nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Bushian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Bush Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Bushian From Bush + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to a person named Bush, in particular and usually President of the United States George W. Bush.
Word: structural isomerism Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of isomerism in which the same atoms are arranged in different orders, either having the same or different functional groups. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: same functional group n-butanol - CH₃(CH₂)₃OH 2-methyl-propanol - (CH₃)₂CHCH₂OH Example: different functional groups ethanol - CH₃CH₂OH di-methyl-ether - CH₃OCH₃
Word: perfective aspect Part of Speech: noun 1. A feature of the verb which denotes viewing the event the verb describes as a completed whole, rather than from within the event as it unfolds. For example, "she sat down" as opposed to "she was sitting down". Since the focus is on the completion of what is expressed by the verb, this aspect is generally associated with the past and future tenses. This term is often used interchangeably with aorist aspect. This is not to be confused with the perfect tense. Labels: uncountable
Word: geometric isomerism Part of Speech: noun 1. (dated, deprecated by IUPAC) A form of isomerism in which, in one isomer two atoms or groups are on the same side of the plane of a double bond or ring, whereas in the other isomer they are on opposite sides; these are cis- and trans- isomers, respectively. Labels: uncountable
Word: geometric isomer Part of Speech: noun 1. either the cis- or trans- isomer of a compound that exhibits geometric isomerism Labels: dated
Word: cis-trans isomer Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of geometric isomers, one having the cis- and one having the trans- configuration. Labels: physical
Word: structural isomer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a number of compounds that exhibit structural isomerism
Word: semelfactive aspect Part of Speech: noun 1. A subclass of perfective verbs that denotes a momentary or punctiliar action (e.g., to sneeze, to blink).
Word: mirror image Part of Speech: noun 1. An image that is reversed from left to right, as it would appear if seen in a mirror; a reflection.
Word: enantiomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Hellenic *antíos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (ăntĭ́os) Ancient Greek ἐνᾰντῐ́ος (enăntĭ́os)der. English enantio- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English enantiomer From enantio- + -mer. Pronunciation: /ɛˈnænti.əmər/ 1. One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer.
Word: enantiomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐναντίος (enantíos, “opposite”) + μορφή (morphḗ, “form”). By surface analysis, enantio- + -morph. 1. A mirror image, a form related to another as an object is to its image in a mirror. 2. Either of a pair of crystals that are mirror images of each other, and are optically active. 3. A similar molecule or compound; an enantiomer.
Word: optically active Part of Speech: adj 1. Exhibiting optical activity.
Word: dextrorotatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱs Proto-Indo-European *deḱs-terósder. Proto-Italic *deksteros Latin dexter English dextro- English rotatory English dextrorotatory From dextro- + rotatory. 1. That rotates the plane of polarized light to the right, or clockwise. Notation: (+) or formerly lowercase d-. Labels: not-comparable Example: Dexibuprofen is the active dextrorotatory enantiomer of ibuprofen.
Word: levorotatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwosder. Latin laevus English levo- English rotatory English levorotatory From levo- + rotatory. 1. (of an optically active compound or crystal) That rotates the plane of polarized light to the left, or counter-clockwise. Notation: (−) or formerly lowercase l-. Labels: not-comparable Example: Levofloxacin is the levorotatory enantiomer of the medication ofloxacin.
Word: optical activity Part of Speech: noun 1. a property caused by asymmetrical molecular or crystal structure that enables a compound or crystal to rotate the plane of incident polarized light 2. A measure of the amount of optical rotation produced by a standard amount of a substance
Word: polarimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument used to measure the rotation of the plane of polarized light as it passes through a sample of an optically active compound.
Word: aorist aspect Part of Speech: noun 1. A temporal feature of the verb which denotes the speaker's standpoint of the event described by the verb, as from outside of the event and seeing it as a completed whole. Labels: uncountable
Word: diastereoisomer Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /di.ə.stɛ.ri.əʊˈaɪ.sə.mə/ 1. A stereoisomer having multiple chiral centres; a diastereoisomer cannot normally be superimposed on the mirror image of another. Labels: physical
Word: stereoisomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ster-der. Ancient Greek στερεός (stereós) Ancient Greek στερεο- (stereo-)der. English stereo- English isomer English stereoisomer From stereo- + isomer. 1. One of a set of the isomers of a compound that exhibits stereoisomerism.
Word: optical isomer Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of a number of compounds that exhibit optical isomerism.
Word: structural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From structure + -al, 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or having structure. Example: Class 1. consists of nervous diseases, such as depend on the nervous and muscular systems; the second, of sanguine diseases, such as depend on the sanguiferous system; the third, of secretory diseases, or such as are connected with the state of the secretions; and the fourth, of structural diseases, or those that are connected with the nutritive powers. Example: These structural differences, the authors suggest, support previous reports of differences in personality: liberals tend to be better at managing conflicting information, while conservatives are though to be better at recognizing threats, researchers said. 2. Involving the mechanics of construction.
Word: structural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From structure + -al, 19th century. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹʌk(t͡)ʃəɹəl/ 1. Structural steel, used in construction. Example: Freight differentials often increased the spread in favor of the imported structurals. Purchasers repeatedly emphasized that their purchases of imported structurals were split among a number of sources, including Spain, France, West Germany, […]
Word: charva Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from nineteenth-century Romani chavo (“child or youth”). Compare charver, chav. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɑːvə/ 1. Unruly youth; disobedient child or teenager. Labels: Geordie, derogatory 2. A chav. Labels: Geordie, derogatory 3. Friend; mate. Labels: Yorkshire, informal
Word: pf. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of perfect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of perfective aspect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Yoder Part of Speech: name Etymology: The family name is from German Joder, the name of a clan in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland; which is in turn from the given name Theodor, after St Theodorus, an early Christian religious leader in Switzerland. Pronunciation: /ˈjoʊdɚ/ 1. A surname from German. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A place in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A ghost town in West Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: superannuated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), from super (“over”) (English super-) + annus (“year”) (English annual). Pronunciation: /ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd/ 1. Obsolete, antiquated. Example: In Europe it’s too dreary—the sapience, the solemnity, the false respectability, the verbosity, the long disquisitions on superannuated subjects. Example: The above, appearing in a publication now long ago superannuated and forgotten, is all that hitherto has stood in human record to attest what manner of men respectively were John Claggart and Billy Budd. 2. Retired or discarded due to age. Example: I have known a great deal of the trouble of annuities; for my mother was clogged with the payment of three to old superannuated servants by my father’s will, and it is amazing how disagreeable she found it. Example: And yet I remember that it was that absurd, emaciated, superannuated cab-horse which held my gaze.
Word: superannuated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Latin superannuatus (“more than one year old”), from super (“over”) (English super-) + annus (“year”) (English annual). Pronunciation: /ˌsupɚˈænjuˌeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of superannuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: superannuate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from superannuated; Latin super "over" + annus "year" Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəɹˈænjueɪt/ 1. To retire or put out of use due to age. Labels: transitive Example: These crumbling relicks and long fired particles superannuate such expectations; bones, hairs, nails, and teeth of the dead, were the treasures of old sorcerers. 2. To show to be obsolete due to age. Labels: transitive 3. To retire due to age. Labels: intransitive 4. To become obsolete or antiquated. Labels: intransitive 5. To give a pension to, on account of old age or other infirmity; to cause to retire from service on a pension. Labels: transitive
Word: quondam Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quondam. Compare whilom. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒndəm/ 1. Former; once; at one time. Labels: formal, not-comparable Example: This is the quondam King; Let's ſeize vpon him. Example: Present him if you please in my name to [John] Henry, [William] Grayson and all our quondam acquaintances and be assured that any civilities he receives from you will be gratefully remembered by me.
Word: perdurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English perdurable, from Old French pardurable, from Medieval Latin perdūrābilis, from Latin perdurāre (“to endure”), from per- (“throughout”) + durare (“to last”). Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈdjʊəɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒʊəɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈdʒɔːɹəbəl/, /pə(ɹ)ˈdʊəɹəbəl/ 1. Very durable; long-lasting. Example: In Paradyce, that place of pleaſure perdurable / The progeny of parrottis, were fayre and fauorable Example: O perdurable shame! Let's stab our selues.
Word: perdurably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English pardurableliche, perdurable, perdurablely, perdurably; equivalent to perdurable + -ly. 1. in a perdurable manner
Word: perdurability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English perdurabilite, perdurablete, perdurablyte, perduralite, from Old French pardurablete; equivalent to perdure + -ability. 1. The state of being perdurable. Labels: uncountable
Word: supernal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French supernel or Medieval Latin supernālis, from Latin supernus, from superum (“celestial regions, heavenly bodies”). Pronunciation: /suːˈpɜː.nəl/, /sjuːˈpɜː.nəl/, /sʊˈpɜː.nəl/, /suˈpɝ.nəl/, /sʊˈpɝ.nəl/ 1. Pertaining to heaven or to the sky; celestial. Example: The sweet, gentle, pious, Ocean-nymphs, who in the Prometheus of Æschylus appear as the consolers and advisers of its dignified hero, seem to hold a nearly similar relation with man to the supernal gods. Example: […]and there, after due prayers to the gods who dwell in ether supernal, had taken solemn counsel whereby they might, if so be it might be, bring once more into honour among mortal men the winged speech of the seadivided Gael. 2. Exalted, exquisite, superlative. Example: Even the sunlight assumed a supernal glamour, as if some special atmosphere or exhalation mantled the whole region. Example: Pig, not normally reticent in these matters, now acted like a mystic after a vision; unable, maybe unwilling, to put in words this ineffable or supernal talent of Panky’s.
Word: mildly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Germanic *mildijaz Old English mildeder. Middle English mildeder. English mild Middle English -ly English -ly English mildly From mild + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪldli/ 1. In a mild manner. Example: Long before you see the lean, handsome heads peering mildly over the half-doors of the loose boxes, you know that East Ilsley's business is training racehorses. 2. To a mild degree; slightly. Example: a mildly amusing joke Example: The aroma is mildly sweet and lagery with pleasant hops; very pale gold color; the taste is clean and fresh, mildly malty, with a touch of hops in both the middle and finish; a remarkably thin body and lots of carbonation.
Word: openly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English openli, from Old English openlīċe. By surface analysis, open + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊpənli/ 1. In an open manner; visibly. Example: Nevertheless, without openly admitting it, he was devoted to Boxer; Example: The openly ridiculous plot has The Pirate Captain (Hugh Grant) scheming to win the Pirate Of The Year competition, even though he’s a terrible pirate, far outclassed by rivals voiced by Jeremy Piven and Salma Hayek.
Word: erosion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French erosion, from Latin ērōsiō (“eating away”), derived from ērōdō. The first known occurrence in English was in the 1541 translation by Robert Copland of Guy de Chauliac's medical text The Questyonary of Cyrurygens. Copland used erosion to describe how ulcers developed in the mouth. By 1774 erosion was used outside medical subjects. Oliver Goldsmith employed the term in the more contemporary geological context, in his book Natural History, with the quote : "Bounds are thus put to the erosion of the earth by water." Pronunciation: /ɪˈɹəʊʒən/, /ɪˈɹoʊʒən/, /əˈɹoʊʒən/, /ɪˈɹəʉʒən/, /əˈɹɐʉʒən/ 1. The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff face. Labels: uncountable Example: Father Ted: The cliffs were gone? How could they just disappear? Dougal: Erosion. Example: Even second-generation biofuels, made from crop wastes or wood, are an environmental disaster, either extending the cultivated area or removing the straw and stovers which protect the soil from erosion and keep carbon and nutrients in the ground. 2. The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction, or impact. Labels: uncountable 3. The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: the erosion of a person's trust Example: trademark erosion, caused by everyday use of the trademarked term 4. Destruction by abrasive action of fluids. Labels: uncountable 5. One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from which all other morphological operations are derived. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. In morphology, a basic operation (denoted ⊖); see Erosion (morphology). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: surcease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman surseser, from Old French sursis, past participle of surseoir, from Latin supersedēre. Spelling later influenced by association with unrelated cease, which likely also influenced the meaning. Related to supersede. Pronunciation: /səˈsiːs/, /ˈsɜːˌsiːs/, /ˈsɝˌsis/, /səɹˈsis/ 1. Cessation; stop, stopping; end. Respite, intermission. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And first of all, it is more then time, there were an ende and surcease made of this immodest and deformed manner of writting latelie entertained, whereby matter of religion is handled in the stile of the stage. Example: It it were done when ’tis done, then ’twere well / It were done quickly: if the assassination / Could trammel up the consequence, and catch / With his surcease success;
Word: surcease Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman surseser, from Old French sursis, past participle of surseoir, from Latin supersedēre. Spelling later influenced by association with unrelated cease, which likely also influenced the meaning. Related to supersede. Pronunciation: /səˈsiːs/, /ˈsɜːˌsiːs/, /ˈsɝˌsis/, /səɹˈsis/ 1. To come to an end; to desist. Labels: intransitive Example: […] this distilled liquor drink thou off; / When presently through all thy veins shall run / A cold and drowsy humour, for no pulse / Shall keep his native progress, but surcease: Example: 1899, Zénaïde A. Ragozin, Frithjof, The Viking of Norway in Frithjof, The Viking of Norway and Roland, The Paladin of France, Tales of the Heroic Ages, New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Chapter 9, p. 67, And instantly the storm surceases, the heavens clear, the sun comes forth in splendour, as a king entering the audience-hall, and sheds the glory of his presence over ship and sea and land. 2. To bring to an end. Labels: transitive Example: The vvaves obedient to theyr beheaſt, / Them yielded ready paſſage, and their rage ſurceaſt. Example: Death dvvels vvithin vs, and if gentle Peace / Diſcend not ſoone, our ſorrovves to ſurceaſe, / Latium (alreadie quaild) vvill be deſtroyd.
Word: ineffectual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English effectual English ineffectual From in- + effectual. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɪˈfɛkt͡ʃuəl/, /ˌɪnəˈfɛkt͡ʃuəl/ 1. Unable or insufficient to produce effect. Example: 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter II. "Stage-coach Views", page 16. This coach was an exceedingly narrow one, but as there was a slight spherical excess over two on a seat, the driver waited till nine passengers had got in, without taking the measure of any of them, and then shut the door after two or three ineffectual slams, as if the fault were all in the hinges or the latch,—while we timed our inspirations and expirations so as to assist him. Example: Until the recent rash of North London line maps appeared on station billboards in the London area of BR, the service undoubtedly suffered from meagre and ineffectual publicity. 2. Worthless; ineffective. 3. Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness. Example: Our group leader proved highly ineffectual, caving to every whim put forth by the other members.
Word: iterative aspect Part of Speech: noun 1. A subclass of imperfective verbs that denote a continuously repeated action. An example in English would be the iterative verb sniffle, as opposed to the noniterative sniff. Labels: uncountable
Word: psychrometric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From psychro- + -metric. 1. relating to the measurement or study of the thermodynamic properties of moist air. 2. From or relating to a psychrometer.
Word: transacetylase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trans- + acetyl + -ase. 1. Any enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of an acetyl group from one molecule to another. It is produced by the ‘a’ structural gene of the lac operon.
Word: psychrometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psychro- (prefix meaning ‘cold’) + -metry (suffix forming nouns relating to measures and measurement), modelled after psychrometer. Pronunciation: /saɪˈkɹɒmɪtɹi/, /saɪˈkɹɑmətɹi/ 1. Synonym of psychrometrics (“the measurement or study of the physical and thermodynamic properties of the atmosphere and its water vapour”). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: psychrometric chart Part of Speech: noun 1. A graph or chart showing the relationships of the thermodynamic properties of moist air.
Word: coenzyme A Part of Speech: noun 1. A coenzyme, formed from pantothenic acid and adenosine triphosphate, that is necessary for fatty acid synthesis and metabolism. Labels: uncountable
Word: feature creep Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency of a design project or product cycle to accumulate more and more features or details, rather than to be completed and released at a more basic level. Labels: uncountable Example: Our sales division promised our client a feature in our software that is currently not feasible for us to implement, which will certainly lead to feature creep.
Word: creeping elegance Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency of programmers to disproportionately emphasize elegance in software at the expense of other requirements such as functionality, shipping schedule, and usability. Labels: uncountable
Word: coenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English enzyme English coenzyme From co- + enzyme. 1. Any small molecule that is necessary for the functioning of an enzyme. Example: A coenzyme that exists in all living cells, NAD+ plays a central role in the body’s biological processes, such as regulating cellular energy, increasing insulin sensitivity and reversing mitochondrial dysfunction.
Word: revolting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revolt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: The feudal subjects decided to revolt.
Word: revolting Part of Speech: noun 1. revolution; revolt Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Yet revoltings of the soul would attend this violence to nature, this abuse of physical and intellectual energy, while the beauty of social order would be defaced, and the fountains of earth's felicity broken up.
Word: revolting Part of Speech: adj 1. repulsive, disgusting Example: The most revolting smell was coming from the drains. Example: Why anyone should want such a revolting object had always been a mystery to me.
Word: pantothenic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A water-soluble antioxidant vitamin, 3-[(2R)-2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanamido]propanoic acid needed for the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats and proteins; it is found in cereals, legumes, meat and other foods Labels: uncountable
Word: adenosine triphosphate Part of Speech: noun 1. A nucleotide that is used as a source of energy in cellular reactions, in the synthesis of nucleic acids, and as a neurotransmitter recognized by purinergic receptors. Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusder. French phosphore Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. French -ate French phosphateder. English phosphate From French phosphate. By surface analysis, phosphoric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɒsfeɪt/, /ˈfɑsfeɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of phosphoric acid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Make sure you don’t use detergents with phosphates or nonylphenol ethoxylate surfactants, but that information is rarely available on the labels. Example: Bony fishes were judicious in their use of phosphate as a building material: their teeth, a few parts of the skeleton, and that was it. 2. Any fertiliser containing phosphate compounds. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Guano (containing high levels of phosphates and harvested for the fertiliser industry). Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A carbonated soft drink containing phosphoric acid, often flavored with a fruit-based syrup. Labels: US, countable, dated, regional, uncountable Example: An egg phosphate is a phosphate to which an egg has been added in the proper manner. While an egg phosphate can be flavored with any syrup that makes a good phosphate, still the standard flavor by long usage has com to be orange […] Example: “This man here,” she said, “can make you a cherry Coke or a chocolate Coke or a phosphate — a chocolate phosphate or. “Vanilla phosphate,” the man helped, “cherry phosphate, orange phosphate, lime phosphate, lemon phosphate,
Word: phosphate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English phosphoric acid Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English phosphate From phosphoric acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈfɒsfeɪt/, /ˈfɑsfeɪt/ 1. To treat or coat with a phosphate or phosphoric acid. Labels: transitive
Word: folding Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, fold + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/ 1. Designed to fold Labels: not-comparable Example: a folding bed, a folding bicycle, a folding chair
Word: folding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, fold + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/ 1. The action of folding; a fold. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I have ſeen abundance of antique figures in Sculpture and Painting, with juſt the ſame turn in the lower foldings of the Veſt, when the perſon that wears it is in a poſture of tripping forward. Example: Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft. 2. The keeping of sheep in enclosures on arable land, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Code folding: a source code display technique that can hide the contents of methods, classes, etc. for easier navigation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. the deformation of the Earth's crust in response to slow lateral compression. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Paper money, as opposed to coins. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable Example: He has written twelve of these fat sex and sword-play historical novels and every damn one of them has been on the best-seller lists. He must have made plenty of the folding.
Word: folding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, fold + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ/, /ˈfoʊldɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fold Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: phosphoric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless, odourless solid, H₃PO₄, often in solution as a syrupy liquid, used in the manufacture of fertilizers, detergents and pharmaceuticals and as an additive in cola drinks. Labels: uncountable
Word: folding stuff Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊldɪŋ ˌstʌf/, /ˈfoʊldɪŋ ˌstʌf/ 1. Banknotes, paper money. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Look at the money they drop in the sand. Halves, quarters, dimes, even the folding stuff. I've found two hundred dollars already this winter. Example: Since North Americans are among the better-heeled portion of the world's population, it's only to be expected that they're pretty well supplied with folding stuff when they come to Mexico.
Word: hold the phone Part of Speech: intj 1. stop; wait; whoa. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Hold the phone! We've had this problem before, with the other machine.
Word: hold the phone Part of Speech: verb 1. To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection. Example: They asked me to hold the phone while they went to look up the answer.
Word: cack-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cag (“knob, stump”) + handed; cf. also cack (“excrement”). 1. Clumsy; inept. Example: Constance endeavoured to get eight little boys to dance also; but the little lads were to shy, what an old woman, speaking of her grandson, calls “too daffish and keck-handed to learn such aunty-praunty antics,” and all that Constance could get in the way of male support was to induce eight little lads to look on, bend their knees, and bow at intervals, whilst the maidens sang and danced. Example: There is the chairperson who will introduce you by saying that you need no introduction, and who will bring the session to a close with some cack-handed joke based on a phrase plucked from your talk. 2. Left-handed. Example: A left-handed child would be held up to ridicule, and the hand tied to prevent its use. In some parts of England left-handers are called “cack-handed” […] 3. Back-handed.
Word: transact Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from transaction, or else from Latin trānsāctus, past participle of trānsigere. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænˈzækt/ 1. To do, carry through, conduct or perform. Labels: transitive Example: Therefore in hopes to defray ſome of the Charges he muſt be at, he bought a Sloop, loaded it with ſeveral ſorts of Goods, wherewith the Tinquineſe uſually trade to the neighbouring Iſlands, and putting fourteen Men on board, whereof three were of the Country, he appointed me Maſter of the Sloop, and gave me power to traffick for two Months, while he tranſacted his Affairs at Tonquin. Example: Since he understood that wherever business is conducted, those who transact it must dress accordingly, and that where men do not, business suffers, he judged it necessary to enact a strict dress code to reduce the bureaucracy to orderliness and obedience to the mayoral arm. 2. To carry over, hand over or transfer something. Labels: transitive 3. To conduct business. Labels: intransitive 4. To exchange or trade, as of ideas, money, goods, etc.
Word: cuboctahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cube + octahedron, reflecting the fact that it can be regarded both as a rectified cube and a rectified octahedron. 1. An Archimedean solid that has fourteen faces (eight triangular and six square) and is both isogonal and isotoxal. Example: There are just two polyhedra that will fulfill these conditions: the cuboctahedron and the icosidodecahedron (Diagram 3.3). Example: In the case of perfect, symmetric L1₀ cuboctahedra, two of the (001)-surfaces have to be terminated completely with either iron or platinum.
Word: Down's syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Down syndrome. Labels: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative, rare, uncountable
Word: transaminase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English transamination Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English transaminase From transamination + -ase. Pronunciation: /tɹænzˈæmɪneɪz/ 1. Any of a group of enzymes that catalyze transamination.
Word: clumsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse. Pronunciation: /ˈklʌmzi/ 1. Awkward, lacking coordination, not graceful, not dextrous. Example: He's very clumsy. I wouldn't trust him with carrying the dishes. 2. Not elegant or well-planned, lacking tact or subtlety. Example: It is a clumsy solution, but it might work for now. Example: What a clumsy joke 3. Awkward or inefficient in use or construction, difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape.
Word: clumsy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from an alteration of clumsed (“benumbed”) or from clumse (“a stupid fellow; lout”) + -y. More at clumse. Pronunciation: /ˈklʌmzi/ 1. A clumsy person. Labels: informal Example: On the stairs he met Ellen, the housemaid, and as he passed her he knocked the hot-water jug out of her hand. “Well, you are a clumsy,” said Ellen, as she bent down to mop up the water.
Word: transamination Part of Speech: noun 1. the transfer of an amino group from an amino acid to another molecule Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin syndrome, from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ, “concurrence of symptoms, concourse”), from σύνδρομος (súndromos, “running together”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + δρόμος (drómos, “running, course”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪndɹəʊm/, /-dɹəm/, /ˈsɪndɹoʊm/ 1. A recognizable pattern of signs, symptoms and/or behaviours, especially of a disease or medical or psychological condition. Example: Down syndrome; acquired immune deficiency syndrome; restless-leg syndrome; battered-wife syndrome Example: A “zone of rarity” emerges when symptoms cluster neatly into syndromes and interforms are uncommon, although not altogether absent. Fuzzy boundaries and interforms are a special problem for PTSD […] 2. Any set of characteristics regarded as identifying a certain type, condition, etc., usually adverse. Example: not-in-my-backyard syndrome; tip-of-the-tongue syndrome Example: My roommate, Tony, and I were sitting in our living room on a Saturday afternoon trying to decide what to do that night. You know the syndrome: Saturday night when everyone is supposed to do something exciting and have a great time. If you don't, you're likely to wake up on Sunday morning feeling weird and lonely.
Word: triangular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English triangulare, trianguler, triangulere, from Old French triangulaire, triangulier and Latin triangulāris. By surface analysis, tri- + -angular. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lə/, /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjʊ.lə/, /tɹaɪˈæŋ.ɡjə.lɚ/, /tɹaɪˈaɪŋ.ɡjʊ.lɚ/ 1. Shaped like a triangle. Example: A very neat old woman, still in her good outdoor coat and best beehive hat, was sitting at a polished mahogany table on whose surface there were several scored scratches so deep that a triangular piece of the veneer had come cleanly away,[…]. 2. Of, or pertaining to, triangles. 3. Having a triangle as a base; as, a triangular prism, a triangular pyramid. 4. Having three elements or parties; trilateral, tripartite.
Word: bus lane Part of Speech: noun 1. A traffic lane designated for the use of buses.
Word: transannular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English annular English transannular From trans- + annular. Pronunciation: /ˌtɹænzˈænjələ/, /ˌtɹænzˈænjələɹ/ 1. Across a ring, or between different parts of a ring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: transannular strain Part of Speech: noun 1. In medium-sized ring compounds, the strain due to repulsive interactions between substituents attached to non-adjacent ring atoms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of transatlantic, from their use on transatlantic liners. 1. A type of large deck chair with a footrest that can slide under the seat when not in use.
Word: footrest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + rest. Pronunciation: /ˈfʊtˌɹɛst/ 1. A support on which to rest the feet.
Word: deck chair Part of Speech: noun 1. A folding chair in which a wooden frame supports a length of canvas; traditionally used on the beach or onboard a liner.
Word: abaissé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French abaissé (“to lower”). Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪˌseɪ/ 1. Of a charge, especially a fess: borne lower than usual. Labels: not-comparable Example: Or, a bend sable, on a chief of the first a pomeis charged with a cross gold; the whole abaissé under another chief of the arms of the Order of St. John, Gules a cross argent. 2. Having the ends (tips) of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield (of an eagle, etc). Labels: not-comparable
Word: benny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ben(zedrine) Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English benny From ben(zedrine) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛni/ 1. An amphetamine tablet. Labels: plural-normally, slang Example: That night Marylou took everything in the books; she took tea, goofballs, benny, liquor, and even asked Old Bull for a shot of M, which of course he didn’t give her; he did give her a martini. Example: I've pitched pennies and downed bennies
Word: benny Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English ben(zedrine) Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English benny From ben(zedrine) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛni/ 1. To take amphetamines. Labels: slang, usually Example: Bulldog's habit of "bennying up" for the ball games had become a humorous item among the players. Example: He had been on the road that long and so bennied up.
Word: benny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Benny. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛni/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“tantrum”). Labels: UK, alt-of, slang Example: BTW, you might like to see what happens to CM00-01 when one of your sticks of memory decides to have a benny: Example: 'Like I told the police, I think she's just having a benny.' 2. Alternative letter-case form of Benny (“one-hundred-dollar bill”). Labels: US, alt-of, slang
Word: benny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of benefit. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛni/ 1. A benefit. Labels: informal Example: Life in the bush was generally a bummer, an adverse experience, which was only rarely broken by the bennies, benefits like warm beer and letters from the World, the United States. Example: A benny of using an older modem is that it usually includes a good manual on the AT command set.
Word: benny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown or disputed. Attested from the late 19th century. Possibly from benjamin, slang from the early 19th century for a type of greatcoat. Possibly in reference to Uncle Benny or Uncle Ben (“a pawnbroker”), who might accept coats during the warm summer months, though the latter slang term does not appear to be attested before 1920. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛni/ 1. An overcoat. Labels: dated, slang Example: […] and figuring on where the engraved papers were going to come from that 'ud enable me to yank one of the bennies out of the eaves. Nobody ever saw me without an overcoat, and the right kind of an overcoat, […] Example: I'll stand clost and keep my blue fingers inside your nice fur coat[…]I'll bet this benny cost a nice piece of change. 2. A straw hat. Labels: US, obsolete, slang Example: If lil ole Souttland is goin’ to keep her dome up in the golf department, an’ I tip my benny to her right now, she must put the kibosh on gin-hoisting an’ lay a stymie to every saloon.
Word: benny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of eggs Benedict. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛni/ 1. Synonym of eggs Benedict. Labels: informal Example: Buffet fans can brunch until your heart's content at Westin Bayshore’s H2 Rotisserie & Bar, where the daily breakfast buffet features free-range eggs cooked to order, bennies, pancakes, waffles, smoked bacon, sausage links, seasonal fruit, freshly made pastries, and much more.
Word: crib death Part of Speech: noun 1. The unexplained death of a baby usually while sleeping. Labels: US
Word: cot death Part of Speech: noun 1. The unexplained death of a baby, usually while sleeping. Labels: UK
Word: signora Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian signora. 1. Mrs; madam; title of address or respect for women in Italy. Example: I waited, half thinking that they would walk toward me on the waters, until the spell was broken by a knock upon my door. "Would the signoras of their good pleasure like to behold the dance of the tarantella?" 2. An Italian woman.
Word: signore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian signore. Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, sir, and sire. Pronunciation: /siːnˈjɔreɪ/ 1. A courtesy title for Italian men. Example: When you walk in a dream but you know you're not dreaming, Signore, scuzza me but you see, back in old Napoli, that's amore!
Word: signorina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian signorina. 1. A courtesy title for an unmarried woman of Italian origin. 2. maitake, hen of the woods (mushroom) Labels: US Example: Signorina Mushroom is an alternative name for Grifola Frondosa, the Maitake Mushroom, which is popular among Italian-Americans in the northeastern United States.
Word: isometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin isometria, from Ancient Greek ἰσομετρία (isometría), from ἰσο- (iso-) + -μετρία (-metría), from ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) and μέτρον (métron, “measurement”) + -ια (-ia, “-y”). Equivalent to iso- + -metry. 1. A function between metric spaces (or on a single metric space) having the property that the distance between two images is equal to the distance between their preimages. Example: Isometry is to metric spaces what isomorphism is to groups.
Word: extrude 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- Proto-Indo-European *trewd-der. Proto-Italic *troudō Latin trūdō Latin extrūderebor. English extrude Borrowed from Latin extrūdere. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɹuːd, ɛk-/ 1. To push or thrust out. Example: It is theorized that when the surface velocity is below certain minimum values the material at the interface between workpieces WP-1 and WP-2 rolls up and extrudes from the interface in the form of long twisted cylindrical projections which are sometimes referred to as "dingle-berries." Example: Fire salamanders, which are common on forested hillsides in southern and central Europe, extrude secretions onto their skin containing a neurotoxic alkaloid, Samandarin, when they think they are under attack. 2. To form or shape (a metal, plastic etc.) by forcing it through a die or an opening. Labels: transitive 3. To expel; to drive off. Labels: transitive
Word: extrusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Mid-16th century from Latin extrūdere, from ex- (“out”) + trūdere (“to thrust”). 1. A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An item formed by the process of extrusion. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: moratorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: New Latin from Late Latin morātōrium, noun use of the neuter of morātōrius (“moratory, delaying”), from Latin moror (“to delay”), from mora (“delay”), from Proto-Indo-European *mere (“to delay, hinder”). See also moratory. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒ.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/, /ˌmɔː.ɹəˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əm/, /ˌmɔ.ɹəˈtɔ.ɹi.əm/ 1. An authorization to a debtor, permitting temporary suspension of payments. 2. A suspension of an ongoing activity. Example: Canada may put a moratorium on cloning for research. Example: It so happened that at that time the moratorium on the death penalty caused by the Supreme Court decision in the Furman case was still in effect. 3. A period of delay granted to someone, especially an adolescent or young adult, during which they are not yet required to take on adult obligations or make permanent commitments; an extended phase of identity exploration.
Word: flavouring Part of Speech: noun 1. British standard spelling of flavoring. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flavouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flavour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sambuca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] Borrowed from Italian sambuca, from Latin sambūcus (“elder tree”), due to a similar 19th century liquor flavored with elderflower. Modern sambuca, which doesn't necessarily have elderberry, started being marketed in 1971. Pronunciation: /samˈbʊkə/, /sæmˈbukə/ 1. An Italian liqueur made from elderberries and flavoured with licorice, traditionally served with 3 coffee beans that represent health, wealth and fortune (or past, present and future). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sambuca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sambūca, from Ancient Greek σαμβύκη (sambúkē), ultimately from Aramaic סַבְּכָא (sabbəḵā). Pronunciation: /samˈbjuːkə/, /sæmˈb(j)ukə/ 1. An ancient form of triangular harp having a very sharp, shrill tone. Labels: historical Example: Cymbals, trumpets and organs (familiar Old Testament vocabulary) appear conventionally enough as cymballe, trwmpedau and organau, but the more obscure psaltria, trigona, and sambucae (psalteries, trigons and sambucae: three types of Greek harp) become psalteris, kornets, shalmes, [a] dulcimus in translation (Chapter Six, paragraph 7); cornets and shawns are, of course, wind instruments. 2. An ancient type of ship-borne siege engine. Labels: historical Example: Marcellus had prepared, at great expense, machines called ſambucae, from their reſemblance to a muſical inſtrument of that name.[…]“Shall we perſiſt,” ſaid he to his workmen and engineers, “in making war with this Briareus of a geometrician, who treats my gallies and ſambucae ſo rudely? He infinitely exceeds the fabled giants with their hundred hands, in his perpetual and ſurpriſing diſcharges upon us.” Example: This machine was called a sambuca, from its resemblance to a musical instrument of that name, not unlike an harp. the consul’s design was to bring his sambuca to the foot of the walls of Acradina; but while it was at a considerable distance, (and it advanced very slowly, being moved only by two ranks of rowers,) Archimedes discharged from one of his engines a vast stone weighing, according to Plutarch, 1250 pounds, then a second, and immediately afterwards a third; all which, falling upon the sambuca with a dreadful noise, broke its supports, and gave the gallies upon which it stood such a violent shock that they parted, and the machine which Marcellus had raised upon them at a vast expense was battered to pieces.
Word: elderberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English eldre English elder Middle English berye English berry English elderberry Compound of elder + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈɛldə(ɹ)ˌbɛɹi/ 1. Any shrub or tree of the genus Sambucus; 2. The small, edible, purplish-black fruit of this plant, used in cooking and to flavour drinks etc.
Word: mentally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *mn̥tós Proto-Italic *məntom Latin mentum English -al English mental Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English mentally From mental + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛntəli/ 1. In a mental manner; an idea thought out in one's mind, as opposed to an idea spoken orally. Example: mentally capable Example: mentally ill
Word: to the tune of Part of Speech: prep 1. Fitting the melody of. Labels: literally Example: The lyrics were written to the tune of "Amazing Grace". Example: She wasn’t the only one pondering that question; it was a sentiment that would be echoed in a post by the TikTok musician Boy Jr in August, who – to the tune of Video Killed the Radio Star – told her 300,000 followers that the very platform she was posting from had, along with streaming services and algorithms, “killed the bridge in pop songs”. 2. Roughly; about; to the approximate sum or extent of. Labels: figuratively Example: The damage that he did to his car was to the tune of two grand. Example: It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand.
Word: shimmy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A back-formation from chemise (mistaken for a plural). Pronunciation: /ˈʃɪ.mi/ 1. A dance move involving thrusting the shoulders back and forth alternately. Example: What is certain, however, is that the president-elect’s signature shimmy is currently en vogue with all manner of professional athletes, imitated by at least five National Football League players on Sunday, […]. 2. A dance that was popular in the 1920s. Example: The tango, the Texas Tommy, Walking the Dog, the one step, the fox trot, the shimmy, and all their out-growths, had their origin in the palaces of lust on the Barbary Coast of San Francisco. 3. An abnormal vibration, especially in the wheels of a vehicle. 4. A sleeveless chemise. Labels: rare