nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: fibrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English fibre Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English fibrous From fibre + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪbɹəs/ 1. Of or pertaining to fibre. Example: The black kurrajong has a fibrous bark that Aboriginal artefact-makers used as a raw material to make string for their lines and carry-bags. 2. Containing many fibres - referring mainly to food. Example: The prisoners sat in the sand among old rusted tins and bits of charcoal with their hands still manacled before them and the guards set out an old blue graniteware coffeepot and a stewpot of the sme material and they drank coffee and ate a dish containing some kind of pale and fibrous tuber, some kind of meat, some kind of fowl. 3. Having the shape of fibres.
Word: loony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈluːni/ 1. Insane. Labels: derogatory, informal, offensive Example: loony scheme Example: completely loony 2. Very silly, absurd. Labels: derogatory, informal, offensive
Word: loony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from lunatic, and likely also from loon ("rascal", and also the bird) + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈluːni/ 1. An insane or very foolish person. Labels: derogatory, informal, offensive Example: Why, there’s hundreds of lunies of the sort to be met in London.
Word: Bauer Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German and Jewish surname, from German Bauer (“farmer”). Compare Bower. * Also as a German and Jewish surname, from the obsolete Middle High German noun (ge)būr (“neighbour”), from Old High German bur (“dwelling”). Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊ.əɹ/, /ˈbaʊəɹ/ 1. A surname from German. Example: University of Massachusetts epidemiologist Ann Bauer reviewed existing research in a paper published last month in the journal Environmental Health with Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, the dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City and the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Word: birdcage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bird + cage. 1. A cage to keep pet or zoological specimen birds in. Labels: countable 2. A game of chance played with dice; chuck-a-luck. Labels: uncountable
Word: fibreglass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of fibre + glass. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪbəɡlɑːs/ 1. Silica based glass extruded into fibers that possess a length at least 1000 times greater than their width. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually 2. Ellipsis of fibreglass wool. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually 3. A composite material made from fine fibres of spun glass held together with resin. Labels: UK, ellipsis, uncountable, usually
Word: fibreglass Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compound of fibre + glass. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪbəɡlɑːs/ 1. To apply fibreglass to. Labels: UK Example: to fibreglass the hull of a fishing boat
Word: BO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of body odor or body odour. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, informal, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of business object. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: A business object (BO) is simply a software abstraction of a real-world entity. 3. Initialism of box office. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The film is expected to gross more than $100 million at the domestic BO. 4. Initialism of bronchiolitis obliterans. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of BusinessObjects, a French enterprise software company specializing in business intelligence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: BO Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of bind off. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: teeter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Alteration of titter. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːtə/, /ˈtitəɹ/, [ˈtʰiɾɚ] 1. To tilt back and forth on an edge. Labels: intransitive Example: He teetered on the brink of the precipice. Example: The concrete floors of B2B sheds were already being built to an exacting degree of flatness, calibrated using lasers, so that forklifts would not teeter while lifting pallets to the highest shelves. 2. To totter (move unsteadily). Labels: intransitive Example: How many other organizations have sprung up amidst apparently unlimited energy, been the focus of a great deal of activism and education, and then begun to diminish? Some teeter along for a long time even though their base of support seems to have eroded; some metamorphose into something else entirely. Others die, and their death may be more or less peaceful, more or less guilt-riddled. 3. To be indecisive; to hesitate. Labels: figuratively Example: We teetered on the fence about buying getaway tickets and missed the opportunity. 4. To be close to becoming a typically negative situation. Labels: figuratively Example: Despite appearances, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
Word: teeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of titter. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːtə/, /ˈtitəɹ/, [ˈtʰiɾɚ] 1. A teeter-totter or seesaw. Labels: Canada, US
Word: unibrow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- English brow English unibrow From uni- + brow. 1. A pair of eyebrows which meet in the middle. Example: Actually - the unibrow look was never in.
Word: tenfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ 1. Ten times as much or as many. Labels: not-comparable Example: [F]ull of death, and fierce vvith tenfold froſt, / The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, / Falls horrible. Example: Some 460,000 Americans are behind bars for drug offenses--a tenfold increase over 1980. 2. Containing ten parts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tenfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ 1. By ten times as much. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1896, William Allen Sylvester, Modern Carpentry and Building, page 142, "But, since we have increased the original value of 26 tenfold its original value, we must increase the original result tenfold : ten times 2 equal 20, the required answer." Example: I am here [in prison] for committing a crime, yet I see the state officials commit crimes that are ten fold worse and they do it without ramifications.
Word: tenfold Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tenfold, tenfolde, from Old English tīenfeald, equivalent to ten + -fold. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛnfoʊld/ 1. To increase to ten times as much; to multiply by ten.
Word: tinker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪŋkə/, [ˈtʰɪŋkə], /ˈtɪŋkɚ/, [ˈtʰɪŋkɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪŋkɹ̩] 1. An itinerant tinsmith and mender of household utensils made of metal. Example: The blacksmith chased us all to ground They searched all night we were never found The tinker boys and the sheriff's men Shaking the tallest tree. 2. A member of the Irish Traveller community or of other itinerant groups; a gypsy. Labels: Ireland, UK, dated, offensive 3. A mischievous person, especially a playful, impish youngster. Labels: usually 4. Someone who repairs, or attempts repair, on anything mechanical, or who invents such devices; one who tinkers; a tinkerer. 5. An act of repair or invention. Labels: informal Example: I'll have a tinker and see what I can do. 6. A hand mortar. Labels: obsolete 7. Any of various fish: chub mackerel, silverside, skate, or young mackerel about two years old. 8. A razor-billed auk, a bird of species (Alca torda).
Word: tinker Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tynkere, perhaps from Old English *tincere, from tin (“tin”) + *cere, as in bēocere (“beekeeper”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɪŋkə/, [ˈtʰɪŋkə], /ˈtɪŋkɚ/, [ˈtʰɪŋkɚ] ~ [ˈtʰɪŋkɹ̩] 1. To work as a tinker. Labels: intransitive 2. To fiddle with something in an attempt to fix, mend or improve it, especially in an experimental or unskilled manner. Labels: ambitransitive Example: the broken bureau-lock and tinkered window-pane Example: As in much of biology, the most satisfying truths in ecology derive from manipulative experimentation. Tinker with nature and quantify how it responds.
Word: takeout Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from take out. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkaʊt/ 1. (Of food) intended to be eaten off the premises from which it was bought. Labels: Canada, US, not-comparable
Word: takeout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from take out. Pronunciation: /ˈteɪkaʊt/ 1. Food purchased from a takeaway. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable 2. A stone that hits another stone, removing it from play, a takeout shot. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A double of an opponent's bid, intended to invite one's partner to compete in the auction, rather than to penalise one's opponents. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A detailed news segment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Takeouts on important running topics in the news are one way to add a valuable dimension to the evening news. One consequence, however, has been that there are fewer minutes available on the broadcast for hard news out of Washington.
Word: tarot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French tarot, from Italian tarocco. Compare tarok, German Tarock. Pronunciation: /ˈtæ.ɹəʊ/, /ˈtæ.ɹoʊ/, /ˈtɛ(ə).ɹoʊ/, /ˈtæ.ɹɔt/ 1. A card game played in various different variations. Labels: countable, plural, singular, uncountable Example: 1987, Hans Hahn, “Logic, Mathematics, and Knowledge,” in Unified Science, Brian McGuiness ed. […] it is not that I cannot convince him, but that I must refuse to go on talking with him, just as I shall refuse to go on playing tarot with a partner who insists on taking my fool with the moon. Example: 1996, Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&vid=ISBN0140445803&id=lRbXDsA9u4AC&pg=PA333&lpg=PA333&sig=s0cNY_83AgaK_TWOEA1qpv95tuQ They took me to her and then we all came back to the portal, where we started playing tarot. As we were engrossed in this game, which requires quite a lot of attention, a well-dressed man appeared and seemed to examine us all closely, first one then another. 2. Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: thumbtack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thumb + tack. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌm.tæk/ 1. A small nail-like tack with a slightly rounded head that can be pressed into place with light pressure from the thumb; used for hanging light articles on a wall or noticeboard. Labels: Canada, US Example: You say that I'm broke my nigga, how is that? Bitch I'm stickin to this paper like a thumbtack
Word: thumbtack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From thumb + tack. Pronunciation: /ˈθʌm.tæk/ 1. To fix or attach something with a thumbtack. Labels: transitive Example: On the particle-board partition that separated his cubicle from the next, Paul had thumbtacked things that might inspire him […]
Word: SAM Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Sample Analysis at Mars (a scientific instrument of the Mars Science Laboratory on board the Curiosity rover on Mars.) Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SAM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of surface-to-air missile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of self-assembled monolayer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of systolic anterior motion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of single abstract method. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A SAM conversion occurs when Java converts the SAM interface into functional code. 5. Initialism of split attraction model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The SAM is a way of deliberately de-coupling sex and romance. Example: Now before anyone can excuse me of making this up or saying that the SAM is just another “modern” (therefore “uselessly millennial”) invention, the idea of distinguishing orientations is actually a concept that can trace its origins further back in history. 6. Initialism of shared appreciation mortgage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of smartass masochist; a brat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Sexy dyke seeks seasoned top to spice up my play life. Interested? Think you have what it takes to tame a novice SAM? Write me at GCN Box 545 8. Initialism of serviceable addressable/available market. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: baby tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. a tooth which will be replaced as a child ages, as opposed to an adult permanent tooth; a milk tooth
Word: backache Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + ache. Pronunciation: /ˈbækeɪk/ 1. Any pain or ache in the back. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Calvinist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Calvin + -ist. Piecewise doublet of chauvinist, as both terms come from different forms of the same name. Pronunciation: /ˈkælvənɪst/, /ˈkælvɪnɪst/ 1. A follower of Calvinism.
Word: Calvinist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Calvin + -ist. Piecewise doublet of chauvinist, as both terms come from different forms of the same name. Pronunciation: /ˈkælvənɪst/, /ˈkælvɪnɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to Calvinism or the Calvinists.
Word: copilot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English pilot English copilot From co- + pilot. 1. A backup or assistant pilot of an aircraft. 2. An assistant, especially one that uses artificial intelligence.
Word: copilot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English pilot English copilot From co- + pilot. 1. To serve as relief or assistant pilot.
Word: checkout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from check out. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɛkˌaʊt/ 1. The process of checking out of a hotel, or the latest time to vacate a room in one. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The process of checking out items at a supermarket or library. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The place in a supermarket where this is done. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The process of confirming and paying for an online purchase. Labels: Internet, broadly, countable, uncountable 5. A test to see if some device is functioning properly. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. An inspection or investigation. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The number of points that a player scores on their final, winning visit to the oche. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cheerleader Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheer + leader. Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɪə(ɹ)ˌliːdə(ɹ)/ 1. A person, usually a young, attractive female, who encourages applause and cheers at a sports event, and wearing a specially-designed uniform in the official colors of the team he/she cheers for. Labels: US 2. A person who rallies support for any cause. Labels: figuratively Example: Given these sentiments, it is unsurprising that ultranationalists have been the main cheerleaders of closer Russia-North Korea relations.
Word: congener Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French congénère, from Latin com- (“same”) + genus (“kind”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnd͡ʒɪnə/, /kənˈd͡ʒiːnə(ɹ)/ 1. A plant or animal of the same taxonomic genus as another. 2. A person or thing similar in behavior or nature to another. Example: Not that we may thereby swamp the thing in the wholesale condemnation which we pass on its inferior congeners, but rather that we may by contrast ascertain the more precisely in what its merits consist, by learning at the same time to what particular dangers of corruption it may also be exposed. 3. Any of a group of structurally related compounds. 4. Any of several alcohols, other than ethanol, that are found in fermented and distilled alcoholic drinks, and are partially responsible for their flavour and character.
Word: ies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of i, the name of the letter I. Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees. Example: 1998, Ricardo Corona, "These Esses" ("Esses esses"), in Other Shores (Outras Praias), translated by Ricardo Corona & Charles Perrone to say (full of ees, ies, ues) that plurals are always two or more
Word: acquest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English aqueste (later conflating with enqueste), from Old French aquest, (French acquêt), from Vulgar Latin *acquaesitum, ultimately from Latin quaerere (“seek”). Doublet of acquis. Pronunciation: /əˈkwɛst/ 1. Acquisition; the thing gained. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: the Palatinate , it is a maxim in state , that all countries of new acquest, till they be settled , are rather matters of burden than of strength 2. Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: acquiescency Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being acquiescent; acquiescence. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: enquiry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English enquery, from the Old French verb enquerre, from Latin inquīrō, composed of in- (“in, at, on; into”) + quaerō (“to seek, look for”), of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”). The alternative form inquiry was subsequently respelled to conform to the original Latin spelling, as opposed to the Old French spelling. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkwaɪə.ɹi/, /ɛnˈk-/ 1. British form of inquiry. Labels: British, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: scientific enquiry Example: An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (title of book by David Hume)
Word: Frikadelle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of frikadelle. Labels: alt-of
Word: Bulle Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality, the capital of Gruyère district, Fribourg canton, Switzerland. 2. A commune in Doubs department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Word: cadaveric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French cadavérique. Pronunciation: /kadəˈvɛɹɪk/, /kəˈdavəɹɪk/ 1. Pertaining to a corpse. Example: Hodgkin had just returned from his second visit to Paris, where he had learned to prepare and dissect cadaveric specimens. 2. Caused by coming into contact with a dead body, a cadaver. Example: He invoked cadaveric poisoning as the reason for the high death rate among priests and monks […]
Word: AST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Alaskan Standard Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Atlantic Standard Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of advanced supersonic transport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of abstract syntax tree. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of aspartate transaminase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of average shot time (“the average time taken by a player on each shot recorded using World Snooker scoring system”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of assured shorthold tenancy. Labels: England, Wales, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of alternating series test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ASV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Standard Version (of the Bible). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ASV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of autonomous surface vessel or initialism of autonomous surface vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: fountain pen Part of Speech: noun 1. A pen containing a reservoir of ink, which is fed to a writing nib automatically. Example: He loves using fountain pens for school work. Example: Beside the wallet and its contents there were three gaily colored silk handkerchiefs fragrant of chypre; a platinum Longines watch on a platinum and red gold chain, attached at the other end to a small pear-shaped pendant of some white metal; a handful of United States, British, French, and Chinese coins; a ring holding half a dozen keys; a silver and onyx fountain-pen; a metal comb in a leatherette case; a nail-file in a leatherette case; […]
Word: styli Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈstaɪlaɪ/ 1. plural of stylus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fluoridation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fluor(ine) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English fluoride 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 fluoridation From fluoride + -ation. 1. The act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand. Example: Proposed restrictions on fluoridation in New Hampshire, Tennessee and North Dakota were rejected. A measure in Kentucky to make fluoridation optional stalled in the state Senate.
Word: porn shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop that sells sexual items. Labels: slang
Word: tending Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɛndɪŋ/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: tending Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɛndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of tend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: In other words, the mutual tendings of all individuals in a given situation toward each other and toward a common object can be apprehended in toto by each actor.
Word: XPDL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of XML Process Definition Language. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: gastropod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gastéropode, from gastro- + -poda, New Latin, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “stomach”) and πούς (poús, “foot”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæstɹəˌpɑd/ 1. Any member of a class of molluscs (Gastropoda) that includes snails, slugs, and limpets; univalve mollusc.
Word: Bicolano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish bicolano. Pronunciation: /bɪkoˈlaːn̪o/, /bɪkəˈlɑːnəʊ/, /bɪkəˈlɑnoʊ/ 1. A native inhabitant or resident of the Bicol Region, Philippines. Example: The Merina, like the Bicolano, are open to change.
Word: Bicolano Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Spanish bicolano. Pronunciation: /bɪkoˈlaːn̪o/, /bɪkəˈlɑːnəʊ/, /bɪkəˈlɑnoʊ/ 1. Of, relating to, or derived from Bicol Region, Philippines, its people, cuisine, language, or culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bicolano Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish bicolano. Pronunciation: /bɪkoˈlaːn̪o/, /bɪkəˈlɑːnəʊ/, /bɪkəˈlɑnoʊ/ 1. A language spoken in the Bicol Region, Philippines.
Word: bean ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball that does not bounce and passes the batsman approximately at head height. 2. Alternative form of beanball. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bear pit Part of Speech: noun 1. A bear garden; a place where bears are kept. 2. A question and answer forum with a group of politicians. Labels: slang 3. A chaotic scene.
Word: co-pilot Part of Speech: noun 1. UK standard spelling of copilot.
Word: co-pilot Part of Speech: verb 1. UK standard spelling of copilot.
Word: equivocate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Late Middle English equivocaten, from Medieval Latin aequivocātus, perfect passive participle of aequivocō (“to be called by the same name”), from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”). Compare French équivoque. Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪvəˌkeɪt/ 1. To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques. Labels: intransitive Example: Knock. Knock, knock. Who's there in th'other Deuils Name? Faith here's an Equiuocator, that could ſweare in both the Scales againſt eyther Scale, who committed Treaſon enough for Gods ſake, yet could not equiuocate to Heauen: oh come in, Equiuocator. Example: All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. 2. To render equivocal or ambiguous. Labels: transitive Example: He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation
Word: exocrine Part of Speech: adj 1. Producing external secretions that are released through a duct. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the exocrine glands or their secretions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: exocrine Part of Speech: noun 1. The secretion of an exocrine gland. 2. An exocrine gland.
Word: Belauan Part of Speech: name 1. A language spoken in the Pacific, in the Republic of Palau. It is a member of the Austronesian family of languages, and is considered to be one of two languages in Micronesia belonging to the Western Austronesian group, all others considered to be members of the Oceanic subgroup.
Word: beer run Part of Speech: noun 1. A trip made, often late at night, to obtain beer or other alcoholic beverages. Labels: colloquial
Word: endocrine gland Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various glands that secrete hormones directly into the blood or lymph and not through a duct. Example: An endocrine gland is one that secretes its products directly into the bloodstream.
Word: exocrine gland Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various glands which secrete via a duct, typically into the digestive tract or onto the skin.
Word: bituminous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French bitumineux. 1. Of or pertaining to bitumen.
Word: bituminous Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French bitumineux. 1. Bituminous coal. Labels: uncountable 2. A type or grade of bituminous coal. Labels: countable
Word: bitumen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English bithumen, bitumen, from Latin bitūmen. Doublet of bitume. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt.jʊ.mɪn/, /ˈbɪt͡ʃ.ʊ.mɪn/, /bɪˈtumən/, /bɪˈtjumən/, /baɪˈtumən/ 1. A sticky, black, highly viscous liquid or semi-solid form of petroleum, burning with a bright flame. It occurs as an abundant natural product in many places, as on the shores of the Dead and Caspian Seas. It is used in cements, in the construction of pavements, etc.; Mineral pitch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You need to excavate and remove the topsoil, line the subsoil with a geotextile, then lay and compact hardcore. Follow this with a layer of compacted "hoggin" – compacted clay, gravel and sand. This is then sprayed with hot bitumen, and has a layer of pea shingle rolled into it. 2. Any one of the natural hydrocarbons, including the hard, solid, brittle varieties called asphalt, the semisolid maltha and mineral tars, the oily petrolea, and even the light, volatile naphthas. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable 3. Roads sealed with bitumen, as opposed to dirt roads. Labels: Australia, colloquial, countable, uncountable 4. Canadian deposits of extremely heavy crude oil. Labels: Canada, countable, uncountable
Word: bitumen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bithumen, bitumen, from Latin bitūmen. Doublet of bitume. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪt.jʊ.mɪn/, /ˈbɪt͡ʃ.ʊ.mɪn/, /bɪˈtumən/, /bɪˈtjumən/, /baɪˈtumən/ 1. To cover or fill with bitumen. Example: another star reflected itself in the glassy black of the bitumened road Example: The Litlata community have now built a mandi set in a pleasant garden, and to ensure the cleanliness of their yardna have bricked and bitumened the pool into which the water flows
Word: Jew's pitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of Latin bitūmen iūdaicum. 1. asphalt, bitumen, pitch Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: fluorination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fluorine 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 fluorination From fluorine + -ation. 1. The introduction of fluorine into a compound by means of a chemical reaction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: check out Part of Speech: verb 1. To record the departure or withdrawal of someone or something (such as guests, employees, books, etc.). Labels: transitive Example: He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time. Example: The desk clerk checked out the family that had been staying in room 322. 2. To record one's departure from a workplace, hotel, restaurant, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon. Example: I'm done shopping, so I'll go check out now. 3. To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision. Labels: transitive Example: He was hanging out at the beach, checking out the young women in bikinis. Example: He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true. 4. To obtain source code (or other material) from a source control repository so that one can modify it (and often later check in the modified version). Labels: transitive 5. To become uninterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative. Labels: intransitive Example: The purpose of this exercise was to ignite reactions from students, but over the few years I used it, it backfired, culminating in a situation where I lost a significant number of the white students, who just "checked out" for the rest of the semester. 6. To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive. Labels: intransitive Example: Even during those years, there would be a lot of times she just checked out. She would be sitting there looking at her nails and she'd just be gone. 7. To leave in a hurry. Labels: intransitive 8. To die. Labels: broadly, euphemistic, intransitive Example: Steve: (referring to his girlfriend attempting suicide in front of both of them) Look, I was just an observer. Bishop: You haven't answered my question. Steve: Well, what do you think? Bishop: We'll never know, will we? Steve: Well, say I just sat there—or we just sat there—and watched her check out. Think that would have been crazy? Example: With a bottle full of sleeping pills and a long list of sins She'd already planned on checking out before she checked in 9. To prove (after an investigation) to be the case, or to be in order. Labels: intransitive Example: The first two leads check out; I'll assume the third one is also valid. Example: Their stories checked out. 10. To visit the oche for the last time and clear one's remaining points to win the game.
Word: rhabdomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhabdo- + -mancy, first attested in 1646. From Latin rhabdomantīa, from Ancient Greek ῥαβδομαντεία (rhabdomanteía), from ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹæb.dəˌmæn.si/ 1. Divination with wands or rods, especially to use a divining rod to find things below the ground. Labels: uncountable Example: This question of buried treasure exercised the minds of ancient occultists considerably, and in connection with it there was frequently employed the art of Rhabdomancy, which was similar to that of water divining or water "dousing".
Word: podcatcher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of podcast + catcher. 1. A podcast client; a device, or software, that can receive a podcast. Labels: Internet
Word: notice board Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From notice + board. 1. A board, hanging on a wall, on which notices and announcements are posted. Example: The guard was paying no attention whatever to the running of his train, in total disregard of rules, and, as the recently-published report of a Ministry of Transport Inspecting Officer of Railways shows, there were other disquieting features in the case, such as ignorance on the part of responsible men of rules and appendix instructions and a lax attitude to regulations of which they professed to be aware, combined with failure to look at staff notice boards. 2. An online forum where users can post and read messages. Labels: Internet
Word: noticeboard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of notice board. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: adrenal gland Part of Speech: noun 1. In mammals, either of a pair of complex endocrine glands, situated above each kidney, secreting hormones which control the heart rate, blood pressure, and metabolism.
Word: parathyroid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English parathyroid From para- + thyroid. 1. Situated near the thyroid gland. Labels: not-comparable 2. Pertaining to the parathyroid glands or their extracts. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parathyroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der. Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā) Ancient Greek -εος (-eos) Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós) Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor. New Latin thyreoīdēsbor. English thyroid English parathyroid From para- + thyroid. 1. A parathyroid gland. 2. A parathyroid hormone.
Word: pen-name Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pen name. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Lǎo Shě is the pen-name of Shū Qìngchūn (1899-1966).
Word: parathyroid gland Part of Speech: noun 1. Any one of four endocrine glands situated in the neck, usually within a thyroid gland, which produce parathyroid hormone.
Word: monohybrid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English hybrid English monohybrid From mono- + hybrid. 1. A hybrid between two species that only have a difference of one gene.
Word: you name it Part of Speech: pron 1. All kinds of things; expresses that further examples are unnecessary, often after a short list of items. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: There were ducks, geese, swans, you name it on the lake. Example: - What can you buy over the Internet? - You name it.
Word: pineal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”), from pīneus (“of the pine”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnɪəl/, /pʌɪˈniːəl/ 1. In the shape of a pine cone. 2. Pertaining to the pineal gland.
Word: pineal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pinéal, from Middle French, from Latin pīnea (“pine cone, pine nut”), from pīneus (“of the pine”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnɪəl/, /pʌɪˈniːəl/ 1. The pineal gland. Example: Because of its central location and its solitary nature — most structures in the brain come in pairs, but the pineal stands alone — the philosopher René Descartes concluded that the pineal is where the soul resides.
Word: mute e Part of Speech: noun 1. An unpronounced letter e at the end of a word, such as excite or glue. Labels: UK
Word: smock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, smoc, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“something slipped into”). Akin to Old High German smocho, Icelandic smokkur, and from the root of Old English smugan (“to creep”), akin to German schmiegen (“to cling to, press close”). Middle High German smiegen, Icelandic smjúga (“to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through”); compare with Lithuanian smukti (“to glide”). See also smug, smuggle. Pronunciation: /smɒk/, /smɑk/ 1. A type of undergarment worn by women; a shift or slip. Example: c. 1960s (version), 14th century' (originally published), Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, The Clerk's Prologue and Tale Before the folk herself stripped she, And in her smock, with foot and head all bare, Toward her father's house forth is she fare. 2. A blouse; a smock frock. Example: And women were in that gabarre [boat]; whom the Red Nightcaps were stripping naked; who begged, in their agony, that their smocks might not be stript from them. 3. A loose garment worn as protection by a painter, etc.
Word: smock Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, smoc, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“something slipped into”). Akin to Old High German smocho, Icelandic smokkur, and from the root of Old English smugan (“to creep”), akin to German schmiegen (“to cling to, press close”). Middle High German smiegen, Icelandic smjúga (“to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through”); compare with Lithuanian smukti (“to glide”). See also smug, smuggle. Pronunciation: /smɒk/, /smɑk/ 1. Of or pertaining to a smock; resembling a smock Labels: not-comparable 2. Hence, of or pertaining to a woman. Labels: not-comparable
Word: smock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English smok, from Old English smocc, smoc, from Proto-Germanic *smukkaz (“something slipped into”). Akin to Old High German smocho, Icelandic smokkur, and from the root of Old English smugan (“to creep”), akin to German schmiegen (“to cling to, press close”). Middle High German smiegen, Icelandic smjúga (“to creep through, to put on a garment which has a hole to put the head through”); compare with Lithuanian smukti (“to glide”). See also smug, smuggle. Pronunciation: /smɒk/, /smɑk/ 1. To provide with, or clothe in, a smock or a smock frock. Labels: transitive 2. To apply smocking. Labels: transitive
Word: unvoiced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English voiced English unvoiced From un- + voiced. Pronunciation: /ˌʌnˈvɔɪst/ 1. Not spoken or expressed. Labels: not-comparable Example: I could guess her unvoiced opinon. 2. Spoken without vibration of the vocal chords. Labels: not-comparable Example: Both EE and SSBE feature glottal stops – unvoiced Ts – but in EE it can happen in the middle of words – eg “wa’er for “water” – whereas in SSBE it happens only at the end of words. 3. That does not contain voice. Labels: not-comparable Example: The unvoiced signal is smaller energy than voiced signal and, so, this section is applied the smaller threshold. 4. Of an IRC user: not granted voice privileges. Labels: Internet, not-comparable
Word: get with child Part of Speech: verb 1. To impregnate. Labels: transitive
Word: teleportation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by author Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- + transportation. 1. Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.
Word: quantum teleportation Part of Speech: noun 1. the instantaneous transference of a quantum state to a distant location using quantum entanglement and the transmission of classical information Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: quantum entanglement Part of Speech: noun 1. A quantum mechanical phenomenon in which the quantum states of two or more objects have to be described with reference to each other, even though the individual objects are spatially separated. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quantum state Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the possible states of a quantum mechanical system. Example: As you should (hopefully) remember, a quantum state in NRQM is an abstract vector in an abstract vector space, analogous to a physical vector in 3D physical space. The same thing is true in RQM and QFT.
Word: opossum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Algonquian *wa·p- Proto-Algonquian *aθemwa Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa Powhatan aposoumbor. English opossum From Powhatan aposoum (“white animal”), from Proto-Algonquian *wa·p-aʔθemwa (“white dog”); compare Ojibwe waabasim (“white dog”). Pronunciation: /əˈpɒsəm/, /əˈpɑsəm/ 1. Any American marsupial of the family Didelphidae in the order Didelphimorphia.
Word: teleportative Part of Speech: adj 1. of, relating to, or using teleportation Labels: not-comparable
Word: telescopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic English telescopic From tele- + -scopic, after telescope. Pronunciation: /tɛlɪˈskɒpɪk/ 1. Pertaining to, or carried out by means of, a telescope. Example: Within a year or two of Galileo's telescopic discoveries no one disputed that the moon had mountains, Jupiter had moons, Venus had phases and the sun had spots […]. 2. Seen by means of a telescope; only visible through a telescope. Example: telescopic stars 3. Capable of seeing distant objects; far-seeing. 4. Able to be extended or retracted by the use of parts that slide over one another. Example: telescopic baton 5. Referring to parts being extended or retracted along coinciding axes (with or without direct contact between the parts).
Word: neice Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of niece. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: televise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Back-formation from television. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləvaɪz/ 1. To broadcast, or be broadcast, by television. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II was one of the first major events to be televised.
Word: telecast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tele- + -cast, from broadcast. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlɪkæst/, /ˈtɛlɪkɑːst/ 1. To broadcast by television. Labels: transitive Example: Cooley currently is ironing out details of the proposed kinescoping with Klaus Landsberg, topper at KTLA, over whose facilities the hour-long show has been telecast […] Example: [The Kumbh Mela festival] would be telecast across the country. 2. To broadcast a television program. Labels: intransitive
Word: telecast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + -cast, from broadcast. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛlɪkæst/, /ˈtɛlɪkɑːst/ 1. A television broadcast, especially outside of a studio. Example: By the time the telecast starts, you’ll be an industry insider.
Word: oho Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From Middle English o ho; o, ho; equivalent to o + ho. 1. Expressing surprise or gloating realisation; aha. Example: "There is Kate, taking no heed of anybody; sensible old darling — she goes at her tea and cake — Oho! she has not touched them!" Example: "Oho, my boy, that's the woman who keeps you here! Mrs. Neff hinted at it, but I wouldn't believe it till I had it from you." 2. The sound of weeping; boohoo. Labels: archaic Example: "Oho, oho, oho!" she wailed. "I didn't know; I didn't know. I meant no harm; indeed I didn't, ma'am."
Word: Middle England Part of Speech: name 1. The English Midlands. 2. The conservative white middle classes who live outside London, considered as a group.
Word: Middle Englander Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle England + -er. 1. A white, conservative, middle class member of Middle England.
Word: millennium bug Part of Speech: name 1. A design flaw in computer systems that represented years as two digits (e.g. 84 for 1984), which could cause date calculations to fail if they involved years later than 1999. Example: Mr Johnson also said the Northern Irish border row had been blown out of proportion and compared fears over disruption over vital goods coming into the UK to "pure millennium bug stuff".
Word: misper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Portmanteau of missing + person Shortening of missing person as in “missing persons report”. 1. A missing person. Labels: slang Example: ‘I had my researchers check the files on all the mispers and cold cases five years either side of that date estimate, on females of that approximate age. This is what they found. Fill your boots.’ He took a large gulp of his drink. / ‘I’m impressed, you've been moving fast.’ / ‘On it like a car bonnet, mate.’
Word: missing person Part of Speech: noun 1. A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is being sought.
Word: mission statement Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal declaration of the overall goal or purpose of an organization. Example: Her mission statement is that clothes made from sustainable viscose and cruelty-free alternatives to leather should not be targeted at a niche market, but shown to hold their own on the Paris fashion week catwalk. Example: Unsurprisingly, Perry puts her best foot forward on opener “Never Really Over,” a song that not only maintains a catchy, hummable refrain, but also ironically doubles as a sort of mission statement for the artist.
Word: Phosphor Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Phosphorus (“the planet Venus, as the morning star”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: All night no ruder air perplex ⁠Thy sliding keel, till Phosphor, bright ⁠As our pure love, thro’ early light Shall glimmer on the dewy decks. Example: Anna likened you to Phosphor, the morning star, and herself to Hesper, the mortal star of evening, and when I told her those twin stars were one and the same, and not a star at all but the planet Venus,[…]
Word: Mitchell principles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mitchell principle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mockney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mock + Cockney. First published use in 1967, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒk.ni/ 1. An inauthentic imitation of Cockney accent and vocabulary. Labels: UK, uncountable 2. A person who speaks in this way. Labels: UK, countable
Word: mockney Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of mock + Cockney. First published use in 1967, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒk.ni/ 1. Characteristic of a mockney.
Word: inauthentic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English authentic English inauthentic From in- + authentic. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnɔːˈθɛn.tɪk/, /ˌɪnɔˈθɛn.tɪk/, /ˌɪnɑˈθɛn.tɪk/ 1. Not authentic or genuine; spurious. Example: But only in recent years, experts say, have they begun routinely disenrolling Indians deemed inauthentic members of a group.
Word: morphing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of morph Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: morphing Part of Speech: noun 1. The smooth transformation of one image into another using digital tweening.
Word: tweening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tween Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present