nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Dalton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒltən/, /ˈdɔːltən/, /ˈdɔltən/, /ˈdɑltən/ 1. A habitational surname from Old English. 2. A habitational surname from Old English. 3. A male given name transferred from the surname. Example: In 2015, Katie and Dalton Prager became known around the world as “the real ‘Fault in Our Stars’ couple” after CNN wrote about their love story. 4. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 5. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 6. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 7. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 8. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 9. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 10. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 11. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 12. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 13. Any of several places in the north of England and in Scotland: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. A number of places in the United States: 25. A number of places in the United States: 26. A number of places in the United States: 27. A number of places in the United States: 28. An abandoned village in Unorganized North Algoma District, Ontario, Canada; some buildings are used as summer cottages. 29. A township within Kawartha Lakes, Ontario. 30. A village in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. 31. A locality in the Upper Lachlan council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia. 32. A settlement (moshav) in northern Israel. 33. Ellipsis of Dalton Highway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: Dalton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English dæl (“valley”) + tun (“settlement”). Equivalent to dale + town. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒltən/, /ˈdɔːltən/, /ˈdɔltən/, /ˈdɑltən/ 1. a former unit of atomic mass equivalent to 1/16 the mass of an oxygen atom; now replaced by the atomic mass unit (or dalton)
Word: dalton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the chemist John Dalton. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒltən/, /ˈdɔːltən/, /ˈdɔltən/, /ˈdɑltən/ 1. the atomic mass unit
Word: atomic mass unit Part of Speech: noun 1. A unit of mass equal to 1/12 the mass of an atom of ¹²C (carbon-12, an isotope of carbon). Labels: physical
Word: UCO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of used cooking oil (for biodiesel). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of undercover officer. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: choler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coler (“yellow bile”), from Old French colere (“bile, anger”), from Latin cholera (“bilious disease”), from Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”). Doublet of cholera. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒlə(ɹ)/ 1. Yellow bile. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually 2. Anger or irritability. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Threatned with frowning wrath and iealouſie, Surpriz’d with feare and hideous reuenge, I ſtand agaſt: but moſt aſtonied To ſee his choller ſhut in ſecrete thoughtes, And wrapt in ſilence of his angry ſoule. Example: This roused the tinker's choler, already provoked at Tugwell's amorous freedom with his doxy, and he gave him a click in the mazard. Tugwell had not been used tamely to receive a kick or a cuff; he, therefore, gave the tinker a rejoinder, […]
Word: Herrenvolk Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of herrenvolk. Labels: alt-of
Word: residency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reside + -ency or resident + -cy. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛzɪdənsi/ 1. The condition of being a resident of a particular place. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The home or residence of a person, especially in the colonies. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The position or term of a medical resident. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 4. The position of a musical artist who commonly performs at a particular venue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The trance DJ was keen to secure a residency in Ibiza. Example: After a successful Thursday-night residency at the Marquee Club—where the Yardbirds, the Animals, and the Rolling Stones first earned their reputations—England's CBS label signed the group to a recording contract. 5. Synonym of rezidentura. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: philogyny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From philo- + -gyny. 1. Love or fondness for women. Labels: uncountable
Word: Abel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Biblical Hebrew הָ֑בֶל (háḇel)bor. Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel)bor. Latin Abē̆lder. Old English Ābel Middle English Abel English Abel From Middle English Abel, from Old English Ābel, from Latin Abel, from Ancient Greek Ἅβελ (Hábel), from Biblical Hebrew הֶבֶל (Héḇel, “Abel”), possibly from the homonymous word הֶבֶל (heḇel, “breath, vapor; vanity”) or from Akkadian 𒌉𒍑 (ablu, “son”). Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.bl̩/ 1. The son of Adam and Eve who was killed by his brother Cain. Example: And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 2. A male given name from Hebrew. 3. A surname originating as a patronymic. 4. An unincorporated community in Cleburne County, Alabama, United States, named after the biblical Abel.
Word: paces Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪsɪz/ 1. plural of pace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paces Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: insipient Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English insipient, incipient, from Old French insipient, ultimately from Latin īnsipiēns. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ 1. foolish; lacking wisdom; stupid
Word: supracellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Proto-Italic *superos Proto-Italic *superād Old Latin suprād Latin suprā Latin supra-lbor. English supra- English cellular English supracellular From supra- + cellular. 1. above the level of cells Labels: not-comparable
Word: exigent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/ 1. Urgent; pressing; needing immediate action. Example: 2003, Working Group Report on Detainee Interrogations, U.S. Department of Defence Article 2 also provides that acts of torture cannot be justified on the grounds of exigent circumstances, such as state of war or public emergency, or on orders from a superior officer or public authority. 2. Demanding; requiring great effort.
Word: exigent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin exigēns, present active participle of exigō (“demand, require”). Doublet of exigeant. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.sɪ.d͡ʒənt/, /ˈɛɡ.zɪ.d͡ʒənt/ 1. Extremity; end; limit; pressing urgency. Labels: archaic Example: Theſe Eyes, like Lampes, whoſe waſting Oyle is ſpent, / Waxe dimme, as drawing to their Exigent. Example: Therefore as one complaineth, that always in the Senate of Rome [Cicero 5° de finibus.], there was one or other that called for an interpreter: ſo leſt the Church be driuen to the like exigent, it is neceſſary to haue tranſlations in a readineſſe. 2. The amount that is required. Labels: archaic Example: [H]is enterprise / Marked out anew, its exigent of wit / Apportioned, she at liberty to sit / And scheme against the next emergence, […] 3. A writ in proceedings before outlawry. Labels: UK, obsolete Example: They also make forthe writs of executions, and of seifin, writs of super seders, for appearance to exigents
Word: gephyrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek γέφυρα (géphura, “bridge”) + -phobia. Pronunciation: /dʒəˌfaɪɹəˈfoʊbiə/ 1. An inordinate fear of bridges, especially crossing bridges. Labels: uncountable Example: Venice is a place to avoid if you suffer from gephyrophobia.
Word: necrophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From necro- + -phobia, by analogy with necrophilia. 1. An abnormal fear of death or corpses. Labels: uncountable Example: Funerals are ten times worse with necrophobia in addition to grief.
Word: refractory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin refractārius (“obstinate”), from refrāctus, past participle of refringere (“to break up”). Originally refractary, refractarie, but reanalysed after other adjectives in -ory. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɹæk.təɹ.i/ 1. Obstinate and unruly; strongly opposed to something. Example: […] in most instances attempts to coerce the refractory and disobedient have been the signals of bloody wars, […] Example: Mr. Weller knocked at the door, and after a pretty long interval—occupied by the party without, in whistling a tune, and by the party within, in persuading a refractory flat candle to allow itself to be lighted […] 2. Not affected by great heat. Example: Pure lime is extremely refractory, but readily fusible if any silex is brought in contact with it; […] Example: There are also over 1,200 pallet brick wagons used for the conveyance of refractory bricks. 3. Resistant to treatment; not responding adequately to therapy. Example: Many of the vague and refractory cases of neck and shoulder pain and of migraine may be due to cervical disc disease. Example: In 33 adult patients with long standing refractory epilepsy on treatment with one or two standard anti-convulsant drugs, 4. Incapable of registering a reaction or stimulus. Example: The production of a generator potential leaves a refractory state in the receptor membrane […] Example: The […] delivery of external stimuli […] delineates the pacemaker refractory period after the emission of a pacing stimulus and after the sensing of a spontaneous beat.
Word: refractory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin refractārius (“obstinate”), from refrāctus, past participle of refringere (“to break up”). Originally refractary, refractarie, but reanalysed after other adjectives in -ory. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈfɹæk.təɹ.i/ 1. A material or piece of material, such as a brick, that has a very high melting point. 2. A plant or factory that produces such material.
Word: Kambo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Kamboh (member of a particular group of people in north India and Pakistan). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: smoking gun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Often traced back to the Sherlock Holmes story The Adventure of the Gloria Scott. 1. Evidence, particularly of a crime, that is difficult or impossible to dispute. Labels: idiomatic Example: We have a theory, but we haven't found a smoking gun yet. Example: When Prophet's place in Decatur, Georgia was raided in July 1989, there was the E911 Document, a smoking gun. And there was Prophet in the hands of the Secret Service, doing his best to "explain."
Word: cost center Part of Speech: noun 1. A division or project of an organization to which costs can be specifically allocated.
Word: gang bang Part of Speech: noun 1. An orgy, especially a sexual one. Labels: vulgar Example: This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning. 2. A gang fight. Labels: US, slang 3. Protecting gang turf, especially when dealing drugs or other black market objects. Labels: US, slang 4. A gang rape. Labels: dated, informal
Word: clockwork orange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the novel A Clockwork Orange (1962) by Anthony Burgess, in which the main character is programmed to be incapable of antisocial behavior. 1. A person or organism with a mechanistic morality or lack of free will. Example: Contrarily, he may be saying, “Look what your computerized, commodified society has made of me—a clockwork orange, for all appearances organic but mechanical." Example: The telos of the pathologization of crime is the perfected robot or “clockwork orange” of present-day behaviorism and sociobiology, descendants of eighteenth- and early-nineteenth-century associationists like Jeremy Bentham.
Word: cassette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette French cassettebor. English cassette Borrowed from French cassette. Pronunciation: /kəˈsɛt/, /kæˈsɛt/, /ˈkæː.seʈ/ 1. A small flat case containing magnetic tape on two reels, used to record and play back audio and video material. Example: If you need to reload film, the cassette can be rewound slightly by turning the hub located on one end of its spool. 2. Any similar small cartridge, such as for a computer disk or cassette air conditioner. 3. A lightproof container for photographic film. 4. A modular DNA sequence encoding one or more genes for a single biochemical function. 5. A set of sprockets mounted onto a splined shaft on the freehub. 6. A saggar (ceramic container used in a kiln).
Word: cassette Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *kapyéti Proto-Italic *kapjō Proto-Italic *kapsos Latin capsa Old Northern French casse Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Latin -ittus Old French -ete Middle French -ette French cassettebor. English cassette Borrowed from French cassette. Pronunciation: /kəˈsɛt/, /kæˈsɛt/, /ˈkæː.seʈ/ 1. To record onto a cassette
Word: pasquinade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French, from Italian pasquinata, from Pasquino, name given to a statue in Rome on which lampoons were posted. Pronunciation: /paskwɪˈneɪd/ 1. A lampoon, originally as published in public; a satire or libel on someone. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I thought the whole tale would shortly be served up in racy pasquinade—but Catherine, who might have said anything, didn't say a word. Example: Queen Juana of Castile: Swear that you speak true./Cesare: I could place my palm on the Bible, but my oath would be a pasquinade./Queen Juana: Then swear on something else./Cesare: I would, if I believed in something other than myself./Queen Juana: A dishonest man would have taken the Bible, regardless of its meaning to him, and sworn until Sunday. I accept your word.
Word: pasquinade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French, from Italian pasquinata, from Pasquino, name given to a statue in Rome on which lampoons were posted. Pronunciation: /paskwɪˈneɪd/ 1. To satirize (someone) by using a pasquinade. Labels: transitive Example: Chantilly was a quondam cobler of the Rue St. Denis, who, becoming stage-mad, had attempted the rôle of Xerxes, in Crebillon's tragedy so called, and been notoriously pasquinaded for his pains.
Word: knocker up Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of knocker-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: knock together Part of Speech: verb 1. To assemble something quickly. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'll just knock together a quick demo. 2. To come together, as if in contact. Labels: also, figuratively Example: This has all the hallmarks of a disagreement that needs some heads knocking together. It's not in passenger interests for company and union to be arguing like this.
Word: Nile blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale greenish blue colour. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A stain used in biology and histology. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Nile blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a pale greenish blue colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Nile green Part of Speech: noun 1. A yellowish green colour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Eau de Nil (“water of the Nile”) is a tricky color to pin down precisely. It is a light-greenish hue, more saturated than celadon, less gray than sage. It has tan undertones and a cool bluish cast. It is, confusingly, an entirely different color from Nile green.
Word: Nile green Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a yellowish green colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English clenchen, from Old English clenċan (“to clinch; hold fast”), a variant of Old English clenġan (“to adhere; remain”), from Proto-Germanic *klangijaną, causative of *klinganą (“to stick; adhere”). Related to cling. Pronunciation: /klɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. To grip or hold fast. Labels: ambitransitive Example: I clenched the rope in my teeth. Example: Clinch the pointed spear. 2. To close tightly. Labels: ambitransitive Example: He clenched his fist in anger. Example: [She] flung herself / Down on the great King's couch, and writhed upon it, / And clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm, / And shriek'd out 'traitor' to the unhearing wall, […] 3. Alternative form of clinch (“bend and hammer a nail”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive 4. Dated form of clinch (“make certain, finalize”). Labels: alt-of, ambitransitive, dated Example: to clench an argument Example: Captain Treverton, it is hardly necessary to say, was not long in clenching the bargain on his side. The estate changed hands; […]
Word: clench Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clenchen, from Old English clenċan (“to clinch; hold fast”), a variant of Old English clenġan (“to adhere; remain”), from Proto-Germanic *klangijaną, causative of *klinganą (“to stick; adhere”). Related to cling. Pronunciation: /klɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. A tight grip. Labels: ambitransitive 2. Alternative form of clinch (“the act of bending and hammering the point of a nail so it cannot be removed”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, ambitransitive 3. A seal that is applied to formed thin-wall bushings. Labels: ambitransitive 4. A local chapter of the Church of the SubGenius parody religion. Labels: ambitransitive Example: And perhaps most innovative of all, Drummond and Stang pushed for a policy of clench autonomy […] Example: Every SubGenius clench is required to have a member who does not believe […] 5. A pun. Labels: ambitransitive, obsolete Example: Here one poor word an hundred clenches makes
Word: telegraphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γράφος (-gráphos)bor. Latin -graphuslbor. French -graphe French télégraphebor. English telegraph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English telegraphic From telegraph + -ic. 1. Of, or relating to the telegraph. Example: It turned out to be no more than the weekly Reuter’s telegram sent as an ordinary letter from the nearest telegraphic office fifty miles away. 2. Brief or concise, especially resembling a telegram with clipped syntax. Example: Her conversation, I soon found, was couched in the telegraphic style. “Weeds grow like house afire. Can’t keep even with ’em. Shall press you in. Better be careful.” Example: This section is based on […] I am presenting the facts in a telegraphic fashion; for the sources, discussion and disagreements see the five scholars I listed.
Word: guyed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Frankish *Widōbor. Medieval Latin *Widō Old French Guibor. English Guy (Fawkes) English guy English -ed English guyed From guy (“a wire or stay”) + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪd/ 1. Fitted with or attached to a guy. Labels: not-comparable 2. Fitted to serve as a guy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: guyed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See guy (verb). Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of guy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: petrol blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A greyish blue colour, tinted with green. Labels: UK
Word: petrol blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a greyish blue colour, tinted with green. Labels: UK
Word: Achæan Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic form of Achaean. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable
Word: Achæan Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of Achaean. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: robin's-egg blue Part of Speech: noun 1. A greenish blue colour, like that of an American robin's egg.
Word: robin's-egg blue Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a greenish blue colour, like that of an American robin's egg. Example: Associate Justice and Mrs. Owen J. Roberts arrived shortly before the performance started. Mrs. Roberts wore a robins’ egg blue chiffon frock.
Word: mv Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of millivolt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: mv Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of move. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: veinlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vein Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English veinlet From vein + -let. 1. A small or secondary vein, especially on the wing of an insect or the leaf of a plant.
Word: zootomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin zōotomia, corresponding to zoo- + -tomy. Pronunciation: /zəʊˈɒ.tə.mi/, /zoʊˈɑ.tə.mi/, /zuˈɑ.tə.mi/ 1. The dissection or anatomy of animals. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: phytotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φύω (phúō) Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón)der. English phyto- Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō)der. English -tomy English phytotomy From phyto- + -tomy. 1. The study of the internal structures of plants. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: Phytotomy, or anatomy of plants Example: Having often been asked for the names of the plants in which these crystals may be most conveniently examined and distinguished, probably a short list of them, with a few explanatory remarks, would be useful to the students of this interesting and too much neglected branch of microscopic phytotomy.
Word: nervure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin nervus Old French nerf Middle French nerf French nerf Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -(ā)tūram Old French -(ë)ure French -ure French nervurebor. English nervure Borrowed from French nervure. Pronunciation: /ˈnəːvj(ʊ)ə/ 1. A vein in the wing of an insect. 2. Any of the veins that form the branching framework of conducting and supporting tissues in a leaf or other plant organ. Labels: archaic 3. One of the ribs in a groined vault; a projecting moulding.
Word: caput Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin caput (“the head”). Doublet of cape, capo, chef, and chief, and distantly of head and Howth. Pronunciation: /kəˈpʊt/, /ˈkæp.ət/ 1. The head. 2. A knob-like protuberance or capitulum. 3. The top or superior part of a thing. 4. The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856. Labels: UK Example: D. has been engaged, he tells me, through a course of laborious years, in an investigation into all curious matter connected with the two Universities; and has lately lit upon a MS. collection of charters, relative to C⁠⸺, by which he hopes to settle some disputed points—particularly that long controversy between them as to priority of foundation. The ardor with which he engages in these liberal pursuits, I am afraid, has not met with all the encouragement it deserved, either here, or at C⁠⸺. Your caputs, and heads of colleges, care less than any body else about these questions. 5. Ellipsis of caput succedaneum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, ellipsis
Word: vox Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin vōx (“voice”). Doublet of voice. 1. The voice, especially one's singing voice; vocals. 2. Ellipsis of vox pop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal Example: The junior can offer to do the voxes, gaining experience and sparing the senior journalist the trouble. Always remember to think how the clips will edit together. If you're the lucky junior sent to do voxes, there are some technical matters […]
Word: cutaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin cutaneus, from Latin cutis (“skin”). Pronunciation: /kjuːˈteɪniəs/, /kjuˈteɪniəs/, /kjʉːˈtæɪniəs/ 1. Of, relating to, existing on, or affecting the exterior skin, especially the cutis. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: epidermal, epidermo- Example: But during the hot fit the cutaneous absorbents act also with increased energy, and the exhalation is likewise increased by the greater heat of the skin; and hence it does not appear in drops on the surface, but is in part reabsorbed, and in part dissipated in the atmosphere. But as the mouths of the cutaneous absorbents are exposed to the cool air or bedclothes; whilst those of the capillary glands, which secrete the perspirable matter, are exposed to the warmth of the circulating blood; the former, as soon as the fever-fit begins to decline, lose their increased action first; and hence the absorption of the sweat is diminished, whilst the increased secretion of it continues for some hours afterwards, which occasions it to stand in drops upon the skin.
Word: cutis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin cutis (“living skin”). Pronunciation: /ˈkjutəs/, /ˈkjutɪs/, /ˈkjuːtɪs/ 1. The true skin, underlying the epidermis. Example: I was once, I remember, called to a patient who had received a violent contusion in his tibia, by which the exterior cutis was lacerated, so that there was a profuse sanguinary discharge […] Example: The cutis measures in thickness from a quarter of a line to a line and a half (a line is one-twelfth of an inch). 2. The peridium of some fungi.
Word: slate black Part of Speech: noun 1. A purplish black colour. Labels: uncountable
Word: slate black Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a purplish black colour. Labels: not-comparable
Word: old gold Part of Speech: noun 1. A brownish gold colour. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: old gold Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a brownish gold colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rose and purple notes in the rugs were toned down by hanging a panel of printed linen in the wall space between the book shelves, bound with an old gold edge of damask.
Word: corium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin corium (“leather”). 1. The layer of skin between the epidermis and the subcutaneous tissues. 2. The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium. 3. Armour made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans. Labels: historical Example: Passing by the Corium Bubulum of the Classical Ancients, we see in an old charter, dated 1036, "Stallus Sutoris Vaccæ," i. e. the stall of a shoe-maker who used cow-skin.
Word: corium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From core + -ium. Apparently coined in 1974 by Martin Peehs, a German nuclear engineer. 1. A lavalike mixture of fissile material created in a nuclear reactor's core during a nuclear meltdown. Labels: uncountable Example: Mexico was given $100,000 to do a series of experiments in which small amounts (10 to 20 grams) of stainless steel and corium (a mixture of 55 percent iron, 10 percent zirconium, and 35 percent uranium dioxide) will be melted and then flooded with water in an arc-melting chamber.
Word: Yokohama Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 横浜(よこはま) (Yokohama). Pronunciation: /ˌjəʊkəˈhɑːmə/, /ˌjoʊkəˈhɑmə/ 1. The capital city of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, near Tokyo. 2. A town in Aomori Prefecture, Japan.
Word: hypodermis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English dermis English hypodermis From hypo- + dermis. 1. An epidermal layer of cells that secretes an overlying chitinous cuticle, as in arthropods. 2. A layer of cells lying immediately below the epidermis. 3. A subcutaneous layer of loose connective tissue containing fat cells, lying beneath the dermis.
Word: Van Allen belt Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Van Allen radiation belt.
Word: Van Allen radiation belt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From James Alfred Van Allen, US physicist. 1. Either of two torus-shaped areas of high-energy charged particles which partly surround Earth, trapped by its magnetic field. The areas are characterised by intense radiation. When the belts "overload", particles strike the upper atmosphere and fluoresce, causing the polar aurora.
Word: epithelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin epithēlium. By surface analysis, epi- + thel- + -ium. Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈθiːlɪəm/ 1. A membranous tissue composed of one or more layers of cells which forms the covering of most internal and external surfaces of the body and its organs: internally including the lining of vessels and other small cavities, and externally being the skin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the passenger's roving eyes paused for a moment as he listened inwardly to a nether itch, which he supposed to be (correctly, thank Log) only a minor irritation of the epithelium. Example: The sap of this species was able to cause loss of corneal epithelium 16 h after direct exposure to the sap in a 60-year-old male.
Word: endothelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From endo- + -thelium, as in epithelium. 1. A thin layer of flat epithelial cells that lines the heart, serous cavities, lymph vessels, and blood vessels.
Word: roll in the hay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the euphemistic sense, first appears c. 1945 in the US. 1. A session of sexual intercourse. Labels: euphemistic Example: Don't disturb them. They're having a roll in the hay, I think. Example: The early aubades and tagelieder in particular are just full of noble knights who nonetheless are a rather randy lot and never pass up the chance for a good roll in the hay with an unhappily married noblewoman. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see roll, in, the, hay. Example: But hay-makers would rather be without one [a rain fall], and if it were wet weather, that gay party of children would not be able to enjoy their roll in the hay. I think they are going to cover that little boy with hay, and then he will jump up and serve them the same. Their gambols do no harm, as the more the hay is scattered and shook about the better, and the hay-making, which began last month, is now to be finished. Example: Meta had been the whole morning long in the hayfield. Not the particular hayfield already mentioned; that one was cleared of hay now; but to some other hayfield, whose cocks were in full bloom—if such an expression may be used in regard to hay. There were few things Miss Meta liked so much as a roll in the hay; and, so long as cocks were to be found in the neighbourhood, Margery would be coaxed over to take her to them.
Word: lackluster Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English lack English lust 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 luster English lackluster From lack + luster. Pronunciation: /ˈlæklʌstə/, /ˈlaklʌstə/, /ˈlaklʊstə/, /ˈlaklʌstəɾ/, /ˈlæklʌstɚ/ 1. Lacking brilliance or intelligence. Labels: US 2. Having no shine or luster; dull. Labels: US Example: A faded, and an ancient dragon he was; and many a wintry storm of rain, snow, sleet, and hail, had changed his colour from a gaudy blue to a faint lack-lustre shade of gray. Example: He sat looking at her with lack-lustre eyes. The light suddenly came back into them. 3. Not exceptional; not worthy of special merit, attention, or interest; having no vitality. Labels: US, figuratively Example: The actor gave a lackluster performance in his latest film. Example: An allegedly true story emerges as a lackluster riff on American Hustle and The Wolf of Wall Street with a scrappy turn from an overly disguised lead star[.]
Word: lackluster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lack English lust 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 luster English lackluster From lack + luster. Pronunciation: /ˈlæklʌstə/, /ˈlaklʌstə/, /ˈlaklʊstə/, /ˈlaklʌstəɾ/, /ˈlæklʌstɚ/ 1. Lack of brightness or points of interest. Labels: US, uncountable 2. A person or thing of no particular brilliance or intelligence. Labels: US, countable
Word: lustre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstə/, /ˈlʊstə/ 1. UK standard spelling of luster (shine, etc.). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Various kinds of minerals differ in their lustre; iron pyrites are described as having a metallic lustre, glassy materials a vitreous lustre; others, such as opal, look resinous, and the lustres of yet others are described as being either pearly, or silky, or dull, like earth. Example: In the centre is painted an eagle, from whose beak an elegant glass lustre chandelier is suspended. There are also ten smaller chandeliers in different parts of the room.
Word: lustre Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French lustre. See luster (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstə/, /ˈlʊstə/ 1. Alternative form of luster. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: lustre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lustre, from Latin lustrum, from Old Latin *loustrom, of uncertain origin. More at lustrum. Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstə/, /ˈlʊstə/ 1. Alternative form of luster: A 5-year period, especially (historical) in Roman contexts. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: lustre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lustra (“wilds, woods”), thought to derive from unattested *dustrum, from unattested Ancient Greek *δύστρον (*dústron, “place animals wallow”), from δύω (dúō, “to plunge, to wallow”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌstə/, /ˈlʊstə/ 1. Alternative form of luster: a den, a dwelling-place in a wilderness, especially for animals. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: stick-in-the-mud Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stick in the mud. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hei Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of he (Hebrew letter) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pay through the nose Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Origin uncertain; according to the American etymologist and linguist Anatoly Liberman (born 1937), probably a nautical term drawing an analogy between paying a large sum of money and paying out an anchor’s cable or chain through the hawseholes at the bow (metaphorically the “nose”) of a ship. He is unconvinced of other explanations such as the following: * The term is said to derive from the story of the Norse god Odin levying a tax on the nose of every Swede. However, Liberman is of the view that it is unclear why a god would require money. * Alternatively, the term is said to be from Old Norse nef-gildi (“poll tax payable to the king”, literally “nose-tax”), nose being a synecdoche referring to a person, because the Irish were required to pay such a tax to the Vikings who conquered them (795–1169 C.E.). Liberman points out that the English term is only attested centuries after this period. Pronunciation: /ˌpeɪ θɹuː ðə ˈnəʊz/, /ˌpeɪ θɹu ðə ˈnoʊz/, /ˌpæɪ θɹʉː ðə ˈnəʉz/, /ˌpæɪ θɹʉː ðə ˈnɐʉz/ 1. To pay an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: Observe here the happy estate of our Ancestors under Monarchy, who, if they gained but this advantage […] of receiving a few good Grants, and enjoying a pittance of Freedom, once in 4 or 5 ages when their King was too young to play Rex, and there hapned a wise and honest Protector; yet were sure to pay through the nose for it afterwards with double and treble interest for forbearance. Example: But vvhen they came to ſeek for Match, and Bullet, and Povvder, there vvas none to be had. The Fanaticks had bought it all up, and made them pay for it moſt unconſcionably, and through the noſe.
Word: go for broke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Hawaiian Pidgin craps slang, meaning “to wager everything on one roll”: one would be broke, i.e. bankrupt, if one lost. Popularized by the movie Go for Broke! (1951), which is named for the 442nd Infantry Regiment’s unit motto. 1. To wager everything. 2. To try everything possible or do every last thing possible in a final attempt. Labels: idiomatic Example: These shoeless gladiators "shoot the works" or as they themselves term it "go for broke" in each game. They battle for every inch ... Example: Well, we shot the line and we went for broke With a thousand screamin' trucks An' eleven long-haired Friends a' Jesus In a chartreuse microbus.
Word: here goes nothing Part of Speech: intj 1. Indicates a lack of confidence or certainty about the activity about to be tried, but that it will be attempted nonetheless. Labels: idiomatic Example: Well, I checked everything and I think it's wired up correctly, so I guess all that's left is to turn it on. Here goes nothing!
Word: pharmacology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English pharmacology From pharmaco- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌfɑɹməˈkɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. Labels: uncountable 2. The science of drugs, including their origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. Labels: uncountable
Word: prevaricating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prevaricate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pharmacological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English pharmacology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English pharmacological From pharmacology + -ical. Pronunciation: /ˌfɑɹməkəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ 1. Of or having to do with pharmacology. Labels: not-comparable Example: This study aimed to comprehensively review and analyze existing in vivo animal studies and human clinical trials investigating the effects of meteoropathy on health and its pharmacological treatment.
Word: chemotherapeutic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English therapeutic English chemotherapeutic From chemo- + therapeutic. 1. Of or having to do with chemotherapy. Labels: not-comparable Example: But for a vast majority of cancers, more intensive regimens of standard chemotherapeutic drugs did not necessarily mean more survival.
Word: chemotherapeutic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chēmīader. English chemo- English therapeutic English chemotherapeutic From chemo- + therapeutic. 1. A chemical agent used in chemotherapy Example: Several novel chemotherapeutics that target specific signaling pathways are now available as anti-cancer agents including EGFR inhibitors and rapamycin.
Word: take on Part of Speech: verb 1. To acquire, bring in, or introduce. Example: The ship took on cargo in Norfolk yesterday. Example: The first of 14 Class 68s to be taken on by Chiltern Railways (68020) has been reliveried in the company's new dark blue livery. 2. To acquire, bring in, or introduce. Example: Taking on a first employee should be done with care and consideration. 3. To begin to have or exhibit. Labels: idiomatic Example: In the dark, the teddy bear took on the appearance of a fearsome monster. 4. To assume or take responsibility for. Labels: idiomatic Example: I'll take on the project if no one else will. Example: This type of marriage was always fraught with divorce because in most cases the old creditor, instead of allowing one of his male children to marry the girl, would take her on himself. For the fact that flirting was a serious taboo within the society, the girl would bolt away[…]. 5. To attempt to fight, compete with, or engage with. Labels: idiomatic Example: I don't recommend taking on that bully, since he's bigger than you are. Example: “I’ll bet, despite the fact that the Tenhausens picked you as a soul-mate for June Atterman, that if Beth Hillyer took of[f] her clothes and shook herself at you, you’d point right in the air and be ready to take her on.” 6. To (attempt to) dribble round (an opposition player). Example: He drifted past four Palace players and took on two more before crossing to the far post, where Fellaini touched on for Mata to score. It was a momentum-shifting moment. 7. To catch on, do well; to become popular. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: He had enough money to stock it well, and it took on; but the side of the business he did best on was his travelling shop. 8. To grieve or be concerned (about something or someone). Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: But I am one of those that never take on about princely fortunes, and am quite content if the world is ready to board and lodge me, while I am putting up at this grim sign of the Thunder Cloud. Example: So she hung crying, lopsided and ludicrous on the seat of the buggy […]. People passing looked at her and wondered why she was taking on. There was something almost obscene about a strong, healthy woman blubbering in the sunlight in that public place. 9. To enlist into military service. Labels: UK, intransitive
Word: cruft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Circa 1959, MIT Tech Model Railroad Club. Unknown origin; possibly from Cruft Hall, built in 1915 as a gift from a donor named Harriet Otis Cruft. Cruft Hall was the radar laboratory of Harvard's physics department during the Second World War, which contained much old and unused technical equipment. Possibly blend of crust + fluff, both of which may form on old abandoned things, or influenced by crud. Pronunciation: /kɹʌft/ 1. Anything that is old or of inferior quality. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: Students “still think of privacy as ‘the one secret I don’t want revealed,’ and that’s not the problem. Their problem is all the stuff that’s the cruft, the data dandruff, of life, that they don’t think of as secret in any way, but which aggregates to stuff that they don't want anybody to know,” Moglen said. Example: The document just goes on at length in the same way, picking out the sort of cruft that’s been littering Trump’s Twitter feed since Nov. 3 and tying it all into one stinky package. It’s sincerely not worth running through the entire litany again; simply consider The Post’s Fact Checker articles as an effective rejoinder. 2. Redundant, old or improperly written code, especially that which accumulates over time. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: The PEB includes the list of loaded modules (i.e., the EXE and DLLs), the memory containing environment strings, the current working directory, and data for managing the process’ heaps—as well as lots of special-case Win32 cruft that has been added over time. Example: Best developer practices run the gamut from keeping the cruft out of your code to ensuring your code is accessible to all your application or site’s users. 3. Meaningless or gratuitous content displayed on computer consoles in visual entertainment productions. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: cruft Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Circa 1959, MIT Tech Model Railroad Club. Unknown origin; possibly from Cruft Hall, built in 1915 as a gift from a donor named Harriet Otis Cruft. Cruft Hall was the radar laboratory of Harvard's physics department during the Second World War, which contained much old and unused technical equipment. Possibly blend of crust + fluff, both of which may form on old abandoned things, or influenced by crud. Pronunciation: /kɹʌft/ 1. To generate cruft. Labels: slang
Word: lamasery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama. Pronunciation: /ləˈmɑːsəɹi/ 1. A monastery for lamas. Example: purposeful melody, reminding veterans of duty on the Himalayan station, of transmundane melody performed upon ancient horns fashioned from the thigh-bones of long-departed priests, in wind-beaten lamaseries miles above the level of a sea at this distance belonging more to legend than geography.
Word: transmissible spongiform encephalopathy Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fatal, incurable degenerative disease of the brain transmitted by prions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: TSE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Tokyo Stock Exchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Toronto Stock Exchange (now TSX) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 3. Initialism of Test of Spoken English. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Torque Shader Engine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TSE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of testicular self-examination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: attractiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English attractive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English attractiveness From attractive + -ness. 1. The state of being attractive or engaging. Labels: uncountable Example: Given the vivacious young redhead's attractiveness, some might have assumed he had more than simply professional reasons for sheepdogging her career, but they would have been wrong. He'd seen something in her ... Example: The plants are equally attractive when different-colored zebrinas are trained on a fan-shaped or rectangular trellis. The rose-colored flowers, of which new ones blossom each morning, add to the attractiveness of this viny, succulent herb. 2. The result of being attractive. Labels: countable