nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: poetic justice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poetic + justice, a variant of poetical justice, coined by the English literary critic Thomas Rymer (c. 1643 – 1713) in the work The Tragedies of the Last Age Consider’d and Examin’d (1678): see the quotation. Pronunciation: /pəʊˌɛtɪk ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/, /poʊˌɛtɪk ˈd͡ʒʌstɪs/, [-ɾɪk-] 1. Synonym of poetical justice (“the idea that in a literary work such as a poem, virtue should be rewarded and vice punished”). Labels: uncountable Example: For though historical Juſtice might reſt there; yet poetical Juſtice could not be ſo content. It vvould require that the ſatisfaction be compleat and full, e're the Malefactor goes off the Stage, and nothing left to God Almighty, and another VVorld. Example: Poetic Juſtice, vvith her lifted ſcale; / VVhere in nice balance, truth vvith gold ſhe vveighs, / And ſolid pudding againſt empty praiſe. 2. The fact of someone experiencing what they deserve for their actions, especially when this happens in an ironic manner. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Operation PAR is the largest provider of addiction and mental health services in the Tampa Bay area. […] Now PAR is going to get poetic justice through an innovative concept which takes seized assets from drug kingpins and gives back to the community in the form of prevention and treatment programs. Example: It might, of course, be argued that the cowboy who mutilated the face of the prostitute was the one ingloriously killed while defecating, and there is something of poetic justice, at least, in that outcome. Poetic justice, however, does not make for virtuous vengeance.
Word: banco Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in banco, from Latin in banco. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋkəʊ̯/, [ˈbæŋkʰəʊ̯], /ˈbæŋkɵʊ̯/, [ˈbæŋkʰɵ̞ʊ̯], /ˈbæŋkoʊ̯/ 1. Being or relating to a type of court involving a bench of judges, often an appeals court. Labels: not-comparable
Word: banco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian banco. Doublet of banc, bank, and bench. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋkəʊ̯/, [ˈbæŋkʰəʊ̯], /ˈbæŋkɵʊ̯/, [ˈbæŋkʰɵ̞ʊ̯], /ˈbæŋkoʊ̯/ 1. A bank, especially that of Venice; formerly used to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money when it has become depreciated. Labels: attributive Example: banco money Example: On account of the great confidence placed on them, payments in banco soon gained a premium on payments in current coin, so that speculation arose on the fluctuating premium. 2. In baccarat or chemin de fer, a bet on the banker hand. Example: Bond had spent the last two afternoons and most of the nights at the Casino, playing complicated progression systems on the even chances at roulette. He made a high banco at chemin-de-fer whenever he heard one offered.
Word: banco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Italian banco. Doublet of banc, bank, and bench. Pronunciation: /ˈbæŋkəʊ̯/, [ˈbæŋkʰəʊ̯], /ˈbæŋkɵʊ̯/, [ˈbæŋkʰɵ̞ʊ̯], /ˈbæŋkoʊ̯/ 1. In baccarat or chemin de fer, to bet an amount equal to the entire bankroll currently being offered by the banker. Example: The then only hope, thought Bond, was to stamp on him now. Not to share the bank with the table, or to take some minor part of it, but to go the whole hog. This would really jolt Le Chiffre. He would hate to see more than ten or fifteen million of the stake covered, and he could not possibly expect anyone to banco the entire thirty-two millions.
Word: bastarda Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of simplified Gothic script used primarily in continental Europe during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Labels: uncountable
Word: year to date Part of Speech: noun 1. The period from the beginning of a fiscal year to the end of a reporting period.
Word: cento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”). 1. A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems. Example: But, Sʳ, I will no longer tire your patience wᵗʰ these monsters (the subject of every contemptuous pamphlet) then with the madness of the Anabaptists, Quakers, Fift Monarchy-men, and a cento of unheard of heresies besides, which, at present, deform the once renowned Church of England, and approach so little to the pretended Reformation, which we in France have been made to believe, that there is nothing more heavenly wide. Example: Now look out in the Gradus for Purus, and you find as the first synonime, lacteus; for coloratus, and the first synonime is purpureus. I mention this by way of elucidating one of the most ordinary processes in the ferrumination of these centos.
Word: strata Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtə/, /ˈstɹætə/, /ˈstɹɑːtə/ 1. plural of stratum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strata Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtə/, /ˈstɹætə/, /ˈstɹɑːtə/ 1. Nonstandard form of stratum Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: strata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strata title. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtə/, /ˈstɹætə/, /ˈstɹɑːtə/ 1. Condominium unit, condominium building, condominium title. Labels: British-Columbia Example: Learn more about the renting in stratas; some stratas may have rental restriction bylaws. There are also legal requirements for buying and selling strata properties.
Word: strata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The bread is layered with the filling to produce strata (layers). Pronunciation: /ˈstɹeɪtə/, /ˈstɹætə/, /ˈstɹɑːtə/ 1. A kind of layered casserole dish in American cuisine. Labels: US Example: Egg dishes, stratas, and casserole recipes are delicious for breakfast and work well in the slow cooker.
Word: centrale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin centrāle. 1. The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or tarsus in most vertebrates. In the human tarsus it is represented by the navicular.
Word: cartilaginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus (“full of cartilage, very gristly”), from cartilāgō (“cartilage, gristle”) + -ōsus (“-ous, -ose”); compare French cartilagineux. Equivalent to cartilage + -ous, with modifications made to its morphology. Pronunciation: /ˌkɑː.tɪˈlad͡ʒ.ɪn.əs/, /ˌkɑɹ.təˈlæd͡ʒ.ən.əs/ 1. Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone. 2. Comprising soft cartilage rather than bone. Example: Cartilaginous fish such as the angler fish have a skeletal structure made up of cartilage. Example: [T]here are other Bodies beſides Shells found in the Earth, reſembling the Teeth and Bones of ſome Fiſhes, […] the Vertebres of Thornbacks and other Cartilagineous Fiſhes there found, and ſold for Stones among the Gloſſopetræ, […] 3. Having a tough or fibrous texture, usually in reference to a mushroom stipe.
Word: ignite Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ignītus, past participle of igniō, ignire (“to set on fire, ignite”), from Latin ignis (“fire”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥gʷnis, and thus related to Sanskrit अग्नि (agní), Lithuanian ugnis, and Russian ого́нь (ogónʹ). Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈnaɪt/ 1. to set fire to (something), to light (something) Labels: transitive 2. to spark off (something), to trigger Labels: transitive Example: ignite curiosity Example: ignite someone's interest 3. to commence burning. Labels: intransitive 4. To subject to the action of intense heat; to heat strongly; often said of incombustible or infusible substances. Labels: transitive Example: to ignite iron or platinum
Word: flog a dead horse Part of Speech: verb 1. To attempt to get more out of something that cannot give more; to attempt to arouse fresh interest in something that is either hopeless or already settled. Labels: UK, idiomatic 2. To attempt to get extra work out of a ship's crew during the dead horse period. Labels: dated
Word: arse over tit Part of Speech: adv 1. Tumbling; falling; upside-down, unstable or unbalanced. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic, not-comparable, vulgar Example: I missed the step and went arse over tit.
Word: acid house Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First appears c. 1988, in the periodical New Musical Express. Likely a reference to acid (“LSD, psychedelic drugs”), influenced by earlier acid rock. See Acid House § Etymology. 1. A style of music from the early rave scene in the UK. Labels: uncountable Example: Acid House, this year's underground musical phenomenon, had finally made it into the living rooms of Britain. A nation, encountering for the first time a new music, fashion, and cultural phenomenon, flew into another drug-obsessed moral panic.
Word: flogging a dead horse Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flog a dead horse. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Bernoulli effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Daniel Bernoulli. 1. In a flowing fluid, the occurrence of what is stated by Bernoulli's principle. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Bernoulli's principle Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Swiss mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli (1700-1782), who published this principle. 1. The principle which states that an increase in the speed of a fluid occurs simultaneously with a decrease in static pressure or a decrease in the fluid's potential energy.
Word: sloping Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/, /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ 1. Having a slope. Example: a sloping roof Example: The beefarm on her sloping meadows, the sweet / Exacting spaces spinning honey; / Under the elms and the sycamores / The light leaves cherish many flowers, / The light air under the boughs threaded / With the vivid bees who return
Word: sloping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/, /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of slope Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. in a sloping manner Example: the road cut through the fields sloping
Word: sloping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsləʊpɪŋ/, /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/ 1. An arrangement or motion by which something slopes.
Word: tanned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tænd/ 1. Having a suntan. Example: You're looking very tanned. Example: tanned bodies lying on the beach 2. Finished, made using tannic acid (as opposed to abrasion).
Word: tanned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tænd/ 1. simple past and past participle of tan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lah-di-dah Part of Speech: adj Etymology: c. 1880s, with a comeback in the 1980s due to its use in Annie Hall (1977) by Woody Allen, although in a different context, spoken by the actress Diane Keaton. Pronunciation: /ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː/ 1. Of or from the upper class of society. Labels: UK, derogatory 2. Affecting upper-class or superior airs. Labels: UK, derogatory Example: She was all la-di-da, with her nose in the air, and we were all struggling not to laugh because that would be gauche.
Word: lah-di-dah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: c. 1880s, with a comeback in the 1980s due to its use in Annie Hall (1977) by Woody Allen, although in a different context, spoken by the actress Diane Keaton. Pronunciation: /ˌlɑːdiːˈdɑː/ 1. Expression of disdain for pretension or haughtiness. Labels: derogatory, mildly Example: Well, lah-di-dah, mister Park Avenue manicure. 2. Not a care in the world. (used in a sing-song voice, for childhood rhymes) Labels: US
Word: curved Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɜːvd/, /kɝːvd/ 1. Having a curve or curves; curving. Example: These VEAs (of which some 550 were built in total) would themselves have been converted from 1962 vanwides, refurbished and fitted with airbrakes specifically with Ministry of Defence munitions traffic in mind, as many military establishments and depots would have had track too sharply curved for newer airbraked wagons. Example: CREST - Out of a wreath or & azure, an Indian King's head in profile proper, crowned or, with high cap curved forward gules having at the point a small bell.
Word: curved Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɜːvd/, /kɝːvd/ 1. simple past and past participle of curve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lucre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lūcre, lucor, lucour, lucur (“gain in money, profit; money; wages; illicit gain; advantage, benefit”), from Old French lucre or Latin lucrum (“advantage, profit; love of gain, avarice”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“gain, profit”) + *-tlom (variant of *-trom (suffix forming nouns denoting tools or instruments)). Pronunciation: /ˈluːkə/, /ˈljuːkə/, /ˈluːkɚ/, /ˈlʉkəɾ/, /ˈlʉkəɹ/ 1. Money, riches, or wealth, especially when seen as having a corrupting effect or causing greed, or obtained in an underhanded manner. Labels: uncountable Example: A Biſhop then muſt be blameleſſe, the huſband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behauiour, giuen to hoſpitalitie, apt to teach; / Not giuen to wine, no ſtriker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous; […] Example: By-ends and Silver-Demas both agree; / One calls, the other runs, that he may be / A ſharer in his lucre; ſo theſe two / Take up in this World, and no further go.
Word: pellucid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus Latin pellūciduslbor. English pellucid The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin pellūcidus, perlucidus (“transparent, pellucid; very bright; very understandable”), from per- (prefix meaning ‘through; throughout; completely, thoroughly’) + lūcidus (“clear; full of light, bright, shining; (figuratively) easily understood, clear, lucid”) (from lūceō (“to shine; to become visible, show through; (figuratively) to be apparent, conspicuous, or evident”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Late Latin pellucidum (“transparent substance”) * Middle French pellucide (modern French pellucide (“pellucid”)) Pronunciation: /pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/, /pɛ-/, /pəˈlusɪd/ 1. Allowing the passage of light; translucent or transparent. Labels: literary Example: Blood to the naked Eye appears all red; but by a good Microſcope, vvherein its leſſer parts appear, ſhevvs only ſome fevv Globules of Red, ſvvimming in a pellucid Liquor; and hovv theſe Globules vvould appear, if Glaſſes could be found, that yet could magnifie them 1000, or 10000 times more, is uncertain. Example: This Cryſtal is a pellucid fiſſile Stone, clear as VVater or Cryſtal of the Rock, and vvithout Colour; enduring a red Heat vvithout loſing its tranſparency, and in a very ſtrong Heat calcining vvithout Fuſion. 2. Easily understood; clear. Labels: figuratively, literary Example: Written in spare, pellucid prose, the book reads like a close-to-the-bone memoir. Example: [Y]ou never receive me apart from the grammar that establishes my availability to you. If I treat that grammar as pellucid, then I fail to call attention precisely to that sphere of language that establishes and disestablishes intelligibility, and that would be precisely to thwart my own project as I have described it to you here. 3. Of music or some other sound: not discordant or harsh; clear and pure-sounding. Labels: figuratively, literary Example: Opera star [Giorgio] Tozzi sings with the richness of burnished bronze and [Sharon] Daniels complements him with her pellucid soprano. 4. Of a person, their mind, etc.: able to think and understand clearly; not confused; clear, sharp. Labels: figuratively, literary 5. Easily recognized or seen through; apparent, obvious. Labels: archaic, figuratively, literary
Word: pellucid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Italic *per Latin per Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *lowkéyeti Proto-Italic *loukeō Proto-Indo-European *lewk-der. Proto-Italic *loukēō Latin lūceō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin lūcidus Latin pellūciduslbor. English pellucid The adjective is a learned borrowing from Latin pellūcidus, perlucidus (“transparent, pellucid; very bright; very understandable”), from per- (prefix meaning ‘through; throughout; completely, thoroughly’) + lūcidus (“clear; full of light, bright, shining; (figuratively) easily understood, clear, lucid”) (from lūceō (“to shine; to become visible, show through; (figuratively) to be apparent, conspicuous, or evident”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to see; to shine”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’ forming adjectives)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Late Latin pellucidum (“transparent substance”) * Middle French pellucide (modern French pellucide (“pellucid”)) Pronunciation: /pɪˈl(j)uːsɪd/, /pɛ-/, /pəˈlusɪd/ 1. Something which allows the passage of light; a translucent or transparent object. Labels: literary, obsolete, rare Example: A Pellucid is not ſeen, but percieved^([sic]) by the privation of Colour. So vve ſee not Air in Air, VVater in VVater, Glaſs in Glaſs, and every Pellucid in an equal Pellucid; and becauſe vve knovv they are not coloured, vve count them to be diaphanous, viz. that may be ſeen, or ſhone thorough. Example: The true Aſtroites, vvhich in the ſun-ſhine throvvs out a briſk light radiating from one certain point, belongs to the claſs of Pellucids.
Word: Sahara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic صَحَارَى (ṣaḥārā, “deserts”). Pronunciation: /səˈhɑːɹə/, /səˈhɛɹə/, /səˈhæɹə/ 1. A desert mostly in North Africa and the largest hot desert in the world.
Word: ace in the hole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stud poker in which there is one unknown card called the hole card, referring to the optimum hole card being an ace. 1. Synonym of ace up one's sleeve. Labels: US, idiomatic, informal Example: Our ace in the hole left our opponents stupefied; it isn't every day that an NBA star plays street basketball. Example: You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fistfight with you? No. You need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey.
Word: all the way Part of Speech: adv 1. Completely, as much as possible; in full; to the end or full extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: We're with you all the way on this issue. Example: Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus, cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn. 2. With every typical condiment or topping; with every available one. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: “Two dogs and a burger all the way, hold the onions on the burger; coming right up.” Example: I wedged my way into the crowd and up to the counter. All I had to do was catch Janice's eye. She'd bring me the usual, two hot dogs all the way, and a steaming pack of artery-clogging fries.
Word: against all odds Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Despite seemingly insurmountable opposition or probability. Labels: idiomatic Example: Against all odds, the inexperienced new player won the tournament. Example: But, against all the odds, one company is still alive and most definitely kicking.
Word: across the board Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Originated with horse racing, where an "across the board" bet was one which covered first, second and third on the betting board. 1. Pertaining to all categories or things. Labels: idiomatic Example: […]in favor of a straight across-the-board salary increase[…] Example: A common technique (variously known as an emergency brake or meat axe budgeting) used by governments is across-the-board cuts; 2. Having an equal amount staked on a competitor placing first, second, or third. 3. Of a move or sequence of play, made in response to developments occurring in the game, as opposed to pre-planned or according to theory.
Word: brrr Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of brr. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: all over hell's half acre Part of Speech: adv 1. All over the place; everywhere. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable, slang Example: We came back outside and the neat pile of leaves we had raked had been blown all over hell’s half acre.
Word: mucho Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish mucho. Unrelated to much. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːt͡ʃoʊ/ 1. Much; a great deal of. Labels: humorous, not-comparable, often Example: Seemed like the real thing, only to find / Mucho mistrust, love's gone behind Example: There will be calamities, maudlin melodramas, and mucho pathos at Cries & Whispers--A Tragedy Club, which seeks to reverse our town's love of comedy.
Word: mucho Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Spanish mucho. Unrelated to much. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːt͡ʃoʊ/ 1. very Labels: humorous, not-comparable, often Example: And this makes sense because, as with Burchill, Amis’s philosemitism is quasi-sexual and mucho ridiculous.
Word: walk of life Part of Speech: noun 1. An occupation, role, social class, or lifestyle. Labels: idiomatic Example: Folks in our neighborhood come from every walk of life, prince and pauper, investor and janitor. Example: Nor is it good for the name of the railway industry that skilled men should have to put in so much overtime to keep up financially with the Joneses in other walks of life.
Word: gradient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/ 1. A slope or incline. 2. A rate of inclination or declination of a slope. Example: Just beyond that station the first step is encountered and the rack resorted to, taking the line on a gradient of 1 in 9 over a steeply inclined bridge and through a spiral tunnel. 3. The ratio of the rates of change of a dependent variable and an independent variable, the slope of a curve's tangent. 4. The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given variable, especially distance. 5. A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction of the greatest rate of change of the scalar. Notation for a scalar field φ: ∇φ 6. A gradual change in color; a color gradient; gradation.
Word: gradient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin gradiēns, present participle of gradior (“to step, to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪdiənt/ 1. Moving by steps; walking. Labels: not-comparable Example: movable and Gradient Automata 2. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination. Labels: not-comparable Example: the gradient line of a railroad 3. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds. Labels: not-comparable 4. Using the gradient to solve a problem. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homoepitaxially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English homoepitaxial Middle English -ly English -ly English homoepitaxially From homoepitaxial + -ly. 1. Having the same orientation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homoepitaxy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós)der. English homo- English epitaxy English homoepitaxy From homo- + epitaxy. 1. The process of depositing an epitaxial layer on a substrate of the same kind of material. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: aircrew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + crew. 1. A group of two or more trained individuals, formed as a team that operates an aircraft. Example: The aircrew ran to the bomber.
Word: epitaxial layer Part of Speech: noun 1. In semiconductor fabrication: a single crystal layer formed on top of a single crystal substrate. Example: It should be noted that a high temperature anneal in Ar, H₂, or high vacuum is a well established pre-epitaxial growth step by which a native oxide film is removed to obtain a good quality epitaxial layer[…].
Word: airdrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of aerodrome; by surface analysis, air + -drome. 1. Alternative form of aerodrome. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They landed at the airdrome. Example: Reports were common of a Sino-British agreement for British co-operation in the economic development of South China, including British financing of a railway in Hainan, the establishment of an airdrome on Tungsha Island southeast of Hongkong, an oil depot in the Sesha Islands southwest of Hainan, and the development of mines in South China.
Word: ingestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ingestionem, accusative of ingestio (“a pouring in”), action noun of the perfect passive participle of ingerere (“pour in”), from in- (“in, into”) + gero (“to carry, to bear”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈd͡ʒɛst͡ʃən/ 1. The process of ingesting, or consuming something orally, whether it be food, drink, medicine, or other substance. It is usually referred to as the first step of digestion. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of ingesting something into a jet engine or an instance. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. Any intake of a substance into an organism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The common modes of ingestion in forensic settings are oral ingestion, injection, and smoking 4. Intake of data into a computer system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ingestion is the first step of your big data pipeline. You will have to onboard the data in your instance of Spark, whether it is in local mode or cluster mode.
Word: erythema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin erythēma, from Ancient Greek ἐρύθημα (erúthēma, “a redness or flush on the skin”), from ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). Pronunciation: /ˌɛɹɪˈθiːmə/, /ˌɛɹɪˈθimə/, /ˌɛɹəˈθimə/, /ˌeɹɪˈθiːmə/ 1. Abnormal redness and inflammation of the skin, due to vasodilation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Skin redness from sunburn or chemical irritation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: secretagogue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From secrete + -agogue. Pronunciation: /sɪˈkɹiː.təɡ.ɒɡ/, /sɪˈkɹiː.təˌɡɑɡ/ 1. A substance which promotes secretion of another, such as a hormone (e.g., insulin), saliva, or lymph.
Word: bail bond Part of Speech: noun 1. A surety, used to obtain the release of a criminal defendant who has been required to give bail. Labels: US
Word: just deserts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dʒʌst dɪˈzɜːts/, /dʒʌst dəˈzɝts/ 1. A punishment or reward that is considered to be what the recipient deserved. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: It may appear that they're getting ahead by cheating, but they'll get their just deserts in the end.
Word: postal address Part of Speech: noun 1. The address (of a person or business) to which mail is delivered, as distinct from the actual street address.
Word: nouveau riche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French nouveau riche (literally “new rich”). Pronunciation: /ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃ/, /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹiʃ/, /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ 1. New money; wealthy persons whose fortunes are newly acquired, and who are therefore perceived to lack the refinement of those who were raised wealthy. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: You must find your opening at Paris. I wish you to spend a year in the capital, and live, not extravagantly, like a nouveau riche, but in a way not unsuited to your rank, and permitting you all the social advantages that belong to it. Example: Twenty-four hours later we were both in the vast halls of the Winter Palace in full uniform, as bedizened with gold as a nouveau riche’s drawing-room.
Word: nouveau riche Part of Speech: adj Etymology: An unadapted borrowing from French nouveau riche (literally “new rich”). Pronunciation: /ˌnuː.vəʊ ˈɹiːʃ/, /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹiʃ/, /ˌnu.voʊ ˈɹɪt͡ʃ/ 1. Newly rich; like a nouveau riche. Labels: not-comparable Example: Her supreme charm was the simplicity that comes of taking it for granted that people are born with carriages and country-places: it never occurred to her that such congenital attributes could be matter for self-consciousness, and she had none of the nouveau riche prudery which classes poverty with the nude in art and is not sure how to behave in the presence of either.
Word: coefficient of friction Part of Speech: noun 1. The ratio between (1) the magnitude of the force of friction which a surface produces on an object (moving along the surface or being pressed statically against it) and (2) the magnitude of the normal force which is produced by the surface on the object and which is perpendicular to that surface.
Word: proteinuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English protein Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron) Ancient Greek -ουρία (-ouría)bor. New Latin -ūriabor. English -uria English proteinuria From protein + -uria. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹoʊtiːnˈjʊɹiə/ 1. The presence of protein in the urine (which is always true in small amounts); and usually, more specifically, an excess (hyperproteinuria). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fire hose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + hose. 1. A hose designed to deliver water to douse a fire, usually much stronger and wider in diameter than a garden hose. Example: Although the subway structure is of non-combustible material, a fire protection system, with fire hose cabinets on every underground platform, has been provided. 2. Any fast, heavy stream (e.g. of information). Labels: idiomatic Example: She felt she was standing in front of a fire hose of instructions, trying to absorb them all with a sponge. 3. A feed of all updates to a website. Example: Links contained within feeds (RSS, fire hose, syndicated) Example: This is cool because, even though the YouTube firehose is on full blast, you only need an instance of the feed and from that firehose, you can filter out what you need for alerts for as many keywords as you like. 4. A human penis. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic 5. An fast-flowing unsupported flow of lava escaping from a solid rockface.
Word: at will Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At one's preference; as one sees fit. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'm writing my book at will - there's no deadline or minimum word count. Example: I gif the witt, I gif the strenght, / of all thou sees, of brede & lengthe; / thou shall be wonder wise. / Myrth and Ioy to haue at will, / All thi likyng to fulfill, / and dwell in paradise.
Word: at will Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of at-will. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: at this point in time Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. right now, or in the near and foreseeable future Labels: idiomatic Example: While we are not able to assist you at this point in time, we will be sure to call you if an opportunity arises.
Word: at the wheel Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Driving; in control of a vehicle. Labels: idiomatic Example: It is a shame: his first day driving and he falls asleep at the wheel. 2. In control of the situation; in charge. Labels: idiomatic Example: We were thriving when Bill was at the wheel, but since the new CEO has started things have been going south.
Word: at the hands of Part of Speech: prep 1. By the actions of (someone). Example: By 1859, D. Morier Evans was exhibiting [George] Hudson as the principal character in his rogues' gallery entitled "Facts, Failures and Frauds"; and at the hands of modern economic historians he has been written down as a common swindler. Example: It also does not help that one of the main causes of Chelsea's current plight is the scattergun strategy and madcap transfer spree from their owners that has taken them to 11th in the Premier League and now out of the Champions League at the hands of the ruthless holders, who are always happy to apply brutal reality to any romantic notions.
Word: at the drop of a hat Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From the customary starting of competitions by making a sweeping downward motion with a cap. 1. Without any hesitation; instantly. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: We're expected to just do it at the drop of a hat. Example: If you need help, just call on Mike. He can come at the drop of a hat.
Word: at sixes and sevens Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From earlier set all (and other forms) on six and seven, from Middle English setten al at (or setten the world on) sixe and sevene (“to risk everything, take a chance”), probably a variant—either an exaggeration or mishearing—of setten on cynk (“number or throw of five on a die”) and sys (“number or throw of six on a die”), referring to the two highest throws and thus the riskiest bets on the dice in dice games. Pronunciation: /æt ˌsɪksɪz n̩ ˈsɛvn̩z/, /æt ˌsɪksɪz n̩ ˈsɛvənz/ 1. In a state of confusion. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: [T]he poore, although they ſee that one hath great aboundance of corne, that an other hath great plentie of vvine: yet ought they not vvithſtanding to bear their penurie patiently, and not to runne and ſcratch for other mens goods, as if they vvere left at ſixe and ſeuen. Example: Yet if his majesty our sovereign lord / Should of his own accord / Friendly himself invite, / And say "I'll be your guest to morrow night." / How should we stir ourselves, call and command / All hands to work! Let no man idle stand. / […] / For 'tis a duteous thing / To show all honour to an earthly king, / And after all our travail and our cost, / So he be pleas'd, to think no labour lost. / But at the coming of the King of Heaven / All's set at six and seven: / We wallow in our sin, / Christ cannot find a chamber in the inn. / We entertain him always like a stranger, / And as at first still lodge him in the manger. 2. Of (groups of) people: in a state of disagreement or dispute. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, idiomatic Example: [H]er outlook on life was so different from what he conceived a woman's outlook should be, that he was more often than not at sixes and sevens with her. Example: All the people who were interested in these league of nations were at sixes and sevens among themselves because they had the most vague, heterogeneous and untidy assumptions about what the world of men was, what it had been, and therefore of what it could be.
Word: at one's fingertips Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Readily available. Labels: idiomatic Example: He seemed to have all sports knowledge at his fingertips: we could scarcely finish a question before he had answered it.
Word: at a loss for words Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Having nothing to say; not knowing what to say; stunned to the point of being speechless. Labels: idiomatic Example: She was at a loss for words when she saw the number of people who had come to grieve for her husband.
Word: urophilia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -philia. Pronunciation: /ˌjʊə.ɹɒˈfɪ.li.ə/, /ˌjʊ.ɹɑˈfɪ.li.ə/ 1. Undinism, a fetish for or sexual dependency on either the smell and/or taste of urine, or the sight and sound of someone urinating. Labels: uncountable
Word: urophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈʊɹɒfaɪl/, /ˈjʊəɹəfaɪl/ 1. One with a sexual dependency on the smell and/or taste of urine or the sight and sound of someone urinating.
Word: flagellant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin flagellāns, present participle of flagellāre (“to whip”). 1. a person who whips themselves or others either as part of a religious penance or for sexual gratification.
Word: flagellant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin flagellāns, present participle of flagellāre (“to whip”). 1. Given to flagellation. Example: If we turn from these abortions of tragedy to the metrical farces which may fairly be said to contain the germ or embryo of English comedy (a form of dramatic art which certainly owes nothing to the father of our tragic stage), we find far more of hope and promise in the broad free sketches of the flagellant head master of Eton and the bibulous Bishop of Bath and Wells; […] Example: Her heart answered. And that heart also was arraigned: and the heart’s fleshly habitation acting on it besides: so flagellant of herself was she: covertly, however, and as the chaste among women can consent to let our animal face them.
Word: ie Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of i.e. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Make sure your music software is stand-alone, too (ie, it doesn’t have to be loaded into a utility—we don’t want to have to mess around with bits of wire or umpteen different programs just to hear your maestropiece). Example: “Connexion” is the etymological (ie, “correct”) spelling. That is to say, our word is derived from an actual Latin noun, cf. deflexion, inflexion, and reflexion. […] And it might make life easier to abolish the letter “x”. But why should we cut off the fascinating roots of our words? I should carry on preferring “connexion”.
Word: feminine product Part of Speech: noun 1. Anything, such as a tampon or sanitary towel, used for handling menstrual discharge.
Word: resurrectionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From resurrection (“the act of rising from the dead and becoming alive again”) + -ist (“forms agents of cause; forms adherents of a belief”), coined alongside resurrection man. 1. One who sells cadavers to anatomists, surgeons, etc., especially by exhuming corpses from graves; a graverobber. Labels: euphemistic, historical Example: One... who makes open profession of dealing in dead bodies and is well known by the name of the Resurrectionist. Example: Early in the 19th century, Udny Green churchyard was a favourite haunt of resurrectionists who dug up freshly interred corpses to sell to the medical school at Aberdeen. To prevent this, in 1832 the villagers built a mort-house where they kept the newly dead for a while before burial. 2. A believer in a future bodily resurrection. Example: 1830, A. Addis, Theory of Prophecy, Prol. p.xliv Those who make the rest of the dead... to be the same with the remnant slain by the sword... to be consistent, ought to make the first resurrectionists the same with the armies in heaven. 3. One who resurrects an abandoned idea, practice, etc.; a revivalist. Example: We have no taste for enacting the part of literary resurrectionists. Example: Bank is a theatrical resurrectionist: His New York-based company... specializes in unearthing and staging ‘neglected but worthy’ works. 4. One who sells repaired or reconditioned goods; a refurbisher. Labels: humorous, obsolete Example: Some of the habitual buyers [of ostrich feathers] have nicknames, and those who do a local business and buy for re-selling are known as ‘resurrectionists’. 5. A racehorse that (once or numerously) suddenly recovers its stamina midrace. Labels: humorous, obsolete Example: There is a class of horses called ‘resurrectionists’... and they either recover early form... or... become animated, when they were supposed to be gone altogether, with... life and vigour.
Word: break in Part of Speech: verb 1. To enter a place by force or illicit means. Labels: intransitive Example: Someone broke in and stole his radio. Example: No wonder they broke in, sir: Fake alarm system, single mortise lock on the door, windows that don't close properly... 2. To smash (something) by forcing it inward. Labels: transitive Example: Break in the door. We are held up! 3. To reach a state of functioning more smoothly through use or wear; to cause (something, or someone, new) to undergo this change. Labels: ambitransitive, ergative, idiomatic Example: These shoes will be more comfortable after they have broken in. Example: These shoes will be more comfortable after I have broken them in. 4. Starting something brand new or at a new level. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He broke in with the New York Yankees. 5. To tame; make obedient; to train to follow orders of the owner. Labels: transitive Example: Captain had been broken in and trained for an army horse; his first owner was an officer of cavalry going out to the Crimean War. He said he quite enjoyed the training with all the other horses, trotting together, turning together, to the right hand or to the left, halting at the word of command, or dashing forward at full speed at the sound of the trumpet, or signal of the officer. 6. To take the virginity of a girl, to deflower. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: While brothel patrons placed their bets / On who would be the first to break her in 7. To interrupt one's conversation; speak before another person has finished speaking. Labels: intransitive 8. To initiate a new person into prostitution or prison sex acts. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: break out Part of Speech: verb 1. To escape, especially forcefully or defiantly. Labels: intransitive Example: They broke out of prison in the middle of the night. Example: The brigade succeeded in breaking out of the pocket and reunited with friendly forces. 2. To rescue someone or aid their escape as in sense 1. Labels: transitive Example: After Big Tony was sent to prison, his friends got together to break him out. 3. To bring out from storage, use, or present. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Break out the bubbly and celebrate. Example: Before you immediately break out calculus, consider that there might be a more elegant way to find the answer in this case. 4. To separate (something) from a bundle. Labels: transitive Example: Break out the cables from the harness once they are inside the frame. 5. To take or force out by breaking. Labels: transitive Example: to break out a pane of glass 6. To begin suddenly; to emerge in a certain condition. Labels: intransitive Example: He broke out in sweat. Example: He broke out in song. 7. To suddenly get pimples or a rash, especially on one's face. Labels: intransitive Example: break out in hives Example: break out in a rash 8. (Of a record, film, product, or company): to achieve widespread success. Labels: intransitive Example: It wasn't until later that her album broke out and she hit the big time. Example: The record first happened a few years ago in Florida and had considerable sales. A year later, the record broke out again in Florida and again experienced considerable sales. Both times, it either made the chart or bubbled under. 9. To remove snow from a road or sidewalk. Labels: New-England, obsolete Example: Art. 24—To see what action the town will take in relation to breaking out highways and what portion of the road money, if any, shall be reserved for this purpose.
Word: vario Part of Speech: noun 1. Variometer Labels: informal Example: When he took his eyes off of where he was headed, his vario showed umpteen knots.
Word: at loggerheads Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Uncertain; possibly from the use of a loggerhead (“metal tool consisting of a long rod with a bulbous end”) as a weapon during a fight. Pronunciation: /æt ˈlɒɡəhɛdz/, /æt ˈlɔɡɚˌhɛdz/, /ˈlɑ-/ 1. Unable to agree; opposing. Labels: figuratively Example: We were really at loggerheads about what to do with the money we found on the side of the road; she said we should turn it in, I said we should keep it. Example: Educators in a Washington state school district went on strike Friday because the teachers’ union and the Ridgefield School District (RSD) remain at loggerheads following months of collective bargaining negotiations.
Word: ask for it Part of Speech: verb 1. To provoke an unwanted action; to invite a problem or fail to prevent one. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: Leaving your wallet visible on the car seat is just asking for it. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ask for, it. Example: If you'd like a fresh towel at any point during your stay, just ask for it.
Word: at stake Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: See stake. 1. At issue, at risk. Labels: idiomatic Example: What is at stake in these next 20 minutes is the championship. Example: Doesn't he realize that all of our lives are at stake here too?
Word: at odds Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From at + odds (“(obsolete) dissimilarity; inequality”). Pronunciation: /ət‿ˈɒdz/, /ət‿ˈɑdz/, [əɾ‿ˈɑdz], [əɾ‿ˈɒdz], /ət‿ˈɔdz/ 1. In disagreement; conflicting. Labels: idiomatic Example: The witness’s statement seems to be at odds with the evidence—not a good sign for the prosecutor. Example: By day and night he vvrongs me, / Euery houre he flaſhes into one groſſe crime or other / That ſets vs all at ods, ile not indure it, […]
Word: at peace Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Free of worries; peaceful. Labels: comparable, literally Example: Since discovering religion, she's been at peace in her personal life. Example: Thane: I am at peace with what I've done in my life, Shepard. There comes a time when one must rest from war and conflict. Thane: It is not your time, but it is mine. 2. Dead. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He was unhappy when he was alive, but now he's at peace.
Word: at rest Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Not moving; stationary. Labels: idiomatic Example: The yatch lies at rest in the marina. Example: At rest, the car is impressive, but when it's moving, the sight is astounding. 2. In a state of inactivity or repose, either physical or mental. 3. Dead. Labels: euphemistic
Word: at sea Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see at, sea. Example: It is never possible to settle down to the ordinary routine of life at sea until the screw begins to revolve. There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy. 2. In a state of confusion or bewilderment. Labels: idiomatic Example: Most of the class was at sea after the first week. Example: Oh, great, the handle just broke—well, we're really all at sea now, aren't we?
Word: at loose ends Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without any activity or purpose. Labels: Canada, US 2. In an uncertain position or situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: I am really at loose ends about this choice; I am between the proverbial rock and hard place. 3. Not in order; in confusion; carelessly managed.
Word: double check Part of Speech: verb 1. To check a second time; to check twice with extra caution or attention; to verify or make sure. Labels: transitive Example: I'm pretty sure that he's not coming, but I can double check the guest list.
Word: double check Part of Speech: noun 1. A second check or verification, usually with additional caution or attention. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Why don't you make another double check of the house to see if there are still rats around? 2. A check delivered by two pieces simultaneously. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: beats me Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A shortening of it beats me 1. I don't know; I have no idea. Labels: idiomatic Example: Do you have any idea what "tergiversate" means? Beats me! Example: Beats me how he finds out when we're goofing off.
Word: throw for a loop Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of knock for a loop. Example: really threw me for a loop; threw us all for a loop Example: He thought he was up-to-date on all the latest wine lingo until a longtime wine writer returned his sample request card with a bold, hand-written note on it that stated, “Send me all samples—ABC!” “ABC” threw my friend for a loop. When he called me, I translated the cryptic phrase—ABC is winespeak for “Anything But Chardonnay.”
Word: urgently Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English urgent Middle English -ly English -ly English urgently From urgent + -ly. 1. With great haste, with a sense of urgency, because it is very important. Example: We all urgently need to apply solutions to the problem of pollution. Example: Funds are urgently required if this work is to be completed as planned. 2. Continuously. With insistence. Example: He pleaded urgently for release from what he considered to be an unjust imprisonment. Example: For example, the pain-sufferer will be urgently wishing this section of his life were over and done with in a way quite lacking in the pain-imitator.
Word: usefully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English useful Middle English -ly English -ly English usefully From useful + -ly. 1. In a useful manner; in a way that achieves something Example: I would rather have it said, "He lived usefully," than, "He died rich."