nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: sidekick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + kick, which in the late 19th and early 20th century was a slang term for the front side pocket of a pair of trousers, known as the pocket safest from theft. Thus, by analogy, a "side-kick" was a person's closest companion. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdkɪk/ 1. An assistant to another person, especially to a superior or more important person. Labels: informal Example: In the abstract, Stuhlbarg’s twinkly-eyed sidekick suggests Joe Pesci in Lethal Weapon 2 by way of late-period Robin Williams with an alien twist, but Stuhlbarg makes a character that easily could have come across as precious into a surprisingly palatable, even charming man. Example: If representation and recruitment is an objective, self-styled mavericks like Kelly and his Queensland sidekick George Christensen have some utility. 2. In literature, theatre, etc., a good foil of the protagonist, a character who helps emphasize the traits of the main character. Labels: figuratively Example: So even though he had – no question – the best lines in Friends, he was never what he would have been in an earlier era: the sidekick.
Word: stat Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin statim (“immediately”). Pronunciation: /stæt/ 1. Immediately; now. Labels: informal, not-comparable 2. Immediately. Labels: broadly, humorous, not-comparable, slang Example: TBH, I’d get to shopping STAT because these hoodies will for sure sell like hotcakes once season 2 premieres on June 28. So make sure to snag one for yourself before they sell out and mark your calendar for the big day!
Word: stat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin statim (“immediately”). Pronunciation: /stæt/ 1. With no delay; at once. Labels: not-comparable Example: stat dose
Word: stat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of statistic. Pronunciation: /stæt/ 1. Clipping of statistic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, especially, in-plural Example: There are some glittering stats out there regarding Brassey: namely that he'd built around one-third of Britain's railways by the time he was in his early 40s, and that by the time of his death (aged 65) he was responsible for around one-twentieth of the world's railways.
Word: stat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of statistic. Pronunciation: /stæt/ 1. To collect or interpret statistics related to (a match etc.). Labels: informal, transitive Example: "I went back and statted that match," Shondell said. "Seventy percent of the points, we either finished them with a kill or making an error. So we were in control, it's just that we weren't in control the way we needed to be on a regular basis." Example: The most important part of the collection, however, is Howe’s folders of stats. […] All up, he reckons he’s statted over 10,000 Australian matches at all levels. It’s all been digitised now, of course, but to this day Howe maintains a hand-written record. 2. To assign statistics to (a monster etc. in a game). Labels: slang, transitive Example: If you stat it, they will kill it.
Word: stat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of statutory. Pronunciation: /stæt/ 1. A statutory public holiday (also as stat holiday). Labels: Canada, informal
Word: stat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of photostat. Pronunciation: /stæt/ 1. Clipping of photostat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: These Poloroids ^([sic]) are then enlarged by a stat camera or a copier with an enlarging feature, colored electrographically, transferred to acetate pieces, and fused or sewn together into quilts.
Word: stat Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of photostat. Pronunciation: /stæt/ 1. Clipping of photostat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal Example: These overlays were then statted using a screen of etched glass to break up the solid black into small rows of black dots. A different sized screen was used to create a different sized dot for each percentage.
Word: icosasphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English icosa- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English icosasphere From icosa- (“twenty”) + sphere. 1. A geometric figure with twenty or more triangular faces producing a semi-spherical solid.
Word: Madalene Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Magdalene. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: link whoring Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of going out of one's way to place links to one's website on someone else's web page. Labels: Internet, derogatory, informal, often, uncountable
Word: psychrophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From psychro- + -phile. 1. An organism that can live and thrive at temperatures much lower than normal; a form of extremophile.
Word: antipope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French antipape (later assimilated to anti- + pope), from Medieval Latin antipāpa. Pronunciation: /ˈantɪpəʊp/, /ˈæntiˌpoʊp/, /ˈænˌtaɪˌpoʊp/ 1. A person who claims or claimed to be the pope, usually as the result of a disputed election or deposition, but is not considered by the Roman Catholic Church to be the real pope. Example: Meanwhile support for the ‘puppet’ antipope Nicholas V, deprived of his protector and by now excommunicated along with his emperor, rapidly withered away.
Word: frame up Part of Speech: verb 1. To erect the initial walls and roof of (a new building). Labels: transitive 2. To arrange fraudulent evidence to falsely implicate (a person) of a crime. Labels: transitive 3. To prepare a shot by deciding what to include and exclude, what to use as background, etc.
Word: Roman Catholic Church Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Catholic Church, the one led by the Roman Pope. 2. Latin Church, the largest of the autonomous particular churches of the Catholic Church.
Word: blare Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English blaren, bleren, bloren (“to bellow, cry, wail; of a goat: to bleat”), probably from Old English *blǣran, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”) and ultimately imitative. Related to Middle Dutch blaren, bleren (“to bawl, cry; to shout; to bleat”) (modern Dutch blèren). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates German Low German blaren, blarren Middle High German blêren, blerren (modern German plärren) Saterland Frisian blärje West Frisian blearje Pronunciation: /blɛə/, /blɛ(ə)ɹ/, /bleː/, /bleə/, /bliə/ 1. To play (a radio, recorded music, etc.) at extremely loud volume levels. Labels: transitive Example: In 2000, a robber held up a bank in San Diego, USA. It seems everyone held their noses rather than sticking their hands up because the man was so smelly! […] Police helicopters blared loudspeaker warnings about the smelly man. 2. To express (ideas, words, etc.) loudly; to proclaim. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: [T]he world, the world, / All ear and eye, with such a stupid heart / To interpret ear and eye, and such a tongue / To blare its own interpretation— […] 3. To make a loud sound, especially like a trumpet. Labels: intransitive Example: The trumpet blaring in my ears gave me a headache. Example: [O]n plains, and under City-walls, innumerable regimental bands blare-off into the Inane, without note from us. 4. To make a lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring. Labels: dialectal, intransitive Example: And the kyne wente ſtraight waye vnto Beth Semes vpon one ſtreete, and wente on blearynge, and turned nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte. Example: The worthies alſo of Moab bleared and cried for very ſorow of their myndes: Wo is my hert for Moabs ſake.
Word: blare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is derived from Late Middle English blaren, bleren, bloren (“to bellow, cry, wail; of a goat: to bleat”), probably from Old English *blǣran, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁- (“to bleat, cry”) and ultimately imitative. Related to Middle Dutch blaren, bleren (“to bawl, cry; to shout; to bleat”) (modern Dutch blèren). The noun is derived from the verb. Cognates German Low German blaren, blarren Middle High German blêren, blerren (modern German plärren) Saterland Frisian blärje West Frisian blearje Pronunciation: /blɛə/, /blɛ(ə)ɹ/, /bleː/, /bleə/, /bliə/ 1. A loud sound. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I can hardly hear you over the blare of the radio. Example: [T]heir host of eagles flew / Past the Pyrenean pines, / Follow'd up in valley and glen / With blare of bugle, clamour of men, / Roll of cannon and clash of arms, / And England pouring on her foes. 2. Of colour, light, or some other quality: dazzling, often garish, brilliance. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: Archivist Camus, an Old-Constituent appointed Archivist, he and the Ancient Twelve, amid blare of military pomp and clangour, enter, bearing the divine Book: and President and all Legislative Senators, laying their hand on the same, successively take the Oath, with cheers and heart-effusion, universal three-times-three. Example: And we came to the Isle of Fire: we were lured by the light from afar, / For the peak sent up one league of fire to the Northern Star; / Lured by the glare and the blare, but scarcely could stand upright, / For the whole isle shudder'd and shook like a man in a mortal affright; […] 3. A lengthy sound, as of a person crying or an animal bellowing or roaring. Labels: countable, dialectal, uncountable Example: The herds [of bison], in their flight from the burning pastures had rushed over the bed of the watercourse—scaled the slopes of the banks. […] One cry alone more wild than their own savage blare pierced the reek through which the Brute Hurricane swept.
Word: sidecar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + car. Pronunciation: /ˈsaɪdkɑɹ/ 1. A one-wheeled attachment to the side of a motorcycle to allow for a separate seat for a passenger or cargo space. 2. A cocktail made with cognac (or brandy), triple sec liqueur, and lemon juice. Example: Faux 19th-century bartenders in sleeve garters and baroque facial hair ply their trade in pre-Prohibition bars. Women wearing cloche hats order sidecars at speakeasies. 3. A software component that runs in a separate process from the rest of the software, to provide isolation and encapsulation. Example: Using generic sidecars for multiple microservices may introduce functionality overhead.
Word: tangi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *Caŋis Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *taŋis Proto-Oceanic *taŋis Proto-Polynesian *taŋi Māori tangibor. English tangi Borrowed from Māori tangi (“lament, mourning, funeral ceremony”). Pronunciation: /ˈtʌŋi/, /ˈtaŋi/ 1. A Maori dirge, or song for the dead. Labels: New-Zealand 2. Funeral rites; a funeral ceremony, a tangihanga. Labels: New-Zealand Example: He goes on to say that the Government, The Maori Sanitary Councils, and the Native Land Court have endeavoured to prevent Maori tangis lasting for more than three or four days […]. Example: Late in the nineteenth century Māori women began to adopt the Victorian mourning costume of black clothes for tangi, and the practice continued long after Pākehā New Zealanders had dropped the custom. 3. Crying, wailing, especially when seeing someone after a long absence. Labels: New-Zealand
Word: phallocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phallo- + -centric. Pronunciation: /ˌfalə(ʊ)ˈsɛntɹɪk/ 1. Focused on the phallus, especially as a symbol of male dominance; characterised by male attitudes, focused on men. Example: His shame at what she might on the other hand perceive as his slimy phallocentric conduct toward her made it easier for him to avoid her, as well.
Word: phallus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin phallus (“membrum virile, phallus, or a figure thereof”) from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós). Pronunciation: /ˈfæləs/ 1. A penis, especially when erect. Example: The phallus had power to subdue the attacks of demons and the Evil Eye[.] Example: If the priests of Diana of Ephesus castrated themselves and offered their genitals on the altar, it was because the phallus was the symbol of the dying body. 2. A representation of an erect penis, especially symbolising fertility or potency. Example: The initiated member gave a gift of a coin for the goddess, for which he received in turn a phallus and some salt. 3. The signifier of the desire of the Other, and the signifier of jouissance.
Word: nimble Part of Speech: adj Etymology: With intrusive -b-, inherited from Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), a merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmbəl/, [ˈnɪmbəl] ~ [ˈnɪmbl̩] 1. Adept at taking or grasping. Example: nimble fingers 2. Quick and light in movement or action. Example: He was too nimble for the assailant and easily escaped his grasp. Example: […] if the men should not agree what to play, but one would have a grave Pavane, another a nimbler Galliard, a third some frisking toy or Iigg, and then all of them should be wilful, none yield to his fellow, but every one scrape on his own tune as loud as he could: what a hideous hateful noise may you imagine would such a mess of Musick be? 3. Quickwitted and alert. Example: He has a nimble mind and can improvise in any situation. Example: "It requires you to be flexible and nimble in your thinking and Huw has already demonstrated that," said Greenwood, [...]
Word: nimble Part of Speech: verb Etymology: With intrusive -b-, inherited from Middle English nymyl, nemel, nemyll, nymell (“agile, quick, ready, able, capable”), a merger of Old English nǣmel (“receptive, quick to grasp”) and Old English numol (“able to take, capable of holding”), both from niman (“to take”) + -el, -ol (associative suffix), corresponding to nim + -le. Compare German nehmen, Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌼𐌰𐌽 (niman), Old Norse nema (“to take”). More at nim. Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmbəl/, [ˈnɪmbəl] ~ [ˈnɪmbl̩] 1. To move nimbly. Labels: intransitive Example: Their teeth are regularly and assiduously cleaned by shrimp that nimble in and out of the moray's mouth like ballet dancers in the jaws of a mechanical stage dragon.
Word: macerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer. Pronunciation: /ˈmæs.ə.ɹeɪt/ 1. To soften (something) or separate it into pieces by soaking it in a heated or unheated liquid. 2. To reduce solids to small pieces (in a macerator). 3. To make lean; to cause to waste away. Labels: archaic Example: Baal scuttles with ten tails Between as many legs as he could carry— Perhaps Thomas poking through the holes And finding resolution beyond the scales And incorporeal pain of the hammered Messiah, 4. To subdue the appetite by poor or scanty diet; to mortify. Labels: obsolete 5. To mortify the flesh in general. Labels: obsolete Example: “My dear child, how are you employed?” I knew the voice of the Superior, and I replied, “My father, I was sleeping.” “And I was macerating myself at the foot of the altar for you, my child,—the scourge is red with my blood.” I returned no answer, for I felt the maceration was better merited by the betrayer than the betrayed. 6. past participle of macerate Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past
Word: macerate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin mācerātus, perfect passive participle of mācerō (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from Proto-Indo-European *mag-, *mak- (“to knead”), whence make. Cognate with French macérer. Pronunciation: /ˈmæs.ə.ɹɪt/ 1. A macerated substance.
Word: immersion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From late Middle English, borrowed from Late Latin immersiō, immersiōnem (“dipping”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːʃən/, /ɪˈmɝʒən/ 1. The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Jesus did not become known as a baptizer (cf. however John 3:26 and 4:1), but we can recognize the same ritual structure in his healing practice as in John's immersion. 2. The act of immersing or the condition of being immersed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In examining Capote, Clarke follows the course of the precocious writer's life with painstaking attention to gossipy detail. It's an exhaustive roller coaster of a read, a high-tilt immersion into the social swirl and scandal that accompanied most of Capote's adult life. Example: Recognising and knowing how to understand visual imagery in relation to a narrative in picture books is primarily a matter of immersion in books within a specific culture. 3. An immersion heater. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: She left the immersion on all the time, while I had been reared under pain of death to turn it off as soon as the bathwater was heated. 4. A smooth map whose differential is everywhere injective, related to the mathematical concept of an embedding. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Note that every embedding is an immersion, but the converse is not true. For an immersion to be an embedding, it must be one-to-one and the inverse must be continuous. 5. The disappearance of a celestial body, by passing either behind another, as in the occultation of a star, or into its shadow, as in the eclipse of a satellite. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An occultation of a star by the moon provides two sharply defined observable phenomena: the disappearance of a star behind the disc of the moon (called its immersion), and its subsequent reappearance (or emersion). 6. A form of foreign-language teaching where the language is used intensively to teach other subjects to a student. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Although numerous studies have reported the effectiveness of immersion programmes in developing relatively high levels of second language proficiency without any tradeoff of first language development or subject matter mastery, little is known of immersion education in Japan. 7. One's suspension of disbelief while reading, playing a video game, etc. The experience of losing oneself in a fictional world. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A creative relationship with one's social and ecological environment as practiced by the Brooklyn Immersionists. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: atrophied Part of Speech: adj 1. Characterized by atrophy.
Word: atrophied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of atrophy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Allison Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a Middle English diminutive form of Alan, Alexander or Alice + -son. Pronunciation: /ˈælɪsən/ 1. A surname originating as a patronymic. Labels: countable Example: While Rapinoe has acknowledged her white privilege, said Allison, the sociology professor, she received outsize attention for her racial activism without experiencing the harsh consequences that Black athletes historically receive for protests. Example: To that end, prosecutors allege that Allison and Humber pushed their followers to attack minority communities, government infrastructure, politicians, government officials and the leaders of private companies – some of whom, including a US senator and a federal judge, were included in a detailed list of “high value targets” for assassination. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of mostly before 1950 usage. Labels: countable Example: "Allison?" Surely that was a girl's name. "It's after Davey Allison, the race car driver. He got killed right before the baby was born. Tracy and me wanted to honor his memory." It was a precise little speech. She must have explained the name many times. 3. A female given name from the Germanic languages, of 1940s and later usage, variant of Alison. Labels: countable Example: Allison MacKenzie's father, for whom the child had been named, died when she was three years old. Example: Judge Allison Burroughs agreed with Harvard’s arguments that the administration imposed the funding freeze in retaliation for the Ivy League university’s refusal to capitulate to demands for reforms that violated First Amendment protections under the Constitution. 4. A community in Moncton Parish, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A number of places in the United States: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hardliner Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hard-liner. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: On the other side, RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch (a moderate) has to contend with the hardliners on his executive, whose intentions go way beyond trying to sort out their members' terms and conditions.
Word: boutye Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Contraction of "How about you?" Pronunciation: /ˈbaʊtjə/, [ˈbɐʏt͡ʃə] 1. an informal greeting Labels: Northern-Ireland
Word: Lisburn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Irish lios + English burn (The fort on the river). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪzbɜːn/, /ˈlɪsbɜːn/, /ˈlɪzbɝn/, /ˈlɪsbɝn/ 1. A city and administrative region divided by the River Lagan between County Antrim and County Down, Northern Ireland, with the majority in Antrim (Irish grid ref J 2664).
Word: Downe Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /daʊn/ 1. County Down in Ireland; also Downshire. 2. A village in the borough of Bromley, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ4361). 3. A township in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. 4. A surname.
Word: dosimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. A device used to measure a dose of ionizing radiation. Example: Dosimeters normally take the form of optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), photographic film, thermoluminescent devices (TLD) or electronic personal dosimeters (PDM).
Word: back-bench Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of backbench. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: back-bencher Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of backbencher. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: backbenches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of backbench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exceed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English exceden, from Old French exceder, from Latin excēdō (“to go beyond”), from ex- (“out, forth”) with cēdō (“to go”); see cede and compare accede etc. Partly displaced native Old English ofersteppan, whence Modern English overstep. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈsiːd/ 1. To be larger, greater than (something). Labels: transitive Example: The company's 2005 revenue exceeds that of 2004. 2. To be better than (something). Labels: transitive Example: The quality of her essay has exceeded my expectations. Example: Descriptions of nature that far exceed anything else we've heard. 3. To go beyond (some limit); to surpass; to be longer than. Labels: transitive Example: Your password cannot exceed eight characters. Example: Name the time, but let it not / Exceed three days. 4. To predominate. Labels: intransitive 5. To go too far; to be excessive. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: And to speak impartially, old Men, from whom we should expect the greatest example of Wisdom, do most exceed in this point of folly […].
Word: back benches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back bench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: back-benches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of back-bench Labels: form-of, plural
Word: back-hander Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of backhander. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ionizing Part of Speech: adj 1. Capable of producing ions.
Word: ionizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ionize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decomposition 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 dē-der. English de- English composition English decomposition From de- + composition. Pronunciation: /diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/ 1. A biological process through which organic material is reduced to e.g. compost. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The act of taking something apart, e.g. for analysis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Speech decomposition into a periodic and a non-periodic part is a subject of considerable importance with applications in speech synthesis, […] 3. The splitting (of e.g. a matrix, an atom, or a compound) into constituent parts. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ionizing radiation Part of Speech: noun 1. High-energy radiation that is capable of causing ionization in substances through which it passes; also includes high-energy particles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disappoint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French desapointer (compare French désappointer). The word originally meant to "dispossess of appointed office", and eventually broadened to mean "to frustrate the expectations or desires of" and "defeat the realization or fulfillment of". Pronunciation: /dɪsəˈpɔɪnt/, /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪnt/ 1. To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for. Labels: transitive Example: His lack of respect disappointed her. Example: I was disappointed by last year’s revenue. 2. To deprive (someone of something expected or hoped for). Labels: transitive Example: They that haue money in their purse, are afrayde and in doubte, yea and are continuallye martyred with feare, leaste GOD should disappoint them of their pray, and abate their portion. Example: 1637, Thomas Killigrew, The Parson’s Wedding, Act V, Scene 4, in Comedies and Tragedies, London: Henry Herringman, 1664, p. 152, Bless me from an old waiting-womans wrath; she’l never forgive me the disappointing her of a promise when I was drunk; 3. To fail to meet (an expectation); to fail to fulfil (a hope). Labels: dated, transitive Example: 1751, Samuel Johnson, The Rambler, No. 127, 4 June, 1751, Volume 4, London: J. Payne and J. Bouquet, 1752, pp. 240-241, It is not uncommon for those who at their first entrance into the world were distinguished for eminent attainments or superior abilities, to disappoint the hopes which they had raised, and to end in neglect and obscurity that life which they began in celebrity and honour. Example: […] his life was despaired of; and all Japan was filled with alarm and apprehension at the prospect of an infant’s ascending the throne: […] Their fears, however, were happily disappointed by the recovery of the emperor, 4. To show (an opinion, belief, etc.) to be mistaken. Labels: dated, transitive Example: I am sure you will not disappoint my opinion of you, by failing at any time to treat your aunt Norris with the respect and attention that are due to her. Example: “Well, I thought it was too good to be true,” he said at last, with a sigh of disappointed conviction. 5. To prevent (something planned or attempted). Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: He [God] disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise. Example: The wary Trojan shrinks, and bending low Beneath his Buckler, disappoints the Blow.
Word: back-up Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from back up. 1. Alternative form of backup Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: back-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from back up. 1. Alternative form of backup. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Despite deploying a contingency workforce of fully trained non-striking and non-union back-up staff, Network Rail was forced to issue a limited timetable with only 20% of services running on June 21, 23 and 25.
Word: high-energy Part of Speech: adj 1. Having an energy greater than 100,000 electron volts. 2. Producing a large amount of energy when reacting. 3. Vigorous, energetic, or dynamic.
Word: timidity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From timid + -ity, from Middle French timidité, from Latin timiditātem. Pronunciation: /tɪˈmɪdɪti/ 1. The state of being timid; shyness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] instead of the joyous voices of his playfellows he hears the rough commands of an unindulgent master or a scolding mistress; — he is continually reproached for his awkwardness and timidity, and reminded of his pauper origin. Example: This willingness to act underscores the German leader’s view that there is much at stake – and that Western Europe’s largest country (both by population and economic power) needs to step up to the demands. Timidity is not an option.
Word: electron volt Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɪˈlek.trɑːn ˌvoʊlt/ 1. A unit for measuring the energy of subatomic particles; the energy equal to that attained by an electron moving through a potential difference of one volt. Equivalent to 1.6022 × 10⁻¹⁹ joules. Example: To get a feel for the size, the energy required to completely liberate an electron from the ground state of a hydrogen atom is 13.6 electron volts.
Word: electronvolt Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of electron volt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: eV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electron volt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: efficiency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin efficientia, equivalent to efficient + -cy. Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɪʃ.ən.si/, [ɪˈfɪʃn̩si], /ɪˈfɪʃ.ɪn.si/ 1. The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In a letter DeJoy sent to Congress on Thursday, he said DOGE teams will “assist us in identifying and achieving further efficiencies,” saying the Elon Musk-led agency will focus on improving the management of USPS retirement assets and the Workers’ Compensation Program, as well as addressing the agency’s legislative mandates and regulatory requirements. 2. The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The efficiency of this loudspeaker is 40%. 3. The extent to which a resource is used for the intended purpose. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The efficiency of the planning department is deplorable. Example: Even at the busiest periods, an air of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness. 4. The quality of producing an effect or effects. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable Example: The manner of this divine efficiency being far above us. 5. A one-room apartment. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: I have an efficiency available June through July. Example: fully-furnished efficiencies
Word: potential difference Part of Speech: noun 1. the difference in potential energy between two points in an electric field; the difference in charge between two points in an electrical circuit; voltage
Word: ingenuity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ingenuitās. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnd͡ʒəˈn(j)uːəti/ 1. The ability to solve difficult problems in original, clever, and inventive ways; ingeniousness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The pyramids demonstrate the ingenuity of the ancient Egyptians. Example: Poverty is the mother of ingenuity. 2. An ingenuous action or thought. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Virility is sustained, preserved, even recaptured, by man's ingenuities, by exotic foods and drinks, by rare herbal compounds, by fantastical manipulations, goetic periapts. 3. Ingenuousness; honesty, straightforwardness Labels: archaic, uncountable, usually Example: And therefore I apply my selfe to ingenuitie, and ever to speake truth and what I think[…].
Word: potential energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The energy possessed by an object because of its position (in a gravitational or electric field), or its condition (as a stretched or compressed spring, as a chemical reactant, or by having rest mass). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stretched Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /stɹɛt͡ʃt/ Labels: no-gloss
Word: stretched Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /stɹɛt͡ʃt/ 1. simple past and past participle of stretch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: circus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːkəs/, /ˈsɝkəs/, /sɪɾkəs/, /søːkəs/, /seːkəs/ 1. A traveling company of performers that may include acrobats, clowns, trained animals, and other novelty acts, that gives shows usually in a circular tent. Example: The circus will be in town next week. 2. A round open space in a town or city where multiple streets meet. Example: Oxford Circus in London is at the north end of Regent Street. 3. A spectacle; a noisy fuss; a chaotic and/or crowded place. Labels: figuratively Example: The village would be turned into a circus over this. He groaned, it was just the sort of case the media had a field day over. He had to get the whole thing sorted fast before anyone got wind of it. 4. An undertaking or arrangement. Labels: dated, slang Example: "Right you are; I'll put him wise," undertook Nickle briskly. "After all, it's entirely your circus. Shall we stay here and—" 5. In the ancient Roman Empire, a building for chariot racing. Labels: historical 6. A code name for bomber attacks with fighter escorts in the day time. The attacks were against short-range targets with the intention of occupying enemy fighters and keeping their fighter units in the area concerned. 7. Circuit; space; enclosure. Labels: obsolete Example: The narrow circus of my dungeon wall.
Word: circus Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English circus, circo, from Latin circus (“ring, circle”), from Ancient Greek κρίκος (kríkos), κίρκος (kírkos, “ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”). Doublet of cirque. Cognate with Old English hring (whence English ring) and Old English hringsetl (“circus”, literally “ring-seat”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːkəs/, /ˈsɝkəs/, /sɪɾkəs/, /søːkəs/, /seːkəs/ 1. To take part in a circus; or to be displayed as if in a circus.
Word: compressed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹɛst/ 1. Pressed tightly together. Example: compressed air Example: highly compressed 2. Flattened, especially when along its entire length. Example: The gas remains compressed inside the cylinder.
Word: compressed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɹɛst/ 1. simple past and past participle of compress Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The file is stored in a compressed format. Example: compressed file
Word: reactant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English react Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English reactant From react + -ant. 1. Any of the participants present at the start of a chemical reaction, specifically one that is consumed during the reaction.
Word: sweetheart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swete heorte, swete hert (term of endearment); equivalent to sweet + heart. Pronunciation: /ˈswiːtˌhɑːt/, [ˈswɪi̯tˌhɑːt], /ˈswitˌhɑɹt/, [ˈswɪi̯tˌhɑɹ̈t], /ˈswiɾˌɑɹt/ 1. A person who is always very kind. Example: She is such a sweetheart: she never complains about me being late. 2. A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young. Example: John married his high-school sweetheart in 1981. Example: Why Lambe, why Lady, fie you ſluggabed, / Why Loue I ſay, Madam, ſweeteheart, why Bride: / What not a word, you take your penniworths now, / Sleepe for a weeke, […] 3. A term of endearment, especially for a lover or child. 4. A female member of a college or university fraternity. Labels: US
Word: rest mass Part of Speech: noun 1. The mass of a body when it is not moving relative to an observer.
Word: relativity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From relative (“connected to or depending on something else”) + -ity (suffix forming nouns from adjectives where the nouns refer to the properties, qualities, or states described by the adjectives). Sense 2.1 (“reliance of the nature of physical phenomena on the relative motion between an observer and the thing observed”) is a translation of German Relativität (“relativity”) used in the works of the German-American theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (1879–1955). Morphologically relative + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɹɛl.əˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/, [-ɾi] 1. The state of being relative to something else; the absence of universally applicable rules or standards; relativism; (countable) an instance of this. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Ellipsis of principle of relativity (“the principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable, usually 3. Ellipsis of principle of relativity (“the principle that the laws of physics should be the same for all observers”). Labels: specifically, uncountable, usually 4. An evaluation of the similarities and differences between things; a comparison; hence, a difference in position or status between things; a disparity. Labels: countable, in-plural, usually 5. An evaluation of the similarities and differences between things; a comparison; hence, a difference in position or status between things; a disparity. Labels: countable, in-plural, specifically, uncountable, usually
Word: als Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of al Labels: form-of, plural
Word: als Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English als, variant of alse, alsa, also, from Old English eallswā, from Proto-West Germanic *allswā. More at also. 1. Obsolete form of also. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: special relativity Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory that (neglecting the effects of gravity) reconciles the principle of relativity with the observation that the speed of light is constant in all frames of reference. Labels: uncountable
Word: reconstruction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English construction English reconstruction From re- + construction. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌkʃən/, /ˌɹikənˈstɹʌkʃən/, /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹakʃən/ 1. The action of reconstructing something, not necessarily to the earlier state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At Crewe, where a ten-span bridge carries the Nantwich road over several tracks and platforms, complete reconstruction will be necessary to give the extra headroom required by electric trains. […] The reconstruction will be carried on half the bridge at a time so that part of the road will remain open for traffic and interference with trains minimised. Example: For each crane, the nonprofits through an arrangement with a foundation are giving $2 toward reconstruction in Japan. 2. The act of restoring something to an earlier state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The reconstruction of the medieval bridge began last year. Example: By a remarkable piece of railway reconstruction work on the part of the Allied Forces—mainly South African railway construction troops—mines laid along the track by the retreating enemy were removed by sappers, and the German damage made good, within 7 days. 3. The recreation or retelling of the (purported) events leading up to a certain outcome. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The detective's reconstruction of what happened that night is dubious. 4. A result of linguistic reconstruction; a model representing an unattested linguistic unit: a phoneme, a morpheme or a word. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It should also be noted that while Dempwolff reconstructed at only one level (Uraustronesisch), many of his reconstructions are confined to languages of western Indonesia
Word: general relativity Part of Speech: noun 1. A theory extending special relativity and uniformly accounting for gravity and accelerated frames of reference, postulating that space-time curves in the presence of mass. Labels: uncountable
Word: preliminary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin praelīmināris, formed from prae- (“before”) + līmen (“threshold”) + -āris (adjectival suffix); compare Latin līmināris (“of or belonging to a threshold”). Compare French préliminaire. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈlɪmɪn(ə)ɹi/, /pɹɪˈlɪmɪnɛɹi/, /pɹiˈlɪmɪnɛɹi/ 1. In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory. Labels: not-comparable Example: These are just the preliminary results. Example: And then, after a few preliminary tries, the whole farm burst out into 'Beasts of England' in tremendous unison.
Word: preliminary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin praelīmināris, formed from prae- (“before”) + līmen (“threshold”) + -āris (adjectival suffix); compare Latin līmināris (“of or belonging to a threshold”). Compare French préliminaire. Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈlɪmɪn(ə)ɹi/, /pɹɪˈlɪmɪnɛɹi/, /pɹiˈlɪmɪnɛɹi/ 1. A preparation for a main matter; an introduction. Example: In the Chinese novels, often of a very literary character, devoted to masculine love, it seems that all the preliminaries and transports of normal love are to be found, while physical union may terminate the scene. 2. Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists. 3. A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing.
Word: inertial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inertia + -al. Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɜː.ʃəl/, /ɪˈnɝ.ʃəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or depending on inertia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: mutha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal variant of mother * Geordie dialect variant of mother. * Ebonics variant of mother. Pronunciation: /mʌðæ/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of mother. Labels: Geordie, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: mutha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From muthafucka, from motherfucker. 1. Clipping of muthafucka. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: sweet F A Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative spelling of sweet FA. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: dirige Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English, from Latin dīrige (“guide”, imperative), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead: Dīrige, Domine, Deus meus, in cōnspectū tuō viam meam (“Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight”). Doublet of dirge. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒi/, /ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒeɪ/ 1. A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.
Word: tace Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /tæs/ 1. Alternative form of tasse. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The passe-gardes we have mentioned are also clearly visible, and notice should be taken of the horizontal plates, called taces, extending from the breastplate to protect the hips. As we have seen in the last reign, two small pointed plates, called tuilles, are affixed by straps in the front to the lowest of the taces, so as to give a further protection to the thigh; and under them is visible a short tunic of mail, which, we thus learn, still continued in military use.
Word: clear cut Part of Speech: adj 1. Straightforward, obvious, simple, or basic. Labels: idiomatic Example: It looks like a simple enough problem, but the answer might not be as clear cut as you suppose. 2. Having had all trees cut.
Word: clear cut Part of Speech: verb 1. To remove all trees or vegetation from an area. Labels: transitive
Word: clear-cut Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of clear cut. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The most striking passage of the poem is the descant on nobility, which occupies nine out of the twenty-nine stanzas. Some of the lines in this have all the incisiveness of the clearest-cut aphorism. Example: When you deal for “Heart’s Haven” you are playing with a big-time picture. It is the clearest-cut answer to the query, “What does the public want?” that has been given by any picture released in months.
Word: get on someone's case Part of Speech: verb 1. To lecture, berate, or complain to somebody, especially to find fault or criticize. Labels: informal Example: His boss was always getting on his case about his standards of dress, even though he worked well and seldom left the back room.
Word: way to go Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of congratulations, encouragement, or approval. Example: The team finished ahead of schedule and under budget. Way to go!
Word: way to go Part of Speech: noun 1. A route, course of action; a preferred decision or choice. Example: They are about the same quality, so if you can get a discount on the color you like, that would be the way to go. Example: The official tour moodboard made it clear that pastel colors are the way to go when leaning this direction. Reach for light pink, baby blue, and butter yellow.
Word: breakthrough Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From break + through. Compare German Durchbruch and Dutch doorbraak (“breakthrough”, literally “through-break”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/ 1. Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. Labels: not-comparable Example: a breakthrough technological advance 2. Involving the contraction of a disease by a person with a decreased susceptibility, such as a person who has been vaccinated to help prevent that disease. Labels: not-comparable Example: Breakthrough infections (urine infections that develop in children on antibiotics) can occasionally occur, and if they do, different preventative antibiotics can be given or sometimes surgery to fix the leaky valve can be undertaken. Example: There is also growing evidence that while Omicron may cause many breakthrough cases among previously infected or previously vaccinated populations, the morbidity and mortality associated with the disease among them will be lower, they added.
Word: breakthrough Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From break + through. Compare German Durchbruch and Dutch doorbraak (“breakthrough”, literally “through-break”). Pronunciation: /ˈbɹeɪk.θɹuː/ 1. An advance through and past enemy lines. 2. Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle. Example: Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics. Example: In [Raymond] Kurzweil’s future, biotechnology and nanotechnology give us the power to manipulate our bodies and the world around us at will, at the molecular level. Progress hyperaccelerates, and every hour brings a century’s worth of scientific breakthroughs. 3. The penetration of the opposition's defence. Example: But with the lively Dos Santos pulling the strings behind strikers Pavlyuchenko and Defoe, Spurs controlled the first half without finding the breakthrough their dominance deserved. 4. The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends. 5. The emergence or one or more symptoms of a condition despite medication or other medical treatment. Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: She was on two antiepileptics for five years but then had a breakthrough seizure. Example: He was managing his discomfort with common painkillers, but one morning he had breakthrough pain causing him to miss work.
Word: autocratrix Part of Speech: noun 1. A female autocrat. 2. The enlightened despot Catherine II of Russia, who reigned from 1762 to 1796 as empress and autocratrix of all the Russias. Labels: historical