nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: differentially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentia Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin differentiālislbor. English differential Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English differentially From differential + -ly. 1. In a differential manner Labels: not-comparable 2. With regard to differentiation Labels: not-comparable
Word: diffractive Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the ability to diffract light
Word: diodelaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diode + laser. 1. A laser diode
Word: laser diode Part of Speech: noun 1. A laser whose active medium is a form of light-emitting diode
Word: diradical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + radical. 1. A divalent radical 2. A free radical having a two unpaired electrons
Word: diradicaloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From diradical + -oid. 1. Of or pertaining to a diradical Labels: not-comparable
Word: diradicaloid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diradical + -oid. 1. Synonym of biradicaloid.
Word: disfavored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disfavor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disfavored Part of Speech: adj 1. Not favored
Word: downconversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down- + conversion. 1. The interaction of a photon with a medium in which it is converted into two photons of lower frequencies such that energy is conserved. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The conversion of a high radio frequency to a lower frequency. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Gerber Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡɝbɚ/ 1. A surname. Example: Niklaus Gerber was a Swiss dairy chemist and industrialist. 2. A census-designated place in Tehama County, California, United States. 3. Baby food.
Word: heads of agreement Part of Speech: noun 1. A document stating the intent of the parties to enter into a binding agreement as outlined in the document. Labels: UK, plural, plural-only Example: Finally, on July 10, 1984, Heads of Agreement were signed. Three extra drafting rounds were necessary in order to formally sign the Renegotiated Agreement.
Word: rob blind Part of Speech: verb 1. To rob (someone) mercilessly.
Word: lickle Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variant form of little. First attested in the 16th century. Compare ickle and likkle. Pronunciation: /lɪkəl/ 1. Alternative form of little. Labels: Caribbean, Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative, childish, regional
Word: lickle Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Variant form of little. First attested in the 16th century. Compare ickle and likkle. Pronunciation: /lɪkəl/ 1. Alternative form of little. Labels: Caribbean, Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative, childish, regional
Word: lickle Part of Speech: det Etymology: Variant form of little. First attested in the 16th century. Compare ickle and likkle. Pronunciation: /lɪkəl/ 1. Alternative form of little. Labels: Caribbean, Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative, childish, regional
Word: lickle Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Variant form of little. First attested in the 16th century. Compare ickle and likkle. Pronunciation: /lɪkəl/ 1. Alternative form of little. Labels: Caribbean, Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative, childish, regional
Word: lickle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of little. First attested in the 16th century. Compare ickle and likkle. Pronunciation: /lɪkəl/ 1. Alternative form of little. Labels: Caribbean, Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative, childish, countable, regional, uncountable
Word: up the yin-yang Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: It has been suggested to derive from the meaning of the phrase "up the yin-yang", where "yin-yang", a reference to a circular Taoist symbol, is used euphemistically for the human anus; the suggestion, therefore, is that one has so much of some thing that some of that thing is to be found in one's colon, or otherwise beyond one's anus. The meaning of "up the yin-yang", then, is actually "to an excessive degree". 1. Synonym of out the wazoo. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, mildly, vulgar Example: We've got bananas up the yin-yang this week. Does anyone know how to make banana bread? Example: ...the currently fashionable barbarism of plus used as a conjunction; and the reference to Ethel Merman as "The Merm"; and the misuse of a favorite slang expression ("... these Kander and Ebb songs did their duty up the yin-yang (sic)").
Word: out the ying yang Part of Speech: adv 1. Synonym of out the wazoo. Example: Texas has bluebonnets out the ying yang this time of year.
Word: Greenlanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Greenlander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waragis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waragi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: word-of-mouth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of word of mouth. Labels: alt-of, alternative, attributive, uncountable
Word: Blockflöte Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of block flute. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ying-yang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of yin-yang (anus) Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of yin-yang (penis) Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: ...wouldn't have to staunch anybody's leg wounds or haunt the hospital corridors waiting for a peek at one of my troopers with tubes up his ying-yang. Example: Do you say it's Dad's tallywacker, his ying-yang, his wienie? Or do you say, "That's Daddy's penis"? 3. Alternative form of yin-yang Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Example: Straightness is the assumption that the world is divided into two 'natural' human types.....masculine - feminine, lady - gentleman, ying - yang, fucker - fuckee.
Word: BNI Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of batteries not included. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: peachy keen Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely good, exactly right; all right. Labels: informal Example: Everything is just peachy keen, isn't it? The deadline is approaching and I have hardly even started yet. Example: And why resist when this peachy-keen Jell-O is as easy on the cook as it is easy on the eyes?
Word: dynode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 1939 from Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis, “power, might, strength”) + -ode. By surface analysis, dyne + -ode. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.nəʊd/, /ˈdaɪˌnoʊd/ 1. Any of a series of electrodes within a photomultiplier tube.
Word: prostatic adenocarcinoma Part of Speech: noun 1. Adenocarcinoma of the prostate gland, accounting for over 95% of prostate cancers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: eigenvectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigenvector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electronegativities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electronegativity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: enones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linewidths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of linewidth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photochemists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of photochemist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photochemist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from photochemistry. 1. A chemist who works in photochemistry
Word: polarizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polarizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phytochromes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phytochrome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repulsions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repulsion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polarizabilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polarizability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splittings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splitting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectrofluorometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spectrofluorometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectrofluorometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A spectrometer used in fluorescence spectroscopy
Word: fluorescence spectroscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. An analytical technique that analyzes the fluorescence produced by a sample; fluorometry or spectrofluorimetry. Labels: uncountable
Word: synthones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synthone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synthone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any key intermediate product that, one synthesized, may be used to synthesize a range of other compounds.
Word: knowledgebase Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of knowledge base. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: haematodocha Part of Speech: noun 1. An elastic sac of tissue within the palp of male arachnids, which fills with blood during insemination. Example: The elastic haematodochae are then distended hydraulically, pushing out and rotating the sclerites of the palpal organs, some of which lock it in position.
Word: artefactual Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to artefacts Labels: not-comparable
Word: astrochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English astrochemistry From astro- + chemistry. 1. The study of the chemical composition of stars and outer space Labels: uncountable
Word: astrochemist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from astrochemistry. 1. A chemist or astronomer whose speciality is astrochemistry.
Word: library science Part of Speech: noun 1. An interdisciplinary science incorporating the humanities, law and applied science to study topics related to libraries, the collection, organization, preservation and dissemination of information resources, and the political economy of information. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: biofuels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biofuel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ontologies Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑnˈtɑləd͡ʒiz/ 1. plural of ontology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oocytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oocyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biotechnical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English technical English biotechnical From bio- + technical. 1. Of or pertaining to biotechnology
Word: functionalizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of functionalize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: functionalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function English -al English functional 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 functionalize From functional + -ize. 1. To provide (something) with a function. Labels: transitive 2. To add a functional group to (a compound). Labels: transitive 3. To adapt into a form that uses functional programming. Labels: transitive
Word: ribozymes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribozyme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mechanisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mechanization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: nanotool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek νᾶνος (nânos)bor. Latin nānusbor. English nano- English tool English nanotool From nano- + tool. 1. Any tool having dimensions measured in nanometres, or used in nanotechnology.
Word: preabsorptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Latin absorbeō Old French assorbir Middle French absorberder. English absorb Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English absorptive English preabsorptive From pre- + absorptive. 1. Of or pertaining to preabsorption Labels: not-comparable
Word: preabsorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English preabsorption From pre- + absorption. 1. absorption prior to some other process
Word: sociochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *sokʷéh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Proto-Indo-European *sokʷh₂ṓy Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Indo-European *sokʷyós Proto-Italic *sokjos Latin sokios Latin sociusder. English socio- English chemistry English sociochemistry From socio- + chemistry. 1. The study of the effects of chemical compounds (pheromones) on social behaviour Labels: uncountable
Word: subdiaphragmatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English diaphragmatic English subdiaphragmatic From sub- + diaphragmatic. 1. Below the diaphragm Labels: not-comparable
Word: authorized term Part of Speech: noun 1. A term prescribed by a controlled vocabulary as the one preferable to its synonyms, such as frequency preferable to pitch.
Word: unauthorized term Part of Speech: noun 1. A term discouraged by a controlled vocabulary in favor of its authorized synonym, such as pitch in favor of frequency.
Word: orthogonality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orthogonal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English orthogonality From orthogonal + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɔːˌθɒɡ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/, /ɔɹˌθɑ.ɡəˈnæl.ə.ti/, [ɔɹˌθɑ.ɡəˈnæl.ə.ɾi], /ɔɹˌθɒɡ.əˈnæl.ə.ti/, [ɔɹˌθɒɡ.əˈnæl.ə.ɾi] 1. The property of being orthogonal. Labels: uncountable Example: In this chapter we develop one of the key concepts in the geometry of the vector space Rⁿ, namely, the concept of orthogonality of vectors. Example: Suppose we have an imaginary pair of axes with a set of comparable language entities on one and a set of attributes or capabilities on the other. When we talk of “orthogonality”, we usually mean that the space defined by these axes is as “full” as we can logically make it. Part of the Ruby way is to strive for this orthogonality.
Word: kero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of kerosene. 1. Kerosene. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, colloquial, uncountable Example: ‘Need a bit more kero,’ he'd say. ‘How about trotting down to town for it?’ Example: The hessian hut glowed yellow with the light of a kero lamp.
Word: kero Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of wooden drinking vessel produced by the Incas.
Word: vadi Part of Speech: noun 1. The tonic note of a given raga.
Word: knowledge management Part of Speech: noun 1. A range of practices used by organisations to identify, create, represent, and distribute knowledge. Labels: uncountable
Word: data management Part of Speech: noun 1. All the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource, such as data modeling or metadata management. Labels: uncountable
Word: heckuva Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Written form of a reduction of heck of a. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛkəvə/ 1. Heck of a; extreme. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: They had a heckuva row over where to spend the weekend.
Word: information retrieval Part of Speech: noun 1. The science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases, whether relational stand-alone databases or hypertextually-networked databases such as the World Wide Web. Labels: uncountable
Word: document retrieval Part of Speech: noun 1. The matching of a user query against a set of free-text records, including unstructured text, such as newspaper articles, real-estate records or paragraphs in a manual. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: text retrieval Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of document retrieval. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: index term Part of Speech: noun 1. A term associated with particular documents in an index used for document retrieval; typically, a term that captures the essential meaning of a document. Example: This includes a term dictionary that provides for each allowable index term a pointer giving the addresses of the document lists in the term index for the corresponding term; […] Example: If the indexing is being performed automatically, by an algorithm, there is consistency in the index term selection process.
Word: tetracaine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- German Kokain German -kainbor. English -caine English tetracaine From tetra- + -caine (“local anesthetic”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛ.tɹəˌkeɪn/ 1. A crystalline basic ester C₁₅H₂₄N₂O₂ that is closely related chemically to procaine and is used chiefly in the form of its hydrochloride as a local anesthetic. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trisoligonucleotides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trisoligonucleotide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trisoligonucleotide Part of Speech: noun 1. An assembly of three short strands of DNA (oligonucleotides) around a branching junction; they have been used to build nanoscale structures
Word: vagotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vago- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English vagotomy From vago- + -tomy. 1. The surgical resection of the vagus nerve so as to reduce the secretion of acid in the stomach and so control duodenal ulcers.
Word: electrochemiluminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English chemi- Proto-Indo-European *lewk- Proto-Indo-European *-s- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥ Proto-Italic *louksmən Latin lumen Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English luminescence English chemiluminescence English electrochemiluminescence From electro- + chemiluminescence. 1. The emission of light as a result of an electrochemical reaction
Word: electrochromic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or exhibiting electrochromism.
Word: rollable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin rotulader. Latin rotulāre Old French roelerbor. Middle English rollen English roll Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English rollable From roll + -able. 1. Capable of rolling or being rolled. Labels: not-comparable Example: rollable electronics
Word: rollable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin rotulader. Latin rotulāre Old French roelerbor. Middle English rollen English roll Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English rollable From roll + -able. 1. Something that is rollable. Example: On a hall just off the clinic’s main corridor are two small rooms; one is nearly filled with a child-sized round table and chairs and packed with crayons, paints, and miscellaneous arts and craft supplies. The other has trucks, dolls, puzzles, games, and various rollables and pushables on an open floor. Example: He's got the bridles of two rollables wrapped securely around his fingers and he seems to have made it his mission to keep tugging them, no matter what, much like Olaf Ver Olafson used to drag parked cars crammed with bimbos to world’s-strongest-man glory from 1978 to 1984, or like how the wise old carthorse used to tug his cart home in the dusk from Brapton up to Muffly Forge oh so many years ago.
Word: electrochromism Part of Speech: noun 1. The ability to change colour when subjected to an electric charge Labels: uncountable
Word: carriable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English carry Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English carriable From carry + -able. 1. Able to be carried; portable.
Word: carriable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English carry Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English carriable From carry + -able. 1. That which can be carried.
Word: electrocyclization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle 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 cyclize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English cyclization English electrocyclization From electro- + cyclization. 1. an electrocyclic reaction
Word: electrocyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English electrocyclic From electro- + cyclic. 1. Describing a molecular rearrangement in which a covalent single bond is formed between the ends of a fully conjugated system resulting in a cyclic compound with one fewer double bonds Labels: not-comparable
Word: vanna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Made up to sound like a Greek letter, probably beginning with "v" to be similar to vega. 1. A second-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of vega with respect to changes in the spot price, or equivalently the rate of change of delta with respect to changes in the volatility of the underlying asset. Labels: uncountable
Word: pozzolanic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pozzolana + -ic, from Italian pozz(u)ollana, earth of Pozzuoli, a town near Naples. 1. Having the characteristics of pozzolana, a type of volcanic ash used for mortar or for cement which sets under water. Example: Since this time other workers have confirmed that ground glass exhibits good pozzolanic provided it is ground to sufficient fineness. Little pozzolanic reaction is evident for glass above 300 microns but the pozzolanic activity increases as the particle size is reduced below this size with good pozzolanic properties generally being achieved below about 45 microns (Federico & Chidiac 2009).
Word: panmixia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin panmixia, from Ancient Greek παν- (pan-, “every, all”) + μίξις (míxis, “mixing, mingling”) + Latin -ia. 1. A situation in which an individual is just as likely to mate with a randomly chosen individual as any other in the population. Labels: uncountable 2. The cessation of natural selection, as on a useless organ. Labels: uncountable
Word: source domain Part of Speech: noun 1. Within a conceptual metaphor, the conceptual domain from which metaphorical expressions are drawn.
Word: panmixus Part of Speech: noun 1. Panmixia. Labels: uncountable
Word: target domain Part of Speech: noun 1. Within a conceptual metaphor, the conceptual domain that we try to understand in terms of source domain.
Word: game club Part of Speech: noun 1. An organization devoted to bringing game players together.
Word: electrogenerated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English generated English electrogenerated From electro- + generated. 1. generated by electricity Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrophotography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English electrophotography From electro- + photography. 1. any of several methods of photocopying in which an image is created and then transferred between surfaces using static electricity Labels: uncountable
Word: electrostrictive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to electrostriction
Word: excimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of excited + dimer. 1. Any diatomic exciplex
Word: exciplexes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exciplex Labels: form-of, plural
Word: autochthones Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒkθəniːz/ 1. plural of autochthon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exciplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of excited + complex. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɪˌplɛks/ 1. Any complex or heteronuclear molecule existing in an excited state, that is dissociated in the ground state.
Word: autochthons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autochthon. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exergonicity Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of being exergonic Labels: uncountable 2. A measure of the extent to which a reaction is exergonic Labels: countable
Word: exergonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō, “outer, out”) and Ancient Greek ἔργον (érgon, “work”) + -ic. 1. Releasing energy (especially as heat)
Word: exitance Part of Speech: noun 1. Flux (of radiation). Example: The entire east sky provided an equivalent exitance of 19 kilolumens per square meter (Method 1) […] Example: For a given temperature, exitance is a function of wavelength. This results in a family of spectral exitance curves dependent on temperature. The equation for spectral exitance is the Planck equation: […]
Word: exiplex Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of exciplex. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: exterplex Part of Speech: noun 1. A termolecular exciplex
Word: termolecular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ter- + molecular. 1. Involving three molecules Labels: not-comparable
Word: extrusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extrusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fluence. 1. Fluency Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: a voluble and ſmart fluence of Tongue, 2. A measure of particle flux (or that of a pulse of electromagnetic radiation) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fluence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of influence. 1. A magical or mysterious force; hypnotic power; energy. Example: I don't say she would have done anything, if it had come to the point; but the fluence was on, and she got me hot.
Word: fluorogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fluoro- + -genic. 1. That generates fluorescence
Word: fluorometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluoro- + -metry. 1. An analytical technique that uses fluorescence to detect and identify small samples of substances Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fluxional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fluxion + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈflʌkʃənəl/ 1. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions; variable; inconstant. 2. That undergoes rapid intramolecular rearrangements, component atoms being interchanged among equivalent structures.
Word: primitive type Part of Speech: noun 1. A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean. Labels: idiomatic Example: Holonym: type system Example: Although assembly language has no primitive types in the way that high-level languages do, assemblers do provide directives to allocate and interpret blocks of memory in specific, low-level ways, highly dependent on the target processor architecture, which programmers can think of as being effectively like primitive types. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see primitive, type: a crude, simplistic, and/or early kind (of a device or physical system). Example: The television that existed in the 1920s was of a primitive type, but it paved the way for what would come later.
Word: composite type Part of Speech: noun 1. A data type that can be constructed in a programming language out of that language's primitive types and other composite types; exemplified by array, structure, and class.
Word: built-in type Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɪltɪn ˈtaɪp/ 1. A data type provided by a programming language as a basic building block, such as integer, character or Boolean, but in some languages also list, hash table or first class function.
Word: pein Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of peen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pein Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of peen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: data modeling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of creating a data model. Labels: uncountable
Word: information modeling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of creating information model. Labels: uncountable
Word: cackle-bladder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cackle + bladder, because originally chicken blood was used. Pronunciation: /ˈkækəlˌblædə(ɹ)/ 1. A bladder containing (real or fake) blood, used to fake someone's death or injury, as in espionage or confidence tricks where a person is made to think that he is an accessory to murder. Example: 1951 June 16, Racket Squad (television review), in The Billboard, page 8, It tells you how they work on the mark's own larcenous cravings for a killing, how they build him up to betting his entire stake — and then "put the chill on" via the "cackle bladder" routine, a prop murder, so named because originally the "corpse" bit on a chicken bladder and drenched himself in chicken blood. Example: Use a cackle bladder to bite on and spit blood whether faced with a gang or a single assailant. This is often enough to dissuade would-be aggressors […].
Word: entity relationship diagram Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of entity-relationship diagram. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fluxionality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fluxional Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fluxionality From fluxional + -ity. 1. The state of being fluxional Labels: uncountable 2. The degree to which a molecule is fluxional Labels: countable
Word: conceptual schema Part of Speech: noun 1. A map of concepts, their properties, the relationships between the concepts and the properties of the relationships.
Word: data element Part of Speech: noun 1. An atomic unit of data that has: 2. An atomic unit of data that has: 3. An atomic unit of data that has: 4. An atomic unit of data that has: 5. An atomic unit of data that has:
Word: synonym ring Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of synset. Example: A synonym ring is a set of words or phrases (which are regarded as synonymous). A thesaurus is a set of trees whose nodes are synonym rings. Example: Each term in a synonym ring is equally likely to occur in any relevant article and so it is necessary to search for them all rather than one preferred term.
Word: metadata registry Part of Speech: noun 1. A central location in an organization where metadata definitions are stored and maintained in a controlled method.
Word: value domain Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of allowed values for a data element.
Word: representation term Part of Speech: noun 1. A word or a combination of words that semantically represent the data type (value domain) of a data element, such as the suffix "ID" for the data element "PersonID", the suffix "Name" for "PersonGivenName" and "PersonFamilyName" and "Date" for "PersonBirthDate".
Word: heliochromism Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of certain photochromic materials of colouring in near-ultraviolet light and then fading in its absence; they are used in the lenses of sunglasses Labels: uncountable
Word: asine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French asine, from Latin asina. 1. she-ass. Labels: archaic
Word: heteroexcimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English excimer English heteroexcimer From hetero- + excimer. 1. exciplex
Word: hypersusceptibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypersusceptibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypersusceptibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English susceptibility English hypersusceptibility From hyper- + susceptibility. 1. A greater than normal susceptibility to something, such as light or infection. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypochromic Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a decrease in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment 2. Having a lower than normal amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells
Word: hyperchromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) English chromo- Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hyperchromic From hyper- + chromo- + -ic. 1. Describing an increase in the intensity of a spectral band due to a change in the molecular environment. 2. Having a higher than normal amount of hemoglobin in the red blood cells.
Word: impinges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of impinge Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: inhomogeneously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English inhomogeneous Middle English -ly English -ly English inhomogeneously From inhomogeneous + -ly. 1. In an inhomogeneous manner.
Word: interconverting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interconvert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: interconverting Part of Speech: adj 1. That interconvert Labels: not-comparable
Word: intermolecularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intermolecular Middle English -ly English -ly English intermolecularly From intermolecular + -ly. 1. In an intermolecular manner; between molecules Labels: not-comparable
Word: intramolecularly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English intramolecular Middle English -ly English -ly English intramolecularly From intramolecular + -ly. 1. Within a molecule. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intersystem 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- English system English intersystem From inter- + system. 1. Between systems. Labels: not-comparable
Word: intervalence 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- English valence English intervalence From inter- + valence. 1. Between metal sites that have different oxidation states. Labels: not-comparable
Word: findability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English find Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English findability From find + -ability. 1. The ability to be found. Labels: uncountable 2. The quality of a particular object being locatable. Labels: uncountable 3. The quality of a whole system being navigable. Labels: uncountable
Word: mistify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From misty + -fy. 1. To envelop or shroud in mist. Labels: archaic Example: Enwrap all this, and more in your imagination, as it is enveloped in the soft transparent haze of this delicious clime, beautifying and mistifying all around, and you may fancy somewhat of the reality. Example: That for six thousand years — and no one knows how many millions of ages before — the great whales should have been spouting all over the sea, and sprinkling and mistifying the gardens of the deep, as with so many sprinkling or mistifying pots; and that for some centuries back, thousands of hunters should have been close by the fountain of the whale, watching these sprinklings and spoutings—that all this should be, and yet, that down to this blessed minute (fifteen and a quarter minutes past one o'clock PM of this sixteenth day of December, A.D. 1851), it should still remain a problem, whether these spoutings are, after all really water, or nothing but vapor —this is surely a noteworthy thing. 2. To turn into mist Example: In this syrup the greenish, oily extract is put, and boiled on a slow fire. Now is the time to mistify the preparation. Example: Steam "cut-off" is controlled by means of a small cylinder chamber the fuel is metered through a jet to a mistifying pump, the latter being operated by the blower motor. 3. Misspelling of mystify. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: irradiance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English irradiant Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English irradiance From irradiant + -ance. Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹeɪ.di.əns/ 1. The act of irradiating; emission of rays of light. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which irradiates or is irradiated; lustre; splendour; brilliancy. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The radiant power received by unit area of surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The geometry of the cone θ and the irradiance at the image of the carbon block were used to determine the absolute steradiancy of the energy in the cone θ as a radiometer calibration value.
Word: isoabsorption Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *srebʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *srobʰéyeti Proto-Italic *sorβeō Latin sorbeō Latin absorbeō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin absorptiōder. English absorption English isoabsorption From iso- + absorption. 1. A feature of the absorption spectra of a mixture of substances that are reacting with each other, in that at one frequency the absorption will remain constant throughout the reaction
Word: isoclinic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the same, or a constant, slope Labels: not-comparable
Word: isoclinic Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of isocline.
Word: isoemissive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English emissive English isoemissive From iso- + emissive. 1. Having the same, or constant, intensity of emission; isostilbic Labels: not-comparable
Word: isoenergetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English energetic English isoenergetic From iso- + energetic. 1. Having the same, or constant, energy.
Word: acrophony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros, “uppermost, beginning”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). From acro- + -phony. Pronunciation: /əˈkɹɒfəni/ 1. The naming of letters in an alphabetic writing system using words whose initial sounds are represented by the respective letters. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isolampsic Part of Speech: adj 1. isoemissive
Word: lollygagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒlɪˌɡaɡə/, /ˈlɑlɪˌɡæɡɚ/ 1. A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well. Labels: slang 2. A young man who pets or makes out in public. Labels: US, archaic
Word: isosbestic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek iso- + σβεστός (sbestós, “extinguished”), verbal adjective to σβέννυμι (sbénnumi, “I extinguish”). 1. Having a constant or equal absorption Labels: not-comparable
Word: tie someone's hands Part of Speech: verb 1. To render someone powerless to act, to thwart someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: This contract would have tied my hands. Example: I'd like to help you, but my hands are tied.
Word: luminophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lumin-, stem of Latin lumen + -phore. 1. That part of a molecule that is responsible for a given emission band when it undergoes luminescence.
Word: lumiphore Part of Speech: noun 1. Luminophore.
Word: freind Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of friend. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: If he [Pope Stephen II] were a freind herein to Monarchy I know not, but to the Monarch I need not aske what he was. Having thus made Pepin [the Short] his faſt freind, he cals him into Italy againſt Aiſtulphus the Lombard, […] Example: They were exceedingly handsome and so much alike, that it was not every one who knew them apart.—Nay even their most intimate freinds had nothing to distinguish them by, but the shape of the face, the colour of the Eye, the length of the Nose & the difference of the complexion. Elfrida had an intimate freind to whom, being on a visit to an Aunt, she wrote the following Letter.
Word: lollygaggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lollygagger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: have one's hands tied Part of Speech: verb 1. To be powerless to act, to be thwarted. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do. My hands are tied.
Word: misery whip Part of Speech: noun 1. A two-man crosscut saw, often more than ten feet in length, used to fell large trees.
Word: wash one's hands Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The figurative sense comes from the account in Matthew 27:24 of the Bible in which Pontius Pilate, unwilling to condemn Jesus who has committed no crime but whose crucifixion the crowd has called for, symbolically washes his hands in public and says (according to the King James Version; spelling modernized): “I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.” Another literal and figurative usage of the expression can be traced to Deuteronomy 21:6 where the elders of Israel are commanded to "wash their hands" as part of a ceremonial absolution ritual initiated upon the discovery of a corpse outside the jurisdiction of any city. Pronunciation: /ˌwɒʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z/, /ˌwɔʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z/, /ˌwɒʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z‿əv/, /ˌwɔʃ wʌnz ˈhæn(d)z‿əv/ 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wash, one's, hands. Example: Be sure to wash your hands before preparing food. Example: If you're healthy and you know it, wash your hands! If you're healthy and you know it, wash your hands! 2. To go to the toilet. Labels: euphemistic 3. To absolve oneself of responsibility or future blame for; to refuse to have any further involvement with. Labels: figuratively Example: Sharp[er]. […] Mony is but Dirt, Sir Joſeph—Mere Dirt. / Sir Jo[seph Wittoll]. But I profeſs, it is a Dirt I have vvaſhed my Hands of at preſent; I have laid it all out upon my Back. Example: 'Then I vvaſh my Hands of you,' cries the Doctor, 'and I deſire you to pay me for the Trouble I have had already.[…].'
Word: early doors Part of Speech: adv Etymology: According to some, the phrase originated at a time when English pubs closed in the afternoon as a term for customers who were waiting or arrived soon after the pub re-opened in the evening. Alternatively, the phrase is said to originate in the theatre world, where it described a facility available to early-arriving members of the audience, who were allowed to avoid the crush and choose the best seats in return for paying a small premium. 1. Early; at a time before expected; sooner than usual. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, not-comparable Example: Mudchester Rovers conceded two goals early doors and never got back into the game.
Word: early doors Part of Speech: adj Etymology: According to some, the phrase originated at a time when English pubs closed in the afternoon as a term for customers who were waiting or arrived soon after the pub re-opened in the evening. Alternatively, the phrase is said to originate in the theatre world, where it described a facility available to early-arriving members of the audience, who were allowed to avoid the crush and choose the best seats in return for paying a small premium. 1. Early, near the start or beginning. Labels: Northern-England, not-comparable Example: The party was very dull, so I made an early doors exit.
Word: early doors Part of Speech: noun Etymology: According to some, the phrase originated at a time when English pubs closed in the afternoon as a term for customers who were waiting or arrived soon after the pub re-opened in the evening. Alternatively, the phrase is said to originate in the theatre world, where it described a facility available to early-arriving members of the audience, who were allowed to avoid the crush and choose the best seats in return for paying a small premium. 1. Women's drawers. Labels: Cockney, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: sheep-dip Part of Speech: noun 1. A liquid formulation of insecticide and fungicide, used to protect sheep from infestation by external parasites. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sheep-dip Part of Speech: verb 1. To formally, and usually temporarily, transfer military equipment or personnel to nonmilitary ownership for the purpose of its employment in covert action which involves less of a risk of triggering an armed conflict. Labels: US, transitive
Word: sheep-dips Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sheep-dip Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person