nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: droop Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹuːp/, [ˈdɹʊu̯p] 1. Drooping; adroop. Labels: archaic Example: But when the melancholy fit shall fall / Sudden from heaven like a weeping cloud, / That fosters the droop-headed flowers all. / And hides the green hill in an April shroud :
Word: drooped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /dɹuːpt/ 1. Lacking stiffness. Labels: not-comparable Example: She was too young to realize the full horror of her position, and ere long she had fallen asleep, curled up like a kitten, with the silken, tangled curls of her hair blown about her pretty, drooped face […]
Word: drooped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɹuːpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of droop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: take it from me Part of Speech: verb 1. Believe me; rest assured. Example: Take it from me, if you can't learn how to communicate with each other, your marriage will never work. Example: Take it from me, someday we'll all be free
Word: rest assured Part of Speech: verb 1. Be sure; not need to worry; trust. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: You may rest assured that our best efforts will be put forth to give you complete satisfaction. Example: Rest assured, this will not last. Take a turn for the worse. Your hate, clipped and distant. Your luck, [a] two-headed cow.
Word: sexagenarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. Synonym of sixtysomething: a person between 60 and 69 years old. Example: Luxury hotels and travel planners must be licking their lips at the prospect that a significant portion of those new sexagenarians will want the trip of a lifetime (and hang the kids' inheritance…).
Word: sexagenarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sexāgēnārius (“containing 60”) + -an (forming adjectives and representative nouns), either directly or via French sexagénaire, from Latin sexāgēnus (“60 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from sexāgintā (“six tens, 60”). Pronunciation: /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛɹiən/, /ˌsɛksəd͡ʒɪˈnɛəɹɪən/ 1. Of or related to sixtysomethings. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Apeliotes Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἀπηλιώτης (Apēliṓtēs). 1. the Greek god of the south east winds. Apeliotes is often depicted wearing gumboots and carrying fruit. Labels: Greek
Word: make short work of Part of Speech: verb 1. To do (a task) relatively quickly or easily. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: A good electric screwdriver will make short work of the disassembly process. Example: [...] a cab ride in one of the Birmingham Type 2 diesels over the Mallaig extension demonstrated what short work—and what a transformation of the engineman's lot—these machines make of the gradients by comparison with their steam predecessors. 2. To deal with or overcome (someone or something) quickly and without difficulty. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: "There was desperate characters here, but the vigilantes made short work of 'em." Example: You impertinent ruffian! You impertinent ruffian! I'll make short work of you!
Word: invalid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin validusder. Middle French validebor. English valid English invalid From in- + valid. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈvæl.ɪd/ 1. Not valid; not true, correct, acceptable, or appropriate. Example: Your argument is invalid because it uses circular reasoning. Example: This invalid contract cannot be legally enforced.
Word: invalid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin validus Latin invalidusbor. Middle French invalidebor. English invalid Borrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.və.lɪd/, /ˈɪn.vəˌliːd/ 1. Any person with a disability or illness. Labels: dated, offensive, sometimes 2. A person who is confined to home or bed because of illness, disability or injury; one who is too sick or weak to care for themselves. Labels: dated, offensive, sometimes 3. A disabled member of the armed forces; one unfit for active duty due to injury. Labels: archaic
Word: invalid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin validus Latin invalidusbor. Middle French invalidebor. English invalid Borrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.və.lɪd/, /ˈɪn.vəˌliːd/ 1. Suffering from disability or illness. Labels: not-comparable Example: Invalidism therefore referred to a lack of power as well as a tendency toward illness. It is for this reason that I choose to discuss the invalid woman rather than just the ill one. 2. Intended for use by an invalid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: invalid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *walēō Latin valeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin validus Latin invalidusbor. Middle French invalidebor. English invalid Borrowed from Middle French invalide, from Latin invalidus (“infirm, weak”), from in- (“not”) + validus (“strong”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.və.lɪd/, /ˈɪn.vəˌliːd/ 1. To exempt from (often military) duty because of injury or ill health. Labels: UK, transitive Example: He was invalided home after the car crash. Example: [Blackadder:] Right, Baldrick, this is an old trick I picked up in the Sudan. We tell HQ that I’ve gone insane, and I’ll be invalided back to Blighty before you can say "wibble" — a poor, gormless idiot. 2. To make invalid or affect with disease. Labels: transitive
Word: elaborate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlæb.(ə.)ɹət/ 1. Complex, detailed, or sophisticated. Example: After reading a long, elaborate description, I was impressed but no wiser. 2. Intricate, fancy, flashy, or showy. Example: I stared for hours at the elaborate pattern in the rug. Example: The house was a big elaborate limestone affair, evidently new. Winter sunshine sparkled on lace-hung casement, on glass marquise, and the burnished bronze foliations of grille and door.
Word: elaborate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1575, from Late Latin ēlabōrātus (“worked out”), past participle of ēlabōrō (“to work out”), from ē- (“out, forth, fully”) + labor (“work, toil, exertion”). More at e-, labour. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹeɪt/, /ɪˈlæb.ə.ɹæɪt/, /əˈlæb.ə.ɹæɪt/ 1. Тo develop in detail or complexity. Labels: transitive Example: […] by the time of the subsequent coronation, when the Prussian king put the crown on his own head in child-like belief of the obsolete doctrine called divine right, the untiring statesman had elaborated his scheme of reform. Example: The notion of blood purity was first elaborated in Europe, where it was used to separate Old Christians from Spain’s New Christians—women and men of Jewish and Muslim origin whose ancestors had converted to Christianity. 2. To expand/enlarge in detail. Labels: intransitive, sometimes Example: What do you mean you didn't come home last night? Would you care to elaborate? Example: Could you elaborate on the plot for your novel for me?
Word: convulsive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French convulsif. Pronunciation: /kənˈvʌlsɪv/ 1. Marked by or having the nature of convulsions. Example: He scarcely appeared to heed what was doing on the stage; perhaps Norboume was the only one who noticed the convulsive movement of the bitten lip, or the slight shudder which shook him at any unexpected sound. 2. Having or producing convulsions.
Word: BOGOF Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɒɡ.ɒf/ 1. Abbreviation of buy one, get one free (“a retail promotion in which consumers may purchase two items for the usual price of one”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of Example: 2002, "Nothing to be Smug About", Alex Brummer, London Evening Standard, 13 November. At the Big Food Group, the new team headed by Bill Grimsey was quick to discover that turning the company around might be more difficult than it thought because of double counting of revenues as a result of bogof (buy one, get one free) promotions 2. An item promoted in this way. Labels: UK
Word: thoughtless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English thoughtless From thought + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːtləs/, /ˈθɔːtlɪs/, /ˈθɔtləs/, /ˈθɔtlɪs/, /ˈθɑtləs/ 1. Marked by or showing lack of due thought or care. 2. Inconsiderate, inattentive. Example: A thoughtless remark. 3. Lacking thought or consideration. Example: The debate turned into thoughtless bickering. Example: In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me.
Word: immensurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English immensurable, from Old French, from Latin immēnsūrābilis, from im- (“not”) (variant form of in-) + mēnsūra (“measure”) + -bilis (“able”). 1. unmeasurable, immeasurable; not able to be measured, therefore connoting extremely large
Word: unmeasurable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + measurable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈmɛʒəɹəbəl/, /ʌnˈmɛʒɹəbəl/ 1. Not able to be measured; immeasurable.
Word: house warming Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of housewarming. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tightass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from tight-assed; equivalent to tight + ass. 1. Someone who does not know how to have fun, or who is so worried about insignificant things as to ruin any fun that anyone around them may be having. Labels: Canada, US, mildly, slang, vulgar 2. Someone who is stingy, or who is tight with money. Labels: Canada, US, mildly, slang, vulgar
Word: ob- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin ob-. 1. Against; facing; a combining prefix found in verbs of Latin origin. Labels: idiomatic, morpheme 2. Of a reversed shape. Labels: morpheme
Word: ob- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Clipping of obligatory. 1. Obligatory; prepended to the name of a topic being mentioned to avoid accusations of being off-topic. Labels: Internet, humorous, informal, morpheme Example: ObGoth: Uh, well, it's like this you see, <searches in random file o' obgoth things> anyone out there got the new CoX album on Tess? If so which album is it *most* like? Example: Aren't Newcastle's chairman Sunderland supporters? (From the way they acted?) Erm...obspeccy? Tynesoft, eh? What happened to them?
Word: air-cooled Part of Speech: adj 1. Cooled by air (such as an engine, rather than by other means such as water). Labels: not-comparable
Word: karat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of carat. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: sizzle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a derivative of Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss + -le (frequentative suffix); Ultimately imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪzəl/ 1. To make the sound of water boiling on a hot surface. Labels: intransitive Example: The sausages were sizzling on the barbecue. 2. To cook (something) in a manner which causes that sound. Labels: informal, transitive Example: I sizzled the bacon for a few minutes in the pan. 3. To be exciting or dazzling. Labels: intransitive Example: The song sizzled with energy.
Word: sizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a derivative of Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss + -le (frequentative suffix); Ultimately imitative. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪzəl/ 1. The sound of water boiling on a hot surface. Labels: countable Example: We heard the sizzle of the onions hitting the pan. 2. The process of being cooked which involves that sound. Labels: countable, informal Example: Give them a sizzle for a few more minutes before serving. 3. Zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement. Labels: uncountable Example: Her performance had a lot of sizzle. 4. Ellipsis of sizzle reel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Word: field day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Some postulate the idiomatic usage is derived from the "parade day" military use. A parade is much easier than the soldiers’ usual drilling and intense exercise. 1. A day for maneuvers and tactical exercises in the field (across the landscape). Example: This morning I got up, with great difficulty, at 6.30, and at 7.45 we started out for a Brigade Field Day. Did an attack from 10.30 to 2.30, but it wasn't a strenuous one for me as I was told to "become a casualty" soon after the 3000 yard assault began …. 2. A school day for athletic events. Labels: US 3. A day of class taken away from school for a field trip. 4. A great time or a great deal to do; a period of bustling activity. Labels: idiomatic Example: They went to the park and had a field day playing on the swings. Example: A family of frisky squirrels was having a field day amongst the towering obstacle course of foliage. 5. A great time or a great deal to do, at somebody else's expense. Labels: idiomatic Example: The reporters will have a field day with a comment like that. Example: The scandal was a field day for the press. 6. A day on which there is top-to-bottom all-hands cleaning. Labels: Navy, US, specifically
Word: Jesuit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin Iēsūīta, from Latin Iēsūs + -īta. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛzuɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɛʒuɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɛz(j)uɪt/ 1. A member of the Society of Jesus. 2. A crafty person; an intriguer. Labels: obsolete
Word: Jesuit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from New Latin Iēsūīta, from Latin Iēsūs + -īta. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛzuɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɛʒuɪt/, /ˈd͡ʒɛz(j)uɪt/ 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Society of Jesus or its members. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Society of Jesus Part of Speech: name 1. An order of Roman Catholic clergy, the Jesuits, having a tradition of education, theological scholarship, and missionary work; formed during the 16th century.
Word: jabalina Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of javelina. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: top-level domain Part of Speech: noun 1. The last component of a domain name, such as .com, .edu, .gov, .net, .org, .mil, .mobi or any of the newer generic top-level domains, or any of the ccTLDs. Labels: Internet
Word: domain name Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /də(ʊ)ˈmeɪnˌneɪm/ 1. A unique, case-insensitive name that identifies a realm of administrative autonomy, authority or control within the Internet. Labels: Internet Example: Another potentially problematic category of domain name disputes involves domain names that correspond to more miscellaneous subjects, such as culturally and geographically significant words and phrases.
Word: subdomain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + domain. 1. A domain or sphere that is part of a larger domain or sphere. Example: As a technical subdomain of biology ecological investigations have evolved from what has been traditionally called natural history. 2. A domain name that has been prefaced with additional parts separated with periods. Labels: Internet Example: A domain is a subdomain of another domain if it is contained within that domain. This relationship can be tested by seeing if the subdomain's name ends with the containing domain's name. For example, A.B.C.D is a subdomain of B.C.D, C.D, D, and " ". Example: BIND 9 Administrator Reference Manual (9.3.2), Copyright © 2004, 2005 Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC"), Copyright © 2000-2003 Internet Software Consortium, https://web.archive.org/web/20060619063455/http://www.bind9.net/manual/bind/9.3.2/Bv9ARM.ch01.html Every name in the DNS tree is a domain, even if it is terminal, that is, has no subdomains. Every subdomain is a domain and every domain except the root is also a subdomain. 3. An additional part prefaced to a domain name. Labels: Internet Example: In en.wiktionary.org, en is a subdomain.
Word: jacal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mexican Spanish jacal, from Nahuatl xacalli. Pronunciation: /həˈkɑːl/ 1. A wattle-and-mud hut common in Mexico and the southwestern US. Example: The leaning jacal of dried rush-withes and corn sheaves, bound to tall saplings thrust into the earth, roofed with yellowed maguey leaves flattened and overlapping like shingles, hunched drowsy and fragrant in the warmth of noonday. Example: A few jacales of brush and mud with brush roofs and a pole corral where five scrubby horses with big heads stood looking solemnly at the horses passing in the road.
Word: substring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English string English substring From sub- + string. 1. A (possibly zero-length) string of characters that is contained in another string. Example: The substrings of "button" include "butt", "ton", and "on".
Word: substring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English string English substring From sub- + string. 1. To extract a substring from. Labels: transitive Example: If an existing character-based column is increased in size and your program does not need the extra characters, the view can be changed to force the smaller size by substringing the existing column. 2. To take as a substring. Labels: transitive Example: In this example, knowing that MY_SOUNDEX returns at most six characters, we are substringing the first six characters.
Word: theoretical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English theorothycall, probably from Latin theōrēticus + -al, from Ancient Greek θεωρητικός (theōrētikós). Pronunciation: /ˌθɪəˈɹɛtɪkəl/, [ˌθɪə̯ˈɹɛt.ɪ.kl̩], /ˌθi.əˈɹɛt.ɪ.kəl/, [ˌθi.əˈɹɛɾ.ɪ.kl̩], /ˌθiːˈɹet.ɪ.kəl/ 1. Of or relating to theory; abstract; not empirical. Example: We may look upon this figure as representing in section a theoretical wing-form, or aerofoil Example: Which makes the concept known as Rods From God the ultimate form of kinetic weaponry. This theoretical weapon would drop telephone pole sized rods of dense tungsten from a satellite in orbit.
Word: istid Part of Speech: adv 1. Pronunciation spelling of instead. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling
Word: MNLF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Moro National Liberation Front. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: occasions Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪʒənz/ 1. plural of occasion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: occasions Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /əˈkeɪʒənz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of occasion Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: deals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /diːlz/ 1. plural of deal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: deals Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /diːlz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of deal Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sponsored Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspɒn.səd/, /ˈspɔn.səɹd/, /ˈspɑn.səɹd/, /ˈspɒn.səɹd/, /ˈspɔn.səd/ 1. simple past and past participle of sponsor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: sponsored Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈspɒn.səd/, /ˈspɔn.səɹd/, /ˈspɑn.səɹd/, /ˈspɒn.səɹd/, /ˈspɔn.səd/ 1. Financially supported by a sponsor.
Word: implemented Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpləmɛntɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of implement Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: painted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪn.tɪd/, /ˈpeɪ.nɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of paint Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: painted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪn.tɪd/, /ˈpeɪ.nɪd/ 1. Coated with paint. Labels: not-comparable Example: Large-scale projects such as motion-picture production use huge sets with seamless painted walls, cycs, and floors—not to mention a vast array of lights. 2. Depicted in paint. Labels: not-comparable Example: Sometimes the spatters extend a significant distance above other painted figures. 3. Colorful, as if painted. Labels: not-comparable Example: the painted desert Example: painted turtle 4. Wearing makeup. Labels: not-comparable Example: GET OFF THE STREET, YOU PAINTED JEZEBEL. 5. Superficial or cosmetic, without underlying depth of feeling. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: He had his mouth close to Lily's ear, hoping that this might be interpreted as affection. He felt Lily go rigid beneath the arm he had clasped about her, but that painted smile stayed on her face.
Word: rolling Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, roll + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/, /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ 1. Drunk; intoxicated from alcohol, staggering. Labels: colloquial 2. Staggered in time and space. Example: on a rolling basis Example: a 90-day rolling business plan 3. Moving by turning over and over about an axis. Example: The rolling mist came down and hid the land: / And never home came she. 4. Extending in gentle undulations (of the landscape). Example: From Blackwater there is a more or less level run through gently rolling farmlands and downs to Merstone, with its island platform and passing loop. Example: 2002, Russell Allen & Michael Romeo, "Part II - Journey to Ithaca" of "The Odyssey", "Incantations of the Apprentice", on Symphony X, The Odyssey. I miss the rolling hills of Ithaca 5. Making a continuous sound. 6. Ellipsis of rolling in it (“very wealthy”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang Example: Why one man who used to take me out, who was absolutely rolling, never tipped anyone. 7. having sloping edges that make the skin appear wavy and uneven. 8. Under the influence of MDMA (a psychedelic stimulant, also known as ecstasy and molly). Labels: slang
Word: rolling Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, roll + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/, /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of roll Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rolling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, roll + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.lɪŋ/, /ˈɹol.ɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is rolled. Example: Refrigerating the dough between rollings and foldings also makes the dough easy to handle and prevents the butter from becoming too soft. 2. A technique in which players rhythmically tap the underside of the controller with one hand while holding the thumb of the other on the d-pad so as to perform several button presses a second.
Word: coverage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Old French covrirbor. Middle English coveren English cover Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English coverage From cover + -age. First attested in 1912. Compare Middle English coverage (“a charge for having or stall or booth at a fair”). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/, /ˈkɐv.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/, /ˈkav.(ə.)ɹɪdʒ/ 1. An amount by which something or someone is covered. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Don't go to lunch if we don't have enough coverage for the help-desk phones. Example: Before laying sod on that clay, the ground needs two inches of coverage with topsoil. 2. The amount and type of attention given to an event or topic in news media or other media. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Through services using the Elizabeth line were increased from November 6, but this did not attract significant media coverage - mainly because it has been an operational success, […]. Example: Holed up in the White House over the weekend, with temperatures dropping and a major snowstorm on its way, Mr. Trump expressed concern about the killing to aides and allies. But his frustrations were more about the coverage of the events rather than the incident itself, according to people familiar with the dynamic. 3. The average number of reads representing a given nucleotide in the reconstructed sequence. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The area covered by a mobile phone (cellphone) or other radio network. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The primary coverage area of a station is that area throughout which the station can be received without objectionable interference from static, electrical interfering noises, or interference from other radio broadcasting stations, practically all of the time the station is in operation. 5. The signal strength, reception of a radio signal. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Mobile phone coverage is poor in some areas. 6. Defense. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: emerged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɜːd͡ʒd/, /ɪˈmɝd͡ʒd/ 1. simple past and past participle of emerge. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: realized Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪə.laɪzd/, /ˈɹi.(ə.)laɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of realize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Harold Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a merger of Old English Hereweald and Old English Harold (itself from Old Norse Haraldr), both from Proto-Germanic *Harjawaldaz, from *harjaz (“army”) + *waldaz (“ruler, authority”). Related to Walter, which has the elements reversed. Cognate with Danish, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish Harald, Faroese and Icelandic Haraldur. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹəld/, /ˈhɛɹəld/, /ˈhaɾəld/ 1. A male given name from Old English or Old Norse. Example: For I have heard the Steers / Had land in Saxon times; and your own name / Of Harold sounds so English and so old / I am sure you must be proud of it. Example: She called her husband Hal because no one else had ever done so and it had a dashing ring, rather out of keeping with Harold's appearance.
Word: Harold Part of Speech: name Etymology: First performed by The Committee, a San Francisco improv group, in 1967. The name is said to have been jokingly suggested by one of the audience. Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹəld/, /ˈhɛɹəld/, /ˈhaɾəld/ 1. A particular format of improvised theatre, in which characters and themes are introduced and then recur in a series of connected scenes.
Word: Eddie Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛdi/ 1. A diminutive of Edward, Edgar, Edwin, or other male given names beginning with Ed-. Example: There's a world of difference between the name Edward, which sounds rather regal and stuffy (Edwardian) and the name Eddie, which sounds like a guy on the bus. Example: A Granite Bay home previously owned by actor and comedian Eddie Murphy is back on the market for $12 million.
Word: Eddie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛdi/ 1. A member of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment. Labels: Canada, informal
Word: hew Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to strike, hew, forge”). Cognate to West Frisian houwe (“to hew”), Cimbrian hauan (“to dig”), Dutch houwen (“to hew”), German hauen (“to hew”), Luxembourgish haen (“to chop”), Danish hugge (“to hew”), Faroese høgga (“to hew”), Icelandic höggva (“to hew”), Norwegian Bokmål hogge, hugge (“to hew”), Norwegian Nynorsk hogga (“to hew”), Swedish hugga (“to hew”). Sense 3 derives from the phrase hew to the line (literally “cut evenly with an axe or saw”). Pronunciation: /hjuː/, /xjuː/ 1. To chop away at; to whittle down; to mow down. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Hew them to pieces, hack their bones asunder[…] Example: A favourite at the Old Bailey, and eke at the Sessions, Mr. Stryver had begun cautiously to hew away the lower staves of the ladder on which he mounted. 2. To shape; to form. Labels: transitive Example: to hew out a sepulchre Example: Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousnesse, ye that seeke the Lord: looke vnto the rocke whence yee are hewen, and to the hole of the pitte whence ye are digged. 3. To act according to, to conform to; usually construed with to. Labels: US, transitive Example: Few men measured up to his standard of righteousness; he hewed to the line. Example: Inside the stories usually hewed to a consistent formula: no matter how outlandish and weird the circumstances, in the end everything had to have a natural, if not plausible, ending—frequently, though not always, involving a mad scientist.
Word: hew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hewen, from Old English hēawan, from Proto-West Germanic *hauwan, from Proto-Germanic *hawwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- (“to strike, hew, forge”). Cognate to West Frisian houwe (“to hew”), Cimbrian hauan (“to dig”), Dutch houwen (“to hew”), German hauen (“to hew”), Luxembourgish haen (“to chop”), Danish hugge (“to hew”), Faroese høgga (“to hew”), Icelandic höggva (“to hew”), Norwegian Bokmål hogge, hugge (“to hew”), Norwegian Nynorsk hogga (“to hew”), Swedish hugga (“to hew”). Sense 3 derives from the phrase hew to the line (literally “cut evenly with an axe or saw”). Pronunciation: /hjuː/, /xjuː/ 1. Destruction by cutting down or hewing. Labels: countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable Example: Of whom he makes such hauocke and such hew, / That swarmes of damned soules to hell he sends
Word: hew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See hue. 1. Hue; colour. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] while the youthful hew Sits on thy skin like morning dew 2. Shape; form. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: He taught to imitate that Lady trew, Whose semblance she did carrie under feigned hew.
Word: Hmong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From White Hmong Hmoob. Pronunciation: /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɔŋ/, /h(ə)ˈmɔŋ/, /ˈmʌŋ/ 1. A people who live predominantly in the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand, and (in diaspora) around the world. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Hmong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From White Hmong Hmoob. Pronunciation: /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɔŋ/, /h(ə)ˈmɔŋ/, /ˈmʌŋ/ 1. The lect spoken by these people, which is a cluster of a large number of lects which are sometimes considered dialects and sometimes separate languages.
Word: Hmong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From White Hmong Hmoob. Pronunciation: /h(ə)ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɒŋ/, /ˈmɔŋ/, /h(ə)ˈmɔŋ/, /ˈmʌŋ/ 1. Of or relating to the Hmong, their culture, or their lect.
Word: linoleic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a polyunsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and two double bonds, essential for human nutrition; it is found in linseed, sunflower and other vegetable oils. Not to be confused with linolenic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: linolenic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Either alpha linolenic acid or gamolenic acid, and not to be confused with linoleic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: margaric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A saturated fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₅COOH, that occurs only in very small amounts in natural oils and fats Labels: uncountable
Word: metaphosphoric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meta- + phosphoric acid. 1. an anhydrous form of phosphoric acid that exists as a polymeric glassy solid, (HPO₃)ₙ; used as a drying agent and in dental cement
Word: anhydrous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”) + -ous. 1. Having little or no water. 2. Having no water of crystallization. Labels: physical Example: Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.
Word: water of crystallization Part of Speech: noun 1. The water present in the crystals of the salts of certain metals; it is weakly bound by electrostatic forces and may normally be removed by heating. Labels: uncountable
Word: electrostatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ἵστημι (hístēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek στᾰτῐκός (stătĭkós)der. Latin staticusder. English static English electrostatic From electro- + static. 1. of, relating to, or produced by electrostatics or static electricity Labels: not-comparable
Word: electrostatics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English statics English electrostatics From electro- + statics. Coined by William Whewell in 1840. 1. the branch of physics that deals with static electricity; that is, with the force exerted by an unchanging electric field upon a charged object Labels: uncountable
Word: static electricity Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric charge that has built up on an insulated body, often due to friction. Labels: uncountable 2. The electric discharge from such a body. Labels: uncountable 3. Electrostatics. Labels: uncountable
Word: swoop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”). Doublet of swaip. See also sweep, which was probably the basis for analogical restoration of /w/ in this word. Pronunciation: /ˈswuːp/, /ˈsuːp/ 1. To fly or glide downwards suddenly; to plunge (in the air) or nosedive. Labels: intransitive Example: The lone eagle swooped down into the lake, snatching its prey, a small fish. 2. To move swiftly, as if with a sweeping movement, especially to attack something. Labels: intransitive Example: The dog had enthusiastically swooped down on the bone. Example: There was a person called Nana who ruled the nursery. Sometimes she took no notice of the playthings lying about, and sometimes, for no reason whatever, she went swooping about like a great wind and hustled them away in cupboards. 3. To fall on at once and seize; to catch while on the wing. Labels: transitive Example: And his Eagles, which can with the same ease as a kite swoops a chicken, snatch up a strong built Chamber of wood 12 foot square, & well crampt & fortified with Iron, with all its furniture, & a man besides, & carry it to the Clouds? 4. To seize; to catch up; to take with a sweep. Labels: transitive Example: Thus the Phyſitian looks with another Eye on the Medicinal hearb, then the grazing Oxe, which ſwoops it in with the common graſs: […] Example: And now at last you come to swoop it all. 5. To pass with pomp; to sweep. Labels: intransitive Example: Proude Tamer swoopes along, with such a lustie traine / As fits so brave a flood two Countries that divides: […] 6. To search the ground for discarded cigarette butts that can be made into new cigarettes. Labels: UK, slang Example: He was forever diving into dustbins or swooping on to the ground for cigarette ends. Example: Swooping is picking up discarded cigarette butts from the exercise yard and anywhere else they can be found.
Word: swoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English swopen, from Old English swāpan (“to sweep”). Doublet of swaip. See also sweep, which was probably the basis for analogical restoration of /w/ in this word. Pronunciation: /ˈswuːp/, /ˈsuːp/ 1. An instance, or the act of suddenly plunging downward. Example: The quality of decision is like the well-timed swoop of a falcon which enables it to strike and destroy its victim. – Sun Tzu Example: One evening, when the Boy was going to bed, he couldn't find the china dog that always slept with him. Nana was in a hurry, and it was too much trouble to hunt for china dogs at bedtime, so she simply looked about her, and seeing that the toy cupboard door stood open, she made a swoop. 2. A sudden act of seizing. Example: Fortune's a right whore. If she give ought, she deals it in small parcels, that she may take away all at one swoop. 3. A quick passage from one note to the next. Example: Originally, computers' attempts at making music were recognizable by their beeps and boops and weird swoops.
Word: dust bunny Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʌst bʌni/ 1. A small clump of dust, fluff, hair, particles of skin, etc., that tends to accumulate indoors in areas not regularly dusted, such as under heavy furniture. Labels: US, informal Example: WASHINGTON: The common American household Dust Bunny has been designated as an endangered species, the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USF&WS) announced last week. "The widespread use of household cleaning products and devices has drastically reduced the habitat of the Dust Bunny," said Noah Present, Acting Director of the Endangered Species Program. "American homes are cleaned too frequently, and much better than in the past." / "We are not to blame for the improper use of our products," responded a spokesman for the Household Products Association. "Correctly used, many of the Dust Bunnies should survive." Example: About 3.6 billion years ago, the sun and its planets coalesced from a cloud of stellar debris, probably helped along by the push from the explosion of a nearby supernova. The particles of cosmic dust began sticking together by static electricity, the same force that forms dust bunnies under your bed. Eventually, the particles got big enough for gravity to start pulling more pieces together.
Word: insulated Part of Speech: adj 1. Protected from heat, cold, noise etc, by being surrounded with an insulating material. 2. Placed or set apart. Example: an insulated house or column Example: the special and insulated situation of the Jews 3. Isolated or separated from other conducting materials, or sources of electricity. Example: Early insulated wires were covered in silk rather than plastic. Example: Speed by now was now down to 25 m.p.h., but that universal tool, the insulated screwdriver, with its business end gingerly applied to the relay coil, enabled us to keep going as far as Grantham, where a more permanent remedy could be effected. 4. Situated at so great a distance as to be beyond the effect of gravitation; said of stars supposed to be so far apart that the effect of their mutual attraction is undetectable. Labels: dated
Word: insulated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of insulate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: triboelectric effect Part of Speech: noun 1. the generation of static electricity by friction between different materials
Word: Holy Father Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English haly fadire, Haliʒ Fæder, equivalent to holy + Father. 1. God or God the Father (in various Christian churches) 2. The title of the Pope of the Catholic Church.
Word: exposure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From expos(e) + -ure. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/, /ɪkˈspoʊ.ʒɚ/, /ɪkˈspəʊ.ʒɚ/, /ɪkˈspəʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/, /ɪkˈspɐʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. The condition of being exposed, uncovered, or unprotected. Labels: uncountable Example: Limit your exposure to harsh chemicals. Example: Get as much exposure to a new language as you can. 2. Lack of protection from weather or the elements. Labels: uncountable Example: As all of you know, a great tragedy occurred yesterday. Arthur Harcourt died of exposure sometimes in the morning in the woods off Mount Tom Road. 3. The act of exposing something, such as a scandal. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The degree to which an individual, their content, or their brand is seen by the target market or the general public; internet fame. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The act or condition of being at risk of financial losses. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. That part which is facing or exposed to something, e.g. the sun, weather, sky, or a view. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They rented a cabin with a beautiful southern exposure. 7. An instance of taking a photograph. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The piece of film exposed to light. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Details of the time and f-number used. Labels: countable, uncountable 10. The amount of sun, wind etc. experienced by a particular site. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: employees Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɛmplɔɪˈiːz/, /ˌɛmˈplɔɪiːz/, /ɪm-/ 1. plural of employee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Germania Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Germānia. Doublet of Germany. 1. An ancient Roman term for a cultural region describing the lands in Central Europe inhabited by Germanic peoples. Labels: historical 2. A personification of Germany or Germans as a whole. Example: The City of London standing, wearing a helmet surmounted by a dragon, resting her right hand upon a low throne, on which is seated Germania, and pointing with her left hand to the shipping in the river Thames. On her left, resting against a stone balustrade, is a shield bearing the arms, crest, supporters, and motto of the City of London. Germania holds a sword in her left hand, her right hand resting on a shield bearing the arms of Germany. Example: In the evening the Kaiser gave a grand banquet in a large hall constructed in the form of a full-rigged sailing vessel of the 17th century, the stem being adorned by a colossal figure of Germania, wearing a winged helmet. 3. Germany. Labels: humorous, offensive, sometimes Example: Hey, German boy, go back to Germania! 4. A city proposed during the Nazi era to take over from Berlin as the German capital. Labels: historical 5. A locality in the Shire of Northern Grampians, central western Victoria, Australia.
Word: tribology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tribo- + -logy. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈbɒləd͡ʒi/, /tɹɪˈbɒləd͡ʒi/ 1. The science and engineering of interacting surfaces in relative motion; the study and application of technology using the principles of friction, lubrication and wear. Labels: uncountable
Word: lubrication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lubricate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English lubrication From lubricate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌluː.bɹɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The application of a substance (lubricant) between moving surfaces in contact in order to reduce friction and minimize heating. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Valve and cylinder lubrication is by atomised oil delivered by mechanical lubricators.
Word: debye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist Peter Debye. Pronunciation: /dəˈbaɪ/ 1. The CGS unit of electric dipole moment, defined as 1 D = 10⁻¹⁸ statcoulomb-centimetre and computable from the SI unit coulomb-metre by multiplying by the factor 3.33564 × 10⁻³⁰. Example: The dipole moments of water and the alcohols are about 1.8 debyes. The moments of ethers are smaller, about 1.2 debyes. Example: There is considerable transfer of negative charge to the carbon atoms in the pyrrole ring, which give it a high dipole moment ≈ 1.8 Debyes.
Word: dipole moment Part of Speech: noun 1. The vector product of the charge on either pole of a dipole and the distance separating them.
Word: sink one's teeth into Part of Speech: verb 1. To bite; to bite into. Example: She yanked her head over her shoulder and, taking her cue from the rat in the laboratory, she sank her teeth into Burt’s arm as hard as she could. 2. To become enthusiastically involved in. Labels: broadly, colloquial, figuratively Example: He can't wait to sink his teeth into the new project. Example: He seemed happy living life in cruise control, which pissed me off. “Don't you want to really sink your teeth into something?” I asked.
Word: reportedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English reported Middle English -ly English -ly English reportedly From reported + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈpɔːtɪdli/ 1. According to reports or rumors. Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: reputedly, purportedly, putatively, rumoredly, supposedly, allegedly, ostensibly, possibly, probably, likely, plausibly Example: Other opposition forces have reportedly pushed to Ajdabiya, west of Benghazi […]
Word: mail train Part of Speech: noun 1. A train used by the postal service to transport mail, and in some cases, to sort mail en route. Example: A journey from Mombasa to Kampala is by no means dull. The mail train consists of about 13 carriages, three first, three second, three or four third, a restaurant car and two or three old first class non-corridor carriages used as seconds. This comes to about 400 tons tare. In addition there are two vans for crew and three or four covered freight trucks. Example: The slip took place near the village of Lahat, shortly after the passage of the up and down mail trains between Kuala Lumpur and Penang.
Word: pommie wash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pommie + wash. A jocular reference to the implied notion that English people wash less frequently than others, presumably due to being raised in a cold climate. 1. A quick wash using a facecloth, often while still partly clothed. Labels: Australia, colloquial, humorous, slang
Word: 8.3 Part of Speech: name 1. A naming convention in older MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows operating systems, restricting filenames to a maximum of eight characters followed by a period and a three-character file extension. Labels: retronym
Word: tergiversator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tergiversator (“avoider”). Equivalent to tergiversate + -or. 1. One who tergiversates.
Word: file extension Part of Speech: noun 1. A short series of text characters at the end of a computer filename, used to indicate the type of contents and the software that will be required to operate or open it. Example: A text file may have a file extension of .txt.