nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: CHD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of congenital heart disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of congenital heart disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of coronary heart disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of common hepatic duct. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CSPI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Center for Science in the Public Interest. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Even as FDA works to develop that plan, consumers continue to be exposed to unsafe food chemicals including not just dyes but also the artificial sweetener aspartame, the white pigment titanium dioxide, the preservative propylparaben, and the phthalate food packaging chemicals, according to CSPI.
Word: AICR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Institute for Cancer Research. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MVP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of minimum viable product. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of most valuable player. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Darryl, you've outdone Willie Mays. You got my vote for MVP. Example: Members of a basketball team happily reward the MVP with additional status is she sinks a winning shot at the buzzer. 3. Initialism of model-view-presenter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of model view projection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of minimum viable population. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of mitral valve prolapse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of most vexing parse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: NCCDPHP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NLM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Library of Medicine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NIAID Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The NIAID supports projects at universities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAID labs across the country.
Word: AAAAI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American academy of allergy, asthma, and immunology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IUD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The Philippine sense is due to the streetfood being reminiscent of an intrauterine device. 1. Initialism of intrauterine device. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: An IUD is a type of long-acting, reversible contraceptive. The small, T-shaped device is placed in the uterus and left in place to prevent pregnancy for between three and 12 years, depending on the type. Example: That, and her IUD, which had become so deeply embedded in her uterine lining that only the uninsured process of surgical extraction could remove it, had created a false narrative of childlessness. 2. Initialism of inhalant use disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Typically, respondents with ASPD that use inhalants often exhibited a greater level of antisocialism, and this relationship was intensified further if the inhalant user had an IUD. 3. Initialism of internet use disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Barbecued chicken intestine, sold as street food. Labels: Philippines, countable, informal, uncountable
Word: SLE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of systemic lupus erythematosus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Iberdomide, a cereblon modulator promoting degradation of the transcription factors Ikaros and Aiolos, which affect leukocyte development and autoimmunity, is being evaluated for the treatment of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). 2. Initialism of single-layer ejecta. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SLE Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Seletar Expressway. Labels: Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: AAKP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Association of Kidney Patients. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: light bucket Part of Speech: noun 1. A reflecting telescope, especially one with a relatively large aperture and suitable for observing deep sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: ARB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of angiotensin receptor blocker. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ACE Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /eɪs/ 1. Initialism of American Council on Education. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Advanced Composition Explorer, a NASA spacecraft. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of American Cinema Editors. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Attempto Controlled English. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. A proprietary data compression archive file format.
Word: ACE Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪs/ 1. A member of American Cinema Editors Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of angiotensin converting enzyme. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of air combat element. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of aviation combat element. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of analysis and control element. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of arbitrary code execution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of access control entry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of ASCII-compatible encoding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Because the DNS requires that a domain name be in an ACE format, IDNA proposes that client applications, such as a web browser, manage the character conversion internally. 9. Initialism of adverse childhood experience. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of accumulated cyclone energy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MAOI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: ‘Sertraline in combination with an MAOI will kill you, in enough quantities.’
Word: DKA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of diabetic ketoacidosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: DKA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Delta Kappa Alpha. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I pledged for DKA my sophomore year and went through a rigorous process of weekly meetings and projects, each designed to build fraternal bonds and to teach values such as honesty, reliability and generosity.
Word: PPI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of producer price index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of pixels per inch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of proton-pump inhibitor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of protein–protein interaction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: 2010, Kodama and Hu, "An improved biomolecular flourescence complementation assay with a high signal-to-noise ratio", BioTechniques, vol 49, no 5, pg. 793. in abstract This improved Venus-based BiFC system will facilitate PPI studies in various biological research fields. 5. Initialism of patient and public involvement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of personal priesthood interview. Labels: Mormonism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of payment protection insurance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of positive polarity item. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DHT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dihydrotestosterone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of distributed hash table. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: TPM Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of topiramate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of ticket point mileage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of technical project manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of total productive maintenance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of total preventative maintenance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of tentative parole month. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: TPM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Trusted Platform Module. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Talking Points Memo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The second foot-related compound was in a 7/24/2025 TPM article, "Why is Jeff Bezos rakestomping the Post?".
Word: DDS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Doctor of Dental Surgery, a terminal higher education degree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of direct digital synthesis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of data distribution service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Dewey Decimal System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Davao Death Squad. Labels: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of Diehard Duterte Supporters. Labels: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of dopamine dysregulation syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of dialysis disequilibrium syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of Denys-Drash syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: OB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Olympic best. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of outside broadcast. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of outside broadcasting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of old boy (a male graduate; also a CB radio operator's term of address for a male). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of obstetrician. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives. 6. Abbreviation of obstetrics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of Old Babylonian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: OB Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of obstetric. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Initialism of out of bounds. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 3. Abbreviation of obligatory (as in "ob. link" on Usenet) (see ObLink at c2.com; see also ob-) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 4. Abbreviation of Old Babylonian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: GYN Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of gynecologist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: One woman in ten is at risk — yet one-third of all women over 50 have never had a mammo! By making Pap tests routine, OBs and GYNs have saved many lives. 2. Abbreviation of gynecology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: Ste. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Ste (abbreviation for suite, etc) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: 6500 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 2200 Los Angeles, CA 90048 Example: Joe Baca (D) District 62 - San Bernardino 201 N. E. St., Ste. 102, San Bernardino, CA 92401 Steve Baldwin (R) District 77 - San Diego 8419 La Mesa Blvd., Ste. B, La Mesa, CA 91941
Word: MSW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Master of Social Work. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of municipal solid waste. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of men who have sex with women. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BCBS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Blue Cross Blue Shield (Association), a federation of health insurance companies in the USA. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cop out Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since 1942 as “flee, escape, cop (an) out”. 1. To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: Faced with the prospect of cooking for himself, his first thought was to cop out and order a pizza. Example: There was no bird fair at Druridge so I didn't have to feel guilty about copping out of it. 2. To plead guilty and ask for mercy. 3. To blame; to assign blame to; to get into trouble. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: His lawyer copped him out on just one felony charge. 4. To remove from a situation or crowd, such as for arrest or punishment. Labels: US, dated, idiomatic Example: Somebody should have copped him out last night. 5. To leave a gang. Example: I can't believe you copped out on us. 6. To abandon, let down or betray (someone). Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: She thought I'd copped out on her. 7. To win (someone) over; to get on (someone's) good side. Labels: idiomatic, slang, transitive
Word: ICU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of intensive care unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A day earlier, state epidemiologist Dr. Paul Byers warned the minimal available ICU capacity meant dozens of patients are waiting in emergency rooms for an ICU bed. […] “We desperately needed the nursing support because our ICUs are so inundated with critically ill Covid patients,” Brown said. 2. Initialism of intersection capacity utilization: a measure of the capacity of a roadway intersection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ICU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Christian University, a private university located in Tokyo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of International Components for Unicode: software libraries supporting internationalization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Islamic Courts Union: a belligerent in Somali Civil War. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: ICU Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of I see you. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: PL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of public library. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of proximity labeling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of programming language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of public license. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of price level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of piecewise linear. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of public law. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The government's primary market promotion tool is Public Law 480, the Food for Peace program. Since its inception in 1954, PL 480 has provided an outlet in less-developed countries for American agricultural surpluses. 8. Initialism of patrol leader. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Premier League. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PL Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of protamine-like. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: PL Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of pluck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BMI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of body mass index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The Federal Obesity Clinical Guidelines define underweight as a BMI of 18 or less, overweight as a BMI of 25 to 29.9 and obesity as a BMI of 30 and above. Example: Wrong, says a new study, which has found that among adults 18 to 90 across the BMI continuum, having an apple shape increased the risk of death -- particularly death from cardiovascular disease. Even at BMIs above 30, where obesity begins, men and women whose waist-to-hip ratio identified them as more pear-shaped were less likely to die -- of any cause and of cardiovascular causes -- than those with similar BMIs who were apple-shaped. 2. Initialism of brain–machine interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NCI Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of NICI (“negative ion chemical ionization”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: NCI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Cancer Institute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CMT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of certified massage therapist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Chartered Market Technician. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of communication, media and technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Charcot-Marie-Tooth. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of cutting-manufacturing-trimming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of clutchless manual transmission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of cassette magnetic tape. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CMT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Country Music Television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Th. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Thursday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Th. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Thessalonians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Thucydides. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Thur Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Thursday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Thur Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Haut-Rhin department, Grand Est, France, a tributary of the Ill. 2. A river in north-east Switzerland, a tributary of the Rhine.
Word: DOT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department of Transportation or Department of Transport. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said. 2. Initialism of Department of Tourism. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DOT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of disodium octaborate tetrahydrate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of damage over time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. A weapon or ability that deals damage over time as opposed to or in addition to direct damage. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: CNP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of copy number polymorphism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of certified nurse practitioner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of C-type natriuretic peptide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CPR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: If there is no pulse, or if the pulse rate is less than 60 beats per minute with signs of poor perfusion (eg, poor skin color, unconscious), perform CPR. Example: Coral, who had taken a CPR course, called 911 and told the others not to touch Amelia. 2. Initialism of calibrated peer review. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of common-pool resource. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of corrosion penetration rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: CPR, in units of micrometers per year, is calcualted using Faraday's law:
Word: CPR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Canadian Pacific Railway. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Civil Procedure Rules. Labels: England, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WIC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of women, infants and children. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: “We are approaching an inflection point for Senate Democrats. Continue to hold out for the Far-Left wing of the party or reopen the government so mothers, babies, and the most vulnerable among us can receive timely WIC and SNAP allotments,” a USDA spokesperson said in an email. 2. Acronym of walk-in closet. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: CPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of certified public accountant. Labels: Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The wash-sale rule prohibits you from buying the same stock or security 30 days before or after your loss-sale date, said Virginia-based CPA and CFP Mike Powers. 2. Initialism of chartered professional accountant. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of collaboration protocol agreement in ebXML. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of copolymer alloy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Initialism of closest point of approach. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Initialism of Christian Palestinian Aramaic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of correlation power analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of chosen-plaintext attack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of cost per action. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of co-citation proximity analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of crores per annum. Labels: South-Asia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Meronym: LPA 14. Initialism of chirped-pulse amplification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Consumer Protection Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PAC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pæk/, [pʰæk] 1. Initialism of programmable automation controller. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of proxy auto-config (file). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of public accounts committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Acronym of political action committee. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: A PAC may contribute no more than $5,000 to a federal candidate in a general or primary election. PACs have grown to become the second-largest source of campaign funds, trailing only individuals (Herrnson 2004). Example: The new group, called Save America, is a federal fund-raising vehicle known as a leadership PAC that has donation limits of $5,000 per donor per year. […] In that sense, his PAC could become a fan-subsidized machine to perpetuate his agenda and plot his next moves. […] Leadership PACs are generally seen as loosely regulated — Joseph R. Biden Jr. operated one during the 2018 midterms ahead of his own presidential run — and the committee gives Mr. Trump a place to continue to direct supporter cash. 5. Initialism of presentation-abstraction-control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Pan American Championships. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PAC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /pæk/, [pʰæk] 1. Abbreviation of Pacific (“Pacific Ocean”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: PAC Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pæk/, [pʰæk] 1. Initialism of probably approximately correct. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: cop-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from cop out. 1. Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out. Labels: slang Example: His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out. Example: In the book, his conclusion is simple: capitalism is kaput, celebrity charity won’t plug holes, revolution is the only solution. Yet it also feels like a bit of a cop-out: he insists all this can be achieved through love, peace and understanding. 2. An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out. Labels: slang Example: It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist. 3. A person who cops out. Labels: slang Example: He's always a cop-out when there's hard work to be done. Example: Even when they are talking one-on-one, we aren't allowed to see behind the posturing and emblematic language. The major exception to this is Da Mayor […] who is both scorned and respected, seen as both a cop-out and a hero.
Word: pwr Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of PWR. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pwr. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of PWR. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: EFT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electronic funds transfer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: EFT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Emotional Freedom Techniques (“a form of counselling based on various alternative medicine practices”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LL Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of limited license. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of lower level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of linguistic landscape. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of Late Latin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of lucky loser. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 6. Abbreviation of low-lead fuel/gasoline/petrol/avgas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 7. Abbreviation of long live. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: LL Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of low-lead. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: LL Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of lesson learned. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: traf Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of traffic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Au.D. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Doctor of Audiology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: EFA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of essential fatty acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of exploratory factor analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Mich. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Michigan: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BHRT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AACD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of American Association for Counseling and Development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of left foot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of line feed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of low frequency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of left field or left fielder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of linear feet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of logical form. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of light field. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Initialism of lesbian female. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Attractive, career oriented LF 30 with sense of humor and zest for life, seeks intelligent, warm, mature but fun-loving LF for sharing all that life has to offer.
Word: LF Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of low fat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LF Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of looking for. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LF Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Initialism of like fuck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, vulgar
Word: MBTI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Myers–Briggs Type Indicator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ISRHA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Self Realization Healing Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MMPI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: collarette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French collerette. Pronunciation: /kɒləˈɹɛt/ 1. A small collar, especially as a kind of necklace of lace, fur etc. for women; a ruff Example: Work the 2 stitches in looped knitting; the last ten rows make a kind of gore on the lower edge of the collarette. Example: Men in Sunday suits and orange collarettes swaggered to the music from uniformed flute bands. 2. A small collar of inner petals or leaf-like extensions to the stem. Example: There are no recurved strap-shaped little flowers; collarette of the composite flower with scales arranged in several rows ( Fig . TVU ) Example: The rather inconspicuous collarette of Aspergillus contrasts with the distinctive collarette of Phialophora richardsiae (Nannf. apud Melin & Nannf.) 3. A type of dahlia having a small collar of short inner petals. Example: The Collarette dahlia is a very novel and distinct type. 4. The jagged circle in the mid-diameter of the iris, separating the darker shade of the iris from the lighter shade of the iris. Example: The edge of the pupil is soft and seems to dissolve into the collarette rather than stand apart from it. 5. The rim of loosened keratin surrounding a skin lesion. Example: Occasionally, scaling may be diffuse and irregular instead of collarette of fragments of scales that from the border into the center of the lesion, like a curtain 6. An advertising card fitted around the neck of a bottle.
Word: corp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of corp.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: HMO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of health maintenance organization. Labels: Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: It's a real problem because HMOs do not deal with chronic pain — they want to just deal with crises. Example: By the mid-1990s, seven states required HMOs to pay for bone marrow transplantation. 2. Initialism of home/house in/of multiple occupation/occupancy: a rented house typically let as individual rooms, often to students or migrant workers. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of hear me out. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: expo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of exposition. 1. An exposition (type of public exhibition). Example: NPR spoke with more than 30 people at the DHS career expo held in Provo last week. 2. An exposition (type of public exhibition). 3. An expediter; a restaurant worker who prepares food to be taken to tables.
Word: rocket-propelled grenade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A backronym, from the acronym RPG, which derives from Russian РПГ (RPG); see RPG for more. 1. A modern hand-held weapons system, comprising a launcher that fires a small explosive rocket. 2. The explosive rocket weapon component of such a system.
Word: BYOB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of bring your own bottle/booze/beer/beverage. Labels: abbreviation, also, alt-of, attributive, initialism Example: Whether you choose a modest family restaurant, the little café around the corner, the new BYOB everybody's talking about, or even the local pizza palace, […] Example: It is a BYOB affair tonight, but ice, paper cups, and mixers are for sale. As the room fills, the lines lengthen. 2. Initialism of bring your own Bible. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of bring your own buffer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: This release now supports proper BYOB readers on Fetch and WebTransport, which allows developers to prepare their ArrayBuffer so that it can be reused for read requests and thus saves memory allocation.
Word: flamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flame + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfleɪmɚ/ 1. A very flamboyant ("flaming"), effeminate gay male. Labels: colloquial, derogatory, often Example: The thinking is Ralston's gay—lots of us Fifth Squadders think he's gay. Me, I think he is, and it don't bother me any. You's queer, you's queer. So he's a flamer—big deal. Or maybe he's a switch-hitter, a bisexual. Who knows? 2. One who flames, or posts vitriolic criticism. Labels: slang Example: Send a note to the flamer. Tell him that his message was inappropriate. Request that he refrain from posting anything like it again. 3. A fireball. Labels: slang Example: A Navy fighter was on the tail of a Jap dive bomber that was headed for the ships in the bay, and he nailed him at about 5,000 feet and made a flamer of him. Example: Fellows who didn't enjoy their breakfast unless they'd crept up behind some foolish Hun, put twenty rounds in his petrol tank and made a flamer of him.
Word: closet case Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From closet + case. First use appears c. 1946 in the Washington Post. 1. A person who conceals or denies their sexuality or gender identity. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Even self-styled liberated gay and straight people sometimes call outspoken bigots "closet cases". Example: Now this one portrays the drill instructor as an extreme/suicidal if he ever admits it closet case. 2. A person who is shunned, ignored, or considered to be an embarrassment. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Closet case at Delta Upsilon is shunted to the basement.... Example: Under-expectation on the part of the parent... can range from a complete refusal by the father to accept the fact that the child does exist (a closet case)...
Word: drag queen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen. 1. A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance. Example: Donald was donning a brand new pair of pantyhose. He hadn’t shaved in a while, and he could feel his stubble snag on the nylon. It’s not pretty when a drag queen gets careless, he thought, but it was too late to do anything about it tonight.
Word: graf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Graf (“count”). Doublet of graaf and grave. 1. A German or Austrian count (nobleman). Labels: historical, uncommon Example: Without ceremony, the Graf, on his entering the drawing-room, seated himself at the piano-forte, and proposed affording his new friends "a leetle example" how music was performed in Hungary.
Word: graf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phonetic respelling of clipping of paragraph. 1. A paragraph. Labels: slang Example: Brooks lays out the crux of his case his case in his first three grafs of his article: Example: This Wednesday story includes a graf on Reuters’ stance:
Word: graf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of graff (“graffiti”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: For example, a current trend in graf is to simulate a three-dimensional effect (see Figure 1.2). No one graf artist is associated with having developed this method. Example: Naar had been photographing the 'palimpsest of writings and marks on walls' since 1955 and he says his interest in graf is 'political, in the Greek sense of engagement with the life of the "polis", or city-state'.
Word: gray area Part of Speech: noun 1. American standard spelling of grey area
Word: stuffed shirt Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is pompous or self-important, especially one who is either officious or punctilious in a position of authority. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: "Don't you come the high-and-holy on me. You and your smooth, big, phony stuffed-shirt of a father." Example: Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm?
Word: emission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1607. From Middle French émission, from Latin ēmissiō (“sending forth”), from ēmittō (“send out”), from ex (“from, out of”) + mittō (“send”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɪʃ.ən/, /ˈe.mɪ.ʃən/ 1. Something which is emitted or sent out; issue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the emission was mostly blood Example: Cymarron's sound resembled the mellow folkie emissions of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and America. 2. The act of emitting; the act of sending forth or putting into circulation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the emission of light from the sun Example: the emission of heat from a fire
Word: emission Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *méyth₂eti Proto-Italic *meitō Old Latin mītō Latin mittō Latin ēmittō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ēmissiōlbor. French émissionbor. English emission Borrowed from French émission. 1. A show; a program. Example: All too often, such shows result in destroying any idea that the topic just _could possibly_ be serious. I also discussed with gothic friends, telling they once were interviewed by people claiming to be creating an emission about gothics... just to discover later that the real topic was sects!
Word: smart arse Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is particularly flippant or insolent or tends to make snide remarks or jokes. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: ‘That Howard kid is a smart-arse little bugger!’
Word: on one's high horse Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Self-righteous; proceeding on the belief one is more correct or proper than others. Labels: idiomatic Example: When she gets on her high horse there is not much to do but go along with it or wait for it to pass.
Word: woe is me Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Here, the oblique pronoun me denotes not an informal copulative complement (as in this is me), but an indirect object, wherefore it literally means woe is to me, an obsolete way of saying I feel woe; compare German mir ist traurig (“I feel sad”, literally “to-me [it] is sad”). Idiomatically, it means woe is upon me. See also German weh ist mir and its descendant, Yiddish וויי איז מיר (vey iz mir), which are identical in form and meaning to the English expression. Pronunciation: /ˌwəʊ ɪz ˈmiː/, /ˌwoʊ ɪz ˈmi/ 1. Used to show that the speaker feels distress or misery; humorous use usually also signals self-awareness regarding excessive self-pity. Labels: humorous, sometimes Example: Blasted with extasie. Oh, woe is me, T'haue seene what I haue seene: see what I see. Example: Woe is me, that I soiourne in Mesech: that I dwell in the tents of Kedar.
Word: smartass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smart + -ass. 1. Synonym of know-it-all, an obnoxious clever person or a person making obnoxious efforts to seem clever by acting or behaving as if they know everything. Labels: mildly, vulgar 2. An insolent person, especially one who makes snide remarks. Labels: mildly, vulgar Example: Lots of luck, smartass.
Word: smartass Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From smart + -ass. 1. Related to or characteristic of a smartass; irritatingly clever or smug. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: I have had quite enough of your smartass remarks. Example: "That is heresy!" Reb Shimon exclaimed, and then added, "Where do you get such smartass opinions?"
Word: smartass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From smart + -ass. 1. To talk like a smartass, with a lot of snide remarks. Labels: slang Example: I smartassed and smack-talked half of the interview, but as I relaxed a bit more and genuinely talked with them, a strange thing happened.
Word: bust chops Part of Speech: verb 1. To nag; to berate or hound in an effort to elicit action. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: The boss has been busting chops all day. Example: The boss busted our chops all week.
Word: holy moley Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Originally a euphemism for Holy Mary, Molly being a nickname for Mary. Compare holy Moses. 1. Synonym of wow, an expression of surprise. Labels: dated, euphemistic, humorous, idiomatic Example: "Whew !" he whistled, softly; "that's curious. Same name as the lady at our place. Suppose he should be her husband. Holy moley, what a game. I've made a discovery.
Word: every which way Part of Speech: adv 1. All over; in every direction. Labels: not-comparable Example: The kids got to the park and ran every which way. Example: Indeed, a jolly little Clown now came walking toward them, and Dorothy could see that in spite of his pretty clothes of red and yellow and green he was completely covered with cracks, running every which way and showing plainly that he had been mended in many places. 2. In all sorts of ways or manners. Labels: not-comparable Example: You can't keep doing it every which way if you want a consistent result.
Word: age limit Part of Speech: noun 1. A restriction placed on an activity based on the age of the participants; either lower or higher limit. Example: The bar's age limit was 21, so we could not get in.
Word: saler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English salar, saler, salere, saller, salure, seler, from Old French saler, salere, salier and Medieval Latin salare, from Latin sāl (“salt”). 1. salt cellar Labels: historical
Word: ape hangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ape hanger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arugula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from a Southern Italian dialect word equivalent to Standard Italian rucola, whence also, since c. 1967, English rucola. Also cognate to rocket (“plant”), eruca, roquette. Pronunciation: /əˈɹuɡələ/, /əˈɹʊɡələ/ 1. A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A yellowish-flowered Mediterranean herb of the mustard family with flavoured leaves, often eaten in salads, that has a distinct, peppery flavor, of three species: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: waldmeister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Waldmeister. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑːldmaɪstə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɔːldmaɪstə(ɹ)/ 1. A herb used (particularly in Germany and central Europe) for flavouring wines and liqueurs, Galium odoratum. Labels: uncountable
Word: lecturer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lecture Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English lecturer From lecture + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹə/, /ˈlekt͡ʃəɹə/, /ˈlɛkt͡ʃəɹɚ/ 1. A person who gives lectures, especially as a profession. Example: The lecturers are expert on lecturing on the subject, but they offer the splatterdash method of disseminating information with no point of view of their own. Example: Mr. Abel, who lives in Westport, Conn., has earned his bread as a writer and lecturer on problem-solving tactics, and he has earned a reputation as a duke of dupery since 1959, when he masterminded the Society for Indecency to Naked Animals. 2. A member of a university or college below the rank of assistant professor or reader; docent; lector. 3. A member of the Church of England clergy whose main task was to deliver sermons (lectures) in the afternoons and evenings. Labels: dated
Word: woodruff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English wudurofe, from wudu (“wood”) + rofe, of uncertain meaning and origin. Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdɹʌf/ 1. Galium odoratum, an aromatic herb. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sweet woodruff Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic perennial plant, formerly used as a strewing herb, Galium odoratum (formerly Asperula odorata), with small white flowers. Labels: uncountable
Word: wuderove Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwʊdɹəʊv/ 1. Obsolete form of woodruff. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: angelica Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkə/ 1. A tall plant, with hollow stems, genus Angelica, especially garden angelica (Angelica archangelica). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] all ye shall shortly behold how, as one shattereth a stalk of angelica, I will break and shatter the limbs of this Goldry Bluszco. 2. A candied stem of the plant, used to decorate cookies. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A member of any species of genus Aralia. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Synonym of angélique (“a musical instrument”). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cilantro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cilantro, possibly from an unattested regional Vulgar Latin variant (with a front vowel) of Late Latin coliandrum, from Latin coriandrum (“coriander”). Doublet of coriander and culantro. Pronunciation: /sɪˈlæntɹəʊ/, /sɪˈlɑntɹoʊ/ 1. The stems and leaves of the coriander plant, Coriandrum sativum, used as a seasoning and garnish in cooking. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: borage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English borage, borrowed from Old French borage (compare French bourrache), from Medieval Latin borrago, either from Latin borra (“short wool, rough hair”) or Arabic أَبُو العَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq, literally “father of sweat”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/ 1. Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: fidelity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 15th century, from Middle English [Term?], from Middle French fidélité, from Latin fidēlitās, from fidēlis (“faithful”), from fidēs (“faith, loyalty”) (English faith), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰidʰ-, zero-grade of *bʰeydʰ- (“to command, to persuade, to trust”) (English bide). Doublet of fealty. Pronunciation: /fɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/, /faɪˈdɛl.ɪ.ti/, /fᵻˈdɛlədi/ 1. Faithfulness to one's moral or civic duties. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the fidelity of the civil servants 2. Loyalty to one's spouse or partner, including abstention from cheating or extramarital affairs. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Accuracy, or exact correspondence to some given quality or fact. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The degree to which a system accurately reproduces an input. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: By placing them closer to the source, we can reduce the number of messages in the system and this in turn is likely to improve the fidelity of the system. 5. Faithfulness to God and one's religion. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: faith
Word: adaptive enzyme Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme that is present in the cell only under conditions in which it is clear of adaptive value.