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Word: jujitsu Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 柔術 (jūjutsu). Popular spelling jitsu (instead of less popular jiutsu or jutsu) could reference to allophonic [d͡ʑɨ] or [d͡ʑi] (in Shitamachi dialect). First mentioned in The Japan Mail (1875, page 133), before the widespread use of the Hepburn system. Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒuːˈd͡ʒɪtsuː/ 1. To attack (someone) or overcome (a challenge) with strategic maneuvering. Labels: ambitransitive, figuratively Example: He could never have developed GE’s reputation in that sector if he were still fighting the image of stonewalling on Hudson River cleanup efforts. “They've completely jujitsu-ed that,” notes PR executive Richard Edelman. “They've set a new standard. It's not just corporate social responsibility (CSR) as philanthropy. It's CSR that makes money.” Example: Mischievous bloggers and tweeters are jujitsu-ing the Allied publicity machine with gags about how it’s Ange who is going to come on to whack Marion. Allied might be upstaged by the gossip, and become best known for something other than itself.
Word: jet-setter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From jet set + -er. 1. A member of the jet set; a rich person who travels for pleasure. Labels: idiomatic
Word: consequent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/, /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwənt/, /ˈkɒn.sə.kwənt/, [ˈkɔ̟n.sə.kwənt] 1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect. Labels: not-comparable Example: His retirement and consequent spare time enabled him to travel more. Example: The advantages are a saving in weight of about one ton, with consequent reduction in energy consumption; a saving in paint (of some three to four cwt. per car), with a corresponding economy on subsequent overhauls; and lower cleaning costs. 2. Of or pertaining to consequences. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a stream, having a course determined by the slope it formed on. Labels: not-comparable
Word: consequent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French conséquent, from Latin consequens, consequentem, present participle of consequi (“to follow”), from con- + sequi (“to follow”). Compare French conséquent. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.sɪ.kwənt/, /ˈkɑn.sɪ.kwənt/, /ˈkɔn.sɪ.kwənt/, /ˈkɒn.sə.kwənt/, [ˈkɔ̟n.sə.kwənt] 1. The second half of a hypothetical proposition; Q, if the form of the proposition is "If P, then Q." 2. An event which follows another. Example: They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. 3. The second term of a ratio, i.e. the term b in the ratio a:b, the other being the antecedent. 4. A consequent stream. Example: Consequents cannot get any better off than at first: they get all the drainage and cannot get more.
Word: Tom, Dick or Harry Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Tom, Dick and Harry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Tom, Dick and Harry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Three common first names. Many languages have similar formations; see translations. Pronunciation: /ˌtɒm.dɪ.kənˈhæ.ri/ 1. Anybody or everybody; random or unknown people. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: every Tom, Dick and Harry Example: any Tom, Dick or Harry 2. Three hypothetical customers, user personas, or similar constructs. Labels: plural, plural-only, uncommon
Word: John Q. Public Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1938. John Q. Public was the name of a character created by Vaughn Shoemaker, an editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Daily News from 1922 to 1952; Shoemaker introduced this character in 1922 but is believed to have added the "Q." sometime in the early 1930s.https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/22/obituaries/vaughn-shoemaker-created-john-q-public.html Compare also John Doe. 1. A generic individual; some hypothetical average or ordinary citizen. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Near-synonyms: everyman; Tom, Dick or Harry; Joe Sixpack Example: Even careful safety precautions in the factory do not make it a good place for John Q. Public to wander unattended.
Word: Joe Average Part of Speech: noun 1. A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension). Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: Joe Bloggs, Joe Sixpack, J. Random User Example: Write the instructions so that any Joe Average can understand them.
Word: sicko Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sick + -o (“person with characteristic”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkəʊ/, /ˈsɪkoʊ/ 1. A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: 1986 June 9, David Denby, Movies: Poison, New York, page 130, But in fact, the murders have been committed by an army of sickos, a phalanx of wild-eyed droolers led by a monster goon with a concrete jaw and a Neanderthal brow. Example: 1997, Shannon Bell, Chapter 5: On ne peut pas voir l′image [The image cannot be seen], Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell, Becki L. Ross, Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision, page 231, We can′t say that it is our responses of horror and revulsion that are upsetting to the youth; therefore, those attracted to them are deviants, sickos, who should be cured/punished like the homosexuals of the forties and fifties. 2. A mentally ill person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: So come on, doc, precisely which kind of sicko is America? You might plump for depressed (isolationist), psychopathic (lack of empathy) or even psychotic (barking mad - what P.G. Wodehouse referred to as "thinking you're a poached egg"). Example: You're a gambler, huh? A sicko like Essay? 3. A physically ill person. Example: The amazing Mr. Sick Day [Milo Filbum] has missed an amazing 73% of 1,020 work days for such ailments as a toothache, [...] "I finally gave the sicko his walking papers when other people started doing the same thing — calling in sick and all," the manager [said] ... Example: Sicko status: Can you keep going even when you're feeling out of sorts?
Word: sicko Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From sick + -o (“person with characteristic”). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪkəʊ/, /ˈsɪkoʊ/ 1. Characterized by depraved tastes or habits; deviant. Example: “Your kid isn't nuts.” “Ever had one of his broccoli-and-asparagus omelets? Kid eats another vegetable, I'm going to ram a carrot down his throat until he gags.” “Most parents would kill for a kid like yours. Come on, admit it. This kid was sicko.” Example: The damage level was sicko, even Eddy had been taken aback when they'd first gone inside, scared but trying to hide it. What was Eddy doing? "One last thing I wanna get," he'd said, and then disappeared back into the house. Now he was ...
Word: under the microscope Part of Speech: adv 1. Under close scrutiny or examination. Labels: figuratively, idiomatic Example: Our people get beat on so much, and because we are under the microscope, it is good for us once in a while to understand that VA folks are really great people and they are trying to do their job and they are very compassionate. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see under, the, microscope.
Word: -drome Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos)der. English -drome Derived from Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “running; racetrack”). 1. Forms placenames related to racetracks (now especially large covered racetracks) or similar structures. Labels: literary, morpheme
Word: hippodrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor. Latin hippodromoslbor. French hippodromebor. English hippodrome Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/ 1. A horse racing course. 2. A fraudulent sporting contest with a predetermined winner. Labels: US, slang 3. A circus with equestrian performances. Labels: archaic
Word: hippodrome Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *HéHḱus Proto-Indo-European *h₁éḱwos Proto-Hellenic *íkkʷos Ancient Greek ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos) Proto-Indo-European *drem- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos) Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos)bor. Latin hippodromoslbor. French hippodromebor. English hippodrome Borrowed from French hippodrome, a learned borrowing from Latin hippodromos, borrowed from Ancient Greek ῐ̔ππόδρομος (hĭppódromos), from ῐ̔́ππος (hĭ́ppos, “horse”) + δρόμος (drómos, “street”). By surface analysis, hippo- + -drome. Pronunciation: /ˈhɪpəˌdɹəʊm/ 1. To stage a sporting contest to suit gamblers. Labels: US, especially, slang
Word: dancehall Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dance + hall. 1. A public hall for dancing. Labels: countable Example: Six years later there were barely any dancehalls to supervise—it was all glitzy discos attached to pubs. 2. A genre of Jamaican dance music derived from dub and reggae. Labels: uncountable Example: It sounded Jamaican to me, a form of dancehall, and […] I wandered over and watched the dancing.
Word: dance hall Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of dancehall. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: Cheap evening trips at a uniform fare after 6 p.m. are a feature of the northern line facilities, and include tickets to one resort which combine travel and admission to a dance hall.
Word: gismo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gizmo. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: sultan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Ottoman Turkish سلطانbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)der. Middle French sultanbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Medieval Latin sultanusbor. English sultan Borrowed from Middle French sultan or Medieval Latin sultanus, from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “strength, authority, ruler”). Compare Hebrew שִׁלְטוֹן (shiltón) and סוּלְטָן (sultán). Doublet of soldan. Pronunciation: /ˈsʌltən/ 1. The holder of a secular office, formally subordinate to, but de facto the power behind the throne of, the caliph. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable 2. A hereditary ruler in various Muslim states (sultanate), varying from petty principalities (as in Yemen), often vassal of a greater ruler, to independent realms, such as Oman, Brunei, Morocco (until 1957) or an empire such as the Turkish Ottoman Empire. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Here from the king's mountain view Here from the wild dream come true Feast like a sultan, I do On treasures and flesh never few 3. A variant of solitaire, played with two decks of cards. Labels: uncountable 4. A breed of chicken originating in Turkey, kept primarily in gardens for ornamental reasons. See: sultan (chicken) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mamzer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew מַמְזֵר (mamzér, “a bastard”). 1. A child born to Jewish parents whose relationship is incestuous or otherwise forbidden by Jewish law (e.g. an unmarried man and a married woman), or the descendant of such a person. Labels: Judaism Example: No descendant of a mamzer may ever enter the assembly, no matter how many generations later. 2. A child who is born from an incestuous or adulterous relationship; a bastard. Labels: derogatory 3. A contemptible person; a jerk. Labels: derogatory, slang
Word: sultanate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Ottoman Turkish سلطانbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)der. Middle French sultanbor. ▲ Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān)bor. Medieval Latin sultanusbor. English sultan Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātusder. English -ate English sultanate From sultan + -ate (suffix forming nouns denoting offices or ranks, or the charges or contexts of these). Sultan is borrowed from Middle French sultan or from its etymon Medieval Latin sultanus, from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “authority; dominion, rule; power, strength”) (from the Arabic root س ل ط (“related to power”); possibly through from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan)). cognates * Classical Persian سَلْطَنَت (saltanat) Pronunciation: /ˈsʌltənət/, /ˈsʌltn̩ət/, /ˈsʌltəneɪt/, /ˈsʌltn̩eɪt/, /ˈsʌltnˌeɪt/ 1. A sovereign or vassal princely state—usually Muslim—where the ruler is styled sultan. 2. The office or position of a sultan.
Word: pharoah Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of pharaoh. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: loxodrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from loxodromic, from Ancient Greek λοξός (loxós, “oblique”) + δρόμος (drómos, “course”) via French. Pronunciation: /ˈlɒksədɹəʊm/ 1. A line on a surface (such as the Earth) that cuts all meridians at a constant angle (but not a right angle) – on Earth, the path followed by a ship or aircraft that maintains a constant course by the compass.
Word: prodrome Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably by analogy with syndrome (pro- + -drome), but consistent with Ancient Greek προδρομή (prodromḗ, “running forward, sally, skirmish”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/ 1. A precursor or harbinger; also a warning event. Labels: rare Example: These may prove the Prodromes […] to the ruin of our Monarchy. 2. An introductory or preliminary book or treatise. Example: (archaic) 3. An early sign or symptom (or set of signs and symptoms) warning of the onset of a disease. Example: It is becoming increasingly recognised that bipolar, like schizophrenia, has a prodromal phase which can be identified prior to development of the full illness. However, one issue with research into this area is the potential conflation of the concepts of a prodrome for bipolar, referring to symptoms that can be retrospectively identified as preceding the onset of the disorder, and a ‘risk syndrome’ consisting of clinical features, comorbidities and risk factors which increase the risk of later developing bipolar. At present, neither prodrome nor risk syndrome has been fully defined, although the bipolar at-risk (BAR) assessment tool has demonstrated predictive validity and reliability for identifying those at risk of bipolar, with around 23% of those identified transitioning to mania or hypomania.
Word: prodrome Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Probably by analogy with syndrome (pro- + -drome), but consistent with Ancient Greek προδρομή (prodromḗ, “running forward, sally, skirmish”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹoʊˌdɹoʊm/ 1. Prodromous. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: flyweight pattern Part of Speech: noun 1. A structural design pattern in which an object contains no pointers to data type methods.
Word: design pattern Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal, documented general reusable solution to a design problem in a particular field of expertise.
Word: datatype Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of data type. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: data type Part of Speech: noun 1. A classification or category of various types of data, that states the possible values that can be taken, how they are stored, and what range of operations are allowed on them. Example: Holonym: type system
Word: bromic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From brom- + -ic. 1. Of or relating to bromine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tannic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French tannique, from tan. By surface analysis, tann- + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈtæn.ɪk/ 1. Pertaining to, containing, or obtained from tannin. Labels: not-comparable Example: They're tannic and sometimes a little bitter depending on how long the skins have contact with the juice.
Word: thallic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to or containing the element thallium, especially with valence 3. 2. Pertaining to a thallus
Word: toric Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English torus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English toric From torus + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈtɒɹɪk/, /ˈtɔːɹɪk/, /ˈtɔɹɪk/, /ˈtɑɹɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. Example: The study of toric varieties is a wonderful part of algebraic geometry. There are elegant theorems and deep connections with polytopes, polyhedra, combinatorics, commutative algebra, symplectic geometry, and topology. Toric varieties also have unexpected applications in areas as diverse as physics, coding theory, algebraic statistics, and geometric modeling. Moreover, as noted by Fulton [105], "toric varieties have provided a remarkably fertile testing ground for general theories. 2. Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. 3. Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. 4. Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. 5. Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal. 6. Pertaining to or shaped like a torus, or a section of a torus; toroidal.
Word: Hubble constant Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer 1. A number that expresses the rate of expansion of the universe; the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth divided by its distance; its reciprocal determines the age of the universe.
Word: Hubble's constant Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Hubble constant. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Hubble law Part of Speech: name Etymology: After Edwin Powell Hubble, American astronomer 1. A law stating that the velocity at which a distant object is receding from the Earth (as measured by its redshift) is proportional to its distance; observational evidence for an expanding universe.
Word: Hubble's law Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Hubble law. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Human Genome Project Part of Speech: name 1. An organized international scientific endeavour to determine the complete structure of human genetic material (DNA), identify all the genes, and to understand their function.
Word: HGP Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Human Genome Project. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: humidification Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ūmidus Latin hūmidusder. Old French humideder. English humid English -ification English humidification From humid + -ification. 1. The process of increasing the water vapour content of a gas. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: humidistat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ūmidus Latin hūmidusder. Old French humideder. English humid English -stat English humidistat From humid + -stat. 1. A device that measures, or controls, the relative humidity of a gas.
Word: Huygens' principle Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Christiaan Huygens, Dutch physicist. 1. The assumption that each point on a wavefront may be regarded as a source of secondary waves and that the position of the wavefront at a later time is determined by the envelope of these secondary waves; proposed in order to explain the fact that light travels in a straight line and casts sharp shadows.
Word: libretti Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libretto Labels: form-of, plural, rare
Word: librettos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of libretto Labels: form-of, plural
Word: coronal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹənəl/, /kəˈɹəʊnəl/, /ˈkɔɹənəl/, /ˈkɑɹənəl/, /kəˈɹoʊnəl/ 1. Relating to a crown or coronation. Example: The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. 2. Relating to the corona of a star. Example: The coronal light during the eclipse is faint. Example: Coronal holes are darker, cooler regions of the sun's atmosphere, or corona, containing little solar material. In these gaps, magnetic field lines whip out into the solar wind rather than looping back to the sun's surface. Coronal holes can affect space weather, as they send solar particles streaming off the sun about three times faster than the slower wind unleashed elsewhere from the sun's atmosphere, according to a description from NASA. 3. Relating to the corona of a flower. 4. Relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of the tongue. 5. Relating to the coronal plane that divides a body into dorsal (back) and ventral (front). 6. Relating to the external (supragingival) portion of the tooth. 7. Relating to the corona glandis. 8. Relating to a coroner's findings.
Word: coronal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English coronal, from Anglo-Norman coronal, from Latin corōnālis (“related to a crown”), from corōna (“a crown”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɒɹənəl/, /kəˈɹəʊnəl/, /ˈkɔɹənəl/, /ˈkɑɹənəl/, /kəˈɹoʊnəl/ 1. A crown or coronet. Example: Therfore aryse and dresse the thow gloton / For this day shall thou dye of my hand / Thenne the gloton anone starte vp and tooke a grete clubbe in his hand / and smote at the kynge that his coronal fylle to the erthe Example: That shall embellish more your beautie bright, / And crowne your heades with heavenly coronall, / Such as the Angels weare before Gods tribunall! 2. A wreath or garland of flowers. Example: The bowl is in the Renaissance style, with winged figures supporting coronals and wreaths of flowers, and on the edge is an emblematic figure pouring out water. Example: Where, darker for the sky's unclouded dome, The waves took sudden coronals of foam 3. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronae or garlands. Example: Oxycephaly results from the fusion of both coronal sutures and of the sagittal suture; trigonocephaly from a fusion of both coronals; […] 4. A consonant produced with the tip or blade of the tongue. Example: This structurally accounts for a number of phenomena that treat coronals asymetrically with respect to other places of articulation.
Word: coronal Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cronel (“lance-part”). Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: By Mr. Neville's kindness an accurate drawing of this relic has been obtained, and, considering the circumstances of its discovery, it has been conjectured that it may have been the coronal of a tilting lance. Example: […] the proper stroke was to knock off the salade, or bear it off in triumph on the three-pronged coronal of the lance.
Word: coronal Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of colonel. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: carbolic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Derived from German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. By surface analysis, carb- + -ol + -ic. 1. of, relating to or containing carbolic acid Labels: not-comparable
Word: carbolic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from German Carbolsäure (modern German Karbolsäure), which was coined in 1834 by its discoverer Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge. By surface analysis, carb- + -ol + -ic. 1. Carbolic acid or similar disinfectant. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: The carbolics are utilised for disinfectants. Example: But now, if you are of my opinion, we have had thrills enough for one day, and had best get back to the surgical box at the camp for some carbolic.
Word: carbolic soap Part of Speech: noun 1. a mildly disinfectant soap containing carbolic acid (phenol) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chemic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛmɪk/ 1. Practising chemistry (or, earlier, alchemy); pertaining to these sciences. Labels: archaic, not-comparable 2. Produced through alchemy; counterfeit. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete Example: a chymic treasure / Is glittering Youth, which I have spent betimes— / My heart in passion, and my head on rhymes. 3. Chemical. Labels: archaic, not-comparable
Word: chemic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛmɪk/ 1. A chemist or (earlier) an alchemist. Labels: archaic Example: like the Chymicks masculine equall fire, / Which in the Lymbecks warme wombe doth inspire / Into th'earths worthlesse part a soule of gold […] 2. A solution of chloride of lime, used in bleaching. Labels: obsolete
Word: chemic Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From New Latin chemicus, chimicus, chymicus. Pronunciation: /ˈkɛmɪk/ 1. To bleach with a solution of chloride of lime. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: deliquesce Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin dēliquēscō, from dē- + liquēscō (“to liquefy”). Pronunciation: /ˌdɛlɪˈkwɛs/, /ˌdɛləˈkwɛs/ 1. To melt by absorbing water and disappearing. Labels: intransitive Example: But I could find no saltpetre; indeed, no nitrates of any kind. Doubtless they had deliquesced ages ago. Example: The buildings were Victorian ruins; there were never any razor blades; cheap socks deliquesced beneath your feet. 2. To become liquid by absorbing water from the atmosphere and dissolving in it. Labels: intransitive, physical Example: Some salts will deliquesce when left exposed.
Word: dibasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + basic. 1. (of an acid) containing two replaceable hydrogen atoms Labels: not-comparable 2. (of a salt) having two atoms of a univalent metal Labels: not-comparable
Word: priggery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English prig Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -eriebor. Middle English -erie English -ery English priggery From prig + -ery. 1. Thievery or roguery. Labels: countable, dated, uncountable 2. Priggishness. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dimorphic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From di- + -morphic. Pronunciation: /daɪˈmɔːfɪk/, /ˌdaɪˈmɔɹfɪk/ 1. occurring or existing in two different forms 2. exhibiting dimorphism Example: Molecular data, specifically CO1 DNA barcodes obtained via Sanger sequencing, will be used to (1) complement ecological and morphological data in the resolution of species-level problems for which morphology is ambiguous or inadequate, and (2) associate the sexes of sexually dimorphic species and associate larvae with adults.
Word: -genic Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁os Proto-Hellenic *génos Ancient Greek γένος (génos) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs)lbor. French -gènebor. Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -genic Borrowed either from French -gène or directly from its etymological source, Ancient Greek -γενής (-genḗs, “offspring; kind”), with -ic. Compare -gen. Pronunciation: /-ˈdʒɛ.nɪk/ 1. Forms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: carcino- + -genic → carcinogenic (“tending to cause cancer”) 2. Forms adjectives relating to things produced or generated by something. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: bacterio- + -genic → bacteriogenic (“caused by bacteria”) 3. Forms adjectives relating to things suitable to be produced or reproduced. Labels: morpheme, not-comparable Example: tele- + -genic → telegenic (“attractive to television viewers”)
Word: trilingual Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English trilingual From tri- + lingual. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹʌi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹəi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹɑe̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ 1. Able to read or speak three languages. 2. Expressed or written in three languages.
Word: trilingual Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English trilingual From tri- + lingual. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹʌɪ̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹʌi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹəi̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/, /tɹɑe̯ˈlɪŋ.ɡwəl/ 1. A person who speaks three languages. Example: There were no doubt Turanians or Mongols in Media whose language we know from the great trilinguals of Darius, but the early kings of the Medes had Aryan names, as had many other chiefs whom the Assyrians encountered. 2. An inscription that includes the same text in three languages.
Word: genic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English gene Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English genic From gene + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒiːnɪk/ 1. of, relating to, produced by, or being a gene Labels: not-comparable
Word: dirham Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham), ultimately from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). Doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirhem, and adarme. 1. A unit of currency used in the Arab world, currently the name of the currency of Morocco and the United Arab Emirates. 2. Alternative form of dirhem: a former Turkish unit of weight. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: heptabasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- English basic English heptabasic From hepta- + basic. 1. containing seven replaceable hydrogen atoms Labels: not-comparable 2. having seven atoms of a univalent metal Labels: not-comparable
Word: hexabasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English basic English hexabasic From hexa- + basic. 1. containing six replaceable hydrogen atoms Labels: not-comparable 2. having six atoms of a univalent metal Labels: not-comparable
Word: monobasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English basic English monobasic From mono- + basic. 1. Containing one replaceable hydrogen atom. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having one atom of a univalent metal. Labels: not-comparable 3. Having only one subordinate taxon; monotypic. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octabasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ) Ancient Greek ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-) English octa- English basic English octabasic From octa- + basic. 1. containing eight replaceable hydrogen atoms Labels: not-comparable 2. having eight atoms of a univalent metal Labels: not-comparable
Word: pentabasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English basic English pentabasic From penta- + basic. 1. Containing five replaceable hydrogen atoms. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having five atoms of a univalent metal. Labels: not-comparable
Word: polybasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English basic English polybasic From poly- + basic. 1. containing two or more replaceable hydrogen atoms; see also polyprotic 2. having two or more atoms of a univalent metal 3. Having two or more basic groups; see also polybase and polyprotic
Word: tetrabasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwóres Proto-Hellenic *kʷétwores Ancient Greek τέσσᾰρες (téssăres) Ancient Greek τετρᾰ- (tetră-)bor. English tetra- English basic English tetrabasic From tetra- + basic. 1. containing four replaceable hydrogen atoms Labels: not-comparable 2. having four atoms of a univalent metal Labels: not-comparable
Word: tribasic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + basic. 1. containing three replaceable hydrogen atoms Labels: not-comparable 2. having three atoms of a univalent metal Labels: not-comparable
Word: fraternisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French. 1. Alternative spelling of fraternization. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: A long halt was made, and the arrival of other trains allowed a wide variety of Allied fraternisation.
Word: iodic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to iodine or its compounds, especially those in which it has a valency of five Labels: not-comparable
Word: Joanne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old French Joanne, from Latin Joanna, from Koine Greek Ἰωάννα (Iōánna), from Hebrew יוֹחָנָה (Yôḥānāh, literally “God is gracious”), the feminized form of יְהוֹחָנָן (Yəhōḥānān) which produced John and its many doublets. Doublet of Ivana, Jana, Jane, Janice, Janis, Jean, Jeanne, Jen, Joan, Joanna, Johanna, Juana, Shavonne, Sian, Siobhan, Shane, Shaun, Shauna, and Sheena. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoʊn/, /ʒoʊn/, /ˈd͡ʒoʊˌæn/, /d͡ʒəʊn/, /ˈd͡ʒəʊˌæn/ 1. A female given name from French. Example: "Ye've seen the Lady?" "I have," said I; "and I have seen the young ladies too, except Miss Joanne." "Ye may just as weel lay by the Miss, and ca' her Joan, like her mother afore her, noo—They've flung the puir lassie clean aff, Mr Waldie. Greeting for the father, and nae thought for the bairn—that's the warld's way, Mr Waldie.—But God strikes not wi' baith hands, young man... Example: Jocasta wasn't Jocasta's name: her real name was Joanne. She changed it when she was thirty-eight because, as she said what can you do with a name like Joanne? Too nice. She didn't dye her hair green or wear a safety pin in her ear but calling herself Jocasta was the equivalent. Good taste kills, said Jocasta.
Word: Joanne Part of Speech: name Etymology: From various feminine names clipped to Jo + Anne, q.v. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒoʊˈæn/, /d͡ʒəʊˈæn/ 1. A female given name.
Word: prussic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin prussicus (“Prussian”) or French prussique. 1. derived from Prussian blue Labels: not-comparable 2. of, or derived from prussic acid; hydrocyanic Labels: not-comparable
Word: pyroxene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pyroxène, from pyro- + Ancient Greek ξένος (xénos, “stranger”). Pronunciation: /paɪˈɹɒk.siːn/, /paɪˈɹɑk.sin/ 1. Any of a group of crystalline minerals containing silicates of iron, magnesium and calcium. Example: By the pathside, there are occasional large boulders that shown black crystals the size of a fingernail; these are pyroxene minerals that had time to crystallise out deep within the chamber of liquid rock – or magma – beneath the volcano.
Word: acarologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From acaro- + -logist. 1. A specialist in acarology - the study of ticks and mites. Example: Claparẻde draws and describes a lance-shaped hair on the tarsus of the first leg of the male which other acarologists have not seen. Example: This would be an interesting field of study offering immense scope to acarologists in the developing world.
Word: misappropriation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mey-? Proto-Indo-European *meyth₂-der. Proto-Germanic *missaz Proto-Germanic *missa- Proto-West Germanic *missa- Old English mis- Middle English mys- English mis- English appropriation English misappropriation From mis- + appropriation. 1. The wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The wrongful, incorrect or dishonest use of something, such as information. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: promenade Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/, /ˌpɹɒm.əˈnɑːd/, /ˌpɹɒm.əˈneɪd/, /ˈpɹɒm.əˌneɪd/, /ˌpɹɑm.əˈneɪd/ 1. A prom (dance). Labels: formal 2. A walk taken for pleasure, display, or exercise; a stroll. Example: they told him to think no more of the matter , and to try his fortune in another promenade Example: His morning promenade. 3. A place where one takes a walk for leisurely pleasure, or for exercise, especially a terrace by the seaside. Example: The present dream in particular scarcely left any room for doubt, since the place where my patient fell was the Graben, a part of Vienna notorious as a promenade for prostitutes. Example: By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country. 4. A dance motion consisting of a walk, done while square dancing.
Word: promenade Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French promenade, from promener (“to walk”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒm.əˌnɑːd/, /ˌpɹɒm.əˈnɑːd/, /ˌpɹɒm.əˈneɪd/, /ˈpɹɒm.əˌneɪd/, /ˌpɹɑm.əˈneɪd/ 1. To walk for amusement, show, or exercise. Example: "The times are changed," said De Joinville, in a low tone to Francesca, "since Mademoiselle promenaded the terraces of the Louvre, with her fan ornamented with bunches of straw tied with blue riband, and half Paris shouting at the sight." Example: “It is time again for Staten Island's annual puppy parade.” “Which is always a barking good time. Here's hoping we have some nice weather for these promenading pooches.” 2. To perform the stylized walk of a square dance.
Word: partiality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English parcialite, parcialtee, parcyalte, partialte, percialite, from Middle French partialité and its etymon Medieval Latin partiālitās. Doublet of partialitas. Pronunciation: /pɑɹʃiˈælɪti/, /pɑɹˈʃælɪti/, /pɑɹˈʃæləti/, /pɑːʃiˈalɪti/, /pɑːˈʃalɪti/ 1. Preference, bias in favor of, tendency. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The judge's partiality towards the defendant caused him to be replaced, with someone who was apparently more neutral. 2. The quality of being partial or incomplete. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Illness confronts the self with partiality, incompleteness, and mortality.
Word: fynbos Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Afrikaans fynbos (“fynbos”), from fyn (“fine”) (as in fine-textured, as opposed to trees) and bos (“bush or forest”). 1. Vegetation unique to the Cape Floral Kingdom, largely scrub, exceptionally biodiverse, including particularly large numbers of species of Proteaceae, Restionaceae, and Ericaceae. Labels: uncountable Example: The southern and western Cape is the home of a unique type of vegetation known as fynbos. Covering around 90 000 square kilometers of often harsh terrain, fynbos is made up of approximately 6 000 different plant species.
Word: loathing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the verb loathe. Compare loathsome. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊðɪŋ/, /ˈloʊðɪŋ/ 1. Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.
Word: loathing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the verb loathe. Compare loathsome. Pronunciation: /ˈləʊðɪŋ/, /ˈloʊðɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of loathe Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present 2. present participle and gerund of loath Labels: form-of, gerund, obsolete, participle, present
Word: loathsomeness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English lothsomnesse, loþsumnes, lathsumnes; equivalent to loathsome + -ness. 1. The nature or property that gives rise to revulsion or inspires loathing. Labels: uncountable Example: For my part I would rather counſell you to deſtroy your Rattes and Miſe with Traps, Banes, or Weeſels: for beſides the ſluttiſhneſſe ⁊ lothſomeneſſe of the Catte (you know what ſhe layes in the Malt heape) ſhe is moſt daungerous and pernicious among children, as I mee ſelf haue had good experience. Example: Must putrefaction's breath / Leave nothing of this heavenly sight / But loathsomeness and ruin? 2. A loathsome thing. Labels: countable Example: H. P. Lovecraft After it raced the naked, tittering, phosphorescent thing that belonged on the carven pedestal, and still farther behind panted the dark men, and all the dread crew of sentient loathsomenesses. The corpse was gaining on its pursuers …
Word: irene Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈaɪɹiːn/ 1. The hydrocarbon formed by dehydration of an irone. Example: The configurations around the double bond in the side chain are based on considerations of the Raman spectra, dielectric constants, etc., and on comparatively small differences in reactivity; for example, neo-α-irone is converted into irene less readily than α-irone, but forms an oxime more rapidly; … Example: Ruzicka and his co-workers showed that the hydrocarbon irene, obtained on reduction of irone with red phosphorus/iodine, had the structure shown and this was confirmed by synthesis [...]
Word: jane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French Jannes (“Genoa”). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒeɪn/ 1. A silver Genovese coin, first used in England in the 14th century. Labels: obsolete Example: 14th c, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Rime of Sire Thopas, The Canterbury Tales, 1793, A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain, Volume 1, page 124, His robe was of chekelatoun, / That coste many a jane. Example: Certes was but a common Courtisane, / Yet flat refusd to haue a do with mee, / Because I could not giue her many a Iane.
Word: jane Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alternative forms. Pronunciation: /d͡ʒeɪn/ 1. Alternative letter-case form of Jane, a woman. Labels: alt-of 2. Alternative spelling of jean. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Ye miscellaneous, ignoble manufacturing individuals, ye have produced too much! We accuse you of making above two-hundred thousand shirts for the bare backs of mankind. Your trousers too, which you have made, of fustian, of cassimere, of Scotch-plaid, of jane, nankeen and woollen broadcloth, are they not manifold? 3. A female client of a prostitute. Example: The Swedish system, seemingly, does not target “janes” (female clients of sex workers).
Word: heterophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hetero- + -phobia. 1. The fear or resentment of what is different. Labels: uncountable Example: Taguieff writes synonimically^([sic]) of racism and heterophobia (resentment of the different). […] Heterophobia seems to be a focused manifestation of a still wider phenomenon of anxiety aroused by the feeling that one has no control over the situation, […] 2. The fear or resentment of heterosexuals or heterosexuality. Labels: uncountable Example: […] a panel of teenagers of LGBT parents […] voiced concern about what they called "heterophobia"—they wished their parents weren't so negative and distrusting of straight people. Even suggesting that heterophobia exists for these children understandably evokes angry and skeptical responses because homo-hostile people have used the same word to support a bogus claim that gay rights discrimination against heterosexuals. Example: Accusing a gay person of heterophobia is like accusing a Jew of Naziphobia. 3. The fear or resentment of the opposite sex. Labels: uncountable
Word: lady friend Part of Speech: noun 1. A female friend (used to avoid the possible ambiguity of the term girlfriend) 2. A quainter term for girlfriend, often used ironically. Labels: euphemistic
Word: Doitsu Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Japanese ドイツ (Doitsu, “Germany”) with influence from the anime Hetalia: Axis Powers; ultimately from Dutch Duits. Doublet of Dutch and Deutsch. 1. Germany. Labels: slang Example: emTeX is from Eberhard Mattes, I believe a PhD student in Stuttgart, Doitsu. Example: i'm from doitsu!
Word: cunji Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cunjevoi. 1. Clipping of cunjevoi. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial Example: 1998 June, Macquarie University, Biology Bytes, Vol 1, No 4, https://web.archive.org/web/20070902082722/http://www.bio.mq.edu.au/school/mag/intro/98bytes/jun98/Bytes_June98.html, Sydney's most common tunicate, cunjivoy (Pyura stolonifera....or "cunji" to the locals), is an icon. There are even poems about the stoic cunji! Example: Try using abalone gut, peeled prawns and cunji for bait for the bream and drummer found here.
Word: sea squirt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sea + squirt. 1. Any sessile tunicate of the class Ascidiacea, which expels water from two openings when disturbed; they are filter feeders.
Word: traveling expenses Part of Speech: noun 1. expenditure incurred by an employee on account of a journey on official business
Word: martial arts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From martial art + -s. 1. plural of martial art Labels: form-of, plural
Word: martial arts Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From martial art + -s. 1. Collectively, the traditional East Asian fighting styles, and their derivatives Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: traveller's cheque Part of Speech: noun 1. A preprinted cheque for a fixed amount, often in a foreign currency, issued by a bank that may be used instead of cash; may usually be replaced if lost or stolen. Labels: Canada, UK
Word: treadle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛdl̩/ 1. A foot-operated pedal or lever that generates motion. Example: To the rear end of the shaft B, is attached a band wheel, to the periphery of which is attached a strap J, which descends to a treadle, to be operated by the foot, but which requires no description. Example: There is an inconspicuous treadle let into the floor and when you step on it an air-operated door-opening mechanism is automatically activated; [...]. 2. A device actuated by wheels passing over it. Example: As a car enters the parking area the front wheels pass over a treadle, causing a timber barrier to lift and allow the motorist to drive in and park. No money is required at this stage. As the car passes over a second treadle, just beyond the entrance, the barrier falls again. 3. Chalaza.
Word: treadle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English tredel, from Old English tredel; equivalent to tread + -le. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛdl̩/ 1. To use a treadle. Labels: intransitive 2. To press a specific treadle or sequence of treadles on the loom. Labels: transitive Example: You can play with treadling a straight or point twill, treadle just Block A, treadle just Block B, or mix and match all the options.
Word: treasonable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English treason Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English treasonable From treason + -able. 1. Involving or constituting treason. Example: "I can feel," said he, "for a gentleman in your circumstances; but it is my duty to see that no communication takes place between yourself and the ladies involved in the suspicion of treasonable practices. Your farewells must be made in my presence."
Word: treble clef Part of Speech: noun 1. a symbol showing that the second line from the bottom of the stave represents the G above middle C
Word: G clef Part of Speech: noun 1. A clef indicating the position of one-lined G (g′ or G4) on a staff.
Word: tree bark Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tree + bark. 1. All the tissues of a tree external to the vascular cambium; includes epidermis, cortex and phloem. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tree house Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of treehouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: tree sap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tree + sap. 1. The fluid that circulates within the phloem of a tree to distribute water and nutrients. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tree trunk Part of Speech: noun 1. The main structural member of a tree.
Word: lis pendens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lis (“dispute”) + pendens (“pending”). 1. A notice of pending litigation against a property.
Word: trench coat Part of Speech: noun 1. A military-style raincoat with a belt and deep pockets and often epaulettes.
Word: wharves Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /(h)wɔː(ɹ)vz/ 1. plural of wharf Labels: form-of, plural