nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Internet forum Part of Speech: noun 1. A system in which users may send, read and reply to messages on a particular subject. Labels: Internet
Word: phytotelmata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phytotelma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Js Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of J Labels: form-of, plural
Word: J's Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of J Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By surface analysis, limn- + -etic. Pronunciation: /lɪmˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the deeper, open water of a lake. Labels: not-comparable
Word: limnetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, limn- + -etic. Pronunciation: /lɪmˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Any animal that lives in the limnetic zone.
Word: tropes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trope Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: whack-a-mole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whack + a + mole (“a small, burrowing, insect-eating mammal of the family Talpidae”), from the arcade game Whac-A-Mole which involves quickly and repeatedly hitting the heads of mechanical moles with a mallet as they pop up from holes. The name of the arcade game was coined in 1977 when it was first sold in the United States; the original game released in Japan in 1975 was called モグラ退治 (Mogura Taiji, literally “Mole Extermination”). Pronunciation: /ˈwæk.əˌməʊl/, /ˈʍæk.əˌməʊl/, /ˈwæk.əˌmoʊl/, /ˈʍæk.əˌmoʊl/ 1. A situation where problems or tasks keep reappearing repeatedly. Labels: Canada, US, countable, idiomatic, uncountable Example: Trying to get rid of spam e-mails is like whack-a-mole: as soon as you delete one, another appears. Example: Identify a challenge. Put your shoulder into it. Make it go away. Just as it disappears, whoops, here comes another one. It's like a game of whack-a-mole. Trust me, you'll never run out of quarters. 2. A strategy of addressing recurrent, unpredictable problems in a piecemeal, temporary way at their point of emergence. Labels: Canada, US, countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: long-windedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: * long-winded + -ly 1. In a long-winded manner; employing more lengthy phrasing than required. Example: […] an Italian piece of many parts and much intricacy—it is only a Master Braham or Madame Catalani who has got throat long enough and flexible enough for it; which stretching out as gracefully as a hen drinketh water, she cackles out the whole piece as sweetly as Orpheus, as dexterously as a fiddler’s elbow, as long-windedly as the pipe of an ass, and as proudly as if she had laid a golden egg. Example: One who had caught a glimpse of the shining yet solemn eyes of the youth, as he walked home, would wonder no longer that he should talk as he did—so sedately, yet so poetically—so long-windedly, if you like, yet so sensibly—even wisely.
Word: tersely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English terse Middle English -ly English -ly English tersely From terse + -ly. 1. In a brief, concise, or to the point manner. Example: It was replaced by a New Euston, "bold in design and layout and in keeping with a new railway era". Betjeman was unmoved, describing it tersely as "no masterpiece" and noting that its lack of platform seating made it an "inhuman structure" which seemed to ignore passengers.
Word: whac-a-mole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whack-a-mole. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: non-esterified Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + esterified. 1. Occurring free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Whac-A-Mole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of whack-a-mole. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: He plays four-dimensional chess while his current analogue often seems to play Whac-a-Mole.
Word: nonesterified Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of non-esterified. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: non-esterified fatty acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fatty acid which occurs free, rather than esterified with glycerol to form a glyceride or other lipid; usually as the result of hydrolysis
Word: nonesterified fatty acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of non-esterified fatty acid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: free fatty acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A non-esterified fatty acid. Example: The smoke point depends on the initial free fatty acid content of the fat: the lower the free fatty acid content, the more stable the fat, and the higher the smoke point.
Word: adiponectin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From adipo- (“fat”) + nectin. 1. A protein hormone that modulates glucose regulation and fatty acid catabolism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oxyntomodulin Part of Speech: noun 1. A polypeptide hormone found to suppress appetite. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sirtuin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɚ.tu.ɪn/ 1. Any of several enzymes that act as regulatory factors that mediate the life-extending effects of a low-calorie diet.
Word: patagium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin patagīum (“gilded edging of a woman's tunic”), from an unattested Ancient Greek παταγεῖον (patageîon), perhaps from πάταγος (pátagos, “clatter”). Pronunciation: /pəˈteɪd͡ʒi.əm/, /pætəˈd͡ʒaɪəm/ 1. The thin membrane that extends between the limbs and body of a bat or of gliding mammals. 2. A similar membrane between the body and wing of a bird. 3. One of the scales affixed to the pronotum of lepidopterous insects; the tegula.
Word: Internet forums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Internet forum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baseball bat Part of Speech: noun 1. A long instrument, typically wood, metal, or plastic, which is swung to strike baseballs. Example: Beat on the brat / Beat on the brat with a baseball bat / Oh yeah...
Word: baseball bats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baseball bat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sirtuins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sirtuin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: fire escapes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fire escape Labels: form-of, plural
Word: UMLS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Unified Medical Language System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: packies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of packie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: litter boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of litter box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cat box Part of Speech: noun 1. A box used to provide a soiling area for (usually) pet cats, generally filled with sand, clay chips, etc. Example: Pregnant cat owners are often advised to have someone else clean the cat box to reduce the risk of contracting toxoplasmosis. Example: I'm in advertising, you know. Oh, yes. I designed the ad campaign that put those pictures of missing children on bags of kitty litter. Every time you change the cat box, there are those little faces looking up at you. It has to help. Think about it.
Word: cat boxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cat box Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retiari Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retiarius Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: retiarii Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retiarius Labels: form-of, nonstandard, plural
Word: homelands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of homeland Labels: form-of, plural
Word: findings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪndɪŋz/ 1. plural of finding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: findings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪndɪŋz/ 1. Small tools and materials used by artisans and craftsmen Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: out like a light Part of Speech: adj 1. Asleep or unconscious, particularly if this has occurred suddenly and the sleep is deep. Labels: colloquial, not-comparable Example: Once she received anesthesia, she was out like a light.
Word: efflagitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin efflagitare. Pronunciation: /əˈflæd͡ʒ.ɪ.teɪt/ 1. To demand something urgently Labels: obsolete
Word: leis Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /leɪz/ 1. plural of lei Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sneath Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of snath. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: gâche Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Norman gâche. Pronunciation: /ɡɒʃ/ 1. A type of traditional fruitcake. (Often as Guernsey gâche.) Labels: Guernsey, countable, uncountable Example: A huge Guernsey gache, which is a sort of fruit cake, was flanked by plates and baskets of figs, grapes, nectarines, peaches, and raspberries. Example: She said I could go on the Sunday afternoon, and she would make a gâche I could take to him.
Word: quizzing glass Part of Speech: noun 1. An eyeglass with or without a handle; a monocle. Labels: historical Example: Some of the symphonies are in practice quite boring and reek of loveless background music for the aristocratic soirées of yesteryear, with brocaded people who have not washed for quite a while kissing hands, fluttering fans and peering through quizzing-glasses.
Word: Gelugpa chanting Part of Speech: noun 1. An austere and restrained form of chanting practised by the Gelug school of Buddhism. Labels: uncountable
Word: go to ground Part of Speech: verb 1. Of an animal, to escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted. Labels: UK, intransitive Example: The fox escaped from the hounds by going to ground. Example: I heard them on the other bank, and then saw a man on a horse crossing the river, and went to ground like a jackal. 2. To hide from public view or sequester oneself, especially when authorities, members of the news media, or others are looking for one. Labels: broadly, idiomatic Example: It was more than enough for my fugitives to clear out of the Lausanne station and make some new move, to hide away in an out-of-the-way spot, go to ground in fact, or travel in another direction. Example: Kerviel's identity was revealed on the Financial Times and Daily Telegraph websites, but was not confirmed by bank officials, who admitted on Thursday that the rogue trader appeared to have gone to ground and that they had no idea where he was. 3. To fall to the ground, lose one's footing, come off one's feet, whether by design, accident, or foul Labels: UK, intransitive Example: There can never have been a more blatant voluntary tackle than the way the Saints captain Chris Joynt went to ground on the penultimate play of the game, to deny Bradford any chance of regaining possession after Sean Long's drop goal 30 seconds or so earlier. Example: He defends well and his recovery is good, meaning he can get up and get back at people if he goes to ground. 4. (of the ball) to touch the ground; to be dropped Labels: UK, intransitive Example: Ireland get the next put in. They could, and probably should, put the screws on the US now as their fitness and technique begins to tell. [...] Instead, the ball goes to ground as it wings its way down the Irish line. It doesn't go forward though, so they keep on pushing up the pitch. Example: What was, in truth, a pretty dreadful first half came to life in the final minute when a wayward pass from De Klerk went to ground behind Tuilagi, who gathered, spun, spotted a gap left by overzealous Racing defenders and breezed under the posts.
Word: backward linkage Part of Speech: noun 1. An effect in which increased production by a downstream manufacturer provides positive pecuniary externalities to an upstream manufacturer responsible for different stages of the same production process.
Word: haoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Transliteration of Avestan 𐬵𐬀𐬊𐬨𐬀 (haoma). Doublet of soma. 1. A plant associated with the divinity Haoma. Labels: uncountable Example: The offering of haoma was a common practice among Achaemenids; the Haumavarga Scythians probably owe their name to the fact that they did not press the plant but strewed it ritually (HOFFMANN 1975).
Word: nunatak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Greenlandic nunataq. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌn.ə.tæk/, /ˈnuː.nə.tæk/ 1. A mountain top or rocky element of a ridge that is surrounded by glacial ice but is not covered by ice; a peak protruding from the surface ice sheet. Example: We made for a slope close to the end of the island or nunatak, where Shackleton must have got up also; it is obviously the only place when you look at it from a commanding rise. Example: Only a few lichens and mosses colonize the rocky walls of cirques and nunataks.
Word: xyst Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shortening of Latin xystus. 1. A xystus.
Word: lancinating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːnsɪneɪtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of lancinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: lancinating Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɑːnsɪneɪtɪŋ/ 1. Sharp, stabbing or piercing. Labels: especially Example: the rains of the equinox had so soaked the earth that the cold oozed up through the soles of the shoes, lancinating cold of the approach of winter that grips hold of your belly and squeezes it tight.
Word: truck farming Part of Speech: noun 1. The relatively small-scale growing of vegetables for market. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: passant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant. Pronunciation: /ˈpæsənt/, /pəˈsɑnt/ 1. Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. Labels: not-comparable Example: He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field. Example: The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […]. 2. Currently in use; in vogue. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...].
Word: market gardening Part of Speech: noun 1. The relatively small-scale growing of vegetables for market. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: South Africans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of South African Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cosplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese コスプレ (kosupure), which is a clipping of コスチュームプレイ (kosuchūmu purei), from a compound of English costume + play. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒz.pleɪ/, /ˈkɒs.pleɪ/, /ˈkɑz.pleɪ/, /ˈkɑs.pleɪ/, /ˌkoʊˈspleɪ/ 1. The art or practice of costuming oneself as a (usually fictional) character. Labels: uncountable Example: Men, of course, also participate in cosplay and all its attending events, but women make up the greater numbers. Example: The environments and spaces created for and by cosplay provide cosplayers with a variety of spaces for social interactions. 2. A skit or instance of this art or practice. Labels: countable Example: Central to the activity of cosplay is elaborate costuming, though some cosplays are enacted using a game system. Example: According to a student from France who went to Japan to study Japanese, "Universities in France are like Halloween when otaku students engage in these cosplays. They take Japanese language because of anime, but they see after a few classes that it's hard and not fun. Many drop out" (author interview, 2009).
Word: cosplay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese コスプレ (kosupure), which is a clipping of コスチュームプレイ (kosuchūmu purei), from a compound of English costume + play. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒz.pleɪ/, /ˈkɒs.pleɪ/, /ˈkɑz.pleɪ/, /ˈkɑs.pleɪ/, /ˌkoʊˈspleɪ/ 1. To costume oneself as a character. Labels: intransitive Example: She cosplayed at the manga convention. Example: Senior politicians have cosplayed as train drivers, ambulance workers, Border Force officials – the list goes on. 2. To costume oneself as (a character). Labels: transitive Example: She cosplayed Sailor Moon at the manga convention. 3. To adopt the behavior and mannerisms of another. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, often, transitive Example: Why has the Russian Federation decided to cosplay the Nazi Third Reich by attacking the peaceful neighboring state and plunging the region into war? Example: On weekends, there was usually a party. Her classmates, free from their wealthy families, cosplayed as struggling intellectuals.
Word: unhale Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + hale. Compare unwhole. 1. Unsound; not hale; unhealthy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cosplayer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Japanese コスプレイヤー (kosupureiyā). Equivalent to cos- + player or cosplay + -er. 1. One who takes part in cosplay. Example: The environments and spaces created for and by cosplay provide cosplayers with a variety of spaces for social interactions.
Word: terrines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of terrine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: foreyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forȝerd, equivalent to fore- + yard (“enclosure”). Compare German Vorgarten. 1. A yard in front; front yard
Word: foreyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fore- + yard (“stick; beam”). 1. A yard on the lower mast of a square-rigged foremast of a ship used to support the foresail.
Word: foreyards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of foreyard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squaresail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From square + sail. 1. Alternative form of square sail. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: squaresails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of squaresail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: square sail Part of Speech: noun 1. A sail bent to a horizontal yard set athwartships.
Word: square sails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of square sail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squarrose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin squarrosus (“(perhaps) scurfy, scabby”). 1. Rough or scaly. 2. Consisting of scales widely divaricating; having scales, small leaves, or other bodies, spreading widely from the axis on which they are crowded; said of a calyx or stem. 3. Divided into shreds or jags, raised above the plane of the leaf, and not parallel to it; said of a leaf. 4. Having scales spreading every way, or standing upright, or at right angles to the surface; said of a shell.
Word: teeterboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teeter + board. 1. A seesaw; teetertotter. 2. A similar board used by acrobats that sends a human into the air when another human jumps onto the opposite end.
Word: teeterboards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teeterboard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teetertotter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of teeter-totter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teetertotter Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of teeter-totter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teetertotters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teetertotter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Goreyesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: After author and artist Edward Gorey. 1. Of, or pertaining to, Edward Gorey. 2. Morbid, especially in the vein of Edward Gorey.
Word: phlebotomies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phlebotomy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: venesection Part of Speech: noun 1. Cutting open or exposing a vein; a phlebotomy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She had paſſed through the milder Remedies frequently without ſucceſs: upon which account I deſigned Mercurialls; and beginning with Venæſection, afterwards purged her with decoct. epithymi, as it is preſcribed in the method of Cure. Example: His teachings on plethora and venesection remained influential until the nineteenth century.
Word: schvartze Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of shvartze. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative, ethnic, offensive, slur
Word: Bellairsian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Bellairs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Bellairsian From Bellairs + -ian. 1. Of or relating to John Bellairs (1938–1991), American author, or to his fantasy and gothic mystery novels or their style.
Word: land bridge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land (noun) + bridge (noun). Pronunciation: /ˈlænd ˌbɹɪd͡ʒ/ 1. An isthmus or other land connection between landmasses, chiefly one which existed during prehistoric times, by which it is theorized that animals and plants were able to spread from one landmass to another. 2. A relatively fast rail or road route over land, especially one for transporting goods. Example: His reference to waves of lorries on the A55 that match ferry schedules may become dated. Until very recently, the A55 formed part of a land bridge between Ireland and continental Europe. However, when Britain left the European Union, ferries started to ply a direct sea link from Ireland, […]
Word: immedicable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French immedicable and its source, Latin immedicābilis. Pronunciation: /ɪˈmɛdɪkəb(ə)l/ 1. Incurable; not able to be assisted by medicine. Labels: not-comparable Example: Here love receiv'd immedicable harmes, / And was dispoiled of his daring armes. Example: wounds immedicable / Ranckle, and feſter, and gangrene, / To black mortification.
Word: land bridges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of land bridge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: physicals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of physical Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clove hitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clove hitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half hitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A knot or hitch made by passing the end of the rope once around the standing part or other rope.
Word: half hitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of half hitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: verb phrase Part of Speech: noun 1. A construction in a clause consisting of a verb and its internal complements, or modifiers. 2. A phrase that functions syntactically as a verb, consisting of a main verb and any auxiliaries.
Word: verb phrases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of verb phrase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of complement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complements Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of complement Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wrings Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wring Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wrings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abstriction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ab- (“from, away, outside”) + strictio (“act of pressing together”), from strictus (“tightened”). Equivalent to abstrict + -ion. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹɪk.ʃn̩/ 1. A method of spore formation in fungi in which successive portions of the sporophore are cut off through the growth of septa; abjunction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: abstricting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of abstrict Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: abstricted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abstrict + -ed. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹɪk.təd/ 1. Separated by abstriction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: abstricted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From abstrict + -ed. Pronunciation: /æbˈstɹɪk.təd/ 1. simple past and past participle of abstrict Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: abjunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ab- (“away”) + junction (“to join”). Pronunciation: /æbˈd͡ʒʌŋk.ʃən/ 1. The creation of spores by cutting off portions of the sporophore by the growth of septa; abstriction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Synonym of material nonimplication. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sporophore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sporo- + -phore. 1. A spore-producing organ, especially a fungus hypha specialized to carry spores. 2. A sporophyte, or spore-producing plant.
Word: sporophores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sporophore Labels: form-of, plural
Word: emeses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of emesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tremoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of tremor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: "These tender ruins try The memory: And we are walking there again, and the swans are there, and there the lake Winks back my tremoring look, While the sun ..."
Word: tremoring Part of Speech: noun 1. A tremor. Example: the tremorings of desire
Word: syrup of ipecac Part of Speech: noun 1. liquid medicine made from a flowering plant, Psychotria ipecacuanha, used as an emetic; ipecac Labels: uncountable
Word: tremors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tremor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tremors Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of tremor Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tremored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of tremor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: tremorous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English tremor Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English tremorous From tremor + -ous. 1. In a tremoring manner.
Word: protagonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of protagonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: course of action Part of Speech: noun 1. A plan; a set of intended actions, through which one intends to achieve a goal. Example: It didn’t stretch too hard attempting to wrap everything up in a bow, but instead focused narrowly on two moments: The aftermath of Daenerys’ brutal violence, and the weeks-later meeting of the rulers of the lands to determine a course of action.
Word: courses of action Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of course of action Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hyphae Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪfi/ 1. plural of hypha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mycelia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mycelium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: funguses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fungus Labels: form-of, plural, uncommon
Word: single-celled Part of Speech: adj 1. Consisting of one cell; unicellular. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uglier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of ugly: more ugly Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: tonetic Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /təʊˈnɛtɪk/, /toʊˈnɛtɪk/ 1. Having to do with intonation. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having to do with linguistic tones or tonal languages. Labels: not-comparable 3. Relating to tones described in a phonetic, rather than phonemic, way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: drum stick Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of drumstick. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural-normally
Word: drum sticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drum stick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: intones Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of intone Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: xanthopsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xanth- + -opsia. 1. A visual defect, a form of chromatopsia in which everything appears yellow. Labels: uncountable
Word: campagna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian campagna, from Late Latin campānia. Doublet of champagne, campaign, and campania. Pronunciation: /kæmˈpɑːnjə/ 1. A flat stretch of countryside; open rural plain. Labels: dated
Word: quarter final Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quarterfinal. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: concinnity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined 1531 by Sir Thomas Elyot in his treatise, The Boke Named The Governor, from Latin concinnitās (“skillfully put together”). 1. The harmonious reinforcement of the various parts of a work of art. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the Terminology, or what, to avoid the barbarism of a word compounded of Latin and Greek, they would beg to call the Orismology of the science, they have endeavoured to introduce throughout a greater degree of precision and concinnity—dividing it into general and partial Orismology; […]
Word: scything Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of using a scythe. Example: frequent scythings 2. The mown material left after using a scythe.
Word: scything Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scythe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fiamma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Italian fiamma (“flame”). 1. A "flame structure" found in welded ignimbrite and tuff: a small, dark lens of glassy material (possibly pumice which was compressed or collapsed during welding). Example: […] black glass from "fiamma" of ignimbrites from Zavaritzkiy caldera in Simushir Is. Example: […] the largest fiamma in the centre of the photograph has responded in a brittle fashion to […]
Word: fiamme Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fiamma Labels: form-of, plural
Word: anarchies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anarchy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snath Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a variant of snead, itself from Middle English snede, from Old English snǣd (“the shaft or handle of a scythe”), akin to Old English snīþan (“to cut”). More at snithe. Pronunciation: /snæθ/ 1. The shaft of a scythe. Example: It felt natural to him, holding a scythe in his hands and working with it again […] but the blade clashed on the stone of the foundation and threw a spray of white sparks and broke off close so that he was left holding but the snath.
Word: RoHS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive - EU Directive 2002/95/EC. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: cladogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From clado- + -gram. 1. A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors. Example: Hard though it may seem to associate avian elegance with cumbersome and ferocious behemoths this was the story told by the cladograms, revealed by interpreting the bones of the famous old bird Archaeopteryx unfettered by preconceived notions. 2. A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.
Word: treelike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tree + -like. Compare Swedish trädliknande (“treelike”). 1. Having some characteristics of a tree; resembling or similar to a tree.
Word: channelopathy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English channel Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Ancient Greek πάσχω (páskhō)der. Ancient Greek πᾰ́θος (pắthos) Latin -ia Old French -ieder. Middle English -ie Middle English -y English -y English -pathy English channelopathy From channel + -o- + -pathy. 1. Any inherited disease caused by a mutation in the genes that code for ion channel subunits or the proteins that regulate them. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: subunit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English unit English subunit From sub- + unit. Pronunciation: /sʌbˈjuːnɪt/ 1. Any subdivision of a larger unit. Example: The bogies are built up of welded sub-units which are stress-relieved before assembly by riveting. Example: Interchange manipulation comparisons showed that all subunits are still active, if at slightly lower rates. 2. A protein subunit.
Word: protein subunit Part of Speech: noun 1. Any protein that forms assemblies with others, especially those that form multimers or oligomers.
Word: rubrene Part of Speech: noun 1. A polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, (5,6,11,12-tetraphenyltetracene), used in chemiluminescence applications. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: naphthacene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From naphtha + acene. 1. tetracene
Word: glomeromycotan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Glomeromycota + -an 1. Of or pertaining to the Glomeromycota phylum of fungi. Labels: not-comparable
Word: arbuscular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From arbuscle + -ar. Pronunciation: /ɑːˈbʌskjələ/, /ɑːˈbʌskjʊlə/ 1. Similar to a small tree; shrublike. 2. Relating to an arbuscle.
Word: mycorrhizae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mycorrhiza Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mycorrhiza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From myco- + Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”). 1. A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant. Example: Alternatively, inoculations of a disturbed site with native or exotic fungi facilitate formation of mycorrhizae in a shorter period, given certain circumstances. Example: This has been associated with advances in different research disciplines such as genetics, genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and physiology, advances which have generated better insight into topics of mycorrhizal biology, including the mechanisms of host-mycorrhiza interactions pre- and post-penetration, the influence of the symbiosis on the host and its surroundings, and the evolution and diversity of mycorrhization.
Word: mycorrhizal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mycorrhiza + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a mycorrhiza. Example: Mats of mycorrhizal cabling link trees into gigantic, smart communities spread across hundreds of acres.
Word: complementarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From complement + -arian. 1. Someone who believes that men and women are equal in status but should have different and complementary roles, especially in marriage.
Word: complementarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From complement + -arian. 1. Of or relating to complementarianism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: complementarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English complement Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English -arian English complementarian Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English complementarianism From complementarian + -ism. 1. The doctrine that genders in a society should have complementary roles. Labels: uncountable
Word: cleeks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cleek Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cleeks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cleek Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: stereotypically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English stereotype Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English stereotypical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English stereotypically From stereotypical + -ly. 1. In a stereotypical manner or way. Example: It makes up an estimated 73 percent of the U.S. food supply, and contains stereotypically “unhealthy” products like sodas, candies and hot dogs as well as seemingly “healthy” ones like whole grain breads, breakfast cereals, flavored yogurts and plant milks.
Word: circumsporozoite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor. Latin circus Latin circum Latin circum-bor. English circum- English sporozoite English circumsporozoite From circum- + sporozoite. 1. Located on the surface of a sporozoite (and involved in host cell recognition and invasion); abbreviated as CS. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sporozoite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Sporozoa + -ite. Pronunciation: /spɒɹəˈzəʊʌɪt/ 1. Any of the minute active bodies into which a sporozoan divides just before it infects a new host cell. Example: Ross […] was then able to outline its history within the mosquito: first, as a zygote in the stomach; then as an oocyst in the stomach wall; and finally as a mature sporozoite that reaches first the proboscis and then a human host when the insect bites and squirts its saliva prior to sucking blood.
Word: hard hat Part of Speech: noun 1. A helmet, usually made from rigid plastic, used on construction sites to protect the head from falling objects. Example: My enthusiasm wasn't exactly suppressed - my father had worked for British Rail's property department, and one of my earliest memories was walking around the forlorn buildings at Old Oak Common depot wearing his oversized BR hard hat.
Word: hardhat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hard hat. Labels: alt-of, alternative, attributive, nonstandard Example: 40,000 hardhat visors, delivered to frontline staff in just 16 days during the first lockdown in the spring of 2020, without disrupting the NHS supply chain. 2. A person who wears a hard hat, such as a construction worker. Labels: slang
Word: weaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of weave Labels: form-of, plural
Word: weaves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of weave Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sporozoan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Sporozoa + -an 1. Any of many parasitic protozoans, of the class Sporozoa, that reproduce alternately sexually and asexually via spores; they are responsible for diseases such as malaria
Word: immunodominant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Middle French dominantbor. English dominant English immunodominant From immuno- + dominant. 1. Relating to the epitope of a molecule that provokes the most intense immune response Labels: not-comparable
Word: offer one can't refuse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. A famous example is found in the film The Godfather (1972). 1. An offer from one side in a transaction with terms so attractive that the other side is almost guaranteed to accept. Labels: idiomatic Example: But in 2001 the government of Singapore made him an offer he couldn't refuse: the directorship of the brand new Genome Institute along with a $25 million starting budget. 2. A threatening offer by one party for which the results of failing to accept are so unattractive that the other party is almost compelled to accept. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Mafia godfather Rocco . . . makes Jack an offer he can't refuse: marry Carol or else.
Word: roscovitine Part of Speech: noun 1. A drug currently (2006) on trial for the treatment of leukemia, herpes and HIV infection. Labels: uncountable
Word: rms Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of root mean square. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: grounding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, ground + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/ 1. Fundamental knowledge or background in a field or discipline. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The readers to whom the book is principally addressed, B.R. drivers and trainee drivers, have at last been provided with a clearly written and exceptionally well-illustrated handbook of diesel locomotive practice, combining a grounding in the basic principles of the internal combustion engine with a clear exposition of electrical machines and circuitry such as is not found in most textbooks. 2. The return to a fully conscious state after a psychedelic experience. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The collision of a ship with ground beneath the surface of the water. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The prevention of aircraft takeoff because of government action. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. The interconnecting metal chassis or frame of a device, appliance, machine, or metal raceway via a designated conductor to earth at the service panel. It may be bare or covered, and does not carry current in normal operation. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. The absorption of energy through visualized roots descending from oneself into the ground, using chi. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The act by which a child is grounded (forbidden from going out, using electronics, etc.). Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The background of embroidery, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: grounding Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, ground + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹaʊndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of ground Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: TBH Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of to be honest. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: TBH (To be honest), I skip a lot of it too. But did read it for a while. 2. Initialism of to be hired. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of to be had (“sexually available”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete, slang
Word: interrupting time Part of Speech: noun 1. The time between the trip circuit energization and power arc interruption. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: principessa Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian principessa. 1. An Italian princess. Example: The sins against propriety in manners are as frequent and as glaring. I do not speak of the hoyden vivacity, harlot tenderness, and dancing-school affability, with which vulgar novel-writers always deck out their countesses and principessas, chevaliers, dukes, and marquisses; […] Example: The Principessas, and they are all Principessas here, have fourteen or fifteen children a-piece; […]
Word: squarrosely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English squarrose Middle English -ly English -ly English squarrosely From squarrose + -ly. 1. In a squarrose manner; scabbily.
Word: Joe's Diner Part of Speech: name Etymology: Joe's + Diner 1. A placeholder name for a fictional or hypothetical everyman's restaurant, particularly a single small, local business contrasted with large businesses or franchises. Example: Whether your business is called "Exxon" or "Joe's Diner," the name is a valuable asset. Example: If you are trying a case in an unfamiliar jurisdiction, arrive a few days early. Walk around town. Get a haircut at the local barbershop. Grab a burger at Joe's Diner.
Word: stringencies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stringency Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stringency Part of Speech: noun 1. A rigorous imposition of standards. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A tightness or constriction. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A scarcity of money or credit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: kerotakis Part of Speech: noun 1. An early distillation apparatus used by Hellenistic Egyptian alchemists in Alexandria. Labels: obsolete
Word: in potentia Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in potentia, from in (“in”) + potentiā, ablative singular form of potentia (“force; power”). Pronunciation: /ˌɪn pɒˈtɛnʃɑː/, /ˌin poˈten.ti.aː/ 1. Potentially; in posse but not in esse. Labels: not-comparable
Word: administrative leave Part of Speech: noun 1. A leave of absence under unusual circumstances, especially such leave that is enforced during a disciplinary investigation. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The moves also came just one day before almost all of the agency’s direct hires, including its roster of Foreign Service officers, will be put on indefinite administrative leave.
Word: leave of absence Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of time during which a person is absent from work or other duty for a reason other than normal holidays or a vacation, which may be paid or unpaid. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: air rights Part of Speech: noun 1. The right to build over an existing property. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: In the 1970s, Donald Trump paid $5m for the air rights above the landmarked Tiffany building on Fifth Avenue, which, along with various other deals, allowed him to inflate what would have been a 20-storey building into the 58-storey Trump Tower. 2. The right to fly an aircraft over a certain territory. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: airshow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of air show. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Antioquenian Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or resident of Antioquia in Colombia
Word: Antioquenian Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, from or pertaining to Antioquia Labels: not-comparable
Word: autistic spectrum disorder Part of Speech: noun 1. Any disorder characterised by symptoms associated with autism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: baby alarm Part of Speech: noun 1. A baby monitor.
Word: baby monitor Part of Speech: noun 1. An intercom system that enables a person to remotely detect sounds of distress from a baby; a baby alarm. 2. A device used to measure the vital signs of a baby.
Word: baby listening Part of Speech: noun 1. A service, offered by some hotels, of the use of a baby monitor in a guest's room. Labels: uncountable
Word: fogging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of fog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fogging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of blurring or making foggy. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The dispersal of insecticide into a forest canopy so as to collect organisms. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fogged Part of Speech: adj Labels: no-gloss
Word: fogged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of fog Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reclusive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English recluse Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English reclusive From recluse + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkluːsɪv/ 1. Of, characterized by, or preferring privacy and isolation; secluded. Example: Kim Jong-il, who has died aged 69, was the general secretary of the Workers party of Korea, and head of the military in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). He was one of the most reclusive and widely condemned national leaders of the late 20th and early 21st century, leaving his country diplomatically isolated, economically broken and divided from South Korea. Example: And if it sort not well, you may conceal her, As best befits her wounded reputation, In some reclusive and religious life, Out of all eyes, tongues, minds and injuries.
Word: homed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmd/, /ˈhəʊmd/ 1. Having a home, or homes
Word: homed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊmd/, /ˈhəʊmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of home Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: briefing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder. Proto-Italic *breɣʷis Latin brevisder. Old French briefbor. Old French brievebor. Middle English bref English brief English -ing English briefing From brief + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/, /ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/, /ˈbɹiː.fəŋ/, /ˈbɾiː.fiŋ/ 1. A concise summary of a current situation Example: The president received a briefing on the situation before going to the press conference. 2. A meeting to share a concise summary of a current situation, especially in close preparation for an operation or undertaking. Example: Today's briefing of the press will take place at 10 o'clock. Example: Despite knowing that getting rid of Koeman was going to necessitate putting his hand very deep into what are currently very shallow pockets, Laporta changed tack a couple of weeks ago by summoning journalists for an off-the-record briefing about what was going to happen with the coach.
Word: briefing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder. Proto-Italic *breɣʷis Latin brevisder. Old French briefbor. Old French brievebor. Middle English bref English brief English -ing English briefing From brief + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹiː.fɪŋ/, /ˈbɹi.fɪŋ/, /ˈbɹiː.fəŋ/, /ˈbɾiː.fiŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of brief Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: represses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of repress Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: represses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of repress Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pants Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pantsing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pants Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present