nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: subadiabatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English adiabatic English subadiabatic From sub- + adiabatic. 1. With the hotter part having a greater density (and thus tending to sink)
Word: superadiabatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English adiabatic English superadiabatic From super- + adiabatic. 1. With the hotter part having a lesser density (and thus tending to rise)
Word: vitamin K1 Part of Speech: noun 1. phylloquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: axonal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs-der. Proto-Hellenic *aksōn Ancient Greek ἄξων (áxōn)der. English axon English -al English axonal From axon + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to an axon. Labels: not-comparable
Word: phylloquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phyllo- (“leaf”) + (naphtho)quinone. 1. Synonym of phytomenadione. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: 1,4-naphthoquinone Part of Speech: noun 1. An isomer of naphthoquinone. Labels: uncountable
Word: 1,2-naphthoquinone Part of Speech: noun 1. An isomer of naphthoquinone. Labels: uncountable
Word: collectrin Part of Speech: noun 1. A glycoprotein that has a regulatory function in kidney development. Labels: uncountable 2. The gene that codes for this protein. Labels: uncountable
Word: phytonadione Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪ.toʊ.nəˈdaɪˌoʊn/ 1. Alternative form of phytomenadione. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: phytomenadione Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English phyt(ene) Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English me(thyl) Akkadian napṭumbor.? Old Persian *naftahbor. Ancient Greek νάφθα (náphtha)bor. Latin naphthabor. English naphth(a) English -al French -ènebor. English -ene English na(phthalene) Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- German Ketonbor. English ketone English -one English dione English menadione English phytomenadione From phyt(ene) + -o- + menadione. Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪ.toʊˌmɛn.əˈdaɪˌoʊn/ 1. A yellow oily naphthoquinone C₃₁H₄₆O₂ that is obtained especially from alfalfa, cabbage, spinach, and other leafy green vegetables or made synthetically and that has a fast, potent, and prolonged biological effect. It is essential for the blood-clotting process, effective orally, and useful especially in treating hypoprothrombinemia induced by anticoagulant drugs (trademark Mephyton). Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin K2 Part of Speech: noun 1. menaquinone Labels: uncountable
Word: angiotensin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angio- + (hyper)tens(ion) + -in. Compare also the morphologic parallels of vasopressin. Pronunciation: /ænd͡ʒɪəʊˈtɛnsɪn/, /ˌænd͡ʒɪoʊˈtɛnsɪn/, [ˌɛənd͡ʒɪoʊˈtɛnsɪn] 1. Any of several polypeptides that narrow blood vessels and thus regulate arterial pressure. Example: 2001: In addition to stimulating the srteries to constrict, angiotensin also acts on the kidneys to suppress urine production, and acts on the brain to stimulate thirst and drinking behaviour. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 43)
Word: menaquinone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *médʰu Proto-Hellenic *métʰu Ancient Greek μέθυ (méthu) Proto-Indo-European *swel-der.? Ancient Greek ῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)der. German -yl German Methylbor. English me(thyl) English na(phtho)quinone English menaquinone From me(thyl) + na(phtho)quinone. Pronunciation: /ˌmɛn.əˈkwɪn.əʊn/, /ˌmɛn.əˈkwɪˌnoʊn/ 1. A pale yellow crystalline naphthoquinone C₄₁H₅₆O₂ that is obtained especially from putrefied fish meal and produced by bacteria in the large intestine and essential for the blood-clotting process. It is much more unsaturated than vitamin K₁ and slightly less active biologically, and is an isoprenoid derivative of menadione.
Word: play truant Part of Speech: verb 1. To be absent from school without permission. Labels: intransitive Example: [S]ince I pluckt Geeſe, plaide Trevvant, and vvhipt Top, I knevv not vvhat 'tvvas to be beaten, till lately.
Word: menatetrenone Part of Speech: noun 1. menaquinone. Labels: uncountable
Word: piton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Occitan pitt- French -on French pitonbor. English piton Borrowed from French piton (“nail”). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːˌtɒn/ 1. A spike, wedge, or peg that is driven into a rock or ice surface as a support (as for a mountain climber).
Word: piton Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Occitan pitt- French -on French pitonbor. English piton Borrowed from French piton (“nail”). Pronunciation: /ˈpiːˌtɒn/ 1. To put pitons into a rock/ice to facilitate climbing.
Word: menaquinones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of menaquinone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pharmacogenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- English genomics English pharmacogenomics From pharmaco- + genomics. 1. The study of genes that code for enzymes that metabolize drugs, and the design of tailor-made drugs adapted to an individual's genetic make-up. Labels: uncountable Example: In addition to the results of the cancer studies described above, studies of a large research cohort exposed to many kinds of therapies may provide early insights into pharmacogenomics — enabling the provision of the right drug at the right dose to the right patient.
Word: vitaminizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of vitaminize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: vitaminizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of vitaminize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vitaminized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of vitaminize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clotted Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈklɑtəd/ 1. simple past and past participle of clot Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: clotted Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈklɑtəd/ 1. Containing clots. 2. Coagulated
Word: clotting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of clot Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.
Word: clotting Part of Speech: noun 1. Clotted material. Example: There is only Gina, come down from the Villa, / her outrageous umbrella striped like a medicine ball / for the balancing act of a poodle, / to toil in the clottings of fog and the world's / suppuration […]
Word: enucleate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/ 1. To remove the nucleus from (a cell). Labels: transitive 2. To extract (an object) intact from an enclosed space Labels: transitive 3. To explain; to lay bare. Labels: archaic
Word: enucleate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”). Pronunciation: /ɪˈnukliɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliɪt/, /ɪˈnukliˌeɪt/, /ɪˈnjukliˌeɪt/ 1. Enucleated, having no nucleus. Labels: not-comparable
Word: enucleate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ēnucleātus, from ēnucleō (“to remove the kernel from”), from ē- + nucleus (“kernel”). 1. A cell which has been enucleated Example: By 12 hours after enucleation, the rate of incorporation of 3H-labeled amino acids is severely reduced, and by 18 hours many enucleates no longer show detectable incorporation.
Word: HGH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of human growth hormone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: validates Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of validate Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: solidifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of solidify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: solidifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of solidify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: solidifying Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of something becoming solid.
Word: solidified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of solidify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hooky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1848 in New York City. Most likely from Dutch hoekje (“nook, corner; 'spot to hide' in hide-and-seek”). Formerly, "hoekje spelen" could be used to mean "to play hide-and-seek", though the common term for the game nowadays is verstoppertje. By surface analysis, hook + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊki/ 1. Absence from school or work; truancy. Labels: uncountable Example: Let's play hooky and go to the mall. Example: I was already two years late getting to college. I was twenty, not eighteen like most people who were about to graduate. All that hooky playing, stealing, and getting sent to juvenile jails had set me way back.
Word: hooky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hook Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hooky From hook + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈhʊki/ 1. Full of hooks (in any sense). Example: Sew the hooky half of the Velcro on the inner side so that it doesn't pick up fluff. Example: At least the mostly instrumental kickoff “Long Tailed Winter Bird” offers a hooky acoustic guitar riff you can’t blame McCartney for hanging on to as long as he does. 2. Shaped like or resembling a hook; hooked. 3. Dodgy; crooked; illicit. Labels: UK, slang Example: Start a thing in the street and attract attention to bags full of hooky gear? No. She was smarter than that. Example: So I decided to put on my seediest voice and leer, and go round offering the traders the Cole line in cheap hooky goods.
Word: comprehensives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comprehensive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Moby-Dick Part of Speech: name 1. An 1851 novel by Herman Melville, originally titled The Whale, a highly symbolic story about a whaling ship led by Captain Ahab. 2. The elusive white whale hunted in this novel.
Word: Moby Dick Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Moby-Dick. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: statin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the suffix -statin, which was used for inhibiting hormone names before it was used for HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor drug names (but, like statin, has since become much better known in the latter sense). Pronunciation: /ˈstætɪn/ 1. Any of a class of drugs, the HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis. Example: The researchers found that statins were likely to provide benefits at a substantially higher health risk than expected and that those risk levels were lower for atorvastatin and rosuvastatin than for simvastatin and pravastatin. […] Yet some of the statin side effects mentioned in the study have not been proved in the scientific literature or are exaggerated and could cause unnecessary worry, he said. Example: Among the latest are reports of the ability of several leading statins to reduce deaths from common cancers and blunt the decline of memory with age. 2. An inhibiting hormone: a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.
Word: statins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of statin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ball-hawking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ballhawk + -ing. 1. An act of catching or obtaining possession of the ball in a skillful manner; the action of a ball hawk. Labels: uncountable
Word: angiotensins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angiotensin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genotoxins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genotoxin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hawk nose Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hawknose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hawk-nose Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hawknose. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pharmacogenetics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek φάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)der. English pharmaco- English genetics English pharmacogenetics From pharmaco- + genetics. 1. The study of genetic variation that gives rise to differing responses to drugs. Labels: uncountable
Word: hawk-beaked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hawk + beaked. 1. Having a beak shaped like that of a hawk. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a nose shaped like the beak of a hawk. Labels: not-comparable
Word: gum resin Part of Speech: noun 1. A mixture of gum and resin secreted by a plant.
Word: hog gum Part of Speech: noun 1. The gum obtained from Symphonia globulifera. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: gumma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin gumma, extended in meaning from Late Latin gumma (“gum, resin”), a late form of cummis, cummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), of Egyptian origin. Doublet of gum (Etymology 2). 1. a soft, non-cancerous growth, a form of granuloma, resulting from the tertiary stage of syphilis.
Word: glacially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English glacial Middle English -ly English -ly English glacially From glacial + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈɡleɪʃɪəli/ 1. Through glacial action. 2. In a (literally or figuratively) icy manner; icily. Example: ‘Monsieur,’ Louis XV glacially remarked to Choiseul days before the dénouement, ‘I told you that I did not want war.’ 3. With the speed of a glacier; very slowly. Example: Played acoustically, glacially paced and sung in Kristofferson’s parched, age-weathered voice, even his more lighthearted songs – Jesus Was a Capricorn, Best Of All Possible Worlds – were leant an eerie gravitas, while Me and Bobby McGee and Sunday Morning Coming Down sounded heartbreakingly careworn and poignant. Example: The daunting problem is that the incidence of tuberculosis has declined only glacially (at a rate of 1.0 to 1.5% per year) and in some places may be increasing.
Word: glaciate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Latin glaciātus, perfect passive participle of glaciō (“to freeze”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To cover with ice or a glacier. 2. To erode with a glacier. Example: The nivated and glaciated areas shared the same snowfall and the same climatic conditions […] Example: At that point the cuesta is 10 miles wide but the hilltops have an eastward descent of only about 62 feet. In its general eastward slope the surface of the cuesta is exactly that of one made by weathering and stream erosion, acting upon a gently-dipping limestone bed in a region never glaciated. 3. To freeze.
Word: gigaamp Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of gigamp. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: walk away from Part of Speech: verb 1. To abandon or leave; to shun; to refuse. Labels: idiomatic Example: He decided to walk away from his job after expressing much dissatisfaction with his boss. Example: If you walk away from this offer you will live to regret it. 2. To escape (a mishap, accident, etc.) with minimal or no injury. Labels: idiomatic Example: This fall's visitors have included a motorcyclist who flipped his bike at 150 m.p.h. and walked away from the wreck muttering: "I thought I had stopped." 3. To outpace effortlessly. Labels: idiomatic Example: This blue Camaro looked bad, sounded worse and would run like a raped ape. I have no idea what-all-else Wayne did to this car, but it was a six-cylinder that would walk away from every car I came against.
Word: put-down Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from put down. Pronunciation: /ˈpʊtˌdaʊn/ 1. An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark. Labels: idiomatic Example: When he called you a know-it-all, he meant it as a put-down. Example: But it’s not [Pam] Bondi’s script that matters most. It’s her voice, and the attorney general got the tone of it — the poison in it — just right when she spat those put-downs at those men during her, um, testimony before a House panel last week.
Word: cyberphobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cyber- + -phobia. 1. Fear of computers and technology. Labels: uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: computerphobia, technophobia, technofear, Internetphobia Example: Overcoming cyberphobia is not easy, but any effort to automate professionals must address their resistance and concerns or be doomed to failure.
Word: curriculum vitæ Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of curriculum vitae. Labels: alt-of, archaic
Word: somethingth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From something + -th (suffix forming ordinal numerals when the final term of the number is not ‘first’, ‘second’, or ‘third’). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌmθɪŋθ/, /ˈsʌmθɪŋkθ/ 1. Used to indicate the position of a number which is uncertain or unimportant. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: Weymouth, Sept. the somethingth. Example: "The Emperor Nero," said Janet, "He killed Harry's friend, Seneca [the Younger], in the eighty-somethingth year of his age; an old man, and—hush, grandada!" She could not check him.
Word: megaamp Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of mega-amp. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: teraamp Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of tera amp. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: singleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English single Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English singleness From single + -ness. 1. The property of being single. Labels: uncountable 2. The result or product of being single. Labels: countable
Word: sinless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English synneles, senneles, from Old English synlēas (“without sin; sinless”), equivalent to sin + -less. Compare Dutch zondeloos (“sinless”), German Low German sündelos, sündlos (“sinless”), German sündenlos (“sinless”), Icelandic syndlaus (“sinless”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪnləs/ 1. Without sin; never having sinned.
Word: six-gun Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of six-shooter. Labels: dated Example: Robbin' people with a six-gun / I fought the law and the law won
Word: singer-songwriter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dvandva compound of singer + songwriter. 1. A musician who both sings and composes, especially when recording or performing their own compositions.
Word: single-mindedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English single-minded Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English single-mindedness From single-minded + -ness. 1. The property of being single-minded. Labels: uncountable
Word: single-minded Part of Speech: adj 1. Intensely focused and concentrated on purpose, thinking of only one goal, undistractable. Example: They consider it an earnest of the epoch to come that it fell to the lot of Abraham Lincoln, the single-minded son of the working class, to lead his country through the matchless struggle for the rescue of an enchained race and the reconstruction of a social world. Example: Ruthless and single-minded, the Roekaar's propaganda describes their intent to drive all alien invaders, both Milky Way and kett, out of the Heleus Cluster. 2. Honest, sincere, straightforward. Labels: idiomatic
Word: single-mindedly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English single-minded Middle English -ly English -ly English single-mindedly From single-minded + -ly. 1. In a single-minded manner. Example: It was obvious that the story was a lot more complicated than that, and that to attribute oppression so single-mindedly to a particular style of sexuality was not only diversionary but potentially very divisive for the movement as a whole.
Word: sinkable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sink Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English sinkable From sink + -able. 1. Capable of being sunk Example: The Titanic was advertised as being unsinkable; regrettably it turned out to be quite sinkable.
Word: sixfold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold. 1. Having six times as much or as many. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having six component parts. Labels: not-comparable Example: The method is sixfold, and I will tell you what the six steps you must take are.
Word: sixfold Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English sexfold, from Old English sixfeald. Equivalent to six + -fold. 1. Times six, multiplied by six. Labels: not-comparable Example: I will return your investment sixfold. That's right, you'll have 600% of what you started with. 1885, Alexander Campbell, Speeches on Divers Occasions, page 101, "[He] would state that in [1842, there were] 3,448 letters ... received, and in 1865 [that total was] 18,222, or nearly sixfold more.
Word: six-pack Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈsɪksˌpæk/ 1. A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop. Example: If you're thirsty, there's a six pack in the kitchen. Example: Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke. 2. A collection of six of something bundled together, especially six cans of beer or soda pop. 3. A highly developed set of abdominal muscles. Example: Are you going to tone your arms, build a six pack or tighten up the old rump? Example: Depending on your genetics, you might develop abs that have deep grooves, or you might get a great six pack yet your abs appear "flat" like Brad Pitt's in the movie Fight Club. 4. A selection of six photographs, including one of a suspect, used for identification by a witness. Labels: US, informal Example: Officer Bahash then obtained a copy of Grant's photograph from the DMV and placed it in a six-person photograph array (also known as a “six-pack”) for possible identification by two earlier victims.
Word: sixshooter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From six + shooter. 1. Alternative form of six-shooter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Barry boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A man denoted by his taste for loud clothing and flashy cars. Labels: UK, slang
Word: self-satisfaction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English satisfaction English self-satisfaction From self- + satisfaction. 1. The state of being excessively pleased with oneself; smugness. Labels: uncountable 2. A feeling of fulfillment or contentment with respect to one's own accomplishments or situation. Labels: uncountable Example: Without being in any way smug she was radiant with self-satisfaction and well-doing.
Word: pressure vessel Part of Speech: noun 1. A container designed to maintain a volume at a significantly different pressure to that of ambient.
Word: AFI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Film Institute. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AFI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of acquiring financial institution. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of actual flip-angle imaging. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: categoria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría, “public accusation”). Doublet of category. 1. Exposure of an opponent's secret wickedness, especially in the opponent's presence. Labels: rhetoric, uncountable
Word: iceboxes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of icebox Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radar reflector Part of Speech: noun 1. A device designed to reflect radar waves well in order to make it clearly visible on radar screens. Radar reflectors can be installed for example in boats or signal buoys.
Word: blue hen-hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. The goshawk.
Word: hawksbill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hawk + -s- + bill; so named because its sharp beak is reminiscent of a hawk's. 1. A tropical marine turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, that is a source of tortoiseshell.
Word: spiritus asper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma). 1. Synonym of rough breathing. Example: h, as an aspirate, is very frequent in Chinese ; it is generally a stronger aspirate than in English : in the dialects of the south it is often changed into f, in the north into s, or sh. To mark an aspirate after a consonant, we use the Greek spiritus asper in preference to h.
Word: spiritus lenis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin spīritus lēnis, from Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma). 1. Synonym of smooth breathing.
Word: Peter principle Part of Speech: name Etymology: Formulated by Laurence J. Peter. 1. The theory that people in an organization tend to rise (be promoted) to the level of their incompetence.
Word: wing tip Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of wingtip. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cicatrize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin cicatrixbor. English cicatrix Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English cicatrize From cicatrix + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkətɹaɪz/ 1. To form a scar. Labels: intransitive Example: As for myself, I was settling down to my work with the enthusiasm which I used to have for it, so that I might fairly have said that the wound which poor Lucy left on me was becoming cicatrized. Example: His back and muscular shoulders were all ridged by the cicatrized weals of warriorhood. 2. To treat or heal (a wound) by causing a scar or cicatrix to form. Labels: transitive Example: The stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrise the wound.
Word: Sampa Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese Sampa. 1. Nickname for São Paulo: a municipality, the state capital of São Paulo State, Brazil Example: This is Sampa my friend; anything can happen.
Word: TPH Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of trains per hour. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: tph Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of TPH (“trains per hour”). Labels: alt-of, plural, plural-only Example: Transport for London is working to increase capacity on the East London line stretch of London Overground. Work is underway to increase frequencies from the current 16 trains per hour (tph) to 18tph, with new funding now announced to further improve this to 20tph in the future.
Word: hoshin kanri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Japanese: 方針管理 (hōshin kanri); composed of 方針 (hōshin), "plan"/"policy" + 管理 (kanri), "management". 1. A system of management planning developed in Japan; strategic management. Labels: uncountable
Word: variety store Part of Speech: noun 1. A shop where many small and inexpensive items can be bought. Labels: US Example: […] the enduring old variety store that sells out-of-town newspapers, warm unshelled peanuts, and dirty magazines for queers as well as straights.
Word: plodding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of plod Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: plodding Part of Speech: adj 1. Progressing slowly and laboriously.
Word: plodding Part of Speech: noun 1. Slow, laborious progress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I'd count not wearisome / Long toil, nor enterprise, / But strain to reach it; aye, with wrestlings stout / And hopes that even in the dark will grow / (Like plants in dungeons, reaching feelers out), / And ploddings wary and slow. Example: Many a game is won by mere steady plodding.
Word: maggots Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡəts/ 1. plural of maggot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maggots Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmæɡəts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of maggot Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: plowshare Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English plowgh-schare, plowh schare, equivalent to plow + share. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Plouchskoar (“ploughshare”), West Frisian ploechskaar (“ploughshare”), Dutch ploegschaar (“ploughshare”), German Low German Ploogschoor (“ploughshare”), German Pflugschar (“ploughshare”), Danish plovskær (“ploughshare”), Norwegian plogskjær (“ploughshare”). Eclipsed non-native Middle English culter (“ploughshare”), from Old English culter (“ploughshare, coulter, dagger”), borrowed from Latin culter (“knife, razor”). 1. Alternative spelling of ploughshare. Labels: US, alt-of, alternative Example: And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruning hooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Word: incites Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of incite Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pruninghooks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pruninghook Labels: form-of, plural
Word: supped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sup Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: slumbering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of slumber Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: slumbering Part of Speech: adj 1. Temporarily inactive. Example: The slumbering giant that was China has finally awoken. Example: Strangely light and delicate was his frame and seeming, yet with a sense of slumbering power beneath, as the delicate peak of a snow mountain seen afar in the low red rays of morning.
Word: slumbering Part of Speech: noun 1. sleep Example: In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed[…]
Word: haunches Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of haunch Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grubs Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌbz/ 1. plural of grub Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grubs Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɡɹʌbz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of grub Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: crystallized Part of Speech: adj 1. having definitive and fixed form, solidified. 2. being crystalline, in the form of crystals. 3. to give something a definite or precise form.
Word: crystallized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of crystallize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: mee Part of Speech: pron Etymology: From Middle English mee, variant of me, from Old English mē (“me”). See further at me. Pronunciation: /miː/, /mi/ 1. Obsolete spelling of me. Labels: alt-of, obsolete, personal, pronoun Example: Macbeth: Accursed be that tongue that tels mee so; / For it hath Cow'd my better part of man: […] 2. obsolete emphatic of me Labels: alt-of, emphatic, obsolete, personal, pronoun Example: Behold mee then, mee for him, life for life / I offer, on mee let thine anger fall; / Account mee man; […]
Word: mee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hokkien 麵／面 (mī). Pronunciation: /miː/, /mi/ 1. Chinese-style wheat noodles. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable Example: He watched with pleasure the food-sellers swirling the frying mee round in their kualis over primitive charcoal fires. 2. With a descriptive word: a dish containing Chinese-style wheat noodles. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, countable, uncountable Example: curry mee prawn mee soup Example: We were confronted by a large dish piled with a startling mixture of spaghetti, bamboo shoots, sliced prawns, and tiny cubes of pork […] Its name […] was mee. Mee is a favourite dish of the Chinese, and is on sale at all hours of the day and night.
Word: confusticate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Fantastic alteration of confound or confuse. Pronunciation: /kənˈfʌstəkeɪt/ 1. To confuse, confound, or perplex. Labels: US, informal, transitive Example: Massa Clifford’s eye sezs, plain as eber eye did, dat de niggers dat ’specs to confusticate him, mus’ be smarter dan eber yer was, or will be ter de fift’ generation. Example: I had to come and go, Receive with pomp and show From nations, deputations, Which confusticate one so !
Word: fedi Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative letter-case form of Fedi. Labels: alt-of Example: Mastodon refers to this setup as a "federated" one. They're also part of the "fediverse," or "fedi" for short — which simply means the sum of all servers. Example: Much of this is my opinion, based on my personal observations and experiences as someone who's been all-in on fedi since November and has been on it since April 2022, starting off on Mastodon.social and moving to my own instance in November.
Word: jam session Part of Speech: noun 1. An informal gathering of musicians to play music, especially improvised jazz or a similar genre. Example: There were some prerehearsals in small groups, but more often they were put together on the spot or just minutes prior to the practice jam sessions.
Word: alum rock Part of Speech: noun 1. The mineral alunite. Labels: uncountable
Word: Central Europe Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɹəl ˈjʊəɹəp/, /ˈsɛntɹəl ˈjʊɹəp/ 1. A geographic region in the center of Europe, usually including Austria, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia and Germany. Example: Western Christendom's centuries-long confrontation with the Oriental and Islamic empire of the Ottoman Turks also helped define Central Europe as a cultural and historical region.
Word: alunite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its earlier name aluminilite, given in 1824. 1. A gray whitish, water-soluble mineral, potassium aluminium sulphate; the natural source of alum, KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: demeanour Part of Speech: noun 1. UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and Commonwealth spelling of demeanor. Example: By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect. Example: At Paisley, a station staff member politely but firmly asks why RAIL is taking so many photographs. The reply - that it's a magnificent station worthy of pictures - changes his demeanour and he's then very apologetic and says he "has to ask".
Word: go to Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, to. Example: All the jewelry went to her heirs. Example: Don't go to all that bother for me. 2. To attend an event or a sight. Labels: transitive Example: We went to a concert for my birthday. 3. To attend classes at a school as a student. Labels: idiomatic, transitive Example: He went to the University of Kansas for almost two years before he dropped out. 4. To tend to support. Labels: transitive Example: The study goes to the point I was making earlier about subsidies. 5. To get to work; (imperatively) come on. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Now therefore go to, proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and afraid, let him return and depart early from mount Gilead. 6. Used imperatively to express protest or surprise; "come, now!". Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: Doctor: Go to, go to. You have known what you should not. Example: Benedict the Jew in vain pleaded parchments; his usuries were too many. The King said, “Go to, for all thy parchments, thou shalt pay just debt; down with thy dust, or observe this tooth-forceps!”
Word: go to Part of Speech: noun 1. The branching construct GOTO. Labels: capitalized, sometimes
Word: accident waiting to happen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested 1930s. 1. A thing or situation which is almost certain to eventually lead to an accident. Labels: idiomatic Example: Someone needs to repair that worn-out old bridge. It's an accident waiting to happen! Example: Maguire looked totally devoid of confidence, a lost soul and an accident waiting to happen, which it eventually did.
Word: angel's advocate Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone who sees what is good about an idea and supports it. Labels: idiomatic
Word: aromatic vegetable Part of Speech: noun 1. Any vegetable used as a flavor base for cooking, usually by sweating or sautéeing. Carrots, onions, garlic, peppers, and celery are often used for this purpose.
Word: babymoon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of baby + honeymoon. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.biˌmuːn/ 1. A period of calm spent together by a newborn baby and its parents. Example: You and your partner should by now have agreed on your ideal babymoon together, so how it looks will be unique to you. If you already have children, you can involve them in the planning, perhaps with some special babymoon treats organised just for them: friends or relatives taking them out for the day for a special excursion, for example. Example: However, these outsiders spot the first signs of trouble when the babymoon refuses to wane, as they recognize this as an indication that weaning has not yet begun. 2. A last vacation taken by expectant parents before a baby is born. Example: The trendiest new trend among young expectants is to go on a “babymoon.” You know, like a honeymoon except the woman is fatter, and there's not as much action. Example: Humidity and flying will worsen your sausage-like legs, so a trip to the Caribbean rain forest is not an ideal babymoon destination.
Word: babymoon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of baby + honeymoon. Pronunciation: /ˈbeɪ.biˌmuːn/ 1. To travel on or spend a babymoon.
Word: bobtailing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bobtail Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brickmould Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brick + mould. 1. A decorative trim used around exterior doors and windows.
Word: bubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old English. 1. A person who steals plate from public houses. Labels: obsolete 2. A drinking bowl. Labels: obsolete 3. A person who drinks a lot of alcohol. Labels: obsolete
Word: bye-blow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of by-blow. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cattle call Part of Speech: noun 1. An audition which is open to the public and thus draws a large number of applicants, many of whom are inexperienced. Labels: idiomatic Example: The other extreme is a cattle call audition, when dozens or even hundreds of performers are auditioned in groups, only getting a chance to speak a few lines, sing a few bars, or dance a few steps. Example: And to what extent is there a world beyond it? Is there going to be a moment where populism needs a new leader and you’re back to that cattle call in New Hampshire looking at different opportunities?
Word: dead-in-shell Part of Speech: adj 1. That has partially developed but died without hatching. Labels: not-comparable
Word: dudeen Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Irish dúidín. Pronunciation: /duːˈdiːn/ 1. A short-stemmed Irish pipe made out of clay. Example: So I laid down my knittin', an' got up, an' stole ovir to the banes, an' nivir believe me iv I didn't see, sittin' right forenint me, in the very middle of thim, a bit of an ould man, not a quarther so big as a new-born child, wid a little cocked hat an his head, an' a dudeen in his mouth, smokin' away; an' a plain, ould-fashioned, dhrab-coloured coat, wid big brass buttons upon it, an his back, an' a pair o' massy silver buckles in his shoes, that a'most covered his feet they war so big, an' he workin' away as hard as ivir he could, heelin' a little pair o' pumps. Example: He usually had in his mouth a short dudeen; but in an evil moment he put the dudeen, lighted, in the pocket among the powder.
Word: English strong ale Part of Speech: noun 1. An ale brewed to over 5% ABV that uses malt barley. It is brewed in England and also in America. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: frontin' Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of fronting; present participle of front Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: gametophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gameto- + -phobia. 1. The fear of marriage. Labels: uncountable Example: One phobia they don't have is gametophobia (marriage). No living-in-sin for them, only licit thrills. Example: No, but supposedly i have gametophobia
Word: high end Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of high-end (“the best and generally most expensive of a class”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: inside lag Part of Speech: noun 1. The amount of time it takes for the government or the central bank to respond to a shock in the economy.
Word: M-business Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for mobile business. 1. The practice of running business transactions and applications on mobile devices. Labels: uncountable
Word: MTPL Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of motor third party liability: a kind of vehicle insurance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: N-facility Part of Speech: noun 1. In the Open Systems Interconnection-Reference Model (OSI-RM), the transfer of data from one layer (N) to the next higher layer (N+1).
Word: nucleomituphobia Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of nucleomitophobia (“fear of nuclear weapons”). Labels: alt-of, misspelling Example: These last few weeks I have been experiening^([sic]) nucleomituphobia. I am truly afraid for the future of the world. Example: There are probably plenty out there, for instance, who suffer from nucleomituphobia, the abnormal fear or hatred of nuclear weapons.
Word: old bean Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly from playful mid-word substitution of "boy" in "old boy" 1. An old friend; an old chap or fellow. Labels: UK, dated, slang, sometimes, term-of-address Example: […] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […] Example: When this here old Bean told me, you could have knocked me down with a feather.
Word: overbuilder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From overbuild + -er. 1. A person or organization that overbuilds. 2. A company that uses or builds on an existing telecommunications operator’s network (which includes telco and cable networks). These are often associated with advanced fiber-optic networks.
Word: picket Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkɪt/ 1. A stake driven into the ground. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a picket fence 2. A type of punishment by which an offender had to rest his or her entire body weight on the top of a small stake. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 3. A tool in mountaineering that is driven into the snow and used as an anchor or to arrest falls. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. One of the soldiers or troops placed on a line forward of a position to warn against an enemy advance; or any unit (for example, an aircraft or ship) performing a similar function. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So confident was he that he ignored the warning of his two British advisers to post pickets to watch the river, and even withdrew those they had placed there. 5. A sentry. Labels: countable, figuratively, sometimes, uncountable Example: Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. 6. A protester positioned outside an office, workplace etc. during a strike (usually in plural); also the protest itself. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Pickets normally endeavor to be non-violent. Example: In the autumn there was a row at some cement works about the unskilled labour men. A union had just been started for them and all but a few joined. One of these blacklegs was laid for by a picket and knocked out of time. 7. The card game piquet. Labels: uncountable
Word: picket Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From French piquet, from piquer (“to pierce”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɪkɪt/ 1. To protest, organized by a labour union, typically in front of the location of employment. Labels: intransitive 2. To enclose or fortify with pickets or pointed stakes. Labels: transitive Example: One of the most striking was the silver pin presented to all members of the National Women’s Party who served time for picketting the White House for women’s suffrage. 3. To tether to, or as if to, a picket. Labels: transitive Example: to picket a horse Example: [T]he Moors kept a good Guard all Night, and did not unſaddle their Horſes, but picketted them before the Tent-Doors; […] 4. To guard, as a camp or road, by an outlying picket. Labels: transitive 5. To torture by forcing to stand with one foot on a pointed stake. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: plankboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From plank + board. 1. A flat piece of wood; a plank or board. Labels: attributive, often
Word: reception desk Part of Speech: noun 1. A designated area, typically situated near the entrance of a building such as an office, hotel, hospital or other public establishment, where visitors are greeted and assisted.
Word: reclama Part of Speech: noun 1. A request made to the authority to reconsider its decision or action. It is normally sent through official channels, i.e. through the chain of command. Labels: US Example: Subject: DAWN Cancellation Reclama
Word: reclama Part of Speech: verb 1. To request that a decision be reconsidered.
Word: sanctimony Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French sanctimonie, from Latin sānctimōnia (“sanctity, sacredness; purity, chastity”), from sanctus (“holy”) + -monia (“action or result of an action”). Pronunciation: /ˈsæŋk.tɪ.mə.ni/, /ˈsæŋk.tɪˌməʊ.ni/, /ˈsæŋk.tɪˌmoʊ.ni/, /ˈsæŋk.təˌmoʊ.ni/ 1. A hypocritical form of excessive piety, considered to be an affectation merely for public show. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: At its best[…] “The Newsroom” has a wit, sophistication and manic energy that recalls James L. Brooks’s classic movie “Broadcast News.” But at its worst, the show chokes on its own sanctimony. 2. A state of holiness. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: sanitation engineering Part of Speech: noun 1. The study, design, construction and operation of landfills. Labels: uncountable
Word: scanability Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scannability. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: schizotrichia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Comes from the Greek root schizo (divided or division) and trich or thrix (hair). 1. Splitting of hairs at the ends; often called split ends. Labels: uncountable
Word: scotomization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The word was borrowed from the word scotoma (blind spot) by psychiatrists in the 1920s. By surface analysis, scot- + -omize + -ate + -ion. 1. According to some psychoanalytic theories, the mental ability to delete and forget a trauma or overwhelming event. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: shock mount Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular type of microphone mount in which the microphone is suspended by elastic, and so is partially isolated from vibrations that might otherwise be better transmitted to the microphone through the mic stand, causing unwanted sounds to be added to the output signal.
Word: still wine Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of table wine, produced by a method of vinification that leaves it free from carbon dioxide and therefore not sparkling or effervescent. Labels: countable, uncountable