nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scatology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek σκῶρ (skôr, “excrement”) + -ology. 1. The scientific study or chemical analysis of faeces. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A filthy epithet. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] lingo of the streets with its spewed out scatologies and its anti-womanist rhetoric of "hoes and bitches" — all so evocative of life in the ghetto […] 3. Interest in or obsession with faeces or other excrement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Like James Joyce’s Leopold Bloom in the novel Ulysses (1922), Mozart seemed utterly comfortable with himself, bodily functions, and all.[…] In our view Mozart’s so-called scatology is part of his culture and personality and, as we have argued, intimately connected with his creativity. 4. Literature, humor, or pornography featuring excrement or excreting. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The move to out-and-out scatology in humorous texts for junior readers takes off in the later 1990s, following the overt scatological humor of ground-breaking ‘bum and poo’ picture books for younger readers, such as Holzwarth’s The Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business (1998).
Word: annum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin per annum (“yearly”), from annus (“year”). 1. Synonym of year. Labels: uncommon 2. Synonym of year. Labels: uncommon
Word: Gaw Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic gall (“foreigner or stranger”), meaning: * (Ireland) a person from Wales or England who immigrated after the Norman invasion, or * (Scotland) a person from Scandinavia or the English-speaking lowlands. 1. A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Word: truth value Part of Speech: noun 1. A value indicating to what extent a statement is true; in classical logic, these are the values "true" and "false".
Word: Kramer Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch Kramer and German Krämer. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪmɚ/ 1. A surname. Labels: countable 2. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename, from the surname: Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Kramer Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In reference to the televion sitcom Seinfeld, where the character Cosmo Kramer often suddenly enters unannounced. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪmɚ/ 1. To suddenly enter or go through somewhere unexpectedly and suddenly. Labels: colloquial, intransitive Example: I fell at work yesterday. A floor had just been mopped and there was no sign up about the floor being wet. I "Kramered" through, and slipped and wrenched my left knee. Example: I showed him how to open doors by fully turning the handle before you start to push it open instead of just Kramering through like usual, and he took it to heart!
Word: centile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From centi- + -ile. 1. Clipping of percentile. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: percentile Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Coined by Francis Galton in 1885, from percent + -ile. Pronunciation: /pəɹˈsɛn.taɪl/, /pɚˈsɛn.taɪl/, /pəˈsɛn.taɪl/ 1. Any of the ninety-nine points that divide an ordered distribution into one hundred parts, each containing one per cent of the population. 2. Any one of the hundred groups so divided. Example: She is highly intelligent—she has an IQ in the top percentile. Example: Also, doctors are much more interested in the relationship between the percentiles for weight and length than they are the numbers themselves. Healthy babies tend to land in somewhat similar percentiles for both metrics and are probably getting enough nutrition. This goes for those babies who don’t chart at all. Because it is impossible for researchers to determine what is the largest and smallest possible weight and length for babies, designers begin the charts at the fifth percentile and end them at the 95th percentile. This means 10% of babies are, like my son, unchartable.
Word: caecum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin caecum (“invisible, hidden”), clipping of intestīnum caecum (“blind gut”), translation of Ancient Greek τῠφλὸν ἔντερον (tŭphlòn énteron). Pronunciation: /ˈsiː.kəm/ 1. A cavity open at one end (such as the blind end of a duct), especially a blind pouch connected to the large intestine between the ileum and the colon. Example: After a preliminary course in anatomy it was found that caecum and transverse colon also provided excellent sites for excitation.
Word: BESM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of big eyes, small mouth, describing the odd proportions with which much Japanese manga is drawn. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: amas Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɑː.məz/, /ˈɑː.mɑz/ 1. plural of ama Labels: form-of, plural
Word: MOAB Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of Mother of all Bombs. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of 2. Acronym of Mother of all Bombs.
Word: INDY Part of Speech: phrase 1. Acronym of I'm not dead yet (“a fruit-fly gene, mutant versions of which are said to have increased the organism's lifespan”). Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: LZ Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of landing zone. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Example: Chief, Commander Keyes is counting on us to clear the LZ. 2. Initialism of lead-zinc, a type of paint. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: AON Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of all-or-none order. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: FCO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The FCO also disputes Fernández's claim that Britain kicked out the island's original Argentinian inhabitants.
Word: F&E Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of fleeing and eluding. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: R&O Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of resisting and obstructing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: JAG Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of judge advocate general. Labels: US, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Of the three JAGs who were dismissed, I know Lt. Gen. Charles Plummer and worked with him for more than three years.
Word: CSR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of corporate social responsibility. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: He could never have developed GE’s reputation in that sector if he were still fighting the image of stonewalling on Hudson River cleanup efforts. “They've completely jujitsu-ed that,” notes PR executive Richard Edelman. “They've set a new standard. It's not just corporate social responsibility (CSR) as philanthropy. It's CSR that makes money.” Example: While there appears to be something to this generalization about millennials and CSR appeals, much more needs to be learned about the nuances of what works and what does not. 2. Initialism of customer service representative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of certificate signature request. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of control and status register. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: CompTIA Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Computing Technology Industry Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: CSI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of crime scene investigation (a term of forensic science). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of crime scene investigator. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, informal, initialism Example: 'Damn cops,' said a CSI, who concentrated on the holes in the bark of a tree, the only holes not made by gun-happy rat killers. 3. Initialism of Customer Satisfaction Index. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Companion of the Order of the Star of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of consumer safety inspector. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of channel state information. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CSI Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Committee for Skeptical Inquiry (formerly CSICOP) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Computer Society of India. Labels: India, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ATO Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Australian Taxation Office. Labels: Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: ATO Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of assisted take-off. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of automatic train operation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Trains running through the Thameslink 'Core' in central London are using Automatic Train Operation (ATO) with European Train Control System (ETCS) in regular service. [...] Using ATO will enable GTR to reach the intended 24 trains per hour target between St Pancras International and Blackfriars. 3. Acronym of ammunition technical officer. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Acronym of anti-terrorist operation. Labels: Ukraine, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 5. Acronym of abort to orbit. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable 6. Initialism of account take over. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: Interestingly, the nature of the available stolen data means the typical victim of an ATO attack varies slightly depending on whether a bank or a retailer is under attack.
Word: WGA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Writers Guild of America, the labor union representing writers of film and television. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The use of AI in the production of film and television – either to write scripts, generate actors’ likenesses, or cut corners in paying creative work, has been a major point of contention in negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Sag and the Writers Guild of America (WGA). Example: The W.G.A.’s negotiating committee recognized that A.I. had to be on the table, and not simply as something to be resisted or refused. […] They also could have circumvented W.G.A. members altogether. Instead, this deal guarantees a contractually mandated context in which A.I. can be utilized — one that benefits, rather than impedes or replaces, the workers.
Word: ALR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of American Law Review. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: 2d Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of two-dimensional; 2D. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Obsolete form of 2nd. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: 2d Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of two pence, tuppence (in pre-decimalisation currency, never used for 'two new pence'). Labels: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, usually
Word: 3d Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of three-dimensional. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable 2. Obsolete form of 3rd. Labels: alt-of, not-comparable, obsolete
Word: 3d Part of Speech: noun 1. thruppence, threepence, a coin valuing three pennies
Word: DHS Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Department of Homeland Security. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: However, the council, which provides guidance and recommendations to the DHS secretary, noted that the “underlying work of Department components on this issue is critical.” Example: Asked by CNN what measures DHS was taking after the Pentagon leaks, Mayorkas said the department issued a reminder to employees and that he had directed a review. 2. Initialism of Department of Human Services. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: AF Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /eɪ̯ˈɛf/ 1. Initialism of air force. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of alternative fact. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of atrial fibrillation or auricular fibrillation. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of autofocus. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of adult female. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of auditory feedback. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Initialism of as found, also af, a/f. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 8. Initialism of aggression factor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: AF Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /eɪ̯ˈɛf/ 1. Initialism of antiferromagnetic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable
Word: AF Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /eɪ̯ˈɛf/, /æf/ 1. Initialism of as fuck. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, not-comparable, vulgar Example: Beowulf’s got plenty of admirers, so the romance is totally on point too. Trust me, this story is the lit AF, and you won’t wanna miss it.
Word: DPI Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Dots Per Inch; alternative spelling of dpi. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of Dry Powder Inhaler. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of Deep Packet Inspection. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: Prof. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of Professor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The Social at the College of Pharmacy—Profs. Cook and Van Derbeck Lecture. Example: Profs Zeisler & Pardee / Surgery. / Prof. Morgan
Word: mfg. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of manufacturing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: Colo. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Colorado: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: Mi'kmaq Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Mi'kmaq Míkmaq. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪkmæk/, /ˈmɪɡmɔː/, /ˈmɪɡəmɒk/ 1. A member of an Indigenous people residing in the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, and Quebec, and in the U.S. cities of Boston and New York City.
Word: Mi'kmaq Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Mi'kmaq Míkmaq. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪkmæk/, /ˈmɪɡmɔː/, /ˈmɪɡəmɒk/ 1. The polysynthetic Eastern Algonquian language spoken by this people, closely related to Maliseet and Passamaquoddy.
Word: Mi'kmaq Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Mi'kmaq Míkmaq. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪkmæk/, /ˈmɪɡmɔː/, /ˈmɪɡəmɒk/ 1. Of or pertaining to the Mi'kmaq people, language, or culture. Labels: not-comparable
Word: HPLC Part of Speech: noun 1. high-performance liquid chromatography or high-pressure liquid chromatography Labels: uncountable
Word: GCMS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gas chromatography coupled mass spectrometry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of gas chromatograph mass spectrometer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism
Word: colitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From col- + -itis. Pronunciation: /kəˈlaɪtɪs/ 1. inflammation of the colon. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Peritoneal fluid was commonly found in acute colitides, particularly pseudomembranous, infectious, and ischemic colitides, and not in chronic IBD. 2. Ellipsis of ulcerative colitis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, uncountable, usually Example: Crohn's disease and colitis
Word: packet Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et. Pronunciation: /ˈpæk.ɪt/, /ˈpæk.ət/ 1. A small pack or package; a little bundle or parcel Example: Don't throw the crisp packet on the floor! Example: a packet of letters 2. Originally, a vessel employed by government to convey dispatches or mails; hence, a vessel employed in conveying dispatches, mails, passengers, and goods, and having fixed days of sailing; a mail boat. Packet boat, ship, vessel (Wikipedia). Example: With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. Example: The wooden jetty on the East Pier had become worm-eaten and was demolished, but the Admiralty lent an old hulk to serve as a rough-and-ready packet facility. 3. A specimen envelope containing small, dried plants or containing parts of plants when attached to a larger sheet. Example: With fresh material, taxonomic conclusions are leavened by recognition that the material examined reflects the site it occupied; a herbarium packet gives one only a small fraction of the data desirable for sound conclusions. Herbarium material does not, indeed, allow one to extrapolate safely: what you see is what you get[…]. 4. A small fragment of data as transmitted on some types of network, notably Ethernet networks (Wikipedia). 5. A protocol data unit of the Internet Protocol. 6. A message sent over a transport layer protocol. Example: The Minecraft server accepts connections from TCP clients and communicates with them using packets. A packet is a sequence of bytes sent over the TCP connection. 7. A plastic bag. Labels: South-Africa Example: 2012 August 6, Wendy Knowler, Plastic packets: who bags the profits? 8. Synonym of package (“male genitalia”). Labels: slang Example: A sleeping, silver-haired man, probably about fifty, couldn’t close his legs because of the size of his packet. 9. A large amount of money. Labels: informal Example: It'll cost a packet to fix this.
Word: packet Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et. Pronunciation: /ˈpæk.ɪt/, /ˈpæk.ət/ 1. To make up into a packet or bundle. Labels: transitive 2. To send in a packet or dispatch vessel. Labels: transitive Example: [H]er husband / VVas packetted to France, to ſtudy courtſhip, / Under forſooth a colour of employment, / Employment, yea of honour. 3. To ply with a packet or dispatch boat. Labels: intransitive 4. To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent. Labels: Internet, transitive Example: 2007, Committee on Improving Cybersecurity Research in the United States, Toward a Safer and More Secure Cyberspace Typically, one hacker will annoy another; the offended party replies by launching a denial-of-service attack against the offender. These attacks—known as packeting—tend to be of limited duration […]
Word: phlebitis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phleb(o)- + -itis. Pronunciation: /flɪˈbaɪtɪs/ 1. Inflammation of a vein, usually in the legs.
Word: nevermind Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From never + mind (in never mind). 1. Attention, heed. Labels: US, regional Example: Hell, they've got groundrules and guidelines comin' out the kazoo, but do they pay any nevermind to 'em? 2. Concern, affair. Labels: US, regional Example: "... buy what he wants. It's none of your nevermind." Example: "These is my brothers, Tom and Benjamin. We's from Missoura. Would you be Yankee or Secesh?" / "Neither one," Joe said. "Not that it's any nevermind o' yours, Mr. Wickersham." 3. Consequence; significant change in or effect on a situation or state; difference. Labels: US, regional Example: Let 'em say she was his mistress, that she was a witch. Wasn't true, but it didn't make any nevermind if they thought it was. Nice woman, quiet, could tell the cards. Example: Either way—doesn't mean no nevermind to me, you understand.
Word: nevermind Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From never + mind (in never mind). 1. To ignore. Labels: US, regional Example: Nevermind a sustainable river, a sustainable earth, like an improvident farmer who kills his only milk cow because he wants steak tonight. Example: "Ya, that's a good idea, neverminding. Let's nevermind, huh?" 2. Alternative spelling of never mind. Labels: alt-of, alternative, colloquial, proscribed Example: Nevermind that she didn't know him, or that he was Japanese. Nevermind that she saw herself as always alone, despite the many people in her life. Example: Nevermind where the eggs & sperm came from. Nevermind how it is that all these planets & stars came from nothing.
Word: adm. Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of administrative. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: adm. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of administration. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: The Adm. here has finally approved my purchase of a small personal computer.
Word: jejunum Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin iēiūnum, neuter of iēiūnus. Pronunciation: /dʒɪˈdʒuːnəm/ 1. The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum
Word: adm Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of administer and related forms of that word (administering, administrate, administration. administrative, administrator, etc.) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: CXO Part of Speech: noun 1. “chief X officer”, with X as functional placeholder (finance, operating etc.) Example: Near-synonyms: C-suite, C-level Example: As someone taught me many, many years ago, businesses aren't run by CXO-level executives but by the people on the front lines working with customers or supporting the people who do. 2. Initialism of chief experience officer. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: A growing number of companies are installing a chief experience officer (CXO) into the C-suite, with responsibility for every facet of the customer journey. Harvard Business Review even makes the case that every company should have a CXO to oversee both customer experience and employee experience.
Word: CXO Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Concho Resources. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: Conoco on Monday announced a $9.7 billion all-stock takeover of Concho Resources (CXO), a fracker squarely focused on the Permian Basin, the massive West Texas oilfield at the heart of the shale revolution.
Word: MFA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Ministry of Foreign Affairs, any of various ministries so called (in various countries). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: MFA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Master of Fine Arts. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of multi-factor authentication. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: USAT Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of USA Today, an American newspaper. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: caca Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From cack (“to defecate in (one's clothes), crap one's pants”), or from Middle English cakken, from Old English *cacian, from Old English cac (“dung; excrement”); either way, ultimately from Latin cacare (“to shit, defecate”). Cognate with English cack. Compare Latin cacō (“to defecate”), French caca (“excrement”), Basque kaka (“excrement”), Lithuanian kaka (“excrement”), Hungarian kaka (“excrement”), Italian cacca, Ancient Greek κάκκη (kákkē, “dung”), German kacken, Irish cac, Welsh cach, Cornish caugh, Breton cac'h, Aromanian cac, Scottish Gaelic cac, Romanian căca, Spanish caca (“excrement”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːkə/, /ˈkɑkə/ 1. Excrement; feces. Labels: childish, uncountable
Word: CAFTA Part of Speech: name 1. Acronym of Central American Free Trade Agreement. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Word: XM Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of extended module: a tracker music file format. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: For instance, the rhythm-action game Dance Factory used 24-channel XM tracker music, composed by Allister Brimble decades after his Amiga debut […]
Word: GTA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Greater Toronto Area, the most populous urban region in Southern Ontario, Canada. Labels: Canada, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Greater Tokyo Area. Labels: Japan, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Grand Theft Auto, a series of video games by Rockstar Games involving car theft and gang warfare. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: GTA 6, the next chapter of the action-adventure franchise, has been a long time coming. GTA 5 was released in 2013. […] Rockstar Games, owned by Take-Two Interactive, has struggled with leaks. In 2022, hackers leaked unreleased footage from its next iteration of GTA.
Word: GTA Part of Speech: noun 1. Any game in the Grand Theft Auto series. Example: I remember that car was in one of the classic GTAs. 2. Initialism of graduate teaching associate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: BR Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of bedroom. Labels: Canada, US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Initialism of business route. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of bit reversal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: BR Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of British Rail, formerly British Railways up to 1965. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Abbreviation of Brandenburg: a state of Germany. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 3. Abbreviation of Baton Rouge: the capital of Louisiana, United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 4. Abbreviation of Bihar: a state of India. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: MBR Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of master bedroom. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of membrane bioreactor/membrane biological reactor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of master boot record. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of maximum bitrate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of management by results. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: The Data Center relocation planning process took place within a “management by results” (MBR) framework. / MBR as applied to the Great Western DP environment consisted of: […]
Word: qt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By abbreviation. 1. Abbreviation of quart. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of quiet, used in the expression on the Q.T., meaning secretly or in confidence. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, slang, uncountable 3. Quality time. Labels: slang, uncountable
Word: qt Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A homophone derived from the pronunciation of the letters "QT". 1. Alternative spelling of cutie. Labels: alt-of, alternative, slang
Word: Qt Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /kjuːt/ 1. a free and open-source cross-platform software for creating graphical user interfaces as well as cross-platform applications.
Word: norman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French normand. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɹmən/, /ˈnɔːmən/ 1. A wooden bar, or iron pin. Example: An iron norman pin penetrates the bitt near the top , and there is visible wear on the bitt from lines being tied to it and the norman pin
Word: norman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From normal + -an, possibly influenced by the given name Norman. Pronunciation: /ˈnɔɹmən/, /ˈnɔːmən/ 1. Synonym of normie (“a normal person”). Labels: slang
Word: vs Part of Speech: prep 1. Alternative form of vs.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: vs Part of Speech: pron 1. Obsolete typography of us. Labels: alt-of, obsolete
Word: vs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of v Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Sat. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Saturday. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: ins. Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of insurance. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Word: windows Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndəʊz/, /ˈwɪndoz/, /ˈwɪndouz/, /ˈwɪndəz/, /ˈwɪndoʊz/ 1. plural of window Labels: form-of, plural
Word: windows Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈwɪndəʊz/, /ˈwɪndoz/, /ˈwɪndouz/, /ˈwɪndəz/, /ˈwɪndoʊz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of window Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: recap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + cap. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈkæp/ 1. To seal (something) again with a cap. Example: They're planning to recap those oil wells permanently. 2. To replace the worn tread on a tire by gluing on a new outer portion. Labels: Canada, US Example: They buy a lot of camelback because they recap a lot of truck tires for trailer fleets. Example: In 1942 almost 86,000,000 pounds of camelback—a 25-percent increase over 1941—were made available for recapping purposes, and the output of this product is continually increasing. Dealer establishments are as busy as beehives. They have about 90 percent of the recapping equipment. In the testimony before you yesterday one of the proponents of this bill admitted that independent dealers had 88 percent of all the recapping machinery there is in the United States. We estimate that it is probably about that figure, although we thought it was a little higher, probably 90 percent. In addition to recapping tires for the general public, they also are doing this work on Government-owned tires, including the military, with the result that the independent dealer has retreaded hundreds and hundreds of thousands of tires, at a substantial profit, during said period.
Word: recap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From re- + cap. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈkæp/ 1. A tire that has had new tread glued on. Example: He refused to buy recaps because he didn't trust them not to come apart on the highway. Example: As she did so, Stacy noted that the tire had been a recap—a tire created by gluing a new outer portion of tread onto the worn inner core of old tires.
Word: recap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of recapitulation. Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːkæp/ 1. A recapitulation. Example: Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice will give us a recap of recent decisions. Example: With that in mind, here is an attempt to provide an overview of what's happening where, as well as a recap on some of the major announcements that have taken place in the past few months.
Word: recap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Clipping of recapitulation. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈkæp/, /ˈɹiːkæp/ 1. To recapitulate. Example: Near-synonyms: review; overview Example: Before we begin with today's agenda, Alice, would you please recap the decisions that were made last week?
Word: recap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of recapitalization. 1. A leveraged recapitalization accomplished by increasing the debt to equity ratio. Example: A survey of private equity firms found that most firms are comfortable with a debt/equity ratio of 4:1 following a dividend recap.
Word: recap Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From re- + cap (capacitor). 1. To replace capacitors in electronic equipment. Labels: informal
Word: Mo. Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Missouri: a state of the United States. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: He suggested that members of the various Associations should be represented at the meeting in Jefferson City, Wednesday afternoon, February 19, in the Capital Building, Jefferson City, Mo., to oppose this bill.
Word: mo. Part of Speech: symbol Etymology: Clipping of month. 1. month Example: 12 yr., 4 mo., 17 d.
Word: no. Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of No.. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: ybp Part of Speech: symbol 1. Alternative form of YBP. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: dest Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of destination. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping Example: So what’s your debark dest, Santoul?
Word: diag Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of diagnosis. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of 2. Abbreviation of diagram. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: diag Part of Speech: adj 1. Abbreviation of diagnostic. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, not-comparable
Word: GIS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gas injection system. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of generalized iterative scaling. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of geographic information science. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 4. Initialism of geospatial information system or initialism of geographic information system (“computer-based system to analyse and present spatial data”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Greenland ice sheet. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: B&H Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: B&H Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of Building and Housing. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable
Word: teledildonics Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. English tele- English dildonics English teledildonics From tele- (“afar, from a distance”) + dildonics (“electronic dildos”). 1. Technology which can be used to remotely control dildonics, allowing mutual masturbation over the Internet. Labels: uncountable Example: And considering their comfort level with remote interaction and online gaming, teledildonics will not seem odd at all. It will just be another option on a Wednesday night. Example: Wide-eyed futurists have long envisioned a world where teledildonics helps us all get it on with partners half a world away; so far, their predictions have amounted to little more than empty hype.
Word: MSA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Modern Standard Arabic (Fusha). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of Modern South Arabian. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 3. Initialism of Michigan Statutes Annotated. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 4. Initialism of Middle Stone Age. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 5. Initialism of Mobile Service Architecture. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 6. Initialism of Malaysia-Singapore Airlines. Labels: Malaysia, Singapore, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism
Word: MSA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of motorway service area. Labels: Ireland, UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of multiple system atrophy. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of metropolitan statistical area. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 4. Initialism of master service agreement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 5. Initialism of Master Settlement Agreement. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 6. Initialism of minimum safe altitude. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 7. Abbreviation of mechanically steered array. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 8. Initialism of mail submission agent. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: A “mail submission agent” (MSA) that accepts outgoing mail from an MUA, grooms it, and submits it to the transport system[.]
Word: ch Part of Speech: noun 1. Abbreviation of chain (“a unit of measurement equal to 22 yards”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 2. Abbreviation of chain (stitch) Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable 3. Abbreviation of channel, in reference to telephones, audio, radio, and television. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: 5.1 ch surround sound 4. Abbreviation of chapter (“main section of a book”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: Ch 2 secondarily interrupts the flow between chs 1 and 3 (see 2.1–16n.). 5. Abbreviation of chestnut (“a dark reddish-brown colored horse”). Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Example: NAME OF HORSE (COLOR, SEX, YEAR BORN) Secretariat (ch.s. 1970)
Word: ch Part of Speech: verb 1. Abbreviation of chain. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of Example: 11 tr into 3rd ch from hook, join with sl st to top of beginning ch 3 (12 tr made) […] Ch 4, sl st to 1st sl st to close.
Word: ch Part of Speech: pron Etymology: Apheretic form of ich or utch, ultimately from Old English iċ (“I”). Compare Dutch 'k, an apheretic variant of ik (“I”). More at ich, I. Pronunciation: /t͡ʃ/ 1. Alternative form of I. Labels: alt-of, alternative, dialectal, obsolete
Word: duplicity Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin duplicare (double). Equivalent to duplex + -ity. Pronunciation: /duˈplɪ.sɪ.ti/, /dju-/ 1. Intentional deceptiveness; double-dealing. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The quality of being double or twofold. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: For instance the rod-cone 'duplicity' of retinal function was first enunciated by the German microscopist Max Schultze in 1866 […]
Word: marcescent Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin marcescens, present participle of marcescere. 1. Withered, but still attached. Labels: also, figuratively, not-comparable, rare Example: How often is the flower of human life marcescent, tenacious of its old estate when the blooming-time is past. Example: “But,” she answered, “granting that Mon Cul is a remarkable creature, that he is the elder statesman among monkeys, that his marcescent eyelids have opened upon sights and splendors about which the most romantic among us only dream,[…]” 2. Able to revive when moistened. Labels: not-comparable
Word: WSJ Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Wall Street Journal. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: Though a few workers have committed to the microretirement lifestyle, more and more young people say they are open to the idea of taking extended breaks from work to volunteer or focus on "personal projects," WSJ noted, citing data from Handshake, a job database for college students.
Word: GSW Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of gunshot wound. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: GSW Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Golden State Warriors. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: CCLCM Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Word: serotonin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *sér-o-der. Proto-Italic *serom Latin serumder. English serum English sero- English tone Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English serotonin From sero- + tone + -in. Pronunciation: /ˌsɛɹəˈtəʊnɪn/, /ˌsɛɹəˈtoʊnɪn/ 1. An indoleamine neurotransmitter, 5-hydroxytryptamine, that is involved in depression, appetite, etc., and is crucial in maintaining a sense of well-being, security, etc. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Notably, mouse lines targeting genes codifying for serotonin receptors, for enzymes involved in 5-HT synthesis as Tph1 and Tph2, in its metabolism as monoaminoxidase A (MAOA) or in its re-uptake as serotonin transporter (SERT), have been generated. Example: The class of antidepressants most commonly associated with sexual dysfunction is selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, which treat depression by ultimately increasing levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin in the brain.
Word: semidocumentary Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary English semidocumentary From semi- + documentary. 1. a drama (film, book or TV) that presents a fictional story incorporating many factual details or actual events
Word: semidocumentary Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *sēmi Latin sēmi-bor. English semi- Proto-Indo-European *deḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *doḱ-éye-ti Proto-Italic *dokejō Proto-Italic *dokeō Latin doceō Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Latin documentumbor. French document Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. French -aire French documentairebor. English documentary English semidocumentary From semi- + documentary. 1. of such a drama
Word: capstan Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed into Middle English from either Old French cabestan, from Old Occitan cabestan, from cabestre (“pulley cord”) or from Spanish cabestran, both of which derive from Latin capistrum (“halter”), from capiō (“take hold of”). Pronunciation: /ˈkæp.stən/ 1. A vertical cylindrical machine that revolves on a spindle, typically surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for levers for turning it; used to apply force to cables, ropes, etc. Labels: especially Example: to pawl the capstan Example: to rig the capstan 2. A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder. 3. a screw on the rising side of a piano key, which serves the function of lifting the wippen when the key is depressed Example: The upward force of the capstan causes the wippen to rise, thrusting the jack upward into another component called the “knuckle” that is fixed to one end of the hammer shank.
Word: make the welkin ring Part of Speech: verb 1. To make a loud noise. Example: The 0-8-4 with its 13 six-wheel coaches generally managed to keep "neck-and-neck" with the Tredegar 0-6-0 and its load of five or six coaches, but the combined effort made the welkin ring and excitement reigned among both the train-crews and passengers. 2. To celebrate or revel. Labels: idiomatic Example: There was nothing like that spirit which, when the heart goes with the decree of the ruler, makes the welkin ring with its unregulated rejoicings.
Word: androgyne Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French androgyne, from Latin androgynus. Pronunciation: /ˈæn.dɹə.d͡ʒaɪn/ 1. A person who is androgynous. Example: Billy looked up at the face that went with the clogs. It was the face of a blond angel, of a fifteen-year-old boy. The boy was as beautiful as Eve. Billy was helped to his feet by the lovely boy, by the heavenly androgyne. Example: The yogi is in this way the androgyne of prehistory reachieved. 2. An androgynous plant.
Word: haya Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Spanish haya, from Old Spanish haya, from Latin [materia] fāgea (“hay wood”). 1. A beech tree, especially a Mexican beech (Fagus mexicana).
Word: haya Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of chaya. Labels: Judaism, alt-of, alternative
Word: pan out Part of Speech: verb 1. To separate and recover (valuable minerals) by swirling dirt or crushed rock in a pan of water, in the manner of a traditional prospector seeking gold. Labels: transitive Example: On the Saturday holidays in summer-time we used to borrow skiffs whose owners were not present and go down the river three miles to the cave hollow (Missourian for "valley"), and there we staked out claims and pretended to dig gold, panning out half a dollar a day at first. Example: His father came out in '49 with the gold rush crowd, panned out a good pile, and then, liking the life—San Francisco was a gay little burg those days—opened one of the crack gambling houses down on the Old Plaza. 2. To proceed according to plan; to result or end up with an acceptable outcome or in an acceptable form. Labels: figuratively, intransitive Example: My hopes for a white Christmas didn't pan out this year. Example: We'll see what pans out from the arbitration process. 3. To fall asleep. Labels: Ireland, intransitive, slang
Word: ness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English nesse (in placenames), from Old English næs, from Proto-Germanic *nasją (“promontory; ness”); cognate with Middle Low German nes, Icelandic nes, Swedish näs, Danish næs, Old Norse nes. Related to nose. Pronunciation: /nɛs/ 1. A promontory; a cape or headland. (Frequently used as a suffix in placenames.) Example: Velvraz Sebarm stands upon the lake, among orange-trees and pomegranates and almonds and peaches of the south, a mile north-west over the water from Zayana town, and two miles by land: an old castle built of honey-coloured marble at the tip of a long sickle-shaped ness that sweeps round southwards, with wild gardens running down in the rocks to the water’s edge, and behind the castle a wood of holm-oaks making a wind-break against the north.
Word: highfalutin Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/, /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/ 1. Self-important, pompous; arrogant or egotistical. Labels: US, informal Example: It's only a matter of time before some highfalutin developer builds a huge hotel and ruins the scenery. Example: That one Cajun that moved to Austin is too highfalutin to come back to Livingston Parish. He's over there with that mean bread lady!
Word: highfalutin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Possible an alteration of high-fluting. Another speculation connects the term with high-flighting/-flying. First appears c. 1839 in the Spirit of the Times. Pronunciation: /ˌhaɪ.fəˈlu.tɪn/, /ˈhaɪ.fəˌlu.tɪn/ 1. Pompous speech or writing. Labels: archaic, uncountable Example: Don't write so much highfalutin next time. Example: "We will, we will," shouted the Puddin'-owners; but the Puddin' said sourly: "This is all very well, all this high falutin'."
Word: reddy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós Proto-Germanic *raudaz Proto-West Germanic *raud Old English rēad Middle English red English red English -y English reddy From red + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛdi/, /ˈrɛɖːi/ 1. Somewhat red in colour. Example: Baby brown snakes are dark grey or black, and have broad bands on the back of their heads and numerous reddy-brown spots on their bellies.
Word: rebuff Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbʌf/ 1. A sudden resistance or refusal. Example: He was surprised by her quick rebuff to his proposal. Example: And it is symptomatic of the many paradoxes of Lederer's life that of all the people in the room, Brotherhood is the one whom he would most wish to serve, if ever he had the opportunity, even though — or perhaps because — his occasional efforts to ingratiate himself with his adopted hero have met with iron rebuff. 2. Repercussion, or beating back. Example: the strong rebuff of some tumultuous cloud
Word: rebuff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From obsolete French rebuffer, from Middle French rebuffer (compare French rebiffer (“to rise up, revolt”)), from Italian ribuffare. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈbʌf/ 1. To refuse; to offer sudden or harsh resistance; to turn down or shut out. Labels: transitive Example: The plaque (2014) doesn't tell you that Leonard [Woolf] had initially been rebuffed. His intended proposal was refused by Virginia [Woolf to be], who then had a change of heart. Example: Lawyers for CBS News are rebuffing a legal threat from Donald Trump over the network’s “60 Minutes” interview with Kamala Harris, telling the former president his demands are based on a “faulty premise.”
Word: rebuff Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English buff English rebuff From re- + buff. Pronunciation: /ɹiːˈbʌf/ 1. To buff again. Labels: transitive
Word: child's play Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From child + -’s + play, originally referring literally to play by a child. Pronunciation: /ˈt͡ʃaɪldz ˌpleɪ/ 1. Something particularly easy or simple. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Compared to my last job, this is child’s play. Example: The brawny craftsman finds it no child's play to mould his unpliant rugged masses; neither is guidance of men a dilettantism: what it becomes when treated as a dilettantism, we may see!