nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: inæstimable Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of inestimable. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: A rich man had a ring of inæstimable price, and ordered by his will, that such one of his children, as possessed the ring, should inherit all his substance. And such was the rule of inheritance in that family for many generations; until at last it came to one who had three sons, all of whom he loved equally well. And they all paid court to their father in hopes of getting the ring. The old man, in order to satisfy them all, had two other rings made, so similar to the first, that he could not distinguish the true one himself. He gave one to each, and when he died there were no means of ascertaining which was the rightful heir, nor is it decided unto this day. Rings are the well known medium of illusion or præstige.
Word: family size Part of Speech: noun 1. A size for a container of goods, among the largest sizes meant for sale to a householder consumer. Labels: attributive, often, singular, singular-only, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: multiserve, multiserving
Word: fun size Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corruption of earlier fun-sized. 1. A small size. Labels: euphemistic, singular, singular-only
Word: fun size Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Corruption of earlier fun-sized. 1. Small in size. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cumerbund Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cummerbund. Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete, rare
Word: cumerbunds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cumerbund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frush Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser. Pronunciation: /fɹʌʃ/ 1. To break up, smash. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Rinaldo's armor frush'd and hack'd they had, Oft pierced through, with blood besmeared new. Example: […] I like thy armour well; I'll frush it and unlock the rivets all But I'll be master of it. 2. To charge, rush violently. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And than they fruyshed forth all at onys, of the bourelyest knyghtes that ever brake brede, with mo than fyve hondred at the formyst frunte [...]. 3. To straighten up (the feathers on an arrow). Labels: historical, transitive
Word: frush Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser. Pronunciation: /fɹʌʃ/ 1. Easily broken; brittle or crisp. Labels: archaic
Word: frush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French fruscher, from Vulgar Latin *frustiāre (“break into pieces”), from Latin frustum (“bit, fragment”). Compare French froisser. Pronunciation: /fɹʌʃ/ 1. noise; clatter; crash Labels: obsolete Example: Between the mountains, which in endless war Hurtle , with horrible uproar and frush
Word: frush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Old English frosc (“frog (animal)”), German Frosch (“frog (the animal)”). Pronunciation: /fɹʌʃ/ 1. The frog of a horse's foot. Labels: obsolete 2. A discharge of a foetid or ichorous matter from the frog of a horse's foot; thrush. Labels: obsolete
Word: ferys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fere Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: T₁ Part of Speech: adj 1. Such that, for any two of its points, there exist respective open sets containing each and not the other. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sorting the wheat from the chaff Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sort the wheat from the chaff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sort the wheat from the chaff Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of separate the wheat from the chaff.
Word: star topologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of star topology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: network topologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of network topology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ring topologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ring topology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: precrisis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + crisis. 1. Occurring before a period of crisis. Labels: not-comparable Example: The World Bank has estimated that the Russian economy would contract 7.9 percent this year and not return to precrisis levels until at least 2012.
Word: tempranillo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tempranillo, the diminutive of temprano (“early”), since the grape ripens earlier than other varieties. 1. A variety of black grape used to make red wines, native to Spain. Example: Drive down the straight, red dirt road through flat acres of tempranillo vines to the low-lying building of cedar strips with its undulating aluminum roof and one tall wave erupting in the middle. 2. A wine made with this grape.
Word: craft centres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craft centre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pet names Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pet name Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheelspins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wheelspin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wheelspins Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wheelspin Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: take the hint Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of take a hint. 2. Concede to mounting evidence; wake up and smell the coffee. Labels: idiomatic
Word: butt-cheek Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of butt cheek. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: no mean feat Part of Speech: noun 1. A laudable triumph of great difficulty Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The older me, the one who prefers wine to fizz, wishes Leerhsen had more to say about things like: a) the elite and vernacular food worlds pre- and post-Bourdain; b) how Bourdain walked a moral tightrope across the conventions of travel writing and reporting, no mean feat for a wealthy white man in skinny jeans; […]. Example: Opening a new railway is no mean feat at the best of times, but the Elizabeth Line had its own challenges.
Word: no mean feats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of no mean feat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: æmulate Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of emulate. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Good Sir, Be iealous stil, æmulate them; and think What hate they burne with, toward euery sinne.
Word: at-large Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of at large. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: æmulates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of æmulate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: æmulating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of æmulate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: […] Whereby that noble science of physicke is made absolute as having recovered yᵉ facultie of Simpling a principall and materiall part thereof, wherefore not doubting of your readines in imitating or æmulating the best in so laudable actions I thought yt good to moove you herin & to commend this bearer Ihon Gerard a servant of mine vnto you : who by reason of his travaile into farre countries, his great practise & long experience is throughly acquainted with the generall & speciall differences, names, properties & privie markes of thousands of plants & trees.
Word: æmulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of æmulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: murciana Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of fandango originating in Murcia.
Word: murcianas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of murciana Labels: form-of, plural
Word: high schoolers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of high schooler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double plural Part of Speech: noun 1. A word doubly inflected for the plural grammatical number in relation to its singular form; e.g., medium → media → medias.
Word: figure dashes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of figure dash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soft hyphens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soft hyphen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xyr Part of Speech: det Pronunciation: /zɪɹ/, /zɪɚ/, /zɪə(ɹ)/ 1. Belonging to xe, their (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, coordinate with his and her. Labels: nonstandard, possessive Example: This is xyr book. Example: Telepathy would require that you share the other person's knowledge of xyr own mind, which in turn requires recognizing that xe is actually aware of what xe's thinking, which is incompatible with psychiatry.
Word: xyr Part of Speech: pron Pronunciation: /zɪɹ/, /zɪɚ/, /zɪə(ɹ)/ 1. The form of xe used after a preposition or as the object of a verb, coordinate with him and her. Labels: nonstandard, personal Example: Give it to xyr. Example: I wrote xyr an e-mail.
Word: xyrself Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From xyr + -self. 1. xyr; the gender-neutral object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject Labels: gender-neutral, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, rare, reflexive, singular, third-person Example: Xe injured xyrself. Example: Judy said: [...] What I am interested in is how does it feel for the autistic person xyrself to go through this program. I have heard many negative testimonials [...] 2. xe; an intensive repetition of the gender-neutral subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate Labels: emphatic, gender-neutral, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, rare, singular, third-person Example: Xe accomplished it xyrself.
Word: theosophically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From theosophic + -ally or theosophical + -ly. 1. In a theosophic or theosophical way.
Word: nonqueer Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + queer. 1. Not queer (homosexual, bisexual, etc.). Labels: not-comparable
Word: street-light Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of streetlight. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Sitwellian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sitwell + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to the Sitwell literary family or any of its members.
Word: dickslap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dick + slap. 1. An objectionable person. Labels: rare, slang, vulgar Example: These wagon jumping dickslaps are not hip-hop, and will not be hip-hop no matter how many Haze teeshirts or Fondle Em 12"s daddy buys them. Example: Finally, when Ophir had had enough of watching Brent fuck with Stella's hair, he said, “You want to knock it off there, dickslap?” 2. The act of slapping someone with one's penis, particularly in the face. Labels: slang, uncommon, vulgar
Word: dickslap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dick + slap. 1. To slap someone with one's penis, particularly in the face. Labels: slang, transitive, uncommon, vulgar
Word: dickslaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dickslap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: punkily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From punky + -ly. 1. In a punky manner; punkishly. Example: Her hair was red, cut punkily short. Her legs went approximately up to her chin. Example: Square Business, one of two new group pieces, had four punkily dressed women moving around the edges of a performing area...
Word: hokiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hoky + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being hoky. Labels: uncountable Example: And if, as Mr. Ma rightly said, hybridization can lead to creativity, it can also lead to hokiness at times, and there was a touch of that in what remained of the orchestration here.
Word: hoky Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of hokey. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: intermediate cuneiform bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of intermediate cuneiform bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cuneiform bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cuneiform bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horizontal bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horizontal bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uniquid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unique ID. 1. A random identifier based on the system time.
Word: kemo sabe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ke-mo sah-bee. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: kemosabe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined for the 1938 Lone Ranger television serial. Further etymology uncertain: *Some trace the word through the Kee-Mo Sah-Bee summer camp in Michigan to Ojibwe giimoozaabi (“he spies”). See more at Wikipedia. *Alternatively, from a corruption of Spanish quien lo sabe "(he) who knows". 1. An appellation given to a wise, trustworthy friend. Labels: colloquial, no-plural Example: You wanna get a beer? / Nah, I’m going home. I’ll see ya later. / Okay but don’t stay up too late, Kemosabe.
Word: mwa Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of mwah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: mwa Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mwah. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: bakings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: locus classicus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin locus classicus (literally “classical place”). 1. An authoritative passage from a standard work that is often quoted as an illustration; a classic case or example. Example: This famous passage of Scripture, this locus classicus, or prerogative text, pleaded for the verbatim et literatim inspiration of the Bible, is the following; and I will so exhibit its very words as that the reader, even if no Grecian, may understand the point in litigation. Example: The Lines written above Tintern Abbey have become, as it were, the locus classicus or consecrated formulary of the Wordsworthian faith. 2. The locality from which a taxon was first described.
Word: single crystals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of single crystal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boomerang kid Part of Speech: noun 1. A young adult who has moved back into the parental home after a period of independence. Labels: informal Example: Gerhard and Gale Kappe, an Oak Park, Ill., couple with two boomerang kids at home, could save more than $1,700.
Word: running mates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of running mate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heuristical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to heuristics.
Word: in the here and now Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In present practice rather than in theory; with the priority of palpably and actually existing. Labels: idiomatic
Word: ballhandling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ball + handling. 1. Skillful handling of the basketball when dribbling, passing or receiving Labels: uncountable Example: Pointer's ballhandling, passing, and shooting were astounding for such a young player.
Word: backwoodsy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From backwoods + -y. 1. Typical of something or someone from the backwoods Labels: US Example: Johnson, 45 years old with thinning blond hair, was a strapping, cigar-smoking man from Owensboro, Kentucky, who still spoke in a kind of slow, backwoodsy drawl. Example: Bang's rough violin scrapes convey a backwoodsy ruralism, recalling the rootsy fiddle playing of southern prewar black string bands[…].
Word: æsteem Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of esteem. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: æsteem Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of esteem. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: 1582, Robert Persons, S.J., The First Booke of the Christian Exercise, appertayning to Resolution; quoted in: Example: A pious assertion that there was no earthly reason for Jesus to lower himself to become man elicits the patronising remark: ‘although God hath given to this our Author a very good gift in persuading to godlines of life (for which we have to æsteem of him accordingly:) yet hath he not given him therwithal so ful a knowlege of the mysterie of our redemption in Christ’ (p. 189).
Word: banders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: banquetings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of banqueting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barebacked Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From bare + backed. 1. Synonym of bareback. Labels: not-comparable Example: Just as our meal was ready, our roustabout came into camp, riding one of the horses barebacked, with only a halter and leading the other two. Example: Roote condones, even encourages sex "in the interest of science," but he warns, "Never ride barebacked and always send in a report."
Word: barebacked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bare + backed. 1. Of a bird raised for meat: lacking feathers, seen as an undesirable trait. Labels: not-comparable Example: Buyers discount many broiler flocks by from one to five cents a pound due to barebacks, but the loss to the industry does not end there. Barebacked broilers slow down the pickers in the dressing plants which results in a loss in labor.
Word: befuddlingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From befuddling + -ly. 1. In a way or to an extent that befuddles Example: They open for the befuddlingly popular, triumphantly average Toad the Wet Sprocket.
Word: begob Part of Speech: intj 1. By God. Labels: Ireland, dated, dialectal Example: I spake to the polis, an' they laff at me, begob. Example: Begob he was what you might call flabbergasted.
Word: bebopping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bebop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Mrs. Watanabe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mrs. + Watanabe, from Japanese 渡(わたな)辺(べ) (Watanabe, a common surname). 1. A personification of the Japanese housewife speculators, who are strong enough to affect international markets, especially foreign exchange markets. Example: Mrs Watanabe, the market’s metaphor for Japan’s housewife yen speculators, has come back to life. Example: Mrs Watanabe is tiptoeing back into Japan’s stockmarket
Word: befo Part of Speech: prep 1. Pronunciation spelling of before. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: She carried me to a young woman to nurse for her what she nursed at Mostor Wilks befo freedom. Example: I use t'know when Mom was alive, befo Gramps brot me out here," Meersman replies in a delivery so flat as to make her seem not so much a bad actress as a nonactress.
Word: beares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Hees none of those, but beares an honest minde, And shames to utter what he cannot prove.
Word: beastes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beast Labels: archaic, form-of, plural Example: Then either for God's sake or thy Neighbors, or both, be smothe, and participate; ist not some underlayer, some she Cammell, that will beare as much of her belly as three beastes on their backes? some Lanthorne-maker? Example: In 1585 the British artist John White accompanied a group of colonists to the North Carolina coast with instructions to "drawe to liefe all strange birdes, beastes, fishes, plantes."
Word: bedload Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + load. 1. The (large particles of) sediment carried along the bottom of a river or stream, rather than in the current. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To more effectively measure annual sediment yield (including bedload), sample basins should ideally terminate in a reservoir to trap sediment, including bedload.
Word: baritonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baritone + -ist. 1. A player of the baritone saxophone Example: Featured most notably with Dizzy Gillespie's big band, Payne showed the influence of Harry Carney (the best-known baritonist of the swing era) in his meaty and authoritative sound[…]. 2. A player of the baritone horn (brass instrument)
Word: baritonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baritonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beamingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From beaming + -ly. 1. In a beaming way, or while beaming. Example: “Some pitchin’, Loo-tenant,” he panted beamingly, stepping back into shelter. Example: […] Tony […] scowled until he saw who was with Miriam, then was beamingly proud to show off his workshop […]
Word: beames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beam Labels: archaic, form-of, plural Example: O could I live to see the generall end, / Behold the world enwrapt in funerall flame, / When as the Sunne shall lend his beames to burne What he before brought forth, […]
Word: beachings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbiːt͡ʃɪŋz/ 1. plural of beaching Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barkentine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of barquentine. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There was a barkentine in Halifax harbor. That was a thing worth looking at in the year 1933. Example: The William Olsen, a San Francisco barkentine, kedged out into the lagoon as fast as possible, and through the tearing sheets of rain I glimpsed other vessels reaching for a holding-ground.
Word: barkentines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barkentine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: barndoor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From barn + door. 1. Alternative form of barn door. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Do we blame the wanton schoolboy, with a pebble in his hand, all powerless to resist the alluring vastness of a barndoor?
Word: barndoor skate Part of Speech: noun 1. Dipturus laevis, one of the largest skates, native to the northwestern Atlantic Example: Some are particularly rich in biodiversity; others support fish nurseries or contain rare or fragile species like barndoor skates and corals.
Word: barndoor skates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of barndoor skate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beatscape Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beat + -scape. 1. A musical piece or passage consisting of richly textured beats Example: She pits the lush 70s-style arrangements of Eumir Deodato against the oblique beatscapes of Mark Bell, who as a member of LFO led the UK charge to transform techno from euphoric hedonism into ominous paranoia.
Word: beatscapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beatscape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jees Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of jee Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bathophenanthroline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From batho- + phenanthroline. 1. The heterocycle 4,7-diphenyl-1,10-phenanthroline, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A water-soluble palladium(II) bathophenanthroline complex is a stable recyclable catalyst for the selective aerobic oxidation of a wide range of alcohols to aldehydes, ketones, and carboxylic acids in a biphasic water-alcohol system.
Word: brancard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brancard. 1. A litter drawn by a horse, on which a person may be carried. Labels: obsolete Example: Mr d'Arblay was not only renversé, the brancard striking him upon his breast, but flung to some distance by the force of the blow.
Word: bathocuproine Part of Speech: noun 1. A compound having the formula C26H20N2, used chiefly as a metal complexing agent or chelator. Labels: uncountable Example: Incubation of HepG2 cells with the copper chelator bathocuproine was completely ineffective (Fig. 2 C), showing ion specificity.
Word: barograph Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baro- + -graph. 1. A type of barometer that continuously records air pressure on a sheet or rotating drum Example: Thanks to their barograph, however, they could judge their height above the sea. Example: At noon the barograph curve turned up and the wind moderated, the sky gradually clearing. 2. An illuminated glass plate covered by a pressure sensitive sheet, used to measure pressure. Example: A module in the program calculates the load acting on the barograph at the instant of image grabbing .
Word: backpropagating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of backpropagate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: backpropagation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + propagation. 1. An error correction technique used in neural networks. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In machine learning, backpropagation of error (‘backprop’) is the algorithm most often used to train deep neural networks and is the most successful learning procedure for these networks. 2. A phenomenon in which the action potential of a neuron creates a voltage spike both at the end of the axon, as normally, and also back through to the dendrites from which much of the original input current originated. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Experiments show that these ion channels furnish the dendrites with a rich repertoire of electrical behaviors, from essentially passive responses, to subthreshold active responses, to active backpropagation of the action potential (AP) from the soma into the dendrites, to the initiation of APs in the dendritic tree.
Word: backpropagate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From back + propagate. 1. To propagate back through to the dendrites from which the original input was received. Example: These results demonstrate that the predicted reduction in synaptic driving force caused by appropriately timed backpropagating APs only slightly increases shunting of proximal synaptic inputs at their site of generation and at the soma.
Word: confuzzling Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kənˈfʌ.zə.lɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of confuzzle. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: confuzzling Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kənˈfʌ.zə.lɪŋ/ 1. confusing or puzzling. Labels: childish, neologism
Word: clado- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “shoot, branch”). 1. clade; branches of organisms Labels: morpheme
Word: cladophore Part of Speech: noun 1. Any green alga of the order Cladophorales.
Word: cronk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative. Compare quonk. 1. To honk like a goose.
Word: cronk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Compare quonk. 1. The honking sound of a goose.
Word: cronk Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from British dialect crank (“unwell, ill, weak, weak-minded”). 1. Unwell, sick. Labels: Australia, colloquial, obsolete 2. Of a horse, broken down, not useful as a work horse due to illness or infirmity. Labels: Australia, colloquial, obsolete 3. Illegal; dishonest. Labels: Australia, colloquial, obsolete 4. No good; bad. Labels: Australia, colloquial, obsolete
Word: cronk Part of Speech: noun 1. A hill or barrow.
Word: Hong Kong feet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hong Kong foot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bandshift assay Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of assay using gel electrophoresis, in which the mobility of a DNA or RNA probe alone is compared to its mobility in combination with a particular protein, so as to measure the degree and nature of binding between the protein and DNA or RNA. Example: In bandshift assays, hPot1p bound to the G-rich strand of human telomeric DNA.
Word: bandstrings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bandstring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bandstring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From band + string. 1. Any of the strings used to fasten the collar and bands of 17th-century clothing; often decorated with tassels. Labels: historical, obsolete Example: A pise of those Bandstrings--the more haste the less speed.
Word: balmacaan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Balmacaan, a Scottish estate. 1. A loose overcoat of a certain type, with raglan sleeves and a Prussian collar. Example: Which is why she can gallivant in a 1940s balmacaan and not feel that the previous owner is peering, Topper-like, over her shoulder. Example: Arriving for interviews at Holts offices, he has on a vintage Burberry round-collared, raglan-sleeved balmacaan coat in heavy tweed, a Benjamin Bixby polo shirt, vintage jeans with an old bandana poking from a front pocket, and a vintage belt that he says is about to fall apart.
Word: balmacaans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balmacaan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Marybeth Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mary + Beth. 1. A female given name originating as a coinage. Example: He began to tell me that Marybeth is accused or it is alleged she is one of the dur in Crooked Tree.
Word: Karabakh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Караба́х (Karabáx), from Azerbaijani Qarabağ, ultimately from Turkic *kara (“black”) and Persian باغ (bâġ, “garden”). Pronunciation: /kɑːɹəˈbɑːk/ 1. A geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia. It includes three regions: Highland Karabakh (present-day Nagorno-Karabakh), Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and a part of Syunik. 2. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Labels: informal
Word: rake over the coals Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The earliest example given is from 1565: "S. Augustine, that knewe best how to fetche an heretike ouer the coles." (OED). From the practice of dragging or raking heretics over coals performed by the Catholic Church as a form of torture. 1. To call to task or to reprimand severely. Labels: idiomatic Example: She raked him over the coals for lying to her.
Word: cymatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Hans Jenny from Latin cȳmat(is) (“sprout, swelling, hollow sphere”) + -ics, stem of cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῡ́μᾰτος (kū́mătos, “wave, billow, swell, sprout, fetus”), genitive of κῦμα (kûma). Pronunciation: /saɪˈmæ.tɪks/ 1. The study of visible effects of sound and vibration. Labels: uncountable Example: A 25-minute color film and 50 black-and-white single frames were drawn from Dr. Hans Jenny’s experiments with cymatics — the structure and dynamics of waves and vibrations.
Word: Karabakhian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Karabakh + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Karabakh, Nagorno-Karabakh or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
Word: Karabakhian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Karabakh + -ian. 1. A native or inhabitant of Karabakh.
Word: creyme Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of cream. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Eliel Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew אֱלִיאֵל ('ĕlī'ēl, “El is my lord”). 1. Any of a number of minor characters in the Old Testament. Example: And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it. 2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. Labels: rare
Word: Mariia Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of the Russian female given name Мари́я (Maríja), equivalent to Mary. Example: Sophia Dorothea adopted the Russian Orthodox name Mariia Fedorovna. Example: [I]n 1838 the community was elevated to a monastery, and [Margarita] Tuchkova, having been tonsured and given the monastic name Mariia, was appointed abbess. 2. A transliteration of the Ukrainian female given name Марі́я (Maríja), equivalent to Mary. Example: The post office searched for the sender and found another Gordichuk, who also came from Bukovyna and had a wife there named Mariia. Example: After the death of her husband in 1665, she devoted herself to church and community work, joined the *Lutske Brotherhood of the Elevation of the Cross in 1666, and later entered a monastery, where she took the name Mariia Mahdalyna.
Word: Taito Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 臺東(たいとう) (Taitō). 1. Synonym of Taitung: the Japanese-derived name. Example: The absolute maximum ever known in the island occurred in Taitō on June 16, 1903, when the mercury reached 37°9 С. (100°2 F.). The town of Taitō is situated near the seashore on the east coast, and this place is often visited by a dry and hot wind, similar to the föhn in Switzerland, when exceptional heat is experienced for several hours.
Word: ganister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /ˈɡænɪstə(ɹ)/ 1. A hard, fine-grained sandstone, used in manufacturing silica bricks for lining furnaces. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like those in southern Huntingdon County, the ridges of southern Blair County were often covered with ganister.
Word: Kimi Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given name Kimberley, variant of Kimmy.
Word: Miko Part of Speech: name 1. A transliteration of a female given name from Japanese.
Word: greyscaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of greyscale Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: greyscaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of greyscale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grayscaling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of grayscale Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: grayscaled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of grayscale Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: on-the-fly encryption Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of encryption, or its software, which uses virtual drives to encrypt information that is then decrypted in RAM. Labels: uncountable
Word: moonglades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moonglade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: savorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From savor + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of savourer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: greking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently derived from Old Norse grýja (“dawn”); but compare Dutch krieken. 1. The break (of day); dawn. Labels: no-plural, obsolete Example: And in the grekynge of the day Sir Gawayne hente his hors wondyrs for to seke.
Word: silver linings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silver lining Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cryptolect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From crypto- (prefix ‘hidden; secret’) + -lect (suffix denoting a language variety). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪptə(ʊ)lɛkt/, /ˈkɹɪptəˌlɛkt/ 1. A secretive language form used by a subculture; an arcane cant. Example: Cockney rhyming slang developed originally from the cryptolects of London’s thieves and vagabonds.
Word: misprocess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + process. 1. To process incorrectly. Labels: transitive Example: The next level of defect types are those resulting in errors from errors in the original mask data tape and also mask misprocessing.
Word: misprocesses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misprocess Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misprocessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misprocess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misprocessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misprocess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: multifoliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + foliate. 1. Having many leaves.
Word: acte gratuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French acte gratuit. Pronunciation: /ˈækt ɡɹætˈwi/ 1. An impulsive act lacking motive. Example: He was a superlative showman and, if his career ended at the age of forty-five in an acte gratuit, he had, after all, been compared to André Gide.
Word: jerkass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jerk + ass. 1. An obnoxious or unlikeable person; a jerk. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Breaking up is fairly easy. Sometimes you have a jerkass who won't take the hint. Example: Plus, we can always use a reminder that this city's music scene is plenty big, even if some teen jerkass from Washington doesn't think so.
Word: jerkasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jerkass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jerk-ass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jerkass. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: jerk-asses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jerk-ass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: jerk ass Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of jerkass. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I have never really found Homer [Simpson] to be a jerk ass because well frankly, it never occurred to me before hearing about it on the internet. Example: On the door, I see a business card from that jerk ass cop. What the hell does he want now?
Word: jerk asses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jerk ass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spark plugs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spark plug Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alexipharmic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of alexipharmac + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Alexipharmac is borrowed from the following: * As a noun, from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (archaic)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexĭphắrmăkon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives). * As an adjective, from French alexipharmaque (archaic), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see above). Pronunciation: /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmɪk/, /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmɪk/ 1. Synonym of alexipharmac (“a medical remedy for protecting the body, or an antidote, against harmful substances, especially a poison or venom (specifically, that of a snake)”); an antidote. Labels: also, archaic, figuratively, historical
Word: alexipharmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of alexipharmac + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Alexipharmac is borrowed from the following: * As a noun, from Middle French alexipharmaque (modern French alexipharmaque (archaic)), and from its etymon Latin alexipharmacon (“antidote”) (whence Late Latin alexipharmacum), from Ancient Greek ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκον (alexĭphắrmăkon, “antidote; (generally) remedy; charm, spell”), a noun use of the neuter of ἀλεξῐφᾰ́ρμᾰκος (alexĭphắrmăkos, “acting as an antidote”), from ἀλέξειν (aléxein) (the active infinitive of ἀλέξω (aléxō, “to defend, guard, protect; to help; to keep off, turn aside, ward off”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂lek- (“to protect”)) + φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon, “drug, whether healing or poisonous; charm, potion, spell; colour, dye”) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain types of adjectives). * As an adjective, from French alexipharmaque (archaic), and from its etymon Late Latin alexipharmacus, from Ancient Greek ἀλεξιφάρμακος (alexiphármakos) (see above). Pronunciation: /əˌlɛksɪˈfɑːmɪk/, /əˌlɛksəˈfɑɹmɪk/ 1. Synonym of alexipharmac (“of or pertaining to an alexipharmac; also, acting as an alexipharmac by protecting against or warding off the ill effects of a harmful substance, especially a poison or venom”). Labels: archaic, historical
Word: werebears Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of werebear Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ontologism Part of Speech: noun 1. An ideological system which maintains that God and divine ideas are the first object of our intelligence and the intuition of God's existence the first act of our intellect. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ontologisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ontologism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screenspace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screen + space. 1. The space available on a screen display. Labels: uncountable Example: At this point you should tidy up your screen, resizing the windows and positioning them to make best use of your available screenspace. Example: If you have limited screenspace, double-click on the Insert panel to collapse it.
Word: personalizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of personalization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arbitrariously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From arbitrarious + -ly. 1. In an arbitrarious manner.
Word: arbitrarities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of arbitrarity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: EGA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of enhanced graphics adapter, an obsolete computer display standard between CGA and VGA, offering sixteen colours on screen from a palette of sixty-four. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Later, when we played King's Quest 2, I remember being legitimately terrified while inside Dracula's castle. Like, I had nightmares in 16 color EGA. 2. Initialism of Eagle, Globe, and Anchor. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Éléments de géométrie algébrique. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CGA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Color Graphics Adapter, an obsolete computer display standard preceding EGA and VGA, offering a palette of 16 colours, of which only a few could be displayed on screen at one time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CGA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of certified general accountant. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: hazardous materials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hazardous material Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wainscottings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wainscotting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wainscotings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wainscoting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: BATNEEC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of best available techniques not entailing excessive costs. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: KUB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of (radiographic study of) kidneys, ureters and bladder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: virginium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Virginia (US state) + -ium, proposed in 1930 by Fred Allison, whose claim to have discovered the element was later disproven. 1. A rejected name for francium. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Because he had found six minima for every salt of virginium—VaCl, VaNO3, Va2SO4, and VaOH—he asserted that virginium consisted of a mixture of six stable isotopes. Allison also found virginium present in other minerals […]
Word: virginities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of virginity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: virginhood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From virgin + -hood. 1. Virginity; maidenhead. Labels: uncountable
Word: celtium Part of Speech: noun 1. The name originally proposed for element 72, now called hafnium; the discoverer, Georges Urbain, conjectured it to be a rare earth element, and proposed the symbol Ct; but subsequent work showed it to be a transition element, and hafnium was given the symbol Hf. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: United Colonies Part of Speech: name 1. The Thirteen Colonies that became the United States of America. Labels: historical
Word: nonaccountable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + accountable. 1. Not accountable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonaccidental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + accidental. 1. Not accidental. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncapitalist Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of non-capitalist. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: noncapitalist Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of non-capitalist. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nonaggressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonaggression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncapitalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of noncapitalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nondelegate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + delegate. 1. One who is not a delegate.
Word: nondelegates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nondelegate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonalcoholics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonalcoholic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncheese Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + cheese. 1. That is not cheese or unrelated to cheese. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sprinkle a little cheddar cheese over half of the crepe, then fold the noncheese half over the other half. Example: Or would it take an astronaut actually going to the moon and bringing back a noncheese rock to dissuade hard-core believers in the moon-cheese theory?
Word: nonconformisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonconformism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonstaples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonstaple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsecretor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + secretor. 1. That which is not a secretor.
Word: nonsecretors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsecretor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matchlit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From match + lit. 1. Lit by means of a match. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Spanish soldiers with matchlit muskets quietly surrounded the Indians... Example: The unofficial past flared more vividly, illuminated in matchlit glimpses.
Word: nonseptate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + septate. 1. Not septate. Labels: not-comparable 2. Lacking cell walls especially in fungi. Labels: not-comparable
Word: in one's own time Part of Speech: adv 1. Taking as much time as one requires; when one is ready. Example: When they seem to have had enough time to work at the subconscious level, invite them back: "Now, in your own time, come back to the here and now[…]" 2. In one's free time; after hours. Labels: UK
Word: nonliquid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + liquid. 1. A substance that is not a liquid.
Word: nonliquid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + liquid. 1. Not liquid (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable Example: a nonliquid substance Example: nonliquid assets
Word: nonliquids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonliquid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonlipid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + lipid. 1. A substance that is not a lipid.
Word: nonsolid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + solid. 1. Not solid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nonsolid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + solid. 1. A substance that is not a solid.
Word: nongas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + gas. 1. A substance that is not a gas.
Word: nonlipids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonlipid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonsolids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonsolid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nongases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nongas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonvampire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + vampire. 1. One who is not a vampire.
Word: nonvampires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonvampire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: act of Congress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the literal sense of act (“legislation”) enacted by US Congress. 1. A statute enacted by the United States Congress or Congress of the Philippines. Labels: Philippine, US, literally 2. An authorization that is extremely difficult to obtain, especially in a timely fashion. Labels: US, colloquial, idiomatic Example: Does it take an act of Congress just to get a stop sign on a corner? Example: Should Frederick stick around — and apparently it would take an act of Congress to get him out of the ICU — he might take up where Molly had brutally left off.
Word: nonrivals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonrival Labels: form-of, plural
Word: noncrustacean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + crustacean. 1. That is not a crustacean. Labels: not-comparable
Word: noncrustacean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + crustacean. 1. An organism that is not a crustacean.
Word: nonsimultaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + simultaneous. 1. Not simultaneous. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anisocytosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aniso- + cytosis. Pronunciation: /ənˌaɪsəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs/ 1. Significant size variation of blood cells Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: BUN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of blood urea nitrogen. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: anisocytoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anisocytosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonmortals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonmortal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crenation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin crenatus (“scalloped, notched”). 1. The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The condition of being crenate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: haemodialysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haemo- + dialysis. 1. The use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: crenations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crenation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: haemodialyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haemodialysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hemodialyses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hemodialysis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gote Labels: form-of, plural