nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: deconvert Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Latin convertōder. Old French convertirbor. Middle English converten English convert English deconvert From de- + convert. Pronunciation: /diːkənˈvɜːt/ 1. To undergo a deconversion from a religion, faith or belief or (transitive) to induce (someone) to reject a particular religion, faith, or belief. Labels: intransitive Example: She has deconverted from Christianity, Islam, Judaism, etc. Example: They tried to deconvert him. 2. To revert or (transitive) to restore. Labels: intransitive Example: We must arrange to deconvert chartered vessels if the owner so desires. He may want them put back in the same condition as when chartered. Example: Most compression utilities...can convert and deconvert binhex files. 3. To change a building that has been converted to a new use back to its original use; specifically to change a house that has been converted into apartments or flats back to a single-family dwelling. Labels: transitive Example: 1963, William E Glynn, Leadership Roles read in Paul Vernon Betters (editor), City Problems: The Annual Proceedings of the United States Conference of Mayors, City Problems: The Annual Proceedings of the United States Conference of Mayors, p. 86, Roofs were repaired, houses were painted, and rooming houses converted back to single family residences. And meanwhile the owners have spent about $60000 to deconvert the building to its legal use...Orders to deconvert buildings which had been cut up into smaller apartments totaled 156 last year compared with 77 in 1961. Example: The most effective injunction issued was to compel owners to deconvert buildings illegally converted to their original architectural structure.
Word: cluebat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clue + bat. Pronunciation: /ˈkluːˌbæt/ 1. A bat (club) with which someone clueless is struck (figuratively or in one's imagination). Labels: slang
Word: redetermination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English determination English redetermination From re- + determination. 1. The process of determining again. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of calculating again, or making a fiscal determination again. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: protease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prote(in) Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English protease From prote(in) + -ase. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊtɪeɪz/ 1. An enzyme that cuts or cleaves proteins. Example: As a matter of fact the casein protease digests boiled and coagulated serum far more easily than unboiled serum, as set forth by the following experiments. Example: All were tested for their ability to clot milk and to hydrolyze denatured hemoglobin, egg albumin, protamine (salmon), histone (calf thymus), and benzoyl-l-arginineamide. In no case was any trace of protease activity detected.
Word: proteins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protein Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cleaves Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kliːvz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cleave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: proteases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protease Labels: form-of, plural
Word: GSP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Generalized System of Preferences. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “The key responsibility here falls on the UK,” Hopewell said. “In order to prevent a major drop in LDC (least developed country) exports, it urgently needs to replicate the terms of the EU GSP and the EBA treaty and ensure that these arrangements are in place before the UK leaves the EU on March 29.” 2. Initialism of Georgia State Patrol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Georges St-Pierre. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Girl Scouts of the Philippines. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GSP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of good safety practice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of good scientific practice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of German Shorthaired Pointer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: pharmacopeial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pharmacopeia Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English pharmacopeial From pharmacopeia + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to pharmacopeia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: USP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialism of United States Pharmacopeia. 1. The United States Pharmacopeial Convention, Inc., a standard-setting authority that publishes USP-NF standards about pharmaceuticals and dietary supplements. Labels: US 2. The United States Pharmacopeia, the published standards. Labels: US
Word: USP Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Initialism of United States Pharmacopeia. 1. Adhering to the standards of the United States Pharmacopeia; used after a drug's name. Labels: US, not-comparable, postpositional Example: Clarithromycin Tablets, USP
Word: USP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialism of United States Pharmacopeia. 1. Ellipsis of USP unit. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: USP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Other initialisms. 1. Initialism of U.S. Penitentiaries. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “I have ordered an immediate assessment to determine our needs and the next steps. USP Alcatraz has a rich history. We look forward to restoring this powerful symbol of law, order, and justice. We will be actively working with our law enforcement and other federal partners to reinstate this very important mission,” Marshall said in a statement.
Word: USP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Other initialisms. 1. Initialism of unique selling proposition/selling point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I came across this recipe when Helen Graham cooked it for Bracia and Friends, a pop-up whose USP is that chefs must cook a single dish. Example: Glamour and elegance are two USPs of cruising and some cruise companies – Cunard in particular – invest heavily in the nostalgia and fantasy that are hallmarks of the industry. 2. Initialism of user stored procedure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of ultra-short period planet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: exaptation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex-der. Middle French ex-bor. Middle English ex- English ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aptos Latin aptus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin apiō Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tos Latin -tus ▲ Latin -ō Latin -tō Latin aptō Latin adaptō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin adaptātiōbor. French adaptationbor. English adaptation blend English exaptation Blend of ex- + adaptation. Coined 1982 by palaeontologists Stephen Jay Gould and Elisabeth Vrba to avoid the perceived teleological baggage of the existing term preadaptation. Pronunciation: /ˌɛk.səpˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɛk.sæpˈteɪ.ʃən/ 1. The use of a biological structure or function for a purpose other than that for which it initially evolved. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Birds initially developed wings and feathers as a means of heat regulation. The use of wings for flight is an example of exaptation. Example: I believe that Stephen Gould and Elizabeth Vrba were correct in proposing exaptation as a missing term in evolutionary biology. I want to make a distinction between adaptation and exaptation here. Again it is about mechanistic differences. An exaptation can be viewed as the acquisition of a new and useful function once the novelty has spread and once the environment has changed. 2. The promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical (morphosyntactic or phonological) or semantic work. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: The process Haiman focuses on is exaptation, which he defines as "the promotion of meaningless or redundant material so that it does new grammatical (morphosyntactic or phonological) or semantic work" (p52).
Word: regulatory Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡ.jʊ.lə.t(ɔː.)ɹi/, /ˌɹɛɡ.jʊˈleɪ.tə.ri/, /ˈɹɛɡ.jə.ləˌtɔ.ɹi/ 1. Of or pertaining to regulation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Since the accident, Cranfield Airport Air Navigation Service has issued supplementary instruction CIMS-CF-ATC-001-SI 02/21 regarding the impounding of recordings. This exceeds the current CAA regulatory requirement and will result in all video recorded by this digital tower being retained after an accident or serious incident, in addition to RTF and radar recordings. Example: In the report, the NIEHS concluded that the scientific evidence linking EMF exposures with health risks is weak and that this finding does not warrant aggressive regulatory concern.
Word: hembra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hembra. Doublet of feme, femina, and femme. 1. A female llama.
Word: beardo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beard + -o; in some uses, influenced by weirdo, hence a blend of beard + weirdo. 1. A person with a beard. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: His [Richard Nixon’s] statement to the press in 1962, after the defeat by Pat Brown, became famous: “You won’t have Dick Nixon to kick around anymore.” Less well-known were private comments such as “We’ll kick their toes off in 1968” and “Kick the weirdoes and beardoes on the college campuses.” Example: 1994, Patrick D. Gaffney, The Prophet's Pulpit: Islamic Preaching in Contemporary Egypt, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 90, Moreover, in the regional patois one common expression used by outsiders, including unsympathetic shaykhs, to refer to the group was birubū dign, which can be glossed as the “bearded ones” or more colloquially as “beardo’s.”
Word: angle bracket Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəl ˌbrækɪt/ 1. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets. 2. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets. 3. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets. 4. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets. 5. Any of a number of angle-shaped brackets.
Word: have the run of Part of Speech: verb 1. To have permission or freedom to move around throughout an area or to use something at will. Example: "[W]hilst I am looking over the documents you can ramble about the rooms where you like. I have the run of the house at any time, you know." Example: He told of his power in the prison by virtue of his being trusty in the Warden's office, and because of the fact that he had the run of the dispensary.
Word: plunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. Compare plonk, plink. As regards verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1, verb sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”). Pronunciation: /plʌŋk/ 1. A brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface. Example: They listened and could hear the steady plunk, plunk of an axe somewhere far above them. 2. A (heavy) blow or hit. Labels: informal 3. A dollar. Labels: US, archaic, obsolete, slang Example: Den I gives him a five-plunk piece, and he gins me the shange. Example: Dere's a loidy here […] dat's got a necklace of jools what's wort' a hundred t'ousand plunks. Honest, boss. A hundred t'ousand plunks. 4. A large sum of money. Labels: obsolete, rare, slang
Word: plunk Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. Compare plonk, plink. As regards verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1, verb sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”). Pronunciation: /plʌŋk/ 1. With a brief, dull sound, such as the thud of something landing on a surface. Labels: informal, not-comparable 2. Directly, exactly, precisely. Labels: broadly, informal, not-comparable Example: "Bang!" went a gun behind me. I heard the whistle of shot. Something stung me sharply on the cheek, and I fell forward on my face, giving myself up for lost. […] "Oh, ye will never dee o' a chairge o' guid saft garden peas!" said the daft lassie, scornfully. "Maybe no," retorted I, for my choler was raised. "They are a' vera weel in broth, but if you got them plunk on the jaw, wi' a strong chairge o' powder ahint them, they might bring the water to your e'en as well as mine." Example: [I]t's one thing to be buried with all your pleasures, like Sardanapalus; it's another to be buried right plunk in front of them, where you can see them.
Word: plunk Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic; the noun is attested earlier than the verb. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 3 (“dollar; large sum of money”) may refer to the sound of a coin hitting a surface. Compare plonk, plink. As regards verb etymology 1, verb sense 1.4 (“(transitive) to drop, set, or throw (something, or oneself) abruptly and/or heavily”) and etymology 1, verb sense 2.4 (“(intransitive) to drop, land, or set abruptly and/or heavily”), compare French plonquer (Picardy), a variant of plonger (“to plunge”). Pronunciation: /plʌŋk/ 1. Often reduplicated: used to represent a brief, dull sound, such as the sound of a string of a stringed instrument being plucked, or the thud of something landing on a surface. Labels: informal Example: Look at me; is my eye dilated? do you notice a quiver anywhere? Feel my pulse: plunk—plunk—plunk—same as if I were asleep. Example: It was the noise of rowing, hard, fast rowing, the noise of two pairs of oars in a native boat, pin oars, and the slap, slap of a boat's bows into the short waves. She knew that noise well. It came nearer and nearer. It passed close by her. Plunk, plunk. She could hear the splash of the oars so clearly that she almost thought she could see the boat in the dark.
Word: plunk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain; possibly the same as plunk (etymology 1), or related to Dutch plenken (“(archaic) to wander around; (Limburg, archaic) to play truant”). Pronunciation: /plʌŋk/ 1. To be absent from (school) without permission; to be a truant. Labels: Scotland, informal, transitive 2. To play truant. Labels: Scotland, informal, intransitive Example: Unless we repented and humbly begged for mercy … I might as well tell lies, break crockery, kick the cat, plunk from school, and enjoy my transgressions.
Word: dishware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dish Proto-Germanic *warō Proto-West Germanic *waru Old English waru Middle English ware English -ware English dishware From dish + -ware. 1. crockery used for serving or cooking food Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Taffia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Taff + mafia. 1. Any group of Welsh people who practice nepotism or live in an ethnic enclave. Labels: humorous, offensive
Word: unsettle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English settle English unsettle From un- + settle. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsɛtəl/ 1. To make upset or uncomfortable Example: Don't unsettle the horses or they'll bolt. Example: Athletic have been showing signs of fatigue domestically and they never quite seemed to reach the same pitch of intensity that had so unsettled Manchester United and Schalke 04 in earlier rounds. 2. To bring into disorder or disarray
Word: nocked Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing nocks.
Word: nocked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nock Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nocking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nock Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nocks Part of Speech: noun 1. binoculars Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: nocks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nock Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unsettles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unsettle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plunks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of plunk Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plunking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of plunk Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plunking Part of Speech: noun 1. A noise that plunks.
Word: plunked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of plunk Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kipu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quipu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: well I never Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of well, I never. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: "[…] I was going across the Triangle down there and who should I run into but our interesting invalid, Eliza Higgs […] with an equally young lady friend, both very superbly dressed for the occasion." "Well I never!" contributed Mrs. Larch. "Oh yes, I assure you. […]"
Word: proxeny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek προξενία (proxenía) derived from πρόξενος (próxenos). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒksəni/ 1. In Ancient Greece, an arrangement whereby a citizen (chosen by the city) hosted foreign ambassadors at his own expense, in return for honorary titles from the state. Labels: historical Example: If there be near me now a man of the Achaians who dwelleth far up the Ionian sea, he shall not upbraid me: I have faith in my proxeny […]
Word: heterosexist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From heterosex(ual) + -ist; modelled on sexist. 1. A homophobic heterosexual person.
Word: sanctions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sæŋkʃənz/, /sæŋkʃɪnz/ 1. plural of sanction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanctions Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /sæŋkʃənz/, /sæŋkʃɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sanction Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sanctioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sanction Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sanctioning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who sanctions.
Word: sanctioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sanction Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coercive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English coerce Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English coercive From coerce + -ive. Pronunciation: /kəʊˈɜː(ɹ)sɪv/ 1. Displaying a tendency or intent to coerce. Example: The Bush administration is studying options for military strikes against Iran as part of a broader strategy of coercive diplomacy to pressure Tehran to abandon its alleged nuclear development program, according to U.S. officials and independent analysts. 2. Such that the ratio of |F(x)| to x approaches infinity as x approaches infinity.
Word: screwy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From screw + -y. 1820, original meaning “tipsy, slightly drunk”; meaning “crazy, ridiculous” first recorded 1887. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹuː.i/ 1. Crazy; silly; ridiculous Labels: informal Example: That's a screwy idea; I am not going to fly all the way to Antarctica just to see a penguin! Example: Pretend it never happened. The insurance business is completely screwy now. You know they’ve reintroduced the death penalty for insurance company directors? 2. Tipsy; slightly drunk. Labels: archaic, informal Example: "A tipsy man," said Spearman, "is generally noisy ; and I confess I was screwy on Wednesday." Example: Screwy [skroo'i], adj. mean ; stingy ; parsimonious. Alto, slightly intoxicated. 3. Exacting; extortionate; close. Labels: archaic 4. Worthless. Labels: archaic Example: I saw my hearty out of the yard, with his pink peeping out of his Macintosh, on his screwy old black horse, and I heard from my fair waiter that he had been vaunting that he would lick us all into fits.
Word: have a screw loose Part of Speech: verb 1. To be insane, irrational, or eccentric. Labels: slang Example: Richard, glorious in new livery, [...] went with his sad message, first to the church and then to the banqueting-hall in Albemarle Street. "Not any wedding?" said the head-waiter at the hotel. "I knew they was folks as would have a screw loose somewheres. [...]" Example: "You know he really has got a screw loose in his head somewheres, an' there ain't any one but what says he's the town fool, all right."
Word: screwier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of screwy: more screwy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: screwiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of screwy: most screwy Labels: form-of, superlative Example: That's the screwiest idea I've ever heard of.
Word: mesomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English mesomorph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English mesomorphic From mesomorph + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛzəˈmɔɹfɪk/, /ˌmɛsəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a mesomorph. Example: For instance, compared to the typical ectomorphic or endomorphic child, the mesomorphic boy or girl may have more energy and a greater motivation for vigorous play with peers. Example: An average man is more mesomorphic than the phantom whereas the average woman is more endomorphic than the phantom (see figure 3.2).
Word: mesomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -morphic English mesomorphic From meso- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛzəˈmɔɹfɪk/, /ˌmɛsəˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to phases of matter intermediate between solid and liquid; of or pertaining to liquid crystals. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1958, Chemical Society (Great Britain), G. W. Gray, Steric Effects in Conjugated Systems, page 161, Changes in the chemical constitution of a mesomorphic compound may therefore radically alter the mesomorphic properties and thermal stabilities. Example: 1993, Nikolaĭ Alʹfredovich Platė (editor, original Russian edition), S. L. Schnur (translator), Liquid-Crystal Polymers, page 132, This x-ray is typical of mesomorphic structures which occupy an intermediate position between crystalline and amorphous with respect to the degree of order.
Word: ectomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ectoderm + -morph + -ic, equivalent to ectomorph + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to an ectomorph. Example: Studies have found that elite athletes can be primarily mesomorphic with ectomorphic qualities or primarily mesomorphic with endomorphic qualities.
Word: endomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English endomorph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English endomorphic From endomorph + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to an endomorph. Example: Studies have found that elite athletes can be primarily mesomorphic with ectomorphic qualities or primarily mesomorphic with endomorphic qualities.
Word: five-nine Part of Speech: noun 1. A 5.9-inch artillery shell of the kind used by Germany in World War I. Labels: historical Example: All went lame; all blind; / Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots / Of tired, outstripped Five-Nines that dropped behind.
Word: geoduck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Lushootseed gʷidəq, variously understood as reference to its deep digging or resemblance to male genitalia. The unusual spelling of the first syllable is thought to represent editorial hypercorrection of forms with goe- &c. (probably under influence from the common prefix geo-), despite the earlier attestation of forms with geo-. The spelling pronunciation /ˈdʒiːəʊdʌk/ once listed in dictionaries is now considered nonstandard. The common spelling of the second syllable is under influence from duck, originally with reference to the mollusc's resemblance to the body and neck of a dead duck. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuː.iˌdʌk/, /ˈɡu.iˌdək/ 1. The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Glycimeris generosa. Olympia, Washington Territory... The boys at Olympia call them ‘Geoducks’; they dig them on a certain sand bar at extreme low tide, and sell them to a merchant who ships them to Portland, Oreg... The boys inform me that the Indians on the Sound... dry them for food with the other clams. Example: I survey the ice-lined crates containing sea snails, rock cod, sea urchin and a Vancouver favorite, geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck)—a giant clam. 2. The species of large saltwater clam Panopea generosa, native to the northeast Pacific coasts from Alaska to Washington State, distinguished by its deep burrowing and long unprotected siphon. Labels: uncountable 3. Other species of Panopea, especially Panopea zelandica, native to the coasts of New Zealand. Labels: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable Example: Alick Shaw... uses up to 14 kilograms of geoduck in chowder weekly...
Word: leptonema Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós)bor. English lepto- English -nema English leptonema From lepto- (“thin”) + -nema (“filiform structure”). 1. The stage during meiosis Prophase 1 where the chromosomes condense after S-phase and interphase, resulting in the recombination of haploid chromosome pairs with sister chromatids held by a single non-dividing centromeres, and followed by the zygotene stage.
Word: set straight Part of Speech: verb 1. To correct; to make right or true. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: I'd like to set straight some misconceptions about recent events. Example: He misspoke, but I quietly set him straight.
Word: gug Part of Speech: noun 1. A cave. Labels: Cornwall Example: […] found in the Raised Beaches on the coast, or washed up into sheltered "gugs" or caves, as at the Gravel Gugs, Polzeath, where the shingle contains some 35 per cent of flint pebbles.
Word: awag Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + wag. 1. Wagging. Labels: not-comparable Example: The puppies ran up to the girl, their tails all awag. Example: 1887, John A. Martin, “Memories of the March” in Addresses, Topeka: Kansas Publishing House, 1888, The men are as silent as if they were dumb. Then something sets all their tongues awag, and the woods and fields echo with their shouts and laughter.
Word: black dwarf Part of Speech: noun 1. A theoretically predicted stellar remnant consisting of a white dwarf that has cooled and faded for trillions of years and no longer emits visible light. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, dwarf.
Word: blue straggler Part of Speech: noun 1. An unusually hot and blue star in globular clusters. Example: This boosted the mass of the companion, turning it into a blue straggler, while reducing the companion to a sub-dwarf B star.
Word: globular cluster Part of Speech: noun 1. a densely-packed spherical star cluster containing thousands to millions of stars
Word: open cluster Part of Speech: noun 1. a more or less irregular star cluster containing tens to thousands of stars
Word: caid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”), probably through French caïd (or at least influenced by it in pronunciation). Doublet of alcaide and Alkaid. Pronunciation: /kɑːˈiːd/, /ˈkɑː.ɪd/ 1. A local governor or leader, especially in North Africa or Moorish Spain; an alcaide. Labels: historical Example: Having taken over the land, the caids procured labour for themselves by conscripting people for forced farm work, calling the practice a form of Touiza, which was a centuries-old practice of mutual help in the rural areas. Example: This results in frequent and severe conflicts which, if the provincial governor and the caid are unable to resolve them, are taken to the Ministry of the Interior in Rabat. The office of caid can be considered an extension of the province head.
Word: caid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish caid (“stuffed ball; football”). 1. Any of various ancient and traditional Irish football games. Labels: uncountable 2. Modern Gaelic football. Labels: Ireland, uncountable
Word: kaid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of caid (“kind of governor”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: star cluster Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of gravitationally bound stars and other material (such as nebulae and planets), conventionally with one generation of similarly aged stars from the same pre-stellar nebula.
Word: bleeds Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbliːdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bleed Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bleeds Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbliːdz/ 1. plural of bleed Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Connie Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.ni/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Constance or, rarely, of Concepción. 2. A diminutive of the male given names Constantine, Conrad, Cornelius or, rarely, of Conway.
Word: Connie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutives + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒ.ni/ 1. The Lockheed Constellation airliner. Labels: informal
Word: impales Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of impale Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: impaling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of impale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: impaling Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpeɪlɪŋ/ 1. The act of something being impaled. Example: In inspecting numerous shrike impalings I find that where abundant impaling situations, such as barbed-wire fences, are at hand, the unfinished meals of shrikes are distributed along such fences at considerable intervals. Example: I had seen many decapitations and skinnings, impalings and crucifixions […]
Word: slipstream Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of slip + stream. Fiction sense coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling in 1989. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪp.stɹiːm/ 1. The low-pressure zone immediately following a rapidly moving object, caused by turbulence. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Monza was the seventh race in a row at which Leclerc had out-qualified Vettel. There were extenuating circumstances this time - Vettel did not have a slipstream on his first lap and the farcical end to qualifying prevented him doing another - but a clear pattern is emerging. 2. A generated advantage which makes forward movement easier. Labels: broadly, countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The Republicans, who in fact quintessentially represent what I understand to be private and special interests of a narrow economic kind, have nevertheless managed, flying in the slipstream of Ronald Reagan's rhetoric, to look like the true guardians of the nation's public interest. 3. The relative wind experienced as a result of movement through air. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The airflow over a propeller-driven aircraft generated by the motion of its propeller(s). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A genre of fantastic or non-realistic fiction that crosses conventional genre boundaries. Labels: uncountable Example: Slipstream is not simply a mixture of fantasy and realism, but something which lies between or even beyond the two.
Word: slipstream Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of slip + stream. Fiction sense coined by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling in 1989. Pronunciation: /ˈslɪp.stɹiːm/ 1. To take advantage of the suction produced by a slipstream by travelling immediately behind the slipstream generator. Example: Although dangerous, over-the-road truck drivers sometimes slipstream with each other to save fuel. 2. To incorporate additional software (such as patches) into an existing installer. Labels: transitive Example: You do this by slipstreaming the updates into the distribution folder. Example: A better solution is to create a bootable Windows XP installation CD slipstreamed with the current service pack...
Word: slipstreams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slipstream Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slipstreams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slipstream Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: slipstreaming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slipstream Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slipstreamed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of slipstream Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shoggoth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American writer and editor H. P. Lovecraft. Pronunciation: /ʃɒ.ɡɒθ/ 1. A monstrous gelatinous creature featured in the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. Example: When the star-headed Old Ones on this planet had synthesized their simple food forms and bred a good supply of Shoggoths, they allowed other cell groups to develop into other forms of animal and vegetable life for sundry purposes, extirpating any whose presence became troublesome. With the aid of the Shoggoths, whose expansions could be made to lift prodigious weights, the small, low cities under the sea grew to vast and imposing labyrinths of stone not unlike those which later rose on land. 2. Artificial intelligence, especially a large language model, with a relatable user-facing persona but an incomprehensible and potentially scary interior. Labels: slang Example: The executive explained that the Shoggoth had become a jokey reference among workers in artificial intelligence, as a vivid visual metaphor for how a large language model (the type of A.I. system that powers ChatGPT and other chatbots) actually works.
Word: bowk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bolken, bulken, alteration of earlier balken, from Old English bealcan (“to belch; utter”). Compare Dutch bulken (“to roar”), German bölken. More at bolk. Pronunciation: /boʊk/ 1. To belch, to burp. Labels: Geordie Example: "That made me bowk," he said; and he bowked again. He took another swig with caution, and gave the bottle to David, and they swigged at it in turn. Example: If this man did not feed the mill carefully and regularly it bowked with "indigestion" and this slowed everything up. 2. To vomit. Labels: UK Example: At that point another of my guests, a highly respected Newcastle art gallery owner by the name of Rashida, bowked up all over the floor behind me. Example: 'Take yourself to bed then. And don't whine to me tomorrow about how you bowked your guts out all night.'
Word: cellotaph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cellophane + cenotaph. By surface analysis cello- + -taph. 1. A monument made of flowers in cellophane wrappers laid by the public to honour the death of a famous person they have never met. Labels: derogatory, sometimes Example: So maybe the phenomenon is not so alien, after all but this view raises some other issues, such as why are cellotaphs everywhere now?
Word: forkytail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: forky + tail 1. An earwig (Dermaptera spp.). Labels: Geordie
Word: resel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of resolution + element. 1. A resolution element describing the actual spatial image resolution in an image (or a volume).
Word: ablutomania Part of Speech: noun 1. Morbid preoccupation with thoughts about cleanliness; obsession with bathing or washing.
Word: outarde Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of outard. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: balletomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ballet + -o- + -mania 1. An extraordinary enthusiasm for ballets. Labels: uncountable
Word: balletomane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French balletomane. By surface analysis, ballet + -o- + -mane. Pronunciation: /bæˈlɛt.əˌmeɪn/, /bəˈlɛt.əˌmeɪn/ 1. A ballet enthusiast.
Word: Phosphorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phosphor + -ist, after their journal, Phosphoros, named for the morning star. 1. A member of a group of early-19th-century Swedish poetic, idealistic, and romantic writers. Labels: historical
Word: geniture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French géniture (the same word in modern French), or its source Latin genitura, from the base of gignere (“to beget”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt͡ʃə/ 1. Birth; begetting. Example: on Lady-Day, which was on the 25th of the same month in which I date my geniture,—my father set out upon his journey to London with my eldest brother Bobby, to fix him at Westminster school Example: As Fagan points out, this horoscope may well have been computed from the planetary tables mentioned before. It is also possible that the astrologer who computed this geniture used Theon's reduction rule.
Word: sweltering Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From swelter + -ing. 1. hot and humid; oppressively sticky Example: The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.
Word: sweltering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From swelter + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of swelter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sweltering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swelter + -ing. 1. The situation of being or feeling hot and humid. Example: March 11 1932, Northrop Frye, notebook It is truly a long way from Augustine's ultra-violet perspicacity to our swelterings in the intolerably sapping infra-red, but we are constantly plunging into deeper and deeper black and may rest our eyes in peace sometime.
Word: doromania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek δῶρον (dôron, “gift”) + -mania. 1. An unusual urge or preoccupation with giving gifts. Labels: uncountable
Word: drapetomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1851 by Samuel A. Cartwright as a name for a supposed mental illness that caused black slaves to flee captivity. Ancient Greek δραπέτης (drapétēs, “runaway slave”) + μανία (manía, “madness”). 1. The desire of slaves to run away, viewed as a mental illness. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: To prevent the full-blown development of drapetomania, exhibited by the actual running away of the slave, whipping is recommended as medical therapy; in a revealing allusion to its historical origins, the treatment is called "whipping the devil out of them." Example: Over the years, psychiatrists have quite properly rejected many other "disorders" that reflected earlier cultural prejudices, such as drapetomania, lack of vaginal orgasm, childhood masturbation disorder, masochism, and nymphomania (Wakefield, 1992). 2. An overwhelming urge to run away (from home, a bad situation, responsibility, etc.). Labels: dated, uncountable Example: One of these is a supposed form of mental disease, termed by him "Drapetomania, which, like a malady that cats are liable to, manifests itself by an irrestrainable propensity to run away." Example: I thought I was a hypochondriac because my friends said that I was showing unnecessary concern about my health. Thanks to Dr. Cartwright I now know that I am a diseased man. I suffer from the acute stages of a chronic disease: drapetomania. I have the obsessive desire to run toward freedom. You have the right to know that a diseased man is near you because, and I say this carefully, drapetomania is contagious, and I am glad about it. As a drapetomaniac, I belong at a Freedom Fund Banquet.
Word: eleutheromania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐλευθερία (eleuthería, “freedom”) + -mania. 1. A great desire for or obsession with freedom. Labels: uncountable
Word: presser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English press 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 presser From press (verb) + -er (“agent -er”). 1. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as Example: Visiting a traditional vineyard, we watched the grape pressers treading the grapes underfoot. Example: That's the name of the people who make the polystyrene compound used by pressers of records that don't warp. 2. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as: Example: 2012, Sophia Kingshill, The Estate of Jennifer Westwood, The Fabled Coast Overnight, North Shields was cordoned off by soldiers while the pressers descended in force, and left with a haul of more than two hundred and fifty men, including sailors, mechanics, and every kind of labourer. 3. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as: Example: He saw the man who did the cleaning and pressing for the hotel, a man whom he had always seen before in the gloom of the pressing shop sweating over a steam presser. 4. A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as: Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: presser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From press (“press release/press conference”) + -er (Variety “-er”). 1. A press release. Labels: informal 2. A press conference or press briefing. Labels: informal Example: At the presser, [Scott] Morrison confirmed that the petrol tax of 22 cents a litre will go back to 44 cents after six months despite prices nudging $2 a litre again; […] Example: A statement will be issued. We'll do a presser this aftern—
Word: assiette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French assiette. Doublet of ashet. 1. A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways 2. A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface
Word: Matignon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Matignon. 1. A commune in Côtes-d'Armor department, Brittany, France.
Word: gamomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gamo- + -mania. Pronunciation: /ɡæmə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/ 1. An obsessive desire for making bizarre marriage proposals.
Word: dabbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dabble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dabbled Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by spots (used especially of animals and plants); dappled.
Word: dabbled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dabble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: obliger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English oblige 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 obliger From oblige + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈblaɪd͡ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, obliges. Example: a. 1639, Henry Wotton, a letter to Edmund Bacon it is the natural property of the same heart, to be a gentle Interpreter, which is so noble an Obliger
Word: dabbling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dabble Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dabbling Part of Speech: noun 1. An act in which something is dabbled in Labels: gerund Example: […] a "home album" filled with lovable McCartneyesque hummings and dabblings about love and romance and the joys of quotidian existence, as far removed in conception and execution from his last recording project (side two of Abbey Road) as you could imagine.
Word: hand down Part of Speech: verb 1. To transmit in succession, as from father to son, or from predecessor to successor. Example: Fables are handed down from age to age. Example: Yet if the only form of tradition, of handing down, consisted in following the ways of the immediate generation before us in a blind or timid adherence to its successes, "tradition" should positively be discouraged. 2. To deliver (the decision of a court, etc.) Example: The jury handed down a verdict of guilty. Example: Justice James A. Burke, who presided over the trial in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, could have sentenced Mr. Weinstein to as little as five years, but he heeded the arguments of prosecutors who urged him to hand down a long sentence. 3. To forward to the proper officer (the decision of a higher court). Example: The Clerk of the Court of Appeals handed down its decision. 4. To donate (as second hand.) Labels: idiomatic Example: When my older brother grows out of his clothes, he hands them down to me.
Word: dabbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dabble + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdæbələ(ɹ)/, /ˈdæblə(ɹ)/ 1. One who dabbles. Example: Marissa was just a dabbler when it came to writing: she blogged a little, but had never submitted any work to a serious publication. 2. A dabbling duck.
Word: gugyeol Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kwukyel. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: dabblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dabbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: planetology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English planet Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English planetology From planet + -ology. 1. The study of planets, planetary systems and the solar system. Labels: uncountable
Word: dibbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Nyunga djil-yoor. 1. A small mouse-like marsupial, (Parantechinus apicalis), of southwest Western Australia.
Word: dibbler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dibble 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 dibbler From dibble + -er. 1. A dibble (device for making holes in which to plant seeds). 2. A person who uses a dibble.
Word: dibblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dibbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parc Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of park Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finances Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.næn.sɪz/, /faɪˈnæn.sɪz/, /fɪˈnæn.sɪz/ 1. plural of finance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: finances Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.næn.sɪz/, /faɪˈnæn.sɪz/, /fɪˈnæn.sɪz/ 1. Funds or other financial resources. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It'll depend on the state of my finances at the end of the month.
Word: finances Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.næn.sɪz/, /faɪˈnæn.sɪz/, /fɪˈnæn.sɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of finance Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: like father, like son Part of Speech: proverb 1. A son takes after his father. Example: Jason is headstrong and impatient—like father, like son. Example: A: "My favorite getaway is Puerto Rico." B: "Like father, like son, I see."