nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: boogaloo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested as a style of dance since at least January 1966 (and found in the titles of many songs around that time), perhaps from boogie (for the ending, compare crackaloo, hullabaloo). (Compare Spanish bugalú, the Spanish name for the style of music and dance.) Kent Harris used the stage name "Boogaloo" in the 1950s. The sense "sequel or repetition" refers to the title of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984), a sequel which was considered to be so bad it became a cult classic. Compare the sense "black person" to boogalee, a term for a Cajun, attested since 1960 or earlier. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːɡəˌluː/, /ˌbuːɡəˈluː/, /ˈbuɡəˌlu/, /ˌbʊɡəˈlu/ 1. To dance in this style. Labels: intransitive Example: She would have screamed in the judge's face, getting her man ninety years and a day. "You two boogaloo like an old married couple," I tell them after they've danced stiffly for a few minutes.
Word: media circus Part of Speech: noun 1. Excessive and sensationalistic reporting of a news event. Labels: informal
Word: Friedman unit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thomas Friedman's repeated use of the phrase "the next six months" as the time period when the outcome of the Iraq war will be resolved. 1. A period of six months Labels: humorous, informal, neologism
Word: supersleuths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersleuth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supersleuth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English sleuth English supersleuth From super- + sleuth. 1. Any famous, successful detective, especially a fictitious one.
Word: stump dump Part of Speech: noun 1. a landfill site consisting of wood waste, such as tree stumps. Labels: US
Word: cowardliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cowardly 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 cowardliness From cowardly + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being cowardly. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A cowardly action. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: covertness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English covertnesse, equivalent to covert + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being covert. Labels: uncountable
Word: courteousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English courteous 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 courteousness From courteous + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being courteous. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: considerateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English considerate 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 considerateness From considerate + -ness. Pronunciation: /kənˈsɪdərətnɪs/ 1. The characteristic of being considerate. Labels: uncountable
Word: constructiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English constructive 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 constructiveness From constructive + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being constructive. Labels: uncountable 2. Creativity, the capacity to invent. Labels: uncountable
Word: von Willebrand's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Erik Adolf von Willebrand, a Finnish physician who first described the disease in 1926. 1. An hereditary disease, characterized by a tendency to hemorrhage, and caused by a defect in blood platelet activity. Labels: uncountable Example: "Von Willebrand's disease is an autosomally transmitted disorder of hemostasis caused by a deficiency of or defect in the von Willebrand factor in the blood, a protein required for adherence of platelets to an injured vessel wall." - D. Green. Von Willebrand's disease. Postgraduate Medicine. 1980 Mar;67(3):241-5, 248. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&list_uids=6965541
Word: comprehensibility Part of Speech: noun 1. The characteristic of being comprehensible; clarity. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: comprehensibilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comprehensibility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cost-effective Part of Speech: adj 1. Returning a benefit that justifies the initial investment; economical. Example: "Secondly, we have to find more cost-effective ways of electrifying. And we've had a real breakthrough in the last couple of years in terms of bridge clearances and immunisation, meaning we've been able to take hundreds of millions of pounds off the cost of electrification.
Word: cost-effectiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English cost-effective Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną 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 cost-effectiveness From cost-effective + -ness. 1. The property of being cost-effective. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Life is cheap, never forget it. Corporations make marketing decisions by weighing the cost of being sued for your death against the cost of making the product safer. Your life is a factor in cost-effectiveness. So when you talk about murder, don't confine your discussion to individuals. Example: BR had been called upon to install ATP across the entire network in the aftermath of the Clapham Junction rail crash that resulted in 35 deaths in December 1988 [...]. But progress had stalled due to the cost-effectiveness of the systems that were in development.
Word: Dobermann Pinscher Part of Speech: noun 1. A large breed of domestic dog.
Word: colorfast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From color + fast. Compare West Frisian kleurfêst (“colourfast”), Dutch kleurvast (“colourfast”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌlɚˌfæst/ 1. Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.
Word: colorfastness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English colorfast 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 colorfastness From colorfast + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being colorfast. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I have had less success with colorfastness when using plants grown indoors in winter under grow lights versus the same plants used in the height of summer.
Word: LED analyser Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several devices used to measure the light intensity and spectrum of LEDs
Word: pleurotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πλευρᾱ́ (pleurā́)bor. Latin pleurader. English pleuro- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English pleurotomy From pleuro- + -tomy. 1. the surgical incision of the pleura.
Word: unworthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English unworthynesse; equivalent to unworthy + -ness or un- + worthiness. 1. The characteristic or condition of being unworthy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Fer. VVherefore weepe you ? Mir. At mine vnworthineſſe, that dare not offer / VVhat I deſire to giue ; and much leſſe take / VVhat I ſhall die to want :[…]
Word: unworldliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unworldly 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 unworldliness From unworldly + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being unworldly. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: unwieldiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English unwieldy 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 unwieldiness From unwieldy + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being unwieldy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: no longer Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /noʊ ˈlɑŋɡɚ/ 1. Not anymore; no more. Labels: not-comparable Example: no longer with us Example: Maybe it no longer matters who the emperor is.
Word: metabolomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετα- (meta-) Proto-Indo-European *gʷelH-der. Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō Ancient Greek βάλλω (bállō) Ancient Greek μεταβάλλω (metabállō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English metabolism Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English metabolite English -omics English metabolomics From metabolite + -omics. 1. The study of the range of metabolites present in a person's body at normal times, and when suffering from specific diseases; may be useful as a diagnostic tool. Labels: uncountable Example: In order to understand these effects, a comprehensive analysis in which all the metabolites of a biological system are identified and quantified is needed. Since such an approach reveals the metabolome of the biological system under study, this approach should be called metabolomics.
Word: petawatt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peta- + watt. 1. An SI unit of power equal to 10¹⁵ watts. Symbol: PW. An amount of power much larger than all the power generated by all power stations on Earth. (Consuming 1 petawatt during a duration of 1 hour would consume 1 petawatt-hour of energy.) Example: Meronyms: mW, milliwatt < W, watt < kW, kilowatt < MW, megawatt < GW, gigawatt < TW, terawatt
Word: sestina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian sestina. Doublet of sextain. 1. A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines. Example: Although the sestina is of medieval French origin, attributed to Arnaut Daniel in the late twelfth century and used by other Gallic poets and by Italians including Petrarch and Dante (from whom it received its Italian name), […] Example: Would he let others toil to support him while he languished all afternoon over his sestinas? 2. A chord comprising the first six members of the harmonic series.
Word: polynomiograph Part of Speech: noun 1. A two-dimensional coloured image, prepared using polynomiography, that is the representation of a polynomial
Word: polynomiography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English polynomial Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English polynomiography From polynomial + -o- + -graphy. 1. An iterative process used to create two-dimensional coloured images (polynomiographs) that are the representations of polynomials Labels: uncountable
Word: unworldly 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 worldly English unworldly From un- + worldly. 1. Exceeding what is typically found in the world; exceptional, transcendent. 2. Characterising people who are unconcerned with worldly matters; spiritually minded. Example: ‘But a good wife—a good unworldly woman—may really help a man, and keep him more independent.’ Example: I am an aspiring theological writer-artist, Alien Christian Mystic, unworldly, contemplative. 3. Not belonging to this world; celestial. Example: This creature from a higher world has not forgotten all that he knew before; he retains his unworldly talents and supreme intelligence. 4. Lacking sophistication.
Word: ion channelopathy Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several inherited diseases in which alterations in the control of ion conductance through the central pore of ion channels impair cell functions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: centroblast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centro- + -blast. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹəblæst/, /-blɑːst/ 1. An activated B cell that is enlarged with multiple eccentric nucleoli and proliferating in the germinal center of a secondary lymphoid follicle, after stimulation by follicular dendritic cell cytokines and helper T cells. Example: Therefore we proposed the term centroblast instead of germinoblast and the term centrocyte instead of germinocyte.
Word: centrocyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centro- + -cyte. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹəsaɪt/ 1. Any follicular center cell that has a nuclear cleft 2. A cell with protoplasm that contains single and double granules of varying size stainable with hematoxylin; seen in lesions of lichen planus 3. A nondividing, activated B cell that expresses membrane immunoglobulin
Word: windowed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English wyndowed, wyndowid, equivalent to window + -ed. 1. Fitted with windows, often of a particular kind or, in (heraldry), of a specified colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: Poor naked wretches, wheresoe’er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop’d and window’d raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these? Example: 1712, The Spectator, No. 276, Wednesday, January 16, 1712, Dublin: W. Wilson, 1778, Volume IV, p. 103, You must have seen a strange windowed house near Hyde-Park, which is so built that no one can look out of any of the apartments […] 2. Occupying only a part of the screen (in a window.) Labels: not-comparable Example: This game can be played both in windowed mode and in full-screen mode.
Word: windowed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wyndowed, wyndowid, equivalent to window + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of window Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shortfall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from fall short. By surface analysis, short + fall. 1. An instance of falling short, of not meeting a quota, an obligation, or more generally any expected target. Example: Due to a shortfall in revenue, we will have to make some cuts. 2. The amount by which such a quota, obligation, etc., was missed.
Word: shortfalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shortfall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piehole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pie + hole. Coined by Stephen King in his 1983 novel Christine. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪˌhoʊl/ 1. A person's mouth. Labels: offensive, slang Example: “You trying to help your buddy right out of here, Junior?” “No,” I said. “Sir.” “Then shut your pie-hole.” Example: "[T]hey kin always do a mouth transplant on ya. Be a big improvement over the piehole you was born with."
Word: beam up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Star Trek franchise. 1. To teleport (someone or something) using a (fictional) device, especially from the surface of a planet to an orbiting starship. Labels: transitive 2. To be teleported, or to teleport oneself, in this manner. Labels: intransitive 3. To appear suddenly, as if by teleport. Labels: intransitive 4. To get high on drugs, especially crack cocaine. Labels: slang Example: Pookie: "They call it the "Enterprise Room", man, because it's for people who wanna be beamed up to Scotty." Example: Crack cocaine done gave straight-up pimping a nosebleed in the ghetto. 'Specially when crack hoes be trickin for two or three dollars, just to get enough to beam up, how you gon charge a John a hundred or two hundred bucks?
Word: limbic system Part of Speech: noun 1. A part of the brain, in humans and various other animals, that is involved in emotion, motivation, and emotional association with memory; in humans it includes the amygdala, cingulate gyrus, fornicate gyrus, hippocampus, hypothalamus, mammillary body, nucleus accumbens, orbitofrontal cortex and parahippocampal gyrus. Example: Holonyms: brain < central nervous system, CNS Example: I'm always bored, it seems nothing excites me My own limbic system fights me I've got watchlists I'll never watch And pruritus scroti in my crotch.
Word: indexed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an index, or arranged in an index.
Word: indexed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of index Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: labyrinthal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From labyrinth + -al. 1. Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
Word: Kelvin function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Lord Kelvin. 1. Any of class of special functions, usually denoted as two pairs of functions berₙ(x), beiₙ(x), kerₙ(x) and keiₙ(x) with variable x and given order number n. The former two functions berₙ(x) and beiₙ(x) respectively correspond to the real part and the imaginary part of the Kelvin differential equation's solution that can be expressed with the Bessel function of the first kind Jₙ(x), and the latter kerₙ(x) and keiₙ(x) correspond to those that can be expressed with the modified Bessel function of the second kind Kₙ(x).
Word: blasphemed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of blaspheme Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: blaspheming Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English blasfemyng; equivalent to blaspheme + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of blaspheme Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blaspheming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English blasfemyng; equivalent to blaspheme + -ing. 1. An act of blasphemy. Example: Every character, from the boisterous blasphemings of Bajazet to the shrinking timidity of womanhood, must play the orator.
Word: blaspheming Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English blasfemyng; equivalent to blaspheme + -ing. 1. blasphemous
Word: Bessel function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: For Friedrich Bessel, German mathematician. 1. Any of a class of functions that are solutions to a particular form of differential equation (a Bessel equation) and are typically used to describe waves in a cylindrically symmetric system.
Word: arenavirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several RNA viruses, of the genus Arenavirus, most of which cause severe diseases transmitted by rodents
Word: RNA virus Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many viruses that possess ribonucleic acid as their genetic material and do not replicate using DNA
Word: genetic material Part of Speech: noun 1. The material used to store genetic information in the nuclei, mitochondria or plastids of an organism's cells; either DNA or RNA Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cypovirus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from the full description cy(toplasmic) po(lyhedrosis) virus. 1. Any of several RNA viruses, of the genus Cypovirus, whose icosahedral virions are embedded in a polyhedral protein structure
Word: icosahedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From icosa- + -hedral. Pronunciation: /(ˌ)aɪˌkoʊsəˈhiːdɹəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron. Labels: not-comparable Example: Of the convex polyhedra with regular faces, the only ones that have tetrahedral, octahedral, or icosahedral symmetry are the Platonic and Archimedean solids.
Word: Deutschmark Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Deutsche Mark. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: asparagine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French asparagine, from Latin asparagus + French -ine. By surface analysis, asparagus + -ine. Pronunciation: /əˈspæɹ.ə.dʒiːn/ 1. A nonessential amino acid C₄H₈N₂O₃ found in plants such as asparagus. Labels: uncountable
Word: pfennig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek πατάνη (patánē)bor. Latin patina Latin panna? Latin pannus? Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kʷo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-Germanic *panningaz Proto-West Germanic *panning Old High German pfending Middle High German pfennic German Pfennig English pfennig From German Pfennig. Doublet of penny and fening. Pronunciation: /ˈ(p)fɛn.ɪɡ/ 1. One hundredth of the former German mark (Deutsche Mark). Labels: historical
Word: 2-12-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six pairs of coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels.
Word: 2-12-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, six pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
Word: 2-10-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, five pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
Word: 2-8-2 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has two leading wheels, four pairs of coupled driving wheels, and two trailing wheels.
Word: 4-4-4-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and a four-wheel trailing truck.
Word: deflexed Part of Speech: adj 1. Bent downward, as branches, leaves, or hairs.
Word: balançoire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French balançoire. 1. Swinging the working leg between front and back through first position, usually in conjunction with grands battements or attitudes and involving seesaw-like shifting of the upper body in opposition to the legs.
Word: effulge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin effulgere (“to shine forth”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin fulge(re). Pronunciation: /ɪˈfʌld͡ʒ/ 1. to radiate, shine or beam Example: His eyes effulging a peculiar fire.
Word: punching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English punch Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English punching From punch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/, [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ] 1. gerund of punch Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Over the past four years, the rate of "interpersonal" attacks and "penetrating injuries" – such as stabbings, glassings, punchings, beatings – has doubled, he said. 2. gerund of punch Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: punching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English punch Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English punching From punch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ/, [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ] 1. present participle and gerund of punch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. Clipping of punching above one's weight; in a relationship with a more attractive partner. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: One even took the mickey out of her footballer boyfriend, commenting underneath the shot: "@dele I love ya bro, keep doing bits for Spurs... but you are punching mate ". Example: Micheal Cerutti left a message under the photo on Facebook which said 'you're punching mate'.
Word: punching bag Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnt͡ʃɪŋ ˌbæɡ/, [ˈpən(t)ʃɪŋ-] 1. A tough bag, usually cylindrical, filled with air, sand, or other material, often suspended so that it swings freely, which is punched or kicked when practising sports such as boxing or martial arts. Labels: US 2. A person serving as an object of abuse. Labels: US, figuratively Example: For so long, Theon Greyjoy was the punching bag of Game of Thrones, a sort of shitty Charlie Brown who not only failed to kick the football, but would then be beaten savagely with it every time he landed on his ass. Example: The response was swift, and [Harold] Bloom became a punching bag for leftist critics, who valued literature’s power to deliver social and political messages for the underrepresented.
Word: punching bags Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of punching bag Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thesauruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thesaurus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thesaurusi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thesaurus Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural, rare Example: In the closing weeks of 1959 and the early weeks of 1960, book dealers must have had a bonanza in selling thesaurusi. Example: Gather a variety of dictionaries and thesaurusi written for middle-school students as well as adults.
Word: researching Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of research Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: researching Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of carrying out research. Example: There are also the formal researchings into the past by Herod's doctors/councillors.
Word: partaking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of partake Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: partaking Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of taking part in something. 2. An act of taking sides; partiality. Labels: archaic
Word: unverifiable 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 verifiable English unverifiable From un- + verifiable. 1. Not capable of being verified, confirmed, checked or proven. Labels: not-comparable
Word: 6-4-4-6 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has six coupled leading wheels in a leading truck, two sets of four driving wheels, and a six coupled trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
Word: transfers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transfer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transfers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transfer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: 4-4-6-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck followed by four coupled driving wheels, a second set with six coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
Word: selectively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English selective Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English selectively From selective + -ly. 1. In a selective manner, only affecting or applying to some selected cases. Example: Our prototype implements a basic pharming attack to selectively misresolve the client domain name requests.
Word: 4-6-4-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a duplex steam locomotive that has four leading wheels in a leading truck followed by six coupled driving wheels, a second set with four coupled driving wheels, and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck.
Word: stubby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌbi/, /ˈstʊbi/ 1. Abounding with stubs. 2. Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed. Example: St Cuthbert's stands among trees at one corner of the green, and has a 17th-century bellcote decorated with stone balls and a stubby spire. Example: The mouth with its bright, shiny grimace exposes a stubby row of teeth, from left to right growing stubbier and stubbier, with more and more cavities.
Word: stubby Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stub + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈstʌbi/, /ˈstʊbi/ 1. A small, squat beer bottle. Labels: Australia, Canada, US Example: While most stubbies looked alike, there was one distinct stubby brought out by Carling-O′Keefe.[…]The era of the stubby was short, however. Although a superior container, it was not chic enough for the 1980s drinker. Example: Annie looked at him a bit surprised and came in, and he realized she carried a bottle of beer with her. Not a stubby, but a long neck.
Word: rotates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rotate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: receivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of receiver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: psychiatrists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of psychiatrist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crusher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crush + -er (agent noun suffix), or, for one who elicits a crush, + -er (patient suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹʌʃə/ 1. Someone or something that crushes. Example: […] for unless a matter be true enough to stand a good deal of misrepresentation, its truth is not of a very robust order, and the blame will rather lie with its own delicacy than with the carelessness of the crusher. Example: Woe unto every backbiter, slanderer, who has gathered riches and counted them over thinking his riches have made him immortal! ¶ No indeed, he shall be thrust into the Crusher, and what shall teach thee what is the Crusher? 2. A machine designed to crush rocks. 3. A policeman. Labels: dated, slang Example: Anything about the police sets them a talking at once. […] 'The blessed crushers are everywhere,' shouted one. 'I wish I'd been there to have had a shy at the eslops,' said another. And then a man sung out: 'O, don't I like the Bobbys?' Example: Back in the lobby he bought a copy of Time but didn't like the way the plain-clothes crushers looked at him, and left. 4. Something overwhelming. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: “She is a crusher, ain’t she now!” Mr. Foker asked of his companion.
Word: crushers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crusher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: copyrightable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English copy English right English copyright Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English copyrightable From copyright + -able. 1. Able to be protected by copyright law. Labels: not-comparable Example: The four criteria that Congress, courts, and theorists have traditionally employed to distinguish the copyrightable from the uncopyrightable are: […]
Word: copyrightable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English copy English right English copyright Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English copyrightable From copyright + -able. 1. Anything for which one can obtain copyright.
Word: gamme Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Written form of a reduction of gave me. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪmiː/ 1. Gave me. Labels: colloquial Example: It gamme something to think about. Example: Told you she my bella chicca, and she gamme her heart [...] I don't cheat, she's so cakey, and she gamme a slice
Word: coauthors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coauthor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coauthors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of coauthor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Umbrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Umbria + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹi.ən/ 1. Of, from or relating to Umbria, Italy or the extinct Umbrian language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Umbrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Umbria + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹi.ən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Umbria, Italy. Example: […] Gauls used the suffix -acus, Etruscans -nas or -na, Umbrians -enus, -ienus.
Word: Umbrian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Umbria + -an. Pronunciation: /ˈʌmbɹi.ən/ 1. An extinct Italic language formerly spoken by the Umbri in the ancient Italian region of Umbria.
Word: evolving Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of evolve Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: declarer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English declarer, equivalent to declare + -er. Pronunciation: /dɪˈkleəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. The person who wins the bidding and so declares what suit will be trump. 2. One who declares. 3. A statement that declares the properties of a variable or contributes to doing so.
Word: declarers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of declarer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mutations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mutation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: possessives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of possessive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: firefighters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of firefighter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waxer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *wahsą Proto-West Germanic *wahs Old English weax Middle English wax English wax English -er English waxer From wax + -er. 1. A device used to apply wax. 2. A person who applies wax. 3. Something that waxes (grows larger, as opposed to waning).
Word: waxers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waxer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eight-ball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eight + ball. 1. A pocket billiards (pool) game played with sixteen balls (a cue ball and fifteen object balls) on a pool table with six pockets. Labels: uncountable 2. The billiard ball, almost always black, bearing the number eight. Labels: countable 3. A portion of cocaine or methamphetamine weighing ¹⁄₈ of an ounce, or 3.5 grams. Labels: countable, slang Example: (a policeman confiding to a friend) ".. She had welts and bruises all over. So, one night we get called out there again, and I slip down their hallway and stuff two eight balls in his closet. Turns out he was on parole. He goes back to jail, she's safe, and I slept like a baby." 4. A black person. Labels: countable, ethnic, slang, slur Example: When a white fellow gets in the ring with an eight ball the eight ball's got no chance. You see, 'cause they call boxing the sweet science. And that's where your colored just runs into trouble. That's just that science part. Yeah, but Joe Louis is a big 'un. 5. A spherical attitude indicator. Labels: countable, slang Example: The angle-of-attack error indicator, located to the right of the attitude "eight-ball," requires some explanation. Example: He kept his eyes outside, stole a few glances at the "eight ball" attitude indictors^([sic]) inside, and relied on Irwin's callouts. 6. A kind of spherical microphone. Labels: countable
Word: eight-ball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From eight + ball. 1. To outplay (an opponent) by potting all one's color balls and then the black (or eight-ball) without the opponent potting a single one. Labels: transitive Example: She whips me in the first game of pool, I do not even get a shot. Eight-balled from the break. “Have you been practising?” I ask my sister. “Some,” she says, “play again?” “One more.” My sister beats me at pool in public a second time. I claim some dignity back by potting two of my balls before Tammy sinks the black.
Word: batted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbætɪd/ 1. Carrying a bat (the sports equipment, but maybe also the animal). Labels: not-comparable
Word: batted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbætɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of bat Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pitchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pitcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: isotopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isotope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baserunner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From base + runner. 1. A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base.
Word: baserunners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baserunner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: competitions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of competition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subsets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subset Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subsets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of subset Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: numerary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin numerarius, from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numéraire. 1. Relating to numbers or numbering. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a position which is held by a certain person permanently (in an administration or academy). Labels: not-comparable
Word: numerary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin numerarius, from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numéraire. 1. A person with a numerary or permanent position. 2. A celibate lay member of Opus Dei, a Roman Catholic religious institution. Example: Like numeraries, assistant numeraries are celibates who live in Opus Dei centres.
Word: wikification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *witi Hawaiian wiki Hawaiian wikiwiki Proto-Indo-European *webʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *webaną Proto-Germanic *wabją Old English webb Middle English web English web English WikiWikiWebclip. English wiki English -ification English wikification From wiki + -ification. 1. The process of adding wiki syntax to text in a wiki platform, or converting HTML to wiki markup. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The automated process of adding links to Wikipedia (or another wiki) to specific words and phrases in an arbitrary text (e.g. a news article). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Given a text or hypertext document, we define “text wikification” as the task of automatically extracting the most important words and phrases in the document (keywords), and identifying for each such keyword the appropriate link to a Wikipedia article with detailed explanatory information about the corresponding keyphrase. ¶ Text wikification is performed in two steps. […] Example: This task will introduce the process of “wikification”; that is, automatically and judiciously augmenting a plain-text document with pertinent hyperlinks to Wikipedia articles – as though the document were itself a Wikipedia article. […] Wikification is a useful process in itself, […]
Word: wikifications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wikification Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pedigrees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedigree Labels: form-of, plural
Word: androecium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin; from andro- + oecium (from Ancient Greek οἰκῐ́ον (oikĭ́on), diminutive of οἶκος (oîkos, “house”)). 1. The set of a flower's stamens.
Word: learners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of learner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chanters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chanter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: markers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of marker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: markers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of marker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: excludes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exclude Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mathas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of batter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: batters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of batter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + print (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːpɹɪnt/, /ɹiːˈpɹɪnt/ 1. A book, pamphlet or other printed matter that has been published once before but is now being released again. Example: The reprint is much less expensive than a first edition.
Word: reprint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + print (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːpɹɪnt/, /ɹiːˈpɹɪnt/ 1. To print (something) that has been published in print before. Labels: transitive Example: The novel was printed with an appendix. 2. To renew the impression of. Labels: transitive Example: The whole business of our redemption is […] to reprint God's image upon the soul.
Word: everchanging Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ever + changing. 1. Frequently or constantly changing.
Word: reprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reprints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reprint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: grammars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grammar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grammars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grammar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of push Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pushes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of push Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wikifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wikify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: debated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈbeɪtɪd/ 1. disputed, under discussion, not settled.
Word: debated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈbeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of debate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: procedural Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From procedure + -al. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/ 1. Related to procedure. Example: The judge dismissed the case on procedural grounds: it wasn't the facts or the law, but just that they hadn't filed the correct forms. Example: An externment of a person is a harsh punishment on him and calls for procedural safeguards against the abuse of power by the authorities. 2. Generated by means of a procedure, rather than being designed. Example: a procedural texture Example: procedural terrain
Word: procedural Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From procedure + -al. Pronunciation: /pɹəˈsiːd͡ʒ(ə)ɹəl/ 1. A type of literature, film, or television program involving a sequence of technical detail. Example: It is only fitting that the investigation of place-based police procedurals begins in America, where the police procedural was invented and turned into a literary art form. Example: David Fincher’s horribly addictive samurai procedural, adapted by Andrew Kevin Walker from the graphic novel by Alexis Nolent, stars Michael Fassbender as the un-named titular hitman[…] 2. Ellipsis of police procedural. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, specifically Example: The Wire, however, did not kill the procedural. The procedural simply borrowed The Wire’s aesthetic. The detectives may trudge sombrely from one improbable homicide scene to another, week in, week out, as the blue lights circle bleakly, but we, the viewers, sink gleefully into our sofas ready to drink it in like cocoa.
Word: shortchange Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From short + change. Pronunciation: /ʃɔɹtˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒ/, /ʃɔːtˈtʃeɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. To defraud (someone) by giving them less change than they should be given after a transaction. Labels: transitive Example: I got shortchanged! I gave him $10 for a $5 item and he only gave me $1 back. 2. To deprive (someone or something) of something due; to treat unfairly; to cheat, deceive; to half-ass. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: The elective class was easy, but in the end I was shortchanging myself by taking it. Example: This article's sparse discussion of tax-policy implications shortchanges the subject.
Word: misused Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /mɪsˈjuːzd/ 1. Used in an incorrect or inappropriate manner. Example: The oft misused word didn't mean what he thought it meant, but everyone else misunderstood it too.
Word: misused Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɪsˈjuːzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of misuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: instructional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From instruction + -al. 1. Intended for purposes of instruction, for teaching. Example: The manual might have been instructional had anybody actually taken the time to read it. 2. Relating to the teaching profession. Example: There are 33 instructional resignations tonight, double the amount at this time last year.
Word: instructional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From instruction + -al. 1. A book, film, etc. intended to instruct. Example: On legitimate days off, during the summer, Klam received poolside instructionals in monied femininity from Marcia and her three sisters — “the Jewish Gang of Four.”
Word: developmental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From development + -al. Pronunciation: /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/ 1. Related to development. Labels: not-comparable Example: Developmental psychology studies how the mind forms as children and adolescents grow.
Word: developmental Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From development + -al. Pronunciation: /dɪˌvɛləpˈmɛntəl/ 1. A trainee flight controller. Example: Mr. Paguaga said: “We do have a pipeline of people that are developmentals coming into the building.
Word: triggered Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a trigger that reacts to some specific condition. Labels: not-comparable Example: a motion-triggered alarm 2. Angered; agitated. Labels: Internet, not-comparable Example: Mika: Willie, the Meatball is getting to him. He's obsessed with the Meatball. Although he won't stick with that name. Willie: No, he likes DeSanctimonious. I don't know. It's a mistake, I think. He's got better. Mika: Triggered.
Word: triggered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of trigger Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: right-of-way Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of right of way (American English). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: taming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tame Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: taming Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which a person, animal or thing is tamed.
Word: utilized Part of Speech: adj 1. Being used.
Word: utilized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of utilize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: circuits Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.kɪts/, /ˈsɝ.kɪts/ 1. plural of circuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: circuits Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɜː.kɪts/, /ˈsɝ.kɪts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of circuit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: beginners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beginner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: submarines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of submarine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: submarines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of submarine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outsiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outsider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outsiders Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of nippers for turning a key in a keyhole from the outside. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: In the wagon, were found, under the seat, a pistol, a billy, and a pair of outsiders.
Word: viewpoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viewpoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: citable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cite Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English citable From cite + -able. 1. Capable of being, or appropriate to be, cited. Example: We file suggestions to correct the relevant Wikipedia entries, but are denied for lack of citable sources.
Word: upgraded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upgrade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upgraded Part of Speech: adj 1. Having had an upgrade; having been improved or enhanced. Labels: not-comparable
Word: propositional Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or limited to, propositions.
Word: summaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of summary Labels: form-of, plural