nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: tumescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested 1725, from French tumescence, from Latin tumescēns (“swelling”), present participle of tumēscō (“to begin to swell”), from tumeō (“to swell”) + -ēscō (incohative suffix) (English -esce, in this form -escence), stem from Proto-Indo-European *tum-éh₁- (“to be swelling”), stative stem of *tum- (“to swell”). Pronunciation: /tjuːˈmɛsəns/ 1. A swelling due to the presence of fluid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is still more remarkable that the reeves also, even in the presence of the males, will court each other and have intercourse. We may associate this with the high erotic development of birds, the difficulty with which tumescence seems to occur in them, and their long courtships. 2. A swollen bodily organ; used especially of erectile tissue. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ephemeris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin ephēmeris, from Ancient Greek ἐφημερίς (ephēmerís, “diary, calendar”), from ἐφήμερος (ephḗmeros, “daily”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛməɹɪs/, /ɪˈfɛməɹəs/ 1. A journal or diary. Labels: obsolete Example: Wee heard the King was solacing at the Caspian Sea, whither now wee are travelling. Till then let us keepe an Ephemerides or day-journey. 2. A table giving the apparent position of celestial bodies throughout the year; normally given as right ascension and declination. Example: […]Mr. Samuel got 150 pounds of bread, with a small quantity of rum and wine, also a quadrant and compass; but he was forbidden on pain of death to touch either map, ephemeris, book of astronomical observations, sextant, timekeeper, or any of my surveys or drawings. 3. Computer software that calculates the apparent position of celestial bodies.
Word: footprints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of footprint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ephemeride Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɪˈfɛməɹaɪd/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or used in an ephemeris. Example: Intervals of ephemeride time can be measured by means of observations of any celestial bodies whose orbital movements can be assumed to be governed by gravitational forces […]
Word: money market Part of Speech: noun 1. A market for trading short-term debt instruments, such as treasury bills, commercial paper, bankers' acceptances, and certificates of deposit.
Word: autotomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + -tomy, after German Autotomie or French autotomie. Pronunciation: /ɔːˈtɒtəmi/ 1. The spontaneous removal of a limb, tail etc, especially by some invertebrates as a self-defense mechanism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She has dropped it by autotomy, like the tail or claw of a fleeing lizard, lobster, or starfish.
Word: immunostimulant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English stimulant English immunostimulant From immuno- + stimulant. 1. Any substance that stimulates an immune response.
Word: immunostimulant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- English stimulant English immunostimulant From immuno- + stimulant. 1. That stimulates an immune response.
Word: telpochcalli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl telpochcalli (“house of youth”). 1. A school for the children of Aztec commoners. Labels: historical
Word: topile Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of topil. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: sent to Coventry Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of send to Coventry Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Now were these indecencies perpetrated by an American critic, that critic would be sent to Coventry by the whole press of the country [...] Example: Julie, the staff, carrying on like that. … Not speaking to you. They've sent you to Coventry.
Word: blue devils Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally apparitions supposed to be seen by sufferers of delirium tremens. 1. Low spirits; depression. Labels: idiomatic, plural, plural-only, slang Example: ...ye who believe in the pernicious efforts of "Blue Devils," subscribe at once to that Paragon of Newspapers, "The Yankee Blade." Example: "[…] the disease is either extinct, or exists in such a mild form that a short course of aperient medicine carries it off. It is sometimes called the Blue-devils now or the Mulleygrubs. Queer names, ain't they?" 2. Depressants, especially the barbiturate amobarbital. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only, slang
Word: ostracised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ostracise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ostracised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of ostracized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Byzantium Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-der. Thracian *būzasder. Ancient Greek Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon)bor. Latin Bȳzantiumbor. English Byzantium From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon), named after its legendary founder, Byzas. Pronunciation: /bɪˈzæn.ti.əm/, /baɪˈzæn.ti.əm/ 1. An ancient Greek city situated on the Bosporus in modern Turkey, renamed Constantinople in 330 C.E.; modern Istanbul. Labels: historical 2. An ancient Greek empire in Southeastern Europe and Western Asia, with its capital at Constantinople; in full, Byzantine Empire. Labels: broadly, historical
Word: Byzantium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵ-der. Thracian *būzasder. Ancient Greek Βῡ́ζᾱς (Bū́zās) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon)bor. Latin Bȳzantiumbor. English Byzantium From Latin Bȳzantium, from Ancient Greek Βῡζᾰ́ντῐον (Būzắntĭon), named after its legendary founder, Byzas. Pronunciation: /bɪˈzæn.ti.əm/, /baɪˈzæn.ti.əm/ 1. A dark shade of purple, close to Tyrian purple and palatinate purple. Labels: uncountable
Word: kerfluffle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kerfuffle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: simuland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the supine of Latin simulare. (The construction is parallel to dividend, operand, subtrahend, etc.) 1. A thing to be simulated.
Word: futurist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English future Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English futurist From future + -ist. 1. An adherent to the principles of the artistic movement of futurism. Example: The distinction, however, seems to be that the warriors of the past went in for tournaments, which were at least dangerous for themselves, while the Futurists go in for motor-cars, which are mainly alarming for other people. Example: ‘A passion for destruction is also a creative passion.’ This statement by the Russian revolutionary Mikhail Bakunin in 1842 could have been the rallying cry of the Italian Futurists around 1910. 2. One who studies and predicts possible futures. Example: Two multibillion-dollar industries—the computer manufacturers and telephone companies—had each developed its technologies separately. But as futurist Howard Rheingold suggests in his book Virtual Communities, the industries inadvertently gave private consumers access to those billion of dollars by selling them a tiny device to link the two technologies together: a computer modem.
Word: futurist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English future Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English futurist From future + -ist. 1. In the style of futurism. Example: Salvat took to heart what Marinetti was provocatively clamoring: “Futurist poetry, having already destroyed traditional metrics and created free verse, now destroys the Latin period and its syntax. Futurist poetry is a spontaneous uninterrupted flow of analogies, each synthesized in an essential noun”.
Word: medial collateral ligament Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the four main ligaments of the knee in humans and certain other animals. Example: Her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) are torn and Vonn has a lateral fracture of the tibial plateau, the upper end of the tibia or shin bone.
Word: Malesia Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Malay Archipelago. 1. A biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya and Australasia ecozones. 2. A phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.
Word: macrame Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of macramé. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: macrame Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of macramé. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: macramé Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1865, borrowed from French macramé, from Italian macramè, from Ottoman Turkish مقرمه (makrame), from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم (miqram, “bedspread”), from قَرَمَ (qarama, “to gnaw”), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m. Pronunciation: /ˈmækɹəˌmeɪ/, /məˈkɹɑːmi/, /məˈkɹɑːmeɪ/ 1. A form of decorative textile made by knotting and weaving. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Robby is contemplating macramé.
Word: macramé Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1865, borrowed from French macramé, from Italian macramè, from Ottoman Turkish مقرمه (makrame), from Arabic مِقْرَمَة (miqrama, “ornamental fringe, embroidered veil”), from مِقْرَم (miqram, “bedspread”), from قَرَمَ (qarama, “to gnaw”), from Proto-Semitic *q-r-m. Pronunciation: /ˈmækɹəˌmeɪ/, /məˈkɹɑːmi/, /məˈkɹɑːmeɪ/ 1. To create textiles using the macramé technique.
Word: maidenhair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maiden + hair. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪdənhɛː/, /ˈmeɪdənhɛəɹ/ 1. A woman's pubic hair. Labels: poetic, uncountable Example: He fingered shreds of hair, her maidenhair, her mermaid's, into the bowl Example: His fingers tore at her maidenhair. Gasping, she recoiled for long enough to allow him entry. 2. Either of two species of genus Adiantum of fern with delicate, hair-like stalks, especially Adiantum capillus-veneris. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Our common Maidenhair does from a number of hard black fibres, send forth a great many blacking shining brittle stalks, hardly a span long [...]. Example: Among herbs that have traditionally been considered to possess aphrodisiac virtue are, maidenhair, navelwort, anemone, wild poppy, valerian, cyclamen, male fern, pansy, periwinkle. 3. Either of two ericaceous plants: creeping snowberry (Gaultheria hispidula) or checkerberry (G. procumbens). Labels: Canada, US, countable, regional, uncountable
Word: maidenhair fern Part of Speech: noun 1. Maidenhair (Adiantum spp.). Example: Hissao looked at the bottle with the polite attention another son might bestow on his mother's favourite maidenhair fern, or on a pear tree […].
Word: meadowlark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From meadow + lark. 1. The meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis). 2. Any of several songbirds of the genera Sturnella and Leistes, native to the Americas. Example: Closing it behind me and away I do run / To the meadow where the meadowlark is singing in the trees Example: Your voice is like a meadowlark / But your heart is like an ocean / Mysterious and dark
Word: megabit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English bit English megabit From mega- + bit. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡəbɪt/ 1. One million (10⁶, or 1,000,000) bits or 1,000 kilobits. Equals 125,000 bytes (125 kilobytes). Example: When reading clock pulses only, the signal frequency is 625 kHz. The bit rate, however, is twice the signal frequency, or 1.25 megabits/sec. 2. a mebibit. 3. one megabit per second Labels: informal
Word: megacycle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷékʷlos Ancient Greek κῠ́κλος (kŭ́klos)der. Late Latin cyclusbor. Middle English cicle English cycle English megacycle From mega- + cycle. 1. Synonym of megahertz. Labels: dated
Word: megalithic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: PIE word *méǵh₂s From mega- (prefix meaning ‘very large, great’) + -lith (suffix meaning ‘stone’) + -ic (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’, forming adjectives from nouns), probably modelled after monolithic; according to the Oxford English Dictionary the word is first attested earlier than megalith. It is analysable as megalith + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛɡəˈlɪθɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to megaliths, to the people who made them, or to the period when they were made. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Platon Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Platon, Greek Πλάτων (Pláton) or Russian and Ukrainian Платон (Platon). 1. A surname. 2. A male given name.
Word: Platon Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Platon, from Latin Platōn and its etymon Ancient Greek Πλάτων (Plátōn). 1. Alternative form of Plato. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Platon returned to the Academy and devoted himself to divine philosophy. Example: But after a while Sokrates began to draw me into the conversations. “And what do you think, Platon?” he encouraged me, and I replied as my thoughts dictated.
Word: CJKV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese: East Asian languages heavily influenced by the Chinese writing system and vocabulary. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CKJV Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Chinese King James Version (of the Bible). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Synonym of CJKV.
Word: occurence Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of occurrence. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: counterintuitively Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English counterintuitive Middle English -ly English -ly English counterintuitively From counterintuitive + -ly. 1. In a manner contrary to intuition or common sense. Example: Somewhat counterintuitively, but perhaps due to indirect effects on the renin–angiotensin system, Scherer and colleagues (2013) found that appropriate uptitration of BBs improves HRQoL in elderly HF patients with reported benefits in general health, vitality, and physical function, although physical capacity was not objectively quantified. Regarding the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system, as discussed above, administration of ACE inhibitors in normal aging may have a modest effect in slowing the progression of muscle-related weakness, although results are variable. Example: Similarly, people who regularly post political content on social media counterintuitively have a 50% wider perception gap than those who don’t.
Word: cost objective Part of Speech: noun 1. The purpose for which costs are measured.
Word: proacrosin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + acrosin. 1. A protein that is a precursor of acrosin. Labels: uncountable
Word: acrosin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English acrosome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English acrosin From acrosome + -in. 1. A proteolytic enzyme, found in the acrosome of spermatozoa, that enables penetration of the egg. Labels: uncountable
Word: cow tipping Part of Speech: noun 1. A fictional pastime wherein a person sneaks up on a sleeping cow and pushes it over. Labels: US, uncountable Example: The medieval cow tippers were a rutheless lot, to be sure, with their Knights of the Round Bovine Topplers, and Cowalot...But times changed and so did the fashion and style of cow tipping. Example: If setting up your database server feels like as much work as raising cattle, but with-out the glamor, you may mix business with pleasure and perform some virtual cow tipping: sneak up on your database server and try to push it over. 2. The practice of drawing the attention of a lolcow to the fact that they are being mocked. Labels: Internet, uncountable
Word: Naija Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or from Nigeria. Example: ‘If you come [...] you will meet a lot of Naija people there.’
Word: Naija Part of Speech: noun 1. A person from Nigeria.
Word: Naija Part of Speech: name 1. Nigeria (a country in West Africa). Labels: slang Example: We stopped at the mudhif of an important Sayid, and even a spectacled white-turbaned priest from Naija treated us with courtesy, and did not, as did most of those whom we met later, leave the building as soon as we had entered it. Example: There were obituaries, poems, hastily scratched out but very heartfelt dirges, and a unity that I have never before seen in Naija: a unity that, although it technically lasted about a week, still has lingering effects to the present day.
Word: Naija Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Nigerian Pidgin Naijá. 1. An English-based creole of Nigeria, combining vocabulary and grammar from the English language as well as various indigenous Nigerian languages and remnants of Portuguese.
Word: La Niña Part of Speech: name Etymology: Spanish feminine of El Niño. Pronunciation: /lə ˈniːn.jə/ 1. A sustained negative sea-surface temperature anomaly of more than 0.5°C across the equatorial zone of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean; the negative phase of the multi-year ENSO cycle, which causes variations in local and regional weather patterns. Labels: attributive, sometimes Example: Climate scientists think a La Niña event may develop this summer, meaning water temperatures in the Pacific Ocean will be cooler that normal. Although the relationship is not fully understood, historically there tends to be more hurricane activity during a La Niña event. Example: Scientists predict that La Niña this winter will lead to below average precipitation in a large swath of California, stretching from the Bay Area to the state’s southern border. They expect warmer than average temperatures for Southern California and eastern parts of Central California.
Word: fabrics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fabric Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zone of avoidance Part of Speech: noun 1. The region of the Universe in alignment with the galactic plane of the Milky Way where few galaxies were initially seen due to dust interfering with the view of ground-based telescopes.
Word: forefingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of forefinger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torchlight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From torch + light. 1. The dim light produced by a burning torch. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A number of towns in East Sussex, and on the borders of Kent and Surrey, make a special feature of huge bonfires and torchlight processions with fireworks on Guy Fawkes day or an early November Saturday. 2. The light produced by a flashlight. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A torch or flashlight. Labels: India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, countable
Word: sculler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scull + -er. 1. One who sculls; an athlete who participates in sculling races. Example: […] each man discharged their péece, and killed the sayd waterman, which forthwith falling downe dead, the Sculler with much payne rowed through the Bridge to the Tower wharffe with the Lieutenants man, and the dead man in his boate […] Example: The first and second guns had been fired, and the scullers in their boats, each some ten yards apart from the other, are anxiously waiting the firing of the third, which is the signal for starting. 2. A boat rowed by one person with two sculls, or short oars. Example: 1675, John Dryden, The Mistaken Husband, London: J. Magnes and R. Bentley, Act III, p. 33, Alas! the Story's short: Your Father’s dead. He would needs take water in a Sculler; And to save part of the Charges, going to row, overturned the Boat upon a Buoy […] Example: The Boats being clear, the Captain’s Boat, which was Oars, and consequently had two Watermen, went before the Maid’s Boat, which was but a Sculler; and as he passed by, looking at the Wench, he thought he knew her Face, but did not call to mind who she was […]
Word: 4-8-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a steam locomotive that has four leading wheels arranged in a leading truck, eight coupled driving wheels and four trailing wheels in a trailing truck. Example: No sooner had a waiting locomotive backed on to its train, the vociferous 4-6-4 or 4-8-4 re-emerged from under the bridge, and the two red marker lights on the last vehicles passed, than the headlight of the electric engine hauling the following train could be seen under the bridge and the waiting queue of locomotives had moved up one.
Word: leading axle Part of Speech: noun 1. On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located in front of the driving wheels.
Word: trailing axle Part of Speech: noun 1. On a steam locomotive, an axle connecting a coupled pair of unpowered wheels located behind the driving wheels.
Word: trailing truck Part of Speech: noun 1. On a steam locomotive, a railroad truck to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) for one or more coupled pairs of unpowered wheels are attached through bearings, located behind the driving wheels. Example: After trying but not mass-producing a heavy Pacific and tabulating indifferent tests of a three-cylinder 4-8-2, Central was in a mood to explore the possibilities of four-wheel trailing trucks.
Word: leading truck Part of Speech: noun 1. On a steam locomotive, a railroad truck to which wheel axles (and, hence, wheels) for one or more coupled pairs of unpowered wheels are attached through bearings, located in front of the driving wheels.
Word: 4-8-4+4-8-4 Part of Speech: noun 1. Under the Whyte notation system, a Garratt steam locomotive that is articulated in three parts, with a boiler mounted on the centre frame, and two steam engines mounted in opposite directions on separate frames, one on each end of the boiler, and each engine having a 4-8-4 wheel configuration.
Word: seaworthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English seaworthy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English seaworthiness From seaworthy + -ness. 1. The property of a watercraft that makes it fit to go to sea. Labels: uncountable Example: The ship leaked like a sieve and rode like a barrel; in other words it was completely lacking in seaworthiness.
Word: point of reference Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular location which is used as an endpoint when measuring distances or charting maps. 2. A unique, intellectual premise used to relate other ideas.
Word: gambe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of gamb. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: corvée Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of corvee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: rallying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rally Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: My mother entered my room at that moment; but Mademoiselle went on rallying, and it seemed to me that the subject was not disagreeable even to her.
Word: rallying Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who rallies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We are convinced that these public rallyings around the banner of Christ the King are a most effective means of counteracting "the diabolical program" and "the brazen unfurlings of the satanical banners of war against God and religion" […] 2. A wide-ranging form of motorsport with various competitive elements such as test of speed and navigation. Labels: uncountable
Word: corbeille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French corbeille. 1. A decorative basket. 2. A basket of clothing and accessories given as part of the dowry from groom to bride. Labels: historical
Word: agnomination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin agnominatio. 1. A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another Labels: rhetoric 2. An alliteration. Labels: rhetoric 3. polyptoton. Labels: rhetoric 4. Assigning to a proper name its literal or homophonic meaning. Labels: rhetoric
Word: alickadoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Legend attributes the term to former Irish full back and captain Ernie Crawford, who was rumoured to remark on a book read by a teammate by saying "You and your bloody Ali Khadu." Another possible origin dates from the amateur days of the game, when hard-pressed club helpers, when asked for more balls, players, games and etc., the reply was "it's all I can do". Hence alickadoo. 1. A non-playing member of a rugby union club who helps in the running of the club by performing various roles, usually on match days. These roles are not committee positions but are essential if the club is to function properly. Labels: UK
Word: anacolouthon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of anacoluthon. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Asthana Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi अस्थाना (asthānā). This surname is predominantly found in Uttar Pradesh. 1. A surname from Hindi.
Word: burn off Part of Speech: verb 1. To dissipate as the result of heat. Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up Example: The weather by the beach can be considerably cooler—ten degrees or more— and usually starts with fog and haze that burn off by late morning. 2. To cause to dissipate by applying heat. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up Example: When he tried to light the cigarette in his mouth, he discovered he was about to burn off the filter and a fair bit of his mouth. 3. To dispose of (unusable explosive natural gas from an oil well) by burning it as it emerges from the well. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up 4. To fail due to overheating. Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonym: burn up 5. To fill (low-value air time) with programming not suitable for its original purpose. Labels: intransitive, transitive 6. To expend energy resulting from metabolizing food. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: burn away, burn up Example: It's to encourage boys to burn off excess energy. 7. To use up a resource in a nonproductive manner. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonym: burn through Example: We burn off speed. We have come around very fast. Must burn off more speed. 8. to cause to waste energy. Example: Slick use of the resulting turnover ball gave Koroibete the space to burn off Daly, only the third try England have so far conceded in this tournament. 9. To speed past (someone), such as in a race, especially when first starting off. Labels: transitive Example: The other competitors were way behind, having been burned off at the starting line.
Word: canadew Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cantaloupe + honeydew. 1. A melon that is a cross between a honeydew and a cantaloupe.
Word: carriage house Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originating from the time when most transportation was a horse-drawn carriage. 1. A building for keeping a horse and carriage when not in use, separate from the house. Example: Near-synonym: driveshed
Word: colletor Part of Speech: noun 1. A multicellular trichome of a leaf or bud scale that produces a sticky secretion; a group or tuft of mucilaginous secretory hairs, usually found near the base of the leaf lamina and on the calyx. Example: Colletors are found in members of the Apocynaceae and Asclepiadaceae families.
Word: discriminative Part of Speech: adj 1. Having or relating to the ability to discriminate between things. 2. Which serves to distinguish its bearer. Labels: attributive, usually
Word: dolce far niente Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian dolce far niente (literally “sweet doing nothing, sweet idleness”). Pronunciation: /ˌdɒltʃeɪ ˌfɑː nɪˈɛnteɪ/, /ˌdoʊltʃeɪ ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnteɪ/, /ˌdoʊltʃi ˌfɑɹ niˈɛnti/ 1. Sheer indulgent relaxation and blissful laziness, the enjoyment of idleness. Labels: uncountable Example: 1882, W. S. Gilbert, Iolanthe This gentleman is seen, / With a maid of seventeen, / A-taking of his dolce far niente; / And wonders he'd achieve, / For he asks us to believe / She's his mother—and he's nearly five-and-twenty! Example: We should so organize our rank and mobilize our forces that our influence may not be dissipated before the advancing hosts of quackery and ignorance. This we can do effectively if only the wise and successful ones among our leaders can be induced to forgo the dolce far niente of the noontime of their lives.
Word: drive-by media Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This term was used by Rush Limbaugh during his national radio program to describe elements of the mainstream media as similar to drive-by shooters. 1. Media that provides broad or misleading statements in quick succession without context or explanation. Labels: US, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: drop grommet Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of grommet (hole) on the topside of office furniture through which cables can fit.
Word: dym Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Corruption of the word dumb. 1. dumb, stupid Labels: Internet, derogatory, humorous, not-comparable
Word: dym Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Corruption of the word dumb. 1. Initialism of dig your message. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of do you mind. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of do/did you mean. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: euouae Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the vowels in the last two words of the final phrase of the Gloria Patri doxology in Latin: “[…] in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.” (literally “[…] into ages of ages (for ever and ever). Amen.”). In liturgical works used in Gregorian chant, instead of repeating the words, the letters were printed under musical notes to indicate how the syllables of the words should be sung in different melodies. Pronunciation: /juːˈuː.iː/, [jʉw.ˈʉw.ɪj], /juˈu.i/ 1. In medieval music, a mnemonic for the Latin words saeculōrum and āmēn (from “ […] in saecula saeculōrum. Āmēn.” from the Gloria Patri doxology), used in liturgical works to indicate how the words should be sung with various cadences. Labels: no-plural Example: In the publicke ſervice of the Romiſh Maſſe there are words truly ridiculous, and which never were other then worthleſſe, as Evovae, Miſerere nobis, & Stabat mater doloroſa, and many the like, which nevertheleſſe in the Church of Rome are not ridiculous, becauſe they are authoriſed by the divine ſervice. Example: The above characters exhibit the eſſential parts of each of the tones, that is to ſay, the beginning, the meditation, and the cloſe, which is generally contained in the Euouae, […] [W]henever it [the word Euouae] occurs, as it does almoſt in every page of the antiphonary, [it] is meant as a direction for ſinging thoſe words [saeculōrum and āmēn] to the notes of the Euouae. 2. A cadence used to sing those words of the Gloria Patri. Labels: broadly, no-plural Example: The euouae, initials, and finials of all the modes, are given in this kind of notation very amply, and always on five lines, and ſpaces. Example: The evovae, commences always upon the dominant of the key, and terminates upon the tonic.
Word: expressive language Part of Speech: noun 1. Language in any of a number of different modalities such as speech, sign or writing. Labels: uncountable Example: Receptive language is the phrases and vocabulary that we understand, whereas expressive language is what we actually use.
Word: forme fruste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French forme fruste. 1. An incomplete form or partial symptom of a disease. Example: Essential tremor, a neurological disorder that causes hand tremors, is suspected by some researchers to be a forme fruste of Parkinson's disease.
Word: good egg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably a humorous antonym of bad egg (“someone whose behaviour is reprehensible or irresponsible; a rogue”). The earliest known usage of the phrase was by Rudyard Kipling in his 1904 book "Traffics & Discoveries": "'Good egg!' quoth Moorshed, and brought his hand down on the wide shoulders with the smack of a beaver's tail." Pronunciation: /ˈɡʊd ɛɡ/ 1. A good person, someone to be trusted; a friend. Labels: UK, US, idiomatic Example: The chemist and the bacteriologist gave him the third degree and, like most criminals, it was found difficult to tell just when a good egg began to be bad, and it appeared that it depended largely on how he was handled, especially in his youth, […] Example: Tom speaks: "I have a girl friend I want you to meet. She's a good egg."
Word: hardwired Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + wired. 1. Designed to perform a specific task. 2. Of devices, closely or tightly coupled. 3. Having a fixed placement (on a screen format for example). 4. Not changeable. 5. Having made a belief or a pattern of behavior or a habit. Example: I'm hardwired to have a shower every morning. 6. Describing genetically determined, instinctive behavior.
Word: hardwired Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From hard + wired. 1. simple past and past participle of hardwire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Indo-Pak Part of Speech: adj 1. Indo-Pakistani Labels: not-comparable, slang Example: the Indo-Pak War
Word: jacked Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /d͡ʒækt/ 1. High on drugs or stimulants. Labels: slang 2. Broken; imperfect. Labels: slang Example: This computer is so jacked, I'm surprised it can still turn on! 3. Strong and/or muscled. Labels: slang Example: Near-synonyms: ripped, shredded Example: Wow, that guy is jacked!
Word: jacked Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /d͡ʒækt/ 1. simple past and past participle of jack Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: Dude, he just jacked my bike!
Word: Karambelkar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Marathi करंबेळकर (karambeḷkar). 1. A surname from Marathi.
Word: Letters and Science Part of Speech: noun 1. The humanities, social sciences and natural sciences, considered together. Labels: uncountable
Word: liponym Part of Speech: noun 1. A text which deliberately excludes a certain word, usually a very common word, occasionally used as a technique in novels. Labels: literary
Word: longpig Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of long pig. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: METT-TC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of mission, enemy, terrain, troops available, time, and civilian considerations. Used by the United States military to help commanders remember the considerations in the planning of any operation. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, mnemonic, uncountable
Word: on the ladder Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On a property ladder, owning property. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: When someone has bought their first house, they are said to have got on the ladder.
Word: secus Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin secus. 1. otherwise, to the contrary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: senior note Part of Speech: noun 1. A bond that takes priority for receipt of principal and interest over other debt securities sold by the issuer in the event the issuer goes bankrupt.
Word: social pattern Part of Speech: noun 1. The systems of control mechanisms to dominate these entities of the organization to achieve a defined goal.
Word: stockinette Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of stockinet. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: technoetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From τέχνη (tékhnē) + νοητικός (noētikós), coined by British artist Roy Ascott in 1997. 1. Combining technology and consciousness. Example: So within the telematic embrace we hope to reach this social synchronicity, an identical rhythm of the heart, a dynamic technoetic equilibrium.
Word: Yathi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit यति (yati, “striver, sage”), synonymous to a spiritual person, yogi or monk. Derives from य (ya) and -ति (-ti). 1. A male given name from India, of Indian usage.
Word: à gogo Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from French à gogo. Pronunciation: /əˈɡəʊ.ɡəʊ/, /əˈɡoʊ.ɡoʊ/ 1. In abundance, galore. Labels: not-comparable Example: The neighbourhoods of Crystal Palace Park have, one by one, fallen before the onslaught of the gentrifiers. Sydenham? Mochaccinos à gogo. Example: This Switzerland sceptic gets swept away by the vibrant day-to-night culture in Zürich, which has lidos à gogo that become hip bars after dark[.]
Word: golden section Part of Speech: noun 1. The division of a whole into two parts such that the ratio of the smaller part to the larger is equal to the ratio of the larger part to the whole. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dutch corner Part of Speech: noun 1. Laying bricks with a three-quarter brick closure at the corner.
Word: in turn Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /ɪn ˈtɜːn/, /ɪn ˈtɜɹn/ 1. One after the other; one at a time; in succession; successively. Example: The teacher answered the students each in turn. Example: Each member of the group, in turn, rose to share a personal story, until nearly everyone in the room had spoken. 2. In due order; in proper sequence; in a determined or measured sequence, as a waiting line or queue. Example: You are next in turn to bat. Example: The boy was next in turn to sit on Santa's lap. 3. In response; in return. Example: The musical ambassadors finished their performance, and the local musicians in turn played for them a traditional ballad. Example: With great humility, I call upon all Americans to help me keep our nation united in defense of those ideals which have been so eloquently proclaimed by Franklin Roosevelt. I want in turn to assure my fellow Americans and all of those who love peace and liberty throughout the world that I will support and defend those ideals with all my strength and all my heart. 4. Having a relationship sequentially comparable to one just mentioned; accordingly or similarly, with respect to sequence, precedence, or hierarchy. Example: The vassals were subject to their lords, who in turn were subject to barons or kings. Example: My car was hit by a truck, which in turn was hit by the van.
Word: La Nina Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of La Niña. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: neuroevolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- English evolution English neuroevolution From neuro- + evolution. 1. The class of methods for training artificial neural networks with genetic algorithms. Labels: uncountable
Word: smell-o-vision Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smell + -o- (interfix used for ease of pronunciation) + vision, probably popularized by Smell-O-Vision (proper noun) which was recoined in 1959 by Mike Todd Jr. (1929–2002), the American producer of the film Scent of Mystery (1960), as the name of the system invented by the Swiss scientist Hans Laube (1900–1976) used for the film. The term was possibly modelled after terms used in the motion picture industry such as Panavision (a company manufacturing cameras and lenses) and VistaVision (an early widescreen motion picture film format). The variant spelling smellevision is possibly a blend of smell + television. Pronunciation: /ˈsmɛləˌvɪʒən/ 1. A (supposed) technology consisting of cinematography with the addition of olfaction, often portrayed as far-fetched or futuristic. Labels: humorous, uncountable Example: "Magnificent!" shouted our supercritical photographer as he leveled his eye at this picture [of a ham]. […] Perhaps "smell-o-vision" is needed to enjoy fully this Easter treat. Or, better still, taste SUNNYFIELD HAM yourself—either smoked or cooked ready-to-eat. Example: SMELLEVISION REPLACES TELEVISION! Carl Stalling sez, "It will never work!"
Word: aurae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aura Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sniffer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sniff Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English sniffer From sniff + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsnɪfɚ/ 1. One who sniffs. 2. The nose. Labels: informal 3. A software or hardware tool for intercepting and logging network traffic.
Word: maestri Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maestro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maharanee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of maharani. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: maharishi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit महर्षि (maharṣi, “great seer”) from महा (mahā, “great”) + ऋषि (ṛṣi, “saint, seer”). 1. A teacher of Hindu mysticism. Example: His lineage of teachers and masters included several famous maharishis.
Word: mahatma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Sanskrit महात्मा (mahātmā, “great spirit”). 1. In India or Tibet, a person thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity. Example: Certain cults and individuals from the West look towards Tibet as the abode of mysterious Mahatmas and "Masters", and the home of the Great White Brotherhood.
Word: sugar soap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the resemblance of the dry powder form to table sugar. 1. An extremely powerful detergent used for washing surfaces prior to painting. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: A detailed discussion of the work of J. Boes and H. Weyland on the value of sugar soap was made by F. G. as had been already pointed out in last year's report. Example: Sugar soap, states a writer in the "Pharmaceutical Journal," is a soap powder used by painters for washing down purposes before applying new coats of paint and varnish. It owes its name to its resemblance to Demerara sugar crystals, and is retailed in 1 lb. cartons at sixpence or less, and some of it is packed loose in casks.
Word: Chinese hamster Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Cricetulus griseus of hamsters originating in the deserts of northern China and Mongolia.
Word: Chinese whispers Part of Speech: noun 1. A game for several players in which a phrase, whispered by each person in turn to their neighbour, is often unwittingly misunderstood as it is transferred, to humorous effect by the time it reaches the last person and is compared with the original phrase. Labels: UK, uncountable Example: Some members made it clear that they were not going to participate at all, because it was the last Bullring, and brought in books to read or played games like ‘Chinese Whispers’, totally ignoring any remarks that were made. Example: This is no doubt the reason why children play Chinese Whispers. One child whispers a message to another and it travels around the circle of children, only to be revealed by the last member of the chain. 2. A situation where something is changed or misunderstood as a result of passing through successive people or processes. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: The UN would rather not be associated with blowing mosques to smithereens in a part of the world where propaganda is everywhere, and information spreads like Chinese whispers. Example: Rightly famed for their year 2000 project, RMX//A Visual Remix Project, for which they remixed each others' work in a Chinese Whispers-style process, they have also printed T-shirts with their eye-catching graphics […]
Word: spirits of salts Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of spirit of salt. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Some have succeeded in sculpturing Marble in very delicate designs by the aid of an acidulous liquor, which is formed by a mixture of spirits of salts and distilled vinegar. Example: https://web.archive.org/web/20060910002024/http://www.physchem.co.za/Acids/Introduction.htm Acids which are commonly found in the laboratory are hydrochloric acid, HCl (still sometimes called by its ancient name spirits of salts), nitric acid, ...
Word: spirits of wine Part of Speech: noun 1. Ethanol. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: The genuine also ought to dissolve entirely in a mixture of four parts of spirits of wine , with one of rectified ether
Word: smell-o-meter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *smalljan Old English *smiellan Middle English smellen English smell English -o-meter English smell-o-meter From smell + -o-meter. 1. That which registers the magnitude of odor. Labels: informal Example: Perhaps the American Library Association should commission high tech wizards to develop a "smell-o-meter" which could standardize our judgments. Example: 1997 May 7, William Greene, misc.fitness.weights, Usenet Somebody needs to invent a "smell-o-meter" for gyms
Word: cinematise Part of Speech: verb 1. To adapt (an event or story) for the cinema. Labels: transitive Example: Because of its importance, the director will cinematise the story.
Word: cinematises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cinematise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cinematised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cinematise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cinematising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cinematise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: shutup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A herd of cattle (or a person) in such a steep valley is largely shut up (enclosed). 1. A steep canyon in the Solitario region of Texas in the United States. Example: [page 53:] […] shutups, the most spectacular in the Lefthand Shutup southeast of hill 4787 […] Slickenlines document strike-slip, oblique-slip, and some normal fault movement and form as mullions, as in the Lefthand Shutup southeast of hill 4787, or fine grooves, as in both the Lower and Righthand Shutups. [page 94:] In contrast, Corry and others (1990, p. 13) believed that the Shutups are ancient features that "must have drained the central basin since it was formed in the late Eocene. The youthful appearance of the shutups, with canyon walls that are very steep to vertical (Fig. 9), is the result of their structural control. The canyons of the shutups […] Example: […] Except in the driest seasons, a shallow flowing stream two or three feet wide meanders over gravel bars between these pools, disappearing and re-emerging as if by whim. But the calm, steep-shadowed serenity of the Shutups is deceiving: floods accompanying late-summer thunderstorms transform them into places of mortal peril, roaring gorges where giant boulders are tumbled about by the current's overwhelming force. So rugged is the interior of the Solitaro that a good day's expedition seldom covers more than fifteen miles, and then only with the aid of a sturdy four-wheel-drive vehicle.
Word: shutup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A herd of cattle (or a person) in such a steep valley is largely shut up (enclosed). 1. Alternative spelling of shut up. Labels: alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: Cestrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English ċeaster + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛstɹiːən/ 1. A native or inhabitant of any of the places called Chester (or Chester-le-Street, etc), especially Chester, England.
Word: Cestrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old English ċeaster + -ian. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛstɹiːən/ 1. Of, from or relating to any of the places called Chester (or Chester-le-Street, etc), especially Chester, England. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Cestrians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cestrian Labels: form-of, plural