nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: capitonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English capital Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνῠμᾰ (ónŭmă)der. New Latinder. English -onym English capitonym From capital + -onym. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɪtə(ˌ)nɪm/ 1. A case-sensitive word: a word that changes meaning (and in some instances pronunciation) when the letter case used to write it is changed: whether (usually) the casing of its initial letter or (in other instances) the casing of its other letters as well.
Word: chocaholic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Classical Nahuatl chocolātlbor. Spanish chocolatebor. English choc(olate) Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Medieval Latin alcoholder. Middle English alcofol English alcohol Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English alcoholic English -oholic English -aholic English chocaholic From choc(olate) + -aholic. 1. Alternative spelling of chocoholic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cross compiler Part of Speech: noun 1. A compiler that generates code for a platform other than the one it runs on.
Word: highland dance Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of Scottish set step routine dancing.
Word: highland dance Part of Speech: verb 1. To take part in Highland dancing.
Word: crash space Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where one may crash (stay informally). Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: azimuthally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English azimuthal Middle English -ly English -ly English azimuthally From azimuthal + -ly. 1. In a manner with respect to the azimuth; with respect to the angle above a plane. Labels: not-comparable
Word: clock speed Part of Speech: noun 1. The rate, measured in hertz, at which a processor performs its fundamental operations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: deep geological repository Part of Speech: noun 1. A concept that involves the placement of long-lived radioactive waste, often spent nuclear fuel, in rooms excavated deep within stable, low-permeability bedrock.
Word: boresight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bore + sight. 1. The optical axis of a directional antenna. 2. A device mounted along the bore axis of a gun barrel for purposes of aligning the barrel with the gun's sights.
Word: boresight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bore + sight. 1. To use a boresight to align a gun barrel with the gun's sights. Example: A holiday spirit prevailed throughout the task group on these special days; stationkeeping was a bit more lax, and gun crews were off-duty so that the gunners could lubricate, adjust, and boresight their guns[…]
Word: paravirtualisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + virtualisation. 1. Alternative spelling of paravirtualization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: paravirtualization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English virtual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English virtualization English paravirtualization From para- + virtualization. 1. An approximate virtualization in which the emulated operating system has been modified for convenience or efficiency. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: characterology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek χαράσσω (kharássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Ancient Greek -τήρ (-tḗr) Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr)der. Latin charactērder. Old French caracterebor. Middle English caracter English character Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English -ology English characterology From character + -ology. 1. The study or attempted deduction of character in individuals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:characterology. 2. The belief in or study of the relationship between physical traits and psychological traits. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tympanic membrane Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of eardrum.
Word: myringitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myring- + -itis. 1. An inflammation of the eardrum. Labels: uncountable
Word: crop top Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Because the top is cropped. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒp ˌtɒp/ 1. A short T-shirt or blouse that is cut off above the abdomen, exposing the midriff.
Word: pomset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * By abbreviation. Pronunciation: /pɒmsɛt/ 1. Partial ordered multiset. Example: As usual, pomsets can be made setlike by requiring that the elements of the sets X should be chosen from a given set.
Word: tomset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * By abbreviation. Pronunciation: /tɒmsɛt/ 1. Totally ordered multiset.
Word: asphalt jungle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From W. R. Burnett's novel The Asphalt Jungle (1949). 1. A city or urban area, where the landscape is covered by pavement and the environment is alienating and unsafe. Labels: idiomatic Example: The sound track tingles with cool jazz, the dry atonal music of the asphalt jungle. Example: Harlem comes through as an urban hothouse mean with exotic hustle and violence, a tangible asphalt jungle with its own abrasive laws of motion.
Word: catchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin captus Proto-Indo-European *-yetider. Latin -io Vulgar Latin *captiāre Old French chacierbor. Anglo-Norman cachierbor. Middle English cacchen English catch Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English catchable From catch + -able. 1. That can be caught. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] arranged so that said one of said intermediate hinge pins is catchable and embracable between both of said second parts, said second part having a respective pressing surface which is pressable against said one of said intermediate hinge pins when in a catch position, […]
Word: catapultier Part of Speech: noun 1. The operator of a catapult.
Word: chillis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chilli Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diffeomorphic Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a diffeomorphism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gsm Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of grams per square metre (unit for measuring the weight of paper). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: It produces grayback and whiteback coated duplex of 250-400 gsm.
Word: playthrough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + through. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪˌθɹu/ 1. The act, or a recording, of playing a game from start to finish. Example: I've started as many new playthroughs just to try a new idea for a centaur rifleman or steel-plated pugilist as I have because my last character met a grisly end after getting their head erupted by a psychic duelist. […] As exciting as my newest character build might be, it's Qud's setting that makes that next playthrough so appealing. 2. The cumulative monetary amount that must be wagered before an account may be withdrawn, typically stated as a multiple of the initial deposit.
Word: bitplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of bit + plane. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt.pleɪn/ 1. The set of bits stored at the same relative position in each byte and thus having comparable effects on the overall data, used for sound and image processing, etc.
Word: bit plane Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bitplane. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: EBM Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /iːbiːˈɛm/ 1. Initialism of evidence-based medicine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of electronic body music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: A number of nights now steer away from the EBM of yesteryear. The scene is alive and kicking with plenty of new bands that aren't reliant on synths. Example: Modern industrial music subgenres and fusion-genres include EBM, futurepop, power-noise, aggrotech (terror-EBM), coldwave, elektro, dark-electro, and industrial-metal. Yes, it can be quite confusing.
Word: saved game Part of Speech: noun 1. A block of saved data, representing the player's progress in a game, that can be restored at a later time for continued play.
Word: savegame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From save + game. 1. A saved game. Labels: sometimes
Word: tokenize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English token Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English tokenize From token + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊ.kən.aɪz/ 1. To reduce to a token or set of tokens by lexical analysis. Labels: transitive 2. To substitute sensitive data with meaningless placeholders. Labels: transitive 3. To treat as a token minority. Labels: transitive
Word: tokenise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of tokenize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tokeniser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tokenise + -er. 1. Alternative spelling of tokenizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: non-interactive Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of noninteractive. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: lighter fluid Part of Speech: noun 1. fuel in fluid form used in a cigarette lighter Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crivens Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of crivvens. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: false killer whale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From false + killer whale; so called for certain similarities to orcas (killer whales). 1. A dolphin of species Pseudorca crassidens, one of the larger dolphin species.
Word: false killer whales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of false killer whale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubber boa Part of Speech: noun 1. A snake of species Charina bottae, found in the western United States.
Word: in-engine Part of Speech: adj 1. Rendered in real-time or pre-rendered by the game engine. Labels: especially, not-comparable
Word: broad daylight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From broad (“(archaic) to the full extent”) + daylight. Pronunciation: /bɹɔːd ˈdeɪlaɪt/, /bɹɔd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/, /bɹɑd ˈdeɪˌlaɪt/ 1. Abundant natural illumination in daytime, producing clear visibility; hence, daytime. Labels: uncountable Example: VVhen half a dozen ingenous Men are got together over a Glaſs of VVine, by a chearful Fire, in a Room vvell lighted, vve baniſh vvith eaſe all the Spectres of Fancy or Education, and are very clear in our Deciſions. But, as I vvas taking a ſolitary VValk before it vvas broad Day-light in yonder Grove, methought the Point vvas not quite ſo clear; nor cou'd I readily recollect the Force of thoſe Arguments, vvhich uſed to appear ſo concluſive at other Times. Example: Broad daylight illumined the apartment, for the sun was high in heaven, though obscured by rolling masses of autumnal vapour. 2. Chiefly preceded by in: the full view of observers during the day. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: The bank robbery took place in broad daylight. Example: 'But surely,' protested Peter half-heartedly, 'he couldn't carry on a racket like that in broad daylight and get away with it?'
Word: snoezelen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch snoezelen. 1. controlled multisensory stimulation, a type of therapy Labels: uncountable
Word: rusty trombone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to the hand-mouth coordination and motions required while playing the trombone, and the rust-color of fecal matter. 1. The act of simultaneously performing anilingus and a hand job. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: The “RustyTrombone" you know that I think that is the oldest of all these sickening things uh, 'cause I heard that one years and years and years ago. Example: What I did to your mom last night. I think is called a rusty trombone or maybe it's a cherry cheese danish.
Word: compos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpəʊz/ 1. plural of compo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compos Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɒs/, /ˈkɒmpəʊs/ 1. compos mentis; of sound mind; sane Labels: not-comparable
Word: savestate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From save + state. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪvˌsteɪt/ 1. A file that contains an emulator's or virtualizer's state at the moment it was saved to disk. The file contains the contents of the memory, registers and other pertinent data that allows the user to resume the application from the moment the file was created.
Word: virtualizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From virtualize + -er. 1. Software that provides virtualization services.
Word: save state Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of savestate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: risk appetite Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of risk that an investor or other entity is willing to accept in pursuit of a return.
Word: apos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of apo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ronson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ronson, manufacturer of lighters, in reference to their 1940s jingle "Lights first every time". Pronunciation: /ˈrɒnsən/ 1. M4 Sherman tank - due to the proclivity of Shermans to burst into flames from a single hit Labels: UK, obsolete, slang
Word: RRAT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of rotating radio transient: a type of pulsar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: C-rat Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of C-ration. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: cocinera Part of Speech: noun 1. A female cook, in Spanish-speaking regions.
Word: monoline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English line English monoline From mono- + line. 1. A company operating in only one industry or line of business; often specifically a bank specializing in credit card issuance. Example: The other leading monolines in 2002 were Capital One and Providian. 2. An insurer specialized in insuring investment-grade securities against loss. Example: The premium charged by the monoline is not for funding expected losses, as with insurance, but for enhancing an investment-grade security to a AAA level. 3. A font line of consistent width, as occurs when imitating pencil script. Example: […] monolines appear everywhere in the art of the Western letter, and have shaped the alphabet's development as much as the edged line of the broad pen. 4. A length of monofilament line, used for culturing forms of seaweed. Example: A module consists of 21 monolines; a monoline on the other hand is 20 feet (6 m) long and consists of a nylon line plus 3 stakes— 2 at both ends and one at the middle— and 30 plants. 5. A type of composing machine in which each line of type is cast as a single slug. Labels: dated Example: With the straight matter being set on the linotype or monoline, the hand compositor was left with what he claimed was the most 'skilled' part of his old work. 6. A single spectrum line. Example: The spectrum of the MS sample also includes the central broad singlet of the nitrous austenite, which is simulated as the superposition of a monoline and a doublet.
Word: beene Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of been. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: check scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A scale used in a filling operation to indicate the proper filling level has been reached.
Word: zero coupon Part of Speech: noun 1. A non-existent coupon. Labels: attributive, usually Example: They decided to issue a note with a zero coupon. 2. A financial security that does not pay interest periodically. Example: Their trademarked financial structure involved issuing several kinds of zero coupons.
Word: legal age Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of age of majority.
Word: word count Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of words in a passage, a text, a speech, a corpus, etc. Example: At NIE cafeteria, we estimated the total word count of the combined signage to be about 3000 words.
Word: paederotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: paedo- (“child”) + -erotic, on the pattern of homoerotic. Pronunciation: /ˌpiːdɛˈɹɒtɪk/ 1. Presenting children in an erotic light; concerned with paederastic feelings or relationships. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: In this case the fluctuation of the style in a single line is localized on a small scale, but it may of course pederotic poem? Example: Now came the quid pro quo of patronage, and the first painting M did for his cardinal betrayed a panicky sense of claustrophobia as M was gently directed into a musical allegory slash paederotic fantasy that belonged to no time or place.
Word: Tarnów Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Tarnów. 1. A city in southeastern Poland.
Word: Chorzów Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Polish Chorzów. 1. A southern Polish city near Katowice in Silesia on the River Rawa.
Word: Kalisz Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Polish Kalisz. 1. A city and county of Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Word: Koszalin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Koszalin. 1. A city and county of West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Word: Legnica Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland.
Word: Grudziądz Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland.
Word: Słupsk Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Słupsk. 1. A city in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
Word: Jaworzno Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Silesian Voivodeship, in southern Poland.
Word: Jelenia Góra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Jelenia Góra. 1. A city in southwestern Poland.
Word: rhymeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rhyme Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English rhymeless From rhyme + -less. 1. Without rhymes. Labels: not-comparable Example: a rhymeless poem 2. Not rhymable; having no perfect rhymes. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Orange" is widely considered to be a rhymeless word. 3. Senseless; without rhyme or reason. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: Newfoundland English Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of English spoken in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Labels: uncountable
Word: landskap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish landskap. 1. A province in various Scandinavian countries.
Word: cut wind Part of Speech: verb 1. To pass gas; to break wind. Labels: informal
Word: concretization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English concrete Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English concretization From concrete + -ization. 1. The process of concretizing a general principle or idea by delineating, particularizing, or exemplifying it. Labels: uncountable Example: There are certain fields in general economics that are at present not so much in need of a broadening of the theoretical basis as in need of a minute working-out and concretization. Example: [Law] proceeds from the general (abstract) to the individual (particular); it is a process of increasing individualization and concretization. 2. Something specific which is the result of a process of concretizing a general principle or idea. Labels: countable Example: This movement gave Sherman his first image—a roller skate—a concretization of pure motion. Example: Vodicka's reception history is an empirical study of the post-genesis fortunes of literary works as attested in recorded concretizations (diaries, memoirs, letters, critical reviews, and essays). 3. An inability to generalize or perform abstraction accompanied by excessive concentration on specific details, as in a mental disorder or in cognition by children. Labels: uncountable Example: Another [patient] commented on the fact that the consultant had referred to two of them as "boys" in the demonstration. The concretization of a schizophrenic is exemplified here. One man thought this word meant that the consultant, in order "to keep things on the level of boy-girl, wanted everyone else to consider her as a girl, so the boys and girls could communicate."
Word: concretisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of concretization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ensemblists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ensemblist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pillow lava Part of Speech: noun 1. The rock type, resembling pillows, typically formed when lava emerges from an underwater volcanic vent or a lava flow enters the ocean. Labels: uncountable 2. A rock of that type. Labels: countable Example: Ancient pillow lavas are easily recognisable. I first saw them underneath a lighthouse on the coast near Fishguard in western Wales […]
Word: greenstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From green + stone. 1. Any of several green-hued minerals used for making various artefacts in early Mesoamerican cultures, e.g. greenschist, chlorastrolite, serpentine, omphacite, or chrysoprase. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The pounamu, the green-hued minerals of New Zealand used by the Māori to make tools, ornaments and weapons (any of three varieties of nephrite jade or one variety of bowenite). Labels: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable
Word: arctic circle Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Arctic Circle. Labels: alt-of
Word: hexuronic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any uronic acid, such as ascorbic acid, derived from a hexose
Word: expos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of expo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hurra Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of hurrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hurra! long live the friendly, generous Dwarfs!
Word: hurra Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hurrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hurra Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of hurrah. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: modern algebra Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of mathematics that deals with groups, monoids, fields, and like algebraic structures. Labels: uncountable
Word: wide boy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to wide awake, i.e. sharp-witted, open-eyed, with wide open eyes. 1. A man who lives by his wits, wheeling and dealing. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang Example: Much amusement at Westminster about David Mellor, a wide boy if ever there was one. Someone tapped his girlfriend's phone and sold the tape to The People. Very funny stuff—all about how knackered he was.
Word: upcomming Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of upcoming. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: radicant Part of Speech: adj 1. Taking root on, or above, the ground; rooting from the stem, like the trumpet creeper and the ivy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sequuntur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sequuntur (“they follow”), third-person plural form of sequor (“to follow”). Pronunciation: /sɛˈkwʊntʊə/ 1. plural of sequitur Labels: form-of, plural Example: To the north is where the shipwreck occurred. So it takes a stretch of imagination to figure those statutes (et sequuntur) authorize the governor to practice napalming shipwrecks floundering half-mired on the sand spit slightly north of Coos Bay.
Word: posterize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From poster + -ize (suffix forming verbs denoting something which is done or made). Sense 1.1 (“to reduce the number of colours”) refers to the original use of the process to produce posters. Sense 1.2 (“to score a slam dunk in basketball against (one or more opposing players) by leaping over them”) refers to the action being so spectacular as to warrant a photograph of it being printed on a poster. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊstəɹaɪz/, /ˈpoʊstəˌɹaɪz/ 1. To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in (a photograph or other image), changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones with abrupt changes from one tone to another. Labels: transitive 2. To score a slam dunk in basketball against (one or more opposing players) by leaping over them; also (by extension, sports, slang), to score a goal, a point, etc., in some other sport against (one or more opposing players) in a spectacular manner. Labels: Canada, US, slang, transitive Example: Probably, [Sam] Perkins just wanted to get out of the way and not be "posterized," which is what happens when the dunkee is humiliated by the dunker. But [Michael] Jordan thought Perkins, his college teammate, would try to block the dunk, so he switched the ball from his right to his left hand at chest level. […] Jordan extended his left hand, and flipped the ball off glass, with reverse spin, into the basket. […] Only one other such spectacular shot in a game of consequence comes to mind, the time in the 1980 NBA finals when Julius Erving wrapped himself around the basket, going out of bounds while in the air in the process, and posterized Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Mark Landsberger with a reverse one-hand flip off the glass. 3. To inadvertently or intentionally reduce the number of colours in a photograph or other image, changing a continuous gradation of tone to several regions of fewer tones with abrupt changes from one tone to another. Labels: intransitive
Word: thank one's lucky stars Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the belief that it is the alignment of the stars which brings about good fortune. 1. To be grateful, feel oneself fortunate, consider oneself lucky (especially in avoiding some calamity). Labels: idiomatic Example: He thanked his lucky stars he had brought the extra heavy duty conduits in that morning.
Word: neural tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A hollow longitudinal dorsal tube formed in the folding and subsequent fusion of the opposite ectodermal folds in the embryo that gives rise to the brain and spinal cord.
Word: hamster wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A circular cage for a hamster or other small rodent, which rotates vertically as the animal runs at its base. 2. A monotonous, repetitive, unfulfilling activity, especially one in which no progress is achieved. Labels: broadly, figuratively Example: The overall mood of this volume is one of melancholy and loss, weary resignation to one's lot—trudging round and round on the rusty hamster wheel of life. Example: Before the current pandemic, the rail industry appeared to be trapped on an ever-accelerating hamster wheel, trying to keep up with customer demand and political expectation on an essentially historic system itself exposed to greater impacts of climate change.
Word: hamster wheel Part of Speech: verb 1. To cycle fruitlessly. Labels: idiomatic, informal, intransitive Example: I was shocked that I'd forgotten about the game that morning, but my mind had hamster-wheeled around for hours during the night, long after I should have been asleep. Example: But my brain was hamster-wheeling on that one hopefully-not-true-but-probably-was fact.
Word: non sequuntur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin nōn sequuntur (literally “they do not follow”), third-person plural form of nōn sequī (literally “to not follow”). Pronunciation: /nɒn sɛˈkwʊntʊə/ 1. plural of non sequitur Labels: form-of, plural Example: We cannot be told that our arguments are vitiated by a fallacy, that our quod erat demonstranda involve too many non sequuntur : we cannot even be told that our campaign represents a policy of perfections, of unattainable ne plus ultrae. Example: Thaank^([sic]) you, Mr Fnordling-5, for your most uplifting contribution; in return, I offer you telices (so much classier than telexes) and non sequuntur.
Word: clough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clough, clow, cloȝ, from Old English *clōh, from Proto-West Germanic *klą̄h (“cleft, sluice, abyss”), of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”). Cognate with Scots cleuch (“gorge; ravine”), Old High German klāh (in placenames), Old High German klingo, klinga (“brook, cataract, gulf, rapids”). Perhaps conflated or influenced by Old Norse klofi (“a cleft or rift in a hill, ravine”); compare Dutch kloof (“a slit, crevice, chink”). See also cling, clove. Pronunciation: /klʌf/, /klaʊ/ 1. A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge. Labels: Northern-England, US Example: The day-sky glimmered on the dew[…] And lurked in heath and braken clough Example: These beds form no good escarpments southward of the clough; but they appear to be higher than the corresponding beds on the opposite side; there would thus seem to be a fault in the valley downthrowing on the west, but it is quite hidden by débris. 2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. Example: I have, accordingly, estimated the depth of drain at the lower end to be 1 foot 6 inches deeper than the fill of the clough, and given it a progressive rise to suit with 5 feet depth below the surface at its head. Example: When the spring tide begins to ebb, the flood gate is opened to admit the tide, the clough having been previously shut by the weight of water brouht up the river by the flow of the tide. As the tide ebbs down the river, the weight or pressure of water being taken from the outside of the clough next the river, the tide water that has been previously admitted by the flood gate opens the clough again, and discharges itself slowly but completely through it. 3. The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch. Labels: dialectal Example: The same praise should not be refused to the North-countryman who talks of "the clough" of the tree, literally the valley, the cleft, where the branches part. 4. A wood; weald. Labels: dialectal
Word: clough Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cloff (“allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, historical Example: Tare, Trett, and Clough, are to be deducted out of the Gross Weight; and the remainder is the Neat Weight of such Goods; for which the trader pays the Merchant who sells them, at so much per Hundred, Pound, &c. according to Agreement. Example: 4. Clough, which is an Allowance in every Draught of the Scale, that the Weight may hold out in case they are re-weigh'd. Tare, Tret, and Clough, are to be deducted out of the Gross Weight, and the remainder is the neat Weight of the Goods.
Word: tret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French traire, from Latin trahēre. Pronunciation: /tɹɛt/ 1. An allowance to purchasers, for waste or refuse matter, of four pounds on every 104 pounds of suttle weight, or weight after the tare is deducted. Labels: obsolete
Word: tret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tretinoin. Pronunciation: /tɹɛt/ 1. Clipping of tretinoin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, uncountable, usually Example: Important to keep in mind: It usually takes up to three months to see a difference with tretinoin. So don’t expect miracles in a matter of a few weeks. However! Because I had been using tret previously, it really was like I just added the tranexamic acid and topical spiro to my routine.
Word: tret Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English, analogous with Germanic verbs such as meet, met. Pronunciation: /tɹɛt/ 1. simple past and past participle of treat, i.e. treated. Labels: Northern-England, colloquial, form-of, participle, past
Word: suttle Part of Speech: noun 1. The weight of a commodity shipment after deduction of the weight of the container, before allowance of tret.
Word: suttle Part of Speech: verb 1. To act as sutler; to supply provisions and other articles to troops.
Word: suttle Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of subtle. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: cloffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cloughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cloff Part of Speech: noun 1. An allowance of two pounds in every three hundredweight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. Labels: historical
Word: trets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hundredweights Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hundredweight Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mobilia sequuntur personam Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Latin mōbilia (“chattels”) + sequuntur (“they follow”) + persōnam (“person”) = “chattels follow the person”. 1. Common law doctrine holding that personal property held by a person is governed by the same law that governs that person, so that if a person who is legally domiciled in one jurisdiction dies with property in a second jurisdiction, that property is legally treated as though it were in the first jurisdiction. Labels: archaic
Word: Therapeut Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of an ancient monastic sect of Egyptian Jews. Labels: historical
Word: settles down Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of settle down Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: settling down Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of settle down Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: settled down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of settle down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sumping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sumped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sump Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nudans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nudan. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Drukpa Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa). 1. Of, from, or pertaining to Bhutan or the Bhutanese people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Sometimes (more narrowly) pertaining to the main ethnic group within Bhutan. Labels: not-comparable Example: Other valleys are inhabited by other ethnic groups but it is Drukpa culture that dominates when defining the national language, dress, religion, and architecture. 3. Pertaining to the Drukpa Kagyu (Drukpa Kargyu) or Drukpa sect of Tibetan Buddhism. Labels: not-comparable Example: His disciple spread the Drukpa school in western Tibet.
Word: Drukpa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa). 1. A person from Bhutan or of Bhutanese descent.
Word: Drukpa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha and Tibetan འབྲུག་པ ('brug pa, “Bhutanese”). derived from the Tibetan words for "Dragon" (འབྲུག, druk) and "person" (pa). 1. The Drukpa Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Word: brella Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of umbrella. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: cognitive psychology Part of Speech: noun 1. A branch of psychology that examines internal mental processes such as problem solving, memory, and language. Labels: uncountable
Word: cognitive science Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British chemist and cognitive scientist H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins in his commentary on the Lighthill report (1973). 1. The multidisciplinary study of mind and behavior.
Word: perfect fifth Part of Speech: noun 1. An interval equal to that of between the second and third harmonics of the harmonic series. In twelve-tone equal temperament, it spans seven semitones or five degrees of the diatonic scale. Example: The perfect fifth has a pitch ratio close to 3:2.
Word: bracteate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin bracteātus (“gold-plated, golden”), from bractea (“gold leaf, veneer, glitter”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, bract + -eate (second element from -ea + -ate). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaktiːət/ 1. Having bracts. 2. Made of thin, beaten metal (of coins, ornaments etc. with a hollow underside).
Word: bracteate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin bracteātus (“gold-plated, golden”), from bractea (“gold leaf, veneer, glitter”) + -ātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, bract + -eate (second element from -ea + -ate). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹaktiːət/ 1. A bracteate coin or other object.
Word: nominalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French nominalisme. By surface analysis, nominal + -ism. 1. A doctrine that universals do not have an existence except as names for classes of concrete objects. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Blumenberg's thesis, which has since been reiterated by a number of philosophers and historians, is that nominalism, as it became widespread in Protestant theology, led to the Enlightenment, disenchantment, and the scientific revolution.
Word: juj Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally borrowed from Polari zhoosh. 1. Alternative spelling of zhoosh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cathedral close Part of Speech: noun 1. An enclosed precinct surrounding a cathedral.
Word: wordprocessing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of word processing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: wordprocessing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wordprocess Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wordprocessor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of word processor. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: wordprocessed Part of Speech: adj 1. Prepared using a word processor. Labels: not-comparable Example: Essays should be typed or wordprocessed, double-spaced.
Word: wordprocessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wordprocess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dinner lady Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of school dinner lady. 1. A woman employed to serve food in a school or work canteen. Labels: UK, informal Example: Ten years to the month after Jamie Oliver began his school food revolution – with the help of a formidable dinner lady called Nora Sands at Kidbrooke school in south London – a small inner-city primary on the other side of the Thames is doing its best to give it a new lease of life.
Word: option button Part of Speech: noun 1. A radio button.
Word: atheize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the root of atheistic + -ize. 1. To render (someone) atheistic. Labels: rare, transitive Example: After this manner, authority vvorking in a circle, they endeavoured to atheize one another. Example: In like manner, it ought not to be predicated of a French party—and of a party comprehending Despresmenil, Bailly, Maury, Mounier—that because one Robinet was suffered to read an impudent atheistical disquisition in a lodge aat Lyons, it is therefore plainly the main object of free-masonry to atheize the universe. 2. To become atheistic. Labels: intransitive, rare Example: A considerable observation of Plato's, that it is not only moral vitiosity, which inclines men to atheize, but also an affectation of seeming wiser than the generality of mankind; […]
Word: kuffar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Arabic كُفَّار (kuffār), the plural form of كَافِر (kāfir). Pronunciation: /kʌˈfɑː/ 1. plural of kafir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aïoli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aioli. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: atheise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of atheize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: traject Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin trāiectus, from trāiciō: compare French trajet. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. A place for passing across; a passage; a ferry. Labels: obsolete Example: What notes and garments he doth give thee, Bring to the traject, to the common ferry, Which trades to Venice. 2. The act of trajecting; trajection. Labels: obsolete 3. A trajectory. Labels: obsolete Example: a mental traject from world to world
Word: traject Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin trāiectus, from trāiciō: compare French trajet. Pronunciation: /tɹəˈd͡ʒɛkt/ 1. To throw or cast through, over, or across. Labels: transitive Example: [H]is Beams have much less of the Atmosphere to Traject in their Passage to our Eyes
Word: antibaryon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English baryon English antibaryon From anti- + baryon. 1. The antiparticle corresponding to a baryon. Labels: particle Example: To have anti-iron we need the fundamental antifermions (positrons), the antiparticles (antimesons and antibaryons) and the property that these antiparticles must interact like the particles in order to have the antinucleus of the iron.
Word: weretiger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From were- + tiger. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪətaɪɡə/, /ˈwɛətaɪɡə/, /ˈwɛɹtaɪɡɚ/, /ˈwɪɹtaɪɡɚ/ 1. A creature of Southeast Asian myth; a shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a tiger.
Word: lunch lady Part of Speech: noun 1. A dinner lady. Labels: US
Word: wererat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From were- + rat. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪəɹæt/, /ˈwɛəɹæt/, /ˈwɛɹæt/, /ˈwɪɹæt/ 1. A shapeshifter who can assume the shape of a rat. Example: The only other animal he'd seen hadn't been an animal at all, but a wererat who had given him a curious look before darting away into an alley.
Word: kickban Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From kick + ban. 1. To kick and ban (a user) from an Internet activity, such as IRC. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: As soon as the admin arrived I was kickbanned from the channel with no explanation.
Word: simonise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of simonize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yelloch Part of Speech: verb 1. To yell loudly Labels: Scotland
Word: yellow birch Part of Speech: noun 1. A birch tree of species Betula alleghaniensis, native to cool-temperate eastern North America.
Word: scriptable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English scriptable From script + -able. 1. That can be extended or automated through scripting. Labels: not-comparable
Word: scriptable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin scrīptum Old French escritbor. Middle English scrit English script Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English scriptable From script + -able. 1. Something that can be extended or automated through scripting. Example: The Ark engine itself has a module for Lua scriptables, and in particular the animation files (.anm) are defined with the Lua module.
Word: yellow jessamine Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of vine native to Central America and North America, Gelsemium sempervirens Labels: uncountable
Word: yellow perch Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of perch found in North America, Perca flavescens, having a more yellowy colour than other species of perch.
Word: yellow pine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color. Labels: Eastern, US, countable, uncountable 2. Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color. Labels: US, Western, countable, uncountable 3. Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color. Labels: New-Zealand, countable, uncountable 4. Any of various trees with wood of a yellow color. Labels: Australia, countable, uncountable 5. Wood from any of these trees. Labels: uncountable
Word: yellow poplar Part of Speech: noun 1. Liriodendron tulipifera, a species of tree in the magnolia family, found in North America, with pale green or yellow leaves.
Word: yellow sheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formerly printed on yellow paper. 1. A criminal record. Labels: US, slang
Word: aircraft engine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any engine used to propel an aircraft, including jet engines and rocket engines etc.
Word: yellow warbler Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of certain small, yellow-colored songbird, including: 2. Any of certain small, yellow-colored songbird, including:
Word: yellowbird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yellow + bird. 1. The yellow warbler 2. the American goldfinch
Word: yellow-bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yellowbird. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: yellow-breasted chat Part of Speech: noun 1. A large yellow-colored songbird found on the American continent, Icteria virens Example: Still, he describes [...] the yellow-breasted chats and tundra swans that would appear in his yard, looking for seed.
Word: yellow-haired Part of Speech: adj 1. Blond, having yellow-colored hair. Labels: not-comparable Example: I was down at the New Amsterdam / Staring at this yellow-haired girl
Word: vegelate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of vegetable + chocolate. 1. Chocolate containing vegetable fat (not a permitted ingredient in parts of the European Union). Labels: derogatory, rare, uncountable Example: France and Belgium led the drive for British chocolate to be renamed 'vegelate' before it could be sold abroad, but they lost that battle. Now an updated EU chocolate directive obliges all EU countries to accept all chocolate[…]
Word: yellow-hammer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of yellowhammer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: new media Part of Speech: noun 1. Interactive digital media, such as the Internet, as opposed to traditional media such as print and television. Labels: dated, uncountable Example: What is new media? We may begin answering this question by listing the categories commonly discussed under this topic in the popular press: the Internet, Web sites, computer multimedia, computer games, CD-ROMs and DVD, virtual reality. Example: The techno-pessimists who see new media as commodified by corporations and the market as any ‘old media’ have also missed the point.
Word: yellowlegs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yellowleg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yellowlegs Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of yellowleg.
Word: pine needle Part of Speech: noun 1. An adult leaf of an adult pine tree. Example: These he held aside, ushering her into a dark sanctuary resinously scented and thickly carpeted with pine needles.
Word: greater yellowlegs Part of Speech: noun 1. A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca.
Word: lesser yellowlegs Part of Speech: noun 1. A shorebird of North America characterized by its yellow legs (Tringa flavipes).
Word: laissez-passer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French laissez-passer. Pronunciation: /ˌlɛseɪ ˈpɑːseɪ/ 1. A pass or permit; a document permitting the bearer to travel, sometimes issued as an emergency passport. Example: ‘Find the British Consul, and Jane can claim she lost her money and passport. He'll issue her with some kind of laissez-passer.’