nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: regroup Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from French regrouper. By surface analysis, re- + group. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈɡɹuːp/ 1. To pause and become organized again. Labels: intransitive Example: As half-time approached with Everton desperate to get into the dressing room and regroup, Liverpool were awarded a penalty for Jagielka's rash challenge on Suarez. This time there was no disputing Atkinson's decision, but Howard rescued Everton by diving low to his left to keep out Kuyt's spot-kick. 2. To group or categorize again. Labels: transitive 3. To reform as a group. Labels: intransitive
Word: instrument panel Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪns.tɹəˌmɛnt ˈpæn.l̩/ 1. A flat, (usually) vertical surface onto which controls, instruments, and displays are mounted.
Word: Pulitzer Prize Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Established in 1917 by provisions in the will of American (Hungarian-born) Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911), who had made his fortune as a newspaper publisher. Pronunciation: /ˌpʊlɪtsɚ ˈpɹaɪz/, /ˌpjulɪtsɚ ˈpɹaɪz/, /ˌpʊlɪtsə ˈpɹaɪz/, /ˌpjuːlɪtsə ˈpɹaɪz/ 1. An annual American award given for journalism, literature, and music Example: She won a Pulitzer Prize for her reporting on health care.
Word: Pulitzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See Pulitzer Prize. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/, /ˈpjulɪtsɚ/, /ˈpʊlɪtsə/, /ˈpjuːlɪtsə/ 1. Ellipsis of Pulitzer Prize. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: He's won three Pulitzers in his career as a journalist. Example: Just don't expect getting that promotion or winning that Pulitzer to punch your ticket to bliss.
Word: Pulitzer Part of Speech: name Etymology: See Pulitzer Prize. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊlɪtsɚ/, /ˈpjulɪtsɚ/, /ˈpʊlɪtsə/, /ˈpjuːlɪtsə/ 1. A surname.
Word: Yorkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Yorkshire + -ie. Pronunciation: /ˈjɔɹki/ 1. The Yorkshire terrier, a small breed of dog weighing 3–7 pounds as adults. Labels: informal Example: The sight of that problem was much bigger for such a little dog than I would have ever imagined possible—had I even imagined it. Imagine my four-pound Yorkie as a miniature stallion. It was appalling to me, his noncanine mother. 2. A Yorkshire pudding. Labels: informal Example: It is getting as much air in your batter as possible that will make your Yorkies rise! 3. Someone from York, England.
Word: jamb Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæm/ 1. Either of the vertical components that form the side of an opening in a wall, such as that of a door frame, window frame, or fireplace. 2. Any thick mass of rock that prevents miners from following the lode or vein. 3. Synonym of jambeau (“piece of armor for the leg”). Example: Wyntoun, in his Chronicle, mentions an encounter betwixt Lindsay and a Highlander, whom he had pierced with his lance, but who, while on the ground, cut at him with his twohanded sword, and, striking through his steel jambs […] Example: The light of the moon gleamed on his steel helmet, his globular corslet, and the taces cuisses, or thigh pieces, and steel jambs which protected his legs.
Word: jamb Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English jambe, jaumbe, from Old French jambe (“leg”), from Late Latin gamba (“hock, shank, leg, thigh”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “turning post, bend or flexure”). Doublet of gam, gamb, gamba, and jambe. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒæm/ 1. To fix or attach a jamb to. Labels: transitive
Word: gypsy cab Part of Speech: noun 1. An unlicensed taxi, especially in the Northeastern United States. Labels: US, colloquial, offensive, sometimes
Word: temporized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of temporize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pseudorealism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Classical Latin rēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin reālisder. Old French reelbor. Middle English real English real Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English realism English pseudorealism From pseudo- + realism. 1. A dramatic or artistic technique in which an altered view of reality is presented as being real. Labels: uncountable Example: His advice to the young artist is to strive for triumphant expression through the masquerade of pseudorealism in the suave juxtaposition of plane upon counterplane, also to eat freely of ice cream and spinach that the hungry soul may not starve in its age-long search for dynamic symmetry. Example: The quarrel over realism in art stems from a misunderstanding, from a confusion between the aesthetic and the psychological; between true realism, the need that is to give significant expression to the world both concretely and in its essence, and the pseudorealism of a deception aimed at fooling the eye (or for that matter the mind); a pseudorealism content in other words with illusory appearances.
Word: kinetic temperature Part of Speech: noun 1. a measure of the energy of motion possessed by a substance; especially a function of the root mean square velocity of the molecules of a gas
Word: nutation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1610s, from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”). Compare mutation. 1. A bobbing motion that accompanies the precession of a spinning rigid body. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A nodding motion (of the head etc.). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Any of several irregularities in the precession of the equinoxes caused by varying torque applied to the Earth by the Sun and the Moon. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The circular motion of the tip of a growing shoot. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chromosphere Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *kʰrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) English chromo- Ancient Greek σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîră)bor. Latin sphaera Late Latin sphērader. Old French spherebor. Middle English spere English sphere English -sphere English chromosphere From chromo- + -sphere. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊməsfɪə/, /ˈkɹoʊməsfɪɚ/, /ˈkɹoʊmoʊsfɪɚ/ 1. The faint pink extension of a star's atmospheric envelope between the corona and the photosphere
Word: Cepheid variable Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin Delta Cephei, the first such star identified. From Cepheus, the name of the constellation in which such stars were first discovered. From being a star with variable brightness. 1. A radially pulsating (expanding and contracting) variable star with a regular period and known relationship between period and intrinsic brightness.
Word: delta particle Part of Speech: noun 1. A hyperon of short life.
Word: hyperon Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈhaɪpəɹɒn/ 1. Any baryon (a three-quark particle) with a non-zero strangeness (i.e., whose composition includes one or more strange or anti-strange quarks). Example: The known hyperons and their properties are listed in Table I of the companion lectures on Strange Particles. Most of these hyperons have lifetimes of the order of 10⁻¹⁰ sec, with the exception of the Σ⁰-hyperon whose electromagnetic decay has an exceedingly short lifetime. Example: What is particularly noticeable is the steep rise in hyperon populations as the limiting mass is approached.
Word: tempest in a teapot Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since 1838. 1. A major fuss over a trivial matter. Labels: idiomatic Example: The media frenzy over the actor's drunken behavior was a tempest in a teapot.
Word: delta iron Part of Speech: noun 1. A certain allotrope of iron. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: delta connection Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of three-phase connection.
Word: exterminator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exterminātor. By surface analysis, exterminate + -or. Pronunciation: /ɪkˈstɝmɪˌneɪtɚ/, /ɪkˈstɜːmɪˌneɪtə/ 1. Someone or something that exterminates. 2. Specifically, a person whose job it is to kill insects and other pests in a building.
Word: midterm Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English term English midterm From mid- + term. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdˌtɚm/ 1. Halfway through a term, or roughly so. Labels: not-comparable Example: The administration is suffering from the usual midterm drop in approval ratings. Example: Most of the rational world . . . foresaw a smooth ride to victory for Democrats. They had, after all, the wind at their backs from the 2006 midterm elections.
Word: midterm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Germanic *midjaz Proto-West Germanic *midi Old English midd Middle English mid English mid English mid- English term English midterm From mid- + term. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdˌtɚm/ 1. A midterm school exam (i.e., halfway through the term). Example: I only got a C on the midterm, so I really have to study for the final. Example: It was tough cramming for those midterms and finals, staying up 72 hours straight hepped up on caffeine and pizza. 2. A midterm election. Example: The AAPI electorate has become more politically engaged in recent election cycles, and although it is not a voting bloc that has historically shown strong support for Trump, growing skepticism toward him could influence key battlegrounds in the 2026 midterms and beyond. Example: But White House officials have privately grown frustrated with her performance, as Republican midterm strategists raise alarms about the political damage.
Word: overladen Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English laden English overladen From over- + laden. 1. Packed heavily, especially beyond normal capacity; overloaded. Example: The tray was overladen with food. Example: The trunk was overladen with clothes. 2. Burdened excessively. Example: The student is overladen with homework. Example: The first-time parents are overladen with new responsibility.
Word: overladen Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of overlade Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: art paper Part of Speech: noun 1. Any type of paper that has a specific use in art. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The surface of uncoated fine art paper is sometimes sized with starches or gelatins. Example: They can paste the result onto art paper of a contrasting color for a truly beautiful effect. 2. A high-quality paper coated with china clay (or similar) to give it a smooth surface, used in printing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Two handsome volumes, well illustrated and printed on art paper, struck a new note in railway literature.
Word: root mean square Part of Speech: noun 1. The square root of the arithmetic mean of the squares of a set of numbers or values. Labels: attributive, often Example: root mean square voltage
Word: root mean square velocity Part of Speech: noun 1. The root mean square of the velocities of all the molecules in a volume of gas; directly proportional to its temperature in the case of an ideal gas.
Word: ideal gas Part of Speech: noun 1. a hypothetical gas, whose molecules exhibit no interaction, and undergo elastic collision with each other and with the walls of the container
Word: ideal gas law Part of Speech: noun 1. the equation of state of an ideal gas Example: PV=nRT Pv=R_sT P=ρR_sT depending on discipline and context
Word: mack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”). Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. An individual skilled in the art of seduction using verbal skills; a seducer Labels: slang Example: She left with him; he must be a true mack. Example: 007 mark the secret agent That macks well and gets smart through entertainment 2. A pimp or procurer Labels: slang
Word: mack Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of mackerel (“pimp”). Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. To act as pimp; to pander. Labels: slang 2. To seduce or flirt with. Labels: slang Example: A show, a ho smashed back to the O Put them bitches on my beeper then pull some mo’ Cause I bump more hoes than acne I guess you bitch can’t learn that you just can’t mack me
Word: mack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mackerel (“fish”). Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. A (pouch or unit of) mackerel, used as food and currency in prison. Labels: slang Example: "Macks" [...] don't divide very well, so they're not as useful for transactions that cost less than one “mack” or require a partial “mack.” So “macks” are reasonably good at being money, but they're not perfect. Example: To make this more intuitive, let's revisit our prison mackerel example, just after the Red Cross has lavished fifty new pouches of mackerel on each inmate. […] We would expect prison prices in macks to rise roughly in proportion to the increase in the supply of mackerel induced by the humanitarian shipment. But what if there have been several stabbings with shanks made out of sharpened toothbrushes and the warden is threatening a lockdown? As a precaution against losing access to the canteen, many of the prisoners might decide to keep more mackerel under their beds. The speed at which macks circulated for trades would slow down as pouches piled up under bunks. A doubling of the supply of macks in the prison would not lead to a doubling of prices, since many of the new macks would be out of circulation rather than chasing prison goods.
Word: mack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of mackintosh. Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. A raincoat or mackintosh. Labels: UK Example: “Nothing very special, sir. He had a mack or coat over his arm, and a trilby hat. He wore a tweed suit, sir, I think.”
Word: mack Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of mast + stack. Pronunciation: /mæk/ 1. An element of a ship's superstructure which places the function of a ship's mast on its exhaust stack, adding the skeletal supporting structure to the smokestack to support the mast's complement of functions.
Word: Dutch clover Part of Speech: noun 1. Trifolium repens, an important fodder plant. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dutch elm disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after the country in which the disease was first identified. (It is not specific to Dutch elms.) 1. A disease of elm trees caused by ascomycete fungi in the genus Ophiostoma and spread by bark beetles. Labels: uncountable Example: The village is a dignified place of thatch, half-timbering, box hedges and neat farms, set among elms (though not as many as formerly, since Dutch elm disease took its toll) on the level plain of the Pewsey Vale. Example: The process began 50 years ago when Europe’s elms were ravaged by the beetle-borne fungal malady misnamed ʻDutch elm diseaseʼ (which, in fact, is Asian).
Word: Archeozoic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From archeo- + -zoic. 1. Alternative form of Archaeozoic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Archeozoic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From archeo- + -zoic. 1. Alternative form of Archaeozoic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: h.q. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of HQ. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: AKR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of air kerma rate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: kerma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Acronym for kinetic energy released in matter. 1. The sum of the initial kinetic energies of all the charged particles liberated by uncharged ionizing radiation (neutrons and photons) in a sample of matter, divided by the mass of the sample. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: clastogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -genic. 1. capable of causing damage to chromosomes Labels: not-comparable
Word: Dutch cheese Part of Speech: noun 1. Cottage cheese. Labels: US, uncountable
Word: Dutch door Part of Speech: noun 1. A door that is divided horizontally into two parts such that the upper part may be opened independently of the lower. Labels: Canada, US Example: He unlatched the side door, a Dutch door whose halves were hooked together, and propped it open with the mailbox.
Word: Dutch hoe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Called so because of the association of this type of hoe with the Dutch (of the Netherlands), either because it originated with them or because it is widely believed to have originated with them. In the United States, the name is sometimes interpreted by folk etymology as referring to the Pennsylvania Dutch. 1. Synonym of scuffle (“type of hoe”).
Word: Dutch metal Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of brass, being an alloy of about 80% copper and 20% zinc, produced in thin sheets and used to make inexpensive jewelry. Labels: uncountable
Word: Dutch oven Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dutch (“makeshift, substitutional, replacement, ersatz”) + oven. See Dutch for more information on the now obsolete sense that the term is derived from. The cigar sense is said to originate in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1. A large cooking pot with a tight-fitting lid, especially one made of metal. Labels: US Example: I heard the most uncommon and unaccountable noise that can be imagined. It was, in fact, occasioned by the clattering of tin pattypans and a Dutch oven against the sides of the panniers. Example: Cast-iron cookware is in the spotlight. Having started with skillets, producers are now introducing Dutch ovens. Despite already owning pots from Staub and Le Creuset, I could not resist the new Dutch oven by Finex Cast Iron Cookware, an American company that makes distinctive octagonal pieces with a dark bronze finish. 2. A portable oven consisting of a metal box, with shelves, placed before an open fire. 3. A protective cover for electrical contacts on a railway coupler, particularly but not exclusively used on the London Underground. 4. The situation where a person breaks wind under the bedcovers, sometimes pulling them over a bedmate's head as a prank. Labels: slang Example: Dutch Oven = Farting in bed & then lifting the blankets. Example: a Dutch oven, most commonly a large pot heated by surrounding it with fuel, and placing hot coals on the lid, can also be a mouth. Not only that - it can also be the smell of a bed in which someone has just farted. 5. A room or vehicle full of marijuana smoke. 6. The very end of a Dutch Masters cigar that has been rerolled with marijuana. Labels: slang 7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Dutch, oven.
Word: Dutch oven Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Dutch (“makeshift, substitutional, replacement, ersatz”) + oven. See Dutch for more information on the now obsolete sense that the term is derived from. The cigar sense is said to originate in New Brunswick, New Jersey. 1. To break wind beneath one's bedcovers or some other enclosed space. Labels: slang Example: (title) Example: Robin Williams and Billy Crystal standing in an elevator, and Robin Williams was just farting his life away. I guess they were Dutch-ovening each other, just basking in the ambiance of farts.
Word: Dravidian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa. Pronunciation: /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/ 1. A family of related ethnicities and languages primarily in Southern India, Northeast Sri Lanka, and parts of Pakistan and Bangladesh. 2. Any of the languages of these aboriginal peoples; Dravidic.
Word: Dravidian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa. Pronunciation: /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/ 1. A member of any of several aboriginal peoples of India and Sri Lanka thought to have spread in India before Aryan migration.
Word: Dravidian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Sanskrit द्राविड (drāviḍa) + -ian. *tamiḻ > *damiḷ > damiḷa- / damila- and further, with the intrusive, 'hypercorrect' (or perhaps analogical) -r-, into dr(a/ā)viḍa. Pronunciation: /dɹəˈvɪdɪən/ 1. Of or relating to the Dravidian people or language.
Word: cobweb site Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of cobweb + website; from the idea of an abandoned room gradually becoming full of cobwebs. 1. A website that has not been updated for a very long time. Labels: Internet, rare
Word: Dravidic Part of Speech: name 1. The Dravidian language family.
Word: Dravidic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or relating to the Dravidian language family. Labels: not-comparable
Word: safe-conduct Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit. 1. A document that grants safe passage through enemy territory in times of war. 2. A convoy or guard to protect a person in a foreign country.
Word: safe-conduct Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit. 1. To guarantee safe passage by granting such a document. Labels: obsolete Example: Who […] Haue paſt the armie of the mightie Turke: Bearing his priuie ſignet and his hand, To ſafe conduct vs thorow Affrica: […]
Word: safety belt Part of Speech: noun 1. A belt or strap that attaches a person to an immovable object for safety. 2. A life belt. 3. A seat belt.
Word: safety pin Part of Speech: noun 1. A pin in the form of a clasp, which has a guard to cover the sharp point; used to join two pieces of fabric, etc., together temporarily. 2. The pin of a hand grenade, which prevents accidental detonation.
Word: sagebrush Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sage + brush, from resemblance in odor and appearance to Salvia officinalis. Pronunciation: /ˈseɪd͡ʒˌbɹʌʃ/ 1. Any of several North American aromatic shrubs of the genus Artemisia, having silvery-grey, green leaves. Example: On our bumpy, mud-soaked ride to the Grand Canyon’s lesser-visited East Rim, a coyote emerged from the sagebrush to lead the way. It took off directly in front of our van, seemingly directing us through a labyrinth of dirt roads. Our guide, a member of the Navajo Nation, parked the vehicle and offered thanks to the coyote for its guidance.
Word: sage brush Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sagebrush. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sailing dinghy Part of Speech: noun 1. a small sailboat with a single mast, especially one used for recreation
Word: sailorman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sailor + -man. 1. A male sailor.
Word: sailorwoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sailor Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English sailorwoman From sailor + -woman. 1. A female sailor.
Word: sainthood Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English saint Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English sainthood From saint + -hood. 1. The state of being a saint. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He passed over several archbishops who would traditionally become cardinals to promote Gregory. He also moved Augustine Tolton, who died in 1897 after becoming the first African American priest, one step closer to sainthood. Example: Prospective candidates for sainthood normally need to have two miracles attributed to them before they can be canonized. 2. Saints collectively. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sale price Part of Speech: noun 1. the price at which something is offered for sale 2. the reduced price of something during a sale
Word: add one's twopenn'orth Part of Speech: verb 1. To offer one's opinion. Labels: dated, idiomatic
Word: twopenn'orth Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of two penn'orth. Labels: Ireland, UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: salespeople Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of salesperson Labels: form-of, plural
Word: on air Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: The broadcasting sense derives from the early use of radio, literally sending the transmission on the air waves. 1. Broadcasting or transmitting through the medium of radio or television. Example: Julie is on air now, presenting the weather forecast. Example: Channel 9 will be on air in a few minutes, giving a live broadcast. 2. Being, or so as to be, broadcast or transmitted by radio or television. Example: Don't interrupt while the program is on air. Example: This show isn't on air at the moment — it's only on in the summer. 3. Smoothly; gracefully. Labels: figuratively 4. Happily. Labels: figuratively 5. Won with a high card though capturing only small cards. 6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see on, air.
Word: cravate Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cravat. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: […] his Cravate is old, his Shooes are worn out, […]
Word: allomorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos Proto-Hellenic *áľľos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos)der. English allo- Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ)bor. English -morph Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English allomorphic From allo- + -morph + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌæləˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. Pertaining to allomorphism or to allomorphs. Labels: not-comparable
Word: NORBA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of National Off-Road Bicycle Association, one of the component member organizations of USA Cycling (USAC). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: allomorphism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English allomorph Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English allomorphism From allomorph + -ism. 1. The property of a compound which has more than one crystalline form or allomorph. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: NGB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Nambu-Goldstone boson. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Governing Body, one of the member organizations of the US Olympic Committee (USOC) charged with governance of recognized sports. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: All allegations of Prohibited Conduct that fall under the jurisdiction of an NGB will be forwarded to that NGB for response and resolution unless the USOPC identifies a conflict of interest or other concern that necessitates the report being filed with the Center instead. The USOPC will promptly notify the reporting party of the report referral. […] The Investigation Report will be shared with the Claimants(s) and Respondents(s) and any relevant NGBs upon issuance of the Decision, subject to redactions as necessary to protect confidentiality and privacy. Example: The new language reads: “The USOPC is committed to protecting opportunities for athletes participating in sport. The USOPC will continue to collaborate with various stakeholders with oversight responsibilities, e.g., IOC, IPC, NGBs, to ensure that women have a fair and safe competition environment consistent with Executive Order 14201 and the Ted Stevens Olympic & Amateur Sports Act, 36 U.S.C § 22501, et. seq.”
Word: hexad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hex- + -ad. Pronunciation: /ˈhɛksæd/ 1. A group of six. 2. An element or radical with the combining power of six units, i.e. six atoms of hydrogen.
Word: hexadic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hexad Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hexadic From hexad + -ic. Pronunciation: /hɛkˈsædɪk/ 1. Pertaining to a hexad; hexagonal. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: cow shot Part of Speech: noun 1. A batting stroke played across the line and aiming to hit the ball towards cow corner. Labels: slang Example: The cow shot is regarded as inelegant, and indeed risky, but can be very effective for a batsman with strength and a good eye.
Word: granola Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Genericized trademark from Granola, a brand of breakfast cereal registered in 1886 by Will Keith Kellogg and in use into the early 20th century. It was initially known as Granula and renamed Granola to avoid legal problems with James Caleb Jackson, who invented a similar cereal in 1863, named Granula after the granules of Graham flour, the main ingredient. The food and name were revived in the 1960s. By 1967, it appears in American English, probably from Italian grano (“grain”) or granular + the commercial suffix -ola. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/ 1. A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ellipsis of crunchy granola. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, slang
Word: granola Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Genericized trademark from Granola, a brand of breakfast cereal registered in 1886 by Will Keith Kellogg and in use into the early 20th century. It was initially known as Granula and renamed Granola to avoid legal problems with James Caleb Jackson, who invented a similar cereal in 1863, named Granula after the granules of Graham flour, the main ingredient. The food and name were revived in the 1960s. By 1967, it appears in American English, probably from Italian grano (“grain”) or granular + the commercial suffix -ola. Pronunciation: /ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/ 1. Eating healthy food, supporting the protection of the environment, and having liberal views. Labels: Canada, US Example: You see more and more of the granola hippie activist types these days. Example: […]behind them a granola-looking mom in denim overalls and a t-shirt was pulling in to do her drop-off . . . from a Prius.
Word: saddles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of saddle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: saddles Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of saddle Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: monkey bars Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined in 1955, in reference to the climbing habits of monkeys. 1. A jungle gym. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A row of bars, found on playgrounds, under which one hangs by the arms and crosses by brachiation (swinging between bars, legs dangling down). Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: wool wax Part of Speech: noun 1. Lanolin. Labels: uncountable
Word: wool fat Part of Speech: noun 1. Lanolin. Labels: uncountable
Word: praecipe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English presepe, from Latin praecipe, imperative of praecipere (“to give rules or precepts”). See precept. 1. A writ demanding action, or requiring a reason for neglecting it. 2. A request to a court to issue process.
Word: wool grease Part of Speech: noun 1. Lanolin. Labels: uncountable
Word: skirts Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /skɝts/, /skɜːts/ 1. plural of skirt Labels: form-of, plural
Word: skirts Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /skɝts/, /skɜːts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of skirt Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: lanolin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Former trademark (1885-1902), from lāna (“wool”) + oleum (“oil”) + -in Pronunciation: /ˈlænəlɪn/ 1. A greasy yellow substance chemically akin to wax that is secreted from wooly animals, with a variety of uses from rust prevention, lubrication and waterproofing to cosmetics and skin ointments. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: She was sitting cross-legged on the floor with a tray of leather-bound books in front of her; she was rubbing lanolin into their covers […] ‘Look at these lovely old editions,’ she said, showing me a couple of small tan books, their bindings still glossy and moist from the lanolin, like newly exposed conkers.
Word: lanolin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Former trademark (1885-1902), from lāna (“wool”) + oleum (“oil”) + -in Pronunciation: /ˈlænəlɪn/ 1. To treat with lanolin. Labels: transitive
Word: clustering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/ 1. A grouping of a number of similar things. 2. The grouping of a population based on ethnicity, economics or religion. 3. The undesirable contiguous grouping of elements in a hash table. 4. A prewriting technique consisting of writing ideas down on a sheet of paper around a central idea within a circle, with the related ideas radially joined to the circle using rays.
Word: clustering Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/ 1. Forming a cluster. Labels: not-comparable Example: I prithee let me bring thee where crabs grow, and I with my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts, Show thee a jay's nest, and instruct thee how To snare the nimble marmoset. I'll bring thee To clust'ring filberts, and sometimes I'll get thee Young scamels from the rock. Wilt thou go with me?
Word: clustering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈklʌstɚɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cluster Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: whistleblowing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From whistle + blowing. 1. The disclosure to the public or to authorities, such as by an employee, of wrongdoing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: motherboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of mother + board. Attested since 1965. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌðɚˌbɔɹd/ 1. The primary circuit board of a personal computer, containing the circuitry for the central processing unit, keyboard, mouse and monitor, together with slots for other devices. Example: An electronics shop was selling ugly refurbished computers. They were small black and grey things with exposed motherboards and cracked cases.
Word: circuit board Part of Speech: noun 1. A board on which electronic components and their interconnecting circuits are mounted or etched.
Word: central processing unit Part of Speech: noun 1. The part of a computer that fetches, decodes and executes instructions from memory, possibly through a cache.
Word: sanitarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sanitary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English sanitarian From sanitary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌsæ.nɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to health, or the laws of health; sanitary. Labels: not-comparable
Word: sanitarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sanitary Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English sanitarian From sanitary + -an. Pronunciation: /ˌsæn.ɪˈtɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌsæ.nɪˈtɛɹi.ən/ 1. A public health or sanitation worker. Labels: US 2. A person who promoted sanitary reforms. Labels: historical
Word: sanitize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From sanitary. By surface analysis, sanity + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈsænətaɪz/, /ˈsænɪtaɪz/ 1. To rid of microorganisms by cleaning or disinfecting. Labels: transitive 2. To make something, such as a dramatic work, more acceptable by removing potentially offensive material. Labels: broadly, transitive Example: Near-synonym: bowdlerize Example: And yet for all that, the filmmakers were in fact trying to sanitize Mitchell’s novel. 3. To filter (text) to ensure it does not contain any characters that will cause problems for or be interpreted in an adverse way by the receiving system. Labels: transitive Example: Remember to sanitize your query parameters to avoid SQL injection exploits. 4. To remove sensitive or personal data from (a database or file). Labels: transitive 5. To revise (a document) in order to prevent identification of the sources. Labels: transitive
Word: milk of magnesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A former trademark; see Wikipedia for details. 1. A milk-white solution of magnesium hydroxide, used as a saline osmotic laxative and as an antacid. Labels: uncountable
Word: foghorn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fog + horn. 1. A very loud low-pitched horn, used especially in lighthouses and on large boats. 2. A strong gossiper.
Word: foghorn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From fog + horn. 1. To sound a foghorn Example: With the gold evening sun burnishing our strings of signal bunting we foghorned our way up the confidently prosperous quayside of Haugesund 2. To shout or bellow in a loud, deep voice Example: the voice of the teacher foghorned away undisturbed
Word: the grass is always greener Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of the grass is always greener on the other side. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of the grass is always greener on the other side. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: choppy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English chop Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English choppy From chop + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃɒ.pi/, /ˈt͡ʃɑ.pi/ 1. Having many small, rough waves. Example: Commander Birch was a trifle uneasy when he found there was more than a popple on the sea; it was, in fact, distinctly choppy. Example: Safely navigating choppy waters has allowed FirstGroup to pay its first interim dividend for almost a decade, and only its second since payments restarted in August. 2. Discontinuous, intermittent. Example: The sound is choppy in this video. 3. Shifting, variable
Word: dopers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doper Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dossard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French dossard, from dos (“back (of a person)”) (ultimately from Latin dorsum (“back of the body”), further etymology uncertain) + -ard (suffix forming nouns indicating things belonging to or representing particular classes or sorts). Pronunciation: /ˈdɒsɑː/, /ˈdɑsɑɹ/ 1. A bib attached to the back of a cyclist's shirt that carries the cyclist's race number. Example: [Bernard] Hinault will also be wearing a 51 dossard, the same number with which Luis Ocana, [Bernard] Thevenet, [Eddy] Merckx, and [Jacques] Anquetil pedalled to victory in their first Tour. Example: We were a platoon of nine carrying the hopes of Team Barloworld through this twenty-one stage counterclockwise yomp around France. Me a mongrel with a Kenyan flag on my dossard and a British passport in my bag.
Word: conscientious objector Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkɑnʃiˈɛnʃəs əbˈd͡ʒɛktɚ/ 1. Someone who refuses to perform military service (for example to fight in an armed conflict, or be compulsorily drafted in a time of peace) because of religious or moral principles.
Word: tuwhit tuwhoo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/ 1. The hoot of a tawny owl. Example: Thy tuwhits are lull'd I wot, / Thy tuwhoos of yesternight,[…]
Word: tuwhit tuwhoo Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Imitative. Pronunciation: /tʊˌwɪt tʊˈwuː/ 1. The hoot of a tawny owl.
Word: blowhole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blow + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊhəʊl/ 1. The spiracle, on the top of the head, through which cetaceans breathe. 2. A hole in sea ice where cetaceans and pinnipeds come to breathe. 3. A top-facing opening to a cavity in the ground very near an ocean's shore, leading to a marine cave from which wave water or bursts of air are expelled. 4. A vent for the escape of steam or other gas. 5. An unintended cavity filled with air in a casting product. 6. A vertical opening in the top of a computer case that lets hot air (primarily from the CPU heat sink) escape quickly.
Word: blowhole Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blow + hole. Pronunciation: /ˈbləʊhəʊl/ 1. To fill or be filled with air in an unintended cavity. Labels: ambitransitive
Word: frugivore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French frugivore, from Latin frūgi- + French -vore. Pronunciation: /ˈfɹuːd͡ʒɪˌvɔɹ/ 1. An animal whose diet is mostly fruit.
Word: IVG Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of in vitro gametogenesis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The goal of in vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is self-explanatory, to produce functional gametes exclusively ex vivo; however, such approaches currently rely on in vivo tissue at various stages.
Word: IVG Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From languages in which "voluntary interruption of pregnancy" has the initials IVG, like French interruption volontaire de grossesse, Italian interruzione volontaria di gravidanza, Portuguese interrupção voluntária da gravidez, etc. 1. An inducted abortion (in the context of a country like France). Example: By the 1982 mobilisations to force the Left government to include IVGs under the Social Security system, […] Example: It seems less likely that the establishments now performing abortions illicitly will accept to report them in the future, inasmuch as their services are filling a void. The reimbursement of IVGs is not a Social Security item, but a[…]
Word: proxy server Part of Speech: noun 1. A hardware server that acts as an intermediary between a user and another server, usually on the Internet.
Word: Votic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Vote + -ic, named after the Votes who speak it. 1. A nearly extinct Finno-Ugric language spoken in Ingria.
Word: Votic Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Voto + -ic, since Voto is one member of the family. 1. A family of languages spoken in Central America.
Word: Ingria Part of Speech: name Etymology: From New Latin, from Old Swedish Ingermanland. The name could be related to Inger, Inkere (possibly related to Eastern Mari эҥер (eŋer, “river”), names for the Izhora river, a tributary of the Neva, itself named after the Finnic people, the Izhorians. Or, named after Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, a Swedish princess and Grand princess of Kiev (though this has been dismissed as folk etymology); for the name see Ingegerd. 1. A region to the south of Karelia in what is now Russia.
Word: vitals Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪtəlz/ 1. Those organs of the body that are essential for life. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. Those parts of a system without which it cannot function. Labels: figuratively, plural, plural-only 3. Vital signs. Labels: plural, plural-only 4. The male genitals. Labels: dated, euphemistic, plural, plural-only Example: ἐκ δὲ Μελάνθιον ἦγον ἀνὰ πρόθυρόν τε καὶ αὐλήν: τοῦ δ᾽ ἀπὸ μὲν ῥῖνάς τε καὶ οὔατα νηλέϊ χαλκῷ τάμνον, μήδεά τ᾽ ἐξέρυσαν, κυσὶν ὠμὰ δάσασθαι, χεῖράς τ᾽ ἠδὲ πόδας κόπτον κεκοτηότι θυμῷ.
Word: Karelia Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Old Swedish Karelender. Finnish Karjalader. Medieval Latin Carēliabor. English Karelia From Medieval Latin Carelia (akin to Russian Каре́лия (Karélija)), a Latinized form of Swedish Karelen. The Swedish word was probably mediated through Old Novgorodian Корѣла (Korěla), itself from the Finnic endonym (compare Finnish Karjala, which see for more). Pronunciation: /kəˈɹiːlɪə/, /kəˈɹiːljə/ 1. A historical region of Northern Europe, located to the north of Saint Petersburg and politically split between Russia and Finland. 2. A republic and federal subject of Russia. Official name: Republic of Karelia. Capital: Petrozavodsk.
Word: vitalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vital Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English vitalism From vital + -ism. 1. The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Theories and philosophies of vitalism are concerned with the distinction between life and non-life in some form. Given this emphasis, vitalism always has political stakes: where the boundary between life and non-life is drawn is, as theorists of biopolitics have shown, a supremely political matter […] Historically, vitalism has been associated with conservatism and fascism in ways that are sometimes genealogically defensible, sometimes only with difficulty or not at all. Example: It seems to me that in vitalism, there are people who are anti-Christian, like Bronze Age Pervert, like the Nazis.
Word: dut Part of Speech: noun 1. A snug woolly hat. Labels: Geordie Example: There was a kid at our school called Dean Smith who used to wear a 'Benny Dut' to demonstrate how unfathomably stupid he is. Example: The result is that I’m entering Ward Jackson Park, near Hartlepool Cricket Club, dressed in people shorts, comfy top – and traditional blue-and-white Pooly dut (for culture starved southerners, a woolly cap).
Word: dut Part of Speech: intj 1. Said typically in marching bands and drum corps to keep track of beat when one is not playing.
Word: vitalize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English vital Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vitalize From vital + -ize. 1. American and Oxford British English standard spelling of vitalise.
Word: vitamer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English vitamin Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English vitamer From vitamin + -mer. 1. Any of a combination of substances that, together, function as a vitamin.
Word: -archy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Latin -archia, from Ancient Greek -αρχίᾱ (-arkhíā), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, government”). Pronunciation: /ɑː.ki/, /ə.ki/, /ɑɹ.ki/, /əɹ.ki/ 1. form of government or rule Labels: form-of, morpheme
Word: adumbrations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adumbration Labels: form-of, plural
Word: UCI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Union Cycliste Internationale. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Unique Client Identifier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Universal Chess Interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of University of California, Irvine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: “I'm going to keep him under sedation until tomorrow morning, and then 5150 him at UCI Medical Center Psychiatric Unit.” Example: Though Davis hasn’t experienced the violence other campuses faced, Weintraut said UCD grad students stand in solidarity with UCLA, UCI and UCSD and chose to follow the stand-up strike strategy the UAW used to organize autoworkers.
Word: festivities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of festivity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Abanto Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from Spanish
Word: WADA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of World Anti-Doping Agency Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Example: Mr. Tygart, who came to prominence for successfully pursuing doping cases against the track star Marion Jones and the cyclist Lance Armstrong, has long contended that WADA is insufficiently dedicated to holding dopers and their enablers to account.
Word: USADA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of United States Anti-Doping Agency. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: SOBHD Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism