nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: jitney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1886, originally for a five-cent US coin (a nickel); use for taxis and buses due to these services originally charging five cents as fare, popularized circa 1915. The etymology is uncertain; it is believed to originate from Louisiana Creole jetnée, from French jeton (“token, coin-sized metal disc”), though this is disputed. Evidence for the Louisiana Creole French origin includes the geographic distribution (Southeastern US, especially Black/African-American), and early spelling as gitney, which is common French spelling for the /ʒi/ pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪtni/, /ˈʒiː-/ 1. Synonym of nickel, a 5-cent coin or amount. Labels: US, archaic 2. Synonym of minibus, especially one with a scheduled fixed route. 3. Synonym of gypsy cab, an unlicensed taxi. 4. Synonym of shared taxi, a taxi usually shared with strangers to maximize profitability per trip. Example: […] I said good-by and took the bags downstairs and hailed a Frisco taxi-jitney, which was an ordinary taxi that ran a regular route and you could hail it from any corner and ride to any corner you want for about fifteen cents, cramped in with other passengers like on a bus, but talking and telling jokes like in a private car. 5. An informal lawn bowling, curling, or darts competition in which all players present are randomly drawn into teams. Labels: Canada 6. A fraudulent arrangement whereby a broker who has direct access to an exchange executes trades on behalf of a broker who does not.
Word: jitney Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1886, originally for a five-cent US coin (a nickel); use for taxis and buses due to these services originally charging five cents as fare, popularized circa 1915. The etymology is uncertain; it is believed to originate from Louisiana Creole jetnée, from French jeton (“token, coin-sized metal disc”), though this is disputed. Evidence for the Louisiana Creole French origin includes the geographic distribution (Southeastern US, especially Black/African-American), and early spelling as gitney, which is common French spelling for the /ʒi/ pronunciation. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪtni/, /ˈʒiː-/ 1. Synonym of cheap, very inexpensive. Labels: US, archaic, not-comparable
Word: minibus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + bus. In the political sense, probably a back-formation from omnibus. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪ.ni.bəs/ 1. A small bus, especially one used as transport for small groups. Example: Just south of Durness, at Keoldale, is a passenger-ferry across the Kyle of Durness. It links up during the summer months with a minibus service to the lonely Cape Wrath lighthouse, built of granite in 1827 on a headland 400 ft above the sea. 2. A sixteen-seater vehicle used as a taxi. Labels: South-Africa Example: Police are still searching for the gunmen who hijacked the minibus carrying school pupils taking two of the children with them. 3. A small four-wheeled carriage. Labels: historical 4. A combined spending bill for multiple departments that is smaller than an omnibus bill. Labels: US Example: The minibus is the first of two funding packages the House hopes to pass this month.
Word: cryptosporidium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Cryptosporidium (the genus name), from Latin crypto- (“hidden”) + sporidium (“spore”). From 20th century. 1. Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity. Example: Recall the outbreak of cryptosporidia gastroenteritis in Milwaukee in 1994. Example: In Hungarian studies on the causes of diarrhea in kids younger than one month of age in large commercial dairy goat herds, cryptosporidia were isolated more frequently than rotavirus, coronavirus, adenovirus, or enterotoxigenic E. coli.
Word: malus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin malus, by analogy with bonus (“additional compensation”). Doublet of mal. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪ.ləs/, /ˈmɑː.ləs/, /ˈmæ.ləs/ 1. The loss or return of performance-related compensation originally paid by an employer to an employee as a result of the discovery of a defect in the performance. Example: When bank fired the loan originator, they recovered the last two years of her bonuses under the malus clause in her contract. Example: The existence of boni and mali for the different risks can be interpreted through the sign of estimated covariances. 2. A penalty or negative thing. Labels: rare Example: The driver game has a game screen with less number of properties and representations (see Fig. 3(a)). […] If the user completes a level within the allocated time, then the user gets a bonus and will be advanced to another level[,] and if user is unable to complete a level, then a malus is provided and the user gets retained in the same level.
Word: malus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mālus and translingual Malus. 1. A plant of the genus Malus (the apples). Example: It leads to a certain extent to an evergreen type Docynia which is distributed in the Himalayas and western China and whose magnificence of bloom I learned to know on my travels in Yunnan; it is distinct from genuine maluses. Example: Malus ‘Dartmouth’ is a variety of M. pumila, the wild crab-apple, and is only one of the several maluses which offer a wider choice than the commonly planted ‘John Downie,’ lemoinei and eleyi.
Word: malus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of malu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grandma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grand- + ma, after grandmother. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹænmɑː/, /ˈɡɹænmə/, /ˈɡɹɒnmɑː/ 1. Grandmother. Labels: informal 2. Any elderly woman, regardless of if she has grandchildren. Labels: childish, colloquial
Word: grandma Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From grand- + ma, after grandmother. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹænmɑː/, /ˈɡɹænmə/, /ˈɡɹɒnmɑː/ 1. To address (someone) as “grandma”. Labels: informal, rare, transitive Example: This Laura had died within a year of her marriage, but Lottie had claimed relationship to the family just the same, grandma-ing Mrs. Richards and aunty-ing the sisters. John, however, was never called uncle, except in fun. Example: “But Grandma—,” I said. […] “And don’t you go ‘Grandma-ing’ me neither,” she said. 2. To be or act as a grandmother to (someone). Labels: ambitransitive, informal, rare Example: And what about Cliff working on cars and painting signs, and Wendy working nights to take care of that baby, and young Allen raking leaves for everyone, and Doris grandmaing folks, and wounded folks bouncing back to life . . . ?” Example: “I don’t want you to be a grandma.” / But why, I wondered, worried that he perceived some defect in my grandma-ing ability. Doesn’t he think I’ll be a good grandma?
Word: dynamic IP address Part of Speech: noun 1. An IP address which changes periodically, when each time a user connects to their internet service provider.
Word: grandmom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grand- + mom. 1. Grandmother. Labels: US, informal
Word: nanna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly derived from Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”); probably from a Proto-Indo-European root imitative of a child babbling, similar to Ancient Greek νάννα (nánna). See also nanny. Compare Welsh nain, Sicilian nanna, Italian nonna, Norman nonne, Galician nana, Spanish nana, Old French nonain, Late Latin nonna. 1. grandmother
Word: grandpa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grand- + pa, after grandfather. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæm.pɑː/, /ˈɡɹæm.pə/ 1. grandfather. Labels: informal 2. Any elderly man, regardless of if he has grandchildren. Labels: childish, colloquial
Word: dynamic IP addressing Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a dynamic IP address. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: pfui Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From German pfui, also the source of phooey. 1. an exclamation indicating disagreement or rejection of an argument; contempt Example: 'Pfui!' The captain spat. 'I've never met such a dumb sailor as you. So where do you think the old moon goes?' Example: She liked Arschlochweh and adored Improvisation; but the Anatomiestunde and the bending and stretching she did not like. "Pfui!" she was disgusted, lifting her shoulders and spreading her hands like the Mandarin, "pfui! the old body!'
Word: quisquis Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Shared with quisquous and quiscoskos; from Latin quisquis (“whosoever”) or by reduplication of Latin quis (“of what kind”). 1. Whoever, whosoever. Labels: Scotland, rare
Word: quisquis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shared with quisquous and quiscoskos; from Latin quisquis (“whosoever”) or by reduplication of Latin quis (“of what kind”). 1. Synonym of quisquous. Labels: Scotland, rare Example: A drastic method this last to make sere of a full meeting and no shirkers of a “quisquis” business—evidently meaning a delicate and difficult one; a rare expression not found elsewhere in these papers.
Word: phytosanitary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- English sanitary English phytosanitary From phyto- + sanitary. 1. concerning the health of plants; especially the freedom from pests requiring quarantine Labels: not-comparable
Word: phaser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * (science fiction): For the fictional weapon coined for Star Trek: originally a "ph(oton ma)ser," later changed canonically to a "phas(ed)-e(nergy) r(ectifier)" (of "nadions", not photons). * (phase modulation): phase + -er Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪzɚ/ 1. An electronic device that produces special effects on the sound produced by an electric guitar etc. 2. Fictional energy weapon, with multiple settings for degree of intensity, from the television series Star Trek (1966–69). Example: Captain James Kirk: "Set your phaser on one quarter. I'll leave mine on stun." Example: His oddly reserved nature stands out [...]. Whyte sets his phaser on stun, not kill. 3. A phase modulator 4. Alternative form of PHASR. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: phaser Part of Speech: verb Etymology: * (science fiction): For the fictional weapon coined for Star Trek: originally a "ph(oton ma)ser," later changed canonically to a "phas(ed)-e(nergy) r(ectifier)" (of "nadions", not photons). * (phase modulation): phase + -er Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪzɚ/ 1. To shoot with a phaser weapon. Labels: transitive
Word: phaseolus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάσηλος (phásēlos)der.? Latin phasēlus Latin phaseolusbor. English phaseolus Borrowed from Latin phaseolus. 1. any of several domesticated beans, of the genus Phaseolus, native to the Americas
Word: betrayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From betray + -er. 1. Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer.
Word: de minimis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin de minimīs, ablative of minimus (“smallest, least”); shortened form of the legal maxim de minimis non curat lex (literally “the law does not concern itself with trifling matters”). Pronunciation: /də ˈmɪnəmɪs/ 1. Concerning things that are so minor as to be negligible, trivial, or trifling. Often used to describe exemptions in government rules and regulations. Labels: not-comparable Example: The tax is not payable on amounts below the de minimis limit of £100 per year. Example: The de minimis rules on import duty mean that alcohol for personal consumption is exempt from any charge. 2. Beneath the notice of the law; so minor as not to warrant a penalty or remedy. Labels: not-comparable Example: The behaviour of the accused was technically assault, but the judge found it de minimis and entered an acquittal.
Word: de minimis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin de minimīs, ablative of minimus (“smallest, least”); shortened form of the legal maxim de minimis non curat lex (literally “the law does not concern itself with trifling matters”). Pronunciation: /də ˈmɪnəmɪs/ 1. Ellipsis of de minimis exemption. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: the death of de minimis [in U.S. commerce] Example: The de minimis trade loophole will be buried in the Cathedral of Congress on May 2. De minimis, or Section 321(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, was first cleared by Congress in 1938. The de minimis trade exemption permitted shipments costing less than $800 to enter the US duty-free and with minimal paperwork and verification. Assuming the White House follows through on its executive order signed on April 2, this so-called trade loophole—that saved several brands thousands of dollars in shipping costs, will cease to exist from May 2.
Word: asiento Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Spanish asentardeverb. Spanish asientobor. English asiento Borrowed from Spanish asiento. 1. A treaty or pact, in Spanish contexts.
Word: cortina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”). Doublet of curtain. 1. A cobweb-like annulus on certain types of mushroom. Example: /Telamonia morphologically circumscribes a homogenous group of Cortinarii. Hygrophanous pilei, the lack of viscid or gelatinous veils and well-developed cortinas characterize most species.
Word: televisor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably partly from televis(ion) + -or, and partly (in sense 2) from televise + -or. Appears to have been coined by the Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888–1936) in 1926 or earlier. A genericized trademark. 1. A television set. Labels: dated Example: Maybe, I am not yet mad but somewhat hypersensitive. So I prefer to make use of a TFT display and threw my televisor away in order to avoid getting red eyes. Example: "Cheesy" is the word that comes to mind when his glad-handing mug pops up on the televisor screen... 2. A television set. Labels: dated, historical Example: An actual demonstration of television was given in London by means of the “Baird Televisor,” the invention of Mr. J. L. Baird, a young Glasgow electrical engineer. People standing in front of the transmitting televisor were seen and recognised by friends on the receiving televisor in another part of the building. Example: A man stands up and switches on a televisor and everybody listens. 3. One who works in the television industry, e.g., a presenter, broadcaster, or telecaster. Labels: archaic Example: Several other name acts and bands have been invited to appear with Sullivan but allegedly refused. They must have believed, as his critics are saying, that the stars are appearing on the program for Eddie Sullivan, the Broadway columnist[,] and not Sullivan the “televisor” who is the same person. Example: THE MARRIAGE BUREAU, […] Principal HEATHER JENNER, Televisor, Broadcaster, Writer on Marriage. 4. An organization that makes or broadcasts television programs. Example: Gary 3:16 "There was once thy BBC F1 [Formula One] televisor, moving to ITV so Bernie got a few more sheckels.[…]" Example: As for the BBC, they are officially the worst televisors of rugby I've yet seen.
Word: pipa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 琵琶 (pípá). Doublet of bipa and biwa, and possibly barbat and barbitos. 1. A pear-shaped plucked lute from China.
Word: busto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin būstum Italian bustobor. English busto Borrowed from Italian busto. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌstəʊ/, /ˈbʌstoʊ/ 1. A bust. Labels: archaic Example: The Entrance to the Royal Apartment is through a Vestibule, supported by Pillars, with some antick Bustoes in the Niches […] Example: The Busto's he fix'd on were the Caracalla and the Cicero in the Gallery which I recommended as one of the best heads in the Gallery.
Word: for the hell of it Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. For no particular reason, just because it is fun, entertaining; or to relieve boredom. Labels: idiomatic, mildly, vulgar Example: There's no big unrest; we're having a revolution just for the hell of it. Example: Gave me gear; thank you, dear, bring your sister over here / Let her dance with me just for the hell of it
Word: hang up Part of Speech: verb 1. To put up to hang. Labels: transitive Example: I hung up my wash on the line. 2. To terminate a telephone call, originally by hanging the receiver on its hook or cradle thereby automatically disconnecting the line. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: When my mother started telling me to be careful over the phone, I threatened to hang up on her. Example: And as I hung up the phone, it occurred to me He'd grown up just like me My boy was just like me. 3. To stop talking. Labels: figuratively, intransitive 4. To keep delayed, suspended, held up, or stuck. 5. To rob or mug (someone). 6. To arrest (someone); to send (someone) to prison. Example: So call up Trudy on the telephone / Send her a letter in the mail / Tell her I'm hung up in Dallas / They won't let me out of this jail 7. To quit (something); to give up or stop doing (something); to abandon (something). Example: He hung up the flute after college. Example: I think it's time to hang it up. 8. To distress, disadvantage or harm (someone).
Word: entrada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish entrada (“entry”). Doublet of entry. 1. An armed incursion of Spanish conquistadors into American territories. Labels: historical Example: Each entrada or exploratory venture into regions beyond Aztec and Inca influence went under the assumed sanction of the Christian deity and with the stated purpose of bringing salvation to the ‘heathen’. Example: It was gold seized from Amerindians, or extracted with slave labour, which helped to fund the entradas organized locally after 1508, rather than gold from Spain.
Word: percha Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of gutta-percha. Labels: uncountable
Word: caballero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Celtic *kaballosder.? Latin caballus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Late Latin caballārius Old Spanish cavallero Spanish caballerobor. English caballero Borrowed from Spanish caballero. Doublet of cavalier and chevalier. 1. A horseman, particularly in the Latin American context Example: Here we usually find the caballero aiming his pistol in one direction while pointing his reined-in steed in another, as if ready to wheel and dash to safety. 2. A Spanish gentleman. 3. A Spanish line dance.
Word: terrify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French terrifier, from Latin terrificare. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛɹɪfaɪ/ 1. To frighten greatly; to fill with terror. 2. To menace or intimidate. Example: Your men are valiant but their number few, And cannot terrifie his mightie hoſt, […] 3. To make terrible. Labels: obsolete
Word: talkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of talker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ragamuffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Middle English Ragamuffyn. Of uncertain origin, according to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: A muffin is a poor thing of a creature, a ‘regular muff’; so that a ragamuffin is a sorry creature in rags. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæɡəˌmʌfɪn/ 1. A dirty, shabbily-clothed child; an urchin. Example: I haue led my rag of Muffins where they are pepper'd: there's not three of my 150 left aliue; and they for the Townes end, to beg during life. Example: “But may I inquire how you intend to support the establishment? If all the pupils are little ragamuffins, I’m afraid your crop won’t be profitable in a worldly sense, Mrs. Bhaer.” 2. A hooligan or troublemaker. Labels: slang 3. Alternative letter-case form of Ragamuffin (“breed of domestic cat”). Labels: alt-of
Word: Ragamuffin Part of Speech: noun 1. A domestic cat of a particular heavy, muscular, short-necked breed.
Word: safekeeping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From safe + keeping. 1. the act of keeping something safe; protection from harm, damage, loss, or theft Labels: uncountable, usually 2. the storage of assets in a protected area Labels: uncountable, usually 3. the responsibility of a guardian Labels: uncountable, usually 4. not returning checks; a system wherein banks keep checks (cheques) that people write, rather than returning them to the account holder with their monthly statement. Labels: US, uncountable, usually
Word: TrackBack Part of Speech: name 1. A protocol for a system that allows a blogger to see who has seen the original post and has written another entry concerning it. Labels: Internet
Word: bot fly Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of botfly. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fate map Part of Speech: noun 1. a diagram of an embryo of some organism showing the structures that will develop from each part
Word: coffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒfə/, /ˈkɔfɚ/, /ˈkɑfɚ/ 1. A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. Example: "There is nothing in that," said Guido, "but a genealogy of the Carraras, drawn up by my grandfather. We have kept this little ebony coffer for the sake of its curious carving. The marriage of Cana is beautifully wrought on its lid." 2. An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. Example: Prolapsed and waterstained ceiling, the sagging coffers. 3. A temporary watertight structure used during underwater construction of bridges, causeways, ships, etc. 4. A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization. Example: c. 1610–1620 (written), 1661 (first published), Francis Bacon, Letter of Advice to the Duke of Buckingham He would discharge it without any great burden to the queen's coffers. Example: Hold, there is half my coffer. 5. A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire.
Word: coffer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cofre, coffre, from Old French cofre, coffre, from Latin cophinus (“basket”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos, “basket”). Doublet of coffin. Cognate with German Koffer (“a suitcase”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒfə/, /ˈkɔfɚ/, /ˈkɑfɚ/ 1. To put money or valuables in a coffer. Labels: transitive 2. To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers. Labels: transitive 3. To panel, frame, or border with a raised protective trim. Labels: transitive Example: I must not forget these boxes, which are most ingeniously made of the pith of a palm leaf pegged together, lined inside with pandanus leaves, and outside with the same, or with plaited grass. All the joints and angles are coffered with strips of split rattan sewn neatly on.
Word: ferrite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin, from Latin ferrum (“iron”) + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹaɪt/ 1. The interstitial solid solution of carbon in body-centered cubic iron. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ferrite transition zone Example: Technical terms like ferrite, perlite, graphite, and hardenite were bandied to and fro, and when Paget glibly brought out such a rare exotic as ferro-molybdenum, Benson forgot that he was a master ship-builder, […] 2. Any of a class of metal oxides which show ferrimagnetism; used in transformers, inductors, antennas, recording heads, microwave devices, motors and loudspeakers. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ferrite magnets Example: The actual hardware is obsolete; for example, the memories are of the old ferrite core type. 3. The anion FeO₂²⁻, and any of the salts (formally derived from the unknown ferrous acid) derived from it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: sodium ferrite Example: calcium ferrite
Word: cofferdam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From coffer + dam. The dental dam sense was introduced in English by dentist Sanford Christie Barnum at New York City in 1864 (by metaphor), but after his century it was maintained only in languages other than English (for example, German Kofferdam as a loanword from 19th-century English). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑ.fɚ.dæm/, /ˈkɒ.fə.dæm/ 1. A temporary watertight enclosure used to create a dry foundation for building bridges and other structures over water. Example: The contractor for the cofferdams, &c., was an Englishman, as were the principle workmen, and all the machinery has been supplied from England. Example: He stood full six feet in height, with noble shoulders, and a chest like a coffer-dam. 2. An empty space that acts as a protective barrier between two floors or bulkheads on a ship. 3. Synonym of dental dam (“barrier to keep the teeth dry during dental work”) (dental sense). Labels: obsolete Example: I refer to Dr. Barnum, who has given us the coffer-dam. I cannot detain you while I describe the immense benefit which his application of a very simple material has conferred on the public. Example: Dr. La Roche then first we are informed made the claim that he knew of and used rubber for a coffer dam prior to Barnum.
Word: matted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mat Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of matt Labels: form-of, participle, past 3. simple past and past participle of matte Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: matted Part of Speech: adj 1. Forming a thick tangled mess. Example: The moon had spread over everything a thin layer of silver—over the rank grass, over the mud, upon the wall of matted vegetation standing higher than the wall of a temple […] Example: As the warrior emerged from the forest, Tarzan caught a fleeting glimpse of a tawny hide worming its way through the matted jungle grasses in his wake—it was Numa, the lion. He, too, was stalking the black man. 2. Covered with mats or matting. Example: The servant led us down a matted passage and showed us at the end into a great library […]
Word: breadcrumb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bread + crumb. The computing and figurative senses allude to the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, where Hansel leaves a trail of breadcrumbs to find the way back home when venturing into the woods. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛdˌkɹʌm/ 1. A tiny piece of bread, either one that falls from bread as it is cut or eaten, or one made deliberately by crumbling bread. Labels: in-plural 2. A single link in a chain indicating the hierarchical location of a directory, web page or similar, used as a navigation aid. Labels: in-plural Example: Breadcrumbs usually look something like this: "Home > About Us > Staff" and are positioned near the top navigation. […] The words in the breadcrumbs are links to pages at higher levels of the website. 3. A fragment of data that serves to log the actions taken by a program, used in debugging. Labels: in-plural Example: If you believe the system can merrily proceed despite an assertion failure, code the exception handler to log the error, leaving debugging breadcrumbs behind, and return. Example: […] track metrics used to improve performance, or log a series of breadcrumbs to track an application's progress, […] 4. One in a series of clues leading to a person or place. Labels: figuratively, in-plural Example: Before he died, James Halliday (Mark Rylance), the hermit-like, socially maladjusted tech genius who created The Oasis, hid an Easter egg somewhere in the circuitry, scattering bread crumbs that lead to its location. Find the egg, and the mogul’s fortune—along with total control of his digital fiefdom—is yours. It’s the ultimate capitalist scavenger hunt!
Word: breadcrumb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bread + crumb. The computing and figurative senses allude to the German fairy tale Hansel and Gretel, where Hansel leaves a trail of breadcrumbs to find the way back home when venturing into the woods. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹɛdˌkɹʌm/ 1. To sprinkle breadcrumbs on to food, normally before cooking. Labels: transitive Example: All this breadcrumbing finished, you can put the meat on a grid over a baking dish and leave it until you are ready to cook it. Example: Said chef then proceeds to cough slimy phlegm all over the veal before it is breadcrumbed. 2. To add navigational breadcrumbs to (a web page or user interface). Labels: intransitive Example: Along those same lines, creating separate folders can enable you to use "breadcrumbing," which is another navigation aid (discussed in the section "Determining How to Organize the Information," later in this chapter). Example: One navigational technique—breadcrumbing—is like having a “You Are Here” store directory in each aisle. 3. To use clues or enticements to lead someone in the desired direction. Example: The process of breadcrumbing is the means by which a game writer can lead the player forward with a trail of clues, or the level designers can lead the player via more physical symbols. Example: I consider where more landmarks are needed and other changes for better flow and breadcrumbing.
Word: night watch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nightwacche, nyȝt-wacche, nyghte wacche, nyȝt wacche, from Old English nihtwæċċe, a variant of nihtwacu (“nightwatch”), equivalent to night + watch. Cognate with West Frisian nachtwacht (“nightwatch”), Dutch nachtwacht, nachtwake (“nightwatch”), German Nachtwache (“nightwatch”) and Nachtwächter (“night watchman”), Swedish nattvakt (“nightwatch”), Icelandic næturvakt (“nightwatch”). 1. A watch kept on some premises, or on a town, by guards during the night. 2. One or more of the guards on such a watch. 3. One of the watches kept on a marine vessel. 4. The sailors standing such a watch.
Word: invasive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *h₁én The adjective is derived from Middle English invasif (“of a weapon: offensive”), from Middle French invasif, Old French invasif (“invasive”) (modern French invasif), from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus (“entered; invaded”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). Invāsus is the perfect passive participle of invādō (“to enter; to invade”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’) + vādō (“to go; to rush; to walk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, proceed; to pass, traverse”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈveɪsɪv/, /-zɪv/ 1. Of or pertaining to invasion; offensive. Example: The Spanyards called their invaſive fleete againſt England the Navie Invincible, yet it was overcome. Example: Oh inglorious league: / Shall we vpon the footing of our land, / Send fayre-play-orders, and make comprimiſe, / Inſinuation, parley, and baſe truce / To Armes Inuaſiue? 2. That invades a foreign country using military force; also, militarily aggressive. Labels: also, figuratively Example: He managed to get back Lorraine; made truce with the Hungarians, who were excessively invasive at that time. Truce with the Hungarians; and then, having gathered strength, made dreadful beating of them; two beatings,—one to each half, for the invasive Savagery had split itself, for better chance of plunder; […] 3. Intrusive on one's privacy, rights, sphere of activity, etc. Labels: broadly Example: It's wrong of me to ask such an invasive question when I keep so many secrets hidden from you. 4. Originating externally. Labels: broadly Example: All invasive moral states and passionate enthusiasms make one feelingless to evil in some direction. 5. Of an organism: that grows (especially uncontrollably) in environments which do not harbour natural enemies, often to the detriment of native species or of food or garden flora and fauna. Labels: broadly Example: an invasive species 6. Of a procedure: involving the entry of an instrument into part of the body. Labels: broadly Example: The natural evolution of minimally invasive surgery has taken the surgeon to new heights and has extended the breadth of laparoscopic surgery to include procedures of the colon. 7. Of a carcinoma or other abnormal growth: that invades healthy tissue, especially rapidly. Labels: broadly Example: Two patients developed cancer in the upper urinary tract, and 3 eventually developed invasive cancer.
Word: invasive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *h₁én The adjective is derived from Middle English invasif (“of a weapon: offensive”), from Middle French invasif, Old French invasif (“invasive”) (modern French invasif), from Medieval Latin invāsīvus, from Latin invāsus (“entered; invaded”) + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives). Invāsus is the perfect passive participle of invādō (“to enter; to invade”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside’) + vādō (“to go; to rush; to walk”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weh₂dʰ- (“to go, proceed; to pass, traverse”)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈveɪsɪv/, /-zɪv/ 1. An invasive organism, such as an animal or plant. Example: Is there ever a time to plant invasives—plants that are known to spread—in the garden? I believe the answer is a qualified "yes." There is never a time to plant exotic, that is non-native, invasives. Exotic invasives such as pampas grass and French and Scottish broom were sold by local nurseries in the past, before their destructive nature was understood. […] Native invasive plants are another story: there are situations in which they can be both practical and desirable.
Word: northern snakehead Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish of species Channa argus, native to Russia, China and Korea; considered to be invasive in the United States.
Word: productivity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Late Latin prōductīvusbor. English productive Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English productivity From productive + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒdʌkˈtɪvəti/, /-vɪti/, /ˌpɹɔdʌkˈtɪvətɪj/, /-vɪtɪj/, /ˌpɹoʊdʌkˈtɪvəti/ 1. The state of being productive, fertile, or efficient. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The rate at which goods or services are produced by a standard population of workers; those workers' degree of efficiency. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics. Example: Productivity growth has disappointed across the western world since the 2008 financial crisis. But the UK has notched a significantly worse performance than many of its peers on this metric of output for each hour of work – which is a vital driver of economic growth, wages and living standards. 3. The rate at which crops are grown on a standard area of land. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The ability to form new words using established patterns and discrete linguistic elements, such as the derivational affixes -ness and -ity; the degree to which such formation happens. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: treaties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹiːtiz/ 1. plural of treaty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coldness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coldnesse, from Old English cealdness, cealdnys (“coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kaldanassī (“coldness”), equivalent to cold + -ness. Cognate with West Frisian kâldens (“coldness”), Middle Low German koldenisse, kōldenisse (“coldness”), Middle High German kaltnisse, keltnisse (“coldness”). Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊldnəs/, /ˈkəʊldnəs/ 1. The relative lack of heat. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The sensation resulting from exposure to low temperatures. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Limited enthusiasm or affection; coolness. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The reciprocal of absolute temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The coldness is the reciprocal of absolute temperature. Example: (article title) The coldness, a universal function in thermoelastic bodies.
Word: eikon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of icon (“religious image”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Not like the eikons of other gods were those of Zo-Kalar and Tamash and Lobon. For so close to life were they that one might swear the graceful bearded gods themselves sate on the ivory thrones.
Word: ops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of op Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ops Part of Speech: noun 1. operations Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Arbiter and I will guard the Ops Center. Example: They work in spec ops 2. operator status Labels: Internet, uncountable Example: Why don't I have ops in this channel any more? Example: Perhaps I might now add one more piece of etiquette advice, for which all chanops will thank me. If you want ops on a channel, don't beg for them […]
Word: ops Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of op Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: QO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of QuickOffice, enterprise-specific software for mobile applications (Google). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: GMP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of guanosine monophosphate (guanylic acid). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of good manufacturing practice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Guaranteed Minimum Pension. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: GMP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Greater Manchester Police. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Greater Manchester police (GMP) say they have launched an investigation into the alleged abduction of Batty, a 17-year-old who went missing while on holiday in Spain at the age of 11.
Word: plebs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), variant of earlier plēbēs. Later also understood as the plural of pleb. Pronunciation: /plɛbz/ 1. plural of pleb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plebs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin plēbs (“the plebeian class”), variant of earlier plēbēs. Later also understood as the plural of pleb. Pronunciation: /plɛbz/ 1. The plebeian class of Ancient Rome. Labels: historical, plural, plural-only Example: Why I am going with my pidgeons to the tribunall Plebs. 2. The common people, especially (derogatory) the mob. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: For 'tis an Easier Thing To make Trees Leape, and Stones selfe-burthens bring (As once Amphion to the walls of Thæbes,) Example: 1993, Max Cavalera, "Refuse/Resist", Sepultura, Chaos A.D. Chaos A.D. / Tanks On The Streets / Confronting Police / Bleeding The Plebs
Word: AAFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: speculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Indo-European *-tlom Proto-Italic *-klom Latin speculumlbor. English speculum Learned borrowing from Latin speculum. Pronunciation: /ˈspɛk.jʊ.ləm/, /ˈspɛk.jə.ləm/ 1. A medical instrument used during an examination to dilate an orifice. 2. A mirror, especially one used in a telescope. 3. A bright, lustrous patch of colour found on the wings of ducks and some other birds, usually situated on the distal portions of the secondary quills, and much more brilliant in the adult male than in the female. 4. A lookout place.
Word: complexional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From complexion + -al. 1. Pertaining to one's physical composition; constitutional. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete 2. Pertaining to one's mental disposition; temperamental. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: From hence arises the complexional disposition of some of your guides to pull every thing in pieces. 3. Pertaining to the complexion of the skin. Labels: not-comparable
Word: merus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek μηρός (mērós, “thigh”). 1. The thigh. Labels: obsolete, rare 2. The meropodite; the first segment of the raptorial appendage of a crustacean. 3. The plane surface between the channels of a triglyph.
Word: meliorated Part of Speech: adj 1. Made better; improved.
Word: meliorated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of meliorate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: copes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cope Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English duren (“to last”), from Old French durer, from Latin dūrō, dūrāre. Related to Dutch duren (“to last, dure”), German dauern (“to last, dure”). Doublet of endure. Pronunciation: /djʊə/, /dʒʊə/ 1. To last, continue, endure. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Soo on a tyme he told kynge Arthur that he sholde not dure longe […] Example: But he that was ſowne in the ſtony grũde ys he / which heareth the worde of God / and anon with ioye receaveth itt / yet hath he no rottꝭ in him ſelfe / And therefore he dureth but a ſeaſon[…].
Word: dure Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dūrus. Doublet of dour. 1. hard; harsh; severe; rough Labels: archaic Example: The winter is severe, and life is dure and rude.
Word: finches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ravenously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ravenous Middle English -ly English -ly English ravenously From ravenous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹævənəsli/ 1. In a ravenous manner; voraciously. Example: Francesca marked with delight the eager manner in which Guido began his meal, and almost forgot her own hunger in the amusement of watching him eat so ravenously;... Example: Our bread was baked for us by one of the Government cooks, and the scones and cakes which we consumed so ravenously were baked by my mother in a camp oven. This primitive but useful oven requires very little description. It is a round iron vessel, standing on three legs and covered with a dome-shaped tightly-fitting lid. Fire is placed above and below, and I know no more satisfactory mode of baking bread or cake.
Word: rockery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Medieval Latin roccabor.? Old English *rocc Early Medieval Latin rocca Anglo-Norman roquebor. Middle English rokke English rock 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 rockery From rock + -ery. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɒk.ə.ɹi/, /ˈɹɑk.ɚ.i/ 1. A section of a garden made from decorative rocks and alpine plants. 2. A natural area where many seals breed.
Word: pallisander Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French palissandre. 1. a dense, heavy wood, similar to teak or mahogany, mostly from species of Dalbergia and Pterocarpus, as well as Machaerium
Word: Palaeozoic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Paleozoic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Palaeozoic Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Paleozoic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Palæozoic Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of Paleozoic. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Palæozoic Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Paleozoic. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: The whole history of the earth is divided into five eras, with corresponding rock-systems. These are: 1. Archæan or Eozoic¹ era, embodied in the Laurentian system; 2. Palæozoic² era, embodied in the Palæozoic or Primary system; 3. Mesozoic³ era, recorded in the Secondary system; 4. Cenozoic,⁴ recorded in the Tertiary and Quaternary systems; and, 5. The Psychozoic era, or era of Mind, recorded in the recent system.
Word: mellifulous Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of mellifluous. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: reassess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *sed- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sedéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *sedēō Latin sedeō Latin assideō Latin assessus Medieval Latin assessareder. Old French assesserbor. Middle English assessen English assess English reassess From re- + assess. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.əˈsɛs/ 1. To assess again; to revise an earlier assessment; to reevaluate. Labels: transitive Example: Osteoporosis Australia is calling for the 'no hat, no play' policy in school playgrounds to be reassessed in the ACT and Tasmania, because children are not getting enough sunlight.
Word: rebar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of reinforcing + bar. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A steel reinforcing bar in a reinforced concrete structure. Labels: countable Example: The floor and walls for Copthall tunnel have already been constructed using formwork into which rebar (reinforcing bar) was placed, and then concrete poured. 2. A grid-shaped system of such bars. Labels: uncountable Example: The hash mark of rebar or the curve of a hubcap will create curious shapes to be decoded; even, perhaps, entire subway trains and lengths of tracks will remain.
Word: rebar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of reinforcing + bar. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiː.bɑː(ɹ)/ 1. To reinforce with bars of this kind. Labels: transitive
Word: rebar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English bar English rebar From re- + bar. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbɑː(ɹ)/ 1. To bar again. Labels: transitive Example: After allowing the stranger to enter, she rebarred the door. 2. To redistribute the notes of a musical score across the bars, e.g. when changing time signature. Labels: transitive
Word: bravado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bravade (“bragging or boasting”), from Italian bravata, from verb bravare (“brag, boast”), from bravo. Compare bravura. Pronunciation: /bɹɑˈvɑdoʊ/, /bɹəˈvɑdoʊ/ 1. A swaggering show of defiance or courage. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The angry customer stood in the middle of the showroom and voiced his complaints with loud bravado. Example: For a bravado he had the organ taken down and conveyed to his father's house, where he had it put up in the chamber where it now stands. It was also for a bravado that he played on it every day. But, by−and−by, the amount of time which he spent at it daily began to increase rapidly. 2. A superficial show of courage. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A swaggerer; a braggart. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: bravado Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French bravade (“bragging or boasting”), from Italian bravata, from verb bravare (“brag, boast”), from bravo. Compare bravura. Pronunciation: /bɹɑˈvɑdoʊ/, /bɹəˈvɑdoʊ/ 1. To swagger; to brag. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: brandishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brandish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brandishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb to brandish. Example: He stands there and launches into a tauparapara or traditional chant, accompanied by vigorous actions and defiant brandishings of his stick.
Word: Lion of Judah Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Hebrew אריה יהודה (Aryeh Yehudah). 1. A Jewish national and cultural symbol, traditionally regarded as a symbol of the tribe of Judah. Labels: Judaism 2. Jesus Christ. 3. A nickname for the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie (1892–1975). Labels: Rastafari
Word: litchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ultimately from Hokkien 荔枝 (lē-chi). Doublet of lichi and lychee. Pronunciation: /ˈliːt͡ʃiː/ 1. Alternative spelling of lychee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: collisionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English collision Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English collisionless From collision + -less. 1. That does not involve a collision between particles, bodies, plasmas or waves. Labels: not-comparable 2. Without the possibility of data packets colliding on the network. Labels: not-comparable Example: A token ring network is collisionless, but an Ethernet network is not. 3. Without the possibility of items having the same value, which would prevent reliable lookup. Labels: not-comparable Example: a collisionless hash