nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: luster Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French lustre, from Old Italian lustro, from Old Italian lustrare (“brighten”), from Latin lūstrō (“to purify, to brighten”), from Latin lūstrum (“purification ritual”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstɚ/ 1. To have luster, to gleam, to shine. Labels: US, archaic, intransitive Example: What bloom, what brightness lusters o’er her cheeks! 2. To gain luster, to become lustrous. Labels: US, archaic, intransitive 3. To give luster, particularly Labels: US, obsolete, transitive Example: Our Puritans have from hence learned to colour and lustre their ugly Treasons... with the cloake of Religion. 4. To give luster, particularly Labels: US, transitive Example: Peter and Mania found a pensione whose view was of chestnut woods and a horizon looped by peaks lustred with last winter’s snow, distant in time as well as space. 5. To shed light on, to illustrate, to show. Labels: US, obsolete, transitive 6. Synonym of lustrate, particularly Labels: US, obsolete, transitive 7. Synonym of lustrate, particularly Labels: US, obsolete, transitive
Word: luster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstɚ/ 1. Alternative form of lustrum: A five-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: ...thritty yere of vj. lustres... Example: Mesue and some other Arabians began to reject and reprehend it; upon whose authority, for many following lusters, it was much debased and quite out of request […].
Word: luster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lust Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English luster From lust + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstɚ/ 1. One who lusts, one inflamed with lust. Labels: US, archaic Example: Eumenides But did neuer any Louers come hether? Example: ...a luster after power...
Word: luster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstɚ/ 1. Synonym of den: a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals. Labels: US, obsolete Example: ...But, turning to his luster, Calues and Dam, He shewes abhorr'd death, in his angers flame...
Word: frame dragging Part of Speech: noun 1. The bending out of shape of space and time near a rotating body, as predicted by general relativity. Labels: uncountable
Word: bedridden Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English bedredyn, bedraden, bedreden, bæddrædæn (also as bedreede, bedrede), from Old English bedreda (“bedridden”, adj.), from bedreda, bedrida, bæddryda (“one who is bedridden”, noun), from bed, bedd (“bed”) + rida (“rider”), with -en by analogy with past participle adjectives. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdɹɪdən/ 1. Confined to bed because of infirmity or illness. Labels: not-comparable Example: the estate of a bedridden old gentleman
Word: geodetic effect Part of Speech: noun 1. the change in the spin of a gyroscope as it moves through curved spacetime
Word: geodetic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈdɛt.ɪk/ 1. Of or relating to geodesy; geodesic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: in the long run Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally. Labels: idiomatic Example: But this long run is a misleading guide to current affairs. In the long run we are all dead. Example: If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
Word: Venus fly trap Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Venus flytrap. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nare Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɛə/, /nɛː/, /nɛəɹ/ 1. A nostril Labels: rare Example: There is a Machiavelian plot, / Tho' ev'ry nare olfact it not;
Word: Mach's principle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after German physicist Ernst Mach, to whom the hypothesis is often attributed. Coined by Albert Einstein, who sought to incorporate the hypothesis into his theory of general relativity. 1. The principle that the inertia of a body arises from its relation to the totality of all other bodies in the universe. Example: We now discuss a theory of gravitation and cosmology which is perhaps more strongly rooted in Mach's principle than any other theory discussed so far. Example: Thus, in any case, quantum theory is based on an absolute space-time picture and, therefore, in these formulations Mach's principle is not fulfiled.^([sic]) The following important question arises: Can quantum phenomena be treated in accordance with Mach's principle?
Word: planer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English planer, planere, equivalent to plane + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯n.əɹ/, /ˈpɫeɪ̯n.ɚ/, /ˈpleɪ̯n.ə/ 1. A tool which smooths a surface or makes one surface of a workpiece parallel to the tool's bed. 2. A person employed to use this kind of woodworking tool. 3. A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines. Example: Besides the usual run of machines, planers, millers, automatics, centre lathes, cranes, etc., there were several power stations, the rolling mills for strip material and for 60 ft. rails, and all the steel furnaces with their complicated systems of flues. If variety is the spice of life, then there was plenty here. 4. A wooden block used for forcing down the type in a form, and making the surface even. Labels: archaic Example: the compositor "planes down" the "forme," to make a the surface of the type stand flat and even, by blows of the mallet upon a piece of smooth wood laid upon the pages, called, from its use, "a planer;" and it is then ready for the pressman
Word: planer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪ̯n.əɹ/, /ˈpɫeɪ̯n.ɚ/, /ˈpleɪ̯n.ə/ 1. comparative form of plane: more plane Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: severalty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English severalte, from Middle French severalte. By surface analysis, several + -ty. 1. The sole ownership of property by someone. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being several or separate. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] thus a joint submission to arbitrament may be taken severally in respect of the severalty of the causes.
Word: satirically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From satiric + -ally or satirical + -ly. 1. In a satiric manner.
Word: satiric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French satirique, from Late Latin satiricus. 1. Of or pertaining to satire.
Word: rhyolite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Ferdinand von Richthofen as German Rhyolith, from Ancient Greek ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”) + λίθος (líthos, “stone”) (modified to + -lite). Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.əˌlaɪt/, /ˈɹaɪ.oʊˌlaɪt/ 1. An igneous, volcanic (extrusive) rock, of felsic composition, with aphanitic to porphyritic texture. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quadrupole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quadru- + pole. 1. A distribution of either electric charge or magnetization equivalent to two dipoles that point in opposite directions. Example: Consider a linear quadrupole consisting of a point charge of strength 2q at the origin and point charges of strength —q at (0, 0, a) and (0, 0, —a). 2. A magnet with two north poles and two south poles, used to focus a beam of particles.
Word: zzz Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Conventionalized sound of snoring. Pronunciation: [zːːː] 1. A snoring sound, implying that somebody is asleep.
Word: zzz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Conventionalized sound of snoring. Pronunciation: [zːːː] 1. To sleep or snore. Labels: onomatopoeic Example: He lay back on his pillow, made a faint zzzing sound that ceased, and presently and quite quietly he died — greatly comforted by my assurance. Example: He zzzed for a long time, bobbing back and forth, and then he let us go, pointing to two empty seats across the aisle and motioning for us to sit down.
Word: catch some zs Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of catch some z's. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quantum gravity Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of theoretical physics aiming to unite quantum mechanics with general relativity. Labels: uncountable 2. The gravitational force modeled as a quantum field. Labels: uncountable
Word: haven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪvən/ 1. A harbour or anchorage protected from the sea. Labels: dated Example: And the stately ships go on / To their haven under the hill; 2. A safe place. Example: Since its conception, the European Union has been a haven for those seeking refuge from war, persecution and poverty in other parts of the world. 3. A peaceful or tranquil place. 4. A certain type of function on sets of vertices in an undirected graph, able to be used by an evader to win a pursuit-evasion game on the graph.
Word: haven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English haven, havene, from Old English hæfen (“haven; harbour; port”), from Proto-West Germanic *habanu, from Proto-Germanic *habnō, *habanō (compare Dutch haven, German Hafen, Norwegian/Danish havn, Swedish hamn, French havre), from Proto-Germanic *habą (“sea”) (compare Old English hæf, Middle Low German haf, Old Norse haf (“sea”), German Haff (“bay or lagoon behind a spit”), perhaps, in the sense of "heaving sea", etymologically identical with Old Norse haf (“heaving, lifting, uplift, elevation”), derived from Proto-Germanic *habjaną (“to lift, heave”)), or from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂pnós (compare Old Irish cúan (“harbor, recess, haven”)). Doublet of abra. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪvən/ 1. To put into, or provide with a haven.
Word: haven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English haven; equivalent to have + -en (plural simple present ending). 1. plural simple present of have Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural, present Example: And they that occupye them bene in moche ſauegarde, and hauen greate conſolacyon, and bene the readyer vnto all goodnes, the ſlower to all euyll, and yf they haue done any thing amyſe, anone euen by the ſyght of the bookes theyꝛ conſciences bene admoniſhed, and they waxen ſoꝛy ⁊ aſhamed of the facte. Example: For Lord, what charity hauen such men of religion, that knowen how they mowen against and sinne, and fleen awat from their brethren that bene more vncunning then they ben, and suffren thē to trauelen in the world withouten their councel as beastes?
Word: profundity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English profundite, from Middle French profondite or its etymon Latin profunditās; by surface analysis, prof(o)und + ity. Compare profoundness. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈfʌndɪti/ 1. The state of being profound; magnitude, gravity, or intensity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The situation's profundity escaped most observers. 2. Deep intellect or insight. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: brilliance, genius Example: Unfortunately, Andrew's colossal ego means people miss his profundity. 3. A great depth; a deep place. Labels: countable, uncommon, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: abyss Example: I delved the abyssal profundities of Neptune's realm. 4. Depth; the state of possessing great downwards extent. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: [A] sharp-looking old dame, […] inhabited a "laigh [low] shop," anglicé [in English], a cellar, opening to the High-street by a strait and steep stair, at the bottom of which she sold tape, thread, needles, skeans of worsted, coarse linen cloth, and such feminine gear, to those who had the courage and skill to descend to the profundity of her dwelling, without falling headlong themselves, or throwing down any of the numerous articles which, piled on each side of the descent, indicated the profession of the trader below.
Word: amplifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor. Old French amplifierbor. Middle English amplifiyen English amplify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English amplifier From amplify + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ə/, /ˈæm.plə.faɪ.ɚ/, [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪ.ɚ], /ˈæm.plə.faɪɹ/, [ˈɛəm.plə.faɪɹ] 1. Anything that amplifies, or makes something larger or more intense. Example: The football team is not an extension of Iran’s leaders, but is in fact the opposite, seen as an amplifier for freedom, group expression, modernity. 2. An adverb that adds intensity, such as "really" or "totally". 3. An appliance or circuit that increases the strength of a weak electrical signal without changing the other characteristics of the signal. 4. A portable encasement that houses a large speaker, used to amplify voices and musical instruments at live performances. 5. A lens that enlarges the field of vision.
Word: comparator Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kəmˈpa.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/, /kəmˈpæ.ɹə.təɹ/, /kəmˈpɛ.ɹə.təɹ/ 1. Any of various devices for comparing a physical property of two objects, or an object with a standard. Example: optical comparator 2. An electronic device that compares two voltages, currents or streams of data. Example: electrical comparator Example: digital comparator 3. Anything that serves as a comparison. 4. A thing being compared against in the PICO process; often, a diagnostic method or a treatment being compared against another. Example: The applicant is therefore complaining not of a lack of action but rather of the decision of the local authority to reduce the care package that it had hitherto been making available to her. As such, a more appropriate comparator would be the case of Watts v. The United Kingdom (dec.), no. 53586/09 of 4 May 2010, in which the Court was content to proceed on the basis that a decision to close the care home where the elderly applicant was resident and to transfer her to another home constituted an interference with her rights under Article 8. Example: Roxanne Khazarian (“Plaintiff”) moved to compel discovery from Gerald Metals, LLC and Metals Trading Corp (“Defendants”), seeking the personnel file of Gary Lerner, an employee of Defendants. […] Defendants object to the production of these documents on the grounds that Mr. Lerner is not an appropriate comparator for Ms. Khazarian and his personnel file is therefore irrelevant. 5. An application or program that compares prices, rates, tariffs of flights, smartphones, cars, etc.
Word: conductance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From conduct + -ance. Coined by electrical engineer, mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1885. 1. A measure of the ability of a body to conduct electricity; the reciprocal of its resistance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: conductivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conduct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English conductive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English conductivity From conductive + -ity. 1. The ability of a material to conduct electricity, heat, fluid or sound Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The reciprocal of resistivity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: impedance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From impede + -ance. In sense 2 and sense 3 it was coined by English mathematician and physicist Oliver Heaviside in 1886. Pronunciation: [ɪmˈpiːdn̩s], [ɪmˈpidn̩s] 1. The act of impeding; that which impedes; a hindrance. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Faithful yielding is therefore a display of love before God by preparing to respond to his Call to Arms, even though He may not send us into the front lines of battle if some disability or impedance of Satan prevents us from action […] 2. A measure of the opposition to the flow of an alternating current in a circuit; the aggregation of its resistance, and inductive and capacitive reactances; the ratio of voltage to current treated as complex quantities. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain Labels: countable, uncountable, usually 4. A quantity analogous to electrical impedance in some other energy domain Labels: countable, uncountable, usually
Word: isolator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From isolate + -or. 1. An electrical device that detects short circuits and isolates them. 2. A device that isolates something from the surrounding environment to keep it sterile. Example: The term ‘Isolator’ as used in the Pharmaceutical Industry covers a variety of pieces of equipment. One group has the main objective of providing containment for the handling of dangerous materials either aseptically or not. Another group has the main objective of providing a microbiologically controlled environment within which aseptic operations can be carried out. Example: The use of isolator technology to minimize human interventions in processing areas may result in a significant decrease in the risk of microbial contamination of aseptically manufactured products from the environment. There are many possible designs of isolators and transfer devices . 3. A transparent box for holding small live animals. Example: 2009, Official Journal of the European Union, DIRECTIVE 2009/41/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms, DIRECTIVES, eur-lex.europa.eu Filters on isolators or isolated room. Isolators: transparent boxes where small animals are contained within or outside a cage; for large animals, isolated rooms may be more appropriate.
Word: resistivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English resistive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English resistivity From resistive + -ity. 1. The resistance offered at a particular temperature by an electrical conductor of any given material in a cube of unit length, expressed in ohm-metres (Ωm) in the metric system of measurement. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The reciprocal of thermal conductivity, having SI unit: m K W⁻¹ Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: short circuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: short + circuit 1. A usually unintentional connection of low resistance or impedance in a circuit such that excessive and often damaging current flows in it. Example: One issue surrounds residual current devices (RCDs), the safety devices found in fuse boxes that sense when current is leaking to ground – a sign of electrocution or a short circuit – and almost instantaneously cut power. Most RCDs used in the UK aren’t suitable for current flowing in both directions and so could malfunction. In the US, the set-up is different but there are similar problems. One reason why Germany has managed to move so quickly [on plug-in solar panels] is that by coincidence it standardised bi-directional RCDs in the 1980s. 2. A logical disconnect, such as cognitive dissonance or poor analysis. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The Jewish Community Relations Council does work on racism and multicultural issues, but they don't address anti-Arab racism in this work. They see that as 'political.' It's like they have a short-circuit inside them. Example: Just the thought of being in a crisis that we cannot buy, build or invest our way out of seems to create some kind of collective mental short-circuit. This mix of ignorance, denial and unawareness is the very heart of the problem
Word: short circuit Part of Speech: verb Etymology: short + circuit 1. To cause a short circuit in. Labels: transitive Example: In the motor control room aft, a crewman crashed against the main electrical switchboard, short-circuiting it with his body, and all power aboard was lost. 2. To undergo a short circuit. Labels: intransitive 3. To force termination of an ongoing process before its natural conclusion, by bypassing one or more intermediary steps. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: [H]is temporarily successful attempt to smear Redfield is an effort to short-circuit the narrative into premature and mistaken resolution. Example: You do not need to follow your entire sales cycle if the customer wants to short-circuit it for you. 4. To impede or disrupt. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: At times, the Knicks’ offense looked short-circuited. Anthony, despite his cold hand, kept shooting. / “They all feel good, to be honest with you,” Anthony said. “It wasn’t long, it wasn’t short, they were bouncing off the rim, they were chippers, the same shot I hit all the time so I can’t stop taking my shots.” 5. To bypass, especially by overhastiness. Labels: transitive Example: By insisting that "style" is the only way to exert your undeserving self upon the world these books short-circuit the chance for, and even the need for, the possibility of change in the lives of people or the culture. Example: By multiplying interpretive registers, however, Baudelaire's text short-circuits the desire for identification as well as erodes any rigid allegorical mapping. 6. To terminate a loop before the declared termination condition is met, or a conditional before all conditions have been tested for. Labels: transitive Example: For example, to short-circuit the "LoggedIn()" or "LogIn()" "if" conditional, replace the "Or" with "OrElse" and the statement is interpreted to mean "if not logged in, then log in". Example: If you would like to short-circuit, you must replace "And" with the "AndAlso" keyword and "Or" with the "OrElse" keyword, as follows....
Word: logic analyzer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to test and diagnose digital electronic systems.
Word: microprocessor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + processor. 1. The entire CPU of a computer on a single integrated circuit (chip). Example: When the microprocessor decodes the JSR opcode, it stores the operand into the TEMP register and pushes the current contents of the PC ($00 0128) onto the stack. Example: When you think of current microprocessors (μPs), the Intel Itanium processor with 592 million transistors may come to mind. […] Clearly today's FPGAs will not be able to implement such a top-of-the-range μP with a single FPGA.
Word: multimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English -meter English multimeter From multi- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌl.ti.mi.tɚ/ 1. An electronic measuring instrument that combines multiple functions; a combined voltmeter, ammeter and ohmmeter. Example: This meter is a 3½ digit digital multimeter that is rugged, reliable and convenient to use, while providing all of the accuracy and features needed for any application. Example: A basic hands-on kit that introduces you to good soldering techniques while working on state-of-the-art printed circuit board circuits. You will learn the basics of digital multimeters and circuit troubleshooting.
Word: Avometer Part of Speech: noun 1. a highly accurate multimeter having a deadbeat needle and anti-parallax mirror
Word: deadbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dead + beat. As an adjective, of a person, to be exhausted, first use appears c. the 1820s. During the American Civil War, it also became a derogatory adjective, in the sense of "a person that defaults on their debts or avoids responsibilities" and "sponger", "vagabond". This sense dates from c. 1863. Possibly related to good for nothing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdbiːt/ 1. A lazy or irresponsible person who is often unemployed, often depending upon wealthy or otherwise financially independent people for support. Labels: derogatory 2. A person who defaults on debts. Example: With a few exceptions, all those changes were published in the Ontario Gazette, a little-read compendium of government business that comes out every week. The province requires this by law, as do most Canadian jurisdictions, nominally to thwart fraudsters and deadbeats. 3. A customer who pays their credit card or loan balance in full and on time each month, thereby incurring no interest charges. (Compare revolver, who carries a balance and pays interest.) Labels: ironic, slang Example: Deadbeat is slang for a credit card user who pays their balance in full and on time each month. […] A deadbeat is also called a "nonrevolver" or a "transactor." […] However, so-called deadbeats in the credit world also do not rack up bills they never pay, so they do not generate significant losses for credit card companies like real deadbeats, who do not pay their bills.
Word: deadbeat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dead + beat. As an adjective, of a person, to be exhausted, first use appears c. the 1820s. During the American Civil War, it also became a derogatory adjective, in the sense of "a person that defaults on their debts or avoids responsibilities" and "sponger", "vagabond". This sense dates from c. 1863. Possibly related to good for nothing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛdbiːt/ 1. Having a damped needle that stops without oscillation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Defaulting on one's debts. Labels: not-comparable 3. Defeated or exhausted. Labels: not-comparable 4. Lazy or irresponsible. Labels: derogatory, not-comparable 5. Dead tired. Labels: not-comparable
Word: printed circuit board Part of Speech: noun 1. A flat board that holds chips and other electronic components in layers that interconnect by means of copper pathways, often called traces.
Word: reactance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English react Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. Old French -ancebor. Middle English -aunce English -ance English reactance From react + -ance. 1. The opposition to the change in flow of current in an alternating current circuit, due to inductance and capacitance; the imaginary part of the impedance. Symbol: X. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A similar effect in magnetism. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An emotional reaction in direct contradiction to rules or regulations that threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spectrum analyzer Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic device that displays the frequency spectrum of an electrical, optical or acoustic waveform.
Word: thyristor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of thyratron (1930) + transistor (1947). First attested c. 1965, as an alternative name for the Silicon Controlled Rectifier (SCR) developed in the late 1950s. 1. A semiconductor diode having an extra "gate" terminal to switch it on. Example: In calling it a "Thyristor", Mr. Warder was following a growing practice which takes account of the fact that in years to come the controlled rectifier may be made of other materials than silicon. Example: Figure 1.4 shows a modern thyristor encapsulated in a presspack housing and Figure 1.5 illustrates a typical interdigitated gate geometry in a high-power thyristor; the black areas indicate silicon ( Si0₂ ) and the white areas the Al metallisation.
Word: varistor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of variable + resistor. Pronunciation: /vɛəˈɹɪstə(ɹ)/ 1. An electronic component having a variable resistance; used to protect circuits against power surges.
Word: planed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pleɪnd/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: planed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pleɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of plane Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scoped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skəʊpt/, /skoʊpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of scope Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scoped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /skəʊpt/, /skoʊpt/ 1. Limited to a particular scope. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scraped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scrape Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scrapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scrap Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: It may not be known generally that the tenders of the scrapped engines of this class were found to be in too good a condition to be broken up, and are now attached to Class "J15" 0-6-0 goods.
Word: scrapped Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of scraped. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Sun. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Sunday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: parmi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From parmigiana. 1. A chicken parmigiana. Labels: Australia, informal
Word: extemporize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English extempore 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 extemporize From extempore + -ize. 1. To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. Labels: intransitive Example: "Will you please tell me whose music you have been playing?" . . . "It's nobody's, miss." "Do you mean you have been extemporizing all this time?" Example: But while some of his predecessors liked to extemporize, Obama prefers the message to be just so. 2. To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner. Labels: transitive Example: As the music came fresher on their ears, they danced to its cadence, extemporizing new steps and attitudes. Example: The small jelly-speck, which we call the amoeba, has no organs save what it can extemporize as occasion arises.
Word: homeland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + land. Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊmˌlænd/, /ˈhoʊmˌlænd/, /ˈhoʊmˌlənd/ 1. The country that one regards as home. Example: defend the homeland Example: return to the homeland 2. One's country of residence. 3. One's country of birth. 4. The traditional territory of an ethnic group or a tribe or clan thereof. 5. An area set aside for black South Africans under the policy of apartheid. Labels: South-Africa, historical
Word: artwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art English -work English artwork From art + -work. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːtˌwɜːk/, /ˈɑɹtˌwɝk/ 1. A painting, drawing, sculpture or other piece of creative, visual art. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A myriad of Hellenic artworks reflects the perceptions of the citizens of Ancient Greece. Example: The most distinctive physical attribute of the space is the bright red metal sculpture that resembles one of Claes Oldenburg's oversized clothespins, only slightly deconstructed. The artwork may be enjoyed on its own terms, but ... 2. Artistic work. Labels: uncountable 3. The graphical elements to be included in a reproduced work. Labels: uncountable Example: The text has been reviewed, but the photographer hasn't delivered some of the artwork.
Word: green chain Part of Speech: noun 1. An area where lumber is sorted and piled at a sawmill.
Word: diphtheria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French diphtérie (later for a while also spelled diphthérie) in 1857, which was coined in 1855 with the suffix -ie to replace -ite in the previous term diphtérite for the disease because it affects more than one part of the body. The previous term (later for a while also spelled diphthérite) was coined in 1817 by Pierre Bretonneau using Ancient Greek διφθέρα (diphthéra, “prepared hide, leather”) in reference to the tough membrane that forms in the throat. Bretonneau perhaps coined and used the Latin term diphtheritis (with its close imitation of Greek spelling typical of Neolatin) even earlier than the French term diphtérite, which follows the French habit of sometimes spelling t for the Latin transliteration th of Greek θ (but not, for example, in thermomètre). Pronunciation: /dɪfˈθɪə.ɹi.ə/, /dɪfˈθɪɹ.i.ə/ 1. A serious infectious disease leading to inflammation of mucous membranes of the upper respiratory tract, caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Today diphtheria has become so rare — just five cases in the United States in the most recent decade measured — that many doctors would struggle to recognize it.
Word: daiquiri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated 1915–1920; from Cuban Spanish daiquiri, named after a beach on the south coast of Cuba, from Taíno. Pronunciation: /ˈdæ.kə.ɹi/, /ˈdæ.kɪ.ɹi/, /ˈdaɪ.kə.ɹi/, /ˈdaɪ.kɪ.ɹi/ 1. A cocktail of rum, lemon or lime juice and sugar, sometimes with fruit added. Example: Or maybe you just believe that limes are for summer, best reserved for daiquiris and mojitos. That last argument is debatable, but defensible. In any case, El Presidente is less daiquiri and more Manhattan, less summer and more winter.
Word: respiratory tract Part of Speech: noun 1. The passages, divided into an upper and a lower part, through which air enters and leaves the body, including the mouth, nose and nasal passages, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi and conducting bronchioles, sometimes further including the respiratory bronchioles, alveolar ducts and alveoli.
Word: alveolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin alvus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin alveus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin -olus Latin alveolusbor. English alveolus Borrowed from Latin alveolus (“a small hollow or cavity”), diminutive of alveus (“a hollow, cavity”). Pronunciation: /ˌal.viˈəʊ.ləs/, /alˈviː.əl.əs/, /ælˈvi.əl.əs/ 1. A small cavity or pit. 2. A small cavity or pit. 3. A small cavity or pit. Example: The sprouts proliferate and canalize to form the lactiferous ducts and the outbuddings form the alveoli of the mammary glands. 4. A small cavity or pit.
Word: Hasse Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowing from German Hasse. 1. A surname from German.
Word: brötchen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Brötchen (“bread roll”). 1. bun, bread roll
Word: Bure Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bjʊə(ɹ)/ 1. A river in Norfolk, England.
Word: Boer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans Boer (“Boer”), from boer (“farmer”). Doublet of bauer, boor, and bower. Pronunciation: /bɔː/, /bəʊ.ə/, /bʊə/, /boɹ/, /boʊ.ɚ/ 1. A Dutch colonist in South Africa during the colonial era, especially a farmer. Labels: historical 2. A militant in the Boer War. Example: The British soldiers captured a Boer after the battle. 3. An Afrikaner, especially a farmer. Labels: derogatory, offensive Example: ‘I won't say good day to a fucking boer!’ he exploded, swinging round viciously to escape into the angry light outside. Example: At least one of the scenes on the screen appeared to be the rallying cry of “Kill the Boer,” which U.S. officials and Afrikaner activists have cited as evidence that white South Africans are being persecuted. Boer means farmer in Dutch and Afrikaans.
Word: Boer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dutch Boer, from boer (“farmer”). Pronunciation: /bɔː/, /bəʊ.ə/, /bʊə/, /boɹ/, /boʊ.ɚ/ 1. A surname from Dutch.
Word: Burin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Likely derived from Basque buru (“head”), referring here to a headland or promontory. Pronunciation: /ˈbjʊər.ɪn/ 1. A town in Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Word: boloney Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bologna (“sausage”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of baloney (“nonsense”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fila Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪlə/ 1. plural of filum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of file. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪləm/ 1. a filamentous anatomical structure
Word: bracelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪslət/, /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/ 1. A band or chain worn around the wrist as jewelry/jewellery or an ornament. Example: Pliny the Elder states that, to increase sexual potency, the right testis of an ass should be worn in a bracelet. 2. The strap of a wristwatch, used to secure it around the wrist. 3. A piece of defensive armour for the arm. Labels: historical Example: […] and fastened on his breast by a buckle consisting of a Gorgoneion (with wings on temples and serpent-knot below chin), a sword-belt over right shoulder, bracelets, greaves (with lions' heads at the knees) and sandals.
Word: bracelet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French bracelet, diminutive form of bras (“arm”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪslət/, /ˈbɹeɪslɪt/ 1. To surround with, or as if with, a bracelet; to ring or encompass. Labels: transitive
Word: tawse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier. Pronunciation: /tɔːz/ 1. A leather strap or thong which is split into (typically three) tails, used for corporal punishment in schools, applied to the palm of the hands or buttocks. Labels: Scotland Example: I lay about me with the taws That night and morning I may thrash Greek Alexander from my flesh, […] Example: [W]hile James Murray might punish a late comer by a stroke on the palm of the hand, the children found his lessons so interesting that he had no need to resort to the "tawse", the traditional leather strap, that descended on the shoulders of Mr Dodds' pupils at the United school.
Word: tawse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently a plural form of taw, though attested earlier. Pronunciation: /tɔːz/ 1. To beat with a tawse. Labels: Scotland, transitive
Word: urologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urolog(y) + -ist or uro- + -logist. 1. A doctor of urology. Example: Dr. Schirren: The members of this round table keep on speaking about urologists and gynecologists but you never mention andrologists. Example: In fact, at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., so many men sign up for vasectomies during March Madness that appointments reach “max capacity,” said Dr. Tobias S. Kohler, a urologist and men’s health expert at the medical center who has observed this phenomenon ever since he was an attending physician a decade ago.
Word: constrict Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin cōn- Proto-Indo-European *streyg- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *strinégti Proto-Italic *stringō Proto-Indo-European *strengʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréngʰeti Proto-Italic *strengō Latin stringō Latin cōnstringō Latin cōnstrictusbor. English constrict Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹɪkt/ 1. To narrow, especially by application of pressure. Labels: ambitransitive Example: constrict the airway Example: constrict blood vessels 2. To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake) Example: The snake began to constrict its prey. 3. To limit or restrict. Labels: figuratively
Word: izmel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew אִזְמֵל (izmél, “lancet, scalpel”). 1. A specialized surgical knife used by the mohel in the Jewish circumcision ritual of Brit Milah for infant males. It must have certain characteristics, per Jewish Law, including that it may not stop the flow of blood (unlike the constricting devices commonly used by a surgeon or Urologist).
Word: constrained Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹeɪnd/, /kənˈstɹɛjnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of constrain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: constrained Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹeɪnd/, /kənˈstɹɛjnd/ 1. Kept within close bounds; confined. Example: The epistle is opened and read—with a little wonder, most probably not a little vexation, at its constrained style. 2. Forced; compelled.
Word: constricted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of constrict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: constricted Part of Speech: adj 1. Narrowed, especially by application of pressure, drawn together by constriction.
Word: birthed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of birth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: berthed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of berth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: seasoned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzənd/ 1. simple past and past participle of season Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: seasoned Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsiːzənd/ 1. Experienced, especially in terms of a profession or a hobby Example: a seasoned traveller Example: a seasoned player 2. Of a food, often a liquid: containing seasonings Example: Pan-simmer baked seitan cutlets in Basic Broth (page 20) or other seasoned stock for 15 minutes. Example: Delicious, fresh bread — especially a killer herb-seasoned loaf — and a stellar creamy dill dressing elevate Brother Juniper's sandwiches beyond the routine.
Word: gigged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɪɡd/ 1. simple past and past participle of gig Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bussed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bʌst/, /bʊst/ 1. Having or involving transportation by bus. Example: The percentage of patients who missed their scheduled appointment was 19 percent for the bussed and 51 percent for the nonbussed group (P < 0.001). Example: In the 2012 academic year, a total of 13,366 bussed school centers were provided within the scope of bussed education. In that same year, a total of 109,058 school buses were used to transport students to bussed education school centers. 2. Involving desegregation through bussing from the inner city to the suburbs. Labels: US Example: Originally, the bussed students were not integrated into the receiving schools, but were treated as separate administrative units. Example: Then I focus on the bussed students' school experience, highlighting their beliefs about the variability and malleability of school rules and procedures, their self-expression of critical attitudes and beliefs, and how suburban school staff promoted particular cultural skills and beliefs. 3. Having had the remains of a meal removed. Example: […] he goes in the kitchen to sort through the plates from the bussed tables, picking through the hushpuppies for pieces of fried fish to take home. Example: He set off, his arm still around Callie, letting her cling to the man who saved her life, practically tripping as they ran past the partially bussed tables . 4. Having a bus (electrical conductor or interface serving as a common connection for two or more circuits or components) Example: an electrical interconnect connecting said at least one bus wire on said bussed electrical distribution center with said conductive path on said printed circuit board, said electrical interconnect having a flexible bend located between the bussed electrical distribution center and the printed circuit board to provide a flexible interconnection, wherein said electrical interconnect comprises a strain relief loop. Example: If δ≤max{R_A, C_A}, the bussed array is R_A/ C_A-reconfigurable. 5. Transferring power by an electrical connection as opposed to using a direct physical coupling. Example: Pantographs on Metroliner cars with bussed couplets may be dropped when complying with the following procedures: […] 6. Having been kissed lightly.
Word: bussed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bʌst/, /bʊst/ 1. simple past and past participle of bus Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of buss Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abuse of distress Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈbjuːsəvdɪstɹɛs/ 1. a wrongful using of an animal or chattel distrained, by the distrainer Labels: historical, idiomatic
Word: dictated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌdɪkˈteɪtɪd/, /ˈdɪkˌteɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of dictate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: prompted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɑmptɪd/, /ˈpɹɒmptɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of prompt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: maltreat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mal- + treat, after French maltraiter. Pronunciation: /malˈtɹiːt/ 1. To treat badly, to abuse. Example: he received a telegram from the prime minister ordering that on no account were Yacef and Zohra Drif to be maltreated in any way.
Word: maltreated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of maltreat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: baleful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English baleful, balful, baluful, from Old English bealuful, which was equivalent to bealu + -ful. By surface analysis, bale (“evil, woe”) + -ful. See bale for further etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪl.fəl/ 1. Portending evil; ominous. Example: The street-lamps burn amid the baleful glooms, Amidst the soundless solitudes immense Of ranged mansions dark and still as tombs. Example: According to them all sorcerers, necromancers and evil-doers were born under the baleful influence of the seventh calendic sign[.] 2. Miserable, wretched, distressed, suffering. Labels: obsolete Example: Thou balefull Messenger, out of my sight: Example: round he throws his baleful eyes, that witnessed huge affliction and dismay […] 3. Deadly, mortal. Labels: obsolete Example: With balefull weedes, and precious Iuiced flowers, / The earth that's Natures mother, is her Tombe, Example: If some were akin to the Formori of the baleful fogs in Irish mythic history and the Mallt-y-nos, those she-demons of marshy lands immortalised by the Welsh bards, creatures huge and uncouth "with grey and glaring eyes," there were others who exceeded in beauty anything human.
Word: supercontinent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English continent English supercontinent From super- + continent. 1. A very large continent that split into smaller ones in the Earth’s geologic past. Example: For a supercontinent to form requires a significant volume of continental crustal fragments that survive recycling into the mantle. Example: Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea. 2. A modern landmass composed of multiple continents, i.e. Afro-Eurasia or the Americas.