nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: thermogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thermo- + -gram. 1. The graphical record produced during thermography; a temperature map of the surface of a body
Word: thermogravimetry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English gravimetry English thermogravimetry From thermo- + gravimetry. 1. The measurement of the mass of a material as it is heated in a controlled manner. Labels: uncountable
Word: thermomagnetometry Part of Speech: noun 1. The measurement of the magnetic properties of a material as it is heated in a controlled manner Labels: uncountable
Word: thermomechanometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English thermomechanometry From thermo- + mechano- + -metry. 1. The measurement of the mechanical properties of a material as it is heated in a controlled manner. Labels: uncountable
Word: thermophotometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- English photometry English thermophotometry From thermo- + photometry. 1. The measurement of the optical properties of a material as it is heated in a controlled manner. Labels: uncountable
Word: thermoptometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Ancient Greek ὀπτός (optós)der. English opto- Ancient Greek -μετρία (-metría)der. Latin -metriader. Old French -métrieder. English -metry English thermoptometry From thermo- + opto- + -metry. 1. The measurement of the optical properties of a material as it is heated in a controlled manner. Labels: uncountable
Word: thermosonimetry Part of Speech: noun 1. The measurement of the sound emitted by a material as it is heated in a controlled manner. Labels: uncountable
Word: thermomechanical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer-der. Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós)der. English thermo- Proto-Indo-European *megʰ-der.? Ancient Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)bor. Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mechanic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English mechanical English mechanical English thermomechanical From thermo- + mechanical. 1. Both thermal and mechanical. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the variation of the mechanical properties of a material with temperature. Labels: not-comparable
Word: thiocarboxylic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-der.? Ancient Greek θέειον (théeion) Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon)der. English thio- English carboxylic English thiocarboxylic From thio- + carboxylic. 1. Of or pertaining to thiocarboxylic acids or their derivatives Labels: not-comparable
Word: topomerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From topomer + -ization. 1. Any reaction involving the exchange of identical atoms or ligands to produce a molecule indistinguishable from the starting material
Word: topomer Part of Speech: noun 1. The molecules involved in a topomerization
Word: topotactic Part of Speech: adj 1. Describing a transformation, within a crystal lattice, involving the displacement or exchange of atoms.
Word: torquoselectivity Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of selectivity in the direction of the conrotatory or disrotatory mode in an electrocyclic reaction Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: transferability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh₂t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trāns- Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Italic *ferō Latin ferō Latin trānsferōder. English transfer Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English transferability From transfer + -ability. 1. The ability of something to be transferred. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The transferability of his skills was truly startling; the confidence required to sell illegal documents was the same confidence required to sit in an office beneath a framed Harvard diploma and pretend he knew what he was doing until he learned the job. 2. The capacity of goods to be transported (linked to their value versus bulk). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The invariance of properties associated with an atom (or fragment) present in a variety of molecules. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stilet Part of Speech: noun 1. stylet 2. stiletto
Word: desinence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French désinence, from Latin dēsinentia, present participle of dēsinō (“to stop, end, close, make an end”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪnəns/, /ˈdɛsənəns/ 1. A suffix used as an inflection; an ending; inflectional suffix.
Word: lappa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From English lap (“a stroke somewhere between a pull and a sweep”). 1. A cross-batted swipe. Labels: India Example: When the ball bounced, the open stance was a good preliminary position from which to play the cross-batted swipe or lappa.
Word: lappa Part of Speech: noun 1. An African waist scarf. Example: Asi clutched her child to her, then wrapped the lifeless body in the lappa which was her own skirt. Example: In the colder climates of the Diaspora, women wear leotards, tights or exercise pants under the slip lappa to keep the body warm.
Word: postil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French postille (“marginal note”), from Late Latin postilla, probably from post illa (verba) (“after those (words)”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɒstɪl/, /ˈpɒstəl/ 1. A Bible commentary written in its margins. Labels: archaic 2. A marginal note. 3. A short homily or commentary on a passage of Scripture. 4. A collection of homilies.
Word: postil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Latin postillo. 1. To write marginal or explanatory notes on; to gloss. Labels: transitive Example: postilled in the margin 2. To write postils, or marginal notes; to comment; to postillate. Labels: intransitive
Word: pernio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin pernio. Pronunciation: /ˈpɝnioʊ/, /ˈpɜːniəʊ/ 1. Synonym of chilblain. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mesne Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Anglo-Norman mesne, a variant of moien. Doublet of mean. Pronunciation: /miːn/ 1. Intermediate. Labels: not-comparable Example: a mesne lord Example: Thus all the land in the kingdom is supposed to be holden, mediately or immediately, of the sovereign, who is styled the lord paramount, or above all. Such tenants as held under the crown immediately, when they granted out portions of their lands to inferior persons, became also lords with respect to those inferior persons, as they were still tenants with respect to the king; and, thus partaking of a middle nature, were called mesne, or middle, lords. So that if the king granted a manor to A., and he granted a portion of the land to B., now B. was said to hold of A., and A. of the king ... A. was both tenant and lord, or was a mesne lord : and B. was called tenant paravail, or the lowest tenant; being he who was supposed to make avail or profit of the land.
Word: mesne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman mesne, a variant of moien. Doublet of mean. Pronunciation: /miːn/ 1. A mesne lord. Example: Lord, mesne, and tenant; the tenant holdeth by four pence, and the mesne by twelve pence.
Word: knur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English knorre, variant of knarre; see knar (“knot on a tree trunk”). Cognate with German Knorren (“knurl”) and Danish knor (“knurl”). Pronunciation: /nɜː(ɹ)/ 1. A knurl. 2. The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
Word: ghat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi घाट (ghāṭ, “pier”), from Sanskrit घट्ट (ghaṭṭa, “a landing-place, steps on the side of a river leading to the waters”), from Dravidian. Compare Telugu గట్టు (gaṭṭu, “dam, embankment”), కట్ట (kaṭṭa, “dam, embankment”), derived from కట్టు (kaṭṭu, “to tie”). Pronunciation: /ɡɔːt/, /ɡɑːt/, /ɡʱaːʈ/ 1. A descending path or stairway to a river; a ford or landing-place. Labels: India Example: The abrupt escarpment of the western Ghats condenses so much of the moisture of the south-west monsoon Example: Chunks of wood were being built into funeral pyres on the steps of the ghat that went down into the water; four bodies were burning on the ghat steps when we got there. 2. A mountain range. Labels: India Example: And farther south, in the interior of the Peninsula, in the elevated tract from 1200 to 2400 feet above the sea, between the Eastern and Western Ghats 3. A mountain pass. Labels: India 4. A steep ravine leading to the sea. Labels: Caribbean 5. A burning-ghat. Labels: India Example: On the steps of the Manikarnika ghat—the holiest of the city’s stepped riverbanks, upon which Hindu dead are cremated—the fires are already lit, and mourners assemble by the hundred to accompany their loved ones at the end.
Word: patrology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin patrologia. Pronunciation: /pəˈtɹɒlədʒi/ 1. the study of the lives and works (especially the writings) of the Church Fathers. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. a handbook or published collection of patristic literature. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nowel Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of noel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Subadar Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from India of Indian origin.
Word: prescious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin praescius. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛsiəs/ 1. Foreknowing; prescient. Labels: obsolete Example: Whose holy soul the stroke of Fortune fled— Prescious of ills, and leaving me behind, To drink the dregs of life by fate assign'd
Word: subvene Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin subveniō (“come to the aid of”), from sub (“under, up towards”) + veniō (“come”). 1. To arrive or happen so as to help or support. Labels: intransitive Example: A future state must needs subvene to prevent the whole edifice from falling into ruin. 2. To subsidize or defray. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: broddle Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹɒdəl/, /bɹɑdəl/ 1. To poke; to pierce. Labels: UK, dialectal
Word: synonymicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin synōnymicon, from Ancient Greek συνωνυμία (sunōnumía, “synonym”). 1. Synonym of thesaurus.
Word: tikoloshe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tokoloshe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bearberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der. Proto-Germanic *berô Proto-West Germanic *berō Old English bera Middle English bere English bear Middle English berye English berry English bearberry From bear + berry. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛəb(ə)ɹi/ 1. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries. Example: Sometimes she scrabbled through the drifts on hilltops and found a few wizened bearberries or a handful of rock-tripe, a kind of moss. 2. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries. 3. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries. 4. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries. 5. Any of four dwarf shrubs of formerly all members of the genus Arctostaphylos, three now assigned to genus Arctous, which principally grow in arctic and subarctic regions and bear edible berries. 6. Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii).
Word: plew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Canadian French, from French poilu (“hairy”). Doublet of poilu. 1. beaver pelt Labels: Canada, US Example: The cured "plew" of the adult beaver weighed about a pound and a half and at best would fetch from four to six dollars a pound at the mountain rendezvous Example: "The days when a good plew fetched six dollars, beaver or kitten, is over," he grumbled. "The beaver trade's rubbed out, Lank.
Word: plew Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of plough. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete
Word: subsultory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin subsultōrius, as subsultim (“with leaps”) from subsilire (“to spring up”), from sub (“under”) + salire (“to leap”). 1. Bounding; leaping; moving by sudden leaps or starts.
Word: bidarka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian байда́рка (bajdárka). 1. A kayak constructed by covering a light wooden frame (lashed together with sinew) in sea lion hides.
Word: disme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French dixme, Old French disme (“tenth, tithe”), from Latin decimus (“tenth”). Doublet of dime. Pronunciation: /daɪm/ 1. A dime minted in 1792. Labels: US, dated, obsolete 2. A tenth; a tenth part; a tithe. Labels: obsolete Example: Since the first sword was drawn about this question, Ev'ry tithe soul 'mongst many thousand dismes, Hath been as dear as Helen. Example: a. 1734, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani. The pope began to exercise his new rapines by a compliance with king Edward, in granting him two years’ disme from the clergy.
Word: skewback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From skew + back. 1. The side of an arch; the course of masonry on the top of an abutment with a slope for the base of the arch to rest against. Example: The avalanche shelter itself consists of a series of heavily reinforced arches, supported by substantial piers on the cliff-side, and on skewbacks cut deep into the rock on the other.
Word: gobemouche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gobemouche. See gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”). 1. A naive, gullible person.
Word: fungate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English fungus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English fungate From fungus + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To become like a fungus, as in appearance or in growth rate or pattern. Labels: intransitive
Word: lotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lotus, past participle of lavare (“to wash”), + -ic. 1. Characterized by flowing water; swiftly flowing; concerned with flowing rivers, streams, etc. Example: This particular area is subject to the transition from a more lotic environment to the lentic environment existing in the pool area. Example: Turning now to more lotic environments, Norelius (1967) and Bronmark and Malmqvist (1982) have studied populations of Anodonta anita and Unio pictorum inhabiting Swedish lake outlets. 2. Living in flowing water; adapted to life in flowing water. Example: The stream-dwelling species are among the most lotic of anisopterous dragonflies. Example: Waugoshance point is an ideal consolidated substrate, wave zone habitat, and this was evidenced by the more lotic benthic fauna found there.
Word: orthicon Part of Speech: noun 1. An early TV camera tube. (Abbreviation of orthoconoscope). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: kainga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Polynesian *kaaiŋa Māori kāingabor. English kainga Borrowed from Māori kāinga. Doublet of ʻāina. 1. A Maori village. Labels: New-Zealand, historical Example: When I write that scores of houses have been burnt, whole villages renovated, kaingas fenced in, poakas and dogs fenced out […] Example: He's not on the first beach round from the kaika.
Word: ambiloquy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ambiloquium, from ambo (“two”) + loquor (“speak”). 1. Ambiguous language. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: mammee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Haitian mamey. 1. An American fruit tree, Mammea americana. 2. Its large fragrant fruit, with a thick tough ring surrounding bright yellow pulp.
Word: posey Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pose Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English posey From pose + -y. 1. Pretentious; posturing. Labels: UK, informal Example: […] I missed one of Freda's main revelations because I got distracted by the posey glide she was making across the room […]
Word: indicible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin indicibilis. 1. indescribable Labels: rare Example: The indicible nature of God has perturbed preachers throughout history.
Word: Keltic Part of Speech: name 1. Rare spelling of Celtic. Labels: alt-of, rare Example: We have found that this same powerful accent belongs to the other great Western branch of our Indo-European stock, the Keltic, and that therefore Keltic speech and verse throbs with the same tripudic rhythm of the double accent as Italic […]
Word: Shemitic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ʃəˈmɪ.tɪk/, [ʃəˈmɪ.ɾɪk] 1. of or pertaining to Shem, the oldest son of Noah Labels: not-comparable 2. Semitic Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: Aramæan Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of Aramaean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Aramæan Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of Aramaean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: Aramæan Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Aramaean. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: subligaculum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin subligāculum. 1. A kind of underwear worn in Ancient Rome. Labels: Ancient-Rome
Word: sica Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sīca. 1. A curved dagger used in Ancient Roman times, associated with the Thracian and Illyrians, gladiators, and Sicarii. Labels: historical Example: [...] representation of a sheathed sickle on two fragments of a limestone plaque from Siristat (Figure 12). The plaque has not survived and only a sketch made by Jüthner records it. The publishers thought it showed a gladiatorial sica[…] Example: He had been honing the blades of sica daggers when Marie was brought in, work that could only be done in the secrecy of night. The huddle broke up and four Sicarii left, including the man with the nervous eyes.
Word: sativa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ellipsis of translingual Cannabis sativa (“sativa form of marijuana”), from Latin sativa (“cultivated”) Pronunciation: /səˈti va/, /səˈti və/ 1. Cannabis sativa, a widely consumed form of cannabis. Labels: uncountable
Word: misadvise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English misavisen, and also from mis- + advise. 1. To give bad advice Example: Expel from your confidence, men who have never ceased to misadvise you!
Word: misally Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English ally English misally From mis- + ally. 1. To wrongly join together; to wrongly ally with or to. Labels: rare Example: 'Tis my beliefwhen, things are misallied, The sooner they part company the better. 2. To marry badly; to marry an inferior Labels: dated, historical Example: Despotism, ... misled him to place nearly all his family on thrones, ... and misally himself with a foreign princess, whose family and country were his unappeasable enemies. Example: If whites were threatened with moral deformation when they misallied with blacks, and even risked transmitting not only darkened skin, but black blood “that would attack in France the very heart of the nation,” blacks also found ...
Word: Thrax Part of Speech: name 1. One of the reputed sons of Ares. Labels: Greek
Word: staycation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is a blend of stay (at home) + vacation. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /steɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, /ˌsteɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. A vacation spent at or close to home. Labels: informal Example: Increasing product lifespans and decreased energy use may also enable both efficiency and sufficiency [...]. This includes means by which materials are used more productively (i.e. the same quantity providing a longer service) and throughput is slowed (i.e. products are replaced less frequently, plus, in the case of tourism, distance of travel is less – the so-called ‘staycation’ approach). Example: This extreme "no" discretionary spending plan does not have to eliminate fun from your life. It actually challenges you to find creative sources of entertainment and "staycations" (vacations at home or near your home town). 2. A vacation spent at or close to home. Labels: informal Example: If you're feeling the pinch of high gas prices and job woes, try a "Staycation", the new industry term for staying at home and enjoying yourself. Example: Instead of going away for a vacation, consider a staycation. That's when you stay home and explore your hometown—try a new restaurant, hike a local park, or visit that museum you've been meaning to check out. 3. A vacation spent at or close to home. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: It's holiday time again. Having invented the staycation – no, I don't like the word either – four years ago when we ran out of money and out of patience with French traffic, we are sticking to principle and, as we did four months ago, hanging out at Tom Hodgkinson's gaff in north Devon. Example: Somewhere in the last few decades the stacation was substituted for the prestige and glamour of the trip abroad, and the recent flurry of low cost airlines all but cemented that as the new tradition for those that can afford it.
Word: staycation Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is a blend of stay (at home) + vacation. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /steɪˈkeɪʃn̩/, /ˌsteɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. To spend a vacation at or close to home. Labels: informal, intransitive Example: They may fill some of the airline seats and hotel rooms left vacant by staycationing locals. 2. To spend a vacation at or close to home. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal, intransitive Example: [...] I staycationed there this summer, enjoying the ancient town of Sandbach with Saxon crosses in its cobbled square; [...] Example: Having ‘staycationed’ with her sister in Kinnity, Co Offaly for the past four years, and with a budget of around €350, Bronwyn O’Brien says she’d just be happy to see the inside of a plane. “Although I didn’t mind holidaying at home, there’s nothing like getting on an airplane and feeling the heat hit your face the minute you arrive,” she tells. 3. To spend a vacation at or close to home. Labels: US, informal, intransitive Example: Plan a staycation: Enjoy your own house, your own backyard, your own town. [...] This was the third summer the Wyatts and their two children have staycationed in Virginia Beach. Example: If you're heading for the water today, or staycationing by the pool, you'll need something to read, right?
Word: suboptimisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English optimisation English suboptimisation From sub- + optimisation. 1. Alternative spelling of suboptimization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: suboptimization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English optimization English suboptimization From sub- + optimization. 1. The optimization of a subunit (or series of subunits) of an organization without good coordination with other subunits, resulting in the whole organisation's outcome or output being less than optimal. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tritactic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + tactic. 1. Describing a tactic polymer that has three sites of stereoisomerism in its chain Labels: not-comparable
Word: trochoidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English trochoid Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English trochoidal From trochoid + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or shaped like a trochoid.
Word: trochoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τροχοειδής (trokhoeidḗs), from τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”). 1. The curve traced by a point on a circle as it rolls along a straight line 2. An organism or fossil with a trochoid shell (especially one in the gastropod family Trochidae), or the shell itself.
Word: trochoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek τροχοειδής (trokhoeidḗs), from τροχός (trokhós, “wheel”) + εἶδος (eîdos, “form, image”). 1. Capable of rolling. 2. Allowing rotation. 3. High-spired; conical.
Word: tropilidene Part of Speech: noun 1. The hydrocarbon cyclohepta-1,3,5-triene, or any of its derivatives Labels: obsolete
Word: turbidimetric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek τύρβη (túrbē)bor.? Latin turba Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin turbidusbor. Middle English turbide English turbid Latin -i-bor. English -i- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek μετρῐκός (metrĭkós)bor. ▲ Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)der. Latin metrum Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin metricusder. French -métriquebor. English -metric English turbidimetric From turbid + -i- + -metric. 1. Of or pertaining to turbidimetry or turbidimeters.
Word: ulosonic Part of Speech: adj 1. ketoaldonic Labels: not-comparable
Word: unactivated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English activated English unactivated From un- + activated. 1. Not activated; (often, especially) never yet activated. Example: unactivated networks Example: unactivated clotting factor molecules
Word: urethan Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of urethane. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: viologen Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of quaternary ammonium salts derived from 4,4'-bipyridine
Word: volatilizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From volatile + -izer. 1. Any substance added to something to increase its volatilization.
Word: volumic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English volume Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English volumic From volume + -ic. Pronunciation: /vɒlˈjuːmɪk/ 1. Describing any measure obtained by dividing a physical quantity by a volume. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cavalletti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cavalletto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: edisonade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Edison + -ade, coined by Canadian author John Clute in 1993, after inventor Thomas Edison. 1. A genre of science fiction and adventure fiction featuring a brilliant robust inventor, engineer or scientist hero who has an adventure in the wilds of the world, created from the mid-19th century to early 20th century, mostly American.
Word: robinsonade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Robinsonade, analyzable in English as Robinson + -ade, named after fictional character Robinson Crusoe, from Daniel Defoe’s 1719 novel Robinson Crusoe. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɑbɪnsəˈneɪd/, /ˌɹɒbɪnsəˈneɪd/ 1. A genre of adventure fiction where a hero is stranded alone on a desert island and has to survive with their own wits. Example: Much, perhaps most, Minecraft fiction follows the robinsonade template, emphasizing the day-to-day life of a character, including nonhuman characters, striving to survive and thrive in a recognizably Minecraftian world by utilizing its resources.
Word: FRA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of forward-rate agreement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: alternate history Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of alternative history. Labels: uncountable
Word: inner peace Part of Speech: noun 1. Peace of mind. Labels: uncountable
Word: reefing Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of reefing (taking in a sail); an act of reefing; also used of clothing. Example: I will not detain the reader with the contents of our sea-log, which is full of tackings and reefings, of setting and taking in of sails, and many other manoeuvres[…]. Example: As matters were, our three girls never could be in our kitchen at one time without reefings and manœuvrings of their apparel which much impeded any other labor, and caused some loss of temper;[…]. 2. A reef (seam of quartz). Labels: Australia, New-Zealand Example: Alluvial goldfields and quartz reefings are in its vicinity, and good indications of coal. Example: […]instead of taking a “leap in the dark” — a mistake which impulsive young men sometimes make in other relations of life, as well as in quartz reefings.
Word: reefing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reef Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reefed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having part of a sail tied up in order to adapt the size of the sail to the force of the wind. Example: The mainsail was "scandalised" - a nautical mode of describing a sail reefed at both ends[.] 2. Semi-deployed, with the canopy initially restricted from fully opening, in order to avoid subjecting the canopy to excessive air loads or the payload to excessive g-forces from fully deploying at high airspeed.
Word: reefed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reef Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rumpuses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rumpus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rumpuses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rumpus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recapitulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recapitulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: respells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of respell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: respelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of respell Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: racquetballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of racquetball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revisits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revisit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revisits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of revisit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rutabagas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rutabaga Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raceways Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of raceway Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naturalistic fallacy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by British philosopher G. E. Moore in his 1903 book Principia Ethica. 1. The fallacious belief that something is automatically good because it is natural or automatically bad because it is unnatural. Example: No, we do not have to put moral reasoning in a special category and use transcendental premises, because the posing of the naturalistic fallacy is itself a fallacy. For if ought is not is, what is? Example: It is easy to fall prey to the naturalistic fallacy, which suggests that because the companies are successful, they must also be right. 2. Any attempt to define "good" verbally, instead of treating it as an undefined term, in terms of which other terms are defined. Example: Yet a mistake of this simple kind has commonly been made about good. It may be true that all things which are good are also something else, just as it is true that all things which are yellow produce a certain kind of vibration in the light. And it is a fact, that Ethics aims at discovering what are those other properties belonging to all things which are good. But far too many philosophers have thought that when they named those other properties they were actually defining good; that these properties, in fact, were simply not other, but absolutely and entirely the same with goodness. This view I propose to call the naturalistic fallacy and of it I shall now endeavour to dispose.
Word: Ruhr Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Ruhr. Pronunciation: /ɹʊɚ/, /ɹɝ/, /ɹʊə/ 1. A river in North Rhine-Westphalia, a branch of the river Rhine and its basin. 2. An urban area of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Word: misvalue Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English value English misvalue From mis- + value. 1. To value wrongly: to misjudge the value of. Labels: transitive Example: Gombrich generalizes his argument: all norms of progress misvalue art by over-rating their own achievement, under-rating other styles, and by viewing previous styles as precursors to their own work.
Word: Hönne Part of Speech: name 1. a branch of the river Ruhr.
Word: is-ought problem Part of Speech: noun 1. The problem of whether prescriptive statements, stating what the case ought to be, can be derived from descriptive statements—stating what the case is.
Word: NRW Part of Speech: name Etymology: (North Rhine-Westphalia): Borrowed from German NRW. 1. Initialism of North Rhine-Westphalia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Natural Resources Wales. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Gabun Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic form of Gabon. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: in so far as Part of Speech: conj 1. Alternative spelling of insofar as. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Asked if such a service could be put in place again, rather than buses, Mellors said: "I think the key thing is the first two weeks of January are pretty unique, in so far as the renewal of a bridge over the M6 at Penrith is very much a once-in-a-generation project.
Word: impressionability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *per-? Proto-Indo-European *pres-der. Proto-Italic *pres- Latin premō Latin imprimō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin impressiōder. Old French impressionder. English impression Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English impressionability From impression + -ability. Pronunciation: /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/, /ɪmˌpɹɛʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, /ɪmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbɪl.ɪ.tiː/, /əmˌpɹeʃ.ə.nəˈbəl.ə.tiː/, /ɪmˌpɾɛʃ.i̯o.naˈbɪl.ɪ.ʈiː/ 1. The quality of being impressionable. Labels: uncountable Example: Originally written in the era of the Cold War, Clavell's enduringly relevant, extraordinary allegory on the impressionability of the human mind is still read in schools around the globe today, and is a call to every person to keep questioning and keep learning.
Word: ocrea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ocrea (“greave, legging”). 1. A sheath around a plant stem forming from the stipule of a leaf and extending above the point of insertion of the leaf.
Word: locked fault Part of Speech: noun 1. A fault that does not slip due to high friction. Such faults accumulate stress which is finally released as an earthquake.
Word: gaymer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gay + gamer. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪ̯məː/, [ˈɡeɪ̯məː], /ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯məː/, [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯məː] ~ [ˈɡæ̝ɪ̯mɐ̝ː], /ˈɡeɪ̯mɚ/ 1. A homosexual gamer. Labels: slang Example: You're a gaymer aintcha? :) Example: > Are you a gaymer then? No, I'm just a gay man that enjoys computer games in exactly the same way that non-gay men enjoy computer games.
Word: celebrative Part of Speech: adj 1. Involving celebration; having the nature of a celebration. Labels: uncommon
Word: straight up Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. 1. Truthfully; honestly. Labels: informal, not-comparable 2. Unambiguously; bluntly; plainly and directly. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: She told me straight up that she didn't want to go, then surprised me by coming. Example: She straight up hates him. 3. To the utmost degree; really. Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: Wow, this food is straight up delicious. 4. Of an alcoholic drink, chilled, (stirred or shaken over ice) and served in a cocktail glass, with no ice. Labels: not-comparable Example: Gimme a margarita, straight up. Example: Connoisseurs may prefer to savour their dram of single malt straight up. But, for beverage companies, that's not where the growth is.
Word: straight up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English streight up (“straight, erect, not curved or crooked, direct, honest”), equivalent to straight + up. 1. Open, frank. Labels: not-comparable Example: I support what you are attempting to do, but quite frankly, I think we should be straight up about what some of the consequences are. 2. Alternative form of straight-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: antiscience Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English anti- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English antiscience From anti- + science. 1. Opposed to science and scientific progress. Labels: not-comparable Example: Isaacson reports that Musk’s fractured relationship with Jenna, who is trans, partly led to Musk’s rightward turn toward libertarianism and questioning what he considers the “woke-mind-virus, which is fundamentally antiscience, antimerit, and antihuman.” Example: “The playbook presents an antiscience, antidata, and antimedicine agenda,” according to a piece last year by Boston University researchers in JAMA.
Word: antiscience Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anti- Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey-der. Latin sciō Latin sciēns Latin -ia Latin scientialbor. Old French sciencebor. Middle English science English science English antiscience From anti- + science. 1. The abuse or rejection of traditional science; scholarship in which traditional science is abused or disregarded. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Genealogies are antisciences. Of course, genealogy is not an unproblematic enterprise, since it is a struggle against forms of power that are associated with certain forms of (scientific) knowledge.
Word: gundog Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gun dog. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Venizelism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Venizelos + -ism, after Eleftherios Venizelos. 1. A Greek political movement characterized by the opposition to monarchy, support of the Megali Idea, and protectionist policies. Labels: uncountable
Word: Venizelist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the name of Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Greek politician. 1. Pertaining to or supportive of Eleftherios Venizelos or his political policies. Labels: historical Example: Four Venizelist republicans listened to Hector and wondered bitterly how it was that all the bands had somehow ended up with a committee of three leaders who were Communist and were against Britain, the only country that had ever tried to help them since the war began. Example: But the events of that Friday became the signal for a rampage throughout the city against anyone and everyone suspected of Venizelist sympathies.
Word: Venizelist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Eleftherios Venizelos (1864–1936), Greek politician. 1. A supporter or adherent of Eleftherios Venizelos or his political policies. Labels: historical
Word: kriya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit क्रिया (kriyā). 1. A technique or practice within a yoga discipline. 2. An outward physical manifestation of awakened kundalini, such as spontaneous body movement.
Word: Samkhya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit सांख्य (sāṃkhya, “enumerating, reckoning up”). 1. One of the six schools of classical Indian philosophy. Labels: Hinduism
Word: Sankhya Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Samkhya. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nyaya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit न्याय (ny-āyá, “syllogism, inference”). 1. One of the six orthodox or astika schools of Hindu philosophy — specifically the school of logic. Labels: Hinduism
Word: astika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit आस्तिक (āstika, “orthodox, believing, pious, faithful”), from अस्ति (asti, “to be, exist”) + -क (-ka). 1. A philosophical school or individual accepting certain tenets fundamental to Hinduism, by various definitions: Labels: Hinduism, uncountable 2. A philosophical school or individual accepting certain tenets fundamental to Hinduism, by various definitions: Labels: Hinduism, uncountable 3. A philosophical school or individual accepting certain tenets fundamental to Hinduism, by various definitions: Labels: Hinduism, uncountable
Word: postillion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of postilion. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: So saying, he ordered the postillion to the horses' heads, there to await his return. Example: Barouches with gleaming lamps, a couple of gendarmes posted before the doors, a babel of postillions’ cries—nothing...
Word: postillions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of postillion (alternative spelling of postilions). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nastika Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit नास्तिक (nāstika, “heterodox”), from नस्ति (nasti, “to not exist”), negative of अस्ति (asti, “exists”). 1. Not astika, see there for more. Labels: Hinduism, uncountable
Word: white glove test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the 1950s American image of putting on a white glove and running a finger along a spot to see how much dirt and dust is accumulated as a way of measuring how well the area has been kept clean. 1. An examination of cleanliness, hygiene or other cleaning-related standards. Example: Looking at the imprint his hand had left on the visible layer of dust, he realized his home would certainly not pass his mother's white glove test.
Word: white-glove test Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of white glove test. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gorno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of gore + porno. 1. A film which uses gratuitous, intentionally over-the-top violence in combination with overtly sexual themes to attract audiences. Labels: slang
Word: sexigesimal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of sexagesimal. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: The French use the Decimal division, but its general introduction would have rendered useless all the existing tables, which were calculated with much labor to the sexigesimal division.
Word: war of words Part of Speech: noun 1. A heated exchange of threatening or inflammatory statements. Labels: idiomatic Example: The young man much resented this directness of attack, and in the war of words which followed when they met he did not scruple publicly to insult Mr Clare, without respect for his gray hairs. Example: The lower classes live in a state of war, a war of words. Their readiness is the product of the same fiery individualism as the readiness of the old fighting oligarchs. Any cabman has to be ready with his tongue, as any gentleman of the last century had to be ready with his sword.
Word: devolute Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin devolutus. Pronunciation: /ˈdiːvəluːt/, /ˈdiːvəljuːt/ 1. To devolve. Labels: obsolete Example: the right of the Aduowson was deuoluted vnto him
Word: detentive Part of Speech: adj 1. That detains; relating to detention.
Word: Cgy Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Calgary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Ott Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Ottawa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Edm Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Edmonton. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: St. Lucia Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Saint Lucia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: baby mama Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed in African-American Vernacular English, attested since c. 1986 and popularized in the 2000s. Possibly from or influenced by same term in Jamaican English, from Jamaican Creole baby-mother (“pregnant woman”) (1966), alternatively due simply to grammatical similarities between AAVE and Jamaican Creole. 1. The mother of a child in common, particularly unmarried. Labels: US, derogatory, possibly, slang Example: She's not his girlfriend now, but she's one of his baby mamas. Example: Except for Rasheena, the rest of the baby mamas was at least struggling to live halfway right. They used to clown and act shitty whenever they came by Noojie's and saw Carmiesha there. But every last one of them ended up being grateful to her for the things she did for their kids.
Word: serpette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French serpette. Pronunciation: /sɜː(ɹ)ˈpɛt/ 1. A pruning knife with a curved blade. Example: Everywhere the vintagers are busy detaching the grapes with their little hook-shaped serpettes[…]
Word: OV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of orbiter vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of office visit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of oral vore. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: ASW Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of antisubmarine warfare. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: “You know, I really didn't have much to do with Vietnam. In the summer of 1964, I went to work for the assistant CNO for submarine warfare, Op 02. But that summer, Op 03—that's surface warfare—was developing new ASW strategies.”
Word: out of context Part of Speech: adv 1. Without context that may be needed for understanding the original meaning. Example: They took his statements out of context and made him sound like an extremist.
Word: out-of-context Part of Speech: adj 1. Not in the context necessary to show original meaning.
Word: Venizelists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Venizelist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: compound imperative Part of Speech: noun 1. Two or more imperative clauses joined in a single sentence Example: e.g. speak now or forever hold your peace 2. A word constructed from the imperative of a verb plus one or more pronouns Example: e.g. (in Italian) portiamoglieli - let's take them to him
Word: lean towards Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lean, towards. 2. To favor in a decision. Labels: transitive
Word: three-martini lunch Part of Speech: noun 1. A leisurely, expensive midday meal associated with drinking, which is tax-deductible because business is discussed. Labels: idiomatic
Word: outta sight Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of out of sight. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang