nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: responsively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English responsive Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English responsively From responsive + -ly. 1. In a responsive manner.
Word: responsiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English responsive Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English responsiveness From responsive + -ness. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈspɒnsɪvnɪs/, /ɹɪˈspɑn.sɪv.nɪs/, /ɹɪˈspɔnsɪvnɪs/ 1. The quality or state of being responsive. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cell-mediated immunity is impaired after burn injury, including documented delays in allograft rejection, impairment in mitogenic and anogenic responsiveness of lymphocytes, burn-size-related suppression of graftversus-host activity, suppression of delayed cutaneous sensitivity tests, and diminution of peripheral lymphocytes and thoracic duct lymphocyte concentration. Example: Altogether, the present data show that the Toxoplasma-induced hypermigratory phenotype in a 3D matrix is consistent with integrin-independent amoeboid DC migration with maintained responsiveness to chemotactic and chemokinetic cues. 2. The ability of a machine to adjust to external influences. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The responsiveness of my old PC is nearly zero!
Word: sayers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sayer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English say Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sayer From say + -er. 1. One who says; one who makes announcements; a crier.
Word: Sayer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of multiple origins, including an occupational surname for a sawyer, or an assayer of metals, or a seller of serge cloth ( Middle English say), or a sewer. 1. An English surname originating as an occupation common in Sussex.
Word: stottie cakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stottie cake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scallies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scally Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of scallie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snecks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sneck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snecks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sneck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: step on a rake Part of Speech: verb 1. To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, striking the person walking in the face. Labels: literally 2. To fall victim to an avoidable (usually self-caused) hazard or error. Labels: idiomatic Example: Our President [Franklin Roosevelt] stepped on a rake last week, and the handle hopped up and hit him in the eye. He then blamed the press for leaving the rake lying around. Example: We passed this revolving door legislation here. We have done several things we thought were to tighten the system so that we would obviate any other scandals or improprieties. It was sort of like stepping on a rake here — this thing flies up and hits you in the face. We thought we had done a pretty good job.
Word: fogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fog Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English fogger From fog + -er. 1. The outlet at the end of a hose which is designed to atomize, spray, or mist the contents flowing through the hose. Typical use includes gaseous materials such as nitrous oxide in automotive applications, as well as fuels for turbine engines. 2. A device that generates artificial fog or smoke for stage performances. 3. A device that releases an insecticidal mist. 4. One who fogs; a pettifogger. Labels: obsolete Example: A beggarly fogger. Example: But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…], and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, little dreaming that the deadly tube was levelled at them.
Word: fogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Perhaps from fodderer. 1. A person employed to feed cattle. Example: Describing a fogger's (cattle feeder) work on a winter day, he concludes that […]
Word: precognition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French precognition or its source, Latin praecognitio, from praecognōscō (“to know beforehand”). Doublet of Germanic-based foreknowledge and Greek-based prognosis. Equivalent to pre- + cognition. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹiːkɒɡˈnɪʃn̩/, /ˌpɹikɑɡˈnɪʃən/, /ˌpɹikɔɡˈnɪʃən/ 1. Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ‘But it seems there are some strong presumptuous proofs against you, and I came to warn you this day that a precognition is in progress, and that unless you are perfectly convinced, not only of your innocence, but of your ability to prove it, it will be the safest course for you to abscond, and let the trial go on without you.’
Word: reverse discrimination Part of Speech: noun 1. The discrimination against members of a historically dominant or majority group, often in favor of minorities or disadvantaged groups, typically arising from affirmative action or equity policies aimed at remedying a past injustice. Labels: uncountable Example: In one instance, Title VII authorizes reverse discrimination. The act gives employers ranging from Minnesota wild-rice farmers to New Mexico electronics manufacturers the option of hiring only American Indians. Example: Alan Bakke at the University of California At Davis Medical School, Karen Hopwood at the law school of the University of Texas, and Jennifer Gratz at the University of Michigan all have argued successfully in court that they were the victims of reverse discrimination because blacks were given preferential treatment in the admissions process at these schools.
Word: worsest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of bad: most bad; worst. Labels: form-of, humorous, nonstandard, superlative Example: 1868 "The Temptations of St Anthony" in "Bentley's Miscellany" - Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith But a laughing woman, with two bright eyes, is the worsest devil of all.
Word: Alecia Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, one of the modern variants of Alicia.
Word: evitable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French evitable (modern French évitable), from Latin ēvītābilis (“avoidable”), from ēvītō (“to avoid”) + -bilis (“-able”, able or worthy to be). The former is derived from ē- (“out”) + vītō (“to avoid, evade; to shun”) (possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dwidʰeh₁- (“separate, set apart”), a compound of *dwi- (“two”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to put”)). Pronunciation: /ˈɛvɪtəb(ə)l/, /-ɾə-/ 1. Possible to avoid; avertible. Labels: uncommon Example: The tragic consequences were evitable. Example: That Fort is unſafe where a part of the Garriſon conſiſts of diſguiſed Enemies; for when they take their turns at the Watch, the danger is hardly evitable. It would then certainly be for the ſafety of the Fort, that ſuch Friends in Maſquerade were induſtrouſly kept out, inſtead of being whipt in.
Word: Toltec Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tolteca, from Nahuatl tōltēcah, plural of tōltēcatl (“inhabitant of Tollan”), from Tōllān + -catl. 1. A member of a pre-Columbian Native American people who dominated much of central Mexico between the 10th and 12th centuries AD.
Word: ralphies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ralphie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tula Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish Tula, from Classical Nahuatl Tōllān (“place of bulrushes”), from tōllin (“bulrush”) + -tlān. Pronunciation: /ˈtuːlə/ 1. A city in Hidalgo, Mexico, near the remains of the Toltec city Tollan.
Word: Tula Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Ту́ла (Túla). Pronunciation: /ˈtuːlə/ 1. A city, the administrative center of Tula Oblast, Russia, 165 km south of Moscow. 2. An oblast in western Russia.
Word: if need be Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Need is a noun, be a subjunctive. Perhaps an alteration of Old English phrases like ġif þearf bēo, literally "if need be". That phrase would have been completely unidiomatic, equivalent to "if a need exists" or "if there is a need". This is because (1) Old English had no indefinite article, (2) the word for "to be" was also the default word for "to exist" and translates the modern phrase "there is", and (3) the subjunctive mood was much more common and often translates the Modern English indicative. 1. If necessary; if there is a need. Labels: idiomatic Example: And I am quite sure that Max Carrados won't walk in here without making it certain that if he doesn't soon come out again the C.I.D. will smash down the door if need be to find out what has happened.
Word: radgepackets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of radgepacket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: get stuck into Part of Speech: verb 1. Get busy with; become occupied with; become immersed in. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: 1998, Gary McKay, In Good Company After pulling our boat up the beach there wasn’t much to do but collapse onto the sand and get stuck into some serious drinking. Example: But although some timber for the house was eventually delivered, he never got around to the building stage. ‘I′ll hire some help and we'll get stuck into it,’ he would say, but the only thing he ever got stuck into was his vodka. 2. To start eating. Labels: UK Example: Dinner's ready! Quick, get stuck into it! Example: She took a big slurp of wine, and then we all got stuck into the food. 3. To criticise someone; tell off; to get angry at; to attack. Labels: Australia Example: Why are you getting stuck into me all of the sudden? I didn't do anything! Example: My dad′s getting stuck into me at the moment. He doesn′t think my English is good enough.
Word: annihilator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From annihilate + -or. 1. One who annihilates. 2. That ideal of R whose elements yield zero when multiplied by the given element (or; by the elements of the given subset) of M.
Word: annotator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From annotate + -or. 1. One who annotates. Example: They found that the tree-structures that best fit BERT’s vector for a sentence were closely related to the dependency trees that researchers had independently hand-coded. For example, the representation for the sentence from the Wall Street Journal corpus […] was nearly identical to the representation that was provided by annotators. The annotator version is provided below: […]
Word: annuitant Part of Speech: noun 1. The recipient of an annuity.
Word: anointment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anoint Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English anointment From anoint + -ment. 1. The act of anointing with oil or other liquids. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An official nomination. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: French Socialists gathered recently in the Loire Valley for a weekend of debate that turned into the virtual anointment of Anne Hidalgo, the charismatic and divisive mayor of Paris, as their candidate for next year’s presidential election.
Word: anorectic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνόρεκτος (anórektos, “without appetite”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀρέγω (orégō, “to desire”). By surface analysis, an- + orectic. Pronunciation: /ænəˈɹɛktɪk/ 1. Characterised by a lack of appetite, especially as suffering from anorexia nervosa. Example: […]cultural historians would trace the impact of the drug across a wide spectrum of popular culture, from the Mods of Britain to the new anorectic chic of the fashion world as exemplified by models like Twiggy. 2. Causing a loss of appetite. Example: anorectic agents Example: anorectic drugs
Word: anorectic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνόρεκτος (anórektos, “without appetite”), from ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ὀρέγω (orégō, “to desire”). By surface analysis, an- + orectic. Pronunciation: /ænəˈɹɛktɪk/ 1. A person suffering from anorexia nervosa; an anorexic. 2. A drug or dietary supplement that reduces the appetite so as to promote weight loss. Example: stimulants and anorectics
Word: antiabortion Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English abortion English antiabortion From anti- + abortion. 1. Opposed to the practice or legalization of abortion. Example: Antiabortion activists pointed out that immigrant families, many of them Catholic, were larger and would soon outpopulate native-born white Yankees and threaten their political power. Example: The news reporters tell us that conservatives are antiabortion, anti–gun control, antidiversity, antienvironment, antieverything.
Word: antiabortionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antiabortion + -ist or anti- + abortionist. 1. One who is opposed to the practice of abortion, or to it being legal.
Word: sadder Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsæ.də/, /ˈsæ.dɚ/ 1. comparative form of sad: more sad Labels: comparative, form-of Example: In the same year as the Furness objection, sadder tidings befell St Pancras Priory at Lewes, in East Sussex. Despite it having the distinction of being the earliest Cluniac monastery in Great Britain, petitions to prevent the Brighton Lewes & Hastings Railway from imposing on its site with its Lewes line failed. The line was approved and, as if as an act of deliberate desecration and assertion of the railways' power, passed over the site of the high altar.
Word: saddest Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsæ.dɪst/, /ˈsæː.dəst/ 1. superlative form of sad: most sad Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: antiaircraft Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of anti-aircraft. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: antiaircraft Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of anti-aircraft. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: antipersonnel Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + personnel. 1. Designed to kill soldiers. Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable
Word: anywise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Indo-European *h₁oy-no-kós Proto-Germanic *ainagaz Proto-West Germanic *ainag Old English ǣniġ Middle English ani English any Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English anywise From any + -wise. Pronunciation: /ˈɛniˌwaɪz/ 1. In any case. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aphasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English aphasia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aphasic From aphasia + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈfeɪzək/, /əˈfeɪ̯zɪk/ 1. Affected by, or pertaining to, aphasia. Example: ... groups of dancers were wheeling, plunging, and gesticulating while the ogre, more aphasic than before, mumbled at full strength ...
Word: aphasic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English aphasia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English aphasic From aphasia + -ic. Pronunciation: /əˈfeɪzək/, /əˈfeɪ̯zɪk/ 1. One who is afflicted by symptoms of aphasia.
Word: astrophysical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- English physical English astrophysical From astro- + physical. 1. Of or pertaining to astrophysics. Labels: not-comparable Example: But many important astrophysical and atomic processes involving hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe and in stars, give off ultraviolet light.
Word: astronomic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining or relating to astronomy. Labels: archaic 2. Of very large or immense proportions; colossal. Labels: figuratively
Word: astronautics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr Proto-Hellenic *astḗr Ancient Greek ἀστήρ (astḗr) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́στρον (ắstron)der. English astro- Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us Ancient Greek ναῦς (naûs) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ναύτης (naútēs)bor. English -naut English astronaut Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English astronautics From astronaut + -ics. 1. Navigation through space. Labels: uncountable 2. The science and technology of space flight. Labels: uncountable
Word: astronautic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to astronautics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: astrologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English astrology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English astrologist From astrology + -ist. 1. One who practices astrology; an astrologer. Example: So the king sent his painters to Moses and they brought back a picture of him. The king called his phrenologists and astrologists and asked them, "What kind of man is this?" Example: According to Accurso, there is evidence that advice from astrologists had no effect on Hitler's actions.
Word: astringency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From astringent + -cy. Pronunciation: /əˈstɹɪn.dʒən.si/ 1. The quality of being astringent. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: asphyxiation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English asphyxia Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English asphyxiate 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 English -ion English asphyxiation From asphyxiate + -ion. Pronunciation: /æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən/ 1. Death due to lack of oxygen. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An acute lack of oxygen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ascendent Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of ascendant. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: [A]ll true and frutefull Natvrall Philosophie, hath A double Scale or Ladder, Aſcendent and Deſcendent, aſcending from experiments to the Inuention of cauſes; and deſcending from cauſes, to the Inuention of nevve experiments; Therefore I iudge it moſt requiſite, that theſe tvvo parts be ſeuerally conſidered and handled. Example: Without some power of persuading or confuting—of defending himself against accusation, or in case of need, accusing others—no man could possibly hold an ascendent position.
Word: ascendent Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of ascendant. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: [T]hey ſay that Jeſus in his natiuitie, had for his aſcendent, the ſigne of Virgo in her firſt face, as they terme it, […] Example: At my Nativity, my aſcendent vvas the earthly ſigne of Scorpius, I vvas borne in the Planetary houre of Saturne, and I think I have a piece of that Leaden Planet in me.
Word: ascertainable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ascertain Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English ascertainable From ascertain + -able. Pronunciation: /ˌæsəˈteɪnəbl̩/, /ˌæsɚˈteɪnəbl̩/ 1. Able to be ascertained. Example: For example, when regulation prevents a developer from building rental property, the value of existing or reasonably ascertainable leases represents an opportunity cost of the prohibition to the developer. Example: The easily ascertainable fact, they point out, is that what they feel is not anger toward parents speaking Lennon's name, but only contempt for the few so ignorant of cultural history that they think it was John Lennon, instead of Paul McCartney, who sang "Why Don't We Do It in the Road?"
Word: ascertainment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ascertain Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English ascertainment From ascertain + -ment. Pronunciation: /əˈsɜːtənmənt/, /ˌæsɚˈteɪnmənt/ 1. The act of ascertaining. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the ascertainment of facts Example: You have a great Worke to doe, to restore Religion and Law, upon which depends the Kings re-enthronement, and re-investure with his just rights, the Parliaments ascertainment of their just power and equall Priviledges, and the peoples restorement to their known Liberties and Properties […]
Word: ascribable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ascribe Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English ascribable From ascribe + -able. 1. Able to be ascribed. Example: A death, a drought ascribable to the sorcery of a weathermaker, a cyclone and so forth could always excite the natives to acts of revenge, and consequently no man could leave his district unarmed […] Example: The Soviet Union apparently took the U.S.— Japanese political-military alliance quite seriously—probably more seriously than we might imagine. The Soviet Union’s reluctance to return the Northern Territories to Japan, even at the expense of the bilateral relationship, is ascribable to the global confrontation between the USSR and the United States.
Word: nyems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nyem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: netties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of netty Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of nettie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Christianities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christianity Labels: form-of, plural Example: This book constitutes the record of an intellectual development over a decade that was crucial in my scholarship, a decade that... with arguing for the ongoing creative interaction of nascent Christianities and Judaisms throughout the late antique period, and even beyond. Example: This dichotomy represents the two different though intimately related Christianities that coexist uneasily within each other.
Word: handyman's special Part of Speech: noun 1. A house that is sold at a reduced price because it requires extensive repairs or renovations. Labels: euphemistic
Word: Judaisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Judaism Labels: form-of, plural Example: Daniel Boyarin, Sparks of the Logos: Essays in Rabbinic Hermeneutics Essays in Rabbinic Hermeneutics, (2003) p. vii. This book constitutes the record of an intellectual development over a decade that was crucial in my scholarship, a decade that... with arguing for the ongoing creative interaction of nascent Christianities and Judaisms throughout the late antique period, and even beyond. Example: Jacob Neusner, Rabbinic Political Theory: Religion and Politics in the Mishnah (1991) p. 173. Few other system builders who focused upon the social order within the Judaisms and Christianities of the first three centuries of the common era sustainedly and systematically asked political questions at all.
Word: Hinduisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Hinduism Labels: form-of, plural Example: But it then follows that if Hindus think and say that there is Hinduism, and act to uphold it, then there is a Hinduism, or more probably several Hinduisms. Example: There are so many Hinduisms that no single Hindu could speak for the entire tradition.
Word: didi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi दीदी (dīdī, literally “an elder sister, used as a form of respect”). 1. A respectful term of address to any familiar older female. Labels: India
Word: hyperpnea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + -pnea. 1. Deep and rapid respiration that occurs normally after exercise or abnormally with fever or various disorders. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: anti-imperialist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + imperialist. 1. Against imperialist ideals and practices. Labels: not-comparable
Word: anti-imperialist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + imperialist. 1. One who opposes imperialism.
Word: anti-imperialism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + imperialism. 1. Any belief or practice which opposes imperialism. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: anxiousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-der. Proto-Italic *anɣō Latin angō Latin ānxiusbor. English anxious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English anxiousness From anxious + -ness. 1. The state of being anxious. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A feeling of anxiety. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: aphelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aphelion + -a (plural form of the suffix -on). Pronunciation: /əˈfiː.lɪ.ə/, /æpˈhiː.lɪ.ə/, /əˈfi.li.ə/, /əˈfil.jə/, /æpˈhi.li.ə/ 1. plural of aphelion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apologia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “speech in defense of a position”). Doublet of apology. Pronunciation: /ˌæp.əˈloʊ.d͡ʒi.ə/ 1. A written defense of a position or belief. Example: Although I've enumerated some of the academic traditions and debates that have animated this book, it is not my purpose to offer a full apologia in these brief pages. Example: “Gone With the Wind” was published in 1936, and despite heroic efforts over the last seven decades to transform it into something else, the novel stands as an apologia for the Old South — […]
Word: antiquarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English antiquary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English antiquarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English antiquarianism From antiquarian + -ism. 1. Study or love of antiques. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Study or love of antiquity. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Archaism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We cannot tell if we're facing "nonsense" words that she's coining afresh or obsolete, Old English antiquarianisms from before the standardization of spelling.
Word: apelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ape Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English apelike From ape + -like. 1. Similar to an ape in appearance or behaviour. Example: The Nomad has his very house set on wheels; the Nomad, and in a still higher degree the Ape, are all for “liberty;” the privilege to flit continually is indispensable for them. Alas, in how many ways, does our humour, in this swift-rolling self-abrading Time, shew itself nomadic, apelike; mournful enough to him that looks on it with eyes! Example: Nor, had he questioned himself, is it to be doubted that he would have admitted that he was far more closely allied to these people and their life than to the Parisian friends whose ways, apelike, he had successfully mimicked for a few short months. 2. Given to servile imitation.
Word: bafflectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baffle + -ectomy. 1. The removal of baffles from stock motorcycle exhaust canisters. Labels: slang
Word: khurma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi ख़ुरमा (xurmā). 1. An Indian dessert made of fried dough coated in sugar.
Word: non-governmental organisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of non-governmental organization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Afeefa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic عَفِيفَة (ʕafīfa). 1. A female given name from Arabic.
Word: anicteric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English icteric English anicteric From an- + icteric. 1. without jaundice. Labels: not-comparable
Word: chavelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chavel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: choristoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chorist- + -oma, from Greek χωριστός (khōristós, “separate”). 1. A collection of normal cells in an abnormal location. Example: adrenal choristoma
Word: cistrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cis + trans + -ome. Coined by investigators at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Technologies. 1. The set of DNA segments (cis) of a transacting factor on a genome scale. 2. A map of all locations effected by the estrogen receptor.
Word: edentulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin edentulus, which is in turn derived from the prefix e-, meaning "without", and the word dens, meaning "tooth." Pronunciation: /iːˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/, /iˈdɛnt.jʊ.ləs/, /iˈdɛn.t͡ʃʊ.ləs/ 1. Toothless. Labels: not-comparable Example: A Malay elder crawled on to the veranda, greeted Crabbe with an edentulous "Tabek!" and then crouched in a dark corner, chewing a quid of sireh with hard gums. Example: Partial edentulism has traditionally been treated with conventional fixed prosthetics when adequate natural tooth abutments are available to support the edentulous span.
Word: battle stations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of battle station Labels: form-of, plural
Word: battle stations Part of Speech: intj 1. An alert aboard a warship, summoning the crew to man all weapons and all stations.
Word: capitalist realism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly coined in 1963 when it was used as the title of an art exhibition/performance in Düsseldorf, alluding to socialist realism. The term was later reused in a political philosophy context by cultural theorist Mark Fisher. 1. A short-lived German pop art movement of the 1960s. Labels: uncountable Example: Back in West Berlin, Rene Block thought the term 'Capitalist Realism' resonated strongly with other kinds of 'new realism' taking place there, in the shadow of the GDR. In 1971 he used the term again for a show of prints, but disappointedly […] Example: Richter's concept of 'capitalist realism' alluded to the doctrines of socialist realism east of the border. These approaches were taken further in the actions of Happening and Fluxus artists in the wake of the student movement. 2. An ideological framework for viewing capitalism and its effects on politics, economics, and public thought. Labels: uncountable Example: It captures the psychic transformation this generation has gone through: smashing through the glass at Millbank, struggling through the hard lines of the kettle, and finally piercing capitalist realism's façade: an aperture through which now flows […] Example: With regard to The Wire, this definition has largely revolved around the capitalist realism of society, or the reality that money rules and determines everything.
Word: Chinese Wall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The expression Chinese Wall comes from the Great Wall of China and became a metaphor of barriers, known to go back to the United States stock market crash of 1929. The U.S. government saw the need to maintain separation (or an information barrier) between investment bankers and brokerage firms, to limit the conflict of interest between the two. The first use of Chinese Wall in the general context of keeping confidentiality is unclear. 1. An information barrier within an organization, designed to ensure internal confidentiality; frequently used to prevent conflicts of interest. Labels: idiomatic, jargon Example: I concur in the opinion of Justice Haning, but write separately to comment on the apparently widespread use of the term "Chinese Wall" to describe the type of screening mechanism discussed in this case. While our opinion uses the term "screen," both the parties and the trial court used the term "Chinese Wall," which seems to have become a term of art. I write to express my profound objection to the use of this phrase in this context. Example: The enthusiasm for handy phrases of verbal shorthand is understandable. Occasionally, however, lawyers and judges use a term which is singularly inappropriate. "Chinese Wall" is one such piece of legal flotsam which should be emphatically abandoned. The term has an ethnic focus which many would consider a subtle form of linguistic discrimination. Certainly, the continued use of the term would be insensitive to the ethnic identity of the many persons of Chinese descent.
Word: chronic cellular dehydration Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition of individual cells in a patient suffering from chronic dehydration. Labels: uncountable
Word: dish bitch Part of Speech: noun 1. An employee of a restaurant who washes dishware, typically a minimum wage position where workers are not well-treated. Labels: derogatory, slang 2. A reporter who appears via satellite connection, and must therefore be close to their satellite dish. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: disturbance regime Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various modes of widespread floral replacement, e.g., flood, fire, disease or wind.
Word: Empty Quiver Part of Speech: noun 1. The seizure, theft, or loss of a nuclear weapon. Labels: US, euphemistic
Word: Faded Giant Part of Speech: noun 1. A reporting term to identify an event involving a nuclear reactor or radiological accident. Labels: US, euphemistic
Word: dispossess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Middle French despossesser. Equivalent to dis- + possess. Pronunciation: /dɪspəˈzəs/ 1. To deprive someone of the possession of land, especially by evicting them. 2. To deprive someone of possession in general. Example: Though Mars himſelfe the angry God of armes, And all the earthly Potentates conſpire, To diſpoſſeſſe me of this Diadem: Yet wil I weare it in deſpight of them As great commander of this Eaſtearne world, […] 3. To take possession of the ball/puck etc. (from someone). Example: It was Bannan who released Agbonlahor for his goal with a long-range curling pass after Stephen Warnock had dispossessed Mohamed Diame.
Word: invertible matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. Any n×n square matrix for which there exists a corresponding inverse matrix (i.e., a second (or possibly the same) matrix such that when the two are multiplied by each other, in either order, the result is the n×n identity matrix). Example: 1975 [Prentice-Hall], Kenneth Hoffman, Analysis in Euclidean Space, Dover, 2007, page 65, It says that, if A is a singular matrix, then every neighborhood of A contains an invertible matrix. In other words, if A is singular, we can perturb A just a little and obtain an invertible matrix. Example: There are certain very simple invertible matrices, and every invertible matrix over a field can be built up out of them.
Word: butterfly bush Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies 2. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies 3. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies 4. Any of several plants that conspicuously attract butterflies
Word: polymorphemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From poly- + morpheme + -ic. 1. Made up of multiple morphemes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: informationism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From information + -ism. This word and informationist (one who practices informationism) are first known to have arisen in the work of a group of Scottish poets in the 1994 book Contraflow on the SuperHighway. 1. A significant ideology that information has power when disseminated. Labels: uncountable 2. The use of information as a weapon. Labels: uncountable 3. The act of countering government propaganda. Labels: uncountable 4. The act of undermining advertising. Labels: uncountable 5. A commitment to the idea that the world is fundamentally composed of, supervenes upon, or reduces to, information of some kind. Labels: uncountable 6. A commitment to the truth of one or another form of informational ontology or informational metaphysics . Labels: uncountable 7. A primary aesthetic quality of the literary and/or fictional works belonging to the literary subgenre (of science fiction) called informationist science fiction, and a primary aesthetic disposition of the authors of those works or texts. Commonly included in the corpus of informationist science fiction literature are such texts as Samuel R. Delany's Babel 17, and Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep Labels: uncountable
Word: knitting chart Part of Speech: noun 1. A graphical method for depicting a knitted fabric.
Word: extracellular matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. All the microscopic fibres and other molecular structures that are produced by a particular type of cell but are not part of it (that is, that lie outside its cell membrane), providing support to the cells and often serving as a co-constituent of the tissue that they constitute, especially a connective tissue.
Word: low decile Part of Speech: noun 1. A low socio-economic standing (used particularly in schooling to describe students).
Word: nervine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nervinus. Pronunciation: /ˈnɝvin/, /ˈnɝvaɪn/ 1. Having the quality of acting upon or affecting the nerves; quieting nervous excitement. Labels: not-comparable
Word: nervine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nervinus. Pronunciation: /ˈnɝvin/, /ˈnɝvaɪn/ 1. A drug or substance that acts upon the nerves.
Word: paipo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by the surfer Wallace Froiseth, possibly misheard or misspelled from Hawaiian pae + poʻo. 1. Any prone-ridden surf-craft that is neither an inflatable mat nor a traditional finless soft bodyboard.
Word: geological matrix Part of Speech: noun 1. The fine-grained background material in which crystals, pebbles or fossils are embedded in a sedimentary rock
Word: party puffer Part of Speech: noun 1. A cylindrical blowing device that consists of a mouthpiece, which may or may not be a whistle, attached to a coiled tube of paper, given to guests and used at large celebrations especially New Year's Eve, or birthdays. When the mouthpiece is blown into, the paper tube unravels and a humorous festive noise is produced.
Word: philosopheme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from the Ancient Greek φιλοσόφημα (philosóphēma, “syllogism”) via Latin philosophema (“syllogism”). The Greek was formed from φιλοσοφέω (philosophéō, “to philosophize or pursue knowledge”) and the nominalizing suffix -μα (-ma). Pronunciation: /fɪˈlɒsəfiːm/ 1. A philosophical statement, theorem or axiom. Example: This, the most venerable, and perhaps the most ancient, of Grecian mythi, is a philosopheme. Example: Heidegger makes of distortions of bits of ordinary German — particularly nominalisations of prepositions — and his extensive use of a large number of the obscurer philosophemes (big words) of the tradition.
Word: pick up stitches Part of Speech: verb 1. To add stitches to the knitting needle that were previously bound off, or that belong to the selvage, during the process of knitting or entrelac. Labels: idiomatic
Word: pick up stitches Part of Speech: noun 1. Stitches that were added to the row, during knitting. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: playdate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From play + date. Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪˌdeɪt/ 1. The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house, traditionally scheduled by both children's parents. Example: (Bitsy) What's your problem... Mom and Dad threatening you with the potty chair again? (Marvin) Worse[…]Mom arranged a playdate for me with Cailin from preschool. 2. The occasion of a child having a friend come over to play at their house, traditionally scheduled by both children's parents. Example: The poodles have regular playdates on weekday mornings. 3. The date of a showing of a film. Example: Without guaranteed playdates for their films, the studios cut back on production drastically.
Word: revenue sharing grant Part of Speech: noun 1. Federal grants distributing a portion of federal tax revenues to state and municipal governments. Labels: US
Word: Ronbot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Ron (from the name of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard) + robot 1. A follower of Scientology with a strict or robotic adherence to its teachings. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: Sahar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Of Arabic or Persian origin. In Persian, سحر (sahar, “dawn”). (In Hebrew, סַהַר (sáhar, “crescent”).) 1. A female given name from Arabic, used in Arabic countries, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Word: scrumtrelescent Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of scrumtrulescent. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: serial interval Part of Speech: noun 1. In epidemiology of communicable (infectious) diseases, the time period between the onset of symptoms with the primary patient and the onset of symptoms with the secondary patient (infected by primary).
Word: shifta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili shifta, from Amharic ሽፍታ (šəfta). 1. outlaw, bandit Labels: Africa
Word: stair railings Part of Speech: noun 1. The angled part of a staircase used for handholding. Usually on both sides of the staircase, sometimes it is put only on one side. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: The international building code mandates a standard minimum height for stair railings.
Word: sugar coated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of sugarcoated. Labels: alt-of, alternative, idiomatic
Word: talent management Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This expression gained popularity in the late 1990's as technology companies engaged in a 'war for talent'. McKinsey and company coined the term 'war for talent' following a 1997 study and then it was the title of a book by Ed Michaels, Helen Handfield-Jones, and Beth Axelrod. 1. Human capital management of the entire employee lifecycle. Companies that are engaged in talent management are strategic and deliberate in how they source, attract, select, train, develop, promote, and move employees through the organization. This term also incorporates how companies drive performance at the individual level (performance management). Labels: idiomatic, uncountable
Word: overused Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English used English overused From over- + used. 1. Used too much, or too often. 2. Hackneyed or clichéd.
Word: overused Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English used English overused From over- + used. 1. simple past and past participle of overuse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: DOMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of delayed-onset muscle soreness. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: bone scan Part of Speech: noun 1. An X-ray of bone taken after injection of radioactive material that accumulates there and reveals its structure.
Word: dorsiflex Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dorsi- + flex. 1. To flex a limb in a dorsal direction.
Word: overstride Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stride English overstride From over- + stride. 1. To run or walk with an overly long stride. Labels: intransitive Example: Unfortunately, by waiting as long as possible each time before jumping, he lost concentration and then, because of overstriding over the first part of the approach run, he made three no-jumps. 2. To stride (or to stand) over something. Labels: transitive 3. To excel or surpass. Labels: transitive
Word: overstride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English stride English overstride From over- + stride. 1. An overly long stride. Example: Although an overstride was not observed in the diagonal type running walk, a moderate overstride was observed in the lateral type.
Word: footstrike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + strike. 1. The action of the foot striking the ground when walking or running.
Word: buddleia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Buddleja, named by Carl Linnaeus after English naturalist Adam Buddle (1662–1715). Pronunciation: /ˈbʌdlɪ.ə/ 1. A tree or shrub of the genus Buddleja, of Africa, Asia, and the Americas, especially Buddleja davidii, a large ornamental shrub whose lilac flowers attract butterflies. Example: At the foot of the garden, behind a clump of gooseberry-bushes, stood an arbour formed of a yellow buddleia. Example: But there is one fly in the ointment, which is only too evident at Queen Street and Central... buddleia. […] It became a popular garden plant in the 20th century, when a Chinese variant (Buddleia Davidii ^([sic])) was introduced. That's when the trouble started. The plant has spread like wildfire since. Its fast-growing invasive nature and survivability is a huge problem for the railways, as (left alone) it can cause serious, expensive damage to structures, block drivers sightlines, or pose a risk to lineside workers.
Word: wrong number Part of Speech: noun 1. A telephone number dialled by mistake, for example, by transposing digits. Example: I am sorry. You have the wrong number. — Oh. Is this 555-8986? — No. This is 555-8689. — Oh. Excuse me! — Okay. Bye. 2. A telephone call received from an unfamiliar caller, due to a mistake in the number dialled. Labels: broadly Example: - Who was that on the phone? - It was just a wrong number. 3. An incorrect notion or understanding concerning a person or situation. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: Codd said . . . when he had her fixed and tested her a few times he would take me up for a ride. "You got the wrong number," I says. "I don't feel flighty." Example: The readers probably expecting me to go on about how Johnny was real nostalgic about some kind of material security. . . . Well, the readers got the wrong number.