nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: laïcité Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French laïcité. 1. Secularism and strict separation of church and state characteristic of France since the Third Republic and of Quebec since the Quiet Revolution. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: slip into something more comfortable Part of Speech: verb 1. To change into clothes that are suitable to be stripped off by a lover. Labels: euphemistic Example: Pointing to my bedroom, I said, “The bathroom's upstairs.” “Aw'ight, chill. You act like you got Tupac in there or something.” Jay laughed, then said, “I'll meet you upstairs. Why don't you slip into something a little more comfortable?"
Word: in the thick of it Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a precarious situation; in the trenches; up to one's elbows; knee-deep. Labels: idiomatic
Word: bellend Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bell-end. Labels: Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative, vulgar
Word: Davey Jones' locker Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: snake eyes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance of the two single pips to the eyes of a snake. 1. Two ones, after rolling two dice. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only Example: It’s as if snake eyes, which should occur randomly only once every 36 times you roll a pair of dice, were coming up once every four times. 2. A 7-10 split. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang
Word: magnifying glass Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument made of convex glass, used to magnify. Example: The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight. Example: Faced with this situation, the arrival of the Covid19 pandemic in late winter/early spring 2020 showed the real situation of the country, its fragility and the challenges it faces. Thus, analysis of the impact of Covid19 on Tunisia offers a useful magnifying glass to understand the path of Tunisia from the 2011 revolution to the present.
Word: Walon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of Wayland or Waylon. 1. A male given name.
Word: rampagious Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of rampageous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: how come Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Earliest use in its modern form can also be found in The Trial of Titus Oates, referring to a trial that took place in 1685: :* 1730, F. Hargrave, A Complete Collection of State-Trials and Proceedings for High-Treason, and Other Crimes and Misdemeanours; from the Reign of King Richard II. to the End of the Reign of King George I, volume 4: Mrs. A. Ireland It was on Saturday Morning, as I remember, the 3rd of August, the Saturday after St. Ignatius's Day. L. C. J. How come you remember so particularly, that it was then? In this text, it also co-occurs with forms such as "How come she to lie there?" and "How come you to remember those Days of the Month?". Compare West Frisian hoe kom (“how come”), Dutch hoe komt het (“how comes it; why”), Afrikaans hoekom (“how come; why”). According to Partridge's slang dictionary: US English, 1848, probably from older forms such as "How comes it that... ?" or "How does it come that... ?" and "How did it come to be like this?" Pronunciation: /haʊ kʌm/ 1. Why; why is it; for what reason or purpose; due to what cause? Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: How come you didn’t leave when you had the chance? Example: Ma: "Jethro, I told you to get rid of them worn-out brakes." Jethro: "I did, ma! That's how come we ain't got none!"
Word: disimprove Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English improve English disimprove From dis- + improve. 1. To make worse. Labels: rare, transitive Example: To which may be added this advantage, that the services of churchmen are rewardable upon the church's stock: no need to disimprove the royal banks to pay thanks to bishops. 2. To deteriorate. Labels: intransitive, rare 3. To try to make something better but end up making it worse. Labels: informal, rare
Word: dismast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English mast English dismast From dis- + mast. 1. To break off the mast (of a ship), especially by gunfire. Labels: transitive
Word: disobey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French desobeir. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/, /ˌdɪs.oʊˈbeɪ/ 1. To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody). Labels: transitive Example: disobey the rules Example: disobey your parents 2. To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey. Labels: intransitive Example: Under an authoritarian regime, people have an obligation to disobey. Example: The powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood for ninety generations has been manipulating bloodlines to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing. On Caladan, Jessica, a member of the sisterhood and the bound concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, had been ordered to bear only daughters. Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.
Word: dishonor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/ 1. American standard spelling of dishonour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This prince bare alwaies in the field a greene shield, whereof he tooke his surname, and of him some forraine authors affirme, that he made an attempt to bring the whole realme of France vnder his subiection, which he performed, because his father susteined some dishonor and losse in his last voiage into that countrie. Example: Indeed, those old insurgents, of 1868, are gradually being canonized with crimson death-names, because they neither knew dishonor, no, nor suffered it.
Word: dishonor Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honor. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɑnəɹ/ 1. American standard spelling of dishonour. Example: It was while he was performing the duties of the store that he acquired the soubriquet "Honest Abe"--a characterization that he never dishonored, and an abbreviation that he never outgrew. Example: The three lured him to their home to kill him for dishonoring their family by filing a paternity suit in family court.
Word: fly in the ointment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to Ecclesiastes 10:1 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Dead flies cause the ointment of the apothecary to send forth a stinking savour: so doeth a little folly him that is in reputation for wisdom and honour.” Pronunciation: /ˈflaɪ ɪn ði ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/, /ˈflaɪ ən ði ˈɔɪn(t)m(ə)nt/ 1. Something (especially a minor thing) which ruins or spoils everything else, or makes it less pleasant; a nuisance or problem; a disagreeable or unpleasant detail. Labels: idiomatic Example: And yet, in truth, he was not then a child of God. His pride and uncharitableness, were flies in the ointment. Example: A Poor Relation—is the most irrelevant thing in nature,— […] —a fly in your ointment,—a mote in your eye,— […] —the ounce of sour in a pound of sweet.
Word: dishonour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/, /dɪzˈɒnəɹ/ 1. Shame or disgrace. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable Example: You have brought dishonour upon the family. Example: That which were a dishonour to God the Son, were a dishonour to God the holy Ghost. 2. Lack of honour or integrity. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable 3. Failure or refusal of the drawee or intended acceptor of a negotiable instrument, such as a bill of exchange or note, to accept it or, if it is accepted, to pay and retire it. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK, countable, uncountable
Word: dishonour Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French deshonor, equivalent to dis- + honour. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɒnə(ɹ)/, /dɪzˈɒnəɹ/ 1. To bring disgrace upon someone or something; to shame. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK Example: You have dishonoured the family. Example: Still, in the very fullest blaze of gospel light, while we see that both Christ and His work are most ungratefully and flagrantly dishonoured, by our persistings in the attempt to do for ourselves what He has told us we cannot do, […] 2. To refuse to accept something, such as a cheque; to not honor. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK Example: disworshipping and dishonouring God 3. To violate or rape. Labels: Australia, Canada, Ireland, New-Zealand, South-Africa, UK Example: “My men, the schooner coming up on our weather quarter is a Portuguese pirate. His character is known; he scuttles all the ships he boards, dishonours the women, and murders the crew.”
Word: dishearten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱérd Proto-Germanic *hertô Proto-West Germanic *hertā Old English heorte Middle English herte English heart English -en English hearten English dishearten From dis- + hearten. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈhɑː.tən/, /dɪsˈhɑɹ.tən/ 1. To discourage someone by removing their enthusiasm or courage. Labels: transitive Example: The repeated failures began to dishearten the team. Example: Do not let criticism dishearten you.
Word: disgusted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/, /dɪsˈkʌstɪd/, /dɪzˈɡʌstɪd/, /dɪsˈɡʌstəd/, /dɪsˈkʌstəd/ 1. Filled with disgust. Example: The sight of the squirming mass of maggots left me disgusted. Example: I'm disgusted by her egocentric behaviour.
Word: disgusted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪsˈɡʌstɪd/, /dɪsˈkʌstɪd/, /dɪzˈɡʌstɪd/, /dɪsˈɡʌstəd/, /dɪsˈkʌstəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of disgust Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spoils Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /spɔɪlz/ 1. That which is taken from another by violence; especially, the plunder taken from an enemy; pillage, booty. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Gentle gales, / Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense / Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole / Those balmy spoils. Example: When the Japanese armies captured Pingrang on 15th September, they discovered that 35 good field guns were left behind, together with hundreds of magazine rifles and hundreds more of breechloaders. The amount of ammunition captured was also enormous.⁴⁷ If the spoils were already so substantial, the quantity of effective weapons the Chinese possessed in Pingrang was certainly impressive. 2. Waste material left over in the course of excavation, construction, mining, or dredging operations. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: dredging spoils 3. Public offices and their benefits regarded as the peculiar property of a successful party or faction, to be bestowed for its own advantage. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: To the victor belong the spoils.
Word: spoils Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /spɔɪlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of spoil Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Milk spoils when left out too long.
Word: blaze a trail Part of Speech: verb 1. To show the way or proceed rapidly. Labels: idiomatic 2. To set precedent or do something novel; to break new ground. Labels: idiomatic Example: We don't want to blaze a trail when we can imitate something that has already been done.
Word: arm's reach Part of Speech: noun 1. The area within which something may be accessed without moving. Labels: uncountable Example: All my reference books are within arm's reach.
Word: gutsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English guts Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gutsy From guts + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌt.si/ 1. Marked by courage, determination or boldness in the face of difficulties or danger; having guts. Labels: informal 2. From the gut; deep and often coarse. Example: Album release show for Cline's "S*&%ferbrains! Vol One Chapter 9." The singer and guitarist has a gutsy voice, both rustic and soulful lending itself well to country, punk, bluegrass, soul and rock.
Word: bombe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bombe. Doublet of bomb. Pronunciation: /bɒm(b)/ 1. A dessert made from ice cream frozen in a (generally spherical or hemispherical) mold. 2. A small, roughly hemispherical, chocolate-covered confection. Example: Sous-chef Daniel O'Reagan prepares an array of tempting desserts, including a zabaglione and marzipan bombe, chocolate mousse torte and an amaretto-flavored cheesecake. Example: The best dessert by far is the chocolate-caramel bombe, a gorgeous chocolate-dusted dome with a heart of passion fruit crème brûlée. 3. An electromechanical device used in early cryptanalysis.
Word: white caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of white cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DPLL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of digital phase-locked loop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ADPLL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of all-digital phase locked loop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ACI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Anti-Coercion Instrument. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ACI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of accusativus cum infinitivo. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 2. Initialism of adjacent channel interference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 3. Initialism of autologous chondrocyte implantation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually
Word: ACPR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of adjacent channel power ratio. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PAE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of power added efficiency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of postantibiotic effect. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of programmable atom equivalent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PAE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Physical Address Extension. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of City of Port Adelaide Enfield. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan-Eyak Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PAM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Policy Analysis Market. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: PAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of power amplitude modulation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of pluggable authentication module. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Acronym of payload assist module. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Acronym of polycatenated architected material Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: DPRFP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of direct Polar RF Power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Direct Polar Radio Frequency Power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: UMTS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LDO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of low drop out. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LDO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of like duh obviously. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TWB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of three-wire bus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FEM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of field emission microscopy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of front end module. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of finite element method. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: FEM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ferdinand Marcos, 9th President of the Philippines. Labels: Philippine, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SMD Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of suck my dick. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar
Word: SMD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Sega Mega Drive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of surface-mount(ed) device. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Strategic Match Design Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Standardized Mean Difference Labels: countable, uncountable 5. soil moisture deficit Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: SMD Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of solder mask defined. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: SMPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of switching mode power supply. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cosmetic surgery Part of Speech: noun 1. Elective surgical procedures performed to enhance or alter a person's physical appearance for aesthetic purposes. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The face lift is a classic example of cosmetic surgery. Example: I come from Africa – we celebrate getting older. A friend was telling me there’s been a rise in cosmetic surgery, all because [people]^([sic]) have been looking at themselves in Zoom meetings.
Word: m'kay Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Nasalized variant of okay. Perhaps popularized by Mr. Mackey's catchphrase in South Park. Earlier use is apparently chiefly in linguistic transcriptions of speech. Pronunciation: /m(ː)ˈkeɪ/, [ŋ̍(ː)ˈkeɪ̯] 1. Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense. Labels: informal Example: In these tutoring sessions we have found that, when the tutor agrees with the student’s displayed understanding, her signal of confirmation comes quickly after the student’s turn, as in: S. Mkay. hh. And I know it’s negative, just to follow your thought process, because I know that the sine is positive. Example: … the director would go on only when both were satisfied the matcher had understood, as here: D. The long view of the quad uh walkway M. those M. ┌ numbers right? D. └ is number 5 M. Mkay D. Yeah with the numbers on the bottom. 2. Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense. Labels: informal Example: C: I want you to re:st (.) re:st (.) as much as you can do (.) is just re:st (.) hhh when >you go< home (.) >you tell< your husband you make dinner honey (.) hhh you take care of me (.) . . . I need >to set< down (.) I need >to rest< (.) P: mmkay (.) C: and >get down< (.) watch your sodium (.) the salt= Example: well i used to have some skilled sticky fingers of my own back in the day so i know a shoplifted dress when i see one mmkay. 3. Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense. Labels: informal Example: 1999, “It's Easy, MMMKay.” [title, in soundtrack] South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Example: Let’s get all this straight. He took me to a place he hates to see if I like it. Mmmkay. 4. Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense. Labels: informal Example: I’ll tell you a secret if you promise not to tell anybody, not even the missus, m’kay? Example: But do keep in mind that this film [viz. South Park] is not for the faint of heart, and it ain’t for kids, m’kay? 5. Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense. Labels: informal Example: She didn’t ask what that was supposed to mean, but tallied a while on her fingertips and obliged him. “Mm-kay, bye.” Example: 2005, Bill Eisele, Scrub Match http://print.google.com/print?hl=en&id=7M31jHxhJawC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&sig=no7YkuHLZazkBAuC0ztcd6i9AJI “All I’m saying,” the Asian man said, “is it’s about time she got a whiff of her own breath. Mm-kay?” 6. Okay—an expression of acknowledgment or affirmation, now sometimes used in an ironic or condescending sense. Labels: informal Example: “Well, I’m going to take a picture of your arm and then this nice doctor is going to fix it for you, okay?” “Mmm-kay.”
Word: plastic surgery Part of Speech: noun 1. Surgery that is performed on the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was no tedious self-righteousness on the night of the gala event. The charity auction invited bids for a night out at the Windmill Club (a lapdancing venue in Soho) and a course of plastic surgery, offered as an opportunity to “Add spice to your wife” 2. Surgery that is performed on the restoration, reconstruction or alteration of the human body. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bee balm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because bees are attracted to its nectar-rich blossoms. 1. The aromatic plant Monarda didyma or bergamot, native to North America. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “Just before we stopped here, we passed by some bee balm,” I said. “The plant has big red flowers.” 2. Other species in the genus Monarda. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: black horehound Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge. Labels: uncountable
Word: codger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly derived from cadger (“hawker”). Or abbreviation of coffin dodger, but this is likely to be a folk etymology. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒd͡ʒə/, /ˈkɑd͡ʒəɹ/ 1. An amusingly eccentric or grumpy and usually elderly man. Labels: informal Example: ‘I haven’t been drinking your health, my codger,’ replied Mr. Squeers; ‘so you have nothing to do with that.’ Example: Now I was a forsaken codger snuffling disgracefully from a beautiful floozy's abuse.
Word: vermifuge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Attested since about 1720, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugāre (“to cause to flee”). Compare -fuge. 1. Acting as a drug to cause the expulsion or death of intestinal worms. Labels: dated
Word: vermifuge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since about 1720, from Latin vermis (“worm”) + fugāre (“to cause to flee”). Compare -fuge. 1. A drug that causes the expulsion or death of intestinal worms, such as tapeworms. Labels: dated Example: 1867, Advertisement, The Prairie Farmer, Volume 20, New Series, page 264, We have been informed that the usual practice of Merchants, Farmers and Planters, in ordering their supplies of Dr. McLane's Celebrated VERMIFUGE, has been to simply write and order Vermifuge. The consequence is that instead of the genuine Dr. McLanes's Vermifuge, they very frequently get one or other of the many worthless preparations called Vermifuge now before the public. Example: [...]; that the fruit is very good eating, either raw or boiled, and that the seeds, distinguished by a mustard-like pungency, are an efficacious vermifuge for children.
Word: antihelminthics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antihelminthic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anthelmintics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anthelmintic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antispasmodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + spasmodic. 1. Referring to something that suppresses spasms, generally a drug. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antispasmodic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + spasmodic. 1. A drug that suppresses spasms.
Word: seizure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seize + -ure. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈsi.ʒɚ/, [ˈsɪi.ʒə(ɹ)], /ˈsizjʊɚ/ 1. senses related to possession Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the seizure of a thief, a property, a throne, etc. Example: The search warrant permitted the seizure of evidence. 2. senses related to possession Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The continued seizure of the car is a violation of my rights. 3. senses related to possession Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The seizure includes various belongings taken from his house and his office. 4. senses related to possession Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Make o'er thy honour by a deed of trust, / And give me seizure of the mighty wealth. 5. senses related to sensation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He felt the seizure of pain when the heart attack began. 6. senses related to sensation Labels: countable, uncountable Example: epileptic seizure Example: I haven't had a seizure since I started that medication. 7. senses related to sensation Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seizure Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From seize + -ure. Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.ʒə(ɹ)/, /ˈsi.ʒɚ/, [ˈsɪi.ʒə(ɹ)], /ˈsizjʊɚ/ 1. To experience an epileptic seizure. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: My doctor prescribed Namility. It made my vision blurry, I told him. He said keep taking it, it'll stop. Next day at work I seizured in the middle of an order.
Word: NIC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Nursing Interventions Classification. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: NIC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of network interface card or network interface controller, used to interface a computer to a network. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of network information center. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of national insurance contribution. Labels: UK, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Despite propelling the tax burden to its highest peacetime level – through a combination of next April’s national insurance contributions (NICs) increase and a sharp rise in corporation tax due to take effect in 2023 – the chancellor painted himself as the champion of low taxes.
Word: DHCP Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈdiːˌeɪt͡ʃˌsiːˌpiː/ 1. Initialism of Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (a protocol that computers use to decide on one IP address to use when using dynamic IP addressing, usually drawn from a limited pool of between 4 and 65,000 possible addresses). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: grand mal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French grand mal (literally “great illness”). Pronunciation: /ˌɡɹɒnˈmæl/ 1. A type of epilepsy where seizures are characterized as severe and involving spasms and unconsciousness. Labels: proscribed, sometimes, uncountable
Word: petit mal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French petit mal (literally “little illness”). Pronunciation: /ˌpɛti ˈmal/ 1. A form of epilepsy where the seizures are characterized as minor, the person becomes vacant or unaware, but not involving spasms and unconsciousness. These seizures are usually brief, lasting up to 30 seconds, and may include twitching. A formal medical term would be absence seizures. Labels: uncountable Example: Petit mal seizures are also known as absence seizures, which cause a loss of consciousness that is usually brief and barely noticeable. The neurons in a normal brain communicate by firing tiny electric signals.
Word: absence seizure Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæb.sn̩s ˈsi.ʒɚ/, /ˈæb.sn̩ts ˈsi.ʒɚ/ 1. A type of seizure indicative of petit mal epilepsy, usually lasting up to thirty seconds and involving vacantness and lack of awareness, possibly including twitching; not including spasm or unconsciousness. Example: She blinked rapidly several times, then her chin lifted slightly and her eyes rolled back. It lasted only seconds but the EEG showed the presence of a type of generalized seizure called an “absence seizure” — characterized by a lack of attention. The strange eye movements indicated a rare type of absence-seizure disorder called Jeavons syndrome.
Word: peppermint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pepper + mint. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/, /ˈpɛpɚˌmɪnt/ 1. A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable Example: In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets. 3. Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. Labels: countable
Word: aula Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aula (“forecourt”), from Ancient Greek αὐλά (aulá), the form of αὐλή (aulḗ, “forecourt”) in dialects other than Ionic and Attic. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːlə/ 1. A court or hall. Labels: rare Example: [I]n a healthy environment, young Mahoney might have taken the risk, both with University and, in part, with entering the Aula for the jibs dance. 2. The anterior part of the third ventricle of the brain leading to the lateral ventricles. Labels: obsolete
Word: menthol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin mentha (“mint”) + -ol. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛnθɒl/ 1. A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A menthol cigarette. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spearmint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spear (“sprout of a plant, spire”) + mint, so named due to its spiry blooms. Pronunciation: /ˈspɪəˌmɪnt/, /ˈspɪɹˌmɪnt/ 1. A herb of the mint family (Mentha spicata), commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: green pepper Part of Speech: noun 1. The green, unripe, form of the sweet bell pepper. 2. A green variety of dried peppercorn, made from the unripe berries by treating them in a manner that retains the green color.
Word: gingerbread man Part of Speech: noun 1. A biscuit or cookie in the shape of a person and flavored with ginger.
Word: gingersnap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺 (iñci) Proto-Dravidian *wēr Old Tamil 𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (vēr) Old Tamil 𑀇𑀜𑁆𑀘𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭𑁆 (iñcivēr)bor. Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀲𑀺𑀁𑀕𑀺𑀯𑁂𑀭 (siṃgivera)der. Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis)bor. Latin zingiberi Late Latin gingiberbor. Proto-West Germanic *gingiberō Old English gingifer ▲ Old French gingembreinflu. Middle English gingivere Middle English gingere English ginger Middle Dutch snappen Dutch snappenbor. Low German snappenbor. English snap English gingersnap From ginger + snap. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒəsnap/, /ˈd͡ʒɪnd͡ʒɚɹsnæp/ 1. A type of biscuit or cookie made from dough seasoned with ginger. 2. A hot-tempered person, particularly one who is red-haired. Labels: US, obsolete, slang Example: Paul winked gravely at vacancy. “Where’s the kid now?” […] “A ginger snap!” thought Paul, derisively.
Word: jeroboam Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Jeroboam: a very large wine bottle. Labels: alt-of
Word: ginger pop Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft drink flavored with ginger. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sesame oil Part of Speech: noun 1. Oil extracted from sesame seeds (often after roasting) and used to flavor foods. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: smoke point Part of Speech: noun 1. The temperature at which an oil or shortening begins to produce smoke. Example: The smoke point depends on the initial free fatty acid content of the fat: the lower the free fatty acid content, the more stable the fat, and the higher the smoke point.
Word: non-ferrous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nonferrous. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: slink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”). Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek. Pronunciation: /slɪŋk/ 1. To sneak about furtively. Labels: intransitive Example: As we do turn our backs From our companion thrown into his grave, So his familiars to his buried fortunes Slink all away, leave their false vows with him, Like empty purses pick’d; and his poor self, A dedicated beggar to the air, With his disease of all-shunn’d poverty, Walks, like contempt, alone. Example: Back to the thicket slunk the guilty serpent. 2. To give birth to an animal prematurely. Labels: ambitransitive Example: a cow that slinks her calf
Word: slink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”). Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek. Pronunciation: /slɪŋk/ 1. A furtive sneaking motion. Labels: countable Example: His slink became a stride; he held his tail high; his eyes began to look more curious than scared. But he was still cautious. 2. The young of an animal when born prematurely, especially a calf. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The meat of such a prematurely born animal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is an ascertained fact that young or “slink” veal very frequently gives rise to diarrhœa, more especially when that disease is epidemic. 4. A bastard child, one born out of wedlock. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 5. A thievish fellow; a sneak. Labels: Scotland, UK, countable, dialectal, uncountable
Word: slink Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English slynken, sclynken, from Old English slincan (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Germanic *slinkaną (“to creep; crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *sleng-, *slenk- (“to turn; wind; twist”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to sneak; crawl”). Cognate with West Frisian slinke, Dutch slinken (“to shrink; shrivel”), Low German slinken, Swedish slinka (“to glide”). Compare also German schleichen (“to slink”). More at sleek. Pronunciation: /slɪŋk/ 1. Thin; lean Labels: Scotland
Word: untruth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English untreuth, from Old English untrēowþ and unġetrēowþ, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwiþu and *ungatriuwiþu, equivalent to un- + truth. Cognate with Old High German ungitriuwida. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈtɹuːθ/ 1. A lie or falsehood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Herald The prince was swept from the sight of the Achaean host—himself, and his ship likewise. ’Tis no untruth I tell. Example: He added: "We've always had spin, especially from Government. But this is not spin. This is dishonesty and so it's our rail media's urgent responsibility to call it out because non-specialist journalists across the country will report this and gradually these untruths will be accepted. 2. The condition of being false; truthlessness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: indulging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈdʌld͡ʒɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of indulge Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shooting star Part of Speech: noun 1. A meteor, especially a streak of light in the night sky, caused by a meteoroid burning up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere. 2. Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America. 3. Any of several wild flowering plants in the genus Primula (synonym Dodecatheon), mostly found in Western North America.
Word: endomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (physical type): Derived from endoderm + -morph from William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to endo- + -morph. Pronunciation: /ˈɛndəʊmɔːf/, /ˈɛndoʊmɔːɹf/, /ˈɛndəmɔːɹf/ 1. A mineral, especially a crystal, enclosed within another 2. A person of the endomorphic physical type, characterised by big bones, round face, large trunk and thighs and a naturally high degree of body fat, especially around the midsection. Example: Some research shows that people with endomorph body types should aim to eat less fat and more protein. Other research has also found that some endomorphs are more sensitive to carbohydrates and the hormone insulin. 3. A person having a theoretical body type with slow metabolism in which weight is gained easily, but fat levels are hard to reduce. Endomorphic bodybuilders tend to be the most massive.
Word: bearded clam Part of Speech: noun 1. Vulva Labels: slang, vulgar Example: "In the latrines they predicted the 1209th would go to Osaka, Japan, where the bearded clam ran crosswise..." Example: that night after the dance, he / first touched the bearded clam.
Word: vertical smile Part of Speech: noun 1. A vulva. Labels: slang Example: Making my tongue nice and stiff I entered her ass yet again, moving in and out as I ate her ass like a hungry and starved man. But it was not enough, for I longed for the sweetness of her, and so I moved my mouth and tongue further up to find her vertical smile. There I truly could taste her, enjoy her as I lovely^([sic]) licked at her privates again and again beckoning them to open up to me as I tried to French kiss her delicate lips. Example: It's all she knows, she bends and twists and works the gaggle of men, enflaming them, enticing them, bringing them erect by revealing more and more of her pink shaven vertical smile.
Word: ectomorph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from ectoderm + -morph from William Herbert Sheldon. Equivalent to ecto- + -morph. Pronunciation: /ˈɛktəʊmɔːf/, /ˈɛktoʊmɔːɹf/, /ˈɛktəmɔːɹf/ 1. Someone with a lean, only slightly muscular body Example: Also there was a woman I hadn't met, a chain-smoking French ectomorph whose job it was to make sense of records of public spending in the Ministry of Finance. 2. Theoretical body type in which a person has a high metabolism. Such a person can easily maintain a low fat physique, but does not add muscle or body weight easily. Example: The ectomorph body type is characterized by narrow shoulders and hips and a lean build. Its naturally fast metabolism makes it easy for ectomorphs to lose or maintain body fat levels but more difficult to build muscle.
Word: dugout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb phrase dug out. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌɡaʊt/ 1. A canoe made from a hollowed-out log. Example: Kurtz had apparently intended to return himself, the station being by that time bare of goods and stores, but after coming three hundred miles, had suddenly decided to go back, which he started to do alone in a small dug-out with four paddlers, leaving the half-caste to continue down the river with the ivory. 2. Someone with old-fashioned or outdated ideas, an old fogey; especially, an elderly soldier brought in for temporary service. Labels: historical, slang Example: Directly war comes, therefore, there is a shift all round, and a new untried man—usually a dug-out in an advanced state of decay—is stuck into the job. 3. A small portable case for equipment used to smoke marijuana. Labels: slang 4. A pit used to catch and store rainwater or runoff. Labels: Canadian-Prairies 5. A rough dwelling consisting of an excavation in the ground, typically roofed with turf or basic sheeting. 6. Hence, a shelter used in trench warfare, used for simple accommodation out of enemy fire. Example: The key unit of life here is the dugout – what the soldiers call a ‘blindage’ – an underground burrow where half a dozen men share the narrow space between the bunks with weapons, ammunition, biscuits, tea bags, and a jumble of other essentials (there is also usually a cat, not to mention the mice). 7. A sunken shelter at the side of a sports field where non-playing team members and staff can sit during a game. Example: Redknapp is expected to be back in the dugout when Spurs play Fulham at Craven Cottage on Sunday but it was left to his assistant Kevin Bond to take a young team to Russia looking for the win that would put them through to the last 32.
Word: quia Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin iam univ. Latin quiabor. English quia Borrowed from Latin quia (“because”). 1. Relating to the belief that the Book of Concord is authoritative because it faithfully describes the Christian faith as revealed in the Bible. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quia Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- Proto-Indo-European *kʷos Proto-Italic *kʷoi Latin quei Latin quī Latin iam univ. Latin quiabor. English quia Borrowed from Latin quia (“because”). 1. In a quia manner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Irwin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a medieval given name Erwin, from Eoforwine, from Old English eofor (“boar”) + wine (“friend”), the latter of which is from Proto-West Germanic *wini. Pronunciation: /ˈɝwɪn/ 1. A Scottish or Irish surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A local government area, the Shire of Irwin, in the Mid West region, Western Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quoniam Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of drinking-cup. Labels: obsolete, slang
Word: pickpocket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pick Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocket English pickpocket From pick + pocket. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/ 1. One who steals from the pocket of a passerby, usually by sleight of hand. Example: Old men, young men, and boys, stalwart burglars and highway robbers, slept side by side with wizened pickpockets or cunning-featured area-sneaks. Example: For several days, Mr. Sammler returning on the customary bus late afternoons from the Forty-second Street Library had been watching a pickpocket at work […] Mr. Sammler if he had not been a tall straphanger would not with his one good eye have seen these things happening.
Word: pickpocket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English pick Proto-Germanic *puhô Frankish *pokōbor. Old French poche Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Anglo-Norman poketbor. Middle English pocket English pocket English pickpocket From pick + pocket. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkpɒkɪt/ 1. To pick pockets; to steal. Labels: transitive Example: Vodafone has also dropped its claim against one of Rhys Edwards’s travelling companions – who had been at the same reunion and had his phone pickpocketed two hours later in almost identical circumstances to Rhys Edwards.
Word: irremediable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Ultimately from Latin irremediābilis. By surface analysis, ir- + remediable. 1. Unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable. Example: irremediable conflict Example: irremediable pain
Word: laters Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From later (“see you later”) + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Compare toodles and bye-byes. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪtɚz/, /ˈleɪtəz/ 1. See you later; an expression used at parting. Labels: slang Example: But all she says is “Ring us if you want to go out this week. Laters!” and puts the phone down. Example: ‘Shanks,’ says Trevor into his mobile, ‘we just gone down a snake. I’ll see ya tomorrow, laters.’
Word: antbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ant + bird. 1. Any of various drab-colored South American birds of the family Thamnophilidae that feed on ants.
Word: residuum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin residuum. Doublet of residue. Pronunciation: /ɹɛˈzɪ.dju.ʌm/, /ɹɪ-/, /-ˈzɪ.dʒu-/ 1. The residue, remainder or rest of something. 2. The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue. 3. A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows: x→y= sup z|z*x⩽y, where * denotes the t-norm function and sup denotes the supremum. Example: The residuum of the minimum t-norm is a function #92;rightarrow such that x#92;rightarrowy#61;#92;begin#123;cases#125;y,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;xgt;y#92;#92;1,amp;#92;text#123;if#125;x#92;leqslanty.#92;end#123;cases#125; 4. The residue of an estate.
Word: pasteurisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pasteurisation, from the surname of its inventor, Louis Pasteur. 1. Heat-treatment of a perishable food to destroy heat-sensitive vegetative cells followed by immediate cooling to limit growth of the surviving cells and germination of spores. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable Example: Lorries collect the milk from the various outlying farms, whence it is taken to the district distribution centre to undergo pasteurisation.
Word: lyophilization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1894 in the US. lyo- + philos + -ization (alternatively analyzed as lyophilize + -ation), from Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”) + φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + -ίζειν (-ízein) + Latin -ātiō, due to the dried product being able to rapidly reabsorb the solvent and restore the original substance, hence “lyophil” (solvent-loving). Popularized from 1960 by Louis R. Rey. Cognates exist in other European languages by means of the same construction. 1. Synonym of freeze-drying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After dialysis, the enzyme can be obtained as a dry powder by lyophilization. Lyophilization The process of vacuum-drying substances from the frozen state. The water is sublimated into a trap at low temperature or is absorbed by drying agents. Verb: lyophilize.
Word: bushed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bush. Pronunciation: /bʊʃt/ 1. Very tired; exhausted. Labels: informal Example: After hours on the airplane and a long drive, I'm bushed. 2. Mentally unwell due to isolation, especially due to working in a remote mine or camp; experiencing cabin fever. Labels: Canada Example: After three weeks up there I was bushed and needed to get out. 3. Incorporating a bush, a mechanical part. Example: Body weight is carried directly by the lower ends of rubber-bushed swing links of 19.6 in. effective length. 4. Lost in the bush. Labels: Australia Example: ‘She changes her shape depending on which way you're coming at her. Once you know the contours of Bulgonunna you'll never get bushed in this country.’
Word: superheterodyne receivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superheterodyne receiver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supersonic heterodyne receivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supersonic heterodyne receiver Labels: form-of, plural