nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pick and pass Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of zone picking. Labels: uncountable Example: Tiered facilities lend themselves to a number of picking schemes — and the automation of warehousing operations can serve to optimize those operations. One is called “multi-level pick and pass,” in which specific robots are assigned to each floor in the facility. The robotic solution clusters tasks on each floor for density and efficiency. When all of the picks on one level are complete, the robot travels to a drop-off station where the container is transported by conveyor to the level below.
Word: state within a state Part of Speech: noun 1. A powerful entity that is only partially controlled by the government, especially one that is nominally governmental itself; a deep state.
Word: LCBOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of LCBO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paratransits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paratransit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Binx Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: very yes Part of Speech: particle Etymology: Compound of very + yes. Popularized by Strong Bad Email, an animated Internet cartoon associated with Homestar Runner. 1. An affirmative response, much more serious than a simple yes. Labels: Internet Example: Computer over? Virus = very yes? That's not a good prize!
Word: crossplayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crossplay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crossplaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crossplay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crossplays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crossplay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cross-progression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + progression. 1. Synonym of cross-progress. Labels: uncountable
Word: cross-progress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + progress. 1. Cross-platform functionality by which the player's progress through the game on one device is replicated to another device. Labels: uncountable
Word: cross-play Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of crossplay. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Balchik Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bulgarian Балчик (Balčik). 1. A town in northeastern Bulgaria.
Word: javelin dart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From javelin + dart. 1. Synonym of lawn dart.
Word: javelin darts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of javelin dart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yard dart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yard + dart. 1. Synonym of lawn dart. Labels: US
Word: yard darts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yard dart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remeander Part of Speech: verb 1. To restore meanders to a previously straightened river.
Word: jarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lawn jart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of lawn dart + jart, a brand of lawn dart. 1. Synonym of lawn dart. Labels: US
Word: lawn jarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lawn jart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Karnobat Part of Speech: name 1. A town in southeastern Bulgaria.
Word: Svishtov Part of Speech: name 1. A town in northern Bulgaria.
Word: out-of-time Part of Speech: adj 1. Not keeping to the appropriate musical rhythm or tempo.
Word: foizon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of foison. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Man taketh paine, God giueth gaine, / Man doth his best, God doth the rest, / Man well intendes, God foizon sendes, / else want he shall.
Word: foizons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foizon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mixed herbs Part of Speech: noun 1. A common mix of different dried herbs for general culinary use, containing some or all of basil, sage, rosemary, marjoram, oregano, thyme, and parsley. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only
Word: shinks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of shink Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: shinking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of shink Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shinked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: taxi-driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of taxi driver. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The difficulty of snuff in its return to the drawing-room is its popularity in the street—you remember the lady who put fur capes out of fashion by clothing her coachman and footman in them. It was on a Sunday morning that an observer saw the flower-girls around the Royal Exchange accepting a pinch of snuff from the taxi-driver. Example: “We need to hear from anyone who may have dash-cam footage, including taxi-drivers who were in the area of Long Row West and Angel Row at the time, or any mobile phone footage of the incident.”
Word: taxi-drivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taxi-driver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cab-driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cabdriver. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] concealment is the object in both these instances, which end would be entirely frustrated in the cabriolet, the limits of which could not contain the live lumber and nocturnal loads alluded to in the cab-driver’s defence. Example: […] they found a good many young ladies, and various old gentlemen, and a plentiful sprinkling of hackney-coachmen and cab-drivers, all drinking and talking together; […]
Word: cab-drivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cab-driver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alghoza Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of paired windwood instrument used in northern India.
Word: ramyun Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of ramyeon (“Korean instant noodles”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: meethi rotis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meethi roti Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scuttlebutting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scuttlebutt Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scuttlebutted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scuttlebutt Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scuttle-butting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scuttle-butt (alternative form of scuttlebutting) Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scuttle-butted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scuttle-butt (alternative form of scuttlebutted) Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ribble-rows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribble-row Labels: form-of, plural
Word: forced throws Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forced throw Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garrison towns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of garrison town Labels: form-of, plural
Word: good morrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of good morrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goodwill ambassadors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goodwill ambassador Labels: form-of, plural
Word: John crows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of John crow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: king crows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of king crow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhynchodaeums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhynchodaeum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhynchostomes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhynchostome Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rug pilots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rug pilot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rugians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rugian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rugosimeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rugosimeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rumdrivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rumdriver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: run sheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of run sheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saccharans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saccharan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safariers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safarier Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safe places Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safe place Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saccharizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saccharization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Saint-Dominicans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Saint-Dominican Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sail-by salutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sail-by salute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sail signs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sail sign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sampson posts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sampson post Labels: form-of, plural
Word: samurai swords Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of samurai sword Labels: form-of, plural
Word: San Antonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of San Antonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scanning electron micrographs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scanning electron micrograph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rowdy-sheeters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rowdy-sheeter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silver-leaved bloodwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silver-leaved bloodwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silver-sheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silver-sheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silvery pouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silvery pout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silvergrasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silvergrass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: silver bands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of silver band Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fly-pasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fly-past Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fly-sheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fly-sheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fly-throughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fly-through Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flytippers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flytipper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waiting-room Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of waiting room. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: In the third place, by its situation it serves only for a waiting-room, and a passage to the principal apartments, instead of being reserved, as it ought to be, for entertaining company […] Example: The division bell was still ringing; peers and diplomatists and strangers were turned out; members came rushing in from library and smoking-room; some desperate cabs just arrived in time to land their passengers in the waiting-room.
Word: waiting-rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waiting-room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smoking-room Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of smoking room. Labels: alt-of, dated Example: The division bell was still ringing; peers and diplomatists and strangers were turned out; members came rushing in from library and smoking-room; some desperate cabs just arrived in time to land their passengers in the waiting-room. Example: To the "Nut" then, with its dirty little smoking-room, clouded with fumes arising from baccies of every description; curling upwards from the short black Irish clay bowl, full of strong ship's baccy, as well as from the best of Havannahs […]
Word: smoking-rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoking-room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anti-pagan Part of Speech: adj 1. Against or in opposition to paganism or pagan practices. Example: The Christian followed on the Jewish and Egyptian Churches, and in this way a great tradition of sexual continence and anti-pagan morality came right down the centuries even into modern times.
Word: spiritual wifery Part of Speech: noun 1. Polygyny; plural marriage. Labels: Mormonism, derogatory, often, uncountable Example: It seems he knew nothing of spiritual wifery before he came here. I suggested to him that, after such a discourse from Brigham, he was in duty bound to take two or three wives, at least. Example: In it he stated his conviction that Bennett had not taught polygamy or spiritual wifery, and his belief that the church leaders at Voree were set “like flint” against spiritual wifery in every form.
Word: Nessus shirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In Greek mythology, a shirt (chiton) soaked with the poisoned blood of the centaur Nessus that killed Heracles upon wearing it. 1. A fatal present or inescapable fate. Labels: figuratively Example: No wonder then that, with this age-long suppression (necessary in a sense though it may have been) which marks the Christian dispensation, there should have been associated endless Sickness and Crime and sordid Poverty, the Crucifixion of animals in the name of Science and of human workers in the name of Wealth, and wars and horrors innumerable! Hercules writhing in the Nessus-shirt or Prometheus nailed to the rocks are only as figures of a toy miniature compared with this vision of the great and divine Spirit of Man caught in the clutches of those dread Diseases which through the centuries have been eating into his very heart and vitals.
Word: milk-and-wateriness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milk-and-watery + -ness. 1. The condition of being milk-and-watery; mawkishness; insipidness. Labels: uncountable Example: There is (at any rate in modern days) a mawkish milk-and-wateriness about the Christian attitude, and also a painful self-consciousness, which is not pleasant; and though Nietzsche's blonde beast is a sufficiently disagreeable animal, one almost thinks that it were better to be that than to go about with one's head meekly hanging on one side, and talking always of altruism and self-sacrifice, while in reality one's heart was entirely occupied with the question of one's own salvation.
Word: high-tailed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of high-tail Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: high-tailed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a high tail. Labels: in-compounds, often Example: In the early 19th century high-tailed horses were in vogue.
Word: world capital Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From world + capital. 1. A city that is widely recognized for its global influence in a particular domain, often acting as a hub for diplomacy, finance, culture, or innovation. Labels: figuratively Example: They have turned part of Santa Clara County into "Silicon Valley," the world capital of semiconductor technology. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see world, capital. Example: During the past several months Tito has visited a number of world capitals, including Moscow and Peking. He was believed to have briefed Carter on his impressions gained in talks with Soviet and Chinese leaders.
Word: world capitals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of world capital Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milk-and-watery Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From milk-and-water + -y. 1. Weak, insipid; lacking strength and vigour.
Word: a straw shows which way the wind blows Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of a straw shows how the wind blows. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: a straw shows how the wind blows Part of Speech: proverb 1. A general situation can be inferred from minor indications.
Word: Chedworth Part of Speech: name 1. A village and civil parish in Cotswold district, Gloucestershire, England, known for its ancient Roman villa (OS grid ref SP0512).
Word: New Critic Part of Speech: noun 1. An adherent of or participant in New Criticism.
Word: queer theoretical Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to queer theory. Labels: not-comparable Example: Homophobic public discourse, ecocritical norms, and queer-theoretical tendencies have all had the effect of alienating "the queer" from "the natural" and "the environment," conceptually and otherwise.
Word: diner-out Part of Speech: noun 1. One who dines out. Example: The rustic does not know what would happen to him if he garnered his corn on Sunday, nor does the diner-out in polite society know what would happen if he spooned up his food with his knife - but they both are stricken with a sort of paralysis at the very suggestion of infringing these taboos.
Word: diners-out Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diner-out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: notch girdle Part of Speech: noun 1. A V-shaped girdle (removal of a ring of tree bark) extending slightly beyond the bark into the sapwood.
Word: notch girdles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of notch girdle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nump Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of numps. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Fare-well my prettie Nump, I am verie sorrie / I cannot beare thee companie. Example: I guess I will go, by hokey—there, Miss Ruth, I forgot I promised you I wouldn't say that ere word again, but it seems as though I couldn't keep from sayin' big words, when I hear what that nump of a Barlett has been doin'.
Word: co-creation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cocreation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Participants at the three-decade old festival, which is based on an ethos of co-creation and mutual self-reliance, traditionally all pitch in to build the event.
Word: 'llo Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative form of lo (“hello”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maid-of-honour tart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of maids of honour tart. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: It was a terribly hot day, and yet that week’s hostess had knocked herself out making maid-of-honour tarts and jam sponge in a kitchen that must have been over one hundred degrees. Example: […] Joan Bennet’s Forces’ Favourites were ‘Raspberry buns, rock cakes, Australian flapjacks, maid-of-honour tarts, and doughnuts.[…]’
Word: maid-of-honour tarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maid-of-honour tart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Maid of Honour tart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of maids of honour tart. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If desired, reheat slightly for 10 minutes in 200° oven, but Maid of Honour tarts can also be served cool—not cold, however! Example: Past Newens (the traditional English tea shop serving Maid of Honour tarts), Kew Gardens Rd dog-legs around towards Station Approach.
Word: Maid of Honour tarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Maid of Honour tart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clustering coefficient Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantitative measure of how often the nodes of a graph cluster together, defined as the ratio of the number of links among the nodes to the maximum possible number of links.
Word: clustering illusion Part of Speech: noun 1. The tendency to erroneously perceive random streaks and clusters arising in small samples from random distributions as being non-random.
Word: key change Part of Speech: noun 1. A change in key during a song or composition; a modulation.
Word: Lorrain Smith effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the 19th-century researcher who studied the condition. 1. Oxygen toxicity affecting the lungs.
Word: Paul Bert effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the 19th-century researcher who studied the condition. 1. Oxygen toxicity affecting the central nervous system.
Word: oxygen toxicity Part of Speech: noun 1. The harmful effects of breathing dioxygen at increased partial pressures. Labels: uncountable Example: Oxygen toxicity is a concern for underwater divers, those on high concentrations of supplemental oxygen, and those undergoing hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
Word: slow TV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of slow television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: slow television Part of Speech: noun 1. A genre of television coverage in which an ordinary event, such as a sailing voyage, is broadcast at its complete length. Labels: uncountable
Word: kamayan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tagalog kamayan (literally “with the hands”). 1. The traditional Filipino method of eating with the bare hands, often as a communal feast where food is served on banana leaves and eaten without utensils. Labels: uncountable
Word: maid of honour tart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of maids of honour tart. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Types of tarts made with sweet short paste (some may be made using puff paste trimmings): Linzer tart, Brittany tart, treacle tart, jam tart, Belgian tart, Dutch apple tart, curd tart, maid of honour tart, congress tart, conversation tart, strawberry cream tart and assorted fruit tarts. Example: The pair returned in 2014 with a program dedicated to forgotten British classic dishes such as Bedfordshire clanger (a crusty dumpling with a savory filling) and maid of honour tarts (puff pastry filled with cheese curds).
Word: maid of honour tarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maid of honour tart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: USMAPS Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of United States Military Academy Preparatory School. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: maids of honour tarts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maids of honour tart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maids of honour cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maids of honour cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: preprovides Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of preprovide Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: preproviding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of preprovide Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: preprovided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of preprovide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: plebeskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plebe + skin. 1. Any of various clothing items (blouse, overcoat or trousers) issued to a new cadet at a military academy. Labels: US, dated, slang
Word: plebeskins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plebeskin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WGR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of written general review (“type of test given at West Point military academy”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WPR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of written partial review (“type of test given at West Point military academy”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WGRs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WGR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WPRs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WPR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DoDMERB Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Department of Defense Medical Examination Review Board. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: full bird Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of full bird colonel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: full birds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of full bird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: awokenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of awokening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mentoukou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 門頭溝 /门头沟 (Méntóugōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Mên²-tʻou²-kou¹. 1. Alternative form of Mentougou. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The coalfields of Mentoukou and Chaitang, in the Western Hills of Peking, of Yuhsien, Yangyuan, and Hsuanhua in south-western Chahar, and of Kuangling and Tatung in northern Shansi are among the best known for their valuable Jurassic coal. Example: I looked out the window of the former Grand Hotel de Pekin and thought of the days before World War II when I waltzed there with assorted Nazi, fascist and Scandinavian diplomats. On the street the slow‐moving bicycles moved silently where once I listened to the shuffling pad‐pad of camels bringing coal from Mentoukou. On these streets on Dec. 9, 1935, desperate Peking students had declared war on all kinds of fascism (so had I) and marched to break the “white terror,” as they called it.
Word: green girl Part of Speech: noun 1. The green sleeping-blanket issued to cadets at a military academy. Labels: US, slang Example: Several decades ago […] , cadets would pack picnics and their "green girls" in typewriter cases for a private dinner with a favorite female friend.
Word: green girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of green girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: IOCT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of indoor obstacle course test. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IOCTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of IOCT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cullum number Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by brevet Major General George W. Cullum in the mid-19th century. 1. A reference and identification number assigned to each West Point graduate. Labels: US
Word: Cullum numbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cullum number Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cullud people Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cullud pusson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compromisings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of compromising Labels: form-of, plural
Word: football-player Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare form of football player. Labels: form-of, rare Example: We praiſed our Nativity-caſter’s pleaſantneſs, and he went on then again: The whole Heaven is Taurus, and wonder it e’er bore Football-Players, Herds-men, and ſuch as can ſhift for themſelves. Example: But of late we have had some difficulties to contend with: first, in the advent of a troop of rough and noisy football-players, who, by driving their ball up and down, directly across the ground, effectually prevented all play.
Word: football-players Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of football-player Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assinico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish asnico, diminutive of asno, from Latin asinus, cognate with English ass (donkey). 1. A stupid fellow, an ass. Labels: obsolete Example: Thou hast no more brain than I have in mine elbows; an assinico may tutor thee.
Word: page-three girl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of page three girl. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Their style is shock, horror, probe-tabloid journalism: big, dark headlines, buxom page-three girls and lots of sport. Example: London pub patron Ben Miles, 32, said the Royal Family is “more important now than ever.” “Who else do we have to look up to apart from shabby pop stars, page-three girls, or winners of (the TV program) Big Brother?” he said.
Word: page-three girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of page-three girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butter measures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butter measure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Kisumu Part of Speech: name 1. A city, the third-largest in Kenya, situated on Lake Victoria. 2. Kisumu County, one of the 47 counties in Kenya, of which the city is the capital.
Word: Virilian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Paul Virilio (1932–2018), French cultural theorist, urbanist, architect and aesthetic philosopher, known for writings about technology as it has developed in relation to speed and power.
Word: lorry-driver Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lorry driver. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The detectives, after much labour, succeeded in discovering that quantities of sugar were being sold to parties in Greenock and Port-Glasgow, and, following the clue thus obtained, they succeeded in discovering a lorry-driver who had from time to time carted away a number of barrels of sugar from a shed in the neighbourhood of the store in Dellingburn Street, by order of Scott and Briggs. Example: A lorry-driver who arrived in Yugoslavia after travelling through the area said that he had seen tanks outside Timisoara and armoured cars in the centre.
Word: lorry-drivers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lorry-driver Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ngankin Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Anqing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Early Thursday morning we passed the fine old city of Ngankin, the capital of Nganhwui province, which we entered, not far from it. Example: Weighed anchor early and came down to Ngankin or Anching as it is now generally called.
Word: Anch'ing Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 安慶 /安庆 (Ānqìng), Wade–Giles romanization: An¹-chʻing⁴. 1. Alternative form of Anqing. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The other strongholds had also been won, and the armies were preparing to march on Anch’ing. The attack on Anch’ing, a large walled city built near a lake fed by the Yangtze River, was an open attack. Example: After six months of teaching in Shanghai, I was appointed head civil servant of Wuhu County in Anhwei Province. Without much delay, I got the permit to leave and caught a river steamer to Anch’ing first and then to Wuhu.[…] Both Wuhu and Kiukiang Counties had a county court to deal with important legal matters, especially criminal cases. So I was free of that there, but this had not been so in Tan-tou County where I dealt with all legal and criminal cases with the help of a lawyer appointed from the higher court in Anch’ing, the capital of Anhwei Province.
Word: window-cleaner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of window cleaner. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: If these, and a few additional trifling repairs, were made on the common windows, the most ignorant window-cleaner might be taught to turn the sashes in three minutes; […] Example: For instance, there was an item of 5l. 18s. for surplices for the rector [shame!]. He could not conceive that had anything to do with the maintenance of the church establishment, any more than payments to the beadle, the pew-openers, the window-cleaners, &c.
Word: window-cleaners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of window-cleaner Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cauim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Brazilian Portuguese cauim, from Old Tupi kaûĩ. 1. An alcoholic beverage of Tupian origin, made by the fermentation of manioc, cashews, or maize. Labels: uncommon, uncountable, usually Example: Yakupa is a traditional non-alcoholic cassava beverage produced by indigenous Juruna people, who inhabit the Indigenous Xingu Park in Mato Grosso (Brazil) and it is classified within [the same category as] refreshing cauims. A recently analysis of microbial[…] Example: "Like the clear stuff you drink?" The men's faces didn't change. "Or maybe you don't drink water; maybe you drink cauim all the time.: Their faces didn't change. "Or maybe you don't.:
Word: window-washer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of window washer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Yesterday morning a window-washer, employed at the Tremont House, lost his footing and fell from a second-story window on Dearborn street to the sidewalk. Example: Two window-washers died Oct. 23 after a 10-metre fall when the equipment carrying them, commonly known as a cherrypicker, tipped.
Word: window-washers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of window-washer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Memorare Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin memorāre (“remember”, imperative), from the opening of the prayer in Latin, “Memorare, O piissima Virgo Maria …”. 1. A prayer for the intercession of the Virgin Mary, beginning in English, “Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary …” Example: With this in mind, the second part of the Memorare is the prayer of one who is aware of his or her sin and unworthiness and humbly seeks the mother’s mercy, prayers, and intercession.
Word: isonitrosoacetanilide Part of Speech: noun 1. An oxime of acetanilide. Example: The isonitrosoacetanilides sometimes separate from the hot solution, sometimes only on cooling. Example: The most frequently used synthesis of isatins is the Sandmeyer procedure, which involves the formation of an isonitrosoacetanilide from an aniline, chloral hydrate, and hydroxylamine.
Word: isonitrosoacetanilides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of isonitrosoacetanilide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sandmeyer Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: writing-paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Dated form of writing paper. Labels: alt-of, countable, dated, uncountable Example: The evidence disclosed that the three prisoners were in a public-house together with the prosecutor, Abraham Rhodes, and that in concert with the other two prisoners, the prisoner John Dewhirst placed a pencase on the table in the room where they were assembled, and left the room to get writing-paper. Example: In the library a lamp stood on a tripod of hooves, once those of a deer, and on the writing-table, furnished with the thickest of inlaid writing-papers, was an ink-well made from another, larger hoof, perhaps that of the moose in the hall, king of all these relics.
Word: writing-papers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of writing-paper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Jordan's rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after American scientist David Starr Jordan (1851–1931). 1. An ecogeographic rule describing the inverse relationship between water temperature and meristic characteristics in various species of fish, including the fact that fin ray, vertebrae, or scale numbers increase with decreasing temperature. 2. An ecogeographic rule stating that, given any species in any region, the nearest related species is not likely to be found in the same region nor in a remote region, but in a neighbouring district separated from the first by a barrier of some sort.
Word: Jordan's law Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Jordan's rule (“ecogeographic rule regarding the relative locations of related species”).
Word: Kennicott's willow warbler Part of Speech: noun 1. The bird Phylloscopus borealis kennicotti.
Word: Kennicott Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: triple X Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of triple X syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: When females receive an extra X chromosome, this can result in triple X or 47, XXX. Physical and behavioral features vary but may include increased height and risk of cognitive disabilities, particularly involving speech and language. One in 1000 girls is born with triple X.
Word: PIK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of plan inclusive kritik. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of payment in kind. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PIKs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PIK Labels: form-of, plural
Word: herbs de Provence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partial adaptation. 1. Alternative form of herbes de Provence. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only Example: […] Paula recommends it be spread on French bread rounds that have been drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with herbs de Provence, then toasted in the oven. Example: He invokes the classic dried herbs de Provence as an inherited license to strew greens willy-nilly.
Word: Carey Fineman Ziter syndrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after J. C. Carey, R. M. Fineman, and F. A. Ziter, who wrote about the condition in 1982. 1. A rare genetic disorder. Labels: uncountable
Word: takes the bread out of someone's mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take the bread out of someone's mouth Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Port Bell Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Henry Hesketh Bell. 1. An industrial centre and ferry port on Lake Victoria, in greater Kampala, Uganda.
Word: taking the bread out of someone's mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of take the bread out of someone's mouth Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: took the bread out of someone's mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of take the bread out of someone's mouth Labels: form-of, past
Word: taken the bread out of someone's mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of take the bread out of someone's mouth Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Native American myopathy Part of Speech: noun 1. A neuromuscular disorder associated with the STAC3 protein. Labels: uncountable
Word: Jordan's Principle Part of Speech: name Etymology: It was established in response to the death of Jordan River Anderson, a child from Norway House Cree Nation who suffered from Carey Fineman Ziter syndrome. 1. The principle that the government or department that first receives a request to pay for a service for a First Nations child must pay for the service and resolve jurisdictional issues only thereafter. Labels: Canada
Word: ponting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Herbert George Ponting, photographer on Scott's 1910-13 expedition. 1. the act of posing until nearly frozen in all sorts of uncomfortable positions. Example: The whale incident had, of course, inspired numerous quips about Jonah ... This latest mishap revived all the former quizzing about the evil-eye propensities of my camera, and I was once again the butt for no end of twittering about the peril of "ponting" for Ponko... the more I protested... the more persistently these crimes were fastened on to me. But such railleries were always good-natured, and everyone in the Hut was subjected to them whenever the slightest occasion presented. Example: After horse exercising I went up the Ramp, and in the afternoon posed, or as we call it here, "ponted" for Ponting with several of the others as a foreground to the hut and Mount Erebus in the cinematograph.
Word: Picts' house Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Pict's house. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Picts' houses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pict's house Labels: form-of, plural
Word: international order Part of Speech: noun 1. world order. Example: The Court, as an essential institution of international order and justice, achieves greater stature for having so candid and faithful a Boswell. Example: … weapons could in fact enhance the balance of power concept, because their awesome power could virtually guarantee the devastation of any state that chose to break the international order, regardless of its military strength.
Word: international orders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of international order Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hangs by the eyelids Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hang by the eyelids Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hanging by the eyelids Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of hang by the eyelids Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hung by the eyelids Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hang by the eyelids Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Purkinje layer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně (1787–1869). 1. The narrow layer of Purkinje cells in the cerebellar cortex.
Word: Purkinje layers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Purkinje layer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: St. Ulmo's fire Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of St. Elmo's fire. Labels: alt-of, alternative, rare
Word: Venus's hairstone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Venus's hair stone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fried-egg plant Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Matilija poppy (Romneya)
Word: tree poppy Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Matilija poppy (Romneya) 2. Any of genus Dendromecon, including 3. Any of genus Dendromecon, including:
Word: World's Fair plant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: world's fair + plant. From being used as a decorative plant in the gardens of the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. 1. Synonym of belvedere (“Bassia scoparia”).
Word: week-day Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of weekday. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: It was as still as a church on a week-day: the pattering rain on the forest leaves was the only sound audible in its vicinage. Example: Each lad had an income, now, that was simply prodigious—a dollar for every week-day in the year and half of the Sundays.
Word: week-days Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of week-day Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lacan Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from French
Word: Brisbois Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Namasagali Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Kamuli District, Eastern Region, Uganda.
Word: sugarish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English sugarish From sugar + -ish. 1. Resembling sugar or some aspect of it.
Word: volunteerist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From volunteer + -ist. 1. A proponent of volunteerism.
Word: volunteerists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of volunteerist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: check plus Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade indicating work that is more than satisfactory. Labels: Canada, US
Word: check minus Part of Speech: noun 1. A grade indicating work that is acceptable, but could be better. Labels: Canada, US
Word: check pluses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of check plus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: check minuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of check minus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tororo Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Tororo District, Eastern Region, Uganda.
Word: ODIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Office of the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: triquetrum bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triquetrum bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hucklebones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hucklebone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sternohyoid muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sternohyoid muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sternothyroid muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sternothyroid muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: steths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of steth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stylohyoid muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stylohyoid muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stuff-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stuff-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stygians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Stygian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stylectomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stylectomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thyroarytenoid muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thyroarytenoid muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thyrohyoid membranes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thyrohyoid membrane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thyrohyoid muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thyrohyoid muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ammono Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing NH₄ Labels: not-comparable Example: A compound which is at the same time an ammono salt and an ammono ester. Example: In explaining this reaction it can be assumed that the hydrazoic acid is first reduced to an unstable ammono nitrous acid which decomposes further to nitrogen and ammonia.
Word: extraocular muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extraocular muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extraordinary general meetings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extraordinary general meeting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extrasolar systems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of extrasolar system Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geniculostriate pathways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geniculostriate pathway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geniohyoid muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of geniohyoid muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nitridize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From nitride + -ize. 1. To form a nitride from Labels: transitive Example: If we regard lophine as an ammono compound then the conversion of formula III into formula II is an example of the Cannizzaro reaction in that an ammono aldehyde has been nitridized to an ammono acid […]
Word: genome sizes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genome size Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genomesizes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genomesize Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nitridizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of nitridize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: nitridized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of nitridize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: nitridizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nitridize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pterygoid canals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pterygoid canal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pterygoid muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pterygoid muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pterygomaxillary fissures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pterygomaxillary fissure Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pterygoid processes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pterygoid process Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pterygoid plates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pterygoid plate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teeacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teeack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pump pics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pump pic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pumpouts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pumpout Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pupgenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pupgender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rectus muscles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rectus muscle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redbands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redband Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-bellied piranhas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-bellied piranha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: red-billed woodcreepers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red-billed woodcreeper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mystery-mongering Part of Speech: noun 1. The act or practice of deliberately or habitually mystifying others. Labels: uncountable
Word: stereo microscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereo microscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sticky ends Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sticky end Labels: form-of, plural
Word: still frames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of still frame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stilt sandpipers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stilt sandpiper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stop-go signs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stop-go sign Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock options Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock option Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock prices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock price Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock theaters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock theater Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock-keeping units Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock-keeping unit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock-takes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stock-take Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storm troops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of storm troop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stormtroops Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stormtroop Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storywriters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of storywriter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: straight apostrophes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of straight apostrophe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: straight jackets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of straight jacket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: straight sinuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of straight sinus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streaked wren-babblers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streaked wren-babbler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stream gauges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stream gauge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: street crimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of street crime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: streetgoers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of streetgoer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stream pools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stream pool Labels: form-of, plural
Word: achromate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of achromat (“type of lens”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Each achromate consists of a quartz and a fluorite lens mounted in a common frame. 2. Alternative form of achromat (“color-blind person”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: An achromate, as affected individuals are known, must rely on the rods, the photoreceptors responsible for vision at night and in low-light situations, for vision at all times. Example: Funny you should mention colours... I'm an achromate from birth.
Word: achromates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of achromate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: studygrammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of studygrammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: studygrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of studygram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: student councils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of student council Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Berezniki Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Perm Krai, Russia.
Word: butterbar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of butter bar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: butterbars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of butterbar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Admission Day Part of Speech: name 1. A public holiday in Hawaii, celebrated since 1969 on the third Friday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the state's 1959 admission to the Union. 2. Former name of Nevada Day.
Word: Statehood Day Part of Speech: name 1. Any of various public holidays that commemorate the date when a territory became a state.
Word: Advanced level Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of A level (“type of examination”).