nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: one-percenter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From one percent + -er. After Thomas Edison, who wrote: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration." The motorcycling sense comes from a supposed statement made by the American Motorcycle Association in 1948 that 99% of motorcyclists are decent people enjoying a clean sport, and it is only 1% who are antisocial. 1. A member of the top one percent of a population by wealth, ability, etc. (same as the ninety-ninth percentile), especially in a society with high wealth inequality. Example: An upper one-percenter in the income and wealth distributions, Rubin commuted by private jet between the tony Jefferson Hotel in Washington and his Park home in New York. Example: When critics pointer out that the bulk of his tax cut went to the wealthiest one percent of American […], after Bush got finished spinning, it's amazing how many Americans ended up feeling sorry for those poor, deprived one percenters. 2. An esoteric joke which is unlikely to be appreciated by a general audience. Labels: idiomatic 3. An individual who seeks recognition for an idea without contributing the substantial effort required to realize or implement it. Labels: idiomatic 4. An outlaw biker, such as a member of the Hells Angels motorcycle club. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: The patch holders themselves recognize that within the framework of the club there exists a radical faction - "the heavies" or "one percenters". Example: It was Sonny's idea to ally the various clubs under a diamond-shaped "one-percenter" patch. He took it a step further by becoming the first Hells Angel to have the famous "one-percenter" drawn on his arm.
Word: maiolica Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /maɪˈɒlɪkə/ 1. Alternative form of majolica. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: The word Majolica, or Maiolica […] was applied to all Stanniferous faience of Italy and Spain. Example: Minton did not use the word maiolica themselves, relying instead on the Victorian version, majolica, which they used to mean wares of Renaissance inspiration, featuring hand painting on an opaque white glaze.
Word: billy buttons Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many species of daisy-like plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae native to Australia and New Zealand Labels: uncountable 2. Any of many species of daisy-like plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae native to Australia and New Zealand Labels: uncountable 3. Any of many species of daisy-like plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae native to Australia and New Zealand Labels: uncountable 4. Any of many species of daisy-like plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae native to Australia and New Zealand Labels: uncountable
Word: herl Part of Speech: noun 1. a strand of hair Labels: obsolete 2. the fibrous shaft or barb of a feather (especially that of the ostrich or peacock) used to make artificial flies for angling 3. an artificial fly made with this barb
Word: fiance Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /fiˈɒ̃seɪ/, /fiˈɒnseɪ/, /fiˈɑnseɪ/, /ˌfiɑnˈseɪ/ 1. Alternative spelling of fiancé. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: fiance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fyancen, fyauncen, from Middle French fiancer. Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪ.əns/ 1. To betroth; to affiance. Labels: obsolete Example: he[…]therfore fianced he his daughter Example: he should become so lusty over a lady of such questionable motives? He was fianced, after all. Perhaps that was it. Since his engagement, he had abstained from any liaisons, feeling it was only proper in a man soon to be married
Word: fictionalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -al English fictional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fictionalize From fictional + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪk.ʃən.əl.aɪz/ 1. To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance). Labels: transitive Example: a lightly fictionalized account of [X] 2. To retell (something) real (e.g., an event or series of events) as if it were fiction; especially, to do so in a way that departs from reality in any extent from mild to extensive (from minor details to essential substance). Labels: transitive
Word: fictionalization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *dʰinéǵʰti Proto-Italic *θingō Proto-Italic *fingōder. Latin fingō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin fictiōder. Old French ficcionbor. Middle English ficcioun English fiction English -al English fictional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English fictionalize ▲ Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fictionalization From fictionalize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌfɪk.ʃən.əl.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of fictionalizing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Remembering is an act of re-creation and therefore subject to distortion and fictionalization: 'real' memories become tales, and tales become 'memories'. 2. Something fictionalized. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: faction
Word: fidgets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fidget Labels: form-of, plural 2. A state of nervous restlessness, causing a person to fidget. Example: But the evils of diseased nerves do not stop here. […] They not only inflict the creevles and the fidgets upon the body, but still more upon the mind. Example: ‘Sit down, do, — I can’t abide to see folks standing; it gives me the fidgets.’
Word: fidgets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of fidget Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: potter's field Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This phrase derives from the reference to the potter's field in the New Testament, Matthew 27:7. After Judas Iscariot committed suicide and left the 30 pieces of silver from betraying Jesus, the chief priest use the money to purchase a potter's field to bury gentiles. 1. A public place where strangers, paupers, and criminals are buried. Labels: idiomatic Example: The despised pauper, most likely a foreigner, when his spirit has gone to its final resting-place, is probably carried to the Potter's Field. Example: There was a Potter's Field, a cemetery for the poor and friendless, far out in the country.
Word: morning gift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Normalisation (after morning and gift) of Middle English morgengive, morhȝive, from Old English morgenġifu, morgenġiefu (“morning gift”), from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”), equivalent to morning + gift. Cognate with Dutch morgengave (“morning gift”), German Morgengabe (“morning gift”). 1. A gift traditionally given in some (especially Germanic) cultures by the husband to his wife on the first morning after they were married.
Word: field-test Part of Speech: verb 1. To test something using the conditions that it was designed to operate under, especially out in the real world instead of in a laboratory or workshop. Labels: transitive Example: The JNR [Japan National Railways] is field-testing other ideas.
Word: binaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of binary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fieldworker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From field + worker. 1. A person who does fieldwork.
Word: arbitrating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of arbitrate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: filibusterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From filibuster + -er. 1. A person who filibusters.
Word: filigreed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having filigree ornamentation.
Word: filigreed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of filigree Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fill-in Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb phrase fill in. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪlˌɪn/ 1. A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job. Example: He went in to the Calsag bar to wrangle two fill-ins for the Goldenhoys as ordered. Example: I was a fill-in. What that meant was you rode with each salesperson to learn his route, and then you could actually run his route when he was off or on vacation. 2. A substitution. Example: All our language is loose: whatever one means to say, all words are fill-ins for other words - as any cursory glance at a dictionary reveals. 3. An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation. Example: When a fill-in, aᵢⱼ⁽ˢ⁾ is created in the course of the computation, it may be necessary to make copies of the contents of certain parts of the ALU and CNLU at the ends of these arrays. Example: In practice they are very sparse and generate few fill-ins in the remaining columns. 4. A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something. Example: The main interaction styles supported by Web systems are direct manipulation, menus and form fill-ins. Example: This part tests your writing skills in Spanish, and it consists of three different exercises: paragraph fill-ins, discrete sentence fill-ins, and an essay. 5. A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases. Example: The following abbreviations are used for all drum solos and fill-ins. Example: Fill-ins usually happen at the end of a four or eight-measure musical phrase. 6. Something added to fill a gap. Example: With too many fill-ins the statistical results become dubious. Example: Originally, we'd planned a Basie-type thing, using lots of open rhythm, only without any piano for fill-ins. 7. Something added to increase the size of something; padding or filler. Example: There was, at that time, a small film producing complex known as Ben Blake Studios where a variety of trailers, commercials, fill-ins, and (yes) screen tests were shot. Example: It is not a gossipy yarn; nor is it a dry, monotonous account, full of such customary 'fill-ins' as 'romantic moonlight casting murky shadows down a long, winding country road'. 8. A product category that is used to complete a range or variety of a product line. Example: Since consumer buying behaviour to obtain staples is different from fill-ins, retailers strategy will also differ. Example: Variety enhancers may have medium to high margins, while the fill-ins will have higher profit margins due to the longer time these items may need to move off the shelf in a retail store.
Word: filmmaker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel-der. Proto-Germanic *felma- Proto-Germanic *filmīn- Old English filmen Middle English filme English film Proto-Germanic *makaz Proto-West Germanic *mak Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-West Germanic *-ōn Proto-West Germanic *makōn? Old English macian Middle English maken Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere Middle English maker English maker English filmmaker From film + maker. 1. A producer or director of films/movies. Example: I spent a couple of months all by myself building a set and had my filmmaker friends, nonactors, play the parts. Example: Such prissy mollycoddlings of audience expectations were shortly to come under heavyweight siege from a variety of filmmakers in the 1950s – not least the aforementioned Otto Preminger.
Word: filmstrip Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From film + strip. 1. A length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid. 2. A file containing a sequence of images or video frames.
Word: filterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English filter 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 filterable From filter + -able. 1. Able to be separated by filtration 2. That can pass through a specified filter
Word: filterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English filter Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English filterer From filter + -er. 1. A person who, or device that, filters
Word: Eli Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hebrew עֵלִי (“ascent”); cognate to the Arabic-derived Ali. Pronunciation: /ˈilaɪ/ 1. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin. 2. The priest who brought up Samuel.
Word: Eli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of Elihu Yale. Pronunciation: /ˈilaɪ/ 1. A student at Yale University.
Word: Eli Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short versions of male given names. Pronunciation: /ˈilaɪ/ 1. Clipping of Elijah. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping 2. Clipping of Elisha. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: finagler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finagle + -er. 1. A person who finagles; a cheat or swindler
Word: finalization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of finalisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: financing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnænsɪŋ/ 1. A transaction that provides funds for a business. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The successive equity financings were at higher and higher valuations.
Word: financing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnænsɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of finance Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fin-de-siecle Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fin de siècle. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: reinvestigate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English investigate English reinvestigate From re- + investigate. 1. To investigate again
Word: finespun Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fine + spun. 1. spun into a fine thread 2. delicate and subtle, with fine detail
Word: fine-tune Part of Speech: verb 1. To make small adjustments to (something) until it is optimal. Labels: transitive Example: Jim fine-tuned the radio until the sound was perfect. Example: Tevez, however, may need to fine-tune his penalty-taking technique. In the 57th minute he had the chance to soothe any lingering nerves, when he ran clear from Kolarov's pass and again exposed the high line of Leicester's defence, only for Hobbs to hack him down. The centre-half was fortunate not to be shown a red card – a point Mancini made on the touchline – but Tevez aimed his penalty low and hard, straight down the middle, and Weale saved with his feet.
Word: fingerling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fyngyrlynge, equivalent to finger + -ling, from having the size of a human finger. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪŋɡəlɪŋ/, /ˈfɪŋɡəɹlɪŋ/, /ˈfɪŋəɹlɪŋ/ 1. A juvenile fish that has developed scales and working fins. 2. A type of small potato grown primarily in North America. 3. An infant weasel, stoat, ferret; esp. weasels. 4. Any finger-sized version of something typically larger. Labels: broadly Example: Oh, but those little crab-lingered fingerlings really wanted to get in! Now some were trying to claw up through an old knothole whose bole had aged and didn’t sit true in the plank. […] But here came the dwarf opening her door, and the spiderlets melted away.
Word: fingerpaint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From finger + paint. 1. A form of paint designed to be applied using the fingers, especially by children. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fingerpaint Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From finger + paint. 1. Alternative spelling of finger paint. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finger-paint Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of finger paint. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: finger paint Part of Speech: verb 1. To paint using fingerpaint.
Word: finisher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English finish Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English finisher From finish + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪnɪʃə/, /ˈfɪnɪʃɚ/ 1. A person who finishes or completes something. Example: The early finishers waited for the other runners to reach the finish line. Example: He became the best finsher for Australia's T20I team. 2. A person who applies a finish to something, such as furniture. 3. The person who applies the gilding and decoration in bookbinding. Labels: dated Example: If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. 4. A construction machine used to smooth a newly constructed road surface. 5. The blow that ends a fight; the knock-out blow. Example: A thundering right to the head bent him back over the ropes, and then, just as I was setting myself for the finisher, I felt somebody jerking my pants leg […] 6. A finishing move. Labels: informal Example: Tie Up Fallaway Slam (Finisher) Example: Shadow Kick (OO+O) is best used as a punishing move and a combo finisher. 7. A player who scores points for their team. Example: After suffering a broken leg in a challenge from Stoke's Ryan Shawcross in 2010, the goal allowed Ramsey to put a positive slant on this fixture and show how he is evolving into a composed finisher. Example: As such, when Doncic was on the court, Brunson was a secondary facilitator and more of a finisher than a creator. 8. A substitute player who plays at the end of the game. Example: [Eddie] Jones has used his bench as finishers and repeated last year’s ploy that helped overcome France when he brought on Ben Te’o for [George] Ford. [Dylan] Hartley and [Mike] Brown had already gone off, along with [Nathan] Hughes, whose replacement Sam Underhill was making an impact at the breakdown when he was sent to the sin-bin for a no-arms tackle on Barclay. 9. A visible trim element. Example: Inside, the revised F-Type gets lightweight slimline seats and new chrome and aluminium trim finishers. 10. Synonym of inker.
Word: finny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fin + -y. 1. Having one or more fins. Example: The silent fisher […] waits the finny prize (Book XII) Example: The finny trophies he brought back in the form of numerous fat pickerel were ample evidence of his fishermanship. 2. Resembling a fin. 3. Abounding in fishes. Example: 1730–1774, Oliver Goldsmith, Introductory to Switzerland Cheerful at morn, he wakes from short repose, Breathes the keen air, and carols as he goes; With patient angle trolls the finny deep, Or drives his venturous ploughshare to the steep;
Word: finny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fin + -y. 1. A five-pound (£5) note; the sum of five pounds. Labels: UK, slang Example: I passed a good many in drapers’ shops, also at tailors’ shops. I never tried jewellers, they’re reckoned too good judges. The notes were all finnies, (5l. notes), and a good imitation.
Word: firehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English firhous, fyrehous, from Old English fȳrhūs (“a fire-house, a room with a fire; furnace”), equivalent to fire + house. Compare Icelandic eldhús (“kitchen”). 1. A house containing a fire to heat it; a dwelling-house, as opposed to a barn, a stable, or other outhouse. Labels: dialectal
Word: firehouse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + house. 1. A fire station Labels: US
Word: firer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥ Proto-Germanic *fōr Proto-West Germanic *fuir Old English fȳr Middle English fyr English fire Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English firer From fire + -er. 1. A person who fires a weapon; a shooter. 2. A person responsible for firing staff; a person who fires another. 3. A pyromaniac. 4. A person who fires pottery.
Word: firetruck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + truck. 1. Alternative form of fire truck. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative
Word: firetruck Part of Speech: intj 1. Fuck. Labels: colloquial, euphemistic
Word: first-generation Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to an immigrant or their family. Labels: not-comparable Example: Trying to help a high school senior get into his dream school, Laurie Kopp Weingarten called the college to emphasize that the boy should be able to lay claim to the latest, and fuzziest, of all admissions hooks: being a first-generation student. 2. Of or relating to the initial version of a class of products. Labels: not-comparable
Word: numero uno Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From either Spanish número uno or Italian numero uno. Piecewise doublet of number one. 1. The most important of a group. Labels: informal Example: Our internal airwaves are priority numero uno. Good news? You’re the spin master; you’re in charge. 2. Oneself, especially one’s own interests. Labels: informal Example: In his business ventures, he always looks after numero uno.
Word: first-rate Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a Royal Navy ship of the line in the Napoleonic Era: having at least 100 guns across three gun decks, a complement of 850–875, and weighing approximately 2,500 tons burthen. Labels: UK, historical, not-comparable 2. Superb, exceptional; of the best sort; very high quality. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Our only first-rate body of contemporary poetry is the German. Example: He used to drop into my chambers once in a while to smoke, and was first-rate company. When I gave a dinner there was generally a cover laid for him. I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me.
Word: first-rate Part of Speech: noun 1. A first-rate ship of the line. Labels: UK, historical
Word: first-stringer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From first string + -er. 1. A member of a first string.
Word: fistulous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from Latin fistulōsus (“pipe-shaped, hole-filled, fistulous”), or an English medical pseudo-Latinism via fistula + -ous. 1. Of or pertaining to a fistula. 2. Resembling a reed; hollow and tubular
Word: fixate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fix + -ate (verb-forming suffix) or Latin fixus (“fixed, solid”) + -ate. Pronunciation: /fɪkˈseɪt/, /ˈfɪkseɪt/ 1. To make something fixed and stable; to fix. Labels: transitive 2. To stare fixedly at something. 3. To attend to something to the exclusion of all others. Labels: intransitive Example: He needed something to fixate on now that the repainting was done. 4. To attach oneself to a person or thing in a pathological, neurotic, or obsessive manner. Labels: intransitive
Word: fixated Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /fɪkˈseɪtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of fixate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: fixated Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /fɪkˈseɪtɪd/ 1. attached to someone or something in a neurotic or pathological manner
Word: fixings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fixing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fixings Part of Speech: noun 1. The necessary ingredients or components (for something, especially food or a social event). Labels: plural, plural-only Example: all the fixings for a salad Example: Julia's got all the fixings for a great party! 2. Side dishes or other appropriate accompaniments such as condiments; trimmings. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I'll have all of the fixings on Thanksgiving! Example: a sandwich with all the fixings
Word: fixity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fix Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English fixity From fix + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪksɪti/ 1. The state or condition of being fixed; Fixation. Labels: uncountable Example: [O]therwise, it is almost inescapable that there must be some sort of centralized mechanism guaranteeing the fixity of prices[.] 2. Something fixed. Labels: countable 3. The position of an operator relative to its operand (prefix, postfix) or operands (infix). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One may use a fixity declaration in Haskell to describe an operator's precedence and direction of associativity.
Word: katabasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κατάβασις (katábasis), from verb καταβαίνω (katabaínō, from κατά (katá, “downwards”) + βαίνω (baínō, “go”)). Pronunciation: /kəˈtæbəsɪs/ 1. A mytheme or trope in which the hero embarks on a journey to the underworld. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The ancient Greeks and the peoples of remote antiquity already knew of journeys of the soul, but these were often journeys to the infernal regions, descents into hell, catabases, with obstacles, such as encounters with various monsters, menaces of all sorts, the crossing of the bridge of the dead or the passage of mysterious rivers on foot or on horseback. Example: The logic of the underworld is most on show in the Phaedra and the Hercules [of Seneca], which feature the returns of Theseus and Hercules from their katabases. 2. Any journey downwards or fall. Labels: broadly, countable, humorous, uncountable Example: How did the man in the moon come down? The distance between the earth and moon is by no means inconsiderable, and other obstacles “too tedious to mention,” lie in the way of this famous Catabasis, which his lunar majesty is declared to have performed. Example: “Unconscious of the danger she descended, When the defendant's negligent conductor, Ere her catabasis was fully ended, Started the car,—the nail held fast and chucked her Heels over head and calling on her gods, On the hard road, and yanked her several rods. 3. A retreat, especially a military one. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 2dly, That of a great military expedition, offering the same romantic features[…]which mark[…]the Russian anabasis and katabasis of Napoleon. Example: Mr. Elton had, like the king celebrated in nursery tale, only gone up-hill to come back again. He had travelled over seven hundred miles by straight road to within seven of Monterey, only to turn round and retrace his steps! The most amusing part of the Katabasis was that the townspeople, knowing that the occupation of the French was drawing to a close, no longer showed them any civility. 4. A journey from the interior of a country to the coast. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: As the French Tenth Army shattered like the porcelain shell of a Faberge egg, British and Polish expeditionary forces that had supported the French hastily withdrew toward the Channel coast—technically it was a katabasis, the opposite of the ancient military term anabasis, which meant a march to the interior. Example: So the core of the work is really a katabasis, detailing the heroic slog through the cold and snows of upper Iraq, Kurdistan, and Armenia to the safety of the Black Sea, ending with a parabasis, along the southern coast of the sea back toward Byzantium and Europe. 5. The presence of downward (drainage or katabatic) winds. Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Sasttrugi permit the identification of regions of developed katabasis and their direction, and therefore the general relief features in certain Antarctic regions. Example: In the forward part of the cyclone, drainage katabasis is checked; but its highest intensity is observed in the rear part of the cyclone.
Word: hypocaust Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hypocaustum, from Ancient Greek ὑπόκαυστον (hupókauston), from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “underneath”) + καυστόν (kaustón, “burnt offering”). 1. An underfloor space or flue through which heat from a furnace passes to heat the floor of a room or a bath. 2. An underfloor heating system, even without such an underfloor space or flue, as adapted for modern housing.
Word: sorts out Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of sort out Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cayo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish cayo, from Taíno cayo (“small island”). Doublet of key. 1. A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key. Labels: Latin-America
Word: crowbars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crowbar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crowbars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crowbar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hoida Part of Speech: verb 1. Pronunciation spelling of heard of. Labels: US, alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: complementation Part of Speech: noun 1. The replacement of a set by its complement Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The interaction between two genetic units such that an organism can function normally if either one is defective Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The relationship of a phrase to its predicate Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: composite laminate Part of Speech: noun 1. An assemblage of two or more layers of material consisting of fibres in a matrix; its engineering properties can be tailored by changing the composition of the layers.
Word: Compton effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American physicist Arthur Compton (1892–1962). 1. The increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the energy, of photons (especially of X-rays and gamma rays) when scattered by interaction with matter
Word: Compton scattering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American physicist Arthur Compton (1892–1962). 1. The increase in the wavelength, and corresponding decrease in the energy, of photons (especially of X-rays and gamma rays) when scattered by interaction with matter Labels: uncountable
Word: Compton Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmp.tən/, /ˈkɑmp.tən/ 1. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 2. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 3. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 4. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 5. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 6. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 7. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 8. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 9. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 10. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 11. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 12. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 13. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 14. Any of several placenames in England and the United States. 15. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames. 16. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: countable
Word: a new broom sweeps clean Part of Speech: proverb 1. New management will often make radical changes. Labels: figuratively
Word: computational chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of computation to predict the structure, properties and reactions of molecules Labels: uncountable
Word: kippen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish cipín (“stick used for planting; matchstick”). 1. A piece of small firewood or kindling; dibber Labels: dialectal
Word: confocal microscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. An imaging technique in which pinholes are used to eliminate out-of-focus light Labels: uncountable
Word: pinhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pin + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnˌhoʊl/ 1. A small hole, of a size that could have been made by a pin 2. The aperture in a pinhole camera or camera obscura Example: These [the eyes of the nautilus] are the simplest eyes of any large living animal -- lensless 'pinholes' that project a hazy and rather dim image onto its retinas. 3. A port left unprotected by a firewall to allow a particular application to gain access to a service. 4. A clipping of pinhole eye, which refers to the compact eye structure associated with intense tropical cyclones.
Word: pinhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From pin + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪnˌhoʊl/ 1. To form one or more pinholes in. Labels: transitive
Word: confocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From con- + focal. Pronunciation: /kənˈfəʊkəl/, /kənˈfoʊkəl/ 1. Having the same foci. Labels: not-comparable
Word: confocal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From con- + focal. Pronunciation: /kənˈfəʊkəl/, /kənˈfoʊkəl/ 1. Any of a pair of confocal mirrors or lenses
Word: concertgoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concert + goer. 1. A person who attends a concert, especially one who attends concerts often
Word: conformal mapping Part of Speech: noun 1. A mapping, between points of one coordinate system and another, in which the angles of intersection between pairs of curves are preserved.
Word: conformal optics Part of Speech: noun 1. A method of designing optical systems in which the conformation of the lenses is chosen to optimize its interaction with the local environment Labels: uncountable
Word: conformational analysis Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the arrangement in space of the constituent atoms of a molecule that may undergo rotation about one or more single bonds Labels: physical
Word: conformational Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From conformation + -al. Pronunciation: /kɒn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən.əl/, /kɑn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən.əl/ 1. Of or pertaining to a conformation. Labels: not-comparable Example: It is found that the clouding process is closely related to the conformational equilibrium of the ethyleneoxide chains, and that this equilibrium depends on the properties of the free ethyleneoxide chain, the solvation of the chain, but also to a large extent on the effect that the ethyleneoxide chain has on the effective water-water interaction.
Word: conformational isomerism Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of isomerism in which isomers differ in the conformation of the molecule due to rotation of atoms about one or more single bonds Labels: physical, uncountable
Word: mardier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of mardy: more mardy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: mardiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of mardy: most mardy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: Noypis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Noypi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snail's pace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to the fact that snails move very slowly. 1. A frustratingly slow rate of speed. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: My grandmother drives her car at a snail's pace. Example: He describes the operation thus: "The heavy ram employed to impart the finishing strokes, hoisted up with double purchase and snail's pace to the summit of the Piling Engine, and then falling down like a thunderbolt on the head of the devoted timber, driving it perhaps a single half inch in to the stratum below, is well calculated to put to the test the virtue of patience, while it illustrates the old adage of—slow and sure."
Word: copular verb Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb that links a subject to a complement that refers to the subject.
Word: palter Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Middle English *palter (“rag, trifle, worthless thing”), from Middle Low German palter (“rag, cloth”). More at paltry. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒltə/, /ˈpɔːltə/, /ˈpɔl.tɚ/, /ˈpɑl.tɚ/ 1. To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. Example: Romans, that have spoke the word, And will not palter. Example: Who never sold the truth to serve the hour, Nor paltered with eternal God for power. 2. To talk insincerely; to prevaricate or equivocate in speech or actions. 3. To trifle. Labels: archaic Example: Palter out your time in the penal statutes. Example: Behold this man, stored with genius, wit, learning, and a hundred good natural gifts: see how he has wrecked them, by paltering with his honesty, and forgetting to respect himself. 4. To haggle. Example: Herceler. Voyez to haggle, to dodge. N.b. Cotgrave defines herceler/harceler by example: "to haggle, hucke, hedge, or paulter long in the buying of commodity". Example: And be these juggling fiends no more believed, That palter with us in a double sense; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope. 5. To babble; to chatter.
Word: palterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From palter + -er. 1. One who palters. Example: There be of you it may be, that will account me a paltrer, for hanging out the ſigne of the redde Herring in my title page, and no ſuch feaſt towards for ought you can ſee. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:palterer.
Word: nucleons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nucleon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: broken vessel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Testament symbolism that people are like clay vessels. 1. A person who is destroyed or forgotten, or who feels flawed or broken. Labels: idiomatic Example: I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind; I am like a broken vessel. Example: I am a broken vessel, Lord rubble where a soul should be.
Word: clickprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of click + fingerprint. 1. The unique pattern of a person’s Internet browsing activity.
Word: clinical chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. Branch of pathology concerned with the chemical analysis of bodily fluids etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: clinical biochemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of clinical chemistry. Labels: uncountable
Word: droopiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English droopy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English droopiness From droopy + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being droopy. Labels: uncountable
Word: dressiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dressy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dressiness From dressy + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being dressy. Labels: uncountable
Word: dreariness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English drerinesse, drerynesse, from Old English drēoriġnys (“dreariness, sadness”), equivalent to dreary + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being dreary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: What tho’ the moon—the white moon Shed all the splendour of her noon, Her smile is chilly—and her beam, In that time of dreariness, will seem (So like you gather in your breath) A portrait taken after death.
Word: dauntlessness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dauntless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dauntlessness From dauntless + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being dauntless; fearlessness. Labels: uncountable Example: Struck by his desperate dauntlessness, and his wild desire to visit Christendom, the captain at last relented, and told him he might make himself at home.
Word: draftiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drafty Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English draftiness From drafty + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being drafty. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: drabness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English drab Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English drabness From drab + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being drab. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The loneliness and drabness of prison life is destroying me.
Word: downheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English downhearted Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English downheartedness From downhearted + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being downhearted; sadness. Labels: uncountable
Word: divisiveness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English divisive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English divisiveness From divisive + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being divisive. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: I realized today that the politics of divisiveness embraced by the neocons has worked, and it has worked on me.
Word: dissoluteness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dissolute Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English dissoluteness From dissolute + -ness. 1. Lack of restraint; excess. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 2. Looseness of morals; wantonness, licentiousness. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Wee dare not call our members by their proper names, and feare not to employ them in all kind of dissolutenese. Example: Though he knew it not, the subtle spirit of vagabondage had taken possession of his soul, and even of his hat, which seemed suddenly to have lost its original respectability, and acquired an air of dissoluteness.
Word: deviousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English devious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deviousness From devious + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: deliriousness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English delirious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deliriousness From delirious + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being delirious. Labels: uncountable
Word: underhandedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English underhanded Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English underhandedness From underhanded + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being underhanded. Labels: uncountable
Word: deftness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English deft Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English deftness From deft + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈdɛftnəs/ 1. Skilfulness, being quick in action. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The characteristic of being deft. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: delicateness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English delicate Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English delicateness From delicate + -ness. 1. the characteristic of being delicate; fragility Labels: uncountable
Word: droopy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English drupi, from drup (“sad”), from Old Norse drúpr (“drooping sadness”); related to Middle English drupen, droupen (“to sag, droop”), also from Old Norse. By surface analysis, droop + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹuːpi/ 1. Tending to droop; sagging; wilting.
Word: sagging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that sags. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was noticed that there had been saggings and bulgings in the trays. Example: Overhead line electrification near London Euston is being overhauled in a four-week Network Rail project to reduce delays in hot weather. The OLE at Camden is being renewed and replaced to help prevent sagging, with some 2,000 metres of new wires being installed. 2. A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sagging Part of Speech: adj 1. Worn low on the waist, or wearing pants or shorts low on the waist. 2. Hanging down loosely. Example: For OLE, the same is true for sagging overhead wires. Slower trains are less likely to cause a dewirement - and make less mess even if they do pull the wires down.
Word: sagging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of sag Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: droopier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of droopy: more droopy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: droopiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of droopy: most droopy Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: oyster mushroom Part of Speech: noun 1. The mushroom Pleurotus ostreatus, which in the wild grows chiefly on hardwood trees, and is cultivated for food. Labels: US Example: Particularly good cooking techniques for the Oyster mushroom are stir or deep frying, sautéing, and braising. Some folks enjoy eating them raw in salads, but we do not recommend this. Oyster mushrooms are complemented by onions, butter, mild cheeses, fish, chicken, cream sauces, and gentle herbs. Example: Oyster Mushrooms always grow on wood—but sometimes above roots or beside stumps, which creates the illusion they're growing from soil, which they're not. 2. Any of several mushrooms of the genus Pleurotus cultivated for food. Example: It is apparent that the production of Oyster mushroom in early 80's was negligible but due to simplicity of cultivation procedure and broad adaptability of different Pleurotus species, the Oyster mushroom has emerged as a mushroom of significance and it is expected that the production will continue to increase especially in South-East Asian countries. Example: 2006, OECD, Safety Assessment of Transgenic Organisms, OECD Consensus Documents, Volume 1, page 277, Oyster mushroom is regarded as one of the commercially important edible mushrooms throughout the world. It consists of a number of different species including Pleurotus ostreatus, Pleurotus sajor-caju, […] The oyster mushroom is the second most important mushroom in production around the world, accounting for 25% of total world production of cultivated mushrooms.
Word: oyster farm Part of Speech: noun 1. A place where oysters are raised for human consumption.
Word: freebee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of freebie. Labels: alt-of, alternative