nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: collimation Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of collimating or something collimated; aligning lenses along line of sight to minimize aberrations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ferroalloy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- English alloy English ferroalloy From ferro- + alloy. 1. Any alloy of iron and another metal, especially one of silicon, manganese, chromium, vanadium, tungsten, titanium and molybdenum; used in the production of specialist steels as they have a lower melting point than the pure metal.
Word: Feynman diagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after its inventor, American theoretical physicist Richard Feynman (1918–1988). Pronunciation: /ˈfaɪnmən ˈdaɪəɡɹæm/ 1. A pictorial representation of the interactions of subatomic particles, showing their paths in space and time as lines, and their interactions as points where lines meet. Example: Feynman diagrams for the fourth-order radiative corrections to the scattering of an electron by an electromagnetic field. Example: The symbolic representation of Maxwell's equations is introduced to make it easier to survey the whole subject and to formulate the equations. The Feynman diagram method is applied to the computation of the correlation of the fields at different points in space to any order of approximation.
Word: field emission Part of Speech: noun 1. The emission of electrons from a metal or semiconductor, under the influence of a strong electric field, by quantum tunnelling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Field emission was described for the first time at the end of the 19th century. Thorough experiments in the 1920s showed clearly that this emission occurred under high electric field and was not related to thermoelectronic emission.
Word: field emission microscopy Part of Speech: noun 1. a technique that uses field emission of electrons or positive ions from the needle-shaped tip of an emitter to produce a magnified image of the emitter surface (showing each atom) on a fluorescent screen Labels: uncountable
Word: field emission microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. the instrument used in field emission microscopy
Word: Fischer-Tropsch process Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Franz Fischer and Hans Tropsch, German chemists. 1. The synthesis of hydrocarbons by the catalytic hydrogenation of carbon monoxide.
Word: toddle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒdəl/, /ˈtɑdəl/, [ˈtʰɑɾɫ̩] 1. To walk unsteadily, as a small child does. Example: Rory would never have believed that his half-hour had been a twelvemonth, "did not the calves grown now into stots, and the new-born babes now toddling about the house, at length convince him that in his single reel he had danced for a twelvemonth and a day." 2. To walk or travel in a carefree manner. Example: There he was, just toddling along. Example: So off we toddled, Marjorie, Holt, and I, in a growler, — spotted the crib in less than no time, — invited ourselves in by the kitchen window — house seemed empty.
Word: toddle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Of unknown origin. Possibly a byform of totter. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒdəl/, /ˈtɑdəl/, [ˈtʰɑɾɫ̩] 1. A carefree or aimless gait; a stroll.
Word: fluxional compound Part of Speech: noun 1. a compound whose molecule undergoes rapid intramolecular rearrangements among equivalent structures in which the component atoms are interchanged
Word: flywheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *plew- Proto-Indo-European *plewk- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *pléwketi Proto-Germanic *fleuganą Proto-West Germanic *fleugan Old English flēogan Middle English fliender. English fly Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English flywheel From fly + wheel. 1. A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate, or as a form of energy storage. Example: They were fitted with flywheels 25 ft. in dia. and weighing 50 tons each. The energy stored in such flywheels is very great, and in this case was of the order of 7,000,000 lb./ft. each. Example: As on Nos. 20001-3, the motor and generator armature shafts of the new locomotive each carry a heavy flywheel to provide kinetic energy and help maintain the speed of the motor-generator set during interruptions of supply, as at breaks in the continuity of the conductor rail.
Word: food web Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfuːd wɛb/, /ˈfud wɛb/ 1. A diagram showing the organisms that eat other organisms in a particular ecosystem, predators being higher in the web than their prey; the network of interrelations that the diagram models. Example: [T]he dynamic nature of rivers that flow westward from the peninsular range of San Diego county has been altered by man. […] Human modifications tend to alter the habitat values, water quality, flow regimes, and most importantly the food web by changing the trophic structure. Example: No species exists in a vacuum. Rather, each species is embedded within a network of predator-prey interactions in what Charles Darwin referred to as an “entangled bank” and is now known in the most general sense as a food web. In its most basic form, a food web reveals to us something about the feeding relationships in a system. More broadly, food webs represent a way of thinking about an ecological system that considers trophic (consumer-resource) interactions among species or groups of similar species (trophic guilds or trophic levels).
Word: Fraunhofer line Part of Speech: noun 1. any of a series of dark lines in the solar spectrum; due to the absorption of light by atoms and molecules in the Sun's atmosphere
Word: free radical Part of Speech: noun 1. A molecule, ion or atom that has one or more unpaired electrons, and which is generally highly reactive (and therefore often occurs only as a transient species).
Word: frequency modulation Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of a modulating wave to vary the instantaneous frequency of a carrier wave. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: OWA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Outlook Web Access. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: viscous damper Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of shock absorber designed to reduce structural damage to buildings caused by earthquakes
Word: DRM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of digital rights management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The problem for e-marketing is that the use of DRM in its most restrictive manner limits the value and use of purchased goods (maximum numbers of reinstalls, limited numbers of redownloads of the software). 2. Initialism of digital rights management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, derogatory, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of disaster risk management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Loughborough Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English *Luhhedeburh, from Luhhede (a personal name) + burh (“fortified place”). Pronunciation: /ˈlʌfb(ə)ɹə/ 1. A town in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5319). 2. A surname.
Word: marchpane Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmɑːtʃpeɪn/, /ˈmɑɹt͡ʃpeɪn/ 1. Obsolete form of marzipan. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, uncountable, usually
Word: frequency multiplier Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic circuit that produces an output frequency that is an integral multiple of an input frequency.
Word: judicature Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”). Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/, /d͡ʒʊˈdɪkət͡ʃə/, /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/ 1. The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.
Word: Jonathon Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Jonathan.
Word: jocund Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Old French jocond, from Latin iūcundus (“pleasant, agreeable”). Doublet of jucund. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɒkənd/, /ˈd͡ʒəʊkənd/, /ˈd͡ʒɑkənd/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊkənd/ 1. Jovial; exuberant; lighthearted; merry and in high spirits; exhibiting happiness. Example: Nights candles are burnt out, and iocond Day / Stands tiptoes on the myſtie mountaine tops. Example: Thou mak'ſt me merry: I am full of pleaſure, / Let vs be iocond. Will you troule the Catch / You taught me but whileare?
Word: intelligent design Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Became a standard and widely promoted term in the 1987 draft of Of Pandas and People by Percival Davis and Dean H. Kenyon, as a repackaging of creationism after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against its teaching in Edwards v. Aguillard (1987). 1. The belief that biological life on Earth, or more broadly, the universe as a whole, was created by an intelligent agent (specified or unspecified) rather than being the result of undirected natural processes. Labels: uncountable Example: Anaxagoras (500–428 B.C.) was the first of the Greeks "to attribute the adaptations of Nature to Intelligent Design, and was thus the founder of Teleology," an idea that has played a retarding function in the history of evolution. Example: Of Pandas and People is not intended to be a balanced treatment by itself. We have given a favorable case for intelligent design and raised reasonable doubt about natural descent. But used together with your other text, it should help to balance the overall curriculum.
Word: superjumbo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English jumbo English superjumbo From super- + jumbo. 1. The largest passenger airliner, the Airbus A380.
Word: psogos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ψόγος (psógos, “blame, censure”). 1. A speech that attempts to insult, degrade, or otherwise attack something. Labels: rhetoric
Word: Fergus Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós Proto-Celtic *wiros Proto-Indo-European *ǵews- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *ǵéwstus Proto-Celtic *gustus Proto-Celtic *Wirogustusder. Old Irish Fergus Irish Fearghasder. ▲ Old Irish Fergus Scottish Gaelic Fearghasder. English Fergus From Irish or Scottish Gaelic Fearghas. The first element may be related to modern fìor (“true”) or fear (“man”) (cf. Fearchar). The second element has been understood to mean 'choice' (cf. Angus). Thus the name means either "most chosen one" or "chosen man". Pronunciation: /ˈfɛɹɡəs/, /ˈfɜːɡəs/, /ˈfɝɡəs/ 1. A male given name from Scottish Gaelic. 2. A surname originating as a patronymic. 3. An unincorporated community in the township of Centre Wellington, Wellington County, Ontario, Canada.
Word: fructus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin frūctus. 1. In Ancient Roman law, any product originating either from a natural source (such as fruits grown or animals bred) or from legal transactions (e.g. interest on a loan). Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: -x Part of Speech: suffix 1. Used to represent a value that may vary: see x. Labels: morpheme Example: I teach all of the 30x classes.
Word: -x Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: The letter x is prototypically pronounced [ks] in English; it therefore serves as a convenient shorthand for the digraphs (cs, ks, etc.) or trigraphs (cks etc.) that would otherwise represent that consonant cluster. Pronunciation: /ks/ 1. Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks. Labels: US, informal, morpheme Example: blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), shox (“shocks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)
Word: -x Part of Speech: suffix 1. An abbreviation marker. Labels: morpheme Example: Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)
Word: -x Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From the use of x as a neutral or nonspecific placeholder. 1. Used to replace a gendered suffix. Labels: morpheme, neologism Example: alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx
Word: Mainz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Mainz, from Latin Mogontiacum, from a Celtic language. Pronunciation: /maɪnts/, /maɪn(t)s/ 1. A city, the state capital of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the River Rhine.
Word: luns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: duelo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian duello. 1. Alternative spelling of duello Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: turista Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish turista (literally “tourist”), from English tourist. 1. Synonym of traveler's diarrhea. Labels: uncountable
Word: Nordic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French nordique, from nord (“north”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.dɪk/, /ˈnɔɹ.dɪk/ 1. Of or relating to the Nordic countries. Example: The aim of the bill is to introduce temporary measures which curb migrants from entering the Nordic nation, in response to what Helsinki sees as “hybrid warfare” from Russia. 2. Of or relating to the light colouring and tall stature of Nordic peoples. 3. Of or relating to the family of North Germanic languages. 4. Of or relating to cross-country skiing or ski jumping.
Word: Nordic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French nordique, from nord (“north”). Pronunciation: /ˈnɔː.dɪk/, /ˈnɔɹ.dɪk/ 1. A person of Nordic descent or having features typical of Nordic people. 2. A member of a race of extraterrestrials similar in appearance to Nordic humans. Example: Coordinate term: Pleiadean Example: Called “Nordics,” the aliens are human-like in appearance, of average height, and often have long, flowing hair. Contactees are typically struck by the beauty of the Nordics, as was Howard Menger (1959): “She seemed to radiate and glow,” Menger explains,
Word: pp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of percentage point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 2. Initialism of past participle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. proton and proton (used attributively to describe a collision or other interaction of these two particles) Labels: uncountable Example: Comparisons with ppbar and pp data reveal improvement in the description of single diffractive events. 4. Eye dialect spelling of pee-pee. Labels: alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable
Word: pp Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Initialism of per person. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: pp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviations. 1. Abbreviation of pages (plural of p). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, plural, plural-only
Word: ff Part of Speech: character 1. Often written in old manuscripts or transcriptions of them, denoting a capital F. Labels: letter, uppercase Example: ffor, as the Love of heaven makes one heavenly, the love of vertue vertuous, ſo dothe the love of the Worlde make one become worldly, […]
Word: ff Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of forfeit. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: we can't win, ff this shit
Word: dog rose Part of Speech: noun 1. A European wild rose shrub of species Rosa canina, having fragrant white or pink flowers and stems with sharp spines. 2. A Rosa canina flower.
Word: inemuri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese いねむり. 1. The practice of dozing at school or work, interpreted in Japanese culture as evidence that a person has been working hard. Labels: uncountable
Word: zoospore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os Proto-Hellenic *ďōwós Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)? Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon) Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on) Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der. English zoo- English spore English zoospore From zoo- + spore. Pronunciation: /ˈzoʊ.əˌspoɹ/ 1. A motile asexual spore of some algae and fungi.
Word: setpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From set + point. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛtpɔɪnt/ 1. The command signal or value which is fed into a controller to establish the target or desired position or state of the controlled device or process.
Word: American as apple pie Part of Speech: adj 1. Having characteristics considered quintessential to American life; very American. Labels: US Example: Josh Billings is as American as apple pie or the corncob pipe. Example: The book is as American as apple pie, or spoon bread, or baked beans, and its influence must have been great during those times.
Word: ima Part of Speech: contraction 1. Alternative form of Imma. Labels: alt-of, alternative, contraction
Word: It girl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally applied to actress Clara Bow, who starred in a film titled It (it being a euphemism for charisma). 1. A woman who has "it" (effortless charm, beauty, charisma); an actress, model, or socialite in vogue. Example: She's literally perfect in every way. She just has it, you know? A total it girl. Example: Passionate pursuers are a challenge to guys because while other girls may be chasing them, the It Girls are chasing their dreams.
Word: italicisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English italicise 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 italicisation From italicise + -ation. 1. the process of italicising; something italicised Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: italicization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From italic + -ization or italicize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ɪˌtælɪsaɪˈzeɪʃən/ 1. The process of italicizing; something italicized. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gaiji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 外字, literally "external characters". 1. A Japanese character that is valid in a given writing system but not included in the present font and/or character encoding, and which therefore is displayed using an additional mechanism. Mutually distinct from tofu and from mojibake.
Word: G-string Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from girdle-string, attested from the 19th century, but uncertain. 1. A scanty covering for the genitalia, with a thin strip of fabric that passes between the buttocks. Example: Her hands snaked down to her sides and suddenly she had torn away the strip of lace. She threw it into the audience. There was nothing now but a single black G-string. 2. A type of loincloth or breechcloth. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:G-string.
Word: G-string Part of Speech: noun 1. On a stringed musical instrument, the string that produces the note of G.
Word: layers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.əz/, /lɛəz/, /ˈleɪ.ɚz/ 1. plural of layer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: layers Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.əz/, /lɛəz/, /ˈleɪ.ɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of layer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: promythium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek 1. A section of text that comes before the story.
Word: demi-vegetarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Italic *meðios Latin medius Latin dīmidius Vulgar Latin *dimediusder. Anglo-Norman demibor. Middle English demi English demi- Latin vegetābilisbor. Old French vegetablebor. Middle English vegetable English vegetable English -arian English vegetarian English demi-vegetarian From demi- + vegetarian. 1. A person who eats fish but not meat. 2. A person who eats seafood and poultry. 3. A demitarian; a person who makes conscious effort to reduce meat consumption largely for environmental reasons
Word: deliverables Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deliverable Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uncopyrightable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English copy English right English copyright Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English copyrightable English uncopyrightable From un- + copyrightable. 1. Ineligible for copyright. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] The four criteria that Congress, courts, and theorists have traditionally employed to distinguish the copyrightable from the uncopyrightable are: […] Example: […] Keeton, however, resolved that it was the idea/expression dichotomy that forms the boundary line between the copyrightable and the uncopyrightable, […]
Word: uncopyrightable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English copy English right English copyright Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English copyrightable English uncopyrightable From un- + copyrightable. 1. That for which no one can obtain copyright. Example: Intrinsic state doctrines are further condemned by Sears and Compco’s second principle for their tendency to extend the equivalent of copyright protection to statutory uncopyrightables.
Word: contranym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, contra- + -nym; diachronically, coined in 1962 by Jack Herring as contronym from contr(a)- + -onym. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.tɹə.nɪm/, /ˈkɑn.tɹə.nɪm/ 1. Alternative form of contronym. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pros and cons Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”). 1. The positive and negative attributes of arguments. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: pros and cons Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin prō (“for, on behalf of”) and contrā (“against”). 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pro and con Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hypomethylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English methylation English hypomethylation From hypo- + methylation. 1. a decrease in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA
Word: corposant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin corpus (“body”) + sanctum (“holy”) Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːpəzant/, /ˈkɔːɹpəˌsænt/, /ˈkɔːɹpəsənt/ 1. An electrical discharge accompanied by a corona of ionization in the surrounding atmosphere Example: I said the corpusants have mercy on us all; and I hope they will, still. But do they only have mercy on long faces?--have they no bowels for a laugh? […] I take that mast-head flame we saw for a sign of good luck; for those masts are rooted in a hold that is going to be chock a' block with sperm-oil, d'ye see; and so, all that sperm will work up into the masts, like sap in a tree. Yes, our three masts will yet be as three spermaceti candles--that's the good promise we saw. Example: If there was a sharp point nearby, electricity would stream from it in a luminous brush, a little corposant, and one could blow out candles with the outstreaming “electric wind,” or even get this to turn a little rotor on its pivot.
Word: attending Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From attend + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndɪŋ/ 1. That attend or attends; that is or are in attendance; attendant. Labels: not-comparable 2. Serving on the staff of a teaching hospital as a doctor. Labels: not-comparable 3. Attendant, concomitant. Labels: not-comparable Example: Because so much of the character's self-loathing is manifested around his sexuality — his need to degrade the women with whom he identifies, the almost compulsive need to seduce a straight male actor, his malignant neglect of his lover — the casting of a woman in the part doubles, or even quadruples the attending implications and ironies.
Word: attending Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From attend + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndɪŋ/ 1. A physician on the staff of a hospital, especially the principal one that supervises a patient's care. Labels: Canada, US Example: She's an attending in gastroenterology at Mass General. Example: All the new interns had heard of his operative speed, his finesse under the attending's glare, and his memorization of the current surgical literature.
Word: attending Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From attend + -ing. Pronunciation: /əˈtɛndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of attend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unbleached Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English bleached English unbleached From un- + bleached. 1. Not bleached. Labels: not-comparable Example: unbleached sheets Example: There are traditional dishes such as Mopani worms, mogodu or unbleached tripe; and umngqusho, which is braised beef shin with maize porridge, billed as former President Nelson Mandela's favourite dish.
Word: Doric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δωρικός (Dōrikós, “related to Dorians”). The senses referring to dialects of Scottish are thought to have come from the Scots’ rusticness associated with the Athenians’ view of Dorians as uncivilised. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɹɪk/ 1. Relating to one of the Greek orders of architecture, distinguished by its simplicity and solidity. Example: It is certainly my personal favourite, for it was by way of Hardwick’s great Doric arch that I first sampled the roar and clatter of London streets, the trip being a boyhood reward for achieving (unexpected) success in a school examination! 2. Of or pertaining to the dialect of Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland, predominantly Morayshire and Aberdeen areas. 3. Of or pertaining to the Ancient Greek dialect group once spoken in the north-west of Greece. 4. Synonym of Dorian; of or relating to the region of Doris in Asia Minor or the Dorians 5. Belonging to a certain mode of Ancient Greek music, the Dorian mode.
Word: Doric Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Δωρικός (Dōrikós, “related to Dorians”). The senses referring to dialects of Scottish are thought to have come from the Scots’ rusticness associated with the Athenians’ view of Dorians as uncivilised. Pronunciation: /ˈdɒɹɪk/ 1. A group of Ancient Greek dialects, once spoken in western Greece, southern Italy and Sicily. 2. The Mid-Northern or Northeast dialect of Lowland Scots spoken in the north-east of Scotland.
Word: FOAD Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of fuck off and die. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar Example: So which are you looking for? An apology for my opinion, or an apology for making the fatal mistake of poor political humor? ¶ FOAD if you think I'm gonna give you the former, but to be fair, I should know better than to approach OT politics in what is nominally (and normally) an anime forum. 2. Initialism of fall over and die. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FGI Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of fucking Google it. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar
Word: FGI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of finished goods inventory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: monophasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English phase Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English phasic English monophasic From mono- + phasic. 1. of, related to or affected with monophasia 2. having a single phase
Word: CBF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cerebral blood flow. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CBF Part of Speech: verb 1. Initialism of can't be fucked Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, vulgar Example: I CBF running stress tests.
Word: NFI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of non-football injury; any injury sustained by a player outside of games or training. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NFI Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of no fucking (freaking) idea, expressing lack of knowledge on the subject matter. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of no further information, expressing lack of knowledge on the subject matter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of not fucking invited. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: Speaking of the guest list, though, it is most disappointing to find some of the third tier European princelings unable to hide their bitterness at being NFI.
Word: RTFA Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Derived from the initialism RTFM, which was originally used in the context of Usenet. 1. Initialism of read the fucking article. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of ready team fire assist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ADFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Australian Defence Force Academy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: seminary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmənɛɹi/, /ˈsɛmɪnəɹi/, /ˈsɛmɪnɹi/ 1. A theological school for the training of rabbis, priests, or ministers. 2. A private residential school for girls. Example: Three little maids who, all unwary, Come from a ladies' seminary 3. A class of religious education for youths ages 14–18 that accompanies normal secular education. Labels: Mormonism 4. A piece of ground where seed is sown for producing plants for transplantation. Example: I shall first begin with the Seminary and Nursery, as what is the first Work to be taken care of where you have not the opportunity of buying Trees Example: [B]ut if you draw them [seedlings] only for the thinning of your Seminary, prick them into ſome empty Beds at one foot interval, leaving the reſt at two or three. 5. The place or original stock from which anything is brought or produced. Labels: broadly Example: Seeing then there is indeed a twofold Seminary or stock in nature, from whence are deriv’d the issues of love and hatred distinctly flowing through the whole masse of created things, and that Gods doing ever is to bring the due likenesses and harmonies of his workes together, except when out of two contraries met to their own destruction, he moulds a third existence, and that it is error, or some evil Angel which either blindly or maliciously hath drawn together in two persons ill imbarkt in wedlock the sleeping discords and enmities of nature lull’d on purpose with some false bait, that they may wake to agony and strife, later then prevention could have wisht, if from the bent of just and honest intentions beginning what was begun, and so continuing, all that is equall, all that is fair and possible hath been tri’d, and no accommodation likely to succeed, what folly is it still to stand combating and battering against invincible causes and effects, with evill upon evill, till either the best of our dayes be linger’d out, or ended with some speeding sorrow. Example: the Seminary or Promptuary that furnisheth forth Matter for the Formation and Increment of Animal and Vegetable Bodies 6. Seminal state or polity. Labels: obsolete Example: The hand of God that first created the Earth, hath with variety disposed the principles of all things; wisely contriving them in their proper seminaries 7. A Roman Catholic priest educated in a foreign seminary; a seminarist. Example: I shall not need to instance in the effects which this bull produced; the treason of Watson and Cleark, two English seminaries, are sufficiently known 8. An academic seminar. Labels: archaic
Word: seminary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminar. In the ground sense, from Middle English semynair, semynary. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛmənɛɹi/, /ˈsɛmɪnəɹi/, /ˈsɛmɪnɹi/ 1. Of or relating to seed; seminal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: stylite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ecclesiastical Greek στυλίτης (stulítēs), from Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”). Pronunciation: /ˈstʌɪlʌɪt/, /ˈstaɪlaɪt/ 1. A Christian ascetic in ancient times who lived alone on top of a tall pillar. Labels: historical Example: Daniel, the famous stylite of the city, actually descended from his pillar for the first time in fifteen years, terrifying Basiliscus into the withdrawal of his edict. Example: Stylites often became major players in Church politics, shouting down their theological pronouncements from their little elevated balconies to the expectant crowds below, or giving personalized advice to those favoured enough to climb the ladder and join them on their platform.
Word: hangout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hang + out, as a deverbal from hang out. 1. A place for hanging out; an informal meeting-place. Example: Every Friday, Geoff and his group of friends all met at their favorite hangout to talk and have a good time. Example: My connection to gay men and lesbians in Cuba came about through the help of a straight man, Rafael, whom I'd met in old Havana. A day after I told him of my search, he came to me with names of three tea houses known to be gay/lesbian hang-outs. We went together and found a mix of gay and straight people. 2. A casual meeting for informal chat.
Word: CPAP Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsiːpæp/, /siː piː eɪ piː/ 1. Initialism of continuous positive airway pressure, a form of artificial ventilation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. The machine used for continuous positive airway pressure therapy. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: hypermethylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English methylation English hypermethylation From hyper- + methylation. 1. an increase in the epigenetic methylation of cytosine and adenosine residues in DNA. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: methylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English methyl 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 methylation From methyl + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛθɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. The addition of a methyl group to a molecule. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The addition of a methyl group to cytosine and adenine residues in DNA that leads to the epigenetic modification of DNA and the reduction of gene expression and protein production. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Cadence Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the word cadence. 1. A female given name from English.
Word: teste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called from Latin teste, ablative of testis (“a witness”), because this was formerly the initial word in the clause. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛsti/, /ˈtɛsteɪ/ 1. A witness. 2. The witnessing or concluding clause, duty attached; said of a writ, deed, etc.
Word: pesky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from pesty. Compare similar alteration between nasty and nasky. Pronunciation: /ˈpɛski/ 1. Annoying, troublesome, irritating (usually of an animal or child). Labels: informal Example: Stay out of my yard, you pesky kids! Example: That pesky dog is barking again.
Word: Veterans Day Part of Speech: name 1. The United States national holiday in honor of all military veterans (past and present, living and deceased, with peacetime or wartime service), observed on November 11th. Example: Near-synonyms: Armistice Day (former name), Remembrance Day (as the same day is called in various other countries)
Word: veterans Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɛ.tə.ɹənz/, /ˈvɛ.tə.ɹɪnz/ 1. plural of veteran Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Poppy Day Part of Speech: name Etymology: From being the last day on which the commemorative poppy flower is worn. 1. Remembrance Day. Labels: Canada, UK, informal
Word: Remembrance Day Part of Speech: name 1. November 11th, observed in commemoration of those in the armed forces who died in the line of duty; especially those who died during the two world wars. Labels: Commonwealth
Word: Remembrance Sunday Part of Speech: name Etymology: By analogy with Remembrance Day. 1. The Sunday closest to Remembrance Day, which falls on the 11th of November. Labels: UK
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kɛɚ/ 1. A surname 2. A surname 3. A surname
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːɹeɪ/, [ˈkaːɾe] 1. A surname from India 2. A surname from India
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name 1. A male given name from India. 2. A male given name from India.
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name 1. A people inhabiting mountainous parts of the Central African Republic’s Ouham-Pendé Prefecture and of Cameroon’s North and Adamawa Regions. 2. The southern Mbum language spoken by the Kare people.
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name 1. A language in the Mabuso subfamily of Central Madang languages, spoken in the Hansemann Range of Papua New Guinea.
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Serbo-Croatian Kare, Каре. 1. A village in Žitorađa, Toplica okrug, Serbia.
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Ка́ре (Káre). Pronunciation: /ˈkaɹeɪ/ 1. A village in Mykolaivka settlement hromada, Berezivka Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1918.
Word: Kare Part of Speech: name Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. 1. Alternative spelling of Kari (Congolese Bantu language spoken in the Central African Republic) Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: doolally Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From doolally tap (“camp fever; (by extension) eccentricity; madness”), with doolally interpreted as an adjective. Doolally is derived from the Deolali transit camp, a former British army camp about 100 miles (160 kilometres) northeast of Bombay, India, used as a transit station for soldiers awaiting transport back to Britain; while tap (“Indian malarial fever”) is from Persian or Urdu تب (tab, “malarial fever”), ultimately from Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “fever; heat; pain, torment”). Pronunciation: /duːˈlæli/, /duˈlæli/ 1. Eccentric; insane, mad. Labels: Ireland, UK, slang Example: "Will you write me an Essay on Corsets?" / "On what?" I asked incredulously—knowing that he had been a distinguished soldier, and suspecting that he had suddenly developed what the soldiers describe as "a touch of the doolally." Example: "When you've got any God's amount of brains," said Frobisher, "you can pretend to be doolally;[…]" 2. Carried away by enjoyment, excitement, etc. Labels: Ireland, UK, broadly, slang Example: You are there to entertain. Education is something we like doing. That's not actually the biggest thing on the night, when people are queuing to get in and paying their money. They want to go doolally to their favourite records. Example: 'I've never had a pet before,' Darkus gazed happily at Baxter [a beetle]. 'Thank you.' / 'That's all right, lad.' Uncle Max threw his hands up in defeat. 'I can hardly say no, when I know Barty would say yes.' / Darkus looked up, surprised. 'He would?' / 'Of course! A handsome hexapod like this? He'd be doolally about it!'
Word: doolally tap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Deolali (the name of a former British army camp 100 miles north-east of Bombay, used as a transit station for soldiers awaiting transport back to Britain) + tap (from Persian or Urdu تب (tab, “malarial fever”), ultimately from Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “heat; fever”)). According to one suggestion, to go doolally tap was to go crazy while waiting. 1. Camp fever; by extension, madness, eccentricity. Labels: uncountable Example: Mrrhhhh, nothing wrong with me, sergeant, it's just the old Doolally Tap. Example: 'The Doolally tap,' my father would say, mysteriously, and McAllister would agree.
Word: doolally tap Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Deolali (the name of a former British army camp 100 miles north-east of Bombay, used as a transit station for soldiers awaiting transport back to Britain) + tap (from Persian or Urdu تب (tab, “malarial fever”), ultimately from Sanskrit ताप (tāpa, “heat; fever”)). According to one suggestion, to go doolally tap was to go crazy while waiting. 1. Mad, insane, eccentric. Labels: UK Example: Going a bit doolally-tap, if you ask me. Getting odd ideas. Example: The whole family think I've gone doolally-tap; all except Mick, that is.
Word: phenomenal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō Ancient Greek φαίνω (phaínō) Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. Late Latin phaenomenonder. English phenomenon Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al ▲ Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon)bor. French phénomène ▲ Old French -al Middle French -al French -al French phénoménalbor. English phenomenal From phenomenon + -al, after French phénoménal. Pronunciation: /fɪˈnɒmɪnəl/, /fə-/, /fɪˈnɑmɪnəl/, /fɪˈnɔmɪnəl/ 1. Very remarkable; highly extraordinary; amazing. Labels: colloquial Example: phenomenal effort Example: phenomenal musician 2. Perceptible by the senses through immediate experience. 3. Of or pertaining to the appearance of the world, as opposed to the ultimate nature of the world as it is in itself.
Word: contracting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of contract Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: contracting Part of Speech: adj 1. Getting smaller; drawing itself together into a smaller area. Labels: not-comparable
Word: contracting Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of something that contracts or shrinks; contraction. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the contractings of his muscles 2. Work done on a contract basis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: talis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tallit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: talis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tali Labels: form-of, plural
Word: vae Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of voe (“sea inlet”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian вэ (vɛ). 1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter В / в.
Word: ve Part of Speech: pron Etymology: First proposed by Philologus in the July 1864 Ladies' Repository, with possessive vis and objective vim, as an alternative to using "he or she," singular they, or one in sentences without a specified gender. In 1970, Varda One proposed ve, vis and objective ver in a feminist article titled "Manglish." Greg Egan used the pronouns throughout the novels Distress (1995) and Diaspora (1998). Pronunciation: /vi/ 1. Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun, equivalent to singular they. Labels: epicene, nominative, nonstandard, rare, singular, third-person Example: And stop calling it 'it': yer got yer one great invention, remember Holmes? The neuter personal pronoun; ve/ver/vis, I am not his, vis/ve/ver, nor am I for her, ver/vis/ve, a pronoun for me, (slopping another tin of water out ready). Example: Ve held up vis right hand; I reached down and took it, and began to haul ver up; ve shook vis head impatiently.
Word: ve Part of Speech: pron 1. Pronunciation spelling of we. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: Ve vill go to de Sheafen Farm, and ve vill stay at de Sheafen Farm, is it not? Example: But ve have grounds larger even than these – though in vinter, ve have very little daylight, so ve are not enjoying them.
Word: hoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hoe Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of ho Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hoes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hoe Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person 2. third-person singular simple present indicative of ho Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: eyebrow-raising Part of Speech: adj 1. That causes surprise, wonder or disbelief. Labels: idiomatic Example: Guardiola switched to a 5-5-0 formation in the 76th minute following the eyebrow-raising decision to haul off Haaland and send on defensive midfielder Nico Gonzalez - a tactical manoeuvre which could have come right out of the Jose Mourinho playbook.
Word: eyebrow-raising Part of Speech: noun 1. An expression of surprise, wonder, or disbelief. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable 2. An instance of this. Labels: countable, idiomatic, uncountable
Word: Eurocentric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Euro- + -centric. 1. Focused on Europe or the people and culture of Europe. Example: The present curriculum / I put my fist in 'em / Eurocentric every last one of 'em / See right through the red, white, and blue disguise / With lecture I puncture the structure of lies / Installed in our minds and attempting to hold us back / We've got to take it back / Holes in our spirit causin' tears and fears / One-sided stories for years and years and years Example: Typologies of African religious movements, the authors remind us, cannot feed Eurocentric dialogues and disputes.
Word: eulogium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin eulogium, apparently from a confusion between ēlogium and eulogia. Doublet of eulogy. 1. A eulogy. Example: Oh, wonderful poet, thou shalt be immortal, if my eulogiums can make thee so! Example: Her eulogium on Rousseau was accidentally put into my hands, and her sentiments, the sentiments of too many of her sex, may serve as the text for a few comments.
Word: elogium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēlogium (“short saying, inscription”), from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεῖον (elegeîon, “elegy”), from ἔλεγος (élegos, “song, melody”). Doublet of elogy. 1. a eulogy
Word: ETV Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of educational television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of extraterrestrial vehicle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: Etruscologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Etruscology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English Etruscologist From Etruscology + -ist. 1. A historian or archaeologist who specializes in the Etruscans.
Word: etiolated Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From etiolate + -ed (suffix forming verbs). Pronunciation: /ˈiː.tɪ.ə(ʊ).leɪ.tɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of etiolate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ethnic minority Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of people who have a different ethnicity, religion, language or culture from that of the majority of people in the place where they live. Example: Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.