nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: remitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revolving door Part of Speech: noun 1. A door that rotates around a central pivot. 2. A system or institution that people exit and immediately reenter. Labels: figuratively Example: Indeed, we happily condemn damaged children – at enormous expense – to hellholes like Feltham, where they are more likely to be assaulted or killed than to find an escape from the revolving doors of courts, prisons and addiction. Example: After the prime minister’s abrupt Downing Street statement, in which she announced that another leadership contest would be held within a week, Starmer attacked what he called “this revolving door of chaos”. 3. A movement of personnel between roles as legislators and regulators, on the one hand, and members of the industries affected by the legislation and regulation, on the other. Example: We've had 14 Secretaries of State through the revolving door in the first 23 years of this century. And the civil servants rotate through the departments with similar speed. Example: Indeed, of all the companies in the US, Monsanto is perhaps the most notorious for the “revolving door” between its top management and the key staffers of the federal agencies that write the rules governing its products. 4. Synonym of recidivism.
Word: revolving doors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of revolving door Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abarticular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ab- + articular, from Latin ab- (“away from”) + articulus (“joint”). Pronunciation: /ˌæb.ɑɹˈtɪk.ju.lə/, /ˌæb.ɑɹˈtɪk.jə.lə/, /ˌæb.ɑˈtɪk.ju.lə/, /ˌæb.ɑˈtɪk.jə.lə/ 1. Away from the joints; not articular. Labels: not-comparable
Word: reweight Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English weight English reweight From re- + weight. 1. To replace or adjust weights that are attached to something. 2. To adjust the weighting given to a value. 3. To adjust or reassign the handicap weight.
Word: reweights Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reweight Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reweighting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reweight Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reweighting Part of Speech: noun 1. The assignment of a new weighting.
Word: apparachik Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of apparatchik. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: abbed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ab + -ed. 1. Having visible abdominal muscles; having abs. Labels: not-comparable, slang 2. Having abdominal muscles of a specified kind. Labels: broadly, in-compounds, not-comparable, slang Example: Reality shows about lesbian surfers, on the other hand, are for fans of sex — or at least fans of sex among flat-abbed well-tanned women who also can grab a rail hang 10 or shoot a curl. Example: Fortunately, God, in his infinite and redeeming mercy, had also sent down a tight-abbed, small-boned Chinese-Chicana woman to rescue the innocents.
Word: abbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ab Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rhizopod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wréh₂dsder. Ancient Greek ῥῐ́ζᾰ (rhĭ́ză)lbor. English rhizo- Proto-Indo-European *ped- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *pṓdsder. Ancient Greek πούς (poús) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ποδός (podós)bor. English -pod English rhizopod From rhizo- + -pod. 1. A member of the taxonomic superclass of Rhizopoda, being a type of amoeboid single-cell life with pseudopods not supported by a regular array of microtubules.
Word: rhizopods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhizopod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amoeboids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amoeboid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: downstroke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From down + stroke. Pronunciation: /ˈdaʊnˌstɹoʊk/ 1. A downward stroke, especially one that is part of a sequence of alternating upward and downward strokes. Example: It was written, not printed; written in a clear, even hand, with thick downstrokes and thin upstrokes, very large, easier than print, and so beautiful that Lucy stared at it for a whole minute and forgot about reading it. Example: 1997, Ted Hughes, Tales from Ovid, London: Faber & Faber, "Erisychthon," lines 41-6, p. 86, He snatches an axe—and hauls / The weight of the broad head up and back. / But in that moment, as the blade hangs / Poised for the first downstroke, shudderings / Swarm through the whole tree, to its outermost twigs / And a groan bursts out of the deep grain.
Word: dysregulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dews-? Proto-Indo-European *dus- Proto-Hellenic *dus- Ancient Greek δῠσ- (dŭs-)der. New Latin dys-der. English dys- English regulation English dysregulation From dys- + regulation. 1. A failure to regulate properly. Example: high-functioning dysregulation Example: For our purposes, it is sufficient to note that dysregulation of desquamatory protease activity in the SC is often involved in conditions of compromised skin barrier.
Word: random number generator Part of Speech: noun 1. A device or algorithm that generates numbers at random or apparently at random. In many cases they actually select successive numbers deterministically and are more technically termed pseudorandom number generator.
Word: deterministically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English determinist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English deterministic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English deterministically From deterministic + -ally. 1. In a deterministic manner, predictably.
Word: random number generators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of random number generator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: RNG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of random number generator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of random number generation. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: The combat in this game is way too RNG-based. Example: Jeez, I'm having terrible RNG today. 3. Initialism of random number generation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, humorous, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of renewable natural gas. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: J.B. Hunt has 200 compressed natural gas trucks, most of which have 12-liter engines. Over the past 12 months, the carrier introduced 15-liter RNG engines to its fleet. Full production of Cummins’ X15N natural gas engine got underway in September 2024. […] J.B. Hunt Transport Services — which ranks No. 3 on the Transport Topics Top 100 list of the largest for-hire carriers in North America, No. 1 on the intermodal sector list and No. 2 in the truckload/dedicated segment — has more than 22,000 trucks overall. J.B. Hunt trucks are fueled 8,000 times a day. The carrier buys the equivalent of 200 million gallons a year of diesel. But biodiesel, renewable diesel and RNG now account for 22% of J.B. Hunt’s total fuel by volume, said Mounce. “We’re going to convert hundreds more of these trucks” to RNG, Mounce said at American Trucking Associations’ Management Conference & Exhibition. “We’re in a spot now where we’re a lot closer to cost parity.”
Word: entry wound Part of Speech: noun 1. A wound caused by a bullet or other object as it enters the body, as contrasted with exit wound.
Word: PRNG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of pseudorandom number generator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FCT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Facilitated Communication Training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of flight control technology. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: FCT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Federal Capital Territory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: pseudorandom number generator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + random number generator. 1. A device or algorithm that deterministically produces a succession of values that appear in an unpredictable sequence or apparently random order. Example: NumPy also has its own implementation of a pseudorandom number generator and convenience wrapper functions.
Word: pseudorandom number generators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudorandom number generator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: end-to-end Part of Speech: adj 1. Arranged so that each end of a given item is adjacent to one end of a different item. Labels: not-comparable Example: We laid a long end-to-end row of bricks. 2. From one end to the other; entire. Labels: not-comparable Example: The end-to-end trip takes about forty minutes. Example: End-to-end encryption involves uninterrupted protection of data traveling between two communicating parties. 3. Smoothly alternating between attacking and defensive plays. Labels: not-comparable Example: But rather than the end-to-end action of the first half, much of the entertainment took place in the Sunderland third.
Word: diaconal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French diaconal, from Latin diaconus (“deacon”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈækənəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a deacon or the diaconate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: diaconal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French diaconal, from Latin diaconus (“deacon”). Pronunciation: /daɪˈækənəl/ 1. A member of the diaconate.
Word: Venitian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Venetian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Kalamazooan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Kalamazoo + -an. 1. One who resides in or comes from Kalamazoo.
Word: financial markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of financial market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: money markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of money market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: capital markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of capital market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bond markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bond market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pick-axe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pickaxe. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: By the way, the only relic of those builders that I ever saw was a highly finished bronze pick-axe which Stella found one day in the quarry.
Word: pick-axes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pick-axe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pickaxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pickax Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pickaxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pickax Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: redresses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of redress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: redressing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of redress Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: redressed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of redress Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: redresser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From redress + -er. 1. One who grants redress. Example: A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
Word: redressers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of redresser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: film sets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of film set Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repopularize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English popularize English repopularize From re- + popularize. 1. To make popular again. Labels: US, transitive
Word: repopularise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ise English popularise English repopularise From re- + popularise. 1. To make popular again. Labels: UK, transitive
Word: stock company Part of Speech: noun 1. an incorporated company the capital of which is represented by marketable shares having a certain equal par value 2. a company of actors regularly employed at one theater, or permanently acting together in various plays under one management
Word: lx Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s Proto-Italic *dn̥ɣwā Latin dingua Latin lingua Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English linguist 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 linguistics English -x English lx From linguistics + -x. 1. Abbreviation of linguistics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: penny stock Part of Speech: noun 1. A highly speculative stock selling for less than one dollar or pound per share and quoted in cents or pence. Labels: UK, US Example: Every so often, the practice reappears in the trading of “penny stocks”—cheap, rarely traded, shares. Years ago when volume was thinner, it was said to be common in blue chips too.
Word: isokinetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- English kinetic English isokinetic From iso- + kinetic. 1. Relating to the force that a muscle applies during a limb movement at constant velocity 2. Reacting at the same rate (http://www.chemicool.com/definition/isokinetic_relationship.html)
Word: for-profit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From for + profit; see the earlier not-for-profit and nonprofit. 1. For the purpose of making money, especially in relation to an organization that was not formerly, or is not usually, run to make money. Labels: not-comparable Example: For-profit capitalism has created social and economic inequality; successful not-for-profit businesses including Mozilla and the Big Issue point to an alternative path[.] Example: Florida being Florida, all that energetic for-profit concerns had to do was set up non-profit shell companies as nominal administrators.
Word: for-profit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From for + profit; see the earlier not-for-profit and nonprofit. 1. An organization whose goal is to make a profit.
Word: dekad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás, “group of ten”). By surface analysis, deka- + -ad. Doublet of decad and decade. 1. Ten days, especially of rainfall. Generally identified as dekad 1: 1ˢᵗ-10ᵗʰ, dekad 2: 11ᵗʰ-20ᵗʰ, and dekad 3: 21ˢᵗ-last day of each month. Example: Figure 1 displays the current position of the ITF relative to the long-term average position during the 2nd dekad of June and its previous position during the 1st dekad of June.
Word: undoctored Part of Speech: adj 1. Not doctored; not altered to create a false appearance; genuine.
Word: undoctored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of undoctor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: power of appointment Part of Speech: noun 1. In the law of wills, the ability of a testator to select a person who will be given the authority to dispose of certain property under the will.
Word: powers of appointment Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of power of appointment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: violinists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of violinist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: negara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay negara, from Sanskrit नगर (nagara, “city”). Doublet of Angkor and Nagari. 1. A constituent state of Indonesia when it was under Dutch control. Labels: historical
Word: DSLD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis, an equine skeletal disorder characterized by a hyperabundance of a certain proteoglycan in equine connective tissue which causes degeneration and eventually death. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: voltaic couple Part of Speech: noun 1. The pair of plates (made of different metals or other conductive materials), and separated by an electrolyte, which form a voltaic cell (in a battery, for example).
Word: Bartram Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Bateman Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bate + man, with the meaning "servant of Bate". 1. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A suburb of Perth, in the City of Melville, Western Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An abandoned community in south-west Saskatchewan, Canada. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. An unincorporated community in the town of Lafayette, Chippewa County, Wisconsin, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: genericise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From generic + -ise. Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈnɛɹ.ɪˌsaɪz/ 1. Alternative spelling of genericize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: synth rock Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several genres of rock music featuring electronic synthesizers Labels: uncountable
Word: far point Part of Speech: noun 1. The most distant point at which the eye can focus (usually infinity, but nearer for a myopic eye). 2. The most distant point under consideration in any situation. Labels: figuratively
Word: zinnwaldite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zinnwald + -ite, after what is now Cínovec. 1. A mineral with monoclinic crystals, KLiFe²⁺Al(AlSi₃)O₁₀(F,OH)₂, of the mica group.
Word: Kimilsungist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Kim Il Sung + -ist 1. Of or pertaining to Kim Il Sung. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Kimilsungist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Kim Il Sung + -ist 1. A supporter of Kim Il Sung.
Word: barbituric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German Barbiturat. Perhaps from the name Barbara, or perhaps from Latin. The second element is uric. 1. Of or pertaining to barbituric acid or its derivatives. Labels: not-comparable
Word: broken source Part of Speech: noun 1. Open source computer software that is buggy, unstable, or lacking features. Labels: derogatory, slang, uncountable
Word: peludo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish peludo (“hairy”). Doublet of plew. 1. A big hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus villosus
Word: karwa Part of Speech: noun 1. cooking pot Labels: India
Word: aculei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aculeus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duodecuple Part of Speech: adj 1. Twelvefold. Labels: not-comparable
Word: demirep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- English reputation English demirep From demi- + reputation. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛmiːɹɛp/ 1. A woman of doubtful reputation or suspected character; an adventuress. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: he had no knowledge of that character which is vulgarly called a demirep; that is to say, a woman who intrigues with every man she likes, under the name and appearance of virtue [...] in short, whom everybody knows to be what nobody calls her. Example: Madam by this Time Lady Brittle is the Talk of half the Town—and I doubt not in a week the Men will toast her as a Demirep.
Word: demireps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of demirep Labels: form-of, plural Example: […] the greater part of our confessions (that is, spontaneous and extra-judicial confessions) proceed from demireps, adventurers, or swindlers: […]
Word: insulinopenic Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a form of diabetes mellitus that results from an inadequate secretion of insulin Labels: not-comparable
Word: spick and span Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of spick-and-span. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity.
Word: opthalmic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of ophthalmic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: chilling effect Part of Speech: noun 1. A discouraging effect, especially on certain forms of officially legal speech. Example: A “chilling effect,” a phrase invoked with numbing regularity these days, is the shibboleth that civil libertarians have brandished for a couple of decades against actions that could deter the press from exercising its constitutional freedom. Example: Performance artists whose lawsuit led to yesterday's Supreme Court decision on indecency in the arts expressed disappointment at the ruling, saying they feared it would have a chilling effect on creativity and freedom of expression. 2. Synonym of wind chill.
Word: opthalmology Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of ophthalmology. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: opthalmoscope Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of ophthalmoscope. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: footmuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From foot + muff. 1. A cover for a baby's feet or legs which attaches through the harness of a pushchair, stroller, or travel system. Labels: UK
Word: nomenclator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nōmenclātor (“slave who told master names of persons master met”), from nōmen (“name”) + calō (“call together”). 1. An assistant who specializes in providing timely and spatially relevant reminders of the names of persons and other socially important information. Example: If he does not know them, it is deception to pretend that he does, while all the time he has never heard of them until instructed by the nomenclator. Example: Pray, do you suppose that those books of names, which your nomenclator can hardly carry or remember, are those of friends ? 2. One who assigns or constructs names for persons or objects or classes thereof, as in a scientific classification system. Example: The nomenclator's method is first to look about and see if the place has any natural features to suggest a name—like Rocking Stone Farm or White Birches. 3. A document containing such name assignments. 4. An early form of substitution cipher.
Word: repopularizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repopularize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repopularizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repopularize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: repopularized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repopularize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: repopularises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repopularise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: repopularising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of repopularise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solfeggi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of solfeggio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repopularised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of repopularise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Thor's hammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Thor + hammer. 1. Mjöllnir (Mjollnir), the distinctively T-shaped war-hammer of the Norse thunder god Thor, or a representation thereof, now used as a symbol by various pagan religious groups. Labels: Germanic, Norse 2. An orbital drop hypervelocity kinetic energy weapon (KEW). A theoretical weapon, originating from a U.S. government study, Project Thor, from the 1950s. Labels: slang
Word: apartmentmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apartment + -mate. 1. Someone who shares an apartment. Labels: rare Example: Althea reports that her white apartmentmate immediately left her company, whoem she was entertaining in another section of the apartment, took out the garbage, brought up the vacuum cleaner and began [...]. Example: My apartmentmate at the old Rice Institute was the first woman ever to be graduated there with a mechanical engineering degree […]
Word: Japanner Part of Speech: noun 1. A Japanese person. Labels: obsolete Example: Of the interior of the apartment we occupied, I shall say but little; that little, however, will help to complete the description of a Japanner's dwelling.
Word: picture card Part of Speech: noun 1. A flash memory card for a digital camera. 2. A playing card which has a picture on it (usually Jack, Queen or King (coat card), but sometimes including Ace or Joker). 3. A trading card/trade card.
Word: face card Part of Speech: noun 1. A playing card with a face, properly a jack, queen, or king but (inexact, sometimes proscribed) sometimes also an ace or joker. Labels: US 2. The figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, or praiseworthy. Labels: Internet Example: My face card never declines. 3. The figurative photocard of a person’s face, typically one that is attractive, premium, or praiseworthy. Labels: Internet, broadly
Word: Thor's beard Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum), as used in Heathenry. Labels: Germanic, uncountable
Word: middle man Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of middleman. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: formose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Blend of formaldehyde + aldose. May be decomposed as form- + -ose 1. Pertaining to the formose reaction (“Butlerov reaction”) Labels: not-comparable
Word: trade card Part of Speech: noun 1. An early precursor of the business card, first produced at the beginning of the seventeenth century. 2. A trading card (such as a cigarette card).
Word: submultiple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English multiple English submultiple From sub- + multiple. 1. A quantity that gives another quantity when multiplied by an integer Example: A centimetre is a submultiple of a metre, being contained in it a hundred times.
Word: television network Part of Speech: noun 1. A grouping of television channels, generated at television stations, broadcast over a unified terrestrial or satellite system from which a subscriber may choose various packages to accept and purchase.
Word: trading card Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹeɪd.ɪŋ ˌkɑɹd/ 1. A collectible card, sometimes sticker, usually made out of paperboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person, place or thing (fictional or real) and a short description of the picture, along with other text (attacks, statistics, or trivia). There is a wide variation of different types of cards, like sports, cars, natural history, film characters or other information of interest to purchasers. Sometimes is included with tobacco, food or confectionery products.
Word: Sky Father Part of Speech: name 1. Title for any of the highest gods of Heathenry, but especially Tiw/Tyr. Labels: Germanic
Word: readerboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From reader + board. 1. A LED-based sign used, for example, to display performance information in a call center.
Word: world-ash Part of Speech: noun 1. Yggdrasil. Labels: Germanic, Norse Example: Ash is a strongly runic tree by implication, the world-ash Yggdrasil being the tree from which Odin hung in order to obatin the runes. Example: This eventuality would not be surprising if the world ash was, at the time, a small young tree.
Word: fool-heartedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English fool-hearted Middle English -ly English -ly English fool-heartedly From fool-hearted + -ly. 1. Foolishly; in a foolhardy manner.
Word: rag doll Part of Speech: noun 1. A doll made from cloth and stuffed with rags. Example: The tornado flung the man around like a rag doll. Example: Then all six foot five and 17 stone of him picks me up like a rag doll and starts throwing me around. I thought I was on the Cha Cha for a minute.
Word: rag dolls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rag doll Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tool kit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of toolkit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: armatures Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armature Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armatures Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of armature Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: filamentose Part of Speech: adj 1. Being hair- or thread-like. 2. Having the form of a thread, as in the thread in clothes.
Word: rebores Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebore Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reboring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebore Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reboring Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of rebore.
Word: rebored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebore Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: elasticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁elh₂- Proto-Indo-European *h₁l̥h₂-tósder. Ancient Greek ἐλᾰστός (elăstós) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus New Latin elasticusbor. French élastiquebor. English elastic Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English elasticate From elastic + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To add or wrap elastic around something.
Word: cellulase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-der. Latin cella Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -ula Latin cellulabor. French cellule French -ose French cellulosebor. English cellulose Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English cellulase From cellulose + -ase. 1. Any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the cellulolysis (or hydrolysis) of cellulose.
Word: cellulases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cellulase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dialectically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English dialectical Middle English -ly English -ly English dialectically From dialectical + -ly. 1. In a dialectical manner; logically. 2. Regarding dialectics. Example: The main point in the diminutive and iminutive system is, however, not only that elements of two dialectally different subsystems of German have fused in the German component.
Word: even odds Part of Speech: noun 1. An opportunity in which the chance of success is equal to that of failure. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: finger-paints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of finger-paint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: finger-painting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of finger-paint Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: finger-painted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of finger-paint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: finger paints Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of finger paint Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: finger paintings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of finger painting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: finger painted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of finger paint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ingurgitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the participle stem of Latin ingurgitāre, from in- + gurges (“whirlpool”). Pronunciation: /ɪnˈɡɜː.dʒɪ.teɪt/ 1. To swallow greedily or in large amounts. Example: Nothing pesters the body and mind sooner than to be still fed, to eat and ingurgitate beyond all measure, as many do. 2. To swallow up, as in a gulf. Labels: transitive Example: If a man do but once set his appetite upon it [pleasure], let him ingurgitate himself never so deep into it, yet shall he never be able to fill his desire with it.
Word: home rule Part of Speech: noun 1. The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country or subnational territory, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country or territory itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country. Labels: uncountable Example: One of the controversial aspects of the initiative is that it attacks the right of cities to home rule in the area of gay rights, Schook stated, adding that many Coloradans—regardless of their views toward gay rights—resent the possibility that the state could override local ordinances. 2. The rule or government of an appendant or dependent country or subnational territory, as to some or all local and internal legislation, by means of a governing power vested in the people within the country or territory itself, in contradistinction to a government established by the dominant country. Labels: especially, historical, uncountable 3. Ellipsis of home rule class. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: home ruler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home rule + -er. 1. One who favors or advocates home rule. Labels: historical
Word: home lot Part of Speech: noun 1. An enclosed plot on which the owner's home stands.
Word: astronot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of astronaut + not. 1. Synonym of actornaut. Labels: derogatory, humorous Example: The astronots claimed they never did take any lighting with them to the Moon so where did all that extra light come from? Close inspection reveals that neither of Aldrins feet/boots are on any rungs as he descends the ladder. He is thus falling downwards as the shot is taken. Example: The cattle mutilations continued and people in the area wrote to Senator Harrison Schmitt's (former Apollo astronot/actornaut), which eventually resulted in a mutilation conference being held in the Albuquerque Public Library on April 20, 1979.
Word: home thrust Part of Speech: noun 1. A well-directed or effective thrust; one that wounds in a vital part. 2. A personal attack. Labels: figuratively Example: “I make it a point of honour not to lose a man for King George (God bless him!) and the gallows.” The rogues looked at each other but swallowed the home-thrust in silence.
Word: depurative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French dépuratif. 1. Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory. Labels: archaic
Word: depurative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare French dépuratif. 1. Any purifying remedy or agent. Labels: archaic 2. Any disease that is depurative. Labels: archaic
Word: work up Part of Speech: verb 1. To raise; to excite; to stir up. Example: He worked up the public's passions to rage. Example: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. 2. To develop. Example: work up a sweat Example: I shall have worked up an appetite with all this heavy work. 3. To give (a patient) a general medical examination to assess health and fitness. Labels: transitive 4. To use up (material, etc.). Labels: obsolete, transitive 5. To set at an irksome or needless task. Labels: obsolete
Word: auditive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French auditif. 1. Of or relating to hearing; auditory. Labels: not-comparable Example: Auditive dyslexia is characterized by great difficulties with the sounds of spoken language.
Word: cap over the windmill Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Derived from throw one's cap over the windmill. 1. In a bizarre or eccentric manner. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable
Word: throw one's cap over the windmill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a calque of French jeter son bonnet par-dessus les moulins . Widely reported as deriving from a passage in the novel Don Quixote in which the titular character throws his cap over a windmill that he has mistaken for a giant, as a challenge. However, no such passage exists in the book. 1. To act in a bizarre, eccentric or immoral manner. Labels: dated, idiomatic Example: Awfully commercial, women nowadays. Our grandmothers threw their caps over the mills, of course, but, by Jove, their granddaughters only throw their caps over mills that can raise the wind for them. Example: Even Catherine’s own mother scandalized her daughter by succumbing to the contagion of the place, and “throwing her cap over the windmill,” as the French have it.
Word: world power Part of Speech: noun 1. A nation or state so powerful that it can influence world affairs. Example: It is our decline since then in relation to our European partners that has been so marked, so that today we are not only no longer a world power, but we are not in the first rank even as a European one.
Word: throw one's hat over the windmill Part of Speech: phrase 1. Synonym of throw one's cap over the windmill.
Word: hat over the windmill Part of Speech: adv 1. Synonym of cap over the windmill. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bull market Part of Speech: noun 1. A stock market where a majority of investors are buying ("bulls"), causing overall stock prices to rise. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bull, market. Example: Changing production circumstances, a wide range of traits and the international bull market enable dairy farmers to make increasingly specific choices concerning artificial insemination (AI) bulls.
Word: mgt. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mgt. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bull markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bull market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: market bell Part of Speech: noun 1. A bell rung to give notice that buying and selling in a market may begin, or that it has ended.
Word: market garden Part of Speech: noun 1. A garden whose produce is mostly intended for sale. Labels: UK Example: Although the house is lonely it is on the electric tram route. You know the sort of market garden rurality that about a dozen miles out of London offers—alternate bricks and cabbages. Example: Descending a narrow tree-lined lane the carriage passed into a leisurely winding road, bounded by market-gardens and the River Val.
Word: fraisier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French fraisier. 1. A kind of sponge cake with strawberries.
Word: fair market value Part of Speech: noun 1. The price at which the buyer and seller are willing to do business. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fair market values Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fair market value Labels: form-of, plural
Word: market value Part of Speech: noun 1. The price which a seller or insurer might reasonably expect to fetch for goods, services or securities on the open market. Example: Yet when a commuter fare increase is made, the volume of protest from passengers is astonishing; some even accuse the railways of robbing suburbanites, for any increase in fares takes hundreds of dollars from the market value of suburban homes. Example: Whether in cash or in the purchase of artifacts at prices far above their market value, the issue of giving (and taking back) money has become the fulcrum of both tragedy and politics.
Word: market values Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of market value Labels: form-of, plural
Word: open market Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of free market.
Word: open markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of open market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: market opening Part of Speech: noun 1. The beginning of formal trading on an exchange, usually signalled by the opening bell.
Word: Poznań Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Poland, alternative spelling of Poznan.
Word: Wrocław Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish Wrocław. Doublet of Breslau. Pronunciation: /ˈvɹɔts.wɑf/, /ˈvɹɒts.lɑːv/, /ˈɹɒk.lɔː/ 1. The capital and largest city of Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Silesia, in what is now southwestern Poland. (At different points in history, the city has been part of Bohemia, Prussia, Germany, and Poland.)
Word: Szczecin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Szczecin. Pronunciation: /ˈʃtʃɛtʃɪn/, /ˈʃtʃɛtʃiːn/ 1. The capital and largest city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in what is now Poland; Stettin.
Word: Pekin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, Dutch Peking, French Pékin, German Peking, Italian Pechino. 1. Obsolete form of Peking. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The same country furnishes me with another instance of extended inland commerce. It is found worth while to keep up a mercantile communication between Pekin in China, and Petersburgh. And none of these instances of inland commerce exceed those of the courses by which, at several periods, the whole of the trade of the East was carried on. Example: His father, Tchoung-Heou, was living at Pekin when he was born ; and he was six years old when the former settled at Shang-hai. 2. A city, the county seat of Tazewell County, Illinois. 3. A hamlet in New York. 4. A city and village in North Dakota.
Word: Pekin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Spanish Pekín, Portuguese Pequim, Dutch Peking, French Pékin, German Peking, Italian Pechino. 1. A type of patterned silk. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: market capitalization Part of Speech: noun 1. The total market value of the equity in a publicly traded entity.
Word: kelt Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɛlt/ 1. A thin, recently spawned iteroparous salmon.
Word: kelt Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɛlt/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of kilt. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: I know fine hoo a kelt should be pit on, though I'm no Highlander mysel'
Word: kelt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Icelandic kult (“quilt”). Pronunciation: /kɛlt/ 1. Cloth with the nap, generally of native black wool. Labels: Scotland Example: ye've a very raggit kelt on
Word: Białystok Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- Proto-Slavic *bě̃lъ Old Polish biały Polish biały Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰsder. Proto-Balto-Slavic *iź Proto-Slavic *jьz Proto-Slavic *jьz- Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥- Proto-Balto-Slavic *san? Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm? Proto-Slavic *sъ(n) Old Polish z- Old Polish s- Polish s- Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tokʷ-éye-ti Proto-Balto-Slavic *takeitei Proto-Slavic *točiti Old Polish toczyć Polish toczyć Polish stoczyćdeverb. Polish stok univ. Polish Białystokubor. English Białystok Unadapted borrowing from Polish Białystok. 1. The capital and largest city of Podlaskie Voivodeship, Poland; largest city in northeastern Poland.
Word: Lublin Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Polish Lublin. 1. The capital and largest city of Lublin Voivodeship, in southeast Poland.
Word: market jitters Part of Speech: noun 1. Feelings of uncertainty among investors regarding the current economic environment and causing them to sell their stocks and bonds. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: implorer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English implore Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English implorer From implore + -er. 1. One who implores.
Word: actinoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κτῑ́ς (ăktī́s)der. English actino- English actin- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English actinoid From actin- + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈæktɪnɔɪd/ 1. actinide
Word: actinoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κτῑ́ς (ăktī́s)der. English actino- English actin- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o- Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Hellenic *wéidos Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs) Latin -oīdēslbor. English -oid English actinoid From actin- + -oid. Pronunciation: /ˈæktɪnɔɪd/ 1. Having the form of rays; radiated, as in the species of the family Actiniidae.
Word: phraser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phrase + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹeɪzə(ɹ)/ 1. One who phrases something. Labels: rare
Word: apterous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, a + -pterous, or by surface analysis, aptery + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈæptərəs/ 1. Without wings. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: flightless Example: The source of light was thronged by moths and apterous insects. 2. Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cariole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French carriole. Pronunciation: /ˈkæɹiˌoʊl/ 1. A small, light, open one-horse carriage. 2. A covered cart. 3. A kind of calash. 4. A sleigh drawn by horses, with seats for a driver and possibly passengers. Labels: Canada, historical 5. A toboggan drawn by dogs, with a passenger or cargo compartment enclosed by skins or fabric, and a small platform at the rear. Labels: Canada, historical
Word: casefy Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin cāseus (“cheese”), + -fy. 1. To make or become cheeselike.
Word: dronte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dronte. 1. The dodo (†Raphus cucullatus). Labels: archaic
Word: cellarage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cellar + -age. In the fee sense, apparently after either Middle French celerage, celeraige, cellerage, sceleraige or Latin celērāgium, cellārāgium. 1. The space or storerooms of a cellar. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Ha, ha, boy, say’st thou so? Art thou there, truepenny? Come on! You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Consent to swear. Example: The emphasis was helped by the speaker’s square wall of a forehead, which had his eyebrows for its base, while his eyes found commodious cellarage in two dark caves, overshadowed by the wall. 2. A fee charged for storing goods in a cellar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Litauer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Litauer. 1. A surname from German.
Word: leglock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From leg + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡˌlɒk/ 1. A joint lock directed at the ankle, knee, or hip joint.
Word: leglock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From leg + lock. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛɡˌlɒk/ 1. To wrap one's legs around someone, locking them between one's legs and body.
Word: body coat Part of Speech: noun 1. A gentleman's dress coat.