nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ectoplasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ecto- (“outside”) + plasm or -plasm, referring to the fact that ectoplasm is believed to emanate from and materialize outside of the medium's body. Pronunciation: /ˈɛktəˌplæzəm/ 1. A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He saw again clearly enough[…]the doctor’s consulting room in the Avenida de la Revolución, visited for some drunken reason in the early hours of the morning, macabre with its pictures of ancient Spanish surgeons, their goat faces rising queerly from ruffs resembling ectoplasm, roaring with laughter as they performed inquisitorial operations; […] Example: Watching as the woman lifted her skirts and flung out ectoplasm, expelled it into a bowl, then brandished it around at her audience wildly. 2. An immaterial or ethereal substance, especially the transparent corporeal presence of a spirit or ghost. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Then came some hollow groanings from inside the cabinet. The Spiritualists sat up expectantly. "That's ectoplasm," said Ogilvy. "It always causes pain on emission." 3. The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Lake Agassiz Part of Speech: name 1. An immense prehistoric lake in the center of North America, which was fed by glacial runoff at the end of the last ice age.
Word: granule Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French granule or directly from Late Latin grānulum, diminutive of Latin grānum (“grain”); for more, see grain. By surface analysis, grain + -ule. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹæn.juːl/, /ˈɡɹæn.jul/, /ˈɡɹæn.jəl/ 1. A tiny grain, a small particle. 2. A small structure in a cell. 3. A particle from 2 to 4 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale 4. a small mark in the photosphere of the sun caused by convection currents. See also Wikipedia:Granule (solar physics).
Word: TT Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of tuberculin tested, a quality of milk in post-war Britain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of tabletop. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of technology transfer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of tag team. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of tandem turn. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of terrestrial time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of therapeutic touch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of time trial. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of time-traveller. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of tritone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of Tula Tokarev. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of Turing test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Some have also noted that the TT is anthropomorphic. It is true that the TT tests for human-like intelligence. 12. Initialism of trust territory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of thumb tip. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of target text. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: [S]tudents in their first year believe that source text and target text should be identical in content, that the TT should be a reproduction of the ST in another language, and that the TT should read well and be understandable.
Word: TT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of TikTok. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: I keep getting rude comments about my custom brushes being "cheating" on TT so here's a reminder that there's no such thing as cheating in art and using the tools available to you is good, actually Example: MrBeast was instead presented with a valuable lesson on the true cost of a dollar, posting later that day, “It is funny that when I say I’m buying TT I get unfathomable amount of messages from the ultra wealthy but when I fund raise it’s crickets.” 2. Initialism of Teen Titans. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Time Team. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Tourist Trophy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SSR Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛs.ɛsˈɑː/, /ɛs.ɛsˈɑɹ/, /es.esˈɐː/, /ɛs.ɛsˈaɹ/ 1. Initialism of secondary surveillance radar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of solid-state relay. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of subsurface radar, a radar picket submarine. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete 4. Initialism of special service requirement or special service request. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of sum of squared residuals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of server-side rendering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of sustained silent reading. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of small ships register. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of special support and reconnaissance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SSR Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ɛs.ɛsˈɑː/, /ɛs.ɛsˈɑɹ/, /es.esˈɐː/, /ɛs.ɛsˈaɹ/ 1. Initialism of Soviet Socialist Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism 2. Initialism of Slovak Socialist Republic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: PW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Publishers Weekly. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Pratt & Whitney. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PW Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of password. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 2. Initialism of prisoner of war. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Abbreviation of policewoman. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable 4. Initialism of pitching wedge. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 5. Initialism of Prussian white. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of power windows. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable Example: PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]
Word: IPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Integrated Physics and Chemistry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of interprocess communication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: IPC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Indian Penal Code, the former official criminal code of India. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of International Paralympic Committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The new language reads: “The USOPC is committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sport. The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act, 36 U.S.C § 22501, et. seq.” 3. Initialism of International Publishing Company, now IPC Media. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of parish priest. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Whose is that car? Do you see it she said, parking at the gate? Oh God let it not be the PP and the state of the place. 2. Initialism of polypropylene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of precocious puberty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of prone positioning (“proning”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of performance points. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of prepositional phrase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: partitive PP 7. Initialism of postpositional phrase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of past participle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of power play. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of promenade position. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of pussy pass. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of pee-pee (“penis or vagina”). Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of public parking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of planning permission. Labels: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of public prosecutor. Labels: India, Malaysia, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of PowerPoint. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: PP’s enthusiasts claim that it emboldens nervous speakers and forces everyone to present information in an ordered way. […] The presentational precursor to PowerPoint was the overhead projector, which is why PP screens are still called “slides”. 2. Initialism of PayPal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Planned Parenthood. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Puzzle Pirates. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Partido Popular (“People's Party”): a conservative and Christian democratic political party in Spain. Labels: Spanish, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Nowadays, for example, voting for the Socialist Party can mean a leftist coalition between the Socialists and Podemos, the anti-establishment party, or a center-right one among the Socialists, the center right Ciudadanos and Partido Popular; a vote for Ciudadanos may yield a right-wing alliance with the P.P. or a centrist one with the Socialists. Example: Although the PP won the most seats, it fell short of a parliamentary majority and has proved unable to form a government, even with the support of the far-right Vox party and other, smaller political groupings.
Word: PP Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of play or pay. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: ‘Well, I’ll bet you half a dozen of claret on it; come!’ said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire, resuming the conversation to which Mr. Pell’s entrance had caused a momentary interruption. […] ‘I never bet half a dozen!’ said the other gentleman. ‘I’ll take a dozen.’ ‘Done, Simmery, done!’ said Wilkins Flasher, Esquire. ‘P. P., mind,’ observed the other.
Word: -ation Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation Inherited from Middle English -acioun, borrowed from Old French -ation, a learned borrowing from Latin -ātiō, from -tiō, from Proto-Italic *-tiō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō, from *-tis + *-Hō. By surface analysis, -ate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˈeɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˈɛjʃən/, /ˈæɪ̯.ʃən/, /ˈe.ʃən/, /ˈeː.ʃon/ 1. An action or process. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: sediment + -ation → sedimentation 2. The result of an action or process. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: found + -ation → foundation 3. A state or quality. Labels: countable, morpheme, uncountable Example: color + -ation → coloration
Word: Ari Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of the first sense, derives directly from Hebrew: אֲרִי (arí, “lion”); compare Yiddish: לייב (leyb, “Leib”), English: Leo, Leon, French: Léo, Léon, Czech: Lev, Polish: Lew, Russian: Лев (Lev), and Ukrainian: Лев (Lev). 1. A male given name from Hebrew, of Jewish usage, variant of Arieh (also transcribed as Aryeh, Arye). 2. A diminutive of the female given names Arianna, Ariana, Ariel, Ariella, or Arielle, also used as a formal given name. 3. A Papuan language spoken in Western Province, Papua New Guinea. 4. A town in Abruzzo, Italy. 5. A village in Mazandaran Province, Iran. 6. A village in Jammu and Kashmir, India. 7. An unincorporated community in Indiana, United States. 8. Alternative spelling of Aari (“a language of Ethiopia”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: govt Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of government. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: govt. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of govt. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pivo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian пи́во (pívo), Czech and Slovak pivo. 1. A type of Central and Eastern European pilsner. Labels: uncountable Example: Remember boys—I’m telling you these games are getting livelier and more exciting as time goes on and also remember the more members that stay at home the more pivo and sandwiches we attending members have—not only that but all the fun we are having at the same time, is that something to miss—NO NO NO NO —but if you boys want to stay at home, remember the woe is all yours. […] We can honestly say this meeting was worth while attending, pulenty^([sic]) of pivo and eats of all kinds. Example: The guys had a case of American Beer from the Pittsburgh brewing company and some Russian pivo (beer – tasted like Pilsner Urquell).
Word: ETI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ethical Trading Initiative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ETI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of extraterrestrial intelligence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: craftsperson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft English -s- Latin persōna Anglo-Norman persouneder. Middle English persoun English person English craftsperson From craft + -s- + person. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɑːftspɜːsən/, /ˈkɹæftspɝsən/ 1. Someone who is highly skilled at their trade; an artificer. 2. A person who produces arts and crafts.
Word: craftsman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft English -s- Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English craftsman From craft + -s- + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɑːftsmən/, /ˈkɹæftsmən/, /ˈkɹɐːftsmən/ 1. One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer. Example: Dilettanteism presupposes art as botchwork does handicraft; and the Dilettante holds the same relation to the artist that the botcher does to the craftsman. Example: And if someone wants to know how to make objections to actual craftsmen themselves on the subject of art in general or any particular art, there are published treatises available, as you know. 2. A person who makes or creates material objects partly or entirely by hand. Example: Yeh Wang (1826-1889), a master craftsman born in Chiayi, founded the Taiwanese branch of the industry, and though his work is rare these days, you can still see some of his original figures in Ciji Temple in Syuejia near Tainan (see p.333).[...]Chiayi is still home to numerous koji craftsmen - in addition to its vibrant colours, koji is unique in that everything is handmade. 3. A person who produces arts and crafts.
Word: craftswoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *krafjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *kraftuz Proto-West Germanic *kraftu Old English cræft Middle English craft English craft English -s- Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English craftswoman From craft + -s- + -woman. 1. A female artisan.
Word: artificer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English artificer, from Middle French artificier, from Latin artificiarius. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈtɪfəsɚ/, /ɑɹtɪˈfɪsɚ/, /ɑːˈtɪfɪsə/ 1. Someone who is skilled in their trade; an artisan. Example: And Zillah, she also bare Tubal-cain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubal-cain was Naamah. 2. An inventor. 3. A member of the military who specializes in manufacturing and repairing weapon systems. 4. A trickster. 5. A savant.
Word: Lothario Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Lothario, a character in the play The Fair Penitent, a reference to a seducer of the same name in the metastory of the Quixote called The Impertinent Curious Man. Pronunciation: /loʊˈθɛəɹioʊ/ 1. A man whose chief interest is seducing, usually women. Example: High times, indeed, if unprincipled young rakes like him are to be permitted to invade the sanctity of domestic bliss; though do what the Bashaw will, he cannot keep the most notorious Lothario out of his bed; for alas! all fish bed in common. Example: He warned her 'gainst seductive youths in scarlet clad and gold, / As much as 'gainst the blandishments paternal of the old; / But kept his gravest warnings for (hereby my ditty hangs) / That snowy-haired Lothario Lieutenant-General Bangs.
Word: lothario Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Lothario. Labels: alt-of
Word: add-on Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from add on. 1. Something which can be appended to something else. Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: Payments made before an add-on sale must be allocated entirely to the previous contract or contracts. 2. A software extension or hardware peripheral that provides additional functions or customization for a core application or system. Example: Microdrives that can hold several gigabytes (see Figure 2.20) have been available as add-ons for portable devices. 3. Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play. 4. Synonym of expansion pack.
Word: recommendation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English recommendacioun, from Anglo-Norman recomendacion, from Medieval Latin recommendatio. By surface analysis, recommend + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəmɛnˈdeɪʃən/, /ˌɹɛkəmənˈdeɪʃən/ 1. An act of recommending. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. That which is recommended. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some of the recommendations made by the PTF to prevent the spread of Covid-19 as religious institutions and hotels open up include: managed access to markets and locations of economic activity to limit the risk of transmitting Covid-19, mandatory use of face masks and temperature checks in public places, and information campaigns on the dangers of the virus among others. Example: The US Centers and Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending annual Covid-19 shots to those who are older or who have compromised immune function, rather than the current blanket recommendation for everyone 6 months of age and older. 3. A commendation or endorsement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Your next employer may require a recommendation. 4. A suggestion or proposal about the best course of action (with adpositions including "about" for the context and "to" for the course of action) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He made a recommendation about what food to order. Example: We followed the recommendation to order sushi. 5. Content which is automatically recommended to a user by the suggestion algorithm of a website or app. Labels: Internet, countable, plural, uncountable, usually
Word: machinery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From machine + -ery. Compare French machinerie. Pronunciation: /məˈʃiːnəɹi/ 1. The machines constituting a production apparatus, in a plant etc., collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The external aspect of the oficina was not unlike that of a north-country coal or iron mine—tall chimneys and machinery, corrugated iron buildings, offices and houses, the shanties of workmen, a high bank of refuse. Example: One or two wondered then, as if suddenly recalling the outlander, how he would manage, or if he would perish, up there among his unholy modern machineries that puffed out frozen steam to store the deer meat and shot fowl for him, […] "And there were big boxes lugged up there, done up in iron clasps. Cruel-cold earth in those." […] "Like corpse boxes," someone else suggested, down in the half-light, snug fust of the village drinking shop. 2. The working parts of a machine as a group. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The collective parts of something which allow it to function. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All of the machinery of the law was brought to bear on the investigation. Example: Since the three histone-fold domain amino acids are located at the surface of the α-helix 2 domain that is responsible for the formation of H3-H4 dimers and accessible in prenucleosomal complexes, it has been suggested that the specificity associated with these amino acid positions derives from interactions with different assembly or post-translational-modification machineries. 4. The literary devices used in a work, notably for dramatic effect. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable
Word: seller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English seller, sellere, (also siller, sullar, sullere), from Old English *sellere, *syllere, equivalent to sell + -er (agent noun) (sense 1) and sell + -er (patient) (sense 2). Cognate with Danish sælger, Swedish säljare, Icelandic seljari (“a seller; dealer”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlə/, /ˈsɛlɚ/ 1. Someone who sells; a vendor; a clerk. Example: Alisha was a seller of fine books. Example: De Beers, the world’s largest diamond producer, announced plans in 2017 to operate a carbon-neutral mine and pointed out that the FTC has warned lab-grown diamond sellers over the veracity of their environmental claims. 2. Something which sells. Example: Two of the books Alisha authored had become big sellers. Example: Still, she sat in her chair and read it and reread it, six, seven times. She was pleased with it, she was pleased with herself. This time for sure, she said to herself. This one’s a seller. Really big.
Word: seller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative forms. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlə/, /ˈsɛlɚ/ 1. Obsolete spelling of cellar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: hazer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From haze + -er. 1. One who administers acts of hazing, or abusive initiation. 2. The rodeo performer who hazes the steer.
Word: antimitotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + mitotic. 1. Preventing or disrupting mitosis. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimitotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + mitotic. 1. An agent that prevents or disrupts mitosis.
Word: mitosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Mitose, from Ancient Greek μίτος (mítos, “thread”) + -osis, probably in reference to the thread-like chromatin seen during mitosis. Pronunciation: /maɪˈtəʊ.sɪs/, /maɪˈtoʊ.sɪs/ 1. The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronyms: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase
Word: Rhineland Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the German Rheinland, equivalent to English Rhine + -land. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪnlænd/ 1. An area on both sides of the river Rhine, in the west of Germany. Roughly equivalent to the former Prussian Rhine Province, now the greater part of Rhineland-Palatinate plus the south-western half of North Rhine-Westphalia. Labels: usually 2. All of Germany's territories on the Rhine. Labels: uncommon 3. A village in Montgomery County, Missouri, United States. 4. An unincorporated community in Knox County, Texas, United States. 5. A rural municipality in southern Manitoba, Canada. 6. A hamlet in Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada.
Word: Academy Awards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Academy Award Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Academy Awards Part of Speech: name 1. The ceremony at which Academy Award winners are announced and receive their prizes.
Word: YK Part of Speech: name 1. YT: Abbreviation of Yukon: a territory of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: trilobite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Trilobita. By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + lobe + -ite (“mineral, individual”), literally “three-lober”. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪ.ləˌbaɪt/ 1. An extinct arthropod of the class Trilobita, whose body had three large lobes. Example: When you look at a Precambrian trilobite in the lobby of a New York bank, it is difficult to speculate about its primeval environment.
Word: conscription Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French conscription, from Latin cōnscriptiō (“levying of troops”). Pronunciation: /kənˈskɹɪpʃən/ 1. Involuntary labor, especially military service, demanded by some established authority. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An enrolling or registering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: conscription of men of war
Word: ECGD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Export Credits Guarantee Department. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: vasa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: ] From Malagasy vaza. 1. Any parrot of the genus Coracopsis, native to Madagascar.
Word: vasa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vāsa. 1. plural of vas Labels: form-of, plural
Word: erotomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late 19th century. From Ancient Greek ἐρωτικός (erōtikós, “related to love”), which is from ἔρως (érōs, “passionate or sexual love”); eroto- + -mania. 1. A psychological disorder in which a person has a delusion of a romantic relationship with another person. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I read a case study of a woman, Patient M, who suffered from erotomania, or De Clerambault syndrome, in upstate New York in the 1970s. […] One July morning, professional acquaintances and friends of the professor were shocked tor receive wedding invitations to the marriage of him and Patient M. 2. Excessive sexual inclination or desire. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: earthenware Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earthen + -ware, first recorded appearance in 1673. Compare Dutch aardewerk (“earthenware”). Pronunciation: /ˈəːθ(ə)nwɛː/ 1. An opaque, semi-porous ceramic made from clay and other compounds. Labels: attributive, countable, often, uncountable Example: earthenware bowl
Word: potash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pot + ash, because the substance was originally obtained by leaching ash in water and then boiling down the resulting solution in a pot. Compare Dutch potas, German Pottasche. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒt.æʃ/, /ˈpɑt.æʃ/ 1. The water-soluble part of wood ash, used for making soap and glass and as a fertilizer (chemically speaking, an impure form of potassium carbonate (K₂CO₃) mixed with other potassium salts). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Potassium. Chiefly used in the names of compounds of the form "... of potash". Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: permanganate of potash 3. A class of potassium minerals, of similar applicability to potassium carbonate, such as being a fertilizer. (ie. potassium chloride, potassium hydroxide) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: potash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pot + ash, because the substance was originally obtained by leaching ash in water and then boiling down the resulting solution in a pot. Compare Dutch potas, German Pottasche. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒt.æʃ/, /ˈpɑt.æʃ/ 1. To treat with potassium. Example: In order to ascertain the difference between the rapidity of pickling when the tin frames had been potashed and pickling without such treatment, two batches were used. Example: Gold ornaments are sand blasted or steel brushed nicely, then potashed,
Word: elevenses Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dialectal elevens (“the eleven-o'clock meal”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɛv(ə)nzɪz/, /əˈlɛvənzəz/ 1. A short mid-morning break taken around eleven o'clock for a drink or light snack. Labels: UK, informal, uncountable, usually Example: The harvestmen who board in the farm-houses fare sumptuously during the month of harvest.— […] at eleven o'clock in the morning, and four in the afternoon, they have each a large light plum-bun, with a pint of ale a piece, carried into the field, to encourage them to work cheerfully. These extra refreshments they call, in their provincial language, their "elevenses" and "fourses." I could not at first imagine what the servants meant by talking of carrying the harvestmen their elevenses and fourses, till Mrs. Henley explained that it was a vulgar abbreviation of the four-o'clock and eleven o'clock meals. Example: "In Europe," said Ghosh Babu who read a great deal, "they all stop work at eleven to have tea or coffee or cocoa, or some stronger beverage; they call it elevenses." / […] ["]Ghosh Babu, how long time they get for elevenses?" / "About half-an-hour," replied Ghosh with authority. […] / "We get no time off for elevenses," complained Sambamurthy. "We should bring it up before the Clerks' Association."
Word: varis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vari Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perceptron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English percept Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron)bor. English -tron English perceptron From percept + -tron. Pronunciation: /pəɹˈsɛp.tɹɑn/, /pɜːˈsɛp.tɹɒn/ 1. an element, analogous to a neuron, of an artificial neural network consisting of one or more layers of artificial neurons 2. a network of such elements.
Word: paraplegia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin paraplegia, from Ancient Greek παραπληγίη (paraplēgíē), Ionic Greek for παραπληξία (paraplēxía, “paralysis on one side”), from παραπλήσσεσθαι (paraplḗssesthai, “to be stricken on one side”), active παραπλήσσειν (paraplḗssein, “to strike on one side”), from παρά (pará, “beside”) + πλήσσειν (plḗssein, “to strike”). 1. A condition where the lower half of a patient's body is paralyzed and cannot move. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: paraplegic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From para- + -plegic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹəˈplid͡ʒɪk/, /ˌpɛɹəpəˈlid͡ʒɪk/ 1. Of, related to, or suffering from paraplegia. Paralyzed from the lower half of the body down. Labels: not-comparable Example: The guard looks at you with a troubled, uncomfortable glare, like that of a man who must explain to his paraplegic daughter that her dreams of becoming a ballerina will never come true.
Word: paraplegic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + -plegic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛɹəˈplid͡ʒɪk/, /ˌpɛɹəpəˈlid͡ʒɪk/ 1. A person who suffers from paraplegia.
Word: psychiatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French psych- French -iatre French psychiatre Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Middle French -ie French -ie French psychiatriebor. English psychiatry Borrowed from French psychiatrie. First attested in 1846. Pronunciation: /saɪˈkaɪ.əˌtɹi/ 1. The branch of medicine that focuses on mental and behavioral health by subjectively diagnosing, treating, or preventing mental disorders (mental illnesses) and behavioural conditions. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: behavioral Part of Speech: adj 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- substratebor.? Proto-Indo-European *kap-der. Proto-Germanic *habjaną Proto-West Germanic *habbjan Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan Old English behabban Middle English behaven Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₁bʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *haβēō Latin habeō Old French avoirbor. Middle English havour Middle English behavoure English behavior English -al English behavioral From behavior + -al. Pronunciation: /bɪˈheɪvjəɹəl/, /bəˈheɪvjəɹəl/, /bɪˈhæɪvjəɹəl/, /bəˈhæɪvjəɹəl/ 1. Of or relating to behavior. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
Word: palynology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palyno- + -logy. 1. The scientific study of spores, pollen and particulate organic matter in various matrices including the air (pollen counts), crime scenes, and sedimentary rocks. Labels: uncountable
Word: junk DNA Part of Speech: noun 1. Any portion of the DNA sequence of a chromosome or a genome with no apparent function identified by science to date. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: intrauterine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₁énterosder. Latin *interus Latin intrābor. English intra- English uterine English intrauterine From intra- + uterine. Pronunciation: /ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹɪn/, /ˌɪntɹəˈjuːtəɹaɪn/ 1. Located or taking place inside the uterus. Labels: not-comparable Example: The latest research, published Wednesday in the medical journal JAMA, analyzed years of health records for thousands of Danish women ages 15 to 49, with an even split between those who started using intrauterine devices that release the hormone levonorgestrel for birth control and those who hadn’t used any type of hormonal contraceptive.
Word: inoffensive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English offensive English inoffensive From in- + offensive. 1. not offensive Example: an inoffensive joke Example: [S]he was one of your ſoft ſpoken, canting, whining hypocrites, who with a truly jeſuitical art, could wreſt evil out of the moſt inoffenſive thought, word, look or action; […] 2. harmless Example: an inoffensive plant
Word: hyperventilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English ventilation English hyperventilation From hyper- + ventilation. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪpɚˌvɛntəˈleɪʃən/, /haɪ.pə(ɹ)ˌvɛntəˈleɪ.ʃən/ 1. The state of breathing faster or deeper than necessary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As artificial hyperventilation is advocated in the treatment of raised intracranial pressure, it must be questioned where to set the limit beyond which hypocapnically induced cerebral tissue hypoxia may occur.
Word: moose test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Swedish älgtest (which see for more), from German Elchtest; although a Swedish test, the word was coined in German and then calqued into Swedish. 1. A test of the stability of a vehicle, which determines the maximum speed it can attain and still be able to steer clear of an obstacle (such as a child or a large animal running in front of the car) without going out of control. 2. Any stringent test of the quality of a product. Labels: also, figuratively Example: He passed the moose test.
Word: sinusitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sinus Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English sinusitis From sinus + -itis. 1. An inflammation of one or more paranasal sinuses. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: elk test Part of Speech: noun 1. A moose test.
Word: sada Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Urdu سادہ (sāda). 1. Plain, without spices or stuffing. Labels: South-Asia, not-comparable Example: The masala is the icing on the cake, as it were, and lifts the ordinary crepe into something quite special. Having said this I must admit that I have a preference for the humble sada dosa because it is pure, simple and wholesome. Of course, the fact that I once massively binged on masala dosas and suffered its consequences might be a large part of the reason too. Example: There are three types of parathas. The first is plain paratha or sada paratha. This is what I am sharing today, it is also known as tawa paratha as it is cooked on a tawa (not tandoor). Second is flavored paratha where veggies or spices are added to the dough to make different flavors of paratha e.g. ajwain paratha, methi paratha, palak paratha, etc. Third is stuffed paratha such as aloo paratha, mooli paratha, paneer paratha, etc.
Word: repulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French repulsif, from Medieval Latin repulsivus, from Latin repulsus. By surface analysis, repuls(e) + -ive. Compare typologically Polish odpychający (< pchnąć), Russian отта́лкивающий (ottálkivajuščij) (< толкну́ть (tolknútʹ)). Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpʌlsɪv/ 1. Tending to rouse aversion or to repulse; disgusting. Example: a repulsive smell Example: The problem is to strike a balance between, on the one hand, the harsh poverty which still dominated the lives of most working folk, the repulsive physical environment and the moral void which surrounded so many of them, and, on the other, the undoubted general improvement of their conditions and prospects since the 1840s. 2. Having the capacity to repel. 3. Cold; reserved; forbidding.
Word: lacto-ovo-vegetarian Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌlæk.təʊˌəʊ.vəʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌlæk.toʊˌoʊ.voʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A vegetarian whose diet excludes animal flesh, but accepts food that can be produced from a living animal without directly causing death (such as eggs, honey, and dairy products).
Word: lacto-ovo-vegetarian Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌlæk.təʊˌəʊ.vəʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌlæk.toʊˌoʊ.voʊˌvɛ.d͡ʒɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Describing such a person or diet. Labels: not-comparable
Word: braids Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹeɪdz/ 1. plural of braid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braids Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹeɪdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of braid Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: smoothness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smothenesse; equivalent to smooth + -ness. Compare Old English smēþnes (“smoothness, a smooth place, a level surface”). 1. The condition of being smooth; the degree or measure of said condition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order. Example: The ‘smoothness’ of distributions can be understood in various senses, this is why we used quotation marks before; further we will drop them. The smoothness can be understood as the differentiability of the distribution function, boundedness of some of its derivatives, the existence of the absolutely continuous component, the decrease of the characteristic function with a certain rate, the validity of the Cramér condition, the condition #92;sigma(#92;Phi)#92;rightarrow 0 as n#92;rightarrow#92;infty, etc. 2. The highest order of derivative (the differentiability class) over a given domain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Smoothness can vary from 0 (for a nondifferentiable function) to infinity (for a smooth function). 3. The quantity measured by the modulus of smoothness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A central problem in approximation theory is to characterize the best approximation of a function by polynomials, or other classes of simple functions, in terms of the smoothness of the function. In this chapter, we study the characterization of the best approximation by polynomials on the sphere. In the classical setting of one variable, the smoothness of a function on #92;mathbbS¹ is described by the modulus of smoothness, defined by the forward difference.
Word: Sumatra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Portuguese Sumatra, from Arabic سُومَطْرَة (sūmaṭra), from Malay Sumatera, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”). Mentioned in the 11th century in Sanskrit as समुद्रभूमि (samudrabhūmi, “land of Sumatra”), gradually replacing the earlier सुवर्णद्वीप (suvarṇadvīpa). Pronunciation: /suːˈmɑːtɹə/ 1. The largest island entirely in Indonesia and the world’s sixth largest island.
Word: Sumatra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese Sumatra, from Arabic سُومَطْرَة (sūmaṭra), from Malay Sumatera, from Sanskrit समुद्र (samudra, “sea”). Mentioned in the 11th century in Sanskrit as समुद्रभूमि (samudrabhūmi, “land of Sumatra”), gradually replacing the earlier सुवर्णद्वीप (suvarṇadvīpa). Pronunciation: /suːˈmɑːtɹə/ 1. A squall or violent rainstorm coming from the south. Labels: Singapore Example: In the Straits of Malacca one encounters a squall every night; there they are known by the name of Sumatras, crossing as they do from the island bearing that name. 2. A chicken of a breed native to the island of Sumatra, formerly used in cock-fighting and now mainly kept for exhibition.
Word: sugar beet Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of beet whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose. Example: It was heading a freight train, loaded mainly with sugar beet, en route from the country area of Angus to the beet factory at Cupar (Fife). 2. Darling; sweetheart Example: I just want to say I wouldn't be here without the support of a very special lady- my always outrageous fiancée, Selma. Take a bow, sugar beet. Example: “So is my sugar beet all tucked in?” “She is. Happily exhausted, too. Just like me.”
Word: softness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English softnesse, from Old English sōftnes, alteration of earlier sēftnes. Equivalent to soft + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈsɔftnəs/, /ˈsɑftnəs/, /ˈsɒftnəs/ 1. The quality of being soft. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: […] the informal dressers, with their "divided skirts" and stealthy advances towards confessed trouserdom, are the strong-minded sisterhood, to whom the softnesses of sex are abominations […]
Word: scallion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scaloun (“shallot”), from Anglo-Norman scalun (variant of Old French eschaloigne), from a Proto-Romance derivation of Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin Ascalonius (in caepa (“onion”) Ascalonius, "shallot"), from Ascalo (“Ascalon”), from Ancient Greek Ἀσκάλων (Askálōn, “Ascalon, an ancient port city in the Levant”), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַשְׁקְלוֹן (ʾašqəlôn). Pronunciation: [ˈskæ.lɪ.ən], [ˈskæ.ljn̩] 1. A spring onion, Allium fistulosum. Labels: Ireland, US 2. Any of various similar members of the genus Allium. Labels: Ireland, US 3. Any onion that lacks a fully developed bulb. 4. A leek. Labels: Scotland, US
Word: tomogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tomo- + -gram. 1. A two-dimensional image produced by tomography, representing a slice or section through a three-dimensional object. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:tomogram.
Word: tomography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tomo- + -graphy. Pronunciation: /təˈmɒɡɹəfi/, /təˈmɑɡɹəfi/, /təˈmɔɡɹəfi/ 1. Imaging by (virtual) sections or sectioning. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a common Irish name Michael. Pronunciation: /mɪk/ 1. An Irishman. Labels: offensive, slang 2. A Catholic, particularly of Irish descent. Labels: offensive, slang
Word: mick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation of Mickey Mouse. Pronunciation: /mɪk/ 1. Easy. Labels: slang Example: Geology is so mick - half the jocks are in it.
Word: Nihongo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese Nihongo, the romaji of 日本語(にほんご) (nihongo). 1. Synonym of Japanese: the Japanese language. Labels: humorous, rare, uncountable
Word: electromagnetic induction Part of Speech: noun 1. The production of an electrical potential difference in a conductor situated in a changing magnetic flux. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪl/ 1. A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. 2. The criss-cross pieces that separate panes of glass in a window. Example: The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door. 3. On a vehicle, a slotted cover as above, to protect and hide the radiator, while admitting air to cool it. 4. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative heat and a means of holding food under it; a broiler in US English Labels: UK 5. A cooking device comprising a source of radiative and convective heat and a means of holding food above it; a barbecue. Labels: US Example: I put some peppers and mushrooms on the grill to go with dinner. 6. Food (designed to be) cooked on a grill. Example: a packet of frozen cauliflower cheese grills 7. A grillroom; a restaurant serving grilled food. Example: These coupons will get you a discount at Johnny's Bar and Grill. Example: It was a small grill called Pete's, dark and friendly. 8. A type of jewelry worn on the front teeth. Labels: colloquial Example: Nella wished him luck and started to walk away, still unsure if that glint in his mouth was a grill or just a few golden teeth. 9. The front teeth regarded collectively. Labels: broadly, colloquial 10. Deliberate misspelling of girl. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, humorous, misspelling Example: r u a grill?
Word: grill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1655, from French gril, from Middle French gril, from Old French greïl, graïl (“gridiron”), from graïlle (“grate, grating”), from Latin crātīcula (“gridiron”), diminutive of crātis (“hurdle, wickerwork”), q.v. Related to griddle, hurdle. Pronunciation: /ɡɹɪl/ 1. To cook (food) on a grill; to barbecue. Labels: transitive Example: Why don't we get together Saturday and grill some burgers? 2. To cook food under the element of a stove or only under the top element of an oven – (US) broil, (cooking) salamander. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, transitive Example: Bradly hung the fowl in a sugar-bag for to-morrow's dinner and set about grilling chops, with tomatoes stuffed with cheese and breadcrumbs in the pan. 3. To interrogate; to question aggressively or harshly. Labels: colloquial, transitive Example: The police grilled him about his movements at the time of the crime. Example: In stark opposition to what CBS editorial leadership told staff on Monday, Redstone said that she did not believe Dokoupil had violated the network’s editorial standards when he grilled Coates over the contents of his new book. 4. To feel very hot; to swelter. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: He had grilled in the heat, sweated in the rains, and shivered with fever under the rude thatch roof; […] 5. To stamp or mark with a grill. Labels: transitive 6. To stare at. Labels: New-York-City