nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: unc Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Clipping of uncle. Pronunciation: /ʌŋk/ 1. Old; no longer versed in or relevant to current youth culture. Labels: Internet Example: Millennials’ very existence has become so embarrassing to Gen Z-ers that they’ve coined a phrase for it: “millennial cringe.” […] We are now unc and frequently also washed. Example: Those qualities make it more accessible to a range of people who struggle to keep up in faster games while maintaining a skill range in other disciplines: timing, positioning, and perception. It's fairly easy to track targets, but you're still rewarded for nailing headshots, taking the high ground, and utilizing shell abilities. Does that make Marathon an unc game? You decide, but as a freshly minted literal uncle, it does speak to me.
Word: unc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of uncle. Pronunciation: /ʌŋk/ 1. Clipping of uncle. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial, neologism 2. An older male relative. Labels: Internet Example: Then Pangborn would find him and ask him what he thought he was doing here. He would ask if Ace had a job. He didn't, and he couldn't even claim he had come back to visit his unc, because Pop had been in his junkshop when the place burned down. 3. An older male relative. Labels: Internet, broadly Example: Yo, TikTok, we need to raise money for Unc. Example: Now he’s [Hasan Piker] thirty-three—so old, in streamer years, that his fans call him “unc.”
Word: unc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of uncoordinated. 1. A phenotype of Caenorhabditis elegans that moves in an uncoordinated manner. Example: The Bristol chromosome I was marked with mutations in two widely spaced genes, dpy-5 (e61 ) and unc-54 (el 90). A strain homozygous for these markers is dumpy and uncoordinated. Example: The most intriging mutated gene is called an "unc" gene for uncoordinated. In this mutant, the modified gene is expressed as an alteration of the muscle tissue. The worm does not move in the typical nematode fashion. Insights concerning the modified mechanism in these "unc" worms may provide insight into such diseases as muscular dystrophy.
Word: agrarian Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin ager Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin agrāriusder. Middle French agrarienbor. English agrarian From Middle French agrarien, from Latin agrarius (“of the land”), from stem of ager (“field”) + -arius. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹɛ(ə)ɹi.ən/ 1. Of, or relating to, the ownership, tenure and cultivation of land. 2. Agricultural or rural. 3. Wild; said of plants growing in a cultivated field.
Word: agrarian Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros Proto-Italic *agros Latin ager Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -arius Latin agrāriusder. Middle French agrarienbor. English agrarian From Middle French agrarien, from Latin agrarius (“of the land”), from stem of ager (“field”) + -arius. Pronunciation: /əˈɡɹɛ(ə)ɹi.ən/ 1. A person who advocates the political interests of working farmers.
Word: agrarianism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Latin agrāriusder. Middle French agrarienbor. English agrarian 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 agrarianism From agrarian + -ism. 1. A social and political philosophy that advocates an equitable distribution of land. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: agrarian party Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several political parties, mostly in eastern Europe, that advocate agrarianism.
Word: political parties Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of political party Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parties Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtiz/, /ˈpɑɹtiz/, [ˈpɑɹɾiz] 1. plural of party Labels: form-of, plural 2. plural of partie (obsolete spelling of party) Labels: form-of, plural
Word: parties Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpɑːtiz/, /ˈpɑɹtiz/, [ˈpɑɹɾiz] 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of party Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: agonistes Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a contestant in the public games”), from ἀγών (agṓn, “contest, struggle”). 1. A person engaged in a struggle.
Word: air base Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + base. Pronunciation: /ˈɛɹ beɪs/ 1. A military airport, providing housing and support for aircraft and personnel. Example: American officers have observed how Chinese troops stationed at American air bases have frequently refused to shoot at Japanese raiding planes. Asked by an American officer for the reason for this behavior, a Chinese officer at Lao-ho-k’ou air base in Hupeh answered (November 1944): “Well you see, if we shot down a Jap plane, the Japs would be angry and would take revenge and return and bomb the city and do a lot of damage.”
Word: airbase Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of air base. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: air cargo Part of Speech: noun 1. The payload of an aircraft (not counting passengers). Labels: uncountable 2. Cargo (freight) that is carried by air. Labels: uncountable
Word: air chamber Part of Speech: noun 1. A chamber, in a hydraulic system, in which air (or some other gas) is compressed to regulate the flow of a fluid.
Word: air cleaner Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + cleaner. 1. Synonym of air purifier.
Word: air corridor Part of Speech: noun 1. A predefined route, or series of routes, in which a commercial or military aircraft must fly. Example: some were planning to fly into London from Europe, though, like many of us, they could only try their best to keep up with the government’s air corridor whack-a-mole.
Word: air cushion Part of Speech: noun 1. A layer of trapped air that supports a hovercraft. 2. A shock absorber that uses an air chamber. 3. A rubber or plastic inflatable cushion.
Word: air display Part of Speech: noun 1. An air show. Example: Lockheed 1011 Tristar, in markings of British European Airways, was a major attraction at the Farnborough air display.
Word: air duct Part of Speech: noun 1. A duct, through which air is forced or extracted, that forms part of a building's air conditioning and ventilation system.
Word: air flow Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of airflow. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Example: We are trying to understand the air flow between exhausts and air-conditioning intakes.
Word: Heilongjiang Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 黑龍江 /黑龙江 (Hēilóngjiāng). Pronunciation: /ˌheɪlʊŋˈd͡ʒjɑːŋ/, /ˌheɪlɒŋˈd͡ʒæŋ/ 1. A province in northeastern China. Capital: Harbin. Example: Zhang Zuo-lin (1873-1928), a former bandit chief who joined the army, was appointed governor of Moukden by Yuan Shi-kai in exchange for services rendered. Using political intrigue and military pressure, he got Heilongjiang (1917) and Jilin (1919) under his control, thus becoming master of the three provinces of Manchuria. Example: Yu Changwu from the northeastern province of Heilongjiang has urged the ruling Communist Party to honor its “revolutionary ideals and pledges” and hand land back to the farmers. 2. Alternative form of Heilong Jiang, the Amur River: a major river in the Far East of Russia and Northeastern China. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In 1848, Russian Senior Naval Captain Nevelskoiy and his military transport ship set sail to invade China's Heilongjiang [Amur-river] River estuary and the Sakhalin island. In 1850, Miaojie on the Heilongjiang River estuary was forcibly occupied, turned into a stronghold for aggression and renamed Nikolayevsk after the czar. In April 1853, Czar Nicholas I brazenly ordered the invasion and occupation of China's Sakhalin island. Example: More than 7,000 people of Hailanpao and the sixty-four villages east of the Heilongjiang River were murdered, burned to death or drowned in the river.
Word: airflow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From air + flow. 1. Any flow of air, especially the motion of air around a moving aircraft or aerofoil. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: air hole Part of Speech: noun 1. A hole in any surface that allows air or other gases to pass, especially an opening in the surface of a frozen lake etc. 2. An air pocket. 3. The blowhole of a whale.
Word: air hostess Part of Speech: noun 1. A female flight attendant; a stewardess. Labels: UK
Word: air intake Part of Speech: noun 1. An inlet for air; the part of an engine, especially a jet engine, through which air is drawn. Example: The air intake to the engine is through an exchangeable filter element fitted in an accessible position in the vestibule.
Word: Shandong Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 山東 /山东 (Shāndōng). Pronunciation: /ʃænˈtɔŋ/, /ʃɑnˈtɒŋ/, /ʃænˈdɔŋ/, /ʃɑn-/, /-ˈdɒŋ/ 1. A coastal province in eastern China. Capital: Jinan. Example: We couldn’t solve this problem by the force of one co-op alone, so we united co-ops. But the people were still discussing the best form of agricultural production. “Then Chairman Mao inspected agriculture in Shandong Province and issued the call for people’s communes, summed up in his slogan, ‘People’s Communes are Fine!’ Example: One train was en route from Beijing to the seaside resort of Qingdao when the accident happened in Zibo, Shandong province. The second train was from the resort of Yantai, in Shandong.
Word: Jilin Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 吉林 (Jílín), from Manchu ᡤᡳᡵᡳᠨ (girin). Pronunciation: /d͡ʒiːˈlɪn/ 1. A province of China. Capital: Changchun. Example: His homeland was in Chilin province, and his village was located more than four thousand li (about thirteen hundred miles) from Mount Wutai. Example: The National Health Commission reported 1,337 locally transmitted cases in the latest 24-hour period, including 895 in the industrial province of Jilin. A government notice said that police permission would be required for people to leave the area or travel from one city to another.[…] Officials on Sunday locked down the southern city of Shenzhen, which has 17.5 million people and is a major tech and finance hub that borders Hong Kong. That followed the lockdown of Changchun, home to 9 million people in Jilin province, starting last Friday. 2. A prefecture-level city of Jilin, China. Example: The northeast Chinese city of Jilin is imposing fresh restrictions on travel in order to contain a new coronavirus outbreak, with six new cases reported on Tuesday.[…] Jilin is the second largest city of Jilin province, which borders North Korea and Russia. It will now temporarily suspend departing or transiting train services for passengers.
Word: Liaoning Part of Speech: name Etymology: c. 1929 From Wade–Giles romanization and/or Postal Romanization, from Mandarin 遼寧 /辽宁 (Liáoníng, literally “Tranquil Liao”); later reinforced by Hanyu Pinyin, from the name of the main river of the area. The name was restored to the area in 1954 upon the merging of the Liaoxi (“West Liao”) and Liaodong (“East Liao”) provinces. 1. A province in northeastern China. Capital: Shenyang. Example: Name of Fengtien province changed to Liaoning. Example: The course of the Yalu river traverses a track of country ranging from 124 20' to 128 40' E. Long. and from 39 50' to 42 15, N. Lat., the course of its main stream affording a boundary line on the south-western side of Changpai Mountain (長白山), dividing the southern parts of Liaoning Province from the Korean provinces Kankyo Nando (咸鏡南道) and Hsian Hokudo (平安北道).
Word: short-lived Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From short + lived (“having a life, lifed”), equivalent to short + life + -ed. Compare Middle English short-livi, sort-levi (“short-lived”). Pronunciation: /ʃɔɹtˈlɪvd/, /ʃɔɹtˈlaɪvd/ 1. Alive or existent for only a short period of time. Example: But his joy was short-lived, for his fortunes soon changed. Example: The prosperity was short-lived, and in 1828 the salt pans closed and the railway extension was lifted. 2. Of a radioisotope (or by extension radioelement): having a short half-life.
Word: Rizal Day Part of Speech: name 1. A holiday celebrated on December 30th in honor of the death of a hero named José Rizal who was killed on December 30, 1896. Labels: Philippines
Word: deep-dish Part of Speech: adj 1. Of a pie or pizza: baked in a dish or pan with high sides. Labels: not-comparable 2. Very thorough or intricate. Labels: informal, not-comparable Example: The best gossip on Broadway these days is nothing you can read in the tabloids. You'll have to hear it in person, and believe me, you'll want to. This is very deep dish — layered with malice and kindness, truth and conjecture, and all the mixed motives that make human beings such endlessly intriguing subjects of speculation.
Word: Portland Part of Speech: name Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *pértusder. Proto-Italic *portus Latin portusbor. Old English port Proto-Indo-European *lendʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Old English Portland Middle English Portland English Portland Inherited from Middle English Portland. By surface analysis, port + land. Pronunciation: /ˈpɔːtlənd/, /ˈpɔɹtlənd/ 1. The largest city in Oregon, United States and the county seat of Multnomah County; named for the city in Maine. Example: “Here is what I do know – the president has sent agents here to create chaos and riots here in Portland, to induce a reaction. To induce protests. To induce conflicts. His goal is to make Portland look as he was describing it as,” Merkley said. “Our job is to say, ‘We are not going to take the bait.’” 2. The largest city in Maine, United States and the county seat of Cumberland County; named for the Isle of Portland. Example: Visitors to Maine, arriving with visions of lighthouses and lobsters, often bypass Portland on their way northeast to Acadia National Park or the many picturesque fishing villages of the state’s mid-coast. 3. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 4. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 5. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 6. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 7. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 8. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 9. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 10. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 11. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 12. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 13. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 14. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 15. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 16. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 17. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 18. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 19. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 20. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 21. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 22. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 23. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 24. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 25. Multiple smaller locales in the United States: 26. A civil parish with a town council on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, England, a tied island in the English Channel. 27. A locale in Australia: 28. A locale in Australia: 29. A community in Rideau Lakes township, Ontario, Canada; named for the 3rd Duke of Portland. 30. A townland in County Tipperary, Ireland. 31. A parish of Jamaica. 32. A locality near Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand; named for the local Portland cement industry. 33. A sea area between the Isle of Portland and the coast of France. 34. A surname.
Word: peeping Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈpiːpɪŋ/ 1. The action of the verb to peep. Example: You will know them by their sly looks; their skulkings, peepings, watchings, and the snares they lay;—by the great papers, with great seals, that they carry; […] Example: Yet, terrible as was the danger we incurred, the attraction of peeping was for both of us irresistible.
Word: peeping Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈpiːpɪŋ/ 1. present participle and gerund of peep Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: scotfree Part of Speech: adv 1. Alternative form of scot-free. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: […] albeit well knowne that they escaped not scotfrée, […] Example: To ſay the Ieſuites are all ſmattred vvith Atheiſme, I vvill not: and to ſay, that any of them all are abſolutely ſcotfree from it, I cannot: it is ſo repugnant from their ovvne principles.
Word: rock bottom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Derives from the substratum of the seafloor, which is situated below the sand. 1. The very lowest possible level. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Pork belly futures have hit rock bottom. Example: "We were absolutely at rock bottom. Our passengers didn't like us. Our stakeholders didn't like us. Our own staff didn't like us. 2. The lowest possible state in one’s life, whether mentally, socially, or otherwise; often, a period of extreme mental stress, homelessness, or rejection by all friends and family. Labels: idiomatic, uncountable Example: Some people believe that mental illnesses can't be treated unless the person hits rock bottom first. Example: when referee Jesus Gil Manzano showed him the red card, Maguire resembled an individual who had hit rock bottom.
Word: garnishee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From garnish + -ee. Pronunciation: /ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/ 1. The person whose money is garnished.
Word: garnishee Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From garnish + -ee. Pronunciation: /ɡɑɹnɪˈʃiː/ 1. To have (money) set aside by court order (particularly for the payment of alleged debts); to garnish. Labels: transitive Example: Her bank account was garnisheed to pay an outstanding tax debt.
Word: submarine sandwich Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From its resemblance to a submarine (underwater boat). From the US, circa 1930s. World War II marked the beginning of the term's widespread use in print. 1. A sandwich made on a long, cylindrical roll split lengthwise; it typically contains meats and cheeses. Labels: Canada, US Example: "Well, honey, you can have spaghetti and meat balls," said the girl. "But why don't you order a submarine sandwich? My, that's good! Mmm." "What is a submarine sandwich?" "Well, a submarine sandwich comes two ways, the 15¢ one is seven inches long, and for a quarter you get one twelve inches long—"
Word: fur burger Part of Speech: noun 1. An unshaven, hairy vulva. Labels: slang, usually Example: Oh you haven't lived till you've had a nibble on a fur burger! Example: Tonight I want to eat your fur-burger and I do not care about getting glazed
Word: mooing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of moo Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: mooing Part of Speech: noun 1. The action of the verb moo; a mooing sound. Example: Her piteous mooings caught the ear of a hungry old he-bear which was hunting in the woods near by.
Word: mooing Part of Speech: adj 1. Very rare. Labels: humorous, not-comparable
Word: rutted Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rut + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌtɪd/ 1. simple past and past participle of rut Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rutted Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From rut + -ed. Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌtɪd/ 1. Marked or grooved with ruts. Example: It was as much as part of her days as stale bread and the blisters on her toes after a long day of walking the hard, rutted road.
Word: tertium quid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Latin tertium quid (“third thing”). 1. Something intermediate between two classifications. 2. A third party in a situation, such as one who comes between two potential romantic partners; a "gooseberry" or "third wheel". Example: Once upon a time there was a Man and his Wife and a Tertium Quid.
Word: tokhes Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of tuchus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: antinephritic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + nephritic. 1. Counteracting, or deemed of use in, diseases of the kidneys. Labels: not-comparable
Word: antinephritic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + nephritic. 1. An antinephritic remedy.
Word: antiperistalsis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From anti- + peristalsis. 1. reversed peristalsis Labels: uncountable, usually 2. peristalsis occurring in the opposite direction of the way it typically occurs Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: antipathetic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin antipatheticus. Pronunciation: /ˌæntɪpəˈθɛtɪk/ 1. Having or showing a strong aversion or repugnance. 2. Opposed in nature or character; antagonistic. 3. Causing a feeling of antipathy; repugnant. 4. Not easily united by grafting.
Word: casus foederis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin casus (“case”) + foederis, genitive of foedus (“treaty”). Pronunciation: /ˌkeɪ.səs ˈfiː.də.ɹɪs/ 1. A situation covered by the terms of an international treaty (or similar understanding), and which consequently requires action from the parties involved.
Word: mohair Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Earlier mocayre, from Middle French mocayart and Italian mocaiardo, mocaiarro, both from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”), past participle of خَيَّرَ (ḵayyara, “to choose”). Form influenced by hair through folk etymology. Doublet of moire; compare mockado. Pronunciation: /ˈmoʊhɛɹ/, /ˈməʊhɛə/ 1. Yarn or fabric made from the hair of the angora goat, often as mixed with cotton or other materials. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The long, fine hair of the Angora goat. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An Angora goat. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: mohair goat, mohair kid
Word: A level Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of A-level. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: colder Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of cold: more cold Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: resources Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈɹi.sɔɹsɪz/, /ɹɪˈzɔɹsɪz/, /ˌɹiˈzɔɹsɪz/ 1. plural of resource Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resources Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈɹi.sɔɹsɪz/, /ɹɪˈzɔɹsɪz/, /ˌɹiˈzɔɹsɪz/ 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resource Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: coldest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of cold: most cold Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: capabilities Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˌkeɪ.pəˈbɪl.ə.tiz/ 1. plural of capability Labels: form-of, plural
Word: consumes Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of consume Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: comparatives Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of comparative Labels: form-of, plural
Word: poontang Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Origin uncertain. Likely from French putain (“prostitute”). Compare Jamaican Creole punani (“female genitalia”); also Tagalog putang ina (“contemptible person”, literally “prostitute-mother”) from Spanish puta (“prostitute”). Pronunciation: /ˈpuːntæŋ/ 1. Female genitalia; the vulva or vagina. Labels: US, colloquial, countable, uncountable, vulgar 2. Sexual intercourse with a woman. Labels: US, slang, uncountable, vulgar Example: That must have been some poontang you got last night. 3. A woman, especially when discussed from a heavily sexualized, sexist, and misogynist perspective. Labels: US, countable, dated, derogatory, offensive, slang, uncountable, vulgar
Word: pyknic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪknɪk/ 1. short and stout; endomorphic Example: For example, in the demographic profile published by the Direktorat Bina Masyarakat Terasing (1990), the surveyed populations are each typologized according to a seemingly scientific code relating to such characteristics as: F Bodily characteristics (F₁ Generally athletic, tall, upstanding / F₂ Generally pyknic, slender, medium / F₃ Generally short, fat, small)[…]
Word: pyknic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek πυκνός (puknós, “thick”) + -ic, as a calque of German pyknisch. Pronunciation: /ˈpɪknɪk/ 1. A short, thickset person characterised by thick neck, large abdomen and relatively short limbs; an endomorph.
Word: taxine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Taxus + -ine 1. Any of several poisonous alkaloids that may be extracted from the leaves and seeds of the yew tree (Taxus baccata)
Word: bicuspid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English cuspid English bicuspid From bi- + cuspid. Pronunciation: /baɪˈkʌspɪd/ 1. Having two points or prominences; ending in two points; said of teeth, leaves, fruit, etc. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bicuspid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Italic *dwi- Latin bi-bor. English bi- English cuspid English bicuspid From bi- + cuspid. Pronunciation: /baɪˈkʌspɪd/ 1. Synonym of premolar, a two-pointed tooth between the cuspids and molars.
Word: rugal Part of Speech: adj 1. folded
Word: schoolfellow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From school + fellow. 1. Synonym of schoolmate: a student at the same school. Example: My brothers were considerably younger than myself; but I had a friend in one of my schoolfellows, who compensated for this deficiency. Example: “You listened to what your two schoolfellows were saying about you.”
Word: sealskin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From seal + skin. Pronunciation: /ˈsilˌskɪn/ 1. A type of fabric made from the skin of seals. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The coat is double, dense and silky, and like sealskin to the touch. 2. Any fabric manufactured to resemble sealskin. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. An item of clothing made from sealskin (whether real or imitation). Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: sea wolf Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of seawolf. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: quantize Part of Speech: verb 1. To limit the number of possible values of a quantity, or states of a system, by applying the rules of quantum mechanics Labels: transitive 2. To approximate a continuously varying signal by one whose amplitude can only have a set of discrete values Labels: transitive 3. To shift each beat in a rhythmic pattern to the nearest beat of a given resolution (eighth note, sixteenth note, etc.), or to adjust the frequency or pitch of a note to the nearest perfect tone in a given musical scale Labels: transitive 4. To associate a given set of numbers with a set of numeric values in another encoding or numerical system (e.g. in a discrete mathematics). Labels: transitive
Word: soda machine Part of Speech: noun 1. A vending machine that dispenses soft drinks.
Word: prosecution Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Equivalent to prosecute + -ion, from Middle French prosecution, from Late Latin prōsecutio, from Latin prōsequor (“follow, pursue”), from pro- (“onward”) + sequor (“follow”) (English sequel). Compare persecution, and see more at prosecute. Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɒs.ɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, /ˌpɹɑ.sɪˈkju.ʃən/, /ˌpɹɒs.ɪˈkju.ʃən/, /ˌpɹɔs.ɪˈkjʉː.ʃən/, /ˌpɹɒs.əˈkjʉː.ʃən/ 1. The act of prosecuting a scheme or endeavor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The prosecution of the war fell to Winston Churchill. Example: Many apartheid perpetrators escaped prosecution for their persecution of black Africans and political dissidents. 2. The institution of legal proceedings (particularly criminal) against a person. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off. Example: The justices declared that the statute does not establish an age of consent, and declared that in future prosecutions of persons charged with "indecent assault and battery" the state will have to prove that the alleged victim did not consent to the act. 3. The prosecuting party. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The prosecution case was that the men forced the sisters to strip, threw their clothes over the bridge, then raped them and participated in forcing them to jump into the river to their deaths. As he walked off the bridge, Clemons was alleged to have said: "We threw them off. Let's go." 4. In many countries, a legal body and institution, usually part of the state apparatus, empowered to perform prosecution. Prosecutor's Office. See Prosecutor. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Backed by public outrage, the prosecution requested the death penalty to be imposed on the murderer.
Word: Narvik Part of Speech: name Etymology: Originally a Norwegian farm name; from Old Norse Knarravík or *Njarðarvík Pronunciation: /ˈnɑː(ɹ)vɪk/ 1. A town and municipality in Ofoten district, Nordland, Norway. Example: In the early spring the war took on a new aspect with the German invasions of Denmark and Norway on April 9, hinging largely on the export of iron ore from the Norwegian Atlantic port of Narvik, at the western end of the Swedish Lapland iron ore railway.
Word: Saltdal Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Nordland, Norway.
Word: Vefsn Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Vefsn. 1. A municipality of Nordland, Norway.
Word: Vega Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Medieval Latin, from Arabic وَاقِع (wāqiʕ, “falling”), from the expression النَّسْر الوَاقِع (an-nasr al-wāqiʕ, “falling eagle”). The active participle وَاقِع (wāqiʕ) derives from the verb وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “fall, drop, tumble, alight, pounce”). Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡə/, /ˈviːɡə/ 1. The brightest star in the constellation Lyra; Alpha (α) Lyrae. It forms one corner of the Summer Triangle.
Word: Vega Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”). Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡə/, /ˈviːɡə/ 1. A surname from Spanish. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A small city, the county seat of Oldham County, Texas, United States. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Vega Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish vega (“meadow, fertile lowland”). Pronunciation: /ˈveɪɡə/, /ˈviːɡə/ 1. An automobile that was manufactured by Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors Corporation from 1970 to 1977. Labels: historical
Word: Dovre Part of Speech: name 1. A village and municipality in Innlandet county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Oppland.
Word: Gjøvik Part of Speech: name 1. A town with bystatus and municipality of Innlandet, Norway, by the western shore of the lake Mjøsa; formerly part of the county of Oppland.
Word: Lesja Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality and village therein, in Innlandet county, Norway.
Word: Lom Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Related to Rom and Dôm. 1. A nomadic people related to the Rom and Dom, with origins in India, who reside in Transcaucasia; Caucasian Gypsies. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: Lom Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Bulgarian Лом (Lom). 1. A town in northwestern Bulgaria.
Word: Lom Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Czech Lom. 1. A town in the Czech Republic
Word: Lunner Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Akershus, Norway.
Word: Nord-Aurdal Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Innlandet, Norway.
Word: Ringebu Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Innlandet, Norway, formerly part of the county of Oppland.
Word: Søndre Land Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Innlandet, Norway.
Word: Vang Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As a North Germanic surname, from derivatives of Old Norse vangr (“field”) (such as modern Swedish vång). * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Wang. * As a Hmongic surname, from White Hmong Vaj, White Hmong Vaaj, or Khmer វ៉ាង (vaang). 1. A Hmong surname from the Hmong languages of Chinese origin. 2. A Hmong surname from Khmer
Word: Vågå Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Vågå. 1. A municipality of Innlandet, Norway.
Word: Haugesund Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.
Word: Karmøy Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality and island of Rogaland, Western Norway, Norway.
Word: Lund Part of Speech: name Etymology: * As an English, German, and North Germanic surname, from Old Norse lundr (“grove”). * Also as a German surname, from Lunden in Dithmarschen, itself possibly borrowed from Danish lund (“little forest”) or lunn (“survey”). Pronunciation: /lʊnd/, /lʌnd/ 1. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 3. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 5. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 7. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 8. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 9. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 10. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 11. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 12. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 13. A placename Labels: countable, uncountable 14. A surname. Labels: countable
Word: Sandnes Part of Speech: name 1. A city and municipality in Rogaland county, Norway.
Word: Stavanger Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Stavanger, from Old Norse Stafangr (literally “staff bay”). Pronunciation: /stæˈvæŋə/ 1. A city and municipality in Rogaland, Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen. Example: For many years, Oslo had no railway communication with Bergen and Stavanger, the principal seaports on the south-west coast.
Word: Askvoll Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality and village therein, in Vestland county, Norway, previously in Sogn og Fjordane.
Word: excretory Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From excrete + -ory. 1. Of, or relating to excretion. Labels: not-comparable
Word: excretory Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From excrete + -ory. 1. A duct that helps to receive and excrete matter.
Word: Fjaler Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Vestland, Norway, previously in Sogn og Fjordane.
Word: Luster Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from German Luster or, possibly, a variant of Lester. 1. A surname from German.
Word: Vik Part of Speech: name Etymology: Shortening. 1. A diminutive of the male given names Viktor and Vikram.
Word: Vik Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian. 1. A surname from Norwegian.
Word: Roan Part of Speech: name Pronunciation: /ˈɹoʊ.ən/, /ˈɹoʊn/ 1. A surname. Example: Mrs. Roan was 26 years old, in good health, kept her house, and was faithful in the discharge of her duties as a wife. Example: Explaining the Kamalanomenon (another Chappell Roan reference) is part of Jessica Maddox’s job. […] She spent Sunday evening telling her husband, “because I’m like, 10 days on the internet ahead of him,” about the significance of the coconut tree, which has been a thing for weeks now.
Word: Bright's disease Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Dr Richard Bright. 1. Any of several diseases of the kidney characterized by inflammation, and the presence of albumin in the urine; nephritis. Labels: uncountable
Word: Trondheim Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Norwegian Trondheim, from Old Norse Þróndheimr. Doublet of Throndham and Throwendham. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *trew(H)- (“to nourish, to grow”), thus referring to the unusual warm-summer climate of this inland fjord. Compare Old English þryþ. Pronunciation: /ˈtɹɒndhaɪm/, /ˈtɹɒndheɪm/ 1. A city and municipality in Trøndelag county (formerly Sør-Trøndelag), Norway. It is the third largest city in Norway after Oslo and Bergen.
Word: Drangedal Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality in Vestfold og Telemark, Norway.
Word: Kragerø Part of Speech: name 1. A coastal town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
Word: Notodden Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
Word: Skien Part of Speech: name 1. A town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway.
Word: Tokke Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Norwegian Tokke. 1. A municipality of Telemark, Norway.
Word: Tromsø Part of Speech: name Etymology: From the Norwegian Tromsø. Pronunciation: /ˈtrɒm.zəʊ/, /ˈtrɒm.sɜː/, /ˈtrʊm.sɜː/ 1. A city and municipality of Troms og Finnmark, Norway. The eighth-largest city in Norway.
Word: Audnedal Part of Speech: name 1. A railway station and former municipality, now in Lyngdal municipality, Agder county, Norway.
Word: Flekkefjord Part of Speech: name 1. A town with bystatus and municipality in Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder.
Word: Kristiansand Part of Speech: name 1. A city and municipality in Agder county, Norway, formerly part of the county of Vest-Agder.
Word: Kvinesdal Part of Speech: name 1. A municipality of Agder, Norway.
Word: Marnardal Part of Speech: name 1. A railway station and former municipality, now in Lindesnes municipality, Agder county, Norway.
Word: modality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree French modal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itātemlbor. Old French -ité Middle French -ité French -ité French modalitébor. English modality Borrowed from French modalité. 1. The fact of being modal. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The classification of propositions on the basis on whether they claim possibility, impossibility, contingency or necessity; mode. Labels: countable, uncountable 3. The inflection of a verb that shows how its action is conceived by the speaker. Labels: countable, uncountable 4. A method of diagnosis or therapy. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: If a port-wine stain has been treated with another modality, such as the argon, CO2, or KTP laser, electrocautery, radiation, or tattooing, FPDL treatment may provide less lightening and improvement. Example: The four major modalities used in patients with solid tumors are (a) surgery, (b) radiation therapy, (c) chemotherapy, and (d) immunotherapy 5. Any of the senses (such as sight or taste) Labels: countable, uncountable 6. A particular way in which the information is to be encoded for presentation to humans, i.e. to the type of sign and to the status of reality ascribed to or claimed by a sign, text or genre. Labels: countable, uncountable 7. The organization and structure of the church, as distinct from sodality or parachurch organizations. Labels: countable, uncountable 8. The subject concerning certain diatonic scales known as musical modes. Labels: countable, uncountable 9. The way in which infrastructure and knowledge of how to use it give rise to a meaningful pattern of interaction (a concept in Anthony Giddens's structuration theory). Labels: countable, uncountable Example: Thus, the University budgeting system can be seen not only as modality in the reproduction of social structures, but also as an important means of meeting deeply rooted psychological needs for ontological security. Example: Modalities of structuration, then, are simply ways in which rules and resources are knowingly used by people in interactions. 10. The quality of being limited by a condition. Labels: countable, uncountable 11. That whether a zodiac sign is cardinal, fixed or mutable Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: ACID Part of Speech: noun 1. Acronym of atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability, a set of properties that guarantee database transactions are processed reliably. Labels: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable Example: SQLite relies on native file locking and page journaling to implement ACID properties.
Word: Black Friday Part of Speech: name Etymology: From black (“bad; ill-omened; marked by disaster”). Friday is an ill-omened day according to ancient superstition, so a Friday that was darkened by another ill-omen (such as being the 13th) or an actual disaster became known as "Black Friday". Philadelphia police applied the term to the day after Thanksgiving because the large number of people out shopping made traffic chaotic. Later, PR efforts purposely invented the incorrect, more positive "etymology" (which is a very popular urban legend and false etymology that was even in Wiktionary from 2008 to 2015) that the name was given because this day is supposedly the first day of the year on which retailers typically posted profits ('in the black') rather than losses ('in the red'). 1. Synonym of Friday the thirteenth (“a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month (and therefore doubly ill-omened)”). 2. Good Friday, the Friday before Easter. Labels: obsolete, possibly 3. Any Friday literally or figuratively darkened by catastrophe, or the anniversary thereof. 4. The conclusion of United States v. Scheinberg in 15 April 2011, after which major online poker sites stopped offering real money play to their United States customers. Labels: Internet, historical 5. The day after US Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year. Observed in the US, Canada, and more recently to an extent, the UK. Labels: Canada, UK, US 6. The sales period involving heavy price reductions immediately following US Thanksgiving Day, from Friday (the original Black Friday) through Monday (Cyber Monday). Labels: broadly
Word: substantia nigra Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Scientific Latin, from substantia (“substance”) + nigra (“black”). 1. A brain structure located in the mesencephalon (midbrain) that plays an important role in reward, addiction, and movement, damage to which occurs in Parkinson's and Parkinsonian patients. Example: Their location was established in the 1950s as the substantia nigra, a layer of grey matter in the midbrain.
Word: dopaminergic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English dopamine English -ergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -ergic English dopaminergic From dopamine + -ergic. Pronunciation: /ˌdow.pəmɪˈnɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk/ 1. Containing, involving, or transmitting dopamine; involving dopamine receptor agonism. Labels: not-comparable Example: The nucleus accumbens is one of the most studied nuclei in the dopaminergic system.
Word: dopaminergic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English dopamine English -ergy Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English -ergic English dopaminergic From dopamine + -ergic. Pronunciation: /ˌdow.pəmɪˈnɜː(ɹ)dʒɪk/ 1. Any substance that affects the production of dopamine or is a dopamine receptor agonist.
Word: nucleus accumbens Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin 1. A dopaminergic nucleus found near the most anterior portion of the caudate nucleus. It is connected to the ventral tegmental area and the prefrontal cortex and is the primary nucleus thought to be involved with addiction.
Word: nuclei Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈnjuː.kli.aɪ/, /ˈnuːkli.aɪ/ 1. plural of nucleus Labels: form-of, plural
Word: garderobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English garderobe, from Middle French garderobe (from garder (“to keep safe”) + robe (“dress”)). Doublet of wardrobe. Pronunciation: /ˈɡɑːdɹəʊb/, /ˈɡɑɹdɹoʊb/ 1. A storeroom or wardrobe. Labels: historical 2. A lavatory, especially in a castle and built into the outer wall, with vent directly over the moat or midden. Labels: historical Example: He splashed some tepid water on his face from the basin beside his bed and took his time squatting in the garderobe, the night air cold on his bare skin. Example: In the early medieval period (1066-1300), the solution in huge stone castles was garderobes: small rooms that jutted out over the walls with a hole covered by a seat. Castle builders tried to site garderobes over a stream or a moat, but this was not always possible.
Word: Teutonism Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English Teuton 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 Teutonism From Teuton + -ism. 1. The German character or way of life. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. A German figure of speech; a German word or idiom (especially if borrowed into another language): a Germanism. Labels: countable, rhetoric, uncountable
Word: tetraploid Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek τετραπλός (tetraplós) + Ancient Greek είδος (eídos), equivalent to tetra- + -ploid. 1. Having four sets of chromosomes. Labels: not-comparable Example: In potato, crosses between the tetraploid cultivated species Solanum tuberosum, and some clones of the diploid wild-type species S. phureja, constitute a method of producing maternal dihaploids.
Word: tetraploid Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek τετραπλός (tetraplós) + Ancient Greek είδος (eídos), equivalent to tetra- + -ploid. 1. A tetraploid cell. 2. A tetraploid organism. Example: The variation of caryopsis characters in species of Aegilops and wheat diploids is similar to that of wheat tetraploids .
Word: terracotta Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɒt.ə/, /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɑt.ə/ 1. A hard red-brown unglazed earthenware, used for pottery and building construction. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: Among her busts in terra cotta are those of John Brown, Charles Sumner, Lincoln, and Longfellow. 2. A reddish brown colour, like that of terra cotta. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: terracotta Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Borrowed from Italian terra (“earth”) + cotta (“baked”). Pronunciation: /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɒt.ə/, /ˌtɛɹ.əˈkɑt.ə/ 1. Of the colour of terracotta. Labels: not-comparable Example: A dull red or terracotta brown is far better, and sets off the foliage of Palms or Ferns to greater advantage. Example: She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
Word: terra cotta Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of terracotta. Labels: alt-of, alternative, uncountable, usually
Word: tenesmus Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowing from Medieval Latin tēnesmus, from Ancient Greek τεινεσμός (teinesmós, “vain endeavor to evacuate”), from τείνω (teínō, “to stretch, to pull tight”) + -εσμός (-esmós, nominal suffix). Pronunciation: /tɪˈnɛz.məs/ 1. A continual or recurrent but ineffectual inclination to evacuate the bowels, caused by disorder of the rectum or other illness. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The general complaints of disease among us, were a dizziness in the head, great weakness of the joints, and violent tenesmus, most of us having had no evacuation by stool since we left the ship.
Word: Taser Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative letter-case form of taser. Labels: alt-of
Word: Taser Part of Speech: verb 1. Alternative letter-case form of taser. Labels: alt-of Example: "In one incident, a large, vicious dog was coming at an officer and he was able to Taser the dog rather than shoot it," Llewellyn said.
Word: gurney Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883. For the surname, see Gurney. 1. A stretcher having wheeled legs. Labels: US Example: The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection. Example: Yet her vision has narrowed strangely (good, for she was in a medical facility, if she were having a hemorrhage or a stroke it could not be happening at a more convenient time) so that she was able to see little in the fluorescent-lit space except the man who lay motionless on a gurney beneath the strongest of the lights.
Word: tapping up Part of Speech: noun 1. Making an approach to a player, under contract to another club, in order to attempt to negotiate a transfer. Labels: Ireland, UK, uncountable