nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dismountable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dismount Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dismountable From dismount + -able. 1. capable of being dismounted Labels: not-comparable
Word: Minié ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after one of its developers, Claude-Étienne Minié. 1. A muzzle-loading bullet with a hollow base, much used in the second half of the nineteenth century. Labels: historical Example: So intense was the firing that at one point just behind the southern lines an oak tree nearly two feet thick was cut down by minié balls. Example: Minié ball, judging from everybody else's wounds around that time.
Word: lower esophageal sphincter Part of Speech: noun 1. The sphincter situated at the lower part of the esophagus.
Word: upper esophageal sphincter Part of Speech: noun 1. The sphincter situated at the upper part of the esophagus.
Word: Nernst Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /nɜːnst/ 1. Used attributively to designate theories or equipment devised by or arising from the work of Walther Hermann Nernst (1864-1941), German chemist. Labels: uncountable
Word: Nernst lamp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Developed by the German physicist and chemist Walther Nernst in 1897 at Goettingen University. 1. A type of incandescent lamp using a ceramic rod, used as a source of infrared radiation. Example: Chick Counterfly had already brought out of its storage locker a peculiar-looking optical contraption of prisms, lenses, Nernst lamps, and adjustment screws, into an appropriate receptacle of which he now carefully placed the pearl.
Word: Iceland spar Part of Speech: noun 1. A transparent form of calcite, used to demonstrate the polarization of light. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: portions of the original aragonite—which make up the nacreous layers of the pearl—had, through “induced paramorphism,” as it was known to the artful sons of Nippon, been selectively changed here and there to a different form of calcium carbonate—namely, to microscopic crystals of the doubly refracting calcite known as Iceland spar.
Word: candent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin candentem, from candere. 1. Glowing as a result of its high temperature; incandescent, glowing with heat. Labels: archaic Example: beneath them also flowered, like some immense coloured crystal, a semicircle of lake water, candent and faithful as a magic lantern to the startled images of fish scattering and reforming with movements of surprise, curiosity, perhaps even pleasure.
Word: fauchon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fauchon, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx. See also -on. 1. Obsolete form of falchion. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: kipande Part of Speech: noun 1. An identity document compulsorily worn by African men in Kenya during British rule. Labels: historical
Word: arks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arkars Part of Speech: noun 1. The urial (subspecies of sheep). Labels: dated Example: Above us we can see flocks of arkars (wild sheep), which gaze down upon us. Our presence surprises but does not apparently alarm them. Example: Among the other animals of the Pamirian fauna appeared wolves and foxes, and flocks of those large wild sheep with gnarled and gracefully curved horns, which are known to the natives as arkars. High in the sky flew the vultures, bearded and unbearded, and amid the clouds of white vapor we left behind us were many crows and pigeons and turtledoves and wagtails.
Word: baronessa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian barone Italian -essa Italian baronessabor. English baronessa Borrowed from Italian baronessa. 1. An Italian baroness. Example: Professor Hartt recalled that, at one of what Berenson liked to call his Sunday afternoon “tea fights,” he was surrounded by contessas, baronessas, and principessas in true Don Giovanni style. Example: By five o’clock, contessas, baronessas, ministers, ambassadors, fashionistas, and local goddesses of Cinecittà began streaming across the huge piazza in front of the Farnese.
Word: toe tapper Part of Speech: noun 1. An energetic song that one is compelled to dance to. Labels: informal
Word: Litwin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German, from Polish Litwin (“Lithuanian”). 1. A surname from Polish German.
Word: built like a brick shithouse Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the figurative extension of the idea that an outhouse is overbuilt if one builds it with bricks. 1. Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable, vulgar Example: With a nickname that aptly translates to "Tree Stump" in Portugese,^([sic]) Palhares is built like a brick shit-house. 2. Of a woman, having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts or an attractive body. Labels: Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, not-comparable, vulgar Example: Sonia is a hot young blonde who is built like a brick shithouse! She is stacked and well put together. 3. (Of an object) Exceptionally well constructed; strong or tough; overbuilt or overengineered. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable, vulgar
Word: noncommissioned officer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person of authority in the military who has not received a commission (a direct conveyance of authority from the sovereign government); as such they can have charge or control but not command in the most technical use of the word. Example: A platoon sergeant may only be a noncommissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying. Example: “Our ability as a warfighting nation to pivot at speed, to stay ahead of these emerging technologies, is going to be really important in the future,” Caine said. “There’s a whole bunch of things that we need to do better as a joint force and as a Department of Defense along the lines of acquisition reform so that we can make sure that those young (privates first class) and E-1s and E-2s and (noncommissioned officers) have the kit and capability that they need.”
Word: brick shithouse Part of Speech: noun 1. An article built more robustly than its function requires; implying an element of indestructibility. Labels: slang, vulgar 2. A person with a well-developed body. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Part Polynesian, part Melanesian, part brick shithouse. He crossed the gym with the proprietary waddle of a troll in its lair, […] Example: He felt like he'd just slammed a brick shithouse.
Word: brick shithouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brick shithouse Labels: form-of, plural Example: Webster and I are brick shithouses, top to bottom. The wind doesn't even touch the smell of us." Example: Seventeen and nineteen, they were, built like brick shithouses, one of them already with a baby.
Word: Barrett's esophagus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Australian-born British thoracic surgeon Norman Barrett (1903–1979), who described it in 1950. 1. An abnormal change (metaplasia) in the cells of the lower end of the esophagus thought to be caused by damage from chronic acid exposure, or reflux esophagitis. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: shithouses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shithouse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shithouses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shithouse Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: gastroesophageal reflux Part of Speech: noun 1. The reflux of gastric juices into the esophagus. Labels: uncountable 2. Ellipsis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (“chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux in the esophagus”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, ellipsis, uncountable 3. Synonym of heartburn: pain from influx of gastric juices into the esophagus. Labels: uncountable
Word: regression to the mean Part of Speech: noun 1. The phenomenon by which extreme examples from any set of data are likely to be followed by examples which are less extreme; a tendency towards the average of any sample. For example, the offspring of two very tall individuals tend to be tall, but closer to the average (mean) than either of their parents.
Word: cynghanedd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Welsh cynghanedd (“harmony”). Pronunciation: /kəŋˈhænɛð/ 1. The complex system of internal assonance, alliteration and rhyme in Welsh strict-meter poetry. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Only certain epithets and metaphors were authorized; themes were similarly restricted, metres fixed, and Cynghanedd, the repetitive use of consonantal sequences with variation of vowels, became a burdensome obsession. Example: 1998, editors (names unknown), "cynghanedd" in Britannica Online Encyclopedia There are four fundamental types of cynghanedd, but within these there are a number of refinements and variations. When skillfully used, cynghanedd is capable of conveying an almost unlimited variety of subtle effects.
Word: gleeman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gleman, gleoman, from Old English glēomann, glīġman, corresponding to glee (“music; minstrelsy; entertainment”) + man. Cognate with Scots gle-man, gleman (“gleeman, minstrel”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡliːmən/ 1. A professional singer, bard, or other entertainer. Labels: historical Example: The ancient Celts carefully distinguished the poet, who was originally a priest and judge as well and whose person was sacrosanct, from the mere gleeman. Example: “One truth would I set high above all others,” repeated the gleeman.
Word: ollave Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ollamh. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In ancient Ireland the ollave, or master-poet, sat next to the king at table and was privileged, as none else but the queen was, to wear six different colours in his clothes.
Word: Orange GGN Part of Speech: noun 1. An orange azo dye, 1-(m-sulfophenylazo)-2-naphthol-6-sulfonic acid, used as a food colouring Labels: uncountable
Word: merengue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/ 1. A type of music common in the Caribbean, originally associated with the Dominican Republic. Labels: uncountable Example: The marina was a mainstay of the neighborhood, and Mr. O’Rourke was known for staging salsa and merengue concerts. 2. A song performed in this style. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A dance to this style of music. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If Trujillo said everybody had to dance the merengue, then everybody danced the merengue, for so feared was he by Dominicans that it was said that even a glance from him had the power to kill someone from across the street.
Word: merengue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish merengue, from French meringue. Doublet of meringue. Pronunciation: /məˈɹɛŋɡeɪ/ 1. To dance to merengue music. Labels: intransitive
Word: venin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French venin (“venom”), from Latin venēnum (“juice; venom”). Doublet of venene and venom. 1. Synonym of venom. Labels: obsolete 2. A toxic substance found in the venom of poisonous snakes. 3. A supposedly identical toxic substance obtained by cleavage of an albumose.
Word: ESB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of extra special bitter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of enterprise service bus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ESB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Electricity Supply Board. Labels: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: top of the morning Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: A working-class phrase once popular throughout the British Isles, possibly in reference to cream rising in milk. It has been revived into popular consciousness, and is associated with Irishmen, by the film Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959). 1. A generic, cheerful greeting said to someone in the morning. Labels: Ireland, New-England, archaic, humorous, idiomatic, sometimes
Word: criss-cross Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crisscross. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: criss-cross Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of crisscross. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: criss-cross Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of crisscross. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: criss-cross Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of crisscross. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Borinage coalfield around Mons is another attractive area for the railway enthusiast; it is rather like South Lancashire, with its gently undulating landscape studded with slag heaps and pithead gear and criss-crossed by railway lines and tramways.
Word: sublimer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sublime + -er. 1. comparative form of sublime: more sublime Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: sublimer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sublime + -er. 1. A device for heating a substance to yield a sublimate.
Word: dead and buried Part of Speech: adj 1. Of an issue, moot, passed, irrelevant, forgotten. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 2. Of a project or plan, wholly dispensed with; never to be completed or revived. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: ameer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of emir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: partyer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of partier. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: partyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partyer (people who like to party or attend a party) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HOS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hall of shame. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of head of state. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of hours of service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Holt-Oram syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of higher-order statistics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Health Online Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Health Organization Studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: HOS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Hampshire Ornithological Society. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Hands On Sacramento. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Health Outcomes Survey. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Hekscher-Ohlin-Samuelson. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Home Ownership Scheme. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Horizon Open Systems. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Hornbeck Offshore Services. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Housing Ombudsman Service. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of Haverfordwest Operatic Society. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of Head of the Schuylkill. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PWA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of partial-wave analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of piecewise affine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: PWA functions 3. Initialism of printed wire assembly. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of progressive web application. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: Throughout this book, we focused on the core capabilities of the browser, and we handcrafted the manifest files and code that make a PWA a PWA. 5. Initialism of person with AIDS. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: There are Countless PWAs in prisons around the country. I say 'Countless' because many are unaware that they are infected.
Word: PWA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Pacific Western Airlines. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of Philippine Web Awards. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Pirates with Attitudes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 4. Initialism of Portuguese West Africa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 5. Initialism of Pro Wrestling America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Professional Windsurfers Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Progressive Writers' Association. Labels: India, Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 8. Initialism of Public Works Administration. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 9. Initialism of Pro Wrestling Alliance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of Pure Wrestling Association. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 11. Initialism of Professional Women's Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 12. Initialism of Pratt & Whitney Aerospace. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 13. Initialism of Portfolio of Water Actions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: basalis Part of Speech: noun 1. The basal portion of the endometrium
Word: neuromodulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English modulation English neuromodulation From neuro- + modulation. 1. The regulation of neurons by neurotransmitters. 2. The relief of pain by stimulation of a nerve.
Word: neuromodulatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English modulatory English neuromodulatory From neuro- + modulatory. 1. Of or pertaining to neuromodulation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: optogenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-der. Ancient Greek ὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós)der. English opto- English genetic English optogenetic From opto- + genetic. Pronunciation: /ˌɑptoʊd͡ʒɪˈnɛtɪk/, /ˌɒptəʊd͡ʒɪˈnɛtɪk/ 1. generated by light Labels: not-comparable 2. Describing any of several techniques in which optical technology is used to form images of genetically targeted proteins or neurons Labels: not-comparable
Word: pulsational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pulsation + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to pulsations
Word: quorum sensing Part of Speech: noun 1. A proposed method of communication between bacterial cells by the release and sensing of small diffusible signal molecules. Labels: uncountable Example: An early case of quorum sensing to be uncovered involves—appropriately for this book—the sea and a cephalopod.
Word: diffusible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English diffuse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English diffusible From diffuse + -ible. 1. That can be diffused.
Word: informationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From information + -ist. Informationist and informationism are first known to have arisen in the work of a group of Scottish poets in the 1994 book Contraflow on the SuperHighway. 1. One who gathers, analyzes, interprets and uses information, possibly as a career. 2. One who practices informationism.
Word: glossohyal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glosso- + -hyal, from Ancient Greek ὖ (û, “the letter upsilon”). 1. The tongue bone, specifically the lingual plate, which is a dermal toothed bone that covers or fuses with the basihyal.
Word: reodorants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reodorant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ringbarked Part of Speech: adj 1. Circumcised. Labels: New-Zealand, idiomatic, not-comparable, slang
Word: ringbarked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ringbark Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ringbarks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ringbark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rug munchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rug muncher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ring-barked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ring-bark Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ring-barks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ring-bark Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: octothorn Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of octothorpe, the symbol #. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: turnsole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French tournesol 1. A heliotrope; so named because its flowers are supposed to turn toward the sun. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A sunflower. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A sun spurge (Euphorbia helioscopia). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The euphorbiaceous plant Chrozophora tinctoria. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A purple dye obtained from Chrozophora tinctoria. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. litmus Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: scaturience Part of Speech: noun 1. The flowing or moving outward in abundance. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: This play is the shimmering scaturience of an intelligence and a sensibility of the very first disctinction […]
Word: turn loose Part of Speech: verb 1. To release or let go; to permit (someone or something) to roam freely or to act freely. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Don't turn the dog loose in the yard before you check whether the gate is closed. Example: He's so creative, and I'd love to turn him loose in my garden sometime and see what he dreams up.
Word: pelmeni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian пельме́ни (pelʹméni, singular пельме́нь (pelʹménʹ)), which in turn is borrowed from Permic (Komi/Udmurt) пельнянь (peľňaň). 1. Russian dumplings resembling ravioli. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: The dish most closely associated with Siberia is pelmeni, meat-filled dumplings. In Siberia, pelmeni are traditionally filled with horse meat and are served with vinegar. Example: My favorite dish was a wonderful broth with pelmeni, Siberian dumplings filled with seasoned chopped meat.
Word: Holy Book Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English holy boke, holi boc, haly boke, haliȝ boc, from Old English hāliġ bōc, equivalent to holy + book. 1. The Bible or Quran, or by extension the scripture of another religion.
Word: wedge-tailed eagle Part of Speech: noun 1. A large Australian bird of prey, Aquila audax; the eaglehawk. Example: In the front paddock a wedge-tailed eagle was skimming down the line of the fence-posts. Example: A wedge-tailed eagle that was part of a birds of prey show at Alice Springs Desert Park flew at a young boy and latched on to his head with its talons instead of flying over to a perch as it had been trained to.
Word: Visby Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Visby. 1. A city on the west coast of Gotland, Sweden.
Word: Denglish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of German Deutsch + English. 1. The German language modified by the addition of items of English vocabulary.
Word: Engleutsch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of English + Deutsch (“German”). 1. Denglish
Word: Germish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of German + English. 1. Denglish
Word: Tanglish Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Tamil + English. Pronunciation: /ˈtæŋɡlɪʃ/ 1. An informal language formed by deliberately combining elements of English and Tamil. 2. A variety of English spoken by native Tamil speakers, influenced by Tamil in pronunciation, syntax, or vocabulary.
Word: depressogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English depress Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English depressogenic From depress + -o- + -genic. 1. Causing or tending to cause depression. Example: This study examines the causal relation between depressogenic schemata and depression.
Word: depressogenic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English depress Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic English depressogenic From depress + -o- + -genic. 1. Any material that causes depression.
Word: serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme found in heart and liver tissues. Labels: uncountable
Word: narrow minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of narrow-minded. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: apastron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English ap- (prefix meaning ‘away from, separate’) + Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron, “fixed star”), modelled after aphelion. Ἄ̆στρον (Á̆stron) is derived from ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr, “celestial body (including a star, planet, meteor, etc.)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn; to glow”)) + -ον (-on, suffix forming nominative, accusative and vocative singular nouns). Pronunciation: /æˈpæstɹ(ə)n/, /æˈpæstɹən/, [ə-] 1. The point of greatest separation between a celestial object and the star which it orbits.
Word: semimajor axis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + major axis. 1. Half of the major axis of a circle or ellipse. 2. Half of the distances between the two branches of a hyperbola.
Word: major axis Part of Speech: noun 1. The longest diameter of an ellipse, running through the center and foci, with its ends being the widest points of the shape. 2. The diameter of a circle.
Word: cannonballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cannonball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cannonballs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cannonball Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: careening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of careen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: careening Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion of something that careens. Example: The most logical explanation for the telltale randomly oriented magnetic rock materials is the recurrent careenings of the globe.
Word: careened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of careen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: careens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of careen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: clergyperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clergy + person. 1. A cleric; especially, an ordained (male or female) Christian minister. Example: Holonyms: clergy; see also Thesaurus:clergy
Word: semimajor axes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semimajor axis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dichotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dichotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: major axes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of major axis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bibler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See bib (transitive verb). 1. A great drinker; a tippler. Labels: archaic Example: Mr. W. H. Cummings defends the character of Purcell from the remarks of Mr. J. F. Crowest, who in his anxiety to prove that wine has always stimulated music, makes Purcell a bibler. Example: Somehow the popular idealism pictures the bibler as a stout hearty individual of merry moods and good vigour, while the typical total-abstinence fanatic arises in our minds as one of colourless vitality and sombre physiognomy.
Word: bibler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bible Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English bibler From bible + -er. 1. A protestant. Labels: archaic, derogatory, slang Example: as the Church-mens policy was great, so they forgot not to foresee a storm, in case Mary should depart without issue, and the Crown come to Elizabeth, who was, as the Germans called them, a Protestant, as the French, a Huguenot, or of the Religion, as the English, a Lollard, a Bibler, a Gospeller; wherefore there were many plots to take her away; Example: And bcause it greueth them that your subiectes be growen so farre in knowlege of theyr dewtye to God, to youre grace, & to theyr neghboures, theyr inwarde malyce doth breake oute in to blasphemous & vncomlye wordes, in so much that they cal your louynge & faythfull people, heretikes, new fangled fellowes, English biblers, coblers of diuinite, fellowes of the new fayth. &c . with such other vngodly sayenges. 2. A student at a boarding school who has the job of reading from the bible during meals. Example: But now I pray you let us hearken to the Scripture, for the bibler is not yet come to Tu autem. Example: With his interpolation of sacred matter into that profane work, the author compares the treatment he experienced "at our commencement feasts and such-like, in Cambridge; that when we have been in the midst of some pleasant argument, suddenly the Bibler hath come, and with a loud and audible voice began with Incipit libri Deuteronomium, caput vicesimum tertium. 3. A flogging of six cuts on the small of the back in which the bible clerk and ostiarius held up the culprit's shirt while a school official administered the flogging. Labels: slang Example: "That's a lie! if you don't tell me where you got these verses this instant, I'll give you a bibler." —A bibler, you must know, reader , has nothing whatever to do with the Holy Scriptures, but is a particularly severe flogging, attended by certain forms to give the punishment more solemnity. Example: If a boy were detected in a gross falsehood, besides undergoing a bibler, he had to "stand under the nail" for an hour or two previously. 4. One given to quoting the bible; a bible-thumper. Example: So in respect of this particular opposition, in the ones reiecting, the others vrging of traditions, the sadduces were termed […] Biblers, or Scripturists . Example: Well—I ain't much of a Bibler, but I got th' Book in my outfit an' I like to read it.
Word: petun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pétun, from Tupian. 1. Tobacco, especially in the context of its early acquisition from Native Americans by the French. Labels: historical, rare
Word: aspartate transaminase Part of Speech: noun 1. An enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of amino groups between biologically active compounds, especially between aspartic acid and glutamic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: aspartate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aspartic + -ate. Pronunciation: /ˈæspə(ɹ)teɪt/, /əsˈpɑː(ɹ)teɪt/ 1. The conjugate base of aspartic acid, or any salt or ester of it.
Word: warrantable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English warrant Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English warrantable From warrant + -able. 1. Justifiable, just, proper. 2. Authorized by warrant or right. 3. Of animals: having reached a sufficient age to be hunted. Example: a warrantable deer Example: They are the droppings of the beast pursued. The harbourer keeps them in his horn, to show to his master, and can tell by them whether it is a warrantable beast or otherwise, and what state it is in.
Word: descrying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of descry Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Bumfuck, Egypt Part of Speech: name 1. The middle of nowhere. Labels: US, idiomatic, vulgar Example: One screwup and he could be splitting rocks on a chain gang somewhere in Bumfuck, Egypt.
Word: ham shank Part of Speech: noun 1. ham hock Labels: UK 2. A wank; an act of masturbation. Labels: Cockney, slang, vulgar
Word: redistributive Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to redistribution
Word: labyrinthe Part of Speech: adj 1. labyrinthine Example: It was to be added at the same time that even if his silence had been labyrinthe—which was absurd in view of all the other things too he couldn't possibly have spoken of—this was exactly what must suit her, since it fell under the head of the plea she had just uttered to Susie.
Word: contraposition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French contraposition. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒntɹəpəˈzɪʃən/ 1. The statement of the form "if not Q then not P", given the statement "if P then Q". Labels: countable 2. Opposition; contrast. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: juxtaposition Example: The expression “Allon” indicates the unique character of this relationship: that of being together in contraposition. I belong to the Allon, and yet detach myself from it.
Word: tornade Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of tornado. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sorra Part of Speech: noun 1. sorrow Labels: Ireland, Scotland, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Word: sorra Part of Speech: det 1. nary (a); no; not one Labels: Ireland, Scotland, dialectal Example: 'Sorra a friend I have - sorra a friend, Masther Richard; and I did not spake to the priest this year or more, and I darn't go near him,' said the poor Palmerstown lass that was once so merry. Example: Sorra a bite she ates but she drinks the mixture with it.
Word: rocher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A quenelle (in the sense of food moulded into an elliptical shape) made using one spoon rather than two.
Word: galop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade. 1. A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time. 2. The music for a dance of this kind.
Word: galop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade. 1. To dance the galop.
Word: squids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squids Part of Speech: verb 1. present of squid Labels: form-of, present
Word: slan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Slan (1940) by A. E. van Vogt, a science fiction novel about persecuted—yet physically, mentally and morally superior—telepathic mutant humans. In the novel they are named after their alleged creator, Samuel Lann. Pronunciation: /slæn/ 1. A fan of science fiction. Labels: dated, slang Example: The idea of a national government, covering all the slan race and nobody else, is seen in the many drives for a general fan organization. Example: Here, at least once a month, the slans from Michigan gathered for sneak previews of forthcoming WARPS, to criticise some Rappian manuscript which Art was polishing for pro submission, or to talk about various subjects as fans are wont to do, and drink beer, pop, consume beans, dogs, chips, or eclairs.
Word: paralysant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French paralysant, from paralyser (“to paralyse”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəlaɪzənt/ 1. Causing paralysis.
Word: paralysant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French paralysant, from paralyser (“to paralyse”). Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəlaɪzənt/ 1. Any substance that induces paralysis. Example: Other mythographers say that […] where the saliva of Cerberus fell on the ground, up sprang the witch-flower aconite – which is a poison, a paralysant and a febrifuge
Word: sit around Part of Speech: verb 1. To spend time sitting idly, not doing anything important. Example: "When it was all British Rail, if they had some redundant sidings, they would dump all their old trains. There wasn't really a pressure to get rid of them. Now, with private companies owning the sites, you have to pay to store vehicles. Nobody wants old vehicles sat around - they can be graffitied, vandalised - and so the onus really is to move them on.
Word: sodomitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Sodomiticus. Pronunciation: /sɒdəˈmɪtɪk/ 1. Engaging in sodomy; characterised by or involving sodomy. Example: the dog-priests, called Enariae […] indulged in sodomitic frenzies in the Dog days at the rising of the Dog-star, Sirius.
Word: mesolect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meso- + -lect. 1. A variety of speech that is midway between the acrolect and the basilect. Example: [...] one characteristic of the mesolect seems to be that it contains, not merely forms from the polar lects, but forms which in function, if not always in phonetic shape, are peculiar to itself.
Word: day after Part of Speech: noun 1. the next day.
Word: nappyhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nappy + head. 1. The hair of a person of black or African descent. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: nappyheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nappyhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graine Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of grain. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: gome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human. Pronunciation: /ɡʌm/ 1. A man. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland, obsolete Example: A gome gais to ane garet. Example: The King was glade of that golde, that the gome brought.
Word: Bayer system Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Johann Bayer, German astronomer. 1. A method of stellar classification in which stars are assigned Greek letters (α, β, γ, etc.) in decreasing order of brightness.
Word: blagueur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French blagueur. 1. A joker (person who makes jokes).
Word: black drop effect Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical effect, occurring during the transit of an object in front of the Sun, by which light is bent around the object, causing it to look stretched out.
Word: kicky-wicky Part of Speech: noun 1. Spouse. Labels: dated, endearing Example: Parolles: He wears his honour in a box, unseen That hugs his kicky-wicky here at home Spending his manly marrow in her arms Example: What a laughable request the bride urges so earnestly !—to wit, that her kicky-wicky may bide cosily at home.
Word: valences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of valence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teret Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of terete (“round”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: To the stars Nature hath given no such instruments, but made them round and teret like a globe.
Word: ustav Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic оуставъ (ustavŭ). Cognate of устав in modern Bulgarian and modern Russian. 1. The earliest style of Cyrillic writing developed from Greek uncial in the late 9th century, predominant in the 11th–14th centuries. Example: The handsomely fashioned writing is of the type described as polu-ustav (semi-uncial), which is midway between the stately ustav and the cursive, . . . —A. Aronson, Rabindranath Through Western Eyes 2. A church statute prescribing daily prayer, feast days, and fasts. Example: While most of the service books are employed only in the conduct of public devotion, the psalter and the ustav are widely read works that are found in every household. —David Scheffel, In the Shadow of Antichrist: The Old Believers of Alberta
Word: milk saucepan Part of Speech: noun 1. A small saucepan, often coated with Teflon etc, having a wide lip; typically used to heat milk for drinks
Word: minimises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of minimise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: minimising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of minimise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: minimised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of minimise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lollygags Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lollygag Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lollygagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of lollygag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lollygagged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lollygag Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: meacock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a blend of meek + peacock, or from meek + -ock (“diminutive suffix”). For cock in a diminutive, see also niddicock. 1. An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man; a meek man who dotes on his wife, or is henpecked. Labels: obsolete Example: Petruchio: How tame, when men and women are alone / A meacock wretch can make the curstest shrew. Example: Viola: a woman’s well holp’d up with such a meacock. I had rather have a husband that would swaddle me thrice a day, than such a one that will be gull’d twice in half an hour.
Word: orbe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of orb. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: orangest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of orange: most orange Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: air tanker Part of Speech: noun 1. An aircraft used to deliver liquids (or powders) from the air, usually either fuel, fire-retardants, or water. Example: Near-synonym: waterbomber (broadly synonymous) Example: In this, the airliner made contact with an air tanker and "topped up" its incompletely filled tanks with fuel enough for the contemplated journey.
Word: air tankers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of air tanker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suicider Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From suicide + -er. 1. One who commits suicide. Labels: nonstandard 2. One who is planning to commit suicide. Example: Most often discussion would take place during the planning stages or while the suicider is making his preparations, that is, before suicidal steps have actually been taken. […] A suicide intervener in real life (if he had the nerve) could have a similarly calm discussion with a suicider who had taken an overdose […]
Word: sublimest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of sublime: most sublime Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: get a jump on Part of Speech: verb 1. To start early, especially before something begins or before others begin; to get a head start. Labels: informal Example: If you'd like to get a jump on the holiday season, many craft stores already have holiday patterns out.
Word: windhover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wind + hover, due to the bird’s habit of hovering by beating the wind with its wings; compare windfucker (attested earlier). 1. The common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). Labels: UK
Word: asado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish asado (“grilled”), from Latin assātus (“roasted”), past participle of Latin assō (“to roast, broil”), from assus (“roasted”) + -ō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Partially borrowed from Tagalog asado from the same origin. 1. Any of various dishes made from grilled or barbecued meat originating in Latin American and Philippine cuisine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On the weekends, the park is full of visitors who come to hike the trails, swim at the base of the waterfalls and enjoy the scenery while grilling up some asado and playing volleyball. Example: King Chef (2F Main Mall, 0932 323 1871) serves healthy food and authentic Cantonese cuisine in a fine dining setup. For Father's Day, treat the whole family to its dim sum platters! It has a roasted platter which includes soyed chicken, roast duck, barbecued pork asado, fried five-spice roll, and soyed cucumber with century egg. Another option is the steamed dim sum platter, where you can devour a spread of hakaw, pork & shrimp siomai, Japanese siomai, beancurd roll, and Taosi spareribs.
Word: goalkicker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goal + kicker. 1. One who kicks goals. 2. Someone who kicks for penalties and conversions.
Word: defensive midfielder Part of Speech: noun 1. A midfield player who specializes more in defensive duties.
Word: attacking midfielder Part of Speech: noun 1. A midfield player who specialises more in attacking duties. Example: Brajan Gruda came off the bench to score an 89th-minute goal to give Brighton their first win of the Premier League season, while condemning Manchester City to back-to-back defeats. The German attacking midfielder finished calmly to seal a comeback success after he rounded James Trafford, who had made a brilliant save to deny Jan Paul van Hecke moments earlier.
Word: spine-tingling Part of Speech: adj 1. Scary, exciting or exhilarating. Labels: idiomatic Example: Inside the ground, they saw parachutists land on the Nursery Ground before the spine-tingling spectacle of the national anthems.
Word: black-bag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools. Sense 2 refers to the practice of blindfolding a detainee with a bag or sack. 1. Involving sophisticated clandestine methods for gaining unauthorized entry and obtaining information. Labels: not-comparable Example: Watergate turned out to be a black-bag operation by former CIA employees. Example: Holden's SEAL training had covered clandestine penetrations, but never black-bag jobs
Word: black-bag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the term black bag meaning a case containing burglary tools. Sense 2 refers to the practice of blindfolding a detainee with a bag or sack. 1. To break in to a place without authorization as part of a clandestine operation. Example: He'd been tapped, bugged, and black-bagged under Nixon and Clinton, and under the present conditions all the cops needed to listen in was a thumbs-up from an Eagle Scout or better. Example: Nothing jimmied. Nothing damaged. She'd been black-bagged by a pro. 2. To kidnap in order to make someone disappear (as opposed to kidnapping for ransom). Example: When witches and demons caused enough trouble, the Union had a tendency to black-bag the baddies and toss them into a detention center. Example: It'll be tough to black-bag him. They may have to go all the way.
Word: marsh horsetail Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum of horsetails (Equisetum palustre).
Word: common horsetail Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.
Word: field horsetail Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum arvense.
Word: branchia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin branchia, from Ancient Greek βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). 1. A gill or other organ having the same function.
Word: shade horsetail Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum pratense.
Word: meadow horsetail Part of Speech: noun 1. A plant in the taxonomic genus Equisetum (horsetails); Equisetum pratense.
Word: captainship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English capitainship; equivalent to captain + -ship. Piecewise doublet of chieftainship. 1. captaincy
Word: wood horsetail Part of Speech: noun 1. A horsetail of species Equisetum sylvaticum, of cool, moist habitats in the Northern Hemisphere.
Word: captainships Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of captainship Labels: form-of, plural Example: Again, in the same queen's time, there were many Irish lords who did not surrender, yet obtained letters patents of the captainships of their countries, […]