nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: querele Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Middle English querele (“altercation, dispute; argument, debate; armed combat; trial by combat; basis for dispute, complaint; claim, legal suit; a lament; illness”), whence modern English quarrel. 1. A complaint to a court in Old English law. Labels: obsolete
Word: flouncier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of flouncy: more flouncy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: flounciest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of flouncy: most flouncy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: milk float Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric accumulator battery-driven vehicle (formerly also horse-drawn), designed for the house-to-house delivery of fresh milk; common in Europe, especially the United Kingdom. Example: Further clues are provided by milk-floats bearing the legend 'Lord Rayleigh's Dairies: A Family Business', and a number of signs indicating the whereabouts of various departments of Lord Rayleigh's Farms. Example: Milk floats were flimsy at the front (especially the three-wheelers) but very strong at the back. They were uncomplicated vehicles. Nothing much could go wrong and, when it did go wrong, the vehicles were relatively easy to repair.
Word: one and all Part of Speech: pron 1. The entire set of persons or things within a given domain, considered both as separate individuals and collectively. Labels: idiomatic Example: Therefore my friends, stand to it one and all, refuse this filthy trash. Example: Now this doubloon was of purest, virgin gold […] and however wanton in their sailor ways, one and all, the mariners revered it as the white whale's talisman.
Word: poop scoop Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pooper scooper.
Word: poop scoop Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of pooper scoop.
Word: omnilinguality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English omnilingual Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English omnilinguality From omnilingual + -ity. 1. The ability to speak or understand many languages. Labels: uncountable Example: Within the midst of its linguistic obscurities, Joyce embeds a few readily recognizable words. By this act is he only playing with a "literary thing," or is he predicting that "time, universality, omnilinguality" is the means by which future human histories will be told? Example: This type of paradox is fundamental to the Buddhist episteme and informs all aspects of Buddhist discourse. There is the "tension between a buddha’s transcendence and immanence—his location within both nirvāṇa and saṃsāra," John D. Dunne writes, and "Śākyamuni Buddha's involvement in the world as a teacher and his detachment from the world as an awakened being." Buddha has "omnilinguality” even as "Buddha in se does not speak," Paul J. Griffiths writes, and "is not implicated with language. Eckel considers such paradoxes, and specifically the implications of Buddha’s absence, as "points of incongruity that challenge the stability of conceptuality itself" yet lead to insight, knowledge, and "the ability to perceive and respond to the absence."
Word: to the quick Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. To the level of living tissue. Example: Blood dripped from every finger-end, while the nails were broken to the quick. 2. Very deeply; at one's most sensitive level of feeling. Example: Titus, I have touched thee to the quick. Example: This false evidence . . . stung me to the quick, and raised an indignation scarce conceivable.
Word: cut to the quick Part of Speech: verb 1. To hurt a person deeply, especially emotionally. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: I was cut to the quick at the idea of having lost the inestimable privilege of listening to the gifted Kurtz. Example: But you must remember that we were boys together, and a fellow naturally confides in a chap he was boys together with. Anyway, be that as it may, he poured out his soul to me, and he hadn't been pouring long before I was able to see that he was cut to the quick. His blood pressure was high, his eye rolled in what they call a fine frenzy, and he was death-where-is-thy-sting-ing like nobody's business. 2. To incisively discuss the underlying sensitive or unpleasant root of a given topic. Labels: figuratively Example: Alfar's analysis cuts to the quick of the socioeconomic structures that underlie marriage, primogeniture, monarchy, and imperialism. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, quick.
Word: Sranan Tongo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sranan Tongo Sranan Tongo, from Sranan (“Suriname”) + tongo (“tongue, language”). 1. An English-based creole language and lingua franca in Suriname; its approximately 126,000 native speakers are predominantly ethnic Creoles.
Word: raveled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ravel Labels: US, form-of, participle, past
Word: raveled Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of ravelled. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: asura Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Asura. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ribopyranosides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribopyranoside Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caenogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new”) + English -genesis. First attested in 1909. 1. The embryotic development of structures or characteristics not present in the species before. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: logistic functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of logistic function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: last names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of last name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pipe dreams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pipe dream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caenogeneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caenogenesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: residuate Part of Speech: verb 1. To compute the residual of. Labels: transitive
Word: duco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a 1920s trade name for automotive lacquer. 1. Automotive paint. Labels: Australia, colloquial, uncountable Example: A green four-wheel drive, its duco iridescent in the winter sunlight like the carapace of some mythical beetle come to rest there, was parked by the side of a ripple-iron tank set back from the riverbank.
Word: duco Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a 1920s trade name for automotive lacquer. 1. To paint with automotive paint. Labels: Australia, colloquial, transitive
Word: débâcle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /deɪˈbɑːk(ə)l/, /deɪˈbɑːklə/ 1. Alternative form of debacle. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The Falklands-Malvinas débâcle provided the opportunity to restructure the military High Command; Alfonsín removed anti-democratic senior officers and replaced them with more co-operative ones.
Word: plateletpheresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From platelet + pheresis. 1. The removal of platelets from a person through apheresis. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: débâcles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of débâcle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boogiemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boogieman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shunners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shunner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oilfield Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of oil field. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Conoco on Monday announced a $9.7 billion all-stock takeover of Concho Resources (CXO), a fracker squarely focused on the Permian Basin, the massive West Texas oilfield at the heart of the shale revolution.
Word: head-ons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of head-on Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin trīnārius (“consisting of three”), from Latin trīni (“triple, three each”) + -ārius. 1. Alternative form of ternary. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: trinary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin trīnārius (“consisting of three”), from Latin trīni (“triple, three each”) + -ārius. 1. A trinary star. 2. A ternary, a set of three things. Example: […] a trinary of terms to describe conceived, perceived, and lived space. Example: Collectively, religion, the secular, the superstition form what Josephson has called a "trinary" of mutually constitutive forces.
Word: triune Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from New Latin triūnus. Pronunciation: /ˈtraɪˌjuːn/, /ˌtraɪˈjuːn/ 1. Both trine and one at the same time. Labels: not-comparable Example: Christians believe in a triune God, meaning that he is three hypostases in perfect unity. Example: The entire member seems a dense webbed bed of welded sinews; but cut into it, and you find that three distinct strata compose it:—upper, middle, and lower. […]. This triune structure, as much as anything else, imparts power to the tail. 2. Of an artistic or literary work composed of three parts united by a single theme. Labels: not-comparable Example: And, with that end, Zeus reëmerges as the divine protagonist of the triune drama.
Word: fogbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of fog + rainbow. 1. A white arc or circle, similar to a rainbow, which can appear in the sky in foggy conditions as sunlight passes through small airborne water droplets.
Word: fog bow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fogbow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: legal interest Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of interest that is allowed or required to be charged by law; an interest rate determined by law. Labels: uncountable
Word: eustacy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of eustasy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: Takai, F., and Tsuchi, R. 1963 The Quartenary: In "Geology of Japan," Univ. Calif. Press: 173–196 / […] From these facts, it is inferred that the main coastal terraces were probably formed due to glacial eustacy. Example: The range in elevation suggests that the sea level was not constant during the formation of the caves and that the rise of land – perhaps counterbalanced periodically by glacial eustacies – was probably continuous.
Word: Spanish influenza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Spain, which reported on the spread of disease as a neutral state while most other countries fighting World War I impose censorship, leading to a mistaken impression that it was concentrated in Spain. 1. A form of influenza that spread to nearly every part of the world in a pandemic between 1918 and 1920, killing from 20 to 100 million people. Labels: uncountable Example: By systematic organization and effort we have been endeavoring to combat Spanish Influenza in Luzerne County, with its population of 350,000 souls.
Word: Spanish flu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Spanish influenza. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: In the wake of the devastation of the Spanish flu, the world came together to develop unprecedented scientific collaborations to take on future pandemics. In 1947, the WHO Interim Committee of the United Nations established a Global Influenza Programme to track the changes in the virus.
Word: Spanish fever Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Texas fever. Labels: uncountable
Word: bordereaux Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bordereau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: facial nerve Part of Speech: noun 1. The seventh (VII) of twelve paired cranial nerves that supply motor fibers especially to the muscles of the face and jaw and sensory and parasympathetic fibers to the tongue, palate, and fauces.
Word: preimage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English image English preimage From pre- + image. 1. For a given function, the set of all elements of the domain that are mapped into a given subset of the codomain; (formally) given a function ƒ : X → Y and a subset B ⊆ Y, the set ƒ⁻¹(B) = {x ∈ X : ƒ(x) ∈ B}. Example: The preimage of #92;#123;4,9#92;#125; under the function f#58;#92;R#92;rightarrow#92;R#58;f(x)#61;x² is the set #92;#123;-3,-2,#43;2,#43;3#92;#125;. Example: 1967 [Academic Press], Francois Treves, Topological Vector Spaces, Distributions and Kernels, 2006, Dover, page 22, The preimage of a neighborhood U of 0 in E must be a neighborhood of (0,x), since (0,x) is mapped into 0.
Word: headbangers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headbanger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no prize for guessing Part of Speech: noun 1. Used to form expressions emphasizing the unsurprising nature of what follows Labels: idiomatic Example: You get no prize for guessing what happened when the spider landed on her plate.
Word: value date Part of Speech: noun 1. Date and the action itself on which payments are credited or debited to the customer's imagined but legally real account, as opposed to the date a balance is made visible (posting date, entry date) which is when crediting of other funds takes place and which is usually the available sum, is the line of credit; interest payments are made from the value date onwards.
Word: value date Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform the above-defined action with an amount.
Word: value dates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of value date Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cænogenesis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caenogenesis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cænogeneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cænogenesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: family doctors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of family doctor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cainogenesis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caenogenesis. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brown recluse spiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown recluse spider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Uralic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Ural Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English Uralic From Ural + -ic. Pronunciation: /jʊəˈɹælɪk/ 1. Pertaining to the Finno-Ugric and Samoyedic peoples, whose urheimat was the Ural Mountains, or to their languages, which constitute a language family, the Uralic languages. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tetralins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetralin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balloonneers Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of ballooners. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Q & A Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Q and A. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jury boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jury box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: point of pride Part of Speech: noun 1. Something which produces a feeling of self-satisfaction, especially an admirable personal characteristic or accomplishment. Example: It is a point of pride to a Beacon Hill resident if he can say that he was born on the Hill or was at least raised there. Example: It is a point of pride for us, military and civilian alike, that we take the utmost care to avoid "collateral damage."
Word: keynoters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of keynoter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: luxury taxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of luxury tax Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seroprevalence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum English sero- English prevalence English seroprevalence From sero- + prevalence. 1. The rate of seropositivity in a population; the proportion of a population whose blood serum tests positive for a given pathogen, especially HIV. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sero- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin serum + -o-. 1. combining form of serum, often in reference to HIV and other blood-transmitted viruses Labels: form-of, in-compounds, morpheme
Word: ability to pay Part of Speech: noun 1. An individual's level of wealth or income, as a measure of the tax rate they can afford to pay. Labels: attributive, often Example: ability-to-pay taxation Example: an ability-to-pay approach
Word: ponty Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of punty. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In the mean time a second workman has gathered a small lump of glass on the end of his iron rod, or "ponty," and by pressing it against an iron point forms it into the shape of a tiny cup. This is fitted over the bullion-point of the glass, and, as they are both hot, soon becomes firmly attached to it.
Word: ATB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of active time battle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of articulated tug and barge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of all-terrain bike (“mountain bike”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: apellous Part of Speech: adj 1. Not covered by skin. Said of a circumcised penis, which has had its prepuce (foreskin) removed. Labels: not-comparable
Word: post-humously Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative spelling of posthumously. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nanophanerophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanophanerophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phanerophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phanerophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pavaches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pavache Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pavisades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pavisade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wastepapers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wastepaper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: areolas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of areola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: areolae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of areola Labels: form-of, plural
Word: areoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of areole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bituminous sands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bituminous sand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oil sands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oil sand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tar sands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tar sand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: canonical forms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canonical form Labels: form-of, plural
Word: univariate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- English variate English univariate From uni- + variate. 1. Having or involving a single variable Labels: not-comparable
Word: univariate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- English variate English univariate From uni- + variate. 1. A polynomial or function with only one variable
Word: standard poodles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of standard poodle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bivariate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English variate English bivariate From bi- + variate. 1. Having or involving exactly two variables. Labels: not-comparable Example: Our upper bound is the best possible, and it implies the existence of low-rank factorizations of positive semidefinite bivariate matrix polynomials and representations of biforms as sums of few squares.
Word: bivariate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English variate English bivariate From bi- + variate. 1. A polynomial or function with exactly two variables.
Word: slingshots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slingshot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slingshots Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slingshot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: do someone proud Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause someone to feel pride, admiration, or satisfaction. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He very politely assured her that she would ‘do him proud’, whenever she might please to call at Hook Court. Example: "Well, honest to God, it does me proud to meet you," he blurted out. "Shake hands." 2. To treat someone extremely well; to honor with a generous contribution. Labels: dated, transitive Example: Fortune did them proud, for by the time they got to Wilmington, gold had risen to such heights in Confederate currency that their salaries dwarfed those paid to Southerners doing the same work. Example: We are all in rags now but we did him proud. Wish he could be here to see it all.
Word: have one's cake and eat it Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of have one's cake and eat it too. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: virilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English virile 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English virilization From virile + -ization. 1. The development of sex characteristics that are typically found in men. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: slam dunked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slam dunk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slam dunking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slam dunk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slam dunks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slam dunk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slam dunks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slam dunk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: savorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From savor + -ous. Compare French savoureux. 1. flavorful; savory; tasty
Word: savorless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English savourles; equivalent to savor + -less. 1. Not having taste; flavorless.
Word: laborist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English labor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English laborist From labor + -ist. 1. A physician who aids labor and delivery but does not provide prenatal care. 2. A supporter of workers' rights.
Word: say what Part of Speech: phrase 1. What did you say?; Huh?; expresses incredulity. Labels: colloquial, idiomatic
Word: IDC Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of I don't care. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IDC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Data Corporation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: And this isn’t just some vague perception from the anti-Microsoft crowd. This is backed up with real data, most notably in the latest IDC report released this month that says PC sales are down 14% year over year. Example: For such quantities, it is necessary to introduce a further unit: the zettabyte which corresponds to 1000 exabytes. The International Data Corporation (IDC) predicts the world's data will grow to 175 zettabytes in 2025.
Word: IDC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Instructor Development Course. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: spent force Part of Speech: noun 1. A person, organization, or process which is no longer influential, effective, or robust. Example: Evolution was not a spent force, but one still working. Example: 1921, P. G. Wodehouse, The Girl on the Boat (U.S.: Three Men and a Maid), ch. 2, I am a ruin, a spent force, a man without a future!
Word: goitrogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined some time between 1945 and 1950, from goitre + -o- + -gen. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɔɪtɹəd͡ʒən/, /-ˌdʒɛn/ 1. Any agent that causes goiter, such as thiouracil. Example: We have previously shown that treating rats with the reversible goitrogen 6-propyl-2-thiouracil (PTU) from birth to Day 25 increases testis size and sperm production in adulthood by up to 80% and 140%, respectively. Example: These results suggest that excess iodine induces thyroid involution in goitrogen-treated rats at least partially by apoptosis.
Word: rebating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rebate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːbeɪtɪd/, /ɹɪˈbeɪtɪd/ 1. Blunted, dulled (of a blade, weapon etc.). Example: Even with blunted lances and filed-down or ‘rebated’ blades, grave injury and death were all too frequent, and tended to ‘disturb the cheerfulness of such events’, as a contemporary Spanish herald understatedly put it. 2. Having a smaller diameter than the main body of the cartridge, from which it is separated by an extractor groove narrower than both.
Word: rebated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rebate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːbeɪtɪd/, /ɹɪˈbeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rebate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: laggiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of laggy: most laggy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: laggier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of laggy: more laggy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: lost errands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lost errand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: indescribability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From indescribable + -ity or in- + describability. 1. The state or characteristic of being indescribable. Labels: uncountable Example: Sensorial changes are by no means uncommon, and they are of every kind, description, and indescribability. Example: These ideas may seem at first sight somewhat startling; but when we realise the extraordinary depth and indescribability of the emotions of music, the very remoteness and far-reachingness of the explanation is in favour of its validity. 2. Something which cannot be described. Labels: countable Example: The clothed embodied justice that sits in Westminster Hall, with penalties, parchments, tipstaves, is very visible. But the unembodied justice, whereof that other is either an emblem, or else is a fearful indescribability, is not so visible!
Word: undescribableness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English undescribable Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English undescribableness From undescribable + -ness. 1. The state or characteristic of being undescribable. Labels: nonstandard, uncountable
Word: lipophores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lipophore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: literary devices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of literary device Labels: form-of, plural
Word: undescribable Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of indescribable. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: But for the sudden making in of Damian to our rescue, it is undescribable to think what might have come of us.
Word: undescribably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English undescribable Middle English -ly English -ly English undescribably From undescribable + -ly. 1. Alternative form of indescribably. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: perceiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perceive + -er. 1. One who perceives.
Word: perceivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perceiver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: floccinaucinihilipilificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from floccinaucinihilipilification. Pronunciation: /ˌflɒk.sɪˌnɒs.ɪˌnɪ.hɪl.ɪˈpɪl.ɪ.fɪ.keɪt/, /ˌflɒk.sɪˌnɔːs.ɪˌnaɪ.ɪl.ɪˈpɪl.ɪ.fɪ.keɪt/ 1. To describe, estimate or regard something as worthless. Labels: humorous Example: Not to floccinaucinihilipilificate your other theories, Graydon, but perhaps it would be beneficial to answer this question first? Example: The fact that you couldn't manage to do that and spell at the same time is downright pitiable. I feel inclined to floccinaucinihilipilificate you entirely.
Word: QSR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quick-service restaurant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of quasi-stellar radio-source. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of radioloud quasar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism
Word: QSO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quasi-stellar object (“a quasar”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. A radio-quiet quasar. Labels: dated
Word: QSO Part of Speech: verb 1. To communicate (with) by means of amateur radio. Labels: ambitransitive, slang Example: The basic award is issued when 500 countries have been successfully QSOed on the three bands.
Word: QSS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of quasi-stellar source. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete
Word: BSO Part of Speech: noun 1. Blue stellar object: a radio-quiet quasar. Labels: obsolete 2. British school overseas. 3. Initialism of bicycle-shaped object, used to refer to cheaply-made, low-quality bicycles. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, slang 4. bright shiny object 5. Initialism of bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: replacers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of replacer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: season tickets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of season ticket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Thimbu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Thimphu. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This is a country where nightclubs in Thimbu, the capital, throb with techno music, but where smoking is illegal and television did not arrive until 1999.
Word: Thimbu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Thembu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sea serpents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sea serpent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sculptresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sculptress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adaptationist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English adaptationist From adaptation + -ist. 1. A supporter of adaptationism. Example: Until one is clear about just what one means by adaptationism, what evidence one needs to accuse someone of being an "adaptationist" will remain vague; this rather diminishes the force of the accusation.
Word: co-adaptation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation English co-adaptation From co- + adaptation. 1. A mutual adaptation of species, organs or genes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Slow though the process of selection may be, if feeble man can do much by his powers of artificial selection, I can see no limit to the amount of change, to the beauty and infinite complexity of the coadaptations between all organic beings, one with another and with their physical conditions of life, which may be effected in the long course of time by nature's power of selection.
Word: coadaptation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of co-adaptation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sampling error Part of Speech: noun 1. The error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: adoratrice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Egyptian dwꜣt (“adoratrice”), from dwꜣ (“to worship, to praise”) + -t (feminine ending). 1. A kind of quasi-royal priestess in Ancient Egypt.
Word: scallop theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: From an explanation of a principle of fluid dynamics given by E. M. Purcell, referring to the opening and closing motion of a scallop's hinge. 1. A theorem which states that to achieve propulsion at low Reynolds number in simple (i.e. Newtonian) fluids, a swimmer must deform in a way that is not invariant under time-reversal.
Word: Bostonite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Boston Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Bostonite From Boston + -ite. 1. Synonym of Bostonian (“from or of Boston, Massachusetts, or Boston, Lincolnshire”). Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bostonite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Boston Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Bostonite From Boston + -ite. 1. Synonym of Bostonian (“someone from Boston, Massachusetts, or Boston, Lincolnshire”).
Word: beach head Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of beachhead. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So important was their task of rebuilding the railways around the beach heads that these men had been split into three groups travelling on different ships, to ensure that sufficient numbers to start work arrived as quickly as possible.
Word: beach heads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beach head Labels: form-of, plural
Word: futurate Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a non-future-tense verb to express future time. In English, typically this refers to present-tense verbs. Example: The verbs in sentences like "School starts next month", "I'm meeting him at 6:00 tomorrow", and "I thought the party was next week" are futurate uses.
Word: open set Part of Speech: noun 1. Informally, a set such that the target point of a movement by a small amount in any direction from any point in the set is still in the set; exemplified by a full circle without its boundary. 2. A set which can be described as an (arbitrary) union of open balls. Equivalently, a set such that for every point in it, there is an open ball centered at that point, such that that open ball is contained by the set. 3. Most generally, a member of the topology of a given topological space.
Word: closed set Part of Speech: noun 1. A set whose complement is open.
Word: anti-thyroid Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of antithyroid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: antithyroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English antithyroid Coined in 1908 from anti- + thyroid. 1. Reducing the production or effects of thyroid hormones. Labels: not-comparable Example: A RECENT report by Anderson et al. on the antithyroid activity of a series of alkyl derivatives of thiouracil shows that peak activity is reached at the n-propyl compound. Example: Postmortem histological examination of the thyroid gland and measurement of serum antithyroid antibodies were performed in 70 patients without overt thyroid disease.
Word: propositional variable Part of Speech: noun 1. A variable that can either be true or false. Example: A propositional variable is typically a letter (possibly with a subscripted number) whose truth value is contingent upon some interpretation or valuation.
Word: gillless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gill 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 gillless From gill + -less. Pronunciation: /ɡɪlˈlɛs/ 1. Lacking gills. Labels: not-comparable Example: Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe. Example: ...which closely resembles the golden chanterelle, except that it is white and slightly larger; the gillless chanterelle...
Word: unhide 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 hide English unhide From un- + hide. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈhaɪd/ 1. To restore to visibility from being hidden; to show again. Labels: transitive Example: How do I unhide the editing toolbar? I need to use those commands again.
Word: officinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French, from Latin officīna (“a workshop”), contracted from opificīna, from opifex (“a workman”); opus (“work”) + faciō (“to make or do”). Pronunciation: /ˌɒfɪˈsaɪnəl/ 1. Medicinal. Labels: dated Example: The leaves are the officinal part; Example: She was the compound extract of all that was chemically pure and officinal—the dispensary contained nothing equal to her. 2. Used in a shop, or belonging to it. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: In this Part of the Town, are also three Convents, seventeen Churches, an Academy, a Printing-House, a Library, the Mint, and the Grand Dispensatory, which last is a very magnificent Building, and the Officinal Furniture is very rich, for the Pots are all of China, and the Glasses Chrystal. Example: Dr. Kaempfer further observes, that the quantity of Varnish obtained from this officinal Anacardium tree is so great, as not only to serve to vernish all the untensils of China, Tonquin, and Japan, but that it is exported in wooden vessels to Batavia, and several other parts of India. 3. Kept in stock by apothecaries; said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral. Labels: obsolete
Word: expert system Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of artificially intelligent software system that stores expertise concerning some subject matter in a knowledge base and attempts to answer questions or solve problems in a manner which simulates the thought processes of a human expert. Example: “For each different kind of problem,” said Minsky, “the construction of expert systems had to start all over again, because they didn't accumulate common-sense knowledge.”
Word: oil burner Part of Speech: noun 1. A heating device which burns fuel oil; an oil furnace. 2. A machine that uses oil as its fuel. 3. A device whose operation causes apparent combustion of lubricating oil. Labels: idiomatic
Word: want-away Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Nominalization of the verb to want away. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/ 1. Who wants to move to another club. Example: I understand the club could well be close to making the crunch decision on whether to agree to his demands and put Le Saux up for sale, or to hold him to his contract. Example: The 20-year-old has decided against extending his stay past the end of the season when his current contract expires, despite a 'sizeable' offer... 2. Seeking to move its workplace to another location. Labels: broadly Example: BARPLATS, a junior platinum company, is the latest in a string of South African mining companies seeking offshore listings in order to finance operations in the country.
Word: want-away Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nominalization of the verb to want away. Pronunciation: /ˈwɒnt.ə.weɪ/ 1. A want-away person or organisation. Example: The two most impressive players on the pitch scored all the goals and want to be somewhere else, despite being loved by the clubs for whom they play.
Word: omlet Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of omelette. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Take young and tender ſparagus, break or cut them in ſmall pieces, and half fry them brown in butter, put into them eggs beaten with ſalt, and thus make your omlet. Or boil them in water and ſalt, then fry them in ſweet butter, put the eggs to them, and make an omlet, diſh it, and put a drop or two of vinegar or verjuyce on it. Example: Clary, Horminum, when tender not to be rejected, and in Omlets, made up with Cream, fried in ſweet Butter, and eaten with Sugar, Juice of Orange, or Limon. 2. Misspelling of omelette. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: hajduk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian hajdúk, plural of hajdú (“foot-soldier”). The Hungarian word may derive from hajtó which meant “(cattle) drover”. In 16th century Hungary, cattle driving was an important and dangerous occupation and drovers traveled armed. Some of them ended up as bandits or retainers in the service of local landowners and many may have become soldiers. In any case, the term hajdúk came to be used in the 16th century to describe irregular soldiers. There is probably an etymological link between hajdú and the Turkish word haydut, which was used by the Ottomans to describe Hungarian infantry soldiers and has the sense 'outlaw, robber' in modern Turkish usage, though it is not clear whether the word travelled from Hungarian to Turkish or vice versa. 1. An outlaw, highwayman, or freedom fighter in the Balkans. Labels: historical 2. A mercenary foot soldier in Hungary. Labels: archaic 3. A halberdier of a Hungarian noble. Labels: historical 4. An attendant in German or Hungarian courts. Labels: historical
Word: telco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diachronically, from tel + Co., from the collocation of Tel. Co. as seen, for example, in Bell Tel. Co. or the names of countless local telephone exchange companies (e.g., Savannah Valley Tel. Co., Mutual Tel. Co., Tarrytown Tel. Co.), by abbreviation in the late 19th through mid-20th centuries; synchronically also a clipped compound as tel(ephone) + co(mpany). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlˌkəʊ/ 1. A telephone company (historically); a telecommunications company, a telecom. Labels: informal
Word: mumie Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of mummy (“embalmed corpse”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hyperparasite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- (prefix meaning ‘over, above, or beyond’) + parasite. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpəˈpæɹəsaɪt/, /ˌhaɪpɚˈpæɹəsaɪt/, /-ˈpɛ-/ 1. Any parasite whose host is a parasite. Example: Nose′ma [...] A genus of protozoa, including the supposed hyperparasite of the malarial organism; [...] Example: Tuberculina maxima Rost., a fungus hyperparasite of blister rust, was variably common to abundant over the area during the test period, and it caused some uncertainties in assessing effectiveness of fungicidal treatments. 2. An insect that parasitizes another parasitic insect. Labels: specifically Example: Parasites and Hyperparasites.— [...] How the Pteromalus contrived to introduce its eggs into the Tetrastichus, and how the Tetrastichus managed to oust the Microgaster must for the present remain open questions for the consideration of the learned. Example: Though itself attacked by several hymenopterous hyperparasites, it [Paratheresia claripalpis, a species of fly] is still capable of maintaining a high rate of borer parasitization, one recorded instance being 73.7%; [...]
Word: ijazas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ijaza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyperparasites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hyperparasite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phylums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phylum Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: ring binders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ring binder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: entire functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of entire function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: join up Part of Speech: verb 1. To unite or connect. Labels: transitive Example: If you join up the dots, you will reveal a picture. 2. To enlist or enroll. Labels: intransitive
Word: bikini lines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bikini line Labels: form-of, plural
Word: descriptive geometries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of descriptive geometry Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ossel hitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A simple type of hitch knot, most often used in boating, to tie a smaller line to a larger line.
Word: eye tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eyetooth. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pingpong Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of ping pong. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pingpong Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of ping pong. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lithotrophs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lithotroph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bunco-steerers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bunco-steerer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: serial bonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of serial bond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: axillars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axillar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: axillaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of axillary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underclocks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of underclock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cyanotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cyanotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: karosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaross Labels: form-of, plural
Word: space defenses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of space defense Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bloodroots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bloodroot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handyman's specials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handyman's special Labels: form-of, plural
Word: furculae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furcula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kilotons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kiloton Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metric spaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metric space Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yatta Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese やった (yatta, “hurrah!, I did it!”). Pronunciation: /jɑˈtɑ/ 1. An exclamation of happiness or excitement. Labels: slang Example: Okay. Let's just launch a killer attack on the whole tribe! Kill off Cologne and Shampoo first, then get rid of the rest of the bunch! Then no more Shampoo-like girls going to attack people who beat them up, since they're all dead! Yatta!! Good idea!!! Example: I put in a US game and tried it and it worked perfectly. Then I put in a Japanese game and it worked also. Yatta!
Word: xylosyltransferases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylosyltransferase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: partial vacuums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of partial vacuum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complementary functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complementary function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sword and sandal Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to a genre of books or films relating fantasy-adventure tales involving heroic exploits in ancient or biblical times. Labels: not-comparable Example: “Ben-Hur” and “Spartacus” are two famous sword and sandal films.
Word: sword-and-sandal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of sword and sandal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: surliest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of surly: most surly Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: surliest Part of Speech: adv 1. superlative form of surly: most surly Labels: form-of, superlative