nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: AVGN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Angry Video Game Nerd. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: While it’s unclear if Wingard will ever join Rolfe for an AVGN episode, it’s definitely cool to learn that we could have seen a piece of internet culture take part in mainstream media — but who knows what further opportunities await him down the road?
Word: intoneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: intone + -eth 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intone Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Pawnees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pawnee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Alexandretta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Alexandretta and Byzantine Greek Ἀλεξανδρέττα (Alexandrétta), from Alexandria + -etta (“-ette: forming diminutives”), from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -ειᾰ (-eiă, “-ia: forming place names”). Equivalent to Alexandria + -etta. Doublet of Alexandria, Iskenderun, Kandahar, and Scandaroon. 1. Former name of Iskenderun: a city in southern Turkey. Labels: historical
Word: Alexandretta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Alexandra + -etta. 1. A female given name. Example: From Miss Geraldine Alexandretta Talbot, 18 Shamrock Gardens, Troysburgh, N.B., to Miss Enid Vivienne Musgrave, 1 Leighton Place, Millais Road, North Hampstead, London, N.W. Example: The women are all single. They are Miss Hilda Johnsen, stewardess; Miss Alexandretta Rostron, assistant stewardess, and Lesa Berglend, mess girl.
Word: Iskenderun Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish İskenderun and Ottoman Turkish إسكندرون (İskenderun), from Arabic الْإِسْكَنْدَرُون (al-ʔIskandarūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexándreia, “Alexandria”), from Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, “Alexander”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming place names”) in reference to Alexander the Great of Macedonia. Doublet of Alexandria, Alexandretta, Kandahar, and Scandaroon. 1. A port city in Hatay Province, southeastern Turkey.
Word: infell Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of infall Labels: form-of, past
Word: demirepdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From demirep + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of demireps. Labels: uncountable Example: April 16, 1839, Thomas Carlyle, letter to John Carlyle I do not see well what good I can get by meeting him much, or Lady B. and demirepdom, though I should not object to see it once, and then oftener if agreeable. Example: The golden age of demirepdom in England may be said to have extended from the accession of Charles II to that of George III.
Word: luridity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lurid + -ity. 1. The quality of being lurid. Labels: uncountable
Word: overboost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + boost. 1. To increase an engine's intake manifold pressure to higher levels than it is designed for. Example: It makes sense to provide plausible engine fuel and ignition mapping to the limits of the factory fuel injectors, which would typically be sized sufficiently large to provide optimal fuel to the airflow/boost limits of the stock turpocharger even though the wastegate should normally prevent the engine from boosting so high. This is because the engine can overboost if the wastegate manifold-pressure reference line is cut (melted, crushed, disconnected, and so on), and a "safe" calibration -- even in forbidden overboost territory -- is one more countermeasure designed to help avoid engine damage from lean mixtures if the engine does overboost if fuel cut strategies fail. Example: Morgan was waiting outside in the bay. Didn't even wait for me to say a word. "What happened? Why did you overboost? You could have blown the whole shuttle, the whole expedition."
Word: overboost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + boost. 1. The process of overboosting. Labels: uncountable Example: It makes sense to provide plausible engine fuel and ignition mapping to the limits of the factory fuel injectors, which would typically be sized sufficiently large to provide optimal fuel to the airflow/boost limits of the stock turpocharger even though the wastegate should normally prevent the engine from boosting so high. This is because the engine can overboost if the wastegate manifold-pressure reference line is cut (melted, crushed, disconnected, and so on), and a "safe" calibration -- even in forbidden overboost territory -- is one more countermeasure designed to help avoid engine damage from lean mixtures if the engine does overboost if fuel cut strategies fail. Example: These planes all have popoff valves, designed to prevent overboost, but the flow dynamics are such that manifold pressure can seriously overshoot redline before the popoff valve opens. 2. An instance of overboosting. Labels: countable Example: Manifold pressure exceeding the limit lines shown in figure 5-2, constitutes an overboost. Example: By delaying opening of the wastegate, the ECU could generate an overboost at full throttle, increasing boost pressure to 1.1bar, for a peak power delivery of 230bhp in short bursts of up to 30sec at a time.
Word: neglectible Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of neglectable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tawny pipit Part of Speech: noun 1. Anthus campestris, a medium-to-large passerine bird that breeds in much of temperate Europe and Asia, and northwest Africa.
Word: tawny pipits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tawny pipit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tongue sole Part of Speech: noun 1. A tonguefish, any of certain species of family Cynoglossidae of flatfish.
Word: tongue soles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tongue sole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raphigraph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥαφίς (rhaphís, “needle”) + -graph. 1. A kind of typewriter for the blind, pricking characters into paper by means of needles. Labels: historical
Word: raphigraphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raphigraph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sonny boy Part of Speech: noun 1. a familiar form of address for a boy
Word: bawdkin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of baldacchin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bawdkins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bawdkin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: non-inscrits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of non-inscrit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Neohellenism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Neo-Hellenism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cronyist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crony + -ist. 1. One who supports or encourages cronyism.
Word: cronyists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cronyist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beyond seas Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. overseas; abroad
Word: dataviz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: data + viz, clipping of visualization 1. Clipping of data visualization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, uncountable Example: This is the big idea of the Internet and one that dataviz is embracing at a rapid pace. And that means that the future of dataviz involves JavaScript, the only first-class language of the web browser.
Word: interregal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + regal. 1. Between kings, or their successive reigns. Labels: not-comparable Example: When the crime came at last, it was as blundering as it was bloody ; at once premeditated and accidental; the isolated execution of an interregal conspiracy, existing for half a generation, yet exploding without concert […]
Word: transflection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of transmission + reflection. 1. A type of spectroscopic measurement produced by transmitting light through a sample and reflecting it back through the sample onto a probe. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Because the beam is transmitted through the film and reflected from the substrate, the measurement of the spectra of relatively thick films on metal substrates is usually known as transflection spectrometry. Example: Transflection is an extension of the transmission technique, as shown in Figure 4.10. When a mirror is placed behind the sample, the light transmitted through the sample is reflected back through the sample and into the diffuse reflectance probe or integrating sphere. Transflection thus measures a combination of transmission and reflection. This technique is useful for emulsions, gels, and turbid liquids.
Word: transflection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of translation + reflection. 1. A transfiguration consisting of reflection about a line combined with translation along the same line. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Clearly, A", B", C" are not images of A, B, C, under either a translation, rotation, or reflection. Hopefully, it will be possible to find a unique transflection which does the job. Example: During the sequence of considering translations, rotations, reflections, and transflections of a plane α, we show that ...
Word: transflection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of transform + inflection. 1. The coining of a new word by changing of the inflectional pattern of an existing word. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A third means of a morphological nature is transflection, i.e., the transfer of a vocable (usually a verb) from one inflectional pattern to another. Example: Synthetic compounds are coined productively in two basic ways, either as a combination of compounding and suffixation (6), or as a combination of compounding and transflection, in which case the right-most base lacks an overt derivational suffix (7): (6a).
Word: knight of the road Part of Speech: noun 1. A highwayman. Labels: dated Example: Despite his eloquent praise of the gentlemanly qualities of the highwayman, Ainsworth's robber is more coarse-grained than Bulwer's Paul Clifford. In the best traditions of the ideal knight of the road, he is loath to hurt or kill anyone—but he reserves the right to do so in self-defence. 2. A hobo. Labels: dated Example: [T]he tatterdemalion knight of the road, who sleeps in haystacks and mends broken china in exchange for food, runs afoul of the gendarmerie and probably would have been sent off to the Bastille had not the banking Rothschilds, hearing of their ragged namesake, been so amused that they gave him a check drawn on the family house for 2,000 francs.
Word: knights of the road Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knight of the road Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transflexion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of transflection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The measurement mode follows the principles of transflexion. For this purpose the cell is backed with a ceramic disc opposite the measuring head, along with the light source and the diode-array detector. Example: The invention relates to a transflexion probe for carrying out a transflexion measurement on a liquid located in a vessel, comprising a probe shaft which is provided with a light guide path in its interior and at whose front end there is arranged an open flow chamber with a reflective plate opposite the front end face of the probe shaft. 2. Alternative form of transflection. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An interesting case is posed by Slovak transflexion which consists of employing an inflectional morpheme (or, better, the whole paradigm it stands for) in the word-formation role (ape -» to ape vs. opica —> opicif sä where -if is an infinitive-forming morpheme) ... Example: So, for example, Waszakowa (1993) and Szymanek (2010) speak about paradigmatic derivation, and Dokulil (1962) about transflexion.
Word: reems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sling ink Part of Speech: verb 1. To write, especially to make a living. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: SQ3R Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of SQRRR. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: SQRRR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of survey, question, read, recite, review: a technique for reading and fully comprehending textbook material. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Oxford of the East Part of Speech: name Etymology: So called because, like Oxford in England, it is known for its academic institutions. 1. The city of Pune in India. Labels: poetic Example: It was feared that the rapid pace of industrial development would destroy ‘Oxford of the East’ and its educational and intellectual atmosphere
Word: determinate state Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun form occurring in Afroasiatic languages, when the noun does bear a determiner (by contrast, in Aramaic there is an emphatic state or status emphaticus as a state of determination by the noun alone) Labels: uncountable
Word: indeterminate state Part of Speech: noun 1. A noun form occurring in Afroasiatic languages, when the noun does not bear a determiner – where it would use the determinate state –, nor governs a noun – where it would use the construct state.
Word: desolderer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From desolder + -er. 1. A device that uses a vacuum to remove solder.
Word: desolderers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of desolderer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solder gobbler Part of Speech: noun 1. A desolderer.
Word: solder gobblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solder gobbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autophagies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autophagy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outhauled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of outhaul Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: outhauling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of outhaul Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: science oven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From science + oven. Coined in 2013 film American Hustle (written by David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer) as an intentionally naive term. 1. Synonym of microwave oven. Labels: humorous, slang Example: Don't put metal in that science oven, Rosalyn Example: I wonder if they come with a science oven.
Word: overcode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + code. 1. A code used to represent multiple (possibly unrelated) data items. Labels: countable Example: Not only is it possible to construct an overcode collecting together groups of bill items but groups of overcodes can themselves be held collectively by a single higher overcode. Example: If an awarding institution cannot be identified as Scottish and the qualification is ONC/OND, HNC/HND, Clerical or Commercial, City and Guilds, Apprenticeship or a degree awarded by the C.N. A. A. boxes 1 and 2 are examined and if a Scottish school examination has been entered in either of the two boxes it is assumed that the ONC/OND, HNC/HND, Clerical or Commercial award etc. etc. is Scottish also, and the overcode x is entered. 2. An established code (signifier) that also acts as a new code, either representing additional (related) meanings, or dividing into various nuances of the original meaning. Labels: countable Example: Instead of overlaying secondary images by alluding to an existing literary or oral tradition, structural overcodes overlay the secondary images by using technical vocabulary from a different frame of reference. Example: Opposed to codes that qualify, and overcodes that bring codes into a single resonance, axioms function by directly conjugating unqualified and decoded flows themselves. 3. Inventory that can no longer be sold (such as items that are past their sell-by date). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Other Pepperidge Farm distributors in the San Francisco Bay Area have no overcode returns to speak of and product which does go out of code can be shipped to Pepperidge Farm thrift stores for full credit or sold on the thrift market for a profit, as Mesirow and Morris claim to have done ( See p. 11. above ). Example: Suppose, we are just interested in articles that can cause overcode.
Word: overcode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + code. 1. To use as an overcode for. Example: Social interaction would be the place to study how people learn these cultural codes or reasoning structures, which is related to the human ability to overcode meaning in ways that become conventional (Eco 1976). Example: It is equally self-defeating to reduce people to objects that may be possessed, or to interpret (i.e., overcode, classify, categorize) people or books. 2. To act as an overcode for. Example: In one example, she describes an advertisement depictin a nude female torso in profile. Wegenstein suggests that in this particular advertisement, the breasts overcode the body in a way that the face previously had reign. Example: Disability suties in education, as an academic field, or the disability rights movement, might be considered molar discourses that overcode the affective everyday experience of disability education. 3. To use a particular code or set of codes too much. Example: One of the greatest sources of unreliability is the constant error introduced by the observer because of distortion of his perceptions created by his own needs or values. An observer who sharply disapproves of certain leadership practices, for example, will have difficulty in preventing a bias. He will tend to overcode those categories which best describe his feelings. Example: Always overcode. It is better to put both codes down if you have any question about which category is most appropriate. 4. To code too many things or include too many codes in a coding system. Example: Coding should be done with great exactness: it is better to "overcode" than to "undercode." Example: We had an increased percentage of disagreement at the beginning of her ratings since she was overcoding and making too many ratings, due to a misunderstanding about the coding of responses regarding time.
Word: gleemaiden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glee + maiden. 1. A female gleeman or minstrel.
Word: gleemaidens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gleemaiden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overcoding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overcode Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overcoding Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of established codes to take on new meanings, often thereby obscuring distinctions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reason lies in the peculiar efficacy of the state in utilizing overcoding and rendering its principles and categories society-wide. Example: Stylistic and ideological conventions are examples of such rules used in overcoding. 2. An instance of overcoding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Identification of the semantic status of overcodings is a necessary preliminary to translation because it serves to identify those inferences which it will be necessary to supply in the shape of informal translation (in this case, in the shape of supplementation of the formal translation). Example: Representation is established through successive overcodings, and the meaning of a phenomenon is given by the dominant overcoding, through a process of one code (or signifier) replacing another.
Word: overcoded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overcode Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overcodes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of overcode Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overcodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overcode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up and disappear Part of Speech: verb 1. To disappear abruptly.
Word: point fingers Part of Speech: verb 1. To accuse people of being responsible for something bad. Labels: idiomatic Example: If Burnham is right, then it seems to me that the reaction of TfN, NR and DfT to questions is for each to point fingers at the others.
Word: bacteriocecidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bacterio- + cecidium. 1. A gall produced by a bacterium
Word: Tartus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic طَرْطُوس (ṭarṭūs), from Ancient Greek Αντιαράδος (Antiarádos). 1. A city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. 2. A governorate of Syria.
Word: Edessene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Edessēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐδεσσηνός (Edessēnós). By surface analysis, Edessa + -ene. 1. Of or from Edessa. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Edessene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Edessēnus, from Ancient Greek Ἐδεσσηνός (Edessēnós). By surface analysis, Edessa + -ene. 1. A native or inhabitant of Edessa.
Word: Edessan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Edessa + -an. 1. Synonym of Edessene. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Edessan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Edessa + -an. 1. Synonym of Edessene.
Word: Edessans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Edessan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Edessenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Edessene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Suruç Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish Suruç. 1. city of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey
Word: Birecik Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish Birecik. 1. a town of Şanlıurfa Province of Turkey, on the River Euphrates
Word: Redones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Rēdonēs. Doublet of Rennes. 1. A Gallic tribe dwelling in the eastern part of the Brittany peninsula during the Iron Age and subsequent Roman conquest of Gaul. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: Danishmend Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دانشمند (danişmend), from Classical Persian دَانِشْمَنْد (dānišmand). 1. The founder of the Danishmendid dynasty.
Word: Danishmend Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دانشمند (danişmend), from Classical Persian دَانِشْمَنْد (dānišmand). 1. Synonym of Danishmendid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Danishmend Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish دانشمند (danişmend), from Classical Persian دَانِشْمَنْد (dānišmand). 1. Synonym of Danishmendid.
Word: Danishmends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Danishmend Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Danishmendid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Danishmend + -id. 1. Of or pertaining to the Danishmendid dynasty, a Turkish dynasty that ruled in north-central and eastern Anatolia in the 11th and 12th centuries. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Danishmendid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Danishmend + -id. 1. A member of the Danishmendid dynasty.
Word: Danishmendids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Danishmendid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: still with us Part of Speech: adj 1. Still alive; not dead. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable 2. Still employed at a company. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cold as charity Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An ironic reference to the cold-hearted nature of much so-called charity, which should naturally be warm. 1. Very cold, whether in temperature or in demeanour. Labels: humorous, not-comparable, rare Example: "Here's another funny thing I don't quite believe," he said; "a minute ago the tea was boiling hot, and now it's as cold as charity. But I mustn't forget it's winter; that's what's making my fingers tremble so. Jolly cold — jolly cold. Yes, jolly cold as charity sounds topsy-turvy."
Word: Poitevin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French poitevin, ultimately from Late Latin pictāvīnus, from Pictāvus (“Poitou”), of Gaulish origin. See Poitiers and Poitou. Pronunciation: /ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/, /ˈpwʌtəvæ̃/ 1. Of, from or relating to the region of Poitou in France. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of, from or relating to the city of Poitiers in France. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Poitevin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French poitevin, ultimately from Late Latin pictāvīnus, from Pictāvus (“Poitou”), of Gaulish origin. See Poitiers and Poitou. Pronunciation: /ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/, /ˈpwʌtəvæ̃/ 1. A native or inhabitant of the region of Poitou in France. 2. A native or inhabitant of the city of Poitiers in France.
Word: Poitevin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French poitevin, ultimately from Late Latin pictāvīnus, from Pictāvus (“Poitou”), of Gaulish origin. See Poitiers and Poitou. Pronunciation: /ˈpwɑːtəvæ̃/, /ˈpwʌtəvæ̃/ 1. The dialect of Poitevin-Saintongeais spoken in Poitou.
Word: Poitevins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Poitevin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Amanus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Amānus, from Ancient Greek Ἄμανος (Ámanos). 1. a mountain range dividing the coastal region of Cilicia from inland Syria
Word: Apamea Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Ăpămēa, from Ancient Greek Ἀπάμεια (Apámeia). Pronunciation: /æpəˈmiːə/ 1. The name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: Lusignan Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈluːzɪnjɒn/ 1. member of a royal house of French origin, which at various times ruled several principalities in Europe and the Levant, including the kingdoms of Jerusalem, Cyprus, and Armenia, from the 12th through the 15th centuries during the Middle Ages
Word: Lusignans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Lusignan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: benewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of benew Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: benewed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of benew Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Hulagu Part of Speech: name 1. A Mongol ruler who conquered much of West Asia; a grandson of Genghis Khan.
Word: Baybars Part of Speech: name Etymology: Possibly from the Mamluk-Kipchak descendant of the compound of Proto-Turkic *bāy (“rich, noble”) and *bars (“leopard, large feline”). Pronunciation: /baɪˈbɑːs/ 1. a mameluke sultan of Egypt of the 13th century
Word: Baibars Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Baybars. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Louvain-la-Neuve Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Louvain-la-Neuve. 1. City in Belgium, situated in the province of Walloon Brabant.
Word: Malines Part of Speech: name Etymology: Via French from Dutch/West Flemish Mechelen. 1. Synonym of Mechelen (city in Belgium)
Word: Malines Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Via French from Dutch/West Flemish Mechelen. 1. Mechelen (kind of lace) Labels: uncountable
Word: Bastogne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Bastogne. 1. A city in Luxembourg, Wallonia, Belgium.
Word: Hauran Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic حَوْرَان (ḥawrān). 1. A volcanic plateau and geographic area of West Asia, located in southwestern Syria and extending into the northwestern corner of Jordan.
Word: Baalbek Part of Speech: name Etymology: Adapted from North Levantine Arabic بْعَلْبَك (bʕalbak) or the local pronunciation بْعَلْبِك (bʕalbik), from earlier Arabic بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk). 1. The capital city of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Lebanon.
Word: soft as silk Part of Speech: adj 1. very soft, soft as a baby's bottom Labels: not-comparable
Word: undercode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + code. 1. A subtext; ideas or information that are assumed or implied but not explicitly coded. Example: The anthropologist will tend to react more in terms of denotative overcoding, while the mass audience may respond more to connotative undercodes in terms of the ideological perspectives. Example: Kier Elam, in distinguishing these undercodes from generally understood dramatic codes, describes them as the "potent dramatic and theatrical conventions ruling the structure and understanding of plays and performances ..." 2. A secret message included in another message or stream of data. Example: Cannon was up there in orbit, talking to her ship in a dead language that existed mostly in undercode running on ancient infrastructure and its more modern copies. Example: I couldn't afford not to answer a valid Civitas inquiry or communication, but after all the inquiries and research, an unknown undercode suggested yet another branch of Civitas or an attacker using a Civitas cover. 3. A code (which represents a datum) that is grouped with other codes into a final encoding. Example: Here you can see that on the undercodes the relevant items of labour and material have been combined together and conversion factors can be inserted to convert the unit of measurement to the different units required for billing. Example: Just as the construction details 'held' on a standard drawing can be tested and become more certain of success as time passes, the undercodes held by an overcode can be confirmed in accuracy.
Word: undercode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From under- + code. 1. To communicate using codes that do not convey the entire message, but which rely on the recipient's construction of meaning through connotation or subtexts. Labels: intransitive Example: The immature committee — possibly a zero-history group — may express itself simply and emotionally, and thereby undercodes. Example: Unlike the case of overcoding, undercoding occurs when the receiver somehow attempts to interpret an unfamiliar or unknown message without knowing the necessary codes. 2. To use or convey (a message) in a way that requires the recipient to construct part of the meaning. Labels: transitive Example: To officers and dispatchers it also connotes "good police work" and "crime work" that is honorable and important. Each message is undercoded in respect of police ideology (Eco 1979:135ff., Manning 1986). Example: In another sense it provides a deficit: some key knowledge necessary to read a word correctly is missing. One might alternatively say that the syllabary simultaneously undercodes and overcodes the spoken language, making it particularly ripe as a location for local language ideology. 3. To communicate (information) indirectly, by means of an undercode. Labels: transitive Example: Thus theology is also a logocentric system that undercodes mythology. Example: Instead of either stylizing the violence out of sight or repressing representation entirely, she undercodes the violence so that its presence in the resulting work, which is partly representational and partly anti-representational, is all the more tenacious and acute. 4. To encode a secret message that is masked by a surface message or stream of data. Example: Just as she'd needed him to undercode a message into the financial routing she prayed someone with exceptional eskills would find. 5. To represent by a code that indicates a lower level of service than what was provided. Example: Generally, physicians "undercode" defensively as routine practice. That is, a physician may indicate a level of service less than that actually rendered due to the difficulties in documenting the visit properly for the appropriate service level. Example: It is estimated that medical groups undercode 50% to 60% of the time. 6. To use fewer codes than are needed to fully describe something. Example: Coding should be done with great exactness: it is better to "overcode" than to "undercode." Example: The Coder should not undercode a document. Because of the diversity of documents likely to be encountered and the likelihood that topics will overlap a given subject discussion will often involve two or more SUBJECT CODES.
Word: hot as blazes Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely hot.
Word: before you can say knife Part of Speech: phrase 1. Very quickly; quicker than one expects. Example: 'Oh, we'll pull you off before you can say knife. Take care of His Excellency. I shall try to get a little sleep now.' Example: ‘Ginger, Ginger, before you can say knife she'll make you into a damned missionary.’ I don't know that I'd mind that so much if we had a little mission of our own.
Word: no better than one ought to be Part of Speech: adj 1. Sexually promiscuous. Labels: comparative-only, dated, euphemistic Example: There were no whisperings, even from his opponents, that he was no better than he ought to be. Because, there was nothing wrong on which to hang a charge. As an eloquent orator, he carried with him the firm support of a good name. Example: After dinner she went directly to Melissa. “Mellie,” she said, “do you know, I've good reason for thinking this woman you've got is no better than she ought to be. Think of that, and you sick, and Abraham exposed to temptation.”
Word: Attalia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Attalīa, from Ancient Greek Ἀττάλεια (Attáleia). Doublet of Antalya and Adalia. 1. An ancient city in modern Turkey; modern Antalya.
Word: Famagusta Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌfæməˈɡʊstə/, /ˌfɑːməˈɡuːstə/ 1. A city in Northern Cyprus. Example: ‘Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the walled city of Gazimagusa, as we say in Turkish, or Famagusta, as we say in English.’ 2. A district of Cyprus, majorly controlled by the North
Word: Volante Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Volante. 1. A surname.
Word: rings true Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ring true Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ringing true Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ring true Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rang true Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of ring true Labels: form-of, past
Word: rung true Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of ring true Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dry pot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Chinese 乾鍋／干锅 (gānguō). 1. A Chinese dish, originally from the Hunan, Hubei and Sichuan provinces, made by wok-frying various ingredients (often a combination of meat and vegetables) and usually served hot on a metal pan, griddle or clay pot. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: dry pot Part of Speech: noun 1. An empty side pot created when a player is all in and is called by at least two other players, but not raised. If subsequent betting occurs, the money will go to the dry pot.
Word: dry pots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dry pot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue grama Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of perennial grass, Bouteloua gracilis, native to inland parts of the western and central United States into neighboring areas of Mexico and Canada, especially the northern Great Plains. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: blue gramas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue grama Labels: form-of, plural
Word: roofs over one's head Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of roof over one's head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nethelesse Part of Speech: adv 1. Obsolete form of nevertheless. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: blue threeawn Part of Speech: noun 1. A perennial bunchgrass native to the southwestern and south-central US into northern Mexico, Aristida purpurea var. nealleyi (formerly known as Aristida glauca). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: threeawn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From three + awn. Pronunciation: /ˈθɹiːɔːn/ 1. Any grass in the genus Aristida. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: threeawns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of threeawn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue threeawns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blue threeawn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brownseed paspalum Part of Speech: noun 1. A perennial grass native to the subtropical and tropical parts of the Americas and grown elsewhere for pasture and hay, Paspalum plicatulum Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: brownseed paspalums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brownseed paspalum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bush muhly Part of Speech: noun 1. A perennial bunchgrass native to the southwestern US and northern Mexico, Muhlenbergia porteri
Word: cane beardgrass Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of cane bluestem (Bothriochloa barbinodis). Labels: uncountable
Word: cane bluestem Part of Speech: noun 1. A coarse, upright perennial bunchgrass native to dry areas from the southwestern US to South America; Bothriochloa barbinodis. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: cane bluestems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cane bluestem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: penny sterling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sterling silver, which the coin was originally minted from. 1. A British coin worth 1⁄240 of a pound sterling, made of silver prior to 1797, and copper thereafter, Abbreviation: d. Labels: historical Example: The Semissis, or מםימם Mesimes, was the half of an assar, or the 192d part of a shekel: its weight was 2 barley corns, and its value equal to ּ146, or the 7th part nearly of a penny sterling. Example: Wat imagines he is asked for thirty pennies sterling (two and a half shillings), when he is really being asked for thirty pennies Scots (two and a half pennies sterling). 2. A unit of weight amounting to 1/20 of a troy ounce. Labels: historical Example: Twenty four Grains made one Penny Sterling, 20 Penny weight one Ounce, and 12 Ounces, or 5660 Grains made a pound Sterling, consisting of 20 Shillings. Example: Thirty-two Wheat COrns, taken in the midst of the Ear, weigheth one penny Sterling. Twenty-pence Sterling, maketh the Ounce Troy.
Word: beardgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beard + grass. 1. Any of a number of grasses with beard-like inflorescences or other structures, especially those currently or formerly classified in the genus Andropogon Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: beardgrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beardgrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transflections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transflection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transflexions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transflexion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: NBR Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of not believed relevant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: NBR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of nitrile butadiene rubber. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ecodestination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + destination. 1. A popular destination for ecotourists.
Word: ecodestinations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecodestination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: to the nines Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From Scots, perhaps a rebracketing of to then eyne (“to the eyes”) or to thyn eyne (“(up) to your eyes”). 1. To perfection; fully, wholly.
Word: perstringed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of perstringe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: perstringing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of perstringe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: x86`lowbar`64 Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of x86-64. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: coalhole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coal hole. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sea bluebell Part of Speech: noun 1. Mertensia maritima, a flowering plant in the genus Boraginaceae. Example: Sea Bluebells (Mertensia maritima) would seem a pleasant companion for Virginia Bluebells, and there is plenty of foliage all summer. Example: […] I found two remarkable flowering plants, sea bluebells Mertensia maritima growing close to the water's edge in a prostrate configuration with grey-green leaves and light bluebell-shaped flowers, and sea beach sandwort […]
Word: sea bluebells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea bluebell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in deep shit Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In trouble; in a difficult situation. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: giftlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gift + -let. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪftlət/ 1. A small gift. Example: There is […] a number of plastic dolls in blonde wigs and kilts brought back as giftlets for my now deceased aunt by cronies who tripped off to other parts of Scotland for wee holidays. Example: Yet the giftlets she offered the gods, the vows she pledged / with silent lips—these were not in vain, not unpleasing.
Word: Safavis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Safavi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Safawid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Safavid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Safawid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Safavid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Safawids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Safawid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kirkgoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kirk + goer. 1. Someone who goes to kirk; a churchgoer. Labels: Scotland Example: I am no great kirkgoer, for many reasons — and the sermon's one of them, and the first prayer another, but the chief and effectual reason is the stuffiness. Example: But this lady has the stern face of a kirk-goer.
Word: kirkgoers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kirkgoer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: giftlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of giftlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morning roll Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because baked freshly each morning. Compare morning goods. 1. A type of white bread roll popular as part of breakfast. Labels: Scotland Example: I can't go out to buy morning rolls, those delicious regional specialities, without somebody who remembers the old lady grappling with me on the pavement and stressing the resemblance.
Word: morning rolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morning roll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traycloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tray + cloth. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪklɒθ/ 1. A cloth laid across a tray on which to serve dishes, food etc. Example: He'd bring her dinner on a tray with always a slightly soiled traycloth.
Word: Victorianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Victorian + -ness. 1. The fact or quality of being Victorian. Labels: uncountable Example: Nevertheless, his Victorianness, for want of a better word, means he feels duty bound to come the heavy father, from time to time, always with a histrionic overemphasis: ‘You just watch out for yourself, that's all.’
Word: flood pants Part of Speech: noun 1. Pants suitable for wear in high water. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Some clothes would be too big, which was good, because you could grow into them, while others would be too small and look like flood pants. 2. Pants that are too short. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: post-partural Part of Speech: adj 1. Postpartum. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is compiled by somebody called Mary Motley Kalergis, another name on my post-partural hit-list.
Word: Mopsuestia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Mopsuestia, from Ancient Greek Μοψουεστία (Mopsouestía), from Μόψου ἑστία (Mópsou hestía, “the house of Mopsus”). 1. an ancient city in Cilicia on the Pyramus River (now Ceyhan River) located east of ancient Antiochia in Cilicia (present-day Adana, southern Turkey)
Word: Manzikert Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Armenia, the site of the Battle of Manzikert where the Byzantine Empire was decisively defeated by Seljuk Turks; modern Malazgirt in Turkey Labels: historical
Word: Rubenid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ruben (“the name of the founder”) + -id. 1. Of or pertaining to the Rubenids: an Armenian dynasty who dominated parts of Cilicia, and who established the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Rubenid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ruben (“the name of the founder”) + -id. 1. A member of the Rubenids.
Word: Roupenid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Roupenid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Roupenids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roupenid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rubenids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rubenid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Roupenide Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Roupenide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rupenide Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Rupenide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Roubenid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Roubenid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rubenide Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Rubenide Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Rubenid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Roupenides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roupenide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rupenides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rupenide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Roubenids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roubenid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rubenides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rubenide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hethumid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hethum (“the name of the founder”) + -id, from Armenian Հեթում (Hetʻum). 1. Of or pertaining to the Hethumids: an Armenian dynasty who ruled the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia as princes and kings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Hethumid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hethum (“the name of the founder”) + -id, from Armenian Հեթում (Hetʻum). 1. A member of the Hethumids.
Word: Hetoumid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Hethumid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Hetoumid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hethumid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hetoumids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hetoumid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hetumid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Hethumid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Hetumid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hethumid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hetumids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hetumid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hethoumid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Hethumid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Hethoumid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Hethumid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hethoumids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hethoumid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hethumids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hethumid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fair's fair Part of Speech: phrase 1. An expression used when asking for fair or just treatment, or when asserting that a situation is fair. Example: "Okay," I said. "If we take turns with the dishes. I'm not going to do them all the time." "Fair's fair," Matt said. "We rotate the dishes, and Jon and I do our own laundry."
Word: crinkleawn Part of Speech: noun 1. Any grass in the genus, Trachypogon Labels: uncountable 2. Crinkleawn fescue, Festuca subuliflora Labels: uncountable
Word: creosotebush Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of creosote bush. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: creosotebushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creosotebush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thalassocratic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: thalasso- + -cratic 1. Of or pertaining to thalassocracy.
Word: weight off someone's shoulders Part of Speech: noun 1. A worry, concern or burden removed. Example: My blood tests came back all clear, which was a huge weight off my shoulders.
Word: phony as a three-dollar bill Part of Speech: adj Etymology: As three-dollar bills do not exist. (The Kirtland Safety Society Anti-Banking Co. in Ohio issued unofficial three-dollar bills during a banking crisis but they were never legitimate.) 1. Extremely phony; fake; dishonest; completely bogus. Labels: not-comparable Example: Though the film has some handsome, carefully staged action sequences, its machismo seems as phony as a three‐dollar bill. Example: But this chart, originally created by the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, is as phony as a three-dollar bill. Our friends at PolitiFact did a pretty thorough takedown of it in May, giving it their worst rating: “pants on fire.”
Word: pluriversality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pluriverse + -ality. 1. The condition of being pluriversal. Labels: uncountable Example: As an antidote, border thinking aims at pluriversality. Example: Those conditions of possibility enabled me to move with more intensity from a perspective of universality toward a perspective of pluriversality, from modernity toward transmodernity. 2. A state or situation that is pluriversal. Labels: countable Example: Secondly, it is important to reassert collective resilience for action to transform and construct a Europe of and for the people, one in which social justice, intense democratic values, inalienable human rights and the recognition of the pluriversalities of human dignity are primary motives for integration. Example: By highlighting the existence of various different yet converging modernities that are disentangled from specific temporal and geographical setups, the texts suggest that there has never been only one history that can be interpreted and written in one particular way, but a pluriversality of approaches to the past – a pluriversality that has to be critically examined, but can also be joyfully celebrated.