nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: selenoxide Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound of general formula R₂Se=O
Word: diselenide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English di- English selenium Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English selenide English diselenide From di- + selenide. 1. any inorganic selenide containing two atoms of selenium per molecule 2. any organic compound of general formula RSeSeR'
Word: peroxyselenic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. any compound of general formula RSe-OOH
Word: Green Goddess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From their green color. 1. A fire engine used by the army, the Bedford RLHZ Self-Propelled Pump. Labels: UK, informal 2. The Kenkyusha New Japanese-English Dictionary. Labels: endearing, informal Example: For the shūsei process, however, it’s best to enlist a more rigorous J-E dictionary: It’s time to bow down to the “Green Goddess.” ¶ The Kenkyūsha Shin Wa-Ei Daijiten (研究社新和英大辞典, Kenkyusha New Japanese-English Dictionary) is a legendary tome that earned the adana (あだ名, nickname) of the “Green Goddess” because of the weighty dictionary’s beautiful hunter-green dust jacket.[…]¶ The fifth edition of the Green Goddess was released in 2003, which means that (as of the time of writing) used copies of the fourth edition can be had for as little as ¥263 (with an additional ¥257 for domestic shipping) on Amazon Japan!
Word: selenoketone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- German Ketonbor. English ketone English selenoketone From seleno- + ketone. 1. selone
Word: selone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English selenium German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English selone From selenium + -one. 1. any compound of general formula R₂C=Se, the selenium analogs of ketones
Word: selenoaldehyde Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehyde English selenoaldehyde From seleno- + aldehyde. 1. any compound of general formula RCH=Se, the selenium analogs of aldehydes
Word: on opposite sides of the barricades Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The idiom has been in use for at least a century http://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1908/jul/23.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20060618034021/http://www.fmep.org/reports/special_reports/no10-winter2000/01-clinton_administration.html. It probably derives from a literal observation of political protests, where government buildings were insulated with barricades, and the government was said to not represent the people because they and the people were on opposite sides of the barricades. 1. Holding starkly opposite views on an issue. Labels: idiomatic
Word: selenoamide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English selenoamide From seleno- + amide. 1. Any compound of general formula RC(=Se)NR₂, the selenium analogues of amides.
Word: bumhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bum + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈbʌmhəʊl/ 1. The anus. Labels: slang Example: ‘Oh Henry, when I put my tongue into your bumhole it’s as if I plug myself into a sex-electric power point.’ 2. A stupid or annoying person. Labels: derogatory
Word: Downey Heads Part of Speech: noun 1. British stamps with the image of King George V, based on a photograph by the court photographers W & D Downey. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: selenyl halide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound of general formula RSe-X where X is a halide and R is an organic group.
Word: stridency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From strident + -cy. 1. The quality of being strident. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In my judgment, this is not the time to amplify disagreement with stridency.
Word: selenoester Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *selasnā Ancient Greek σελήνη (selḗnē) Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē)bor. English seleno- English ester English selenoester From seleno- + ester. 1. either of two classes of compounds, formally derived from an ester by replacing an oxygen atom with selenium; either R-C(=Se)-OR' or R-C(=O)-SeR'
Word: semioxamazone Part of Speech: noun 1. any of the condensation products of an aldehyde or ketone with semioxamazide; they have general formula R₂C=NNHC(=O)C(=O)NH₂
Word: semioxamazide Part of Speech: noun 1. The hydrazide of oxamic acid, H₂NNHC(=O)C(=O)NH₂.
Word: oxamic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The monoamide of oxalic acid H₂NC(=O)C(=O)OH; any derivative of this compound Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: silicon hydride Part of Speech: noun 1. Any hydride of silicon; a silane.
Word: silanol Part of Speech: noun 1. the silicon analogue of methanol SiH₃OH 2. any hydroxy derivative of a silane, especially hydrocarbyl derivatives R₃SiOH; an organosilanol
Word: silasesquiazane Part of Speech: noun 1. any of a class of compounds in which every silicon atom is linked to three nitrogen atoms, and every nitrogen is linked to two silicons (RSi)₂ₙ(R'N)₃ₙ where R = H or hydrocarbyl
Word: silasesquioxane Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of compounds in which every silicon atom is linked to three oxygen atoms, and every oxygen is linked to two silicons (RSi)₂ₙO₃ₙ where R = H or hydrocarbyl.
Word: silasesquithiane Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of compounds in which every silicon atom is linked to three sulfur atoms, and every sulfur is linked to two silicons (RSi)₂ₙS₃ₙ where R = H or hydrocarbyl.
Word: AFAICT Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of as far as I can tell. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: submergence Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of submerging or the state of being submerged; submersion. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The covering up of a complex of apartments on the north-east, and the simultaneous submergence of many floor deposits, mean that Middle Minoan III., like the two preceding periods, was closed by a general catastrophe.
Word: in all Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. With everything included, considered or counted. Example: There were twenty-one in all. Example: We are thirteen in all, not counting the children.
Word: storefront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From store + front. 1. The side of a store (or other shop) which faces the street and usually contains display windows. 2. An e-commerce website offering goods or services to the public. Labels: broadly Example: Brands are now able to set up storefronts to sell within Facebook and Instagram, where they were previously relegated to advertising for outside sales channels.
Word: shopfront Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shop + front. 1. The side of a shop that faces the street, usually having display windows.
Word: scutwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scut + work; see scut (“contemptible person”). 1. Tasks that are tedious and monotonous or trivial and menial, usually inherent in the operations of a larger project. Labels: uncountable Example: Everyone on a team must pull their fair share of scutwork if the team is to succeed. Example: Hard to keep that edge of horror over the death of another human being when it was surrounded by so much tedious scutwork.
Word: scut work Part of Speech: noun 1. Distasteful tasks. Labels: uncountable Example: This seems not to exhaust what is called dirty work, regardless of the synonym used (scut work, shit work) by workers themselves — either those actually engaged in the work or others who are lucky enough to escape it. Example: Some residents, and even some nurses, expect medical students to do a substantial amount of scut work, much of it of the 3 am variety.
Word: scrumptiously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scrumptious Middle English -ly English -ly English scrumptiously From scrumptious + -ly. 1. in a scrumptious manner
Word: scrupulously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From scrupulous + -ly, from Middle French scrupuleux, from Latin scrūpulōsus (“careful, scrupulous”), from scrūpulus (“anxiety, uneasiness”), diminutive from scrūpus (“sharp stone; anxiety”) + -ulus. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹuːpjʊləsli/ 1. In a careful manner, with scruple; done with careful attention to detail. Example: They were frightened when he threatened this, and promised to obey him scrupulously if he would but promise not to desert them. Example: Stock is generally well maintained, and the locomotives and railcars are kept scrupulously clean. The former are painted an unrelieved black, and the latter blue and cream, while the coaches are grey.
Word: scrutinously Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scrutinous Middle English -ly English -ly English scrutinously From scrutinous + -ly. 1. in a scrutinous manner
Word: scrutinous Part of Speech: adj 1. thorough, careful, strict. Example: He and the others joined in, calling the boy outside the window a girl while observing with scrutinous gaze the effeminate features of the fellow.
Word: scrutinizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scrutinize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flexing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈflɛksɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of flex Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flexing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈflɛksɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb flex; a bending of something, a tightening of the muscles. 2. Synonym of flaunting.
Word: scrutinized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scrutinize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scrutinizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scrutinize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: colleen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish cailín. 1. A girl. Labels: Ireland 2. A young single woman. Labels: Ireland Example: Down a boreen green came a sweet colleen \ And she smiled as she passed me by. Example: So here was Timothy McShanus deserting the baked meats, to say nothing of his convenient corner in the buffet, to go out and stare at a red shepherdess with picture books and maizypop to sell. And what kind of a colleen was it that he saw? […] Young as she was—and I supposed her to be about eighteen—her figure would have given her five years more according to our northern ideas; […]
Word: scrutinizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scrutinize + -er. 1. One who scrutinizes. Example: The world's Alberto Grimaldis can fight scrutiny by burying truth in committees, dullness and misinformation, or by intimidating the scrutinizers.
Word: Lin Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈlɪn/ 1. A male or female given name. 2. A surname
Word: Lin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Chinese: compare Mandarin 林 (lín), Gan 林 (lin⁴), Wu 林, Xiang 林 (lin²). 林 itself is composed of a reduplication of 木 (“wood, tree”). Literally, “forest”. Pronunciation: /ˈlɪn/ 1. A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove 2. A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove 3. A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove 4. A surname from Chinese, equivalent to English Forest, Woods, or Grove
Word: Lin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mandarin 臨／临 (Lín). Pronunciation: /ˈlɪn/ 1. A county of Lüliang, Shanxi, China. Example: Inspired by the communique of the Second Plenary Session of the Ninth CCP Central Committee and in order to greet the convening of the first provincial congress of activists in the creative study and application of Mao Tsetung Thought, the Chinchung Special District Revolutionary Committee recently held a discussion meeting on the study of Mao Tsetung Thought for leading cadres at and above standing committee level of the revolutionary committees of the special district and of the counties and all big factories and mines in the special district.[…] Study courses in the Thought of Mao Tsetung have been conducted by many leading cadres in the special district, including (Liu Kuo-yao), chairman of the Fenyang County Revolutionary Committee and a PLA representative; (Chao Hsiao-yuan), chairman of the Lin County Revolutionary Committee and a PLA representative; and (Kuo Li-chen), chairman of the Pingting County Revolutionary Committee and a PLA representative. Example: Together with his friend Tang Min, chief economist of the Asian Development Bank, Mao established a micro-credit scheme in Lin County of north China’s Shanxi province eight years ago.
Word: process hot water Part of Speech: noun 1. Hot water for use in industrial processes. Labels: uncountable Example: It has also been found very useful in certain industries that require large amounts of process hot water, hence the interest of Mohawk Paper Mills. Example: The jacket water and lube oil can be used directly with liquid-to-liquid heat exchangers for process hot water [heating].
Word: soldato Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *solh₂-i-dʰ-o-s Proto-Italic *soliðos Latin (nummus) solidus Latin soldus Italian soldo Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Italian -are Italian soldare Italian -ato Italian soldatobor. English soldato Borrowed from Italian soldato (“soldier”). 1. A member of the lowest tier of the Italian Mafia.
Word: clergymen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clergyman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: domestic hot water Part of Speech: noun 1. Water used, in any type of building, for domestic purposes, principally drinking, food preparation, sanitation, personal hygiene, and heating (but not including swimming pool heating, or processes such as commercial food preparation or clothes washing). Labels: uncountable Example: Heating, ventilation, domestic hot water and lighting use significant amounts of energy. Example: Warm or tepid water systems that dilute domestic hot water from a water heater with cold water upstream from the outlet source are not recommended.
Word: landgrabber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + grabber. 1. One in the possession or occupancy of land from which another has been evicted; one who engages in a landgrab. Labels: Ireland, especially Example: To destroy the power of the landlord you must refuse to help him in his cruel work of eviction […] Don't buy anything from a landgrabber. [However,] If the landgrabber sends his children to school, don't drive them away. Example: They were not called upon either morally or legally to hold social intercourse with a notorious liar; and the sins of theft and falsehood were venial sins compared with the sin of the landgrabber, who, in coveting his neighbour's[…]
Word: lamest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of lame: most lame Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: areg Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of erg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raining cats and dogs Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rain cats and dogs Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Landron Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: layn Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of leyn. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: it's Greek to me Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of it's all Greek to me. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: legacy student Part of Speech: noun 1. A student who is admitted to a school (often a college or university) primarily because one or both of their parents are alumni of the same institution.
Word: latent heat Part of Speech: noun 1. The heat that is released or absorbed accompanying a change of state or of a phase. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lift scheme Part of Speech: noun 1. A carpool; an arrangement whereby several people travel together in the same car. Labels: South-Africa Example: The neighbors decided on a lift scheme to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.
Word: vaporization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vapor 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 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 -ization English vaporization From vapor + -ization. 1. A conversion of a solid or a liquid into a gas. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A destruction of something by turning it into vapor. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: feme covert Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) covert (“covered, protected”). Pronunciation: /fɛmˈkʌvət/ 1. A married woman. Labels: historical Example: […]—you, Diana Vernon, spinstress, not being a femme covert; and being a convict popish recusant, are bound to repair to your own dwelling, and that by the nearest way, under penalty of being held felon to the king—[…] Example: A deed of a feme covert, to be valid, must be executed by the husband also.
Word: feme sole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) sole (“alone”). Pronunciation: /ˈfɛmsəʊl/ 1. A single woman, whether unmarried, spinster, widow or divorcee. Example: To Mary Smith, an adult feme sole, you are hereby summonsed... Example: A married woman shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing by will or otherwise, of any real or personal property as her separate property, in the same manner as if she were a feme sole, without the intervention of any trustee.
Word: vaporisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vapor + -isation. 1. Alternative spelling of vaporization. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: long arms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long arm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: long arms Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who steals things or borrows them without asking. Labels: UK, slang
Word: pussy eating Part of Speech: noun 1. cunnilingus Labels: slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: Midlothian Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /mɪdˈloðiən/, [mɪdˈloːðiən], /mɪdˈləʊðiən/, /mɪdˈloʊðiən/, /mɪdˈloʊθiən/ 1. A former county of Scotland, which became a district in Lothian Region in 1975. 2. A council area of Scotland, one of 32 created in 1996. 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A place in the United States: 7. A place in the United States:
Word: deconstruct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *ster- Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- Proto-Indo-European *strew- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *stréweti Proto-Italic *strowō Latin struō Latin cōnstruōder. Latin cōnstrūctusbor. English construct English deconstruct From de- + construct. Pronunciation: /diːkənˈstɹʌkt/, /diːkənˈstɹʊkt/, /ˌdikənˈstɹʌkt/ 1. To break something down into its component parts. Labels: figuratively, often, transitive 2. To analyse in terms of deconstruction (a philosophical theory of textual criticism). Labels: transitive 3. To analyse in general. Labels: transitive 4. To question and reexamine the beliefs taught in one's religious upbringing. Labels: intransitive 5. To critique. Labels: transitive 6. To prepare (a dish) in an experimental way that presents the core ingredients separately. Labels: transitive 7. To destroy. Labels: US, especially, transitive
Word: Daisy Dukes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the apparel of Daisy Duke, a fictional character in the television series The Dukes of Hazzard. Pronunciation: /deɪ.zi ˈduːks/ 1. Very short denim shorts worn by women, ending at the upper thighs. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: On the shorter side, short-shorts and hot pants are very on trend right now—denim ones are called Daisy Dukes, after the sex symbol on the TV show The Dukes of Hazzard—but you need to be a certain age and have a certain body type to pull them off. Example: Of course, there are lots of ways in which this happens anyway—you may have the gait of a sprightly gazelle or impala at sixty-eight, you may have the enviable figure of a teenager, you may be wearing Daisy Dukes (please don't be wearing Daisy Dukes).
Word: wonky hole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wonky + hole. Named by the local fishermen who first encountered them (see quotation below). 1. A type of undersea hole or spring on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, out of which emanates fresh water that has flowed underground from the land. Labels: Australia Example: It was local fishermen who made the most startling seafloor discovery. Something unknown was snagging their nets and nearly capsizing their boats. And they called the mystery – wonky holes. — Australian Broadcasting Commission Catalyst program, 18 May 2006 (transcript)
Word: space heating Part of Speech: noun 1. Heating of rooms within buildings. Labels: uncountable Example: 1973: US Congress: House Committee on Science and Astronautics: Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications, Energy Research and Development and Space Technology: Hearings Before the Subcommittee - The use of fossil fuel resources for electric space heating has been questioned. Example: 2003: Anthony R Day et al, Heating Systems: Plant and Control - In many regions of the world buildings will require space heating systems to make them habitable.
Word: chlorophyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chlorophyll Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English chlorophyllous From chlorophyll + -ous. 1. having chlorophyll and, hence, able to engage in photosynthesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: achlorophyllous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)der. English a- English chlorophyll Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English achlorophyllous From a- + chlorophyll + -ous. 1. not having chlorophyll and, hence, unable to engage in photosynthesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: SSP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Statutory Sick Pay. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Supplementary Special-purpose Plane (plane 14 of Unicode, containing 65,536 code points—U+E0000 through U+EFFFF—intended for encoding certain types of special-purpose characters but currently almost entirely unused). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. The station code of Sham Shui Po in Hong Kong.
Word: SSP Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of senior superintendent, a police rank. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of space solar power or space-based solar power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of sound speed profile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: iridic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From irid(ium) + -ic; hence ultimately cognate with Etymology 2, as New Latin iridium is from Classical Latin iris, from Greek ἶρις (îris)). 1. Containing tetravalent iridium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: iridic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From irid- + -ic. 1. Of or relating to the iris of the eye. Labels: not-comparable
Word: iridico- Part of Speech: prefix 1. iridic Labels: morpheme
Word: iridio- Part of Speech: prefix 1. iridium Labels: morpheme
Word: dumping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dump Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dumping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdʌmpɪŋ/ 1. The disposal of something no longer needed, or of no value. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: NO DUMPING [sign posted to discourage lawless dumping of trash] 2. Selling goods at less than their normal price, or even at a loss, especially in the export market as a means of securing a monopoly. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: iridious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English irid(ium) Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English iridious From irid(ium) + -ous. 1. Containing trivalent iridium.
Word: SMP Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of statutory maternity pay (“payments made by an employer to an employee who is absent from work due to their pregnancy”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of symmetric multiprocessing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of socialist millionaire problem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of single member plurality. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of support and maintenance package. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of system marginal price (“the marginal electricity price in a power system optimization”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of scalp micropigmentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of statement of monetary policy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of shape-memory polymer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of signal message processor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of silyl modified polymer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of slow-moving proteinase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of stable marriage problem or stable matching problem. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of stable massive particle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of surface-mount package. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of system modification program. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 17. Initialism of survival multiplayer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SMP Part of Speech: name Etymology: Initialisms. 1. Initialism of Symbolic Manipulation Program (“a computer algebra system and predecessor of Mathematica”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Supplementary Multilingual Plane, one of the sets of character codepoints in Unicode; formally known as Plane 1, and comprising the range of codepoints from U+10000 through U+1FFFF. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Scale Model Products. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of School Mathematics Project. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Shanghai Municipal Police. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Sisters of Mary of the Presentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Standard Motor Products. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 9. Initialism of Simulation Model Portability. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 10. Initialism of SOTA Mapping Project. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 11. Initialism of Serial Management Protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 12. Initialism of Saw Mill Parkway. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 13. Initialism of Shannonville Motorsport Park. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 14. Initialism of Super Mario Party. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 15. Initialism of Sounds of Mass Production or Synthesia Murder Program. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 16. Initialism of Send More Paramedics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ammonium phosphatide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ammonium salt of a phosphorylated glyceride; normally manufactured from rapeseed oil, it is used as a food additive especially in chocolate.
Word: phosphorylated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of phosphorylate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: phosphorylated Part of Speech: adj 1. reacted or combined with phosphoric acid
Word: rapeseed oil Part of Speech: noun 1. A thick brownish-yellow oil expressed from rapeseed, used chiefly for cooking, lubricating and in the manufacture of soap and india rubber. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: platinic Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing tetravalent platinum.
Word: platinous Part of Speech: adj 1. Containing divalent platinum Labels: not-comparable
Word: platinoso- Part of Speech: prefix 1. platinous Labels: morpheme
Word: platini- Part of Speech: prefix 1. platinic Labels: morpheme
Word: platino- Part of Speech: prefix 1. platinic Labels: morpheme
Word: diphosphate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English phosphate English diphosphate From di- + phosphate. 1. any salt or ester containing two phosphate groups 2. any salt or ester of diphosphoric acid; pyrophosphate
Word: platinise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of platinize. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: diphosphoric acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From di- + phosphoric acid. 1. pyrophosphoric acid Labels: uncountable
Word: platinize Part of Speech: verb 1. To coat with platinum. Labels: transitive
Word: triphosphate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- English phosphate English triphosphate From tri- + phosphate. 1. Any salt or ester containing three phosphate groups. 2. Any salt or ester of triphosphoric acid.
Word: triphosphoric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a condensation product of phosphoric acid, H₅P₃O₁₀, known from its salts and esters
Word: helium star Part of Speech: noun 1. A star which has lost most or all of its hydrogen, leaving just a core of helium.
Word: helium variable Part of Speech: noun 1. A star in which the strength of the helium absorption lines vary periodically; at times appearing to be a helium star.
Word: absorption line Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ laɪn/, /æbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ laɪn/, /əbˈzɔɹp.ʃn̩ laɪn/, /əbˈsɔɹp.ʃn̩ laɪn/ 1. A spectral line that corresponds to the absorption of electromagnetic radiation at a specific wavelength; the pattern of such lines is characteristic of specific atoms or molecules in the path of the radiation.
Word: parahelium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From para- + helium. 1. The form of the helium atom in which the spins of the two electrons form a singlet state (a state with zero total spin) Labels: uncountable
Word: goldy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English goldy, equivalent to gold + -y. 1. Synonym of goldish. Labels: informal Example: I could not identify these two objects as aeroplanes and I could not follow them due to the fantastic speed at which they were travelling. The first one appeared to be a goldy colour and the second silvery, […]
Word: speedruns Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdɹʌnz/ 1. plural of speedrun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speedruns Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdɹʌnz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of speedrun Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: speedrunning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdɹʌnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of speedrun Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: speedrunning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspiːdɹʌnɪŋ/ 1. The practice of making speedruns. Labels: uncountable
Word: hadeda Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative of its call. 1. The hadada ibis. Example: A small formation of hadedahs, four or five of them, flew past overhead, shrieking their wild death-cries across the valley.
Word: speedran Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of speedrun Labels: form-of, past
Word: mossie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans, from Dutch mus (“a sparrow”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒs.i/ 1. Any of various species of sparrow, especially Passer melanurus. Labels: South-Africa Example: Our four baby mossies have left the nest. Example: Another highly successful species, which has become a serious pest of fruit, is the Mossie or Cape Sparrow. The male mossie, with his black and white head and rufous mantle, is rather a handsome little bird; his wife lacks the head markings, being grey-brown with a pale eye-stripe.
Word: mossie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Diminutive formed from mosquito. Compare Dutch meuzie (“mosquito”). Pronunciation: /ˈmɒz.i/ 1. A mosquito. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial Example: She came out, standing a head taller than him, tugging a loose cotton shift into place, and made for a rough brick fireplace beside a pile of rusting pots and pans. ‘Come inside,’ Willi said. ‘The mossies will eat you alive out here.’ Example: Tip 1 : Make sure there is clearance between your body and the net. If the net touches your skin, the mossie will be able to bite you through it.
Word: go-away bird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic from the sound of its call. 1. Any of three African species of turaco of the genus Crinifer. 2. Any of three African species of turaco of the genus Crinifer. Labels: South-Africa
Word: re-record Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English record English re-record From re- + record. 1. To record again. 2. To revert to an earlier save state while recording a speedrun. Example: When making a tool-assisted speedrun, re-recording is inevitable if you want to attain a good time.
Word: re-record Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English record English re-record From re- + record. 1. An instance of reverting to an earlier save state while recording a speedrun. Example: Gavin Ward's tool-assisted speedrun of Sonic 3 & Knuckles has no fewer than 160,027 re-records.
Word: lourie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans loerie, ultimately from the same Malay word nuri, luri (“parrot”) as lory. 1. Any of several species of the family Musophagidae.
Word: widow bird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of widow + bird. The name for the family Viduidae derives from the genus name Vidua, from post-classical Latin vidua (“widow”) for males' black plumage, which resembles the mourning clothes of a widow. Compare whydah, from Whydah, a city in the Kingdom of Dahomey, now Ouidah, Benin. The terms widow-bird and whydah-bird influenced one another due to association of one species with the city. 1. Any of several species of birds in the family Viduidae, incorporating whydahs and widow finches. 2. Any of several species of birds in the genus Euplectes.
Word: flagtail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + tail. 1. Any of genus Kuhlia of perciform fish, having distinctive scaly sheaths around the dorsal and anal fins.
Word: flagtail Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From flag + tail. 1. Having a tail resembling a flag in some way, such as by colored stripes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aholehole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hawaiian āholehole. 1. A flagtail.
Word: erastai Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɛˈɹæstaɪ/ 1. plural of erastes Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airbreathing catfish Part of Speech: noun 1. Any fish of the family Clariidae, which can breathe air for short periods.
Word: barfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bar + fish. 1. A yellow bass (Morone mississippiensis) 2. A white bass (Morone chrysops) 3. A black crappie (Pomoxis nigromaculatus)
Word: beachsalmon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From beach + salmon. 1. A fish (Leptobrama muelleri) native to the coasts of southern New Guinea, Queensland, and Western Australia.
Word: blackchin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + chin. 1. Any of several species of fish with a black jaw, especially 2. Any of several species of fish with a black jaw, especially 3. Any of several species of fish with a black jaw, especially
Word: Pacific blackchin Part of Speech: noun 1. A dark brown oceanodromous fish, Scopelengys tristis, of the family Neoscopelidae.
Word: mouthbrooder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mouth + brooder. Pronunciation: /ˈmaʊθbɹuːdə/, /ˈmaʊθˌbɹudɚ/ 1. Any animal that cares for its offspring, either eggs or juveniles, by holding them in its mouth for extended periods of time. Example: However, [Franz] Steindachner (1875), in describing Arius planiceps, a catfish from Panama, found that at the breeding season the innermost edges of the ventral fins of the female are developed so as to form a kind of pocket. He conjectured that the eggs are extruded into this, fertilized by the male, and then taken into his mouth. He found a similar structure on the female of A. kessleri, the male of which is also a mouth brooder. Example: Mozambique mouthbrooders are native to coastal streams of southeast Africa, especially the Zambesi River, Mozambique.
Word: popeye blacksmelt Part of Speech: noun 1. A deep-water fish, Lipolagus ochotensis, with a slender compressed body and an anal fin base slightly shorter than its dorsal fin base.
Word: robust blacksmelt Part of Speech: noun 1. An oviparous deep-water fish, Pseudobathylagus milleri, with an adipose fin far back on its caudal peduncle.
Word: mitigated Part of Speech: adj 1. Lessened, reduced, or diminished, and thereby made better, improved. Labels: not-comparable Example: Well, though many an arraigned mortal has in hopes of mitigated penalty pleaded guilty to horrible actions, did ever anybody seriously confess to envy? Example: Generally speaking, in the summer the ore from Kiruna is sent to Narvik, and that from Gällivare to Luleå, but, as Luleå is not ice-free (as is Narvik), all traffic in the winter must go to the latter, though this is to some extent mitigated by the fact that the output of the mines tends to be lower.
Word: mitigated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of mitigate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: caudal peduncle Part of Speech: noun 1. The narrow part of a fish's body to which the caudal or tail fin is attached. Its proportions, such as the length and breadth, and attached organs, such as spines of surgeonfishes or caudal keels and finlets of Scombridae often are important in descriptions of fish species.
Word: ventral fin Part of Speech: noun 1. A fin, usually paired, located ventrally below the pectoral fins of a fish.
Word: adipose fin Part of Speech: noun 1. A soft, fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and just forward of the caudal fin, found fish of certain families, believed to have some sensory function.
Word: finlet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fin Proto-Indo-European *-lós Proto-Indo-European *-elós Proto-Italic *-elos Latin -lus Latin -ellus Old French -el Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Old French -et Old French -eletbor. Middle English -let English -let English finlet From fin + -let. 1. Small non-retractable fins, generally on the caudal peduncle between the last dorsal or anal fin and the caudal fin of some fishes. In some groups, such as tuna, finlets are rayless.
Word: hypural joint Part of Speech: noun 1. The joint between the caudal fin of a fish and the last of its vertebrae.
Word: cephalic fin Part of Speech: noun 1. One of a set of fins that look like horns on either side of the broad head of a manta ray.
Word: Dawkinsian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Dawkins + -ian, after Richard Dawkins. 1. Relating to the "selfish gene" view on evolution as proposed by Richard Dawkins. Example: In an essay entitled 'Selfish Genes and Social Darwinism' (1983, p.366) she argues that 'sociobiological thinking, especially in its Dawkinsian form, actually reinforces Social Darwinism, both by its language and by some of its substance'. Example: In two papers, I argued that differential selection ought to favor more nearly decomposable or more quasi-independent phenotypes, so that the evolution of or selection for quasi-independence paradoxically meant that if a Williamsian or Dawkinsian genic selectionist picture is true, it is true because selection at higher levels produced it! 2. Stridently atheist, like Richard Dawkins. Example: […] two million people convinced and converted to Dawkinsian atheistic humanism. Example: From that moment, I became an atheist — but we still remained best friends (probably because neither of us tried to convert the other). Let me state right now that I was never Dawkinsian in either temperament or zeal.
Word: caudal keel Part of Speech: noun 1. A lateral ridge found just anterior to each side of the tail fin on the caudal peduncle of some types of fast-swimming fish. The keels improve the stability of the fish's attitude at speed in the water, and strengthen the support of the caudal fin.
Word: hepatopancreas Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ (hêpăr)der. English hepato- English pancreas English hepatopancreas From hepato- + pancreas. 1. An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.
Word: trichobothrium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tricho- + bothrium. 1. An elongate external seta, present in many arachnids and various orders of insects, including Hemiptera and Thysanoptera. They function in the detection of airborne vibrations and air currents, including near-field sounds of central importance to their hearing and communication.
Word: ziege Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Ziege, from Middle High German zige, from Old High German ziga, from Proto-West Germanic *tigā. Compare Old Armenian տիկ (tik, “wineskin”), Albanian dhi (“she-goat”), Ishkashimi [script needed] (dec, “goatskin bag”), and further German Zicke, which is cognate with English tick (“goat”). 1. An edible freshwater fish, Pelecus cultratus, of the order Cypriniformes, with an oblique mouth, a low wavy lateral line and a sharp-edged belly.
Word: lateral line Part of Speech: noun 1. A sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water. 2. An equivalent organ found in tadpoles and aquatic salamanders that runs down the head and trunk.
Word: moon bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: In reference to its crescent shape. 1. A small pouch attached to a belt that is worn on the outside of clothing around the waist and used for holding small personal items. Example: She wears her moon bag every day on her morning jog.
Word: hersir Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Old Norse hersir. 1. A local leader in early mediaeval Norway. Example: There was a powerful hersir in Sognefjord called Bjorn, who lived at Aurland; his son Brynjolf inherited everything from him.
Word: kwaito Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Camtho, from Afrikaans kwaai (“cool”, literally “angry”). Pronunciation: /ˈkwaɪtoʊ/ 1. A style of music featuring words chanted over house music, originating in Johannesburg during the 1990s. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable Example: Kwaito is a genre-defying style blending the programmed percussion and vibrant call-and-response vocals of 1980s bubble-gum with British garage, American hip-hop and the new Jamaican ragga music; this inter-cultural mix, in turn, is framed by laid-back bass lines that can sound like Chicago-based house music in slow motion. Example: The residue of this otherworldliness is still audible in contemporary kwaito, which consistently thwarts any simple identification with ethnicity, language, or social position. 2. The meme or milieu associated with the music style. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable Example: Sivuyile is part of the kwaito generation.
Word: kwela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Bantu *-kóɪda Zulu -khwéla English kwela From Zulu -khwéla (“get up”). 1. A style of music, first played in the townships, whose principal instrument is the penny whistle. Labels: South-Africa, uncountable
Word: penny whistle Part of Speech: noun 1. A tin whistle. Example: Good heavens! and I was going to take charge of a twopenny-halfpenny river-steamboat with a penny whistle attached!
Word: pennywhistle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From penny + whistle. 1. Synonym of tin whistle Example: The pennywhistle is definitely a piercing announcement that “My Heart Will Go On” is now playing.
Word: hern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English herne, hyrne, from Old English hyrne (“corner”), from Proto-Germanic *hurnijō, *hurnijǭ (“projecting point, corner, angle”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱerh₂- (“horn”). Doublet of hirn. Further related to horn. Pronunciation: /hɜːn/ 1. Corner, nook. Labels: dialectal 2. A recess beside a wide chimney-fireside. Labels: dialectal 3. A corner of angular piece of land; a nook of land projecting into another district, parish, or field. Labels: dialectal
Word: hern Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English hiren, hirne, from the same source as her. The -n was added (especially in the speech of the Midlands and Southern England, starting in the 1300s) by analogy with mine and thine. (Compare ourn.) Displaced in standard speech by the -s form, hers, which see for more. Cognate with West Flemish heurn (“hern”). Pronunciation: /hɜːn/ 1. Hers; her own. Labels: Appalachia, especially
Word: hern Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dialectal variant of heron. Pronunciation: /hɜːn/ 1. Heron. Labels: dialectal, poetic Example: Now for Swans & Ducks, and such like Birds of the Water, it is obvious to take notice how well they are fitted for that manner of life. For those that swim, their Feet are framed for it like a pair of Oars, their Claws being connected with a pretty broad Membrane; and their Necks are long, that they may dive deep enough into the water. As also the Neck of the Hern, and such like Fowl who live of Fishes, and are fain to frequent their Element, who walk on long stilts also like the people that dwell in the Marshes; but their Claws have no such Membranes, for they had been but a hindrance to those kind of Birds that onely wade in the water, and do not swim.
Word: ICF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of insulated concrete form or insulating concrete form. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of inertial confinement fusion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ICF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Internet Connection Firewall. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: oscillatory reaction Part of Speech: noun 1. Any chemical reaction in which the concentration of some component varies over time or space in a regular periodic manner.
Word: red supergiant Part of Speech: noun 1. A very large, red star, such as Betelgeuse and Antares.
Word: Otto cycle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Nikolaus Otto, German engineer. 1. The basic thermodynamic cycle of the normal four-stroke internal combustion engine: isentropic compression, constant-volume heat addition, isentropic expansion, and constant-volume heat rejection.