nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: nitrogen-13 Part of Speech: noun 1. A radioactive isotope of nitrogen, 137N, having seven protons and six neutrons, and a half-life of less than ten minutes; it is used in positron emission tomography. It also plays a role in the CNO cycle. Labels: uncountable
Word: nitrogen-14 Part of Speech: noun 1. A stable isotope of nitrogen, 147N, having seven protons and seven neutrons; it accounts for over 99% of the natural element. Labels: uncountable
Word: nitrogen-15 Part of Speech: noun 1. A stable isotope of nitrogen, 157N, having seven protons and eight neutrons; it accounts for less than 0.4% of the natural element; it is used in nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Labels: uncountable
Word: paleobotanist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English botanist English paleobotanist From paleo- + botanist. 1. A botanist who specializes in paleobotany; someone who studies plant fossils. Example: How and when the earliest plants made the first move on to land is always a hot topic for palaeobotanists.
Word: paleobotany Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πᾰλαιός (pălaiós)der. English paleo- English botany English paleobotany From paleo- + botany. 1. The branch of paleontology that deals with the study of plant fossils. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: sodium-23 Part of Speech: noun 1. The only stable isotope of sodium, 2311Na, having eleven protons and twelve neutrons Labels: uncountable
Word: magnesium-24 Part of Speech: noun 1. The major stable isotope of magnesium, 2412Mg, having twelve protons and twelve neutrons; it amounts to about 79% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: magnesium-25 Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor stable isotope of magnesium, 2512Mg, having twelve protons and thirteen neutrons; it amounts to about 10% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: magnesium-26 Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor stable isotope of magnesium, 2612Mg, having twelve protons and fourteen neutrons; it amounts to about 11% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: aluminium-27 Part of Speech: noun 1. The only stable isotope of aluminium, 2713Al, having thirteen protons and fourteen neutrons Labels: uncountable
Word: property ladder Part of Speech: noun 1. The hierarchy of owned housing. Labels: UK Example: to get on the property ladder Example: The slave, who is at the bottom of the human property ladder, had a hut and slave quarters, a little clothing, food, and perhaps some health care […]
Word: phallocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phallo- + -centrism. 1. Focus on the phallus. Labels: literally, uncountable, usually 2. Focus on a male point of view. Labels: figuratively, uncountable, usually
Word: phallogocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French phallogocentrisme (coined by Derrida), corresponding to phallo- + logocentrism. Pronunciation: /fəˌlɒɡəˈsɛntɹɪzm̩/ 1. The privileging of masculinity in the use of speech, writing or modes of thought; phallocentrism expressed through language. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The task of this enquiry is to center on – and decenter – such defining institutions: phallogocentrism and compulsory heterosexuality.
Word: whitecoat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + coat. 1. A new-born baby harp or grey seal before its fur becomes grey, normally around 12 days old. 2. A laboratory scientist. Labels: derogatory Example: If the whitecoats expected their Victorian lab rat to appreciate the Big Picture and be grateful for the sake of science and the expansion of knowledge, they were very much disappointed. They were so arrogant, so oblivious...
Word: favela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Brazilian Portuguese favela. Pronunciation: /fəˈvɛlə/ 1. A slum or shantytown, especially in Brazil. Example: The favela is now the model for most of the world's cities, as vast numbers of people continue to migrate to them in order to survive. Example: security forces in November of 2010 stormed one of the city's most notorious favelas, the complex of the Morro do Alemão in the northern zone of the city
Word: jungle nymph Part of Speech: noun 1. A stick insect, of the genus Heteropteryx, from the rainforests of south-east Asia
Word: hardheartedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hardhearted 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 hardheartedness From hardhearted + -ness. 1. The state of being hardhearted. Labels: uncountable 2. A hardhearted thought or act. Labels: countable
Word: silicon-28 Part of Speech: noun 1. The major stable isotope of silicon, 2814Si, having fourteen protons and fourteen neutrons; it amounts to over 92% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: silicon-29 Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor stable isotope of silicon, 2914Si, having fourteen protons and fifteen neutrons; it amounts to almost 5% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: hardhearted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hard + hearted. 1. Lacking in compassion; cold and pitiless. Example: Some hardhearted souls may even question whether small acts of kindness really matter. Spoiler alert: They do!
Word: silicon-30 Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor stable isotope of silicon, 3014Si, having fourteen protons and sixteen neutrons; it amounts to 3% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: cravenly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English craven Middle English -ly English -ly English cravenly From craven + -ly. 1. In a craven manner.
Word: phosphorus-31 Part of Speech: noun 1. The only stable isotope of phosphorus, 3115P, having fifteen protons and sixteen neutrons Labels: uncountable
Word: sulfur-32 Part of Speech: noun 1. The major stable isotope of sulfur, 3216S, having sixteen protons and sixteen neutrons; it amounts to 95% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: sulfur-33 Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor stable isotope of sulfur, 3316S, having sixteen protons and seventeen neutrons; it amounts to less than 1% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: sulfur-34 Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor stable isotope of sulfur, 3416S, having sixteen protons and eighteen neutrons; it amounts to about 4% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: sulfur-36 Part of Speech: noun 1. A minor stable isotope of sulfur, 3616S, having sixteen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to only 0.01% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: lethal injection Part of Speech: noun 1. A means of execution or of euthanasia in which a person is injected with a fatal dose of drugs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.
Word: sulfur-35 Part of Speech: noun 1. A radioactive isotope of sulfur, 3516S, having sixteen protons and nineteen neutrons, and a half-life of about 87 days; it is used as a tracer Labels: uncountable
Word: classifiable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: c. 1800 classify + -able 1. Able to be classified. Labels: not-comparable Example: Everything from a pair of stockings to a human soul was classifiable as 'lovely' or 'beastly'. Example: The classifiers of things, by which I mean those scientists whose science is merely to classify, generally don't realize that what's classifiable is infinite and thus cannot be classified.
Word: chlorine-35 Part of Speech: noun 1. The major stable isotope of chlorine, 3517Cl, having seventeen protons and eighteen neutrons; it amounts to about 76% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: chlorine-37 Part of Speech: noun 1. The minor stable isotope of chlorine, 3717Cl, having seventeen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to about 24% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: cleanser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English clansere, clenser, clensere; equivalent to cleanse + -er. 1. Someone or something that cleanses, such as a detergent. Example: The Breeding of Worms in your Desks we cannot prevent, but for the moulding of the books, it may soon be remedied, if the Cleanser of the Library do his duty. Example: Lorraine Massey, a founder of Devachan, simply rinses and agitates her scalp with fingers (or uses a nonlathering cleanser like Devachan No-Poo).
Word: cloverleaves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cloverleaf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chlorine-36 Part of Speech: noun 1. A long-lived radioactive isotope of chlorine, 3617Cl, having seventeen protons and nineteen neutrons, and a half-life of 3x10⁵ years; it can be used to date samples of groundwater Labels: uncountable
Word: clumpy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clump Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English clumpy From clump + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈklʌmpi/ 1. Forming or tending to form clumps. Example: Then, I was sent to a great, cold, bare, school of big boys; where everything to eat and wear was thick and clumpy, without being enough […] 2. Resembling a clump. 3. Clompy; with heavy footfalls. Example: Certainly it's lots easier to be Mary in a brown serge and clumpy boots than it is in the soft, fluffy things Marie used to wear.
Word: pfaff Part of Speech: intj 1. Indicating disapproval, scoffery, irritation, impatience or disbelief. Example: “Let him! Dost think these simple Englishmen can ever compete with us on the high seas? Pfaff! They are like the silly sheep they raise and are only fit for shearing. […]”
Word: pfaff Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of faff. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, slang Example: No, on a foreign journey, the real damage is done pfaffing about in airport lounges, counting down the torture to departure, sitting on the runway, enduring protracted periods of sub-pedestrian taxiing [...]. Example: By my own admission I pfaffed around a bit here but I'm going to claim that I was merely enjoying the moment!
Word: pfaffing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pfaff Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: randomity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH-der. Proto-Germanic *rinnaną Proto-West Germanic *rinnan Frankish *randijubor. Old French randirder. Old French randonbor. Middle English randoun English randon English random Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English randomity From random + -ity. Pronunciation: /ɹænˈdɒm.ɪ.ti/ 1. The state or quality of being random; randomness. Labels: uncountable 2. An instance of randomness; an unpredictable characteristic. Labels: countable 3. In any process of randomness; the ratio of predicted action to unpredicted action. Labels: countable
Word: randomities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹænˈdɒm.ɪ.tiz/ 1. plural of randomity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pfaffed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pfaff Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shatranj Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic شَطْرَنْج (šaṭranj), from Early Classical Persian چَتْرَنْگ (čatrang), from Middle Persian 𐭰𐭠𐭲𐭫𐭠𐭭𐭢 (ctlng /⁠čatrang⁠/), from Sanskrit चतुरङ्ग (caturaṅga). 1. A board game, an ancestor of modern chess. Labels: uncountable Example: Engrossed in the study of a small ivory shatranj board with pieces of ebony and horn, […] the African held the place nearest the fire […]
Word: in for a penny, in for a pound Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Originally with reference to the fact that if one owed a penny, one might as well owe a pound (pound sterling, UK currency) as the penalties for non-payment were virtually identical in severity. Pronunciation: /ɪn fəɹə ˈpɛ.ni ɪn fəɹə paʊnd/, /ɪn fɔɹ ə ˈpɛ.ni ɪn fɔɹ ə paʊnd/ 1. Expressing that, having begun something (that involves significant risk or effort), one intends to see it to completion rather than stopping short. Labels: UK Example: Having tripped the bank's alarms, he simply uttered: "in for a penny, in for a pound", and continued on. Example: Well than, O'er shooes, o'er boots. And In for a Penny, in for a Pound. Whee—ho— Toby.
Word: mouffle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: French 1. The loose covering around the nose and upper lips of the moose or elk. Prized for stewing or roasting. Labels: Canada Example: The young wolves divided the spoil into four portions ; but one of them retained the tongue and the other the mouffle (upper lip), which are the chief delicacies of the animal.
Word: in for a dime, in for a dollar Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: Alteration of “in for a penny, in for a pound”, adapted to the denominations of the American currency (£ & d → $ & ¢). Nevertheless, “in for a penny, in for a pound” is used in the United States as well. Pronunciation: /ɪn fɔɹ ə ˈdaɪm ɪn fɔɹ ə ˈdɒ.lɚ/ 1. Synonym of in for a penny, in for a pound. Labels: US Example: In for a dime, in for a dollar, he thought crazily, and said what he had to say in a voice he forced to stay level and calm. Example: In for a dime, in for a dollar. I whispered to Gerry, “Count me in”. Heroin was unromantic, neither sacred nor satanic; it was simply inevitable.
Word: denominations Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɛ.nɒ.mɪˈneɪ.ʃənz/ 1. plural of denomination Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Americanised Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /æˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kən.aɪzd/ 1. simple past and past participle of Americanise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: categorial Part of Speech: adj 1. categorical, absolute, without exception Example: 1990 : The urgency of feminism to establish a universal status for patriarchy in order to strengthen the appearance of feminism's own claims to be representative has occasionally motivated the shortcut to a categorial or fictive universality of the structures of domination, held to produce women's common subjugated experience. - Gender Trouble by Judith Butler 2. categorical, pertaining to a category Example: So, there is considerable evidence in favour of drawing a categorial distinction between the preposition for and the complementiser for: they are different lexical items (i.e. words) belonging to different categories. 3. pertaining to categorial grammar
Word: goes the whole hog Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go the whole hog Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dialogism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dialog 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 dialogism From dialog + -ism. 1. An imaginary speech or discussion between two or more. Labels: rhetoric
Word: going the whole hog Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go the whole hog Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went the whole hog Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go the whole hog Labels: form-of, past
Word: gone the whole hog Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go the whole hog Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: intertextuality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French intertextualité. 1. The idea that a given text is a response to what has already been written, be it explicit or implicit. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: When one studies the intertextuality of "Hamlet", one realises that William Shakespeare must have read thousands of books. Example: All of these issues—subjectivity, intertextuality, reference, ideology—underlie the problematized relations between history and fiction in postmodernism. 2. The reference to another separate and distinct text within a text. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: stokvel Part of Speech: noun 1. A small, informal syndicate of people who regularly contribute money to a shared fund of savings. Labels: South-Africa 2. A small, informal syndicate of people who regularly contribute money to a shared fund of savings. Labels: South-Africa, often
Word: trouser snake Part of Speech: noun 1. The penis. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: one-eyed trouser snake
Word: randominity Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹændəmˈɪnɪti/ 1. Randomness. Labels: nonstandard, uncountable Example: I can’t in good conscience subject a kid to, say, Bingo, where you don’t do anything but sit there and wait for your numbers to come up. Where is the joy in crushing your enemy? “Ha ha ha, the laws of randominity smiled on me and not you?”
Word: countability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin com- Latin putus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin putō Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English countability From count + -ability. Pronunciation: /kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/ 1. The quality of being countable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Countability is a property applicable to all English common nouns, yet whether a noun is countable or uncountable is sometimes not as straightforward as it may seem, […]
Word: uncountability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Latin computō Anglo-Norman counterbor. Middle English counten English count Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English uncountability From un- + count + -ability. Pronunciation: /ˌʌn.kaʊnt.əˈbɪ.lɪ.ti/ 1. The quality of being uncountable. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the grammatical uncountability of a noun Example: the uncountability of the stars in the night sky
Word: deal breaker Part of Speech: noun 1. An issue which causes a relationship or proposal, especially in business, to fail. Example: Near-synonyms: nonnegotiable (noun), prerequisite (noun), sine qua non Example: Sometimes the process of digging uncovered a deal breaker.
Word: veni, vidi, vici Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vēnī vīdī vīcī (“I came, I saw, I conquered”). Pronunciation: /ˈveɪni ˈviːdi ˈviːt͡ʃi/, /ˈvɛ-/, /ˈw- ˈw- ˈw-k-/ 1. Describes a belligerent attitude.
Word: mean time Part of Speech: noun 1. A mean (average) amount of time. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: mean time between failures 2. Alternative form of meantime. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually 3. Synonym of solar time. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: noon-time Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From noon + time. 1. noontide; noon; the middle of the day.
Word: oftentime Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from the Middle English oftyntyme; equivalent to often + time. Compare oftentimes. Pronunciation: /ˈɒfəntaɪm/, /ˈɒftəntaɪm/, [ˈɒfn̩taɪm], [ˈɒftn̩taɪm] 1. (elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of oftentimes. Labels: US, not-comparable, uncommon
Word: oftentime Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from the Middle English oftyntyme; equivalent to often + time. Compare oftentimes. Pronunciation: /ˈɒfəntaɪm/, /ˈɒftəntaɪm/, [ˈɒfn̩taɪm], [ˈɒftn̩taɪm] 1. (elsewhere, archaic) Synonym of frequent. Labels: US, not-comparable, rare
Word: old time Part of Speech: noun 1. A time in the past. Labels: plural-normally
Word: passage of time Part of Speech: noun 1. The elapsing of time. Example: Presented with an opportunity to go off the rails, the show stays small and focuses on the characters and relationships as we know them, acknowledging the passage of time only when it suits the comedy of “Lisa’s Wedding.
Word: pea-time Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pea + time. 1. The time when peas ripen: pea season. Labels: US, countable, uncommon, uncountable
Word: point in time Part of Speech: noun 1. A moment (of time). Example: In the future means "At a future point in time".
Word: prime time Part of Speech: noun 1. The block of programming on television during the middle of the evening, usually between 7:00 pm and 11:00 pm. Labels: uncountable 2. The busiest or most important period. Labels: uncountable Example: Mass-produced mithai are readily available online, but these five independent shops make their sweets by hand every day, offering their local South Asian communities a taste of the familiar. Diwali is their prime time. 3. Maturity; the state at which a person or product will be accepted by the mainstream. Labels: figuratively, uncountable Example: It took years longer than proponents had hoped, but wireless data is ready for prime time. Example: Can these measures be regarded as useful, promising, or not ready for prime time? We focus only on the utility of these measures for use by policymakers. 4. Spring. Labels: obsolete, uncountable 5. A new period or time of youthfulness; the beginning of something. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: prime time Part of Speech: adj 1. Showing or broadcasting during prime time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: run time Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From run + time. 1. The stage during which a program is executing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The amount of time during which a program is executing. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A software component designed to support the execution of computer programs. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: You need to install the .NET runtime before you can run this application. 4. The length of a film, television program or audio track in minutes, usually with end credits included Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: run-time Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or happening during run time. Labels: not-comparable Example: a run-time error
Word: run-time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of run time. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: runtime Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of run-time. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: runtime Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of run time. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: sands of time Part of Speech: noun 1. Time that is considered as a finite commodity that is gradually running out, as the sand in an hourglass. Labels: literary, plural, plural-only Example: […] And, departing, leave behind us / Footprints on the sands of time […]
Word: purser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From purse + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈpɝsɚ/, /ˈpɜːsə/ 1. The person responsible for handling the accounts on a ship, or for dealing with the passengers on a ship or aircraft. Example: So the Comptroller and I thence to a tavern hard by, and there did agree upon drawing up some letters to be sent to all the pursers and Clerks of the Cheques to make up their accounts. Example: There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
Word: short time Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of reduced workhours. 2. A meeting with a sex worker that usually ends when ejaculation is reached. Example: Ok, so what is short time? One young bar ladies’ explanation always comes to mind when asked this question. “You come, I go!” There it is, very simple! 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see short, time.
Word: small time Part of Speech: noun 1. A modest level of achievement, often local Labels: informal Example: The TV talent show rocketed her from the small time to stardom.
Word: small-time Part of Speech: adj 1. On a small scale. Labels: not-comparable Example: a small-time thief
Word: bassoonist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bassoon 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 bassoonist From bassoon + -ist (“a person who uses something”). 1. A person who plays the bassoon, a musical instrument in the woodwind family. Example: Actually there was recently a talented young female bassoonist who gave up a promising career on that sturdy instrument, not to do something more feminine but to take up bullfighting. This is Patricia Hayes of San Angelo, Texas, who has had spectacular success in the arenas of Mexico and Portugal. Unfortunately she is not America's only matadoress. Example: Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass.
Word: spare time Part of Speech: noun 1. Free time. Labels: uncountable
Word: standard time Part of Speech: noun 1. Time as measured by synchronizing clocks in different geographical locations within a time zone to the same time, rather than using the local meridian, as in local mean time or solar time. Labels: uncountable
Word: bhuna Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भुना (bhunā), adjectival participle of भुनना (bhunnā, “to be boiled”). 1. A type of curry, in which the onions and spices are cooked in oil with no water
Word: summer time Part of Speech: noun 1. daylight saving time Labels: UK, uncountable Example: When the clocks are put forward at the introduction of summer time, the long-distance night trains automatically become one hour late, and continue to run late for the remainder of their journeys. […] Similarly, when the clocks are put back in the autumn, the night trains become one hour early.
Word: take time Part of Speech: verb 1. To require a comparatively long period of time. Labels: idiomatic Example: Learning a foreign language takes time. Example: It takes time to get used to having a step-parent. 2. To volunteer to spend one's time (for a purpose or beneficiary). Labels: idiomatic Example: He took time to help us with his son with his homework. Example: He took time for his son.
Word: time and tide wait for no man Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: A figura etymologica – time and tide respectively derive from Proto-Germanic *tīmô and *tīdiz, which are ultimately related. 1. Opportunities will not wait; action should be undertaken without delay. Example: "And now", said Daniel, looking at his watch, "as time and tide wait for no man, my trusty partner, and as I am ready for starting, bag and baggage, at the gate below, let me say a last word". Example: "Do you not think, my dear lad, that you had better begin? Time and tide, as you are aware, wait for no man".
Word: boucles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boucle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: play the race card Part of Speech: verb 1. To assert that race or racism is involved in a situation, especially in order to exploit racist or antiracist attitudes. Labels: derogatory, idiomatic, often Example: The defense played the race card, but Ito let them. Example: Moreover, some leaders on both sides of any racial divide love to play the race card to keep themselves in power.
Word: moot court Part of Speech: noun 1. In law school, an activity wherein students compete by making arguments with respect to a hypothetical case, or a case that has already been decided by an actual court. 2. A law school organization which organizes such competitions and prepares competitors.
Word: moot courts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of moot court Labels: form-of, plural
Word: classicism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic 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 classicism From classic + -ism. 1. All the classical traditions of the art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome, especially the aspects of simplicity, elegance and proportion. Labels: uncountable Example: It catches an American athleticism and energetic team spirit that still seem to smash European notions of ballet classicism, as does its dancers’ selfless manner and their practicelike costumes. 2. Classical scholarship. Labels: uncountable 3. A Latin or Ancient Greek expression used in an English sentence. Labels: countable
Word: law review Part of Speech: noun 1. A scholarly journal focusing on legal issues, normally published by an organization of students at a law school or through a bar association. 2. An article published in such a journal. Example: Joe has an excellent publication record - he has two books, a law review, and a regular magazine article under his belt. 3. The student organization responsible for publishing such a scholarly journal. Example: Students compete in various ways to be able to join the law review.
Word: classwork Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From class + work. Pronunciation: /ˈklæsˌwɝk/, /ˈklɑːsˌwɜːk/ 1. That part of a scholar's work that is done in class. Labels: uncountable
Word: law reviews Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of law review Labels: form-of, plural
Word: clausal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From clause + -al. 1. Of, pertaining to, or constructed using clauses. Example: In contrast, a sentence complement is a clause that is lexically specified by a particular noun, like fact[…], and consequently, there is no missing position in the embedded clause. Other nouns with clausal components include belief, report, statement, possibility and many others. These nouns take a clause as part of their meaning. For fact, for example, the clausal complement describes the content of the fact.
Word: cleanable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *klainī Old English clǣne Middle English clene English clean Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English cleanable From clean + -able. 1. That can be cleaned
Word: clean-cut Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Apparently from the idea of being smoothly shaped and thus the opposite of “rough” or “coarse”. 1. Having a neat, smart appearance Example: a clean-cut young officer in a spotless uniform Example: I fell down / To my bended knees, / Saying, "I dig farmers, / Don't shoot me, please!" / He cocked his rifle / And began to shout, / "You're that travelin' salesman / That I have heard about." / I said, "No! No! No! / I'm a doctor and it's true, / I'm a clean-cut kid / And I been to college, too."
Word: clean-shaven Part of Speech: adj 1. Having had hair (especially facial hair) shaved off, so that it is no longer visible. Example: a clean-shaven man; a clean-shaven face; a clean-shaven leg Example: A moment later there entered a tall thin Englishman with a great moustache, which was a rare thing amid that clean-shaven race.
Word: clear-sighted Part of Speech: adj 1. Having sharp vision. 2. Acutely perceptive or discerning; perspicacious. Example: Who can form even a likely guess as to what is to succeed, even the best-informed and clearest-sighted Russian, except as to his own immediate neighborhood? The proceedings of one neighborhood cannot in the least be inferred from those of another. Example: Even the clearer-sighted prisoners make their own compromises with reality. An amiable artist (Lon Huber) had left his hiding place for a walk even though he knew the danger, while the best-informed of the lot, a Marxist electrician (Tim O’Hare), lives his own life as a historical abstraction amid a larger class struggle.
Word: clergywoman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clergy 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 clergywoman From clergy + -woman. 1. An ordained (female) Christian minister; a female member of the clergy. 2. A woman belonging to a clergyman's family.
Word: clericalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clerical 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 clericalism From clerical + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛ.ɹɪ.k(ə)ˌlɪ.z(ə)m/ 1. Political or secular power invested in members of the clergy. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Ireland in decades past saw an excess of clericalism and disregard for the laity. Example: 'I think I am an anti-clerical,' Father Brown would say with a faint smile; 'but there wouldn't be half so much clericalism if they would only leave things to the clerics.'
Word: clericalist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English clerical 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 clericalist From clerical + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪkəlɪst/ 1. Of or pertaining to clericalism. Example: What is striking in this letter is its deeply clericalist character.
Word: clericalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clerical 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 clericalist From clerical + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈklɛɹɪkəlɪst/ 1. An advocate of clericalism
Word: clerkship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English clerk Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English clerkship From clerk + -ship. 1. The state or business of a clerk. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Queen Mary of the Iron Road. By Fred C. Bishop. […] This is the life-story of a boy who was determined to become an engine driver, and who lost no time in realising his ambition. A bold plunge from a clerkship in a coal merchant's office carried Fred Bishop, at the age of 14, into the locomotive department of the London & North Western Railway. 2. A temporary job of assisting a judge in writing legal opinions, generally available to a beginning attorney for one to two years. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Clinical training for physicians during the second half of medical school. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: overlapped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of overlap Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clevis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in the 1590s. Ultimately related to cleave. Exact origin unknown; probably derived from the verb cleave. If so, the word ultimately may stem from Scandinavian: compare Old Norse kljúfa (“to split”), Old Norse klofi (“a forked stick”). 1. A U-shaped coupling having holes at each end, through which a bolt is run; used especially to fit attachments to a tractor or other vehicle as it allows a degree of rotation about the bolt.
Word: zheng Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of guzheng.
Word: irridescent Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of iridescent. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: collared peccary Part of Speech: noun 1. A small wild hog (Dicotyles tajacu), native to southern United States through to northern Argentina.
Word: monograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: monograms Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of monogram Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: monogramming Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of monogram Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: monogrammed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of monogram Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: leng Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɛŋ/ 1. Synonym of peng (“attractive, excellent”). Labels: Multicultural-London-English Example: Sometimes she got comments on her selfies calling her ‘leng’, and that went some way to making her happy. Example: I'm rolling with my G's and my gang gang / Every time I walk by, they say "leng leng"
Word: leng Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /lɛŋ/ 1. A gun. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, countable Example: If he likes leng so much, go army and be a soldier I don't care what that badman told you You can be a badman without a revolver Example: What d'you know about the All Star pars? Don't wanna see man driving his car I'm behind tints with the leng in the car I jumped out the car, put the leng to his car I said "get out the car!" 2. An attractive woman or women. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, countable, uncountable Example: Hot gyal there, she look peng-peng-peng Wanna, come to my yard like when-when-when? I don't wanna hear no one chatting about leng Ten toes in your block manna get qweng
Word: aniconic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-)der. English an- English iconic English aniconic From an- + iconic. Pronunciation: /anʌɪˈkɒnɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to representations without human or animal form. Example: aniconic worship Example: While Father Kronos and the world he ruled, confident that the new anthropomorphism was destroyed, clung to the stone child, the aniconic pillar worship that expressed itself in the Bethels of the Semites and the Pillar Rooms at Knossos.
Word: degu Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Mapudungun dewü, via South American Spanish degú. 1. Any species of the genus Octodon, a small, caviomorph rodent native to Chile. Example: Along the trails, degus leave mini-urine puddles marking the trail. Example: Dr. Braun used used laboratory rats called degus or brush-tail rats (Octodon degus), a species of rodent closely related to guinea pigs.[…]In their natural environment, degu infants are raised jointly by their father and mother and are extremely communicative, using whistling tones to carry on intensive “conversations.”
Word: time average Part of Speech: noun 1. The average, if it exists, of a function over iterations of T, a measure-preserving transformation on a measure space, starting from some initial point x.
Word: time being Part of Speech: noun 1. The present time.
Word: timecode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From time + code. 1. Alternative spelling of time code. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: timecode Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From time + code. 1. To mark with time codes. Labels: transitive Example: timecoded data
Word: timecode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: time + code, calque of Russian таймко́д (tajmkód). 1. Synonym of timestamp (“time at which something in a video occurs”). Labels: Russia
Word: time code Part of Speech: noun 1. A numeric code generated at regular intervals by a timing system, often for video synchronization. Example: A DigiSlate can be set to display either SMPTE or internal (real time) time code.
Word: time delay Part of Speech: noun 1. A delay used to separate the occurrence of two events, especially in a mechanical or electronic device.
Word: moral turpitude Part of Speech: noun 1. depravity Labels: uncountable 2. Any base or vile conduct, contrary to accepted morals, that sometimes accompanies a crime Labels: uncountable Example: Here we see that both Lord TENTERDEN and Lord WYNFORD apply the test of moral turpitude to crime when considering the degree of punishment that ought to be annexed to it. Example: In their efforts to achieve a satisfactory definition of moral turpitude, the courts have been faced with the problem of arriving at a definition that is restrictive enough to facilitate application to a particular fact situation and yet not so broad as to distort the statutory intent. In this context moral turpitude is generally defined as a base or vile act that violates the accepted social relationship among men. This definition, however, is not completely satisfactory, and the courts generally base their decision upon the fact situation involved in the particular case. Moreover, this procedure has not been conductive to obtaining uniformity among the various jurisdictions.
Word: time-dependent Part of Speech: adj 1. Determined by the value of a variable representing time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: time-independent Part of Speech: adj 1. Not time-dependent; not determined by the value of a variable representing time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: time difference Part of Speech: noun 1. The difference between one measurement of time and another; the length of a time interval. 2. The difference in clocktime between two or more different time zones. Example: I want to call Nick – what's the time difference between here and Hong Kong?
Word: argon-36 Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare stable isotope of argon, 3618Ar, having eighteen protons and eighteen neutrons; it amounts to about 0.3% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: argon-38 Part of Speech: noun 1. A rare stable isotope of argon, 3818Ar, having eighteen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to about 0.06% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: argon-40 Part of Speech: noun 1. The major stable isotope of argon, 4018Ar, having eighteen protons and twenty-two neutrons; it amounts to about 99.6% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: time interval Part of Speech: noun 1. A period of time with fixed, well-defined limits.
Word: time dilatation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of time dilation (less common) Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: potassium-39 Part of Speech: noun 1. The major stable isotope of potassium, 3919K, having nineteen protons and twenty neutrons; it amounts to over 93% of the element in nature Labels: uncountable
Word: time domain Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of values, representing time, over which a function dependent on time is defined.
Word: arrondissement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French a- French rond Proto-Italic *-jezi ▲ Latin -ereinflu. Latin -īre French -ir French arrondir Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -ment Middle French -ment French -ment French arrondissementbor. English arrondissement Borrowed from French arrondissement. Pronunciation: /əˈɹɒn.dɪs.mənt/, /ˌæ.ɹɒnˈdiːs.mɒ̃/, /æˌɹɒn.diːsˈmɒ̃/, /əˈɹɑn.dɪs.mənt/, /ˌæ.ɹɑnˈdis.mɑ̃/ 1. An administrative division in some French- or Dutch-speaking countries. 2. A borough, a submunicipal administrative division. Labels: Quebec
Word: Rover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rover. 1. Someone connected with any number of teams called the Rovers, as a fan, player, coach etc. 2. Someone connected with any number of teams called the Rovers, as a fan, player, coach etc. 3. A member of the senior section of the Boy Scout movement catering for men of age 18 upwards, now disbanded.
Word: Rover Part of Speech: name Etymology: From rover. 1. A stereotypical given name for a dog. Example: Thor jumped off the sledge to undo the gate, and as we merrily drove up to the door we were met by the boisterous welcome of old Rover, who in his frantic joy at hearing my voice almost broke his chain in trying to rush at me. 2. A former make of a British motorcar.
Word: pussier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of pussy: more pussy Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: overact Part of Speech: verb 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- Latin agō Latin ācta Old French actbor. Middle English acte English act English overact From over- + act. Pronunciation: /ˌəʊvəɹˈækt/ 1. To act in an exaggerated manner. Labels: intransitive Example: He overacted his part. Example: If governments overact and become oppressive, the terrorists will have won, for their theory is that repression will eventually lead to revolution. 2. To act upon, or influence, unduly. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: The hope of inheritance overacts them. Example: The χαμολνία, Humicubation, lying upon ground, &c. which things have been overacted, and still are in the Greek and Roman Churches.
Word: overactor Part of Speech: noun 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- Latin agō Latin āctus Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin āctorbor. Middle English actour English actor English overactor From over- + actor. Pronunciation: /ˌoʊvɚˈæktɚ/, /ˌəʊvəɹˈæktə/ 1. Someone who overacts.
Word: overdress Part of Speech: verb 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 dress English overdress From over- + dress. 1. To wear too many clothes for a particular occasion. Labels: intransitive 2. To wear clothing which is too elaborate or formal for a particular occasion. Labels: intransitive Example: We meet again, Fraulein. You Americans, you're all the same. Always overdressing for the wrong occasions. 3. To put too many clothes on (a person). Labels: transitive Example: parents who overdress their children in winter 4. To put too much dressing on (food). Labels: transitive Example: Don't overdress the salad: it shouldn't be swimming in oil.
Word: overdress Part of Speech: noun 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 dress English overdress From over- + dress. 1. Any dress (feminine-style garment) worn over another, especially over an underdress. 2. Any garment worn over another.
Word: undirected Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + directed. 1. not directed Example: He dabbed brown glaze paint on the jar close to the rim, and allowed it to trickle undirected down the sides
Word: underdress Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European *-ér Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér Proto-Germanic *under Proto-West Germanic *undar Old English under- Middle English under- English under- English dress English underdress From under- + dress. 1. To dress in insufficiently warm clothes. Labels: intransitive, transitive 2. To dress in insufficiently formal clothes. Labels: intransitive, transitive