nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: drawing board Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɔ.ɪŋ bɔːd/, [ˈdʒɹɔ.ɪŋ bɔːd], /ˈdɹɔ.ɪŋ boɹd/, [ˈdɹɔ-], [ˈdʒɹɔ-] 1. A plane surface or table to which paper can be fastened for drawing purposes. Example: The T square, used by architects, makes very good parallels, if made to slide along the smooth edge of a drawing board, or a straightedge laid and kept steady on the paper. Example: The Drawing-Board is a smooth board, […] very accurately rectangular, with its edges quite smooth. Upon this board drawing-paper is usually fixed, and evenly stretched, by means of glue or paste applied to a small strip of paper all round, which it is not intended to retain in the drawing. 2. The planning stage of a project. Labels: figuratively Example: At the time we doubted that such a locomotive would be given swift consideration—at least in detail; but the evidence suggests that one is already on the drawing board and will appear next year. Example: Following every economic crisis, political leaders, finance ministers, central bank governors, policy makers, academics and other interested parties hurry back to their drawing boards to rethink and redraw the rules or "architecture" governing both the national and international economic order.
Word: L-shaped Part of Speech: adj 1. Shaped like the letter L or its mirror image. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mindbogglingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English mindboggling Middle English -ly English -ly English mindbogglingly From mindboggling + -ly. 1. In a mindboggling manner; in such a way as to boggle the mind; so as to be beyond comprehension or understanding. Example: Space […] is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely mindbogglingly big it is. Example: It is barrenness on such a mind-bogglingly enormous scale that it takes your breath away.
Word: mindboggling Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mind-boggling. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: Davie opened his eyes but had no idea where he was or if in fact he was still alive. After the realization of lying in his truck bunk had taken hold, he quickly turned to see if he'd dreamt up the whole mindboggling affair and by the grace of God was still parked in Wales.
Word: esa Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of ESA (trademark stylisation) Labels: alt-of
Word: alumina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the combining form of Latin alumen + -a. Pronunciation: /əˈl(j)uːmɪnə/ 1. Aluminum oxide, especially when used in mining, material sciences or ceramics, a refractory solid compound. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The apocrenates of iron and manganese are slightly soluble; those of lime, magnesia and alumina are insoluble.
Word: aluminate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aluminic + -ate. 1. A compound, containing aluminium and oxygen with more electropositive elements, that is a salt of the hypothetical aluminic acid
Word: aluminium foil Part of Speech: noun 1. A very thin, pliable, easily torn sheet of aluminium used for cooking, packaging, cosmetics, and insulation. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, uncountable, usually
Word: miffed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From miff + -ed. Pronunciation: /mɪft/ 1. Somewhat indignant, irritated, angry, in a snit, put out or annoyed. Labels: informal Example: I was miffed at Rick for his behavior. I was miffed at the coach, not for his naivete of deafness, but for his arrogance, which converted his ignorance to stupidity. Example: And also, it's generally not a good idea to prank someone who's already miffed at you. 2. Confused; unable to understand. Labels: UK, regional
Word: miffed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From miff + -ed. Pronunciation: /mɪft/ 1. simple past and past participle of miff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aasvogel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans aasvogel (“vulture”) (obsolete form of aasvoël), from Dutch aasvogel, from aas (“carrion”) + vogel (“bird”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsˌfəʊ.ɡəl/, /ˈɑsˌfoʊ.ɡəl/ 1. Vulture. Labels: South-Africa, literary, rare Example: As the charge exploded I saw the aasvogel give a kind of backward twist.
Word: sandfly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + fly. 1. Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis. 2. A small fly of the genus Austrosimulium. Labels: New-Zealand 3. A biting midge (family Ceratopogonidae). Labels: US
Word: spermatheca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sperma- + theca. Pronunciation: /ˌspɜːməˈθiːkə/ 1. A small sac within the reproductive tract of some female invertebrates, such as insects, which stores sperm until it is used to fertilize the ova.
Word: apologeticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English apologetic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English apologeticism From apologetic + -ism. 1. An instance of the use of apologetics.
Word: apple worm Part of Speech: noun 1. The larva of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella).
Word: codling moth Part of Speech: noun 1. A small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose larvae (the apple worms) are destructive to apples and other fruit
Word: codling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English codling, codeling, equivalent to cod + -ling. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒdlɪŋ/ 1. A young small cod. Example: Here a couple of old men in whiskers and spectacles leant over us, making strange sounds. Some codling had got caught in the net the same time as we were. These the old men threw back into the sea; but us they seemed to think very precious. … 2. A hake (cod-related food fish), especially one from the genus Urophycis.
Word: codling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒdlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of codle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: codling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * Some dictionaries, including Merriam-Webster online, list Middle English querdlyng, -lyng as equivalent to modern -ling. * Some dictionaries, including Collins Online, state that the etymology is unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒdlɪŋ/ 1. A small, immature apple Example: Malvolio: Not yet old enough for a man, nor yong enough for a boy: as a squash is before tis a pescod, or a Codling when tis almost an Apple: Tis with him in standing water, betweene boy and man. He is verie well-fauour'd, and he speakes verie shrewishly: One would thinke his mothers milke were scarse out of him Example: To make Codling Cream. Take twenty fair codlings, core them, beat them in a mortar with a pint of cream, strain it into a dish, put into it some crumbs of brown bread, with a little-sack, and dish it up. 2. Any of various greenish, elongated English apple varieties, used for cooking
Word: loose cannon Part of Speech: noun 1. A cannon that breaks loose from its moorings on a ship during battle or storm, with the potential to cause serious damage to the ship and her crew. 2. An uncontrolled or unpredictable person, especially considered liable to cause unintentional or indiscriminate damage. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Jack is considered a loose cannon due to his volatile personality and his track record of being unable to maintain his composure. Example: Sooner or later this party gets busted and all your friends stumble back home But you're the loose cannon who could never be trusted so you'll hide from the cops all alone.
Word: loose cannon Part of Speech: verb 1. To behave in a way such as to cause unintentional or indiscriminate damage. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Gerald's loose cannoning triggered a volley of faithfully quoted media coverage which blasted a hole in his company's profits […]
Word: chadless punch Part of Speech: noun 1. A paper tape punch that does not produce little pieces of paper. Instead, "the perforations are not completely cut out but the chads are permitted to remain attached to the perforated material (for example, tape)". (U.S. Patent 2,255,794, filed May 20, 1939)
Word: paper tape Part of Speech: noun 1. An early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: punched tape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From punched (adjective) + tape. Pronunciation: /pʌnt͡ʃt ˈteɪp/ 1. Synonym of paper tape (“an early sequential digital storage medium originally used with teletype machines, consisting of a long roll of paper, each character being encoded as a pattern of punched holes”). Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: Train positions and speeds were established by a track magnet at each milepost, which produced a suitable mark on the punched recording tape whenever a train passed.
Word: cross-fertilisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + fertilisation. 1. Alternative spelling of cross-fertilization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: strangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/, [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡl̩], /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/, [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋɡəl], [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋɡl̩] 1. To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply. Labels: transitive Example: She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid. Example: And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string. 2. To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not. Labels: transitive 3. To stifle or suppress. Labels: transitive Example: He strangled a scream. 4. To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled. Labels: intransitive Example: The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar. 5. To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner. Labels: intransitive Example: Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? Example: Her, vvhom his furie hath from earth exil'd, / And in the ſtrangling vvaters drencht his child; […]
Word: strangle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulō, strangulāre, from Ancient Greek στραγγαλόομαι (strangalóomai, “to be strangled”), from στραγγάλη (strangálē, “a halter”); compare στραγγός (strangós, “twisted”) and string. Displaced Middle English wirien, awurien (“to strangle”) (> English worry). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæŋɡəl/, [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡəl] ~ [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷæŋɡl̩], /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡəl/, [ˈstɹ̝̊ʷeɪ̯ŋɡəl], [ˈst̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷeɪ̯ŋɡl̩] 1. A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
Word: cross-fertilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + fertilization. 1. Fertilization by the union of gametes of different plants (sometimes of different species). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The mutual exchange of ideas or concepts from different fields for mutual benefit. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: His fame led to some curious cultural cross-fertilizations. In Japan, the Yamamoto-clad singer stirred up a singular fanaticism—so much so that Japanese charter flights traveled all the way to Kinshasa, while in Tokyo, clone bands skilled at his kind of soukous multiplied.
Word: strangulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæŋɡ(j)əˌleɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/, /ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡ(j)əˌleɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/, /ˈstɹɛ̃ŋɡ(j)əˌleɪ̯ʃ(ə)n/ 1. The act of strangling or the state of being strangled. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Road congestion in the Manchester and Liverpool areas has already reached strangulation point and it is regarded as impossible for the roads to handle this displaced traffic; buses already take up to three times as long as the trains to cover the same distance. 2. The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: computerisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute English -er English computer English -isation English computerisation From computer + -isation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: computerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer 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 English computerize 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 computerization From computerize + -ation. Pronunciation: /kəmˌpjuːtəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The act of computerizing something, or something computerized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: computerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer 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 English computerize From computer + -ize. 1. To convert a manual function or system into a computer system. Labels: transitive 2. To equip with a computer or a computer system. Labels: transitive 3. To enter data into such a system. Labels: transitive 4. To become computerlike. Labels: intransitive Example: I wonder how human she is. These are the days when computers humanize and humans computerize.
Word: computerise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English computer English -ise English computerise From computer + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of computerize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: More recently, in the past five years, there has been the effort to collect, computerise, and analyse a million-word corpus of both written and spoken Singapore English. Example: The "Becoming Real" remix of the track adds dubby space and bleeps to the mix and computerises the draggy beat and robotises the vocals – Veronica appears to be chanting "black lesbian" over and over, which is cool.
Word: imperia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imperium Labels: form-of, plural Example: Imperia, Social Power, and Scale Imperia are important keys to understanding past, present, and future cultural development. Imperia is the plural of imperium, the Latin word for command over others, rule by an individual, or rule by an elite few. […] Imperia include antidemocratic command structures. Imperia exist wherever control is permanently exercised by an individual or an elite minority who are fewer than half of the members of any social group. Clans and lineages can be organized as imperia. […] Where there are cultural opportunities for elites to construct large imperia, and effective limits on power are absent, power elites may become a privileged minority who are able to impose their will on the majority.
Word: acnestis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin acnestis, from Koine Greek ἄκνηστις (áknēstis, “spine”), from κνῆστις (knêstis, “spine, cheese-grater”), or from ἀ- (a-) + -κναίειν (-knaíein, “grate, scrape, scratch”) (only attested in compounds), or from incorrect segmentation of κατὰ κνῆστιν (katà knêstin, “on the spine”) (see Homer, Odyssey 10.161), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kneh₂-. Pronunciation: /ækˈniːstɪs/ 1. The section of an animal's skin that it cannot reach in order to scratch itself, usually the space between the shoulder blades. Example: Acneſtis, from α priv. and κναειν to ſcratch. That part of the ſpine of the back, which reaches from the metaphrenon, which is the part betwixt the ſhoulder blades, to the loins. This part ſeems to have been originally called ſo in quadrupeds only, becauſe they cannot reach it to ſcratch. Example: ACNÉSTIS (ακνηςις, from α neg. and κναω to ſcratch). That part of the ſpine between the ſhoulder-blades, and which extends to the loins. It is ſo called from the difficulty there is to reach and ſcratch it.
Word: back road Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbæk ˌɹəʊd/, /ˈbæk ˌɹoʊd/ 1. A secondary road, a little-used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as an alternative to main roads. Example: There was too much traffic on the highway, so I used a back road. It was very scenic, but I had to keep the speed down. Example: I knew it all. I knew every back road and every truck stop.
Word: coagulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English coagulaten (“(of blood) to clot or, make blood coagulate; (of tissue) to consolidate”), from coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”, also used as the past participle of coagulaten) + -en (verb-forming suffix), borrowed from Latin coāgulātus, the perfect passive participle of coāgulō (“to curdle, coagulate”), from coāgulum (“a means of curdling, rennet”), from cōgō (“bring together, gather, collect”) + -ulum (forms instrument nouns), from co- (“together”) + agō (“do, make, drive”). Doublet of quail. Displaced native Middle English irennen, from Old English ġerinnan, but not native curdle. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.leɪt/, /koʊˈæɡ.jə.leɪt/ 1. To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass. Labels: intransitive Example: In cheese making, milk coagulates into curds that become cheese. 2. To cause to congeal. Labels: transitive Example: Rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.
Word: coagulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English coagulat(e) (“coagulated; (blood) clotted; (milk) curdled; (humor) thickened, viscous; (material) solidified, cohesive; (wine) boiled down, reduced”), also used as the past participle of coagulaten and of coagulate in Early Modern English, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. 1. Coagulated. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: roasted in wrath and fire, / And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,
Word: coagulate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin coāgulātum, substantivized from the nominative neuter singular of coāgulātus, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈæɡ.jʊ.lət/, /koʊˈæɡ.jə.lət/ 1. A mass formed by means of coagulation.
Word: recommission Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English commission English recommission From re- + commission. 1. To give a new commission or to validate an existing commission. Labels: transitive 2. To put back in service (undoing decommissioning). Labels: transitive Example: They recommissioned the unused furnace, practically rebuilding it in the process. Example: Hood explains: "It's never a case of just taking these units and dusting them down. Because they had been in storage, they had not undertaken their time-based overhaul, which had been due. They had also not undertaken their mileage-based overhaul, which was also due for all the sets. That caused a bit of a headache when it came to recommissioning them."
Word: Atatürk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Atatürk. Pronunciation: /ˈatətɜːk/, /ˈætətɝk/ 1. A surname from Turkish, borne only by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey
Word: decommission Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English commission English decommission From de- + commission. Pronunciation: /diːkəˈmɪʃən/ 1. To take out of service or to render unusable. Example: They decommissioned the ship after the accident. Example: The Army decommissioned the Sherman tank by filling the turret with cement. 2. To remove or revoke the commission of. Labels: transitive Example: After his arrest, the officer was decommissioned from the police force. Example: New Other than Regular Army (OTRA) officers who fail their Officer Basic Course at a training installation for academic reasons, because of misconduct, or for demonstrated leadership deficiencies face the prospect of involuntary release from active duty. In many cases, these officers will be decommissioned, resulting in the termination of the officer's military status and the revocation of his or her commission. The process of decommissioning an officer is normally triggered by a Review of Student Status initiated by the school the new officer is attending. 3. To remove or revoke the formal designation of. Labels: transitive Example: The state highway was decommissioned and reverted to local control. Example: R-23 (Submarine No. 100) was laid down 25 April 1917 by the Lake Torpedo Boat Co., Bridgeport, Conn.; launched 5 November 1918; sponsored by Miss Ruth Jane Harris; and commissioned 23 October 1919, Lt. David R. Lee in command. […] R-23 was decommissioned 24 April 1925 and was berthed at League Island until struck from the Navy list 9 May 1930 and sold for scrap in July of the same year.
Word: art student Part of Speech: noun Etymology: art + student 1. A student who attends an art school or similar institution.
Word: enamel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English enamel, from Anglo-Norman enamailler, from en- (“in-”) + amailler (“to enamel”), variant of Old French esmailler (“to enamel”), from esmal (“enamel”), from Early Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnæməl/ 1. An opaque, glassy coating baked onto metal or ceramic objects. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A coating that dries to a hard, glossy finish. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Against the fence, in a line, were six chipped-enamel slop jars holding brilliant red geraniums, cared for as tenderly as if they belonged to Miss Maudie Atkinson 3. The hard covering on the exposed part of a tooth. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A cosmetic intended to give the appearance of a smooth and beautiful complexion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: enamel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English enamelen, from the noun (see above). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnæməl/ 1. To coat or decorate with enamel. Labels: transitive Example: Their plumed helmes are wrought with beaten golde, Their ſwords enameld, and about their neckes Hangs maſſie chaines of golde downe to the waſte, In euery part exceding braue and rich. 2. To variegate with colours, as if with enamel. Labels: transitive Example: Oft he [the serpent] bowed / His turret crest and sleek enamelled neck. 3. To form a glossy surface like enamel upon. Labels: transitive Example: to enamel card paper; to enamel leather or cloth 4. To disguise with cosmetics, as a woman's complexion. Labels: transitive
Word: immunise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of immunize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: In order to settle the point whether an animal that had been immunised on this station would contract horse-sickness when subjected to either of the two vira, the following experiments were made:—[…] Example: The larger the number of immunised people in the community the less easy is the spread of disease from one person to another. […] For the purpose of creating ‘herd immunity’, as this process is sometimes called, it is necessary to achieve 80 per cent immunisation of the community.
Word: lotto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian lotto. Doublet of lot. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔtəʉ/, [ˈlɔɾʌʉ] 1. a game of chance similar to bingo 2. a lottery
Word: immunize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French immuniser, equivalent to immune + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈɪm.ju.naɪz/ 1. To make someone or something immune to something. Labels: transitive Example: It is now clear that the brevity of an indecent broadcast – be it word or image – cannot immunize it from FCC censure. 2. To inoculate someone, and thus produce immunity from a disease. Labels: transitive Example: This kind of warfare [i.e., biological] would have us devouring the world’s children in a manner of speaking and those who are immunologically impaired, presuming we were going to immunize our own population but not those of the antagonist. Thus we would be conducting warfare which by definition would be indiscriminate rather than selective. We would lose control of the evolution of the bacteria that we would be releasing in the multitrillions. Example: At issue is the so-called MMR vaccine, which immunizes children against measles, mumps and rubella, three potentially deadly diseases that were once common and have been mostly wiped out.
Word: Kriss Kringle Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Kris Kringle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The practice of hanging up stockings in the chimney corner for Kriss Kringle to fill with toys, pretty books, bon-bons, &c., for good children, is being superseded by that of placing a Christmas Tree on the table to await the annual visit of the worthy Santa Klaus. Example: What if that other room, also, had its Christmas tree? What if in every room these evidences of Kriss Kringle’s more enterprising handiwork had already been obtruded?
Word: Christ child Part of Speech: name 1. The child Jesus.
Word: snacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snacks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of snack Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deaeration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English aeration English deaeration From de- + aeration. Pronunciation: /diːeəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. The process of removing dissolved gasses from a liquid. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable
Word: meerschaum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Meerschaum (literally “sea foam”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɪər.ʃɔːm/, /mɪər.ʃəm/ 1. A soft white mineral, chiefly used for smoking-pipes and cigar holders. Labels: uncountable Example: He gazed around until on the lid of a spinet he spotted a promising collection of bottles, gin, whiskey, vermouth and sherry, mixed with violin bows, a flute, a toppling pile of books, six volumes of Grove's Dictionary mingled with paperback thrillers, a guitar without any strings, a pair of binoculars, a meerschaum pipe and a jar half-full of wasps and apricot jam. 2. A smoking-pipe made from meerschaum. Labels: countable Example: The sale of part of his property cleared the rest. A large portion of his income was put aside to accumulate. Horses, pictures, wines, bijouterie, German meerschaum, and Turkish hookahs, were alike brought to the hammer. Example: At Paris, just after dark one gusty evening in the autumn of 18—, I was enjoying the twofold luxury of meditation and a meerschaum, in company with my friend C. Auguste Dupin, in his little back library, or book-closet, au troisiême, No. 33, Rue Dunôt, Faubourg St. Germain.
Word: remoteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English remote Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English remoteness From remote + -ness. 1. The quality of being remote. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then again there was a period of what is sometimes called Euhemerism - the theory that the gods and goddesses had actually once been men and women, historical characters round whom a halo of romance and remoteness had gathered.
Word: ALUA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of asymmetric logical unit access. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Hessian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hesse + -ian. Doublet of hessian. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛsiən/, /ˈhɛʃən/ 1. Of, from or relating to the state of Hesse, Germany. 2. Of or relating to the German mathematician Otto Hesse (1811–1874). Example: Hessian line; Hessian point; Hessian matrix
Word: Hessian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hesse + -ian. Doublet of hessian. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛsiən/, /ˈhɛʃən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the state of Hesse, Germany. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A mercenary soldier, especially a German one who fought with the British in the American Revolutionary War. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of Hessian boot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 4. Ellipsis of Hessian cloth or Hessian fabric (“burlap, jute”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable 5. Ellipsis of Hessian matrix. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: Hessian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hesse + -ian. Doublet of hessian. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛsiən/, /ˈhɛʃən/ 1. The Rhine Franconian dialect spoken in Hesse.
Word: ARFCN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Absolute Radio Frequency Channel Number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AVVID Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of architecture for voice, video, and integrated data. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: orison Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English orisoun, from Anglo-Norman oreison, oresoun etc. and Old French oraisun etc., from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem (“discourse, prayer”) (whence also English oration). Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹɪsən/, /ˈɒɹɪzən/ 1. A prayer. Example: The faire Ophelia! Nymph, in thy Orizons / Be all my ſinnes remembred. Example: "I hope," said a voice by her side, "your absent brother will not engross all your orisons." 2. Mystical contemplation or communion. Example: We shall see later that the absence of definite sensible images is positively insisted on by the mystical authorities in all religions as the sine qua non of a successful orison, or contemplation of the higher divine truths. Example: Only in certain occult and mystic states: in orison, contemplation, ecstasy and their allied conditions; does the self contrive to turn out the usual tenants, shut the "gateways of the flesh," and let those submerged powers which are capable of picking up messages from another plane of being have their turn.
Word: confrere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French confrere, from Latin confrāter. The word which was originally only used for the second sense became obsolete in the 17th century and reappeared in the mid 18th century as a re-borrowing of Modern French confrère whence the first sense is from. 1. A colleague or fellow, especially a professional one. Example: Unfortunately, when it comes to the informant who turns state’s evidence against a confrere, the OED slaps on the obscure origin label. 2. A fellow member of a religious organization, referring especially to Catholic religious orders of men. Example: Roger Bacon had little reverence for their Franciscan confrere, Alexander of Hales... Example: ... but there was a limited number of magisterial chairs, and so, after a couple of years, the Dominican and Franciscan Masters had to stand aside for the next confrere in line.
Word: rockmelon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + melon. 1. A type of melon, Cucumis melo var. reticulatus, with sweet orange flesh and a rough skin resembling netting. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: 1998, FAO, Pesticide Residues in Food, 1998, Evaluations: Part 1: Residues, Volume 1, page 459, Australia reported trials on cucumbers, zucchini, rockmelons and watermelons. […] Twenty-four rockmelons were dipped, followed by 24 cucumbers. The dimethoate dip solution was analysed before and after the dippings and contained 409 mg/l and 404 mg/l respectively. Four samples each of rockmelon and cucumber were taken 0, 3 and 7 days after treatment and homogenized. Example: rockmelon ginger whip Put 280 g (10 oz/2 cups) chopped ripe rockmelon (or other orange-fleshed melon), 125 ml (4 fl oz/1/2 cup) orange juice, 1 tablespoon chopped fresh ginger and 8 ice cubes in a blender. Blend until smooth and pour into tall glasses.
Word: muskmelon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From musk + melon. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌskˌmɛlən/ 1. A true melon (Cucumis melo): such a plant or its fruit, especially one with sweet flesh. 2. A true melon (Cucumis melo): such a plant or its fruit, especially one with sweet flesh.
Word: address message Part of Speech: noun 1. a message sent in the forward direction that contains (a) address information, (b) the signaling information required to route and connect a call to the called line, (c) service-class information, (d) information relating to user and network facilities, and (e) call-originator identity or call-receiver identity.
Word: gamma function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The function itself was initially defined as an integral (in modern representation, Γ(x)=∫₀ ᪲e⁻ᵗtˣ⁻¹dt) for positive real x by Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler in 1730. The name derives from the notation, Γ(x), which was introduced by Adrien-Marie Legendre (1752—1833) (he referred to it, however, as the Eulerian integral of the second kind). Both Euler's integral and Legendre's notation shift the argument with respect to the factorial, so that for integer n>0, Γ(n) = (n−1)!. Carl Friedrich Gauss preferred π(x), with no shift, but Legendre's notation prevailed. Generalisation to non-integer negative and to complex numbers was achieved by analytic continuation. 1. A meromorphic function which generalizes the notion of factorial to complex numbers and has singularities at the nonpositive integers; any of certain generalizations or analogues of said function, such as extend the factorial to domains other than the complex numbers. Example: Chapter 3 deals with the p-adic gamma function. Example: 2002, M. Aslam Chaudhry, Syed M. Zubair, On a Class of Incomplete Gamma Functions with Applications, Chapman & Hall / CRC Press, page 2, In particular, the exponential, circular, and hyperbolic functions are rational combinations of gamma functions.
Word: Pell's equation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named by Leonhard Euler after the 17th-century mathematician John Pell, whom Euler mistakenly believed to be the first to find a general solution. 1. The Diophantine equation x²-my²=1 for a given integer m, to be solved in integers x and y. Example: However, due to Euler's mistake in attributing the equation to English mathematician John Pell (1610-1585), Equation (27.14) is called Pell's equation. Results concerning Pell's equation will be stated without proof. Example: Thus (P,Q) satisfies Pell's equation and so by Lemma 1, P#47;Q is a convergent to #92;sqrtd.
Word: Hansen's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Norwegian physician Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1841–1912), who in 1873 discovered the bacterium causing the disease. 1. The disease leprosy, caused by infection by Mycobacterium leprae. Labels: uncountable
Word: actinomorphous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From actino- + -morphous. 1. Synonym of actinomorphic.
Word: actinomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κτῑ́ς (ăktī́s)der. English actino- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English actinomorphic From actino- + -morphic. 1. Having its petals arranged in a radially symmetric fashion.
Word: Lou Gehrig's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after New York Yankees baseball player Lou Gehrig (1903–1941), a prominent sufferer of the disease. The disease was known before Gehrig suffered it, but his fame led to his name being associated with it. 1. Synonym of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Labels: US, uncountable Example: The “Euphoria” and “Grey’s Anatomy” actor announced on Thursday that he has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease.
Word: acute accent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin accentus (“accent”) acūtus (“sharp”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “accent”) ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”). Cognate to French accent aigu. 1. A diacritical mark ( ´ ) that can be placed above a number of letters in many languages of the Latin, Greek and Cyrillic writing systems.
Word: grave accent Part of Speech: noun 1. A diacritic mark ( ` ) used in many languages to distinguish the pronunciations of vowels. Labels: countable
Word: alguacil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alguazil. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: file size Part of Speech: noun 1. The length of a file, often specified in bytes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: algebraic integer Part of Speech: noun 1. A real or complex number (more generally, an element of a number field) which is a root of a monic polynomial whose coefficients are integers; equivalently, an algebraic number whose minimal polynomial (lowest-degree polynomial of which it is a root and whose leading coefficient is 1) has integer coefficients. Example: A Gaussian integer z=a+ib is an algebraic integer since it is a solution of either the equation z²+(-2a)z+(a²+b²)=0 or the equation z-a=0. Example: An algebraic number is said to be an algebraic integer if the coefficient of the highest power of x in the minimal polynomial P is 1. The algebraic integers in an algebraic number field k form a ring R.
Word: quadratic integer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of quadratic + algebraic integer. The idea of integer here is that if the coefficient of the x² term is set to 1 (i.e., if the polynomial is made monic), the other coefficients are integers. 1. A number (real or complex) which is a solution to an equation of the form x²+Bx+C=0 for some integers B and C. For example 42, or 2+3i, or 1+√/2.
Word: hang ten Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a stunt on a longboard in which a surfer moves to the front of the board and rides with ten toes extended out over the nose, after positioning the board so the back of it is covered and held in place by a wave. Example: Mike smiled and said, "Yeah, man, hang 10."
Word: hang ten Part of Speech: noun 1. This type of longboard move.
Word: hang five Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a longboard move where the surfer goes to the front of the board and rides from there, one foot on the nose and the five toes of that foot extended out over the front of the nose, the other foot placed further back. Example: They always like to do one better than `the yanks' as they call us. So if you go out and hang five, they'll go out and hang ten.
Word: hang five Part of Speech: noun 1. This type of longboard move.
Word: cheater five Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of hang five move, but where the surfer keeps their body and their weight well back from the front of the board and just reaches out with one leg to get five toes over the nose (as opposed to standing properly at the front).
Word: coffin ride Part of Speech: noun 1. A longboard move where the surfer lies down on their back on the board with hands folded across their chest as if in a coffin, and continues down the line in that pose.
Word: philanthropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin philanthrōpia, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek φιλανθρωπία (philanthrōpía). By surface analysis, phil- + -anthropy. Pronunciation: /fɪˈlæn.θɹə.pi/, /fəˈlæn.θɹə.pi/, /fəˈlɛn.θɹə.pi/ 1. Benevolent altruism with the intention of increasing the well-being of humankind. Labels: uncountable Example: Secondly, Another excellent Diſpoſition in Chriſt, is his Love, not only his Phylanthropy, or good Will he bears to all men, and the Deſire he hath of their Salvation, Ezek[iel] 33. 11. Example: [T]he spirit of the Gospel has given to many of its enlightened disciples, the impulse of such a philanthropy as carries abroad their wishes and their endeavours to the very outskirts of human population—philanthropy, of which, if you asked the extent or the boundary of its field, we should answer, in the language of inspiration, that 'the field is the world;' a philanthropy which overlooks all the distinctions of cast and of colour, and spreads its ample regards over the whole brotherhood of the species; a philanthropy which attaches itself to man in the general; […] 2. Charitable giving, charity. Labels: uncountable Example: As public funding is reduced, we depend increasingly on private philanthropy. Example: I have tried, as I hinted, to enlist the co-operation of other capitalists, but experience has taught me that any appeal is futile that does not impinge directly upon cupidity. If there is the least hint of philanthropy in the project, every man of money fights shy of it. 3. A philanthropic act. Labels: countable Example: His tombstone lists his various philanthropies. Example: By all accounts Mrs. Morden was a faithful civic worker, unpretentious in her philanthropies which were carried on even after her retirement from Sunday School work. Her brother has a happy memory of the church's presenting her with a gift in appreciation of her long years of service. 4. A charitable foundation. Labels: countable Example: the Rockefeller philanthropies Example: […] Walter Vrooman, a well-to-do Kansas liberal, and Charles A. Beard, undertook a philanthropy designed to build solidly on a British base. The scheme they worked out for a labor college at Oxford, Ruskin Hall, met with fairly cordial British response and in time played a role of some importance in the labor movement.
Word: smatter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English smateren, smatteren, smater, smatere (“to make dirty, defile; to talk idly, chatter; to speak foolishly”); further etymology uncertain, compare the following: * Middle English smotten (“to corrupt, debase, defile”) (whence English smot (obsolete)), related to Late Middle High German smotzen, a variant of smutzen (whence modern German schmutzen (“to become dirty or soiled; to make dirty, soil”)), from smuz (“dirt”). * Danish smadre (“to smash”), German schmettern (“to smash; to resound”) (from Middle High German smetern (“to chatter; to rattle; (dialectal) to make a smacking sound”)); Norwegian Bokmål smadre (“to smash”), Swedish smattra (“to make short, sharp, quickly repeating noises, patter, rattle”), possibly originally onomatopoeic. However, the Oxford English Dictionary says “real connection is very doubtful”. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈsmætə/, /ˈsmætəɹ/, [-ɾəɹ], [-ɾə], /ˈsmɛtə/ 1. To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil. Labels: also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive Example: To ſay the Ieſuites are all ſmattred vvith Atheiſme, I vvill not: and to ſay, that any of them all are abſolutely ſcotfree from it, I cannot: it is ſo repugnant from their ovvne principles. Example: [I]f euer you ſee father Parſons booke of intended Reformation, you vvill finde roome ynough to put in more odious ſtuffe then I haue handled, or am vvilling to ſmatter my pen vvithall. 2. To hit (someone or something) with a liquid; to splash, to spatter. Labels: US, broadly, transitive 3. To approach or study (something, such as a subject) superficially; to dabble in. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I have smattered law, smattered letters, smattered geography, smattered mathematics; I have even a working knowledge of judicial astrology; and here I stand, all London roaring by at the street's end, as impotent as any baby. 4. To speak (a language or words) with only a superficial knowledge of it. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: The Barber ſmatters latin, I remember. Example: All this, vvithout a Gloſs or Comment, / He vvould unriddle in a moment / In proper terms, ſuch as men ſmatter / VVhen they throvv out and miſs the matter. 5. To hit with a liquid; to splash, to spatter. Labels: US, intransitive 6. To have a slight, superficial knowledge of something; to dabble. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: He ſmattereth a lytell of the lawe: […] 7. To talk ignorantly or superficially; to babble, to chatter. Labels: figuratively, intransitive, obsolete Example: How Cownterfet Cowntenaunce of the new get / With Crafty Conueyauance dothe smater and flater, / And Cloked Collucyoun is brought in to clater / With Courtely Abusyoun; […] Example: For I abhore to smatter / Of one so deuyllysshe a matter.
Word: smatter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Middle English smateren, smatteren, smater, smatere (“to make dirty, defile; to talk idly, chatter; to speak foolishly”); further etymology uncertain, compare the following: * Middle English smotten (“to corrupt, debase, defile”) (whence English smot (obsolete)), related to Late Middle High German smotzen, a variant of smutzen (whence modern German schmutzen (“to become dirty or soiled; to make dirty, soil”)), from smuz (“dirt”). * Danish smadre (“to smash”), German schmettern (“to smash; to resound”) (from Middle High German smetern (“to chatter; to rattle; (dialectal) to make a smacking sound”)); Norwegian Bokmål smadre (“to smash”), Swedish smattra (“to make short, sharp, quickly repeating noises, patter, rattle”), possibly originally onomatopoeic. However, the Oxford English Dictionary says “real connection is very doubtful”. The noun is derived from the verb. Pronunciation: /ˈsmætə/, /ˈsmætəɹ/, [-ɾəɹ], [-ɾə], /ˈsmɛtə/ 1. Synonym of smattering. Example: [A]ll other Sciences, they vvere in a manner extinguiſh'd during the Courſe of this Empire, excepting only a Smatter of Judicial Aſtrology, by vvhich, under the Name of Chaldeans, ſome of that Race long amazed ignorant and credulous People. 2. Synonym of smattering. Example: a smatter of applause Example: [H]e can pray, and tell long Scrifts of Greek, / And broken Smatters of the Hebrevv ſpeak; / And in the Latin he is nicely read; / Can ſcrape and jouk; then is not he vvell bred?