nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: maya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit माया (māyā). 1. Magic; supernatural power as held by the gods. Labels: uncountable 2. The power by which the universe is made to appear; the illusion of the phenomenal world, as opposed to its true or spiritual reality. Labels: Hinduism, uncountable Example: Shankara prescribed meditative reflection, through which each individual could pierce the veil of maya and come to recognize the identity between his or her essence and the universal spirit.
Word: RTHK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Radio Television Hong Kong: the government broadcaster of Hong Kong. Labels: Hong-Kong, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TVB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Television Broadcasts: a TV station in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TVB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of trivinylbenzene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: AFP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Australian Federal Police. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Agence France-Presse. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: When asked about the legal proceedings, Durov reportedly told the AFP that he “trusts the French justice” system but refused to elaborate on the case. Example: AFP, one of the few international news outlets with a Tehran bureau, said this week it has been unable to visit the scene of the strike on a school in the southern town of Minab, where Iranian authorities say more than 150 people, many of them children, were killed by a US Tomahawk missile. 3. Initialism of Association of Fundraising Professionals. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Armed Forces of the Philippines. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AFP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of alpha-fetoprotein. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: AFP Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of affinity purified. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: CBI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Confederation of British Industry. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Central Bureau of Investigation. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CBI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of confidential business information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of computer-based interlocking. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of content-based instruction Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AFUE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of annual fuel utilization efficiency. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: unconstitutional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English constitutional English unconstitutional From un- + constitutional. 1. Contrary to or violative of the constitution of a state or other sovereign institution. Example: That recently passed political bill has been declared unconstitutional. Example: A California law that ensures many gig workers are considered independent contractors, while affording them some limited benefits, is unconstitutional and unenforceable, a California Superior Court judge ruled Friday evening.
Word: Nazarene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’. Pronunciation: /ˈnæzəɹiːn/ 1. Of or pertaining to Nazareth or its people. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or relating to the Church of the Nazarene. Labels: not-comparable Example: Holiness Today is a Nazarene magazine.
Word: Nazarene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’. Pronunciation: /ˈnæzəɹiːn/ 1. A person from Nazareth. Example: While Jenin was starving under curfew, Nazarenes were only twenty minutes away, watching televised footage of their neighbours ‘in solidarity’. 2. A member of the Jewish sect of the Nazarenes. Labels: historical Example: He was formerly with the sect of the Pharisees, but now he is a Nazarene. 3. A Christian, a follower of Jesus. 4. A member of the Church of the Nazarene. Example: I have been a Nazarene for several years; I joined the church in 1946.
Word: Nazarene Part of Speech: name Etymology: In the sense "person from Nazareth", from Ancient Greek Ναζαρηνός (Nazarēnós, “of Nazareth”), an ethnonym of Ναζαρέθ (Nazaréth). In the sense "a member of a certain sect", from Ancient Greek Ναζωραῖος (Nazōraîos), which may or may not be related. For a list of theories as to the further etymology of this word, see the Wikipedia article on ‘Nazarene’. Pronunciation: /ˈnæzəɹiːn/ 1. an epithet of Jesus Christ Labels: usually Example: I stand amazed in the presence / Of Jesus, the Nazarene, / And wonder how He could love me, / A sinner, condemend, unclean.
Word: LTC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of long-term care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of lieutenant colonel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of last telecast. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: cyanocarbon acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a class of strong organic acids, only known as their salts in which the negative charge is stabilized by resonance.
Word: cycloamylose Part of Speech: noun 1. any of a class of cyclic oligomers of glucose; they have a toroidal shape and bind tightly with many aromatic compounds, the guest molecule fitting into the cavity like a key and lock; they mimic the action of several enzymes
Word: oligomer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oligo- + -mer. Pronunciation: /əˈlɪ.ɡə.məɹ/ 1. A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.
Word: micturate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1842; irregular back-formation from micturition on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin micturiō (“to urinate”). Related to Old English mīgan (whence Early Middle English miȝen (“to urinate”) See also Mingere and meiere: urination. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪkt͡ʃəɹeɪt/ 1. To urinate. Labels: formal, intransitive Example: David Lynch himself uses the down-time between takes to confer with A.D.’s and producers and to drink coffee and/or micturate into the undergrowth, and to smoke American Spirits and walk pensively around the Mercedeses and camera truck’s technical fray, sometimes holding one hand to his cheek in a way that recalls Jack Benny. Example: Jeffrey Lebowski: So every time -- I just want to understand this, sir -- every time a rug is micturated upon in this fair city, I have to compensate the (owner) --?
Word: maunder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From earlier maund (“to beg”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːndə/, /ˈmɔndɚ/, /mɑndɚ/ 1. To speak in a disorganized or desultory manner; to babble or prattle. Example: He was ever maundering by the how that he met a party of scarlet devils. Example: "Not so fast, Lady Cecilia; not yet;" and now Louisa went on with a medical maundering. "As to low spirits, my dear Cecilia, I must say I agree with Sir Sib Pennyfeather, who tells me it is not mere common low spirits […]" 2. To wander or walk aimlessly. Example: [Deacon Mushrat to Pogo:] The Machiavellian barratry of a pettifogging public has maundered into do-nothingism. 3. To beg; to whine like a beggar. Labels: intransitive, obsolete
Word: maunder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From earlier maund (“to beg”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɔːndə/, /ˈmɔndɚ/, /mɑndɚ/ 1. A beggar. Labels: obsolete
Word: sneakers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsnikɚz/ 1. plural of sneaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hei Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ci-devant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French ci-devant. 1. Former, late. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hastily Beatrice performed both her own and Emily's toilette; for what with fatigue and terror, her companion was almost powerless: still their celerity excited the praise of the ci-devant professor of the fine arts. Example: The ci-devant marquis was caught disguised in her apartment. She betrayed for him a good, easy friend of the people who had long loved her, and revenge is sweet.
Word: historie Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of history. Labels: alt-of, archaic, countable, uncountable
Word: aspirant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin aspīrārelbor. French aspirerder. French aspirantbor. English aspirant Borrowed from French aspirant. Pronunciation: /ˈæspəɹənt/, /ɐsˈpaɪɹɐnt/ 1. Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.) Example: The company received dozens of applications from job aspirants. Example: Every aspirant actor dreams of making it to Broadway.
Word: aspirant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Latin aspīrārelbor. French aspirerder. French aspirantbor. English aspirant Borrowed from French aspirant. Pronunciation: /ˈæspəɹənt/, /ɐsˈpaɪɹɐnt/ 1. Seeking advancement. 2. Striving for recognition.
Word: finne Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of fin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: brev Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bruv. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gutt Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of gut. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: dipper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English dippere; equivalent to dip + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪpə/, [ˈdɪpə], /ˈdɪpɚ/, [ˈdɪpɚ] ~ [ˈdɪpɹ̩] 1. One who, or that which, dips (immerses something, or itself, into a liquid). Example: A chocolate dipper dips the cream centers into warm chocolate by hand; when taken out the creams are shaped [...] Example: When the engine runs the dipper dips in the oil once in every revolution of the crankshaft and the oil is splashed on the cylinder walls. 2. Any of various small passerine birds of the genus Cinclus that live near fast-flowing streams and feed along the bottom. 3. A cup-shaped vessel with a long handle, for dipping into and ladling out liquids; a ladle or scoop. 4. The control in a vehicle that switches between high-beam and low-beam (i.e. dips the lights), especially when used to signal other vehicles. Labels: India, UK 5. Any snack food intended to be dipped in sauce. Example: chicken dippers 6. Someone who dips chewing tobacco or snuff. 7. A pickpocket. Labels: slang Example: It is doubtful if the Victorian Londoner needed any warning, for the artful mobsmen, toolers, whizzers and dippers, together with their stickman accomplices, were everywhere in the crowds, in the underground, on railway trains […] 8. A person employed in a tin plate works to coat steel plates in molten tin by dipping them. Labels: historical 9. A person employed to assist a bather in and out of the sea. Labels: historical 10. A Baptist or Dunker. Labels: historical, informal 11. A delivery bowled that curves into or away from the batter before pitching. 12. an Indian-born immigrant residing in Western countries, often born in the 1990s or later Labels: India, North, South-Asia, derogatory, offensive, slang
Word: all that Part of Speech: noun 1. That and everything similar; all of that kind of thing; and so on; et cetera. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: and all that, and that, and all, and stuff Example: Snuff, or the Fan, supply each Pauſe of Chat, With ſinging, laughing, ogling, and all that.
Word: all that Part of Speech: pron 1. The exact amount, quantity, or level referred to. Example: She's not as smart as all that.
Word: all that Part of Speech: adj 1. Of especially good quality; particularly excellent. Labels: US, dated, not-comparable, slang Example: ... due to the fact that the operators on the third shift at Kennedy were not all that—you know, they weren't the A Team—they had gotten themselves in a sequence where they dropped power on the vehicle. Example: My muffin top is all that / whole-grain, low-fat / I know you want a piece of that / but I'm just here to dance / […] / So back up offa me / You're weirding me out
Word: all that Part of Speech: adv 1. Very. Labels: idiomatic Example: We do not have all that much time to finish. Example: By now, I hope that you are getting the message that life really isn't all that complicated.
Word: ostium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōstium. 1. A small opening or orifice, as in a body organ or passage. 2. Any of the small openings or pores in a sponge. 3. The mouth of a river.
Word: hork Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Onomatopoeia or imitative. For “cough up” sense, compare hawk/hock (16th century), which are almost homophonous in non-rhotic accents. For “throw” sense, compare huck. The “foul up” sense is presumably influenced by bork (late 1990s), from broken. The “steal” sense may be related to hook, which has the same slang meaning. Pronunciation: /ˈhɔː(ɹ)k/ 1. To foul up; to be occupied with difficulty, tangle, or unpleasantness; to be broken. Labels: slang Example: I downloaded the program, but something is horked and it won't load. 2. To steal, especially petty theft or misnomer in jest. Labels: regional, slang Example: Can I hork that code from you for my project? 3. To vomit, cough up. Labels: slang 4. To gulp Labels: slang 5. To gulp Don't just hork it down! Labels: slang 6. To throw. Labels: slang Example: Let's go hork pickles at people from the back row of the movie theatre. 7. To eat hastily or greedily; to gobble. Labels: slang Example: I don't know what got into her, but she horked all those hoagies last night! 8. To move. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Go hork the kegs from out back.
Word: take a chance Part of Speech: verb 1. To risk doing something; to try something risky. Labels: idiomatic Example: He took a chance by supporting the unknown artist. Example: He took a chance on me, gave me an opportunity to get into management, the opportunity I wanted, which could not have been an easy decision to make.
Word: in charge Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Having the responsibility of leading or overseeing. Example: He left his daughter in charge of watching her younger sisters. 2. Having the power of command or control. Example: This internet browser puts you in charge of your personal settings. Example: You show me the people who control the money, the land, and the weapons, and I'll show you the people in charge. 3. In the care, custody or command (of someone). Labels: dated Example: The suspect was given in charge and taken to the police station. Example: I have myself seen the wife of a mohout give a baby in charge to an elephant, while she was on some business, and have been highly amused in observing the sagacity and care of the unwieldy nurse.
Word: aditus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin aditus. Pronunciation: /ˈæ.dɪ.təs/, /ˈæ.dɪ.tuːs/ 1. the entrance to a cavity or channel
Word: stew in one's juices Part of Speech: verb 1. To be alone and self-absorbed in an uncomfortable state of mind, especially while experiencing the unpleasant effects of one's own actions. Labels: idiomatic Example: "Nothin' like mystery to keep that rotten little camp up on its toes," he muttered. "I'll just leave that mess to stew in its own juices for a while." Example: [H]e had come to deliver young Kiner to the police station. There, he said, he was left to stew in his juices for an hour, during which he conjured visions of cruel and inhuman punishment.
Word: ictus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ictus (“a blow”), from īco (“to hit, strike”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪktəs/, /ˈɪktuːs/ 1. The pulse. 2. A sudden attack, blow, stroke, or seizure, as in a sunstroke, the sting of an insect, pulsation of an artery, etc. 3. The stress of voice laid upon an accented syllable of a word. Compare arsis. 4. In conducting, the indication of a musical event, most often the beat of the tempo or the entry of a section of the orchestra.
Word: bring up Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position. Example: When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints? Example: "[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]" 2. To mention. Example: Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy. 3. To raise or rear (children). Example: In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed. Example: ‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.[…]’. 4. To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory) Example: A short Internet search brought up some amazing details of this story. 5. To turn on power or start, as of a machine. Example: Wait a minute while I bring up my computer. 6. To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors. Example: Anyone who's been tasked with bringing up a board knows how trying it is. 7. To vomit. Example: I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate. 8. To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion. Example: "[…]Mr. Wolfe, I beg you—I beg of you—" I was sure she was going to cry and I didn't want her to. But Wolfe brusquely brought her up: "That's all, Miss Barstow.[…]" Example: "No," Maeniel shouted, "No!" trying to distract the man, and lunged toward him. The chain on his ankle brought him up short and he fell on his face. 9. To reach a particular score, especially a milestone. Example: Warner smacked a four over midwicket to bring up his century. 10. To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority. Example: The book [The Gilded Hearse] was brought up on obscenity charges, partly as a result of the gay content, but a New York magistrate dismissed the charges. 11. To level type or make it ready for printing by overlaying it. Labels: obsolete 12. To prepare a vein for an injection. Labels: transitive
Word: arteria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin artēria (“a windpipe; an artery”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (ărtērĭ́ā). Doublet of artery. Pronunciation: /ɑɹˈtɪɹ.i.ə/ 1. Synonym of artery.
Word: filesharing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of file sharing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: sunbeam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sonnebeem, sonne beem, from Old English sunnbēam, sunnebēam (“sunbeam”), equivalent to sun + beam. 1. A ray of sunlight; especially, a demarcated, narrow, and intense (relative to ambient light) ray of sunlight (as revealed by, for example, its diffraction among dust particles). Example: Near-synonym: sunshaft (narrow, demarcated) Example: I cut-in various other material to this; for instance, a shot of a rushing brook in springtime, with dancing sunbeams reflected in the water; of birds splashing in the village pond; and, finally, of a laughing child. 2. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the genus Curetis. 3. Any hummingbird of the genus Aglaeactis. 4. Synonym of sunshine (“ironic form of address to an inferior or troublemaker”). Labels: UK Example: DOCTOR: You seem to be our best bet so far, don't you think so, Mel? Mel? Where's Mel? DEPUTY: No, no, no, sunbeam. You're coming with us. 5. An item of cutlery or crockery laid out on a table, but not used, and which can be returned to the drawer without being washed. Labels: Australia, colloquial, dated
Word: follow through Part of Speech: verb 1. To execute or complete a commitment. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: I don't appreciate salesmen who make promises and then fail to follow through. Example: Try and follow through with your strategy. 2. To continue moving the arms (and any held implements, such as a bat or club) or legs after striking e.g. a ball. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive 3. To defecate unintentionally as a result of a cough or sneeze, etc. Labels: euphemistic, intransitive, slang Example: It looked like he'd just farted and followed through. Example: LORNA WYNDE: You cried so hard, you followed through in Oddbins.
Word: SSSR Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Russian СССР (SSSR). From Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик (Sojuz Sovetskix Socialističeskix Respublik, “Union of Soviet Socialist Republics”) 1. Alternative spelling of USSR: Abbreviation of Soviet Union Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, alternative, nonstandard
Word: ejection seat Part of Speech: noun 1. A seat in an aircraft which can be ejected from the cockpit and thus save the pilot's life when a crash is imminent.
Word: ejection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French éjection, from Latin eiectio. Pronunciation: /əˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, /iˈd͡ʒɛk.ʃən/, /-t͡ʃən/, /-ɪn/ 1. The act of ejecting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ejection seat Example: ejection of gases 2. That which is ejected. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Volcanic ejection covered the village in ash.
Word: treasure chest Part of Speech: noun 1. A chest filled with treasure, especially one used by pirates, etc. 2. A treasury, especially a state or royal treasury. Labels: metonymically Example: They acted the part of a sponge for the Royal Treasury, they gathered up all the floating money of the country, to be squeezed from time to time into the king’s treasure-chest […] Example: The visitors pour upward of $60,000 into the state’s treasure chest. 3. Any source of something valuable or beautiful. Labels: figuratively Example: a treasure chest of poems
Word: EOMB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of explanation of Medicare benefits. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: IDS Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /aɪ diː ɛs/ 1. Initialism of ideographic description sequence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of intrusion detection system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of infant-directed speech. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of infectious disease specialist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: IDS Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /aɪ diː ɛs/ 1. Initialism of Iain Duncan Smith. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: POC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of proof of concept. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: PoC exploit 2. Initialism of point of contact. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of percentage of completion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of point of care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of port of call. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of person of color or people of color. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, person, uncountable Example: The organizers didn’t think to invite even a single POC to speak. Example: Rapidly, knitters on Instagram started using hashtags such as #pocknitters and #diversknitty, and there were calls to support POC knitters by buying from them (if they owned a business) and following them, and to “buy them a coffee” by donating money to their Patreon accounts. 7. Initialism of piece of crap. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: POC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Philippine Olympic Committee. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: mths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of hyperthreading. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of handy talkie. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of hat tip. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of heart transplant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Holmes tremor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of half time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: HT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Hindustan Times, an Indian newspaper. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NAB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Australia Bank. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Association of Broadcasters. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of National Accountability Bureau. Labels: Pakistan, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of baseband. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of BlackBerry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of basketball. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of baseball. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of bulletin board. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. A type of pellet that can be shot from a BB gun. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. Initialism of ball bearing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Radiopaque catheters, wires, or small metal ball bearings (BBs) are taped to the patient's skin to help in identifying any anatomic landmark, diseased tissue, or scar on the skin. 8. Initialism of bottom bracket. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. A walk; the statistic reporting the number of "bases on balls". Labels: countable, uncountable 10. Abbreviation of balance beam. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 11. Abbreviation of battleship. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: BB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Big Brother. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Big Bang. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of the Bangka Belitung Islands: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Abbreviation of bye bye. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BB Part of Speech: adv 1. Initialism of bareback (“without a condom”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BB Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of best before. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Fenian Cycle Part of Speech: name 1. A body of prose and verse focusing on the exploits of the mythological hero Fionn mac Cumhail and his warriors the Fianna Éireann. Labels: Irish
Word: Fianna Éireann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Meaning "Soldiery of Ireland", named after the mythological Fianna 1. An Irish republican youth movement, founded by Constance Markievicz and Bulmer Hobson in 1909. 2. The Fianna. Labels: Irish
Word: SAPOL Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of South Australia Police. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of Example: For example, the SAPOL Police Security Services Division (a service designed to act in competition with private providers) mentions, in its Strategic Plan 1998-2003, its similarity with SAPOL as an advantage. Example: When information is provided to SAPOL and it is considered by the officer receiving the information that it is necessary that the identity of the informant and the information be kept confidential, it is the practice of SAPOL officers to give an assurance of confidentiality.
Word: VOIP Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of VoIP. Labels: alt-of
Word: comm Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of communication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: comms line Example: Hand gestures are also essential to Belter communication, as they evolved from the days of wearing space suits with poor comms during the early settler days. 2. Clipping of commission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 3. Clipping of committee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 4. Clipping of commandant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 5. Synonym of commlink. Example: My comm was set on silent mode—nothing in or out except emergency transmissions.
Word: comm Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of commission. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: comms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comms Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of communications Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, plural, plural-only
Word: comms. Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comm. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comm. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of comm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: EFF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Electronic Frontier Foundation. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The EFF asked Legere about the issue on Twitter. After partially answering the question in a video, Legere said, "Who the f— are you anyway EFF? Why are you stirring up so much trouble, and who pays you?" 2. Initialism of Economic Freedom Fighters. Labels: South-Africa, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Once all the votes are counted, if the ANC remains below 50% it will be forced to enter a coalition with one or more parties. Depending on how low its support dips, it may need to form a deal with one of the larger opposition parties such as the DA or EFF to remain in power.
Word: MIPI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Music Industry Piracy Investigations. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CMR Part of Speech: name 1. The Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road.
Word: CMR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cargo management re-engineering. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: gen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of general. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. Information. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, informal, uncountable Example: Nose around any modest-sized station and the odds are you'll find that the chargeman's office doubles as a bashers' club, a place where shivering spotters can get warm and catch up on the gen. 2. Information about the location of a bird. Labels: uncountable Example: I had some recent gen that they had been seen quite recently at Kunoth Well, a little dot on the map on the edge of the Tanami Desert. 3. Fan fiction that does not specifically focus on romance or sex. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: gen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of general. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. general Labels: not-comparable
Word: gen Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Gen (“member of the Gen Movement”). Labels: alt-of
Word: gen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from generate and generator. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. To generate using an automated process, especially a computer program. Example: genned with a LLM Example: Defining the devices so that they will be genned during the sysgen and installation is the other half.
Word: gen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from generate and generator. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. A generator (device that converts mechanical to electrical energy). Labels: slang
Word: gen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Shortened from genetic engineering Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. To genetically engineer. Example: Samples could be taken from the original, and plans could be made, but genning could not be initiated until death had occurred. Example: Her nurturer ears, genned to be hyper-sensitive, had to be hurting from the noise.
Word: gen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology unknown. Possibilities include: * Clipping of argent * Clipping of generalise, from back slang for English shilling. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. A shilling. Labels: UK, obsolete, slang Example: The betting also began to shift. "Sixpence Ned wins!" cried three or four; "Sixpence he loses!" answered another; "Done!" and up went the halfpence. "Half-a-crown Joe loses!"—"Here you are," answered Joe, but he lost again. "I'll try you a 'gen'" (shilling) said a coster; "And a 'rouf yenap'" (fourpence), added the other. "Say a 'exes'" (sixpence).—"Done!" and the betting continued, till the ground was spotted with silver and halfpence. Example: "Give me two gen, then, and take the whole bloody tol. I've walked me teef orf afore rouf this mornin', and wot 'ave I got? Two bloody yenneps! I ask yer."
Word: gen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of generation. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. A generation (group of people born in a specific range of years). Labels: informal Example: "Mladenovic playing in what the young gen is calling a crop top, but what my gen is calling a bra," Bouchard tweeted. "Sign of the times that Wimbledon has no issue with that. Still can remember the year some had troubles because of 'too short' skirts lol." Example: It’s anyone’s guess whether such attitudes will persist into adulthood, but if Gen Z (and the gens to come) do prove more alco-skeptic than their forbears then the above twelve steps are deftly primed to cash in. 2. A specific version of something in a chronological sequence. Labels: in-compounds, informal Example: For my fellow first-gens, get ready to hide a smirk, because your life story is likely hidden somewhere in this chapter. For the uninitiated—that is, the person who's never had a thing to do with the Arab way of doing things (namely dating)—I advise you to buckle up. Example: […] I witness firsthand the difficult "downstream" outcomes (Grusky 2014) of social class stratification in a university setting where approximately 3,400 undergraduates (13% of the undergraduate population) are first in their families to attend and/or graduate from college (first-gens). Most of these students are low income and nearly 1,200 first-gens have grown up in poverty.
Word: gen Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn/ 1. Clipping of genuinely. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: gen. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of gender. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of generation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of genitive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of genus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of general. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: gen. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of general. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: gen. Part of Speech: adv 1. Abbreviation of generally. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of business interruption. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of business informatics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of business intelligence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of bad influence. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang, uncountable 5. Initialism of burning index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: BI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Bureau of Immigration. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: peas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /piːz/ 1. plural of pea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Graces Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Gratiae, from gratia (“grace”), from Ancient Greek χᾰ́ρῐς (khắrĭs, “grace, charity”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪsɪz/ 1. Three sister goddesses in Greek mythology (Euphrosyne, Aglaia, and Thalia), in whom beauty was deified. Labels: Greek, plural, plural-only
Word: Graces Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪsɪz/ 1. plural of Grace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graces Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪsɪz/ 1. plural of grace Labels: form-of, plural
Word: graces Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹeɪsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grace Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: First Amendment Part of Speech: name 1. The amendment to the constitution of the United States pertaining to freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of the press. Example: The claimant believed his First Amendment rights had been violated, but the judge was unsure of whether it was a First Amendment issue. Example: Our First Amendment class discussed the McCain-Feingold Act today, and I'm convinced people who claim money should be granted First Amendment protection are just defending the corrupt status quo of decades past.
Word: fireworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + work(s). The similarity with Dutch vuurwerk and German Feuerwerk, both “fireworks”, is hardly coincidental. Since the word was apparently first attested in English circa 1575, probably from the Dutch (1540), from the German (sense early 16th c.), from Middle High German viurwerc (14th c. as “fuel, firewood”). A spread from the south northwards is also in line with the fact that the first European fireworks were produced in Italy in the late 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯.ə.wɜːks/, /ˈfaɪ̯.ɚ.wɝks/ 1. plural of firework. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fireworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + work(s). The similarity with Dutch vuurwerk and German Feuerwerk, both “fireworks”, is hardly coincidental. Since the word was apparently first attested in English circa 1575, probably from the Dutch (1540), from the German (sense early 16th c.), from Middle High German viurwerc (14th c. as “fuel, firewood”). A spread from the south northwards is also in line with the fact that the first European fireworks were produced in Italy in the late 14th century. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ̯.ə.wɜːks/, /ˈfaɪ̯.ɚ.wɝks/ 1. An event or a display where fireworks are set off. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: 5000 Marrons in Battery, which continue firing to the End of the Fireworks. Example: By now, a great many people were walking towards the fireworks but their steps fell so softly and they chatted in such gentle voices there was no more noise than a warm, continual, murmurous humming, the cosy should of shared happiness, and the night filled with a muted, bourgeois yet authentic magic. Above our heads, the fireworks hung dissolving earrings on the night. Soon we lay down in a stubbled field to watch the fireworks. 2. A boisterous or violent event or situation. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: I left the room after John came home drunk but before the fireworks went off. Example: Legal fireworks began yesterday in Benin at the pre-hearing of the petition by the People's Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the September 28, 2016 election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, challenging the declaration of Mr. Godwin Obaseki of All Progressives Congress, APC, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as winner of the election.
Word: aerose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin aerōsus (“full of copper”), from aes (“copper, brass”) + -ōsus. Pronunciation: [ˈiˌɹəʊz] 1. Of, or like copper or brass; brassy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Emirates Part of Speech: name Etymology: From emirates. Pronunciation: /ˈɛmɪɹɪts/ 1. Ellipsis of United Arab Emirates. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. One of the two flag carrier airlines of the United Arab Emirates 3. Emirates Stadium, a football stadium in London that is the home ground of Arsenal F.C.
Word: speech bubble Part of Speech: noun 1. A rounded outline, containing words, representing speech in a comic.
Word: patka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Punjabi ਪਟਕਾ (paṭkā) and/or Hindi पटका (paṭkā). Doublet of purdah. 1. A head covering worn by Sikh boys, and by Sikh men either alone or as an under-turban. Labels: Sikhism
Word: fumetto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fumetto. Doublet of fumet. 1. Speech bubble.
Word: Rzhevsky Part of Speech: name Etymology: A Romanization of the Russian surname Ржевский. 1. A fictional young cavalry officer who appears in numerous popular Russian jokes that poke fun at social sophistication and decorum while interacting with various characters from the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy.
Word: Buda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hungarian Buda, probably borrowed from a Slavic personal name, though an alternative theory deriving the term from Proto-Slavic *voda (“water”) as a translation of Latin Aquincum, via aqua (“water”), is also popular. The folk etymology connecting the word to Bleda, the brother of Attila the Hun, is historically implausible. Pronunciation: /ˈbuːdə/ 1. The historical capital of the Kingdom of Hungary, and one of the originally three separate cities that were united in 1873 to become the Hungarian capital, Budapest. Labels: historical 2. The corresponding part of the current-day city of Budapest, on the western side of the Danube. Example: On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest.
Word: Buda Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Hungarian Buda 1. A hamlet in Brussels, Brussels, Belgium. 2. A neighborhood and island of Kortrijk, West Flanders, Belgium. 3. A commune and village in Călărași district, Moldova. 4. A village in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. 5. A commune and village in Buzău County, Romania. 6. a large number of villages in Romania. 7. A left tributary of the Argeș River, Romania. 8. A tributary of the Șoimeni River, Cluj County, Romania. 9. A tributary of the Cernu River, Bacău County, Romania. 10. A village in Novoselytsia Raion, Chernivtsi Oblast, Ukraine. 11. A village in Bureau County, Illinois, United States. 12. An unincorporated community in Buffalo County, Nebraska, United States.
Word: Buda Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Spanish viuda (“widow”). Pronunciation: /ˈbjuːdə/ 1. A city in Hays County, Texas, United States.
Word: aes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈeɪz/ 1. plural of a, the name of the letter A. Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, Deep-chested music. Example: These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.
Word: cyclophane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, cyclo- + -phane. 1. A hydrocarbon consisting an aromatic unit (typically a benzene ring) and an aliphatic chain that forms a bridge between two positions of the aromatic ring; more complex derivatives (the superphanes) with multiple aromatic units and bridges forming cagelike structures are known. 2. Any cyclic structure used as a base phane in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds
Word: SLORC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of State Law and Order Restoration Council: the junta which overthrew the democratically elected government of Burma (Myanmar) in 1988. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cytochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie 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 -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English cytochemistry From cyto- + chemistry. 1. The biochemistry of cells, especially that of the macromolecules responsible for cell structure and function. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: scop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English sċop. Pronunciation: /ʃɒp/, /ʃoʊp/, /skɒp/ 1. A poet or minstrel in Anglo-Saxon England. Labels: historical Example: 1900, Reuben Post Halleck, History of English Literature, quoted in 1927, Thomas Tapper, Percy Goetschius, Essentials in Music History, 2011, Facsimile Edition, page 42, The kings and nobles often attached to them a scop, or maker of verses. […] The banquet was not complete without the songs of the scop. While the warriors ate the flesh of boar and deer and warmed their blood with horns of foaming ale, the scop, standing where the blaze from a pile of logs disclosed to him the grizzly features of the men, sang his most stirring songs, often accompanying them with the music of a rude harp. Example: Jealous and full of anger, they leered as the soft song of the scop praised the All-Powerful.
Word: Katar Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Qatar. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic, rare Example: Between Katar and the nearest limits of the province of Sharja, namely, the village of Aboo-Debee, the desert comes right down to the sea Example: Katar, the pearl-fishery coast east of Hasa. Its inhabitants, said to be 135,000 in number, find an almost exclusive occupation in the pearl trade.
Word: HKSAR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Holonyms: PRC, China Example: Meronyms: HK (“Hong Kong Island”), Kln (“Kowloon”), NT (“New Territories”)
Word: Kln Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Kowloon, a region of Hong Kong. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Holonyms: HKSAR, HK (region)
Word: Dalton's law Part of Speech: name Etymology: From John Dalton, English scientist. 1. The total pressure of a mixture or gases is the sum of the partial pressures of each gas in the mixture; it is only true for ideal gases. 2. When two elements can combine to form more than one compound then the amounts of one which combines with a fixed amount of the other will have a simple multiple relationship.
Word: PSB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of public security bureau, a local police department in Mainland China Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of program specification block. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Presidential Service Badge. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of public service broadcasting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of program station basis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of power signal box. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PSB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Pet Shop Boys. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Adult love, loss, triumph and decline is catalogued by PSB's words, rhythms, clothes and politics. The Pet Shop Boys have staying power. Example: […]the PSBs have a disarming, amiable sense of camp.