nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: concluding Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈkluːdɪŋ/ 1. Finishing; closing; final. Example: The concluding chapters of the book summarise the main points. 2. Conclusive; convincing; decisive. Labels: obsolete Example: But if such Persons chafe and are angry, and so go from you, 'tis to me a very concluding Argument that they are not as yet very fit to be Members of the Community of Christ's Church.
Word: concluding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈkluːdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of conclude Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: concluding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kənˈkluːdɪŋ/ 1. A conclusion. Example: He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings.
Word: tendencies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛndənsiz/ 1. plural of tendency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enveloped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɛnˈvɛləpt/, /ɪnˈvɛləpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of envelop Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of envelope Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: enveloped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɛnˈvɛləpt/, /ɪnˈvɛləpt/ 1. Entwined, as with snakes, laurels, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: regulated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡjəleɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of regulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: regulated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡjəleɪtɪd/ 1. Subject to regulations.
Word: clutched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klʌt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of clutch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Comcomly Part of Speech: name 1. A Native American leader of the Lower Chinook people (1765–1830). Labels: historical
Word: grab some pine Part of Speech: verb 1. Go sit on the bench. Typically used as a taunt after a strikeout. Popularized by Giants sportscaster Mike Krukow. Example: Strike three! Grab some pine, meat! The saying references the pine benches in the dugout. It has absolutely nothing to do with pine tar used for grip on bats
Word: OBP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of on-base percentage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of object-based programming. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: official at-bat Part of Speech: noun 1. A completed batting opportunity that did not result in a base on balls, hit-by-pitch, sacrifice fly, sacrifice bunt, or interference or obstruction. Example: A player's batting average is his hits divided by his official at-bats.
Word: replication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English replicacioun, replicacion, from Anglo-Norman replicacioun and Old French replicacion (“reply, answer”), from Latin replicātiō, replicātiōnem. By surface analysis, replicate + -(at)ion. Pronunciation: /ɹɛplɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The process by which an object, person, place or idea may be copied mimicked or reproduced. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: DNA replication is the process of producing two identical replicas from one original DNA molecule. 2. Copy; reproduction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That painting is an almost exact replication of a famous Rembrandt painting. 3. A response from the plaintiff to the defendant's plea. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of producing replicas of DNA or RNA molecules. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The process of frequent electronic data copying a one database in one computer or server to a database in another so that all users share the same level of information. Used to improve fault tolerance of the system. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: 2B Part of Speech: noun 1. second base, second baseman. 2. Double, a baseball statistic indicating a runner has safely advanced to second base. 3. A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 3B. Labels: British, English
Word: 3B Part of Speech: noun 1. Third base, third baseman 2. triple, a baseball statistic indicating a runner has safely advanced to third base 3. A grade of pencil with lead that makes darker marks than a pencil grade 2B but lighter marks than a pencil of grade 4B. Labels: British, English 4. A subcategory of stage 3 cancer.
Word: 1B Part of Speech: noun 1. The baseball statistic of one-base hits or singles. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of first base. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of first baseman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: walk-off Part of Speech: adj 1. That drives in a run that ends a game. Labels: not-comparable Example: Scott Podsednik hit the twelfth walk-off home run in World Series history on October 23rd, 2005. 2. By extension, any scoring event in sports that ends the game. Labels: not-comparable
Word: walk-off Part of Speech: noun 1. A prisoner who escapes custody without violence by taking advantage of the opportunity provided by negligent or distracted guards. 2. A walkout. 3. Any event or action in the bottom of the last inning of a game that scores a run and thereby ends the game with a victory to the team at bat. Example: It was the Brewers' first walk-off walk since May 4, 2005, when Damien Miller drew a walk to win the game, 4-3, at home over the Cubs.
Word: paddock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is almost certainly a variant of dialectal British parrock (“enclosure; park; croft, small field, paddock”), from Middle English parrok, parrock (“enclosed pasture, paddock; coop; feeding stall; cabin, hut”) [and other forms], from Old English pearroc, pearruc (“fence used to enclose a space; area enclosed by such a fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *parruk (“enclosure; pen for animals”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“fence; enclosure”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, beam; barrier”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”). Equivalent to park + -ock. Doublet of park. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Danish park (“pond”) * Dutch perk (“flowerbed; garden; pen”) * German Pferch (“sheepfold, sheep-pen”) Pronunciation: /ˈpædək/, [ˈpæɾək], [ˈpædɨ̞k], [ˈpæɾɨ̞k] 1. A small enclosure or field of grassland, especially one used to exercise or graze horses or other animals. Labels: also, figuratively Example: Upon this information, they instantly passed through the hall once more, and ran across the lawn after their father, who was deliberately pursuing his way towards a small wood on one side of the paddock. Example: A jargonell pear tree at one end of the cottage, a rivulet, and flower-plot of a rood in extent, in front, and a kitchen-garden behind; a paddock for a cow, and a small field, cultivated with several crops of grain rather for the benefit of the cottager than for sale, announced the warm and cordial comforts which Old England, even at her most northern extremity, extends to her meanest inhabitants. 2. An enclosure next to a racecourse where horses are paraded and mounted before a race and unsaddled after a race. Labels: broadly Example: We left the carriage, bought programmes, and walked across the infield and then across the smooth thick turf of the course to the paddock. […] The paddock was fairly well filled with people and they were walking the horses around in a ring under the trees behind the grand stand. Example: You remind me of a two-year-old, Dinny—one of those whipcordy chestnuts that kick up their heels in the paddock, get left at the post, and come in first after all. 3. An area at a racing circuit where the racing vehicles are parked and worked on before and between races. Labels: broadly 4. A field on which a game is played; a playing field. Labels: broadly, slang 5. A field of grassland of any size, either enclosed by fences or delimited by geographical boundaries, especially a large area for keeping cattle or sheep. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, broadly 6. A place in a superficial deposit where ore or washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) is excavated; also, a place for storing ore, washdirt, etc. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, broadly
Word: paddock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is almost certainly a variant of dialectal British parrock (“enclosure; park; croft, small field, paddock”), from Middle English parrok, parrock (“enclosed pasture, paddock; coop; feeding stall; cabin, hut”) [and other forms], from Old English pearroc, pearruc (“fence used to enclose a space; area enclosed by such a fence, enclosure”), from Proto-West Germanic *parruk (“enclosure; pen for animals”), from Proto-Germanic *parrukaz (“fence; enclosure”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *barō (“bar, beam; barrier”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH- (“to pierce; to strike”). Equivalent to park + -ock. Doublet of park. The verb is derived from the noun. Cognates * Danish park (“pond”) * Dutch perk (“flowerbed; garden; pen”) * German Pferch (“sheepfold, sheep-pen”) Pronunciation: /ˈpædək/, [ˈpæɾək], [ˈpædɨ̞k], [ˈpæɾɨ̞k] 1. To place or keep (cattle, horses, sheep, or other animals) within a paddock (noun sense 1 or 2.4); hence, to provide (such animals) with pasture. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, transitive Example: In the district of which I am speaking the sheep are all "paddocked," —that is to say, kept in by fences—so that shepherding is unnecessary. Example: Now, if you went down into the forest where the spring gum-tips gleam gold and ruby in whatever sunshine, Heaven thinks fit to apportion at this season to residents of the Dandenongs (who surely were all born Aquarians) what sign of the Zodiac would you expect to meet? [...] Not Taurus the Bull, who is paddocked, or Cancer the Crab, who lives underground in these regions. 2. To enclose or fence in (land) to form a paddock. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, transitive Example: When a run is "paddocked," shepherds are not required;—but boundary-riders are employed, each of whom is supplied with two horses, and these men are responsible not only for the sheep but for the fences. 3. To excavate washdirt (“earth rich enough in metal to pay for washing”) from (a superficial deposit). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, also, intransitive, transitive 4. To store (ore, washdirt, etc.) in a paddock (noun sense 2.5). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, obsolete, transitive
Word: paddock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English paddok, paddoke (“frog; toad”) [and other forms], from pad, pade (“frog; toad”) + -ok (diminutive suffix). Pad, pade is derived from Old English *pada, *padda, padde, from Proto-West Germanic *paddā, from Proto-Germanic *paddǭ (“toad”); further etymology uncertain, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”). The English word is analysable as pad (“(Britain, dialectal) frog; toad”) + -ock (suffix forming nouns, originally with diminutive senses). Sense 2 (“sledge”) is probably from the supposed resemblance of the object to a frog or toad. Pronunciation: /ˈpædək/, [ˈpæɾək], [ˈpædɨ̞k], [ˈpæɾɨ̞k] 1. A frog. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, transitive Example: Cold as a paddock. Example: Also the Lord seide to Moises, Entre thou to Farao, and thou schalt seie to hym, The Lord seith these thingis, Delyuere thou my puple, that it make sacrifice to me; sotheli if thou nylt delyuere, lo! Y schal smyte alle thi termys with paddoks; and the flood schal buyle out paddokis, […] 2. A toad. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, transitive Example: Where I was wont to ſeeke the honey Bee, / Working her formall rowmes in Wexen frame: / The grieſlie Todeſtoole growne there mought I ſe / And loathed Paddocks lording on the ſame. Example: Padock calls anon: faire is foule, and foule is faire, / Houer through the fogge and filthie ayre. 3. A contemptible, or malicious or nasty, person. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Northern-England, Northern-Ireland, Scotland, derogatory, transitive Example: [T]here was grandfaither's siller tester in the puddock’s heart of him. 4. A simple, usually triangular, sledge which is dragged along the ground to transport items. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Scotland, transitive
Word: saddled Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing a saddle. Labels: not-comparable Example: So he made the best of it, and prepared for me his own splendid riding-camel, saddled with his own saddle, and hung with luxurious housings and cushions of Nejd leather-work pierced and inlaid in various colours, with plaited fringes and nets embroidered with metal tissues.
Word: saddled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of saddle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin clima, from Ancient Greek κλίμα (klíma, “(zone of) latitude”, literally “inclination”), from κλίνω (klínō, “to slope, incline”). See also climate. Pronunciation: /klaɪm/ 1. A particular region defined by its weather or climate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After working hard all of his life, Max retired to warmer climes in Florida. Example: Is this the Region, this the Soil, the Clime, Said then the lost Arch-Angel, this the seat That we must change for Heav'n, this mournful gloom For that celestial light? 2. Climate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A change of clime was exactly what the family needed. 3. The context in general of a particular political, moral, etc., situation. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: It is a poor state of affairs this great nation is in at present. The current political clime is pregnant with attempts and desired to make lawful such discriminatory acts based on factors within an individual's constitution which are beyond her/his control.
Word: clime Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /klaɪm/ 1. Misspelling of climb. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, misspelling
Word: clime Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /klaɪm/ 1. Misspelling of climb. Labels: alt-of, colloquial, misspelling
Word: Bellingham Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two origins: * The suburb of London is named with the Old English personal name Bera, a byname from bera (“bear”), + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”). * The village in Northumberland is named with Old English belle (“bell”), in reference to a bell-shaped hill, + -ing (“belonging to”) + hām (“homestead”) Pronunciation: /ˈbɛlɪŋəm/, /ˈbɛlɪnd͡ʒəm/ 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Bellingham station is a short walk away, and you cut through the park en route. 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: LCS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of League Championship Series for each of the two leagues of Major League Baseball. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LCS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of littoral combat ship: a specialized type of corvette for green water and coastal combat and transoceanic capability designated by the US Navy. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: The “rotational deployment” of the vessels, called littoral combat ships (LCS), comes as China continues to flex its muscles in the South China Sea and tensions remain on the Korean Peninsula. / “We will soon see up to four LCS here in Singapore as we rotationally deploy Seventh Fleet ships,” said Rear Admiral Charles Williams. 2. Initialism of littoral combat ship: a specialized type of corvette for green water and coastal combat and transoceanic capability designated by the US Navy. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, initialism, slang 3. Initialism of long Covid syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: NLCS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National League Championship Series, a best of seven game series played to determine the champion of the National League and win the NL pennant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ALCS Part of Speech: name 1. The American League Championship Series, a best of seven game series played to determine the champion of the American League. 2. Altria Corporate Services, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Altria Group.
Word: ALDS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American League Division Series, a pair of best of five game series played annually by Major League Baseball teams to determine the opponents in the American League Championship Series (ALCS). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NLDS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National League Division Series, a pair of best of five game series played annually by Major League Baseball teams to determine the opponents in the National League Championship Series (NLCS). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: reliever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relieve + -er. 1. Something which relieves (pain, etc.). Example: Pepto-Bismol is an upset-stomach reliever. 2. A relief pitcher. Example: The first reliever got the last two outs of the sixth. 3. Someone who fills in for another. Example: I'll be the reliever today so that you can each take a break. 4. A garment kept for being lent out. Labels: dated, slang Example: Now that fellow wants five or ten dollars on his suit. He goes to this pawn shop and asks for a reliever. That is a second-hand suit, pretty well used up.
Word: pond-skater Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of water strider.
Word: acres Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.kəz/, /ˈeɪ.kɚz/ 1. plural of acre Labels: form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:acres.
Word: backspace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + space. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌspeɪs/ 1. The key on a typewriter that moves the head one position backwards. 2. A keyboard key used for removing a character behind the cursor, and moving the cursor one position backwards. 3. A non-printable text character representing a backspace.
Word: backspace Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + space. Pronunciation: /ˈbækˌspeɪs/ 1. To remove a character behind a cursor. Example: So once you hit 'E', just backspace. 2. To move a magnetic tape to a previous block.
Word: craters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: craters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crater Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: fabled Part of Speech: adj 1. Known only in fables; fictitious. 2. Made known by fables or reputation; legendary, famed. Example: 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text We tug our hammer-headed mules along the tourist trails of Petra, the fabled Nabataean capital cut from rock the color of living muscle.
Word: fabled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fable Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: famed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fame Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English famed From fame + -ed. Pronunciation: /feɪmd/ 1. Having fame; famous or noted. Example: Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan.
Word: water boatman Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the various aquatic insects of the family Corixidae that have paddle-shaped hind legs used for swimming. Labels: Australia, US 2. Any of genus Sigara, especially of species Sigara arguta. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: Shawnee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow. 1. A member of a Native American people (tribe) from Ohio.
Word: Shawnee Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow. 1. Of, belonging to, or pertaining to this tribe. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Shawnee Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Shawnee Shawanwa (“Shawnee”) or shawanoki (“southerners”), a hypothetical intermediary term is sometimes supposed to have facilitated the entry into English, such as Munsee sawanow. 1. The language of this tribe. 2. A female given name, derived from the name of this tribe. Example: The girls from our year were mainly named some version of Shawn. There was Shawna, Dawna, Shawnee, Dawnali, Shalana, and just plain Dawn and Shawn. 3. A city, the county seat of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States.
Word: verdigris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vertegrece, verdegres, from Old French verte grez (literally “acidic green”), an alteration of older verte de Grece (literally “green of Greece”). The modern French writing of this word is vert-de-gris (literally “green of gray”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹis/, /ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹi/, /ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹɪs/ 1. A blue-green patina or rust that forms on copper-containing metals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Let's to^([sic]) the museum. Cannon-balls; arrow-heads; Roman glass and a forceps green with verdigris. Example: […]there were three small brass coins there, the gift of Ymar. Their legends, like their faces, had worn away; and they were dark with verdigris — in appearance precisely the ancient things they were. 2. Copper acetate. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 3. The color of this patina or material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Gamboge is one of the firſt yellows, which may be made to produce five or six ſorts of Green with verdegreaſe, according as the gambooge is in the greater or leſſer proportion; if it abounds, it will make a tolerable oak green, and being mixt with a greater quantity of verdegreaſe, it will make a fine graſs Green. Example: […]let them tell me candidly which is nearest truth, the gold of Turner, or the mourning and murky olive browns and verdigris greens in which Claude, with the industry and intelligence of a Sevres china painter, drags the laborious bramble leaves over his childish foreground.
Word: verdigris Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English vertegrece, verdegres, from Old French verte grez (literally “acidic green”), an alteration of older verte de Grece (literally “green of Greece”). The modern French writing of this word is vert-de-gris (literally “green of gray”). Pronunciation: /ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹis/, /ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹi/, /ˈvɝ.də.ɡɹɪs/ 1. To cover, or coat, with verdigris. Labels: transitive Example: […] there were always some wretched musicians, with an old fiddle, an old clarinet, and an old verdigrised brass bugle[…]
Word: vaunting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vaunt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vaunting Part of Speech: noun 1. boasting
Word: venerative Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to veneration.
Word: viand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English vyaund, from Anglo-Norman and Old French viande, from Late Latin *vivanda, from Latin vīvenda, from the verb vīvō (“to live”). Compare victual, viando. The Philippines usage is an anglicization of Spanish vianda (which is ultimately from Latin via French), which is used to translate ulam in Tagalog. See also usage notes. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ənd/, /ˈviː.jɐn̪d̪/ 1. An item of food. Labels: archaic Example: There was a time, when all the bodies members / Rebell'd againſt the Belly; thus accus'd it: / That onely like a Gulfe it did remaine / I'th midd'ſt a th'body, idle and vnactiue, / Still cubbording the Viand, neuer bearing / Like labour with the reſt, where th'other Inſtruments / Did ſee, and heare, deuiſe, inſtruct, walke, feele, / And mutually participate, did miniſter / Vnto the appetite; […] 2. A choice dish. Labels: archaic Example: The Motier and Lepelletier tables still groan with viands; roofs ringing with patriotic toasts. Example: They are said to celebrate there every returning spring a great nocturnal festival. On the sod at its brink is spread a table-cloth white as the driven snow, covered with the most delicious viands. 3. rice topping; any food eaten with rice as a part of a main course meal. Labels: Philippines
Word: viands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: viands Part of Speech: noun 1. provisions, victuals Labels: plural, plural-only Example: FRANCISCO. They vanish'd strangely. SEBASTIAN. No matter, since They have left their viands behind; for we have stomachs.— Will't please you taste of what is here?
Word: voice talent Part of Speech: noun 1. voice actor or voice actress
Word: voice actor Part of Speech: noun 1. An actor who provides voices or voice-overs for radio drama, animations, commercials, dubbed films, games, etc.
Word: water beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various freshwater aquatic beetles that have a smooth oval body and flattened hind legs adapted for swimming, and that carry an air bubble underneath their abdomens.
Word: antlion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant + lion. Compare translingual Myrmeleon. 1. Any of various species of insects, many of them nocturnal, in the family Myrmeleontidae. The adults superficially resemble the unrelated damselflies. The larvae bury themselves in sand below a cone-shaped pit in which they trap insects such as ants.
Word: veritas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weh₁ros Proto-Italic *wēros Latin vērus Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin vēritāsbor. English veritas Borrowed from Latin vēritās. Pronunciation: /ˈvɛɹɪtɑːs/ 1. Truth, particularly of a transcendent character. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Over at Harvard, students are pursuing a different kind of sexual veritas.
Word: IANAL Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I am not a lawyer. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TIMTOWTDI Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of TMTOWTDI. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: travers Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From French travers (“breadth, extent from side”). See traverse. 1. across; athwart Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: 1523-1525, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners, Froissart's Chronicles The earl […] caused […] high trees to be hewn down, and laid travers one over another.
Word: Jesu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Jesu, from the vocative (and genitive, etc) form Jēsū of Latin Jēsūs, and also reflective of the vocative (and genitive, etc) form Ἰησοῦ (Iēsoû) of Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs). Gradually displaced as the normal form by Jesus in the Middle English and Early Modern English period, but retained or restored especially in a few religious texts on the model of Latin and Greek. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiː.zuː/, /ˈd͡ʒiː.suː/, /ˈd͡ʒiː.ʒuː/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.zuː/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.suː/ 1. Jesus Labels: archaic, poetic Example: S. Baring-Gould Jesu, give the weary / Calm and sweet repose.
Word: primary amine Part of Speech: noun 1. An amine, containing a single radical, of general formula R-NH₂
Word: secondary amine Part of Speech: noun 1. An amine containing two radicals, of general formula R₁R₂-NH; the radicals may be the same, different, or part of a ring.
Word: tertiary amine Part of Speech: noun 1. An amine, containing three radicals, of general formula R₁R₂R₃-N; the radicals may be the same, different, or part of a ring.
Word: quaternary ammonium compound Part of Speech: noun 1. An amine derivative, containing four radicals, of general formula R₁R₂R₃R₄-N⁺X⁻; the radicals may be the same, different, or part of a ring; X is any univalent anion such as OH⁻.
Word: general formula Part of Speech: noun 1. The molecular formula of a class of compounds in which actual numbers are represented by x, n etc., and organic radicals are represented as Rₙ Example: The general formula for saturated aliphatic hydrocarbons is CₙH₂ₙ₊₂ and the molecular formula for propane is C₃H₈ Example: The general formula for alcohols is R-OH and the molecular formula for methanol is CH₃-OH
Word: polarized light Part of Speech: noun 1. light in which the electric and magnetic fields each vibrate in a single plane Labels: uncountable
Word: plane polarized light Part of Speech: noun 1. polarized light in which the electric and magnetic fields vibrate in same phase Labels: uncountable
Word: circular polarized light Part of Speech: noun 1. circularly polarized light Labels: uncountable
Word: epigrammatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin epigrammaticus. 1. having the characteristics of an epigram 2. containing or using epigrams
Word: recrystallization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English crystal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English crystallization English recrystallization From re- + crystallization. 1. A technique for the purification of chemical compounds in which the compound is dissolved in a solvent and slowly cooled to form crystals. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of existing grains in metamorphic rocks changing size. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The growth of grain fragments in an alloy, especially when it is worked by cold rolling. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: take liberties Part of Speech: verb 1. To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission. Labels: idiomatic 2. To behave disrespectfully, especially to make unwanted sexual advances. Labels: idiomatic
Word: saturation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin saturatio, saturationem. 1. The act of saturating or the process of being saturated. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Traffic at Dover Marine has developed far beyond anything envisaged when the station was built. The layout has become rather cramped, and prodigies of organisation are performed annually by all concerned to save complete saturation. 2. The condition in which, after a sufficient increase in a causal force, no further increase in the resultant effect is possible; e.g. the state of a ferromagnetic material that cannot be further magnetized. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The state of a saturated solution. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The state of an organic compound that has no double or triple bonds. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The smallest set containing S which is saturated with respect to the equivalence relation or function. Labels: countable, usually 6. The state of the atmosphere when it is saturated with water vapour; 100% humidity. Labels: uncountable, usually 7. The intensity or vividness of a colour. Labels: uncountable, usually 8. Chromatic purity; freedom from dilution with white. Labels: uncountable, usually 9. intense bombing of a military target with the aim of destroying it. Labels: uncountable, usually 10. The flooding of a market with all of a product that can be sold. Labels: uncountable, usually 11. An effect on the sound of an electric guitar, used primarily in heavy metal music. Labels: uncountable, usually 12. The condition at which a component of the system has reached its maximum traffic-handling capacity, i.e. one erlang per circuit. Labels: uncountable, usually 13. The point at which the output of a linear device, such as a linear amplifier, deviates significantly from being a linear function of the input when the input signal is increased. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Modulation often requires that amplifiers operate below saturation. 14. A form of arithmetic in which all operations are limited to a fixed range of values. See Saturation arithmetic. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Packed add with wraparound […] Packed add signed with saturation […] Packed add unsigned with saturation
Word: reverse osmosis Part of Speech: noun 1. a technique whereby a solution is forced through a semipermeable membrane under pressure; used to generate drinkable water from seawater, or to separate chemical compounds Labels: uncountable
Word: entree Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of entrée. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: take the liberty Part of Speech: verb 1. To act on one's own authority, without asking for permission. Labels: idiomatic Example: I took the liberty of adding your name to the list. Example: —What about Dignam? says Bob Doran. Who's talking about ...? / —Dead! says Alf. He's no more dead than you are. / —Maybe so, says Joe. They took the liberty of burying him this morning anyhow.
Word: scavenger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour (“one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”), from Old Northern French *scawage, escauwage (“scavage”), Old French *scavage, escavage, alteration of escauvinghe (compare Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Old Dutch scauwōn (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”). Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). More at show. See also messenger and passenger. Pronunciation: /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. Someone who scavenges, especially one who searches through rubbish for food or useful things. Example: garbage scavenger Example: A scavenger picked through the rubbish heap. 2. An animal that feeds on decaying matter such as carrion. Example: Vultures are natural scavengers. 3. A street sweeper. Labels: Ireland, UK, obsolete 4. A child employed to pick up loose cotton from the floor in a cotton mill. Labels: Ireland, UK, historical 5. A substance used to remove impurities from the air or from a solution.
Word: scavenger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally from Middle English scavager, from Anglo-Norman scawageour (“one who had to do with scavage, inspector, tax collector”), from Old Northern French *scawage, escauwage (“scavage”), Old French *scavage, escavage, alteration of escauvinghe (compare Medieval Latin scewinga, sceawinga), from Old Dutch scauwōn (“to inspect, to examinate, to look at”). Usually reinterpreted/re-analysed today as scavenge (which was originally a backformation from this word) + -er. Compare Old English sċēawung (“a showing, spectacle, examination, inspection, toll on exposure of goods”) and Dutch schouwing (“inspection”). More at show. See also messenger and passenger. Pronunciation: /ˈskæv.ən.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. To scavenge. Labels: archaic 2. To clean the rubbish from a street, etc. Labels: archaic
Word: scud Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1530, of unknown origin but perhaps from Middle English scut (“rabbit, rabbit's tail”) or from Middle Dutch schudden (“to shake”), ultimately of Scandinavian origin. Pronunciation: /skʌd/ 1. Naked. Labels: Scotland, slang
Word: scud Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1530, of unknown origin but perhaps from Middle English scut (“rabbit, rabbit's tail”) or from Middle Dutch schudden (“to shake”), ultimately of Scandinavian origin. Pronunciation: /skʌd/ 1. To race along swiftly (especially used of clouds). Labels: intransitive Example: clouds scudding across the sky Example: When scudding on from snare to snare I plied My anxious visitation, hurrying on, Still hurrying hurrying onward ... 2. To run, or be driven, before a high wind with few or no sails set. Labels: ambitransitive Example: If the Main Topsail should by any accident be split, it will be still necessary to have a lofty Sail set in such a Sea, and the close reefed Topsail singly will be the best to scud under. Example: all night they were obliged to scud under bare poles. 3. To hit or slap. Labels: Northumbria 4. To speed. Labels: Northumbria 5. To skim flat stones so they skip along the water. Labels: Northumbria 6. To scrape (skins) to remove hair etc. as part of the tanning process.
Word: scud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1530, of unknown origin but perhaps from Middle English scut (“rabbit, rabbit's tail”) or from Middle Dutch schudden (“to shake”), ultimately of Scandinavian origin. Pronunciation: /skʌd/ 1. The act of scudding. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Clouds or rain(s) (or snow, etc) driven by the wind. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But high above the flying scud and dark-rolling clouds, there floated a little isle of sunlight, from which beamed forth an angel's face […] Example: ... he will have a wet journey, seeing it is apout to pe a scud." 3. A loose formation of small ragged cloud fragments (or fog) not attached to a larger higher cloud layer. Labels: uncountable Example: Small, ragged, low cloud fragments that are unattached to a larger cloud base and often seen with and behind cold fronts and thunderstorm gust fronts. Such clouds generally are associated with cool moist air, such as thunderstorm outflow. 4. A gust of wind. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A scab on a wound. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A small flight of larks, or other birds, less than a flock. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Any swimming amphipod, usually Gammarus Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A swift runner. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A form of garden hoe. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A slap; a sharp stroke. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. Pornography. Labels: Scotland, slang, uncountable 12. The drink Irn-Bru. Labels: Scotland, slang, uncountable Example: a bottle of scud
Word: scumbria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian скумбрия (skumbrija). 1. mackerel Labels: nonstandard
Word: nip in the bud Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnɪp.ɪn.ðəˈbʌd/ 1. To remove a bud (from a plant) to prevent flower and fruit from forming. 2. To stop something at an early stage. Labels: idiomatic Example: If you see a bad habit begin to develop, try to nip it in the bud so that it does not become ingrained. Example: Ori. I do confeſs I'm too eaſie, too much Woman, / Not coy enough to take Affection, / Yet I can frown and nip a Paſſion, / Even in the Bud: I can ſay / Men pleaſe their preſent Heats; then pleaſe to leave Us.
Word: scutcheon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Aphetic form of escutcheon. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌtʃ(ə)n/ 1. An escutcheon; an emblazoned shield. Example: But she againe him in the shield did smite / With so fierce furie and great puissaunce, / That, through his three-square scuchin piercing quite / And through his mayled hauberque, by mischaunce / The wicked steele through his left side did glaunce. Example: The corpse lay in state, with all the pomp of scutcheons, wax lights, black hangings, and mutes. 2. An escutcheon; a small plate of metal, such as the shield around a keyhole.
Word: seaboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier sea-bord, perhaps continuing (with change in meaning) Middle English see bord (“porthole cover, seaward side”), equivalent to sea + board. 1. The area bordering the sea; a coastline; a sealine. Example: While De Anza was exploring the Bay of San Francisco, seeking a site for the presidio, the American colonists on the eastern seaboard, three thousand miles away, were celebrating the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Example: Recently the Great Northern Railway, U,S.A., which has a considerable mileage of line bordering the Pacific seaboard, has put in service mobile equipment for applying anti-corrosion treatment to rails.
Word: delocalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English localization English delocalization From de- + localization. Pronunciation: /diːˌləʊkəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. the process of delocalizing or the fact of being delocalized Labels: countable, uncountable 2. the phenomenon in which bonding electrons of some molecules serve to bind several atoms instead of just two; it is observed in metals and in aromatic and conjugated organic compounds Labels: countable, physical, uncountable
Word: dendrochronology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos)bor. English chrono- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English chronology English dendrochronology From dendro- + chronology. 1. The science that uses the spacing between the annual growth rings of trees to date their exact year of formation. Labels: uncountable
Word: dendroarchaeology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos) Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογία (-logía) Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογίᾱ (arkhaiologíā) English archaeology English dendroarchaeology From dendro- + archaeology. 1. the science that uses dendrochronology to date wooden material from archaeological sites Labels: uncountable
Word: dendrochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- English chemistry English dendrochemistry From dendro- + chemistry. 1. the science, related to dendrochronology, that uses the analysis of trace minerals in tree rings to study air pollution in past times Labels: uncountable
Word: dendroclimatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- English climatology English dendroclimatology From dendro- + climatology. 1. the science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions
Word: dendroecology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- English ecology English dendroecology From dendro- + ecology. 1. The science that uses dendrochronology to analyze historic ecological processes. Labels: uncountable
Word: endianness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endian 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 endianness From endian + -ness. 1. The property of being either big-endian or little-endian. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When reading and writing data a byte at a time, it is necessary to know the endianness of the computer you are working on. Example: The Unicode standard does not specifically does not require a particular endianness of text written in Unicode; both big- and little-endian encodings are allowed.
Word: dendrogeomorphology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- English geomorphology English dendrogeomorphology From dendro- + geomorphology. 1. the science that uses dendrochronology to study changes to the Earth's surface over time Labels: uncountable
Word: dendrohydrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron) English dendr- English dendro- English hydrology English dendrohydrology From dendro- + hydrology. 1. The science that uses dendrochronology to investigate and reconstruct hydrologic processes, such as river flow and past lake levels. Labels: uncountable
Word: destructive distillation Part of Speech: noun 1. The heating of a material, such as coal or wood, in an inert atmosphere, at a high temperature such as to cause decomposition; the principal products include oils and tars from which many useful organic compounds may be obtained; town gas and coke were obtained in this way. Labels: countable, physical, uncountable
Word: games console Part of Speech: noun 1. A video game console.
Word: see a man Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of see a man about a dog. 1. Used in place of a real explanation when excusing oneself for a short period of time, particularly (euphemistic) to use the toilet or (historical) drink alcohol. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: I'll be right back. I've just got to go to the ladies' room to see a man. Example: Although they were all out, at the bases, and the rest of our nine having gone to see a man there was nobody to take the bat.
Word: aecidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin aecidium, the diminutive form of Ancient Greek αἰκίᾱ (aikíā, “injury”). However Merriam-Webster takes the origin from Ancient Greek οἰκίδιον (oikídion) and refers to the botanist John Hill, in his A General Natural History, or New and Accurate Descriptions of the Animals, Vegetables, and Minerals, of the Different Parts of the World, vol. II, A History of Plants (London: Printed for Thomas Osborne, 1751), p. 64: "We have called this genus, distinguished by its peculiar cells, Æcidium, from the Greek οικιδιον, cellula." Compare also many other fungal spore-related terms in -idium, most coined after this one. Pronunciation: /iːˈsɪdɪəm/ 1. The cupulate fruiting body borne upon the mycelium of certain fungi commonly parasitic upon specimens of the Compositae, Lamiaceae, Leguminosae, and Ranunculaceae families 2. A member of the form genus Aecidium.
Word: Southsider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From southside + -er. 1. One who resides on the south side of a municipality or other location. 2. One who resides on the south side of Chicago, USA. 3. A player or fan of the Chicago White Sox baseball team, which plays its home games on Chicago's south side. Example: I'm no baby bear fan; I'm a Southsider. 4. A fan of the Vancouver Whitecaps football team
Word: chrometophobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Fear of money. Labels: uncountable Example: He suffered from chrometophobia, the fear of money, a clinically documented disorder. Example: The proof seems to be in a strange phobia he developed later in life, a condition called chrometophobia. Carnegie went George Soros's noted disdain for money one better: He would reportedly suffer anxiety attacks at the sight or even the smell of money — and so he refused to carry cash.
Word: saucebox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sauce + box. 1. A saucy, impudent or impertinent person. Labels: colloquial Example: Grilla: You are too perstreperous, sauce-box. 2. The mouth. Labels: colloquial Example: “Shut your saucebox and get out of my sight,” Blade said.
Word: payor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pay + -or. 1. One who makes a payment.