nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: shark bait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shark + bait. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑːkbeɪt/, /ˈʃɑɹkbeɪt/ 1. One who is in a precarious or vulnerable position. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Holden's heart was loud enough to deafen him. He couldn't go against a mage of the power. No one could, no one could ever survive. One word and he was shark-bait. Example: I usually tried to cheer Pete up; this time he was dragging me down with him into his bottomless depths of despair. I simply could not accept the general newsroom consensus that Ryan was shark bait. 2. One who has been, or is likely to be, attacked by a shark. Labels: humorous, uncountable Example: When Ian informed Will that it was his turn for shark-bait position, he was told, "You know, Lyssa came in second in chess club, but she lost to Seth Birnbaum in the final." By unspoken agreement, Luke, Ian, and Charla stopped asking Will to take his turn dangling in the ocean. Example: Suddenly I realized they were all sharks, big ones, and very much alive! I was shark bait and began swimming as hard as I could for shore, making little headway, before remembering to ask God for protection and strength. He enabled me to relax and swim slowly. 3. One who has been, or is likely to be, attacked by a shark. Labels: Australia, colloquial, humorous, uncountable Example: The meeting formed a committee to investigate and make recommendations to 'counteract the shark menace'. […] [T]he committee […] suggested that 'drastic penalties could be inflicted on surfers who bathed at dangerous hours or swam out far enough to earn the title of "shark bait"'. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, bait. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonym: chum Example: Scumball assured me that Cory's alibi would be watertight, that a lawyer specializing in such claims would represent him in all transactions with the insurance people, that he knew for a fact that the agent who'd sold Cory the policy was sympathetic, and that Cory himself completely understood that if he so much as squeaked his body was shark bait.
Word: shark baiter Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shark, baiter. 2. A lone swimmer or surfer far from shore; shark bait. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: 1912, Arthur Wright, Rung In, pages 34-5, quoted in G. A. Wilkes, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, It might be only some foolhardy ‘shark baiter’ as he heard the more adventuresome of the bathers called. Example: 1964, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (Australia) Division of Fisheries, et al., Fisheries Newsletter, Volume 23, page 26, Solitary bathers are more often attacked than groups, Mr. Whitley says, but the “shark-baiter” farthest offshore is not necessarily the one selected.
Word: ratification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French ratification, from Medieval Latin ratificatio. Pronunciation: /ˌɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The act or process of ratifying, or the state of being ratified. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A formal declaration of agreement to a treaty etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Minorcan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Minorca + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to Minorca, an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Minorcan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Minorca + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of Minorca, an island of the Balearic Islands, Spain.
Word: Minorcan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Minorca + -an. 1. The variety of Balearic Catalan native to Minorca.
Word: Minorca Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca. Pronunciation: /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/ 1. An island of the Balearic Islands, Spain, east of Mallorca.
Word: Minorca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin Minorca, Minorica, from Latin Balearis Minor. Compare Majorca. Pronunciation: /mɪˈnɔː(ɹ)kə/ 1. A domestic chicken of a certain breed originating on the island of Menorca. Example: ”Yet another breed which has fallen from grace, more through unwise breeding than any fault of its own is the Minorca. See ref. p.43.
Word: combo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of combination + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmbəʊ/ 1. A small musical group. Example: The jazz combo played nightly at the little restaurant. 2. A combination. Labels: slang Example: I need to open the safe but I forgot the combo. Example: I order the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga. 3. Effective combination of gameplay elements. Example: Obviously, this is something not seen very often, with super flashy, combo-driven fighters dominating store shelves everywhere. 4. Effective combination of gameplay elements. Example: Tm have several OP combos, i think ecology expert with kelp algea^([sic]) is stronger than fish combo IMO. 5. Effective combination of gameplay elements. Example: Personally I'd like to see an environment where all the major archetypes, control, beatdown, and combo are viable. Example: Whenever I play (I play D&D alot^([sic]) too) I always play combo. 6. A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman, or who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture. Labels: Australia, derogatory Example: "[…] Look at Ganger O'Cannon of Black Adder Creek, with his halfcaste wife and quadroon kids, a down-right family man—yet looked on as as much a combo as if he lived in a blacks' camp. Isn't that so? […] The casual comboes are respected, while men like O'Cannon and myself, who rear their kids, are utterly despised. […]" Example: 1993, Journal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, p. 97, https://books.google.ca/books?id=Ky4iAQAAMAAJ&q=%22a+combo%22+halfcaste+-%22combo+box%22&dq=%22a+combo%22+halfcaste+-%22combo+box%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi18NvhnufMAhWL6IMKHfnYDUkQ6AEIbDAQ If he sides with the Aborigines against their employers and exploiters, he may be called a ' combo ', and yet he may not achieve popularity with the Aborigines. 7. A combo box. Labels: informal Example: Combos and lists are two very powerful controls that allow the user to select from a predetermined set of values.
Word: combo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of combination + -o. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmbəʊ/ 1. To combine. Labels: slang, transitive 2. To perform a combo attack on. Labels: transitive
Word: horizontal integration Part of Speech: noun 1. The integrating of identical stages in the production or marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization, typically by mergers and acquisitions in the same industry, to increase market share, reduce competition, or achieve economies of scale. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This process of vertical and horizontal integration has resulted in consolidation of control over basic transformation technologies used in the genetic modification of crops; control over proprietary traits; and control over the elite germplasm resources for many of the world's most important commercial crops. Example: In the 1930s, Brandeis argued that large companies would inevitably exploit their workers, convert their profits into political influence, and corrode both the market and the machinations of government. But the Reagan administration and subsequent lawmakers have allowed vertical and horizontal integration on the theory that economies of scale often benefit both employees and consumers.
Word: vertical integration Part of Speech: noun 1. The integrating of successive stages in the production and marketing process under the ownership or control of a single management organization. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The prevailing wisdom today is that any benefits of vertical integration tend to be outweighed by the greater advantages of specializing in a narrow range of vertical activities. Example: In the 1930s, Brandeis argued that large companies would inevitably exploit their workers, convert their profits into political influence, and corrode both the market and the machinations of government. But the Reagan administration and subsequent lawmakers have allowed vertical and horizontal integration on the theory that economies of scale often benefit both employees and consumers.
Word: triathlon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + -athlon. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈæθlɒn/, /tɹaɪˈæθˌlɑn/, /tɹaɪˈæθəˌlɑn/ 1. An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn. 2. A former Olympic athletics event in which contestants compete in long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash. Labels: historical 3. Generally, a sports event in which contestant compete in a combination of three sports.
Word: Makem Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of Mackem. Labels: alt-of, alternative, derogatory, humorous
Word: post- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- From Latin post (“after, behind”). Cognate with Spanish pues (“well, so, then”) Pronunciation: /poʊst/, /pəʊst/ 1. after; later. Labels: morpheme Example: Representatives of the Syrian National Council and the National Coordination Body for Democratic Change in Syria signed an agreement late Friday in Cairo for a transition in a post-Assad era, the NCB said on its Facebook page. Example: The main prefixes in the controlled language include “un-“, “plus-“, “doubleplus-“, “ante-” and “post-“. 2. behind. Labels: morpheme
Word: Mandy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Apheretic form of Amanda + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmændi/ 1. A diminutive of the female given name Amanda, popular as a formal given name in the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. Example: But Mother and Father and Grandpa and Grandma and Uncle and Aunty couldn't very well call out "Millicent Margaret Amanda" every time they wanted her, so they shortened it to "Milly-Molly-Mandy" which is quite easy to say. Example: Without looking up, she asked: "Is your name Mandy or Amanda Price?" "Mandy, Miss Etienne." In other circumstances Mandy would have pointed out that if her name were Amanda the CV would have said so.
Word: Mandy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Mándy. 1. A surname from Hungarian.
Word: Mandy Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Mandelson + -y. 1. Nickname for Peter Mandelson (born 1953), British politician.
Word: janitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ianitor (“doorkeeper”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒænɪtə/, /ˈd͡ʒænɪtɚ/, [ˈd͡ʒænɪɾɚ] 1. Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building. Labels: Philippines, US 2. Someone who looks after the maintenance and cleaning of a public building. Labels: Hong-Kong, Philippines, Scotland, US 3. A doorman. 4. A moderator for a discussion forum. Labels: Internet, derogatory, sometimes
Word: jurisconsult Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iūris consultus (“one skilled in the law”). Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒʊəɹɪskənˈsʌlt/, /ˌd͡ʒʊəɹɪsˈkɒnsʌlt/ 1. A person authorised to give legal advice. 2. A master of civil law. Abbreviation: J.C. 3. A master of jurisprudence. 4. Someone who has studied law. 5. A jurist. Example: The Court shall be composed of a body of independent judges, elected regardless of their nationality from among persons of high moral character, who possess the qualifications required in their respective countries for appointment to the highest judicial offices, or are jurisconsults of recognized competence in international law.
Word: quadragenerian Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of quadragenarian. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: quartic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the fourth degree. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quartic Part of Speech: noun 1. An algebraic equation or function of the fourth degree. 2. A curve describing such an equation or function.
Word: quatrain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French quatre French -ain French quatrainbor. English quatrain Borrowed from French quatrain. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒt.ɹeɪn/ 1. A poem in four lines. 2. A stanza of four lines. Example: Example: Example: Awake! for Morning in the Bowl of Night,
Word: somnambulant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”) + -ant. 1. Walking as if, or while, asleep; sleepwalking. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hopeless lost souls of hell, trudging through a decaying shitstream of traffic, wandering, somnambulant herds of the damned, […]
Word: somnambulant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin somnus (“sleep”) + ambulō (“to walk”) + -ant. 1. A sleepwalker.
Word: soufflé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːfleɪ/, /suːˈfleɪ/ 1. A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and various other ingredients, usually prepared and served in a small earthenware bowl (ramekin). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot.
Word: soufflé Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːfleɪ/, /suːˈfleɪ/ 1. Decorated with very small drops or sprinkles of colour, as if blown from a bellows. Labels: not-comparable
Word: soufflé Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French soufflé, from souffler (“to puff”). Pronunciation: /ˈsuːfleɪ/, /suːˈfleɪ/ 1. To prepare as a soufflé. Labels: transitive Example: It is quite possible that the first attempt at souffléing potatoes may be a failure. Example: Our lockers were on the floor, gear intermixed in heaps, as if King Kong had souffléed the room with an eggbeater the size of the Eiffel Tower. 2. To treat analogously to the way one prepares a soufflé. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: The July Revolution's promises have been fricasseed, liberties ground into salamis, the budget souffléd, republicans put up as marmalade, public order fried, politesse burned, and glory boiled. Example: Case pictured his pasty-faced mother talking her way out of being souffléd alive by pasty-faced nasties. 3. To treat analogously to the way one prepares a soufflé. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Designed by Shannon Rodgers for Jerry Silverman, in ivory souffléd wool tweed. Example: The fabrics — some 25,000 yards of them — form an extraordinary collection, ranging from 69¢ domestic cottons to souffléd mohairs, Hong Kong silks and haute couture fabrics from the Rue de la Paix . 4. To treat analogously to the way one prepares a soufflé. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Feeling that he must bring his subject down to the level of a layman's comprehension, the author has outdone himself in preparing a style picturesque and souffléd enough to do the trick requested. Example: And if you want to meditate on social significances, ask yourself what America would be like if our natural Angloid heaviness of temper had not been fermented and souffléd by such diverse racial strains? 5. To treat analogously to the way one prepares a soufflé. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Not a rite-of-passage rash-and-fever, not a week eating ice cream on the sofa, this was not chickenpox but a biblical plague the month before he turned two, his skinny frame covered entire with pennysized bulbs sagging, fat with neon green pus, as though he had been mummified in bubble wrap, victim of the world's bees, skin around the pustules souffléd with red welts, coat of monstrous nipples. Example: The long polished table like the deck of his uncle Hugo's yacht, the partridge with bread sauce, the club claret, the white heads in black tie, the souffléd features of accountants, lawyers, civil servants, bankers, teachers, all scrambling to recall each other's nicknames for the chance to voice them once again.
Word: kawazugake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 河津掛け, literally hooking backward counter throw. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker hooks his opponent's leg from the inside, pulls it forward and across his own body, taking him over backwards.
Word: kekaeshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蹴返し, literally "minor inner foot sweep". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker sweeps his opponent's leg from under him by kicking it from the inside; often accompanied by a slap on the back.
Word: ketaguri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 蹴手繰り, literally pulling inside ankle sweep. 1. A kimarite in which the attacker leaps aside at the tachiai and sweeps his opponent's front leg from the inside while slapping the shoulder or pulling the arm.
Word: kimedashi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese 極め出し (kimedashi). 1. A kimarite in which the attacker bars or locks the opponent's arms by wrapping his own arms round them from the outside, then grabs one of the wrists and pulls up and in and then swings or marches his opponent backwards and out. An arm-barring force-out.
Word: kimetaoshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 極め倒し, literally "arm barring force down". 1. a kimarite in which the attacker bars or locks his opponent's arms from the outside then forces him down by throwing his weight on top of him
Word: kirikaeshi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 切り返し, literally "twisting backward knee trip". 1. A kimarite in which the attacker puts his knee behind his opponent's leg then twists him backwards over the knee.
Word: smackeroo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smacker + -eroo. See also smackeroonies & ackers. 1. Synonym of smacker (a kiss). Labels: slang 2. Synonym of smacker (a unit of currency). Labels: slang Example: If Delta raises and Spirit drops, you will be looking at a $190 price difference. Those intangibles just became tangible in the form of 190 smackaroos.
Word: but then Part of Speech: conj 1. Then again, on the other hand; used to show that the opposite viewpoint is possible. Labels: idiomatic Example: He may finish writing his novel next year; but then, he may never finish.
Word: -ez Part of Speech: suffix 1. Eye dialect spelling of -es. Labels: alt-of, morpheme, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: "snicker. Ladiez and gentlemen heheheh. I give you, the Shunned Center." Example: Cube bussez some cra-z shizit in this rekkid!
Word: isinglass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from obsolete Dutch huisenblas, from German Hausenblase, from Hausen (“sturgeon of the Huso genus”) + Blase (“bladder”), with alteration after glass. Pronunciation: /ˈaɪzɪŋɡlɑːs/, /ˈaɪzɪŋɡlæs/ 1. A form of gelatine obtained from the air bladder of the sturgeon and certain other fish, used as an adhesive and as a clarifying agent for wine and beer. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Isinglass flummery.—Put six ounces of isinglass into a quart of new milk, sweeten it, set it over the fire, and keep it stirring one way all the time, till it is jellied; pour it into basins, and when cold turn it out; you may put in orange flower water if you like. Example: Isinglass is a substance well known in commerce, from its employment both in the arts and in domestic economy. It is the purest known form of animal jelly, and is obtained from the swimming bladder of a few kinds of fish, chiefly of the genus Sturgeon, the Acipenser of zoologists. This is indicated by some of its continental names, of which the English is no doubt a corruption;—thus, in German, Isinglass is called Hausenblase, from hausen the great sturgeon, and blase a bladder. 2. A thin, transparent sheet of mica (probably from its similarity to true isinglass and/or resulting from confusion with the term Muscovy glass for glazing made from mica, but also used for isinglass, which was chiefly produced in the Caspian Sea region of Russia, or Muscovy). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: TALC. / GENUS I. / ISINGLASS. / VITRUM. / Compoſed of broad, flat, cloſe, poliſhed Plates. Example: There is a general error prevalent that mica is isinglass, and many times it is spoken of as isinglass, but there is a great difference between the two. Mica is mainly composed of silicate of aluminum, while isinglass is a fish gelatine or glue […]
Word: rescind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the Latin rescindō (“to cut back”), from re- (“back”) + scindō (“to cut”). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈsɪnd/, /ɹɪˈzɪnd/, /ɹəˈsɪnd/ 1. To repeal, annul, or declare void; to take (something such as a rule or contract) out of effect. Labels: transitive Example: The agency will rescind the policy because many people are dissatisfied with it. Example: Coinbase also rescinded hundreds of job offers. Some of those new hires had already quit their previous jobs, or were relying on Coinbase to maintain their work visas. 2. To cut away or off. Labels: transitive
Word: subheading Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English heading English subheading From sub- + heading. 1. Any of the headings under which each of the main divisions of a subject may be subdivided. Example: And puritans give much the same warning in a manner suggesting that though the eating of rich foods is not among the seven deadly sins, it is at least a bona fide subheading under the general category of gluttony. Example: Most subheadings don’t do much to enhance a document. The whistle-blower’s subheadings do what the best subheadings do: They structure the complaint and provide a clear outline of what the document contains: […] 2. A heading or caption subordinate to a main headline, heading, or title especially when inserted as a divider between sections (as of a newspaper or periodical article or story or text of a book).
Word: iatrogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iatro- + -genic. Pronunciation: /aɪˌætɹəˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ 1. Induced by the words or actions of the physician or by medical treatment or diagnostic procedure. Example: Another group argues that the diagnosis is being overused and that many of the diagnosed cases are iatrogenic, or unintentionally shaped or caused by the practitioner Example: These medicines addicted, sickened, or killed outright; they also could trigger chemical pneumonitis, or progressive lung injury, if inhaled during a bout of iatrogenic, or physician–triggered, vomiting.
Word: offender Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English offendour, offender, offendir, equivalent to offend + -er. Pronunciation: /əˈfen.də(ɹ)/, /əˈfen.dɚ/ 1. One who gives or causes offense, or does something wrong. Example: Almost all down trains are late, however; the empty wagon trains are probably the worst offenders and one or two hours' late running by them is not unusual. 2. A person who commits an offense against the law, a lawbreaker.
Word: requiring Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of require Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: requiring Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkwaɪə.ɹɪŋ/, /ɹɪˈkwaɪɹ.ɪŋ/ 1. A requirement. Labels: archaic Example: a. 1798, Joshua Evans In the days of my sorrow for sin, I fully believed there was in God alone, a rest for the righteous; and no true rest in any other way, than through obedience to his holy requirings.
Word: labret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin labrum (“lip”) + -et; modelled on anklet, bracelet, etc. Sometimes incorrectly assumed to be of French origin. Pronunciation: /ˈleɪbɹɪt/, /lɒˈbreɪ/ 1. A body piercing consisting of an adornment attached to the lip. Example: Purchas, speaking of the use of a labret by certain Mexicans, makes Peter Martyr say “that he doth not remember that he ever saw so filthy and ugly a sight,[…] Example: The labret was an ornament worn in a perforation through the lower lip, In the north, labrets were oval in shape, generally made of wood or stone, times inlaid with small flat pieces of shell or bone. The wearing of a labret signified high rank.
Word: mousse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss, bog, marsh”). More at moss. Pronunciation: /muːs/, /ˈmʉs/ 1. An airy pudding served chilled, particularly chocolate mousse. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A savory dish, of meat or seafood, containing gelatin. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ham mousse 3. A styling cream used for hair. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He slicked his hair back with mousse, but the cowlick still stuck up. 4. A stable emulsion of water and oil that is created by wave action churning the water where an oil spill occurs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pretreatment of oil or sea water with dispersants or demulsifiers generally inhibits laboratory mousse formation with most of the oils and petroleum products tested (Berridge et al. , 1968b; Bridie et al. , 1980a,b). Example: A number of investigators have shown that the starting composition of a parent oil can have a major influence on its predisposittion to form stable water-in-oil emulsions (mousse). For example, the presence of natural surfactants in the wax, resin, and asphaltene fractions of oils has been positively correlated with the tendency to form mousse.
Word: mousse Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French mousse (“foam, froth”), from Old French mosse (“moss”), from Frankish or Old Dutch *mosa (“moss”), from Proto-Germanic *musą (“moss, bog, marsh”). More at moss. Pronunciation: /muːs/, /ˈmʉs/ 1. To apply mousse (styling cream). Labels: transitive Example: He moussed his hair in the morning and then washed it out at night.
Word: likes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /laɪks/ 1. plural of like Labels: form-of, plural Example: They’d never before seen the likes of him. Example: I’d never seen their likes.
Word: likes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /laɪks/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of like Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: jacamar Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various insectivorous tropical birds, of the family Galbulidae, having iridescent plumage and a long, sharp bill.
Word: quadrable Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a plane figure, for which quadrature is possible. Labels: not-comparable
Word: quadrature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwṓr Proto-Italic *kʷettwōr Latin quattuor ▲ Latin quadrōbf.? Latin quadrus Latin quadrō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Latin quadrātūrabor. English quadrature Borrowed from Latin quadrātūra. Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹəˌtjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɒd.ɹə.t͡ʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈkwɑ.dɹəˌt͡ʃʊɚ/, /ˈkwɑ.dɹə.t͡ʃɚ/, /ˈkwɒd.ɹəˌt͡ʃʊɚ/ 1. The process of making something square; squaring. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act or process of constructing a square that has the same area as a given plane figure, or of computing that area. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1976, D. T. Whiteside (editor), The Mathematical Papers of Isaac Newton, Volume 7: 1691-1695, Cambridge University Press, page 3, Craige was then on the point of publishing a short tract wherein he expounded a systematic (if far from general) 'Method of determining the quadrature of figures comprehended by straight lines and curves', there gathering a variety of techniques of rational algebraic quadrature and arc-rectification […] . 3. The calculation of a definite integral by numerical means. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1992, Bernard Bielecki, SINC Quadratures for Cauchy Principal Value Integrals, T.O. Espelid, Alan Genz, Springer, Numerical Integration: Recent Developments, Software and Applications, page 81, Three types of SINC quadratures are surveyed for the evaluation of Cauchy principal value integrals ∫_ΓF(t)dt/(t-x), x∈Γ, where Γ is an arc in the complex plane. Under suitable assumptions on F, the quadrature errors are of order O(e), where N is the number of quadrature nodes and c is a constant independent of N. Example: In this chapter, we present some example applications of the Gaussian quadrature methods discussed in the previous chapters.[…]Figure 4.1 shows the accuracy of the polynomial Gaussian quadratures used to evaluate the first two integrals as a function of N. 4. The act or process of solving an indefinite integral by symbolic means. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A situation in which the directions of two celestial bodies (or a celestial body and the Sun) form a right angle from the perspective of the observer. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When the Moon is in quadrature, it appears in the sky as a half-moon. 6. The condition in which the phase angle between two alternating quantities is 90°. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If ν_(IN) has 50% duty-cycle, then the outputs are in quadrature. Example: The total mmf in a synchronous machine may be split up into two components—one along the pole axis or direct axis and the other at right angles to this or the quadrature axis.[…]In the case of salient pole construction, however, the reluctances of the magnetic circuits on which the mmfs act are different along the direct axis and the quadrature axis. 7. A painting painted on a wooden panel. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tablets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tablet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aunts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aunt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MLK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Martin Luther King Jr.. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Our own research suggests that MLK’s “I have a dream” is indeed a “hope booster”. Example: Today, Sora clips depict the civil rights activist wrestling with MLK, talking about defecating on himself and making crude jokes.
Word: longhorns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of longhorn Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decathlon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dec- + -athlon, coined for the 1912 Summer Olympics in analogy to the word pentathlon. Pronunciation: /diːˈkæθlɒn/, /dɪˈkæθlɒn/ 1. An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days. Example: He entered U.C.L.A. in 1954 and played for the renowned coach John Wooden’s basketball team there while training for decathlons. Example: For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men. 2. A contest in science and math proving skill.
Word: birder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English birder From bird + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜːdə(ɹ)/, /ˈbɝdɚ/ 1. A birdwatcher. Example: Many of the crofters on Fair Isle and Shetland know as much about the birds as the birders. Example: It's good to be the king. Even if the kingdom is rather small. It is amazing how often really good birders are borderline megalomaniacs. 2. A person who hunts birds.
Word: longhorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + horn. Pronunciation: /ˈlɔŋhɔɹn/, /ˈlɒŋhɔːn/ 1. A breed of beef cattle, having long horns, bred in Texas and other parts of southwest United States. 2. Ellipsis of longhorn beetle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: twitcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twitch + -er. The birdwatching sense first recorded in 1970 and recalled as being in use in 1968; claimed by R.E. Emmett to have arisen in 1950s Britain in reference to birder Howard Medhurst who often arrived at rare‑bird sites shivering after riding pillion on Emmett's motorcycle. Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃə/, [ˈtʰwɪt͡ʃə], /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɚ/, [ˈtʰwɪt͡ʃɚ] ~ [ˈtʰwɪt͡ʃɹ̩] 1. Someone or something that twitches. 2. An avid birdwatcher who travels long distances to see rare species, or to add a new species to their personal list; a birder who goes on twitches. Example: It is difficult to classify them precisely, but, in roughly ascending order of productivity, we now recognise the purely chance observer, the locality regulars (now recognising that ‘time in’ eventually equals ‘rarity out’), the ringers (particularly when working in groups), the occasional tally-hunter (most of us, if we are honest), the full-time observatory workers (exhibiting the highest standards of discipline) and the growing group of full-blooded rarity collectors (self-styled ‘twitchers’, covering individually up to 30,000 miles in their annual pursuit of ‘lifers’). Example: Twitchers are very mobile and may travel great distances to see rare birds, of which they hear through their efficient 'grapevine'.
Word: birding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old English bridd Middle English brid English bird English -ing English birding From bird + -ing. Pronunciation: /bɜː(ɹ)dɪŋ/ 1. birdwatching Labels: uncountable Example: The time has come, however, for BirdLife Australia to foster debate about how to ensure that Australian bird names, birding and bird conservation are culturally and socially inclusive, and do not cause offence. 2. The catching of birds; fowling Labels: uncountable
Word: pole vault Part of Speech: noun 1. a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit
Word: twitching Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of twitch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: twitching Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The motion of something that twitches. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your twitchings and jouncings disturb me excessively. 2. Birdwatching by people (twitchers) who travel long distances to see rare species or add a new species to a personal list. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Between the scientific austerities of the Rarities Committee and the worst excesses of those suffering from the twitching syndrome (vide the man whose wife managed to deflect him via the telephone and the AA at Newmarket from a Bluethroat in Norfolk to a Wall-creeper in Dorset) lies a considerable body of bird people who are deeply interested in the migration patterns of Ross’s Gull and its appearance at Teesmouth[.] 3. Using a horse team to pull logs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A great deal of horse-work was therefore required, and in twitching the logs[..]
Word: twitching Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtwɪt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. That twitches.
Word: benumb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English numb English benumb From be- + numb. Pronunciation: /biˈnʌm/ 1. To make numb, as by cold or anesthetic. Labels: transitive Example: […] the sayd Phillip […] in the same his pilgrimage was stricken with such colde, that he fell into a palsey, and was benumbed of the right side of his body. Example: […] the Cold was insufferable; nor indeed was it more painful than it was surprising, to come but ten Days before out of the old Castile where the Weather was not only warm but very hot, and immediately to feel a Wind from the Pyrenean Mountains, so very keen, so severely cold, as to be intollerable, and to endanger benumbing and perishing of our Fingers and Toes. 2. To deaden, dull (the mind, faculties, etc.). Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: […] If this law Of nature be corrupted through affection, And that great minds, of partial indulgence To their benumbed wills, resist the same, There is a law in each well-order’d nation To curb those raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory. Example: I struggled, and trembled, and was so benumb’d with Terror, that I sunk down, not in a Fit, and yet not myself […]
Word: track and field Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and an enclosed field. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: bird watching Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of birdwatching. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: birdwatching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bird + watching. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ɪŋ/ 1. Observing or identifying wild birds in their natural environment. Labels: uncountable 2. The hobby of watching rocket launches. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual. 3. Girlwatching Labels: slang, uncountable Example: By the spring of 1968, they were the secular-singing O'Kaysion, and they had recorded a leering lyric about ogling babes for the peewee Northstate label. Local DJs, appreciating that bird-watching was a popular pastime for their listeners, rode the number as if it had a satin saddle.
Word: birdwatcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bird + watcher. Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː(ɹ)dˌwɒtʃ.ə(ɹ)/ 1. A person who observes or identifies wild birds in their natural environment. Example: Alec Warner was gazing like a bird-watcher at Charmian, who plucked at the rug round her knees, waiting to tell her own story. Example: It seems these days that as much as bird-watchers need birds, the birds may need the bird-watchers. 2. A person who enjoys watching rocket launches. Labels: slang Example: In fact, on this night, the birdwatching is over for everyone, for the firing is cancelled. Nobody notifies birdwatchers officially, of course, so the exodus is scattered and gradual. Example: […] particularly those carrying astronauts, are the area's major drawing power, and each "advertised" shoot brings thousands of space age "birdwatchers". 3. A person, especially a male, who delights in watching women. Labels: humorous, slang
Word: bird watcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of birdwatcher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ham radio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Theories abound; ham is attested in American English from the 1880s, both in the acting sense and in the sense of an unskilled worker. See Etymology of ham radio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 1. The hobby of amateur radio communication. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: amateur radio Part of Speech: noun 1. The hobby or pastime of communicating by two-way radio, often striving for challenging long-distance (“DX”) receptions. Labels: uncountable
Word: world-wide Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of worldwide. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Some eight years have elapsed since this book was written. During that time, the Chinese Communist Party has firmly established its power on the mainland of China, and world-wide interest in all aspects of Chinese Communism has grown immensely.
Word: world-wide Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of worldwide. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: xylology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xylo- + -logy. 1. The study of wood. Labels: rare, uncountable
Word: rice paddy Part of Speech: noun 1. A paddy field where rice is grown.
Word: rice wine Part of Speech: noun 1. An alcoholic beverage made from fermenting various forms of rice, usually with an ABV similar to grape wine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: red rice Part of Speech: noun 1. A dish of rice made with tomatoes; a kind of soul food from South Carolina. Labels: uncountable 2. Wild rice with a red husk and pinkish white seed that is considered an objectionable weed in the rice fields of the southern U.S. but that has grain which is comparable to common rice in nutritive value. Labels: uncountable 3. Certain species of Oryza: Labels: uncountable 4. Certain species of Oryza: Labels: uncountable 5. Certain species of Oryza: Labels: uncountable
Word: soul food Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (food): Originated in the mid-1960s, when soul was commonly used to describe African-American culture. 1. Nourishment for the soul; spiritual sustenance. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A style of food originating in the rural southern US, traditionally associated with African Americans. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: I couldn't wait for eight o'clock to get home to eat out of those soul-food pots of Ella's, then get dressed in my zoot and head for some of my friends' places in town, to lindy-hop and get high, […] Example: Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets / Looking for soul food and a place to eat
Word: palaeoxylology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English palaeo- English xylology English palaeoxylology From palaeo- + xylology. 1. the study of fossil wood, whether petrified or not Labels: uncountable
Word: paddy field Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpædiˌfild/, [ˈpæɾiˌfild] 1. A flooded field where rice is grown. Example: On the journey southwards over the flat, fertile plains, paddy fields stretched away on each side of the line, and the landscape was broken only by wooden villages and stately pagodas.
Word: gonys Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek γένυς (génus, “jaw”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊnɪs/ 1. the lower ridge of the lower mandible of a bird's beak, located at the junction of the bone's two rami (lateral plates)
Word: lepidopterology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεπίς (lepís, “scale”) + πτερόν (pterón, “wing”) + -λογία (-logía, “-logy, branch of study”), or, more recently, from translingual Lepidoptera + -ology. Pronunciation: /ˌlɛ.pɪˌdɑp.tɚˈɹɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The scientific study of butterflies and moths (the Lepidoptera). Labels: uncountable 2. Lepidoptery, (the hobby of butterfly collecting). Labels: uncountable
Word: Igor Part of Speech: name Etymology: Transliterated from Russian И́горь (Ígorʹ), a Varangian name derived from Old Norse Yngvarr, Ingvarr, from Yngvi (name of a god) + herr (“army”). Doublet of Ivor, Ihar, and Ihor. Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/, /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/ 1. A male given name from Russian.
Word: Igor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the hunchbacked lab assistant to Dr. Victor Frankenstein in the 1931 U.S. film Frankenstein of Universal Studios, which was named "Fritz", and the successor to Dr. Frankenstein found in the third and fourth films, named "Ygor"; which have been conflated in popular culture to become "Igor". Pronunciation: /ˈiːɡɔːɹ/, /ˈaɪɡɔːɹ/ 1. A stock character, the lab assistant to a mad scientist, vampire, or miser frequently depicted as being deformed in some manner, physically and/or psychologically.
Word: Boris Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Bulgarian Бори́с (Borís). Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɹɪs/, /ˈbɔɹɪs/, /ˈbɑɹɪs/ 1. A male given name from the Slavic languages. Example: Boris Johnson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2019–2022) Example: 2000 January, Frank McCourt (interviewee), Morning Edition, National Public Radio It's not like a Russian novel, where you read nine hundred forty-three pages and then finally Boris the peasant decides to commit suicide, and you wish he’d done it on page four. It’s not like that at all. 2. A person of Russian descent. Labels: slang
Word: finely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English finely, fynely, fynly, fineliche, finliche, fynliche, equivalent to fine + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnli/ 1. So as to produce a fine texture; into small, thin, or delicate pieces. Example: Fledglings can only be fed finely chopped meat. 2. In a fine, handsome or attractive way; very well. Example: This girl could not be above eighteen: her face regular and sweet-featur'd, her shape exquisite; nor could I help envying her two ripe enchanting breasts, finely plump'd out in flesh Example: Conversation with simple, respectful George Larch and that quite charming fellow Vallett had convinced him that everything was going to turn out finely.
Word: largest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːd͡ʒɪst/, /ˈlɑɹd͡ʒɪst/ 1. superlative form of large: most large Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: agents Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒənts/ 1. plural of agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pianoforte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian piano Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *dʰer-? Proto-Indo-European *dʰerǵʰ- Proto-Italic *forktis Latin forctis Latin fortis Italian forte Italian pianofortebor. English pianoforte Borrowed from Italian pianoforte. Pronunciation: /piˌænəʊˈfɔːteɪ/, /piˌænəʊˈfɔːt/, /piˈænəfɔɹt/, /piˌænəˈfɔɹteɪ/, /piˌænəˈfɔɹti/ 1. A piano. Labels: dated
Word: child prostitution Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a child by others for sexual activities in return for remuneration or any other form of consideration. Labels: uncountable
Word: business economics Part of Speech: noun 1. The buying and selling of products from an economical viewpoint, dealing with the manufacture, distribution, and usage of the product. Labels: uncountable
Word: digerati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of digital + literati, modeled after glitterati. Pronunciation: /dɪdʒɪˈɹɑːti/ 1. People who are considered the elite in using computers and the Internet. Labels: colloquial, plural, plural-only Example: The digerati Wired reader is a demographic dream: a 34-year-old man in upper management with a household income of more than $80,000 and a job that includes recommending or actually buying expensive digital equipment.
Word: laptop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop. Pronunciation: /ˈlæp.tɒp/, /ˈlæp.tɑp/ 1. A laptop computer. Example: He was playing a video game on his laptop. Example: Over time, the difference in size between laptops and notebooks became a matter of no more than an inch or two in length and width, and a fraction of an inch in thickness.
Word: laptop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop. Pronunciation: /ˈlæp.tɒp/, /ˈlæp.tɑp/ 1. Designed for use on a lap. Labels: not-comparable Example: At NCC, however, laptop portables such as the Gavilan were stealing the show, and when Miyashita returned to japan, his list of possible projects included a proposal for a portable computer. Example: Otherwise, the keyboard feel and layout are good for a laptop machine but, as with most portables, I wouldn’t want to use the T1000 to write the entire great American novel—just a chapter or two at a time.
Word: laptop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lap (“upper legs of a seated person”) + top, modeled after desktop. Pronunciation: /ˈlæp.tɒp/, /ˈlæp.tɑp/ 1. To use a laptop computer. Labels: uncommon
Word: lepidoptery Part of Speech: noun 1. The hobby of butterfly collecting. Labels: uncountable 2. lepidopterology Labels: uncountable
Word: oneirism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oneir- + -ism. Pronunciation: /ə(ʊ)ˈnʌɪɹɪzəm/ 1. Dream-like experiences or qualities; dreaminess. Labels: rare Example: Following great explosions two forms of mental trouble have been found so frequently that other manifestations have become almost exceptional. These are mental confusion and delirious oneirism. Example: With an almost imperceptible touch, the narrator connects up this oneirism of names with the premonitory signs of the vocation that Remebrance is said to recount. 2. A state of abnormal consciousness in which dream-like experiences and hallucinations happen while awake.
Word: definitions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃ(ə)nz/ 1. plural of definition Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fall in Part of Speech: verb 1. To collapse inwards. Labels: intransitive Example: The heavy rain caused the roof to fall in. 2. Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank. Labels: intransitive Example: His men resumed their muskets and fell in. 3. Of a soldier, to get into position in a rank. Labels: intransitive Example: At that point, the Subaru fell in behind the Toyota. 4. To come to an end; to terminate; to lapse. Example: On the death of Mr. B., the annuity, which he had so long received, fell in. 5. To become operative. Example: The reversion, to which he had been nominated twenty years before, fell in.
Word: deferent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From defer and deference; see -ent. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛfəɹənt/ 1. Showing deference; deferential.