nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: blotched Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English blotch Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English blotched From blotch + -ed. Pronunciation: /blɒtʃt/, /blɑt͡ʃt/ 1. Covered in blotches (“uneven patches of colour or discolouration”). Example: The Dutch think no People are so much troubled with the Scurvy as they: But they mistake. There are more blotched Faces in one Town in England, than in the whole Dutch Province [...] Example: 1845, Charles Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth, Chirp the Second, The Blind Girl never knew that ceilings were discoloured, walls blotched and bare of plaster here and there, high crevices unstopped and widening every day, beams mouldering and tending downward.
Word: blotched Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English blotch Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English blotched From blotch + -ed. Pronunciation: /blɒtʃt/, /blɑt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of blotch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blotchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English blotch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English blotchy From blotch + -y. 1. Covered in blotches. Example: The sunset colors were not sunset. The sun was bright and blinding overhead, surrounded by reddish clouds, glaring down on the fairy city. The sky was—blotchy. It was daylight, but through the clouds bright stars were shining.
Word: brunet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French brunet. Compare also Middle English brunet, burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, which is the same word. Pronunciation: /bɹuˈnɛt/, /bɹuːˈnɛt/ 1. Of a man's or boy's hair: brown or dark brown. Labels: not-comparable, rare 2. Of a man or boy, having brown or dark brown hair. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: brunet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French brunet. Compare also Middle English brunet, burnet (“brown”), from Old French brunet, which is the same word. Pronunciation: /bɹuˈnɛt/, /bɹuːˈnɛt/ 1. A man or boy with brown or dark brown hair. Labels: rare
Word: shenanigans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shenanigan Middle English -es English -s English shenanigans From shenanigan + -s. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/, [ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡn̩z], /ʃəˈnæn.ə.ɡɪnz/, /-ɡənz/ 1. Mischievous play, especially by children. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: Shanti and Tom are playing noisily upstairs again. They’re up to their usual shenanigans. Example: Well, I'm not the woman to stand any shenanigans from a child of mine. I could name you dead loads of women that are just completely walked over by their children. 2. Deceitful tricks; trickery; games. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: You should learn to spot their shenanigans and avoid being fooled. Example: The advertisement said it would cost $50, but they charged me $75 at the register. I declare shenanigans. 3. Strange, unusual, weird, or wacky occurrences. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to devote any of tonight's news to evil monkey shenanigans unless you can find something more down to earth to focus your report on." 4. plural of shenanigan. Labels: form-of, plural, plural-normally
Word: shenanigans Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English shenanigan Middle English -es English -s English shenanigans From shenanigan + -s. Pronunciation: /ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡənz/, [ʃɪˈnæn.ɪ.ɡn̩z], /ʃəˈnæn.ə.ɡɪnz/, /-ɡənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shenanigan Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: petrochemical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English petrochemical From petro- + chemical. 1. Any chemical derived from petroleum. Example: Another is a Bloomberg project we're participating in that looks beyond petrochemicals. 2. Any chemical derived from any of the fossil fuels: petroleum, natural gas, or coal. Example: As the prices of petroleum, natural gas, and coal fluctuate over the years, the petrochemical industry can to some extent switch feedstocks.
Word: petrochemical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πέτρᾱ (pétrā)bor. Latin petrader. English petro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin chēmicus English -al English chemical English petrochemical From petro- + chemical. 1. Of or pertaining to the such compounds, or the industry that produces them. Labels: not-comparable Example: In 2006, about 6 percent of the world's crude oil production was used in non-energy applications, primarily as a petrochemical feedstock.
Word: phenylenediamine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the three isomeric di-amino-benzenes, used as intermediates in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, plastics etc.
Word: physical chemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Russian физи́ческая хи́мия (fizíčeskaja xímija). Coined by polymath Mikhail Lomonosov in 1752. 1. The science that uses theories and techniques from physics to study chemical systems. Labels: uncountable
Word: radiochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + chemistry. 1. The chemistry of radioactive substances. Labels: uncountable 2. The use of radioisotopes to study the kinetics of chemical reactions. Labels: uncountable Example: Holonym: physical chemistry
Word: isotopic chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the effects of isotopic substitution on chemical compounds, especially on the kinetics of their reactions. Labels: uncountable
Word: radioisotope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- English isotope English radioisotope From radio- + isotope. 1. A radioactive isotope of an element.
Word: radionuclide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin radiusder. English radio- English nuclide English radionuclide From radio- + nuclide. 1. a radioactive nuclide
Word: encyclopaedic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of encyclopedic. Labels: Commonwealth, alt-of, alternative
Word: nuclide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nucleus + -ide. Coined by American chemist Truman Kohman in 1947 in an article in the American Journal of Physics, in which he defines nuclide as "a species of atom characterized by the constitution of its nucleus, in particular by the numbers of protons and neutrons in its nucleus." Pronunciation: /ˈn(j)uːklaɪd/ 1. An atomic nucleus specified by its atomic number and atomic mass.
Word: Francophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Franco- + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæŋ.kəˈfoʊ.bi.ə/ 1. The hatred or fear of France, its people and culture. Labels: uncountable 2. The hatred or fear of the presence of the French language and its native speakers. Labels: uncountable Example: Today, francophobia has donned new clothes: those of populism. Under the simplistic discourse of budgetary rigour, deficit reduction, and common sense, the new populist apostles see bilingualism not as an advantage but as a frill … In times like these, one may only remember the cri du coeur launched in 1913 by Franco-Ontarians against those who sought to strip their children’s access to French-language education — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-francophobia-is-donning-new-populist-clothes-in-canada
Word: BOI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Bank of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Bank of Ireland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Bureau of Immigration. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BOI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of basal osseointegrated implant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of bill of information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Boi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese bumba-meu-boi, from boi (“bull”). 1. a style of Central Amazonian folk music
Word: journo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From journalist + -o (“diminutive suffix”). 1. A journalist. Labels: Australia, UK, informal Example: He′d been packed in with all the other journos, standing out only in that he was taller than most and didn′t make as much noise. Example: Journos and scribes are officially welcomed by the Taliban and then never given visas to enter. The Red Cross needs Talib approval for all journos before you can book a flight.
Word: reaction mechanism Part of Speech: noun 1. the ordered set of individual reactions whose overall effect is given by a chemical equation
Word: reactive intermediate Part of Speech: noun 1. A short-lived compound that is formed temporarily in a reaction mechanism.
Word: all-purpose Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɔlˈpɝpəs/, /ˈɔlˌpɝpəs/ 1. For all purposes. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: multipurpose
Word: all-encompassing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Middle English all- English all- English encompassing English all-encompassing From all- + encompassing. 1. Including everything; universal. Example: The desire to get back into the womb can become, in a creative way, a making of a womb out of the whole world, including everything in the womb (the city, the enlarged universe of Black Spring, of The Black Book), the all-englobing, all-encompassing womb, holding everything. Example: This essay, "Identity: Skin Blood Heart," is an account of her struggle to wrench herself free from the all-encompassing racist indoctrination that white people in North America are taught.
Word: arms race Part of Speech: noun 1. A competition for military supremacy between two powers, especially for the most weapons and the best military technology. Example: Mr. Xi has made his intentions clear. He aims to achieve a “national rejuvenation” that would include displacing the United States as the dominant rule-setter in the region, controlling access to the South China Sea, and bringing Taiwan — a self-governing island that China sees as lost territory — under Beijing’s control. In response, many of China’s neighbors — and the United States — are turning to hard power, accelerating the most significant arms race in Asia since World War II. 2. Any similar competition that involves competing developments. Labels: figuratively Example: The cost of parasitism has provoked an evolutionary arms race between parasite and host, in which hosts evolve defences to avoid becoming victimized and parasites counterattack by evolving strategies to outwit their hosts. Example: ChatGPT's sudden popularity has triggered an arms race among the world's leading tech companies and start-ups that are rushing to obtain the H100, which Huang describes as “the world's first computer [chip]^([sic]) designed for generative AI”—artificial intelligence systems that can quickly create humanlike text, images and content.
Word: classical conditioning Part of Speech: noun 1. A learning process in which a previously neutral stimulus (such as a bell) is paired with a potent stimulus (such as food in the case of a dog), so that the neutral stimulus comes to elicit a conditioned response (salivation) similar to the one elicited by the potent stimulus. Labels: uncountable
Word: upper class Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌʌpəˈklɑːs/, /ˌʌpɚˈklæs/ 1. A class of people at the top of a social hierarchy. 2. The aristocracy.
Word: conditioned reflex Part of Speech: noun 1. A response, to a stimulus, that has been acquired by operant conditioning.
Word: conditioned response Part of Speech: noun 1. a conditioned reflex
Word: emacs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈiːmæks/ 1. Any implementation or reimplementation of Emacs.
Word: globus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globe and perhaps glob. Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊbəs/ 1. A spherical or nearly spherical structure. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A spherical or nearly spherical structure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: meritocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From merit + -o- + -cracy, coined by British sociologist Alan Fox in 1956 in an article in Socialist Commentary from May 1956, used as a derisive term, and popularized by British sociologist Michael Young, Baron Young of Dartington in his book The Rise of the Meritocracy (1958). Pronunciation: /mɛɹɪˈtɒkɹəsi/, /mɛɹəˈtɑkɹəsi/ 1. Rule by merit and talent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As a small nation without natural resources, Singapore relies on education and meritocracy to develop its economy. Example: In Markovits’s telling, the rise of the meritocracy is a story of unintended consequences. 2. A type of society where wealth, income, and social status are assigned through competition. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An ideological myth or social construct used to legitimize capitalism by framing inequality as a fair outcome of personal ability, masking systemic discrimination against the working class, queer, and transsexual communities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The very idea of the one percent... was promoted by a populist movement widely decried by meritocrats... Elite professionals know which side their bread is buttered on, and make huge salaries serving the interests of capital.
Word: perniosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pernio Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek -ωσις (-ōsis)bor. New Latin -ōsislbor. English -osis English perniosis From pernio + -osis. Pronunciation: /ˌpɝniˈoʊsɪs/, /ˌpɜːniˈəʊsɪs/ 1. pernio (chilblain). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any skin abnormality resulting from exposure to cold.
Word: fact of life Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1806. 1. Something that cannot be avoided; a stark reality of existence. Labels: idiomatic
Word: gild Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English gilden, gulden, from Old English gyldan (“to gild, to cover with a thin layer of gold”), from Proto-West Germanic *gulþijan, from Proto-Germanic *gulþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą (“gold”). Pronunciation: /ɡɪld/ 1. To cover with a thin layer of gold; to cover with gold leaf. Labels: transitive Example: High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold, for eyes he had two bright sapphires, and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. 2. To adorn. Labels: transitive Example: I will make fast the doors, and gild myself With some more ducats, and be with you straight. 3. To decorate with a golden surface appearance. Labels: transitive Example: Gild the entire outside with beaten egg yolk, and sprinkle it with grated parmesan. 4. To give a bright or pleasing aspect to. Labels: transitive Example: When sparkling stars twire not, thou gild'st the even. 5. To give a brilliant colour or flush to one's face; (also) to make appear drunk. Labels: transitive Example: [Alonso] And Trinculo is reeling-ripe: vvhere sſhould they Finde this grand Liquor that hath gilded'em? Hovv cam'ſt thou in this pickle?
Word: gild Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɪld/ 1. Archaic spelling of guild. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: No trade gild might be started without the consent of the whole body of hanasters, who would insist that the regulations were not harmful to the burgesses as a whole; […]
Word: downside Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of down + side. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ 1. A disadvantageous aspect of something that is normally advantageous. Example: The downside of obtaining a higher rank is that far more work is expected. Example: Hazardous and nuclear waste came to represent the downside of industrial prosperity. 2. A downward tendency, especially in the price of shares etc. Example: The strategy is used both to increase the return on the underlying stock and to provide a limited amount of downside protection. Example: I could go all the way back to 1982 and I'm sure the effects of the expiration will be even more exacerbated on the downside of the spread. 3. The side of something that is at the bottom, or that is intended to face downward. Example: An apparatus for heat-treating a flowing fluid, comprising a fluid source; a heat exchange unit provided with a regenerative section, the latter having an upside through which such fluid is caused to flow and a downside through which such fluid is caused to flow subsequent to being heated, said upside and downside being separated from one another by a heat-conductive wall, […] Example: The buildings on the downside of the station were demolished and new premises of modern design constructed on the new platform.
Word: gold leaf Part of Speech: noun 1. Gold that is beaten into a thin sheet. Labels: uncountable Example: But this Cobweb Lawn is too thin; a gold Leaf to cover the forgoing poison: For nothing is more plain, that he means, that the King is the Head Conspirator in all this slavery […] Example: The streets of Nankin are sometimes strewed with gold leaf; very different are those of London: in the midst of their pavements, a great lazy puddle moves muddily along […]
Word: vo Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of voe (“sea inlet”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 2 marks land in Garth on the south side of the Vo
Word: facts of life Part of Speech: noun 1. A knowledge of sexual reproduction. Labels: euphemistic, plural Example: “You and your books!” “How's a girl to learn the facts of life?” 2. plural of fact of life Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trips Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tɹɪps/ 1. plural of trip Labels: form-of, plural 2. Three of a kind, especially if one of the three cards is in one's hand and the other two are on the board. Compare set (“three of a kind, especially with one card on the board and the other two in one's hand”). Labels: slang
Word: trips Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹɪps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: upper-class Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈʌpɚˌklæs/ 1. Of a high social position. Labels: not-comparable 2. Aristocratic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: breadbasket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bread + basket. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛdbɑːskɪt/, /ˈbɹɛdˌbæskɪt/ 1. A basket used for storing or carrying bread. Example: In theſe eaſtern countries they eat upon the plain ground, and when it is dinner-time they ſpread a round piece of leather, and lay about it tapeſtry, and ſometimes cuſhions, whereupon they ſit croſs-leg'd before they begin to eat, […] At laſt they take up the leathern table with bread and all, which ſerveth them alſo inſtead of a table-cloth and bread-basket, they draw it together with a ſtring lik a purſe, and hang it up in the next corner. Example: One of the servants went to a bread-basket there, and finding the damask napkin eaten away, she was led to see if any mouse-holes were to be seen: for this purpose she removed the bread-basket, and behind it she saw a bundle of something that looked very like white cotton; she touched it, and out jumped the little dormouse. 2. A region which has favourable conditions to produce a large quantity of grain or, by extension, other food products; a food bowl. Example: [I]t is worth noting that if global warming produces a migration of the earth's breadbaskets, then it might damage one country's agriculture, while benefiting another's. Example: Canada at the turn of the century had become the breadbasket of the British Empire and industrialised Europe and wheat grown on the prairies was consolidated in elevator at Fort William, Ontario to await shipment overseas. 3. The abdomen or stomach, especially as a vulnerable part of the body in an attack. Labels: humorous Example: Tom Oliver thought he'd a very heavy stake in this here affair, as he was to fight Shelton, on the 23d, for a hundred. […] (Give it them, Tom! hit them in the bread-basket!) Example: [S]ince you've been ill I've been eating your pork and drinking your grog, which latter can't be too plentiful in the Bay of Biscay. And now that I've cured you, you'll be tucking all that into your own little breadbasket, so that I'm no gainer, […]
Word: pannier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English panere, panȝere, panyere, from Old French panier, paniere, from Latin pānārium (“a bread basket”), from pānis (“bread”). Doublet of panary. Pronunciation: /ˈpæn.ɪ.ə/, /ˈpæn.i.ɚ/, /ˈpæn.jɚ/ 1. A large basket or bag fastened, usually in pairs, to the back of a bicycle or pack animal, or carried in pairs over the shoulders. Example: Until 1785 the slates were conveyed from the quarries to the port in panniers on the backs of horses, but in that year Lord Penrhyn built a good road from the quarry to the village of Llandegai (on the Chester and Holyhead road) and also continued it in the opposite direction a further nine miles to Capel Curig; […]. Example: Pannier literally means carrying bags slung over the back of a beast of burden — in other words, saddle bags. Front and rear bicycle touring panniers, after being attached to their carrying racks on the bicycle, become the bicycle tourist's packbags. 2. A decorative basket for the display of flowers or fruits. 3. One of a pair of hoops used to expand the volume of a woman's skirt to either side. Labels: historical 4. A breadbasket. 5. A piece of basketwork for protecting archers, or, filled with gravel or sand, for forming and protecting embankments, etc. Labels: historical
Word: putz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָץ (pots, “penis, fool”); compare similar semantic developments in futz. Pronunciation: /pʌts/ 1. A fool, an idiot. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: “The excitement of our friendship made me overlook my vampire powers.” “Hi.” “My foreskin grew back very fast. Now he thinks I'm meshuggener, which means he thinks I'm a little bit of a putz.” 2. A jerk. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: And, (4), we’re not really even seeing “characters” at all: it’s not Major Frank Burns, pathetic self-important putz from Fort Wayne, Indiana; it’s Larry Linville of Ojai, California, actor stoic enough to endure thousands of letters (still coming in, even in syndication) from pseudo-voyeurs berating him for being a putz from Indiana. 3. The penis. Labels: slang
Word: putz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish פּאָץ (pots, “penis, fool”); compare similar semantic developments in futz. Pronunciation: /pʌts/ 1. To waste time. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: Stop putzing around.
Word: putz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Putz; compare German Putz (“ornament, decoration, finery”), putzen (“to clean; decorate”). Compare the above. Pronunciation: /pʊts/ 1. A decoration or ornament in the Nativity tradition, usually placed under a Christmas tree. Labels: slang Example: The American custom of erecting a putz seems to have originated with the Moravians but the custom long ago spread to non-Moravian households. Essentially, the putz is a landscape, built on the floor or on a table or portable platform.
Word: putz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Pennsylvania German Putz; compare German Putz (“ornament, decoration, finery”), putzen (“to clean; decorate”). Compare the above. Pronunciation: /pʊts/ 1. To go around viewing the putzes in the neighborhood. Labels: Pennsylvania, US, intransitive, slang Example: Once all good Moravians in Bethlehem went putzing between Christmas and Twelfth Night to take a look at their friends' cribs. Example: Everyone in the Moravian settlements goes putzing, visiting others' works of art.
Word: concurred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of concur Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Sint Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: post hoc Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin post hoc. 1. After the fact. Example: Our work on using research was post hoc rather than planned as an integral part of the original study. Example: The interpretations offered in this section are clearly much more post hoc than in my discussion of the informants' patterns.
Word: post hoc Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin post hoc. 1. After the fact. Example: Ultimately, the wisdom of preemption will be judged post hoc.
Word: post hoc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin post hoc ergō propter hoc. 1. An instance of the post hoc ergō propter hoc fallacy, in which temporal order is confused with causation. Example: or that it is altogether fair to accumulate the post hocs with their inevitable suggestion of propter Example: More grim were the post hocs of the ancient Aztecs. In their experience rain had followed the season of sacrificial rites, and they believed that ....
Word: antirust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + rust. 1. Alternative spelling of anti-rust. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: antirust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + rust. 1. Alternative spelling of anti-rust. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anti-establishment Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Proto-Italic *staðlis? Latin stabilis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin stabilīre Old French establir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Old French establissementbor. Middle English stablishment English establishment English anti-establishment From anti- + establishment. 1. Opposed to the existing sociopolitical system (the establishment). Example: The hippies were noted for their anti-establishment ways, firmly opposed to the order their parents so revered. Example: Almost one-third of Europeans now vote for populist, far-right or far-left parties, research shows, with wide support for anti-establishment politics surging across the continent in an increasingly problematic challenge to the mainstream.
Word: anti-fade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + fade. 1. Resistant to the dimming (fading) of color. Labels: not-comparable Example: The chemical additives in the anti-fade paint meant the color stayed vibrant year after year.
Word: anti-g Part of Speech: adj 1. Counteracting the g-force of acceleration. Example: Only the constriction of his anti-g suit forcing blood to his brain kept the pilot from blacking out during the spin.
Word: marbles Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several children's games played with small balls (made of marble or more commonly glass). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Egyptian boys played marbles before the days of Moses. 2. Sanity. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: Grandpa's lost his marbles, but at least he still recognizes us. Example: Granny's still got all her marbles. 3. Bits of rolled-up rubber shed by the tires of race cars that accumulate at the edges of the track, especially at the corners. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Some corners are littered with marbles, off the racing line.
Word: marbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marble Labels: form-of, plural Example: Marbles were among the treasures found buried in the ruins of Pompeii.
Word: marbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of marble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gaudiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gaudy 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 gaudiness From gaudy + -ness. 1. Pretension in appearance; looking overly and distastefully adorned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Nearby residents don't want any gaudiness in the building's renovation: they want it to be tasteful and understated.
Word: osmole Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of measurement, a mole of an osmotically active compound
Word: blue jay Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Cyanocitta cristata of North American jays with blue feathering from the top of its head to midway down its back. 2. One of the blue-marked species of the Old World bird genus Coracias.
Word: Chautauqua Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Erie [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈtɔːkwə/, /ʃəˈtækwə/ 1. A town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York.
Word: Chautauqua Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Erie [Term?]. Pronunciation: /ʃəˈtɔːkwə/, /ʃəˈtækwə/ 1. A kind of travelling tent-show which used to move across America featuring popular talks. Labels: historical Example: What is in mind is a sort of Chautauqua—that's the only name I can think of for it—like the traveling tent-show Chautauquas that used to move across America, this America, the one that we are now in, an old-time series of popular talks intended to edify and entertain, improve the mind and bring culture and enlightenment to the ears and thoughts of the hearer.
Word: insectivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French insectivore. In the zoological sense, coined by English philosopher and historian of science William Whewell in 1840 as an adaptation of Cuvier's coinage, French insectivore. The French terms reflect scientific New Latin origins. By surface analysis, insect + -i- + -vore. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔː/, /ɪnˈsɛktəˌvɔɹ/ 1. Insect-eating animal or plant. Example: An anteater is an insectivore with a long sticky tongue to catch its prey. 2. mammal of the now abandoned order Insectivora. Labels: dated
Word: continuously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English continuous Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English continuously From continuous + -ly. Pronunciation: /kənˈtɪnjuəsli/ 1. Without pause. Labels: not-comparable Example: The river continuously flows to the sea, it will never pause to let us cross on dry land. Example: She drove continuously for two hours.
Word: mammalian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mammal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English mammalian From mammal + -ian. Pronunciation: /məˈmeɪl.jən/, /məˈmeɪ.li.ən/ 1. Of, or pertaining to, mammals. Example: The single-imaging optic of the mammalian eye offers some distinct visual advantages. Such lenses can take in photons from a wide range of angles, increasing light sensitivity. They also have high spatial resolution, resolving incoming images in minute detail. 2. Like a mammal.
Word: mammalian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mammal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English mammalian From mammal + -ian. Pronunciation: /məˈmeɪl.jən/, /məˈmeɪ.li.ən/ 1. Any mammal.
Word: decongestant Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːkənˈdʒɛstənt/ 1. A drug that relieves congestion, e.g. pseudoephedrine.
Word: conformer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of conformational + isomer. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.fɚmɚ/ 1. Any of a set of stereoisomers characterized by a conformation that corresponds to a distinct potential energy minimum. Labels: physical 2. A particular folded state or conformation of a protein, especially an abnormal conformation of a prion Labels: physical
Word: conformer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conform Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English conformer From conform + -er. Pronunciation: /kənˈfɔɹmɚ/ 1. A person who conforms; a conformist. 2. A Conformist.
Word: demodulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English modulation English demodulation From de- + modulation. Pronunciation: /dɪˌmɒdʃəˈleɪʃən/ 1. The inverse of the effect of modulation, or applying a signal to a carrier. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A radio transmitter applies modulation to a carrier wave and the receiver applies demodulation to it to recover the message.
Word: demodulate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *medos Latin modus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin modulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -or, -ārī Latin modulor ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English modulate English demodulate From de- + modulate. Pronunciation: /dɪˈmɒdʃəleɪt/ 1. To reverse modulate, undo the effects of modulation. Example: In a radio transmitter you modulate the carrier wave; in the receiver you demodulate it.
Word: prion protein Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein found on the surface of many mammalian cell types, especially neurons. The normal function of the prion protein is not known.
Word: egghead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egg + head. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡˌhɛd/ 1. A bald person, especially a man. Labels: derogatory Example: Then no one will know whether you are a genuine egghead or not. Besides, completely bald men are more sensual. Example: His own image as a bald man - egghead - with glasses aids this perception. 2. A bald head. Example: But at the top of the "egghead", the blood vessels become pinched and the flow is blocked. Example: At one point he even lifts his cap to reveal an egghead bald-cap atop white hair and spectacles. 3. An intellectual, especially one who is insensitive, pedantic, or out of touch. Labels: derogatory Example: Just because some of you eggheads spend half your life in college don't mean you've got any monopoly on good common sense.
Word: Tooele Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Shoshone tuuwɨɨta (“black bear; the name of a Gosiute chief”). Pronunciation: /tuːˈɛlə/, [tʰʊˈwɪ.ɫə] 1. A city, the county seat of Tooele County, Utah, United States.
Word: sea mile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: As a former Scandinavian unit of distance, a calque of Danish sømil, Norwegian Bokmål sjømil, and Swedish sjömil, from Danish sø (“sea, nautical, maritime”) + mil (“Danish mile or league”). 1. Synonym of nautical mile, a unit of distance now equal to exactly 1852 meters 2. A former version of the nautical mile in Scandinavia equal to 4 minutes of arc or about 4 nmi. Labels: historical
Word: air mile Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of distance for air transport; equal to a nautical mile.
Word: pentaculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Renaissance Latin documents. 1. pentacle
Word: astigmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From astigmatism. 1. Suffering from astigmatism.
Word: astigmatic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astigmatism. 1. One who has astigmatism.
Word: sapiential Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sapyencyall, from Old French or Late Latin/Ecclesiastical Latin sapientiālis, from Latin sapientia (“wisdom”) + -ālis (“-al”). Pronunciation: /seɪ.piˈɛnt͡ʃəl/ 1. Possessing or conferring wisdom, especially religious wisdom.
Word: ogive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English ogif, egeve, egeove, from Old French ogive, œgive, augive. Doublet of ogee. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊɡaɪv/, /ˈəʊd͡ʒaɪv/, /ˈoʊɡaɪv/, /ˈoʊd͡ʒaɪv/ 1. The curve of a cumulative distribution function. 2. A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault. 3. The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket. Example: However, Ordnance tests revealed that the existing metal ogive (nose cone) tended to telescope on impact, cushioning the impact shock, and resulting in the failure of the impact fuze. In addition, the ogive tended to shear off from the rest of the body at impact angles of 20 degrees or more, […] Example: Nose: The forward end of a warhead. May have a fuze-well, be solid, or be defined by the shape of the ogive. Ogive: Is aft of the nose, and forward of the bourrelet. May house a fuze adapter with a shape consistent with the contour of the ogive. 4. A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
Word: pick up Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare form of pickup. Labels: form-of, rare
Word: dreich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is borrowed from Scots dreich (“hard to bear, dreary, tedious, wearisome; interminable, long-winded; dull, uninteresting; slow, tardy; doleful, gloomy; baffling, difficult; difficult to reach, inaccessible”), from Middle English dregh, dri, drie (“burdensome; depressing, dismal; large, tall; lasting, long; long-suffering, patient; tedious; of blows: hard, heavy; of the face: unchanging, unmoved; of a person: strong, valorous”) [and other forms], from Old English *drēog, drēoh (“earnest; fit; sober”), and then probably partly: * shortened from Old English ġedrēog (“calm, quiet; sober; fit, suitable”, adjective), from ġe- (prefix forming adjectives of association or similarity) + Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (“enduring, lasting”) (from *dreuganą (“to serve, be a retainer”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewgʰ- (“to serve one’s tribe; loyal”)); and * influenced by Old Norse drjúgr (“sufficient; excessive, very; great; strong”), from Proto-Germanic *dreugaz (see above). The noun is probably partly derived: * from the adjective; and * borrowed from Scots dreich (“dreariness, gloom”) (rare), probably from Middle English dri, drie (“annoyance, trouble; grief; period of time”) [and other forms], possibly from dri, drie (adjective) (see above). (Compare Old English ġedrēog (“seemliness; seriousness, sobriety; something appropriate or required”, noun), which did not survive into Middle English.) Cognates * German Low German drēg, drēge * Icelandic drjúgur (“ample; heavy, substantial; long”) * North Frisian drech * Old Danish drygh (modern Danish drøj (“heavy; solid, tough”)) * Old Swedish drygher (modern Swedish dryg (“ample, liberal; hard; large; lasting”)) * Saterland Frisian drjooch * Scots dreich * West Frisian dreech, drege (“extensive; long-lasting”) Pronunciation: /dɹiːk/, /dɹiːx/, /dɹik/, /drix/, /ðreː/ 1. A tedious or troublesome task; also, the most tedious or troublesome part of a task. Labels: Midlands, North, Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, countable 2. Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather. Labels: Midlands, North, Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, uncountable
Word: goodo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good English -o English goodo From good + -o. 1. Good (used after the noun) Labels: Australia, not-comparable, slang Example: To Knowles he said: “Quick! Give her tucker!. She hungry. She eat. She sleep. Bimeby she goodo.”
Word: goodo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good English -o English goodo From good + -o. 1. Good; used to show approval or satisfaction. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, slang Example: “Now we′re cooking! It works!” crowed Bob. “And now before it grows dark let′s pour it off into our storage tanks.” “Goodo, Bob. We rich now!” Ebony gloated. Example: “Goodo,” Picnic said, blinking. “Man, look at the quail.”
Word: cheerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cheer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English cheerless From cheer + -less. 1. Devoid of cheer; gloomy. Example: I then went on, beginning with the rise and progress of the primitive religions, and coming down to the various religions of the present time, during which time I labored to show Queequeg that all these Lents, Ramadans, and prolonged ham-squattings in cold, cheerless rooms were stark nonsense; […] Example: Men, women and children work together seven days in the week in these cheerless tenements to make a living for the family, from the break of day till far into the night.
Word: gloze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. More at gloss. Pronunciation: /ɡləʊz/ 1. A comment in the margin; explanatory note; gloss; commentary. Example: So we o’ershroud stars and roses, Cherub and trophy and garland. Nothings grow something which quietly closes Heaven’s earnest eye,—not a glimpse of the far land Gets through our comments and glozes. Example: 1903, Cuthbert Atchley, The Parish Clerk, and his Right to Read the Liturgical Epistle, Alcuin Club Tracts IV, London: Longmans, Green & Co., p. 15, The state of practice in the first half of the fifteenth century may be gathered from the gloze of Nicholas de Tudeschis, called Panormitan, on the text Ut quisque which we have quoted above. 2. Flattery. Example: […] if Virtue aught may crave, or Heav’n, Beware, alike, of factious leagues, impure, And courtly glozes vile. Example: No tender word or dainty gloze Could give him pleasure half so fine As that which tingled to her blows. 3. appearance. Example: We have flattered thee, O Lord, with our tongues, and dissembled in our double hearts like the Israelites, whom thou hast fearfully punished in the sight of all the world, and saluted thee long with Judas kiss; to wit, with a vizard and show of religion, with the gloze of outward profession, drawing near thee with our lips, but our hearts far from thee […] Example: 1859, Leander Clark, “Sonnet No. 6” in Kenridge Hall, and Other Poems, Washington: Franklin Philp, p. 72, Wear not the mask of Love upon thy face, For fear my eye discern; ’twere better veil The sweet serenity Love’s eye would trace, Than with its gloze to make his visage stale. 4. A specious show, a deceit. Example: Now to plain-dealing; lay these glozes by: Shall we resolve to woo these girls of France?
Word: gloze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English glosen, from Old French gloser, from Medieval Latin glossa. More at gloss. Pronunciation: /ɡləʊz/ 1. To extenuate, explain away, gloss over. Labels: literary Example: Heaven, that I had thy head! he has found the meaning: But I will gloze with him. Example: Of what were generative organs made? / And for what profit were those creatures wrought? / [...] / Gloze as you will and plead the explanation / That they were only made for the purgation / Of urine, little things of no avail / Except to know a female from a male […] 2. To use flattering language. Example: […] looke to see the throne where you should sit, To floate in bloud, and at thy wanton head, The glozing head of thy base minion throwne. Example: So gloz’d the Tempter, and his Proem tun’d; Into the Heart of Eve his words made way, 3. To smooth over; to palliate by specious explanation. Example: On this ground it is that Christianity works its way in Christianizing a community—if only it have free scope. It does this, not by glozing the evil that is in the world; not by extenuating, or by exaggerating the damage which human nature has sustained; but it does so by raising, in all minds, the ideal of human nature […] Example: 1906, E. A. Baker, Introduction to Moll Flanders and Roxana, G. Routledge & Sons (New York), p. xviii, …his contempt for every romantic or sentimental motive that would gloze over real causes, and represent the conduct of human beings rather as we would have it to be than as it is… 4. To give a shine to (something or someone). Example: The scanty light glozed them with the glory of day, and, forgetful of pain and thirst and hunger, and of the menace of death, they sank upon the floor and cried, keeping fast hold of each other the while.
Word: Lapith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing of Ancient Greek Λαπίθης (Lapíthēs). 1. One of a semi-legendary, semi-historical race of Thessaly. Example: 1978, Peter Porter, from 'Piero di Cosimo on the Shoalhaven' in The Cost of Seriousness On a rock orchid, the roundness and gloze / Of a lapith's bum!
Word: Davo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dave + -o. 1. A diminutive of the male given name David. Labels: Australia
Word: say-so Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From say + so. Compare says who. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪˌsəʊ/, /ˈseɪˌsoʊ/ 1. Authority, as backing some statement, injunction, or command. Labels: informal Example: I wouldn't buy anything that expensive just on the say-so of a saleman. Example: You are not to go into that room without my say-so.
Word: matinée Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French matinée. 1. Alternative spelling of matinee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: roadmap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + map. 1. Alternative form of road map. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And our semiconductor industry, I think, is showing the way as to how roadmaps can be used for very general, very generic and very energizing programs of a very broad nature. Example: In 1966, I could not have imagined my life playing out as it has. That I would do the work I do. Or love the women I loved. My life and work seemed laid out for me, the future a detailed roadmap. The map was wrong.
Word: roadmap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From road + map. 1. To construct a plan of action regarding (something). Labels: transitive Example: More specifically, we believe that such an approach should be: […] Opportunistic in using available software but also planned when developing new software, with the latter carefully roadmapped.