nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: detritus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin dētrītus (“(that which is) rubbed away”), from dēterō (“rub away”). Pronunciation: /dɪˈtɹaɪ.təs/, /ˈdɛ.tɹɪ.dɪs/ 1. Pieces of rock broken off by ice, glacier, or erosion. Labels: countable, usually 2. Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Woody detritus is an important component of forested ecosystems. It can reduce erosion and affects soil development, stores nutrients and water, provides a major source of energy and nutrients, and serves as a seedbed for plants and as a major habitat for decomposers and hetereotrophs. 3. Any debris or fragments of disintegrated material. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: But of course: no clutter. No newspapers, no renegade scraps of domestic detritus, no rubber bands, paper clips, coupons, pens or pencils, notebooks, magazines. No knives. Where were the knives? Example: The cutting head removes any chips out of the railhead and restores the required surface shape. The trains also clear up their own detritus as they travel. Neither milling chips nor grinding dust remain on the track. 4. Rock consisting of accumulated debris from decayed rocks, like sand, that often is joined by cement. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Häagen-Dazs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Pseudo-loan from Danish. The name was coined by the creator of the brand, who intended it to seem Danish to honour Denmark for aiding Jews during the Holocaust, but to be unique. The words have no meaning and Danish does not actually use the letter ä or the digraph zs. The Hong Kong pronunciation is influenced by Cantonese 哈根大師 /哈根大师 (haa¹ gan¹ daai⁶ si¹). Pronunciation: /ˈhɑː.ɡənˌdɑːs/, /ˈhɑː.ɡənˌdɑːz/, /ˈhɑː.ɡən.daɪs/ 1. Ice cream of a certain high-end brand. Example: In my depression I was back gorging on two pints of Haagen Dazs a night. Example: As far as cravings go, she’s taken a somewhat greater-than-normal interest in mashed potatoes and corn, but the governor hasn’t yet made any 2 a.m. runs to Village Pantry for a pint of Haagen-Dazs.
Word: mature Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From late Middle English mature, from Middle French mature, from Latin mātūrus. Doublet of maduro. Partially displaced ripe, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”). Pronunciation: /məˈt͡ʃɔː(ɹ)/, /məˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/, /məˈtjʊə(ɹ)/, [mət͡ʃoː], /məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/ 1. Fully developed; grown up in terms of physical appearance, behaviour or thinking; ripe. Example: She is quite mature for her age. Example: The excellent mature eggplants grown in the garden plot are quickly being picked up by family and friends. 2. Brought to a state of complete readiness. Example: a mature plan 3. Profound; careful. Example: The headmaster decided to expel the boy after a mature consideration. Example: On mature reflection, I feel it would be wiser not to sell. 4. Come to, or in a state of, completed suppuration. Labels: obsolete 5. Suitable for adults only, due to sexual themes, violence, etc. Example: mature content
Word: mature Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English maturen, from Middle French maturer (“to mature”), from Latin mātūrō. Pronunciation: /məˈt͡ʃɔː(ɹ)/, /məˈt͡ʃʊə(ɹ)/, /məˈtjʊə(ɹ)/, [mət͡ʃoː], /məˈt͡ʃʊ(ə)ɹ/ 1. To proceed toward maturity: full development or completion (either of concrete or of abstract things, e.g. plans, judgments, qualities). Labels: intransitive Example: […] his originality, in the mean time, was maturing to perfection. 2. To attain maturity, to become mature or ripe. Labels: intransitive Example: […] Trees […] have alwayes Fruit upon them, ripe, or preparing to mature; 3. To bring (something) to maturity, full development, or completion. Labels: transitive Example: […] But these thoughts Full Counsel must mature: Example: […] much it now Imports they should be still deceiv’d, till time Matures our enterprize; 4. To make (something, e.g. fruit) ripe or mature. Labels: transitive Example: […] a ship well freighted with the stores The sun matures on India’s spicy shores, Example: There are certain vegetables like the tomato which require a long period to mature the fruit, and these must be started several weeks before the frosts have passed. 5. To proceed toward or become mature or full-grown, either physically or psychologically; to gain experience or wisdom with age. Labels: intransitive 6. To make (someone) mature. Labels: transitive Example: Then Tom shall have his kite, and Fan new dollies, Till time matures them for important follies. Example: […] what I most wanted was time to grow up. The war had not matured me; 7. To reach the date when payment is due. Labels: intransitive Example: When the bond matures, the full face value is payable to its bearer.
Word: Thousand Oaks Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for the large number of oak trees in this area. 1. A city in Ventura County, California, United States.
Word: maturity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English maturitee, maturyte, from Old French maturité, from Latin mātūritātem. By surface analysis, mature + -ity. Pronunciation: /məˈtjʊəɹɪti/, /-ɹət-/, /-ˈt͡ʃʊə-/, /məˈt͡ʃɵːɹɪtɪj/, /-ˈt͡ʃoː-/ 1. The state of being mature, ready or ripe; the prime state of productibility and self expression. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some foods and drinks, like wine, only reach their full taste at maturity, which literally comes at a price. Example: The ability to take responsibility is a sign of maturity. 2. When bodily growth has completed and/or reproduction can begin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The entire tank of guppies was in their maturity and ready to mate. Example: Some insect species reach sexual maturity well before their own bodily maturity 3. The state of a debt obligation at the end of the term of maturation thereof, once all interest and any applicable fees have accrued to the principal. Labels: countable 4. Date when payment is due. Labels: countable Example: The note was cashed at maturity.
Word: reproduction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin prōductiōder. Old French productionbor. Middle English produccioun English production English reproduction From re- + production. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːpɹəˈdʌkʃən/ 1. The act of reproducing new individuals biologically. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Many genes with reproductive roles also have antibacterial and immune functions, which indicate that the threat of microbial attack on the sperm or egg may be a major influence on rapid evolution during reproduction. 2. The act of making copies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited. 3. A copy of something, as in a piece of art; a duplicate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jim was proud of the Rembrandt reproduction he owned. 4. A method for reproducing a bug or problem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Could you file a bug at on the issue tracker with a minimum reproduction so that we can investigate?
Word: CNC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of consensual non-consent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of computer numerical control or computerized numerical control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Near-synonyms: NC, numerical control (broadly synonymous in current usage) 3. Initialism of cellulose nanocrystal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CNC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Chinese National Currency. Labels: China, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: dislocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English locate English dislocate From dis- + locate. Pronunciation: /dɪsləʊˈkeɪt/, /dɪsˈloʊkeɪt/ 1. To put something out of its usual place. 2. To emotionally jar, unsettle, or disorient. Example: Jarman is out to shock us, not only with some explicit sexuality (as much as he can get away with and still have his film funded by the BBC) but also with a dislocating juxtaposition of historical detail and sensibility. 3. To (accidentally) dislodge a skeletal bone from its joint. Example: Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
Word: imprison Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inherited from Middle English imprisonen, emprisounen, emprisonen, from Old French emprisonner. Equivalent to im- + prison. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɪzən/ 1. To put in or as if in prison; confine somebody against their will. Labels: transitive Example: One of the village's most notable sons was Thomas Grantham, a Baptist church leader born in 1634, who was persecuted and imprisoned in the struggle for nonconformist beliefs during the reign of Charles II. Example: None of these people has ever had what they really wanted, and if they get a glimmer of it, they back off suspiciously, failures of imagination helping to imprison them further.
Word: intrigue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɹiːɡ/, /ɪnˈtɹiːɡ/ 1. A complicated or clandestine plot or scheme intended to affect some purpose by secret artifice; conspiracy; stratagem. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] lost in such a jungle of intrigues, pettifoggings, treacheries, diplomacies domestic and foreign […] 2. The plot of a play, poem or romance; the series of complications in which a writer involves their imaginary characters. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Clandestine intercourse between persons; illicit intimacy; a liaison or affair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I often used to smile at a young Ensign of the Guards, who always popped [pawned] his sword and watch when he wanted cash for an intrigue; […] Example: Morality at Delli is at as low an ebb as in the far interior of Brazil, and crimes are connived at which would entail infamy and criminal prosecution in Europe. While I was there it was generally asserted and believed in the place, that two officers had poisoned the husbands of women with whom they were carrying on intrigues, and with whom they immediately cohabited on the death of their rivals.
Word: intrigue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French intrigue, from Italian intricare, from Latin intrīcō (“to entangle, perplex, embarrass”). Doublet of intricate. Pronunciation: /ˈɪntɹiːɡ/, /ɪnˈtɹiːɡ/ 1. To conceive or carry out a secret plan intended to harm; to form a plot or scheme. Labels: intransitive 2. To arouse the interest of; to fascinate. Labels: transitive Example: Scenic illusions such as those caused by the haze, or the apparent diminution of scale where everything was enormous, intrigued Dutton. Example: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story. And, on top of all that, they are ornaments; they entice and intrigue and sometimes delight. 3. To have clandestine or illicit intercourse. Labels: intransitive 4. To fill with artifice and duplicity; to complicate. Labels: transitive Example: And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth. Example: How doth it [sin] perplex and intrigue the whole course of your lives!
Word: pasture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti Proto-Italic *pāskōr Latin pāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pastūra Anglo-Norman pastourbor. Middle English pasture English pasture Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/, /ˈpæs-/, [-tjə], /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈpæʃ-/ 1. Land, specifically, an open field, on which livestock is kept for feeding. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ground covered with grass or herbage, used or suitable for the grazing of livestock. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Example: So graze as you find pasture. 3. Food, nourishment. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Ne euer is he wont on ought to feed, / But toades and frogs, his pasture poysonous […]. Example: It was reserved for Christians to torture bread, the staff of life, bread for which children in whole districts wail, bread, the gift of pasture to the poor, bread, for want of which thousands of our fellow beings annually perish by famine; it was reserved for Christians to torture the material of bread by fire, to create a chemical and maddening poison, burning up the brain and brutalizing the soul, and producing evils to humanity, in comparison of which, war, pestilence, and famine, cease to be evils.
Word: pasture Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *péh₂sti Proto-Italic *pāskōr Latin pāscor Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin pastūra Anglo-Norman pastourbor. Middle English pasture English pasture Inherited from Middle English pasture, borrowed from Anglo-Norman pastour, from Latin pastūra, from pāscor + -tūra. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːst͡ʃə/, /ˈpæs-/, [-tjə], /ˈpæst͡ʃəɹ/, /ˈpæʃ-/ 1. To move animals into a pasture. Labels: transitive 2. To graze. Labels: intransitive 3. To feed, especially on growing grass; to supply grass as food for. Labels: transitive Example: The farmer pastures fifty oxen. Example: The land will pasture forty cows.
Word: extrapolate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰsteros Proto-Italic *eksteros Latin exter Latin extrā English extra- English (inter)polate English extrapolate From extra- + (inter)polate. Pronunciation: /ɛkˈstɹæp.əˌleɪt/, /ɪk-/, /ekˈstɹæp.əˌlæɪt/ 1. To infer by extending known information. Labels: transitive Example: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…] 2. To estimate the value of a variable outside a known range from values within that range by assuming that the estimated value follows logically from the known ones Labels: transitive
Word: carbohydrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their general formula Cₙ(H₂O)ₙ; they were once thought to be hydrates of carbon. Pronunciation: /kɑːbəʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, /kɑɹboʊˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, /kɑɹbəˈhaɪdɹeɪt/ 1. A sugar, starch, or cellulose that is a food source of energy for an animal or plant. Example: These microbes are primarily responsible for breaking down cellulose and other carbohydrates into volatile fatty acids (VFAs). Example: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. 2. Any food rich in starch or other carbohydrates. Labels: broadly, colloquial, metonymically Example: I'm cutting down on carbohydrates like bread and pasta.
Word: hydrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydr- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French hydratebor. English hydrate From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹeɪt/, /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, /hɑeˈdɹæɪt/, /ˈhɑedɹæɪt/, [hɑe̯ˈdɹæɪ̯t] 1. A solid compound containing or linked to water molecules. 2. Water. Labels: rare
Word: hydrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ὑδρο- (hudro-)lbor. French hydr- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French hydratebor. English hydrate From French hydrate, from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ate. Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹeɪt/, /ˈhaɪdɹeɪt/, /hɑeˈdɹæɪt/, /ˈhɑedɹæɪt/, [hɑe̯ˈdɹæɪ̯t] 1. To take up, consume or become linked to water. Labels: transitive Example: A lotion can hydrate the skin. 2. To drink water. Labels: slang 3. To load data from a database record into an object's variables
Word: amine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine From ammonia + -ine. Pronunciation: /əˈmiːn/, /ˈæ.mɪn/, /ˈeɪ.miːn/, /ˈæ.miːn/ 1. A functional group formally derived from ammonia by replacing one, two or three hydrogen atoms with hydrocarbon or other radicals. 2. Any organic compound containing an amine functional group.
Word: peptide bond Part of Speech: noun 1. An amide bond formed between the amino and carboxyl functional groups of separate amino acids. 2. The primary linkage of amino acids in proteins.
Word: uplink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up + link. 1. The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform. 2. The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server, etc. 3. Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
Word: uplink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up + link. 1. To transmit a signal by means of an uplink. Labels: transitive
Word: covalent bond Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /koʊveɪlənt bɒnd/ 1. A type of chemical bond where two atoms are connected to each other by the sharing of two or more electrons. Labels: physical
Word: ionic bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of chemical bond where two atoms or molecules are connected to each other by electrostatic attraction. Labels: physical
Word: coordinate bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of covalent bond where the two electrons being shared originate from the same atom; a dative bond. Labels: physical 2. One of the bonds between the central metal atom of a coordination compound and its ligands. Labels: physical
Word: covalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English valent English covalent From co- + valent. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈveɪ.lənt/, /koʊˈveɪ.lənt/, /kəʉˈvæɪ.lənt/ 1. Containing or characterized by a covalent bond.
Word: distinguish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English distingwen, from Old French distinguer, from Latin distinguere (“to separate, divide, distinguish, set off, adorn, literally mark off”), from di-, dis- (“apart”) + stinguere, related to English stink. Compare extinguish. Pronunciation: /dɪˈstɪŋ.ɡwɪʃ/ 1. To recognize someone or something as different from others based on its characteristics. Example: It had begun to take a leading place even in the days of the Ptolemies, and in scientific, as distinguished from purely literary work, it had assumed a position of primary importance early in the Christian era. Example: The physics of elementary particles in the 20th century was distinguished by the observation of particles whose existence had been predicted by theorists sometimes decades earlier. 2. To see someone or something clearly or distinctly. 3. To make noticeably different or better from others through accomplishments. Labels: reflexive, transitive Example: The soldier distinguished himself in combat and received a medal. Example: 1784: William Jones, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery, &c., PREFACE THE favourable reception the Orrery has met with from Perſons of the firſt diſtinction, and from Gentlemen and Ladies in general, has induced me to add to it ſeveral new improvements in order to give it a degree of Perfection; and diſtinguiſh it from others; which by Piracy, or Imitation, may be introduced to the Public. 4. To confer an honor upon. Example: The soldier was distinguished with a medal for his bravery. 5. To make to differ. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: For who diſtinguiſheth thee?
Word: org Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of organization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Joaquin shared that most Ateneans would hang out at MVP Building, which houses the majority of the organizations in the Ateneo. Here, org members plan org events or simply make friends with other students or seek tips from the upperclassmen. Example: “Fascists need to crush civil society orgs because they are a bulwark of liberalism. They democratize access to power and institutions while defending civil liberties,” Caraballo said on Bluesky.
Word: tradition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən/ 1. A part of culture that is passed from person to person or generation to generation, possibly differing in detail from family to family, such as the way to celebrate holidays. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After breakfast, Charles Macdoodle told Lady Mary that it was a tradition in the family that those rumbling carriages on the terrace betokened death. Example: Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, "tradition" should positively be discouraged. 2. A commonly held system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They followed the tradition of lighting candles for special occasions. 3. An established or distinctive style or method Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Following tradition, the victorious athlete runs a lap around the track. 4. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A deed takes effect only from this tradition or delivery; for, if the date be false or impossible, the delivery ascertains the time of it. 5. The entirety of a text's transmission; all the versions of a work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is, for example, apparent, in light of further research and when considering more manuscripts, that the manuscript tradition of the Life of Kiros (a very widespread hagiographical text) is much more complex than he had thought (Marrassini 2004; see Krzyżanowska 2015).
Word: tradition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tradicioun, from Old French tradicion, from Latin trāditiō, from the verb trādō. Doublet of treason. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈdɪʃ.ən/ 1. To transmit by way of tradition; to hand down. Labels: obsolete Example: The following story is […] traditioned with very much credit amongst our English Catholics.
Word: poorly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English poorly, pouerly, poreliche, poureliche, pouerliche, equivalent to poor + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊə.li/, /ˈpɔː.li/, /ˈpʊɹ.li/, /ˈpɔɹ.li/ 1. In a poor manner or condition; without plenty, or sufficiency, or suitable provision for comfort. Example: to live poorly 2. With little or no success; indifferently; with little profit or advantage. Example: to do poorly in business Example: “The Budget proposes eliminating Supporting Effective Instruction (SEI) State Grants (Title II State grants), a program that provides formula funds to States to improve the quality and effectiveness of teachers, principals, and other schools leaders. SEI grants are poorly targeted and funds are spread too thinly to have a meaningful impact on student outcomes. 3. Meanly; without spirit. Example: Nor is their courage or their wealth so low, / That from his wars they poorly would retire. 4. Without skill or merit. Example: He plays tennis poorly. 5. In a negative manner; with disapproval; unfavorably. Example: I think poorly of them. Example: She looked poorly on that suggestion.
Word: poorly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- Proto-Indo-European *perh₃-? Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w(o)p(o)rh₃o- Proto-Italic *paw(o)paro-? Latin dīvesinflu. Latin pauper Old French povrebor. Middle English povre English poor Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English poorly From poor + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊə.li/, /ˈpɔː.li/, /ˈpʊɹ.li/, /ˈpɔɹ.li/ 1. Ill, unwell, sick. Labels: UK Example: to report one's child poorly Example: We talk about Kim, who is very poorly now. He can hardly see at all, and his legs are suppurating.
Word: POV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of point of view. Example: By this time we might suspect that he had not been looking at her in the previous shot, and that the bird shot had been from his pov. Example: From his pov, we see Boom Boom Grossman, 60, huge ex-pug Jack Dempsey look-alike with meat-hook hands and meat-pie face. 2. Initialism of point of view. Labels: broadly Example: I type ‘high cortisol’ into the search bar and keep scrolling. ‘You’re not ugly, you just have cortisol face,’ declares one video. ‘POV you finally drop the cortisol belly,’ reads another. A third screams in caps lock, ‘HOW TO LOWER CORTISOL’. I’m sold. Cortisol is to blame for everything. But how do I fix it? 3. Initialism of point of view. Example: POV videos Example: Ms. Brier specializes in point of view, or P.O.V., videos that confront relatable, often hateable characters, with a subtle sneer, gleefully rubbery body and arch delivery of generational catchphrases like “slay, queen” and “I got you,” often repeated for effect. 4. Initialism of privately owned vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of percentage of volume, a type of securities trading algorithm. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: merge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”). Pronunciation: /mɜːd͡ʒ/, /mɝd͡ʒ/ 1. To combine into a whole. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Headquarters merged the operations of the three divisions. Example: The two companies merged. 2. To blend gradually into something else. Example: The lanes of traffic merged. Example: The sky and sea seem to merge at the horizon.
Word: merge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mergō (“to dip; dip in; plunge; sink down into; immerse; overwhelm”). Pronunciation: /mɜːd͡ʒ/, /mɝd͡ʒ/ 1. The joining together of multiple sources. Example: There are often accidents at that traffic merge. Example: The merge of the two documents failed. 2. Within the Minimalist Program, a fundamental operation of syntactic construction
Word: intergalactic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English galactic English intergalactic From inter- + galactic. 1. Occurring between galaxies. Labels: not-comparable Example: Men In Black 3 finagles its way out of this predicament by literally resetting the clock with a time-travel premise that makes Will Smith both a contemporary intergalactic cop in the late 1960s and a stranger to Josh Brolin, who plays the younger version of Smith’s stone-faced future partner, Tommy Lee Jones. Example: Last week saw perhaps the first major showdown between the pseudo cryptolibertarianism they both espouse and that old-fashioned, resolutely analogue concept known as the nation state. For anyone who has spent any time pondering the intergalactic levels of entitlement among the tech broligarchy and the – until now – total impunity they’ve faced, the arrest and subsequent charging of Durov was a singular moment. 2. Occurring across a single galaxy, interstellar. Labels: not-comparable, proscribed Example: They say he's a member of the Exchange – you know, the big intergalactic criminal organization.
Word: galactic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek γαλακτικός (galaktikós, “milky”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”). Doublet of galactico. Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlæktɪk/ 1. Relating to a galaxy. 2. Relating to a galaxy. Labels: capitalized, sometimes, specifically Example: Galactic astronomy is the study of the Milky Way. 3. Enormous (in size or impact). Labels: figuratively Example: The policies and decisions to be made were neither very complex nor very numerous, since at that time, the needs and priorities in Germany did not involve issues of galactic impact, […] Example: For a fashion journal, there is a more important and more difficult judgement to make: Is the work of such galactic significance as to be eligible to grace the pages of this magnificent journal? 4. Of or pertaining to milk, or the secretion of milk. Example: galactic acid
Word: CPAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cross-platform application management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: mondo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 問答 (mondō). 1. A dialogue between master and student designed to obtain an intuitive truth.
Word: mondo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde. 1. Big, large; major, significant. Labels: US, slang Example: […] I mean, me bein' here has caused us some mondo problems, so I shoulda figured out that not bein' here anymore would cause some more problems — " Example: Younger gorgeous woman marries older, rich man, lives her life solely for him while reaping the bennies of mondo moolah only to end up dumped by older rich man for newer, younger model.
Word: mondo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From the title of the 1962 Italian cult documentary film Mondo cane, Italian for "A Dog's World", from mondo (“world”) and cane (“dog”). The film featured bizarre scenes, leading to English use of mondo as an adverb meaning "very, extremely" in mock-Italian phrases like mondo bizarro. Doublet of monde. 1. Very, extremely, really. Labels: US, not-comparable, slang Example: "This rain is mondo depressing," Sam sighed as she stared out the sliding glass doors that led to the Hewitts' deck. Example: This recipe, from someone who really knows her tiramisu, is mondo rich, utterly divine, and simple.
Word: cross-platform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cross- + platform. 1. Across platforms. Labels: not-comparable Example: In person, Huff looks exactly as she does on her massively popular Instagram account, her sheer foundation and subtle bronze eyeshadow catching the spotlight just like they do the ring light. She has the cross-platform ease of someone who’s been famous forever because she basically has been. 2. Of software, etc., designed to work on various operating systems. Labels: not-comparable 3. That takes place between two trains in different platforms, usually across an island platform. Labels: not-comparable Example: At Euston the cross-platform interchange between the Victoria Line and the Northern Line (City branch) will be unusual in that passengers will board trains travelling in the opposite direction to continue their journey. Normally, of course, in cross-platform interchange, trains depart in the same direction.
Word: CPAD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cross-platform application development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: PMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) takes a lot of bashing in the media. It is true that many women become more aggressive during this period, though they are rarely out of control...Therefore, any PMS symptoms that are perceived as unstable are due to the fact that women act more like men during this phase than at any other time in their cycles. Example: By recognising PMS as a clinical entity women are allowed to Indulge In socially disapproved behaviours, and thus have a safety valve for their resentment. 2. Initialism of package management system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of performance measurement system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The federal Performance Measurement System (PMS) and how It relates to the field of corrections. Example: Some authors, (see Simons, 1999) suggest that a PMS [performance measurement system] should include an external monitor component. 4. Initialism of performance management system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: PMS: Performance-management system 5. Initialism of performance monitoring system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: A performance monitoring system (PMS) exists with formal elements for monitoring poverty reduction in relation to the PARPA. 6. Initialism of planned maintenance system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Planned maintenance system for surface missile ships (PMS/SMS) has been instituted to increase system readiness through a major reduction in system downtime. Example: Have the hazardous materials associated with the system, particularly for the Planned Maintenance System (PMS), been identified? 7. Initialism of project management system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: A more comprehensive system now being marketed by IBM, PMS (Project Management System), includes resource allocation. Example: Mr. Tiernan. ...You have [a chart of] performance based on average design and construction performance before PMS. What is PMS? Mr. Starobin. Project Management System. 8. Initialism of Phelan-McDermid syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PMS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Pantone Matching System, a proprietary set of color designations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PMS Part of Speech: verb 1. To experience premenstrual syndrome or premenstrual stress. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: Clarice raised an eyebrow. “I think I'm getting my period, so there's no guarantees it won't happen again.”.[…]“I'm feeling a little PMSed myself. Let's take it out on the cops next time.” “Deal.” Clarice smiled, feeling in control once more.
Word: PMS Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of pre-main sequence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: amino- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English amine Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English amino- From amine + -o-. 1. Of amines and of the amino functional group. Labels: morpheme
Word: aniline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neyH-der.? Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor. Arabic نِيل (nīl)der. Andalusian Arabicbor. Portuguese anil Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. German -in German Anilinbor. English aniline Borrowed from German Anilin, coined by German chemist Carl Julius Fritzsche. From Portuguese anil (“indigo”) + -in (“-ine (organic compounds)”). Pronunciation: /ˈæ.nɪ.liːn/ 1. The simplest aromatic amine, C₆H₅NH₂, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The page was indeed still damp and the scent of fresh aniline dye flooded Millie with euphoria. It was perhaps her favorite smell.
Word: saccharide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Pali sakkharābor. Ancient Greek σάκχᾰρον (sákkhăron)bor. Latin saccharon Latin saccharum English saccharo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English saccharide From saccharo- + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈsæk.əˌɹaɪd/, /ˈsæk.ɚ.ɪd/ 1. The unit structure of carbohydrates, of general formula CₙH₂ₙOₙ. Either the simple sugars or polymers such as starch and cellulose. The saccharides exist in either a ring or short chain conformation, and typically contain five or six carbon atoms. Example: Holonyms: monosaccharide, oligosaccharide, polysaccharide Example: The saccharides include such substances as dextrose and levulose, which are typical examples of the two classes into which these bodies are divisible, viz. the Aldoses and Ketoses.
Word: pov Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of poverty or clipping of impoverished. 1. Poor; impoverished; cheap. Labels: Australian, colloquial, slang Example: Phantazeum is still in existence, on Chapel Street (the more pov end, not the yuppy end) ... Example: Especially considering the most pov Astra is $18,990 and $20k gets you a fully loaded Pulsar...
Word: pov Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of poverty or clipping of impoverished. 1. A poor person; a pauper. Labels: slang Example: Well, mayor, it's based on the cash grab, but instead of money, the cans of food are blown around inside the capsule. The pov inside catches as many as he can to feed his family.
Word: pov Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of POV (“point of view”). Labels: alt-of
Word: cellulose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Borrowed from French cellulose. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛljʊləʊz/, /ˈsɛljəloʊs/ 1. A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cellulose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Borrowed from French cellulose. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛljʊləʊz/, /ˈsɛljəloʊs/ 1. Consisting of, or containing, cells. Labels: not-comparable
Word: heliodor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) + δῶρον (dôron, “gift”). Pronunciation: /ˈhiːli.əˌdɔː(ɹ)/ 1. A richly coloured form of golden beryl found in southwest Africa. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coloured Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.əd/ 1. British standard spelling of colored. Example: The last quarrel arose from Mr[.] Pompeau’s being more sweet upon Miss Feliciana Woodland, a coloured spinster, than suited Mrs. Pompeau’s ideas of decorum. Example: For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.
Word: coloured Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.əd/ 1. Alternative form of colored. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: 2018 Ticket taker, "Struggling Against the Perception of Facts", Anne with an E, season 2, episode 8, 13 minutes On this train we put the coloureds to work.
Word: coloured Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkʌl.əd/ 1. simple past and past participle of colour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: heliogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helio- + -gram. 1. A message transmitted by a heliograph.
Word: transmit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English transmitten, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“transmit”, verb, literally “across-send”). Pronunciation: /tɹænsˈmɪt/, /tɹænzˈmɪt/ 1. To send or convey from one person, place or thing to another. Labels: transitive 2. To spread or pass on (something such as a disease or a signal). Labels: transitive 3. To impart, convey or hand down by inheritance or heredity. Labels: transitive 4. To communicate (news or information, especially electronically). Labels: intransitive, transitive 5. To convey or conduct (energy or force) through a mechanism or medium. Labels: transitive Example: The tractive and braking forces are transmitted to the body through a downward projecting pivot pin in the normal way. 6. To send out (a signal, as opposed to receive). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: A Mayday call was transmitted by the stricken vessel. 7. To go out; to be sent, conveyed, spread, passed on, or communicated. Labels: intransitive Example: The Mayday call transmitted successfully.
Word: ball-point pen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ballpoint pen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: SAR Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of search and rescue. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of synthetic-aperture radar. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of Saudi Arabian riyal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Acronym of special administrative region. Labels: China, North-Korea, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Acronym of suspicious activity report. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Acronym of special administration regime. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 7. Initialism of systemic acquired resistance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Acronym of subject access request. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 9. Initialism of structure-activity relationship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of sodium adsorption ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: heliograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helio- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.li.əˌɡɹæf/ 1. An apparatus for signalling by means of a moveable mirror which reflects flashes of sunlight. Example: Now Jones had left his new-wed bride to keep his house in order, / And hied away to the Hurrum Hills above the Afghan border, / To sit on a rock with a heliograph; but ere he left he taught / His wife the working of the Code that sets the miles at naught. / And Love had made him very sage, as Nature made her fair; / So Cupid and Apollo linked, per heliograph, the pair. Example: It was a lieutenant and a couple of privates of the 8th Hussars, with a stand like a theodolite, which the artilleryman told me was a heliograph. 2. A heliogram. 3. An instrument for measuring the intensity of sunlight. 4. A device for photographing the sun. 5. A photograph. Labels: obsolete
Word: heliograph Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From helio- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈhiː.li.əˌɡɹæf/ 1. To send a message by heliograph. Labels: transitive Example: With damnatory dot and dash he heliographed his wife / Some interesting details of the General's private life. 2. To send a heliograph. Labels: intransitive 3. To photograph by sunlight. Labels: dated, transitive 4. To message or indicate as though by heliograph. Labels: figuratively Example: 'Oh yes, you're Mr Bryce. Cabana Number One, right down on the beach. Mr Leiter's been expecting you since lunchtime. And...?' She heliographed with her pince-nez towards Solitaire. 'Mrs Bryce,' said Bond.
Word: nugget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain, first attested in reference to animals & people in Scotland and in reference to ore chunks in Australia. Possibly from southern English nug (“lump, block”) or Scottish knudge/nudge (“short, sturdy person or animal”) + -et (“forming diminutives”) or from rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɡət/ 1. A small, compact chunk or clump. Labels: countable Example: a gold nugget Example: Rough men brought pickle bottles full of nuggets. Mysterious dirty-looking calico bags were opened, disclosing small quantities of water-worn flaky gold, which had been washed out of the beds of rivers with a cradle. 2. A chicken nugget. Labels: countable Example: By now, we hope you have said “no” to processed nuggets and fingers. Instead, how about taking some real chicken, tossing it with real eggs, a little tangy mustard, and a crunchy quinoa coating? 3. A tidbit of something valuable. Labels: countable Example: a nugget of wisdom Example: a nugget of truth 4. A small piece of tasty food, a tidbit. Labels: countable 5. A type of boot polish. Labels: uncountable 6. A bud from the Cannabis sativa plant, especially one that is potent. Labels: countable 7. An inexperienced, newly trained fighter pilot. Labels: countable, slang Example: Jack stifled a smirk at the ensign's expressionless non-reaction. He'd been a nugget himself once, the new guy fresh from training. 8. A partial description gleaned from data mining. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We have previously said that the heuristic algorithms produce good nuggets for most classes and most λ values […] 9. A person with no arms or legs; a basket case. Labels: countable, offensive, slang 10. An item that is typically old and of dubious quality or poor condition. Labels: Australia, countable, slang
Word: nugget Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Uncertain, first attested in reference to animals & people in Scotland and in reference to ore chunks in Australia. Possibly from southern English nug (“lump, block”) or Scottish knudge/nudge (“short, sturdy person or animal”) + -et (“forming diminutives”) or from rebracketed alteration of an ingot as a ni(n)got. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌɡət/ 1. To find nuggets (of something valuable) Example: The other day, you are told, a fellow nuggetted ten or twenty pounds weight, and, of course, you see no reason why half a hundred weight might not be lying snugly ensconced awaiting the revelations of your pick. 2. To smear a male's genitals or anus with boot polish or similar substance against his will. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: Among the complaints to Dart, “blackballing” or “nuggetting” was the most common form of sexual abuse carried out by recruits, and referred to a boy being forcibly held down “while boot polish, toothpaste or another substance was forcibly smeared on his genitals or anal area, sometimes with a hard brush.”
Word: heliography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helio- + -graphy. 1. The scientific study of the sun. Labels: uncountable 2. The art of making a heliograph. Labels: uncountable 3. The system of signalling by heliograph. Labels: uncountable 4. Photography. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: heliolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From helio- + -lite, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) and λίθος (líthos, “stone”); analogous to sunstone. 1. A variety of feldspar, closely related to orthoclase