nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: benzoin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Proto-Indo-European *yew- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *yéwos Proto-Indo-Iranian *yáwas Sanskrit यव (yava)bor.? Proto-Austronesian *zawa Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *zawader.? Old Javanese jawa Old Javanese -i Old Javanese Jawi Javanese ꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)der. Arabic جَاوَة (jāwa) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin From Middle French benjoin, from Catalan benjuí, from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). The first word is from Proto-West Semitic *laban- (“white”), the second from جاوة (jāwa, “Java”) (from Javanese ꦗꦮ (jawa)). The initial lu was probably lost because it was taken as the definite article in Romance. Compare oliban. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛnzəʊɪn/, /ˈbɛnzɔɪn/ 1. A resinous substance, dry and brittle, obtained from Styrax benzoin, a tree of Sumatra, Java, etc., having a fragrant odor, and slightly aromatic taste. It is used in the preparation of benzoic acid, in medicine, and as a perfume. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: These following bodies do not draw: smaragd, achates, corneolus, pearl, jaspis, chalcedonius, alabaster, porphyry, coral, marble, touchstone, haematites, or bloodstone; smyris, ivory, bones, ebontree, cedar, cypress, pitch, softer rosin, camphire, galbanum, ammoniac, storax, benzoin, loadstone, asphaltum. Example: Aromatics were used, too, especially in necromancy, and an old recipe of that sort comprises Musk, Myrrh, Frankincense, Red Storax, Mastick, Olibanum, Saffron, Benzoin and Labdanum. 2. An aromatic hydroxy ketone, 2-hydroxy-1,2-di(phenyl)ethanone, synthesized from benzaldehyde; any derivative of this compound. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The spicebush, Lindera benzoin. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: benzoinated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic لُبَان (lubān) Arabic جَاوِيّ (jāwiyy) Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)bor. Catalan benjuíder. Middle French benjoinder. English benzoin English -ated English benzoinated From benzoin + -ated. 1. Containing or impregnated with benzoin
Word: hammochrysos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin hammochrȳsos, (h)ammochrȳsus, from Ancient Greek ἀμμόχρῡσος (ammókhrūsos), from ἄμμος (ámmos, “sand”) + χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”). Pronunciation: /ˌhæməˈkɹaɪsɒs/ 1. A certain stone with spangles of gold color in it, known to Pliny, perhaps golden mica or yellow mica schist. Labels: uncountable Example: Nearly everything was glass in the frontage of this fairy mart, and its contents glittered like the hammochrysos stone. Example: A splendid curtain, silver-sewn, Spangled like hammochrysos stone Stood in a crypt that dripped delight, His ear-drums pulsing with that sound The sheeted waters in their might Flung to the crags, to mock their thrall.
Word: hammock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.” Pronunciation: /ˈhæmək/, /ˈhæmɪk/ 1. A swinging couch or bed, usually made of netting or canvas about six feet (1.8 meters) wide, suspended by clews or cords at the ends. Example: […] the poore ſaylers, who […] commonly get forthwith into their beds (or hamackoes) reſting their tyred bodies […] Example: [W]ho vvould not rather Sleep Quietly upon a Hammock, vvithout either Cares in his Head, or Crudities in his Stomach, then lye Carking upon a Bed of State, vvith the Qualms and Tvvinges that accompany Surfeits and Exceſs? 2. A piece of land thickly wooded, and usually covered with bushes and vines. Labels: US
Word: hammock Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish hamaca, from Taíno *hamaka (compare Lokono hamaka, Wayuu jama'a), from Proto-Arawak *hamaka. Columbus, in the narrative of his first voyage, says: “A great many Indians in canoes came to the ship to-day for the purpose of bartering their cotton, and hamacas, or nets, in which they sleep.” Pronunciation: /ˈhæmək/, /ˈhæmɪk/ 1. To lie in a hammock. Labels: intransitive Example: "I fancied that we — I and who? — hammocked among the summer breezes." 2. To hang in a way that resembles a hammock. Labels: transitive Example: "She hammocked their plaids between the table and the bed, then edged her way past Kenneth as she approached the central hearth." 3. To make something be wrapped tight, like in a hammock. Labels: transitive Example: "She hammocked her breasts into her bra, snapped it, hitched at it, and gave herself a profile glance in the mirror." 4. To schedule (a new or unpopular programme) between two popular ones in the hope that viewers will watch it. Labels: transitive
Word: handfast Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English hondfast, past participle of Middle English hondfesten (“to betroth”), from Old Norse handfesta (“to strike a bargain, pledge”), itself from hönd (“hand”) + festa (“to fasten, fix, affirm”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *pHst-. 1. A hold, grasp; custody, power of confining or keeping. Labels: obsolete Example: And the remembrancer of her to hold The hand-fast to her lord. I have given him that 2. A contract, agreement, covenant; specifically betrothal, espousal. Labels: obsolete
Word: handfast Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English hondfast, past participle of Middle English hondfesten (“to betroth”), from Old Norse handfesta (“to strike a bargain, pledge”), itself from hönd (“hand”) + festa (“to fasten, fix, affirm”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *pHst-. 1. To pledge; to bind. Labels: transitive 2. To betroth by joining hands, in order to allow for cohabitation before the celebration of marriage; to marry provisionally. Labels: Scotland, transitive Example: No, Sir Priest or Sir Preacher, Catherine is not my wife— […] she is not my wife, but she is handfasted with me, and that makes her as honest a woman. [...] When we are handfasted, as we term it, we are man and wife for a year and a day—that space gone by, each may chuse another mate, or, at their pleasure, may call the priest to marry them for life—and this we call handfasting. Example: Would the lass but consent to go abroad in the unhallowed place at this awful season and hour of the night, she was as firmly handfasted to the Devil as if she had signed a bond with her own blood; […]
Word: handfast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English hondfast, past participle of Middle English hondfesten (“to betroth”), from Old Norse handfesta (“to strike a bargain, pledge”), itself from hönd (“hand”) + festa (“to fasten, fix, affirm”), perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European root *pHst-. 1. Fast by contract; betrothed by joining hands. Labels: obsolete Example: A vyrgine made handfast to Christ.
Word: handfast Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Calque of German handfest, itself from Hand (“hand”) + fest (“firm, strong”). 1. Strong; steadfast. Labels: rare
Word: handfastly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English handfast Middle English -ly English -ly English handfastly From handfast + -ly. 1. In a handfast manner Labels: obsolete Example: the Scots would most holilie and handfastlie promise , the English would forthwith depart with a quiet armie
Word: polycrotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “multiple, many”) + κρότος (krótos, “knocking, rattling”), modeled on dicrotic. 1. Of or pertaining to polycrotism; manifesting polycrotism Example: a polycrotic pulse Example: a polycrotic pulse curve
Word: polycrotism Part of Speech: noun 1. That state or condition of the pulse in which the pulse curve, or sphygmogram, shows several secondary crests or elevations.
Word: pyramidally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pyramidal Middle English -ly English -ly English pyramidally From pyramidal + -ly. 1. Like a pyramid; in a pyramidal manner or shape. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bal Part of Speech: noun 1. The surface of a mine. Labels: Cornwall Example: The surface of the mine is called the bal, and every level and shaft has a name. Example: Penny arrived dressed for the day as a bal-maiden and told us all about the delights of a surface worker's life at a mine in Pendeen days, which was, she told us, what a bal-maiden did.
Word: pyramidion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin pyramidion, from Latin pyramis. See pyramid. 1. The small pyramid which crowns or completes an obelisk or pyramid.
Word: pronoun Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pro- + noun, modeled on Middle French pronom, from Latin pronomen, itself a calque of Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντωνῠμῐ́ᾱ (ăntōnŭmĭ́ā). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹəʊ.naʊn/, /ˈpɹoʊ.naʊn/ 1. A part of speech that refers anaphorically to a noun or noun phrase, which cannot ordinarily be preceded by a determiner and rarely takes an attributive adjective. Example: The possessive conjunctive pronoun is always repeated before a substantive, and after a conjunction; as my brothers and sisters, mes frères & mes sœurs; […] Example: Dalia: Why are you playing the pronoun game? Alyssa: What? What are you talking about? I'm not even. Dalia: You are. "I met someone." "We have a great time. "They're from my home town." Doesn't this tube of wonderful have a name! 2. Any of the third-person pronouns by which a person prefers to be referred to, typically reflecting their gender identity; often communicated as a subject–object pair. Labels: in-plural, specifically Example: My pronouns are she/her. What are your pronouns? Example: The vast majority (82 percent) of the nonbinary trans students I interviewed used nonbinary pronouns for themselves, and all said that they were rarely given the opportunity to indicate their pronouns.
Word: unveiler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From unveil + -er. 1. One who unveils something.
Word: unviolable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English violable English unviolable From un- + violable. 1. Inviolable.
Word: bals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bal Labels: form-of, plural
Word: upbraid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive). Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/ 1. To criticize severely. Labels: transitive Example: How much doth thy kindness upbraid my wickedness! Example: Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 2. To charge with something wrong or disgraceful; to reproach Labels: archaic, transitive Example: Yet do not upbraid us our distress. Example: Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. 3. To treat with contempt. Labels: obsolete Example: There also was that mighty monarch laid, Low under all, yet above all in pride; That name of native fire did foul upbraid, And would, as Ammon's son, be magnify'd. 4. To object or urge as a matter of reproach Labels: obsolete Example: Those that have been bred together, are more apt to envy their equals when raised: for it doth upbraid unto them their own fortunes, and pointeth at them. 5. To utter upbraidings. Labels: archaic, intransitive 6. To vomit; retch. Labels: Northern-England, UK, archaic, dialectal
Word: upbraid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English upbreyden, from Old English upbreġdan, equivalent to up- + braid. Compare English umbraid (“to upbraid”), Icelandic bregða (“to draw, brandish, braid, deviate from, change, break off, upbraid”). See up, and braid (transitive). Pronunciation: /ˌʌpˈbɹeɪd/ 1. The act of reproaching; scorn; disdain. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: He was ymet; who with uncomely Shame Gan him salute, and foul upbraid with faulty Blame.
Word: upbrought Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of upbring Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: soak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck. Pronunciation: /səʊk/, /soʊk/ 1. To be saturated with liquid by being immersed in it. Labels: intransitive Example: I'm going to soak in the bath for a couple of hours. Example: Their land shall be soaked with blood. 2. To immerse in liquid to the point of saturation or thorough permeation. Labels: transitive Example: Soak the beans overnight before cooking. 3. To penetrate or permeate by saturation. Labels: intransitive Example: The water soaked into my shoes and gave me wet feet. Example: The rivulet beneath […]soaked its way obscurely through wreaths of snow. 4. To allow (especially a liquid) to be absorbed; to take in, receive. (usually + up) Labels: transitive Example: A sponge soaks up water; the skin soaks in moisture. Example: I soaked up all the knowledge I could at university. 5. To overcharge or swindle out of a large amount of money. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: It's a blackmail ring, and the district attorneys get a share of the loot. […] Well, they got him in the same kind of jam, and soaked him to the tune of three hundred and eighty-six thousand. Example: Sure, if we own an aerospace contracting company, a five-thousand-acre sugar-beet farm, or a savings and loan with the president's son on the board of directors, we can soak Uncle Sucker for millions. 6. To drink intemperately or gluttonously. Labels: dated, slang 7. To heat (a metal) before shaping it. Labels: transitive 8. To hold a kiln at a particular temperature for a given period of time. Labels: transitive Example: We should soak the kiln at cone 9 for half an hour. 9. To absorb; to drain. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: That they will want a certaine sucking and soaking 10. To engage in penetrative sex without hip thrusting. Labels: Mormonism, slang
Word: soak Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck. Pronunciation: /səʊk/, /soʊk/ 1. (slang, boxing) To hit or strike. Labels: transitive Example: Wasn't Mr. Sipperley pretty shirty when he came to and found that you had been soaking him with putters?
Word: soak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English soken, from Old English socian (“to soak, steep”, literally “to cause to suck (up)”), from Proto-Germanic *sukōną (“to soak”), causative of Proto-Germanic *sūkaną (“to suck”). Cognate with Middle Dutch soken (“to cause to suck”). More at suck. Pronunciation: /səʊk/, /soʊk/ 1. An immersion in water etc. Example: After the strenuous climb, I had a nice long soak in a bath. Example: wildlife tourism has turned Knepp into a successful business that employs more people than it did when it was a farm. Springtime overnighters snuggling down in a luxury treehouse after a soak in the open-air, wood-fired Swedish Hikki bathtub may hear nightingales serenading their consorts 2. A drunkard. Labels: UK, slang 3. A carouse; a drinking session. Labels: slang 4. A low-lying depression that fills with water after rain. Labels: Australia Example: I set off early to walk along the Melbourne Road where, one of the punters had told me, there was a soak with plenty of frogs in it. Example: Molly and Daisy finished their breakfast and decided to take all their dirty clothes and wash them in the soak further down the river.
Word: tamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably a back-formation from tampin (misinterpreted as tamping), a variant of tampion. Pronunciation: /tæmp/ 1. To plug up with clay, earth, dry sand, sod, or other material, as a hole bored in a rock. 2. To drive in or pack down by frequent gentle strokes Example: Tamp earth so as to make a smooth place. Example: Typically for the 'get-on-with-it' era, the railway and military worked like demons to restore the vital rail link. The crater was rapidly filled in and the earth tamped solid, the wreckage was removed by breakdown trains, new rails and sleepers were rushed forward by willing hands, and US Army bulldozers piled in. By 2020 on the same day, both tracks were open for traffic again where there had been a gaping pit just hours before.
Word: tamp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Perhaps confusion with damp. Pronunciation: /tæmp/ 1. To reduce the intensity of. Labels: transitive Example: A single thought tamped her outrage: the chance that Meredith wasn't alone in her suspicions. Example: Whatever doubts she struggled with, they hadn't tamped her hunger for him.
Word: soil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English soilen, soulen, suylen (“to sully, make dirty”), partly from Old French soillier, souillier (“to soil, make dirty, wallow in mire”), from Old Frankish *saulijan, *sulwijan (“to make dirty, soil”); partly from Old English solian, sylian (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Germanic *sulwōną, *sulwijaną, *saulijaną (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old Frisian sulia (“to soil, mire”), Middle Dutch soluwen, seulewen (“to soil, besmirch”), Old High German solōn, bisulen (“to make dirty”), German suhlen (“to soil, make dirty”), Danish søle (“to make dirty, defile”), Swedish söla (“to soil, make dirty”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisauljan, “to bemire”). Compare sully. Pronunciation: /sɔɪl/, [sɔɪ̯ɫ], /sɔɪ.əl/, [sɔi̯əɫ], [sɔi̯l̩] 1. To make dirty. Labels: transitive Example: […]Bad Fruit of Knowledge, if this be to know, / Which leaves us naked thus, of Honour void, / Of innocence, of Faith, of Puritie, / Our wonted Ornaments now ſoild and ſtaind, / And in our Faces evident the ſignes / Of foul concupiſcence ; whence eveil ſtore ; / Even ſhame, the laſt of evils ; of the firſt / Be ſure then. 2. To become dirty or soiled. Labels: intransitive Example: Light colours soil sooner than dark ones. 3. To stain or mar, as with infamy or disgrace; to tarnish; to sully. Labels: figuratively, transitive Example: […]They clip vs drunkards, and with Swiniſh phraſe / Soyle our addition, and indeede it takes / From our atchieuements, though perform’d at height / The pith and marrow of our attribute[…] 4. To dirty one's clothing by accidentally defecating while clothed. Labels: reflexive Example: The child was so scared she soiled herself. 5. To make invalid, to ruin. 6. To enrich with soil or muck; to manure. Example: For to be kind to the former is traffic ; and in these times men present, just as they soil their ground, not that they love the dirt, but that they expect a crop : and for the latter, the politician well approves of the Indian’s religion, in worshiping the devil, that he may do him no hurt ; how much soever he hates him, and is hated by him.
Word: soil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English soilen, soulen, suylen (“to sully, make dirty”), partly from Old French soillier, souillier (“to soil, make dirty, wallow in mire”), from Old Frankish *saulijan, *sulwijan (“to make dirty, soil”); partly from Old English solian, sylian (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Germanic *sulwōną, *sulwijaną, *saulijaną (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old Frisian sulia (“to soil, mire”), Middle Dutch soluwen, seulewen (“to soil, besmirch”), Old High German solōn, bisulen (“to make dirty”), German suhlen (“to soil, make dirty”), Danish søle (“to make dirty, defile”), Swedish söla (“to soil, make dirty”), Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌿𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (bisauljan, “to bemire”). Compare sully. Pronunciation: /sɔɪl/, [sɔɪ̯ɫ], /sɔɪ.əl/, [sɔi̯əɫ], [sɔi̯l̩] 1. Faeces or urine etc. when found on clothes. Labels: euphemistic, uncountable 2. A bag containing soiled items. Labels: countable
Word: soil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English soyl, from Old French soil, souil (“quagmire, marsh”), from Frankish *sōlja, *saulja (“mire, miry place, wallow”), from Proto-Germanic *saulijō (“mud, puddle, feces”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with Old English syle, sylu, sylen (“miry place, wallow”), Old High German sol, gisol (“miry place”), German Suhle (“a wallow, mud pit, muddy pool”). Pronunciation: /sɔɪl/, [sɔɪ̯ɫ], /sɔɪ.əl/, [sɔi̯əɫ], [sɔi̯l̩] 1. A wet or marshy place in which a boar or other such game seeks refuge when hunted.
Word: soil Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Old French saoler, saouler (“to satiate”). Pronunciation: /sɔɪl/, [sɔɪ̯ɫ], /sɔɪ.əl/, [sɔi̯əɫ], [sɔi̯l̩] 1. To feed, as cattle or horses, in the barn or an enclosure, with fresh grass or green food cut for them, instead of sending them out to pasture; hence (due to such food having the effect of purging them) to purge by feeding on green food. Example: to soil a horse
Word: mulch Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from Middle English melsche, molsh (“soft”), from Old English melsċ, milisċ (“mellow; mild; sweet”, literally “honeyed”), probably from Proto-Germanic *mili (“honey”). Compare Icelandic milska (“a honeyed beverage”). Pronunciation: /mʌlt͡ʃ/ 1. Any material used to cover the top layer of soil to protect, insulate, or decorate it, or to discourage weeds or retain moisture. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An organic mulch is a mulch made of natural substances such as leaves or grass clippings. Example: An interim report by investigators from the Rail Accident Investigation Branch found extensive evidence of crushed leaf mulch on the railhead at many sites on the approach to Salisbury Tunnel Junction.
Word: mulch Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from Middle English melsche, molsh (“soft”), from Old English melsċ, milisċ (“mellow; mild; sweet”, literally “honeyed”), probably from Proto-Germanic *mili (“honey”). Compare Icelandic milska (“a honeyed beverage”). Pronunciation: /mʌlt͡ʃ/ 1. To apply mulch. Example: Mulch your vegetable garden to retain moisture and keep weeds down. 2. To turn into mulch. Example: I decided to mulch the grass clippings.
Word: Sydneyan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Sydney Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Sydneyan From Sydney + -an. 1. Of, from or relating to the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Sydneyan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Sydney Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Sydneyan From Sydney + -an. 1. A native or inhabitant of the city of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Word: A.M. Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of anno mundi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Master of Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: A.M. Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of a.m. (“before noon”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: AP Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of all-purpose. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 2. Initialism of alternately placed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 3. Initialism of anteroposterior. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable Example: AP radiograph shows an exophytic type of exostosis. [image caption] 4. Initialism of anti-personnel. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable 5. Initialism of armor-piercing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: AP Part of Speech: noun 1. An Advanced Placement program. Labels: US, countable 2. An Audemars Piguet watch. Labels: countable Example: I put her in a new AP Example: I keep my niggas private, so his AP all I'm showing 3. Initialism of access point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 4. Initialism of accounts payable. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of acetylpyrroline. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of action point. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: Weapon attacks by your team members don't cost AP, but their special skills do, so managing these and exploiting them to target enemy weaknesses is key. 7. Initialism of adjective phrase or adverbial phrase. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 8. Initialism of advantage player. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 9. Initialism of aerosolized pentamidine. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: He pointed out that the annual cost of AP prophylaxis is $2100, and that a single hospitalization for pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) costs six times that amount. (AP is generally regarded as an effective preventive for PCP) 10. Initialism of affair partner. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 11. Abbreviation of all-purpose flour. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 12. Initialism of age progression. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of American plan. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of attachment parenting. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of authorized participant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 16. Initialism of automatic payment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 17. Abbreviation of Auxiliary Provisions (a naval transport). Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 18. Initialism of ammonium perchlorate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 19. Initialism of acute pancreatitis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 20. Initialism of additional protocol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: AP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of ActivityPub. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Advanced Placement. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Joel is AP everything and he's applied to Harvard, so I guess his dad isn't taking any chances. 3. Initialism of Associated Press. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Always consult the official Associated Press Stylebook for other AP questions and guidelines. The KSU Writing Center has current AP books available for use, as well as Writing Assistants to help you with AP format. 4. Initialism of Armed Forces – Pacific. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: APO/FPO AP ZIPs 962-966 — Space Available Mail, Nov. 26; Parcel Airlift Mail, Dec. 3; Priority Mail, Dec. 10; First Class Mail Letters and Cards, Dec. 10 and Express Mail Military Service, Dec. 18. 5. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 6. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Numerous places: Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Bachelor of Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of business analyst. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of breast augmentation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of Basic Authentication. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Abbreviation of bathroom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of bongkrek acid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of breathing apparatus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Airways. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Buenos Aires: a province of Argentina. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of British Administration (usually followed by a place name). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Abbreviation of Bali: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 5. Abbreviation of Bahia: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: BA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of badass. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic, initialism
Word: DF Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Distrito Federal: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: DF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of decoupling factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of divorced female. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of desired face. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DF Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of disfellowship. Labels: Jehovah's-Witnesses, abbreviation, alt-of
Word: DF Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of dairy-free. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: ES Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Espírito Santo: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of ECMAScript. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Work is underway, though, on the next generation of ES, appropriately named ES.Next (ECMA-262 Edition 6), but commonly referred to as ES 6. / As consensus is reached on new ES features, they’re added to the existing draft specification. They’re also listed in ES compatibility tables, such as the ones Mozilla incorporates in much of its documentation, and the exceedingly helpful ECMAScript 6 Compatibility Table. Example: Several implementations of ES exist, for example, JavaScript, JScript, and Nashorn JavaScript.
Word: ES Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of environmental science. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of emergency services. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of engineering sample. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of elementary school. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of executive secretary. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: GO Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Gorontalo: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Goiás: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: GO Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of graphene oxide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: MA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of moving average. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: MA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Master of Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of mature audience, a television rating. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of master-at-arms. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MA Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Massachusetts: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of Maluku: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of Maranhão: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 4. Abbreviation of Mastercard. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: Shares of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) moved slightly higher after the deal was announced.
Word: MG Part of Speech: noun 1. A sports car manufactured by Morris Garages. Labels: countable Example: Joseph […] walked directly to the driverʼs side of a perfectly beautiful red MG. 2. Initialism of machine gun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism 3. Initialism of mycotic granulomatosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of myasthenia gravis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: MG Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Morris Garages, a British sports-car manufacturer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Minas Gerais: a state of the Southeast Region, Brazil Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MG Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of machine-glazed. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: MS Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of manuscript. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of mint state, a grading term. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. M/S: Initialism of motor ship. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of morphine sulfate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of mitral stenosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of multiple sclerosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of Master of Science. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of middle school. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of mini-sheet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of murder-suicide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of medium shot. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of member of Senedd Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MS Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Mato Grosso do Sul: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Microsoft: an American multinational technology company founded in 1975. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Abbreviation of Mississippi: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Initialism of Morgan Stanley. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: According to a list of participants on the forum’s website, the CEOs of Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) still plan to go. Both banks declined to comment. But a person familiar with the situation said Goldman’s Lloyd Blankfein was “unlikely to attend.”
Word: MT Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of M/T. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: MT Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of microtubule. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of machine translation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of massage therapist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of mechanical transport. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of modus tollens Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Let ‘F’ stand for the state of affairs that consists in finite persons possessing and exercising free will. Let ‘p’ stand for ‘God exists’; ‘q’ for ‘F obtains’; ‘r’ for ‘F poses a serious risk of evil’; and ‘s’ for ‘There is no option available to God that counters F.’ With this in place, the argument may be formalized as follows: (1) [(p & q) & r] → s Premiss (2) ~s Premiss (3) ~[(p & q) & r] 1, 2 MT (4) ~(p & q) v ~r 3 DM (5) r Premiss (6) ~(p & q) 4, 5 DS (7) ~p v ~q 6 DM (3) follows from the conjunction of (1) and (2) by modus tollens; De Morgan’s law applied to (3) yields (4); (4) and (5) together lead to (6) by disjunctive syllogism; and another application of De Morgan’s law takes us from (6) to the final conclusion, according to which either God exists or there is free will (but not both). 6. Abbreviation of metric ton. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 7. Alternative form of M/T. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: MT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Mountain Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Montana: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of Mato Grosso: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Initialism of Masoretic Text. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PA Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Pennsylvania: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit? / Heard about Pittsburgh, PA? 2. Abbreviation of Papua: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of Pará: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Initialism of Palestinian Authority. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The European Union was more restrained in its support, on the grounds that it would be preferable for Israel to negotiate its withdrawal as part of an agreement with the PA. The PA and Arab governments criticized Sharon for planning to act without consulting them. Example: He believes that the PA is more entrenched inside Gaza than recognised, saying that, despite being ejected from Gaza as a political and security force in 2007, the PA was still delivering many public services including health and schools in Gaza. 5. Initialism of Proto-Algonquian (sometimes abbreviated PAn to distinguish it from Proto-Algic, but usually just abbreviated PA with Proto-Algic being abbreviated PAc). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Proto-Algic (sometimes abbreviated PAc to distinguish it from Proto-Algonquian). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 7. Initialism of Proto-Athabaskan. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 8. Initialism of Prince Albert: a city in Saskatchewan, Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of public address. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: “Shuttle sensors detect no communications, heat signatures out of the ordinary, or other signals,” SAM-E said over the shuttle’s PA. 2. Initialism of production assistant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of personal assistant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Jen: Douglas has asked me to be his PA. Moss: Oh. My. God! Well, that is something and a half. His PA? How... Whoa! His PA... Shut up! His PA! Jen: It means "personal assistant". Moss: Thank you. Right, OK. 4. Initialism of personal appearance (when a celebrity visits a public event). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of power amplifier. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of Prince Albert (“genital piercing”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of public accountant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of public act. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of physician assistant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of physician associate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of polyamide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of pyrrolizidine alkaloid. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Initialism of Peano arithmetic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 14. Initialism of pulmonary artery. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 15. Initialism of Parental Accompaniment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of precision agriculture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 17. Initialism of points against. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Coordinate term: PF Example: The Giants and Commanders have the same record after 13 games each. However, Washington has control of third place in the NFC East due to a better PF/PA record in comparison to the Giants.
Word: PA Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of posteroanterior. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: PA Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of per annum. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: an interest rate of 3% PA
Word: PB Part of Speech: symbol 1. Abbreviation of petabyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, formal 2. Abbreviation of pebibyte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal
Word: PB Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of peanut butter. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of personal best. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of plate block. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of prime broker or prime brokerage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of patrol bomber. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of parallel bars. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of power brakes. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, dated, initialism, uncountable Example: PS, PB, PW, PDL, ice-cold A/C [power steering, power brakes, power windows, power door locks, ice-cold air conditioning]
Word: PB Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Paraíba: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of Punjab: a state of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of West Papua: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of PowerBook (“family of Macintosh laptop computers”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: When I charge my Powerbook Battery by hooking up the AC adapter to my PB, should I disconnect the AC adapter when the chooser's Battery shows that the batter is charged? Can I safely leave the AC adapter hooked to the PB so I can use the batter for later? Help, I do not want to tear any thing up.
Word: PB Part of Speech: verb 1. To set a new personal best. Labels: informal, intransitive, usually Example: Vocab-wise, medalling and PB-ing are now totally part-and-parcelled, and most experts in South Korea believe podiumed, finalled and all-comered are not far off lexiconing. Example: Speaking after yesterday's race, Ellie, from Walsall, said: 'I would have loved to get the gold but you can't have everything. ¶ 'I've been PBing every time I swim so I can't ask for any more.'
Word: PB Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of plant-based. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: PE Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˌpiːˈʔiː/, /ˌpiˈʔi/ 1. Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 2. Initialism of Port Elizabeth: a city in South Africa. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 3. Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 4. Initialism of Preinstallation Environment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually 5. Initialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable, usually Example: In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […] 6. Abbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually 7. Abbreviation of Highland Papua: a province of Indonesia. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable, usually
Word: PE Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌpiːˈʔiː/, /ˌpiˈʔi/ 1. Initialism of professional engineer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of physical education. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of preliminary examination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of protective earthing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of polyethylene. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of polyether. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of pulmonary embolism. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of premature ejaculation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of private equity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The PE industry, which runs funds that can invest outside public markets, has trillions of dollars in assets under management. 10. Initialism of permanent establishment. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PI Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Piauí: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Initialism of Prison Industries, the prison-run work program for inmates. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Philippine Islands. Labels: Philippines, US, abbreviation, alt-of, dated, historical, initialism Example: We're going back to the PI for a vacation this summer.
Word: PI Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of politically incorrect (see PC). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: PI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of processing instruction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of partial induction (see AI). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of personal injury. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of principal investigator (“lead researcher on a grant-funded project”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of private investigator. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of parallel import. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of phosphatidylinositol, a phospholipid component of eukaryotic cell membranes, also abbreviated in PtdIns. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Initialism of protease inhibitor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 9. Initialism of polyimide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 10. Initialism of ponderal index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 11. Initialism of penile inversion. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 12. Initialism of power integrity. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 13. Abbreviation of prohibited immigrant. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 14. Initialism of pseudoincest. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, slang, uncountable 15. Initialism of port injection (“fuel injection”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 16. Initialism of paradoxical intention. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 17. Initialism of pro forma invoice. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 18. Initialism of people's initiative. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 19. Initialism of preliminary injunction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: PR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Puerto Rico: a territory of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Paraná: a state of Brazil. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Initialism of Port Republic: a small city in New Jersey, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism