nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: quantum onion Part of Speech: noun 1. a quantum well incorporated in a quantum dot
Word: monoglyceride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English glyceride English monoglyceride From mono- + glyceride. Pronunciation: /ˌmɒnəʊˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/ 1. a lipid, an ester of glycerol and one fatty acid (in the 1- or 2- positions)
Word: diglyceride Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Hellenic *dwi- Ancient Greek δῐ- (dĭ-)bor. Latin di-bor. English di- English glyceride English diglyceride From di- + glyceride. Pronunciation: /daɪˈɡlɪsəɹaɪd/ 1. a lipid, an ester of glycerol and two fatty acids (the same or different, in the 1,2 or 1,3 positions)
Word: quantum well Part of Speech: noun 1. a potential well that confines particles in one dimension, forcing them to occupy a planar region
Word: Fritz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”). Pronunciation: /fɹɪts/ 1. A German person, usually male. Labels: UK, ethnic, offensive, slur Example: Someone sent up a shout and word came that oil had begun to show on the water—that meant one less submarine afloat! Again the roar of guns—again the shout! Two Fritzes sunk. . . !
Word: Fritz Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Fritz, pet form of Friedrich (“Frederick”). Pronunciation: /fɹɪts/ 1. A name used to represent the German people (particularly the German armed forces) as a group. Labels: UK, offensive Example: But if Fritz is stationed in that patch of woodland, we've got no chance! Example: You! Fritz! Tell us where the ammunition's kept! 2. A diminutive of the male given name Friedrich. Example: Uncle Fritz “talked eyes” when he was the most deeply aggrieved; and little Fritz found it most unpleasant to have an American relative addicted to the same bad habit. She came into the room just then and there, and, seeing the two Fritzes in such confidential discussion, would have speedily withdrawn, had not the gentleman risen and begged her to remain. Example: “Has she any children?” asked the practical Johannes. / “Just one—a nice boy, too. Thirteen. Fritz is his name.” Jakob chuckled. “Just the same as your brother. That’s a good one—there’ll be two Fritzes in one family!” 3. A surname from German. Example: The highly anticipated all-American matchup between Taylor Fritz and Frances Tiafoe — marking the first US Open semifinals between two US men in nearly 20 years — will cost you quite a few Honey Deuces to attend.
Word: potential well Part of Speech: noun 1. the region surrounding a local minimum of potential energy, especially if the potential has a constant value in an interval and a higher (finite or infinite) value outside of it
Word: local minimum Part of Speech: noun 1. A point on a graph (or its associated function) whose value is less than all other points near it.
Word: moshpit Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of mosh pit. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trilinear Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear English trilinear From tri- + linear. 1. Having, or bounded by, three lines. Labels: not-comparable 2. Linear (preserving linear combinations) in each variable. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trilinear Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Proto-Indo-European *līnomder. Proto-Italic *līnom Latin līnum Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Indo-European *-éyos Proto-Italic *-ejos Proto-Italic *-eos Latin -eus Latin līneus Latin līnea Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin līneārisbor. English linear English trilinear From tri- + linear. 1. A triple (x, y, z) of the algebraic distances of a point to each side of a surrounding triangle
Word: trilingualism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tréyes Proto-Indo-European *tri- Proto-Italic *tri- Latin tri-der. English tri- Latin linguālislbor. English lingual English trilingual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English trilingualism From trilingual + -ism. 1. The condition of being trilingual; the ability to speak three languages. Labels: uncountable 2. Trilingual heresy. Labels: uncountable
Word: trilingualist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trilingual 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 trilingualist From trilingual + -ist. 1. A trilingual person.
Word: trillionth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From trillion + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪl.i.ənθ/, /ˈtɹɪl.jənθ/ 1. The ordinal form of the number one trillion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trillionth Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trillion + -th (ordinal suffix). Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪl.i.ənθ/, /ˈtɹɪl.jənθ/ 1. The person or thing in the trillionth position. 2. One of a trillion equal parts of a whole.
Word: spackle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula. Pronunciation: /ˈspæk.əl/ 1. Any powder (originally containing gypsum plaster and glue) that when mixed with water forms a plastic paste, which is used to fill cracks and holes in plaster. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A plastic paste meant for filling cracks and holes in plaster. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A paste-like substance that fills a gap. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: a spackle of guacamole inside a taco shell
Word: spackle Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Spackle, originally a brand name, perhaps based on German Spachtel which is ultimately from Latin spatula. Doublet of spatula. Pronunciation: /ˈspæk.əl/ 1. To fill or repair with a plastic paste. Labels: transitive 2. To fill cracks or holes with a spackle. Labels: intransitive 3. To fill gaps with something, as if spackling; to speckle Example: The neighborhood has been spackled with coffee shops.
Word: triplicate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/ 1. Made thrice as much; threefold; tripled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: triplicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.kət/ 1. The making of three identical copies of something. Labels: uncountable Example: The prime minister is a determined centralist in thrall to a tactless and obsessive aide, Cummings, whose skill seems limited to writing slogans in triplicate. 2. Each of a set of three identical objects or copies. Labels: countable Example: Among the six bottles, three of them were pumped every 30 minutes and the three others every 60 minutes. This provided a triplicate of each condition (30 or 60 minutes idle time between pumping).
Word: triplicate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Early 15th century. From Latin triplicātus, perfect passive participle of triplicō (“to triple”) (see -ate), from tri- (“three”) + plicō (“to fold”). By surface analysis, tri- (“three”) + plicate, analogous with duplicate. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɪp.lɪ.keɪt/ 1. To make three identical copies of something. Labels: transitive Example: Suppose we duplicate actual numbers that are out in circulation, and perhaps hold over the originals? We can triplicate, quadruple, multiply by a hundred times if it suits our purpose. 2. To triple. Labels: transitive
Word: provisionally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English provisional Middle English -ly English -ly English provisionally From provisional + -ly. 1. In a provisional way; temporarily. Example: Before the discovery and confirmation of the existence of rhenium predicted by Mendeleev's periodic law, rhenium was provisionally termed dvi-manganese because of its expected resemblance to manganese.
Word: aight Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all"). Pronunciation: /ˈɑˌaɪt/, /ˌɑˈaɪt/, /ˈaɪt/, [ˈaɪ̯ʔ], /ˈəɪt/ 1. Contraction of all right. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable, slang 2. Okay; average; nothing special. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, not-comparable, slang
Word: aight Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all"). Pronunciation: /ˈɑˌaɪt/, /ˌɑˈaɪt/, /ˈaɪt/, [ˈaɪ̯ʔ], /ˈəɪt/ 1. Contraction of all right. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, not-comparable, slang
Word: aight Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Contraction of all right. Compare a' ("all"). Pronunciation: /ˈɑˌaɪt/, /ˌɑˈaɪt/, /ˈaɪt/, [ˈaɪ̯ʔ], /ˈəɪt/ 1. Contraction of all right. Labels: Multicultural-London-English, abbreviation, alt-of, contraction, slang Example: Aight, let's get started.
Word: koeksister Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans koeksister, from Dutch koek + sissen. 1. A traditional Afrikaner confection consisting of a deep-fried twisted or plaited doughnut dipped in syrup immediately after cooking. Labels: South-Africa Example: 2003 Orania is unveiling a statue to the koeksister, that syrupy delicacy so loved by Afrikaners. When I tell people, everyone thinks it must be a joke. — Sunday Times
Word: untruthfulness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English untruthful 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 untruthfulness From untruthful + -ness. 1. The state of being untruthful; dishonesty. Labels: uncountable Example: Subtlety may indeed effect a victory at the deadening cost of a sin, but timeservingness can only get transitory advantage, while the damage of its untruthfulness leaves its corroding taint behind for ever.
Word: headquarter Part of Speech: verb 1. To provide (an organization) with headquarters. Labels: US, transitive 2. To establish headquarters. Labels: US, intransitive Example: As the AANHPI population of the United States continued to grow and diversify following the elimination of most race-based restrictions on immigration, the Organization of Chinese Americans also changed to reflect that growing diversity. In 2013, it renamed itself “OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates” to reflect its work on behalf of all AANHPIs. OCA is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Word: non-toxic Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of nontoxic. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: nontoxic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English nontoxic From non- + toxic. 1. Not toxic; not poisonous. Labels: not-comparable Example: The Try Guys, like everyone making a living online, were inevitably shaped by their audience’s desires: They and their fans all had their hands on the Ouija board, and together they conjured a nontoxic brand of masculinity — until Fulmer flicked the lights on, exposing the fantasy.
Word: nontoxic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Ancient Greek τοξῐκός (toxĭkós) Ancient Greek τοξικόν (toxikón)der. Latin toxicum Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Italic *-kos Latin -cus Latin toxicusbor. French toxiquebor. English toxic English nontoxic From non- + toxic. 1. A substance that is not toxic. Example: I've simplified car cleaning to just the basic nontoxics. Example: The point is that increasingly we'll have two choices: fight lead bans and lose, or learn what nontoxics work for upland birds.
Word: off-limits Part of Speech: adj 1. Not to be entered or used; restricted. Labels: not-comparable Example: The pond was off-limits to swimmers. Example: Irregardless, ex-boyfriends are just off-limits to friends. I mean that's just, like, the rules of feminism.
Word: pied-à-terre Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French pied-à-terre (“foot on the ground”). Pronunciation: /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛɹ/, /pi.eɪ.dəˈtɛə/ 1. A smaller temporary or secondary lodging; a second home, especially one in the city. Example: But the pied-à-terre at the embassy provides little privacy and has none of the grandeur for the formal events that an American ambassador posted to the United States’ closest Middle East ally is expected to host.
Word: lime-twig Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From lime (“referring to birdlime”) + twig. Used in English around the 15th century. 1. A twig smeared with birdlime, used for catching birds. 2. A thief. Labels: figuratively, obsolete, slang
Word: clinically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥néyti Proto-Hellenic *klíňňō Ancient Greek κλῑ́νω (klī́nō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek κλῑ́νη (klī́nē) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ῐκός (-ĭkós) Ancient Greek κλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)bor. Late Latin clīnicus French cliniquebor. English clinic English -al English clinical 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 clinically From clinical + -ly. 1. In a clinical manner: dispassionately or analytically. 2. In the setting of a medical clinic; in a clinical setting; (of a health condition) to a degree high enough to be relevant to clinical practice. Example: clinically apparent Example: Hypokalemia may manifest clinically as fatigue and muscle cramping. 3. At a person's bedside. Example: a person baptised clinically
Word: chaplet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English chapelet, from Old French chapelet. Doublet of chapelet. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæplət/, /ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/ 1. A garland or circlet for the head. Example: Her little chambers drip with flower-like red, Her girdles, and the chaplets of her head, Her armlets and her anklets; with her feet She tramples all that winepress of the dead. 2. A headdress in the form of a wreath made of leaves, flowers or twigs woven into a ring. 3. A string (of beads), especially when making up five decades of the rosary. Labels: archaic Example: Down the long street she passed, with her chaplet of beads and her missal,[…] 4. A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads. Example: The Chaplet of the Seven Sorrows of Mary consists of seven sets of Hail Marys. 5. A set of repetitive prayers, other than the Rosary, typically prayed with a string of beads. Labels: specifically Example: People often pray the chaplet at 3:00 pm to commemorate Jesus' death. 6. A series of spores or other objects arranged like beads on a string. 7. A molding in the form of a string of beads; a bead molding. 8. A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mould. 9. A metal support for a cylindrical pipe. 10. Alternative form of chapelet. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chaplet Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃæplət/, /ˈt͡ʃæplɪt/ 1. A small chapel or shrine.
Word: untruthful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + truthful. Compare Middle English untreuthfull, untrowþeful, wntreuthtfull (“unbelieving, infidel”). 1. Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying. Example: Cousin, good night; / And whatsoe’er be told of me henceforth, / A most untruthful annalist were he, / Who said I did not love my cousin Anna. Example: Upon principle it is his aim to exhibit integrity of dealing, honest and godly sincerity to all men; if he fail, it must be in degree, it cannot be in kind; for a false and untruthful mind can never rightly know God; the more we know of him, the more upright and ingenuous, and liberal, and kind, and humane, and generous, must be our conduct to man. 2. Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest. Example: But what was our astonishment when the “Seven Letters by Anglicanus” made their appearance amongst us, accompanied by the report that you—one of our brethren—was the author of that untruthful, bitter, and malignant publication!
Word: long in the tooth Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possibly from the practice of examining the length of horses’ teeth when estimating their ages: an old horse has long, rectangular incisors, and their occlusion angle is steep. Compare don't look a gift horse in the mouth. 1. Old; aged. Labels: idiomatic Example: His cousin was now of more than middle age. . . . She was lean, and yellow, and long in the tooth. Example: So as Microsoft began its 30th year last month, investors wondered whether it's a little long in the tooth.
Word: renunciation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin renūntiātiō. Compare renounce. 1. The act of rejecting or renouncing something as invalid. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The President's renunciation of the treaty has upset Congress. Example: The life of the spirit demands readiness for renunciation when the occasion arises […]. 2. The resignation of an ecclesiastical office. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The bishop's renunciation was on account of his ill health. 3. The act by which a person abandons a right acquired, but without transferring it to another. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. In the Anglican baptismal service, the part in which the candidate in person or by his sureties renounces the Devil and all his works. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dotter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English dotter From dot + -er. 1. An instrument for drawing dots. Example: Both edges of the crosshead are thus marked, the short centre lines being easily scratched with a scriber as soon as the arcs are made with a calliper, in fact, a mere dot with a dotter is sufficient. Example: These have a long fine brush and a dotter in the lid of the brush for making small dots of the paint on the nail.
Word: boomed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /buːmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of boom Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: balletic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English ballet Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English balletic From ballet + -ic. Pronunciation: /ˌbəˈlɛtɪk/, /ˌbæˈlɛtɪk/ 1. Pertaining to or suitable for ballet. Example: Federer […]played the game with a balletic grace beyond modern compare. He had balance and coordination in spades; he had an iron forehand with a velvet touch; and the footwork of Muhammad Ali.
Word: trisect Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪˌsɛkt/, /ˈt͡ʃɹaɪˌsɛkt/ 1. Trisected; divided into three. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trisect Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈtɹaɪˌsɛkt/, /ˈt͡ʃɹaɪˌsɛkt/ 1. to cut into three pieces Labels: transitive 2. to divide a quantity, angle etc into three equal parts Labels: transitive
Word: triumphal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/ 1. Of, relating to, or being a triumph. 2. That celebrates or commemorates a triumph or victory.
Word: triumphal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English triumphal, triumphall, tryumphal, from Latin triumphālis and Old French trionfal, triumphal. Pronunciation: /tɹaɪˈʌmfəl/ 1. A token of victory. Labels: obsolete Example: so near Heaven's door Triumphal with triumphal act have met
Word: triumphally Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English triumphal Middle English -ly English -ly English triumphally From triumphal + -ly. 1. In a triumphal manner
Word: Palisades Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /palɪseɪdz/ 1. A line of steep cliffs along the western bank of the Hudson River in New Jersey. Example: Some 200 million years ago, the rocks that became the Palisades cliffs just across the Hudson River from Manhattan formed during volcanic activity that helped rip apart the ancient supercontinent Pangea. 2. A group of peaks in the central part of the Sierra Nevada, California. 3. A mountain range of Napa County, California. 4. Ellipsis of Pacific Palisades: a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
Word: triumphal arch Part of Speech: noun 1. A monumental arch that commemorates a victory.
Word: palisades Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of palisade Labels: form-of, plural
Word: palisades Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of palisade Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: trolley bus Part of Speech: noun 1. A bus, powered via overhead electric cables, that does not run on tracks.
Word: trolleybus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trolley + bus. Pronunciation: /tɹɒlɪbʌs/ 1. Alternative form of trolley bus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: trolley car Part of Speech: noun 1. An electric streetcar or tram with a trolley pole for collecting electric current.
Word: trolley park Part of Speech: noun 1. A recreational area at the end of a streetcar line. Labels: US 2. A holding area for shopping trolleys. Labels: UK
Word: trolley pole Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A trolley wheel (a wheel that trolls along a wire) at the end of a pole. 1. A pole of wood or metal, used to transfer electricity from an overhead wire to power a tram, streetcar or trolley bus. Example: Current collection is by trolley pole with fixed head, and the locomotive is equipped with hand brake, electric headlights and a warning bell.
Word: troubadour Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old Occitan trobar (“to find”) via Old French troubadour. Piecewise doublet of trouveur. Pronunciation: /ˈtruːbəˌdɔː/, /ˈtrubəˌdɔr/ 1. An itinerant composer and performer of songs in medieval Europe; a jongleur or travelling minstrel. Example: Sitting in the courtroom ..., their laptops and tablets propped before them, power cables snaking through convoluted adapters, the Twitterati have sight of witnesses at all times – the troubadours, or perhaps the tricoteuses, of the digital revolution. Example: “"Not a human, not yet a vampire," to paraphrase one of your contemporary musical troubadours.”
Word: troubleshooter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From trouble + shooter, circa 1905. Whence troubleshoot (verb), shoot trouble (verb), and troubleshooting (noun) as back-formations. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌb(ə)lˌʃuːtə(ɹ)/ 1. A person skilled at locating the causes of problems and rectifying them. 2. A software program or routine that attempts to diagnose a problem with the system.
Word: trucking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From truck + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌkɪŋ/ 1. Trading, bartering. Labels: archaic, countable, uncountable Example: This they were wont to use also for hatchets, but now by trucking they have plentie of the same forme of yron. 2. the conveyance of freight by trucks. Labels: US, countable, uncountable 3. Lateral movement of the camera. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. moving quickly Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Truckin,' he says, means moving along with zest and enjoying it Example: I could've killed that kid. I mean, I was really truckin'. So I blow out my knee to save his life and I'm on the ground in a swastika, and the mother just grabs his hand and keeps walking. 5. walking Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Most backpackers don't realize that on every hike, usually without thinking about it, they walk on their stomach - with Vibram-soled boots. The way Napoleon said an army marches on its tum-tum. The food we drop into our stomach is what keeps us truckin'. Body fuel. It supplies calories to keep our legs moving Example: 2010 Thomas Bruso, AC TRANSIT BUS FIGHT-- Interview w Tom (Epic Beard Man) doghousefm 1 minute 30 seconds I walked away, you saw me trucking. Trucking means walking.
Word: trucking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From truck + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of truck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: trunk call Part of Speech: noun 1. a long-distance telephone call, especially one connected by the operator Labels: UK, dated
Word: trustworthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English trustworthy 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 trustworthiness From trustworthy + -ness. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌst.wɜɹ.ði.nɛs/ 1. The state or quality of being trustworthy or reliable. Labels: uncountable Example: With worrisome patients, it may be in order to predict or prescribe a relapse followed by a rerecovery, a sequence which gives greater confidence in the trustworthiness of the outcome.
Word: trusty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌsti/ 1. Reliable or trustworthy. Example: She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.
Word: trusty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹʌsti/ 1. A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges. Example: We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free. Example: The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.
Word: try on Part of Speech: verb 1. To test the look or fit of (a garment) by wearing it. Labels: transitive Example: c. 1601, Gervase Markham, The Dumb Knight, London: John Bache, 1608, Act III, Fore God it is a delicate fine suite, rich stuffe, rare worke, and of the newest fashion; nay if the Senats businesse were neuer so hasty, I will stay to try it on, come, help good wenches helpe, so there, there there. Example: Who is this fellow, Corinna? Some journeyman taylor, I suppose, who chuses to try on the gentleman’s cloaths before he carries them home— 2. To attempt; to undertake. Labels: slang, transitive Example: “He says, and gives it out publicly, “I want to see the man who’ll rob me.” Lord bless you, I have heard him, a hundred times, if I have heard him once, say to regular cracksmen in our front office, “You know where I live; now, no bolt is ever drawn there; why don’t you do a stroke of business with me? Come; can’t I tempt you?” Not a man of them, sir, would be bold enough to try it on, for love or money.” Example: He could have feigned noncomprehension, but with Lanyon one didn’t try anything on.
Word: full house Part of Speech: noun 1. A hand that consists of three of a kind and a pair. Example: This loss of interest, hair, and enterprise — / Ah, if the game were poker, yes, / You might discard them, draw a full house! / But it's chess. 2. A single player scoring a try, conversion, penalty goal and drop goal in the same match 3. A situation in which a place is filled with people to its maximum capacity. Example: But the picture was different elsewhere - Theatre Royal Windsor recorded full houses, although the managing director stated that the actors had trouble getting to and from the theatre. 4. (theater) An event for which every seat is sold out, completely filled with an audience for a play, concert, or movie, creating a successful, packed venue. Labels: broadly
Word: full house Part of Speech: adj 1. Having ammunition loaded to full allowable power, usually in reference to magnum handgun cartridges and shotgun shells. Labels: not-comparable Example: American Handgunner, Heavyweight Bullets In The .357 Magnum An occasional pig, and not so occasional ram, would quiver and then settle back down without toppling, even when hit dead center with a full-house load with a 158-gr. jacketed .357 Magnum bullet.
Word: try out Part of Speech: verb 1. To test (something) to see how it works or whether it is suitable. Labels: transitive 2. To undergo a test before being selected; to audition. Labels: intransitive Example: If you want to play varsity, you'll have to try out for the team. Example: We're trying out for the parts of Romeo and Juliet.
Word: vulgarity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From vulgar + -ity, from Latin vulgaritas. Pronunciation: /vʌlˈɡɜɹɪti/ 1. The quality of being vulgar. Labels: uncountable Example: You will observe that I have not yet indulged myself in calling her by that name, even to you. Think, then, what I must have endured in hearing it bandied between the Eltons with all the vulgarity of needless repetition, and all the insolence of imaginary superiority 2. An offensive or obscene act or expression. Labels: countable 3. A vulgar or obscene word Labels: countable, specifically
Word: dinky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: 1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋki/ 1. Tiny and cute; small and attractive. Labels: UK, informal Example: How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky. Example: Rather should it be said that these ladies wore dress of military style, since there was nothing uniform about their outfits, one being in powder-blue with silver buttons and a forage-cap, the other in tan with gold buttons and the dinkiest of red-peaked kepis. 2. Tiny and insignificant; small and undesirable. Labels: US, informal Example: They stayed in a dinky hotel room, but they had a great trip.
Word: dinky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 1780-90; compare Scots dink (“neatly dressed, trim”) (of obscure origin); sense shift perhaps: trim > dainty > small > insignificant; + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋki/ 1. A dinky thing. 2. A dinky thing. Labels: Appalachia
Word: dinky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See DINK. Pronunciation: /ˈdɪŋki/ 1. A person in a relationship with a double income and no kids. Labels: slang
Word: Document Object Model Part of Speech: noun 1. A cross-platform, language-independent convention for representing and interacting with objects in HTML, XHTML and XML documents. Labels: Internet
Word: moffie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably borrowed from Afrikaans moffie (from mofskaap, a Merino sheep), or possibly derived from mophrodite (a slang variant of hermaphrodite). Other theories derive it from Afrikaans moffie (“mitten”) or from English mauve but are considered tenuous and far-fetched. Pronunciation: /ˈmɒfi/ 1. An effeminate homosexual man; fairy. Labels: South-Africa, derogatory, offensive Example: Sometimes, they admonished their children in mock-protest for following and making fun of the moffies. "Go away," one moffie said in a shrilly^([sic]) voice, elaborately fanning out long painted scissors-like fingernails to scare the children away.
Word: kayaking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ Proto-Inuit *qayaq Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)bor. English kayak English -ing English kayaking From kayak + -ing. 1. A water sport involving racing, or doing tricks in, a kayak. Labels: uncountable Example: Turnip Rock is located in a portion of eastern Michigan dubbed the Thumb, where 140 miles of coastline and waterfront towns offer a variety of outdoor activities, including biking, walking and kayaking.
Word: kayaking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Eskimo *qayaʀ Proto-Inuit *qayaq Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq)bor. English kayak English -ing English kayaking From kayak + -ing. 1. present participle and gerund of kayak Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: disband Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Attested since the 1590s, from Middle French desbander (Modern French débander), from des- (English dis-) + bande (English band), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to tie”). By surface analysis, dis- + band. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈbænd/ 1. To break up or (cause to) cease to exist; to disperse. Labels: ambitransitive Example: The president wanted to disband the scandal-plagued agency. Example: I used to be in a punk band, but we disbanded in the early 1980s. 2. To loose the bands of; to set free. Labels: obsolete, transitive 3. To divorce. Labels: obsolete, transitive Example: And therefore […] she ought to be disbanded.
Word: songololo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Nguni ukusonga meaning "to roll up; to fold". 1. A millipede. Labels: South-Africa
Word: kerchief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English keverchef, coverchef et al., from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”). Compare curfew. Pronunciation: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃɪf/, /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃif/, /ˈkɜː.tʃɪf/, /ˈkɜː.tʃiːf/ 1. A piece of cloth used to cover the head; a bandana. Labels: dated Example: And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, / Had just settled down for a long winter's nap […] Example: “Well, did you find some?” she asked from under the white kerchief, turning her handsome, gently smiling face to him.
Word: kerchief Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English keverchef, coverchef et al., from Old French couvrechief, from couvrir (“to cover”) + chief (“head”). Compare curfew. Pronunciation: /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃɪf/, /ˈkɝ.t͡ʃif/, /ˈkɜː.tʃɪf/, /ˈkɜː.tʃiːf/ 1. To cover with a kerchief. Labels: dated, transitive
Word: cameralist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kameralist, from New Latin cameralista, from Medieval Latin cameralis + Latin -ista (“-ist”), from camera (“chamber”) (English camera), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). Sense is due to administrators in the royal chamber; compare political sense of cabinet. 1. A public administrative servant of continental rulers of the 17th and 18th centuries who was a mercantilist and advocated economic policies tending to strengthen the position of the ruler. 2. An economist who strongly emphasizes political factors in recommending economic policy.
Word: cameralism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From German Kameralismus, from Medieval Latin cameralis + Latin -ismus (“-ism”). First element is from camera (“chamber”) (English camera), from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). 1. The theories and practices of the cameralists. Labels: uncountable
Word: unmindful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English unmyndefull; equivalent to un- + mindful. 1. Lacking awareness; oblivious. Example: It agrees that redundant services should not be continued but is not unmindful of the fact that too much retrenchment of rail services now may ultimately prove detrimental to the economy of the country. 2. Failing to remember, recognize, or pay attention to something; heedless of. Example: unmindful of his promise Example: For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps [i.e., moles] nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, […]
Word: tree of heaven Part of Speech: noun 1. An Asiatic tree, Ailanthus altissima, having foliage similar to that of the sumacs and ill-scented staminate flowers, much used in traditional Chinese medicine, but considered invasive and often subject to control efforts.
Word: keynote Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From key + note. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/ 1. A speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering; a keynote speech or keynote address. Example: keynote speech Example: keynote speaker 2. The main theme of a speech, a written work, or a conference. 3. The note on which a musical key is based; the tonic.
Word: keynote Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From key + note. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːˌnoʊt/ 1. To deliver a speech that sets the main theme of a conference or other gathering. Labels: transitive
Word: fat city Part of Speech: noun 1. An extremely comfortable situation or condition of life. Labels: US, slang, uncountable
Word: keynoter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From keynote + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈkiːˌnoʊtər/ 1. A speaker who delivers the keynote speech of a conference. 2. The keynote speech itself. Example: "I have some good memories of past appearances [at NARM], and I'm looking forward to seeing some of my friends there," he says, adding that his keynoter will address "the relationship between technology and new music."
Word: breath of heaven Part of Speech: noun 1. A small southern African shrub (Coleonema pulchellum) with small leathery leaves and white or pink flowers that is cultivated in California. Labels: uncountable
Word: flection Part of Speech: noun Etymology: An alteration of flexion, from Latin. 1. Alternative spelling of flexion. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: pen pal Part of Speech: noun 1. A friend with whom one communicates using letters, usually over a long distance.
Word: pen pal Part of Speech: verb 1. To correspond with a pen pal. Labels: informal, intransitive, transitive Example: Friendship provides shelter from the buffeting storms of life and the complexities of life situations. By penpalling, both can exchange thoughts, feelings, ideas, ideals and knowledge. Such an exchange promotes fresh insights and personal growth for both insider and those in the free world. Please let's talk.
Word: Idiom Neutral Part of Speech: name 1. An artificial language, created by Waldemar Rosenberger in 1902, partially derived from Volapük, with a vocabulary consistently selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots.
Word: lawn tennis Part of Speech: noun 1. tennis played on a grass court Labels: uncountable
Word: mutuum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English [Term?], from Latin mūtuum (“loan”), neuter substantive of mūtuus (“borrowed, lent”). 1. A loan of a fungible thing to be restored by a similar thing of the same kind, quantity, and quality. Labels: Roman 2. A contract in which movables are loaned in this way.
Word: oecus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin oecus, from Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos, “house”). 1. An apartment, room, or hall in an ancient Roman dwelling house.
Word: Politzer bag Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Austrian otologist Ádám Politzer. 1. A soft rubber bulb used to inflate the middle ear by increasing air pressure in the nasopharynx.
Word: kiloton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From kilo- + ton. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪləˌtʌn/ 1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many thousand tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.) Example: Holonyms: megaton < gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare) Example: Meronym: ton of TNT 2. One thousand tons. 3. One thousand tons. 4. One thousand tons. Example: Holonyms: megaton < gigaton
Word: polka-mazurka Part of Speech: noun 1. A dance that is musically similar to a mazurka, but which is danced more like a polka. 2. A dance tune in slow triple time, accented on the last beat.
Word: polje Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From a Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *poľe (“field”). 1. An extensive depression having a flat floor and steep walls but no outflowing surface stream and found in a region having karst topography (as in parts of Yugoslavia).
Word: megaton Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Hellenic *mégas Ancient Greek μέγᾰς (mégăs)der. English mega- English ton English megaton From mega- + ton. Pronunciation: /ˈmɛɡəˌtʌn/ 1. A measure of the strength of an explosion or a bomb based on how many million tons of TNT would be needed to produce the same energy. (A derived unit for TNT equivalent.) Example: Holonyms: gigaton < teraton < petaton < exaton (rare) < zettaton (rare) < yottaton (rare) Example: Meronyms: ton of TNT < kiloton 2. One million tons. 3. One million tons. 4. One million tons. Example: Holonym: gigaton Example: Meronym: kiloton
Word: pollam Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Tamil பாளையம் (pāḷaiyam), from Sanskrit प्लयति (playati, “he guards”), probably akin to Sanskrit पिपर्ति (piparti, “he brings over, rescues”). 1. A district in India held in feudal tenure by a poligar. Example: Of the tracts situated in the Southern Carnatic, consisting of Tinnevelly and the Manapar pollams, and the two Marawars of Ramnad and Shevagunga, and the western pollams, the Madras presidency had collected the tribute since 1792.
Word: poll book Part of Speech: noun 1. An official register, formerly used to record votes at an election. Labels: historical 2. Lists of voters and who they voted for at parliamentary and other elections, before the introduction of the secret ballot. Labels: historical
Word: Aberdeen Angus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Aberdeen and Angus, the counties in Scotland where the breed originated. Pronunciation: /ˌæb.ɚˈdin ˈæŋ.ɡəs/ 1. One of a breed of black hornless beef cattle originating in Scotland.
Word: pollen parent Part of Speech: noun 1. The plant that contributes male reproductive material, the pollen.
Word: pollera Part of Speech: noun Etymology: American Spanish pollera (“baby walker; chicken coop”) from pollo (“chicken”), from Latin pullus, pullō, from Proto-Indo-European *polH- (“animal young”). 1. A Central American fiesta costume usually heavily embroidered and very full in the skirt.
Word: poll evil Part of Speech: noun 1. An inflammation identical to fistulous withers except that it is on the poll of a horse. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: pollen tube Part of Speech: noun 1. The tube that develops from the wall of a pollen grain and, in seed plants, provides a passage through which the male nuclei reach the embryo sac to effect fertilization.
Word: pollinic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin pollen, pollinis + -ic. 1. Of or relating to pollen. Labels: not-comparable
Word: poll parrot Part of Speech: noun 1. A tame parrot. Labels: dated Example: Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do. 2. A talkative, gossiping woman. Labels: archaic, slang Example: It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs. Kingdom had said nothing but 'dear me' repeatedly and freezingly). She was a free-spoken woman as a rule, and it was terrible to have to sit still and waste all the good things she could have said to her […]
Word: poll parrot Part of Speech: verb 1. To speak, repeat, or imitate something like a parrot. Labels: dated, transitive 2. To chatter like a parrot. Labels: dated, intransitive Example: 'What are you Poll Parroting at now? Ain't you got nothing to do but fold your arms and stand a Poll Parroting all night?'
Word: kitty-corner Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A variant of cater-corner influenced by cat and kitty. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪtikɔːnə/, /ˈkɪɾiˌkwoɹnəɹ/ 1. Alternative form of cater-corner. Labels: Canadian-Prairies, Northern-US, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: kitty-corner Part of Speech: adv Etymology: A variant of cater-corner influenced by cat and kitty. Pronunciation: /ˈkɪtikɔːnə/, /ˈkɪɾiˌkwoɹnəɹ/ 1. Cater-corner: located diagonally in relation to something, especially across an intersection. Labels: Canadian-Prairies, Northern-US, not-comparable Example: Unit #5, kittycorner across the little street from Ennet House, is for catatonics and various vegetablish, fetal-positioned mental patients […].
Word: pollucite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Pollux + -ite, named after Pollux, the twin of Castor, as it is often found associated with castorite (now petalite). 1. A colorless transparent mineral of the zeolite family consisting of hydrous cesium aluminum silicate and occurring massive or crystallizing in cubes.
Word: basil balm Part of Speech: noun 1. A perennial herb, Monarda clinopodia, found in eastern North America, which has aromatic foliage and white- or yellowish- pink flowers. Labels: uncountable 2. A fragrant European mint, Clinopodium acinos (syn. Satureja acinos), which has also been naturalised in eastern North America. Labels: uncountable
Word: polocrosse Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of polo + lacrosse. 1. A team sport that is a combination of polo and lacrosse. Labels: uncountable
Word: poloist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Balti پولوder. English polo 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 poloist From polo + -ist. 1. A polo player.
Word: polt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possibly a variant of palt or pelt (verb). 1. A hard knock. Labels: dialectal Example: 1782: Frances Burney, Cecilia, or memoirs of an heiress - If he know'd I'd got you the knife, he'd go nigh to give me a good polt of the head. 2. A pestle. Labels: obsolete, rare Example: Their corne they rost in the eare greene, and bruising it in a morter of wood with a Polt, lappe it in rowles in the leaves of their corne, and so boyle it for a daintie.
Word: katydid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Onomatopoeic, from the sound a common true katydid (Pterophylla camellifolia) makes by stridulating. * katydid song: (file) Pronunciation: /ˈkeɪtiˌdɪd/ 1. A cricket of the family Tettigoniidae Labels: US Example: I have noticed all these, and some at a much earlier date than the first faint lisping of a timid katydid; and all such sights and sounds are similarly suggestive—the summer is drawing to its close. Example: In the night the katydids and crickets screeched in waves, soft then loud, back and forth.
Word: poltfoot Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of polt foot. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: poltinnik Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Russian полтинник (poltinnik). 1. A Russian silver half-ruble or 50-kopeck piece.
Word: Polwarth Part of Speech: name 1. A county of Victoria, Australia.
Word: Polwarth Part of Speech: noun 1. A sheep of a rather large medium-wooled Australian breed, developed from crosses of Merino and Lincoln sheep and noted for ability to withstand damp and cold.
Word: Poltava Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Ukrainian Полта́ва (Poltáva). Pronunciation: /pɔ(ː)lˈtavə/, /pɒlˈtavə/ 1. A city, the administrative centre of Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. 2. An urban hromada of Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. 3. A raion of Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. 4. An oblast in east-central Ukraine.
Word: xanthate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From xanth- + -ate (“salt or ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈzænθeɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of xanthic acid.