nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: laryngectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From laryng- + -ectomy. 1. The surgical removal of part or all of the larynx, most often performed in cases of laryngeal cancer.
Word: competitive eating Part of Speech: noun 1. A sport where participants have to consume vast amounts of food in a short time. Labels: uncountable
Word: duodenum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin duodēnum digitōrum (“space of twelve digits”) in reference to its length, from duodēnī (“twelve each”) + digitōrum, genitive plural of digitus (“finger; toe; digit”). Pronunciation: /ˌdjuːə(ʊ)ˈdiːnəm/, /ˌduəˈdinəm/, /ˌduˈɑdənəm/ 1. The first part of the small intestine, starting at the lower end of the stomach and extending to the jejunum. Example: From the Stomacke to the very Fundament, are produced the Guts or Inteſtina, which ſerue a little to alter and diſtribute the Chilus, and convey away the excrements. They are divided into ſmall and great, by reason of their ſite and ſubſtance, ſlender or thicker. The ſlender is Duodenum or whole gut, which is next to the ſtomacke, ſome twelue inches long (ſaith Fuſchius.) Example: The Inteſtina tenuia were burnt in many places, but not quite through any where, excepting two or three. […] The length of that which is commonly call'd the Duodenum, was about 4½ Foot.
Word: sated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English satet, satyt, saded. Equivalent to sate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪtɪd/ 1. In a state of complete and thorough satisfaction; having one’s appetite fully satisfied, by having enough of something. Example: When she is sated with his body, she will find the error of her choice 2. Quelled of thirst or hunger.
Word: sated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English satet, satyt, saded. Equivalent to sate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪtɪd/ 1. simple past of sate Labels: form-of, past
Word: HTH Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of hope this helps. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of helix-turn-helix. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: aromatherapy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aroma + therapy. Pronunciation: /əˌrəʊməˈθɛrəpi/ 1. The use of selected fragrances in lotions and inhalants in an effort to affect mood and promote health. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Frankenstein's monster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control. 1. A thing that is cobbled together from parts of other things. Labels: figuratively Example: Like the English language, the eukaryote cell is a chimera, a Frankenstein's monster, assembled from bits and pieces of genetic information... Example: He is like a Frankenstein's monster in reverse: everything that is pretty is combined together to produce a perfect androgyne. 2. A creation that overpowers or slips out of the control of its creator, often proceeding to turn on its creator or harm others. Labels: figuratively Example: They created a Frankenstein's monster which they did not imagine could grow out of their control. Example: Somehow, the law does not always seem to serve those who created it, becoming at times a Frankenstein's monster of sorts.
Word: Frankenstein's monster Part of Speech: name Etymology: In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein (1818), Dr. Frankenstein assembled a monster from human corpses; it eventually escaped his control. 1. The creature from Mary Shelley's novel.
Word: pushy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pulsō Old French poulser Middle French pousserbor. Middle English pushen English push English -y English pushy From push + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊʃ.i/ 1. Overly assertive, bold, or determined; aggressively ambitious. Example: Pushy parents 'ruin sports days'
Word: python Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn), the name of the mythological enormous serpent at Delphi slain by Apollo, probably from Πυθώ (Puthṓ), older name of Delphi. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪθən/, /ˈpaɪθɑn/ 1. Any of the family Pythonidae of nonvenomous constrictor snakes. 2. A penis. Labels: slang, vulgar
Word: manila Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Manila. Pronunciation: /mɐˈni.lɐ/, /məˈnɪlə/ 1. Made of manila paper or material like it. Labels: not-comparable Example: a manila envelope 2. Yellow-brown; colored like manila paper. Labels: not-comparable
Word: manila Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Manila. Pronunciation: /mɐˈni.lɐ/, /məˈnɪlə/ 1. Fiber made from abaca (Manila hemp), used to make ropes and manila paper. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The yellow-brown color of manila. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. A kind of cheroot manufactured in Manila. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: kir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French kir, named after Félix Kir, mayor of Dijon. 1. A cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis topped up with white wine. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Essex girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A stereotype of a young woman from Essex, characterized as vacuous, promiscuous, and materialistic. Labels: UK, derogatory
Word: ethical investment Part of Speech: noun 1. a financial investment that screens the companies to be invested in for their social outlook and business morality
Word: ethnic cleansing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a calque of Serbo-Croatian etničko čišćenje, though this is probably attested later. Popularized by (and still often associated with) the wars in former Yugoslavia during the 1990s; however, versions of the phrase have been attested since the 1860s in various languages (with the earliest attestation translating directly to the phrase being Romanian purificare etnică from 1941) and it probably arose independently on numerous occasions. 1. The mass expulsion or killing of people belonging to one ethnic group by those of another. Labels: euphemistic, uncountable Example: These television stations are part of the apparatus and power of Milosevic. This is the apparatus he has used to do the ethnic cleansing in Kosovo. Example: That’s not because imperialism cares about the fate of Palestine, to which it’s entirely indifferent, but because Israeli aggression and ethnic cleansing, to say nothing of genocide, is a permanent cause of explosive popular anger in the region and increasingly, internationally.
Word: matron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English matrone, from Old French matrone, from Latin mātrōna (“married woman”), from māter (“mother”). Doublet of matrona. Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪtɹən/ 1. A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank. Example: grave from her cradle, insomuch that she was a matron before she was a mother 2. A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank. Example: But there’s no bottome, none / In my Voluptuouſneſſe : Your Wiues, your Daughters, / Your Matrons, and your Maides, could not fill vp / The Ceſterne of my Luſt, and my Deſire / All continent Impediments would ore-beare / That did oppoſe my will. Example: “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable,[…]. 3. A mature or elderly woman, especially one of a higher social rank. Example: the matron of a school or hospital 4. A wife or a widow, especially, one who has borne children. Example: Roman matrons, sexually exhausted, were fond of trout caught in a little stream in the Vosges Mountains. 5. A housekeeper, especially, a woman who manages the domestic economy of a public institution. 6. A female prison officer. Labels: US
Word: Euro-sceptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic. 1. Alternative form of Eurosceptic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Euro-sceptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic. 1. Alternative form of Eurosceptic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Eurosceptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic. 1. One who is sceptical of European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro, etc. Labels: UK Example: For all the talk of increased numbers and new alliances though, there are question marks over whether the Euroskeptics are capable of forming a single coherent parliamentary force. 2. One who is skeptical of increasing the powers of the European Union
Word: Eurosceptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Euro- + sceptic. 1. Of or pertaining to Eurosceptics or Euroscepticism Labels: UK
Word: Euro-scepticism Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Euroscepticism. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Euroscepticism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Euro- + scepticism. 1. Opposition to or scepticism of increasing European integration, such as the EEC, the EC, the EP, the EU, the Euro. Labels: uncountable 2. Opposition to or scepticism of the increasing powers of the European Union. Labels: uncountable
Word: Eurostar Part of Speech: name Etymology: Commercial name, from Euro- + star. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹəʊstɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A high-speed passenger train service connecting London with mainland European cities via the Channel Tunnel. Example: Eurostar operates two stations in this region. Example: On April 4 2018, the first commercial trains began running between London and Amsterdam. Current Eurostar Chief Executive Mike Cooper said: "The departure of our first commercial service to Amsterdam represents a historic milestone for Eurostar and the growth of international high-speed rail." 2. A similar intercity service in Italy.
Word: Eurostar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Commercial name, from Euro- + star. Pronunciation: /ˈjʊəɹəʊstɑː(ɹ)/ 1. A train on these services. 2. A British Rail Class 373 (now largely superseded by Class 374) on any service. Example: Now that the Mallard upgrade to GNER's Mark 4 coaches is complete the entire fleet is now available for service and the Eurostars are no longer required to maintain the timetable.
Word: evening primrose oil Part of Speech: noun 1. Oil, extracted from the seeds of the evening primrose, used as a complementary medicine (for example, to relieve premenstrual stress). Labels: uncountable
Word: extra-virgin Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of extra virgin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: extra-virgin Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of extra virgin. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: extra virgin Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a fine grade of unrefined virgin olive oil. Labels: not-comparable
Word: extra virgin Part of Speech: noun 1. An olive oil of this grade. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: virgin olive oil Part of Speech: noun 1. An olive oil obtained from the first pressing of the olives. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: extropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First coined to serve as an antonym of entropy, substituting its en- element (representing the prepositional prefix ἐν (en), en, “in” in its Ancient Greek etymon ἐντροπία (entropía), entropia, “a turning towards”) with ex- (representing the Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex), ex, “out of”, “from”); because ἐξ (ex) takes the form ἐκ (ek) when prefixed to an element beginning with τ (t), the analogical spelling is ectropy (or, alternatively, ektropy), as if after the Ancient Greek *ἐκτροπία (ektropía, “a turning out of”). 1. Negentropy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Extropy uptake, extropy output and entropy production. [...] Jin is the incoming extropy flow, while Jout is the outgoing one. Extropy inflow / outflow is the extropy of the incoming / outgoing material[…]
Word: extropian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extropy + -an. 1. Of, or relating to extropy. Example: While a recent EU report recommended adopting the Californian free enterprise model to build the ‘infobahn’, cutting-edge artists and academics have been championing the ‘post-human’ philosophy developed by the West Coast's Extropian cult.
Word: extropian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From extropy + -an. 1. An adherent or advocate of, or an activist for, extropy or extropianism and its goals or principles. Example: Though [Chris Hables Gray] does go out of his way to remind the reader that nearly all of us are bio-enhanced (that is a vaccination scar, isn’t it?), he’s neither a chrome-eyed Extropian nor a Rifkinesque fear-mongerer. Example: The Extropian movement has an active Web presence. Here is one statement on “What Is an Extropian”: Extropians seek to use technology intelligently to overcome genetic, biological, psychological, cultural, and neurological limits to the pursuit of life, liberty, and boundless achievement. An extropian is an optimist, a neophile, an explorer […]
Word: dyed-in-the-wool Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the past participle of dye in the wool. The expression comes from the fact that fabric can be dyed in a number of ways. The woven fabric may be dyed after it is complete, or the threads may be dyed before they are woven. When a color is "dyed in the wool," the wool itself is dyed before being spun into threads, so the colour is least likely to fade or change. (Dyes: Webster’s Quotations, Facts and Phrases. Icon Group International. 2008, p. 344.). Pronunciation: /ˌdaɪd ɪn ðə ˈwʊl/ 1. Having the fibres dyed before they are formed into cloth. Example: […] some Druggets with Thread, that are dyed in the Piece; the others are dyed in the Wool, i. e. the Wool of which they are made, is dyed of several Colours, before it is carded, spun, and weaved. Example: That cloth will keep its colour best that is dyed in the wool; and the vessel will longest retain the scent of that liquor with which it is first seasoned. 2. Firmly established in one's beliefs or habits; having a specified characteristic, identity, etc. deeply ingrained in one's nature. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Smith was a dyed-in-the-wool typist and never really got used to writing on computers. Example: John Major was described by his opponents as a dyed-in-the-wool Conservative.
Word: tatty cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tattie cake. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: GOTO Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From go to, a keyword for this purpose in many programming languages. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.tuː/, /ˈɡoʊ.tu/ 1. Any construct which produces an unstructured jump in the flow of execution. Example: The setjmp/longjmp facility in C is essentially a GOTO.
Word: GOTO Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From go to, a keyword for this purpose in many programming languages. Pronunciation: /ˈɡəʊ.tuː/, /ˈɡoʊ.tu/ 1. To reach (a point in a program) by means of a GOTO instruction. Example: If we were GOTOed from 310 we GOTO 320. Example: You can create loops by telling the computer to GOTO an earlier line.
Word: pharyngitis Part of Speech: noun 1. Inflammation of the pharynx. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: piracy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin pīrātia, from Classical Latin pīrāta + ia, or Ancient Greek πειρατεία (peirateía). The sense of “unauthorized duplication” developed in England between 1660 and 1710. The English Crown granted strict monopolies over book printing to specific guilds, such as the Stationers’ Company. Printing a book without permission was framed as an unlawful attack on the Crown’s authority and revenues. By labeling rogue printers as “pirates”, authorized booksellers equated them with sea robbers operating outside the bounds of civilized society. By the passage of the Statute of Anne in 1710, this usage was deeply entrenched in public consciousness as the definitive descriptor for the unauthorized duplication of books, and was later applied seamlessly to new media as they emerged. Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪɹəsi/ 1. Robbery at sea, a violation of international law; taking a ship away from the control of those who are legally entitled to it. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: How should the international community respond to Somali piracy? 2. A similar violation of international law, such as hijacking of an aircraft. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The unauthorized duplication of goods protected by intellectual property law. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Some video game consoles use specially designed cartridges to make software piracy more difficult. 4. The operation of an unlicensed radio or television station. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Kleptoparasitism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pudendum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pudenda (“that whereof one ought to feel shame”), substantive use of the neuter plural gerundive of pudet (“it shames”); in Latin the usage in the plural form (to mean external genitalia), was far more common than the singular form, as is also the case in English. Pronunciation: /pjʊˈdɛndəm/, /pjuːˈdɛndəm/ 1. External genital organs in a human; especially a woman's vulva. Labels: plural-normally Example: Wax models of the pudenda of both sexes were regularly placed before the altar. 2. A person's genitals, mons pubis, anus, and buttocks collectively. Labels: in-plural 3. A shameful part of something. Labels: figuratively
Word: pylorus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pylōrus, from Ancient Greek πυλωρός (pulōrós, “gatekeeper”). 1. In vertebrates, including humans, a zone at the lower end of the stomach that leads to and opens into the duodenum. 2. A muscular or myovascular structure that controls the opening of an orifice or lumen of an organ.
Word: Hungarian notation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The notation was invented by Charles Simonyi (born 1948), Hungarian-American computer programmer. Pronunciation: /hʌŋˈɡɛɹi.ən noʊˈteɪʃən/ 1. A naming convention in which the name of a variable indicates its data type and intended use by including abbreviations as prefixes. Labels: uncountable Example: lpsz is Hungarian notation for a 32-bit pointer to a null-terminated string.
Word: dabai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Chinese 大白 (dàbái). Coined during the COVID-19 pandemic when they were ubiquitous in China. 1. An official of the Chinese government wearing a white biosafety suit.
Word: dabai Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay. 1. Sarawak olive (Canarium odontophyllum)
Word: morn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English morn, morwen, from Old English morgen, from Proto-West Germanic *morgan, *morgin, from Proto-Germanic *murganaz, *murginaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥kéno, *mr̥kóno, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko, from *mer- (“to shimmer, glisten”). See also West Frisian moarn, Low German Morgen, Dutch morgen, German Morgen, Danish morgen, Norwegian morgon; also Lithuanian mérkti (“to blink, twinkle”), Sanskrit मरी॑चि (márīci, “ray of light”), Greek μέρα (méra, “morning”). Doublet of morrow and morgen. See also morning. Pronunciation: /mɔːn/, /moɹn/, [mo̞ɹn], /mɔːɹn/ 1. Morning. Labels: countable, poetic, uncountable Example: But look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, / Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward hill. / Break we our watch up, and by my advice, / Let us impart what we have seen tonight Example: The cab arrives he blows his horn, I stumble at in the early morn
Word: amortize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English amortisen, from Old French amortir (via the stem amortiss-), from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”). Pronunciation: /əˈmɔːtaɪz/, /ˈæmɚtaɪz/, /əˈmɔɹtaɪz/ 1. To alienate (property) in mortmain. Labels: transitive 2. To wipe out (a debt, liability etc.) gradually or in installments. Labels: transitive Example: extraordinary borrowing had been so extensive, Joly de Fleury reckoned, that even if it were amortized over the following decade, the state would still be running an annual deficit of over 50 million livres. 3. To make a large cost or other quantity more manageable by dividing it into smaller parts (such as over a long time or across many transactions). Labels: broadly, transitive Example: The magnitude of the frequency adjustment is a compromise between time accuracy, which would favor a large frequency offset so as to amortize the time error over the smallest possible interval 4. To make a large cost or other quantity more manageable by dividing it into smaller parts (such as over a long time or across many transactions). Labels: broadly, transitive
Word: skin cancer Part of Speech: noun 1. A malignant growth on the skin, such as melanoma. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pneumonia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πνευμονία (pneumonía, “lung disease”), from πνεύμων (pneúmōn, “lung”) + -ία (-ía). Pronunciation: /njuˈməʊniə/, /nuˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊniə/, /nəˈmoʊnjə/ 1. Inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria or other infectious microorganisms. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: He had always been remarkably immune from such little ailments, and had only once in his life been ill, of a vicious pneumonia long ago at school.
Word: single pneumonia Part of Speech: noun 1. Pneumonia affecting one lung. Labels: uncountable
Word: double pneumonia Part of Speech: noun 1. Pneumonia affecting both lungs. Labels: uncountable
Word: breast cancer Part of Speech: noun 1. Cancer of the breast. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mamilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin mamilla. 1. The small projection of a mammary gland; a nipple. 2. A nipple-shaped protuberance.
Word: osmolarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of osmotic + molar + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌɒz.mə(ʊ)ˈlar.ɪt.i/, /ˌɑz.moʊˈlɛr.ət.i/, /ˌɑz.moʊˈlær.ət.i/, /ˌɑs.moʊˈlɛr.ət.i/, /ˌɑs.moʊˈlær.ət.i/ 1. The osmotic concentration of a solution, normally expressed as osmoles of solute per litre of solution.
Word: neurohypophysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-wr̥ Proto-Indo-European *snéh₁wr̥der. Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron) Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)der. English neuro- Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó) Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti Ancient Greek φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Ancient Greek φύσις (phúsis) Ancient Greek ὑπόφυσις (hupóphusis)lbor. English hypophysis English neurohypophysis From neuro- + hypophysis. 1. The posterior lobe of the pituitary gland, responsible for the release of oxytocin and antidiuretic hormone (ADH), also called vasopressin.
Word: mammography Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mammo- + -graphy. 1. X-ray examination of the breasts for diagnosing and locating abnormalities, especially tumours. Example: The introduction of mammography to detect breast cancer early in its course sharply increased its incidence.
Word: tumour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tumour, from Old French tumour, from Latin tumor (“swelling”), from tumeō (“bulge, swell”, verb), from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”). Related to English thumb. 1. Commonwealth standard spelling of tumor. Example: At this time, and at another occasion when she feared she had a brain tumour, she “consulted Dr Google”.
Word: cable ship Part of Speech: noun 1. a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable. Example: The land line was eight months later in its completion than was anticipated, but the fleet of cable ships, sent out by the British Australian Telegraph Company, arrived in Port Darwin at the date appointed by them: November 6th, 1871.
Word: cause celebre Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cause célèbre. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: Shortly after he left Government service as a translator at the Supreme Court, the cause celebre was the assassination of a radically-minded (Sun Yat-sen supporting) school teacher in his own classroom by gunmen hired by the police chief in Canton. Example: Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, who died this week, was a boxer in the United States. He was convicted of a 1966 triple homicide in two trials and became a cause celebre, inspiring Bob Dylan's song Hurricane.
Word: cable-laid rope Part of Speech: noun 1. A very thick rope used for tasks such as towing, made by twisting together three ordinary hawser-laid ropes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hawser-laid rope Part of Speech: noun 1. normal rope in which three strands are laid up against the twist
Word: caboose Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch kabuis, kombuis (“galley, kitchen”) or German Low German Kabüüs (“galley”), from Middle Dutch cabûse and Middle Low German kabûs, kabûse respectively. Cognate with German Kabüse, Kombüse, Danish kabys, Swedish kabyss, French combuse (< Middle Dutch kabuys). Probably related to English boose (“a stall or shed”). Pronunciation: /kəˈbuːs/ 1. A small galley or cookhouse on the deck of a small vessel. Labels: obsolete 2. A small sand-filled container used as an oven on board ship. Labels: historical Example: On the second day out, while sailing moderately on our course in the Gulf Stream, a sudden squall of wind struck the ship from the SW. and knocked her completely on her beam-ends, stove one of our boats, entirely destroyed two others, and threw down the cambouse. Example: This stove is to be made in the form of a Franklin, but is to be furnished with an oven, and other means of cooking; its appearance is therefore more like that of the old fashioned caboose, than of a Franklin stove. 3. The last car on a freight train, consisting of cooking and sleeping facilities for the crew; a guard’s van. Labels: US 4. The buttocks. Labels: childish, euphemistic, slang Example: That's a pretty big caboose for a baby. 5. The person or team in last place. Labels: slang 6. A youngest child who is born after a long gap in time. Labels: in-compounds, informal, often Example: Jimmy was seven and had just finished first grade, so that made Nancy our caboose baby — our bonus child — our swan song. Example: "Caboose" children, the late-born last offspring in the family, didn't suffer from this as much.
Word: boozehound Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From booze + hound. 1. alcoholic, drunkard Labels: informal Example: A 47-year-old, nondescript boozehound who once programmed computers for the French government, Houellebecq is an unlikely choice as either a literary lion or sacrificial lamb. Example: He was also an irresponsible boozehound who habitually ran out on the check in restaurants, even though he must have known it was the waitress who had to pay the bill for such dine-and-dash customers.
Word: spermatogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spermato- + -genesis. 1. The process of sperm production in the testes. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The development of the male elements of a plant, such as antherozoids and pollen grains. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: decapitalize Part of Speech: verb 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- English capitalize English decapitalize From de- + capitalize. Pronunciation: /diːˈkæpɪtəlaɪz/ 1. To uncapitalize (convert the first letter (or more) of (something) from uppercase to lowercase). Labels: transitive 2. To convert a capital value, typically into a rental. Labels: transitive 3. To remove (something's) status as a capital crime; to cause (something) to no longer be a capital crime. Labels: transitive Example: In 1801 Connecticut decapitalized arson, but only where no victim's life had been placed in danger.
Word: photology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + -logy. 1. A branch of physics that deals with light or the study of light and its effects. Labels: uncountable 2. That science concerned with the production of light and energy, especially regarding therapeutic applications. Labels: uncountable
Word: antidiuretic hormone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: antidiuretic + hormone 1. a hormone secreted by the posterior pituitary gland
Word: hi-jack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hijack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: highjack Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hijack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: highjack Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of hijack. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: utilise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French utiliser, from Italian utilizzare, from utile (“useful”), from Latin ūtilis, from ūtī (“use”). Attested c. 1810. Pronunciation: /ˈjuːtɪlaɪz/ 1. To make use of; to use. Labels: UK, transitive Example: The bodywork employs, where possible, the same constructional methods as for the standard B.R. coaching stock, in order to utilise existing jigs and press tools. 2. To make useful; to find a practical use for. Labels: UK, transitive 3. To make best use of; to use to its fullest extent, potential, or ability. Labels: UK, transitive Example: Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room). 4. To make do with; to use in manner different from that originally intended. Labels: UK, transitive
Word: audiogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From audio- + -genic. 1. Produced by sound. Labels: not-comparable Example: an audiogenic seizure
Word: rie Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹaɪ/ 1. Obsolete form of rye. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable
Word: lowdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information. 1. inside information, the story or truth. Labels: uncountable Example: All the reporters hoped to be the first to get the lowdown on the celebrity's marriage plans. Example: here's the lowdown 2. A lowlife, a despicable person. Labels: uncountable
Word: lowdown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information. 1. Unfair; scoundrelly; shameful. Example: lowdown tactics 2. seedy, sketchy, disreputable Example: So there I was, in the front row of course (it was my reportorial duty), with a bunch of gay men and straight women. And we're all involved in a lowdown — but eminently "Safe" — celebration of the erotic possibilities of the male body. Example: Some kinda way, he talked Aunt Fanny into running off with him that night. When they got as far as Kansas City, he was through with her. They stayed in some lowdown kinda hotel in the colored section there', and after that they were headed God knows where. 3. down low; purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.
Word: lowdown Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Compound adjective of low + down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information. 1. Unfairly; dishonourably; in a deceitful or mean manner. Example: “I say, that’s playing it a bit low down,” I protested.
Word: phantasmagoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French phantasmagorie, from Ancient Greek φάντασμα (phántasma, “ghost”) + possibly either ἀγορά (agorá, “assembly, gathering”) + the suffix -ia or ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak publicly”). Pronunciation: /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒɹi.ə/, /ˌfæntæzməˈɡɔːɹi.ə/ 1. A popular 18th- and 19th-century form of theater entertainment whereby ghostly apparitions are formed. Labels: historical 2. A series of events involving rapid changes in light intensity and color. 3. A dreamlike state where real and imagined elements are blurred together. Example: this mental phantasmagoria Example: 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust. There are depths in humanity which one cannot explore, as there are mephitic caverns into which one dare not penetrate.
Word: phantasmagoric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From phantasmagoria + -ic. 1. Characterized by or pertaining to rapid changes in light intensity and colour. Example: As early as 1965, however, Tom Wolfe sensed the importance of "electrographic architecture," the phantasmagoric billboards along 79. 2. Characterized by or pertaining to a dreamlike blurring of real and imaginary elements.
Word: scoop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel, Japanese スコップ. Pronunciation: /skuːp/, /skʉwp/, /skup/, /skʉːp/, /skʉp/ 1. Any cup-shaped or bowl-shaped tool, usually with a handle, used to lift and move loose or soft solid material. Example: She kept a scoop in the dog food. Example: an ice-cream scoop 2. The amount or volume of loose or solid material held by a particular scoop. Example: Use one scoop of coffee for each pot. Example: I'll have one scoop of chocolate ice-cream. 3. The act of scooping, or taking with a scoop or ladle; a motion with a scoop, as in dipping or shovelling. Example: with a quick scoop, she fished the frog out of the pond. 4. A story or fact; especially, news learned and reported before anyone else. Example: He listened carefully, in hopes of getting the scoop on the debate. Example: "We may get a scoop, if we are lucky. You'll be there in any case, so you'll just give us a pretty full report." 5. An opening in a hood/bonnet or other body panel to admit air, usually for cooling the engine. 6. The digging attachment on a front-end loader. 7. A place hollowed out; a basinlike cavity; a hollow. Example: Some had lain in the scoop of the rock. 8. A spoon-shaped surgical instrument, used in extracting certain substances or foreign bodies. 9. A special spinal board used by emergency medical service staff that divides laterally to scoop up patients. 10. A sweep; a stroke; a swoop. 11. The peak of a cap. Labels: Scotland 12. A hole on the playfield that catches a ball, but eventually returns it to play in one way or another. 13. The raised end of a surfboard. Example: This brings the scoop into play as additional wetted surface and slows the board due to its fore-and-aft curvature Example: [T]he scoop or upward curvature in the front or nose section of a board is designed to keep the board from diving under the surface of the water when the surfer is catching a wave. 14. A kind of floodlight with a reflector. 15. A haul of money made through speculation. Labels: dated, slang 16. A note that begins slightly below and slides up to the target pitch. Example: Jazz symbols include many contoured articulations and inflections, such as doits, fall-offs, and scoops.
Word: scoop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English scope, schoupe, a borrowing from Middle Dutch scoep, scuep, schope, schoepe (“bucket for bailing water”) and Middle Dutch schoppe, scoppe, schuppe ("a scoop, shovel"; > Modern Dutch schop (“spade”)), from Proto-Germanic *skuppǭ, *skuppijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep- (“to cut, to scrape, to hack”). Cognate with Old Frisian skuppe (“shovel”), Middle Low German schōpe (“scoop, shovel”), German Low German Schüppe, Schüpp (“shovel”), German Schüppe, Schippe (“shovel, spade”). Related to English shovel, Japanese スコップ. Pronunciation: /skuːp/, /skʉwp/, /skup/, /skʉːp/, /skʉp/ 1. To lift, move, or collect with a scoop or as though with a scoop. Labels: transitive Example: He used both hands to scoop water and splash it on his face. Example: Their first clear opportunity duly came courtesy of a mistake from Russell Martin, who was hustled off the ball by Bale, but the midfielder scooped his finish well over the top as he bore down on the Norwich goal. 2. To make hollow; to dig out. Labels: transitive Example: I tried scooping a hole in the sand with my fingers. 3. To report on something, especially something worthy of a news article, before (someone else). Labels: transitive Example: The paper across town scooped them on the City Hall scandal. 4. To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music. Labels: often 5. To pick (someone) up Labels: slang Example: You have a car. Can you come and scoop me? 6. To win the entire pot in a hand in which the pot was split. Labels: slang
Word: flummoxed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flummox + -ed. 1. Confused, perplexed or flustered. Example: He's good at what he knows, but he gets completely flummoxed when new problems arise. Example: ‘Itʼs amazing, these bosses call all the shots but are flummoxed by the smallest technological advances.’
Word: flummoxed Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From flummox + -ed. 1. simple past and past participle of flummox Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: stop the presses Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originally referred to delaying the printing of a newspaper in order to change its content to accommodate the inclusion of late-breaking news. 1. An exclamation used to introduce especially new, important, surprising, or recent developments. Labels: idiomatic
Word: take the cake Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since circa 1870. Originally used in reference to the winners of cake walk competitions in black communities of the southern USA in the 19th and early 20th centuries, who were said to have "taken the cake", which was oftentimes the prize. 1. Used as an affirmation or accolade of someone occupying the top rank in a comparison or contest; to win or be the best (at). Labels: US, colloquial, idiomatic Example: Thanks! You guys take the cake. Example: Once the party was over, everyone agreed that Elizabeth and her Harriet Tubman getup had taken the cake.
Word: nais Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nai Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stop press Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stop the presses, US newspaper-printing jargon. 1. An event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of a publication, particularly of a newspaper edition. Labels: UK Example: 1989, Textual Introduction to The Anatomy of Melancholy, Robert Burton http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=C64iQVqCm3MC&pg=RA1-PR51&lpg=RA1-PR51&sig=JpcrTaGG5EdPxJjr2U8VwuilsEw Three of the errata corrections had already been made as stop-press corrections … Example: Faked Stop Press! announcements in newspapers. A valuable trick because it can always be claimed that the announcement was ‘hushed up’. It is also easy to fake the printing of the Stop Press.
Word: stop press Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From stop the presses, US newspaper-printing jargon. 1. Used to announce an event or news article important enough to delay or interrupt the print, or require a reprint, of publication, particularly of a newspaper edition. Labels: UK 2. Used to grab attention, implying importance, news-worthiness, etc. Labels: UK, idiomatic
Word: LDIF Part of Speech: noun 1. LDAP data interchange format. Labels: initialism 2. Local Development Investment Fund. Labels: initialism
Word: bamboozle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner. Pronunciation: /bæmˈbuː.zl̩/, /bæmˈbu.zl̩/ 1. To con, defraud, trick, to make a fool of, to humbug or impose on someone. Labels: informal, transitive Example: “Look here, friend,” said I, “if you have anything important to tell us, out with it; but if you are only trying to bamboozle us, you are mistaken in your game; that’s all I have to say.” Example: You thought it was nope. But actually it's a pupper. Bamboozled again. 2. To confuse, frustrate or perplex. Labels: informal, transitive Example: He's completely bamboozled by the changes in the computer system. Example: "Although Morphy misplays the opening, it does not take him long to bamboozle his opponent."
Word: bamboozle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derivative of 17th-century vernacular bam (“to trick, to con”), which is a derivative of bam in noun use (fraudster, cheat). Possibly from French embobiner. Pronunciation: /bæmˈbuː.zl̩/, /bæmˈbu.zl̩/ 1. A cheat, hoax, or imposition. Labels: informal, obsolete
Word: no two ways about it Part of Speech: noun 1. No other possible action, choice or option. Labels: idiomatic Example: There are no two ways about it. We'll have to start over from the very beginning. 2. No other possible interpretation. Labels: idiomatic Example: A day at the beach is the best way to spend a weekend, no two ways about it.
Word: LDAP Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɛl.dæp/ 1. Initialism of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: takes the cake Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of take the cake Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: perky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English perk Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English perky From perk + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɝki/ 1. Lively and often cheerful and enthusiastic. Example: She answered with a perky smile and bounced off. 2. Standing upright; firm. Example: The plant looks much perkier since I watered it. Example: perky breasts 3. Early-ripening. Labels: obsolete
Word: perky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of percy (“Percocet pill”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: perk up Part of Speech: verb 1. To become more upright Labels: intransitive Example: His ears perked up when he heard there would be ice cream. Example: The Lion bowed down his head and whispered something to Puzzle [the donkey] at which his long ears went down; but then he said something else at which the ears perked up again. 2. To become more lively or enthusiastic. Labels: intransitive Example: In hopes the coming Scenes your Mirth will raise To you, the Iust pretenders to the Bays; The Poet humbly thus a Reverence pays And you, the Contraries, that hate the Pains Of Labour’d Sense, or of Improving Brains: That feel the Lashes in a well-writ Play, He bids perk up and smile, the Satyr sleeps to Day. 3. To cause to be more upright, straighten up. Labels: transitive Example: For five minutes Pollyanna worked swiftly, deftly, combing a refractory curl into fluffiness, perking up a drooping ruffle at the neck, or shaking a pillow into plumpness so that the head might have a better pose. Meanwhile the sick woman, frowning prodigiously, and openly scoffing at the whole procedure, was, in spite of herself, beginning to tingle with a feeling perilously near to excitement. Example: In lifting her arms to perk up the bow at her throat, she knocked a hat off the bracket. 4. to cause to be more lively or enthusiastic. Labels: transitive Example: […] ’tis better to be lowly born, And range with humble livers in content, Than to be perk’d up in a glistering grief, And wear a golden sorrow. Example: When this fair Traveller, with heat opprest, And the days Toyls, here laid him down to rest Where the soft Grass, and the thick Trees, displaid A flowry Couch, and a cool Arbour made About him round the grassy spires (in hope To gain a kisse) their verdant heads perk’d up. 5. To exalt oneself, take on a higher status or position. Labels: intransitive, obsolete Example: […] they should not give heed to Women, that would be perking up in matters of Worshiping God. Example: […] there is too frequently Combinations made amongst the rest, to cross and quash whatever they shall propose, be it never so just, and reasonable, and nothing alledged for it, but that they are mean, proud, busie people, and will perk up too much above their Betters, if they be not thus mortified, and kept under […]
Word: crawdad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of US and British dialectal crawdab (“crayfish”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɔˌdæd/ 1. Synonym of crayfish.
Word: bell pepper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the bell-like shape. Pronunciation: /ˌbɛl ˈpɛpɚ/, [ˌbɛɫ ˈpʰɛpɚ] 1. Any of several bell-shaped varieties of Capsicum annuum, an edible, sweet, generally mild (not spicy) fruit, originating in the New World. Labels: Canada, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: (UK) sweet pepper, (Australia, India) capsicum
Word: picalilli Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of piccalilli. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: haje Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic حَيَّة (ḥayya). 1. The Egyptian cobra, Naja haje
Word: piccalilli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the from 1845. Unknown. Presumably variant of pickle, which itself is from Middle English pekille (“spicy sauce served with meat or fish”) or pikel, from Middle Dutch pekel (“brine”); perhaps influenced by dialectal variants. Alternatively, may be related to paco lilla (“ginger-spiced pickle”), in 18th century British cookbook The Art of Cookery (1747–1843; e.g., 1805 edition) by Hannah Glasse (1708–1770), also referred to as “Indian pickles”, which suggests an Indo-Aryan source; compare mulligatawny, of Tamil origin, which also features turmeric prominently, and curry, of Tamil or Middle English origin (or blend). No relation to Piccadilly. 1. A yellow pickle relish made from cauliflower, vegetable marrow, and other vegetables, pickled with vinegar, salt, sugar, and spiced with mustard, turmeric, and other spices. Labels: UK Example: There are, however, exceptions. Piccalilli – aka “mustard with other stuff”, aka “that noble Anglo-Indian spiritual creation” – is great with ham, he conceeds^([sic]). 2. A pickle, typically on a base of chopped green (unripe) tomatoes, but sometimes finely-chopped pickles, and possibly including other vegetables. Labels: US
Word: pituitary gland Part of Speech: noun 1. An endocrine gland in vertabrates, which, in humans, is located at the base of the brain, whose secretions control the other endocrine glands and influence growth, maturation, and metabolism.
Word: swizzle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown etymology, 1813. Original sense “alcoholic drink”, possibly a variant of switchel (“a drink of molasses and water, often mixed with rum”), attested 1790, itself of uncertain origin. Possibly influenced by swirl or fizz. In verb sense “to stir”, from swizzle stick (“stick for stirring alcoholic drinks”), itself attested 1859. Pronunciation: /ˈswɪzəl/ 1. Any of various kinds of alcoholic drink. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “We brought tiki drinks.” “Oh.” “Tracy, turn loose that rum swizzle.” “Oh, Bill's back, and he's brought tiki drinks! You got a friend in me, Bill.” 2. Alternative form of switchel (“drink based on water and vinegar”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable 3. Synonym of swizz (“swindle, disappointment”). Labels: UK, countable, informal, uncountable Example: “Coo! What a swizzle!” Relief at their safe deliverance was mingled with disappointment that the spider was not a rare specimen after all. 4. The conversion of portable symbols or positions to memory-dependent pointers during deserialization. Labels: countable, uncountable