nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: could care less Part of Speech: verb Etymology: An alteration of couldn’t care less (which is first attested slightly earlier), either: * by deliberate irony, or * by hyponegation, perhaps influenced by forms such as “as if I could care less”, “no one could care less”, and “to know little (or nothing) and care less”. Pronunciation: /kəd kɛə ˈlɛs/, /kəd kɛ(ə)ɹ ˈlɛs/, /-ke(ə)ɹ-/ 1. To not care at all; to have no concern or interest; to be apathetic. Labels: US, nonstandard, proscribed Example: Farmers knew that dead fish made plants go better. They could care less about why that happened. Scientists could not sleep until they found out why. Example: We do work [...] to develop some strength and testing standards so that the industry can be assured that safe products are being produced. The person who is doing a knockoff could care less about that, and so they will just produce the product with virtually no field or laboratory testing and ship it out.
Word: down to a fine art Part of Speech: adj 1. To a point of exceptional proficiency. Labels: idiomatic
Word: like hot cakes Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: Used with various other verbs in the manner of the original idiom sell like hot cakes, after the proverbial popularity of pancakes in 19th-century America. 1. Synonym of quickly, especially in the context of sales or consumption. Labels: colloquial Example: These new toys should go like hot cakes.
Word: aloes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.loʊz/, /ˈæ.ləʊz/ 1. plural of aloe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aloes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæ.loʊz/, /ˈæ.ləʊz/ 1. The resin of the tree Aquilaria malaccensis (syn. Aquilaria agallocha), known for its fragrant odour. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. The wood of the agalloch. Example: A closid gardin, my sister spouse ; a closid gardyn, a welle selid. Thin outsendingus paradis of poungarnetes, with the frutis of appilis, of cipre tre, with narde ; and narde, and safrun, fistula, and canel, with alle the trees of Liban, myrre, and aloes, with alle the firste oynemens.
Word: hemostat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hemo- + -stat. 1. An instrument that clamps blood vessels to diminish or halt blood flow. Example: “We gave them fake arms and taught them to hold a scalpel, how to tie sutures, how to hold multiple instruments,” Dr. Burns, the show’s medical adviser, said in a recent interview in his cluttered study, demonstrating the gunslinger reflexes needed to flip a waiting hemostat, a scissor-like tool, off the wrist and seal a broken blood vessel.
Word: live large Part of Speech: verb 1. To have a lavish or overly extravagant lifestyle. Labels: idiomatic Example: He lived large, in a suite at the Waldorf Astoria. Expensive and elegant suits, silk shirts, handmade shoes, cashmere topcoats and fedoras enhanced his executive image.
Word: fun house Part of Speech: noun 1. A brothel. Labels: euphemistic 2. Alternative spelling of funhouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Carnival! The day was young, but already the streets were thick with revelers, with dancers, with drunks. A score of bands played, youngsters in particular ran about attired in costume, there were barbeques and flowing beer kegs. On the outskirts of town were roller coasters and ferris wheels, fun houses and drive-it-yourself miniature cars. Carnival! 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fun, house. Example: The result is an eclectic home with a flair for the unusual and not a few touches of humor. It is a fun house, a relaxed house. From the minute you walk into the Cochrane home, "unique" jumps to mind. Example: “The colors add a lot of warmth and the finishes turned out really well,” Matt says. “It's a fun house.”
Word: comforts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comfort Labels: form-of, plural
Word: comforts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of comfort Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: attentions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attention Labels: form-of, plural Example: paid him attentions
Word: feudatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the Latin feudātōrius, from the Mediaeval Latin feudāre (“to enfeoff”), from feudum, feodum. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːdətəɹɪ/ 1. Relating to feudalism, feudal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: feudatory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Latin feudātōrius, from the Mediaeval Latin feudāre (“to enfeoff”), from feudum, feodum. Pronunciation: /ˈfjuːdətəɹɪ/ 1. A feudal vassal. 2. A feudal territory, a fief. Example: Henry VII granted a privilege in 1309 endorsing the three valleys as self-governing rural feudatories forming their own imperial bailiwick directly under him. 3. A fee paid by such a vassal to hold land.
Word: convention state Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the Indian feudal states which, during the time of the British Empire, used overprinted Indian stamps valid for postage outside the state. Labels: historical
Word: feudatory state Part of Speech: noun 1. any of the Indian feudal states which operated their own internal postal services during the time of the British Empire, issuing stamps that were only valid within the state.
Word: ipsissima verba Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin ipsissima verba (“the very words”). 1. The actual words (spoken or transcribed). Example: "The record in the magistrate's court does not purport to reproduce the ipsissima verba of the witness; it does not give questions and answers in the exact words in which the question was put and the answer made; it, at best, gives no more than a summary...."
Word: crock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse. Pronunciation: /kɹɒk/, /kɹɑk/, /kɹɔk/ 1. A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container. Labels: countable Example: 1590-96, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, 1750, The Works of Spenser, Volume 3, page 181, Therefore the Vulgar did about him flock / And cluster thick unto his leaſings vain; / Like fooliſh Flies about an Honey-Crock; / In hope by him great Benefit to gain, / And uncontrolled Freedom to obtain. Example: He thin swore what he wouldn't do to him iv he didn't show him whare his money was. Tom luked so wicked, an' so bloody-minded, that the little man was quite frightened. "So," sez he, "come along wid me a couple o' fields aff, an' I'll show ye a crock o' gould." 2. A piece of broken pottery, a shard. Labels: countable 3. A person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury. Labels: UK, countable, slang Example: old crocks’ home Example: He was getting very proud of the way he had learned to manage his game leg, and it occurred to him that here was a chance of testing his balance. […] “Not so bad that, for a crock,” he told himself, as he lay full length in the sun watching the faint line of the Haripol hills overtopping the ridge of Crask. 4. An old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe). Labels: UK, countable, slang Example: old crocks race 5. Silly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense. Labels: Canada, US, countable, slang, uncountable Example: That's a bunch of crock. Example: The story is a crock. 6. A low stool. Labels: countable Example: 1709, Isaac Bickerstaff (Richard Steele), The Tatler, 1822, Alexander Chalmers (editor), The Tatler, 2007 Facsimile Edition, page 12, I then inquired for the person that belonged to the petticoat; and, to my great surprise, was directed to a very beautiful young damsel, with so pretty a face and shape, that I bid her come out of the crowd, and seated her upon a little crock at my left hand. 7. A patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness. Labels: countable, derogatory, uncountable Example: Mumford (1970) noted that the terms ‘crock’, ‘gomer’, and ‘turkey’, were sometimes utilized by interns to designate different types of undesirable patients, and sometimes used synonymously.
Word: crock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse. Pronunciation: /kɹɒk/, /kɹɑk/, /kɹɔk/ 1. To break something or injure someone. Example: "That last time I brought down Barry I crocked him. He's in his study now with a sprained ankle. ..." Example: Thousands of cars crocked by dodgy fuel 2. To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another. Example: thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or crock, and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter. Example: Colored fabrics should be dried separately for the first few times to prevent crocking (rubbing off of dye). 3. To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage. Example: The pots should be crocked for drainage to one-half their depth and the plants made moderately firm in the compost, as already indicated... 4. To put or store (something) in a crock or pot. Labels: dialectal, transitive Example: She filled the pail and carried it down to the springhouse to crock it and leave it to cool.
Word: crock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit (“covered”). Pronunciation: /kɹɒk/, /kɹɑk/, /kɹɔk/ 1. The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut. Labels: uncountable Example: […] “here I stand talking to mere Mooncalfs, with Uncle Pumblechook waiting, and the mare catching cold at the door, and the boy grimed with crock and dirt from the hair of his head to the sole of his foot!” 2. Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth. Labels: uncountable
Word: crock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Compare Welsh croeg (“cover”), Scots crochit (“covered”). Pronunciation: /kɹɒk/, /kɹɑk/, /kɹɔk/ 1. To give off crock or smut. Labels: intransitive
Word: amici curiae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amicus curiae Labels: form-of, plural
Word: krumping Part of Speech: noun 1. A free, expressive and energetic style of hip-hop dancing. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: MSFT Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Microsoft. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Amazon will ask a federal court to temporarily block Microsoft (MSFT) from working on a $10 billion cloud computing contract for the military, according to a court filing Monday.
Word: reverent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English reverent, from Middle French reverent (from Old French reverent) and its etymon Latin reverēns. By surface analysis, revere + -ent. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛv.ə.ɹənt/, /ˈɹɛv.ɹənt/, /ˈɹev.ə.ɹənt/, /ˈɹev.ɹənt/ 1. Showing or characterized by great respect or reverence; respectful. Example: Hackett was a vain, wealthy, violent gentleman, who held his blood and family in high esteem, and believed that a reverent respect was due to his great riches.
Word: real-world Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a practicable, verifiable quality; not imaginary, theoretical or based in a non-physical realm, such as heaven or cyberspace. Labels: not-comparable Example: The moon rocket was a real-world application of astrophysics. Example: In fact, because the Internet is accessible from almost everywhere in the world, transactions whose real-world analogues would have been restricted to only one or two jurisdictions may potentially be subject to every jurisdiction—this is particularly clear in the case of advertising via a Web site.
Word: kindergartener Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kindergartner. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncommon
Word: heptad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hepta- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛptæd/ 1. Synonym of septet: a group of seven things. 2. A sequence of seven bases.
Word: unclench Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unclenchen, equivalent to un- + clench. Pronunciation: /ʌnˈklɛnt͡ʃ/ 1. To open (something that was clenched). Labels: transitive Example: The baby stopped crying and unclenched her fists. Example: I watched her clench and unclench her fists nervously. 2. To relax, especially one's muscles. Labels: intransitive Example: Bill, take some deep breaths and unclench.
Word: feria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēriaebf. Ecclesiastical Latin fēriabor. English feria Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin fēria. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛ.ɹi.ə/ 1. A weekday on a Church calendar on which no feast is observed.
Word: feria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin fēriaebor. Spanish feriabor. English feria Borrowed from Spanish feria. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛ̝ɾijɐ/ 1. Money. Labels: California, slang Example: When you got a little bit of feria, the women come with no clothes
Word: predestination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English predestinacion, from Old French predestination, from Late Latin praedēstinātiō. By surface analysis, predestine + -ation. Displaced native Old English foreteohhung. Pronunciation: /pɹi.dɛs.tɪˈneɪ.ʃən/ 1. The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The doctrine that certain people have been elected for salvation, and sometimes also that others are destined for reprobation. Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable 3. Destiny or fate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Yalikavak Part of Speech: name 1. Yalıkavak, a small town in Turkey.
Word: exhibitor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin exhibitor. First attested in 1654. By surface analysis, exhibit + -or. Pronunciation: /ɪɡˈzɪb.ɪ.tə/, /ɛɡ-/, /eɡ-/, /ɪɡˈzɪb.ɪ.təɹ/, /əɡˈzəb.ə.tə/ 1. Someone who exhibits something. Example: The exhibitors at the aviation conference included the inventor of a new kind of light aircraft. Example: The organizer of a canceled business and community fair aimed at the lesbian and gay community says he has mailed refunds to all the exhibitors who reserved booths. 2. Someone who organizes an exhibition. 3. An exhibitionist. Labels: dated
Word: dog-paddle Part of Speech: noun 1. A swimming stroke in the style of a dog swimming.
Word: dog-paddle Part of Speech: verb 1. To swim using the dog paddle stroke.
Word: laundromats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of laundromat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ramekin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæm(ɪ)kɪn/ 1. A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served. Example: The starters have arrived, two triangles of buttered brown bread and a neat little ramekin of crab buried under a haystack of cress, which Smith promptly relocates so that she can sprinkle it over each mouthful. Example: Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot. 2. A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.
Word: ceiling fan Part of Speech: noun 1. A fan fixture attached to a ceiling, sometimes with a built-in light. Example: It was set too high to reflect him, it carried only a shelf of looking-glass beer and the moving blades of the ceiling-fan. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: someone who really likes ceilings..
Word: sea bream Part of Speech: noun 1. blue warehou (Seriolella brama). 2. A dentex of the eastern Atlantic (Dentex canariensis). 3. tarakihi (Nemadactylus macropterus). 4. western Atlantic seabream (Archosargus rhomboidalis). 5. yellowfin bream (Acanthopagrus australis). 6. Alternative spelling of seabream. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: uttering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of utter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: uttering Part of Speech: noun 1. An utterance; something spoken. 2. The crime of knowingly presenting forged documentation. Example: The girl using a fake ID to enter a bar was guilty of uttering. Example: If two jointly prepare counterfeit coin, and utter it in different shops apart from each other, but in concert, and intending to share the proceeds, the utterings of each are the joint utterings of both, and they may be convicted jointly.
Word: Chebyshev's inequality Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the surname of Russian mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev (1821–1894), the discoverer. 1. The theorem that in any data sample with finite variance, the probability of any random variable X that lies k or more standard deviations away from the mean is no more than 1/k², i.e. assuming mean μ and standard deviation σ, the probability is Example: Pr (|X-μ|≥kσ)≤1/(k²)
Word: Três Lagoas Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Três Lagoas (literally “three ponds”). 1. A city in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
Word: Bertrand-Chebyshev theorem Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the surname of Joseph Louis François Bertrand, who conjectured the theorem, and the surname of Pafnuty Chebyshev who proved it. 1. the theorem that there is at least one prime number between n and 2n for every n>1, i.e. Example: ∀n∈ℕ:n>1⇒∃p∈ℙ:n<p<2n
Word: Bertrand's postulate Part of Speech: name 1. Synonym of Bertrand-Chebyshev theorem.
Word: NZPIF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of New Zealand Property Investors' Federation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: aluminiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂elut- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Italic *-mn̥ Latin -men Latin alūmen Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English aluminium English -i- English -ferous English -iferous English aluminiferous From aluminium + -iferous. Pronunciation: /əˌluːmɪˈnɪfəɹəs/ 1. containing, or yielding aluminium or its ore or alum
Word: stuf Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of stuff. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: stuf Part of Speech: verb 1. Misspelling of stuff. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: bine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bind (noun). Pronunciation: /baɪn/ 1. A twining vine which climbs by its shoots growing in a helix around a support. As distinct from a vine, which climbs using tendrils or suckers. Example: The tangled bine-stems scored the sky Like strings of broken lyres, And all mankind that haunted nigh Had sought their household fires.
Word: bine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Wills's Woodbine (cigarettes). Pronunciation: /baɪn/ 1. A cigarette. Labels: UK, slang 2. Bullets. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: You hear this We been sitting on bine So I beg you Step outta line We gon’ spray this up like a water slide
Word: bine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Wills's Woodbine (cigarettes). Pronunciation: /baɪn/ 1. To fill with bullets, to shoot. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, slang Example: Three waps up and a couple of shanks (Just in case) But I got faith that these tools won't jam Dinger that whip, plates doing mileage Who's that cycling? Jump out bine him Perfect timing, Snap said "Five mins" then he held bineage They want me to rap, I want to close eyelids Juggling both, pretty exciting Example: My bro loco, wants nothing but violence Got a .9 of course it's firing Catch him in sight and light him light him Bark some teeth, made the teeth dem bine him
Word: uranic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uran- + -ic. Pronunciation: /jʊˈɹæn.ɪk/ 1. Containing uranium in higher valences than uranous compounds. Labels: not-comparable 2. Heavenly, celestial; astronomical. Labels: historical, not-comparable 3. Of, related to, or characteristic of male same-sex erotic desire and relationships; homosexual. Labels: historical, not-comparable, rare Example: From many other places in the classics the impression may be won that Uranic love attained a higher position even than her sister. More recent explanations of the homosexual instinct have emanated from philosophers, psychologists and natural scientists. Example: The patriotic assassination that so glorified Harmodios and Aristogeiton was in a vengeance for what was a homosexual marriage, we may say, between the two youths—whose uranic love was so virilized.
Word: uranous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From uran- + -ous. 1. Containing uranium in lower valences than uranic compounds. Labels: not-comparable
Word: uranoso- Part of Speech: prefix Etymology: uran- + -ose + -o- 1. uranous Labels: morpheme
Word: scalability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From scale + -ability or scalable + -ity. Pronunciation: /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti/, [ˌskeɪ̯.ləˈbɪl.ɪ.ti], /ˌskeɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/, [ˌskeɪ̯.ləˈbɪl.ə.ɾi], /ˌskæɪ.ləˈbɪl.ə.ti/ 1. The property of being scalable. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: REMF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of rear-echelon motherfucker, a soldier assigned or stationed far from the front line, especially during the Vietnam War. Labels: UK, US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: Back at the PXs, the REMFs (rear-echelon motherfuckers) […] were indulging in black-market schemes and pleasures while Stone and his buddies out humping the boonies did the fighting, putting their lives on the line.
Word: lense Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lens. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed Example: When a lense is described as of 4 inch focus, it means that such a lens is capable of bringing parallel rays to a point at a distance of 4 inches from the lens. Example: Basically, a beam of light passing through a lens parallel to the optical axis converges to form a focused image on the film. Spherical aberration is the term for an optical fault caused by the spherical form of a lense that produces different […]
Word: lense Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of lens. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed
Word: aluminothermy Part of Speech: noun 1. the production of a metal from its oxide by heating it with aluminium Labels: uncountable
Word: leastwise Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English least Proto-Indo-European *weyd- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wéydos Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós Proto-Germanic *wīsaz Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz Proto-West Germanic *-wīs Old English -wīs Middle English -wis English -wise English leastwise From least + -wise. 1. At least. Labels: US, informal, not-comparable 2. Minimally. Labels: not-comparable
Word: minimally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English minimal Middle English -ly English -ly English minimally From minimal + -ly. 1. In a minimal way; to the least extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: minimally invasive surgery Example: Successful completion of the PFT ensures that all new hire DRO law enforcement officers are at a minimally acceptable level of physical fitness to meet the physical demands of mandatory training and the performance of job duties.
Word: gothic rock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First coined by John Stickney in reference to The Doors in 1967 and used by the late 1970s to describe the musical scene that gave rise to the goth subculture, both from a supposed aesthetic similarity to dark and moody 19th century gothic fiction and earlier gothic art and architecture. 1. A style of music that developed out of punk rock in the late 1970s, with lyrics and imagery often referring to morbid, spooky or mystical ideas. Labels: uncountable Example: Since the 1980s, several goth substyles have mixed the Batcave heritage with other musical genres into new goth substyles. New wave was gothed into darkwave, classic rock into gothic rock, and metal into gothic metal.
Word: triazane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + azane. 1. The nitrogen compound NH₂NHNH₂, or any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives.
Word: triazene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + azene. 1. The nitrogen compound NH₂N=NH, or any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives.
Word: hydrotrioxide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. English hydro- English trioxide English hydrotrioxide From hydro- + trioxide. 1. any organic compound, of general formula R-OOO-H, derived from trioxidane.
Word: trioxidane Part of Speech: noun 1. dihydrogen trioxide H-OOO-H Labels: uncountable
Word: tritide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trit- + -ide. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”). 1. A hydride using tritium.
Word: long-distance Part of Speech: adj 1. Over a great length or distance. Example: He is a long-distance runner. Example: In the short to medium term, there appears to be no practical alternative to petroleum-based traction power. An electric long-distance lorry is like a concrete air balloon - its weight in batteries exceeds its carrying capacity. 2. Referring to a nonlocal telephone call; a toll call. Example: The hotel does not allow for long-distance phone calls. 3. Referring to a romantic relationship: between two people with a considerable distance between them. Example: They are in a long-distance relationship. Example: Long-distance lovers are often not too sure just what they are feeling. Worse, they are often not too sure what their absent playmates want them to be feeling.
Word: long-drawn-out Part of Speech: adj 1. Protracted, extending for a great period of time.
Word: long-lasting Part of Speech: adj 1. Persisting or enduring for a long time. Example: This long-lasting gum keeps its flavor for almost an hour.
Word: long-lived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English long-lifed, equivalent to long + life + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋˈlɪvd/, /ˈlɒŋˈlaɪvd/ 1. Having a long lifespan; surviving for a long period of time. 2. Of a radioisotope: having a long half-life.
Word: long-lost Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been missing or unknown for a long period of time. Labels: not-comparable Example: My long-lost brother showed up, borrowed money and vanished again.
Word: long-playing Part of Speech: adj 1. Referring to records that recorded a greater amount of sound than previous versions had; an LP; generally a 12-inch 33⅓-RPM vinyl record. Example: Victor Crabbe's headmaster was a little man called Boothby [...] who subscribed to a popular book club and had many long-playing records, who invited people to curry tiffin and said, "Take a pew."
Word: long-range Part of Speech: adj 1. Operating, or capable of operating, over a great distance. Example: Long-range missiles can shoot down any planes before they can even be seen. Example: Carroll struck twice - the first a spectacular long-range strike - as Liverpool established a deserved three-goal lead by the interval and kept their own European ambitions alive with a vibrant display. 2. Involving a great period of time. Example: Long-range planning is not my specialty. Example: Where do you see the group going in the next few years? Do you have any long range plans?
Word: long-running Part of Speech: adj 1. Operating for a relatively extended period of time. Example: The long-running play finally closed on Broadway, just short of setting a record for longest playing. Example: Services on SWR's neighbour Southern were badly disrupted for nearly 40 days in 2016-17 following a long-running dispute involving drivers union ASLEF and the RMT. And it's passengers - the very people the railway is there for - who are caught in the middle.
Word: long-suffering Part of Speech: adj 1. Having endured mental or physical discomfort for a protracted period of time patiently or without complaint. Example: His long-suffering wife may have had to put up with him for many years, but she also benefited when times were good. Example: The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.
Word: long-suffering Part of Speech: noun 1. Long endurance or patience. Labels: uncountable
Word: longways Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From long + -ways. 1. Lengthwise, in the longer direction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: longways Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From long + -ways. 1. Short for longways for as many as will (“type of dance”) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, attributive
Word: Lieder Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Lieder. 1. A surname from German.
Word: lieder Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈliː.də(ɹ)/, /ˈli.dɚ/ 1. plural of lied Labels: form-of, plural
Word: excavating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of excavate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: excavate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“to hollow out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“to hollow out, pierce”), from cavus (“cave, hole”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/ 1. To make a hole in (something); to hollow. Labels: transitive 2. To remove part of (something) by scooping or digging it out. Labels: transitive 3. To uncover (something) by digging. Labels: transitive
Word: excavate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1599, from Latin excavātus (“hollowed out”), perfect passive participle of excavō (“to hollow out”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex (“out”) + cavō (“to hollow out, pierce”), from cavus (“cave, hole”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Participial usage up until Early Modern English. Pronunciation: /ˈɛk.skə.veɪt/ 1. Made hollow. Labels: not-comparable, rare 2. excavated, hollowed out Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: excavate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a substantivization of Latin excavātus through the associated taxon's name (Excavata), see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. 1. Any member of a major grouping of unicellular eukaryotes, of the clade Excavata.
Word: menstrua Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of menstruum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: next generation Part of Speech: noun 1. The succeeding generation. 2. The next in line; upgrade.
Word: next generation Part of Speech: adj 1. Expected or intended to supersede present-day techniques. Labels: not-comparable Example: Mr. Smith dominated the competition by using next generation wool-spinning machines that were 20% faster.
Word: wong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English wong, wang, from Old English wong, wang (“a flat surface, plain”), from Proto-West Germanic *wang, from Proto-Germanic *wangaz. Cognate with Danish vang. Pronunciation: /wɒŋ/, /wɔŋ/, /wɑŋ/ 1. A field or other piece of land. Labels: dialectal, obsolete
Word: wong Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the pen name Stanford Wong. Pronunciation: /wɒŋ/, /wɔŋ/, /wɑŋ/ 1. To enter a betting game, particularly blackjack, when the odds are favorable.
Word: wong Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /wɒŋ/, /wɔŋ/, /wɑŋ/ 1. In the game of pai gow, a hand in which the double-one or double-six domino is used with a nine, making the hand worth eleven points rather than the usual one.
Word: wong Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to wang. Pronunciation: /wɒŋ/, /wɔŋ/, /wɑŋ/ 1. The penis. Labels: slang Example: "Is it not enough that you have gifted Alia Haste Moguchi with a phallus and renamed her Faust? And proceeded to outfit him or her or it with the Goddess of Swine as consort? Vraiment, and styled the arcane spirit of We Who Have Gone Before as a slavering goat-creature with an enormous throbbing wong? Now would you have these good folk believe that the Jump Drive which propels our Void Ships from star to star consists of a goat copulating with the queen of the pig people? Example: In fact, just last year Shorty had somehow gotten his penis caught in a bracelet, Sabrina had rolled away, he'd screamed, his wong had practically been severed in two, and, in fact, a vein had been crushed, some permanent damage done.
Word: hidalgo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hidalgo. Doublet of fidalgo. Pronunciation: /hɪˈdælɡəʊ/, /ɪˈdɑːlɡəʊ/ 1. A member of the Spanish nobility, especially one without a title. Example: The young man seems to entertain but an imperfect appreciation of the respect due from a menial to a Castilian hidalgo.
Word: desiccant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dēsiccans, active present participle of dēsiccō, from dē- (“of; from, away from”) + siccō (“dry up”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪkənt/ 1. A substance (such as calcium oxide or silica gel) that is used as a drying agent because of its high affinity for water.
Word: desiccant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin dēsiccans, active present participle of dēsiccō, from dē- (“of; from, away from”) + siccō (“dry up”). Pronunciation: /ˈdɛsɪkənt/ 1. Causing dryness.
Word: heroics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hero Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English heroics From hero + -ics. Pronunciation: /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪks/ 1. The actions of a hero. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Hart, for one, will not remember the night for Lambert's heroics. Morrison, not closed down quickly enough, struck his shot well but England's No1 will be aghast at the way it struck his gloves then skidded off his knees and into the net. Example: The original cottage was said to appear on a well-known painting, dating back to 1863, of the American pirate ship, the Alabama, leaving Table Bay. It was also believed to feature in the story of the heroic Wolraad Woltemade who, in 1773, lost his life and that of his horse after valiantly saving 14 shipwrecked persons. This was said to have taken place within sight and full view of the house. The second respondent called this historical link into question, averring that the house was probably not yet built in 1773 while Woltemade's heroics were believed to have taken place in the vicinity of the Salt River mouth, some 10 km away. 2. Emergency intervention to save a patient's life. Labels: US, plural, plural-only Example: Of if we have an elderly person who is unconscious and not responding, we discuss using heroics with the family, and they often say no heroics. Example: Her daughters argue that no heroics should be used to prolong her life. 3. Extravagant phrases; bombast. Labels: dated, plural, plural-only
Word: heroics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hero Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English heroics From hero + -ics. Pronunciation: /hɪˈɹəʊ.ɪks/ 1. plural of heroic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tropolone Part of Speech: noun 1. any hydroxy-substituted cycloheptatrienone
Word: tropone Part of Speech: noun 1. any derivative of cycloheptatrienone
Word: tropylium Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English tropane Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ine English tropine Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Italic *-om Latin -umder. English -ium English tropylium From tropine + -yl + -ium. 1. The delocalized carbenium ion cycloheptatrienylium, C₇H₇⁺, derived from cycloheptatriene, or any of its derivatives. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: ulosonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. ketoaldonic acid Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ketoaldonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. any monosaccharide, having both a keto group and a carboxylic acid group, that is in equilibrium with a hemiacetal structure
Word: keto Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkitoʊ/, /ˈkiːtəʊ/ 1. The carbonyl group of a ketone. 2. Ellipsis of keto diet, abbreviation of ketogenic diet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: keto Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈkitoʊ/, /ˈkiːtəʊ/ 1. Clipping of ketogenic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, not-comparable Example: a keto diet
Word: par delictum Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From Latin in pari delicto potior est conditio defendentis (“if both (parties) are in the wrong, a defence is set up”). 1. The par delictum rule prescribes that a party should not obtain satisfaction from a court of law with where his own conduct is wrongful. Example: The 'clean hands doctrine', derived from English law, is similar in effect to the Roman law maxim in pari delicto potior est conditio defendentis, which operated as an absolute bar to the grant of relief to the plaintiff. The par delictum rule is concerned with the moral guilt of contracting parties, not their criminal liability.
Word: ureide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound, of general formula R-CO-NH-CO-NH₂ or R-CO-NH-CO-NH-CO-R', formally derived by the acylation of urea. Example: The phaseoloid clade is characterised by some members of all groups having stipels, and desmodioid root nodules which export ureides […]
Word: acylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱéh₁yeti Proto-Italic *akēō Latin aceō Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. Frenchder. English -yl English acyl 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 acylation From acyl + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌeɪsɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. The process of adding an acyl group to a compound.
Word: vinylidene Part of Speech: noun 1. Any carbene in which the carbenic carbon is attached to another atom with a double bond R₂C=C
Word: xylylene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xylyl + -ene? 1. Quinomethane.
Word: Mother City Part of Speech: name 1. Cape Town
Word: corb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin corbis (“basket”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)b/ 1. A basket, for example one used in coal mines, etc. Labels: archaic Example: He said no more, but signed to me to lift a heavy wooden corb with an iron loop across it, and sunk in a little pit of earth, a yard or so from the mouth of the shaft. I raised it, and by his direction dropped it into the throat of the shaft, where it hung and shook from a great cross-beam laid at the level of the earth. A very stout thick rope was fastened to the handle of the corb, and ran across a pulley hanging from the centre of the beam, and thence out of sight in the nether places. Example: I[…] carried my corb of fagots home on my back, while my two youngsters had each their bundle on their little shoulders too 2. a corbel (ornament in a building). Labels: obsolete 3. A brown meagre (Sciaena umbra)
Word: copt Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cop Labels: form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: We used to play at "locking up," / When JANE was copt no bribe could save her; / I was the Beak she come before, / And 'twas a month that then I gave her.
Word: soare Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /sɔː/, /sɔɹ/, /so(ː)ɹ/, /soə/ 1. Obsolete form of sore (“A young hawk”). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: quatuorvirate Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of quattuorvirate. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: falsity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Corresponding to false + -ity. From Middle French fausseté, Old French falseté, from Late Latin falsitas, from Latin falsus. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔːl.sɪ.ti/, /ˈfɒl.sɪ.ti/, /ˈfɔl.sɪ.ti/, /ˈfɑl.sɪ.ti/, [ˈfɑl.sɪ.ɾi] 1. Something that is false; an untrue assertion. Labels: countable Example: The belief that the world is flat is a falsity. 2. The characteristic of being untrue. Labels: uncountable Example: The falsity of that statement is easily proven. Example: The Party intellectual knows in which direction his memories must be altered; he therefore knows that he is playing tricks with reality; but by the exercise of DOUBLETHINK he also satisfies himself that reality is not violated. The process has to be conscious, or it would not be carried out with sufficient precision, but it also has to be unconscious, or it would bring with it a feeling of falsity and hence of guilt.
Word: amentia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin āmentia (“madness; senselessness”), from āmēns (“mad, insane; foolish”), from ab (“from, away from”) + mēns (“mind”). Pronunciation: /eɪˈmɛnʃə/, /əˈmɛnʃə/ 1. Mental impairment; state of being mentally handicapped. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cretinism is a form of amentia, which is endemic in certain districts, especially in some of the valleys of Switzerland, Savoy, and France.
Word: ynamine Part of Speech: noun 1. Any disubstituted compound having an amino group attached to an acetylene group
Word: ynol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of alkynol, from -yne + -ol. 1. Any compound having a hydroxyl group directly attached to an acetylene group; they are tautomeric with ketenes.
Word: preemies Part of Speech: noun Etymology: premature 1. plural of preemie (a perinatal child with fewer than 37 weeks gestation). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Tshiluba Part of Speech: name 1. A Bantu language spoken by about 6.3 million people in the Kasaï Occidental and Kasaï Oriental provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Word: alternativeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin alternātīvusder. Middle French alternatifbor. English alternative Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English alternativeness From alternative + -ness. 1. The state of being alternative or representing alternatives. Labels: uncountable
Word: measure of central tendency Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of location for a batch, a sample, or a distribution characterizing a value around which are spread the members or the distribution.
Word: phone book Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phonebook. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: alternatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alternative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: abatises Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæbətəsəz/ 1. plural of abatis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: absurdities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of absurdity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: quislings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of quisling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: WYSIWYGs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of WYSIWYG Labels: form-of, plural
Word: retroviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of retrovirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tubas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tuba Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clappers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clapper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clappers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of clapper Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: counterfeits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of counterfeit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: counterfeits Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of counterfeit Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: styes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stye Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polyglots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polyglot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: millipedes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millipede Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infinitives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infinitive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yeasts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yeast Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yeasts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yeast Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: amusements Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amusement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Indonesians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Indonesian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: septuplets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of septuplet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: icebergs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iceberg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pinkies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pinky Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of pinkie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: habitats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of habitat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remotes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of remote Labels: form-of, plural
Word: remotes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of remote Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: martyrs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of martyr Labels: form-of, plural
Word: martyrs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of martyr Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pupae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pupa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pupas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pupa Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sidewinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sidewinder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hallelujahs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hallelujah Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hallelujahs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hallelujah Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: diesels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diesel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diesels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of diesel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: omelettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of omelette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: omelettes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of omelette Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: sequoias Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sequoia Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handmaids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handmaid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leaflets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of leaflet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leaflets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of leaflet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pamphlets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pamphlet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pamphlets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pamphlet Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: tracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ducts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of duct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ducts Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of duct Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: mergers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of merger Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sydneyites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sydneyite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sydneysiders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sydneysider Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Brisbanites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Brisbanite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɛɡz/ 1. plural of beg Labels: form-of, plural
Word: begs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɛɡz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of beg Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: benzols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of benzol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pyramidoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pyramidoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: polydactylisms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of polydactylism Labels: form-of, plural
Word: handi-craftsmen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of handi-craftsman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: matadores Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of matador Labels: form-of, plural
Word: avenues Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of avenue Labels: form-of, plural