nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: chokecherry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From choke + cherry, so called from the extreme astringency of the fresh fruit. 1. Any of several American wild cherry trees, especially Prunus virginiana. Example: The youngster-loved chokecherry grows both as a bushy shrub and as a tree seldom higher than 22 feet, its branches bending with clusters of darkening red or blackish purple berrylike drupes . . . 2. The fruit of this plant. Example: There were handfuls of chokecherries for dessert and a lemonade made from sumac.
Word: chophouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chop + house. For Chinese customs sense, see chop (“quality”). 1. An inexpensive restaurant that specializes in chops or steaks; a steakhouse. Labels: historical Example: Temple & his Brother & I dined in their chambers where we had dinner brought thinking it a more genteel & agreable way than in a Chophouse. Example: But franchisers don't sell many of their thirty-three billion hamburgers per year in blue highway towns where chophouses must draw customers through continuing quality rather than national advertising. 2. Any restaurant. Labels: Nigeria 3. A custom house in China where transit duties are levied. Example: the South Chop-house on the southern shore of the river bears S.S.W.
Word: nemine contradicente Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin nemine contradicente (“with nobody contradicting”). Pronunciation: /nɛˈmiˑne kɒntɹædiˈkɛnte/, /nɛˈmɪne kɒntɹədɪˈsɛnte/ 1. With nobody contradicting; by consensus; without dissent. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: The patents of 9, 13, The 2 proclamations, the Indenture and proclamations of 16 et 18, both in the creation, makynge, grantyng, and execution, by question (nemine contradicente) found greevances. Example: 75. On the 11ᵗʰ of May, 1759, the Lords amend a turnpike road Bill, by inſerting a clauſe, “That no gate ſhall be erected within a mile of Enſham Ferry”. The conſideration of this amendment is reſolved, nemine contradicente, to be put off for a month.
Word: choppers Part of Speech: noun 1. Teeth. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only 2. Dentures. Labels: informal, plural, plural-only 3. plural of chopper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: choppers Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English chop(stick) English -er English -ers English choppers From chop(stick) + -ers. 1. chopsticks Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: Another way to save trees and cut down on waste is to carry your own chopsticks around with you, which you can use instead of the ubiquitous waribashi (disposable chopsticks) that are provided in restaurants. One simple way to acquire your own personal set of choppers is to take away the first nice pair of waribashi that you are given in a restaurant. Example: I consider myself pretty expert with chopsticks, but I never before had to use them to retrieve noodles from a hot pot. Every time one of us fumbled with the choppers, it drew laughter from the sidelines.
Word: chordal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chord + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː.dəl/, /ˈkɔɹ.dəl/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of chords. Labels: not-comparable Example: They play very well together, with Vogl providing the melodic and chordal framework and Shanbaum riffing over it. 2. Having an accompaniment of chords rather than a countermelody. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having a notochord; chordate Labels: not-comparable 4. For a graph, in which all cycles of four or more vertices have a chord. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chortler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chortle + -er. 1. Someone who chortles
Word: chronically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chronic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English chronically From chronic + -ally. 1. In a chronic manner, or to a chronic degree. 2. Extremely. Example: They have established themselves as the greatest story of Euro 2016 and it feels almost like a trick of the imagination that it is only four years since they were ranked 133rd in the world. That, however, will not lessen the embarrassment for England, their departing manager and a set of players who chronically under-performed after Wayne Rooney’s early penalty.
Word: chuckhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chuck + hole. 1. A pothole.
Word: chug-a-lug Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of chugalug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chug-a-lug Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of chugalug. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: chug-a-lug Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chugalug. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chukka Part of Speech: noun 1. chukka boot 2. Alternative form of chukker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chukker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चक्कर (cakkar), from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, cycle, cyclus, kike, and wheel. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃʌ.kə/, /ˈt͡ʃʌ.kɚ/ 1. Any of the six playing periods, each 7½ minutes long, of a game of polo. Example: ‘Let's have another chukker.’
Word: chummily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English chummy Middle English -ly English -ly English chummily From chummy + -ly. 1. In a chummy manner
Word: pack horse Part of Speech: noun 1. A horse used for carrying luggage. Example: 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" The pack horse was sick - with a big, open sore rubbed under the belly.
Word: churchgoing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From church + going. 1. Regularly attending church; being a practicing Christian. Labels: not-comparable Example: Depend upon it, it is the more coarse and unrefined portion of the community who outrage the feelings of churchgoing people by Sabbath desecration.
Word: churchgoing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From church + going. 1. The practice of regularly attending church. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the midst of depression, religious activities rose in importance and more families went to church than even in 1918, when churchgoing was the most important social activity.
Word: churner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From churn + -er. 1. The vessel in which cream is churned to make butter. 2. A person who churns another inside their body.
Word: manuka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori mānuka. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːnʊkə/ 1. Leptospermum scoparium, a shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" There was nothing to be seen but wave after wave of tussock grass - patched with purple orchids and manuka bushes covered with thick spider webs. 2. The wood of this plant. Labels: uncountable
Word: tea tree Part of Speech: noun 1. The tea plant (Camellia sinensis), from which black, green, oolong and white tea are all obtained. 2. The tree Melaleuca alternifolia, from which tea tree oil is obtained. Example: It was a subject requiring the figure. The figure of a girl standing in the water, dappled by light and shade through the tea-tree, with the sunlit bank behind her. Bradly scanned the lagoon up and down, searching the clumps of mangrove for the figure of a girl. 3. A shrub or small tree native to New Zealand and southeast Australia (Leptospermum scoparium). 4. The kanuka, Kunzea ericoides. 5. The duke of Argyll's tea tree (Lycium barbarum), also known as wolfberry or matrimony vine. 6. The shrub ti (Cordyline fruticosa).
Word: galatea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Galatea, a British man-of-war, since the material was used for children's sailor suits. 1. A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave Example: He wore a blue galatea shirt, corduroy trousers and riding boots.
Word: transcutaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- English cutaneous English transcutaneous From trans- + cutaneous. 1. Penetrating, entering, passing through, or shining through the intact skin (as by light waves or sound waves); in contrast to percutaneous meaning through a disruption in the skin. Labels: not-comparable Example: Transcutaneous measurement of oxygen is a helpful monitoring procedure.
Word: wideawake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From wide awake. * (hat): From a pun in Punch magazine, relating to the fact that the hat had no nap. 1. A bird, the sooty tern. 2. A type of hat with a broad brim made of black or brown felt. Labels: historical Example: 1884, Henry James, "The Author of Beltraffio" in The English Illustrated Magazine 1 (9–10) (June–July 1884). "He carried his benevolence to the point of coming to meet me at the little station at which I was to alight, and my heart beat very fast as I saw his handsome face, surmounted with a soft wide-awake, and which I knew by a photograph long since enshrined upon my mantel shelf, scanning the carriage windows as the train rolled up." Example: 1912, Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", from "Selected Short Stories" Wisps of white hair straggled from under his wideawake […]
Word: fly biscuit Part of Speech: noun 1. garibaldi biscuit; currants squashed between two thin, rectangular biscuits. Labels: UK Example: 1912?, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store At noon we had lunched off fly biscuits and apricots by the side of a swampy creek.
Word: BoM Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /bɔm/ 1. Initialism of Book of Mormon. Labels: Mormonism, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Bureau of Meteorology. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BoM Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɔm/ 1. Initialism of bill of materials. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PEC Part of Speech: name 1. Priesthood Executive Committee. Labels: Mormonism, initialism Example: He also wants the full-time missionaries to attend not only PEC and ward council but also auxiliary meetings.
Word: fireside chat Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of a series of 30 evening radio talks given by United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944. Labels: historical 2. An informal address delivered by a political leader over radio, television, or the Internet. Labels: broadly
Word: blutchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of blutcher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: healthily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English healthy Middle English -ly English -ly English healthily From healthy + -ly. 1. In a healthy manner. Example: You can eat badly and feel crapola or eat healthily and feel great. The choice is yours...
Word: tmg Part of Speech: noun 1. Trimethylgallium, the most preferred metalorganic source of Gallium used in MOCVD of compound semiconductors for opto-electronics applications. 2. trimethylglycine
Word: tmg Part of Speech: phrase 1. too much government Labels: Internet
Word: water devil Part of Speech: noun 1. Any waterbased cyclone, usually much smaller than a tornado in magnitude. Example: We saw a water devil form in the late afternoon on the lake.
Word: off one's dot Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Mad; insane. Labels: UK, colloquial, humorous, idiomatic Example: 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" "Gone a bit off 'er dot", he whispered […]
Word: sweet-william Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sweet william. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: No one had such pinks as he had; his sweet-william was unrivaled,—he had only half a dozen geraniums, but then they were such geraniums,—the cottage, once an unsightly little mass of lath and plaster, was now besprinkled with roses; and then, his sweet peas were in blossom, and, fortunately for him who had not much to do, they required a great deal of sticking and tying.
Word: sweet william Part of Speech: noun 1. A flowering plant, Dianthus barbatus, in the family Caryophyllaceae, native to the mountains of southern Europe from the Pyrenees east to the Carpathians and the Balkans. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Of flowers there were double poppies and sweet-williams. 2. Various dogfish, especially when sold as food. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: Sweet William Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of sweet william. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: brainlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English brainless Middle English -ly English -ly English brainlessly From brainless + -ly. 1. in a brainless manner; stupidly; foolishly
Word: pawa Part of Speech: noun 1. An edible univalve mollusc of the genus Haliotis, having a shell lined with mother-of-pearl. Labels: New-Zealand Example: 1912, Katherine Mansfield, The Woman at the Store, from "Selected Short Stories" One little patch was divided off by pawa shells […]
Word: wash tub Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of washtub. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bucketful Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bucket + -ful. Compare Old English būcful, būcfull (“bucketful”). 1. The quantity contained in a bucket. Example: "I had a fire lit there, and there is a bucketful of coals. You will be pretty comfortable, I hope." 2. A large quantity. Labels: broadly Example: But out of the water he dared not put his head; for the rain came down by bucketsful, and the hail hammered like shot on the stream, and churned it into foam; […] Example: "Confound it all," snorted Mr. Tupworthy indignantly, "you're flooding my flat. The water's coming through my bathroom ceiling in bucketfuls. The plaster'll fall next. Can't you stop it? Has a pipe burst or something?"
Word: treacle paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Paper covered in treacle, meant to attract and catch flies. Example: Flies buzzed in circles round the ceiling, and the treacle papers and bundles of dried clover were pinned to the window curtains.
Word: boog Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originated in 1930s (boogie-woogie). 1. Clipping of boogie (“to dance”) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang 2. Clipping of boogie (“to move, go, leave”) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, dated, slang
Word: Qapla' Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Borrowed from Klingon Qapla' (“success”). Pronunciation: /kɑˈplɑʔ/, /kæpˈlæʔ/, /q͡χɑpʰˈlɑʔ/ 1. A phrase said to wish somebody good fortune, particularly fortune in some form of honourable battle. Example: success (n) Qapla' Example: It is hoped that this report . . . will help lead to the reconciliation of the two governments. Qapla'.
Word: hemiplegia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin hemiplegia, from Ancient Greek ἡμιπλήξ (hēmiplḗx), also ἡμιπληγής (hēmiplēgḗs, “stricken on one side”), from ἡμι- (hēmi-, “half”) + πλήσσω (plḗssō, “to strike”). By surface analysis, hemi- + -plegia. Pronunciation: /ˌhem.ɪˈpliː.dʒ(i.)ə/, /ˌhem.ɪˈpli.dʒə/ 1. Total or partial inability to move one side of the body. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I call the series Dubliners to betray the soul of that hemiplegia or paralysis which many consider a city. Example: As you doubtlessly also can read from the paper you pilfered from my bag, hemiplegia, a medical term known to the layman as paralysis resulting from a blood clot in the brain.
Word: amusement park Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈmjuz.məntˌpɑɹk/ 1. A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions.
Word: highlighter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From highlight + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ə/, /ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ɚ/, [ˈhaɪ.laɪɾ.ɚ] 1. A marker pen used to highlight text. 2. A cosmetic product that reflects light, used to emphasize the contours of the face etc. 3. That which highlights or emphasizes something. Example: The IPL was supposed to be a symbol of an ever-more influential, dynamic and prosperous India, a highlighter of its organizational skills and wealth. Example: At the same time, art rooted in nature is eminently ephemeral, as human life itself is, and fairy lore again operates as a highlighter of this essential condition through its own distinctive world picture[…]
Word: smarten up Part of Speech: verb 1. To wear smart clothes and look more stylish Labels: intransitive 2. To make something look smart or smarter. Labels: intransitive Example: All the trains and the 300 stations were smartened up, "and we dared to advertise" - something that had previously been impossible because the offering was not good enough. 3. To become less stupid or naive Labels: intransitive 4. To make less stupid or naive Labels: transitive
Word: stalking horse Part of Speech: noun 1. A horse used as cover by a hunter stalking game. Labels: dated 2. A candidate put forward to serve a hidden, ulterior purpose in a political campaign, such as testing the field for another potential candidate by gauging voter sentiment or covertly helping another candidate by attracting voters away from a third candidate. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Ministry had their candidate, a stalking-horse, useful only to receive the purely Ministerial votes. The votes, thus divided, gave no result. Example: Any open challenge would likely come first as trial balloons from backbench "stalking horse" candidates, who could never win. 3. A person, thing, or expedient used in a deceptive manner, to achieve some hidden purpose. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: Do you think my daughter […] fit for nothing but to be a stalking horse, to stand before you, while you take aim at my wife? Example: "Let the great of the earth give but half the care to prevent, that they show to punish, offences against themselves, and what is now called justice will no longer be a stalking-horse to enable a few to live at the cost of the rest. 4. the first bid on a bankrupt company, which sets the low bar for further bidding Example: Eddie Bauer, which has 371 stores in North America, is pursuing a sale to CCMP through what is known as a 363 sale process in bankruptcy court. A judge would need to approve the sale, and other potential bidders could emerge. CCMP, as a so-called stalking horse bidder, is entitled to a $5 million breakup fee if it loses during the court-supervised auction process. Example: In court records, Sun Capital has stated that the transfer involved debt, or a subordinated note, and not equity, as alleged by the pension agency. Sun Capital’s stalking horse bid is currently valued at $75 million. All bids are due next week. An auction for Friendly’s assets is scheduled for Thursday.
Word: salinas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salina Labels: form-of, plural
Word: underclass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English class English underclass From under- + class. 1. The poorest class of people in a given society. Example: The two are immediately caught up in a terrorist plot to rid the earth of its underclass, and this gives Nobby the chance to live out a James Bond fantasy of Englishness, with his own lager-swilling twist. Example: Still, among New York’s creative underclass — cash poor but culturally potent — it feels like everything but socialism is now irrelevant.
Word: swagman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From swag (“items stolen by a thief; unlawfully obtained goods; (Australia, New Zealand) bundle of personal items carried by a tramp, traveller, etc.”) + man. Pronunciation: /ˈswæɡmæn/, /ˈswæɡˌmæn/, /ˈswɛɡmɛn/ 1. A man who travels around with a swag (“bundle of personal items”); specifically, an itinerant person, often seeking work in exchange for food and lodging. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, historical Example: And then the swagman was such a companionable little fellow, and told such funny little yarns, and sung so many snatches of odd songs whilst he was at work that once or twice the old man relaxed the cross expression of his facial muscles, and allowed himself to be betrayed into a grim smile, and at last suffered himself to be drawn into conversation, although his answers were short and snappish. Example: Then the bells struck up for church, and the streets became crowded with well-dressed, warmly-clothed people, hurrying to their various places of worship, and casting glances of pitying curiosity at the two miserable, half-drowned swagmen as they passed. 2. A person who sells or trades in trinkets or items of low value. Labels: UK, archaic Example: The practice of selling by commission, the same as I have shown to prevail among the costers, exists among the miscellaneous dealers of whom I am treating, who are known among street-folk as "swag-barrowmen," or, in the popular ellipsis, "penny swags;" the word "swag" meaning, as I before showed, a collection—a lot. The "swag-men" are often confounded with the "lot-sellers"; [...] 3. A middleman who buys and sells stolen goods; a fence. Labels: US, slang Example: He is, in the street talk, a swagman, one of perhaps hundreds of hustlers in the city who distribute an estimated $5-million worth of goods ripped off each year at New York's airports, waterfronts, factories and truck parts. [...] According to Tommy, the mob uses swagmen like himself as down-the-line distributors for these large jobs.
Word: beano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of beanfeast + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːnəʊ/ 1. A beanfeast; any noisy celebration, a party. Example: You gas like a kid at a Sunday School beano. Example: For all she knew, Upjohn might have got the holiday spirit and be planning to remain burning up the boulevards indefinitely, and of course nothing gives a big beano a black eye more surely than the failure to show up of the principal speaker. 2. Any home-made gas or indigestion remedy. Labels: figuratively
Word: beano Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbiːnəʊ/ 1. Alternative form of bingo (“game of chance”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Liam Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish Liam, a clipping of Uilliam, itself from English William. Pronunciation: /ˈliːəm/ 1. A male given name from Irish, currently popular in Ireland, England, Scotland, and the United States. Example: Tall. Glasses. Wearing this yellow hoodie. - - - Liam. I'm pretty sure that's his name. Like, ninety-percent sure. I think it suits him. Liam. The kind of name you never normally hear outside a novel or a movie or whatever. Example: Liam Payne, a former member of the boyband One Direction, has died after falling from the third floor of a hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to local police. Payne, who was 31, leaves behind his seven-year-old son, Bear.
Word: hillo Part of Speech: intj 1. Obsolete form of hello. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: But, hillo! here comes another questioner for you, my poor quest. Example: Why, hillo! Look here, now; this ain’t lucky! You’ve gone and cut this out of a Bible.
Word: hillo Part of Speech: verb 1. To holler, shout loudly at someone Labels: obsolete
Word: pianoforti Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pi.a.nəʊˈfɔːɹ.ti/, /pi.a.nɒˈfɒɹ.ti/ 1. plural of pianoforte Another word for the word 'pianos'. Labels: form-of, plural Example: He has played the grandest of grand sonatas and symphonies on the grandest of pianoforti… Example: Private persons and companies possessing, as owners or otherwise, pianos (pianoforti) and billiard tables (bigliardi) for their own use are subject to tax thereon.
Word: mushroomed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmʌʃ.ɹuːmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of mushroom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rosado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish rosado. 1. A Spanish rosé wine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: facund Part of Speech: adj 1. eloquent, articulate Labels: archaic Example: In persuading the Lord Sun Ce, which many modern tacticians judged as nothing short of a feat, Zhuge Liang was considered quite facund.
Word: afficionado Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of aficionado (“one who likes, knows about, and appreciates an interest”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: afficionadi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of afficionado Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, plural Example: Stated succinctly, the position of the afficionadi of interleaving semantics seems to be as follows. Example: Virgil in particular was called to mind: the landscape at Stourhead was inflected so as to call to mind episodes from the Aeneid (Virgil’s account of the wanderings of Aeneas, from Troy to Rome) but for afficionadi of landscape his other poems had a more widespread influence.
Word: hydrino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + -ino. 1. A supposed form of hydrogen having a lower energy than that of the normal ground state; postulated to explain the outcome of early cold fusion experiments.
Word: TNLN Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of took nothing, left nothing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ZFC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Zermelo-Fraenkel set theory with Choice; the standard axiomatization of set theory, including the axiom of choice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of zero-field cooling; the act of cooling with no magnetic field applied. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: axiom of choice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A calque of German Axiom der Auswahl (now more commonly Auswahlaxiom), which first appeared in print with a description of the axiom in 1908, Ernst Zermelo, Untersuchungen über die Grundlagen der Mengenlehre I ["Investigations in the foundations of set theory I"], Mathematische Annalen, 65 (although the paper was dated 1907). 1. One of the axioms of set theory, equivalent to the statement that an arbitrary direct product of non-empty sets is non-empty; any version of said axiom, for example specifying the cardinality of the number of sets from which choices are made. Example: The axiom of choice is logically equivalent to the assertion that every vector space has a basis. Example: If V = L then the axioms of choice and the continuum hypothesis are both true, and the assertion that a measurable cardinal exists is false.
Word: direct product Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of all possible tuples whose elements are elements of given, separately specified, sets. Example: If A and B are sets, their direct product is the set of ordered pairs (a,b) with a in A and b in B. 2. Such a set of tuples formed from two or more groups, forming another group whose group operation is the component-wise application of the original group operations and of which the original groups are normal subgroups. Example: Theorem 3.2.3. A periodic Abelian group is the direct product of its Sylow subgroups, S(p). 3. Such a set of tuples formed from two or more rings, forming another ring whose operations arise from the component-wise application of the corresponding original ring operations. Example: A Boolean ring of order 2ⁿ (or dimension n) may be constructed as the direct product of n Boolean rings of dimension one. 4. A topological space analogously formed from two or more (up to an infinite number of) topological spaces. 5. Any of a number of mathematical objects analogously derived from a given ordered set of objects. Example: Let us start with the definition of the direct product of two probability measures. Let P#95;1 and P#95;2 be probability measures on #92;Omega#95;1 and #92;Omega#95;2, respectively, and denote #92;Omega#95;1#92;times#92;Omega#95;2 by #92;Omega. A probability measure P on #92;Omega with #92;mathfrak#123;D#125;#92;left(P#92;right)#61;#92;mathfrak#123;D#125;#92;left(P#95;1#92;right)#92;times#92;mathfrak#123;D#125;#92;left(P#95;2#92;right) is called the direct product of P#95;1 and P#95;2 (written P#95;1#92;timesP#95;2) if P(B_1×B_2)=P(B_1)P(B_2) B_i∈𝔇(P_i);i=1,2. The probability space (Ω,P) is called the direct product of (Ω₁,P_1) and (Ω₂,P_2), written (Ω,P)=(Ω₁,P_1)×(Ω₂,P_2). For example, the Lebesgue measure on [0, 1]² is the direct product of that on [0, 1] and itself. 6. A high-level generalization of the preceding that applies to objects in an arbitrary category and produces a new object constructable by morphisms from each of the original objects.
Word: universal property Part of Speech: noun 1. The property of there being a unique morphism from an arbitrary object to the universal morphism of a comma category which is from a functor to a fixed object; or, dually, the property of there being a unique morphism from the universal morphism to an arbitrary object of a comma category which is from a fixed object to a functor. (Caveat: the uniqueness is up to isomorphism.)
Word: transfer earnings Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount that a factor of production must be paid in order to prevent it from transferring to an alternative use. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: sharp-witted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sharp + witted. 1. Clever, keen of intellect, swift of thought.
Word: slumlord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of slum + landlord. 1. A person who makes money by renting housing that is kept in poor condition. Labels: derogatory Example: Coordinate term: slumlady Example: The slumlord was collecting over $100 a month for this horrible place.
Word: slumlords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slumlord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slow-witted Part of Speech: adj 1. Lacking a keen or swift intellect, not too bright or not too swift. Example: The ape-man was all attention in an instant. He asked questions as rapidly as the slow-witted anthropoid could answer them.
Word: sizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English size 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 sizable From size + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪzəbəl/ 1. Fairly large. Example: He gave a sizable cash donation, sizable enough that the IRS wondered where all that money came from. Example: A vulture can wolf more than two pounds of meat in a minute; a sizable crowd can strip a zebra—nose to tail—in 30 minutes.
Word: sorter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sort + -er. Pronunciation: /sɔː.tə/, /sɔɹ.təɹ/ 1. A person employed to sort. Example: But soon one notices, first in ones and twos, and then in larger groups, men who are very much alive at this hour in the morning, the sorters for the Caledonian, and Edinburgh sections of the "Down Special"; mail is piled high on the platforms, and the postal men glance occasionally towards the platform intermediate signals. By this time the calling-on arm is pulled off, and a few minutes later in comes the train, unannounced by the loud-speakers, to the mystification of many travellers. 2. A machine or algorithm that performs sorting.
Word: sorter Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of sorta Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: sorters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sorter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiderweb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spiþere webb, equivalent to spider + web. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪ̯dəwɛb/, /ˈspaɪ̯dɚwɛb/ 1. The net-like construct of a spider containing sticky strands to catch prey. 2. Something that resembles a spider's web in being mesh-like, entrapping, or fragile. Labels: figuratively
Word: spiderweb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spiþere webb, equivalent to spider + web. Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪ̯dəwɛb/, /ˈspaɪ̯dɚwɛb/ 1. To connect or cover as if with spiderwebs. Labels: transitive
Word: fragileness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fragile + -ness. Piecewise doublet of frailness. 1. The property of being fragile. Labels: uncountable Example: The slender sculpture's beauty was enhanced by its apparent fragileness.
Word: spider webs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spider web Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spider's web Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of spiderweb. Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A kind of maypole dance.
Word: spider's webs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spider's web Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiderwebs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spiderweb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spiritless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit 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 spiritless From spirit + -less. 1. Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated. Example: The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.
Word: splashiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English splashy 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 splashiness From splashy + -ness. 1. The property of being splashy. Labels: uncountable
Word: splashdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from splash down. 1. The act of landing in water, as by a space capsule or rollercoaster. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: To get back to Earth, the space capsule had to withstand predicted temperatures of about 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit and slow down from nearly 25,000 miles per hour — or more than 30 times the speed of sound — to a gentle 19 mph or so before splashdown.
Word: splashdowns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splashdown Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cangue (“type of pillory”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cariostat Part of Speech: noun 1. A machine for detecting dental caries, especially in children.
Word: mellismatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of melismatic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, not-comparable Example: In contrast to the Western structure, the vocal style is usually distinctively Middle Eastern, distinguished by a nasal timbre and a mellismatic singing ornamentation. Example: Music Content: highly florid and mellismatic melodies; background instrumental riffs and chordal harmonies; limited instrumental solos or instrumental features.
Word: puchito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The Spanish word pucho evolved in Bierzo, a sub-region of Castile and Leon. Normally used as slang for "buddy", it has also loosely been used as a descriptor for a smaller, lesser person by adding the suffix -ito. 1. buddy. Labels: US, slang
Word: unadopted road Part of Speech: noun 1. A private road, where the local borough council is not responsible for the road's maintenance. Labels: UK
Word: parasitical Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of a parasite; parasitic. Example: The parasitical plants render the forests impassable in many places Example: Unconventional, circulating, parasitical, the rogue state that is the essence of American empire enters the political bloodstream of world terrorism . . .
Word: cankers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of canker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cankers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of canker Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cankering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of canker Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cankered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English cankered, y-cancred, past participle of Middle English cankren, equivalent to canker + -ed. 1. Infected with a canker or having a cankerous part. 2. Ulcerated. 3. Corrupted; morally corrupt. Labels: figuratively 4. Bad-tempered. Labels: figuratively
Word: cankered Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English cancrede (preterite) and Middle English cankered, y-cancred (past participle) of Middle English cankren (“to canker”), equivalent to canker + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of canker Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: vertical stabilizer Part of Speech: noun 1. The fin on the tail of an aircraft; it includes the rudder on its trailing edge.
Word: trailing edge Part of Speech: noun 1. The rearmost edge of a wing or other airfoil.
Word: leading edge Part of Speech: noun 1. The frontmost edge of a wing or other airfoil of an aircraft; sometimes contains slots or slats. 2. The foremost part of any physical object. Example: the leading edge of a cricket bat 3. The foremost part of a trend etc; a vanguard. Labels: broadly 4. The forefront of practice or technology. Example: DiBattista advocated balanced webmastery: Don't go to the leading edge if it forces users to buy the latest and greatest Web stuff.
Word: frontmost Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English front Proto-Germanic *-umô Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *-tHós Proto-Indo-European *-istHos Proto-Germanic *-istaz Proto-Germanic *-umistaz Old English -mest Middle English -mest ▲ Middle English [Term?]influ. Middle English -most English -most English frontmost From front + -most. 1. Located at the front; foremost. Labels: not-comparable
Word: leading-edge Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to the leading edge of an airfoil 2. leading, latest or most up-to-date Labels: broadly Example: The former Shell vice-president said: "I don't see leading-edge technology being developed on the railway. [...]."
Word: calamondin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Kapampangan kalamunding. Pronunciation: /ˌkæləˈmɒndɪn/ 1. A small decorative evergreen citrus tree, of the hybrid Citrus × microcarpa (syn. ×Citrofortunella mitis), sometimes cultivated for its fruit. 2. The fruit of this tree.
Word: Cannaregio Part of Speech: name 1. The northernmost and most populous of the six sestieri of Venice.
Word: Dorsoduro Part of Speech: name 1. One of the six sestieri of Venice; includes the Giudecca
Word: San Marco Part of Speech: name 1. The central, and most tourist-oriented, of the six sestieri of Venice; includes Saint Mark's Square.
Word: San Polo Part of Speech: name 1. The smallest of the six sestieri of Venice; includes the Rialto market.
Word: Santa Croce Part of Speech: name 1. The northwestern of the six sestieri of Venice, including the main port and the modern part of the city.
Word: belt drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of power transmission by means of belts that connect pulleys on shafts.
Word: infringes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of infringe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: balsams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balsam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: balsams Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of balsam Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lunk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of lunkhead. Pronunciation: /lʌnk/, [lʌŋk] 1. A fool; an idiot; a lunkhead. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: Nonetheless, the joyful lunk is clearly a character whom [Travis] Kelce is happy to play on television and podcasts. Example: “Shadow Ticket” opens in Prohibition-era Milwaukee. Our hero: Hicks McTaggart — former union buster turned muscle for hire, sensitive lunk, good dancer.
Word: hire purchase Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of purchasing an item, where the buyer hires it and takes possession of it and pays regular instalments. Ownership is only transferred on payment of the final amount. Abbreviated as HP. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: Hector Puncheon was a young man with a hearty and healthy digestion. He had heard, of course, of sodium bicarb, and its virtues, but only as a wealthy man hears of hire-purchase. Example: Maggie Thatcher, you can't match her, she's the darling of us all. She's the curse of the Irish nation, Fine Gael and Fianna Fail. She's destroyed me hire purchase and she's put me on the dole. If I could only get my hands on her, I'd kick her up the hole!
Word: jacinth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jacynct, partly from Old French jacincte, and partly from Old English iacinþ, both from Medieval Latin jacintus, jacinthus, from Latin hyacinthus, from Ancient Greek ὑάκινθος (huákinthos). Doublet of hyacinth. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæ.sɪnθ/, /ˈd͡ʒeɪ.sɪnθ/ 1. A translucent, reddish type of zircon used as a gemstone; a hyacinth. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The fift Sardonix, the sixt Sardius, the seuenth Chrysolite, the eight Beryl, the ninth a Topas, the tenth a Chrysoprasus, the eleuenth a Iacinct, the twelfth an Amethyst.
Word: katti Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of catty (“Chinese unit of weight”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Kalat Part of Speech: name 1. A historic town in Pakistan.
Word: debilitated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtəd/ 1. Weakened. Labels: not-comparable Example: His debilitated body, the victim of the wasting disease, could no longer support his weight. 2. run down, damaged, in disrepair. Labels: not-comparable
Word: debilitated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of debilitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: splashy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English splash Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English splashy From splash + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈsplæʃi/ 1. Relating to making splashes or the sound of splashing. 2. Full of dirty water; muddy and wet. Example: The light was yet there; shining dim, but constant, through the rain. […] It led me aslant over the hill, through a wide bog; which would have been impassable in winter, and was splashy and shaking even now, in the height of summer. Example: 'Cross splashy field where wild things grow, / Past shining reeds in knee-deep tarns, […] 3. Ostentatious, showy. Labels: figuratively Example: His splashy car was supposed to show his wealth, but instead it showed his poor taste. Example: Jamie Oliver prepares a "pukka" picnic of strawberries, champagne and lobster for a sail through the royal borough of Windsor on his mate's splashy new motorboat. 4. Splashed with colour. Labels: figuratively
Word: splashily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English splashy Middle English -ly English -ly English splashily From splashy + -ly. 1. In a splashy manner.
Word: spine-chilling Part of Speech: adj 1. Inducing fear or nervousness; frequently used of a work of fiction. Example: The children's mother was worried that the spine-chilling ghost film would give them nightmares.
Word: vendu Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vendue. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vendus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vendu. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: uncuff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English cuff English uncuff From un- + cuff. 1. To remove cuffs from (someone)
Word: scrapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scrape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scrapes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: football pools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of football pool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Livy Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvi/ 1. Titus Livius, a Roman historian 2. A diminutive of the female given name Olivia.
Word: x-direction Part of Speech: noun 1. The direction aligned with the x-axis of a coordinate system.
Word: y-direction Part of Speech: noun 1. The direction aligned with the y-axis of a coordinate system.
Word: z-direction Part of Speech: noun 1. The direction aligned with the z-axis of a coordinate system.
Word: far-right Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Adjectival form of far right. Pronunciation: /ˈfɑːˌɹʌɪt/, /ˈfɑɹˌɹaɪt/ 1. Of or pertaining to the far right. Example: Stenfeldt’s research on Nils Flyg’s and Sven Olov Lindholm’s transition from far-left to the far-right and vice versa during the interwar years is a great example of how Freeden’s morphology of ideologies can be used to not only study ideologies of the far-right, but also to study how ideologies relate to each other and to conduct comparisons between them. Example: Other far-right sites would gravitate to Epik. Among the first to announce its migration in early 2019 was BitChute, a YouTube imitator that had been blocked by PayPal.
Word: far right Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From far + right, after French extrême droite. Pronunciation: /ˌfɑː ˈɹʌɪt/, /ˌfɑɹ ˈɹaɪt/ 1. The most right-wing or conservative part of a political faction or grouping. Labels: uncountable
Word: Javier Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Spanish. Example: Argentina has come out of a deep recession in a major victory for the country’s unorthodox President Javier Milei, who has spent the past year enacting sweeping — and painful — reforms in Latin America’s third-largest economy. 2. A municipality of Leyte, Philippines.
Word: lady or tiger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the short story The Lady, or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton, in which a condemned man is offered two doors, one of which leads to a beautiful woman and the other to a ferocious tiger. 1. A pure gamble with highly divergent outcomes. Labels: idiomatic
Word: distribution board Part of Speech: noun 1. A board containing multiple electrical fuses or circuit breakers; a panelboard
Word: avocadi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æv.əˈkɑː.di/ 1. plural of avocado Labels: form-of, hypercorrect, nonstandard, plural Example: …specialized commodities — citrus and avocadi: — and the so-called staple crops like corn and the question of subsidy involved is separate and apart from these special commodities. Example: …green salad cream, butter, eggs, simple salad and vegetable oils, olives, avocadi, whole-milk cheeses, fresh fruits, potatoes and other root vegetables…
Word: hush kit Part of Speech: noun 1. A series of modifications made to an aircraft's engine to dampen noise. Example: Even though they were fitted with hush kits, the overnight freighters were the subject of repeated noise complaints.
Word: mämmi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish mämmi, from Proto-Finnic *mämmi. Pronunciation: /ˈmæ.mi/, [ˈmeə̯.mi] 1. A traditional Finnish Easter dessert made from rye flour, malted rye, molasses and Seville orange zest. Labels: uncountable
Word: paskha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian па́сха (pásxa), from Па́сха (Pásxa, “Easter”). Doublet of Pasch, Pascha, paska, and Pesach. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑskə/ 1. A traditional Eastern Orthodox Easter dessert, made from curd. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Belize City Part of Speech: name 1. The largest city and former capital of Belize.
Word: smoldered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of smolder Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Valentino Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Valentino, from Latin Valentīnus (“Valentine”), a patronymic from Valēns (Roman cognomen), itself nominalized from vālens (“strong, healthy”) + -īnus (“-ine”). As a noun, named after Italian-American actor Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926). Doublet of Valentine, Valentinus, Valentina, and Valentini. Pronunciation: /ˌvælənˈtiːnoʊ/ 1. A surname from Italian