nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: FTSE Part of Speech: name Etymology: A joint venture between the Financial Times of London and the London Stock Exchange. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊt.si/ 1. Financial Times and Stock Exchange. Example: “It’s hard to believe that as recently as 2011, 43% of the FTSE 350 [index] still had all-male boards,” Mary O’Connor, acting senior partner at KPMG UK, said in a statement. 2. The main stock market index code for the British stock market. Labels: broadly 3. The FTSE 100 Index. Labels: informal
Word: autotheism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + theism. 1. The doctrine of the self-subsistence of God, especially of the second person in the Trinity. Labels: uncountable 2. The worship of oneself. Labels: uncountable 3. The belief that one is a deity. Labels: uncountable 4. The belief that one is possessed by a divine power. Labels: uncountable
Word: eventify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English event Latin -i- Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English eventify From event + -ify. 1. To make into a special event. Labels: transitive Example: According to Hauptfleisch (2001:170), events such as the Little Karoo Festival, eventify occasions in a fashion similar to the ancient festivals by turning an "[...] everyday life event (performing a play, a concerto, a dance, exhibiting a painting, a sculpture, an installation) [...] into a significant Cultural Event, framed and made meaningful by the presence of an audience [...] who will respond to the celebrated event."
Word: autotheistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + theistic. 1. Self-worshiping; prideful in the extreme. Example: But under Professor Lerner’s scrutiny, example after example of allegedly extreme antinomian or autotheistic beliefs and of resultant flagrant libertinism loses those characteristics.
Word: BNP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British National Party. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Labels: Bangladesh, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BNP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of brain natriuretic peptide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: scientific method Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making falsifiable predictions (hypotheses), testing them empirically, and developing theories that match known data from repeatable physical experimentation. Example: 1858 - George Woodyatt Hastings, Andrew Edgar, Charles Wager Ryalls, Edwin Pears - Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science Mr. Payne's paper aimed at the introduction of a scientific method founded upon rational principles which were altogether unknown to the mass Example: Let us sharply distinguish here between two epistemological positions. The first, extreme physicalism, asserts that only physics and its branches can be considered sciences. Hence, all observations must be formulated in the language of physics. The second position, a sort of liberal empiricism, recognizes a variety of legitimate methods and languages within the family of science. Indeed, since different types of problems are considered to require different methods of analysis, a diversity of scientific methods and expressions is not merely tolerated, but is considered necessary. According to this position, the value, and hence the scientific legitimacy, of any particular method or language depends on its pragmatic utility, rather than on how closely it approximates the ideal model of theoretical physics.
Word: dross Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drosse, dros, from Old English drōs, from Proto-Germanic *drōhs (“dregs, sediment”). Also compare Old English drōsna, drōsne (“a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax”), from Proto-Germanic *drōhsnǭ, *drōhsnō (“dregs, sediment”), derived from *drōhs. Alternatively, this may be from *dragjō + *-snō (“yeast, sediment”; compare *dragjō (“yeast”)), as if from *drēcg + -sn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment, yeast”). Cognate with Scots dros, drose, drosse (“small particles, fragments, dross”), Middle Dutch droes (“dregs”), Dutch droesem (“dregs”), German Drusen (“lees, dregs”), Latin fracēs (“grounds or dregs of oil”). Related also to drast, dregs. Pronunciation: /dɹɒs/, /dɹɔs/, /dɹɑs/ 1. Waste or impure matter. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Waste or impure matter. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Waste or impure matter. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Dross is related with the incomplete expulsion of the melt from the bottom of the kerf. For precision applications where the clean cutting edges are important the formation of dross at the bottom of the cutting kerf must be controlled. This requires deep understanding of the mechanisms of dross formation and the various materials and laser-cutting parameters which potentially control the formation of dross. For example, the highly cleaned (dross-free) cutting edges can be obtained in […] Example: One of the main problems with recycling and melting magnesium is the presence of particles in the melt which lead to the formation of dross and sludge. To be more precise, the necessary removal of dross and sludge greatly increase the costs of the facility. And, material is lost. 4. Worthless or trivial matter. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually Example: What thou lovest well remains, the rest is dross 5. Residual raw opium left in an opium pipe which can be recycled for further sale or use. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: dross Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English drosse, dros, from Old English drōs, from Proto-Germanic *drōhs (“dregs, sediment”). Also compare Old English drōsna, drōsne (“a ground, sediment, lees, dregs, dirt, ear wax”), from Proto-Germanic *drōhsnǭ, *drōhsnō (“dregs, sediment”), derived from *drōhs. Alternatively, this may be from *dragjō + *-snō (“yeast, sediment”; compare *dragjō (“yeast”)), as if from *drēcg + -sn. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrā́ks (“sediment, yeast”). Cognate with Scots dros, drose, drosse (“small particles, fragments, dross”), Middle Dutch droes (“dregs”), Dutch droesem (“dregs”), German Drusen (“lees, dregs”), Latin fracēs (“grounds or dregs of oil”). Related also to drast, dregs. Pronunciation: /dɹɒs/, /dɹɔs/, /dɹɑs/ 1. To remove dross from. Labels: transitive
Word: cristobalite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the type locality at Cerro San Cristóbal, Mexico, + -ite. 1. A mineral of volcanic rocks that solidified at a high temperature. Cristobalite is chemically identical to quartz, with the chemical formula SiO₂, but has a different crystal structure. Crystals are always microscopic, and usually form small rounded masses. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paranoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English paranoia Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English paranoid From paranoia + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/, /ˈpɛɹ.əˌnɔɪd/ 1. Of, related to, or suffering from clinical paranoia. 2. Exhibiting excessive fear, suspicion, or distrust. Labels: informal Example: But can the people on TV see me or am I just paranoid? Example: People generally want to believe good news, and Max was so paranoid about germs that he'd really love to believe Plum Island was spewing antibiotics and vaccine into the air.
Word: paranoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English paranoia Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English paranoid From paranoia + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹ.əˌnɔɪd/, /ˈpɛɹ.əˌnɔɪd/ 1. A person suffering from paranoia.
Word: snarky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From snark + -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɑɹ.ki/, /ˈsnɑː.ki/ 1. Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation. Labels: humorous, informal, often Example: In spite of its inherent banality, and because my editors let me relieve my dyspepsia by writing snarky captions, it is regularly one of the more popular destinations on the Globe and Mail website. 2. Irritable, irritated. Labels: obsolete Example: 'I hate you,' she said briefly, and Philip understood. 'I couldn't help it,' he said; 'I did want to do something by myself.' And Lucy understood. 'And besides,' he said, 'I was coming back for you. Don't be snarky about it, Lu. Example: 'E barks. "I'll do me work meself, yeh 'ear?" An' then 'e gits so snarky that I clear.
Word: essiac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the surname of the inventor, Rene Caisse, spelled backwards. 1. A herbal infusion claimed by some to be able to cure cancer. Labels: uncountable
Word: lambda expression Part of Speech: noun 1. An algebraic expression representing a function by binding one or more parameters to an expression which may contain those parameters.
Word: todo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of to-do. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: allways Part of Speech: adv 1. Misspelling of always. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Arwel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh, derivation uncertain. Possibly "prominent". Pronunciation: /ˈɑːwəl/, /ˈɑːwɛl/, /ˈɑɹwəl/, /ˈɑɹwɛl/ 1. A male given name from Welsh.
Word: squat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Old French es- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin cōgō Latin coāctusder. Old French quatir Old French esquatirder. Middle English squatten English squat From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”). The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain. Pronunciation: /skwɒt/, /skwɑt/, /skwɔt/ 1. Relatively short or low, and thick or broad. Example: The SQUILL-INSECT. […] So called from ſome ſimilitude to the Squill-fiſh: chiefly, in having a long Body cover'd with a Cruſt compoſed of ſeveral Rings or Plates. The Head is broad and ſquat. He hath a pair of notable ſharp Fangs before, both hooked inward like a Bulls horns. Example: What in the midst lay but the Tower itself? / The round squat turret, blind as the fool's heart, / Built of round stone, without a counterpart / In the whole world. […] 2. Sitting on one's heels; sitting close to the ground; cowering or crouching. Example: [H]im there they found, / Squat like a toad, cloſe at the ear of Eve, / Aſſaying by his deviliſh art to reach / The organs of her fancy', and with them forge / Illuſions as he liſt, phantaſms and dreams, […]
Word: squat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Old French es- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Latin cōgō Latin coāctusder. Old French quatir Old French esquatirder. Middle English squatten English squat From Middle English squatten, from Old French esquatir, escatir (“compress, press down, lay flat, crush”), from es- (“ex-”) + quatir (“press down, flatten”), from Vulgar Latin *coactire (“press together, force”), from Latin coāctus, perfect passive participle of cōgō (“force together, compress”). The sense “nothing” is synchronically analyzable as a clipping of diddly-squat, although diachronically the direction of derivation is uncertain. Pronunciation: /skwɒt/, /skwɑt/, /skwɔt/ 1. To bend deeply at the knees while resting on one's feet. Example: He was not going to squat henlike on his place as the cockies around him did. 2. To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee. 3. To perform one or more callisthenic exercises by moving the body and bending at least one knee. Example: For those who are having, or have had, trouble squatting we suggest learning how to squat by performing the front squat […] The front squat allows you almost no alternative but to perform the exercise correctly. 4. To occupy or reside in a place without the permission of the owner. Example: Huddled together in loathsome files, they squat there over night, or until an inquisitive policeman breaks up the congregation with his club, which in Mulberry Street has always free swing. 5. To sit close to the ground; to stoop, or lie close to the ground, for example to escape observation. Example: "But there seemed to be little satisfaction got out of this run; every moment the hare squatted, and the hounds lost the scent time after time." 6. To bruise or flatten by a fall; to squash. Labels: dated 7. To cybersquat. Labels: Internet Example: The old homepage for L2TP, www.l2tpd.org, has been squatted by a domain squatter. A malicious person could reinstate this domain with malicious code on it. 8. To retire a modeling kit or group of modeling kits. Labels: slang Example: I can't believe they squatted my favorite faction!
Word: squat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin squatina. 1. The angel shark (genus Squatina).
Word: perihelion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *sóh₂wl̥ From perihelium (“perihelion”) (obsolete) + -ion (suffix used for other names of apsides). Perihelium is borrowed from Late Latin perihelium, from Ancient Greek περι- (peri-, “around; surrounding”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“before, in front; first”)) + ἥλιος (hḗlios, “sun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ (“sun”)), which was modelled after perigeum (“point in an orbit about the Earth that is closest to the Earth, perigee”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹ.ɪˈhiː.lɪ.ən/, /ˌpɛɹ.əˈhiː.li.ən/, /ˌpɛɹ.əˈhil.jən/ 1. The point in the elliptical orbit of a comet, planet, etc., where it is nearest to the Sun. Example: The æquation of the Earth encreaſeth from her Aphelion, until ſhe come to the point where it's greateſt, and from thence it again decreaſeth till ſhe come to her Perihelion, or oppoſite Auge: in like manner it increaſeth from her Perihelion to the point where it's greateſt, and afterwards decreaſeth till ſhe come againe to the Auge or Aphelion, [...] Example: They [the best astronomers of this age] all agree that the Planets turn in ſo many Ellipſes, of which the Sun is the focus; the reaſon of it is, that they are obſerved to be in ſome points called Perihelia, nearer to the Sun, and, in the oppoſite points call'd Aphelia, farther from it; which could not be, if they mov'd in a perfect circle. 2. The highest point or state; the peak, zenith. Labels: figuratively Example: [T]he magnificence of his compliment had quite shaken the general's [Ulysses S. Grant's] modesty, and that he could only say that France must come to the perihelion of her glory under such rulers as Grevy [i.e., Jules Grévy]. Example: This brilliant trick was the invention of the late Dr. Hofzinzer, of Vienna, who, at the perihelion of his fame, was regarded as the greatest card conjurer in the world.
Word: perigee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French périgée via Latin perigeum, perigaeum, ultimately from Ancient Greek περί (perí, “near”) + γῆ (gê, “Earth”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɹ.ɪ.d͡ʒiː/, /ˈpɛɹ.ə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is closest to the Earth: the periapsis of an Earth orbiter. Example: As the moon wheels around Earth every 28 days and shows us a progressively greater and then stingier slice of its sun-lightened face, the distance between the moon and Earth changes, too. At the nearest point along its egg-shaped orbit, its perigee, the moon may be 26,000 miles closer to us than it is at its far point. 2. The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is closest to the planet: the periapsis of any satellite. Labels: broadly Example: Conjunctions of I and II [Io and Europa] occur when they are near perigee and apogee respectively; conjunctions of II and III [Europa and Ganymede] occur when II [Europa] is near perigee. Example: The resolution of the images obtained by this American probe [Messenger] will depend on its altitude [above Mercury] at any one time: about ten meters at perigee (200km altitude), but only one 1 km at apogee (15000km). 3. The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is closest to the Earth.
Word: ferroequinology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin ferrum (“iron”) + Latin equus (“horse”) + English -logy; from iron horse 1. The study of railways in general, but especially locomotives. Labels: humorous, nonstandard, uncountable Example: Anyone interested in Colorado ferroequinology, get yourself a copy of the DeLorme atlas. This shows the alignments of lots of old railroad grades Example: 1995 January 30, Glenn Laubaugh, “BRASS KEY”, rec.railroad, pdx.general, and or.general, Usenet The BRASS KEY...is the unofficial, unauthorized internet newspaper of ferroequinology (Latin: Study of Iron Horses) in the Pacific Northwest.
Word: free-throw lane Part of Speech: noun 1. The rectangular or trapezoidal area between the free-throw line and the end line. Example: Players must remain outside the free-throw lane until the ball leaves the free-throw shooter's hands.
Word: charity stripe Part of Speech: noun 1. The free-throw line. Labels: US, informal
Word: half-court line Part of Speech: noun 1. The line parallel to the end lines and midway between them.
Word: half-court violation Part of Speech: noun 1. A turnover occurring when the team with possession, having brought the ball over the half-court line causes it to cross back over the line without interference from the other team.
Word: ride shotgun Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from early-20th-century depictions in books and films of the 19th-century practice of a person armed with a rifle or shotgun riding next to a stagecoach driver to provide protection from bandits, etc. Pronunciation: /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɒtɡʌn/, /ˌɹaɪd ˈʃɑtɡʌn/ 1. To accompany the driver of a vehicle on a journey as an armed escort (originally with a shotgun); (by extension) to accompany someone in order to assist and protect. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: He attended the meeting to ride shotgun for the sales team, in case anyone had a technical question. Example: Wyatt and Morgan Earp were in the service of the Express Company. They went often as guards—"riding shotgun," it was called—when the stage bore unusual treasure. 2. To ride in the front passenger seat of a vehicle, next to the driver. Labels: US, broadly, idiomatic, slang Example: When both kids want to ride shotgun with Mom, they’ll just have to take turns. Example: This is the classic children's theatre touring vehicle, with just enough seating space for four actors (who traditionally fight like five-year-olds about who gets to ride shotgun) and the stage manager, who gets to drive. 3. To supervise a process and watch for any risks. Labels: US, broadly, idiomatic, slang Example: He has ridden shotgun over Hunt's financial affairs since Hunt was a baby in business, ascending to the head chair on the board that governs the Chiefs and the Hunt Midwest Enterprises empire of mining and real estate development. Example: Thank you also to Stacey Ammerman, who rode shotgun on the technical editing end of this book to make sure everything you read is easy to understand and actually works the way it is supposed to.
Word: shotgun shack Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of shotgun house. Labels: colloquial Example: And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack / And you may find yourself in another part of the world Example: Although preservationists claim the “Shotgun Shack” is one of only two remaining houses of this type on Capitol Hill, the city has condemned the building and ordered it and another house in the same block to be demolished. […]
Word: shotgun wedding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the implication that the groom was forced to the altar by shotgun-wielding relatives of the bride. 1. A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: If Red Skelton's joke can still elicit laughs, it is only because there is a minority who can still remember a shotgun wedding and even recall the understandings that lay behind that insistence, now seeming quaint, that a couple sleeping together should really be married. 2. A wedding made in haste or under duress. Labels: idiomatic, slang 3. Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people, organizations, components, or concepts. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: But all this fails when we try to have a shotgun wedding between the two great theories of nature, relativity and quantum theory.
Word: shotgun offense Part of Speech: noun 1. An offense in which the quarterback sets up at a distance behind the center and the ball is snapped through the air.
Word: offensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend. Pronunciation: /əˈfɛnsɪv/, /əˈfɪ̟nsɪv/, /ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/, /ˈɑˌfɛnsɪv/ 1. Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation. Example: Some people find pornography offensive. Example: An offensive smell. 2. Relating to an offense or attack, as opposed to defensive. Example: The army's offensive capabilities. An offensive weapon. Example: In his submission to the UN, [Christof] Heyns points to the experience of drones. Unmanned aerial vehicles were intended initially only for surveillance, and their use for offensive purposes was prohibited, yet once strategists realised their perceived advantages as a means of carrying out targeted killings, all objections were swept out of the way. 3. Having to do with play directed at scoring. Example: The offensive coordinator is responsible for ordering all rushing plays.
Word: offensive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if by analogy with défensif. Offendre is from Latin offendere (“to offend”); see offend. Pronunciation: /əˈfɛnsɪv/, /əˈfɪ̟nsɪv/, /ˈɔˌfɛnsɪv/, /ˈɑˌfɛnsɪv/ 1. An attack. Labels: countable Example: The Marines today launched a major offensive. Example: In Central Hupeh, the Japanese launched another offensive from the Kingshan region, but instead of moving southwestward to cooperate with another column of theirs to capture Shasi, this column swerved to the northwest and succeeded in capturing Chunghsiang on the Han River. 2. The posture of attacking or being able to attack. Labels: uncountable Example: He took the offensive in the press, accusing his opponent of corruption.
Word: fermata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fermata, from fermare (“to stop”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɜːˈmɑːtə/, /ˌfɜːɹˈmɑtə/ 1. The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The notation ⟨◌͒⟩ of such a prolongation, usually represented as a dot with a semi-circle above or below it, written above or below the prolonged note or rest. Labels: countable
Word: piccolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian piccolo (“small”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkələʊ/, /ˈpɪkəloʊ/ 1. A transverse flute that is smaller than a Western concert flute and pitched nearly an octave higher. 2. An organ stop with the tone of a piccolo flute. 3. A piccolo piano. Labels: obsolete 4. A waiter’s assistant in a hotel or restaurant. Example: [A]s I fled I felt Laploshka's reproachful eyes watching the amount that I gave to the piccolo—out of his two francs. 5. A coin-operated gramophone; a jukebox. Labels: New-York, Southern-US, US 6. A bottle of champagne containing 0.1875 litres of fluid, one quarter the volume of a standard bottle.
Word: piccolo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Italian piccolo (“small”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkələʊ/, /ˈpɪkəloʊ/ 1. Designating the highest-pitched or smallest of a family of musical instruments. Example: There is also the Piccolo Trumpet, built in D, which can with ease attack high notes which are outside the range of the ordinary B flat instrument, as well as the rarely used Bass Trumpet.
Word: larghetto Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian larghetto, diminutive of largo. 1. Slower than adagio but not as slow as largo; nearly andantino. Labels: not-comparable Example: Play larghetto here, even though it’s marked largo.
Word: larghetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian larghetto, diminutive of largo. 1. The larghetto tempo. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Which tempo do you want, largo or larghetto? 2. A composition or movement to be played larghetto. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The larghetto from this suite is one of the composer’s most evocative works.
Word: larghissimo Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian larghissimo. 1. As slowly as possible. Labels: not-comparable Example: Play larghissimo here; drag out every note.
Word: larghissimo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian larghissimo. 1. The slowest tempo. Labels: uncountable
Word: buzzword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in the 1970s in the United States, from buzz + word. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌzwɜː(ɹ)d/, /ˈbʌzwɜɹd/ 1. A word drawn from, or imitative of, technical jargon, used more to impress others than to convey meaning. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: Their salespeople know all the right buzzwords, but they can't really help you solve your problems. Example: Ideology is a [George Cabot] Lodge buzzword, as they say in business schools, the first word that sends many executives and students who would emulate them, into fury.
Word: buzzword compliance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ironic parallel with standards compliance. 1. The practice of ensuring that a product supports a set of features considered important for marketing, regardless of whether they are valuable features. Labels: uncountable Example: The UDDI-over-Bluetooth support is only in there for buzzword compliance.
Word: buzzword compliant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ironic parallel of standards compliant. 1. Supporting all features considered important by marketing, regardless of their actual value. Example: Our latest release is 100% buzzword compliant.
Word: standards compliant Part of Speech: adj 1. Fully supporting all relevant published standards. Labels: not-comparable Example: Other vendors' products may be cheaper, but ours are standards compliant.
Word: standards compliance Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of adhering strictly to published standards. Labels: uncountable Example: Other vendors may be cheaper up front, but our standards compliance will save you in the long run.
Word: mezzo-soprano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian mezzosoprano. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛtsoʊsəˈpɹænoʊ/ 1. A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto. 2. A person having such a voice.
Word: con sordino Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Italian con sordino. 1. With the mute. Labels: not-comparable
Word: state machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of finite-state machine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: This algorithm will produce a state machine for parsing a given context-free grammar. 2. The state machinery; state apparatus. Labels: Marxism
Word: garbage collection Part of Speech: noun 1. A service, generally run by local government, for transporting household garbage to the appropriate facility. Labels: Canada, US, uncountable, usually 2. An automatic mechanism that frees up resources (such as allocated memory) that are no longer in use. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper. Example: Generational garbage collection has proved to be a highly effective organisation, offering significant performance improvements for a wide range of applications.
Word: BNF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Backus-Naur form. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Could we write BNF for this instead of trying to describe it in text? 2. Initialism of Backus normal form. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete, uncountable
Word: BNF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Big Name Fan, a famous member of fandom; a celebrity fan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: COMING NEXT ISH: A department devoted to the BNF of tomorrow. 'Twill be the neofan of today who is the Tucker or Laney of tomorrow. So QUANDRY, the BNZ of tomorrow, will bring you biografies^([sic]) of lesser known fen.
Word: man-to-man defense Part of Speech: noun 1. A defense in which each player guards a particular opposing player. Example: They'll have trouble playing a man-to-man against such a fast guard and tall center.
Word: zone defense Part of Speech: noun 1. A defense in which each player covers an area of the court. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Outside shooting is essential to beating a zone defense.
Word: fast break Part of Speech: noun 1. An offensive play in which a team, having won possession of the ball, moves the ball downcourt as quickly as possible, attempting to get an easy shot before the defense can set up. Example: Their pressure defense gives them a lot of fast breaks off of steals.
Word: airball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From air + ball. * The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim. 1. A shot that misses the backboard, rim and net entirely. Example: As soon as the shot left his hands, the spectators could see it was going to be an airball. Example: Johnson also could have tied the game, at 66-66 with 14 seconds left. But his jump shot was an airball. From that scramble Lopez emerged with the first of his key foul shots. 2. An unfunny joke or remark. Labels: slang
Word: airball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * From air + ball. * The first recorded use of the "airball" chant was on February 24, 1979, during a college basketball game between the Duke University Blue Devils and the North Carolina Tar Heels after the Tar Heels' Rich Yonakor took a shot which missed the rim. 1. To throw an airball. Labels: transitive Example: Tatum struggled with fatigue through the final two rounds of the postseason and was exhausted to the point he was airballing shots by the time the Warriors were closing out the championship. Example: The Timberwolves lost 128-125 when KAT airballed a falling 30-footer at the buzzer. 2. To make an awfully unfunny joke or remark. Labels: slang
Word: nang Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /næŋ/ 1. A metal bulb filled with nitrous oxide gas, inhaled for its disassociative effects, normally intended as a propellant for whipped cream. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: I reckon the thing that brings on a trip the quickest is definitly^([sic]) a nang (nitrous oxide bulb) while listening to REALLY intense music Example: "helicopters" these days refers to those silly hats with propellers on top, which come with a free ounce of smack at any local K-mart.^([sic]) Y'know, next to the nangs (or bulbs - nitrous oxide for whipped cream).
Word: nang Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Multicultural London English, from Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole nyanga, potentially from West African languages, such as Mende (Sierra Leone) nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”) or Hausa yanga (“boastfulness”). Pronunciation: /næŋ/ 1. excellent; awesome; masterful; deeply satisfying. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, UK, slang Example: That was well nang! Example: The wings were seriously a peng ting. The chips were nang. Burger was sick – the assembly was on point. The fillet was a serious ting – the thickness was there. Bossman did well.
Word: dubplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dub (“style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks”) + plate (“music record, usually vinyl”). Pronunciation: /ˈdʌbpleɪt/, /ˈdʌbˌpleɪt/, /ˈdʌbˌpleːt/ 1. An acetate or vinyl record pressed in very limited numbers, especially one issued to disc jockeys in advance of an official release; specifically (and originally), one containing a piece of dub music (a style of reggae music, often instrumental, involving the mixing of different audio tracks). Example: You heard that new Danny Weed dubplate? Example: Their dub-plate (unreleased tracks on private pressings) battles are usually limited to JA [Jamaica] and the UK, but they have begun to invade the States with this unique form of entertainment.
Word: garbage collector Part of Speech: noun 1. A worker who removes refuse, especially from properties. Labels: Canada, US Example: the mayor of Maycomb asked us to please help the garbage collector by dumping our own trees and trash. 2. An algorithm, procedure or thread dedicated to garbage collection: reclaiming resources which are no longer in use. Example: Java uses a technique known as garbage collection to remove objects that are no longer needed. The garbage collector is Java's grim reaper.
Word: transition function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function from (state, input symbol) to state describing what state to move to on receiving a given input in a given state. 2. A homeomorphism that bijects between the subsets of the images of two overlapping coordinate charts that are shared in the preimage: For (U_1,φ₁) and (U_2,φ₂) coordinate charts with U_1∩U_2≠∅, the transition functions φ₁₂=φ₂∘φ₁⁻¹ and its inverse φ₂₁=φ₁∘φ₂⁻¹ may be constructed. Example: If (U#95;1,#92;psi#95;1) and (U#95;2,#92;psi#95;2) are two complex charts, then the transition function is #92;psi#95;#123;12#125;#58;#92;psi#95;1(U#95;1#92;capU#95;2)#92;rightarrow#92;psi#95;2(U#95;1#92;capU#95;2), given by #92;psi#95;#123;12#125;#61;#92;psi#95;2#92;circ#92;psi#95;1#123;-1#125;. We say M is a complex manifold if it has an atlas of complex charts (U,#92;psi), such that all the transition functions are holomorphic, as maps from #92;mathbb#123;C#125;ᵐ to itself.
Word: garbage collect Part of Speech: verb 1. To reclaim resources which are no longer in use; to run a garbage collector. 2. To destroy (an object that is no longer in use) during the process of garbage collection Labels: transitive
Word: Backus-Naur form Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the names of computer science pioneers John Backus and Peter Naur. The notation was developed by Backus in 1959 (as Backus normal form) to describe computer languages, specifically ALGOL 58, and expanded and used by Naur in the ALGOL 60 report (the result of a January 1960 meeting). The name change to Backus-Naur form was at the suggestion of Donald Knuth. Pronunciation: /bækəs naʊə fɔːm/, /bækəs naʊɚ fɔɹm/ 1. A formal notation for context-free grammars. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: While context-free grammars (which, by the way, directly correspond to Backus-Naur forms) define the syntax of declarations, statements, and expressions, etc. (i.e. the structure of a program), the regular grammars define the syntax of identifiers, numbers, strings, etc. (i.e., the basic symbols of the language). Example: 2004, Jason H. Moore, Lance W. Hahn, Systems Biology Modeling in Human Genetics Using Petri Nets and Grammatical Evolution, Kalyanmoy Deb, et. al. (editors), Genetic and Evolutionary Computation, GECCO 2004, Proceedings, Part 1, Springer, LNCS 3102, page 396, Here, a Backus-Naur Form (BNF) grammar is specified that allows a computer program or model to be constructed by a simple genetic algorithm operating on an array of bits.
Word: lane violation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of entering the free-throw lane before the free-throw shot has left the shooter's hands.
Word: points in the paint Part of Speech: noun 1. Points scored from within the free-throw lane. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only
Word: alley-oop Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of alley oop. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alley-oop Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of alley oop. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: At the sound Mike's heart alley-ooped into his throat. Example: I got my hand under Grandma's behind, and we alley-ooped her into the passenger seat.
Word: zonk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested around 1950. Unknown origin, likely imitative, of echoic origin. Pronunciation: /zɒŋk/ 1. An unfavorable card or token, or undesirable or worthless item used as a prize in a contest or game show (such as Let's Make a Deal). Labels: slang Example: There will always be two doors that hold zonks, so regardless of whether you initially chose the grand prize or a zonk, Monty will always be able to show you a zonk not chosen. Example: A live, mane-embellished, SAG-card-carrying lion, I should point out, who was likely being staged for a few minutes off to the side before he would be used as a freaking “Zonk!” on a freaking game show, for crying out loud. 2. The feeling of a drug taking hold. Labels: slang 3. A cigarette hand-rolled from tobacco and cannabis. Labels: slang
Word: zonk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested around 1950. Unknown origin, likely imitative, of echoic origin. Pronunciation: /zɒŋk/ 1. To hit hard . Labels: slang, transitive 2. To make (someone) sleepy or delirious, to put into a stupor . Labels: slang, transitive 3. To become exhausted, sleepy or delirious. Labels: intransitive, slang, usually Example: After two hours of studying, I zonked out.
Word: zonk out Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall suddenly into a very deep sleep. Labels: slang Example: After a full day of playing, you'd think that kid would finally zonk out.
Word: zonked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English zonk 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 zonked From zonk + -ed. Pronunciation: /zɒŋkt/ 1. Extremely fatigued. Labels: slang Example: After eighteen hours of proofreading, I was completely zonked. Example: zoegirl:yeah, but don’t say anything to my mom about it. (not that u would.) hey, i’ve gotta go to bed. i’m zonked. 2. Deeply asleep. Labels: slang Example: I must have been really zonked. They said it took fifteen minutes to wake me up. 3. Drunk; intoxicated. Labels: slang Example: The Pranksters had just held an Acid Test at the Fillmore Auditorium, a big ballroom in the middle of one of San Francisco's big Negro slums, the Fillmore district. It was a wild night. Hundreds of heads and bohos from all over the Bay area turned out, zonked to the eyeballs. Example: [S]wingers in the audience were getting zonked on beer and fresh sea breezes and sound […]
Word: gladiator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”). See also English gladius. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlædiˌeɪ̯tə/, [ˈɡlædiˌeɪ̯tʰə], /ˈɡlædiˌeɪtɚ/, [ˈɡlædiˌeɪtʰɚ], /ˈɡlæɾiˌeɪɾɚ/ 1. A person (professional or slave) who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat with another, or with a wild animal. Labels: Ancient-Rome Example: My mother prepared herself for the evening with the same somber deliberateness of the gladiators in Spartacus. Example: And it's because something of the mundanely manual still adheres to darts that the players' heroic walk of honour from the green room to the oche is so incongruous. The fanfare begins, the strobes go wild, the crowds roar, hostesses wearing the sort of tinsel dresses that drove me crazy when I was eighteen escort the gladiator into the arena, only he's not a gladiator, he's a plumber. 2. A disputant in a public controversy or debate. Labels: broadly 3. A professional boxer. 4. Synonym of heelwalker (“Any of the order Mantophasmatodea of carnivorous, wingless insects that superficially resemble a cross between praying mantises and phasmids.”).
Word: gladiator Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin gladiātor, from gladius (“sword”). See also English gladius. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlædiˌeɪ̯tə/, [ˈɡlædiˌeɪ̯tʰə], /ˈɡlædiˌeɪtɚ/, [ˈɡlædiˌeɪtʰɚ], /ˈɡlæɾiˌeɪɾɚ/ 1. To fight as entertainment for others. Example: When the dance was done there was the cock-fight, or rather a century of cock-fights, to be reckoned with. For two hundred of these luckless creatures 'gladiatored' bravely, while an appreciative audience held matting up to its chin to keep from being bespattered with blood. Example: The guards made me fight other prisoners for their own amusement. It was called gladiatoring. 2. To compete in a public contest. Example: I played very well as was evidenced in that I was the only participant in the entire six or seven days of wind gladiatoring who received a standing ovation from the orchestra, no less. Example: It's himself gladiatoring on the harmonium. 3. To debate or argue. Example: He did his gladiatoring doubtless without malice, and from a purely sporting instinct — even as Mr. Punch gave the provocation. Example: Quoting the accounts in both Time and Newsweek, they note that though the "defense attorney may have outwitted, outsparred, and even "out gladiatored" (another popular image in the trial coverage) his opponent, but he still lost the case. 4. To act aggressively toward others. Example: Why, thin, Mister Levi Slam, don't you think now that a volley poured into them haythen mosquitos beyant would put a stop to their gladiatoring a little? Example: It's the Count von Eisenstein," says he, "that's come over to Eire for protection against the murdering English who are marauding and gladiatoring about Germany and would kill him if they could, but thanks be to God," says my bold McQuirk, "he'll be safe enough here and it'll be a good thing to have a friend of the Irish people living in Kilfenora Castle, though maybe you won't like it."
Word: sodalite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for the alkaline silicate composition. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊ.dəˌlaɪt/ 1. A mineral of alkaline igneous and plutonic rocks that are low in silica, of the chemical composition of sodium aluminum silicate with chlorine, Na₄Al₃Si₃O₁₂Cl. Pink sodalite is sometimes called hackmanite. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite Group of silicate minerals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lazurite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin lazur (“lapis lazuli”) (from Arabic لَازَوَرْد (lāzaward), from Persian لاژورد (lâžvard)) + -ite. 1. A mineral of metamorphosed limestones. Lazurite forms the gemstone lapis lazuli, and crushed lazurite provided the ultramarine color in artists' paint of the Old Masters. Sodalite and lazurite form the sodalite group of silicate minerals. Chemical composition: Sodium aluminum silicate with sulphur, Na₄₋₅Al₃Si₃O₁₂S. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Although there are dozens of different types of gems, among the best known and most important are […] . (Common gem materials not addressed in this article include amber, amethyst, chalcedony, garnet, lazurite, malachite, opals, peridot, rhodonite, spinel, tourmaline, turquoise and zircon.)
Word: GC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of galaxy cluster. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of gas chromatography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of germinal center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of general classification. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of general classification. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of garbage collection. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of garbage collector. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of good condition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of glucocorticoid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: short-term GCs 10. Initialism of guanylate cyclase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of guanine-cytosine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of group chat. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of gender critical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, informal, initialism, uncountable Example: GCs prove everyday they're actually just critical of trans people, not critical of gender Example: That’s LITERALLY what trans activists say and what GCs are fighting against. 14. Abbreviation of gonococcus; gonorrhea. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: An appointment with a clinician at which the patient or partner(s) can receive testing and care for all STDs and HIV is the preferred management strategy for CT [chlamydia] and GC treatment. 15. Initialism of gentleman cadet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of grandchild. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Oldest GC is refusing to talk to me.
Word: GC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Gold Coast. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Boss General Catalogue. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of General Committee: the general management committee of a constituency party of the British Labour Party. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of George Cross: a medal presented to civilians and military personnel of the United Kingdom for actions which are not in the face of the enemy. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Nintendo GameCube 7. Initialism of Google Classroom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GC Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of garbage collect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GC Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of gender-critical. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, usually Example: GC feminism wholly rejects the notion that gender maps onto sex. Example: One poster, who thanked her for signing the letter, commented, 'The secrecy with which GC women have to find each other is just absurd. […]
Word: DFA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of deterministic finite-state automaton. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of doctor of fine arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of design for assembly. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of direct feedback alignment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DFA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of designated for assignment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: DFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department of Foreign Affairs. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism