nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hypnosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swep-der. Proto-Indo-European *supnós Proto-Hellenic *húpnos Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos) Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Ancient Greek ὑπνόω (hupnóō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis)lbor. English hypnosis From modern scholarly Ancient Greek ὕπνωσις (húpnōsis), which formation closes the derivational gap between the ancient words ὑπνόω (hupnóō, “I put to sleep”) and ὑπνωτικός (hupnōtikós, “sleep-inducing, soporific”). Ultimately traces back to ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”). Pronunciation: /hɪpˈnəʊ.sɪs/, /hɪpˈnoʊ.sɪs/ 1. A trancelike state, artificially induced, in which a person has a heightened suggestibility, and in which suppressed memories may be experienced. Labels: uncountable Example: clinical hypnosis Example: under hypnosis 2. The practice of inducing hypnosis; hypnotism. Labels: uncountable 3. Any of various sleep-like conditions. Labels: countable
Word: you and whose army Part of Speech: phrase Pronunciation: /ˌju ænd ˌhuz ˈɑɹmi/ 1. Used in response to someone’s threat suggesting that the person in question cannot do what they say alone. Labels: rhetoric, sarcastic Example: –I’m going to stop you from going out with that girl! —Yeah? You and whose army? Example: Come on, come on / You think you'll drive me crazy? / Well, come on, come on / You and whose army? / You and your cronies
Word: ménage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an earlier form of the French word. Pronunciation: /mɛˈnɑːʒ/, /meɪˈnɑːʒ/ 1. A household; a domestic situation. Example: "Oh," cried her ladyship, "I see the whole ménage; they will take a first floor over a baker's shop, to save fire, and live upon red herrings during the week, with a mutton chop by way of meat on a Sunday." Example: It smelled of ether and something else, possibly laudanum. I had never tried the mixture but it seemed to go pretty well with the Geiger ménage. 2. A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or through which goods can be paid for in installments. Labels: Scotland 3. A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.
Word: ménage à trois Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ménage à trois (literally “household of three”). Pronunciation: /ˌmeɪnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /ˌmɛnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /məˌnɑːʒ ɑː ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/, /məˌnɑːʒeɪ ˈt(ɹ)wɑː/ 1. A household or relationship whereby three people live together as lovers. Example: Old men frequently marry young girls, but then the portion is high and the ménage à trois common. Example: "We are certainly going to be happy—we three—in this innocent ménage à trois," she said. "I don't know what more you two men could ask for—or I, either—or the children or Eileen. 2. A sexual act or experience involving three people; a threesome. Example: David and Angela and I had a ménage à trois for about five minutes, but then I made her leave because David and I were gonna play. Example: No, the two guys don't go for each other; the triad tried a ménage à trois once but stopped because Chris thought it was icky.
Word: securely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English secure Middle English -ly English -ly English securely From secure + -ly. Pronunciation: /səˈkjʊə.li/, /səˈkjɔː.li/, /səˈkjʊɹ.li/, /səˈkjɝ.li/, /səˈkjɔɹ.li/ 1. In a secure manner; without fear or apprehension; without danger. Example: Check all personal items are securely stowed in the overhead lockers. Example: A square seat, about as wide and unyielding as a table-top, was strapped securely to each donkey, and to this seat we clung, with no secureness at all.
Word: disjunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French disjunction, from Latin disiunctiō. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈdʒʌŋk(t)ʃən/, /dɪsˈdʒʊŋk(t)ʃən/ 1. The act of disjoining; disunion, separation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being disjoined, contrasting, or opposing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the disjunction expressed by disjunctive conjunctions, such as but or or Example: The disjunction between the despotism the British had been practising in India and the liberal, secular, democratic trends of their domestic politics was too embarrassing to endure indefinitely. 3. The proposition resulting from the combination of two or more propositions using the or operator. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A logical operator that results in “true” when any of its operands are true. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. During meiosis, the separation of chromosomes (homologous in meiosis I, and sister chromatids in meiosis II). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wet t-shirt contest Part of Speech: noun 1. A contest in which women wear t-shirts that are wet to make them slightly translucent so their breasts are visible, and others judge the women on appearance.
Word: hypnotism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hypnotise 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 hypnotism From hypnotise + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpnətɪzəm/ 1. The art of inducing hypnosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypnotist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hypnotise Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English hypnotist From hypnotise + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpnətɪst/ 1. A person who uses hypnotism to induce hypnosis in someone, either for entertainment or therapy. Example: Following their modelling of Perls and Satir, Bandler and Grinder went on to model Milton H. Erickson, the world’s foremost medical hypnotist. The result was a different set of language patterns, the Milton Model, and the publication of the second NLP book, Patterns of the Hypnotic Techniques of Milton H. Erickson MD.
Word: predicate calculus Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of logic that deals with quantified statements such as "there exists an x such that..." or "for any x, it is the case that...", where x is a member of the domain of discourse. Labels: uncountable
Word: squiggle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪɡl̩/ 1. A short twisting or wiggling line or mark. Example: Even the cold ashes where a gipsy's fire had been sent little squiggles of fear down Laura's spine, for how could she know that they were not still lurking near with designs upon her own person? 2. Synonym of tilde. Labels: informal 3. An illegible scrawl. 4. A burst of laughter. Labels: rare Example: […] she dodged out again and rejoined the fleeing band which was retiring down the street to a noisy accompaniment of feigned alarm, squiggles of meaningless laughter, […] Example: […] squiggles of laughter […]
Word: squiggle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a blend of squirm + wiggle. Pronunciation: /ˈskwɪɡl̩/ 1. To wriggle or squirm. Labels: ambitransitive Example: When I was coming of age in the '60s, I squirmed and squiggled not to be pinned down by that great transfixer "the homosexual" which American psychiatry had made into such a weighty implement. 2. To make a squiggle. Labels: ambitransitive 3. To write illegibly. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: uriniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From urine + -i- + -ferous. 1. Conveying urine.
Word: urinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ūrīnōsus. By surface analysis, urine + -ous. 1. Pertaining to urine.
Word: urochord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From uro- + chord. 1. A notochord that is limited to the caudal region; especially in the Urochordata 2. Any marine organism of the Urochordata.
Word: uro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wers-der. Ancient Greek οὐρέω (ouréō) Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron)der. English uro- From Ancient Greek οὖρον (oûron). Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹə(ʊ)-/, /jʊəˈɹɒ-/, /ˌjʊəɹə(ʊ)-/ 1. urine; relating to urine and the urinary system. Labels: morpheme
Word: uro- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From New Latin, from Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”). Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹə(ʊ)-/, /jʊəˈɹɒ-/, /ˌjʊəɹə(ʊ)-/ 1. Tail. Labels: morpheme 2. urochord (organ) or the Urochordata; having a tail. Labels: morpheme
Word: ahi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *kasi Hawaiian ʻahibor. English ahi Borrowed from Hawaiian ʻahi (“yellowfin tuna”). Pronunciation: /ˈɑ.hi/ 1. yellowfin tuna
Word: yellowfin tuna Part of Speech: noun 1. An edible species of tuna, Thunnus albacares, found especially in tropical seas. Labels: uncountable Example: The experiment in the first period targeted skipjack tuna and the second, yellowfin tuna. Example: 2009, Kurt M. Schaefer, Daniel W. Fuller, Barbara A. Block, Vertical Movements and Habitat Utilization of Skipjack (Katsuwonis pelamis), Yellowfin (Thunnus albacares), and Bigeye (Thunnus obesus) Tunas in the Equatorial Eastern Pacific Ocean, Ascertained through Archival Tag Data, During the daytime, skipjack and yellowfin tunas occasionally exhibited repetitive bounce-dive foraging behavior well below the thermocline to depths of the deep scattering layer, between 225 and 400 m.
Word: comice Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French comice, ellipsis of [Doyenne du] Comice (“[Dean of the] Show”), from comice agricole (“agricultural show”). Pronunciation: /kəˈmiːs/ 1. A cultivated variety of pear with yellowish-green and reddish skin, and having juicy flesh.
Word: scomber Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scumber. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scomber Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of scumber. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: scomber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin scomber. 1. A fish of the genus Scomber. Example: […] the familiar name by which all scombers are known at Montpelier being the peis d’avril, or April fish. […] All times and tongues have agreed to call the first of these scombers by some name allusive to the warlike weapon carried in his mouth—viz., a sword, several feet in length, finely attenuated in front, and, to the dismay of the denizens of the deep, of a temper like that of its owner, not to be trusted or trifled with. […] The size and strength of these fish are as remarkable as their pugnacity; the power, as in most scombers, residing in the muscles moving the tail. Example: […] large carongues and scombers are found in the Canarian seas, and the similarity of several species is most remarkable.
Word: CAT Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Central Atlas Tamazight. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Acronym of computer-adaptive test. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Acronym of common admission test. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Acronym of civil air transport. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Acronym of clear-air turbulence. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Acronym of computed axial tomography. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 7. Acronym of career aptitude test. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Acronym of computer-assisted/aided translation. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 9. Acronym of credit authorization terminal. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 10. Acronym of citizenship advancement training. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 11. Acronym of computer-aided transceiver. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 12. Acronym of cosmic anisotropy telescope. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 13. Acronym of coital alignment technique. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 14. Acronym of conidial anastomosis tube. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 15. Acronym of chloramphenicol acetyltransferase. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 16. Acronym of crisis assessment team. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 17. Acronym of Consumer Acceptance of Technology. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: CAT Part of Speech: name 1. Centre for Alternative Technology 2. Counter Assault Team 3. Citizens Area Transit 4. Canadian Achievement Tests 5. Cambridge Antibody Technology 6. Abbreviation of Caterpillar Inc.. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Caterpillar (CAT)and Boston Consulting Group said their top executives would go but the companies are monitoring the situation closely.
Word: have one's hands full Part of Speech: verb 1. To be busy or thoroughly preoccupied. Labels: idiomatic Example: He already has his hands full with two kids and a full-time job, yet he still makes time to volunteer. Example: They had their hands full to defend themselves from firing.
Word: thingamajig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thingum or thingummy + jig, metrically patterned like gobbledygook, rigamarole. Compare thingamabob, etc. Earliest citation from 1824 as thingumajigs. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋəməˌd͡ʒɪɡ/ 1. Something that one does not know the name of. Labels: informal Example: He used this, this... this thingamajig you saw him with the other day to fix the problem. Example: "– – Engeneerin' is a cinch – All y' gotta do is shove one thingamajigg an' pull 'nother – –"
Word: comitia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin comitium (“assembly”). 1. A popular legislative assembly in ancient Rome. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: whatdoyoucallit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the phrase "what do you call it". 1. Something one does not know the name of. Labels: informal
Word: thingummy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thingum + -y. Compare thingamabob and thingamajig. Pronunciation: /ˈθɪŋəmi/ 1. Synonym of thingy: something one cannot remember the name of, or is unable to or does not care to specify precisely. 2. Synonym of whatshisname: someone one cannot remember the name of. Example: Once, in his first term, Cartwright had been bold enough to ask him why he was so clever, […] ‘It’s memory, Cartwright, old dear. Memory, the mother of the Muses . . . at least that’s what thingummy said.’ ‘Who?’ ‘You know, what’s his name, Greek poet chap. Wrote the Theogony . . . what was he called? Begins with an “H”.’ ‘Homer?’ ‘No, dear. Not Homer, the other one. No, it’s gone. Anyway. Memory, that’s the key.’
Word: gummy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gummy From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmi/ 1. Showing the gums. Example: a gummy grin
Word: gummy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English gummy From gum (“flesh around teeth”) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmi/ 1. Clipping of gummy shark. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: Over there [the UK], gummies are called smooth hound and a six kilo fish would stop the nation. Example: 2007, Bill Classon, Fishing Guide to Victoria′s Coastline, Australian Fishing Network, page 60, Western Port is a great location to find gummies. […] Gummy sharks are one of the favoured species in Western Port and for good reason: they put up a strong fight and feed of fresh flake is pretty hard to beat. 2. A sheep that is losing or has lost its teeth. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand
Word: gummy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmi/ 1. Resembling gum (the substance). 2. Covered with gum or a substance resembling gum. Example: the gummie bark of Firr or Pine Example: Then rubs his gummy eyes. 3. Thick; fat. Labels: archaic, slang Example: Probably, in times gone by, when flowing gowns were seldom worn in England, some fashionable dame of high degree, having splay feet, or gummy ankles, might have put them under cover.
Word: gummy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gum (“(substance)”) + -y. The noun was influenced by gummi (from German). Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌmi/ 1. A gummi candy. Labels: plural-normally Example: I opened the fridge to take out my lunch and gave her a gummy. She licked my hand gratefully as I placed the food into the microwave and when it was heated up, she watched me eat and when I was done, she licked my plate happily. Example: Cristina hands him a gummy but holds tight to her cupcake, for she's still working on it, and doesn't want to set it free yet.
Word: gooey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English burgood Proto-Germanic *bermô? Proto-West Germanic *bermō Old English beormader. Welsh burym Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Proto-Brythonic *kawl Middle Welsh cawl Welsh cawl ? Persian برغولder. Persian پرغولder. Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul)der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. English ragout? English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -ey English gooey The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːi/, /ˈɡui/ 1. Having the consistency of goo: soft or viscous, and sticky. Labels: informal Example: gooey liquid covered the floor Example: The cookies, soft and gooey, proved a smash hit at the party. 2. Emotional or sentimental, especially to an excessive extent; mushy, soppy. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: What flower has been bred in more than three thousand varieties, and become the symbol of the gooeyest human sentimentality and pampering? Example: Nobody goes all gooey over a character like me and talks about having half a million dollars and offers me a trip to Rio and a nice home complete with all the luxuries. 3. Distasteful, unpleasant. Labels: archaic, figuratively, informal Example: Mr. Hugh Dillman's Palm Beach divorce suit will be gooey, Three of his golf-playing ???? will be mentioned …
Word: gooey Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English burgood Proto-Germanic *bermô? Proto-West Germanic *bermō Old English beormader. Welsh burym Proto-Indo-European *keh₂ulisder. Latin caulisbor. Proto-Brythonic *kawl Middle Welsh cawl Welsh cawl ? Persian برغولder. Persian پرغولder. Arabic بُرْغُل (burḡul)der.? Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Italic *gustus Latin gustus Middle French goûtder. Middle French ragoûterder. French ragoûtbor. English ragout? English burgoo? Proto-Indo-European *gleyH- Proto-Indo-European *glóh₁ytn̥ Proto-Italic *gloiten Latin glūten Late Latin glūs Old French glubor. Middle English glew English glue? English goo Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -ey English gooey The adjective is derived from goo + -ey (a variant of -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’)). The noun is derived from the adjective. Pronunciation: /ˈɡuːi/, /ˈɡui/ 1. A thing which is soft or viscous, and sticky. Labels: informal Example: On impulse, Pat stopped at a bakery. […] He came out with a box full of gooies—éclairs, cream horns, Napoleons— […] and we parked outside the college grounds and ate them, yapping at each other and smearing ourselves with chocolate and cream. Example: I put the "gooeys," green fluorescent snots, into Louie's nose, set up his brain, and get ready to play the game with my mom. We keep putting our fingers up Louie's nose and pulling gooeys out of it. 2. A person who is regarded as weak or worthless; a fool. Labels: dated, derogatory, figuratively, informal Example: But only a confirmed chump and irremediable ‘gooey’ comes up for a third ‘chuck.’ […] ‘Jest jollyin’ these gooeys, that’s how’, he said. 3. A person who favours closer relationships with other people and less structured settings, rather than formal, organized settings; also, an educational approach, curriculum, etc., which is less structured. Labels: US, figuratively, informal Example: Planned variation was based on systematically applying different educational approaches developed by academic experts, each of whom was to become a "sponsor" of a single type of program – from highly structured classroom models, sometimes called "pricklies," to open classrooms and more exploratory environments, dubbed "gooeys." Example: Alan Watts says that these two types may be named the "prickly" people and the "gooey" people. The pricklies, he says, the Marthas, are tough-minded, rigorous, and precise and like to stress differences and divisions between things. The gooeys, the Marys, are tender-minded romanticists who love wide generalizations and grand syntheses.
Word: finicky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From finick (“to work in a fastidious manner, wasting time over unnecessary details”) + -y. Compare finicking, finical, and dated finikin. Perhaps suggested by obsolete Dutch fijnkens (“accurately, neatly, prettily”) (modern Dutch fijntjes). Compare also Sicilian finicchiu. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪki/ 1. Fastidious and fussy; difficult to please; exacting, especially about details. Labels: informal Example: My editor is very finicky about punctuation. Every dot and comma has to be just right. Example: She has a finicky baby that's hard to feed. 2. Demanding; requiring above-normal care. Labels: informal Example: The lawnmower is a bit finicky in cold weather. Example: Instead of Rose Levy Beranbaum’s Cream Cheese Pie Crust from her addictingly finicky The Pie and Pastry Bible, I decided to make her Sour Cream Crust.
Word: icky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1935, American English; from icky-boo (circa 1920): sickly, nauseated; baby talk corruption of sick; from a sentimental term for jazz music. Pronunciation: /ˈɪki/ 1. Unpleasantly sticky; yucky; disgusting. Labels: informal Example: I stepped in something icky and it smells terrible. Example: Crew member Sachin Sharma of India said workers had no problems with being thrust into the icky job of handling the red bags filled with human waste. 2. Excessively sentimental. Labels: informal 3. Unwell or upset; in a bad state of mind or health. Labels: informal Example: I'm not going to work today. I just feel icky.
Word: sentimental Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sent-der. Proto-Italic *sentiō Latin sentiō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin sentimentumder. Old French sentementder. English sentiment English -al English sentimental From sentiment + -al. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/, /ˌsɛniˈmɛnl̩/ 1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc. Example: Are you in sentimental mood? I'll sigh with you. Example: Gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart at ease. Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, to renew old memories. 2. Derived from emotion rather than logical reason. 3. Romantic.
Word: snowplough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From snow + plough. 1. Alternative form of snowplow. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: A "J36" 0-6-0 with the normal snowplough had to give up at Lumphanan and returned home, whereupon a Stanier Class "5" with a large snowplough and two coaches of workmen with shovels, went up and eventually drove a path through to Ballater. Example: In another initiative, NR [Network Rail] is to fund snowploughs for fitting to NYMR's [North Yorkshire Moors Railway's] Class 25 diesel loco, facilitating the clearance of snow from the line as far west as Battersby under a track access agreement.
Word: snowplough Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From snow + plough. 1. Alternative form of snowplow. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: playpipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + pipe. 1. A rigid extension to a fire hose that provides a gripping surface for fire fighting personnel. Typically a pipe with handles that attaches to the end of a fire hose and has a nozzle attached to it.
Word: JP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Justice of the Peace, as a postnominal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of junior programmer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Janata Party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Justice Party (India). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: B-girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation of bargirl. 1. A bargirl. Labels: US, slang Example: Clearing his throat, Patrolman Mancuso stood before his sergeant and said, “I got a lead on a place where they got B-girls.” Example: The bar was a rough, tough frontier place with B-girls drinking colored water at premium whiskey prices, bought by horny guys who thought they were going to get laid but were only going to get screwed.
Word: B-girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: b(reak) + girl, formed by analogy with B-boy. 1. A woman who performs breakdance; a female breaker. Labels: slang Example: The younger b-boys and b-girls at Hip Opsession tend to ignore those spectators who do not seem to know or express the accepted codes and conventions of the scene. 2. A female member of the hip-hop subculture. Labels: slang
Word: NLRB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Labor Relations Board. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Retaliation against organizing unions is illegal under US federal law, and complaints with the NLRB can lead to fired workers being reinstated with backpay, Bloomberg notes.
Word: SDI Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛs diː aɪ/ 1. Initialism of single-document interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SDI Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɛs diː aɪ/ 1. Initialism of Strategic Defense Initiative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The new sales pitch for S.D.I. runs smack up against the recommendations of Mr. Reagan's own Commission on Strategic Forces, the panel that so effectively closed the window of vulnerability back in 1983. 2. Initialism of Steel Deck Institute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Scuba Diving International. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TBS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Temple-Baraitser syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Townes-Brocks syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: TBS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Turner Broadcasting System. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Tokyo Broadcasting System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of The Basic School. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of The Bethesda system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of the True Buddha School. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TGIF Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of thank God it's Friday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Twitter, Google, iPhone/iPad or Instagram, Facebook. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TGIF Part of Speech: noun 1. A Friday afternoon beer party. 2. Initialism of transforming growth interacting factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TVA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Tennessee Valley Authority. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Trump said in the Cabinet Room that he was removing TVA board chairman James “Skip” Thompson – who the President nominated to the TVA board in 2017 – and another board member, Richard Howorth, from their positions.
Word: WORM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of write once, read many. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: inopportune Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin inopportūnus. By surface analysis, in- + opportune. 1. Unsuitable for some particular purpose. Example: That was a most inopportune spot for a picnic. Example: "It appears I come at an inopportune time, madam," said he, "when my friend, Mr. Rochester, is from home; but I arrive from a very long journey, and I think I may presume so far on old and intimate acquaintance as to install myself here till he returns." 2. Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time. Example: The inopportune arrival of the bus cut short the interesting conversation. Example: The object is to keep the yard operators apprised of main-line movements, so that they do not plan to occupy the main lines with activity into or out of the yard at an inopportune juncture.
Word: WWE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Wrestling Entertainment: a US media and entertainment company known for professional wrestling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: His father booked us tickets for the upcoming WWE event.
Word: WW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of world war. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of worldwide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of wild woman, i.e. prostitute. Labels: World-War-I, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang
Word: WW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Weight Watchers. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Wicklow. Labels: Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: AWD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of all-wheel drive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VCD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of video CD. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of visual communication and design. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of vocal cord dysfunction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of vibrational circular dichroism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of value change dump. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of voice command device. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of vinyl cyclohexene diepoxide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of video display controller. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: action star Part of Speech: noun 1. An actor or actress who plays the leading role or a major role in an action movie. Example: Harrison Ford, Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Jackie Chan are all famous action stars.
Word: ASMS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Society for Mass Spectrometry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Australian Science and Mathematics School. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Alabama School of Math and Science. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: dept. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of department. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of deputy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hue and cry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English heu and cri, from the Anglo-Norman legal phrase hu e cri. 1. The public pursuit of a criminal, accompanied by shouts to warn others to give chase. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually Example: Because he that firſt raiſeth a hue and cry, where no felony is committed, that is, he who giveth the falſe information, is ſeverely puniſhable by fine and impriſonment, if the information be falſe. Example: For the levying of hue and cry, although it is a good course to have a justice's warrant, where time will permit, in order to prevent causeless hue and cry; yet it is not necessary, nor always convenient; for the felon may escape before the warrant be obtained. 2. A loud and persistent public clamour, especially one associated with protest or the making of some demand. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: And because I haven't written off easily, a great hue and cry has gone up that there is something wrong with our whole system of administering justice.
Word: give chase Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin chasing or pursuing someone or something, whether on foot or by vehicle. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: After the robbery, the police gave chase but didn't catch the suspect. Example: Without thinking, Zoe ran along the outside of the building, as her stepmother and Tina fought to be first out on to the scaffold to give chase.
Word: Fla. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Florida: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The following decade, when the Traubs moved to Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the families reconnected during the Traubs’ annual summer visit to Evanston.
Word: CAIR Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Clean Air Interstate Rule. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Council on American-Islamic Relations. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: CAIR Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of confidential aviation incident reporting. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: ACC Part of Speech: name Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of Allied Control Council. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of Association of Corporate Counsel. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of American Chemistry Council. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of American College of Cardiology. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Air Coordinating Committee. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 6. Initialism of Associated Cement Companies. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Accident Compensation Corporation. Labels: New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of the accident compensation scheme, administered by the Accident Compensation Corporation. Labels: New-Zealand, abbreviation, alt-of, broadly, initialism 9. Initialism of Antarctic Circumpolar Current. An ocean current surrounding Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ACC Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation. 1. Initialism of adaptive cruise control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of accusative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of amorphous calcium carbonate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of area control center. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of assistant chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries. Labels: Commonwealth, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of ascending chain condition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of author-created character, a new character who is added into a fanfic's cast of 'official' characters. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Abbreviation of 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: C&C Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of command and control. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of clear and convincing (evidence). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of comment(s) and critique. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DRC Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /diːɑːˈsiː/, /diːɑɹˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of Democratic Republic of (the) Congo, Congo-Kinshasa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DRC Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːɑːˈsiː/, /diːɑɹˈsiː/ 1. Initialism of dynamic range compression. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of design rule check(ing). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NREL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NIH Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Institutes of Health. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “This action aims to ensure that WIV does not receive another dollar of federal funding,” an HHS spokesperson said in a statement. “The move was undertaken due to WIV’s failure to provide documentation on WIV’s research requested by NIH related to concerns that WIV violated NIH’s biosafety protocols.”
Word: NIH Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of not invented here. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: DMC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of double metal cyanide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of data monitoring committee; groups in charge of protocols of clinical trials. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of destination management company. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of dimethyl carbonate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: PPL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of polypeptide laboratory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of private pilot licence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of probabilistic programming language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PPL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Paper Products Limited. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ACTH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of adrenocorticotropic hormone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Petroleum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I was at the BP station, filling up my daddy’s Chrysler with gas, when I finally heard what I think was my mama’s voice in my ear. Example: BP (BP) revealed plans in August to slash its oil production by 40% and pour billions of dollars into clean energy as it attempts to deliver net-zero emission by 2050. […] The moves could make BP (BP) more appealing to ESG investors, at least compared with US oil companies. 2. Initialism of British Pharmacopoeia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Brazilian Portuguese. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of blood pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: I was concerned to find the BP even higher when I took it. 2. Initialism of boiling point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of base pair. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of benzoyl peroxide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 5. Initialism of business plan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of backpropagation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BP Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of Before Present, conventionally relative to radiocarbon dating in the 1950s. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: Later diversion of lake drainage between 11,000 and 10,000 BP, due to ice retreat, led to the discharge of Agassiz meltwaters into the western North Atlantic.
Word: BP Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of bipolar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SABIC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Saudi Basic Industries Corporation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LNG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of liquefied natural gas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: TRI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Toxic Release Inventory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Toyota Research Institute. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TRI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Triple Reuptake Inhibitor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NCRR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Center for Research Resources. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NNI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Nanotechnology Initiative. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NNI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of nearest neighbour interchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: PCAST Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: TSCA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Toxic Substances Control Act. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NPL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Physical Laboratory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The Planck constant is, in turn, measured using an instrument known as the Kibble balance, first developed at NPL by the late physicist Bryan Kibble.
Word: NPL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of non-performing loan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: VTB’s First Deputy CEO, Dmitry Pyanov, said the share of NPLs could rise to between 6% and 7% within the next few months, but stressed that this was still far from peak levels. VTB estimated the share of restructured corporate loans at 3%.
Word: JPL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BIPM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of International Bureau of Weights and Measures (French abbreviation). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CGPM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of General Conference on Weights and Measures (French abbreviation). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: XRCD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of X-ray crystal density. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ROA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Raman optical activity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of register of actions. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of right of abode. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: GS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of geological survey. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of goal shooter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of giant slalom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of glide slope. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of global studies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Gitelman syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of golden shower (“the act of a person urinating on another”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: TV into GS and BS, are you there? Example: My interests are humiliation, public exhibitionism, nipple torture, hot wax, bondage, C & B torture, G.S., all fantasies 8. Initialism of glue stick. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang 9. Initialism of General Secretary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of General Schedule, in United States government pay grades. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 11. Initialism of grade school. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Golden State. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Pokémon Gold and Silver. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang 3. Initialism of Goldman Sachs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The stock is up more-than 45% this year, putting AmEx slightly ahead of Goldman Sachs (GS). Like Goldman and other top financial stocks, Amex has thrived during the past few months as the economy has roared back to life following the brief Covid recession last year and consumers started spending again.
Word: GS Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of grand sport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: A&M Part of Speech: noun 1. Agricultural and Mechanical, a historical university description 2. Agricultural and Mines, a historical university description
Word: UHP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ultra-high purity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: EOE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of equal-opportunity employer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SLAC Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Stanford linear accelerator center. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SLAC Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of small liberal arts college. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: CFN Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Center for Functional Nanomaterials. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GMC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of General Management Committee (“the general committee of a constituency party of the British Labour Party”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GMC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of General Medical Council. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of General Motors Company, a truck brand by GM (not a synonym of GM). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of General Motors Corporation, a truck brand by GM (not a synonym of GM outside of GM's earliest decades). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism
Word: BST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Standard Time (between 1968 and 1971). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of British Summer Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of binary search tree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Burgess Shale Type. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: masculinism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From masculine + -ism, as opposed to feminism. 1. An ideology of masculinity or of male rights; considered as opposed to feminism. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: While only women can participate in the building of a feminist culture, without the interference — however well-intentioned — of men, men can facilitate that process by refusing to participate in the old order of masculinism. Example: […] the transition to liberal capitalism offers men the opportunity of putting a greatly increased social distance between themselves and women. It is the rise of masculinism which is the primary characteristic of gender relations in Eastern Europe today. 2. Mannishness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The greater part of these various anatomical peculiarities and functional anomalies point, more or less clearly, to the prevalence among inverts of a tendency to infantilism, combined with feminism in men and masculinism in women
Word: CCTV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Closed-Circuit TeleVision; video surveillance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Two months later Devon walked into Khandi’s Gem Express and Jewellery on the high road, with a kid from south Kilburn, Curtis Ainger, and a gun. Smile, you’re on CCTV. Nineteen when he went in. Twenty-three, this summer. Example: There is CCTV in the coach, so anyone planning to pilfer a flapjack may well be seen!
Word: CCTV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of China Central Television. Labels: China, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DCIS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ductal carcinoma in situ. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism