nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nocioception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, noci- + -o- + -ception. 1. The physiological perception of pain. Labels: uncountable
Word: scuppernong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Scuppernong River and Lake in North Carolina near which the grapes were first found and cultivated. Probably from an Algonquian word. Both senses, "grape" and "wine", are first found in documents from the 1800s-1820s. Pronunciation: /ˈskʌpənɒŋ/, /ˈskʌ.pəɹˌnɔŋ/, /ˈskʌ.pəɹˌnɑŋ/ 1. A large greenish-bronze grape native to the Southeastern United States, a variety of the muscadine grape (Vitis rotundifolia). Example: Plucking an occasional camellia, getting a squirt of hot milk from Miss Maudie Atkinson’s cow on a summer day, helping ourselves to someone’s scuppernongs was part of our ethical culture, but money was different. 2. A sweet, golden or amber-colored US wine made from this variety of grape.
Word: scuppernongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scuppernong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nociception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nocēre (“to hurt”) + English (re)ception. By surface analysis, noci- + -ception. 1. The physiological process underlying the sensation of pain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sensation was curious. The bullet passed through her thigh, cleanly, severing the dust-bones and making the second self stumble for a moment before knitting the injury back together. It didn't hurt — she'd have needed an entire quarry's worth of sand for nociception — but she still felt the hole appear, still felt the tiny slug passing through, still felt the quivering impact and the explosive exit. She felt the next three as well, and then she was standing over a cowering woman in a black leather jacket and beanie with a look of complete and total bafflement on her face.
Word: microcode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + code. 1. The collective microprograms in a CPU, used to run machine instructions. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: microcode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + code. 1. To write or rewrite (program instructions) in microcode, typically to optimize performance. Labels: transitive
Word: Tartu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Finnic *tarvas Estonian tarvasder. Estonian Tartubor. English Tartu Borrowed from Estonian Tartu, from earlier Tarbatu, ultimately from tarvas (“aurochs”), qv. Pronunciation: /ˈtɑɹtu/ 1. The second-largest city in Estonia. Example: Even though teacher training has been completely overhauled at Tartu University to place more emphasis on how to teach students critical thinking and communication and less on content knowledge, officials there say it’s taking a while to trickle down into the classroom.
Word: microprogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + program. 1. A set of microinstructions in a CPU, used to implement machine instructions.
Word: microprogram Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + program. 1. To write a microprogram manually.
Word: microinstruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + instruction. 1. A hardware instruction in the CPU of a microprocessor; a software instruction in a microprogram
Word: Pärnu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Estonian Pärnu. 1. A city in Estonia.
Word: homologous pair Part of Speech: noun 1. Two chromosomes that are identical, with the same genes.
Word: Narva Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Estonian Narva. 1. A city and municipality of Estonia. 2. A river in Estonia and Russia. 3. A river in Belarus. 4. A small river in Primorsky Krai, in the Far East of Russia. 5. A village in Primorsky Krai, Russia.
Word: undertow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English tow English undertow From under- + tow. 1. To pull or tow under; drag beneath; pull down. Labels: transitive Example: Off in a gallop the General wheeled vanishing, And sped his steed away into the blue, When Lineoln now alone let go his speech Which had before been undertowed by force, [...] 2. To pull down by, or as by, an undertow. Labels: transitive Example: A sense that the air, a sighting of muddy river, or that outcrop of rock so implacably bland in the light of midday, is undertowed by memory. Example: I sink because I cannot swim, undertowed to the Centre, abandoning all remembrance of the surface toward the cloud of unknowing, without choice I'm pulled. 3. To flow or behave as an undertow. Labels: intransitive Example: Everybody knows this and acts accordingly; but when you say it, it sounds bad and bold, and makes you uncomfortable to hear it, because the puritan blood is still undertowing in your veins.
Word: undertow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English tow English undertow From under- + tow. 1. A short-range flow of water returning seaward from the waves breaking on the shore. Example: A strong undertow may sweep a returning swimmer off their feet but it does not carry them far from the shore. 2. A feeling that runs contrary to one's normal one. Labels: broadly
Word: Damascene conversion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the conversion of St. Paul to Christianity on the road to Damascus. 1. A sudden and complete change in one's beliefs. Example: But unless there is a Damascene conversion in the Treasury, the chances of the UK Government following suit currently look slim.
Word: TQM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of total quality management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: convex hull Part of Speech: noun 1. The smallest convex set of points in which a given set of points is contained. Example: 1994, David Eppstein, Chapter 10: Average Case Analysis of Dynamic Geometric Optimization, Association of Computing Machinery, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Proceedings of the Fifth Annual ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms, page 83, This problem can be solved in time O(nᶜ) by combining a weight-balanced tree of the convex hull vertices with a farthest neighbor data structure of Agarwal and Matoušek [2]. Example: Thus, the polyhedron and the convex hull of the set of its vertices coincide, which was to be proved. Since the convex hull of a set M is determined uniquely from M, Theorem 1 implies that a bounded solid polyhedron and its surface, i.e., a closed convex polyhedron, are determined uniquely from its vertices.
Word: unlimited register machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular type of theoretical computer, with infinitely many memory cells, called registers, and formal rules to determine the machine's behavior based on their contents.
Word: pushdown automaton Part of Speech: noun 1. An automaton with finitely many states that can also use one unbounded stack of memory; the automaton may only push, pop, or read the top of the stack. Abbreviation: PDA.
Word: xenogeneses Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /zɛ.nəʊˈd͡ʒɛ.nə.siːz/ 1. plural of xenogenesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xenogenetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- English genetic English xenogenetic From xeno- + genetic. Pronunciation: /zɛ.nəʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛ.tɪk/ 1. Being of foreign origin; having originated elsewhere. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to xenogenesis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: context-free Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English context Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English context-free From context + -free. 1. (Of a grammar) which generates sentences in stages, in such a way that at any intermediate stage, any piece of the sentence is enough to determine the corresponding piece at the next stage; that is, the stagewise transformation at a point does not depend on the rest of the sentence Labels: not-comparable 2. (Of a formal language) which can be decided by a pushdown automaton or a context-free grammar (sense 1) Labels: not-comparable
Word: formal language Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of finite strings (called words) made of symbols (from a finite set of symbols, called an alphabet).
Word: xenogeny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /zɛˈnɒ.d͡ʒə.ni/ 1. Xenogenesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Diophantine equation Part of Speech: noun 1. A polynomial equation whose variables are only permitted to assume integer values. Example: 1993, Ross Talent, Alf van der Poorten (translation editors), Vladimir G. Sprindžuk, Classical Diophantine Equations, Springer, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 1559, page viii, Nevertheless, the fundamental idea of Skolem's method, the reduction of algebraic diophantine equations to exponential equations, has shown exceptional vitality in recent episodes of the theory of diophantine equations. Example: Based on lectures he^([Davenport]) gave at the University of Michigan in the early 1960s, this book is concerned with the use of analytic methods in the study of integer solutions to Diophantine equations and Diophantine inequalities.
Word: overdetermined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English determined English overdetermined From over- + determined. 1. Having more constraints or causes than necessary to determine a solution or result. 2. Having more equations than variables. 3. Determined by multiple causes in such a way that any of the causes on its own would be sufficient to account for the effect. Labels: usually
Word: overdetermined Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English determine English overdetermine English -ed English overdetermined From overdetermine + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of overdetermine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: whatth Part of Speech: det Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what English -th English whatth From what + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /wɒtθ/, /ʍɒtθ/, /wʌtθ/, /ʍʌtθ/ 1. Which ordinal number. Labels: nonstandard, rare
Word: whatth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷís Proto-Germanic *hwat Proto-West Germanic *hwat Old English hwæt Middle English what English what English -th English whatth From what + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /wɒtθ/, /ʍɒtθ/, /wʌtθ/, /ʍʌtθ/ 1. Which ordinal number. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: Thanksgiving is on the whatth of November this year?
Word: context-free grammar Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal grammar in which every production rule is such that the left-hand side is exactly one non-terminal symbol and the right-hand side is zero or more terminal symbols and/or nonterminal symbols. Example: It remains to explain one final concept, namely what a context free language is. (Don’t get confused: we’ve told you what a context free grammar is, but not what a context free language is.) Quite simply, a context free language is a language that can be generated by a context free grammar. Some languages are context free, and some are not. For example, it seems plausible that English is a context free language. That is, it is probably possible to write a context free grammar that generates all (and only) the sentences that native speakers find acceptable. On the other hand, some dialects of Swiss-German are not context free. It can be proved mathematically that no context free grammar can generate all (and only) the sentences that native speakers of Swiss-German find acceptable.¹ So if you wanted to write a grammar for such dialects, you would have to employ additional grammatical mechanisms, not merely context free rules.
Word: clue-by-four Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of clue + two-by-four. 1. A notional weapon used to knock sense into the clueless. Labels: figuratively, humorous, informal Example: If I think they're a jerk who's using a march to show how cool and open minded they are, I pull out the ol' clue by four. Example: 1998, TCurryFan, Re: Carlos and Ashley?, alt.fan.power-rangers, http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.power-rangers/msg/46e0bac76b6c462d?dmode=source&hl=en Nah... I'm not gonna waste a good clue-by-four on someone with no brain...
Word: micrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sense 1 is borrowed directly from Ancient Greek μικρολογία (mikrología, “pettiness, stinginess, triviality”), with the suffix reinterpreted as -logy. Sense 2 is micro- + -logy, effectively the same etymological components. 1. The study of trivialities and minutiae, or focusing on the small details rather than the whole picture. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. That part of science that deals with microscopic objects, or depends on microscopic observation; microscopy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: tetrominoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tetromino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ravelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ravel + -ed. 1. Entwined together; tangled. Example: [I]n them are minute glands, which resemble ravelled tubes […] 2. Unravelled; frayed. 3. Complicated; confused; involved. Labels: figuratively Example: What glory's due to him that could divide / Such ravelled interests? 4. Of a variable in the APL programming language: which has been reshaped into a vector. Example: LOAD.S loads a sequence of scalars from the ravelled form of a matrix into successive AM elements.
Word: ravelled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From ravel + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of ravel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ravelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Origin unknown. 1. Of bread: made from flour and bran. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nikkei Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Nikkei. Labels: alt-of
Word: nikkei Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Nikkei. Labels: alt-of
Word: pipefitter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + fitter. 1. An industrial tradesman who installs and maintains piping systems. Example: Near-synonyms: pipelayer (not always differentiated in practice), steamfitter (not always differentiated in practice)
Word: phase space Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The concept was developed in the late 19th century by Ludwig Boltzmann, Henri Poincaré and Josiah Willard Gibbs. 1. Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point; Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For mechanical systems, the phase space usually consists of all possible values of position and momentum variables. Example: The phase space of a single material point is a manifold M×V*, and the Newton state-space is identifical^([sic]) with M×V. 2. Given a (dynamical) system, any topological space such that every point in the space's underlying set uniquely represents a state of the system and every possible state is represented by some point; (less formally) the underlying set of such a topological space. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: taisch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic taibhs. 1. second sight; the involuntary ability of seeing the future or distant events. Labels: uncountable 2. The sound of the voice of a person about to die, heard supernaturally by somebody not present at the scene. Labels: uncountable
Word: Nikkei index Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 日(にっ)経(けい) (nikkei), an abbreviation of 日(に)本(ほん)経(けい)済(ざい)新(しん)聞(ぶん) (Nihon Keizai Shinbun, literally “Japan Economics Newspaper”), a Japanese newspaper which publishes the index. Pronunciation: /ˈniːkeɪ ˈɪndɛks/, /ˈnɪkeɪ-/ 1. A Japanese stock market index; normally refers to the Nikkei 225, which is calculated by aggregating the share prices of 225 large Japanese companies quoted on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and thus reflects the performance of major Japanese businesses.
Word: sans-culotte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French sans-culotte (“(one) without pants”). Pronunciation: /sanzkjuːˈlɒt/, /sɒ̃(ŋ)kjuːˈlɒt/ 1. A plebeian Parisian, especially a lower-class republican during the French Revolution. Example: One necessary fashion item for the dutiful sans-culotte, for example, was the red cap (bonnet rouge), which was alleged to recall the cap worn in Antiquity by emancipated slaves. Example: More's sensational attacks on Paine's Rights of Man [...] were echoed in prints, mass-produced by Reeves's Association, which contrasted the happy condition of the English cottager to the brutalised domestic life of the Parisian sans-culotte.
Word: mizuage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 水揚げ. 1. The coming-of-age ceremony of a maiko, an apprentice geisha, often associated with loss of virginity. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: “The first time a woman's cave is explored by a man's eel. That is what we call mizuage.”
Word: diaphragm wall Part of Speech: noun 1. A structure inserted in the ground and used to maintain an excavation open or to isolate portions of contaminated ground.
Word: heterocosm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sḿ̥teros Proto-Hellenic *hə́teros Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros)lbor. English hetero- English (micro)cosm English heterocosm From hetero- + (micro)cosm. 1. A separate or alternative world. Example: Man, repelled by his debt to a physical mother, created an alternate reality, a heterocosm to give him the illusion of freedom. Example: For Teskey, the exemplary poet of hallucination is Spenser, whose Fairyland is a stable heterocosm, which a reader can enter for sustained periods without undergoing any oscillatory experience.
Word: analytic mechanics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from French Mécanique analytique, a 1788–1789 book by Joseph-Louis Lagrange. 1. The application of calculus to classical mechanics. Labels: uncountable
Word: biomechanics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusbor. English mechanics English biomechanics From bio- + mechanics. 1. The branch of biophysics that deals with the mechanics of the human or animal body; especially concerned with muscles and the skeleton. Labels: uncountable 2. The functioning of a particular part of a body. Labels: uncountable
Word: Arbor Day Part of Speech: name 1. The national day of observance of the need to protect trees, celebrated by planting a tree. Labels: US
Word: body mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of physiotherapy used to correct body posture and movement. Labels: uncountable
Word: celestial mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The dynamics of celestial bodies subject to mutual gravitational attraction. Labels: uncountable
Word: electromechanics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusbor. English mechanics English electromechanics From electro- + mechanics. 1. the engineering aspects of devices that are controlled by electrostatics or electromagnetics Labels: uncountable
Word: fluid mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of mechanics dealing with gases and liquids, either at rest or in motion. Labels: uncountable
Word: gas mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of fluid mechanics that deals with the action of forces on gases. Labels: uncountable
Word: hereditary mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of mechanics dealing with the effects of stress and strain on physical bodies over time. Labels: uncountable
Word: soignée Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French soignée, feminine form of soigné. 1. Alternative form of soigné. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Proof of Life was not much of a film; and Ryan, implausibly soignée despite the fact that her character's husband has been kidnapped by South American drug fiends, is one of the worst things about it.
Word: exoergicity Part of Speech: noun 1. The difference in bond dissociation energies of a reaction, symbol ΔE₀, such that energy is released. Labels: uncountable Example: The collision exoergicity Q is defined by Q=E'–E, the final minus initial relative kinetic energies. Example: This is probably due to dissociation induced by the large exoergicity from charge transfer between species that differ greatly in ionization potential.
Word: hydromechanics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusbor. English mechanics English hydromechanics From hydro- + mechanics. 1. fluid mechanics, especially when dealing with water Labels: uncountable
Word: flyting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fliting, flytyng, equivalent to flyte + -ing. 1. Contention, noisy argument. 2. Scolding, rebuke. 3. A poetic contest of insults or invective. Example: Rival poets in Scotland exchanged flytings that were packed with riddling conceits. Example: These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.
Word: magnetomechanics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek Μάγνης (Mágnēs) Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Old French magnetebor. ▲ Ancient Greek μᾰ́γνης (mắgnēs)bor. Latin magnēsbor. Middle English magnete English magnet English magnet- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English magneto- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusbor. English mechanics English magnetomechanics From magneto- + mechanics. 1. The branch of physics dealing with the mutual interaction of the strain and magnetization of materials. Labels: uncountable
Word: matrix mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The original formulation of quantum mechanics in which the operators were represented by time-dependent matrices. Labels: uncountable
Word: bisyllabic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English syllabic English bisyllabic From bi- + syllabic. Pronunciation: /baɪ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/ 1. Comprising two syllables. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bisyllabic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English syllabic English bisyllabic From bi- + syllabic. Pronunciation: /baɪ.sɪˈlæ.bɪk/ 1. Synonym of disyllabic.
Word: ballsier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of ballsy: more ballsy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: ballsiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of ballsy: most ballsy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: soullessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English soulless Middle English -ly English -ly English soullessly From soulless + -ly. 1. In a manner lacking soul or spirit.
Word: soundlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English soundless Middle English -ly English -ly English soundlessly From soundless + -ly. 1. In a manner that makes no noise. Example: Hassan kneed himself up, over, in, soundlessly, feet on floor, knife out, eyes like blunter knife trying to cut darkness.
Word: sorrowfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English sorwefully; by surface analysis, sorrowful + -ly. 1. In a sorrowful manner; with sorrow and regret. Example: They sent a pleasant and refreshing fragrance far around, and shook sorrowfully the leaves of their white flowers over the reflected picture of the landscape in the mirror of the lake, which on all sides was surrounded by pine trees and mossy cliffs. Example: Sorrowfully Dorothy left the Throne Room and went back where the Lion and the Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman were waiting to hear what Oz had said to her. "There is no hope for me," she said sadly, "for Oz will not send me home until I have killed the Wicked Witch of the West; and that I can never do."
Word: sordidness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin sordidusder. Middle English sordid French sordideder. English sordid 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 sordidness From sordid + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being sordid. Labels: uncountable Example: [W]e muſt not take this mercifull indulgence given to our defectuoſities, as a diſpenſation for the ſordidnes of our loves, but rather in a holy effect and contention of gratitude, ſtrain to love God the more purely, and irreſpectively to our ſelves, in regard of the tranſcendent benignity of this diſpenſation. Example: Every possible care was taken of him, and in a day or two he was able to walk into the study again, where he sat gazing at the sordidness and unneatness of the apartment, the strange festoons and drapery of spiders' webs, […] 2. The product or result of being sordid. Labels: countable Example: His was a nature—weak I own—that felt a sordidness in narrow means and their attendants; the ugliness of poverty pained his spirit.
Word: molecular mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. A non-rigorous method of computing the structures, energies, and some properties of molecules by assuming they behave like small balls connected by springs. Labels: physical, uncountable
Word: nonquantum mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. classical or Newtonian mechanics rather than quantum mechanics. Labels: uncountable
Word: masterbatch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From master + batch. 1. A solid product (normally of plastic, rubber, or elastomer) in which pigments or additives are optimally dispersed at high concentration in a carrier material. The carrier material is compatible with the main plastic in which it will be blended during molding, whereby the final plastic product obtains the color or properties from the masterbatch. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Gleichschaltung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German Gleichschaltung (“synchronisation”). 1. The forced standardization of political and social institutions under an authoritarian regime, originally with reference to Nazi Germany. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Far less identified with the party than the old Freikorps (anticommunist vigilante groups active just after World War I) mercenaries, the new element saw in the SS the true elite organization of the Nazi regime, and did not hesitate to attempt Gleichschaltungs within the Gleichschaltung, that is, to have the SS take over already Nazified organizations. Example: Consequently, Croatia’s new leaders have lost little time in purging these last outposts of the old regime. In the name of democracy and human rights, all the media will henceforth be sympathetic to the new government, a process of Gleichschaltung that is being cheered on by the West.
Word: nonrelativistic mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The mechanics of objects moving at velocities considerably less than the speed of light. Labels: uncountable
Word: particle mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the motion of individual particles. Labels: uncountable
Word: relativistic mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The mechanics of objects moving at speeds comparable to the speed of light; per special and general relativity. Labels: uncountable
Word: rock mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The science that studies the mechanical behaviour of rock. Labels: uncountable
Word: ginning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gin Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ginning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of removing seeds from cotton with a cotton gin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: soil mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of mechanics (especially fluid mechanics) to soils, especially as a basis for the design and construction of building foundations and earthworks. Labels: uncountable Example: Consulting with the Foo firm brought soil mechanics into the plant engineer's toolchest. Example: An anemometer constructed by the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Western Region, British Railways, has been installed at Dawlish Warren, near Exeter, to obtain a record of the velocity (speed and direction) of the wind. This information is used for the study of the effects of wind erosion on the sand dunes which protect the railway from the sea at that point. 2. The mechanical behavior and performance of a soil. Labels: metonymically, uncountable Example: The plan to build a dam just downriver from Fooville was foiled by unsatisfactory soil mechanics.
Word: Kulturträger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kulturträger. Pronunciation: /kʊlˈtuːɹtɹɛːɡəɹ/ 1. Someone or something that transmits cultural ideals, especially from one generation to the next. Example: She knew she was accepted in the world of culture and of intellect. She was a Kulturträger, a medium for the culture of ideas. Example: All this was demoralising enough for an intelligentsia that, whatever its internal disputes, had always taken its role as Kulturträger for granted.
Word: wave mechanics Part of Speech: noun 1. The mathematical basis for quantum mechanics in which light and subatomic particles have the characteristics of both waves and particles. Labels: uncountable
Word: gene silencing Part of Speech: noun 1. Any mechanism or technique, either in nature or by human agency, by which the expression of a gene is either fully or almost fully prevented. Labels: uncountable
Word: silencing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of silence Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: silencing Part of Speech: noun 1. The act by which something is silenced. Example: But these harmonies can be distinguished from silencings in which the content of certain interpretations requires or advocates obliterating the voice of another. 2. The prevention of the expression of a gene
Word: nonprofit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + profit. 1. Not seeking to produce a profit (a financial gain). Labels: not-comparable Example: Here in New York, plush rehabilitation centers literally canvass for big-paying clients whose insurance will cover the average $11,000 to $14,000 cost for a month's treatment. Meanwhile, there are only 12,000 non-profit treatment beds in the state for a conservatively estimated 350,000 addicts. Example: Gathering the application and my records , and summoning up as much courage as I could , I set out to complete the IRS application for a private, nonprofit agency.
Word: nonprofit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + profit. 1. Ellipsis of nonprofit organization (“an organization that exists for reasons other than to make a profit, such as a charitable, educational or service organization”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Historically, companies have viewed nonprofits primarily as recipients of their philanthropy – usually in the form of cash and product donations, as well as employee volunteers, in exchange for a boost to their reputations or stronger relationships with local stakeholders. Example: The people who made millions or billions from these companies are now changing yet another sector of the American economy: philanthropy. They’re forcing nonprofits to become incubators and disruptors, rather than just service providers, and to think about how they sell themselves, how they measure what they do, and what programs will attract money.
Word: charge nurse Part of Speech: noun 1. A supervisory nurse, usually assigned for a shift.
Word: superlattice 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 lattice English superlattice From super- + lattice. 1. A material, especially a semiconductor, with periodically alternating layers of several crystalline substances.
Word: Kaden Part of Speech: name Etymology: A spelling variant of Caden. Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪdn̩/ 1. A male given name originating as a coinage, variant of Caden. Example: The injured demonstrator, identified as 21-year-old Kaden Rummler by his aunt, is seen on video shouting through a megaphone along with others outside the building, where several officers are stationed in riot gear.
Word: Kaden Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Kaden. 1. A surname from German.
Word: morphogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morpho- + -gen. 1. Any substance that governs the movement and development of cells during morphogenesis by forming a concentration gradient in the developing tissue.
Word: tu quoque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tu (“you”) quoque (“also”). Pronunciation: /tuːˈkwoʊkwiː/, /tuːˈkwoʊkweɪ/, /tuːˈkwoʊk/ 1. An argument whereby an accusation or insult is turned back on the accuser; same to you Labels: attributive, often Example: And then they meet us with miserable tu quoques—tu quoques, gentlemen, which are the meanest form of logic, and, in my opinion, the most contemptible development of statesmanship. Example: In the long run, the facile tu quoque arguments, such as those offered by Massu on the Alleg case, can only lead to an endless escalation of horror and degradation. 2. The vulva or vagina. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: I presented the mouth of the bottle in a slanting direction toward her. In an instant, she with her fingers contracted the lips of her tu quoque so as to produce a narrow curved stream, so correctly aimed that at least one-third actually entered the bottle.
Word: humanitarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English humanitarian 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 humanitarianism From humanitarian + -ism. 1. A humanitarian philosophy or practice. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: bicoid Part of Speech: noun 1. A gene, in Drosophila and related flies, that specifies which end of an egg will be the anterior and become the fly's head by setting up a concentration gradient of the Bicoid protein.
Word: Bicoid Part of Speech: noun 1. A protein, in Drosophila and related flies, specified by the bicoid gene, the concentration gradient of which serves to specify which end of the egg will become the head of the fly.
Word: meristemoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meristem + -oid. 1. A small, triangular stomatal precursor cell that functions temporarily as a stem cell in a meristem.
Word: meristemoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meristem + -oid. 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling a meristem.
Word: stomatal Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or containing, a stoma Labels: not-comparable
Word: Too Many Mouths Part of Speech: noun 1. A receptor-like protein in plants which, when absent, leads to an overproduction of stomata Labels: uncountable
Word: biofilm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + film. First used in the early 1970s in the context of wastewater treatment. 1. A structured community of microorganisms, such as bacteria, that adhere to a surface and are embedded in a self-produced protective matrix of mucuslike extracellular material. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The differences in biofilm penetration patterns of both tested photosensitisers and the light source could have played an important role for the survival of microorganisms after the application of aPDT. In a recent own study, we showed that the deepest layers of the oral biofilm were not affected by the aPDT [4 ]. Example: These interactions are essential for the assembly of an exopolysaccharides-rich matrix and the development of cospecies biofilms.
Word: stirabout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from stir about. Pronunciation: /ˈstɜːɹəˌbaʊt/ 1. Porridge. Labels: Ireland, countable, uncountable Example: He's really an awful bother, what with green shades for Tom's eyes at night and making him do the dumb-bells, and forcing Eva to eat the stirabout. 2. A commotion. Labels: Ireland, countable, uncountable
Word: standing joke Part of Speech: noun 1. A customary laughing matter amongst a group of people. Example: The two aunts laughed heartily, too, for Gabriel's solicitude was a standing joke with them.
Word: noddle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnɒdəl/, /ˈnɑd l/ 1. The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs. Labels: UK, informal Example: But being restored to the open aire, the cafe with him was little altred; for no roofe had he to hide his noddle in, or whither he might go to set up his rest, but in the streets under a bulk he should have been constrainted to have kenneld […] 2. The head as the seat of mental capacity or intellect. Labels: UK, informal Example: No doubt (said the Barber) but I wonder not so much at the Knights madnesse, as the Squires simplicity, that beleeves so in the Islands, and I think all the Art in the world will not drive that out of his noddle. Example: Thus far the Poet; but his brains grow Addle, / And all the reſt is purely from this Noddle. 3. The back of the head; nape. Labels: obsolete Example: They muste absteine from ouer much slepe, and not to slepe in the day time, nor [upon] the noddle of the head […]
Word: noddle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈnɒdəl/, /ˈnɑd l/ 1. To nod repeatedly. Labels: intransitive
Word: noddle Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of noodle (“improvise musically”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] a rolling bass figure in 2/4 over which two semi-tuned electric guitars are noddling rhythm and blues. Example: The album is almost ruined by some muzak-style noddling for strings and keyboards.
Word: cartology Part of Speech: noun 1. The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: intuitionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intuition 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 intuitionist From intuition + -ist. 1. A person who studies intuitionistic mathematics
Word: solitariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English solitary 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 solitariness From solitary + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒlɪt(ə)ɹɪnəs/ 1. The state or quality of being solitary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In both a mazefull ſolitarineſſe: / In night of ſprites the gaſtly powers to ſtur, / In thee or ſprites or ſprited gaſtlineſſe: […] Example: I saw a Deane of S. Hillarie of Poictiers, reduced by reason and the incommoditie of his melancholy to such a continuall solitarinesse, that when I entered into his chamber he had never removed one step out of it in two and twenty yeares before[…].
Word: intuitionistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English intuition 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English intuitionistic From intuition + -istic. 1. Dealing strictly in constructive proofs, abstaining from proof by contradiction Labels: not-comparable Example: Intuitionistic type theory is based on a certain analogy or isomorphism between propositions and types: a proposition is identified with the type of its proofs. This identification is usually called the Curry–Howard isomorphism, which was originally formulated for intuitionistic logic and simply typed lambda calculus. Type Theory extends this identification to predicate logic by introducing dependent types, that is types which contain values. Type Theory internalizes the interpretation of intuitionistic logic proposed by Brouwer, Heyting and Kolmogorov, the so called BHK interpretation. The types of Type Theory play a similar role to sets in set theory but functions definable in Type Theory are always computable.ᵂᴾ Example: The system, which has come to be known as IZF, or Intuitionistic Zermelo–Fraenkel (ZF refers to ZFC without the axiom of choice), has the usual axioms of extensionality, pairing, union, infinity, separation and power set. The axiom of regularity is stated in the form of an axiom schema of set induction. Also, while Myhill used the axiom schema of replacement in his system, IZF usually stands for the version with collection.ᵂᴾ
Word: sophistical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sophistical, sophisticale, sophisticall, from Anglo-Latin sophisticālis, equivalent to sophist + -ical. 1. Pertaining to a sophist or sophistry. 2. Fallacious, misleading or incorrect in logic or reasoning, especially intentionally. Example: This is, we believe, a fair summary of Mr. Lamb's doctrine. We are sure that we do not wish to represent him unfairly. […] But we must plainly say that his argument, though ingenious, is altogether sophistical. Example: Assuming other people to be as sophistical as ourselves, and as intent as we upon winning the argument, they are likely to be no more honest than we.
Word: speediness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spedines, from Old English spēdiġnes (“opulence, wealth”), equivalent to speedy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdinəs/ 1. The property of being fast; swiftness. Labels: uncountable
Word: speeder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English speed Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English speeder From speed + -er. 1. One who speeds: one who exceeds the maximum legal speed limit. 2. A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings, in spinning. Labels: dated 3. A motorized railroad track crew cart. 4. A fast worker selected by a company to exemplify the rate of work generally expected; a pacesetter. Example: As a series of WTUL, Socialist, and garment union speakers illuminate the oppression of her life, including her misperception that because she is a "speeder," or quick worker, she profits accordingly, she eagerly receives the new truths.
Word: intuitionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English intuition 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 intuitionism From intuition + -ism. 1. An approach to mathematics/logic which avoids proof by contradiction, and which requires that, in order to prove that something exists, one must construct it. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: speedster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From speed + -ster. 1. One who is noted for being very fast. Example: With Deebo Samuel as their top receiver, they need to give quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo another top target. So they chose Brandon Aiyuk, the speedster from Arizona State. 2. A person who speeds (drives fast). 3. A vehicle or other device used for racing. 4. A fast bowler.
Word: speedsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speedster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fund-raising Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of fundraising. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: local ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A commutative ring with a unique maximal ideal, or a noncommutative ring with a unique maximal left ideal or (equivalently) a unique maximal right ideal. Example: The unique maximal ideal of a (commutative) local ring contains all of the zero divisors of such ring, and all elements of the ring outside of it are units. Then in a local ring, the sum of any two zero divisors is also a zero divisor. Contrapositively, if two ring elements add up to a unit then one of them must be a unit as well. A simple example of a local ring is #92;mathbb#123;Z#125;#95;8. 2. The non-routing segment of a token ring network.
Word: nilradical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nil + radical. 1. The set of nilpotent elements of an algebraic structure such as an ideal
Word: algebraist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic الْجَبْر (al-jabr)bor. Medieval Latin algebrabor. English algebra 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 algebraist From algebra + -ist. 1. A mathematician who specializes in algebra.
Word: mullioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mullion + -ed. 1. Having mullions (of a window). Labels: not-comparable Example: The front elevation is pierced by mullioned windows of varied dimensions after the style of Burghley House. Example: […] as London light […] grows between the faces of the mullioned windows […]
Word: cat's meow Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkætsmiˈaʊ̯/ 1. A self-satisfied person. Labels: dated, idiomatic, uncountable 2. A highly sought-after and fancy example of something. Labels: dated, idiomatic, uncountable Example: That new car was really the cat’s meow. Example: The flapper tells her “cakie” that a Chauve Souris sundae is “just the cat’s meow”.
Word: subtilisin Part of Speech: noun 1. A protease produced by soil bacteria of the genus Bacillus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: subtilase Part of Speech: noun 1. A serine protease similar to subtilisin Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cytoplasmic determinant Part of Speech: noun 1. A substance, present in an egg or blastomere, that determines the fate of those cells that inherit it during cleavage. Example: Consequently, in order to learn of a cytoplasmic determinant serving a specific hereditary function, one must detect it in a mutated form. Example: A cytoplasmic determinant for dorsal axis formation in an early embryo of Xenopus laevis.