nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: cartwheel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cartwheel From cart + wheel. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/, /ˈkɑɹtˌwil/ 1. The wheel of a cart. Example: Near-synonyms: wagon wheel, artillery wheel 2. A gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side or the other while keeping arms and legs outstretched, spinning for one or more revolutions. 3. A crown coin; its value, 5 shillings. Labels: UK, historical, obsolete, slang Example: Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon. 4. A silver dollar of the larger size produced before 1979. Labels: US, historical, obsolete, slang
Word: cartwheel Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Old Norse kartrbor. Proto-Germanic *kradô Proto-West Germanic *krat Old English crætder. Middle English cart English cart Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cartwheel From cart + wheel. Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːtˌwiːl/, /ˈkɑɹtˌwil/ 1. To perform the gymnastics feat of a cartwheel. 2. To flip end over end: normally said of a crashing vehicle or aircraft. Example: The race car hit a bump and cartwheeled over the finish line.
Word: klepto Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈklɛptoʊ/, /ˈklɛptəʊ/ 1. Of or pertaining to an individual who suffers from kleptomania. Labels: slang
Word: klepto Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈklɛptoʊ/, /ˈklɛptəʊ/ 1. A kleptomaniac. Labels: slang
Word: ecdysis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἔκδυσις (ékdusis, “stripping”), from ἐκδύω (ekdúō, “I take off”), from ἐκ (ek, “out”) + δύω (dúō, “I get in”). 1. The stripping off of an outer layer of skin by snakes and certain other animals; typically in accommodation to growth or wear-and-tear. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The shedding of an exoskeleton, as in insects and crustaceans. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Pythagoreanism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Pythagorean Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Pythagoreanism From Pythagorean + -ism. 1. The esoteric and metaphysical beliefs held by Pythagoras and his followers. Labels: uncountable Example: Only two Greek philosophies, Pythagoreanism and neo-Platonism, might be called basically religious. Even early Pythagoreanism prior to 450 B.C. had a strong religious strain. 2. Vegetarianism. Labels: uncountable
Word: worthies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of worthy Labels: form-of, plural
Word: worthies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of worthy Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wellsite geologist Part of Speech: noun 1. A geologist who analyzes samples from an oil well as it is being drilled and reports on hydrocarbon content etc.
Word: mudlogger Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mud + logger. 1. A wellsite geologist.
Word: erythrocytometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English erythrocyte Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English erythrocytometer From erythrocyte + -o- + -meter. 1. A device for counting the number of erythrocytes (red blood cells) in a sample of blood.
Word: esthesiometer Part of Speech: noun 1. A device to measure tactile sensitivity.
Word: aesthesiometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From aesthesio- + -meter. 1. Alternative spelling of esthesiometer. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative
Word: tactometer Part of Speech: noun 1. An esthesiometer.
Word: anaerobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French anaérobie. Pronunciation: /ˈænəˌɹoʊb/ 1. An anaerobic organism; one that does not require oxygen to sustain its metabolic processes.
Word: suzerainty Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English suserente, from Old French suserenete, equivalent to suzerain + -ty. Pronunciation: /ˈs(j)uz(ə)ɹənti/, /ˈs(j)uzəˌɹeɪ̯nti/ 1. A relation between states in which a subservient nation has its own government, but is unable to take international action independent of the superior state. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: under suzerainty to Example: There were therefore, in the cultivating communities of the German and Scandinavian races, causes at work which were leading to inequality of property in land. There were causes at work which were leading to the establishment of superiorities and suzerainties of one township over another. There were causes at work which tended to place the benefits of an unequal proprietary system and the enjoyment of these suzerainties in the hands of particular families, and consequently of their chiefs for the time being. 2. A similar relationship between other entities. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: She was tired of living under suzerainty to her parents. 3. The status or power of a suzerain. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: In the N-Town Passion Play I, Lucifer is an implied presenter of the play and an implied controller of its events. He addresses the audience directly and confidentially in an extraordinary 124-line adoxograph which is part social satire and part seriocomic plea for our commitment to his suzerainty […]
Word: kinetically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English kinetic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English kinetically From kinetic + -ally. 1. In a kinetic manner. Labels: not-comparable 2. Concerning kinetics. Labels: not-comparable
Word: offhand Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz. Equivalent to (and re-formed as) off- + hand. Cognate with Icelandic afhendur. Compare onhand. Pronunciation: /ˌɔfˈhænd/ 1. Without planning or thinking ahead. Example: She gave an offhand speech. Example: He must also be fluent in obscenity, offhand in sex. Most important of all, he must play tough. 2. Careless; without sufficient thought or consideration. Example: He doesn't realise how hurtful his offhand remarks can be. Example: In September 2019, on the papal plane en route to Mozambique, Francis acknowledged the sharp opposition he faced from conservative detractors in the United States in an offhand remark. He said, it was “an honor that the Americans attack me.” 3. Curt, abrupt, unfriendly. Example: She was quite offhand with me yesterday.
Word: offhand Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Middle English *ofhande, *ofhende, from Old English ofhende (“absent, lost”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *abahandijaz. Equivalent to (and re-formed as) off- + hand. Cognate with Icelandic afhendur. Compare onhand. Pronunciation: /ˌɔfˈhænd/ 1. Right away, immediately, without thinking about it. Example: Offhand, I'd guess that that's a yellow-bellied sapsucker. Example: We will have no more of this shilly-shallying! Call the Archbishop, and let the Prince and Princess be married offhand! 2. In an abrupt or unfriendly manner.
Word: kinescope Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English kine- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English kinescope From kine- + -scope. 1. A recording of a television broadcast made by filming the screen of a monitor; a telerecording. 2. An early television receiver tube. Labels: historical
Word: kinescope Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English kine- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképťomai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *-eyéti Proto-Indo-European *-esyéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) Ancient Greek σκοπέω (skopéō)der. English -scope English kinescope From kine- + -scope. 1. To record (a television broadcast) by filming the screen of a monitor. Labels: transitive
Word: anaerobes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of anaerobe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pistachio Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian pistacchio (1590s), from Latin pistācium (“pistachio”), from Ancient Greek πιστάκιον (pistákion), from πιστάκη (pistákē, “pistachio tree”), of Iranian origin. Compare Middle English pistace (from Middle French pistace, pistache), Northern Kurdish pisteq, Persian پسته (peste), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag, “pistachio nut”), Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak) (from Iranian), Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq), Turkish fıstık. Pronunciation: /pɪsˈtæʃi.əʊ/, /pɪsˈtæʃioʊ/, /pɪsˈtɑʃioʊ/ 1. A deciduous tree (Pistacia vera) grown in parts of Asia for its drupaceous fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The nutlike fruit of this tree. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: We topped ours with pistachio and mint, but this pudding is typically decorated with aromatic jasmine blossoms, a floral nod to summer’s end. 3. A pale green colour, like that of a pistachio seed. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anaerobically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr) Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) French anaérobie Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English anaerobic Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly Middle English -ally English -ally English anaerobically From anaerobic + -ally. 1. In an anaerobic manner; in a way that does not require oxygen. Generally used of metabolic processes. Example: Humans can metabolize both aerobically and anaerobically, the latter generally in high stress situations.
Word: angleworm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From angle + worm. Pronunciation: /ˈæŋ.ɡəlˌwɜɹm/ 1. An earthworm, used as or destined to be used as bait to catch fish. Labels: US Example: A bird came down the walk : / He did not know I saw ; / He bit an angle-worm in halves / And ate the fellow, raw. Example: [B]eneath their surface—now and then breaking through a reflection, revealed when the pools dried—were salamanders, newts, and tangled clumps of angleworms.
Word: angleworms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of angleworm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: antihero Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́) Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der. English anti- English hero English antihero From anti- + hero. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.tɪˌhɪə.ɹəʊ/, /ˈænˌtaɪ.hiɹ.oʊ/, /ˈæn.tiˌhiɹ.oʊ/ 1. A protagonist who proceeds in an unheroic manner, such as by criminal means, via cowardly actions, or for mercenary goals. Example: Alienation: A stage on the downside of the passage wherein the holdfast and the antihero take actions which bring about a disintegration of personality. Example: JK Rowling says that “girls are very apt to romanticise” the antihero, and reveals that she had been forced to pour “cold common sense” on the startling number of readers who fall for the arrogant, unscrupulous bully Draco Malfoy in her Harry Potter books.
Word: antiheroes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of antihero Labels: form-of, plural
Word: amphorae Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amphora Labels: form-of, plural
Word: animator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin animātor. By surface analysis, animate + -or. Piecewise doublet of animateur. Pronunciation: /ˈænɪˌmeɪtə(ɹ)/ 1. One who creates an animation or cartoon; a cartoonist. Example: In recent years, animators using computer rendering have largely superseded artists working by hand. 2. One who animates something; one who brings something to life or the appearance of life. Example: The android turned to gaze at its animator.
Word: animators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of animator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bedwarmer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + warmer. 1. A covered metal pan attached to a long handle, holding live coals and used to warm a bed. Labels: historical 2. A concubine or mistress. Labels: broadly Example: "You speak of lowly! You, once a slave whore whose only purpose wad bed hopping! You, a Cultellrin whore! You may be a queen, but that ends now! This moment! From now on you are nothing more than my bedwarmer! You'd better pray to your god that I never tire of you, for if I do, I'll split your gut all the way up to your neck!" Example: unknown year, His Bedwarmer's Wife, Red Auza "Nah, I'ts fine, Ley. Because from now on I won't bring any woman here. You will be my bedwarmer."
Word: bedwarmers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bedwarmer Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cartolina Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish cartulina, from Italian cartolina, ultimately from carta (“paper”) + -lina. Compare Tagalog kartulina and Portuguese cartolina. Pronunciation: /kɐɾ.t̪oˈliː.n̪ɐ/ 1. A large sheet of colored paper (usually in rolls). Labels: Philippines, uncountable
Word: lonelinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of loneliness Labels: form-of, plural Example: When oft he playfully would bind / In the bowers of mossy lonelinesses / His neck, […]
Word: longjohns Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of long johns. Labels: alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only
Word: batterie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French batterie, from battre (“to hit”). Doublet of battery. Pronunciation: /ˈbætəɹi/ 1. A brilliant display of virtuosity in which the dancer's legs open and close rapidly while in the air, with the illusion of striking together and rebounding. 2. The percussion section of an orchestra or band, the battery; marching instruments in a drumline, as opposed to the pit.
Word: drumline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From drum + line. 1. A group of percussionists in a marching band, consisting of the battery and front ensemble.
Word: troughs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of trough Labels: form-of, plural
Word: sarkit Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Scots sarkit, past participle of sark (“to clothe in or provide with a shirt”). 1. clothed Labels: Scotland, not-comparable, obsolete Example: While here, half mad, half fed, half sarkit, / Is a' th' amount.
Word: internal link Part of Speech: noun 1. A hyperlink that links to a target on the same website (that is, within the same domain); it may be either an interpage link or an intrapage link. Labels: Internet
Word: external link Part of Speech: noun 1. A hyperlink that links to another website in a different domain. Labels: Internet
Word: smatterer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smatter + -er. 1. One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge. Example: It’s easy enough to be a beak when you’re young and athletic, and can offer the latest University smattering. The difficulty is to keep your place when you get old and stiff, and younger smatterers are pushing up behind you.
Word: smattering Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From smatter + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsmæ.təɹ.ɪŋ/, /ˈsmætɚɪŋ/ 1. A shallow or superficial knowledge of a subject. Example: She knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation. Example: 1529, Thomas More, The Supplycacyon of Soulys [The Supplication of Souls], London: W. Rastell, Book 2, […] he had a lytell smatterynge in the lawe: […] 2. A small amount or number of something. Example: There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the first amendment. Example: More sophisticated dishes, like trout, with a heavy smattering of finely minced rosemary between the filets, are simple and au naturel: the trout comes with a lemon wedge, a bed of mixed greens, and the head.
Word: smattering Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English smateringe, smattrynge, equivalent to smatter + -ing. Pronunciation: /ˈsmæ.təɹ.ɪŋ/, /ˈsmætɚɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of smatter Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Bermuda Triangle Part of Speech: name 1. An area of the Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes have disappeared under allegedly mysterious circumstances. Example: According to the ‘business as usual’ school of modern historians, the millennial preoccupations of Glaber and Wulfstan hold no more significance than the jeremiads of the gullible and doom-laden who agonise in every society - the medieval equivalents of believers in UFOs, the Bermuda Triangle, and the X files.
Word: Bermuda Triangle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any place where objects mysteriously disappear. Labels: broadly Example: The dryer is a Bermuda Triangle for socks. Example: The south polar region of Promethei Planum developed a Bermuda Triangle reputation. Satellites detected intermittent mass concentrations and magnetic field shifts. In 2148, prospectors working near Deseado Crater discovered an underground complex: a Prothean observation post. The odd phenomena were generated by the operation and discharge of a mass effect core, struggling to function despite fifty millennia of neglect.
Word: bench dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A peg placed in a hole in a workbench to clamp a workpiece in place
Word: drupaceous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From drupe + -aceous. 1. Of, relating to, resembling, or producing drupes.
Word: nutlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *hnuts Proto-West Germanic *hnut Old English hnutu Middle English note English nut Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English nutlike From nut + -like. 1. Resembling a nut.
Word: exposure meter Part of Speech: noun 1. An instrument that measures the intensity of the light reflected from or falling on a subject, and calculates the optimum exposure depending on the film speed.
Word: film speed Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of a film's sensitivity to light; faster films needing shorter exposures
Word: flowmeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flow Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English flowmeter From flow + -meter. 1. Any of various devices used to measure the flow of a fluid through a pipe, etc.
Word: fluorometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluor Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English fluoro- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English fluorometer From fluoro- + -meter. 1. An instrument used to detect and measure fluorescence.
Word: fluorimeter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of fluorometer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: necropost Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós)der. English necro- English post English necropost From necro- + post. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹəʊˌpəʊst/, /ˈnɛkɹoʊˌpoʊst/ 1. To post to a long-inactive discussion thread on a forum. Labels: Internet, intransitive, slang, transitive Example: Much like your power of necroposting a thread long considered dead. Example: After being away from Usenet for a few days (apologies for the necroposting), I had some time to think about this.
Word: necropost Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *neḱ-der. Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós)der. English necro- English post English necropost From necro- + post. Pronunciation: /ˈnɛkɹəʊˌpəʊst/, /ˈnɛkɹoʊˌpoʊst/ 1. A post made to a long-inactive discussion thread on a forum. Labels: Internet, slang
Word: fluorescence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰlewH-der. Proto-Indo-European *bʰluH-yé-ti? Latin fluō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin fluorbor. English fluor Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English fluorite Middle Low German sparder. Old English spærstān Middle English sparston English sparstonebf. English spar blend English fluorspar Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence English fluorescence Coined by British physicist George Stokes in 1852 from fluorspar + -escence. Pronunciation: /flʊˈɹɛsəns/, /flɔ-/, /floʊ-/ 1. The emission of light (or other electromagnetic radiation) by a material when stimulated by the absorption of radiation or of a subatomic particle. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: A multi-institution US research team has combined some creative chemistry, fluorescence microscopy and laser-driven microballistics to gain a clearer view of just what happens in a high-strain-rate impact, and to tease out the relative contribution of different kinds of energy dissipation within the target (Nat. Commun., doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52663-1). 2. The light so emitted. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: flushometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English flush Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English flushometer From flush + -o- + -meter. 1. A device that flushes urinals automatically at regular intervals.
Word: alectryomancy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin alectryomantia, from Ancient Greek ἀλεκτρυών (alektruṓn, “rooster”) + Latin -mantia. 1. A form of divination in which the diviner observes a bird or birds (preferably a white rooster or cockerel) pecking at grain that the diviner has scattered on the ground. Labels: uncountable Example: "Alectromancy, by Cooks [sic] or Pullen..." -- The Magastromancer xix, Gaule, 1652
Word: alectoromancy Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of alectryomancy. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: caracca Part of Speech: noun 1. A 16th-century Portuguese armed merchant ship. Labels: historical Example: Christopher Columbus used to glance at caraccas waiting ashore when he was a young boy.
Word: pathognomonic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek παθογνωμονικός (pathognōmonikós, “skilled in diagnosis”), from πάθος (páthos, “misfortune”) + γνωμονικός (gnōmonikós, “fit to judge of”). Pronunciation: /ˌpaθəɡnə(ʊ)ˈmɒnɪk/, /ˌpæθəɡnoʊˈmɑːnɪk/, /ˌpæθoʊnəˈmɑːnɪk/ 1. specifically characteristic or indicative of a particular disease or condition. Labels: not-comparable Example: A tetrad of rash, arthralgia, abdominal pain and kidney disease in a child is pathognomonic for Henoch-Schönlein purpura. Example: high involvement in internet-related behaviors is likely not pathognomonic for addiction and may stem from comorbid disorders (e.g., mood disorders, anxiety disorders, attention-deficit and hyperactivity disorder).
Word: evangelical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”). Pronunciation: /iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/ 1. Pertaining to the doctrines or teachings of the Christian gospel or Christianity in general. 2. Pertaining to the gospel(s) of the Christian New Testament. 3. Protestant; specifically Lutheran and Calvinist churches in continental Europe as well as their offshoots in North America. 4. Pertaining to a movement in Protestant Christianity that stresses personal conversion and the authority of the Bible (evangelicalism). Example: “They wave their Bibles at passersby, screaming their condemnations,” writes Kurt Eichenwald of evangelical Christians. 5. Pertaining to Islamic groups that are dedicated to dawah and preaching the Quran and sunnah. Example: When the mosque came under the influence of an evangelical Muslim group (Jamaati Tableegh), the formerly congenial situation changed noticeably. 6. Zealously enthusiastic.
Word: evangelical Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From evangelic + -al, from Old French evangelique, from Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”). Pronunciation: /iːvænˈd͡ʒɛlɪkəl/ 1. A member of an evangelical church. Example: Furthermore, what would otherwise be good points about the sort of selective literalism that renders homosexuality an unpardonable sin but shrugs off Sarah Palin’s biblically forbidden pearl earrings are lost in Eichenwald’s assumption that evangelicals make these decisions “with less care than they exercise in selecting side orders for lunch.” 2. An advocate of evangelicalism.
Word: gay dog Part of Speech: noun 1. A womanizer. Labels: colloquial, dated Example: You are a clown and a coward, Kirby Winter — a lousy, neurotic, mixed-up coward, and yet you go around making women believe you’re a gay dog.
Word: petioles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of petiole Labels: form-of, plural
Word: revolving loan Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of loan that is secured against a property and allows the owner to borrow and repay money at leisure. Periodic payments of at least accumulated interest are required, but the loan is fully open: it may be paid out in whole or in part at any time and, if there is still money available under the loan ceiling, the borrower may take more money for his or her use.
Word: SDA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Seventh-day Adventism, a Protestant denomination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Seventh-day Adventist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of specially denatured alcohol. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: SDA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Speed Demos Archive. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Singapore Democratic Alliance Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: EGW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of electrogas welding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: EGW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ellen Gould White: an American pioneer Seventh-day Adventist and prolific author. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: off of Part of Speech: prep Pronunciation: /ˈɒfəv/, /ˈɒfə/, /ˈɑfəv/ 1. Off; from, off from. Labels: colloquial Example: The story is based off of historical accounts. Example: Card. What, art thou lame? Simpc. I, God Almightie helpe me. Suff. How cam'st thou so? Simpc. A fall off of a Tree.
Word: suppleness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English supple Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English suppleness From supple + -ness. 1. The quality of being supple; litheness, flexibility, pliability, manageability. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Study gives strength to the mind; conversation, grace: the first apt to give stiffness, the other suppleness: one gives substance and form to the statue, the other polishes it.
Word: load shedding Part of Speech: noun 1. The process by which an electric utility cuts power to some customers in response to a shortage of available electricity. Labels: uncountable 2. The process of minimizing usage of electrical power by powering down nonessential equipment following an electrical generation failure, or to reduce the risk of an electrical fire in certain situations. Labels: uncountable Example: Based on the reported weather at Carbondale, it should have been apparent that he would need electrical power to operate his radio navigation instruments on arrival since he most probably would have to execute an instrument approach to land. Therefore, to insure that he could complete the 39-minute flight to Carbondale, all unnecessary electrical loads would have to be shed in order to have residual electrical power. In addition, there was no way the captain could determine the exact charge state of the batteries when the generators failed; therefore, even with proper load shedding procedures, the captain could not have been sure that battery power would last longer than 30 minutes. Given the two options available to the captain when the generators failed, the risks involved in continuing to Carbondale were such that this option should have been rejected summarily. Example: Early in the SR 111 investigation, it was discovered that the Swissair MD-11 in-flight entertainment network (IFEN) was connected to aircraft power in such a way that was not compatible with the emergency electrical load-shedding design philosophy of the MD-11 aircraft. The IFEN was powered from AC Bus 2, a bus that is not deactivated when the CABIN BUS switch is selected. Use of the CABIN BUS switch, which was the first item in Swissair’s Smoke/Fumes of Unknown Origin Checklist at the time of the occurrence, is intended to remove most electrical power from the aircraft cabin. 3. The postponement of payment of less important bills because of financial problems. Labels: uncountable
Word: gasometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French gazomètre, corresponding to gas + -o- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ɡæˈsɑmɪtɚ/, /ɡæˈsɒmɪtə/ 1. An apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting. Labels: historical Example: I take a mercury bottle and then an old gun barrel, draw the breech end to a convenient size to cut a thread on it so as to make a tight joint; then take a lead tube and connect one end to the muzzle of the gun barrel and the other end to the gasometer. Example: The collected air was metered through a gasometer, and the composition of every gas sample was analyzed in duplicate […] 2. A large tank or reservoir for storing gas; a gasholder. Example: The attack on the gasworks was probably the most risky, as none of the rebels had any idea of just what kind of blast an exploding gasometer might produce […]
Word: gasholder Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gas + holder. 1. A large cylindrical tank used for storing gas, especially town gas (1870s-1940s) or natural gas (1950s-present). Types include one with telescopic sections with wet seals in between and one with a nontelescoping tank and a dry seal. Example: Its first big task was in 1915, at a fire at the Southern Laundry, next to the Great Western Hotel; its last major action was in 1942, when, after an enemy air attack, it helped to save the big gasholder at Swindon Works.
Word: data table Part of Speech: noun 1. Any display of information in tabular form, with rows and/or columns named 2. A table stored in, or derived from, a database.
Word: gravimeter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gravi- + -meter. 1. An instrument used to measure local variations in the gravitational field. 2. A hydrometer.
Word: hemacytometer Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of hemocytometer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: hemocytometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) English haemo- English hemo- Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos)lbor. English cyto- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Hellenic *-tron Ancient Greek -τρον (-tron) Ancient Greek μέτρον (métron)lbor. French -mètrebor. English -meter English hemocytometer From hemo- + cyto- + -meter. Pronunciation: /ˌhiːmə(ʊ)saɪˈtɒmɪtə/, /ˌhimoʊsaɪˈtɑmɪtɚ/, /ˌhimə-/ 1. A device used to count the number of blood cells in a volume of blood. Example: And helping to record data of such exacting minuteness, Patrick felt, as he often felt in the midst of such experiments, which were essentially the counting of microbe cells with a high-tech hemocytometer, as if he were an intruder into a world that, if he descended into it for a split second, would devour him rapaciously, reducing him to mere chemicals and a throbbing current called “life.” Example: Semen volume was assessed by weight, and sperm concentration was determined using a Bürker-Türk hemocytometer (Paul Marienfeld GmbH & Co. KG, Lauda-Königshofen, Germany).
Word: listello Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian listello. 1. An architectural fillet, a tile border or listel
Word: rationalism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English rational Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English rationalism From rational + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈɹæʃ(ə)nəlɪzəm/ 1. The theory that reason is a source of knowledge independent of and superior to sense perception. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The theory that knowledge may be derived by deductions from a priori concepts (such as axioms, postulates or earlier deductions). Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A view that the fundamental method for problem solving is through reason and experience rather than faith, inspiration, revelation, intuition or authority. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The opinion opposed to mysticism in philosophy is sometimes spoken of as rationalism. Rationalism insists that all our beliefs ought ultimately to find for themselves articulate grounds. Such grounds, for rationalism, must consist of four things: (1) definitely statable abstract principles; (2) definite facts of sensation; (3) definite hypotheses based on such facts; and (4) definite inferences logically drawn. 4. Elaboration of theories by use of reason alone without appeal to experience, such as in mathematical systems. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: spreadsheet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From spread + sheet. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/, /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/ 1. A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form. Example: The program's most quintessentially Macintoshian feature, one as yet unique among spreadsheets, is its icon bar, which resides at the top of the screen just below the standard menu bar. 2. A document created with such an application. Example: A little later in this chapter, we'll run through some of the most common methods journalists use to analyze the material they gather and store in spreadsheets. Example: For example, my own entry into the world of theorycrafting happened when I took somebody’s prot paladin spreadsheet and translated it into MATLAB code. 3. A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually. Labels: dated
Word: spreadsheet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From spread + sheet. Pronunciation: /ˈspɹɛd.ʃiːt/, /ˈspɹɛd.ʃit/ 1. To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet. Labels: transitive Example: If you'd spreadsheeted the cascade charts and sorted it by each name's sphere of influence, then the people Carrie Johnstone sent the police to get constituted a big chunk of the middle third—people who “commanded” maybe four of five others—and maybe 10 percent of the top influencers.
Word: listel Part of Speech: noun 1. A narrow fillet or border.
Word: heptameter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- English meter English heptameter From hepta- + meter. 1. a line or verse containing seven metrical feet
Word: metrical feet Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of metrical foot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: heroic meter Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its use in heroic verse. 1. The dactylic hexameter.
Word: hypsometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hypso- + -meter. 1. An instrument that measures altitude indirectly by measuring the boiling point of water (which varies with atmospheric pressure).
Word: attorney-general Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of attorney general. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: private enterprise number Part of Speech: noun 1. A unique number assigned by IANA to identify objects that are defined by an enterprise. Example: Applied primarily to LDAP and X.500 directories in locally-defined schema and in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and related standards.
Word: attorneys general Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of attorney general Labels: form-of, plural
Word: inclinometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin inclīnāre Old French enclinerbor. Middle English enclinen English incline Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English inclinometer From incline + -o- + -meter. 1. An instrument that displays the angle of an aircraft relative to the horizon. 2. An instrument that measures magnetic dip; a dip circle. 3. A surveying instrument that measures angles of inclination or elevation; a clinometer. Example: For the ground, that means using three primary types of equipment: ■ Extensometers to look for ground heave - the upwards movement of soil, which can occur at any stage. It is essentially the opposite of erosion and is often associated with clay-type soils which swell when wet. ■ Inclinometers, which measure slope movements. ■ Piezometers to measure water levels.
Word: sibilation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”). 1. A hissing sound. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation. Example: The exact labial sibilation denoted by f, and the soft sibilation z are unknown in Sanskrit.
Word: kilogram-meter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of kilogram-metre. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lairy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Variation of leery, originally Cockney slang. Pronunciation: /ˈlɛəɹi/ 1. Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk. Labels: UK Example: Don't get lairy with me! Example: There's always been a weird duality at the heart of New Order: the fact that three druggy, lairy Mancs and the drummer's girlfriend can craft music of such awesome emotive power as to make grown neds weep.
Word: lairy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Thought to be from leery (“knowing, streetwise”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛəɹi/ 1. Vulgar and flashy. Labels: Australia Example: 1983, National Book Council (Australia), Australian Book Review, Issues 48-57, page 29, He was lairy alright, resplendent in a purple blazer and pink trousers. Example: They had no wedding party, only an Australian couple in their sixties, the woman in a great deal of pancake and blusher and a lairy fur jacket. 2. Socially unacceptable. Labels: Australia
Word: lairiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derived from lairy. 1. A vulgar and flashy person. Labels: Australia, colloquial, slang
Word: ringent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Latin ringens, from the verb ringi (“to open wide”). 1. Having the semblance of lips parted wide, such as may be observed in certain flowers. Example: Ringent pools of gas kept erupting in oily eyes on the surface.
Word: lactometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English lact- Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English lactometer From lact- + -o- + -meter. 1. A device that estimates the cream content of milk by measuring its specific gravity. Example: The lactometer is employed in detecting the adulteration of milk with water; […]
Word: light meter Part of Speech: noun 1. An exposure meter 2. Any of various devices that measure some property of light
Word: verbal constipation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with verbal diarrhoea. 1. Difficulty in expressing in words what one wants to say, especially if one has much to say. Labels: uncountable
Word: wb Part of Speech: phrase 1. Initialism of welcome back. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of write back. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: generators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of generator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hinnies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hinny Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of hinnie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hinnies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of hinny Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: egesta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ēgesta (“discharged [matter etc.]”), plural of Latin ēgestum (“[that which is] discharged”), an adjectivization of the perfect passive participle of Latin to discharge; to carry out. 1. The waste which is carried out from a cell or an organism; the result of egestion; excrement Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: take a gander Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First recorded in 1887, based on craning the neck like a goose. 1. To take a look; to check or examine. Labels: idiomatic Example: They all went downtown to take a gander at the new shops that had opened there.
Word: stick out Part of Speech: verb 1. To protrude. Labels: transitive Example: He stuck out his tongue at me. 2. To protrude; to extend beyond. Labels: intransitive Example: His tongue was sticking out. Example: I can fit the pipe in my car, but one end will stick out from the back. 3. To be prominent, noticeable, or obtrusive. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: The one red wall really sticks out among all the creamy ones. Example: I really wasn't caring, but I felt my eyes staring / At a guy who stuck out in the crowd / He had the kind of body that would shame Adonis / And a face that would make any man proud 4. To persist until the end; stick it out.
Word: relishes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of relish Labels: form-of, plural
Word: relishes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of relish Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: derm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”). Doublet of derma. Pronunciation: /dɜːm/, /dɝm/ 1. Animal skin. Labels: dated 2. Synonym of dermis.
Word: derm Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /dɜːm/, /dɝm/ 1. Clipping of dermatologist. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, slang
Word: derm Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans derm (“intestine”), related to Dutch darm (“intestine”). Doublet of tharm. Pronunciation: /dɜːm/, /dɝm/ 1. Guts, entrails. Labels: South-Africa, plural-normally, slang Example: What are you going to do with the fish derms? Example: I don't like eating the derms of any animal.
Word: mucks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of muck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mucks Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of muck Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: cineritious Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin cinericius. 1. Cinereous. Example: Its outer portion is composed exclusively of the white or fibrous neurine, and its interior contains a considerable portion of the cineritious or pulpy neurine, called sometimes the nucleus of the spinal marrow. 2. Related to the cinerea.
Word: tuck in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See tuck (1). 1. To pull the blankets or duvet up over (someone in bed); to put (someone) to bed. Labels: transitive Example: She tucked in her young son and turned out the light. 2. To pull the blankets or duvet up over oneself; to get in bed. Labels: intransitive Example: Life on the island feels great! When the sun rises, I wakey-wakey, and when it sets, I tuck in fer snoozer-time! Perfect fer a simple bloke like me, right? Example: Always my man, always. Have a peaceful night when you tuck in. 3. To push (the fabric at the bottom of a shirt) under the pants. Labels: transitive 4. To acquire something tiny 5. To score from with a casual motion Labels: transitive Example: And although Steven Fletcher cut the deficit for Wolves, tucking in Stephen Hunt's cross, the home side held on. 6. To place in a small space. Example: "Tuck it in that corner." Example: Since then we have had the opportunity to travel in them and were much impressed by the internal styling and comfort of the seating (with the minor exception of the single seats which have been tucked in longitudinally alongside some of the entrance vestibules and which are so cramped that only the slimmest of female figures could be comfortable in them; the space they occupy would have been better utilised to increase standing room).
Word: tuck in Part of Speech: verb Etymology: See tuck (4). 1. To eat heartily. Labels: intransitive Example: Tuck in, before the food goes cold. Example: Still, he tucked in handsomely to bacon and tomato on fried bread, felicitating himself on the considered wisdom of his arrival in the character of guest to Bradly.
Word: pilings Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪlɪŋz/ 1. plural of piling Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maracas Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maraca Labels: form-of, plural
Word: crank up Part of Speech: verb 1. To start something mechanical, an act that often used to involve cranking. Example: Let's crank up the old motorcycle and take it for a spin. 2. To muster up the mental energy to do something. Labels: idiomatic, reflexive Example: I kept thinking: this has nothing to do with my interests, with what I believe is a desirable subject for literature. I was doing it as a performance. I kept cranking myself up to perform, to meet the demands of the genre. I know this sounds terribly inartistic. 3. To prepare (something). Labels: idiomatic, slang 4. To increase, as the volume, power or energy of something. Labels: idiomatic Example: He cranked up the volume to 11. Example: And it was not until Ryan Shawcross's towering header was cleared off the line by Danny Murphy on the stroke of half-time that Stoke started to crank up the pressure and suggest they were capable of getting back into the match. 5. To describe in praiseworthy terms; to promote. Example: Was the great machine ever what it was cranked up to be? Example: Let's hope your ol' buddy Majors is all he's cranked up to be, for we're about to introduce him to what you yanks refer to as hard ball. 6. To inject heroin. Labels: intransitive, slang