nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: carcinogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carcino- + -genesis. 1. The creation of cancer cells. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whether they are involved in carcinogenesis by induction of a heritable lesion would depend, I believe, on their ability either to mispair or to misrepair.
Word: mediastinal Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the mediastinum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sacrococcygeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sacro- + coccygeal. 1. Having to do with the sacrum and coccyx. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rhabdomyosarcoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῥάβδος (rhábdos)bor. English rhabdo- Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Hellenic *mū́s Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)der. English myo- English sarcoma English rhabdomyosarcoma From rhabdo- + myo- + sarcoma. 1. A cancerous tumor of skeletal muscle. Example: Some of these cases might be referred to the sarcomata and some to carcinomata, but that is impossible unless they could be rexëamined by a reliable pathologist, as was done by Eve, who examined a so-called medullary tumor from the kidney of an infant, which had been deposited in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, London, in Hunter's time, and discovered that it belonged to that rare group of tumors which have been variously designated as rhabdomyosarcoma or as myosarcoma striocellulare. Example: Rhabdomyosarcoma, the most common primary malignant orbital tumor of childhood, has been classified histologically as embryonal, differentiated, or alveolar.
Word: rhabdomyoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After German Rhabdomyoma; equivalent to rhabdo- + myoma. 1. A non-cancerous tumor of skeletal muscle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rhabdomyoma is the most common of primary cardiac neoplasms found in infants and children. It is rare in adults. Fifty per cent of patients with rhabdomyoma also have tuberous sclerosis—a familial disease consisting of epilepsy, mental retardation, and adenoma sebaceum.
Word: leiomyosarcoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English leio- Proto-Indo-European *múHs Proto-Hellenic *mū́s Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs)der. English myo- English sarcoma English leiomyosarcoma From leio- + myo- + sarcoma. 1. A cancerous tumor of smooth muscle.
Word: leiomyoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leio- + myoma. 1. A non-cancerous tumor of smooth muscle
Word: discretizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of discretize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unseeing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English seeing English unseeing From un- + seeing. 1. Blind. Labels: not-comparable Example: The cave frog's eyes have devolved into unseeing lumps. 2. Not aware of what is visible. Labels: not-comparable Example: Although his eyes were open, the sleepwalker headed, with unseeing eyes, towards the danger.
Word: unseeing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. present participle and gerund of unsee Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unglued 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- English glued English unglued From un- + glued. 1. simple past and past participle of unglue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unglued Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English glued English unglued From un- + glued. 1. Not secured with glue. Labels: not-comparable Example: The unglued joints all fell apart in shipment, but the properly joined piece survived intact. 2. Insane, upset. Labels: comparable, slang Example: He was calm at first, then suddenly he came unglued and started screaming. He completely lost it. Example: There is something inherently entertaining about the self-proclaimed defender of uncomfortable speech on college campuses coming unglued when he found a sentence on the Internet that he didn't like.
Word: unglue 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- English glue English unglue From un- + glue. 1. to separate that which was held by glue Example: we had to use warm water and solvent to unglue all the joints we put in yesterday. 2. to cease to adhere to or follow attentively Example: parents are looking for new ways to unglue their children from their screens
Word: sixsome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From six + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪksəm/ 1. A group of six persons or things.
Word: fivesome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-West Germanic *fimf Old English fīf Middle English fyf English five English -some English fivesome From five + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪvsəm/ 1. A group of five people or things. 2. An orgy (group sex) consisting of five people.
Word: fivesome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Germanic *fimf Proto-West Germanic *fimf Old English fīf Middle English fyf English five English -some English fivesome From five + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪvsəm/ 1. By fives; with five Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: They tied his hands behind his back; They guarded him fivesome on each side.
Word: eightsome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Germanic *ahtōu Proto-West Germanic *ahtō Old English eahta Middle English eighte English eight English -some English eightsome From eight + -some. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪtsəm/ 1. A group of eight persons or things.
Word: megibyte Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of mebibyte. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: do with mirrors Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform a magic trick or produce an optical illusion with the use of hidden mirrors, implying trickery and sham. Labels: idiomatic, transitive 2. To do something as if by magic; a joking explanation of the fantastic or the unexplained. Labels: idiomatic, transitive
Word: ångström Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of angstrom. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: arroz con leche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish arroz con leche 1. a Spanish dessert made with rice, milk and sugar, similar to rice pudding Labels: uncountable
Word: Oltenia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Romanian Oltenia. Pronunciation: /oʊlˈtɛni.ə/ 1. A region in southwestern Romania which makes up the western part of Wallachia.
Word: on your horse, amigo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Adaptation of Korean 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka). 1. How are you? Labels: slang
Word: disbelievers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of disbeliever Labels: form-of, plural
Word: peacemakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of peacemaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concussions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concussion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: suffragists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of suffragist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inflammations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inflammation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: action verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A word that expresses action and tells what the subject of a sentence does.
Word: double deal Part of Speech: verb 1. To deal the top and bottom cards from a deck to a confederate in a card game as if they were one card. Example: Barely looking up from his smooth hands and the cards they held, the gambler said, “You're not a good enough cardplayer I'd have to double deal you." 2. To cheat by trickery.
Word: double deal Part of Speech: noun 1. An instance of double dealing.
Word: double-deal Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of double deal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: flurried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flurry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: flurried Part of Speech: adj 1. Agitated, confused. Example: “Come, come,” he said, “you are flurried, Mr. Lockwood. Here, take a little wine.” Example: I met one of your dons at tea, and he said that your degree was not in the least a proof of your abilities: he said that you knocked up and got flurried in examinations.
Word: confoundedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English confounded Middle English -ly English -ly English confoundedly From confounded + -ly. 1. In a confounded manner; as if confused or thwarted. 2. Used as a mild oath: damnably. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: I have been thinking, George, of changing our travelling dreſſes in the morning. I am grown confoundedly aſhamed of mine. 3. Very; terribly. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: That's most confoundedly good of you.
Word: shipmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English schypmayster, schypmester, equivalent to ship + master. 1. The master of a ship; a captain; a commander.
Word: shipmasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shipmaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: miscarried Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miscarry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soft boiled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of soft-boiled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: softboiled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of soft-boiled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Jacobson Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jacob + -son. From Middle English Jacobson. Medieval English patronymic surname "son of Jacob". In the U.S. adopted by immigrants with similar family names, such as Swedish Jakobsson, Danish and Norwegian Jacobsen (or Jakobsen). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒeɪkəbsən/ 1. An English surname transferred from the given name. Example: Today, the question is how bluntly the case, known as Jacobson v. Massachusetts, might be wielded to justify curbing individual liberties without caveat. Example: “It’s well known that the lowest income consumer is really struggling with inflation, but from a purely economic standpoint, it is the higher quintiles of earners that do the most spending,” Nanette Abuhoff Jacobson, global investment strategist at Hartford Funds, told CNN.
Word: whitewashing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whitewash + -ing. 1. The application of whitewash. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The effacement of errors or bad actions. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Some persons are sincerely incapable of understanding that to denounce mud slinging does not mean the endorsement of whitewashing; and both the interested individuals who need whitewashing and those others who practice mud slinging like to encourage such confusion of ideas. Example: The institution insulted history by peddling ludicrous whitewashings — describing the Watergate criminal conspiracy as a “coup” by Nixon’s political rivals fed by fake scoops purchased by the Woodstein investigative duo at The Washington Post. 3. The process of whitewashing, of making over (a person or character, a group, an event, etc) so that it is or seems more white (Caucasian), for example by applying makeup to a person, or by covering over the participation of non-whites in an event and focusing on only white participation. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: While whitewashing remains a modern problem, it has a long history in American film: In the very first Hollywood movie, 1910’s In Old California, white actors played non-white roles. Example: In both films we see the consolidation of a colonial power structure of Western saviour and African victims. [...] The director responds that 'the question doesn't even come up' when his whitewashing of black history in ancient Egypt is challenged. Scott and like-minded defenders of racism take the century-long Hollywood whitewashing of African history and heritage as normal. This [...] is now challenged through audience racism fatigue, alternative narratives of Africa, […]
Word: whitewashing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From whitewash + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of whitewash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: account manager Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is in charge of sales to one or more named customers or to a specified segment of the market, especially in B2B marketing; supposedly refers to a somewhat more responsible job than the term salesman.
Word: glacial drift Part of Speech: noun 1. An accumulation of glacial till that has been transported by moving ice, land ice, or icebergs. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: promised one Part of Speech: noun 1. A promised new prophet. 2. The Christ.
Word: touch of the tar brush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Believed to be of British origin. 1. Real or suspected African or Asian distant ancestry in a person of predominantly Caucasian ancestry; mixed racial heritage (e.g. Afro-Caribbean or, to a lesser extent, South Asian in background or appearance). Labels: informal Example: She was quite young—not more than about twenty-five—and sort of dark and slinky-looking, if you know what I mean. Quite nice-looking in a kind of way, but rather as though she might have what my mother used to call "a touch of the tar-brush."
Word: budesonide Part of Speech: noun 1. A corticosteroid used in the treatment of various diseases. Labels: uncountable
Word: phalacrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek φαλακρός (phalakrós). 1. Baldness. Labels: uncountable
Word: support force Part of Speech: noun 1. A force that completely balances the weight of an object at rest.
Word: territorial matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. The layer which surrounds chondrocytes in cartilage. It is basophilic, and stains metachromatically due to proteoglycans.
Word: tourist highway Part of Speech: noun 1. A road which is marketed as particularly suited for tourists, and promoted by traffic signs or advertising material.
Word: turbanize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English turban Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English turbanize From turban + -ize. 1. To adorn with a turban. Example: Lord, girl. What's happened to your hair. Nappy. Kinky. Turbanize it. Example: Among class- or status-conscious spectators in the Whitefriars Theater, might not Morose's transformation into a shop sign (perhaps just a few doors down from the theater on Fleet Street) get a bigger, or more mocking, laugh than the turbanized Morose earlier in the play? 2. To make more turban-like. Example: Soon after there arose a fashion of wearing an imitation of the turbanized hood, also called a bourrelet — a padded circlet covered with cloth, to which were attached what appeared to be the extremities of a hood. Example: Fashion attractions in bathing caps Peak demand is expected this year for the new bathing caps which have been turbanized, beflowered, polka dotted and otherwise glamorized as they never were before. 3. To convert to the wearing of turbans or, by extension, to increase the percentage of arabs in a population. Example: This Turkish procedure gave the Dutch and German pamphleteers a fine opportunity to raise a cry against the grand Turk of the French and turbanized France, who learned their manners from their good friends the miscreants. Example: Who turbanized America, who lives in a stable with blood-red walls and a green-blue ceiling, whose articles and Music at Midnight have made even more stir than the remarkable taste of her interior decorating, who talks more delightfully than almost any one in New York. 4. To improve efficiency by scraping off scale from steel alloy pipes. Example: The showing made by this swift water bug so impressed the Admiralty that they took steps to turbanize the British navy. Example: Rotary driven steel scrapers are normally employed to remove loose scale from C or low alloy steel pipe that has been hot bent. This method is called turbanizing.
Word: transport stage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: transport + stage 1. In rallying, an untimed section of the event where cars are driven at relatively low speed, usually on public roads, to the next racing stage.
Word: Walian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Wales Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Walian From Wales + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪljən/, /ˈweɪliən/, /ˈweɪ.li.ən/ 1. A Welsh person. Labels: uncommon
Word: Walian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Wales Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Walian From Wales + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈweɪljən/, /ˈweɪliən/, /ˈweɪ.li.ən/ 1. Synonym of Welsh: of or relating to Wales. Labels: uncommon
Word: web provider Part of Speech: noun 1. A business offering Internet-based services, such as an ISP (Internet service provider) or web hosting company. Labels: Internet
Word: zero tensor Part of Speech: noun 1. A tensor with all entries equal to zero; where any pattern of covariant and contravariant indices have all components equal to 0. 2. A generalization of the zero vector to tensor space.
Word: Zoroaster Part of Speech: name Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Zōroastrēs, from Ancient Greek Ζωροάστρης (Zōroástrēs), from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zarathustra. Pronunciation: /ˌzɒɹoʊˈæstəɹ/, /ˈzɒɹoʊˌæstəɹ/ 1. An ancient Iranian prophet after whom the indigenous Iranian ethnic religion, Zoroastrianism, is named, also venerated in Mithraism. 2. Pseudepigraphic name used by various Ancient Greek and Latin authors of late antiquity to lend weight to their opinions.
Word: Zarathustra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Zarathustra, from Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬚𐬎𐬱𐬙𐬭𐬀 (zaraθuštra). Doublet of Zoroaster. 1. Synonym of Zoroaster.
Word: Zarathustrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Zarathustra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Zarathustrian From Zarathustra + -ian. 1. Relating to or characteristic of Zarathustrianism (also known as Zoroastrianism). Labels: not-comparable, uncommon
Word: Zarathustrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Zarathustra Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Zarathustrian From Zarathustra + -ian. 1. A follower of Zarathustra (also known as Zoroaster). Labels: uncommon
Word: ironmongery Part of Speech: noun 1. Tools and hardware that can be bought in an ironmonger's shop. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated, uncountable Example: "He came in. He had a gun. He was crazy. You can see he was crazy; look what he did to Ricky. He thought Ricky was me. He wanted to steal my adjustables. Look." Sonny smiled and tilted the steel case so Henry could look at the jumble of rusty ironmongery inside. 2. The trade of an ironmonger. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable 3. An ironmonger's shop. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable 4. The various metal items used by mountaineers. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: He also had a room strewn with the toys of the trade and what-have-you: ropes and ironmongery, buoyancy aid and bagpipes, fetid socks and half-eaten haggises, dumbbells and ski-instructor sweaters. Example: If, by using “ironmongery” – artificial climbing aids – you could overcome any challenge, where was the adventure?
Word: extinguishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of extinguish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bitterer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɪ.tə.ɹə/, /ˈbɪ.tə.ɹɚ/ 1. comparative form of bitter: more bitter Labels: comparative, form-of Example: No wind that blew was bitterer than he, […]
Word: memoization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, memo + -ization. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛmoʊaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. A technique in which partial results are recorded (forming a memo) and then can be re-used later without having to recompute them. Labels: uncountable
Word: get well soon Part of Speech: phrase 1. Expressing hope that the listener will soon recover from illness.
Word: macchi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Hindi मच्छी (macchī) 1. Any of several white fish used in Indian cooking Labels: India
Word: smatchet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. Pronunciation: /ˈsmæt͡ʃɪt/ 1. A small, nasty or insignificant person. Labels: Scotland 2. A large fighting knife.
Word: Meggan Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Welsh, a rare nonstandard spelling of the Welsh Megan.
Word: mascotte Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of mascot (“bringer of good luck”). Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: badinerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French badinerie. Pronunciation: /ˈbæd.ɪn.ɹi/ 1. A brief and lively dance. 2. The music to accompany this dance, or in this style.
Word: helicity Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being helical. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of certain measures of the extent to which vortex lines (in fluid flow) or field lines (in a magnetic or electromagnetic field) kink and twist or link and coil around one another. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The conjecture made in Tsinober and Levich (1983) was that coherent structures should possess a significant coherent helicity. Example: The helicity associated with the writhing number is obtained by observing that a torus with twist number ±1 may be distorted into a figure-8 configuration which appears untwisted.[…]Note that at each step the total helicity, consisting of the sum of twist, kink, and link helicities, is conserved. 3. The quantized spin component of a moving particle along the direction of its motion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1989, John Taylor, 17: Gauge theories in particle physics, Paul Davies, The New Physics, Cambridge University Press, 1992, 1st Paperback Edition, page 467, To understand this name, note that the helicity is, roughly speaking, the spin in the direction of motion. Example: The experiment was particularly ingenious because, as the neutrino hardly interacts with matter, some way of indirectly measuring its helicity had to be devised.
Word: mendicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mendīcātus, perfect passive participle of mendīcō (“to beg”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈmɛndɪkeɪt/ 1. To beg. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete
Word: characteriological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English characteriology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English characteriological From characteriology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to characteriology. Example: [H]is is a make-up tending to early arterial changes, and his characteriological traits will undoubtedly be accentuated thereby. Example: [A] constantly recurring number of offenses in the same individuals (the recidivists), for the rather obvious reason that no characteriological or true sociological study has ever been attempted.
Word: characteriologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English characteriological Middle English -ly English -ly English characteriologically From characteriological + -ly. 1. In a characteriological manner.
Word: from hunger Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Of poor quality; tolerable only in desperate circumstances. Labels: idiomatic Example: She looked good, but as an actress she was strictly from hunger. http://www.hulu.com/watch/77882/the-donna-reed-show-pardon-my-gloves?c=1011 Example: "That's the place for you, the San Berdoo. I live there so I ought to know. The owner's strictly from hunger. Come on, I'll get you fixed up swell." 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see from, hunger.
Word: blind man's bluff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of blind man's buff. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hardware cloth Part of Speech: noun 1. A flexible wire-mesh material, consisting of loosely woven wires in a simple rectangular grid. Labels: uncountable Example: Hardware cloth is a sturdy, thick wire mesh that comes plain or coated […] 2. A type of such fabric, differentiated by material, coating, wire diameter, and mesh size. Labels: countable
Word: hardware cloths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hardware cloth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deferring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of defer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: deferring Part of Speech: noun 1. deferral Example: It is the differings and deferrings of language that produce meanings, truths and values […]
Word: don't look a gift horse in the mouth Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Calque from Latin expressions such as equi dentes inspicere donati (“to inspect the teeth of a provided horse”) in St. Jerome's c. 400 Preface to the Commentaries of the Letter to the Ephesians (Commentariorum in Epistolam ad Ephesios Libri Tres), which designates it as a "common proverb" (vulgare proverbium). The ultimate referrent is inspection of horses' teeth as a way of ascertaining their age and value. 1. One should not unappreciatively question or inspect a gift too closely. Example: No man ought to looke a geuen hors in the mouth. Example: He ne’er consider'd it, as loth To look a Gift-horse in the mouth.
Word: malaria mosquito Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the closely-related malaria-spreading mosquitos of the genus Anopheles, especially Anopheles gambiae.
Word: onshoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of onshore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ESRF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of European Synchrotron Radiation Facility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: telicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English telic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English telicity From telic + -ity. Pronunciation: /tiːˈlɪsɪti/ 1. The property of a verb or verb phrase that presents an action or event as being complete in some sense. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: telicities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of telicity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IFR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Integral Fast Reactor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IFR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of instrument flight rules, a set of rules for a pilot flying on instruments, primarily as a means of navigating through inclement weather. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: It is important to note that fuel reserves for transport helicopters will be much lower than those for airplanes in view of the helicopter’s inherent flight advantages under IFR (Instrument Flight Rules), and the greater availability of alternate landing areas. 2. Initialism of I follow roads, to navigate simply via prominent ground features; this may be at very low level when flight would only normally be possible under Instrument Flight Rules. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism Example: Night flying is still a safe means of transportation, however, I have modified my VFR (Visual Flight Rules) night flights to a IFR (normally-Instrument Flight Rules) but in my case I Follow Roads[.] 3. Initialism of infection fatality rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:IFR.
Word: krumkake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Norwegian krumkake (“curved cake”). Compare Middle English crumcake, cramkake (“loaf of unleavened bread; a twisted or crumpled cake”). 1. A Norwegian cookie invented by emigrants to America, prepared as a rolled-up cone, sometimes with a filling.
Word: krum kake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of krumkake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crumcake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of krumkake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: crum cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crumcake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: krum kaka Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of krumkake. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bunkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bunker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: from my cold, dead hands Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Only after my death. Labels: excessive, literally Example: I won't have the government instituting gun control! They can have my shotgun when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. 2. Never; not under any circumstances. Labels: idiomatic Example: You want me to sell you a family heirloom like this? Tsk, you can take it from my cold, dead hands.
Word: bunchberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bunch + berry. 1. Either of two species of dwarf dogwoods: 2. Either of two species of dwarf dogwoods: 3. The fruit of either of these plants.
Word: bunchberries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bunchberry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: behind the bit Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Evading the bit. Labels: idiomatic
Word: coast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coste (“rib; side of the body”), from Old French coste (“rib; side of an object; coast”) (modern French côte (“rib; coast; hill, slope”)), from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”). Doublet of costa. Compare typologically cape < Latin caput, ness (akin to nose), Bulgarian нос (nos, “nose; …; cape, promontory, foreland, gore”), Macedonian ’рт (’rt), Serbo-Croatian рт (“cape, promontory, headland”) < Proto-Slavic *rъtъ (whence Russian рот (rot)). Pronunciation: /kəʊst/, /koʊst/, /kəʉst/, /kɐʉst/, /kost/ 1. The edge of the land where it meets an ocean, sea, gulf, bay, or large lake. Example: The rocky coast of Maine has few beaches. Example: a town on the coast of Trinidad 2. The side or edge of something. Labels: obsolete Example: And the Coaſt towards which the lines KL and VX are drawn, may be call’d the Coaſt of unuſual Refraction. 3. A region of land; a district or country. Labels: obsolete Example: Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men, was excedynge wroth, and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in bethleem, and in all the costes thereof […] Example: P. Crescentius, in his lib. 1 de agric. cap. 5, is very copious in this subject, how a house should be wholesomely sited, in a good coast, good air, wind, etc. 4. A region of the air or heavens. Labels: obsolete Example: the learned Merlin, well could tell, / Vnder what coast of heauen the man did dwell […]
Word: coast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin costa Latin costicāreder. Old French costoierbor. Middle English costeien English coast From Middle English costeien (“to travel along a border or coast; to go alongside (something), skirt; to accompany, follow; to travel across, traverse; to be adjacent to, to border;”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], Old French costoier (“to be at the side of”) […] (modern French côtoyer (“to pass alongside; (figuratively) to rub shoulders”)), from Latin costicāre, from Latin costa (“rib; side, wall”); see further at etymology 1. Pronunciation: /kəʊst/, /koʊst/, /kəʉst/, /kɐʉst/, /kost/ 1. To glide along without adding energy; to allow a vehicle to continue moving forward after disengaging the engine or ceasing to apply motive power. Labels: intransitive Example: When I ran out of gas, fortunately I managed to coast into a nearby gas station. Example: We steamed easily across the first part of the Tay Bridge, and then after passing over the long spans in mid-stream we coasted smoothly down the 1 in 114 gradient, and around the sweeping curve through Esplanade Station. 2. To sail along a coast. Labels: intransitive Example: The Ancients coasted only in their Navigations. Example: The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves. 3. To make a minimal effort; to continue to do something in a routine way, without initiative or effort. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: Yet the truth is that City would probably have been coasting by that point if the referee, Michael Oliver, had not turned down three separate penalties, at least two of which could be accurately described as certainties. Example: Rehearsal goes reasonably. Wheeler long ago swore that he would never coast through a performance, and he plays decently well. But it seems to him as if a lot of the orchestra is distracted. Some cues get missed. He makes meaningful eye contact with the conductor a couple of times, and they share a frustrated look. When they break for dinner, late in the afternoon, the conductor, whose name is Luján, privately remarks to him, "Their eyes need fixing." 4. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: Anon she hears them chant it lustily, / And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. Example: The 25. day of the same moneth we fell with the Cape Cantin , vpon the coast of Barbarie , and coasting along , the 27. day we found an Island called Mogado 5. To sail by or near; to follow the coastline of. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Nearchus, […] not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. 6. To conduct along a coast or river bank. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The Indians […] coasted me a long the river. 7. To slide downhill; to slide on a sled upon snow or ice. Labels: Canada, US, dialectal
Word: ghost train Part of Speech: noun 1. A fairground attraction in which participants ride through a haunted house in a railcar. 2. A ghost-themed excursion offered by many tourist railways around the world. Usually, a fictional story is created and performed with static displays or live actors on either side of a train. Actors and actresses play out a story on the long and narrow stage provided by the railcar aisles. 3. A rail service which does not appear in the public timetables. Labels: UK Example: 'My London' website writes about an interesting phenomenon of 'London's ghost trains': "The legal procedures to close a railway line in the UK are so complex that it is cheaper to run a token 'ghost train' down the line once per day, week or month. These trains often run empty because they don't always appear on maps and timetables, hence the nickname 'ghost trains'." What a waste! 4. A supernatural manifestation of a railway locomotive or passenger cars. Labels: UK 5. An unmanned train rolling on the train line. 6. A train service that no longer exists, having stopped running. Example: As a second-year student at Kharkiv University, I took a summer job as a conductor of the train that ran from Novorossiysk on the Russian Black Sea coast to Kaliningrad in the Baltics - a 48-hour journey via Kharkiv, from where the train originated. In modern geographical terms, it went across four independent states: Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, and Lithuania. As such, it has now joined the long list of 'ghost trains', extinguished by the ongoing war.
Word: walking fern Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of two species of fern in the genus Asplenium (Asplenium rhizophyllum or Asplenium sibiricum) that produce new plantlets from the tips of their leaves.
Word: net metering Part of Speech: noun 1. An electricity billing arrangement where excess energy (especially renewable energy) generated by an electricity consumer is credited towards their future consumption. Labels: uncountable
Word: hammered dulcimer Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of dulcimer whose metal strings are stretched over a trapezoidal sounding board that has two bridges, one bass and one treble, set on a stand and played with small mallet-like hammers.
Word: unostentatious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English ostentatious English unostentatious From un- + ostentatious. 1. Not ostentatious; simple; unpresuming. Example: But terror had overpowered the scanty remains of a body once so powerful, and sensible they were only suffered to remain in this ancient seat by connivance and from compassion, they did not venture upon taking any step which might be construed into an assertion of their ancient rights, contenting themselves with the secret and obscure exercise of their religious ceremonial, in as unostentatious a manner as was possible.
Word: unpresuming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + presuming. 1. Not presumptuous
Word: ex. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of example. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of exercise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: severer Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /sɪˈvɪəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. comparative form of severe: more severe Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: severer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sever Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English severer From sever + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛvəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. One who severs. Example: They received this name from the jealousy of their rivals, who thereby intimated that they were severers of the unity of the Algonquin nation, as a people who were setting up an independent government […]
Word: wood ear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Chinese 木耳 (mù'ěr) 1. An edible fungus in the genus Auricularia, shaped like an ear and growing on wood. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: comstockery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Anthony Comstock (1844–1915) (and the Comstock laws which he propagated) + -ery, coined in an editorial in The New York Times in 1895 and famously adopted by George Bernard Shaw in 1905. 1. Censorship of literature and performances because of especially broad definitions of obscenity or immorality. Labels: US, uncountable Example: 1905, George Bernard Shaw, letter, New York Times, Sept. 26, 1905, Comstockery is the world's standing joke at the expense of the United States. Example: 1916, H. L. Mencken, column, Baltimore Evening Sun, July, 19, 1916, A people unconvinced of the pervasiveness of sin, the supreme importance of moral problems, the need of harsh and inquisitorial laws--in brief, of the whole Puritan theological and political apparatus--would never have permitted the growth of such curious flowers as Comstockery, so obnoxious and so incomprehensible to all foreigners.
Word: -ery Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery From Middle English -erie, from Anglo-Norman -erie, which is from -ier + -ie; a suffix forming abstract nouns. The suffix first occurs in loans from Old French into Middle English, but becomes productive within English by the 16th century, in some instances properly a combination of the agent suffix -er with -y as in bakery, brewery, but also as a single suffix in terms like slavery, machinery (which are not derived from slaver or machiner). By surface analysis, -er + -y. Pronunciation: /əɹi/ 1. Added to occupational etc. nouns to form other nouns meaning the "art, craft, or practice of." Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: midwife + -ery → midwifery Example: cook + -ery → cookery 2. Added to verbs to form nouns meaning "place of" (an art, craft, or practice). Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: bake + -ery → bakery Example: distill + -ery → distillery 3. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "a class, group, or collection of." Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: crock + -ery → crockery Example: hose + -ery → hosiery 4. Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "behavior characteristic of." Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: snob + -ery → snobbery Example: tomfool + -ery → tomfoolery
Word: -ery Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Alteration of -y. Pronunciation: /əɹi/ 1. Forming adjectives. Labels: morpheme, rare Example: My neighbors’ children play with me. / They come for me to ease their woes, / Bleedery stumpings of the toes, / Splinters in fingers, at whose base / Angels have left their kissery trace; / Skinned elbows and such bruisery rings, / Or bumpery dots from wood bees’ stings.
Word: welders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of welder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: golf clubs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of golf club Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prestidigitate Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform magic with the hands or using sleight of hand. Labels: intransitive 2. To juggle. Labels: transitive
Word: prestidigitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prestidigitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: prestidigitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prestidigitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prestidigitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of prestidigitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: idiomaticities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of idiomaticity (but the word is rare in its count sense) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: merchantile Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of mercantile. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated, not-comparable
Word: non-agenda Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Latin agendader. English agenda English non-agenda From non- + agenda. 1. Not on the agenda; not of importance; not of current importance. Labels: not-comparable Example: They are wasting their time on non-agenda items.
Word: registered trademarks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of registered trademark Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tree kangaroo Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several Australian macropods, of the genus Dendrolagus, adapted for life in the trees.
Word: hit a home run Part of Speech: verb 1. To hit a ball during an at-bat that results in all runners on base and the hitter scoring runs; the best result of an at-bat. Example: He was the first pinch hitter to hit a home run on the first pitch of his career. 2. To achieve the best possible result. Labels: broadly, figuratively, informal Example: I wanted to get up to the plate and take the chance of hitting a home run. Even if I didn't hit a home run, I would be working with the man I respected and loved more than any businessman I had ever known. 3. To engage in sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic, figuratively, slang
Word: bat a thousand Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a baseball batting average, often stated as the number of hits per 1000 at bats (so 1000 would be 100 percent). 1. To reach first base on every at-bat. 2. To achieve success at each attempt. Labels: idiomatic Example: He's batting a thousand so far with the new boss. 3. To achieve perfection. Labels: idiomatic Example: No one can bat a thousand for the whole season. 4. To have identical outcomes with each attempt. Labels: idiomatic
Word: commuting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of commute Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: commuting Part of Speech: noun 1. travel between home and workplace Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The poet Geoffrey Grigson added an atmospheric 1950s gloss on these bizarre commutings [of seeds]: 'between Swindon and London you may see them often enough during the summer, the sunlight through the carriage window catching them as they float about in the thin smoke of cigarettes'. Example: It was cheaper to build both railways and suburbs to the south, and commuting - which Charles Pearson called 'oscillating' - began between the village of Greenwich and London Bridge. (The term 'commuting' is from America, and did not become established in Britain until the 1940s). 2. travel by public transportation such as by jeepney Labels: Philippines, uncountable, usually
Word: commuting Part of Speech: adj 1. Causing, or involved in commutation Labels: not-comparable
Word: Flemming Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: myrmecophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Myrmekophyt, equivalent to myrmeco- (“ant”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /məˈmɛk.əˌfʌɪt/, /ˈmɝ.mə.kəˌfaɪt/ 1. A plant that lives in association with a colony of ants. The degree of association varies and is assumed to be symbiotic in some cases.
Word: myrmecophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of myrmecophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: back to back Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of back-to-back. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: back to back Part of Speech: adv 1. With one's back facing that of somebody else. Labels: not-comparable Example: Stand back to back so that we can see which of you is taller. 2. Consecutively; one after the other. Labels: not-comparable Example: We can't watch these films back to back! That's just way too much for one night.
Word: geroscience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gero- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English geroscience From gero- + science. 1. The science of ageing, and of age-related disease. Labels: uncountable
Word: geroscientist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gero- + scientist. 1. A scientist whose speciality is geroscience.
Word: luciferins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of luciferin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nuclear pore complex Part of Speech: noun 1. A proteinaceous assembly that selectively transports cargoes across the nuclear envelope
Word: proteinaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From protein + -aceous. 1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of protein Example: By enabling delivery fo active components beneath the skin, the sting and venom opened a bonanza of opportunities for the evolution of highly specific and active components, particularly proteinaceous materials. Example: A few types of molecules get sensed by receptors on the tongue. Protons coming off of acids ping receptors for "sour." Sugars get received as "sweet." Bitter, salty, and the proteinaceous flavor umami all set off their own neural cascades.
Word: lingling-o Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (Tagalog?) 1. A three-pointed decorative amulet, of bronze or jade, found throughout Southeast Asia
Word: spiny anteater Part of Speech: noun 1. An echidna.
Word: Austronesia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Back-formation from Austronesian (from Latin austro- (“southern”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”) + -ia). Pronunciation: /ˌɒs.tɹəˈniː.ʒə/ 1. Those areas of the world, mostly in Southeast Asia and the Pacific but also including Madagascar, that are inhabited by speakers of Austronesian languages.
Word: mesoporous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English porous English mesoporous From meso- + porous. 1. Having pores of a size between 2 and 50 nanometres. Labels: not-comparable Example: A nanobullet comprising of multifunctional Janus nanocomposites (a head of magnetic Fe₃O₄ and a body of mesoporous SiO₂ containing doxorubicin) is reported to be a safe and efﬁcient treatment for liver cancer.
Word: microporous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + porous. 1. Having micropores of a size less than 2 nanometres.
Word: macroporous 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- English porous English macroporous From macro- + porous. 1. Having macropores, i.e. pores of a relatively large size (e.g. greater than 50 nanometres).