nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gafiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From GAFIA + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɡæfiˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of gafiating; a beginning or end of involvement in fandom. Labels: countable, dated, slang, uncountable Example: Fifth Transition, from about the beginning of the Korean War to the last of 1951, saw a diffusion of interests in fandom, with a wartime boom in stf coinciding with Campbell's amazing advocacy of crackpottery like Dianetics while the Gafiation of opposition leaders like Rapp and the Insurgents left Tucker's Bloomington News Letter briefly the top fanzine. Example: The average age of fans probably advanced with the progress of the decade, because many fans remained active right through it, to counterbalance the rejuvenation created by the gafiation of older fans and the appearance of neofans. 2. The state or result of having gafiated; having entered or exited fandom. Labels: countable, dated, slang, uncountable Example: Three or four issues of an OO, Night Action, were produced, but general gafiation ruined plans for what was essentially a DC-Michigan coalition. Example: Superfan Hughes recently printed a new Willis column presenting the Irish Legend's return to fandom, at the 1976 Eastercon, after an 11-year gafiation.
Word: gafiations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gafiation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: FAFIA Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of Forced Away From It All. After GAFIA (Getting Away From It All). Used in early science fiction fandom. Pronunciation: /ˈfæfi.ə/ 1. The state of exiting or becoming inactive in fandom due to other obligations. Labels: dated, slang, uncountable Example: He contributed wit and whimsy to virtually all the major English fanzines for the next few years, but gradually lapsed into fafia under the increasing responsibilities of marriage and jobs. Example: WWII was the worst in that a large number of fans were in the Armed forces or other Fafia inducing activities.
Word: God the Holy Spirit Part of Speech: name Etymology: See god and Holy Spirit. 1. Synonym of God the Holy Ghost.
Word: Janeway Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: shoot one in the sink Part of Speech: verb 1. To ejaculate into a sink, so as to reduce the cleanup required after masturbation. Labels: slang Example: After seeing his wife's new makeover “Guys, I gotta go and shoot one in the sink.”
Word: aminoacyl tRNA synthetases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aminoacyl tRNA synthetase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bridgmanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bridgman + -ite. From 2014, named after American physicist Percy Bridgman (1882–1961), winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for his work on high-pressure physics. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪd͡ʒmənaɪt/ 1. The magnesium iron and calcium silicates (Mg,Fe)SiO₃ and CaSiO₃, which have a perovskite structure and are mainly found in the lower part of the mantle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chromatoid Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling chromatin.
Word: chromatoid Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a nucleus comprising DNA and proteins where chromosomes are formed. Example: We have no direct evidence that excystation occurs while the chromatoids are present. The amoeba illustrated in Fig. 27 may be excysting with chromatoids. However, this may also be artificial excystation produced by fixation.
Word: chromatoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chromatoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: free-and-easy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of free and easy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, […] Example: The other passengers were three Norwegians, three fossil Englishmen, two snobbish do., and some jolly, good-natured, free-and-easy youths.
Word: free-and-easy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of free and easy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ‘Then, perhaps,’ says I, taking the gloves out of my pocket, ‘you can tell me who cleaned this pair of gloves? It’s a rum story,’ I says. ‘I was dining over at Lambeth, the other day, at a free-and-easy—quite promiscuous—with a public company—when some gentleman, he left these gloves behind him![…]’
Word: frame table Part of Speech: noun 1. a supporting framework that is true and square, used to square up a vehicular frame, to elevate a vehicle's frame to work on it, or to build a framework that should be square and true.
Word: frame tables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frame table Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bidar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi + -dar, after the pattern of gaydar. Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪ.dɑː/, /ˈbaɪˌdɑɹ/ 1. The ability to detect whether or not a person is bisexual by observing that person. Labels: slang Example: Though I _think_ he's straight: but then my bidar isn't always running at 100%. Example: Bi people hang in straight places a lot, and given that you are also bi, they will probably stand out to you in an indescribable, nonverbal way. And that, my friend, is bidar.
Word: straightdar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From straight + -dar, after the pattern of gaydar. 1. The ability to detect whether or not a person is heterosexual by observing that person. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The Women's Motorcycle Contingent looked very leathergay, but my "straightdar" went off at a few of the women. Example: <G> It is 'gaydar' -- and mine has never been wrong so far... My 'straightdar' HAS been wrong once -- I mistook a lesbian for a straight girl (we became best of friends after that).
Word: cishet Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cis + het. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪs.hɛt/ 1. Cisgender and heterosexual. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Even in death, the way we are spoken about by the mainstream cishet world is traumatizing and violent. Even in death, trans women of color cannot escape the trauma of colonialism and genocide. Example: While children can be born to any kind of parent and situation, unless drastic measures are taken, they will be raised in an overwhelmingly cisgendered and heterosexual (cishet) world. Cishet children and adults’ identities are affirmed by media, legal documents, population majority, history and other depictions of assumed cis-ness and heterosexuality.
Word: cishet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cis + het. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪs.hɛt/ 1. A cisgender and heterosexual person. Labels: informal Example: Last weekend I was on Facebook taking part in a conversation about dating sites when someone called me a cishet, in a sneering tone. Example: People who identify as cisgender and heterosexual, or cishets, are certainly more privileged in today’s society than the LGBTQIA+ community — which includes lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer-identified, intersex, and asexual people, as well as others who do not identify as cishet people.
Word: Saladin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn). Pronunciation: /ˈsælədɪn/ 1. The first sultan of Egypt and Syria and the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty, who led the Muslim opposition to the European crusaders in the Levant. 2. A governorate in northern Iraq.
Word: tang bao Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tangbao. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tang baos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tang bao Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tangbao Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 湯包 (tāngbāo, "soup dumpling"). 1. Soup dumplings, any of a variety of Chinese dumplings filled with soup.
Word: tangbaos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tangbao Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soup dumpling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Mandarin 湯包 /汤包 (tāngbāo, “soup dumpling”). 1. Tangbao, any of a variety of Chinese dumplings filled with soup. 2. Xiaolongbao, a small variety of tangbao popular around Shanghai.
Word: soup dumplings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soup dumpling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pope Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: poped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pope Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Pismo Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of Pismo Beach: a city in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: resubmittable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From resubmit + -able. 1. Capable of being resubmitted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: undilapidated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + dilapidated. 1. Not dilapidated.
Word: nuggie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnʊɡi/, /ˈnʌɡi/ 1. Alternative form of noogie (“head-rubbing prank”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nuggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of nugget + -ie. Pronunciation: /nʌɡi/ 1. A chicken nugget. Labels: childish, slang Example: I was baking some chicken nuggets in the toaster oven. They smelled divine. […] Now they were popping edamame (another favorite) while I finished up making the nuggies and pasta.
Word: sunshine and rainbows Part of Speech: noun 1. Happy, positive things, sometimes with a connotation of unrealistic expectations. Labels: idiomatic, informal, plural, plural-only Example: […] she saw those words these days, and it was easy to take them lightly, to think that God was saying life would be all sunshine and rainbows, good plans and easily answered prayers. Example: The students are of an astonishingly high quality, it's very hard to find an uninteresting professor, the campus is beautiful, the night life is fun and the campus community is overall really strong. That being said, it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
Word: ideotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ideo- + -type. 1. A specimen identified as belonging to a specific taxon by the author of that taxon, but collected from somewhere other than the type locality 2. A type of concept metarepresentation that is a compound memory trace consisting of the structural information detected by humans in categorical stimuli
Word: ideotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ideotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metarepresentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + representation. 1. A representation of a representation.
Word: metarepresentations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metarepresentation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypercognitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + cognitive. 1. Of or relating to the system by which individuals regulate their own cognitive activity. Labels: not-comparable
Word: toe loop Part of Speech: noun 1. In figure skating, a toe pick-assisted jump that takes off and lands on the same backward outside edge.
Word: incentres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incentre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ex- + center. 1. The center of an excircle. Labels: US
Word: excenters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excenter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cow creamer Part of Speech: noun 1. A traditional creamer (jug) in the shape of a cow.
Word: khao soi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Thai ข้าวซอย (kâao-sɔɔi), which is perhaps derived from Burmese ခေါက်ဆွဲ (hkaukhcwai:) or Shan ၶဝ်ႈသွႆး (khāo sáui). 1. Wide rice noodles. Labels: Thailand, uncountable
Word: ghost pepper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, “Bhutanese chili”). The first element ভোট (bhüt, “Bhutanese”) was mistakenly confused for the near-homonym ভূত (bhut, “ghost”), thus producing the English (mis-)translation "ghost pepper". 1. Synonym of bhut jolokia. Example: I buy a puree of ghost peppers from Dave's Gourmet, the makers of Dave's Insanity Sauce […]
Word: bhut jolokia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese ভোট-জলকীয়া (bhüt-zolokia, literally “Bhutanese chili”) or ভূত-জলকীয়া (bhut-zolokia, literally “ghost chili”). 1. A kind of very spicy hot chili pepper from India.
Word: ghost peppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ghost pepper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hardflip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hard + flip. 1. A trick that combines a frontside pop shuvit with a kickflip.
Word: hardflips Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardflip Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airwalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + walk. 1. A trick in which the skater holds the board and kicks out both feet while in the air.
Word: airwalk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From air + walk. 1. To perform this skateboarding trick.
Word: airwalks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airwalk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airwalks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of airwalk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: no comply Part of Speech: noun 1. A trick in which the skater plants the front foot and pops the board using only the back foot.
Word: no-communication theorem Part of Speech: name 1. A no-go theorem stating that, during measurement of an entangled quantum state, it is not possible for one observer, making a measurement of a subsystem of the total state, to communicate information to another observer.
Word: ricy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ricey. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] a ricy fluid, exactly resembling the rice water discharges of cholera […]
Word: anthropochorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anthropo- (“man, human”) + Ancient Greek χωρίζω (khōrízō, “separate, spread”). Pronunciation: /ænθɹɒpəˈkɔːɹəs/ 1. that have populations transported as aliens to geographical areas by the direct or indirect, typically inadvertent, action of humans. Labels: not-comparable 2. that have populations effectively relying on human transport or action, typically inadvertent, for their propagation. Labels: not-comparable Example: From their initial habitats, many anthropochorous insects have been transported by humans around the globe and several are now cosmopolitan in distribution.
Word: unbeggarly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + beggarly. 1. Not beggarly.
Word: next-to-last Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of next to last. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: potational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From potation + -al. 1. Relating to potation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: second-to-last Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of second to last. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: second from last Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of second to last. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, uncommon
Word: second-from-last Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of second-to-last. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable, uncommon
Word: second last Part of Speech: adj 1. Penultimate, next to last, immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: second-last Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of second last. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: last but one Part of Speech: adj 1. Penultimate, next to last, immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc. Labels: UK, not-comparable
Word: occipitomental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From occipito- + mental. 1. Of or relating to (the distance between) the chin and the occiput. Labels: not-comparable
Word: suboccipitobregmatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to (the distance between) the middle of the large fontanelle to the undersurface of the occipital bone where it joins the neck. Labels: not-comparable
Word: varial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of vary + aerial? 1. An aerial move during which the skater rotates the board.
Word: varials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of varial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthropochore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + -chore. 1. A species that depends on anthropochory as a routine means of reproductive dispersal. 2. A population of a species in a region where it does not natively occur, established by anthropochorous events in the past. Example: Although most anthropochores undoubtedly have been transported by man from the Old World to the New, there is evidence that at least some now known from Europe first became known from the United States and were carried east.
Word: fundoshis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fundoshi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: andy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From android + -y, coined by Philip K. Dick in his 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Pronunciation: /ˈændi/ 1. android Labels: slang Example: Well, no intelligence test would trap such an andy. But then, intelligence tests hadn't trapped an andy in years, not since the primordial, crude varieties of the '70s. Example: 1989, Ron Goulart (ghostwriting as William Shatner), TekWar These damn andies can pass for humans, as can most of the more expensive andies these days.
Word: andies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of andy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moodwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From mood + -wise. 1. With regard to mood. Labels: not-comparable Example: They also felt better moodwise, which was unrelated to their improved attention.
Word: worthfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From worthful + -ness. 1. Quality of being worthful. Labels: uncountable
Word: worthfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From worthful + -ly. 1. In a worthful manner.
Word: Rascian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Rascia + -an. 1. Of or relating to Rascia, a region of the medieval Serbian principality.
Word: Rascian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Rascia + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Rascia.
Word: Rascians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rascian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ratchetings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ratcheting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reacter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From react + -er. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈæktɚ/, /ɹiːˈæktə/ 1. One who reacts. Example: While he is easier to work with than the one who reacts quickly to whatever happens, the slow reacter rarely makes other than his routine contributions to what's going on.
Word: reacters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reacter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rare groove Part of Speech: noun 1. Soul or jazz music that is very hard to source or relatively obscure. Labels: uncountable Example: The brainchild of DJ Gilles Peterson, it specializes in a dance-oriented fusion of rap, rare groove and jazz, combined with 'motivational' lyrics.
Word: hyuk Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of nyuk (“exaggerated laugh”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rawhider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rawhide + -er, from their use of the material. 1. An itinerant cowboy. Labels: US, historical
Word: rawhiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rawhider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: machohood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macho + -hood. 1. Quality of being macho. Labels: uncountable
Word: magpie tanager Part of Speech: noun 1. Cissopis leverianus, a South American tanager.
Word: magnetic termite Part of Speech: noun 1. Amitermes meridionalis, a eusocial insect in the family Termitidae, endemic to northern Australia.
Word: compass termite Part of Speech: noun 1. magnetic termite
Word: mahalas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mahala Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mohalla Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mahalla (“subdivision”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When she was young, Dolly was considered the most beautiful girl in the mohalla.
Word: mohallas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mohalla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mahallya Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mahalla. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mahallyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mahallya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mahallas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mahalla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mahallah Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mahalla Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mahallahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mahalla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mahmil Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of mahmal. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: mahmal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic مَحْمَل (maḥmal) 1. Synonym of kajawah (“a litter etc. borne by a camel”).
Word: mahmils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mahmil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mahmals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mahmal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mathemagical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of mathematical + magical. 1. Involving mathematical "magic" or trickery.
Word: drawtube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From draw + tube. 1. The tube that is drawn out in order to expand a telescope.
Word: drawtubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drawtube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Crayford focuser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: It was initially demonstrated to the Crayford Manor House Astronomical Society. 1. A simplified focusing mechanism for amateur telescopes, having a smooth spring-loaded shaft which holds the focus tube against four opposing bearing surfaces, and controls its movement.
Word: excl Part of Speech: prep 1. Abbreviation of excluding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The price was £400 excl VAT.
Word: excl Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of exclusive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: magnus hitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A knot tied similarly to a rolling hitch but with the final hitch in the opposite direction.
Word: magniloquency Part of Speech: noun 1. magniloquence Labels: archaic, rare, uncountable
Word: Machupo virus Part of Speech: noun 1. A virus that causes Bolivian hemorrhagic fever.
Word: Mach-Zehnder interferometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the physicists Ludwig Mach (who refined the idea) and Ludwig Zehnder (who proposed it in 1891). 1. A device used to determine the relative phase shift variations between two collimated beams derived by splitting light from a single source.
Word: hearseless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hearse + -less. 1. Without a hearse. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cyton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyto- + -on; compare German Cytos. 1. perikaryon
Word: cytons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ruki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the sounds (r, u̯, K, i̯) which triggered the change. The law is stated as a mnemonic rule because the word руки (ruki) means “hands” in Russian. 1. A sound change that took place in the satem branches of the Indo-European language family, and according to which an original *s changed to *š after the consonants *r, *k, *g, *gʰ and the semi-vowels *w (*u̯) and *y (*i̯). Labels: uncountable
Word: macrodynamic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic English macrodynamic From macro- + dynamic. 1. Relating to macrodynamics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: defencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of defence Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: MacConkey agar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The medium was developed by the bacteriologist Alfred Theodore MacConkey. 1. A culture medium designed to grow gram-negative bacteria and differentiate them for lactose fermentation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: macrogeographical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + geographical. 1. Relating to macrogeography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: macrogeographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + geographic. 1. Relating to macrogeography. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Maeonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Maeonia + -an. Pronunciation: /miːˈəʊ.ni.ən/, /maɪˈ-/, /meɪˈ-/, /miˈoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Of or relating to ancient Maeonia.
Word: Maeonian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Maeonia + -an. Pronunciation: /miːˈəʊ.ni.ən/, /maɪˈ-/, /meɪˈ-/, /miˈoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of ancient Maeonia.
Word: Maeonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Maeonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: machometer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Machmeter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: machometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of machometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gujarati પટોળાં (paṭoḷā̃), plural of પટોળું (paṭoḷũ). 1. A double ikat, usually silk, from Gujarat, western India. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Luffa spp. (Philippine usage). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Trichosanthes cucumerina (Sinhalese usage). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Trichosanthes dioica (Portuguese usage). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: patolas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: partigianos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partigiano Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physibles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physible Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isolation tank Part of Speech: noun 1. A lightless, soundproof tank inside which a subject floats in salt water at skin temperature. They were originally used to test the effects of sensory deprivation and are now used for meditation and relaxation.
Word: e-learner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From e- + learner. 1. One who learns by means of e-learning.
Word: e-learners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of e-learner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fafia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of FAFIA. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: parson's freehold Part of Speech: noun 1. A system within the Church of England in which the rector or vicar of a parish holds title to benefice property, such as the church, churchyard or parsonage, the ownership passing to his successor. Labels: uncountable
Word: Benford's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after physicist Frank Benford, who stated it in 1938. 1. A law concerning the frequency distribution of digits in much real-world data, where the number 1 occurs as the leading digit about 30% of the time, and the expected distribution for digits beyond the first approaches a uniform distribution. Example: The following argument can give an intuitive feeling for Benford's law.¹¹ Consider a set of numbers x, which are randomly chosen in the interval between 1 and 10. All x between 1 and 1.999 have 1 as the first digit, all x between 2 and 2.999 have 2 as the first digit, and so on. The ratio of the largest and the smallest x is (almost) 2 in the first interval. In the next interval it is 3/2, followed by 4/3, and so on, up to 10/9. The widths of the intervals decrease as in a logarithmic scale. There is more “room” for a number between 1 and 2 than there is between 8 and 9. [In other words, the numbers between 1 and 2 are more dissimilar to one another, quantitatively (regarding how big a factor it takes to get from one to another), than the numbers between other consecutive-integer pairs.]
Word: psychophysical parallelism Part of Speech: noun 1. The theory that mental and bodily experiences occur in tandem with each other, but without any type of causal interaction. Labels: uncountable
Word: psychological autopsy Part of Speech: noun 1. An analysis of the psychological factors that led to an individual's death.
Word: pum-pum Part of Speech: noun 1. The vulva. Labels: Caribbean, Jamaica, slang Example: Go to a nightclub / To have some fun / Looking at pum-pum / Pum-pum come, pum-pum goes, it's alright Example: […] she dismissed these queasy impressions as part of her dream and tried to roll over, when she felt a clammy hand flutter down atop her pum-pum and brush it ecstatically […]
Word: conversion van Part of Speech: noun 1. A full-sized cargo van that is sent to third-party companies to be outfitted with various luxuries for road trips and camping.
Word: critical care Part of Speech: noun 1. Intensive care. Labels: uncountable
Word: cruciate ligament Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the pairs of ligaments arranged like a letter X in various joints of the body, such as the knee.
Word: cruciated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cruciate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cruciating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cruciate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exercise wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A hamster wheel. 2. An ab wheel.
Word: bonseki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 盆石 (bonseki, “tray rocks”). 1. The ancient Japanese art of creating miniature landscapes on black lacquer trays using sand and pebbles. Labels: uncountable
Word: June beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several scarab beetles that appear around June in temperate parts of North America.
Word: sportspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sport + -speak. 1. The style of language associated with sports reporting or coaching. Labels: uncountable
Word: poseurish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poseur + -ish. 1. Like a poseur.
Word: pambasileia Part of Speech: noun 1. king of all Labels: no-plural
Word: Sandaun Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tok Pisin Sandaun, from English sundown. 1. A province in northwestern Papua New Guinea.
Word: long line Part of Speech: name 1. A topological space, constructed by stringing together an uncountable number of intervals, which is "longer" than the real line.
Word: fractionize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fraction + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæk.ʃən.aɪz/ 1. To separate into fractions
Word: fractionization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fraction + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌfɹæk.ʃən.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The process of separating into fractions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lionizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lionize + -er. 1. Someone who lionizes.
Word: fractionise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fraction + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fractionize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: fafiate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ate (noun-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfæfiˌɪt/ 1. A science fiction fan who has become inactive in the fandom community due to other obligations. Labels: dated, slang Example: After she got that job she became a fafiate.
Word: fafiate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfæfiˌeɪt/ 1. To (cause to) exit fandom and become inactive in fandom activity due to other obligations. Labels: ambitransitive, dated, slang Example: Nope. "Fafia" stands for "Forced Away From It All." Wide variety of things: family doesn't approve; financial reasons; job takes up too much time; or, in a few cases (can you say "John Vanible?" I knew you could), people have been so obnoxious that they were essentially fafiated by fandom itself, the ultimate shame of being outcast by the pariahs... Example: People usually give away collections when gafiating, if not fafiating due to inconveniences to fanac such as death.
Word: fafiating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fafiate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fafiates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fafiate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fafiated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fafiate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fafiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From FAFIA (“forced away from it all”) + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌfæfiˈeɪʃən/ 1. The act of fafiating; exiting involvement in fandom due to other obligations. Labels: slang Example: Having dropped back into rasff for a bit, I'm now dropping out again. Fall semester has started, and even with lots of filtering and aggressive ignoring of political threads, being a full-time parent and half-time graduate student doesn't leave time for Usenet. Even with three free mornings a week while Joseph's in pre-school. Example: A little happier, but still drained at this point, fafiation could now occur. 2. The state or result of having fafiated; having exited fandom due to other obligations. Labels: slang Example: Something happened to this newsgroup during my fafiation. Example: I'm afraid that I've never met his second wife, Laura Brodian, as (like so many medical fen) I suffered FAFIAtion when I got stuck into building my practice.
Word: fafiations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fafiation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coumestan Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of oxidation products of pterocarpan that are similar to coumarin. Example: We investigated the anti-hyperlipidemic effect and the underlying mechanism of wedelolactone, a plant-derived coumestan, in HepG2 cells and high-fat diet (HFD)−induced hyperlipidemic hamsters.
Word: coumestans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coumestan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burttinol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin burttii + -ol. 1. Any of a class of isoflav-3-enes found in the flowering plant Erythrina burttii.
Word: burttinols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burttinol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prenylflavonoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prenyl + flavonoid. 1. Any prenylated flavonoid.
Word: prenylflavonoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prenylflavonoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isoxanthohumol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + xanthohumol. 1. A prenylflavonoid and phytoestrogen found in hops and beer. Labels: uncountable
Word: luteone Part of Speech: noun 1. A prenylated isoflavone found in the pods of Laburnum anagyroides. Labels: uncountable 2. A twenty-three carbon terpenoid from the dorid nudibranch Cadlina luteomarginata. Labels: uncountable
Word: coumestrol Part of Speech: noun 1. A coumestan with estrogenic activity, found in soybeans and other foods. Labels: uncountable
Word: astraciceran Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Astra(galus) + Latin cicer + -an. 1. A fungicidal isoflavan found in Astragalus cicer. Labels: uncountable
Word: pseudobaptigenin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + baptigenin. 1. An isoflavone found in Trifolium pratense (red clover). Labels: uncountable
Word: transculturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + culture + -ation, coined by Cuban anthropologist Fernando Ortiz in 1947. 1. The phenomenon of merging and converging cultures. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In this paper we briefly revisit the first iterations of the ‘Bothways’ philosophy to demonstrate its symmetry with the Yolŋu transculturation heritage (of the Warramiri in particular), developed through many centuries of contact with sea-faring visitors. Example: […] the inherent difficulties of migratory processes, including traumatizing predepartures and journeys, the challenges of transculturation and family reorganization, and the coming to terms with new living conditions […]
Word: transculturations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transculturation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rebecome Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + become. 1. To become again. Labels: transitive
Word: rebecoming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebecome Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebecoming Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of becoming again. Example: By tracing the turns from U.S. to Japan to China, we can see that becoming American, the classic ethnic American narrative, itself opens to further becomings and unbecomings and rebecomings that address mobility and ethnicization […]
Word: rebecomes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebecome Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebecame Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of rebecome Labels: form-of, past
Word: rebecomings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rebecoming Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Petersburgian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Petersburg + -ian. 1. of or relating to Saint Petersburg Labels: not-comparable
Word: Petersburgian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Petersburg + -ian. 1. a native or inhabitant of Saint Petersburg
Word: Petersburgians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Petersburgian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schechnerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Schechner + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Richard Schechner, professor of Performance Studies and editor of TDR: The Drama Review.
Word: rasabox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rasa + box. 1. One of a set of labelled boxes in a diagram drawn on the floor, each representing an emotion or facet of a character, used in training actors to play a part.
Word: rasaboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rasabox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Caccinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Caccini + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Giulio Caccini (1551–1618), Florentine composer and significant innovator of the early Baroque era. 2. Of or relating to Francesca Caccini (1587–1640?), opera composer, daughter of Giulio Caccini.
Word: deculturations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deculturation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neoculturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *nu Proto-Indo-European *néwos Proto-Hellenic *néwos Ancient Greek νέος (néos) Ancient Greek νεο- (neo-)der. English neo- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *kʷélh₁eti Proto-Italic *kʷelō Latin colō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin cultūrader. Middle French cultureder. English culture English neoculture Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English neoculturation From neoculture + -ation. 1. The creation of new cultural phenomena as a result of the intermingling of separate cultures. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: neoculturations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neoculturation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unresourced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + resourced. 1. Not supplied with resources. Labels: not-comparable
Word: get on the stick Part of Speech: verb 1. To get started; to begin working; to become active. Labels: idiomatic
Word: unwagered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + wagered. 1. Not wagered. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unslated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + slated. 1. Not fitted with slates. Labels: not-comparable Example: an unslated roof
Word: unslated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unslate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rhymeprose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Reimprosa, equivalent to rhyme + prose. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪmproʊz/ 1. An early form of poetry, not strictly distinguished from prose writing, but having certain poetical features. Labels: uncountable Example: At that time he expressed feelings in song and wrote metaphorical verse. His rhymeprose and verse began to accumulate, but in a grown man such childish efforts could only inspire shame.
Word: sheep laurel Part of Speech: noun 1. A shrub of species Kalmia angustifolia, in the family Ericaceae, with pink flowers. Labels: uncountable
Word: board rule Part of Speech: noun 1. A scale marked with numbers, used for finding without calculation the area (in square feet) of a (wooden) board.
Word: hold in Part of Speech: verb 1. To keep something to oneself; to prevent from escaping. Labels: transitive Example: to hold in laughter, or one's emotions Example: When the world is a monster bad to swallow you whole, kick the clay that holds those teeth in, throw your trolls out the door. 2. To restrain oneself. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: He wanted to laugh and could hardly hold in. 3. To keep (someone) in prison or jail. Labels: transitive
Word: scratchgrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scratch + grass. 1. Muhlenbergia asperifolia, a grass native to much of North America. Labels: uncountable
Word: sand badger Part of Speech: noun 1. Asian badger (Meles leucurus)
Word: Asian badger Part of Speech: noun 1. Meles leucurus, a badger native to China, Kazakhstan, the Korean Peninsula and Russia, generally lighter in colour than the European badger.
Word: gaining twist Part of Speech: noun 1. In rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle.
Word: elephant paper Part of Speech: noun 1. A large size of paper, measuring 23 by 28 inches, or sometimes 22 by 30, or (double elephant paper) 26 by 40 inches. Labels: historical, uncountable 2. A type of paper made from elephant dung Labels: uncountable
Word: snake cucumber Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Armenian cucumber.
Word: Armenian cucumber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Although the snake melon has been cultivated since antiquity, the term mentioning Armenia originated in the US c. the 1950s. 1. Cucumis melo var. flexuosus, a long, slender variety of muskmelon which resembles a cucumber in taste and inner appearance.
Word: star cucumber Part of Speech: noun 1. Sicyos angulatus, an annual vine in the cucumber family, native to eastern North America.
Word: attributeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attribute + -less. 1. Without attributes; that cannot be described using attributes. Labels: not-comparable Example: One wonders whether such an event, a conscious, improbable-but-made-probable event, took place at the time of creation, the act itself being nothing but a polarisation (or separation quality-wise) of the attributeless Nirguna, a separation of zero plus x and minus x. This is indeed the genesis of the Big Bang theory of science.
Word: cucumbertree Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cucumber tree. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cucumber tree Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of trees with cucumber-like fruit. 2. Any of several species of trees with cucumber-like fruit. 3. Any of several species of trees with cucumber-like fruit. 4. Any of several species of trees with cucumber-like fruit.
Word: cucumbertrees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cucumbertree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Soqotra Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Socotra. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Soqotran Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of Socotran. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Soqotran Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Socotran. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Soqotrans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Soqotran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ribbongrass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ribbon + grass. 1. reed canarygrass (Phalaris arundinacea). Labels: uncountable
Word: box level Part of Speech: noun 1. A spirit level in which a glass-covered box is used instead of a tube.
Word: line of levels Part of Speech: noun 1. A connected series of measurements, by means of a level, along a given line, such as that of a railroad, to ascertain the profile of the ground.
Word: summer complaint Part of Speech: noun 1. Infection with Campylobacter. Labels: uncountable
Word: strike oil Part of Speech: verb 1. To find petroleum when boring for it. Example: In today's oil patch you strike oil the modern way – the geologist examines the rock cuttings brought up in the drilling mud to see if there is any oil on them as John had done here. 2. To have sudden good fortune, especially financially. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic, informal Example: J. Paul Getty's formula for success sorts this idea out: “Rise early, work hard, strike oil.” That's good advice, but most of us will not strike oil. In fact we may become irritated by the idea that something spectacular must occur for success to emerge.
Word: Kharchia local Part of Speech: noun 1. A tall landrace wheat cultivar of India. Labels: uncountable
Word: Penney's game Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after its inventor, Walter Penney. 1. A game for two players in which each player selects an equally long sequence of heads or tails. The winner is the player whose sequence occurs first when a fair coin is tossed repeatedly.
Word: Budd-Chiari syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition caused by occlusion of the hepatic veins that drain the liver, presenting with abdominal pain, ascites and hepatomegaly. Labels: uncountable
Word: yellow atrophy Part of Speech: noun 1. A fatal condition of the liver in which it undergoes fatty degeneration and becomes rapidly smaller and of a deep yellow tinge. The marked symptoms are black vomit, delirium, convulsions, coma, and jaundice. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: seam presser Part of Speech: noun 1. A heavy roller to press down newly ploughed furrows. 2. A tailor's sadiron for pressing seams.
Word: hold by the button Part of Speech: verb 1. To detain in conversation to the point of weariness or tedium; to bore while tallking to Labels: archaic, idiomatic, transitive Example: When a slanderer addresses himself to any one, let him only withhold his attention, while he argues thus with himself: --- Why does this man hold me by the button, and seem so desirous of calling my attention to another's failings?
Word: dry stove Part of Speech: noun 1. A hothouse adapted to preserving the plants of arid climates. Labels: archaic
Word: counterdrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + drain. 1. A drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through. 2. An inserted device or other means by which excess fluid is drained off from a part of the body in which it accumulates.
Word: counterdrain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From counter- + drain. 1. To drain off excess fluid from a part of the body in which it accumulates.
Word: counterdrains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterdrain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterdrains Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counterdrain Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: countertide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + tide. 1. A contrary tide.
Word: countertides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of countertide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterfissure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From counter- + fissure. 1. Synonym of contrafissure.
Word: counterfissures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterfissure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cake urchin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Clypeaster of echinoderms.
Word: sea biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of cake urchin. Labels: countable 2. Synonym of hardtack. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: slate grey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slate gray. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: England were even more vulnerable under the slate-grey skies of Sáo Paulo than they had been in the searing heat of Manaus.
Word: if nothing else Part of Speech: adv 1. At the very least; as a minimum. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Briefly, they had threatened to turn the game upside-down after Wayne Rooney’s first-ever World Cup goal made it 1-1 after 75 minutes. If nothing else, England had shown perseverance but, then again England always show qualities of endurance.
Word: superpricks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superprick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superfools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superfool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blue pill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (rejection of the red pill): From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life. 1. Synonym of blue mass (“pill of prepared mercury”). Labels: historical Example: He scarcely knew a single soul in the metropolis: and were it not for his doctor, and the society of his blue-pill, and his liver complaint, he must have died of loneliness. Example: "[…] I'm getting old and it doesn't agree with me. I know I'll be fearfully cranky by the time I'm sixty. But perhaps all I need is a course of blue pills." 2. A pill of sildenafil (Viagra), used to treat erectile dysfunction. Labels: slang 3. Rejection of the red pill philosophy.
Word: blue pill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: (rejection of the red pill): From a scene in the film The Matrix (1999), where the main character, who lives in a virtual world known as the Matrix, is given a choice between a red pill that will allow him to learn the truth about the Matrix and a blue pill that will return him to his simulated life. 1. To reject the red pill philosophy. Labels: transitive