nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: ammoniac Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English ammoniak, from Medieval Latin ammōniacum. 1. Alternative form of ammoniacum. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: hydroxamate Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /haɪˈdɹɑksəˌmeɪt/, /haɪˈdɹɒksəˌmeɪt/ 1. A hydroxylamine compound containing a CONOH group, often serving as chelating agents. Example: In general, the hydroxamates are used for flotation of oxidic minerals (pyrochlore, cassiterite and ilmenite), rare-earth oxides and oxide copper minerals.
Word: hydroxamates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hydroxamate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: plaquette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French plaquette (“small plaque”), allegedly coined in the 1860s. 1. A small metal tablet decorated in bas-relief, usually with a design including figures. 2. The smallest closed loop, enclosing the region between four lattice sites, in lattice gauge theory.
Word: plaquettes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of plaquette Labels: form-of, plural
Word: half-halt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From half- + halt. 1. A specific riding aid given by an equestrian to their horse, in which the driving aids and restraining aids are applied in quick succession, used as a warning signal or to rebalance the horse.
Word: Swindonians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Swindonian Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sanguineness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English sanguine Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English sanguineness From sanguine + -ness. 1. The property of being sanguine. Labels: uncountable
Word: sand storm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of sandstorm. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: effortfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English effortful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English effortfulness From effortful + -ness. 1. subjective experience of exertion or effort involved in performing an activity Labels: uncountable
Word: sandstorms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sandstorm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sand storms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of sand storm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sandflea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From sand + flea. 1. Any insect of the species of flying, biting, blood-sucking two-winged flies encountered in sandy areas. 2. One of the Talitridae family of marine amphipod crustaceans.
Word: sortuva Part of Speech: contraction 1. Contraction of sort of + a. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction
Word: worthwhileness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From worthwhile + -ness (suffix attached to adjectives forming nouns meaning ‘the measure of being [the adjective]’ or ‘the quality or state of being [the adjective]’). Pronunciation: /ˌwɜːθˈwaɪlnəs/, /-ˈʍaɪl-/, /ˌwɜɹθˈwaɪlnəs/ 1. The condition or extent of being worthwhile. Labels: uncountable
Word: brews Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /bɹuːz/ 1. plural of brew Labels: form-of, plural
Word: brews Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /bɹuːz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brew Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: succouring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of succour Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: succoured Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of succour Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: succoring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of succor Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: succored Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of succor Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: caterwauls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of caterwaul Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: caterwauled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of caterwaul Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: gigging Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gig Middle English -ynge English -ing English gigging From gig + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪɡɪŋ/ 1. gerund of gig (in various senses). Labels: uncountable 2. gerund of gig (in various senses). Labels: uncountable 3. gerund of gig (in various senses). Labels: uncountable Example: A community of chimpanzees living on the edges of the savanna in Senegal has learned to fashion and use spears, which they sharpen with their teeth. These are chimps we've been observing for two hundred years; they never used spears. Now they've begun spiking little bush babies with them. The bush babies hide in hollow trees. The chimps do a sort of frog-gigging number on them and pull them out like fondue.
Word: gigging Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English gig Middle English -ynge English -ing English gigging From gig + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of gig Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: morpions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of morpion Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crabbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crab Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: crabbing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹæbɪŋ/ 1. The act or art of catching crabs. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: "It will take more than one Summer to dig all over this place," spoke Bob. "And it will spoil all our other fun. I want to have some swimming, boating and crabbing. You can have all the treasure you get, Sammy." 2. The fighting of hawks with each other. Labels: obsolete, uncountable, usually 3. bickering. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine. Labels: historical, uncountable, usually
Word: flopping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of flop Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: flopping Part of Speech: noun 1. The motion of something that flops. Example: […] it belongs to the realm of magnetic currents or to the binding properties of steel girders and not to the floppings of grass or the contours of the parochial churchyard.
Word: flopped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of flop Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scarfs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scarf Labels: form-of, plural
Word: scarfs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of scarf Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: scarfing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scarf Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scarfing Part of Speech: noun 1. Material for making scarves. Example: The Ascot scarfs may be arranged in regularity as shown, or they may each be displayed differently so as to bring out the colorings and designs in the scarfings. 2. A scarf joint. Example: The scarfings of the piece must be kept clear of each other (that is, the points of junction in one piece must be as far as possible from those in another piece), and equally distributed in the mast. 3. A scarf; a covering. Labels: rare Example: High on the deck, under the cream-coloured sail and the flutter of pink scarfings and flags, stands Ulysses waving a defiant torch at Polyphemus, who, colossal through mist, claws at his wound, himself tall as a pyramid and vast as an Alp. Example: Mais personne ne lui répondit. Il se leva anxieux et entra dans l’appartement, qu’il trouva vide et silencieux, et où les voiles de Zoumourroud et ses écharpes gisaient sur le sol.
Word: scarfed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of scarf Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: scarfed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of scarved (“wearing a scarf”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Wrapped in thick knitting, scarfed, gloved, socked and booted I feel nothing.
Word: brazens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of brazen Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brazening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of brazen Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: brazened Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of brazen Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ECC Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of error correcting/correction code. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of elliptic-curve cryptography. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of export control and customs. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of emergency cardiovascular care. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of electronic camera coverage. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: ECC Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Employees' Compensation Commission. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Environmental Compliance Certificate. Labels: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: scriptoria Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scriptorium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispels Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of dispel Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: dispels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dispel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dispelling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dispel Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: divesting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of divest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: divests Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of divest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: agoge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀγωγή (agōgḗ). Pronunciation: /əˈɡoʊ.d͡ʒi/, /əˈɡəʊ.d͡ʒi/ 1. In ancient Greek music, tempo or pace; rhythmical movement. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Melodic motion upward or downward by successive scale-steps: same as ductus in medieval music. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A rigorous training regimen for Spartan men in preparation for army service. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: agami Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French agami, from Kari'na akami. Pronunciation: /ˈæɡəmi/ 1. A South American bird, Psophia crepitans, allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated.
Word: supercee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Presumed super- + cee, a respelling of the physics symbol c (denoting the speed of light in a vacuum; an abbreviation of both English constant and Latin celeritas (“swiftness”)). 1. Faster-than-light travelling speed. Labels: rare, uncountable Example: But Man had always been a restless, persistent creature, and the stars called, and in an incredibly short space of time a highly-ingenious refinement of the theta drive gave him supercee. “What I can’t understand, Psy, is why in the name of Mira the Terrans couldn’t have been admitted to the Federation as soon as they developed supercee. […]” Offhand I’d say that the Terrans, when they hit on the secret of star-driving a planet, which isn’t much of a trick once the supercee principle is clearly understood, decided to go off on a hunt round the galaxy for a see-tee system. Example: 1960, AUTHOR UNKNOWN, Astounding Science-fiction, pp70, 72, & 73; presumed to be an earlier work (1930 or earlier), as quotations 2 and 3 also appear in:
Word: bouleversement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bouleversement. 1. Complete overthrow; reversal; turmoil Example: It reflects the feverish hopes, the quick successes, the amazing social bouleversements only possible when all the old elements of society have been poured together and shaken up pellmell. Example: This is a bouleversement of Plato.
Word: imbosk Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English bosk English imbosk From in- (“in”) + bosk (“thicket, small wood”). 1. To hide or conceal oneself Labels: obsolete Example: I turned to imbosk myself
Word: contingent claim Part of Speech: noun 1. A claim that can be made when certain specified outcomes occur. It depends on the state of nature of the financial claim.
Word: Lib Part of Speech: name 1. The Libertarian party. Labels: US 2. The astrological sign, Libra.
Word: Lib Part of Speech: noun 1. A member of the Liberal Party of Australia. Labels: Australian 2. A member of the Liberal Party of Canada. Labels: Canadian Example: The same people will have you believe that François Legault — a man who calls himself “prime minister of the Quebec nation” — would gladly watch his beloved nation’s hospital system crumble just to own the Libs.
Word: salubrity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From salubr(ious) + -ity, from Middle English salubritē, from Old French salubrité, from Latin salūbritātem, accusative of salūbritās. 1. The quality of being salubrious or invigorating. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: point of sail Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌpɔɪnt əv ˈseɪl/ 1. A sailing vessel's course in relation to the wind direction.
Word: virtuous circle Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈvɜː.t͡ʃʊ.əs ˈsɜː.kəl/, /ˈvɝ.t͡ʃu.əs ˈsɝ.kəl/ 1. A situation in which the solution to one problem makes each future problem easier to solve than the original one. Labels: idiomatic Example: [T]he less our agriculturists are interfered with by the importation of foreign corn, the more money have they to spend with their manufacturing brethren, who, in turn, secure of their steady profits at home, are able to ship extensively to distant markets with little apprehension as to the result. In political economy there may be "vicious circles," but there are "virtuous circles" too, and this is one of them. Example: State structuration, in effect, was characterized by the maintenance of a ‘virtuous circle’ from the post-feudal period to the middle of the twentieth century. This virtuous circle, however, must not be mistaken for inevitability. The state is neither universal nor a higher stage of some sort of teleological evolutionary process. Should other structures […] prove superior in structural capacity in a phase of stress and change, and prove capable of acquiring sufficient legitimation, […] then the virtuous circle could conceivably be broken and the modern state superseded. 2. A series of positive events where each event leads to the next, creating a self-sustaining cycle of improvement and success. Labels: idiomatic
Word: unbar Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English unbarren, equivalent to un- + bar. 1. To unlock or unbolt a door that had been locked or bolted with a bar. Labels: transitive Example: “No need to unbar gates to thee and me,” said the martlet, as they passed beneath the darkness of that ancient portal, carved with strange devices, and clean through the massy timbers of the bolted gate thickly riveted with silver, into the inner court. Example: Only Enid could dare him at such a time, and even she felt occasionally that sinking of the heart which the bravest of tamers may experience as he unbars the gate of the cage. 2. To remove an impediment that obstructs the passage of (someone or something). Labels: transitive 3. To remove a prohibition. Labels: transitive
Word: unbars Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unbar Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unbarring Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of unbar Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: unbarred Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of unbar Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unbarred Part of Speech: adj 1. Not fitted or closed with bars. Labels: not-comparable 2. Of a feather, lacking barring. Labels: not-comparable
Word: monstrosities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of monstrosity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hunkier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of hunky: more hunky Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: hunkiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of hunky: most hunky Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: chicer Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of chic: more chic Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: chicest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of chic: most chic Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: line code Part of Speech: noun 1. A code chosen for use within a communications system for transmission purposes.
Word: changeroom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From change + room. 1. changing room, locker-room
Word: Megleno-Romanian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Romanian meglenoromân, corresponding to Meglenitic + Romanian. 1. Of, from, or pertaining to the Megleno-Romanian people, culture or language. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Megleno-Romanian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Romanian meglenoromân, corresponding to Meglenitic + Romanian. 1. An endangered Eastern Romance language spoken in northern Greece, North Macedonia and parts of Romania, and related to Romanian, Aromanian and Istro-Romanian.
Word: Megleno-Romanian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Romanian meglenoromân, corresponding to Meglenitic + Romanian. 1. A member of a small Eastern Romance people, originally inhabiting seven villages in the Moglena region spanning the Pella and Kilkis regional units of Central Macedonia, Greece, and one village, Huma, across the border in North Macedonia.
Word: globoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From globe + -oid. 1. A spherical representation or projection of a sphere or ellipsoid. Example: A globoid is always round. Example: Pictures of planets and moons are usually presented as globoids.
Word: globoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From globe + -oid. 1. Of, or pertaining to, a globe Labels: not-comparable Example: It's presented in globoid form.
Word: carrot bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (conical bag): From its shape, resembling the vegetable. 1. A conical bag, used, for example, as an applicator for henna with the tip snipped off. Example: This carrot bag full of yummy Orange Drop Cookies makes a rich reward for the Easter Bunny. Example: Women use the cone (a thick plastic bag (carrot bag) with very small open tip) to make fine lines and delicate patterns that make them feel and appear more beautiful and attractive. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carrot, bag.
Word: autotelic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + τέλος (télos, “result; end”); compare auto- and telic. From early 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəˌtɛlɪk/, /ˌɔːtəˈtɛlɪk/ 1. Containing its own meaning or purpose; deriving meaning and purpose from within. Example: 1988, Antonella Della Fave, Fausto Massimini, 12: Modernization and the changing contexts in work and leisure, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi (editors), Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness, Cambridge University Press, 1992, Paperback, page 208, It is possible that these three people have jobs that are more autotelic than those of the rest of this group; that they have more responsibility, more initiative and challenge at their workplace than is usual for employees of their type. Example: Chess itself, however – the playing of the game – is most frequently engaged in, as we say, for its own sake, as an autotelic activity rather than as a teleological one. The majority of utterances of a language are teleological, aiming at informing […] 2. Of or pertaining to the quality of (a thing's) being autotelic. Example: 1988, Kevin Rathunde, Optimal experience and the family context, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Isabella Selega Csikszentmihalyi (editors), Optimal Experience: Psychological Studies of Flow in Consciousness, 1992, Paperback, Cambridge University Press, page 251, The autotelic score was negatively correlated with the anxiety/ambiguity score r = −.57 and negatively correlated with the boredom/rigidity score r = −.36. 3. Not motivated by anything beyond itself; thematically self-contained. Example: “Running Water Music II” represents a contemporary version of the autotelic poem, freer than its modernist predecessors to assert connections, celebrate openly, declare connections between self and world, but bound by semantic and imagistic frames that derive from a single source.
Word: autotelic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + τέλος (télos, “result; end”); compare auto- and telic. From early 20th century. Pronunciation: /ˈɔːtəˌtɛlɪk/, /ˌɔːtəˈtɛlɪk/ 1. An autotelic person, a person with an autotelic personality. Example: Measuring autotelic personality similarly with young adults, Hektner (1996) confirmed that autotelics were least happy and motivated in apathy (low-challenge, low-skill) situations, whereas nonautotelics (those least motivated in high-challenge, high-skill situations) did not find the apathy condition aversive. Example: First of all, it can be inferred that both autotelics and non-autotelics designated the following English activities when their concentration, interest and attention were the highest: communicating in English, also with native speakers, watching English films and programmes, reading authentic materials, sight-seeing, listening to music and translating lyrics.
Word: Vicente Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish and Portuguese Vicente. Doublet of Vincent. 1. A surname.
Word: strap strategy Part of Speech: noun 1. A bullish options strategy that is established by buying a two calls and one put option with the same exercise price. The trader is betting on volatility.
Word: strip strategy Part of Speech: noun 1. A bearish options strategy that is established by buying a two puts and one call option with the same exercise price. The trader is betting on volatility.
Word: technocentrism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of techno- + egocentrism, coined by Seymour Papert in 1987. 1. The ideology that advocates the use of technology to try to answer all questions. Labels: uncountable
Word: biserrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English serrate English biserrate From bi- + serrate. 1. Having serrations that are themselves serrate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bi-serrate Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of biserrate. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: retroserrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin retrōder. English retro- English serrate English retroserrate From retro- + serrate. 1. Having tooth-like projections pointed away from the apex. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pinnatifid Part of Speech: adj 1. Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the midrib. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pinnatipartite Part of Speech: adj 1. Having lobes with incisions that extend more than half-way toward the midrib. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pinnatisect Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin pinnatisectus, from Latin pinnātus (“feathered”) + sectum, past participle of secō (“to cut”). 1. Having lobes with incisions that extend almost, or up to midrib. Labels: not-comparable
Word: palmatifid Part of Speech: adj 1. Having lobes with incisions that extend less than half-way toward the petiole.
Word: palmatisect Part of Speech: adj 1. Having lobes with incisions that extend almost up, but not quite to the petiole.
Word: palmatipartite Part of Speech: adj 1. Having lobes with incisions that extend over half-way toward the petiole. Labels: not-comparable
Word: palmate compound Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of palmately compound. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: palmately compound Part of Speech: adj 1. Having more than three leaflets attached directly to the petiole Labels: not-comparable
Word: palmately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English palmic acid English -ate English palmate Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English palmately From palmate + -ly. 1. In a palmate fashion.
Word: pinnately Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English pinnate Middle English -ly English -ly English pinnately From pinnate + -ly. 1. In a pinnate fashion.
Word: Herakles Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Heracles. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The addition of inscribed names can indicate that the symposion is mythological, as on the Eurytios krater, where Herakles is depicted banqueting as a guest of the king (Paris, Musée du Louvre, E635, Payne, 1931: pl. 27).
Word: bifoliate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English foliate English bifoliate From bi- + foliate. 1. Having exactly two leaves.
Word: cry one's eyes out Part of Speech: verb 1. To weep for an elongated time, or in an excessive manner. Labels: idiomatic
Word: printing press Part of Speech: noun 1. A mechanical device used for printing text or images repeatedly. 2. Synonym of printing house (“an institutional or commercial publisher”). Labels: metonymically
Word: printing presses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of printing press Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chordates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chordate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: obdeltoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ob- + deltoid. 1. Triangular and attached to the stem via a tip. Labels: not-comparable
Word: cracknel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English crakenelle, craknel, krakenelle, apparently an alteration of Middle French craquelin. 1. A hard, crisp or crunchy cake or biscuit. Example: I will take charge of the cake department, including, if I remember rightly, plum and plain, rout cakes, and macaroons, finger biscuits, and cracknels. 2. Crackling (fried pork fat). Labels: in-plural
Word: lyrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From New Latin lyrātus, from lyra (“lyre”). By surface analysis, lyre + -ate. 1. Shaped like a lyre. Example: The passage of time could only enhance his tenderness for the creature he clasped, this adored creature, whose motion was now more supple, whose haunches had grown more lyrate, whose hair-ribbon he had undone. 2. Having a large terminal lobe and smaller rounded lobes toward its base. Example: 1976, T. G. Tutin, Flora Europaea, Volume 4: Plantaginaceae to Compositae (and Rubiaceae), page 72, Basal leaves simple, lyrate or pinnatifid; cauline leaves 1- to 2-pinnatifid, pinnatisect or simple.
Word: lyrate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From New Latin lyrātus, from lyra (“lyre”). By surface analysis, lyre + -ate. 1. A long feather with a shape similar to the arm of a lyre, found in the tail of lyrebirds.
Word: oblyrate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ob- + lyrate. 1. Having a reverse lyrate shape, with the lobes near the apex. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pandurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin pandura (“a pandore”). 1. Having a shape reminiscent of a fiddle; obovate with a pair of sinuous indentations near the base.
Word: panduriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin pandura Latin fōrma Latin -fōrmisder. English -form English panduriform From Latin pandura (“fiddle”) + English -form. 1. Pandurate. Labels: not-comparable, rare
Word: obpandurate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ob- + pandurate. 1. Having a reverse pandurate shape, with the sinuosity toward the apex and the broadest part toward the base. Labels: not-comparable
Word: peltate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English peltate From Ancient Greek πέλτη (péltē) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Shield-shaped; scutiform. 2. Having the petiole attached to the lower surface instead of the margin.
Word: obreniform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ob- + reniform. 1. Having a reverse reniform shape, with the petiole opposite the notch. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Irish moss Part of Speech: noun Etymology: (seaweed): From its frequency on the Irish coast. 1. A species of edible seaweed, Chondrus crispus. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1865, Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, Chapter I. "The Shipwreck", page 13. At Jerusalem village the inhabitants were collecting in haste, before a thunder-shower now approaching, the Irish moss which they had spread to dry. 2. Mastocarpus stellatus (false Irish moss), a less commonly gathered seaweed. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Gracilaria, a genus of seaweeds, cultivated and eaten in Asian cuisines. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Soleirolia soleirolii (angel's tears), a plant in the nettle family. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. Sagina subulata (syns. Sagina alexandrae), heath pearlwort, a terrestrial plant with needle-like leaves. Labels: countable, uncountable 6. Arenaria verna (golden moss) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: lonelyheart Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lonely-heart. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: select agent Part of Speech: noun 1. A pathogen or biological toxin which has been declared to have the potential to pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Labels: US
Word: select agents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of select agent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gas cylinders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gas cylinder Labels: form-of, plural
Word: units of measurement Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of unit of measurement Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stainers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stainer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sagittate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sagitta (“arrow”). 1. Shaped like an arrowhead, with one point at one end, and two points at the other. Labels: not-comparable 2. Shaped like an arrowhead, with two pointed lobes extending downward from the base. Labels: not-comparable
Word: obsagittate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ob- + sagittate. 1. Of a reverse sagittate shape, with two pointed lobes extending at the apex. Labels: not-comparable
Word: balloonists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of balloonist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spathulate Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of spatulate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hydrobious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Analyzable as hydro- + -obe + -ious. Compare also amphibious. 1. Adapted to living or dwelling in water, or in the vicinity of water; dependent upon a water environment for survival; aquatic.
Word: subulate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin sūbulātus. 1. Awl-shaped; tapering into a sharp point from a broader base.
Word: crenate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin crēnātus, merged with a Latinization of Middle French crené, past participle of crener (“to mark with a notch”), derivative of cren, cran (“notch”), of Celtic origin. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiː.neɪt/ 1. Having round or blunt teeth on its margin; scalloped.
Word: crenate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek κρήνη (krḗnē, “spring”) + -ate. By surface analysis, cren- + -ate. 1. Any salt or ester of crenic acid
Word: crenulate Part of Speech: adj 1. Minutely crenate or scalloped.
Word: bicrenate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English crenate English bicrenate From bi- + crenate. 1. Crenate, with the teeth themselves crenate; twice crenate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bi-crenate Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of bicrenate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: double crenate Part of Speech: adj 1. Bicrenate. Labels: not-comparable
Word: octopole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From octo- + pole. 1. A multipole configuration with eight equal charges arranged in a circular pattern. 2. Any configuration or analysis having eightfold symmetry.
Word: octopoles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of octopole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: goose wing Part of Speech: noun 1. A position of sails in a fore-and-aft rigged sailboat, in which the mainsail is set to the leeward and the jib to the windward. This position may be used when running (almost) straight downwind. One of the clews or lower corners of a course or a topsail when the middle part or the rest of the sail is furled.
Word: bidentate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English dentate English bidentate From bi- + dentate. 1. Having only two teeth. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having tooth-like projections that are themselves dentate. Labels: not-comparable 3. Of a ligand, forming two separate chemical bonds to a coordinating metal ion. Labels: not-comparable, physical
Word: bi-dentate Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of bidentate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: deglaciation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English glaciation English deglaciation From de- + glaciation. Pronunciation: /diɡleɪʃiˈeɪʃən/ 1. The removal of all glacial land ice from a region, usually by melting.
Word: deglaciations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of deglaciation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soft key Part of Speech: noun 1. A button, located along a display device, which performs whatever function is shown near it on the display.
Word: soft key Part of Speech: adj 1. Gently highlighting; low-key. Labels: not-comparable
Word: resuspension Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English suspension English resuspension From re- + suspension. Pronunciation: /ˌɹiːsəˈspɛnʃən/ 1. A second or subsequent suspension. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Those who try tie themselves in knots, seeking to insulate the leader from decisions that are clearly taken with the boss’s preferences in mind, such as the grimly farcical sequence of suspension, readmission and resuspension of Chris Williamson. 2. The renewed suspension of a precipitated sediment, such as stirring up settled mud at the bottom of a body of water. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After seven centrifugings and resuspensions, the chloride is reduced to less than 5 mgm. per cent. Example: As a Government Office for Science report says: "Non-exhaust particulate matter emissions (e.g. tyre wear, brake wear and road dust resuspension) account for approximately 50%-60% of the vehicle emissions that contribute to poor air quality."
Word: resuspensions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of resuspension Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bioanalytical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English analytical English bioanalytical From bio- + analytical. Pronunciation: /baɪoʊˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl/, /baɪəʊˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to analytical methods used in biotechnology. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antiangiogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + angiogenesis. 1. The prevention of angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels. Labels: uncountable
Word: bimotor Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin mōtorder. Middle English motour English motor English bimotor From bi- + motor. 1. A twin-engine aircraft.
Word: rearmouse Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of reremouse. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dog and pony show Part of Speech: noun 1. A small traveling circus featuring animals as entertainment. Labels: historical 2. Any presentation or display that is overly contrived or intricate, while lacking real substance. Labels: idiomatic Example: They put on a whole dog and pony show for the investors, but I'm not sure they've convinced anyone. Example: Here, the academics put on a bit of a dog-and-pony show, demonstrating their latest breakthroughs and giving sponsors a chance to meet students who are about to receive their PhDs and start looking for jobs.[…]
Word: cock block Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Rhyming compound of cock + block. 1. Alternative form of cockblock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar
Word: cock block Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Rhyming compound of cock + block. 1. Alternative form of cockblock. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang, vulgar
Word: lonely-heart Part of Speech: noun 1. A person with no friends of the opposite sex who is looking for a spouse or companion. Labels: informal
Word: lonely-hearts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lonely-heart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lonely-hearts Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a newspaper column: in which people attempt to find friends of the opposite sex. Labels: not-comparable
Word: lonelyhearts Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lonelyheart Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euglyphids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of euglyphid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: euglyphid Part of Speech: noun 1. A filose amoeba of the order Euglyphida, that produce shells or tests from siliceous scales, plates, and sometimes spines.
Word: cryptomonad Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the type genus, Cryptomonas. Pronunciation: /kɹɪptoʊˈmoʊnæd/ 1. A flagellate of the order Cryptomonadales; most have chloroplasts.
Word: cryptomonads Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cryptomonad Labels: form-of, plural
Word: beam splitter Part of Speech: noun 1. An optical device that splits a beam of light in two by reflecting a portion and transmitting the remainder.
Word: major element Part of Speech: noun 1. An element which is not a trace element in a given context, and which is present in significant quantity.
Word: precovery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of pre- + recovery. 1. The use of previously gathered data (especially photographic images) to recover a recently discovered object (typically a small solar system body). Example: If you look for your new object after discovery, it's called "recovery". [...] if you find your new object in some old data that someone took before you discovered your object, it's called a "precovery". Example: Quaoar [...] is a Trans-Neptunian object orbiting the Sun in the Kuiper belt. It was discovered on June 4, 2002 by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the California Institute of Technology [...] The earliest precovery turned out to be a May 25, 1954 plate from Palomar Observatory. 2. The act of resting before a long night, weekend or season of binge drinking. Labels: slang
Word: Remote Oceania Part of Speech: name 1. The part of Oceania comprising Polynesia, Micronesia and island Melanesia southeast of the Solomon Islands, including islands such as Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.
Word: conflict of interest Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation in which an individual or legal entity in a position of trust (such as an attorney, investment advisor, broker, politician, executive, director, scientist or physician) has competing professional or personal interests. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Grassley continues to probe Abedin’s potential conflicts of interest when she was getting four different paychecks at once. “We know she set up dinners for Secretary Clinton and her private-sector employers and e-mailed private-sector employees from government accounts,” he says. Example: Rishi Sunak is facing questions over a potential conflict of interest after it emerged a childcare firm part owned by his wife is to benefit from major changes in the budget. 2. The competing interest itself. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: twotino Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of two + plutino. 1. Any astronomical object, on the apparent outer edge of the Kuiper Belt, whose orbit has a 1:2 resonance with the planet Neptune. Example: This provides a possible explanation for the low fraction of twotinos compared to plutinos in the Kuiper belt. Example: Plutinos are Kuiper belt objects in a 2:3 resonance (a = 39.4 AU) with Neptune and are named after Pluto since these bodies have orbits similar to Pluto. Twotinos are objects that are in a 1:2 resonance (a = 47.8 AU) with Neptune.
Word: tiffin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Apparently from English tiffing, present participle of tiff (“to take a small drink, to sip”) (slang). Pronunciation: /ʈɪ.fɪn/, /ʈɪ.fen/, /ʈɪ.fən/, /ˈtɪf.ɪn/ 1. A (light) midday meal or snack; luncheon. Labels: India, UK, countable, uncountable Example: He took his tiffin from home and ate the food two hours later in school. Example: […] I bought a pine-apple at the same time, which I gave to Sambo. Let's have it for tiffin; very cool and nice this hot weather. 2. A box or container used to carry a tiffin. Labels: India, UK, countable, uncountable Example: "Young memsahib, an empty tiffin box costs ten rupees in the market. With the food, it's worth maybe fifteen rupees. Do you think I could retire after I steal it?" the man said. “I'm getting late. Do you want your husband to get his lunch or not? That last one's for him, isn't it?" He jerked his chin at the tiffin Anahita was still hugging. 3. A cake-like confection composed of crushed biscuits, sugar, syrup, raisins, cherries and cocoa powder, often covered with a layer of melted chocolate. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: tiffin Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Apparently from English tiffing, present participle of tiff (“to take a small drink, to sip”) (slang). Pronunciation: /ʈɪ.fɪn/, /ʈɪ.fen/, /ʈɪ.fən/, /ˈtɪf.ɪn/ 1. To eat a (light) midday meal or snack. Labels: India, UK, intransitive Example: Do you know that he tiffins with her three times a week, and every night, after leaving here, he finishes the evening in her society, sitting in the veranda and smoking cigarettes till all hours. Example: Pack had been tiffining by himself to the right of the arch, and had heard everything.
Word: liberticide Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French liberticide, coined around the time of the French Revolution. Equivalent to liberty + -cide. 1. Causing the destruction of liberty; oppressive, liberticidal Labels: not-comparable Example: […] by aſſembling at her houſe, in ſecret council, the principal chiefs of that conſpiracy, and by keeping up a correſpondence tending to facilitate their liberticide deſigns. Example: The conservative body you propose might be so constituted, as, while it would be an admirable sedative in a variety of smaller cases, might also be a valuable sentinel and check on the liberticide views of an ambitious individual.
Word: liberticide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French liberticide, coined around the time of the French Revolution. Equivalent to liberty + -cide. 1. The destruction of liberty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: All that has been done by the state since the revolt of May is liberticide of the most violent character. Example: In the hands of a designing executive, a standing army was the classic instrument of liberticide. 2. One who causes the destruction of liberty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Blind, old, and lonely, when his country's pride, / The priest, the slave, and the liberticide / Trampled and mocked with many a loathed rite / Of lust and blood; he went, unterrified, /
Word: spiny oyster Part of Speech: noun 1. A bivalve mollusc of the genus Spondylus.
Word: neogrammarian Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of Neogrammarian. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: superatom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek *τομός (*tomós) Ancient Greek ἄτομος (átomos)bor. Latin atomusbor. Middle French athomebor. Middle English attome English atom English superatom From super- + atom. 1. A metamaterial, a cluster of atoms which acts like a single atom. It seems to exhibit some of the properties of elemental atoms. 2. One or more atoms of a basic structure that are replaced by amplificants in the amplification process of phane nomenclature
Word: superatoms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of superatom Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Neogrammarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From neo- + grammarian, as a calque of the German Junggrammatiker. Pronunciation: /ˌniː.əʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌni.oʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛɹi.ən/ 1. A member or follower of a 19th-century school of German linguists who first advanced the theory of regular sound change. Labels: historical
Word: Neogrammarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From neo- + grammarian, as a calque of the German Junggrammatiker. Pronunciation: /ˌniː.əʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛəɹi.ən/, /ˌni.oʊ.ɡɹəˈmɛɹi.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Neogrammarian school.
Word: bad beat Part of Speech: noun 1. The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.
Word: significant digit Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of significant figure.
Word: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: Thus, if you discover a spruce and your name is Engelmann, the tree becomes Picea engelmanni, which is only Engelmann’s spruce in Latin; if you discover a nonmetallic element and name it iodine, you have only called it looking like a violet, by giving it a Greek name for the color of its vapor; if you suffer from pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis, you may be fatally ill, but your disease is being described in a series of classical syllables. Example: b. Pneumoconiosis For purely sesquipedalian interest, it should be pointed out here that the longest word said to be found in a recent edition of Webster’s International Dictionary is a term found in industrial medicine. The word is: pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis. The various pneumoconioses are named by the character of the dust which is inhaled. Anthracosis is from coal dust; siderosis from iron dust; chalicosis from stone cutting (calcium); silicosis from dust containing silica; byssinosis from cotton particles, etc. In a broad sense the term “pneumoconiosis” means simply “dust in the lungs”. Most pneumoconioses do not result in recognizable disability or disease.
Word: lichgate Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of lych-gate. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aquatints Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of aquatint Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Williamina Part of Speech: name 1. A female given name from the Germanic languages, a rare feminine form of William, best known in Scotland.
Word: Albanisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin Alba (Longa) Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin Albānusbor. Ancient Greek Ἀλβᾰνός (Albănós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Byzantine Greek Ἀλβανία (Albanía)bor. Medieval Latin Albāniabor. English Albania English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English Albanisation From Albania + -isation. 1. A cultural change in which something ethnically non-Albanian is made to become Albanian. Labels: derogatory, uncountable