nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: favourable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favour + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪv(ə)ɹəbəl/ 1. Apt to win favour; pleasing. Labels: UK Example: The candidate wearing the business suit made a favourable impression. 2. Expressing or indicating favour or goodwill; approving, encouraging. Labels: UK Example: The proposal has received many favourable comments. Example: The batteries were supplied by Chloride Batteries Limited, under favourable terms, and the stationary charging plants at Aberdeen and Ballater were similarly supplied by Bruce Peebles Limited. 3. Useful or helpful. Labels: UK Example: We made quick progress, due to favourable winds. Example: So draw him home to those that mourn ⁠In vain; a favourable speed ⁠Ruffle thy mirror’d mast, and lead Thro’ prosperous floods his holy urn. 4. Convenient or at a suitable time; opportune. Labels: UK Example: The rain stopped at a favourable time for our tennis match. 5. Auspicious or lucky. Labels: UK Example: She says that she was born under a favourable star.
Word: chagrin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French chagrin (“sorrow”), from Middle French chagrin (“pain, affliction”) (compare Middle French chagriner, chagrigner (“to experience sorrow”), Old French chagrin (“painful, afflicted”)), probably derived from Old Northern French chagreiner, chagraigner (“to sadden”), of uncertain origin. Likely an enlargement of Old French greignier, graignier (“to cringe, growl, be sullen, be angry, grieve over”), from Old French graigne (“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim (“sorrowful”), related to Old High German gram (“furious, gloomy, grieved”). The initial syllable is obscure. It may represent Old French chat (“cat”) to express the idea of "lamenting or yowling like cats" (compare German Katzenjammer (“distress, frustration, depression, chagrin”, literally “cat-wailing, cat-misery”), katzbalgen (“to cat-fight”)). An alternative theory is that it came from a metaphorical use of French chagrin, (peau de) chagrain (“a type of roughened leather”), with the connection of roughness, though some dictionaries consider this to be a separate word derived from Old French peau de sagrin, from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sağrı, “the rump of an animal, skin for tawing”). The alteration of initial s to ch is likely due to influence from chagrin meaning "sorrow". Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɡ.ɹɪn/, /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/, /ʃæˈɡɹiːn/, /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/ 1. A distress of mind caused by a failure of aims or plans, a want of appreciation, mistakes, etc.; vexation or mortification. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: much to the chagrin (of) Example: [H]e alone knew how deep was the deluded man's chagrin at the failure of the little plot which he fancied was prospering finely. 2. A type of leather or skin with a rough surface. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chagrin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French chagrin (“sorrow”), from Middle French chagrin (“pain, affliction”) (compare Middle French chagriner, chagrigner (“to experience sorrow”), Old French chagrin (“painful, afflicted”)), probably derived from Old Northern French chagreiner, chagraigner (“to sadden”), of uncertain origin. Likely an enlargement of Old French greignier, graignier (“to cringe, growl, be sullen, be angry, grieve over”), from Old French graigne (“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim (“sorrowful”), related to Old High German gram (“furious, gloomy, grieved”). The initial syllable is obscure. It may represent Old French chat (“cat”) to express the idea of "lamenting or yowling like cats" (compare German Katzenjammer (“distress, frustration, depression, chagrin”, literally “cat-wailing, cat-misery”), katzbalgen (“to cat-fight”)). An alternative theory is that it came from a metaphorical use of French chagrin, (peau de) chagrain (“a type of roughened leather”), with the connection of roughness, though some dictionaries consider this to be a separate word derived from Old French peau de sagrin, from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sağrı, “the rump of an animal, skin for tawing”). The alteration of initial s to ch is likely due to influence from chagrin meaning "sorrow". Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɡ.ɹɪn/, /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/, /ʃæˈɡɹiːn/, /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/ 1. To bother or vex; to mortify. Labels: transitive Example: But since this Infidel Minister knows the folly of these Brags; which he sees destroy’d by the Relations Printed in other Countries: They serve only, for a Subject to augment his Pride; and gives him a Pleasure, the mor to Chagrine and Mortifie the French Ambassador. Example: […] though you send at any Time, and even received an unmannerly Answer, do not let a rash Pride drive you to return the Affront, since it is impossible for you to know what at that Instant had chagrin’d their Temper. 2. To be vexed or annoyed. Labels: obsolete, rare, reflexive Example: Dear Ma’am, why will you chagrine yourself about a vile Man, that is not worth,—no, as I live and breathe,—not worth a single Sigh?—
Word: chagrin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French chagrin (“sorrow”), from Middle French chagrin (“pain, affliction”) (compare Middle French chagriner, chagrigner (“to experience sorrow”), Old French chagrin (“painful, afflicted”)), probably derived from Old Northern French chagreiner, chagraigner (“to sadden”), of uncertain origin. Likely an enlargement of Old French greignier, graignier (“to cringe, growl, be sullen, be angry, grieve over”), from Old French graigne (“sadness, resentment, grief”), from graim (“sorrowful”), related to Old High German gram (“furious, gloomy, grieved”). The initial syllable is obscure. It may represent Old French chat (“cat”) to express the idea of "lamenting or yowling like cats" (compare German Katzenjammer (“distress, frustration, depression, chagrin”, literally “cat-wailing, cat-misery”), katzbalgen (“to cat-fight”)). An alternative theory is that it came from a metaphorical use of French chagrin, (peau de) chagrain (“a type of roughened leather”), with the connection of roughness, though some dictionaries consider this to be a separate word derived from Old French peau de sagrin, from Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (sağrı, “the rump of an animal, skin for tawing”). The alteration of initial s to ch is likely due to influence from chagrin meaning "sorrow". Pronunciation: /ˈʃaɡ.ɹɪn/, /ʃəˈɡɹɪn/, /ʃæˈɡɹiːn/, /ʃəˈɡɹiːn/ 1. Feeling chagrin; annoyed; vexed, fretful. Labels: obsolete Example: Dear, my dear, pity me; I am so chagrin to day, and have had the most signal affront at Court! Example: […] instead of rejoycing at this Prosperity of his Family, which a true Father of his Children would have esteem’d his own, a Spirit of Envy and Discontent seized him, and he went away chagrine and melancholy.
Word: servitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English servitour, borrowed from Latin servītor, from servīre (“to serve”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɜɹ.vɪ.təɹ/, /ˈsɜɹ.vɪ.tɔɹ/ 1. One who performs the duties of a servant. Example: The button-covered servitor had no doubt but that his sovereign's answer would be in reply, "Then he may go;" but he was mistaken, for Lady Anne had discovered that she looked well in her beautiful lace nightcaps, as most people do when their flesh has fallen away, and they are verging to the lantern jaw;... Example: 1884, W.S. Gilbert, Princess Ida You'll find no sizars here, or servitors / or other cruel distinctions meant to draw / a line 'twixt rich and poor 2. One who serves in an army; a soldier. 3. An undergraduate who performed menial duties in exchange for financial support from his college, particularly at Oxford University. Labels: historical
Word: Erika Part of Speech: name Etymology: Spelling variant of Erica, the feminine form of Eric, or borrowed directly from modern Scandinavia, ultimately from Old Norse Eiríkr. 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages or Old Norse. Example: Let’s not forget EJ Antoni, whom Trump just nominated to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics after firing former chief Erika McEntarfer for presiding over a disappointing jobs report earlier this month. Antoni is that rarity who has drawn harsh criticism from economists on the right as well as the mainstream for being ignorant, unprincipled and incompetent.
Word: paraphrase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French paraphrase, from Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Doublet of paraphrasis. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/ 1. A restatement of a text in different words, often to clarify meaning or from memory rather than verbatim. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: paraphrasis Example: close paraphrase 2. One of a certain number of Scripture passages turned into verse for use in the service of praise. Labels: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Word: paraphrase Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle French paraphrase, from Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Doublet of paraphrasis. Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəfɹeɪz/ 1. To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase. To repeat a written or spoken phrase/quote using different words, often in a simpler and shorter form, or sometimes in a humorous context. Labels: ambitransitive Example: She asked the student to paraphrase the passage.
Word: cosmic ray Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a range of subatomic particles, and thus also electromagnetic waves, that permeate the universe owing to their various origins within stars or from collisions outside stars. (Life on Earth is mostly shielded from them by the Earth's magnetic field, but a small amount strikes us all each day.) Example: Holonym: radiation Example: For some applications, software architecture needs to be capable of tolerating bitflips from cosmic rays, through methods such as parameter value refreshes and sanity checks.
Word: isotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From iso- + -tropic, from Ancient Greek ἴσος (ísos, “equal”) + τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”). Pronunciation: /ˌaɪsəˈtɹɒpɪk/, /ˌaɪsəˈtɹɑpɪk/ 1. Having properties that are identical in all directions; exhibiting isotropy Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the same components in all rotated coordinate systems Labels: not-comparable
Word: trivia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/ 1. Insignificant trifles of little importance, especially items of unimportant information. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These trivia take up too much of the day. Example: This trivia takes up too much of the day. 2. A quiz game that involves obscure facts. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I joined the trivia club this semester!
Word: trivia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri- Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- Proto-Italic *wiā Latin via Latin -ius Latin trivius Latin trivia English trivia From Latin trivia, plural of trivium (“place where three roads meet”). The term came to be used for any public place, and then for anything commonplace. Furthermore, because the beginners' course at university was called trivium, the word came to be used only for anything basic, simple and trivial. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪvi.ə/ 1. plural of trivium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: favorable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English favourable, from Old French favorable, from Latin favōrābilis, from favor. By surface analysis, favor + -able. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪ.vɚ.əbl/ 1. US standard spelling of favourable. Labels: US, alt-of, standard Example: The conditions favorable to health and life of the indigines of the poles or the north temperate zones are destructive to the indigines of the tropical, and vice versa.
Word: dib Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Variation of dip and/or dab. Pronunciation: /dɪb/ 1. To dig a hole by poking; especially, to dig a small hole in soil for the purpose of planting a bulb or seed. 2. To move in a rapid, cautious manner; especially, with movement like a mouse or rat.
Word: dib Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Variation of dip and/or dab. Pronunciation: /dɪb/ 1. A dibber (gardening tool). 2. One of the small bones in the knee joints of sheep uniting the bones above and below the joints.
Word: dib Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪb/ 1. Alternative form of dyb. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards. Example: 'I'm a scout,' she smiled at him. The boy, in his turn, stared at Sam. He'd heard somewhere that scouting had got more trendy lately, that it was more snowboarding and surfing than dib-dib-dibbing and doing old ladies' gardens.
Word: infinitesimal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/ 1. Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small. Example: Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond? Example: "You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus." 2. Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number. Labels: not-comparable 3. Very small. Labels: informal
Word: infinitesimal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin īnfīnītēsimus + -al. Displaced earlier coordinate term fluxion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪnfɪnɪˈtɛsɪməl/ 1. A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number). 2. Something infinitesimally small. Example: It occurred to the hearer, who was accustomed to glean much of his knowledge from the infinitesimals of tone, that there was a spice of "It is my duty and I will" in this praiseworthy resolve which fell short of the ecstatic resolution of the Saturday Nora.
Word: flugelhorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Flügelhorn, from Flügel (“wing, flank”) + horn. 1. A brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider, conical bore, and usually with three valves, in the same B-flat pitch as many trumpets and cornets but with a more deeply conical mouthpiece than those. A bugle with valves. Example: A flugelhorn may be furnished in lieu of the Eb trumpet, a euphonium in lieu of one alto, one Eb alto saxophone, and one Eb baritone saxophone in lieu of two coronets...
Word: anisotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From an- + isotropic. Pronunciation: /ˌænaɪsəˈtɹɒpɪk/, /ˌænaɪsəˈtɹɑpɪk/ 1. Having properties that differ according to the direction of measurement; exhibiting anisotropy. Example: The crystal has an anisotropic structure, as it is stronger along its length than laterally. Example: The obtained low and anisotropic thermal conductivity, and feasibility of synthesis, in addition to other reports on high electron mobility, make arsenene a promising material for a variety of applications, including thermal management and thermoelectric devices..
Word: heterochromia iridium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin. 1. The condition of having two irises of different colors. Labels: uncountable
Word: preservative Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus. Pronunciation: /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/ 1. Any agent, natural or artificial, that acts to preserve, especially when added to food. Example: Salt, sugar, and acid all act as preservatives when making pickles.
Word: preservative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French preservatif, from Medieval Latin praeservativus. Pronunciation: /prɪˈzəːvətɪv/ 1. Tending to preserve. Example: The curators took preservative actions to maintain the ancient collection.
Word: dibber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dib + -er. 1. A tool with a handle on one end and a point on the other, used in the garden to poke holes in preparation for planting seeds, bulbs, etc. Example: In dry weather, when plants are drawn out of the seed bed, and planted with a common dibber, receiving daily dribblings of water, many will perish, and all are materially injured. 2. One who dibs.
Word: go downhill Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɐʉ dɐʉnˈhɪɫ/ 1. To worsen or degenerate. Labels: idiomatic Example: I usually run fast enough, but my speed goes downhill when I don't sleep enough.
Word: spoken for Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of speak for Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: spoken for Part of Speech: adj 1. claimed, reserved, or occupied Labels: not-comparable Example: I looked all over, but all the seats are already spoken for. 2. taken; unavailable; not single Labels: not-comparable Example: I'm sorry, I can't go on a date with you – I'm spoken for.
Word: speak for Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see speak, for. 2. To speak on somebody's behalf. Example: I think I speak for the whole group when I say that we're glad you came. 3. To claim, reserve, or occupy. Labels: idiomatic Example: Be sure to speak for a seat early, if you plan to attend. Example: I'd imagine she's spoken for. 4. To represent an intrinsic quality Labels: idiomatic Example: You really do deserve to be published - your recent articles speak for themselves.
Word: speak for oneself Part of Speech: verb 1. Expressing disagreement with an opinion expressed by another. Labels: idiomatic, imperative Example: That idea makes no sense at all. – Speak for yourself! I think it's a great idea. Example: “I’ll tell you what it is, gentlemen,” said he, “we’re all afraid.”¶ “Speak for yourself, sir,” said Mr. Giles, who was the palest of the party. 2. To have obvious implications; to require no explanation. Example: His fantastic record as a manager speaks for itself. Example: His actions speak for themselves. 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see speak, for. To provide an opinion only on one's own behalf. Example: I'm here speaking for myself, not for my company.
Word: vermicelli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian vermicelli, plural of vermicello (“little worm”), from verme (“worm”), from Latin vermis + -cello (“diminutive suffix”). Pronunciation: /vəɹməˈsɛli/, /vəɹməˈt͡ʃɛli/ 1. Long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: They talked of the experiments of Dr. Darwin, (I speak not of what the Doctor really did, or said that he did, but, as more to my purpose, of what was then spoken of as having been done by him,) who preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass case, till by some extraordinary means it began to move with voluntary motion. Example: A favourite old cookbook (and a pile of parsley to use up) inspire this simple salsa verde – parsley, anchovies, capers, olives – in a fairytale tangle of vermicelli[.] 2. Any type of long, thin noodles, as in rice vermicelli. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Super-thin rice noodles, or vermicelli, are de rigueur here, but as with pad thai the secret is all in the preparation. 3. Chocolate sprinkles. Labels: UK, uncountable, usually
Word: sixty cycle hum Part of Speech: noun 1. The sound generated by the alternation of current in electronic devices.
Word: note value Part of Speech: noun 1. A musical notation that indicates the relative duration of a note, using the color or shape of the note head, the presence or absence of a stem, and the presence of flags.
Word: registration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English register Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English registration From register + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɹed͡ʒ.ɪˈstɹæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The act of signing up or registering for something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Complete the registration process. 2. That which registers or makes something official, e.g. the form or paper that registers. Labels: countable Example: Did you submit your car registration yet? 3. Alignment, e.g. of colors or other elements in a printing process. Labels: uncountable 4. The location where guests register, especially with a hotel. Labels: uncountable Example: The elevators are just past registration. 5. The art of selecting and combining the stops or registers of an organ. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Ellipsis of registration number. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: Did you get their registration?
Word: clarinet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian clarinetto, diminutive of clarino (“trumpet”) (as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet), from Latin clarus. Alternatively, the word may come from French clarinette, diminutive form of clarine (“bell”), from clarin, from clair (“clear”), from Latin clarus. Pronunciation: /ˌklæɹɪˈnɛt/, /ˌklɛɹɪˈnɛt/ 1. A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
Word: TOR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of terms of reference. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only 2. Initialism of transcript of records, an official record of a student's or graduate's academic achievements at the college or university level, including all courses taken, grades earned, and credits. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: TOR Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Toronto. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: eleventh-hour Part of Speech: adj 1. Just before the moment that it is too late; in the nick of time; last-minute. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: Eleventh-hour executive changes are not unique to this outgoing Administration — President Bill Clinton launched a number himself before leaving office. Example: Cal State Fullerton students Chenglin Lee and Samuel Ortiz saved me with eleventh-hour bibliographic assistance.
Word: anisotropically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English anisotropic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English anisotropically From anisotropic + -ally. 1. in an anisotropic manner; in such a way as to depend upon direction Labels: not-comparable Example: When heated, vermiculite expands anisotropically.
Word: exploded view Part of Speech: noun 1. A view in a drawing showing the parts in an assembly separated outwardly, with an indication of how they fit together. Example: An exploded view will show the assembly details well.
Word: shoestring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/, /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/ 1. The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace. Labels: US Example: Your shoestring is untied. Example: I am ſure ſhe is not half ſo beautiful, and vvill even venture to ſay, that ſhe is not vvorthy to tie her majeſty's ſhoe-ſtrings. 2. An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1). Labels: attributive, figuratively, often 3. An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1). Labels: attributive, figuratively, often Example: shoestring French fries 4. Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget. Labels: attributive, figuratively, often Example: He was able to organize the event on a shoestring. Example: As the 80s cult classic starring Madonna as a gorgeous grifter returns, director Susan Seidelman recalls capturing the zeitgeist on a shoestring budget[.]
Word: shoestring Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/, /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/ 1. Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: shoestring Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle. Pronunciation: /ˈʃuːstɹɪŋ/, /ˈʃustɹɪŋ/ 1. To tackle (a player) using a shoestring tackle (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”). Labels: transitive 2. To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”). Labels: transitive Example: We didn't score in our half of the eighth, but it was only because Ernie's line drive was shoestringed by the Giant left fielder, with Rusty Howarth on second. Example: Most outfielders say that short-hopping a ball so that it looks as if it was caught is more an accident than an art form, but Coach Joe Nossek of the Indians actually tells his charges to hold up the ball after shoestringing it on the off chance that the umpire might be fooled.
Word: on a shoestring Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. On a very tight budget; with few resources or little money. Labels: idiomatic Example: The first year after we bought the house, we lived on a shoestring, but we survived.
Word: core competency Part of Speech: noun 1. An important special capability or expertise, especially that of a business affording it sustainable competitive advantage. Example: The publisher's core competency was paperbacks, but they decided to branch out into online publishing.
Word: branch out Part of Speech: verb 1. To expand in the manner of branches. Labels: intransitive Example: The chart starts in the center and branches out from there. 2. To expand one's interests or activities in a new direction. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Studying Latin may make it easier to branch out into Spanish or Italian. Example: Once relegated to facelifts and fat reduction, medical tourism has branched out into almost every kind of procedure, including bypass surgery, heart-valve replacement, angioplasty, knee reconstruction, and spinal fusion. 3. To white out or expand the whitespace around the title or other words, lines, etc. in a document. Labels: obsolete
Word: anisotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From an- + isotropy. Pronunciation: /ˌæn.aɪˈsɒ.tɹə.pi/, /ænˈaɪ.səˌtɹoʊ̯.pi/ 1. The property of being directionally dependent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Velvet exhibits anisotropy when rotated about its geometric normal. 2. The degree to which this property is exhibited. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: isotropy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From iso- + -tropy. Pronunciation: /aɪˈsɒ.tɹə.pi/, /ˈaɪ.səˌtɹoʊ̯.pi/ 1. The property of being identical, or having the same physical properties, in all directions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: down this road, as they watched, came a wagon, then a couple of riders, then a coach and another wagon, in daylight which slowly lost its stark isotropy and was flowed into by clouds and chimney smoke and even episodes of weather
Word: nail Jell-O to a tree Part of Speech: verb 1. To do something that is impossible or very difficult, with connotations of pointlessness. Labels: US, rare, slang Example: They are asking us to nail Jell-O to a tree if they insist on having everything done in three days.
Word: throw someone a curve Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the curve ball in baseball, where a spin is employed to adjust the path of the ball unexpectedly. 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball. 2. To surprise; to introduce something unexpected or requiring a quick reaction or correction. Labels: figuratively Example: He really threw me a curve when he asked me a personal question at work.
Word: navette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French navette. By surface analysis, Latin nav- + -ette. Pronunciation: /nəˈvɛt/ 1. A shuttle bus in France. Example: To catch the Roissybus from Terminal 1, take the navette from door 22 (line 2)[…] Example: To address this, we explore the case of the navettes, informal vans that operate in the unlikely and unfriendly formal transport landscape of Brussels. 2. A kind of grape that grows in summer. Example: The summer Navette is less cultivated than the Coleseed, being less prolific, the seeds being much smaller. 3. Rapeseed Labels: obsolete 4. A lenticular piece of jewelry.
Word: pilose Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pilōsus, from pilus (“hair”). 1. Covered with fine hair. Example: An icy chill runs down the back of your exoskeleton as the name enters your mind, your very animus shuddering at the sound of it. Something about its form, its essence… it is far too lissom. Too pilose. Too disturbingly… feline.
Word: sideboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From side + board. 1. A piece of dining room furniture having drawers and shelves for linen and tableware; originally for serving food. Example: He procured himself a glass of water from the sideboard, drank half of it and began to pace the room nervously as he talked. 2. A board or similar barrier that forms part of the side of something. Example: Fleming watched the sideboarded truck diminish down the rolling hillside, the stackers atop the hay clutching the sideboards and swaying and bouncing toward the barn. 3. A set of cards that are separate from a player's primary deck, used to customize a match strategy against an opponent by enabling a player to change the composition of the playing deck. Example: Cards can only be exchanged between the playing deck and the sideboard on a one-to-one basis between duels or matches, and any number of cards, up to fifteen, can be exchanged at once. Example: Many of your best chances to overcome opposing decks lie in the development of a strong sideboard. 4. A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery. Example: Conversely, in fisheries with increasing sideboards, economic benefit could be denied to the sideboarded sectors.
Word: sideboard Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From side + board. 1. To include (a card) in one's sideboard. Example: Hopefully you now have a strong grasp on how to sideboard effectively. Example: This will cause an opponent to suffer from a number of his newly sideboarded cards, now useless to him. 2. To add sideboards to. Example: Wood used at the Natioual Guard camps will include flooring for tents. Tents will also be sideboarded for a distance of about three feet up from the ground. Example: The additional load capacity made available by sideboarding is gained by making the scraper bowl taller without increasing the bowl width.
Word: beanbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bean + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːnbæɡ/ 1. Ellipsis of beanbag chair. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. A small cloth bag filled with dry beans, used as a toy or for exercising the hands. Example: Does it bounce around like a superball in a hollow cavity? Or does it rapidly lose its force, like a beanbag hitting a pillow? 3. A type of juggling ball usually made from leather or cloth stuffed with dry beans. 4. A testicle. Labels: plural-normally, slang 5. An idiot. Labels: slang
Word: beanbag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bean + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈbiːnbæɡ/ 1. To shoot with a baton round consisting of a bag of shot. Labels: transitive Example: I've beanbagged people before, and nobody has ever just stood right back up, even from a glancing blow.
Word: coalescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French coalescence and its etymon Latin coalēscentia. Doublet of coalescency. By surface analysis, coalesce + -ence. Pronunciation: /ˌkoʊ.əˈlɛs.əns/ 1. The act of coalescing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The merging of two segments into one. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: trivium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: PIE word *tréyes Borrowed from Latin trivium. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪviəm/ 1. The lower division of the liberal arts in a medieval university; grammar, logic, and rhetoric. Labels: historical Example: Surely some demon must possess the lad, / Who showed more wit than ever school-boy had, / And learned his Trivium thus without the rod; / But Alcuin said it was the grace of God. Example: As to the nature of his studies, there can be no doubt that he [Dante] went through the trivium (grammar, dialectic, rhetoric) and the quadrivium (arithmetic, music, geometry, and astronomy) of the then ordinary university course. 2. The three anterior ambulacra of echinoderms, collectively. 3. Singular of trivia; anything of little importance. Labels: form-of, rare, singular Example: […] question of sympathy or antipathy sometimes evoked by a trivium; and in the category of trivia many learned and responsible individuals include Motion Pictures. Only they are not so trivial if we consider the power of feeling evoked by Motion Pictures, and the number of movie-goers. Example: For the most part, Mrs. Fenner lays stress on the personalities and accomplishments of the executive secretaries, which is as it should be, since these gentlemen remained longer in the center of things than the presidents, who were elected for one year. The style is unpedantic and is flavored with references to colorful trivia, as for example, to the drunken janitor (p. 37) and to the romantic outcomes of NEA conventions (p. 28). Perhaps matrimony is not a trivium.
Word: dining room Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪnɪŋˌɹum/ 1. A room, in a home or hotel, where meals are eaten.
Word: doggy bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From doggy + bag. In the food sense, this refers to the idea that the food is to be taken home for the diner's dog. 1. A bag (or other container) used to take home uneaten food from a restaurant meal. Example: Near-synonym: goody bag 2. A bag used to pick up the droppings of dogs in parks and public places.
Word: windbag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/ 1. Someone who talks excessively. Labels: derogatory, mildly Example: Some windbag. Hell, ain't I seen your kind before? ... Some bag of wind. You're just hot air, that's all. Example: "Do you hear that, Ryan? Your mommy is being a pontificating windbag." 2. The lungs. Labels: dated 3. Bellows for an organ. Labels: archaic
Word: windbag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English wyndbagge, equivalent to wind + bag. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndˌbæɡ/ 1. To talk pompously or excessively. Labels: derogatory, intransitive
Word: sleeping bag Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsliːpɪŋ(ɡ)bæɡ/ 1. A padded or insulated bag large enough to surround the whole body and which keeps the user warm while sleeping, used as a substitute for bedclothes. Example: All students attending the multi-day field trip should bring a sleeping bag suitable for camping in a tent.
Word: lanthanide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lanthanium Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English lanthanide From lanthanium + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈlænθənaɪd/ 1. Any of the 15 rare earth elements from lanthanum to lutetium in the periodic table; because their outermost orbitals are not filled, they have very similar chemistry; below them are the actinides. 2. Any of the 14 rare earth elements from lanthanum to ytterbium (lutetium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element). 3. Any of the 14 rare earth elements from cerium to lutetium (lanthanum having been excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past). Labels: dated
Word: actinide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From actin- + -ide. Pronunciation: /ˈæktɪnaɪd/ 1. Any of the 15 radioactive elements of the periodic table from actinium to lawrencium that are positioned under the lanthanides, to which they have similar chemistry. 2. Any of the 14 elements from actinium to nobelium (lawrencium is excluded by some authors as it is a d-block rather than an f-block element). 3. Any of the 14 elements from thorium to lawrencium (actinium having been mistakenly excluded because it was thought to be a d-block element in the past). Labels: dated
Word: rare earth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rare + earth. First use appears c. 1841 in the publications of Henry Minchin Noad. See cite below. 1. Any of the naturally occurring oxides of the lanthanide metals; they are widely distributed in relatively small concentrations and are used in glassmaking, ceramic glazes etc. Example: Meronyms: rare earth element, rare earth metal Example: The metallic base of yttria, a very rare earth, discovered in a mineral called godolinite. 2. A rare earth element. Example: Near-synonym: lanthanide Example: Despite their name, rare earths are not so rare. The most common, cerium, is as plentiful in the Earth's crust as copper or lead. The difference between them and more familiar materials is that, in nature, rare earths are almost never found on their own. Rather, they're mixed with other minerals, and often at low concentrations, making them difficult to mine economically.
Word: rare earth element Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a group of seventeen soft, lustrous, sometimes magnetic metals that form trivalent salts, which includes the lanthanides plus yttrium and scandium.
Word: unununium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Systematic element name, from un- + un- + un- + -ium. 1. roentgenium. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: salle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French salle. Doublet of sala and sale. 1. A fencing school. Example: Your local fencing salle is a good place to relax and unwind and let the cares of the day take a backseat for a while. Meeting someone on the fencing strip, blade in hand, can become your only concern for two or three hours a couple of times a week.
Word: STP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of sewage treatment plant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of standard temperature and pressure. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of spanning tree protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of shielded twisted pair. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of stand-to-pee. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. A hallucinogen (2,5-dimethoxy-4-methylamphetamine), chemically related to amphetamine but with LSD-like effects. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: “Don,” she cries, breathless. “We got some STP today.” At this time STP is a pretty big deal, remember; nobody yet knew what it was and it was relatively, although just relatively, hard to come by. Example: I could not correctly estimate what I was experiencing, and the strychnine in the STP began cramping my belly.
Word: STP Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of subject to planning. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: This building would suit alternative uses STP.
Word: STP Part of Speech: name 1. Stone Temple Pilots, an American rock band.
Word: standard temperature and pressure Part of Speech: noun 1. One of various standard sets of conditions for experimental measurements used to aid reproducibility. Abbreviated as STP. Often elliptically called standard conditions. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The international, standard conditions used by the IUPAC to aid reproducibility; a temperature of 0 °C (273.15 K) and a pressure of 1 bar (100 kPa). Abbreviated as STP. Often elliptically called standard conditions. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: internal combustion Part of Speech: noun 1. The process where fuel is burned within an engine such as a diesel engine, producing power directly as opposed to externally such as in a steam engine. Labels: uncountable
Word: reproducibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English reproduce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reproducible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English reproducibility From reproducible + -ity. 1. The quality of being reproducible. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being reproducible. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fusible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English fusible, from Old French fusible, from Medieval Latin fusibilis. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzɪbl̩/ 1. Able to be fused or melted. Example: Although a fusible plug is provided in the firebox crown of every locomotive, so that by melting if the inner firebox crown becomes uncovered, and thereby releasing steam at full pressure into the firebox, the fire may be extinguished and the crew given an unmistakable warning of the danger, there is no absolute guarantee that the plug will melt.
Word: fusible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fusible, from Old French fusible, from Medieval Latin fusibilis. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːzɪbl̩/ 1. Any substance that can be fused or melted. Example: Try any fusibles you have on hand, making sure that they aren't too stiff for the project you have in mind.
Word: reproducible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English reproduce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reproducible From reproduce + -ible. 1. Capable of being reproduced at a different time or place and by different people.
Word: reproducible Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English reproduce Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English reproducible From reproduce + -ible. 1. Something that can be reproduced. Example: transparencies and other reproducibles
Word: goody bag Part of Speech: noun 1. A bag containing candy, small toys and other goodies handed out as a thank you gift to guests at a children's party. 2. A bag (or just a napkin) containing leftovers (like cake or crackers) from a children's party. Example: Near-synonym: doggy bag 3. A bag containing gifts and promotional material handed out at a conference, exhibition or similar event.
Word: reproduce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *pró Proto-Indo-European *pro- Proto-Italic *pro- Latin prō- Proto-Indo-European *dewk- Proto-Indo-European *déwkti Proto-Italic *doukō Latin dūcō Latin prōdūcōder. Middle English produce English produce English reproduce From re- + produce. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiː.pɹəˈdjuːs/, /ˌɹiː.pɹəˈd͡ʒuːs/, /ˌɹi.pɹəˈdus/ 1. To produce an image or copy of. Labels: transitive 2. To generate or propagate offspring or organisms sexually or asexually. Labels: intransitive, transitive Example: The 12-page ruling notes that “Marriage is when a man and a woman are willing to live together, to build a husband and wife relationship to reproduce their offspring […] . Marriage is, therefore, reserved for only a man and a woman.” Other parts in the verdict also mention that members of the LGBTQIA+ community cannot reproduce, as it is against nature, and that people of those communities are no different to other animals with strange behaviours or physical features. 3. To produce again; to recreate. Labels: transitive 4. To bring something to mind; to recall. Labels: transitive
Word: notoriety Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from Middle French notoriété, from Medieval Latin nōtōrietās, from nōtōrius, from nōtus (“known”), perfect passive participle of nōscō (“get to know”). By surface analysis, notorious + -ety. Pronunciation: /nəʊ.təˈɹaɪ.ə.ti/, /noʊ.tɚ.aɪ.ə.ti/ 1. An infamous or notorious condition or reputation. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [H]e who portrays examples of disinterestedness and intrepidity, confers on virtue the notoriety and homage that are due to it, and rouses in the spectators, the spirit of salutary emulation. Example: I liked the man for his own sake, and even had he promised to turn out a celebrity it would have had no weight with me. I look upon notoriety with the same indifference as on the buttons on a man's shirt-front, or the crest on his note-paper.
Word: oregano Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 18th century, from Spanish orégano (“wild marjoram”), from Latin orīganum, from Ancient Greek ὀρίγανον (oríganon). Doublet of origanum. Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹɪˌɡɑːnəʊ/, /əˈɹɛɡənoʊ/ 1. A herb of the mint family, Origanum vulgare, having aromatic leaves. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. The leaves of these plants used in flavouring food. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: notorious Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Late Middle English notoryous, from Medieval Latin nōtōrius (“evident, known; famous, well-known; infamous”), from Latin nōtus (“known, recognized; familiar, widely known; famous, well-known; infamous”) + -tōrius (suffix forming adjectives). Nōtus is the perfect passive participle of nōscō (“to become acquainted with or learn about (something); (rare) to be familiar with, recognize”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (“to know; to recognize”). cognates * Catalan notori (“well-known”) * Middle French notoire (Anglo-Norman notoire, notoir, notore, notorie, modern French notoire (“notorious; well-known”)) * Italian notorio (“notorious; well-known”) * Portuguese notorjo (obsolete), notório (“illustrious; open, public; notorious”) * Spanish notorio (“apparent, clear, obvious; well-known”) Pronunciation: /nə(ʊ)ˈtɔː.ɹɪ.əs/, /nəˈtɔ.ɹi.əs/, /noʊ-/ 1. Synonym of notoriously. Labels: obsolete
Word: nowhere else Part of Speech: adv 1. In no other place. Example: Nowhere else will you find such skillful craftsmanship. Example: Many of them will be back again for more against Morocco. Another night of pressure and angst is guaranteed, but there's nowhere else on earth these people would rather be.
Word: brelan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French brelan. 1. A French card game: gleek. Labels: uncountable