nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: pseudodifferential operator Part of Speech: noun 1. An extension of the differential operator, used in the theory of partial differential equations and quantum field theory. Example: The algebras in question come from problems in various areas of mathematics and mathematical physics; typical examples include algebras of pseudodifferential operators, group algebras, and other algebras arising from quantum field theory.
Word: Fock space Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after V. A. Fock, who introduced it in his paper Konfigurationsraum und zweite Quantelung (1932). 1. An algebraic system used in quantum mechanics to describe quantum states with a variable or unknown number of particles.
Word: Fock spaces Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Fock space Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Amir Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Arabic أَمِير (ʔamīr, “commander, prince”). Doublet of amir, emir, admiral, and amira. 1. A male given name from Arabic. 2. A surname from Arabic.
Word: Frenchified Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪˌfaɪd/ 1. Made French or more French-like. Example: This life, whose dreary superficiality is covered by the glitter of universal blague, like the stupid clowning of a harlequin by the spangles of a motley costume, induced in him a Frenchified—but most un-French—cosmopolitanism, in reality a mere barren indifferentism posing as intellectual superiority. 2. Having contracted a venereal disease. Labels: slang
Word: Frenchified Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfɹɛnt͡ʃɪˌfaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of Frenchify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: lichenification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lichen + -ification. 1. Epidermal thickening characterized by visible and palpable thickening of the skin with accentuated skin markings. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Miley Part of Speech: name Etymology: Popularised as a female name by American pop singer Miley Ray Cyrus (nicknamed Miley from "smiley"). Pronunciation: /ˈmaɪli/ 1. A female given name. 2. A surname.
Word: Macdonald polynomial Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Introduced by Ian G. Macdonald in 1987. 1. Any of a two-parameter family of orthogonal polynomials indexed by a positive weight of a root system.
Word: Macdonald polynomials Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Macdonald polynomial Labels: form-of, plural
Word: decontrolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of decontrol Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: inflectionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From inflection + -less. 1. Without inflection. Labels: not-comparable Example: The dry voice behind the door started up again, a strange, breathy, scratched monotone, like one of those old gramophone records of inflectionless writers reading their own prose.
Word: kongonis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kongoni Labels: form-of, plural
Word: keilhauite Part of Speech: noun 1. yttrotitanite Labels: uncountable
Word: yttrotitanite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From yttro- + titanite. 1. A brownish-black variety of titanite. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: yttrotitanites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yttrotitanite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zajacite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Zajac + -ite, after Dr. Ihor S. Zajac. 1. A rare radioactive fluoride mineral. Labels: uncountable
Word: spangolites Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈspæŋ.ɡə.laɪts/ 1. plural of spangolite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: phyllites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of phyllite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chalcophyllite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chalco- + phyllite. 1. A rare secondary copper arsenate mineral occurring in the oxidized zones of some arsenic-bearing copper deposits. Labels: uncountable
Word: kitaibelite Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular pavonite mineral. Labels: uncountable
Word: sztrokayite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sztrokay + -ite. 1. A bismuth-sulphur-tellurium mineral. Labels: uncountable
Word: Camford Part of Speech: name Etymology: Blend of Cambridge + Oxford. 1. Synonym of Oxbridge. Labels: UK, rare
Word: Stroke City Part of Speech: name Etymology: Referring to a proposal which suggested naming the city "Derry/Londonderry" (Derry stroke Londonderry). 1. The city of Derry, Northern Ireland. Labels: humorous
Word: sphæric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sphære + -ic. 1. Obsolete spelling of spheric. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: We find in them all the stages of spermatogenesis—large spermatogonia, sphæric follicles derived from multiplication of them, and bundles of very minute zoosperms; the latter are, however, in small numbers.
Word: novelty song Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From novelty + song. 1. A comical or nonsensical song, usually performed for comedic or humorous effect.
Word: Judæans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Judæan Labels: form-of, plural Example: This official does not appear to have lived in Jerusalem, but to have visited the city from time to time, where, seated on a throne, he heard and decided disputes, but not infrequently rather caused dissensions and aggravated existing bad feelings, in order to raise complaints against the Judæans. For, as some Judæans nourished the hope, held out by the prophets, that Judah might yet become a mighty power, to whom kings and nations would bow, the suspicion that the people were plotting a defection from Persia was not removed with the retirement of Zerubbabel.
Word: inquestionable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + question + -able. 1. Alternative form of unquestionable. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: valenki Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian ва́ленки (válenki), singular ва́ленок (válenok). Pronunciation: /ˈvalənki/ 1. Traditional Russian felt boots. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: With our feet protected from frostbite in our valenki, we were able to walk outside. The valenki came just in time, since the temperature was falling rapidly and the winter was fierce beyond normal.
Word: weasel out Part of Speech: verb 1. To shirk, avoid, or fail to fulfill (a task, responsibility, etc.) Labels: idiomatic, intransitive, often Example: With the costs of Desert Shield likely to double, Congress fumes at those allies who seem to be weaseling out of their pledges to help. Example: And if they try to weasel out that way, Obama is warning them that he'll "call them out." 2. To obtain or extract, especially by cunning methods. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: In an effort to ingratiate himself with the 1968 Nixon campaign, Kissinger offered inside tips that he had weaseled out of friends privy to the Johnson Administration's talks with the North Vietnamese. Example: [S]ome of the characters we see among the blitzing media—a Houston TV reporter, an "Inside Edition" researcher and this film's producer and writer, James Manos Jr. and Jane Anderson—play themselves, each trying to weasel out the real inside story.
Word: geoarchæology Part of Speech: noun 1. Rare spelling of geoarchaeology. Labels: alt-of, rare, uncountable
Word: GCNS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gerontological clinical nurse specialist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ziara Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic زِيَارَة (ziyāra). 1. A visit to a holy place; a pilgrimage.
Word: mazal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From maze + -al. 1. Relating to a maze. Labels: not-comparable
Word: saraf Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani (Hindi सर्राफ़ (sarrāf) / Urdu صَرَّاف (sarrāf) and Classical Persian صَرَّاف (sarrāf), from Arabic صَرَّاف (ṣarrāf). Pronunciation: /saˈɹɑːf/ 1. A provider of financial services in the Middle East and in South Asia, especially (historical) during the early modern and colonial period. Example: There is in euery place of the street exchangers of mony, by them called Xaraffos, which are all christian Iewes. Example: He sent us to receive the money from his Saraf, or banker.
Word: meeping Part of Speech: noun 1. A facial expression involving slightly pressed together lips or dimpled, puffed out cheeks. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: meeping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of meep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: meeped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of meep Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: know like the palm of one's hand Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of know like the back of one's hand. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: winterers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of winterer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guaraná Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of guarana. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In 1878, the firm's fluid extract of guaraná sold for $10 per pound […].
Word: JAX Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Jakarta XML. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: JAXB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Jakarta XML Binding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Java Architecture for XML Binding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, dated, initialism
Word: WSIT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Web Services Interoperability Technology. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CDDL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Common Development and Distribution License. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ppbv Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: From ppb. 1. parts per billion by volume Example: right now: 71° — mostly clear — 08:29:14 am — 68% humidity — wind: 10.5 mph — ozone: 25 ppbv — rain (24hrs): 0.00"
Word: SPL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of senior patrol leader. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of shared parental leave. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of stretched penile length. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: To learn your SPL, measure the penis while it's flaccid. Press the ruler tight against the pubic bone at the base of the penis.[…] Now gently, but very firmly, stretch the penis as far as it will go. Measure from the pubic bone to the tip of the stretched penis.
Word: SPL Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Sun Public License. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Scottish Premier League. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: And the moment it thumped into the net, Celtic’s march back to the top of the SPL pile also seemed unstoppable. 3. Initialism of Standard PHP Library. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JWSDP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Java Web Services Development Pack. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: SAAJ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of SOAP with Attachments API for Java. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: JAX-RPC Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Java API for XML-based RPC. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: GWP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gross world product. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of global warming potential. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: StAX Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Streaming API for XML. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: glassfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glassfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Webinar Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of webinar. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Webinars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Webinar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: OSGi Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Open Services Gateway initiative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: POJOs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of POJO Labels: form-of, plural
Word: down to Part of Speech: prep 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see down, to. Example: I had to walk down to the ground floor. Example: Go down to the shops. 2. Ready or willing to (do something specified). Example: Are you down to go to the cinema? Example: Hey, I'm always down to make art together if you want. 3. With no one/nothing remaining but. Example: I'm down to my last few sleeping pills. 4. Within the responsibility or influence of. Example: What type of person you become is down to you. Example: So I guess the cooking is now down to me. 5. Due to; because of. Example: The failure was down to total neglect. Example: It's down to me, the way she talks when she's spoken to / Down to me, the change has come, she's under my thumb. 6. Including even the smallest parts. Example: We checked everything down to the last/smallest detail.
Word: septae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: guest of Her Majesty Part of Speech: noun 1. A prisoner Labels: UK, informal
Word: stell Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English stellen, from Old English stellan (“to give a place to, set, place”), from Proto-West Germanic *stalljan (“to put, position”), from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with Dutch stellen (“to set, put”), dated Low German stellen (“to put, place, fix”), German stellen (“to set, place, provide”), Old English steall (“position, place”). More at stall. Pronunciation: /stɛl/ 1. To place in position; set up, fix, plant; prop, mount. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal, transitive Example: How he escaped a broken neck in that dreadful place no human being will ever ken. The sweat, he has told me, stood in cold drops upon his forehead; he scarcely was aware of the saddle in which he sat, and his eyes were stelled in his head so that he saw nothing but the sky ayont him. 2. To portray; delineate; display. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: To this well-painted piece is Lucrece come, To find a face where all distress is stelled. Example: Mine eye hath play'd the painter and hath stell'd Thy beauty's form in table of my heart […]
Word: stell Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of stall, after the verb to stell. Pronunciation: /stɛl/ 1. A place; station. Labels: archaic 2. A stall; a fold for cattle. 3. A prop; a support, as for the feet in standing or climbing. Labels: Scotland 4. A still. Labels: Scotland Example: Paint Scotland greetin owre her thrissle; Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle; An' damn'd excisemen in a bussle, Seizin a stell, Triumphant crushin't like a mussel, Or limpet shell! Example: The English stell we could disdain, Secure in valour's station; But English gold has been our bane— Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!
Word: dæmonize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dæmon + -ize. 1. Archaic spelling of demonize. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: stepbairn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stepbarn (“orphan”), from Old English stēopbearn (“orphan”), from Proto-West Germanic *steupabarn, from Proto-Germanic *steupabarną (“stepchild”), equivalent to step- + bairn. Cognate with Old High German stiofbarn (“stepchild”), Norwegian stebarn (“stepchild”) Danish stedbarn (“stepchild”), Swedish styvbarn (“stepchild”), Icelandic stjúpbarn (“stepchild”). 1. A stepchild. Labels: Scotland, UK, dialectal
Word: bunny ears Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand gesture in which the index and middle fingers are raised and parted, while the other fingers are clenched, used behind the head of a subject of a photograph. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: I only realized I had been given the bunny ears after the pictures were developed. 2. Synonym of rabbit ears (“a double television aerial”). Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: donkey ears Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand gesture made by placing the thumbs above each ear and waving the index fingers in unison; used to express derision. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: This was a frustrating year for us, anyway, and we were losing to the Tigers, 13-0, in the sixth inning when Aaron Robinson popped one into short left. I dropped the fly, they began to boo; and when I came in I gave them the donkey ears, which hardly seemed adequate. My Turn at Bat The Story of My Life by Ted Williams, As Told to John Underwood, p. 116
Word: accelerated depreciation Part of Speech: noun 1. The lost value a vehicle carries after it has been repaired from an accident. Labels: Canada, uncountable
Word: hæmatopœtic Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of haematopoietic. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: stingerless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stinger + -less. 1. Having no stinger. Labels: not-comparable
Word: prepossessors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prepossessor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gloriette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French gloriette. 1. A pavilion or similar structure in an elevated position in parkland.
Word: playoff beards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of playoff beard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: trefoil knot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trefoil + knot, from being a knot theory knot, where its simplest symmetrical configuration appears like a trefoil. File:Trefoil-non-3-symm.svg|A trefoil knot lacking three-fold symmetry File:Tricoloring.png|The trefoil knot with each lobe highlighted File:Trefoil Knot.gif|Trefoil knot 1. A knot formed by joining the two loose ends of a overhand knot to form a knotted loop; the simplest non-trivial knot.
Word: trefoil knots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trefoil knot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: walkie talkie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of walkie-talkie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: walky-talky Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of walkie-talkie. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: slow clap Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of clapping in which audience members clap slowly, with long intervals between claps, as a form of heckling and to demonstrate that they disapprove of a performer, speaker, etc. 2. A form of applause (especially used in films for dramatic effect) that slowly crescendoes from one person's clapping to a crowd's.
Word: wardrobe mistress Part of Speech: noun 1. A woman in charge of the procurement, maintenance, and inventory of the costumes and other clothing worn by performers. Example: The wardrobe mistress from Wicked showed the kids where the nooks and crannies are hidden in the show's lavish costumes to allow the leading ladies to hang from ropes.
Word: makegame Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + game. 1. A laughingstock; the butt of a joke.
Word: makebelieve Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of make-believe. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: makebate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + bate (“strife, contention, quarrel”). 1. One who excites contentions and quarrels; an instigator. 2. A plant, bush jasmine (Chrysojasminum fruticans, syn. Jasminum fruticans).
Word: make-hawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make (“companion, peer”) + hawk. 1. A trained and seasoned hawk flown with young birds to teach them to take the quarry.
Word: make-king Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + king. 1. A king-maker. Labels: obsolete Example: As Nevill, Earl of Warwick was the make-king; so this Dudley, Earl of Warwick (his title before lately created duke) was the make-queen.
Word: makepeace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + peace. 1. A peacemaker; one who reconciles persons at variance with one another; a composer of strife; an adjuster of differences. Labels: rare Example: To be a make-peace shall become my age / Throw down, my son, the Duke of Norfolk's gage. 2. A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for corporal punishment. Labels: obsolete Example: The civill uſes whereunto the Birch-tree ſerveth are many, as for the puniſhment of Children both at home and at School, for it hath an admirable influence upon them, to quiet them when they are out of Order, and therefore ſome call it Make-peace: The old Roman Magiſirates had it born in bundles before them, as an Enſigne, and Inſtrument of Juſtice to be executed upon petty Offenders.
Word: cainogeneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cainogenesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: make-sport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + sport. 1. A laughingstock. Labels: obsolete
Word: makestrife Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From make + strife. 1. One who excites contentions and quarrels; instigator. Labels: no-plural, obsolete
Word: synæsthesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syn- + -æsthesia. 1. Obsolete spelling of synaesthesia. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: M. [Théodore] Flournoy includes all the phenomena of "Colored Hearing" and of "Mental Forms" under the convenient and adequate name Synæsthesia—in place of which, to be sure, he himself usually employs the less defensible term Synopsie. […] The phenomena of synæsthesia are divided into three main groups: "photisms," among which are included, as by [Eugen] Bleuler and Lehmann, all the varieties of pseudo-chromesthesia; "Schemes," comprising not only "forms" (diagrammes) associated with series of words or numbers, but "symbols," or particular figures associated with single letters, numerals, colors and the like; and "personifications," in which the associated factor is no mere color or form, but has become richer and more concrete. Example: Probably in all of us, though in some men much more distinctly than in others, there exist certain synæsthesiæ or concomitances of sense-impression, which are at any rate not dependent on any recognisable link of association.
Word: synæsthesiæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of synæsthesia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: uvulæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of uvula Labels: archaic, form-of, plural
Word: old salt Part of Speech: noun 1. A seasoned sailor, especially one who is hardy and forthright in manner. Labels: idiomatic Example: [A]n old salt don't like to keep under hatches, while powder is burning on deck. Example: None of the spears, however, had touched any vital part, and being a tough old salt he was able to pull through.
Word: affirmata Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of affirmatum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: affirmatum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin affirmatum. 1. Something that is affirmed.
Word: Super Saturday Part of Speech: name 1. The last Saturday before Christmas, a major day of revenue for retailers. Labels: US 2. A Saturday on which a large number of U.S. states hold caucuses (elections) for the process of nominating presidential candidates. Labels: US
Word: antiquarium Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌan.tɪˈkwɛəɹi.əm/, /ˌan.təˈkwɛɹi.əm/ 1. A place for keeping antiques. Example: […] to make preparations for establishing an antiquarium in the nymphaeum under the right side-aisle of the Church (below Zone CC-DD-EE). Example: Albrecht also provided for an antiquarium in the ducal Residenz, a room devoted to the display of Roman portrait busts (many bearing fanciful identifications) as a series of illustrious men.
Word: holming Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From holm + -ing. 1. A former Welsh tradition, on St. Stephen's Day, of slashing female servants and late risers with holly branches. Labels: historical, uncountable
Word: on balance Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Overall; when all factors are taken into account; one way or another; regardless. Example: If a stock market forecaster has been more often right than wrong, on balance, it may be worth the price of a subscription.
Word: RBTs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of RBT Labels: form-of, plural
Word: now that Part of Speech: conj 1. As a consequence of the fact that; since. Example: Now that you mention it, I am kind of hungry. Example: Now that we're all here, let's start the meeting. / Let's start the meeting now that everyone's here.
Word: poneratoxin Part of Speech: noun 1. A paralyzing neurotoxic peptide isolated from the venom of the bullet ant. Labels: uncountable
Word: unmethodically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From unmethodical + -ly. 1. In an unmethodical fashion. Example: We searched unmethodically through the piles of boxes, grabbing them at random and losing track of which ones we had checked before.
Word: polistine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the wasps of the subfamily Polistinae.
Word: polistines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polistine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stenogastrine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the wasps of the subfamily Stenogastrinae.
Word: stenogastrines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stenogastrine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armónico Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish armónico (“harmonic”). Doublet of harmonic. 1. A stringed instrument with seven strings in six courses and one string (the middle one) doubled; it is structurally a combination of a guitar and a tres.
Word: armónicos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armónico Labels: form-of, plural
Word: besants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of besant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MOSS Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of MIME Object Security Services. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, plural, plural-only
Word: MOSS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Map Overlay and Statistical System. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Microsoft Office SharePoint Server. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 3. Acronym of Market Oriented Sector Selective talks. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SST Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of supersonic transport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Here he found a selection of French crèmes fraîches at prices implying transport via SST. 2. Abbreviation of somatostatin. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Initialism of sea surface temperature. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of socioemotional selectivity theory. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of single-session therapy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: In and around 2016, a controversy arose when the CRPO began refusing grandparenting applications on the basis that an applicant's SST hours did not count towards fulfilling the grandparenting requirements. Specifically, the CRPO was taking the position that the 800 DCC hours requirement for grandparenting could not be satisfied with SST. 6. Initialism of sales and service tax. Labels: Malaysia, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Shiva Smart Tunneling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Spitzer Space Telescope. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: NTLM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of NT LAN Manager. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: echogram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From echo + -gram. 1. sonogram
Word: WSRP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Web Services for Remote Portlets. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: OASIS Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: botmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bot + master. 1. A malicious hacker who controls a botnet. Labels: Internet Example: Tracking the botmaster to her true physical location is a complex problem that is described in detail in the next section. Example: [The worm] had spread silently for six days before it began regularly trying to connect with its botmaster, who could have been hiding behind any of the 250 domain names the worm generated afresh each day.
Word: botmasters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of botmaster Labels: form-of, plural
Word: traceback Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trace + back. 1. Determination of origin; the process of tracing something back to its source. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A stack trace (in some programming languages) Labels: countable, uncountable Example: ... which appears in the top line of the traceback, looking for the point at which the system is likely to have become corrupted . The ability to read and use tracebacks is a skill no MOO administrator should be without . Example: In programs where functions can be called from multiple places , the call stack can help you determine which call led to the error . Python displays the traceback whenever a raised exception goes unhandled . But you can also obtain it[…]
Word: tracebacks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of traceback Labels: form-of, plural
Word: microinject Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From micro- + inject. 1. To inject with a micropipette. Labels: transitive
Word: microinjects Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of microinject Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: progradation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed as pro- + gradation, after prograde. 1. The growth of a river delta farther out into the sea over time, as it gains more sediment Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: progradations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of progradation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: program counters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of program counter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WSIA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Web Services for Interactive Applications. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: aucupate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin aucupātus. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.kjʊ.peɪt/ 1. To hunt, to seek with vigilance. Labels: obsolete Example: Now this is the howre, now this the half, now this is the Quarter, the Minute, the second, the third, the fourth, and so Fourth to the Tenth, that I do aucupate, or do gape after the slowe comming of my knave-booting Rascalls to Olympus with their venaisons alive Example: Some till their throats ake cry alowd and hollo, To aucupate great favors from Apollo.
Word: Crowleyans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Crowleyan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: HPC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of high-performance computing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of hardware performance counter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of hydroxypropyl cellulose. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of high power charging. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: blackstrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + strap? Possible connection with Dutch stroop (“syrup”). 1. The dark, viscous molasses remaining after maximum extraction of sugar from raw sugar cane, used in manufacturing and cattle feed. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Smoked over cherry and mesquite wood, and dried in a convection oven, it gets its flavors from organic blackstrap molasses, Jim Beam bourbon, and salt and pepper. 2. A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: No blackstrap to-night; switchel, or ginger pop. 3. Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean. Labels: obsolete, slang, uncountable, usually
Word: floorplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From floor + plate. 1. A (usually metal) plate used as industrial flooring. 2. A horizontal, structural, load-bearing member in platform framing (wooden building framing). Also called bottom plate, sill plate, sole plate or (lower) wall plate. 3. The structural base plate of the floors (storeys) of a building, usually made up of bottom panels, floor panels, floor slabs, paving slabs, hollow core slabs or beams or joists in timber constructions. Example: In that new building, which has large 40,000-square-foot floorplates, some of the large tenants may want to be assured of an option to grow. 4. A specialized glial structure integral to the developing nervous system of vertebrate organisms.
Word: floorplates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of floorplate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: prebuilding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of prebuild Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: prebuilds Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prebuild Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: primocane Part of Speech: noun 1. A fruit cane in its first year of growth, especially that of a bramble. Example: But Courtney Weber, a breeder at Cornell University, is working with Mr. Clark’s primocane selections to develop varieties that could be mown down before winter and fruit the next year.
Word: primocanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of primocane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scaloppines Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scaloppine Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antireformist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + reformist or antireform + -ist. 1. An opponent of reform. Example: Mr. Abe had described himself as the heir to political and economic reforms undertaken by his predecessor, Junichiro Koizumi, but he quickly readmitted antireformist lawmakers whom Mr. Koizumi had expelled from the party.
Word: antireformist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + reformist or antireform + -ist. 1. Opposed to reform.
Word: antireformists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antireformist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antireformism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From antireform + -ism. 1. Opposition to reform. Labels: uncountable
Word: bangless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bang + -less. 1. Without a bang (noise or explosion). Labels: not-comparable Example: Scientists are working on a bangless bomb. 2. Without bangs (hairstyle). Labels: US, not-comparable Example: Whether they conjure painful visions of husband-stealers or happy memories of Betty and Veronica, bangs are an appealing option in the summer, when the weather forces the bangless to march around with hair greased back with sweat, like so many W.N.B.A. players or Romanian gymnasts.
Word: dishdashas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dishdasha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multilayering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From multi- + layering. 1. The layering of several things or concepts. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Often it seems (as recently occurred to me with the wonderful Noche Flamenca performance at Theater 80, and as strikes anyone who listens to some opera) that the music is suggesting something quite unlike its words; and this multilayering only enriches the experience.
Word: nonserialized Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + serialized. 1. Not serialized. Labels: not-comparable Example: “I’ve never been in such good company!” said Ms. Park, 60, who before creating the impish heroine wrote nonserialized books for slightly older children.
Word: supertiny Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From super- + tiny. Pronunciation: /ˌsuːpəˈɹˈtaɪni/ 1. Extremely tiny. Example: "Couldn't a virus be merely a supertiny bacterium that can make it through a filter?" Example: But as the twentieth century dawned, scientists had hardly passed the point of asking, "Couldn't a virus be merely a supertiny bacterium that can make it through a filter?"
Word: swoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of sword + hoe; originated as a trademark of Wilkinson Sword. 1. A kind of cutting hoe with sharp edges. Example: I approached the new light hoes, swoes and other garden tools with some degree of scepticism, feeling that weight aided the cutting down operation. After two summers I am quite converted, especially as I am two years older. Example: (She told me I must buy a swoe, a long-handled weeder sold by Fiskars, that changed her life.)
Word: swoes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of swoe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unbanged Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + banged. 1. Not banged; not struck suddenly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Twenty minutes later, she was suffocating on top of him in the heat of her unair-conditioned bedroom, the ancient box springs squeaking under them like a bad accordion, and her head was unbanged because the sex was lousy. 2. Without bangs (the hairstyle). Labels: US, not-comparable, rare Example: That is why, in spite of shabby dresses, unbanged hair, tremendous mouths, and large noses, some persons are purely delightful. Example: “To me, they scream: ‘I’m cooler than you, I have a lot of sex, and if you leave your husband with me I’ll devour him,’ ” said Meredith Hays, a literary agent in Manhattan with an unbanged brow.
Word: bangdas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bangda Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bomblike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bomb + -like. 1. Resembling or characteristic of a bomb. Example: The dance carries on undisturbed by this possible news footage, until, after a while, the dancers line up on one of three arching bridges (the main items of Ms. Hadid’s décor, variously shunted around the stage) to look, calmly, at this bomblike view, as if to say “Oh la la!”
Word: dirtball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dirt + ball. 1. A dirty or sleazy person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: He is Fidel Castro, Cuba’s supreme leader, but still known to some Dolorinos by his school nickname, Bola de Churde, or dirtball. 2. Synonym of dorodango: a ball of dirt, especially one that is polished in a popular outdoor activity done by Japanese schoolchildren.
Word: dirtballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dirtball Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feudist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From feud + -ist. 1. One who takes part in feuds. Example: After two years away, Rosie O’Donnell — actress, Broadway booster, consummate feudist — is returning to the stage. 2. A writer about feuds; a person versed in feudal law. Example: […]our great feudist Sir Thomas Craig
Word: feudists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feudist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: feudings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of feuding Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kavals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kaval Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mortarman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mortar + -man. 1. A man who operates a mortar (weapon). Example: “We have seen in the last three months a significant improvement in the capability of mortarmen and rocketeers to provide accurate fire into the Green Zone and other places,” he said in Baghdad.
Word: mortarmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mortarman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonradar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + radar. 1. Not of or pertaining to radar. Labels: not-comparable Example: The controllers said staffing had been cut to a single controller, who was responsible for radar and nonradar duties, a violation of Federal Aviation Administration rules.
Word: reenergize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + energize. 1. To energize again or anew. Labels: transitive Example: Robert Fisher, the interim chief executive, said that “when Glenn met with the board, we were immediately impressed with his insights into leading and reenergizing retail brands and we knew we had found our next leader.”
Word: reenergizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reenergize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reenergizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reenergize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reenergized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reenergize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reencounters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reencounter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reencounters Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reencounter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reencountering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reencounter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: OOA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of object-oriented analysis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of object-oriented application. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Out of Africa (hypothesis). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: roadshowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of roadshow Labels: form-of, past
Word: roadshown Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of roadshow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: roadshowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of roadshow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stagewide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stage + -wide. 1. All across a stage. Labels: not-comparable Example: Let’s take this piffling sitting-down dance and turn it into a stagewide multicolored illusion!
Word: OOD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of object-oriented design. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Officer of the Deck. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: vallenatos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of vallenato Labels: form-of, plural
Word: writhings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of writhing Labels: form-of, plural Example: The party and the Krikkit warship looked, in their writhings, a little like two ducks […]
Word: gleeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From glee + -less. 1. Devoid of glee. Labels: not-comparable Example: The blonde whispered something into the ear of her almost transfixed companion, and they rose—he none too steadily, she with a faintly triumphant but gleeless smile.
Word: unsleepy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + sleepy, perhaps continuing Middle English *unslepy, from Old English unslǣpiġ (“sleepless”). Compare Dutch onslaperig (“unsleepy”), German unschläfrig (“unsleepy”). 1. Not sleepy; wakeful. Example: My seemingly endless medical school days of gleelessly skipping lectures and spending far too many hours on crosswords, of obsessive toast eating and long hostile runs after which I’d get into bed unsleepy at 8 p.m. simply hoping to bring the day to a close a little bit earlier — that would all be over soon, for a year at least.
Word: antiempirical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + empirical. 1. Going against what is empirically true. Example: In regard to life in general ... and to capitalism in particular, objectivism is just about as unrealistic and antiempirical as it can be.
Word: antiendotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antiendotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: continuingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From continuing + -ly. 1. In a manner that is ongoing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The result was “Eloise,” published in 1955 and a best seller the next year, and its continuingly popular sequels.
Word: dormmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dorm + -mate. 1. One who shares the same dorm. Example: In other letters, she would convey a mounting exasperation with her rigid conservative father and disdain for both “debutante” dormmates and an acid-dropping friend.
Word: dormmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dormmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lullingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From lulling + -ly. 1. In a way that lulls; soothingly. Example: It becomes as lullingly familiar as a weekly drive to a relative’s house: opening prayers like quick turns though local streets, long freeway stretches of readings, homily and Eucharistic prayers, the quietude of communion and then — thanks be to God — the final blessing, a song and home to pancakes and the Sunday comics.
Word: overgeneralizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overgeneralize + -er. 1. One who overgeneralizes. Example: I could also see that he was an overgeneralizer and a dogmatist, and therefore a poor scientist.
Word: overgeneralizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of overgeneralizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nitpickiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nitpicky + -ness. 1. The quality of being nitpicky; pedantry over trivia. Labels: uncountable Example: Putting aside the nitpickiness of the complaint — “plenitude” originates in Latin, “fullness” doesn’t — “plenitude” also has philosophical associations running from Aristotle to St. Thomas Aquinas to David Lewis.
Word: pewmate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pew + -mate. 1. One who shares the same pew. Example: We’ll have to prod our snoozing pewmates when to sit and stand; they’ll have to rein in their zealots.
Word: pewmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pewmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Old World flycatcher Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various small birds of the passerine family Muscicapidae, of Africa and Eurasia; a muscicapid.
Word: satirizer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From satirize + -er. 1. One who satirizes. Example: It is a drive-by satirizer of Christians, Jews, old people, police chiefs, groundskeepers, schoolteachers, doctors and the nuclear power industry.
Word: satirizers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of satirizer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scapulars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scapular Labels: form-of, plural
Word: screamfest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scream + -fest. 1. An event, recording, etc. involving a lot of screaming. Labels: informal Example: If you are a parent in New York, you dread the screamfest known as the lead test. Example: Since he formed Nine Inch Nails nearly 20 years ago, Mr. Reznor’s brooding, sinister songs (which range from thick industrial screamfests to hazy electronic ballads) have (rightly) seduced millions of like-minded fans.
Word: screamfests Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of screamfest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spearguns Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of speargun Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sporking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of spork Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sporked Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of spork Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upsetness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From upset + -ness. 1. The quality or degree of being emotionally upset. Labels: uncountable Example: These Irrational Beliefs will keep your original upsetness vividly alive — instead of letting it die a natural death, as disturbance gradually does if you don’t dwell on it and reinforce it by continual crooked thinking.
Word: woonerfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of woonerf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterrhythm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)bor. Latin rhythmusder. English rhythm English counterrhythm From counter- + rhythm. 1. A rhythm that complements another rhythm. Example: Sometimes he amplifies the bass line by doubling it; sometimes he adds scabrous counterrhythms and countermelodies; sometimes he just makes cool noises.
Word: counterrhythms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterrhythm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterrhythmic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- Proto-Indo-European *ser-? Proto-Indo-European *srew- Proto-Indo-European *sru-dʰ-mo-s Proto-Hellenic *hrutʰmós Ancient Greek ῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) English rhythmic English counterrhythmic From counter- + rhythmic. 1. Exhibiting or pertaining to counterrhythm.
Word: lightstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From light + stick. 1. A portable rod used for illumination. Example: When he woke, he became frightened, fired tracer bullets into the air and waved a fluorescent lightstick to identify himself.
Word: lightsticks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lightstick Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonstandards Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonstandard Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pianophile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From piano + -phile. 1. A lover of piano music. Example: To the ardent pianophiles who flock to the International Keyboard Institute & Festival at Mannes College the New School for Music every summer, the Canadian virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin is royalty.
Word: pianophiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pianophile Labels: form-of, plural