nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: perseveration Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pəˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/, /pɚˌsɛvəˈɹeɪʃən/ 1. An uncontrollable repetition of a particular response, such as a word, phrase, or gesture, despite the absence or cessation of a stimulus, usually caused by a brain injury or other organic disorder. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The tendency to continue or repeat an act or activity after the cessation of the original stimulus. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The act or an instance of persevering; perseverance. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An argument by repetition; a mantra. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Being subjected to this mantra once more re-evokes the perseveration we routinely suffer in the moral ambiguity characterising our supposedly post-politics milieu. Example: Perseveration with demonstrably false arguments. This is illustrated for creationism by the ability to construct an Index to Creationist Claims which describes the plethora of such false arguments, rebutted over and over in the scientific literature but persisted in by creationists.
Word: pretentiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pretentious Middle English -ly English -ly English pretentiously From pretentious + -ly. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈtɛnʃəsliː/, /pɹəˈtɛnʃəsliː/, /pɹiːˈtɛnʃəsliː/ 1. In a manner with unwarranted claim to importance or distinction. 2. Ostentatiously; in a manner intended to impress others. Example: Little disappointed, then, she turned attention to "Chat of the Social World," gossip which exercised potent fascination upon the girl's intelligence. She devoured with more avidity than she had her food those pretentiously phrased chronicles of the snobocracy—[…]—distilling therefrom an acid envy that robbed her napoleon of all its flavor. 3. In a manner demanding of skill or daring.
Word: diddled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of diddle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: skinship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Phono-semantic matching of Japanese スキンシップ (sukinshippu), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from English skin + -ship, or from English skin + kinship. It is first recorded in English in 1966 according to the OED. In Japanese, this form was also observed in the Latin script as early as 1955. 1. Bonding through physical (touch, skin-to-skin) contact; particularly between family members, relatives and loved ones. Labels: South-Korea, uncountable Example: He explained that sufficient skinship in child-rearing prevents the occurrence of psychosis in Japan. Example: In Mexico, interdependence among people in emphasized and expressed through cosleeping and "skinship." … A similar type of "skinship" also exists throughout Mexico—all one had to do is look at the way people walk or sit together. … women are always patting touching ... 2. Spending time together naked for social bonding. Labels: uncountable Example: This relationship of parents to children is especially enhanced by bathing together—commonly known as skinship (sukinshippu). Other groups, from businessmen or to neighboring housewives to hikers and classmates, often seek to increase the strength of a relationship by engaging in hadaka no tsukiai at a sentō, health center, or onsen.
Word: ductwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From duct + work. 1. The system of ducts in a particular building. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: perseverations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perseveration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disbelieving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. present participle and gerund of disbelieve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disbelieving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsbɪˈliːvɪŋ(ɡ)/ 1. refusing to believe; skeptical or incredulous
Word: gravy trains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gravy train Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microcredits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microcredit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: orpines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of orpine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plant hormones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plant hormone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bird baths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bird bath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: delusions of grandeur Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of delusion of grandeur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedlamites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedlamite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ill-repute Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ill repute. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: ill-famed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a bad reputation. Example: It seems she was not ordinarily ill-famed, as men use the word. She was maybe sixty years in age, small and trig, with her grey hair folded neatly under her mutch. But the sight of her eyes was not a thing to forget.
Word: homogenise Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /həˈmɒdʒənaɪz/, /həˈmɑːd͡ʒənaɪz/ 1. To make homogeneous, to blend or puree. 2. Specifically, to treat milk so that the cream no longer separates.
Word: intranasal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English nasal English intranasal From intra- + nasal. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈneɪzəl/ 1. Within the nose. Labels: not-comparable Example: As to the question of hay fever and asthma, intranasal disease is not the cause of every case of these two diseases. Example: I speak in this manner because, recognizing the greater benefits of intranasal surgery, we can not but admit that there is always the danger of the pendulum swinging too far, of our being impelled by overzeal or ignorance, thus bringing discredit on measure which, if properly considered, would ever remain of inestimable value. 2. Taken through the nose. Labels: not-comparable Example: an intranasal vaccine Example: Puppies are usually immunized with intranasal vaccine before weaning.
Word: aumbrie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ambry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intercedes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intercede Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hystricine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin hystrix (genitive hystricis), a kind of porcupine. 1. Like or pertaining to porcupines.
Word: periosteum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”). 1. A membrane surrounding a bone. Example: Periosteum and endosteum are connective tissue sheaths of bone. […] The periosteum is a layer of connective tissue covering the external surface of a bone. The periosteum may be divided into two components: / a. An outer fibrous layer consists of dense irregular connective tissue. / b. An inner cellular layer consists of osteoprogenitor (osteogenic) cells. Example: The periosteum is constrained and interrupted by tendons, ligaments, and fibrocartilage, whereas the endosteum is awash with hematopoitic bone marrow[…].
Word: periostitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English periosteum Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English periostitis From periosteum + -itis. 1. Inflammation of a periosteum Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chrono-, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Originating as the name of a specific program, but since generalized to analogous ones. 1. A scheduler or timer that automatically starts a job, program, task. Labels: uncountable
Word: G2G Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of government-to-government. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: G2G Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of got to go. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “He wrote, ‘Hey, Laurbell! What’s up? How r u & ur roomie? Mom & I miss u x a zillion! We decided 2 turn ur room into storage 4 the antiques we r going 2 buy. Hope u r finding time 2 chillax. Give Wisp a hug. G2G. Write me back! Luv, Dad.’” 2. Initialism of good to go. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of get together. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: PBEM Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of play-by-email. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: renail Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English nail English renail From re- + nail. 1. To nail something again.
Word: cash solvent Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the ability to maintain adequate cash on hand to cover incurred expenses.
Word: opaline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English opal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English opaline From opal + -ine. 1. Resembling opal in having a milky white iridescence. Example: She was so alive that night, opaline points in her eyes, mouth parted to bare her teeth.
Word: opaline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English opal Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English opaline From opal + -ine. 1. A clear to white liquid secreted by sea hares (genus Aplysia) that becomes viscous upon contact with water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The attack on a sea hare by a spiny lobster causes release of the whitish opaline, followed the co-release of both opaline and ink. 2. Any of several minerals resembling opal, including a variety of yellow chalcedony. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of opal glass. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: de-Baathification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + Baath + -ification. Modeled on denazification, a similar concept employed against the conquered Nazi government following the Second World War. 1. The policy of removing Baath party members from Iraqi government positions following the fall of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein. Labels: uncountable Example: From informing the Bush administration that Iraqis would welcome U.S. troops with flowers to urging a methodical and comprehensive de-Baathification program under which tens of thousands of people lost their jobs through guilt by association, she said, the errors in the exiles' counsel only mounted and multiplied. Example: Mr Maliki has worsened the situation by allowing and encouraging purges of Iraqi politicians in the name of de-Baathification and largely discontinuing the US-initiated policy of working with Sunni tribal leaders and their militias - the so-called Sons of Iraq - to isolate al-Qaeda.
Word: animal rights Part of Speech: noun 1. Certain fundamental rights that animals are entitled to, such as the right to be spared undue suffering. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: gay rights Part of Speech: noun 1. The concept that people of minority sexual orientations such as homosexuality (gay people), are entitled to the same rights and considerations as heterosexuals. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Geiger counter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Hans Geiger who developed the first such device in 1908 together with Ernest Rutherford. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪɡə ˈkaʊntə/, /ˈɡaɪɡɚ ˈkaʊntɚ/ 1. A device designed to detect radioactivity and measure its intensity. Example: Figure 27 shows a Geiger counter, used to detect ionizing radiation. The counter consists of a thin central wire, carrying a positive charge, surrounded by a concentric circular conducting cylinder, carrying an equal negative charge. 2. a feature of an RFID reader that emits a sound indicating the signal strength of an RFID tag that is being searched for. Labels: broadly Example: Any Geiger Counter feature can direct a user towards an RFID tagged item or at least point the user in the right direction, depending on how far away the RFID tag is.
Word: fan fiction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fan + fiction. Pronunciation: /fæn fɪkʃən/ 1. Fiction, typically amateur, created by fans, incorporating the characters and concepts of a commercial media property, typically without permission from the author or owner. Labels: uncountable Example: In the latest issue of Astounding, our old pal and brother-fan, Milt Rothman makes his professional debut under the pen name: Lee Gregor. And Milt is to be congratulated on the story.... it is definitely pro and not fan fiction. Example: I also want to put in my two-cents-worth on the subject of fan fiction. There has been a strong trend away from fiction in fanzines of late: SPACEWARP stopped using fan fiction shortly before the end; ORB followed suit; WYLIE STAR will switch; most of the new mags are starting out with non-fiction plans. I think fiction is just as important (if not more so) in fmz as articles. Where else will embryo pro-authors get their start? 2. A work of fan fiction. Labels: countable Example: This can be, as you note below, quite fun and entertaining, but I do think that it is very easy for people to lose track of the fact that all of these "speculations" are just fan fictions that have little to do with what Tolkien actually wrote. Example: An otherwise strong site is marred by some trashy material. Skip the many bad ER fan fictions here and take the rumors section with a huge grain of salt. 3. Fiction about fans and fandom created by members of fandom. Labels: dated, slang, uncountable Example: fan fiction - Sometimes improperly used to mean fan science fiction, that is, ordinary fantasy published in a fan magazine. Properly, the term means fiction about fans, or something about pros, and occasionally bringing in some famous characters stf stories. It may refer to real fans by name (Tucker nudged Brackney, who was nursing a "black eye"), or may be about types, especially Joe Fann. Example: Triode specialized in humorous ‘fan fiction’—stories written about actual personalities in the SF field—and dates from the period in which science fiction fans did not take themselves quite so seriously as nowadays, and those who made religion from an enthusiasm were generally mocked for it.
Word: microstructure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + structure. 1. Fine-scale structure. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Fine-scale structure. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Fine-scale structure. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gloved Part of Speech: adj 1. Wearing a glove or gloves. Labels: not-comparable Example: The harnessing done, he barked suddenly at the house, and there appeared Millie, hatted and gloved[.] Example: Holding your gloved right hand under the cuff of the left glove, insert your left hand in the left glove.
Word: gloved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of glove Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: micromorphology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + morphology. 1. The fine-level structures or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil component visible through microscopy. 2. microstructure
Word: Geiger counters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Geiger counter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dissensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: macrostructure 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 structure English macrostructure From macro- + structure. 1. The gross structure of a material or tissue as visible to the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The gross structure of a pure metal or alloy, as revealed by magnifications of 10X or less. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: macromorphology 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 morphology English macromorphology From macro- + morphology. 1. The gross structures or morphology of an organism, mineral, or soil component visible with the unaided eye or at very low levels of magnification. 2. macrostructure
Word: eisegete Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who places meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself.
Word: eisegete Part of Speech: verb 1. To place meaning on a text which is not originally or inherently present in the text itself Example: Derrida and Religion: Other Testaments edited by Yvonne Sherwood, Kevin Hart (page 255) (Routledge, →ISBN http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN0415968887&id=9MD3qFaGYKcC&pg=PA255&lpg=PA255&ots=WTzI0sbp1m&dq=eisegete&sig=FYhXwSuFYFJfumbj9GFo-WlHF7c And nowhere does that nongivenness appear more clearly, paradoxial as that may be, than in the image of Jesus writing something that we readers cannot read, cannot exegete or eisegete, and therefore cannot deconstruct.
Word: firelight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fire liȝt, fyre lyghte, from Old English fȳrlēoht, equivalent to fire + light. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪə.laɪt/, /ˈfaɪɚ.laɪt/ 1. The light of a fire, such as from a campfire or fireplace. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He sat on by the cheerful firelight thrown from a bundle of green ash-sticks laid across the dogs; the sticks snapped pleasantly, and hissed out bubbles of sap from their ends. Example: He glanced continually at the diamond-panes of the casement, gleaming dimly in the firelight, and cocked his ear toward the door, as if half expecting to hear the pad of furtive feet in the corridor without.
Word: cutie pie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkjuːti ˌpaɪ/ 1. A cute person, often female. Labels: US Example: Her daughter is such a cutie pie! Example: Not a chance, Cutie-Pie! I'm still in th' hands o' my Oculist! 2. A small hand-held radiation meter. Labels: slang Example: Most hospitals stock cutie pies to monitor radiation contamination levels during an emergency.
Word: declarations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declaration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: AMF Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of attacking midfielder. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of airmail field. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of adios, motherfucker, a mixed drink variant of the Long Island iced tea. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Autorité des marchés financiers, a financial institution supervising the French financial market, or its Quebec counterpart that shares the same name. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: AMF Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Ammanford. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of action message format, a proprietary protocol for object remoting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Arab Monetary Fund. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Australian Militia Force, a forerunner to the Australian Army Reserve. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 5. Initialism of Afghan Military (or Militia) Force (“American name for Afghan soldiers from Hamid Karzai's government, or from local militias allied to Afghanistan's central government”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: macromorphological Part of Speech: adj 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 morphology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English morphological English macromorphological From macro- + morphological. 1. Of or pertaining to macromorphology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: micromorphological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- English morphology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English morphological English micromorphological From micro- + morphological. 1. Of or pertaining to micromorphology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spires Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spire Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: easier said than done Part of Speech: adj 1. Easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish. Labels: comparative-only, idiomatic Example: Which is a thing more easily said, than made good in the way of doing. Example: Scott Parker was desperately urging England's players to keep possession - but it was easier said than done amid waves of Ukraine attacks and it needed a penalty area block from the Tottenham midfield man to thwart Devic.
Word: adnexed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin adnexus (“annexed, attached”). 1. Narrowly attached to a stem or stipe. Labels: not-comparable Example: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is adnexed.
Word: hoarsely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English hosely; equivalent to hoarse + -ly. 1. With a dry, harsh voice. Example: She spoke hoarsely because of her cough. Example: `Say, hast thou seen enough!' `I have looked on beauty, and I am blinded,' I said hoarsely, lifting my hand to cover up my eyes.
Word: longs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of long Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: longs Part of Speech: noun 1. Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: We then got dressed in our assault kit; one vest, two shirts, two jerseys, one lumber jacket, one pair of shorts, one pair of pajama longs, one pair of longs, one pair of snow goggles, a balaclava, two pairs of gloves, one pair of mitts […] Example: On the other hand, Bruce Camlin was one of the new generation of ang moh who knew their place in the new order, the post-colonial era. When he walked in on his first day, he wore longs made of coarse khaki and shirts that came off a supermarket peg.
Word: Caius Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kiːz/ 1. Ellipsis of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Word: chiropodists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chiropodist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: animations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plyometric Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or by means of, plyometrics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: plyometrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλείων (pleíōn, “more”) + -metric (“measure”). Additional details are available in Wikipedia at plyometrics § Etymology. 1. A form of exercise that involves the rapid stretching and contracting of muscles to develop muscular power. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: She was not one of those women who needed to endure complicated half hours of rubbing and prodding and explosive plyometrics before her body tensed and the dam holding back her pleasure burst.
Word: Zapatistas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zapatista Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Zapatista Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish Zapata 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 -istalbor. Spanish -ista Spanish zapatistabor. English Zapatista Borrowed from Spanish zapatista. Pronunciation: /ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/, /ˌzæ.pəˈtis.tə/, /sæ-/ 1. Of or relating to Zapatismo. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the Zapatistas. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Zapatista Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish Zapata 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 -istalbor. Spanish -ista Spanish zapatistabor. English Zapatista Borrowed from Spanish zapatista. Pronunciation: /ˌzɑː.pəˈtiːs.tə/, /ˌzæ.pəˈtis.tə/, /sæ-/ 1. A member of the Liberation Army of the South, a group formed and led by Emiliano Zapata that took part in the Mexican Revolution. Labels: historical 2. A member of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation, an indigenous leftist group that formed in the jungles of Chiapas in 1983 and coordinated an uprising on January 1, 1994, the day NAFTA took effect.
Word: Francesco Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Francesco. Pronunciation: /fɹænˈtʃɛskoʊ/ 1. A male given name from Italian
Word: Forrest Part of Speech: name Etymology: English surname, from the noun forest. Also adopted and translated from the word for "forest" in various other languages by settlers. 1. A topographical surname from Middle English for someone who lived or worked in a Royal forest (area of woodland reserved for hunting). Example: Whether it is the soul food restaurant on 38th Street, where he and his father and trainer, Jack Mosley, dined earlier in the week, or at the workouts leading up Saturday's WBC welterweight championship rematch against Vernon Forrest at Conseco Fieldhouse, Mosley cannot go anywhere without hearing the shouts of supporters who want to get close to him. Example: Forrest later attacked Willis in New York, knocking him to the ground; lawsuits proliferated as Willis sued Forrest for assault, and Forrest countersued for libel. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A town in the Shire of Colac Otway, south western Victoria, Australia
Word: Harrington Part of Speech: name 1. A habitational surname from Old English from several places of that name in England. 2. A surname from Irish anglicised from the Irish Ó hArrachtáin "descendant of Arrachtán". 3. A fishing village located at the mouth of the Manning River, New South Wales, Australia. 4. A community in the township of Zorra, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. 5. A township municipality in the Laurentides region, Quebec, Canada. 6. A place in England: 7. A place in England: 8. A place in England: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. An English earldom.
Word: Harrington Part of Speech: noun 1. A short, light jacket with a zip front and often a tartan lining.
Word: strafing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strafe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strafing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who strafes. Example: Through these intense two days, the provisional battalion endured sporadic artillery attacks, aircraft strafings, and small arms fire. However, fighting back was nearly impossible.
Word: Payne Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /peɪn/ 1. An English surname, variant of Paine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Payne released his debut solo album “LP1” in 2019 and said in 2023 that he was working on his second album. 2. A neighbourhood of Macon, formerly a city, in Bibb County, Georgia, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A village in Paulding County, Ohio, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Paine Part of Speech: name 1. An English surname, of Norman derivation, meaning someone who lived outside of a city (see Latin pagus). Example: Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."
Word: conniving Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/ 1. That connives; conspiratorial. Example: I waited. Then those two / Strange pilgrims of the sanctuaries of sin / Brought from beneath their large conniving cloaks / Two hidden baskets brimming with rich store / Of broken viands — pasties, jellies, meats, / Crumbs of Belshazzar's table, evil waste / Of that interminable nightly feast […]
Word: conniving Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəˈnaɪvɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of connive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Mr. Brezhnev departed drastically from the recent Soviet propaganda line, which has attacked the United States for conniving in the Chinese invasion, as some Soviet press comments have put it. He did say that “the entire danger of any forms of connivance with that policy is more evident now than ever before.” But he did not mention the United States in this context and did not develop the argument voiced constantly by official spokesmen since the invasion that China had been emboldened by its reconciliation with the United States and that the Carter Administration had, in effect, encouraged the Chinese attack.
Word: pagus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-der. Proto-Italic *pāgos Latin pāgusbor. English pagus Borrowed from Latin pāgus. 1. A country district with scattered hamlets. Labels: historical 2. The fortified centre of such a district. Labels: historical 3. Among the early Teutons, a division of the territory larger than a village, like a wapentake or hundred. Labels: historical
Word: connivance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From early 18th c., replaced earlier form connivence (late 16th c.), from Latin connīventia, from connīvēns (“winking”). Pronunciation: /kəˈnaɪvəns/ 1. The process of conniving or conspiring. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Abbot’s house, which formed the third side of the square, was, though injured, still inhabited, and afforded refuge to the few brethren who yet, rather by connivance than by actual authority, were permitted to remain at Kennaquhair.
Word: Marmaduke Part of Speech: name Etymology: Thought to be derived from the Irish name Mael Maedóc, "devotee of Maedóc" (an Irish saint); also anglicised as Malachy. 1. A male given name from Irish, once popular in parts of Yorkshire, Lancashire and County Durham.
Word: mathematical game Part of Speech: noun 1. Any game featuring arithmetic or other branches of mathematics; a branch of recreational mathematics
Word: Sterling Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Stirling. Pronunciation: /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/, /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/ 1. A Scottish surname, variant of Stirling. 2. An English surname, thought to be a variant of Starling. 3. A unisex given name transferred from the surname. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. A number of places in the United States:
Word: ayahuasca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish ayahuasca, from Quechua ayawaska, from aya (“spirit, ancestor”) + waska (“vine”). First use appears c. 1870. See cite below. Pronunciation: /ˌaɪəˈwɑːskə/ 1. A giant vine native to South America (especially Banisteriopsis caapi), noted for its psychotropic properties. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Any of various psychoactive infusions or decoctions prepared from this vine. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They make use of a narcotic drink called Ayahuasca, which produces effects similar to those of opium. Example: As the Amazon forest people would take ayahuasca and enter into that place of Group Mind where they would make decisions for the tribe, the psychedelic shamanic acts that McKenna was promulgating would involve the experience of ecstasy and the contemplation of wholeness.
Word: Stirling Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Middle Scots Stirveling, from Early Scots Strivelin, Strivelyn, likely from Old Irish sreb, srib (“stream”) + linn (“pool, lake”). Cognate with Old French Estrivelin, Middle Welsh Ystriflin. Pronunciation: /ˈstɪɾ.lɪŋ/, /ˈstɜː.lɪŋ/, /ˈstɝ.lɪŋ/ 1. A placename: 2. A placename: 3. A placename: 4. A placename: 5. A placename: 6. A placename: 7. A placename: 8. A placename: 9. A placename: 10. A placename: 11. A placename: 12. A placename: 13. A Scottish habitational surname derived from the town. 14. A male given name transferred from the surname.
Word: recreational mathematics Part of Speech: noun 1. Any use of mathematics or logic whose primary purpose is recreation, though often with more serious characteristics. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jayne Part of Speech: name 1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval variant of John. 2. A female given name from Hebrew, a 20th-century spelling of Jane. Example: "Having lunch with the Gorgons today?" Andrew had asked her. It was his oft-stated opinion that the ys in Kathryn and Jayne''s names were their compensation for a missing, but coveted, male chromosome.
Word: DMT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dimethyltryptamine, a naturally occurring psychedelic drug. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: A little over 50 years later – with LSD, psilocybin, psilocin, TMA, several compounds based on DMT and various other isomers – the number was up to almost 20. Example: McKenna was in school at UC Berkeley in 1966 when someone boosted a fifty-five-gallon drum of pure crystal DMT at Stanford that was headed for the army arsenal at Edgewood, Maryland, and released it into the dope-dealing machinery of the university. 2. Initialism of double mini trampoline, an aerial sport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: At the elite level, DMT is one of the most spectacular sports, with competitors completing high, multi-twisting somersaults. 3. Initialism of divemaster trainee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: dimethyltryptamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dimethyl + tryptamine. Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪmɛθəlˈtɹɪptəmiːn/ 1. An N-methylated indoleamine derivative, a serotonergic hallucinogen found in several plants, especially Prestonia amazonica (Apocynaceae), and in mammalian brain, blood, and urine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: brisket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English brusket, probably from Old Danish bryske (“cartilage, gristle”), from Old Norse brjósk, from Proto-Germanic *briuskiz (compare German Brausche (“knot on the head”)). Cognate with Danish brusk, Icelandic brjósk. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɪskɪt/ 1. The chest of an animal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A cut of meat taken from the chest, especially from the section under the first five ribs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Right after chili, smoked beef brisket could easily be the state food of Texas. 3. A smoked meat dish made from cow brisket popular in Texas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bromidic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English bromide Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English bromidic From bromide (“dull person; platitude”) + -ic. Pronunciation: /bɹoʊˈmɪdɪk/ 1. Stale, banal, clichéd. Example: I'm as trite and as gay as a daisy in May, / A cliché comin' true! / I'm bromidic and bright / As a moon-happy night / Pourin' light on the dew!
Word: scrotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ba'th Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Baath. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Ba'ath Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Baath. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Baath Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic بَعْث (baʕṯ, “resurrection”), part of the party's official name, حِزْب البَعْث العَرَبِيّ الاِشْتِرَاكِيّ (ḥizb al-baʕṯ al-ʕarabiyy al-ištirākiyy, literally “the party of the Arab socialist resurrection”). The sequence ــَعْـ (aʿ) is often rendered as ⟨aa⟩ in English; compare Baalbek for بَعْلَبَكّ (baʕlabakk), the Kaaba for الكَعْبَة (al-kaʕba), Saad (name) for سَعْد (saʕd), or zaatar for زَعْتَر (zaʕtar). Pronunciation: /bɑːθ/ 1. The Arab Socialist Baath Party, a secular Arab socialist political party present in several countries in the Middle East, most prominently Iraq and Syria. Example: Today it is they that proclaim the slogan of "federation"—which is opposed to the Baath's postulates. Example: Nasser had a country without a party, but the Baath was still a party without a country.
Word: vinyl cyanide Part of Speech: noun 1. The compound acrylonitrile. Labels: uncountable Example: These simulations suggest that vinyl cyanide (C₂H₃CN; also known as acrylonitrile or propenenitrile) would be the best candidate species for the formation of these hypothesized cell-like membranes, known as “azotosomes” (2).
Word: actinomycetes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of actinomycete Labels: form-of, plural
Word: actinophage Part of Speech: noun 1. Any bacteriophage that infects bacteria of the order Actinomycetales.
Word: militarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English military Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English militarian From military + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. of or pertaining to the military Example: Naturally our talk at first was about the Scouts Movement which he [Baden-Powell] was anxious to disassociate from everything militarian. Example: The employers used the authoritarian traditions in a highly selective way, adopting the authoritarian practices of militarian rule slightly modified
Word: militarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English military Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English militarian From military + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌmɪl.ɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A person in or involved with military service. Example: For militarians, he gives the lowdown on cruise missiles and submarines. For utilitarians, there are explanations of how refrigerators and air-conditioners work Example: No maverick, Gibson said he just wanted to say hello and payback the militarians for their service to their country.
Word: activation analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several similar radiochemical techniques of analysis in which a subatomic particle or gamma ray is captured by a nuclide to form a second stable nuclide which is then measured. Labels: physical
Word: scoucers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scoucer, alternative spelling of Scouser. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adaptive control Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of control system whose parameters may be changed dynamically in order to adapt to a changing environment. Labels: uncountable
Word: sacramentum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *seh₂k- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *sh₂krós Proto-Italic *sakros 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 Proto-Italic *sakrāō Latin sacrō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sacrāmentumbor. English sacramentum Borrowed from Latin sacrāmentum. 1. An Ancient Roman oath or vow that rendered the swearer "given to the gods", in the negative sense if he violated it. Labels: historical
Word: with a vengeance Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With an intense motivation; in an extreme, intense, or violent manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: With which intolerable pains if the party shriek or cry out, they roar out as loud to him to confess the truth, or else he shall come down with a vengeance. Example: Yes, egad, they are tenacious of reputation with a vengeance, for they don't choose anybody should have a character but themselves!
Word: adaptive management Part of Speech: noun 1. An iterative method of decision-making in the face of uncertainty that reduces uncertainty by continuous monitoring; used especially in the management of ecosystems etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: adaptive optics Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical system in telescopes that reduces atmospheric distortion by dynamically measuring and correcting wavefront aberrations in real time, often by using a deformable mirror. Labels: uncountable
Word: wavefront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave + front. 1. An imaginary surface passing through points of a medium oscillating in phase.
Word: real time Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːəl ˈtaɪm/, /ˈɹiːl ˈtaɪm/ 1. The duration required by a computer system to complete a particular task. Labels: uncountable 2. The time during which an event or process occurs (and during which, without much delay, it is responded to, reacted to, etc). Labels: uncountable Example: "It's intelligence in real time, but you have to know where you're looking and what you're after." Government sources told The Washington Post that the program had had little discernible impact on the government's ability to prevent terrorist [attacks]. Example: Additional data services, such as album art, artist information and advertising logos, interactive user functions, as well as weather and traffic updates in real time [exist]. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see real, time. Labels: uncountable
Word: porpentine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of porcupine. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: [T]hese wordes of his moue me as much, / As if a Goose should play the Porpintine, / And dart her plumes, thinking to pierce my brest, […] Example: I could a Tale vnfold, vvhoſe lighteſt vvord / VVould harrovv vp thy ſoule, freeze thy young blood, / Make thy tvvo eyes like Starres, ſtart from their Spheres, / Thy knotty and combined locks to part, / And each particular haire to ſtand an end, / Like Quilles vpon the fretfull Porpentine: […]
Word: dative bond Part of Speech: noun 1. coordinate bond
Word: solar letter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Arabic حَرْف شَمْسِيّ (ḥarf šamsiyy). 1. Synonym of sun letter.
Word: solar letters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solar letter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: valley fill Part of Speech: noun 1. The waste produced by mountain top removal mining. So named because it is typically piled high in nearby valleys. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ark of the Covenant Part of Speech: name 1. The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God. Labels: Judaism Example: ¶ Then Solomon assembled the Elders of Israel, and all the heads of the Tribes, the chiefe of the fathers of the children of Israel vnto Ierusalem, to bring vp the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord, out of the citie of Dauid, which is Zion. Example: Indiana Jones: The city of Tannis is one of the possible resting places of the lost Ark. Eaton: The lost Ark? Jones: Yeah, the Ark of the Covenant, the chest the Hebrews used to carry around the Ten Commandments in. Musgrave: What do you mean the Ten Commandments? You mean the Ten Commandments? Jones: Yes, the actual Ten Commandments, the original stone tablets that Moses brought down out of Mount Horeb and smashed if you believe in that sort of thing.
Word: lunar letters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lunar letter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lunar letter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Arabic حَرْف قَمَرِيّ (ḥarf qamariyy). 1. Synonym of moon letter.
Word: overburden Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English burden English overburden From over- + burden. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ̯vəˈbɜːdn̩/, /ˌoʊvɚˈbɝdn̩/, /ˌəʉ̯vəˈbɜːdn̩/, [ˌɐʉ̯.vɐˈbɜːdn̩] 1. To overload or overtax. Labels: transitive Example: In reality, the levels of work varied: some internationals seemed overburdened with tasks and responsibility, some seemed underburdened, and some faced apparently just the right amount of work. Example: He said the increase would avoid overburdening taxpayers who have subsidised the railways by £31 billion since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Word: overburden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English burden English overburden From over- + burden. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ̯vəˌbɜːdn̩/, /ˈoʊvɚˌbɝdn̩/, /ˈəʉ̯vəˌbɜːdn̩/, [ˈɐʉ̯.vɐˌbɜːdn̩] 1. The rock and subsoil that lies above a mineral deposit such as a coal seam, or any other underground feature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Before much progress was made with the inverts, however, the movement became accelerated, and it was decided to lighten the load over the tunnel by removing some of the soil, […]. This reduction in the overburden arrested the movement, and the inverting and centring were completed, and the tunnel opened again to traffic on April 9, 1949. Example: Such rocks have been changed by baking in a terrestrial pressure-cooker. Then they have been disinterred: kilometres of overburden must have been removed. 2. A sterile stratum that lies above the stratum being investigated. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mountaintop removal Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of surface mining at the summit or summit ridge of a mountain, by blasting away the overburden with explosives and dumping the excess material into nearby valleys. Labels: uncountable
Word: preëmpt Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from preëmption. Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈɛmpt/ 1. Dated spelling of preempt. Example: He was appointed probate judge by Governor Medary in 1859, and under the territorial laws it became his duty to preëmpt the townsite of Burlington, which he did, his predecessor, W. R. Saunders, having resigned to escape that duty. Example: …such as Koffka’s allusion ¹ to some lectures on personality by Wertheimer, one of the leaders of the Gestalt psychology, that not all its representatives share the circumscribed view that we must preëmpt the problem of perception in all its diversified phases before we can venture forth on any other task.²
Word: pillaged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pillage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: preëmpts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preëmpt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reclaiming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reclaim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preëmpting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preëmpt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preëmpted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preëmpt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slander Labels: form-of, plural