nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: golden opportunity Part of Speech: noun 1. Ideal moment to do something. Labels: idiomatic Example: With the rest of the squad injured, Jones had a golden opportunity to prove his worth to the coach. Example: The fact that, to cover low tariffs on bulk commodities, the railways have to charge very high rates on high-value goods, such as manufactures, has provided road operators with a golden opportunity to undercut the railway.
Word: boxcar function Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Due to the graph resembling a rectangular boxcar on a railway line. 1. Any function whose value is zero except for a finite part of its argument for which it has a constant non-zero value.
Word: funny stuff Part of Speech: noun 1. Irregular, often illegal, activities. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: I'll get you outta here, but no funny stuff, you got that gramps? - Evil Dead: Hail to the King (2000)
Word: first come, first served Part of Speech: phrase 1. One will be dealt with in the order in which one arrives. Labels: idiomatic Example: This complicated situation means that strategically managing services through the central Manchester area and beyond is not possible for signallers in the Greater Manchester area, and trains are invariably dealt with on a 'first come, first served' basis.
Word: first come, first served Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of first-come-first-served. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: fire on all cylinders Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In reference to an internal combustion engine, in which using all cylinders allows the engine to operate most effectively. 1. To operate as effectively as possible. Labels: idiomatic Example: The performance was a sign of real intent for Arsenal as they continue their pursuit for silverware on four fronts - and with Van Persie firing on all cylinders, the odds look good on them winning a first trophy since 2005. Example: "How long does it usually take for me to recover?" "A few months," Wheeler says. "But if you want the honest truth, people in this division are as competent on day one as they'll ever be. You come to the job firing on all cylinders, or not at all. The rest is just fine-tuning and chemistry."
Word: fire door Part of Speech: noun 1. A fireproof door designed to stop fires spreading through buildings. Example: There are 10,000 fire doors on the Elizabeth Line, including these two at Liverpool Street that have been tested to tolerate a two-hour blaze at temperatures as high as 3,000°C. 2. The door of a furnace offering access to the fire inside.
Word: open fire Part of Speech: noun 1. An uncovered fire. Example: We roasted chestnuts over an open fire.
Word: open fire Part of Speech: verb 1. To begin firing (weapons) at something or someone. Labels: idiomatic Example: In warfare, whoever opens fire first has a greater chance of victory. Example: The Atlanta was swinging through her own turn to avoid a collision with the van when the searchlight, probably from the destroyer Akatsuki, lit upon her from abaft the port beam. Captain Jenkins reacted as commanders had been trained in peacetime: "Counter-illuminate!" he shouted. His gunnery officer, Lieutenant Commander William R. D. Nickelson, Jr., preferred to respond with other hardware. At once he shouted into his headset mike: "Fuck that! Open fire!" His assistant, Lloyd Mustin, was recording accurate ranges from the narrowcasting fire-control radar and didn't need help from other wavelengths. "Action port. Illuminating ship is target," he instructed his gun captains. Mustin, controlling the after trio of five-inch mounts, and Nickelson slewed their directors onto the lights and opened fire immediately.
Word: nod off Part of Speech: verb 1. To fall asleep, especially unintentionally. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The old lady nodded off to sleep many times during the narration, only waking up when George paused, saying it was most interesting. Example: I dragged him to the house, / And gave him tea and tried to make him smoke. / I tried to make him talk about his travels. / Nothing would do: he just kept nodding off.
Word: cresting Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛstɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of crest Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cresting Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛstɪŋ/ 1. An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The station also boasts a large semi-domed French pavilion roof with fish-scale tiles and iron cresting, plus a rectangular hall with arcaded upper storey and wooden lantern. 2. Synonym of fasciation. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: crests Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /kɹɛsts/ 1. plural of crest Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crests Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /kɹɛsts/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of crest Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: electrons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of electron Labels: form-of, plural 2. The digital or electronic version of a document. Labels: informal Example: Your presentation today was very informative. Could you email me the electrons?
Word: bite me Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Circa the 1980s in the United States, likely from the phrase bite my ass. 1. An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party. Labels: idiomatic, offensive, slang Example: She swiped at her tears with the palm of her hand, slipped his front-door key into the breast pocket of his leather suit jacket, whispered to the dead man, "Bite me, asshole." 2. A taunting phrase, essentially meaning "I don't care". Labels: idiomatic, slang Example: "We was talking and stuff, and I'm, like, I am SO not going there! And he just went, okay whatever, and I'm like FINE! Like I could care less, and then he goes, like, yeah bite me—" Example: "I don't know, Tedd; can you sing without soap?" "Bite me." 3. A command similar to "Leave me alone!", "Go away!" etc. Labels: idiomatic, slang
Word: reconnoiters Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəz/, /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚz/ 1. plural of reconnoiter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reconnoiters Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəz/, /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reconnoiter Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: WR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of world record. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of wide receiver. Labels: Canadian, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Wolf-Rayet star. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Wassermann reaction. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: WR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of World Rugby, the international governing body for rugby union. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of William Rex (“the royal cypher for William IV, king of Great Britain”). Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: reconnoitered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəd/, /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚd/ 1. simple past and past participle of reconnoiter Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reconnoitered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəd/, /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtɚd/ 1. Of a region or situation that has been surveyed (especially in a military situation).
Word: reconnoitering Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəɹɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of reconnoiter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reconnoitering Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛkəˈnɔɪtəɹɪŋ/ 1. A reconnoiter of enemy land or position.
Word: reconnoiterings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reconnoitering Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sophronize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Ancient Greek σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “temperate, prudent, of sound mind”) + -ize. 1. To imbue with moral principles or self-control. Labels: rare, transitive
Word: flory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French fleuri (“covered with flowers”), past participle of fleurir. See flourish for more. Pronunciation: /ˈflɒɹi/, /ˈflɔːɹi/, /ˈflɔɹi/, /ˈflɑɹi/ 1. Decorated with fleurs-de-lis projecting from it. Labels: not-comparable 2. Having the ends of the arms turn into fleurs-de-lis, rather than having fleurs-de-lis attached to the ends as in a cross floretty. Labels: not-comparable
Word: counterflory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French contrefleuri; equivalent to counter- + flory. 1. Decorated with fleurs-de-lis or other floral motifs arranged in pairs opposite each other, especially on opposite sides of a border on a shield or banner. Labels: not-comparable
Word: tressure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English tressour, from a mixture of Old French tressure and tresseor. By surface analysis, tress + -ure. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɛsjʊə(ɹ)/, /ˈtɹɛʃə(ɹ)/ 1. A narrow border near the edge of a shield or banner. Example: The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […].
Word: built-in function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function that is provided as part of a high-level language and can be executed by a simple reference with specification of arguments
Word: circular function Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of trigonometric function.
Word: cofunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-der. English co- English function English cofunction From co- + function. 1. The trigonometric function of the complement of the supplied angle. Example: Cosine and sine are each other's cofunctions. 2. A costatement that takes the form of a function and can accept parameters and return a value.
Word: lose one's shirt Part of Speech: verb 1. To lose all of one's money; to go broke; to undergo financial ruin or disaster. Labels: idiomatic Example: Since nearly losing his shirt in a business deal a few years back, he investigates new opportunities more cautiously. Example: Generosity indeed, but how difficult will it be for some penitent punters to drop a coin in the "sin box" if they happen to have already lost their shirt on a bet placed with Paddy Power?
Word: comparable function Part of Speech: noun 1. Either of a pair of functions that have the same domain and that the values of one are equal to or greater than the other for all points in that domain.
Word: composite function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function of one or more independent variables, at least one of which is itself a function of one or more other independent variables; a function of function(s).
Word: scene-dock Part of Speech: noun 1. An area in a theatre with access to the stage and the loading doors where scenery is temporarily stored Example: 1925: Walter Anthony and Tom Reed (titles), Rupert Julian (director), The Phantom of the Opera, silent movie ‘Come, I’ll show you where I saw him—in the scene-dock of the third cellar.’
Word: constant function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function whose value is the same for all the elements of its domain.
Word: hae Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of have. Labels: Scotland, alt-of, alternative
Word: worlds apart Part of Speech: adj 1. Vastly different. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: In terms of technology, today's media and that of the 19th century are worlds apart, but they still serve the same purpose.
Word: the world is someone's oyster Part of Speech: proverb Etymology: From the version of the play The Merry Wives of Windsor published in the First Folio (1623) of the works of the English playwright William Shakespeare (baptized 1564; died 1616): see the quotation. The original context was that Ancient Pistol would use force to obtain a loan from Sir John Falstaff, like prising open an oyster with a sword to obtain a pearl. Pronunciation: /ðə ˈwɜːld‿ɪz ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɔɪstə/, /ðə ˈwɜɹld‿ɪz ˌsʌmwʌnz ˈɔɪstəɹ/ 1. All opportunities are open to someone; the world is theirs. Example: Fal[staff]. I vvill not lend thee a penny. / Piſt[ol]. VVhy then the vvorld's mine Oyſter, vvhich I, vvith ſvvord vvill open. Example: But his wants were not at first great; and though his ambition was perhaps high, it was not of an impatient nature. The world was his oyster; but, circumstanced as he was, he knew it was not for him to open it with his lancet all at once.
Word: world-beater Part of Speech: noun 1. Someone or something superior to all others of its sort. Labels: idiomatic
Word: wolf in sheep's clothing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Matthew 7:15 in the Bible (King James Version; spelling modernized): “Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Pronunciation: /ˈwʊlf ɪn ˈʃiːps ˈkləʊðɪŋ/, /ˈwʊlf ən ˈʃips ˈkloʊðɪŋ/ 1. Someone who or something which is harmful or threatening but disguised as something peaceful or pleasant. Labels: idiomatic Example: He ſaith, He doth not plead for all who go under the name of Miniſters in England; he fears there is many of them no better than Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, &c. Then why doth he not come out, and cry againſt them, but remain amongſt them in their Practice? For wherein can he clear himſelf of any one thing, which they are guilty of, which he confeſſes are Wolves in Sheep's Clothing? [...] I have as much ground to ſuſpect him to be one of the Wolves in Sheep's Clothing, as he has ground to ſuſpect his own Companions and Generation to be ſuch. Example: If the wolf was to be feared, the learned gentleman might rest assured it would be the wolf in sheep's clothing, the masked pretender to patriotism. It was not from the fang of the lion, but from the tooth of the serpent, that reptile that insidiously steals upon the vitals of the constitution and gnaws it to the heart ere the mischief is suspected, that destruction was to be feared.
Word: parentela Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌparənˈtiːlə/, /ˌpɛrənˈtilə/, /-ˈtɛlə/ 1. An ancestor and all of his or her descendants; all descendants of a person's ancestors of a certain degree. Example: Every person who is in my father’s parentela is nearer to me than any person who can only claim kinship through some ancestor remoter from me than my father. Example: The maternal heirs of decedent derive their relationship from decedent's grandparents, and thus fall in the grandparent parentela.
Word: up the creek Part of Speech: prep_phrase Etymology: American English. 1. In trouble; in a difficult situation. Labels: idiomatic Example: We'll be up the creek if we lose those files, so we should back them up regularly. Example: “Then we would be up the creek. You can be extradited for grand larceny. Jez you wouldnt^([sic]) have me goin^([sic]) round with dark glasses and false whiskers all my life.”
Word: time flies when you're having fun Part of Speech: proverb 1. Time seems to pass more quickly when one is enjoying oneself. Example: "Time flies when you're having fun!" said one of the skiers in our party. "Yeah, but time's more fun when you're flying," Jay one-upped.
Word: throw caution to the wind Part of Speech: verb 1. To do something despite the risks. Labels: idiomatic Example: I couldn't bear to let you go yet So I threw caution to the wind And started listening to my longing heart And then you softly pressed your lips to mine And feelings surfaced I'd suppressed For such a long time.
Word: turn a blind eye Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from the idea of a person turning to look at something but not seeing it, as if their eyes are blind. The term is frequently claimed to originate from an incident during the First Battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801, when Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson (1758–1805) was ordered by Admiral Hyde Parker (1739–1807) through signal flags to discontinue naval action against a force of the Dano-Norwegian Navy. Nelson, who had been blinded in one eye early in his career, said to his flag captain Thomas Foley (1757–1833), “You know, Foley, I have only one eye—I have a right to be blind sometimes.” He then put his telescope to his blind eye and, remarking “I really do not see the signal,” continued the assault which ended in a British victory. However, this is not the source of the term as the Oxford English Dictionary records uses dating to the 17th and 18th centuries. Pronunciation: /ˈtɜːn ə ˌblaɪ̯nd ˈaɪ̯/, /ˈtɜːn ˌeɪ̯-/, /ˈtɜɹn ə ˌblaɪ̯nd ˈaɪ̯/, /ˈtɜɹn ˌeɪ̯-/, /ˈtɜɹn ə ˌblʌɪ̯nd ˈʌɪ̯/ 1. To deliberately or knowingly ignore, overlook, or refuse to acknowledge something, especially when improper or unpleasant; to look the other way. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The mother turned a blind eye to her son’s mischief as she expected him not to repeat it. Example: The great Advantage of thus vvalking by Faith is, that it vvill help us […] to turn the deaf Ear, and the blind Eye to all thoſe Pomps and Vanities of the VVorld vvhich vve renounc'd at our Baptiſm, and to have it no longer in our Hearts, but under our Feet.
Word: electroclash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From electro- + clash. 1. A music style from the late 1990s fusing dance music, punk and electronic. Labels: uncountable Example: Electroclash began as an esoteric offshoot of techno, revisiting some of the genre's original sonic touchstones: Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, New Order, Afrika Bambaataa and New York disco. Example: Oft-derided, even in its 2002 heyday, no one expected electroclash to last. But, just as sonic heirs such as La Roux or Little Boots capitalise on their groundwork, the old electro guard return with works of real solidity and depth.
Word: drum and bass Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of electronic dance music focusing heavily on loud bass and fast-tempo drumbeats. Labels: uncountable
Word: Willis Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlɪs/ 1. An English surname originating as a patronymic from the name Will. Example: Forrest later attacked Willis in New York, knocking him to the ground; lawsuits proliferated as Willis sued Forrest for assault, and Forrest countersued for libel. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. 3. A town in Grenada. 4. A number of places in the United States: 5. A number of places in the United States: 6. A number of places in the United States: 7. A number of places in the United States: 8. A number of places in the United States: 9. A number of places in the United States: 10. A number of places in the United States: 11. A number of places in the United States: 12. A number of places in the United States:
Word: Willis Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈwɪlɪs/ 1. plural of Willi Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ent Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English ent (“giant”), from Proto-West Germanic *anti; introduced by J. R. R. Tolkien in The Lord of the Rings, 1954–55, as Ent. Compare Middle English *ent, eont (“giant”), inherited from the Old English word, but which apparently did not survive through the Middle English period into Modern times. Apparently survived in some German dialects as Enz (“giant”), also in composite forms. Compare ettin. Pronunciation: /ɛnt/ 1. A large, fictional, humanoid, walking tree in works by J. R. R. Tolkien. Example: […]and that fine young ent Quickbeam is merely a minor crux in an Old English glossary (the name Quickbeam means 'living tree' in Old English). Example: But this should not lead to complete avoidance, as if it is like some dire incursion of triffids or ents.
Word: ent Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Possibly from empty, through assimilation of /m/ to the following /t/. Pronunciation: /ɛnt/ 1. To pour, especially of rain. Labels: Cornwall Example: "[…] ent me out some beer, / Fill up my glass to quinch my thust, Weth bitter like thee'st gove me fust." Example: A Truro correspondent remembers being sent to buy a teapot with the admonition 'and see he got a good ent to un'; that is, of course, a good 'pour'. "Enting down with rain" is still occasionally heard.
Word: footballs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of football Labels: form-of, plural
Word: footballs Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of football Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: ents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ents Part of Speech: noun 1. entertainment Labels: informal, plural, plural-only Example: The student union ents officer eventually came to show us to the room we would be performing in, but there were two quite big problems. Firstly no one had bothered to advertise it to the student population so there was no audience[…]
Word: factions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of faction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Middle Kingdom Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque from Chinese 中國／中国 (Zhōngguó). 1. China. Labels: literary Example: But though this Kingdom of China doth often change its Lord and Name, the Chineſes however have time out of mind called it by two other particular names, as Chungchoa, and Chungque ; the firſt whereof ſignifies The Middle Kingdom ; and the other, the Middle Garden. Example: The meeting point of the plateau and the plains is just east of the first great bend of the Yellow River. Significantly, it is at the central meeting point that we have the coalescence of the three cultures which produced the developed Shang culture. This area, known to the Chinese as Chung Yuan, or central plain, has always been the heartland of the “Middle Kingdom.”
Word: Middle Kingdom Part of Speech: name Etymology: Calque of German Mittleres Reich, eventually displacing Middle Empire, an older calque of the same term. Coined c. 1840 as part of a periodization of Ancient Egyptian history into Old, Middle, and New Kingdoms. 1. Egypt from the time of its reunification under Mentuhotep II in the 11th Dynasty (ending the First Intermediate Period) to its disintegration during the 13th Dynasty and the beginning of the Second Intermediate Period. Labels: historical
Word: voluntas ordinata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. The position (opinion) that, while God has the power to do anything, once He chooses to do something, He ends his ability to do otherwise. Labels: uncountable
Word: wear rose-colored glasses Part of Speech: verb 1. To see the positive in things while being oblivious to the negative. Labels: idiomatic
Word: eliasite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: * From Elias, the name of a mine at Jáchymov, (Joachimsthal) 1. A deprecated name for gummite.
Word: compressibility Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From compress + -ibility. 1. The degree to which something is compressible. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The product of pressure and molar volume divided by the product of the gas constant and the absolute temperature. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: dichronism Part of Speech: noun 1. The quality of exhibiting two opposite traits at different times; see especially sexual dichronism Labels: uncountable 2. A misspelling of dichroism Labels: uncountable
Word: sexual dichronism Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice, in some insects, of all the offspring of one sex being produced before all the offspring of the other Labels: uncountable
Word: Sparky Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the adjective sparky (“lively, animated”). 1. A nickname for a person who is lively and animated. Example: You should keep working, driving for whatever goal you have your eye on, while at the same time avoiding a tip over into a workaholic relapse. How? By becoming a manager, Sparky. The purpose of management is to make other people do the things that need doing, so you can think about strategy and leave early. 2. A name for a pet, traditionally especially a dog, with similar connotations.
Word: sparky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sparkō Old English spearca Middle English sparke English spark English -y English sparky From spark + -y. 1. Lively and animated. Example: 1986 July, Texas Monthly, page 103, Anthony's certainly hasn′t achieved the consistent level of Tony′s, but the menu is sparkier, more up to the minute. Example: With regular trains running back to Edinburgh as late as 11.30pm, you could consider sampling some of Glasgow′s nightlife, consistently sparkier and more cutting-edge than Edinburgh′s, or taking in some of the city′s innovative and high-quality theatre and live music. 2. Resembling or characteristic of an electrical spark. Example: […] a sparky sound too. A little high-pitched crack.
Word: sparky Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *sparkō Old English spearca Middle English sparke English spark English -y English sparky From spark + -y. 1. A radio operator. Labels: Navy, US Example: The headlines ground out big and black at home, but by the time they had gone out on the Fleet broadcast circuits, been picked out of the air by Mr. Woodside′s sparkies in the radio shack, whacked onto a stencil and run through a mimeograph machine by Harry Dolliver, they were not nearly so impressive. 2. An electrician. Labels: Australia, New-Zealand, UK Example: […]the manager of one of the largest hotels, also a committee member ‘let it be known that sparkies working for the hotel should be involved in the programme. The next day saw three very keen contractors ring us up to enrol.’ Example: Pete said that the sparkies, the electricians, had turned the power off.
Word: unserviceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English serviceable English unserviceable From un- + serviceable. 1. Unusable; of no use. Labels: not-comparable Example: 1591, Walter Raleigh, A Report of the Truth of the Fight about the Iles of Açores, this last Sommer betwixt the Reuenge, one of her Maiesties Shippes, and an Armada of the King of Spaine, London: William Ponsonbie; Riverside Press, 1902, And that which was most to our disaduantage, the one halfe part of the men of euerie shippe sicke, and vtterly vnseruiceable. Example: First Soldier. [Reads] ‘First demand of him how many horse the duke is strong.’ What say you to that? / Parolles. Five or six thousand; but very weak and unserviceable: […] 2. Of machinery, etc.: not working. Labels: not-comparable Example: During 1936, revealed Pravda, the Gorky plant set itself the task of turning out 12,000 cars. The actual output was 2,500. In one day 24 of 47 cars turned out were tagged “unserviceable.” Example: [The war] just didn’t stop, till all the bombs were gone and all the aircraft were unserviceable. 3. Impractical. Labels: not-comparable
Word: surged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of surge Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The lighting surged through the man's body.
Word: cannoneer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French canonnier, with the ending reshaped to English -eer (suffix forming agent nouns denoting people associated with, concerned with, or engaged in specified activities). Canonnier is derived from Middle French cannonier, canonnier, from canon (“cannon”) (from cane (from Old French cane (“tube”), from Latin canna (“cane; reed; something resembling a cane”), from Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă, “giant reed (Arundo donax)”), from Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm, “reed”)) + -on (augmentative suffix)) + -ier (suffix denoting a profession). By surface analysis, cannon + -eer. Pronunciation: /kænəˈnɪə/, /ˌkænəˈnɪ(ə)ɹ/ 1. An artillery soldier who maintains and operates (historical) a cannon, or (now) some other piece of heavy artillery. Example: Luckily, the cannoneer was only mildly injured when his cannon malfunctioned. Example: Then ſe the bringing of our ordinance / Along the trench into the battery, / VVhere vve vvil haue gabions of ſix foot broad / To ſaue our Cannoniers from muſket ſhot, […]
Word: barrer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English bar 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 barrer From bar + -er. 1. One who or that which bars. Example: The worst merely bars some exceptions without looking at the proof at all. Hence the mystification when we have the proof on the one hand and the exceptions on the other. In the mind of such primitive exception-barrers, the proof and the exceptions exist in two completely separate compartments.
Word: barrer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer. 1. A non-SI unit of gas permeability.
Word: tazza Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian tazza. Doublet of tass. 1. A shallow saucer-like dish, mounted either on a stem and foot or on a foot alone. Example: a pair of royal George III silver gilt tazzas
Word: calcular Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to a calculus. Labels: not-comparable Example: a calcular deposit
Word: shocker Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English shock 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 shocker From shock + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈʃɑkɚ/, /ˈʃɒkə/ 1. One who or that which shocks or startles. Labels: colloquial Example: The election results were a real shocker. 2. A device for giving electric shocks. Example: Olimar: 'This shocker was one of several weapons wielded by the nightmarish titan dweevil. It allowed the creature to smite Pikmin with zaps of lightning!' Example: Recently, the family decided that some obedience training would be of great value. The cost of doggie school being what it is, my daughter opted to purchase a shocker collar instead. 3. Something done very badly. Labels: colloquial Example: My performance today was an absolute shocker, I just wasn't feeling it. 4. Synonym of stooker. Labels: rare Example: The mechanical shocker is attached to the ordinary binder by two tubular stays, the more important one passing from about the center of the bull wheel and supporting a chain and sprocket wheel which transmit the drive to the shocker. 5. An offensive hand gesture suggesting two in the pink, one in the stink. Labels: colloquial, slang, vulgar
Word: formular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English formula Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English formular From formula + -ar. 1. Following or relating to a formula; formulaic.
Word: formular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English formula Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -ārisbor. English -ar English formular From formula + -ar. 1. A formulary (collection of models for official writings). Labels: historical Example: We must remember, however, that the formulars of the Merovingian and Carolingian chanceries were not contemporary with the most active period of English diplomatic writing, and that these very formulars were practically disused by the dictatores of the tenth and eleventh centuries, when individuality of style ran riot in the Western chanceries.
Word: pigeon hole Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pigeonhole. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: However, as my friend came dodging towards my door, I saw him through the usual pigeon hole through which warders speak to their prisoners.
Word: manipular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin manipulāris: compare French manipulaire. 1. of or relating to a maniple (Roman army division) 2. manipulatory Example: manipular operations 3. manipulative
Word: manipular Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin manipulāris: compare French manipulaire. 1. A member of a maniple in the Roman army. Labels: historical
Word: violar Part of Speech: noun 1. A viol player. Labels: archaic
Word: Ostic Part of Speech: adj 1. Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians. Labels: not-comparable
Word: waterfalls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of waterfall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: waterfalls Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of waterfall Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: outpouring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English pouring English outpouring From out- + pouring. 1. The sudden outward flowing of a large amount of something. Example: Let me speak—I know I may trust your kindness; and, even if you turned into after ridicule the bitter outpouring of this moment's misery, you would but do as others, in whom I trusted, have done. Example: The protests rank among the largest outpourings of dissent since the nation’s military dictatorship ended in 1985.
Word: outpourings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of outpouring Labels: form-of, plural
Word: milksop Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English milksop, mylk sop, mylke soppe, equivalent to milk + sop. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪlkˌsɒp/ 1. A piece of bread sopped in milk. 2. A dish consisting of bread pieces in a bowl, sprinkled with sugar and covered in hot milk. 3. An easily frightened, ineffectual, or weak person. Labels: broadly, derogatory Example: And vvho doth lead them but a paltrey fellovv,? / Long kept in Brittaine at our mothers coſt, / A milkeſopt, one that neuer in his life / Felt ſo much colde as ouer ſhooes in ſnovv: […] Example: “That milksop of a creature pretend to be worthy of such a woman as Mrs. Pendennis,” broke out the Doctor: “where will impudence stop next!”
Word: distending Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of distend Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: you never know what you've got till it's gone Part of Speech: proverb 1. People tend to take things for granted while they are available.
Word: antipode Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from antipodes. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪ.poʊd/ 1. Something directly opposite or diametrically opposed. Example: The very Reverse of a Wit. The Antipode of Sense. Example: A Mexican diligence is fmilar(sic) to an American post coach or mail stage, and a stranger from the United States, taking his seat in one of them, while all else around him is nearly the antipodes of what he has been accustomed to, feels old sensations revive, as he once more finds something that looks like home. 2. The place on the diametrically opposite side of the earth from a given point.
Word: lona Part of Speech: noun 1. A bonus scored in the game of kabaddi for getting the entire opposing team declared as out.
Word: aegilops Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin aegilōps, from Ancient Greek αἰγίλωψ (aigílōps, “haver-grass (Aegilops neglecta)”). 1. An ulcer or fistula in the inner angle of the eye. Example: If the ægilops be neglected, it bursts, and degenerates into a fistula, which eats into the bone. Example: 1829, Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia: or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art, Literature, And Practical Mechanics, Volume I: A to America, If the ægilops be accompanied with an inflammation, it is supposed to take its rise from the abundance of blood, which a plethoric habit discharges on the corner of the eye. 2. Goatgrass (Aegilops spp.) or other grass found as a corn-weed. Labels: obsolete
Word: cabdriver Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cab + driver. 1. One who drives a taxi for a living. 2. One who drives a carriage for a living.
Word: anti-venene Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of antivenene. Labels: Australia, UK, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: armscye Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From arm + scye. Pronunciation: /ˈɑːmˌsaɪ/, /ˈɑɹmˌsaɪ/ 1. An opening in a garment for the attachment of a sleeve; an armhole.
Word: cost function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any mathematical relationship between an activity and its cost.
Word: critical function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function, in the calculus of variations, that satisfies the Euler equations
Word: calculus of variations Part of Speech: noun 1. The form of calculus that deals with the maxima and minima of definite integrals of functions of many variables. Labels: uncountable Example: The next advance was made by Cauchy in a memoir on the calculus of variations published in the third volume of his Exercices d'analyse et de Physique Mathématique, 1844, extending from page 50 to page 130. Example: 2004, Bernard Dacorogna, Introduction to the Calculus of Variations, 2nd Edition, Imperial College Press, page 2, In the nineteenth century and in parallel to some of the work that was mentioned above, probably, the most celebrated problem of the calculus of variations emerged, namely the study of the Dirichlet integral; a problem of multiple integrals.
Word: maxima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin maxima (“greatest”). Doublet of maxim. 1. A music note typically equal to two longae (eight semibreves).
Word: maxima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin maxima (“greatest”). Doublet of maxim. 1. plural of maximum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: minima Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin minima, nominative neuter plural form of minimus (“least, smallest”). 1. plural of minimum Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flavenoids Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flavenoid Labels: form-of, plural
Word: definite integral Part of Speech: noun 1. The integral of a function between an upper and lower limit
Word: indefinite integral Part of Speech: noun 1. The set of all functions whose derivative is a given function; the set of all antiderivatives of a given function. 2. A function whose derivative is a given function; an antiderivative.
Word: zerks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of zerk Labels: form-of, plural
Word: flavenoid Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of flavonoid. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cylinder function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function that is a solution of the Bessel equation
Word: decreasing function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function of a real variable whose value decreases (or is constant) as the variable increases.
Word: strictly decreasing function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function of a real variable whose value decreases as the variable increases.
Word: difunctional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English di- Old French fonction Middle French functionbor. English function English -al English functional English difunctional From di- + functional. 1. bifunctional Labels: not-comparable
Word: electron wave function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function of the position and spin of an electron; related to the probability of finding the electron in a specified position
Word: elementary function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function that is composed of algebraic functions, trigonometric functions, exponential functions and/or logarithmic functions, combined using addition, subtraction, multiplication and/or division
Word: exponential function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function in which an independent variable is in the form of an exponent; they are the inverse functions of logarithms
Word: logarithmic function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function in which an independent variable appears in the form of a logarithm; they are the inverse functions of exponential functions
Word: inverse function Part of Speech: noun 1. For a given function f, another function, denoted f⁻¹, that reverses the mapping action of f; (formally) given a function f:X→Y, a function g:Y→X such that, ∀x∈X,f(x)=y⟹g(y)=x. Example: Halving is the inverse function of doubling. Example: If an inverse function exists for a given function, then it is unique.
Word: dissipation function Part of Speech: noun 1. The function governing the rate at which mechanical energy is converted to heat during viscous flow.
Word: elliptic function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function of a complex variable which is periodic in two directions.
Word: elliptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”). By surface analysis, ellipse + -tic. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪp.tɪk/ 1. Of or pertaining to an ellipse. Labels: not-comparable Example: Novv ſince the Planets move in Elliptick Orbits, in one of vvhoſe foci the Sun is, and by a Radius from the Sun deſcribe equal Area's in equal Times, vvhich no other Lavv of a Circulating Fluid, but the Harmonical Circulation can Account for, vve muſt find out a Lavv for the Paracentrical Motion, that may make the Orbits Elliptick. Example: In this chapter, the history of solving elliptic problems by direct marching methods is reviewed. 2. Of or pertaining to a broad field of mathematics that originates from the problem of calculating arc lengths of an ellipse. Labels: not-comparable Example: elliptic integral Example: elliptic function 3. That has coefficients satisfying a condition analogous to the condition for the general equation for a conic section to be of an ellipse. Labels: in-compounds, not-comparable Example: elliptic partial differential equation Example: elliptic operator 4. Oval, with a short or no point. Labels: not-comparable 5. Of, or showing ellipsis; having a word or words omitted; elliptical. Labels: not-comparable Example: The message, which is elliptic, could be spelled out as: (Hello) Olive. This is Julian. I am here until you want to ring me.
Word: elliptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἐλλειπτικός (elleiptikós), from ἐλλείπω (elleípō, “I leave out, omit”). By surface analysis, ellipse + -tic. Pronunciation: /ɪˈlɪp.tɪk/ 1. An elliptical function, equation, path, etc. Example: The Planetary Paths I trace, / Exploring Realms of boundleſs Space; / Elliptics, Angles, Cubes, and Curves, / In me ſupply the Place of Nerves; […] Example: Two men were smoking over a bottle of wine at one table; they were talking of parabolics and elliptics, and describing diagrams on the table with a wet finger; […]
Word: entire function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function of a complex variable that is holomorphic throughout the complex plane
Word: even function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose value is unchanged if the independent variable changes sign i.e. f(x) = f(-x)
Word: excitation function Part of Speech: noun 1. The relationship between the energy of an electron and its ability to excite an atom to a particular excited state
Word: executive ego function Part of Speech: noun 1. The management of mental processes by the ego in order to meet an individual's needs
Word: explicit function Part of Speech: noun 1. Any function whose value may be directly calculated from the independent variable.
Word: implicit function Part of Speech: noun 1. A function defined by a (multivariable) implicit equation when one of the variables is regarded as the value of the function, especially where said equation is such that the value is not directly calculable from the other variables. Example: An important class of implicit functions comprises those defined by equations of the form x-f(y)#61;0. Choosing y as the value means that the implicit function is the inverse of f. This type of implicit function is of particular interest when that inverse is not expressible as a closed-form expression, and thus is difficult to study directly. Example: Thus, in the equation, #92;quad#92;quad#92;quaday²#43;bxy#43;cx²#43;d#61;0; y is an implicit function of x. Implicit functions are generally connected with their variables by one or more equations. When these equations are solved the implicit equation becomes explicit. […]The differential of an implicit function may be found without first finding the function itself.
Word: feedback transfer function Part of Speech: noun 1. The transfer function of the feedback path of a control system
Word: forward transfer function Part of Speech: noun 1. The transfer function of the forward path of a control system
Word: function code Part of Speech: noun 1. Any character used to specify a function of a piece of software or hardware (such as carriage return of a printer)
Word: function generator Part of Speech: noun 1. An electronic device used to generate a signal representing the periodic value of a given mathematical function, especially sine, square, triangle and sawtooth waveforms
Word: function key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1930 in the listing of U.S. Patents. 1. Any of a set of keys on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to activate a predefined or programmable function, especially a numbered row of keys (F1, F2, etc.) above the alphanumeric keys.
Word: predefined Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English defined English predefined From pre- + defined. 1. Having been defined or established previously. Labels: not-comparable Example: These new features are charizing, stringization, token concatenation, string concatenation, trigraph replacement, and predefined macros. Example: The cell / DNA mixtures were nucleoporated in 1 cm transfection cuvettes according to a predefined program on the Nucleofactor.
Word: predefined Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of predefine Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: predefine Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English define English predefine From pre- + define. 1. To define in advance. Labels: transitive
Word: shift key Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First use appears c. 1883 in the listing of U.S. Patents. 1. The key on a typewriter used to select uppercase letters and certain special characters by physically moving the mechanism 2. A key on a personal computer or terminal keyboard used to effect the same function, or to change the function of the function keys.
Word: céntimo Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of centimo. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The treasurer-general is hereby directed to pay to Mr. Ramon Soriano, lieutenant-colonel of infantry, the sum of one hundred seventy-eight thousand, six hundred forty-two pesos and thirty-three céntimos in drafts and letters of exchange, in order to negotiate the exchange of the same for cash in Manila, by order of the honorable Mr. President, the bearers of the same being Francisco Enaje and Lorenzo Sanchez, whose certification accompanies. Example: They say they were dragged from their villages and compelled to take service; that almost half their men consist of Portuguese, who have been sent by the Salazar Government; that for three months they have not seen one céntimo of pay, and that a soldier who asked for a blanket was punished by being stripped and made to do duty in that condition for a whole night.
Word: metica Part of Speech: noun 1. A proposed currency of Mozambique in the 1970s, never put into circulation.
Word: cauri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French cauri, from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī). Doublet of cowrie. Pronunciation: /ˈkaʊɹi/ 1. A former monetary subdivision, equivalent to one hundredth of a Guinean syli.
Word: cauri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi चौंरी (ca͠urī), from Sanskrit चमर (camara, “yak”). Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaʊɹi/ 1. Alternative form of chowry. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bipkwele Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ekwele Labels: form-of, plural
Word: CEST Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Central European Summer Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AKST Part of Speech: name Etymology: From AK (“Alaska”) + Standard Time. 1. Abbreviation of Alaska Standard Time. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Jesuits Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Jesuit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: raged Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rage Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ribbons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of ribbon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: ribbons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of ribbon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: escorted Part of Speech: adj 1. With or having an escort. Labels: not-comparable
Word: escorted Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of escort Labels: form-of, participle, past