nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: riding committee Part of Speech: noun 1. A committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland. Labels: historical
Word: riding committees Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riding committee Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riding robe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From riding + robe. 1. Synonym of riding habit.
Word: riding robes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riding robe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riding sail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it was devised for keeping the vessel's head to the sea when riding at anchor. 1. A triangular sail.
Word: riding sails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riding sail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: riding-robe Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of riding robe. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: riding-robes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of riding-robe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: linguistic ecology Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of how languages interact with each other and the places in which they are spoken. Labels: uncountable
Word: language ecology Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of linguistic ecology.
Word: Malenko Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ukrainian Маленко (Malenko), Russian Маленко (Malenko) or Маленко́ (Malenkó), or Macedonian Маленко (Malenko). 1. A surname from the Slavic languages.
Word: Saghan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Uyghur ساغان (saghan). 1. A town in Yengisar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China, formerly a township. Example: As a rule, those coming from Atush, Kashgar city, and surrounding areas first stopped to pray at the Häzriti Begim Mazar in Yengisar's Saghan village before continuing on the Ordam (Fig. 3). Example: Yusupjan, a security worker in Yengisar county’s Saghan village, said his sister’s friend may have been terrified and made up the story in order to save herself from further questioning.
Word: Yengisar Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Uyghur يېڭىسار (yë'ngisar). 1. A county of Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: On 3 April, Abudure Yimu and Aihaiti Alabai, backbone members of the counterrevolutionary armed rebellion in Baren Township, went to Aigusi Township in Yengisar County to buy horses for battle. They offered a price as high as 2,000 yuan to buy a good horse owned by Danixi in San Village. The horse won several champions during races in Yengisar County. Example: Adil (sometimes spelled Ahdili after the Chinese transcription A-di-li Wu-shou-er), like any Chinese hero, endured great hardships to get where he is today. He was born in Yengisar (in the Kashgar district) in 1971 as the sixth generation scion of a family famous for dawaz. 2. A town in Yengisar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: We passed a good deal of motor transport on the road which led to Yengisar and Yarkant. Kashgar is a trucking centre, and at night, then around dawn, one can hear convoys starting out to cross deserts and mountains. Example: Sixty-eight kilometeres southeast of Kashgar is the small town of Yengisar, whose 400-year history of knife-making has made it famous throughout Xinjiang. A Yengisar knife is essential for every Uygur man, who wears it slung around his waist. A knife is especially important during the melon season, when it is produced with a ceremonial flair and thoroughly cleaned before use by cutting off the base of a melon. Knives are carefully chosen; hand-made ones encrusted with stones and inlaid with silver are highly valued, but just as effective are the sturdier ones with bone or horn handles and carving on the blade.
Word: I couldn't of said it better myself Part of Speech: phrase 1. Misspelling of I couldn't have said it better myself. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: tyrone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Decapitalization of Tyrone, from the prominence of the male given name Tyrone among African-Americans. Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹəʊn/, /taɪˈɹoʊn/ 1. A Chad-like Black man with a very high SMV who is successful with women and dating.
Word: tyrone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian tirone, from Latin tīrō (“beginner, novice; young apprentice; (Roman military) recruit”): see further at tyro. Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹəʊni/, /taɪˈɹoʊni/, /taɪˈɹəʊniːz/, /taɪˈɹoʊniz/ 1. Synonym of tyro (“a beginner, a novice”). Labels: obsolete Example: Of the Society of them there are threeſcore and no more. But of thoſe punies, thoſe tyrones that are brought vp vnder thoſe threeſcore, there are no leſſe then a thouſand and fiue hundred, vvho haue certaine other Schooles in the tovvne farre remote from this Colledge, vvhich ſerueth for another Seminary to inſtruct their Nouices. Example: [T]he chirurgeons have an useful practice, by which they put their apprentices and tyrones to work upon senseless dead bodies, to which, as they can do no good, so they certainly can do as little harm; while at the same time the tyro, or apprentice, gains experience, and becomes fit to whip off a leg or arm from a living subject, as cleanly as ye would slice an onion.
Word: Tyrones Part of Speech: name 1. plural of Tyrone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyrones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See tyrone (etymology 1). Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹəʊnz/, /taɪˈɹoʊnz/ 1. plural of tyrone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tyrones Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from Italian tirones: see tyrone (etymology 2). Pronunciation: /taɪˈɹəʊniːz/, /taɪˈɹoʊniz/ 1. plural of tyrone Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: stacy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Stacy (“attractive woman who is sexually active”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: During the rampage by former student Nikolas Cruz at a Florida high school in September 2017, incel communities were desperately rooting for the killer in the same ironic idiom: scorning the 'normies, stacies and chads' and praying the 'HERO' with the gun would also be 'ugly'. Example: When news emerged of Arzaga's murder, I saw incel forum members describe it as “good news” and suggest that “nothing of value was lost,” as they assumed “she may be a stacy since she works in a spa.”
Word: hard light Part of Speech: noun 1. A solid, tangible hologram (projection of light), which can be used to construct structures such as walls or armor. Example: This included a good six orvs a day in the HLHG (Hard Light Hologram) Simulation Room. This room could create an unlimited number of battle scenarios by way of quality hard light holograms; it was a key staple in Brigade training. Example: The Falcon formerly wore a pair of jet-powered glider wings that allowed him to fly at speeds up to 250 miles per hour. He now wears a pair of "hard light" wings that have increased his speed […] 2. Focused light that produces crisp, sharply-defined shadows, with less transition between illumination and shadow than soft light. Example: Maybe at first they thought that they wanted hard light, but after the shoot begins, they start asking for me to minimize shadows, and by the end of the shoot, I may end up firing a softbox through a scrim (FYI, that means extra, extra, extra soft light).
Word: stacys Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stacy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lactopoiesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lacto- + -poiesis. 1. The production of milk by the mammary glands Labels: uncountable
Word: lentulid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From translingual Lentulidae, from Latin lentul(us) + -idae, from lentus. By surface analysis, Latin lentus + -ule + -id. 1. Any grasshopper of the family Lentulidae
Word: lentulids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lentulid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: limnocrene Part of Speech: adj 1. That originates in a pond or lake Labels: not-comparable
Word: lipidomical Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of lipidomic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: lipofibrohyalinosis Part of Speech: noun 1. A lipofibrous form of lipohyalinosis Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: liposomated Part of Speech: adj 1. Incorporated into liposomes Labels: not-comparable
Word: lyoprocess Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From lyo- + process. 1. To process by means of lyophilization
Word: lyoprocessed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of lyoprocess Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: macroconfocal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + confocal. 1. Describing a confocal macro lens Labels: not-comparable
Word: macroencephaly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + encephaly. 1. A congenital expansion of the brain Labels: uncountable
Word: macrolobulated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From macro- + lobulated. 1. Having unusually large lobules Labels: not-comparable
Word: malcirculation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mal- + circulation. 1. Insufficient circulation of the blood, typically in the extremities Labels: uncountable
Word: mannosome Part of Speech: noun 1. A specialised tubular organelle, in molluscs, assembled in hexagonal bundles within an external membrane
Word: marteloscope Part of Speech: noun 1. A rectangular plot, within a managed forest, in which every tree is identified, numbered and recorded
Word: Port Clarence Part of Speech: name 1. A village in Stockton-on-Tees borough, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ4921). 2. A census-designated place in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States.
Word: Anglicise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of anglicise. Labels: alt-of
Word: Anglicises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of Anglicise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Anglicising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of Anglicise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: Mr. J. A. B. Hamilton adds that there is little consistency in the Anglicising of Welsh nomenclature, as in the use of "v" in place of the Welsh "f"; note for example the names Caernarvon and Afon Wen; […].
Word: Anglicised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of Anglicise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ca' cannyism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ca' canny + -ism. 1. Synonym of ca' canny (“policy of caution and taking one's time, in industrial disputes”). Labels: uncountable
Word: catsupped Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From catsup + -ed. 1. Alternative form of ketchupped. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: cake and wine Part of Speech: noun 1. A restricted diet of bread and water, imposed as a disciplinary measure. Labels: US, slang, uncountable Example: After a week of privation on pound cake and white wine (strangely the Navy's slang for solitary confinement on bread and water was "cake and wine") Carlsen received warm nourishment. Example: If one was 5 minutes late he got three days bread and water for a first offense. A second time got the culprit 5 days. Insolence and/or insubordination earned one a deck court-martial with 10 days on "cake and wine". 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cake, wine. Labels: uncountable
Word: Cambodian red Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of cannabis from Cambodia. Labels: uncountable Example: It is claimed that, by the beginning of 1971, virtually all soldiers were smoking the drug and that the favourite brand 'Cambodian Red', at fifty cents for a packet of twenty, was both readily available and exceedingly potent. Example: Nighttime was a good time to light up, but I didn't smoke marijuana much. […] He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
Word: calligraphics Part of Speech: noun 1. Work produced in the form of calligraphy. Labels: uncountable 2. The use of calligraphic projection. Labels: uncountable
Word: calligraphic projection Part of Speech: noun 1. A system for displaying or projecting an image composed of a beam of light or electrons directly tracing the image, as opposed to sweeping in raster order over the entire display surface. Labels: uncountable
Word: Lissajous projection Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of calligraphic projection. Labels: uncountable
Word: uncandled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + candled. 1. Not having been candled. Labels: not-comparable Example: The third and little fingers then roll the uncandled egg into candling position between the thumb and index finger; […]
Word: uncandied Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + candied. 1. Not candied (coated or encrusted with sugar). Labels: not-comparable Example: Transfer the juice and the segments to the food processor or blender, and puree them with the uncandied zest.
Word: candy store problem Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See like a kid in a candy store. 1. The problem of having too many options available. Labels: figuratively Example: One engineering-group manager reported that his first attempt at designing a C++ implementation of his application resulted in a "candy store" problem. His people tried to use too many features of C++, and the project had to be restarted. Example: The Production Candy Store Problem: The money we spend on video effects in TV production is obscene. It astounds me, and scares me, to see otherwise levelheaded ad people spend such big bucks so casually.
Word: candy store problems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of candy store problem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: candify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From candy + -fy. 1. To candy. Labels: archaic, transitive Example: […] seven little pies—molasses pies, baked in saucers—each with a brown top and crisp candified edge, which tasted like toffy and lemon-peel, and all sorts of good things mixed up together. Example: The candifying or granulating of extracted honey has also been a hinderance and great draw back to its introduction and use. 2. To make sweet or saccharine at the expense of serious meaning. Labels: derogatory, figuratively, sometimes, transitive Example: Jazz was not always an accepted music, and, of course, today we have the problem of remaining faithful to the cultural roots of jazz, not just candifying, Disneyfying the music. Example: They have become democratized into an item of popular consumption, perhaps a more gritty comestible than the candified menu served up in Disneyland's version of the American past...
Word: candifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of candify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: candifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of candify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cap up Part of Speech: verb 1. To divide (a drug) into capsules. Labels: slang, transitive Example: Eventually we got it all capped up, one thousand doses just like Rob had said. […] I was going to become a three-drug connection to all my friends, psychedelics, hash and pot. 2. To modify (the initial letter of a word) to be a capital letter. Labels: UK Example: Do not cap up "oblast" or "province" in place names. Example: Secretaries of State: Cap up titles, as in Home Secretary David Blunkett and Foreign Secretary Jack Straw.
Word: dividend reinvestment plans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dividend reinvestment plan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dividend reinvestment programs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dividend reinvestment program Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divisor functions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divisor function Labels: form-of, plural
Word: divulsors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of divulsor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: djenkols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of djenkol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DLBCLs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DLBCL Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DMRs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DMR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Captain's Cloak Part of Speech: name 1. The 36th and last of the Articles of War, effectively giving the ship's captain free rein in disciplining the crew: "All other crimes not capital committed by any person or persons in the fleet, which are not mentioned in this act, or for which no punishment is hereby directed to be inflicted, shall be punished by the laws and customs in such cases used at sea." Labels: UK, colloquial, historical Example: “Growl you may, but go you must,” Lewrie laughed, clapping him on the shoulder in parting. “Old Navy proverb. Might be the Thirty-Seventh Article of War, hey, right after 'The Captain's Cloak'?” Example: Pigot then opened a copy of the Articles of War, and started reading from number thirty-six (the so-called 'Captain's Cloak') which covered 'All other crimes not capital […]
Word: captive candidate Part of Speech: noun 1. A political candidate who is under the control or influence of another person. Labels: derogatory Example: Fortunately — very fortunately — the American people have a happy alternative to this bankrupt Republican campaign and its captive candidate. Example: I want to start with an immediate and firm disclaimer. Walter Mondale is not a captive candidate of the “special-interest bosses of labor.”
Word: captive candidates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of captive candidate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caramelizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From caramelize + -er. 1. A device that caramelizes something.
Word: carameliser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of caramelizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: caramelizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caramelizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caramelisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of carameliser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caramel fuel Part of Speech: noun 1. A reactor fuel containing relatively little plutonium and thus not lending itself to weaponisation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: caramel fuels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caramel fuel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caring profession Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of helping profession.
Word: caring professions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of caring profession Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superstarry Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From superstar + -y. 1. Resembling, characteristic of, or filled with superstars. Labels: informal
Word: secondary boycott Part of Speech: noun 1. A boycott of one organization to put pressure on another organization which is the real target. Example: 1962 National Labor Relations Board The National Labor Relations Board today ruled that the Miami Printing Pressmen's union conducted unlawful secondary boycott picketing of the Detroit Free Press, which, like the Miami Herald where the Pressmen were on strike, is owned by Knight Newspapers, Inc.https://web.archive.org/web/20241226164410/https://apps.nlrb.gov/link/document.aspx/09031d4580ca5153 Example: The primary boycott prohibits citizens of an Arab League member from buying from, selling to, or entering into a business contract with either the Israeli government or an Israeli citizen. The secondary boycott extends the primary boycott to any entity world-wide that does business in Israel.https://fas.org/sgp/crs/mideast/RL33961.pdf
Word: historectomy Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of hysterectomy. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: lapises Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lapis Labels: India, form-of, plural Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:lapises.
Word: Caterpillar Club Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the fact that early parachutes were made of silk, produced by silkworms (which are a species of caterpillar). 1. An informal association of people who have successfully used a parachute to bail out of a disabled aircraft.
Word: sharp power Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of manipulative diplomatic policies by one country to influence and undermine the political system of a target country. Labels: uncountable
Word: hard power Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of military and economic means to influence the behavior or interests of other political bodies. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But even as America’s allies see our interests converging and the most successful military alliance in the history of the world restores its commitments to hard power, the previous Administration’s shameful hesitation and half-measures threaten to give way to something even more disgraceful: the obstinate denial of America’s security interest in Ukraine’s success. 2. A state having this kind of power. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: talkee-talkee Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of talky-talky. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: talkee-talkee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplicated diminutive talk + -ee. Compare Dutch takitaki (“pejorative term for Sranan Tongo”), Sranan Tongo takitaki (“to jabber, to chatter; chatter, idle talk”). 1. A creole, especially the Anglo-Dutch language spoken in Demerara and elsewhere in what is now Guyana and Suriname. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The talkee-talkee of the slaves in the sugar islands, as it is called, will prevail at Surinam, and become the language of Guiana. They have a printed bible in it already. Example: The talkee-talkee of a North-American Indian, and the song of Deborah, might each have stood as the model.
Word: talky-talky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Reduplicated diminutive talk + -y. 1. Talk; chatter; fruitless discussion. Labels: colloquial, uncountable Example: “I don't see the hang of so much talky-talky,” broke in Uncle Sam. “We've heard all that can be said about things, […] Example: “In spite of all the talky-talky about friendship and cooperation, most Russians are scared to have anything to do with us direct,” Winterton wrote.
Word: smart power Part of Speech: noun 1. The combination of hard power and soft power strategies. Labels: uncountable Example: Hillary Clinton today endorsed the use of "smart power" to reassert global US influence, telling the Senate foreign relations committee, which is considering her nomination as secretary of state, that the country cannot do everything in isolation. Example: A national-security budget where we spend 20 times as much money on the military and intelligence agencies as we do on diplomacy, democracy promotion, and smart power, is foreign-policy malpractice in the modern world. 2. Efficient energy distribution on a smart grid. Labels: uncountable Example: The National Infrastructure Commission said a “smart power revolution” which improves the storage of power could transform the energy landscape.
Word: cream skimming Part of Speech: noun 1. The business practice of providing a product or service only to high-value or low-cost customers, while disregarding clients that are less profitable for the company. Labels: derogatory, uncountable
Word: cream skimming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cream skim Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cackrey Part of Speech: noun 1. The burr gherkin. Labels: Trinidad-and-Tobago, uncountable
Word: maroon cucumber Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of burr gherkin.
Word: West Indian gherkin Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of burr gherkin.
Word: West Indian gourd Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of burr gherkin.
Word: burr gherkin Part of Speech: noun 1. Cucumis anguria, a vine related to the common cucumber. 2. The fruit of this vine.
Word: burr gherkins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burr gherkin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maroon cucumbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maroon cucumber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kitchen sink regression Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See everything but the kitchen sink. 1. A statistical regression which uses many possible independent variables to attempt to explain variance in a dependent variable. Labels: derogatory
Word: Pelaw Part of Speech: name 1. A suburb in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2962).
Word: kitchen sink regressions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kitchen sink regression Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gone through Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go through Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: going through Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go through Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went through Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go through Labels: form-of, past
Word: Beveridge curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after William Beveridge. 1. A graphical representation of the relationship between unemployment and the job vacancy rate.
Word: Beveridge curves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Beveridge curve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: contract curve Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of points representing final allocations of two goods between two people that could occur as a result of mutually beneficial trading between those people given their initial allocations of the goods.
Word: bureaucratic inertia Part of Speech: noun 1. The inevitable tendency of bureaucratic organizations to perpetuate their established procedures, even if they are counterproductive or diametrically opposed to their set goals. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bureaucratic inertias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bureaucratic inertia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yale blue Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yale University, which uses the color. 1. A dark azure color. Example: You could call the shade Yale blue, presidential blue, or even a dark steel blue. Regardless, it conveyed the right amount of cheeriness for the occasion and reverence for a historic moment in the British royal family's history. Example: Neither Harvard crimson nor Yale blue courses through my veins — I am an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill — but I was at Harvard for the academic year 1968-69 on a Nieman Fellowship, awarded each year to a dozen American journalists in the hope that using the university’s vast resources might help them improve their professional skills.
Word: waxup Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wax-up. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: waxups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waxup Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wax-up Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of wax on a cast in planning how to carry out a restorative procedure.
Word: wax-ups Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wax-up Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waxability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wax + -ability. 1. The quality or degree of being waxable. Labels: uncountable
Word: Leamside Part of Speech: name 1. A small village in West Rainton and Leamside parish, County Durham, England (OS grid ref NZ3146).
Word: Jensen's alpha Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First used as a measure in the evaluation of mutual fund managers by Michael C. Jensen in 1968. 1. A metric used to determine the abnormal return of a security or portfolio over the theoretical expected return.
Word: Jensen's alphas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jensen's alpha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Treynor Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Treynor ratio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Jack L. Treynor. 1. A measurement of the returns earned in excess of that which could have been earned on an investment that has no diversifiable risk, per unit of market risk assumed.
Word: Treynor ratios Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Treynor ratio Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bottom woman Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bottom bitch.
Word: bottom girl Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bottom bitch.
Word: bottom girls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bottom girl Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bottom women Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bottom woman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: never ask the barber if you need a haircut Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Attributed to Daniel S. Greenberg, who wrote “Don’t ask the barber whether you need a haircut” in the November 1972 issue of the Saturday Review, popularizing the saying. It was made more famous by Warren Buffet in his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders. 1. Do not seek advice from a biased party. Example: You never ask the barber if you need a haircut. What do you think he will say? So corn farmers tell Congress that ethanol is good and will help stop the greenhouse effect and make cars run smoother and we will all be in energy heaven if we listen to them.
Word: armchair copy Part of Speech: noun 1. Perfectly clear reception. Labels: uncountable Example: In commercial broadcasting, a S/N ratio of + 60 dB is not uncommon, but most amateur signals (except for "armchair copy" situations) run in the range from +3 to +20 dB. Example: Place it near your ear for armchair copy, even in your car!
Word: turn again Part of Speech: verb 1. To return. Labels: archaic 2. To make a stand. Labels: archaic
Word: American comic book Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin serialized comic book format published in the United States, containing on average 32 pages.
Word: California kilowatt Part of Speech: noun 1. An amateur radio broadcast strength exceeding the legal limit of one kilowatt, or (by extension) a transmitter broadcasting in this manner. Labels: slang Example: A few nights ago conditions on 20 were at their usual level, the California kilowatts were in full charge, the 50 watt diehards were busy calling endless CQ's, and the DX stations were reaping the harvest. Example: And one California kilowatt equals 3 East Coast KWs. And—as everybody knows that—we, on the East Coast, are the only legal ones.
Word: California kilowatts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of California kilowatt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Fast Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. A Sunday set aside by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for fasting by its members, and on which a testimony meeting is held by local congregations.
Word: Branch Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Palm Sunday. Labels: UK, obsolete
Word: Cold Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. Sunday, January 17, 1982, when unprecedentedly cold air swept down from Canada and plunged temperatures across much of the United States far below existing all-time record lows. Labels: historical
Word: Christmas Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. The first Sunday after Christmas Day.
Word: Super Sunday Part of Speech: name 1. The Sunday on which the Super Bowl takes place, usually the first Sunday in February. Labels: US
Word: Christmas tree packet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with a Christmas tree decorated with electric lights. 1. A data packet having every option set for whatever protocol is in use.
Word: Christmas tree packets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Christmas tree packet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Penmaenpool Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh. 1. A hamlet in Dolgellau community, Gwynedd, Wales, on the Mawddach estuary (OS grid ref SH6918).
Word: leprechaunesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leprechauness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elfettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elfette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: come down cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. Synonym of rain cats and dogs.
Word: comes down cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come down cats and dogs Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coming down cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come down cats and dogs Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: came down cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come down cats and dogs Labels: form-of, past
Word: hanky codes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hanky code Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Great Gatsby curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by American economist Judd Cramer and introduced by Alan Krueger in a speech in 2012, in allusion to F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925). 1. A chart plotting the relationship between inequality and intergenerational social immobility in several countries around the world.
Word: Harrod-Johnson diagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after economists Roy F. Harrod and Harry G. Johnson. 1. A way of visualizing the relationship between the output price ratios, the input price ratios, and the endowment ratio of two goods.
Word: pocket universe Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical realm in inflationary theory, only one of which would contain our observable universe. 2. A small, self-contained fictional universe that borrows concepts from established universes. Example: I set it in a 'pocket universe' based on role-playing games. Example: […] the simulationist sought a game system that created "a little pocket universe without fudging."
Word: pocket universes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pocket universe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Harrod-Johnson diagrams Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Harrod-Johnson diagram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: storm cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. To storm and rain heavily; synonym of rain cats and dogs. Example: About 10 o'clock, Burdell pushed forth into the wind and the rain — it was storming cats and dogs — and headed for his home at 31 Bond. Example: Annie was standing beside the stove, showing her assistant, a Finnish girl from the village, how to flip bacon grease up and over frying eggs. “I think it is going to storm cats and dogs today, Dad,” announced Danny, jerking his thumb […]
Word: storms cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of storm cats and dogs Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: storming cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of storm cats and dogs Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stormed cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of storm cats and dogs Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Llanuwchllyn Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Welsh. 1. A village and community in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH8730).
Word: Kuznets curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after economist Simon Kuznets (1901–1985). Pronunciation: /ˈkʌznɛts kɝv/ 1. A theoretical curve that graphs the hypothesis that as an economy develops, market forces first increase and then decrease economic inequality. Example: On the surface, the Kuznets curve seems to justify laissez-faire economics and trickle-down policies. Example: Their creed is based on the Kuznets curve, the graph that appears to show that inequality automatically declines as capitalism advances, spreading wealth from the elite to the rest.
Word: PXes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PX Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pours cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pour cats and dogs Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pouring cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pour cats and dogs Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: poured cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pour cats and dogs Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Point Part of Speech: name Etymology: Short for West Point. 1. USMA (United States Military Academy) in West Point, New York. Labels: informal Example: Study goes on until tattoo, which, when Pops was at the Point, was sounded at 9.30, followed by taps at 10.
Word: Point Part of Speech: name 1. A township in Posey County, Indiana, United States, so-named for being the southernmost and westernmost point in the state. 2. A township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. 3. A minor city in Rains County, Texas, United States. 4. A coastal settlement in Feock parish, south-west Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SW8138). Example: Cornwall County Council asked for a decision on objections raised by property owners to its proposal to convert the site of the railway into a public road for a distance of 1 mile 86 yards from Devoran to Point (Restronguet Creek).
Word: Point Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably an altered form of French Pons, see Ponce. It is also a variant of the English surname Points. 1. A surname from French.
Word: cats and dogs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (heavy rain): Probably derived from rain cats and dogs. 1. A heavy rain; a large amount of rain. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: With a good blinding snowfall, or a pelting downpour of cats and dogs, I might have hoped for a respite. What a Christmas offering for my mother! I say! Example: Many times, he would arrive soaking wet as the Florida skies had opened up in a sudden downpour of cats and dogs. Helen would wring out his shirt and put it out to dry, as clothes dryers were on the drawing board somewhere in the future. 2. People or things that constantly fight (see fight like cats and dogs). Labels: plural, plural-only 3. Stocks that can be purchased cheaply but are unlikely to produce much profit. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: cats and dogs Part of Speech: adv Etymology: (heavy rain): Probably derived from rain cats and dogs. 1. Heavily; copiously; a lot. Labels: not-comparable Example: rain cats and dogs, come down cats and dogs, pour cats and dogs, storm cats and dogs Example: We're lost, no gas, Dmitri is drunk, it's totally dark, and the rain is falling cats and dogs. There's nothing to cover ourselves with and we're getting colder and wetter by the minute. We had a couple of flares on the boat but […]
Word: Yengiyer Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Uyghur يېڭىيەر (yë'ngiyer). 1. A township in Yengisar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: Authorities also noted plans to carry out education in atheism, according to the report. Authorities in Yengiyer township, Yengisar county, Kashgar district, called for teachers to visit students' homes during Ramadan to convey state policy and provide information on the "harms" of fasting, according to an August 4 report on the Yengisar County Government Web site. They also called for "resolutely examining and putting a stop to" students and teachers participating in "unlawful activities" such as fasting, entering religious venues, and participating in "underground scripture study sites." Example: Officers at the Egus and nearby Yengiyer township police stations would not comment on the reason of Memet’s imprisonment when contacted by RFA, but also did not deny that he is being held in Urumqi No. 1 Prison. One official from Egus confirmed that Tursun is currently being held in a re-education camp.
Word: Egus Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Uyghur ئەگۈس (egüs). 1. A township in Yengisar, Kashgar prefecture, Xinjiang autonomous region, China. Example: On 3 April, Abudure Yimu and Aihaiti Alabai, backbone members of the counterrevolutionary armed rebellion in Baren Township, went to Aigusi Township in Yengisar County to buy horses for battle. They offered a price as high as 2,000 yuan to buy a good horse owned by Danixi in San Village. The horse won several champions during races in Yengisar County. Example: Memet’s three sons, including the one who had drunk alcohol, were also arrested by authorities in Egus township's No. 4 village, in Yengisar, for the incident between February and June this year, she said.
Word: polycentrist Part of Speech: noun 1. A proponent of polycentrism.
Word: polycentrists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polycentrist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polycentrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From polycentric + -ally. 1. In a polycentric manner.
Word: polycentricity Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of being polycentric. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: polycentricities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polycentricity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Ponsonby Rule Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after British politician and legislator Arthur Ponsonby, 1st Baron Ponsonby of Shulbrede. 1. A constitutional convention (which acquired legal force in 2010) dictating that most international treaties had to be laid before Parliament 21 days before ratification. Labels: UK
Word: posigrade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From posi- + -grade (“direction”). 1. A small rocket that gives additional forward thrust.
Word: posigrade Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From posi- + -grade (“direction”). 1. Synonym of prograde.
Word: posigrades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of posigrade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: positive discrimination Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of reverse discrimination. Labels: uncountable 2. Synonym of affirmative action. Labels: uncountable
Word: postformal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + formal. 1. Following the formal operational stage (the last of Jean Piaget's four stages of human cognitive development), and involving more complex forms of thinking such as self-reference, pragmatism, and acceptance of paradoxes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: postsynchronization Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of postsynchronisation. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: PHF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Potomac horse fever. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Potomac horse fever Part of Speech: noun 1. An infectious disease of horses, caused by the bacterium Neorickettsia risticii. Labels: uncountable
Word: Potomac fever Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (desire for political power): In reference to the Potomac river running through Washington, D.C., seat of US politics. 1. Synonym of Potomac horse fever. Labels: uncountable 2. A desire for political power. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Or maybe he just had a severe case of Potomac fever. It affects most congressmen and senators sooner or later: an atrophy of the sense of humility, a swelling of the glands of arrogance. Example: After years of resisting Potomac fever, was she experiencing the initial symptoms ofthis dreaded disease? Was she capitulating toa base instinct for power?
Word: duck curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named for its resemblance to the silhouette of a duck. 1. A graph of power production over the course of a day that shows the timing imbalance between peak demand and renewable energy production.
Word: Engel curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the statistician Ernst Engel. 1. A theoretical economic curve that describes how household expenditure on a particular good or service varies with household income.
Word: Haddiscoe Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old Norse Haddr (“a personal name”) + skógr (“wood”). 1. A village and civil parish in South Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TM4496).
Word: expectations hypothesis Part of Speech: noun 1. The proposition that a long-term interest rate is determined purely by current and future expected short-term rates, so that the expected final value of wealth from investing in a sequence of short-term bonds equals the final value of wealth from investing in long-term bonds.
Word: liquidity smile Part of Speech: noun 1. A feature of many financial markets whereby the volume (and hence liquidity) is concentrated at the start and particularly the end of the trading day, with relatively thin trading in the middle.
Word: Lorenz curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American economist Max Lorenz (1876–1959), who developed this in 1905. 1. A graph that shows the proportion of overall income or wealth of the bottom percentage of people, often used to represent economic inequality.
Word: double jobbing Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of dual mandate. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: Rolling Stone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the members of the Rolling Stones.
Word: Bardsey Part of Speech: name 1. A village in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE3643). 2. Ellipsis of Bardsey Island: an island off the Lleyn Peninsula, included in Aberdaron community, Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH1121). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: Y Gegin Fawr (The Big Kitchen) is a low, whitewashed building of stone, now used as a cafe, where medieval pilgrims rested before making the perilous crossing to the holy island of Bardsey.
Word: Staveley Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English stæf (“stave”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to stave + -ley (“lea”). 1. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename: Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A habitational surname from Old English. Labels: countable
Word: Chateau Migraine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chateau (“a wine-producing estate”) + migraine (“a severe headache”). Compare, for example, Château d'Armailhac or numerous other French wineries. 1. Wine or other spirits of low quality, thought to cause a headache. Labels: humorous, slang Example: The flesh therefore does not determine the color. What determines the color is the intensity of natural dyes that are present in the grape skin (and in the cheap stuff the added dyes, abundantly present in most "Chateau Migraines").
Word: Château Migraine Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Chateau Migraine. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Commerce Clause Part of Speech: name 1. A clause in the United States Constitution stating that Congress shall have the power "[t]o regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes." Labels: US
Word: Dormant Commerce Clause Part of Speech: name 1. A legal doctrine inferred from the Commerce Clause that prohibits states from discriminating against interstate or international commerce. Labels: US
Word: Negative Commerce Clause Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Dormant Commerce Clause. Labels: US
Word: offer curve Part of Speech: noun 1. A theoretical economic curve that shows the quantity of one type of product that an agent will export for each quantity of another type of product that it imports.
Word: Rahn curve Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After Richard Rahn, who developed this in 1996. 1. A theoretical economic curve used to illustrate the theory that there is a level of government spending that maximizes economic growth.
Word: intermediate scrutiny Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard for judicial review, according to which a law must have been enacted to further a compelling governmental interest and have been narrowly tailored to achieve that interest. Labels: uncountable
Word: pelagosaur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin pelagus from Ancient Greek πελαγικός (pelagikós), from πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”) + -saur. 1. Any of the extinct crocodile-like animals of genus †Pelagosaurus which lived during the Jurassic period. Example: In still older formations, such as the Lower Oolites and Lias, there were, however, many long-snouted crocodiles, such as the steneosaurs (Steneosaurus) and pelagosaurs (Pelagosaurus), in which the socket of the eye is divided from the lower temporal fossa by a bony bar, as shown in the figure on p. 13. Example: SINCE, aflap o'er some dim Jurassic prairie, Pterodactyl seized on pelagosaur; In heraldry-book and bestiary Have been limned the beasts of the days of yore.
Word: pelagosaurs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pelagosaur Labels: form-of, plural
Word: narrow tailoring Part of Speech: noun 1. The legal principle that a law must be written specifically and narrowly only to accomplish the state's intended goals.
Word: rational basis review Part of Speech: noun 1. A standard for judicial review, according to which a law must be rationally related to a legitimate state interest. Labels: uncountable
Word: pellamountain Part of Speech: noun 1. wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum) Labels: uncountable Example: Moreover nature's liberal hand decketh many of the sea cliffs with wild hyssop, sage, pellamountain, marjoram, rosemary, and suchlike well-savouring herbs. Example: Since he had known her, Metty always drank pellamountain tea in the early morning.
Word: pelophilous Part of Speech: adj 1. Found in muddy environments; mud-dwelling. Example: The hallophitic communities are divided into those that are psammaphilous, pelophilous, and helophilous, according as the substratum consists respectively of sand, of mud, or of swamp. Example: Pelophilous species burrow in sandy loam and clay soils, and display ecomorphological adaptations to assist with loosening these compacted substrata.
Word: mud-dwelling Part of Speech: adj 1. Living in the mud. Labels: not-comparable
Word: muddwelling Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of mud-dwelling. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: From 40 cm (AD 1876) on, a muddwelling association dominated the site of core 108. Example: However, mysids, phytoplankton, amphipods, small fish, muddwelling tunicates, and vegetation have been obtained from bowhead stomachs during fall migration.