nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: raccroc stitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A stitch used in lacemaking to join pieces together.
Word: race baiting Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of racially derisive language, actions, or other forms of communication in order to set people against each other, often in the context of white and black people. Labels: uncountable
Word: race rotation Part of Speech: noun 1. The rotary, rather than propulsive, motion produced by a propeller. Labels: uncountable 2. The rotation of the inner and outer parts of a bearing race. Labels: uncountable
Word: racephedrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English race- English ephedra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English ephedrine English racephedrine From race- + ephedrine. 1. Synthetic ephedrine, being a racemate of the R- and S- forms.
Word: rachitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rachitis (“rickets”) + -ic (suffix forming adjectives from nouns with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’), possibly modelled after French rachitique or Late Latin rachiticus. Rachitis is an unadapted borrowing from New Latin rachitis, used by the British physician Francis Glisson (1597–1677) to refer to rickets, from Koine Greek ῥαχῖτις (rhakhîtis) (in ῥαχῖτις νόσος (rhakhîtis nósos, “spinal inflammation”, literally “spinal disease”)), the feminine form of ῥαχίτης (rhakhítēs, “in or of the spine, spinal”), from Ancient Greek ῥάχῐς (rhákhĭs, “lower part of the back; (anatomy) backbone, spine”) (probably ultimately Pre-Greek) + -ῖτις (-îtis) (feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, suffix forming nouns with the sense ‘one connected to’)). By surface analysis, rach- + -itic. Pronunciation: /ɹəˈkɪtɪk/, /ɹæ-/, [-ɾɪk] 1. Of or pertaining to, or affected by, rickets (“a disorder of infancy and early childhood due to a deficiency of vitamin D, causing soft or weak bones”). Example: Nor was there time to do much more than distribute some sweet to the pallid rachitic children. Example: His companions—now I could see them as well. […] Tiny, nocturnal, twittering, they were like rachitic children, and as one went past me I saw mongoloid features and a bald head. 2. In a precarious or weak condition; likely to break down or collapse; feeble, rickety. Labels: figuratively Example: On Dec. 2, we found ourselves rolling in the roads of pestilential Lagos, our lullaby the sullen distant roar, whilst a dusky white gleam smoking over the deadly bar in the darkening horizon threatened us with a disagreeable landing at the last, the youngest, and the most rachitic of Great Britain's large but now exceedingly neglected family of colonies. Example: Gumbril Senior occupied a tall, narrow-shouldered and rachitic house in a little obscure square not far from Paddington. […] It was a prematurely old and decaying house in a decaying quarter.
Word: rachiometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “spine, ridge”) + -o- + -meter. 1. A device for measuring spinal curvature. Labels: rare Example: The rachiometer consists of a rigid vertical metal rod one inch in square dimensions. It is mounted on a base which supports a set of foot plates so placed that a patient can stand in front of the rod.[…]At one inch intervals running anteroposteriorly through sleeves within the vertical stand rod, are pencil like metal pegs that readily slide back and forth. After the patient is placed in position in front of the vertical square rod, these pegs are progressively brought, from above down, in contact with the patient's back. The patient then steps away from the rachiometer and it will be noted that the placed anterior tips of the pegs describes the spinal curves. Example: Biomechanical instruments, such as the rachiometer and posturometer, have been developed to record spinal curvatures and relate these to radiological findings.
Word: rhachitomous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, rhachi- + -tomous. 1. Having a large, dorsal, crescentic intercentrum, and a small, dorsal, paired pleurocentrum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: racing crab Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several fast-running crabs of the family Ocypodidae.
Word: race glass Part of Speech: noun 1. A field glass used at horseraces, usually as a pair (binoculars).
Word: R acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A crystalline sulfonic acid, HOC₁₀H₅(SO₃H)₂, derived from beta naphthol and used as a dye intermediate; 2-naphthol-3,6-disulfonic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: ratchet jack Part of Speech: noun 1. a jack raised or lowered by means of a pawl and ratchet operated by a reversing lever
Word: rackabones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rack of bones. 1. A very lean person or animal, especially a lean horse. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: rack and snail Part of Speech: noun 1. a mechanism in a striking timepiece that allows the hands to be advanced without having to wait for it to strike
Word: ratchet wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A toothed wheel either held in position or turned by an engaging detent or pawl. 2. The retaining wheel over the mainspring arbor of a timepiece.
Word: rack rent Part of Speech: noun 1. The full rental value of a property, including both land and improvements, if it were subject to an immediate open market rent review. Labels: countable, formal, uncountable 2. An excessive rent. Labels: countable, historical, informal, uncountable Example: Number 10 was a prosperous-looking young Italian, Signor Tomelli, who possibly had plenty of money from rackrents in Milan and would probably play a dashing and foolish game. He might lose his temper and make a scene.
Word: raclette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French raclette, the diminutive form of racler. 1. A dish, of Swiss origin, similar to a fondue, consisting of melted cheese traditionally served on boiled potatoes and accompanied with pickles. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A firm cheese suitable for use in this dish. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: racon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of radar + beacon. 1. A beacon that, on detecting a radar signal, responds by transmitting a coded navigation signal.
Word: ruddleman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ruddle + -man. First appears in print in 1622, possibly coined by Michael Drayton. 1. Someone who deals in ruddle (red ochre), usually itinerant and red-stained Example: And little Rutlandshire is tearmed Raddleman. Example: The traveller with the cart was a reddleman - a person whose vocation was to supply farmers with redding for their sheep.
Word: radiability Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being radiable; transparency to X-rays. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radial bearing Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball bearing or roller bearing, or an aspect or component of one, that is shaped best as to bear radial forces, that is, the radial vectors of the loading forces.
Word: radial canal Part of Speech: noun 1. any of the numerous minute canals lined with choanocytes which radiate from the paragastric cavity in some sponges and end just below the surface of the sponge 2. any of the canals extending through the substance of the umbrella from the gastric cavity to the marginal circular canal in jellyfish 3. a tube extending outward along each ambulacral area from the circumoral canal in most echinoderms
Word: radial gate Part of Speech: noun 1. a Tainter gate
Word: radial saw Part of Speech: noun 1. a circular saw in which the saw wheel cuts downward from a suspended arm
Word: radial shield Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of the two plates situated on the disk at the base of each ray of some starfish. 2. A radial graphite reflector surrounding a pressurized water reactor.
Word: cadmium yellow Part of Speech: noun 1. cadmium sulfide when used as a pigment Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radiation pyrometer Part of Speech: noun 1. a device that measures the intensity of radiation from, and thus the temperature of, a hot body.
Word: radical center Part of Speech: noun 1. A point at which the radical lines of three circles meet. 2. Pertaining to radical centrism.
Word: radical axis Part of Speech: noun 1. The line containing the locus of points from which the segments respectively tangent to two given circles have equal length.
Word: rhizotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhizo- + -tomy. 1. The surgical procedure of cutting the anterior or posterior spinal nerve roots in order to relieve pain, or reduce muscle spasms.
Word: radiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radium + -ferous. Pronunciation: /ɹeɪˈdɪf(ə)ɹəs/, /ˈɹeɪˌdɪf(ə)ɹəs/ 1. containing radium (or other material used for radiotherapy) 2. constituting radium (esp. barium salts)
Word: radioacoustics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱh₂owsyéti Proto-Hellenic *akóuhō Ancient Greek ἀκούω (akoúō) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)bor. Medieval Latin acousticusbor. English acoustic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English acoustics English radioacoustics From radio- + acoustics. 1. The study of the acoustics of sounds as carried and reproduced by radio Labels: uncountable
Word: radioassay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- English assay English radioassay From radio- + assay. 1. An assay of an ore or some other radioactive sample to determine the intensity of its radiation.
Word: radioassay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- English assay English radioassay From radio- + assay. 1. To perform such an assay of. Labels: transitive
Word: bunyon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bunion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: radiodontia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -odontia. 1. The radiography of teeth, gums, jaws etc. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: radio fix Part of Speech: noun 1. The location of a radio transmitter by taking bearings from two receivers. 2. The location of a vessel or aircraft by taking bearings to two transmitters of known position.
Word: radiogenetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + genetics. 1. The study of the genetic effects of radiation. Labels: uncountable
Word: radiogoniometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu Proto-Hellenic *gónu Ancient Greek γόνῠ (gónŭ)der. Ancient Greek γωνίᾱ (gōníā)der. English gonio- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English goniometry English radiogoniometry From radio- + goniometry. 1. the measurement of the azimuth and elevation of received radio waves Labels: uncountable
Word: radiohalo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- English halo English radiohalo From radio- + halo. 1. A microscopic spherical disturbance in a rock caused by a grain of radioactive material.
Word: radioimmunological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + immunological. 1. Of, relating to, or using radioimmunology.
Word: radio knife Part of Speech: noun 1. A surgical instrument that uses a high-frequency electric arc to cut through or cut away tissue and at the same time sterilize the edges of the wound and seal cut blood vessels.
Word: radiolarian ooze Part of Speech: noun 1. mud of the bottom of deep seas composed largely of silica from the skeletal remains of radiolarians Labels: uncountable
Word: radiolarite Part of Speech: noun 1. radiolarian ooze, or the sedimentary rock formed from it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It comprehends the following generally flat-lying members: Hauptdolomit, Platten Limestone, Kossen Beds, Rhae- tian reef Limestone, Liassic marls and limestones, up to 350 m thick siliceous, radiolarite-bearing strata Example: The conodont-dominated assemblages with strongly impoverished to totally lacking benthos contained in the soft radiolarite-bearing shales of the Ponikev Formation are typical of units deposited during this time
Word: radiolitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English radiolite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English radiolitic From radiolite + -ic. 1. Having fanlike groupings of acicular crystals. 2. Whose components radiate from a central point.
Word: radiolitid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to the genus Radiolites or the family Radiolitidae, or composed of their remains. Labels: not-comparable
Word: radiolitid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any extinct bivalve in the family Radiolitidae.
Word: radioluminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + luminescence. 1. luminescence produced by bombardment with ionizing radiation Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: radiometallography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + metallography. 1. the determination of the structure of metals and alloys by means of X-rays Labels: uncountable
Word: radiometric magnitude Part of Speech: noun 1. The magnitude of a star as determined by radiometry.
Word: radiomicrometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + micrometer. 1. a device used to measure small changes in radiant heat, or in temperature
Word: radiopacity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radi- + opacity. 1. The state or degree of being opaque to X-rays. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radiophone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -phone. 1. A photophone. 2. A radiotelephone.
Word: radioprotector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + protector. 1. A substance, such as potassium iodide, that provides some protection against the harmful effects of radiation.
Word: radio silence Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.di.oʊ ˌsaɪ.ləns/, /ˈɹeɪ.di.əʊ ˌsaɪ.ləns/ 1. A status maintained where all fixed or mobile radio stations in an area stop transmitting (sometimes limited to certain frequency bands). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The period of time during which this status exists. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A period of time during which nothing is heard from a person or organization, especially when such communication would normally be expected. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: After the abuse scandal, the company went into complete radio silence. Example: "No messages, actually. Total radio silence on her end all day."
Word: radiosterilized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + sterilized. 1. Sterilized by radiosterilization. Labels: not-comparable
Word: radiostrontium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + strontium. 1. any radioactive isotope of strontium, especially 9038Sr Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radiosymmetrical Part of Speech: adj 1. having radial symmetry
Word: radix graminis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rādix (“root”) + grāminis (“of grass”), the genitive form of grāmen (“grass”). 1. the root of couch grass, once used medicinally Labels: uncountable
Word: radon seed Part of Speech: noun 1. A small glass or gold tube, containing radon gas, implanted in a patient as radiotherapy.
Word: radzimir Part of Speech: noun 1. A black silk fabric once used for mourning clothes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A similar fabric for women's clothing made with lengthwise ribs or a broken twill weave. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rafale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French rafale. In the military context the term may well be obsolete in English; it had been introduced into French military usage by General Hippolyte Langlois in the late nineteenth century, and adopted into English and American usage not long after, but the usage seems to have petered out in English by the end of World War I. 1. A short, intense burst of artillery fire from a number of weapons fired with the intention of overwhelming resistance or routing an attacking force. Example: […] a salvo is […] a succession of shots […] with the same elevation... a single shot for each piece. By a rafale is meant all the shots of a battery fired with the same elevation, without any determined order, at the rate of more than one shot per gun. According to circumstances, three different kinds of fire are employed ... first, progressive fire; second, fire with a single elevation; third, fire by salvos or by rafales... Example: And then, above the hum of the roadside, rose the voice of the great guns. The shells were bursting four or five miles away, and the guns must have been as many more distant. But in that upland pocket of plain in the frosty night they sounded most intimately near. They kept up their solemn litany, with a minute's interval between each - no rafale which rumbles like a drum, but the steady persistence of artillery exactly ranged on a target.
Word: braaivleis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans braaivleis. 1. Braai meat. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable Example: No clue to the previous inhabitants—oh, except a rusted braaivleis grill and a kennel with half the roof missing.
Word: millage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mill Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English millage From mill (“one thousandth part”) + -age. 1. A tax rate on property, expressed in mills of the property's value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Charter townships are able to levy millage on the residents without a vote of the people. Example: In another victory for the DIA [Detroit Institute of Arts], the state legislature rejected a bill yesterday that would have prevented the museum from seeking renewal of an innovative property tax that supports its operations. The millage, which was approved by voters in 2012, is expected to contribute over $23m to the museum over ten years. “We felt strongly that if the DIA decides to go back for a millage at the end of this one, it should be up to the voters to decide, not the state legislature,” [Annmarie] Erickson says.
Word: blind map Part of Speech: noun 1. A map with political boundaries and major geographical features shown, but without names. Sometimes used for testing or training purposes.
Word: separable verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb that is composed of a stem and a separable affix, which can be detached from the stem in several verb forms.
Word: separable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English separable, from Middle French separable and its etymon Latin sēparābilis. 1. Able to be separated. 2. Able to be brought to a form where all occurrences of the dependent and the independent variable are on opposite sides of the equal sign. 3. Having a countable dense subset. 4. Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined: Example: x²#43;1 is separable, since its roots are i and -i. 5. Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined: Labels: obsolete 6. Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined: 7. Any of several technical senses relating to the behavior of polynomials or objects over which polynomials can be defined: Labels: abstract
Word: separable affix Part of Speech: noun 1. An affix that can be detached from the word it attaches to in several instances.
Word: talismanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English talisman Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English talismanic From talisman + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌtælɪzˈmænɪk/ 1. Of, relating to, or similar to, a talisman. Example: Oleg Blokhin's side lost the talismanic Andriy Shevchenko to the substitutes' bench because of a knee injury but still showed enough to put England through real turmoil in spells. Example: For Marshall, law possessed a talismanic quality, representing all that was best in American democracy. 2. Possessing or believed to possess protective magical power.
Word: on ice Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The first sense (“not being used; temporarily unavailable or suspended”) probably refers to the practice of putting food on ice to preserve it. Pronunciation: /ɒn ˈaɪs/, /ɑn ˈaɪs/ 1. Not being used; temporarily unavailable or suspended; on hold. Labels: idiomatic Example: We're putting the new software features on ice until we can fix the existing bugs. Example: Shortly after taking to the ice, the bear broke loose from its leash and went barreling, spinning, slipping, and sliding all around the rink before he was finally restrained and sedated. Needless to say, that act was put on ice. 2. Not being used; temporarily unavailable or suspended; on hold. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Boss says there's a mole in our organization. Find him and put him on ice. 3. Of an entertainment normally performed on a stage: performed by ice skaters as an ice show. Example: We went to see Cinderella on ice. Example: Celebs flocked to the House of Mouse on ice this weekend! Many celeb parents including Christina Aguilera, Armie Hammer, Mila Kunis, Jordana Brewster, Vanessa Lachey and more brought their kids and slid on over to the Staples Center in Los Angeles over the weekend to attend Disney On Ice: Follow Your Heart at Staples Center. 4. Of a sporting or other contest: in a state of assured victory for the leading contestant. Example: Near-synonym: in the bag Example: [Frederick] Bohen later reflected that "when she [[Millicent] Fenwick] came out against the pardon as strongly as she did, I think that put the election on ice. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, ice. Example: Going to the wine cellar, she said: "I will put three bottles of Tokay wine on ice.[…]"
Word: ice show Part of Speech: noun 1. an entertainment performed by ice skaters
Word: ice skate Part of Speech: noun 1. A light boot, fitted with a blade, used for ice skating.
Word: ice-skate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ice skate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ice-skate Part of Speech: verb 1. to skate on ice, wearing ice skates. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: She had ice-skated the entire lake. Example: Aasha had seen pictures of people ice-skating in the wintertime, two by two in fur-trimmed hoods and mittens.
Word: ice skating Part of Speech: noun 1. The act, or the sport, of skating on ice. Labels: uncountable
Word: ice skater Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who ice-skates.
Word: ice water Part of Speech: noun 1. Cold water for drinking, either chilled in ice, or with the addition of ice cubes. Labels: uncountable Example: I drank ice water to cool off.
Word: ice wedge Part of Speech: noun 1. A vertical wedge of subterranean ice.
Word: ice wine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Eiswein. 1. A sweet dessert wine made from grapes that are harvested after they have naturally frozen on the vine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: business architect Part of Speech: noun 1. someone who designs and develops a company's business architecture
Word: ice worm Part of Speech: noun 1. any of several worms, of the genus Mesenchytraeus, that inhabit glacial ice
Word: ice yachting Part of Speech: noun 1. the sport of racing ice yachts Labels: uncountable
Word: ice yacht Part of Speech: noun 1. A craft, in the broad shape of a yacht, fitted with skis or runners so as to sail on the ice.
Word: ice boat Part of Speech: noun 1. An ice yacht. 2. An icebreaker; a ship that breaks through ice.
Word: chipmunk voice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the voices of the characters in Alvin and the Chipmunks, an animated music group. 1. A voice effect where the normal sounding voice is increased in pitch and often sped-up and squeaky-sounding. Example: ANDREW. ...Have you ever worked with a puppet? There's some guy, kneeling down near your crotch, working the puppet. And he's doing a chipmunk voice, into a microphone. Example: Rudolph and Stella laugh hysterically as I sing along in a scratchy, whiny Chipmunk voice.
Word: Draconist Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Order of the Dragon. Example: Vlad III was known as Dracula because he was a Draconist, a member of the Order of the Dragon.
Word: prosecco Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Prosecco (“Italian sparkling wine”). Labels: alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: With its fresh flavor, pleasing bubbles and gentle price tag  it typically sells for $10 to $20 a bottle prosecco has gained many fans worldwide. Global sales have been growing by double-digit percentages for 10 years, to more than 150 million bottles last year. […] A host of producers elsewhere in Italy and as far away as Brazil are trying to cash in on the drink’s newfound popularity. Because prosecco is the name of a grape, like chardonnay or cabernet, anyone can use the name. Example: When I was an 18-year-old concerned with getting as trollied as possible in the least amount of time and at little cost, I was drawn to sweetness, as many of us are when we’re younger, and most supermarket prosecco is rather sweet – even the confusingly named “extra dry” category allows for 12-17g sugar per litre.
Word: draconologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English draconology 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 draconologist From draconology + -ist. 1. A person who studies dragons. Example: As such, his pamphlet is unlikely to appeal either to serious draconologists and cryptozoologists, or to newcomers to the field, who would probably be better served by any of the many book-length cryptozoological tours available. Example: In the words of one prominent draconologist “No dragon exists — none ever did exist” (Ingersoll 1928: 13).
Word: lower back Part of Speech: noun 1. The region of the back above the waist, also known as the lumbar region; the area surrounding the five vertebrae between the rib cage and the pelvis.
Word: soutie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Afrikaans soutpiel. 1. An Englishman in South Africa or a white English speaking South African of British descent Labels: South-Africa, vulgar
Word: legging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leg + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/ 1. A covering, usually of leather, worn from knee to ankle. 2. Stretchy tight-fitting pants often worn by women or for exercise. 3. One of the legs of a pair of trousers. Example: Take the legging and turn up the cuff. 4. The process of putting a series of three or more options strikes into the stock market. Example: As a practical matter, you cannot put on these positions simultaneously at reasonable prices. In order to achieve these positions at a reasonable risk/reward profile, you must put the positions in a series of separate trades. This process is called legging.
Word: legging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From leg + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of leg Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: operationalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃épos Proto-Italic *opos Latin opus Latin opera 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 -or Latin operor Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin operātiōder. Old French operacionbor. Middle English operacioun English operation English -al English operational 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 operationalize From operational + -ize. Pronunciation: /ɒpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)nəlʌɪz/, /ˌɑpəˈɹeɪʃənəˌlaɪz/ 1. To make operational. Labels: transitive Example: I have a lot of sexual fantasies that I'm never going to operationalize. I enjoy them just as fantasies. 2. To define (a concept) in such a way that it can be practically measured. Labels: transitive Example: To operationalize a concept is to identify those variables in terms of which the phenomenon represented by the concept can be accurately observed. Example: Vision seems ‘childishly simple’ to us but proves to be fiendishly hard to operationalise, precisely because we are so good at it.
Word: immunoglobulin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Latin globus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin globuluslbor. French globulebor. English globule Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English globulin English immunoglobulin From immuno- + globulin. 1. Any of the glycoproteins in blood serum that respond to invasion by foreign antigens and that protect the host by removing pathogens; an antibody. Example: The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.
Word: immunodiffusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English diffusion English immunodiffusion From immuno- + diffusion. 1. a technique used to detect the reaction between an antigen and an antibody by observing the behavior of a combination of such species as they diffuse through a gel
Word: immunofluorescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescence English immunofluorescence From immuno- + fluorescence. 1. A technique that uses a fluorochrome to indicate a specific antigen-antibody reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immunological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology 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 immunological From immunology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to immunology. Labels: not-comparable Example: It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]
Word: immunological Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology 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 immunological From immunology + -ical. 1. Any drug used to treat the immune system.
Word: immunology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English immunology From immune + -ology. 1. The branch of medicine that concerns the body's immune system. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Obviously, licentiates to practice medicine should receive instruction of a definite and practical nature in this important branch of modern medicine, or immunology should receive a place in the classification of specialties, a fact which the importance of the subject may command.
Word: immunologic cytotoxicity Part of Speech: noun 1. the mechanism whereby the immune system renders foreign or abnormal cells safe by either destroying or damaging them Labels: uncountable
Word: immunologic Part of Speech: adj 1. immunological Labels: not-comparable Example: One critical distinction to make is whether a focal corneal infiltrate is infected with bacteria or is a sterile immunologic response.
Word: cytotoxicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Ancient Greek τόξον (tóxon) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English toxicity English cytotoxicity From cyto- + toxicity. 1. The property of being toxic to a cell. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immunosuppression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin supprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin suppressiōbor. English suppression English immunosuppression From immuno- + suppression. 1. The suppression of the immune response, especially its active medical suppression by human agency (via immunosuppressant drugs) to treat autoimmune diseases or to prevent allograft rejection after transplant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]
Word: oracular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French oraculaire. Pronunciation: /ɒɹˈæk.juː.lə/, /ɔːˈɹæk.juː.lə/, /ɔˈɹæk.ju.lɚ/, /ɔˈɹæk.jə.lɚ/ 1. Of or relating to an oracle. Example: In some of the Hebrides they attributed the same oracular power to a large black stone by the sea-shore, which they approached with certain solemnities, and considered the first fancy which came into their own minds, after they did so, to be the undoubted dictate of the tutelar deity of the stone, and, as such, to be, if possible, punctually complied with. Example: Ferguson's sin consisted in his oracular 'unmasking' of a 'second-rate sort of society, full of second rate citizens, pursuing comparatively worthless objects.' 2. Prophetic, foretelling the future. Example: And that slaughter to the Nation / Shall steam up like inspiration, / Eloquent, oracular; / A volcano heard afar. Example: It was one of those dire oracular pronouncements that Marko made from time to time, which were afterwards spread from mouth to mouth among the Serbs. 3. Wise, authoritative. Example: My Lord Chatham, whose wisdom his party in those days used to call superhuman, raised his oracular voice in the House of Peers against the American contest; Example: If this is the AI age, then we’re living in broken times. Nevertheless, Sam Altman has called ChatGPT an “oracular system that can sort of do anything within reason” and last week proclaimed that OpenAI has “built systems that are smarter than people in many ways.” 4. Ambiguous, hard to interpret. Example: Nothing offended me but that lisping Miss Haughton, whose every speech is inarticulately oracular. Example: This utterance was admirably oracular, being susceptible of cogent quotation by both sides[…]
Word: immune response Part of Speech: noun 1. The body's integrated response to an antigen, mediated by lymphocytes.
Word: analytic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναλυτικός (analutikós). Pronunciation: /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/ 1. Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics. Example: analytic method Example: analytic geometry 2. Of, or relating to division into elements or principles. 3. Having the ability to analyse. 4. that follows necessarily by definition; tautologous. 5. Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis. 6. Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives. 7. Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain. 8. Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected function words within sentences to indicate meaning. Example: As for syntax and morphology, the Belter Creole can be categorized as an analytic or isolating language as it uses a high quantity of particles and does not show cases of morphological inflection.
Word: analytical entry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: analytical + entry 1. an entry in a bibliographic catalogue that describes a part of a larger work that has its own entry
Word: legging it Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of leg it Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bootlegging Part of Speech: noun 1. Engaging in economic production or distribution in an illegal way. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Engaging in economic production or distribution in an illegal way. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Engaging in economic production or distribution in an illegal way. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bootlegging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bootleg Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: peg-legging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of peg-leg Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: governance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English governaunce, from Old French gouvernance, governance, equivalent to govern + -ance. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌvənəns/, /ˈɡʌvəɹnəns/ 1. The process, or the power, of governing; government or administration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But was it responsible governance to pass the Longitude Act without other efforts to protect British seamen? Or might it have been subterfuge—a disingenuous attempt to shift attention away from the realities of their life at sea. 2. The specific system by which a political system is ruled. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The group of people who make up an administrative body. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The state of being governed. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Accountability for consistent, cohesive policies, processes and decision rights. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interpose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French interposer, influenced by poser (“to place, put”), from Latin interpōnō, from inter (“between”) + pōnō (“to place, put”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.təˈpəʊz/, /ˌɪn.tɚˈpoʊz/ 1. To insert something (or oneself) between other things. Labels: transitive Example: to interpose a screen between the eye and the light Example: What watchful cares do interpose themselves Betwixt your eyes and night? 2. To interrupt a conversation by introducing a different subject or making a comment. Labels: transitive Example: As one who in his journey bates at Noone, Though bent on speed, so her the Archangel paused Betwixt the world destroyed and world restored, If Adam aught perhaps might interpose; Then with transition sweet new Speech resumes. Example: “A beautiful country!” “I suppose it is. Everybody says so.” “Your cousin Feenix raves about it, Edith,” interposed her mother from her couch. 3. To offer (one's help or services). Labels: transitive 4. To be inserted between parts or things; to come between. Labels: intransitive Example: Suppose, unlook’d for in a scene so rude, Long hid by interposing hill or wood, Some mansion neat and elegantly dress’d, By some kind hospitable heart possess’d Offer him warmth, security and rest; 5. To intervene in a dispute, or in a conversation. Labels: intransitive Example: The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum […] Example: "My daughters," replied Sir Thomas, gravely interposing, "have their pleasures at Brighton, and I hope are very happy; […]"
Word: PDI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pre-delivery inspection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of polydispersity index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of personal data interchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of petrol direct injection (“fuel injection”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of protein disulfide-isomerase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PDI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Palmer drought index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: durational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From duration + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to duration.
Word: bubbe-meise Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bubbe meise. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: burrstone Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɚstoʊn/ 1. A tough, silicified limestone formerly used to make millstones, typified by the presence of multiple cavities that originally housed fossilized shells. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: superficially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English superficial Middle English -ly English -ly English superficially From superficial + -ly. 1. In a superficial manner; shallowly. Example: This anatomy is superficially similar to that of Cetotheriidae and some tranatocetids were previously considered to be cetotheres and even identified as Cetotherium.
Word: percept Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A learned borrowing, after concept, from Classical Latin perceptum (“a proposition, principle, general idea”), from the neuter of perceptus (“perceived”), the past participle of percipiō (“to perceive”); see perceive. Coined by the Scottish metaphysician Sir William Hamilton, 9th Baronet (1788–1856), in Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, published posthumously in 1860 (see the quotation). Pronunciation: /ˈpɜːsɛpt/, /ˈpɝsɛpt/ 1. Something perceived; the object of perception. Labels: archaic Example: I shall, therefore, make no scruple in using the expression concept for the object of conception, and conception I shall exclusively employ to designate the act of conceiving. Whether it might not, in like manner, be proper to introduce the term percept for the object of perception, I shall not at present inquire. Example: It may even be that the percepts detected by one sense organ are experienced as having the modality standardly associated with another. 2. A perceived object as it exists in the mind of someone perceiving it; the mental impression that is the result of perceiving something. Example: I see an inkstand on the table: that is a percept. Moving my head, I get a different percept of the inkstand. Example: So far as in that world it is a stable feature, holds ink, marks paper and obeys the guidance of a hand, it is a physical pen. [...] So far as it is instable, on the contrary, coming and going with the movements of my eyes, altering with what I call my fancy, continuous with subsequent experiences of its ‘having been’ (in the past tense), it is the percept of a pen in my mind.