nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: step-sisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of step-sister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: step-brother Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of stepbrother. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: step-brothers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of step-brother Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rhenish Palatinate Part of Speech: name 1. The County Palatinate of the Rhine, particularly during the time between the Napoleonic Wars and the end of World War II (1816–1945), when it was in personal union with Bavaria. Labels: historical 2. The Palatinate, the lands of the former county in modern Germany.
Word: Acridophagi Part of Speech: name Etymology: The plural of Latin acridophagus, from Ancient Greek ἀκρίς (akrís, “locust”) + φάγος (phágos). 1. A supposed locust-eating people in ancient ethnography, located by Diodorus Siculus, Jerome, Pliny the Elder, and Strabo, variously in Ethiopia, Libya, or Parthia.
Word: schnozzola Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ʃnɒzˈoʊlə/ 1. The nose. Labels: slang
Word: warrant canary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Allusion to a miner's canary. 1. A public notice that a service provider has not received a secret government subpoena for their customers' data that they would be prohibited from saying they had received. Labels: US Example: However, it may be possible, via a warrant canary or a similar technique, for a CA to communicate the existence of a secret court order to the Internet community. Example: Warrant canaries are legal tricks employed by conscientious organisations to get around the fact that certain demands from the US government cannot be disclosed publicly.
Word: warrant canaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of warrant canary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: -tropism Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin tropus (English trope) + -ism, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). Early use in botany as geotropism and heliotropism. Pronunciation: /-ˈtɹəʊpɪz(ə)m/, /-ˈtɹoʊˌpɪzəm/ 1. movement, turning. Labels: morpheme 2. growth towards. Labels: morpheme
Word: lap of honour Part of Speech: noun 1. A victory lap (celebratory extra lap). Labels: UK
Word: microdoublet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + doublet. 1. A doublet lens (typically composed of a solid lens and a liquid-filled lens) made by microfabrication
Word: microlayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + layer. 1. A very thin layer (typically having a thickness measured in micrometres)
Word: microstratigraphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + stratigraphic. 1. Relating to, or using microstratigraphy Labels: not-comparable
Word: siruper Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of syruper. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: microstratigraphy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + stratigraphy. 1. The microscopic study of geological strata Labels: uncountable
Word: microstructurally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From microstructural + -ly. 1. Using a microstructural method. Labels: not-comparable 2. In terms of microstructure. Labels: not-comparable
Word: millirobot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From milli- + robot. 1. A robotic device having dimensions typically less than a centimetre 2. A robotic device whose structure is modeled on that of a millipede
Word: millirobots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millirobot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monodominant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + dominant. 1. dominated by organisms of a single species Labels: not-comparable
Word: monodominance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + dominance. 1. The condition of being monodominant Labels: uncountable
Word: alien abductions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alien abduction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Whispering Jack Part of Speech: name Etymology: Most famously associated with singer Whispering Jack Smith (1898-1950), but in earlier use as a nickname. 1. A person who vocalizes quietly, in a whispering manner, or, ironically, one who is loud and outspoken. Labels: informal Example: The two who sat at a table in an obscure corner of the room were the noted burglars "Whispering Jack" and "Jim the Cracksman," as they were nick-named by their associates. Example: [T]he microphone enabled a Whispering Jack Smith to make a rhythmic mumble pass for singing and gave Bing Crosby a means of taking advantage of his casual, intimate style.
Word: let the sleeping dogs lie Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of let sleeping dogs lie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lyophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”). 1. a lyophilic substance
Word: lyophile Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lyo- + -phile, c. 1900, US, perhaps from French lyophile (“lyophilic”). 1. lyophilic Example: As a class, the soil colloids seem to be related more nearly to the lyophobe than to the lyophile colloids, although materials isolated from some soils approach lyophile colloids in their ability to swell.
Word: lyophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lyo- + -phobe, first use appears c. 1900 in the US, perhaps from French lyophobe (“lyophobic”). 1. A lyophobic substance.
Word: lyophobe Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lyo- + -phobe, first use appears c. 1900 in the US, perhaps from French lyophobe (“lyophobic”). 1. Lyphobic. Example: As a class, the soil colloids seem to be related more nearly to the lyophobe than to the lyophile colloids, although materials isolated from some soils approach lyophile colloids in their ability to swell.
Word: ly- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: From lyo-, by elision of vowel. 1. Alternative form of lyo- (before a vowel) Labels: alt-of, alternative, morpheme
Word: northcentral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From north + central. 1. Relating to the central part of a northern region. Labels: not-comparable
Word: southcentral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From south + central. 1. Relating to the central part of a southern region. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ornithomimosaurian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ornithomimosauria + -an 1. Any theropod dinosaur of the clade Ornithomimosauria
Word: ornithomimosaurians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ornithomimosaurian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oviraptorosaurian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Oviraptorosauria + -an 1. Any maniraptoran dinosaur of the clade Oviraptorosauria
Word: oviraptorosaurians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oviraptorosaurian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oviraptosaurian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Oviraptorosauria + -an 1. Any maniraptoran dinosaur of the clade Oviraptorosauria.
Word: oviraptosaurians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oviraptosaurian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paleoparasitological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paleo- + parasitological. 1. Relating to paleoparasitology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: paleoparasitology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + parasitology. 1. The study of ancient parasites, especially as a branch of archaeology Labels: uncountable
Word: pentaplicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From penta- (“five”) + plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate. 1. Made five times as much; fivefold Labels: not-comparable
Word: pentaplicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penta- (“five”) + plicate (“fold”), analogous with duplicate. 1. Each of a set of five identical objects or copies.
Word: pentaplicates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pentaplicate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyfluorescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescencebf. English fluoresce English -ent English fluorescent English polyfluorescent From poly- + fluorescent. 1. Containing multiple fluorochromes Labels: not-comparable
Word: Bloggs Part of Speech: name 1. A placeholder surname.
Word: -tropy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Borrowed from French -tropie, from Ancient Greek -τροπίᾱ (-tropíā), from τρόπος (trópos, “a turn”). 1. exhibiting a behavior. Labels: morpheme 2. turning, affecting, change, response, movement. Labels: morpheme
Word: -trope Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos)der. Latin tropusder. English -trope From Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος (trópos, “a turn, way, manner, style, a trope or figure of speech, a mode in music, a mode or mood in logic”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). See trope. 1. something that turns, affects, changes, responds, moves. Labels: morpheme
Word: transcendentalisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transcendentalism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ex-Im Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening. 1. Export-Import Bank of the United States
Word: bed-sitter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bedsit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Jingpo Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 鏡泊湖／镜泊湖 (Jìngpō Hú, literally “mirror lake”), named for the supposed clarity of its waters. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpəʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpoʊ/ 1. A lake on the Mudan River in northern China. Example: An extensive alternation of the Manchoukuo Government's project for the establishment of a gigantic State-owned hydroelectric power-house near the Chingpo Lake in Mutankiang Province, is recommended in an official report just submitted by the party of experts which was recently dispatched to the spot to conduct further investigations into the project. Example: Many if not most young people in China like to write poems and the friends who were with me at Chingpo Lake were no exception to the rule.[…] Thirty-six kilometres from the sanitorium at Chingpo Lake, and we came inside the re- mains of the outer walls of the capital of Po- hai Kingdom, of which more anon.
Word: Jingpo Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpəʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒɪŋpoʊ/ 1. Alternative spelling of Jingpho. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Nanshan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 南山 (Nánshān, “South Mountain; any southern mountain, hill, range, or island”). 1. Various towns, districts, and subdistricts of China. Example: In the election on May 9, Chen Huibin won, but the other candidate, Wu Haining, cried foul. As Chen was preparing for a five-year term as the local delegate, starting with the fourth Nanshan District People’s Congress held on May 27, Wu claimed the election was fraudulent and reported it to the Shenzhen and Nanshan District People’s Congress Standing Committee. Example: Shenzhen’s Nanshan District is scattered with state-of-the-art high-rises, impressive corporate headquarters, government buildings, five-star hotels, and fancy shopping malls. 2. Various towns, districts, and subdistricts of China. Example: The modern industrial zone is located in the northeast of the Hegang coal mining area, including Xinlu West, Yixin West and Nanshan West, with a planned area of 13 km2. The administrative area is mainly affiliated to the northeastern part of Xingshan District of Hegang City, the southeast of Xiangyang District, and the eastern part of Nanshan District. It is less than 5km away from Hegang Railway Station. 3. An island in the Spratly archipelago of the Philippines. Example: Brawner said that the government hoped to install desalination machines and communications equipment on Thitu Island and Nanshan Island. Thitu, known to Manila as Pag-asa, is the largest Philippine-occupied feature in the South China Sea, boasting an airstrip and landing dock, and supporting a population of around 200. A handful of Philippine soldiers and their families are stationed on Nanshan or Lawak Island. All nine Philippine-occupied outposts exist in a precarious umbilical relationship to the Philippine mainland, reliant on regular navy supply missions and acutely vulnerable to blockade by Chinese vessels. Example: The Philippine Congress has earmarked 800 million pesos (US$14.3 million) for the transportation department to build a port facility on Nanshan Island (馬歡島) where boats, including those for fishing, could seek shelter. 4. A dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field. 5. An alternative term for the Qilian Mountains between Gansu and Qinghai in western China, from their position south of the Hexi Corridor. Labels: uncommon
Word: bed check Part of Speech: noun 1. In a dormitory, as in the military or at a children's campground or in a boarding school, an inspection after bedtime by authorities to ensure that everyone is present and in his or her bed. Labels: US Example: Pro football training camp means different things to different people. . . . [T]he printed schedule runs from wake-up call at 7 A.M. to bed check at 11 P.M. Example: His military career was marked by . . . a report which read: "Individual is unable to conform to military rules and regulations. Misses bed check: sleeps while supposed to be working."
Word: bed-check Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bed check. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Lushan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 魯山 /鲁山. 1. A county of Pingdingshan, Henan, China. Example: In the village of Tunghua in Lushan county of Honan Province a child bride, Li Hsiu-yuan, demanded a divorce, but the local officials were against it, and for three months, the case hung fire.
Word: Lushan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 廬山 /庐山 (Lúshān). 1. Synonym of Mount Lu. Example: I received the news from our representative, Dr. Wellington Koo, whose secretary wired me to prepare twenty cars to take the whole delegation up the famous Lushan mountain for a sight-seeing expedition. 2. A county-level city of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, China. Example: Like Chang Shih, Lü Tsu-ch’ien strongly and repeatedly pleaded with Chu Hsi to serve in the government. With regard to the appointment to the post at Nan-k’ang 南康¹⁷ in 1178, Lü wrote to Chu Hsi more than once that he would be making important contributions to the area, that high officials in the region were all friendly.
Word: Gushan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 孤山 (Gūshān, “Lonely Mountain, an isolated mountain, hill, or island”). 1. Various towns in China. 2. An island in Hangzhou's West Lake. 3. A dormant volcano in northeastern China's Keluo volcanic field. 4. An alternative name for Lonely Hill, a prominent hill in Jiangsu's Yangtze plain.
Word: Gushan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 古山 (Gǔshān, “ancient mountain”). 1. A town near Yongkang in Zhejiang, China.
Word: Gushan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 崮山. 1. Either of two towns in Shandong in China.
Word: Gushan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 鼓山 (Gǔshān, “Drum Mountain”). 1. An alternative name for Mount Gu, a mountain near Fuzhou in Fujian in China. Example: Kushan (Drum Hill) to the east of the city is a tourist centre and summer resort. A fine view of Foochow and the Taiwan Straits can be obtained from its summit, 1,000 metres above sea level. 2. A town near Mount Gu in Fujian in China. 3. A district of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Example: Groups supporting the recall of Kaohsiung City Mayor Han Kuo-yu also organized a vigil in Kaohsiung. They marched through Gushan District and released sky lanterns to mourn victims and pray for Hong Kong. Example: The accident occurred at around 12 p.m. on the intersection of Gushan 2nd Road and Beidou Street in Kaohsiung's Gushan District.
Word: Gushan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 顧山 /顾山. 1. A town near Jiangyin, Jiangsu, in China.
Word: capex Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of CAPEX. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: nikker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of nicker (“A sea devil.”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon Example: Davy Jones's Locker [...] A sailor's name for a principal sea-devil, a nikker. - HALLIWELL. Example: ... and killing sea-nikkers by night. Alone will I combat with this demon, the giant Grendel . . . I shall wrestle for life, foe against foe.
Word: afoos mango Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hapus mango. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Alphonso mango Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably named after Afonso de Albuquerque, 16th-century viceroy of Portuguese India. The cultivar was developed by Jesuits in Goa. 1. A type of Indian mango with golden-yellow skin and a rich, creamy texture.
Word: hapoos mango Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hapus mango. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stairclimbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stair + climbing. 1. The climbing of stairs Labels: uncountable
Word: theropodous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From theropod + -ous. 1. Relating to, or characteristic of, a theropod.
Word: trifluoroacetamide Part of Speech: noun 1. The amide of trifluoroacetic acid CF₃CONH₂ Labels: uncountable
Word: trimethylchlorosilane Part of Speech: noun 1. trimethylsilyl chloride Labels: uncountable
Word: undertrack Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From under- + track. 1. underneath a (railway) track Labels: not-comparable
Word: undertrack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From under- + track. 1. The characteristic disturbance to subsoil beneath the track of an animal
Word: undertracks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undertrack Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tragicize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tragic + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæd͡ʒɪsaɪz/ 1. To speak or write in the manner of a tragedy; to adopt a grandiloquent style. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: How shall I omit those ungardenlike gardens, void of pot-herbs? or the Augean store, which we cleared out and spread over them; what time we worked the hillside plough, vine-planter I, and awful you, with this neck and hands, which still bear the marks of the toil (O earth and sun, air and virtue! for I will tragicize a bit), not the Hellespont to yoke, but to level the steep. 2. To turn (someone or something) into tragedy; to make tragic. Labels: rare Example: I like to be tragic, I like to be funny / For in less than a century / Comic will have been tragicized / Tragedy comicalized. Example: Fired and, in effect, executed too, Phillip Loeb had to be tragicized, like the Rosenbergs […].
Word: tragicized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tragicize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: citreous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin citreus. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪtɹɪəs/ 1. Of the colour of citron or a citrus fruit; yellowish. Example: And sitting on the porch one night at La Hacienda, reading by generator light, I was hardly even tempted when bats came vectoring down – fruit bats, maybe – called by the lamp's citreous glow in which, turning, I could see my rod fly against the rail, its golden reel glittering like something electrical, or something alive…. Example: The glow was there now, a citreous smudge on the hardpacked earth below him and to his left.
Word: K&R Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the surnames of the book's authors, Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie. 1. The book The C Programming Language (1978), which described the first edition of the C language.
Word: K&R Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of kidnap and ransom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, no-plural Example: The group operating where we were was called the "Abu Sayyaf" and specialised in K&R (kidnap and ransom), usually of tourists who would finish up beheaded on TV.
Word: GhuGhu Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Ghu. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Yaoi Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese 矢追 (Yaoi). 1. A surname from Japanese.
Word: calloo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of its call. Pronunciation: /kəˈluː/ 1. The long-tailed duck, Clangula hyemalis, an Arctic sea duck. Labels: Scotland Example: This is how the luckless feel / how the calloos [translating allit] think— / like hard snow under a ridge / like water in a deep well. Example: The Scots called it the ‘wild calloo’ from the unearthly call it had which seemed almost to bewitch fisher-folk hunting for herring in calm autumn nights off the Scottish Isles.
Word: calloos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calloo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long-tailed duck Part of Speech: noun 1. An Arctic sea bird (Clangula hyemalis).
Word: long-tailed ducks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long-tailed duck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CLE Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Cleveland. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: CLE Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of continuing legal education, the professional education of lawyers that takes place after their initial admission to the bar. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of cutaneous lupus erythematosus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Christian Living Education. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: acerebellar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + cerebellar. 1. Lacking a cerebellum Labels: not-comparable
Word: MET Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of metabolic equivalent of task, a measure of the intensity of aerobic exercise. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Abbreviation of methylethyltryptamine, a hallucinogenic tryptamine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of methionine, an essential nonpolar amino acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. The gene symbol for C-Met, a proto-oncogene in human biology. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Initialism of mesenchymal–epithelial transition. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of motivational enhancement therapy, used in treatment of drug abuse and mental illness to help people in denial accept treatment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of muscle energy technique, a neuromuscular protocol used in osteopathy, physical therapy, and massage therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of Mission Elapsed Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of Modular Equipment Transporter, a two-wheeled handcart used on the Apollo 14 manned mission to the Moon. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: autoimmunological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From auto- + immunological. 1. Relating to autoimmunology Labels: not-comparable
Word: behavioristics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the behavior of an organism in relation to its environment Labels: uncountable
Word: calcaemic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of calcemic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: calcemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From calcemia + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to calcemia: (usually, especially) regarding trends of calcium (Ca) concentration over time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dinitrophenyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dinitrophenol + -yl. 1. The univalent radical derived from dinitrophenol Labels: uncountable
Word: epidepride Part of Speech: noun 1. A benzamide derivative that is used, when labelled with iodine-123, as a radioligand Labels: uncountable
Word: hyperdopaminergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + dopaminergic. 1. Excessively dopaminergic Labels: not-comparable
Word: immunotarget Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From immuno- + target. 1. The target of an immunological reaction or therapy
Word: Aetna Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Latin Aetna, from either Ancient Greek Αἴτνη (Aítnē, “Aetna”) or αἴθω (aíthō, “to burn”), or from a Sicanian dialect Italic base *aith-na (“fiery one”), all from Proto-Indo-European *ai-dh, from *h₂eydʰ- (“burn; fire”). Doublet of Etna. Pronunciation: /ˈɛtnə/ 1. Alternative form of Etna (a stratovolcano in Sicily). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A nymph in Sicily who, according to legend, gave her name to the volcanic Mount Etna. Labels: Greek, Roman 3. An ancient city in Sicily, in modern Italy, situated at the foot of Mount Etna, on its southern declivity. Labels: historical 4. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 5. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 6. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 7. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 8. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 9. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 10. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 11. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 12. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 13. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 14. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States: 15. A number of other places in Canada and in the United States:
Word: completism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From complete + -ism. Originally from fanspeak, the slang of science fiction fans. 1. A desire to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing. Labels: uncountable Example: A novel type of completism is Rothman's record and determination of attending every major convention held in this country. Example: Completism is a form of lunacy not without honor.
Word: abandons ship Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of abandon ship Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: abandoning ship Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abandon ship Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abandoned ship Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of abandon ship Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: bacover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of back + cover. 1. Back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium. Labels: dated, slang Example: Gleefully we perused those two copies, noting such achievements as a five-color bacover (counting black). Example: They are a sort of bacover-quote, a lot of "-actual incredible things fans have said to one another."
Word: baquote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of back + quote. 1. A quotation printed on the back cover of a book, magazine or similar medium. Labels: dated, slang Example: BAQUOTE A quote on the bacover, nacherly. Example: Hyphen always arrives with a postal baquote added to the certified Willis-picked ones. This time it is, "Belfast addresses NEED a district number." I don't see the humor in it; in fact I suspect the postal clerks have failed to get the idea and think any sort of remark is acceptable as a baquote. I had a little more hope for them some time back, when they used: "Correct addressing--what a blessing--saves us guessing." This at least had some promise. But they showed themselves up by using it also on the next two or three issues.
Word: bacovers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bacover Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baquotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baquote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: up the stump Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At a loss, puzzled, in a bind. Labels: informal Example: Science is up the stump. She can't find out why green sorghum should be so quickly fatal to cattle, says an exchange. Example: He said old Dr. Blank had been attending to him all day, but was “up the stump” and wanted me to help. 2. Pregnant. Labels: Canada, informal Example: Met him at a dance, a skinny little French-Canadian who shot her a line of bull and put her up the stump before waving goodbye from the troop train. Example: "I'm real glad that you told me. When your mom and I got married, it was because she was up the stump, you know that, huh?"
Word: up a stump Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. At a loss, puzzled, in a bind. Labels: informal Example: GEO. Why it's got to. Suppose we wandered out of it and took a chance at the language on our own responsibility, where the nation would we be? Up a stump, that's where. Our only safety is in sticking like wax to the text. Example: Manager Dahlen said that Callahan and Stengel were so evenly matched that he was "up a stump" trying to pick between them.
Word: Mighty Mouse Part of Speech: name 1. The Terrytoons superhero cartoon mouse. Example: At five feet two inches, he's the Mighty Mouse of the company—not only its shortest dancer but its most glibly proficient. Example: ... your mother, Beverly, the Mighty Mouse of domestic engineering ... 2. A small U.S. military rocket from the 1950s. Labels: informal
Word: tryptophol Part of Speech: noun 1. An aromatic alcohol that induces sleep in humans. Labels: uncountable
Word: mercapturic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mercaptan + uric. 1. Related to a mercapturic acid or its derivative Labels: not-comparable
Word: mercapturic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of conjugates of cysteine or glutathione with any other compounds
Word: mesopolyploid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From meso- + polyploid. 1. That has become polyploid in more recent history Labels: not-comparable
Word: paleopolyploid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From paleo- + polyploid. 1. That became polyploid in the distant past Labels: not-comparable
Word: paleopolyploid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paleo- + polyploid. 1. An ancient polyploid organism
Word: microlithographic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + lithographic. 1. Relating to microlithography Labels: not-comparable
Word: myodystonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myo- + dystonia. 1. Any general disorder of muscular tone Labels: uncountable
Word: photoperiodical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From photo- + periodical. 1. photoperiodic Labels: not-comparable
Word: pseudorandomised Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pseudo- + randomised. 1. Alternative form of pseudorandomized. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: pseudoxanthoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + xanthoma. 1. Any of several diseases of tendons and other tissues having some characteristics of true xanthomas
Word: psychotogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From psychoto- + -genic. 1. That causes psychosis
Word: ragged sailor Part of Speech: noun 1. Common chicory (Cichorium intybus)
Word: ragged sailors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ragged sailor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geometric lathe Part of Speech: noun 1. A lathe that was used for engraving banknotes and postage stamps with complicated patterns of interlacing lines, designed against forgery.
Word: geometric pen Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument for drawing geometric curves, in which the movements of a pen or pencil attached to a revolving arm of adjustable length may be indefinitely varied by changing the toothed wheels which give motion to the arm. Example: But it may be proper to take some notice of the geometric pen, as it is not so well known , nor the principles on which it depends so obvious . Example: The geometric pen and geometric chuck, in point of mechanical contrivance, are necessarily as different as two instruments, giving to a certain extend similar results, can possibly be; and they act upon diametrically opposite principles; 2. A configurable drawing tool for creating lines that has a width specified in logical units, as opposed to device units (pixels), and therefore scales when the resulting image is zoomed in or out. Example: The classic example of using geometric and cosmetic pens is in architectural drawing: You'd use a geometric pen for drawing the walls of the building. If you then zoom in on the drawing using a transform, the walls will appear wider, as they should. Example: To be more specific, a geometric pen has a scalable width, different styles, end caps, and joins.
Word: lantern wheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Its shape resembles that of a lantern. 1. A pinion with cylindrical staves, instead of teeth, inserted at their ends in two parallel disks or plates.
Word: andiroba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Portuguese andiroba, from Old Tupi îandyroba (“bitter oil”). 1. Any of the South and Central American trees of the genus Carapa, especially Carapa guianensis. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The high-end wood of the andiroba tree. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crabwood Part of Speech: noun 1. A flowering plant of the genus Carapa in the mahogany family, Meliaceae.
Word: andirobas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of andiroba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crabwoods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crabwood Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stock down Part of Speech: verb 1. To sow, as ploughed land, with grass seed. Labels: archaic
Word: horse ant Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ant of the species Formica rufa.
Word: flying army Part of Speech: noun 1. A body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. Labels: archaic Example: a plain demonstration of cowardice in their opposing his late measure of entering England, and pursuing the flying army of the English
Word: flying party Part of Speech: noun 1. A body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy.
Word: dead plate Part of Speech: noun 1. A solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. 2. A fixed solid piece between two moving conveyors, to span the gap created by the roll-over ends of the conveyors, allowing for the smooth transfer of products from one conveyor to another.
Word: dead rise Part of Speech: noun 1. The transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor.
Word: stock account Part of Speech: noun 1. An account on a merchant's ledger, one side of which shows the original capital, or stock, and the additions thereto by accumulation or contribution, the other side showing the amounts withdrawn.
Word: serpent star Part of Speech: noun 1. Ophiura ophiura, a brittle star in the order Ophiurida, typically found on coastal seabeds around northwestern Europe.
Word: on the quarter Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a direction between abeam and astern; opposite, or nearly opposite, a vessel's quarter.
Word: quarter bill Part of Speech: noun 1. A list specifying the different stations to be taken by the officers and crew in time of action, and the names of the men assigned to each.
Word: diamond firetail Part of Speech: noun 1. Stagonopleura guttata, an estrildid finch endemic to Australia.
Word: diamond dove Part of Speech: noun 1. Geopelia cuneata, a bird resident in Australia.
Word: spring balance Part of Speech: noun 1. A device for measuring weight or force by the elasticity of a spiral spring.
Word: pudding grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Mentha pulegium, the European pennyroyal. Labels: uncountable
Word: foot screw Part of Speech: noun 1. An adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
Word: foot stick Part of Speech: noun 1. A bevelled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. Labels: historical 2. A narrow foot crossing (for example a log) over a stream.
Word: French roof Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The earliest known examples are from France. 1. A modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
Word: meteor hammer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Chinese 流星錘／流星锤 (liúxīngchuí). 1. A weapon which originated in ancient China, consisting of two weights connected by a rope or chain.
Word: horse marine Part of Speech: noun 1. An awkward, lubberly person. Labels: slang 2. One of a mythical body of marine cavalry, for whom wild flights of imagination are best reserved. Labels: slang Example: Tell it to the horse marines!
Word: meteor hammers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of meteor hammer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dead rising Part of Speech: noun 1. An elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length.
Word: bell gable Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bell-gable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: good folk Part of Speech: noun 1. Fairies, brownies, pixies, etc.; magical humanoid creatures. Labels: UK, colloquial, plural, plural-only
Word: watch and watch Part of Speech: noun 1. The regular alternation in being on watch and off watch of the two watches into which a ship's crew is commonly divided. Labels: no-plural Example: And Mr. Pike, for practically all of his sixty-nine years, has stood his watch-and-watch, with many a spill-over of watches into watches.
Word: angle brace Part of Speech: noun 1. A brace across an interior angle of a wooden frame, forming the hypotenuse and securing the two side pieces together.
Word: angle shaft Part of Speech: noun 1. An enriched angle bead, often having a capital or base, or both.
Word: rope dart Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque from Chinese 繩鏢／绳镖 (shéngbiāo). 1. A weapon that originated in ancient China, consisting of a long rope with a metal dart at the end, used to attack long-range targets repeatedly.
Word: globe of compression Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of mine producing a wide crater. Labels: historical
Word: in full feather Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In full dress or in one's best clothes. Labels: colloquial 2. In good condition or high spirits. Labels: colloquial
Word: watch gun Part of Speech: noun 1. A gun sometimes fired on ship at to mark the start of end of a watch. Labels: historical
Word: service road Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively narrow road which runs alongside a major transportation route, such as a canal, a railway line, or a controlled-access highway. Example: [I]t can only pinpoint phones to within a few hundred feet. That makes it difficult to tell if a signal is coming from a vehicle on the highway or from one on a parallel service road. Example: RCMP issued a news release reporting that a passing motorist had found a woman's body in a ditch next to a service road adjacent to Highway 16. 2. A route which enters or circulates through an institution, compound, land area, etc. for purposes of private access, maintenance, or security. Example: From the day-use area behind Longmire Lodge, we walked up the service road behind the ranger station and employee housing. Example: Large steel columns from the fallen World Trade Center have been found beneath a service road being excavated at Ground Zero.
Word: prince's feather Part of Speech: noun 1. Amaranthus hypochondriacus, an ornamental plant.
Word: prince's pine Part of Speech: noun 1. Chimaphila umbellata, a small perennial flowering plant.
Word: Guinea grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Megathyrsus maximus, a large perennial bunchgrass native to Africa, Palestine, and Yemen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: shirataki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Japanese 白滝 (shirataki). 1. Thin, translucent, gelatinous traditional Japanese noodles made from the Asian plant konjac. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Noriko Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese のりこ (Noriko). 1. A female given name from Japanese.
Word: diamond beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Chrysolopus spectabilis, a weevil found in south-eastern Australia, with metallic green patterns on its body.
Word: indemnitees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indemnitee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rockmeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rock + meal. 1. A light powdery variety of calcite occurring as an efflorescence. Labels: uncountable
Word: paradisefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From paradise + fish. 1. Macropodus opercularis, a freshwater gourami of East Asia.
Word: paradisefishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of paradisefish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: landblink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + blink; compare iceblink. 1. An atmospheric brightness seen from sea over distant snow-covered land in arctic regions. Labels: uncountable
Word: right and left screw Part of Speech: noun 1. A screw having threads upon the opposite ends which wind in opposite directions.
Word: tiger wolf Part of Speech: noun 1. spotted hyena 2. thylacine
Word: tiger wolves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tiger wolf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: queen conch Part of Speech: noun 1. Aliger gigas, a large edible sea snail. Example: According to the proprietor, a Greek sponge-fisher from the neighbouring Tarpon Springs, the Secatur did big business with his company, bringing in cargoes of queen conchs and other shells from Jamaica and also highly prized varieties of tropical fish.
Word: queen of the meadow Part of Speech: noun 1. Filipendula ulmaria, the meadowsweet. Labels: uncountable 2. Eutrochium purpureum, sweet joe-pye weed. Labels: uncountable
Word: quarter gunner Part of Speech: noun 1. A petty officer who assists the gunner.
Word: widow's chamber Part of Speech: noun 1. In London, the apparel and furniture of the bedchamber of the widow of a freeman, to which she was formerly entitled. Labels: UK, historical
Word: tiger grass Part of Speech: noun 1. The grass Saccharum spontaneum (wild sugarcane). Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The grass Thysanolaena latifolia (synonym Thysanolaena maxima. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The flowering plant Centella asiatica. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. mazari palm (Nannorrhops ritchiana) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ground beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a large cosmopolitan family of beetles, Carabidae. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ground, beetle.
Word: ground annual Part of Speech: noun 1. An estate created in land by a vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge upon the land. Labels: historical
Word: boobied Part of Speech: adj 1. Having breasts Labels: childish, not-comparable, slang Example: Did you ever see any place filled with so many big-boobied blondes, and dressed in those string bikini things? Example: Stupid bleeding-eyed fake-boobied cow... Duh, like I got a choice.
Word: boobied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of booby Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ski lodges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ski lodge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: statuvolism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin status + (stem form of) velle (“to will”). Pronunciation: /staˈtʃuːvəlɪzm̩/ 1. Self-hypnosis. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: I have selected the word Statuvolism, from two Latin words—Status, a state or condition, and Volo, the will—meaning thereby, a state produced by an act of the will. Example: The dictum of Lord Bacon: “The human mind can be placed in communication with other minds and transmit their impressions,” is not inclusive enough to cover the phenomena of statuvolism, animal magnetism, electro-biology, mesmerism, or by whatsoever name we may indicate the use of this mysterious agent.
Word: vernalised Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of vernalized. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: die away Part of Speech: verb 1. To die gradually or slowly. Labels: intransitive 2. To diminish or wane; to cease gradually. Labels: intransitive Example: So thick a haze o’erspreads the sky, They cannot see the sun on high: The wind hath blown a gale all day; At evening it hath died away. 3. To cause to die; to do away with. Labels: obsolete, rare, transitive Example: By little and little, in such a gradual sensible death[…]God dies away in us, as I may say, all human satisfactions, in order to subdue his poor creatures to Himself.
Word: dies away Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of die away Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dying away Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of die away Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: died away Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of die away Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oignon vert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French oignon vert (“green onion”). 1. meter maid Labels: Quebec, slang
Word: oignons verts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oignon vert Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Isratine Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Israel + Palestine. 1. A hypothetical joint state of Israel and Palestine. Labels: rare
Word: corflu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of correction + fluid, or clipping of correction fluid. 1. Opaque fluid used to mask textual errors, especially on mimeograph stencils or typewritten pages of fanzines. Labels: dated, slang, uncountable Example: Of them who have not breathed corflu, never was one knighted to St. Fanthony. Example: She could smell a faint aroma of machine oil and corflu emanating from the man cradling her worn (but not worn enough) form.
Word: skiffy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A phonetic spelling of sci-fi to convey its deliberate mispronunciation (with "sc" being read as /sk/ and "i" being read as short vowel /i/ instead of diphthong /aɪ/). Pronunciation: /ˈskɪfi/ 1. Low-quality science fiction. Labels: derogatory, humorous, slang, uncountable, usually Example: The science fiction reader sneers at fake SF, artificially produced film tie-in novels and stories, most SF films, most TV SF. This he calls sci-fi (or "skiffy")—junk no right-thinking omnivore or chronic should read, watch, or support. Example: Many of the best new writers seem openly ashamed of their backward Skiffy nationality.
Word: collective punishment Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of punishment whereby a suspected perpetrator's peers are targeted. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The Israeli army claims that its offensive, now being stepped up is a “war on terror”; UN experts say it amounts to collective punishment.
Word: unpreceded Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + preceded. 1. Not preceded. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unprecedentedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unprecedented + -ness. 1. Quality of being unprecedented. Labels: uncountable
Word: Phaedra Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Latin Phaedra, from Ancient Greek Φαίδρᾱ (Phaídrā). The myth has been retold several times, in plays (in classical times in Euripides's Hippolytus and Seneca the Younger's Phaedra, later in Racine's Phèdre), and more recently in other media. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːdɹə/ 1. The wife of Theseus, who falls in love with but is spurned by her stepson Hippolytus, then commits suicide, but is the cause of his later death (details vary between versions). Labels: Greek Example: We notice that Racine's Phaedra, like Euripides', displays high moral dignity because she considers her passion for Hippolytus to be abominable. Example: Why did Seneca decide to postpone his own Phaedra’s suicide until after Hippolytus' death? The question is by no means as futile as it may sound. 2. A female given name from Ancient Greek. Labels: rare 3. The asteroid 174 Phaedra.
Word: MOBA Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊbə/ 1. Acronym of multiplayer online battle arena. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: The phrase, “tank meta”, is one that carries a lot of weight when it comes to MOBAs. These metas are generally characterized by tanky, unkillable behemoths dominating the meta and leaving any character that isn’t focused around raw DPS in the dust. Example: Although many of the traditional MOBA features have all but vanished from Supervive over the course of development, a few have still made it into the early access version.
Word: bell trap Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of bell-shaped stench trap.