nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: volute Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Doublet of vault. Pronunciation: /vəˈluːt/ 1. Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail. Labels: not-comparable 2. Rolled up in any way. Labels: not-comparable
Word: viscountess Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English viscountes, viscountesse, probably from Middle French viscontesse; equivalent to viscount + -ess. Doublet of vicomtesse. Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪkaʊntəs/ 1. The wife of a viscount. 2. A woman holding the rank of viscount in her own right. Example: Before his own elevation to an earldom, Disraeli's wife was created Viscountess Beaconsfield by Queen Victoria.
Word: murine Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mūrīnus (“mouselike”). Pronunciation: /ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a mouse. Example: They had watched, paralysed, as, squeaking with terror, her small murine body was ripped to pieces, Tilly yipping gleefully with excitement all the while. 2. More generally, of, pertaining to, or characteristic of any rodent up to the taxonomic rank of Muroidea, most often with reference to mice and rats of the subfamily Murinae. Example: 1977, Richard Peto⁽ᵂᴾ⁾ Are our stem cells really, then, a billion or a trillion times more "cancerproof" than murine stem cells? Example: One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
Word: murine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin mūrīnus (“mouselike”). Pronunciation: /ˈmjʊəɹaɪn/ 1. Any murine rodent. Example: Near-synonyms: murid, muroid, mouse, rat, vole (all precisely differentiable but not always differentiated)
Word: wallboard Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From wall + board. 1. A construction material of pre-made boards used for walls and ceilings, usually a gypsum core with a paper surface. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Hooks come with screws for use in plaster or wood and toggles for use in wallboard. One hook should be sufficient to swag a lamp from a ceiling outlet.
Word: drywalling Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of drywall Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: drywalling Part of Speech: noun 1. The installation and finishing of drywall. Labels: uncountable Example: The drywalling will be done by next week.
Word: whitetail Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From white + tail. 1. A deer, Odocoileus virginianus, family Cervidae, perhaps the most popular game animal in North America. 2. Any of the white-tailed spiders of genus Lampona (Lampona cylindrata and Lampona murina) native to eastern and southern Australia. 3. A dragonfly of the genus Plathemis.
Word: wronged Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɒŋd/ 1. simple past and past participle of wrong Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: parcel bomb Part of Speech: noun 1. A bomb, disguised as a parcel, set to explode when unwrapped.
Word: Noël Part of Speech: name 1. Alternative spelling of Noel. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stomach lining Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer of tissue on the inside of stomach.
Word: lact- Part of Speech: prefix 1. milk Labels: morpheme
Word: dorty Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈdɔɹti/ 1. Dirty; unclean. Labels: Geordie Example: Ees claes were dorty.
Word: hacky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English hack Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English hacky From hack + -y. 1. Like a hack; amateurish. 2. Filthy or totally dirty. Labels: Geordie 3. Using, or characterised by, hacks: poorly designed workarounds. Labels: informal 4. Short and interrupted, broken, jerky; hacking. Labels: colloquial Example: s hacky cough. A hacky laugh. A hacky breath.
Word: hacky Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Alteration of hackneyed. 1. Hackneyed (lacking significance through having been overused; unoriginal and trite) Labels: informal
Word: hacky dorty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: hacky + dorty 1. Filthy dirty, totally soiled. Labels: Geordie, derogatory, not-comparable Example: "Yor hacky dorty man!, deeky yer claes, they're soden wi clarts!"
Word: -lepsy Part of Speech: suffix Etymology: From Ancient Greek λῆψις (lêpsis, “seizure”) and epilepsy, which is from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψίᾱ (epilēpsíā). 1. a specified form of possession (noun sense 5 or noun sense 6), fit or seizure Labels: morpheme
Word: Shakespearian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English Shakespeare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Shakespearian From Shakespeare + -ian. 1. Alternative spelling of Shakespearean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: Shakespearian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Shakespeare Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Latin -iānusbor. English -ian English Shakespearian From Shakespeare + -ian. 1. Alternative spelling of Shakespearean. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: stap my vitals Part of Speech: intj Etymology: Corruption of stop + my + vitals. Compare stap me. 1. An exclamation of surprise or anger, sometimes used as an oath. Labels: obsolete Example: You have married a woman beautiful in her person, charming in her airs, prudent in her conduct, constant in her inclinations, and of a nice morality - stap my vitals! Example: The true Preux des Dames, (regretfully) went out with the full periwig, stap my vitals!
Word: ball boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A person, usually male, responsible for retrieving balls from the area of play, and returning them to the players.
Word: ball girl Part of Speech: noun 1. A female responsible for getting the balls from off the area of play to the players.
Word: in the way Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Obstructing, blocking, or hindering. Labels: idiomatic Example: I really wanted a clear photo of the president, but all the journalists were in the way. Example: The pre-grouping railway managements were very chary about allowing other people's trains on their territory, and there were many instances where running powers granted by Act of Parliament were never actually excercised because of difficulties deliberately put in the way. 2. Around; present; able to be found. Labels: dated Example: First thing on the Monday morning, I went to the haberdasher's shop, opposite Mr. Trinkle's, the great upholsterer's in Cheapside. "Mr. Phibbs in the way?"
Word: on the way Part of Speech: prep_phrase 1. Coming; approaching. Labels: idiomatic Example: Don't panic! Reinforcements are on the way. Example: Spring is on the way. 2. Heading to a certain place. Example: We are on our way to the train station. 3. On the direct route that one intends to travel. Example: I can drop you at the station, as it is on my way home. 4. On one's way. 5. While travelling. Example: We expressed our readiness, and in ten minutes were in the station wagon, rolling rapidly down the long drive, for it was then after nine. We passed on the way the van of the guests from Asquith. Example: We gathered up what was left of the red deer after skinning and cleaning it, and set out upon our return journey toward the U-boat. On the way Olson, von Schoenvorts and I discussed the needs of our immediate future, and we were unanimous in placing foremost the necessity of a permanent camp on shore.
Word: thus far Part of Speech: adv 1. So far, hitherto. Labels: not-comparable Example: Barry removed Pawlisch last July and the former board member has sought reinstatement to his seat, thus far without success.
Word: vital signs Part of Speech: noun 1. A set of measurements of a patient's condition taken regularly to assess the state of bodily functions: CSM, skin signs, lung sounds, temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and respiration. Labels: plural, plural-only Example: Read between the lines / What's fucked up, and everything's alright / Check my vital signs / To know I'm still alive, and I walk alone 2. A set of variables or characteristics that indicate the general condition of something. Labels: broadly, figuratively, plural, plural-only Example: the vital signs of the economy Example: We met in a pub and spoke for hours. We went through two bottles of red wine and a couple of pizzas. We had a kiss as the bus stop, and messaged as soon as we both got home. Good vital signs right? Wrong.
Word: nose-picking Part of Speech: noun 1. The insertion of one's finger into one's nostril, especially to remove mucus. Labels: uncountable 2. A piece of mucus extracted from the nose using one's finger. Labels: countable
Word: nose-picking Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of nose-pick Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: stretch one's legs Part of Speech: verb 1. To walk about, especially after prolonged time sitting or lying down. Labels: idiomatic Example: I needed to stretch my legs after spending all day sitting around in meetings. Example: In the interval between Sunday School and Church when the congregation stretched its legs, I saw Atticus standing in the yard with another knot of men.
Word: get one's leg over Part of Speech: verb 1. To have sex Labels: UK, intransitive, slang Example: It's all well and good having a relationship, but at the end of the day all I want to do is get my leg over. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, one's, leg, over. Example: He just didn't quite get his leg over.
Word: quillaia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the genus Quillaja, from Mapudungun quillai. Pronunciation: /kwəˈleɪə/ 1. An extract from the bark of the soapbark tree, Quillaja saponaria, used as a food additive. Labels: uncountable Example: Although the emulsifying properties of quillaia are mentioned in every text-book, yet its advantages do not appear to be generally known or made use of.
Word: foaming agent Part of Speech: noun 1. Any substance that will produce a foam under specified conditions
Word: twoc Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From the legal term TWOC (“taken without owner's consent”). Pronunciation: /twɒk/ 1. To steal (especially a car). Labels: UK, regional, slang Example: Most familiarly, juveniles twoc cars. But, I suggest, readers twoc writings. Example: Joyriders are generally introduced to ‘twoccing’ by friends and it is seen as exciting, with many recounting the thrill, excitement and ‘buzz’ involved.
Word: shit happens Part of Speech: phrase 1. An expression of acceptance of misfortune and unforeseen bad circumstances or luck. Labels: vulgar
Word: Middlesbrough Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Old English middel (“middle”) + Old English burh (“fortified place”), equivalent to middle + -s- + -b(o)rough. Doublet of Middleburg and Middlebury. Cf. also Middelburg. Pronunciation: /ˈmɪdəlzbɹə/, /ˈmɪdəlzˌbʌɹə/ 1. A town, unitary authority, and borough in North Yorkshire, England, situated on the River Tees. Example: The Middlesbrough Labour MP, Stuart Bell, a political and personal friend, said: "Mo was a lioness both in terms of the Labour party and politics nationally. She cut to the quick with any issue and proved herself a stateswoman of the highest order when seeking to negotiate the Northern Ireland Good Friday agreement.
Word: so far so good Part of Speech: phrase 1. Up to this point, all is OK. Labels: idiomatic Example: Well, you've packed your bags for the holiday, bought your tickets, reserved the hotel and put the dog in kennels. So far so good; now let's get to Minorca. Example: They say that Ngoc hoang sent a messenger from heaven to men to say that when they reached old age they should change their skins and live for ever, but that when serpents grew old they must die. The messenger came down to earth and said, rightly enough, "When man is old he shall cast his skin; but when serpents are old they shall die and be laid in coffins." So far so good. But unluckily there happened to be a brood of serpents within hearing, and when they learned the doom pronounced on their kind, they fell into a fury and said to the messenger, "You must say it over again and just the contrary, or we will bite you."
Word: granary bread Part of Speech: noun 1. bread, not made from white or brown flour, that contains wheatgerm, whole grains and malt. Labels: UK, countable, uncountable
Word: wheatgerm Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wheat germ. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: syntactical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin syntacticus + -al. Pronunciation: /sɪnˈtaktɪkl/, /sɪnˈtæktəkəl/ 1. syntactic, related to syntax
Word: locken Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /lɒkən/, /lɒkn̩/ 1. past participle of lock. Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: locken Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /lɒkən/, /lɒkn̩/ 1. Locked. 2. Webbed (of hands or toes). Example: locken fingers 3. Stingy, tight-fisted. Example: The locken hands do not give much. 4. Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted. Example: She stood there stock-still, her brows locken. Example: A leering eye and locken brows, / And large Mongolian mouth and nose.
Word: muga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Assamese মুগা (muga). 1. A type of wild silk found in Assam. Labels: uncountable Example: Muga (from the Antheroea Assama moth) silk was produced in Assam; the muga silkworm fed on a tree known as champa. Example: She was wearing a mauve blouse, a matching mauve bordered sador and a plain muga mekhela.
Word: moon cake Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mooncake. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: The 15th day of the 8th moon is the 中秋 mid autumn feast. […] The cake shops are cleared of other stock, and nothing is to be bought in them for many days but the moon cakes. The moon cake—I am afraid I cannot convey an idea in words, of the delicacy of this exquisite morceau. I merely give its composition, and leave the rest to the imagination of the reader. A small pie in shape of a pork pie, with a crust not quite so tough as well tanned leather, filled with lumps of pork fat mixed with sugar, almonds, chopped walnuts, sesamum, and other varieties of seed. Example: The emblematical pastry of the period, the moon cake, has for its ingredients a little bit of everything grown during all the seasons of the year. […] Indeed, it is the nearest thing to pie the Chinese cookery affords. Bits of pork, cabbage, pumpkin, figs, fruit and fowl baked together in a cast-iron crust, seasoned with pork fat, may not be appetizing to the Caucasian taste, but they tickle the palate of a Chinaman into epicurean laughter and make him believe he is enlarging his mind proportionately with his waist.
Word: mooncake Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From moon + cake, a calque of Mandarin 月餅 /月饼 (yuèbíng, “mooncake”), from 月 (yuè, “moon”) + 餅 /饼 (bíng, “pastry; biscuit, cookie”), probably because the pastry’s traditional round shape resembles the full moon visible during the Mid-Autumn Festival. Pronunciation: /ˈmuːnkeɪk/, /ˈmunkeɪk/ 1. A rich, dense Chinese pastry traditionally filled with lotus seed paste and nowadays with a variety of other fillings, usually eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival (on the 15th day of the eighth month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar; early September to early October). Example: The fifteenth Day of the eighth Moon, is ſolemniz'd by the Chineſes with great feaſting and rejoycing. […] To this purpoſe, the preceding Days they ſend to one another Preſents of little Loaves and Sugar-Cakes, which they call Yue Pim, or Moon-Cakes. They are round, but the biggeſt, which are about two hands breadth in diameter, and repreſent the Full Moon, have every one a Hare in the middle made of a Paſt of Walnuts, Almonds, Pine-Apple-Kernels and other Indgredients. Theſe they eat by the Light of the moon; the Richer ſort having their Muſick alſo playing about 'em, which is very good. Example: Mei-kwei 玫丨 [i.e., 玫瑰] name of a pearl; also of a round cake, called the moon-cake, eaten at the harvest moon; […]
Word: radioactive fallout Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of nuclear fallout. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: designated hitters Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of designated hitter Labels: form-of, plural
Word: radioactive tracer Part of Speech: noun 1. A radioactive isotope which, when injected into a chemically similar substance, or artificially attached to a biological or physical system, can be traced by radiation detection devices.
Word: radioecology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + ecology. 1. the study of the fate and effects of radioactive materials in the environment Labels: uncountable
Word: radiometry Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From radio- + -metry. 1. The branch of science that deals with the detection and measurement of radiant electromagnetic energy. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: rain shadow Part of Speech: noun 1. An area of diminished precipitation on the lee side of mountains, caused by the prior release of moisture on the windward side. Example: As a necessary consequence of this analogous structure, we find no forests eastward of the slopes of the Rocky Mountains and the Cordilleras, or in their "rain shadow," but open steppes... Example: A pronounced 'rain shadow' and chinook belt occur on the plateau district in the lee of these mountains.
Word: Raman effect Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist. 1. the inelastic scattering of photons with subsequent change in frequency and phase; employed in Raman spectroscopy
Word: Raman spectroscopy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman, Indian physicist. 1. A form of spectroscopy that uses the Raman effect to study low-frequency vibrational and rotational modes of molecules. Labels: uncountable
Word: Raman scattering Part of Speech: noun 1. the Raman effect Labels: uncountable
Word: undertakers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of undertaker Labels: form-of, plural
Word: kati Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Malay kati; see below. 1. A weight equivalent to about 1.5 pounds, adopted as a standard by British companies. Labels: UK, historical, rare
Word: thinketh Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of think Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
Word: trusteth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From trust + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of trust Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
Word: turneth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From turn + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of turn Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
Word: understandeth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From understand + -eth, the archaic third-person singular present tense suffix. 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of understand Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. Example: He rejoined, “Thy calling is of no account in our city, where not a soul understandeth science or even writing or aught save money-making.”
Word: uttereth Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From utter + -eth (suffix forming archaic third-person singular simple present indicative forms of verbs). 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of utter Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: wanteth Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of want Labels: archaic, form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person Example: One would have lingering wars with little cost; Another would fly swift, but wanteth wings;
Word: our kid Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ɑː.kɪd/ 1. My sibling. Labels: Northern-England, no-plural Example: 'It looks like our kid's in bother again,' I'd remarked to Eileen. Example: "I'll oscillate you if you don't pack it in," said Dad, and our kid had to scarper a bit smartish to get out of the way of his big black boot.
Word: thickening agent Part of Speech: noun 1. any substance used to increase viscosity, especially of a food product
Word: rasen Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of reason (“raising piece”). Labels: alt-of, alternative, obsolete
Word: humectant Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin ūmectāns, present participle of ūmectō (“to moisten”), from ūmectus (“moist”), from ūmeō (“to be moist”). Pronunciation: /hjuːˈmɛktənt/ 1. Any substance that promotes the retention of water, especially one used to keep a food product moist. Example: […] that you have induced a horrid phlegmatic condition with will soon require a liberal and generous humectant to keep the very membranes of your very entrails from desquamating, chipping off and blocking up all the pipes of your body. Example: The humectant is preferably added at this stage, subsequent to centrifuging, because it increases the viscosity of the slurry. The centrifuged material with the combined humectant is then dried to remove all or most of the water.
Word: stinkbait Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From stink + bait. 1. A form of bait composed of malodorous ingredients, designed to attract fish (primarily catfish) that hunt by scent. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Deke mashed a wad of stinkbait onto the treble hook, then rinsed his fingers in the water to reduce the foul stench before lifting his beer can.
Word: wor kid Part of Speech: noun 1. A (usually younger and usually male) sibling. Labels: Geordie Example: Am gannin te see wor kid Oscar for a gyem of footy
Word: Waffen-SS Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Waffen-SS, from Waffe (“weapon”) + SS. Pronunciation: /ˈvɑfən.ɛsˌɛs/ 1. The combat branch of the Schutzstaffel.
Word: kaffir corn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: This name for sorghum is probably connected with both the distinction of Muslim versus non-Muslim and the distinction of sub-Saharan Black race versus other race; the history of usage of the word kaffir includes derogation, depending on time and place. For more information, see kaffir cabbage and see the Wikipedia article on kaffir as a racial term. 1. The cultivated species of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, used as a food for people and animals and in ethanol production. Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphor-roesslerite Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of phosphorrösslerite. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: birdseed Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bird + seed. Pronunciation: /ˈbɝdˌsid/ 1. Seed, usually constituting a mixture from several species of plant, set out as food for birds. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: If you set out birdseed in the winter, cardinals will be encouraged to overwinter.
Word: phosphorrösslerite Part of Speech: noun 1. A transparent crystalline mineral, MgHPO₄·7H₂O. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: phosphoruria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phosphor + -uria? 1. a higher than normal amount of phosphate in the urine; a symptom of renal failure Labels: uncountable
Word: phosphuria Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phospho- + -uria. 1. Alternative spelling of phosphoruria. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable
Word: reveller Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Inherited from Middle English revelour. By surface analysis, revel + -er. 1. One who attends revels; a partygoer.
Word: narcoleptic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From narco- (“pertaining to sleep”) + -leptic (“of or relating to a condition of seizing”). 1. One who suffers from narcolepsy ("a disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable attacks of deep sleep").
Word: narcoleptic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From narco- (“pertaining to sleep”) + -leptic (“of or relating to a condition of seizing”). 1. Pertaining to or affected by narcolepsy. Example: Miranda, who is narcoleptic and forgot to take her medication, was out cold for nearly 40 minutes after the plucky little girl called 911. 2. Lacking activity; drowsy, lethargic. Labels: figuratively Example: A tour guide, who claimed to have been a former Israeli colonel, whisked us about while he discoursed on chickpeas, the Six-Day War and, for the Christians among us, Jesus' difficult end. But the trip was pleasant in a narcoleptic, summery kind of way. Example: The loneliness of this new life, he said, is mitigated by Jacques, who spent most of the interview beached in a narcoleptic reverie at my feet, snoring and farting. 3. Tending to "put someone to sleep"; extremely boring or tedious. Labels: figuratively Example: The debate started at 11.30am, nudging out of port with a characteristically narcoleptic speech from Lord Campbell of Alloway (Con).
Word: phosphure Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French phosphure. 1. phosphide Labels: obsolete
Word: kalamata olive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: After the Greek city of Kalamata. 1. A small-fruited cultivar of olive originating in southern Greece around Kalamata and Mani producing a prized, high-quality oil. Example: Among the entrees are skate sautéed with capers and white wine served with puréed potatoes and haricot verts; and oven-cooked rainbow trout with fresh herbs served with cauliflower, kalamata olives and fresh tomato sauce.
Word: Kalgoorlie Part of Speech: name 1. A city in Kalgoorlie, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia, Australia, the seat of Kalgoorlie-Boulder. 2. A district of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Goldfields-Esperance, Western Australia, Australia.
Word: phosphuret Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From phospho- + -uret. 1. phosphide Labels: obsolete
Word: phosphureted Part of Speech: adj 1. treated, or reacted with phosphorus. Labels: obsolete
Word: phosphureted hydrogen Part of Speech: noun 1. phosphine Labels: obsolete, uncountable
Word: Kaliningrad Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Russian Калинингра́д (Kaliningrád); named for Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin. Pronunciation: /kəˈlɪnɪŋˌɡɹæd/ 1. An oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania. 2. A city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, formerly called Königsberg. Example: As a second-year student at Kharkiv University, I took a summer job as a conductor of the train that ran from Novorossiysk on the Russian Black Sea coast to Kaliningrad in the Baltics - a 48-hour journey via Kharkiv, from where the train originated.
Word: nightcrawler Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From night + crawler. 1. An earthworm of the species Lumbricus terrestris, known for its large size and nocturnal surfacings. 2. More generally, any arbitrarily large earthworm, especially those favored in angling. Labels: Northern-US, US, Western 3. A person or creature who prowls in the night-time. Example: Arc lights slashed the cool air along the neon facades of bars and after-hours clubs. Street musicians shrilled. And the nameless nightcrawlers huddled in doorways […]
Word: phosphuretted Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of phosphureted. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: AMP Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of adenosine monophosphate. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of antimicrobial peptide. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 3. Initialism of accelerated mobile page. Labels: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable Example: That strict nature of the AMP HTML means that attention to detail is necessary. The pages must be properly validated in order to function every time — and in order to amp up your place in Google's rankings, your AMP site must function every time. 4. Initialism of Asian massage parlor. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: AMP Part of Speech: name 1. Abbreviation of Amplified Bible. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of
Word: adenosine monophosphate Part of Speech: noun 1. A nucleotide, found in all animal muscle cells, reversibly convertible to adenosine diphosphate and adenosine triphosphate.
Word: monophosphate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English phosphate English monophosphate From mono- + phosphate. 1. any compound containing a single phosphate unit
Word: bone ash Part of Speech: noun 1. The white, powdery ash left when bone is burnt; it is high in calcium phosphate and is used as a fertilizer and in making bone china. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: bone-ash Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of bone ash. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bone china Part of Speech: noun 1. an English form of porcelain made from clay mixed with bone ash Labels: uncountable
Word: kanamycin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From (Streptomyces) kana(myceticus) + -mycin (“antibiotic produced from a Streptomyces strain”). The term kanamyceticus may comes from From Japanese 金 (kana-, “metal, money”) + Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs) + Latin -icus. Pronunciation: /ˌkæn.əˈmaɪ.sɪn/ 1. A broad-spectrum aminoglycoside antibiotic from a Japanese soil streptomyces (Streptomyces kanamyceticus), used to treat severe bacterial infections and tuberculosis. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: smoking stool syndrome Part of Speech: noun 1. A symptom of severe phosphorus poisoning in which stools (feces) laden with phosphorus are passed. Labels: uncountable
Word: numbles Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French nombles (“loin of meat”), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old French and Anglo-Norman lumbles (“loins”), from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus (“loin”). 1. The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food. Labels: archaic, plural, plural-only Example: In the kitchens the famous cooks were preparing menus which included, for one course alone: ballock broth, caudle ferry, lampreys en gelatine, oysters in civey, eels in sorré, baked trout, brawn in mustard, numbles of a hart, pigs farsed [...].
Word: Wolverhampton Part of Speech: name Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Wolverenhampton, from Old English *Wulfrūnehēantūn named after Lady Wulfruna, who founded the town. Pronunciation: /ˌwʊlvə(ɹ)ˈhæm(p)tən/ 1. A city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. Historically it was in Staffordshire.
Word: Pelagianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of its founder, Pelagius: Pelagian + -ism. 1. A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts. Labels: uncountable
Word: agyen Part of Speech: adv 1. again Labels: Geordie, not-comparable
Word: agyen Part of Speech: prep 1. against Labels: Geordie
Word: hominy Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First recorded in 1629. From Powhatan ("Virginia Algonquian"), though the exact source word is in question: suggestions include uskatahomen, appuminnéonash (“parched corn”), and rokohamin (“parched, ground corn”), the last yielding also the unclipped rockahominy. Pronunciation: /ˈhɒmɪni/ 1. A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Then his plate was put before him: hominy grits and a scrap of bacon. He wanted to cry, like a child: ‘But, Mama, it's my birthday!’
Word: aad wife Part of Speech: noun 1. An old woman. Labels: Geordie 2. An old wife. Labels: Geordie, derogatory
Word: adoptionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adoption Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English adoptionism From adoption + -ism. 1. A form of Christianity which maintains that Jesus is divine only in the sense that God the Father adopted him, either at Jesus' birth, or at his death, as opposed to the orthodox understanding of the nature of the Trinity. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: This account is close to Matthew 3:13–17 and its parallels in Mark and Luke, with one key difference—the addition of the phrase, “This day I have begotten you.” The Ebionites chose the moment of Jesus’ baptism by John as the key moment in which Jesus became God’s son, rather than the moment of Jesus’ birth. Jesus became God’s son by being “adopted” by him (a “spiritual birth,” so to speak) rather than by being literally fathered by God and born of a virgin. This idea is called adoptionism.
Word: knucklebones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of knucklebone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: knucklebones Part of Speech: noun 1. A children's game, originally played with the knucklebones of sheep, in which small objects are picked up, moved, thrown, and caught according to various rules. Labels: uncountable
Word: adoptionist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English adoption Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English adoptionist From adoption + -ist. 1. One who believes in or supports adoptionism. 2. One who supports adoption. Labels: uncommon
Word: adoptionist Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English adoption Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English adoptionist From adoption + -ist. 1. Of or pertaining to adoptionism. Labels: not-comparable
Word: ovigerous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ovum (“egg”) + -gerous. 1. carrying or bearing eggs. Labels: not-comparable Example: Protective measures for the species include a size limit (carapace length 8.5 cm), a closed season from 1 July to 31 October, bag limits for sportsfishermen (2 specimens per day), and the prohibition of taking ovigerous females or softshelled specimens.
Word: knucklehead Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From knuckle + head. Pronunciation: /ˈnʌkl̩ˌhɛd/ 1. An idiot; a stupid or inept person. Labels: derogatory, slang Example: Don't stick that screwdriver into the live electrical outlet, you knucklehead!
Word: bolo tie Part of Speech: noun 1. A necktie consisting of a heavy cord held in front by an ornamental clasp or slide.
Word: blackball Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From black + ball. Pronunciation: /ˈblækbɔːl/, /ˈblækbɑl/ 1. A rejection; a vote against admitting someone. Labels: countable 2. A black ball used to indicate such a negative vote. Labels: countable Example: Regardless how many other people may have voted to approve a candidate for membership, a single blackball will reject the candidate. 3. A kind of large black sweet, a black-colored gobstopper. Labels: countable 4. A substance for blacking shoes, boots, etc. or for taking impressions of engraved work. Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A game, a standardized version of the English version of eight-ball. Labels: uncountable
Word: blackball Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From black + ball. Pronunciation: /ˈblækbɔːl/, /ˈblækbɑl/ 1. To vote against, especially in an exclusive organization. Labels: transitive Example: If you're not from a moneyed, well-connected family, you can count on getting blackballed from the fraternity. Example: Why, if I had known you all my life I should have grown up in the condition of Adam before the fall, and they would have blackballed me at the clubs. 2. To ostracize. Labels: transitive Example: Henry knew. If he were blackballed by this distaff Mafia, he was doomed: Endless, but always justifiable, delays would occur in the work he wanted typed. Example: My father sure could have used a union. The monopoly that controlled the bank vault installation business blackballed him when he was in his late fifties because he'd gone to work for a rival company that immediately went belly-up. If he'd been in a union he'd have got his job back."
Word: whoop-de-doo Part of Speech: intj Pronunciation: /ˌwʊptiˈduː/ 1. Exclamation indicating (now often sarcastic) excitement or enthusiasm. Example: 'Whoop-de-doo!', yelled a surprised Conrad as the large engine ignited in front of them. That's the biggest thrill of my life.' Example: It felt like Daddy might come waltzing into the room any minute, look around at all the food and people, and say, "Whoop-de-doo! What a party!"
Word: whoop-de-doo Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˌwʊptiˈduː/ 1. Causing or marked by excitement, enthusiasm, or showiness. Example: Piscops are appalled by whoop-dee-doo gospel selections like "Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam" and "Brighten the Corner Where You Are." Example: […] they presuppose not only disposable income but a commitment to affluence that insures the ultimate banality of the CD'S concrète-naif sound effects and whoop-de-doo chord changes.
Word: whoop-de-doo Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌwʊptiˈduː/ 1. A commotion or frenzy of activity or excitement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: And, without any dramatic whoop-de-doo at the close of this song, he merely restates his simple, sentimental first phrase. Example: We had to see what the whoop-dee-doo was all about, these crowds of Catholics trekking here for hundreds of years. 2. An event marked by such commotion, activity, or excitement. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It was a big whoop-de-doo. Hanes Auditorium was packed to the gills. Example: They're going to have a fine time. Every ranch hand in the area, three hundred, four hundred, in for a whoop-de-doo. 3. A style of racing in which the jockey establishes an early lead and then runs as fast as possible. Labels: uncountable Example: When Shoemaker wins or loses by a nose, it is an odds-on bet that a whoop-de-doo rider would have lost by lengths, having wasted the horse prematurely. 4. A bump in the track that causes a vehicle to become briefly airborne. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: One of the most challenging are the whoop-de-doo bumps, also known as washboard roads. Example: So you can just power right along and kiss the top of every other whoop-de-doo with your front wheel and really make some time.
Word: wanders Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wander Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wanders Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of wander Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: vitamin A Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several closely related fat-soluble vitamins that are essential for normal vision; retinol. Labels: uncountable
Word: restrictive Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Middle French restrictif. Morphologically restrict + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/ 1. Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds. Example: The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome. Example: The pinnacle of the effort to fix restrictive meanings to a set of terminology can be found in two papers in American Speech by Feinsilver (1979, 1980). 2. limiting free and easy bodily movement. Example: Some of them [teenagers] who will become lesbians clearly are being hit with the same kind of garbage which we got hit with in the fifties. There's been a real resurgence of that in terms of values and double standards and music. The clothes again — we're back to high heels and restrictive little femmy outfits.
Word: restrictive Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle French restrictif. Morphologically restrict + -ive. Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪv/ 1. A clause that narrows the meaning of a noun or noun phrase. Example: […] a couple of further differences between restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses: (1) in contrast with restrictives, the wh-phrase in non-restrictives cannot be ellipted; […]
Word: vitamin A acid Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of retinoic acid. Labels: uncountable
Word: vitamin B Part of Speech: noun 1. Any member of the vitamin B complex. Labels: uncountable
Word: Marcionism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Marcion Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English Marcionism From Marcion + -ism. Pronunciation: /ˈmɑrʃiəˌnɪzəm/, /ˈmɑrʃəˌnɪzəm/, /ˈmɑrsiəˌnɪzəm/, /ˈmɑːʃiənɪzm/, /ˈmɑːʃiənɪzəm/ 1. The teachings of Marcion of Sinope and his followers, a docetic form of early Christianity often but not universally considered Gnostic that rejected the spiritual authority of the Hebrew Tanakh (Old Testament) and the disciples and apostles other than Paul as serving the Demiurge. Labels: historical, uncountable Example: Similarly, in Work on Myth, Blumenberg once again makes a plea for Marcion being regarded as Gnostic... and makes no attempt to define Marcionism's relation-difference to Valentinianism... It is important to see what is at stake here... For in Marcion the truncation of the biblical text is not based on lack of respect for tradition, but its reification, and the dualistic separation of creation from redemption is not attended by the kind of fascination with the why and wherefore of an evil creation that is typical of Valentinianism and modern myths of Romanticism and Idealism or their precursor and successor discourses. Example: Gnosticism and Marcionism offered two possible futures for the Jesus cult. 2. General rejection of the Old Testament, its God, and its teachings. Labels: uncountable Example: In the year 144, the church declared Marcion of Sinope, a rich shipping magnate and part-time theologian, a heretic for declaring the God of the Hebrew scriptures to be inferior to the God of the New Testament. But despite this condemnation, popular Marcionism has continued ever since. You hear Christians lapse into it all the time with the lazy argument, "Oh, that's just the Old Testament", when confronted by the claim that the Bible is violent.
Word: Marcionite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Late Latin Marcionita, from Mārciōn + -ita (“-ite”), from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, “Marcion”), equivalent to Marcion + -ite. 1. A follower of Marcionism. Labels: historical
Word: Marcionite Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Late Latin Marcionita, from Mārciōn + -ita (“-ite”), from Koine Greek Μᾱρκῑ́ων (Mārkī́ōn, “Marcion”), equivalent to Marcion + -ite. 1. Of or related to Marcion, Marcionism, or the Marcionites. Labels: historical
Word: retinol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From retina + -ol. Pronunciation: /ˈrɛ.tən̩ɑl/ 1. A fat-soluble carotenoid vitamin (vitamin A), present in fish oils and green vegetables, essential to normal vision and to bone development. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: betta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the genus name. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛtɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈbɛtə(ɹ)/ 1. Any fish of the genus Betta, especially Betta splendens (the Siamese fighting fish). Example: Rather than simply waiting for a clockwise turn and then presenting the mirror, past experience with another betta suggested that the turning behavior could be established more rapidly using a shaping procedure. Example: "Do you know that Siamese fighting fish—bettas—excrete ammonia in their waste, and that ammonia is toxic to fish? Twenty-four hours flapping their little gills in the same, unfiltered water, and they're history.[…]"
Word: betta Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈbɛtɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈbɛtə(ɹ)/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of good. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: 'I think no savvy. This one mo' betta,' he added, pointing to the house where the drunken captain slumbered: 'Take-a-sun all-e-time.' Example: I pray dat dey he'p us liv' a betta lif ' den dey had.
Word: betta Part of Speech: adv Pronunciation: /ˈbɛtɑː(ɹ)/, /ˈbɛtə(ɹ)/ 1. Pronunciation spelling of better, comparative of well. Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling Example: “Now she be lookin' betta,” one of the women said. “Like she has a chance to make it.” Example: Now you even know the dope game betta than me, look how much money you save fo me when I went to jail. 2. Pronunciation spelling of better (“had better”). Labels: alt-of, pronunciation-spelling, slang Example: “Boy, if I done told you once, I done told you a thousand times, you betta leave them white girls alone before one of their boyfriends or husbands roll up on you, and put a hurtin on yo lil behind.” Example: You betta praise the Lord that's all I can say.
Word: bluegill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From blue + gill. Pronunciation: /ˈbluːɡɪl/ 1. Any of the species Lepomis macrochirus of North American sunfish.
Word: Cape gooseberry Part of Speech: noun 1. A tropical South American plant of species Physalis peruviana, with a bright yellow, edible fruit. 2. The fruit of this plant.
Word: monophysitism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Byzantine Greek μονοφυσιτισμός (monophusitismós), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + φύσις (phúsis, “nature”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”), hence “belief in a single nature”. 1. A Christological doctrine, generally considered heterodox or heretical, holding that Jesus Christ has a single nature, which is either wholly divine or partially human and partially divine. Labels: uncountable Example: To claim that Jesus did not have human feelings amounts to monophysitism. Example: But of monophysitism, Eutychianism, mixture or fusion of the natures, transformation of the one nature into the other, or the absorption of humanity into divinity Schwenckfeld was accused, as previously observed. 2. The beliefs and practices of the Oriental Orthodox Church. Labels: derogatory, sometimes, uncountable Example: Aramaic was the vernacular language of Syria until it was replaced by Arabic. Syriac remained the ecclesiastical language of Monophysitism.
Word: alligator gar Part of Speech: noun 1. A species of gar native to the US, Atractosteus spatula, known for its extremely large size (in excess of 200 lbs). Example: Alligator Gar of South grows 10 feet long, 100 pounds.
Word: Lille Part of Speech: name Etymology: From French Lille (see there for more), from Old French l'Isle (“the Island”), ultimately from Latin īnsula (“island”). Compare also isle and Lyle. Pronunciation: /lil/, /liːl/, /lɪl/ 1. The capital of Nord department and the Hauts-de-France region, France. 2. A town and municipality of the province of Antwerp, Belgium. 3. A community in the town of Grand Isle, Maine, United States, across the river from Canada.
Word: crappie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French crapet,crapet-soleil (“sunfish”). Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɒpi/, /ˈkɹæpi/ 1. A member of either of two species of North American sunfish of the genus Pomoxis, both with silvery-white with black speckles and prized as gamefish. Example: If it's crappies you like, they're biting in 45-degree water.
Word: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corse Part of Speech: name 1. A former administrative region of France, now divided into Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Corse (Corsica).