nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: slowcoach Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slow + coach. 1. A person, especially a child, who moves slowly. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: Hey, you slowcoaches at the back! Get a move on! Example: They were both very quiet, respectable people; one of them paid the bill and went out; the other, who seemed a slower coach altogether, was some minutes longer getting his things together. 2. A person who is slow on the uptake; one who does not comprehend new ideas quickly. Labels: Ireland, UK, informal
Word: emanata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēmānāre, "to flow out,". ēmānāre is the present active infinitive of ēmānō "flow out, ēmānō is derived from the Latin ex- (prefix meaning "out, away") + mānō (verb meaning "to give out; to flow"). 1. Unrealistic pictorial elements emanating from a character, symbolizing something about that character, such as a sweatdrop for anxiety or a question mark for confusion, or emanating from an object, such as heat rays from the sun. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Now that we have our characters, there's a lot more we can do with them to show what's going on inside them. Those of you who believe in mental telepathy should not be at all surprised at the things cartoonists have emanating from their characters. Example: Emanata can come from things as well as people to show what's going on.
Word: butt-ugly Part of Speech: adj 1. Extremely ugly. Labels: Canada, US, derogatory, slang
Word: tutela Part of Speech: noun 1. A constitutional process in Colombia by which an individual can seek immediate protection of his/her rights when those are being violated.
Word: packet sniffer Part of Speech: noun 1. Software designed for checking packets of data transferred over the Internet.
Word: User Datagram Protocol Part of Speech: name 1. A communications protocol that has no error recovery features, and is mostly used to stream material over the Internet. Labels: Internet Example: This User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is defined to make available a datagram mode of packet-switched computer communication in the environment of an interconnected set of computer networks.
Word: incidental expense Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor expense incurred in the course of an activity. Example: His incidental expenses are high, but he gets the job done.
Word: liaised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of liaise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: liaising Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /liːˈeɪzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of liaise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: liaises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of liaise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: circular argument Part of Speech: noun 1. A term often conflated with begging the question in philosophy. Labels: informal 2. An argument which commits the logical fallacy of assuming what it is attempting to prove. Example: A logically circular argument’s conclusion is included as one of its premises.
Word: abbozzi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abbozzo Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metacentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English metacentric From meta- + -centric. 1. Of or pertaining to a metacenter. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a chromosome: having the centromere approximately in the middle, such that the two arms are of similar length. Labels: not-comparable
Word: metacentric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- Proto-Indo-European *ḱent-der. Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek κεντρικός (kentrikós)der. English -centric English metacentric From meta- + -centric. 1. A metacentric chromosome.
Word: put a lid on it Part of Speech: verb 1. To be quiet; to shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise. Labels: idiomatic, imperative, informal, usually Example: Oh, put a lid on it already! I heard you the first fourteen times.
Word: aborti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of abortus. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: filing cabinet Part of Speech: noun 1. A piece of office furniture composed of drawers or shelves sized to standard file folder widths, traditionally used for storing documents in order. Example: [...] adjacent is a clerk's room, with filing cabinets.
Word: modal scale Part of Speech: noun 1. A tonal scale used in most forms of Western music.
Word: dealbreaker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of deal breaker. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: memeplex Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of meme + complex. Pronunciation: /ˈmiːm.plɛks/ 1. A set of memes which interact to reinforce each other. Example: “Whenever you have tribes, you have shamans. So in a sense, you can see those same aggressive spokesmen for Pepe end up being that tribal shaman. Enough people will gather around their teachings, and carry them forward offline. Our empathetic connections with other people get completely overwritten by the sort of "memeplex" that's overwriting our world.”
Word: rightfully Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English ryghtefully, equivalent to rightful + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪtfəli/ 1. In accordance with what is right or just. Example: Near-synonym: fairly Example: [T]he only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. 2. Rightly, correctly. Example: Ne euer will it [King Arthur's sword] breake, ne euer bend. / Wherefore Morddure it rightfully is hight.
Word: -grave Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Old Saxon grēve, typically used in translations of feudal German titles ending in German Graf (“count”), from Proto-West Germanic *garāfijō. 1. Used to signify a local ruler or administrator. Labels: historical, morpheme
Word: tamperer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tamper + -er. 1. One who tampers.
Word: tamperers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tamperer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: taskmistress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From task + mistress. 1. A woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer. Example: Not only under the laſh of my taſk-miſtreſs, but the drudge of the maid, apprentices and children, I never had a taſte of human kindneſs to ſoften the rigour of perpetual labour.
Word: taskmistresses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of taskmistress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tasseled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tassel + -ed. 1. Having tassels.
Word: tasseled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From tassel + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of tassel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ghost band Part of Speech: noun 1. Any spurious results clustered together, outside of normal expected ranges (as in a plot of recorded energy values, with an inexplicable blot, marring the clean expected results). 2. A large band or stripe that appears on a developed gel as a wide halo with no specific, distinguishable signal. Example: Ghost bands are a common problem in western blot analysis. 3. Impersonators of a well-known musical band hired to perform while the real band members are elsewhere.
Word: empanelled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of empanel Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: empanel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpænəl/ 1. Alternative spelling of impanel. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: President Biden lent validity to the debate, if not to the idea [of expanding the Supreme Court] itself, by empaneling a commission to examine court expansion and other possible reforms such as term limits for justices.
Word: empanel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The verb is from Middle English empanellen, from Anglo-Norman and Old French empaneller. Pronunciation: /ɪmˈpænəl/ 1. A list of jurors; a panel. Example: When the Maior of the Citie, the two Dukes, and the two chiefe Juſtices, were ſet in Guyldhall for the performance of their commiſſion, and began to call the empanels for the enquirie, as the vſe and other is, diuers light witted, and leſſe brayned perſons of the citie, priuely armed them, and by the ringing of Bow bell, thought to aſſemble together a great multitude of their minde and opinion, and ſo by force and might to take from the kepers all ſuch priſoners, as were before apprehended, for the late committed robbery and riot, as they were goyng to their triall or arreignment.
Word: impanel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Anglo-Norman empaneller. 1. To enrol (jurors), e.g. from a jury pool; to register (the names of jurors) on a "panel" or official list. Example: To 'cide this title is impannelled / A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart; / And by their verdict is determined / The clear eye's moiety, and the dear heart's part Example: Therefore a Jurie was impaneld streight / T'enquire of them, whether by force, or sleight, / Or their owne guilt, they were away conveyd?
Word: columelloplasty Part of Speech: noun 1. A suture technique to correct caudal septal cartilage dislocation.
Word: septal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From septum + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp.təl/, /ˈsɛp.tl̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to a septum. Labels: not-comparable, relational 2. Separating compartments in a burial chamber. Labels: not-comparable
Word: septal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sept + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛp.təl/, /ˈsɛp.tl̩/ 1. Relating to an Irish clan or sept. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: […] and in Ireland it so happened, that these four families emerged victorious out of the septal struggles.
Word: adaptogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian адаптоген (adaptogen), coined by Soviet toxicologist and pharmacologist Nikolai Lazarev. By surface analysis, adapt + -o- + -gen. 1. Any natural herbal substance, such as ginseng, that is purported to assist the body to adapt to stress, and to exert a normalizing effect upon body functions. Example: As members sipped from their glasses, Joey Rubin, a leader of the group’s Los Angeles chapter, explained that the drink contained adaptogens, herbs said to increase focus and stimulate creativity.
Word: sunflowers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsʌnˌflaʊ.ɚz/ 1. plural of sunflower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soliloquies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soliloquy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soliloquies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of soliloquy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: luculent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lūculentus, from lūx (“light”). 1. Shining, brilliant. Labels: archaic 2. Of language, speeches etc: lucid, brilliantly clear. Labels: obsolete Example: Cleombrotus Ambraciotes persuaded I know not how many hundreds of his auditors, by a luculent oration he made of the miseries of this, and happiness of that other life, to precipitate themselves […].
Word: entitative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰúHt Proto-Italic *ezom~*som Old Latin 𐌄𐌔𐌏𐌌 (esom) Old Latin esum Latin sumbf. Latin ēns Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Medieval Latin entitāsbor. English entity Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English entitative From entity + -ative. Pronunciation: /ˈen.tɪ.teɪ.tɪv/, /ˈen.tɪ.tə.tɪv/ 1. Considered as pure entity, abstracted from all attendant circumstances.
Word: chubbier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of chubby: more chubby Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: chubbiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of chubby: most chubby Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: shambled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of shamble Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: quins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strutting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of strut Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strutting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who struts. Example: When dogs fight, there are usually preliminaries to the actual combat — snarlings and bristlings and stiff-legged struttings. But White Fang learned to omit these preliminaries.
Word: columelloplasties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of columelloplasty Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cri-de-coeur Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cri de coeur. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: crew cuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crew cut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crewcuts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crewcut Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sad sack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: US 1920s. Popularized by Sad Sack, a cartoon character and eponymous comic strip published originally June 1942 in Yank, the Army Weekly, a US Army publication for soldiers, and later syndicated in the US 1940s and 1950s. Presumably from vulgar “sad sack of shit” as cartoonist Sgt. George Baker said he took it from a “longer phrase, of a derogatory nature”. The term originally referred to a well-meaning but inept soldier. 1. An incompetent or inept person. Labels: US Example: One law enforcement official played down Mr. Defreitas’s ability to carry out an attack, calling him “a sad sack” and “not a Grade A terrorist.” 2. A perennial failure or victim of misfortune. Labels: US Example: “Super Sad” takes as its Romeo and Juliet, its Tristan and Iseult, a middle-aged sad sack named Lenny Abramov and a much younger beauty named Eunice Park. Example: Weary of his drab life with its nowhere job, failed marriage, boring girlfriend, and estranged teenage son, a middle-aged sad sack fakes his death, changes his identity, and hits the road.
Word: legalisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From legalise + -ation. Piecewise doublet of loyalisation. 1. Non-Oxford British spelling of legalization. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cognisant Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of cognizant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: botulinum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin botulus (“sausage”) + -īnum. 1. An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin Labels: uncountable
Word: dolerite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French dolérite, from Ancient Greek δολερός (dolerós, “deceitful, deceptive”), because it was easily confounded with diorite, + -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒl.əˌɹaɪt/, /ˈdɑl.əˌɹaɪt/ 1. A type of fine-grained basaltic rock. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: diabase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French diabase, from Ancient Greek διάβασις (diábasis). Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.əˌbeɪs/ 1. A fine-grained igneous rock composed mostly of pyroxene and feldspar. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polygonboden Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Polygonboden. 1. polygonal patches of ground, found especially in frozen environments. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. polygonal patches of natural vegetation Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: polygonial Part of Speech: adj 1. polygonal
Word: polygonial Part of Speech: noun 1. polygon Labels: obsolete
Word: polygonic Part of Speech: adj 1. polygonal 2. Of, pertaining to, or derived from plants of the genus Polygonum
Word: polygonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A sesquiterpenoid acid, obtained from the water pepper plant, once used as a stimulant or diuretic Labels: uncountable
Word: whities Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tighty whities. 1. Men's or boys’ traditionally white briefs. Labels: US, plural, plural-only, slang Example: “I said they are button fly so be gentle please." He said still grinning. “And as for the boxers or whities well.....I was runnin' low on laundry so lets just say you don't have to mentally picture either one. If you get me drift." Example: Shifting position, Wade knelt at the end of the bedroll and pulled each of Charlie's boots off, tossing them onto the pile of clothing accumulating on the hay-strewn floor. Then, bending forward, he undid Charlie's pants and slid them down his legs. ¶ Lowering himself, Wade pressed his face against Charlie's package, still encased in his whities.
Word: whities Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of tighty whities. 1. plural of whitey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affetti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian affetti. 1. Human passion and feelings expressed through gesture. Labels: uncountable
Word: hedge funds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hedge fund Labels: form-of, plural
Word: butthook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From butt + hook. 1. Attachment to the butt of a rifle that fits around the shoulder of the shooter.
Word: Jalalabad Part of Speech: name 1. The capital city of Nangarhar province, Afghanistan.
Word: numbnuts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From numb + nuts. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌmnʌts/ 1. A slow-witted, unresponsive, or inept person (usually male). Labels: US, derogatory, humorous, often, slang, sometimes, term-of-address Example: Tell numbnuts over there to wake up and pay attention to his work. Example: What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?
Word: television channel Part of Speech: noun 1. A specific radio frequency or band of frequencies used for transmitting television. 2. A station or broadcaster using the band.
Word: notwithstanding clause Part of Speech: noun 1. Section 33 of Part I (Charter of Rights and Freedoms) of the Canadian Constitution Act (1982), which permits the creation of laws without regard for certain constitutional rights. Specifically, under section 33 the federal and provincial governments may enact laws "notwithstanding" section 2 (Fundamental Freedoms) and sections 7 through 15 (Legal and Equality Rights) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Such laws may be in effect for up to five years and are renewable. Labels: Canada Example: Secretary of State Lucien Bouchard is standing firm on his defence of Quebec's use of the constitutional "notwithstanding" clause to safeguard the French language in that province. Example: Literary critic William Empson identified seven kinds of ambiguity. Had he looked further, he might have discerned an eighth—Canada's constitutional debate, complete with notwithstanding clauses, devolutions and non-derogations, asymmetries and distinct identities. 2. A clause within a legal instrument that occurs in spite of any other clause that forbids it. Example: The emergency legislation stopped short of leaving the convention and does not include “notwithstanding clauses” which would allow ministers to ignore the ECHR and other international treaties in the area of asylum.
Word: amaretti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amaretto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ambiti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ambitus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biofriendly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English friendly English biofriendly From bio- + friendly. 1. Environmentally friendly. Example: Billy made a biofriendly choice by recycling his aluminum cans.
Word: Huaxi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 花溪 (Huāxī, “flower brook”). Pronunciation: /ˈhwɑːˌʃiː/ 1. A district of Guiyang, Guizhou, China. It is a scenic university town and cultural center. 2. A town in Huaning, Yuxi, Yunnan, China. 3. A town in Honyga, Meishan, Sichuan, China.
Word: Huaxi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 華西 /华西 (Huàxī). Pronunciation: /ˈhwɑːˌʃiː/ 1. A town in Huayin, Weinan, Shaanxi, China.
Word: Huaxi Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 華西 /华西. Pronunciation: /ˈhwɑːˌʃiː/ 1. A village in Huashi, Jiangyin, Wuxi, Jiangsu, China. Example: The paper's commentator points out that the 200 peasant households of Kiangsu Province's Huahsi production brigade did this by building up a thriving collective economy, simultaneously expanding agriculture, side-line occupations and rural industry.[…] Anyone who sincerely wants the four modernizations should take the Huahsi production brigade as an example and work to improve the material and cultural life of the commune members on the basis of a continuous growth in production, as the Huahsi party branch has done. Fifteen years ago, five years after the communes were set up, Huahsi was still a backward area. Example: In Jiangsu, local government-run businesses expanded faster than anywhere, at one point employing almost a third of the population. Huaxi kept ahead of the pack thanks to Wu's knack of reading the political tea leaves. In 1992, he watched a TV broadcast of Deng Xiaoping's famous pro-entrepreneurial speech during a tour of southern China. Immediately, according to his biographers, he foresaw a surge of economic activity and ordered village officials to borrow every yuan they could lay their hands on to buy up aluminum and other raw materials.
Word: full screen Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a window occupying all the available display surface of a screen. Labels: not-comparable Example: Most computer games are played in full screen mode.
Word: fullscreen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From full + screen. 1. Alternative form of full screen. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: fullscreen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From full + screen. 1. To make a window occupy the entire screen.
Word: yoicks Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /jɔɪks/ 1. A hunting cry used to urge hounds after a fox or other quarry.
Word: fat-finger Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See fat finger. Pronunciation: /ˈfæt ˈfɪŋɡə/, /ˈfæt ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ 1. To type (something) erroneously on a keyboard, keypad, or touchscreen by accidentally pressing with a finger one or more keys other than the intended one. Labels: humorous, informal, transitive Example: Another Sprint employee speculated that someone might have fatfingered the keyboard. Example: However the other day I fatfingered a web request and got a Charter Communications not found result page
Word: fat-finger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See fat finger. Pronunciation: /ˈfæt ˈfɪŋɡə/, /ˈfæt ˈfɪŋɡɚ/ 1. Alternative form of fat finger. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: raggedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ragged 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 raggedness From ragged + -ness. 1. The characteristic of being ragged. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sluttishness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sluttysshenes, slwttisnes, equivalent to sluttish + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being sluttish (dirty or untidy; disorderly). Labels: dated, uncountable, usually Example: For my part I would rather counſell you to deſtroy your Rattes and Miſe with Traps, Banes, or Weeſels: for beſides the ſluttiſhneſſe ⁊ lothſomeneſſe of the Catte (you know what ſhe layes in the Malt heape) ſhe is moſt daungerous and pernicious among children, as I mee ſelf haue had good experience. Example: Well, praiſed be the Gods, for thy foulneſſe; ſluttiſhneſſe may come heereafter. 2. The state or quality of being sluttish (like a slut; sexually promiscuous). Labels: uncountable, usually, vulgar Example: Before long, the wife begins to reveal her sluttishness and, by the time the play is over, she has arranged a satisfactory financial and sexual deal with her in-laws. Example: Far more in demand among the Toughs than I, Rammelkamp was an object of gossip and curiosity among the other boys, who occasionally made fun of his name but not his sluttishness. We once compared notes on our sexual initiations, […]
Word: mesopredator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- English predator English mesopredator From meso- + predator. 1. A medium-sized predator which often increases in abundance when larger predators are eliminated. Example: Raccoons, skunks, snakes, cats, and foxes are mesopredators. Example: Large predators are equally important as keystone species; their removal can allow predators in the next size class down to proliferate. This phenomenon, known as meso-predator release, can have a huge impact on ecosystems.
Word: mesopredators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mesopredator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pilcrows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pilcrow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fusing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fuse Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fusing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzɪŋ/ 1. Synonym of fusion. Example: […] one of the peculiarities of the Tyrol costumes is the absence of patterns or fusings of tints, they shine out bright and distinct like the field flowers.
Word: Leodensians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Leodensian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organic electroluminescent display Part of Speech: noun 1. A display using organic electroluminescent materials such as organic light-emitting diodes.
Word: organic electroluminescent displays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of organic electroluminescent display Labels: form-of, plural
Word: karyotype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кариотип (kariotip), equivalent to karyo- + -type. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɹɪə(ʊ)taɪp/ 1. The observed characteristics (number, type, shape, etc) of the chromosomes of an individual or species. 2. A record of such characteristics, usually photographic. 3. A group of individuals or species that have the same chromosomal characteristics. Labels: obsolete
Word: karyotype Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Russian кариотип (kariotip), equivalent to karyo- + -type. Pronunciation: /ˈkaɹɪə(ʊ)taɪp/ 1. To investigate or record such characteristics. Labels: transitive
Word: electroluminescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree French électro-bor. Latin ēlectrum Latin electro-bor. English electro- English luminescent English electroluminescent From electro- + luminescent. 1. having the quality of electroluminescence Labels: not-comparable
Word: karyotypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From karyotype + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to karyotypes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pass off Part of Speech: verb 1. To happen. Labels: intransitive Example: The millennium passed off without any disasters. 2. To give something (to someone). Labels: transitive Example: 2015. Off the Rim. Sonya Spreen Bates. He turned and passed it off to number 23, who dribbled a couple of times and passed it to number 61. 3. To abate, to cease gradually. Example: I have had a few aches and pains lately and a little fever, but that's nothing; it will pass off. Example: I know, too, that ever since he lost his leg last voyage by that accursed whale, he’s been a kind of moody—desperate moody, and savage sometimes; but that will all pass off.
Word: selfbow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From self (“having its own or a single nature or character throughout without addition or change, unmixed; (archery) of a bow: made from a single piece of wood”, adjective) + bow. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlfbəʊ/, /ˈsɛlfˌboʊ/ 1. A bow made from a single piece of wood (often referred to as a bow stave). Example: With reſpect to a bow being made round, we muſt recollect, that [Roger] Aſcham ſpeaks of a ſelf'''-bow; which, it ſeems, was made round as well as the back as in the belly: but back'd-bows have almoſt always a flat back, to prevent their caſting. Example: Many Archers use a piece of waxed cloth, which is of great utility, as it not only gives the Bow a polish, but is a preventative against damps penetrating; this precaution however, is not so much required for self Bows, as backed ones. Self Bows are made of one piece of wood only, and that is generally of yew, but the long known difficulty of procuring good English yew, has compelled Bow makers of late years, to resort to various other woods, all containing great spring, but little pliability; the deficiency of the latter is amply supplied by the addition of a slip of ash, or some other tough wood glued to them; the toughness of the one combined to the elasticity of the other, both acting in conjunction, make capital Bows, and these it is that are called back'd Bows.
Word: NYFM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New York [City] Foreign Mail, specifically that of the period 1870 to 1879. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: rictal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ringor Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin rictuslbor. English rict(us) English -al English rictal From rict(us) + -al. 1. Possessing the qualities of a rictus. Example: Her head, wrenched back, was baring its teeth in a rictal gape.
Word: co-exist Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of coexist. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative Example: Learning to co-exist with this new virus, and then to eventually defeat it, is sorely testing the character and determination of humanity as a whole.
Word: coincided Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of coincide Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: colluded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of collude Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: collocated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of collocate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cognized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cognize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cohabited Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cohabit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: colonized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of colonize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: colonised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of colonise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: commemorated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of commemorate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: combed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English combed, kombide, equivalent to comb + -ed. Pronunciation: /kəʊmd/ 1. Arranged or groomed with a comb. Example: combed hair
Word: combed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English combed, kombide, equivalent to comb + -ed. Pronunciation: /kəʊmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of comb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: combed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From comb + -ed. Pronunciation: /kəʊmd/ 1. Having a comb or crest Example: combed lizards Example: Az., on a fesse, embattled, counterembattled, arg., between three cocks' heads, erased, of the last, beaked, combed, and wattled, gu., two roses, also gu.
Word: proportionated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of proportionate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: commerced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of commerce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: competed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kəmˈpiːtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of compete Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conned Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɒnd/, /kɑnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of con Labels: form-of, participle, past 2. simple past and past participle of conn Labels: form-of, participle, past 3. simple past and past participle of conne Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conciliated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of conciliate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: concorded Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of concord Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: straight-arms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of straight-arm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: straight-arming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of straight-arm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: straight-armed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of straight-arm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: straight arms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of straight arm Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: straight arm Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of straight-arm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: straight arm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of straight-arm. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: straight arming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of straight arm Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: straight armed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of straight arm Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conglomerated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of conglomerate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Alhazen's problem Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named for a tenth-century Arab mathematician Ibn al-Haytham, whose latinized name, Alhacen, may be rendered as Alhazen. 1. A mathematical problem in which lines drawn from two points in the plane of a circle must meet at a point on the circumference, making equal angles with the normal at that point.
Word: congregated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of congregate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: connived Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of connive Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: “I don't know how I would have gotten through this without you.” “Oh, the feeling is mutual. I've always schemed and connived alone. But as a duo, it is, as you might say, "totes ridic!"” “(gasps) I would say that.”
Word: down-and-out Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of down and out. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: down-and-out Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of down-and-outer. Example: So they have trooped forth to organize village down-and-outs and ne'er-do-wells into would-be combat units.
Word: down-and-outer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English down and out 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 down-and-outer From down and out + -er. 1. Someone who is down and out. Labels: idiomatic
Word: down-and-outers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of down-and-outer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consummated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of consummate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: containerized Part of Speech: verb Etymology: containerize + -ed (past tense): Etymology tree English container 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 containerize Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English containerized From containerize + -ed. (adjective): Etymology tree English container 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 containerize Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English containerized From containerize + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of containerize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: containerized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: containerize + -ed (past tense): Etymology tree English container 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 containerize Proto-Germanic *-ōd- Old English -ode Middle English -ede English -ed English containerized From containerize + -ed. (adjective): Etymology tree English container 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 containerize Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English containerized From containerize + -ed. 1. Alternative form of containerised. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable 2. Built to be operated out of a seacan, shipping container. Labels: not-comparable
Word: elects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of elect Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: elects Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elect Labels: form-of, plural
Word: electing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of elect Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: contravened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of contravene Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: converged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of converge Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: convoked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of convoke Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: convoyed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of convoy Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cooked up Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cook up Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cooled down Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cool down Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: specific phobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Any morbid fear of specific objects or situations, such as fingers, injections, or darkness.
Word: glassing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of glass Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Woman jailed for glassing Aussie singer wins appeal
Word: glassing Part of Speech: noun 1. An act of glassing (stabbing with broken glass). Example: Bridgend on a Saturday night has its temporary inflatable hospitals for the stabbings and glassings. Example: A woman found guilty of a nightclub glassing which left an Australian singer's career in tatters has had her conviction overturned on appeal.
Word: haet Part of Speech: verb 1. Deliberate misspelling of hate. Labels: Internet, alt-of, deliberate, emphatic, misspelling
Word: ecological services Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ecological service Labels: form-of, plural
Word: paddlefish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English paddle Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English paddlefish From paddle + fish. Pronunciation: /ˈpædəlˌfɪʃ/ 1. Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Caviar comes from various species of sturgeons and paddlefishes. Example: A plucky, compact vendor of fish, Mr. Shuckman spent years peddling southern paddlefish roe from his seafood shop in Louisville, knocking on doors of fancy restaurants and country clubs, asking anyone who would listen, "Y'all want some caviar?" 2. Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle. Labels: countable, often, specifically, uncountable
Word: epigenome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From epi- + genome. Pronunciation: /ˌɛpɪˈd͡ʒiːnoʊm/ 1. The total epigenetic state of a cell. Example: It is now possible to define whole epigenomes, representing the totality of epigenetic marks in a given cell type. Epigenetic processes are essential for packaging and interpreting the genome, are fundamental to normal development and are increasingly recognized as being involved in human disease. 2. A chemical responsible for the activation of a particular gene.
Word: ecological service Part of Speech: noun 1. Any beneficial natural process arising from healthy ecosystems, such as purification of water and air, pollination of plants and decomposition of waste.
Word: NURF Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of nucleosome remodeling factor: one of several ISWI-containing protein complexes that catalyze ATP-dependent nucleosome sliding and facilitate transcription of chromatin in vitro. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: nucleosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nucleo- + -some, and to evoke the older name nu body. Coined by P. Oudet et al. in 1975 (see quotation below). 1. Any of the subunits that repeat in chromatin; a coil of DNA surrounding a core of eight histones. Example: We have termed these particles “nucleosomes,” to evoke their nuclear origin and their resemblance to the “nu” (ν) bodies described by Olins and Olins (1974).
Word: ORF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of open reading frame. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ORF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Österreichischer Rundfunk (“Austrian Broadcasting Corporation”). Labels: Austria, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: game point Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation where if one of the two players wins the next point, he or she will win the game (but not the set). 2. A juncture within a game when a player, or team, only needs to win the next rally to win the game.
Word: open reading frame Part of Speech: noun 1. A sequence of DNA triplets, between the initiator and terminator codons, that can be transcribed into mRNA and later translated into protein.
Word: paramutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + mutation. 1. A mutation in which a heritable change in one allele is induced by another in the same locus Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: vesiculation Part of Speech: noun 1. The formation of vesicles; blistering. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The presence of vesicles. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: actinopterygian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Actinopterygii + -an 1. Any of the ray-finned fish of the taxonomic class Actinopterygii. Example: […] actinopterygians have 'ray fins' which are supported by a series of narrow cartilaginous or bony rods called radials, while sarcopterygians have 'lobe fins' supported by a single basal bone and with muscles that can modify the posture of the fin. Example: The ear of all nonteleostean actinopterygian fishes (Grande and Bemis 1996) does not differ much from that of ratfish (considered by most an ancient line of cartilaginous fish), with the notable exception of the position of the ultricular macula.
Word: actinopterygian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Actinopterygii + -an 1. Of the nature of fish of the class Actinopterygii. Example: Already some years ago it was pointed out that the skeleton of the pelvic fin and girdle of Polypterus is much more actinopterygian than crossopterygian in structure. Example: Still more Actinopterygian is the skeleton of the pelvic fin; here only four bony radials are preserved, separately articulating with the pelvic girdle.
Word: love game Part of Speech: noun 1. A game in which one of the two players scored no points.
Word: natural killer Part of Speech: noun 1. A natural killer cell
Word: natural killer cell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The description "natural killer" refers to the fact that they do not require activation to kill cells missing MHC class I "self" markers. 1. Any cell that expresses cell surface receptors that deliver signals to either activate or inhibit a response as part of the innate immune system. Example: While such information doesn't assist us in deciding whether natural killer cells derive from a macrophage or T cell lineage, it does tell us that the mouse natural killer cell system is a thymus dependent system. Example: 1984, Meir Kende, Joseph Gainer, Michael A. Chirigos (editors), Chemical Regulation of Immunity in Veterinary Medicine: Proceedings of a Symposium, A. R. Liss, page 138, Natural killer cell activity is currently an area of active interest in cellular immunology (Herberman 1981).
Word: NK Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of North Korea. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Nagorno-Karabakh. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Ninja Kiwi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NK Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of natural killer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NK Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of not kidding. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hitching-bar Part of Speech: noun 1. A bar used to hitch a horse to a carriage. 2. A horizontal bar to which horses are tethered. Example: At the hitch-bars along the street a few heavy work-horses, harnessed to farm wagons, shivered under their blankets. Example: He led us to a hitching-bar where two farm-wagons were tied, and I saw the foreign family crowding into one of them.
Word: television station Part of Speech: noun 1. A studio or building from where a television channel is broadcast. 2. An organization which operates a television channel. 3. A radio frequency or band assigned to a television broadcaster.
Word: coverlid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variant form of coverlet. 1. A coverlet. Example: [T]aking some clean towels out of my night-sack, I spread them over the coverlid, on which tired nature found repose, in spite of the previous disgust. Example: The physician took his hand, and strove to draw him aside; but the attempt caught the eye of the sufferer; she strove to raise herself, and extend her hand to her father, but it dropped heavily on the coverlid.
Word: broadcast station Part of Speech: noun 1. A station from which a signal is emitted (most commonly a radio station or a television station).
Word: radio station Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪ.di.oʊ ˌsteɪ.ʃən/ 1. An installation of a radio transmitter, and possibly a receiver, for the purpose of broadcasting or communication. Example: Radio station / Beside yourself
Word: screencast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 2004. From screen + -cast, from broadcast. 1. A digital recording of a computer screen's display. 2. A video stream that's broadcasted live to an audience.
Word: synodic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin synodicus, from Ancient Greek συνοδικός (sunodikós, “of or related to an assembly or meeting”). Equivalent to synod + -ic. Pronunciation: /sɪˈnɒd.ɪk/, /sɪˈnɑd.ɪk/ 1. Of, related to or produced by a synod; synodal. Labels: not-comparable Example: a synodical epistle 2. Of or pertaining to the conjunction of two or more heavenly bodies. Labels: not-comparable Example: a synodical month Example: the synodical revolution of the moon or a planet
Word: corraled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of corral Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: humongoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From humongous + -oid. 1. Very large; humongous. Labels: slang Example: Well I guess looking at the Colgate and looking at the Crest we have many sizes so we still have a lot of decisions left to make - the first one being that I'm only going to be here for three weeks so I don't really need a humongoid thing