nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: honk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /hɒŋk/, /hɑŋk/, /hɔŋk/ 1. The harsh note produced by a typical car horn. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The operator went out on to the platform with his handlamp and waved it in the traditional "wash-out" signal across the body. The engineer had been expecting this and responded at once with an acknowledging honk on the horn before bringing this huge, 16-car train gently to a stand at the platform. 2. The cry of a goose or similar bird. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A bad smell. Labels: Australia, UK, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: honk Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Pronunciation: /hɒŋk/, /hɑŋk/, /hɔŋk/ 1. Imitation of car horn, used, for example, to clear a path for oneself.
Word: honk Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of honky. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: mihi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Māori mihi. 1. A greeting, in Maori culture. Labels: New-Zealand Example: After acknowledging the mihis of the various speakers, and thanking the donors for their gift, the guest of honour spoke as follows in English: […]
Word: incidentaloma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English incident English -al English incidental Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-oyétider.? Ancient Greek -όω (-óō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma)der. English -oma English incidentaloma From incidental + -oma (“tumour”). 1. A mass lesion discovered incidentally on radiologic examination.
Word: aerosolization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros)der. English aero- Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin se- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *luh₁éti Proto-Italic [Term?] Latin luō Latin solvō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin solūtiō Latin solūtiōnembor. Old French solucionbor. Middle English solucioun English solution English sol English aerosol Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize ▲ Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English aerosolization From aerosol + -ization. 1. The creation of an aerosol; the creation of a fine mist or many small droplets. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: seamlessly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English seamless Middle English -ly English -ly English seamlessly From seamless + -ly. 1. In a seamless manner. Example: The shruggie will seamlessly sync and you shan’t need to stress. Example: Imagine this: you walk into work and the camera above the doors scans your face, opening them seamlessly without you lifting a finger.
Word: retardance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French retardance. 1. The difference in phase shift between two characteristic polarizations of light upon reflection from an interface. Retardance can be reported in the Abelès or Mueller conventions. The retardance phase shift angle is often specified in degrees. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tansy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English tansy, tansey, syncopic forms of earlier tanesie, tanesei, from Old French tanesie, tanoisie, tanasie, tanaisie, from Medieval Latin tanacetum, atanacetum, attested since the 8th century, of obscure origin, speculated from Ancient Greek ἀθανασία (athanasía, “immortality”) owing to hallucinations from the thujone in the plant, else from taenia (“tapeworm”) due to its primary use against parasites by which reason it is called in Arabic حَشِيشَة الدُود (ḥašīša ad-dūd, literally “worm herb”), otherwise a Berber borrowing like tagetes. Pronunciation: /ˈtanzi/, /ˈtæn.zi/ 1. A herbaceous plant with yellow flowers, of the genus Tanacetum, especially Tanacetum vulgare. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The sunny afternoon was there, like another land. By the path grew tansy and little trees. Example: Various measures were taken to avoid it, most popular being the suspension of certain herbs and tree branches over the doorways of dwellings and stables. Commonly used greenery were tansy, honesty, garlic, St. John's Wort, mountain ash, roadside verbena. 2. A dish common in the seventeenth century, made of eggs, sugar, rose water, cream, and the juice of herbs (including tansy), baked with butter in a shallow dish. "Originally flavoured with tansy, but by Pepys's time generally having spinach as its predominant flavouring." Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: I had a pretty dinner for them; viz., a brace of stewed carps, six roasted chickens, and a jowle of salmon, hot, for the first course; a tanzy and two neats' tongues, and cheese the second; and were very merry all the afternoon, talking and singing and piping upon the flageolette.
Word: tannery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tan + -ery; compare Old French tannerie. Pronunciation: /ˈtænəɹi/ 1. A place where people tan hides to make leather. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The River Avon divides the village in two, and at its centre is a tannery, built in 1918 and still in use, with its frontage on the river bank. 2. The business of a tanner. Labels: uncountable
Word: taproot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tap + root. The oldest use (by Philemon Holland) is spaced as tap root. In the 18th and 19th centuries the standard spelling was tap-root. Pronunciation: /ˈtæpˌɹuːt/ 1. A long, tapering root, exhibited by many plant species (such as carrots and dandelions). Example: The taproots of trees like the false acacia, growing between Park Royal and Alperton, thrust deeply into the ground, while the spreading roots of the silver birch stitch the soil. Example: Above the lower headcut, phreatophytic mesquite and little leaf sumac hug the banks, drawing pendulate water from the silts remaining from former marsh deposits and sending long taproots into channel stores.
Word: lamda Part of Speech: noun 1. Nonstandard spelling of lambda. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard
Word: tarantella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tarantella, a diminutive of Taranto, a town in southern Italy (but popularly associated with tarantola (“tarantula”), on the belief that the dance was variously a result of, or cure for, its bite). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛɹənˈtɛlə/, /tæɹənˈtɛlə/ 1. A rapid dance in 6/8 time, originating in Italy, or a piece of music for such a dance. Example: The set in which they found themselves was composed of English, and Amy was compelled to walk decorously through a cotillion, feeling all the while as if she could dance the tarantella with relish. Example: "A tarantella, I presume?" blandly suggested the doctor. Miss Mannersley stopped, and rose carelessly from the piano. "It is a Moorish gypsy song of the fifteenth century," she said dryly.
Word: teamster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English team Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā Old English -estre Middle English -estere English -ster English teamster From team + -ster. Pronunciation: /ˈtim.stɚ/ 1. A person who drives a team of animals (such as horses or oxen). Example: Dirty boys playing in the ditch, clerks, teamsters, riders, loungers on the comers, ranchers on dusty horses, little girls running errands, and women hurrying to the stores all looked up at her coming with glad eyes. Example: He turned to the man who spoke. He wore long moustaches after the fashion of teamsters and he wore a widebrim hat with a low round crown. 2. A person who drives a cargo truck (see Teamster). Labels: US
Word: toasty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toast + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊsti/ 1. Resembling or characteristic of toast. Example: The toasty smell of baked baguettes pulled out of the oven, of vanilla, butter and sugar from the pastries, resonated in the air. 2. Pleasantly warm. Labels: colloquial Example: […] would you want to go to the expense of setting up a furnace in the cellar? It would make the whole house toasty warm; […]
Word: toasty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From toast + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtoʊsti/ 1. Alternative form of toastie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ciara and I were in the backroom having a cup of tea and a ham and cheese toasty, along with a bowl of potato leek soup we'd ordered from the café next door. Ciara set her toasty down and took a sip of her soup. Example: Before we begin, let's get one thing straight: a grilled cheese sandwich is not just a cheese toasty. A toasty is made in one of those pillow-shaped machines (preferably with a baked bean and Cheddar filling). A grilled cheese sandwich,[…]
Word: lambdoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from French lambdoïde, from the New Latin lambdoīdēs, from the Ancient Greek λαβδοειδής (labdoeidḗs). 1. Shaped like the Greek letter lambda Labels: not-comparable
Word: lambdoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French lambdoïde, from the New Latin lambdoīdēs, from the Ancient Greek λαβδοειδής (labdoeidḗs). 1. The lambdoid suture.
Word: tipi Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtiːpi/ 1. Alternative form of teepee. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teepee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Lakota word thípi (/ˈtʰipi/), which consists of two elements: the verb thí (“to dwell”), and pi, a pluralising enclitic (a suffix-like ending that marks the subject of the verb as plural), which means they dwell. Lakota verbs can be used as nouns and this is the case with thípi, which in practice simply means house. Pronunciation: /ˈtiːpi/ 1. A cone-shaped tent traditionally used by many native peoples of the Great Plains of North America. 2. A conical formation of small flammable sticks leaning on each other, in roughly the shape of an Indian teepee, built over smaller tinder such as cotton or leaves.
Word: teepee Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of TP (“to cover with toilet paper”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: teepee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of TP (“toilet paper”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: lambdacism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin lambdacismus. By surface analysis lambda + -cism (phenomenon related to a specific phoneme). Pronunciation: /ˈlæm(b)dəˌsɪzəm/ 1. A pronunciation shift whereby /l/ or other closely related phonemes are substituted for other sounds (typically /r/), as Sally for Sarah or Molly for Mary. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: teleprompter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tele- + prompter; genericized trademark, originally styled TelePrompTer. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləˌpɹɑmptəɹ/ 1. A device placed near or on a television camera that displays scrolling text, allowing a person to read a script while appearing to speak spontaneously to the camera. Example: Ahem ... GRBLB BLABT UNT MIT SPEEB!! OOT PIFFOO BLABOO... [pause] Would someone please give the Teleprompter a swift kick... Example: He was more at ease in reading his speech off the dual screens of a teleprompter than looking up and down at a speech text on his lectern.
Word: teleplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of television + screenplay. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛləˌpleɪ/ 1. A script formatted like a screenplay for cinema, but written to be made into an episode of a television show.
Word: screenplay Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From screen + play. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ 1. A script for a movie or a television show; especially, the former specifically. Example: I know Corinne would be happy if I started writing scripts again. Since my last screenplay, I haven't written anything in over four months.
Word: screenplay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From screen + play. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹiːnˌpleɪ/ 1. To write a screenplay. Example: Also, in the case of this novel, its adaption to the big screen in 1983, directed by James Ivory, screenplayed by Jhabvala herself—screenwriter of the year, London Critics Film Award, 1984—awarded with a BAFTA, and nominated for the Palme d'Or, gave rise to Heat and Dust's great success.
Word: nose candy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From 1920s. 1. Cocaine. Labels: slang, uncountable Example: “[…] I find out that I got Viola Lake under contract for the next five years, no matter what she does; and now I have to learn that she's gone and got herself addicted to nose candy! Oi Gewalt! If I had any hair, I’d tear it!” Example: “Okay”—Ben walked to the doorway, then turned—“but if you secretly sniff nose candy while I'm at the office, I don't want to know about it.”
Word: seamless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English seemles, semeles, semles, Old English *sēamlēas, equivalent to seam + -less. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål sømløs (“seamless”), Swedish sömlös (“seamless”). 1. Having no seams. Labels: not-comparable Example: seamless clothing 2. Without interruption; coherent. Labels: not-comparable Example: a seamless transition Example: “People have sort of conditioned themselves to want a completely seamless and frictionless experience in their everyday lives 100% of the time,” says Josh Lora, a writer and sociologist who has written about AI and loneliness. “There are people who Uber everywhere, who Seamless everything, who Amazon everything, and render their lives completely smooth.”
Word: KG Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Knight of The Most Noble Order of the Garter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of kindergarten. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: somatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós)der. English somatic Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English somatize 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 somatization From somatize + -ation. 1. The generation of physical symptoms of a psychiatric condition such as anxiety Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: illegal alien Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who is within the boundaries of a political state without the authorization of the government of that state; a national of another country who has entered or stayed without permission. Labels: offensive, sometimes Example: This was a voluntary charter flight, not an ICE enforcement operation. All participants were offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports using the CBP Home App. They received travel assistance, a $1,000 stipend, and preserved the possibility they could one day return to the United States legally.
Word: hydrothermal vent Part of Speech: noun 1. a hot spring, on the floor of the ocean, mostly along the central axes of the mid-ocean ridges, where heated fluids emerge from fissures in the Earth's crust. Example: Everything fed from the heat and chemistry oozing from hydrothermal vents.
Word: hyperbaric oxygen chamber Part of Speech: noun 1. a pressurized vessel used to administer oxygen at elevated pressure
Word: hyperbolic navigation system Part of Speech: noun 1. A navigation system that produces hyperbolic lines of position by the measurement of the difference in the time of reception, or the phase, of radio signals from multiple synchronized transmitters at fixed locations.
Word: hyperfine structure Part of Speech: noun 1. a closely spaced structure of lines in the spectrum of an atom or molecule due to nuclear isotopic effects and/or to nuclear spin
Word: hyperfine Part of Speech: adj 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 fine English hyperfine From hyper- + fine. 1. Extremely fine, especially of the hyperfine structure in the spectra of atoms and molecules.
Word: hypernucleus 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- Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English hypernucleus From hyper- + nucleus. 1. a nucleus that consists of protons, neutrons and at least one hyperon, such as a lambda baryon
Word: hypernuclei Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypernucleus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypersensitivity 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 sensitivity English hypersensitivity From hyper- + sensitivity. 1. Any heightened immune response to an antigen; an allergy; hypersensation. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The state of being easily offended or hurt. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: "I might say," remarked Professor Richet, "that the hyper-sensibility is moral as well as physical. Panbek is impressionable and full of emotion, with the temperament of the poet and all those little weaknesses, if we may call them so, which the poet pays as a ransom for his gifts." Example: If our universities are teaching students that their emotions can be used effectively as weapons—or at least as evidence in administrative proceedings—then they are teaching students to nurture a kind of hypersensitivity that will lead them into countless drawn-out conflicts in college and beyond.
Word: classical music Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From classical + music. Pronunciation: /ˈklæːsəkəl mjuːzɪk/, /ˈklasɪk(ə)l ˈmjuːzɪk/ 1. Music of the classical period; the music of Mozart, Haydn, etc; the musical period before the romantic. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The more serious forms of music, taught through formal education and performed according to strict rules, as opposed to folk music or popular music. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: oftentimes Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from the Middle English oftentymes; equivalent to oftentime + -s. Compare oftentime. Pronunciation: /ˈɒf.ənˌtaɪmz/, /ˈɒf.tənˌtaɪmz/, /ˈɔf.ənˌtaɪmz/, /ˈɔf.tənˌtaɪmz/, /ˈɑf.ənˌtaɪmz/ 1. Frequently; often. Labels: US, not-comparable Example: But because this is oftentimes dangerous, and much hurt hath been received thereby through casualty of fire, I advise the sticking four stakes into the earth, at least five feet above the ground […] Example: Pique and linen also accented several coats and oftentimes were both detachable and formed an overcollar covering a collar made from the coat fabric.
Word: hypervalent compound Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound which contains more than eight formally assignable electrons in a valence shell directly associated with the central atom in direct bonding with a number of ligands
Word: ahead of one's time Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be. Labels: idiomatic Example: With his practice of dream interpretation by free association, Freud was both ahead of his time and behind his time.
Word: ancient Greek Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Ancient Greek. Labels: alt-of
Word: ancient Greek Part of Speech: noun 1. A native or inhabitant of Ancient Greece.
Word: ancient Greek Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to Ancient Greece. Labels: not-comparable
Word: physic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English phisik, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɪz.ɪk/, /ˈfəz.ək/, /ˈfiz.ik/ 1. Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.
Word: physic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English fysike (noun) and phisiken, fisike (verb; from the noun), from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), see above. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪz.ɪk/, /ˈfəz.ək/, /ˈfiz.ik/ 1. A medicine or drug, especially a cathartic or purgative. Labels: archaic, countable Example: Harke yee Lords, you ſee I haue giuen her Phiſicke, / And you muſt needs beſtovv her Funerall, […] Example: I ſhould not thinke it ſtrange, for 'tis a phyſicke / That's bitter, to ſweet end. 2. The art or profession of healing disease; medicine. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: ...and thus draw out all the unwholesome Air and Stench, which does more harm than any Physick can repair. 3. Natural philosophy; physics. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: When I left Mr. Bates, I went down to my Father; where, by the Aſſiſtance of him and my Uncle John, and ſome other Relations, I got forty Pounds, and a Promiſe of thirty Pounds a year to maintain me at Leyden: there I ſtudied Phyſick two years and ſeven months, knowing it would be uſeful in long Voyages. 4. A physician. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: Desire is death, which physic did except.
Word: physic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fysike (noun) and phisiken, fisike (verb; from the noun), from Old French fisike (“natural science, art of healing”), from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φῠσῐκός (phŭsĭkós, “natural; physical”), see above. Pronunciation: /ˈfɪz.ɪk/, /ˈfəz.ək/, /ˈfiz.ik/ 1. To cure or heal. Labels: transitive Example: Wouldſt thou not haue ſome Bulchin from the herd / To phyſicke thee of this venereall itch? 2. To administer medicine to, especially a purgative. Labels: transitive Example: I will physic your rankness […] Example: When she had been a little girl - a very little girl - her mother had once cried at Anne in utter exasperation, "You're so contrary cheese'd physic ya!"
Word: in due time Part of Speech: prep_phrase Pronunciation: /ɪn djuː taɪm/, /ɪn dʒuː taɪm/, /ɪn du taɪm/ 1. Eventually; when ready; at an opportune moment.
Word: Phœnicia Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete spelling of Phoenicia. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Here we came into the part of Syria, which was the ancient Phœnicia, a country always remarkable for its commerce, the inhabitants of which went out in many colonies, and peopled Carthage, Sicily, and ſeveral other countries.
Word: fair game Part of Speech: noun 1. Actions permissible by the rules. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Pretending to be slow is fair game. Pretending to be injured is not. Example: The referee ruled the unprecedented play fair game. 2. A goal or an object that may legitimately be sought. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: After the middle sister's call from a friend's house, her slice of cake was fair game. 3. An acceptable subject or target for criticism, scrutiny, mockery, or attack. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Anyone running for office is fair game for criticism. Example: She's fair game, Joe. It's always open season on princesses. 4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fair, game.: a game that is fair, that does not involve cheating, etc. Labels: uncountable
Word: jerseys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of jersey Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homewrecking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From home + wrecking. 1. The act of one who wrecks a home; the break-up of a married couple, especially of a family, by tempting either out of their commitment. Labels: uncountable
Word: homewrecking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From home + wrecking. 1. present participle and gerund of homewreck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: buckshot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From buck + shot. 1. Lead shot used in shotgun cartridges, made of larger pellets than birdshot and suitable for hunting larger game. Labels: US, countable, uncountable Example: Our men were all well armed with Colt's revolvers and Mississippi yagers, which last, carried a bullet, and two buckshots.
Word: roadie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From road + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdi/, /ˈɹoʊdi/ 1. One of the crew for a musical group or other travelling stage production, especially a stagehand or technician. Example: I was a roadie for a heavy metal band for four years. 2. A cyclist who rides on the roads rather than off-road. Labels: colloquial Example: I don't know about any trails for cycling because I'm mainly a roadie. 3. An alcoholic beverage for the ride, for consumption while one is driving. Labels: colloquial Example: The bartender said he's not allowed to let me leave with a roadie. Example: Sit outside after dinner, and grab a couple of drinks before hitting the dance floor and putting the night in motion. You can even get a roadie for the trip over.
Word: roadie Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From road + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊdi/, /ˈɹoʊdi/ 1. To act as a roadie
Word: hypervalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + -valent. 1. having a higher than normal valence
Word: hypohalous acid Part of Speech: noun 1. any oxyacid of a halogen of general formula HOX.
Word: hypohalite Part of Speech: noun 1. any salt of a hypohalous acid, having a general formula M(OX)ₙ
Word: hypofluorous acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An oxyacid of fluorine, HOF; a short-lived species that has only been observed spectroscopically. Labels: uncountable Example: Since fluorine must always be negative relative to oxygen, oxyacids analogous to those of the other halogens cannot be expected (24). Almost certainly, perfluoric acid HFO₄, or fluoric acid HFO₃, or hypofluorous acid HOF, will not therefore be prepared.
Word: hypofluorite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, hypo- + fluor- + -ite. 1. The conjugate base of hypofluorous acid; any salt or ester formed therewith.
Word: spectroscopically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic ▲ Latin spectrumder. French spectro- ▲ Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. French -scopie French spectroscopie ▲ Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French spectroscopiquebor. English spectroscopic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English spectroscopically From spectroscopic + -ally. 1. By means of a spectroscope Labels: not-comparable 2. By the analysis of spectra Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypobromous acid Part of Speech: noun 1. the simplest oxyacid of bromine, HOBr; formed when bromine dissolves in water; has disinfectant properties Labels: uncountable
Word: hypobromite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos) French bromebor. English brome Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English bromine Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English bromite English hypobromite From hypo- + bromite. 1. any salt or ester of hypobromous acid
Word: hypoiodous acid Part of Speech: noun 1. the simplest oxyacid of iodine, HIO; it is formed when iodine dissolves in water, or when higher oxyacids are reduced Labels: uncountable
Word: hypoiodite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English iodite English hypoiodite From hypo- + iodite. 1. any salt or ester of hypoiodous acid; they have fungicidal properties
Word: primary hypothermia Part of Speech: noun 1. Hypothermia caused by exposure to a cold environment. Labels: uncountable
Word: secondary hypothermia Part of Speech: noun 1. Hypothermia caused by an underlying pathology that prevents the body from generating enough core heat. Labels: uncountable
Word: clinical hypothermia Part of Speech: noun 1. A deliberate procedure of clinically induced cooling to stop the heart during surgery. Labels: uncountable
Word: telemarketer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English marketer English telemarketer From tele- + marketer. 1. Someone who sells products or services by making unsolicited telephone calls.
Word: hysteresis loop Part of Speech: noun 1. A closed curve generated by cycling the input to a system undergoing hysteresis through an appropriate range.
Word: hysteresis motor Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of synchronous motor in which the rotor consists of a central nonmagnetic core around which are rings of material with a high degree of magnetic hysteresis; it generates near constant torque at varying speeds, even when starting.
Word: hit the pavement Part of Speech: verb 1. To travel on foot, as on a sidewalk. Labels: idiomatic Example: But getting people to hit the pavement is more than just a health concern. . . . [M]unicipalities are looking to combat inner-city decay by keeping the streets flush with pedestrians. 2. To travel or begin to move in an automobile or other road vehicle. Labels: idiomatic Example: And when we hit the pavement, we found we had covered the last 54 miles in an hour and twenty minutes.
Word: I-spin Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of isotopic spin or isospin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: hit the ground running Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin an activity immediately and with full commitment. Labels: idiomatic Example: Employers these days look for candidates that can hit the ground running, so that they spend less on training. Example: Well, the years start coming and they don’t stop coming. Fed to the rules and I hit the ground runnin’.
Word: liase Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of liaise. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: CLM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of credit limit management. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of career-limiting move. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: ice field Part of Speech: noun 1. A network of interconnected glaciers or ice streams having a common source. 2. A large expanse of floating ice (several miles long).
Word: ice sheet Part of Speech: noun 1. A broad glacial mass with a relatively flat surface.
Word: ice cap Part of Speech: noun 1. A permanent expanse of ice encompassing a large geographical area, as for example in Earth's polar zones (polar ice) or at high elevation. Example: The ocean beneath the arctic ice cap hosts many unique organisms adapted to the cold and shortage of light. Example: The ice cap of Kilimanjaro is shrinking, and some researchers believe it will disappear within the next one hundred years. 2. An ice pack designed to be worn on the head. Labels: historical Example: After the use of ice caps for some days it is well to provide cool bathing for the head, at least three times daily. 3. Alternative spelling of iced capp. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ice shelf Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaɪs ˌʃɛlf/ 1. A thick, floating platform of ice that forms where a glacier or ice sheet flows down to a coastline and onto the ocean surface. Ice shelves are found in Antarctica, Greenland, and Canada only.
Word: image tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A photoelectric device for intensifying faint astronomical images.
Word: immittance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of impedance + admittance. 1. Either the impedance or the admittance of an electrical network, considered as alternatives. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: immunochemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey- Proto-Indo-European *moy-nósder. Proto-Italic *moinos Latin mūnus Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ih₂der.? Proto-Italic *-is Latin -is Latin in- -is Latin immūnisder. Middle French immunbor. Middle English English immune Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English immuno- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)bor. Arabic الْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)bor. Medieval Latin alchēmia ▲ Ancient Greek χυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ. New Latin chimiabor. Middle French chymie French chimie 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 -istabor. French -iste French chimistebor. English chemist Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English chemistry English immunochemistry From immuno- + chemistry. Pronunciation: /ˌɪˌmjuːnoʊˈkɛmɪstɹi/, /ˌɪˌmjuːnəʊˈkɛmɪstri/ 1. The study of the structure of antibody molecules (immunoglobulins) and of their ability to bind with antigens of diverse chemical structure. Labels: uncountable
Word: glassy-eyed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a fixed stare and a wide-eyed appearance, due to boredom, preoccupation, or lack of emotion, attention, or interest.
Word: star-struck Part of Speech: adj 1. Under the malevolent influence of the stars or of one's horoscope. Labels: dated 2. Fascinated or obsessed by fame or by celebrities; awed by an encounter with a celebrity. Example: I'm just as nervous as you are to meet you for real / I get fucking starstruck when you say how you feel
Word: muthafucka Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mutha (“mother”) + fucka (“fucker”). 1. motherfucker Labels: offensive, vulgar Example: You slipped up. It happened. Move on. Martin Luther wisely wrote, “You cannot keep birds from flying over your head, but you can keep them from building a nest in your hair.” So, save the wallowing for your triumphs, unexpected wins, and moments of happiness. Comb your hair (no bird gonna nest here, muthafuckaaaaa). Brush your teeth. Smile at yourself in the mirror. Shower.
Word: bailout Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from bail out. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪlˌaʊt/ 1. A rescue, especially a financial rescue. Example: The government bailout of that corporation is going to cost the taxpayers a hundred billion dollars. Example: "The no bailout' clause is violated every day." 2. The process of exiting an aircraft while in flight. Example: Bailouts from side doors are risky because the slipstream may carry a chutist into the plane's tail section. 3. A backup supply of air in scuba diving. 4. The situation where a firefighter uses equipment to escape a structure where fire has proven uncontrollable.
Word: bangs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bang (“to cut [hair], dock [an animal's tail]”), probably from the sudden manner in which docked hair appears to burst out explosively when it's cut (i.e. "with a bang"). Ultimately from bang (“to strike noisily, explode”). Pronunciation: /bæŋ(ɡ)z/ 1. plural of bang Labels: form-of, plural, plural-normally 2. Hair hanging over the forehead. Labels: Philippines, US, plural, plural-normally 3. A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead. Labels: US, plural, plural-normally
Word: bangs Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From bang (“to cut [hair], dock [an animal's tail]”), probably from the sudden manner in which docked hair appears to burst out explosively when it's cut (i.e. "with a bang"). Ultimately from bang (“to strike noisily, explode”). Pronunciation: /bæŋ(ɡ)z/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of bang Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: bangs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened from Bang's disease. Pronunciation: /bæŋ(ɡ)z/ 1. Brucellosis, a bacterial disease. Labels: uncountable
Word: zealously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English zealous Middle English -ly English -ly English zealously From zealous + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈzɛləsli/ 1. Like, or in the manner of, a zealot; with great zeal or zealotry. Example: working zealously Example: zealously defend someone
Word: only child Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who has no siblings; a person raised as the sole child in a household. Example: An only child is often stereotyped as spoiled. Example: Tali: It's my father. He's the senior member of the Admiralty Board. He's one of only five people who can overrule the decisions of the Conclave for the good of the Migrant Fleet. Tali: My father is responsible for the lives of seventeen million people -- our entire race is in his hands. And I'm his only child.
Word: stage race Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stage + race. 1. A multi-day cycle race consisting of a series of separate races (called stages) of various types (road races, criteriums, time trials) usually held one stage per day and all linked together by the general classification (GC).
Word: CDM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of cold dark matter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of charge description master. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Caribbean dance music. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Clean Development Mechanism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: protectorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English protector Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English protectorate From protector + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, a system ruled by people of such office). Pronunciation: /pɹəˈtɛktəɹɪt/ 1. Government by a protector; especially, The Protectorate: government of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 1653 and 1659 under the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth Oliver Cromwell, later his son Richard Cromwell. Labels: UK, historical 2. The office or position of the Lord Protector of the Commonwealth. Labels: UK, historical 3. The authority assumed by a state over another state deemed inferior or dependent, whereby the former protects the latter from invasion and shares in the management of its affairs but the protected state retains its nominal sovereignty. Example: Egypt became a British protectorate in 1914. 4. An autonomous state under protectorate. 5. The office or position of protector (sense 5).
Word: light switch Part of Speech: noun 1. A switch, usually mounted on a wall in a building, used to turn the light or another appliance such as a fan on and off.
Word: vitiated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vitiate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ice barrier Part of Speech: noun 1. a part of the Antarctic ice shelf that extends into the sea
Word: ice dam Part of Speech: noun 1. An obstruction to the flow of a river caused by the flow of a glacier across its course. 2. An obstruction to the flow of a river caused by the concatenation of surface ice into a ridge that rises above and sinks below the surface causing a blockage, occurring frequently during spring breakup season. 3. A mass of ice formed at the transition from a warm to a cold roof surface, frequently formed by refreezing meltwater at the overhang of a steep roof, causing ice and water to back up under roofing materials. 4. Ellipsis of ice dam membrane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: ice diving Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of undersea diving in which the diver enters the water through a hole cut in the ice. Labels: uncountable
Word: ice fishing Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice. Labels: uncountable
Word: ice fishing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ice fish Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ice fog Part of Speech: noun 1. A dense fog that consists of fine particles of ice. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ice foot Part of Speech: noun 1. A ledge of ice that forms along the shoreline of the sea or of a great lake. Example: Ice foots often persist into the spring after much of the lake ice has been melted or blown into the lake ; thus they act as breakwaters, protecting the shoreline from erosion and deposition. Example: “At last we got out on to the ice foot overlooking the sea ice, and there were the Emperor Penguins,” Wilson wrote.
Word: isotonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)lbor. English iso- Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *tónos Proto-Hellenic *tónos Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τονῐκός (tonĭkós) English tonic English isotonic From iso- + tonic. Pronunciation: /ˌɑɪ.səˈtɑː.nɪk/ 1. Having the same osmotic pressure. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the same concentration of solutes as human blood. Labels: not-comparable Example: Use an isotonic saline solution in your neti pot to prevent irritation of your nasal passages. 3. Having equal tension. Labels: not-comparable 4. Of or involving muscular contraction against resistance in which the length of the muscle changes. Antonym is isometric. Isotonic movements are either concentric (working muscle shortens) or eccentric (working muscle lengthens). See also Wikipedia:Isotonic (exercise physiology) Labels: not-comparable 5. Having the same tone. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ice fractal Part of Speech: noun 1. A fractal based on a simple geometric shape and a simple generating motif.
Word: fractal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French fractal, from Latin fractus (“broken”), perfect passive participle of frangō (“break, fragment”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæk.təl/ 1. A mathematical set that has a non-integer and constant Hausdorff dimension, corresponding to a geometric figure or object that is self-similar at arbitrarily small scales and thus has infinite complexity. 2. An object, system, or idea that exhibits a fractal-like property, such as the property of self-similarity at numerous but not infinitely many scales. Labels: broadly Example: In essence, you are assuming that each segment of a company is a fractal of the whole[…]
Word: fractal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French fractal, from Latin fractus (“broken”), perfect passive participle of frangō (“break, fragment”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɹæk.təl/ 1. Having the form of a fractal; having to do with fractals. Labels: not-comparable Example: Romanesco was my gateway cauli and I've never stopped growing it. Not a variety as much as its own thing, Romanesco is a cauliflower to the French, a calabrese to the Italians. […] Visually, it may be the most remarkable thing you can grow: it is made up of lime-green mini-spirals that coil around themselves in fractal formation. 2. Exhibiting a fractal-like property. Labels: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable, sometimes Example: A fractal situation emerges in this way then: the consequences of Ulysses' decision to abandon Calypso are not entirely predictable.
Word: KOM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of King of the Mountains (in the mountains classification of a cycling road race). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: archaeo- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἀρχή (arkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Ancient Greek -ιος (-ios) Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)der. English archaeo- Derived from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos). 1. ancient, early, primitive. Labels: morpheme
Word: Luchsinger Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Luchsinger. Originating from Switzerland. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Yugambeh Part of Speech: name 1. An Australian aboriginal language, spoken by peoples living on what is roughly now the Gold Coast in South East Queensland.
Word: Kerguelen cabbage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From being a plant related to the common cabbages, a Brassicaceae, that looks like a cabbage, found in the Kerguelen Islands. 1. The edible, wind-pollinated flowering plant Pringlea antiscorbutica..
Word: unicolor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Italic *oinos Old Latin oinos Latin ūnus Latin ūni-der. English uni- Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color English unicolor From uni- + color. 1. Of one color; monochromatic. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: shottie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shot + -ie. 1. A shotgun. Labels: Australia, UK, slang 2. A kind of bong. Labels: slang Example: […] this bong had a garden hose funnel and Coke-can cone for the 'smoking matter', while also demonstrating the correct water levels and 'shottie'.
Word: feebly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English febly; equivalent to feeble + -ly, euphonically blending -le and -ly. Compare nimbly, nobly, and Latinate -ably and -ibly. Pronunciation: /ˈfiːbli/ 1. In a feeble manner. Example: Feebly ſhe ſhriekt, but ſo feebly indeed / That Britomart heard not the ſhrilling ſound. Example: The hurt nigger moaned feebly somewhere nearby, and then fetched a deep sigh that made me mend my pace away from there.