nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pondy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pond + -y. 1. Resembling a pond; pondlike Example: Our tea was made of a brown pondy liquid, which looked like water in a tanner's vat. Example: And faint across the creek, the road, and the fields lay the pondy smell of spatter-docks.
Word: noninteroperable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + interoperable. 1. Not interoperable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: voice message Part of Speech: noun 1. A message left on a voice mail system. 2. A chat message consisting of an audio recording rather than text.
Word: frib Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of inferior wool from the outer part of the fleece. Example: The wool, producing nearly five-sixths of prime, and only one-fourteenth of fribs, is a proof that it had suffered no degeneration […]
Word: business hours Part of Speech: noun 1. The hours and days when a given business is available to the public. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Business hours are from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday. 2. The hours and days when businesses generally operate; 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM, Monday to Friday. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: interoperably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From interoperable + -ly. 1. In an interoperable manner. Example: In order to build these components, one must adhere to the specification so that the components can operate interoperably.
Word: zhonghuacerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zhonghua, the toneless pinyin transcription for Chinese 中華／中华 + cerite. 1. A cerium-bearing mineral found in China, now generally believed to be a form of kukharenkoite or huanghoite. Labels: uncountable
Word: tick tock Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tick tock Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tick-tock. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: galaxite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Galax + -ite after the town of Galax, Virginia, USA. 1. A brownish-red spinel mineral found in carbonate-rich metamorphosed manganese ore deposits. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: galaxites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of galaxite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tuckahoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tuckahoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhodonites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhodonite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alabandites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alabandite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vantasselite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Belgian mineralogist René Van Tassel (1916–2013), + -ite. 1. A rare, white, orthorhombic aluminium phosphate mineral. Labels: uncountable
Word: polydymite Part of Speech: noun 1. An isometric supergene sulfide mineral, dark violet gray to copper-red, associated with the weathering of primary pentlandite nickel sulfide. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: polydymites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polydymite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polydrugs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + drugs. 1. Multiple drugs, taken recreationally. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: It is, however, impossible to estimate the number of people who are obtaining polydrugs illegally or abusing them.
Word: brass-balled Part of Speech: adj 1. courageous, brave Labels: slang
Word: foreconceive Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + conceive. 1. To conceive or imagine beforehand; preconceive. Labels: transitive Example: I found my selfe glutted and ful of drink by the overmuch swilling that my imagination had fore-conceived. Example: To imagine the new is to foreconceive, as in the Heideggerian Vorlage, which can only be expressed in language.
Word: double daggers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double dagger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Twelve Labours of Hercules Part of Speech: name 1. Twelve tasks carried out by the Greek hero Herakles (romanized as Hercules) as his penance. Labels: Greek, Roman
Word: palæanthropologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palæ- + anthropo- + -logist. 1. Obsolete spelling of palaeanthropologist. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: palaeanthropologist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paleoanthropologist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: palæanthropologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palæanthropologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feaze Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fesen (“to drive, incite, put into action; frighten, terrify, prosecute, punish”), from Old English fēsan, fȳsan (“to hasten, impel”), from Proto-Germanic *funsijaną (“to make ready”). 1. Alternative form of feeze. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. Alternative form of faze. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There's mighty little that feazes you.
Word: hæmorrhages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hæmorrhage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hæmorrhages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hæmorrhage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pædogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pædo- + -genesis. 1. Alternative spelling of paedogenesis. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: palaeanthropologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palaeanthropologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: æsthesiometers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of æsthesiometer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foredeclare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + declare. 1. To declare beforehand or in advance. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: forefeel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + feel. Pronunciation: /fɔː.fiːl/ 1. To feel or perceive beforehand or in advance; to have a presentiment of. Labels: transitive Example: Such a studie was yong Catoes, in fore-feeling his approaching end, who lighting upon Platoes discourse of the soules immortality. Example: […] as touching most fundamental topics, there had got to be established in him some positive convictions, which he forefelt would abide in him essentially unmodified so long as his intelligent part remained unimpaired.
Word: foreglimpse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + glimpse. 1. A glimpse or revelation of the future.
Word: foreglimpse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + glimpse. 1. To glimpse something in the future.
Word: foregleam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + gleam. 1. A gleam or glimpse of the future; foreglimpse.
Word: foregleam Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fore- + gleam. 1. To indicate (something) that will arrive in the future. Labels: archaic, poetic, transitive
Word: foregift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + gift. 1. A payment in advance; an advance payment or premium paid by a lessee on taking or renewing a lease, distinct from the rent. Labels: UK
Word: foregame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + game. 1. An initial game plan. Example: I pray God hasten considerable supplies into Ireland, for if Ormond play not his aftergame better than he has his foregame for the good of the poor protestants there, he may live to repent it, and I hope will; …
Word: aftergame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From after- + game. 1. A second game played to reverse the outcome of the first; the means employed after the first turn of affairs. Labels: archaic Example: 1597, Michael Drayton, Englands Heroicall Epistles, London: N. Ling, 1603, “Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk, to Mary the French Queene,” Twere ouer-sight in that at which we ayme, / To put the hazard on an after-game; Example: so many thousand faithfull and valiant English men, who left us in this libertie, bought with thir lives; losing by a strange after game of folly, all the battels we have wonn, 2. Bonus features, dialogue, etc. accessed when a previously-beaten video game is revisited.
Word: Ratak Part of Speech: name 1. The eastern dialect of the Marshallese language.
Word: foreking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + king. 1. A preceding king. 2. A predecessor on the throne.
Word: Lae Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /leɪ/ 1. A city in Papua New Guinea.
Word: Mile Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Macedonian Ми́ле (Míle). 1. A transliteration of the Macedonian male given name Миле (Mile)
Word: Mile Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 彌勒 /弥勒 (Mílè). 1. A county-level city of Honghe prefecture, Yunnan, China.
Word: fly into a rage Part of Speech: verb 1. To become very angry
Word: rondeaus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rondeau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cafeteries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cafeterie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deep-draw Part of Speech: verb 1. To form relatively deep objects in sheet metal using a die
Word: holy card Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, mass-produced devotional picture
Word: hilite Part of Speech: noun 1. Informal spelling of highlight. Labels: alt-of, informal Example: The hilite of the show. The hilite of my summer holiday.
Word: hilite Part of Speech: verb 1. Informal spelling of highlight. Labels: alt-of, informal Example: The Board also wish to hilite that the copy of the Sales & Purchase Agreeement is available for inspection. Example: You can hilite the text with your mouse, then right-click to copy it.
Word: hilites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hilite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hilites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hilite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hiliting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hilite Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hiliting Part of Speech: noun 1. Informal spelling of highlighting. Labels: alt-of, informal
Word: hilitings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hiliting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hilited Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of hilite Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deduplicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + duplicate. Pronunciation: /diːˈdʒuːplɪkeɪt/ 1. To eliminate redundant duplicate data. Labels: transitive
Word: deduplicates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deduplicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deduplicated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of deduplicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: deduplicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of deduplicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: antiespionage Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + espionage. 1. Countering or opposing espionage. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiepicentres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiepicentre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiepicenters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiepicenter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PVRI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pulmonary vascular resistance index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RRD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of regional rural development. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of removable rigid dressing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of reduced resolution dataset. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Round-Robin Database. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: RRD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Rejimen Renjer DiRaja. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Rolls-Royce Deutschland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of RR Donnelley. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Reti Radiotelevisive Digitali. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: generatable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From generate + -able. 1. Capable of being generated. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prefectorial Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a prefect.
Word: sepulchring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sepulchre Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sepulchred Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss, not-comparable
Word: sepulchred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sepulchre Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Palamism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Palamite + -ism, a technical term in the field of Church history coined in the mid 20th century. 1. The beliefs and practices of the Palamites. Labels: uncountable Example: The last years of the empire witnessed in Palamism a great revival of mystical personal religion. Example: The victory of Palamism in the fourteenth century was therefore the victory of a specifically Christian, God-centered humanism for which the Greek patristic tradition always stood.
Word: Palamite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The name of Gregory Palamas (died 1349) + -ite. 1. a Hesychast, an intellectual leader of the Hesychasts
Word: Palamite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The name of Gregory Palamas (died 1349) + -ite. 1. hesychastic Labels: not-comparable
Word: educated guesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of educated guess Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heath fritillary Part of Speech: noun 1. A very small, orange and brown chequered butterfly (Melitaea athalia), of the family Nymphalidae.
Word: heath fritillaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heath fritillary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: holly blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A blue butterfly, Celastrina argiolus, of the family Lycaenidae.
Word: holly blues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of holly blue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: large blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare, medium-sized blue butterfly (Phengaris arion) of the family Lycaenidae.
Word: large blues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of large blue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: large heath Part of Speech: noun 1. A brown butterfly, Coenonympha tullia, of the family Nymphalidae. Also known as the common ringlet
Word: large heaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of large heath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: common ringlet Part of Speech: noun 1. A brown butterfly, Coenonympha tullia, of the family Nymphalidae. Also known as the large heath
Word: common ringlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of common ringlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bačka Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈbɑːt͡ʃ.kə/ 1. A historical region presently divided between Vojvodina (autonomous province of Serbia) and Hungary. Example: Vojvodina includes the historic regions of Bačka, between the Danube and Tisa rivers and the Hungarian border; Banat, to the east of Bačka; and Srem (Srijem), to the south.
Word: impalla Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of impala. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: quadrature amplitude modulation Part of Speech: noun 1. A modulation scheme that conveys data by applying amplitude modulation to two carrier waves at once. These two waves, usually sinusoids, are out of phase with each other by 90° and are thus called quadrature carriers. Commonly abbreviated QAM. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: imparidigitate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin impar (“unequal”) + digitus (“finger”). 1. Having an odd number of fingers or toes. Labels: not-comparable Example: The horse, tapir, and rhinoceros are imparidigitate. Example: Thus the Hog-group paridigitatestands below the Tapir - group (imparidigitate)
Word: pyloruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pylorus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splenius Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin splēnius, from splēnium (“a plaster, patch”) + -ius (adjectival suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈspliː.ni.əs/ 1. Either of two flat oblique muscles which are attached to the vertebrae on each side of the neck and upper thoracic region and which draw back the head. Example: He caressed and parted [...] her lank loose, nearly lumbus-length (when she threw her head back as now) black silks as he tried to get at her bed-warm splenius.
Word: United Statian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From United Stat(es) + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of the United States. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: What Darcy did is [...] history for the Australian topped up to George, -hook hands with our United Statian and biffed, banged and roughed heads, shoulders and elbows for 20 long rounds to a draw. Example: Mme de Réan-Fichini [...] published her treatise, On Contraceptive Devices, in Kapuskan patois (to spare the blushes of Estonians and United Statians; while instructing hardier fellow-workers in her chosen field).
Word: United Statian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From United Stat(es) + -ian. 1. Of, from or relating to the United States. Labels: nonstandard, rare Example: All the boasted mountain scenery, from the New Hampshire “Notch” to far-famed “Lookout,” where the historic “Battle above the Clouds” never took place, would look like ant-hills and pig-troughs in any hundred miles of the Utah and Colorado Rockies — the only Real Wonderland, with the “R. W.” blown in the glass, of the United-Statian part of the new world. Example: Often, education in the US tends to be technocratic and anti-intellectual. United Statian students are not typically prepared, that is, prepared to accept the responsibility of becoming global citizens...
Word: United Statians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of United Statian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paradoxical undressing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: paradoxical (“self-contradictory”) + undressing (“removal of one's clothes”). The paradox is that a layer of clothes would be expected to decrease heat loss. 1. Removal of one's clothes while disoriented from hypothermia. Labels: uncountable
Word: double dares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double dare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double dares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double dare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: double dared Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of double dare Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: double daring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of double dare Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inline skating Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of in-line skating. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: annus mirabilis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin annus (“year”) + mirabilis (“miraculous”). From the title of a poem by John Dryden that commemorates the 'year' June 1665-September 1666, during which occurred several momentous events, beginning with a decisive English victory at the Battle of Lowestoft and ending with the Great Fire of London. Pronunciation: /ˌanəs mɪˈɹɑːbɪlɪs/ 1. A year that includes a multitude of significant and fateful events, be they disasters or successes. Example: „The year 1905 was said to be Albert Einstein’s annus mirabilis – his “miracle year”– in which he published four important papers that set the stage for modern physics. Just over a century later, that phrase comes to my mind when I think of 2015 and New Horizons; it’s been our miracle year. Just consider, in the last 12 months…“
Word: anni mirabiles Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌani mɪˈɹɑːbɪləs/ 1. plural of annus mirabilis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: piss-elegant Part of Speech: adj 1. Elegant or sophisticated, especially in a pretentious or contrived manner. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: piss-elegance Part of Speech: noun 1. Elegance or sophistication, especially characterised by pretentiousness. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: kleptophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From klepto- + -phobia. 1. Abnormal fear of theft. Labels: uncountable
Word: stronk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of strong for humorous or sarcastic effect, popularized by the Polandball memes, as a Polish accent might devoice all final stops. 1. Deliberate misspelling of strong. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, nonstandard, not-comparable, usually Example: Poland STRONK!
Word: stronk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deliberate misspelling of stroke. 1. Deliberate misspelling of stroke (medical). Labels: Internet, alt-of, countable, deliberate, humorous, misspelling, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: flavourous Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of flavorous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: disrotary Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of disrotatory. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: conrotary Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of conrotatory. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: loveful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English luveful; equivalent to love + -ful. 1. Full of love; loving. Labels: poetic Example: For now she was so close to him and knelt, / And rose, him gracing with a loveful smile, / Pure and serene, more with her eyes than lips. Example: It is a loveful dominion at which he must arrive. To this he never can attain, so long as his lower appetites and natures are interested in giving a lower value to the animals. He who goes to the butcher to cheapen lamb-chops for his gratification, is not in the best possible condition for declaring God's highest purpose in the creation of lambs. 2. Evoking a feeling of love; lovely. Labels: nonstandard, poetic Example: White and beautiful, gentle and loveful though she be, softly though she down the eyrie, and neatly though she arrange it for his reception, she is still but a dove; Example: I found Linnaea spreading and blooming in glorious exuberance far and wide over mossy ground, beneath spruce and pine,—the wildest and the gentlest, the most beautiful and most loveful of all the inhabitants of the wilderness. 3. Seeking or desiring love. Labels: poetic Example: So, all desire, when day hath fled, / And Twilight's wings the sky o'erspread, / Forth posts yon swain in loveful quest / To clasp his mistress to his breast. Example: Their wishful and loveful ( lustful ) thinking causes serious misperceptions, misinterpretations, misjudgements, and misvaluations about the beloved.
Word: pædobaptism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pædo- + baptism. 1. Obsolete spelling of paedobaptism. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: showplan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From show + plan. 1. A text or graphical summary of how the system plans to optimize the execution of a query. Example: The showplan provides insight about how SQL Server is going to process a SQL statement. If you know what to look for in a showplan, the information it provides can be useful for tuning queries.
Word: pas de deux Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pas de deux (literally “step of two”). Compare paso doble. 1. A dance performed by two dancers. Example: The way in which they dance[…] the final passion of a pas-de-deux; and the going off with a bound!—I shall never see a real ballet, with a composed countenance again. Example: The Russian was a beautiful youth, like a sun-god with his flying yellow locks and glorious symmetry of body, and the pas de deux between him and Magda was a thing to marvel at. 2. A complicated relationship or process involving two entities, usually persons. Labels: figuratively Example: There is a seductive and terminal pas-de-deux going on between the real right in this country and their "opposition," the liberals. It is deadly for us to get caught in their maneuverings. Example: But "White Nights" has been made in a cynical world where it is actually believed that a dance movie will interest more people if it is also a thriller: a pas de deux between the CIA and the KGB, if you will.
Word: pas-de-deux Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pas de deux. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: begar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बेगार (begār, “forced labor”), from Classical Persian بیگار (bē-gār). 1. A system of forced labour in parts of India. Labels: uncountable
Word: explementary angles Part of Speech: noun 1. A pair of angles that sum to 360 degrees. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: conjugate angles Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of angles that sum to 360 degrees. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: buzz word Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of buzzword. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: buzz words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buzz word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buzz-words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buzz-word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catapultæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catapulta Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MPU Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of minimum publishable unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of memory protection unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of microprocessor unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of multicore processing unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of missing persons unit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: naengmyeon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Korean 냉면(冷麵) (naengmyeon, literally “cold noodles”). 1. A Korean dish of long, thin hand-made noodles made from flour and starch from various ingredients. Labels: uncountable
Word: big tobacco Part of Speech: noun 1. The major companies that make up the tobacco industry. Labels: uncountable
Word: antidifference 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- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin differō Latin differēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin differentiader. Old French differencebor. Middle English difference English difference English antidifference From anti- + difference. 1. A function F(x) is the antidifference of f(x) if F(x+1)-F(x)=f(x). Example: If f(x)=bˣ then F(x)=bˣ/(b-1)+C is the general antidifference since F(x+1)-F(x) = [bˣ⁺¹/(b-1)+C] - [bˣ/(b-1)+C] = (bˣ⁺¹-bˣ)/(b-1) = bˣ = f(x).
Word: TWAIN Part of Speech: name Etymology: From twain, in reference to a line in Rudyard Kipling's poem The Ballad of East and West: "never the twain shall meet". This was chosen to reflect the difficulty, at the time, of connecting scanners and personal computers. 1. A standard software protocol and applications programming interface (API) that regulates communication between software applications and imaging devices such as scanners and digital cameras.
Word: don't feed the troll Part of Speech: phrase 1. Said to urge another not to respond to disruptive behavior, particularly in online contexts, by pointing out any such response is likely to be counterproductive. Labels: Internet
Word: imprecative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, imprecate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛkətɪv/ 1. A grammatical mood, found in some languages, used for curses (in the sense of wishing harm) and marked by a different set of affixes than the optative mood, which is used for wishes in general.
Word: imprecative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, imprecate + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɹɛkətɪv/ 1. Pertaining to the imprecative mood. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fleabane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flea + bane. Pronunciation: /ˈfliːbeɪn/ 1. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: Example: On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A. Example: “I will bewitch them with flea-bane, blister them with hog-weed,” he said, vainly looking for a suitable spell. 2. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: 3. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: 4. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: 5. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: 6. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects: 7. Any of various species of flowering plants in certain genera in family Asteraceae, that typically repel insects:
Word: fleabanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fleabane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dalke, dalk, from Old English dalc (“clasp, buckle, brooch, bracelet”), from Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“clasp, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (“to stick; needle, pin”). Cognate with Icelandic dálkur (“cloak-pin”), Latin falx (“scythe”). Doublet of falx. 1. A pin; brooch; clasp.
Word: dalk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dalke; perhaps a diminutive of dale, dell. In that case from Old English *daluc, from Proto-Germanic *dalukaz. 1. A hollow or depression. Labels: archaic Example: On a sunny September morning, with the trees still green, but the asters and fleabanes already taking over in ditch and dalk, Van set out for Ladoga, N.A.
Word: dalks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dalk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bulgary Part of Speech: name 1. Bulgaria Labels: obsolete 2. A locality in the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.
Word: genderlect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gender + -lect. Coined by American linguist Wayne Dickerson in 1974. 1. A dialect associated with a particular gender. Example: The men who interact with Tenar, including men who speak in the Old Speech, use a genderlect that shows their dominance and superiority. Example: Hiatt has no doubt about the existence of a distinct 'feminine style' or genderlect and even offers a theory of how it arose, which is that the male world of action 'emphasizes events and decisions rather than perceptive observations of people'.
Word: technolect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From techno- + lect. 1. The technical language of a subject field; jargon. 2. The technical language of a subject a particular technology; jargon.
Word: gamma particle Part of Speech: noun 1. A photon with a wavelength short enough to be considered a gamma ray, usually emitted from radioactivity.
Word: acrostatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From acro- + static. 1. In Proto-Indo-European athematic nominals, having a specific pattern of ablaut in which the accent is placed on the root syllable in all cases. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Proto-Indo-European word for ‘night’ was acrostatic: nominative singular *nókʷ-t-s, genitive *nékʷ-t-s.
Word: settled someone's hash Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of settle someone's hash Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: settling someone's hash Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of settle someone's hash Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: settles someone's hash Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of settle someone's hash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pay cheque Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paycheck. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: That there was no 'oil boom town' atmosphere at Taching, no bars, brothels or night clubs doing a roaring trade as technicians and oil drillers with fat pay cheques swaggered in from lonely drilling sites for a long week-end, obviously did not surprise us.
Word: brushland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brush + land. 1. An area mostly covered with brush growth.
Word: otorrhœa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: oto- + -rrhœa 1. Alternative spelling of otorrhea. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: pick up on Part of Speech: verb 1. To notice, observe, learn, or understand, especially something otherwise overlooked. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: "Remember, I know more about it than only what you picked up on that morning." Example: No wonder I didn't pick up on what was happening. 2. To continue or build upon (for example, a task, analysis, or narrative), beginning from a point at which someone has previously stopped. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Andy Murray has landed in Valencia for next week’s ATP tournament to pick up on his interrupted year, six weeks after the Davis Cup tie against Poland when he played three times in successive days and exacerbated the damage to his left wrist. 3. To adopt a practice in which others already engage. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: "What you've got to do is, you've got to study the guy and try to pick up on his techniques, try to pick up what he's real good at." Example: China was slow to pick up on the reality-TV trend.
Word: climograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From climo- + -graph. Pronunciation: /ˈklaɪ.mə.ɡɹæf/ 1. A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation
Word: vertical ellipsis Part of Speech: noun 1. The character "⋮". An ellipsis (three dots) vertically aligned. It is used to extend a list vertically, or as mathematical notation for "is divisible by" or "is a multiple of".
Word: vertical ellipses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vertical ellipsis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diarrhœæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diarrhœa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: volitation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin volitātiō, from Latin volitāre. Pronunciation: /vɒlɪˈteɪʃən/, /vɑlɪˈteɪʃən/ 1. Flight; flying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An elliptic flock of pigeons, in circular volitation, soaring gray, flapping white, and then gray again, wheeled across the limpid, pale sky, above the College Library.
Word: volitations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volitation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fracked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of frack Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Incan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Inca + -an. 1. Of or pertaining to the Inca people and culture. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gene Savoy, an amateur archaeologist whose success in finding some 40 Incan and pre-Incan ruins in Peru was matched by a flair for self-promotion that drew on his tales of peril in the jungle, his bandito mustache and Stetson hat, and a retinue of would-be explorers who paid to accompany him, died on Sept. 11 at his home in Reno, Nev. He was 80.
Word: interreflection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + reflection. 1. The illumination of an object by reflected light from other objects that are not light sources. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interreflections Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of interreflection Labels: form-of, plural
Word: numeronym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numero- + -nym. Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːməɹəʊˌnɪm/, /ˈnuməɹəˌnɪm/ 1. A number-based word. Example: Given a history of failed and unpopular solutions, the problem of concurrency has even been assigned its own numeronym: "The C10K problem". How should network software confidently serving 10,000 simultaneous clients be designed? Example: Finally, the E7 countries—a numeronym standing for 'Emerging' market economies—include the BRIC countries, along with Indonesia, Mexico, and Turkey. 2. An abbreviation formed by replacing letters within a word by the number of letters replaced, such as "I18n" for "Internationalization". Example: Is the numeronym a11y accessible?
Word: charoites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of charoite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quirky subject Part of Speech: noun 1. A subject in a grammatical case other than the nominative (used with certain verbs in some languages, e.g. Icelandic).
Word: quirky subjects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quirky subject Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frowny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frown + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaʊni/ 1. Frowning. Labels: childish, informal Example: She made a frowny face. Example: […] the black-and-white splendor of our men, as well as the fur-decked rosiness of our women, is only enhanced by contrast against the frowny murkings of the sky.
Word: frowny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From frown + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaʊni/ 1. Ellipsis of frowny face. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: frownier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of frowny: more frowny Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: frowniest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of frowny: most frowny Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: unstolen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + stolen. 1. Not having been stolen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Wollaston prism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After its inventor, William Hyde Wollaston. 1. An optical device that separates randomly polarized or unpolarized light into two orthogonal linearly polarized outgoing beams.
Word: workshirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From work + shirt. 1. A shirt designed to be worn to work.
Word: workshirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of workshirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: archivalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archival + -ism. 1. The keeping of archives. Labels: uncountable Example: With its fetishistic shots of jukeboxes that still play 45s, and reverence for road movies like “Vanishing Point,” “Death Proof” is a love letter to pop archivalism as cozy as the roadhouse in which the first half takes place.
Word: judicialization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From judicial + -ization or judicialize + -ation. 1. The process of judicializing. Labels: uncountable Example: Goldsmith described this threat as “the judicialization of international politics.”
Word: judicialize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From judicial + -ize. 1. To convert or integrate into a judicial system; to bring under the remit of the law. Labels: transitive
Word: judicializes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of judicialize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: judicializing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of judicialize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: judicialized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of judicialize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: kefalograviera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek κεφαλογραβιέρα (kefalograviéra). 1. A hard Greek cheese with a salty flavour and rich aroma, made from sheep milk. Labels: uncountable Example: There are also firm, sharp offerings, like kasseri, kefalograviera and graviera, which are just right for a pecorinolike kick in a savory pie or fried up into tzaganaki.
Word: kopanisti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greek Κοπανιστή (Kopanistí). 1. A traditional cheese made in the Cyclades. Labels: uncountable Example: A number of Greek cheeses are not exported to the United States, including soft, raw-milk cheeses like the kopanisti of the Cyclades islands, which, according to Kochilas, are naturally fermented in clay jugs, animal skins or baskets.
Word: lyriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lyre + -iform. 1. Having the shape of a lyre.
Word: manouri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μανούρι (manoúri). 1. A Greek semi-soft cheese made from the milk of goats or sheep. Labels: uncountable Example: My favorite Greek cheese is the creamy, sheepy manouri: delicately scented and almost spreadable, it’s like a softer, pudgier feta.
Word: moguldom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mogul + -dom. 1. The realm or position of moguls. Labels: uncountable Example: The Creative Artists Agency championed it and swiftly packaged it with its clients Ms. Streep, Mr. Redford and Mr. Cruise, who was looking for a splashy new movie with which to kick off his new venture into studio moguldom at United Artists.
Word: papahood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From papa + -hood. 1. fatherhood Labels: uncountable Example: So after “The Rainmaker” in 1997 — another decent, well-acted, sharply directed movie with no evident aspirations to be anything more — he seemed to enter a phase of semi-retirement, devoting himself to winemaking and proud papahood.
Word: papadums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of papadum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudoradical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + radical. 1. One who only claims or appears to be a political radical. Example: He protests the war in Vietnam, but looks with contempt on the hate-filled pseudoradicals who preach the politics of violence. 2. The intersection of the set of nonzero prime ideals of a ring. 3. An atom or group within a molecule which behaves like a free radical due to high valence. Example: As suggested by Weinmayr in this example, the reaction proceeds by a different mechanism, not with the formation of free radicals but rather with separation of the C — Hg bond, thus producing pseudoradicals which do not diffuse into the reaction medium. Example: These pseudoradicals are not directly chain carriers in the reduction of peroxydisulfate, but they can further build up oxygen radical ions.
Word: pseudoradical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + radical. 1. Claiming or appearing to be politically radical, but not actually so.
Word: pseudoradicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudoradical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zeroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zero + -oid. 1. A zero identity. Example: If a semigroup S contains a zeroid, then every left zeroid is also a right zeroid, and vice versa, and the set K of all the zeroids of S is the kernel of S. Example: Simplex zeroids seem to provide an alternative framework for discussing the themes broached in this paper, and of course Theorems 1—4 can be reexpressed in terms of simplex zeroids.
Word: zeroids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zeroid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redbait Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From red + bait. 1. To attack by denouncing as a Communist. Labels: US, transitive Example: While Jack Kennedy thrived in the 1950s as a sex-crazed, drug-dependent, ailment-ridden party-boy politician, Bobby, the family’s complicated sourpuss, hooked up with the redbaiting Joe McCarthy, then spun off as a crusading and corners-cutting scourge of labor corruption.
Word: redbait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + bait. 1. A fish, Emmelichthys nitidus 2. Pyura stolonifera, an ascidian often used as bait by anglers.
Word: redbaits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redbait Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redbaiting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redbait Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redbaited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redbait Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redbellies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redbelly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cunjevoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown; likely from a Pama-Nyungan language. English sources from the 19th century describe it as an Australian word. 1. A coastal sea squirt (Pyura stolonifera), found in some parts of Australia and South Africa. Labels: Australia Example: All along our coast, cunjevoi are destroyed by fishermen, who use them for bait and, as a result, the other animals and plants that live in association with them are also killed. Example: The cunjevoi is an unusual animal, being born as a larvae with a notochord or primitive backbone, before becoming attached to the rocks and growing its brown leathery coat. Cunjevoi grow in colonies and form their own ecosystem around them, from the absolute bottom of the lowest tide to above the half mean tide on exposed rocks.
Word: cunjevoi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain; likely from Bandjalang kanjibuy, or from another Pama-Nyungan language. Attested in English from the 19th century. 1. A large flowering plant, Alocasia macrorrhizos, native to tropical islands from Asia to Australia. Example: It is stated that the pain caused by the sting of this plant will be instantly relieved by the milky juice of the lower part of the stem of Colocasia macorrhiza (“Cunjevoi” of the natives), being rubbed on the affected part. Example: Then we found the name when Tina bought a book about scented plants for Australian gardens. Our green lily is a cunjevoi, botanical name Alocasia macrorrhiza.
Word: cunjevois Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cunjevoi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rephotographer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-)der. English photo- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English photograph Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English photographer English rephotographer From re- + photographer. 1. One who takes part in rephotography.
Word: rephotographers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rephotographer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rephotography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Ancient Greek φωτο- (phōto-) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) French photographiebor. English photography English rephotography From re- + photography, often attributed to American photographer Mark Klett. 1. A form of photography in which the same site is photographed at two separate points in time, “then and now”. Labels: uncountable Example: A reinventor of rephotography, Mr. Prince has cannily parlayed his jaundiced view of society, especially its macho subcultures, into an array of market-friendly paintings and sculpture.
Word: repropagate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + propagate. 1. To propagate again or anew. Labels: intransitive Example: Here’s the tricky part: some of the garden’s orchids and aroids date back 100 years or more, but they have been divided or repropagated since, Ms. Falk said.
Word: repropagates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repropagate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repropagating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repropagate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repropagated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repropagate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shorthaired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From short + haired. 1. Having short hair. Labels: especially Example: Melissa got her wish to have a lavish living space for Bailey, an 11-year-old German shorthaired pointer.
Word: splatterfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From splatter + -fest. 1. A film, video game, etc. containing violent and gory scenes. Labels: informal Example: The upside is that we get more of both Mr. Rodriguez’s gleefully gross zombie splatterfest, “Planet Terror,” and Mr. Tarantino’s miraculous little road movie, “Death Proof,” which increasingly looks like one of the year’s best American films.
Word: splatterfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splatterfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spookspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spook + -speak. 1. The jargon of espionage. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: The word is a favorite in spookspeak.
Word: sportbike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sport + bike. 1. A motorcycle optimized for speed, acceleration, braking, and cornering on paved roads, typically at the expense of comfort and fuel economy. Example: DUCATI’S new Hypermotard 1100 is described by its envelope-pushing designer, Pierre Terblanche, as “a sportbike with a different attitude.”
Word: sportbikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sportbike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sportest Part of Speech: verb Etymology: sport + -est 1. second-person singular simple present indicative of sport Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular
Word: superadvanced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + advanced. 1. Highly advanced. Example: In one corner, the third installment of the smash Guitar Hero franchise, illustrating that you don’t need superadvanced graphics to make a great game, just an innovative, addictive idea.