nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: EB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of elementary body. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Epstein-Barr virus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of epidermolysis bullosa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MPA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Motion Picture Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MPA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of marine protected area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of medroxyprogesterone acetate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of microscopic polyangiitis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of master of public administration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SKG Part of Speech: name 1. SKG DreamWorks LLC, an entertainment company formed by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
Word: ITIL Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of IT Infrastructure Library, a set of practices for IT management in business. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: WPM Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of wpm. Labels: alt-of
Word: CPM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of character(s) per minute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of counts per minute (Rate at which radioactive decays are detected.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of certified property manager. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of charged particle microscope. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of cost per mille (“the cost of showing an advertisement one thousand times”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of critical path method. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CPM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Communist Party of India (Marxist), a political party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Communist Party of Malaya, a.k.a. the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: cig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of cigarette. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪɡ/ 1. Cigarette. Labels: informal Example: "You working with Fisheye?" Ng says, lighting up cig. The smoke swirls in the air ostentatiously. Example: "You can have my food," Brenda managed, "but at least leave me a pack of cigs, alright?"
Word: pk Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of pack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: dinglehopper Part of Speech: noun 1. Something that one does not readily recall the name of. Labels: informal Example: You press this, this... dinglehopper to get the motor started. Example: Scuttle: Human stuff, huh? Hey, lemme see. (Picks up fork.) Look at this. Wow – this is special – this is very, very unusual. Ariel: What? What is it? Scuttle: It's a dinglehopper! Humans use these little babies to straighten their hair out. See, just a little twirl here and a yank there and voilà! You got an aesthetically pleasing configuration of hair that humans go nuts over! Ariel: A dinglehopper!
Word: essayist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English essay Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English essayist From essay + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈɛ.seɪ.ɪst/ 1. One who composes essays; a writer of short compositions. Example: She was an essayist whose frequent contributions to the editorial pages of major newspapers had a loyal following.
Word: trapezoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tr̥- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓds Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂ Proto-Indo-European *tr̥-ped-ih₂-der. Ancient Greek τρᾰ́πεζα (trắpeza) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek τρᾰπεζοειδής (trăpezoeidḗs)bor. New Latin trapezoïdēslbor. English trapezoid English -al English trapezoidal From trapezoid + -al. 1. In the shape of a trapezoid, or having some faces which have one pair of parallel sides. Example: On the each end was a leanback made of willow rods tied together in a tapered trapezoidal form set at an angle. Covers of buffalo hide with the hair on and quillwork designs were draped over the leanback and bed surface. 2. Of or pertaining to the trapezoid bone of the wrist.
Word: spill the beans Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 20th century American English. One possible origin for the phrase is from an Ancient Greek practice of using different-coloured beans for voting, where spilling the jar containing them would unwantedly reveal the results, though this might be folk etymology. Pronunciation: /ˌspɪl ðə ˈbiːnz/ 1. To reveal a secret; to disclose information. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: They had planned it as a surprise party, but somebody spilled the beans. Example: I guarantee you, someone's going to spill the beans and next thing this shit's all over the news.
Word: beans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /biːnz/ 1. plural of bean Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /biːnz/ 1. Pills; drugs in pill form. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: popping beans 2. The testicles. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang, vulgar 3. An insignificant value or amount. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: I left home and school at 16, and worked as a janitor, a printer, a salesperson, a busboy, and hustled briefly when I was 19 to make ends meet. I live with a lover now who is a well paid academic, but I make beans as a writer. Example: In a fast changing interest rate environment – particularly when rates rise fast – your verbal agreement isn’t worth beans. 4. An animal's pawpads. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang 5. The hypodermis. Labels: Internet, plural, plural-only Example: He told me he reached beans. I hope he’ll be okay. 6. Money. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: beans Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /biːnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bean Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: imperfection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French imperfeccion, see im- + perfection. Pronunciation: /ɪmpɚˈfɛkʃən/ 1. Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect. Labels: uncountable Example: You can accept your imperfection or try to improve. Example: And for the first time she realised what it was to escape from the smallish perfection of England, into the grander imperfection of a great continent. 2. Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc. Labels: countable Example: He loves me despite my imperfections. Example: It will be sufficient for me if I discover many beauties or imperfections which others have not attended to; and I should be very glad to see one of our eminent writers publish their discoveries on the same subject.
Word: meso Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)bor. English meso Borrowed from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪːsoʊ/ 1. In between the "macro" and "micro" levels of sociological structures. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a tactic diad, having structural units in identical orientation. Labels: dated, not-comparable, proscribed
Word: Huang Ho Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 黃河／黄河 (Huáng Hé, literally “Yellow River”) Wade–Giles romanization: Huang² Ho². 1. Alternative form of Huang He (Yellow River): a major river in northern China, passing through Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan and Shandong provinces as well as Ningxia and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: All the hill country between the Valley of the Huang Ho and its tributaries, the Lo, the Yi, etc., as far as the Huai Mountains, was likewise peopled by the Jung—the Jung of the Lo, of the Yi, of Yang-chiu, of Man or Mao, etc. Example: The Yellow River, or Huang Ho, starts in the Tibetan highlands and empties out in Bo Hai Bay off southeast China after twisting and turning 3,300 miles.
Word: n-iamond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From n + (poly)iamond. 1. A polyiamond consisting of n triangles.
Word: moniamond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mon(o)- + (poly)iamond 1. The polyiamond made up of a single triangle.
Word: hexiamond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: hex(a)- + (poly)iamond 1. A polyiamond made up of six triangles.
Word: pentiamond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: pent(a)- + (poly)iamond 1. A polyiamond made up of five triangles.
Word: Dubrovnik Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian Dùbrōvnīk. 1. A port city in southern Croatia, on the Adriatic Sea; formerly, Ragusa. Example: ‘A week later he took me to Dubrovnik. We didn’t even have a balcony. They say it’s a beautiful city.’
Word: tetriamond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: tetr(a)- + (poly)iamond 1. A polyiamond made up of four triangles.
Word: triamond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: tr(i)- + (poly)iamond 1. A polyiamond made up of three triangles.
Word: solidus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English solidus, from classical Latin solidus (“solid”), see below. Doublet of sol, sold, soldo, solid, sou, and xu. In numismatic and weight senses, via medieval Latin solidus (“various coins”), from Late Latin solidus (“a gold coin of the Roman Empire”). In chemical sense, via German Solidus, coined by H.W.B. Roozeboom in his 1899 Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie, Stöchiometrie, und Verwandtschaftslehre (XXX, page 387). In typography, from the shilling mark originally being an abbreviation (a long s ⟨ſ⟩), of Medieval Latin solidus meaning shilling. Pronunciation: /ˈsɑlɪdəs/, /ˈsɒlɪdəs/ 1. Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account Labels: historical 2. Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account Labels: historical 3. Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account Labels: historical, obsolete 4. Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account Labels: historical, obsolete 5. Various medieval and early modern coins or units of account Labels: historical, obsolete 6. The weight of the Roman gold coin, 1/60 of a Roman pound under Diocletian or 1/72 lb. (about 4.5 grams) after Constantine. Labels: historical 7. A medieval French weight, 1/20 of the Carolingian pound. Labels: historical 8. Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩, originally (UK) in its use as the shilling mark and now its formal designation by the ISO and Unicode. 9. The formal name of the oblique strikethrough overlay (as in A̷ and B̸) in Unicode. 10. The division line between the numerator and the denominator of a fraction, whether horizontal or oblique. 11. The line in a phase diagram marking the temperatures and pressures below which a given substance is a stable solid.
Word: never again Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Current use as slogan popularized after the Holocaust, including by Meir Kahane's titular 1972 book and Jewish Defense League's 1968 adoption of the slogan. 1. At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc., which should not be allowed to reoccur. Labels: not-comparable Example: No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. I believe that I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us. Example: Never again becomes more than a slogan: It’s a prayer, a promise, a vow … never again the glorification of base, ugly, dark violence
Word: scrubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrub Labels: form-of, plural 2. Clothing worn while performing surgery. Labels: in-plural
Word: liquidus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin liquidus. Doublet of liquid. 1. A line, in a phase diagram, above which a given substance is a stable liquid and below which solid and liquid are in equilibrium.
Word: phase diagram Part of Speech: noun 1. A graph, with axes representing temperature and pressure, showing the equilibrium conditions for a given substance to be a solid, liquid or gas. 2. A similar diagram for a binary mixture of substances, with axes representing composition and temperature.
Word: proverbial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin prōverbiālis, equivalent to proverb + -ial Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/ 1. Of, resembling, or expressed as a proverb, cliché, fable, or fairy tale. Example: The busyness of a beaver is proverbial. Example: The beaver in this instance upheld the reputation of the proverbial one: her output was prodigious. 2. Optionally placed before an element of a well-known proverb or metaphor to emphasize that the element is not being used in a literal sense (see Usage notes below) Example: the proverbial smoking gun Example: the proverbial spilled milk 3. Widely known; famous; stereotypical. Example: I grew up in a prefab house on Main Street in 1950s suburbia, the second and last child of a proverbial nuclear family. Example: Mr. Obama has presented himself as a fresh face, unsteeped in Washington and the proverbial “politics as usual.”
Word: proverbial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prōverbiālis, equivalent to proverb + -ial Pronunciation: /pɹəˈvɜɹb.iː.əl/ 1. Used to replace a word that might be considered unacceptable in a particular situation, when using a well-known phrase. Labels: euphemistic Example: I think we should be prepared in case the proverbial hits the fan. Example: Are you taking the proverbial? 2. The groin or the testicles. Labels: euphemistic, in-plural Example: You'll find they've got you by the proverbials.
Word: Palookaville Part of Speech: name Etymology: From palooka (“a stupid or oafish person”) + -ville. Popularized in On the Waterfront (1954). 1. An imaginary town, the natural home of the mediocre and incompetent. Labels: US Example: But what holds it is the working-class poetry of Derek Ahonen’s script, with the “broken down dreams” and a “gutter full of empty stomachs” of a hard-boiled era of soulful stiffs and dreamers going nowhere. It’s the speeded-up sound of a return trip to Palookaville. Example: Ram’s descent plays out against a backdrop of New York as Palookaville, full of free-floating hostility and natives who spout movie-bred clichés.
Word: palooka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Used in the US since the 1920s, originally primarily of boxers. Popularized by Jack Conway of Variety, who also popularized baloney and bimbo. Further popularized by Ham Fisher in his comic strip Joe Palooka about a boxer (published in newspapers since 1930, particularly popular in 1940s). Pronunciation: /pəˈluːkə/ 1. A stupid, oafish or clumsy person. Labels: US, slang Example: What’s more, Friends offers someone for everyone: a tall, dorky, insecure guy (David Schwimmer); a ditzy, guitar-strumming blonde (Lisa Kudrow); a handsome, jean-clad palooka (Matt LeBlanc); a sarcastic, 9-to-5-ing funnyman ([Matthew] Perry); a dark-haired, blue-eyed Veronica (Courteney Cox); and a spoiled suburban princess just finding her legs ([Jennifer] Aniston). 2. Someone incompetent or untalented. Labels: US Example: But [Jack] Dempsey against some palooka who had been press agented into greatness and into the form of a Dempsey menace — that would pack any outdoor arena. Example: Butch: Lookin' at somethin', friend? Vincent: I ain't your friend, palooka.
Word: Pamyat Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Па́мять (Pámjatʹ), ultimately Russian па́мять (pámjatʹ, “memory”). 1. A right-wing Russian political movement.
Word: Pamyat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Па́мять (Pámjatʹ), ultimately Russian па́мять (pámjatʹ, “memory”). 1. A member of this movement.
Word: pathfinder prospectus Part of Speech: noun 1. A preliminary prospectus, relating to a proposed company flotation, that does not state the expected price of shares.
Word: peace dividend Part of Speech: noun 1. An economic benefit gained from a reduction in defence spending, especially a fund of public money that is thereby made available for other purposes. Example: The peace dividend, or what Borrell calls the security “siesta”, is truly over. Russia’s invasion led to defence spending by EU states in 2022 for the first time surpassing that of 1989 – 30% higher than in 2013.
Word: peace process Part of Speech: noun 1. Negotiations towards the peaceful settlement of a long-running conflict.
Word: peer-to-peer Part of Speech: adj 1. Able to conduct business without using a middleman. Labels: not-comparable Example: Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. 2. Connected as equal partners and able to share processing, control and access to data and peripherals; decentralized. Labels: not-comparable Example: With the peer-to-peer backup paradigm, each file is copied over to another peer in the system rather than to a central backup site.
Word: P2P Part of Speech: noun 1. phenyl-2-propanone (phenylacetone)
Word: P2P Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of peer-to-peer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of pay-to-play. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 3. Initialism of procure-to-pay. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 4. Initialism of pulled-to-publish. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 5. Initialism of people-to-people. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 6. Initialism of point-to-point. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: performance poetry Part of Speech: noun 1. Poetry written for public performance rather than private reading. Labels: uncountable
Word: -person Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English -person person used in compounds. 1. Someone who is an expert in an area. Labels: morpheme Example: sportsperson 2. Someone who is employed or holds a position in an area. Labels: morpheme Example: spokesperson 3. Someone who has special characteristics relating to a topic or area. Labels: morpheme Example: superperson 4. Someone of a particular nationality. (More often, the separate noun "person" is used, e.g. "Norse person".) Labels: morpheme, nonstandard Example: Norseperson Example: I see a Scotsperson who will invent a voice machine that will enable a person far, far away to wake another in the dead of night to ask, “Is this the Couchiching Inn?”
Word: palmtop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palm + top, as used in one's palm; by analogy with desktop and laptop. 1. Synonym of personal digital assistant. Labels: dated Example: A taxonomy of small computers—laptops, palmtops, and kneetops—was just emerging.
Word: Pretty Good Privacy Part of Speech: name 1. software that encrypts and decrypts messages, for transmission over the Internet, using public-key cryptography
Word: pharm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pharmaceutical + farm. 1. A site where organisms are produced for the creation of medicine or pharmaceuticals.
Word: pharm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of pharmaceutical + farm. 1. To raise genetically modified animals or plants for the production of pharmaceuticals. Example: […] the public concerns center on the underlying technology, which is the same for both germ line gene therapy and the production of pharmed animals.
Word: pharm Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to pharmaceuticals. Labels: not-comparable Example: These parties are known as pharm parties. Example: Pharm Party [title]
Word: turps Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of turpentine + -s (diminutive suffix). Pronunciation: /tɝps/, /tɜːps/ 1. Turpentine or turpentine substitute. Labels: informal, uncountable 2. Any alcoholic drink. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable Example: Generally, big nights on the turps take place in The Rocks and around Kings Cross — where you'll hear and smell the action pretty quickly. Example: Crazy sessions on the turps were all part of the culture.
Word: curses Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˈkɝsɪz/, /ˈkɜːsɪz/ 1. Expression of annoyance or frustration. Labels: UK, dated, humorous Example: Fisherman: '1 PLAY COIN FOR 100 GOLD, A BOUNTIFUL TRADE, IF I'D BE SO BOLD!' / Shovel Knight: 'NOT NOW' / FISHERMAN: 'CURSES! THE THOUGHT OF THIS BURDEN UPSETS ME, BUT THAT'S WHAT A LIFE OF ADVENTURING GETS ME!'
Word: curses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɝsɪz/, /ˈkɜːsɪz/ 1. plural of curse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: curses Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɝsɪz/, /ˈkɜːsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of curse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plug-and-play Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to plug and play; characterized by an ease of use or installation. Example: In many cases, networking today has become a relatively simple plug-and-play process.
Word: plug-and-play Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of plug and play. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: post-structuralism Part of Speech: noun 1. A doctrine that rejects structuralism’s claims to objectivity and emphasises the plurality of meaning. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: whoops Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoetic. Pronunciation: /wʊps/, /wuːps/, /ʍʊps/, /ʍʉps/, /wʉps/ 1. Oops.
Word: whoops Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoetic. Pronunciation: /wʊps/, /wuːps/, /ʍʊps/, /ʍʉps/, /wʉps/ 1. To vomit. Labels: slang Example: There are several people moaning in Tourist behind them, one stew had gone back with a handful of fresh airsick bags, and a man […] had whoopsed into his National Observer and had grinned apologetically at the stewardess who came to help him clean up.
Word: whoops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /wuːps/, /huːps/ 1. plural of whoop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whoops Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /wuːps/, /huːps/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of whoop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: post-traumatic stress disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. A psychological condition that develops following some stressful situation or event, with symptoms such as sleep disturbance, recurrent dreams, flashbacks, hypervigilance, depression, dissociation, withdrawal or a lack of concentration. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: That 200,000 public school students have been identified with symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder since Sept. 11 should serve as a wake-up call for school-based mental health services for all students. We must not allow Sept. 11 to eclipse the post-traumatic stress disorders suffered by students from epidemics of H.I.V.-AIDS and community and domestic violence. Example: The evidence says that enormous numbers of children who live in households in high-crime neighborhoods are experiencing the psychological equivalent of battlefield conditions.[...]Studies show that many children who live under these conditions, 30 percent or more, are developing post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, similar to what we used to call “shell shock” in soldiers returning from war.
Word: power dressing Part of Speech: noun 1. A conservative style of business dress that gives an impression of confidence and efficiency and was used especially by women in the 1970s and 1980s to succeed in a male-dominated business world. Labels: uncountable
Word: power lunch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American journalist Lee Eisenberg in 1979, in the Esquire article America’s Most Powerful Lunch. 1. A working lunch at which bosses make business decisions or hold important discussions. Labels: idiomatic Example: Difficult as it is to recollect today, tiki was a highbrow phenomenon: Trader Vic’s in the Washington, D.C., Hilton, for instance, became a famed venue for mid-century power lunches.
Word: power nap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American social psychologist and academic James Maas. 1. A short sleep taken in the daytime in order to refresh a person and generally terminated before deep sleep begins so as not to leave the sleeper drowsy.
Word: prawn cocktail offensive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare charm offensive. Prawn cocktail implies taking people out for lunch. 1. a strategy of the Labour Party in winning over important people in the world of finance Labels: idiomatic
Word: precompetitive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English competitive English precompetitive From pre- + competitive. 1. describing the early stages of the development of a commercial product, during which competitors collaborate Labels: not-comparable Example: a precompetitive research partnership
Word: silver jubilee Part of Speech: noun 1. The silver anniversary of a coronation, the 25th anniversary of a monarch's rule. 2. Synonym of silver anniversary more generally. Labels: uncommon Example: In Germany... a married couple, when celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage-day, are said to keep their golden jubilee; but on the twenty-fifth anniversary they have credit only for a silver jubilee. Example: By 1922, when The Railway Magazine attained its Silver Jubilee, the railways were in the throes of grouping, the Act for which had been passed the previous year, and which came fully into force in 1923.
Word: pre-embryo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English embryo English pre-embryo From pre- + embryo. 1. A fertilized human egg, up to 14 days old, that can develop into an embryo; especially one to be implanted by IVF.
Word: preloaded Part of Speech: adj 1. Of software, already installed on a personal computer at the time of purchase. Labels: not-comparable
Word: preloaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preload Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prenup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of prenuptial. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːnʌp/ 1. A prenuptial agreement. Example: Such tangles and many others can be avoided with a buy-sell agreement — basically a business prenup or a postnup, depending on when owners draw it up. Example: Now, let me add that I am not generally a fan of prenups for people without big assets or liabilities, or children from previous relationships. 2. A casual photoshoot before a wedding Labels: Philippines, informal
Word: silver wedding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of German Silberhochzeit or silberne Hochzeit, first attested in 1845. 1. The silver anniversary of a wedding, the 25th anniversary of a marriage. Example: The Silver Wedding! on some pensive ear From towers remote as sound the silvery bells, To-day from one far unforgotten year A silvery faint memorial music swells. Example: ‘Perhaps you have no golden or silver wedding in England?’ ‘I confess I never heard of any thing of the kind,’ said Hamilton...
Word: prenuptial agreement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prenuptial + agreement. 1. A legal document, signed by both parties before marriage, stating the legal claims on each other's estate upon a subsequent divorce. Example: Not so long ago, prenuptial agreements raised eyebrows. What hope was there for a marriage, the thinking went, if even before the wedding the couple were specifying who gets what in case of divorce? Example: Last week, he said we should get married and that he wants a prenuptial agreement.
Word: prenuptual Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹiˈnʌp.t͡ʃwəɫ/ 1. Misspelling of prenuptial. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: profiling Part of Speech: noun 1. The forensic science of constructing an outline of a person's individual characteristics. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "If you're accused of profiling or pretextual stops, you can bring your daily logbook to court and document that pulling over motorists for 'stickler' reasons is part of your customary pattern," Remsberg writes, "not a glaring exception conveniently dusted off in the defendant's case." 2. In the construction of fieldworks, the erection at proper intervals of wooden profiles, to show to the workmen the sectional form of the parapets at those points. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: profiling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of profile Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: propeller head Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to people, exemplified by the kind of child who wore a propeller beanie. 1. The hub of a propeller, into which the blades fit. 2. A person deeply absorbed in an academic field or technical interest, especially to the exclusion of social activities. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: public-key cryptography Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of cryptography which allows users to communicate securely without previously agreeing on a shared secret key (abbreviation PKC) Labels: uncountable
Word: PKC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of public-key cryptography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of protein kinase C. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pull-down Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from pull down. 1. A dynamic menu; a list of options in a computer application which appears below a heading when it is selected, and remains only as long as the user needs it. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A technique by which a protein is brought down in a test tube by another. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The conversion of video footage to a higher frame rate by duplicating certain frames. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When a TV monitor is in shot, and the film is transferred to video through the normal 2:3 pulldown there will be a strobing effect where the film and video frame rates clash. 4. Dodder (plant of genus Cuscuta). Labels: uncountable, usually 5. A trick done with rings where each ring is pulled down over the head instead of being caught and held in the hand. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Another classic trick with rings is the 'pull-down'. This can only be done with rings that fit easily over your head. Example: 2004, Luke Holman, Hardest, most tech trick on the net, May 12 2004 via Google Groups For example, the 11 ring pulldown didn't stick in my head because I don't really juggle rings, and I have no conception of how hard it is. 6. An exercise mostly performed by pulling cables, a bar, or handles from a machine situated diagonally to the front top of the sportsman and targetting the rear muscles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pull-down Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from pull down. 1. That can be pulled down (lowered). Labels: not-comparable Example: The new seating in the second-class open coach; note the newspaper racks and the pull-down tables on the seat-backs.
Word: pulldown Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pull-down. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: For example, let’s say you do a set of pulldowns followed by two dropsets. If you get 10 reps with 170 on the first set, immediately select 150 and knock out another 10.
Word: pull down Part of Speech: verb 1. To make (something) lower (especially of clothes). Labels: transitive 2. To demolish or destroy (a building etc.). Labels: transitive Example: Bawd. But shall all our houses of resort in the Suburbs be puld downe? Example: At Kiwi, 40 miles from Nelson [New Zealand], eight women installed themselves in the goods shed, taking with them their knitting, and a supply of food and magazines. The demolition crew was unable to pull the building down without injuring them. 3. To cause to fall to the floor Labels: transitive Example: The home side got themselves in a mess again after 12 minutes when Victor Ruiz pulled down Ramires just outside the box. Lampard drilled a low free-kick past the wall but Diego Alves was down quickly to turn the ball away.
Word: pulse dialing Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as the equivalent number of pulses. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: touch-tone dialing Part of Speech: noun 1. A system of telephone dialing in which each digit is transmitted as a tone or combination of tones of specific pitch. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: push the envelope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From push (“to continually exert oneself in order to achieve a goal”) + the + envelope (“set of limitations within which a technological system can perform safely and effectively”) (compare flight envelope), referring to the boundary line on a graph of an aircraft’s capabilities, especially those of altitude and speed. The term was popularized by the book The Right Stuff (1979) by the American author and journalist Tom Wolfe (1930–2018) about the pilots engaged in United States postwar research with experimental rocket-powered, high-speed aircraft, and the first Project Mercury astronauts selected for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s human spaceflight program. Pronunciation: /ˌpʊʃ ðiː ˈɛnvələʊp/, /-ˈɒnv(ə)ləʊp/, /ˌpʊʃ ði ˈɛnvəˌloʊp/, /-ˈɑn-/ 1. To go beyond established limits; to pioneer. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: They pushed the envelope on pricing derivatives. Example: Aerial photography was coming into its own, and flying shutterbugs pushed the envelope, striving to outsnap each other.
Word: quad bike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quad (“four (“4”)”) + bike (“bicycle”). From being a 4-wheeled quadricycle vehicle that is ridden astride like a dirt bike (“motorcycle”). The oxymoronic character of the term, via the etymonic-level contradiction of quad ("four") in juxtaposition with the bi- behind bike ("two"), is simply ignored by idiom, as such contradictions often are. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑd ˌbaɪk/, /ˈkwɒd ˌbaɪk/ 1. A small off-road four-wheeled powered vehicle, especially of a design derived from a motorcycle, usually used for recreation or farm work.
Word: off-road Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From off- + road. 1. Designed for, used for, or taking place on a driving surface that is not traditionally paved, such as a beach or rugged terrain. Labels: not-comparable Example: At the heart of this effort is Assembly Bill 1346, signed into law in 2021, which targets small off-road engines (SOREs) like gas-powered generators, lawnmowers, and leaf blowers. 2. Synonym of off-street. Labels: not-comparable Example: off-road parking
Word: off-road Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From off- + road. 1. To travel in rugged terrain instead of on a paved track. Labels: intransitive
Word: isomorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + -morphism. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪsə(ʊ)ˈmɔɹfɪzəm/ 1. Similarity of form Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The postulated isomorphism between words and things constitutes the characterizing feature of all philosophically based universal languages. 2. Similarity of form Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Similarity of form Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The isomorphism of compounds does not prove the isomorphism of their respective constituents. 4. Similarity of form Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A one-to-one correspondence Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A one-to-one correspondence Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A one-to-one correspondence Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quality time Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally American English, early 1970s. 1. Time spent enjoyably with family, friends, or one's partner. Labels: uncountable Example: All of this leaves a gap for families to spend quality time together in a relaxed atmosphere – and that is where the Twixmas breaks have come in. 2. Time spent by working parents with their children, especially time given over to productive or creative attention. Labels: uncountable Example: Here, Dracula frets about growing old without a romantic partner (his wife died years ago), while Mavis worries that her working relationship with her dad running their hotel is cutting down on quality time.
Word: collegial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English collegial, from Middle French collégial. Pronunciation: /kəˈliːd͡ʒəl/, /kəˈliːd͡ʒi.əl/, /kəˈliːd͡ʒɪ.əl/ 1. Of, relating to, or ruled by colleagues. 2. Ruled by bishops having equal power. 3. Of or relating to a college or its students; collegiate. 4. Possessing adherence to the ethos, standards and conduct that govern behavior among colleagues within a given organization or profession.
Word: centenary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin centēnārius (“containing 100; local official overseeing a hundred”) either directly or via French centenaire, from centēnī (“100 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centner, kantar, and quintal. Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɛnəɹi/, /ˈsɛntəˌnɛɹi/, /sɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sənˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/ 1. Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly Labels: not-comparable 3. Of or related to the number one hundred, particularly Labels: historical, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: centenary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin centēnārius (“containing 100; local official overseeing a hundred”) either directly or via French centenaire, from centēnī (“100 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centner, kantar, and quintal. Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɛnəɹi/, /ˈsɛntəˌnɛɹi/, /sɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sənˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/ 1. Synonym of centurion: An officer commanding 100 men, especially (historical) in the Roman army. Labels: obsolete 2. Synonym of century: a period of 100 years. Labels: obsolete 3. Synonym of centennial: a hundredth anniversary. Example: In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is deserving of record. 4. Synonym of hundredweight, especially (historical) in Greek and Roman contexts. Labels: uncommon 5. Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration. Labels: historical 6. Synonym of hundredman: a position in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms overseeing local administration. Labels: historical 7. Synonym of hundred: a collection of 100 things. Labels: obsolete 8. Synonym of centenarian: a person 100 or more years old. Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: centenary Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin centēnārius (“containing 100; local official overseeing a hundred”) either directly or via French centenaire, from centēnī (“100 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centner, kantar, and quintal. Pronunciation: /sɛnˈtɛnəɹi/, /ˈsɛntəˌnɛɹi/, /sɛnˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sənˈtiːn(ə)ri/, /sɛnˈtɛn(ə)ri/ 1. To celebrate the centennial of. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: honest broker Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or party that is considered to be neutral and thus suitable to serve as a mediator.
Word: phantom limb Part of Speech: noun 1. The false sensation, which is often painful, that an amputated limb is still present and attached. Example: Weak or pulverized No better medicine Angels have been advised Don't want no requiem I'll just haunt you like a phantom limb
Word: octopoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From octopus + -oid. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling an octopus or octopod; octopuslike. Example: Moving about in experiment or sitting motionless in study were scores of the most hideous Martians they had yet seen—octopoid creature with enormous staring eyes and eight black tentacles. Example: It is also touchingly absurd; its plan even is delightful and absurd in its informality: the Inner Circle, geometrically perfect, half-embraced by the faintly octopoid arms of the lake - both contained lop-sided in the arbitrary perimeter of the ... 2. Widespread; reaching across or penetrating large distances; controlling many things from a central point. Example: Further, monopoly is in the octopoid industries the only sensible method of supply, and in many others it brings economies in production, and improvements in the quality and stability of supply, of which it would be a back-handed kindness to deprive the consumer. Example: The fourth convenient grouping of media are the octopoid media of the twentieth century: those whereby the spoken word or pictures can be both reproduced and amplified electronically, thus reaching mass audiences very rapidly and with at least great physical authenticity.
Word: octopoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octopus + -oid. 1. An octopuslike creature. Example: The scene lit up like a horror ride in an amusement park: Hundreds of yellow octopoids hung from the roof above him; a huge orange octopoid the size of a desk pulsated on the floor four meters in front of him; […] Example: He could not see the octopoid he had assigned to block the tunnel, but sensed it was performing its task nonetheless, out of sight beyond a curve in the ramp; after the bladefish had dispatched the guards, it had slid down the harbor wall and […]
Word: ankylosed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ankylose + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of ankylose Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ankylosed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ankylose + -ed. 1. Stiffened or inflexible. 2. Stiff, cramped, rigid. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The pipy arms, ending in bony claws were outthrust as if ankylosed in the posture of an eternal dreadful groping. Example: it was a strange spot, this forest of dark petrifacts, this grove of ankylosed trees.
Word: nanny state Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of British origin. 1. A state whose government institutions are authoritative and over-paternalistic, interfering with and controlling people's lives. Labels: derogatory Example: Scapegoating an impotent government (running around to clean up the messes made by its business friends) arises from bad faith, from a continuing hostility to the Nanny State that nevertheless goes alongside a refusal to accept the consequences of the sidelining of government in global capitalism […]
Word: intentionalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intentional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English intentionalist From intentional + -ist. 1. An advocate of intentionalism.
Word: small arms Part of Speech: noun 1. Firearms designed to be carried and fired by a single person, and often held in the hand. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: The helicopter was attacked by small arms fire.
Word: anilingus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Allegedly coined by sexologist Richard von Krafft-Ebing who had already used cunnilingus in such a sense of denoting the practice instead of its actor and spread by the tenth edition of Psychopathia sexualis of 1898 (English edition page 185, German edition page 124, referencing a description of his in Centralblatt für die Krankheiten der Harn- und Sexual-Organe Vol. VI of 1895 pages 355–357). However that usage of this word is just one incidental one and such an attribution may be transferred from the observation of other sexological terms having spread by Krafft-Ebing’s book. Likely independently coined at various occasions by analogy to more frequently known cunnilingus, that is a translingual blend of anus + cunnilingus. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪ.nɪˈlɪŋ.ɡəs/ 1. Performance of oral sex upon the anus. Labels: uncountable
Word: intentionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intentional 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 intentionalism From intentional + -ism. 1. The theory that the meaning of any text is determined by the intentions of its author, whether stated or not. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of act psychology. Labels: uncountable 3. The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a preconceived plan and decision by Adolf Hitler. Labels: uncountable
Word: negative equity Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount by which the market value of a property falls below the amount of the mortgage secured upon it. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The situation in which a property is worth less than its mortgage. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: effluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis. By surface analysis, e- + fluent. Pronunciation: /ˈɛfluːənt/, /ˈɛfluənt/ 1. Flowing out; outflowing. Labels: not-comparable Example: But while the effluent beams of the sun, and their quickening power in the natural sphere, furnish a good illustration of my idea of the Holy Spirit, I may, perhaps, illustrate the idea still better by a reference to human thoughts and affections […]
Word: effluent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French effluent, from Latin effluens, effluentis. By surface analysis, e- + fluent. Pronunciation: /ˈɛfluːənt/, /ˈɛfluənt/ 1. A stream that flows out, such as from a lake or reservoir; an outflow; effluence. Labels: countable Example: The landscape was dotted with reservoirs and many many effluent streams. 2. Sewage or waste water discharged into a natural body of water. Labels: uncountable Example: Residents have little control over the industrial effluent that pollutes their rivers. Example: Still remarkably clean, Baikal nevertheless feels the effects of air and water pollution from various sources, including industries around Irkutsk and from the Selenga river, which provides half the water flowing into Baikal. Most controversy centers on the effluent from a cellulose plant at Baikalsk.
Word: tetrahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetra- + -hedral. 1. Of, relating to, or having the shape of a tetrahedron. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids.
Word: theophilanthropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der. Latin theo-der. English theo- English philanthropic English theophilanthropic From theo- + philanthropic. 1. Of or relating to theophilanthropism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: theophilanthropist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der. Latin theo-der. English theo- English philanthropist English theophilanthropist From theo- + philanthropist. 1. an advocate of theophilanthropism