nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: foliate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin folium (“leaf”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix) (more at etymology 1) Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊlieɪt/, /ˈfoʊliˌeɪt/ 1. To add numbers to (a folio or leaf, or all the folios or leaves, of a book); also, to add numbers to the folios or leaves of (a book); to folio, to page, to paginate. Labels: transitive 2. To spread (glass) with a thin coat of mercury and tin, or other substances forming a foil, to create a mirror; to foil, to silver. Labels: transitive Example: to foliate a looking-glass Example: [T]he production of the Rainbovv is as much to be aſcribed to the reflection of the concave ſurface of the air, as to the refraction of the Globular drops: this vvill be evidently manifeſt by theſe Experiments, if you foliate that part of a Glaſs-ball that is to reflect an Iris, as in the Carteſian Experiment, above mention'd, the reflections vvill be abundantly more ſtrong, and the colours more vivid: […] 3. To decorate (an architectural feature, as an arch or window) with foils (“small arcs in the traceries of arches, windows, etc.”). Labels: transitive Example: All European architecture, bad and good, old and new, is derived from Greece through Rome, and coloured and perfected from the East. […] Now observe: those old Greeks gave the shaft; Rome gave the arch; the Arabs pointed and foliated the arch. 4. To beat (metal) into a foil or thin sheet. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: [I]f Gold be foliated and held betvveen your Eye and the Light, the Light looks blue, and therefore maſſy Gold lets into its Body the blue-making rays to be reflected to and fro vvithin it till they be ſtopt and ſtifled, vvhilſt it reflects the yellovv-making outvvards, and thereby looks yellovv. 5. To split into layers or leaves. Labels: intransitive 6. Of a plant: to produce leaves. Labels: intransitive
Word: non-sequitur Part of Speech: verb 1. To commit a non sequitur; to make a statement that does not logically follow a previous statement. Labels: ambitransitive, rare Example: Schoeck had long been complaining of the rapidity of technical developments in the brave new world of postwar Europe (when driving past the new Zurich airport once with Alma Staub, he had non-sequitured in despair: “There's no wonder that all culture is going to the dogs when you can get in here and get out in Chicago the next morning”).¹¹
Word: non-sequitur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of non sequitur. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It is only mildly amusing that nowadays the standard Republican/Tory after-dinner speech is a two-part affair, in which part one celebrates the virtues of unimpeded competition and dynamic structural change, while part two mourns the decline of the family and community ‘values’ that were eroded precisely by the forces commended in part one. Thus at the present time the core of Republican/Tory beliefs is a perfect non-sequitur.
Word: web bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, usually transparent image added by an advertiser to a webpage (to track its popularity) or email message (to track when it is read). Labels: Internet Example: When a Web bug is programmed into a Web page, its code looks similar to the code for just about any graphic image appearing on that page. Example: Google had a web bug on 92 of the top 100 sites, and on 88 per cent of the total domains reported in the data set of almost 400,000 unique domains.
Word: Kenai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Кенай (Kenaj), from Dena'ina kena (“meadow”). 1. A city, peninsula, and river in Alaska.
Word: second-hand speech Part of Speech: noun 1. conversation overheard from someone talking on a mobile phone Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: no score Part of Speech: noun 1. In a sporting event, a score of zero to zero. Labels: idiomatic
Word: the terrorists will have won Part of Speech: phrase 1. Phrase used to indicate that if a specified activity is not continued or carried out, those who seek to disrupt normal activities through terror will have succeeded, which is an unacceptable result. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you throttle the free press, the terrorists will have won. Example: If governments overact and become oppressive, the terrorists will have won, for their theory is that repression will eventually lead to revolution.
Word: terrorists Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɚɪsts/ 1. plural of terrorist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kalenji Part of Speech: noun 1. An indigenous people of Northern Kenya. This tribe is reputed to be the origin of many of Kenya's successful endurance runners. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: jury trial Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal process in which the guilt or liability of a party is determined by a jury, a group of citizens selected from the local population.
Word: jury trials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jury trial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fitted sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheet tailored to form pocket for a mattress with elastic edges that is suitable for a range of mattress sizes. The edge may also contain a drawstring to secure the sheet more firmly and enable use on a wider range of mattress thicknesses.
Word: maccha Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of matcha. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: lose one's head Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /luːz wʌnz hɛd/ 1. To be killed, usually in a gruesome manner. Labels: figuratively 2. To suffer decapitation. 3. To behave irrationally or to lose one's self-control, especially in a distressing situation or as a result of falling in love. Labels: idiomatic Example: Mrs. Ambient's grief was frantic; she lost her head and said strange things. Example: Losing his head entirely, the young collier raved like a madman, what with pain and fear of hospital. 4. To be dismissed from a job. Labels: idiomatic
Word: seining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of seine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: seining Part of Speech: noun 1. fishing with a seine Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of seine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: jigs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪɡz/ 1. plural of jig Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jigs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jig Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jigging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of jig Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: jigging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪɡɪŋ/ 1. The act of dancing a jig. Example: There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […] 2. The act of using a jig; the act of separating ore with a jigger, or wire-bottomed sieve, which is moved up and down in water.
Word: jigged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪɡd/ 1. simple past and past participle of jig Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: self-build Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build English self-build From self- + build. 1. Supplied in kit form, for construction by the owner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: self-build Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan Old English bytlan Middle English bylden English build English self-build From self- + build. 1. A house built by the owner, or according to the owner's instructions.
Word: smart dust Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of smartdust. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: smartdust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smart + dust. 1. A hypothetical network of millimeter-sized remote sensors. Labels: uncountable
Word: salamanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salamander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salamanders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of salamander Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: SmartStamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smart + stamp, a marketing coinage. 1. A postage stamp printed from a personal computer using software supplied by the Royal Mail. Labels: UK
Word: socialized Part of Speech: adj 1. subsidized for social reasons Labels: US
Word: socialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of socialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: radishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: podes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pous Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pous Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of foot, pes, and pie (“Spanish unit of length”). Pronunciation: /pus/ 1. The Greek foot, a unit of length based on the shod foot, generally equal to 16 fingers (δάκτυλοι) or ¹⁄₆₀₀ stade (στάδια) but varying over time and location within Greece and the Hellenized world.
Word: stadion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek στάδιον (stádion). Doublet of stade, stadium, and estadio. 1. A Greek unit of distance based on standardized footraces, equivalent to about 185.4 metres. Labels: historical Example: The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war. Example: The stadion was used specifically for human athletic contests whereas the Greek hippodrome and later the Roman circus were used for equestrian events. The gymnasion and the palaistra were used for training purposes for human athletic events. 2. Synonym of stadium (“Ancient Greek racecourse”). Example: The stadion did not suffice for the races of horses and chariots which had been favorites with the Greeks since the Trojan war. In such early ages, any goal chosen in the plain was sufficient, like the oak-trunk mentioned by Homer; but it could not have been long before the need was manifest of a sloping stand for the spectators and an enclosure for the contestants, and thus the hippodrome, the race-course, was developed similarly to the smaller stadion. Example: […] to my mind, that honor which a man attains by the wealth that allows him to buy the speediest horses and hire the most skilful drivers, compares poorly with the honor he wins who descends naked into the stadion and conquers by the strength of his muscles, the cunning of his brain, and the courage of his heart.
Word: plethra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plethron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plethron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλέθρον (pléthron). 1. A former Greek unit of length equal to 100 Greek feet (podes). Labels: historical
Word: octopodes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtəʊpədiːz/, /ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/, /ˈɒktəˌpəʊdz/ 1. plural of octopus Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: (see more in main entry) 2. plural of octopode Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: plums Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See plum. Pronunciation: /plʌmz/ 1. plural of plum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plums Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /plʌmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plum Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Mazandaran Sea Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Caspian Sea, the largest inland sea. Labels: Iran
Word: beets Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /biːts/ 1. plural of beet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circumaural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- English aural English circumaural From circum- (“around”) + aural (“ear”). Pronunciation: /sɝkʌmaɹʌl/ 1. Surrounding the pinnae or external ears, as in circumaural headphones. Labels: not-comparable Example: They adjusted with a-dB step attenuator the loudness of one of two circumaural earphones to equality with a standard WE 705A ear-phone set at 40 dB... Example: First, they are usually connected by a headband and it can be difficult to place the headband or the circumaural cushion so as not to rest on a scalp...
Word: iguanas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iguana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheaply Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English cheap Middle English -ly English -ly English cheaply From cheap + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːpli/ 1. In a cheap manner; without expending much money. Example: When native, trees can be bought so cheaply, are so easy to grow, and such delight to the eye, so sheltersome and diverse in the colouring, it beats cockfighting that they are not utilised more in gardens and as shelter belts. Example: Corporations offshore their production, because they can more cheaply produce abroad what they sell to Americans. When corporations bring their offshored production to the U.S. to sell, the goods count as imports. 2. For a low score. Labels: broadly
Word: milder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of mild: more mild Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: galloped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gallop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: banquets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banquet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banquets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of banquet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scorpions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scorpion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zebras Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zebra. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intensified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of intensify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Father Time Part of Speech: name 1. A personification of time as an old man, usually carrying an hourglass. Example: Marry, sir, by a rule as plain as the plain bald pate of Father Time himself.
Word: Heavenly Father Part of Speech: name 1. The Jewish or Christian God; among Trinitarians, especially God the Father. Labels: formal Example: For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.
Word: pensioner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pensioner, from Anglo-Norman pensionner and Old French pensionnier, from Medieval Latin pēnsiōnārius. By surface analysis, pension + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛnʃənə/, [ˈpɛnʃənə] ~ [ˈpɛnʃn̩ə], /ˈpɛnʃənɚ/, [ˈpɛnʃənɚ] ~ [ˈpɛnʃn̩ɹ̩], /ˈpɪnʃənɚ/ 1. Someone who lives on a pension, especially the retirement or old age pension. Labels: Canada, UK 2. Someone who is at the age at which one typically receives a pension; an elderly person. Labels: broadly 3. A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: head of household Part of Speech: noun 1. The person responsible for governing a group that lives together, such as a family.
Word: counterpane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By serial alterations in Middle English, Middle French, and Old French, ultimately from Latin words meaning "stitched bedding" (culcita puncta). Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊntəˌpeɪn/, /ˈkaʊn tərˌpeɪn/ 1. The topmost covering of a bed, often functioning as a blanket. Example: Near-synonyms: bedcover, bedspread, coverlet, quilt Example: Upon waking next morning about daylight, I found Queequeg's arm thrown over me in the most loving and affectionate manner. You had almost thought I had been his wife. The counterpane was of patchwork, full of odd little parti-colored squares and triangles; and this arm of his tattooed all over with an interminable Cretan labyrinth of a figure, no two parts of which were of one precise shade—owing I suppose to his keeping his arm at sea unmethodically in sun and shade, his shirt sleeves irregularly rolled up at various times—this same arm of his, I say, looked for all the world like a strip of that same patchwork quilt. Indeed, partly lying on it as the arm did when I first awoke, I could hardly tell it from the quilt, they so blended their hues together; and it was only by the sense of weight and pressure that I could tell that Queequeg was hugging me. […] I now strove to rouse him—"Queequeg!"—but his only answer was a snore. I then rolled over, my neck feeling as if it were in a horse-collar; and suddenly felt a slight scratch. Throwing aside the counterpane, there lay the tomahawk sleeping by the savage's side, as if it were a hatchet-faced baby. A pretty pickle, truly, thought I; abed here in a strange house in the broad day, with a cannibal and a tomahawk! "Queequeg!—in the name of goodness, Queequeg, wake!" At length, by dint of much wriggling, and loud and incessant expostulations upon the unbecomingness of his hugging a fellow male in that matrimonial sort of style, I succeeded in extracting a grunt; and presently, he drew back his arm, shook himself all over like a Newfoundland dog just from the water, and sat up in bed, stiff as a pike-staff, looking at me, and rubbing his eyes as if he did not altogether remember how I came to be there, though a dim consciousness of knowing something about me seemed slowly dawning over him.
Word: speed dating Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speed + dating. 1. An organized event in which prospective romantic partners meet each other through a series of short one-to-one meetings. Labels: uncountable
Word: multure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English multūr, from Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/ 1. A grinding of grain, or the grain that is ground. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A toll paid to a miller, mill-owner etc., generally in kind, for grinding corn or pulverizing ore. Labels: Scotland, countable, historical, uncountable Example: MULTURE, n. [L. molitura.] 1. In Scottish law, the toll or emolument given to the proprietor of a mill for grinding corn. 2. A grist or grinding. Example: […] quantity reserved for seed and stock. Sometimes an agreement was in operation known as dry multure, by which tenants conceded a part of their grain for the privilege of going to the market with the rest. A third species was known as the thirlage of invecta et illata, existing in most of the burghs of Scotland, by which corn, wherever grown, if brought for consumption within the […]
Word: multure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English multūr, from Old French molture (modern French mouture), from Medieval Latin molitura, from the past participle stem of molere ‘grind’. Compare mill. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlt͡ʃə/ 1. To charge a multure on. Labels: Scotland, historical, transitive
Word: Sudip Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit, meaning "good light, enlightenment". 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India and Nepal.
Word: studentification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From student + -ification. 1. The changes caused by a large population of students moving into an area.
Word: superweed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-West Germanic *weud Old English wēod Middle English weed English weed English superweed From super- + weed. 1. Any wild plant that has become a virulent weed as a result of acquiring resistance to herbicides through exposure and natural selection, or by pollination with a genetically modified plant.
Word: tepidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin tepidusbor. English tepid Middle English -ly English -ly English tepidly From tepid + -ly. 1. In a tepid or halfhearted manner.
Word: trickle-up trend Part of Speech: noun 1. A trend in high fashion that originated in street culture
Word: high fashion Part of Speech: noun 1. Haute couture. Labels: uncountable
Word: trinkets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trinket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trinkets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trinket Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unorthodox entrepreneur Part of Speech: noun 1. Anyone who carries on an illegal business, such as a drug dealer or a prostitute. Labels: euphemistic 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see unorthodox, entrepreneur; any entrepreneur who uses unorthodox business practices. Example: Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, unorthodox entrepreneur and frenetic campaigner, has written a book.
Word: waitress mom Part of Speech: noun 1. Any woman with children who has a relatively low-paid (blue-collar) job (such as a waitress). Labels: US, informal
Word: warm-up jacket Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of warmup jacket. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: warmup jacket Part of Speech: noun 1. A jacket with an elasticated waist and a zipper up the front, worn by athletes while training; worn by others as a fashion accessory, usually carrying a team logo.
Word: welfare-to-work Part of Speech: noun 1. A social program designed to wean those receiving government benefits back into employment. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: sedoheptulose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sed(um) + -o- + hept- + -ulose, from levulose. 1. A heptose ketose widely distributed in plants of the family Crassulaceae especially in the leaves of the sedum; it plays a part in the fixation of carbon dioxide by photosynthesis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sedum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cedum, from Latin sedum (“houseleek”). Modern usage is a semantic loan from translingual Sedum. 1. Any of various succulent plants, of the genus Sedum, native to temperate zones; the stonecrop.
Word: seismic risk Part of Speech: noun 1. An assessment of the probability that the social or economic consequences of an earthquake would exceed a specific value at a specific place and time; used in the planning of buildings etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seismic stratigraphy Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique used to determine the nature of sedimentary rocks by the analysis of seismic data; used especially in oil prospecting Labels: uncountable
Word: stratigraphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stratum + -graphy c. 1841–1865. Pronunciation: /stɹəˈtɪɡ.ɹəfi/, /ˈstɹæt.əˌɡɹæf.i/ 1. The study of rock layers and the layering process (stratification). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The study of stratigraphy was at this point in its infancy, but it was already understood that different layers of rocks had been formed during different periods. Example: On Earth, we chart the history of waterways by looking at sediment that is deposited over time. We call that stratigraphy, the idea that water transports sediment and you can measure the changes on Earth by understanding the way that sediment piles up. That's what we've done here—but it's Mars. 2. The layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a chronology of the site. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: selection rule Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several general rules concerning the transitions between the states of a quantum mechanical system; they derive from the symmetry properties of the states and of their interactions
Word: semiconductor heterostructure Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various structures consisting of two different semiconductors in junction contact; they have unique electrical and electrooptical properties different from those of the components
Word: heterostructure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English structure English heterostructure From hetero- + structure. 1. Any structure made from a heterojunction. Example: The electronic properties of contacts between two semiconductors or, as they are commonly called, semiconductor heterostructures are determined by the lineup of their band structures across the interface and the existence of space-charge layers.
Word: heterojunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English junction English heterojunction From hetero- + junction. 1. Any junction between two different semiconductors; functions as a diode
Word: electrooptical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English optic English -al English optical English electrooptical From electro- + optical. 1. of or relating to both electricity and light. Labels: not-comparable 2. of or relating to electrooptics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrooptics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English optics English electrooptics From electro- + optics. 1. The study of the effects of an electric field on the optical properties of a material Labels: uncountable
Word: musketeer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French mousquetaire in the late 16th century. By surface analysis, musket + -eer. Doublet of mousquetaire. Pronunciation: /ˌmʌs.kəˈtɪə(ɹ)/, /ˌmʌs.kɪˈtɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A foot soldier armed with a musket. Labels: historical 2. In 17th- and 18th-century France, a member of the royal household bodyguard. Labels: historical 3. A comrade or fellow. Example: Reuniting the cast of Trainspotting for a new adventure 21 years on could have gone badly. The BBC’s misjudged This Life + 10, bringing the cast of the iconic 90s TV drama back together, is a case in point. But Boyle and his four musketeers give it just the right frantic, jaded energy and manic anxiety.
Word: Abdullatif Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَبْد اللَّطِيف (ʕabd al-laṭīf, “servant of the Kind”). 1. An Islamic male given name from Arabic.
Word: Abdulmalik Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic عَبْدُ المَلِك (ʕabdu l-malik). 1. A male given name from Arabic.
Word: Abdunnasir Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Arabic عَبْد النَّاصِر (ʕabd an-nāṣir, “servant of the Protector”). 1. A male given name from Arabic.
Word: Alven Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Old English, of rare usage, variant of Alvin.
Word: Alvyn Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Old English, of rare usage, variant of Alvin.
Word: Alwin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Æþelwine, from æþel (“noble”) + wine (“friend”); partly merged with Ælfwine (“Alvin”, literally “elf friend”). 1. A male given name from Old English; always rather rare in English. Example: Alwin Nikolais and Murray Louis have been marching to their own choreographic drummer for a long time now.
Word: Alwyn Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Old English, of rare usage, variant of Alwin.
Word: arsle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From arse + -le. 1. Alternative form of assle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Alphonse Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Alphonse, from Spanish Alfonso, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Aþalafunsaz, from *aþalaz + *funsaz. Doublet of Alfonso. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Word: Alfonzo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Alfonso. 1. A male given name from Spanish [in turn from the Germanic languages], variant of Alfonso.
Word: Alonso Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alfonso. 2. A surname from Spanish.
Word: Alonzo Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages, variant of Alfonso.
Word: Alphonso Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized form of Italian or Spanish Alfonso. 1. A male given name from Italian or from Spanish [in turn from the Germanic languages], of rare usage, variant of Alfonso.
Word: Alphonso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicized form of Italian or Spanish Alfonso. 1. Synonym of Alphonso mango.
Word: Alfie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from the Germanic languages, also used as a formal given name.
Word: Alfy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives + -y. 1. A diminutive of the male given names Alfred or Alfonso, from the Germanic languages.
Word: Albertus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Rare Latinate variant of Albert. 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Word: Albie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *aþalą Proto-West Germanic *aþal Proto-West Germanic *berht Proto-West Germanic *Aþalaberht Old English Æþelbeorht Latin Albertusder. Old French Albertder. English Albert English -ie English Albie From Albert + -ie. 1. A diminutive of the male given name Albert, from the Germanic languages.
Word: Alby Part of Speech: name Etymology: From place names in England. Variant: Albee. 1. A habitational surname from Old English.
Word: Alby Part of Speech: name Etymology: Anglicized from Irish Ailbhe, name of an Irish saint also anglicized as Albert, and name of heroines in Irish legend. 1. A male given name from Irish. 2. A female given name from Irish mainly used in Ireland.
Word: Alain Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Alain. 1. A male given name from French, equivalent to English Alan.
Word: corroboree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dharug garabara. Pronunciation: /kəˈɹɒbəɹi/ 1. A nocturnal dance held by Aboriginal Australians, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes. Example: A hundred yards or so away the throaty beat of a didgeridoo drifted down from some ancient corroboree, a splendid accompaniment to the music of the night 2. A song or chant made for such a festivity. Example: He reached home, and lived long enough to hear the natives wailing in a Death Corroboree over his late comrade. 3. Any noisy, late-night gathering or disturbance.
Word: ident Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a later form of ithand, itself an alteration (due to assimilation to suffix -and) of Middle English ithen, from Old Norse iðinn (“assiduous, diligent”), from iðja, iðna (“to do, perform”), from ið (“a restless motion”), equivalent to ithe + -and and/or ithe + -en. Cognate with Icelandic iðinn (“diligent”), Norwegian idig (“busy”), Danish id (“pursuit, calling, business”). More at ithand. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪdənt/ 1. Diligent; persistent. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland
Word: ident Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A shortened form of identification. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪdɛnt/ 1. An identification. Example: Well, that's the priority. Get the ident. 2. A brief audio or audiovisual sequence serving to identify the broadcaster. Example: In 1999 Chaudoir and fellow BBC designer Tim Platt were given the task of rebranding the existing BBC2 idents. 3. A protocol serving to identify the user of a particular TCP connection, used especially on IRC networks. Labels: Internet Example: […] the intruder installed an IRC bot and French ident daemon to reply to IRC servers with a name other than root. 4. An identifier.
Word: ident Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A shortened form of identify. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪdɛnt/ 1. To activate the aircraft transponder identification feature. Labels: intransitive
Word: semiconductor memory Part of Speech: noun 1. Any device used to store and retrieve digital information that is manufactured using integrated circuit technology. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: CDRAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cached dynamic random-access memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: DRAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dynamic random access memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: DRDRAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of direct Rambus dynamic random-access memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RDRAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Rambus dynamic random-access memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: SLDRAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of synchronous link dynamic random-access memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SRAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Static random access memory. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Shadow random access memory. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Short-range attack missile. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: SGRAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of synchronous graphics random-access memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: EAROM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electrically alterable read-only memory; a type of computer memory chip (ROM). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: theatrocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεᾱτρο-κρᾰτίᾱ (theātro-krătíā, literally “theatre rule”) or θεᾱτρο-κορασίᾱ (theātro-korasíā). 1. Government by an assembly of citizens in Ancient Greece. Labels: historical, uncountable 2. Rule by spectators in a theater. Labels: uncountable Example: And by composing such licentious works, and adding to them words as licentious, they [the poets] have inspired the multitude with lawlessness and boldness, and made them fancy that they can judge for themselves about melody and song. And in this way the theatres from being mute have become vocal, as though they had understanding of good and bad in music and poetry; and instead of an aristocracy, an evil sort of theatrocracy has grown up.
Word: impaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin impingere (“to dash against, impinge”). Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpækʃən/ 1. A compression; the packing together of loose matter. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something packed together tightly; a mass of densely-packed matter. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A solid, immobile bulk of stool. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As plastics cannot be easily egested, these can accumulate within the stomach, causing impaction and leading ultimately to death. 4. The failure of a tooth to erupt into the dental arch, because of adjacent teeth, dense overlying bone, excessive soft tissue, or other factor. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The situation where an institute, usually a college or university, receives more applications from qualified applicants than the number of spaces available, meaning that meeting the minimum admission requirements does not guarantee acceptance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Sendai virus Part of Speech: noun 1. a virus, of genus Respirovirus, found in mice but is not pathogenic for humans; it has the ability to generate heterokaryons by fusing cells Labels: uncountable
Word: sense amplifier Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic circuit used to refresh the value of a bit stored in a DRAM integrated circuit.
Word: electronic circuit Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric circuit having at least one component that manipulates the voltage or current in the circuit
Word: electric circuit Part of Speech: noun 1. A path, or an interconnected group of paths (at least one of which is closed), capable of carrying an electric current.
Word: sepiolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sepia (“cuttlefish”) + -lite, from its resemblance to cuttlebone. 1. A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: series circuit Part of Speech: noun 1. Any electric circuit having all elements joined in a sequence such that the same current flows through them all
Word: somnifacient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + facio (“to make”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɑm.nəˈfeɪ.ʃənt/ 1. Inducing or causing sleep.
Word: somnifacient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + facio (“to make”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɑm.nəˈfeɪ.ʃənt/ 1. Any pharmaceutical product that causes sleep.
Word: serology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sero- + -logy. 1. The science that studies the blood serum, and especially the reaction between antigens and antibodies in serum. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The characteristics of the blood serum in a particular disease or organism. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A serologic test: a blood test to detect the presence of, and often to measure the amount of, various components of the serum (usually antibodies, antigens, and immune complexes thereof). Labels: countable, informal, proscribed, sometimes Example: Diagnosis is presumptive by history and physical examination and is confirmed by serologies.
Word: gasbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gas + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæs.bæɡ/ 1. A bag or bladder to hold a reservoir of gas, as in a hot-air balloon. Example: In half an hour a good-sized gas-bag had been formed, and the jerking and straining upon the thongs showed that it was capable of considerable lift. Example: By this method of construction a considerable amount of support can be imparted to the gasbag, though it does not dispense with the services of the ballonet, as does the entirely rigid type. 2. A lighter-than-air aircraft; a balloon or dirigible. Labels: broadly 3. A person who is overly garrulous or prone to making empty, unsupportable statements; a windbag. Labels: derogatory, figuratively Example: Not that the Reverend James is absolutely a pretentious gasbag any more than Marchbanks is an inspired prophet. He has a definite, a positive part in the world's work. Example: You would think the fate of civilization itself rested on the outcome of my trial, based on some of those gasbags who were only too happy to speculate, postulate and pontificate about my situation.
Word: gasbag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gas + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæs.bæɡ/ 1. To speak foolishly, pompously, or at length; to blather. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: "You're a swell at it. I'll allow that. And I'll provide the gas-bagging." / "The gas-bagging?" I inquired. "What exactly do you mean?" / "What do I mean, you dear old sober-sides?" said Lyne. “I mean that I will do all the bow-wowing[…]" Example: You all see her flirtin and makin up to people and then they gasbag about it to make themselves important. But that's just her way. Underneath she's one of the most shy people you'd ever meet.
Word: gasbags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gasbag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gasbags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gasbag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: genocidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-der. Proto-Italic *kaidō Latin caedō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin -cīda Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium Latin -cīdiumder. Middle French -cidebor. English -cide English genocide English -al English genocidal From genocide + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒɛnəˈsaɪdəl/ 1. Causative of or relating to an act or policy of genocide. Labels: causative, form-of Example: transnational genocidal organization Example: An ethnic civil war triggered the genocidal massacre of more than 500000 people in just a few short months. Hundreds of thousands of Rwandans fled...
Word: understandably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English understandable Middle English -ly English -ly English understandably From understandable + -ly. 1. For reasons that are easy to understand or sympathise with. Example: Understandably, he was too embarrassed to speak. Example: Embarrassed, he understandably refused to speak. 2. In an understandable manner. Example: When presenting in front of the class, take care to speak clearly and understandably. Example: Accordingly, even though readers always and understandably speak of the theories adumbrated by Socrates here as "Plato's theories", one ought not to speak of them so without some compunction--the writing itself, and also Plato the author, present these always in a spirit of open-ended exploration, and sometimes there are contextual clues indicating that Socrates exaggerates or goes what the argument truly justifies, and so on.
Word: severance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sever + -ance, from Middle English severaunce, from Anglo-Norman, Old French sevrance, from sevrer. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛv.ɹəns/, /ˈsɛv.ɜː(ɹ)n̩s/, /ˈsɛv.ɚ.əns/ 1. The act of severing or the state of being severed. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A separation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A severance payment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meta will notify employees who are being laid off on May 20, and will provide severance packages for those in the United States that include “16 weeks of base pay plus two weeks for every year of employment,” according to the memo to workers.
Word: on steroids Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The literal sense is from anabolic steroid use as illicit drug use for doping, to become bulked up; the figurative sense is an extension. 1. To a greater degree, exaggerating the characteristics of the previously named object. Labels: idiomatic, informal, usually Example: Panic is anxiety on steroids Example: When a processor is running in real mode, it acts like an "8088 on steroids". What this means is that it has the advantage of speed, but it otherwise accesses memory with the same restrictions of the original 8088: a limit of 1 MB of addressable RAM, and slow memory access that doesn't take advantage of the full 32-bit processing of modern CPUs. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, steroids.
Word: inaugural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɔːɡəɹəl/, /ɪˈnɔːɡɹəl/, /ɪˈnoːɡəɹəl/, /ɪˈnoːɡɹəl/, /ɪˈnɔɡəɹəl/ 1. Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated. Labels: not-comparable Example: The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott […] on Wednesday at 8pm. Example: In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness. 2. Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: 2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium. Example: Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.
Word: inaugural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɔːɡəɹəl/, /ɪˈnɔːɡɹəl/, /ɪˈnoːɡəɹəl/, /ɪˈnoːɡɹəl/, /ɪˈnɔɡəɹəl/ 1. An inauguration; a formal beginning. Example: The inaugural of the President will take place in March. 2. Ellipsis of inaugural address Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: In his inaugural, President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'.
Word: extraordinary rendition Part of Speech: noun 1. The sending of untried criminal suspects to countries outside the USA for interrogation or imprisonment. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: martyrdom video Part of Speech: noun 1. A video recording made by a prospective Islamic suicide bomber setting out a rationale for his or her actions.
Word: gladden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From glad + -en. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlædən/, [ˈɡlædn̩] 1. To cause (something) to become more glad. Labels: transitive Example: A balmy night! and tho' the stars be dim, / Yet let us think upon the vernal showers / That gladden the green earth, and we shall find / A pleasure in the dimness of the stars. Example: Her body was bent by age; her limbs trembled with palsy; her face, distorted into a mumbling leer, resembled more the grotesque shaping of some wild pencil, than the work of Nature's hand. Alas! How few of Nature's faces are left alone to gladden us with their beauty! 2. To become more glad in one's disposition. Labels: archaic, intransitive
Word: joinder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Substantivisation of the Old French verb joindre (“to join”), from Latin iungō (“join”). 1. The joining of a litigant to a suit. 2. The act of joining; a putting together; conjunction. Example: A contract of eternal bond of love, Confirm'd by mutuall ioynder of your hands.
Word: video recording Part of Speech: noun 1. A visual or audiovisual recording on videotape, DVD, etc. Labels: countable 2. The process of making such recordings. Labels: uncountable
Word: exodontia Part of Speech: noun 1. The extraction of teeth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The need to preserve alveolar bone is paramount and best achieved by atraumatic exodontias including socket compression. Example: Exodontia is a procedure that all dentists are taught to perform in dental school and used by most general clinicians in their practice.
Word: exodontics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts Proto-Hellenic *odónts Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús)der. English odonto- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Middle English -es English -s English -ics English exodontics From ex- + odonto- + -ics. 1. the extraction of teeth Labels: uncountable
Word: dudes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /duːdz/ 1. plural of dude Labels: form-of, plural 2. Any group of people, regardless of gender. Labels: slang
Word: dudes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /duːdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dude Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exoenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- English enzyme English exoenzyme From exo- + enzyme. 1. Any enzyme, generated by a cell, that functions outside of that cell.
Word: endoenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm Proto-Hellenic *éndon Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon)der. English endo- English enzyme English endoenzyme From endo- + enzyme. 1. Any enzyme that functions within the cell in which it was generated.
Word: diphallus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English phallus English diphallus From di- + phallus. 1. A set of two penises. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of diphallia. Labels: uncountable Example: "The 24 year old man from the state of Utter Pradesh admitted himself to a New Delhi hosptal this week with an extremely rare medical condition called penile duplication or diphallus.
Word: exoergic Part of Speech: adj 1. Occurring with the release of energy.
Word: endoergic Part of Speech: adj 1. Occurring with the absorption of energy; endothermic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thundersnow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thunder + snow. 1. A thunderstorm accompanied by snow, rather than rain or hail. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: exon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently an attempt to express the pronunciation of French exempt. 1. An officer of the King's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the Guard.
Word: exon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Combination of the prefix ex of the term expressed (region) and the term intron. Pronunciation: /ˈɛksɑn/ 1. A region of a transcribed gene present in the final functional RNA molecule.
Word: exonuclease Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of enzymes which cleave single nucleotides from the end of a polynucleotide (DNA or RNA) chain.