nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: right-hand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English ryghte-hande, from Old English rihthand (“right-hand”), equivalent to right + hand. 1. Of, relating to, or located on the right. Labels: not-comparable Example: The train runs slowly with frequent slacks for bridge and culvert repairs. At one point occurs the changeover from left- to right-hand running. 2. Using or designed for use by the right hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: a right-hand bowler in the game of cricket 3. In the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread). Labels: not-comparable 4. Alternative form of right hand (“trusted assistant”) Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: complex compound Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of coordination compound.
Word: coordinated complex Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coordination compound. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: metal complex Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of coordination compound. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Werner complex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Alfred Werner, who developed a model for their structure. 1. A coordination compound.
Word: primary valence Part of Speech: noun 1. in a coordination compound, the number of negative ions needed to satisfy the charge on the central metal ion
Word: secondary valence Part of Speech: noun 1. in a coordination compound, the number of ions or molecules that are coordinated to the central metal ion; its coordination number
Word: sed Part of Speech: name Etymology: From stream editor. Pronunciation: /sɛd/ 1. A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.
Word: sed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stream editor. Pronunciation: /sɛd/ 1. To edit a file or stream of text using sed. Labels: neologism, slang Example: Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?
Word: sed Part of Speech: noun 1. A line fastening a fish-hook.
Word: sed Part of Speech: verb 1. Eye dialect spelling of said. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: ferricyanide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)₆³⁻; used in making blue pigments. 2. A complex ion in which a central ferric iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions.
Word: ferrocyanide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- English cyanide English ferrocyanide From ferro- + cyanide. 1. The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ferrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ferrum (“iron”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹəs/ 1. Of or containing iron. Example: ferrous metals Example: ferrous scrap 2. Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2. 3. Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.) Example: ferrous metals
Word: ligand field theory Part of Speech: noun 1. a theory, a combination of the earlier crystal field theory with molecular orbital theory, that describes the structure of coordination compounds Labels: uncountable
Word: chelate compound Part of Speech: noun 1. A cyclic compound in which a metal atom is bonded to at least two other atoms.
Word: chelate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Hindi चेला (celā)bor. English chela Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chelate From chela + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːleɪt/ 1. Having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.] 2. Relating to chelation.
Word: chelate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Hindi चेला (celā)bor. English chela English -ate English chelate From chela + -ate (forms nouns related to chemistry, mainly salts and esters of an acid). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːleɪt/ 1. A chelate compound. Example: In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates.
Word: chelate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English chelate compound Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English chelate From chelate compound + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈkiːleɪt/ 1. to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring. Labels: transitive 2. to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA). Labels: transitive
Word: down antiquark Part of Speech: noun 1. the antiparticle of a down quark Labels: particle
Word: up antiquark Part of Speech: noun 1. the antiparticle of an up quark Labels: particle
Word: composite particle Part of Speech: noun 1. A subatomic particle that is not an elementary particle, i.e. a hadron or an atomic nucleus.
Word: Higgs boson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Higgs + boson; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with proposing what is now called the Higgs mechanism. Korean-American theoretical physicist Benjamin W. Lee is generally credited with having coined the term. 1. An elementary particle in the Standard Model, namely a boson with zero spin, that gives mass to other particles. Labels: particle Example: The existence of a Higgs boson would be the simplest solution to the problem of electroweak symmetry breaking. Example: We also know other things about the Higgs boson. If it were much more massive, a problem would occur. Since Higgs bosons interact with particles with a large mass, Higgs bosons would also interact with themselves (as they have mass too). This “self interaction” puts an upper limit on the mass of the Higgs boson as less than about 500-1000 GeV.
Word: kie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”). Pronunciation: /kaɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of kye, plural of cow Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete Example: And if thou zawest any kie come royling through this grounde, Or driven away, tell what he was and where they may be vownde.
Word: deuteron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deutero- + -on. From deuterium, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”). 1. the nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron
Word: triton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trit- + -on. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”). 1. the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons. Labels: particle
Word: triton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet. 1. Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.
Word: Triton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪtən/ 1. A god of the sea, son of Poseidon. Labels: Greek Example: In the middle of each of theſe four little Gardens, there is a diſtinct Fountain, and in each of the Fountains there is placed a gilded Triton, ſitting on a gilded Sea-Horſe, or on a Sea-Goat, all upon Rockwork, like that in the middle Fountain[.] 2. The seventh moon of Neptune.
Word: nelson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Cricket sense: origin disputed; supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg. Wrestling sense: Back-formation from full nelson. 1. A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky. 2. A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind their back.
Word: impediment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English impediment, borrowed from Latin impedimentum. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpɛdɪmənt/ 1. A hindrance; that which impedes or obstructs progress; impedance. Example: I require and charge you (as you will aunswere at the dreadefull daye of iudgemente, when the secretes of all hartes shalbee disclosed) that if either of you doe knowe any impedimente why ye maie not bee lawfully ioyned together in matrimonie, that ye confesse it. Example: Thus far into the bowels of the land Have we marched on without impediment. 2. A disability, especially one affecting the hearing or speech. Example: Working in a noisy factory left me with a slight hearing impediment. Example: And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. 3. Baggage, especially that of an army; impedimenta. Labels: in-plural Example: We were all on foot, officers and men alike. Our horses, baggage, and impediments had been left at Brashear to follow the column of General Emory.
Word: new ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A cricket ball never previously used in a match; a replacement new cricket ball taken by the captain of the bowling side at certain specified times during an innings. 2. Any of a set of replacement tennis balls issued at specified times in the professional game.
Word: nightwatchman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + watchman. 1. Someone who guards a premises at night. 2. A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen.
Word: weasel words Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weasel word Labels: form-of, plural
Word: no ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire. Example: Henry bowled three no-balls in his spell of 3-78.
Word: no ball Part of Speech: verb 1. To bowl a no ball. 2. To call and signal a no ball. Example: He almost no balled the full over due to his repetitive overstepping.
Word: no result Part of Speech: noun 1. The result of a one-day match in which a side fails to complete their innings, or to bat the minimum number of overs, because of bad weather. Example: The match between West Indies and India ended in a no result.
Word: non-striker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non- + striker. 1. One who is not participating in an industrial strike. 2. The batsman standing at the bowler's end of the pitch.
Word: number eleven Part of Speech: noun 1. The batsman who bats last; usually the worst batsman in the side.
Word: polyabolo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of poly- + diabolo, from the resemblance of a diabolo in cross-section to two right isosceles triangles joined at the vertices of their right angles. 1. A polyform made by joining right isosceles triangles edge to edge in various arrangements.
Word: polytan Part of Speech: noun 1. A polyabolo.
Word: polycube Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English cube English polycube From poly- + cube. 1. A polyform made by joining one or more cubes face to face in various arrangements.
Word: polydrafter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From poly- + draft + -er, from drafting triangle. 1. A polyform made by joining N-2 triangles edge to edge in various arrangements, each of these triangles being a right triangle with angles 30°, 60° and 90°.
Word: polyhex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English hex English polyhex From poly- + hex (“hexagon”). 1. A polyform made by joining one or more regular hexagons edge to edge in various arrangements.
Word: polyiamond Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of poly- + diamond, the polyiamond made up of two triangles being a diamond or rhombus. 1. A polyform made by joining one or more equilateral triangles edge to edge in various arrangements, with every polyiamond corresponding to a polyhex.
Word: polystick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English stick English polystick From poly- + stick. 1. A figure made by joining line segments of equal length end to end at right angles.
Word: obstruct the field Part of Speech: verb 1. To get out by deliberately obstructing a fielder in order to prevent him from making a catch or run out, or from gathering the ball (very rare).
Word: off break Part of Speech: noun 1. A normal ball bowled by an off spin bowler, moving from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman). Example: His friend bowled an off break that was sent flying for six. Example: Bowling off breaks were a cup of tea for him.
Word: off drive Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid off.
Word: off drive Part of Speech: verb 1. To play such a shot.
Word: on drive Part of Speech: noun 1. a type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid on.
Word: on drive Part of Speech: verb 1. To play such a shot.
Word: off stump Part of Speech: noun 1. The stump on the off side of the batsman's wicket.
Word: leg stump Part of Speech: noun 1. The stump on the leg side of the batsman's wicket.
Word: old ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A cricket ball that has been used in a previous match, or used in the current match for more than 30 overs.
Word: on strike Part of Speech: adj 1. Due to face the next delivery from the bowler. Labels: not-comparable 2. Withholding labor as a protest, in order to effect change in management or government. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: one-day cricket Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of cricket, played on one day, in which each side bats only once. Each side's innings finishes when either their allotted number of overs has been completed, or all ten wickets have been lost. Labels: uncountable
Word: one-day international Part of Speech: noun 1. A one-day match played between teams representing the Test nations. 2. A similar match in a tournament such as the World Cup.
Word: one-day match Part of Speech: noun 1. a game of cricket played on one day; each side batting once
Word: one short Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of a batsman, running between the wickets, failing to ground himself or his bat behind the popping crease before turning for another run; the umpire's signal indicating this (the run does not count). Labels: uncountable
Word: open the attack Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, attack: to begin attacking, to commence battle. 2. Of a bowler: to bowl one of the first two overs.
Word: open the face Part of Speech: verb 1. To turn the face of the bat outwards in order to hit the ball on the off side. Labels: intransitive
Word: orthodox spin Part of Speech: noun 1. finger spin Labels: uncountable
Word: striker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English strike Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English striker From strike + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹaɪkɚ/, /ˈstɹaɪkə/ 1. A person who is on strike, someone who has stopped working as a protest. 2. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. Example: The striker's job was onerous, too, because there was so little "give" in the metal, and the perpetual jarring was indeed trying to the muscles. 3. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. 4. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. 5. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. 6. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. 7. Someone or something that hits someone or something else. 8. One of the players on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals. Example: Olympiakos had barely been in the Arsenal half but should have levelled in the 14th minute. A low corner was not dealt with and the ball fell to the feet of striker Rafik Djebbour, who saw his close-range effort brilliantly cleared from the goalline by Arteta. Example: Olympique Lyonnais midfielder Nemanja Matic and Le Havre striker Ahmed Hassan have each been handed two-game bans with a further two matches suspended after they concealed Ligue 1’s anti-homophobia insignia on their shirts, the French top-flight said. 9. An officer's servant or orderly. Labels: slang Example: "Dog-robber" has a definite significance to some army men; but unless one has spent some time in uniform he will probably have to search long for its meaning: an officer's servant or striker. 10. The batter. Labels: slang 11. The batsman who is currently facing the bowler and defending his wicket. 12. A harpoon. Labels: obsolete 13. A harpooner. Labels: obsolete Example: [W]here ever we come to an Anchor, we always ſend out our Strikers, and put out Hooks and Lines overboard, to try for Fiſh. 14. An inexperienced member of a ship's crew. Labels: obsolete 15. A wencher; a lewd man. Labels: obsolete Example: 'Twill prove a notable striker, like his father. 16. A blackmailer in politics. Labels: obsolete 17. One whose political influence can be bought. Labels: obsolete
Word: pawl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”). Pronunciation: /pɔːl/, /pɑl/ 1. A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction. Example: A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick. Example: The nails in the rim of the wheel went ratcheting over the leather pawl and the wheel slowed and came to a stop and the woman turned to the crowd and smiled. 2. A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
Word: pawl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”). Pronunciation: /pɔːl/, /pɑl/ 1. To stop with a pawl. Labels: transitive
Word: pawl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of paul (“kind of tent”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: outswinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From outswing + -er. 1. a ball that exhibits outswing 2. a bowler that uses outswing
Word: overpitch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English pitch English overpitch From over- + pitch. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊ.və(ɹ)ˈpɪt͡ʃ/ 1. To give too high a pitch to. Labels: transitive Example: to overpitch a note in music 2. To bowl (the ball) so that it bounces closer to the batsman than a good length, allowing the batsman to hit it easily. Labels: transitive
Word: skateboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skate + board. The foot-treadable skateboard sense (noun sense 1) came first (mid-20th century). The vehicle chassis sense (noun sense 2) was named for its resemblance thereto (late 20th or early 21st century). 1. A narrow, wooden or plastic platform mounted on pairs of wheels, on which one stands and propels oneself by pushing along the ground with one foot. Example: She's been riding skateboards since she was eight years old. Example: In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.” 2. A skateboard vehicle chassis: A chassis format, used for electric vehicles, which holds the drive motors and power energy store (i.e. batteries), forming the vehicular base; an instance of this format. Example: A new crossover model will arrive next year and will be based on an existing skateboard.
Word: skateboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From skate + board. The foot-treadable skateboard sense (noun sense 1) came first (mid-20th century). The vehicle chassis sense (noun sense 2) was named for its resemblance thereto (late 20th or early 21st century). 1. To use a skateboard. Labels: intransitive Example: “Mentally, it’s hard to live here,” a teenage skateboarder named Konstantino told him. “So we skateboard to free ourselves and heal ourselves. We go out into the street every day, as if it were our medicine.” Example: He explained how the race was initially his idea, but it was Gay – a Bend resident ranked fourth in the world for the most miles skateboarded in 24 hours – who had to “sell the whole idea to the city” while seeking permission to host the race.
Word: over rate Part of Speech: noun 1. The average number of overs completed per hour.
Word: pitch count Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of throws that a pitcher has delivered in a game. Example: His pitch count is up to 110; he will probably be pinch-hit for next inning.
Word: cup of coffee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee. 1. The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time. Labels: slang Example: I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career. 2. One’s personal preference. Labels: figuratively Example: Since social anthropology is not my cup of coffee, I leave it to the research scholars to discover the true significance of this transformation. 3. An invitation to have sex. Labels: euphemistic 4. How cheap something is. Labels: informal Example: This Wi-Fi jammer costs a cup of coffee. 5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cup, coffee.
Word: misguided Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ 1. Ill-conceived or not thought through. Example: I believe in freedom of movement and view the current government’s restrictive attitude as both socially and economically misguided. Yet I fear that a special London policy will only exacerbate existing divisions. 2. Misled or mistaken. 3. Lacking proper guidance. Example: You're just a poor misguided fool Who thinks they know what I should do A line for me and a line for you I lose my right to a point of view. Example: Martin Luther King Jr's 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech on the need for moral intervention should be taped to every tech CEO's wall: “When scientific power outruns moral power, we end up with guided missiles and misguided men.”
Word: misguided Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /mɪsˈɡaɪdɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of misguide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tiel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tiːl/ 1. Clipping of cockatiel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: Paradesi Jew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The first element, which represents a word meaning "foreigner, wanderer" in many South Asian languages, is ultimately from Sanskrit परदेशिन् (paradeśin, “foreigner”). 1. One of the descendants of the Sephardic immigrants to South Asia (where they mostly settled in Cochin and Madras) fleeing persecution in Spain.
Word: cayuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the Cayuse tribe of the Pacific Northwest. However, the etymology of this tribe name is unknown; it may be an exonym, and may in fact come from Spanish caballo (“horse”), which is the source of the word for horse in many Native American languages of western North America. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɪuːs/ 1. A small Indian horse or pony. Labels: US
Word: Yehudi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yehudí, “Jew”). Related to Judah. An endonym for and doublet of Jew. Pronunciation: /jəˈhuːdi/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew of Jewish usage. Example: The family tree boasts an astonishing array of celebrated historical figures from the prophet Isaiah to Sir Isaiah Berlin, from Felix Mendelssohn to Karl Marx and Moses Montefiore. The list also includes Yehudi Menuhin, Helena Rubinstein, the Rothschilds and even Rosenstein himself.
Word: Yehudi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew יְהוּדִי (yehudí, “Jew”). Related to Judah. An endonym for and doublet of Jew. Pronunciation: /jəˈhuːdi/ 1. A Jew. Labels: derogatory, sometimes
Word: jes Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of just, representing African-American Vernacular English Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling Example: Up thoo de lawn an' 'twixt de trees, jes' like a spring-time rivah breeze, dat youngster comes a-troopin' - I think he had de boldes' step a tired infant evah kep', an' nary bit er droopin'. Example: "We's gwing ter get thoo dis jes fine. De lawd woan gives you mo' dan you kin tek. Jes trust in him, chile, an eve'thing bes awright."
Word: Maoism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mao (surname of Mao Zedong) + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊɪzəm/ 1. The philosophy espoused by Chinese leader Mao Zedong, a form of Marxism-Leninism that focuses on the peasantry as the revolutionary vanguard. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Some of the farmers were arrested in Wuhan parks where they allegedly spoke against Maoism and the Communist dictatorship, the report said.
Word: defensive indifference Part of Speech: noun 1. An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning by at least two runs. Example: The play was scored as defensive indifference.
Word: dinger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ding + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋ(ɡ)ə(ɹ)/ 1. A bell or chime. Example: Sharon patted the dinger to call for service. 2. The suspended clapper of a bell. 3. One who rings a bell. 4. A home run. Example: The starting pitcher gave up three dingers. Example: He should know, he fanned 2597 times — far more than any other man — but made millions hitting 563 dingers. 5. The penis. Labels: Canada, US, slang Example: "He had a red wool sock on his dinger. That's all." 6. Something outstanding or exceptional, a humdinger. Labels: US, slang Example: ‘Say, does that sock in the jaw hurt any more? It was a dinger.’ Example: Casy said, “See how good the corn come along until the dust got up. Been a dinger of a crop.” 7. A condom. Labels: Australia, slang 8. The buttocks, the anus. Labels: Australia, slang Example: Let′s leave them to sit on their dingers for a while. Example: "We'd get even more out of 'em if some of the pilots sat on their dingers less and polished their kites more." 9. A catapult, a shanghai. Labels: Australia, slang Example: We made our 'dingers' (as we called them) out of truck tyre inner tubes that were heavy-duty rubber that could shoot a stone a very long distance. 10. An unregistered car. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang
Word: hight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. Cognate with Scots hecht, Dutch heten, German heißen, etc. Pronunciation: /haɪt/ 1. To call, name. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: King Arthur's court was hight Camelot. Example: He that made loue vnto the eldeſt Dame, Was hight Sir Huddibras, an hardy man[…] 2. To be called or named. Labels: archaic, copulative Example: I hight Sir Galahad. Example: Bright was her hue, and Geraldine she hight. 3. To command; to enjoin. Labels: archaic, dialectal Example: Malaise priest of Innishmurry / Hights me go, and I obey.
Word: hight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. Cognate with Scots hecht, Dutch heten, German heißen, etc. Pronunciation: /haɪt/ 1. Called, named. Labels: archaic, not-comparable Example: […]there dwelt in a city of the cities of China a man which was a tailor, withal a pauper, and he had one son, Alaeddin hight.
Word: hight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See height Pronunciation: /haɪt/ 1. Obsolete form of height. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: High thron'd above all hights 2. Misspelling of height Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Barbar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Arabic surname of unexplained origin; this surname is mainly found in Syria and Lebanon. 1. A surname from Arabic.
Word: psychotherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy English psychotherapy From psycho- + therapy. Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛɹəpi/ 1. The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the future, he says, a focus on the hate circuit may open new avenues for treatment – including new drugs and psychotherapies – that target this and other specific circuits in the brain. Example: Literally hundreds of studies have shown that on average psychotherapy works as well for these conditions as do medications.
Word: Cayuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adapted from French cailloux, a pre-existing French word. The reason this word came to be used for the tribe is unknown; see the Wikipedia article for theories. 1. A Native American tribe of Oregon. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: can of corn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The phrase, first attested in 1896, refers to the practice of a grocer using a long stick to push a can of goods off a high shelf. (See Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sports Answer Guy article) 1. An easily caught fly ball. Labels: idiomatic Example: He hits a can of corn to left.
Word: Richter Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Richter. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkt.ə/, /ˈɹɪxt.ə/, /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ/ 1. A surname from German.
Word: Richter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Richter. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkt.ə/, /ˈɹɪxt.ə/, /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ/ 1. (Followed by a decimal number): A Richter scale magnitude to indicate the severity of an earthquake. "Richter" is prefixed to the magnitude value. This has generally been superseded by the Moment-Magnitude Scale Labels: uncountable
Word: extra innings Part of Speech: noun 1. Additional innings needed to break a tie. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: And we go to extra innings.
Word: Richter scale Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after American seismologist Charles Richter (1900–1985), whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ skeɪl/ 1. A logarithmic scale used to express the energy released by an earthquake, each increase of 1 representing a 31-fold increase in energy, and a 10-fold increase in the measured wave amplitude. Example: “The Richter scale is an old scale developed for California. It is only good for smaller quakes, and is not very good at differentiating the sizes of bigger shocks,” said McGuire.
Word: Richter scale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American seismologist Charles Richter (1900–1985), whose name derives from German Richter (“judge”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪkt.ɚ skeɪl/ 1. A value on the Richter scale. Example: The students also faced and experienced earthquakes at various Richter scales.
Word: early innings Part of Speech: noun 1. The first, second, and third innings. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: We have an early innings deficit to make up. 2. The early stages of any project or extended event. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: logarithmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English logarithm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English logarithmic From logarithm + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌlɒɡəˈɹɪðmɪk/ 1. Of or relating to logarithms. Labels: not-comparable
Word: -morph Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). 1. shape, form, structure Labels: morpheme 2. morpheme Labels: morpheme
Word: pillar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlə/, /ˈpɪlɚ/, /ˈpɪllə(r)/ 1. A large post, often used as supporting architecture. 2. Something resembling such a structure. Example: a pillar of smoke 3. An essential part of something that provides support. Labels: figuratively Example: He's a pillar of the community. Example: In the Shanghai Communiqué of 1972, we recognized the fact that both Beijing and Taipei viewed Taiwan as part of China but unequivocally expressed our support for a peaceful settlement of the unification issue. While we should not alter the fundamental pillars of our policy, we should consider certain steps that will raise Taiwan's international standing. 4. A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church. Example: two laye-men secular eache of theym holdynge a pillar In their hondes, steade of a mace 5. The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns. 6. The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders. 7. A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
Word: pillar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English piler, from Old French pilier, from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin *pilāre (“a pillar”), from Latin pila (“a pillar, pier, mole”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪlə/, /ˈpɪlɚ/, /ˈpɪllə(r)/ 1. To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars. Labels: transitive Example: Insufficient penetration, or faulty distribution of the blast, may give rise to "pillaring" — that is, the formation of a pillar or column of cold material extending up through the middle of the hearth Example: We discovered this new class of compounds in our search for a means of generating porosity by pillaring layered double hydroxides
Word: pungent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pungens (stem pungent-), present participle of pungo (“to sting”). Doublet of poignant. Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnd͡ʒənt/ 1. Having a strong odor that stings the nose; said especially of acidic or spicy substances. Example: I accidentally dropped the bottle of ammonia and after few seconds, a very pungent stench could be detected. Example: Pilton Yard, the Lynton & Barnstaple headquarters, has been taken over by a fur trading firm, and would-be trespassers to the old engine-shed are turned back by the pungent odour of heaps of carcases. 2. Having a strong taste that stings the tongue; said especially of hot (spicy) food, which has a strong and sharp or bitter taste. 3. Stinging; acerbic. Labels: figuratively Example: The critic gave a pungent review. 4. Having a sharp and stiff point.
Word: stanza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis, from stō, stāre, from Proto-Italic *staēō, from Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti, stative verb from *steh₂- (whence English stand). Doublet of stance. Pronunciation: /ˈstænzə/ 1. A unit of a poem, written or printed as a paragraph; equivalent to a verse. 2. An apartment or division in a building. 3. An XML element which acts as basic unit of meaning in XMPP. Example: Definition of XML Stanza: An XML stanza is the basic unit of meaning in XMPP. Example: Whenever an XMPP client generates an XML stanza, it typically constructs the XML of the stanza by building up a structured document […] 4. A section of a configuration file consisting of a related group of lines. 5. A segment; a portion of a broadcast devoted to a particular topic. Example: Actually NBC and other webs have used similar devices in the past, particularly during the war, when net used plattered segments for its news and documentary stanzas. As far as can be determined, however, this is the first post-war instance in which the net has allowed even a partial plattering of a regularly skedded commercial stanza. 6. A period; an interval into which a sporting event is divided. Example: The game's prime moment wasn't the decisive and popular eighth-inning, two-run homer by Mark Bellhorn, which ticked off the friendly Fenway right-field foul pole, but a sensational play by Boston's Manny Ramirez in the top of that same stanza.
Word: perfect game Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which every batter on one team is retired without reaching base. 2. A game in which the highest score possible is achieved, entailing a strike in every frame.
Word: no-hitter Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit. Example: Not many pitchers can say they threw two no-hitters in their career. Example: A record three of the no-hitters have come against Cleveland, with Zach Plesac having started all three games for the Indians.
Word: uns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of un Labels: form-of, plural
Word: playboy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + boy. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪbɔɪ/, /ˈpleɪˌbɔɪ/ 1. A single man, especially a wealthy one, who devotes himself to a life of leisure and pleasure, often sexual, without commitments or responsibilities. Example: Exclusive nightclubs are out of style with me / 'Cause I don't associate with high society / I don't hang around playboy millionaires / I'm just an ordinary guy you left behind
Word: invoke Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English *invoken, envoken, borrowed from Old French envoquer, from Latin invocāre (“to call upon”), itself from in- + vocare (“to call”). Doublet of invocate. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvoʊk/, /ɪnˈvəʊk/ 1. To call upon (a person, a god) for help, assistance or guidance. Labels: transitive 2. To solicit, petition for, appeal to a favorable attitude. Labels: transitive Example: The envoy invoked the King of Kings's magnanimity to reduce his province's tribute after another drought. Example: Whatever the pressures that have invoked the Minister's diktat, the outcome is Gilbertian. 3. To call another ship. Labels: transitive 4. To call to mind (something) for some purpose. Labels: transitive Example: After marriage, the man had anciently (but this was anterior to Christianity) the power of life and death over his wife. She could invoke no law against him; he was her sole tribunal and law. Example: The acquisition of a useless part can hardly be said to raise an organism in the natural scale; and in the case of the imperfect, closed flowers, above described, if any new principle has to be invoked, it must be one of retrogression rather than of progression; and so it must be with many parasitic and degraded animals. 5. To appeal for validation to a (notably cited) authority. Labels: transitive Example: In certain Christian circles, invoking the Bible constitutes irrefutable proof. Example: He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […] 6. To conjure up with incantations. Labels: transitive Example: This satanist ritual invokes Beelzebub. 7. To bring about as an inevitable consequence. Labels: transitive Example: Blasphemy is taboo as it may invoke divine wrath. 8. To cause (a program or subroutine) to execute. Labels: transitive Example: Interactive programs let the users enter choices and invoke the corresponding routines. Example: […]the selling price and cost of a particular item are derived by the system through a table lookup and assigned to the item at invoking time.
Word: propellant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English propel Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English propellant From propel + -ant. 1. anything that propels Labels: countable, uncountable 2. anything that propels Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then they backed the membrane with a gel matrix containing a perfluorocarbon (PFC) propellant and fluorescent "nanobullets" about a micron wide, and hit it with ultrasound. 3. anything that propels Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: propellant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English propel Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English propellant From propel + -ant. 1. Alternative spelling of propellent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hispanicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Hispanic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Hispanicism From Hispanic + -ism. Pronunciation: /hɪˈspænɪsɪzm̩/ 1. A Spanish-language item as it appears in another language. 2. Support for hegemony of Spain. Example: More recently there has burst forth an enthusiastic Hispanicism, no longer the Hispanicism of Columbus Day with its odes to the great navigator, nor the Hispanicism of the bull fighters and the cabaret singers, but a historical Hispanicism […] Example: One French writer argued that Hispanicism was a proper response to U.S. expansionism, provided Spain could assure its sister Latin states in Europe (France and Italy) that their interests were not endangered.
Word: nevermore Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English nevermore, from the Old English phrase nǣfre mā. Equivalent to never + -more. 1. Never again; at no time in the future. Labels: literary, not-comparable Example: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted—nevermore!
Word: overloaded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overload Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: overloaded Part of Speech: adj 1. loaded too heavily Example: Was it deliberate that the first week of October 1961 was chosen to conduct a national survey of passenger usage? Why October of all months, when the holiday season was over and families back at work and at school? Was this a fiddling of the figures to make an unfair case against rail-dependent resorts such as those in the West Country, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire, where previously overloaded summer services would now only have a handful of locals on board? 2. of a word, having multiple meanings depending on context 3. of a name, used for more than one variable or procedure etc; differentiated by the compiler based on context
Word: reestablish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *sth₂éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *staējō Proto-Italic *staēō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Proto-Italic *staðlis? Latin stabilis Proto-Indo-European *-yétider. Latin -iō Latin stabilīre Old French establirbor. Middle English establissen English establish English reestablish From re- + establish. 1. To establish again. Labels: transitive Example: Zionism is a religious and political movement that brought Jews to their ancient homeland and reestablished Israel as the central location for Jewish identity. 2. To restore to a previously operational state. Labels: transitive Example: NASA has reestablished contact with its interstellar spacecraft Voyager 2 after an incorrect command pointed the spacecraft away from Earth, cutting off data for about two weeks.
Word: Bulverism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by British writer, lay theologian, and scholar C. S. Lewis in 1941. 1. A rhetorical fallacy in which a speaker assumes that their opponent's argument is wrong, and instead of disproving it, condescendingly explains why their opponent would have come to that conclusion. Labels: uncountable Example: [Y]ou must show that a man is wrong before you start explaining why he is wrong. The modern method is to assume without discussion that he is wrong and then distract his attention from this (the only real issue) by busily explaining how he became so silly. In the course of the last fifteen years I have found this vice so common that I have had to invent a name for it. I call it Bulverism. Some day I am going to write the biography of its imaginary inventor, Ezekiel Bulver, whose destiny was determined at the age of five when he heard his mother say to his father—who had been maintaining that two sides of a triangle were together greater than the third—'Oh you say that because you are a man.'
Word: PN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of part number. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of practical nurse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of proportional navigation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of proper noun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: PN Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of planetary nebula. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PN Part of Speech: name 1. initialism of Perikatan Nasional (“National Alliance”) Labels: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: dep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of department, originally slang from Imperial College, first attested c. 1930. 1. Clipping of department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
Word: dep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: *Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep" 1. Clipping of deposit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 2. Clipping of departure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable 3. A deposition. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: Don't worry too much if they don’t give us everything we need in their rog answers; we'll fill the gaps in dep. 4. A deputy. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: [A]s soon as the door opened we could see it was the deputy governor coming through. […] We watched as the dep crossed the football field towards us. 5. A dépanneur. Labels: Canada, Quebec, countable, informal, uncountable 6. A dependency. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: dep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: *Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep" 1. To deputize. Labels: informal Example: Regularly with Bob Kerr's Whoopee Band for almost a year in the late 1990s and later deputized in the band, including a tour of Denmark (2003), also depped in Chris Barber's Band for Swedish tour (2001).
Word: dep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: *Abbreviation of several English terms that begin with "dep" *Clipping of several English terms that begin with "dep" 1. depart or departs 2. deposed
Word: dep. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of deputy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of deposit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: dir. Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of dir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dir. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of dir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dir. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dir. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: EB Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of exabyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, formal 2. Abbreviation of exbibyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: EB Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of eastbound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: EB Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of eastbound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable