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Word: fizgig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from Spanish fisga (“harpoon”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɡɪɡ/, /ˈfɪzˌɡɪɡ/ 1. Archaic form of fishgig. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: At day break we were cloſe by the Peninſule Mozambique (part of Quiloa) inhabited by Negroes; abundant in Gold, Silver, and Ambergreece; […] [A]n Armado of Dolphins aſſaulted us; and ſuch we ſaulted as we could intice to taſte our hooks or fiſſgiggs: […] Example: FIZGIG, ſ[ubſtantive] [a ſort of dart or harpoon with which ſeamen ſtrike fiſh.] Sorte de harpon.
Word: fizgig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɡɪɡ/, /ˈfɪzˌɡɪɡ/ 1. A police informer, a stool pigeon, someone employed by police to entrap someone else or provoke them to commit a crime. Labels: Australia, dated, slang Example: In order to make the clause perfect the Minister might add— / All "spotters," spies, fizgigs, and informers will be properly rewarded, and duly promoted, and guaranteed against publicity. Example: "Fizgigs?" Wood asks. / "Pimps. A fizgig is an agent provocateur – he gets you to do something you shouldn't do and that will hang you in court. A pimp gets you to do something innocuous that will still hang you.[…]"
Word: fizgig Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɡɪɡ/, /ˈfɪzˌɡɪɡ/ 1. To act as a police informer or agent provocateur. Labels: Australia, dated, slang Example: The employment of "fiz-gigs" – men engaged by detectives to tempt discharged prisoners to commit specified […] The report of Mr. Francis Longmore and his colleagues may indeed have tended to diminish "fiz-gigging" […] Example: Easy, Frank. I don't want any terror. Just a line on Catchpole—who he's fizzgigging for at the moment. What might be going on.
Word: fizgig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin unknown. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪzɡɪɡ/, /ˈfɪzˌɡɪɡ/ 1. common ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris, syn. Senecio jacobaea). Labels: Scotland, rare Example: S[enecio] jacobæa. Ragwort: Yellow-weed: Yellow elshinders, and in the Merse [Berwickshire], Fizz-gigs.—A common weed in old pastures and by road-sides.
Word: macronucleus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English macronucleus From macro- + nucleus. 1. The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive functions of the cell. Example: These binucleated forms have one macronucleus functional and another sexual micronucleus which is not functional in the ordinary life processes of the species.
Word: macrophysics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English physics English macrophysics From macro- + physics. 1. The branch of physics that deals with those phenomena that can be directly observed. Labels: uncountable
Word: macrophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Makrophyt, equivalent to macro- (“large”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈmakɹə(ʊ)fʌɪt/, /ˈmækɹəˌfaɪt/ 1. Any normal macroscopic plant, especially an aquatic one.
Word: bettors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bettor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absolutely summable Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an infinite series: such that the sum of the absolute values of its summands converges. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fox in the henhouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A metaphor referring to the fox as a predator that would prey on the chickens if given an opportunity to do so. 1. Someone untrustworthy placed in a position of trust in which they will be harmful, damaging or detrimental for their own personal gain. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: While the Commissioner of Patents is normally expected to understand and to promote the patent system as a bulwark for promoting the U.S. economy, the current Commissioner is, in many ways, a fox in the henhouse, undertaking to destroy that which he was commissioned to protect and to strengthen.
Word: analytic continuation Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of extending analytic functions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1968, [McGraw-Hill], Granino A. Korn, Theresa M. Korn, Mathematical Handbook for Scientists and Engineers, 2000, Dover, Unabridged republication, page 206, The standard method of analytic continuation starts with a function f(z) defined by its power-series expansion (7.5-4) inside some circle |z-a|=r. Example: Since there are potentially many different ways to carry out this analytic continuation process, there are questions of ambiguity and redundancy. 2. An extension of an analytic function which is itself analytic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1975, S. Smith (translator), L. A. Muraveǐ Asymptotics for the Wave Equation, S. Smith (translator), Valentin P. Michaǐlov (editor), Boundary Value Problems for Differential Equations, Mathematical Association of America, page 107, Using (2.6), (2.15)-(2.18) and (2.54) in the same way as in the cases considered earlier, we get that the series (0.14) determines the analytic continuation of the Green function of the second boundary value problem into the domain K_B∩|k|<β with the property (0.23). Example: The set of all the analytic continuations of the given element f(z) is called the complete analytic function.
Word: Banach space Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Polish mathematician Stefan Banach (1892–1945). 1. A normed vector space which is complete with respect to the norm, meaning that Cauchy sequences have well-defined limits that are points in the space. Labels: error-lua-exec Example: 1962 [Prentice-Hall], Kenneth Hoffman, Banach Spaces of Analytic Functions, 2007, Dover, page 138, Before taking up the extreme points for H¹ and H ᪲, let us make a few elementary observations about the unit ball Σ in the Banach space X. Example: Already in these cases there is convergence in Banach spaces that are not only infinite-dimensional but nonseparable.
Word: continuous function Part of Speech: noun 1. a function whose value at any point in its domain is equal its limit at the same point 2. a function from one topological space to another, such that the inverse image of any open set is open
Word: Freelander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From free + land + -er. 1. A person or group seeking political or personal freedom through emigration to and settlement of open land. Example: ... or the Freelanders who dwelt within the imagination of a dry little Austrian economist, have had more influence upon the, lives of our contemporaries Example: Residents farmed and fished to provide family needs— Freelanders initiated no ... The Freelanders recognized that their vision must remain limited.
Word: convergent sequence Part of Speech: noun 1. a sequence which converges
Word: convergent series Part of Speech: noun 1. An infinite series whose partial sums converge.
Word: difluent Part of Speech: adj 1. (Of wind) which diverges, especially when viewed on a weather chart
Word: confluent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cōnfluēns, present participle of cōnfluō. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/ 1. Converging, merging or flowing together into one. Example: Yonder the river roll’d, whose bed, Their labyrinthine lingerings o’er, Received the confluent rills. Example: A confluent smallpox had in all directions flowed over his face, and left it like the complicated ribbed bed of a torrent, when the rushing waters have been dried up. 2. Converging, especially as viewed on a weather chart. 3. Describing cells in a culture that merge to form a mass. 4. Exactly the same size as another triangle. 5. Given a binary operation →_β on a set A, and its reflexive, transitive closure ↠_β , then, for all a1, a2, and a3 in A, if a1 →_β a2 and a1 →_β a3, then there must exist an a4 in A such that a2 ↠_β a4 and a3 ↠_β a4.
Word: confluent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cōnfluēns, present participle of cōnfluō. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.flu.ənt/ 1. A stream uniting and flowing with another; a confluent stream.
Word: difluence Part of Speech: noun 1. Opposite of confluence
Word: divergent series Part of Speech: noun 1. An infinite series whose partial sums are divergent.
Word: full-timers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of full-timer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: functional work Part of Speech: noun 1. A work that can be considered to be of practical use, such as software, encyclopedias, dictionaries and textbooks; lacking a point of view and classified as non-fiction.
Word: infinite series Part of Speech: noun 1. Any expression that represents the addition a countably infinite number of ordered summands, often explicitly indexed by the positive or nonnegative integers. Example: In 1734, Leonhard Euler solved the Basel problem by summing the infinite series #92;textstyle#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;1²#125;#43;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;2²#125;#43;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;3²#125;#43;#92;cdots#61;#92;sum#95;#123;n#61;1#125;#123;#92;infty#125;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;n²#125;#61;#92;frac#123;#92;pi²#125;#123;6#125;.
Word: Gaspesian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from the Mi'kmaq word Kespek, + -ian. 1. A member of the Mi'kmaq people of Gaspé. Labels: Canada, US
Word: gatecrasher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gate + crasher. 1. A person who enters some event without a ticket or invitation, either by stealth or by deception. Labels: slang 2. The groom or one of his groomsmen when partaking in the gatecrashing ritual of a traditional Chinese wedding.
Word: gayo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Korean 가요 (gayo), 歌謠 (gayo), meaning Korean popular music. 1. South Korean popular music (K-pop). Labels: uncountable
Word: exprobate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of exprobrate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: harmonic analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. A study of the representation of functions or signals as the superposition of basic waves, involving the notions of harmonic functions, trigonometric series, Fourier series, Fourier transforms, almost periodic functions, and others. Labels: uncountable
Word: gentleman's bet Part of Speech: noun 1. A bet in which no money is bet; only the honor of the two parties is at stake, with there being no need for proof that one party's side of the bet has been fulfilled as they are taken at their word.
Word: get bent Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to dismiss a person or what they are saying, and end the conversation. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: get bent Part of Speech: verb 1. To be revealed as homosexual. Labels: UK, colloquial, derogatory Example: It's because of us. We've broke his heart, Roscoe. I got pregnant, you got bent. And he walks around all day in despair.
Word: ginny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Classical Latin iūniperus Vulgar Latin ziniperus Old French genevreder. Middle Dutch jenever Dutch jeneverder. English genevaclip. English gin Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English ginny From gin + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdʒɪni/ 1. Affected by gin; resembling or characteristic of gin. Example: ‘Oh, to hell with art!’ he cried. ‘Let's get ginny.’ Example: she burst out singing ‘God be with you till we meet again!’ and her lovely ginny voice rang out like a trumpet and a bell and you could have heard it to the Town Church.
Word: difluences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of difluence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macronuclei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macronucleus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ripsnorters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ripsnorter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: m8 Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of mate. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Example: I appreciate your attempt at help and hope the problem can be fixed so I can continue to enjoy this game and fly with my m8's, both JV44 as well as everyone else. Example: Scratching my head a bit now and my m8 will be round tomorrow evening !!!!!!!!
Word: exprobrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) (whence -ate, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-). 1. To reproach or upbraid Labels: dated
Word: reflexed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reflex Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reflexed Part of Speech: adj 1. Turned or bent backwards.
Word: brown-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from brown out. 1. Alternative form of brownout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brown-outs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown-out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exprobrates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exprobrate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exprobrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exprobrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exprobrated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exprobrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: exprobates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exprobate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: exprobating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of exprobate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: exprobated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of exprobate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: macrofossils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrofossil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fagging Part of Speech: noun 1. The system in boarding schools whereby younger students acted as servants for older students (potentially in a sexual or abusive way). Labels: UK, countable, historical, uncountable Example: We are happy we never had anything to do with faggings and floggings. We can well remember the terrific impression they made on our mind, as our friends were afflicted by them. Example: The public schoolboy is taught to bear whippings and faggings without murmuring.
Word: fagged Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhausted. Labels: slang Example: O why are we so haggard at the heart, so care-coiled, care-killed, so fagged, so fashed, so cogged, so cumbered. Example: But you look very fagged tonight .
Word: fagged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fag Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plodges Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plodge Labels: Geordie, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sunshade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *sunschade, from Old English sunsċeadu, sunnsċeadu (“a veil, a sun-shade, a covering to keep off the sun”), equivalent to sun + shade. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌʃeɪd/ 1. Something to keep the sun off, or create shade from the sun; a parasol or awning.
Word: sunshades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sunshade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sukiyaki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 鋤焼き (sukiyaki). First attested in 1907. Pronunciation: /ˌsʊkiˈjaki/, /ˌsuːkiˈjɑːki/, /ˌsʊkiˈjɑki/, /ˌsukiˈjɑki/, /skiˈjɑki/ 1. A Japanese dish of thinly-sliced beef and tofu with dashi, mirin and soy sauce cooked quickly at the table. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The menu included: udon (noodle soup), chicken udon, chawan moosh (steamed custard, fine vegetables), tamago yaki (ham omelette), suki yaki (chop suey), chicken suki yaki (chicken chop suey), ira udon (chop suey, fried noodles), chicken iri udon, mesha (rice), chab (tea), shoga (candy ginger). Example: We played golf all day and lived Japanese-style after the massage and paper-and-scissors games with the geishas who cooked our sukiyakis.
Word: plodgin Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle of plodge Labels: form-of, participle, present
Word: plodged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plodge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: boldfacing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of boldface Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Vinay Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit विनय (vinaya), meaning ideal behavior, humility, civility, courtesy, intellect. Pronunciation: /ˈvɪneɪ/ 1. A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Word: noetherian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Emmy Noether. Pronunciation: /noʊˈθɪəriən/ 1. Satisfying some (usually ascending) chain condition: Labels: not-comparable 2. Satisfying some (usually ascending) chain condition: Labels: not-comparable 3. Satisfying some (usually ascending) chain condition: Labels: not-comparable 4. Satisfying some (usually ascending) chain condition: Labels: not-comparable 5. Such that the converse relation is well-founded (on that set). Labels: not-comparable 6. admitting a finite covering by open affine subsets operatorname SpecA_i, where each A_i is a noetherian ring; Labels: not-comparable
Word: Artinian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Artin + -ian, after Emil Artin, an Armenian-Austrian mathematician. 1. in which any descending chain of ideals eventually starts repeating. Labels: not-comparable 2. in which any descending chain of submodules eventually starts repeating. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fisticuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fist + cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the plural uses of the noun. 1. A fistfight. Labels: rare Example: Every fifteen or twenty minutes there was a rush to some part, to witness a fisticuff. Example: This clearly was not a case for fisticuffs, even apart from the very natural aversion I had to beat that Shadow—this wandering and tormented thing. 2. A cuff or blow administered with the fist. Labels: obsolete Example: The apprenticeship of the Prussian Crown Princes has always consisted in receiving fisticuffs and cowhidings from their progenitor, the king.
Word: fisticuff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fist + cuff (“blow with the hand”). Modern uses as a verb are a back-formation on the plural uses of the noun. 1. To engage in a physical fight. Labels: humorous Example: Generously scattering a drop of my fortune on an early morning sea breeze. Should have jumped after it. Grabber at life's banquet follows a fortune to doom. As folk fleece and fisticuff in street. 2. To strike, fight or spar with the fists. Labels: obsolete Example: Do they fisticuff with thunder-snaggs […]
Word: submodule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- French modulebor. English module English submodule From sub- + module. 1. A module making up part of a larger module. Example: The first-year English Literature module consists of three submodules. 2. A module contained in a larger module, both over the same ring, such that the ring multiplication in the former is a restriction of that in the latter.
Word: Antara Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit अन्तर (antara), meaning interval, this body. 1. A female given name from Sanskrit.
Word: suggestible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English suggest Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English suggestible From suggest + -ible. 1. Susceptible to influence by suggestion; easily swayed. Example: In Europe, through his clinical and forensic work, Gisli Gudjonsson noted that some individuals seemed to be more suggestible than others. This approach assumed that suggestibility is a trait and led to the development of a model of interrogative suggestibility (Gudjonsson & Clark, 1986).
Word: stockbreeder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stock + breeder. 1. A person who breeds and raises livestock.
Word: stockbreeders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stockbreeder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: computerdom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin computō Latin computārelbor. French computerbor. English compute English -er English computer Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *dʰóh₁mos Proto-Germanic *dōmaz Proto-Germanic *-dōmaz Proto-West Germanic *-dōm Old English -dōm Middle English -dom English -dom English computerdom From computer + -dom. 1. The world of computers and the people associated with them. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: 1989 National High-Performance Computer Technology Act of 1989: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Science . . . I am not only honored to be here, I am very moved because for so many years I have been consigned to the lunatic fringe of computerdom
Word: Egyptian fraction Part of Speech: noun 1. A representation of a rational number as a sum of distinct unit fractions. Example: The fraction #92;frac#123;7#125;#123;10#125; can be written as the Egyptian fraction #92;frac#123;1#125;#123;2#125;#43;#92;frac#123;1#125;#123;5#125;. Example: The calculation of Mᴺ where both M and N are real numbers can be done by expressing N as the sum of an integer h and an Egyptian fraction 1#47;g#95;1#43;1#47;g#95;2#43;1#47;g#95;3#43;.... Then Mᴺ#61;Mʰ#92;sqrt#91;g#95;1#93;#123;M#125;#92;sqrt#91;g#95;2#93;#123;M#125;#92;sqrt#91;g#95;3#93;#123;M#125;... where each of the roots can be calculated by means of the Newton–Raphson method. 2. A unit fraction. Labels: rare
Word: phycoplast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyco- + -plast. 1. An array of microtubules involved in the formation of cell walls.
Word: constant of integration Part of Speech: noun 1. An unspecified constant term added to a particular antiderivative to make it represent its whole family of antiderivatives, usually denoted with C.
Word: cellular automaton Part of Speech: noun 1. An automaton consisting of cells arranged in a regular grid, in one or more dimensions. Each application of an associated rule creates a new generation, where the cells have a new configuration of values. Example: Or maybe just taking some precautions when setting up the division scheme for a particular cellular automaton might be good enough in other cases, depending on how dynamic and non-homogeneous the behavior over the grid will be. Example: For fixed n this is, of course, a cellular automaton. You can allow any positive integer states for each of the n cells. The transition rule is such that if a cell has state x >=2 then the state never exceeds x and if it has state x < 2 then it either stays the same or increase by 1 or 2.
Word: coplanar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English planar English coplanar From co- + planar. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈpleɪnə(ɹ)/ 1. Within the same plane. Labels: not-comparable 2. Orbiting a central celestial object within the same orbital plane. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gliese 876’s third, innermost planet . . . is likely to be coplanar with its outer two companions.
Word: characteristic polynomial Part of Speech: noun 1. The polynomial produced from a given square matrix by first subtracting the appropriate identity matrix multiplied by an indeterminant and then calculating the determinant. Example: The characteristic polynomial of #92;textstyle#92;left(#92;begin#123;array#125;#123;cc#125;1amp;4#92;#92;3amp;-5#92;end#123;array#125;#92;right) is #92;textstyle#92;left#92;vert#92;begin#123;array#125;#123;cc#125;1-xamp;4#92;#92;3amp;-5-x#92;end#123;array#125;#92;right#92;vert#61;x²#43;4x-17. Example: The characteristic polynomial of a 2#92;times 2 matrix M is #92;lambda²-#92;mbox#123;tr#125;(M)#92;lambda#43;#92;mbox#123;det#125;(M), where #92;mbox#123;tr#125;(M) denotes the trace of M and #92;mbox#123;det#125;(M) denotes the determinant of M. 2. A polynomial P(r) corresponding to a homogeneous, linear, ordinary differential equation P(D) y = 0 where D is a differential operator (with respect to a variable t, if y is a function of t).
Word: indeterminant Part of Speech: adj 1. Not accurately determined or determinable. 2. Imprecise or vague.
Word: indeterminant Part of Speech: noun 1. A variable with no value assigned to it; for example the variables in a polynomial.
Word: linear transformation Part of Speech: noun 1. A map between vector spaces which preserves the operations of vector addition and scalar multiplication.
Word: self-adjoint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English adjoint English self-adjoint From self- + adjoint. 1. Adjoint to itself. Labels: not-comparable 2. Being a Hilbert space operator which is Hermitian and also whose eigenvectors span the entire Hilbert space. Labels: not-comparable
Word: skew-symmetric Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a matrix, satisfying A^( textsf )T=-A, i.e. having entries on one side of the diagonal that are the additive inverses of their correspondents on the other side of the diagonal and having only zeroes on the main diagonal. Labels: not-comparable Example: (ccc 0 2 3\-2 0-4\-3 4 0)
Word: skew symmetric Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of skew-symmetric. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: skew-symmetry Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being skew-symmetric Labels: uncountable
Word: skew symmetry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of skew-symmetry. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: unit vector Part of Speech: noun 1. A vector with the length of 1, defined as mathbf ̂u=(mathbf u)/(‖ mathbf u‖).
Word: enervating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of enervate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: enervating Part of Speech: adj 1. That enervates. Example: No enervating arts refined To slumber lull'd his heaven-born might; No weak indulgence warp'd thy mind, To cloud a hero's path of light. Example: I rose by candle-light, and consumed, in the intensest application, the hours which every other individual of our party wasted in enervating slumbers, from the hesternal dissipation or debauch.
Word: longimanous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin longimanus. By surface analysis, long + -i- + manus. 1. Having long hands.
Word: manichord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin monochordon, from Ancient Greek μονόχορδον (monókhordon), influenced by Latin manus (“hand”). So called because it originally had only one string. See monochord. 1. A clavichord.
Word: maniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin mani, stem of manus (“hand”)) + -form. 1. Having the form of a hand. Labels: not-comparable
Word: manitrunk Part of Speech: noun 1. The anterior segment of the thorax in insects.
Word: sluttery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English slut Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English sluttery From slut + -ery. 1. A slutty or sluttish act. Labels: countable Example: The tickets were valued at $80.00 and because of my slutteries, we got them free. 2. The qualities or practices of a slut (promiscuous person); sluttishness; sexual promiscuity. Labels: uncountable 3. The qualities or practices of a slut (slovenly person), such as untidiness and dirtiness. Labels: uncountable Example: Where fires thou find'st unrak'd, and hearths unswept, / There pinch the Maids as blew as Bill-berry, / Our radiant Queene, hates Sluts, and Sluttery. Example: Home to dinner, and there I took occasion, from the blacknesse of the meat as it came out of the pot, to fall out with my wife and my maid for their sluttery […]
Word: Taiyuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 太原 (Tàiyuán). 1. A prefecture-level city, the provincial capital of Shanxi, in northern China. Example: "On Wednesday 7th August 1901 a party from T'ai Yüan Fu, consisting of Mr. Duncan, Dr. Creasy Smith, Major Pereira, and Dr. Edwards, arrived to take part in the memorial service ; Mr. Hoste and Mr. Ernest Taylor of the China Inland Mission having arrived a day or two earlier. Example: Shansi (population 12,000,000): On the surface Taiyuan, the capital of Shansi, appears as calm as Sian, only more down at heel. Grass is sprouting in the cracks of the Jap runways on the airfield but smoke rises from the chimneys of foundries and textile plants.[…] One discovers with shock how deeply the Japanese burrowed into North China. In backwoods Taiyuan there are 25,000 Japanese civilians, most of whom were put down here to mine Shansi’s coal.
Word: mawworm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of maw-worm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ossia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian ossia (“or rather”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑsiə/, /ˈɔsiə/, /oʊˈsiə/, /ˈɒsɪə/, /ɒˈsiːə/ 1. In a musical score, an alternative version of a passage, usually just a few measures long. The alternative may be an easier version of a particularly difficult passage, or a more difficult version of a passage.
Word: mawworms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mawworm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hawsehole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hawse + hole. 1. The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed. Example: The bolsters can be seen outboard of the hawseholes, and the way they are cut away to permit the passage of the anchor-cables. Example: Then he saw. a few feet aft of the hawsehole, a darker spot on the hull—someone had left a porthole open below the forecastle. in the hold that was the crews' quarters. 2. A hole in a ship through which a hawser is passed.
Word: hawseholes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hawsehole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantoffle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pantofle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ile tell you Lady, Since you riſe up his Advocate, and boldly, (For now I finde, and plainly, in whoſe favour My love and ſervice to you was neglected) For all your wealth, nay, adde to that your beauty, And put your vertues in if you have any, I would not yet be pointed at, as he is, For the fine Courtier, the womans man, That tells my Lady ſtories, diſſolves riddles, Uſhers her to her Coach, lyes at her feet At ſollemne Maskes, applauding what ſhe laughs at; Reads her aſleep a nights, and takes his oath Upon her Pantoffles, that all excellence In other Madams doe but zany hers: Theſe you are perfect in, and yet theſe take not Or from your birth or freedome.
Word: pantoffles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantoffle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornpone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English corn Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *h₂pó Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱéyti Proto-Indo-European *tḱey-der. Proto-Italic *sinō Proto-Italic *pozinō Old Latin *poznō Latin ponēder. Anglo-Norman ponebor. Middle English pone English pone English cornpone From corn + pone. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔnpəʊn/ 1. A form of cornbread made without milk or eggs. Labels: Appalachia, US, countable, uncountable Example: The Harvard man went back into the kitchen and sat down at a rickety table covered with a red-checked oil-cloth. On it were spread the spoiled ham, a dish of poke salad, a corn pone, and a pot of weak coffee. 2. Something or someone considered stereotypical of rural, Southern US attitudes or attributes. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Her southern accent was rich as molasses, and she really did, without affectation, call everyone ‘y'all’, but the cornpone was camouflage. A tough, clever mind was evident in her penetrating gaze […]
Word: cyanoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyanosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kirkbuzzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kirk + buzzer. 1. A robber who preys on churches. Labels: UK, archaic
Word: kirkbuzzers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kirkbuzzer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cyanotic Part of Speech: adj 1. Resembling or afflicted with cyanosis. Labels: not-comparable Example: In cold weather rosaceous cheeks often tend to become mauvish and take on a cyanotic tinge.
Word: barrad Part of Speech: noun 1. A tall hat resembling a dunce cap. Example: He was a youth, slightly made, and arrayed in the embroidered cotaigh, or tunic, the truise of plaided weft, the long, fringed colchal, and the high barrad cap of a bard.
Word: barrads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barrad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symphoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek συμφορά (sumphorá, “mishap, mischance, misfortune”)? 1. Clumsy; accident-prone. Labels: archaic, rare Example: Who would have endured in this place to have seen two such words as the phthano-paranomic or crime-preventing, and the phthano-symphoric or calamity-preventing, branches of the police? Example: Walk a mile in my snowshoes, I say, before you deal thus harshly with a poor, unfortunate symphoric nyctalopian, come at the dwindling twilight of his life to a state of repentance and hiatus hernia. Ah, you nullifidians, you! 2. Relating to or involving symphoria (any sense). Example: Both the symphoric (integrational) phase of the metaphysical, namely ‘mediation’ (cf. ⑥ and ?⃝) and our intermodal triad, termed ‘module’, derive from templates as ancient as the fundamental PH-PX asymmetry and the fundamental PX-SZ asymmetry. All of metaphysics is ultimately aimed at mediating between immortal PH and mortal PX. Example: Senn’s paper on “Symphoric Joyce” queried where the pun begins and ends and noted the “symphoric” quality of Joyce’s writing—bringing various nodes of signification together in the text.
Word: calfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calf Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: spumoni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian spumoni, plural of spumone, from spuma (“foam”). 1. An Italian style of ice cream dessert made with layers of different colors and flavors (typically cherry, pistachio, and vanilla or chocolate) and usually containing candied fruits and nuts. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: ‘Oh, I see.’ A slice of spumoni wouldn't have melted on her now.
Word: sprucely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English spruce Middle English -ly English -ly English sprucely From spruce + -ly. 1. In a spruce manner; neatly and elegantly. Example: 'Ah ! Hawk,' said one very sprucely dressed personage in a Newmarket coat, a choice neckerchief, and all other accessories of the most unexceptionable kind.
Word: spruceness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English spruce Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English spruceness From spruce + -ness. 1. The property of being spruce, of being neat and elegant. Labels: uncountable Example: There was a slight air of untidiness—or rather, perhaps, an absence of spruceness in any detail—about his general appearance […]
Word: standard candle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any astronomical object of known absolute magnitude. Its distance can then be calculated from its apparent magnitude. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see standard, candle.
Word: colosseum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin colossēum, from neuter of colosseus (“gigantic”), from Ancient Greek κολοσσιαῖος (kolossiaîos), from κολοσσός (kolossós, “giant statue”). By surface analysis, colossus + -eum. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒ.ləˈsiː.əm/ 1. Alternative spelling of coliseum. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This design was also adopted for their amphitheatres, such as the colossea of Rome and Capua, the plan of which resembles the cavea of two theatres set together so as to enclose an oval space. Example: The temples and banking halls of Rome were turned into churches, and the deserted shells of the great monuments, the baths, the stadia and colossea, were used as quarries for buildings to come.
Word: netroots Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of net + grassroots. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛt.ɹuːts/ 1. Grassroots political activism on the internet, especially on blogs. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: statecraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English statecraft From state + -craft. 1. Synonym of statesmanship (“the ability to guide a state well”). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The conduct of the meeting and the passing of intelligence is simply amateurish statecraft and intelligence tradecraft, and begs the question: Who are the professionals planning the strategy and operations that direct the President on the world stage? Example: More than just a corporate juggernaut, Nvidia also has become an instrument of statecraft, operating at the nexus of advanced technology, diplomacy, and geopolitics.
Word: stertorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin stertō (“to snore”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɜː.təɹ.əs/, /ˈstɝ.tɚ.əs/ 1. Sounding like snoring or snorting. Example: stertorous respirations Example: Baldy had not moved since lying down, and his regular and somewhat sterterous breathing […] told Monica that he was alive and resting comfortably.
Word: statehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From state + house. 1. Alternative spelling of state house. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And so it is that something Republicans are calling “critical race theory” became the center of a series of statehouse bills – some proposed, others already signed into law – that aim to ban honest conversations about race and sex oppression in America from classrooms.
Word: statehouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of statehouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stolidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stolid + -ity, from Middle French stolidité, from Late Latin stoliditas. 1. The property of being stolid; unemotionality. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "[…] So many people find the world a dreary residence," Mr. Calverley sighed, "that it is really a pity some one of these long-faced stolidities cannot die now instead of me. For I have found life wonderful throughout."
Word: stolidly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Latin stolidusder. Middle French stolideder. English stolid Middle English -ly English -ly English stolidly From stolid + -ly. 1. In a stolid manner. Example: On once more we swung, bumping uneasily along in the antique narrow-gauge coach, with gloomy woods and gathering night outside, shouts and songs (and quacks) inside—this was not at all the sort of train ordained by the logical strategists in Paris—then grinding to a stop at a mysterious halt which was no more than a nameboard in the pinewoods, without even a footpath leading to it, but nevertheless with a solitary passenger stolidly waiting.
Word: stonework Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stonewerk, stonwerk, ston-werke, stoonwerk, from Old English stānweorc; equivalent to stone + -work. 1. Constructions made of stone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The gate itself has sideposts of rustic stonework, each topped by a large Baroque vase[…] 2. The skill of constructing with stone. Labels: uncountable
Word: stoneworks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stonework Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stoneworks Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where quarried stone is processed. Example: Follow the road steeply down through forest, turning left before climbing past a stoneworks.
Word: stoppage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English stop Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English stoppage From stop + -age. 1. A pause or halt of some activity. Example: The length of the stoppages could not well be reduced; indeed, they are already too short if we are to believe the tale now current of a wandering Jew sort of passenger—a lady of advanced years who can only alight from a train backwards. Every time she begins to get out a porter rushes up crying "Hurry up, ma'am; train's going!"—and pushes her in again! Example: The brakes were specially developed by the Westinghouse Air Brake Company to provide smooth stoppages under automatic operation. 2. Something that forms an obstacle to continued activity; a blockage or obstruction.
Word: Mawworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name of a character in the play The Hypocrite (1768) by Isaac Bickerstaffe; from maw-worm. 1. A hypocrite. Labels: archaic Example: That there are a sufficient number of Mawworms and Cantwells in the profession, is abundantly proved by the number of signatures obtained to the petition against opening the Crystal Palace on Sundays. Example: So, according to this Mawworm, it is not the play itself but its being acted publicly that is so pernicious.
Word: stoppages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stoppage Labels: form-of, plural 2. Salary deductions. Labels: UK Example: The cashier finished counting off the money; the boy dragged the whole down the counter to Mr. Winterbottom, to whom the stoppages for rent and tools must be paid.
Word: strip-mining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strip-mine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: storytelling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From story + telling. 1. The act and skills of presenting stories and tales. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dynamic typography reinvigorates the storytelling genre by anthropomorphizing fonts, defibrillating calligraphy, creating rhythmic, ambient moodscapes without sacrificing speed or lushness. Example: Dawes, Drummer, Diogo, they should all be speaking in Beltlish all the time. Just enough to add flavor while not getting in the way of the storytelling.
Word: straight-faced Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a straight face, not revealing excessive emotion, especially amusement. 2. Bold, blatant, bald-faced. Example: That was a straight-faced lie, and you knew it.
Word: streamlined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English streamline Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English streamlined From streamline + -ed. 1. Designed to offer little resistance to the flow of fluid, especially by having sleek, graceful lines. 2. Having been made more simple and straight forward. Example: Commercial pilots would benefit from streamlined rules on flight time, duty and rest requirements in a proposal being announced Friday by federal regulators. Example: He boasted about how quickly the company had brought the 737 Max to market — and praised the Federal Aviation Administration’s “streamlined” certification process.
Word: streamlined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English streamline Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English streamlined From streamline + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of streamline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spoilage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin spolium 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 spoliāre Old French espoillierbor. Middle English spoilen English spoil ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English spoilage From spoil + -age. 1. The part of something that has spoiled. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of spoiling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To prevent spoilage, store in a cool, dry place.
Word: wurbagool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Marathi वडवागूळ (vaḍvāgūḷ) or वडवाघूळ (vaḍvāghūḷ), explained in Molesworth's dictionary as "वड & वागूळ from वल्गुली S Because it takes up its abode in the वड tree. But, preferably, वड instead of वन or वन्य Wild—the Wild bat, as contrad. from the House- bat." The retroflex consonant ड (ḍa) might be mistaken for (or at least transcribed as) the English letter r, which is realized as a retroflex approximant for some English speakers. 1. An Indian flying fox (Pteropus medius, syn. Pteropus giganteus), found throughout south Asia. Labels: obsolete Example: Cheiroptera.—Three species of bats, Wurbagool, Pteropus medius; Nyctinomus plicatus; and Rhinolphus Dukhunensis. Example: The Wurbagool. Pteropus Edwardsii, Geoff. Ann. Mus. xv. 92. Temm. Monog. ii. 61. P. medius, Temm. Monog. i. 176. P. leucocephalus, Hodgson. Edwards, Birds, iv. t. 180.
Word: wurbagools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wurbagool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dodecasyllable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek δώδεκᾰ (dṓdekă)bor. English dodeca- English syllable English dodecasyllable From dodeca- + syllable. 1. A word consisting of twelve syllables.
Word: dharna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi धरना (dharnā). 1. A sit-in. Labels: India, countable, uncountable Example: ln December 1974, Morarji Desai, gave a threat of staging a dharna inside the Lok Sabha chamber. ln June 1975, Morarji Deshmukh, the Jana Sangh leader, stated that there had to be a Delhi Bandh to compel the Prime Minister to resign. 2. A fast undertaken at the door of an offender, especially a debtor. Labels: India, countable, specifically, uncountable Example: […] house-tax having been imposed on the natives during Lord Minto's government […] the Brahmins resolved to try the virtue of a dharna; […] The local government was exceedingly perplexed; for, besides the risk of hundreds perishing, there was the certainty of a famine, from the cessation of agricultural labour if the dharna continued.
Word: dharnas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dharna Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crawk Part of Speech: verb 1. To caw (squawk).
Word: it'sn't Part of Speech: contraction Pronunciation: /ˈɪtsənt/ 1. Contraction of it + is + not. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, nonstandard Example: It'sn't that hard. Example: Or it'sn't. Or I'ven't. Or ... bah. Nevermind.
Word: crawks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crawk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: situla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin situla. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtjuːlə/ 1. A deep ceramic vase with a wide opening.
Word: situlas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtjuːləz/ 1. plural of situla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: somniloquist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English somniloquy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English somniloquist From somniloquy + -ist. 1. A person who talks in their sleep. Example: He drooled incessantly, alternately moaning and cursing in a low somniloquist's voice
Word: somniloquists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of somniloquist Labels: form-of, plural