nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: gateway Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gate + way. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/ 1. A passage that can be closed by use of a gate. Example: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, […]. 2. A place regarded as giving access to somewhere. Example: The staff offer a touch of Norfolk courtesy as they guide passengers onto connecting services. The bustling concourse has a wide selection of information and retail, including a very active city tourism presence. This station now feels like a real gateway to Norwich. 3. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another. 4. Any point that represents the beginning of a transition from one place or phase to another. Labels: attributive Example: a gateway drug Example: Just as they say that marijuana leads to harder drugs, Gallegly is claiming that crush is a “gateway fetish”—a term I've never heard before. He claims that if someone starts with bugs they'll end up escalating to human babies in no time. 5. A point at which freight moving from one territory to another is interchanged between transportation lines. 6. In wireless internet, an access point with additional software capabilities such as providing NAT and DHCP, which may also provide VPN support, roaming, firewalls, various levels of security, etc.
Word: gateway Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From gate + way. Pronunciation: /ˈɡeɪtˌweɪ/ 1. To make available using a gateway, or access point. Labels: transitive
Word: chemical dermatitis Part of Speech: noun 1. Any symptom, such as erythema, edema, and vesiculation, caused by exposure of the skin to a chemical compound. Labels: uncountable
Word: chemical ecology Part of Speech: noun 1. the study of the effects of chemical compounds on the interactions of living organisms Labels: uncountable
Word: chemical energy Part of Speech: noun 1. The net potential energy liberated or absorbed during the course of a chemical reaction Labels: countable, physical, uncountable
Word: chemical fingerprint Part of Speech: noun 1. the unique combination of analytical results from a number of techniques that identifies a particular compound in a sample
Word: chemical hazard Part of Speech: noun 1. any hazard that results from the accidental, deliberate or potential release of a noxious substance into the environment
Word: chemical horn Part of Speech: noun 1. a horn on a floating mine which, upon contact, releases an electrolyte that makes an electrical connection and initiates the explosion
Word: chemical indicator Part of Speech: noun 1. any substance used to classify another, often by changing colour
Word: chemical kinetics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the rates of chemical reactions, especially as a means of elucidating reaction pathways or mechanisms. Labels: physical, uncountable
Word: chemical laser Part of Speech: noun 1. any laser that obtains its energy from a chemical reaction
Word: chemical law Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the laws of nature that are relevant to chemistry.
Word: chemical messenger Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound that serves to transmit a message.
Word: vagility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vagile Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English vagility From vagile + -ity. 1. The degree to which an organism or taxon can or does move or spread within an environment. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: light-headedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English light-headed 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 light-headedness From light-headed + -ness. 1. Alternative form of lightheadedness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: chemical oceanography Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the chemistry of the oceans. Labels: uncountable
Word: vicariant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From German vikarierend, present participle of vikarieren (“to act as a substitute”), from Vikar (“vicar, representative”), ultimately from Latin vicārius (“substitute”). 1. Of, relating to, or as a result of vicariance Labels: not-comparable
Word: vicariant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German vikarierend, present participle of vikarieren (“to act as a substitute”), from Vikar (“vicar, representative”), ultimately from Latin vicārius (“substitute”). 1. Any of a set of species, in separate geographical locations, that have arisen through vicariance
Word: chemical pathology Part of Speech: noun 1. clinical chemistry. Labels: uncountable
Word: dizzyness Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of dizziness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: faintness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English faintnesse, feintnesse, equivalent to faint + -ness. 1. The property of being or feeling faint. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And he first took exceptions at this badge, / Pronouncing that the paleness of this flower / Bewray'd the faintness of my master's heart. Example: The confusion, in which impressions are sometimes involved, proceeds only from their faintness and unsteadiness, not from any capacity in the mind to receive any impression, which in its real existence has no particular degree nor proportion.
Word: abaisse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French abaisser. Pronunciation: /əˈbeɪs/ 1. A thin undercrust of pastry.
Word: devisee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From devise + -ee. 1. The person or entity to whom property is devised in a will.
Word: shtetlach Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shtetl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alkalosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From alkali + -osis, on the model of earlier acidosis. Pronunciation: /æl.kəˈləʊ̯sɪs/ 1. An abnormally increased alkalinity in the blood. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: in forma pauperis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin in fōrma pauperis (literally “in the manner of a pauper”). 1. A request to have a court waive filing fees in a civil action because the plaintiff is indigent. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Come, stack arms, Men! Pile on the rails; stir up the campfire bright; no matter if the canteen fails, we'll make a roaring night. Here Shenandoah brawls along, there burly Blue Ridge echoes strong, to swell the Brigade's rousing song, of “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” We see him now — the old slouched hat cocked o’er his eye askew, the shrewd, dry smile, the speech so pat, so calm, so blunt, so true. The “Blue-Light Elder” knows ’em well; says he, “That’s Banks — he’s fond of shell; Lord save his soul! We’ll give him” — well, that’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” Silence! Ground arms! Kneel all! Caps off! Old Blue Light’s going to pray. Strangle the fool that dares to scoff: Attention! 'Tis his way. Appealing from his native sod in forma pauperis to God: “Lay bare thine arm, stretch forth thy rod! Amen!” That’s “Stonewall’s Way.” He’s in the saddle now. Fall in! Steady, the whole brigade! Hill’s at the ford, cut off — we’ll win his way out, ball and blade! What matter if our shoes are worn? What matter if our feet are torn? “Quick step! We’re with him before the morn!” That’s “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” The sun’s bright lances rout the mists of morning, and by George! Here’s Longstreet struggling in the lists, hemmed in an ugly gorge. Pope and his Yankees, whipped before, “Bay’nets and grape!” hear Stonewall roar; “Charge, Stuart! Pay off Ashby’s score!” in “Stonewall Jackson’s Way.” Ah! Maiden, wait and watch and yearn for news of Stonewall’s band! Ah! Widow read with eyes that burn that ring upon thy hand. Ah! Wife, sew on, pray on, hope on! Thy life shall not be all forlorn. The foe had better ne’er been born that gets in “Stonewall’s Way.”
Word: sinnet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnɪt/ 1. Alternative form of sennit. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Last night, the men were gathered on the foredeck laying up grass into sinnet for ropes by lantern-light & the prohibition on ‘supernuminaries’ on the foredeck seemed not to apply.
Word: sistrum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sīstrum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σεῖστρον (seîstron), from σείω (seíō, “shake”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪstɹəm/, /ˈsɪstɹʊm/ 1. An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads. Example: She moved with slow undulations of her body as lascivious as the curve of Hathfertiti’s hair, and the sistrum with its singing wires was played by a dwarf wearing nothing but a gold purse and a few bracelets on his stunted biceps.
Word: sistra Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sistrum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go on Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Structurally equivalent to go onward. 1. To continue in extent. Labels: intransitive Example: The meeting seemed to go on forever. Example: This road goes on for another twenty miles. 2. To continue an action. Labels: intransitive Example: I think I've said enough now; I'm not sure I should go on. Example: He went on walking even when the policeman told him to stop. 3. To proceed (to do something). Labels: intransitive Example: He started the competition badly but went on to win the gold medal. Example: "Do you want to hear a joke?" — "Oh, all right, go on then." 4. To talk frequently or at great length (about a subject). Labels: intransitive Example: Near-synonyms: blather, prattle, drone on, rabbit; see also Thesaurus:chatter Example: Will you stop going on about your stupid holiday? 5. To happen (occur). Labels: intransitive Example: What's going on downstairs? What's all that noise down there? Example: I really don't want to know what goes on between you and your boyfriend behind closed doors. 6. To move or proceed so as to become "on" in any of various senses. Labels: intransitive Example: Bertha's about to finish her song. Who's going on next? Example: Smith went on for Jones at left back after Jones got injured.
Word: go on Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Structurally equivalent to go onward. 1. Expressing that the speaker can continue speaking without interruption from the listener. Example: Go on! You were saying about those other ones too? 2. Expressing surprise, disbelief or incredulity. Example: A: He asked Fiona to marry him. B: Go on! A: It's true, I swear. 3. Expressing encouragement, see come on. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, especially Example: Go on! You can do it! 4. Yes; okay; it's a deal. Labels: UK, especially Example: —So three hundred on the chair then, and can we do two-fifty on the clock? —Go on, then.
Word: go on Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Structurally equivalent to go upon. Pronunciation: /ˈɡoʊˌɒn/ 1. To use and adopt (information) in order to understand an issue, make a decision, etc.; to go by. Labels: transitive Example: We can't go on what this map says; it's twenty years out of date. Example: I didn't make a decision because I didn't have anything to go on.
Word: skep Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa (“basket”). Cognate with Danish skæppe (“an old Danish unit of measure equalling 17.4 l”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɛp/ 1. A basket. Example: Old women crouched over bags of Siamese rice, skeps of red and green peppers, purple egg-plants, bristly rambutans, pineapples, durians. 2. A beehive made of straw or wicker. Example: Three of the hives had been overturned and the others had been rocked to and fro. The modern hive is a fearful thing to upset; the combs are not static as in a skep, but hang loosely: when the hive is overturned they smash and pile up like a telescoped train. Example: He prised a skep from its stool and held it out, inverted, showing the dirty wreck of combs, with the vile grubs spinning their cocoons.
Word: skep Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Late Old English sceppe, from Old Norse skeppa (“basket”). Cognate with Danish skæppe (“an old Danish unit of measure equalling 17.4 l”). Pronunciation: /ˈskɛp/ 1. To transfer (bees) into a skep. Labels: transitive
Word: skirl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally from Scots and Northern English dialects (as a verb), probably of Old Norse origin; ultimately imitative. Pronunciation: /skɜːl/, /skɜɹl/ 1. To make a shrill sound, as of bagpipes. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: Come here, or stay where ye are, and skirl as loud ye can — it's a' ye're gude for — l say, ye auld deevil, skirl — skirl — louder — louder, woman — gar the gentles hear ye in the ha' — I have heard ye as far off as the Bass for a less matter. Example: 1829, James Hogg (as the Ettrick Shepherd), The p and the q, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 26, page 693, He gloom'd and he skirl'd, and, when in hard case, / He whiles gae his mother a yerk on the face;
Word: skirl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally from Scots and Northern English dialects (as a verb), probably of Old Norse origin; ultimately imitative. Pronunciation: /skɜːl/, /skɜɹl/ 1. A shrill sound, as of bagpipes. Labels: Northern-England, Scotland Example: To a resounding wail headed by the King-Kong skirl, all gangs joined in hauling in the net. Example: 'Have we found a son only to lose him?' she cried, 'And what for? For the skirl of the pipes, is it?[…]' 2. A blast (of wind-blown snow or rain); a gust (especially if accompanied by snow or rain, or a shill or whistling sound). Example: The wind can blow the bulk of a skirt between a woman's legs, or wrap her in a twist, or billow underneath so skirls of wind touch faintly, delightfully. Some women hear skirts murmuring or sighing, or conversing with the flesh they cover. But most skirts drape in silence, the silence of slow snow falling, or the hushed liquid glide of a[…] Example: Skirls of snow swept over the pavements, and in the roadway the tracks of cars were lined with brownish slush.
Word: skirl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Also from Scots and Northern English dialects. Pronunciation: /skɜːl/, /skɜɹl/ 1. Alternative form of shirl. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: To show that there is nothing absurd in this notable scheme of sending first-rate men-of-war skirling along the surface of the ocean, Mr. Macneill tells the following most marvellous story : […]
Word: civil action Part of Speech: noun 1. In the United States, a lawsuit between private parties, including an action by a private person against a government entity, which will be treated as a private party by the court. 2. In Roman Dutch law, a lawsuit that is not criminal in nature. It may be between the state and a private party. It is usually based in contract, or delict (tort).
Word: gutless wonder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The idea is that the addressee's figurative gutlessness (cowardice) has been carried over into physical gutlessness (disembowelment), and that his bowel-less survival is a wonder. 1. One who lacks guts or courage; a coward. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, slang Example: What in the hell was wrong with him, anyway. Just a gutless wonder - nothing more or less. Example: Yer can't even fight unless you've got a knife or picket or broken bottle, yer gutless wonder.
Word: wooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of woo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: A man giving a gift of roses is wooing a woman.
Word: wooing Part of Speech: noun 1. A courting; the process by which somebody is wooed. Example: "Sweet soul! I know his appetite," said Mrs. Mallowe. "Did he, oh did he, begin his wooing?" Example: She felt a little as she had used to feel when she sat by her now wedded husband in the same spot during his wooing, shutting her eyes to his defects of character, and regarding him only in his ideal presentation as lover.
Word: pines Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /paɪnz/ 1. plural of pine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pines Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /paɪnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pine Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: miscreated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of miscreate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: miscreated Part of Speech: adj 1. Created unnaturally or wrongly; deformed, misshapen. Example: nothing might abash the villein bold, / Ne mortall steele emperce his miscreated mould. Example: VVhence and vvhat art thou, execrable ſhape, / That dar'ſt, though grim and terrible, advance / Thy miſcreated Front athvvart my vvay / To yonder Gates?
Word: chemical peel Part of Speech: noun 1. The application of a mild caustic substance to the skin in order to remove blemishes.
Word: chemical peritonitis Part of Speech: noun 1. peritonitis which results from the escape of the contents of the digestive tract into the peritoneum Labels: uncountable
Word: chemical plant Part of Speech: noun 1. An industrial facility used to manufacture chemical compounds.
Word: defense in abatement Part of Speech: noun 1. A plea to the effect that from some formal defect (e.g. misnomer, lack of jurisdiction) the proceedings should be abated.
Word: plea in abatement Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of defense in abatement.
Word: conjugal visit Part of Speech: noun 1. A scheduled visit during which an inmate of a penal institution is permitted to have sexual intercourse with a visitor (usually his or her spouse) in a closely controlled setting.
Word: alternative dispute resolution Part of Speech: noun 1. The resolution of a dispute through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, or similar means, as opposed to litigation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: litigation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lītigātiō, equivalent to litigate + -ion. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪtɪˈɡeɪ̯ʃən/ 1. The conduct of a lawsuit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There is ongoing litigation in this matter. Example: This law firm is known for its litigation practice.
Word: solver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English solve 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 solver From solve + -er. 1. One who or that which solves. Example: The first successful solver of the puzzle will win a prize.
Word: allerion Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alerion. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: nazar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نظر (now Turkish nazar (boncuğu)), from Arabic نَظَر (naẓar). 1. An eye-shaped amulet supposed to protect against the evil eye in certain cultures.
Word: kid on the square Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Dates back to the early 20th century. Later popularized by Mose Allison in his 1983 song "Kidding on the Square" on the album Middle Class White Boy (described in the liner notes as "joking with serious intent") and later by Al Franken describing the negative reaction of Paul Wolfowitz to one of his jokes in the 2003 book Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them. 1. To be joking, but at the same time really mean it. Example: "I'm kiddin' on the square," said Hanks. Example: So I always knew what Pierce meant, in a kidding-on-the-square kind of way.
Word: lesser included offense Part of Speech: noun 1. A crime the elements of which coincide with the elements of a more serious crime, from which the prosecutor is therefore precluded from separately charging a criminal defendant. Example: A robbery is an assault combined with a theft; a person can not be criminally charged with both the robbery and the assault that occurred during the robbery; the assault is a lesser included offense.
Word: techno geek Part of Speech: noun 1. someone who is obsessed with technology, especially electronics and computing Labels: slang
Word: korng tauch Part of Speech: noun 1. A small gong circle from Cambodia, closely resembling its larger relative, the korng thomm.
Word: sedulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English sedulous Middle English -ly English -ly English sedulously From sedulous + -ly. 1. Applying constant and enduring effort to a task or course of action; in a sedulous manner. Example: When the neighbours saw Mirbel thus sedulously adorning herself, they quickly discovered that she had ceased to think of her father—that she had ceased to mourn for him. Example: We bought some biscuits and chocolate which we ate sedulously as we wandered through the squalid streets where the families of the fishermen live.
Word: labellum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin labellum (“small lip”), diminutive of labrum (“lip”). Pronunciation: /ləˈbɛl.əm/ 1. The lower central petal of a flower (especially an orchid), usually developed to be showy and attract pollinators. 2. Part of the mouth of an insect, especially the sucking mouthparts of a fly.
Word: loosehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From loose + head. 1. prop who plays on the left hand side of the front row of the scrum, such that in a scrum, their head is not tightly bound (unlike that of the tighthead)
Word: lump sum Part of Speech: noun 1. A relatively large single payment of money often paid and received instead of, or in addition to, a sequence of smaller payments. Example: When he retired, he received a lump sum plus a pension.
Word: outthink Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- Proto-West Germanic *þankijan Old English þenċan Middle English thinken English think English outthink From out- + think. 1. To best an opponent by thinking. Labels: transitive Example: Kasparov might be the world best chess-player, but Deep Blue clearly outthought him in this match. Example: Microsoft has carefully cultivated an image of being an outfit that outthinks and outinnovates rivals.
Word: armorist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin armātūra Old French armeure Anglo-Norman armurebor. Middle English armure English armor Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English armorist From armor + -ist. 1. A person skilled in the bearings of coats of arms, and all relating to their emblazonment. Example: Several others are in the College of Arms. He was the first Welsh armorist to produce armorials of marshalled coats[…] 2. An armorer; one who produces arms and armor. Labels: uncommon Example: "But for now, you can have your fun and glory amusing a mob. you'll die in the arena soon enough." He pauses and examines Kiyo' s armor. "It seems the smithy and the armorist have given you some gifts to prolong your short stay." Example: Spud-bar, the Savage Legion's former armorist, is kneeling beside a repurposed wagon wheel, attending to its spoke.[…]
Word: arroba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish and Portuguese arroba, from Old Spanish arroua and Old Galician-Portuguese arrova, from Andalusian Arabic and Arabic اَلرُّبْع (ar-rubʕ, “one-fourth”) in reference to its making up one fourth of a quintal. 1. A traditional Spanish unit of mass, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 11.5 kilograms. Labels: historical 2. A traditional Portuguese unit of mass, usually equivalent to 14.7 kilograms. Labels: historical 3. A traditional Spanish unit of liquid measure, varying by time, location, and substance but generally around 15 liters. Labels: historical
Word: mandatory sentence Part of Speech: noun 1. A criminal sentence of a predetermined minimum period of time which a judge is required by statute to impose upon a conviction for a crime.
Word: chemical reactor Part of Speech: noun 1. Any vessel designed to hold the compounds involved in a chemical reaction; a reaction vessel
Word: aspectant Part of Speech: adj 1. Face to face (especially heraldry). Labels: not-comparable Example: CARROLL - Argent, two lions erect aspectant gules supporting a sword proper. Carroll, […] Example: Blinking in a yellowlit housewindow two faces fixed aspectant in some domestic tragedy. Rapid his progress who petrifies these innocents into stony history.
Word: chemical sensitivity Part of Speech: noun 1. an extreme sensitivity, or allergic reaction, to any of various chemical compounds present in the normal environment
Word: assurgent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin assurgens, present participle of assurgo (“rise up”). Pronunciation: /əˈsɜː(ɹ).dʒənt/ 1. Rising or tending to rise. 2. Rising out of the sea. Example: A seahorse assurgent per pale or and azure, crined gules. 3. Curving upward.
Word: atchievement Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of achievement. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 2. Obsolete form of achievement. Labels: alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: [describing a horse] " […] his docibleness and desire of glory and praise, and consequently his notable atchievements in War […] " Example: Here, lying perdue, in a snug corner of the hideous inclosure, he over-hears certain Chiefs, or Princes, of the Devils, in their conferences, relate their several exploits and atchievements in the seduction of mankind […]
Word: chemical series Part of Speech: noun 1. Any group of chemical elements whose chemical and physical properties have similarities, and that vary progressively through the series; evident within the periodic table.
Word: chemical shift Part of Speech: noun 1. The change in the nuclear magnetic resonance frequency of a nucleus depending on its electronic environment; used in NMR spectroscopy to determine the structure of molecules. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chemical toilet Part of Speech: noun 1. A toilet or chamber pot which treats waste in place with chemical disinfectants and deodorizers, as in airplane lavatories.
Word: attired Part of Speech: adj 1. Clothed, dressed, wearing clothing, often of a specified type. Labels: not-comparable Example: This was at the height of the Age of Fans; these indispensable arms, as constant accompaniment to an attired lady as a sword to a well-equipped gentleman, were often much more costly than this, being generally curiously mounted, and richly adorned. Example: Never did such an attired pair dance together, I ween. 2. Said of the horns of an animal when they are of a different tincture to its head. Labels: not-comparable Example: Crest: A goat's head erased ar attired or.
Word: attired Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of attire Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chemical weapon Part of Speech: noun 1. A noxious substance contained in some form of delivery system such as a shell or missile.
Word: aglycone Part of Speech: noun 1. The non-sugar fragment of a glycoside.
Word: pnictogen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πνικτός (pniktós) + -gen. The first element derives from Ancient Greek πνίγω (pnígō, “to choke, to stifle”) (a property of nitrogen), which is ultimately Pre-Greek. By surface analysis, pnicto- + -gen. Pronunciation: /ˈpnɪktə(ʊ)d͡ʒən/, /ˈnɪktəd͡ʒən/ 1. Any element from group 15 of the periodic table, which includes nitrogen, phosphorus, arsenic, antimony and bismuth.
Word: pnictide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πνίγειν (pnígein, “to choke, to stifle”) (a property of nitrogen), from Pre-Greek, + -ide. By surface analysis, pnicto- + -ide. 1. Any binary compound of a pnictogen
Word: orthographically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English orthographical Middle English -ly English -ly English orthographically From orthographical + -ly. 1. Regarding or relating to orthography (the way in which languages, usually natural languages, are written). Labels: not-comparable Example: Although it is possible to represent this phonetic distinction orthographically, such representation is not emically realized. Example: In some cases clusters appear orthographically but could correspond to a specific speech sound (phoneme) and therefore it cannot be considered a cluster, for instance dzhush /d͡ʒuʃ/ ‘juice’. 2. According to standardized or formally accepted orthography: using proper spelling, and (more strictly) proper spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and italics. Labels: not-comparable Example: stylings that are orthographically valid (acceptable), albeit not preferable Example: For example, in Mathematics, the SVL includes find and set, which are not as orthographically complex as other entries such as quadrilateral or trigonometric, and furthermore commonly occur outside mathematics. 3. Using an orthographic projection (a way of showing three-dimensional objects in two-dimensional engineering drawings). Labels: not-comparable Example: To represent an internal feature orthographically, dashed lines are used instead of solid ones.
Word: bluebook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + book. 1. A blank booklet of lined paper used in the administration of examinations, so named because of its pale blue front and back covers. Example: Bluebooks are designed to prevent cheating but sometimes they provide cover for cheaters when the student brings an extra blue book with notes, equations, dates, etc. (Wein 1). Example: The words you will eventually write in your exam bluebook will include the words you have learned by heart, but they will constitute only a portion of the analytical presentation you will develop.
Word: bluebook Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blue + book. 1. To format a document, particularly a legal document including citations, according to the rules of the Bluebook, a US style guide. Example: After all, the nonmember author who has never participated in the endless chores of bluebooking and typing is more successful than most law review members in writing a piece of publishable quality. 2. To have players describe, in writing and in-between regular role-playing sessions, character activities that don't involve the entire group.
Word: pegging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɡɪŋ/ 1. The act of fastening with a peg. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Pegs collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The activity of artificial climbing on crags and in quarries outside the main mountain areas. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The act of anal penetration of a man by someone, usually a woman, wearing a strap-on dildo. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It is not a spoiler to say the evening does not go well, or as predicted. Think Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? with extra pegging. 5. Determined perseverance in work; pegging away. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A thrashing. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable
Word: pegging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɛɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of peg Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: strap-on Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English strap Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on English strap-on From strap + on. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæpɒn/, /ˈstɹapɔn/, /ˈstɾapɔn/, /ˈstɹæpɑn/, /ˈstɹæpɔn/ 1. That can be attached using one or more straps. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a booster rocket, that is mounted on the outside of a launch vehicle (typically around the first stage) to provide an additional boost at lift-off, ultimately separating after the first few minutes of ascent. Labels: not-comparable
Word: strap-on Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English strap Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English on English on English strap-on From strap + on. Pronunciation: /ˈstɹæpɒn/, /ˈstɹapɔn/, /ˈstɾapɔn/, /ˈstɹæpɑn/, /ˈstɹæpɔn/ 1. A strap-on booster. Example: As a standalone booster, according to Pentagon officials, it could be used to put the smaller reusable spaceplane into orbit. But its more innovative use will be as strap-ons for the larger shuttle. 2. An artificial phallus attached with a strap, usually a dildo. Labels: informal 3. Synonym of keytar (“keyboard supported by a strap around the neck and shoulders”). Labels: informal Example: If you want a portable keyboard, a strap-on could be the answer. Strap-ons have been around since Billy Preston and Edgar Winter used to sling Univox electric pianos around their necks in the pre-MIDI days of the early ’70s.
Word: interviewing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of interview Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: nursing bra Part of Speech: noun 1. A bra specifically designed for breastfeeding mothers, with cups which fold down, allowing easy access to the nipple when the infant is to be fed, usually constructed of fabric only.
Word: convulsed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of convulse Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trial by ordeal Part of Speech: noun 1. An archaic practice by which a person accused of a crime could prove their innocence by their survival of physically painful tests. Example: Along with trial by ordeal, hanging was the most effective deterrent that could be devised in an age without police or prisons.
Word: conspiratorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cōnspīrātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, conspirator + -ial. Pronunciation: /kənˌspɪɹəˈtɔːɹɪəl/ 1. Pertaining to conspiracy or conspirators. Example: His conspiratorial whispers were soft, but that just attracted more attention. Example: I pressed the button and he appeared, giving me, as he entered, the sort of conspiratorial glance the acting secretary of a secret society would have given a friend on the membership roll. “Oh, Swordfish,” I said, having given him a conspiratorial glance in return, for one always likes to do the civil thing, “this is Mr Herring, who has come to join our little group.” 2. Believing in conspiracy theories. Labels: proscribed, sometimes Example: Conspiratorial thinking is another predictor of vaccine hesitancy, according to the 2018 study.
Word: conspirator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman conspiratour. Pronunciation: /kənˈspɪɹətə/, /kənˈspɪɹətɚ/ 1. One of a group that acts in harmony to do something unlawful and unethical; a person who is part of a conspiracy. Example: The conspirators were rounded up by the police and arrested. Example: All the Jacobite gentry of that part of the country were collected together; though, it must be confessed, their appearance and their usual after-dinner conversation were rather at variance. Now they looked calm and comfortable, with as little the appearance of conspirators as possible; then they were (by their own account) the most oppressed of individuals, and the most devoted of partisans, ready to die, so that their wrongs were redressed, and the rightful king restored.
Word: federal question Part of Speech: noun 1. a cause of action brought in a court under the United States Constitution or a federal statute. A federal question gives rise to federal question jurisdiction Labels: US
Word: federal question jurisdiction Part of Speech: noun 1. The authority that a United States federal court has to hear a cause of action brought under the United States Constitution or federal statutes. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: cause of action Part of Speech: noun 1. A condition under which one party would be entitled to sue another. Example: If someone strikes you, then you have a cause of action for battery. 2. A civil lawsuit.
Word: gilgai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Gamilaraay gilgaay (“small water hole”). Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪlɡʌɪ/ 1. A small concavity or depression between ridges, where rainwater gathers. Labels: Australia Example: Though it wasn′t a heavy storm it was enough to put water in gilgai holes and scatter the horses. Example: Argilliturbation is manifested within Vertisol profiles and on the surface as gilgai microtopography, with relief exceeding commonly 15 cm (Fig. 10.35).
Word: hell west and crooked Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /hɛl wɛst ənd ˈkɹʊkɪd/ 1. All over the place; every which way. Labels: Australia, US, not-comparable Example: When he and Bob knocked Steelman′s plans hell west and crooked after that yellow skunk George Doble betrayed me to Brad, the boy lost his boots in the brush. Example: “ You see, Parson Brown, your stock is all mixed in and scattered hell-west and crooked ways, so you′ll jest have to pick out what′s handy. Is that all right ? ”
Word: engager Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English engage 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 engager From engage + -er. 1. One who, or that which, engages. Example: engagers in conflicts 2. One who, or that which, engages. Example: To address this limitation, strategies for redirecting T cells to treat cancer are being intensively investigated, while the bispecific T cell engager (BiTE) therapy constitutes one of the most promising therapeutic approaches. 3. One who enters into an engagement or agreement; a surety. Example: Several sufficient citizens were engagers.
Word: bird in the hand Part of Speech: proverb 1. Ellipsis of a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Cowboys picks are more miss than hit. Galloway is a relatively young guy, so what the hey. Bird in the hand, right? Example: Elly had ratcheted up the pressure with her threats of leaving early. I had no other bites on the ad. “Bird in the hand” and all that . . . . So much for negotiating.
Word: sleekit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots sleekit, Scottish form of sleeked. Compare slick, sleek. 1. Specious, flattering; cunning. Labels: Scotland Example: ‘Damn your impudence, Duror,’ he said. ‘You're a sleekit one all right.’ Example: They were not sleakit and did not knife ye, that was one thing. They were not fly men cheaters.
Word: cordel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cordel (“surveying rope, 50 varas”), from Catalan cordell (“cord, string”), from Vulgar Latin *cordellus (“little rope”), from Latin chorda (“rope, cord”) + -ellus (“-elle: forming diminutives”). Equivalent to cord + -el. 1. Spanish chain, a traditional Spanish and Mexican unit of distance equivalent to about 41.9 m. Labels: historical
Word: mecate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish mecate, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl mecatl. 1. A rope of hair or maguey fibre, for tying horses, etc. Labels: Southwestern, US
Word: compos mentis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin compos (“in control, having mastery”) + mentis (“of mind”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒmpɒs ˈmɛntɪs/ 1. Of sound mind, sane; thus fully accountable (legally and/or morally) for one's deeds. Labels: not-comparable Example: ‘[…] you have my hearty consent, sir, to marry the girl whensumdever it’s convenient.’ Dame Mayrose finished her speech with a low courtesy, and Tom Sponge sat like a petrified image. ‘For God’s sake, Mrs. Mayrose, are you compos mentis?’ said he. ‘Please your honour, I don’t understand no foreign languages,’ said the good woman, ‘but my darter tells me you want to make proposhalls.’
Word: chortled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of chortle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chortling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of chortle Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: chortling Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of giving a chortle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She laughed—and then started, realizing how long it had been since she'd heard the sound of her own laughter. Real laughter, not the bitter chortlings she'd taken to indulging in. Example: This “feminist chortling” (as she [Rebecca Solnit] calls it) about the disgraced royal is right in the bailiwick of the writer who virtually invented the term mansplaining.
Word: tares Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tare Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tares Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tare Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spherand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sphero- + -and? 1. A complex cryptand, having an almost spherical structure, that is able to form complexes by enveloping metal cations.
Word: calixarene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of organic macrocycles containing a ring of phenol groups linked by a short bridge; they mimic some properties of enzymes, and have many other applications.
Word: banded Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪd/ 1. Marked with bands of colour. Labels: not-comparable Example: Arms : Argent, on a bend Gules, three garbs Or. Crest : A Garb Or, banded sable. Example: leaves, vert. banded gules. 2. Divided into bands. Labels: not-comparable
Word: banded Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbændɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of band Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: adsorbate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adsorb + -ate. Pronunciation: /ədˈsɔːbeɪt/ 1. A substance that has been adsorbed
Word: adsorbates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adsorbate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: carcerand Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of complex polycyclic compounds, based on calixarenes, that form a sphere within which a guest molecule may be held. Labels: physical
Word: goatsbeards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of goatsbeard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goatsbeard Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of goat's-beard. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: easer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ease + -er. 1. A person or thing that eases or relieves
Word: goat's-beard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From goat + beard, in translation of Greek τραγοπώγον or Latin barba capri. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊtsbɪəd/ 1. A woodland plant of the family Rosaceae, Aruncus dioicus. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A yellow-flowered Eurasian plant, of the genus Tragopogon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cavitand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cavity + -and. 1. Any of several classes of macrocycle that have a shape containing a cavity in which a guest molecule or ion may fit.
Word: macroevolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- English evolution English macroevolution From macro- + evolution. 1. Large-scale patterns or processes in the history of life, including the origins of novel organism designs, evolutionary trends, adaptive radiations and extinctions. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: organismal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English organism Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English organismal From organism + -al. 1. Of or relating to an organism or organisms.
Word: banner roll Part of Speech: noun 1. A small square flag containing a single escutcheon of the deceased. Example: BANNER ROLL is a small square flag containing a single escutcheon of the deceased. Thus, if there are twelve quarterings in the banner, the same number of banner rolls will be required to be borne in the funeral procession. 2. A banderole. Example: [...] and every horse having a man on his back in black, and everyone bearing a banner-roll of divers kings' arms, and[…] Example: One arm displays a parchment sheet, on which are these words, "THE BILL OF RIGHTS". The other sustains a spear with the cap of liberty and over the whole floats a banner-roll, inscribed - "The spell is broken".
Word: organismic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English organism Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English organismic From organism + -ic. 1. Of or relating to organicism or organisms. 2. Of or relating to a family of holistic psychological theories that tend to stress the organization, unity, and integration of human beings expressed through each individual's inherent growth or developmental tendency. Example: As a projection of the way people experienced daily life, organismic theory emphasized interdependence among the parts of the human body, subordination of individual to communal purposes in family, community, and state, and vital life permeating the cosmos to the lowliest stone.
Word: Madelung constant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Erwin Madelung, German physicist. 1. A numerical constant used in determining the electrostatic energy of each ion in a crystal.
Word: microevolution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + evolution, coined by Robert Greenleaf Leavitt in 1909. 1. Small-scale changes in the history of life, such as changes in allele frequencies in a population (over a few generations); also known as change at or below the species level. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “It basically hasn’t become this massive chewing and grinding machine that it becomes later,” Mr. Martin said. The change would have been the result of microevolution, or an evolutionary change occurring within a species.
Word: Magellanic Cloud Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. 1. A galaxy that is a member of the Magellanic Clouds. Either of two irregular galaxies that are close companions of our Milky Way galaxy.
Word: barbed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)bd/ 1. Having barbs. Example: COCKATRICE an imaginary monster resembling a wivern with the head of a cock, the tongue barbed. It occurs displayed, but is ordinarily borne with the wings endorsed. 2. Having barbs of a certain colour (as or similar to an arrow); beared. Example: Crest : A demi-cockatrice or, crested gules, stricken through the back of the neck with an arrow sable, barbed and flighted argent. Sable, two bars humettée or between a cock in fesse and a swan in chief and in base argent. Example: The cross barbed has its limbs terminated by arrow-heads; it is sometimes emblazoned cramponée and tournée, but Edmondson gives the last name to a totally different cross, one not unlike the cross fourchée. 3. Having gills or wattles (as a bird); wattled. Example: Ex. A Cock barbed and crested, (that is, wattled and combed, which signifies the Comb and Gills of a Cock, when born of a different Tincture from the Body) Example: About the year 1446, he carried, as by our old books of blazons, quarterly, first and fourth Marr; second and third Lyle, as above blazoned; for crest, a cock or, crested and barbed gules: motto, An I may; supported by two[…] 4. Having sepals or leaves between the petals (on a rose, etc). Example: PLANT (?Plantagenet). Arg. a rose gu. seeded or barbed vert. 5. Deliberately hurtful; biting; caustic. Labels: usually 6. Accoutered with defensive armor; barded. Example: Your Lordship may remember in your reading, that there were many Earles could bring into the field a thousand Barbed horses
Word: barbed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɑː(ɹ)bd/ 1. simple past and past participle of barb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: baron and femme Part of Speech: noun 1. Man and wife. Labels: dated Example: [see title] Example: [see title] 2. The arms of a man and his wife, marshalled together. Example: When the coats of arms of a married couple, descended of distinct families, are to be marshalled on an escocheon, the field of their respective arms is conjoined pale-ways, and blazoned thus: parted per pale, baron and femme; first the baron's arms are to be described, then the femme's.
Word: RT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Russia Today, an international news network. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Over at least the past year, RT and its employees, including KOSTIANTYN KALASHNIKOV, a/k/a "Kostya," and ELENA AFANASYEVA, a/k/a "Lena," the defendants, have deployed nearly $10 million, laundered through a network of foreign shell entities, to covertly fund and direct U.S. Company-1.