nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: slantwise Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slant Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English slantwise From slant + -wise. 1. Diagonal, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes Labels: not-comparable Example: I can see it all now,—the slantwise rain / Of light through the leaves, / The sundown's blaze on her window-pane, / The bloom of her roses under the eaves.
Word: slantwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English slant Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English slantwise From slant + -wise. 1. Diagonally, in a direction or orientation between cardinal axes Example: […] he had received a cut slantwise along one temple and cheek, leaving a long scar like a streak of dawn's light falling athwart the dark visage. Example: Slantwise, a salamander-shaped sea came at them, growing.
Word: slash and burn Part of Speech: adj 1. Rough, coarse and lacking finesse, performed with little skill. Labels: not-comparable Example: His slash and burn approach to management resulted in few friends and many enemies.
Word: slash and burn Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique in agriculture where plant matter is roughly cut down and then burned over to prepare fields for the next crop. Labels: uncountable
Word: slash and burn Part of Speech: verb 1. To apply the slash and burn technique. Example: We'll slash and burn this week and plant next. Example: Villagers fled into the bush, setting up temporary camps. A few live there still, slashing and burning to create small clearings, growing what they can, then moving on.
Word: slash-and-burn Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of slash and burn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slash-and-burn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of slash and burn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slenderize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English slender Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English slenderize From slender + -ize. 1. To make more slender. Labels: transitive Example: There’s no sugar-coating it: this direct-injection V-6 seems a compromise, a slenderized version of the CTS’s 3.6-liter. Example: You will sequence through upper and lower-body exercises that are designed to lift, reduce, and slenderize your hips, thighs, and booty while giving you sleek, sexy arms!
Word: slip-on Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a garment that can be pulled on without adjusting fasteners such as buttons or zippers. Labels: not-comparable Example: A moccasin is a slip-on shoe.
Word: slip-on Part of Speech: noun 1. A garment that can be pulled on without adjusting fasteners such as buttons or zippers.
Word: slithery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slidery; equivalent to and remodelled as slither + -y. 1. That slithers; that moves like a snake. Example: Do you feel a creeping, shrinking sensation, Watson, when you stand before the serpents in the Zoo, and see the slithery, gliding, venomous creatures, with their deadly eyes and wicked, flattened faces? Well, that’s how Milverton impresses me. Example: […] we set out for the cannery. There, men with spiked poles would swarm into the scow, hook each fish under the gills. The creatures would hurtle through the air like silver streaks, landing into the cannery chutes with slithery thumps, and pass on to the ripping knives 2. Sneaky, underhanded; evasive. Example: The suspects include mischievous caricatures from the New York art world-a guileful art dealer, a slithery lawyer, a glittering female collector of celebrities, a vacant former model who is Maitland's widow, and so on. 3. Slippery, causing one to slither. Example: But a little while only would he suffer us to halt; then right we turned, up along the ridge, where the way was yet worse than in the dale had been, with rocks and pits hidden in the heather, and slithery slabs of granite. Example: She led the way, stepping gingerly on the slithery moss.
Word: slithered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slither Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slangy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slang Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English slangy From slang + -y. Pronunciation: /slæŋ.i/, /slɛŋ.i/ 1. Including or given to slang. Example: His slangy speech was almost uncomprehensible to anyone over the age of 18. Example: [T]he names of places and horses and slangy technicalities of the turf, had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble; […] 2. Loud in dress, manner, and conversation; flashy, vulgar. Labels: dated
Word: slam-dance Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of slam dance. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slam-dance Part of Speech: verb 1. To participate in slam dance. Labels: intransitive Example: The loopy hardcore wham of “Apeman Hop,” complete with dopey jungle noises and Tarzan yells, will also have you slamdancing with a smile.
Word: slouchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slouch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslaʊt͡ʃi/ 1. Given to slouching. Example: His slouchy posture led to back problems. 2. floppy; baggy
Word: slummy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slum + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈslʌmi/ 1. Like a slum; run-down, dirty, decrepit. Example: Cars and unemployment increased. Council houses took on a slummier look. Example: The dreamer is a distinguished operatic artist, and, like all who have elected to follow, not the safely marked general highways of the day, but the adventure of the special, dimly audible call that comes to those whose ears are open within as well as without, she has had to make her way alone, through difficulties not commonly encountered, "through slummy, muddy streets"; she has known the dark night of the soul, Dante's "dark wood, midway in the journey of our life," and the sorrows of the pits of hell[.]
Word: slipcase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slip + case. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪpkeɪs/ 1. A box, open on one end, for keeping a set of books together.
Word: slipcases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slipcase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slow-motion Part of Speech: adj 1. slower than regular speed. Labels: not-comparable Example: Slow-motion replay seems jerky because there really aren't enough frames.
Word: slow motion Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌsləʊˈməʊ.ʃən/ 1. A technique of film, photography, and video in which time is stretched in order to allow the visibility of things normally happening too fast to be conveniently examined. Labels: uncountable 2. Movement at a slow pace. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Without this foresight, many more structures would now be suffering the fate of the viaduct at Nuneham, which was literally collapsing in plain sight (albeit in extreme slow motion).
Word: slumberous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English slumber Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English slumberous From slumber + -ous. 1. Sleepy, drowsy. 2. Sleep-inducing.
Word: slumbrous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of slumberous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Night is worn, And the morn Rises from the slumbrous mass. Example: 1935, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Blandings Castle', Herbert Jenkins, 1957, page 179. When she had entered his employment a few days before, he had noticed, of course, that she had a sort of ethereal beauty; but then every girl you see in Hollywood has either ethereal beauty or roguish gaminerie or a dark, slumbrous face that hints at hidden passion.
Word: slaphappy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From slap + happy. Pronunciation: /ˈslæpˌhæpi/ 1. Incoherent from being struck; punch drunk. 2. In a humorous mood as a result of fatigue; silly from being tired. 3. Irresponsibly free.
Word: airmanship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From airman + -ship. 1. Skill in and knowledge of the work of navigating and operating an aircraft. Labels: uncountable
Word: punctuating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of punctuate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: high-handed Part of Speech: adj 1. Using power or authority without proper consideration for the feelings or rights of others. Example: Critics accuse her [von der Leyen] of serious missteps over the pandemic, the Gaza war, alleged cronyism, – and of having a high-handed manner.
Word: high-hat Part of Speech: adj 1. disdainful; haughty Example: If she hasn't time for this or that, if she refuses to make or keep appointments, if her face does not greet all comers with a sweet and charming smile, then the word is passed around that ‘So-and-So is getting high-hat and up-stage.’
Word: high-hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who acts in a superior manner. Labels: slang 2. A large pill of opium for smoking. Labels: slang Example: A young Chinese woman with a plait down to her waist bowed to them both and then continued cutting up the bricks of opium into smaller pieces. […] "High-hats. Five dollars a pound," he explained to Mannion, pointing to the large pills or 'pocks' that the girl held over a candle flame at the end of a long needle. 3. A low camera mount without tripod legs. 4. Alternative form of hi-hat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high-hat Part of Speech: verb 1. To snub or treat condescendingly. Labels: transitive Example: I don't high-hat technical words, because I know there a lot of things that can't be said any other way, but the doctor's lengthy explanation simply boiled down to this, that[…].
Word: effective energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy of a heterogeneous (polychromatic) photon beam calculated as if it were monochromatic Example: Consequently the ‘intuitive' theory can be taken directly into the quantum theory of waves, including the nonlinear effective energy density . . .
Word: hi-hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of cymbals as part of a drum kit that clash together when actuated by the foot pedal.
Word: tuyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tuya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tuya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Canadian volcanologist Bill Matthews in 1947. Named after Tuya Butte, in British Columbia. 1. Table mountain formed during subglacial volcanic eruptions, consisting primarily of a mound of pyroclastic palagonitic tuff, lava delta hyaloclastites, and pillow lavas erupted subaqueously in an englacial lake, capped by a resistant layer of subaerially-emplaced lava.
Word: coltish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English coltyssh. By surface analysis, colt + -ish. 1. Resembling a colt, especially: Example: Commeth he in the morning to do his dutie and bid thee good morrow, belching sowre and smelling strongly of wine, which the day before he drunke at the taverne with companions like himselfe? seeme to know nothing. Senteth he of sweete perfumes and costly pomanders? Hold thy peace and say nothing. These are the means to tame and breake a wilde and coltish youth. Example: Plants rais’d with tenderness are seldom strong, Man’s coltish disposition asks the thong [i.e. whip], And without discipline the fav’rite child, Like a neglected forrester runs wild. 2. Resembling a colt, especially: Example: He had a tangle of shock hair, the colour of wool; his mouth was a grin; although as strong as a horse, he looked neither heavy nor yet adroit, only leggy, coltish, and in the road. Example: ‘Darling boy, how are you?’ she said. ‘Do you know, you’re beginning to look rather lovely in a coltish kind of way. Don’t you think so, Otto?’
Word: suya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hausa suya. 1. A marinated spicy kebab from Nigeria. Example: Elizabeth started eating her suya, her eyes on my face.
Word: suyas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suya Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unit fraction Part of Speech: noun 1. A fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a positive integer; for example, 1/2 or 1/7.
Word: cytol Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of cytology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: imaginal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From imagine + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmad͡ʒɪnəl/ 1. Of or relating to the imagination, or to a mental image. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ring sees both the NDE and UFOE as modern day shamanic initiations in which the journeyer (NDEer or UFOer) enters an "imaginal" reality, an alternative reality that coexists with physical reality and that is equally real. 2. Of or relating to the insect imago. Labels: not-comparable
Word: flavin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flavus + -in. 1. Any of a class of tricyclic heterocyclic compounds derived from riboflavin; found especially as the adenine dinucleotide (FAD)
Word: footboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + boy. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtbɔɪ/ 1. A serving boy, attendant, page with similar duties to those of an adult footman. Labels: historical Example: Our troopes are now all confounded and disordered, by reason of bag and baggage, or carriages, of lackies, and foot-boies, which because of their masters armes they carry, can never leave them.
Word: jaculation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of throwing or tossing something Labels: obsolete
Word: narghile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French narghilé, from Turkish nargile, from Persian نارگیله (nârgile) from نارگیل (nârgil, “a coconut”), which was formerly used to construct the bowl, likely ultimately from Sanskrit नारिकेल (nārikela, “a coconut”), from a Dravidian language. Pronunciation: /ˈnɑɹɡɪliː/, /-leɪ/ 1. A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it. Example: He went to the Pyramids and Syria, and there left his malady behind him, and returned with a fine beard, and a supply of tarbooshes and nargillies, with which he regales all his friends.
Word: combinate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin combīnātus. 1. The result of a combining of two or more components.
Word: combinate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin combīnātus. 1. United; joined; betrothed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: combinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from combination. 1. To combine. Labels: nonstandard Example: > Never over-estimate the power of one smiley! Never underestimate the power of cynisme combinated with one smiley! :) Example: (defun server-edit-and-delete-frame (&optional arg) "combinates the functions server-edit and delete-frame to ease binding them to a key." (interactive "p") (server-edit) (delete-frame))
Word: episomal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπῐ- (epĭ-)der. English epi- Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma)lbor. English -some English episome English -al English episomal From episome + -al. 1. Pertaining to an episome or DNA fragments not contained within a chromosome Labels: not-comparable
Word: feh Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Directly imported from Yiddish פֿע (fe). 1. An expression of disgust or contempt. Example: Kvola made a face. "It’s worse than an outhouse." She covered her nose. "Uh!" "It is" "Feh!" We all agreed and covered our noses. But Ma wasn't interested in our complaints. ... It smelled like rotten food, stinking bodies, and stale air. Feh! Example: "A gangster. Feh! Disgusting” she said roughly grabbing Marty by the arm. "We go across the street."
Word: feh Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pe (“Semitic letter”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: icosihenagon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek εἰκοσιέν (eikosién, “twenty-one”) + -gon, from εἴκοσι (eíkosi) (twenty) + ἕν (hén) (one). 1. A polygon with twenty-one edges and twenty-one angles.
Word: webmistress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From web + mistress. Pronunciation: /ˈwɛbˌmɪstrɛs/ 1. A female webmaster.
Word: webmistresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of webmistress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on impulse Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Without prior consideration; spontaneously, impulsively. Example: Near-synonym: on a whim
Word: red hair Part of Speech: noun 1. Hair of a ginger or auburn color. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: black belt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Japanese 黒帯 (kuroobi) 1. The highest belt colour in various martial arts. 2. Someone who has attained the black belt in martial arts. Example: Raymond is a black belt in karate. 3. Great skill in any field. Labels: colloquial, figuratively 4. A senior manager who is expert in one of various management systems such as Six Sigma or DMAIC and acts in a project leader or mentor role. Example: I had the good fortune of being engaged to participate as a trainer to GE Capital Corporation, where we helped to launch their now well-known and highly regarded black belt program.
Word: black belt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + belt, originally named after the dark soil. 1. A geographic region where the residents are predominantly or exclusively African-American. Labels: Southern, US Example: Bernard Cosman found that in Georgia, it was the black belt whites who gave Goldwater his largest percentage of the vote. 2. A roughly crescent-shaped geological formation of dark fertile soil in the Southern United States. Example: The Black Belt region, also called the Black Prairie, extends 300 miles across central Alabama and northeast Mississippi and into Tennessee. […] The dark soil for which the Black Belt was named was once famous for its richness and the abundant cotton produced in it. Example: The most politically powerful southerners were those who hailed from the black belt region— distinguished by its dark and fertile soil—which contained the bulk of large-scale plantation and hence the highest percentage of slaves.
Word: mashed potato Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mashed potatoes (“a dish consisting of potatoes that have been boiled, mashed to a pulpy consistency, and mixed with such ingredients as butter or milk”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: “I would like a little lamb and some mashed potatoes,” said the diner to the waiter. The waiter called back to the kitchen: “One lamb and one mashed potato.” Example: ‘You get used to the non-stop chattering and teasing,’ said Sorcha, with four-year-old Finn beside her, eagerly eating mashed potato and his own mini portion of turkey. 2. A single potato prepared in this manner. Labels: countable, rare Example: But what God wants is mashed potatoes. Not many potatoes—one mashed potato. No potato can stand up and say, “Here I am! I’m a potato.” The word must be we. Example: I have a vivid early memory of eating a meal of boiled shredded cotton flannel mixed with one mashed potato, as a soup which served our family for our one daily meal. 3. A dance or a dance move popular in Western culture the 1960s. Labels: countable Example: A Mashed Potato started long time ago With a guy named Sloppy Joe You'll find this dance is so cool to do Come on baby, wanna teach it to you. Example: Well, let's dance, well let's dance. We'll do the twist, the stomp, the mashed potato too Any old dance that you want to do But let's dance.
Word: IBAN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of International Bank Account Number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: shodan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 初段. 1. The lowest black belt rank in Japanese martial arts. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. One who has attained this rank. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tagline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tag + line. 1. The punch line of a joke. 2. An advertising slogan. Example: Microsoft, Pfizer and JP Morgan Chase have set up offices in the country, a streamlined visa program has incentivized thousands of digital nomads to relocate to Athens, and a relentless tourism push — “You will want to stay forever!” runs the tagline — has lured a record number of Americans to the Aegean this summer. 3. A pithy quotation habitually appended to a signature in email, newsgroups, etc. 4. A line attached to a draft of cargo or a container to provide control and minimize pendulation of cargo during lifting operations. 5. A light rope attached to an object being hoisted by a crane, used to guide it while lifting or lowering. 6. Synonym of subheadline. Labels: dated
Word: tagline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tag + line. 1. To supply with an advertising slogan; to market as. Labels: transitive
Word: freak accident Part of Speech: noun 1. An incident, especially one that is harmful, occurring under highly unusual and unlikely circumstances. Example: For the Union Carbide Company, the chemical industry, and other businesses, Bhopal is an unfortunate chain of coincidences, a freak accident, a regrettable loss of lives. Example: A freak accident during basic training left his son crushed beneath the body of an overturned supply truck.
Word: redeemer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English redemer, redemar, equivalent to redeem + -er. 1. One who redeems; one who provides redemption. Example: However there is little doubt that Virgil did - in that very sad age of the world, an age of "misery and massacre," and in common with thousands of others - look for the coming of a great 'redeemer.' Example: But these seekers, too, are saved - by virtue of the inherited symbolic aids of society, the rites of passage, the grace-yielding sacraments, given to mankind of old by the redeemers and handed down through millenniums.
Word: Redeemer Part of Speech: name 1. honorific title for Jesus Christ
Word: tactical air commander Part of Speech: noun 1. The shore-based officer (aviator) responsible to the landing force commander for control and coordination of air operations within the landing force commander's area of operations when control of these operations is passed ashore. 2. One of these officers. Labels: countable
Word: tactical air control center Part of Speech: noun 1. The principal air operations installation (ship-based) from which all aircraft and air warning functions of tactical air operations are controlled. Also called Navy TACC.
Word: DIU Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Dhaka International University (a university in Dhaka, Bangladesh). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Daffodil International University (a university in Dhaka, Bangladesh). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Defense Innovation Unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Down-with-Imperialism Union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: elastic energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The potential energy stored in a system when it is distorted or deformed; the classic example is that of a coiled spring
Word: electric energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The potential energy of an electric charge in an electric field, or of an electric current in a magnetic field. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Electrical energy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: electromagnetic energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The potential energy of an electric or magnetic field. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: electrostatic energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The potential energy of a system of separated electric charges. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: excitation energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy needed to change something from the ground state to any particular excited state
Word: narwhale Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of narwhal. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Oh, the believing is hard to be doing, because that was so incredible! We met so many celebrities in midair! And the part with the narwhale was so illegal.
Word: tringle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tringle (“rod”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪŋɡəl/, [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪnɡəl] ~ [ˈtɹ̝̊ʷɪnɡl̩], [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪnɡəl] ~ [ˈt̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷɪnɡl̩] 1. A curtain rod for a bedstead. 2. A small moulding of rectangular cross section, in a Doric triglyph, etc. 3. A strip of wood at the edge of a gun platform to turn the recoil of the truck.
Word: ski boot Part of Speech: noun 1. Specialized footwear used in skiing to provide a way to attach the skier to skis using ski bindings.
Word: hundial Part of Speech: noun 1. A collection box used in Hindu temples.
Word: time flies Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Calque of Latin tempus fugit. 1. Time passes quickly. Labels: idiomatic Example: Time flies when you're having fun.
Word: timeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tymeful; equivalent to time + -ful. 1. At the due time; seasonable. Labels: rare
Word: time-invariant Part of Speech: adj 1. That does not vary over time.
Word: timelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English timelike From time + -like. 1. Of a four-vector in representing a point in spacetime, having a positive or negative four-vector norm for the metric signature (+, -, -, -) and (-, +, +, +) respectively. 2. (of the interval between two events in spacetime) Having overlapping light cones, so that information can pass from one to the other, and one can be envisaged as a cause of the other.
Word: time-like Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of timelike. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time-limit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of time limit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time-limit Part of Speech: verb 1. To set a time limit on.
Word: quadriceps tendon Part of Speech: noun 1. In human anatomy, a tendon that connects the quadriceps femoris muscles to the superior aspects of the patella on the anterior of the thigh.
Word: caffé Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of caffè. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Civita Vecchia is a clean looking and thriving town, though the unworthy descendants of the conquerors of the world are too much given to card playing in caffés. Example: Here, in a caffé, amongst a number of persons, sat a handsome-looking, hazel-eyed derwish, […]
Word: time of arrival Part of Speech: noun 1. The time when someone or something, especially a train, bus, or other public conveyance, is expected to arrive; the time when it does in fact arrive. 2. The instant when a radio signal emanating from a transmitter reaches a remote receiver.
Word: Chalcese Part of Speech: noun 1. The people of Chalco. Labels: obsolete, plural, plural-only Example: In order to provide victims for the ſolemn coronation of their kings, the Mexicans uſed to quarrel with ſome neighbouring nation, and ſlaughter their priſoners. This was now the fate of the Chalcheſe. Example: Itzcoatl died in 1436, at an advanced age, and Montezuma was called to the throne; one of the first acts of his reign was to build an immense temple, and he was no sooner placed on the imperial seat, than he was called to a war between the Chalcese and the Tezcucans
Word: time-of-flight Part of Speech: noun 1. Used attributively to describe various processes, devices, etc, that use the time an object or light takes to travel a certain distance. See Derived terms.
Word: time of pitch Part of Speech: noun 1. The moment when the pitcher begins the motion of pitching the ball and, by the rules of the game, has committed himself to throwing the pitch.
Word: time of year Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular period in the year. Example: It'll be freezing in Canada at this time of year. Example: It's that time of year again... when we start to hear the dreaded 'C' word being uttered more frequently on TV adverts (that's Christmas, by the way).
Word: butter knife Part of Speech: noun 1. A non-serrated or unilaterally serrated table knife with a dull edge and rounded point, designed for spreading butter on a piece of bread without tearing it.
Word: timous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of timeous. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently.
Word: time preference Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of the preference a consumer has for immediate enjoyment rather than enjoyment at a future time. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: murrey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɹi/ 1. The mulberry fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A tincture, the colour of mulberries, between gules (red) and purpure (purple). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: murrey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English murrey, murreye, from Middle French moré, morée, from Latin moratum, morata, from neuter and feminine respectively of moratus (“mulberry-colored”), from morum (“mulberry”) + -atus (“-ate”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɹi/ 1. Of a mulberry colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: This coat continued to button, up the front, with nine buttons, various now in shape, and colour, but without exception of such exceptional size as to remain, once buttoned, buttoned. Aloft in the flowerhole brooded the remains of a factitious murrey chrysanthemum.
Word: exits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exits Part of Speech: noun 1. Income, returns, revenue. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only
Word: exits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: snuffly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snuffle + -y. 1. Given to sniffling, to making snuffling noises.
Word: Fermi energy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For Enrico Fermi Italian physicist 1. The highest energy of a particle that is part of a many-particle system of identical fermions in its ground state.
Word: flexitime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flexi(ble) Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *deh₂y- Proto-Indo-European *-mṓ Proto-Indo-European *dh₂i-mon- Proto-Germanic *tīmô Proto-West Germanic *tīmō Old English tīma Middle English tyme English time English flexitime From flexi(ble) + time. 1. An arrangement that allows employees to set their own working hours within agreed limits; normally must include certain periods (core time) when they must be at work. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Even if the company rule book says that flexitime is allowed, those who work from home are seen as uncommitted to the team.
Word: free energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy available in a particular chemical system to do useful work. In more detail: Labels: physical, uncountable 2. The energy available in a particular chemical system to do useful work. In more detail: Labels: physical, uncountable 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see free, energy. Labels: uncountable Example: free energy suppression
Word: Gibbs free energy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For Josiah Willard Gibbs, American physicist. 1. The difference between the enthalpy of a system and the product of its entropy and absolute temperature: a measure of the useful work obtainable from a thermodynamic system at constant temperature and pressure. Labels: physical, uncountable Example: ΔG=ΔH-TΔS and G=H-TS where G is Gibbs free energy, H is enthalpy, T is temperature, and S is entropy.
Word: Gibbs Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree English Gibb English -'s English -s English Gibbs From Gibb + -s. Pronunciation: /ɡɪbz/ 1. An English patronymic surname from Gibb (Gilbert). Example: On Friday, Meijer told CNN that he’s “not here to whine about the (Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee) coming in and meddling” in his race, referring to the House Democratic campaign arm spending spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on ads to boost Gibbs’ profile in hopes of a more favorable general election matchup. (Gibbs will face Democrat Hillary Scholten in November.) 2. A village in Adair County, Missouri, United States. 3. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Tennessee, United States.
Word: Gibb Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from a Middle English diminutive of the name Gilbert 1. A surname transferred from the given name.
Word: impact energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy needed to fracture a material under standard conditions.
Word: interfacial energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy equal to the surface tension at an interface.
Word: surface energy Part of Speech: noun 1. interfacial energy
Word: interfacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Late Latin facia Old French facebor. Middle English face English face English interface Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English interfacial From interface + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to an interface. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ionization energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy needed to remove an electron from an atom or molecule to infinity Labels: physical
Word: lattice energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy required to separate the ions of an ionic solid (especially a crystal) to infinity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: jupon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle English jupoun, jupon, from Middle French jupon. Doublet of żupan. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒu.pɒn/, /d͡ʒuˈpɒn/, /ˈd͡ʒu.pɑn/, /d͡ʒuˈpɑn/ 1. A close-fitting sleeveless jacket, descending below the hips, worn over armour. Labels: historical Example: Some wore coat armour, imitating scale, And next their skins were stubborn shirts of mail; Some wore a breastplate and a light juppon, Their horses clothed with rich caparison; Example: He climbed three marble steps, crossed the terrace and entered a dim foyer, where a chamberlain silently helped him from his helmet, his jupon and his chain cuirass. 2. A petticoat.
Word: luminous energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The radiant energy of the visible portion of a spectrum of light
Word: magnetic energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The potential energy of a magnetic field.
Word: retcon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A blend of retroactive + continuity. The term retroactive continuity was popularized by comics writer Roy Thomas, who was known for writing superhero comic books set decades in the past such as All-Star Squadron, and attributes it to an anonymous source. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtˌkɒn/ 1. A fictional setting in which a new storyline explains or changes a previous event or attaches a new significance to it. Example: TLC: What do you say to the Legion fans who have become disenfranchised with the series due to its various retcons and reboots? Example: Fans talk of retcon—retroactive continuity—giving information that explains an earlier event, especially seeming plot contradictions or lacunae.
Word: retcon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A blend of retroactive + continuity. The term retroactive continuity was popularized by comics writer Roy Thomas, who was known for writing superhero comic books set decades in the past such as All-Star Squadron, and attributes it to an anonymous source. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛtˌkɒn/ 1. To employ such a device. Example: While ‘retconning' the scripts, I came up with a number of theories that throw new light on the Doctor, his past, and various other elements[…] Example: A lot of people were like, "Oh, they just retconned their own continuity. They should have used Kyle. I don't like that." So we just threw Kyle in there to say, "No, no, Kyle's still there. He still exists in the animated universe; he's just not stationed on Earth at the moment, regularly."
Word: mass energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy present in an object because of its mass Example: Even a minuscule quantity of matter contains an incredible amount of mass energy.
Word: time-scale Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of time scale. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time-serving Part of Speech: noun 1. Opportunism. Labels: uncountable 2. The functionality of a timeserver. Labels: uncountable
Word: time-serving Part of Speech: adj 1. Opportunistic; conforming to the status quo in order to serve one's own interests. Example: And the man who had just been engaged in the most time-serving neglect of former, and a most cringing anticipation of new patrons, became forthwith the kind and hospitable host of strangers who had no claim upon him beyond their own isolated situation. Example: Harding brought with him a timeserving pal from The Times called Keith Blackmore, who was equally a stranger to broadcasting.
Word: timeserving Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of time-serving. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: timeserving Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of time-serving. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time slice Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪmslaɪs/ 1. The period of time for which a process is allowed to run in a preemptive multitasking system.
Word: time spread Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of calendar spread.
Word: calendar spread Part of Speech: noun 1. An options strategy or position involving the simultaneous purchase and sale of options of the same class and strike price but with different expiration dates.
Word: time-stamp Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of timestamp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time-stamp Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of timestamp (verb) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: time standard Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreed method of measuring time; a specification or standard of either the rate at which time passes, or of points in time, or of both.
Word: time-traveler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of time-traveller. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: timewave Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + wave. 1. In novelty theory, a graph of novelty plotted against time.
Word: novelty theory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From novelty + theory. 1. A theory developed by Terence McKenna that aims to describe "novelty" in the universe based on a combination of numerology and mathematics, and supposed fractal patterns in the I Ching. Labels: uncountable
Word: repoussoir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French repoussoir. Pronunciation: /ɹəpuˈswɑɹ/ 1. The use of an object such as a curtain extremely close up to the picture plane in a painting. This originates from Baroque paintings and is used to create depth
Word: time-weighted Part of Speech: adj 1. calculated from selected discrete values over a specified time period Labels: not-comparable
Word: determinative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French déterminatif. Equivalent to determine + -ative. 1. An ideogram used to mark semantic categories of words in logographic scripts. 2. A member of a class of words functioning in a noun phrase to identify or distinguish a referent without describing or modifying it.
Word: determinative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French déterminatif. Equivalent to determine + -ative. 1. That determines something. 2. Sufficient to decide something (such as a question of fact or of law). Example: When assigning custody, the preference of the child will be considered, but it is not determinative. Example: This proceeding, though not presenting questions difficult of determination, or points of law that are novel, is unusual in many of its features, and is important as determinative of the disposition and welfare of a number of little children, ignorant of the contest that is being carried on in regard to them.
Word: determinatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of determinative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vacume Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of vacuum. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: vacumes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vacume Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dniepr Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Dnieper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tract home Part of Speech: noun 1. A tract house. Labels: US Example: True, there were a dismaying number of these in Rockland County, and each year brought more as high-rise condominiums and $2 million tract homes were being constructed along the scenic river or gouged out of rolling farmland. Example: They were referring, of course, to that vast expanse of tract homes and backyard barbecues that is the San Fernando Valley.
Word: half sovereign Part of Speech: noun 1. A former British gold coin having a value of ten shillings. Labels: historical
Word: Esperanza Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Masbate, Philippines.
Word: cheesemonger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheese + monger. 1. Someone who sells cheese. Labels: UK
Word: cheesemongers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheesemonger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A pun on get around to it, scanning as get a round tuit. 1. Synonym of round tuit. Labels: humorous Example: THIS IS A TUIT Example: My tuit is back from the shop, in a properly round state.
Word: residua Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ə/, /ɹɪ-/, /-ˈzɪ.dʒu.ə/ 1. plural of residuum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Toraja-Sa'dan Part of Speech: name 1. An unwritten South Sulawesi language spoken in southwestern Sulawesi Island in Indonesia.
Word: 4-6-0 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels on a leading truck followed by three sets of coupled driving wheels, and no trailing wheels. Example: Speaking of locomotive surefootedness, I was immensely impressed, on a recent journey with the down "Ulsterman" from Euston, when "Royal Scot" 4-6-0 No. 46168, The Girl Guide, cleanly lifted a well-filled 15-coach train of 471 tons tare and 500 tons gross out of the terminus without the service of any banking engine. Example: The outstanding train on the L.M.S. route was the 6.20 p.m. from Birmingham, which reached Euston in two hours after intermediate stops at Coventry, Rugby and Watford Junction, and evoked some sparkling performances from "Patriot" and "Jubilee" 4-6-0s.
Word: Cadillac Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac. Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan. Pronunciation: /ˈkædɪlæk/, /ˈkædəˌlæk/ 1. A brand of luxury automobile (founded as an independent but since 1909 a marque of General Motors). 2. A surname from French. 3. A placename. 4. A placename. 5. A placename. 6. A placename. 7. A placename. 8. A placename.
Word: Cadillac Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac. Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan. Pronunciation: /ˈkædɪlæk/, /ˈkædəˌlæk/ 1. Describing a brand representing the most luxurious or highest quality example in its class. (derived from the GM car brand Cadillac) Labels: US
Word: Cadillac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French Cadillac, from Occitan Cadilhac. Most places or objects named Cadillac are named for Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, a French explorer who founded the eponymous city in Maine and later the city of Detroit, Michigan. Pronunciation: /ˈkædɪlæk/, /ˈkædəˌlæk/ 1. An automobile of this marque. Often used as an example of a luxury car or luxuriousness in general. Example: the Cadillac of [product category] Example: Red Wiggler, the Cadillac of worms. 2. Alternative spelling of Catillac. A large variety of cooking pear. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: champagne flute Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of stemware with a long stem and a tall, narrow bowl on top, designed to keep champagne desirable during its consumption by preventing heat from the drinker's hand from warming the champagne while retaining its carbonation.
Word: champagne flutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of champagne flute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: southwestern Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English southwesterne, from Old English sūþwesterne, equivalent to south + western. 1. Of or pertaining to the southwest. Labels: not-comparable Example: Locals think southwestern sunsets are the most beautiful. Example: In particular, Kumamoto prefecture in southwestern Japan is quickly becoming a hotbed for tech investment from companies including TSMC and Fujifilm Holdings Corp (FUJIF).
Word: categorized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of categorize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: categorized Part of Speech: adj 1. The characteristic of having been placed or sorted in a category or categories. Example: All of my records are categorized.
Word: indicators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indicator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fibers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bronchioles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bronchiole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: combinational circuit Part of Speech: noun 1. A switching circuit whose output is determined solely by some combination of its concurrent inputs. Example: For a combinational circuit, the input (Shannon) entropy is the joint entropy of its input bits, the output entropy is the joint entropy of its output bits, and the output entropy is always less than or equal to the input entropy, even if the quantity of output bits is larger than the quantity of input bits.
Word: hypernyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypernym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grabs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹæbz/ 1. plural of grab Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grabs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹæbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grab Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: duplicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of duplicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: transitively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English transitive Middle English -ly English -ly English transitively From transitive + -ly. 1. In a transitive manner. Example: The verb 'walk' can be used transitively.
Word: transitiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English transitive 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 transitiveness From transitive + -ness. 1. The quality of being transitive. Labels: uncountable Example: Meditation on the transitiveness of the world and the incertitude of life are the favorite themes of Kabir.
Word: adjective phrase Part of Speech: noun 1. A phrase that modifies or describes a noun or pronoun and which can usually be used both attributively and predicatively, can be graded, and can include an adverbial phrase as a modifier within it.
Word: adverbial phrase Part of Speech: noun 1. A phrase that collectively modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a prepositional phrase.
Word: adjective phrases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adjective phrase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adverbial phrases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adverbial phrase Labels: form-of, plural