nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: spill one's seed Part of Speech: verb 1. To ejaculate. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic Example: He knowing that the children should not be his, when he went in to his brother's wife, spilled his seed upon the ground, lest children should be born in his brother's name. Example: She thinks of the shame of her husband, having to spill his seed into a plastic bottle.
Word: esperances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of esperance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: esperance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French esperance (compare modern French espérance), from esperer (“to hope”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛspəɹəns/ 1. Expectation, hope. Labels: obsolete Example: Sith yet there is a credence in my heart, An esperance so obstinately strong, That doth invert the attest of eyes and ears
Word: inedia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin inedia. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈiːdi.ə/, /ɪnˈiːd͡ʒə/ 1. The (purported) ability to live without food. Labels: uncountable Example: The problems of establishing the facts are redoubled when the discussion is narrowed to the type of inedia which in itself is less susceptible to natural explanation and intrinsically more plausible as a sign: active inedia. Example: Stigmatics are by no means the only mystics to experience inedia; on the contrary, it is a condition that has been experienced by a great many Catholic mystics.
Word: salumeria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sḗh₂l Proto-Italic *sāls Latin salem Italian sale Italian -ume Italian salume Italian -eria Italian salumeriabor. English salumeria Borrowed from Italian salumeria. Pronunciation: /sə(ˌ)luːməˈɹiːə/ 1. a shop specializing in salami and the like: a delicatessen Example: Salumerie are overflowing with prosciutto, salame and mortadella (pork sausage), the kind of foods you can stuff into a bag, and pull out to create a fabulous meal in an instant. Example: Since the Italian market is barely affected by price competition and, in any event, food would be the last area where Italians would economise, the salumerie are not going to be forced out of business by category-killer self-service stores quickly.
Word: salumerie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian salumerie. 1. plural of salumeria Labels: form-of, plural
Word: salse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. A mud volcano, the water of which is often impregnated with salts.
Word: adipocytokine Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌædɪpəʊˈsaɪtə(ʊ)kaɪn/ 1. adipokine
Word: adipokine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adipo- + -kine. Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ɪ.pə(ʊ)ˌkaɪn/, /ˈæd.ɪ.poʊˌkaɪn/ 1. Any of several cytokines secreted by adipose tissue.
Word: autolysosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From auto- + lysosome. 1. The result of the fusion of an autophagosome and a lysosome
Word: coactivator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus ▲ Ancient Greek ἐνεργητῐκός (energētĭkós)sl. Latin āctīvusbor. Old French actifbor. Middle English actyf English active Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English activate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin -ātor Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our ▲ Latin -torlbor. English -or English activator English coactivator From co- + activator. 1. Any protein that binds to an activator as part of gene transcription
Word: gluconeogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *dlukús Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. New Latinder. English gluco- English neogenesis English gluconeogenesis From gluco- + neogenesis. 1. The metabolic process in which glucose is formed, mostly in the liver, from non-carbohydrate precursors Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: gluconeogenetic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɡluːkəʊˌniːəʊd͡ʒəˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: gluconeogenic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɡluːkəʊˌniːəʊˈd͡ʒɛnɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: magnocellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magno- + cellular. 1. Having large cells.
Word: parvocellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From parvo- + cellular. 1. Having small-bodied, punctate neuronal cells.
Word: sarcoplasmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sarcoplasm Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English sarcoplasmic From sarcoplasm + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the sarcoplasm.
Word: sarcoplasm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sarco- + -plasm. 1. The interfibrillar cytoplasm of striated muscle Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spermatogonial Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌspɜː(ɹ)mətəˈɡəʊniəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the spermatogonia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stereocilia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stereocilium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stereocilin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stereocilium + -in. 1. A protein associated with the stereocilia of the inner ear. Labels: uncountable
Word: sulphydryl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sulfhydryl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sulfhydryl Part of Speech: noun 1. The univalent radical -SH that is the sulfur analogue of hydroxyl and constitutes the thiol group.
Word: EUV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of extreme ultraviolet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Micron said in a statement that it would bring extreme ultraviolet (EUV) technology to Japan, becoming the first semiconductor company to do so, and expected to invest up to 500 billion yen ($3.6 billion) with support from the Japanese government.
Word: Clarice Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Clarisse, from Italian Clarissa, from Medieval Latin Clarissa (“Poor Clare”); see there for more. Doublet of Clarissa and Clarisse. Pronunciation: /ˈklæ.ɹɪs/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.
Word: riberry Part of Speech: noun 1. An Australian tree, Syzygium luehmannii. 2. Its small, pear-shaped edible fruit.
Word: interexchange Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English exchange English interexchange From inter- + exchange. 1. The reciprocal exchange of people between nations for economic or cultural purposes
Word: kutjera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an Australian Aboriginal language. 1. An Australian plant, Solanum centrale, with pungent edible fruits that resemble raisins when dried.
Word: mammalogist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English mammalogy 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 mammalogist From mammalogy + -ist. 1. One who studies mammalogy
Word: prickleback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From prickle + back. 1. Any of the fish in the family Stichaeidae. 2. A stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).
Word: guitarfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From guitar + fish, from its body shape. Pronunciation: /ɡɪˈtɑː(ɹ)ˌfɪʃ/, /ɡɪˈtɑɹˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of the family Rhinobatidae of rays with elongated bodies, flattened heads and trunks, and small, ray-like wings. Example: There must have been at least a hundred tanks of various sizes, from the large ones to hold Torpedo Skates and the sinister Guitar Fish, to smaller ones for the Horse-killer Eel, Mud Fish from the Pacific, and the monstrous West Indian Scorpion Fish, each of whose spines has a poison sac as powerful as a rattlesnake's venom. 2. Any of the family Glaucostegidae of rays, formally classified under the family Rhinobatidae.
Word: lupini Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lupin (“edible legume seed”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oligomenorrhoea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos)der. English oligo- English menorrhoea English oligomenorrhoea From oligo- + menorrhoea. Pronunciation: /ɒlɪɡə(ʊ)mɛnəˈɹiːə/, /ɑləɡoʊmɛnəˈɹi.ə/ 1. Unusually infrequent menstruation. Labels: uncountable
Word: Lady Luck Part of Speech: name 1. A female personification of luck.
Word: PCOS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of polycystic ovary syndrome. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The chronic condition affects around 8% to 13% of women and girls of reproductive age worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, but as many as 70% could be experiencing PCOS while undiagnosed. Example: As many as one in 10 women have PCOS, a condition associated with hormonal disturbances that can range from weight gain, “unwanted” body hair and hair loss, to irregular periods and struggles to conceive children (including an increased risk of miscarriage).
Word: polycystic ovary syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A syndrome characterised by polycystic ovaries, menstrual disturbance, and high levels of androgens or insulin. Labels: uncountable
Word: Ankou Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from French Ankou, from Breton Ankoù. 1. The personification of death in Celtic mythology. Example: In the blackness of the night the muttering or yelling figures moved about like some spectral creatures from hellish regions—the Ankous of Brittany who call to those about to die[.]
Word: Ah Puch Part of Speech: name 1. The personification of death in Maya mythology.
Word: hyperandrogenism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English androgen 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 hyperandrogenism From hyper- + androgen + -ism. Pronunciation: /haɪpəɹanˈdɹɒdʒənɪzəm/ 1. An abnormally high production of androgens. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cabbagey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of cabbagy. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Emma had produced a cabbagey, beety soup with strips of last night's boiled beef in it, chunks of yesterday's potatoes and dumplings thrown in […] Example: She had awoken two hours later in the cabbagey-plasticky fug of her tent feeling deadly certain that she had failed somehow, that he had been expecting something to happen between them, and now it wouldn't happen—or couldn't happen—because she was no longer on her own.
Word: cabbagy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Old French caboce Anglo-Norman cabochebor. Middle English caboche English cabbage Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cabbagy From cabbage + -y. 1. Resembling or characteristic of cabbage. Example: The beast’s attic was once the most dangerous room in the universe. It used to be deadlier than the war chambers of Mars, it was home to more corpses than the Graveyard of Dying Stars, and it had once smelled even cabbagier than the underground lair of the Grizzly Gardener of Grimsby.
Word: cartoony Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cartoon Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English cartoony From cartoon + -y. Pronunciation: /kɑɹˈtuni/ 1. Having the style of a cartoon.
Word: bike rack Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bicycle rack.
Word: cumquat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kumquat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: citrangequat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of citrange + kumquat — since citrange is itself a blend of citrus and orange, this is a triple blend. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹənd͡ʒˌkwɑːt/ 1. A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat (Citrus × georgiana).
Word: elbow macaroni Part of Speech: noun 1. Macaroni in the shape of a small tube curved into a semicircle. Labels: uncountable
Word: aquire Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of acquire. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: CVD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of chemical vapor/vapour deposition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of cardiovascular disease. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: heart disease 3. Initialism of countervailing duties. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of colour vision deficiency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: CVD Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of chemical vapor/vapour deposited. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: Silvana Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Silvana, from Latin Silvāna. 1. A female given name from Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. Example: At Lochwinnoch, on the 13th curt. Mr. William Brodie, of Ward, to Miss Silvana Caldwell. Example: Donna Johns is 18, congratulations and love from Angela, Will, Nicola, Wayne, James and baby Silvana and especially Joan and Ken.
Word: GFP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of green fluorescent protein. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NPI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of negative polarity item. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of nonpharmaceutical intervention. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: Korhonen Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Finnish Korhonen. 1. A surname from Finnish.
Word: immersion heater Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for supplying domestic hot water in which a thermostatically-controlled heating element is immersed within a tank of water
Word: unitless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English unit Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English unitless From unit + -less. 1. Having no units of measurement; such as a ratio or percentage of two numbers which have the same units. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dimensionless quantity Part of Speech: noun 1. a quantity lacking dimension, a pure number.
Word: hip roof Part of Speech: noun 1. A roof formed from inclined, planar ends and sides, joined at their edges to form hips, the longer sides forming a ridge at the top
Word: unaffordably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unaffordable Middle English -ly English -ly English unaffordably From unaffordable + -ly. 1. To a degree that is unaffordable; in an unreasonably expensive manner. Example: Some judges set unaffordably high bail at times with the intention of keeping suspected criminals in prison pending trial.
Word: rump state Part of Speech: noun 1. Any politico-geographic entity (a state) that is the remnant of a previous, larger one that has been broken up.
Word: rough-house Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roughhouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: rough house Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of roughhouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Roscian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the name of Quintus Roscius Gallus, Roman actor, + -an. 1. famous for being an actor
Word: robotization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas Proto-Slavic *orbъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *orbiti Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *-ota Proto-Slavic *orbota Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robot 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 Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English robotization From robot + -ization. 1. The automation of a system or process by use of robotic devices. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rissaldar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi रिसालदार (risāldār), Persian رسالدار (resâldâr). 1. A junior officer in a cavalry or armored regiment. Labels: India 2. A native captain in an Indian cavalry regiment of the British Army. Labels: historical
Word: U-bolt Part of Speech: noun 1. a metal fixing in the shape of the letter U, which has a pin or screw bolt closure which fits across the two ends making a closed clamp
Word: riot gear Part of Speech: noun 1. All the protective clothing, shields and weaponry worn or carried by a force attempting to control a riot. Labels: uncountable
Word: rhizomania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rhizo- + -mania. 1. An abnormal development in the taproots of some plants, especially sugar beet, characterized by fine, hairy secondary roots; it is caused by the infection of the plant with a virus transmitted by a protozoan. Labels: uncountable
Word: rhomb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Partly borrowed from Middle French rhombe and partly from its etymon Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos). Doublet of rhombus and rhumb. Pronunciation: /ɹɒm/, /ɹɒmb/, /ɹʌmb/ 1. A rhombus. Example: Their Ideas are perpetually converſant in Lines and Figures. If they would, for example, praiſe the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they deſcribe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipſes, and other Geometrical Terms, or by Words of Art drawn from Muſick, needleſs here to repeat. Example: The four-sided pyramid, perhaps the most frequent of all natural crystals, is called in architecture a dogtooth; its use is quite limitless, and always beautiful: the cube and rhomb are almost equally frequent in chequers and dentils; 2. A rhombohedron.
Word: abciximab Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (F)ab + -ci- (“cardiovascular”) + -ximab (“chimeric monoclonal antibody”). Pronunciation: /æbˈsɪk.sɪˌmæb/ 1. A powerful anticlotting drug (trademark ReoPro) that inhibits platelet aggregation by binding to a glycoprotein receptor on human platelets and that consists of the F_(ab) fragment from a chimeric monoclonal antibody prepared from humans and mice. Labels: uncountable
Word: ungloved 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 gloved English ungloved From un- + gloved. 1. Not wearing a glove; barehanded. Labels: not-comparable Example: Hold the bottle with the gloved hand and unscrew the top with the ungloved hand. Example: Our clothing was insufficient to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there; our ungloved hands became numbed and covered with chilblains, as were our feet[…]
Word: boot up Part of Speech: verb 1. To start a computer using its bootstrap procedure. Labels: transitive 2. To start, using its bootstrap procedure. Labels: intransitive Example: It takes a couple of minutes for the computer to boot up. 3. To start a computer program or a recording of a movie, show or song. Labels: transitive Example: Then you should boot up your word processor. 4. To start up, to bootstrap (any process, especially a business). Labels: ambitransitive, broadly, figuratively Example: They believe they now have enough capital to boot up and stay alive until sales revenue begins.
Word: interrupt request Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of interrupting any of several hardware processes in a computer.
Word: cold boot Part of Speech: verb 1. To reboot a computer by turning it off and on. Labels: transitive
Word: cold boot Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of rebooting a computer by turning it off and on.
Word: unagreeably Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English unagreeable Middle English -ly English -ly English unagreeably From unagreeable + -ly. 1. In an unagreeable manner.
Word: bury the lede Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin a story with details of secondary importance to the reader while postponing more essential points or facts. Labels: US, idiomatic Example: The news account started by recounting details of the candidate's appearance and buried the lede by not mentioning his new call for tax reform until the 19th paragraph.
Word: unagreeable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unagreable, equivalent to un- + agreeable. 1. Disagreeable; unpleasant.
Word: parol Part of Speech: adj Etymology: from Middle French parole, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parable. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹ.əl/, /ˈpɛɹ.əl/ 1. Word of mouth. Labels: not-comparable 2. Verbal, oral, informal. Labels: not-comparable Example: Parol, or extrinsic evidence should only be used where it may clarify ambiguous terms of a contract.
Word: parol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: from Middle French parole, from Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of parable. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹ.əl/, /ˈpɛɹ.əl/ 1. A word; an oral utterance. 2. Oral declaration; word of mouth. 3. A writing not under seal. Example: Leases , like other conveyances , were good at common law If by deed , by parol
Word: parol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Tagalog parol, from Spanish farol (“lantern”). Pronunciation: /pɑˈɹoʊl/, /pəˈɹoʊl/ 1. An ornamental star-like Christmas lantern from the Philippines.
Word: kiddy fiddler Part of Speech: noun 1. A pedophile or a child molester. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: According to Gus, the main enemies of hackers are not the media ("stupid, harmless"), the government or the police ("who are more interested in kiddy fiddlers").
Word: kiddie fiddler Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of kiddy fiddler. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: big wow Part of Speech: intj 1. A sarcastic variant of wow. Example: "Okay, fine. Who lost their virginity first?" "Oh, big wow, with your cousin Barry."
Word: hypermart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English mart English hypermart From hyper- + mart. 1. A hypermarket.
Word: Krissy Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the female given names Kristine/Christine or Kristina/Christina.
Word: EMEA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: To lend transparency and illuminate the regions' activity in this sector, analysts at EVOLUTION Gloal Talent Attraction put together an accessible, informative infographic that assessed 265 facilities across the 35 different countries that make up the EMEA region. 2. Initialism of European Medicines Evaluation Agency. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: This past February, an EMEA committee rejected ATryn, considering the five surgical cases that GTC offered insufficient.
Word: chequing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheque. 1. Alternative spelling of checking. Labels: Canada, UK, alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tostado Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish tostado. Doublet of tostada. 1. Toasted corn kernels, eaten as a snack. Labels: uncountable Example: A meal here is any instance in which food is eaten during the day, and so may be anything from a complete meal to some tostado eaten while working in the field. Example: Children in the countryside still carry some tostado in their pockets to eat during recess at school. 2. Toast. Labels: US, uncountable Example: Breakfast around here is tostado (toast) and tea. Sit down, Sit down, I'll fix you some tostado. Example: "Whatever you wish; but if you're tired and ... Hey, Angel!" he shouted at the individual who was already moving away, “tell your wife to prepare some tostado, our dessert wine, and some cake. Fancy that, my dear fellow, fancy that!” 3. Alternative form of tostada (“a fried corn tortilla”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable Example: The extensive menu has some interesting new additions, such as Fiesta chalupas: a lavish combination of sour cream and guacamole on a large tostado. Example: This attractive sandwich features a crisp tostado shell and hot pepper cheese topped with tomatoes, corn and lettuce.
Word: possibilistic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, pertaining to or derived using possibility. Example: There are two types of inferences that can be made: possibilistic and probabilistic. In the possibilistic case, one is interested in the possibility or impossibility of certain events. In the probabilistic case, the actual probability of the events is also considered. 2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy of possibilism.
Word: user control Part of Speech: noun 1. A control created by a developer, usually by combining other controls, often intended for use in a specific application. Example: You can add existing Web server controls and markup to a user control.
Word: somebodies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of somebody Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diving bell spider Part of Speech: noun 1. A spider, Argyroneta aquatica, living almost entirely underwater, using hairs on its abdomen and legs to trap air.
Word: stertor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin stertō (“to snore”). Pronunciation: /ˈstɝtɚ/, /ˈstɝtoɹ/, /ˈstɜːtə/, /ˈstɜːtɔː/ 1. The act of snoring, especially heavy snoring. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A snoring sound, as for example even during wakefulness in infants with breathing difficulties. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: squattocracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Old French es- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin co- Latin agō Latin cōgō Latin coāctusder. Old French quatir Old French esquatirder. Middle English squatten English squat Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *kret- Ancient Greek κρᾰ́τος (krắtos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā)bor. English -cracy English -ocracy English squattocracy From squat + -ocracy. 1. Wealthy landowners (squatters) considered as a class. Labels: Australia, historical, uncountable, usually Example: 1862, Clara Aspinall, Three Years in Melbourne, 2010, Forgotten Books, page 235, Most of the Squattocracy are members of “The Club,” and therefore know who are the chief agreeable idlers (I mean gentlemen who are not oppressed with business) to whom to introduce a stranger. Example: They held respected positions and wielded power in country towns, but in the wider district the pastoral squattocracy was still considered powerful and important. That attentive second echelon of society liked, where possible, to be seen to be associated with the squattocracy.
Word: spright Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unetymological spelling of sprite. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, sprite, and esprit. Pronunciation: /spɹaɪt/ 1. Spirit; mind; soul; state of mind; mood. Labels: obsolete Example: Well may I ween, your grief is wondrous great; / For wondrous great griefe groneth in my ſpright, / Whiles thus I heare you of your ſorrowes treat. Example: Who comming to that ſowle-diſeaſed knight, / Could hardly him intreat, to tell his grief: / Which knowne, and all that noyd his heauie ſpright, / Well ſearcht, eftſoones he gan apply relief. 2. A supernatural being; a spirit; a shade; an apparition; a ghost. Labels: obsolete Example: And forth he cald out of deepe darknes dredd / Legions of Sprights, the which like litle flyes / Fluttring about his euerdamned hedd, [...] Example: To thee, O Father, Sonne, and ſacred Spright. / One true, eternall, euerlaſting king, / To Chriſtes deere mother Marie virgin bright, / Pſalmes of thankeſgiuing and of praiſe they ſing, [...] 3. A kind of short arrow. Labels: obsolete
Word: spright Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unetymological spelling of sprite. Doublet of spirit, spiritus, spirytus, sprite, and esprit. Pronunciation: /spɹaɪt/ 1. To haunt. Labels: obsolete Example: I am sprighted with a fool ; Frighted , and anger'd worse
Word: soliflor Part of Speech: noun 1. A vase designed to hold a single flower Example: A black telephone, a notepad, a tortoiseshell propelling pencil, a minute conical paperweight with a base less than an inch in diameter but whose small size does not prevent it from weighing three "troy ounces", that is to say 93 grammes, and a Gallé soliflor containing a purple moonflower, a variety of everlasting flower also called Star of the Nile, combine to clutter the table's narrow top. Example: Examples include the soliflor that turns into a candleholder (1981); the "Bellman " drinking glasses she designed to pay explicit tribute to anonymous objects (1982); and the small oil bottle that draws attention to its spherical stopper, which is only bevelled so it doesn't roll away.
Word: soleus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of musculus soleus, a relative adjective to Latin solum. Pronunciation: /səʊˈliː.əs/, /səˈliː.əs/, /ˈsoʊ.li.əs/ 1. A broad, flat muscle that extends behind the gastrocnemius along the back of the calf. Example: At one, three, six, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours' postburn period, the bilateral soleus muscles were removed and immediately incubated in Kreb-Henseleit bicarbonate buffer […]
Word: maximand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From maximize + -and. 1. That which is to be maximized.
Word: minimand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From minimize + -and. 1. That which is to be minimized.
Word: overlordship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English owr lardschip, equivalent to overlord + -ship. 1. The position or quality of being an overlord. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The realm of overlords. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: interlingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English interlingual From inter- + lingual. 1. Spanning multiple languages; having a multilingual flair or quality. Labels: not-comparable Example: Why is translation suitable as a subject-matter of academic study, or to raise this question in a somewhat different and perhaps more challenging form: What distinguishes everyday, intralingual communication from interlingual, "exceptional" communication?
Word: ungraspable 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 grasp Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English graspable English ungraspable From un- + graspable. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈɡɹɑːspəb(ə)l/ 1. Not able to be reached or grasped. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is the image of the ungraspable phantom of life; and this is the key to it all. 2. Not able to be remembered or comprehended. Labels: not-comparable Example: Before, somewhere and time ungraspable, blurred and beset with bewildering details, she had lain alone in bed, listening to gladsome bird voices, mingled with a sense of distressed humanity. Example: Voldemorting is the anti-SEO, the anti-keyword, and the anti-hashtag. It transforms your subject from a single mass into an ungraspable swarm.
Word: escapable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English escape Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English escapable From escape + -able. 1. Able to be escaped, fled or run from. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not needed or necessary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ELSD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of evaporative light scattering detector. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: high-pressure liquid chromatography Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of chromatography in which the liquid mobile phase is forced through a column of solid stationary phase under high pressure
Word: hooroo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From 1700s British hooray or hurray, which was also used in Australia to mean goodbye. Pronunciation: /həˈɹuː/, /ˈhuːɹuː/ 1. Hooray. Example: Placing it triumphantly on the mahogany desk before him, he exclaims — “Hooroo ! Ho-ooo-roo-ooo ! in a husky voice, and sinks exhausted on a satin divan. “What′s the row, Hiram?” all cry, gathering eagerly about him. “Hooroo! I′m a rich man! I′ve got my patent!” Example: 1901–02, Herminie Templeton Kavanagh, Darby O'Gill and the Good People, McClure's Magazine, reprinted 1903, Reilly & Britton, page 80, Every brown cap was swung in the air. “Hooray! Hooray! Hooroo!” rang the cheers. 2. Goodbye. Labels: Australia, colloquial Example: “I′d better be going. Hooroo.” “Hooroo.” Example: 2009, Peter Yeldham, A Distant Shore, Penguin Group, unnumbered page, ‘Hooroo.’ It had always been her inevitable parting word. ‘Hooroo, Mrs Wheatley. Don′t forget next week.’
Word: hooroo Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From 1700s British hooray or hurray, which was also used in Australia to mean goodbye. Pronunciation: /həˈɹuː/, /ˈhuːɹuː/ 1. To give a cheer of "hooroo".
Word: hyperplane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English plane English hyperplane From hyper- + plane. 1. An n-dimensional generalization of a plane; an affine subspace of dimension n − 1 that splits an n-dimensional space. (In a one-dimensional space, it is a point; in two-dimensional space it is a line; in three-dimensional space, it is an ordinary plane.) Example: We now have good reason to question the pursuits of the vaunted innovators with whom Liu consorted in California – the blissed-out cultists at Google, whose only worry is over “the wrong kind of sparkling water in the microkitchens”, or the manic experts who specialise in “envisioning hyperplanes in n-dimensional space”.
Word: kanguru Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of kangaroo. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: sord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sowrde, from Old French sourdre (“to rise”), that is, "to rise in flight, as a flock of birds", from Latin surgō. Related to surge. Pronunciation: /sɔːd/, /sɔɹd/ 1. A flock of mallards. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: "Oh, I, well, I too fell into error, for I frittered away my morning in stalking yonder exaltation of larks, thinking they were dunlin, and in doing so disturbed the only sord of mallards on the whole marsh."
Word: sord Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See sward. Pronunciation: /sɔːd/, /sɔɹd/ 1. Obsolete form of sward. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: This is the prettieſt Lovv-borne Laſſe, that euer / Ran on the greene-ſord: […] Example: grassy Sord
Word: high-performance liquid chromatography Part of Speech: noun 1. high-pressure liquid chromatography Labels: uncountable
Word: ski slope Part of Speech: noun 1. An artificial construction, mimicking a piste, down which people may ski in places with no snow or no mountains 2. A mountain slope used for skiing. Example: the best ski slopes in the Alps
Word: sericitization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sericite + -ization. 1. The hydrothermal or metamorphic alteration of a mineral, often plagioclase, into sericite (a white mica). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sericite Part of Speech: noun 1. A fine-grained mica found in metamorphic rocks Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sensorium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin sensōrium, from Latin sentiō (“feel, perceive”) + Latin -ōrium (suffix denoting a place for a particular function). Pronunciation: /sɛnˈsɔː.ɹi.əm/, /sɛnˈsoɹ.i.jəm/ 1. The entire sensory apparatus of an organism. Example: The continuum is broken, and the rise of writing helps to break up as well the continuum of the sensorium, to locate consciousness in the written word. What the written word is to the sensorium, the ego is to the entire consciousness, and the city is to the entire encirclement of nature. 2. The central part of a nervous system that receives and coordinates all stimuli. Example: […]in all injuries of the spine whereby a communication with the sensorium is cut off, it is the parts below the injury which are deprived of sensation, while those above retain their sensibility. 3. The brain or mind in relation to the senses. Labels: figuratively Example: Others have conſidered infinite Space as the Receptacle, or rather the Habitation of the Almighty : But the nobleſt and moſt exalted Way of conſidering this infinite Space is that of Sir Iſaac Newton, who calls it the Senſorium of the Godhead. Brutes and Men have their Senſoriola, or little Senſoriums by which they apprehend the Preſence and perceive the Actions of a few Objects, that lie contiguous to them. Example: The ringing of the bell and the rap upon the door, ſtruck likewiſe ſtrong upon the ſenſorium of my uncle Toby,—but it excited a very different train of thoughts ;—the two irreconcileable pulſations inſtantly brought Stevinus, the great engineer, along with them, into my uncle Toby’s mind[…]
Word: scandent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the present participle stem of Latin scandere (“to climb”). Pronunciation: /ˈskæn.dənt/ 1. Climbing, without obvious morphological adaptations. Labels: not-comparable Example: I found but a single specimen—a scandent shrub of Datura metel, at a house site in a small coastal village, planted, I was told, as a remedy for asthma.
Word: retardative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From (the participle stem of) Latin retardāre + -ive. 1. That retards; delaying, impeditive. Example: In the German lands east of the River Elbe and in the Habsburg Monarchy, the anchoring of the serfs to the lord's estate is generally believed to have had a retardative effect […].
Word: retardive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English retard Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English retardive From retard + -ive. 1. That retards; retardative.
Word: repot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English pot English repot From re- + pot. 1. To move (a growing plant) from one pot to a larger one to allow for further growth. Labels: transitive 2. To give (oneself) new challenges or environments as a means of personal growth. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: There's no limit to the number of times you can repot yourself. Every season offers opportunities for new growth, and what's fulfilling to you now may not answer your needs in a future stage of life. Example: The impulse to repot yourself may be set in motion by a change in your life. This can be an event beyond your control, or it may be a happening over which you have some control.
Word: repertitious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin repertīcius (“newly found”), from repertus (“found, discovered, invented”), from reperīre (“to find, discover, invent”), from re- (“again, anew”) + parere (“to bear, to get”), + -īcius (“-itious”), under influence of English -ious, q.v. Cognate with repertible and repertor. 1. Found by chance. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise. 2. Found thanks to advice. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Repertitious, that is found by adventure, and sometimes by advise.
Word: rent control Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal limit on the maximum allowable percentage increase which a landlord may charge for the cost of a rental unit per year. This limit can be determined at the local, county, or state level. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rent seeking Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of rent-seeking. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: The primary complaint leveled against financialization of economies is that much of this activity is geared towards rent seeking.
Word: re-enact Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of reenact. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: When it arrived, the train was headed by a "K" class 4-6-0 wood-burning locomotive, and a water-tank wagon next to the tender was immediately besieged by women and girls, clad in their picturesque national costume, all with empty kerosene tins for water, a scene which was re-enacted at each stop down the line. Example: A wave simulator in the tank can re-enact tsunamis and northeasters, and imitate wave conditions from midocean.
Word: red blood cell cast Part of Speech: noun 1. A matrix of decomposing red blood cells found in the urine as a symptom of glomerular disease
Word: red-baiting Part of Speech: noun 1. The (ad hominem) practice of accusing someone of being a communist, socialist or anarchist with the intention of discrediting their political views. Labels: Philippines, US, sometimes, uncountable
Word: red-baiter Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who practices red-baiting. Labels: US Example: On Feb. 9, 1950, notorious red-baiter Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) waved a piece of paper before the cameras that he claimed contained a list of 205 "card-carrying Communists in the State Department."
Word: recurved Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recurve Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recurved Part of Speech: adj 1. Curved or bent, either in two different directions, or back on itself. Example: We will not, however, travel on his "elephants' snouts in coat armour," beyond a field or, with "the proboscide of an elephant, erected, flexed and recurved gules, issuing out of a pierced place; towards the basis thereof, a rose-sprig vertant et revertant, about the trunk to the middle thereof proper.
Word: recrement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + cernō + -ment. 1. Waste matter or dross. Example: [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...] 2. A bodily secretion that is reabsorbed into the blood.
Word: reconstructivist Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to reconstructivism
Word: reconstructivist Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːkənˈstɹʌktɪvɪst/ 1. One who believes in reconstructivism
Word: recached Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of recache Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: recached Part of Speech: adj 1. returned to a cache Labels: not-comparable
Word: rear echelon Part of Speech: noun 1. That part of an army that is not needed to directly combat the enemy. 2. The administrative and supply departments of an army. Labels: broadly
Word: reannounce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Latin adnūntiō Latin annūntiōder. Old French anoncierder. English announce English reannounce From re- + announce. 1. To announce again Labels: transitive 2. To issue a second or subsequent announcement Labels: intransitive
Word: reality distortion field Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In the idiomatic sense, coined by software developer Bud Tribble at Apple Computer in 1981, to describe company co-founder Steve Jobs' charisma and its effects on the developers working on the Mac project: "Steve has a reality distortion field. […] In his presence, reality is malleable. He can convince anyone of practically anything." The term was borrowed from the 1966 Star Trek episode "The Menagerie", in which the humanoid Talosians are able to create lifelike illusions using such fields. 1. The persuasive ability of a leader or entrepreneur, especially in misleading or convincing others in order to promote a product or service. Labels: idiomatic Example: I fell silent under her stony glare. I tried to keep going, but I couldn't. Blight had the opposite of a reality distortion field. A reality assertion field. Example: Small lies are essential. They create your reality distortion field. They are a necessary part of being an entrepreneur. But if you start believing your own hype, you won't survive. 2. An environment which alters one's perception of reality. Labels: literally Example: At present we sometimes experience what can be interpreted as a "reality distortion field" built upon arguments that have been developed by the innovators and early adopters within the sustainability movement. Example: If you're on social media at all, and follow many news sources, you're bombarded with stories of other people's successes […] This generates a "Reality Distortion Field" in which everyone else appears to experience 95% success and 5% struggle.
Word: rangeland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From range + land. 1. Unimproved land that is suitable for the grazing of livestock. Labels: US, countable, uncountable
Word: raise someone's consciousness Part of Speech: verb 1. To increase a person's awareness of, and often sympathy for, an issue, cause, or condition. Example: She said I had "offended" some of her "little sisters" that didn't understand this all + I said well that they can't be that little if they're in this bar + maybe it'll raise their consciousness a little so they do understand. Example: But part of Reagan's self-imposed mandate is to show that his conservatism has a broad reach. That would be easier for Reagan to do if he were accustomed to working closely with blacks, women and others who might raise his consciousness on sensitive issues.
Word: construal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From construe + -al. Pronunciation: /kənˈstɹuːəl/ 1. The act of construing: interpreting, portraying, or both. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: interpretation, portrayal
Word: energy drink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From energy + drink. First use appears c. 1904. 1. A highly caffeinated, sometimes carbonated, beverage containing added ingredients advertised as increasing alertness, performance, etc. Example: ABA member companies, which include The Coca-Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Monster, PepsiCo, Red Bull and ROCKSTAR, represent approximately 95 percent of the energy drink category in the United States and have agreed to the following common commitments regarding the labeling and marketing of energy drinks.
Word: amber gambler Part of Speech: noun 1. A driver of a road vehicle who accelerates when the traffic lights change from green to amber (instead of stopping, as required by law), gambling that no vehicle will cross his or her path; a driver who starts off when the traffic lights show red and amber together, but not yet green. Labels: UK, idiomatic Example: The sins the foundation has identified include eating at the wheel, becoming a traffic-light hopping "amber gambler" and drinking and driving.
Word: jump the lights Part of Speech: verb 1. To pass a set of traffic lights when they are not showing green.