nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: varietist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From variety + -ist. 1. A person who is nonmonogamous. Labels: obsolete Example: 2015 March 23, David S. D'Amato, Free Love: Victoria Woohhull, Libertarianism.orghttp://www.libertarianism.org/columns/free-love-victoria-woodhull In her periodical, Woodhull stated that her proposition was to "advocate sexual freedom for all people - freedom for the monogamist to practice monogamy, for the varietist to be a varietist still.".
Word: veinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From vein + -ous. Pronunciation: /ˈveɪ.nəs/ 1. Having prominent veins. Example: The excellent old gentleman's nails are long and leaden, and his hands lean and veinous. 2. From, or related to veins. Example: I do a veinous draw once a month at the doctor's lab. Example: Farriers should have an awareness of blood flow and veinous arterial and capillary blood flow in the foot and how this flow changes under load and when it's unloaded.
Word: veinstone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vein + stone. 1. Synonym of gangue. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The effect of this mixture is to reduce the per centage of copper, which is further depressed by the impossibility of separating, even by the most perfect machinery, all the adherent rock and veinstone from the ore.
Word: veitchberry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Veitch + berry, from the surname of the men who raised it. 1. A form of loganberry: specifically, a cross between R. fruticosus and R. idaeus.
Word: washery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wash + -ery. 1. The place in the above-ground part of a coal mine where coal is washed. 2. Synonym of laundromat, launderette. Labels: dated
Word: washland Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wash + land. 1. Any land that is flooded by a river from time to time. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Martyn Wilson, senior asset manager (geotechnics), explains: "In that part of Yorkshire, more than 3,000 acres of washlands had been allowed to flood [in line with the Environment Agency's local flood management plan]. That's 80% of the size of Windermere, so when it floods it becomes the second-largest lake in England.
Word: wonderstruck Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From wonder + struck. 1. Filled or overcome with wonder. Example: 1611, Thomas Middleton, No Wit, No Help Like a Woman’s, London: Humphrey Moseley, 1657, Act II, Scene 1, p. 50, I am so wonder-struck at your blest presence, That through amaz’d Joy, I neglect my duty! Example: Great and astonishing as this difference is, we ought not to be so wonder-struck at it, as to attribute it to the miraculous interposition of heaven.
Word: interactomics Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of the interactions between proteins and other components of a cell Labels: uncountable
Word: metastastic Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of metastatic. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: microRNAome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From microRNA + -ome (“complete set”). 1. The complete set of microRNAs in an organism
Word: microfibrillar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + fibrillar. 1. Of or pertaining to microfibrils Labels: not-comparable
Word: ménagerie Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of menagerie. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In one of his flights, he happened to alight in the middle of a ménagerie of peacocks. […] Just at this moment the master of the ménagerie called his birds into a little inclosure, that he might give them their breakfast. […] There was a pond in the middle of the ménagerie, that served him for a looking-glass. Example: Viperine venom was fixed upon, as being powerful enough to ensure a counteracting affection; and nine live vipers were procured from Prince Napoleon Jerome Buonaparte, who keeps a ménagerie of those animals for philosophical purposes.
Word: extrathoracic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + thoracic, the latter part being from thorax + -ic. 1. Outside the chest. Labels: not-comparable
Word: logodaedalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From logodaedaly + -ist. 1. One skilled in logodaedaly, that is, the use of words or wordplay. Example: But when pedants have the effrontery to address the public from the pulpit or the chair, in technical phraseology, calculated singly for the school, that cannot be properly charged on any philosophic system, any more than the follies of a logodaedalist are to be charged on grammar.
Word: monologize Part of Speech: verb 1. To deliver a monologue. Labels: intransitive Example: "No, Mr. Blenkinsop," he replied to the submissive curate, standing on his hearth-rug at full height and regarding the cornice as his habit was when he began to monologize—"no, I find it impossible to entertain such an accusation." 2. To deliver in the form of a monologue. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: monologise Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of monologize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: monologizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of monologize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: monologizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of monologize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: monologized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of monologize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: monologises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of monologise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: monologising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of monologise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: monologised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of monologise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: chlorella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A use as a common noun of the genus name taxonomic name Chlorella, from New Latin chlorella, from chlōrus + -ella (“diminutive”), from Ancient Greek χλωρός (khlōrós, “pale green”). 1. Any single-celled green alga, of the genus Chlorella, found especially in stagnant water; now produced commercially as a food supplement. Example: Many people use chlorella for a nutrient factor isolated in the 1950s and not available in other green foods: "Chlorella Growth Factor" (CGF). CGF is related to the special nature of chlorella's nucleic acid. The nucleic acid in the human body ...
Word: leaves behind Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of leave behind Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: leaving behind Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of leave behind Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: left behind Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of leave behind Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: evolutionistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From evolution + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to evolutionism.
Word: amygdalar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From amygdala + -ar. 1. Of or pertaining to the amygdala Labels: not-comparable
Word: deuteronlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From deuteron + -like. 1. Having the characteristics of a deuteron Labels: not-comparable
Word: granulometric Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to granulometry (measurement of the size of grains in sedimentary deposits) Labels: not-comparable
Word: granulometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From granule + -o- + -metry. 1. The measurement of the sizes of mineral grains in sedimentary rock. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The measurement of the size distribution in granular material. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable Example: Recent studies demonstrate that encapsulation of the healing agent provides successive repair by reducing the capsules’ diameter to the material granulometry [2] and by casting them through materials compatible to concrete (i.e., [3]).
Word: magnetostrictions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of magnetostriction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knawvshawl Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Irish cnáimhseáil (“grumbling, complaining”). 1. to mutter or complain sullenly Labels: Ireland, intransitive Example: On the way home in the trap, that night, the uncle started to cnawvshawl. "Houl', you hoor," said Dan, "there's a woman as has been watching your nephew this while will be rightly annoyed now that he's promised. Example: Suzanne Vega stereotyped 'Calypso' as we knawvshawled about our families (our begetters and begotten, no worse than the next, whose umbilical cords we're still spancelled to) before we went on to our respective wanderings.
Word: microfluorescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescence English microfluorescence From micro- + fluorescence. 1. fluorescence from very small areas of a sample; used especially to analyze surface contaminants Labels: uncountable
Word: knawvshawls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of knawvshawl Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: knawvshawling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of knawvshawl Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: knawvshawled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of knawvshawl Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: cnawvshawl Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of knawvshawl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: multiclassifier Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + classifier. 1. That employs multiple classifiers Labels: not-comparable
Word: multifibre Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + fibre. 1. Employing multiple fibres Labels: not-comparable 2. Composed of several different types of (plant) fibre Labels: not-comparable
Word: multiprong Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From multi- + prong. 1. multipronged Labels: not-comparable Example: Rather than parsing subsections, multiprong tests, or obscure legal authorities, a lawyer or judge might try to cut through the muck by positing, “It’s just common sense that X, Y, and Z!”
Word: protonlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From proton + -like. 1. Having the characteristics of a proton
Word: pseudonulls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pseudonull Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pseudonull Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pseudo- + null. 1. A null result obtained as a result of error or interference
Word: pushdown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria. 1. Describing a stack in which items are removed in a LIFO manner from the end at which they were added. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pushdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From push + down; by analogy with a spring-loaded stack of plates in a cafeteria. 1. A pushdown automaton. Labels: countable Example: Since indexed grammars are context-free grammars with pushdowns, the generalization of Thatcher's result shows that they generate the yields of the tree languages recognized by deterministic pushdown tree automata. 2. The relegation of the transformation or processing of data to the originating datasource. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: filter pushdown Example: predicate pushdown
Word: pushdown Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from push down. 1. An exercise that requires one to push weight downward. Example: Machine exercises with weight stacks, like pushdowns or pulldowns, are ideal for cranking out more than three drops because all you need to do is insert the pin in a higher (lighter) slot each time.
Word: pushdown Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Deverbal from push down. 1. Used by being pushed down. Labels: not-comparable Example: [T]he unfortunate few who suffer from it [ejaculatory anhedonia] are incapable of deriving any pleasure whatsoever from orgasms. They make a bit of mess while staring impassively into the middle distance, and that's it. Like the human equivalent of a pushdown soap-dispenser. Example: The containers we always use for those are the OXO ones that have the pushdown button, so I think it probably does stay fresher than flour in a paper bag, and in that way, it works.
Word: shapelet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From shape + -let. 1. A stylized shape used in pattern recognition systems to correspond to a real object
Word: shapelets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shapelet Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subpulses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subpulse Labels: form-of, plural
Word: subpulse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + pulse. 1. A subsidiary pulse 2. The lesser of the two regular pulses emitted by a pulsar
Word: caths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cath Labels: form-of, plural
Word: caths Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cath Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: subresultant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sub- + resultant. 1. A generalization of a resultant that is the product of the pairwise differences of the roots of polynomials
Word: subresultants Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of subresultant Labels: form-of, plural
Word: torsioned Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From torsion + -ed. 1. subjected to torsion 2. twisted
Word: torsionic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From torsion + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to torsion
Word: bioregionalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + regionalism. 1. The belief that naturally-defined regions (bioregions or ecoregions) should be the basis of political or cultural identity Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bolection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Pronunciation: /bə(ʊ)ˈlɛkʃən/ 1. A moulding that covers a joint, especially between joints between surfaces on different levels. Example: […] your disk of white light trembling like the moon on water as it plays over the identical bureaus, the recessions of closet and room's front door, door's frame's bolections […]
Word: conveniency Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of convenience with -ency. 1. Convenience. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable Example: […] with all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment […] Example: Euery day, thou dofftſt me, vvith ſome deuiſe Iago; / And rather, as it ſeemes to me, thou keepeſt from me, / All conueniency, then ſupplieſt me, vvith the leaſt / Aduantage of hope: […]
Word: interactionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interaction + -ism. 1. The branch of sociology that studies interaction between individuals or groups. Labels: uncountable 2. A theory in the philosophy of mind which holds that matter and mind are two distinct and independent substances that exert causal effects on one another. Labels: uncountable
Word: krugerrand Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Krugerrand. Labels: alt-of
Word: meconopsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name, coined by Linnaeus from μήκων (mḗkōn, “poppy”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “appearance”). 1. Any of several poppy-like plants of the genus Meconopsis, most of which are found in the Himalayas
Word: millhands Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of millhand Labels: form-of, plural
Word: millhand Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mill + hand. 1. A worker in a mill.
Word: phacelia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from translingual Phacelia. Pronunciation: /fəˈsiːliə/ 1. Any of many annual or perennial herbaceous plants, of the genus Phacelia, native to the Americas.
Word: rankshift Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rank + shift. 1. To use a phrase as a subunit of a longer one
Word: rankshift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rank + shift. 1. The action of rankshifting
Word: webby Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From web + -y. 1. Consisting of, resembling, or having webs or a web. 2. Characteristic of the World Wide Web. Labels: uncommon Example: Having a centralized package manager is not very webby, to use Dahl's words. The fact that millions of applications depend on a single registry to survive is a liability.
Word: reallot Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + allot. 1. To allot for a second or subsequent time
Word: semibold Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From semi- + bold. 1. Having a typeface that has thicker than usual strokes, but not as thick as a bold typeface Labels: not-comparable
Word: soloes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of solo Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Herr Breitschuck, who soloes on the harp, is the special attraction at Koster & Bial's Concert Hall […]
Word: sortition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sortītiō. Pronunciation: /sɔːˈtɪ.ʃən/, /sɔɹˈtɪ.ʃən/ 1. Selection by drawing lots. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Demarchy — also called sortition — is a form of governance that selects the representatives of the people as a random sample from a pool of candidates.
Word: sylvine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of sylvite. Labels: uncommon
Word: sylvinite Part of Speech: noun 1. sylvite
Word: symboled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of symbol Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: symbolled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of symbol Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: symboling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of symbol Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: symbolling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of symbol Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: syntype Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From syn- + -type. 1. Any one of two or more specimens specified in the description of a species (or lower-order taxon), where no specimen has been designated as holotype. Example: Noting two syntypes of hoplomystax with 1 instead of 2 midventral scales posterior to the origin of the pelvics, and the unusual color of S. abbotti, Dr. Bohlke kindly sent these fishes on loan. Example: 1999, Raina L. Takumi, A Systematic Review of the Ectemnius (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) of Hawaii, University of California Publications in Entomology, Volume 118, University of California Press, page 49, Of the specimens examined, 38 (20♂, 18♀) were collected by Perkins prior to 1899 and are possible syntypes.
Word: tiarella Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. 1. Any of several woodland plants of the genus Tiarella, the foamflowers.
Word: toilworn Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From toil + worn. 1. exhausted or worn out as a result of physical labour
Word: rew Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɹuː/, /ɹɪʊ̯/ 1. Obsolete or dialectal form of row Labels: alt-of, dialectal, obsolete Example: So ended shee: and then the next in rew Began her mournfull plaint, as doth ensew Example: a rew of sundry coloured stones
Word: rew Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹuː/, /ɹɪʊ̯/ 1. simple past of row Labels: dialectal, form-of, obsolete, past
Word: rew Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of rewind (“e.g. on tape recorder button”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: champansky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From champagne + -sky. Pronunciation: /ʃæmˈpænski/ 1. Imitation champagne, chiefly Russian in origin. Labels: humorous, informal, uncountable Example: Because it's like you, it’s so Russian. I even like the way you Russians say it, champansky.
Word: micropapillary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + papillary. 1. Characterized by the presence of many, very small papillae Labels: not-comparable
Word: microspectroscopic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English micro- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- ▲ Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -scopic ▲ Latin spectrumder. French spectro- ▲ Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. French -scopie French spectroscopie ▲ Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French spectroscopiquebor. English spectroscopic English microspectroscopic From micro- + spectroscopic. 1. Of or pertaining to microspectroscopy. Labels: not-comparable
Word: misgauge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From mis- + gauge. 1. To gauge (measure) incorrectly Example: But Mr. Harrison blatantly stole the show by baldly admitting that his own bosses at Sony’s brain trust in Japan completely misgauged the direction of the entertainment industry.
Word: monocrotaline Part of Speech: noun 1. A pyrrolizidine alkaloid found in the rattlebox plants (of genus Crotalaria) that is poisonous to livestock and humans. Labels: uncountable Example: Generally the pyrrolizidine alkaloids exist in plants as N-oxides, as shown for monocrotaline and seneciphylline.
Word: morphomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morpho- + -omics. 1. The identification of the totality of the morphological features of a species. Labels: uncountable
Word: neuromics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neuro- + -omics. 1. The identification of the totality of the neurons in an organism Labels: uncountable
Word: nutriphenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nutri- + phenomics. 1. The study of the interactions between nutrition and a person’s phenome. Labels: uncountable
Word: oncogenomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From onco- + genomics. 1. The study of the relationship between the genome of an individual and cancer Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphoproteinomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phosphoprotein + -omics or phospho- + proteinomics. 1. The identification of the totality of the phosphoproteins in an organism Labels: uncountable
Word: lokum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Turkish lokum. Pronunciation: /ləˈkuːm/ 1. Turkish delight Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: proteinomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From protein + -omics. 1. The identification of the totality of the proteins in an organism Labels: uncountable
Word: urinomics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From urine + -omics. 1. The identification of the totality of the constituents of the urine of an organism Labels: uncountable
Word: requeste Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of request. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: ...there dined togither these personages, M. Secretarie him selfe, Syr William Peter, Syr J. Mason, D. Wotton, Syr Richard Sackuille Treasurer of the Exchecker, Syr Walter Mildmaye Chauncellor of the Exchecker, M. Haddon Master of Requestes...
Word: morphostats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morphostat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: morphostat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From morpho- + -stat. 1. Any biochemical compound responsible for the maintenance of normal tissue microarchitecture.
Word: mucinous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From mucin + -ous. 1. Of, pertaining to, containing, or producing (one or more) mucins. Labels: not-comparable Example: mucinous carcinoid Example: in mucinous carcinoma of the breast, the cancer cells express various mucins
Word: myoepithelial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From myo- + epithelial. 1. Of or pertaining to the myoepithelium Labels: not-comparable
Word: otoprotective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oto- + protective. 1. That protects against ototoxicity or other damage to the ear
Word: perihilar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + hilar. 1. Surrounding the hilum. Labels: not-comparable
Word: perimammary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From peri- + mammary. 1. Surrounding a mammary gland, or surrounding the breast Labels: not-comparable
Word: periostin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From peri- + osteo- + -in. 1. A protein normally expressed during cardiac development but also re-expressed following injury to adult tissue. Labels: uncountable
Word: permeabilisation Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of permeabilization. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: groundmass Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ground + mass. 1. The matrix of fine-grained crystalline material in which larger crystals are embedded.
Word: groundmasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of groundmass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: second-guessers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of second-guesser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: second guessers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of second guesser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bumper cars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bumper car Labels: form-of, plural
Word: incontradictable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + contradict + -able. 1. Not able to be contradicted; incontrovertible. Labels: obsolete Example: And now where some affirmed it was ill done of the Councell to send forth men so badly provided, this incontradictable reason will shew them plainely they are too ill advised to nourish such ill conceits [...].
Word: spookish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From spook + -ish. 1. Frightening or unnerving in the manner of something eerie or supernatural; spooky. Labels: informal Example: I hope we find some nicer spot than this. This looks so lonely and spookish. Example: Religion is everywhere a gauge of respectability. . . . The right to participate, however humbly, in His august and transcendental operations offers a powerful satisfaction to the will to power; the same privilege, on a smaller scale, is what takes hordes of human blanks into the Freemasons and other such spookish amalgamations of nonentities. 2. Easily startled, frightened, or unnerved. Labels: informal, often Example: In those moments thus spent in composing myself for sleep, I sometimes wondered in the last human occupant of the room were not a dead one. I was senselessly spookish about such things. Example: As a lesson horse she needs to gain confidence in her rider, or can become spookish over the jumps, dodging out of them.
Word: dope sick Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dope + sick. 1. Ill due to withdrawal from drugs, especially opiates; in withdrawal. Labels: slang
Word: fundamental interactions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of fundamental interaction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Vulgar Era Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of Latin aerae vulgāris (from vulgāris, from vulgus (“the common people, i.e. those who are not royalty”)), which originates at least as early as 1615, long before vulgar came to mean “crudely indecent”. Earliest English usage is from 1635 (see quotation). 1. Synonym of Common Era. Example: Ephemerides of the Celestiall Motions, for the Yeers of the Vulgar Era 1633... Example: This happened in the seventh year after the building of Rome, and in the second year of the eighth Olympiad, which was the seven hundred forty-seventh year before Christ, i. e. before the beginning of the vulgar æra, by which we now compute the years from his incarnation.
Word: Master of the Universe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The "highly successful business person" sense is derived from Mattel's Masters of the Universe toy line and media franchise, which was launched in 1982. It was first used as such in the 1987 novel The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe (see quotations). 1. God Example: Constantine inscribed these words on the pedestal:— Oh Christ! king and master of the universe, I consecrate this humble tower, this sceptre, and the power of Rome, to thee! Example: Svarogu, the god of the ancient pagan Slavs, should no doubt equally be placed. Like Zeus, like Jupiter, like Varuna, like Ahura Mazda, he is the master of the universe, the gods are his children, and it is from him that they have received their functions. 2. A powerful person. Labels: idiomatic Example: First, by them made obstinate by the onetime masters of the universe. Example: I have told you, where the air is pure, where every sound soothes, where one is sure to be humbled, however proud may be his nature. I love that humiliation, I, who am master of the universe, as was Augustus 3. A highly successful business person. Labels: idiomatic Example: The Masters of the Universe were a set of lurid, rapacious plastic dolls that his otherwise perfect daughter liked to play with. […] On Wall Street he and a few others—how many?—three hundred, four hundred, five hundred?—had become precisely that. . . Masters of the Universe. There was . . . no limit whatsoever! Example: They had their suit jackets off, and at this hour of morning—9:20 a.m.—they were leaning back in their seats, reading their Wall Street Journals, and congratulating themselves on being young Masters of the Universe.
Word: Masters of the Universe Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Master of the Universe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: webbier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of webby: more webby Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: webbiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of webby: most webby Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: mancession Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of man + recession, coined during the financial crisis of 2007–2010. 1. Excessively high male unemployment.
Word: Vietic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after Vietnamese Việt, + -ic. 1. A subfamily of the Mon-Khmer languages that includes Vietnamese and Mường. 2. The Proto-Vietic language, the hypothetical last common ancestor of all Vietic languages.
Word: Vietic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Named after Vietnamese Việt, + -ic. 1. Of or pertaining to the Vietic language family. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to the ancestral Vietic language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: abdominopelvic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From abdomino- + pelvic. 1. Of or pertaining to the abdomen and (the cavity of) the pelvis Labels: not-comparable
Word: anthropozoonosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anthropo- + zoonosis. 1. Any pathogen that is transmitted from animals to humans. Specifically, it refers to infections that primarily affect animals but can be naturally transmitted to humans. Example: Examples of anthropozoonoses include brucellosis bacteria or rabies and Ebola viruses.
Word: biohackers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biohacker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: biohacker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + hacker. 1. A person that engages in biohacking. Labels: informal Example: "Perhaps in a few years there will be movies about biohackers creating Frankensteinian monsters" [says] sociologist Everett Rogers. Example: The bill — even though it is in just one state and has yet to pass — set off a storm of concern in the biohacker community because it seemed to be the first step in a crackdown we all fear is coming. […] I can’t think of many biohackers — or any citizens — who wouldn’t support a ban on involuntary microchipping (though at least for now, that’s a baseless fear).
Word: biohacking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bio- + hacking. 1. A set of practices that aims to alter, optimize, or extend biological systems, especially the human body, using techniques drawn from biology, engineering, computing, and self-experimentation. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: Does biohacking actually alter your biology? Yes and no. Example: Biohacking is a very broad concept. It ranges from people that drink bulletproof coffee or people that have chips implanted in their body, to people that use at-home DNA analysis kits. Biohackers often associate themselves with biopunk, transhumanism or techno-progressivism. 2. The practice of deliberately modifying, editing, or manipulating biological molecules, especially DNA and RNA, sometimes with the potential disregard of ethical standards. Labels: informal, uncountable
Word: biohacking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From biohack + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of biohack Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: biostratigraphically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From biostratigraphic + -ally. 1. With regard to biostratigraphy Labels: not-comparable
Word: monosyllabicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mono- + syllabic + -ity. 1. The state or characteristic of being monosyllabic. Labels: uncountable Example: The monosyllabicity of Chinese morphemes and units of writing has certain advantages in the use of operational synonyms of symbols under varying conditions of use. Example: He was attractive, in a sinister yet compelling way, but taciturn to the point of monosyllabicity.
Word: bronchioloalveolar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From bronchiole + -o- + alveolar. 1. Synonym of bronchoalveolar. Labels: not-comparable
Word: carboxyfluoroscein Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of carboxyfluorescein. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: chemoembolization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From chemo- + embolization. 1. A form of chemotherapy in which the drug is injected directly into the blood vessels which feed the tumour
Word: crossreacting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of crossreact Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: decatenatory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From de- + catenate + -ory. Pronunciation: /diːˈkætənətɹi/ 1. That produces decatenation
Word: Mon-Khmer Part of Speech: name 1. One of the two traditionally accepted primary branches of the Austroasiatic language family (the other being Munda). It includes Mon, Khmer and Vietnamese. 2. The Proto-Mon-Khmer language.
Word: deoxycoformycin Part of Speech: noun 1. pentostatin Labels: uncountable
Word: desialylation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From de- + sialylation. 1. Any reaction that removes a sialyl group from a molecule
Word: desmoplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. That produces adhesions
Word: deep breathing Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of breathing where the expansion of the lungs results from using the diaphragm rather than using the muscles of the upper chest. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: diethylnitrosamine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From diethyl + nitrosamine. 1. The nitrosamine (CH₃-CH₂)₂N-N=O, which is both carcinogenic and mutagenic. Labels: uncountable
Word: deep-breathing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of deep breathing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually Example: I garaged the car and went to Aunt Dahlia's sanctum to ascertain whether she had cooled off at all since I had left her, for I was still anxious about that blood pressure of hers. One doesn't want aunts going up in a sheet of flame all over the place. She wasn't there, having, I learned later, withdrawn to her room to bathe her temples with eau de Cologne and do Yogi deep-breathing, [...]
Word: dimethylxanthenone Part of Speech: noun 1. A particular tricyclic analogue of a flavone; its acetic acid derivative shows antineoplastic activity Labels: uncountable
Word: belly breathing Part of Speech: noun 1. breathing by contracting the diaphragm Labels: uncountable
Word: low breathing Part of Speech: noun 1. diaphragmatic breathing Labels: uncountable
Word: for better or worse Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: A traditional Christian marriage vow. 1. No matter what the future may hold (no matter whether it is good or bad). Example: For better or worse, he’s the president. Example: Fewer experts are confidently predicting that we have years or even decades to prepare for a wave of world-changing A.I.; many now believe that major changes are right around the corner, for better or worse.
Word: Angheluta Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian Angheluță. 1. A rare American surname from Romanian. 2. A misspelling of the Romanian surname Angheluță.
Word: fescennine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin Fescennīnus, from the name of the ancient Etruscan town of Fescennia, noted for the "Fescennine Verses", a tradition of scurrilous songs performed on special occasions. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛsənʌɪn/ 1. Obscene or scurrilous. Example: [T]he frolicsome company had begun to practise the ancient and now forgotten pastime of High Jinks. This game was played in several different ways. Most frequently the dice were thrown by the company, and those upon whom the lot fell were obliged to assume and maintain, for a time, a certain fictitious character, or to repeat a certain number of fescennine verses in a particular order. Example: As the poet decorously shows his desire to consummate the marriage, he retains the fescennine element without being crude.
Word: latrociny Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin latrōcinium (“highway robbery”), from latrōcinor, from latrō (“brigand, robber, mercenary”) + -cinor (“verbal suffix”). Doublet of larceny. 1. Theft or robbery. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually Example: Of all thefts, I think literary latrociny the least to be excused; and if I had the drawing up of a new penal code, I would certainly make plagiary death, (ay, outright death,) without the benefit of clergy. Example: The whole civil power was lodged in such hands as had secret instructions from court to vex and ill treat the Israelites; and when matters were come to crisis, that oppression ruled, and the government was turned into a mere latrociny, private force upon any proper occasion, must be deemed lawful in all […]
Word: pick-pocket Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pickpocket. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pick-pocket Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative spelling of pickpocket. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: condies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of condie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pick-pocketed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pick-pocket Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pick-pocketing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pick-pocket Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: pick-pockets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pick-pocket Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pick-pockets Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pick-pocket Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: obdiplostemonous Part of Speech: adj 1. Having two sets of stamens in alternating whorls, with the outer whorl opposite the petals. Labels: not-comparable Example: […] the stamens, which are definite in number, normally obdiplostemonous (namely, the stamens are in two alternating whorls, those of the outer whorl opposite the petals – see Fig. 102) […] Example: This arrangement led van Steenis (1932) to hypothesize an obdiplostemonous ancestor for the family.
Word: Libretto Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: germanane Part of Speech: noun 1. The hydride of germanene
Word: germanene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From germanium + -ene. 1. An allotrope of germanium that has a hexagonal, planar structure analogous to graphene Labels: uncountable Example: Calculating the complex dielectric function for optical interband transitions we show that the two-dimensional crystals silicene and germanene possess the same low-frequency absorbance as graphene. Example: We present first-principles studies of the optical absorbance of the group IV honeycomb crystals graphene, silicene, germanene, and tinene.
Word: macrophase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From macro- + phase. 1. A relatively large-scale part of a solid phase that has a different morphology than that of its surroundings
Word: photofield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From photo- + field. 1. Used attributively to describe a form of photoemission in which an electron in a metal is excited by a photon and subsequently tunnels out of the surface Labels: uncountable
Word: pionless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pion + -less. 1. Lacking pions Labels: not-comparable
Word: wavefield Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wave + field. 1. The extended area or space taken up by a wave. 2. A mathematical description of the amplitude of a wave throughout such an area or space.
Word: positive recurrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From positive + recurrent. 1. recurrent with finite expected return time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: null recurrent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From null + recurrent. 1. Recurrent with infinite expected return time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: backmarker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From back + marker. 1. A racer who holds a poor rank or is lapped in a race. Such racers often run for a team that has less funding than most other teams and/or lack talent compared to most other drivers.
Word: null persistent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From null + persistent. 1. persistent with infinite expected return time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: non-null persistent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + null + persistent. 1. persistent with finite expected return time. Labels: not-comparable
Word: coachroof Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of coach roof. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: improbity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From im- + probity, from Latin improbitas. 1. A lack of probity or integrity; dishonesty. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: instructorship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From instructor + -ship. 1. The office of an instructor 2. the term of this office
Word: intercrop Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From inter- + crop. 1. To grow more than one crop simultaneously in the same field.
Word: intercrop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From inter- + crop. 1. The second (or subsequent) crop so planted.
Word: privateersman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From privateer + -s- + man. 1. The captain or member of the crew of a privateer.
Word: responsum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin respōnsum. Doublet of response. 1. singular of responsa Labels: form-of, singular
Word: semidemisemiquaver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From semi- + demisemiquaver. 1. hemidemisemiquaver (a 64th note)
Word: sesquialtera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin sesquialtera, form of sesquialtera, from sesqui- (“a half and a”) + alter (“another, a second”). Pronunciation: /sɛskwɪˈaltərə/ 1. A ratio of 3 to 2 or 1½ to 1. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A 1½ note. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An organ stop that uses two ranks of different pipes. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: swipple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See swipe. 1. The part of a flail that is free to swing, and which strikes the grain in threshing. Example: The flail has now become such a rare agricultural implement that it is well to bear in mind that its two main parts were the handstaff and swipple. Example: As showing the local influence of the tool, one may refer to the custom in Yorkshire by which a girl, on being proposed to, took a piece of straw and broke it into two lengths (long and short), typifying the handstaff and swipple of the flail. If she gave the former to her lover, she accepted him: but if she tendered the shorter piece, "she gave him 't swipple end," or rejected him.
Word: teacherage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From teacher + -age. 1. The role or office of a teacher. 2. The term of this office. 3. The residence of a teacher, when provided by the teacher's school.
Word: tutorage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tutor + -age. 1. The office of a tutor. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The term of this office. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: extranodal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + nodal. 1. External to a node Labels: not-comparable
Word: extrapelvic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From extra- + pelvic. 1. External to the pelvis Labels: not-comparable
Word: fibrogenic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From fibro- + -genic. 1. That causes the formation of fibres Labels: not-comparable 2. Of or pertaining to fibrogenesis Labels: not-comparable
Word: fluorestradiol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluor- + estradiol. 1. Any of several fluoro derivatives of estradiol that have biological activity. Such compounds having isotopically-labelled fluorine atoms are used in medical imaging. Labels: uncountable
Word: fluorothymidine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fluoro- + thymidine. 1. Any of several fluoro derivatives of thymidine that have biological activity
Word: furanosic Part of Speech: adj 1. Of or pertaining to a furanoside Labels: not-comparable
Word: galactofuranosyl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From galacto- + furanosyl. 1. A univalent radical derived from galactofuranose Labels: in-compounds, uncountable
Word: gammaretroviruses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gammaretrovirus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gastrimmune Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Trademark, presumably Blend of gastrin + immune. 1. A gastrin immunogen in which the amino terminus of the gastrin molecule is linked to a diphtheria toxoid Labels: uncountable
Word: gastroduodenitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gastro- + duodenitis. 1. inflammation of the stomach and duodenum
Word: gastrohepatic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From gastro- + hepatic. 1. Of or pertaining to both the stomach and the liver. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hepatogastric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hepato- + gastric. 1. Of or pertaining to both the liver and the stomach Labels: not-comparable
Word: genotypification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From geno- + typification. 1. The typification of genotypes Labels: uncountable
Word: glomerulations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glomerulation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glomerulation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From glomerule + -ation. 1. The occurrence of many tiny hemorrhages on the wall of the bladder Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glucosyltransferases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glucosyltransferase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glycoinositolphospholipids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glycoinositolphospholipid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glycoinositolphospholipid Part of Speech: noun 1. Any glycolipid containing inositol
Word: hepatotropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hepato- + -tropic. 1. Having an especial attraction or affinity for, or an effect on, the liver
Word: homoeostatic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of homeostatic. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hydronephrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydro- + nephrosis. 1. distension of the kidneys due to obstruction in the flow of urine Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypercellular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hyper- + cellular. 1. Having a greater than usual number of cells
Word: hypermutated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of hypermutate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: hypermutated Part of Speech: adj 1. That have undergone hypermutation
Word: stationary distribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stationary + distribution. 1. a row vector π whose entries sum to 1 that satisfies the equation πP=π, where P is the transition matrix of the Markov chain.
Word: transition matrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From transition + matrix. 1. A square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative real numbers, with each row summing to 1. Used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain; its element in the ith row and jth column describes the probability of moving from state i to state j in one time step.
Word: right stochastic matrix Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From right + stochastic matrix. 1. A square matrix whose rows consist of nonnegative real numbers, with each row summing to 1. Used to describe the transitions of a Markov chain; its element in the i'th row and j'th column describes the probability of moving from state i to state j in one time step.