nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Him Part of Speech: pron 1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of him, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context. Labels: alt-of, honorific Example: ☐ Try a conversational journaling approach, where you talk with God about what you are learning and write what you 'hear' Him saying to you (see Appendix 1 for examples)
Word: Him Part of Speech: name Etymology: A surname of Khmer origin. 1. A surname from Khmer.
Word: ilama Part of Speech: noun 1. A Central American fruit related to the cherimoya, Annona diversifolia.
Word: right ascension Part of Speech: noun 1. The angular distance east of the vernal point (“the solar zenith at the March equinox”); the celestial equivalent of longitude. Example: The sun's right ascension in time is useful to the practical astronomer in regular observatories, who adjusts his clock by sidereal time. Example: The right ascensions and declinations obtained by the preceding calculations, are the mean values, to which must be applied the corrections for the Nutation and Aberration Tables XLII. XLIII. in cases where great accuracy is required, as is now done in the Nautical Almanac for 24 of the brightest stars for 10 days in the year, and those numbers in the Nautical Almanac are to be preferred.
Word: knobology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knob + -ology. 1. The functionality of controls on an instrument as relevant to their application. Labels: uncountable Example: 1982, Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1982, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, U.S. Senate The proposed replacement of enroute computerized traffic control systems will undoubtedly confront the controller with a new "learning curve" to assimilate the different "knobology" and advanced display techniques. Example: Knobology directly relates to "KISS," the acronym for "keep it simple, stupid."
Word: bung up Part of Speech: verb 1. To close (an opening) with a cork, cork-like object or other improvised obstruction. Labels: New-Zealand, UK Example: He used a piece of putty to temporarily bung up the leaking gutter. 2. To block or obstruct (an opening or passage). Labels: New-Zealand, UK Example: The fallen leaves were bunging up the drain. Example: By dose is bunged up with snot! 3. To use up, as by bruising or overexertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Example: Bunged up he was, plenty. A scar on his nose, healed up, but showing the marks of where human teeth had bit him in a fight, as neat and clear as a dentist’s signboard.
Word: Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of asymmetric digital subscriber line. Labels: alt-of
Word: SDSL Part of Speech: noun 1. symmetric digital subscriber line 2. A communications system (or part thereof) characterised by moderately high speeds, the same in each direction
Word: warp factor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the science-fiction series Star Trek. Pronunciation: /wɔːp.fæk.tə(ɹ)/, /wɔɹp.fæk.təɹ/ 1. A hypothetical figure indicating a space vessel's speed greater than the speed of light.
Word: anconal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ancon Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English anconal From ancon + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the elbow Labels: not-comparable
Word: lose the number of one's mess Part of Speech: verb 1. To die, to perish. Labels: idiomatic Example: "What do you think we come to sea for? If we can take a man-of-war of our own size she's worth half a dozen merchant craft, though, to be sure, some of us may lose the number of our mess; but we all know that, and make no count of it." Example: Shore folk think sailors are heartless, and that when a poor chap is lost overboard, they only say that "So-and-so has lost the number of his mess!" and, after having an auction over his kit in the fo'c's'le, then dismiss him from their memory!
Word: lip piercing Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of body piercing involving the lips.
Word: dispermy Part of Speech: noun 1. The penetration of an ovum by two spermatozoa. Labels: uncountable
Word: take the red pill Part of Speech: verb 1. To perceive the world in its previously unknown, usually harsher, reality. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you want to be a successful bootstrapper, you have to take the red pill and determine how deep the rabbit hole called your organization goes. Example: As much as we, our generation, start to believe this fictionalized new version of reality we become complicit.... The only way out is to take the Red pill and see what things really look like.
Word: on the skids Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In decline; going downhill; in trouble. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Entering an election year, no Congress obeys a second-term President whose popularity is on the skids.
Word: aleptinemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + leptin + -emia; compare the more common hypoleptinemia. 1. The absence of the hormone leptin in the bloodstream Labels: rare, uncountable Example: Thus, we now know of two distinct human diseases where the correction of near aleptinemia is of major therapeutic benefit.
Word: pass the hat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the practice of placing money in a hat circulated to collect funds from a small group. The figurative usage is extended from the literal usage. 1. To ask for money, especially from a group of people; to solicit donations or contributions. Labels: idiomatic Example: Then somebody sings out, "Take up a collection for him, take up a collection!" Well, a half a dozen made a jump to do it, but somebody sings out, "Let HIM pass the hat around!" Example: A consensus developed that those individuals who believed in this type of activism would pursue it independently, while enlisting help from interested members. When financial contributions were called for, we would "pass the hat" rather than tap our meager treasury.
Word: toe-tappingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tap one's toes. Also from toe-tapping. 1. In the manner of pleasing rhythmic music, as would make one tap one's toes. Labels: idiomatic Example: I saw this at the end of last week, and it struck me how much more toe tappingly infectious and resonant NBC's score and songs were than The Lion King's. Example: the "goth rap" bit isn't quite as toe-tappingly catchy as it was before.
Word: Épila Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
Word: population density Part of Speech: noun 1. Average population per unit area; especially, the average number of people who live per square kilometer (or square mile) of land. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It couldn't make the Sligo case, noting "Given the relatively low population density and lack of larger towns across the region, the review has found that expansion of rail is difficult to justify in much of the region."
Word: Prince of Darkness Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Latin prīnceps tenebrārum, used in the epic poem Paradise Lost (1667). 1. Satan; the Devil. Labels: uncountable 2. A particularly evil person. Labels: broadly, countable 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see prince, darkness. Example: The highest level of promotion for a human in the Dark Kingdom is in the Ruler of Darkness hierarchy as a Prince of Darkness. A Prince or Princess of Darkness is among the elite in the Dark Kingdom and has the privileges of a Power.
Word: filthy lucre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From filthy + lucre, which appears in the Tyndale Bible, and four times in the King James Version of the Bible, as a calque of Ancient Greek αἰσχρόν κέρδος (aiskhrón kérdos) and related terms such as αἰσχροκερδής (aiskhrokerdḗs, “[a person] given to filthy lucre”): see the quotations and Citations:filthy lucre. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪlθi ˈl(j)uːkə/, /ˌfɪlθi ˈlukəɹ/ 1. Money, especially if obtained dishonestly. Labels: derogatory, humorous, idiomatic, often, uncountable Example: For there are many diſobedient and talkers off vanitie⸝ and diſceavers off myndes⸝ namly they off the circumciſion⸝ whoſe mouthes muſt be ſtopped⸝ which pervert whole houſes⸝ teachynge thyngꝭ [thynges] which they ought nott⸝ becauſe off filthy lucre. Example: A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe, […] Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous; […]
Word: alpha privative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alpha prīvātīvum, from Ancient Greek ἄλφα στερητικόν (álpha sterētikón). 1. The prefix a- (or an- when prefixing a root which begins with a vowel) found in some English words of Greek derivation. It expresses negation or absence. The prefix has cognates in other Indo-European languages, including in- in Latin and un- in English, all traceable back to Proto-Indo-European *n̥-. 2. Either the aforementioned privative a or the Greek ἀ- (a-) itself (from which the English descendant derives). 3. A word formed using such prefixes.
Word: swan boat Part of Speech: noun 1. A paddleboat. 2. A longboat similar to a dragon boat, traditional in Thailand. 3. A novelty swan-shaped boat, associated with tourism and rides for couples/lovers.
Word: Attic salt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attic + salt; a calque of Latin sāl Atticus or sāl Atticum. In classical times “salt” was a frequent metaphor for “wit”. Pronunciation: /ˈatɪk sɔːlt/, /ˈatɪk sɒlt/, /ˈætɪk sɑlt/, /ˈætɪk sɔlt/, /-ɾɪk/ 1. Pointed and delicate wit. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: His [Lucan's] wit, ſays Ablancourt, was full of urbanity, that Attic ſalt which the French call fine raillery; not obſcene, not groſs, not rude, but facetious, well-mannered, and well-bred. Example: Triumph swam in my father’s eyes, at the repartee—the Attic''' salt brought water into them—and so Obadiah heard no more about it.
Word: by-the-numbers Part of Speech: adj 1. Done in a predictable manner; formulaic. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: queendom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English queen Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English queendom From queen + -dom. Pronunciation: /ˈkwiːndəm/ 1. The condition or character of a queen; queenly rule, power, or authority. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: queenliness 2. A realm ruled by a queen. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was the fairest maiden in all the queendom. 3. The subjects of such a realm. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The whole queendom was outraged by the diplomatic slight.
Word: easy on the eyes Part of Speech: adj 1. Physically attractive; beautiful. Labels: idiomatic Example: Truly was this maiden, as his Chamberlain had said, noticeably easy on the eyes. Her beauty was as water in the desert, as fire on a frosty night, as diamonds, rubies, pearls, sapphires, and amethysts. Example: Those lovers, played by Vincent Perez and Rachel Weisz, are certainly easy on the eyes, but their romantic chemistry is tentative at best.
Word: contemptibly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English contemptible Middle English -ly English -ly English contemptibly From contemptible + -ly. 1. In a contemptible manner.
Word: fanciness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fancy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English fanciness From fancy + -ness. 1. The property of being fancy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: schoolmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + -mate. Pronunciation: /ˈskuːlˌmeɪt/, /ˈskulˌmeɪt/ 1. A person who was a fellow attendee at one's school. Example: I've lost touch with all my old schoolmates: I only see them at class reunions. Example: The truth seems to be, however, that when he casts his leaves forth upon the wind, the author addresses, not the many who will fling aside his volume, or never take it up, but the few who will understand him better than most of his schoolmates or lifemates. 2. A schoolfriend; a friend from one's school. Labels: broadly
Word: schoolmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: second-class Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a standard or grade one level below the best. Labels: not-comparable Example: a second-class train ticket, second-class postage, a second-class honours degree 2. Inferior in quality or standing. Labels: not-comparable Example: He complained he felt like a second-class citizen, but everyone felt put upon that day. Example: Using second-class parts for the repair was false economy because they soon broke and had to be fixed again.
Word: third-class Part of Speech: adj 1. Most inferior in quality or standing. Labels: not-comparable Example: Travelling third-class isn't just slow, it's painful. Example: Third-class carriages are grossly overcrowded, with passengers lying on the luggage racks, standing between the benches, and occasionally even riding on the footboards and clinging to the outsides of the coaches for short distances.
Word: second class Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of second-class. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: second class Part of Speech: noun 1. The second-lowest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, between tenderfoot and first class. Labels: uncountable 2. A class of travel, inferior to first class. Labels: uncountable Example: Allport's decision in 1872 to abolish Second Class on the Midland and effectively upgrade Third Class to the standards of Second, most notably with upholstered seating, sent shockwaves through the Victorian railway. 3. A class of postage with delivery times slower than first class. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: segmentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English segment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English segmentation From segment + -ation. 1. The act or an instance of dividing into segments. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: sectioning 2. The state of being divided into segments Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The partitioning of an image into groups of pixels Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seismologic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English seismology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English seismologic From seismology + -ic. 1. Relating to the field of seismology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Earthican Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of Earth + American. Possibly popularized by the adult animated sitcom Futurama. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.θɪ.kən/, /ˈɝ.θɪ.kən/ 1. Of or from the planet Earth. Labels: humorous, nonstandard, not-comparable Example: I went to an Earth Day event in San Francisco and there was this huge Earthican flag, circa 3000 A.D., with the red and white stripes and an image of Earth up in the corner. Example: Just consider that, over time, on a scale of millions of years, earthican continents have had *lots* of different configurations
Word: Earthican Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Earth + American. Possibly popularized by the adult animated sitcom Futurama. Pronunciation: /ˈɜː.θɪ.kən/, /ˈɝ.θɪ.kən/ 1. An inhabitant of planet Earth. Labels: humorous, nonstandard Example: Fry: Well, if you're going to be Earthicans, we're going to have to teach you.
Word: apparitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apparition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acquires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of acquire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Prolog Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Prolog, abbreviation of Programmation en Logique. 1. A programming language developed in the 1970s for artificial intelligence and logic programming. Example: Prolog has been used for many purposes, but its inventor, Alain Colmerauer, was interested in computational linguistics, and this remains a classic application for the language. Moreover, Prolog offers a number of tools which make life easier for computational linguists, and we are now going to start learning about one of the most useful of these: definite clause grammars, or DCGs as they are usually called.
Word: vendange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French vendange. 1. The annual grape harvest, especially in France. Example: 1953, Patrick O'Brian, The Frozen Flame, 2007, republished as The Catalans, W. W. Norton & Company, Paperback, page 179, For them the vendange was a feast, a ritual, a time of strange excitement, more intense by far than the harvest of the corn in the north, more religious. Example: ‘I could, of course, stay until after the vendanges, if I wished,’ said the Prince.
Word: vendanges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vendange Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circumjacent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin circa (“around”) + jacēre (“to lie down”). 1. Lying or located in the area around something. Labels: archaic, literary, not-comparable Example: [S]ome have used to get on the top of the higheſt Steeple, vvhere one may vievv with advantage, all the Countrey circumjacent, and the ſite of the City, vvith the advenues and approaches about it; and ſo take a Landskip of it. Example: [H]e had establiſhed his fame and dominion over the circumjacent tribes.
Word: extemporise Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əkˈstɛmpəɹaɪz/ 1. To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. Labels: intransitive 2. To do something in a makeshift way. Labels: intransitive 3. To make or create ex tempore. Labels: transitive 4. To compose extemporaneously or improvise. Labels: transitive
Word: interjacent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inter- (“between”) + jacēre (“to lie down”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪntəɹˈd͡ʒeɪsənt/ 1. Situated between; lying among. Labels: not-comparable Example: The interjacent islands between Asia and America admit his passing from one continent to the other […]
Word: priapulid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scientific Latin Priapulus (genus name) + -id. 1. Any small marine worm of the phylum Priapulida. Example: Like Kimberella’s scrape marks that connect it to modern mollusks, these ancient burrows were certainly created, if not by true priapulids, then by something very similar indeed. Example: The holes that litter the seabed are entrances to the burrows of priapulids – ‘penis worms’, named for their appearance – and their armoured cousins, the palaeoscolecids.
Word: priapulids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of priapulid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ICCD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Intensified Charge-Coupled Device. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: reduction in force Part of Speech: noun 1. A layoff. Labels: US, euphemistic Example: The VA is scrapping those plans for now, but it is on pace to reduce the total number of staffers by nearly 30,000, “through the federal hiring freeze, deferred resignations, retirements and normal attrition,” the agency said in a news release, adding that those cuts will eliminate “the need for a large-scale reduction-in-force.”
Word: loaders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loader Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crustaceans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crustacean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 2-4-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels in a trailing truck. Example: In 1889 a severe passenger train wreck occurred near Dijon, when a 2-4-2 engine derailed while going full speed downhill. Example: Lionel's first tinplate reproduction of a standard Gauge locomotive was a black 2-4-2 steam engine with three red passenger cars.
Word: 2-4-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
Word: 4-4-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, four coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
Word: 2-8-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
Word: 4-6-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, six coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck. Example: No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one. Example: Most Canadian engines are black. [...] The C.N.R. has only three classes of non-black engines, the "6400s", the later 4-8-2s and the 4-6-4s.
Word: bookplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + plate. 1. A printed piece of paper pasted on one of the pages of a book, most often on the inside front cover, showing ownership and thus deterring theft. Example: By the bed there was a bookcase with old French novels, left-behind Frederick Forsyths, odd leather-bound volumes of history and memoirs with the coroneted Kessler bookplate.
Word: bookplate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From book + plate. 1. To affix a bookplate to (a book). Labels: transitive
Word: bookplates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bookplate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relationshippy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From relationship + -y. 1. Relating to, resembling, or describing a (romantic) relationship. Labels: slang Example: So we became friends instead. And I think that's great. Better in fact. If we had've done anything relationshippy together I probably would've freaked out.
Word: for the win Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From earlier use by radio and television sports announcers, describing a play that results in a win, bringing the game to a conclusion. 1. Being the best; being great, awesome, amazing or spectacular; sure to succeed (used as a term of approval, similar to long live) Labels: Internet, dated Example: Blink-182 for the win! Example: Nerds for the win!
Word: principal photography Part of Speech: noun 1. The phase of film production during which the film is actually shot, as distinct from pre-production and post-production. Labels: uncountable
Word: phonicator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phonics + educator. 1. An educator who champions the use of phonics instruction as a method of beginning or remedial reading instruction, often used as a self-referent. Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang, sometimes Example: I'm a phonicator, and proud of it! Example: Those phonicators are going to take the joy out of learning how to read.
Word: polysomaty Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of a cell having reduplicated chromatin in its nucleus Labels: uncountable
Word: euphuistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English euphu(ism) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English euphuistic From euphu(ism) + -istic. Pronunciation: /ˌjuːfjuˈɪstɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to euphuism. Example: James Harvey, a prominent Methodist, published his Meditation among Tombs in 1745. It contained many a euphuistic sentence as morbid as the following: “Instead of sumptuous tables and delicious treats, the poor voluptuary is himself a feast for fattened insects; the reptile riots in his flesh.” Example: In English, curiously, the euphuistic use of “behind” (as in “Get off your behind”) to mean “buttocks” is turning this preposition into a body-part noun (which is rare).
Word: euphuism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euphues (Ancient Greek ευφυής (euphuḗs, “graceful, witty”)) + -ism, after the titular character in John Lyly’s didactic romance Euphues: The Anatomy of Wit (1578). Lyly adopted the name from Roger Ascham’s The Scholemaster (published 1570), which describes Euphues as a type of student who is “apte by goodness of witte, and appliable by readiness of will, to learning, hauving all other qualities of the mind and parts of the body, that must an other day serue learning, not troubled, mangled, and halfed, but sound, whole, full & able to do their office”. 1. An ornate style of writing (in Elizabethan England) marked by the excessive use of alliteration, antithesis and mythological similes. Labels: historical, rhetoric, uncountable Example: The second was a fancy, which amounts to a mania, for similes, strung together in endless lists[…]. It is impossible to open a page of Euphues without finding an example of this eccentric and tasteless trick, and in it, as far as in any single thing, must be found the recipe for euphuism, pure and simple. 2. An instance of euphuism. Labels: countable Example: I have not the slightest faith in Carlyle. In ten years–possibly in five–he will be remembered only as a butt for sarcasm. His linguistic Euphuisms might very well have been taken as prima facie evidence of his philosophic ones; they were the froth which indicated, first, the shallowness, and secondly, the confusion of the waters. Example: “Generalstaatsverordnetenversammlungen” seems to be “Generalstatesrepresentativesmeetings,” as nearly as I can get at it,—a mere rhythmical, gushy euphuism for “meetings of the legislature,” I judge. 3. Misconstruction of euphemism. Labels: alt-of, countable, misconstruction, uncountable Example: Is he one who has led a wild and struggling and isolated life,—seeing few but plain and outspoken Northerns, unskilled in the euphuisms which assist the polite world to skim over the mention of vice? Example: He became noisy and violent, so I desisted from this aspect of his lesson. “And then,” said I, “you committed the sin of euphuism. You called it not Fat, which is just and inglorious, but Weight. You—”
Word: anisoplanatism Part of Speech: noun 1. The absence of spatial invariance over an extended field of view Labels: uncountable
Word: insectile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin īnsectum (“insect”) + -ile, from the neuter of Latin -ilis (adjective-forming suffix), after reptile. 1. of, or pertaining to insects
Word: counterinstance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English instance English counterinstance From counter- + instance. 1. An instance (example) which shows the opposite of a given theory to be true, thus disproving it.
Word: greenfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + field. 1. A site, to be used for housing or commerce, whose previous use (if any) was agricultural. Labels: attributive, often Example: greenfield development Example: In 2007 Mr Gilbert [Dan Gilbert] made the then remarkable decision to move Quicken Loans’ suburban headquarters downtown. Mr Gilbert says that the initial thinking was humdrum—the firm’s lease was expiring, the business was growing, and he didn’t want to build a new greenfield campus. But he also had a bigger idea in mind. “We needed to keep young people here [in Michigan] and make sure they weren’t going to places like Chicago,” he says. “We knew that young people did not want to work in suburbs.”
Word: greenfield Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From green + field. 1. Of a completely new development, without the need to integrate with legacy systems, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: a greenfield project Example: When you're working in a greenfield project and have a favorable situation of designing a database from the ground up, you have complete control over your database when it comes to integration tests, if you do it correctly. 2. Previously untapped; free for the taking. Labels: not-comparable Example: a greenfield market Example: a greenfield sales opportunity
Word: proper motion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: proper (in the sense of "its own") + motion; from Latin proprius. 1. The change in apparent position of a celestial body due to that body's velocity relative to the Sun.
Word: brownfield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brown + field. 1. A site, to be used for housing or commerce, that has been previously used for industry and may be contaminated or need extensive clearing. Labels: attributive, often Example: My budget will improve our environment by accelerating the cleanup of toxic brownfields. Example: On such a densely-populated island, most infrastructure projects are on brownfield sites, rather than starting in pastures new.
Word: brownfield Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brown + field. 1. Being a development that has to integrate with legacy systems. Labels: not-comparable Example: a brownfield project Example: Brownfield development is probably the most common situation for developers to be in, and in order for business to continue, an existing application infrastructure is necessary.
Word: plutonomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pluto- + -nomy. Google’s n-gram search suggests the Plutonomy was coined in late 1800s. References to the term using n-gram can be found in books as early as 1851, in a book written by John Malcolm Forbes Ludlow titled “Christian Socialism and Its opponents”, where it was used in the context of wealth. In modern use popularized by Ajay Kapur in a series of papers published during his tenure as Citigroup’s global strategist. 1. The study of the production and distribution of wealth, or a society seen as dominated by such concerns. Labels: countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable Example: On this side it [Socialism] is a crude compromise between the claims of labour and of capital — the hybrid child of Plutonomy and Communism. Example: The [Citigroup] analysts argued that the United States was evolving into a “plutonomy”—a top-heavy economic system where growth is driven primarily by a tiny, prosperous elite who consume an ever larger fraction of everything the economy produces.
Word: plutonomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English plutonomy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English plutonomic From plutonomy + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to plutonomy.
Word: plutonomist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English plutonomy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English plutonomist From plutonomy + -ist. 1. An economist who studies plutonomy. 2. A member of a plutonomy who owns a disproportionate amount of wealth. Example: […] the ultra-rich plutonomists, they don't tend to be part of a specific geography, but tend to be very global, hanging out in plutonomy destinations with fellow plutonomists.
Word: SATA Part of Speech: name Etymology: From serial + ATA. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪtə/, /ˈsætə/ 1. Serial ATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment), a computer bus technology primarily designed for transfer of data to and from a hard disk. It is the successor to the legacy Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) standard.
Word: dipinto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian dipinto (literally “painting”). 1. a sketched or painted (as opposed to engraved) inscription.
Word: necrobiosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós)der. English necro- English -biosis English necrobiosis From necro- + -biosis. 1. The normal death of cells or tissues because of age-related changes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: incommode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Learned borrowing from French incommoder (“to bother, disconcert, incommode”), from Latin incommodāre, the present active infinitive of incommodō (“to inconvenience”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commodō (“to accommodate, adapt; to bestow, provide; to hire, lend”) (from com- (a variant of con- (prefix indicating completeness or intensification)) + modō (the ablative or singular of modus (“manner, method, way; bound, limit; measure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *med- (“to measure”))). The English word is analysable as in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commode (“(archaic or obsolete) to provide (someone or something) with an appropriate, suitable, or necessary thing; to meet the requirements of (someone or something), suit; to repair (something)”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəˈməʊd/, /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/ 1. To make (someone) uncomfortable; to discomfort, to disturb, to trouble. Labels: formal, transitive Example: [T]heir Minds are ſo tender and effeminate, that they cannot bear the leaſt Air of Trouble vvithout Diſturbance; and vvhat vvould be a Diverſion to a couragious Soul, grieveth and incommodeth them. Example: O true believers, enter not the houſes of the prophet, unleſs it be permitted you to eat meat with him, without waiting his convenient time: but when ye are invited, then enter. And when ye ſhall have eaten, diſperſe yourſelves; and ſtay not to enter into familiar diſcourſe: for this incommodeth the prophet. 2. To cause (someone or something) inconvenience; to hinder, to impede, to inconvenience, to obstruct. Labels: formal, transitive Example: With respect to the French Prisoners, it is the direction of the President that none be suffered to remain at Sᵗ Kitts at the expence of the U.S. a moment longer than can't be avoided – and that every public ship returning from thence to the U.S. be made to bring away as many Prisoners, as each can take, without too much incommoding the crew. Example: The city of Lahor is built upon one of theſe five rivers, which is not leſs than our river Loire, and for which there is great need of a like bank, becauſe it maketh great devaſtation, and often changeth its bed, and hath but lately retired itſelf from Lahor for a quarter of a league; which very much incommodeth the inhabitants.
Word: incommode Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from French incommode (“causing discomfort; inconvenient; troublesome; undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome”), from Latin incommodus (“inconvenient; disagreeable, troublesome; unfit, unsuitable, unseasonable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commodus (“becoming, suitable; comfortable, commodious; convenient; useful; opportune, timely; friendly, pleasant”) (from com- (a variant of con-) + modus): see further at etymology 1. The English word is analysable as in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commode (“(obsolete) convenient, opportune; suitable”). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəˈməʊd/, /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/ 1. Synonym of incommodious. Labels: formal, obsolete, transitive Example: But although in the actions of vvicked men, vvhen God doth uſe them as Inſtruments for the execution of ſome peculiar vvorks, it may peradventure be ſaid, that God doth determine their vvils, yet it ſeems more incommode to ſay, that God moves and predetermines to al other acts, as to acts of hatred of God, blaſphemie, &c. 2. Synonym of incommodious. Labels: formal, obsolete, transitive Example: But, Madam, to be obliging to that exceſs as you are, (pardon me, if I tell you, out of my extream concern, and ſervice for your Grace) is a dangerous quality, and may be very incommode to you; for Civility makes Poets as troubleſom, as Charity makes Beggers; […] Example: To poſterity perhaps his prints vvill carry an idea of ſomething burleſque; perukes of outrageous length flovving over ſuits of armour compoſe vvonderfull habits. […] In the kit-cat-club, he has poured full-bottoms [i.e., full-bottomed wigs] chiefly over night-govvns: If thoſe ſtreams of hair vvere incommode in a battle, I knovv nothing they vvere adapted to, that can be done in a night-govvn.
Word: incommode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is a learned borrowing from French incommode (“causing discomfort; inconvenient; troublesome; undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome”), from Latin incommodus (“inconvenient; disagreeable, troublesome; unfit, unsuitable, unseasonable”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commodus (“becoming, suitable; comfortable, commodious; convenient; useful; opportune, timely; friendly, pleasant”) (from com- (a variant of con-) + modus): see further at etymology 1. The English word is analysable as in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + commode (“(obsolete) convenient, opportune; suitable”). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnkəˈməʊd/, /ˌɪnkəˈmoʊd/ 1. Something which causes inconvenience or trouble; a bother, an incommodity, an inconvenience. Labels: formal, obsolete, transitive Example: And as unto the perſonal meeting of both Princes, the vievving of the Place, and Appointing the Number to come vvith the ſaid Princes; in mine Opinion, ye have taken a right ſubſtantial and diſcrete VVay; praying you effectually to follovv the ſame, allvvays foreſeeing, that the Number be not too great, in avoiding ſundry Incommodes and Inconveniences, that might follovv thereof, as I doubt not, you can right vvell conſider.
Word: Berlioz Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: alpha emission Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of radioactivity in which alpha particles are emitted from the nucleus of an atom Labels: uncountable
Word: Moteuczoma Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Moctezuma. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: interplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English play English interplay From inter- + play. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tə(ɹ)ˌpleɪ/ 1. Interaction; reciprocal relationship. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Shortly after Cueto completed a hat-trick in the space of 11 minutes, diving over in the left-hand corner once again after more clinical interplay between backs and forwards. Example: Beyond its aim to bring patients the most effective treatments faster, the service is expected to generate a wealth of data on the interplay between DNA, health and lifestyles, which will become a powerful tool for research into cancer and other diseases.
Word: interplay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English play English interplay From inter- + play. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.tə(ɹ)ˈpleɪ/ 1. To interact. Labels: intransitive
Word: antanaclasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀντανάκλασις (antanáklasis, “reflection, bending back”), from ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀνά (aná, “up”) + κλάσις (klásis, “breaking”). 1. The repeated use of the same word or phrase, but with a different meaning each time; a kind of paronomasia. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: Irish twin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally used (in the nineteenth century) to mock the fertility of Irish families, referencing the stereotype that they have children in quicker succession. 1. Either of a pair of siblings born less than 12 months apart, especially if born within the same calendar year or school year or born one year apart. Labels: offensive, rare, slang Example: I'm the oldest, my brother, Dylan, is the next oldest—my Irish twin.” “Irish twin?” “He's ten months younger, what is referred to sarcastically as an Irish twin. My parents still live in the same flat in Dublin I grew up in. I haven't been home much the last twelve years or so. How about you, darlin'?”
Word: schuyt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of schuit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: seismogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From seismo- + -genic. 1. Capable of causing earthquakes.
Word: seismogenic layer Part of Speech: noun 1. A seismogenic zone
Word: seismogenic zone Part of Speech: noun 1. the layer of the Earth's crust, at the top of the asthenosphere, where most earthquakes originate
Word: phreatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek stem of φρέαρ (phréar, “well, spring”). Pronunciation: /fɹiˈæt.ɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to ground water; (volcanology) involving explosively rapid heating of ground water by magma. Example: 1979 [McGraw-Hill], Jacob Bear, Hydraulics of Groundwater, 2007, Dover, page 76, Both ϕ and q vary from point to point within a phreatic aquifer. Example: 1981, Peter W. Lipman, James G. Moore, Donald A. Swanson, Bulging of the North Flank Before the May 18 Eruption—Geodetic Data, Peter W. Lipman, Donal R. Mullineaux (editors), The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington, U.S. Geological Survey, page 143, These results contributed to assessments by USGS personnel in late April and early May that Mount St. Helens remained highly dangerous despite the seemingly mild small-scale phreatic eruptions that were then the most conspicuous activity.
Word: ground water Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of groundwater. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: On swamps where there is an excess of ground water, intercepting ditches are dug along contour lines to cut off the surface flow as well as the ground water as a measure of preventing cold water from flowing into the field, and thus preserving the terrestrial and water temperature on the farm. The experience of An-t'u Hsien is a good example. In order to preserve the temperature on the fields, the local peasants dig long and winding ditches to raise the temperature in the swamp.
Word: schoolmarm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + marm (“madam”). Pronunciation: /ˈskulˌmɑɹm/ 1. A female teacher, especially one seen to be old-fashioned and extremely severe and strict. Labels: US, slang Example: The schoolmarm came to an abrupt stop in her arithmetic quizzing, her face set into a pruny scowl that looked to be permanent. Example: I never thought of [my granfather] as "colorful." Matter of fact, he was an unsavory old coot - not a good influence for a growing boy by the standards of those times. Mmm, there was something about a young schoolmarm and him in the town my family had lived in, some scandal - "scandal" for those days, I mean - and I think that was why we moved. 2. Someone who acts like a schoolmarm; a person acting harsh and stern. Labels: broadly Example: Bernstein, am I a stuffed shirt? Am I a horse-faced hypocrite? Am I a New England school marm? 3. A tree with two or more trunks; a forked tree. Example: His brother Thomas, impaled upon the "schoolmarm tree," had opened his mouth to cry but snow and wind hurled back the words into his throat so that nothing emerges but white froth.
Word: schoolmarm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From school + marm (“madam”). Pronunciation: /ˈskulˌmɑɹm/ 1. To discipline in the manner of a schoolmarm; to harshly reprimand or chide. Labels: US, slang, transitive Example: Well, our trouble in America is that we're being schoolmarmed to death. You can see it in any paper you pick up. Example: One client, the most mothering member of the group, did exactly that: she took him home, fed him, and schoolmarmed him through the application form.
Word: schoolmarms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolmarm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schoolmarms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of schoolmarm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: schoolmarmish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English schoolmarm Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English schoolmarmish From schoolmarm + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a schoolmarm.
Word: schoolroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + room. 1. A classroom, a room in a school used for instruction.
Word: schoolrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolroom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schoolyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + yard. 1. The grounds around a school. Labels: US Example: Goodbye to Rosie, the queen of Corona / Seein' me and Julio down by the schoolyard 2. An open field near a school used for recreation by the students. Labels: UK
Word: schoolyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: schoolteacher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + teacher. 1. A teacher working in a school.
Word: schoolteachers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schoolteacher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seascape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sea English landscapebf. English -scape English seascape From sea + -scape. Pronunciation: /ˈsiˌskeɪp/ 1. A view of the sea. Example: Having accompanied his master to the door, Parkinson returned towards the promenade and sat down to admire the seascape from the nearest bench. 2. A piece of art that depicts the sea or shoreline.
Word: seascapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seascape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: segregationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English segregation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English segregationist From segregation + -ist. 1. A person who supports or believes in segregation. Example: Her [Rosa Parks'] arrest launched a 381-day Montgomery bus boycott in which 40,000 Black people, mostly all working people, fought the segregationist bosses. Example: In 2003, Biden eulogized South Carolina Republican Sen. Strom Thurmond, one of the most notorious segregationists in American politics for most of his career who had “moved to the good side” later in life, Biden said.
Word: segregationist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English segregation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English segregationist From segregation + -ist. 1. Causing or promoting segregation. Example: In that way, all integrationist Judaisms differ from all segregationist ones. Example: This logic exposes the segregationist intent of tuition grants beneath the superficial color blindness.
Word: segregationists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of segregationist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selenographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English selen- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -grapher English selenographer From selen- + -o- + -grapher. 1. a person who charts the moon's surface 2. a person who studies selenography
Word: semanticist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English semantic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English semanticist From semantic + -ist. 1. A person who studies semantics.