nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: polyform Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English form English polyform From poly- + form. 1. A plane or solid figure constructed by joining together identical polygons edge to edge. 2. A monster form into which a character can polymorph.
Word: slump Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Norwegian slumpa (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“randomize; to sell off”), Swedish slump (“chance, randomness, happenstance”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”). Pronunciation: /slʌmp/ 1. To collapse heavily or helplessly. Labels: intransitive Example: Exhausted, he slumped down onto the sofa. Example: “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]” 2. To decline or fall off in activity or performance. Labels: intransitive Example: Real estate prices slumped during the recession. Example: The Gunners captain demonstrated his importance to the team by taking his tally to an outstanding 28 goals in 27 Premier League games as Chelsea slumped again after their shock defeat at QPR last week. 3. To slouch or droop. Labels: intransitive Example: “Isaac Sachs’s tragic flaw, ” analyzes Isaac Sachs, slumped in the bay window across from Luisa Rey two hours later, “is this. Too cowardly to be a warrior, but not enough of a coward to lie down and roll over like a good doggy.” 4. To lump; to throw together messily. Labels: transitive Example: These different groups[…]are exclusively slumped together under that sense. 5. To fall or sink suddenly through or in, when walking on a surface, as on thawing snow or ice, a bog, etc. Labels: intransitive Example: The latter walk on a bottomless quag, into which unawares they may slump. 6. To cause to collapse; to hit hard; to render unconscious; to kill. Labels: slang, transitive
Word: slump Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably of North Germanic origin: compare Danish slumpe (“to stumble upon by chance”), Norwegian slumpe (“happen by chance”), Norwegian slumpa (“happen by chance”), Swedish slumpa (“randomize; to sell off”), Swedish slump (“chance, randomness, happenstance”). Compare also German schlumpen (“to trail; draggle; be sloppy”), dialectal Dutch slompen (“to walk clumsily”). Pronunciation: /slʌmp/ 1. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period. 2. A heavy or helpless collapse; a slouching or drooping posture; a period of poor activity or performance, especially an extended period. Labels: broadly, slang Example: TOM. We haven't had sex with each other in five months. MICHAEL. We're in a slump, I know that." 3. A period of poor performance. Example: If she doesn't pull out of her slump, her job may be in jeopardy. 4. A measure of the fluidity of freshly mixed concrete, based on how much the concrete formed in a standard slump cone sags when the cone is removed. 5. A form of mass wasting in which a coherent mass of loosely consolidated materials or a rock layer moves a short distance down a slope. 6. A crater or depression (an area where the ground slumps) which forms as a result of such wasting. (A large crater is colloquially called a megaslump.) Labels: broadly Example: The biggest slump in the world - a mega-slump - is in the Russian taiga. Known as the Batagaika crater, it is a kilometre-long gash in the ground, about 70 metres deep, and growing[…] 7. A boggy place. Labels: UK, dialectal Example: The road was all slumps of holes. Example: It was neither seemly nor befitting that so great an occasion should have its solemnity defaced by leaping-poles or four hands crossed cradlewise to convey the bridal finery over “slump” or “quakkin'-qua[g]”! 8. The noise made by anything falling into a hole, or into a soft, miry place. Labels: Scotland 9. The gross amount; the mass; the lump. Labels: Scotland 10. A cobbler-like dessert cooked on a stove. Example: a blackberry slump
Word: posterity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late 14th century, from Middle French posterité, from Latin posteritas, from posterus (“following, coming after”), from post (“after”) (English post-). Pronunciation: /pɒˈstɛɹɪti/ 1. All the future generations, especially the descendants of a specific person. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: That woman foretold and inflicted a singular disease on Sigvard and his posterity till the ninth generation, and several of his descendants are to this day afflicted with it. Example: The original family who had begun to build a palace to rival Nonesuch had died out before they had put up little more than the gateway, so that the actual structure which had come down to posterity retained the secret magic of a promise rather than the overpowering splendour of a great architectural achievement. 2. Future audiences, future times, future recognition. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: agitprop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department for Agitation and Propaganda”); analysable as a blend of agitation + propaganda. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/, /ˈæd͡ʒətˌpɹɑp/, /-ˈpɹɑp/ 1. Political propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; (specifically, communism, historical) such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. Labels: also, attributive, uncountable Example: Russian Twitter and Facebook bots trolled both the left and the right with agitprop — in what appears to have been a general effort to deepen divisions and sow political chaos in America, not to favor one party or candidate over the other. Example: The letter was pure puffery, probably written by some clerk in North Korea's agitprop bureau, but [Donald] Trump loved it. 2. An instance of such propaganda. Labels: countable 3. An organization or person engaged in disseminating such propaganda. Labels: countable
Word: agitprop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Russian агитпро́п (agitpróp, “agitprop”), Агитпро́п (Agitpróp, “Agitprop (Department for Agitation and Propaganda of the Soviet Union)”), short for отде́л агитации и пропаганды (otdél agitacii i propagandy, “Department for Agitation and Propaganda”); analysable as a blend of agitation + propaganda. The verb is derived from the noun. Pronunciation: /ˈædʒɪtpɹɒp/, /ˈæd͡ʒətˌpɹɑp/, /-ˈpɹɑp/ 1. To disseminate (something as) political propaganda, especially communist propaganda, through art, drama, literature, etc. Labels: ambitransitive Example: Anyone who has seen a class struggler at work, agitpropping around Union Square, or the back streets of the Loop, realizes that, by the very nature of things, he or she is so possessed of that particular barricading dream as to lose touch with all reality, [...] Example: With respect to a poet's facility in logomachy, boredom in the area of power politics theorisation, the seriousness or gaiety with which he agitprops his ego, the degree of his attitude toward the superior poet, or the rebelliousness or conformity of his disciples?
Word: jetliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blend of jet + airliner; analyzable as jet + liner. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɛtˌlaɪ.nə(ɹ)/ 1. A jet-propelled airliner.
Word: airliner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + liner. 1. A passenger-carrying aircraft, especially one of a fleet operated by an airline.
Word: thankless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English thankles, equivalent to thank + -less. 1. Not appreciated or rewarded. Labels: not-comparable Example: One indispensable and thankless Unesco task is organizing tsunami warnings systems and pushing for tsunami education on risky shores around the world. Example: In a raucous atmosphere, it was an unforgiving and physical contest from the start. Grant Hanley conceded the first free-kick within the opening 20 seconds, setting the tone for a busy and thankless evening for Serbian referee Milorad Mazic. 2. Ungrateful or unappreciative. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Thanksgiving Part of Speech: name Etymology: A proprialization from the common noun thanksgiving; by surface analysis, thanks + giving. Pronunciation: /θæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/, /ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ/ 1. Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Labels: Canada, US Example: It is at present impossible to determine when the General Court will adjourn, none of the great business having as yet been attended to, so as to be completed, but there seems to be a general determination to be at home at Thanksgiving. I hope it will be possible. Example: Across the harsh, salty smells that blew in gusts from the half-uncovered mud-flats of the river, my memory of old Thanksgivings at home called up most rich and tender savors of roast goose till an appetite of huge anticipation began to riot beneath my waistcoat. 2. The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend. Labels: Canada, US 3. An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival. Example: Thus Sukkot became the Jewish Thanksgiving. Example: The German Thanksgiving Day typically is on the first day of October when samples of the new harvest are displayed in churches.
Word: thanksgiving Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From thanks + giving. Pronunciation: /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, /ˈθæŋksˌɡɪv.ɪŋ/, /ˌθeɪ̯ŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/, /ˈθɛ̃ŋksˌɡɪv.ɪŋ/ 1. The expression of gratitude. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Now the happy king laid the forehead of thankſgiving upon the duſt of gratitude; he opened the doors of his wealth to the four winds, and enriched the world, at once, with his munificence. Example: The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen. 2. A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
Word: Thanksgiving Day Part of Speech: noun 1. A holiday, originally to give thanks to God for the harvest, celebrated annually on the second Monday of October. Labels: Canada 2. A holiday, originally to give thanks to God and to commemorate the feast held by the Pilgrim colonists, celebrated annually on the fourth Thursday of November. Labels: US 3. A holiday to commemorate the invasion of Grenada by the United States and the overthrowing of the communist People's Revolutionary Government in 1983, celebrated annually on the 25th of October.
Word: thaumaturge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Medieval Latin thaumatūrgus, from Ancient Greek θαυματουργός (thaumatourgós), from θαύματο- (thaúmato-, “marvel”) + -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker, maker”). Doublet of thaumaturgus. Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːməˌtɜː(ɹ)d͡ʒ/, /ˈθɔ.məˌtɚd͡ʒ/ 1. A performer of thaumaturgy; a performer of miracles; a magician. Example: Though the apostles are naturally shown as rejecting with indignation the pecuniary offer of the thaumaturge, they display no hate for his personality, whereas the fathers depict him as the vilest of impostors and charlatans and hold him up to universal execration.
Word: thaumaturgy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek θαυματουργία (thaumatourgía), from θαῦμα (thaûma, “miracle, wonder”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”). Pronunciation: /ˈθɔːmətɜːd͡ʒi/, /ˈθɔməˌtɝd͡ʒi/ 1. The working of miracles, wonderworking; magic, witchcraft, wizardry. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: On all subjects known to man, from the Thirty-nine Articles of our English Church, down to pyrotechnics, legerdemain, magic, both black and white, thaumaturgy, and necromancy, he favoured the world (which world was the nursery where I lived amongst my sisters) with his select opinions. Example: There were astonishing changes. The small hours found Mr. Maydig and Mr. Fotheringay careering across the chilly market square under the still moon, in a sort of ecstasy of thaumaturgy, Mr. Maydig all flap and gesture, Mr. Fotheringay short and bristling, and no longer abashed at his greatness
Word: wizardry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English wizard Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English wizardry From wizard + -ry. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪzɚdɹi/ 1. The art of a wizard; sorcery. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Something, such as an advanced technology, that gives the appearance of magic. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Filled up the Ashton with Capstan and had a totally British drive home. Thanks to the wizardry of Ashton and Imperial Tobacco, that first smoke in a new pipe was sweet as a nut. 3. Great ability in some specified field. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: He used his computing wizardry to automate the search-and-replace process.
Word: Hague Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Haigh. * As an Irish surname, variant of Haig. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈheɪ̯ɡ] 1. A surname. 2. A place in the United States: 3. A place in the United States: 4. A place in the United States: 5. A place in the United States: 6. A town in the Rural Municipality of Rosthern, Saskatchewan, Canada. 7. Shortened or attributive form of The Hague. Example: Hague tribunals; Hague announces plans to reduce homelessness
Word: Hague Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English surname, variant of Haigh. * As an Irish surname, variant of Haig. Pronunciation: /ˈheɪ̯ɡ/, [ˈheɪ̯ɡ] 1. Alternative letter-case form of The Hague. Labels: alt-of, nonstandard Example: HIS Majeſty being earneſtly Entreated by the States of Holland, and the Confederate Princes in Germany, &c. to meet at a General Congreſs, to be held at the Hague, in order to Concert matters for the next Campaign, was pleaſed to Condeſcend to their Requeſt, and hazard His Royal Perſon by Sea, (though in the depth of Winter) His Noble Zeal for the Good of us in particular, and Europe in general, ſurmounting all thoſe Difficulties: […] Example: [H]e ordered his ſervants to pack up ſome cloaths and linnen in a portmanteau; and in the morning embarked, with his governor, in the Treckſkuyt, for the Hague, whither he pretended to be called by ſome urgent occaſion, leaving his fellow-travellers to make his apology to their friends; and aſſuring them, that he would not proceed for Amſterdam, without their ſociety. He arrived at the Hague in the forenoon, and dined at an ordinary frequented by officers and people of faſhion; […]
Word: theatregoer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theatre + goer. 1. Alternative spelling of theatergoer. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He was not unaware of the glances that drifted his way from the theatregoers.
Word: theatrical prop Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of prop (“item used in a play”).
Word: props Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of prop Labels: form-of, plural 2. A game of chance using four seashells (each called a prop). Labels: obsolete
Word: props Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of prop Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: props Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of proper (as in "proper respect" or "proper recognition") + -s. 1. Respect for, or recognition of, another person; an expression of approval or a special acknowledgment; accolades; praise. Labels: plural, plural-only, slang Example: I've got to give props to Roger for the way he handled that situation. Example: I also want to acknowledge state senator Elaine Alquist who is here... I always want to give her her props.
Word: props Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Clipping of proper (as in "proper respect" or "proper recognition") + -s. 1. An acclamation of respect or recognition. Labels: slang
Word: theatrically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English theatrical Middle English -ly English -ly English theatrically From theatrical + -ly. 1. in a theatrical or dramatic manner. Example: So it's not surprising that Terry McCabe's theatrically assured, combustibly comic staging is superior to Borealis Theatre's revival two months ago. 2. In theaters, or in terms of the theater. Labels: not-comparable Example: The film premiered on 3 August before opening theatrically two days later. Example: The story was a great success in novel form, but did not perform well theatrically.
Word: theocratically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English theocratic Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English theocratically From theocratic + -ally. 1. in the manner of a theocrat
Word: theocrat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From theo- + -crat. 1. The ruler of a theocracy, a priest-king. 2. A proponent of theocracy.
Word: theophilanthropism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s Proto-Hellenic *tʰehós Ancient Greek θεός (theós) Ancient Greek θεο- (theo-)der. Latin theo-der. English theo- English philanthropism English theophilanthropism From theo- + philanthropism. 1. the love of both God and man; a philosophy established during the French revolution
Word: stalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English stalkere, equivalent to stalk + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈstɔːkə(ɹ)/, /ˈstaːkɐ/ 1. A person who engages in stalking, i.e., quietly approaching animals to be hunted; a tracker or guide in hunting game. 2. A person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions. Example: If the stalker thriller “Obsessed,” which opens on Friday, tops the box office, Clinton R. Culpepper will cement his reputation as Hollywood’s king of the schlockbuster. Example: Ordinary people have already been face-swapped into videos for humorous or prank purposes and there is no reason to believe that abusers, harassers, stalkers, and blackmailers will not soon be face-swapping victims into compromising video as part of their arsenal. 3. Any of various devices for removing the stalk from plants during harvesting. 4. Any bird that walks with a stalking motion. 5. A kind of fishing net. Labels: obsolete 6. A horse that tends to stay just behind the leaders in a race. Example: If the class of the field is a stalker, I'm all in in terms of evaluating his chances.
Word: pernickety Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Scots pernickety, persnickety, apparently from per- + nick (“a notch, mark, cutting retort”) + -et (“-ed”) + -y; equivalent to English per- + nick + -ety; literally, “marked up”, then “overly precise”. The alternative form persnickety, with s, may be due to substitution of Scots sneck (“a cut, notch”) for nick. Compare also Scots variants pernicked, pernicket, pirnicky, and pernicky. Pronunciation: /pəˈnɪk.ɪ.ti/, /pəˈnɪk.ə.ti/, [pəˈnɪk.ə.ɾi] 1. Fussy; paying undue attention to minor details; fastidious. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: ‘You must forgive me,’ he said. ‘I take a ridiculous pleasure in what I eat and drink. It comes partly from being a bachelor, but mostly from a habit of taking a lot of trouble over details. It’s very pernickety and old-maidish really, but then when I’m working I generally have to eat my meals alone and it makes them more interesting when one takes trouble.’ 2. Requiring attention to minor details.
Word: groupthink Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by William H. Whyte in 1952, from group + think, modelled on earlier doublethink from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɹuːpθɪŋk/ 1. A process of reasoning or decision-making by a group, especially one characterized by uncritical acceptance of or conformity to a perceived majority view. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At present we do not know what percentage of all national fiascoes are attributable to groupthink. Some decisions of poor quality that turn out to be fiascoes might be ascribed primarily to mistakes made by just one man, the Chief Executive. Others arise because of a faulty policy formulated by a group of executives whose decision‐making procedures were impaired by errors having little or nothing to do with groupthink. Example: This gang-bang speaks more to journalistic groupthink than to any real moral or legal reasoning.
Word: botnet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erbʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃órbʰos Proto-Balto-Slavic *árbas Proto-Slavic *orbъ Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Balto-Slavic *-éitei Proto-Slavic *-iti Proto-Slavic *orbiti Proto-Indo-European *-otéh₂ Proto-Balto-Slavic *-atā́ˀ Proto-Slavic *-ota Proto-Slavic *orbota Old Czech robota Czech robota Czech robotbor. English robotclip. English bot Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net English botnet From bot + net. Pronunciation: /ˈbɒtnɛt/ 1. A collection of compromised computers that is gradually built up and then unleashed as a DDOS attack or used to send very large quantities of spam. Labels: Internet Example: Then they blacklisted addresses used by spammers. In response, senders started using botnets (networks of otherwise innocent computers). 2. spyware Example: Google Chrome is botnet, use Firefox instead
Word: DDOS Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of DDoS. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: DDOS Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of DDoS. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: With this approach, the noncritical traffic could be DDOSed to death, but the important stuff would still move. Example: It’s as if the networked public sphere, and indeed traditional institutions of democracy, can be DDOSed via releasing large numbers of flares, each attracting and consuming attention, thus making focus and sustained conversation impossible.
Word: DoS Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From denial of service. Pronunciation: /diː oː ˈɛs/ 1. A denial-of-service attack. Labels: Internet
Word: DoS Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From denial of service. Pronunciation: /diː oː ˈɛs/ 1. To commit a denial-of-service attack against. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: In addition to out-of-spec traffic, malicious packets can contain payloads that cause a system to crash. A packet's payload is taken as input into a service. If the input is not properly checked, the application can be DoSed.
Word: DoS Part of Speech: noun 1. A Director of Studies; someone who oversees the scholarly aspects of an institution, including faculty development and curriculum design.
Word: parlor game Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of parlour game. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: parlor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir. Displaced native Old English sprǣchūs. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːlə/, /ˈpɑɹlɚ/, /ˈpaːlɔː/ 1. The living room of a house, or a room for entertaining guests; a room for talking; a sitting-room or drawing room. Example: So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor. 'Twas a dismal sort of place, with hair wreaths, and wax fruit, and tin lambrekins, and land knows what all. 2. The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the residents are permitted to meet and converse with each other or with visitors from the outside. Labels: archaic 3. A comfortable room in a public house. Labels: dated Example: Immediately at hand was a small, mean public-house - one of those dingy establishments that seem to express, by their morbid and retiring appearance, a certain anxiety to escape the eye of the police - and into the parlour of this hostel Quin promptly led the way. Example: There had been a surprise party and some had entered his hotel parlour to get drink; before he was aware of it the accordion was being played in the room. 4. A covered open-air patio. Labels: Southern-US 5. A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context. Example: tattoo parlor pizza parlor ice cream parlor 6. A shop or other business selling goods or services specified by context. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 7. A shed used for milking cattle; a milking parlor.
Word: parlor Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English parlour, from Old French parleor, parloir, parleoir, from the verb parler (“to speak”); compare Medieval Latin parlātōrium. Doublet of parloir. Displaced native Old English sprǣchūs. Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːlə/, /ˈpɑɹlɚ/, /ˈpaːlɔː/ 1. Used in or appropriate for a parlor. Labels: not-comparable Example: Parlor painting. 2. Advocating something in a secluded place without actual involvement or action. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Parlor socialism.
Word: orbiter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English orbit Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English orbiter From orbit + -er. 1. An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it. Example: One day after the Hope maneuver, a Chinese spacecraft, Tianwen-1, is to also enter orbit around Mars. The Chinese mission is carrying a lander and a rover to explore a large impact basin called Utopia Planitia, but those are not to detach from the orbiter and head to the surface until May. 2. A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: The orbiters in her life in high likelihood like to talk about this and make themselves her emotional tampon and outlet.
Word: fair ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A ball which has been hit between the first base and third base lines Example: It's a... fair ball; it rolls into the corner; Jones is stretching for two; the throw — safe!
Word: foul ball Part of Speech: noun 1. A batted ball that lands in foul territory. Example: It's a foul ball, up four rows of seats.
Word: big fly Part of Speech: noun 1. A home run. Example: The first baseman hit a big fly to left.
Word: two-seamer Part of Speech: noun 1. A two-seam fastball.
Word: four-seamer Part of Speech: noun 1. A four-seam fastball. Example: The pitcher had a blazing four-seamer.
Word: coordination chemistry Part of Speech: noun 1. the chemistry of coordination compounds Labels: uncountable
Word: coordination compound Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of a class of compounds in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands).
Word: coordination number Part of Speech: noun 1. The number of other atoms surrounding an atom in a molecule 2. The number of ligands surrounding a central metal atom in a coordination compound
Word: heavy sink Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion of a sharply diving sinker pitch. Example: His two-seamer has some heavy sink.
Word: caloric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɒɹɪk/, /ˈkæləɹɪk/ 1. Relating to calories. Example: caloric intake Example: This strategy, known as caloric restriction, has been shown to increase the life span of various organisms and reduce their rate of cancer and other age-related ailments. 2. Containing calories. Example: Milk is a caloric beverage. 3. Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”). Example: a dry, caloric food 4. Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).
Word: caloric Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From calorie + -ic. From French calorique, coined by French chemist Antoine Lavoisier, from Latin calor (“heat”). Pronunciation: /kəˈlɒɹɪk/, /ˈkæləɹɪk/ 1. The hypothetical medium of heat. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: The fluid matter of heat, or Calorique, in which all bodies are immersed, is as necessary to vegetable as to animal existence. Example: Caloric expands all bodies.
Word: carer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵeh₂r-der. Proto-Germanic *karō Proto-West Germanic *karu Old English caru Middle English care English care Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English carer From care + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛəɹə/, /ˈkɛɹɚ/, /ˈkeɹɚ/, /ˈkɛəɹɚ/, /ˈkeːɹə/ 1. Someone who regularly looks after another person, either as a job or often through family responsibilities. Labels: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK Example: Have you thought of a job as a carer for disabled people? Example: They retired early to be a full-time carer for their partner.
Word: calorific Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French calorifique or Latin calorificus, from calor + -i- + -ficus. Pronunciation: /ˌkæləˈɹɪf.ɪk/ 1. Relating to calories. 2. Relating to or producing heat or other energy. 3. High in calories and thus likely fattening. Labels: US
Word: LIBOR Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of London Interbank Offered Rate (loan interest rate). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: nerts Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”) 1. Crazy; nuts. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: "You'd be plumb nerts" says he, "to think of it." Example: But sweet Flossie Farmer, the lovely snake charmer/Was nerts for a snake in the grass.
Word: nerts Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”) 1. Nuts! Expression of dismay. Labels: euphemistic, slang Example: FOUND HIM 'TERRIBLY NICE' She Wonders What He Thought When She Said, 'Oh, Nerts!' After a Bad Shot.
Word: nerts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of nuts to avoid vulgar nuts (“testicles”) 1. A fast-paced card game played with multiple decks. Labels: uncountable
Word: KB Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of kilobyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, formal 2. Abbreviation of kibibyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: KB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of knowledge base. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of knockback. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, slang Example: […] has had a 'K.B.' (knock-back) by being turned down for parole is something which the prison staff have had to learn to deal with […] Example: My subsequent misconduct in prison had many inmate friends telling me that I would receive a knock-back. […] At least I feel the wheels are rolling onwards and if I get a KB I am passing time. 3. Abbreviation of kine bud (High-grade marijuana.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang 4. Initialism of Knowledge Bowl. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: KB Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Kuiper Belt. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of West Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of King's Bench Division (a subseries of Incorporated Council of Law Reporting's Law Reports, in case the monarch is male). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FUSF Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Federal Universal Service Fund. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: black and white Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars. 1. A police patrol car. Labels: US, slang Example: [T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat. 2. The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear. Labels: US, broadly, slang Example: Them punk motherfuckers in black and white ain't the only motherfuckers I gots to fight. 3. A type of giant cookie (about eight inches in diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate. 4. A kind of ice cream soda with chocolate and vanilla flavors.
Word: black and white Part of Speech: adj Etymology: The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars. 1. Of art, a photograph or photography, using dots or lines that are either black or white (with no other values involved). Example: Using Adobe Photoshop, he opened the images that were grayscale and converted them to be black and white. 2. Of art, a photograph or photography, using shades of grey rather than shades of any other color. Labels: broadly Example: Their photos from that era are all black and white. 3. Of a television or monitor, displaying images in shades of grey rather than color. Example: The second segment is one of the most audacious and ambitious in “Treehouse Of Horror” history, and not just because it’s in black and white. It’s a parody of King Kong that works spectacularly well because Homer isn’t just ape-like and simian on the inside: he’s ape-like and simian on the outside as well, so it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine the rage-filled man-child as a giant ape with serious anger-control issues. 4. Classifying people, objects or concepts as two polar opposites, especially "right" and "wrong"; dichotomous and inflexible. Example: I wish she weren't always so black and white about every single thing. Example: The pseudo-community of enemies in The Day the Earth Stood Still consists of politicians, the military, and businessmen, whereas the pseudo-community of friends, the element that complements the enemies and reinforces the black-and-white morality of paranoia (Cameron, "Revisited" 56), is composed of scientists, women, and children. 5. Easily divided into diametrically opposing categories. Example: Near-synonym: night-and-day
Word: tetrarchy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin tetrarchia, from Ancient Greek τετραρχία (tetrarkhía), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”), equivalent to tetra- + -archy. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛtɹɑːki/, /ˈtɛtɹɑɹki/ 1. A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313. Example: Constantius was not born to the purple and Maximianus was the only original member of the First Tetrarchy from whom Constantine could satisfactorily derive his rule. Example: The abdication of Diocletian and Maximian in 305, whether long-planned or just the product of the senior emperor's recent ill health, created a second Tetrarchy, in which the dominant figure should have been Galerius. 2. The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately. Example: According to Josephus, Herod Agrippa, who succeeded Antipas in his Tetrarchy, died in the seventh year of his reign;[…]. Example: This district was included with Galilee in the tetrarchy of Herod Antipas.
Word: quantity surveyor Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who calculates the cost of materials and labour on a construction project based on an architect's plans.
Word: turf accountant Part of Speech: noun 1. A bookmaker (gambling)
Word: geographic information system Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic system used to store, process and display geographic and geospatial information, especially maps.
Word: business plan Part of Speech: noun 1. A summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed. Example: "Since I've been here, I've been given a fairly free hand by the GCR board to get on with things, properly understand the organisation from a different perspective, and develop a new business plan for the future," he tells RAIL.
Word: flagger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flag + -er. 1. One who uses a flag or signal, as for example to direct traffic or to start a race. Example: Between filling the sandwiches, Nicole Moy and Shazza McCormack collect donations for the flags and pass on quietly offered suggestions by local people, anxious about possible illegality, as to where the flaggers should visit next with their ladders and cherrypickers.
Word: keep an eye out Part of Speech: verb 1. To watch for or look out for. Labels: idiomatic Example: I think we're getting close, so keep an eye out for the next street.
Word: leben Part of Speech: num 1. Pronunciation spelling of leven, variant of eleven. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling
Word: manque Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French manqué. Pronunciation: /mɒŋˈkeɪ/, /mɑnˈkeː/, /mɑŋˈkeɪ/ 1. unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: an artist manque
Word: inception Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin inceptiō, from inceptus, perfect passive participle of incipiō (“to begin”). The layering sense derives from the 2010 science fiction film Inception, in which a team of people infiltrate someone’s subconscious mind, proceeding through several layers of dreams with the goal of causing someone to incept an idea. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɛpʃən/ 1. The creation or beginning of something; the establishment. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From its inception, the agency has been helping people obtain and properly install car seats for children. Example: To fill up Liberia with an ignorant, inexperienced, half-barbarized race, just escaped from the chains of slavery, would be only to prolong, for ages, the period of struggle and conflict which attends the inception of new enterprises. 2. A layering, nesting, or recursion of something within itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Well it's the… Mr. Introspective / I'm a dreamer's dream, a sort of an inception Example: I look at you, I see my reflection / Three levels deep, this is inception
Word: restless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *rastō Proto-West Germanic *rastu Old English ræst Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Old English ræstlēas Middle English restles English restless From Middle English restles, restelees, from Old English ræstlēas, equivalent to rest + -less. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛstlɪs/, /ˈɹɛstləs/ 1. Not allowing or affording rest. Example: The night before his wedding was a restless one. 2. Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving. Example: He was a restless child. Example: She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate. 3. Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented. Example: A restless ambition. 4. Deprived of rest or sleep. Example: They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.
Word: sprinkle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle; dapple”), German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle”). Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/ 1. To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance). Labels: transitive Example: The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes. Example: And the priest shall[…]sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord. 2. To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it. Labels: transitive Example: The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar. Example: Most of the passengers watched from the enclosed promenade deck, but Sandra found her way to the higher, open promenade where she shivered and watched the city lights fade and the stars sprinkle themselves across a dark blue velvet sky. 3. To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically. Labels: intransitive Example: It sprinkled outside all day long. 4. To rain very lightly outside. Labels: intransitive Example: It sprinkled very early in the morning. 5. To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify. Labels: transitive Example: having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience
Word: sprinkle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle; dapple”), German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle”). Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/ 1. A light covering with a sprinkled substance. Example: He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter. Example: My memory leaves me with a constant and deep burning, my eyes stinging and red from short sprinkles of tears which have been sneaking up on me for days now. 2. A light rain shower. 3. An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling. 4. A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.
Word: padres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of padre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: disappointment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English disappoint Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English disappointment From disappoint + -ment. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/ 1. The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens. Labels: uncountable Example: Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment. Example: They remembered too keenly their pleasant credulity as to what to-morrow would bring forth, to dare indulge expectation of its pleasure; they had been disappointed once—so might they be again—for disappointment ever leaves fear behind. 2. An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved. Labels: countable Example: The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering. Example: For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places. 3. Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment. Labels: countable Example: Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment. Example: What a disappointment!
Word: jake brake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From JakeBrake, an abbreviation for the Jacobs brand name of engine braking systems. 1. Especially on trucks, an engine compression release braking system that opens the exhaust valves in each cylinder near the top of their compression strokes in order to slow the vehicle; an engine retarder. Labels: slang
Word: stick it out Part of Speech: verb 1. To persist or continue to the end. Labels: informal Example: Plenty of people begin the training, but few stick it out for the year or two necessary to become proficient. Example: A letter from the Stationmaster was issued to all the staff, thanking them for "sticking it out" through one of the most difficult periods ever experienced at Redhill. None of them will easily forget Christmas, 1957.
Word: mesoscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *-dʰe Proto-Indo-European *médʰi Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *médʰyos Proto-Hellenic *métsos Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos)der. English meso- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic English mesoscopic From meso- + -scopic. 1. On a scale between microscopic and macroscopic
Word: disenfranchised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of disenfranchise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: disenfranchised Part of Speech: adj 1. Not represented; especially, not having the right to vote.
Word: disconcerting Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From disconcert + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/, /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/ 1. Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm. Example: Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting. Example: "You must admit," he remarked, "that up to now our conversation has hardly proceeded along conventional lines. I am a complete stranger to you; another man who is a complete stranger to me speaks to you while we're at tea. You inform me that I shall probably have to kill him in the near future. The statement is, I think you will agree, a trifle disconcerting."
Word: disconcerting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/, /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of disconcert Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: droplets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of droplet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: complex ion Part of Speech: noun 1. Any ion containing more than one atom. e.g. sulphate as opposed to sulphide. 2. Any ion in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands). e.g. ferricyanide.
Word: recto Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/ 1. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal. 2. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal. 3. A writ of right.
Word: verso Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”). 1. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal; 2. The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
Word: left-hand Part of Speech: adj 1. Of, relating to, or located on the left. Labels: not-comparable 2. Using or designed for use by the left hand. Labels: not-comparable Example: a left-hand bowler in the game of cricket 3. Of opposite chirality to the standard. Labels: not-comparable Example: a left-hand screw thread