nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Nelsonesque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Nelson + -esque 1. Reminiscent of the British naval officer Horatio Nelson.
Word: quodlibetical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From quodlibet + -ical. 1. Of or relating to quodlibet; of a question, posed extemporaneously. Labels: not-comparable
Word: adiaphoric Part of Speech: adj 1. adiaphoristic
Word: balbucinate Part of Speech: verb 1. To stammer. Labels: obsolete
Word: balbucinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of balbucinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: balbucinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of balbucinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: balbucinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of balbucinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: like one owns the place Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With a sense of arrogant superiority. Labels: informal Example: He strutted in here like he owned the place.
Word: success depends on your backbone, not your wishbone Part of Speech: proverb 1. Success is achieved by hard work, not by merely wishing for it.
Word: bidis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bidi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transsexualize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From transsexual + -ize. 1. To make transsexual. Labels: transitive, uncommon Example: […] which he liked to compare to an archduchess's urine, fetishizing it as a kind of elixir of femaleness by which he can transsexualize himself […] 2. To cause (something such as an anthropomorphized natural phenomenon, like a flood) to have the opposite sex or gender. Labels: uncommon Example: these embodied female waters are actually present in full flood despite [...] the embrace of the English translation of "Father of Waters" [...]. This is to say that waters that are turbulent and torrential are not always transsexualized as males via the rhetorical strategies of birth (The Columbiad) or metamorphosis (The Johnstown Flood). They are also at times imaged as female.
Word: transsexualizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of transsexualize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: transsexualized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transsexualize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transsexualizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of transsexualize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sexhibitionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sex + exhibitionist or sexhibition + -ist. 1. A person who enjoys being watched while having sex. Labels: informal, slang
Word: Old Polabian Part of Speech: name 1. The oldest stage of the Polabian language.
Word: dtf Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of DTF. Labels: alt-of
Word: Dames Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Dame Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zhiqing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of Mandarin Chinese 知青 (zhīqīng), the Chinese contraction of 知識青年 /知识青年 (zhīshi qīngnián, “intellectual youth”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɪˈt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. A member of the "educated youth", the young Chinese sent from urban areas to work in poor villages as part of the PRC's Down to the Countryside Movement. Labels: historical Example: The most important definitional confusion is between urban and rural educated youth. The term for “educated” or “intellectual” youths, chih-shih ch’ing-nien, is applied both to youths whose families reside in the cities and who went to school there and to youths from peasant families who left their villages to attend secondary school, either at the commune center, where the market town is often located, or in the county (hsien) town. After graduation they return to their home villages. When the press chooses to be precise, the term hsia-hsiang chih-shih ch’ing-nien, “sent-down educated youth,” is used for the urban youths, and hui-hsiang chih-shih ch’ing-nien, “returned educated youth” (RY) for the peasant youths. Example: Quality of life depended largely on the attitudes of the production team leaders and the local peasants, and the zhiqings' experiences with the peasants were varied.
Word: zhiqings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zhiqing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: muscle of mastication Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the four muscles that are the primary participants in mastication: the masseter, the temporalis, the medial pterygoid, and the lateral pterygoid.
Word: macrogametophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- (“large”) + gametophyte, from gamete + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˌmækɹəʊɡəˈmiːtə(ʊ)faɪt/, /ˌmækɹəʊˈɡæmɪtəfaɪt/, /ˌmækɹoʊɡəˈmitəˌfaɪt/ 1. megagametophyte
Word: macrogametophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of macrogametophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: PBAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PBA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudobulbar affect Part of Speech: noun 1. A neurological disorder characterized by episodes of uncontrollable laughing or crying, or other emotional displays. Labels: uncountable
Word: go deep Part of Speech: verb 1. To throw a long pass attempt or to get in position to catch one. Labels: Canadian Example: On this play, we're going to fake a short pass but go deep to Kelly or Chris.
Word: run deep Part of Speech: verb 1. Of a feeling, belief, or problem, to be very intense, serious, and firmly established, often existing for a long time. Labels: figuratively, informal 2. Synonym of go deep. Labels: Canadian 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, deep. Example: still waters run deep
Word: magnoliophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Magnoliophyta. 1. An angiosperm
Word: overhead fan Part of Speech: noun 1. A ceiling fan.
Word: ceiling fans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ceiling fan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: overhead fans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overhead fan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nosophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noso- (“disease”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. a pathogenic microorganism of the plant kingdom
Word: nosophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nosophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: oceanophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ocean + -phyte (“plant”). 1. an oceanic plant or plant life which exists in oceans
Word: oceanophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oceanophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ombrophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rainwater”) + -phyte (“plant”) 1. Any plant that is adapted to rainy conditions or habitats
Word: ombrophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ombrophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abaxonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ab- + axonal. 1. Far from an axon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: adhesine Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of adhesin. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: adhesines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adhesine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: osteochondrophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French ostéo-chondrophyte. Surface reading of osteo- (“bone”) + chondro- (“cartilage”) + -phyte (“growth”). 1. a tumor composed of bone and cartilage
Word: osteochondrophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of osteochondrophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: borreliacidal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrelia + -cidal 1. That kills spirochetes of the genus Borrelia (that cause Lyme disease)
Word: chordin Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular bone morphogenetic protein antagonist Labels: uncountable
Word: chromatographer Part of Speech: noun 1. A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph
Word: chromosomic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From chromosome + -ic. 1. Having a specified type or number of chromosomes Labels: especially, in-compounds, not-comparable
Word: cryoimmobilized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cryo- + immobilized. 1. immobilized by freezing Labels: not-comparable
Word: cryotransfer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cryo- + transfer. 1. An IVF technique in which one or more frozen embryos are transferred to a mother's uterus Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: deadhesion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Latin haereō Latin adhaereō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin adhaesiōnemlbor. French adhésionder. English adhesion English deadhesion From de- + adhesion. 1. The detachment of a cell from a surface to which it was adhering Labels: uncountable
Word: deglutathionylating Part of Speech: adj 1. That is involved in deglutathionylation Labels: not-comparable
Word: periosteophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From periosteum + -phyte (“growth”). 1. Any small, abnormal growth on the periosteum
Word: deglutathionylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + glutathione + -yl + -ation. 1. The removal of a glutathione moiety from a protein (typically by severing a disulfide linkage). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: periosteophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of periosteophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ethacrynic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of etacrynic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: Vsp. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Völuspá. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: frameshifted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From frame + shifted. 1. That has undergone a frameshift mutation Labels: not-comparable
Word: gastulation Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of gastrulation. Labels: alt-of, misspelling, uncountable
Word: herboxidiene Part of Speech: noun 1. A polyketide herbicide isolated from Streptomyces chromofuscus Labels: uncountable
Word: hypermyelination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + myelination. 1. Excessive myelination Labels: uncountable
Word: phyllophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Phyllophyt. Surface reading: phyllo- (“leaf”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. A plant characterized as structurally based upon or possessing true leaves. Labels: rare
Word: phyllophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyllophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: masticatory force Part of Speech: noun 1. A force created by the dynamic action of the masticatory muscles during the physiological act of chewing. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mesodermalized Part of Speech: adj 1. Provided with a mesoderm Labels: not-comparable
Word: bimorphemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bi- + morphemic. 1. Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to bimorphemes Labels: not-comparable
Word: monothiol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + thiol. 1. Any thiol that has a single -SH group
Word: mycobacteriology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder. Ancient Greek μῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English myco- Ancient Greek βακτηρία (baktēría) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ιον (-ion) Ancient Greek βακτήριον (baktḗrion)bor. New Latin bactērium ▲ English -o- English bacterio- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logialbor. French -logiebor. English -logy English bacteriology English mycobacteriology From myco- + bacteriology. 1. The study of mycobacteria Labels: uncountable
Word: tongue sandwich Part of Speech: noun 1. A French kiss. Labels: slang
Word: tongue sandwiches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tongue sandwich Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organellular Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to, or functioning via organelles. Labels: not-comparable Example: Interaction of nuclear and organellular genomes with one another and with the environment determines both the course and the dynamics of cell differentiation, plant growth, development, and maturation.
Word: parchorin Part of Speech: noun 1. An intracellular chloride-channel protein Labels: uncountable
Word: pladienolide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a family of macrocyclic lactones, isolated from Streptomyces platensis, that exhibit antitumor activity
Word: pladienolides Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pladienolide Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radioimmune Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From radio- + immune. 1. Synonym of radioimmunological. Labels: not-comparable Example: The rapid progress of radioimmune conjugates in the field of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has been facilitated by two major factors.
Word: recircularization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + circularization. 1. The restoration of circularity (especially of a plasmid).
Word: selenoenzyme Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seleno- + enzyme. 1. Any enzyme that contains a selenium atom.
Word: spliceostatin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From splice + -o- + statin. 1. Any of a class of cytotoxic agents that function via inhibition of the spliceosome
Word: spliceostatins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spliceostatin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: recircularizations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of recircularization Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thioltransferase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thiol + transferase. 1. Any transferase that catalyzes the transfer of a thiol group
Word: ubiquitins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ubiquitin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trifoil Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic form of trefoil. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: archpriesthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From archpriest + -hood. 1. The office of an archpriest. Example: [Y]et Philoſophers I cannot call them, reported men factious and ambitious, contending ſomtimes about the archprieſthood not without civil Warr and ſlaughter; […]
Word: monograde Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mono- + grade. For sense 3, compare Japanese 一段 (ichidan). 1. Relating to students of the same grade level. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of an oil: having a viscosity specified for a single temperature range. Labels: not-comparable 3. Belonging to a certain conjugation class of verbs in Japanese or Old Japanese, so called due to their use of one vowel (grade or row on the gojūon chart). Labels: not-comparable
Word: monograde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + grade. For sense 3, compare Japanese 一段 (ichidan). 1. An oil having a viscosity specified for a single temperature range.
Word: pedestal fans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pedestal fan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: creature of habit Part of Speech: noun 1. One who is prone to routine. Labels: idiomatic
Word: bane of someone's existence Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone or something that poses a significant problem to someone. Labels: idiomatic
Word: if at first you don't succeed Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Shortened from if at first you don't succeed, try try again. 1. Persistence is important in the pursuit of success.
Word: get through one's head Part of Speech: verb 1. To come to terms with a fact, a state of affairs, etc. that one was previously unable or refusing to accept. Labels: idiomatic Example: Pearl nodded obediently, pretending understanding. "If Jack can get his back off the bed in the morning, and get it through his thick head that he has to do his share of mucking out and grooming, not just riding the gee-gees, he ́ll be laughing.[…]" Example: He still couldn't get through his head that she was interested in him. Outside of Gloria Williams, the little girl next door who suddenly moved away, he couldn't remember anyone who paid that much attention to him.
Word: sequal Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of sequel. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: frejoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of frejol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complexability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From complex + -ability. 1. The relative ability to form a chemical complex Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:complexability.
Word: FDS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Famicom Disk System. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: van Gogh Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Van Gogh. Labels: alt-of Example: This sensation of an object becoming alive is a characteristic that, I believe, seizes all viewers of a van Gogh. The Bible goes beyond being a simple still-life object to become a living thing, an expression of strength, an existence that emanates from itself, beyond the painting surface to participate in our very lives. Example: [James] Grundvig — a construction manager turned author who spent three years researching the van Gogh book — says the painting’s history supports his theory.
Word: close only counts in horseshoes Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Referring to the game of horseshoes. 1. Coming close to achieving a goal is not good enough.
Word: whoa, Nelly Part of Speech: intj Etymology: From whoa! (a command to slow or stop) + Nelly (a common name for a mule or horse). A popular catch-phrase, together with "Whoa, Nellybelle" on the Roy Rogers TV show (1951–1957). 1. an exclamation of surprise, especially one in response to an unexpected acceleration of speed Example: ...the jeep’s brakes never quite worked, even when Brady uttered the catch phrases "Whoa, Nellybelle" or "Whoa, Nelly."
Word: Otomis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Otomi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transliteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably from transliterate, perhaps influenced by literal. 1. Transliterating; using transliteration. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1897, Syamacharan Ganguli, TRANSLITERAL versus PHONETIC ROMANISATION, article IX in the Calcutta Review, volume 105 (number 210)
Word: transliteral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trans- + literal. 1. More than literal; beyond literal. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: Freud's understanding of sexuality was always transliteral, […]
Word: transliterally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From transliteral + -ly. 1. In a transliteral (more than literal, beyond literal) way; more than literally. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: An ironic utterance may be successful at the locutionary level if it is properly understood transliterally, but fails at the perlocutionary level if the conversational reaction does not respect the 'literal complicity' of the ironic game. 2. In a way that exhibits simple transliteration; in a transliteral (transliterating) way; (that is,) being (or having been) transliterated. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: “Taneic ," "Sabaneeff" and others preferred to be spelled abroad this way, rather than transliterally Tanyeyev or Sabanyeyev. Example: Likewise, ποιητικῆς^([sic]) [transliterally poetikes] is not an untranslatable term.
Word: resubordinate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + subordinate. 1. To subordinate again; to make once again subordinate. Example: Although representations of abject white masculinity in Jackass are potentially valid critiques of working-class subjugation, they may also resubordinate the historically marginalized through erasure. In other words, the victimized white male is depicted in a way that subsumes the variegated histories of racial, gender, and sexual ‘minorities’.
Word: resubordinated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resubordinate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: resubordinating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resubordinate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resubordinates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resubordinate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pregender Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pre- + gender. 1. Before (the advent or consideration of, or division by) gender. Labels: not-comparable, usually
Word: postgendered Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + gendered. 1. Postgender. Labels: not-comparable, uncommon
Word: gayed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of gay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of gay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: de-gay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From de- + gay. 1. To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to no longer be associated with gay people. Labels: transitive, uncommon
Word: re-gay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + gay. 1. To cause (an issue, especially AIDS) to be associated once again with gay people. Labels: uncommon Example: This is why AIDS simply had to be re-gayed.
Word: prochlorophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- (“earlier, prior”) + chlorophyte, from chloro- (“green”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /pɹəʊˈklɒɹəfʌɪt/, /pɹəʊˈklɔːɹəfʌɪt/, /pɹoʊˈklɔɹəˌfaɪt/ 1. a bright green cyanobacterium of the class Prochlorophyta, distinguished by the presence of both chlorophyll a and b and the lack of phycobilins (and so resembling the chloroplasts of higher plants)
Word: prochlorophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prochlorophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spermaphyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sperma- + -phyte (“plant”) 1. Alternative form of spermatophyte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: spermaphytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spermaphyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sphenophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spheno- (“wedge”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Any of an ancient type of simple vascular plants of which only the horsetails remain which have hollow stems that produce spores
Word: crossunder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + under. 1. A place where one thing crosses under another. Example: The crossovers and crossunders of the warp yarns form diagonal twill lines across both the support and the contact surfaces Example: The pits […] will include a series of steps and an elevator that will enable access to the crossunder
Word: crossunders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crossunder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Salons des Refusés Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Salon des Refusés Labels: form-of, plural
Word: synurophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syn- (“with”) + uro- (“tail”) + -phyte (“plant”). See synurid. 1. A member of the synurids, a small group of heterokont algae.
Word: teleophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teleo- (“end; goal”) + -phyte (“plant”). Pronunciation: /ˈtɛliːəʊfaɪt/ 1. a plant of perfect or complete organization; one of the higher plants 2. a plant composed of a number cells arranged in tissues
Word: thalassophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thalasso- (“sea”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. Alternative form of thalassiophyte. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: thalassophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thalassophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thalassiophyte Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Thalassiophyta. Surface reading: thalasso- (“sea”) + -phyte (“plant”). 1. any plant belonging to one of the obsolete taxonomic groups known as Thalassiophyta, which were believed to comprise various parts of the marine algae or seaweeds, depending on the classification system. Labels: obsolete
Word: lesbianistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From lesbian + -istic. 1. Pertaining to lesbianism
Word: thalassiophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thalassiophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trichophytes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trichophyte Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eat, drink and be merry Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: A reference to Ecclesiastes 8:15: "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry". 1. Enjoy yourself; forget your cares; do not worry. Example: And if you do not put the motto "Eat, drink, and be merry," above your dining-room door, fix it in your mind, and put it into practice. Laugh, talk, and crack jokes at the table, and thereby heal an injured body. Example: He says his motto is ' Let us eat, drink, and be merry.' Just so, young man : my motto is exactly the same as yours, ' Let us eat, drink, and be merry.'
Word: pop fastener Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of snap fastener.
Word: snap fasteners Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of snap fastener Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tarskian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tarski + -an. 1. Of or relating to Alfred Tarski (1901–1983), Polish logician, mathematician and philosopher.
Word: liar paradox Part of Speech: noun 1. A paradox involving statements such as "this sentence is false", or "the following statement is true: the previous statement is false", which cannot be meaningfully regarded as either true or false. Example: Graham Priest has argued the liar paradox is a true dialetheia.
Word: HEO Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of high Earth orbit. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of high Earth orbit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: asemanticity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From asemantic + -ity or a- + semanticity. 1. Quality of being asemantic. Labels: uncountable
Word: HEOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of HEO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: asemantic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- + semantic. 1. Not semantic; not conveying or involving meaning. Labels: not-comparable
Word: asemantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From asemantic + -ally or a- + semantically. 1. In an asemantic way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dialethism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dialetheism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: principle of Pseudo-Scotus Part of Speech: name 1. principle of explosion
Word: DRO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of distant retrograde orbit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of digital readout. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of drug-resistant organism: a microbe with antimicrobial resistance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DRO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Office of Detention and Removal Operations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Successful completion of the PFT ensures that all new hire DRO law enforcement officers are at a minimally acceptable level of physical fitness to meet the physical demands of mandatory training and the performance of job duties.
Word: DROs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DRO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Wien approximation Part of Speech: name Etymology: First derived by Wilhelm Wien in 1896. 1. A law of physics used to describe the spectrum of thermal radiation.
Word: liar paradoxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of liar paradox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: railbike Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rail + bike. 1. A form of bicycle designed to be ridden along a railway track.
Word: railbikes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of railbike Labels: form-of, plural
Word: achkan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi अचकन (ackan). Pronunciation: /ˈɑt͡ʃ.kən/, /ˈʌt͡ʃ.kən/ 1. A man's knee-length jacket worn in parts of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan.
Word: achkans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of achkan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sheerios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sheerio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cardan grille Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Proposed in 1550 by Girolamo Cardano (1501-1576), known in French as Jérôme Cardan. 1. A sheet of card or thin metal, etc., used in composing secret messages. The words of the message are written through a number of holes cut arbitrarily in the sheet, and the remaining paper is then filled with irrelevant words to disguise it.
Word: Cardan grilles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cardan grille Labels: form-of, plural
Word: calciosome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calcio- + -some. 1. A sarcoplasmic reticulum-like organelle involved in intracellular calcium-handling by non-muscle cells
Word: EELS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electron energy loss spectroscopy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: TPD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Tobacco Products Directive. Labels: European-Union, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TPD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of temperature programmed desorption. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hypervisibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + visibility. 1. The quality of being hypervisible. Labels: uncountable Example: Hypervisibility leads by a straight line to forms of self-scrutiny explicitly oriented toward social conformity while undermining visibility in its more genuine forms. Example: Her feeling of hypervisibility persisted all the way through breakfast and throughout the morning.
Word: perspection Part of Speech: noun 1. contemplation; scrutiny Labels: countable, uncountable 2. perspective Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: Now this set of twelve triangles has the following remarkable property — any two triangles in the same row are six-fold perspective; any two triangles in the same column are four-fold perspective with three centers of perspection on a line […] Example: Select pairs of triangles perspective from each point and such that the axes of perspection will be the lines of the figure. Show that the configuration can be regarded as made up of a complete 4-point and a complete 4-line. 3. perspicuity Labels: countable, rare, uncountable Example: […] he never spent his ammunition in useless parade, but tried on the proper moment, with the keenest perspection, to make his attack with success, which ever crowned his endeavours.
Word: Pha̍k-fa-sṳ Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hakka 白話字 /白话字 (pha̍k-fa-sṳ, “vernacular writing”). 1. A Latin alphabet-based orthography for Hakka. Labels: uncountable
Word: Vancian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Vance + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Jack Vance (1916–2013), American writer of mystery, fantasy, and science fiction stories. Example: Vance has, in short, more than any other science fiction writer ‘colonised’ the entirely new imaginative space created by the nineteenth- and twentieth-century science of anthropology, […] Is it merely local colour? To answer that, one has to note, beneath the constant Vancean surface of strange ‘xenography’,⁸ the recurrent Vancean theme of human ‘plasticity’.
Word: RepRap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for replicating rapid-prototyper. The name, like the design, is not a trademark, but available for general use under an open licence. 1. A 3D printer capable of printing most of its own components, so as to allow further printers to be created. Example: I used my RepRap to print a new coat-hook and some parts for another RepRap.
Word: RepRaps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RepRap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 3D printing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The narrower sense was the earliest sense, at a time when its referent was the only commercialized type (late 20th century). The broader sense has since eclipsed the narrower one. 1. The manufacture of three-dimensional solid objects from digital models. Labels: uncountable 2. The manufacture of three-dimensional solid objects from digital models. Labels: sometimes, specifically, uncountable
Word: 3D printing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The narrower sense was the earliest sense, at a time when its referent was the only commercialized type (late 20th century). The broader sense has since eclipsed the narrower one. 1. present participle and gerund of 3D print Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: farmwards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From farm + -wards. 1. Towards a farm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: storewards Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From store + -wards. 1. Towards a store. Labels: not-comparable
Word: take the bitter with the sweet Part of Speech: verb 1. To accept positive things with negative things. Labels: idiomatic Example: Today we had the bitter with the sweet: they approved the loan but only gave us a year to pay it back in.
Word: bokors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bokor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supermethod Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + method. 1. A method in a superclass that is overridden in a subclass.
Word: supermethods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supermethod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trannydom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tranny + -dom. 1. The realm or sphere of transgender people and/or cross-dressing. Labels: dated, informal, uncountable Example: So you see, I do have a life beyond trannydom. Example: […] a phenomenon that promoted and accelerated the growth of trannydom via the net.
Word: IMNAAHO Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of in my not at all humble opinion. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, initialism Example: IMNAAHO (In my not at all humble opinion) I feel that anybody who passes their judgement on others without considering that person's context is acting in most heinously ethnocentric (anthro term) fashion. Example: _Earth_ is possibly my least favorite Brin novel (though _The Practice Effect_ probably edges it out...)- it really didn't do much for me. There were some interesting ideas there, but it just didn't click, IMNAAHO.
Word: Elouise Part of Speech: name Etymology: Alternative form of Eloise, influenced by Louise. 1. A female given name from French.
Word: sarmie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare sarnie and sammie. 1. A sandwich. Labels: South-Africa, informal Example: It was the lunch break and I was eating my peanut-butter sarmies out of clear grease-proof paper, when, to my great surprise, big drops of water began to fall on me from above, hitting my head and my raised knees, and speckling my sarmies until they were soggy.
Word: sarmies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sarmie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: patty melt Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of hamburger consisting of a meat patty and cheese between two slices of bread (traditionally rye but sometimes sourdough), or on a single slice.
Word: patty melts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of patty melt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Upper German Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Oberdeutsch, oberdeutsch 1. One of two major dialect groups of the High German language; spoken primarily in southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Alsace, and South Tyrol; distinguished from Central German / Middle German (= Mitteldeutsch) by the shifts of Proto-Germanic *-pp-, *-mp- to -pf-, -mpf-. Labels: uncountable
Word: Upper German Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque of German Oberdeutsch, oberdeutsch 1. of the Upper German dialects Labels: not-comparable
Word: droskys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of drosky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: droshkys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of droshky Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dimorphemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + morphemic. 1. Consisting of, or relating to, two morphemes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Central German Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch. 1. One of two major dialect groups of the High German language which is spoken primarily in central Germany, Luxembourg, easternmost Belgium, and southeastern Limburg (in the Netherlands); distinguished from Upper German by the preservation of Proto-Germanic *-pp- and *-mp-. Labels: uncountable
Word: Central German Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque of German Mitteldeutsch/mitteldeutsch. 1. of the Central German dialects Labels: not-comparable
Word: baby carrot Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪbi ˈkæɹət/, /ˈbeɪbi ˈkɛɹət/, /ˈbeɪbi ˈkɛəɹət/ 1. A carrot harvested and sold when immature and of a small size. Example: The baby carrots and the little rosebud beets which are being thinned out of the garden should be canned at the present time. Example: Harvested as baby carrots, these varieties, planted early in the season, averaged 74 micrograms of carotene per gram of sample (range by varieties, 70 to 85 micrograms); corresponding samples harvested as mature carrots of at least 2 inches crown diameter averaged 180 micrograms per gram (range, 146 to 255). 2. A small finger-shaped piece of carrot cut from a full-sized carrot. Example: The California carrot production industry developed a high value "cut and peel" or "baby" carrot product using higher quality, more slender 'Imperator' type hybrids that was immensely popular at retail. Example: Baby carrots aren't just ordinary carrots cut down to size. […] They are made from a special variety of carrot that is cut down to the baby carrot size. They're delicious eaten cooked or raw.
Word: baby carrots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baby carrot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baby-cut carrot Part of Speech: noun 1. A small finger-shaped piece cut from a larger carrot.
Word: baby-cut carrots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of baby-cut carrot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: baby-cut Part of Speech: adj 1. Only used in baby-cut carrot Labels: not-comparable
Word: Trager approach Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the founder, Milton Trager, who called it "psychophysical integration". 1. A technique combining movements and meditation to attempt to facilitate relaxation and mental clarity.
Word: myofascial release Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft tissue therapy that attempts to treat skeletal muscle immobility and pain by stretching the fascia. Labels: uncountable
Word: neigong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mandarin 內功／内功 (nèigōng, “internal exercises”). Pronunciation: /neɪˈɡʊŋ/ 1. Any of the variety of Chinese breathing, meditation and spiritual disciplines associated with Taoism and martial arts. Labels: uncountable
Word: shen ring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Egyptian šn (“shen ring, circuit”), a derivative of šnj (“to be round, to encircle”). 1. A circle with a line at a tangent to it, represented in hieroglyphs as a stylized loop of rope, representing eternal protection. Example: In its elongated form, the shen ring became the cartouche which enclosed and protected a royal name.
Word: shen rings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shen ring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pentarchic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pentarchy + -ic. 1. Relating to a pentarchy or a pentarch Labels: not-comparable
Word: polar opposites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polar opposite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Stam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hebrew סְתָ״ם (sta"m), acronym of סִפְרֵי קוֹדֶשׁ, תְּפִלִּין, וּמְזוּזוֹת (sifréi qodéš, t'filín um'zuzót). 1. collectively, the Jewish ritual scrolls, including holy scrolls, tefillin, and mezuzot Labels: Judaism, uncountable
Word: flash grenades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flash grenade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stun grenades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stun grenade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: concussion grenade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From concussion + grenade, from the loud noise and shockwave it generates. 1. A flashbang.
Word: concussion grenades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of concussion grenade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revisioning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of revision Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: revisioning Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of one who revisions; the providing of a new vision. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Allen's study ranks with the work of scholars like Annette Kolodny and Lillian Schlissel (whose work concentrates on the realities of Anglo women on the American frontiers) in its radical re-visioning of American history, and in particular of American Indian women's culture.
Word: revisioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of revision Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: heterodifunctional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + difunctional. 1. Alternative form of heterobifunctional. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: heterobifunctional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hetero- + bifunctional. 1. Having two different functional groups or binding sites Labels: especially, not-comparable
Word: Marques Part of Speech: name 1. A Portuguese surname. 2. A commune in Seine-Maritime department, Normandy, France.
Word: allodapic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀλλοδαπός (allodapós, “foreign”) + -ic, perhaps on the basis that the sediment originates elsewhere. 1. deposited as a sediment from a turbid current Labels: not-comparable
Word: amphikinesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From amphi- + -kinesis. 1. The movement of both upper and lower parts of a bird's beak where it joins the skull. Labels: uncountable
Word: anteriomedian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of anteromedian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: anteromedian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antero- + median. 1. In the front of the midline Labels: not-comparable
Word: antialignment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + alignment. 1. The alignment of two things in opposite directions Labels: uncountable
Word: antically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From antic + -ally. 1. In an antic manner
Word: anticarbohydrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + carbohydrate. 1. That targets carbohydrates Labels: not-comparable
Word: anticerebral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + cerebral. 1. That is active within the brain or cerebral cortex Labels: not-comparable Example: anticerebral antibodies 2. That counters the specifies cerebral condition Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: anticerebral oedema therapy in Reye's syndrome
Word: antiformal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From antiform + -al. 1. Relating to an antiform Labels: not-comparable
Word: autistic spectrum Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of autism spectrum.
Word: autistic spectrum disorders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of autistic spectrum disorder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antikeratin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + keratin. 1. That targets keratin Labels: not-comparable
Word: antimullerian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of anti-Müllerian. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: anti-Müllerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + Müllerian. 1. That inhibits the function or development of the Müllerian ducts Labels: not-comparable
Word: antinominalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + nominalism. 1. A doctrine that is counter to nominalism Labels: uncountable
Word: antiprogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + program. 1. A set of actions that is counter to those of another's program
Word: antiperinuclear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + perinuclear. 1. That is counter to a given perinuclear material Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: An antiperinuclear factor counters the perinuclear factor.
Word: antistable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + stable. 1. That becomes increasingly unstable Labels: not-comparable
Word: anti-Stokes Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + Stokes. 1. Relating to a Stokes shift to lower (rather than higher) wavelengths Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable
Word: antithrust Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + thrust. 1. That resists the effects of a thrust Labels: not-comparable Example: An antithrust plate is a flat plate that is fitted to the external face of a door, overlapping the edge and covering the gap between the door and frame to prevent someone using an implement to tamper with the latch or bolt.
Word: antitypic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + typic. 1. antitypical
Word: basaloid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From basal + -oid. 1. Relating to or composed of basal cells. Labels: not-comparable
Word: basosquamous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From baso- + squamous. 1. basaloid and squamous Labels: not-comparable
Word: boreoarctic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From boreo- + Arctic. 1. Relating to northern and Arctic regions Labels: not-comparable
Word: DMF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of dimethylformamide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of dimethylfuran. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of distribution media format. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Alternative form of DFM. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: Eastralia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of east + Australia. Pronunciation: /iːsˈtɹæɪljə/ 1. Eastern Australia; the eastern states (and previously colonies) of Australia. Labels: humorous, rare, uncountable Example: …a far pleasanter holiday trip, mingled with cricket, might be arranged for them through Maoriland [New Zealand] after their matches in Eastralia have finished. Example: …Wyndham, for instance, is governed from Perth, and to all intents and purposes it is as far from the centre as Westralia is from Eastralia…
Word: fulcral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fulcr(um) + -al. 1. Of or relating to a fulcrum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cantic Part of Speech: adj 1. angled Labels: not-comparable 2. oblique, slanting Labels: not-comparable 3. canting Labels: not-comparable
Word: catchstitch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From catch + stitch. 1. A stitch used in bookbinding to hold a sheet of paper to the next one.
Word: circumsaccate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From circum- + saccate. 1. Surrounding the saccus of a pollen grain Labels: not-comparable
Word: columellate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From columella + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Having, or resembling a columella Labels: not-comparable
Word: couching stitch Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of embroidery in which a length of wool (or similar) is laid across the surface of a piece of fabric and held in place by fine stitches
Word: digitonide Part of Speech: noun 1. A (usually insoluble) complex of digitonin and a sterol.
Word: dorsoposterior Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dorso- + posterior. 1. Having its back oriented towards the back of its mother Labels: not-comparable 2. dorsal and posterior Labels: not-comparable
Word: stocking caps Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stocking cap Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dryline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dry + line. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹaɪlaɪn/ 1. To line (a wall) with plasterboard or similar. Labels: transitive
Word: drylined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dryline Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: drylining Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dryline Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drylines Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dryline Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: chunkings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chunking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antiprograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiprogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antinominalist Part of Speech: noun 1. A supporter of the philosophy of antinominalism.
Word: antinominalists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antinominalist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: catchstitches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of catchstitch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bauerian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Bauer + -ian. 1. Of or relating to Bruno Bauer (1809–1882), German philosopher and historian.
Word: Ancient of Days Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Biblical Hebrew עַתִּ֤יק יֽוֹמַיָּא֙. 1. God, as the One who existed before the beginning of time. Example: I saw in the night visions, and behold, one like the sonne of man, came with the clouds of heauen, and came to the Ancient of daies, and they brought him neere before him. And there was giuen him dominion and glory, and a kingdome, that all people, nations, and languages should serue him: his dominion is an euerlasting dominion, which shall not passe away; and his kingdome that, which shall not be destroyed. Example: shall wee then receiue an accusation against the Ancient of daies, the Lord himselfe vpon Sathans word, a knowne and detected deceiuer?
Word: charismania Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of charisma + mania. 1. Enthusiasm for the Christian Charismatic Movement. Labels: derogatory, uncountable Example: One surprising characteristic of charismania and cults is that they lie. Cults lie to recruit their members. They either tell out-and-out lies, or withhold part of the truth (same thing).