nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: niggerhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nigger + head, reflecting a supposed resemblance to a black person's head. 1. A bollard made from an old cannon. Labels: countable, dated, offensive, uncountable 2. A geode. Labels: archaic, colloquial, countable, offensive, uncountable 3. A coneflower. Labels: countable, offensive, uncountable 4. A coral or stone outcrop that stands above the surface of the water. Labels: countable, offensive, uncountable Example: We were sailing swiftly along on a calm and glassy sea, past beautiful headlands and bits of scenery clothed with vivid and luxuriant green down to the water's edge; past glistening coral islands, on whose outer edges pale green billows broke on the white sandy beaches, boiling and seething as they dashed against a row of ugly "nigger heads," as the rocks were called, dotted here and there. Example: Sometimes the hourglass waist of a niggerhead gave him shelter and he rested for a few moments knowing that the small froth of his air-bubbles would be hidden by the jagged knob protruding above the surface. 5. A tussock (clump of plant material), found on the tundra. Labels: US, countable, dated, offensive, uncountable Example: These plants fill the interstices between the grasses and tiny shrubs that make the outer, fuller form of the niggerhead. Example: Responsible in large part for the difficulties of movement to which the geologists referred were tussocks, still known as “niggerheads” in the 1930s. The “niggerhead,” according to Bob Marshall, “among the gifts of nature, ranks as the most cursed.[…]” 6. A strong black variety of chewing tobacco, usually in twisted plug form. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 7. A stone, piece of gangue, or lump of coal that is of a grade with a certain size. Labels: archaic, countable, dialectal, offensive, uncountable Example: The boys picked up field-stones and built a great, splendid fireplace and chimney at one end of the shop. The work came out so well that I said: "Boys, here is a great scheme—these hardheads are splendid building-material." So we advertised we would pay a dollar a load for niggerheads. The farmers began to haul stones; and at last they had hauled eighteen hundred loads. Example: The presence of "niggerheads" is of rather common occurrence in the northern area. These are nodule-like bodies of coal, varying from a few inches to a few feet in diameter, irregularly disseminated in the beds of normal coal. The "niggerheads" are harder than ordinary coal and have a smooth, locally slickensided, lustrous outer surface. The interior is composed of alternating bands of bright and dull coal like the surrounding bed. "Niggerheads" evidently are due to physical strains, but their origin is obscure. 8. A term of abuse for a black person. Labels: countable, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur, uncountable, vulgar
Word: ebon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛbən/ 1. Ebony; an ebony tree. Labels: poetic
Word: ebon Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French eban (modern ébène), from Latin ebenus, from Ancient Greek ἔβενος (ébenos, “ebony tree”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛbən/ 1. Made of ebony. Labels: poetic Example: “A stranger knight,” sayd he, “unknowne by name, / But knowne by fame, and by an Hebene speare […].” Example: Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, / In rayless majesty, now stretches forth / Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumb'ring world. 2. Black in colour. Labels: literary, poetic Example: ...flowers stood beside, in an alabaster vase—exotics, that say, "our growth has been precious." A lute leant against the ebon stand; but the face of the lady wore the expression of deep and touching sorrow. 3. Having dark skin; black. Labels: literary, offensive Example: Woona had silently and swiftly backed away; and her ebon face, Ursula saw, had changed into leaden flabbiness with some horrible fear. Example: With the quickness of thought his spear arm flew back, and then shot forward with all the force of the sinewy muscles that rolled beneath the shimmering ebon hide. True to its mark the iron-shod weapon flew, transfixing Numa’s sleek carcass from the right groin to beneath the left shoulder.
Word: Geddies Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic originating from Peeblesshire.
Word: peri- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Ancient Greek περῐ́ (perĭ́)der. English peri- From Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, around”). Cognate to for via Proto-Indo-European. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹ.ə-/, /ˌpeɹ.ə-/, /ˌpɛɹ.ʌ-/, /ˌpɛ(ː)ɾ.i-/ 1. surrounding Labels: morpheme Example: peri- + meter → perimeter 2. near Labels: morpheme Example: peri- + helion → perihelion 3. during Labels: morpheme Example: peri- + natal → perinatal
Word: restricting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of restrict Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: restricting Part of Speech: adj 1. Serving to restrict.
Word: nonlubricated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + lubricated. 1. not lubricated Labels: not-comparable
Word: lubricated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lubricate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lubricated Part of Speech: adj 1. Treated with a lubricant. 2. Drunk. Labels: slang
Word: osteology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -logy. 1. The scientific study of the morphology and pathology of bones. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The bone structure of a particular individual, or species. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: osteological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From osteology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to osteology. Labels: not-comparable Example: Researchers such as Meyer (2016), for instance, warn against precise diagnoses of specific vitamin-related deficiencies in light of the ways that nutritional deficiency and metabolic disease can elicit similar osteological responses (or none at all) and the fact that these two conditions are often found together in human populations.
Word: osteologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English osteological Middle English -ly English -ly English osteologically From osteological + -ly. 1. Concerning only the osteological aspects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: osteologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From osteo- + -logist. 1. A scientist or physician whose speciality is osteology. Example: The skeleton is an adult male who was buried with his hands bound together under his pelvis. It is suggested this unusual position means he could have been murdered or executed. [...] We hope our osteologists will be able to shed more light on this potentially gruesome death.
Word: osteohistological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English histological English osteohistological From osteo- + histological. 1. of or relating to osteohistology Labels: not-comparable
Word: osteohistology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English histology English osteohistology From osteo- + histology. 1. The study of the microscopic structure, chemical composition and function of bone Labels: uncountable
Word: osteohistologically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English osteohistological Middle English -ly English -ly English osteohistologically From osteohistological + -ly. 1. Concerning only the osteohistological aspects. Labels: not-comparable
Word: osteon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”). Doublet of os. 1. Any of the central canals, and surrounding bony layers, found in compact bone.
Word: osteone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of osteon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Haversian system Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Clopton Havers, English anatomist. 1. The system of osteons in compact bone
Word: only just Part of Speech: adv 1. recently; just now Example: I've only just cleaned the floor, and you've made muddy tracks! 2. barely; by only a small margin Example: I got 51%, so I only just passed the exam.
Word: pallets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pallet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: VO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Royal Victorian Order. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of voiceover. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of visiting order. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Visiting a busy prison like Holloway can at first be intimidating to the uninitiated, especially as everyone else seems familiar with the procedure. A convicted prisoner must send a VO to anyone wishing to visit her. 3. Initialism of video operator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of vegetable oil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: rowdier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of rowdy: more rowdy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: running speech Part of Speech: noun 1. The continuous sound of spoken dialogue from which the listener is able to distinguish individual words and sentences. Labels: uncountable
Word: shadchen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yiddish שדכן (shadkhn), from Hebrew שַׁדְכָן. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑdxən/ 1. marriage broker, matchmaker Labels: Judaism
Word: matchmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From match + maker. Pronunciation: /ˈmæt͡ʃˌmeɪkɚ/ 1. Someone who finds suitable dates or marriage partners for other people. Example: As singles are stuck at home and social distancing makes traditional dating all but impossible, the coaching skills of matchmakers, now imparted online, are becoming more valuable. 2. Someone who arranges professional boxing matches. Labels: broadly 3. Someone who makes matchsticks.
Word: shechinah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew שְׁכִינָה (shkhiná, literally “act of dwelling”). Pronunciation: /ʃ(ə)ˈxiːnə/, /ʃ(ə)χiˈnɑː/ 1. the presence of God. Labels: Judaism Example: The Sh'khinah suffers with Israel in exile and will return with it at the time of redemption.
Word: something's Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of something + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Something's going wrong. 2. Contraction of something + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Something's just fallen off the shelf.
Word: something's Part of Speech: pron 1. Belonging to something.
Word: hurting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hurt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hurting Part of Speech: noun 1. A sensation that hurts. Example: Surely, it may be urged, no one else can be the subject of my very hurtings or my very itchings. Other people can hurt or itch in the same way […]
Word: hurting Part of Speech: adj 1. Feeling or causing pain.
Word: nobody's Part of Speech: det Etymology: From nobody + -'s. 1. Possessive case of nobody. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: nobody's Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From nobody + -'s. 1. That which belongs to nobody; the possessive case of nobody, used without a following noun.
Word: nobody's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From nobody + 's. 1. Contraction of nobody + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of nobody + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: everybody's Part of Speech: pron 1. possessive form of everybody Labels: form-of, possessive
Word: everybody's Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of everybody is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Everybody's going to the party. 2. Contraction of everybody has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Example: Almost everybody's read that book.
Word: somebody's Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From somebody + -'s. 1. Possessive case of somebody. (This entry is a translation hub.)
Word: somebody's Part of Speech: contraction Etymology: From somebody + -'s. 1. Contraction of somebody + is. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction 2. Contraction of somebody + has. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: offences Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of offence Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pacified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pacify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recollected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recollect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oaks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of oak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oaks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Epsom Oaks horse race. 1. A stakes race in which entry is restricted to 3-year-old fillies.
Word: monsters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monsters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of monster Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: siddur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew סִידּוּר. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪdʊə/ 1. A prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers. Labels: Judaism Example: because of the holy books that occupied their bookshelves instead of encyclopaedia and romances, the torn siddurim they took out to read from on Friday nights
Word: suspensor Part of Speech: noun 1. An athletic support; a jockstrap Labels: US 2. The cord which suspends the embryo, and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo.
Word: Zippergate Part of Speech: name Etymology: From zipper + -gate, referring to the fastening on a man's trousers. 1. The Monica Lewinsky scandal. Labels: US
Word: Fornigate Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of fornicate + -gate. 1. the Monica Lewinsky scandal
Word: Asianisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Asian + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of Asianization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: Asianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Asian + -ization. 1. The process of becoming Asian in character or culture Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The conversion of something (such as the plot of a film) so as to use Asian characters and settings Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: big beat Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of pop music having distorted breakbeats at a moderate tempo. Labels: uncountable
Word: breakbeat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From break + beat. 1. A form of syncopated rhythm prominent in much African music. Labels: countable Example: A cornucopia of hyped-up breakbeats, keyboard squiggles, surf grooves, dancehall stylee, dumb loops and much atonal shouting along, Far In dares you not to smile. 2. A genre of electronic dance music based on such syncopated rhythms. Labels: uncountable
Word: bigorexia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of big + anorexia. 1. A mental disorder in which the sufferer perceives themselves to have inadequate musculature; most common among bodybuilders. Labels: uncountable Example: The quest for perfect pecs is so strong that psychiatrists now sometimes refer to it as “bigorexia,” a form of muscle dysmorphia exhibited mostly by men and characterized by excessive weight lifting, a preoccupation with not feeling muscular enough and a strict adherence to eating foods that lower weight and build muscle.
Word: biopiracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + piracy, coined by Canadian environmentalist Pat Roy Mooney in the early 1990s. 1. The appropriation of indigenous biomedical knowledge, especially by patenting naturally occurring substances. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: Capital now has to look for new colonies to invade and exploit for its further accumulation. These new colonies are, in my view, the interior spaces of the bodies of women, plants, and animals. Resistance to biopiracy is a resistance to the ultimate colonization of life itself—of the future of evolution as well as the future of non-Western traditions of relating to and knowing nature. Example: […] Although most of the public demonstrations during that meeting were aimed at globalization in general (and labor and biopiracy issues in particular), they also focused on trade issues related to genetically modified foods.
Word: bimini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Bimini islands Pronunciation: /ˈbɪmɪniː/ 1. A lightweight cover, usually made of fabric stretched on a metal frame which is readily removable, for the cockpit or deck of a speedboat or sailboat.
Word: wythe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. * Perhaps an alteration of width. * Perhaps related to withe (“flexible twig; band of twigs”), from Old English wiþþe (“tie, band”). The chimney-partition sense may derive from the fact that a single wythe or thickness of brick has often been used for such partitions. Pronunciation: /waɪθ/, /wɪθ/, /wɪð/ 1. A continuous vertical section of masonry, one unit in thickness. Example: That wall has to be at least three wythes of brick to support your load. 2. A partition between flues in a chimney. Example: A chimney runs from the base of the first flue liner to the top of the last flue liner, or to any rain cap above it. Attach single-wythe chimneys to the house. Example: […] Where there is more than one flue, there is usually a single wythe of masonry separating the flues. Particularly on older chimneys with poor or missing caps, this wythe of brick dividing the flues may be[…]
Word: pigsny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English piggesnye (literally “pig's eye”). 1. An Elizabethan term of endearment. Labels: obsolete Example: To mine own dear coney bird, sweetheart and pigsny
Word: commandments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of commandment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: convictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of conviction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonproprietary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + proprietary. 1. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise). Labels: not-comparable 2. Lacking proprietary value; not private or privileged information; not owned by anyone (not anyone's property, whether intellectual property or otherwise). Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonproprietary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + proprietary. 1. A drug that is not proprietary.
Word: unenforceability Part of Speech: noun 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 enforceability English unenforceability From un- + enforceability. 1. The quality of being unenforceable. Labels: uncountable
Word: enforceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English enforce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English enforceable From enforce + -able. 1. Capable of being enforced. Example: President Biden is seriously considering legislative proposals that would dramatically alter the Supreme Court, including imposing term limits and an enforceable code of ethics on the justices, according to a person familiar with the ongoing discussions.
Word: contemporaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of contemporary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Schrödinger's wave equation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Erwin Schrödinger, Austrian physicist. 1. A three-dimensional partial differential equation which determines the evolution of a quantum mechanical wave function Labels: uncountable
Word: Schuler pendulum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Max Schuler, German physicist. 1. Any pendulum having a period equal to that of a hypothetical pendulum whose length is equal to the Earth's radius (84.4 minutes); its arm will remain locally vertical when the pivot is moved and is therefore the basis of navigational instruments
Word: scintillation counter Part of Speech: noun 1. A detector of particles and ionizing radiation which uses a photomultiplier to generate flashes of light
Word: screening smoke Part of Speech: noun 1. Smoke clouds used by the military for blinding, cover and deception Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seamount Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + mount. 1. An underwater mountain with a prominence of more than 1,000 meters, which does not breach the surface of the water.
Word: guyot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Harry Hammond Hess circa 1965 due to their similar appearance to Guyot Hall, the flat-topped geology building at Princeton University, which was in turn named after Swiss-American geologist Arnold Henry Guyot. Pronunciation: /ˈɡiː.əʊ/, /ɡiˈoʊ/ 1. A flat-topped seamount. Example: It was scored everywhere with canyons, trenches and crevasses and dotted with volcanic seamounts that he called guyots after an earlier Princeton geologist named Arnold Guyot.
Word: second messenger Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance used to transmit a signal within a cell, especially one which triggers a cascade of events by activating cellular components
Word: second sound Part of Speech: noun 1. A wave of fluctuating temperature or entropy propagated in the superfluid phase of liquid helium. Labels: uncountable
Word: secondary emission Part of Speech: noun 1. The emission of electrons from the surface of a solid when bombarded with electrons or other charged particles
Word: secondary ion mass spectrometry Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique used to visualize the three-dimensional structure of solids by employing an energetic ion beam to fragment the atomic or molecular constituents from a surface Labels: uncountable
Word: sedimentation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sediment Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sedimentation From sediment + -ation. 1. The separation of a suspension of solid particles into a concentrated slurry and a supernatant liquid, either to concentrate the solid or to clarify the liquid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sedimentology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sediment 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 sedimentology From sediment + -ology. 1. The study of natural sediments and of the processes by which they are formed Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: who writes this stuff Part of Speech: phrase 1. A rhetorical question commenting on the writing of a work of fiction. Labels: ironic
Word: ev'ry Part of Speech: det Etymology: Every used to be a trisyllabic word, and it was therefore at times necessary to replace the second e with an apostrophe to pronounce the word as two syllables for poetic reasons. Pronunciation: /ɛvɹi/ 1. Contraction of every. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, poetic Example: America! America! God mend thine ev’ry flaw; Confirm thy soul in self control, thy liberty in law! Example: There’s a boy snail for ev’ry girl snail, There’s a boy quail for ev’ry girl quail/ There’s a boy mouse for ev’ry girl mouse, There’s a boy grouse for ev’ry girl grouse
Word: Johns Part of Speech: name Etymology: Variant of John with genitival or excrescent -s or a variant of Jones. 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic derived from John. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: Johns Hopkins 3. A township in Appanoose County, Iowa, United States, named for the many early settlers named John. 4. An unincorporated community in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. 5. A former community in Pushmataha County, Oklahoma, United States, named after Johns Valley, Oklahoma.
Word: Johns Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of John Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Johns Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. plural of John Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Aharon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliteration of Hebrew אהרן (Ahărōn). 1. A male given name from Hebrew.
Word: da capo al fine Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Italian da capo al fine (literally “from the beginning to the end”). Pronunciation: /dəˈkæpəʊ ælˈfiːneɪ/ 1. Repeat from the beginning up to the word fine ("end"). Labels: not-comparable
Word: egocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ego- + -centrism. 1. The constant following of one's egotistical desires to an extreme. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Abundius Part of Speech: name Etymology: Name of an early Italian saint, from Latin abundiantus (“abundant, plentiful”). 1. A male given name from Latin, of historical usage.
Word: Elmer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, from Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) + mǣre (“famous”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛlmɚ/ 1. A surname transferred from the given name. 2. A male given name from Old English transferred back from the surname in the 19th century U.S. 3. A city in Missouri. 4. A borough of New Jersey. 5. A town in Oklahoma.
Word: Elmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, from Old English Æþelmǣr, from æþel (“noble”) + mǣre (“famous”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛlmɚ/ 1. A person who provides personal guidance and assistance to ham radio enthusiasts.
Word: intension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin intēnsiō (“straining, effort; intensifying”), from intēnsus (“stretched”), perfect passive participle of intendō (“strain or stretch toward”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈtɛnʃən/ 1. Intensity or the act of becoming intense. Example: Sounds […] likewise do rise and fall with the intension or remission of the wind. 2. Any property or quality connoted by a word, phrase or other symbol, contrasted with actual instances in the real world to which the term applies. Example: 'Is a plant', 'has a trunk', 'has leaves' are intensions of the concept tree. Its extension is the set of all trees existing in the real world. Example: This law is, that the intension of our knowledge is in the inverse ratio of its extension. 3. A straining, stretching, or bending; the state of being strained. Labels: dated Example: the intension of a musical string
Word: magnetic bearing Part of Speech: noun 1. Directional bearing relative to the nearest magnetic pole, as shown by a compass. 2. A contactless mechanical bearing in which a rotating part, such as a shaft, is held in place by a magnetic field.
Word: Paske Part of Speech: name Etymology: Various origins: * A variant of the English surname Pask. * Americanized spelling of Danish Paaske, a short form of Pascal. * Borrowed from German Paske or Päske. 1. A surname.
Word: magnetic circuit Part of Speech: noun 1. A closed path of magnetic flux.
Word: nonlethal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + lethal. 1. Alternative form of non-lethal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: As part of the global F-35 supply chain, we contribute components and parts that are nonlethal in nature.
Word: nonlethal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + lethal. 1. Alternative form of non-lethal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: proposer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From propose + -er. 1. Agent noun of propose: someone who proposes; someone who makes a proposal. Labels: agent, form-of
Word: nationalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French nationaliser. By surface analysis, national + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈnæʃənəlaɪz/ 1. To make into, or to become, a nation. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, rare Example: Probably no Hindu who could make intelligent use of political freedom ever dreams of the present possibility of a nationalized India, […] 2. To bring a private company, or an industry comprising such companies, under the control of a specific government. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US Example: Near-synonym: socialize Example: The government plans to nationalize the energy industry. 3. To bring a concept such as a political issue or commercial campaign to the attention of the entire country. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US 4. To change from having local and regional variation to being national in character and scope. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US 5. To make national; to make a nation of; to endow with the character and habits of a nation, or the peculiar sentiments and attachment of citizens of a nation. Labels: British, English, Oxford, US, archaic
Word: magnetic mine Part of Speech: noun 1. A mine, often a naval mine, which responds to the magnetic field of a target.
Word: holidays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holiday Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holidays Part of Speech: noun 1. (usually after possessive) holiday, vacation; time off work, especially if spent travelling away from home. Labels: Ireland, informal, plural, plural-only Example: Where are you going for your holidays this year? Example: We're on our holidays. 2. The season around Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Day. Labels: Canada, US, plural, plural-only Example: Near-synonym: winter holiday Example: Where will you be spending the holidays?
Word: holidays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of holiday Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: holidays Part of Speech: adv 1. On holidays. Labels: not-comparable
Word: magnetic compass Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument containing a freely suspended magnetic element which displays the direction of the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field at the point of observation. 2. A supposed organ, in some animals, that allows then to align themselves with the Earth's magnetic field.
Word: spiritus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritusbor. English spiritus Borrowed from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spirytus, sprite, spright, and esprit. 1. A breathing. 2. An aspirate. 3. Any spirituous preparation.
Word: magnetic declination Part of Speech: noun 1. The horizontal angle between magnetic north and true north at a given place. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the Ste Genevieve District, magnetic declination varies significantly within short distances due to iron-rich bedrock, and this might account for magnetic declinations varying from five to ten degrees east in Soulard's surveys. Example: By the 17th century several instruments had been designed to measure the magnetic declination.
Word: magnetic variation Part of Speech: noun 1. In navigation, at a given place and time, the horizontal angle between the true north and magnetic north measured east or west according to whether magnetic north lies east or west of true north. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. In cartography, the annual change in direction of the horizontal component of the Earth’s magnetic field. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: satirize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English satire Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English satirize From satire + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈsatɪrʌɪz/ 1. To make a satire of; to mock. Labels: transitive Example: Classic writers are prone to satirize women lashingly, but Jonson's satire is different. Example: Nat Habib, the producer‐director at the Scarsdale theater, says that “Flahooley,” which satirizes big business, was in part a victim of the McCarthyism of the times.
Word: parens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paren Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anisogamy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos) Ancient Greek ἄνισος (ánisos)der. English aniso- English -gamy English anisogamy From aniso- + -gamy. Pronunciation: /ænaɪ̯ˈsɒɡəmi/ 1. Sexual bonding or marriage involving partners of widely differing social status. Labels: uncountable 2. Sexual reproduction involving the union or fusion of two dissimilar gametes. Labels: uncountable
Word: anisogamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aniso- + -gamous. 1. being married to someone whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own. Labels: not-comparable 2. having a sexual partner whose age differs by an unusually large degree from one's own. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anisonogamist Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is married to someone whose age is unusually different to their own. 2. One who has a sexual partner whose age is unusually different to their own.
Word: slacktivism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slack + activism. 1. Half-hearted activism, usually in the form of posting badges, images, apps, or text on social media without taking further action. Labels: derogatory, informal, uncountable Example: By “fight back,” he meant, basically, tweeting. Internet activism is sometimes derided as “slacktivism”—a fair characterization when an online campaign tries to, say, cure aids or end child labor.
Word: Carribean Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of Caribbean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Such is, even at present, the Degree of Foresight in the Carribean: he sells his Cotton Bed in the Morning, and comes in the Evening, with Tears in his Eyes, to buy it back, not having foreseen that he should want it again the next Night. Example: The analysis of Dr. Duncan enumerates ten European Miocene species allied to, if not identical with, Carribean forms.
Word: Krisa Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Sandaun province, Papua New Guinea. 2. the language of this village and the surrounding area.
Word: insentient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English sentient English insentient From in- + sentient. 1. Having no consciousness or feeling; inanimate. Example: [O]ver her flayed, exposed soul of a young girl who had gone open and warm to give herself to the children, there set a hard, insentient thing, that worked mechanically according to a system imposed. Example: "Mr Carrados happens to be blind, Mr Spinola," interposed Copling, seeing that their host was so far in ignorance of the fact. "Impossible! Impossible!" exclaimed Spinola, riveting his own very bright eyes on his guest's insentient ones. 2. Insensitive, indifferent. Labels: rare Example: His thought is tied, the curving prow / Of motion moored to rock; / And minutes burst upon a brow / Insentient to shock.
Word: Britcom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of British + sitcom. 1. A British sitcom. Labels: informal 2. A British television show made up of many short humorous skits with recurring characters, but without a linking storyline. Labels: broadly, informal
Word: bus buddy Part of Speech: noun 1. A person (either employed or volunteer) who helps aged or disabled people to use public transport. 2. A student who is paired with another student when riding a school bus. Example: Mark Flint, who teaches kindergarten in a small rural school in central New York, was disturbed when several of his students complained that they were being picked on by older students on the bus. He is now trying to start a “bus buddies” program whereby each of his children will have an older student to watch over them—and even read to them—during their bus ride.
Word: dentate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin dentātus, from dēns (“tooth”, oblique stem in dēnt-) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛnteɪt/ 1. Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated, toothed.
Word: ebonies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ebony Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stage right Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stage + right. 1. The area to the right of the stage when looking towards the audience. Labels: uncountable Example: He enters stage right.
Word: stage right Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From stage + right. 1. Located at stage right. 2. Involving a change of whether one is involved in a situation. Labels: idiomatic, usually Example: Whether Bannon was sacked, resigned or left by mutual agreement – as usual with the Trump administration there are contradictory accounts – is immaterial. His exit, stage right, follows that of a clutch of other senior White House aides and reinforces the impression that his presidency is unravelling chaotically only seven months after he entered the Oval Office.
Word: stage left Part of Speech: noun Etymology: stage + left 1. The area to the left of the stage when looking towards the audience. Labels: uncountable
Word: stage left Part of Speech: adv Etymology: stage + left 1. Located at stage left.
Word: centre stage Part of Speech: noun 1. Standard spelling of center stage. Labels: Canada, UK, uncountable Example: Sometimes they would even take centre stage - as in 1978's Overture One-Two-Five, which portrayed the train (and a journey on it) as a symphony, set to music specially composed by David Gow.
Word: center stage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: center + stage 1. The area in the center of the stage, especially one towards the front. Labels: US, uncountable 2. An important or prominent position. Labels: US, broadly, uncountable Example: In terms of pure screen time and action, Helena often takes center stage in a film that should by all accounts belong to Indy, meaning Dr. Jones ends up feeling oddly secondary in a story that’s supposed to be his grand finale.
Word: downstage Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From down- + stage. 1. Toward or at the front of a theatrical stage. 2. Towards a motion-picture or television camera.
Word: downstage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From down- + stage. 1. At the front of a stage.
Word: downstage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down- + stage. 1. The part of a stage that is closest to the audience or camera. Labels: uncountable
Word: downstage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From down- + stage. 1. To restage downward; to restage (a case of a disease, usually a cancer) to a lower stage than that found at last assessment (compare upstage). Labels: transitive
Word: understage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English stage English understage From under- + stage. 1. underneath the stage Labels: not-comparable
Word: understage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English stage English understage From under- + stage. 1. The area beneath a stage. Example: When deep pits, required in the understage for the machinery and traps, cannot be drained on account of insufficient depth of the street sewer Example: The understage being only 9 feet (5 braccia) high, the mountain had to rise in telescoping stages
Word: understage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English stage English understage From under- + stage. 1. To underestimate the severity of a patient's illness
Word: overstage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stage English overstage From over- + stage. 1. Above the stage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: overstage Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stage English overstage From over- + stage. 1. To overestimate the severity of a patient's illness.
Word: exocarp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”); exo- + -carp. 1. The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp.
Word: exocyclic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἔξω (éxō)der. English exo- Ancient Greek κυκλῐκός (kuklĭkós)bor. Classical Latin cyclicuslbor. Middle French cyclique French cycliquebor. ▲ Classical Latin cyclicusbor. English cyclic English exocyclic From exo- + cyclic. 1. (of a cyclic compound) not forming part of, or not attached to the ring Labels: not-comparable
Word: exocytosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From exo- + -cytosis. 1. The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fire and forget Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of missile guidance system which does not require further control after launch, and can hit its target without the launcher being in line of sight of the target. Labels: uncountable 2. The practice of transmitting or raising something, such as an event, and then proceeding without checking for any result or response. Labels: attributive, uncountable Example: An event aggregator facilitates a fire-and-forget model of communication. The object triggering the event doesn't care if there are any subscribers. It just fires the event and moves on. A mediator, though, might use events to make decisions, but it is definitely not fire and forget. Example: Post is a “fire and forget” where the UI thread work is performed asynchronously; Send is synchronous in that the call blocks until the UI thread work has been performed.
Word: fire and forget Part of Speech: adj 1. Not requiring further control, feedback, or response after an initial action, launch, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antifeminist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + feminist. 1. Antagonistic to feminism. Example: He evolved to connect the antifeminist ridicule of the New Woman to the growing backlash against male homosexuals, the Somdomites and inverts. 2. Advocating antifeminism.
Word: antifeminist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + feminist. 1. A person who is antagonistic to feminism. Example: This means, then, that many, if not most, male feminists and male womanists exist, literally, in a "no-man's land," where they receive the cold shoulder from feminists and womanists, and are shamelessly shunned by male antifeminists and antiwomanists and the supersexist men who rule the male supremacist world. 2. An advocate of antifeminism.
Word: verbal communication Part of Speech: noun 1. Oral communication; speech. Labels: uncountable 2. The process of sending and receiving messages with words, including writing and sign language. Labels: uncountable
Word: antifeminism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English feminism English antifeminism From anti- + feminism. Pronunciation: /ˌæntiˈfɛmɪnɪz(ə)m/, /ˌæntaɪ-/ 1. Opposition to feminism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Instead, they rallied around issues like free speech and antifeminism, portraying themselves as truth-telling rebels doing battle against humorless “social justice warriors.”
Word: Mickey Part of Speech: name Etymology: The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Noun senses 1 (“Mickey Mouse cartoon”) and 3.2 (“type of bombsight assisted by radar”) are short forms of Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 2 (“synonym of Mick”) refers to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and that many Irish people are Roman Catholic. Noun sense 3.1 is a short form of Mickey Finn. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪki/ 1. A diminutive of the male given name Michael. 2. A diminutive of the female given names Michaela or Michelle.
Word: Mickey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The proper noun is derived from Mick (“diminutive of the male given name Michael”) + -ey (a variant of -y (diminutive suffix)). The common noun is derived from the proper noun. Noun senses 1 (“Mickey Mouse cartoon”) and 3.2 (“type of bombsight assisted by radar”) are short forms of Mickey Mouse. Noun sense 2 (“synonym of Mick”) refers to the fact that since the 17th century Michael and its diminutives Mick, Mickey, and Mike have been one of the most common names in Ireland, and that many Irish people are Roman Catholic. Noun sense 3.1 is a short form of Mickey Finn. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪki/ 1. A Mickey Mouse cartoon. Labels: informal, rare 2. Synonym of Mick. Labels: derogatory, offensive, slang 3. Synonym of Mick. Labels: US, derogatory, offensive, slang Example: National identity and ethnic origin mapped gang territory: ‘Little Italy’; ‘Little Sicily’; ‘Polish colony’; […] ‘Mickies’ (Irish). Each possessed demarcated districts within which gangs adopted neighbourhood names and tags […] 4. Short for Mickey Finn (“an alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink deliberately doctored with a drug intended to quickly render the drinker unconscious”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang 5. A type of bombsight assisted by radar. Labels: historical, slang
Word: conversational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conversation + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌkɒnvə(ɹ)ˈseɪʃənəl/ 1. Easy in conversation, chatty. Example: ...and her object being to procure Helen's smiles for the marquis, and the marquis's suffrage for Helen, the gay and the handsome were much less in request than the highly respectable, the agreeable, and the conversational; and, with her usual far-seeing cares, she carried her object completely, save in the case of the marquis, who did not reascend the stairs. 2. Of, relating to, or in the style of a conversation; informal and chatty. Example: This light conversational opening struck Miss Frensham as rather an unpropitious way of grappling with the problem of the theft, but she had just professed her general willingness. 3. Involving a two-way exchange of messages, such as between a client and a server. 4. Capable of engaging in conversation. Example: The patient is awake and conversational. Example: My aim is to become conversational in German.
Word: skin flute Part of Speech: noun 1. A penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: “Oh God, no.” “What? is your heart made of stone? Doesn't this bring back memories?” “Yeah, it was my only date in high school. God, I remember, yes. I was emptying the spit valve of my trumpet, and this clarinet reed came like flying through the air and hit stuck-up skinflute-playing Stacy "Bruceface" Barcela in the back of the neck. Hahahaha.”
Word: cubbyhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cubby + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌbiˌhoʊl/ 1. A small, snug room which may be used as a place of privacy, or a safe place for children Example: To reach the courtroom, on the second floor, one passed sundry sunless county cubbyholes: the tax assessor, the tax collector, the county clerk, the county solicitor, the circuit clerk, the judge of probate lived in cool dim hutches that smelled of decaying record books mingled with old damp cement and stale urine. 2. A small compartment; a pigeonhole 3. A glove compartment
Word: cubbyhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cubby + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈkʌbiˌhoʊl/ 1. To restrict, limit or narrowly define; to pigeonhole. Example: Rivera: The world has changed. It is no longer cubbyholed. I do not think — Friendly: What do you mean cubbyholed? Rivera: I do not think the definition of journalist is as narrowly construed these days as perhaps it was once. Example: A true Renaissance man, Walcott has consistently resisted being cubbyholed. He has rejected neither his Caribbean heritage nor his British education.