nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: dispatched Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dispatch Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: loosened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of loosen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: loosened Part of Speech: adj 1. Having been made less tight or more relaxed.
Word: inmates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of inmate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: smothered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of smother Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: conquering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English conquer Middle English -ynge English -ing English conquering From conquer + -ing. 1. An act of conquest. Example: So Stellas heart finding what power Loue brings, / To keepe it ſelfe in life and liberty, / Doth willing graunt, that in the frontiers he / Vſe all to helpe his other conquerings: […]
Word: conquering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English conquer Middle English -ynge English -ing English conquering From conquer + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of conquer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: sprinkled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of sprinkle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: successes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of success Labels: form-of, plural
Word: motioned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of motion Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: indigestion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English indigestioun, from Old French indigestion, from Late Latin indigestio, by surface analysis, in- + digestion. Pronunciation: /ˌɪn.dɪˈd͡ʒɛs.t͡ʃən/, /ˌɪn.dɪˈd͡ʒes.t͡ʃən/ 1. A condition of heartburn, nausea, or other stomach-related pain, sometimes caused by eating too quickly. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If you also knew how to combine foods—that is, what foods eaten together “set well,” you need never have indigestion, constipation or any of the headachy, stomachachy ills they lead to.
Word: pigeons Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɪd͡ʒɪns/, /ˈpɪd͡ʒəns/ 1. plural of pigeon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pigeons Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɪd͡ʒɪns/, /ˈpɪd͡ʒəns/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pigeon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resolves Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resolve Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resolves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resolve Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soldier crab Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several species of crabs 2. Any of several species of crabs 3. Any of several species of crabs 4. Any of several species of crabs 5. Any of several species of crabs Labels: Australia
Word: infirmities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of infirmity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: alt key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1964 on the computer keyboard of the PDP-6 TECO. 1. A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to alter the function of other keys.
Word: control key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1978 in the publication Practical Computing. 1. A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used in combination to modify the function of other keys.
Word: operating systems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of operating system Labels: form-of, plural
Word: function multiplier Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic analog computing device that accepts as input two periodic functions and outputs their mathematical product.
Word: Hong-Kong Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Hong Kong. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Hong-Kong, it may be briefly remarked, has been pronounced by all recent navigators, whose judgment is trustworthy, as capable of affording admirable shelter for ships of any burden. Example: It appears from a Parliamentary paper lately published, that a sum of £80,000 is required to defray the charge of the British settlement at Hong-Kong, and of the consular establishments at the five ports in China open to British trade.
Word: function table Part of Speech: noun 1. A printed tabulation of selected values of a function corresponding to selected independent variables; e.g. a table of logarithms.
Word: wilder Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wild. Pronunciation: /ˈwaɪldə(ɹ)/, /ˈwaɪldɚ/ 1. comparative form of wild: more wild Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: wilder Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From wild, probably suggested by wilderness, and as to form by wander. Pronunciation: /ˈwɪldə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɪldɚ/ 1. To bewilder, perplex Example: Now, to smother noise and light, Is stolen abroad the wildering night, Example: Now in their hearts those wildered Trojans said That once more they beheld Achilles' self Gigantic in his armour.
Word: function-evaluation routine Part of Speech: noun 1. A program, module or subroutine etc that returns the value of a defined function
Word: functionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function English -al English functional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English functionalism From functional + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈfʌŋkʃənəlɪzəm/ 1. A doctrine, in several fields, that the function of something should be reflected in its design and the materials used in its construction. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The definition of mental states in terms of their causes and effects. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The idea that social and cultural cohesion are a function of the interdependence and interactions of the institutions of a society. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The theory that the Holocaust was the result of a gradual escalation of decisions and procedures at the operational level (approved but not necessarily preconceived by Hitler). Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A general school of thought that considers psychological phenomena in terms of their role in adaptation to the person's environment. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Synonym of functional linguistics. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: harmonic function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function of two, three or n variables which is a solution to any of Laplace's equations
Word: procathedral Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + cathedral. 1. A church used in place of a cathedral.
Word: procathedral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + cathedral. 1. Used in place of a cathedral. Labels: not-comparable
Word: implicand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, implic(ate) + -and. 1. The conclusion of an implication.
Word: implicant Part of Speech: noun 1. The hypothesis of an implication 2. On a Karnaugh map: a set of ones (whose quantity is a power of two) which are related by adjacency (i.e., the set is connected, if the Karnaugh map is considered to be a graph which "wraps around" its edges, like a torus; and all elements of the subgraph induced by the set have the same degree). Equivalently, in terms of Boolean algebra, a product term which, when true, always implies that the given Boolean function is true.
Word: Heaviside unit function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Oliver Heaviside. 1. The function whose value is zero if its independent variable is negative, and one otherwise.
Word: hybrid wave function Part of Speech: noun 1. An approximation to a wave function made by taking a linear combination of simpler functions
Word: LCAO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of linear combination of atomic orbitals. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: hypergeometric function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function that is a solution of the hypergeometric equation; usually an expansion of an hypergeometric series
Word: identity function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function whose value is always the same as its independent variable, and for which the codomain equals the domain.
Word: Ctrl Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of control key. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Press Ctrl-Alt-Del to restart the computer.
Word: lockerroom Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of locker room. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: locker-room Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of locker room. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: locker rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of locker room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: locker-rooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of locker-room Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lockerrooms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lockerroom (alternative spelling of locker rooms). Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tobogganing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of toboggan Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: A cascade of small, indignant girls were tobogganing sidewise down the incline. Example: 1916: William John Thomas, (John) Doran, Henry Frederick Turle, Joseph Knight, Vernon Horace Rendall, Florence Hayllar, Notes and Queries I froze my toes some years ago, while tobogganing, and was unaware of it until I took off my shoe and walked across the room, when the unusual noise on the boards attracted my attention.
Word: tobogganing Part of Speech: noun 1. The use of toboggans, historically for transport, but now usually for pleasure or for organised sport. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: 1876: Elisée Reclus, Ernest George Ravenstein, A. H. (Augustus Henry) Keane, The Earth and Its Inhabitants: The Universal Geography As elsewhere in Canada, winter is the festive season, given up to sledging, skating, "tobogganning," and other outdoor exhilarating amusements. Example: Today's Olympic sport called luge is a form of tobogganing.
Word: molecules Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of molecule Labels: form-of, plural
Word: superordinate Part of Speech: adj 1. Greater in degree, rank or position. 2. The relation of a universal proposition to a specific proposition of the same form with the universal quantified variable replaced by a specific instance. 3. hypernymic
Word: superordinate Part of Speech: noun 1. That which is superordinate. 2. That which is superordinate. Example: Seventy-two subjects attempted to recall the object nouns of seven once-exposed sentences given as retrieval cues the subject noun of each sentence and four other words related to the subject noun. The related cues were a remote superordinate, a close superordinate, a remote cohyponym, and a close cohyponym of the subject noun. Four predictions about differences in effectiveness of these cues, derived from the Katz and Fodor and the Quillian theories of semantics, were confirmed. There was one case about which the theories made different predictions. Consistent with Quillian's theory, but contrary to the Katz and Fodor theory, significantly more words were recalled when the cue was a close rather than a remote superordinate.
Word: superordinate Part of Speech: verb 1. To cause to be superordinate. Labels: transitive
Word: dashes Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdæʃɪz/ 1. plural of dash Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dashes Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdæʃɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dash Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yammers Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of yammer Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: yammering Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of yammer Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yammering Part of Speech: noun 1. Loud, incoherent, repetitive speech. Example: Nearer and nearer sounded the hurrying footsteps and the incoherent yammerings of the corpses.
Word: yammered Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yammer Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: en-dash Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of en dash. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cowan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1598. Pronunciation: /ˈkəʊən/ 1. A worker in unmortared stone; a stonemason who has not served an apprenticeship. 2. A person who attempts to pass himself off as a Freemason without having experienced the rituals or going through the degrees. 3. A sneak; an inquisitive or prying person. Labels: slang 4. Uninitiated, outside, “profane”. Labels: attributive
Word: cowan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1722; perhaps from the Scottish Gaelic cobhan (“coffer”, “box”, “ark”). Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊən/ 1. A fishing-boat. Labels: Scotland, obsolete, rare
Word: BJT Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bipolar junction transistor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: push off Part of Speech: verb 1. To go away; to get lost. Labels: colloquial, imperative, intransitive, often Example: I looked with sympathetic awe and fearfulness upon the man, who in mid-winter just landed from a four years’ dangerous voyage, could so unrestingly push off again for still another tempestuous term. Example: Brian Clapper: Why? What have I ever done to you? I just tried to help. Tom Carter: Push off, Brian. 2. To push an opponent back, a form of personal foul. Labels: intransitive 3. To delay, postpone, put off, push back. Labels: transitive Example: Far from precipitating that event therefore he pushed it off until the very last moment, when, in fact, there was no alternative left him.
Word: bipolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English bipolar From bi- + polar. Pronunciation: /baɪˈpəʊ.lə/, /baɪˈpoʊ.lɚ/ 1. Involving or having both extremes or poles at the same time. Example: (4) the unipolar-bipolar distinction is important in regard to these personality variables; the trait of extraversion (associated as it is with positive affectivity) may mean that individual variation here leads to a more bipolar pattern; ... Example: Pakistan greatly resents this, but its efforts to adjust the complex have involved trying to make it more bipolar (via nuclear weapons), and not to move to another security order. 2. Relating to both polar regions. 3. Relating to a bipole. 4. Relating to or having bipolar disorder. Example: And in both visual artists and creative writers, there is a considerably higher risk of affective disorder, more unipolar (depression only) in artists, and more bipolar (mania and depression) in writers, and leading to higher rates of alcoholism and suicide, particularly in writers (Andreasen 1987; DeLong & Aldershof, 1988; Jamison, 1986, 1995). Example: Since many childhood depressions become more bipolar in adult life, and because Jay's father was bipolar, I added Depakote to "protect" him against this bipolar possibility. 5. Of or relating to an international system in which two states wield most of the cultural, economic, and political influence.
Word: bipolar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der. Proto-Indo-European *kʷól-os Proto-Hellenic *pólos Ancient Greek πόλος (pólos)der. Latin polus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Late Latin polārislbor. English polar English bipolar From bi- + polar. Pronunciation: /baɪˈpəʊ.lə/, /baɪˈpoʊ.lɚ/ 1. A bipolar cell. Labels: countable 2. Ellipsis of bipolar disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: [R]ecent meta-analyses have shown asthma, obesity, migraine and head injury are associated with bipolar.
Word: bipolar disorder Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌbaɪˈpoʊ.lɚ dɪˈsɔːr.dɚ/ 1. A psychiatric diagnostic category, previously called manic depression, characterised by mood swings between great energy (mania) and clinical depression. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An open study comparing response to lamotrigine in patients with rapid-cycling versus non-rapid-cycling bipolar disorder also indicated efficacy, with some evidence that rapid-cycling patients with more severe manic symptoms at the start of treatment respod less well (367). Example: It^([switching]) is a term frequently used with children with bipolar disorder who may experience switching of mood multiple times throughout the day.
Word: manic depression Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of bipolar disorder. Labels: dated, uncountable
Word: sociopaths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sociopath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: manic-depressive Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to or exhibiting manic depression. Labels: dated
Word: manic-depressive Part of Speech: noun 1. A person with manic depression. Labels: dated
Word: manic depressive Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of manic-depressive. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lorries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lorry Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of lorrie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euthymia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eu- + -thymia, from Ancient Greek εὖ (eû, “well”) + θυμός (thumós, “spiritedness”). 1. A normal, nondepressed, reasonably positive mood; serenity
Word: manors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: endash Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of en dash. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: emdash Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of em dash. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pantheology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-énts Proto-Indo-European *ph₂énts? Proto-Hellenic *pánts Ancient Greek πᾶς (pâs)der. Ancient Greek πᾰν- (păn-)bor. English pan- English theology English pantheology From pan- + theology. 1. A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From me, therefore, you shall take this advertisement that what is imputed to me for a vice hath been done in imitation of the University and Parliament of Paris, places in which is to be found the true spring and source of the lively idea of pantheology, and all manner of justice. Example: It is difficult to ascertain the sentiments of the ancient Egyptions on the supreme powers of the universe, since much confusion has, no doubt, been created by their nomenclature being intermingled with the Grecian mythology and pantheology.
Word: pantheologies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantheology Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pantheologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English pantheology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English pantheologist From pantheology + -ist. 1. One versed in pantheology.
Word: pantheologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pantheologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: arrestee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arrest + -ee. 1. a person who is under arrest.
Word: screen capture Part of Speech: noun 1. A picture or image captured from a computer screen; a screenshot.
Word: kettle of fish Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kettle, a variant of kiddle, a weir or fence of stakes in a stream used to catch fish. 1. An awkward situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: fine kettle of fish pretty kettle of fish Example: "That's a fine kettle of fish," he exclaimed, then turned to his dinner companion. "Fine kettle of fish. I'm so hungry even that sounds good, and from the looks of this menu that's probably what I'll get." 2. A situation recognized as different from or as an alternative to some other situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: another kettle of fish new kettle of fish different kettle of fish Example: Network Rail would have faced a bigger issue. Maintaining the track for one freight train a day is one thing - doing so for 200 passenger trains a day was a very different kettle of fish.
Word: coccid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of very many scale insects (including mealybugs) of the superfamily Coccoidea; especially an insect of the family Coccidae. Example: This group of underground coccids belong to the two genera Dactylopius and Ripersia. The former contains the typical mealy bugs, which possess eight pointed antennæ, while typical Ripersia possess but six joints. Example: Balachowsky ('42 and '48) divided the coccids into three sections and subsequently Jancke ('55) and Theron ('58) agreed with Balachowsky in the placement of these sections within the two evolutionary series.
Word: transistors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transistor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transistorized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of transistorize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: transistorized Part of Speech: adj 1. Built using solid state components such as transistors. Labels: not-comparable
Word: vacuum tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of electron tube that controls electron current through vacuum between electrodes within a sealed container, usually of glass or metal and often designed to be easily installed in and removed from the equipment in which it is used.
Word: evacuated Part of Speech: adj 1. Having had population removed, by evacuation. 2. Containing a vacuum. Example: The evacuated flask imploded with a pop when it could no longer stand the outside air pressure.
Word: evacuated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of evacuate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rectification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English rectificacioun, from Old French rectificacion, from Late Latin rectificatio. Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛktɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/ 1. The action or process of rectifying. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits Example: […] as after the rectification of his views, he was incapable of compromise with profounder shapes of error. 2. The determination of a straight line whose length is equal to a portion of a curve. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The truncation of a polyhedron by replacing each vertex with a face that passes though the midpoint of each edge connected to the vertex; an analogous procedure on a polytope of dimension higher than 3. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The adjustment of a globe preparatory to the solution of a proposed problem. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Purification of a substance through repeated or continuous distillation. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Any of a number of Chinese and Filipino communist purges. See rectification movement. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 7. A procedure that attempts to determine a person's time of birth based on events in their life. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: rectifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rectify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cytological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English cytology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English cytological From cytology + -ical. 1. Of, or relating to cytology or cytologists. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hatchability Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hatch Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin -abilitas Middle French -abletébor. Middle English -ablete English -ability English hatchability From hatch + -ability. 1. The state of being likely to hatch; a measure of that ability Labels: uncountable 2. The state of being able to produce hatchable eggs; a measure of that ability Labels: uncountable
Word: preferentially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English preferential Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English preferentially From preferential + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɛf.ɜː(ɹ)ˌɛn.ʃə.li/ 1. in a preferential manner Labels: not-comparable 2. advantageously Labels: not-comparable
Word: predisposing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of predispose Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: hatchable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hatch 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 hatchable From hatch + -able. 1. able, or liable, to hatch Labels: not-comparable
Word: heat death Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of a thermodynamic system having reached a maximum entropy; temperature is uniform throughout, and no energy is available to do work. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: redline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From red + line, originating with the frequent use of red pen or pencil to mark corrections on drawings and documents (1), and the red markings on a tachometer (2). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd.laɪn/ 1. A drawing, document, etc. that has been marked for correction or modification. 2. The maximum speed, temperature, pressure, etc., at which a device (such as the engine in a car, aircraft, etc.) is designed to operate.
Word: redline Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From red + line, originating with the frequent use of red pen or pencil to mark corrections on drawings and documents (1), and the red markings on a tachometer (2). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd.laɪn/ 1. To mark a drawing or document for correction or modification. 2. To operate a device at one or more redlines. 3. To operate a device at one or more redlines. 4. To deny or complicate access to services (such as banking, insurance, or healthcare) to residents in specific, often racially determined, areas. Labels: Canada, US Example: Already ‘redlined’ by profit-hungry telcos, the inhabitants of poor inner city areas can be shut out of the new on-line services through lack of money. 5. To achieve audio levels that will cause clipping (indicated by red in an audio meter).
Word: well-thumbed Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a book, etc.: showing signs of frequent or heavy use; worn; well used. Example: He pulled out a well-thumbed dictionary and began searching for a translation.
Word: thumbed Part of Speech: adj 1. Having some specific type of thumb. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: He was sore-thumbed after playing video games all day.
Word: thumbed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of thumb Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trade secrets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trade secret Labels: form-of, plural
Word: symmetrical balance Part of Speech: noun 1. In design, the near or exact matching of left and right sides of a three-dimensional form or a two-dimensional composition. Labels: uncountable
Word: oh dear Part of Speech: intj 1. An expression of dismay, concern, worry or disapproval. Example: Oh dear, I seem to have lost my ticket. Example: “[…] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
Word: rubber band airplane Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of toy constructed of light wood, a plastic propeller and a rubber band, propelled by repeatedly winding the propeller backwards and then releasing it into the air.
Word: triskaidekaphobics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of triskaidekaphobic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubber band airplanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rubber band airplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airplanes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of airplane Labels: form-of, plural
Word: airplanes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of airplane Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rubbers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbəz/, [ˈɹɐbəz], /ˈɹʌbɚz/ 1. plural of rubber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rubbers Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌbəz/, [ˈɹɐbəz], /ˈɹʌbɚz/ 1. Rubber overshoes; galoshes. Labels: obsolete 2. A disease of sheep, with great heat and itchiness.
Word: indistinctly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From indistinct + -ly or in- + distinctly. 1. In an indistinct manner. Example: Metanotum shining, indistinctly punctured at the base in the centre, the sides closely punctured; the areola large, obliquely narrowed at the base, its apex open, there are 2 lateral areas, both widely open at the base on the outerside; the posterior median area bears about 10 stout, transverse keels; on its apical outerside is a triangular area; the spiracular is bounded on the outerside by a distinct keel .
Word: Ackermann Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Ackermann (“plowman”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: acorn squash Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several varieties of a plant, Cucurbita pepo, being a dark green winter squash having yellow to orange flesh.
Word: Jack Frost Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Jack (placeholder or conventional name for any man) + frost. Pronunciation: /ˌdʒæk ˈfɹɒst/, /ˌdʒæk ˈfɹɑst/, /-ˈfɹɔst/ 1. A personification of frosty weather or winter. Example: This time of Year being cold and frosty generally speaking, or when Jack Frost commonly takes us by the Nose, the Diversions are always within Doors, either in Exercise or by the Fire-side. Example: Well, and the inside is all lined with skins, warm enough; and there's a fire in the middle; [...] Jack frost may whistle out doors if he pleases, but he can hardly get his nose in here.
Word: self-confidence 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 confidence English self-confidence From self- + confidence. 1. The state or degree of being self-confident: believing in one's own abilities. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Standing up for themselves is often difficult for girls from male-dominated cultures. Take Bahareh Husseini. She fled Iran and now lives in the German city of Düsseldorf. She wanted to study and be able determine her own path in life. In Germany, she found support at Diakonie, a Protestant social welfare organization. There, Jessica te Heesen heads the JUMP project, which helps refugee girls develop self-confidence, assert themselves, and find their way in school and at work. Bahareh is now studying medical physics — and passing on her experiences to others.
Word: afear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English aferen (“to frighten, terrify”), from Old English āfǣran (“to terrify, dismay”), from ā- (perfective prefix) + fǣran (“to frighten; to devour, raven”), from fǣr (“sudden danger, calamity, ambush; a blitz”), from Proto-Germanic *fērō (“danger”), from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to try, dare, risk”). 1. To imbue with fear; to affright, to terrify. Labels: dialectal, obsolete Example: Moreouer the perfit beleue of this article, worketh in all true chriſten people, aloue to continue in this vnitie, and afeare to be caſte out of the ſame, and it worketh in them that be ſinners and repentant, great comforte, and conſolacion, to obteine remiſſion of ſinne, by vertue of Chriſtes paſſion, and adminiſtracion of his ſacramentes at the miniſters handes, ordained for that purpoſe, [...] Example: Be not affeard, the Iſle is full of noyſes, / Sounds, and ſweet aires, that giue delight and hurt not.
Word: eyeteeth Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyetooth Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bejewel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epider. Proto-Indo-European *h₁pi Proto-Germanic *bider. Proto-Germanic *bi- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Old English be- Middle English bi- English be- English jewel English bejewel From be- (“on, about, all over”) + jewel. 1. To decorate or bedeck with jewels or gems. Example: Men should remove any earrings. Hands are the only areas where rings of any sort should appear. Ditch any eyebrow, lip, or nose rings until after work. Also, do not use this occasion to bejewel yourself in all your finery. Example: They bejewel each other beautifully to promote their evil cause.
Word: mashup Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mash (“to convert into a mash; to mix thoroughly”) + up. Pronunciation: /ˈmæʃˌʌp/ 1. Something consisting of two or more elements combined together. Labels: informal, slang Example: What's tiresome about Anna, though, is that it's such an obvious mashup of other movies, moving from homage right into ripoff. 2. Something consisting of two or more elements combined together. Labels: informal, slang 3. Something consisting of two or more elements combined together. Labels: informal, slang 4. Something consisting of two or more elements combined together. Labels: Internet, informal Example: This app is a mashup mixing news from the BBC and maps from Google.
Word: redactorial Part of Speech: adj 1. Related to redaction.
Word: mousepad Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mouse pad. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: midwives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of midwife Labels: form-of, plural
Word: midwives Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of midwife Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scarves Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scarf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Yves Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Yves. Pronunciation: /ˈiːv/ 1. A male given name from French
Word: DYK Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of did you know?. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: DYK that Ricky Ledee, son of the Sonora Poncena singer Tonito Ledee, who died in an automobile accident, is a promising baseball player in the New York Yankee top minor league team, Columbus?
Word: DYK Part of Speech: noun 1. A question taking the form "did you know?". Labels: rare Example: A Whopping 20 Percent of DYKs Close. Twenty percent of did you know questions result in the sale of an additional product or service!
Word: osar Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish åsar. 1. An esker.
Word: forewarn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early 14th century, from Middle English *forewarnen (suggested by Middle English forewarned, forewarning, forewarner, etc.), from Old English forewarnian (“to take warning beforehand; forewarn”), from Proto-Germanic *furawarnōną (“to forewarn”), equivalent to fore- + warn. Cognate with German vorwarnen (“to forewarn”), Swedish förvarna (“to forewarn”). 1. To warn in advance. Example: And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […] Example: “I came down like a wolf on the fold, didn’t I ? Why didn’t I telephone ? Strategy, my dear boy, strategy. This is a surprise attack, and I’d no wish that the garrison, forewarned, should escape.[…]”
Word: parliaments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of parliament Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cross-staff Part of Speech: noun 1. An archbishop's cross. Labels: obsolete 2. An early instrument, consisting of a wooden rod with a sliding crosspiece, used for measuring the altitude of a star or for surveying. Labels: historical Example: The cross-staff is a very simple instrument, a calibrated shaft along which a bar slides.
Word: crosstree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + tree. 1. A light timber or metal spreader fixed athwartships part way up a mast to spread the shrouds from higher up Example: Your most usual point of perch is the head of the t’ gallant-mast, where you stand upon two thin parallel sticks (almost peculiar to whalemen) called the t’ gallant crosstrees. Example: She was wearing the Red Ensign at her cross-trees and the Stars and Stripes aft and she was making about three knots through the twenty-foot opening of the reef.
Word: crow's nest Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the habit of crows building nests high up in trees. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹəʊz.nɛst/ 1. A small open-top shelter, originally a cask, on the top of the foremast, large enough to accommodate a lookout. It was used by whalers to watch for a blow (spout), or in icebound waters to seek a channel. Example: When Captain Sleet in person stood his mast-head in this crow’s-nest of his, he tells us that he always had a rifle with him (also fixed in the rack), together with a powder flask and shot, for the purpose of popping off the stray narwhales, or vagrant sea unicorns infesting those waters; […].
Word: thaumaturgies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of thaumaturgy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: neanderthal Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable
Word: neanderthal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Neanderthal. Labels: alt-of
Word: acetylcholine chloride Part of Speech: noun 1. A parasympathomimetic drug that is rapidly broken down in the body, used for cataract surgery. Labels: uncountable
Word: parasympathomimetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English sympatho- English mimetic English parasympathomimetic From para- + sympatho- + mimetic. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəsɪmpəθoʊmɪˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌpæɹəsɪmpəθoʊməˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌpæɹəsɪmpəθoʊˌmaɪˈmɛtɪk/ 1. Acting by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system; mimicking the effects of that system by stimulating acetylcholine receptors. Labels: not-comparable
Word: parasympathomimetic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Hellenic *pərai Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́ (părắ) Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ- (pără-)der. English para- English sympatho- English mimetic English parasympathomimetic From para- + sympatho- + mimetic. Pronunciation: /ˌpæɹəsɪmpəθoʊmɪˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌpæɹəsɪmpəθoʊməˈmɛtɪk/, /ˌpæɹəsɪmpəθoʊˌmaɪˈmɛtɪk/ 1. A parasympathomimetic drug.
Word: corrida Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- Proto-Indo-European *-éti Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥séti Proto-Italic *korzō Latin currō Old Spanish correr Spanish correr Spanish -ida Spanish corridabor. English corrida Borrowed from Spanish corrida. 1. a bullfight Example: […]El Juli, a young and already much-admired torero, takes risk after risk until he is gored, drops to the sand and is helped up by Enrique Ponce Martinez - Spain 's leading matador and his partner for the afternoon's corrida.
Word: bullfight Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bull + fight. 1. A public spectacle, in Spain and some other Latin countries, in which a person baits and often kills a bull.
Word: charity shop Part of Speech: noun 1. A retail establishment run by a charitable organization in order to raise funds for its causes. Labels: UK Example: Screwing in a charity shop / On top of black bin bags / Full of donations
Word: parasympathetic nervous system Part of Speech: noun 1. One of the divisions of the autonomic nervous system, based between the brain and the spinal cord, that slows the heart and relaxes muscles.
Word: phenolphthalein Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phenol + phthalein. Pronunciation: /ˌfiː.nɒlˈ(f)θa.liːn/, /ˌfiː.nɒlˈ(f)θeɪ.liːn/, /ˌfi.nl̩ˈθæl.i.ɪn/, /ˌfi.nl̩ˈθæˌlin/, /ˌfi.nl̩ˈθeɪˌlin/ 1. A white or yellowish-white crystalline compound C₂₀H₁₄O₄ used in medicine as a laxative and in analysis as an indicator because its solution is brilliant red in alkalies and is decolorized by acids. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After transfering the acid to a 150-mL Erlenmeyer flask, add 60 mL of deionized water and 2 drops of phenolphthalein.
Word: comparer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English compare 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 comparer From compare + -er. Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɛəɹə(ɹ)/ 1. One who, or that which, compares.
Word: yachters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of yachter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: yachted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of yacht Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ancon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ancōn, from Ancient Greek ἀγκών (ankṓn, “bend, elbow, cranny”). Pronunciation: /ˈæŋkɒn/ 1. The corner of a wall or rafter. Labels: obsolete 2. A console that appears to support a cornice. 3. The elbow. 4. The olecranon.
Word: ancones Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /æŋˈkəʊniːz/ 1. plural of ancon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ligularia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /ˌlɪɡ.jʊˈlɛəɹi.ə/, /ˌlɪɡ.jəˈlɛɹi.ə/ 1. Any of several species of flowering plant, of the genus Ligularia, having heart-shaped leaves and bright, daisy-like flowers.
Word: impulse function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any generalized function which is defined by its behavior under integration.
Word: incidence function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function that assigns a pair of vertices to each edge of a graph.
Word: increasing function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function of a real variable whose value increases (or is constant) as the variable increases.
Word: strictly increasing function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function of a real variable whose value increases as the variable increases.
Word: quotity Part of Speech: noun 1. A quotum or quota; a number of people or things Labels: obsolete, rare
Word: mulga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gamilaraay malga. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌlɡə/, /ˈmɐlɡə/, [ˈmɔʊlɡɐ] 1. Any of a number of small acacia trees, especially Acacia aneura, forming dense scrub in dry inland areas of Australia. Labels: Australia Example: Ford (1969) points out that it is distributed from southern Northern Territory and northern South Australia west through mulga country of the Gibson and Great Victoria Deserts to the coast of Western Australia. Example: 1983, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, The Queensland Journal of Agriculture and Animal Science, Volumes 40-42, page 68, This paper describes a preliminary field experiment designed to examine the effect of supplementing sheep fed mulga with several proprietary licks and a more comprehensive field experiment to evaluate the effect of the most promising lick fed with cottonseed meal. 2. Any region where mulga is the predominant vegetation. Labels: Australia 3. The outback. Labels: Australia, colloquial, in-compounds Example: I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred […] 4. Something made from the wood of a mulga tree. 5. Ellipsis of mulga wire (“a message or story transmitted through an informal gossip network, especially one containing false information”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: astral plane Part of Speech: noun 1. A supernatural plane of existence consisting of the world of the celestial spheres, propounded by esoteric philosophies, some religious teachings, and New Age thought. Example: Incidentally, such beings may be said to have an existence of a sort upon the lower astral plane; they are elementals created by man's evil desires and unclean thoughts. Example: The realm of the astral plane is an intermediate realm; below is the world of matter, above is the world of pure Being. 2. A Unicode plane (range of code points) above the Basic Multilingual Plane; any plane beyond U+FFFF. Labels: humorous, slang Example: Emoji are in the astral plane. Example: If your application works with MathML, or in various languages whose character sets gained support in Unicode 3.1 through the so-called Astral Planes, you will need to know that what Java calls a char is not really the same thing as a Unicode character or an XML character.
Word: drive Irish tandem Part of Speech: verb 1. To walk; to go by foot. Labels: UK, dated Example: c. 1848, Thomas Francis Meagher, Meagher of the Sword: Speeches of Thomas Francis Meagher in Ireland, 1846-1848, his narrative of events in Ireland in July 1848, personal reminiscences of Waterford, Galway, and his schooldays, page 287, “Mr. Mayor and fellow citizens,” it was thus he addressed the meeting the morning I returned to Waterford, “I came to attend this meeting, driving Irish tandem — that is one foot before the other.” Example: He was driving Irish tandem, but perhaps I talk at random – / I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred; / What I mean's he had his swag up through his having knocked his nag up
Word: pharmacists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pharmacist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: blucher Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named from Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher (1742–1819), a Prussian general. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːkə/ 1. A form of horse-drawn carriage; a Blucher coach. Labels: historical 2. A sturdy laced leather half-boot. Example: He whistled tunelessly his one air, beating his own time with a stick on the toe of his blucher, then looked overhead at the sun and calculated that she must have been lying like that for `close up an hour.'
Word: guyver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown Pronunciation: /ˈɡaɪvə/ 1. Flattering talk; behaviour put on to impress or deceive; persiflage. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, slang, uncountable
Word: neddy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ned + -y, Ned being a diminutive of Edward. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛdi/ 1. A donkey or ass. 2. A horse, especially a racehorse. Labels: Australia, UK, slang Example: Riding overland from Sydney to Brisbane, along the beautiful North Coast district of New South Wales, I tied my neddy up on the roadside and investigated a bark-shanty some little distance off in the Bush. Example: 1932, Ion Idriess, The Desert Column, extracted in 2006, Rex Sadler, Tom Hayllar, In the Line of Fire: Real Stories of Australians at War, from Gallipoli to Vietnam, page 61, Some of the boys whipped off their hats and laughingly smacked their neddies′ rumps, for we hated using spurs on the poor thirsty beggars. 3. The horse races. Labels: Australia, in-plural, slang, with-definite-article Example: He′d usually be there at the same place most Saturdays and we ended up sharing a beer talking about the neddies. It just grew from there. I′d nod at him; ask him how he was going. We′d talk racing, have a dig at each other for backing losers. 4. Horsepower. Labels: Australia, colloquial, plural-normally, slang Example: Weird as it sounds, it was because you weren't going fast enough :-) I've found that if you wick it up too much exiting a curve you tend to do one of those feet off the pegs numbers. Fun, huh? Otoh, if you carry more corner speed the back is more likely to let go gradually, because the tyre is already closer to the edge, so it doesn't require a fist full of neddies to break it loose. I still wouldn't recommmend it for the road... Example: No chance in hell, even if it was a Gurney Eagle engine. The only way you can get those sort of neddies out of a 302 Windsor would be boost. 5. An idiot; a stupid or contemptible person. Example: 1967, Royal Aero Club (Great Britain), Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, United Service and Royal Aero Club, Flight International, Volume 91, page 496, The trouble is that the neddies in the Board of Trade would probably approve it. Example: “The neddies might call it a machine. They might think you guilty of machinism.” “Hang the stupid neddies!” Kieron carefully loosened the mooring, and the balloon rose.