted, wedgelike, breaks the union of those parts, and gain'd him just the insertion of the tip of it, lip-deep; which being sensible of, he improved his advantage, and following well his stroke, in a straight line, forcibly deepens his penetration
Word: hero sandwich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The New York term hero is first attested in 1937. Unlikely to be related to gyro, since those were not well known in the US at the time. 1. A large sandwich on a long thick bun. Labels: US
Word: vadouvan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vadouvan, from Tamil வடகம் (vaṭakam). 1. A paste of burnt garlic and onion with herbs, from India; a type of masala. Labels: uncountable
Word: jade stalk Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis, especially in reference to sex. Example: Then he inserts the Jade Stalk in her interior.
Word: rarefies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rarefy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jade gate Part of Speech: noun 1. The vagina, especially in reference to sex. Example: the female’s feet are lifted toward the heavens and the jade stalk is inserted deeply into the jade gate.
Word: rarefying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rarefy Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repeatably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English repeatable Middle English -ly English -ly English repeatably From repeatable + -ly. 1. In a repeatable manner, capable of being repeated.
Word: restorers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of restorer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sundowning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sundown + -ing. 1. A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease, which begins each evening and which is alleviated by daylight. Labels: uncountable Example: Impaired judgment and sundowning (increased confusion when orienting cues diminish at night) often makes it necessary to restrict and protect the delirious patient. Example: Polysomnography and othersleep measures show sleep fragmentation with shortening of N3 sleep togetherwith excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and sundowning as the main findings in AD patients.
Word: sundowning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sundown + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of sundown Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nocturnal delirium Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of agitation or confusion, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight. Example: Nocturnal delirium of the senile patient is primarily due to the fact that the severe retention defect, and more particularly the greatly accelerated secondary elaboration (Cameron, 1940) found in senile patients, does not permit of the preservation of the spatial image after darkness has interfered with direct visualization. Example: The nocturnal deliria were piled together with the daytime intoxications and obsessions in order to build a particularly adaptable dream machine, which still awaits a visit from social psychoanalysis in order to penetrate a bit more lucidly into the ancien régime's intricate labryinth of dreams.
Word: muckles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of muckle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sundowner syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A state of agitation, confusion, or delirium, especially in elderly patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia, which begins daily at nightfall and which is alleviated by daylight. Labels: uncountable Example: Patients who become easily confused, such as elderly patients with "sundowner syndrome" or dementia, and patients recovering from drug-related hallucinations may manifest symptoms during flight regardless of the time of day.
Word: sundown syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sundowner syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sundowner's syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sundowner syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sundowners syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sundowner syndrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: muckling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of muckle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tilleul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tilleul (“linden”). 1. A pale yellowish-green color. Labels: uncountable
Word: muckled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of muckle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: placet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“to be pleasing”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪsɛt/ 1. A vote of assent, as of the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc. 2. The assent of the civil power to the promulgation of an ecclesiastical ordinance. Example: 1882, J. P. Peter (translator), Political History of Recent Times, 1816-1875: With Special Reference to Germany originally by Wilhelm Müller The king […] annulled the royal placet.
Word: placet Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Latin placet (“it is pleasing”), inflection of placeō (“to be pleasing”). Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪsɛt/ 1. Expression of assent to a vote in the governing body of a university, an ecclesiastical council, etc.
Word: fullsome Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of fulsome. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: corpulency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corpulence + -y or corpulent + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)pjʊlənsi/ 1. Alternative form of corpulence. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: the heaviness and corpulency of the water requiring a great force to divide it Example: His person was large, robust, I may say approaching to the gigantic, and grown unwieldy from corpulency.
Word: bowery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bower Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bowery From bower + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/ 1. Structure with roof for shade but with no walls used for public gatherings. A pavilion. Example: The group performed in the old bowery, an open-air building with a roof of branches laid over vertical poles, the forerunner of the first tabernacle. Example: This year’s Easter egg hunt will be at the community bowery on Saturday, April 15.
Word: bowery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bower Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English bowery From bower + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/ 1. Sheltered by trees; leafy; shady. Example: Such a man had no chance whatever in this flowery and bowery little suburb.
Word: bowery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bower + -y, calque of Dutch bouwerij. Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊəɹi/ 1. In the early settlements of New York State, USA, a farm or estate. Labels: archaic Example: His estate, or bowery, as it was called, has ever continued in the possession of his descendants. Example: The emigrants [in New York] were scattered on boweries or plantations[…]
Word: affreightment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English affreight Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English affreightment From affreight + -ment. 1. The act of hiring, or the contract for use of, a vessel, or some part of it, to convey cargo.
Word: rubor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *h₁rudʰéh₁ti Proto-Italic *ruðēō Latin rubeō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin ruborbor. English rubor Borrowed from Latin rubor. 1. redness, one of the main signs of inflammation Labels: uncountable
Word: manrope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From man + rope. 1. Each of the ropes used in ascending the side of a sailing ship. Example: Halting for an instant at the foot of the ladder, and with both hands grasping the ornamental knobs of the man-ropes, Father Mapple cast a look upwards, and then with a truly sailor-like but still reverential dexterity, hand over hand, mounted the steps as if ascending the main-top of his vessel.
Word: frap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English frapen, from Old French fraper. Pronunciation: /fɹæp/ 1. To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. Example: Next take two turns not round the spars at all but in between them round the rope itself. These turns are called "frapping" turns and must be very tight too. 2. To strike or beat. Labels: transitive Example: Mitch and Dick took me frog frapping, too. […] You just shine your light in the frog's eyes, creep up on him, and frap him over the head with the stick!
Word: frap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping. Pronunciation: /fɹæp/ 1. Clipping of frappuccino. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: Well then, what's the hottest new product line over at ubiquitous coffee retailer Starbucks — diesel fuel? No, it's not petrochemical, but neither is it coffee — rather, it's music. In Starbucks stores, you can now burn CDs while slurping a frap, […]
Word: leeboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lebord, leburd, probably from Old Norse *hléborð, equivalent to lee + board. Cognate with Icelandic hléborð. 1. A board, or frame of planks, lowered over the side of a sailboat to lessen its leeway. Labels: countable Example: […] on the port side a sofa bed was put up and fitted with a leeboard. On the starboard side a short seat with a folding cot above, which folded […] Example: Forward of the mizzenmast was an iron box in which the mainsheets worked, and to port and starboard were the leeboard winches, hand-worked. 2. Port, larboard (the side of a ship opposite starboard). Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Even in complete reversals from starboard to leeboard in a high sea, no shocks, either electrical or mechanical, could be observed. Example: […] because the leeboard side could be easily unrigged to avoid damaging the rigging, while the starboard side would be required to safely navigate the vessel.
Word: vṛddhied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vṛddhi + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈvɹɪdiːd/ 1. In a vṛddhi form. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skinch Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskɪntʃ/ 1. To give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving. Labels: slang Example: The child skinched money to go on the ride.
Word: skinch Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɪntʃ/ 1. One who skinches. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: skinch Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈskɪntʃ/ 1. Time out Labels: Northern-England
Word: encyclopaedist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English encyclopaedia Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English encyclopaedist From encyclopaedia + -ist. 1. Alternative spelling of encyclopedist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: encyclopaedists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encyclopaedist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dinner time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dinnertime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bucket down Part of Speech: verb 1. To rain heavily. Labels: idiomatic
Word: flexi-time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flexitime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Republic of the Philippines Part of Speech: name 1. Official name of the Philippines: a country in Southeast Asia.
Word: parentese Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English parent Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-iskbor. Late Latin -iscus ▲ Vulgar Latin -iscus Latin -ēnsis Old French -eisbor. Middle English -eys English -ese English parentese From parent + -ese. 1. Baby talk, a speech register used by parents talking to their children. Labels: uncountable
Word: voicebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From voice + box. 1. larynx Labels: colloquial
Word: kernelization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-nóm Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂-nós Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm Proto-Germanic *kurną Proto-West Germanic *korn Proto-Indo-European *-lósder. Proto-Germanic *-ilaz Proto-West Germanic *-il Proto-West Germanic *kurnil Old English cyrnel Middle English kirnel English kernel Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English kernelization From kernel + -ization. 1. A technique for creating algorithms for fixed-parameter tractable problems, involving a preprocessing stage in which inputs to the algorithm are replaced by a smaller input, called a kernel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: semiautomaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English automaton English semiautomaton From semi- + automaton. 1. a multiplicative operation of a monoid on a set
Word: antimatroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English matroid English antimatroid From anti- + matroid. 1. a formal system that describes processes in which a set is built up by including elements one at a time, and in which an element, once available for inclusion, remains available until it is included
Word: matroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From matrix + -oid. They were so named by Hassler Whitney in 1935 in an article titled “On the abstract properties of linear dependence”. 1. A structure that captures the essence of a notion of "independence" that generalizes linear independence in vector spaces and acyclicality in graphs. Example: A matroid can be defined in terms of bases. A matroid consists of a ground set as well as a set of bases which is a nonempty subset of the power set of the ground set.
Word: cryptomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Coined by Garrett Birkhoff before 1967, for use in the third edition of his book Lattice Theory. 1. Two objects, especially systems of axioms or semantics for them, are called cryptomorphic if they are equivalent (possibly in some informal sense) but not obviously equivalent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Find them, and prove that an operation satisfying them provides another cryptomorphic version of topology 8. 2. Having a form that obscures or masks the underlying meaning or purpose. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some degree of light may perhaps be thrown on the cryptomorphic condition of bodies in combination, by our knowledge of the typical conditions of natural bodies generally, when uncombined. Example: But there are two drawings and a painting that will be shown to be of Cézanne père and that have not been recognized as such — because he is without the hat he wears in the works mentioned above — as well as cryptomorphic portraits that are also hatless, all done, we may be sure, from memory. 3. Having a cryptic structure in which the ultimate active product is carried by the precursorial protein rather than the protein actually encoded by the gene. Labels: not-comparable Example: Three types of genes, namely, immunoglobulin genes, dimorphic genes and cryptomorphic genes, are classified as complex genes. Example: Hence, among the lower vertebrates, the cistron may be diplomorphic rather than cryptomorphic. 4. Found or occurring below the soil layer. Labels: not-comparable Example: Either the cryptomorphic silica replaced the microcrystalline dolomite, followed by mineralization or the reverse, in the order of silicification, is possible. Example: Cryptomorphic biological soil crusts are the most difficult to observe and occur to a lesser known extent within the Planning Area . 5. Composed of minerals that are not expressed in their crystalline form. Labels: not-comparable Example: Both have 'cryptomorphic' types which are similar in composition but in which no felspar has crystallized.
Word: greedoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From greed (from its applicability to problems that can be solved by greedy algorithms) and matroid. 1. A particular type of set system.
Word: polytree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *drew- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *trewą Proto-West Germanic *treu Old English trēow Middle English tre English tree English polytree From poly- + tree. 1. a graph with at most one undirected path between any two vertices. In other words, a directed acyclic graph (DAG) for which there are no undirected cycles either.
Word: pseudoforest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English forest English pseudoforest From pseudo- + forest. 1. an undirected graph in which every connected component has at most one cycle
Word: monoubiquinated Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of monoubiquitinated. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable
Word: bitstring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bit + string. 1. a sequence of bits (binary digits)
Word: anamorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- Proto-Hellenic *aná Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ- (ănă-)der. English ana- English morphism English anamorphism From ana- (“up”) + morphism. Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈmɔːfɪzəm/, /ˌænəˈmɔɹfɪzəm/ 1. A generalization of the list-producing unfolds known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as final coalgebras.
Word: catamorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cata- (“down”) + morphism. Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈmɔːfɪzəm/, /ˌkætəˈmɔɹfɪzəm/ 1. A generalization of the folds on lists known from functional programming to arbitrary abstract data types that can be described as initial algebras.
Word: coalgebra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Arabic جَبَرَ (jabara) Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr)bor. Medieval Latin algebrabor. English algebra English coalgebra From co- + algebra. 1. a structure that is dual to unital associative algebras
Word: unital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From unit + -al. 1. (of an algebra) containing a multiplicative identity element (or unit), i.e. an element 1 with the property 1x=x1=x for all elements x of the algebra. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ring, with i dropped to suggest the absence of the identity element. Pronunciation: /ɹʌŋ/ 1. An algebraic structure satisfying the same properties as a ring, except that multiplication need not have an identity element.
Word: semiring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- English ring English semiring From semi- + ring. 1. An algebraic structure similar to a ring, but without the requirement that each element must have an additive inverse. 2. One of the incomplete rings of the upper part of the bronchial tubes of most birds, forming an essential part of the syrinx of songbirds.
Word: calendrical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French calendierbor. Middle English kalender English calendar Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English calendrical From calendar + -ical. Pronunciation: /kəˈlɛndɹɪkl̩/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or used by a calendar system. Labels: not-comparable Example: At that point, humanity crosses another threshold, miniaturizes its universe into symbolic form, and takes a toddling step toward iconography, writing, and the first stammerings of calendrical notation and mathematics. Example: Although other ancient Mesoamerican societies, even in the Preclassic period, also possessed calendars, only the Maya calendar can be translated directly into today's calendrical system.
Word: clandestinity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clandestine + -ity, borrowed from Latin clandestinitas (“illegality, clandestiness, underground life”). 1. The quality or state of being clandestine. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A diriment impediment in the canon law of the Roman Catholic Church, requiring the presence of witnesses to the marriage vows, one of whom must be a priest or a deacon. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: redressable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English redress Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English redressable From redress + -able. 1. Capable of being redressed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: redressible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English dress English redress Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English redressible From redress + -ible. 1. Alternative spelling of redressable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: rediscuss Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English discuss English rediscuss From re- + discuss. 1. To discuss again.
Word: rediscusses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rediscuss Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rediscussing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rediscuss Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rediscussed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rediscuss Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repellently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English repellent Middle English -ly English -ly English repellently From repellent + -ly. 1. In a repelling manner. Example: The gourmet 'treat' glistened repellently. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot chopstick.
Word: chicken-wings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chicken-wing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chicken-wings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of chicken-wing Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bottle banks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bottle bank Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centaurette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centaur + -ette. 1. A female centaur.
Word: unhandsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English handsome English unhandsome From un- + handsome. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈhæn.səm/ 1. Not handsome. Example: Why, i’ faith, methinks she’s too low for a high praise, too brown for a fair praise and too little for a great praise: only this commendation I can afford her, that were she other than she is, she were unhandsome; and being no other but as she is, I do not like her. Example: c. 1790, Robert Burns, Letter to Mr. Charles K. Sharpe of Hoddam, in J. Logie Robertson (ed.), Burns’s Letters, The coat on my back is no more: I shall not speak evil of the dead. It would be equally unhandsome and ungrateful to find fault with my old surtout, which so kindly supplies and conceals the want of that coat.
Word: trouvaille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French trouvaille. Pronunciation: /tɹuˈvaɪ/ 1. A lucky find, a windfall.
Word: inutility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From in- + utility, from Latin inutilitas. 1. Uselessness. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Unprofitableness. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Something of no use. Labels: countable, usually Example: But I will hope better things for young Robert's sake; that he will learn something more important than that most useless of all inutilities, the forging of hexameters and pentameters […] Example: A hideous account of a hanging, drawing, and quartering had first attracted him to it; but later he discovered the book (Curiosities of Literature was its name) full of the finest confused feeding—such as forgeries and hoaxes, Italian literary societies, religious and scholastic controversies of old when men (even that most dreary John Milton, of Lycidas) slanged each other, not without dust and heat, in scandalous pamphlets; personal peculiarities of the great; and a hundred other fascinating inutilities.
Word: wherefrom Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From where + from. 1. from which; whence Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. from what? from where? whence? Labels: interrogative, not-comparable
Word: disunite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin ūniō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus Latin ūnītuslbor. Middle English uniten English unite English disunite From dis- + unite. Pronunciation: /dɪsjuːˈnaɪt/ 1. To cause disagreement or alienation among or within. Labels: transitive Example: If they cannot disunite them by domestic broils, then they engage their neighbours against them. Example: Secrets disunite a family. 2. To separate, sever, or split. Labels: transitive Example: I have discovered how to disunite that force and that particle. 3. To disintegrate; to come apart. Labels: intransitive Example: You cannot bind me more to you, my lord. Farewell till we renew... I trust, renew A converse ne'er to disunite again.
Word: medullary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Classical Latin medullāris. By surface analysis, medulla + -ary. Pronunciation: /məˈdʌləɹi/, /ˈmɛdəlɛɹi/, /ˈmɛd͡ʒulɛɹi/ 1. Relating to a medulla. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to a medulla. Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to a medulla. Labels: not-comparable 4. Relating to a medulla. Labels: not-comparable 5. Relating to a medulla. Labels: not-comparable
Word: demoralisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of demoralization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: inconsequence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English consequence English inconsequence From in- + consequence. 1. The state or quality of being inconsequent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Quit pondering the inconsequence of being in a universe governed by chaos and just play some football. Example: There, through the door and out of her life, it all went—the Lieutenant, his Laundry, his inconsequence, his habit of drinking too much, his failings, his niceness, his kissings in the dark, her little “romance” and renewed interest in life because of him, all. 2. An inconsequent thing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: His voice was monotonous and jerky, but his sermons were sane, and after the bald inconsequences of Howley even eloquent. Example: Only those who would view the Terror either as the last word on revolution or as an inconsequence, as more of the same, deny it any providentiality […]
Word: emprise Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Noun is from Middle English emprise, from Old French emprise, emprinse, from Late Latin *imprensa, from Latin in- + prehendere (“to take”). The verb is from emprisen, from the same source. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpɹaɪz/ 1. An enterprise or endeavor, especially a quest or adventure. Labels: archaic Example: [N]oble minds of yore allyed were, / In braue poursuit of cheualrous emprize, / That none did others safety despize […] Example: the deeds of love and high emprise 2. The qualities which prompt one to undertake difficult and dangerous exploits; chivalric prowess. Labels: archaic Example: I love thy courage yet, and bold emprise; / But here thy sword can do thee little stead.
Word: emprise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Noun is from Middle English emprise, from Old French emprise, emprinse, from Late Latin *imprensa, from Latin in- + prehendere (“to take”). The verb is from emprisen, from the same source. Pronunciation: /ɛmˈpɹaɪz/ 1. To undertake. Labels: obsolete
Word: tetraphosphorus trisulphide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tetraphosphorus trisulfide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: DTN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of delay-tolerant networking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: loke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English loke, from Old English loca (“a bar, bolt; enclosure, stronghold”), from Proto-Germanic *lukô, *lukǭ (“lock, clasp, shutter, opening”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Icelandic loka (“clasp, latch, lock, bolt”). More at lock. 1. The wicket or hatch of a door. Labels: UK, dialectal 2. A close narrow lane; a cul-de-sac. Labels: UK, dialectal 3. A private path or road. Labels: UK, dialectal 4. A small field or meadow. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: bason Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of basin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Example: To proceed therefore, put a looking-glass into a bason of water; I suppose you shall not see the image in a right line, or at equal angles, but aside. Example: “Sure, my dear Sir Thomas, a bason of soup would be a much better thing for you than tea. Do have a bason of soup.”
Word: forcemeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From force + meat, the former element a variant of obsolete farce (“to stuff”) influenced by force, itself from French farcir (“to stuff”). 1. An emulsion of fat and comminuted meat (which has been subject to puréeing, grinding, sieving, chopping finely) optionally mixed with other flavour carriers and either served up alone or used as a stuffing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kirkyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kirk + yard. Cognate with Danish kirkegård, Faroese kirkjugarður, Icelandic kirkjugarður, Norwegian Bokmål kirkegård, Norwegian Nynorsk kyrkjegård, and Swedish kyrkogård. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪɹkjaɹd/, /ˈkəːkjɑːd/ 1. A churchyard, especially one in Scotland. Labels: Scotland Example: The chapel reappears, however, along with the surrounding kirkyard, in 1593. Example: It stands in the kirkyard only six miles from the battle site […]
Word: badunkadunks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of badunkadunk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cameltoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cameltoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cameltoes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cameltoe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: kje Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Macedonian ќе (ḱe). 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter Ќ / ќ.
Word: equalities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of equality Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tetraphosphorus trisulfide Part of Speech: noun 1. phosphorus sesquisulfide Labels: uncountable
Word: Juana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Juana, from Old Spanish Johanna, from Medieval Latin Johanna, variant of Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Joanne, Johanna, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena. 1. A female given name from Spanish.
Word: yaroo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of yarooh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yarooh Part of Speech: intj 1. A cry of pain.
Word: usual suspects Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase was commonly used in New York in the 1930s, by both criminals and law enforcement, often with regard to baseless arrests. The phrase was popularized more broadly by its appearance in the film Casablanca (1942), especially since the 1990s. 1. The people, often scapegoats, routinely arrested in response to a crime. Labels: ironic, often, plural, plural-only Example: Major Strasser has been shot... round up the usual suspects. 2. The people or things that would be routinely expected to appear in a particular context. Labels: broadly, informal, plural, plural-only Example: I think the eco-utopian picture … is an unlikely outcome. I generally avoid over-population arguments. But there’s no question we’re in population overshoot. The catch is we’re not going to do anything about it. There will be no policy. The usual suspects: starvation, war, disease, will drive the population down. There’s little more to say about that really, and it’s certainly an unappetizing discussion, but it’s probably the truth. In any case, we’re in overshoot and we face vast resource scarcities. That’s it. The “usual suspects” are already doing their thing as worldwide food prices go up and peoples on the margin begin to suffer and starve. Example: And yet a quiet campaign is in the works to secure landmark protection for the 46-story limestone and glass tower. It is not being led by the usual suspects, like preservationists, community groups or politicians.
Word: teletype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- (“far, distant, telegraph”) + type (“text, typewriter”), q.v. In the United States, chiefly understood as a genericization of the Morkrum or Teletype Corporation's branded teletype machines. Doublet of telotype. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlɪˌtaɪp/ 1. A telegraph that automatically prints transmitted messages in letters rather than Morse code or other symbols, typically resembling a typewriter in appearance. Labels: historical 2. A telegram produced by this device. Labels: historical 3. An early input/output device for mainframe computers, resembling a typewriter. Labels: historical