nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: savviness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English savvy 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 savviness From savvy + -ness. 1. Shrewdness; common sense Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: savvinesses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of savviness Labels: form-of, plural
Word: at-bats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of at-bat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: aluminise Part of Speech: verb 1. To coat with a layer of aluminium. Labels: transitive Example: They would aluminise the glass in order to provide electrical conductivity.
Word: aluminize Part of Speech: verb 1. US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminise.
Word: SPUI Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of single-point urban interchange. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: anodise Part of Speech: verb 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of anodize. Labels: UK, alt-of, nonstandard
Word: third wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A person or thing that serves no useful purpose. Labels: idiomatic 2. A third party, usually unwanted, accompanying two people on a date. Labels: idiomatic 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, wheel.
Word: third wheel Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative form of third-wheel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: single-point urban interchange Part of Speech: noun 1. An interchange between a highway (free-flowing) and a street (with traffic signals) which allows traffic to proceed from either direction on each road to either direction on the other, and which is governed by only one set of traffic signals.
Word: aluminizes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aluminize Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: aluminizing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aluminize Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: yeppers Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Etymology tree English yep English -er English -ers English yeppers From yep + -ers. Pronunciation: /ˈjɛpəz/, /ˈjɛpɚz/ 1. Yes. Labels: informal Example: “Life among the stars. Pretty amazing stuff, huh, captain?” “Yeppers, boss.”
Word: aluminized Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aluminize Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: aluminized Part of Speech: adj 1. US, Canada, and Oxford British English standard spelling of aluminised. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aluminises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of aluminise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: flutterby Part of Speech: noun 1. Spoonerism of butterfly Labels: Northumbria, childish
Word: aluminising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of aluminise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: aluminised Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the property of being coated with aluminium. Labels: not-comparable
Word: aluminised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of aluminise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anodises Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of anodise Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: anodising Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of anodise Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: anodised Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of anodise Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: anodised Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of anodized. Labels: UK, alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Metalwork is either silver or gold anodised aluminium, the latter being used experimentally in one of the six schemes.
Word: flutterbies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flutterby Labels: form-of, plural
Word: shake and bake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the brand name Shake 'n Bake, a powdered seasoning, so called because one could put it in a plastic bag with meat, then easily season the meat by shaking. 1. Something fast, or easy to use or perform; a simple, crude object or action. Labels: informal Example: Yet, until the last few decades of the twentieth century, the approach that Levi describes, which chemists like to call ‘shake and bake’, was often the best they could do. 2. A non-commissioned officer with little experience, qualified through a special course. Labels: US, historical, slang
Word: shake and bake Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From the brand name Shake 'n Bake, a powdered seasoning, so called because one could put it in a plastic bag with meat, then easily season the meat by shaking. 1. Crude, unsophisticated; not professionally done, improvised. Labels: informal
Word: calzoni Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of calzone. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: We cannot claim to have entirely duplicated her calzoni, but we have made an earnest effort and are particularly proud of the result.
Word: calzoni Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of calzone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonenforceable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + enforceable. 1. Not enforceable; not able to be enforced; unenforcible. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: This amendment was merely a recognition of the nonenforceable nature of the Criminal Code as it existed.
Word: dysdiadochokinesia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek δυσ- (dus-) + διάδοχος (diádokhos) + κίνησις (kínēsis) + -ία (-ía). 1. A neurological sign where a person has difficulty performing rapid, alternating movements, usually indicating cerebellar dysfunction. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: nonwhite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English nonwhite From non- + white. 1. Not white in color. Labels: not-comparable 2. Not belonging to the white race. Labels: not-comparable Example: By 2016, however, a divide that started appearing in the preceding few years came into full relief—that year, 29% of nonwhite liberals (28% of nonwhite Democrats) and 38% of Black liberals (34% of Black Democrats), disagreed that “Blacks should work their way up without special favors.”
Word: nonwhite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *ḱweyt- Proto-Germanic *hwītaz Proto-West Germanic *hwīt Old English hwīt Middle English whit English white English nonwhite From non- + white. 1. A person who is not white. Example: “It’s already clear that the 2020 electorate will be unique in several ways. Nonwhites will account for a third of eligible voters — their largest share ever — driven by long-term increases among certain groups, especially Hispanics,” according to a Pew Research report. Example: That said, and as I reiterate and elaborate on later below, there is nothing in this dissertation’s theory that precludes similar post-Floyd shifts in the racial attitudes of nonwhites. I leave it up to future research, though, to tackle this question.
Word: nonwhites Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nonwhite Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nummular Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin nummulus (“(small amount of) money”) + English -ar (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of, pertaining to, or near’). Nummulus is the diminutive of nummus (“a coin; piece of money”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix); while nummus is from Doric Greek νοῦμμος (noûmmos), from Ancient Greek νόμος (nómos, “kind of coin”), from νέμω (némō, “to deal out, dispense, distribute”) (from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to distribute; to give; to take”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns). Pronunciation: /ˈnʌmjʊlə/, /ˈnʌmjʊlɚ/ 1. Of or relating to coins or money. Labels: obsolete, rare 2. Flattened with a rounded form, as a disc; coin-shaped. Labels: broadly 3. Flattened with a rounded form, as a disc; coin-shaped. Labels: broadly, obsolete Example: NUMMULAR […] An epithet applied to the sputa in phthisis, when they flatten at the bottom of the vessel, like a piece of money.
Word: nudum pactum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin nūdum, the neuter form of nūdus (“nude, bare”) + pāctum (“bargain, agreement”). 1. In common law, a promise that is not legally enforceable due to lack of consideration.
Word: opiums Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opium Labels: form-of, plural
Word: zoolatry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French zoolâtrie, New Latin zoolatria, from zoo- + -latry. Pronunciation: /zoʊˈɑlətɹi/, /zuˈɑlətɹi/, /zəʊˈɒlətɹi/, /zuːˈɒlətɹi/ 1. The worship of animals. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: our souls in infancy are scarred with ancient fears as of big eyes, teeth, fur. This stratum is one of the very richest layers in paleopsychic development, and its outcrops in the many varied zoolatries of savage life[…] [illustrate] the way in which the stages of a child’s development repeat those through which the race has passed. Example: Excessive zoolatry and heka practices had always been fundamental aspects of Egyptian religion and lifestyles, but from about the Late Period (c. 747 BC), they increasingly became tinged with fundamentalism and fanaticism.
Word: opia Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of hupia. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: Heat burned in my cheeks, for I had kissed the opia quite passionately before I realized he was the spirit of a dead ancestor.
Word: opia Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of opium Labels: form-of, plural, plural-only, rare
Word: Judæa Part of Speech: name 1. Archaic spelling of Judea. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: If we consider his immense reputation for Hebrew learning, the atrocity of his character, and the strange machinations he set on foot, we may not unreasonably conjecture that the apocrypha of the School of Auditors were a fraud organized by Rabbi Akiba, the standard‐bearer of the anti‐Christ Bar‐Cochab in that fatal war which destroyed 50 cities, 980 villages, and 580000 souls, in Judæa. Example: `The Romans burnt it, and the Roman eagles flew across its ruins, and now Judæa is a desert.'
Word: Phœnician Part of Speech: adj 1. Archaic spelling of Phoenician. Labels: alt-of, archaic, not-comparable Example: 1833, Joaquín Lorenzo Villanueva, Phœnician Ireland. Example: "What diverts me the most," continued Sir George, " is, Ulysses being always called 'the much enduring man.' After all his ten years of wandering are past, pleasantly enough, the greater portion of them being spent with Circe and Calypso—to be sure, it was rather tiresome staying so long with the last—how he must have enjoyed his flirtation with the Phœnician princess!"
Word: Phœnician Part of Speech: noun 1. Archaic spelling of Phoenician. Labels: alt-of, archaic Example: Plutarch, and others ascribe its introduction to the West to Cadmus—a Phœnician who founded Thebes, B.C. 1500.
Word: Phœnicians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Phœnician Labels: form-of, plural Example: The Hiſtory of the Phœnicians.
Word: limbal Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmbl̩/ 1. Of or pertaining to a limbus Labels: not-comparable
Word: limbus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English limbus, from Latin limbus (“edge, border”). 1. A border of an anatomical part, such as the edge of the cornea.
Word: misomaniac Part of Speech: noun 1. A person who shows symptoms of misomania (hating everything). Labels: rare
Word: misomaniacal Part of Speech: adj 1. Having the tendencies of misomania.
Word: unenforcible 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 enforcible English unenforcible From un- + enforcible. 1. Not enforceable; not able to be enforced.
Word: shotgun pleading Part of Speech: noun 1. A legal complaint or an answer to a complaint which sets forth an excessive number of facts with no clear organization, and then asserts that those facts describe a cause of action or a defense.
Word: shotgun pleadings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of shotgun pleading Labels: form-of, plural
Word: genuine issues of material fact Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of genuine issue of material fact Labels: form-of, plural
Word: summary judgment Part of Speech: noun 1. The determination by a court that no factual issues are in dispute, and that the legal issues require the case to be decided in favor of one party or the other. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: summary judgments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of summary judgment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: splittist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From split + -ist, as a translation of the Chinese terms 分裂 (fēnliè) and 分裂主義分子／分裂主义分子. 1. Favoring a split or separation from the Party or the nation. Labels: China, Marxism, derogatory, not-comparable Example: The Politburo had already met on 1 April to agree that the Nanking incident had been splittist and supportive of Teng Hsiao-p'ing.
Word: splittist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From split + -ist, as a translation of the Chinese terms 分裂 (fēnliè) and 分裂主義分子／分裂主义分子. 1. A separatist. Labels: China, derogatory Example: Our Party and the Government of the Republic have till now done all they can to check and frustrate the colonial enslavement policy of US imperialism towards Korea and the nation-splitting manoeuvres of the domestic and foreign splittists and achieve the independent, peaceful reunification of the country. Example: "Trouble. I'll tell you frankly, little Han, we have a lot of splittists here. You know what I mean by a splittist?" ¶ "Of course. People who want to split the Motherland."
Word: move heaven and earth Part of Speech: verb 1. To do whatever is necessary, including extreme or unusual actions; to go to extremes. Labels: idiomatic Example: He would move heaven and earth to make sure his family is healthy. Example: Our policy reflects too little of this. The official line is enduring commitment, and promises to move heaven and earth for those most in danger. But in practice Afghanistan is being swept under the carpet.
Word: splittists Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of splittist Labels: form-of, plural
Word: colonitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English colon Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis)lbor. New Latin -itisder. English -itis English colonitis From colon + -itis. 1. Colitis. Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: alphabetisation Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Semitic *ʔalp- Phoenician 𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)bor. Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha) Proto-Semitic *bayt- Phoenician 𐤁𐤕 (bt)bor. Ancient Greek βῆτᾰ (bêtă) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Hellenic *-os Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)der. Classical Latin alphabētumbor. Middle English alphabete English alphabet English -ise English alphabetise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English alphabetisation From alphabetise + -ation. 1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of alphabetization. Labels: UK, alt-of, countable, nonstandard, uncountable
Word: caporal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian caporalebor. French caporalbor. English caporal Borrowed from French caporal. 1. A type of shag tobacco. Labels: uncountable Example: [T]he seats were uncomfortable, the place was crowded, the air thick with caporal horrible to breathe, but in their young enthusiasm they were indifferent. Example: She had been sitting there for nearly an hour and a half, and during that time she had drunk two glasses of black coffee, smoked six caporal cigarettes and read the week's Candide.
Word: caporal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Italian caporalebor. Spanish caporalbor. English caporal Borrowed from Spanish caporal. 1. A foreman or overseer. Labels: Latin-America
Word: tabescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin tabescens, present participle of tabescere. 1. Wasting away, or becoming emaciated. Example: He is weak and stinking, tabescent, at the far edge of hope.
Word: langouste Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French langouste. Doublet of locust. 1. The spiny lobster
Word: tartuffe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French tartuffe, from the protagonist Tartuffe (from Italian tartufo (“truffle”)) in the play of the same name by Molière. Doublet of tartufo. Pronunciation: /tɑɹˈtuːf/, /tɑɹˈtʊf/ 1. A religious hypocrite.
Word: camerate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin camerātus, perfect passive participle of camerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. To build in the form of a vault; to arch over. Labels: transitive 2. To divide into chambers. Labels: transitive
Word: camerate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin camerātus, perfect passive participle of camerō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Divided into chambers Labels: not-comparable
Word: ad rem Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad rem (“pertinent, relevant”), from ad (“to”) + rem, accusative of res (“matter”). 1. Pertinent; relevant. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ad rem Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ad rem (“pertinent, relevant”), from ad (“to”) + rem, accusative of res (“matter”). 1. Pertinently; to the purpose. Labels: not-comparable Example: To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?
Word: afterwit Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep(o)teros Proto-Germanic *after Old English æfter Middle English after English after ▲ Old English æfter Old English æfter- Middle English after- English after- English wit English afterwit From after- + wit. 1. Wisdom which comes after the event. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: After wits are dearely bought, / Let thy fore-wit guide thy thought. Example: 1692, Roger L’Estrange (translator), Fables of Æsop, London: R. Sare et al., Fable 162, “A Nightingale and a Bat,” There’s No Recalling of what’s Gone and Past; so that After-Wit comes too Late when the Mischief is Done. 2. The lack of forethought. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A good comeback, retort one thinks of only after the end of discussion or after leaving a social gathering. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fruit-bearing Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English *fruit-berende, *fruit-berand (found in compounds: olife froite berand, oliue fruitberand), equivalent to fruit + bearing. Compare Old English wæstmbǣre (literally “fruit-bearing”). 1. The act or process of bearing or producing fruit. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: fruit-bearing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English *fruit-berende, *fruit-berand (found in compounds: olife froite berand, oliue fruitberand), equivalent to fruit + bearing. Compare Old English wæstmbǣre (literally “fruit-bearing”). 1. Of a species of tree, a specific tree, a branch, etc., bearing fruit. Labels: not-comparable 2. Productive, rewarding, or beneficial. Labels: broadly, figuratively, not-comparable
Word: boyuvke Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Russian "boy", combat, battle; hence, Yiddish "boyuvke", combat unit, commando. e.g. The last decade of the 19th century in Babruysk was characterized by pogroms as a result of the assassination of the Russian emperor Alexander II. However, most of the attacks were repelled by self-organized Jewish armed units called boyuvkes. 1. A Jewish armed self-defence unit during the first Russian revolution
Word: hither and thither Part of Speech: adv Etymology: The adverb is derived from hither + and + thither. The verb is derived from the phrase “to come hither and go thither”. Pronunciation: /ˌhɪðəɹ‿n̩ ˈðɪðə/, /-ˈθɪðə/, /ˌhɪðɚ‿n̩ ˈðɪðɚ/, /-ˈθɪðɚ/ 1. To here and to there, one place after another; in different directions. Labels: not-comparable Example: All alter, nothing finally decayes: / Hether and thether ſtill the Spirit ſtrayes; / Gueſt to all Bodies: out of beaſts it flyes / To men, from men to beaſts; and neuer dyes. Example: Noailles, Cogny and Company hang well back upon the Hill regions, and strong posts which are not yet menaced; or fly vaguely, more or less distractedly, hither and thither; not in the least like fighting Karl, much less like beating him. 2. In a disorderly manner. Labels: figuratively, not-comparable Example: Presently, men were running hither and thither in all ways. The artillery booming, forward, rearward, and on the flanks made jumble of ideas of direction. Example: It was fortunate that I was not holding a tea cup as she spoke, for hearing Sir Roderick thus addressed I gave another of my sudden starts and, had I had such a cup in my hand, must have strewn its contents hither and thither like a sower going forth sowing. As it was, I merely sent a cucumber sandwich flying through the air.
Word: hither and thither Part of Speech: verb Etymology: The adverb is derived from hither + and + thither. The verb is derived from the phrase “to come hither and go thither”. Pronunciation: /ˌhɪðəɹ‿n̩ ˈðɪðə/, /-ˈθɪðə/, /ˌhɪðɚ‿n̩ ˈðɪðɚ/, /-ˈθɪðɚ/ 1. To move here and then there; to move in different directions. Labels: archaic, intransitive Example: I have been too long waiting for certainties; hithering''' and thithering being a condition under which I find it almost impossible to write, or indeed to do anything except fret myself to fiddlestrings. Example: Mr. C. [i.e., Thomas Carlyle] always hithers and thithers in a weary interminable way, before he can make up his mind what he would like most to do.
Word: cribriform Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin cribrum (“sieve”) + -form. 1. Perforated, as in the manner of a sieve. Example: the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress Example: "To conclude this portion of our investigation therefore," cried Barbican, clearing his throat, and occupying Aldan's right ear,—"the Moon's surface is a honey combed, perforated, punctured—" "A fistulous, a rugose, salebrous,—" cut in the Captain, close on the left. —"And highly cribriform superficies—" cried Barbican. —"A sieve, a riddle, a colander—" shouted the Captain.
Word: boyuvkes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of boyuvke Labels: form-of, plural
Word: free-flowing Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free English flowing English free-flowing From free + flowing. 1. Moving freely. Example: a free-flowing river Example: free-flowing traffic
Word: miasm Part of Speech: noun 1. An unhealthy vapor or atmosphere; a miasma. 2. A predisposition to a particular disease, which interferes with subsequent treatment of it.
Word: BVDs Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the initials of an early manufacturer: Bradley, Voorhees & Day (founded 1876). 1. Underpants; usually, men's underpants. Labels: informal, initialism, plural, plural-only Example: The dealers apparently got a big inventory and since the war all nobody seems to be buying pajamas. Learned to sleep in their ‘BVDs’ during the war years in the armed services all these young men did. Example: Thus, the light switched on, there was Einhorn in his BVDs, wasted arms freckled, grizzled hair afly from his face that was inclined to flatness, the shrewd curved nose and clipped mustache.
Word: cardinal-nephew Part of Speech: noun 1. Any cardinal created by the nepotism of a Pope
Word: cardinal nephew Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of cardinal-nephew. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: optical art Part of Speech: noun 1. Op art. Labels: uncountable
Word: MRP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of machine-readable passport. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of mature roleplay. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of manufacturer's recommended price. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of multilevel regression and poststratification (“a technique for estimating public opinion within a specific subgroup”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: MRP stands for Multilevel Regression Post-stratification. 5. Initialism of Master in Regional Planning. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of material requirements planning (a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the use of components and other materials in a manufacturing operation). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of manufacturing resource planning (a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the full range of resources required for a manufacturing operation, sometimes called MRP II). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: MRP II Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of manufacturing resource planning, a type of application software system used to schedule and monitor the full range of resources required for a manufacturing operation. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: applications program Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of application program. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Dehn surgery Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Max Dehn. 1. The removal of a solid torus from a 3-dimensional manifold, followed by its being replaced via a homeomorphism of its boundary. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The same, but with the manifold in question being the 3-dimensional sphere. Labels: countable, specifically, uncountable
Word: solid torus Part of Speech: noun 1. The topological space that is a Cartesian product of the two-dimensional disk and the circle. 2. The standard representation of that topological space within Euclidean 3-dimensional space.
Word: Euler method Part of Speech: name 1. A method for numerically approximating the solution to an ordinary differential equation with a given initial value.
Word: incompressible Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From in- + compressible. Compare French incompressible. 1. Not compressible. Labels: not-comparable Example: As water [trapped in the cylinders] is incompressible, a momentary leap in [steam] pressure is liable to occur in starting; […]. 2. Having a divergence equal to zero. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Euler Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Euler. Pronunciation: /ˈɔɪlə/, /ˈjuːlə/, /ˈɔɪləɹ/, /ˈjuːləɹ/ 1. A surname. 2. A surname.
Word: bionecrosis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English necrosis English bionecrosis From bio- + necrosis. 1. necrobiosis
Word: bionecroses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bionecrosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: necrobioses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of necrobiosis Labels: form-of, plural
Word: picklock Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pick + lock. 1. A device designed to pick locks. Example: Marry, sir, he hath offended the law; and, sir, we take him to be a thief too, sir, for we have found upon him, sir, a strange picklock, which we have sent to the deputy. 2. One who picks locks; a thief. Example: 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery a picklock of secrets
Word: exoduses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of exodus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exoduses Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of exodus Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: picklocks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of picklock Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hell for leather Part of Speech: adv 1. Less common form of hell-for-leather Labels: form-of, not-comparable, uncommon Example: A few minutes later I was driving hell for leather to Parel, some six miles out of Bombay, where Colonel Liston was in charge of the government laboratory. Example: It was one of the pleasures of the country to be able to ride hell for leather in the early morning... .
Word: Pareto distribution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Vilfredo Pareto. 1. A probability distribution such that for a random variable X with that distribution holds that the probability that X is greater than some number x is given by 2. A probability distribution such that for a random variable X with that distribution holds that the probability that X is greater than some number x is given by Pr (X>x)=(x/(x_m))⁻ᵏ for all x ≥ xₘ, where xₘ is the (necessarily positive) minimum possible value of X, and k is a positive parameter. 3. A probability distribution such that for a random variable X with that distribution holds that the probability that X is greater than some number x is given by Pr (X>x)=(x/(x_m))⁻ᵏ for all x ≥ xₘ, where xₘ is the (necessarily positive) minimum possible value of X, and k is a positive parameter.
Word: application software Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of computer programs that work together to solve a particular problem or to be used for a particular user-defined application. Labels: uncountable
Word: applications software Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of application software. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: BCF Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of bromochlorodifluoromethane. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: Salafi Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سَلَف (salaf) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic سَلَفِيّ (salafiyy)bor. English Salafi Borrowed from Arabic سَلَفِيّ (salafiyy). 1. Of or pertaining to Salafism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: Salafi Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Arabic سَلَف (salaf) Proto-Afroasiatic Proto-Semitic Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy) Arabic سَلَفِيّ (salafiyy)bor. English Salafi Borrowed from Arabic سَلَفِيّ (salafiyy). 1. An adherent of Salafism. Example: Many Salafis are not violent; most are actually apolitical.
Word: Salafism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Salafi + -ism or salaf + -ism. 1. A movement comparing itself to Sunni Islam, claiming to taking the pious ancestors, the salaf of the patristic period of early Islam, as exemplary models. Labels: uncountable
Word: shash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: See sash. Pronunciation: /ʃæʃ/ 1. The scarf of a turban. Labels: obsolete Example: So much for the ſilk in Judea called Sheſh in Hebrevv, vvhence haply, that fine linen or ſilk is called Shaſhes vvorn at this day about the heads of eaſtern people. 2. A sash. Labels: obsolete
Word: shash Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Imitative? Pronunciation: /ʃæʃ/ 1. Synonym of snow (“random pattern of dots when there is no signal”). Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: Even productions designed for office or home video viewing usually need a title sequence to mark off the empty tape, hiss and shash from the prepared recording […] Example: No one sees shash now, but it was naked television. Shash was the term for those black-and-burst patterns that danced across the screen when there was nothing being broadcast.
Word: shash Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Imitative? Pronunciation: /ʃæʃ/ 1. To produce white noise. Labels: intransitive, obsolete, rare Example: The machine shashed and crackled, broadcasting silence. Urgently the man repeated, 'Shearwater, Shearwater, Shearwater. This is Brewmarine. Keith speaking. Over. Over.' More shashing, more silence.
Word: gah Part of Speech: intj 1. Expressing exasperation or annoyance. Example: “And stop calling it soccerball! gah! do any of the tickets say soccerball? no!”
Word: semi-easy chair Part of Speech: noun 1. A chair that is designed to be partially like an easy chair. Example: Her room contains a bed which is a divan by day, a chest-of-drawers, a concealed washbasin, a table or desk, a semi-easy chair, and one ordinary chair. Example: Most of the furniture belonged to a maplewood "set": two day beds, a night table, two boyishly small, knee-cramping desks, two chiffoniers, two semi-easy chairs.
Word: itinerant worker Part of Speech: noun 1. A temporary worker, particularly for exhausting manual labor. Labels: California, Southern, colloquial 2. One who maintains no permanent residence, one who is homeless Labels: US
Word: simply connected Part of Speech: adj 1. Having its fundamental group a singleton. Labels: not-comparable
Word: simple connectivity Part of Speech: noun 1. The state of being simply connected. Labels: uncountable
Word: simple connectedness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From simply connected + -ness. 1. The state of being simply connected. Labels: uncountable
Word: Proto-Oceanic Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *per-der.? Proto-Indo-European *pér Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *próder. Ancient Greek πρό (pró) Ancient Greek -ᾰτος (-ătos) Ancient Greek πρῶτος (prôtos) Ancient Greek πρωτο- (prōto-)lbor. English proto- English Oceanic English Proto-Oceanic From proto- + Oceanic. 1. A proposed common ancestor of the group of Oceanic languages.
Word: Common Oceanian Part of Speech: name 1. Proto-Oceanic language.
Word: you are welcome Part of Speech: phrase 1. Alternative form of you're welcome. Labels: alt-of, alternative, formal Example: She reached out and handed me a steaming bowl of porridge. / “Thank you!” / Her eyes smiled back at me. “You are welcome.” 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see you, are, welcome. Example: You are welcome, most noble Sorceress, to the land of the Munchkins.
Word: levirate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lēvir (“husband's brother, brother-in-law”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvɪɹət/ 1. Having to do with one's husband's brother. Labels: not-comparable
Word: levirate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin lēvir (“husband's brother, brother-in-law”) + -ate (adjective-forming suffix), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”). Pronunciation: /ˈlɛvɪɹət/ 1. A marriage between a widow and her deceased husband's brother or, sometimes, heir. Labels: countable 2. The institution of levirate marriage. Example: And it is, he says, impossible not to believe that the Levirate—that is, the practice of marrying a dead brother's widow—is derived from polyandry. Example: It is only a secondary purpose of the levirate that the property of the deceased passes on to the one who is heir to his name, and is probably a later accretion.
Word: bus station Part of Speech: noun 1. A major bus stop, one that serves as a transfer point between a large number of routes. Example: In the bus station the father handed me five dollars and pointed me to the lunch counter. "Get yourself something to eat." He went into the men's room... . Example: We're in my car heading toward the bus station to get to New York.
Word: natural monopoly Part of Speech: noun 1. Control over the market for a product which occurs when a firm gains large benefit from economies of scale, or from a superior business model or product, and is thus able to produce a very large percentage of the total market demand for a given product and unintentionally exclude meaningful competition via price structures.
Word: proposita Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From propositus (“male proband”) + -a. Pronunciation: /prəʊˈpɒzɪtə/, /prəˈpɒzɪtə/, /proʊˈpɑzətə/, [proʊˈpɑzəɾə] 1. The first identified female case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case. Example: The proposita was an elderly woman who passed on the disorder to three of her four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren.
Word: propositus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prōpositus. Pronunciation: /prəʊˈpɒzɪtəs/, /prəˈpɒzɪtəs/, /proʊˈpɑzətəs/, /prəˈpɑzətəs/, [-ɾəs] 1. The first identified male case of an inherited disease in a family; the proband or index case. Example: The propositus was an elderly man who passed on the disorder to three of his four children and 9 of 14 grandchildren.
Word: herp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Back-formation from herpetology, or via simplification of herptile. 1. A reptile or amphibian. Labels: colloquial
Word: herp Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening. 1. Herpes. Labels: colloquial, uncountable
Word: Chic Part of Speech: name 1. A diminutive of the male given name Charles.
Word: pron Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of pronoun. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of pronunciation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Filter-avoidance spelling of porn. Labels: Internet, Leet, countable, uncountable
Word: wilful ignorance Part of Speech: noun 1. A decision in bad faith to avoid becoming informed about something so as to avoid having to make undesirable decisions that such information might prompt. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable
Word: spectator sports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of spectator sport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: spectator sport Part of Speech: noun 1. A sporting activity which has a relatively high ratio of watchers to direct participants. Example: Today harness racing is a $430 million-a-year business, the fastest-growing spectator sport in the U.S. 2. Something, especially a process or activity, which is a popular object of observation; an activity which a person prefers to watch rather than to participate in. Labels: idiomatic Example: Politics for me was strictly a spectator sport. Example: The singer Britney Spears, whose descent into a personal abyss has become a ghoulish worldwide spectator sport, yesterday left a Los Angeles hospital. 3. An activity which consists of watching or observing. Labels: idiomatic Example: Thompson, who's the digest's publisher, says bird watching is a hobby, a pastime and a spectator sport that can be enjoyed anywhere. Example: Rubbernecking is only a spectator sport.
Word: amusement parks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of amusement park Labels: form-of, plural
Word: regnant Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English regnant, reignant, from Middle French regnant, régnant, and its source, Latin rēgnāns, the present participle of regnāre. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡnənt/ 1. Reigning, ruling; currently holding power. Labels: not-comparable Example: The people are now the State, their will is the regnant will, and that will has this characteristic — it loves principles, it hates compromises; and the principles it loves must be regulative, fit to be applied to the work and guidance of life. 2. Dominant; holding sway; having particular power or influence. Labels: not-comparable Example: The doors of his temples were kept open in time of war, the time in which the ideas of contradiction and conflict are most naturally regnant. 3. of a monarch, ruling in one's own right; often contrasted with consort and dowager Labels: not-comparable, postpositional Example: Queen Elizabeth II reigned as queen regnant, unlike her mother Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Word: regnant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English regnant, reignant, from Middle French regnant, régnant, and its source, Latin rēgnāns, the present participle of regnāre. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛɡnənt/ 1. A sovereign or ruler. Labels: obsolete Example: Here are two sovereigns in the land, a regnant and a claimant—that is enough of one good thing—but if any one wants more, he may find a king in every peel-house in the country; so if we lack government, it is not for lack of governors—[…]
Word: sexualistic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English sexual Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -istic English sexualistic From sexual + -istic. 1. Of or pertaining to sexuality. Example: This solution is based upon the unmistakable sexualistic symbolism of the language of the unconscious, and upon the concretistic interpretation of the same.
Word: natural monopolies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of natural monopoly Labels: form-of, plural
Word: economies of scale Part of Speech: noun 1. The characteristics of a production process in which an increase in the scale of the firm causes a decrease in the long run average cost of each unit. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: When plant size increased from 400 heavy young hens per hour to about 1,500 per hour average costs per pound declined from 6.6 to 5.4 cents per pound. While these costs suggested the existence of economies of scale in processing, they did not provide a standardized measure of the exact nature and extent of potential cost savings. Example: In the 1930s, Brandeis argued that large companies would inevitably exploit their workers, convert their profits into political influence, and corrode both the market and the machinations of government. But the Reagan administration and subsequent lawmakers have allowed vertical and horizontal integration on the theory that economies of scale often benefit both employees and consumers.
Word: stich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “line, row, verse”). Akin to στείχω (steíkhō, “I go”). Pronunciation: /stɪk/ 1. A verse, of whatever measure or number of feet, especially a verse of Scripture. Labels: obsolete 2. A part of a line of poetry, especially in the distichal poetry of the Hebrew Bible and in early Germanic heroic verse such as Beowulf, where the line is composed of two (occasionally three) such parts. 3. A row, line, or rank of trees. Labels: obsolete
Word: stich Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of stitch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Misspelling of stitch. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: stich Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of stitch. Labels: alt-of, obsolete 2. Misspelling of stitch. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: smokings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of smoking Labels: form-of, plural
Word: snap inhale Part of Speech: noun 1. A smoking trick where one takes a drag, expels smoke from the mouth before inhaling, and immediately inhales the smoke back in.
Word: smoke ring Part of Speech: noun 1. A vortex ring of smoke; typically one exhaled by a smoker. Example: A smoke ring persists for a surprisingly long time, illustrating the slow rate at which viscosity dissipates the energy of a vortex. Example: Puff—puff—puff—went John’s pipe; and as the circling smoke-rings went up, the pictures therein framed became as distinct as if they had been drawn by the delicate pencil of Hammatt Billings.
Word: WUI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of wildland-urban interface. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: bestiaries Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bestiary Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reexport Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English export English reexport From re- + export. 1. To export again; to export something that has been imported. Labels: transitive
Word: reexport Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English export English reexport From re- + export. 1. The export of a (recently) imported good. (often not or hardly reworked)
Word: reexports Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reexport Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reexports Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of reexport Labels: form-of, plural
Word: reexported Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reexport Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reexporting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reexport Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Rutherford Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English hryþer (“cattle”) + ford (“ford”). The first element is from Proto-Germanic *hrunþaz. Pronunciation: /ˈrʌðərfərd/ 1. A Scottish habitational surname from Old English from a place where there was once a settlement in the Scottish borders. Example: One of the things making the trip possible is Rutherford’s microlight aircraft. Microlights are small one or two-seat planes used for leisure or personal transport. If she completes her trip, Rutherford will also claim the record for the youngest person to circumnavigate the world solo in a microlight aircraft. 2. A male given name transferred from the surname. Labels: rare 3. A suburb of Newcastle in the Maitland council area, New South Wales, Australia. 4. A neighbourhood in south Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. 5. A number of places in the United States: Example: A native of Rutherford, California, Abreu earned 26 wins across more than 100 open-wheel races last year that involved not just the aforementioned USAC midgets but also 410 (winged and non-winged) and 360 (winged) sprint cars. 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:
Word: 800-pound gorilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Attested since at least 1971, from a riddle: "Where does an 800-pound gorilla sleep?" / "Anywhere it wants." 1. An entity that dominates its environment. Labels: idiomatic Example: Q: Where does an 800-pound gorilla sleep? A: Wherever it wants! Example: Back then, the mayor was an 800-pound gorilla in this town. 2. Something dangerous, menacing, or frightening that is obvious but not addressed. Labels: idiomatic Example: Near-synonyms: elephant in the room, emperor's new clothes Example: The mayor's abuse of his power was an 800-pound gorilla in polite conversation.
Word: consolate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1477, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin cōnsōlātus, perfect active participle of cōnsōlor, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of console. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsələt/ 1. Comforted, consoled. Labels: obsolete 2. Not disconsolate; contented. Labels: humorous, obsolete Example: [O]ne morning, like Sir Leoline in Christabel, ‘he woke and found his lady dead,’ and remained a very consolate widower, with one small child.
Word: consolate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1477, in Middle English; borrowed from Latin cōnsōlātus, perfect active participle of cōnsōlor, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of console. Pronunciation: /ˈkɒnsəleɪt/ 1. To console; to comfort. Labels: nonstandard, obsolete Example: To consolate thine eare. Example: ‘You just talkinʼ to consolate yoʼself by word of mouth.’
Word: lepta Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of lepton (coin) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: lepta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of lepton. Labels: alt-of, alternative, proscribed
Word: Dales Part of Speech: name 1. The Yorkshire Dales, an upland area, in Northern England. Labels: plural, plural-only 2. A surname. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Lakeland Part of Speech: name 1. The Lake District, a rural area in northwest England. 2. A city in Polk County, Florida, United States. 3. A city, the county seat of Lanier County, Georgia, United States.
Word: pamidronate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From pamidronic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”). 1. The conjugate base, or any salt or ester, of pamidronic acid. Used as a medication to inhibit bone loss in disorders of bone metabolism. Labels: uncountable
Word: pamidronic acid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From p(ropylidene) + ami(no-) + -dronic (“calcium metabolism regulator”) acid. 1. (3-amino-1-hydroxy-1-phosphono-)phosphonic acid—a bisphosphonate drug to inhibit bone loss. Labels: uncountable
Word: hydroxyapatite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hydroxy- + apatite. 1. A basic calcium phosphate mineral that is the principal inorganic constituent of bone and teeth. Labels: countable, uncountable