nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: prognosticatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) ▲ Ancient Greek προ- (pro-) ▲ Ancient Greek γνῶσῐς (gnôsĭs) Ancient Greek πρόγνωσῐς (prógnōsĭs) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek προγνωστῐκός (prognōstĭkós)der. Medieval Latin prognosticus Proto-Italic *-āzi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -āre Medieval Latin prognosticareder. English prognosticate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English prognosticatory From prognosticate + -ory. Pronunciation: /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkətəɹi/, /pɹɑɡˈnɑstɪkətɔɹi/ 1. That prognosticates or makes predictions about the future; predictive. Example: Most of the almanac-makers had gone over to Copernicanism by this time, but it made no difference to their prognosticatory activities.
Word: voice onset time Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of time that passes between the release of a stop consonant and the onset of voicing.
Word: voice onset times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of voice onset time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: VOT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of voice onset time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: VOTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of VOT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: judicial astrology Part of Speech: noun 1. The supposed divination of human affairs based on the motions of the stars and planets (as opposed to natural astrology). Labels: historical, uncountable Example: A brief Declaration against Judicial Astrologie. Example: Similarly in Cambridge it was maintained in 1603 that judicial astrology was a mere imposture.
Word: apoptopic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of apoptotic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bicyclobutane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bi- + cyclobutane. 1. A bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of two separate cyclobutane rings joined by a single bond. 2. A highly strained bicyclic hydrocarbon consisting of two fused cyclopropane rings.
Word: dichloroiodate Part of Speech: noun 1. The interhalogen anion ICl₂⁻
Word: prodiginine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of pigmented oligopyrrole antibiotics with medicinal potential as immunosuppressants and antitumour agents
Word: prodiginines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prodiginine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oligopyrrole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligo- + pyrrole. 1. Any of a group of compounds based on a short string of pyrrole rings joined together
Word: cobblestone ice Part of Speech: noun 1. Lumps of ice mixed with sand and salt accumulated on highways Labels: US, uncountable
Word: time stretch analog-to-digital converter Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for digitizing analog signals of very high bandwidth, effectively slowing down the original signal in time (or compressing its bandwidth) before it can be digitized by a slow electronic ADC.
Word: Vietka Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Vetka. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Vetka Part of Speech: name 1. A town in Belarus near Gomel.
Word: -h- Part of Speech: interfix 1. Emphasises obscenities. Labels: morpheme, rare Example: fuck! + -h- → fuhuck! Example: damn! + -h- → dahamn! 2. Indicates a fannish context or an association with science fiction fandom. Labels: dated, humorous, morpheme, slang Example: beer + -h- → bheer Example: boy + -h- → bhoy
Word: serial time-encoded amplified microscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. A very fast real-time optical imaging technique. Labels: uncountable
Word: rational selfishness Part of Speech: noun 1. Objectivist position that, in order to promote one's own life, the morally proper beneficiary of one's own rational actions should be oneself. Labels: uncountable Example: The Objectivist ethics proudly advocates and upholds rational selfishness—which means: the values required for man’s survival qua man—... 2. The conviction that it is moral to act for one's own good and that this is rationally in line with a greater good. Labels: uncountable Example: 1870, Francis A Walker, An Oration at the Soldiers' Monument Dedication in North Brookfield, Goddard & Nye. [Society] has arranged all its parts and offices on the principle that a rational selfishness is the best preservative of peace, and the most efficient agent of progress; ...
Word: figure-caster Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡə ˌkɑːstə/ 1. Someone who draws up astrological figures; an astrologer. Labels: historical Example: From the later Middle Ages onwards a figure-caster discovered plying his trade among the people could expect to be brought before a church court for correction. 2. Someone who adds up figures. Labels: historical
Word: figure-casters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of figure-caster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Behmenist Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to the theosophical ideas of the 17th-century German mystic Jakob Böhme.
Word: Behmenist Part of Speech: noun 1. A supporter or adherent of the ideas of Jakob Böhme. Example: Between 1644 and 1662 the whole of the writings of the German mystic Jacob Boehme were translated into English, and the sect of ‘Behmenists’ was picked up by Richard Baxter as one of the significant religious groups of the Interregnum period.
Word: Behmenists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Behmenist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abjugation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of abjugating. An unyoking, freeing, or uncoupling. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Alternative form of abjuration A repudiation, abandonment, or renunciation by or upon oath. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The proof of secularism of Hindus that is demanded by many Muslim leaders makes one feel sometimes that nothing short of abjugation of Hindu religion by its followers will satisfy them!
Word: inboxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of inbox Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: inboxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of inbox Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dougher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dower, equivalent to dough + -er. 1. A baker. Labels: obsolete Example: Among the ordinances of the Bakers of Exeter, is a provision that all 'dowers' (doughers or bakers) of the city and suburbs should grind at the city mills, and nowhere else; […] Example: Among the archives of the Pillsbury A mill is the following, which was recently found spread over a pine board in hieroglyphics by some unknown and nailed on the door of the dougher's room.
Word: Hindu-Kush Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hindu Kush. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hindukush Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hindu Kush Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Granicus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Granicus, from Ancient Greek Γρανικός (Granikós). Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈnaɪkəs/ 1. A river in northwestern Anatolia, where Alexander the Great defeated the forces of the Persian Empire under Darius III
Word: dotel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dote + -el (agent suffix). Compare doter. 1. A dotard. Labels: obsolete
Word: nonconducive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + conducive. 1. Not conducive. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dorpat Part of Speech: name Etymology: From German Dorpat, from older Estonian Tarbatu. 1. Former name of Tartu. Labels: historical
Word: genius hominis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A borrowing of Latin genius hominis (“tutelary deity of a person”), from the nominative possessive form of homo (“person”). 1. The tutelary deity or spirit watching over a particular person.
Word: places of articulation Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of place of articulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mahdavism Part of Speech: noun 1. Mahdavia Labels: uncountable
Word: Mahdavia Part of Speech: noun 1. An Islamic sect that considers Muhammad Jaunpuri to have been the Mahdi. Labels: uncountable
Word: Mahdavi Part of Speech: noun 1. An adherent of Mahdavia
Word: Zikri Part of Speech: noun 1. Mahdavi
Word: Zikris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Zikri Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mahdavis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mahdavi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paradelle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Billy Collins circa 1997; believed to be from a blend of parody + villanelle. 1. A ridiculously restrictive poetic form consisting of four sestets that must repeat lines and reuse all previous words according to a fixed pattern.
Word: paradelles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paradelle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unglottalized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + glottalized. 1. Not glottalized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bluebucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bluebuck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bluebuck Part of Speech: noun 1. An extinct mammal, †Hippotragus leucophaeus, the first large African mammal to become extinct in historical times (circa 1800). Example: Almost all of these antelope communities have been reduced to scattered remnants by excessive hunting in the past and loss of habitat to agricultural development, but the bluebuck is the only antelope species which has been exterminated. Example: The blaubok, or bluebuck, was an antelope of the same genus as the roan and the sable; it was eliminated before 1800, primarily because the settlers took over the animal's grazing land for their cattle. 2. The nilgai.
Word: inkalimeva Part of Speech: noun 1. A mythical animal that features in Xhosa folk tales. It is often described as a jackal-like creature with a multi-coloured coat. Labels: South-Africa Example: In a short time, the coney fell asleep, when the inkalimeva (a fabulous animal) went in and ate all the fat. Example: Various animals are tricked by a fabulous creature, an inkalimeva. They are meant to guard a pool created by the animals. With its musical instrument, an inkingi, a stringed instrument, it lulls the guards into a deep sleep, and then the inkalimeva drinks the water. Finally, a tortoise turns the tables on the inkalimeva.
Word: desert rose Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɪˈzɜːt ɹəʊz/, /dɪˈzɝt ɹoʊz/ 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see desert, rose. 2. a flowering plant 3. a flowering plant 4. a flowering plant 5. A rosette of gypsum or barite crystals formed under certain conditions. 6. An attractive women found in an arid environment Labels: poetic
Word: strictly speaking Part of Speech: adv 1. Saying something as precisely as possible; using a strict sense of a word. Example: Near-synonyms: technically, stricto sensu Example: This recipe calls for three kinds of fruit: strawberries, cherries, and rhubarb. Well, strictly speaking, rhubarb is a vegetable.
Word: Kala Kato Part of Speech: name 1. A Quranic movement based in Niger and Nigeria.
Word: type site Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From type + site. 1. An archaeological site considered the representative example of a particular culture, frequently its first discovery and frequently used as its eponym Example: The Late Bronze Age assemblage to which the type site offers no significant parallel. Example: Bambata is the type site for the Stillbay Culture in Rhodesia. 2. A geologic site considered the representative example or first discovery of a stratographic level or other feature Example: Each interglacial is named after a type site or area where deposits of that stage occur.
Word: type sites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of type site Labels: form-of, plural
Word: type-site Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of type site. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: type-sites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of type-site Labels: form-of, plural
Word: typesite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of type site. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: typesites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of typesite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raster burn Part of Speech: noun 1. screenburn Labels: uncountable 2. computer vision syndrome Labels: uncountable Example: Raster burn threatened to end this session. A night's rest is what he needed, but in another two hours he could break the bank's password.
Word: flipped classroom Part of Speech: noun 1. A classroom that uses the flipped learning system of education.
Word: formylium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From formyl + -ium. 1. A positively-charged cation with the formula HCO⁺, related to formaldehyde, aldehydes, and formyl. Labels: uncountable
Word: Longshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 龍山 /龙山 (Lóngshān) (Lóngshān, lit. "Dragon Mountain") 1. A neolithic culture along the Yellow River in China, named for its type site Example: Many identified the Yangshao culture, or the Painted Pottery culture, as the remains of the Xia nation; and the Longshan culture, or the Black Pottery culture, as the remains of the Shang nation. Example: Han Chinese, who make up more than 90 per cent of the population of China, are genetically closer to the Longshan people, who are known to have farmed rice, the study said. 2. Various mountains in China 3. Various placenames in China and Taiwan Example: Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, sponsored by the Ministry of Education organized "Friendly Taiwan - foreign student homestay development program," in cooperation with Longsan community in Chiku District, Tainan. 4. Various placenames in China and Taiwan 5. Various placenames in China and Taiwan Example: Among the specific incidents the report cites was one in Xinning County, Hunan Province, where a resisting farmer cut off the ear of a township party official trying to collect fees. In Longshan County, also in Hunan, two officials died in a clash with protesters.
Word: Longshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隴山 /陇山 (Lǒngshān). 1. A mountain in China. 2. Various placenames in Gansu, named for the mountain
Word: potassium formate Part of Speech: noun 1. A salt of formic acid, formula CHKO₂. Labels: uncountable
Word: Mount Long Part of Speech: name Etymology: A partial translation of the pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 龍山 /龙山 (Lóngshān) (Lóngshān, lit. "Dragon Mountain") or 隴山 /陇山 (Lǒngshān) 1. Alternative form of Longshan. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Mount Lung Part of Speech: name Etymology: A partial translation of the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 龍山 /龙山 (Lóngshān) (Lóngshān, literally "Dragon Mountain") or 隴山 /陇山 (Lǒngshān) 1. Alternative form of Longshan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: Lung-shan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade–Giles romanization of Mandarin 龍山 /龙山 (Lóngshān) (Lóngshān, lit. "Dragon Mountain") Wade-Giles romanization: Lung²-shan¹. 1. Alternative form of Longshan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: Lung-shan culture takes us to the dawn of recorded history, metallurgy, of rituals involving human sacrifice, of wars, and of a society that was to become increasingly stratified - in other words, to the doorstep of civilization. Example: Lungshan culture is distributed along the middle and lower Yellow River and belongs to the late Neolithic Period. It is named after the small town of Lungshan in Licheng county, Shantung province, where it was first discovered in 1928.
Word: subfrequency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + frequency. 1. A secondary or subsidiary frequency.
Word: subfrequencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subfrequency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Lung Shan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 龍山 /龙山 (Lóngshān) (Lóngshān, lit. "Dragon Mountain") or 隴山 /陇山 (Lǒngshān). 1. Alternative form of Longshan. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: From Honan to the east and north-east stretches the domain of a different Neolithic tradition, the Lung Shan culture. In Honan at least it can be shown to be later than that of Yang Shao, for at a number of sties in this densely inhabited part of the Central Plain Lung Shan pottery has been found stratified above Yang Shao remains and below the Bronze Age level. The Yang Shao and the Lung Shan cultures and a more primitive tradition in south-east China comprise the main divisions of Neolithic China.
Word: player-manager Part of Speech: noun 1. A manager of a sports team who also plays as a member of the team.
Word: sidepost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + post. 1. A vertical supporting post beside a door, gate, etc. Example: They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts. Example: The gate itself has sideposts of rustic stonework, each topped by a large Baroque vase; these sideposts are joined by elaborate floral ironwork with a coat of arms and a coronet in the centre[…]
Word: sideposts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sidepost Labels: form-of, plural
Word: allospecific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From allo- + specific. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.lə.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/, /ˌɛ.lə.spəˈsəf.ək/, /ˌa.lə.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/, /ˌæ.lo.spiˈsif.ik/ 1. Relating to a different species. Labels: not-comparable
Word: allospecific Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From allo- + specific. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.lə.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/, /ˌɛ.lə.spəˈsəf.ək/, /ˌa.lə.spɪˈsɪf.ɪk/, /ˌæ.lo.spiˈsif.ik/ 1. Any organism that belongs to another species.
Word: Longxi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 隴西 /陇西 (Lǒngxī). 1. A county of Dingxi, Gansu, China. Example: In early 1971 we received a box of fossils and a letter from a worker at an alcohol plant in Lunghsi county, Kansu province. Example: Middle and primary schools in Lunghsi County, Fukien, have vigorously popularized part-time work and part-time study activities. Before liberation, Lunghsi County was very backward in education, but after liberation, particularly since the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Lunghsi has made rapid progress in education. 2. A region in Gansu west of Mount Long. Labels: historical Example: On one occasion, or so legend has it, a ball fell from a dragon; when no tremor could be felt, scholars were mystified. But many days later came reports of an earthquake in Longxi (present-day Western Gansu Province) a thousand kilometres away. 3. A commandery of ancient China in the southern area of present-day Gansu. Labels: historical
Word: antibiotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + bio- + -type. 1. A set of organisms that are resistant to a particular antibiotic.
Word: antibiotype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From anti- + bio- + -type. 1. To assign an organism to a particular antibiotype.
Word: antibiotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antibiotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intrahabitat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From intra- + habitat. 1. Within a particular habitat Labels: not-comparable
Word: interhabitat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inter- + habitat. 1. Between habitats Labels: not-comparable
Word: piliated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having pili Labels: not-comparable
Word: subvector Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + vector. 1. A subset of a vector (ordered tuple, or member of a vector space)
Word: subvectors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subvector Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yanzi Part of Speech: name Etymology: The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 燕子 (Yànzǐ), meaning "swallow" (the bird). Pronunciation: /ˈjæn.zi/, /ˈjɑn-/, /ˈjɛn-/, /-tsi/, /-tsə/ 1. A river or creek of Gansu, part of the Yangtze watershed. 2. A town in Hefeng, Enshi prefecture, Hubei, China, formerly a township.
Word: Yanzi Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Yangzi. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: Yen-tzu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Wade-Giles romanization of Mandarin Chinese 燕子河 (Yànzǐhé). 1. Alternative form of Yanzi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: Yen-tse Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 燕子河 (Yànzihé). 1. Alternative form of Yanzi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: Yen-tze Part of Speech: name Etymology: An irregular romanization of Mandarin Chinese 燕子河 (Yànzǐhé) 1. Alternative form of Yanzi. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated
Word: bosino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From boson + -ino. 1. The fermionic supersymmetric partner of a boson.
Word: bosinos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bosino Labels: form-of, plural
Word: boshintang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bosintang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: poshintang Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bosintang. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: boseys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bosey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiboson Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + boson. 1. The antiparticle of a boson. Labels: particle
Word: antibosons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiboson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antilarval Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + larval. 1. Counteracting larvae. Labels: not-comparable Example: From 1890 to 1940, antilarval drainage operations, environmental measures and the use of chemical products (mineral oil, Paris Green) were the basis of vector control.
Word: larvicidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From larvicide + -al. 1. Killing larvae. Labels: not-comparable
Word: homofascist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + fascist. 1. A proponent of homofascism. Example: Given his homosexuality, his mental illness, and his tendency to portray muscled male bodies, Janni is particularly vulnerable to being read off as a homofascist, even by those critics who do not intend to do so. 2. An aggressive supporter of gay rights. Labels: derogatory Example: Because Christians always seem to be on the defensive, it is no wonder that the homofascists have advanced their agenda as far as they have. It is long overdue for Christians to go on the offensive by reframing the debate altogether.
Word: homofascist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homo- + fascist. 1. Exhibiting or relating to homofascism. Example: Stone evokes these typologies most disturbingly in his homofascist portrait of J. Edgar Hoover. Example: Schelsky's discussion of the challenge of masculinity in modern society points to one of the paradoxes of homofascist discourse, namely the hypermasculinity associated with homosexuality (as in fascism) on the one hand and its inherent femininity on the other.
Word: homofascists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homofascist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homoerotophobic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From homoerotophobia + -ic. 1. Exhibiting, or relating to, homoerotophobia. Example: For the hysterical, homoerotiphobic ire which has been building up, in the form of rejection via referenda, as well as in acts of violence against individuals […] is principally focused now on gay radicals, socialists, communists, prison activists, and other not-so-easily-categorized mavericks of the Lavender Left.
Word: homofascism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + fascism. 1. A political stance that associates fascism with homosexuality. Labels: uncountable Example: Consequently, his position indirectly suggests that perverse societies produce perverse individuals, an ideological stance that very much mirrors a discourse that during the postwar period was primarily observed in literary circles: homofascism. Example: At its worst, it [the art film] seems politically reactionary, tending toward homofascism. 2. Aggressive support for gay rights. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: Homofascism is dedicated to the proposition that anyone who does not believe homosexuality is normal should be fired, disenfranchised, imprisoned, or "harried out of the land." Example: If anything, Christians are guilty of standing idly and silently by as creeping homofascism left its depraved bedroom and wormed its way into our public schools, our media, our television shows and Hollywood pictures, and even into our churches and the highest positions in our government and military.
Word: hoonish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hoon + -ish. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a hoon. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang Example: Jet-ski person, selfish fink, May your silly jet-ski sink, May you hit a pile of rocks, Oh hoonish summer coastal pox.
Word: zoomie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoom + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈzuːmi/ 1. A graduate of, or student at, the United States Air Force Academy, USAFA. Labels: slang Example: Most of the zoomies in the audience are clean-shaven office poges who never go into the field. Example: Then it's purely a coincidence that the last two zoomies to arrive here got assigned to Vung Tau, while every ROTC grad in the last month has been sent to god-awful Army camps, right?
Word: zoomie Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoom + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈzuːmi/ 1. Attributive form of zoomies (“frenzied running in a pet”). Labels: attributive, form-of, not-comparable Example: zoomie hour
Word: slurpier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of slurpy: more slurpy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: slurpiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of slurpy: most slurpy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: eury- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁wer- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *h₁wérus Proto-Hellenic *eurús Ancient Greek εὐρῠ́ς (eurŭ́s)der. English eury- Derived from Ancient Greek εὐρῠ́ς (eurŭ́s, “wide”). 1. wide, broad Labels: morpheme
Word: phoenixism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phoenix + -ism, after the mythological bird that is resurrected from its own ashes. 1. The fraudulent practice of terminating a business as bankrupt while secretly using its assets to set up another business. Labels: uncountable
Word: kissproof Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From kiss + -proof. 1. Resistant to smearing when the wearer is kissed. Labels: not-comparable Example: From this and related experiences, she invented the first kissproof lipstick in her kitchen. Eventually her brand captured 25 percent of the market. Example: Questioned about whether her lipstick was "really kissproof," she teased a reporter at Business Week: "How kissproof it is depends on the degree of friction."
Word: slurpiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slurpy + -ness. 1. The quality of being slurpy. Labels: uncountable
Word: coversheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cover + sheet. 1. An extra sheet attached to the front of a document. Example: When handing in your assignment, ensure you include a coversheet with your name and student number. Example: The fax machine broke down, and all we received of your message was the coversheet.
Word: coversheets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coversheet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Phlegethontic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the river Phlegethon in the underworld of Ancient Greek mythology. Example: His soul was but a black gulf into which poured the Phlegethontic cataract of their conversation.
Word: verticalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vertical + -ization. 1. The process of verticalizing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Parfitian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Parfit + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Derek Parfit, British moral philosopher. Example: the Parfitian conception of psychological continuity defined in terms of overlapping chains of psychological connectedness Example: And so the Parfitian version of objectivism has unacceptable consequences when combined with actualism.
Word: Parfitian survival Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Derek Parfit, British philosopher, from ideas expressed in his book Reasons and Persons and various journal articles throughout the late 20th century. 1. The state of remaining as one's original self after the bodily self has been amalgamated or deconstructed through time and experience. Labels: uncountable Example: I actually find Parfit's picture of survival depressing, but that of course is by comparison with what I take survival to be. By Parfitian survival, Parfitian death may may not seem so depressing. 2. The question of one's psychological continuity and personal identity surviving through various philosophical thought experiments. Labels: uncountable
Word: trainsful Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trainful Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Dzaudzhikau Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Дзауджика́у (Dzaudžikáu), ultimately from Ossetian Дзӕуджыхъӕу (Ʒæwǵyqæw). 1. Former name of Vladikavkaz: the capital city of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. Labels: historical
Word: spoiled grape juice Part of Speech: noun 1. Wine. Labels: humorous, slang, uncountable Example: Any time I let a kindergarten crowd like that work a trick on me that was invented right after Noah discovered spoiled grape juice, I owe myself a month in jail. Example: The rest of the Tates are wine people, every one with a favorite vintage. I'm not much on the spoiled grape juice myself.
Word: Ordzhonikidze Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Орджоники́дзе (Ordžonikídze). 1. Former name of Vladikavkaz: the capital city of North Ossetia-Alania, Russia. Labels: historical 2. Former name of Pokrov: a city in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine. Labels: historical
Word: nonswelling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + swelling. 1. Not swelling. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stigmatizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stigmatize + -er. 1. One who stigmatizes. Example: His relatives regard him with indifference and contempt; his brothers and his sisters glow no longer with affection, and all of them despise him as the stigmatizer of the family.
Word: stigmatizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stigmatizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anastigmat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. An anastigmatic lens. Example: Practically any camera will produce good results in this kind of photography provided that it has a good anastigmat lens and a reliable shutter; that the case is light proof; and that it is not asked to do more than it is capable of.
Word: anastigmats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anastigmat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sizism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From size + -ism. 1. Alternative form of sizeism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Mount of Olives Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes. 1. A mountain ridge east of and adjacent to the Old City of Jerusalem, a holy place for both Judaism and Christianity.
Word: Transcaspian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Transcaspia + -an. 1. in, from or otherwise relating to Transcaspia
Word: Transcaspian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Transcaspia + -an. 1. a native or inhabitant of Transcaspia
Word: Transcaspians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Transcaspian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Transcaspia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Закаспи́йская о́бласть (Zakaspíjskaja óblastʹ, “Transcaspian oblast”) as trans- + Caspia, from the fact that in the early 20th century the easiest way to reach it from central Russia or Transcaucasia was across the Caspian Sea, by boat. 1. The name used from the second half of the 19th century until 1924 for the section of Russian Empire to the east of the Caspian Sea. Labels: historical Example: [I]f we consider the extraordinary facility of communication produced, partly by the railway laid down in Transcaspia, partly by the opening of the road between Bokhara, Merv, and Sarakhs, we may well anticipate the unusual development which the Russian trade[.]
Word: Transcaspian Oblast Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Transcaspia.
Word: Hamsunian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hamsun + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Knut Hamsun (1859–1952), Norwegian author.
Word: Franz Joseph Land Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Franz Josef Land. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Francis Joseph's Land Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Franz Josef Land. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Verwoerdian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Verwoerd + -ian. 1. Relating to Hendrik Verwoerd (1901–1966), Prime Minister of South Africa from 1958 until his assassination in 1966, remembered for his conception and implementation of apartheid.
Word: Golden Horn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek Χρυσόκερας (Khrusókeras). 1. A major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. Example: The 20-min. crossing of the Bosphorus by ferry steamer from the Golden Horn, the busy river-fed harbour that divides old and new Istanbul on the European side of the Bosphorus, was a pleasure in itself.
Word: contradistinctiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From contradistinctive + -ness. 1. contradistinction Labels: uncountable
Word: sawn-off Part of Speech: noun 1. A sawn-off shotgun.
Word: sawn-off Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a long-barrelled firearm, having had the stock sawn off. Labels: not-comparable Example: He wore a crazed expression / As he waded in the car / For some ammo and his sawn-off twenty-two.
Word: sawn-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sawn-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: naggable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From nag + -able. 1. susceptible to nagging Example: But Japan's and Singapore's efficiency in health delivery owes much to the fact that affluent Asians are more naggable about things like their body weight than most westerners except mad joggers. Example: When we parked in the hilly slum that was the center of town, we heard his sister complaining about the way he'd used the brakes of the car. It was a shock, the first realization that my gallant knight was naggable.
Word: Imereti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian იმერეთი (imereti). 1. A region of Georgia, with Kutaisi as its regional capital.
Word: Kvemo Kartli Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian ქვემო ქართლი (kvemo kartli), literally meaning Lower Kartli, i.e. the southern one. 1. A region of Georgia, with Rustavi as its regional capital.
Word: Mtskheta-Mtianeti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian მცხეთა-მთიანეთი (mcxeta-mtianeti). 1. A region of Georgia, with Mtskheta as its regional capital.
Word: Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian რაჭა-ლეჩხუმი და ქვემო სვანეთი (rač̣a-lečxumi da kvemo svaneti). 1. A region of Georgia, with Ambrolauri as its regional capital.
Word: Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian სამეგრელო-ზემო სვანეთი (samegrelo-zemo svaneti) or Georgian სამეგრელო და ზემო სვანეთი (samegrelo da zemo svaneti). 1. A region of Georgia, with Zugdidi as its regional capital.
Word: Samtskhe-Javakheti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian სამცხე-ჯავახეთი (samcxe-ǯavaxeti). 1. A region of Georgia, with Akhaltsikhe as its regional capital; populated mostly by Armenians.
Word: Shida Kartli Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian შიდა ქართლი (šida kartli), meaning Inner Kartli. 1. A region of Georgia, with Gori as its regional capital.
Word: Rustavi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian რუსთავი (rustavi). 1. A city, the regional capital of Kvemo Kartli, Georgia.
Word: Zugdidi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian ზუგდიდი (zugdidi). 1. A city, the regional capital of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia.
Word: Ozurgeti Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian ოზურგეთი (ozurgeti). 1. A city in Georgia, the regional capital of the region of Guria.
Word: Marneuli Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Georgian მარნეული (marneuli). 1. A city in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia.
Word: Kobuleti Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ქობულეთი (kobuleti). 1. A town in Adjara, Georgia.
Word: unitarities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unitarity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Issus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Issus, from Ancient Greek Ἰσσός (Issós). Pronunciation: /ˈɪsəs/ 1. An ancient settlement in Cilicia, modern Hatay Province, Turkey, where in 333 BCE Alexander the Great defeated the Persians under Darius III. Labels: historical
Word: Malatya Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish Malatya and Ottoman Turkish ملاطیه (Malatya), from Byzantine Greek Μελιτηνή (Melitēnḗ), from Ancient Greek. Doublet of Melitene. 1. A province and metropolitan municipality in the Eastern Anatolia region, Turkey. 2. A city, the capital of Malatya Province, Turkey, formerly Armenian.
Word: Kayseri Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Turkish Kayseri and Ottoman Turkish قیصری (Kayseri), from Byzantine Greek Καισάρεια (Kaisáreia), from Latin Caesarea, from Caesar + -ea in honor of Augustus. Doublet of Caesarea and Cherchell. 1. A province and metropolitan municipality in the Central Anatolia region, Turkey. 2. A city, the capital of Kayseri Province, Turkey.
Word: Cannae Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Cannae. Pronunciation: /ˈkæniː/ 1. A village in the Apulia region of south east Italy, known as the site of a battle in 216 B.C. in which the Carthaginians under Hannibal defeated the Romans Labels: historical
Word: Jetsonian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From The Jetsons, an American animated sitcom airing in prime time from 1962 to 1963. The show portrayed the life of the Jetsons, a family living in the year 2062 in a futuristic utopia of elaborate robotic contraptions, aliens, holograms, and whimsical inventions. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛtˈsəʊ.ni.ən/, /d͡ʒɛtˈsoʊ.ni.ən/ 1. Futuristic in an outlandish or unconventional manner Example: While no one can say exactly how we will get from the current moment to that Jetsonian future, one thing for sure can be said about location-awareness: maps are required.
Word: Guigang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 貴港 /贵港 (Guìgǎng). 1. A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China. Example: Early offerings--many of them packaged in sultry covers featuring buxom women in silk pajamas--were huge sellers. But when copycats and counterfeiters drove down margins, Chan switched to real estate, snapping up 200 acres of land in the city of Guigang and erecting dozens of office towers and residential developments. Among his most ambitious recent projects: a luxury Guigang housing complex dubbed "Wealthy Persons' New Town."[…] Chan's business partners swear he's loaded, an assessment shared by some of Guangxi's most influential citizens. Example: The site, however, is relatively close to Guigang, a city with a river port and waterway connections to the Pearl River Delta, one of the world’s most densely populated regions.
Word: Gui County Part of Speech: name Etymology: Partial calque of Mandarin 貴縣 /贵县 (Guìxiàn). 1. Guigang Labels: historical
Word: Guixian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 貴縣 /贵县 (Guìxiàn). 1. Dated form of Guigang. Labels: alt-of, dated
Word: Gui Xian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Guixian. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Hung Hsiu-ch’üan and Feng Yun-shan, founders and propagators of the new pseudo-Christianity, converted dozens of communities during their missionary work in the years 1844-1850. These communities lay in a number of districts but principally in Kuei-hsien and Kuei-p’ing in southern Kwangsi. Example: Branches (fen-hui) of the God Worshippers Society were established wherever there were enough members, and were therefore scattered widely. They were more numerous in Kuei-hsien, where some of Hung Hsiu-ch’üan’s relatives lived and where Hung and Feng had visited in 1844, and in the district of Kuei-p’ing, where Feng had centered his efforts around his headquarters at Tzu-ching-shan.
Word: death-stiffness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From death + stiffness. 1. Temporary stiffness of the body's muscles and joints following death; rigor mortis. Labels: uncountable Example: If the muscles of cold-blooded animals are heated to a temperature of 40° C, the " warmth-rigidity" (Wärmestarre), a condition very similar to death-stiffness, is superinduced. The cause of the death-stiffness and warmth-stiffness, is in the fact that certain fluid ingredients [...] Example: Before death stiffness occurs in the hind parts, generally in one hip or leg; the head and ears droop, and dullness and stupor are observed.
Word: Qinzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu). 1. A district in modern Tianshui, Gansu, China. Example: Qincheng (now called Qinzhou) District Court, in Gansu Province's Tianshui City, in Northwestern China, also saw high numbers of counterrevolutionary trials during the early 1950s.
Word: Qinzhou Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin 欽州 /钦州 (Qīnzhōu). 1. A prefecture-level city of the Guangxi autonomous region, China. Example: A businessman in the southwestern region of Guangxi has pleaded guilty to charges of killing and eating at least three tigers last year, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Prosecutors in the city of Qinzhou said the defendant, identified only as Mr. Xu, “has a quirky appetite for eating tiger penis and drinking tiger blood,” Xinhua said. Example: U.S. remote-control maker Universal Electronics Inc (UEIC.O) told Reuters it struck a deal with authorities in Xinjiang to transport hundreds of Uyghur workers to its plant in the southern Chinese city of Qinzhou, the first confirmed instance of an American company participating in a transfer program described by some rights groups as forced labor.
Word: Tsinchow Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Postal Romanization of Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu). 1. Former name of Tianshui, a major city in China's Gansu province Labels: historical Example: In some parts a woollen home-spun is manufactured, and the city of Tsinchow is famous for its beautifully carved walnut woodwork. Example: Within weeks of their wedding they were heading back to Tianshui (Tsinchow) in Gansu. They were the first couple to move inland, and travelled to the north-west by boat, slowly hauled up the Han River with its rapids, carrying 18 boxes of books for Easton who was already in Tianshui alone. 2. The Catholic diocese of southern Gansu, based in modern Tianshui
Word: Ch'in-chou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin²-chou¹. 1. Alternative spelling of Qinzhou (in Gansu, China). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: A broken stone tablet found in Cave 127 records that, some time between 503 and 516, the Loyang monk Fa-sheng came and commissioned the carving out of a Buddha niche. According to an inscription in Cave 166, a Buddha image was commissioned by the military commander and prefect of Ch'in-chou (modern T'ian-shui) at about the same time. Example: Once more he was beginning to talk of hermitage, and he took his family first to Ch’in-chou (modern T’ien-shui, Kansu) more than three hundred miles west of Hua-chou.
Word: Chin-chou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 錦州 /锦州 (Jǐnzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chin³-chou¹. 1. Alternative form of Jinzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: This spot, chosen from the chart, had not been reconnoitred in peace time, and to have done so after the opening of hostilities would have attracted the attention of the Russians, who had a force only some eighteen miles distant at Pu-lan-tien, and another at Chin-chou about twenty-five miles from Yen-tai Bay. Example: All this made the situation of the regiment a very difficult one, the more so, as the enemy was free to effect a landing between Chin-chou and Port Arthur, and cut us off from the fortress.
Word: Chin-chou Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 秦州 (Qínzhōu) Wade–Giles romanization: Chʻin²-chou¹. 1. Alternative form of Qinzhou. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: angioarchitecture Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angio- + architecture. 1. The structure of blood vessels supporting an organ
Word: enterohaemorragic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of enterohemorrhagic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: enterohemolysin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From entero- + hemolysin. 1. A plasmid-encoded toxin produced by some strains of enteropathogenic E. coli Labels: uncountable
Word: fibroatheroma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- + atheroma. 1. An atheroma that has a fibrous structure
Word: fibroatheromas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fibroatheroma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microinflammation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + inflammation. 1. Normal, low-level, background inflammation as a response to the presence of microorganisms Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: operationalisations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of operationalisation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: seropathotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sero- + pathotype. 1. A pathotype associated with a specific serotype
Word: seropathotypes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of seropathotype Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thromboaspiration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thrombo- + aspiration. 1. The aspiration (removal by suction) of a blood clot via a catheter Labels: uncountable
Word: verotoxigenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From verotoxin + -genic. 1. Producing verotoxins.
Word: yogically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From yogic + -ally. 1. In a manner that involves or is concerned with yoga. Example: Most important, the Geluk and the Ri-me exhibit quite different trends not only in history, doctrine, and practice but also in their classical monastic versus more yogically oriented approaches. Example: Thus, the more yogically inclined schools (e.g., Kagyiipa) tend to place more importance on tathagatagarbba theory (Buddha nature)[…]. 2. In the context of yoga. Example: Less metaphysically and more yogically, there are periods when silence becomes imperative, because to throw oneself outward delays the "work that has to be done."
Word: Visigothically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Visigothic + -ally. 1. In a manner that involves or is concerned with Visigoths. Labels: not-comparable Example: The close connection between Visigothically ruled Spain and the East-Christian world, long opposed to the use of images, which we have noted in the case of their architecture, may have exerted its influence in S. Julian in this respect as welI. Example: Bishop Alfonso of Burgos claimed seniority on the basis that he represented a most ancient, Visigothically-founded monarchy.
Word: Wagnerianly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Wagnerian + -ly. 1. In a Wagnerian manner
Word: frications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frication Labels: form-of, plural
Word: perovskitic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From perovskite + -ic. 1. Of or relating to perovskite. Labels: not-comparable
Word: comeouterism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From comeouter + -ism. 1. The beliefs and policies of come-outers. Labels: uncountable
Word: confination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From confine + -ation. 1. The quality of being confined. Labels: nonstandard, rare, uncountable Example: Predisposed to consumption in no other way, only by confination of body; he was somewhat stooped over, and flat-chested; one side a little more flattened than the other[…]
Word: instinct shooting Part of Speech: noun 1. Art of accurately shooting instinctively, without aiming and concentrating on the target. Labels: uncountable
Word: caudiciform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin caudex, caudicis (“tree trunk, stump”) + -iform. 1. Shaped like a caudex or stem. 2. Having a thick stem; pachycaul.
Word: cloam oven Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of clome oven. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cloam ovens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloam oven Labels: form-of, plural
Word: craftist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From craft + -ist. 1. A craftsperson.
Word: craftists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of craftist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deconstitutionalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + constitutionalization. 1. The act or process of deconstitutionalizing. Labels: uncountable
Word: reconstitutionalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + constitutionalization. 1. The act or process of reconstitutionalizing. Labels: uncountable