nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: optional Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From option + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈɒp.ʃə.nəl/, /ˈɑp.ʃə.nəl/ 1. Something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course. 2. In various programming languages, a kind of variable that is assigned a specific data type but may or may not hold an actual value. Labels: capitalized, sometimes Example: In functional languages, there is a data type called the option type, also called the maybe type. Its purpose is to encapsulate a value, which is returned from a function. […] In Java 8, the Optional class has been added to serve as an option type.
Word: optometrist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English optometry Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English optometrist From optometry + -ist. Pronunciation: /ɑpˈtɑmətɹɪst/, /ɒpˈtɒmətɹɪst/ 1. A person trained and skilled in examining and testing the eyes for defects, in order to prescribe corrective lenses or treatment.
Word: necromancer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of nigromancer after necromancy, equivalent to necromancy + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹə(ʊ)ˌmænsə/, /ˈnɛkɹəˌmænsɚ/ 1. A person who practices or performs necromancy. Example: Necromancers were thought to have the power of restoring activity to the dead, either temporarily or permanently[.]
Word: RGB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of red, green, blue; a color model in which colors are represented by adding varying amounts of red, green, and blue light. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Something extending across the RGB color space; (especially) something having a wide variety of vivid colors. Labels: attributive, broadly, uncountable Example: RGB wallpaper Example: You're about to get lost in the RGB forest and make sensory associations you would never think of in Oscar López Rocha's animation Synesthetic Locked. 3. RGB lighting; lights (especially LEDs) able to display a wide range of colors by being able to individually adjust the strength of the red, green, and blue channels. Labels: broadly, slang, uncountable Example: An RGB keyboard Example: The earcups are light aluminum with a classy silver look, accented by an RGB-lit Corsair logo in the center. 4. Initialism of red-giant branch. A classification of stars. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: RGB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Reconnaissance General Bureau (“Jeongchal Chongguk”) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: opulent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin opulēns, opulentus, from ops (“wealth, power, resources”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃op- (“to work; produce in abundance”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒpjʊlənt/ 1. Luxuriant, and ostentatiously magnificent. Example: He saw himself, in a smart suit and a songkok, bowed into the opulent suites of Ritzes and Waldorfs and baring, under dark glasses, a hairy chest to a milder sun by a snakeless sea. Example: It is a glossy film with gross, opulent opticals and little comic, or any, relief; it has the jaundiced complexion of an early 60s underground film, which it is; it is ponderous, Wagnerian, and feels about five hours long (its running time is about an hour). 2. Rich, sumptuous and extravagant. Example: The outdoor setting around the lily ponds in the twin courtyards of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory is opulent with maples in radiant hues, and a veritable forest of conifers and bamboo with underplantings like bush-clover, silver grass and balloon flowers from the “seven flowers of autumn” cited in early Japanese poems. Example: For all England was his fief, held in vassalage to God and to no man alive, his heart now sang; allwhither his empire spread, opulent in grain and metal and every revenue of the earth, and in stalwart men (his chattels), and in strong orderly cities, where the windows would be adorned with scarlet hangings, and women (with golden hair and red lax lips) would presently admire as King Edward rode slowly by at the head of a resplendent retinue.
Word: or else Part of Speech: conj 1. Otherwise or as an alternative. Example: Go now, or else you'll have to stay all night. Example: If you wil willingly remaine with me, You ſhall haue honors, as your merits be: Or els you ſhal be forc’d with ſlauerie.
Word: or else Part of Speech: phrase 1. Implies an unspecified threat if a preceding command is not fulfilled. Labels: idiomatic Example: Clean up your room, or else! Example: "You’d better not" "Or else?"
Word: oracle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹəkəl/, /ˈɒɹəkəl/ 1. A shrine dedicated to some prophetic deity. Example: The oracles are dumb; / No voice or hideous hum / Runs through the arched roof in words deceiving. 2. A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice. 3. A prophetic response, often enigmatic or allegorical, so given. Example: The several oracles included in this haftarah presumably were uttered at different times to the people in exile, presenting diverse themes and using distinct styles. 4. Something said that must come true or cannot be countermanded; an inexorable command or declaration. Labels: archaic, figuratively Example: Fight all couragiouſly and be you kings, I ſpeake it, and my words are oracles. Example: Shee ſtiles her ſelfe their Chiefe, and ſweares ſhee will command; / And, what-ſo-ere ſhee ſaith, for Oracles muſt ſtand. 5. A person considered to be a source of wisdom. Example: a literary oracle Example: oracles of mode 6. A wise sentence or decision of great authority. 7. A fortune-teller. Example: "Madame de l'Hôpital has been quite la fée bienfaisante" said Lauzun, who, like others, had been consulting the oracle. "I am bewildered by my future good fortune. I quite anticipate being married, if it is to bring me all that she predicts." 8. One who communicates a divine command; an angel; a prophet. Example: God hath now sent his living oracle / Into the world to teach his final will. 9. The sanctuary, or most holy place in the temple; also, the temple itself. Labels: Jewish, historical Example: And the oracle he prepared in the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of the Lord. Example: Siloa's brook, that flow'd / Fast by the oracle of God. 10. A theoretical entity capable of answering some collection of questions. Example: Thus, an oracle machine (which enacts an oracle algorithm) would be like an ordinary Turing machine, except that adjoined to its ordinary computational operations would be another operation: ‘Call in the oracle and ask it whether C_q(n) stops; […] 11. A third-party service that provides smart contracts with information from the outside world. Example: For example, an oracle may send temperature data reported by the National Weather Service or report the daily LIBOR rate to a smart contract.
Word: oracle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English oracle, from Old French oracle m, from Latin ōrāculum n. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɹəkəl/, /ˈɒɹəkəl/ 1. To utter oracles or prophecies. Labels: obsolete Example: But this thy glory shall be soon retrench'd; No more shalt thou by oracling abuse The Gentiles; henceforth Oracles are ceast Example: Primarily seen as a publicity vehicle for late-year releases, the awards show and its promoters have lately made pretensions to Oscar oracling: Jamie Foxx won the “breakthrough actor of the year” prize for “Ray” in 2004, after all, and Paul Haggis and his ensemble cast were honored for “Crash” four months before it won best picture.
Word: convey Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English conveien, from Old French conveier (French convoyer), from Vulgar Latin *convio, from Classical Latin via (“way”). Compare convoy. Pronunciation: /kənˈveɪ/ 1. To move (something) from one place to another. Example: Air conveys sound. Water is conveyed through the pipe. Example: […] I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir. My servants shall bring them down from Lebanon unto the sea: and I will convey them by sea in floats unto the place that thou shalt appoint me, and will cause them to be discharged there […] 2. To take or carry (someone) from one place to another. Labels: dated Example: Convey me to my bed, then to my grave: Love they to live that love and honour have. Example: […] the false Tyrant seiz’d the Princely Maid, And to a Lodge in distant Woods convey’d; 3. To communicate; to make known; to portray. Example: to convey an impression; to convey information Example: To make Words serviceable to the end of Communication is necessary […] that they excite, in the Hearer, exactly the same Idea they stand for, in the Mind of the Speaker: Without this, Men fill one another’s Heads with noise and sounds; but convey not thereby their Thoughts, and lay not before one another their Ideas, which is the end of Discourse and Language. 4. To transfer legal rights (to). Example: He conveyed ownership of the company to his daughter. Example: The refrigerator, washer, and dryer do not convey unless it's specifically laid out in the contract. 5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. Labels: obsolete Example: 1557, uncredited translator, A Mery Dialogue by Erasmus, London: Antony Kytson, I shall so conuey my matters, that he shall dysclose all together hym selfe, what busynesse is betwene you […] Example: I will seek him, sir, presently; convey the business as I shall find means, and acquaint you withal. 6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. Labels: obsolete Example: Suppose you are good at the lift, who be more cunning then we women, in that we are more trusted, for they little suspect vs, and we haue as close conueyance as you men, though you haue Cloakes, we haue skirts of gownes, handbaskets, the crownes of our hattes, our plackardes, and for a need, false bagges vnder our smockes, wherein we can conuey more closely then you.
Word: Orangeman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Orange Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English Orangeman From Orange (“title held by William III of England”) + -man. Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹɪnd͡ʒmən/, /ˈɒɹənd͡ʒmən/ 1. A member of the Loyal Orange Institution or Orange Order, an international Protestant fraternal order advocating continued British rule over Northern Ireland. 2. Any advocate of continued British rule over Northern Ireland, especially such Protestant advocates in Northern Ireland itself.
Word: orange squash Part of Speech: noun 1. A sweetened drink, made with oranges but often containing additional flavourings, that is served diluted with water. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: oration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“to orate”) + -tiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison. Pronunciation: /ɒˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɔɹˈeɪʃən/ 1. A formal, often ceremonial speech. Example: a funeral oration; an impassioned oration; to make / deliver / pronounce an oration Example: […] there is ſuch confuſion in my powers, / As after ſome Oration fairely ſpoke / By a beloued Prince, there doth appeare / Among the buzzing pleaſed multitude. 2. A lengthy speech or argument in a private setting. Labels: humorous Example: My Landlord was likewiſe beginning his Oration to Jones, but was preſently interrupted by that generous Youth, who ſhook him heartily by the Hand; and aſſured him of entire Forgiveneſs […] Example: Sally bustled off to set on the kettle for tea, and felt half ashamed, in the quiet of the kitchen, to think of the oration she had made in the parlour. 3. A specific form of short, solemn prayer said by the president of the liturgical celebration on behalf of the people.
Word: oration Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōrātiō, ōrātiōnem, from ōrō (“to orate”) + -tiō (“action (nominalizer)”). Cognate with and doublet of orison. Pronunciation: /ɒˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɔɹˈeɪʃən/ 1. To deliver an oration; to speak. Example: 1633, John Donne (attributed translator), The Auncient History of the Septuagint. Written in Greeke, by Aristeus 1900. yeares since, London, p. 80, cited in Henry Todd, A Dictionary of the English Language, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818, Volume 3, They gave answers with great sufficiency touching all difficulties concerning their own law, and had marvellous promptitude both for orationing and giving judgement. Example: 1764, Samuel Foote, The Mayor of Garratt, Act II, in The Dramatic Works of Samuel Foote, Dublin: S. Price et al., 1778, Volume 1, p. 286, […] Master Primmer is the man for my money; a man of learning; that can lay down the law: why, adzooks, he is wise enough to puzzle the parson: and then, how you have heard him oration at the Adam and Eve of a Saturday night, about Russia and Prussia […]
Word: orator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oratour, from Anglo-Norman oratour, from Latin ōrātor. Pronunciation: /ˈɒ.ɹə.tə(ɹ)/, /ˈɑɹ.ə.tɚ/ 1. Someone who orates or delivers an oration. 2. A skilled and eloquent public speaker. Example: Tam[burlaine]. Then ſhall we fight couragiouſlye with them? Or looke you, I ſhould play the Orator? Tech[elles]. No: cowards and faint-hearted runawaies, Looke for orations when the foe is neere. Our ſwordes shall play the Orators for vs. Example: […] when it becomes obvious that I have not the slightest skill as a speaker – unless, of course, by skilful speaker they mean one who speaks the truth. If that is what they mean, I would agree that I am an orator, though not after their pattern. 3. Someone sent to speak for someone else; an envoy, a messenger. Labels: obsolete 4. A petitioner, a supplicant. Labels: obsolete
Word: oratorical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From orator or oratory + -ical, or else from Latin ōrātōrius. Pronunciation: /ˌɒɹəˈtɒɹɪkəl/ 1. of, or relating to oratory or an orator. Labels: not-comparable Example: A to'oto'o is a Sāmoan oratorical staff. Example: The rest were looking at Coker curiously. It was the first time they had heard him in one of his oratorical moods.
Word: oratory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English oratorie, from Anglo-Norman oratorie, Middle French oratoire, and their source, Late Latin ōrātōrium. Doublet of oratorio. Displaced native Old English bēdhūs. Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɔ.ɹəˌtɔ.ɹi/ 1. A private chapel or prayer room. Example: I will retire to my oratory, and pray to the blessed Virgin to inspire you with her holy counsels […]. 2. A Roman Catholic chapel; a building for public or private worship that is not a parish church. Example: By public oratories are meant those attached to monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc., having a public entrance by which the faithful have access to them. 3. A Catholic church belonging to the Oratory of Saint Philip Neri. Labels: specifically Example: They had been given the old Oscott College premises as a temporary home, but were content there until Oratories could be established in the cities. St Philip Neri had specifically intended that the Oratory should be a city-based form of communal and missionary life.
Word: oratory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ōrātōria, from the feminine of ōrātōrius (“oratorial”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒɹət(ə)ɹi/, /ˈɔ.ɹəˌtɔ.ɹi/ 1. The art of public speaking, especially in a formal, expressive, or forceful manner. Labels: uncountable 2. Eloquence; the quality of artistry and persuasiveness in speech or writing. Labels: uncountable Example: Rising from humble farmhand to community organizer to a leader of the national Fatah party, Mr. Barghouti became known for his soaring oratory and common touch.
Word: oratorio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian oratorio (“oratorical”), from Latin ōrātōrius. Doublet of oratory. Pronunciation: /ɔɹə'to:ɹeoʋ/ 1. A musical composition, often based on a religious theme; similar to opera but with no costume, scenery or acting.
Word: orchestrate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From orchestra + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French orchestrer. Pronunciation: /ˈɔː(ɹ).kə.stɹeɪt/, /ˈɔɹ.kəstˌɹeɪt/ 1. To arrange or score music for performance by an orchestra. Labels: transitive 2. To compose or arrange orchestral music for a dramatic performance. Labels: transitive Example: Sergio Leone orchestrated "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly". 3. To arrange or direct diverse elements to achieve a desired effect Labels: transitive Example: Orchestrated histories are not fact-based. Example: Here is chromophonic montage at its most skillful, as Minnelli orchestrates camera movement, music, and lighting in a crescendo of sound and color which red comes to dominate in the climactic moment of violent explosion.
Word: orchestration Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French orchestration. Equivalent to orchestrate + -ion. 1. The arrangement of music for performance by an orchestra. Labels: uncountable 2. A composition that has been orchestrated. Labels: countable 3. The control of diverse elements. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: It’s “The Most Dangerous Game” by way of The Running Man and Battle Royale, with touches of Survivor and the mass-scale orchestration of The Truman Show. 4. The automated arrangement, coordination, and management of computer systems, middleware, and services. Labels: broadly, uncountable Example: Microservices applications can be formed with thousand of containers. We need a proper container orchestration framework to handle all of these containers. Let's discuss Kubernetes, which is the most popular container orchestration system, in the next section.
Word: ordeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ordel, ordal, from Medieval Latin ordālium or inherited from its source Old English ordēl, ordāl (“ordeal, judgement”), from Proto-West Germanic *uʀdailī (“judgement”, literally “an out-dealing”), from *uʀdailijan (“to deal out; dispense”). For more, see Old English or-, English deal. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Uurdeel (“judgement; verdict”), West Frisian oardiel (“judgement”), Dutch oordeel (“judgement, discretion”), Low German Oordeel (“judgement; verdict”), German Urteil (“judgement, verdict”). Pronunciation: /ɔːˈdiːl/, /ɔɹˈdil/ 1. A trial in which the accused was subjected to a dangerous test (such as ducking in water), divine authority deciding the guilt of the accused. Labels: historical Example: trial by ordeal 2. A painful or trying experience. Labels: figuratively Example: “And do you realize that in a few shakes I've got to show up at dinner and have Mrs Cream being very, very kind to me? It hurts the pride of the Woosters, Jeeves.” “My advice, sir, would be to fortify yourself for the ordeal.” “How?” “There are always cocktails, sir. Should I pour you another?” “You should.” Example: All the same, nearly eight hours on the footplate covering a distance of 320 miles, with an ambient temperature of up to 103° for much of the time, proved an ordeal which I would not lightly undertake again. 3. The poisonous ordeal bean or Calabar bean.
Word: orderliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orderly 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 orderliness From orderly + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːdəlɪnəs/ 1. The fact of having a regular, proper and systematic arrangement. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Even at the busiest periods, an air of quiet orderliness pervades the hall, and the first impression gained by the traveller is one of efficiency, neatness and cleanliness. Example: Voltaire had drawn on Newton to demonstrate an allegedly divine orderliness in the natural world which left no space for God's intervention in human affairs [...]. 2. Orderly behaviour. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: order of the day Part of Speech: noun 1. The business to be done by a body (such as a legislature) on a particular day; an agenda. Example: 1808, From the Journals of the House of Assembly of Lower Canada, during the Hart affair; Proceedings Relating to the Expulsion of Ezekiel Hart from the House of Assembly of Lower Canada The order of the day for the House to resolve into a Committee of the whole, to take into further consideration, the petition of Ezekiel Hart, Esquire, being read. 2. The most significant aspect of something; what is necessary or appropriate. Labels: figuratively Example: White tie and tails are the order of the day. Example: Throughout the world, change is the order of the day. 3. The general directive of a commander in chief or the specific instructions of a commanding officer.
Word: ordinarily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English ordinary Middle English -ly English -ly English ordinarily From ordinary + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɔːdɪˈnæɹɪli/, /ɔɹdɪˈnɛɹɪli/ 1. In accordance with normal custom or routine; as a matter of established occurrence. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: It is ordinarily seene how good intentions, being managed without moderation, thrust men into most vicious effects. 2. Usually or as a general rule; commonly. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ordinarily I go to the match on a Saturday. Example: I'm ordinarily supportive of free speech, but this dispay is obnoxious. 3. In the usual manner; unexceptionally. Labels: not-comparable Example: The man was ordinarily dressed.
Word: ordinary seaman Part of Speech: noun 1. The lowest grade of seaman in the merchant marine; the grade below able-bodied seaman.
Word: BOB Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym of battery-operated boyfriend, fortuitously spelling out the male given name Bob in the case of the humorous colloquial definition. 1. Vibrator (device designed to stimulate a woman's genitals). Labels: humorous
Word: BOB Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Acronym of back of the book. 1. Back-of-the-book; denoting those stamps in a catalogue that are not used for the payment of regular postage fees, and are displayed separately in the catalogue after that listing; the division between these two groups varies with the publisher. Labels: not-comparable
Word: BOB Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of bur oak blight (“a fungal disease of plants”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
Word: ordination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French ordination, from Old French ordinacion, from Latin ordinatio. Pronunciation: /ˌɔːdɪˈneɪʃn̩/, /ˌɔɹdəˈneɪʃn̩/, /ˌoːdɪˈnæɪʃn̩/, /ˌoːdəˈnæɪʃn̩/ 1. The act of ordaining or the state of being ordained. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The ceremony in which a priest is consecrated, considered a sacrament in the Catholic and Orthodox churches. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. the ceremony in which a bhikkhu or bhikkhuni is ordained into the sangha Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A statistical technique for ordering data from a large number of sites or populations by arranging the data as points in a multidimensional coordinate frame, in which patterns can be discerned; an instance of this. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: cluster analysis
Word: Ordnance Survey Part of Speech: name Etymology: So called because in earlier days the survey was carried out under the direction of the Master-general of the Ordnance. 1. Originally the branch of government that produced maps for the military, now a civilian organisation that produces maps worldwide. Labels: UK 2. Similar organisations in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Word: Ordnance Survey map Part of Speech: noun 1. any of a large series of high quality, detailed maps of Great Britain produced in a variety of scales originally for military, but now for leisure or business use
Word: organ stop Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of many knobs near the keyboard of an organ used to select different sounds or timbres. 2. The timbre so produced.
Word: organist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French organiste, from Medieval Latin organista. By surface analysis, organ + -ist. 1. A musician who plays the organ.
Word: landline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From land + line. Pronunciation: /ˈlændˌlaɪn/ 1. A fixed telephone communications cable; originally, one run over land, as opposed to a submarine cable. Example: The land line was eight months later in its completion than was anticipated, but the fleet of cable ships, sent out by the British Australian Telegraph Company, arrived in Port Darwin at the date appointed by them: November 6th, 1871. 2. A telephone connected by such a fixed wire that allows multiple phones to operate simultaneously on the same phone number, specifically not cellular/mobile. Labels: broadly 3. That which is connected by such a fixed wire (telephone, internet etc.). Labels: attributive
Word: FOB Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of free on board. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of fresh off the boat. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, slang Example: All I knew was, the three-year gap made the difference between passing as American and being exposed as FOB.
Word: FOB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of forward operating base. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of flash of brilliance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of freedom of belief. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of friend of Bill: a supporter of Bill Clinton. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: It seemed at times that everyone was an FOB — everyone, that is, who'd emerged from the ivyest groves of academia […] 5. Initialism of foot overbridge: a pedestrian overpass. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: There has been an inordinate delay in starting work on the foot over bridge (FOB) with escalators in front of D.G. Vaishnav College on Poonamallee High Road in Arumbakkam. […] The FOB at P.H. Road, which is maintained by the state highways department, is one of seven similar facilities planned at various places in the city at a cost of Rs. 28 crore and being executed by the department. 6. Initialism of fresh off the boat, a recent immigrant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, derogatory, initialism, sometimes, uncountable Example: Everyone was Chinese. Some of the students were ABCs. That means "American-born Chinese." Others were FOBs. FOB means "fresh off the boat" and it is a bad insult. I didn't feel prejudiced about the FOBs because I was one of them. 7. Abbreviation of fecal occult blood. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Word: FOB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Fall Out Boy, an American pop-punk band formed in Chicago. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: free on board Part of Speech: adj 1. Without charge to the purchaser for delivery on board a carrier (originally a ship), at a specified location or point. Labels: not-comparable
Word: can-opener Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of can opener. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tin-opener Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tin opener; can opener Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian oz., abbreviation of onza (obsolete form of oncia). Pronunciation: /aʊns/ 1. Abbreviation of ounce; any of various units of weight and volume. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Add 8 oz of flour.
Word: fob off Part of Speech: verb 1. To use lies, excuses, or deceit to satisfy (someone); to deceitfully appease someone by giving something that is spurious or inferior from what was wanted or expected. Labels: informal, transitive Example: When I phoned up, I was fobbed off with a string of excuses. Example: You must not think to fob off our disgrace ; but, an't please you, deliver. 2. To fraudulently dispose of (goods). Labels: informal, transitive Example: He fobbed off the forgery as genuine.
Word: high tension Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of high-tension. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: high-tension Part of Speech: adj 1. Having a relatively high voltage. Example: a high-tension power cable 2. Having or undergoing a great degree of tension, very taut. Example: a high-tension rope 3. Very tense; stressful. Labels: figuratively Example: a high-tension meeting
Word: orientation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French orientation. By surface analysis, orient + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌɔː.ɹi.ənˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ˌoɹiɛnˈteɪʃən/, /ˌoː.ɹi.ənˈtæɪ.ʃən/ 1. The determination of the relative position of something or someone. Labels: countable 2. The relative physical position or direction of something. Labels: countable 3. The construction of a Christian church to have its aisle in an east-west direction with the altar at the east end. Labels: uncountable 4. An inclination, tendency or direction. Labels: countable 5. The ability to orient, or the process of so doing. Labels: countable Example: The homing instinct in pigeons is an example of orientation. 6. An adjustment to a new environment. Labels: countable 7. An introduction to a (new) environment. Labels: countable 8. An introduction to a (new) environment. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The direction of print across the page; landscape or portrait. Labels: countable 10. Ellipsis of sexual orientation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: And now, I want to help other asexual people to embrace their orientation without an instilled core of self-doubt. 11. The choice of which ordered bases are "positively" oriented and which are "negatively" oriented on a real vector space. Labels: countable 12. The designation of a parametrised curve as "positively" or "negatively" oriented; the analogous description of a surface or hypersurface. Labels: analytic, countable
Word: originality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French originalité. By surface analysis, original + -ity. Pronunciation: /əˌɹɪd͡ʒɪˈnælɪti/ 1. The quality of being original or novel. Labels: uncountable Example: The space at my disposal does not permit me to go into Mr. Bulleid's paper in detail, but it is impossible to refrain from an expression of admiration at the originality that has been packed into this outstanding design. 2. The capacity to think independently or be inventive. Labels: uncountable Example: Originality may be the capacity to look at the same facts and see new explanations. Example: This story of how American originality lost its way is arresting and well told. On an alternate timeline without Donald Trump in office dismantling the American scientific establishment and Elon Musk kneecapping the American state, it might have been the manifesto of a new politics. 3. Something original. Labels: countable Example: This houses a waiting room and gentlemen's toilets which, despite some new sanitary fittings in early BR days, fell out of use over 40 years ago, becoming dilapidated - and so remained as the only room on the station to retain its originality. 4. The original state or condition of a thing. Labels: uncountable Example: Church Street has been reclaimed from vendors who had encroached every bit of pedestrian walk. BBMP evicted more than 70 of them and restored to its originality.
Word: colorphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English color Ancient Greek -φοβία (-phobía)der. Latin New Latinbor. English -phobia English colorphobia From color + -phobia. Pronunciation: /ˌkʌlɚˈfoʊbi.ə/ 1. Fear, hate, or dislike of people of a particular skin color. Labels: uncountable
Word: origination Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin orīginātiō, from orīgō (“to act, to commence”, stem as origin-) + -tiō. 1. The process of bringing something into existence. Labels: uncountable 2. The act of bringing something into existence. Labels: countable, error-lua-exec
Word: originator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From originate + -or. Pronunciation: /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtə/, /əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/, [əˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪɾɚ], /ɔˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪtɚ/, [ɔˈɹɪd͡ʒɪneɪɾɚ] 1. Someone who originates, creates or founds something. Example: Another perfume was known as nicerotiana, named after its originator Nicerotas. Example: These relay stations are actually special-purpose email servers. They are used to relay spam from the spam's originator so that the originator cannot be traced.
Word: Eileen Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Anglicized forms of Irish Eibhlín, Eilín or Aibhilín in Middle English and Modern English, all cognates of Evelyn from Old French Aveline. Sometimes also used for the Irish name Éibhleann, possibly from Old Irish oíph (“radiance, beauty”). Pronunciation: /aɪˈliːn/, /ˈaɪliːn/ 1. A female given name from Irish. Example: Come on Eileen / Oh, I swear (What he means) / At this moment / You mean everything
Word: Mario Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɹiəʊ/, /ˈmɑːɹiəʊ/, /ˈmɑɹioʊ/, /ˈmæɹioʊ/, /ˈmɛɹioʊ/ 1. A male given name from Italian or Spanish. Example: It's-a me! Mario! Example: Mario enjoying the smells of the calliopsis alongside the grounds' quincunx paths, the sweetish pines and the briers' yeasty musk […].
Word: Mario Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian and Spanish Mario, both of which coming from Latin Marius. Pronunciation: /ˈmaɹiəʊ/, /ˈmɑːɹiəʊ/, /ˈmɑɹioʊ/, /ˈmæɹioʊ/, /ˈmɛɹioʊ/ 1. Ellipsis of Mario Andretti (“one who drives fast or recklessly”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, figuratively
Word: Soviet Union Part of Speech: name Etymology: Clipping of Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Attested since October 1919 in U.S. newspapers. Pronunciation: /ˈsɒviət ˈjuːniən/, /ˈsəʊvɪət ˈjuːniən/, /ˈsoʊviət ˈjuːnjən/ 1. A former transcontinental country in Europe and Asia (1922–1991), now split into Russia and fourteen other countries. Official name: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Labels: historical Example: Hence the famous February 9th 1946 speech at the Bolshoi Theatre, where Stalin announced that the Soviet Union was returning to its pre-war emphasis on industrialization, war-preparedness, and the inevitability of conflict between capitalism and Communism, and made explicit what was already obvious, that henceforth the Soviet Union would cooperate with the West only when it suited her. 2. The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. Labels: historical, informal
Word: adat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay adat, from Classical Persian عادت ('ādat), from Arabic عَادَة (ʕāda, “habit, custom”), from the verb عَوْدَ (ʕawda, “to appertain, to be proper”). 1. Traditional custom or law, in Islamic parts of Southeast Asia. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: [T]he early-nineteenth-century Padri movement […] was an accelerated programme of religious renewal in West Sumatra, an attempt to cleanse Islam of adat or local customary law and practices.
Word: leadership Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *laidī Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laid ▲ Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Proto-West Germanic *laidijārī Old English lǣdere Middle English ledere English leader Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English leadership From leader + -ship. Pronunciation: /ˈlidɚʃɪp/, /ˈliːdəʃɪp/ 1. The capacity of someone to lead others. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Wise, determined leadership matters most. Example: Personal leadership is a fundamental of successful government. I do not mean the leadership of the band of good fellows and good schemers who followed President Harding, nor the purely perfunctory party loyalty which has part of the time in part of the country sustained the present Chief Executive. I mean that leadership which, by sheer force of mind, by chain of unanswerable logic, has brought friends and foes alike to enact vitally needed measures of government reform. 2. A group of leaders. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: People who talk about an imminent possibility of war seldom pose this question: What would North Korea’s leadership get from unleashing a war that they are likely to lose in weeks, if not days? Example: Companies should survey their employees regularly to evaluate the implementation among the leaderships and peers. 3. The office or status of a leader. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Canadienne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-North Iroquoian *-nat- Laurentian kanatader. French Canada French -ienne Canadian French Canadiennebor. English Canadienne Borrowed from Canadian French Canadienne. Pronunciation: /ˌkanaˈdjɛn/ 1. female French-Canadian Labels: Canada
Word: socialite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From social (“pertaining to high society”) + -ite, perhaps as a play on social light, in imitation of words in -ite. Pronunciation: /ˈsoʊʃəˌlaɪt/ 1. A person (often a woman) of social prominence, considered to be an influential figure. Example: Donald Trump has lashed out against his own supporters, calling them gullible “weaklings” for questioning the transparency of a secretive government inquiry into the late high-profile socialite and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 2. A person who goes to fashionable parties and is often written about in the newspapers, etc. Example: Goodnight all you socialites don't wait up for me.
Word: camerlengo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian camerlengo (“chamberlain”). Doublet of chamberlain. 1. The cardinal who administers the Roman Catholic Church in the interregnum between Popes. Example: Benedict will also stop using the so-called fisherman’s ring to seal documents. It will be destroyed by the cardinal camerlengo, the acting head of state of Vatican City during the “sede vacante,” the canon law term used when the papacy is vacant. Example: For the conclave, the camerlengo is now responsible for ensuring an “orderly election and its privacy”, according to Universi Dominici Gregis—the apostolic constitution governing papal succession.
Word: contrast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French contraster, from Latin contrāstāre (“to resist", "to withstand”), from contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”). 1. A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable. Labels: uncountable Example: The red and the orange don't have much contrast between them — I can hardly tell them apart. 2. A difference in lightness, brightness or hue between two colours that makes them more or less distinguishable. Labels: countable Example: Ohh, you can't fool me. This thing's top of the line! It's got two contrast knobs! 3. A difference between two objects, people or concepts. Labels: countable Example: Israel is a country of many contrasts. Example: The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. 4. Something that is opposite of or strikingly different from something else. Labels: countable Example: Why this denunciation of idolatry at this point? And why are Shabbat and the sanctuary mentioned as contrasts to idol worship? 5. Antithesis. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable 6. Contrast medium Labels: uncountable
Word: contrast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French contraster, from Latin contrāstāre (“to resist", "to withstand”), from contrā (“against”) + stō, stāre (“to stand”). Pronunciation: /kənˈtɹɑːst/, /kənˈtɹast/, /kənˈt(ʃ)ɹæst/, /ˈkɑnt(ʃ)ɹæst/ 1. To set in opposition in order to show the difference or differences between; to counterpoint. Labels: transitive 2. To form a contrast. Labels: intransitive, often Example: Foreground and background strongly contrast. Example: The color of her dress contrasts very nicely with the black scarf around her neck.
Word: actinidin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From taxonomic name Actinid(ia) + -in. 1. A protein-digesting enzyme present in kiwifruit. It is also an allergen. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Dorey Part of Speech: name Etymology: Nickname for a goldsmith or someone with golden hair, from Old French doré (“golden”). 1. A surname from Old French.
Word: galoshes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡəˈlɒʃɪz/ 1. plural of galosh Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of galoshe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mechanoluminescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin mēchanicusder. Old French mecaniquebor. Middle English mekanyk English mechan(ic) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English mechano- English luminescence English mechanoluminescence From mechano- + luminescence. 1. The creation of light from mechanical stress. Labels: uncountable
Word: mock-up Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1915–1920, deverbal from mock up (verb), by imitation of French maquette. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒkˌʌp/, /ˈmɑkˌʌp/ 1. A scale or full-size model of a design or device which is not fully functional, used for teaching, demonstration, design evaluation, promotion, or other purposes. Example: The second-class accommodation shown in mock-up at last year's Railway Design exhibition in London was open saloon, but there is still nagging concern that the public has expressed a clear preference for compartments. Example: A full-size mock-up carriage of a Liverpool City Region Class 777, built as a part of the design process, has been transferred to the National College for Advanced Transportation & Infrastructure (NCATI) in Doncaster, to be used as a teaching aid. 2. A prototype, usually low-fidelity, such as a paper illustration, screenshot, or simple screen configuration with limited interaction.
Word: militaria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, military + -ia (“collection of things”). Pronunciation: /ˌmɪlɪˈtɛrɪə/ 1. Military or police artifacts. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: According to Denby, who has a store at 20 Birch Ave., the militaria market has grown up in recent years. "It used to be that only school boys were interested in collecting these things." Now with cap badges going for up to $4,000, the market has matured to the point where the collector has to know what he's doing or he can get "stung."
Word: monogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + -genesis. Pronunciation: /mɒnəˈd͡ʒɛnəsɪs/ 1. The theory that mankind originated with a single ancestor or ancestral couple. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Some held that negritude was a product of living under the tropical sun, a perhaps beneficial adaptation to a fierce climate – an environmentalist solution chiming with monogenesis and Lockean malleability models. 2. The theory that all languages, or a particular set of languages, originated from a single source. Labels: uncountable, usually 3. Development of the ovum from a parent like itself. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. Development of the ovum from a parent like itself. Labels: uncountable, usually 5. The emergence from a single cause or origin. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The view that one parent tale in one fixed location spawned numerous progeny the world over has come to be known as the theory of monogenesis and diffusion. The contrasting theory of polygenesis assumes that resemblances among tales can be attributed to independent invention in places unconnected by trade routes or travel.
Word: cordite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cord + -ite, because the material is manufactured into long cordlike cylinders. Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːdaɪt/ 1. A smokeless propellent made by combining two high explosives, nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine, used in some firearm ammunition. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The room contained an odd assortment of odors, of which the most emphatic at the moment seemed to be the pungent aftermath of cordite and the sickish aroma of ether.
Word: oikumene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek οἰκουμένη (oikouménē). 1. The civilized world or inhabited world; the location and time in the known world where human civilization exists.
Word: smokeless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English smoke Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English smokeless From smoke + -less. 1. Without smoke. Labels: not-comparable Example: smokeless fuel Example: smokeless gunpowder 2. Of a gun, that does not produce smoke when fired. Labels: not-comparable Example: I run home, jumped in the bed, Laid a forty-four smokeless under my head. 3. Of tobacco, to be consumed through methods other than smoking. Labels: not-comparable
Word: one-armed router Part of Speech: noun 1. A special variety of router used to route packets in a VLAN environment.
Word: operandum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin operandum. Doublet of operand. 1. A lever, key or device installed in an operant chamber, upon which the "subject" exerts its responses. Sometimes referred to as a manipulandum. In the prototypical operant conditioning experiment, a rat (the subject) presses upon a lever (the operandum) which triggers the delivery of food (the reward or reinforcer).
Word: on-the-air Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Alternative spelling of on the air, especially when used attributively. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Popemobile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pope + -mobile. Calque of Italian papamobile. 1. Any of various vehicles with bulletproof glass sides used to transport the Pope through crowds safely while allowing an open view. Labels: informal
Word: tax stamp Part of Speech: noun 1. a revenue stamp
Word: projected Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪd/ 1. displayed
Word: projected Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹəˈd͡ʒɛktɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of project Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: court fee Part of Speech: noun 1. Adhesive stamps, attached to court papers to pay fees. Previously common in India and now popular with collectors. 2. A fee paid purportedly to cover administrative costs, at the start of each new court filing.
Word: stogie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Presumably from stoga + -ie, the former of which is derived from Conestoga, Pennsylvania; the Conestoga Cigar Company (1880s) was one of the first Pennsylvanian cigar factories. Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊɡi/, /ˈstoʊɡi/ 1. A cigar. Labels: US, slang 2. A large joint. Labels: US, slang Example: It's on, wrap my lips around the forty / And when it comes to getting another stogie
Word: stogie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stoga + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈstəʊɡi/, /ˈstoʊɡi/ 1. A type of sturdy work boot; a brogan. Labels: US, dated
Word: triacontanol Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of very many alcohols of the general formula C₃₀H₆₂O, but especially 1-triacontanol, also known as melissyl alcohol or myricyl alcohol, that is found in plant cuticle waxes and in beeswax as the palmitate ester.
Word: treasury tag Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛʒəɹi ˈtæɡ/ 1. A short piece of cord with metal bars at each end, used in offices for holding papers together or fastening them into a file. Example: From within he took several sheets of paper tied together with a green treasury tag. Example: He had an aversion to staples and paper clips and therefore preferred documents to be joined by a treasury tag, or, as he put it, ‘klopped’.