nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: diagnostics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δια- (dia-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₃sḱétider. Proto-Hellenic *gignṓskō Ancient Greek γῐγνώσκω (gĭgnṓskō) Ancient Greek δῐαγῐγνώσκω (dĭagĭgnṓskō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́γνωσῐς (dĭắgnōsĭs) ▲ 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 δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃tisder. Ancient Greek γνῶσις (gnôsis) ▲ Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek γνωστῐκός (gnōstĭkós) Ancient Greek δῐαγνωστῐκός (dĭagnōstĭkós)bor. English diagnostic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English diagnostics From diagnostic + -ics. 1. The process of arriving at a diagnosis (through diagnostic efforts: tests, analysis, thought). Labels: countable, plural, singular, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: diagnosis Example: Diagnostics is the area in which this molecule is most useful, whereas it is not a treatment target in itself. 2. The process of arriving at a diagnosis (through diagnostic efforts: tests, analysis, thought). Labels: countable, plural, singular, uncountable Example: Diagnostics is the area in which the cost of hiring a factory-certified technician might easily pay for itself through downtime reduction. Example: The diagnostics were a nightmare, but we finally isolated the problem to a specific one of the many ECUs — of which this ridiculous design has at least fourteen that we know of.
Word: prognostics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɑɡˈnɑstɪks/, /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪks/ 1. plural of prognostic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prognostics Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɑɡˈnɑstɪks/, /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪks/ 1. An engineering discipline focused on predicting the time at which a system or a component will no longer perform its intended function. Labels: uncountable
Word: extant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1545, from Latin extantem, extāns, present participle of extō (“to stand out, exist, be extant”), from ex- (“out”) + stō (“stand”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.stənt/, /ɛkˈstænt/ 1. Still in existence; not having disappeared. Labels: not-comparable Example: extant manuscripts of the Old Testament Example: During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…] 2. Still alive; not extinct. Labels: not-comparable Example: birds are the only extant dinosaurs Example: I reckon that this one Duke of Weimar did more for the Culture of his Nation than all the English Dukes and Duces now extant, or that were extant since Henry the Eighth gave them the Church Lands to eat, have done for theirs![…] 3. Standing out, or above the rest. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: [W]hereas in ſmall fragments or plates, the Ice, though it ſink not to the bottom of the water, will oftentimes ſink so low in it, as ſcarce to leave any part evidently extant above the ſurface of the water, in vaſt quantities of Ice, that extancy is ſometimes ſo conſpicuous, that Navigators in their Voyages to Iſland, Greenland, and other frozen Regions, complain of meeting with lumps, or rather floating rocks of Ice, as high as their main Maſts.
Word: defalcation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 15th century, from Medieval Latin dēfalcātiōnem, accusative singular of dēfalcātiō (literally “cutting off, lopping off with a sickle”), nominalization of dēfalcō, from Latin dē (“off”) + falx (“sickle, scythe, pruning hook”), from which also English falcate (“sickle-shaped”). By surface analysis, defalcate + -ion (“the act of”). Pronunciation: [ˌdɛfəɫˈkeɪʃən] 1. The act of cancelling part of a claim by deducting a smaller claim which the claimant owes to the defendant. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Embezzlement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Granting that Mr. Ireland had gone into his office at ten minutes to ten o'clock at night for the purpose of extracting £5000 worth of notes and gold from the bank safe, whilst giving the theft the appearance of a night burglary; […] why should he, at nine o'clock the following morning, fall in a dead faint and get cerebral congestion at sight of a defalcation he knew had occurred? Example: “Why should Eldridge commit murder?[…]There was only one possible motive—namely, he wished to avoid detection as James Selby of Anaconda Ltd. He had settled down in Estrepps. There were several persons in the town who had suffered from his defalcations.[…]”
Word: littoral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, Portuguese litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəɹəl/ 1. Of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore. Labels: not-comparable Example: The deep-sea fauna has probably been formed almost entirely from the littoral, not in the remotest antiquity, but only after food derived from the débris of the littoral and terrestrial faunas and floras became abundant.
Word: littoral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin littoralis, from litoris (genitive of litus). The doubled 't' is a late medieval addition, and the more classical litoral is also sometimes found. Cognate to French littoral, Spanish litoral, Portuguese litoral, and more distantly to English lido (“outdoor pool”), via Italian lido (“beach, shore”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəɹəl/ 1. A shore. Example: […] these Chams belonged to the Malay-Polynesian group and their distribution along the littoral suggests that they were invaders from the sea […] Example: The railway running along the littoral from Brighton westward to Portsmouth forms an important section of the L.B.S.C.R. (Central) secion of the Southern Railway. 2. The zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels. Example: The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity. Example: Buried within the Mediterranean littoral are some seventy to ninety million tons of slag from ancient smelting, about a third of it concentrated in Iberia. This ceaseless industrial fueling caused the deforestation of an estimated fifty to seventy million acres of woodlands.
Word: ripper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rip + -er; originated 1605–15. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪpə/, /ˈɹɪpɚ/ 1. Something that rips something else. 2. Someone who rips something. 3. A legislative bill or act that transfers powers of appointment from the usual holders to a chief executive or a board of officials. 4. A murderer who kills and often mutilates victims with a blade or similar sharp weapon. Example: Jack the Ripper 5. A hook-like tool used to tear away ore, rock, etc. 6. A person employed to tear away ore, rock, etc. to make a passage for material to be carried to the surface. 7. Something that is an excellent example of its kind. Labels: Australia, UK, slang Example: He [Rafael Nadal] didn't convert that but gained the advantage and launched another ripper of a forehand to force the error from Tsitsipas on the volley. (Thurston, E. November 15, 2019, Rafael Nadal digs deep to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas at ATP Finals. Sky UK https://www.skysports.com/tennis/news/12110/11862011/rafael-nadal-digs-deep-to-beat-stefanos-tsitsipas-at-atp-finals accessed August 29, 2020) Example: Martin walked around the vehicle, viewing it from all angles and giggling as he did so. “She's a ripper, Bert, a real ripper!” 8. Software that extracts content from files or storage media. 9. A tool or plant used to reduce soil compaction. 10. A hot dog deep-fried in oil until the casing bursts. Labels: New-Jersey, US, slang 11. A foghorn.
Word: ripper Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rip + -er; originated 1605–15. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪpə/, /ˈɹɪpɚ/ 1. Very good; excellent; fantastic. Labels: Australia, UK, not-comparable, slang Example: 2019 Kobe Howard, Coaches Wrap Brisbane Lions, 30 April 2019. Accessed 6 May 2019. Not only did Lachie Neale have another stand out game with 28 disposals and a ripper goal from outside 50, but Lions debutant Noah Answerth slotted in nicely picking up 5 intercept marks.
Word: ripper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare rip (“a basket”), or riparian (“relating to a river bank”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪpə/, /ˈɹɪpɚ/ 1. One who brings fish from the seacoast to markets in inland towns. Labels: obsolete Example: But what's the action we are for now? Robbing a ripper of his fish.
Word: bitrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bit + rate. Pronunciation: /ˈbɪtˌɹeɪt/ 1. The frequency at which bits (binary digits) pass a given physical or metaphorical point, measured in bps (bits per second).
Word: dood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from dudhwallah, doodwallah (“milk-man”, literally “milk-ward”), reinterpreting the wallah of milk as a wallah of camels by dint of misremembrance of the Bengali word for “camel” which is উট (uṭ). 1. A riding camel or dromedary. Example: The Chief was lying down beside my dooly, aking a nap while his tent was being prepared, with his head resting on his hand, for he refused to accept the loan of my pillow, when a camel-driver came by, leading a huge dood so carelessly as to bring him right across Sir Colin. Example: “I have never seen it,” he replied, “but I have seen them attack a dood.” “What is a dood?” “A camel; one of a troop fording the river.”
Word: dood Part of Speech: noun 1. Eye dialect spelling of dude. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: "Talk about yer doods," said a Texas stockman, on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train last night, "but a leetle the doodest dood I ever seen wuz a feller that come down from Boston into our kentry a year ago las' September." Example: An' now Oi suppose if Oi don't get thim rolls riddy fer der brikfus' av that small dood that comes ter see Alice, Oi'll niver hear der end av it. Wot do Oi kee-ur? If he gives me a quarter whin he goes, it's more'n he'll do, fer all he's a dood an' all.
Word: dood Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of doot. Labels: Hong-Kong, alt-of, alternative
Word: dood Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of doot. Labels: Hong-Kong, alt-of, alternative
Word: uni-directional Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of unidirectional. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: kurtosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by English mathematician, biometrician, and eugenicist Karl Pearson c. 1895 (published 1899 in "On certain Properties of the Hypergeometrical Series, and so on the fitting of such series to Observation Polygons in the Theory of Chance", Phil. Mag.). From Ancient Greek κύρτωσις (kúrtōsis, “a bulging, convexity”), from κυρτός (kurtós, “bulging, convex”). Pronunciation: /kəˈtəʊ.sɪs/, /ˌkɜːˈtəʊ.sɪs/, /kɚˈtoʊ.sɪs/, /ˌkɝˈtoʊ.sɪs/, /kəˈtəʉ.sɪs/ 1. A measure of "heaviness of the tails" of a probability distribution, defined as the fourth cumulant divided by the square of the variance of the probability distribution. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Excess kurtosis: the difference between a given distribution's kurtosis and the kurtosis of a normal distribution. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: RSS feed Part of Speech: noun 1. An XML document that follows the RSS ("Rich Site Summary") specification, used for syndication. Labels: Internet
Word: ley Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See lea. Pronunciation: /liː/, /leɪ/ 1. Arable land used temporarily for hay or grazing. 2. A ley line. Example: For a ley hunter, local people – particularly the elderly – can be mines of information. Devereux and Thomson recount how they asked a septuagenarian in a remote village the location of an elusive stone, without mentioning the subject of leys: […] 3. Alternative spelling of lea. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ley Part of Speech: adj Etymology: See lea. Pronunciation: /liː/, /leɪ/ 1. Fallow; unseeded. Labels: not-comparable 2. Rotated to pasture instead of cropping. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ley Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /liː/, /leɪ/ 1. Archaic form of lye. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: ley Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /liː/, /leɪ/ 1. Law. Labels: obsolete
Word: lettuce Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English letuse, of uncertain precise origin, probably from the plural form Old French laitues, derived from Latin lactūca (“lettuce”), from lac (“milk”), because of the milky fluid in its stalks. Replaced Old English lēahtric. (money): Likely from the green color of US banknotes. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛt.ɪs/, /ˈlɛt.əs/, /ˈlɛtus/, /lɛʈˈjuːs/ 1. An edible plant, Lactuca sativa and its close relatives, having a head of green or purple leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The leaves of the lettuce plant, eaten as a vegetable; as a dish often mixed with other ingredients, dressing etc. Labels: uncountable Example: I’ll have a ham sandwich with lettuce and tomato. 3. United States paper currency; dollars. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: To steady himself he counts the money left in his wallet. Seventy-three; today was payday. Fingering so much lettuce strengthens his nerves. Example: Twenty dollars an hour? That's a lot of lettuce! 4. A strong yellow-green color, like that of lettuce (also called lettuce green). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Marijuana. Labels: slang, uncountable 6. Long, curly hair, as worn by followers of bro culture. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: xeno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *ksénwos Ancient Greek ξένϝος (xénwos) Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos)der. English xeno- Derived from Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “foreign, of a stranger”). 1. Having to do with foreigners. Labels: morpheme Example: xenophilia, xenophobia 2. Relating to strangers or strangeness. Labels: morpheme 3. From a foreign place. Labels: morpheme Example: xenolith, xenomenia 4. From a donor of another species. Labels: morpheme Example: porcine xenograft Example: We suggest defining such females as xenoparous, meaning they need to produce individuals of another species as part of their life cycle. This shows the evolution of xenoparity (xeno-, meaning ‘foreign, strange, different’, and -parity, meaning ‘produce, bring forth, give birth’), which is the need to propagate another species’ genome by means of its own eggs. 5. Of extraterrestrial origin. Labels: morpheme Example: xeno- + archaeology → xenoarchaeology
Word: commensurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/, /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/ 1. Of a proportionate or similar measurable standard. Example: commensurate punishments Example: The rewards will be commensurate with the efforts made. 2. Describing a crystal in which every atom or molecule is placed in the same relative position 3. Describing two numbers within the same Archimedean class, so that neither is infinitely larger than the other. Example: Crucially, every positive surreal number is commensurate with exactly one ω-power, in the following sense.
Word: commensurate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1641; borrowed from Late Latin commēnsūrātus, from com- (“together, with”) + mēnsūrātus, perfect passive participle of mēnsūrō (“to measure, to estimate”), (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from Latin mēnsūra (“measure”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /kəˈmɛnʃəɹət/, /kəˈmɛnsəɹət/ 1. To reduce to a common measure. Labels: obsolete Example: For that division is not naturally founded, but artificially set down, and by agreement, as the aptest terms to define or commensurate the longitude of places. 2. To proportionate; to adjust. Labels: obsolete Example: The rare temper and proportion, which the Church of England useth in commensurating the Forms of Absolution to the degrees of preparation and necessity, is to be observed
Word: outlaw Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English outlawe, outlagh, utlaȝe, from Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”), borrowed from Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), equivalent to out- + law. Cognate with Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊt.lɔː/, /ˈaʊt.lɔ/, /ˈaʊt.lɑ/, /ˈæɔt.loː/ 1. A fugitive from the law. Example: “I am going to a certain tower, one of three that were built in my grandsire’s time to guard Lantern Waste against certain perilous outlaws who dwelled there in his day. […]" 2. A criminal who is excluded from normal legal rights; one who can be killed at will without legal penalty. 3. A person who operates outside established norms. Example: The main character in the play was a bit of an outlaw who refused to shake hands or say thank you. 4. A wild or violent animal, such as a horse. 5. An in-law: a relative by marriage. Labels: humorous 6. One who would be an in-law except that the marriage-like relationship is unofficial. Labels: humorous 7. A prostitute who works alone, without a pimp. Labels: slang Example: Without a pimp, she was an "outlaw," likely to be harassed, or threatened with assault or robbery on the street. Example: She was an outlaw. Chance is doing some double-checking to see if she had a pimp nobody knew about, but it doesn't look likely.
Word: outlaw Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English outlawe, outlagh, utlaȝe, from Old English ūtlaga (“outlaw”), borrowed from Old Norse útlagi (“outlaw, fugitive”), equivalent to out- + law. Cognate with Icelandic útlagi (“outlaw”). Pronunciation: /ˈaʊt.lɔː/, /ˈaʊt.lɔ/, /ˈaʊt.lɑ/, /ˈæɔt.loː/ 1. To declare illegal. Labels: transitive 2. To place a ban upon. Labels: transitive Example: The legal change in England and Wales will outlaw selling, manufacturing, renting or importing zombie knives. Example: And outlawing these AR-15s would not require confiscating them from people who already have them. Once you’ve made these weapons illegal, anyone found with one would be subject to arrest, since possession of these weapons would be a crime. I think it’s likely that you would see a lot of people opting to turn them in. 3. To make or declare (a person) an outlaw. Labels: transitive Example: Eirik and his people were outlawed at Thorsnes Thing. Example: AB has now gone beyond her original stance against gays as teachers and is now advocating a federal law to outlaw gays, a law which would override state law in the 19 states which have consenting adults sex laws. 4. To remove from legal jurisdiction or enforcement. Labels: transitive Example: to outlaw a debt or claim 5. To deprive of legal force. Example: our English common law was outlawed in those parts.
Word: sign language Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several natural languages, typically used by the deaf, in which words consist of hand shapes, motions, positions, and facial expressions. Labels: countable Example: It is safe to say that the academic world is now convinced that sign languages are real languages in every sense of the term. 2. The sign language (sense 1) that is used locally or that is mistakenly believed to be the only one. Labels: uncountable Example: I'm taking night classes to learn sign language. 3. Sign languages (sense 1) considered collectively. Labels: uncountable Example: There are some unique properties found in sign language compared to spoken language. 4. Communication through gestures as a substitute for language, for example, between monks under a vow of silence or during trade amongst different linguistic groups. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Even Maxwell the trader, who has been most among them, is compelled to resort to the curious sign language common to most of the prairie tribes.
Word: gullible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/ 1. Easily deceived or duped; naive, easily cheated or fooled. Example: Andrew is so gullible, the way he still believes in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman at the age of fourteen.
Word: gullible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Either from gull (“to dupe, trick, fool”) + -ible; or alternatively from Middle English gole, goll, gol (“an unfledged bird, silly fellow”), perhaps from Old Norse gulr (“yellow, pale”), from the hue of its down. Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌlɪbl̩/ 1. A gullible person; someone easily fooled or tricked. Example: They pictured to these gullibles the unearthly delights that were to be enjoyed as servants of the Spaniards. But such tricks could not last, for Cuba was too close to Saint Domingue, and news of the real conditions leaked across the windward passage and were bruited about. Example: Spurious accounts that snare the gullible are readily available. Skeptical treatments are much harder to find.
Word: loadstone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lodestone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: [M]agnetic action […] is the subsequence of the motion of iron to the approach of a loadstone.
Word: decrement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin decresco Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin decrementumbor. English decrement Borrowed from Latin decrementum. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkɹəmənt/ 1. A small quantity removed or lost; one of a series of regular subtractions. Labels: countable 2. The subtraction itself; decrease. Labels: uncountable Example: He concluded that in normal group situations, production increased constantly, and reports of "boredness" and tiredness showed constant decrement.
Word: decrement Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁-sḱéti Latin crēscō Latin decresco Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin decrementumbor. English decrement Borrowed from Latin decrementum. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkɹəmənt/ 1. To decrease a value by a basic quantity unit. Labels: transitive
Word: dressing gown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dressing + gown. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛsɪŋ ɡaʊn/ 1. An item of clothing often made from cotton or another absorbent material, in the form of a long open robe with a belt to tie it around the middle and fasten it securely; often worn over pyjamas. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: After about ten minutes he got up, and, throwing on an elaborate dressing-gown of silk-embroidered cashmere wool, passed into the onyx-paved bathroom. Example: I was feeling just as I had felt in the old Malvern House epoch when I used to sneak down to [the headmaster]'s study at dead of night in quest of the biscuits he kept there in a tin on his desk, and there came back to me the memory of the occasion when, not letting a twig snap beneath my feet, I had entered his sanctum in pyjamas and a dressing-gown, to find him seated in his chair, tucking into the biscuits himself. [...] She was looking more like Sherlock Holmes than ever. Slap a dressing-gown on her and give her a violin, and she could have walked straight into Baker Street and no questions asked.
Word: broadseam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: broad + seam 1. A seam in a sail in which the edges of neighbouring panels are cut in a curve, such that the resulting sail is concave instead of flat.
Word: figurative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French figuratif. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪɡəɹətɪv/ 1. Of use as a metaphor, simile, metonym or other figure of speech, as opposed to literal; using figures. Example: The lovers she seems to pursue with her figurative language in fact retreat under the barrage of similes, metaphors and fables. Example: It is important to emphasize that Kafka as an autistic person was not always consciously aware his interpretations and writings were literal, thus the line between literal and figurative were not consciously clear for Kafka. This blurring stems from the specific focus of autistic persons who look at external predictable behavior of people and situations rather than at internal mental states of individuals. Kafka wrote from his autistic perspective in which the literal form is a default state of understanding the external world. For Kafka to move beyond the literal is not only to express that which cannot be said literally, but to express that which is not literal. The figurative is not simply not the literal, it is more than the literal. It is beyond the literal. The gap between the literal and the figurative, across which the reader is compelled by language to traverse, is for Kafka also the space which language cannot adequately express. The use of parable by Kafka marks his most concentrated effort to examine the space between language and that which is beyond language. 2. Metaphorically so called. 3. With many figures of speech. 4. Emblematic, symbolic; representative, exemplative. Example: This, they will say, was figurative, and served, by God's appointment, but for a time, to shadow out the true glory of a more divine sanctity. 5. Representing forms recognisable in life and clearly derived from real object sources, in contrast to abstract art. Example: 1875-1886, John Addington Symonds, Renaissance in Italy They belonged to a nation dedicated to the figurative arts, and they wrote for a public familiar with painted form.
Word: rendition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render. Pronunciation: /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. An interpretation or performance of an artwork, especially a musical score or musical work. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: rendering Example: The group's debut, Beloved Symphony, featuring light opera renditions of Mozart, Bach and Chopin, was deemed insufficiently classic for inclusion on the classical charts. 2. A given visual reproduction of something. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Translation between languages, or between forms of a language; a translated text or work. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Formal deliverance of a verdict. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 5. The handing-over of someone wanted for justice who has fled a given jurisdiction. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Since then, according to his lawyers and relatives, he has been repeatedly beaten, threatened with a firearm and with further rendition to Guantánamo by Ugandan officials, before being questioned by American officials. 6. The surrender (of a city, fortress etc.). Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable 7. The handing over of a person or thing. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: rendition Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From obsolete French rendition, alteration (after rendre (“to render”)) of reddition (“reddition”). Many senses influenced by render. Pronunciation: /ɹɛnˈdɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. To surrender or hand over (a person or thing); especially, for one jurisdiction to do so to another. Labels: transitive Example: Records show that only about three hundred fugitive slaves were renditioned to the South between 1850 and secession a decade later.
Word: roommate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hrew-? Proto-Indo-European *(H)rewH-der. Proto-Germanic *rūmą Proto-West Germanic *rūm Old English rūm Middle English roum English room English -mate English roommate From room + -mate. Pronunciation: /ˈɹu(m)ˌmeɪt/ 1. A person with whom one shares a room, as in a dormitory, barracks, rooming house, or apartment. 2. A person sharing the same home albeit not the same room (but generally not a family member or spouse). Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US Example: I live with Marsha. We’re roommates. 3. A same-sex significant other with whom one lives; a coinhabitant in a non-heterosexual relationship. Labels: humorous, ironic
Word: conference Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, omitting several steps, from con- + ferō. Compare parallel Russian собра́ние (sobránije), Russian сбо́рище (sbórišče), akin to с- (s-), со- (so-) + брать (bratʹ), ultimately from the same Indo-European prefix and root. Also compare congress, convention. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.f(ə.)ɹəns/, /ˈkɑn.f(ə.)ɹəns/, [ˈkʰɑɱ.fɹəns], [ˈkʰɑɱ.fɹn̩s], /ˈkɔn.f(ə.)ɹəns/ 1. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views. Example: Nor with such free and friendly conference / As he hath used of old. Example: Mr. Wiley, a lawyer of some ability, was sitting in his office one day, when an elderly gentleman came in and asked to have a few words of conference with him. 2. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. Labels: obsolete Example: helps and furtherances which […] the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford 3. A multilateral diplomatic negotiation. 4. A formal event where scientists or other scholars present their research results in speeches, workshops, posters or by other means. 5. An event organized by a for-profit or non-profit organization to discuss a pressing issue, such as a new product, market trend or government regulation, with a range of speakers. 6. A group of sports teams that play each other on a regular basis. 7. A constituent tournament of a sports league in a given season. Labels: Philippines 8. A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters. 9. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. 10. A talk or lecture, (Catholicism) especially when given as part of a retreat. Example: “[…]But I do know of a man who is an expert on the topic. In fact, he gave a conference here in our church not very long ago.[…]” Example: She gave a conference each evening during the retreat while Fr Dubas gave two talks during the day.
Word: conference Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French conférence, from Medieval Latin cōnferentia, from Latin cōnferēns, omitting several steps, from con- + ferō. Compare parallel Russian собра́ние (sobránije), Russian сбо́рище (sbórišče), akin to с- (s-), со- (so-) + брать (bratʹ), ultimately from the same Indo-European prefix and root. Also compare congress, convention. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.f(ə.)ɹəns/, /ˈkɑn.f(ə.)ɹəns/, [ˈkʰɑɱ.fɹəns], [ˈkʰɑɱ.fɹn̩s], /ˈkɔn.f(ə.)ɹəns/ 1. To assess (a student) by one-on-one conversation, rather than an examination. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The students who were conferenced on paper 1 will get a written response to paper 2, and those who received a written response to paper 1 will be conferenced on paper 2.
Word: faculty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faculte (“power, property”), from Old French faculte, from Latin facultas (“capability, ability, skill, abundance, plenty, stock, goods, property; in Medieval Latin also a body of teachers”), another form of facilitas (“easiness, facility, etc.”), from facul, another form of facilis (“easy, facile”); see facile. Doublet of facility. Pronunciation: /ˈfæk.əl.ti/ 1. The academic staff at schools, colleges, universities or not-for-profit research institutes, as opposed to the students or support staff. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US 2. A division of a university. Example: She transferred from the Faculty of Science to the Faculty of Medicine. 3. An ability, power, or skill. Example: He lived until he reached the age of 90 with most of his faculties intact. Example: What a piece of work is a man! how noble in reason! how infinite in faculty! 4. An authority, power, or privilege conferred by a higher authority. Example: Unless he has bi-ritual faculties, the Latin priest must baptize and confirm the Eastern rite person, whether infant or adult, according to the liturgical books of the Latin church ( canon 846 , §2 ). 5. A licence to make alterations to a church. Labels: Church-of-England 6. The members of a profession.
Word: fashion police Part of Speech: noun 1. An imaginary police force that ensures that people dress according to fashion. Labels: uncountable
Word: interim Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin interim (“meanwhile”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəɹɪm/ 1. Transitional. Labels: not-comparable Example: Iraq's government is interim. Example: In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived. 2. Temporary. Labels: not-comparable Example: You are interim manager until he returns from hospital. Example: Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.
Word: interim Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin interim (“meanwhile”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪntəɹɪm/ 1. A transitional or temporary period between other events. Example: His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.
Word: spasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English spasme, from Old French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”), from σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pull out”). Pronunciation: /ˈspæz.m̩/ 1. A sudden, involuntary contraction of a muscle, a group of muscles, or a hollow organ. Example: Jessica went into spasms after eating a peanut. 2. A violent, excruciating seizure of pain. 3. A sudden and temporary burst of energy, activity, or emotion. Example: He would use the simplest, plainest language, he said to himself over and over again; but it is not always easy to use simple, plain language,—by no means so easy as to mount on stilts, and to march along with sesquipedalian words, with pathos, spasms, and notes of interjection. Example: Both Spear & Davis were indicted in the witchhunt surrounding the sensational (if nonexistent) "Revere sex ring." Both men have said they have been police targets since at least 1975, following the anti-gay spasm which ensued after Dick Bavely's suicide.
Word: spasm Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English spasme, from Old French spasme, from Latin spasmus, from Ancient Greek σπασμός (spasmós, “spasm, convulsion”), from σπάω (spáō, “to draw out, pull out”). Pronunciation: /ˈspæz.m̩/ 1. To produce and undergo a spasm or series of spasms.
Word: re-use Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːˌjuːs/ 1. Alternative spelling of reuse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: re-use Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːˌjuːs/ 1. Alternative spelling of reuse. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The statue was never traced, nor the culprits tracked down. The original moulds were re-used to cast an identical replica, which was installed in 2013 and is thankfully (at the time of writing) still there.
Word: tipster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From tip (etymology 5) + -ster. 1. A person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market. 2. One who provides tips or hints on how to succeed at a game. Labels: informal Example: Absent from the pages of CRASH for a year, ex-tipster Robin Candy returns and puts finger to key to debate the state of the games software industry. Example: Those are the two choice words top tipster Rich Pelley used to describe the monthly helpathon that is the one and only COMPLETE CONTROL.
Word: atelier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French atelier, from Middle French astelier, from astelle (“small piece of wood, etc., to hold a broken bone in place, splint”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- (“axis; axle”) via Latin assula) + -ier (suffix denoting the location of an abode). Compare typologically Latin harēna, whence arena. Pronunciation: /əˈtɛl.jeɪ/, /əˈtɛl.i.eɪ/, /æ.təˈljeɪ/, /ˈæ.təˌljeɪ/, /-ˌljɛ/ 1. A studio or workshop, especially for an artist, designer, or fashion house. Example: The Dukes de Claulne, father and ſon, had laboratories for clock and vvatch making as vvell as for machinery. Theſe ateliers, as the French name them, vvere as fine and complete for the choice of tools as it vvas poſſible to find in Europe; […] Example: I paid a visit to the celebrated [Antonio] Canova in his vast and interesting atelier. He had been at Naples a short time before to form his own judgment of the situation intended for the equestrian statue of Napoleon, which we saw already almost finished in his atelier.
Word: paraenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek παραίνεσις (paraínesis, “exhortation, advice”). Pronunciation: /pəˈɹiːnɪsɪs/ 1. Advice or exhortation, particularly of a moral or religious nature. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. A warning of impending evil. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable, usually
Word: pomodoro Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian pomodoro (“tomato”). The time interval comes from the Pomodoro kitchen timer, which is in the shape of a tomato. 1. A variety of pear-shaped tomato from Italy; San Marzano tomato. Labels: countable, rare Example: Then she saw her first can of pomodoros, pear-shaped tomatoes grown and packed in Italy. She took a can home, and she was sure that pomodoros had more tang than our native tomatoes. Example: Ingredients: Garlic cloves, crushed 2 or 3/White bread, broken in pieces 6 slices/Water 2 cups/Spanish olive oil 1 cup/Salt 1 tbsp./Tomatoes, fresh ripe, peeled and chopped 5 lbs./ or pomodoro tomatoes, sieved 2 qts./Onions, chopped 3/4 cup/Ice-cold water 1 1/2 cup /Pimiento or green pepper 1/4 cup/Wine vinegar 5 tbsp./ Salt and pepper to taste 2. Ellipsis of pomodoro sauce. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Pastas, with soup & homemade bread — spaghetti with fresh garlic & olive oil $8.95, with pomodoro $8.95, with meatballs or Sicilian sausage $9.95, with prosciutto & olives $10.95, cannelloni $9.95, lasagna Siciliana $9.95, with fresh clams in a white wine sauce $10.95. Example: Entrees include pizza with roasted vegetables; pizza margherita with tomato, fresh basil, and mozzarella; pizza with prosciutto, peppers, and onions; risotto of the day; rigatoni with pomodoro and Parmesan; radiatore puttanesca with capers, olives, anchovies, and garlic; fresh-spinach spaghetti primavera with garden vegetables, garlic, and oil; spaghetti Bolognese. 3. A 25-minute time interval spent working (followed by a five-minute break), used as part of the Pomodoro time management system. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If each pair works on 10 pomodoros per day, the total team capacity is 30 pomodoros per day. Example: Each cycle of 25+ 5 minutes is defined as a 'pomodoro', and the idea of 'doing pomodoros' – usually in sets of four – has become standard practice among many programmers. It has also become a technique used outside of computing circles: a practice that's emblematic of the influence of the hacking mentality on life as a whole.
Word: barmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier barghmaster, berghmaster. Compare German Bergmeister. 1. A local judge among miners. Labels: historical 2. An officer of the barmote.
Word: orchesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄρχησις (órkhēsis, “dance”). 1. The act and/or art of dancing. Labels: uncountable
Word: aichmophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αιχμή (aikhmḗ, “spearhead”) + -phobia. 1. The fear of needles and other pointed or sharp objects. Labels: uncountable Example: Some people cannot stand knives, swords, bayonets, anything sharp; psychiatrists have a word for it: aichmophobia. Idiots who drive cars a hundred miles an hour on fifty-mile-an-hour roads will nevertheless panic at the sight of a bare blade. Example: In aichmophobia the person develops a pathological fear of sharp and pointed objects. He or she fears pieces of broken glass, scraps of metal, nails, and scissors. Fear of this kind leads to all sorts of eccentric habits.
Word: mullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English molet, mulett, from Old French mulet (now ‘grey mullet’), from Latin mullus (“red mullet”), from Ancient Greek μύλλος (múllos). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlɪt/, /ˈmʌlət/ 1. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes). 2. A fish of the family Mullidae (order Syngnathiformes). Labels: sometimes, specifically 3. A fish of the family Mugilidae (order Mugiliformes). Labels: US, especially 4. Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family. Labels: US 5. Any of several species of freshwater fish in the sucker family. Labels: US, especially
Word: mullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Also termed a mullethead, possibly derived from the fish (see Etymology 1) or from mull (meaning to stupefy) though neither is certain. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlɪt/, /ˈmʌlət/ 1. A fool.
Word: mullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1994 US. Popularized and possibly coined by hip hop group the Beastie Boys in their song "Mullet Head". Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlɪt/, /ˈmʌlət/ 1. A men's hairstyle where the hair is kept short on the top and sides and long at the back. Example: – Mullet head, don't touch the back – Cut the sides, don't touch the back Example: – Maybe it's a curly fro. – Maybe every day is bad hair day! – Maybe it's a mullet! 2. A person who mindlessly follows a fad, a trend, or a leader. Labels: slang
Word: mullet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English molet, from Old French molette (“rowel”). Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlɪt/, /ˈmʌlət/ 1. A star with straight edges and usually with five or six points. Example: Grogan, Creation of 1859, or Moyvore, Westmeath. [...] Arms,—Barry of sex or and sable, on a chief engrailed azure a lion passant of the first. Crest,—A lion's head erased sable, charged with a mullet or. 2. A rowel of a spur.
Word: placebo effect Part of Speech: noun 1. A phenomenon where a person's health improves after receiving a treatment that has no direct therapeutic mechanism. Labels: especially
Word: septimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From both Latin septimus + -al and By surface analysis, sept- + -ime + -al. 1. Relating to the number seven. 2. Using base seven; septenary. Labels: rare
Word: mille Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mill. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dated Example: That the money of account of the United States shall be expressed in dollars or units, dismes or tenths, cents or hundredths, and milles or thousandths, a disme being the tenth part of a dollar, a cent the hundredth part of a dollar, a mille the thousandth part of a dollar, and that all accounts in the public offices and all proceedings in the courts of the United States shall be kept and had in conformity to this regulation.
Word: entry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English entre, from Old French entree (feminine past participle of the verb entrer, Modern French entrée). From Latin intrō. Doublet of entrada and entrée. Pronunciation: /ˈɛntɹi/ 1. The act of entering. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The wrestler's dramatic entry into the stadium was very impressive. 2. Permission to enter. Labels: uncountable Example: Children are allowed entry only if accompanied by an adult. Example: Strictly no entry for under-18s 3. A doorway that provides a means of entering a building. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of taking possession. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The start of an insurance contract. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A passageway between terraced houses that provides a means of entering a back garden or yard. Labels: Midlands, countable, uncountable 7. A small room immediately inside the front door of a house or other building, often having an access to a stairway and leading on to other rooms. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A small group formed within a church, especially Episcopal, for simple dinner and fellowship, and to help facilitate new friendships. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. An item in a list, such as an article in a dictionary or encyclopedia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Meronym: headword (sometimes synonymous) Example: The entry on spiders is on page number 69. 10. A record made in a log, diary or anything similarly organized; (computing) a datum in a database. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What does the entry for 2 August 2005 say? 11. A term at any position in a matrix. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The entry in the second row and first column of this matrix is 6. 12. The exhibition or depositing of a ship's papers at the customhouse, to procure licence to land goods; or the giving an account of a ship's cargo to the officer of the customs, and obtaining his permission to land the goods. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. The point when a musician starts to play or sing; entrance. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. The introduction of new hounds into a pack. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here was an excellent entry of hounds which would have fulfilled the late Earl Bathurst's dictum that breeders should always breed from hounds rather larger than those which they expect to put on.
Word: stupendous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested from 1547, from Late Latin stupendus (“stunning, amazing”), from the verb stupeō (“(I) am stunned”). Doublet of stupend (which is obsolete), and related to stupor and stupid. Pronunciation: /stuˈpɛndəs/, /stjuˈpɛndəs/ 1. Astonishingly great or large; huge; enormous. Example: One cannot appreciate how stupendous the Matterhorn is without seeing it. Example: The entrance to Fonthill—that truly cloud-capt palace, so fantastic and so transitory—was by two stupendous doors, which seemed to defy the strength of giants. 2. Of stunning excellence or degree; marvelous. Example: The renovator created a stupendous new look for our house.
Word: marvellous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested from 1300 as Middle English merveilous, from Old French merveillus, from merveille (“a wonder”) + -us. Doublet of merveilleux. See also marvel. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːvələs/, /ˈmɑːvləs/, /ˈmɑɹvələs/ 1. Exciting wonder or surprise; astonishing; wonderful. Labels: UK Example: I went to a marvellous party last week. Example: At first glance, importance sampling seems like a marvellous solution to any posterior simulation problem.
Word: huzzah Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Likely originally a hoisting cry, possibly related to hoise. Compare possibly to the cognate Swedish hissa (“to hoist; huzzah”), Spanish izar (“to hoist”) and French Ho, hisse! (“Hey, hoist!”). First attested in the 1570s. Pronunciation: /həˈzɑː/ 1. Used as a call for coordinated physical effort, as in hoisting. Labels: dated 2. Used as a cheer indicating exaltation, enjoyment, or approval. Labels: archaic, humorous, literary, poetic, sometimes Example: Deposed King: 'KING KNIGHT REIGNS NO MORE? HUZZAH! NOW I CAN RULE PRIDEMOOR! HURRAH!'