nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: florentine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin flōrens Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin Flōrentia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnus Latin Flōrentīnus French florentinbor. English florentine Borrowed from French florentin. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹəntaɪn/, /ˈflɒɹəntiːn/ 1. A biscuit consisting mostly of nuts and preserved fruit, usually coated with chocolate on one side. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They boyle it alſo, and after dry it and bray it, and of this bran, with egges, hony, milke, and butter of Cocos, they make Florentines, and verie good belly-timber. 2. A kind of durable silk. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable 3. A kind of pudding or tart or meat pie. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines.
Word: agnomen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin agnōmen. By surface analysis, ag- + nomen. 1. An additional cognomen given, as an honour, to a Roman citizen.
Word: credit default option Part of Speech: noun 1. A put option that makes a payoff in the event the issuer of a specified reference asset defaults.
Word: dilutant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dilute Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English dilutant From dilute + -ant. 1. A diluting agent; a diluent, or thinner. Labels: nonstandard
Word: faerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A deliberately archaic spelling of fairy (attested since the 1300s in spellings like fairye, fayre), based on Old French faerie, used in 1590 by Edmund Spenser in The Faerie Queene. 1. Archaic spelling of fairy. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable Example: All these stories are based upon the classic structure of the faerie tale and are highly enjoyable (and, yes, they end "happily ever after"). But they can provide much more than that. 2. Realm of the fays, fairyland. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: JHOVE Part of Speech: name 1. JSTOR/Harvard Object Validation Environment: a format-specific digital object validation API written in Java.
Word: moiety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French moytié, from Old French meitié (“half”) (modern French moitié (“half”)), from Late Latin medietās (“centre, midpoint; half”), from Latin medius (“half; middle”) + -tās (from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts (suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being)). Medius is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos (“middle”), possibly from *me-dʰi- (“among; with”), from *me (“in the middle of; among; with”). The word is a doublet of mediety. Pronunciation: /ˈmɔɪ.ə.ti/, /-ɾi/ 1. A half. Example: They were faire Ladies, till they fondly ſtriu’d / With th’Heliconian maides for mayſtery; / Of whom they ouer-comen, were depriu’d / Of their proud beautie, and th’one moyity / Transform’d to fiſh, for their bold ſurquedry, / But th’vpper halfe their hew retayned ſtill, / And their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake traueillers, whom gotten they did kill. Example: The death of Anthony / Is not a ſingle doome. In the name lay / A moity of the world. 2. A share or portion, especially a smaller share. Example: "Thou must stand in the flame while thy senses will endure, and when it embraces thee suck the fire down into thy very heart, and let it leap and play around thy every part, so that thou lose no moiety of its virtue." Example: To get lands you often had to deal with a hundred or four hundred owners, or an entire community. […] Other properties, originally bought by a farming group for so many pesos primitivos, had through the years seen the moieties endlessly subdivided. 3. Each descent group in a culture which is divided exactly into two descent groups. Example: The villages are divided into two patrilineal totemic moieties and two patrilineal ceremonial moieties. The totemic moieties are subdivided into patrilineal clans (ngaiva): there are between fifty and a hundred clans of which between ten or twenty are represented in any one village[…]. Example: The moieties are linked to or bear the names of beings or forces expressing the cosmic dichotomy. Most common are heaven and earth moieties, "above" and "below," or moieties named after birds and land animals (or aquatic animals), as is the case among the Winnebago and in the phratry system of the Northwest Coast Indians. 4. A specific segment of a molecule. Example: Aniline has both a phenyl and an amino moiety. Example: We are therefore driven to the conclusion that the proteid food is split into a urea moiety and a fatty moiety, that the urea moiety is at once discharged, and that such of the fatty moiety as is not made use of directly by the body is stored up as adipose tissue.
Word: process oil Part of Speech: noun 1. An oil used not for lubrication but as a component of another material, or as a carrier of other products.
Word: slack tub Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Believed to derive from the word slake, as in slaking the heat. 1. A large container full of water or oil or brine used by a blacksmith to quench hot metal.
Word: every now and then Part of Speech: adv 1. Synonym of now and then. Labels: not-comparable
Word: rationalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1831. From French rationalisation, equivalent to rational + -ization or rationalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌræʃ(ə)n(ə)laɪˈzeɪʃn̩/, /ˌræʃənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The process or result of rationalizing, or expressing in rational terms. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: Some rationalization of the language of his lectures is, of course, necessary. 2. A statement of one's motives, or of the causes of some event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Her self-flagellating rationalization for the theft was mostly ignored by the jury. Example: But, he insisted, he was neither a “Union Saver” nor a “freedom shrieker.” He rejected all high-flown rationalizations for the war effort — “to hell with the devilish twaddle about freedom.” 3. The reorganization of a company or organization in order to improve its efficiency through the reallocation of resources and changes in its workforce. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It began with the familiar political motives of civil service rationalization and downsizing. Example: For socialism involves the reconstruction of industry upon the principle of production for use. It involves the rationalization of industry, the proper adjustment of production to the social requirements. 4. The concealment of true motivation in some non-threatening way. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The simplification of an expression without changing its value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here, the rationalization of the denominator was unnecessary.
Word: Evropa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin Europa, with u spelled as v as in Classical Latin. Pronunciation: /jɛvˈɹoʊpə/, /ɛvˈɹoʊpə/ 1. Europe. Example: Save Evropa Example: Finally got accepted to a PhD program and will be retvrning to Evrope.
Word: galoshe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of galosh. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bureaux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbjʊ.ɹəʊz/, /ˈbjʊ.ɹoʊz/, /ˈbjɝ.oʊz/ 1. plural of bureau Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Hand of Fatima Part of Speech: noun 1. An apotropaic symbol, in both Jewish and Islamic cultures, serving as a talisman against the "evil eye". Example: I watched as Aisha bargained, unsuccessfully, for a charm against the Evil Eye, a pink-and-yellow plastic hand of Fatima decorated with sequins.
Word: Hand of Miriam Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of Hand of Fatima.
Word: fruit salad Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of freshly cut fruit, sometimes with the addition of alcohol or yogurt, often served as a dessert. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A canned mixture of chopped fruit in a syrup. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Awards worn on a military uniform. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 4. A bowler's strategy of using a different delivery each time. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fruit cocktail Part of Speech: noun 1. a mixture of chopped fruit served as an appetizer, often chilled; tends to be less sweet than a fruit salad Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chopped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Equivalent to chop + -ed. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɒpt/, /t͡ʃɑpt/ 1. Cut or diced into small pieces. Example: Brown meat with chopped onions, chopped or ground garlic, chopped celery, and chopped bell pepper. 2. Ground, having been processed by grinding. 3. Having a vehicle's height reduced by horizontal trimming of the roofline. Labels: slang Example: He later bought a '33 Ford coupe, chopped and channeled it and installed a Mercury engine. 4. High on drugs. Labels: slang 5. Fired from a job or cut from a team or training program; having got the chop. Labels: slang 6. Ugly or unattractive. Labels: derogatory
Word: chopped Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Equivalent to chop + -ed. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɒpt/, /t͡ʃɑpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of chop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pessimistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pessimist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pessimistic From pessimist + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/ 1. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst. Example: a pessimistic view of the future 2. Pertaining to the worst-case scenario. Example: a pessimistic estimate Example: However pessimistic their predictions, most scientists and scholars who warn of impending disaster are really acting from antidystopian motives. 3. Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it. Example: pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking
Word: snapping turtle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several large American freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, which have powerful hooked jaws that close with a snap.
Word: Inuk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Inuktitut ᐃᓄᒃ (inok, “person”). 1. A member of one of the several indigenous peoples from the Arctic who descended from the Thule. Example: He could be an Inuk, yes, so I could quite see there would be lots of Inuks, lots of Inuks who have no grounds for — no part of Eskimo ancestry, culture or heritage.
Word: postfix Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English fix English postfix From post- + fix. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊst.fɪks/, /ˈpoʊst.fɪks/ 1. To suffix. Labels: transitive Example: Verbs with י for the first radical, often drop it in the future, imperative, and infinitive of Kal, to which last they postfix ת (לקח to take, follows this form), and in Niph. and Hiph. they change י into ו. 2. To subject a sample to postfixation
Word: postfix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pós Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pósti Proto-Italic *posti Old Latin poste Latin post English post- English fix English postfix From post- + fix. Pronunciation: /ˈpəʊst.fɪks/, /ˈpoʊst.fɪks/ 1. A suffix. Example: Two, or three at the very most, of the prefixes or postfixes are quite sufficient for one day's lesson. Example: An example of a postfix operator is the ++ notation used in the C programming language to increment the value of a variable. 2. In the Czech language, a suffix that is placed after the ending.
Word: postfix notation Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of reverse Polish notation. Labels: uncountable
Word: man-mark Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmænmɑːk/, /ˈmænmɑɹk/ 1. To mark an opposition player closely. Labels: transitive Example: In the most extreme form of man-marking, each player has a pre-established opponent to be followed and to be man-marked, from a more or less short distance, wherever he goes. The main objective of the defender is to steal the ball from his opponent if he receives it, or to place him in a threatened condition, thus forcing him to immediately get rid of the ball. Example: No, and I still hate him. This is for you. He's going to be man-marked. He won't be allowed anywhere near you. I'll rip him to pieces if he tries anything funny, […]
Word: linesman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From line + -s- + -man. 1. An assistant referee. Example: A linesman replaced injured referee Rebecca Welch after 50 minutes and with no other official present, qualified referee Pattison, 60, ran the line. Example: As the linesman raised his flag, Neville played on, crossing for Piovaccari to net. 2. A male line judge. Labels: dated 3. An official whose primary task is to watch the blue line and determine when there has been an offside. 4. An official whose primary task is to determine whether there has been a line of scrimmage violation. 5. A person employed to work on electrical lines; a lineman. 6. A private in the line.
Word: reverse Polish notation Part of Speech: noun 1. An arithmetic notation in which numbers precede the operators to be applied to them. Labels: uncountable Example: Back in my day, we had reverse Polish notation calculators: You had to write "2 4 3 * +" instead of "2 + 4 * 3".
Word: lineman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From line + -man. 1. A person who installs and repairs overhead cables (either power or telephone); a linesman. Example: In the event of a failure, by the operation of a switch signalmen at the panel boxes can set up flashing white lights on certain signalling apparatus cases spaced at approximately half-mile intervals alongside the line, in order to call the lineman. The lineman can communicate with the signalman by plugging in a hand telephone at any one of these points. Example: […]or even, daring, spent the night up some pole in a lineman's tent like caterpillars, swung among a web of telephone wires, living in the very copper rigging and secular miracle of communication, untroubled by the dumb voltages flickering their miles, the night long, in the thousands of unheard messages. 2. A player who specializes in play at the line of scrimmage. 3. Someone who repairs railway tracks.
Word: overhead Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/, /ˈoʊvɚˌhɛd/ 1. Located above, especially over the head. Example: Place your luggage in the overhead lockers. Example: The railway consists of some 18 miles of double track electrified on the overhead principle. 2. Kicked over one's own head. Example: It was Rooney, however, who produced a moment of inspiration to score a stunning overhead kick that will live forever in the memory of United's fans and extended City's dismal sequence of only one league win in their last 27 visits to Old Trafford.
Word: overhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/, /ˈoʊvɚˌhɛd/ 1. The expense of a business not directly assigned to goods or services provided. Labels: uncountable 2. The items or classes of expense not directly assigned to goods or services provided. Labels: countable 3. Any cost or expenditure (monetary, time, effort or otherwise) incurred in a project or activity, which does not directly contribute to its progress or outcome. Labels: uncountable 4. Wasted money. Labels: uncountable 5. A smash. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The ceiling of any enclosed space below decks in a vessel. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A compartment above the seats for stowing luggage in a passenger aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There was no room left in the overheads for our luggage, our seats did not recline, and the washrooms were right behind us. 8. The system of overhead wires used to power electric transport, such as streetcars, trains, or buses. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. Data or steps of computation used only to facilitate the computations in the system and not directly related to the actual program code or data being processed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Network overhead is the header data that is required to route and transport data over the network, whereas fork overhead is the additional time and memory cost of creating and managing new processes within the operating system. 10. An overhead throw. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A type of bridge, also commonly known as an overpass or flyover, which carries one form of traffic over another. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overhead Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəˈhɛd/, /ˌoʊvɚˈhɛd/ 1. Above one's head; in the sky. Example: birds flying overhead Example: Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet: or anon we shot into a clearing, with a colored glimpse of the lake and its curving shore far below us. 2. Per head; for each individual. Labels: archaic Example: […] the influence of the minister's week-day attentions, first in creating, and afterwards in keeping up among the people of his parish their habit of Sabbath attendance. So indispensable in towns is the connexion between these two things, that were seat-rents let down at this moment to two shillings overhead, or even annihilated, so as to throw open the whole of the church room at accessible prices to the lowest of the people, we shall greatly mistake the result if we look for a great and visible increase of attendance per saltum on the part of the parish families.
Word: overhead Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English owerheved, over-hed, over hede (adverb), from Old English oferhēafod (adverb), equivalent to over- + head. Compare German Low German overhoopt, överhoopt, German überhaupt. Piecewise doublet of overchief. 1. Above. Example: Cigarette smoke was sucked out through the cracks in the glass of the glazed panes overhead the side street and the parking lot.
Word: overhead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (Sense 1) Abbreviation of overhead projector. : (Sense 2) Back-formation from overhead projector. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊvəˌhɛd/, /ˈoʊvɚˌhɛd/ 1. An overhead projector. Labels: countable 2. A sheet of transparent material with an image used with an overhead projector; an overhead transparency. Labels: countable
Word: assistant referee Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the two officials at an association football match, previously known as linesmen, who assist the referee. Labels: UK Example: Maccabi's Yoan Ziv also saw red in the second half for kicking a boot at the assistant referee.
Word: omnidirectional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ep-der. Proto-Italic *opnis Latin omnisder. English omni- English direction English -al English directional English omnidirectional From omni- + directional. Pronunciation: /ɒmˈnɪdɪˈɹɛk.ʃə.nəl/, /ɒmˈnɪdaɪˈɹɛk.ʃə.nəl/ 1. In every direction, especially of a radio system capable of transmitting or receiving signals in all directions, or of a microphone capable of detecting sound from all directions. Labels: not-comparable Example: An omnidirectional radio beacon. 2. Having a ring-shaped radiation pattern, with equal radiation in all azimuthal directions. Labels: not-comparable Example: The radiation pattern of an omnidirectional antenna looks like a doughnut, with the antenna in the center of the doughnut, as depicted in Figure 17.1. 3. Of such an attack or effect that encompasses all directions. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: The ascendancy of the offensive over the defensive stems particularly from the ability of advanced weapon systems to penetrate enemy defenses. The combination of great speed and great altitude, taken together with numbers during a mass launch, ensures that selected targets will be reached. Improvements clearly possible through the use of decoys, multiple warheads, electronic countermeasures, varying trajectories, maneuverability, feinting, and omnidirectional attack will further increase the ability penetrate defenses. Example: Any defense posture that he may have that would be common for any ballistic missile would not suffice for a low-altitude omnidirectional high-speed nuclear ramjet missile.
Word: association football Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From it being the form of football codified and promoted by the The Football Association. 1. A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. Labels: uncountable
Word: selenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From selen- + -ic. 1. Of or relating to the Moon. 2. Of, pertaining to or containing selenium, especially in a higher oxidation state than the corresponding selenious compound.
Word: seleno- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē). 1. Relating to the Moon Labels: morpheme Example: seleno- + -centric → selenocentric 2. Relating to selenium Labels: morpheme
Word: VM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of virtual machine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: When the Java VM executes the switch statement, it determines the value of the target expression. 2. Initialism of virtual memory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of voice mail. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of view model. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of viral myocarditis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Videomusic, the Italian music television channel Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: ginge Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. ginger, red-haired Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: ginge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪnd͡ʒ/ 1. A red-haired person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: “Listen, Ginge,” continued the bully. “We don’t want you in our bogs. You hear? Puttin’ off all the customers by talking to yerself like some nutter…”
Word: carrot top Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From carrot + top. 1. A person with red hair; a redhead. Labels: derogatory, informal Example: The actress is known for her carrot top.
Word: ganglion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (gănglĭ́on, “encysted tumour on a tendon or aponeurosis”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋ.ɡli.ən/ 1. An encapsulated collection of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber. Example: [T]he wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are generally known, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. 2. Any of certain masses of gray matter in the central nervous system, as the basal ganglia. Example: The yawning gap in neuroscientists’ understanding of their topic is in the intermediate scale of the brain’s anatomy. Science has a passable knowledge of how individual nerve cells, known as neurons, work. It also knows which visible lobes and ganglia of the brain do what. But how the neurons are organised in these lobes and ganglia remains obscure. 3. A centre of intellectual or industrial force, activity, etc. 4. A benign cystic tumour on a tendon sheath or joint capsule.
Word: beaux Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bəʊ/, /bəʊz/ 1. plural of beau Labels: form-of, plural Example: She said that girl ’d have three beaux, and that she'd marry the poorest one of the three. It all come out just as she’d said. The girl had three beaux, and she took and married the worst one of the lot.
Word: millenium Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of millennium. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: But I think that this interval will be 1260 years: 1st, 1000 years of the millenium; 20, 260 years, the times of Gog and Magog; and the great assize, or judgment of the world, the sum of which is 1260 years. Example: millenium, 1000 years: annuity, yearly income: annuitant; anniversary, the return of any particular day in the year; superannuated, disqualified by age. Septennial parliaments. A perennial plant. The Millenium was expected. 2. Misspelling of millennium. Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: At this date human population will approach infinity if it grows as it has grown in the last two millenia. Example: For millenia, LIGHT and DARK have lived in balance, [...]
Word: HD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of high definition (“1280×720 pixels”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Exploring a new place through seasonal work was like “experiencing life in HD”, she said. “It really cemented the idea that the best way to learn about things is just to dive straight in and get as much information as possible, particularly at that age.” 2. Initialism of hard disc, hard disk, or hard drive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of homeodomain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Hansen's disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Hodgkin's disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of Huntington's disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Huntington's disease (HD) patients are an anomaly with respect to contracting cancer, with 80% fewer cases than found in the general population. 7. Initialism of hemodialysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of high density. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of heavy duty. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: HD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Harley-Davidson. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Home Depot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: millenia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millenium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: selenate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From selenic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. Any salt or ester of selenic acid. Example: Based on their acid dissociation constants (pKa), seleneous^([sic]) acid (H2SeO3) and selenic acid (H2SeO4) are anionic under common environmental conditions [48], e.g., as selenite (SeO32−) and selenate (SeO42−).
Word: selenate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English selenium Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English selenate From selenium + -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To react with a compound of selenium.
Word: selenic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a solid white acid, H₂SeO₄, having the same structure and similar reactions as sulphuric acid Labels: uncountable
Word: seleniferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From selenium + -i- + -ferous. 1. Containing or yielding selenium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: selenite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē, “moon”) + -ite; the chemistry sense comes via the name of the element selenium. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlɪnaɪt/ 1. A soft, glassy form of gypsum (chemical formula CaSO₄·2H₂O). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I followed them to my study, and found lying on my writing-table still, with the selenite paper-weight upon it, the sheet of work I had left on the afternoon of the opening of the cylinder. Example: Glass windows replaced the old tiny windows of selenite (crystallized gypsum), and stovepipe replaced adobe chimneys. 2. The anion SeO₃²⁻ derived from selenous acid; any salt or ester of selenous acid. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: the more the merrier Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: First recorded in the 14th-century poem Pearl, line 850. The phrase contains an instance of the comparative correlative use of the. 1. Something is more fun with more people. 2. A greater amount of something is better. 3. Used to welcome another person into a group activity or encourage them to join in, suggesting that they will be easily accommodated.
Word: too many cooks spoil the broth Part of Speech: proverb 1. If too many people participate in a task, especially in a leading role, the task will not be done very well. Example: She professes to keep her own counsel; she says, and truly enough, that “Too many cooks spoil the broth.”
Word: Croat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin Croata, from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ (“Croat”), the Croatian autonym. It, in turn, is probably of non-Slavic origin: probably from an Iranian or Germanic language. Doublet of cravat. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊ.æt/, /ˈkɹəw.at/, /ˈkɹoʊ.æt/, /ˈkɹoʊ.ɑt/, /ˈkɾo.at/ 1. A native or inhabitant of Croatia; a person of Croatian ethnicity. Labels: countable 2. An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 3. The Croatian lect. Labels: uncommon, uncountable Example: It almost made him laugh. What could he possibly do in Ohio? Did Cleveland have a pressing need for secret policemen who spoke Croat?
Word: Croat Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Medieval Latin Croata, from Proto-Slavic *xъrvatъ (“Croat”), the Croatian autonym. It, in turn, is probably of non-Slavic origin: probably from an Iranian or Germanic language. Doublet of cravat. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊ.æt/, /ˈkɹəw.at/, /ˈkɹoʊ.æt/, /ˈkɹoʊ.ɑt/, /ˈkɾo.at/ 1. Croatian.
Word: selenium cell Part of Speech: noun 1. a photoelectric cell that uses a strip of selenium as the electron source
Word: selenography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English selen- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφίᾱ (-graphíā)bor. French -graphieder. English -graphy English selenography From selen- + -o- + -graphy. 1. The scientific study of the Moon's geographic features; geography of the Moon. Labels: uncountable
Word: selenosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From selen- + -osis. 1. selenium poisoning, especially of livestock, by selenium naturally occurring in plants and the soil
Word: poisoning Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, poison + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/ 1. The administration of a poison. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger. 2. The state of being poisoned. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
Word: poisoning Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, poison + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔɪzənɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of poison Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mini ephedrine Part of Speech: noun 1. a bronchodilator and expectorant made from ephedrine and guaifenesin
Word: witching hour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From witching (“of or pertaining to witchcraft or sorcery, or to witches or sorcerers”, adjective) + hour. Sense 1 (“midnight”) was popularized by the reference to the “witching time of night” in the play Hamlet (written c. 1599–1602; published 1603) by William Shakespeare (1564–1616): see the quotation. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ ˌaʊə/, /ˈwɪt͡ʃɪŋ ˌaʊ(ə)ɹ/ 1. Often preceded by the: midnight, when witches and other supernatural beings were thought to be active, and to which bad luck was ascribed; also (generally), the middle of the night, when unfortunate things are thought to be more likely to occur; the dead of night. Labels: literary, poetic Example: I wanted to get home before the witching hour. Example: Tis novv the very vvitching time of night, / VVhen Churchyards yavvne, and hell it ſelfe breakes out / Contagion to this vvorld: […] 2. A time of day, usually in the early evening, when babies and young children are more fretful and likely to cry or fuss. Labels: broadly Example: Witching hour: It just might be the most challenging time of the day. That window between dinner and bedtime where kids are wound up, parents want to wind down, and it feels like the longest hour or two ever. And although the term witching hour is most commonly applied to newborns and babies, kids of all ages seem to be extra sensitive at this time. Here are some ideas for getting through witching hour for kids of all ages. 3. The final hour of trading each month during which certain stock options expire, leading to a higher trading volume and greater price volatility. Labels: broadly 4. The hour between 3:00 and 3:59 a.m., associated with demons. Labels: uncommon Example: "Do you know what three a.m. is?" […] "It's called the witching hour. It's the reverse of the holy hour—three p.m.—when Jesus died on the cross.[…]" Example: The witching hour is three a.m., in mockery of the Trinity and a perversion of the hour of his death.
Word: pea green Part of Speech: noun 1. A medium green colour, like that of peas.
Word: pea green Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a yellowish green colour, like that of peas. Labels: not-comparable Example: The pea-green colour of the South-Western engines, with the curious buff-and-amber of the carriages, was also a novelty, as were the raised top-decks of the older guards' vans.
Word: mailing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlɪŋ/ 1. An act of sending mail. Example: He has taken to flooding the mailboxes of gay organizations in recent months, urging us to do this or buy that; two recent examples of such mailings are especially telling. In one, he suggests that we join a national writers union […] The other mailing offers us the chance to pay for the privilege of sending flyers for the gay books Witomski thinks are so terrible.
Word: mailing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mailing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See mail (“rent”). Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪlɪŋ/ 1. A farm. Labels: obsolete
Word: sitting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sittyng, sittynge, equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with Dutch zitting (“a sitting, session”), German Sitzung (“a sitting, session”), Swedish sittning (“a sitting, session”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ 1. A period during which one is seated for a specific purpose. Example: Due to the sheer volume of guests, we had to have two sittings for the meal. Example: The Queen had three sittings for her portrait. 2. A seance or other session with a medium or fortuneteller. Example: "It's not always easy to get him, and of course a small fee, a guinea I think, is usual, but if you wanted a sitting I could work it." "You think him genuine?" Atkinson shrugged his shoulders. 3. A special seat allotted to a seat-holder, at church, etc. 4. The part of the year in which judicial business is transacted. 5. A legislative session (in the sense of meeting, and not period). 6. The incubation of eggs by a bird. 7. A clutch of eggs laid by a brooding bird. Example: we have thirty-four chicks from eight sittings of eggs 8. An uninterrupted application to anything for a time; the period during which one continues at anything. Labels: idiomatic Example: I read it in two sittings.
Word: sitting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old English sittende (“sitting”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjandz (“sitting”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian sittend (“sitting”), Dutch zittend (“sitting”), German sitzend (“sitting”), Swedish sittande (“sitting”), Icelandic sitjandi (“sitting”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of sit Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sitting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sittinge, sittynge, variant of sittinde, sittende, sittande, from Old English sittende (“sitting”), from Proto-Germanic *sitjandz (“sitting”), present participle of Proto-Germanic *sitjaną (“to sit”), equivalent to sit + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian sittend (“sitting”), Dutch zittend (“sitting”), German sitzend (“sitting”), Swedish sittande (“sitting”), Icelandic sitjandi (“sitting”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɪŋ/ 1. Executed from a sitting position. Labels: not-comparable 2. Occupying a specific official or legal position; incumbent. Labels: not-comparable Example: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers.[…]Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. Clever financial ploys are what have made billionaires of the industry’s veterans. “Operational improvement” in a portfolio company has often meant little more than promising colossal bonuses to sitting chief executives if they meet ambitious growth targets. That model is still prevalent today. Example: It is an iron rule of French politics that sitting presidents are detested.
Word: codimension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension English codimension From co- + dimension. 1. The difference between the dimension of a space and the dimension of a given subspace of the first one. 2. A scope that indicates another variable of the same name and type is assigned to the local memory of each image.
Word: remanent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin remanens, present participle of remaneō (“to remain”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmənənt/ 1. Remaining or persisting especially after an electrical or magnetic influence is removed. Example: remanent magnetism; remanent induction; remanent polarization Example: That little hope that is remanent hath its degree according to the infancy or growth of the habit. 2. Additional. Labels: Scotland
Word: remanent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin remanens, present participle of remaneō (“to remain”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛmənənt/ 1. That which remains; a remnant; a residue.
Word: hysteresis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Sir James Alfred Ewing from Ancient Greek ὑστέρησις (hustérēsis, “shortcoming”), from ὑστερέω (husteréō, “I am late, fall short”), from ὕστερος (hústeros, “later”). By surface analysis, hyster- (“higher, outer, latter, next”) + -esis. 1. A property of a system such that an output value is not a strict function of the corresponding input, but also incorporates some lag, delay, or history dependence, and in particular when the response for a decrease in the input variable is different from the response for an increase. For example, a thermostat with a nominal setpoint of 75° might switch the controlled heat source on when the temperature drops below 74°, and off when it rises above 76°. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Magnetic friction in dynamos, by which every reversal of magnetism in the iron causes dissipation of energy. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: centered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.təd/, /ˈsɛn.təɹd/ 1. Middlemost; located at the center. 2. Emotionally stable, calm, serene; having a balanced mind. Labels: Canada, US, especially Example: So we had group sessions where everybody took acid together, with a group person who was a guide to keep everybody centered, because the doses were incredibly strong, incredibly strong.
Word: centered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈsɛn.təd/, /ˈsɛn.təɹd/ 1. simple past and past participle of center Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lords Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɔːdz/, /lɔɹdz/ 1. plural of lord Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lords Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɔːdz/, /lɔɹdz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lord Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Arnold Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a French version of a Germanic name, from Proto-West Germanic *Arnuwald, from Proto-Germanic *arô (“eagle”) + *waldą (“power”). For the first part of the word doublet of erne, ornis, and ornitho-. Compare the Latin male given name and cognomen Aquila, and female given name Aquilīna (whence Russian Акули́на (Akulína)), related to aquila (whence eagle). Pronunciation: /ˈɑːnəld/, /ˈɑɹnəld/ 1. A male given name from the Germanic languages brought to England by Normans. Example: Arnold used to be a name only a mother could love, but it does not mean nerd anymore. Since Arnold Schwarzenegger stepped out of the gym and onto the screen, it has come to suggest popping delts and giant pecs, a world of undisputed macho. Example: Firefighters from multiple fire departments responded to the fire at Edisto Beach in Colleton County on Saturday afternoon. The house is owned by Judge Diane Goodstein and her husband, former state Sen. Arnold Goodstein. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. A hamlet in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA1241). 4. A market town in Gedling borough, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK5945). 5. A small town in the Shire of Loddon, Victoria, Australia. 6. A community in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, Canada. 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States: 13. A number of places in the United States: 14. A number of places in the United States: 15. A number of places in the United States: 16. A number of places in the United States: 17. A number of places in the United States: 18. A number of places in the United States: 19. A number of places in the United States: 20. A number of places in the United States: 21. A number of places in the United States: 22. A number of places in the United States: 23. A number of places in the United States: 24. An epoch from 43 to 34.3 million years ago, a subdivision of the Paleogene.
Word: catafalque Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Etruscan 𐌚𐌀𐌋𐌀 (fala)bor. Latin fala Vulgar Latin [Term?]? Italian catafalcobor. French catafalquebor. English catafalque Borrowed from French catafalque, from Italian catafalco, from Vulgar Latin *catafalicum, from Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “down”) + Latin fala (“scaffolding, wooden siege tower”), which is from Etruscan. Also influenced scaffold. Pronunciation: /ˈkatəfalk/ 1. A platform used to display or convey a coffin during a funeral, often ornate. Example: Until noon, the hour of the funeral, crowds continued to file by the plain pine coffin on its plain flower-covered catafalque. Example: After another brief funeral rite at Tzu Hu, the presidential casket was laid on the catafalque in the central hall of a temporary “mausoleum” and sealed with marble slabs. There, the body of President Chiang will rest pending permanent burial in the mainland after its recovery.
Word: catafalco Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥-th₂der.? Proto-Hellenic *kətá Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ) Latin fala Vulgar Latin [Term?]? Italian catafalcobor. English catafalco Borrowed from Italian catafalco. Pronunciation: /ˌkætəˈfælkəʊ/, /ˌkætəˈfælkoʊ/ 1. Synonym of catafalque.
Word: outside the box Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Unclear. Attested since 1971 (see quotations) with allusion to the nine dots puzzle, where one needs to draw lines outside the perimeter of its nine dots. Earlier related phrases include go outside the dots (1956), step outside the box (1969), and think outside the dots (1970). 1. Beyond the bounds of convention or normal practice. Labels: idiomatic Example: The boss wants some new ideas—it's time to think outside the box. Example: "THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX". If you have kept your thinking process operating inside the lines and boxes, then you are normal and average, for that is the way your thinking has been programmed. ... Here are nine dots: If you were asked to pick up a pencil and try to touch every dot using four straight lines only, you would try it this way first. It would be incorrect. That's because this configuration is in the shape of a box and we are conditioned to think this way.
Word: bigamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: bi- + -gamous Pronunciation: /ˈbɪɡəməs/ 1. involving bigamy Labels: not-comparable 2. guilty of bigamy Labels: not-comparable
Word: equipped Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪpt/ 1. Having the equipment, resources, and skills one needs; prepared. Example: Hence, the delivery of animal health services in Cameroon faces a peculiar paradox: those who are most qualified and most equipped to deliver services are not the ones delivering them. Example: My hope for you is that this book reads you as much as you read it, that you see your reflection in the stories I share, and find yourself inspired and more equipped to live life with more ease and more joy, and to more often access the deepest realms of creativity, connection, and compassion—to be more
Word: equipped Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪpt/ 1. simple past and past participle of equip Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: depicted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɪktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of depict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: encountered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɪnˈkaʊntɚd/, /ɪŋˈkaʊntɚd/, /ɪnˈkaʊntəd/, /ɪŋˈkaʊntəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of encounter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recovered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkʌvɚd/, /ɹɪˈkʌvəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of recover Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: illustrated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɪləstɹeɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of illustrate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: illustrated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈɪləstɹeɪtɪd/ 1. Containing illustrations.
Word: illustrated Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪləstɹeɪtɪd/ 1. A newspaper featuring illustrations. Labels: historical Example: Siegfried Kracauer was to be a particularly vocal critic in the twenties of the shift in perception brought on by the illustrateds.
Word: proclaimed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹoʊˈkleɪmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of proclaim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: crossed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹɒst/, /kɹɔst/, /kɹɑst/ 1. simple past and past participle of cross Labels: form-of, participle, past