nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: on like Donkey Kong Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: From the Nintendo video game gorilla-like character Donkey Kong, which is used in the phrase because of the character’s stereotypical strength and for the near-rhyme between on and Kong; likely influenced by the earlier construction in like Flynn. Pronunciation: /ˈɒn laɪk ˈdɒŋki kɒŋ/, /ˈɑn laɪk ˈdɑŋki kɑŋ/, /ˈɑn laɪk ˈdɔŋki kɑŋ/ 1. An intensifier used in the same contexts as it's on, bring it on, come on, go on, and other expressions using the word on, but to express greater emphasis. Labels: US, slang Example: It's on like Donkey Kong / You wanted that fast buck / Now I gotta light that ass up Example: If those four white police don't get hung, it's on again. It's on like Donkey Kong!
Word: maiden plum Part of Speech: noun 1. Any tree from the Caribbean islands, or other parts of North America, of genus Comocladia.
Word: plate press Part of Speech: noun 1. A press with a flat carriage and a roller, used for printing from engraved steel or copper plates.
Word: plate wheel Part of Speech: noun 1. A wheel whose rim and hub are connected by a continuous plate of metal, instead of by arms or spokes.
Word: take a horn Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In reference to a drinking horn. 1. To consume an alcoholic drink. Labels: archaic
Word: hag moth Part of Speech: noun 1. Phobetron pithecium, a moth of the family Limacodidae.
Word: monkey slug Part of Speech: noun 1. The larva of the hag moth.
Word: full circles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of full circle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: exit interview Part of Speech: noun 1. A final meeting between a person who is leaving his or her employment and a representative of the employing organization, in order to gather feedback about employment conditions and reduce future turnover. Example: Indeed, your exit interview is probably not the time or place to vent about how unhappy you were or about much your boss stank (either literally or figuratively). Example: Too often companies find out about their employees’ disengagement during the exit interview instead of while they are still working and there’s a chance for re-engagement. 2. A similar meeting held when a person leaves some other type of organization, such as an educational institution or voluntary association. Example: At least some improvement in the graduation rates seems to be the result of lawsuits filed by Advocates for Children that prompted the Education Department in 2003 to better account for students who leave the school system. Schools are now required to conduct exit interviews with students.
Word: human resources management Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of human resource management. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: cristæ Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crista Labels: form-of, obsolete, plural
Word: bull-headed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bullheaded. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bull headed Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of bullheaded. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: cheez Part of Speech: noun 1. composition Labels: uncountable
Word: cheez Part of Speech: noun 1. cheese Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: lie ill in one's mouth Part of Speech: verb 1. To sound artificial or contradictory. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Connolly himself proved the complete pragmatist and it lies ill in his mouth to rail against lack of creativity when his influence has contributed to it.
Word: lamino- Part of Speech: prefix 1. layer; lamina Labels: morpheme 2. articulated with the blade of the tongue Labels: morpheme Example: We present two studies of native and non-native (English) perception of the acoustically and articulatorily similar four-way coronal stop contrast /t ʈ ȶ/ (apico-alveolar, apico-retroflex, lamino-dental, lamino-alveopalatal) of Wubuy, an indigenous language of Australia.
Word: pow-wows Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pow-wow Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pow-wows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pow-wow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: pow-wowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of pow-wow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: Emiratisation Part of Speech: noun 1. The process of becoming Emirati. Labels: uncountable
Word: pow-wowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of pow-wow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: oculofacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oculo- + facial. 1. Of or pertaining to the eyes and face. Labels: not-comparable
Word: biblioclasms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of biblioclasm Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 4ever Part of Speech: adv 1. Forever. Labels: Internet, not-comparable Example: also I wrote a poem I'm entering in the Beatles 4-ever club contest. Example: Lily chewed her cheek and pondered a message carved into the wood that said: Johnny loves Rosie 4Ever.
Word: 4eva Part of Speech: adv 1. Forever. Labels: Internet, not-comparable Example: She sits on a bench carved with names—“Jenna + Christo 4eva”—by the entrance to the sanctuary and pulls her shoes back on. Example: Apparently, Stacey H. was here, Jessica & Naomi were BFFs 4Eva, and someone wished K. P. a gruesome death.
Word: 4evah Part of Speech: adv 1. Forever. Labels: Internet, not-comparable Example: Carol traced her finger around the K+K 4evah 2 getha carved into the table. Example: Instead, figure out what you have to offer (Pokémon cards, a fake ID, boobs) and suggest to a classmate you become best study buddies 4evah!
Word: 5ever Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of fivever. Labels: Internet, alt-of, alternative, humorous, not-comparable Example: Arya and Gendry 5ever Example: That shit hit me right in the feels man. Totally ruined my life 5ever. FIVE EVER.
Word: Scheiss Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of scheisse. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: God made the mice and the mice made the Scheiss
Word: answere Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of answer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: answere Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of answer. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Nay anſwere me. Stand and vnfolde your ſelfe.
Word: answeres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of answere Labels: form-of, plural
Word: answeres Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of answere Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: unfolde Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of unfold. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Nay anſwere me. Stand and vnfolde your ſelfe.
Word: unfoldes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of unfolde Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: houres Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of houre Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strooke Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of struck. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,
Word: strooke Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of stroke. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: twelfe Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of twelfth. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete Example: [in the table of contents:] Twelfe-Night, or what you will. [as the title of a comedy:] Twelfe Night, Or what you will.
Word: twelfe Part of Speech: num 1. Obsolete form of twelve. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Tis now ſtrooke twelfe, get thee to bed Franciſco,
Word: reliefe Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of relief. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: For this reliefe much thanks, tis bitter cold, and I am ſick at hart.
Word: appeard Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of appeared. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: What, ha's this thing appeard againe to night?
Word: saies Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete form of says. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Horatio ſaies tis but our fantaſie,
Word: beliefes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of beliefe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: assaile Part of Speech: verb 1. Obsolete spelling of assail. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Let vs once againe aſſaile your eares,
Word: assailes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of assaile Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: weastward Part of Speech: adj 1. Obsolete form of westward. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: When yond fame ſtarre thats weaſtward from the pole […]
Word: scholler Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of scholar. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: Thou art a ſcholler, ſpeake to it Horatio.
Word: schollers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of scholler Labels: form-of, plural
Word: libel chill Part of Speech: noun 1. Uneasiness or unwillingness to speak publicly or to write about a matter, as a result of the threat or suggestion of a libel action should one do so. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Ira Glasser's Op-Ed article and Anthony Lewis's column of Dec. 10 both address the possible chilling effect on the press raised by the potential cost of defending against a libel action by a public official. Example: Black enjoys being rude about others—he has an endearing habit of writing sharp letters to his own papers—while reserving the right to sue those who are rude about him. Even Siklos is forced to refer to the "libel chill" around Black.
Word: cross-member Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of crossmember. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The floor consists of a corrugated steel section attached by welding to the body longitudes and cross members.
Word: orange mint Part of Speech: noun 1. A mint that smells of oranges, now specifically the Eau de Cologne mint, Mentha × piperita var. citrata.
Word: school-time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of schooltime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: school-times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of school-time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: urogomphus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”) + Ancient Greek γόμφος (gómphos, “bolt, dowel, nail”). 1. A paired structure, in the larvae and/or pupae of certain coleopterans, which grows out of the tergum of the last body segment and projects beyond the tip.
Word: urogomphi Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of urogomphus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: braggie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From brag + -ie; compare selfie. Pronunciation: /ˈbɹæɡi/ 1. A photo shared on a social media network with the sole intention of making one's friends/followers jealous. Labels: slang Example: The Oxford Dictionary may have named “selfie” the word of the year for 2013, but British tourists are using their holiday photographs as “braggies” to boast about their travels to friends and family on social media Example: A ‘braggie’ is an image posted to social networks designed purely to show off or make friends jealous, and according to new research one in ten users do this regularly. […] The most popular form of braggies were by the pool, beach or surrounding areas (43 per cent), drinking cocktails (12 per cent) or pulling a ‘sparrowface’ or ‘duckface pose (3 per cent) which is the trend of pouting at the camera.
Word: UHD Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of ultra-high definition (“3840×2160 (4K), 7680×4320 (8K), 15360 × 8640 (16K)”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable Example: The company made headlines with its 85-inch TV with built-in stand, which retailed for $45,000 (it has since come down to $40,000). Smaller UHD TVs started at $5,500. Example: Sharp also announced a full complement of 4K UHD TVs, with prices starting at just over $700.
Word: Chamber Part of Speech: name 1. A surname.
Word: Partridgean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Partridge + -an. From the fictional character Alan Partridge, a self-obsessed radio DJ. 1. Self-important but bathetic; unable to distinguish the meaningful from the trivial and therefore prone to absurdity. Labels: Ireland, UK Example: Speaking of glaring faults, howsabout Rio Ferdinand’s for starters? This, at least, is one properly footballing ‘Hot Topic’ the Partridgean hacks have managed to find room for, though I note it took him cocking up in an England shirt for them to do so. Example: Paul Sexton, presenting The Queen of Soul: the Legend of Aretha (Radio 2), had a bouncy introduction that bordered on the Partridgean. Over two nights, he explained, the programmes would explore Franklin's move "from the church to the charts". They would, he added, "say RESPECT to a true original".
Word: Partridgean Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Partridge + -an. From the lexicographer Eric Partridge. 1. In the manner or style of lexicographer Eric Partridge (1894–1979). Labels: derogatory Example: A Partridgean colorfulness is allowed to creep into the etymologies [...] where severer counsel falls back on "etym. uncertain" or "etym. unknown". Example: The fourth edition of A Dictionary of South African English [...] is, however, Partridgean in its arbitrary use of fonts, punctuation, and capitalization, in its placement of material, and in its not infrequent self-contradictions.
Word: Partridgian Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of Partridgean. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: And don't forget his spectacularly Partridgian performance during that Blood On The Carpet about Radio 1 a few months back, especially when he related how DLT rang him during Danny Baker's first show to ask him if he was listening, and Juste deciding that he *had* to put on the best show he could in 'answer'. And that bit at the end with him looking round the old R1 premises. "It's all ruined..." Example: More smart ideas from the likeable combo. Their Partridgian misfits and Colin Hunts soon pall, but the oddball stuff is terrific: the chain of resentment set up by some dropped coins; the host who overinvites to a party; and "Martin Clunes Knocky Door", a cartoon that's as stupidly funny as its title.
Word: two-wheel tractor Part of Speech: noun 1. A tractor with one axle, self-powered and self-propelled, which can pull and power various farm implements such as a trailer, cultivator or harrow, a plough, or various seeders and harvesters.
Word: two-wheel tractors Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of two-wheel tractor Labels: form-of, plural
Word: classtime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From class + time. 1. the time devoted to or prepared for a lesson at school or elsewhere; schooltime Example: ...youngsters who grinned at her decisively in classtime...
Word: classtimes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of classtime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: class-time Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of classtime. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: class-times Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of class-time Labels: form-of, plural
Word: dropshipping Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dropship Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dropshipping Part of Speech: noun 1. A retail model where goods are sent directly from the supplier to the customer. Labels: uncountable Example: By contrast, drop-shipping can be done from home without spending any money until orders come through. Proponents advocate using store credit cards with cash-back bonuses to sweeten the rewards. As one TikToker pushing the drop-shipping method said: “It costs you zero dollars to list a thousand items on Amazon.” Example: Dropshipping is a retail model where you sell products through an online store without keeping inventory. Instead of shipping items yourself, you forward orders to a third party, usually a supplier or manufacturer, who sends them directly to the customer. You’re responsible for the storefront, product descriptions, pricing and support. Everything else happens behind the scenes.
Word: dropshipped Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of dropship Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: garbage time Part of Speech: noun 1. The period at the end of a timed sporting event that has become a blowout when the outcome of the game has already been decided, and the coaches of one or both teams will often decide to replace their best players with substitutes. Labels: uncountable Example: I play for two minutes of garbage time at the end of a blowout? Is that all the time I'm going to see anymore? Example: It was garbage time, really, but it was a chance to get Corey some playing time, and Pedersen was out of pitchers anyway.
Word: TLR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of toll-like receptor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of twin-lens reflex Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: TLR Part of Speech: adj 1. Initialism of tubeless ready. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: DSLRs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of DSLR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: SLRs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of SLR Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Americaness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American + -ness or America + -ness. 1. Alternative spelling of Americanness. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable Example: There was support for the United States' involvement in Vietnam, though in Lawrence such support expressed a particular brand of patriotism, an Americaness drawn from the past. Example: Although cultural pride in baseball seems to stem from its Americaness, cultural pride in football seems linked to the sport's manly qualities […]
Word: Americaness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From American + -ess. 1. A female American. Labels: rare Example: With such expectations, then, every true American and Americaness was expected to be at his or her post, for the solemn occasion. Example: There was, at the Leek, in the way of literature, aBradshaw, a work (selling sixty thousand daily, it said) of one of those Americanesses who have struggled in at the gate of the heaven of popularity before it could be shut after Mrs. Beecher Stowe
Word: facetely Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From facete + -ly. 1. Wittily, pleasantly. Labels: obsolete Example: the eyes […] are the chief seats of love, […] as James Lernutius hath facetely expressed in an elegant ode of his […]
Word: gilloflower Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of gillyflower. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: I will alſo diſtinguiſh and ſeparate them, entreating in the next Chapter of thoſe that beare yellow flowers and greene leaves, which is the diſtinction betweene a Wallflower and a Gilloflower, yet I will here give you the figure of the ſingle garden Stocke Gilloflowers.
Word: gilloflowers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gilloflower Labels: form-of, plural
Word: tajweed Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of tajwid. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: tajwid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Arabic تَجْوِيد (tajwīd), literally "elocution". Pronunciation: /tæd͡ʒˈwiːd/ 1. The rules governing pronunciation during recitation of the Qur'an. Labels: uncountable
Word: crossish Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From cross + -ish. 1. Slightly cross or irritable.
Word: mad as a box of frogs Part of Speech: adj 1. Completely mad; insane; crazy. Labels: not-comparable, slang
Word: itemiser Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From itemise + -er. 1. Alternative form of itemizer. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: itemisers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of itemiser Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Bassora Part of Speech: name 1. Obsolete form of Basra. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: coprimality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + primality. 1. The quality of being coprime. Labels: uncountable
Word: Chen prime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Chinese mathematician Chen Jingrun, who proved in 1966 that there are infinitely many such numbers. 1. Any prime number p such that p+2 is either a semiprime or another prime. Example: 2013, Laura Hemphill, Buying In, Haughton Mifflin Harcourt (New Harvest), page 278, She tried counting Chen primes. 2, 3, 5... 7, 11... 13... 17... She couldn't concentrate. Example: There are even magic square of primes, like this one containing Chen primes discovered by Rudolf Ondrejka:[…]
Word: Chen primes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Chen prime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: safe prime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From safe (adjective) + prime (noun). These primes are called “safe” because they are safe to use in cryptography due to the fact that one less than the prime has the largest possible prime factor. Pronunciation: /seɪf ˈpɹaɪm/ 1. A prime number of the form 2p+1, where p is also a prime (the latter is called a Sophie Germain prime).
Word: safe primes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of safe prime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sophie Germain prime Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Sophie Germain + prime (noun), named after the French mathematician Sophie Germain (1776–1831), who used them in her investigations of Fermat’s Last Theorem. Pronunciation: /ˌsɔfi ˌʒɛɹmɛ̃ ˈpɹaɪm/ 1. A prime number p where 2p+1 is also prime (the latter is called a safe prime).
Word: Sophie Germain primes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Sophie Germain prime Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cototient Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From co- + totient. 1. The value of n – φ(n), i.e. the number of positive integers less than or equal to n that are divisible by at least one prime that also divides n.
Word: cototients Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cototient Labels: form-of, plural
Word: built-ins Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of built-in Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Cunningham chain Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after mathematician A. J. C. Cunningham. 1. A certain kind of sequence of prime numbers, with applications in cryptography. 2. A certain kind of sequence of prime numbers, with applications in cryptography.
Word: Cunningham chains Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Cunningham chain Labels: form-of, plural
Word: strawbale Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From straw + bale. 1. A bale of straw. Example: Strawbale construction is a sustainable method for building, from the standpoint of both materials and energy needed for heating and cooling.
Word: strawbales Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of strawbale Labels: form-of, plural
Word: maljunction Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From mal- + junction. 1. anomalous union of the pancreatic and biliary ducts outside the duodenal wall. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: maljunctions Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of maljunction Labels: form-of, plural
Word: metri gratia Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From Latin metrī grātiā. 1. for the sake of the meter. Labels: not-comparable
Word: watta satta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Urdu وٹہ سٹہ, literally "give-take". 1. A form of bride exchange in Pakistan and Afghanistan, involving the simultaneous marriage of a pair (brother and sister, uncle and niece, etc.) from each of two households. Labels: uncountable
Word: donkey kong Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of Donkey Kong. Labels: alt-of
Word: donkey kongs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of donkey kong Labels: form-of, plural
Word: von Mangoldt function Part of Speech: name Etymology: Named after the German mathematician Hans von Mangoldt. 1. A certain arithmetic function that is neither multiplicative nor additive. It is denoted by Λ(n) and defined as :Λ(n)= log p mbox ifn=pᵏ mbox forsomeprimep mbox andintegerk>1,\0 mbox otherwise.
Word: Knopp Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Knopp. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Ersa Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἕρσα (Hérsa, literally “Dew”). Pronunciation: /ˈɜːsə/, /ˈɜɹsə/ 1. The goddess/personification of the dew. Labels: Greek 2. A female given name.
Word: Australianization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Australian + -ization. 1. Act or process of making Australian. Labels: uncountable
Word: flexplate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From flex + plate. 1. A disk that connects the output from an engine to the input of a torque converter in a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, taking the place of the flywheel found in a conventional manual transmission setup.
Word: flexplates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of flexplate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Castilla-La Mancha Part of Speech: name 1. An autonomous community in central Spain.
Word: Merkle tree Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after American computer scientist Ralph Merkle (1952–), who patented it in 1979. 1. A binary hash tree. Example: 2001, Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Mobile Agent Route Protection through Hash-Based Mechanisms, C. Pandu Rangan, Cunsheng Ding (editors), Progress in Cryptology - INDOCRYPT 2001: 2nd International Conference, Proceedings, Volume 2, Springer, LNCS 2247, page 17, The second solution uses Merkle trees and minimizes the cost of route protection by the agent owner, so that a single digital signature suffices to protect the whole route; for hosts along the route, the verification cost is similar to the cost of previous schemes in the literature, namely one digital signature verification per route step. Example: 2004, Michael Szydlo, Merkle Tree Traversal in Log Space and Time, Christian Cachin, Jan Camenisch (editors), Advances in Cryptology - EUROCRYPT 2004: International Conference, Proceedings, Springer, LNCS 3027, page 541, Merkle trees have found many uses in theoretical cryptographic constructions, having been specifically designed so that a leaf value can be verified with respect to a publicly known root value and the authentication data of the leaf.
Word: hash tree Part of Speech: noun 1. A tree (data structure) in which every non-leaf node is labelled with the hash of the labels of its children.
Word: Bézout's identity Part of Speech: name 1. A theorem in the elementary theory of numbers: let a and b be integers, not both zero, and let d be their greatest common divisor. Then there exist integers x and y such that ax + by = d.
Word: bitlength Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bit + length. 1. The number of bits (binary digits) needed to represent a given value.
Word: bitlengths Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bitlength Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nonfueled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From non- + fueled. 1. Not fueled. Labels: not-comparable
Word: unrefuelled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + refuelled. 1. Alternative form of unrefueled. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: unrefueled Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + refueled. 1. Not refueled. Labels: not-comparable Example: the first unrefueled flight around the world
Word: pavonated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From oblique stem of Latin pāvō, pāvōnis (“peacock, peafowl”) + -ate + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈpæv.ə.neɪ.tɪd/ 1. Colored like the neck of a peacock: peacock blue. Labels: dated, poetic Example: 2181 Very dark copper red, slightly pavonated Copper Pyrites, in Quartz; from Freiberg. 2182 Very beautifully pavonated Copper Pyrites, with traversing slips of Siderocalcite; from Grosskamsdorf. Example: She guided me into a courtyard whose thrumming intensity of blue could only have been created by a fusion of hyacinthine and pavonated cobalt exalted by lapis. This hot blue kingdom was planted with orange trees heavy with fruit.
Word: thread lace Part of Speech: noun 1. lace made from linen thread Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: needle-and-thread grass Part of Speech: noun 1. Hesperostipa comata, a North American grass. Labels: uncountable
Word: micromomentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + momentary or micromoment + -ary. 1. Existing for only a very brief moment in time. Labels: not-comparable Example: micromomentary facial expressions
Word: microfacial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From micro- + facial. 1. Pertaining to microfacies. Labels: not-comparable 2. Relating to micromomentary facial expressions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: elephant apple Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compound of elephant + apple. Limonia acidissima: due to the skin of the fruit being akin to the skin of elephants. 1. The fruit of several tropical Asian trees: 2. The fruit of several tropical Asian trees: 3. The fruit of several tropical Asian trees: 4. The fruit of several tropical Asian trees:
Word: katmon Part of Speech: noun 1. Dillenia philippinensis, a tree endemic to the Philippines, whose fruit is known as the elephant apple.
Word: katmons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of katmon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elephant apples Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of elephant apple Labels: form-of, plural
Word: elephant beetle Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Referring to its large size. 1. Megasoma elephas, a large rhinoceros beetle.
Word: salt cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Impure solid sodium sulfate, produced in 19th-20th cc. by pouring sulfuric acid on table salt and formerly used in production of glasses, soaps etc. Labels: countable, historical, uncountable
Word: thunder rod Part of Speech: noun 1. lightning rod Labels: dated
Word: milksnake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of milk snake. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: milksnakes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of milksnake Labels: form-of, plural
Word: chicken snake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because they like to eat chicken eggs. 1. Any of various North American colubrid snakes.
Word: thunder snake Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of various North American snakes. 2. Any of various North American snakes. 3. Any of various North American snakes.
Word: in blood Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a state of perfect health and vigour. Labels: archaic Example: If we be English deer, be then in blood: Not rascal-like, to fall down with a pinch. 2. In a blood relationship, in which one is related by blood. Example: ... his privies in blood (heirs) and privies in representation (executors and administrators). For it has not been doubted, that privies in blood and privies in representation might, after the death of the insane party, avoid his[…] 3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, blood. With blood; by losing blood. Example: Members of the foreign legion paid in blood for their new citizenship.
Word: false rib Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the ribs that do not articulate directly with the sternum, but connect indirectly via cartilage.
Word: French rice Part of Speech: noun 1. spelt (Triticum spelta) Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: cherry currant Part of Speech: noun 1. A large variety of red currant native to North America, Ribes cereum.
Word: keep term Part of Speech: verb 1. To reside during a term. Labels: UK, dated 2. To follow the course by attending the necessary lessons. Labels: dated 3. To eat a sufficient number of dinners in hall, at the Inns of Court, to make the term count for the purpose of being called to the bar. Labels: UK, dated
Word: platinum sponge Part of Speech: noun 1. A porous, grayish-black form of platinum. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: chloroazotic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. aqua regia Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: beat the wing Part of Speech: verb 1. To flutter or flap; to move with fluttering agitation, or to rush. Labels: dated Example: Thrice have I beat the wing, and rid with night / About the world.
Word: beat into Part of Speech: verb 1. To teach or instil by harsh repetition.
Word: scarlet shiner Part of Speech: noun 1. A fish of species Lythrurus fasciolaris, a native of fresh waters of the eastern United States.
Word: pass box Part of Speech: noun 1. A box used to carry cartridges from the service magazine to the piece. Labels: historical
Word: leading case Part of Speech: noun 1. A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved. Labels: Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, UK Example: It is remarkable , that in the leading case cited as the foundation of the whole doctrine
Word: patch ice Part of Speech: noun 1. Ice in overlapping pieces in the sea. Labels: uncountable Example: The wind also veered now to the westward, and the vessles were hauled up to the south-east, steering between ice-bergs and broken patch ice; but scarcely any birds were yet to be seen; though, on the 20th, two nellies were observed, and one albatross, being the first since leaving the latitude of South Georgia. Example: Adult seals tend to remain in the moving patch ice, but the young seals are often seen in ice free nearshore areas.· 2. A coating of ice that covers an area of the ground, caused by snow that has melted and then refrozen. Labels: uncountable Example: There had already been flurries, and in some places the road down from the Overlook was slick with patch ice. Example: Patch ice clung to reeds and willow branches along the banks. 3. Ice in a skating rink that has been repaired or resurfaced to fix imperfections, cracks, or rough spots. Labels: uncountable Example: It contains a 200 by 85-foot hockey ice surface and a 100 by 61-foot "patch ice" rink for figure skating, practice and instruction. Example: The differences in usage by session/type of use are evident in Figure 4.4 which shows that there were more users in all categories, except patch ice and parties, in 1984/5 than 1985/6.
Word: wine of opium Part of Speech: noun 1. A tincture of opium in aromatized sherry. Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: Sydenham's laudanum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Thomas Sydenham. Pronunciation: /ˈsɪdənəmz ˈlɔːdənəm/, /ˈsɪdənəmz ˈlɔːdnəm/ 1. Synonym of wine of opium. Labels: uncountable
Word: wine stone Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Compare to German Weinstein 1. A kind of crust deposited in wine casks; crude argol.
Word: German steel Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of steel made from bog iron ore in a forge, with charcoal for fuel.
Word: extended Euclidean algorithm Part of Speech: noun 1. An extension to the Euclidean algorithm, which computes the coefficients of Bézout's identity in addition to the greatest common divisor of two integers.
Word: German paste Part of Speech: noun 1. A prepared food for caged birds, consisting of eggs, peasemeal, etc. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: With great care it (a young woodpecker) was fed, and eventually reared on such soft food as liver (generally chopped up), German-paste, and fruit not too hard, and became very tame, readily coming to the hand which fed it, darting out its long tongue directly anything was presented, as well as drinking with it, and climbing up me as if I was a tree.
Word: cagebird Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cage + bird. 1. A bird kept in a cage.
Word: cagebirds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cagebird Labels: form-of, plural
Word: German bit Part of Speech: noun 1. A wood-boring tool with a long elliptical pod and a screw point.
Word: rankless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rank + -less. 1. Devoid of rank. Labels: not-comparable
Word: German carp Part of Speech: noun 1. mirror carp
Word: pearl moss Part of Speech: noun 1. Irish moss Labels: uncountable
Word: pearl spar Part of Speech: noun 1. A crystallized variety of dolomite, having a pearly lustre. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: wolf eel Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of species Anarrhichthys ocellatus, a superficially eel-like fish found in the northern Pacific Ocean.
Word: wolf eels Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wolf eel Labels: form-of, plural
Word: low side window Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of window that is generally narrow, near the ground, and not aligned with the rows of windows, commonly found in medieval churches.
Word: low wine Part of Speech: noun 1. A liquor containing about 20 percent alcohol, produced by the first distillation of wash; the first run of the still. Labels: countable, in-plural, often, uncountable Example: A low-wines still's distilling power cannot be ascertained by the actual bulk of the distillates in strong and weak feints and spirits obtained in a given time, […]. Example: In distillation of Irish whiskey the low wine fraction is split into two, a weak low wine and a strong low wine.
Word: Tassoan Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Tasso + -an. 1. Of or relating to Torquato Tasso (1544–1595), Italian poet.
Word: throw up the sponge Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From a custom of the boxing ring, the person employed to sponge a pugilist between rounds throwing his sponge in the air in token of defeat. 1. To give up a contest; to acknowledge defeat; to throw in the towel. Labels: archaic, idiomatic, intransitive, slang Example: But he was too brave a man to throw up the sponge to fate, and had work to do yet. Example: At a time when official railway operators throw up the sponge for much less reason, it seems that only voluntary enthusiasm would ever contemplate the task at all.
Word: false croup Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of pseudocroup. Labels: dated, uncountable, usually
Word: false keel Part of Speech: noun 1. The timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the ship's lateral resistance.
Word: false scorpion Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Calque of translingual Pseudoscorpiones (literally “false scorpions”). 1. pseudoscorpion (Pseudoscorpiones) Labels: dated, rare
Word: false rail Part of Speech: noun 1. A thin piece of timber placed on top of the headrail to strengthen it.
Word: headrails Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of headrail Labels: form-of, plural
Word: false tack Part of Speech: noun 1. A coming up into the wind and filling away again on the same tack.
Word: false fire Part of Speech: noun 1. A combustible carried by vessels of war, chiefly for signalling, but sometimes burned for the purpose of deceiving an enemy. Labels: historical 2. A light on shore for decoying a vessel to destruction. Labels: historical
Word: Rhiannon Part of Speech: name 1. A figure in Welsh mythology. 2. A female given name from Welsh.
Word: Jewiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jewy + -ness. 1. Negative stereotypical Jewish qualities. Labels: derogatory, uncountable
Word: tower defense Part of Speech: noun 1. A style of real-time strategy video game in which the player attempts to stop enemies from crossing a map by building traps to slow them down and towers or turrets which shoot at them as they pass within range. Labels: uncountable
Word: against the hair Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. In a rough and disagreeable manner; against the grain. Labels: obsolete Example: He is the wiser man, master doctor: he is a curer of souls, and you a curer of bodies; if you should fight, you go against the hair of your professions. Example: But his Army loved him not; all went unwillingly with him, and against the hair.
Word: unlaconic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From un- + laconic. 1. Not laconic.
Word: fish pound Part of Speech: noun 1. A net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir. Labels: Canada, US, dialectal Example: the River St. Francis and its tributary Rivers and Streams should at all seasons remain open and unencumbered by fish pounds, so that Salmon may be left unmolested at and in ascending to their spawning places
Word: fish trowel Part of Speech: noun 1. fish slice Labels: dated
Word: fish strainer Part of Speech: noun 1. A colander with handles, used for taking fish out of a cookpot. 2. A perforated slab at the bottom of a dish, used to drain the water from a boiled fish. Example: an earthenware fish strainer
Word: neither fish nor flesh Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of neither fish, flesh, nor good red herring (synonym of neither fish nor fowl). Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Example: Hungary’s numerous local German-speakers (their numbers approached 2,000,000 by our period) were neither fish nor flesh in this regard. They certainly did not count as Austrian.
Word: pudding time Part of Speech: noun 1. Dinnertime, (pudding being formerly the dish first eaten). Labels: obsolete Example: Jack was received with a hearty welcome by his uncle, for he came in pudding-time, and was invited to dinner; […] 2. In the nick of time; critical time, just in time. Labels: obsolete Example: I wyll (quoth he) wyfe, by god almyghty. / This geare comth even in puddyng tyme ryghtly. Example: But that our Land-lord did that shift prevent, / Who came in pudding time, and tooke his Rent
Word: pudding pie Part of Speech: noun 1. A pudding with meat baked in it. Labels: obsolete Example: three well larded pudding-pies 2. A term of endearment Example: Hey, puddin' pie, cool it, will ya? I mean, c'mon, babe... Everyone's watchin'.
Word: shell lime Part of Speech: noun 1. lime made by burning the shells of shellfish Labels: uncountable
Word: shell jacket Part of Speech: noun 1. A short jacket reaching the hips, once part of military uniforms. 2. The jacket of a shell suit.
Word: oil beetle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the genus Meloe of blister beetles, which release oily droplets of toxic hemolymph from their joints when disturbed.
Word: oil of talc Part of Speech: noun 1. A nostrum made of calcined talc, famous in the 17th century as a cosmetic. Labels: obsolete, uncountable Example: That for the oil of Talc, dare spend / More than citizens dare lend / Them, or all their officers - Ben Jonson, To Sickness
Word: oil test Part of Speech: noun 1. A test for determining the temperature at which petroleum oils give off vapor which is liable to explode.
Word: Mungbam Part of Speech: name 1. A Southern Bantoid language of Cameroon.
Word: oil green Part of Speech: noun 1. A pale yellowish green colour.
Word: oil of wine Part of Speech: noun 1. enanthic ether Labels: archaic, uncountable
Word: postprint Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From post- + print. 1. After (the era or technology of) printing. Labels: not-comparable Example: The coming of the digital age has made possible new postprint forms of representation, such as the blog and the online diary.
Word: postprint Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From post- + print. 1. The version of a manuscript after it has gone through the peer-review process, but prior to publication in a learned journal; the author's final submission.
Word: Cabra Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening (in NSW). 1. Cabramatta, a suburb in New South Wales. Labels: Australia, informal 2. A western suburb of Dublin, Ireland (Irish grid ref O 1336).
Word: oil of brick Part of Speech: noun 1. An empyreumatic oil obtained by subjecting a brick soaked in oil to distillation at a high temperature; formerly used in medicine and by lapidaries. Labels: uncountable
Word: wheat thief Part of Speech: noun Etymology: So called because it is a troublesome weed in wheat fields. 1. Gromwell. Labels: uncountable
Word: hard coal Part of Speech: noun 1. Anthracite, as distinguished from bituminous soft coal. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: guard lock Part of Speech: noun 1. tide lock
Word: run the guard Part of Speech: verb 1. To pass the watch or sentinel without leave.
Word: forbare Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of forbear Labels: archaic, form-of, past
Word: blind rat Part of Speech: noun 1. mole rat
Word: rat pit Part of Speech: noun 1. An enclosed space into which rats are placed to be killed by a dog for sport. Labels: historical 2. A dreadful place. Labels: informal Example: Kurrell looked round the rat-pit of Kashima and made no reply.
Word: diamond mortar Part of Speech: noun 1. A small steel mortar used for pulverizing hard substances such as in mining.
Word: giant fennel Part of Speech: noun 1. Ferula communis, a tall herbaceous perennial (not a true fennel), of the family Apiaceae, native to the Mediterranean and eastern Africa.
Word: club topsail Part of Speech: noun 1. A kind of gaff-topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short "club" or "jack yard" to increase its spread.
Word: honey kite Part of Speech: noun 1. honey buzzard
Word: shaft alley Part of Speech: noun 1. A passage extending from the engine room to the stern, and containing the propeller shaft.
Word: over the left shoulder Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Used as an aside to indicate insincerity, negation, or disbelief. Labels: obsolete, slang Example: He said it, and it is true — over the left shoulder.
Word: tongue bone Part of Speech: noun 1. hyoid bone
Word: keep shady Part of Speech: verb 1. To stay in concealment. Labels: slang 2. To be reticent. Labels: slang
Word: German millet Part of Speech: noun 1. foxtail millet (Setaria italica) Labels: uncountable
Word: crosswire Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cross + wire. 1. crosshair; reticle
Word: crosswires Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of crosswire Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bone lace Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Traditionally woven with bobbins of bone. 1. A lace made of linen thread. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hag's tooth Part of Speech: noun 1. An ugly irregularity in the pattern of matting or pointing.
Word: program trading Part of Speech: noun 1. High-volume and high-speed buying and selling of investment securities, such as stocks and bonds, which is initiated and executed by brokerage firms' computer programs that continually monitor market conditions. Labels: uncountable Example: But the controversy over program trading, the sophisticated investment strategy responsible for the upheavals that have sometimes marked “witching” Fridays, is far from over. Example: When program trading came into vogue in the mid-1980s, it was at the forefront of Wall Street's computer revolution—and its practitioners included the Street's largest and most luminous brokerages.
Word: high-frequency trading Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of program trading. Labels: uncountable
Word: Clermont Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Clermont, from Latin clarus (“clear, famed”) + mons (“mount, mountain”). 1. Ellipsis of Clermont-Ferrand. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis 2. A commune in Oise department, Hauts-de-France, France. 3. A commune in Landes department, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. 4. A commune in Haute-Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France. 5. A commune in Ariège department, Occitania, France. 6. A town in Capitale-Nationale, Quebec; named for Clermont-Ferrand in honor of Blaise Pascal. 7. A town in Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec. 8. A city in Florida. 9. A town in Georgia, United States. 10. A town in Indiana. 11. A city in Iowa. 12. A town in New York; named for the nearby Taconic mountains. 13. A town in Queensland; named for Clermont-Ferrand, the hometown of a founder. 14. A town in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; named after an early landowner.
Word: Cancún Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Cancún, from Yucatec Maya kaan (“snake”) + kun (“overfilled”). Pronunciation: /kænˈkuːn/, /kɑːnˈkuːn/ 1. A resort city in Quintana Roo, in southeastern Mexico, on the coast of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Word: comes on to Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of come on to Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coming on to Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of come on to Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: came on to Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of come on to Labels: form-of, past
Word: value judgments Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of value judgment Labels: form-of, plural
Word: breaks the bank Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of break the bank Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: breaking the bank Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of break the bank Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: broke the bank Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past of break the bank Labels: form-of, past
Word: broken the bank Part of Speech: verb 1. past participle of break the bank Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: upstates Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of upstate Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pezant Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete form of peasant. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: painted Jezebel Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Jezebel, the Phoenician princess and Queen of Ancient Israel who appears in the Old Testament (1 Kings). She incited heresy and lured the Jews away from their God and back to idols. Before her death, knowing that she was soon to be slain, she took the time to fix her hair and paint her face. From the 16th century, some people believed that makeup was worn only by immoral women; hence the wearing of makeup implied immorality. 1. A Jezebel; an evil, scheming, shameless or immoral woman, especially one who uses physical attractiveness to evil ends. Labels: derogatory, obsolete Example: [I]n her absence Olive might give any version of her she chose. "I have told him you are a radical, and you may tell him, if you like, that I am a painted Jezebel." 2. Delias hyparete, a species of butterfly of the family Pieridae.