nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: differentiational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia New Latin differentiō New Latin differentiātusbor. English differentiate 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 -ion English differentiation Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English differentiational From differentiation + -al. 1. Associated with, or leading to differentiation Labels: not-comparable Example: Thus, we report that while there is an upregulation of UCP1 transcript and protein, it not enough to induce functional changes in the 3T3-L1 despite differentiational priming and differing AR agonist dosage.
Word: erythrophagocytosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From erythro- + phagocytosis. 1. The phagocytosis of erythrocytes Labels: uncountable Example: Thus, consistent with its known function in regulating RBC phagocytosis, Hu5F9-G4 caused a transient anemia, likely due to erythrophagocytosis, but was otherwise well-tolerated.
Word: histolene Part of Speech: noun 1. The monoterpene hydrocarbon "p-mentha-1,8-diene" used as a cytological clearing agent Labels: uncountable Example: In brief, 4 μm sections of paraffin-embedded human liver tissue mounted on silane-coated glass slides were de-paraffinized in histolene and dehydrated in graded ethanol.
Word: hydroperoxyflavin Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a family of metabolites formally generated by the addition of the elements of hydrogen peroxide to a flavin
Word: intrapapillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + papillary. 1. Within a papilla Labels: not-comparable Example: It was called BMO-fovea distance since Bruch´s membrane opening included the intrapapillary optic nerve head region plus gamma zone.
Word: palirrhea Part of Speech: noun 1. A recurring discharge Labels: uncountable Example: Complications such as palirrhea and diarrhea occurring after operation may further aggravate dystrophy.
Word: paraptosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of para- + apoptosis. 1. A particular form of programmed cell death, defined by cytoplasmic vacuolation, independent of caspase activation and inhibition, and lack of apoptotic morphology. Labels: uncountable Example: Cytoplasmic vacuolisation is a prominent feature of paraptosis, which includes cytoplasmic vacuolisation, mitochondrial swelling and endoplasmic reticulum stress and annexin V binding to membranes.
Word: programmed cell death Part of Speech: noun 1. The regulated death of a cell, mediated by an intracellular program. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pneumotonometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pneumo- + tonometry. 1. A noninvasive method of estimating the intraocular pressure of the eye by exposing the cornea to a sudden puff of air Labels: uncountable Example: Intraocular pressure was determined by pneumotonometry.
Word: spermatocrit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spermato- + Ancient Greek κριτής (kritḗs, “judge, umpire”). Modelled after hematocrit. 1. An indicator of spermatozoa density based on the proportion of solid packed material in semen after centrifugation. Example: By using highest male-specific spermatocrit as a reference value, we equalized number of sperm cells across the 48 fertilizations.
Word: subconsomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sub- + consomic. 1. congenic and without chromosome substitution Labels: not-comparable Example: To narrow down the region that contains the genetic loci involved in the aggression-eliciting effects on Chr 15, we established a panel of subconsomic strains of MSM Chr 15.
Word: subconsomic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + consomic. 1. Such a strain of organisms
Word: isopalmitate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + palmitate. 1. Any salt or ester of isopalmitic acid
Word: isopalmitic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + palmitic acid. 1. Any isomer of palmitic acid, but especially "15-methyl pentadecanoic acid" Labels: uncountable
Word: tetraisopalmitate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tetra- + isopalmitate. 1. Any compound containing four isopalmitate groups Labels: uncountable Example: The effects of US-mediated different-size (1.4, 2.1, and 3.5 μm) MBs (as a contrast agent) and ascorbyl tetraisopalmitate (VC-IP) on enhancing skin transdermal delivery were demonstrated both in vitro and in vivo.
Word: thoracotomise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thoracotomy + -ise. 1. To perform, or to undergo thoracotomy Example: Another method of dissociating the dual influence of central drive and lung inflation is to thoracotomise an otherwise intact anaesthetised animal and to ventilate its lungs with a pump. Example: Four pigs were thoracotomised and the oesophagus was isolated from adjacent organs
Word: thoracotomised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thoracotomise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: thoracotomised Part of Speech: adj 1. That has undergone thoracotomy Labels: not-comparable
Word: unwarted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + warted. 1. Having no warts Labels: not-comparable Example: He described it as a hypogeous ascomycete characterized by brownish ascoma with hairy unwarted peridium, homogeneously white gleba, and globose to subglobose stipitate asci containing smooth ovoid spores.
Word: entelechially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From entelechial + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈtɛləˌki.əli/ 1. In an entelechial manner. Example: One imitates entelechially, thereby attaining a universal, insofar as the individual is shown living up to the potentialities of its genus. […] And so, in sum, were the poem (for instance) to imitate a sailor universally, entelechially, it would have him represent to the full the potentialities of sailor as such: speaking nautical terms (even perhaps to the extent of applying nautical analogies to non-nautical matters), scrupulous in the performing of his duties at sea (yet revealing exactly the most relevant temptations to the dereliction of such duties), looking perhaps with a carnival eye upon his times in port, etc. Example: In some fundamental way, it seems that the principles of logology and ecology (that is, the entelechies of each) are at odds with each other, for logology, logologic, and logocentricity, if unchecked by large eco-ethical concerns, and allowed to drive entelechially toward the perfection and completion of themselves in the symbolic realm, seem destined to destroy, or perhaps just deny, ecology, ecologic, and the natural world.
Word: sulfurases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sulfurase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: game out Part of Speech: verb 1. To play games to such an excessive degree that one is unwilling to play more. Labels: slang 2. To run through scenarios to determine what will happen given certain decisions; to play out possibilities; to examine several ideas to come up with their likeliest end results. Labels: idiomatic Example: In a gathering Cold War atmosphere, American officials are gaming out responses should Russia resort to battlefield nuclear weapons.
Word: entelech Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of entelechy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hang with Part of Speech: verb 1. To spend time with; to hang out with; to socialize with. Labels: slang Example: He always hangs with those guys after school. 2. To be able to keep up with. Labels: broadly, slang Example: He must be a heavy drinker to be able to hang with them. 3. To endure. Labels: broadly, slang Example: I can't hang with that kind of work every day.
Word: harp on Part of Speech: verb 1. To nag about; to complain incessantly or persistently request; to continue to bring up as a point of contention. Labels: transitive
Word: achloropsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- + chlor- + -opsia. 1. Inability to distinguish the colour green. Labels: uncountable Example: His achloropsia meant he could not distinguish light and dark shades of green.
Word: improve on Part of Speech: verb 1. To fix, make better or increase the quality of (something) in comparison to previous attempts; to contribute to an ongoing effort to improve (something).
Word: improve upon Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of improve on. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alpenstocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German alpenstöcker. 1. A mountain-climber, especially one that uses an alpenstock. Example: I started to give Lucky a digest of the Perugia affair, but we were interrupted by a group of German alpenstockers who clumped into the chamber under the guide of a female ramrod. Example: Careful to step over the bergschrund and not fall down in and get extruded out the foot of the ice centuries hence, as an old glaciology prof used to tell it and cackle, true to some dear dead alpenstocker pipesmoker in the years before the lab took your best years.
Word: alpenstockers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alpenstocker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: African horse sickness Part of Speech: noun 1. A potentially fatal infection of horses and other equids caused by a virus in the genus Orbivirus, transmitted mostly by a biting midge, Culicoides imicola, and originally from Sub-Saharan Africa. Labels: uncountable
Word: New Delhi metallo-β-lactamase-1 Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase-1. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: African lynx Part of Speech: noun 1. A caracal (Caracal caracal), a medium-sized wild cat with lynx-like black ear-tufts and found in Africa as well as southwest and central Asia and western India.
Word: African lynxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of African lynx Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metallo-beta-lactamase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metallo- + beta-lactamase. 1. An organometallic form of beta-lactamase.
Word: metallo-β-lactamase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From metallo- + β-lactamase. 1. Alternative form of metallo-beta-lactamase. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: β-lactamase Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beta-lactamase. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: β-lactam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of beta-lactam. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: luck of the devil Part of Speech: noun 1. Extraordinarily good fortune; recurring luck. Labels: uncountable
Word: man in the mirror Part of Speech: noun 1. Oneself, one's reflection, usually used in the context of introspection and self-reflection on the solution to a problem. Example: I’m starting with the man in the mirror I'm asking him to change his ways […] If you wanna make the world a better place Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
Word: narcoeconomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narco- + economy. 1. The sector of the economy relating to the illegal drug trade. Labels: uncountable
Word: Aleppo gall Part of Speech: noun 1. The gall produced by the leaves of the Aleppo oak, Quercus infectoria, in response to the larvae of a species of gall wasp, Cynips quercusfolii, and which has been harvested for thousands of years as a concentrated source of tannins for use in high-quality inks, in medicine, etc.
Word: Aleppo galls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Aleppo gall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aleppo oak Part of Speech: noun 1. A small oak native to Greece and Asia Minor, Quercus infectoria, best known for the galls on its leaves that are harvested as a source of tannins.
Word: Aleppo oaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Aleppo oak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allamanda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name Allamanda, named after Swiss-Dutch natural historian Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand. Pronunciation: /aləˈmandə/ 1. Any plant in the genus Allamanda, especially those grown in mild climates and indoors for their colorful flowers, such as Allamanda cathartica. Example: Vivid orchids and wonderful colored lichens smoldered upon the swarthy tree-trunks and where a wandering shaft of light fell full upon the golden allamanda, the scarlet star-clusters of the tacsonia, or the rich deep blue of ipomæa, the effect was as a dream of fairyland. Example: Sweetman snaps off an allamanda bloom and examines it so minutely he might be seeking his salvation in the flower's golden centre.
Word: allamandas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of allamanda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: make out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To construct from; to create (something) using (a material or substance). Example: I'll make a quilt out of your mother's old shirts.
Word: make of Part of Speech: verb 1. To form an opinion about (someone or something); to appraise (a person, idea or situation). Labels: transitive Example: What do you make of the new guy? 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, of. Example: To make of carrots alone, put in about two pounds sliced carrots in stewpan with three tablespoons butter and place where they will stew gently an hour without browning.
Word: Natal plums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Natal plum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mean to Part of Speech: verb 1. To intend to. Example: I've been meaning to visit him for a while, but work has been busy.
Word: muddy up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make muddy; to make clear water into muddy water. 2. To confuse (an issue or situation); to obscure or obfuscate (an issue or situation). Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: roughlier Part of Speech: adv 1. comparative form of roughly: more roughly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: roughliest Part of Speech: adv 1. superlative form of roughly: most roughly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: alligator fish Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alligatorfish. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. The alligator gar, Atractosteus spatula
Word: Beatle-esque Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Beatlesque. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chew the meat and spit out the bones Part of Speech: verb 1. To take in a great deal of information and selectively disregard some of it as invalid or inapplicable. Labels: idiomatic Example: Do not swallow every story that is told. There may be a grain of truth somewhere in all the myths, but chew the meat and spit out the bones.
Word: paw at Part of Speech: verb 1. To come on to (someone) in a rude way, with excessive and unwelcome touching; to handle (someone or something) rudely or clumsily. Labels: idiomatic, informal 2. To repeatedly hit (someone or something) with a paw. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: beat to Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortening of beat to the punch. 1. To arrive (somewhere) more quickly (than someone else); to succeed (at something) more quickly (than someone else). Labels: transitive Example: Zumbetel wanted to beat Yalpatel to launching the planet's first pocket-sized satellite phone. Example: I wanted to gather up all the pinecones, but you beat me to it!
Word: pinch off Part of Speech: verb 1. To separate (something) from something else, using a pinching motion. Example: Jackie Allen was my friend Phil’s girlfriend, and I pinched her off him, slowly, patiently, over a period of months.
Word: pitch on Part of Speech: verb 1. To throw (something) onto (something). 2. To give a pitch (a presentation to convince someone on an idea) to (someone).
Word: inform on Part of Speech: verb 1. To tell on someone; to act as an informant against. Example: In 1983, one of his friends informed on him for reading a forbidden book, and he lost his teaching job.
Word: blue murder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French morbleu (“gadzooks, zounds”, interjection) (archaic), from mort bleu (“blue death”), a minced oath of mort Dieu (“death of God”). 1. A loud protest or angry outburst. Labels: uncountable Example: Here men would murder for five dollars, here men would seek divorce because their wives sighed at the handsomeness of the film star P. Ramlee, here the very night-roaming dogs screamed blue murder if another dog bit their little toe. Example: [I]t was her [Princess Charlotte of Prussia's] increasingly violent tantrums that caused her parents the greatest concern. Shortly before the child's second birthday we read, 'Ditta has such outbreaks of rage & stubbornness that she screams blue murder.'
Word: loses sight of Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lose sight of Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: losing sight of Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lose sight of Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lost sight of Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lose sight of Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: goes so far as Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go so far as Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: going so far as Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go so far as Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went so far as Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go so far as Labels: form-of, past
Word: gets onto Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of get onto Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: getting onto Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of get onto Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: got onto Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of get onto Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bolson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bolso (“a large pouch”). 1. A relatively flat and arid valley that is surrounded by mountains and that drains into a central basin. Labels: Southwestern, US Example: In three separate bolsons in West Texas, electrical-resistivity soundings and seismic-refraction profiles have been used . . . to estimate the alluvium thickness and ground-water quality. Example: The image of a colossal purse is helpful in envisioning a bolson in the landscape: an extensive, saucer-shaped basin, closed at the bottom and surrounded on all sides by mountain slopes.
Word: put past Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, past. Example: He put the ball past the goalkeeper. 2. To consider (something) to be not possible for (someone) (to do); (see also put it past). Labels: ditransitive, idiomatic Example: Would he go so far as to call the police? I wouldn't put it past him. Example: I wouldn't put even that past him. In fact, I'd put nothing past him. 3. To conceal or disguise (something) so that it is undetected by (someone) (see also put one past). Example: You'll never put that wheeze past our eagle-eyed boss.
Word: put one past Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From put past with placeholder one. 1. To deceive, trick, or fool (someone), especially by concealing something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He tried to put one past the band director by giving her a jalapeño-flavored lollipop.
Word: let past Part of Speech: verb 1. To allow someone to pass or get past one. Labels: usually Example: This guy is right up on my tail, so I will slow down to let him past.
Word: push past Part of Speech: verb 1. To rudely force one's way in front of another. 2. To force a conversation or situation to continue after an awkward interruption.
Word: file past Part of Speech: verb 1. To move by (someone or something) in a line or procession and with a serious, often spiritual or deeply emotional purpose.
Word: ISI Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of intersymbol interference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 2. Initialism of international sensitivity index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of import substitution industrialization. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Since ISI had been embraced by military juntas and urban interest-groups as an alternative to the oligarchic export-economy, government planners discriminated against exports by imposing heavy duties and pouring resources into manufacturing industry in preference to agriculture.
Word: ISI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Inter-Services Intelligence. Labels: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Islamic State in Iraq. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Intercollegiate Studies Institute, a conservative educational organization. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The turmoil has engulfed more and more of the right. Earlier this month, two board members of the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), another influential conservative group, resigned […]. They noted that ISI recently unveiled a new podcast whose first guest, Curtis Yarvin, has defended slavery, said that white people have inherently higher IQs than black people and called for the American republic to be replaced with a dictatorship.
Word: Islamic State in Iraq Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the group's former Arabic-language name, الدَّوْلَة الْإِسْلَامِيَّة فِي الْعِرَاق (ad-dawla l-ʔislāmiyya fī l-ʕirāq, literally “the Islamic State in Iraq”). 1. ISIL/ISIS/Islamic State
Word: AQAP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ipos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Shasta ip'-haws (“Perideridia spp tubers”). 1. The tuber of any one of several edible species of Perideridia spp. Labels: no-plural
Word: crybully Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of crybaby + bully. 1. A person who engages in intimidation, harassment, or other abusive behaviour while claiming to be a victim, often using the perceived victimization to induce others to engage in bullying of the intended victim. Labels: derogatory Example: Lindros would rather jab a stick at someone retaliating for a fair hit than to wait his turn to get his own in ... Eric is just a bleeping crybaby ... a big bully and like most bullies just can't take it ... likes to dish it but can't take it ... geesh a little guy like Stock gets his goat ...Go in the corner and cry with your crybully with an attitude ... Example: This is the age of the Cry-Bully, a hideous hybrid of victim and victor, weeper and walloper. They are everywhere, these duplicit Pushmi-Pullyus of the personal and the political
Word: crybully Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of crybaby + bully. 1. To engage in behavior characteristic of a crybully; to intimidate, harass or abuse another person or group of people while claiming to be a victim. Labels: informal, intransitive
Word: crybullies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crybully Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crybullies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crybully Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: entelechs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entelech. (Alternative form of entelechies.) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WBF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Backgammon Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of World Badminton Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of World Banana Forum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of World Baptist Fellowship. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of World Bodybuilding Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of World Bodypainting Festival. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of World Boxing Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of World Branding Forum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of World Bridge Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of World Business Forum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: brownbul Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two species of birds in the greenbul genus Phyllastrephus.
Word: Assadism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Assad + -ism. 1. The Syrian strain of Ba'athism. Labels: uncountable
Word: Assadist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Assad + -ist. 1. A supporter of Assadism. 2. A supporter of Bashar Al-Assad.
Word: Assadist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Assad + -ist. 1. Relating to Bashar Al-Assad or his manner of ruling 2. Relating to Assad's government, especially in the context of the Syrian Civil War.
Word: encomendero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish encomendero. 1. The holder of an encomienda.
Word: scarlet red Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see scarlet, red. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An azo dye used to treat wounds and ulcers and as a histological stain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Scarlet red is an aniline dye which has been used in the treatment of wounds and ulcers since the beginning of the past century. Example: The staining may also be done in a saturated solution of scarlet red in equal parts of 70% alcohol and acetone....
Word: poke out Part of Speech: verb 1. To be barely visible past an obstruction or obstructions; to protrude. Labels: intransitive Example: 1886, Wilkie Collins, The Evil Genius, London: Chatto & Windus, Volume 1, Before the Story, Part 4, p. 41, Here’s the Queen, my dears, in her gilt coach, drawn by six horses. Do you see her sceptre poking out of the carriage window? She governs the nation with that. Example: “Fred’s great, perfectly great,” she said, looking down at the toe of her slipper, poking out from her pink tulle skirt. 2. To emerge from behind, in, or under something. Labels: intransitive Example: As they gazed, a white face, wet with the sweat of fear, poked out and stared down upon them with eyes in which the late terror still lived. Example: One by one five mouths poked out of the shells, demanding to be fed […] 3. To cause (something) to protrude or emerge. Labels: transitive Example: Ye see then we are but as snayles, and are chaunged incontinent. And is it meet that we shoulde poke out our hornes agaynst God? Example: In came the fellow, bowing and scraping, his hat poked out before him with both his hands. 4. To remove (something) by poking (often creating a hole in the process). Labels: transitive Example: 1665, John Phillips (translator), Typhon, or, The Gyants War with the Gods by Paul Scarron (1644), London: Samuel Speed, Canto 5, p. 147, Apollo then does shoot so right With shaft that’s sharp as well as bright, Hits Ephialtes in the eye; And Hercules that then stood by, Pokes out his other: farewel he. Example: 1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin” in Lyrics of Life, Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1866, p. 35, lines 148-149, “Go,” cried the Mayor, “and get long poles! Poke out the nests and block up the holes!
Word: tick past Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue over time. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The years just continue to tick past. Example: The bad election results kept coming in, ticking past me one by one on the bottom of the television screen.
Word: blow past Part of Speech: verb 1. To easily overcome or go around a safeguard or limit. Example: I've just blown past my calorie limit for the day.
Word: brush past Part of Speech: verb 1. To go by (someone or something) quickly, making slight contact. Labels: transitive
Word: smuggle past Part of Speech: verb 1. To illicitly or dishonestly get (something) through an inspection. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: It'll be in the hidden compartment of my bag when I go through the line, so don't worry, I'll be able to smuggle it past.
Word: literalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From literal + -ise. 1. Alternative form of literalize. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Its highest-concept blockbuster to date, Inside Out (Disney, U), dares to literalise this process, guiding viewers’ feelings by personifying them, placing them at the centre of a narrative they’d usually accompany.
Word: tell of Part of Speech: verb 1. To inform (someone) about (something). Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: He tells of his adventures abroad. Example: He told me of his theories.
Word: rap at Part of Speech: verb 1. To talk to; to communicate with; to tell of important things. Labels: slang
Word: talk at Part of Speech: verb 1. To speak with (someone) without truly listening to their response or interacting meaningfully. 2. To speak with; to have a conversation with. Labels: slang
Word: smack down Part of Speech: verb 1. To defeat utterly and decisively, especially in a humiliating way. Labels: informal, transitive 2. To successfully refute someone or someone's idea or proposal. Labels: informal, transitive
Word: take it out in Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept as payment. Example: I convinced him to take it out in barter instead of cash.
Word: take it out of Part of Speech: verb 1. To enervate or make tired; to sap the strength or vitality of. Example: This job has really taken it out of me. Example: "It took it out of me, though. I'm a rag this morning." "They work you too hard, dear. I'll take you to Margate and build you up." "Well, maybe at Easter we could do a week." 2. To exact payment from; to punish. Example: They'll take it out of me one way or another.
Word: take up for Part of Speech: verb 1. To support, as in an argument; to defend the stance or character of. Example: Soda was glaring at him. "Leave my kid brother alone, you hear? […] Soda always takes up for me.
Word: know of Part of Speech: verb 1. To be aware of the existence of someone or something, but to have little or no other knowledge beyond that point. Labels: transitive 2. To know about a specific individual by reputation without having met them. Labels: transitive Example: I do not know Jane Smith but I know of her.
Word: reach past Part of Speech: verb 1. To extend beyond (something). 2. Synonym of get past.
Word: gasketed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gasket + -ed. 1. Fitted with a gasket. Labels: not-comparable
Word: horiatiki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek χωριάτικη (choriátiki). 1. Greek salad Labels: uncountable
Word: unrenowned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + renowned. 1. Not renowned. Example: Left out of any and all projects carved from this one would be the considerable padding here: a description of “the holiday of a lifetime” with his son in Moscow; dispatches from backstage at banal awards shows; lengthy excerpts from lyrics of unrenowned songs.
Word: placenta previa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of placenta praevia. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: placenta previas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of placenta previa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectacularize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spectacular + -ize. 1. To make spectacular. Labels: transitive Example: While I believe that the documentary format is a crucial part of media journalism, I think it in dubious taste to tell this particular set of stories in a context so full of spectacularizing visual tricks and special effects.
Word: spectacularized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spectacularize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spectacularizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spectacularize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: spectacularizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spectacularize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nonexploding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + exploding. 1. That does not explode. Labels: not-comparable Example: The result, he said, ‘‘is a remarkable nonexploding high explosive’’ that, when detonated, becomes ‘‘extremely hot, which allows pressures and temperatures to be built up that are capable of igniting the heavy hydrogen and producing a pure-fusion mini neutron bomb.’’
Word: predivorce Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + divorce. 1. Before a divorce. Labels: not-comparable Example: That’s a trick most people save for the predivorce phase of marriage, not courtship.
Word: perfumista Part of Speech: noun 1. One who makes, sells, or is an aficionado of perfumes.
Word: stay together Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain loyal in times of stress or difficulty; to avoid separation despite pressure to do so.
Word: perfumistas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perfumista Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keep together Part of Speech: verb 1. To strive to maintain a group; to prevent a group from separating; to remain together. Example: Keep together, kids, when we go across the sreet in the crosswalk.
Word: atheologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of atheologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keep it together Part of Speech: verb 1. To maintain composure; to avoid an overly emotional reaction; to suppress an instinct or urge. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: businessman's trip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the drug's short duration of action, i.e. it could be taken during a lunch break. 1. A trip (recreational drug experience) on dimethyltryptamine. Labels: slang
Word: businessman's lunch Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of businessman's trip. Labels: slang
Word: businessman's special Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of businessman's trip. Labels: slang
Word: businessman's LSD Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See businessman's lunch. 1. The drug dimethyltryptamine. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: string on Part of Speech: verb 1. To continue to convince (someone) of something untrue; to maintain a lie or scam aimed at (someone).
Word: heap on Part of Speech: verb 1. To give someone a lot of something (advice, praise, insults, etc.), especially more so than they can handle or is appropriate Labels: figuratively
Word: ETO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of exchange-traded option. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ETO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Theater of Operations. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: certificateless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From certificate + -less. 1. Without a certificate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Babyflot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of baby + Aeroflot. 1. Any of the airlines in the former Soviet Union created from the dissolution of the Soviet airline monopoly Aeroflot in the early 1990s. Labels: historical, informal
Word: Babyflots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Babyflot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: moimoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Yoruba mọ́ínmọ́ín. 1. A Yoruba steamed or boiled pudding made from black-eyed beans. Labels: Nigeria, uncountable
Word: pun-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pun + -off. 1. A contest where people compete in making puns.
Word: pun-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pun-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brylcreemed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Brylcreem + -ed 1. Styled with Brylcreem, a kind of pomade for the hair. Labels: not-comparable Example: The whites of his eyes are very white in the dark, and the black of his Brylcreemed hair very black.
Word: Korzybskian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Korzybski + -an. 1. Of or relating to Alfred Korzybski (1879–1950), Polish-American scholar who developed general semantics.
Word: sport peppers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sport pepper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apple polisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to the idea of an obsequious child bringing apples to the class teacher. 1. A sycophant; a toady. Labels: idiomatic, informal
Word: apple polishers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apple polisher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metaconsumption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin sūmō Latin cōnsūmō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnsūmptiōder. Old French consumpcionbor. Middle English consumpcioun English consumption English metaconsumption From meta- + consumption. 1. The consumption of a process of consumption, rather than of an actual work or product. Labels: uncountable Example: In metaconsumption, the objectification, rather than the object itself, is shared, circulated, and consumed. This objectification can impart status to and shape identity for those who are able to lay claim to it through language.
Word: RBOC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Regional Bell Operating Company. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RBOCs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RBOC Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sacto Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening. 1. Sacramento, California. Labels: slang
Word: Viète's formula Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after François Viète (1540–1603), who published it in 1593 in his work Variorum de rebus mathematicis responsorum, liber VIII. 1. An infinite product of nested radicals representing the constant pi: specifically, 2/π=
Word: Vieta's formula Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after François Viète. 1. Any of various formulas that relate the coefficients of a polynomial to a sum or product of its roots.
Word: unconstructiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unconstructive + -ness. 1. The quality of being unconstructive. Labels: uncountable
Word: ulp Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative, or possibly a variant of gulp. Pronunciation: /ʌlp/ 1. The sound of a person gulping in fear. Example: I sent her a text asking as nonchalantly as possible whether cows ever go for you. [...] The answer I got was, 'Occasionally they do, and they can be bloody scary.' Ulp. Example: And where would the Grammys be without Motown maverick Stevie Wonder, continuing his slide into musical irrelevance with a mind-boggling collaboration with, ulp, teen idols the Jonas Brothers, who massacred their own "Burnin' Up" and Stevie's "Superstition" with boyish aplomb.
Word: ulp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of unit in the last place or unit of least precision, coined in 1960 by Canadian mathematician and computer scientist William Kahan (born 1933). Pronunciation: /ʌlp/ 1. The value that the least significant digit of a floating-point number represents, used as a measure of accuracy in numeric calculations. Example: The basic concept of two vectors "agreeing to k ulps" (units in the last place) of each entry or of the largest entry allows us to express relationships among computed values and solutions at perturbed data. Example: Floating point operations are correct to within half an ulp, and the calculation of uvw by two floating point multiplications will be correct within about one ulp (ignoring second-order terms).
Word: oxybarbituric Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of barbituric. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brannigan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Bran(n)- refers to an ancient king of Wales, his name meaning "raven" in Old Welsh. His head is said to be buried under the Tower of London & is why, it is said, that ravens flock to it. "-igan" is an Anglicization of the Brythonic Gaelic surname suffix "-yggan" which means "descendant of". 1. binge, bender, booze-up (where alcohol is drunk) Example: In the last decade of his life he went for long stretches without touching booze. Then stresses and strains would build up inside him and he would embark on a brannigan. 2. brawl, fight Example: The second round was a brannigan from bell to bell. Both men went out for blood and both got it.
Word: ochlophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ochlo- + -philia. 1. A love of crowds or crowded places Labels: uncountable
Word: voevod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vojvode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vojvodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vojvode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voevods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voevod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voevoda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voyvoda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voyevoda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voevodas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voevoda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voyvodas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyvoda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voyevodas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyevoda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woywode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voyvod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: woywodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woywode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voyvods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyvod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vojvod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wojewod Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voyevode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vojvods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vojvod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wojewods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wojewod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voyevodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyevode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voievode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voevode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voyvode Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: voievodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voievode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voevodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voevode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: voyvodes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voyvode Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woyewoda Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voivode. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vojevodas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vojevoda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: woyewodas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woyewoda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chemiluminescences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chemiluminescence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudospintronic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + spintronic. 1. Relating to pseudospintronics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nectivorous Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of nectarivorous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nectarivores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nectarivore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nectivore Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of nectarivore.
Word: nectivores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nectivore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hehs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heh Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rub one off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rub off. 1. Synonym of masturbate. Labels: slang
Word: shoalwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From shoal + -wise. 1. In or as a shoal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Tell me, good sir, if you know it; Tell me truly, what's the reason Why the people to Kingussie Shoalwise flock in summer season?
Word: rubs off Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rub off Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rubbed off Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rub off Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: matjes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matje Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breeze through Part of Speech: verb 1. To get through or succeed in (something) quickly and easily.
Word: Hannigram Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Hannibal + Graham. 1. The ship of characters Hannibal Lecter and Will Graham from the television series Hannibal. Labels: slang Example: Indeed, "Fannibals" have already crossed the line from observation to active participation with online campaigns to save the show and even the production of two bound volumes of "Hannigram" fanfiction. Example: Hannibal went further though, elevating the subtext into text by making Hannigram arguably canon by the end of season 3.
Word: happen across Part of Speech: verb 1. To find (something) by chance; to unexpectedly discover (something).
Word: cut across Part of Speech: verb 1. To take a shortcut over or through (a place). 2. To go through figurative barriers; to go beyond an expected boundary. Labels: broadly, figuratively
Word: possessable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From possess + -able. 1. That can be possessed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unpossessable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + possessable. 1. That cannot be possessed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lay aside Part of Speech: verb 1. To reserve (something, especially money) for future use; to save as a backup. 2. To put (something) out of consideration. 3. To put to one side, e.g. out of use. Example: By April 23 2002, it was laid aside for a final time at Thornaby.
Word: sportsgirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sports + girl. 1. A young sportswoman. Example: Taken together with other reports, our results justify the rejection of opinions which suggest training-induced deviations from the normal course of adolescence of sportsgirls. Those other reports concerned growth processes of junior athletes […]
Word: sportsgirls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sportsgirl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yellow poplars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellow poplar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: booze up Part of Speech: verb 1. To drink alcohol past the point of drunkenness. Labels: intransitive, slang 2. To get (someone) drunk. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: Sol VI Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the sixth planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. The planet Saturn. Labels: poetic
Word: Sol VII Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the seventh planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. The planet Uranus. Labels: poetic
Word: Sol VIII Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the eighth planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. The planet Neptune. Labels: poetic
Word: Sol IX Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the ninth planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. An alternate name for the dwarf planet Pluto. Labels: dated
Word: Sol X Part of Speech: name Etymology: From its position as the tenth planet out from the Sun (Sol). 1. An alternate name for a trans-Neptunian object.
Word: academicking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From academic + -ing. Pronunciation: /ækəˈdɛmɪkɪŋ/ 1. Collectively, the habits and professional pursuits of an academic or academics. Labels: informal, rare, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:academicking.
Word: sportify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sport + -ify. 1. To make sporty, or convert into a form of sport. Labels: colloquial, transitive
Word: sportified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sportify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sportifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sportify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sportifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sportify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shed out Part of Speech: verb 1. To move (sheep who have lambed) to better pasture. Labels: New-Zealand, transitive
Word: shower with Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shower, with. 2. To give to someone an abundance of (something); to give someone something many times in quick succession. Example: He showered his new partner with expensive gifts.
Word: endingless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ending + -less. 1. Without an ending. Labels: not-comparable
Word: propagandization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From propagandize + -ation. 1. The spreading of propaganda. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: propagandizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of propagandization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minecar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mine + car. 1. Alternative spelling of mine car. Labels: alt-of, alternative