nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: isentrope Part of Speech: noun 1. A surface of constant potential temperature 2. An isentropic state or system Example: In order to avoid confusion with the earth's surface we may refer to an isentropic surface as an isentrope. The motion of air can best be resolved into motion along the isentrope which requires no heat, and motion across the isentrope which requires the supply or loss of heat by radiation otherwise.
Word: magnetoactive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From magneto- + active. 1. Showing any of several forms of magnetic activity
Word: Sam Spade Part of Speech: name 1. The fictional private detective created by Dashiell Hammett who was protagonist of The Maltese Falcon.
Word: Sam Spade Part of Speech: noun 1. A private detective. Labels: informal Example: Congratulations on the detective work — a real Sam Spade job. Example: "To do a real Sam Spade, phone a bar near the resort. The ski bum who answers the phone will tell it as he sees it
Word: magnonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From magnon + -ics. 1. the study of magnons Labels: uncountable
Word: semimagnetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + magnetic. 1. Partially magnetic Labels: not-comparable
Word: supertori Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of supertorus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supertorus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + torus. 1. supertoroid
Word: supertoroid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From super- + toroid. 1. Any of several surfaces related mathematically to a torus
Word: sicle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French sicle, from Latin siclus, from Biblical Hebrew שֶׁקֶל (šɛ́qɛl). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkəl/, /ˈsaɪkəl/ 1. A shekel. Labels: obsolete Example: The holy mother brought five sicles and a pair of turtledoves to redeem the Lamb of God. 2. Obsolete spelling of sickle. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: bhajan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi भजन (bhajan). 1. A type of Indian devotional song. Example: "No, there was never a school," said the child; "but the patwaris bibi lets us come to her of a morning, and teaches us bhajans and our letters, and when we learn well she sometimes gives us fruit." Example: Did I detenct Father's deep and rumbling baritone in the chorus which accompanied my wife's first bhajan of the evening?
Word: bhajans Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bhajan Labels: form-of, plural
Word: liefsome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English lefsum, leofsum, probably from Old English *lēofsum, equivalent to lief + -some. Compare Old High German liobsam (“liefsome”), German liebsam. 1. Agreeable; pleasing; delightful. Labels: archaic, dialectal, poetic Example: The manner in which he treated my dog did not seem very liefsome to me. Example: So forth I go apace to see that liefsome sight, And with a kiss, methinks I say, 'Welcome, my lord, my knight; …'
Word: Millard Fillmore Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A reference to the 13th president of the United States, often considered the most insignificant of the presidents. 1. A little-known, unremarkable or insignificant political figure. Example: If President Ford wins the nomination, but loses the election by a huge margin, he will be the Millard Fillmore of 1976 Example: It will likely go down as the Millard Fillmore of the bunch -- unremarkable and quickly forgettable.
Word: goes pear-shaped Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go pear-shaped Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: going pear-shaped Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of go pear-shaped Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: went pear-shaped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of go pear-shaped Labels: form-of, past
Word: gone pear-shaped Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of go pear-shaped Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: leesome Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of liefsome. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: leveful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English leveful, equivalent to leave (“permission”) + -ful. 1. Allowable; permissible; lawful. Labels: obsolete
Word: rabi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani ربیع (rabī) / रबी (rabī), from Persian ربیع (rabi'), from Arabic رَبِيع (rabīʕ, “spring”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹabi/ 1. Spring. Labels: South-Asia 2. The spring harvest. Labels: South-Asia Example: ...I made out that he would be here before the rabi harvest is ripe; the corn is green enough yet, but I thought that after work I would come over here to meet him. Example: The monsoon had failed at the beginning but picked up very well later, so the rabi crop would be just fine and the wars they mentioned had taken place a year and a half ago.
Word: -yer Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Inherited from Middle English -iere, probably from -ien (infinitival suffix) + -ere (agent noun); i.e. nouns in -ere built on verbs in -ien; possibly reinforced by Old French -ier once -ie- became a rising diphthong. More at -ier, -er. 1. Agent suffix, equivalent to -er, appended to some nouns (especially those ending in the letter "w" or "v"). Labels: idiomatic, morpheme, rare, usually Example: law + -yer → lawyer (AmE /ˈlɔɪər/) Example: saw + -yer → sawyer /ˈsɔːjər/
Word: bunniah Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi बनिया (baniyā). 1. banker; moneylender Labels: India 2. merchant; petty trader Labels: India
Word: Mickey Mantle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the highly-regarded American baseball player Mickey Charles Mantle (1931–1995). 1. A popular hero and champion in a field. Example: Meggi O'Day, the Mickey Mantle of the poultry world, has added another championship to her list of titles. The little Leghorn hen laid another egg.... Example: It isn't easy to explain why Danny Blancheflower, the Mickey Mantle of English soccer 15 years ago, says, "Your country is a great frontier town and you have great big attitudes toward things
Word: Casey Stengel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the baseball player and manager Casey Stengel, known for his turns of phrase. 1. A person who has a colourful turn of phrase or who engages in rambling monologues. Example: Laz Barrera was such a colorful character that Sports Illustrated dubbed him “the Casey Stengel of the racetracks”—a nod to the engaging way he would hold court like the old Yankee manager beloved for his rambling monologues. Example: "We're willing to talk to the president, but the president is looking to us with a deaf ear," said the Casey Stengel of finance, Dan Rostenkowski
Word: lovyer Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of lover. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: lovyers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lovyer. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: status bars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of status bar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: loveling Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From love + -ling. Compare West Frisian leaveling (“darling”), Dutch lieveling (“darling, sweetheart”), Afrikaans liefling (“darling”), German Liebling (“darling”); perhaps calqued, inspired, or reinforced by the term. 1. A beloved little one; darling; a beloved or lovable thing.
Word: re-restitution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + restitution. 1. An order returning property lost by a previous legal proceeding.
Word: reconvocation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + convocation. 1. The act, or an act, of convocating again. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: reconvocations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reconvocation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: go to shit Part of Speech: verb 1. To completely fail; to have no result. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Near-synonyms: take a shit, take a crap, crap out, shit the bed Example: All his hard work went to shit when the company filed for bankruptcy. 2. To become much worse. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: This city has gone to shit ever since he became mayor.
Word: hurlyburlies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hurlyburly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Štokavian Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Stokavian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: armillae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: armillas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of armilla Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mantle Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: push-through Part of Speech: noun 1. A narrow passageway through. Example: Twas hard to believe a whale that big could get herself into the pond. Certainly, there was no water for her in the pushthrough, and even the south gut never had no more'n two fathom and a half since ever I see it. But there she was, and looking twice as big as life. 2. A device for cleaning a rifle bore. Example: Greener's ‘push through’ invention works well with very small bores.
Word: push-through Part of Speech: adj 1. That is pushed through; especially designating something that is operated by being pushed through (something else). Labels: not-comparable Example: The push-through tab on canned drink was first sold in 1973.
Word: Chicheŵa Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Chichewa. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: melodeum Part of Speech: noun 1. A small keyboard organ. Example: They had borrowed a melodeum—a sick one; and when everything was ready, a young woman set^([sic]) down and worked it, and it was pretty skreeky and colicky, and everybody joined in and sung, and Peter was the only one that had a good thing, according to my notion.
Word: Oscar bait Part of Speech: noun 1. A film or films perceived to have been produced at least partially in order to be nominated for, and hopefully win, an Academy Award. Labels: uncountable Example: "O'Toole and Hepburn are memorable and matchless. You'll never see better performances. These are both Oscar bait outings. Example: Director Steven Soderbergh's Traffic was more typical Oscar bait, but the high-minded three-hour film about the drug trade along the US/ Mexican border was also inconsistent, and Soderbergh's fondness for mixing in grainy film stock and jerky handheld cameras didn't figure to endear him to older Academy voters.
Word: æquidistance Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of equidistance. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: The Antœci are alſo oppoſite, but vary neither in Meridian nor æquidistance from the Horizon...
Word: æquidistances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of æquidistance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coxcombical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From coxcomb + -ical. 1. Like, or in the style of, a coxcomb. Example: The majority of these idlers were impudent-looking braggarts, who, with jaunty air and coxcombical show of superiority, endeavoured to enforce their own opinions, and to silence those of every one else. Example: Marlow is a coxcombical prig, that is the truth on't; and if a man will expose himself, why, he must even take what follows.
Word: weaker sex Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see weaker, sex. 2. Women; the female gender. Labels: offensive Example: For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter. Example: "There's always a reason behind a lie. People can be very good at lying. Women can be especially good at it because they're the weaker sex and we, that's what the books say, and we want to protect them and not have anyone take advantage of them. At least I do," Farese said during closing statements Wednesday.
Word: coxcombs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of coxcomb Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Æthiopian Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete spelling of Ethiopian. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Cush was undoubtedly reverenced as the solar Azur, but he was superseded by his youngest son; who was the Æthiopian prince Phaethon, and did not even acknowledge the old Merops, king of the Cushim, to be his father.
Word: Æthiopian Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of Ethiopian. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: ahull Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From a- + hull. Pronunciation: /əˈhʌl/ 1. at the hull of a ship Labels: not-comparable Example: […] for four dayes and nights, not daring to beare any ſaile, but lay ahull […] 2. Having the sails furled and the helm lashed alee, as during a storm. Labels: not-comparable
Word: concomitate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: French concomitant 1. To accompany; to be somehow connected with. Labels: transitive Example: […] spouting part of the briny Ocean in wantonnesse out of their oylie pipes bored by nature atop their prodigious ſhoulders, like ſo many floating Ilands concomitating us. Example: This simple spectation of the lungs is differenced from that which concomitates a pleurisy.
Word: concomitates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of concomitate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: concomitating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of concomitate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: concomitated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of concomitate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: T perm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The wrong pieces form a T. "Perm" means permutation. 1. A PLL case (i.e. a case where the cubies of the last layer all have the last-side colour facing the last side) where a pair of opposite edge cubies and a pair of corner cubies that lie on either side of one of the wrong edges both need to be swapped.
Word: T perms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of T perm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: etages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of etage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bibendum Part of Speech: name 1. The symbol of the Michelin tyre company
Word: bubus Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bubu Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cherubin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cherub. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Patience, thou young and rose-lipp'd Cherubin. Example: This fell whore of thine, / Hath in her more deſtruction then thy Sword, / For all her Cherubin looke.
Word: cherubin Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of cherubim (plural of cherub). Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: contact details Part of Speech: noun 1. Information on how to contact a person or entity, typically including a telephone number, address etc. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: cowyard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cow + yard. 1. An enclosure for cows close by the farm buildings. Example: On entering the palace we were shown into a cowyard without a tree in it, or any shade; and no one was allowed to sell us food until a present of friendship was paid, after which the hongo would be discussed. Example: Behind a cowyard of shattered stone pavement and cracked mud stood the farm itself, and around it extended the fields belonging thereto.
Word: news anchors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of news anchor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: d100 Part of Speech: noun 1. A die roll used for example in some role-playing games and wargames to generate a random number between 1 and 100. The most common method is to roll 2 differently colored d10s, where each color has been designated to represent one of the two digits. (Rolls of 10 are treated as the digit 0. Double-0 can be treated as zero or 100, depending on the context.) 2. A die with 100 sides. Labels: uncommon
Word: dilatator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin dīlātātor (“propagator”), from dīlātō (“to spread out”). 1. A muscle that dilates any part; a dilator.
Word: kanteles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kantele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: envenomations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of envenomation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: krapfens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of krapfen Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ebriose Part of Speech: adj 1. inebriated; drunk Labels: formal
Word: D20 Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of d20. Labels: alt-of
Word: oratrices Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of oratrix Labels: form-of, plural
Word: D12 Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of d12. Labels: alt-of
Word: D8 Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of d8. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: almiqui Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish almiquí. 1. Atopogale cubana, a soricomorph endemic to Cuba, unusual among mammals in having venomous saliva.
Word: almiquis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of almiqui Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soricomorph Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the order Soricomorpha of shrew-like mammals.
Word: soricomorphs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of soricomorph Labels: form-of, plural
Word: D4 Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Dublin 4, a postal code covering the Southside of Dublin, which includes some of the most expensive properties in Ireland and the headquarters of various prestigious institutions (including Aviva Stadium, headquarters of the Irish Rugby Football Union). 1. The upper middle class of Dublin or Ireland as a whole. Labels: Ireland, metonymically Example: The show divided public opinion on the grounds that it presented a "D4" lifestyle which was not representative of life outside of Dublin. Example: Shane knew the suspicion was due to his accent, and the tracksuit he'd worn on the first day. Skanger, he thought to himself, that's what she thinks of me. Or what's the other word the culchies use? Scrote. Then the D4 heads: knacker, scobe. The Old Bill: scumbag. 2. A version of Advanced Dublin English, a high prestige dialect of Dublin and Ireland, derived from the dialect of South Dublin, and peaking in popularity in the 1990s and 2000s. Labels: broadly Example: According to Hickey, while discarding unpopular elements of D4 and Dortspeak, this new pronunciation form, however, retained a number of features of its predecessors such as the raising of non-local back vowels and the retraction of /ai/ in differentiating itself from local speech forms. Example: Authors of newspaper editorials tied the use of D4 to what they imagined was the rejection of Irish identity. 3. The fandom of Leinster Rugby, especially when seen as snobbish, insular and exerting undue influence on the Irish Rugby Football Union nationally. Labels: Ireland, derogatory, metonymically, often Example: Anyone who has been along to the RDS in the past 8 years will know Leinster have very successfully discarded it old D4 image. Example: I hate this 'D4 slur' towards a game we have always been good at but are better at now than ever.
Word: D4 Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dublin 4, a postal code covering the Southside of Dublin, which includes some of the most expensive properties in Ireland and the headquarters of various prestigious institutions (including Aviva Stadium, headquarters of the Irish Rugby Football Union). 1. Alternative letter-case form of d4. Labels: alt-of
Word: nayward Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nay + -ward. 1. A state of denial, disbelief; the negative side. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying, Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.
Word: indigenae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of indigena Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ungoodly Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + goodly (adjective via Middle English ungoodly). Compare obsolete Dutch ongoedelike. 1. Bad; wicked; unhandsome. Labels: obsolete Example: No man that is a bastarde or hath had ii wyves or hath a mahayme or a blemysshe that maketh him ungoodly shall take orders. Example: […] and the said Comyssarye beyng in that case the Kyngs lawfull officer for the kepyng of his peace, causid his dagger to be takyn from hym, and for his ungoodly maner so then usid to the Comyssarye did send hym to prison, as he myght doo by vertue of the said chartors, […]
Word: ungoodly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From un- + goodly (adjective via Middle English ungoodly). Compare obsolete Dutch ongoedelike. 1. Badly; in a rough or improper manner. Labels: obsolete Example: […]the remnaunt toke his ſervauntꝭ and intreated them vngoodly and ſlewe thẽ. Example: And good thinges vngoodlye vſed, are not good, ſayeth an honorable biſhoppe in an erneſter matter then this is: yet we muſte beware that we laye not mennes faultes vpõ the thing which is not worthie, for ſo nothing ſhulde be good.
Word: Mullerian ducts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mullerian duct Labels: form-of, plural
Word: homobatrachotoxin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From homo- + batrachotoxin. 1. A particular batrachotoxin found in the pitohui. Labels: uncountable
Word: pitohui Part of Speech: noun 1. A bird of the genus Pitohui in the family Oriolidae (formerly in Pachycephalidae), endemic to New Guinea, some of which have powerful batrachotoxins in skin and feathers. 2. One of several birds of similar appearance, now taxonomically separated from Pitohui proper and placed in families Oreoicidae and Pachycephalidae.
Word: pitohuis Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pitohui Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dilucidated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dilucidate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: dilucidating Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dilucidate Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: fallstreak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fall + streak, because they are composed of cloud crystals falling in streaks. 1. A (part of a) virga; a streak of falling ice crystals that sublimate before reaching the ground.
Word: fallstreaks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fallstreak Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wrap one's head around Part of Speech: verb 1. To come to a good understanding of. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: It is sometimes mind-boggling to try and wrap one's head around all the possible information sets which one should try to address. Example: “I know how important it is to vote, but I couldn’t wrap my head around the options at that point,” Ms. Dibble said of the 2016 election. 2. To crash into (something, especially a pole) messily and fatally while travelling in a motor vehicle. Labels: informal, uncommon Example: “Some crazy young bastard wrapped his head around a pole.” 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wrap, head, around. Example: The words barely left the lips when there came a loud cry and a trample of hoof beats. It was Kelly, radiant and shining, her mane was whipping with her speed. I cried out to her and the mare came to a stop and wrapped her head around mine.
Word: wraps one's head around Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wrap one's head around Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wrapping one's head around Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of wrap one's head around Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: wrapped one's head around Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of wrap one's head around Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: seepingly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From seeping + -ly. 1. Gradually encroaching, as if seeping. Labels: rare
Word: reinterpretable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reinterpret + -able. 1. Capable of being reinterpreted.
Word: misunderstandable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From misunderstand + -able. 1. Capable of being misunderstood.
Word: reflowable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From reflow + -able. 1. Capable of being formed into a different shape by flowing. Labels: not-comparable 2. Capable of having its layout modified so as to fit into the spaces around other objects in a document. Labels: not-comparable
Word: imbibings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of imbibing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: squabness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From squab + -ness. 1. The quality of being like a squab Labels: uncountable Example: One is a gifted maiden poetess (I am certain she is a gifted maiden poetess), whose squabness of contour, sharpness and redness of nose, and general forty-fiveness of aspect, a little mars the romantic effect of the oleanders which she loves to stick in her hair. Example: 1891, "Critical Notices", The Calcutta Review, volume 183, Thomas S. Smith, page v Squabness appear to be the special characteristic of early Hindu architecture; and it had affinities for the grotesque.
Word: melongene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French mélongène, from Medieval Latin melongena, Italian melanzana, from Greek μελιτζάνα (melitzána), from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “eggplant”), from Classical Persian بادنگان (bādingān), from باتنگان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिगगम (vātiga-gama, “eggplant”). Doublet of aubergine, brinjal, and malidzano. 1. An aubergine; an eggplant. Labels: Caribbean Example: After all, most Trinidadians only have a limited knowledge to cook melongene: we either stew it, fry it, roast it, or curry it, and serve it with rice or roti. Example: Melongene grows best in soil which is rich in organic matter.
Word: melongenes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of melongene Labels: form-of, plural
Word: irritator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From irritate + -or. 1. One who or that which irritates.
Word: laetificate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin laetificātus, perfect passive participle of laetificō (“to be energetic or outgoing”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To make, or become, happy. Labels: ambitransitive, formal, rare Example: It is called the laetificant, or Powder of gladness, from its effect, for it laetificates the heart and spirits 2. To enrich; to fertilize. Labels: formal, rare, transitive
Word: Roms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labent Part of Speech: adj 1. sliding; gliding
Word: klinkers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of klinker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: labelloid Part of Speech: adj 1. of or pertaining to the labellum, the lower central petal of the orchid.
Word: laberinth Part of Speech: noun 1. labyrinth Labels: obsolete
Word: labetalol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From la- (“alteration of alpha”) + beta + -olol. Pronunciation: /ləˈbiː.təl.ɒl/, /ləˈbɛt.əˌlɔl/ 1. A drug that acts as an alpha- and beta-blocker, used in the treatment of hypertension. Labels: uncountable
Word: labiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From labial + -ity. 1. The quality of being labial, that is, lip- or labia-like. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The quality of being a labial sound (a sound produced with the labia). Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: labiated Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of labiate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: French Southern and Antarctic Lands Part of Speech: name 1. A French overseas territory located mostly in the Indian Ocean.
Word: shilingi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swahili shilingi, from English shilling. 1. A unit of currency in East Africa, currently only in use by Tanzania, and divided into 100 senti.
Word: Winogradsky test Part of Speech: name 1. A soil test for fertility by determining its suitability for growing Azotobacter.
Word: Widal test Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Georges-Fernand Widal (1862-1929), French physician. 1. The agglutination test for typhoid fever.
Word: dhau Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dhow (“sailing vessel”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: preferr Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of prefer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Let us then feede his flocke with a trebble zeale, expressed in our prayer, preaching and living: Let us make it appeare to the consciences of all, that the top of our ambition is Gods glory: and that wee preferr the winning of soules, to the winning of the world. Example: But, Pyrophilus, though this be at present the Hypothesis I preferr, yet I propose it but in a General Sense, teaching only that the Beams of Light, Modify'd by the Bodies whence they are sent (Reflected or Refracted) to the Eye, produce there that Kind of Sensation, Men commonly call Colour; But whether I think this Modification of the Light to be perform'd by Mixing it with Shades, or by Varying the Proportion of the Progress and Rotation of the Cartesian Globuli Caelestes, or by some other way which I am not now to mention, I pretend not here to Declare.
Word: octeract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of oct- + tesseract. 1. An eight-dimensional hypercube
Word: hexeract Part of Speech: noun 1. A six-dimensional hypercube
Word: hepteract Part of Speech: noun 1. A seven-dimensional hypercube
Word: enneract Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From enna- + tesseract. 1. A nine-dimensional hypercube
Word: enneracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of enneract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hepteracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hepteract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hexeracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hexeract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: octeracts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octeract Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nail set Part of Speech: noun 1. A punch that drives in a nail so that its head is level with or below the surface. Example: In an emergency a nail set can be made in a few minutes from a tenpenny or other large nail. Cut off the point with hack saw or grinding wheel, clamp the nail in the vise, indent the end by tapping it with a center punch, and taper or bevel the end on the grinding wheel as shown. Example: Throw away a damaged nail set. It's cheap enough to replace, and there's no reason to destroy a piece of molding with a damaged nail set that slips off the mark.
Word: morin khuur Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Mongolian морин хуур (morin xuur). Pronunciation: /mɔɹɪn xɔː/ 1. A traditional Mongolian bowed stringed instrument.
Word: pibbin Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪ.bɪn/, /ˈpə.bən/ 1. A pigeon. Labels: childish, endearing
Word: DWP Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌdiːdʌbəljuːˈpiː/ 1. Initialism of Department for Work and Pensions. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: So now Mahmood was in debt and his existing benefits were stopped because the DWP computer thought he was receiving universal credit. 2. Initialism of Department of Water and Power. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: RDP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Remote Desktop Protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of ribavirin diphosphate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: RDP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Rivière-des-Prairies, a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada. Labels: Quebec, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PAT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of point after touchdown (“extra point”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of provincial achievement test. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of portable appliance testing. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of port address translation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of protocol associated type. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Protocols are abstract as they are, but with PATs, you’re making your protocols generic, which makes your code even more abstract and exponentially complex. 6. Initialism of personal access token. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of paroxysmal atrial tachycardia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of priority air traffic. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PAT Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Pointe-aux-Trembles: a municipality of Quebec, Canada. Labels: Quebec, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: VSL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Value of Statistical Life, a measure of the monetary value of reducing the statistical likelihood of death in a population by a given amount. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Forbes got more granular, contrasting the value of a statistical life (VSL) with the value of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) to arrive at a more precise figure.
Word: VSL Part of Speech: name 1. Ville Saint Laurent (Ville St. Laurent) — a municipality in the province of Quebec, Canada
Word: TMR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Town of Mount Royal: a municipality of Quebec, Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: inutterable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + utterable. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈʌtəɹəbl̩/ 1. Unutterable; inexpressible.
Word: J2RE Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Java 2 Runtime Environment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: J2REs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of J2RE Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resacas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resaca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mailfile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mail + file. 1. A file that stores electronic mail.
Word: mailfiles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mailfile Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obolos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβολός (obolós). 1. Alternative form of obolus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: unpourable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + pourable. 1. Not pourable. Example: Just before the liquid becomes completely unpourable it is decanted into a dish of cold water, quenching it.
Word: antishopping Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + shopping. 1. Opposing shopping. Example: Though the events in this case occurred before US treaties included antishopping provisions […] Example: It takes a very long hour, and I attribute my recurring nausea to a lifelong antishopping torpor. I've inherited it from my anti–consumer society grandma Catalano […]
Word: odorator Part of Speech: noun 1. A device with a tube to be blown into and another that sprays a scent. Labels: historical
Word: parcens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of parcen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: Hump Part of Speech: name 1. The Himalayas (a mountain range in Asia), as the challenge for the supply route between India and China. Labels: historical, slang Example: The C-47s could not make it over the Hump with a full load and full tanks.
Word: Hump Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given names Humphrey or Humphry.
Word: JeOS Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of just enough operating system: one customised to the needs of a specific application, with other features excluded. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Pocket Cube Part of Speech: noun 1. A smaller variety of Rubik's Cube with only 8 cubies arranged as a 2×2×2 cube.
Word: Mini Cube Part of Speech: noun 1. Pocket Cube
Word: Mini Cubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Mini Cube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Pocket Cubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Pocket Cube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: popple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English popul, popil, from Old English popul, from Latin populus. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpl̩/ 1. poplar Labels: dialectal Example: Some of them had recently built a pulp mill, and he called my attention to the young growths of "popple" we could see from the car window and remarked: "There's good pulp material in those trees, but it's not easy to get 'em cut. You'll strike lots of Catholic lumber-jacks who won't have anything to do with cutting a popple tree, and they won't cross a bridge or sleep in a house that has popple wood in it. There's a tradition that the cross on which Christ was crucified was of popple, and they say the wood was cursed on that account.
Word: popple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English poplen, possibly from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpl̩/ 1. Choppy water; the motion or sound of agitated water (as from boiling or wind). 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.
Word: popple Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English poplen, possibly from Middle Dutch, of imitative origin. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒpl̩/ 1. Of water, to move in a choppy, bubbling, or tossing manner. 2. To move quickly up and down; to bob up and down, like a cork on rough water. Example: His Brains came poppling out like Water
Word: heteropolyanions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of heteropolyanion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cheesemeister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cheese + -meister. 1. A purveyor of cheesy (melodramatic or cliché) material. Labels: rare, slang Example: Making the 43-year-old cheesemeister look cool was a PR coup, like Tony Bennett going on MTV. Example: Billed as the most expensive low-budget movie from cheesemeisters Troma...
Word: cheesemeisters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cheesemeister Labels: form-of, plural
Word: geospace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geo- + space. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːəʊˌspeɪs/ 1. The region of outer space near Earth, including the upper atmosphere, ionosphere and magnetosphere. Labels: uncountable 2. The region of space that goes from the solar photosphere to the mesosphere of Earth. It includes the solar photosphere, chromosphere and corona, the solar wind, Earth's magnetosheath, magnetosphere, thermosphere, ionosphere and mesosphere. Labels: uncountable
Word: calligraffiti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of calligraphy + graffiti. Pronunciation: /kəˌlɪɡ.ɹəˈfiː.ti/ 1. Beautiful or masterfully made graffiti. Labels: uncountable Example: The words were written in a hurried, unaccomplished new world hand, unlike the calligraffiti that honors the bricks of warehouses and the concrete of overpasses elsewhere in Europe […] Example: Showcases the author's creation of calligraffiti, which combines graffiti and calligraphy, through a collection of pieces that he has done for clients and exhibitions.
Word: black-box testing Part of Speech: noun 1. Any form of testing in which knowledge of the internals of the system being tested are unknown and unimportant. Labels: uncountable
Word: white-box testing Part of Speech: noun 1. The testing of the internal structure, rather than the functionality, of a system. Labels: uncountable
Word: stipulae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stipula Labels: form-of, plural
Word: infinite monkey theorem Part of Speech: name 1. The proposition that a monkey hitting keys independently and at random on a typewriter keyboard for an infinite amount of time will almost surely type any given text, including the complete works of William Shakespeare. Labels: informal
Word: vidéo vérité Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. 1. A genre of video material that appears to be realistic, showing ordinary people in ordinary situations, speaking normal dialogue. Labels: uncountable
Word: video vérité Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of vidéo vérité. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: unstar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From un- + star. 1. To remove a star from. Labels: transitive Example: If you want to unstar the review request, just click on the star icon again. 2. To demote a question from an oral one to a written one (because oral questions are conventionally marked with a star on the Order of Business in the House of Commons). Labels: UK, transitive
Word: unstars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unstar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unstarring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unstar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unstarred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unstar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unstarred Part of Speech: adj 1. Not marked with a star. Labels: not-comparable
Word: standardizable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From standardize + -able. 1. Capable of being standardized. Labels: not-comparable
Word: standardisable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From standardise + -able. 1. Alternative form of standardizable. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: stampable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From stamp + -able. 1. Capable of being marked with a stamp. Labels: not-comparable Example: stampable nylon sheets
Word: viperfish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From viper + fish. 1. Any of the genus Chauliodus of deepwater fishes, fierce predators with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws, found mainly in tropical and temperate waters.
Word: viperfishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of viperfish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: speedsolving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From speed + solving. 1. speedcubing Labels: uncountable
Word: unhappenings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unhappening Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Master Cube Part of Speech: noun 1. Rubik's Revenge
Word: Rubik's Revenge Part of Speech: noun 1. A variety of Rubik's Cube with 56 cubies arranged as a 4×4×4 cube.
Word: Master Cubes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Master Cube Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Rubik's Revenges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Rubik's Revenge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: big guy Part of Speech: noun 1. A term of endearment, usually addressed toward an all-around good male person. Example: "How are you doing there, big guy?" he asked. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, guy. Labels: countable Example: The high school wrestler was a big guy for his age.
Word: famishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From famish + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˈfæmɪʃmənt/ 1. The state or process of being famished. Labels: countable, literary, uncountable Example: Sith you will not attend true Wisedoms Words, Laugh and bee fatt, sith al you touch is Gold, Though that foode your Soules famishment affordes. Example: […] among the French planters, the slaves are in a condition of almost utter famishment during the great portion of the year. 2. Famine. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: And there ſhalbe erthquakes / in all quarters / and famyſſhment / and troubles.
Word: fordull Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English fordullen, fordollen, equivalent to for- + dull. Cognate with Middle Low German vordullen. 1. To make dull; stupefy. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: I followed after, fordulled for rudeness, […]
Word: fordedes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fordede. Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rule of three Part of Speech: name 1. A rule stating that, if two ratios are equal, then the denominator of the second equals its numerator times the reciprocal of the first ratio: if a/b=c/d then d=(bc)/a. Example: Multiplication is vexation, / Division is as bad; / The Rule of Three doth puzzle me, / And Practice drives me mad. 2. A rule for clinical trials used for determining the rate of adverse side effects when no such side effects present during the course of the trial. 3. A rule which states that things which come in groups of three are inherently funnier or more effective than things which come in groups of other sizes. Labels: rhetoric 4. A rule which states that things which come in groups of three are inherently funnier or more effective than things which come in groups of other sizes. Labels: rhetoric 5. A religious tenet stating that the energy a person puts out into the world, positive or negative, will be returned to that person threefold. 6. A rule of thumb in the C++ programming language, stating that any class that defines a destructor, a copy constructor, or a copy assignment operator should define all three of them. 7. A mnemonic guideline that outlines the average limits of human endurance.
Word: drudgy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From drudge + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒi/ 1. Suggestive of drudgery; being excessively hard or requiring excessive effort. Example: We can find it nowhere so clearly as in these old journals, this collection of local historical material that makes such drudgy work to collect and catalog.
Word: drudgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drudge + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌd͡ʒi/ 1. Drudgery; labour. Labels: uncountable Example: Horses are kept only for riding, whilst bullocks are yoked in the plough and cart, perform every kind of domestic drudgey, and endure the heat better than any other animal they have got [...]
Word: bark beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various beetles, of the subfamily Scolytinae, many of which reproduce in the inner bark of trees. Example: Naval stores production is based upon exploiting the terpene chemical defense system of the pine tree, which protects against wood-decaying fungi and insect pests such as bark beetles (Dendroctonus Ips sp.).
Word: drudgey Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of drudgy. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: drudgey Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of drudgy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: Rule of Three Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of rule of three (sense 4); a religious tenet held by some Wiccans, stating that whatever energy, positive or negative, a person puts into the world will be returned threefold. Labels: alt-of
Word: cross-multiplication Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross- + multiplication. 1. An instance, or the process, of cross-multiplying. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cross-multiplications Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cross-multiplication (denoting countable instances of the uncountable concept). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-multiply Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From cross- + multiply. 1. To set the product of the extremes of a proportion equal to the product of its means. Example: Cross-multiplying 3#47;5#61;x#47;2 yields 3#92;times2#61;5x.
Word: cross-multiplying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of cross-multiply Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cross-multiplies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-multiply Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cross-multiplied Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of cross-multiply Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: Copernican system Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Copernicus (“a surname”) + -an + system. After Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus, who formulated and proposed the theory. 1. A heliocentric model of the solar system, proposed in the 16th century by the eponymous astronomer.
Word: crescent moon Part of Speech: noun 1. The Moon as it appears early in its first quarter or late in its last quarter, when only a small arc-shaped section of the visible portion is illuminated by the Sun.
Word: M and M boys Part of Speech: name 1. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris, who competed to break Babe Ruth's home-run record while on the same team.
Word: rathering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rather Labels: dialectal, form-of, gerund, nonstandard, participle, present
Word: rhombicuboctahedron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin rhombicuboctahaedron, referring to the fact that the twelve of the square faces lie in the same planes as the twelve faces of the rhombic dodecahedron, the dual of the cuboctahedron. (See rhombicuboctahedron on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ) 1. An Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces; the small rhombicuboctahedron. Example: Therefore eight triangles and eighteen (that is, twelve and six) squares join up to make an icosihexahedron, which I call a truncated cuboctahedral rhombus or a rhombicuboctahedron. Example: The gaps in a face-centered cubic packing of square sharing rhombicuboctahedra can be filled by cubes and tetrahedra (Fig. 2.4(h)). 2. Either of the small rhombicuboctahedron and great rhombicuboctahedron. Labels: in-compounds
Word: rhombicuboctahedrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhombicuboctahedron Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gay panic defense Part of Speech: noun 1. A claim of self-defense against an unwanted homosexual advance. Labels: informal
Word: gridpoints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gridpoint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gridpoint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From grid + point. 1. Any point in the Cartesian plane with integer coordinates.
Word: biolith Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + -lith. 1. A rock or other geological feature formed by living organisms. Example: By extraction of a combustible biolith with different solvents, Holde was able to obtain as much as 7.7 percent of fatty, wax-like or colophony-like bodies. Example: The third theory which was advanced to explain the formation of phosphorites is the classical biolith hypothesis.