nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unitize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English unit Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English unitize From unit + -ize. 1. To convert, package, or organize into one or more units. Example: At any rate the general exterior is the same. And though we may attach shades of difference to them, and they may work themselves out in the final result, there are enough points of agreement to make men cohere; to unitize them. Example: The container era 1966-95: The solution was to unitize general cargo. Standardizing the cargo unit allowed liner companies to invest in mechanized systems […]. 2. To manage as a unit. Example: This notion is illustrated empirically by the desire among oil producing firms to unitize oil fields early to avoid the potentially large losses of common-pool extraction.
Word: SELSIS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Space Environment Laboratory Solar Imaging System. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: pupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pupe. Pronunciation: /pjuːp/ 1. A pupa.
Word: slam-bangs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slam-bang Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slam-bangs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of slam-bang Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rough-and-tumbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rough-and-tumble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rough-and-tumbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rough-and-tumble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cyclostylar Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a cyclostyle (a circular group of columns without a core). Labels: not-comparable
Word: rough and tumbles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rough and tumble Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rough and tumbles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rough and tumble Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aulos and -ate. 1. Having an aulos (annular wall) between one's axial and periaxial regions. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: bistrot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bistrot. 1. Alternative form of bistro. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In that Bible of French gastronomes, the Michelin guide, the top three-star rating would not conceivably be given to any but the great elegant practitioners of the haute cuisine—not to a restaurant serving the cuisine bourgeoise, not to a bistrot, not to a small place with one person in the kitchen, even if that one person is a genius. Example: He lunched alone in a bistrot, reading the Paris Herald-Trib and noting with perverse pleasure that Bill Bradley had scored only eight points in the Knicks’ first playoff game.
Word: edut Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of eidut. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: call-out Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from call out. 1. Alternative spelling of callout. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: call-out Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of call out. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: call-outs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of call-out Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catch it Part of Speech: verb 1. To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten. Labels: idiomatic Example: "You'll catch it, you know," said Tom, nodding his head in an admonitory manner, and hesitating a little as he took the scissors. Example: a. 1887, George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist If they beat us, we shall catch it, and serve us right. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see catch, it.
Word: Cyzicene Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from the Latin word cyzicenus used by Vitruvius; from the city of Cyzicus. 1. Of or pertaining to, or being, a large north-facing hall with a prospect towards the gardens; the windows of this hall opened down to the ground, so that the green verdure could be seen by those lying on the couches. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the people and place of Cyzicus (an ancient classical city). Labels: not-comparable
Word: called out Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of call out Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: catch hell Part of Speech: verb 1. To be severely reprimanded, punished, or beaten. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: It’s not exactly a Pixar-level examination of complicated family dynamics, and the movie still has plenty of knuckled-headed, Sandler-style boys-will-be-dumbasses shtick: Children everywhere will surely thrill to the sub-subplot about Frank catching hell about his gambling problem from his wife, Eunice (Fran Drescher)! 2. To experience troubling or difficult times. Labels: idiomatic, slang, uncommon Example: The family on the other side of town / Would catch hell without a ghetto around / In every city you find the same thing going down / Harlem is the capital of every ghetto town / Help me sing it Example: I'm catching hell living here alone / Hmm, I never realized, oh, Lord / That you mean so much to me / I'm catching hell living here alone
Word: sheathers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sheather Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrati Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quadratus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quadrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātus (“square”), past participle of quadrō (“to make four-cornered, square, put in order, intransitive be square”), from quadra (“a square”), later quadrus (“square”), from quattuor (“four”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/, /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ 1. Having four equal sides, the opposite sides parallel, and four right angles; square. Example: […]figures some rounde, some triangle, some quadrate,[…] 2. Produced by multiplying a number by itself; square. Example: The number of Ten hath been as highly extolled, as containing even, odd, long, plain, quadrate and cubical numbers. 3. Square; even; balanced; equal; exact. Labels: archaic Example: The Moraliſt tells us that a quadrat ſolid wiſe man, ſhould[…]be ſtill the same,[…] 4. Squared; suited; correspondent. Labels: archaic Example: a generical description quadrate to both
Word: quadrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English quadrat, quadrate, from Latin quadrātum. Doublet of quadrat; compare also quadrant (“square or quadrangle”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwɒd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɒdˌɹeɪt/, /ˈkwɑd.ɹət/, /ˈkwɑdˌɹeɪt/ 1. A plane surface with four equal sides and four right angles; a square; hence, figuratively, anything having the outline of a square. Example: At which command, the powers militant That stood for heav'n, in mighty quadrate joyn'd. 2. An aspect of the heavenly bodies in which they are distant from each other 90°, or the quarter of a circle; quartile. 3. The quadrate bone.
Word: quadrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin quadrātus, past participle of quadrō. Pronunciation: /kwɒdˈɹeɪt/, /kwɑdˈɹeɪt/ 1. To adjust (a gun) on its carriage. Labels: archaic, transitive 2. To train (a gun) for horizontal firing. Labels: archaic, transitive 3. To square. Labels: ambitransitive, archaic Example: quadrating the circle 4. To square; to agree; to suit; to correspond (with). Labels: archaic, transitive Example: not quadrating with American ideas of right, justice and reason Example: The objections of these speculatists, if its forces do not quadrate with their theories, are as valid against such an old and beneficent government as against the most violent tyranny or the greenest usurpation.
Word: irregular galaxy Part of Speech: noun 1. A galaxy which is has no spirals and is not elliptical. Example: The Magellanic Clouds are irregular galaxies.
Word: miss out Part of Speech: verb 1. To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: Oh my good gracious me, look at that. Whoa! Quick! What is it? I can't explain it. You're just going to have to come over here and look out this window for a while. Whatever it is, we're not interested. Well. I have to say you're missing out. Example: The final started with £85m worth of striking talent on the bench as Carroll was a Liverpool substitute and Chelsea's Fernando Torres missed out on a starting place against his former club. 2. To leave out, to omit. Labels: UK, transitive Example: People often miss out the "l" in "vulnerable". Example: He made a list of children in the class but missed out Sally.
Word: ulterior motive Part of Speech: noun 1. An alternative or extrinsic reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason. Example: There lurks no bribe in the smell and beauty of the flower. Its charm has no ulterior motive. Example: The poet is a man without a profit or any other kind of ulterior motive.
Word: handsprings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handspring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hikers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hiker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overlaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of overlay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: overlaying Part of Speech: noun 1. Overlaid ornamentation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: radura Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radurization. 1. The international symbol of irradiated food Example: Moreover, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing new rules that would no longer require irradiated foods to bear the international radura symbol[…].
Word: TCR Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of technical certification requirement: a test case that must pass before software can be certified as compliant to a given standard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of tariff comparison rate. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of touring car racing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 4. Initialism of temperature coefficient of resistance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: TCR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of The Climate Registry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: planetologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English planet Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy 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 -logist English -ologist English planetologist From planet + -ologist. 1. A planetary scientist. Example: “I am His Imperial Majesty's Planetologist,” he whispered, “planetary ecologist for Arrakis. I am steward of this land.”
Word: Red Devils Part of Speech: name 1. The Parachute Regiment. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Manchester United F.C. Labels: plural, plural-only 3. The Belgium national football team. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: ramming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ram Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ramming Part of Speech: noun 1. A collision where something is rammed. Example: In the case of accidental ramming the conditions are different on the side of the rammer as well as on that of the rammee. Mr. Forster tells us that, in the case of accidental ramming, it is an unusual thing for the rammer, being a battleship, to do herself much harm Example: […] extensive damage done to Royal Navy frigates by rammings by Iceland Coast Guard.
Word: Man U Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌmæn ˈjuː/ 1. Clipping of Manchester United Football Club. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: red devils Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of red devil Labels: form-of, plural
Word: repels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resells Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resell Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ratti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi रत्ती (rattī). 1. A traditional Indian unit of measure for mass, approximately 0.1215 grams.
Word: rebounding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebound Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rebounding Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that rebounds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It seems hard to suppose that the collisions and reboundings of the atoms cancel out the downward movement of everything entirely. 2. Synonym of rebound exercise. Labels: uncountable
Word: rebounded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rebound Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chiliaëdron Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of chiliahedron. Labels: alt-of, no-plural, rare Example: In a Man who ſpeaks of a Chiliaëdron, or a Body of a thouſand ſides, the Idea of the Figure may be very confuſed, though that of the Number be very diſtinct; ſo that he being able to diſcourſe, and demonſtrate concerning that part of his complex Idea, which depends upon the Number of a Thouſand, he is apt to think, he has a diſtinct Idea of a Chiliaëdron; though it be plain, he has no preciſe Idea of its Figure, ſo as to diſtinguiſh it, by that, from one that has but 999 ſides.
Word: privateers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of privateer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: privateers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of privateer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: have it large Part of Speech: verb 1. To engage intensely in pleasure-seeking activities. Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: Unlike Oasis, the point wasn't simply to have it large and live a whacked-out existence as professional rock stars. Example: […] that cultural theorists could be forgiven for thinking that every young Briton between the ages of 15 and 25 was out having it large.
Word: populating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of populate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: safety car Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle employed to lead the competitors in an auto race for the duration of a few laps, with the intention of restricting their speed while a hazard exists on the circuit. Example: After a car crashed, the safety car was sent out to lead the remaining drivers safely past the site of the accident. Example: The race around the Interlagos circuit in São Paolo effectively became a 12-lap dash to the flag when Valtteri Bottas triggered the safety car after he pulled his Mercedes over with engine trouble.
Word: party poopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of party pooper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uplands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpolarized 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 polarized English unpolarized From un- + polarized. 1. Not polarized. Labels: not-comparable Example: Instead of using unpolarized sunlight as my light source and then filtering it with a polarizer, I can just use my screen as a source of polarized light.
Word: uninterruptible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + interruptible. 1. Not able to be interrupted. Labels: not-comparable Example: uninterruptible power supply
Word: unisexual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English unisexual From uni- + sexual. 1. Of an organism, having characteristics of a single sex (as opposed to hermaphrodites). Labels: not-comparable Example: Most animals are unisexual. 2. Of a species, having only a single (potentially hermaphroditic) sex (as opposed to bisexual). Labels: not-comparable Example: The second line of inquiry has to do with the ultimate fate of unisexual species. Are they doomed to more rapid extinction than bisexual species? On the assumption that unisexual populations lack genetic variation, most theoretical studies […] 3. Unisex; suitable for any sex or gender. Labels: not-comparable Example: You may not be familiar with the name or it could be a unisexual name, and some women and men may have first names that are more traditional for the opposite gender.
Word: unisexual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English unisexual From uni- + sexual. 1. An organism which is unisexual. Example: Populations of ambystomatid salamanders on Middle Bass and North Bass Islands in the western basin of Lake Erie consist largely of female unisexuals. On both islands, diploid unisexuals are more abundant than triploid ... Example: Samples that included both bisexual and unisexual females were obtained from all localities shown in Figure 2 except sites C, J, and O. The proportion of unisexuals in these samples varied from 2% to 94% of the females in a given sample.
Word: unpunctual 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 punctual English unpunctual From un- + punctual. 1. Not punctual. Labels: not-comparable Example: Jim was so unpunctual — always late! Example: Indeed, the only unpunctual trains appear to be some of the International ones, and with these, if they are likely to be over an hour late reaching the frontier-station, the Swiss run their own train over the route provided the International express was being used for inter-communication with Switzerland.
Word: oozes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ooze Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oozes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ooze Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: zoophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From zoo- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ə.faɪl/, /ˈzuː.ə.faɪl/ 1. A person sexually attracted to non-human animals. 2. A person who in their ethical propositions puts animals on a level with humans. Example: It is not, after all, the 'anti-speciesist', the 'animal liberationist', the radical zoophile who 'attributes a mystical persona' to animals. We simply say that if it is wrong to cause avoidable distress then it is wrong to torture, enslave and kill creatures not of our species for our own, frequently trivial, profit. Example: […] the process theist may not regard the killing of non-human animals for food or other reasons as generally acceptable. Call the process thinker who regards the killing of non-human animals for food as (usually) morally wrong a zoophile. Even if the zoophile regards human beings as more capable of experience and insight than another animals, and as therefore more valuable than other animals, she may regard non-human animals as moral patients. She may well not regard predatory animals as full moral agents; she will then have no reason to see their killing of other animals for food as itself morally wrong, because predators are not themselves subject to moral assessments. But she may still find it difficult to square God's encouragement of predation with an attractive account of divine goodness. […] A moral theory may, of course, incorporate both consequentialist and non-consequentialist elements: the process thinker is not required to choose definitively between the two. However, to the extent that the process thinker who is also a zoophile reasons as a consequentialist about non-human animals and their interests, whether or not she does so about humans and their interests, she will face the problem that consequentialism appears problematic as a moral theory, and that the goodness of a God who acts as a consequentialist with respect to animals is not perhaps overly attractive morally. 3. A furry (member of the furry fandom) Labels: broadly, derogatory, nonstandard
Word: zoophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From zoo- + -phile. Pronunciation: /ˈzəʊ.ə.faɪl/, /ˈzuː.ə.faɪl/ 1. Misconstruction of zoophilic: preferring a beast milieu. Labels: alt-of, misconstruction Example: The manifestation of severely inflammatory, infiltrated and asymmetrical-disseminated plaques with well-defined borders in children should immediately suggest a zoophile dermatophytosis, especially when there is a plausible ‘history of animal contact’. An infection with T. mentagrophytes typically involves a severe eczematous skin reaction and sometimes the appearance of pustules. The areas of face, neck and arms are the most frequently affected in zoophilic dermatophyte infections. 2. Misconstruction of zoophilic: supporting policies favourable to animal lives. Labels: alt-of, misconstruction Example: The notion that an ecosystem, or a species, is intrinsically valuable (apart from the enjoyments it provides to individuals) is one that zoophiles may dislike as much as libertarians (as Regan 1983). Spinoza, whose thought has been an inspiration both to environmentalists and to libertarians, was fiercely non-zoophile (Spinoza, Ethics 4p47sl; see Clark 1987).
Word: worrisomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English worrisome Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English worrisomeness From worrisome + -ness. 1. The property of being worrisome. Labels: uncountable
Word: embassies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of embassy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: she-goat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sche-geyt; equivalent to she- + goat. Pronunciation: /ˈʃiː.ɡəʊt/, /ˈʃi.ɡoʊt/ 1. A female goat. Example: At the town of Mendes, in the principal temple, there was a living male goat, with which, if the statement of Herodotus is to be accepted, naked female worshippers actually had carnal intercourse. Male worshippers similarly had connexion with she-goats.
Word: flat affect Part of Speech: noun 1. Lack of emotion, or of apparent emotion. Example: After the crash he presented a flat affect, a symptom of PTSD.
Word: nooner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noon + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈnuːnɚ/ 1. A sexual encounter during lunch hour, especially one which is illicit. Labels: US, informal Example: A simple recess for lunch can turn into a nooner—a midday sexual encounter. Example: If you're going to knock off a nooner with a co-worker at a bad motel you have to scrawl your worn Hancock on the desk blotter.
Word: pace car Part of Speech: noun 1. A car that other cars drive behind before a race starts. 2. A car that paces the race cars to keep them running at a slower pace due to race conditions, and which the other cars cannot pass.
Word: pace cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pace car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥ Proto-Indo-European *h₁newn̥(n)ós Proto-Italic *nowenos Latin nōnus Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin nōnāriusder. English nonary From the Latin nōnārius, from nōnus (“ninth”) + -ārius (whence the English suffix -ary). 1. Of ninth rank or order. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] and the rhombic algebra is established as the direct sum of the nonary subalgebra of the U_(pq) and of the three unary subalgebras generated individually by V, W and X, […]
Word: periodic comet Part of Speech: noun 1. A comet which orbits the Sun and which returns to the innermost point of its orbit at known, regular intervals. Example: The computation of the elements of its orbit reveals the fact that they are almost identical with those of Comet III, 1869, and hence it becomes what in astronomical language is called a periodic comet. Example: Comet Temple-Tuttle is what astronomers call a "periodic comet," one of hundreds that routinely and predictably continue to orbit the Sun.
Word: periodical comet Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of periodic comet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: universalizability Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of universalisability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: universalise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From universal + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of universalize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: tough call Part of Speech: noun 1. A choice or judgment which is difficult to make, especially one involving only two alternatives. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: Will it work? It's a tough call.
Word: sand fleas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sand flea Labels: form-of, plural
Word: X factor Part of Speech: noun 1. An unknown or hard-to-define influence; a factor with unknown or unforeseeable consequences. Labels: idiomatic Example: We slid into our office, past two women discussing the "X factor," an apparently undefined quality their firm felt they lacked. Example: The map can be misleading. It can appear to contain all the relevant information, but in real life, there is always an X factor. 2. A special talent, ability or quality or its indefinable cause. Labels: idiomatic 3. Prothrombinase. 4. The proportionality constant which converts CO emission line brightness to molecular hydrogen mass.
Word: allochthonous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄλλος (állos, “other”) + χθών (khthṓn, “earth, ground”). Pronunciation: /əˈlɒk.θə.nəs/ 1. Originating in a place other than where it is found. Labels: not-comparable 2. Buried or found in a place remote from the site of formation. Labels: not-comparable
Word: for XYZ reasons Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. For reasons unknown and not worth speculating on. Labels: US, idiomatic
Word: Krystin Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from Ancient Greek, one of the modern spelling variants of Kristin.
Word: embay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English bay English embay From em- + bay (“bathe”). 1. To bathe; to steep. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: Sweete Loue, that doth his golding wings embay / In bleſſed Nectar, and pure Pleaſures well[…]. Example: Their ſwords both points and edges ſharpe embay / In purple bloud, where ſo they hit or light[…]
Word: embay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Old French en-bor. Middle English en- English em- English bay English embay From em- + bay. 1. To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay. Labels: transitive Example: Hebrew the profile, every line; / But as in haven fringed with palm, / Which Indian reefs embay from harm, / Belulled as in the vase the wine— / Red budded corals in remove, / Peep coy through quietudes above; […] Example: Herself the only daughter of a struggling man of letters, she had during the last year or two taken to writing poems, in an endeavour to find a congenial channel in which to let flow her painfully embayed emotions, whose former limpidity and sparkle seemed departing in the stagnation caused by the routine of a practical household and the gloom of bearing children to a commonplace father.
Word: embays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of embay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: embaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of embay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rasante Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French rasant, present participle of raser (“to graze”). Pronunciation: /ɹəˈzɑnt/ 1. Sweeping; grazing; applied to a style of fortification in which the command of the works over each other, and over the country, is kept very low, so that the shot may more effectually sweep or graze the ground before them Labels: historical
Word: villose Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of villous. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reame Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of ream. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The whiles his life ran foorth in bloudie streame , His foule descended downe into the Stygian reame
Word: NHNF Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of no harm, no foul. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: stiff upper lip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of American origin; the earliest known use is in 1811.https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Olive_Branch_Or_Faults_on_Both_Sides/vG89AAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stiff+upper+lip&pg=PA237&printsec=frontcover 1. The quality of being resolute and showing self-restraint, stereotypically associated with the British; especially as keep a stiff upper lip. Labels: idiomatic Example: I thought now the jig was mighty nigh up with me, but I determined to keep a stiff upper lip. Example: Stiff upper lip, stout fella. Carry on, old fluff. Chin up, keep muddling through. Stiff upper lip, stout fella, when the going’s rough. Pip pip to old man trouble and a toodle-oo too.[…] Stiff upper lip, stout fella, when you’re in the stew. Sober or blotto, this is your motto. Keep muddling through.
Word: palet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin palleō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin pallidus Old French palebor. Middle English pale English pale English -et English palet From pale + -et. 1. Alternative form of pallet (“diminutive pale”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fung Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fum (“fabulous Chinese bird”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fung Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Anglicization of fungus. 1. Fungus. Labels: rare
Word: burqa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi बुरक़ा (burqā) / Urdu بُرْقَع (burqa')), from Classical Persian بُرْقَع (burqa'), from Arabic بُرْقُع (burquʕ). Pronunciation: /ˈbɜː.kə/, /ˈbɝ.kə/ 1. An enveloping Central Asian garment which covers the whole body, incorporating a netted screen to cover the eyes, chiefly worn by women in fundamentalist denominations of Islam to observe sartorial hijab (the practice of wearing concealing clothing in front of adult men after the age of puberty). Example: He fished a sky blue burqa from the bag. The yards of pleated cloth spilled over his knees when he lifted it. 2. Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab: Labels: broadly 3. Another kind of garment worn by Muslim women (of any denomination) to observe sartorial hijab: Labels: broadly, proscribed, sometimes
Word: burqua Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of burqa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Wembley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Derived from an unattested Old English proper name *Wemba and lēah (“clearing in a forest; meadow, leigh”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɛmbli/ 1. A suburb of London, in northwestern Greater London, England. 2. A stadium in London, the national sports stadium and venue where finals of major football tournaments are held. Example: If they carry on with their good form, they'll be at Wembley at the end of the season. Example: Dirk Kuyt sandwiched a goal in between Carroll's double as City endured a night of total misery, with captain Carlos Tevez limping off early on with a hamstring strain that puts a serious question mark over his participation in Saturday's FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United at Wembley. 3. A town in the County of Grande Prairie, No.1, northern Alberta, Canada. 4. A western suburb of Perth in the Town of Cambridge and City of Stirling, Western Australia.
Word: Kainuu Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Kainuu. 1. A region of Finland.
Word: interruptor Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of interrupter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: doncella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish doncella (“maid”). Doublet of damsel, demoiselle, and donzella. 1. A fish of Florida and the West Indies (Halichoeres radiatus). 2. A ladyfish (Bodianus rufus) of the same region.
Word: moler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mole + -er. 1. Synonym of molecatcher (“one who catches moles”). Example: I know of this from my time in Yorkshire: a farmer or landowner will hire a moler for a defined period to rid his land of moles.
Word: Quantas Part of Speech: name 1. Misspelling of Qantas. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: barbecue stopper Part of Speech: noun 1. A topic of conversation which is controversial and of contemporary significance. Hence, a social gaffe. Labels: Australia, slang
Word: half step Part of Speech: noun 1. The distance between two tones. In 12-tone equal temperament, its frequency ratio is 2^(1/12), or about 1.059 or 18/17. Labels: US
Word: virtual darkness Part of Speech: noun 1. An environment that has some of the physiological effects of darkness. Labels: uncountable Example: Infrared photography is the most suitable method for accurately measuring the diameter of the pupil in virtual darkness as well as under any condition of light […] Example: The term scotic (Gr. skotos, darkness) was therefore devised as the most apt term for the condition of virtual darkness.
Word: whole step Part of Speech: noun 1. An interval equal to two half steps; a whole tone.
Word: Tanja Part of Speech: name 1. A locality in the Bega Valley council area, south-eastern New South Wales, Australia. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A female given name, variant of Tanya Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gabbros Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gabbro Labels: form-of, plural
Word: life of its own Part of Speech: noun 1. An independent existence with some characteristics of life, such as dynamism. Labels: idiomatic Example: take on a life of its own Example: Sartre rejects the notion that an imagined character possesses, in any rational sense, "a life of its own".
Word: PALplus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From PAL + plus. 1. An enhanced version of the PAL TV system capable of transmitting pictures in the 16:9 widescreen format. Example: The manager in charge of Philips's R&D on PALplus was extremely unpopular with the HD-MAC team. Example: Parallel development efforts were conducted to implement an extended 16:9 aspect ratio PAL-compatible signal, referred to as PALplus.
Word: quibbly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quibble + -y. 1. Fussy; quibbling. Example: considering the docility of the high-bred Arab horse and intractableness of the quibly, roughly broken prairie or Pampas horse Example: We give notice that thousands of our most complacently puttering, most quibbly and fuddly politicians are going to be taken out by the people, lifted up by the people, and dropped kindly but firmly over the edge of the world. 2. Involving quibbles. Example: Of course, the right hon. and learned Gentleman the Attorney General made a rather clever and—if he will excuse me for saying so—a rather quibbly defence. Example: This reviewer’s doubts can be grouped under six heads, of which the econometric and the theoretical are the most quibbly. 3. Petty; trifling. Example: If it is true that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, it is equally true that the beginning of that road is usually paved with what are called quibbly incidents. The big ones come later when the direction is clear
Word: Dinkel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Dinkel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: yield stresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yield stress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: helping hand Part of Speech: noun 1. Any assistance, help or aid. Labels: idiomatic Example: Thanks for lending a helping hand to the project. 2. A jig used to help solder wires and electronics, consisting of a weighted base, a pair of adjustable arms ending in crocodile clips (the hands), and sometimes a magnifying glass, held together by flexible joints. 3. A grabber (tool used to pick up items without bending or stretching).
Word: hooded seals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hooded seal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hookworms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hookworm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: horns of plenty Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of horn of plenty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nasal septum Part of Speech: noun 1. A bony and cartilaginous partition in the nose, separating the left and right airways in the nose and dividing the two nostrils. Example: deviated nasal septum Example: deviation of the nasal septum
Word: whatevs Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of whatever + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒtˌɛvz/, /ˈʍɒtˌɛvz/, /ˈwʌtˌɛvz/, [ˈwəɾˌɛvz] 1. Whatever. Labels: slang Example: [Subject:] Lame post...whatevs Example: Mitzi’s squeezed eyes registered distate. “Whatevs!”
Word: whatevs Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Clipping of whatever + -s (hypocoristic suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈwɒtˌɛvz/, /ˈʍɒtˌɛvz/, /ˈwʌtˌɛvz/, [ˈwəɾˌɛvz] 1. Whatever. Labels: rare, slang Example: Vin and I decided to chat it up—just for whatevs—with a couple of colored-up kids waiting to party.
Word: watevs Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of whatevs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whateves Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of whatevs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: whatevz Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of whatevs. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alignments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alignment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electro-encephalography Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of electroencephalography. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: XSS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The X denotes cross. CSS was avoided because of the potential for confusion with the existing Web technology named cascading style sheets. 1. Abbreviation of cross-site scripting. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: but seriously folks Part of Speech: intj 1. Used to redirect attention to immediately preceding a failed attempt at humor. Labels: idiomatic Example: A nightclub comic who gets off a bad joke, nobody laughs, but he goes right on with: "But, seriously, folks" […]. Example: But seriously, folks, on behalf of the Copacabana — and believe me, I'd love to be half of the Copacabana
Word: sleuthy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sleuth + -y. 1. sleuthlike; of or in the manner of a sleuth. Labels: informal
Word: Eye-talian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Representing a dialectal pronunciation of Italian. Pronunciation: /aɪˈtæljən/ 1. Italian, usually in reference to an Italian American person or Italian American culture. Labels: US, derogatory, not-comparable, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: No, sir, lose your colonies, and you'd have Eye'''-talian cities without their climate, Eye'''-talian lazaroni without their light hearts to sing over their poverty, (for the English can't sing a bit better nor bull frogs,) and worse than Eye'''-talian eruptions and volcanoes in politics, without the grandeur and sublimity of those in natur'. Example: "She is brown as a chipmunk, and her eyes is as big and lovin' as them of the little Eye-talian girl you've been talkin' about." "It-talian, not Eye-talian, Phil corrected […]."
Word: Eye-talian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Representing a dialectal pronunciation of Italian. Pronunciation: /aɪˈtæljən/ 1. An Italian, usually an Italian American. Labels: US, derogatory, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: “So, now our Mountaineers have to be playin’ all these Eye-talians?” asked Clyde. Example: When Sal's "troublemaker," his three-times-daily, pizza-eating and paying customer, demanded that Sal "take down all those 'Eye-talians' on the wall and put up some black brothers," Sal callously replied, "Get your own place and do what you want."
Word: cross of gold Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originating from a speech by US politician William Jennings Bryan in 1896, describing a metaphorical crucifixion of the working class by maintaining the gold standard. It has since acquired a more generic meaning. 1. A public policy which puts the interests of the rich ahead of those of the poor. Labels: idiomatic
Word: ghetto fence Part of Speech: noun 1. A barrier intended to keep one group (usually against their will) separate from another.
Word: mincing words Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of mince words Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: four score and seven years ago Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Literally, “87 years ago” (score sense: “group of 20”) the beginning of the Gettysburg Address made on November 19, 1863, by United States President Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865). The widespread familiarity of Lincoln’s address, the unusual and poetic wording, and its status as the first words of the speech have caused the phrase to enter the public consciousness. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː skɔː‿ɹən ˌsɛvən jɪəz əˌɡəʊ/, /ˈfɔɹ skɔɹ ən ˌsɛvən jɪɹz əˌɡoʊ/ 1. Used (sometimes sarcastically) to indicate that a past event being mentioned is particularly important: a long time ago; many years ago. Labels: humorous, idiomatic, not-comparable, often Example: It was established four score and seven years ago, and since that time its activities have been intertwined with the internal development of the Nation itself. Example: I imagined momentarily that it was four score and seven years ago, that I had just been brought forth from my mother […]
Word: four score seven years ago Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of four score and seven years ago. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: signal phrase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From signal + phrase. 1. An indication that something is a paraphrase or direct quote. Example: "Smith suggests that..." and "In Smith's words..." are both signal phrases. Example: Introduce the material being cited with a signal phrase, usually the authors name, and use a parenthetical citation stating the page number of the sentence. 2. A phrase that signals a particular meaning or stance. Example: To identify an opinion, look for signal phrases such as “I think,” “I consider,” “I'm convinced,” “I guess,” “I believe,” or “I feel.”
Word: signal phrases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of signal phrase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: my fellow Americans Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Adaptation of earlier salutations, such as my countrymen, fellow countrymen. Popularised c. 1900. 1. Used to establish credibility and connection with an audience of Americans; used mostly in speeches by US politicians. Labels: US, plural, plural-only
Word: collective security Part of Speech: noun 1. The concept of maintaining peace among all nations or members of a group by making the security concerns of one member important to all members. Labels: uncountable
Word: malapportionment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel-? Proto-Italic *malos Latin malus Latin maleder. Old French mal- English mal- English apportion Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English apportionment English malapportionment From mal- + apportionment. 1. Any system where one group has significantly more influence than another, such as when voting districts are unevenly spread out across a population (compare gerrymandering). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: colluvial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English colluvium Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisder. Old French -ialder. Middle English -ial English -ial English colluvial From colluvium + -ial. 1. Of or pertaining to colluvium Labels: not-comparable
Word: socialized medicine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any system of government-run health care. Labels: uncountable
Word: lancinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1603; borrowed from Latin lancinātus, perfect passive participle of lancinō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French lanciner. 1. To pierce or stab (as with a lance); to lance. Labels: transitive Example: Through a minuscule pinhole in that lead block, he could now direct tiny, controlled doses of a furiously potent beam of X-rays [...] to lancinate any cancer cell to death.
Word: landmasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of landmass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labourious Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of laborious. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lavenders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lavender Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lavenders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of lavender Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: left-wingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of left-winger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: right-wingers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of right-winger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Latins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Latin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: frontal sinus Part of Speech: noun 1. A paranasal sinus situated behind the superciliary arches.
Word: left ventricle Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the four chambers of the heart of humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the left atrium and pumps it out through the aorta.
Word: left atrium Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the chambers of the heart in humans and other mammals, which receives oxygenated blood from the lungs via the pulmonary veins, and pumps it into the left ventricle.
Word: leaflessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English leafless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English leaflessness From leafless + -ness. 1. The property of being leafless. Labels: uncountable Example: The tree's leaflessness made it look scrawny, though in summer it seemed full and bushy.
Word: litterbox Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of litter box. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: litterboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litterbox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: land yacht Part of Speech: noun 1. A vehicle used in land sailing, consisting of little more than a carriage and a sail. 2. A long, heavy, luxurious automobile, providing a comfortable ride but poor handling characteristics. Labels: colloquial Example: Near-synonyms: boat, sled Example: For example, will the traditional Eldorado buyer willingly step from his 5052-pound, 19-foot-long 1978 land yacht into a 1979 version weighing 1155 pounds less and measuring nearly two feet shorter? Is he willing to pay the same or more cash for this smaller, lighter car?
Word: colluvium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin colluvio (“jumble”) 1. A loose accumulation of rock and soil debris at the foot of a slope.
Word: tubthumping Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tub + thumping. 1. present participle and gerund of tubthump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: tubthumping Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tub + thumping. 1. Aggressive political or commercial promotion. Labels: uncountable Example: […] the general public, who imagine — poor fools — that all the fury and tubthumping at Westminster is honest emotion, […]. Example: 1939, Railway Age, vol. 107, Oct.-Dec. But there is usually more to Automobile Week than good-natured tubthumping for the new passenger car models.
Word: tubthumping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tub + thumping. 1. Brash, self-promoting. Example: "Our pictures avoid deliberate, tubthumping propaganda but they exude the spirit of democracy."