nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: Silicon Sentier Part of Speech: name 1. A nickname for the Sentier neighborhood, a neighborhood in the 2nd arrondissement of Paris, due to the concentration of high-tech businesses in the area.
Word: Silicon Wadi Part of Speech: name 1. The area of high-tech businesses in Israel.
Word: payoff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pay-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: pay-off Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Deverbal from pay off. Pronunciation: /ˈpeɪ.ɒf/, /ˈpeɪ.ɔːf/ 1. A payment in full; the state of having been paid in full. Example: At the current monthly payment level, it'll take 32 more months to reach pay-off. 2. A reward. Example: What's the pay-off for putting up with her nonsense for ages on end? 3. A return on investment. Example: How soon could we realistically expect any pay-off from loading up on shares of that company? 4. A bribe. Labels: informal Example: The prison break never could have succeeded if it hadn't been for multiple pay-offs to various corrupt officers. Example: Darlinghurst cops will get you/Clean and bright/Rich and white/See where pay-offs will get you 5. A resolution or justification of an event that has already occurred. Labels: colloquial, especially Example: Where's the pay-off for that whole segment of the plot? Example: If there is a significant or surprising event in the story, it must be foreshadowed earlier on. When the event that was foreshadowed occurs, that's the payoff. 6. Ellipsis of payoff pitch. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Example: The bases are loaded, so he'd better make the pay-off count.
Word: silicon iron Part of Speech: noun 1. Ferrosilicon. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: boucle Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bouclé. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: siliconise Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Latin silex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English silicon English -ise English siliconise From silicon + -ise. 1. Alternative spelling of siliconize. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: siliconize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree English silicone Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English siliconize From silicone + -ize. 1. To treat or coat with silicone. Labels: transitive
Word: credited Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin credere (“to trust in”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.ɾɪd], [ˈkɹɛɾ.ɪ.ɾɪd], /ˈkɹed.ɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɹed.ɪ.ɾɪd] 1. Having something attributed to oneself. Example: He was credited with the invention of the alarm clock.
Word: credited Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Latin credere (“to trust in”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɹɛd.ɪ.ɾɪd], [ˈkɹɛɾ.ɪ.ɾɪd], /ˈkɹed.ɪ.tɪd/, [ˈkɹed.ɪ.ɾɪd] 1. past participle of credit Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: silicon steel Part of Speech: noun 1. An alloy of iron and silicon that has important magnetic properties. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: disclosure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From disclose by analogy with closure. A purely English formation. Pronunciation: /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(ɹ)/, /dɪsˈkloʊʒɚ/, /dɪsˈkləʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/, /dəsˈklɐʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/ 1. The act of revealing something. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken; […] 2. The making known of a previously hidden fact or series of facts to another party; the act of disclosing. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: get full disclosure 3. That which is disclosed; a previously hidden fact or series of facts that is made known. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sulcus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin sulcus (“a furrow made by a plow”). Doublet of sullow ("plough"). Pronunciation: /ˈsʌl.kəs/ 1. A furrow or groove in an organ or a tissue, especially that marking the convolutions of the surface of the brain. Example: The sulci and gyri are the grooves and ridges, respectively. Example: The Union’s soft latex-polymer roof is cerebrally domed and a cloudy piamater pink except in spots where it’s eroded down to pasty gray, and everywhere textured, the bulging rooftop, with sulci and bulbous convolutions. 2. A region of subparallel grooves or ditches formed by a geological process.
Word: silicon wafer Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin slice of silicon used to fabricate semiconductor devices such as integrated circuits.
Word: strained silicon Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer of silicon atoms deposited onto a substrate of silicon germanium constrained to be wider apart than normal; this decreases resistance and increases performance when made into a chip.
Word: Castiglione Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Castiglione. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: sampler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French essamplaire, from Latin exemplāris. Doublet of exemplar. Pronunciation: /ˈsæmplɚ/ 1. A piece of needlework embroidered with a variety of designs.
Word: sampler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Proto-Indo-European *h₁em- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti Proto-Italic *emō Latin emō Latin eximō Latin exemplumbor. Old French essainplebor. Middle English saumple English sample English -er English sampler From sample + -er. Pronunciation: /ˈsæmplɚ/, /ˈsæmpəlɚ/ 1. Someone whose job is to take samples. 2. A device that takes samples. 3. An electronic musical instrument that records and plays back samples of recordings. 4. A representative selection of a larger group. Example: He also made a sampler CD, with one minute samples of 26 of their songs, for free distribution to people they met in Buffalo, and to others who showed an interest in their music.
Word: insalata caprese Part of Speech: noun 1. caprese salad Labels: uncountable
Word: Capri Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Capri. Pronunciation: /ˈkæpɹi/, /kəˈpɹiː/, /ˈkɑːpɹi/ 1. An island in the Bay of Naples; part of Campania. 2. Wine produced on the island of Capri, commonly a light dry white wine.
Word: pizze Part of Speech: noun Etymology: English irregular plural forms are usually from the plural form of the singular form’s etymon, which is Neapolitan pizze, the plural of pizza; however, it is much more likely to have been borrowed from Italian pizze, due to the worldwide influence of Italian cuisine. Pronunciation: /ˈpiːt.seɪ/ 1. plural of pizza Labels: form-of, plural, rare Example: […] they manufacture the detestable tarts called pizze, very popular in this part of the world. Example: Twice a week his mother baked bread, and twice a week there were pizze fritte for breakfast instead of cocoa and stale bread.
Word: farinata Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian farinata. 1. A flat baked pancake, somewhat similar to a pizza, made from chickpea flour and olive oil. Example: To begin: a Ligurian specialty, farinata, half pancake, half pizza, made from chickpea flour, immersed in olive oil and baked until it sets but doesn’t crisp; the insides barely make it past gooey.
Word: uniformly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English uniform Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English uniformly From uniform + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈjunəfɔɹmli/, /ˈjuːnɪfɔːmli/ 1. In a uniform manner, consistently. Example: The Pullmans have been painted green, uniformly with the rest of the stock, and only their characteristic outline distinguishes them from the rest of the stock. Example: After decades of observation, it's pretty obvious to me that all governments are uniformly useless at actually running anything, so we need to employ the private sector to do the job for us on properly specified contracts [...].
Word: emulator Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɛmjəˌleɪtəɹ/ 1. A person or thing that emulates. Example: I admire the conqueror of Tlajcala and of Culna, but I find in the life of this emulator of Caesar actions which, if necessity warranted, the heart must still refuse to approve […] 2. A piece of software or hardware that simulates another system.
Word: forethought Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- + thought. See also forethink. Pronunciation: /ˈfɔː(ɹ)θɔːt/ 1. Thinking beforehand or in advance, planning; prior or previous consideration. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Near-synonym: foresight Example: With a little forethought we'd have planned for this contingency and not been stuck here now. 2. Anticipation. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. Provident care; prudence. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: forethought Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- + thought. See also forethink. Pronunciation: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈθɔːt/ 1. Thought of, or planned, beforehand. Labels: not-comparable Example: c. 1613–1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court Forethought malice.
Word: forethought Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English forethouht, forethoght, from Old English *foreþōht (“forethought”); equivalent to fore- + thought. See also forethink. Pronunciation: /fɔː(ɹ)ˈθɔːt/ 1. simple past and past participle of forethink Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: ride one's luck Part of Speech: verb 1. To avoid failure only by good fortune. Labels: idiomatic Example: Blackburn rode their luck to beat a battling West Brom as they moved up to seventh in the Premier League table.
Word: remotely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English remote Middle English -ly English -ly English remotely From remote + -ly. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmoʊtli/ 1. At a distance, far away. Example: “We have an accommodation and an acceptance that people will work from home one to two days a week,” says McConnell. But some people work remotely more than others, and she’s empowered her management team to make decisions that work for their direct reports. 2. Not much; scarcely; hardly. Example: I'm not remotely in love with you.
Word: populated Part of Speech: adj 1. That has, or is supplied with, inhabitants or content.
Word: populated Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of populate Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: semantically Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English semantic 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 semantically From semantic + -ally. 1. In the manner of or referring to semantics. Example: In a typical lexicalist approach (e.g. Koontz-Garboden 2006), the unmarked lexeme is taken as lexically listed, even if its meaning (as it often does) includes templatic entailments, and the derivational morphology is taken to operate on the underived form to yield the derived form. This is the case not only morphologically, but also semantically.
Word: self-contained Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English contained English self-contained From self- + contained. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlf.kənˌteɪnd/ 1. Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself. Example: a self-contained apartment Example: The software is self-contained, and doesn't interface with anything except the user. 2. Of a person, wrapped up in oneself; reserved. Labels: idiomatic
Word: self-contained Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- Latin contineōder. Latin continērelbor. Old French contenirbor. English contain Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English contained English self-contained From self- + contained. Pronunciation: /ˈsɛlf.kənˌteɪnd/ 1. simple past and past participle of self-contain Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: shipbuilding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ship + building. 1. The construction of ships. Labels: uncountable Example: Mystic’s maritime history dates to its days as a shipbuilding center, a time well preserved at the Mystic Seaport Museum, the world’s leading and largest of its kind, home to the famed 1800s whaleship, Charles W. Morgan. 2. A construction of a ship.
Word: self-assured Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English assured English self-assured From self- + assured. 1. Assured by or of one's self; confident in one's own abilities. Example: self-assured display Example: self-assured girl
Word: on the back foot Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Having the weight on the back foot in order to play a defensive stroke 2. in a defensive posture; on the defensive; off balance; at a disadvantage. Labels: Commonwealth, idiomatic Example: Lawson wasn't going to be put on the back foot by Brian Duff. "I don't know what you're on about. But I've kept my nose clean for over twenty years. Example: Now I was the one on the back foot. He liked me. "Really?" "I'd like to take you out when we're back in LA"
Word: quarterfinalist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From quarter + finalist or quarterfinal + -ist. 1. a person or team that takes part in a quarterfinal
Word: packaging Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of package Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: packaging Part of Speech: noun 1. The act of packing something. Labels: uncountable, usually 2. The materials used to pack something. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Nearly 200 chemicals connected to breast cancer are used in the making of food packaging and plastic tableware, and dozens of those carcinogens can migrate into the human body, a new study found. 3. The industry that produces such material. Labels: uncountable, usually 4. The manner in which a person or product is promoted. Labels: broadly, uncountable, usually Example: Do Amaral seems to belong more to a Europian ^([sic]) tradition than to any of the artistic pigeonholes currently in vogue in the States. His failure to show allegiance to any one medium makes him resistant to the relentless packaging that is a feature even of much avant garde American art.
Word: hot shoe Part of Speech: noun 1. A fixture on a camera to which a separate flash unit may be attached, equipped with an electrical connection which transmits the firing signal from the camera to the flash.
Word: hot-spirited Part of Speech: adj 1. hotheaded
Word: hot spring Part of Speech: noun 1. A natural spring producing water whose temperature is greater than about 20 °C (68 °F).
Word: hot tap Part of Speech: noun 1. The tap (of a pair) that produces hot water (the other being the cold tap)
Word: cold tap Part of Speech: noun 1. The tap (of a pair) that produces cold water (the other being the hot tap)
Word: hot tear Part of Speech: noun 1. A fracture in a metal casting that occurs during solidification as a result of hindered contraction.
Word: hot tearing Part of Speech: noun 1. the formation of a fracture in a metal casting during solidification as a result of hindered contraction
Word: agnolotti Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian agnolotti, plural of agnolotto; see there for more. Pronunciation: /ˌanjəˈlɒtɪ/, /ˌænjəˈlɑti/, /ˌɑnjəˈlɑti/ 1. A type of square or rectangular ravioli from Piedmont made from a small sheet of pasta folded up. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: zero-length launching Part of Speech: noun 1. A technique in which the first motion of the missile or aircraft removes it from the launcher, typically before the missile fuel or aircraft engine is fired. Labels: uncountable
Word: bavette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French bavette (“slobber-inducing”). Pronunciation: /bæˈvɛt/ 1. A kind of beefsteak 2. A kind of beefsteak 3. A kind of beefsteak
Word: bavette Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian bavette (“bavetta”) (dribble-inducing). Pronunciation: /bæˈvɛt/ 1. A type of thick spaghetti. Labels: uncountable
Word: zero point Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From early restandardization, possibly under influence of established US military terms such as zero hour, of the prior term point zero, which was coined during the Trinity Project, as point + zero, with zero being the code name for the Trinity test location. The original sense was that of ground zero and referred to only latitude and longitude, without regard to altitude, until the latter term's coinage in 1946. 1. The location of the center of a burst of a nuclear weapon at the instant of detonation. The zero point may be in the air, or on or beneath the surface of land or water, depending upon the type of burst, and it is thus to be distinguished from ground zero. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. Ground zero. Labels: countable, obsolete, uncountable
Word: zero point Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. 1. A children's game involving jumping over a chain of linked elastic bands. Labels: Singapore, uncountable
Word: bigoli Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian bigoli. 1. A type of spaghetti, with a rough texture, from the Veneto. Labels: uncountable
Word: inspissant Part of Speech: noun 1. A thickening agent.
Word: inspissant Part of Speech: adj 1. That thickens. Labels: not-comparable
Word: zone of fire Part of Speech: noun 1. An area into which a designated ground unit or fire support ship delivers, or is prepared to deliver, fire support. Fire may or may not be observed.
Word: zone of action Part of Speech: noun 1. A tactical subdivision of a larger area, the responsibility for which is assigned to a tactical unit; generally applied to offensive action.
Word: scientific name Part of Speech: noun 1. A formal name according to an internationally accepted standard, especially the formal name of a taxon. Example: From the point of view of biology, a bird has both a scientific name and a common name. Example: There’s the Thor fly in tribute of the God of Thunder, played in Marvel by Chris Hemsworth. Its scientific name is “Daptolestes bronteflavus,” which is derived from Latin like most scientific names – and translates to “blond thunder.” […] There’s the Loki fly, in honor of the tortured God of Mischief, whose scientific name is “Daptolestes illusiolautus,” meaning elegant deception.
Word: area of influence Part of Speech: noun 1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see area, influence. 2. A geographical area wherein a commander is directly capable of influencing operations by maneuver or fire support systems normally under the commander’s command or control.
Word: cheating Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of cheat Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: cheating Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ 1. An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: the cheatings and impositions of your pitiful trade 2. The arrangement of people or items in a film so as to give the (false) impression that shots are taken from different angles in the same location. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Cheating is the sixth C of Cinematography ... it is the art of arranging people, objects or actions, during filming or editing
Word: cheating Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃiːtɪŋ/ 1. Unsporting or underhand. 2. Unfaithful or adulterous.
Word: intervening Part of Speech: noun 1. intervention; mediation
Word: intervening Part of Speech: adj 1. That intervenes or mediates. 2. Falling between two periods or events. Example: This is not to criticise Ghosh's use of such lexis, but just to point out that Ghosh's use of such lexis must be regarded as examples of re-use and not as evidence of continued use over the intervening period.
Word: intervening Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of intervene Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Hist Part of Speech: noun 1. History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience").
Word: burdens Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of burden Labels: form-of, plural
Word: burdens Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of burden Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: skiagram Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκιά (skiá, “shadow”) + -gram. 1. A picture or image created from shadows, especially with X-rays.
Word: trimmed Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /tɹɪmd/ 1. simple past and past participle of trim Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: trimmed Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /tɹɪmd/ 1. that has been trimmed 2. furnished with trimmings
Word: pulvil Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of pulvillio. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: assigned servant Part of Speech: noun 1. A convict assigned to work as a servant for a free settler (either a male or female convict, and either a male or female settler). Labels: Australia, UK, historical Example: And be it further Enacted, by the authority and with the advice aforesaid, That the time during which every offender shall continue in or at any gaol, port, or place of confinement, penitentiary or factory, or as an assigned servant, shall be taken and reckoned in part discharge of the term of his or her transportation. Example: To be sure, the assigned servant is liable to be called upon, even in the middle of the night, “upon any necessary occasion or emergency;” but as this is an affliction, incident to every servant, bond or free, we must not consider it in any manner as a drawback upon his general advantages.[…]In the first place, where is the master, who, upon receiving an assigned servant, applies himself with all his energy to reform him ?
Word: government man Part of Speech: noun 1. A representative of the government. 2. A supporter of the government. 3. A convict. Labels: Australia, euphemistic, historical, obsolete Example: Whatever it was that had happened to him in the old times when he was a Government man he didn′t talk about.
Word: public servant Part of Speech: noun 1. A person employed by the government. Example: Whitlam redefined the Labor Party as the party of Deakinite liberalism and the natural home of good public servants like his father. He was, he said, the first Prime Minister of Australia who had lived in Canberra, ‘the son of a great public servant, among whose colleagues were great public servants’. Example: Today, Fraser says of Tange: ‘He was one of the best public servants Australia has ever had’. 2. Someone who labours for the public good; a convict assigned to work on public projects. Labels: historical Example: And whosoever shall refuse any one of his three Essays [...] shall be deem'd a Helot or public Servant, shall pay a fifth part of his yearly Revenue, besides all other Taxes, to the Common-wealth for his Protection, and be incapable of bearing any Magistracy except such as is proper to the Law. Example: Immediately / Was Samson as a public servant brought, / In thir state Livery clad; before him Pipes / And Timbrels, on each side went armed guards, / Both horse and foot before him and behind / Archers, and Slingers, Cataphracts and Spears.
Word: interphalangeal Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English phalangeal English interphalangeal From inter- + phalangeal. 1. Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint. Labels: not-comparable
Word: interphalangeal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English phalangeal English interphalangeal From inter- + phalangeal. 1. Any such bone
Word: satisfice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: 1560, Northern alteration of satisfy, probably influenced in form by Latin satisfacere. Pronunciation: /ˈsætɪsfaɪs/ 1. To satisfy. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: satisfice Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Blend of satisfy + suffice, coined by American political scientist and psychologist Herbert A. Simon in 1956. Pronunciation: /ˈsætɪsfaɪs/ 1. Of human behavior: to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences. Labels: intransitive Example: Evidently, organisms adapt well enough to ‘satisfice’; they do not, in general, ‘optimize’. Example: [T]here are two contrasting types of decision-making mentalities, maximizing and satisficing. If you're choosing a marriage partner, you probably want to maximize. You want to find the very best person you are totally in love with. […] But politics is not like that. Politics is a prosaic activity most of the time. You probably want to satisfice, pick the person who's good enough, who seems reasonably responsible.
Word: sparrow hawk Part of Speech: noun 1. The American kestrel or American sparrowhawk (Falco sparverius), a small falcon found in North and South America that preys on grasshoppers and small animals. 2. Alternative form of sparrowhawk; the Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus), a small, short-winged European hawk and other similar Old World hawks in the subfamily Accipitrinae, that prey on smaller birds. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: camarilla Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish camarilla, from cámara (“chamber”) and the diminutive suffix -illa. Pronunciation: /ˌkæməˈɹɪlə/, /ˌkæməˈɹiː(j)ə/ 1. A secret, usually sinister, group of conspiring advisors close to the leadership; a cabal. Example: The same lack of accountability has been even more disastrous for the two state-owned banks, which exist primarily to funnel IMF and World Bank funds to the president and his camarilla in the form of unsecured loans. Example: The negotiation dripped with bad faith on both sides, with a powerful Austrian camarilla always seeing it as a short-term deal with the Hungarians to be followed by retribution in due course.
Word: CAPEX Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of capital expense or capital expenditure. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: afterglow 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 glow English afterglow From after- + glow. 1. The glow seen in the sky after sunset. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: That the sunset in Egypt is gorgeous, every body knows; but I, for one, was not aware that there is a renewal of beauty, some time after the sun has departed and left all grey. […] everything begins to brighten again in twenty minutes;—the hills are again purple or golden,—the sands orange,—the palms verdant,—the moonlight on the water, a pale green ripple on a lilac surface: and this after-glow continues for ten minutes, when it slowly fades away. Example: Let my thoughts come to you, when I am gone, like the afterglow of sunset at the margin of starry silence. 2. The light emitted by an incandescent object while cooling. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: 1984, Paul Auster (as Paul Benjamin), Squeeze Play, London: Faber & Faber, 1991, Chapter 19, p. 176, Nothing will matter to you more than that [base]ball. It will hold you so completely that when you at last file out and return to the normal world, it will stay with you like the afterglow of a flashbulb that’s gone off in your eyes. 3. The light emitted by a phosphor after excitation. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. The mildly euphoric feeling experienced after a pleasurable experience, especially after an orgasm or drug-induced high. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] he threw down his book, stretched his legs towards the embers in the grate, and clasped his hands at the back of his head, in that agreeable afterglow of excitement when thought lapses from examination of a specific object into a suffusive sense of its connections with all the rest of our existence […] Example: She herself had grown old as people should grow old—steadily and firmly. No interruptions, no belated after-glows and spasmodic returns. 5. An afterparty. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: There's an afterglow with singing after the evening worship.
Word: irides Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɪɹɪˌdiz/, /ˈaɪɹɪˌdiz/ 1. plural of iris (part of the eye) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: appendectomy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin appendixbor. English appendix Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs Proto-Hellenic *eks Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek) Ancient Greek ἐκ- (ek-) Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω (ektémnō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ)der. English -ectomy English appendectomy From appendix + -ectomy. 1. The surgical procedure for the removal of the vermiform appendix.
Word: Rabe Part of Speech: name 1. A surname from German.
Word: twaróg Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Polish twaróg. Doublet of quark and tvorog. 1. Synonym of tvorog in Polish cuisine. Labels: uncountable Example: She covers regional versions, ancient recipes, traditions and the stories that lie behind them, alongside contemporary iterations that are vegan, gluten-free and seasonal – such as spiced pierogi filled with pumpkin, twaróg curd cheese and honey or poppyseed pierogi loaded with a sweet, almond-flavoured filling. Example: The cheese element is the second trickiest thing to get right, assuming you don’t have access to Polish twaróg, which is now fairly widely stocked in larger UK supermarkets, as well as in eastern European specialists. […] Taste testing them all side by side with twaróg, I find the curds of a full-fat cottage cheese the most similar in texture – through it’s lower in fat, you could always mix in a little of the soured cream to add richness.
Word: koniology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Ancient Greek κονία (konía, “dust”) + -logy. 1. the study of dust, pollen and other airborne particles. Labels: uncountable
Word: Rappe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Rappe. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Rede Part of Speech: name Etymology: Probably from Old English hrēod (“reed”). 1. A river in Northumberland, England, which joins the River North Tyne at Redesmouth.
Word: boccale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian boccale. Doublet of bocal and pokal. 1. A unit of volume formerly used in Italy, varying by region. Labels: historical Example: Proceeding to the small commercial liquid-measures devised to meet convenience in the retail sale of liquids, ale, beer, wine, oil, and honey, there is a marked accordance among the whole of the quarts, pots, mass, and crushka of Northern Europe, and the boccale and bozze of Southern Europe; […]
Word: Riegel Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːɡəl/ 1. A surname. 2. Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
Word: Riff Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative form of Rif (“mountains in Morocco”). Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Rinne Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from Finnish Rinne, a topographic or ornamental surname from rinne (“slope”). * Borrowed from German Rinne, a topographic surname from Middle High German rinne (“stream, spring; channel, pipe, groove”). 1. A surname.
Word: Ruck Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a German surname, from the noun Rücken (“back”). * Also as a German surname, shortened from derivatives of Rüdiger. * As an English surname, variant of Rook, itself from the noun rook (“type of crow”). 1. A surname from German.
Word: Ruhe Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Ruhe. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Saite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Saïs Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite English Saite From Saïs + -ite. 1. Of or relating to Saïs, Egypt. 2. Of or relating to the twenty-sixth Dynasty of Egypt (the ‘Saite Period’).
Word: iron filings Part of Speech: noun 1. small fragments of iron, filed from a bar; used to visualize the presence of a magnetic field, and as a food additive Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: filings Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of filing Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cerebral palsy Part of Speech: noun 1. A group of non-progressive, non-contagious conditions, caused by brain damage before birth or during infancy, characterized by impairment of muscular coordination. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hot trod Part of Speech: noun 1. The legal pursuit of Border Reivers across the English-Scottish border in order to recover stolen goods. Labels: obsolete
Word: hot-trod Part of Speech: verb 1. To perform the hot trod. Labels: obsolete
Word: designer baby Part of Speech: noun 1. A child whose genotype, and thus physical characteristics and susceptibility to hereditary disease, is selected by its parents. Example: In theory, a designer baby may be made-to-order according to a parent's desire for a particular sex, hair and eye color, and maybe even athletic ability.
Word: beatboxing Part of Speech: noun 1. The practice of using one’s mouth, lips, tongue, voice, etc. as a percussive instrument to create beats, rhythms and melodies for music, mainly hip hop. Labels: uncountable
Word: beatboxing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of beatbox Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: gangmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From gang + master. Pronunciation: /ˈɡæŋˌmɑːstə/, /ˈɡæŋˌmæstəɹ/ 1. A person who employs and directs large groups of (usually agricultural) manual labourers, especially those who are poorly paid and illegally employed. Labels: UK Example: Many who immigrate illegally fall victim to gangmasters, who exploit them for low pay under extreme conditions.
Word: hot tube Part of Speech: noun 1. A device in some early internal combustion engines that ignited the fuel/air mixture in a tube heated by a flame
Word: hot up Part of Speech: verb 1. To heat up: Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Wait for the water to hot up before adding the salt. Example: I hotted up my scones. 2. To heat up: Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: The choice of a new leader hots up. Example: Bayern München hotted up the title race with a win. 3. To heat up: Labels: Ireland, UK, informal Example: We move to Twankey's launderette, where the Aladdin/Bathroomdoor romance hots up. Example: Arvind and Shiela's romance hotted up.
Word: RIFF Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Resource Interchange File Format. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: hot wall Part of Speech: noun 1. A brick wall, having enclosed flues connected to a fire, to which fruit trees are attached in order to hasten growth and ripening
Word: Red Sea Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα (Eruthrā̀ thálassa); equivalent to red + sea. 1. A long, narrow sea between Africa and the Arabian Peninsula; links the Suez Canal with the Arabian Sea. 2. A governorate in eastern Egypt 3. The states of the western and southern United States which consistently vote Republican in presidential elections. Labels: US
Word: Red Sea Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English Red See, Reede See, Rede See, reade sea, from Old English Rēad Sǣ, a calque of Latin Mare Rubrum, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Ἐρυθρᾱ̀ θάλασσα (Eruthrā̀ thálassa); equivalent to red + sea. 1. A great quantity of blood. Example: And all this while the red sea of her blood Ebd with Leander. Example: The ghost of a creed […] may be laid, after all, only in a Red Sea of blood. 2. (A quantity of) blood discharged through the vagina during menstruation. Labels: slang, vulgar Example: Woman's menstrual blood, as symbolized in the "red carpet" or "red-sea of life," paved the way for the processions of queens, kings, brides and heroes. Example: Hydrogen peroxide: Use 3% (the kind you use for cuts) on the stains you get on your sheets when you're flagging and your lover has parted your red sea. 3. A great quantity of reddish liquid, such as wine. Labels: broadly Example: Oyl-steep'd Anchovie, landed from his brine, Came freely swimming in red seas of wine. Example: […] will not get them gone for plain English, we will have one of Father Bacon's pupils from Oxford, to conjure [troublesome thoughts] away with logic and with Hebrew — Or, what say you to laying them in a glorious red sea of claret, my noble guest?
Word: hot war Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By analogy with cold war. 1. A conflict in which physically violent fighting takes place between the belligerent parties.
Word: hot well Part of Speech: noun 1. A well whose water is supplied by a hot spring. 2. A receptacle for the hot water drawn from the condenser by the air pump. This water is returned to the boiler, being drawn from the hot well by the feed pump.
Word: hot wind Part of Speech: noun 1. Any wind characterized by intense heat and low relative humidity Example: I feel a hot wind on my shoulder / And the touch of a world that is older
Word: housemother Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From house + mother. First use appears c. 1822. See cite below. Pronunciation: /haʊsˈmʌðə(ɹ)/, [haʊsˈmɐðə(ɹ)], /hʌʊsˈmʌðɚ/ 1. The mother of a family; the female head of household, or of any collection of persons living as a family or in common, as in a primitive community. Example: At length, the aged house-mother died, or rather slept away into the other world, without pain or sickness, from absolute decay; leaving her solitary partner to mourn her loss, and with an unfeigned longing to join her in the grave. 2. A woman in charge of a residence for young people to look after them.
Word: calced Part of Speech: adj Etymology: A back-formation from discalced, with reference to Latin calceus (“calceus, footwear”). Pronunciation: /kælst/, /kalst/ 1. Synonym of shod, wearing shoes, particularly (Christianity) religious orders that do not eschew normal footwear. Labels: not-comparable, rare Example: In Ireland there appear to be seven or eight Carmelite Friaries, calced and discalced. Example: For quotations using this term, see Citations:calced.
Word: Schall Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: overemotional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh₁éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion English -al English emotional English overemotional From over- + emotional. Pronunciation: /əʊvəɹɪˈməʊʃənəl/, /oʊvəɹiˈmoʊʃənəl/ 1. Showing too much emotion.
Word: Suez Canal Part of Speech: name 1. A canal in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.
Word: diz Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff. Pronunciation: /dɪz/ 1. A tool, often a flat circle, with one or more holes for passing wool through to form roving of a specified thickness. Example: A diz is a tool that helps you remove fiber from a comb and create a nice length of top that is a consistent thickness and ready to spin. Many dizzes have holes of varying sizes, so that you can choose the size most appropriate for the yarn you intend to spin: a large hole for bulky yarn, a smaller hole for finer yarn.
Word: diz Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Probably from dizen, dize (“to dress with flax for spinning”), equivalent to the first element of distaff. Pronunciation: /dɪz/ 1. To pass wool through a diz.
Word: diz Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /dɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of de Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person 2. third-person singular simple present indicative of dee Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: hunchbacked Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From hunch + backed. 1. Having an abnormally curved or hunched back
Word: oenophobia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From oeno- + -phobia. 1. The fear or hatred of wine; anxiety related to wine. Labels: uncountable Example: You open it randomly, hit several pages devoted to "Cote de Nuits" alone, and go into advanced hypertensive oenophobia (wine-sticker shock). Example: A new wine club called 600 Grapes asks us if we suffer from "oenophobia" -- a fear of wine.
Word: hunky punk Part of Speech: noun 1. a grotesque carving, usually of a squatting animal, on the side of a building, especially a church. Labels: UK, West-Country
Word: Hurrian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hurrian 𒄷𒌨𒊑 (Ḫu-ur-ri). Falkenstein and Kramer had once connected it to Sumerian 𒄯𒊒𒌝 (ḫur-ru-um /⁠ḫurrum⁠/, “a mountain cave, cavern”) when it was misidentified as a proper name of a mountain rather than a generic term; see the epic Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/, /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/, /ˈhɝ.i.ən/ 1. A member of an ancient people who lived in northern Mesopotamia and created a powerful kingdom called Mitanni in the 16th-13th century BC. Labels: historical
Word: Hurrian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Hurrian 𒄷𒌨𒊑 (Ḫu-ur-ri). Falkenstein and Kramer had once connected it to Sumerian 𒄯𒊒𒌝 (ḫur-ru-um /⁠ḫurrum⁠/, “a mountain cave, cavern”) when it was misidentified as a proper name of a mountain rather than a generic term; see the epic Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/, /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/, /ˈhɝ.i.ən/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Hurrians or their language or culture.
Word: Hurrian Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Hurrian 𒄷𒌨𒊑 (Ḫu-ur-ri). Falkenstein and Kramer had once connected it to Sumerian 𒄯𒊒𒌝 (ḫur-ru-um /⁠ḫurrum⁠/, “a mountain cave, cavern”) when it was misidentified as a proper name of a mountain rather than a generic term; see the epic Lugalbanda in the Mountain Cave. Pronunciation: /ˈhʌ.ɹɪ.ən/, /ˈhʌɹ.i.ən/, /ˈhɝ.i.ən/ 1. The language of Hurrians, neither Indo-European nor Semitic, whose only known relative is Urartian.
Word: huskarl Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of housecarl. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: housecarl Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English houscarl, from Old English hūscarl, from Old Norse húskarl, equivalent to house + carl. Cognate with Old English hūsċeorl, Old Frisian hūskerl. Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsˌkɑː(ɹ)l/ 1. A member of the Scandinavian royal household troops. Labels: historical
Word: hybridity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English hybrid Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English hybridity From hybrid + -ity. Pronunciation: /haɪˈbɹɪdɪti/ 1. Synonym of hybridism. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One reason for the popularity of portmanteau words in naming language hybrids may be the fact that the names themselves embody a type of hybridity.
Word: hyperplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or relating to hyperplasia Labels: not-comparable
Word: hypoallergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Ancient Greek ῠ̔πό (hŭpó) Ancient Greek ὑπο- (hupo-)der. English hypo- English allergic English hypoallergic From hypo- + allergic. 1. hypoallergenic
Word: hypoblastic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hypoblast Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English hypoblastic From hypoblast + -ic. 1. of, or relating to the hypoblast
Word: hypoplastic Part of Speech: adj 1. of, or pertaining to hypoplasia or hypoplasty.
Word: Schau Part of Speech: name Etymology: Two main origins: * Borrowed from North German Schau, a variant of Schuh. * Borrowed from Norwegian Schau, a variant of Skau, a topographic surname from skau (“forest”). 1. A surname.
Word: Schenkel Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schenkel. 1. A surname from German.
Word: bucatini Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian bucatini, diminutive of buco (“hole”). Pronunciation: /ˌbuːkəˈtiːni/ 1. A thicker form of spaghetti with a hole running through it. Labels: uncountable Example: You could make this with spaghetti or linguine or other types of long skinny pasta, but bucatini are what's used in Rome.
Word: sugar honey ice tea Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Derived from the words chosen so that their initials, in sequential order, spell out shit. 1. Shit. Labels: euphemistic
Word: cannelloni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Italian cannelloni, from Latin canna (“reed”). 1. Wide tubes of pasta filled with a savoury stuffing and baked in the oven. Labels: plural, plural-normally Example: Hey, I gotta get going, my grandma is visiting so my mom is making me come home for lunch. / What's your mom making? / I dunno, cannelloni?
Word: Schlag Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *slak-der. Proto-Germanic *slahaną Proto-Germanic *slagiz Proto-West Germanic *slagi Old High German slag Middle High German slac German Schlagbor. English Schlag Borrowed from German Schlag. 1. A surname from German.
Word: cannellone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cannellone. 1. singular of cannelloni Labels: form-of, rare, singular Example: Make the Homemade Pasta (see recipe) and cut the sheets across their length with a sharp knife or pizza cutter the width of the baking dish you wish to use. For example, if you plan to use a 9-inch-wide baking dish, each sheet of pasta for a cannellone should be 9 inches long by 5 inches wide. Example: Felice shook his head as he read through the cold facts that identified but said nothing really about her. Just the shell, a cannellone without the filling. How would he find the meat and cheese, the egg that held it together, the herbs and seasoning that gave it zest? He warmed to the task ahead of him. He would track down every friend, every enemy, every lover. By the time he was through the cannellone would bulge.
Word: Schlauch Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Schlauch. 1. A surname from German.
Word: osteosarcoma Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁ Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)der. English osteo- English sarcoma English osteosarcoma From osteo- + sarcoma. 1. A type of cancer of the bone. Example: Even small osteosarcomas can be unimaginably painful.