nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: São Tomé Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese São Tomé, named after Saint Thomas, for its discovery on St. Thomas Day (21 December) in 1470 or 1471. 1. The capital city of São Tomé and Príncipe. 2. The largest island of São Tomé and Príncipe. 3. Ellipsis of São Tomé and Príncipe. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, proscribed, sometimes
Word: Sao Tome and Principe Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of São Tomé and Príncipe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed, sometimes
Word: Vilna Part of Speech: name 1. Dated form of Vilnius: the capital city of Lithuania. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: There is a famous story about Rabbi Yisrael Salanter who ate on the Bimah in Vilna at the end of the Yom Kippur morning service in 1848 during a cholera epidemic, together with two other Dayyanim, to persuade the congregation to eat during the epidemic. 2. A village in Alberta, Canada.
Word: rills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entropies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entropy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhapsodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhapsody Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of rhapsodie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: certainties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of certainty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sanaa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic صَنْعَاء (ṣanʕāʔ). Pronunciation: /sɑˈnɑː/, /səˈnɑː/ 1. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
Word: fucked-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fucked up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tarawa Part of Speech: name 1. An atoll in the central Pacific Ocean belonging to the state of Kiribati.
Word: Funafuti Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌfuːnəˈfuːti/ 1. The capital city of Tuvalu.
Word: Port-Vila Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Port Vila. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nuku'alofa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Tongan Nukuʻalofa, from nuku (“abode”) + alofa (“love”). Literally, “abode of love”. Pronunciation: /ˌnuku.əˈloʊfə/ 1. The capital city of Tonga.
Word: tow haired Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of tow-haired. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: MR Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Midland Railway. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MR Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Clipping of MRI (“magnetic resonance image/imager/imaging”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable Example: 2007 March 30, Elizabeth Mossis, M.D. (guest),“Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation: Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio 2. Initialism of modified release. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Controlled release (CR), modified release (MR), orally disintegrating tablets (ODT), and other innovative dosage forms are still of interest to both pharmaceutical producers and suppliers. 3. Initialism of mitral regurgitation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of mineralocorticoid receptor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of mandatory release. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of meeting record, the best performance at all occurrences of a particular athletic meeting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Acronym of memorandum for the record, memorandum for record, memo for the record, or memo for record. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Initialism of merge request. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of mixed reality. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of Master of the Rolls, as a postnominal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Lord Denning MR 11. Initialism of mortality rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of mental retardation, a deprecated former term for intellectual disability. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of magnetic resonance Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of magnetoresistance Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of magic resistance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MR Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of mentally retarded. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, special 2. Initialism of magnetoresistive Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: high-risk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From high + risk. 1. Having a great risk. Example: 2007 March 30, Jene from Boston (caller), “Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines”, Talk of the Nation Science Friday, Ira Flatow (host), National Public Radio https://web.archive.org/web/20071006125335/http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2007/Mar/hour1_033007.html I don't consider myself high-risk anymore except that I did have cancer, so, one of the things we don't hear talked about a lot is how do you judge your high-riskness. If you have had cancer, where do you fit in? How do you make those decisions...?
Word: tow-haired Part of Speech: adj 1. Having almost white blond hair Labels: not-comparable
Word: primal horde Part of Speech: noun 1. In Freudian psychoanalysis, an archetypal cathexis of the sons usurping their father's hierarchical position; the basis of the Oedipus complex, and sometimes resulting in totemism. Example: … Freud's analyses from his 1913 Totem and taboo, of how the primal horde of rebellious sons overcame the patriarchal father and set up public totems and taboos as means to eternalize their resultant guilt.
Word: granny shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A shot made granny style. Labels: literally 2. Something very easy to undertake or achieve. Labels: figuratively
Word: granny style Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of shooting baskets, especially foul shots, in which the ball is thrown underhand, with both arms, from below or anterior to the pelvis. Labels: uncountable
Word: foul shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A free throw.
Word: idiocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From idio- + -centric. 1. Characterized by or denoting interest centered upon oneself or one's own ways, rather than upon others or the ways of others; self-centered. 2. Deviating from the norm; eccentric.
Word: over the hill Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of a person, old, past the prime of life. Labels: idiomatic Example: Mrs. Joiner is over the hill.
Word: neuroepithelial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English epithelial English neuroepithelial From neuro- + epithelial. 1. Of or relating to the neuroepithelium Labels: not-comparable
Word: neuroepithelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English epithelium English neuroepithelium From neuro- + epithelium. Pronunciation: /ˌnɝ.oʊˌɛp.ɪˈθi.li.əm/ 1. The part of an embryo that develops into the nervous system 2. The epithelium associated with sensory organs such as the eye or nose
Word: homeobox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Hellenic *homós Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ὅμοιος (hómoios)bor. English homeo- English box English homeobox From homeo- + box. 1. A short sequence of DNA that is shared by several genes involved in the morphogenesis of many organisms. Example: When he looked in mice, there it was again: almost exactly the same 180-letter string – the homeobox.
Word: homeobox gene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several genes that share a common sequence of DNA and are involved in the regulation of morphogenesis.
Word: take a bead on Part of Speech: verb 1. To aim a gun at something. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: draw a bead on Part of Speech: verb 1. To aim a gun at. Labels: US, slang, transitive Example: (As George gets fairly into the following, Gretchen draws a bead on him, and lets drive at the close, but the gun snaps.) 2. To take aim at. Labels: US, slang, transitive 3. to cast one's eyes on. Labels: US, slang, transitive
Word: suped-up Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of souped-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [W]ill it be possible to mount a larger engine for use in La Paz? I doubt very much if the standard 165 would get off the ground up here with a student. I wish you would take that up with the factory and see if they can put out a job with a suped-up seven-cylinder job. The R-540 I think it is. Example: Gone for many are the ah-so-touching Kodak moments of father and son throwing the ball to each other until the cows come home, replaced by cooler things like text-messaging while driving through the 'hood in a suped-up car sporting screaming hubcaps that cost a couple of grand apiece, and a look even Antarctic penguins unerringly recognize as Made in USA.
Word: urinose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of urinous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: San Juan Bautista Part of Speech: name Etymology: The Spanish named a California mission San Juan Bautista meaning Saint John the Baptist, when they founded it in the late 18th century. The name was expanded by linguists to mean the natives of the region gathered at the mission, and their primary language. 1. A city in San Benito County, California, United States, named after the eponymous mission. 2. The native people of this region. 3. The native language spoken in this region.
Word: Rumsien Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Rumsen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: Rumsien Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Rumsen. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: San Carlos Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San Carlos (“Saint Charles”). Pronunciation: /sæn ˈkɑː.lɒs/, /sæn ˈkɑɹ.loʊs/, /sæn ˈkɑɹ.lɔs/, /sæn ˈkɑɹ.ləs/ 1. Places in Chile: 2. Places in Chile: 3. A town in Morazán department, El Salvador. 4. Places in the United States: 5. Places in the United States: 6. A name for the mission located in Monterey County, California Labels: US 7. A native people of the Monterey County region. Labels: US 8. The native language spoken in the Monterey County region. Labels: US 9. Places in the Philippines: 10. Places in the Philippines: 11. Places in the Philippines: 12. Places in the Philippines: 13. Places in the Philippines: 14. Places in the Philippines: 15. Places in the Philippines: 16. Places in the Philippines: 17. Places in the Philippines: 18. Places in the Philippines: 19. Places in the Philippines: 20. Places in the Philippines: 21. Places in the Philippines: 22. Places in the Philippines: 23. Places in the Philippines: 24. Places in the Philippines: 25. Places in the Philippines: 26. Places in the Philippines: 27. Places in the Philippines: 28. Places in the Philippines: 29. Places in the Philippines: 30. Places in the Philippines: 31. Places in the Philippines: 32. Places in the Philippines: 33. Places in the Philippines: 34. Places in the Philippines: 35. Places in the Philippines: 36. Places in the Philippines: 37. Places in the Philippines:
Word: primadonna Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of prima donna. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: on the warpath Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Very angry or upset and eager for confrontation. Labels: idiomatic Example: Last year a committee of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America issued a report guardedly approving Birth Control. […] [M]any Presbyterians heartily disapproved. Last week the Presbyterian General Assembly met in Denver with Philadelphia's Rev. H. McAllister Griffiths and a corps of Fundamentalists on the warpath. Example: Boating enthusiasts, walkers and others who enjoy relaxing by canals were on the warpath last night after British Waterways announced plans to cut 180 staff.
Word: Carmel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew כַּרְמֶל (karmél, “vineyard of El/God”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑɹ.məl/ 1. A mountain range in Israel. Example: So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. 2. A female given name from Hebrew from the Roman Catholic epithet of Virgin Mary at Mount Carmel. 3. A city, valley, and river in Monterey County, California, United States. The full name of the city is Carmel-by-the-Sea. 4. One name for the mission located in Monterey County, California. 5. The Rumsen; the Native American people of this Monterey region. Labels: dated 6. Rumsen; the language of those people. Labels: dated 7. Other places in the United States: 8. Other places in the United States: 9. Other places in the United States: 10. Other places in the United States: 11. Other places in the United States: 12. Other places in the United States: 13. Other places in the United States: 14. A place in Wales: 15. A place in Wales: 16. A place in Wales: 17. A place in Wales: 18. A suburb of Perth, Australia.
Word: Carmeleno Part of Speech: noun 1. The Rumsen people. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Carmeleno Part of Speech: name 1. The Rumsen language.
Word: confuting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of confute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French aval. 1. A financial guarantee by a third party to assume the burden of a debt, especially a bill of exchange in the event of default.
Word: aval Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin avus (“grandfather”). 1. Of, related to, or characteristic of a grandparent. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Sosrodihardjo found it hard to support his children, and the young Sukarno was sent to stay with his grandmother […] Believing that the boy had supernatural powers of healing, she put him to licking the afflicted parts of ailing villagers, and decided that he would be a clairvoyant. But alas for aval ambitions; Sukarno turned out to be a visionary of quite a different sort.
Word: aval Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Malayalam അവൽ (aval) or Tamil அவல் (aval). 1. Synonym of flattened rice.
Word: bien pensant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French bien-pensant (literally “well-thinking”). Pronunciation: /ˌbyɛn pɛnˈsɑnt/, /ˌbjæ̃ pɒ̃ˈsɒ̃/ 1. Right-thinking; orthodox, conformist. Example: He hopes Mr Abbott wins the election in part because it would, he says, annoy bien-pensant British journalists and Leftists who oppose the Australian's positions on things like abortion, gay marriage or climate change. Example: My biggest beef is the idea that increasingly grips liberal thinkers desperate for anything radical – the concept of a universal income for all. Financially, behaviourally and organisationally bonkers, this idea is gaining traction on the bien pensant left.
Word: bien pensant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bien-pensant (literally “well-thinking”). Pronunciation: /ˌbyɛn pɛnˈsɑnt/, /ˌbjæ̃ pɒ̃ˈsɒ̃/ 1. A person who is bien pensant. 2. Someone who accepts and/or espouses a fashionable idea after it has been established and maintains it without a great amount of critical thought. Example: Near-synonyms: follower, believer, conformist
Word: clutch initiation Part of Speech: noun 1. lay date
Word: cram session Part of Speech: noun 1. An intense period of study, sometimes all night before a critical exam.
Word: radicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: all eyes Part of Speech: adj 1. Watching alertly or attentively. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 2. Having prominent eyes. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable 3. Gazing at devotedly. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: He was all eyes for her.
Word: bulbul Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Persian بلبل (bulbul) or from Arabic بُلْبُل (bulbul). Pronunciation: /ˈbʊlbʊl/ 1. Any of several passerine songbirds, of the family Pycnonotidae (currently, 27 genera recognized), native to Africa and Eurasia. 2. Any of the bulbul species of the Middle East, popular in poetry; sometimes known as the ‘nightingale of the East’. Example: The infant buds, impatient to look around them, rend their green garments and unfold their eyes; while every tree, on which the bulbul ſings, flutters with joy on the wings of their thouſand leaves. Example: ‘Of course, if you want something really Persian and passionate, with red wine and bulbuls in it,’ I went on to suggest; but she grabbed the book from me.
Word: sanguineous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sanguineus. Doublet of sanguine. 1. Accompanied by bloodshed; bloody. Example: [F]or swinging of incense-pans and Eighty-three Departmental Banners, we have waving of the one sanguineous Drapeau Rouge [red flag]. 2. Eager for bloody violence; bloodthirsty. 3. Resembling or constituting blood.
Word: permastone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A genericization from a trade name of the 1940s, Perma-Stone, itself a proprialization from what had previously been a lexical gap affixation, perma- + stone. 1. Any superficial surface constructed to look like stonework, usually made of concrete or thin sheets of rock assembled over an existing surface. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: formstone (broadly synonymous)
Word: ratiocinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin ratiōcinor (“to reckon, argue”) + -ate, from ratiō + -cinor. First use appears c.1643 in the writings of Kenelm Digby. Pronunciation: /ˌɹætiˈosəˌneɪt/, /ˌɹæʃiˈɑsəˌneɪt/ 1. To use the powers of the mind logically and methodically; to reason. Labels: formal, intransitive, transitive Example: "Observe the relative position," returned the Doctor with a smile. "It is your attitude to believe through thick and thin in one man's judgment—your own. I follow the same opinion, but critically and with open eyes. Which is the more irrational—I leave it to yourself." "Oh, my dear fellow!" cried Casimir, "[…] don't ratiocinate with me."
Word: amphisbaena Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin amphisbaena, from Ancient Greek ἀμφίσβαινα (amphísbaina, from ἀμφίς (amphís, “both ways”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go”)). Pronunciation: /æmfɪsˈbiːnə/ 1. A mythical serpent having a head at each end of its body, able to move in either direction. Example: 1971: What do you call that animal that goes backward and forward, head at each end? —'Amphisbaena'. A kind of lizard. It doesn't exist. — Anthony Burgess, M/F (Penguin 2004, p. 109) 2. A member of a genus of lizards, native to the Americas, having extremities which are very similar.
Word: amphisbæna Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æmfɪsˈbiːnə/ 1. Alternative form of amphisbaena. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: consecrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of consecrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: devil's own Part of Speech: adj 1. Particularly devilish; highly unpleasant or evil. Labels: not-comparable Example: The reason why our distressed young teacher found it the devil's own job to get the students to write was probably basically that they were not led to believe that written work was expected of them. 2. Intense. Labels: not-comparable Example: 'The Capt'n's been ridin' the devil's own pace,' said Dalton the coachman.
Word: chimeric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chimera Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English chimeric From chimera + -ic. Pronunciation: /kɪˈmɛɹɪk/, /kaɪˈmɛɹɪk/ 1. Like a chimera. Example: They crossed before the sun and vanished one by one and reappeared again and they were black in the sun and they rode out of that vanished sea like burn phantoms with the legs of the animals kicking up the spume that was not real and they were lost in the sun and lost in the lake and they shimmered and slurred together and separated again and they augmented by planes in lurid avatars and began to coalesce and there began to appear above them in the dawnbroached sky a hellish likeness of their ranks riding huge and inverted and the horses' legs incredibly elongate trampling down the high thin cirrus and the howling antiwarriors pendant from their mounts immense and chimeric and the high wild cries carrying that flat and barren pan like the cries of souls broke through some misweave in the weft of things into the world below. 2. Imaginary, fanciful. 3. Pertaining to a genetic chimera. Example: Application of the technology for producing chimeric mice has given considerable insight into the way intestinal crypts are organized. Example: Chimeric embryos are made by injecting cells or genetic material from one species into the embryo of another.
Word: bunny girls Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbʌni ˈɡɜː(ɹ)lz/ 1. plural of bunny girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pifferi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of piffero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tikkun Leil Shavuot Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew; literally, "rectification for Shavuot Night". 1. A special service for the evening of Shavuot, involving the study of Jewish sources, particularly the Jewish bible and postbiblical law materials all night on the holiday of Shavuot. Labels: Judaism
Word: crapping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crap Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: in broad daylight Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From in + broad daylight. Pronunciation: /ɪn bɹɔːd ˈdeɪlaɪt/, /ɪn bɹɔd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/, /ɪn bɹɑd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ 1. In ample natural illumination, during the daytime. Example: A fireball hurtled across the southern Tucson sky in broad daylight Saturday morning. 2. In a blatant and publicly visible manner during the day. Labels: figuratively Example: 'But surely,' protested Peter half-heartedly, 'he couldn't carry on a racket like that in broad daylight and get away with it?' Example: It's still too dangerous for the wife of a journalist who was murdered in the street in broad daylight.
Word: give off Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From give and off. Pronunciation: /ɡɪv ɒf/ 1. To emit; to produce and send forth; to come across in some manner. Labels: transitive Example: The substance was giving off smoke. Example: I left because she gave off a sense of impatience with me. 2. To fuss or whine. Labels: Ireland, intransitive, slang
Word: desto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of destination. 1. a headsign; a destination sign: a moveable or electronic display mounted on a bus or other public transport vehicle to indicate its intended route and destination. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, Singapore, informal Example: When you arrive at the terminus, remember to change your desto.
Word: right-handedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English right-handed Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English right-handedness From right-handed + -ness. 1. The state of being right-handed. Labels: uncountable
Word: paddle shifter Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of paddles, fitted to the steering wheel of a high-performance motor car, allowing the gears to be changed up or down in a single movement, and without using the clutch. It is a form of sequential shifter.
Word: clock up Part of Speech: verb 1. To accumulate (an amount of time or experience). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: To become a pilot, you must clock up at least 1,000 hours flying time. Example: Only Gresley's 'A3s' and the InterCity 125s, both of which clocked up over 40 years of ECML service, can boast longer careers. But none were pushed as hard, for as long, as the Class 91s and Mk 4s have been over the past three decades. 2. To cover (a distance) over time. Labels: UK, figuratively, transitive Example: My car has clocked up over 5,000 miles in the last month
Word: cerrados Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cerrado Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mulish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Italic *musklos? Latin mūlus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin mūla Anglo-Norman mulebor. ▲ Latin mūlusbor. Proto-West Germanic *mūl Old English mūl Middle English mule English mule Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English mulish From mule + -ish. Pronunciation: /ˈmjuːlɪʃ/ 1. Characteristic of a mule; stubborn, obstinate, or intractable. Example: […] a rickety verdigrised geyser which would spit two inches of tepid water into the bath and then mulishly stop working."
Word: fuckability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fuckable + -ity; fuck + -ability. Pronunciation: /ˌfʌkəˈbɪlɪti/, [ˌfʌkəˈbɪlɪ̈ɾi], [ˌfʌkɪ̈ˈbɪlɪ̈ɾi] 1. The abstract quality of being desirable as a lover, especially by virtue of being sexually attractive. Labels: uncountable, vulgar Example: “[…]Movie stars gotta have two qualities—without 'em they're dead.[…]Know what they are?” Lucky nodded. She knew Abe Panther’s credo by heart. “Likability and fuckability,” she recited without hesitation. Example: Eunice was FACing a little with three of the other Asian girls in the room, and her FUCKABILITY, I noticed with pride and a little worry, was 795, although her PERSONALITY just 500 (maybe she wasn't extro enough).
Word: user friendly Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of user-friendly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chemometrics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English metrics English chemometrics From chemo- + metrics. 1. The use of mathematical statistics in the design of experiments, and the evaluation of the resulting data. Labels: uncountable
Word: chemostat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chemo- + -stat. 1. An apparatus for the continuous culture of microorganisms in a steady state.
Word: chemostat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From chemo- + -stat. 1. To keep the concentration of a chemical constant
Word: chemostratigraphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English stratigraphy English chemostratigraphy From chemo- + stratigraphy. 1. The study and dating of sedimentary strata by the analysis of trace elements and isotopic ratios Labels: uncountable
Word: trace element Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of trace (“very small amount”) + element (“chemical element”). 1. A chemical element present in a sample in very small quantities. 2. A chemical element in an organism’s diet that is required in very small amounts in order to maintain proper biochemical function.
Word: my back teeth are floating Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Compare French avoir les dents du fond qui baignent, albeit with a different meaning. 1. I have a strong need to urinate. Labels: informal, slang Example: Where's the restroom? My back teeth are floating!
Word: regift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English gift English regift From re- + gift. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈɡɪft/ 1. To give something as a gift which the giver previously received as a gift; to give to a person something previously received as a gift. Labels: ditransitive, informal Example: Be upfront when giving the re-gifted item. Example: Don't tell the person who is receiving the gift that he/she is being regifted.
Word: regift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English gift English regift From re- + gift. Pronunciation: /ɹiˈɡɪft/ 1. A gift which has been given to a second or subsequent recipient. Labels: informal Example: Fortunately, I'd brought a selection of consolation prizes, Christmas regifts all, and so Ritchie the stranded F-250 driver became the recipient of a very nice scented candle. Example: Some regifts, particularly distinctive ones, may make the rounds (see “How to Repurpose a Fruitcake,” facing page) and end up being regifted to the original giver, a situation you may find hard to explain.
Word: penny for your thoughts Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˈpɛn.i fɔː jɔː ˈθɔːts/, /ˈpɛn.i fəː jəː ˈθɔːts/, /ˈpɛn.i fɔɹ jʊɹ ˈθɑts/, /ˈpɛn.i fɔɹ jʊɹ ˈθɔts/, /ˈpɛn.i fɚ jɚ ˈθɑts/ 1. Used to inquire into the thoughts and feelings of another, especially when the person appears pensive or conflicted. Labels: idiomatic Example: One day, as your ladyship was playing on the harpsichord to my master, Mr Jones was sitting in the next room, and methought he looked melancholy. La! says I, Mr Jones, what's the matter? a penny for your thoughts, says I. Example: As for Harry, he sate in very deep meditation over the scene; and when Mrs. Lambert offered him a penny for his thoughts, he said, “That he thought, Young Norval, Douglas, What-d'ye-call-'em, the fellow in white satin—who looked as old as his mother—was very lucky to be able to distinguish himself so soon.
Word: San Juan Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish San Juan. Pronunciation: /ˌsæn ˈʍɑːn/, /ˌsæn ˈwɑːn/, /ˌsæn ˈʍɑn/, /ˌsæn ˈwɑn/, /ˌsan ˈhwan/ 1. A province towards the northwest of Argentina. 2. A city, the capital of San Juan province, Argentina. 3. An independent city part of Metro Manila, Philippines. 4. A municipality of Siquijor, Central Visayas, Philippines. 5. The capital city of Puerto Rico. 6. A river in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. 7. A surname from Spanish.
Word: brake shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. An element of a drum brake into which the friction-producing brake lining is attached. Example: The rotating action of the brake drum tends to pull one brake shoe harder into contact. This is known as self-servo action. It occurs on the brake shoe, which is after the wheel cylinder, in the direction of wheel rotation. 2. A hard friction-producing element which is pressed against the tread of a wheel to provide braking. 3. A brake lining unit in a coaster brake on a bike.
Word: regiving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of regive Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present, rare
Word: cable terminal Part of Speech: noun 1. A fixture designed to be installed in the end of a cable or a conductor in order to facilitate the connection.
Word: enchain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English chain English enchain From en- + chain. 1. To restrain with, or as if with, chains. Labels: transitive Example: Powerful as were his own feelings, almost tempting him to throw himself at her feet, and make a full acknowledgment of his unvaried and never-ceasing love; yet his recollections of Harcourt, and circumstances therewith connected, the certainty of his expected arrival in England, restrained his utterance, threw a sort of spell over him, enchained by a species of self-command insupportably agonizing. Example: [B]y this sign one enchained the demons of the air, the spirits of fire, the phantoms of water and ghosts of earth. 2. To link together. Labels: transitive
Word: encipher Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- English cipher English encipher From en- + cipher. 1. To convert plain text into cipher.
Word: encirclement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der. Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ulus Latin circulus Old French cerclebor. Middle English circle English circle English encircle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English encirclement From encircle + -ment. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɜː(ɹ)kəlmənt/ 1. The act of encircling or the state of being encircled Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The isolation of a target by the formation of a blockade around it Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Not only did it give the Russians an abiding fear of encirclement, whether by nomadic hordes or by nuclear-missile sites, but it also launched them on their relentless drive eastwards and southwards into Asia, and eventually collision with the British in India.
Word: encrustation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of incrustation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: encyst Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English en- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewH-? Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁-der.? Ancient Greek κῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)? Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)der. Late Latin cystisder. English cyst English encyst From en- + cyst. Pronunciation: /ɛnˈsɪst/, /ɪnˈsɪst/ 1. To enclose within a cyst. Labels: transitive 2. To be enclosed within a cyst. Labels: intransitive Example: ‘Six months for the projectile to encyst before the knee can be opened safely.’
Word: encystment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From en- + cyst + -ment. 1. The formation of a cyst. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of becoming enclosed by, or as if by, a cyst. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: endangerment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endanger Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English endangerment From endanger + -ment. 1. The act of putting someone into danger, or the condition of being in danger. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The exposure of someone, especially a child, to danger or harm. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: endlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English endelesnesse, from Old English endelēasnes; equivalent to endless + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɛnd.lɪs.nəs/, /ˈɛnd.ləs.nəs/ 1. The state or characteristic of being endless. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: endorser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English endorse Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English endorser From endorse + -er. 1. A person who endorses.
Word: endways Part of Speech: adv 1. endwise
Word: memorie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of memory. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: ...to accept the thankefull recognition of me and my poore children, trustyng of the continuance of your good memorie of M. Ascham...
Word: chromium sesquioxide Part of Speech: noun 1. The chromium oxide, Cr₂O₃, manufactured from chromite and sometimes used as a pigment. Labels: uncountable
Word: pinwheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English pinwheel From pin + wheel. 1. A cogged (toothed) gear. 2. A toy for children, comprising an artificial (usually plastic) stem and a flower that spins round in the wind like a tiny windmill. 3. A firework that spins in the shape of a spinning wheel. Labels: Canada, US Example: The sun blazing late in the afternoon, this long hilarious day like a pinwheel inexhaustibly throwing off sparks. 4. A pastry made by laying out dough flat, smearing a topping over it and rolling it up into a spiral, then baking it, resulting in a swirl of filling. 5. Any food product consisting of layers (for example of pastry and sweet filling, or of bread and meat) rolled into a spiral.
Word: pinwheel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *pinnaz Proto-West Germanic *pinn Old English pinn Middle English pinne English pin Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English pinwheel From pin + wheel. 1. To spin. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The damaged fighter jet pinwheeled out of control, the g-forces pushing the pilot so hard he couldn't reach the ejection switch. Example: Uncertainly, he stepped back, bumping into the short skirt of the seawall. He stumbled and pinwheeled his arms for balance.
Word: taloned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From talon + -ed. 1. Having talons. Labels: not-comparable Example: Weakness was her enemy, the taloned beast that lived in her chest and couldn't wait to sharpen its fangs on her heart.
Word: Jeanette Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jean + -ette or misspelling of French Jeannette, from Jeanne + -ette, q.v. Originally chiefly Scottish. Doublet of Janet, Jeannette, Juanita, Shanae, and Sinead. 1. Alternative form of Jeannette. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bj Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of blow job. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: gm Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of general manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of group message. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of game master. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: gm Part of Speech: intj 1. Abbreviation of good morning. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ht Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of height. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: San Fran Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsæn ˌfɹæn/ 1. Clipped compound of San Francisco. Labels: slang Example: ‘In San Fran, we can be who we are. Not who we’re forced to be.’
Word: Angrez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindustani انگریز / अंग्रेज़ (aṅgrez), from Portuguese inglês (“Englishman”). Doublet of English. 1. An English person. Labels: India, North, Pakistan 2. A white person. Labels: India, North, Pakistan
Word: Adonai Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (ʾădônāy, “My Lord”); used in place of the Tetragrammaton YHWH as a name of the deity of Abrahamic religion during prayer recitation. Pronunciation: /əˈdəʊ.nʌɪ/, /ˈæ.də.nʌɪ/, /əˈdəʊ.neɪˌʌɪ/, /ˌæ.dəˈnaɪ/, /ˌæ.dəˈnaɪˌi/ 1. The Lord: a Hebrew title of God. Labels: Judaism Example: This not the last empire to crumble / I bore witness to rise and fall of tribes of Adonai / And I have fallen short of a glory of God
Word: head of government Part of Speech: noun 1. The chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).
Word: markup rate Part of Speech: noun 1. A percentage which a trader adds to the buy-in cost of goods in order to get the selling price.
Word: sables Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈseɪbəlz/ 1. plural of sable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sables Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈseɪbəlz/ 1. Black garments worn in mourning. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: sables Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈseɪbəlz/ 1. Alternative form of sable (“heraldry: black”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Example: Argent, a fesse between 3 cressauntes Sables. Sables, a sunne Argent. Example: […] this letter H sables and to the Creast upon the Healme on a wreathe silver & sables a Turtle-dove azure manteled gules doubled silver. Fifthly the Greke Reader the field silver & sables & perty^([sic]) per cheveron in the first these two Greke letters Α Alpha and Ω Omega sables & in the second a Cicade or Grasshoper silver […] Rob: Cooke alias Clarencieulx Roy D'Armes / The foregoing is taken from Baker's transcript of the original grant (v. Baker's MSS. in the University Library, Cambridge, vol. xxvi., p. 27).
Word: phylacteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phylactery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: angle grinder Part of Speech: noun 1. A usually hand-held grinder which uses a pair of internal gears to place the rotational axis of the grinding or cutting wheel perpendicular to that of the driving motor.
Word: overman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English overman (“a superior; leader; master”). Compare superman. By surface analysis, over- + man. 1. A person who supervises others; a supervisor, especially in a mine. Example: Despite the effects of the disease, he was subsequently promoted to overman and thereafter to undermanager.
Word: overman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From over- + man, as a calque of German Übermensch. 1. A man with great powers; a superman.
Word: overman Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From over- + man (verb). 1. To provide with too many personnel; overstaff.
Word: circular saw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1810-1820 Massachusetts 1. A power saw with a circular cutting blade, whose teeth rotate rapidly.
Word: hwair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gothic *𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂 (*ƕair, “hwair, cauldron, kettle, pot”). 1. The letter 𐍈 (ƕ) in the Gothic alphabet. 2. The letter ƕ, used in modern transliteration of the Gothic letter.
Word: totty Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɒti/ 1. sexually attractive women considered collectively; usually connoting a connection with the upper class. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang, uncountable 2. an individual sexually attractive woman Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, slang, uncountable Example: The mother screamed that Ali was a posh totty who held her nose up at ordinary folk with babies. Example: Some posh totty, who was more than a little bit of a babe, just walks up and makes Eddie pull her, against his will almost.
Word: totty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare totter. 1. unsteady; dizzy, tottery, or rickety Labels: UK, dialectal, obsolete Example: Then came October full of merry glee: / For yet his noule [head] was totty of the must, / Which he was treading in the wine-fats see, […] Example: I tell thee, fellow, I was somewhat totty when I received the good knight's blow, or I had kept my ground under it.
Word: totty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tot (“small child”). 1. Tiny, wee. Labels: Scotland Example: She would meet me with a summerbag: shoes and the little black number, though it had a totey hole at the shoulder […].
Word: totty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toty (“low-caste laborer”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: milk run Part of Speech: noun 1. A routine trip, especially one involving several stops 2. The collection of mixed loads from multiple fixed sources on a regular basis. 3. An uneventful mission, especially a military sortie completed without incident Labels: slang 4. A campaign for a political office whose main apparent purpose is to "milk" money from supporters in order to provide a source of income for the candidate, campaign staff, and family members. Labels: slang
Word: Weiler Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Weiler. 1. A surname.
Word: overtaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overtake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overtaking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which one thing overtakes another. Example: Figure 3.12 shows the number of overtakings as a function of the density of the vehicles. In general, the smaller the number of overtakings, the safer the traffic.
Word: sked Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Respelling of the first syllable of schedule. Pronunciation: /skɛd/ 1. A schedule. Labels: informal Example: Smaller-town indies are lopping off early-week skeds with winter among us. Example: Gibbs saying that the reason HRC delayed releasing her sked was that she was “hiding” something, […]
Word: sked Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Respelling of the first syllable of schedule. Pronunciation: /skɛd/ 1. To schedule. Labels: informal, transitive Example: Plan of the Pennsylvania State Council of Defense to ring in a State-wide network of 45 stations for an "educational" blackout test, was nixed by the Office of Censorship after it was okayed by the Third Service Command of the army. Skedded for Thursday (8), purpose of the broadcast was to educate public with air raid warning signals and all Pennsylvanians were urged to listen to instructions as broadcast. Example: Actually NBC and other webs have used similar devices in the past, particularly during the war, when net used plattered segments for its news and documentary stanzas. As far as can be determined, however, this is the first post-war instance in which the net has allowed even a partial plattering of a regularly skedded commercial stanza.
Word: sked Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumably from Scottish Gaelic sgadan. Pronunciation: /skɛd/ 1. herring Labels: Lewis, informal
Word: whipstitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whip + stitch. 1. A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge. 2. A tailor. Labels: archaic, derogatory 3. Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition. Example: c. 1678, John Dryden, Mac Flecknoe Where sold he bargains, "whip-stitch, kiss my arse", / Promised a play and dwindled to a farce? 4. A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant. Labels: colloquial 5. Half-ploughing or raftering.
Word: whipstitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whip + stitch. 1. To sew using such a stitch. 2. To half-plough or rafter.
Word: kickstool Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kick + stool. 1. A circular stool with small wheels used in libraries etc to reach high shelves; the wheels are made inoperative when a person stands on it
Word: rigg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ryg, ryge (“storm”), from or related to Old Norse hregg (“storm and rain”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪɡ/ 1. A strong, stormy wind (now chiefly in the phrase "Michaelmas riggs"). Example: ... vpon springe tydes, or after great riggs of the sea, at which tyme the sea will cast the same in more aboundance together into great heapes. Example: to take no better company with you than Michaelmas Riggs? If you do not make haste, I profess I cannot tell what to say to your journey. You may find more danger in a ship to Ireland, than over the Thames in a skuller.
Word: pectiniform Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the form of a comb; pectinate.
Word: benevolent assimilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1898 by President William McKinley justifying the invasion of the Philippines. 1. The assimilation of a group of foreigners by absorbing them into a new culture, with the primary stated reason being that it is an act of benevolence. Labels: Philippines, US, countable, historical, uncountable Example: Finally, it should be the earnest wish and paramount aim of the military administration to win the confidence, respect, and affection of the inhabitants of the Philippines by assuring them in every possible way that full measure of individual rights and liberties which is the heritage of free peoples, and by proving to them that the mission of the United States is one of Benevolent Assimilation substituting the mild sway of justice and right for arbitrary rule.