nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: firepower Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + power. 1. The capacity of a weapon to deliver fire onto a target. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ability to deliver fire. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The ability and resources to dominate. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: He'd have to be on every one of his toes, because Larry Cohen, the insurance company's lawyer, would protect the doctor with every bit of legal firepower at his disposal. Example: United's stature is such that one result must not bring the immediate announcement of a shift in the balance of power in Manchester - but the swathes of empty seats around Old Trafford and the wave of attacks pouring towards David de Gea's goal in the second half emphasised that City quite simply have greater firepower and talent in their squad at present.
Word: goblin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English gobelyn, from Old Northern French gobelin (compare Norman goubelin, Walloon gobelin), possibly a blend of Old Dutch *kobeholdo (“goblin”) (compare Dutch kabouter, German Kobold) and Late Latin cobalus (“mountain sprite”), from Ancient Greek κόβαλος (kóbalos, “rogue, knave; goblin”). Displaced native Old English pūca from Proto-Germanic *pūkô (“a goblin, spook”), whence English puck. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɒb.lɪn/, /ˈɡɑb.lɪn/ 1. Traditionally, a supernatural being of folklore, typically small and grotesque or misshapen, that commonly haunts dark places, often mischievous or malevolent; a type of evil elf, sprite, or demon. Example: From yͤ hagg & hungry Goblin, yͭ into raggs would rend yee, & yͤ spirit yͭ stand’s by yͤ naked man, Example: "[…]If he had struck a stroke more to the side just here," said the goblin, tapping the very stone, as it seemed to Curdie, against which his head lay, "he would have been through; but he's a couple of yards past it now, and if he follow the lode it will be a week before it leads him in.[…]" 2. In later fantasy literature, an evil and grotesquely ugly humanoid, typically powerful and warlike, often associated with orcs and trolls. Example: At last the goblins had a chance to rid themselves of one of the troublesome defenders, and two goblin warriors snatched the opportunity. Example: The goblin shifted the two younger ones closer to him. It looked like he was hiding behind them, using them as a shield. The goblin looked pure evil. His eyes were brown. 3. A hoodoo. Example: Layers of sandstone serve as capstones of pillars and buttes; other layers of differing hardness yield erosional goblins of myriad form. 4. Short for goblin shark Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Goblins are mainly found (when they are found at all) in deep waters.
Word: shredding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of cutting or tearing into shreds. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is cut or torn off; a piece. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It hath a number of short cuts or shreddings, which may be better called wishes than prayers. 3. A style of very fast and very complex guitar playing. Labels: uncountable
Word: shredding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shred Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: denounce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French denuncier, from Latin dēnūntiō (“to announce, to denounce, to threaten”), from de + nūntiō (“to announce, to report, to denounce”), from nūntius (“messenger, message”). Doublet of denunciate. Pronunciation: /diˈnaʊns/, /dəˈnaʊns/ 1. To make known in a formal manner; to proclaim; to announce; to declare. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Nero[…]sent his Satellites or officers toward him, to denounce the decree of his death to him[…]. Example: And full of peace, denouncing wrath to come 2. To criticize or speak out against (someone or something); to point out as deserving of reprehension, etc.; to openly accuse or condemn in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize; to blame. Labels: transitive Example: to denounce someone as a swindler, or as a coward Example: Mr. Cameron had a respite Thursday from the negative chatter swirling around him when he appeared outside 10 Downing Street to denounce the murder a day before of a British soldier on a London street. 3. To make a formal or public accusation against; to inform against; to accuse. Labels: transitive Example: to denounce a confederate in crime Example: to denounce someone to the authorities 4. To proclaim in a threatening manner; to threaten by some outward sign or expression; make a menace of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: to denounce war; to denounce punishment 5. To announce the termination of; especially a treaty or armistice. Labels: transitive Example: It would be possible to “denounce” (leave) the Convention altogether, but short of that, legislation to restore the death penalty would place the UK government in breach of its treaty obligations under the ECHR; it would breach international law. Example: A Contracting State may denounce this Convention, or Part II or Part III of the Convention, by a formal notification in writing addressed to the depositary. 6. To claim the right of working a mine that is abandoned or insufficiently worked. Labels: US, historical
Word: dene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dene, from Old English dene. Pronunciation: /diːn/ 1. A valley, especially the deep valley of a stream or rivulet. Labels: Northumbria
Word: dene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps related to Middle Low German düne (“dune”). Pronunciation: /diːn/ 1. a sand dune by the seashore
Word: deodorisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deodorise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English deodorisation From deodorise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of deodorization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: departmentalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of departmentalization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Samhain Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Samhain. Pronunciation: /ˈsaʊ.wən/, /ˈsaʊ.wɪn/, /ˈsæm.heɪn/ 1. A holiday, falling on the night of 31 October to 1 November, celebrated by the ancient Celts and by modern neo-pagans as the beginning of winter and the new year, and a time during which the spirits of the dead could return to the earth. Example: Invite, but never command, friendly spirits, faeries, or elementals to join you as you wish. In some traditions it is common to invite ancestors to join you, especially during the dark days from Samhain to Imbolg when it is believed that the portal between our dimensions is at its thinnest. Example: The root word takes us back to the ancient Celts who held a ceremony called Samhain in order to honor the harvest cycle. Each October 31, the harvest would end, and the Irish would gather to kill livestock. Often, they would throw the animal’s bones onto a roaring bonfire. The people who attended Samhain believed that the dead made their presence known during the festival, and that they must be appeased or else they would cause trouble and hardship for the townspeople.
Word: departmentalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From departmental + -ization. Pronunciation: /dɪpɑːtˌmɛntəˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdiːpɑtˌmɛntəˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /dɪpɑɹtˌmɛntələˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌdiːpɑɹtˌmɛntələˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /dɪpɐːtˌmentəˌlɑeˈzæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The organization of something into departments according to function, geographic location etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chiffchaff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Echoic of the repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species, Phylloscopus collybita. * Audio: (file) Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪf.t͡ʃæf/ 1. A small, common warbler, of species Phylloscopus collybita, with yellowish-green plumage that breeds throughout northern and temperate Europe and Asia. 2. Any of several other species of the same genus.
Word: chiffchaff Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Echoic of the repetitive "chiff-chaff" song of the European species, Phylloscopus collybita. * Audio: (file) Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɪf.t͡ʃæf/ 1. The song of the chiffchaff. Labels: UK, onomatopoeic, uncountable Example: I thought I heard something singing chiffchaff, chiffchaff. So I had a look and there was a chiffchaff.
Word: Ging Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipped form of Ginger, itself sometimes a nickname for Virginia. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. A diminutive of the female given names Ginger and Virginia. Labels: familiar Example: Amelia thereupon taught Ginger Park and Lucy. [...] In one picture Amelia and three friends—Katherine Dolan (referred to as Dolan), Lucy (Toot), Virginia Park (Ging) are lying on their stomachs, their chins cupped in their hands, staring at the camera either before or after a basketball game; it is Amelia who is holding the ball. Example: But while Crosby was their first main topic of conversation, Johnny and Ginger soon began to have the experiences that draw people closer together. [...] “For years,” Mercer said, “anytime anything went wrong, Ging and I would just look at each other and say ‘Borough Hall!’ and think of that poor man who thought he was on his way to Harlem.”
Word: Ging Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a shortened Anglicized form of Irish Mac Fhionn, whence McGinn. 1. A surname from Irish.
Word: pinch and a punch for the first of the month Part of Speech: phrase 1. Said on the first day of a new month, while pinching and punching someone as a prank (especially by children). The victim may respond with "a flick and a kick for being so quick" and the original attacker may reply with "a punch in the eye for being so sly". Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK Example: ‘Pinch and a punch for the first of the month.’ I nurse my wounded arm and look down at my giggling son. 'You just hit me.' 'No I didn't. That's what you do on the first of the month.' 'Who says so?' He looks at me exasperated. 2. More generally, a pair of attacks or setbacks at the start of something. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK Example: It does not seem to be the Minister for the Environment's day, he has really had a pinch and a punch for the first of the month. He received a punch a few minute ago, and now he is being pinched. It is significant that the Bill is intended to come into force on 1 April next year. The Bill was promised in the Speech from the Throne. It has gone back and forth between departments, and ended up in caucus several times, ... Example: Bugger, this wasn't the goods at all – this was a pinch and a punch for the first of the month. A letter in fact from Fire Commander Bruce stating that although he was in receipt of my application, neither he nor the Fire Commander of IB were certain of the Fire Service Commission's final policy for employment of women as operational firemen.
Word: hakuna matata Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Swahili hakuna matata (“there are no problems”). Popularized in English by the 1994 Disney film The Lion King. Pronunciation: /həˈkunə məˈtɑtə/ 1. No worries, take it easy.
Word: GAOTU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of great/grand architect of the universe - A Supreme Being responsible for the creation of the Universe. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Deity, whatever a person's belief system is.
Word: emoluments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emolument Labels: form-of, plural Example: She was urgent and suggestive and sympathetic; she threw herself into the vision of his achievements and emoluments as if to satisfy a little the sore hunger with which Nick's treachery had left her.
Word: emerita Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin ēmerita, the feminine singular form of ēmeritus. 1. feminine singular of emeritus (“(often postpositive) retired, but retaining an honorific version of a previous title”) Labels: feminine, form-of, singular
Word: emerita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin ēmerita, the feminine singular form of ēmeritus. 1. A female person who is retired from active service or an occupation, especially one who retains an honorific version of a previous title. Example: And the older women faculty, the emeritae lived around the college and you talked to them and you heard it ... you know, they were just devoted to that place body and soul, and they didn’t care if they made two bent nickels a year, […] Example: With the help of ever-present chief elder Charlotte McGuire and our headquarters, an updated list of all Board members was developed. Twenty-eight persons who are now emeritae were named.
Word: emerita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin ēmerita, a substantive use of the neuter plural form of ēmeritus. 1. plural of emeritum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horrendous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin horrendus, future passive participle (gerundive) of horreō (“to dread”) + -ous. Pronunciation: /həˈɹɛndəs/, /əˈɹɛndəs/ 1. Extremely bad; awful; terrible. Example: There was horrendous carnage at the scene of the plane crash. Example: My journey to work this morning was horrendous!
Word: glossy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gloss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English glossy From gloss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒsi/, /ˈɡlɔsi/, /ˈɡlɑsi/ 1. Having a smooth, silklike, reflective (shiny) surface. Example: glossy hair Example: glossy magazine 2. Attention-grabbing and superficially attractive. Labels: figuratively Example: The trendy rehabs being pimped by the addiction industry's glossy PR. Example: This divisive populist electro may never shake its myriad detractors who cry foul about the glossy repackaging of the scene it’s largely indebted to, but it’s wrong to dismiss such meticulously crafted production because of its accessibility.
Word: glossy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gloss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English glossy From gloss + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒsi/, /ˈɡlɔsi/, /ˈɡlɑsi/ 1. A glossy magazine. Labels: UK, informal Example: The supermarket glossies are full of celebrity gossip and fad diets. 2. A glossy photograph. Labels: informal Example: His roster of patients was drawn almost exclusively from among what he liked to call creative people, chiefly writers and painters and composers, and he talked about them so freely that I sometimes half expected him to put up autographed glossies around the office, like the ones on the wall at the Stage Deli. Example: Black and white 8- × 10-inch glossies are best, but 5- × 7-inch is okay too. Place photos on top of cardboard when mailing. Don't tape or paper-clip because doing so can ruin the photo. 3. A film depicting people with glamorous lifestyles. Labels: informal Example: Anna Magnani has been making Hollywood glossies recently, so it was good to see her back again in a native Italian production, The Last Temptation, in which with great artistry and all her usual power she played a Nun who finds a woman's and even a mother's heart beating strongly beneath her 'sister's' habit. Example: […] the first home-made guide to TV films by which is meant old films shown on the box, not those new Hollywood glossies made specially for it (though a guide there too would soon be welcome).
Word: UGLE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of United Grand Lodge of England. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bruin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle Dutch bruun (“brown”) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color. Doublet of brown. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹuːɪn/ 1. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos. Example: The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].
Word: collectable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English collect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English collectable From collect + -able. 1. Suitable for collecting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: collectable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English collect Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English collectable From collect + -able. 1. Anything that someone might want to collect. Example: The mindset of making collectables runs against that of making games—if you succeed in the collectable department then there is a tendency to keep new players out and to drive old ones away because of escalating prices. Example: If you invest in collectables overseas, you can make a profit or loss on currency exchange rates as well as a gain or loss on movements in intrinsic capital value.
Word: fingers crossed Part of Speech: adv Etymology: See cross one's fingers Pronunciation: [fɪŋɡɚz kʰɹɔst] 1. hopefully Labels: not-comparable Example: We'll make it to the finals, fingers crossed.
Word: fingers crossed Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: See cross one's fingers Pronunciation: [fɪŋɡɚz kʰɹɔst] 1. Used to express that one is expectant and hoping. Example: The college application is in the mail. Fingers crossed!
Word: chough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English choughe, choȝe, coo, cheo, from Old English ċēo (“a bird of the genus Corvus, a jay, crow, jackdaw, chough”) and ċeahhe (“a daw”), both from Proto-West Germanic *kahu (“jackdaw, crow”), from imitative Proto-Indo-European *gewH- (“to crow, caw, shout”). Cognate with Scots kae (“jackdaw”), West Frisian ka (“jackdaw”), Dutch kauw (“jackdaw, daw, chough”), Swedish kaja (“jackdaw”). Pronunciation: /t͡ʃʌf/, /t͡ʃɐf/, /t͡ʃʊf/ 1. Either of two species of bird of the genus Pyrrhocorax in the crow family Corvidae that breed mainly in high mountains and on coastal sea cliffs of Eurasia. Example: For parot is no churlish Chowgh / nor no f[l]ekyd pye Example: And had not the old-man come in vvith a VVhoo-bub againſt his Daughter, and the Kings Sonne, and ſcar'd my Chovvghes from the Chaffe, I had not left a Purſe aliue in the vvhole Army. 2. The white-winged chough, of genus Corcorax in the Australian mud-nest builders family, Corcoracidae, that inhabits dry woodlands.
Word: corncrake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corn + crake. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːnkɹeɪk/, /ˈkɔɹnˌkɹeɪk/ 1. A bird of the rail family, Crex crex, that breeds in meadows and arable farmland across Europe and western Asia, migrating to Africa in winter.
Word: Bærum Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Akershus county, Norway, previously in Viken.
Word: Eidsvoll Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Akershus, Norway.
Word: Nittedal Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality (kommune) in Akershus, Norway.
Word: peacekeeper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peace + keeper. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːsˌkiːpə/, /ˈpisˌkipɚ/ 1. One that preserves the peace. Example: Roughly 1200 years ago, the turians were invited to join the Citadel Council to fulfill the role of galactic peacekeepers. The turians have the largest fleet in Citadel space, and they make up the single largest portion of the Council's military forces. 2. A member of a military force charged with peacekeeping duties in a troublespot. Example: The grainy footage showed the peacekeepers first bound and beaten, then hooded and dead, hanging by the neck from a wooden ceiling beam. . Example: Dozens of NATO peacekeepers were injured after they were attacked by ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, during protests over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors. 3. An officer of the peace (police officer) in a force run by a Canadian aboriginal community. Labels: Canada
Word: peacekeeping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peace + keeping, after keep the peace. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːskiːpɪŋ/ 1. The act of preserving peace, specifically between hostile groups or states, especially by a sanctioned military force. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Peacekeeping is one of the things that the United Nations, for all its foibles, does well. 2. (for example) a peacekeeping force. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: troublespot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trouble + spot. 1. A location of difficulties or hostilities; a hot spot; a flashpoint.
Word: Arendal Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town and municipality in Agder county, Norway.
Word: dichroism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dichroic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English dichroism From dichroic + -ism. 1. The property of some crystals of transmitting different colors of light in different directions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The property of some anisotropic materials of having different absorption coefficients for light polarized in different directions; circular dichroism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the close vicinity of a chiral nanostructure, the circular dichroism of a biomolecule could be greatly enhanced, due to the interaction with the local superchiral fields.
Word: Åmli Part of Speech: name 1. A village and municipality in Agder county, Norway.
Word: Drammen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Drammen, from Old Norse Drafn, from drǫfn (“wave”). 1. A municipality and city in Buskerud, Norway. 2. A town in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, United States, named after Drammen in Norway.
Word: Flå Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Buskerud, Norway.
Word: absorption coefficient Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/, /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ ˌkoʊ.əˈfɪʃ.n̩t/ 1. A measure of the absorption of electromagnetic radiation as it passes through a specific substance; the fraction of incident radiation absorbed by unit mass or unit thickness; absorptivity.
Word: Kongsberg Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Buskerud county, Norway.
Word: Krødsherad Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Buskerud, Norway.
Word: Diels-Alder reaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First described in 1928 by Otto Paul Hermann Diels and Kurt Alder. 1. The cycloaddition reaction between a conjugated diene and an alkene to form a cyclohexene ring.
Word: Ringerike Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Buskerud, Norway.
Word: cycloaddition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁tder. Proto-Italic *-ðō Latin -dō Latin addō Latin additiōder. Old French aditionder. Middle English addicioun English addition English cycloaddition From cyclo- + addition. 1. An addition reaction that leads to the formation of a cyclic product. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Øvre Eiker Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Viken, Norway.
Word: addition reaction Part of Speech: noun 1. a reaction in which radicals are added to both sides of a double or triple bond
Word: Hammerfest Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Hammerfest. 1. A town with bystatus and municipality in Finnmark, Norway.
Word: Karasjok Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Karasjok. 1. A village and municipality of Finnmark, in northern Norway.
Word: Kautokeino Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Kautokeino, from Northern Sami Guovdageaidnu. 1. A municipality of Finnmark, Norway.
Word: Tana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Malagasy Antananarivobor. French Tananariveclip. French Tanabor. English Tana Borrowed from French Tana. 1. Nickname for Antananarivo: the capital and largest city of Madagascar.
Word: Tana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Amharic ጣና (ṭana). 1. A lake in Ethiopia.
Word: Tana Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Tanna (“a rabbinic sage”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tana Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name, Alternative form of Tanya.
Word: Tana Part of Speech: name 1. A river in Kenya.
Word: conjugated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inflected form of conjugate. Adjective sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Konjugation, konjugieren, coined 1899 by German chemist Johannes Thiele. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt.ɪd/ 1. Joined together in pairs. 2. Containing one or more pairs of double bonds and/or lone pairs, each pair being separated by a single bond. Example: 1991, J.-P. Aime, Structural Characterization of Conjugated Solutions, J. L. Brédas, R. Silbey (editors), Conjugated Polymers, Kluwer Academic, page 296, A major interest in the study of conjugated polymers in solution is the opportunity to investigate the relation between electronic properties and conformational disorder in low dimensional materials. Example: 2007, Kirk S. Schanze, Xiaoyong Zhao, 14: Structure-Property Relationships and Applications of Conjugated Polyelectrolytes, Terje A. Skotheim, John R. Reynolds (editors), Conjugated Polymers: Theory, Synthesis, Properties, and Characterization, Handbook of Conducting Polymers, 3rd Edition, Taylor & Francis (CRC Press), page 14-3, The concept first reported in 1995 centers on the use of a fluorescent conjugated polymer that is functionalized with receptor sites for a target analyte molecule.
Word: conjugated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Inflected form of conjugate. Adjective sense 2 is a semantic loan from German Konjugation, konjugieren, coined 1899 by German chemist Johannes Thiele. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑn.d͡ʒə.ɡeɪt.ɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of conjugate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Vadsø Part of Speech: name 1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway.
Word: Vardø Part of Speech: name 1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Finnmark, Norway.
Word: Elverum Part of Speech: name 1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark. 2. A township in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.
Word: hands-on Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from the phrase all hands on deck. Pronunciation: /ˌhændz ˈɒn/, [ˌhæn‿ˈzɒn], /ˌhændz ˈɑn/, [ˌhæn‿ˈzɑn], [ˌhɛən‿ˈzɑn] 1. Involving active participation. Labels: not-comparable Example: The internship will provide hands-on training. Example: Our manager has a very hands-on approach.
Word: hands-on Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from the phrase all hands on deck. Pronunciation: /ˌhændz ˈɒn/, [ˌhæn‿ˈzɒn], /ˌhændz ˈɑn/, [ˌhæn‿ˈzɑn], [ˌhɛən‿ˈzɑn] 1. A session of active participation, often as part of training or education.
Word: diene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- French -ènebor. English -ene English diene From di- + -ene. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.iːn/ 1. An organic compound, especially a hydrocarbon, containing two double bonds.
Word: Hamar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Hamar, from Old Norse Hamarr, identical to hamarr (“rocky hill”). 1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark.
Word: Hamar Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a Hungarian surname, a nickname from hamar (“fast”). * As a Norwegian, surname, a habitational surname from hamar (“hammer; stone, cliff, crag”). * As an English surname, variant of Hamer. 1. A surname.
Word: Hamar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hamer-Banna hámar. 1. A community of mostly pastoralist people inhabiting southwestern Ethiopia. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Hamar Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Xamar (“Mogadishu”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kongsvinger Part of Speech: name 1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark; bordering on Sweden.
Word: Løten Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Løten. 1. A municipality of Innlandet, Norway.
Word: dienophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- French -ènebor. English -ene English diene Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *bʰil- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *bʰil-o-s Ancient Greek φίλος (phílos)bor. Latin -philalbor. English -phile English dienophile From diene + -o- + -phile. 1. A compound that readily reacts with a diene; especially an alkene in the Diels-Alder reaction.
Word: cyclohexene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle ▲ Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English cyclo- English hexene English cyclohexene From cyclo- + hexene. 1. A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Tynset Part of Speech: name 1. A village and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Hedmark; located close to Trøndelag.
Word: hare-brained Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of harebrained. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “… That woman is stark mad, Lord Stranleigh.[…]If she had her way, she’d ruin the company inside a year with her hare-brained schemes ; love of the people, and that sort of guff.” Example: "They all yelped, I remember, like a kennelful of puppies. It was their preposterous claim that I should read their hare-brained literature which caused me to display some little heat."
Word: Vaksdal Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality and village therein, in Vestland, Norway, previously in Hordaland.
Word: Voss Part of Speech: name Etymology: Surname sense probably from Low German Voss, Voß (“fox”). Doublet of Fuchs and Fohs. Pronunciation: /vɒs/, /vɔs/, /vɑs/ 1. A surname. 2. A municipality in Vestland, Norway, previously in the county of Hordaland. 3. An unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Coleman County, Texas, United States.
Word: Haram Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of haram. Labels: alt-of
Word: uniquer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of unique: more unique Labels: comparative, form-of Example: The story of The Merry Widow became uniquer and uniquer, the further it progressed in its starry orbit. Example: Pete and Beaver were unique, Henry is uniquer, and he, Jonesy, is uniquest. Look, he's even starring in his own movie! How unique is that, as his oldest son would say.
Word: uniquest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of unique: most unique Labels: childish, dialectal, form-of, proscribed, sometimes, superlative Example: While as to her pleasures, the which indeed had become scanty of late, the greatest, the uniquest of all was the touch of her husband's hand. Example: Who was it that had made the place what it was: the uniquest cemetery in the world?
Word: Sula Part of Speech: name 1. A barangay of Bacacay, Albay, Philippines.
Word: Volda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Volda. 1. A village and municipality of Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Word: Ålesund Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Ålesund. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːləsʊn/, /ˈɔːləsʊnd/ 1. A town (with bystatus) and municipality in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
Word: Grong Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.
Word: Meråker Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.
Word: quinquennial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Pronunciation: /kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/ 1. Of or related to a five-year period. Example: By a singular coincidence, the great master of the Dorian lyre was born during the celebration of the Pythia, the quinquennial festival of Apollo[…] Example: The best data that BEA have come from the quinquennial censuses of business; these are used to “benchmark” the national accounts every five years and to compute new input-output tables.
Word: quinquennial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin quīnquenniālis, from quīnquennium (“5-year period”) + -ālis, from quīnquennis (“5-year”) + -ium (“-ium: forming abstract nouns”), from quīnque (“five”) + annus (“year”) + -is (suffix forming compound adjectives). Pronunciation: /kwɪŋˈkwɛ.ni.əl/ 1. Synonym of quinquennium, a five-year period. 2. A 5th anniversary, particularly 3. A 5th anniversary, particularly Labels: historical
Word: Namsos Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town and municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.
Word: Snåsa Part of Speech: name 1. A village and municipality in Trøndelag, Norway.
Word: Steinkjer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Steinkjer. 1. A municipality of Trøndelag, Norway.
Word: Andøy Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Andøy (Norwegian Bokmål Andøy, Norwegian Nynorsk Andøy) 1. A municipality of Vesterålen, Nordland, Norway.
Word: Fauske Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Nordland, Norway.
Word: nondeductible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + deductible. 1. That cannot be deducted for income tax purposes, and that tax has to be paid on. Labels: not-comparable Example: Since you fund a nondeductible IRA with already-taxed dollars, you might figure you wouldn't pay any income taxes on the conversion.
Word: nondeductible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + deductible. 1. Any expense that cannot be deducted for income tax purposes.
Word: colours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of colour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colours Part of Speech: noun 1. Flag denoting the nationality of a vessel, flown from the stern.
Word: colours Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of colour Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eatery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English eat Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English eatery From eat + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈiːtəɹi/ 1. A restaurant or café; a place to purchase and eat food. Labels: informal Example: Above the concourse, the underneath of the platforms has been clad with attractive wood panelling, while the columns holding them up are surrounded with seating - for use by passengers biding their time waiting for their trains, or who have used one of the 70-or-so eateries or shops that form part of the retail developments at the station.
Word: time tested Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of time-tested. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: goody Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From good + -y (suffix forming colloquialisms), influenced by the noun (Etymology 2). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdi/ 1. Used to indicate pleasure or delight. Labels: informal Example: Oh goody, ice cream!
Word: goody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Germanic *-j-, *-ij- Proto-West Germanic *-i, *-ī Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goody From good + -y (nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdi/ 1. A small amount of something good to eat. Labels: informal Example: […] when the pleasant time of night is come, and the stewardess is tucking up the ladies, and putting oranges and other goodies under their pillows, and the menfolk assemble in the capstan house to smoke their last cigar. Example: She slid the goody out into her hand and gave a little aww. He'd baked her a dark chocolate cookie with a white heart swirled on the top. “You are so sweet. I'm going to save this for later, when I need a little pick-me-up, ... 2. Any small, usually free, item. Labels: informal Example: The new tax bill has something for everyone, it's true: a cornucopia of savings for the middle class, plenty of goodies for the rich and poor--and a dagger in the back for upper-income wage slaves. 3. Pudding made by boiling bread in milk with sugar and spices. Labels: Ireland 4. Alternative form of goodie (“hero, good character in a story”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, informal Example: Eventually he would throw the goody out of the ring, at which point the goody lost his rag, climbed back into the ring and gave the baddy a good pasting. He was declared the winner, and everybody was satisfied. 5. That which is good, the good part of something, which one desires to extract or use up. Labels: colloquial Example: Use flour to thicken the gravy and get all the goody out of the pan ... make the gravy right in it. I know of nothing that beats mashed potatoes with this. Example: But you sure took the goody out of the converter. That is, physically you didn't do any damage, the converter just doesn't work chemically any more. If you have to be "emissions-legal" some day, you'll have to replace the converter. 6. An American fish, the lafayette or spot.
Word: goody Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *gadanąvṛd. Proto-Germanic *gōdaz Proto-West Germanic *gōd Old English gōd Middle English good English good Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English goody From good + -y (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdi/ 1. Synonym of goody-goody (“mawkishly good; weakly benevolent or pious”).
Word: goody Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of goodwife + -y (diminutive suffix). Compare hussy from housewife, the obsolete pronunciation /ˈmɪdɪf/ of midwife, and less directly, missus from mistress. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊdi/ 1. Goodwife, a 17th-century Puritan honorific for an adult woman. Labels: obsolete
Word: valetudinarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin valētūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌvæ.ləˌtuː.dɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. Sickly, infirm, of ailing health; related to ill health. Example: The virtue which the world wants is a healthful virtue, not a valetudinarian virtue. Example: Mr. Granard became a valetudinarian; he was always applying to some physician or another, perhaps a little to their bewilderment, for no disease was apparent: they knew not that the improvident father feared to die, for the sake of five destitute orphans. 2. Being overly worried about one's health. Example: True Madam there are Valetudinarians in Reputation as well as constitution—who being conscious of their weak Part, avoid the least breath of air, and supply their want of Stamina by care and circumspection—
Word: valetudinarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin valētūdin- + -arian, from oblique stem of Latin valētūdō, from valeō + -tūdō. By surface analysis, valetude + -arian. Pronunciation: /ˌvæ.ləˌtuː.dɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/, /ˌvæ.ləˌtu.dəˈnɛ.ɹi.ən/ 1. A person in poor health or sickly, especially one who is constantly obsessed with their state of health Example: The most uninformed mind, with a healthy body, is happier than the wisest valetudinarian. Example: The evil of the actual disparity in their ages (and Mr. Woodhouse had not married early) was much increased by his constitution and habits; for having been a valetudinarian all his life, without activity of mind or body, he was a much older man in ways than in years; and though everywhere beloved for the friendliness of his heart and his amiable temper, his talents could not have recommended him at any time.
Word: engin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of engine. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: How ſay you fryer Robert, out of what foꝛge came theſe warlike engins?
Word: telas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tela Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IVR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of interactive voice response. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: 2000, William Yarberry, Computer Telephony Integration http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0849399955&id=wyH13HkOjcYC&pg=PA33&lpg=PA33&sig=ORtVjHDxag-j3ZlcLuazZgxERWc Without IVR, the business (and non-profit) world would be slower, less efficient, and far more manpower intensive. Without IVR, many firms would be forced to close. Example: 2001, Peter R Kongstvedt, The Managed Health Care Handbook http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0834217260&id=01RM-eHPxPQC&pg=PA698&lpg=PA698&sig=hyKUmU2fqUpk9m7ZDcW3Qs3Pi1s Prescreening IVR application scripts can identify the caller and then provide the caller with menu options applicable only to him or her. 2. Initialism of interventional radiology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of international vehicle registration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RIF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of reduction in force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: According to Norman Seay, executive director of Blacks in Government, an organization of federal employees, the RIFs will have the heaviest impact on the professional, managerial, and technical workers — those making between about $20,000 and $37,000 a year. Example: A lot of the RIFs were done because budgets were cut by the Congress. 2. Initialism of risk influencing factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Any measure can be related to the improvement of a RIF, thus the resulting risk reduction can be assessed. Example: We study helicopter risk by means of the risk influencing model, so the effect of changes is related directly to the RIFs in the model. 3. Initialism of rock-inhabiting fungi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Although very common, RIF have often been overlooked due to their small size, their slow growth and the lack of diagnostic features. Example: Among RIF, we chose Penicillium spinulosum and black yeast (BY) that resist chemical attack and anti-microbial treatments[.]
Word: RIF Part of Speech: verb 1. To lay off from work due to a reduction in force. Labels: transitive Example: Our own agency let go 300 positions, affected 120 people who got RIFed, but 1,200 people were affected in the process. Example: Federal employees got 'RIFed.' That lasted about six months.
Word: QDRO Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkwɑdɹoʊ/ 1. Acronym of qualified domestic relations order. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: EDRO Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈidɹoʊ/ 1. Acronym of eligible domestic relations order. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SDBA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of self-directed brokerage account. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AD&D Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AD&D Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of accidental death and dismemberment [insurance]. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: This chapter covers additional risk benefit programs often provided to employees, including the following: […] Group accidental death and dismemberment plans (AD&Ds) 2. Initialism of application development and delivery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Application development and delivery (AD&D) professionals need to understand the potential benefits AI will bring, not only to how they build software but also to the nature of the applications themselves.
Word: capital expenditure Part of Speech: noun 1. Funds that are spent by a company to acquire or upgrade a long-term asset. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As passenger numbers rise, the transport authority believes it can return to self-funding daily running costs during 2023, but it said government support for major capital expenditure is essential to prevent further decline. Example: Meta has invested heavily in generative AI, with the majority of its planned $72bn in capital expenditure this year earmarked for data centres and servers.
Word: CES Part of Speech: name 1. Center for Employee Services. 2. Initialism of Consumer Electronics Show Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Commonwealth Employment Service. Labels: Australia, obsolete Example: 1976, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Official Year Book of Australia: No. 61, 1975 and 1976, page 722, The organisation and functions of the CES conform to the provisions of the Employment Service Convention, 1948, of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) which was ratified by Australia in December 1949.
Word: CES Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cauda equina syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of cat eye syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of constant elasticity of substitution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: lexicological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lexicology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English lexicological From lexicology + -ical. 1. pertaining to lexicology Labels: not-comparable Example: In some, the arbitrary character of the linguistic signs is more apparent […] and these Saussure calls lexicological languages.
Word: lexicologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English lexicological Middle English -ly English -ly English lexicologically From lexicological + -ly. 1. In terms of lexicology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: all in Part of Speech: adj 1. Very tired. Labels: dated, not-comparable Example: [Yawn] Well, I'm all in! Time to turn in! Good night all! Example: By half past seven we were both pretty nearly all in, and wet from innumerable fordings of the river, so we stopped and boiled some hot water with the sugar left over from lunch. 2. With everything included. Labels: UK, not-comparable 3. Having no further stake to wager, but remaining active in a hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: By betting his last $100, John was all in. 4. Totally committed. Labels: not-comparable Example: John is now all in on getting this product to market by year end, come hell or high water.
Word: all in Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand where at least one player bets all of his or her chips. 2. A player who is all in. Example: Since she was against an all in, Jill had no reason to bet.
Word: all-important Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂elnós Proto-Germanic *allaz Proto-Germanic *ala- Proto-West Germanic *ala- Old English æl- Middle English all- English all- English important English all-important From all- + important. 1. Very important; vital or crucial.