nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: I-beam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since it resembles a capital letter I with serifs. 1. A beam with cross-section shaped like a capital letter I (with serifs top and bottom), used in construction. 2. A cursor shaped like the letter I, usually indicating text that can be edited or selected. Example: In general, the cursor image is the primary concern, with different types used to indicate selected functions such as I-beams or vertical bars for text editing, a pencil for drawing, or a hand with the index finger extended […]
Word: Lyotardian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Lyotard + -ian. 1. Of or pertaining to Jean-François Lyotard (1924–1998), French philosopher and literary theorist associated with postmodernism.
Word: I-beams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of I-beam Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cursor key Part of Speech: noun 1. A key on a computer keyboard marked with a horizontal or vertical arrow, used to move the cursor or other item around the screen.
Word: eigenclass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eigen- + class. 1. A hidden class associated with each specific instance of another class. Example: Singleton methods in Ruby live in a special, hidden class called the singleton class (it used to be referred to as the eigenclass, but singleton class is the current term).
Word: eigenclasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eigenclass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prerotation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pre- + rotation. 1. A swirling motion in fluid entering a pump. Labels: uncountable
Word: kraalhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kraal + head. 1. The traditional leader of a kraal.
Word: kraalheads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kraalhead Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tamajaq Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Tuareg. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: minikilt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mini- + kilt. 1. A short kilt; a miniskirt.
Word: minikilts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of minikilt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spinosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the taxonomic name Spinosaurus. By surface analysis, spino- (“spine”) + -saurus (suffix forming names for dinosaurs). Pronunciation: /ˌspaɪnəˈsɔːɹəs/ 1. A large, extinct, carnivorous dinosaur of genus †Spinosaurus, with a long snout like that of a crocodile and with a sail on its back. It is considered to be the largest theropod dinosaur. Example: The first spinosaurus remains were discovered in Egypt in 1911, but they were destroyed in 1944 during World War II. A lot of what is known about spinosauruses comes from skull material found in Morocco and Algeria in later years.
Word: chaiwallah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani چائے والا / चायवाला (cāyvālā); by surface analysis, chai + wallah. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃaɪˌwɒlə/, /ˈt͡ʃaɪˌwɑlə/ 1. A tea vendor in South Asia.
Word: chaiwallahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaiwallah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chondromalacia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chondro- + malacia. 1. A painful condition caused by irritation of cartilage, often in the undersurface of the kneecap. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Nile crocodile Part of Speech: noun 1. A large fierce carnivorous semi-aquatic African crocodile of species (Crocodylus niloticus).
Word: cataphatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From cataphatic + -ally. 1. In a cataphatic manner or context. Labels: not-comparable
Word: spinosauri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spinosaurus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kataphatically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From kataphatic + -ally. 1. Alternative form of cataphatically. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: kataphatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of cataphatic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: cataphatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek καταφατικός (kataphatikós, “affirmative”). 1. Pertaining to the expression of God in terms of what God is, rather than in terms of what God is not (apophatic). Labels: not-comparable 2. That which actively defines a thing by describing what is characteristic of it. Labels: broadly, not-comparable
Word: tiger snake Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several large venomous Australian snakes of the genus Notechis. Example: We found boa constrictors or pythons, whip snakes, the handsome but deadly tiger snake, so called from the peculiar marks on its skin[.]
Word: upvalue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up + value. 1. A free variable that has been bound (closed over) with a closure. Example: The so-called shared upvalues are copied for each function during setup. Afterward, the functions access their own copies of the upvalues. In the Lua reference manual, these are called shared upvalues because they are only pushed onto the stack once and used for all functions to be registered, which is only relevant to API invocations.
Word: upvalue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From up- + value. 1. To assign a higher value to. Labels: transitive
Word: upvalues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upvalue Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upvalues Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of upvalue Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: leopard frog Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of leopard + frog. 1. Any of several North American frogs, most of which are green with black spots.
Word: upvaluing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of upvalue Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: horned frog Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several large carnivorous frogs, of the genus Megophrys, Pelobatrachus, and Ceratophrys, that have elongated "eyebrows". 2. Synonym of horned lizard; genus Phrynosoma, especially the Texas horned lizard. Labels: US Example: But among all the harmless reptiles of Texas, decidedly the most singular is the horned frog; it resembles the common frog […] Example: The horned frog is a native of Texas and Lower California, where he is found inhabiting the sandy soil of the prairies and the pockets of the small boy. / The horned frog is really no frog at all, but a lizard traveling incognito.
Word: upvalued Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upvalue Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coextrusion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + extrusion. 1. The extrusion of multiple layers of material simultaneously. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: coextrusions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coextrusion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tiger salamander Part of Speech: noun 1. A long slender salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum, having black skin and yellow markings.
Word: crossplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + play. 1. The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device. Labels: uncountable Example: The problem with the crossplay of plastic-based (Mylar) tape is that it's pliable; any difference in temperature or mechanical stress, induced by various transports, will distort track patterns recorded on the compliant tape. 2. Subordinate communication between participants in a conversation. Labels: uncountable Example: Although in all three events the requests were performed in front of and for the benefit of the student audience as intended bystanders, the crossplay observed in the guest-student episode was absent from the guest-teacher interactions. 3. Cross-platform multiplayer functionality. Labels: uncountable
Word: crossplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: [Alt: Photograph of two Star Wars cosplayers: A woman dressed as the male character Han Solo and a man dressed as the female character Princess Leia.] Blend of cross-dressing + cosplay. 1. A form of cosplay in which one dresses up as a character of the opposite sex. Labels: uncountable Example: Incidentally, I'm not sure you're bucking the trend so much as going along with it; FTM crossplay is getting pretty popular, although you see more women going for bishounen and visual-kei genderfucky stars than anything else. Example: Crossplay is where a cosplayer employs gender reversal (i.e., a female who dresses as a male character or vice versa).
Word: crossplay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: [Alt: Photograph of two Star Wars cosplayers: A woman dressed as the male character Han Solo and a man dressed as the female character Princess Leia.] Blend of cross-dressing + cosplay. 1. To cosplay as a character of the opposite sex. Labels: intransitive Example: [Replying to: "Really, I'll be wearing a costume as well...] Me too...but I won't be crossplaying... 2. To cosplay as (a character of the opposite sex). Labels: transitive Example: BTW, one can be a touch hefty and pull off Urd. You don't even have to be a woman. A *guy* crossplayed Urd at C-Kon and won the cosplay contest! 3. To roleplay as a character of the opposite sex, especially in a MUD. Labels: intransitive Example: Admittedly, BruceMud attracted more than its usual share of weenies, but as a female wizard I received even more attention for being female than I did on most other sites. Note that it wasn't exactly a secret that I was crossplaying. I seem to recall Random bitching at Julia for reporting that I was female on more than one occasion.
Word: blue shark Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bluː ʃɑːrk/ 1. A long blue shark, resembling a great white shark but smaller, of the species Prionace glauca. Example: The blue shark is long in almost all respects; long snout, long tail, long body, and especially long, curved pectoral fins.
Word: tokusatsu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 特撮 (“special effects”). 1. A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects. Labels: uncountable
Word: build castles in the air Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The first term dates from the late 1500s. A variant, castles in Spain (or châteaux en Espagne), was recorded in the Roman de la Rose in the 13th century and translated into English around 1365. 1. To have any desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to be realized; to imagine visionary projects or schemes; to have an idle fancy or a pipe dream; to daydream. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: Look you, Amanda, you may build castles in the air, "and fume, and fret, and grow thin and lean, and pale and ugly, if you please." But I tell you, no man worth having is true to his wife, or can be true to his wife, or ever was, or will be so. Example: If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them.
Word: hydergine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originated as a trade name. 1. A mixture of dihydroergotoxine mesylates derived from ergoline. Labels: uncountable
Word: pillarize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pillar + -ize, possibly as a calque of Dutch verzuilen. 1. To divide into social pillars, in which each social group has its own social institutions. Labels: ergative
Word: phakomatosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phak- + -omato- + -osis, from the Greek φακός (phakós, “spot, lens”), -ωμα (-ōma, “process”), and the suffix -osis; the term was introduced by Dutch ophthalmologist Jan van der Hoeve in 1920, before the distinct genetic basis of each of these diseases was understood. Pronunciation: /ˌfeɪkəʊməˈtəʊsɪs/, /ˌfæk-/ 1. Any of a group of neurocutaneous disorders of the central nervous system causing lesions on the skin and eye.
Word: phakomatoses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phakomatosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurocutaneous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neuro- + cutaneous. 1. Pertaining to the skin and the nerves. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dinner shirt Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal white shirt with a collar, worn under a dinner jacket as part of black tie dress.
Word: dinner shirts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dinner shirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mommy blogger Part of Speech: noun 1. A mother who blogs about her children, motherhood, parenting or related topics. Labels: informal Example: ...while my sister and I are both old enough for her not to be a baby-cooing mommy blogger, she still misspells 140-character updates on Twitter.
Word: pillarization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pillarize + -ation. 1. The act or process of pillarizing. Labels: uncountable
Word: downcycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of down + recycle. 1. To convert (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of lower quality and reduced functionality. Labels: transitive Example: Nike set up a "Reuse-a-Shoe" program to "downcycle" old sneakers. The outsole rubber and midsole foam from used shoes are converted into surface material for running tracks and other athletic facilities and playgrounds. The fabric from the shoe uppers becomes padding under carpets.
Word: downcycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down + cycle. 1. A period of a cycle where something is decreasing or deteriorating. Example: Because commodity industries, including energy, are driven by costs, a pricing down-cycle brings major cost cutting efforts, often involving restructurings and consolidations to increase economies of scale. Example: It is precisely these logical anomalies, paradoxes and problems, which create Samsara's wheel of eternal repeating up-cycles which is followed by eternal repeating down-cycles and vice versa (for example life and death, success and fiasco, joy and sorrow) – as well as the ignorance and suffering when you are caught into this wheel, for example in the experience of nightmare and anxiety.
Word: upcycle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of up- + recycle or possibly upgrade + recycle. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpsaɪk(ə)l/ 1. To convert (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality. Labels: transitive Example: Recycling in many cases means "downcycling" – in particular cases, however, it can also mean "upcycling". Example: As I child I made thins from "nothing." If I didn't have any store-bought materials, I would go to my closet and cut up my least favorite article of clothing and make something new with it. It just made sense to use, reuse, upcycle and make things from scratch. 2. To promote into a more productive or useful role. Labels: transitive Example: One designer I know was known for his vibrant use of color in his fashions. When he purchased a weekend home not too far from me, he had this crazy idea to paint the bark of the trees in different bright shades. […] To me, this wasn't upcycling the Great Outdoors, but more like upchucking on it. Example: Friday night's crowning victory at The Hawthorns was the 25th in 30 league matches since Antonio Conte's decisive re-gearing of his team in September, the tactical switches that have coaxed such a thrilling run from this team of bolt-ons and upcycled squad players, most notably Victor Moses, who was dredged out of the laundry bin in the autumn to become a key part of the title surge.
Word: upcycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From up + cycle. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpsaɪk(ə)l/ 1. A period of a cycle where something is increasing or improving. Example: You could probably take care of yourself through the cycles but during the period when one of the upcycles—it should be an upcycle for your business—you just said you are going through a worse depression from that standpoint than a normal business depression? Example: The upcycle has lasted so long that many economists even doubt the old cycle theories. Others try to label the lull in 1962 and again this year as the downcycles.
Word: downcycles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of downcycle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: downcycling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of downcycle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upcycles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of upcycle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: upcycles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upcycle. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upcycling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upcycle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpsaɪklɪŋ/ 1. The act of converting (waste materials, etc.) into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality. Labels: uncountable
Word: upcycling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From upcycle + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpsaɪklɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of upcycle. Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: upcycled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From upcycle + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpsaɪk(ə)ld/ 1. Of waste materials, etc.: converted into new materials or products of higher quality and greater functionality. 2. Promoted into a more productive or useful role.
Word: upcycled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From upcycle + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈʌpsaɪk(ə)ld/ 1. simple past and past participle of upcycle. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: downcycled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of downcycle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: digyny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪdʒɪni/ 1. The fertilization of a diploid ovum by a monoploid sperm, resulting in a triploid zygote. Labels: uncountable
Word: digressively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From digressive + -ly. 1. In a digressive fashion. Example: In The Perfumed Garden, Nefzawi digressively but interestingly discusses, in great and curious detail, the amorous activities of animals.
Word: do-support Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of the auxiliary verb "do" in negative or interrogative English sentences that do not contain other auxiliaries. Labels: uncountable Example: As we can see, ‘do-support’ is a frequently used construction in Modern English, that has no equal construction in German. We chose the topic of ‘do-support’ for our study since “[...]^([sic]) do-support is one of the main stumbling blocks”[…]
Word: mommyblogger Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mommy blogger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dustcloth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dust + cloth. 1. A cloth used for dusting; a duster.
Word: dustcloths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dustcloth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A firearm, such as a shotgun or rifle, which is fired while braced against the shoulder. Example: The 33 long guns and 37 handguns were seized during the project examining 69 cases where people failed to register or renew a firearm licence. 2. Any of a class of naval artillery pieces with especially long barrels for maximum range.
Word: double precision Part of Speech: noun 1. A number storage format that uses two adjacent locations in memory, allowing for greater precision in the values stored. Labels: uncountable
Word: eat, breathe, and sleep Part of Speech: verb 1. To devote one's time obsessively to. Labels: idiomatic, informal, transitive Example: It is so easy to begin to eat, breathe, and sleep autism, but it will do no good — not for you, not for your spouse, and not even for your child.
Word: echoplex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From echo- + -plex. 1. To echo received text characters back to the computer that sent them. Labels: intransitive Example: The device that is to echo the characters should be optioned for echoplexing. As indicated, echoplexing is often confused with the duplexes. If a character is typed, such as A, and on the terminal appears AA, the far end is echoplexing while the terminal is optioned for local displaying of the characters while they are typed. 2. To apply a tape delay effect on (an instrument). Labels: transitive Example: […](making much use of Macero's splicing, tape loops and echoplexing of Miles' trumpet). Example: William "Wee Gee" Howard takes the lead vocal and Dennis Coffey plays the heavily echoplexed guitar, […]
Word: echoplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo- + -plex. 1. A tape delay effect first used in the 1960s. Labels: also, capitalized Example: On Electric Bath Ellis provided an exquisite example of how to use the loop delay echo chamber on his trumpet, as he played “Open Beauty”. By using an echoplex Ellis was able to play highly effective solos, duets, and trios in a surrealistic manner by himself.
Word: ecomanagement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eco- + management. 1. The responsible management of an organisation's impact on the environment. Labels: uncountable Example: Ecomanagement awareness can reshape all aspects of business functions, including acquisitions, facility operations, manufacturing, design, and distribution.
Word: ekklesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). 1. Alternative spelling of ecclesia. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As there is one sun but many rays of the sun, there is one ekklesia with many rays (ekklesiai). The elders in these ekklesiai got no consecration. They were not office-holders. Example: The Gerousia assembles (50. 2), and the ekklesia also assembles (50. 3), and it seems that a great many voices were heard in it. When the issue seemed practically decided, Etymaridas, one of the Gerontes, succeeded in overpersuading both Gerousia and ekklesia (50. 6). In both these ekklesiai there seems to be plenty of talk.
Word: ekklesiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ekklesia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eye-opening Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From eye (noun) + opening (participle of the verb open). 1. Very startling or shocking; engaging a person's full attention. Example: Near-synonym: arresting Example: They saw an eye-opening documentary on the societal costs of cheap clothing production; there are many externalities.
Word: fauxmances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fauxmance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: longnose gar Part of Speech: noun 1. A large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus. Example: Longnose Gar, with jaws twice as long as head, may be 5 feet long.
Word: hydroentangle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- Middle English entanglen English entangle English hydroentangle From hydro- + entangle. 1. To feed (leather fibres) through a textile core, part of a manufacturing process that avoids the use of chemicals. Labels: transitive
Word: hydroentangling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hydroentangle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hydroentangled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hydroentangle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hydroentanglement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + entanglement. 1. The process of hydroentangling. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydroextractors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydroextractor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: albertosaurus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. A large carnivorous tyrannosaur dinosaur, of genus Albertosaurus, discovered in Alberta, Canada.
Word: spunlaid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spun + laid. 1. In which fibres are spun and then directly dispersed into a web by deflectors or air streams. Labels: not-comparable
Word: kronosaurus Part of Speech: noun 1. A giant extinct plesiosaurian sea reptile with crocodile-like head in the genus Kronosaurus.
Word: fluocinolone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluo(ro)-[Term?] + -olone (“steroid or steroid-like drug”). 1. A synthetic hydrocortisone derivative used in dermatology to reduce skin inflammation and relieve itching. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: puff adder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans or South African Dutch pofadder. 1. Any viper or adder in genus Bitis, 2. Any viper or adder in genus Bitis, Example: In the pools, too, was a species of small alligator or enormous iguana, I do not know which, that fed, Billali told me, upon the waterfowl, also large quantities of a hideous black water-snake, of which the bite is very dangerous, though not, I gathered, so deadly as a cobra's or a puff adder's.
Word: fluocinolones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fluocinolone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foliot Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfəʊliət/ 1. Part of the verge escapement in early clocks. 2. A creature from Italian folklore that makes noises and flings objects about. Example: Terrestrial devils are those lares, genii, faunes, satyrs, wood-nymphs, foliots, fairies[…]
Word: foliots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foliot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: folkloristics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From folklorist + -ics. Also by surface analysis, folklore + -istics. 1. The formal academic study of folklore. Labels: uncountable
Word: forcipule Part of Speech: noun 1. A modified pincer-like foreleg or maxilliped in centipedes, capable of injecting venom.
Word: forcipules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forcipule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footswitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + switch. 1. A switch or pedal controlled by the foot. 2. An instance of switching one's feet, such as in a sport.
Word: footswitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footswitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Floyd's triangle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Robert W. Floyd. 1. A right-angled triangular array of the natural numbers, whose generation is often set as an exercise in computer science education.
Word: as you do Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to indicate unusual or unexpected behavior. Labels: colloquial, humorous Example: I bought a dozen melons before heading home, as one does. Example: I was memorising the dictionary, as you do, when I came across a strange word that I hadn’t seen before.
Word: fountain code Part of Speech: noun 1. A rateless erasure code.
Word: fountain codes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fountain code Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lactoylglutathione lyase Part of Speech: noun 1. A glyoxalase enzyme that catalyzes the isomerization of hemithioacetal adducts. Labels: uncountable
Word: get on someone's tits Part of Speech: verb 1. To annoy or irritate. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar
Word: autoganzfeld Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + ganzfeld. 1. A ganzfeld experiment controlled by computer. Labels: attributive, uncountable
Word: giant tube worm Part of Speech: noun 1. Riftia pachyptila, a large marine worm found around the floor of the Pacific Ocean near geothermal vents. 2. Kuphus polythalamia, a shipworm, that feeds on submerged wood and is the longest extant mollusc.
Word: glottonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glott- + -onym. Pronunciation: /ˈɡlɒ.tə.nɪm/, /ˈɡlɑ.tə.nɪm/ 1. Alternative spelling of glossonym. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: glottonyms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glottonym Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hexabromobiphenyl Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the polybrominated biphenyls. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hexabromobiphenyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hexabromobiphenyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ganzfeld experiment Part of Speech: noun 1. An experiment in parapsychology that attempts to gauge telepathic ability by putting a subject into sensory deprivation and afterwards asking him/her to identify an object that was observed by somebody else during that period.
Word: hypostatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypostatize + -ation. 1. The act or process of being hypostatized. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Dualism is rooted in what Dewey called the fallacy of hypostatization. Dewey's critique of this fallacy, which will be referenced throughout this book, is at the heart of his philosophy of experience and is among his most enduring contributions to philosophy.
Word: hypostatizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypostatization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rockfill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + fill. 1. A dam's embankment of compacted free-draining granular earth, often containing rocks, with an impervious zone. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rockfills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rockfill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hetastarch Part of Speech: noun 1. hydroxyethyl starch, a non-ionic starch derivative.
Word: hornstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From horn + stone, translation of hornfels. 1. hornfels Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hornstones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hornstone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: internetable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Internet + -able. 1. Capable of being connected to, or used via, the Internet. Labels: informal, not-comparable, rare Example: UNWIRED, the next generation of wireless and internetable telemedicine systems Example: Or create "Internetable" puzzles that can be played online. (Crossword puzzle books are still a big business.)
Word: koinonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοινωνία (koinōnía, “community, communion”). Pronunciation: /kɔɪˈnəʊnɪə/, /ˌkɔɪnoʊˈniə/ 1. Communion by intimate participation, associated with the Christian church. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Can it be said that here is an application of Methodism's concept of connexionalism to the embodiment of koinonia? That no indications in the dialogue point overtly in this direction does not rule out the possibility of it being in the Methodist mind and heart.
Word: koinonias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of koinonia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: erasure code Part of Speech: noun 1. A forward-error-correction (FEC) code for the binary erasure channel, which transforms a message of k symbols into a longer message with n symbols such that the original message can be recovered from a subset of the n symbols.
Word: erasure codes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erasure code Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fag-ends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fag-end Labels: form-of, plural
Word: solœcism Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of solecism. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: Hitachi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 日立 (ひたち, Hitachi). 1. a Japanese company and brand name. 2. Hitachi, a city in Ibaraki prefecture 3. Hitachi Province, a former region in Japan
Word: Hitachi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 日立 (ひたち, Hitachi). 1. A Hitachi Magic Wand or similar magic wand vibrator. Example: Even if I've destroyed three Hitachis and a dozen Kleenex boxes over him. Example: Before Stanley, Reese's own sex games only flirted with possession, and alone with her Hitachi, images from Iris's stories kept making cameos in her fantasies.
Word: sky marshals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sky marshal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: well-padded Part of Speech: adj 1. Fat, corpulent, pudgy. Labels: euphemistic Example: But the majority of its members were very much alive and still well-padded; and, far from being on a pale diet, were deeply appreciative of the famous culinary resources of the chef, and showed it. Example: A graduate of the University of Houston's Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management, the well-padded Raulston, nicknamed Fat Cook by the rigs' crews, makes these changes subtly and slowly. 2. Wealthy, well-to-do. Labels: figuratively Example: It was the fall of 1995, and the Democratic National Committee had a problem. Faced with the cost of its massive early media strategy, it needed a quick $1 million or so. A senior White House official had a solution: get the President to call some well-padded contributors.
Word: pipage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + -age. 1. Plumbing, a system of pipes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A charge made for piping a fluid from one place to another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pipelay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from pipelaying, of which the standard verb complement is lay pipe. 1. Synonym of pipelaying. Labels: nonstandard, uncommon
Word: pipelaying Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pipe + laying. 1. The laying of pipes or a pipeline. Labels: uncountable
Word: dweomercraft Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dwemercraft, from Middle English dweomercræft (“magic; sorcery”), equivalent to dweomer + -craft. Pronunciation: /dwiːmə(ɹ)kɹɑːft/, /dwiːməɹkɹæft/ 1. Magic; magical arts; jugglery. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: There was an ominous tendency among people who considered themselves "upper class" to dismiss the art he practiced as well as all the other elements of Dweomercraft. It was frightening. Example: As he always did when confronted by his old teacher in dweomercraft, Salamander felt profoundly guilty, even though this time he'd done nothing wrong.
Word: Bloc Part of Speech: name Etymology: Diminutive of Bloc Québécois. 1. Bloc Québécois Labels: Canada
Word: Conservative Party Part of Speech: name 1. A centre-right political party, official full name Conservative and Unionist Party, informally known as the Tory Party or Tories. Labels: UK Example: Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Conservative Party, was Britain's first female Prime Minister. 2. Clipping of Progressive Conservative Party. Labels: Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of Conservative Party of Canada. Labels: Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: Conservatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Conservative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Conservatives Part of Speech: name 1. The Conservative Party. Labels: UK
Word: Socred Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Social Credit Party. Labels: Canadian
Word: Socreds Part of Speech: name 1. Diminutive of Social Credit Party Labels: Canadian, diminutive, form-of, slang
Word: Socreds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Socred Labels: form-of, plural
Word: socred Part of Speech: noun 1. social credit political philosophy Labels: uncountable 2. a person who subscribes to the social credit political philosophy Labels: countable
Word: socreds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of socred Labels: form-of, plural
Word: social credit Part of Speech: noun 1. A political and economic philosophy originated by C. H. Douglas which envisages an "aristocracy of producers, serving and accredited by a democracy of consumers". Labels: uncountable 2. A system said to be implemented in China, where everyone has a score affected by one's positive and negative actions in society to rate people's conduct and justify granting or removal of rights. Labels: uncountable 3. A system said to be implemented in China, where everyone has a score affected by one's positive and negative actions in society to rate people's conduct and justify granting or removal of rights. Labels: uncountable Example: Thank you for your dedication to the People's Republic of China. +2500 social credit.
Word: nonweighted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + weighted. 1. Not weighted. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sumiko Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese すみこ (Sumiko). 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: writh Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of writhe. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: writh's Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of writh Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: writh'd Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of writh Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dispositioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of disposition Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dispositioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disposition Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dispositioned Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a specified kind of disposition. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: a sunny-dispositioned little girl
Word: Met Office Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short for Meteorological Office, which was its official name until 2000. 1. The British national weather service. Labels: UK
Word: unsufferable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + suffer + -able. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈsʌfəɹəbəl/ 1. Not able to be suffered, difficult or impossible to endure; insufferable. Example: The heate of this place is wonderfull; the earth itselfe being almost unsufferable, and which the subterranean fires have made so hollow, by having wasted the matter for so many years, that it sounds like a drum to those who walke upon it […] Example: [T]his Comparison of a Point in Geometry with Unity in Arithmetic is of all the most unsufferable, and derives the worst Consequences upon Mathematical Learning.
Word: vecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin vectūra. Doublet of vettura and voiture. 1. The act of carrying; conveyance; carriage. Labels: obsolete Example: the Vecture or Carriage
Word: lepospondyl Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the Lepospondyli.
Word: lepospondyls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lepospondyl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lambaréné Part of Speech: name 1. The capital of the political district Moyen‐Ogooué in Gabon. Example: When I left next morning the Doctor came with me in the pirogue all the way to the embarcadère at Lambaréné […]
Word: Le Châtelier's principle Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Le Chatelier's principle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: linish Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of linen + finish. 1. To improve the flatness of a surface by means of grinding or belt-sanding techniques. Labels: transitive
Word: linishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of linish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: linishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of linish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: linished Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of linish Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: semigroupoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of semigroupoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multistrain Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + strain. 1. Of many strains (in various senses). Labels: not-comparable
Word: multi-strain Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of multistrain. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: mirid bug Part of Speech: noun 1. A mirid.
Word: misdescription Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mis- + description. 1. An inaccurate description, often fraudulent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is a third reason for misdescription: the drafter's irrepressible impulse to overdescribe.
Word: misdescriptions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of misdescription Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nanosat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. nanosatellite
Word: picosat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. A picosatellite.
Word: nanosats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nanosat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: picosats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picosat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: misdescribe Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + describe. 1. To incorrectly explain or detail something or someone. Labels: transitive
Word: nata de coco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish nata de coco (literally “coconut cream”). 1. A chewy, translucent jelly produced by the fermentation of coconut water, a delicacy of the Philippines. Labels: uncountable
Word: neurosarcoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + sarcoma. 1. A malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, a form of cancer of the connective tissue surrounding nerves.
Word: neurofibrosarcoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + fibrosarcoma. 1. A neurosarcoma.
Word: neurosarcomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurosarcoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurosarcomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurosarcoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurofibrosarcomata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurofibrosarcoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neurofibrosarcomas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of neurofibrosarcoma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Natchez Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Natchez na·šceh. 1. A member of a tribe of Native Americans once living in the area of Mississippi.
Word: Natchez Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Natchez na·šceh. 1. The extinct Muskhogean language of these people. 2. A city, the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States.
Word: nidamental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nidamentum (“materials for a nest”) + -al. 1. Used to describe an internal organ, in some elasmobranchs and molluscs, that secretes egg cases or the gelatinous covering of eggmass. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Naraka Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit नरक (naraka). 1. The underworld or Hell according to Hinduism, Sikhism, Jainism and Buddhism, where souls are sent for the expiation of their sins. Labels: Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
Word: one-handed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English on-handed, variant of Middle English on-hande, onehand, from Old English ānhende (“one-handed”). By surface analysis, one + handed. Compare German einhändig (“one-handed”), Swedish enhänt, en-handad (“one-handed”), Icelandic einn-hönd (“one-handed”). 1. Having only one hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: And who said the one-handed guy couldn't be self-sufficient? Certainly not his physical therapist, Gus, who led him to believe he'd be as good as new with a spaceage prosthesis and a crapload of physical and occupational therapy. Example: Note that we can represent any cyclic event with a one-handed clock. 2. Performed using only one hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: A one-handed save by Wojciech Szczesny prevented Darren Pratley giving Bolton an early lead and Arsenal looked short of ideas in a goalless first half. Example: If either movement or speed around the court is a weakness, the one-handed backhand may be the best choice because of the extra reach. 3. Designed for use with one hand Labels: not-comparable Example: The hoplites were pezetæri, the sarissa-armed, and hypaspists, a more select body, aimed with one-handed pike, sword and shield. 4. Designed for use with one hand Labels: not-comparable, specifically Example: ... Boys sexual content mostly consists of a series of violent and less than titillating homosexual assaults. Word of mouth among the one-handed' readership would not have been good. Example: “If it failed for me, it was only as smut; the book, at least in large black and white photocopy form, was not a one-handed read. 5. That uses one hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: The one-handed shooter, the target man who fires the national match course, turns about 45 degrees from the target, separates his feet about the same distance, fully extends his hand, locking the elbow, and with head and body erect looks over the sights. 6. Involving the actions of only one person. Labels: not-comparable Example: I don't think she knew what a relief that was, because I would have been poor help for Ralph as a one-handed crew. Example: Holding intercourse with Sir William at this date partook a good deal of the nature of a one-handed conversation, and the one-handedness seemed to increase when the only share of the host, in the post-prandial conviviality, consisted in passing the decanters, which Sir William was scrupulous to do. 7. Chiral, having an asymmetric structural orientation. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because of the m-phenylene linkage along the polymer main chain, the inherent propensity to generate foldamers has been explored in several ways, and the induction of one-handed polymer helicity been achieved.
Word: one-handed Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English on-handed, variant of Middle English on-hande, onehand, from Old English ānhende (“one-handed”). By surface analysis, one + handed. Compare German einhändig (“one-handed”), Swedish enhänt, en-handad (“one-handed”), Icelandic einn-hönd (“one-handed”). 1. Using only one hand; one-handedly. Labels: not-comparable Example: She waved to us and lost her balance; riding a bicycle one-handed is tricky. Example: She fanned the fire one-handed, cooked, swept the yard, pulled weeds out of the tomato beds, washed longyis and towels, and even developed a technique to wring them out one-handed—all because she did not want to put her son down. 2. Using only one hand; one-handedly. Labels: euphemistic, humorous, not-comparable, often Example: The kind of story that you just know was written one-handed 3. Very easily, without effort. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: He's a terrible snooker player. I could beat him one-handed! Example: That's when Brandon noticed the five kids were laughing at him. "Are you the best player in Springton?" asked one. "Hah! We could beat you one-handed!" shouted another. "We could beat you blindfolded!" said a third.
Word: red mud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for its red color, which comes mostly from iron(III) oxide. 1. A mixture of solid and metallic oxide-bearing impurities that is a waste product of bauxite refinement. Labels: uncountable 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see red, mud. Labels: uncountable
Word: portlandite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portland + -ite. 1. A rare oxide mineral, the naturally-occurring form of calcium hydroxide. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: robosexuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From robosexual + -ity. 1. Sexual attraction to robots. Labels: uncountable Example: “Sinners! Robosexuality is an abomination!” “This guy.” “The good book sayeth a robot shall not lie down with a human, nor do it standing up, nor at any angle in between.”
Word: solœcisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solœcism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homœopath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homœ- + -o- + -path. 1. Obsolete spelling of homoeopath. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: There, prominently placed in the midst of small advertisements for blood purifiers and homœopaths, is a large announcement.
Word: furphies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of furphy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weight loss Part of Speech: noun 1. The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc. Labels: uncountable Example: John achieved 25 pounds in weight loss after abstaining from soda and running two miles in the morning every day. Example: This isn’t the first time she has hidden a weight-loss management attempt from her husband. “I went to Turkey and had a gastric balloon, and I didn’t tell anyone, not even him,” she says.
Word: misdescribing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of misdescribe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: misdescribes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of misdescribe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: misdescribed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of misdescribe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pathoclisis Part of Speech: noun 1. The theory that certain specialized parts of the brain are to be the first to be damaged in the case of disease, lack of oxygen, or malnutrition. Labels: uncountable
Word: terephthaloyl chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. 1,4-benzenedicarbonyl chloride, a monomer used in polymers and aramid fibres for flame and chemical resistance, stability, and strength. Labels: uncountable
Word: phthalyl amidase Part of Speech: noun 1. A hydrolase enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction from phthalylamide and water into phthalic acid and substituted amine. Labels: uncountable
Word: revindicated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of revindicate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: revindicates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revindicate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: revindicating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revindicate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: revindication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + vindication. 1. An act of revindicating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: revindications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revindication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: xylobioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of xylobiose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rabbitbrush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rabbit + brush. 1. Any of various plants in the family Asteraceae, including most species of Chrysothamnus and some of Ericameria. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rabbitbrushes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rabbitbrush Labels: form-of, plural