nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: proficiencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of proficiency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flirtatiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English flirtatious Middle English -ly English -ly English flirtatiously From flirtatious + -ly. 1. In a flirtatious manner.
Word: bulkiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bulky 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 bulkiness From bulky + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being bulky, or of having bulk. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The bulkiness of those commodities which are the chief productions of the soil, necessarily imposes very heavy charges on their transportation, to distant markets.
Word: lick one's chops Part of Speech: verb 1. To use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating or at the conclusion of a meal. Example: Pat presently came galloping up the orchard, carrying in his mouth a big field mouse, which, sitting down before us, he proceeded to devour, body and bones, afterwards licking his chops with great satisfaction. 2. To look forward avidly to eating something. Labels: idiomatic Example: [The stranger] handed his platter to the large mastiff dog, who, attracted by the smell of the dinner, had sat down before him for some time, licking his chops, and following with his eye every morsel which the guest raised to his head. 3. To anticipate something eagerly. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: When the Federal Government set up the Air Transportation Stabilization Board (ATSB) last fall to help prop up the ailing airlines with $10 billion in loan guarantees, many credit-strapped CEOs licked their chops in anticipation of yet another big, fat government handout.
Word: cast accounts Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform basic bookkeeping. Labels: obsolete 2. To be numerate; to be capable of arithmetic. Labels: obsolete
Word: think-tank Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of think tank. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: think-tank Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform research and develop recommendations as part of a think tank. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The chairman had some quite remarkable hearings last year — I think you cited in your testimony Dr. Lange and others who came here and sort of think-tanked for us — and it was very interesting. Example: In either event, depending on the nature of the business and the help needed, assistance through the entire procedure will be provided. Everything from devising a business plan to business expansion strategies are think-tanked.
Word: awkwardnesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of awkwardness Labels: form-of, plural Example: This is not because I love even my errors and awkwardnesses, but because so much needs improvement that silent correction would have amounted to deceit and explicit correction would have made the whole a labyrinth.
Word: pull factor Part of Speech: noun 1. The lure of another home, country, region, organization, or religion. Example: 1853, Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië, M. Nijhoff, page 136, […] the fact that agricultural land of acknowledged fertility was lying waste on Bawean constituted a powerful pull factor for the land-hungry peasants of those two islands. Example: 1974, Tuğrul Akçura, "Urbanization in Turkey and Some Examples", in Peter Benedict, Erol Tümertekin, and Fatma Mansur (eds.), Turkey: Geographic and social perspectives, E.J. Brill, →ISBN, page 297, […] the rapidly increasing population of the cities through migration from the countryside […] The main cause for the migration is the rapid population growth and the inability of the agricultural sector to absorb this population. It can be said that in Turkey urbanization is more a product of the push factor than of the pull factor.
Word: grey-collar Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of gray-collar. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, mainly
Word: skull-fuck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skull + fuck. 1. To actively sexually penetrate someone's mouth; to have vigorous oral sex. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: 2003, Guy Willard, Suit of Lights I reached down and clasped the sides of his head. “I’m gonna skull-fuck you, faggot.” I began pumping myself into his mouth, ... 2. To sexually penetrate someone's eye socket. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Gy. Sgt Hartman: You have three seconds, exactly three fucking seconds, to wipe that stupid grin off your face before I gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you! Example: Johns: Maybe to take what you got. Maybe to work your nerves. Or maybe he’ll just come back and skull-fuck you in your sleep.
Word: skull-fuck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skull + fuck. 1. an instance of skull-fucking
Word: bauffing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of boffing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare, uncountable
Word: bauffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bauf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Fyn Part of Speech: noun 1. A molecule, present in the signalling pathway of integrins, activating ras. Labels: uncountable
Word: Fyn Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Funen, an island in Denmark. This is the Danish name.
Word: long since Part of Speech: adv 1. Long ago; in the (distant) past. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: I don't know why he asked me to do that, when I had long since finished it. Example: The building has long since been demolished.
Word: bailable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French baillierbor. English bail Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English bailable From bail + -able. 1. Eligible for bail. Labels: not-comparable 2. For which bail is permitted. Labels: not-comparable 3. For which bail is permitted. Labels: India, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, not-comparable, specifically
Word: bailsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bail + -s- + -man. 1. A person who provides bail for another; bail bondsman
Word: balladry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ballad + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈbælədɹi/ 1. ballads considered as a group; also, the sharing (transmission), making and performing of ballads, ballads as an activity, as a tradition, as a body of work, as a craft, as implying a community of singers, makers and lovers of ballads. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ballcock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball Proto-Germanic *keukô Proto-Germanic *kukkaz Proto-West Germanic *kokk Old English cocc Middle English cok English cock English ballcock From ball + cock. First attested in 1734. Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːl.kɒk/, /ˈbɔl.kɒk/, /ˈbɑl.kɒk/ 1. An automated valve mechanism, attached to a large floating sphere, that controls the level of liquid in a cistern. Example: Next he examined a faint trace of talcum powder on the inner rim of the porcelain handle of the clothes cupboard. It appeared immaculate. He went into the bathroom, lifted the cover of the lavatory cistern and verified the level of the water against a small scratch on the copper ball-cock.
Word: bandeaux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French bandeaux, the plural form of bandeau, whence the English bandeau. Pronunciation: /ˈbændəʊ/, /ˈbandəʊ/ 1. plural of bandeau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bandeaux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the French bandeaux, the plural form of bandeau, whence the English bandeau. Pronunciation: /ˈbændəʊ/, /ˈbandəʊ/ 1. A bandeau, a single band (or a set of such bands) for a woman’s hair. Labels: singular, singular-only
Word: polyacetylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- French acétylènebor. English acetylene English polyacetylene From poly- + acetylene. 1. Any of a class of organic compounds containing a acetylene (-C≡C-) repeat units, especially any that occur naturally in some composite plants 2. A black polymer, derived from acetylene, containing alternating single and double bonds in a (-CH=CH-) repeat unit; it is an organic semiconductor
Word: polyyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + -yne. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒli.aɪn/ 1. polyacetylene
Word: brants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oggin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ogin. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sobieski's Shield Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for Sobieski, a Polish king. 1. Scutum, a constellation in the northern sky. Labels: dated
Word: subprime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English prime English subprime From sub- + prime. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.pɹʌɪm/, /ˈsʌb.pɹaɪm/ 1. Less than prime; inferior. Labels: not-comparable Example: subprime beef 2. Designating a loan (typically at a greater than usual rate of interest) offered to a borrower who is not qualified for other loans (for example, because of a poor credit history). Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Central to the story was Steve Eisman, an eccentric and rebarbative hedge-funder who was one of the earliest to see through the subprime lies. 3. Designating a type of commercial lending rate, less than the prime rate, offered to desirable borrowers. Labels: US, dated, not-comparable
Word: subprime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English prime English subprime From sub- + prime. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌb.pɹʌɪm/, /ˈsʌb.pɹaɪm/ 1. A subprime loan.
Word: yeo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ea, eo, from Old English ēa (“running water, water, stream, river”), from Proto-West Germanic *ahu, from Proto-Germanic *ahwō (“waters, river”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂ (“water, flowing water”). Doublet of aqua. Compare ea, Eau, eau. Pronunciation: /jəʊ/ 1. Alternative form of ea. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yeo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /jəʊ/ 1. Alternative form of yowe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unforeseeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + foreseeable. 1. Incapable of being foreseen or anticipated. Example: Traincrew management has always been a bit of a black art, rather than a science. The present traincrew difficulties that beset the UK rail industry are neither new nor were they unforeseeable.
Word: unaffordable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English afford Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English affordable English unaffordable From un- + affordable. 1. Too expensive to be afforded. Example: ASLEF's LU organiser Finn Brennan highlighted that slashing government funding to TfL means signalling upgrades necessary for such trains is unaffordable.
Word: Crimean Tatar Part of Speech: noun 1. A Turkic language of Crimea (Ukraine), Turkey, Romania, Russia, Bulgaria and Uzbekistan. Labels: uncountable
Word: Crimean Tatar Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of a Turkic ethnic group (who are indigenous people of Crimea).
Word: red panda Part of Speech: noun 1. An omnivorous mammal of the genus Ailurus, native to the Himalayas and eastern Asia, which has dark red fur and a ringed tail.
Word: reachable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English reach Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reachable From reach + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːtʃəbəl/ 1. Within easy reach; accessible Example: Now, for the first time in the station's history, all 15 platforms are reachable from one central point. Example: Kramatorsk is a smoky industrial city in Donbass, and a major railway junction. According to Google Travel, I can now reach Kramatorsk by rail from Hertfordshire (where I live) in just... 56 hours and 35 minutes. That highly hypothetical trip would entail 11 train changes. The important thing, however, is that the long-suffering city is again reachable by rail. 2. That may be reached from another node in a graph by passing along one or more lines
Word: reachable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English reach Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English reachable From reach + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːtʃəbəl/ 1. Someone or something that can be reached.
Word: Bolshevism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian большеви́зм (bolʹševízm, “Bolshevism”), from большинство (bolʹšinstvo, “majority, most”) (referring to the fact that the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party won on the majority of the important issues at the 2nd Congress of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1903) + -и́зм (-ízm, “-ism”, suffix forming the names of systems, schools of thought or theories based on the names of their subjects or objects). большинство is derived from большо́й (bolʹšój, “great, large”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bel-) + -ство (-stvo, suffix forming a neuter noun, usually an abstract noun denoting a relation, social status, scientific discipline, quality or state) (from Proto-Slavic *-ьstvo (suffix forming nouns denoting a condition or state)). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒlʃəˌvɪz(ə)m/, /ˈbɑlʃəˌvɪzəm/, /ˈboʊl-/, /ˈbol-/ 1. The strategy used by the Bolsheviks in attempting to gain power in Russia. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: The split between the two trends of Bolshevism issued from questions of a very practical nature. [Alexander] Bogdanov and his group condemned participation in parliamentary, "bourgeois" politics. [Vladimir] Lenin, on the other hand, set the struggle for political power as the main task of the party. He was not occupied with creating and implanting an idea of the future of socialism; he thought of this more as a development to be expected from the period following the revolution. Instead he was preparing the organizational and political-intellectual grounds for a revolution that would be capable of overthrowing tsarism. 2. The Communist political ideology adopted by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; Marxism-Leninism. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable Example: We of this generation owe it to the countless dead, to the peoples now living, to our children and children's children not to let the present situation go by without attempting in good faith to establish among those nations that will tolerate neither Kaiserism nor Bolshevism such a form of international court and police power as will have for its purpose the ringing out of an age of war and the ringing in of an age of peace. Example: Let me ask you then, first, to consider what Bolshevism really is. Well, politically it is the usurpation of power over the whole by a small section of the community. […] The fundamental idea or principle of Bolshevism is that the proletariat, that is to say the lowest stratum of society, the most ignorant, the least educated, should be the basis of the State, should in fact absolutely control the State. Instead of the principle announced in the Declaration of Independence—that all men are created free and equal, Bolshevism proceeds upon the principle that only the proletariat has any rights or should enjoy any freedom; all other classes of the community are anathema.
Word: Pandean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Pan + -ean, with intrusive d. Pronunciation: /pænˈdiːən/ 1. Pertaining to the god Pan, or his pipes. 2. Of or relating to the Saturnian moon Pan.
Word: art therapy Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of creative activities related to the visual arts to improve physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual well-being. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: puntilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish puntilla. Doublet of pointelle. Pronunciation: /pʊnˈtiːə/ 1. The small dagger for administering the coup de grâce to the bull. Labels: countable 2. Decorative lacework. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: MSPH Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Master of Science in Public Health. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: M.S.P.H. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Master of Science in Public Health. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: desinential inflection Part of Speech: noun 1. ʾiʿrāb: a number of nominal, adjectival, and verbal inflectional endings, which are an integral part of Qur'anic and Classical Arabic, although they are generally not written and not pronounced in pausa or written but not pronounced.
Word: roller coaster Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rollercoaster. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: big dipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from the name given to some rides, such as the Black Pool Big Dipper (1923). 1. A rollercoaster. Example: Big Dipper riding / Oh, we'll give the local lads a hiding Example: You could have a big dipper / Going up and down, all around the bends
Word: Lode Star Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of North Star, particularly Polaris, the most used lodestar in the northern hemisphere for the last 1500 years.
Word: work-shy Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of workshy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: centrode Part of Speech: noun 1. The path traced by the instantaneous rotational centre of a plane figure when it undergoes motion in a plane
Word: BGP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Border Gateway Protocol. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Telegram founder Pavel Durov has levelled a serious accusation against Reliance, claiming Reliance disrupted access to Telegram for users outside India through a practice known as Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking. The allegation, made publicly on X platform, has reignited debate around internet infrastructure, platform competition and government regulation. The claims remain unverified, and Reliance has not publicly responded. To understand the significance of the allegation, it is important to understand how the internet works. BGP is often described as the internet’s routing system. Every message sent on Telegram, every file downloaded and every connection established depends on networks around the world knowing where Telegram’s servers are located. BGP acts as the digital map that directs this traffic across thousands of interconnected networks. When functioning normally, BGP ensures data reaches its destination efficiently. However, if a network incorrectly or falsely announces itself as the preferred route for certain internet traffic, that traffic can be redirected, delayed or dropped entirely. This is commonly known as BGP hijacking.
Word: centrosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centro- + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹəˌsəʊm/, /ˈsentɹoʊˌsoʊm/, /ˈsentɹoʊˌzoʊm/ 1. An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of animals (metazoans), that controls the organization of its microtubules.
Word: cerargyrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, cer- + argyr- + -ite. First element from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, “horn”). 1. A mineral form of silver chloride, AgCl, that is a rare ore of silver; horn silver. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: parotid gland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παρωτίς (parōtís, “(gland) behind the ear”), from παρά (pará, “behind”) + οὖς (oûs, “ear”). 1. Either of a pair of salivary glands located in front of and below each ear in humans.
Word: tidal waves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tidal wave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerussite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cērussa (“white lead”) + -ite. 1. A mineral form of lead carbonate, PbCO₃, that is an ore of lead. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: raghead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rag + head. 1. A Muslim or Sikh. Labels: offensive, slang, slur 2. A person from the Middle East and North Africa. Labels: ethnic, offensive, slang, slur
Word: banjoist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English banjo Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English banjoist From banjo + -ist. 1. One who plays a banjo.
Word: banjoists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banjoist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oratress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orator Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der. Ancient Greek -ῐᾰ (-ĭă) Ancient Greek -ισσα (-issa)bor. Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English oratress From orator + -ess. 1. A female orator Labels: dated
Word: fosterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foster + -er. 1. One who fosters; one who is designated to care for and nurture someone.
Word: fostress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fosterer Late Latin -issader. Old French -essebor. Middle English -esse English -ess English fostress From fosterer + -ess. 1. a female fosterer
Word: Seven Sisters Part of Speech: noun 1. The jungle babbler, Turdoides striata, habitually flocking in extended family groups. Labels: India
Word: Seven Sisters Part of Speech: name 1. A group of seven oil companies that dominated the global petroleum industry from the mid-1940s to the 1970s. 2. A group of seven liberal arts colleges in the northeastern United States. 3. The Pleiades. 4. A small area of Tottenham, borough of Haringey, Greater London, named after a ring of seven elm trees (OS grid ref TQ3388). 5. A village and community in Neath Port Talbot borough, Wales (OS grid ref SN8208). 6. A group of seven skyscrapers in Moscow designed in the Stalinist style. Example: Thirty minutes later I was in a BMW with a blue flasher and a fresh set of black coats, running reds and doing downtown Moscow in the wrong lane. Next thing I knew, I was up in one of the Seven Sisters, with Volkov— 7. An unincorporated community in Duval County, Texas, United States.
Word: panspermism Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of panspermatism. Labels: uncountable
Word: fossil record Part of Speech: noun 1. The collective record of biological development that is reflected in the fossilized remains of organisms through geological history. Example: Paleontologists study the fossil record. Example: But the more that was learned about the fossil record, the more difficult it was to maintain that an entire age, spanning tens of millions of years, had somehow or other gone missing. 2. The record of preserved evidence for a single species or taxon. Example: Trilobites have an extensive fossil record.
Word: Roman Catholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Roman Catholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sodicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sodic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English sodicity From sodic + -ity. 1. A measure of the amount of available sodium in water or soil
Word: cytotoxic T cell Part of Speech: noun 1. A subtype of T cell, capable of inducing death in infected somatic or tumor cells.
Word: cytotoxic T cells Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cytotoxic T cell Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeolites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zeolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: centre of mass Part of Speech: noun 1. A point, near, or within a body at which the object's mass can be assumed to be concentrated; it coincides with the centroid for a body of uniform density, and with the centre of gravity in a uniform gravitational field. Labels: Canada, UK
Word: ataman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian атама́н (atamán). Pronunciation: /ˈætəmən/ 1. A title of Cossack and haidamak leaders of various kinds. The term was also used for the leader of a fisherman artel and of a band of robbers or thieves. Labels: historical
Word: secobarbital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Seconal (trademark) + pentobarbital. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛk.oʊˈbɑɹ.bəˌtɔl/ 1. A barbiturate C₁₂H₁₈N₂O₃ that is used chiefly in the form of its bitter hygroscopic sodium salt as a hypnotic and sedative. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Seconal is the commercial name of the barbiturate quinalbarbitone. Its generic name is secobarbital.
Word: centre of inertia Part of Speech: noun 1. The centre of mass. Labels: Canada, UK, dated, rare 2. A point, near or within a body, at which the body's mass can be assumed to be concentrated when considering its rotational motion and moment of inertia. This may be different from its centre of mass which is the equivalent for linear motion. Labels: Canada, UK, rare
Word: quinalbarbitone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin quinque Latin ālium Latin allium Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English allyl English barbitone English quinalbarbitone From Latin quinque (“five”) + English allyl + barbitone. Pronunciation: /kwɪnəlˈbɑːbɪtəʊn/ 1. A sedative-hypnotic compound, 5-allyl-5-(1-methylbutyl)-barbituric acid, used to sedate patients before an operation. Labels: uncountable Example: Seconal is the commercial name of the barbiturate quinalbarbitone. Its generic name is secobarbital. […] Her blood contained a quinalbarbitone level of 27.3mg per litre, five times the potentially fatal level.
Word: kitchen cabinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: kitchen + cabinet (“a piece of furniture”) 1. A built-in cabinet found in a kitchen.
Word: kitchen cabinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: kitchen + cabinet (“an advisory group of people”) 1. An informal group of advisors to a country's chief executive, as distinguished from the official cabinet. Labels: informal
Word: embraceor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embrace + -or. 1. A person guilty of embracery.
Word: embracer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From embrace + -er. 1. A person who embraces. 2. Alternative form of embraceor (“person guilty of embracery”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: embracery Part of Speech: noun 1. An attempt to bribe or illegally influence a jury or a member of a jury to one side or the other. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Reform Judaism Part of Speech: name 1. A movement in Judaism, characterized by the loosening of the strictures of much of traditional Jewish law that is seen as irrelevant to modern society, and by the shortening, simplification, and translation to the vernacular of Jewish ritual. Labels: Judaism
Word: baptizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂bʰ-der. Proto-Indo-European *gʷh₂bʰ-yé-ti Proto-Hellenic *gʷápťō Ancient Greek βάπτω (báptō) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Ancient Greek βαπτίζω (baptízō)bor. Late Latin baptizōder. Old French baptiserbor. Middle English baptisen English baptize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English baptizer From baptize + -er. 1. One who baptizes.
Word: bare-assed Part of Speech: adj 1. bare-bottomed 2. naked, starkers Labels: broadly, informal 3. blatant, unashamed Labels: broadly, informal
Word: barehanded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bare + handed. 1. With bare hands. Labels: not-comparable 2. With no tool or weapon. Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: barehanded Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bare + handed. 1. With no covering on the hands. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without using a tool or weapon. Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: bareheaded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bare + headed. 1. Having no covering on the head. Labels: not-comparable Example: Under the portico, with its grey sun-bleached pillars, loitered a troop of draggled bareheaded girls, waiting for the auction to be over. Example: The Jew wears a headcover in order not to walk bareheaded.
Word: bareheaded Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bare + headed. 1. With no covering on the head. Labels: not-comparable
Word: barelegged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English barelegyde, barlegged, from the phrase bare legs, equivalent to bare + legged. 1. Having uncovered legs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: barelegged Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English barelegyde, barlegged, from the phrase bare legs, equivalent to bare + legged. 1. With uncovered legs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bargainer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bargain + -er. 1. A person who makes a bargain.
Word: hugger-mugger Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/, /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/, /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/ 1. Secret, clandestine, sly. 2. Disorderly, chaotic, confused. Example: hugger-mugger doings Example: So Brad McLaughlin mingled reckless talk Of heavenly stars with hugger-mugger farming, Till having failed at hugger-mugger farming, He burned his house down for the fire insurance And spent the proceeds on a telescope […]
Word: hugger-mugger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/, /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/, /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/ 1. Secrecy. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: […]; and we haue done but greenly In hugger mugger to interre him. Example: Many things have been done in Hugger mugger in our Age, prophane perſons conceited that their privacy protected them from divine inſpection. 2. Disorder. Labels: uncountable Example: As we passed through the quadrangle the church was glowing more brightly than a pearl, like a lily in strong sunlight, in spite of all the scaffolding and hugger-mugger. Example: Portentous events and lots of huggermugger quickly proliferate, as they always in Pynchon-land: a dead body turns up near the pool in a famous Upper West Side building; […]
Word: hugger-mugger Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/, /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/, /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/ 1. Secretly. 2. Confusedly, in a muddle.
Word: hugger-mugger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown; perhaps from Anglo-Irish cuggermugger (“a whispering, a low-voiced gossiping”), from Irish cogar (“whisper”). Compare also Scots hudge-mudge, hody-moke, Swedish mjugg (“stealth, secrecy”). Pronunciation: /ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ə/, /ˌhʌɡ.əˈmʌɡ.ə/, /ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/ 1. To meet or act secretly.
Word: yid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Yid. Labels: alt-of
Word: tidy up Part of Speech: verb 1. To make clean, to make satisfactorily neat. Example: When the long, hot journey drew to its end and the train slowed down for the last time, there was a stir in Jessamy’s carriage. People began to shake crumbs from their laps and tidy themselves up a little.
Word: barycentre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bary- + centre. 1. The point at the centre of a system; an average point, weighted according to mass or other attribute. The term is usually used in astronomy for the centre of mass about which a system rotates, for example, the moon and the earth rotate about a common point within the earth but not near the centre. Jupiter and the Sun rotate about a common point just outside the surface of the Sun.
Word: co-ordinates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of co-ordinate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thyroplasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English thyro- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós)der. English -plasty English thyroplasty From thyro- + -plasty. 1. A procedure in which the cartilages of the larynx are adjusted in order to improve voice quality
Word: row-equivalence Part of Speech: noun 1. A relation between two matrices of the same size, such that every row of one matrix is a linear combination of the rows of the other matrix, and vice versa. It is an equivalence relation.
Word: row-equivalent Part of Speech: adj 1. Having row-equivalence Labels: not-comparable
Word: fossil records Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fossil record Labels: form-of, plural
Word: binary function Part of Speech: noun 1. a function of the type f:V×V→V, or more generally, a function of the type f:U_1×U_2×...×U_n→V in which exactly two of the sets Uᵢ are equal to V.
Word: first fundamental form Part of Speech: noun 1. the Riemannian metric for 2-dimensional manifolds, i.e. given a surface with regular parametrization x(u,v), the first fundamental form is a set of three functions, {E, F, G}, dependent on u and v, which give information about local intrinsic curvature of the surface. These functions are given by Labels: uncountable Example: E=⃑x_u·⃑x_u Example: F=⃑x_u·⃑x_v
Word: patronise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From patron + -ise. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of patronize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard Example: "A chearful glaſs, then," ſaid Sir Sedley, "you think horridly intolerable?" […] "Well, the glaſs is not what I patroniſe," ſaid Sir Theophilus; "it hips me ſo conſumedly the next day; no, I can't patroniſe the glaſs." / "Not patroniſe wine?" cried Lord Newford; "O hang it! O curſe it! that's too bad, Offy![…]" Example: Mr John Puffingham was a patron—a patron to the diversified layers and strata of men and things pertaining to sublunary matters. He patronised his hatter, who, once a year, smoothed a cheap-and-shabby for his bald and shining brow. He patronised his tailor in the neighbourhood of the Minories. He patronised his washerwoman, his dustman—a pawnbroker he once patronised when an unexpected call was made upon his exhausted exchequer.
Word: revisal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English revise Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English revisal From revise + -al. 1. The act of revising; a revision. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Christoffel symbol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for Elwin Bruno Christoffel (1829–1900). 1. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), and letting i,j,k∈u,v, the Christoffel symbol Γᵢⱼᵏ is the component of the second derivative ⃑x_ij in the direction of the first derivative ⃑x_k, and it encodes information about the surface's curvature. Thus, Example: ⃑x_uu\⃑x_uv\⃑x_vv=ΓᵤᵤᵘΓᵤᵤᵛl\ΓᵤᵥᵘΓᵤᵥᵛm\ΓᵥᵥᵘΓᵥᵥᵛn⃑x_u\⃑x_v\⃑n
Word: holonomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From holo- + -nomy. 1. Given a smooth closed curve C on a surface M, and picking any point P on that curve, the holonomy of C in M is the angle by which some vector turns as it is parallel transported along the curve C from point P all the way around and back to point P. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tangent plane Part of Speech: noun 1. The plane passing through a given point which contains the tangent lines of all the curves on a surface passing through that same point.
Word: surface normal Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by 2. A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by ⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert where the sign can be chosen at will. 3. A unit vector at any given point P of a surface M which is perpendicular to the tangent plane T_P(M) of M at P. For a surface with parametrization ⃑x(u,v), it is given by ⃑n=±⃑x_u×⃑x_v/ lVert ⃑x_u×⃑x_v rVert where the sign can be chosen at will.
Word: hexagenerian Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of hexagenarian. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: re-shoot Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of reshoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-shoot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of reshoot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: WTQ Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of wheel torque (“torque measured at wheel”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: slivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sliver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slivers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sliver Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Green's theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the mathematician George Green. 1. A generalization of the fundamental theorem of calculus to the two-dimensional plane, which states that given two scalar fields P and Q and a simply connected region R, the area integral of derivatives of the fields equals the line integral of the fields, or Example: ∬_R(∂Q/∂x-∂P/∂y)dx,dy=∮_(∂R)P,dx+Q,dy. 2. Letting ⃑G=(P,Q) be a vector field, and d⃑l=(dx,dy) this can be restated as Example: ∬_R∇∧⃑Gdx,dy=∮_(∂R)⃑G·d⃑l Example: where ∧ is the wedge product, or equivalently, as ∬_R∇·⃑Gdx,dy=∮_(∂R)⃑G∧d⃑l,
Word: onomatopoetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English onomatopoetic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English onomatopoetically From onomatopoetic + -ally. 1. In an onomatopoetic manner.
Word: willie wagtail Part of Speech: noun 1. An Australian bird, Rhipidura leucophrys. Example: The birds were nowhere to be seen or heard, not even a singing willy-wagtail lightly flittering from rock to rock […].
Word: Aces Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Ace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tsuga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Japanese 栂 (tsuga, “hemlock (tree)”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːɡə/ 1. Any tree of genus Tsuga of conifers in the family Pinaceae, of which there are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia.
Word: per capita Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”). Pronunciation: /pɝ ˈkæpɪtə/ 1. Per person. Labels: not-comparable Example: Donations to the mosque come from a village considered fairly poor by regional standards, with an average annual income of 300 yuan (about U.S. $100) per household. The 1982 average per capita annual income in Yongning County was substantially higher, 539 yuan according to the Population Census Office (1987:206). Example: So CNN looked at different rankings, and each study showed that many other countries have higher per capita testing rates. 2. Shared equally among all individuals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: per capita Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin per capita (“per head”). Pronunciation: /pɝ ˈkæpɪtə/ 1. Per person. Labels: not-comparable Example: As of April 26, the US ranked 22nd in the number of tests performed per capita, according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). 2. Equally among all individuals. Labels: not-comparable
Word: 0-6-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a simple form of steam locomotive, with three axles connecting six driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels.
Word: 0-8-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive, with four axles connecting eight powered driving wheels, and no leading wheels or trailing wheels. Example: This group of 30 0-8-0’s came from Baldwin between July and October 1948 and were given road numbers 255 to 284 (C/N 74024 to 74053) pushing aside several 4-4-2’s in the 275-284 bracket in the process. Example: The last new steam locomotive for a Class 1 U.S. railroad was an 0-8-0 built in December 1953 by the Norfolk & Western's home shop in Roanoke, Virginia.
Word: 0-8-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has eight coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
Word: 0-8-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation, a steam locomotive that has eight coupled driving wheels followed by four trailing wheels, with no leading wheels. Example: The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welkin ring and excitement reigned among both the train-crews and passengers.
Word: surface of revolution Part of Speech: noun 1. A surface formed when a given curve is revolved around a given axis. If the resulting surface is a closed one, it also defines a solid of revolution. Example: A sphere is a surface of revolution of a circle around an axis which runs through the center of the circle. Example: A torus is a surface of revolution of a circle around an axis which is outside the circle.
Word: hair conditioner Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of shampoo product that aims to improve the condition of the hair, especially after washing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: balefire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bale-fyre, from Old English bǣlfȳr (“balefire, funeral or sacrificial fire”); equivalent to bale (“funeral pyre”) + fire. 1. A bonfire, any large outdoor fire (for example those used in a funeral pyre, or in witches' rituals). Example: Rites done on a lakeshore or seashore can be illuminated with balefires of dried driftwood collected prior to the rite.
Word: off the rails Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Suggesting the derailment of a locomotive. 1. In an abnormal manner, especially in a manner that causes damage or malfunctioning. Labels: idiomatic 2. Insane. Labels: idiomatic 3. Off the intended path. Labels: idiomatic Example: ... but the plan came off the rails when infuriated Communists called it "ideological provocation" and warned against "kindling political confrontation Example: "The DfT appears to have put things on a firmer footing, but the path is littered with cautionary tales of transport projects that later went off the rails. 4. Out of control. Labels: idiomatic Example: I reckon it's pretty astonishing that none of us did go off the rails. There really was no telling how any of us would deal with the pressures and the fame. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see off, rail. Example: The train did not come off the rails and nobody was injured.
Word: derailment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French déraillement. 1. The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The length ganger saw the train passing with the van derailed and promptly telephoned the Sandbach signalman, who restored his signals to danger, but not in time to stop the train before the final derailment occurred. Example: In retrospect, it was small wonder that Railtrack found its finances under pressure, as with ever increasing demand there was an inevitable effect on infrastructure renewals. Matters came to a head with the Hatfield accident on October 17 2000, when there was a high-speed derailment as a result of deferred track maintenance. 2. An instance of diverting a conversation or debate from its original topic. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An instance of thwarting or frustrating something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But when the second stage set in, in which man became preponderantly self-conscious, he inevitably set about deflecting sex-activities to his own private pleasure and advantage; he employed his budding intellect in scheming the derailment of passion and desire from tribal needs and, Nature's uses to the poor details of his own gratification. 4. A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: perceptiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English perceptive 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 perceptiveness From perceptive + -ness. 1. The state of being perceptive; acumen, discernment, insight Labels: uncountable
Word: desert island Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the former sense of desert to mean deserted (“uninhabited”), particularly common on Spanish and Portuguese maps during the Age of Exploration as isla desierta, ilha deserta, and Medieval Latin isla deserta (“uninhabited island”). Now frequently misunderstood as simply desert (“dry, arid location”) and imagined as almost entirely sandy. As an indispensable thing, from the idea of loving something to the point one would want it on a deserted island where it would be used ad infinitum but never ad nauseam. Popularized by the radio show Desert Island Discs (first broadcast 1942) which asked guests what they would take with them if marooned alone on an island. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛz.ɚt.aɪlənd/, /dɪˈzɝt.aɪlənd/ 1. A deserted island, an uninhabited island, especially one in the tropics and (now frequently misunderstood as) a small and almost entirely sandy desert. Example: What would I take with me to a desert island? Example: My first crew ran away; two men were lost for a month on a desert island; we were ten times aground on coral reefs; we lost four anchors; the sails were devoured by rats; the small boat was lost astern; we were thirty-eight days on the voyage home, which should not have taken twelve [...] we had not one single day of fair wind. 2. An island that is completely or mostly a desert, an arid island. Example: Why are you marooning me on a desert island? It's probably full of guano. Can't I go somewhere nice? 3. Describing a thing considered so personally indispensable or beloved that one could never tire of it, used especially for books and music. Labels: attributive, figuratively Example: No, no, no. It's a thought experiment. Your desert island books are the one or five or ten books that you could always learn from and never get sick of. Example: My desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups, in chronological order:[…]
Word: insolubly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English insoluble Middle English -ly English -ly English insolubly From insoluble + -ly. 1. In an insoluble manner; irresolubly, irresolvably.
Word: pressure point Part of Speech: noun 1. A point, spot where pressure is applied 2. A point, spot where pressure is applied Example: For this strike, if your thumb is tucked correctly, you should hit the pressure point where their arm meets their shoulder. 3. A point, spot where pressure is applied Labels: figuratively Example: If we are approaching the pressure points well into the second half of the season, then Arsenal can certainly regard themselves as very well placed on the shoulders of the leaders.