nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: rediscover Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Latin operiō Latin cooperiō Latin discooperīreder. Late Latin discoperīre Old French descovrirbor. Middle English discoveren English discover English rediscover From re- + discover. 1. To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten. Labels: transitive Example: She rediscovered her faith in religion. Example: He does all sorts of cool shit, and he subtly rediscovers his own heroism without making a big thing out of it. But he’s a supporting character, and he knows it.
Word: resurrect Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin resurrēct-, past participial stem of resurgō, after resurrection. Pronunciation: /ɹɛzəˈɹɛkt/ 1. To raise from the dead; to bring life back to. Labels: transitive 2. To rise from the dead; to return to life. Labels: intransitive 3. To restore to a working state. Labels: transitive 4. To bring back to view or attention; to reinstate. Labels: transitive Example: Why resurrect the idea almost 25 years later?
Word: resurge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin surgō Latin resurgōbor. English resurge Borrowed from Latin resurgō (“rise again”). Pronunciation: /rɪˈsɜːd͡ʒ/ 1. To rise again; to go through a period of renewed vigor or vitality. Labels: intransitive
Word: resurge Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Latin surgō Latin resurgōbor. English resurge Borrowed from Latin resurgō (“rise again”). Pronunciation: /rɪˈsɜːd͡ʒ/ 1. A resurgence. Example: There was a resurge of interest in summarization in the nineties with the organization of a number of relevant scientific events […] Example: Lovers of style and beauty the world over have for decades, even centuries now, looked back to the days of the last lavish escapades of the French courts whenever there is a resurge of the human appetite for the ornate, gilded opulence that you see characterized in these pieces.
Word: insomnia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin īnsomnia, from Latin in- (“without”) + somnus (“sleep”, noun) + -ia, equivalent to in- + somn- + -ia. Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɒmniə/ 1. A sleeping disorder that is known for its symptoms of unrest and the inability to sleep. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: My mother suffers from insomnia. Example: It’s also possible for insomnia to be caused by restless leg syndrome. 2. Temporary inability to sleep. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable
Word: organigram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English organization Ancient Greek γράμμα (grámma)lbor. English -gram English organigram From organization + -gram. 1. A graphical representation of the structure of an organization, showing groups and departments and their interconnections and linked responsibilities.
Word: banquette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg-der. Proto-Germanic *bankiz Proto-West Germanic *banki Lombardic bankbor. Italian banca Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Italic *-tosder.? Late Latin -ittus Italian -etta Italian banchettabor. French banquettebor. English banquette Borrowed from French banquette, the diminutive form of banc; by surface analysis, bank + -ette. Pronunciation: /baŋˈkɛt/, /bɒ̃ˈkɛt/ 1. A narrow area behind a defensive wall's parapet elevated above its terreplein and used by defenders to shoot at attackers. 2. A bench built into a wall, especially (military) one built into a wall of a defensive trench, used for sitting and for shooting at attackers. 3. An upholstered bench, e.g., along a wall of a restaurant or lounge area. Example: Stoned, she would traipse in, overtly sexual in last night's dress, and throw herself exhausted across the banquette. 4. A bench or similar seat on top of a diligence or other public vehicle. Labels: dated Example: My brother-in-law […] took refuge in the banquette. 5. A sidewalk. Labels: Louisiana, Texas Example: The boys were dragging along the banquette a small “express wagon,” which they had filled with blocks and sticks. Example: “Get the hell away from that stove, Charmaine, and go play out on the banquette before I bust you right in the mouth.”
Word: headword Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From head + word. Compare West Frisian haadwurd (“noun, substantive, headword”), Dutch hoofdwoord (“headword”), German Hauptwort (“noun, substantive, headword”), Swedish huvudord (“headword, keyword”). Pronunciation: /ˈhɛdwɜːd/, /ˈhɛdwɝd/ 1. A word (or compound term) used as the title of a list entry or section, particularly in a dictionary, encyclopedia, or thesaurus. 2. The head of a phrase. Example: In "a very discerning car shopper", "shopper" is the headword.
Word: indicative mood Part of Speech: noun 1. The mood of a verb used in ordinary, factual, or objective statements.
Word: modal auxiliary Part of Speech: noun 1. A verb used to express the mood (or tense) of another verb.
Word: coiled Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɔɪld/ 1. simple past and past participle of coil Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: coiled Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kɔɪld/ 1. In the form of coils; having coils. Example: a coiled serpent 2. Prepared and poised to act, like a snake that has coiled its lower body so it can strike. Example: Two first-half goals from the Colombian forward Radamel Falcao won the game, allowing Atlético to spend the final hour or so sitting deep, coiled always for a breakaway. Example: Nicole Kidman’s coiled intensity and muscular direction by Phillip Noyce give this nautical thriller a disquieting sense of dread.
Word: clubbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈklʌbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of club Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clubbing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklʌbɪŋ/ 1. An instance of using a club. Labels: countable Example: There was an outbreak of near-fatal clubbings in that area. Example: Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers. 2. A thickening of the ends of fingers and toes. Labels: countable 3. The practice of frequenting nightclubs. Labels: uncountable Example: We're going clubbing tonight. Example: I don't like clubbing. 4. The development of clubroot in a plant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pubbing Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌbɪŋ/ 1. The practice of frequenting pubs. Labels: UK, uncountable
Word: pubbing Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpʌbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present Example: We're going out pubbing tonight — want to join us?
Word: drubbing Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From drub + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of drub Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drubbing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drub + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdɹʌbɪŋ/ 1. A severe beating. Example: His mother gave him a drubbing after finding out he'd been stealing. Example: Yet upon its release in Germany the first world war drama has been at the receiving end of a critical drubbing, with critics complaining that it turns a beloved literary classic into a spectacle “horny for an Oscar”, and military historians bemoaning its “black-and-white” historical inaccuracies. 2. A thorough defeat. Example: The debate team got a drubbing from the competition. Example: Leighton Baines's deflected free-kick added yet more late gloss to the drubbing, the Everton player celebrating his first competitive start with England's first goal direct from a free-kick since David Beckham scored against Ecuador at the 2006 World Cup.
Word: touching Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of touch Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: touching Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Provoking sadness and pity; that can cause sadness or heartbreak among witnesses to a sad event or situation. Example: a touching story 2. In direct contact with.
Word: touching Part of Speech: prep Etymology: From Middle English touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. Regarding; concerning. Example: Now as touching things offered vnto idoles, wee know that wee all haue knowledge. Example: Every time I ascended to the deck from my watches below, I instantly gazed aft to mark if any strange face were visible ; for my first vague disquietude touching the unknown captain, now in the seclusion of the sea, became almost a perturbation.
Word: touching Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English touching, touchinge, touchynge, equivalent to touch + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈtʌt͡ʃɪŋ/ 1. The act by which something is touched. Example: But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move. 2. A snack served with alcoholic drinks in an informal environment. Labels: India, in-plural
Word: scudding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of scud Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scudding Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb to scud. Example: The hare lends its form to the witch for her twilight flittings and scuddings to the place of some unhallowed rendezvous.
Word: scudding Part of Speech: adj 1. That scuds or scud. Labels: not-comparable Example: Three times the Mexican gegenpress drew a scampering counterattack, whirring in on goal only to be foiled by a scudding last-ditch tackle or a last pass just awry. Germany were there for the taking, cut open with extraordinary relish by the Mexico attack. Example: all times I have enjoy'd Greatly, have suffer'd greatly, both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades (10) Vext the dim sea
Word: mugging Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/ 1. A quick violent robbery of a person, usually in a public place. Example: There have been three muggings in this street in the past week.
Word: mugging Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈmʌɡɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of mug Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clucking Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈklʌkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cluck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: clucking Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklʌkɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb cluck; a cluck sound.
Word: clucking Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈklʌkɪŋ/ 1. fucking (as intensifier) Labels: euphemistic, not-comparable, slang Example: That clucking bastard!
Word: ducking Part of Speech: verb Etymology: By surface analysis, duck + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌkɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of duck Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ducking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, duck + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌkɪŋ/ 1. An instance of ducking down, e.g. to hide. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An instance of ducking (a person in water, etc). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: They gave him a ducking in the river as a punishment.
Word: ducking Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Suggested by predictive text or autocorrect on some devices. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌkɪŋ/ 1. Euphemistic form of fucking. Labels: euphemistic, form-of, humorous, not-comparable, slang Example: You are the ducking idiot here. Example: “In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too,” said Craig Federighi, Apple’s senior vice president for software engineering.
Word: ducking Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Nominalization of duck (verb), a denominal verb of duck (noun), from ellipsis of rubber duck. Pronunciation: /ˈdʌkɪŋ/ 1. The act of surreptitiously leaving a rubber duck on someone's parked Jeep as an act of kindness (see Jeep ducking). Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Parliament said she hopes ducking becomes a regular part of Jeep culture, similar to the notorious "Jeep wave" that Wrangler owners are known to do on the road to say "hi" to one another. Example: She's gone out ducking with friends and family on shopping trips, in hospital parking lots and at Bishop International Airport in Flint, handing out more than 100 of the quackers.
Word: funding Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of fund Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: funding Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈfʌndɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb fund. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: However the collapse in demand for rail and air travel caused by the pandemic has had a knock-on effect for the project's funding. 2. Money provided as funds. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The council is providing funding to the church to repair the roof. Example: Second, a bank can commit to provide a maximum amount of money (e.g., $US1,000,000) in one or more fundings over a set period of time (e.g., one year). Such credit facilities are called “lines of credit.”
Word: metacognition Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *me Proto-Indo-European *meth₂? Ancient Greek μετᾰ́ (metắ) Ancient Greek μετᾰ- (metă-)lbor. English meta- English cognition English metacognition From meta- + cognition. 1. The act of thinking about thinking. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: FOI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Fruit of Islam. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FOI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of freedom of information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: don't hold your breath Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Suggesting that if one were to hold one's breath while waiting for the expected event, one would die before it happened 1. Don't wait. Said cynically to suggest that what has just been mentioned is unlikely to happen soon or at all. Labels: idiomatic, imperative Example: - The government says it's going to introduce free meals for all schoolchildren. - Huh, don't hold your breath. Example: Don't hold your breath and don't jump to conclusions, but there is likely to be an announcement about the future of the railways in the next few weeks - [...].
Word: hold one's breath Part of Speech: verb 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hold, one's, breath. To keep air in one's lungs, pausing noticeably before exhaling after previously inhaling. 2. To wait expectantly for something to happen soon. Labels: idiomatic Example: He might pay back the money he borrowed without you reminding him, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Example: Petraeus hoped they would succeed, and lent his support, but he was not holding his breath.
Word: sinn Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of sin. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: genitourinary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From genito- + urinary. 1. Of or pertaining to the genital and urinary systems of the body, together with their function, disease, etc. Labels: not-comparable Example: Slaves were used preferentially to test genitourinary subjects. [...] Experimental ovariotomy and surgery for bladder stones also relied heavily upon black and mulatto subjects.
Word: waterworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From water + works (“machine, mechanism; factory or factories”). Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəˌwəːks/, /ˈwɔtɚˌwɚks/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. The water supply system of a district, town, city, or other place, including reservoirs, pipes, and pumps. 2. Any single facility, such as a filtration plant or pumping station, within such a system. Example: She is employed by a waterworks at the outskirts of the city. 3. Often in the form turn on the waterworks: crying or tears, especially in a way that is considered manipulative or over-emotional. Labels: figuratively, informal Example: She turned on the waterworks when we told her the old man was dead, but she was asking questions about the will soon enough. 4. Rain. Labels: figuratively, informal 5. The genitourinary system. Labels: UK, euphemistic, figuratively 6. A hydraulic apparatus by which a supply of water is furnished for ornamental purposes; also, an ornamental fountain or waterfall. Labels: historical Example: Resolving to possess myself in some quiet if it might be, in a time of so great jealosy, I built by my Brother's permission a study, made a fishpond, an island, and some other solitudes and retirements, at Wotton, which gave the first occasion of improving them to those water-works and gardens which afterwards succeeded them. 7. Engineering works relating to the conveyance and flow of fluids (principally water), such as the collection and distribution of water, drainage, irrigation, etc. Labels: archaic
Word: waterworks Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Pronunciation: /ˈwɔːtəˌwəːks/, /ˈwɔtɚˌwɚks/, [-ɾɚ-] 1. plural of waterwork Labels: form-of, plural
Word: soper Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From soporific. Sopor has been used as a brand name for methaqualone. 1. Methaqualone. Labels: slang 2. Any other soporific drug. Labels: broadly
Word: doofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Respelling of “do for”, as in “it will do for that job”. Pronunciation: /ˈduːfə/, /ˈdufɚ/ 1. An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. Labels: slang Example: A certain factory manufactures two distinct products, ‘gadgets’ and ‘doofers’. […] The times required for these operations, the total time available per week, and the profit per gadget or doofer are as tabulated: […] Example: Right-ho. Who's going to work the doofer? Lady? Right-ho. 2. An object whose name the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. Labels: slang, specifically Example: From a very early age, my elder grandson took to calling the remote control for the TV the ‘doofer’. He didn't come up with the name himself. It was the name his parents used, and he just picked it up – the name, that is, not the doofer. Actually, he became very adept at negotiating his way around the doofer and even had to teach his grandfather how it worked. But then, children pick these things up very quickly – like the doofer and the way it operates. Our doofer is always getting lost. It's never there when you need it, and it's always somewhere you don't want it to be – […] Example: I was bombarded with hysterical Black Friday offers to upgrade my telly, my tablet, my computer, my phone and my DVD player. Why in the name of G5 would I want to do that? I already have to negotiate my way, weepily, round four doofers (as in “it’ll do for that”, aka a remote) just to watch I’m a Celebrity…
Word: doofer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English doof 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 doofer From doof (“outdoor dance party”) + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈduːfə/, /ˈdufɚ/ 1. A participant in a doof (“outdoor dance party held in remote bushland or on the outskirts of a city”). Labels: Australia, slang Example: Last weekend The Sunday Telegraph reported on the trend of what teenagers are calling "bush doofing", which sees hundreds of drunk partygoers descend on a vacant property for a wild night of drinking and dancing. But real bush doofers have hit back, claiming teenagers are ruining the reputation of the events, which are meant to be well-organised, legal events, not a breeding ground for wild behaviour, sexual assaults and underage drinking. Example: In the early days you couldn't really distinguish between … the techno ravers in the warehouses and the bush doofers […]
Word: punning Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of pun Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: punning Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to pun. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: punning Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈpʌnɪŋ/ 1. That makes or uses a pun. Example: The spoonerism "Burly Chassis" is a punning reference to Shirley Bassey's voluptuous figure.
Word: radiative recombination Part of Speech: noun 1. the capture of a free electron by an atom and the subsequent emission of a photon having the same energy Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cas Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /kæʒ/ 1. Abbreviation of casual. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, informal Example: don't feel like you have to dress up. I mean, we're super cas here
Word: raise Cain Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Cain, the biblical son of Adam and Eve, the first murderer. The expression implies raising him from the dead and thus bringing or returning that evil to Earth. 1. Synonym of raise hell. Labels: idiomatic Example: Those damned boys have been out drinking and raising Cain again tonight. Example: Why have we every reason to believe that Adam and Eve were both rowdies? Because Eve raised the Old Harry, and they both raised Cain.
Word: prothesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin prothesis, prosthesis, alteration (dropping the ‘s’) from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition, augmentation”), (English prosthesis) from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “to add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁- (“to be putting, to be placing”). However, often confused for a descendant of the Ancient Greek word πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a preposing, preposition”) (without the σ (s)), which is instead the source of a different term – see alternative etymology, below. Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/, /ˈpɹɔθəsɪs/, /ˈpɹɑθəsɪs/ 1. The prepending of phonemes at the beginning of a word without changing its morphological structure, as in Spanish esfera from Greek (via Latin) sphaera (“sphere”) (without prothesis the word would have become *sfera). Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: prothesis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρόθεσις (próthesis, “a preposing”), from προτίθημι (protíthēmi, “to prepose”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “to place”), from Proto-Indo-European *pro + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”). Pronunciation: /ˈpɹɒθəsɪs/, /ˈpɹɔθəsɪs/, /ˈpɹɑθəsɪs/ 1. The preparation and preliminary oblation of the Eucharistic bread and wine in the Divine Liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Credence table. Labels: broadly, countable, uncountable
Word: quebracho Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quebracho, from quebrar (“to break”) + hacha (“axe”). Pronunciation: /kɪˈbɹɑːt͡ʃəʊ/, /kɛˈbɹɑt͡ʃoʊ/ 1. Any of several trees of southern South America with produce very hard wood rich in tannin, especially those of the genus Schinopsis. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The wood of these trees. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The bark of these trees, formerly used in treating fever. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A tannin extracted from these trees. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: quebrada Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish quebrada. Pronunciation: /keˈbɹɑːdə/ 1. A ravine or valley in Latin America. Example: Later, friends told me of the dangers of absorbing fright illness and mal aire from the quebrada, especially from eggs and other curing paraphernalia discarded there.
Word: quebrado Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of quebrada (“ravine or valley in Latin America”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: oxaloacetic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxalo- + acetic acid. 1. One of the constituents of the citric acid cycle, formed by the oxidation of malic acid and via the transamination of aspartic acid; an intermediate in the synthesis of amino acids and the metabolism of carbohydrates Labels: uncountable 2. a colourless crystalline organic carboxylic acid, butan-2-one-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, COOH.CH₂.CO.COOH Labels: uncountable
Word: oxaloacetate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oxalo- + acetate. Pronunciation: /ɑˈksɛ.loʊ.æ.sɪ.teɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of oxaloacetic acid.
Word: oxalic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)₂, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt. Labels: uncountable Example: If not sufficiently purified, a little hydrochloric or oxalic acid, or caustic potash may be put in the water, according as the stains are from grease or from ink.
Word: oxalate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French oxalate, equivalent to oxalic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). Pronunciation: /ˈɒksəleɪt/ 1. Any salt or ester of oxalic acid.
Word: oxalate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably directly from the noun, through the influence of -ate (verb-forming suffix). 1. To coat (steel, etc.) with an oxalate.
Word: do away with Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Very likely a continuation of Old English onweġ dōn (“to get rid of”, literally “to do away”, from onweġ (“away”) and dōn (“to do”, also “to make, cause, put”)), via a Middle English *awey don, *oway don, *don awey, and other forms. The preposition with was probably also already in use from the outset, given how its original meaning is “against” (still seen in e.g. argue with, withstand and have a fight with). The original meaning of the phrase was therefore on the lines of “to put away against (someone or something)” or “to make/cause (s.o./sth. to go) away”, which are long-obsolete senses of do. 1. To abolish; to put an end to; to eliminate. Labels: idiomatic, informal, transitive Example: She tried to do away with the argument by changing the topic. Example: The criminals tried to do away with the evidence before the police arrived. 2. To have someone killed. Labels: euphemistic, idiomatic, informal, transitive Example: He plotted to do away with his rival. Example: […]unless we can begin to understand that the vast majority of those who do away with themselves—and of those who attempt to do so—do not do it because of any frailty, and rarely out of impulse, but because they are in the grip of an illness that causes almost unimaginable pain.
Word: motive power Part of Speech: noun 1. The power that enables something to move. Labels: figuratively, sometimes, uncountable, usually Example: Using electricity as motive power for railroads will do away with fuel trains, tenders, coal handling, water, and all that. 2. The locomotives or other powered units that operate on a railway. Labels: collective, uncountable, usually Example: While at first in the U.S.A. it may have been a matter of high-pressure salesmanship—and it has undoubtely been the irresistible enterprise of the General Motors Corporation, through its Electro-Motive subsidiary, that has set in motion this amazingly rapid transformation of American railway motive power, and has caused all the steam locomotive builders in the U.S.A. to follow suit or be left out in the cold—it seems now beyond dispute that, so far as the U.S.A. is concerned, the economics of the power question can be solved no other way. Example: In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work.
Word: pectic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. An acidic derivative of a carbohydrate; the active constituent of pectin. 2. A helical polymer of αD-galacturonic acid.
Word: galacturonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a carboxylic acid derived from galactose by oxidation of the terminal CH₂OH to a COOH; it polymerizes to form pectic acid Labels: uncountable
Word: polymerize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English polymer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English polymerize From polymer + -ize. Pronunciation: /ˈpɒlɨməɹʌɪz/, /pəˈlɪ.mə.ɹaɪz/, /ˈpɑləməˌɹaɪz/ 1. (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization. Labels: transitive 2. To undergo polymerization. Labels: intransitive Example: Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.
Word: polymerization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der. Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English polymer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English polymerize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English polymerization From polymerize + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌpɒl.ɪ.məɹ.aɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ 1. The chemical process, normally with the aid of a catalyst, to form a polymer by bonding together multiple identical units (monomers). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: pelargonic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. an aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃(CH₂)₇COOH, nonanoic acid, used in the manufacture of plastics, pharmaceuticals etc Labels: uncountable
Word: perchloric acid Part of Speech: noun 1. A clear colourless liquid that is a strong acid and a violent, sometimes explosive, oxidizing agent: HClO₄, the oxyacid of chlorine in which chlorine has the highest oxidation number. Labels: uncountable
Word: perchlorate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From perchloric acid + -ate (“derivative”). Pronunciation: /pə(ɹ)ˈklɔːɹeɪt/ 1. Any salt of perchloric acid; used in pyrotechnics and as powerful oxidizing agents.
Word: oxidation number Part of Speech: noun 1. The hypothetical charge of an atom within a molecule.
Word: periodic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From per- + iodic acid. Pronunciation: /ˌpɜːɹaɪˈɒdɪk ˈæsɪd/ 1. HIO₄ or H₅IO₆, the oxyacids of iodine in which iodine has the highest oxidation number; H₅IO₆ is a white crystalline substance (HIO₄ is not stable), and both are strong oxidizing agents.
Word: permanganic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. the acid, HMnO₄, known only as its salts, the permanganates
Word: permanganate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From per- + manganate. 1. any salt of permanganic acid: they are purple crystalline solids, mostly soluble in water, and are strong oxidizing agents 2. potassium permanganate
Word: potassium permanganate Part of Speech: noun 1. KMnO₄, the most readily available commercial permanganate; it is used as an oxidizing agent both in industry and in the analytical laboratory.
Word: phosphorous acid Part of Speech: noun 1. a yellowish hygroscopic solid, H₃PO₃; a mild reducing agent Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéh₂os Proto-Hellenic *pʰáwos Ancient Greek φᾰ́ος (phắos) Ancient Greek φῶς (phôs) Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti Proto-Hellenic *pʰérō Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek -φόρος (-phóros) Ancient Greek φωσφόρος (phōsphóros)bor. Latin phōsphorusbor. English phosphorus Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Old French -usbor. Middle English -ous English -ous English phosphorous Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English phosphite From phosphorous + -ite. 1. any salt or ester of phosphorous acid 2. the anion PO₃³⁻, or the trivalent radical PO₃
Word: trivalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tri- + -valent. Pronunciation: /traɪˈveɪlənt/ 1. Having a valence of three. Labels: not-comparable 2. Protecting against three different (usually flu) viruses. Labels: not-comparable
Word: trivalent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From tri- + -valent. Pronunciation: /traɪˈveɪlənt/ 1. Any trivalent chromosome
Word: tetravalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From tetra- + -valent. 1. Having an atomic valence of 4. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a vaccine valence of 4. Labels: not-comparable
Word: pentavalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe Proto-Hellenic *pénkʷe Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte) Ancient Greek πεντᾰ- (pentă-)lbor. English penta- English -valent English pentavalent From penta- + -valent. 1. Having an atomic valence of 5. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a vaccine valence of 5. Labels: not-comparable
Word: hexavalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hexa- + -valent. Piecewise doublet of sexavalent. 1. Having an atomic valence of 6. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a vaccine valence of 6. Labels: not-comparable Example: Babies born from the 1 August will be offered the new “hexavalent” jab at the age of eight, 12 and 16 weeks.
Word: octavalent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw Proto-Hellenic *oktṓ Ancient Greek ὀκτώ (oktṓ) Ancient Greek ὀκτᾰ- (oktă-) English octa- English valent English octavalent From octa- + valent. 1. Having an atomic valence of 8. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having a vaccine valence of 8. Labels: not-comparable
Word: fibrillation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English fibrilla Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English fibrillation From fibrilla + -ation. Pronunciation: /ˌfɪbɹɪˈleɪʃən/ 1. The rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of the muscle fibers of the heart. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Though occasionally a “flatliner” can be revived with a defib, it is most commonly used to change the uncoordinated contractions of the heart (fibrillation) into a normal sinus rhythm—that is, to defibrillate the heart. Example: The most common type of irregular heartbeat is atrial fibrillation or AFib. It is estimated that between three and six million people in the United States have AFib.
Word: Caucasoid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Caucasian + -oid. 1. Being a member of a human racial classification composed of several peoples inhabiting Europe, North Africa, West Asia, and parts of East Africa, South Asia and Central Asia – as well as their descendants in other world regions. Labels: dated Example: It's also nice to see some non-white skin in these pages since almost all of the skin aimed at the "gay market" is distinctly Caucasoid.
Word: Caucasoid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Caucasian + -oid. 1. A member of this racial classification. Labels: dated, offensive
Word: eggplant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From egg + plant, originally applied only to the white-colored, egg-shaped variety. Compare Dutch and Afrikaans eierplant (“eggplant”), German Eierpflanze (“eggplant”), Swedish äggplanta (“eggplant”). Compare also Afrikaans eiervrug (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”), Icelandic eggaldin (“eggplant”, literally “egg-fruit”). Pronunciation: /ˈɛɡ.plænt/, /-plɑːnt/ 1. The plant Solanum melongena or its edible fruit; an aubergine. Labels: Australia, Canada, New-Zealand, Philippines, US, countable, uncountable Example: Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.” 2. A dark purple color, like that of the skin of this fruit. Labels: Canada, US, countable, uncountable 3. A black person; used mainly by Italian-Americans. Labels: US, countable, derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable Example: Hey. Yeah. And, and your great-great-great-great grandmother fucked a nigger, ho, ho, yeah, and she had a half-nigger kid… now, if that's a fact, tell me, am I lying? 'Cause you, you're part eggplant. Example: "Why am I not surprised?" This was the limit. "You know, I'm black enough for his family to yell eggplant-this and nigger-that at me," she said. 4. A 180 backside rotated invert in which the front hand is planted on the lip of the halfpipe wall. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: intel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of intelligence. Pronunciation: /ˈɪn.tɛl/, /ˈɪnt.ɛl/ 1. Intelligence (secret information). Labels: especially, uncountable Example: Intel is important in espionage. Example: We have reason to believe one of our people is giving intel to the enemy. Hit an enemy communication center and get us a name.
Word: pipe bomb Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪp ˌbɒm/, /ˈpaɪp ˌbɔːm/, /ˈpʌɪp ˌbɒm/, /ˈpaɪp ˌbɑm/, /ˈpʌɪp ˌbɑm/ 1. An improvised explosive device consisting of blasting powder or other explosive material encased in a metal pipe to increase the blast effect.
Word: pipe bomb Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪp ˌbɒm/, /ˈpaɪp ˌbɔːm/, /ˈpʌɪp ˌbɒm/, /ˈpaɪp ˌbɑm/, /ˈpʌɪp ˌbɑm/ 1. To blow up something with a pipe bomb (noun sense 1). Labels: transitive
Word: cluster bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. An explosive munition designed to explode in the air and release a cluster of smaller explosives, thus spreading the blast over a larger area. Example: Bellingcat[…] has reviewed some of the pictures collected by the Guardian, confirmed the presence of tail fins of RBK-500 cluster bombs with PTAB-1M submunitions and cluster rocket, launched by BM-30 Smerch.
Word: dirty bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. A device containing conventional explosives and radioactive material, designed to spread radiation over a wide area. Example: Without providing evidence, Shoigu said Ukraine could escalate by using a “dirty bomb” – conventional explosives laced with radioactive material. 2. A nuclear bomb that spreads radiation over a wide area due to inefficiency or by design.
Word: head and shoulders Part of Speech: adv 1. To a considerable degree. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: She was head and shoulders better than any of her rivals. Example: He was head and shoulders above the others in the law firm. 2. By force; violently. Labels: not-comparable Example: to drag somebody head and shoulders Example: They bring in every figure and scheme of speech, head and shoulders.
Word: head and shoulders Part of Speech: noun 1. A characteristic formation on a technical analysis chart where two lower peaks appear around a central higher peak.
Word: boba Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chinese 波霸 (bōbà), from Cantonese 波霸 (bo1 baa3, “tapioca pearls” [literally: “big balls]”), from 波 (bo1) (itself from English ball) and 霸 (baa3, “chief, top”). Pronunciation: /ˈboʊ.bə/, /ˈbəʊ.bə/ 1. Synonym of tapioca pearl. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She settled on the Chai Frappé Burst, a frozen, blended concoction with whipped cream, boba and cinnamon sugar sprinkles. 2. Ellipsis of boba tea. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Example: “I was shocked,” said Leanne Yuen, a longtime boba drinker and a student at the University of California, Irvine. “What am I going to do now?” 3. A breast, especially that of an adult or adolescent female human. Labels: colloquial, countable, slang, uncountable
Word: aubergine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French aubergine, from Catalan albergínia, from Arabic اَلْبَاذِنْجَان (al-bāḏinjān, “the aubergine”), from Classical Persian بَادِنْجَان (bādinjān), from بَاتِنْگَان (bātingān), from Sanskrit वातिङ्गण (vātiṅgaṇa, “the plant that cures the wind”), from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *waẓVtV. Cognate with Malayalam വഴുതനങ്ങ (vaḻutanaṅṅa), Hindi बैंगन (baiṅgan). Doublet of brinjal, malidzano, and melongene. Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.bə.ʒiːn/, /ˈoʊ.bɚ.ʒin/, /ɔbə(r).(d)ʒin/ 1. An Asian plant, Solanum melongena, cultivated for its edible purple, green, or white ovoid fruit; eggplant. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable 2. The fruit of this plant, eaten as a vegetable. Labels: Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable Example: The hot and sour curry is an aubergine version of a south Indian fish curry I often make. […] You barbecue a few aubergines until the skin is completely black and burned, then cool and peel. 3. A dark purple colour; eggplant. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: D-Day Part of Speech: name Etymology: The D stands for day; compare H-hour. 1. 6 June 1944, the date when the Allies invaded western Europe in World War II.
Word: D-Day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: The D stands for day; compare H-hour. 1. The date of any major event planned for the future. Labels: figuratively Example: A Ukrainian D-day is expected in weeks.
Word: codetalker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From code + talker. 1. A military communications specialist using codes based on an obscure language.
Word: code talker Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of codetalker. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: As a code talker, Newman was one of a group of Navajos who learned a secret, unbreakable language that was used to send information on tactics, troop movements and orders over the radio and telephone during WWII. […] At Iwo Jima, code talkers passed over 800 error-free messages in a 48-hour period, according to the Congressional law honoring the program.
Word: leave someone holding the bag Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Originated in 18th-century Britain, referring to a person left holding stolen goods while the rest of a criminal gang escapes. 1. To abandon somebody, leaving him or her holding the responsibility or blame. Labels: figuratively Example: After the accident, he just vanished and left me holding the bag. 2. To remove the value from an article or arrangement and leave somebody holding the empty (or valueless) container. Labels: figuratively
Word: cymbaling Part of Speech: noun 1. Action of the verb to cymbal; the playing of cymbals. Labels: uncountable Example: 1886, At a hole in a rotten weir they executed a recitative; where a tributary brook fell over a stone breastwork they trilled cheerily; under an arch they performed a metallic cymballing; and at Durnover Hole they hissed. - Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Castorbridge Example: healthandage.com The voices of passing children reverberated like gongs - booming, peeling, cymbaling into switchbacking rollercoasters of sound. 2. the crashing together of two things as cymbals Labels: uncountable Example: Whereupon, he sat down amid a universal pounding of chest—lids, and cymbaling of tin pans; the few invalids, who, as yet, had not been actively engaged with the rest, now taking part in the applause, creaking their bunk— boards and swinging their hammocks. Example: As during the telling of the story, Captain Delano had once or twice started at the occasional cymballing of the hatchet-polishers, wondering why such an interruption should be allowed, especially in that part of the ship, and in the ears of an invalid; and moreover, as the hatches had anything but an attractive look, and the handlers of them still less so, it was, therefore, to tell the truth, not without some lurking reluctance, or even shrinking, it may be, that Captain Delano, with apparent complaisance, acquiesced in his host’s invitation."
Word: Basque Country Part of Speech: name 1. A cultural region that straddles the border of Spain and France, where the Basque language is traditionally spoken. 2. An autonomous community in northern Spain.
Word: apple fly Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From apple + fly. 1. Any of several dipterous insects particularly in the families Tephritidae and Drosophilidae whose larvae burrow into apples.
Word: Fata Morgana Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian fata Morgana (“Morgan le Fay”), from fata (“fairy”) + Morgana (“Morgan”). Pronunciation: /ˌfɑːtə mɔːˈɡɑːnə/, /ˌfɑtə mɔɹˈɡɑnə/ 1. A form of mirage seen just above the horizon, caused by a temperature inversion in the atmosphere, in which multiple upright and inverted images of a distant object appear to be stacked on top of each other in a highly distorted fashion; especially one seen at sea, and particularly in the Strait of Messina. Example: A mirage, or fata morgana, was lately witnessed at Stralsund, in Pomerania.
Word: out of kilter Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: From out of + kilter, kelter (“good condition, form, or order; fettle”). The latter word is of uncertain origin, but appears widely in a British dialect and also in the United States. Pronunciation: /ˌaʊt əv ˈkɪltə/, /ˌaʊt əv ˈkɪltɚ/ 1. Askew, disturbed; not adjusted or working properly; out of order. Labels: idiomatic Example: I stayed up late to watch a movie, and my entire sleeping schedule has been out of kilter ever since. Example: Aye, ſquire, that thing [a statue of Hercules] has been fixt in this ſpot I warrant you theſe hundred years; it was ſadly out of kilter when I came to the eſtate, but I got my neighbour the conſtable, who is a carpenter, to make him that right arm, and put the ſtaff into it, for I could not bear to ſee ſuch a clumſy log as he had in it before; [...]
Word: borderline Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From border + line. Pronunciation: /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/ 1. Nearly; not clearly on one side or the other of a border or boundary, ambiguous. Example: I would rather hire a talented layman than a university graduate with borderline qualifications. Example: It recalls the business case for Scotland's reopening of the Borders Railway to Tweedbank, that British Rail closed in 1969. The review says the business case for this was at best borderline, but goes on to say that the case greatly underestimated passenger demand and that the railway Scotland built has capped its capacity. 2. Of questionable taste or acceptability; approaching bad taste. Example: Your borderline remarks about my aunt’s dress destroyed my evening. 3. Exhibiting borderline personality disorder. Example: She clearly has borderline and narcissistic features and she meets the criteria for a rapid cycling bipolar disorder, as well as for a generalized anxiety disorder. She has a severe binge eating disorder and has gained 65 pounds since[…]
Word: borderline Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From border + line. Pronunciation: /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/ 1. Nearly; not entirely but nevertheless to a great extent. Labels: not-comparable Example: He is borderline hypoglycemic and needs to monitor his sugar intake. Example: I expected him to be super boring but he was actually borderline funny!
Word: borderline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From border + line. Pronunciation: /ˈboɹ.dɚˌlaɪn/ 1. A boundary or accepted division; a border. Labels: countable Example: She lives on the borderline between reality and madness. Example: Elbow deep inside the borderline Show me that you love me and that we belong together Shoulder deep within the borderline Relax, turn around and take my hand 2. Ellipsis of borderline personality disorder. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable Example: The four overlapping concepts of borderline were as follows : (1) A residual model […] (2) An affective disorder model, which considered BPD as an affective spectrum illness displaying prominent[…] Example: [...] you should consider it! People with Borderline are especially affected by the unconditional affection parenting a pet can provide. 3. A person who has borderline personality disorder. Labels: countable Example: As an example of their affective profile, borderlines are set apart from passive aggressives by having more marked social anxiety […] and greater sensitivity […]