nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: medial s's Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of medial s Labels: form-of, plural
Word: northern birch mouse Part of Speech: noun 1. A rodent classified in the family Sminthidae, Sicista betulina that is found in subarctic and cool temperate Asia from Scandinavia to Lake Baikal.
Word: terminal s Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of short s.
Word: short s Part of Speech: noun 1. The s character, as distinct from the long s — the ſ character. Example: Most of it was in modern face of a bad cut, small pica size; the apocrypha was in long primer, old style face, although having short s’s, but the peculiarity was that one signature in the Psalms was in old style with long s’s. Example: The following changes have silently been made: long s’s have been changed to short s’s;
Word: mummery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French momerie, mommerie, from Old French mommer, from momon. By surface analysis, mummer + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈmʌməɹi/ 1. Mumming; disguising oneself to perform as a mummer, or to take part in some other festivities or performance. Labels: archaic, countable, literally, uncountable Example: I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission 2. A ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, formerly especially of a religious nature; extravagant or hypocritical performance. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: The twentieth of September, they are bound Fast from the midnight watch to pray till morn.— More would he not disclose, or knew not more. —What precious mummery! Example: All this affectation and mummery was in due time overcome, and Zeluco's nuptials with the widow were celebrated in form.
Word: microchemistry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From micro- + chemistry. 1. Chemical techniques for preparing, handling, and analyzing small quantities of chemical compounds, especially masses less than a milligram. Labels: uncountable 2. Chemical processes that take place in very small regions, such as on the grain boundaries of a metal. Labels: uncountable
Word: ciliary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Latin ciliumbor. English cilium Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English ciliary From cilium + -ary. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪl.i.ə.ɹi/, /ˈsɪl.iˌɛɹ.i/ 1. Of, pertaining to or involving cilia. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: ciliary movement Example: In vitro and animal studies are exploring the effect of M. genitalium infection on the fallopian tube mucosa. Microscopic evidence of ciliary damage was demonstrated in human fallopian tube explants infected with M. genitalium, albeit the damage was more moderate than that seen with C. trachomatis or N. gonorrhoeae infection (Figure 2). 2. Of or pertaining to the eyelashes. Labels: not-comparable, relational 3. Of or pertaining to the eyelid. Labels: not-comparable, relational 4. Of or pertaining to the ciliary body. Labels: not-comparable, relational Example: ciliary muscles
Word: songbook Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English song boke, from Old English sangbōc (“a music book; songbook”), equivalent to song + book. Compare Saterland Frisian Songbouk (“songbook”), West Frisian sjongboek (“songbook”), Dutch zangboek (“songbook”), German Low German Sangbook (“songbook; hymnbook; hymnal”), German Gesangbuch (“songbook; hymnbook; hymnal”), Danish sangbog (“songbook”), Swedish sångbok (“songbook”), Faroese songbók (“songbook”), Icelandic söngbók (“songbook”). 1. A book containing songs. Example: Some of the young folks asked Mrs. Long could they have a sing at her home that Sunday afternoon; she readily agreed, telling them to come early, bring their songbooks, and have a good sing. Example: In uncritical homage to the heyday of Hollywood musicals, Branagh sets the action in a kind of soundstagey Oxbridge (wittily designed by Tim Harvey) and at crucial moments has his cast spin on their heels and croon American songbook standards by Porter, Kern, Gershwin and company instead of launching into sonnets and masques.
Word: amacrine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From a- (“not”) + Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós, “long”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈæməkɹɪn/ 1. Without long processes. Labels: not-comparable
Word: amacrine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a- (“not”) + Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós, “long”) + -ine. Pronunciation: /ˈæməkɹɪn/ 1. Any cell that does not have a long process.
Word: opsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortened form of rhodopsin. From Ancient Greek ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”) + -in. 1. Any of a group of light-sensitive proteins in the retina. Example: Ramirez and Oakley therefore predicted that opsins are present in octopus skin, where they might act as light sensors.
Word: retinal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English retina Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English retinal From retina + -al (“of or pertaining to”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.ɪn.əl/, /ˈɹɛt.ən.əl/, /ˈɹɛt.nəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to the retina. Labels: not-comparable, relational
Word: retinal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English retina Akkadian 𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)bor. Aramaic כוחלא (kuḥlā)bor. Arabic كُحْل (kuḥl) Andalusian Arabic اَلْكُحُول (al-kuḥūl)bor. Latin alcoholder. Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de-der. Proto-Indo-European *wed- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ Proto-Hellenic *údōr Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr) Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)der. German Aldehydbor. English aldehydeclip. English -al English retinal From retina + -al (“aldehyde”). Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛt.əˌnæl/, /ˈɹɛt.əˌnɔl/ 1. A yellow to orange aldehyde derived from vitamin A that is formed from rhodopsin by the action of light and in combination with proteins forms the visual pigments of the retinal rods and cones. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: holp Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English holp (first and third person singular past indicative of helpen (“to help”)), from Old English healp (same form of helpan (“to help”)), from Proto-Germanic *halp (same form of *helpaną (“to help”)). Cognate with German half, Middle Dutch holp (in modern Dutch replaced with hielp). More at help. Pronunciation: /hɒlp/, /həʊlp/, /hoʊp/ 1. simple past of help: helped. Labels: archaic, form-of, past Example: Thou art my warrior; I holp to frame thee. Example: Both, both, my girl. / By foul play, as thou sayest, were we heav'd thence, / But blessedly holp hither. 2. past participle of help. Labels: Southern-US, form-of, obsolete, participle, past Example: Like most folks around here, I done holp him so much already I can't quit now.
Word: holpen Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English holpen, yholpen (past participle of helpen (“to help”)), from Old English ġeholpen (past participle of helpan (“to help”)), from Proto-Germanic *hulpanaz (past participle of *helpaną (“to help”)). More at help. Cognate with Dutch geholpen (“holpen”) and German geholfen (“holpen”). 1. past participle of help Labels: archaic, form-of, participle, past Example: […]Was crackt in twaine, but by his fooliſh feare: / Was holpen vp, who him ſupported ſtanding neare. Example: Shew me a token foꝛ good, that they which hate me may ſee it, and bee aſhamed: becauſe thou, Lord, haſt holpen me, and comfoꝛted me.
Word: spot test Part of Speech: noun 1. The addition of a single drop of a reagent to a small sample as a qualitative analytical test for the presence of a specific compound or class of compounds. Example: The DPA test referred to by Martz is a color spot test for a range of oxidizing compounds, which include but are not limited to nitrates.
Word: mammalogy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mammal + -logy, with haplology. 1. The study of mammals. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rhodopsin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ῥόδον (rhódon, “rose”), due to its pinkish color, and ὄψις (ópsis, “sight”). 1. A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: mousemat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mouse mat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: visual purple Part of Speech: noun 1. The pigment rhodopsin. Labels: uncountable
Word: retinene Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retina + -ene. 1. Either of two carotenoid pigments found in the retina and produced from vitamin A; retinal 2. Either of two carotenoid pigments found in the retina and produced from vitamin A; retinal
Word: rod cell Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the cylindrical photoreceptor cells in the retina that function in dim light levels.
Word: cone cell Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the photoreceptor cells in the retina that are responsible for colour vision in relatively bright light.
Word: iPods Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of iPod Labels: form-of, plural
Word: protanopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From proto- (“first (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”). 1. A form of color blindness. Involves a defect in distinguishing between red and green. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: deuteranopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From deutero- (“second (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”). 1. A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color green, resulting in an inability to distinguish red from green. Example: Deuteranomalous subjects show ordering behaviour similar to the behaviour of normal colour vision subjects, but less like their colleagues with deuteranopia. Example: A human with color blindness in the form of deuteranopia is missing the M cones and has only S and L cones present, resulting in a neutral point where the spectral absorption curves of the remaining pigments cross.
Word: tritanopia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trito- (“third (color)”) + an- (“without”) + -opia (“vision”). 1. A form of color blindness in which the retina is deficient in or lacks cone cells containing opsins that respond to the color blue, resulting in an inability to distinguish blue from green. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Tritanopia is an extremely rare hereditary condition corresponding to a loss in function of the short wavelength sensitive cones. To produce transient tritanopia, the eye of the normal observer is first strongly adapted to a yellow light that maximally adapts the pigment of the long and middle wavelength cones, but has relatively less influence on the short wavelength sensitive cones. Example: 1997, M. Alpern, K. Kitahara, D. H. Krantz, 9: Perception of Colour in Unilateral Tritanopia, Alex Byrne, David R. Hilbert (editors), Readings on Color, Volume 2: The Science of Color, page 231, M. Alpern et. al 1983 gives results of colour matching and colour discrimination for each eye separately of a subject who acquired tritanopia in his left eye while remaining a normal trichromat with his right one.
Word: opsins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opsin Labels: form-of, plural
Word: apperceptive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From appercept(ion) + -ive. 1. Involving or relating to apperception.
Word: machine language Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of instructions that a particular computer is designed to execute; generated from an assembly language by an assembler, or from a high-level language by a compiler or interpreter. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Machine language is certainly the most efficient language on the Apple, albeit the least pleasant in which to code. The Monitor has special facilities for those of you who are determined to use machine language to simplify creating, writing, and debugging machine language programs. Example: Though machine language is efficient for computers, it is inefficient for programmers.
Word: smallclothes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From small + clothes. 1. Knee-length breeches, worn especially in the 18th century. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Even fashions, otherwise convenient, as the trousers that have so long taken place of smallclothes, often perhaps owe their continuance to some general defect . . . Example: 'Only look at his jacket, mother!' cried Annie; 'and a shillingsworth gone from his small-clothes!' 2. Underwear and other small items of clothing. Labels: UK, archaic, plural, plural-only Example: One hand slid up her thigh and underneath her smallclothes. Example: Are red socks a secret handshake, a mark of Etonhood, of an allegiance to the place both claimed and disclaimed? And having seen one pair I'm noticing them all over the place, a conspiracy of smallclothes.
Word: simultanagnosia Part of Speech: noun 1. Difficulty in perceiving more than one object simultaneously. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: market price Part of Speech: noun 1. The price at which a product, financial instrument, service or other tradable item can be bought and sold at an open market; the going price. Example: 1776, Adam Smith, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations: Book I: Chapter 7: Of the natural and market Price of Commodities The actual price at which any commodity is commonly sold is called its market price. It may either be above, or below, or exactly the same with its natural price. Example: For those that chose to buy based on their usage (mainly non-franchised freight and open access operators), NR passes on the costs of electricity at the market price for that month, hence the significant increases being experienced by the likes of Freightliner. 2. On restaurant menus, used to mean the price charged depends on the price of supplies, which may vary.
Word: curtain call Part of Speech: noun 1. The moment at the end of a performance when actors come back on the stage and thank the audience for applauding them for their performance. Example: I've taken my bows / And my curtain calls
Word: final curtain Part of Speech: noun 1. The last time the curtain is lowered, after a performance and any curtain calls. 2. The end to something that has lasted for a long time. Labels: figuratively Example: We're coming down to the final curtain of this whole palaver. Example: Love them or loathe them, Pacers have been part of the railway scene for over 40 years. Their demise has been promised for a while, but in 2020 the final curtain will be drawn for network operation of these units - although no doubt some will continue to be 'enjoyed' on heritage lines for many years to come.
Word: coccidioidomycosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Coccidioides + -o- + mycosis. 1. An infectious respiratory disease caused by inhalation of the fungus Coccidioides immitis. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Rather better reported are figures for coccidioidomycosis, which is more commonly known as valley fever.
Word: needle-sharp Part of Speech: adj 1. Very sharp; as sharp as a needle 2. very high-pitched.
Word: mortgages Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mortgage Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mortgages Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of mortgage Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: institutes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of institute Labels: form-of, plural
Word: institutes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of institute Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: brown rats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brown rat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: black rats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of black rat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: profanities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of profanity Labels: form-of, plural
Word: general strike Part of Speech: noun 1. A coordinated work stoppage by a substantial proportion of the workers of a particular city, region or state, normally to achieve economic or political goals.
Word: oupire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Polish upiór. Doublet of vampire. 1. A vampire, an evil spirit.
Word: flakeboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flake + board. 1. A type of board manufactured from wood flakes Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: firetrap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fire + trap. 1. A building that is dangerously flammable and/or has limited emergency exits in which people would be trapped in the event of a fire. Labels: informal
Word: ochlophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὄχλος (ókhlos, “crowd”) + -phobia, equivalent to ochlo- + -phobia. 1. A phobia, or fear, of mob-like crowds, as opposed to simply open spaces like agoraphobia or large crowds as with enochlophobia. Labels: uncountable Example: Those who suffer enochlophobia, demophobia or ochlophobia–the fear of crowds–are not being entirely irrational.
Word: fibromyalgia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From fibro- (“tissue”) + my- (“muscle”) + -algia (“pain”). Pronunciation: /ˌfaɪbroʊmaɪˈældʒə/ 1. A condition characterized by chronic pain, stiffness, and tenderness of the muscles, tendons, and joints. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They have since used the approach to look at the brains of people with fibromyalgia, a mysterious syndrome that causes pain all over the body. Volunteers with fibromyalgia also had more active glial cells in their brains, although this time in the cerebellar cortex and the medulla – regions that are linked to movement and automatic functions like breathing and digestion.
Word: raccoon dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A canid of the genus Nyctereutes, native to East Asia and widely introduced elsewhere in other cool parts of Eurasia. Example: OBLIVIOUS to his sterilisation, Judas the raccoon dog treks through Sweden’s countryside in search of a mate. At last he finds one, only for their liaison to end when she is shot. He trudges on and finds another, but she is killed too. This is his destiny: he is a radio-tagged lure leading hunters to the last live raccoon dogs in the country.
Word: blackwash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense). 1. A whitewash victory for any New Zealand national sporting team. Labels: New-Zealand, countable, slang, uncountable 2. A whitewash victory for the West Indies cricket team. Started in the 1984–86 "Blackwash" series of the West Indian cricket team in England in 1984. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 3. A lotion made by mixing calomel and limewater. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. Public campaigns and advertising funded by the coal industry to draw attention away from environmentally unsustainable practices or to justify exclusion from carbon taxes. Labels: countable, slang, uncountable 5. A villainization campaign. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: blackwash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From black + -wash or black + wash (depending on sense). 1. To villainize, to present in a damaging light. Labels: transitive Example: Near-synonyms: tar, smear, besmirch Example: Mistrusting my own prejudices, I have taken the story from the two parliamentary papers in which our officials have done their utmost to whitewash the tribunals and the pigeon-shooting party, and to blackwash the villagers. 2. To cover with a black color. Labels: transitive Example: The masts of British frigates and U.S. warships blackwashed the piers at the Embarcadero. Example: I do not care whether a man whitewashes or blackwashes his fence, or whether he uses guano or barnyard manure, or what his mode of cultivation may be, the question is, Does he get good fruit? 3. To portray in a revisionist fashion as belonging to a black race of people. Labels: transitive Example: Basquiat's epic-size, experimental canvases betray his radical determination to blackwash not solely history but art history. Example: TheCYGamer, for example, called out the game for liberal propaganda, stating that, "[…] This is straight up blackwashing history to please the SJW's."
Word: as soon as possible Part of Speech: adv 1. As soon as is possible; at one's earliest convenience; at the earliest possible time. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Admiral, very apprehensive of her falling into the hands of the enemy, sent me with discretional orders to Captain Hood, that, should he not be able to get her off the shoal, he might put his men into the Thames, and burn the Venerable, making the signal at the same time for the Thames to close with the Venerable as soon as possible. Example: These depraved lustings after flesh, grease, narcotics, etc., are a disgrace to human nature; you ought to be ashamed of them, and eradicate and destroy them as soon as possible.
Word: encephalopathies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of encephalopathy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hypoglycemics Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hypoglycemic Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teratogenesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From terato- + -genesis. 1. The development of congenital malformations. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: teratogeny Part of Speech: noun 1. teratogenesis. Labels: uncountable
Word: teratogeneses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teratogenesis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teratogenicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English teratogenic Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English teratogenicity From teratogenic + -ity. 1. The capability to cause malformations or defects to an embryo or foetus. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: teratologist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English teratology Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English teratologist From teratology + -ist. 1. A scientist specializing in teratology.
Word: teratological Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English teratology Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Middle English -ical English -ical English teratological From teratology + -ical. 1. Of or relating to teratology. Labels: not-comparable Example: In Jack London's urban gothic, the city's teratological economy comes to light in grotesque animal allegories. 2. Of abnormal growth or structure of a fetus or embryo. Labels: not-comparable
Word: teratologists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teratologist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Nash Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /næʃ/ 1. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A surname. Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern America usage. Labels: countable
Word: Nash Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /næʃ/ 1. A former make of American automobile manufactured by Nash Motors, and later American Motors Corporation.
Word: Sichuan Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 四川 (Sìchuān), a contraction of the Southern Song 四川路 (Sìchuān lù). Pronunciation: /ˈsɪt͡ʃ.wɑn/, /ˌsɪˈt͡ʃwɑn/, /ˌsəˈt͡ʃwɑn/, /ˌsiˈt͡ʃwɑn/, /ˈsɛʃ.wɑn/ 1. A province in central China. Capital: Chengdu. Example: In Suchue, on Mount Tiexe, the ſtones that grow there being burnt in the fire, drop Iron, which is very fit for the making Swords. Example: SUchuen, which ſignifies Four Waters, is a great Countrey, ſeparated by the River Kiang, into a Northern and Southern part ; Bordering in the Eaſt upon Huquang ; in the South-Eaſt upon Queicheu ; and hath in the North-Eaſt and North Xenſi ; in the North-Weſt, the People Koningguangi and Kiang ; or the Countreys which Paulus Venetus makes to be Preſter John's, which the Chineſes by one general Name call'd Sifan ; and in the Weſt, Tibet, and the moſt Southern part of the Province of Junnan.
Word: ogives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ogive Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ogival Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ogive Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English ogival From ogive + -al. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊɡaɪvəl/, /ˈəʊd͡ʒaɪvəl/, /ˈoʊɡaɪvəl/, /ˈoʊd͡ʒaɪvəl/ 1. Having the curved, pointed shape of an ogive. 2. Possessing ogives.
Word: teleported Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of teleport Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: teleports Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of teleport Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: teleports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of teleport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: teleporting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of teleport Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: U.S. of A. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of United States of America. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, humorous, informal Example: The work that many of us have done for many years in supporting the Vietnamese, the Chilean Resistance, Sovereignty for Panama, as well as trying to build a leftist movement in the good old U. S. of A. Example: News of my death would surely make the headlines in all the big newspapers back home in the US of A.
Word: US of A Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of U.S. of A.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: commedia Part of Speech: noun 1. Ellipsis of commedia dell'arte. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: The second approach is to plunge the spectator unapologetically into the world of the commedia without any realistic setting to frame it. This approach offers the commedia as a fantasy world, an escape into a theatrical dream (or nightmare) inhabited commedia characters, usually reduced to a stock few centred around the Pierrot-Harlequin-Columbine triangle. Examples of this type of commedia include Dowson’s Pierrot of the Minute, Schnitzler’s Der Schleier der Pierrette, Hennique and Huysman’s Pierrot sceptique, and Laforgue’s Pierrot fumiste. Commedias of this type generally take the form of a lyrical fantasy, an intimate expression of the poet that may or may not be intended for the stage, and the form contains a strong tendency towards wordless pantomime and ballet. Both the approaches to the use of commedia in the modern theatre that I have sketched here can be found in Russian plays of the period. Example: The process of compiling and combining the disparate sources of a commedia performance could take several forms. Commedia troupes put together zibaldoni, or commonplace books, in which they gathered together and archived pre-existing written materials for insertion into their works as the situation permitted.
Word: ich-laut Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Ich-Laut, from ich (“I”) (which has this sound in German) + Laut (“sound”). Pronunciation: /ˈɪçlaʊ̯t/, /ˈɪxlaʊ̯t/, /ˈɪklaʊ̯t/, /ˈɪʃlaʊ̯t/ 1. the voiceless palatal fricative, /ç/, especially in the context of the German language, but also sometimes otherwise (because it is best known from German)
Word: cell-phone Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of cell phone. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cell-phone Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of cellphone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: After a long day of shopping, cell-phoning and dieting, a svelte young lady of fashion likes nothing better than to sit down in front of a big plate of: (a) chopped endive, (b) steamed tofu, (c) greasy french fries. Example: Personally, I almost always use a hands-free device when cell-phoning in my car.
Word: magnesium peroxide Part of Speech: noun 1. A fine white powder, MgO₂, used as a bleach and disinfectant Labels: uncountable
Word: self-effacement Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English effacement English self-effacement From self- + effacement. 1. The act of keeping oneself in the background, as in humility. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: John likes to remain unnoticed and does so naturally through the self-effacement found in his personality.
Word: anthropic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Originated 1795–1805, from Ancient Greek ἄνθρωπικός (ánthrōpikós, “pertaining to human”). Pronunciation: /ænˈθɹɒp.ɪk/, /ænˈθɹɑ.pɪk/, [ɛənˈθɹɑ.pɪk], /ænˈθɹɔp.ɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to mankind or humans, or the period of humanity's existence. Labels: not-comparable
Word: school crossing attendant Part of Speech: noun 1. A person employed to help children to cross a road safely, usually wearing reflective clothing and carrying a sign instructing vehicles to stop.
Word: bloodletting Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blood + letting, equal to bloodlet + -ing. 1. The archaic practice of treating illness by removing some blood, believed to be tainted, from the stricken person. Labels: historical Example: The pungent pain, dyspnœa, cephalalgia, redness of the face, pulsations of the heart, strong and rapid, the pulse full and vibrating, induced M. Peyrade, then attached to that hospital, to practise blood-letting in the arm. It was followed with marked relief. 2. The diminishment of any resource with the hope that this will lead to a positive effect. Labels: broadly Example: Yet another round of corporate bloodletting. Example: Only when the bankers and industrialists abroad realized that a ferocious class struggle in Germany was raging did they begin to relent somewhat on their economic bloodletting. 3. A circumstance, such as a battle, where a large amount of blood is likely to be spilled through violence. Example: In 1856 Tu Wen-hsiu rose up in rebellion and occupied Ta-li.[...]"The conflict between the Han Chinese and the Moslems began over trifles. It has developed into a tragedy of mutual bloodletting because of poor management by the civil and military officials at Yung-ch'ang county and of Yunnan province. As a result, the mutual killing spread throughout Yunnan. The fault lies not with the people but with the officials."
Word: bloodletting Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From blood + letting, equal to bloodlet + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of bloodlet Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bloodlettings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bloodletting Labels: form-of, plural
Word: diminishment Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English diminish Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English diminishment From diminish + -ment. 1. The act of diminishing; reducing in size, quantity, or quality. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They also shewed forth the letters which hee had sent to the Duke of Irelande, to leuie an armie vnto theyr destruction. Likewise the letters which the Frenche king had written to him conteyning a safe conducte for him to come into Fraunce, there to confyrme things to the diminishment of his honor, to the decay of his power, and losse of his fame. Example: 1902, G. K. Chesterton, “The Characteristics of Robert Louis Stevenson” in G. K. Chesterton and William Robertson Nicoll, Robert Louis Stevenson, London: Hodder and Stoughton, p. 9, All great men possess in themselves the qualities which will certainly lay them open to censure and diminishment; but these inevitable deficiencies in the greatness of great men vary in the widest degree of variety.
Word: diminishments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of diminishment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: txtspk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Alteration of textspeak, having had all its vowels removed. 1. Abbreviation of textspeak. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable Example: Use correct English (or the appropriate language for non-English channels). Txtspk and 13375p34k (modern variants of the English language used for mobile and online communications) are obnoxious to some and completely incomprehensible to others.
Word: textspeak Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From text + -speak. Pronunciation: /ˈtɛkst.spik/ 1. The abbreviated, simplified form of language used in text messages, which often elides vowels and omits punctuation and capitalisation. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: For 40 years the society has championed good English – and hasn't been above the occasional criticism of the Queen's own standards of English – but it has finally conceded it cannot survive in the era of textspeak and Twitter.
Word: militsia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian мили́ция (milícija), from Polish milicja, from Latin militia. Doublet of militia. Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɪt.si.ə/ 1. The police in the Soviet Union and some related or successor states (e.g., modern Belarus).
Word: diphone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English di- Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephone English phone English diphone From di- + phone. Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.fəʊn/ 1. A pair of adjacent phones.
Word: diphones Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.fəʊnz/ 1. plural of diphone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: thô Part of Speech: conj Pronunciation: /ðəʊ/, /ðoʊ/ 1. Abbreviation of though. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, obsolete Example: For thô he was one of our Authors Hereditary Kings, he claim'd no Power to convey the Crown, either by Cession, Resignation or Will. Example: The whole shew lasted near 8 hours, to my great sorrow, who was heartily tir’d, thô I was in the House of the Widow of the Capitan Bassa (Admiral), who refresh’d me with Coffée, Sweetmeats, Sherbet, etc., with all possible Civillity.
Word: pack-rat Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of pack rat. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pack rat Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pack + rat. 1. Any of several small North American rodents, of the genus Neotoma, that have bushy tails. 2. One who collects or hoards, especially unnecessary objects. Labels: derogatory, informal
Word: hand-wringing Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hand wringing. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: hand wringing Part of Speech: noun 1. The repeated clasping or squeezing of the hands as a symptom of distress. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Whisperings filled the corridors with unearthly sounds — the hand-wringing and breast-beating of the elder sisters — the sighs and sobs of the younger. 2. A feigned exhibition of distress, usually with implied inaction or vacillating in the face of a dilemma or crisis. Labels: countable, figuratively, uncountable Example: On the one hand, there is the danger of ineffectual and often counterproductive conservative handwringing over the crisis. Example: As noted, the confusion and hand wringing about who should do what mostly flows from a failure to clearly think through what an epidemic is and what will be demanded in response.
Word: doilies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of doily Labels: form-of, plural
Word: outwait Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English wait English outwait From out- + wait. 1. To wait for something to end. Labels: transitive 2. To gain an advantage by simply waiting. Labels: transitive
Word: potholed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pothole + -ed. 1. Having potholes in its surface Example: Beside these, the late 19th-century rows of tiny wooden “shotgun” cottages along potholed or unpaved roads exhibit an architectural dignity that is only a part of their eloquence.
Word: end table Part of Speech: noun 1. A small table placed beside a chair or at each end of a sofa. Example: The tiny rooms are fitted with a burgundy leather chair, an end table stacked with phone books, and an ugly orange payphone common here in Australia.
Word: dekkos Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of dekko Labels: form-of, plural
Word: unpaved Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English paved English unpaved From un- + paved. 1. Not having a hard, impervious surface; not paved Labels: not-comparable Example: Dr Baron Howard remarks, that in such quarters ‘whole streets are unpaved, and without drains or main-sewers; are worn into deep ruts and holes, in which water constantly stagnates; . . . Example: Which suggests that the man in the middle of what will be the planet’s splashiest shindig this weekend far prefers the stillness and privacy he finds about 1,500 miles away from London, on unpaved roads and rugged woods near the Carpathian Mountains.
Word: reelected Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reelect Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reelect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English elect English reelect From re- + elect. 1. To elect for a second or subsequent time. Example: Voters in Omaha were set to make history Tuesday by either reelecting the city’s first female mayor to a rare fourth term or electing the community’s first Black mayor.
Word: poleaxed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of poleaxe Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: doodled Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of doodle Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: depauperate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English depauperat (“impoverished”), from Medieval Latin depauperātus (“impoverished”), past participle of depauperō (“to impoverish”), itself from Latin de- + pauperō (“to impoverish”), from pauper (“poor”). Equivalent to de- + pauper + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Cognate with Italian depauperare, Spanish depauperar. Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɔːpəɹət/ 1. Having stunted growth Labels: usually 2. Impoverished. Labels: obsolete 3. Having a limited biodiversity. Example: 2009, David Quammen, Where the Salmon Rule, National Geographic (August 2009), page 35, "...because of Kamchatka's isolation from mainland river systems, its streams are relatively depauperate of other fresh water fish, leaving Oncorhynchus species to face few competitors and predators."
Word: depauperate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the above adjective; see -ate for more. Equivalent to de- + pauper + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Pronunciation: /dɪˈpɔːpəɹeɪt/ 1. To impoverish. Labels: obsolete Example: Liming […] does not so much depauperate; the ground will last long, and beareth larger grain. Example: Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. 2. To stunt the growth of.
Word: pitchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English pycchy, pychy, equivalent to pitch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃi/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling pitch. 2. Very dark black; pitch-black. Example: Mancunium, Manceaster, what we now call Manchester, spins no cotton […] The Creek of the Mersey gurgles, twice in the four-and-twenty hours, with eddying brine, clangorous with sea-fowl; and is a Lither-Pool, a lazy or sullen Pool, no monstrous pitchy City, and Seahaven of the world! Example: In front of me the road became pitchy black as though it was tarred, and I saw a contorted shape lying across the pathway.
Word: pitchy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English pitch Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pitchy From pitch + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪt͡ʃi/ 1. Off pitch; out of tune. Example: […] “Auto Tune”—digital voice processing initially designed to correct a “pitchy” (out-of-tune) singer's voice.
Word: twinship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English twin Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English twinship From twin + -ship. 1. The condition of being a twin Labels: uncountable Example: 1858 Charles Arad Joy et. al. - Addresses of the Newly-appointed Professors of Columbia College In this twinship of right and duty lies the embryonic genesis of liberty . . .
Word: twinship Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From twin + ship. 1. Either of a pair of ships of exactly the same design Example: The Royal George, a twinship, was nearly as much approved of; and these two ships, by their fast sailing, were the principal, causes of the defeat of the enemy's fleets . . .
Word: snugged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of snug Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unconditional surrender Part of Speech: noun 1. A surrender without conditions (beyond those imposed by the basic laws of war). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender.
Word: dabbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈdæbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of dab Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dabbing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈdæbɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is dabbed. Example: About 10 o'clock A.M. the second dabbing or washing was repeated, and was this time extended above the knees. Two more dabbings followed in the course of the day […]
Word: pried Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹaɪd/, /pɾaɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of pry Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: pay one's last respects Part of Speech: verb 1. To visit the place where the remains of a dead person has been prepared for burial or cremation, either as a private act of remembrance or as a public display to others. Labels: intransitive Example: 1822 The Christian Journal, and Literary Register Mr. Thompson performed the service, and I preached a sermon to a crowded congregation of friends and mourners, who came together to pay their last respects to the remains of their friend and benefactor Example: The persons that attended funerals were the friends and relations of the deceased, who thought themselves obliged to pay their last respects to the dead.
Word: coset Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + set; apparently first used 1910 by American mathematician George Abram Miller. 1. The set that results from applying a group's binary operation with a given fixed element of the group on each element of a given subgroup. Example: 1970 [Addison Wesley], Frederick W. Byron, Robert W. Fuller, Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics, Volumes 1-2, Dover, 1992, page 597, Theorem 10.5. The collection consisting of an invariant subgroup H and all its distinct cosets is itself a group, called the factor group of G, usually denoted by G/H. (Remember that the left and right cosets of an invariant subgroup are identical.) Multiplication of two cosets aH and bH is defined as the set of all distinct products z = xy, with x ∈ aH and y ∈ bH; the identity element of the factor group is the subgroup H itself. Example: 1982 [Stanley Thornes], Linda Bostock, Suzanne Chandler, C. Rourke, Further Pure Mathematics, Nelson Thornes, 2002 Reprint, page 614, In general, the coset in row x consists of all the elements xh as h runs through the various elements of H.
Word: left coset Part of Speech: noun 1. A left coset of a subgroup is a copy of that subgroup, multiplied on the left by some element from the parent group
Word: right coset Part of Speech: noun 1. A copy of a subgroup, multiplied on the right by some element from the parent group.
Word: ADS-B Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Automatic dependent surveillance – broadcast (“automated broadcast of aircraft location information from satellite navigation systems to air traffic control networks”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: morning room Part of Speech: noun 1. A sitting-room in a large house, typically used only in daytime.
Word: sitting-room Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of sitting room. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: They crossed the strip of garden, the only thing the Curate had to be proud of,—and he was proud of it,—and the door (a glass door) of a very small sitting-room stood open to receive them. Example: After a not-too-intrusive hunt he discovered Paige’s address book in a drawer in the sitting-room.
Word: sitting room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room in a house where people (residents or guests) pass the time in leisure. Labels: UK, especially Example: Near-synonyms: living room, living-room, parlour, parlor, lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), front room, drawing room Example: “[…] Captain Markam had been found lying half-insensible, gagged and bound, on the floor of the sitting-room, his hands and feet tightly pinioned, and a woollen comforter wound closely round his mouth and neck ; whilst Mrs. Markham's jewel-case, containing valuable jewellery and the secret plans of Port Arthur, had disappeared.[…]”
Word: living-room Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of living room. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: He blundered into the living-room, lay on the davenport, hands behind his head. Example: Beyond the living-room is a glassery low-studded and heavily beamed.
Word: morning suit Part of Speech: noun 1. Formal daywear consisting of a (usually) gray tailcoat and matching trousers, grey top hat, white shirt and tie or cravat. Morning dress can be worn up to 5:00 pm.
Word: coffee morning Part of Speech: noun 1. A social gathering where people talk over coffee and cakes, usually to raise money for a charity. Labels: UK
Word: alphas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈæɫ.fəz/ 1. plural of alpha Labels: form-of, plural
Word: transition metal Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of transition element.
Word: eka-boron Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eka- + boron: the name given by Dmitri Mendeleev to the then undiscovered element at the position of scandium in his periodic table. 1. scandium Labels: uncountable Example: In 1880, Nilson and Cleve discovered in a Scandinavian mineral a new element which had the properties of eka-boron. They called it Scandium.
Word: Yorkshire Terrier Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈjɔː(ɹ)kʃɪə(ɹ)ˈtɛɹɪə(ɹ)/ 1. A breed of toy dog having a long, glossy coat.
Word: video projector Part of Speech: noun 1. A device that takes a video signal and projects the corresponding image on a projection screen using a lens system.
Word: baryonic matter Part of Speech: noun 1. Matter composed of baryons and electrons. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: In the gravastar, the quantum physics of the baryonic matter at the shell or crust surrounding the interior vacuum prevents the formation of a general relativity event horizon.
Word: baryonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English baryon Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English baryonic From baryon + -ic. 1. Of, pertaining to, or composed of baryons. Labels: not-comparable