nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: anserine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin anser (“goose”) + -ine, after German Anserin. Pronunciation: /ˈansəɹiːn/ 1. A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: atomic clock Part of Speech: noun 1. An extremely accurate reference clock whose operation is based on an atomic process, typically the frequency of electromagnetic radiation associated with a specified energy-level transition in an element such as cesium. 2. A radio clock. Labels: proscribed
Word: atom bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of atomic bomb. Example: "A jet plane with an atom bomb is standing by." Example: Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping / It's the end of all humanity / No more time for last-minute shopping / It's time to face your final destiny
Word: arc lamp Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric arc arranged so as to produce useful light. Example: This led him to the station; and the square in front of it, vivid with arc-lamps, noisy with the yellow trams that seemed to cross it in all directions, made him laugh aloud with joy. Example: The vague and careless rain looked like threads of gossamer silver passing across the light of the arc-lamps.
Word: anodized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of anodize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anodized Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a metal object: having a surface layer of oxide, for decoration or protection, and formed via an electrolytic process. Example: This deluxe machine features anodized aluminum handles on all adjusting levers. Example: (Clango): What is it like having an inferior thought process? (Maura): You know there are nicer ways to phrase that question, my anodized chum.
Word: apartment building Part of Speech: noun 1. A residential building containing multiple apartments or flats.
Word: attaché case Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attaché + case. 1. A box-style briefcase, scrunched over a hinged frame that opens into two compartments.
Word: automatic transmission Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle transmission which shifts gears automatically in response to vehicle speed and/or load, and does not require any driver input to manually change gears under normal driving conditions; an automatic gearbox. Example: Meronyms: torque converter, automatic transmission fluid, ATF
Word: ocellated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin ocellatus, from ocellus (“a little eye”). 1. Of, pertaining to, resembling or having an ocellus. Example: The ocellated turkey has an eye-shaped spot on its tail feathers. 2. spotted
Word: activation energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy required to initiate a reaction. For example, the flame from the fuse of a firecracker provides a small initial amount of energy, after which the explosive reaction proceeds by itself, releasing a considerably larger quantity of energy. A small push given to a stable but top-heavy object may cause it to fall over; the potential energy released during the fall was present in the system all along but could not be realized as long as the object was upright and balanced. Labels: physical
Word: Ute Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Utah, from Spanish Yuta, of Pueblo and/or Apache origin. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːt/ 1. A member of a Native American people of Utah, Colorado and New Mexico.
Word: Ute Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Utah, from Spanish Yuta, of Pueblo and/or Apache origin. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːt/ 1. The language of this people, of the Numic branch of the Uto-Aztecan language family.
Word: trophic hormones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trophic hormone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lemnos Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Λήμνος (Límnos) and Ancient Greek Λῆμνος (Lêmnos). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛmnɒs/, /ˈlɛmnɑs/ 1. An island in northeastern Greece located in the Aegean Sea. 2. A town in the City of Greater Shepparton, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
Word: Velestino Part of Speech: name 1. A city in central Greece located in the Magnesia prefecture.
Word: Metsovo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Μέτσοβο (Métsovo). 1. A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture
Word: Kefalovrysi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Greek Κεφαλόβρυσο (Kefalóvryso, “headspring”), from κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”) + βρυσί (brusí, “hose”). 1. A town in Greece located in the northern part of the Ioannina prefecture.
Word: Konitsa Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Greece located in the Ioannina prefecture.
Word: Indian mulberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So named for being mulberry-like and found in India. 1. a small tree of the madder family found from India to Australasia, characterized by shiny leaves, white flowers, and fleshy, yellowish fruit; Morinda citrifolia.
Word: mulberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mulberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: artificial life Part of Speech: noun 1. The simulation of any aspect of life. Labels: uncountable 2. The study of synthetic systems that behave like living organisms, whether mirror life, cyborgs, artificial intelligence, or otherwise. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: synthetic biology
Word: escape literature Part of Speech: noun 1. Any genre of literature that is read as a form of escapism. Labels: uncountable
Word: al- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Middle English al- English al- From Middle English al-, from Old English eal-, eall- (“all-”). More at all. 1. Alternative form of all-. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic, morpheme
Word: al- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Assimilated form of ad- before l. From Latin ad-. 1. Alternative form of ad- (“to, toward”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: sneezy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fnesy, equivalent to sneeze + -y. For change of initial f to s see sneeze. 1. Prone to sneeze with little (if any) nasal agitation. Example: I feel sneezy. 2. Characterised by sneezes. Labels: informal Example: I had a very sneezy cold. 3. Resembling a sneeze. Labels: informal Example: There was a sneezy sound from behind the hedge.
Word: definiendum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dēfīniendum, gerund of dēfīniō. Pronunciation: /dɪˌfɪniˈɛndəm/ 1. The term (word or phrase) defined in a definition (whether inside a sentence, as a dictionary entry, or otherwise). Example: However, most advocates of the importance of real definition have limited the definiendum to certain kinds of things: usually an abstract entity or a concept. Example: The objects themselves are the definienda of the definition. The first set of properties through which the definienda are collected together to form a group is called ‘the limiting properties of being the definienda of the definition’.
Word: definiens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin, substantive use of dēfīniēns (“[a] defining”), present active participle of dēfīniō. Pronunciation: /dɪˈfɪnɪɛnz/, /deːˈfiːnieːns/, /diːˈfaɪnɪɛːnz/ 1. The word or phrase that defines the definiendum in a definition. Example: Yet such predicates will not in general even be interpreted over the domain of objects over which the definientia range. Example: In these definitions, then, there is only one part of the definiens, the form (e.g. being a human soul), which is prior to the kind and its matter.
Word: schola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin schola. Doublet of school and shul. 1. Originally, a musical school attached to a monastery or church. Also known as a schola cantorum. 2. Today, a group of musicians, particularly one which specializes in liturgical music.
Word: ocellus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ocellus (“little eye”), from oculus (“eye”). Pronunciation: /əʊˈsɛləs/ 1. A simple eye consisting of a single lens and a small number of sensory cells. 2. An eyelike marking in the form of a spot or ring of colour, as on the wing of a butterfly or the tail of a peacock.
Word: Magna Carta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Middle English Magna Carta, borrowed from Medieval Latin Magna Carta, from Latin magna (“great”) + carta (“charter”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæɡnə ˈkɑːtə/, /ˌmæɡnə ˈkɑːɹtə/, [-ɾə] 1. A charter granted by King John to the barons at Runnymede in 1215, which is one of the bases of English constitutional tradition; a physical copy of this charter, or a later version. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: […] Significantly, only in England—where, beginning in the thirteenth century with the granting of the Magna Charta, there gradually developed an appreciation of the rights and dignities of those less powerful than the king—was the fury of witch hunting mitigated by legal safe-guards and social sensibilities. Example: The Magna Carta harkens back to 1215 when King John of England was forced by an assembly of barons to write down the traditional rights of the country's free persons. By so doing, he bound himself and his heirs to grant "to all freemen of our kingdom" the rights and liberties described in the great charter, or Magna Carta. Each subsequent ruler did the same. The 1297 Magna Carta represents the transition from a brokered agreement to the foundation of English law, upon which U.S. law is based. 2. A modified version of the charter of King John as granted by Henry III in 1236, confirmed as a statute by the Parliament of King Edward I in 1297, part of which remains in force in England and Wales. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My Lord Coke ſayes, It had not its name of GREAT CHARTER, from the Greatneſs of it in Quantity; for there were ſeveral Voluminous Charters, longer than this: But it was ſo called, in reſpect of the Great Importance, and Weightyneſs of the Matter; as Charta de Foresta, is called, Magna Charta de Foresta, for the ſame Cauſe; and both of them are called, Magnæ Chartæ Libertatum Angliæ; i.e. The Great Charters of the Liberties of England; and upon great Reaſon too, Quia liberos faciunt, becauſe they make us Free. Example: MAGNA CHARTA. The GREAT CHARTER, Made in the Ninth Year of King Henry the Third, and Confirmed by King Edward the Firſt in the Five and twentieth Year of his Reign.
Word: Magna Carta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Middle English Magna Carta, borrowed from Medieval Latin Magna Carta, from Latin magna (“great”) + carta (“charter”). Pronunciation: /ˌmæɡnə ˈkɑːtə/, /ˌmæɡnə ˈkɑːɹtə/, [-ɾə] 1. A landmark document that sets out rights or important principles. Labels: figuratively Example: [R]egarding this new Ordinance relating to the trade union movement, we on the workers' side will consider it as the Magna Carta of the trade union movement and for the workers in Singapore. Example: The fundamental philosophy of The Magna Carta Of Space is predicated on the principle that a reasonable man has the obligation to guard against foreseeable conflicts which a reasonable man should anticipate.
Word: Runnymede Part of Speech: name 1. A meadow near the Thames in Surrey, where the Magna Carta was signed. 2. A borough of Surrey, England, including the towns of Egham, Chertsey and Addlestone. 3. An unincorporated community in Harper County, Kansas, United States. 4. A locality in the Shire of Campaspe, northern Victoria, Australia. 5. A town in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area and the Southern Midlands council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia.
Word: water-meadow Part of Speech: noun 1. An area of grassland, besides a river, that is subject to periodic flooding. Example: To the West Station is less than a mile. The line runs first past water-meadows, with another fine view of the Cathedral, then under a bridge, and finally over a level crossing set in the midst of one of the main streets.
Word: deconvolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *welH-der. Proto-Italic *wolwō Latin volvō Latin convolvō Latin convolūtusbor. English -tion English convolution English deconvolution From de- + convolution. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒnvəˈljuːʃən/ 1. The inversion of a convolution equation; does not normally have unique solution
Word: deconvoluted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒnvəˈljuːtəd/ 1. Subject to deconvolution. Labels: not-comparable
Word: deconvoluted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒnvəˈljuːtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of deconvolute Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Harrisburg Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Harris + -burg. The capital of Pennsylvania was named for John Harris Sr.. Pronunciation: /ˈhæ.ɹɪsˌbɝɡ/ 1. A city, the state capital of Pennsylvania. Example: The county seat of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. 2. A city, the county seat of Poinsett County, Arkansas. 3. A city, the county seat of Saline County, Illinois. 4. A city in Oregon. 5. A city in South Dakota. 6. A town in New York. 7. A town in North Carolina. 8. A village in Missouri. 9. A village in Ohio. 10. A census-designated place, the county seat of Banner County, Nebraska.
Word: penny-ante Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From penny + ante. 1. Of or pertaining to penny ante poker. 2. Played for small stakes. 3. Trivial.
Word: pennyante Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of penny-ante. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: You wouldn't want one of your agents doing something like that just to convict a pennyante gambler. Example: What the workers detest most is the UFW hiring hall ... the pennyante dispatch halls which give UFW organizers dictatorial control over the workers.
Word: penny ante Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penny + ante. 1. A small stake in gambling. Labels: uncountable 2. Poker played for small stakes. Labels: uncountable 3. A small-scale business transaction. Labels: uncountable
Word: -zoic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζωϊκός (zōïkós), from ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”). 1. Relating to some specified form of animal existence Labels: morpheme 2. Relating to some specified geologic period Labels: morpheme
Word: WGD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of whole-genome duplication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of weight gold: stamped on jewelry, indicating that it is solid gold, e.g. 10K WGD on the inside of a ring. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: whole-genome duplication Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of polyploidy in which an organism has duplicate copies of its entire genome
Word: rhomboid protease Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several enzymes that cleave proteins within biological membranes allowing release of effector domains from the membrane
Word: superclass 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- English class English superclass From super- + class. 1. A high-level class that passes attributes and methods down the hierarchy to subclasses. 2. A taxon ranking below a phylum and above a class.
Word: superclass Part of Speech: verb 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- English class English superclass From super- + class. 1. To create a superclass of. Labels: transitive Example: Applications incorporating superclassing "clean up" by calling UnregisterClass on all superclassed classes.
Word: easygoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From easy + going. 1. Calm, relaxed, casual and informal. Example: He dropped gradually back into his old frivolous and easy-going ways and conditions of feeling and manner of speech, and no familiar of his could have detected anything in him that differentiated him from the weak and careless Tom of other days. Example: He might, indeed, resent her behaviour too deeply to seek to see her at once; but his easygoing modern attitude toward conduct and convictions made that improbable. She had an idea that what he had most minded was her dropping so unceremoniously out of the Embassy Dinner. 2. Unhurried.
Word: infraphylum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin īnfrābor. English infra- English phylum English infraphylum From infra- + phylum. 1. A taxon below subphylum and above superclass.
Word: translocon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English locate English transloc(ate) English -on English translocon From transloc(ate) + -on. 1. A complex of proteins associated with the translocation of nascent polypeptides into the interior space of the endoplasmic reticulum from the cytosol
Word: translocator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translocate + -or. 1. A translocon
Word: epizoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, from epizoon + -ic = epi- + zoic. 1. Growing on the surface of an animal host, as: Labels: not-comparable, usually 2. Growing on the surface of an animal host, as: Labels: not-comparable, uncommon
Word: saprozoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sapro- + -zoic. 1. feeding on dead or decaying animal matter 2. saprophagous
Word: bump up Part of Speech: verb 1. To increase something suddenly. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 2. To promote a person to a higher grade. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 3. To give a more prominent place to; to advance position in queue. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 4. To bump into something; to collide with something. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: It bumps up on the wall here. 5. To figuratively collide with something; to come into conflict over something. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The legalization movement bumped up against political realities. Example: The program is bumping up on its fiscal cap. 6. To transfer (recorded footage) from a narrower to a wider tape format. Labels: transitive
Word: methanes Part of Speech: noun 1. Derivatives of methane. plural of methane Example: Chloroform and bromoform are trihalogenated methanes
Word: guzunder Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gazunder. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: transition point Part of Speech: noun 1. The point in space at which fluid flow around an object changes from laminar to turbulent. 2. The temperature at which a substance changes from one state of matter to another, or from one solid phase to another. 3. Any similar point at which a characteristic of a system changes abruptly.
Word: transuranium Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English trans- Ancient Greek οὐρᾰνός (ourănós) Ancient Greek Οὐρᾰνός (Ourănós)der. Latin Ūranusbor. English Uranus Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English uranium English transuranium From trans- + uranium. 1. transuranic Labels: not-comparable
Word: Gore-Tex Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after American inventor Robert W. Gore (1937–2020) and textile. 1. A synthetic ePTFE (Teflon) fabric that is permeable to water vapour but impermeable to water drops; used for making breathable rainwear.
Word: transuranium element Part of Speech: noun 1. Any element having an atomic number greater than that of uranium. Example: The main theme of TRL [Transuranium Research Laboratory] research with transuranium elements has been the exploration of a region of the periodic table that is relatively new and inaccessible to most scientists. […] Our research with the heavy elements has extended our knowledge considerably and tested our ideas concerning how the periodic table is constructed.
Word: earful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + -ful. Pronunciation: /ˈɪə(ɹ)fəl/, /ˈɪə(ɹ)fʊl/, /ˈɪɹfəl/, /ˈɪɹfʊl/ 1. an angry reprimand, castigation or telling off Labels: informal Example: give someone an earful Example: Ivan Kruzliak had already taken an earful from Gary Neville at half-time and it was rare to see Hodgson as annoyed as he was while remonstrating with the fourth official. 2. intimate gossip Labels: informal
Word: earliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-eri Proto-Indo-European *h₂éyeri Proto-Germanic *airi Proto-Germanic *airiz Old English ǣr Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Old English ǣrlīċe Middle English erly English early Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English earliness From early + -ness. 1. The condition of being early. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: earthbound Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁er-der. Proto-Germanic *erþō Proto-West Germanic *erþu Old English eorþe Middle English erthe English earth English -bound English earthbound From earth + -bound. Pronunciation: /ˈɝθbaʊnd/ 1. Confined to the Earth; unable to leave Earth, either physically or spiritually. Example: "Music, Smiley, music! Now the vibrations should be better." "The higher spirits cannot reach earth-bound folk," said Mailey. Example: [B]ut only too often séances degenerate into pure sorcery or necromancy, attracting all kinds of undeveloped and earth-bound entities. 2. Heading towards the planet Earth. 3. Unimaginative or mundane. Labels: figuratively
Word: earthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English erthinesse, erthynesse, eorþynesse, equivalent to earthy + -ness. 1. The state of being earthy Labels: uncountable, usually 2. grossness Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually
Word: earthshaking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earth + shaking as a calque of Ancient Greek ἐννοσίγαιος (ennosígaios), ἐνοσίχθων (enosíkhthōn). 1. Causing the earth to vibrate; very loud. 2. Of global consequence or importance.
Word: earth-shattering Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of earthshattering. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I have proposed five initiatives to support rail freight growth in the preceding paragraphs. None of them are earth-shattering, and none of them are particularly expensive.
Word: earthshattering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From earth + shattering. 1. Earthshaking.
Word: earthwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earth + work. First attested in the 1630s. Pronunciation: /ˈɝθwɝk/, /ˈɜːθwɜːk/ 1. Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control. Example: At the moment only some 35 miles of earthwork have been completed from Qum, and no permanent way has been laid. Example: The line was built by navvies using little more than wheelbarrows and shovels, with whatever material was close at hand, and the railway suffered from earthworks problems right from the start.
Word: easiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English easy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English easiness From easy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈiːzɪnəs/ 1. Lack of difficulty; quality of not being frustrating, difficult, or dense (compact). Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Looseness or pliancy, often derogatory Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly: Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly: Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly: Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Custome hath made it in him a propertie of easines. 6. The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly: Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […]Refraine night, And that shall lend a kind of easines To the next abstinence. 7. The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly: Labels: uncountable, usually 8. The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly: Labels: uncountable, usually 9. The state or quality of being easy (in various senses). particularly: Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: easterner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eastern + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the east of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the eastern United States.
Word: northerner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English northerner, equivalent to northern + -er. 1. A native or inhabitant of the north of a region (or of the world as a whole), such as one of the northern United States, the north of Norway, etc. Example: "The Pacers have kept millions of northerners on the move. But while they have served us well and provided some communities with rail services they may have otherwise lost, it is time to give them a well-earned rest," said Northern Regional Director Chris Jackson.
Word: eatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eat + -able (“able, capable”). Doublet of edible. Pronunciation: /ˈiːtəbəl/ 1. Able to be eaten; edible. Example: The contents of the pan began to boil, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it should be eatable; Example: When the seeds are larger, softer, and more eatable, they are protected by an excessively hard and stony covering, as in the plum and peach tribe ; or they are enclosed in a tough horny core, as with crabs and apples.
Word: eatable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eat + -able (“able, capable”). Doublet of edible. Pronunciation: /ˈiːtəbəl/ 1. Anything edible; food. Labels: in-plural Example: The Excise which is laid very high throughout all Sicily, especially upon all eatables and wearing apparel is usually there […] Example: Ecod, your worship, I never have courage till I see the eatables and drinkables brought upo’ the table, and then I’m as bauld as a lion.
Word: eatables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eatable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haloperidol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From halo- + (pi)perid(ine) + -ol. By surface analysis, halo- + -peridol. Pronunciation: /ˌhæ.lə(ʊ)ˈpɛ.ɹɪ.dɒl/, /ˌheɪ.lə(ʊ)-/, /ˌhæ.loʊˈpɛ.ɹɪˌdɔl/ 1. A synthetic antidepressant drug, with the chemical formula C₂₁H₂₃ClFNO₂, used in the treatment of psychotic conditions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: falsie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From false + -ie (“a diminutive”). 1. Padding worn inside a brassiere to make the breasts appear larger or appear to exist. Labels: colloquial, in-plural 2. A false eyelash, used as a cosmetic enhancement. Labels: colloquial, in-plural
Word: neuroleptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French neuroleptique, coined by Jean Delay and Pierre Deniker in 1955. Constructed from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “neuron”) and λῆψις (lêpsis), noun form of λαμβάνω (lambánō, “take hold of”). 1. An antipsychotic drug. Example: The time has come, therefore, to establish some definite criteria for the new drugs that Delay called neuroleptics, of which chlorpromazine and reserpine are the primary ones, although chemically different. Example: Neuroleptics, the first psychopharmacological treatments reported to be effective in adults, were interpreted as potent antianxiety drugs giving rise to the term "major tranquilizer" that was popular in the United States until the early 1970s and were also used to treat anxiety symptoms in children (as were other agents, including psychostimulants and antihistamintes).
Word: neuroleptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French neuroleptique, coined by Jean Delay and Pierre Deniker in 1955. Constructed from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “neuron”) and λῆψις (lêpsis), noun form of λαμβάνω (lambánō, “take hold of”). 1. Having antipsychotic properties. Example: By mouth in doses of 2 to 3 grains, combined with neuroleptic drugs, it has enabled us to bring about a certain number of improvements in chronic schizophrenics. Example: The mechanisms underlying the appearance of the parkinson-like symptoms during neuroleptic treatments are not ascertained.
Word: falsies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of falsie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fanzine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fan + magazine. Coined by American chess player and SF fandom founder Russ Chauvenet in the October 1940 edition of his own science fiction fanzine Detours, to replace the earlier fanmag. Pronunciation: /ˈfænˌziːn/ 1. A magazine, normally produced by amateurs, intended for people who share a common interest. Example: I don't know how many fanzines there've been, but surely no fewer than 500 different items, some running for one issue and some for several dozen. Example: "Well, long ago," said the Tin Woodsfan, "a fan and I were feuding, and the fan decided to drive me out of fandom. But no one can leave Iz because of the great burning desert called Public Contempt which surrounds this fannish land, and since nobody ever gafiates while still inside the country, he had to cast a spell of immobility upon me. One day when I was chopping wood to make paper for my fanzine, he cast his spell, and there I've been until you came along."
Word: farmstead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From farm + stead, modelled after homestead. 1. The main building of a farm. 2. A farm, including its buildings. Example: Young people no longer work on the farmstead They go to school and to the big town instead
Word: fatback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fat + back. 1. A layer of fat, along the back of a pig, used as a cut of meat or to make lard Labels: US 2. A fish, the menhaden.
Word: fathomless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fathom Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English fathomless From fathom + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈfæ.ðəm.ləs/, /ˈfæ.ðəm.lɪs/ 1. Very deep (especially of water deeper than a lead line can measure); bottomless, immeasurable. Example: Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death. 2. unfathomable or incomprehensible. Labels: broadly
Word: fauvist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French fauviste. 1. Of or pertaining to fauvism.
Word: fauvist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fauviste. 1. An artist who used this style.
Word: featherweight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feather + weight. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛðɚˌweɪt/ 1. A weight class in many combat sports; e.g. in professional boxing of a maximum of 126 pounds or 57.2 kilograms. Example: Safety and fairness in female sport was one of the most prominent topics at this summer’s Olympic Games, where boxers Imane Khelif and Lin Yu Ting took gold in the women’s welterweight and featherweight categories respectively. 2. A sportsman who fights in this division. Example: Watson specializes in adiposeness; none of his chorus beauties may be considered featherweights. 3. The lightest weight that may be carried by a racehorse.
Word: femora Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of femur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: femoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin femorālis, from Latin root femor-, from femur (genitive femoris). Equivalent to femur + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛ.mə.ɹəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or near the femur or thigh. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fibril Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra. Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪbɹ(ə)l/ 1. A fine fibre or filament. 2. Any fine, filamentous structure in animals or plants.
Word: fibrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- + -osis. Pronunciation: /faɪˈbɹoʊsɪs/ 1. The formation of (excess) fibrous connective tissue in an organ. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fibulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fibula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fibular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fibula Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English fibular From fibula + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to the fibula
Word: diamond crossing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the diamond shape that is formed by the four rails at the intersection. 1. An at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks. Example: Holonym: diamond crossover
Word: fleecing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fleece Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fleecing Part of Speech: noun 1. A confidence trick.
Word: diamond junction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the diamond shape that is formed by the four rails at the intersection. 1. An at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks.
Word: level junction Part of Speech: noun 1. An at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks.
Word: flat junction Part of Speech: noun 1. An at-grade junction between two crossing railroad tracks.
Word: railroad track Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of formed steel rails, separated and supported usually on wooden or concrete ties or sleepers, forming a track along which flange-wheeled railroad vehicles may travel. Labels: US Example: Holonym: permanent way Example: Meronyms: rail, railroad tie, railway tie, railway sleeper, sleeper
Word: cyanidiophyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Any thermophilic red alga of class Cyanidiophyceae.
Word: red alga Part of Speech: noun 1. Any algae of the phyla Rhodophyta, principally, and Glaucophyta, mostly reddish in color.
Word: dictyostelid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any slime mold of the order Dictyosteliida, which exist either as individual amoebae or aggregated as a pseudoplasmodium.
Word: security procedure Part of Speech: noun 1. A procedure or set of procedures followed to ensure that state secrets, trade secrets, data, etc. are not compromised.
Word: terms and conditions Part of Speech: noun 1. A specification of restrictions for the use of goods or services. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: According to the terms and conditions, we're allowed to make a single copy of the software for backup purposes. Example: Variously abbreviated as T&C, T&Cs, Ts & Cs
Word: scandalmonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scandal + monger. 1. One who trades in gossip; one who collects and disseminates rumors. Example: The reporter for the tabloid called himself a journalist but was really nothing more than a scandalmonger.
Word: scandalmongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scandalmonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scandalously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scandalous Middle English -ly English -ly English scandalously From scandalous + -ly. 1. In a scandalous manner. Example: She was seen running for her life scandalously underclad. Example: English is scandalously lacking in politically and linguistically correct antonyms of this sort. The Queen can create the Duchess of Cambridge, so surely I can create the much-needed expressions "cisgress" (be a good boy), "cisvestite" (bloke wearing trousers), "cisaction" (no deal), and "cisom" (something that isn't a lintel). Anyone who doesn't disagree is a transsy.
Word: scoopful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scoop + -ful. 1. The quantity in a scoop.
Word: scorner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English scornere, scorner; equivalent to scorn + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈskɔɹnɚ/, /ˈskɔːnə/ 1. One who mocks or scoffs; a mocker. Example: When the ſcoꝛner is puniſhed, the ſimple is made wiſe: and when the wiſe is inſtructed, he receiueth knowledge. 2. One who views something contemptuously or scornfully.
Word: swankiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English swanky Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English swankiness From swanky + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being swanky. Labels: uncountable Example: The hotel was noted for its swankiness, but to me it looked tacky.
Word: swampland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English swamp Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English swampland From swamp + land. 1. Low-lying land that is regularly flooded; especially such land that is drier than a bog or a marsh. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Trading in their battered RV and Louisiana swamplands for a sumptuous pink mansionette with swimming pool, the Malloys pull off their ruse with skill and also childish naïveté. Example: The swampland is an extensive pegasse swamp, which is rich in organic matter and intensely acidic. 2. The set of effective low-energy physical theories that are not compatible with quantum gravity. Labels: countable
Word: galeae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: is-to-be Part of Speech: adj 1. Something that is potential, eventual, or prospective. Labels: not-comparable Example: "We'll argue that point," replied Jack; "he has attempted the life of my is-to-be, please God, father-in-law, and therefore I have the best claim to him." Example: But in regard to the is-to-be façade of the British Museum, nothing is suffered to transpire, nor is curiosity allowed to be gratified. The only positive information relative to it, afforded at present, is that furnished by a ground-plan […]
Word: incendiarism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incendiary Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English incendiarism From incendiary + -ism. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛndɪəɹɪzm/ 1. The act or practice of burning property; arson. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Incendiarism is a major fire problem in many cities; Mr. Fairtrace here recommends needed changes in insurance and fire protection methods. Example: In the surrounding black slums incendiarism shoots up in the summer, an index, soem say, of psychopathology. Although the love of flames it's also religious. 2. Inflammatory or provocative action; instigation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: But the charge sheet is not just a recapitulation of instances of imperial incendiarism, such as the Amritsar massacre or the bombings of Iraqi villages.
Word: paladar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish paladar, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, from Latin palātum. 1. A small family-run restaurant in a Cuban home
Word: paramotoring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paramotor + -ing. 1. flying a paramotor Labels: uncountable
Word: paramotor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English para- Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor English paramotor From para- + motor. 1. A steerable parachute powered by a propeller attached to the pilot's back
Word: maculae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phytonutrient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- English nutrient English phytonutrient From phyto- + nutrient. 1. Any substance of plant origin that provides nutrition; a nutritious phytochemical
Word: plutino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Plut(o) + -ino (“diminutive suffix”), meaning "little Pluto" (compare neutrino); coined by David C. Jewitt, et al. 1. Any planetoid in the Kuiper belt whose orbit, like that of Pluto, has a resonance of 3:2 with that of Neptune. Example: We present a study of the dynamical evolution of plutinos recently escaped from the resonance through numerical simulations. It was shown in previous works the existence of weakly chaotic orbits in the plutino population that diffuse very slowly finally diving into a strong chaotic region. Example: This is dubbed a 3:2 resonance (with Neptune), Pluto being the largest Plutino. About one fourth of the KBOs are Plutinos. Plutinos may be debris from the collision of another KBO with Pluto, resulting in the formation of Pluto's largest moon, Charon.
Word: sandboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + board. 1. A board similar to a snowboard used to descend sand dunes
Word: sandboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sand + board. 1. To ride on a sandboard
Word: slap-headed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a bald or shaven head Labels: UK, not-comparable, slang
Word: telnetable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English telnet Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English telnetable From telnet + -able. 1. Accessible over the Internet using telnet. Labels: not-comparable
Word: telnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for telecommunication network. 1. A network protocol that enables one computer to communicate with another via a local area network or the Internet. Labels: uncountable 2. The program that acts as the client for such communication. Labels: countable
Word: telnet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Short for telecommunication network. 1. To use such a program to make such a connection. Labels: intransitive Example: I've been running tin with nano in Terminal in my Mac since 2003, and before then, by telnetting in to my university's server, which I first started doing as a first year undergrad in September 1993.
Word: chancre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chancre (“cancer”), from Latin cancer (“crab”). Cognate to canker and cancer. Pronunciation: /ˈʃæŋ.kɚ/ 1. Skin lesion, sometimes associated with certain contagious diseases such as syphilis. Example: The nurse stood up and went towards the door. At that point the caretaker said to me, "It's a chancre she's got." I didn't understand, so I looked at the nurse and saw that she had a bandage round her head just below the eyes. Where her nose should have been, the bandage was flat. Her face seemed to be nothing but a white bandage. Example: If the primary stage is not treated the chancre will disappear after four to eight weeks but remember that the germ is still in the body.
Word: Toronto blessing Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of mass religious ecstasy, involving speaking in tongues etc, associated with an evangelical revivalist fellowship whose first meeting was in Toronto
Word: trip hop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Journalistic coinage as a blend of trip (“drug-induced hallucinations”, alluding to psychedelic music) + hip-hop. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.hɒp/, /ˈtɹɪp.hɑp/ 1. A genre of slow electronica combining elements of hip hop with melodic, often psychedelic, sounds and impressionistic lyrics. Labels: uncountable Example: Trip-hop, on the other hand, takes the opposite approach. The genre can be described as a slower and dub-influenced reworking of African American hip-hop, aptly described by writer Phil Johnson as “dubbed-up hip-hop derived music...beats whose customary urgency is deconstructed into dreamy, erotic soundscapes.”
Word: nicka Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nikah, Islamic marriage, especially forms of customary marriage. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, dated, uncountable Example: The Respondent also left a state of facts with the Master, which stated that... Oomdut Ool Oomrah had one shadee wife, Doolary Begum, and four nicka wives, namely Coolsoom Begum, Chattoore Begum, Mahtaub Begum, and Hyath Begum, and no others. Example: Instances are also found where different kinds of marriages were performed between the parties, and on the basis of these forms of marriages, status of legitimacy was claimed, such as nicka marriage (an inferior kind of marriage among Muslims where only declaration and acceptance was required to make it a valid marriage)...
Word: nicka Part of Speech: noun 1. nigga. Labels: derogatory, ethnic, euphemistic, offensive, slur, vulgar
Word: train track Part of Speech: noun 1. A railroad track; a railway track. 2. A set of curves lying in a surface, meeting one another at their respective endpoints in a specific way that resembles railroad tracks.
Word: monster truck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Literally, monster (“very large”) + truck (“motor vehicle”). Reportedly coined by Bob George, an owner of a motorsports promotion company, in the early 1980s, when referring to a popularly oversized truck named Bigfoot. Through semantic generalization, it came to refer to any of these oversized trucks. 1. A large truck designed specifically to perform in monster truck shows, typically based on a lifted pickup truck with oversized wheels and modified suspension.
Word: verbomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From verbum (“word”) + mania. 1. Obsession with words. Labels: uncountable 2. An abnormal talkativeness; a psychotic flow of speech. Labels: uncountable
Word: cook the books Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the mid-17th century. A metaphor based on cooking, whereby ingredients are changed, altered and improved. Thus financial statements can also be so modified to the benefit of the "cook". 1. To manipulate accounting information, especially illegally. Labels: idiomatic Example: Enron Corp., once a major U.S. corporation, is now famous for cooking the books. 2. To falsify an account of an event. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Those that cooked the books and presented them with bias minds; They sugar-coated the stories; and twisted and exaggerated events Example: Two years after he received his piece of the Nobel Prize, Mann was drawn into controversy over a series of e-mails stolen from the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom that some climate change skeptics charged provided proof that Mann and his fellow scientists were cooking the books on climate, though for what reason, the skeptics never made clear.
Word: CSV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of comma-separated values: a simple plain text data format, usually with values delimited by commas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CSV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Community Service Volunteers, the former name of Volunteering Matters, a UK charity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Certified Server Validation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bookbuild Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From book + build. 1. A float of shares where the final price is determined only after a bidding phase.
Word: libri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cold spot Part of Speech: noun 1. A sensory area in the skin that responds to a decrease in temperature.
Word: cold spots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cold spot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: good standing Part of Speech: noun 1. The status of a member of a profession who is not suspended or disbarred, and is registered with a proper authority and has paid any registration fees. Labels: uncountable Example: A corporation may be convicted of crimes, have its entire board of direcors be indicted for price fixing, be sued for nonpayment of state payroll taxes, have its property seized by the IRS for unpaid income taxes, and be under state and federal investigation for securities fraud, and other things, but as long as its paperwork and fees are current with the chartering agency, it will still be a corporation in good standing. 2. The status of a person who is known to be of good character and to be trustworthy. Labels: broadly, figuratively, uncountable
Word: paleosol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + -sol. 1. A layer of fossil soil buried beneath other sediments or deposits.