nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: forevermore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Blend of forever + evermore. Pronunciation: /fəˈɹɛv.ə.mɔː/, /fɔːɹˈɛv.ɚ.mɔːɹ/ 1. At any or all times in the future; forever. Labels: not-comparable Example: Poor Pope; and I am told he is fast growing bankrupt too; and will, in a measurable term of years (a great way within the ‘three hundred’), not have a penny to make his pot boil! His old rheumatic back will then get to rest; and himself and his stage-properties sleep well in Chaos forevermore. Example: A frozen sun forevermore the same.
Word: forgather Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Scots forgather, foregather (“to gather up, assemble”), equivalent to for- + gather. Cognate with Dutch vergaderen (“to assemble”), German vergattern (“to assemble; to assign duty”). Pronunciation: /fəˈɡaðə/, /fɚˈɡæðɚ/ 1. To assemble or gather together in one place, to gather up; to congregate. Labels: intransitive Example: Dean’s California—wild, sweaty, important, the land of lonely and exiled and eccentric lovers come to forgather like birds, and the land where everybody somehow looked like broken-down, handsome, decadent movie actors. Example: “And she caught you?” “Not once, but twice.” [...] “Half-way under the dressing-table, were you?” “The second time. When we first forgathered, I was sitting on the floor with a chair round my neck.”
Word: forgivable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From forgive + -able. Partially displaced non-native Middle English pardonable (“capable of being pardoned, forgivable”) from Old French pardonable (“forgivable”). 1. Able to be forgiven; worthy of forgiveness. Example: It's even forgivable here when the band sometimes sounds as though they've phoned in the Stonesy swagger, because when they're on, the Hellacopters sound like the best garage rock/bar band in the world. Example: In retrospect, the misunderstanding about the plan was forgivable […] 2. Of a loan, or a portion of it: such that repayment may be deferred for a period, or canceled, by the lender, if the borrower meets certain obligations. Labels: not-comparable
Word: forgiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forgive + -er. 1. A person who forgives. Example: Take second best, put me to the test. / Things off your chest you’d need to confess. / I will deliver, you know I’m a forgiver.
Word: forgoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From forgo + -er. 1. A person who forgoes
Word: forlornly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English forlorn Middle English -ly English -ly English forlornly From forlorn + -ly. 1. In a forlorn manner. Example: Her arms lay on the table in front of her, her head rested on them, with her hair straying over the littered pages of the novel. She was weeping forlornly, steadily.
Word: aliquote Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of aliquot. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: unsphere Part of Speech: verb 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- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English unsphere From un- + sphere. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsfɪə/ 1. To remove from a sphere, as in celestial bodies; to remove from the heavens. Example: c 1594–1611: Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale You put me off with limber vows; but I, Though you would seek t’ unsphere the stars with oaths, Should yet say ‘Sir, no going.’
Word: contributive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English contribute Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English contributive From contribute + -ive. 1. Tending to contribute; making a contribution Example: I'm just looking for ways to be contributive," Kilmer told the Associated Press last week. "
Word: prorogate Part of Speech: verb 1. to prorogue
Word: pensioni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pensione Labels: form-of, plural
Word: conglutination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French con-bor. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con-bor. Middle English con- English con- English glutination English conglutination From con- + glutination. 1. An adhesion, or gluing together. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The cause is a temperate conglutination; for both bodies are clammy and viscous, and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts, without penning them in too much Example: In his own vitals, nucleant, he knew them clasped, the men that were not men's, that were not women's men. And Mrs. Gorman was doubtless the theatre of a similar conglutination. 2. The agglutination of an antigen, antibody and complement by the addition of a serum agent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: FOD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of foreign object debris. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: FOD Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of fuck off and die. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: conodont Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κῶνος (kônos, “cone”) + -odont. 1. Any of several extinct fish-like chordates having cone-like teeth. Example: Remains of conodonts, which may be invertebrates or primitive vertebrates, have also become known from the tuffites and bituminous slates of Monte San Giorgio, which became famous for their fish and marine reptile remains. Example: The appearance of tiny teeth elements of an eel-like jawless animal called a conodont, specifically Hindeodus parvus, is the technical herald of the age of the dinosaurs according to the ICS. 2. A microfossil tooth of such an animal.
Word: overrides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of override Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: overrides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of override Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overriding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of override Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overriding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/ 1. The act or process by which something is overridden.
Word: overriding Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈɹaɪdɪŋ/ 1. Superior, of supreme importance in the case. Example: Our overriding concern is the safety of the children. Example: The overriding fact of our lives, the shadow that determined everything we did or did not do or longed to do, was poverty.
Word: isolines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isoline Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intercalates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intercalate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: intercalating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intercalate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: intercalating Part of Speech: adj 1. That intercalates Labels: not-comparable
Word: intercalated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See intercalate. 1. simple past and past participle of intercalate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intercalated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See intercalate. 1. Interleaved, formed in distinctly alternating layers. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mulleins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mullein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mudflat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + flat. 1. A muddy expanse of flat land, especially such land as a riverbed exposed at low tide. Example: The Chapman lighthouse, a three-legged thing erect on a mud-flat, shone strongly.
Word: mudflats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mudflat Labels: form-of, plural, plural-normally 2. Synonym of bottomland: lowland plains and/or farms. Labels: New-Zealand, plural, plural-normally
Word: trachytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trachyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deplanes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deplane Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deplaning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deplane Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deplaned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deplane Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: schists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of schist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limestones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of limestone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dissonant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French dissonant. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsənənt/ 1. Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing; not harmonizing or melodizing. Example: The music was filled with dissonant chords. 2. Exhibiting dissonance; not agreeing or harmonizing. Labels: figuratively Example: Alaudinov's framing of himself, and by extension of the Chechen forces under his command, as a capable defensive body is also dissonant with the widespread perception of the efficacy of Chechen forces within the wider Russian information space.
Word: dissonances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dissonance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: granodiorite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grano- + diorite. 1. An intrusive igneous rock similar to granite, but containing more plagioclase than potassium feldspar. Example: The dominant intruding rocks into the metamorphosed rocks of the Oban massif are granodiorites (Fig. 1). Example: Of the high-silica, coarse-grained, quartz-rich igneous rocks, granodiorites are quantitatively the most important.
Word: granodiorites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of granodiorite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyroxenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyroxene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphiboles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphibole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: magnetites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magnetite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silicifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silicification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concretions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concretion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ophiolitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ophiolite Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English ophiolitic From ophiolite + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to sections of the oceanic crust and the subjacent upper mantle that have been uplifted or emplaced to be exposed within continental crustal rocks Example: The shore of Newfoundland displays many ophiolitic deposits.
Word: parcellates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parcellate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ampulla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ampulla. Doublet of ampoule. Pronunciation: /æmˈpʊlə/ 1. An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel. Labels: historical 2. A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil. Example: Miraculously moist, the chrism was kept in an ampulla in Reims cathedral where the coronations of the kings of France were held. 3. The dilated end of a duct. 4. The spongiole of a root.
Word: parcellating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of parcellate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: parcellated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of parcellate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: parcellated Part of Speech: adj 1. divided into sections or parcels Labels: not-comparable
Word: ampullae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ampulla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pashaliks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pashalik Labels: form-of, plural
Word: philosophemes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of philosopheme Labels: form-of, plural
Word: press agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of press agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brisé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French brisé (literally “broken”) 1. A jump consisting of an assemblé with an extra beat that "breaks" the jump in its travel.
Word: Le Mans Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Le Mans. 1. A city, the capital of Sarthe department, Pays de la Loire, France. 2. The 24 Hours of Le Mans, an annual 24-hour motor race held near the city of Le Mans. Labels: informal
Word: curiate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cūriātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Of or relating to a curia. Labels: not-comparable Example: Whereupon having received the Senates Decree, viz. That Camillus, being by the curiate aſſembly recalled from Baniſhment, ſhould by order of the People be immediately declared Dictator, and that the Soldiers ſhould have whom they pleaſed for their General; Example: I have stated what I consider compelling reasons why the Hortensian Law(s) would have best served their purpose if they were curiate.
Word: browbeats Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of browbeat Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: browbeating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of browbeat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: browbeating Part of Speech: noun 1. A scolding.
Word: Chernobyl Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ). Ultimately from Russian чернобыль meaning "mugwort" or "wormwood". Pronunciation: /tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/, /tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl/, /t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/ 1. A partially abandoned city and ghost town in northern Ukraine, known as the site of a nuclear disaster. Example: A couple of oil shocks, a Chernobyl meltdown, and a Gulf War later, his basic message - the need to emphasize efficiency and renewable resources over oil and nuclear power - is still a minority view,[…] 2. The 1986 nuclear accident which resulted in the abandonment of the aforementioned city. Labels: broadly Example: After Chernobyl, very few nuclear power plants were built for years. 3. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the location where the accident occurred. Example: Although it no longer produces electricity, many people still work at Chernobyl decommissioning the plant.
Word: Chernobyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Черно́быль (Černóbylʹ). Ultimately from Russian чернобыль meaning "mugwort" or "wormwood". Pronunciation: /tʃɜːˈnɒbəl/, /tʃɜːˈnəʊbəl/, /t͡ʃɚˈnoʊbəl/ 1. A major nuclear-energy accident. Labels: broadly Example: Many secret cities were Chernobyls in slow motion. Example: The effects of a Chernobyl disaster in my community would probably be barely noticeable.
Word: Tet Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese Tết. 1. Vietnamese New Year celebration, occurring during the first seven days of the first month of the lunar calendar. Example: 1981, Mimi Holtzman, TET: celebrating the Vietnamese New Year, Voices in Educational Transition, 114 Example: 2004, Ngọc Bích Nguyễn, Tet!: the Vietamese New Year, East Coast U.S.A. Vietnamese Pub. Consortium, 141 2. The Tet Offensive, in the Vietnam War.
Word: Tet Part of Speech: noun 1. An ancient Egyptian symbol of the god Osiris, in form a small pillar with a number of flat sections towards the top. Example: To develop the higher mind one must first lower himself to raise the serpent, or set up the Tet pillar of Osiris.
Word: nuoc mam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese nước mắm (“salted fish sauce”). Pronunciation: /nʌk mɑm/, /nək mɑm/ 1. A fish sauce used in Vietnamese cookery. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:nuoc mam.
Word: pho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese phở. Pronunciation: /fəʊ/, /fɜː/, /fʌ/, /foʊ/ 1. A Vietnamese soup with a beef base, typically served with rice noodles and optionally beef or chicken. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: PHO is the name of an Annamese soup held in high esteem. It is made with beef, a veal bone, onions, a bayleaf, salt, and pepper, and a small teaspoon of nuoc-man, a typically Annamese condiment which is used in practically all their dishes. Example: 2003: Frank Browning, "73106: Lemongrass on the Prairie", National Geographic, vol. 203, issue 3 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0303/feature6/ Ten minutes away from the intersection, the heart of Little Saigon, you can easily walk to five restaurants specializing in pho (the classic Vietnamese beef broth soup), two Asian supermarkets, and several Chinese barbecue cafés.
Word: pho Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /foʊ/, /fʌ/ 1. Expressing dismissive contempt. Labels: archaic Example: 'She is come!' said the old gentleman, laying his hand upon his heart. 'Cormoran and Blunderbore! She is come! All the wealth I have is hers if she will take me for her slave. Where are grace, beauty, and blandishments, like those? In the Empress of Madagascar? No. In the Queen of Diamonds? No. In Mrs Rowland, who every morning bathes in Kalydor for nothing? No. Melt all these down into one, with the three Graces, the nine Muses, and fourteen biscuit-bakers' daughters from Oxford Street, and make a woman half as lovely. Pho! I defy you.'
Word: seethed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of seethe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ao dai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Vietnamese áo dài. Pronunciation: /ˈaʊ ˈdaɪ/, /ˈaʊ ˈzaɪ/ 1. A two panelled dress, worn by Vietnamese women as a national costume. Example: While the ao dai first took off in Tonkin, southern women in Saigon were the ones to make it famous and those Vietnamese who were overseas after 1975 ensured that it remained a symbol of national elegance until it made a comeback in post-communist Vietnam.
Word: half-truths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half-truth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: acrophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros)der. New Latinbor. English acro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English acrophobic From acro- + -phobic. 1. Of or pertaining to or suffering from acrophobia. Example: Leave the non-hikers at the picnic area below a classic Gorge waterfall and take a stroll along the horizontal Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail, or head three-quarters of a mile up a narrow trail to an overlook with acrophobic views similar to those in the first “Twilight” movie.
Word: acrophobic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κρος (ắkros)der. New Latinbor. English acro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰegʷ- Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -phobic English acrophobic From acro- + -phobic. 1. A person who has acrophobia.
Word: instrumental width Part of Speech: noun 1. The width of a fringe formed in monochromatic light.
Word: net lease Part of Speech: noun 1. An agreement that requires the tenant to pay, in addition to the fixed rent, all of the property expenses which normally would be paid by the owner. For US real property these include real estate taxes, insurance, maintenance, repairs and utilities.
Word: novum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin novum. 1. A new feature, a novelty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: we find among the cultured devotees a tendency to idealize a foreign civilisation — a novum in Chinese history. 2. An innovation which is fictional, but, following the logic of cognitive estrangement (characteristic of science fiction), is afforded plausibility by the assumption that the fictional setting is scientifically consistent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In his book Metamorphoses of Science Fiction (1979), Suvin introduced a number of ideas that remain central in sf criticism: cognitive estrangement, the novum and sf's genetic link with utopia.[…]Even more influential in sf theory than cognitive estrangement is Suvin's concept of the novum.[…]Suvin adopts the concept of the novum from the work of Ernst Bloch, for whom the term refers to those concrete innovations of lived history that awaken human collective consciousness out of a static present to awareness that history can be changed. The novum thus inspires hope for positive historical transformations. Example: It seems that this ‘point of difference’, the thing or things that differentiate the world portrayed in science fiction from the world we recognise around us, is the crucial separator between SF and other forms of imaginative or fantastic literature. The critic Darko Suvin has usefully coined the term ‘novum’, the Latin for ‘new’ or ‘new thing’, to refer to this ‘point of difference’ (the plural is ‘nova’). An SF text may be based on one novum, such as [...]. More usually it will be predicated on a number of interrelated nova, such as [...]. This ‘novum’ must not be supernatural but need not necessarily be a piece of technology. 3. A game of dice, properly called novem quinque, the two principal throws being nine and five. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Abate throw at novum, and the whole world again Cannot pick out five such, take each one in his vein.
Word: mucilaginous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin mūcilāginōsus from Late Latin mūcus. Pronunciation: /ˌmjuːsɪˈlædʒɪnəs/ 1. Of or pertaining to mucilage; of, pertaining to, or resembling mucus; slimy and viscous. Example: Appa [...] forked down his throat the mucilaginous scrambled eggs.
Word: all sizzle and no steak Part of Speech: noun 1. A thing or person which fails to measure up to its description or advance promotion. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Her latest novel is all sizzle and no steak. Example: 1999, "Nonprofit community increasing nervousness about Year 2000" by Gary M. Grobman. International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, vol 4 issue 2. Y2K may be the equivalent of the Kohotek comet—all sizzle and no steak.
Word: arachibutyrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin arachis (“peanut”) + butyro- (“butter”) + -phobia. 1. Fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of one's mouth. Labels: humorous, rare, uncountable Example: Odds and ends I've come across in the course of an education: That arachibutyrophobia is an unnatural fear of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth. I have no idea how many people suffer from this. Example: Her ARACHIBUTYROPHOBIA had been getting worse lately. She finally chose a jar of creamy style peanut butter, knowing it would never be opened once she got it home.
Word: religioso Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece intended to be played with religious devotion. 2. A religious person or zealot. Labels: archaic
Word: kangaroo piss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kangaroo + piss (“inferior liquor”). 1. Beer, especially of inferior quality. Labels: Australia, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: >> Yeah, or you could drink beer instead. >Right, Fosters (ever been kicked by a kangaroo?) Kangaroo piss more like it. Let's go for top shelf instead of the urinal, try something like Carlsberg or if you want Aussie beer try Cooper's Pale Ale ;^) Stix, or Cascade. Example: Hey! I was led to believe that Fosters was crap, and that the various Australian microbrews were the way to go. If that's the case, then wouldn't offering a Fosters to a visitor be an insult? Another way of saying, "Your palette^([sic]) probably cannot descriminate between a quality beer and kangaroo piss, so there's no need to waste the good stuff on you. Here, have a Fosters." :) 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kangaroo, piss. Labels: uncountable Example: Kangaroo piss is like a concentrated version of cat urine, possessing an all-pervading, unmistakeable tang.
Word: alpha dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A dominant dog; a dog that is an alpha male or alpha female. Labels: figuratively, often
Word: alpha dog Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of alpha-dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: faux bois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French faux bois (“false wood”). 1. The artistic imitation of wood or wood grains in various media. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: anorthoscopic perception Part of Speech: noun 1. Perception, especially visual perception, that does not immediately follow from what is actually sensed, such as perception of an entire object only a part of which is seen at a time. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable
Word: Asperger's Part of Speech: name 1. Ellipsis of Asperger's syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: A blogger recently asked Altman, “How has having Asperger’s helped and hurt you?” Altman told me, “I was, like, ‘Fuck you, I don’t have Asperger’s!’
Word: collateral energy Part of Speech: noun 1. Energy in an interaction that is not supplied by the initiator of the interaction. Labels: uncountable
Word: en clair Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French en clair. 1. In the clear; without any encryption. Labels: not-comparable Example: So it was that Chartier was forced to telegramme en clair, meaning that his contacts with Vichy were open for all to read and were thus largely confined to run-of-the-mill information. Example: As per Berchtold's instructions, Giesl stopped in the border town of Semlin and wired the news immediately, en clair, such that Tisza, in Budapest, learned of Serbia's rejection even before 7 PM.
Word: religiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English religious 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 religiousness From religious + -ness. 1. The quality of being religious; religiosity. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sketching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈskɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sketch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sketching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskɛt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Something drawn briefly and basically; a sketch. Example: a collection of Chinese sketchings
Word: preoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English oral English preoral From pre- + oral. 1. Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth. Labels: not-comparable Example: preoral aperture Example: preoral brush 2. Prior to the oral stage, in Freudian psychoanalysis. Labels: not-comparable 3. Prior to an oral exam. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English oral English postoral From post- + oral. 1. Situated behind, or posterior to, the mouth
Word: arthropodan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Arthropoda + -an 1. Of, or relating to, arthropods. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arthropodan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Arthropoda + -an 1. An arthropod.
Word: kokoretsi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek κοκορέτσι (kokorétsi), from Albanian kukurec. 1. A traditional Greek dish typically consumed at Easter, consisting mainly of seasoned lamb or goat offal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cousin-german Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cosin germain, from Anglo-Norman cosin germain, cosine germaine. See also Middle English cosin, germain. 1. A first cousin. Labels: archaic Example: This interesting explanation of family connections given by Mrs. Boville occasioned an éclaircissement exceedingly gratifying to Mrs. De Brooke and Rosilia. Doctor Lovesworth, for whom they had mutually, with the whole of their family, felt so great a partiality, was found to be the cousin-german of Mrs. De Brooke. 2. Something closely related. Labels: archaic, figuratively Example: This propensity to display its blossoms on bare branches the almond shares with several of its kindred; and, as a parallel to Solomon's image, we may refer to its cousin-german the sloe, in our own cold clime so familiar, with its snowy petals […] Example: "Have a care what you do, Grantly, this Indian is cousin-german to the Old Nick, and he can read your intentions like print."
Word: cousin german Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cousin-german. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Protolampra sobrina, a moth of the family Noctuidae
Word: holaspid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to, holaspis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: holaspid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any trilobite in the holaspis stage of development.
Word: meraspid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or pertaining to, meraspis Labels: not-comparable
Word: meraspid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any trilobite in the meraspis stage of development.
Word: protaspid Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, or relating to, protaspis Labels: not-comparable
Word: protaspid Part of Speech: noun 1. A recently-hatched trilobite that is still in the protaspid stage (consisting of a single rounded component).
Word: protaspis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prot- + aspis (from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”)). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtaspɪs/, /pɹəˈtæspəs/ 1. A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature has not yet developed articulated segments.
Word: holaspis Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage in the development of a trilobite at which the creature has gained its adult segmentation, but continues to molt and grow. Example: A similar situation may also characterize S. wenlockiana, a species with six segments in holaspis, the smallest holaspids of which have similar glabellar lengths to those of the sixth degree meraspis of A. konincki. Example: The pygidial spines are stout and direct outward in the early holaspis (Fig. 2, A-B, F), but become slender and direct inward in the late holaspis (Fig. 2, D, E).
Word: meraspis Part of Speech: noun 1. A stage in the development of a trilobite where the creature is growing, molting and developing its adult segmentation, but has not yet grown all segments.
Word: preglabellar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English glabellar English preglabellar From pre- + glabellar. 1. In front of the glabella Labels: not-comparable
Word: glabellar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English glabella Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English glabellar From glabella + -ar. 1. Of, or pertaining to, the glabella. Labels: not-comparable
Word: glabella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin glaber (“smooth, hairless, bald”). Pronunciation: /ɡləˈbɛlə/ 1. The space between the eyebrows and above the nose. Example: The good Doctor had perceptibly aged since last year but was as sturdy and square-shaped as ever with his well-padded shoulders, square chin, square nostrils, leonine glabella, and rectangular brush of grizzled hair that had something topiary about it. 2. The axial protuberance on the cephalon of certain arthropods (especially trilobites).
Word: mesophryon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μεσόφρυον (mesóphruon), from μέσος (mésos, “between”) and ὀφρύς (ophrús, “eyebrow”). 1. glabella (the space between the eyebrows and nose) Labels: no-plural
Word: spinose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *spey-der. Proto-Italic *speinā Latin spīna Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin spinōsusbor. English spinose Borrowed from Latin spinōsus. 1. Having a spine, or spines
Word: squeezebox Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskwiːzbɒks/, /ˈskwizbɑks/ 1. Alternative form of squeeze box. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: A levels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of A level Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cut short Part of Speech: verb 1. To interrupt or curtail before the planned end time. Labels: transitive Example: The party was cut short because everything was getting broken. Example: The Reggie Clemons case has been a cause of legal dispute for the past two decades. Prosecutors alleged that he and his co-defendants brutally cut short the lives of Julie and Robin Kerry, sisters who had just started college and had their whole adult lives ahead of them. 2. To stop someone from finishing what they are saying. Labels: transitive Example: He cut her short because he knew what she was going to say. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, short.
Word: cut short Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been cut short, reduced. Labels: adjective, error-misspelling, participle
Word: premarital Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English marital English premarital From pre- + marital. 1. Before marriage; before getting married. Labels: not-comparable Example: Premarital sex is now far more common than it was in the 1920s.
Word: premarital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English marital English premarital From pre- + marital. 1. Ellipsis of premarital sex. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang, uncountable
Word: in colour Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of in color.
Word: Japonaises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Japonaise Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ignorati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of ignorant + literati. 1. The wilfully ignorant; those who choose to ignore inconvenient facts or make public claims based on falsehoods. Labels: derogatory, plural, plural-only, slang Example: (title) Example: First, we'll show you why you want to erase every piece of misinformation with which the wellness ignorati have indoctrinated you.
Word: riah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Backwards spelling of hair. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪ.ə/ 1. A person's hair. Labels: Polari, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:riah.
Word: bubble butts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bubble butt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: individuate Part of Speech: verb 1. To make, or cause to appear, individual. Labels: transitive Example: […]Mississippi Burning opts for an endless spectacle of fires and beatings instead, taking care not to individuate too many of the black victims for fear of alienating "our society" […
Word: individuate Part of Speech: adj 1. undivided
Word: softens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of soften Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: previa Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of placenta previa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
Word: United States Virgin Islands Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named by Christopher Columbus after Saint Ursula and her virgin followers. 1. An archipelago and dependent territory of the United States, part of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. Official name: Virgin Islands of the United States.
Word: CVC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of central venous catheter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Compact Video Cassette. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 3. Initialism of card verification code. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of corporate venture capital. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: gassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gas Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gassing Part of Speech: noun 1. Poisoning by noxious gas. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The liberation of hydrogen from an overcharged battery due to electrolysis of the electrolyte. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibres. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually 4. Any similar process of singeing. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. boasting; insincere or empty talk Labels: slang, uncountable, usually Example: He bent over her shoulder and read, Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, I can't stand your gassing, oh, what a windbag, what will shut you up, shut up, shut up. And so ad infinitum. He was terribly hurt.
Word: CVP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of central venous pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FACP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Fellow of the American College of Physicians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FACP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of fire alarm control panel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FRCP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: convertiplane Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several forms of aircraft capable of both vertical takeoff and landing, and of normal forward flight; usually has variable geometry wings that can rotate
Word: CSF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cerebrospinal fluid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of classical swine fever, caused by Pestivirus C (CSFV). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of critical success factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of colony-stimulating factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: cooling tower Part of Speech: noun 1. A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air. Example: So we'll march day and night By the big cooling tower They have the plant But we have the power
Word: coquina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish coquina (“cockle”), from Latin concha (“bivalve, mollusk; mussel”), from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē, “mussel; shell”). Related to conch and conk. Pronunciation: /kɒˈkiː.nə/, /koʊˈkiː.nə/, /kɑˈkiː.nə/ 1. Any of several small marine clams, of the species Donax variabilis, common in United States coastal waters. Labels: countable Example: The pretty little coquinas (genus Donax, family Donacidae), often called butterfly shells or wedge shells, are distributed throughout the world. Perhaps the most noted species is the small Donax variabilis Say, so commonly found on the beaches of Florida. Coquinas live in droves just beneath the surface of the sand. Collecting coquinas is both a fascinating and tantalizing experience. Example: They were filled with "coquinas," tiny butterfly-shaped clam shells that gleamed with all the colors of the rainbow. Mario poured the sand and its brilliant treasure into my hands. I stared at the beauty and thought about God, Sabbath, and friends. A few weeks earlier this day had been an ugly thing to me, like the oily sand beneath my feet. Now, like the colorful coquinas, Sabbath had become God's beautiful gift to me and my growing family. 2. A soft form of limestone made of fragments of shells, sometimes used as a building or road paving material. Labels: uncountable Example: The isthmus is nowhere more than about 8 or 9 feet above the water surface. The top soil is generally sand, with underlying coquina rock—a conglomerate of small broken shells held together by some natural cement. Example: [“The Town”, page 22] In former times, most of the houses were of coquina (a loose shell-stone, quarried on the island opposite [Anastasia Island]), but this material is now almost entirely superseded by wood. Roomy and moder wooden houses may not so picturesque as the weather-stained coquina dwellings they have supplanted, but they are immeasurably more comfortable to live in. […] [“Fort Marion”, page 50] The Fort [Fort Marion, now Castillo de San Marcos] is built of coquina, which in its day was considered a very excellent material for this purpose, since cannon balls would sink into the wall without shattering it as they would harder stone.
Word: România Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian România. 1. Rare spelling of Romania. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: A general atlas in 45 sheets of coloured maps and diagrams intended for use in the secondary schools of România. Twelve of the sheets are occupied by maps of România itself, dealing with its physical features, geology, population, meteorology, industries, means of communication, and minerals, and some of these, though on a small scale, will doubtless be useful to all seeking information on the country. Example: In late August and early September they seized the Ploesti oil fields, forced the collapse of România, and turned Bulgaria to the Allied side.
Word: levothyroxine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leh₂iwosder. Latin laevus English levo- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English thyr- English ox- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English thyroxine English levothyroxine From levo- + thyroxine. Pronunciation: /ˌli.voʊ.θaɪˈɹɑkˌsin/, /ˌli.voʊ.θaɪˈɹɑk.sɪn/ 1. The levorotatory isomer of thyroxine (trademark Levothyroid, Levoxyl, Synthroid) that is administered in the form of its sodium salt C₁₅H₁₀I₄NNaO₄ in the treatment of hypothyroidism. Labels: uncountable
Word: macrometeorology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English meteorology English macrometeorology From macro- + meteorology. 1. The study of the large-scale behaviour of the atmosphere Labels: uncountable Example: Generally, macrometeorology is concerned with weather systems having spatial scales greater than 1000 km and temporal scales on the order of several days or longer.
Word: macromolecular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Latin mōlēs Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Proto-Italic *-kelos Latin -cula New Latin moleculalbor. French moléculebor. English molecule Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English molecular English macromolecular From macro- + molecular. 1. Of or relating to a macromolecule Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dolly Varden cake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Dickens' fictional character; see Dolly Varden. 1. A highly decorated cake in the form of a standing doll with a large flowing skirt.
Word: nocebo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nocēbō (“I will harm”), the first-person singular future active indicative form of noceō (“to harm”), by analogy with placebo. The word was coined by Walter P. Kennedy in an article entitled “The Nocebo Reaction” (1961). (see quotation). Pronunciation: /nəʊˈsiː.bəʊ/, /noʊˈsi.boʊ/ 1. A substance which a patient experiences as harmful due to a previous negative perception, but which is in fact pharmacologically (medicinally) inactive. Labels: also, attributive Example: It is somewhat surprising that little attention has been drawn to the existence of the contrary effect [to the placebo] – which I may call the nocebo reaction. Example: In the case of the nocebo, it is negative expectations that become self-fulfilling prophecies.
Word: ululating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ululate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ululating Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of ululation. Example: The grandmothers' words, their pauses to spit, their meanderings as the narrative developed, their hums and ululatings, frightened me.
Word: expelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of expel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: expelling Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which something is expelled.
Word: FACEP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dolcetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian, a diminutive of dolce (“sweet”). Doublet of dulcet and doucet. Pronunciation: /dɒlˈtʃɛtəʊ/, /doʊlˈt͡ʃɛtoʊ/ 1. A grape variety from Piedmont, used to make a red wine. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The dry, slightly bitter wine made from this grape. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: methicillin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌmɛθ.ɪˈsɪl.ɪn/ 1. Alternative spelling of meticillin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The new strain was dubbed methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.
Word: TMP-SMX Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: microscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of microscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squidgy Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒi/ 1. Moist and pliant; soggy. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal Example: He was one of those dangerous people who are soft, squidgy and cowlike provided they have what they want. And because he had always had what he wanted, and had seemed easily pleased with it, it had never occurred to anybody that he was anything other than soft, squidgy and cowlike. Example: It consists of two layers of ground cashew nuts, mixed with breadcrumbs, onions, nutmeg and vegetable stock, and separated by a vibrant green herb stuffing, the main ingredient of which is also bread. Although surprisingly moist, thanks to the stock (indeed, the contrast between the crisp exterior and the squidgy middle is horribly moreish), the combination of parsley, garlic and breadcrumbs reminds me of a very fancy loaf of garlic bread – and all but overpowers the sweet flavour of the cashews.
Word: squidgy Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪd͡ʒi/ 1. A soft plastic lure. Labels: Australia
Word: formalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English formal 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 formalist From formal + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔɹml̩ˌɪst/ 1. An overly formal person, especially one who adheres to current forms; a stickler Example: The Besht preached that the simple man, imbued with native faith and able to pray fervently and wholeheartedly with a sense of joy in his heart, was nearer and dearer to God than the learned but joyless formalist spending his whole life in the study of Talmud. 2. An advocate of formalism