nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hasting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of haste Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: feature film Part of Speech: noun 1. The main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers. 2. Any film produced to be shown in cinemas before being released for home viewing. Labels: broadly
Word: climbdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From climb + down. 1. A retreat or withdrawal from an earlier position or opinion; a backdown. Labels: figuratively Example: Thursday's court appearance as he waited for his case to be heard was a humiliating climbdown for the flamboyant Texan, who sports the clipped mustache and Saville Row style of English aristocracy. Example: There will be “a cost” to the government’s climbdown on welfare changes at the budget, one of Keir Starmer’s senior ministers has said, as a leading fiscal thinktank said new tax rises appeared increasingly likely.
Word: excrements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of excrement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gyms Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪmz/ 1. plural of gym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gyms Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪmz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gym Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reel-to-reel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally descriptive, used in reel-to-reel recorder and like phrases, then shortened. 1. A machine that records sound onto, or plays sound from, tape wound on one reel, by feeding it through to another reel. Example: Costume changes performed with poise / Dancing in formation with a couple of boys / I take them on the road with my reel-to-reels / I'm an artist, honey, you know how that feels?
Word: irregulars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of irregular Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magistrature Part of Speech: noun 1. Magistracy.
Word: great power Part of Speech: noun 1. A state that has the ability to exert its influence on a global scale.
Word: groined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of groin Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: groined Part of Speech: adj 1. Built with groins. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hyperbolical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of hyperbolic. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This hyperbolical epitaph.
Word: unsurveyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English surveyed English unsurveyed From un- + surveyed. 1. Not surveyed; unexplored.
Word: meannesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meanness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: whelmed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of whelm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cosmical Part of Speech: adj 1. Cosmic. Labels: archaic 2. Rising or setting with the sun; not acronycal. Labels: dated
Word: salaamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of salaam Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ORL Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Orlando (Orlando, Florida, USA). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: unsheltered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English sheltered English unsheltered From un- + sheltered. 1. Without shelter; exposed. Example: This platform was used by the owning company's trains, but those of the District, and later of the Piccadilly Line, were relegated to the other platform, virtually devoid of covering, and accessible only by an unsheltered path passing behind the buffer stops. 2. Without being sheltered against. Example: The rain came down upon my head Unshelter’d—and the heavy wind Was giantlike—so thou, my mind!— […]
Word: audio-visual Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of audiovisual. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: confreres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of confrere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inquietudes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inquietude Labels: form-of, plural
Word: there's no place like home Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Popularized by the 1823 song Home! Sweet Home!, in which the phrase was used as a refrain. Popularized again, more recently, in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz. 1. One feels most comfortable at home. Example: Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.
Word: there is an exception to every rule Part of Speech: proverb 1. Usually said in a situation when the rule is incorrect and unusable.
Word: fools rush in where angels fear to tread Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From An Essay on Criticism (1711) by Alexander Pope. 1. A person who does not plan ahead and think matters through becomes involved in risky or unfavorable situations which prudent people avoid. Example: “It's the first article of your creed—that marriage is a holy sacrament, that no power on earth or in hell can ever dissolve its bonds? Fools rush in where angels fear to tread, my dear! They always have—they always will, I suppose. Example: The year following my graduation the new Captain of my Alma Mater's team asked me if I would aid him in developing the squad for next year. Well, "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread," so I said Yes.
Word: bilinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear English bilinear From bi- + linear. Pronunciation: /baɪˈlɪn.i.ə/, /baɪˈlɪn.i.ɚ/, /bɑɪˈlɪn.i.ə/ 1. Linear (preserving linear combinations) in each variable. Labels: not-comparable Example: The function f(x,y)#61;xy is bilinear, because f(ax#43;bu,y)#61;af(x,y)#43;bf(u,y) and f(x,ay#43;bv)#61;af(x,y)#43;bf(x,v) for all values. 2. Of or pertaining to a Möbius transformation (type of conformal map representable as the ratio of two linear functions). Labels: not-comparable Example: bilinear isotropic hardening
Word: bilinear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear English bilinear From bi- + linear. Pronunciation: /baɪˈlɪn.i.ə/, /baɪˈlɪn.i.ɚ/, /bɑɪˈlɪn.i.ə/ 1. A bilinear function.
Word: fools rush in Part of Speech: phrase 1. Ellipsis of fools rush in where angels fear to tread. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: exotics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exotic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idlest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of idle: most idle Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: largesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of largesse Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of largess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: villanies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of villany Labels: form-of, plural
Word: idealizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of idealize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: japanned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of japan Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: be seized of Part of Speech: verb 1. To remain in consideration of a matter. 2. To reserve the right to reconsider a matter, as in a deliberative assembly. Example: Decides to remain seized of the matter
Word: ardours Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ardour Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caresser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caress + -er. 1. One who caresses.
Word: rattletraps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rattletrap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jobbery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English job Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English jobbery From job + -ery. 1. The improper or corrupt act or conduct of public or official business for the sake of private gain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: personal water craft Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of jet ski.
Word: railleries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raillery Labels: form-of, plural
Word: releasable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English release 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 releasable From release + -able. 1. Capable of, or suitable for, release.
Word: russets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of russet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: russets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of russet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rivulets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rivulet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rosebushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rosebush Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rangier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rangy: more rangy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: rangiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of rangy: most rangy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: rashers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rasher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rashers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rasher Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rapider Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rapid: more rapid. Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: rapidest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of rapid: most rapid. Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: raviolis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ravioli Labels: form-of, plural
Word: take flight Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin flying; to become airborne or aloft; to take off and fly Labels: idiomatic Example: Though the bird is still young, in a day or two it will spread its wing and take flight for the first time. 2. to flee Labels: idiomatic Example: The criminals took flight as soon as they heard the sirens.
Word: routinizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of routinize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: routinise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From routine + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of routinize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: routinises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of routinise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: routinising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of routinise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: routinised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of routinise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resoluter Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of resolute: more resolute Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: resolutest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of resolute: most resolute Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: by definition Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. According to, or as a matter of, definition. Example: This property holds for all polygons; and since, by definition, all triangles are polygons, it holds for all triangles. 2. Necessarily; always; certainly. Example: Almost by definition, a conversation requires both parties to accept each other's viewpoints to some extent. Example: Two minutes later, the Aston Villa man delivered. It was hardly the sweetest strike, but nobody cared. It wasn't particularly pretty, not that it mattered. It only found its way into the Haiti net by way of a double deflection but that was completely irrelevant. It was a Scottish goal in their first World Cup in a generation. By definition, it was a thing of absolute beauty. The winner. Scotland's total of victories at the finals rises from four to five. These things are rare.
Word: reimports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reimport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reimports Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reimport Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reimporter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reimport + -er. 1. One who reimports.
Word: reimporters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reimporter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reimporting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reimport Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reimported Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reimport Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: classified advertisements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of classified advertisement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xanthone Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈzæn.θoʊn/, /ˈzan.θəʊn/ 1. An aromatic ketone, 9-oxo-xanthene, that is used as an insecticide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Sabine's gull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Edward Sabine. 1. A small gull, Xema sabini, breeding in the Arctic and migrating south in autumn.
Word: xeme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Xema, taxonomic genus. Pronunciation: /ziːm/ 1. Sabine's gull (Xema sabini).
Word: xenoblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xeno- + -blast. 1. A crystal forming in a metamorphic rock that has not developed its characteristic crystalline faces and which gets its shape from bordering crystals.
Word: obstipate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin obstipātus, perfect passive participle of obstipō (“to block, stop up”), from ob- + stipō; see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To induce severe constipation through an intestinal blockage 2. To become or cause to become blocked up. Labels: rare Example: Noisy, stuffy men smelling of tobacco smoke, their minds obstipated by clogged presumptions !
Word: skar Part of Speech: noun 1. A Tibetan unit of weight, equivalent to one hundredth of a srang. Labels: historical 2. A Tibetan monetary unit used in the first half of the 20th century. Labels: historical
Word: gallinaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gallīnāceus, from gallīna (“hen”), itself from gallus (“cock”). Pronunciation: /ɡælɪˈneɪʃəs/ 1. Related to the genus Gallus, poultry; notably said of the order Galliformes.
Word: freep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from Freeper, from The Free Republic, a popular conservative forum. 1. To subject to a mass internet or email assault aimed at pushing a particular point of view. Labels: Internet, US Example: Hearsay even got "freeped." "Freepers," followers of a rightist Web site called Free Republic, orchestrated a "Freeper Call to Action." Example: Freeping is one of the reasons Internet surveys are useless as a gauge of public opinion because the results can reflect an organized campaign.
Word: freeping Part of Speech: adj 1. freaking Labels: emphatic, intensifier, not-comparable, rare Example: So I told this guy if he thought I was going to start putting out for a lousy part in some equity-waiver theater, he was out of his freeping mind.
Word: freeping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of freep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: moonshining Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moonshine + -ing. 1. Illicit production and distribution of liquor. Labels: US, informal, uncountable
Word: moonshining Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From moonshine + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of moonshine Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: soffione Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian soffione. 1. A fumarole.
Word: beast of prey Part of Speech: noun 1. A carnivorous animal that hunts for its food, especially one that preys on vertebrates. 2. A predatory person, savagely cruel and ruthless in their treatment of others. Labels: figuratively Example: Much controversy has surrounded Nietzsche’s writings on the “higher” and “lower” types of man. Is he to be taken as glorifying the cruel tyrant, the “beast of prey”, or did he have some less repulsive ideal? The answer seems to be neither an unqualified yes nor an unqualified no.
Word: letters after one's name Part of Speech: noun 1. A list of abbreviations, separated by commas, representing the academic qualifications and civil or military honors achieved by a person. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: Again, as he was a mere student without any letters after his name, he got scant attention, and I never heard that he gained over a single supporter. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle - The Stark Munro Letters - Page 16
Word: nuclearism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English nuclear 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 nuclearism From nuclear + -ism. 1. The advocacy of nuclear weapons and nuclear technology for the maintenance of national security Labels: uncountable
Word: supergroups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supergroup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trackways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trackway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chiliarch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek χιλίαρχος (khilíarkhos) via Latin chiliarchus. 1. A commander of a thousand troops in Hellenistic Greece. Labels: historical Example: And Dadaces, the chiliarch, spear-struck, Forth from his galley leapt with nimble bound. Example: When I had seen it, I halted and turned to look up at the peak on whose slope we walked. I could see the face now and its mitre of ice, and below it the left shoulder, where a thousand cavalrymen might have been exercised by their chiliarch.
Word: kookas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kooka Labels: form-of, plural
Word: in sheets Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of rain or other precipitation, very hard. Example: The rain was pouring down in sheets.
Word: Murad Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Murat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Murad Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish مراد (murad), from Arabic مُرَاد (murād). 1. A male given name, of Turkish origin, borne by various Ottoman dignitaries
Word: conculcate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conculcatus, past participle of conculcare (“to conculcate”). 1. To tread or trample underfoot. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, often, transitive
Word: conculcate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin conculcatus, past participle of conculcare (“to conculcate”). 1. Despised, disregarded, trampled. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, often Example: […] the sorrowful world of men: / Old castles fired, old mountains overturned, / Old majesties conculcate in the dust […]
Word: cucurbita Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cucurbit (plant). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: “But where can I get the gourds—I beg your pardon, the cucurbitas?’ Example: To the gourd growers and potters reaching America, would not the most obvious candidate in this strange botanical world be the most gourdlike plant, hence the cucurbitas? The suggestion has been made that the earliest use of the cucurbitas was for their seeds.
Word: soffioni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soffione Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cucurbite Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of cucurbit. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: cuarta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cuarta (“fourth”). Doublet of quart, quarter, and cuarto, &c. 1. A traditional Galician unit of dry measure, a quarter-ferrado equivalent to about 3–4.5 L depending on the substance measured. Labels: historical 2. Synonym of palmo, quarter-vara, a traditional Spanish unit of length Labels: historical
Word: riding whip Part of Speech: noun 1. riding crop, horse whip
Word: horse whip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of horsewhip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: powerup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of power-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: craquelure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French craqueler Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -(ā)tūram Old French -(ë)ure French -ure French craquelurebor. English craquelure Borrowed from French craquelure. Pronunciation: /kɹæk.əˈlʊə/, /kɹæk.əˈljʊə/, /kɹæk.əˈlʊɹ/, /kɹæk.əˈljʊɹ/ 1. The distinctive pattern of hairline cracks in the surface of an old painting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Documentary evidence is what he prefers; but, failing that, he will put up with a cunning concoction of dates and watermarks, cabalistic signatures, craquelure, patina, chemical properties of paint and medium, paper and canvas, all sorts of collateral evidence, historical and biographical, and racy tricks of brush or pen. Example: Alan squinted. It was the robot, the one he’d given her, the pretty thing with the Dutch Master craquelure up its tuna-can skirts.
Word: ethnographical Part of Speech: adj 1. ethnographic
Word: hardwire Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of hard-wire. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hard-wire Part of Speech: verb 1. To connect components by means of permanent electrical wires. 2. To implement a feature in hardware rather than in software so that it cannot easily be changed. 3. To make a pattern of behaviour automatic. Labels: broadly Example: "And the mindset of a silo of rail engineers, and a silo of highway engineers, and a silo of bus experts, and a silo of active travel people, you're not going to integrate just because you put them in one organisation. "You have to actively look at ways to cross-fertilise that thinking, to get multi-modal projects hard-wired in. And from our view, I see TfW as a behaviour change organisation.
Word: immoralists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immoralist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: immoralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English immoral Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English immoralist From immoral + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɒɹəˌlɪst/ 1. An advocate of immorality Example: WHEN it comes to poking serious fun at High Society and making a quiet mockery of its hypocritical ways there’s still no one one^([sic]) to match the Victorian age’s master of homosexual immorality, Mr Oscar Wilde. […] Wilde, being a first-class subversive, implies that the Wicked Lady, an unshamed adventureress and serial lover, ought be admired for the courage of her convictions: by contrast he mocks the aristocrats as immoralists desperate to be caught in a good light. 2. An adherent or practitioner of immoralism
Word: imperatival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English imperative Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English imperatival From imperative + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to the imperative mood.
Word: minesweeping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mine + sweeping. 1. The detection and safe disposal of mines. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The act of looking for and drinking half-drunk alcoholic drinks that have been left by other attendees of a bar or nightclub. Labels: slang, uncountable, usually
Word: minesweeping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mine + sweeping. 1. present participle and gerund of minesweep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fadoodle Part of Speech: noun 1. nonsense Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: lip clap Part of Speech: noun 1. A kiss. Labels: obsolete
Word: strap on a pair Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Abbreviation of "strap on a pair of testicles". 1. To be brave; to show some courage, especially in a situation where one has so far failed to do so. Labels: US, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Example: The moral of the story is strap on a pair and be a man. Example: Somebody clearly needed to "strap on a pair" and say what needed to be said. Forget the flowery words and sensitivity training.
Word: heronry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heron + -ry. 1. A breeding woodland for herons; a heron rookery.
Word: archmurderers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of archmurderer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prototyping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtətaɪpɪŋ/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪpɪŋ/, /-ɾə-/ 1. The rapid creation of prototypes of a new product for demonstration and research purposes. Labels: uncountable Example: ■ A Design and Build Contract for the design, software development, prototyping, factory testing, integration testing, installation, static and dynamic testing and commissioning of the TDS.
Word: prototyping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtətaɪpɪŋ/, /ˈpɹoʊtəˌtaɪpɪŋ/, /-ɾə-/ 1. present participle and gerund of prototype Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resending Part of Speech: noun 1. Act of sending something again.
Word: ribosylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ribose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English ribosyl 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 ribosylation From ribosyl + -ation. 1. The attachment of a ribose or ribosyl group to a molecule, especially to a polypeptide or protein
Word: gangles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of gangle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ribosyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ribose Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English ribosyl From ribose + -yl. 1. any univalent radical derived from ribose
Word: gangled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gangle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gherkins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gherkin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sleevenotes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sleeve notes. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: In her sleevenotes Liudmila Georgievskaya reveals that she has always been particularly drawn to the variation form, and the possibilities it provides for looking at a musical structure from multiple points of view, […]
Word: sleeve notes Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of liner notes. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: schizomid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many tropical arachnids, of the order Schizomida.
Word: forfeitability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English forfeit Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English forfeitability From forfeit + -ability. 1. Susceptibility to forfeiture. Labels: uncountable Example: The forfeitability of the claimant’s vehicle was likely due to the fact that she, the claimant, had sold illegal narcotics from the vehicle on three separate occasions.
Word: syncretically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English syncretic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English syncretically From syncretic + -ally. 1. In a syncretic manner
Word: forfeitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English forfeitable, forfaitable, forfetable, equivalent to forfeit + -able. 1. Liable to be forfeited
Word: fissuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fissure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fissuring Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation of a fissure. Example: The borders of large subsiding areas sooner or later experiencing deep fissurings and extensive upliftings through the tension or horizontal force of the subsiding crust[…]
Word: fissured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fissure Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fissured Part of Speech: adj 1. Having fissures. Labels: not-comparable
Word: feaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fester, festour, equivalent to feast + -er. 1. One who feasts, who attends a feast. Example: All the feasters eagerly awaited the arrival of the main course.
Word: feasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: father in law Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of father-in-law. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crewer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscere Old French creistre Old French creuebor. Middle English crue English crew English -er English crewer From crew + -er. 1. A member of a crew, as on a ship or spacecraft Labels: informal Example: This part of the ship is for crewers only. 2. A person in charge of locating the technical crew for a media production Example: For much of the crew, a regional crewer will be contracted to provide camera operators, A2s, […] 3. A competitive rower Example: […] we will begin cutting until we have 50 crewers left for the novice team.
Word: pixel art Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of digital art drawn at the pixel level, sometimes having the pixels enlarged for a retro appearance. Labels: uncountable Example: What can I say about pixel art other than that the designers who create it have way too much time on their hands? All joking aside, pixel art has taken on a life of its own in recent years. Example: The Pencil tool is useful when you want to control exactly how a pixel changes. For example, pixel art is often done using the Pencil tool with a brush size of 1 pixel […]
Word: ulvospinel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ulvöspinel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ulvöspinel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Ulvö Islands, where it was first described, and spinel. 1. An iron titanium oxide mineral of the spinel group.
Word: DILF Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of dad I'd like to fuck, after MILF. Pronunciation: /dɪlf/ 1. A father or older man found sexually attractive. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, slang, vulgar Example: Sexy DILF butler Bates looks like he's finally going to get it on with housemaid Anna, after spending all of Series One mooning after her like a calf on Wobbly Eggs.
Word: know someone when Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the formulaic phrase by which speakers begin reminiscence of now-famous persons. 1. To have known a famous person before he or she was famous. Labels: past, usually Example: 1915, "Interesting People: Charles Bullard: A Famous Photographer of Cats", in "The American Magazine" His friends thought him crazy, as friends always think when a man has an original idea and acts on it. Now, when his friends speak of him they invariably add, "I knew him when—" Example: Of course when your school chum comes in from the old home town you want to send him back a life-long member of the "I-knew-him-when Club." You picture him back home, just a wee bit superior, as befits a friend of the great, holding forth to the boy's at the Sunshine Athletic Club.
Word: whyn't Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From why + -n't. Pronunciation: /waɪnt/ 1. Contraction of why + don't. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal Example: ‘She's skeered. Whyn't they leave her be?’ 2. Contraction of why + didn't. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, dialectal Example: "Whyn't he tell me, the dang little fool?" "He did!" Mrs. Adams sobbed. "He did tell you, and you wouldn't give it to him."
Word: meganuclease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English nuclease English meganuclease From mega- + nuclease. 1. An endonuclease that binds to a specific long nucleotide sequence when cleaving.
Word: fictitional Part of Speech: adj 1. Synonym of fictional. Labels: rare Example: I'll give you a clue... two clues. I am alive and I am not fictitional. Example: […] a fictitional conversation between Confucius and Yen Hui: […]
Word: public enemy Part of Speech: noun 1. A criminal widely regarded as dangerous or antisocial.
Word: public enemies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of public enemy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diffeomorphism Part of Speech: noun 1. A differentiable homeomorphism (with differentiable inverse) between differentiable manifolds.
Word: diffeomorphisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diffeomorphism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: photovore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + -vore. 1. A robot that is powered by solar cells and moves towards light to "feed". Example: Many of these robots are capable of tracking the sun like a photovore, and thus stay alive. At night, they go into a dormant state. Example: A photovore "race" towards a bright light might take a while to complete.
Word: zombification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zombie + -fication. 1. The act or process of zombifying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Both the threat and the fact of zombification confer on the bokor a potent means of social control, if he chooses to use it.
Word: bitey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bite + -y (suffix forming adjectives). Compare West Frisian bitsich (“snappy”), Saterland Frisian bieterg (“snappish”), German Low German bittsig (“snappy”), German bissig (“snappy, snappish”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪti/, [ˈbaɪ̯ɾi] 1. Inclined to bite. Labels: informal Example: So when someone tells you their little trick for dealing with a bitey horse, just remember that that is what it is — a little trick. Example: It has all the beauty of an idyllic tropical island without any of the nasty, bitey stuff. 2. Having a sharp or spicy flavor.
Word: bitey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeyd- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéydt Proto-Germanic *bītaną Proto-West Germanic *bītan Old English bītan Middle English biten English bite English -y English bitey From bite + -y (suffix forming nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪti/, [ˈbaɪ̯ɾi] 1. An animal that bites or stings. Labels: Australia
Word: sukkah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew סֻכָּה (suká, “sukkah”). Pronunciation: /ˈsʊkə/ 1. A temporary dwelling or booth used by practising Jews during Tabernacles (Sukkot). Labels: Judaism Example: But on his return to Atil from the summer hordes, the usurper Buljan ordered that his sukkah be erected on the donjon's roof [...].
Word: tetranucleotide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English nucleotide English tetranucleotide From tetra- + nucleotide. 1. A codon containing four nucleotides
Word: unwritable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English writable English unwritable From un- + writable. 1. Not writable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: yangmei Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mandarin 楊梅 /杨梅 (yángméi). 1. The edible crimson fruit of the subtropical tree Myrica rubra. 2. The tree itself.
Word: yumberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Marketing coinage from yum + berry. 1. The yangmei, especially in commercial products where it is promoted as a superfruit. Example: While yumberries are edging into popular recognition, new antioxidant fruits such as Kakadu plums are in the very initial stages of commercialization. Example: Cranberries, Yumberries & Blackcurrants
Word: thirty-first Part of Speech: adj 1. The ordinal form of the number thirty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 31 of a sequence. Example: The answer appears on the thirty-first page of the book. Example: She finished thirty-first in the race.
Word: thirty-first Part of Speech: noun 1. One of thirty-one equal parts of a whole. Example: A thirty-first of 620 is 20.
Word: forty-eighth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːti ˈeɪ(t)θ/, /ˌfɔɹti ˈeɪ(t)θ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number forty-eight, describing a person or thing in position number 48 of a sequence. Example: The answer appears on the forty-eighth page of the book. Example: She finished forty-eighth in the race.
Word: forty-eighth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forty-eight + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːti ˈeɪ(t)θ/, /ˌfɔɹti ˈeɪ(t)θ/ 1. One of forty-eight equal parts of a whole. Example: A forty-eighth of 960 is 20.
Word: forty-ninth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːti ˈnaɪnθ/, /ˌfɔɹti ˈnaɪnθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number forty-nine, describing a person or thing in position number 49 of a sequence. Example: The answer appears on the forty-ninth page of the book. Example: She finished forty-ninth in the race.
Word: forty-ninth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forty-nine + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌfɔːti ˈnaɪnθ/, /ˌfɔɹti ˈnaɪnθ/ 1. One of forty-nine equal parts of a whole. Example: A forty-ninth of 980 is 20.
Word: forty-first Part of Speech: adj 1. The ordinal form of the number forty-one, describing a person or thing in position number 41 of a sequence. Example: The answer appears on the forty-first page of the book. Example: She finished forty-first in the race.
Word: forty-first Part of Speech: noun 1. One of forty-one equal parts of a whole. Example: A forty-first of 820 is 20.
Word: sixty-fourth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sixty-four + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔːθ/, /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔɹθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number sixty-four, describing a person or thing in position number 64 of a sequence. Example: The answer appears on the sixty-fourth page of the book. Example: She finished sixty-fourth in the race.
Word: sixty-fourth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sixty-four + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔːθ/, /ˌsɪksti ˈfɔɹθ/ 1. One of sixty-four equal parts of a whole. Example: A sixty-fourth of 1280 is 20.
Word: destructuring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of destructure Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: destructuring Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is destructured. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But if man can accept initiation to see that Lilith is his long-lost primordial wife, then the energies of destruction can be transmuted and taken up into the creative destructuring of the old civilization, the industrial civilization that humanity has already outgrown.
Word: destructure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English structure English destructure From de- + structure. 1. to destroy the structure of something 2. to dismantle 3. to unpack data from one variable into their own variables.
Word: stuff and nonsense Part of Speech: noun 1. rubbish, foolishness, poppycock Labels: uncountable Example: "Stuff and nonsense!" said Bartle, forgetting in his irritation to whom he was speaking—"I beg your pardon, sir; I mean it's stuff and nonsense for the innocent to care about her being hanged.[…]" Example: “It’s a pun!” the King added in an angry tone, and everybody laughed. ¶ “Let the jury consider their verdict,” the King said, for about the twentieth time that day. ¶ “No, no!” said the Queen. “Sentence first—verdict afterwards.” ¶ “Stuff and nonsense!” said Alice loudly. “The idea of having the sentence first!”
Word: depopulator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English depopulator, borrowed Latin dēpopulātor. By surface analysis, depopulate + -or. 1. A person who depopulates an area, especially one who forcibly removes people from an estate.
Word: depopulative Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /diːˈpɒpjʊlətɪv/, /diːˈpopjʊˌleɪtɪv/ 1. That depopulates
Word: dentinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dentin + -al or dentine + -al. 1. Of or relating to dentin or dentine. Labels: not-comparable
Word: deipnophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deipno- + -phobia. 1. A fear of banquets or dinner parties. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: People who heartily sympathise with the ‘deipnophobia’ of Gordon. Example: For those of us with deipnophobia—a fear of dining and dinner conversations—literally anything is more pleasant than a meal with friends.
Word: dinner party Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively formal meal at which invited guests eat in the home of the host. Example: She is only coming to gloat over my bedraggled and flowerless borders and to sing the praises of her own detestably over-cultivated garden. I’m sick of being told that it’s the envy of the neighbourhood; it’s like everything else that belongs to her—her car, her dinner-parties, even her headaches, they are all superlative; no one else ever had anything like them. Example: If the dinner party does become extinct, I will mourn its passing. I like having them, and I love being invited to them.
Word: anamonic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of anagram + mnemonic; coined by Scrabble player Bob Lipton. 1. A mnemonic used for recalling lists of words, particularly in Scrabble, consisting of a "stem" of base letters and an accompanying phrase, each of whose letters can combine with the stem to form an anagram of a word. Example: For example, the DAMOSEL stem only appears in the second of the two Internet lists mentioned above. The given anamonic is PRIZED GALS.
Word: deodand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman deodande, from Latin deodandum, from Deo dandum (“to be given to God”). 1. An object forfeited to the state (and supposedly to God) because it had caused the death of a person. Labels: historical Example: Really, it’s hard not to wonder whether some current civil forfeiture practices represent much less than a revival of the archaic common-law deodand. 2. A fine equal to the value of this object, paid by the owner of the object. Labels: historical Example: pay the deodand
Word: midlife crisis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mid-life crisis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mid-life Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of midlife. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: minidress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Paleo-Hispanicbor. Latin Minius Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -um Latin minium Italian minio Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Italian -are Italian miniare Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Italian -tura Italian miniaturabor. English miniature English mini- English dress English minidress From mini- + dress. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪn.iˌdɹɛs/ 1. A woman's short dress with its hemline well above the knees, generally at mid-thigh level.
Word: squee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /skwiː/, [skwiː] 1. To squeal with excitement or delight. Labels: informal Example: Meanwhile on Usenet, a couple of anti-choicers are racing to out-stupid each other, squeeing like school children over something someone said. Example: On Tuesday, Reddit user lern41 got the Reddit community squeeing when he posted a few photos of his pet cats, Artemis and Apollo.
Word: squee Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /skwiː/, [skwiː] 1. A squeal of excitement or delight. Labels: informal Example: The new console will certainly have more powerful graphics, processor, hard drive and all those specs that really only nerdy writers for technology websites care about: “Ermahgerd, moar polygons! More frame rate! Squee!”
Word: squee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /skwiː/, [skwiː] 1. A cry of squee. Labels: informal Example: It's just that the young female group squees seem to come at the most inopportune time. Sure enough, just about every time I'm on the phone — squee. Talking to someone important? Squee. Example: "Oughta be more careful, El. Most people aren't accustomed to fanboyish squees." "Well, they aren't going to get used to it without exposure." "Fair 'nough."
Word: fishbone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fish + bone. 1. A bone from a fish. Example: He choked on a fishbone. 2. Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton. Labels: attributive, figuratively Example: a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass
Word: metalcraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μέτᾰλλον (métăllon)der. Latin metallum Old French metalbor. Middle English metal English metal Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Old English -cræft Middle English -craft English -craft English metalcraft From metal + -craft. 1. Metalworking. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Samuel Storch, 55, lived in Miami and commuted by air to New York to operate two metalcraft factories with other members of his family. 2. Collectively, items crafted from metal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: misaddress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Old French a- Vulgar Latin *dīrēctiāre Old French drecier Old French adrecierbor. Middle English adressen English address English misaddress From mis- + address. 1. To address (a letter, etc.) incorrectly. Labels: transitive Example: She had written it to him before she died, but had misaddressed it — and hence the postal delay.
Word: thataway Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From that + way with anaptyxis of [a], see also -a-. Pronunciation: /ˈðædəˌweɪ/ 1. That way (usually in terms of physical direction). Labels: Southern-US, humorous, not-comparable Example: Now there’ll be a jackpot an’ no mistake. I’ll be desperate thataway. Like a hungry hobo locked up in a piehouse. Like a weary pilgrim who hears them pearly gates clang shut behind him . . . Example: I sure hope he don't get hisself hurt one of these days, running his mouth thataway.
Word: possesion Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of possession. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: mazelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English maze Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English mazelike From maze + -like. 1. Like a maze; labyrinthine. Example: If a military man with AIDS were discharged for homosexuality, he would lose his medical benefits and be thrown into the already overtaxed and maze-like system of public welfare. Example: The dark New York restaurant is a mazelike “ninja village,” with iron bars and cold stone lining the walls.
Word: undecaying Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English decaying English undecaying From un- + decaying. 1. That does not decay; lasting, imperishable. Labels: not-comparable Example: the undecaying power and grace of God