nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: surcingle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French surcengle, formed with sur (“over”) and cengle (“girdle”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːsɪŋɡ(ə)l/, /ˈsɜɹˌsɪŋ.ɡəl/ 1. A long unpadded strap to pass over and keep in place a blanket, pack or saddle on an animal. Example: He was standing on the offside of his horse, holding up the flap of his saddle, with the surcingle loosened, and was pointing to the girths. Close to their attachment to the saddle they had been almost cut through with a knife. 2. A piece of tack wrapped around the belly of a horse, to use when longeing. 3. A girdle to fasten a garment, especially a cassock.
Word: surcingle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French surcengle, formed with sur (“over”) and cengle (“girdle”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜːsɪŋɡ(ə)l/, /ˈsɜɹˌsɪŋ.ɡəl/ 1. To fasten with a surcingle. Labels: transitive
Word: Hoosier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Uncertain. See Wikipedia's article on the subject for theories. Popularized by the 1830 John Finley poem “The Hoosier’s Nest”. Pronunciation: /ˈhuːʒə/, [ˈhʊu̯ʒə], /ˈhuʒɚ/, [ˈhʊu̯ʒɚ] ~ [ˈhʊu̯ʒɹ̩] 1. A native or resident of the U.S. state of Indiana. Example: Indiana’s Borderlanders called themselves Hoosiers, came from the backcountry of Kentucky and western Virginia, and were ambivalent about slavery. 2. Someone associated with Indiana University, for example as a student, alum, or sports team member, or as a fan. This is also the university's sports mascot. 3. An uneducated, tasteless, boorish white person. Labels: slang Example: Near-synonym: (Canada) hoser Example: "The mall? Belinda, mall pickups are for hoosiers," I say, St. Louis slang for white trash. "With femullets." [...] "But Jake's no hoosier." 4. A kind of cupboard or dresser with shelves, drawers, etc.; a kitchenet. Labels: US, historical
Word: Hoosier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Uncertain. See Wikipedia's article on the subject for theories. Popularized by the 1830 John Finley poem “The Hoosier’s Nest”. Pronunciation: /ˈhuːʒə/, [ˈhʊu̯ʒə], /ˈhuʒɚ/, [ˈhʊu̯ʒɚ] ~ [ˈhʊu̯ʒɹ̩] 1. Characteristic of or pertaining to the American state of Indiana. Example: Less well known but perhaps even more interesting than Stephenson is Court Asher, the second "gentleman" from Indiana. Asher is a more convincing bigot than Stephenson, one more homegrown and more Hoosier than the puffed-up grand dragon, […] Example: That's not very Hoosier, is it?
Word: bright line Part of Speech: noun 1. A clear distinction in the context of a legal, moral, ethical, or analytical judgment. Labels: idiomatic Example: In these situations, there is no bright line between aggressive play and outright cheating.
Word: untoward Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + toward (“to + -ward”). Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔːd/, /ˌʌn.təˈwɔɹd/, /ˌʌn.tʊˈwɔɹd/, /ʌnˈtɔɹd/ 1. Unfavourable, adverse, or disadvantageous. Example: But as soon as her son espied her, bowl in hand, he thought that haply something untoward had befallen her, but he would not ask of aught until such time as she had set down the bowl, when she acquainted him with that which had occurred[…] Example: Honest men for the most part, but men with whom the world had dealt hardly; the failures of all countries, men sobered by toil and saddened by exile, who had been driven to fight for the dominion of an untoward soil, to sow where others should gather, the advance-guard of a mighty civilization to be. 2. Unruly, troublesome; not easily guided. 3. Unseemly, improper. Example: She could hardly have made a more untoward choice. Example: The managing director was very depressed at the news, but realized that trying to prove anything untoward had taken place would be very difficult.
Word: grand salami Part of Speech: noun 1. A grand slam. Labels: slang
Word: Diganta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hindi, dirgh (long) + Anta (end) = horizon. 1. A male given name from India, of Indian (particularly Assamese) usage.
Word: Biblezine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Bible + zine. 1. A Bible, or portions of the Bible, published in a magazine-like format.
Word: uz Part of Speech: pron 1. Alternative spelling of us (“me”). Labels: Geordie, alt-of, alternative
Word: cannibalisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cannibalization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: The condemned A.E.C. diesel railcar, No. W28W, is at Southall for cannibalisation to provide spares for the others of its type still in service.
Word: doubleheader Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of double-header. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: There would be, on Saturday, June 10, an old-fashioned, conventional doubleheader, two games for a single-admission price. A common practice in Major League Baseball for a good part of the 20th century, traditional doubleheaders fell out of favor by the late 1980s, when rising attendance and escalating salaries led baseball owners to abandon them as an unnecessary giveaway since it amounted to a game’s being played free of charge. Example: Caglianone ripped Miles Mikolas’ curveball into the right-field corner for an RBI double that scored Salvador Perez in the fourth inning of the first game of a doubleheader against the Cardinals.
Word: carpel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1835, borrowed from French carpelle, from New Latin carpellum, a diminutive of Ancient Greek κᾰρπός (kărpós, “fruit”), from Proto-Indo-European *kerp- (“to pluck, harvest”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)pəl/ 1. A constituent part of a flower pistil: the female reproductive organs in a flower. A carpel is composed of an ovary, a style, and a stigma, although some flowers have carpels without a distinct style. In origin, carpels are leaves (megasporophylls) that have evolved to enclose the ovules. A pistil may be composed of a single carpel or of several carpels fused together.
Word: double switch Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation where two things are changed at once Example: The dance included an intricate double switch. 2. A replacement of two players simultaneously, typically so that a fielder can hit in the pitcher's spot in the batting order. Example: They did a double switch after the eighth so that Jones could bat second in the ninth.
Word: carpentry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English carpentrie, from Anglo-Norman carpenterie, from Old Northern French (compare French charpenterie). See carpenter. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑː.pɪn.tri/ 1. The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures. Labels: uncountable 2. The trade of manipulating materials in order to construct, install, and/or repair buildings or other structures. Labels: uncountable 3. A carpenter’s workshop. Labels: countable 4. A collection of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter. Labels: uncountable Example: fine carpentry for sale
Word: carryout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from carry out. 1. Food that is intended to be eaten off the premises from which it is bought. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable 2. An establishment that prepares and sells food to be taken away on demand. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: carry-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from carry out. 1. A command that exports a carry (bit or digit that is carried in an addition operation) from the current column of an addition operation. Example: A simpler scheme is to connect the carry-ins and carry-outs of the units in a ripple chain. This approach is most common in chip design because the wiring for the carry-lookahead tree is hard to design and area-consuming. 2. Alternative spelling of carryout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double up Part of Speech: verb 1. To double the quantity, amount or duration of something Labels: transitive Example: I'm going to double up my enlistment. 2. To double one's amount of chips by winning an all-in pot. Labels: broadly, intransitive 3. To bend, bend over; to fold; to stoop. Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonym: double over Example: 'It is well, then, that we should be frank,' said the other. 'We both think more than we have said; let us make a clean breast. This masked figure that you saw, did you recognise it?' / 'Well, sir, it went so quick, and the creature was so doubled up, that I could hardly swear to that,' was the answer. 'But if you mean, was it Mr. Hyde?—why, yes, I think it was![…]' 4. To cause (someone) to bend over; to beat up (someone). Labels: transitive Example: I doubled him up with a swift punch to the stomach. 5. To have a secondary use. Labels: intransitive Example: This unfolding sofa doubles up as a bed. Example: A little fearfully now, Pollyanna felt her way to these bags, selected a nice fat soft one (it contained Miss Polly's sealskin coat) for a bed; and a thinner one to be doubled up for a pillow, and still another (which was so thin it seemed almost empty) for a covering. 6. To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after a fly ball has been caught Labels: transitive Example: Jones snared the liner and then stepped on the bag to double up the runner. 7. To employ double the usual resources for a particular purpose; to work in pairs. Labels: intransitive Example: Tactically smart, Leeds' work-rate was also admirable, their players often doubling up on Everton's main threats like Marouane Fellaini, while Victor Anichibe found he had unwelcome, unstinting company throughout. 8. To marry or live with someone; to share a living space. Labels: intransitive, slang
Word: bonk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump. Pronunciation: /bɒŋk/, /bɑŋk/, /bɔŋk/ 1. To hit or strike; to collide with something. Labels: informal Example: Please let it be the cow. No such luck, The 'cow' picked up my big brass telescope and bonked me on the head with it. 2. To have sexual intercourse (with). Labels: UK, ambitransitive, informal Example: Sophie (Katrin Cartlidge) What is a proper relationship? Louise (Lesley Sharp): Living with someone who talks to you after they've bonked ya. Example: Because most of the blokes I fancy think l'm stupid and pointless—and, so, they just bonk me and then leave me. And the kind of blokes that do fancy me, I think are drips. I can't even be bothered to bonk them. Which does sort of leave me a bit nowhere. 3. To hit something with the front of the board, especially in midair. 4. To experience sudden and severe fatigue in an endurance sports event due to glycogen depletion. Labels: informal Example: I had eaten five of my six PowerBars. I was exhausted and famished. In cycling they describe what was happening to me as bonking: my body was out of fuel and had no more energy.
Word: bonk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of imitative origin. Compare English bang, bounce, bump. Pronunciation: /bɒŋk/, /bɑŋk/, /bɔŋk/ 1. A bump on the head. Labels: countable, informal 2. Any minor collision or blow. Labels: countable, informal 3. An act of sexual intercourse. Labels: UK, countable, informal Example: “[…] It’s not like I’m just looking for a bonk, is it? This is something a bit different.” ¶ “Quite,” said Nick—though bonk was a troublingly casual way of referring to something which preoccupied him so much. 4. A condition of sudden, severe fatigue in an endurance sports event caused by glycogen depletion. Labels: informal, uncountable 5. An animal call resembling "bonk", such as the call of the pobblebonk. Labels: countable
Word: bowleg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bow + leg. Pronunciation: /ˈbəʊlɛɡ/ 1. A leg that curves outward at the knee.
Word: bow-legged Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈboʊ ˌlɛ.ɡɨd/, /ˈboʊ ˌlɛɡd/ 1. Having bowed legs, having legs bent noticeably outward at the knee.
Word: baseball mitt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baseball + mitt. 1. A glove used when playing baseball to protect the hand and enhance catching ability.
Word: baseball glove Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From baseball + glove. 1. Synonym of baseball mitt.
Word: systems analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. The scientific analysis of systems, and the interactions within them. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A range of techniques used especially in commercial computing in which the needs of a company or its staff are analysed and translated into a technical description of the necessary software - which is then created by programmers. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: snaffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb. Pronunciation: /ˈsnæfəl/ 1. A broad-mouthed, loose-ringed bit (metal in a horse's mouth). It brings pressure to bear on the tongue and the corners of the mouth, and is often used as a training bit. Example: Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was! Example: “I shall have to take the mare to-morrow,” said the Tertium Quid, “and she will stand nothing heavier than a snaffle.” 2. Decorative wear that looks like a snaffle. Labels: figuratively Example: Sunning himself on the board steps, I saw for the first time Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke.[…]A silver snaffle on a heavy leather watch guard which connected the pockets of his corduroy waistcoat, together with a huge gold stirrup in his Ascot tie, sufficiently proclaimed his tastes.
Word: snaffle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently from Dutch snavel, from Middle Dutch snavel, snabel (“snout”), diminutive of Middle Dutch snabbe, snebbe (“bird's bill, neb”). Akin to Old Frisian snavel (“mouth”), Middle Low German snabbe (“neb, beak”), Old English nebb (“beak, bill, nose, face”). More at neb. Pronunciation: /ˈsnæfəl/ 1. To put a snaffle on, or control with a snaffle. Labels: transitive 2. To quell or suppress. Labels: broadly, figuratively, transitive Example: Julian Joolby, when will you learn to snaffle your violent emotion? 3. To clutch by the bridle. Labels: transitive 4. To grab or seize; to snap up. Labels: informal, transitive Example: “That was my inspiration back in 2005,” he says, snaffling his third roll. 5. To purloin, or obtain by devious means. Labels: informal, transitive Example: […] the Master at Arms, the senior member of the lower deck and chief policeman, was found to be drunk; he must have snaffled some of the crew's rum ration always kept closely guarded in a special locker […] 6. To talk foolishly. Labels: Norfolk, UK, archaic, intransitive Example: In Norfolk, "jaffle" is used in the sense of idle discourse, of an indecent or malicious character; and a prating busybody is said to be "always a snaffling and jafflin about what don't concern him."
Word: martingale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Possibly merged with Spanish almártaga. The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of à la martingale to mean absurdly or foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf 1. A piece of harness used on a horse to keep it from raising its head above a desired point. Example: I’ll be bound, Lady Ashton understands every machine for breaking in the human mind, and there are as many as there are cannon-bit, martingales, and cavessons for young colts. 2. A spar, or piece of rigging that strengthens the bowsprit. 3. A stochastic process for which the conditional expectation of future values given the sequence of all prior values is equal to the current value. Example: If a gambler plays a fair game repeatedly, his payoff over time is a martingale. 4. A strategy in which one doubles the stake after each loss. 5. A strap attached to the sword handle, preventing a sword being dropped if disarmed.
Word: martingale Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French martingale, from Occitan martegalo, feminine form of martegal, an inhabitant of Martigues, which is from Latin maritima. Possibly merged with Spanish almártaga. The meaning in gambling may come from an old usage of à la martingale to mean absurdly or foolishly.https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/class/sem/html/home/notes/martingales/martingales.pdf 1. To employ the martingale strategy in gambling. Labels: transitive Example: The Russians were both martingaling it—doubling their bets when they lost.
Word: pelham Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of bit used on the bridle of a horse, consisting of a mouthpiece, a shank, and two rings on each side.
Word: exedra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). 1. A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion. 2. A curved bench with a high back. Labels: broadly
Word: Tailtiu Part of Speech: name 1. A presumed goddess who was the survivor of the invasion of Tuatha Dé Danann and was the foster mother of Lugh. Labels: Irish 2. The town in County Meath that was named after her.
Word: Lugh Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Irish Lugh, from Old Irish Lug, from Primitive Irish ᚂᚒᚌᚐ (luga), from Proto-Celtic *Lugus. 1. A pre-Christian Irish deity represented in mythological texts as a hero and High King of the distant past: the son of Cian and Ethniu. Labels: Irish
Word: Midir Part of Speech: name Etymology: Old Irish. 1. The son of the Dagda of the Tuatha Dé Danann who fell in love with Étaín, receiving Aengus's help to make her his new bride. Labels: Irish
Word: Étaín Part of Speech: name 1. The lover of Midir whose rejected first wife Fuamnach became jealous and cast three spells on her, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly. Labels: Irish
Word: Fuamnach Part of Speech: name 1. Midir's rejected first wife, who became jealous of Midir's lover Étaín, casting three spells on Étain, turning her into a pool of water, then into a worm, and then into a fly. Labels: Irish
Word: blown save Part of Speech: noun 1. A failure to convert a save opportunity to a save. Example: Our bullpen has too many blown saves.
Word: dressage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French dresser Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -age Middle French -age French -age French dressagebor. English dressage Borrowed from French dressage (“training”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɹɛs.ɑːʒ/ 1. The schooling of a horse. Labels: uncountable 2. An equestrian sport in which the horse and rider perform a test of specific movements in an arena, and are judged on the horse's obedience, acceptance of the bridle and of the rider's aids, gaits, impulsion, and the harmony between horse and rider. Labels: uncountable 3. An event or competition of the sport of dressage. Labels: countable Example: I'm competing in two dressages and a jumping show this weekend.
Word: matriculate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”). By surface analysis, matricul(a) + -ate. Pronunciation: /məˈtɹɪkjəˌleɪt/, /məˈtɹɪkjʊˌleɪt/ 1. To enroll as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. Labels: transitive 2. To join or enter (a group, body, category of people, etc.). Labels: broadly, often, transitive Example: As LGBTQ and ally-identified students matriculate to the workforce, many will come with an understanding of the importance of honoring personal pronouns and allowing for gender-inclusive pronouns such as "they, them, theirs." 3. To be enrolled as a member of a body, especially of a college or university. Labels: intransitive, stative 4. To graduate (from a school or course of study). Labels: proscribed Example: [...] fewer than 100 indigenous Namibians have matriculated (graduated) annually from secondary school. In 1982 the number fell to 20. Example: One of six distinguished brothers who matriculated from the school, he had enlisted together with two of his brothers, Christian and Gustav (or Gus).
Word: matriculate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”). By surface analysis, matricul(a) + -ate. 1. Matriculated. Labels: adjective, error-misspelling, not-comparable, obsolete, participle Example: The fame matryculate Of poetes laureate.
Word: matriculate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The adjective is first attested in 1487, in Middle English, the verb in 1557; borrowed from Latin mātrīculātus, perfect passive participle of mātrīculō (“to register”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3)), from mātrīcula (“public register”), a diminutive of Latin mātrīx (“list”). By surface analysis, matricul(a) + -ate. Pronunciation: /məˈtɹɪkjəlɪt/, /məˈtɹɪkjʊlɪt/ 1. A person admitted to membership in a society or college.
Word: webbing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɛbɪŋ/ 1. A sturdy woven fabric. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The webbing of the lawn chair made marks on his thigh. 2. A belt and shoulder harness with attached pouches used to carry a soldier's equipment, water, ammunition, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The webs of the digits. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb; the web. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He caught the ball in the webbing. 5. Tapes conducting webs of paper in a printing machine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: webbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɛbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of web Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: empty base Part of Speech: noun 1. A base without a runner on it. Example: They have to pitch to the slugger because there are no empty bases.
Word: batty rider Part of Speech: noun 1. extremely short shorts worn by women, so as to expose part of the buttocks Labels: Canada, Jamaica, UK, US
Word: PAP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of People's Action Party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: @Gary, are you a PAP agent? ... =) trying to incite rebellion and revolution on this site so that the govt will have an excuse to take down this site? 2. Pay And Pay (nickname for the People's Action Party) Labels: Singlish, derogatory 3. Initialism of People's Armed Police. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PAP Part of Speech: noun 1. polyfluoroalkyl phosphate ester 2. Initialism of password authentication protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of past active participle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of present active participle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Initialism of principle of alternate possibilities. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of prostatic acid phosphatase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of participatory anthropic principle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Acronym of positive airway pressure. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 9. Acronym of positive airway pressure. Labels: broadly
Word: PAP Part of Speech: verb 1. Post a picture. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, acronym
Word: intentional walk Part of Speech: noun 1. The intentional pitching of four balls (bad pitches), or of a fourth ball, in order to give the batter a walk (for example, so as to avoid the risk of a home run). Example: Jones was given an intentional walk in order to face Smith.
Word: intentional walk Part of Speech: verb 1. To intentionally walk; to give a batter an intentional walk. Labels: nonstandard
Word: intentional pass Part of Speech: noun 1. An intentional walk. Example: Jones was issued an intentional pass in order to face Smith.
Word: abbreuvoir Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of abreuvoir. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: free pass Part of Speech: noun 1. A document entitling the bearer to free transportation. Example: As a railwayman put it to me: "When I saw chums of mine took their families down there by car, I could see the writing on the wall. We all had free passes, yet they got the car out!" 2. An exemption from normal processes. Labels: figuratively Example: At the same time, however, no one is entitled to a free pass to the nation's highest court. Example: “A tiny elite appear to have a free pass to pollute,” said Nafkote Dabi, climate policy lead at Oxfam, which commissioned the study by the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). 3. An intentional walk. Example: Smith was issued a free pass after Jones' double.
Word: full count Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Since the maximum number of balls before a walk is three, and the maximum number of strikes before a strikeout is two, neither number can increase without ending the at-bat. 1. An at-bat with a count of three balls and two strikes. Example: Full count, two outs, bottom of the ninth, the bags are jammed, 2-2 tie…
Word: virtual private network Part of Speech: noun 1. A network set up for use by a limited number of individuals, such as employees of a company, operating over a large area. The network typically uses encryption to keep information secure. Example: Most Chinese users watch HBO through virtual private networks, or VPNs.
Word: thumbpad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thumb + pad. 1. A keyboard that can be operated using only the thumbs. Example: […] the Q will feature a full QWERTY thumbpad […]
Word: first base Part of Speech: noun 1. The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The runner took his lead off first base. 2. Completion of the first phase of an activity. Labels: broadly, countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable 3. Kissing, regarded as the first phase of a sexual relationship. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, singular, singular-only, uncountable Example: I got to first base with Danny, and hope to get him naked this weekend. Example: Every time I got to the part about her out with Stradlater in that damn Ed Banky's car, it almost drove me crazy. I knew she wouldn’t let him get to first base with her, but it drove me crazy anyway. 4. The betting spot located immediately to the left of the dealer, which is first to receive cards and first to act. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: second base Part of Speech: noun 1. The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield. Labels: singular, singular-only Example: The runner slid into second base with a double. 2. Touching a partner under his or her clothes, without having sex. Labels: US, colloquial, singular, singular-only Example: How about this? French kissing. Seven minutes in heaven, culminating in second base.
Word: third base Part of Speech: noun 1. The base after second base in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield. Labels: singular, singular-only Example: The runner reached third base with a stand-up triple. 2. The betting spot located immediately to the right of the dealer, which is last to act. Labels: singular, singular-only 3. Touching another person’s genitals in a sexual manner; mutual masturbation. Labels: euphemistic, figuratively, singular, singular-only, slang
Word: Urd Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Norse Urðr, from Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate, destiny”), Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, wind”). Cognate with English weird. 1. One of the three Norns; the Norn of those who were.
Word: nam Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /næm/ 1. simple past of nim Labels: form-of, past
Word: LV Part of Speech: name 1. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. A placename: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Louis Vuitton. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of LabVIEW. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of LaserVision. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Liverpool Victoria: a British insurance company. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: As we have said before, never accept an AA increase – if you phone up and threaten to leave they will, in our experience, drop it back to the previous price. Or better still, just keep switching provider each year. LV’s cover is a good alternative.
Word: LV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of launch vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of left ventricle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of latent variable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of logical volume. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of light value. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of likely voter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: LV Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of length varies. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: LV Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of laissez vibrer/let vibrate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Lv Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Leviticus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Lv Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of level. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Lv Part of Speech: name Etymology: From a modified form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 呂 /吕 (Lǚ); connected with the practice of using the letter v as a substitute for ü in pinyin keyboard input schemes. 1. A surname. Example: The development in tourism industry also promoted regional economic transformation and development. Located in Qinling-Bashan Mountains, Ningshaan County in Ankang has 28 tourism projects under construction at present with total investment of RMB 38 billion yuan. “In the past decade, the proportion of tourism revenue to GDP in Ningqiang County has increased from less than 3% to more than 20% and tourism industry has become a pillar industry.” said Lv Xuanqiang, Director of Tourism Administration of NingShaan County. Example: Vice president & chief risk officer Lv Tianjun shall perform duties of president until new president appointed
Word: fiver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From five + -er (measurement suffix) or + -er (“supporter”). Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪvɚ/ 1. A banknote with a value of five units of currency. Labels: slang Example: Do you have a fiver I could borrow? I can pay you back tomorrow. Example: Charming man that—sort I abhor. Makes you feel it must lead up to borrowing a fiver every minute. 2. The value in money that this represents. Labels: broadly, slang Example: I bought the chocolates; they were only a fiver. Example: ‘When they get there they will have cost me a fiver a beast in transport and fees.’ 3. A clenched fist. Labels: colloquial 4. A mathematical puzzle played on a 5 × 5 grid. 5. A Zaydi Shiite Muslim, who disagrees with the majority of Shiites on the identity of the Fifth Imam. 6. A person who gives five percent of their income or five hours a week of their time to charity (a reduction of ten percent tithing).
Word: modus ponens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin modus ponendo ponens (roughly, “mode where affirming affirms”). 1. A valid form of argument in which the antecedent of a conditional proposition is affirmed, thereby entailing the affirmation of the consequent. Modus ponens has the form Labels: uncountable Example: 1. If P, then Q. Example: 2. P.
Word: tetragonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetragon + -al. Pronunciation: /tɛˈtɹæɡənəl/ 1. Having four sides, like a tetragon. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having two equal axes and one unequal, and all angles 90°. Labels: not-comparable Example: The eight normals of the tetragonal scalenohedron may carry the eight faces of a semiform in other ways than asymmetrically as regards the systematic planes.
Word: Tetra Pak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally a trademark, itself from tetra-, clipping of tetrahedron, and a stylized spelling of pack. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹəˌpæk/ 1. A type of plasticized carton for milk, juice and other drinks, originally in the form of a tetrahedron but now primarily in the form of a rectangular cuboid.
Word: tetri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Georgian თეთრი (tetri). 1. A unit of currency in Georgia, one hundredth of a lari.
Word: lari Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Georgian ლარი (lari, “lari”). 1. The national currency of Georgia, divided into 100 tetri.
Word: lari Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of laari (“currency of Maldives”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lari Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of larin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tetris Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Russian Те́трис (Tétris), coined by the creator of the game, Alexey Pajitnov, from the Russian numerical prefix тетра- (tetra-, “tetra-”) (as all of the game's pieces contain four segments) and те́ннис (ténnis, “tennis”), his favourite sport. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹɪs/ 1. A puzzle video game in which falling tetrominoes must be manipulated to form complete lines, which are then cleared from the grid. Example: There is one nice moment in the music, but it's not the moment identified by the owner of the system, and one idiot goes so far as to gush, "This is better than Tetris!" Example: From the kitchen the guy said, "I write science fiction. Or I'm trying to write. I've been staring at that screen for three days. You just interrupted a one-hour Tetris marathon. I need to talk to a real human being." 2. An endeavor involving rearranging things of different shape into a physical space. Labels: figuratively Example: Then I looked at the furniture. It was all a bit unimaginative, so I rearranged everything at a jaunty angle. When I returned to the cellar I was still playing Tetris with the cooker in my head. Example: While I worked out a Tetris-like arrangement to get all of the leftovers into the oven, Phil's curiosity got the better of him.
Word: Tetris Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian Те́трис (Tétris), coined by the creator of the game, Alexey Pajitnov, from the Russian numerical prefix тетра- (tetra-, “tetra-”) (as all of the game's pieces contain four segments) and те́ннис (ténnis, “tennis”), his favourite sport. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹɪs/ 1. The act of clearing four lines at once (the maximum possible) in Tetris. Labels: broadly Example: For some it's staying low on the play field, steadily advancing through the levels, for others its ^([sic]) trying to clear the board entirely or scoring an unprecedented number of tetrises. Example: See figure 3 for an example of a logical decision tree that indicates whether there is a possibility to score a tetris.
Word: tetromino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English -omino English tetromino From tetra- + -omino. Pronunciation: /tɛˈtɹɒmɪnəʊ/, /tɛˈtɹɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of four squares connected edge-to-edge. Example: If a domino had four squares on its surface, it would be a tetromino. With five squares, it would be a pentomino—nine, a nonomino, eleven, an unwieldy undecomino!
Word: polyomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English -omino English polyomino From poly- + -omino. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒliˈɒmɪnəʊ/, /ˌpɑliˈɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A plane polyform made by joining one or more squares edge to edge in various arrangements; a similar polyform made from triangles or hexagons (or any polygon that can tile a plane)
Word: textual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English textewell, textueel, textuel, textuele, tixtuel (“learned in texts, bookish”), possibly from Latin textuālis; also compare Middle French textuele; or perhaps a coinage by Chaucer from Latin textus and Middle English -el. English spelling conformed to Latin from late 15c. By surface analysis, text + -ual. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛks.tju.əl/, /ˈtɛks.tʃu.əl/, /ˈtɛks.tʃəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to text. Example: On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism. 2. Of or pertaining to text. Example: I see that the editor revised the document's metadata, headers, and images, but I don't see any textual changes. 3. Pertaining to text messages, by analogy with sexual: textual harassment, textual intercourse; compare sexting.
Word: textualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English textual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English textualism From textual + -ism. 1. Strict adherence to a text, especially to the Bible. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: First, building on the earlier work of philologists, historians, orientalists, and biblical scholars we have noted already, the late 19th and early 20th centuries witness growth and development of textualism, in which words are seen—no, revered—as the referential embodiment of meaning and truth. 2. A formalist legal theory that interprets based on the ordinary meaning of the legal text. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And this is the upshot of textualism: textualists do not want judges to make the law. This, at least, is the official doctrine, and it sounds very democratic. Example: The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is generally committed to textualism, a judicial approach that focuses on the words of the law as written rather than its larger purpose or the intentions of its drafters. In a 2015 appearance at Harvard Law School, Justice Kagan said that textualism had triumphed across the ideological spectrum. “We’re all textualists now,” she said then. 3. Textual criticism, especially that of the Bible. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: textualist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English textual 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 textualist From textual + -ist. 1. A practitioner or adherent of textualism. Example: In a 2015 appearance at Harvard Law School, Justice Kagan said that textualism had triumphed across the ideological spectrum. “We’re all textualists now,” she said then.
Word: textualist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English textual 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 textualist From textual + -ist. 1. Relating to textualism. Example: The textualist school on the other hand, by virtue of its very principles, cannot take any thesis seriously that concerns the nature of things.
Word: plutocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “rule of the wealthy”), from πλουτοκρατέω (ploutokratéō, “I rule through wealth”), from πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + κρατέω (kratéō, “I rule”) (from κράτος (krátos, “power”, “might”)). Pronunciation: /pluːˈtɒkɹəsi/, /pluːˈtɑːkɹəsi/ 1. Government by the wealthy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Plutocracy, which is virtually supreme to-day, is to be no less condemned ; for it is not only not just, bit is nearly as detrimental to the race at large as absolute socialism would be, if adopted […] Example: Modernity is not democracy; machinery is not democracy; the surrender of everything to trade and commerce is not democracy. Capitalism is not democracy; and is admittedly, by trend and savour, rather against democracy. Plutocracy by definition is not democracy. But all these modern things forced themselves into the world at about the time, or shortly after the time, when great idealists like Rousseau and Jefferson happened to have been thinking about the democratic ideal of democracy. 2. A controlling class of the wealthy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “There are three big classes in society. First comes the Plutocracy, which is composed of wealthy bankers, railway magnates, corporation directors, and trust magnates. Second, is the middle class, your class, gentlemen, which is composed of farmers, merchants, small manufacturers, and professional men. And third and last comes my class, the proletariat, which is composed of the wage-workers. Example: There, indeed, he must consent to be the puppet and plaything of plutocracy enthroned on machinery, to have his ears assaulted by every variety of beastly sound that the ingenuity of modern civilization can devise, and his peace of mind shattered by the continual necessity under which he finds himself of performing bodily convolutions that would do credit to a professional gymnast.
Word: thallogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thallo- + -gen. 1. Any of a large number of plants that consist of a thallus only, with no flower, leaves etc.
Word: thallus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θαλλός (thallós, “young shoot, twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- (“to bloom”). Pronunciation: /ˈθæl.əs/ 1. An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae. Example: As it flows it takes the forms of sappy leaves or vines, making heaps of pulpy sprays a foot or more in depth, and resembling, as you look down on them, the laciniated, lobed, and imbricated thalluses of some lichens; […] 2. Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.
Word: thallophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Thallophyta. Surface reading of thallus + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈθæləfaɪt/ 1. Any of very many primitive plants that consist of a thallus (plant body not differentiated into roots, stems and leaves), formerly collected in the obsolete taxonomic group Thallophyta. Example: 1994, Estrelita A. Madriaga, Anthony Lee, Felicitas B. Ventura, Orlando A. Oronce (coordinator), Biology: Science and Technology II, page 347, They lack the vascular tissues; thus, they are called thallophytes. Algae are thallophytes with chlorophyll. […] Fungi are thallophytes without chlorophyll. Example: 1994, Pat E. Rasmussen, Chapter IV.5: Mercury in Vegetation of the Precambrian Shield, Carl J. Watras, John W. Huckabee (editors), Mercury Pollution: Integration and Synthesis, page 422, In general, the usefulness of the thallophytes as Hg bioindicators was limited by their sporadic occurrence in the forest environment. Because of the importance of the thallophytes as components of the food chain, however, several samples from different groups (summarized in Table 2) were collected for comparison with values reported in the literature.
Word: thankfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thankful + -ness. 1. The state of being thankful. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: All our Diſcontents about what we want, appeared to me, to ſpring from the want of Thankfulneſs for what we have. Example: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
Word: AGL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of acquired generalized lipodystrophy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: AGL Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of above ground level: designating a measured distance from the ground to a higher level, i.e. altitude. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The company shard specific data from today’s flight on social media, revealing that the New Shepard capsule that carried Katy Perry, Gayle King and their crewmates to space hit 346,802 feet above ground level (AGL) and 350,449 above mean sea level (MSL).
Word: n-omino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From n- + -omino. 1. A polyomino consisting of n squares.
Word: triomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + (d)omino. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈɒmɪnəʊ/, /tɹaɪˈɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A triangular tile, used in triominoes, a variant of the game of dominoes. Example: Note: as the game plays, polyiamonds are created.
Word: triomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English -omino English triomino From tri- + -omino. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈɒmɪnəʊ/, /tɹaɪˈɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. Alternative form of tromino (“a polyomino consisting of three squares connected edge to edge”) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tromino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tr(i)- English -omino English tromino From tr(i)- + -omino. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒmɪnəʊ/, /ˈtɹɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of three squares connected edge-to-edge.
Word: pentomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pent- + -omino. Pronunciation: /pɛnˈtɒmɪnəʊ/, /pɛnˈtɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of five square units. When packing pentominoes into three-dimensional shapes, the square units commonly are expanded into cubes instead of being flattened. Example: If a domino had four squares on its surface, it would be a tetromino. With five squares, it would be a pentomino—nine, a nonomino, eleven, an unwieldy undecomino!
Word: hexomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English hex- English -omino English hexomino From hex- + -omino. Pronunciation: /hɛkˈsɒmɪnəʊ/, /hɛkˈsɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of six squares.
Word: heptomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hept(a)- English -omino English heptomino From hept(a)- + -omino. Pronunciation: /hɛpˈtɒmɪnəʊ/, /hɛpˈtɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of seven squares.
Word: octomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octo- + -omino. Pronunciation: /ɒkˈtɒmɪnəʊ/, /ɑkˈtɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of eight squares.
Word: nonomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From non(a)- + -omino. Pronunciation: /nəʊˈnɒmɪnəʊ/, /noʊˈnɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of nine squares. Example: If a domino had four squares on its surface, it would be a tetromino. With five squares, it would be a pentomino—nine, a nonomino, eleven, an unwieldy undecomino!
Word: monomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mon- + -omino. Pronunciation: /mɒnˈɒmɪnəʊ/, /məˈnɑməˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino consisting of one square.
Word: decomino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English dec(a)- English -omino English decomino From dec(a)- + -omino. Pronunciation: /ˌdɛkəˈmiˌnoʊ/ 1. A polyomino made up of ten squares.
Word: undeca- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From Latin ūndecim. 1. eleven Labels: morpheme