nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: hermeneutical Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνευτής (hermēneutḗs, “an interpreter”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”); see hermeneutics. Pronunciation: /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)uː.tɪ.kəl/, /ˌhɜɹ.məˈn(j)u.tɪ.kəl/, /ˌhɜː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tɪ.kəl/, /ˌhøː.məˈn(j)ʉː.tə.kəl/, /ˌhɛɹ.məˈn(j)ʉ.tɪ.kəl/ 1. Of or pertaining to hermeneutics (the study or theory of the methodical interpretation of text, especially holy texts). Labels: not-comparable Example: Near-synonyms: exegetical, exegetic Example: Meditation on reader-response and meaning seems tedious by comparison, and not always free from jargon: do we need to speak of a reader's 'ideational activity'? (p. 173); why do we need to 'actualize ourselves as a second and extratextual audience'? (pp. 110f.). Do we have to be told that ‘Eliciting the hermeneutical activity of characters and readers alike, oneirography like pictorial descriptions invites the inferential walk’? (p. 81).
Word: bugger up Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈbʌɡə(ɹ)ʌp/, /ˈbʌɡəɹ ʌp/ 1. To break or spoil something, or make it inoperative, useless etc. Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, informal Example: I've buggered up the sudoku somehow and can't finish it. Example: Well, he only buggers up one sentence, and that's the first one. He says, 'Shut up, blek.' But from that point on, it was OK because I helped him with it. If I'd been there, I would have told him to say, 'Shut up, black', exactly the same as an American accent. 2. To injure or harm (someone). Labels: Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, informal
Word: buggering up Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bugger up Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: bedspring Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From bed + spring. Pronunciation: /ˈbɛdˌspɹɪŋ/ 1. A springy surface that supports the mattress of a bed. Example: This morning not even the cry of a bedspring disturbed the silence, and John seemed, therefore, to be listening to his own unspeaking doom.
Word: pompon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French pompon (“ornamental tuft”). 1. Alternative form of pompom (“decorative ball”). Labels: alt-of, alternative 2. A hardy garden chrysanthemum with button-like flower heads. 3. Any of several dwarf varieties of the Provence rose.
Word: Christmasy Part of Speech: adj 1. Uncommon spelling of Christmassy. Labels: alt-of, uncommon
Word: Transmission Control Protocol Part of Speech: name 1. A networking protocol, almost always layered on top of the Internet Protocol, that provides reliable, connection based communications. Labels: Internet
Word: Christmassy Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- Proto-Indo-European *gʰrey-der. Ancient Greek χρίω (khríō) Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τός (-tós) Ancient Greek χρῑστός (khrīstós) ▲ Biblical Hebrew מָשִׁיחַ (mašīaḥ)sl. ▲ Aramaic ܡܫܺܝܚܳܐ (m'šīḥāʿ)sl. Ancient Greek Χρῑστός (Khrīstós)der. Latin Chrīstusder. Old English Crist Proto-Germanic *-as Proto-West Germanic *-as Old English -es Old English mæsse Old English Cristes mæsse Middle English Cristemasse English Christmas Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English Christmassy From Christmas + -y. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹɪsməsi/ 1. Resembling or having feelings of Christmas; festive. Example: It is important to guard against any hint of a generalisation here that 'less Christmassy music' always accompanies a 'less Christmassy sentiment', and indeed Greg Lake's 'I Believe In Father Christmas' (1974) is proof that the converse is not […] Example: Mark: That looks like a lovely turkey. I'm sorry I flew off the handle a bit. Jeremy: That wasn't very Christmassy. Mark: No, it wasn't. I apologise.
Word: clerical collar Part of Speech: noun 1. A stiff white collar, having no opening at the front, fastened at the back, worn by members of the Christian clergy.
Word: dog collar Part of Speech: noun 1. A collar for a dog. 2. A clerical collar. Labels: informal Example: I'm very pleased to have found a way of joining in which does not consist of three chaplains wearing dog collars sitting behind a desk looking intimidating. Example: My mother taught me to make prayer a daily part of life, and she taught me to challenge authority when it was wrong — even if it wore a dog collar. 3. A close-fitting woman's necklace.
Word: classicist Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der. Proto-Italic *klāssis Latin classis Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin classicuslbor. French classiquebor. English classic 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 classicist From classic + -ist. Pronunciation: /ˈklæsɪsɪst/ 1. A classical scholar, especially one who studies ancient Greek and Latin language and culture. 2. A follower of classicism.
Word: clockface Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of clock face. Labels: alt-of, alternative Example: In particular, the timings of Matlock trains will be tweaked with a view to achieving clockface timings a year later. Example: There has also been a drive to introduce clockface timetables with a higher frequency, with the dual aim of creating passenger familiarity with departure times at individual stations and of simplifying traincrew diagrams to produce better productivity.
Word: clock face Part of Speech: noun 1. The surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands (via the traditional design of clocks); such an arrangement on either a clock or a watch. Example: Meronyms: dial; hour hand, little hand; minute hand, big hand; second hand 2. Any face of any clock, either with dial and hands or digital. Labels: uncommon
Word: choirmaster Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From choir + master, a calque of German Chormeister. Piecewise doublet of chorusmaster. 1. the musical director of a choir, who conducts performances and supervises rehearsal
Word: hocus pocus Part of Speech: intj 1. Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: day boy Part of Speech: noun 1. A male day pupil. Labels: UK
Word: day pupil Part of Speech: noun 1. A student who attends a boarding school but does not board there, continuing to live at home
Word: boarding school Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/, /ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/ 1. A residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: […] a pan-Indian movement based on the successes of the Black Power Movement […] had its roots [in] the 1870-1933 Native American boarding school experiences of their parents and grandparents. It was in these boarding schools where Native language, culture and ceremony would be beaten out of the Native children in order to 'Kill the Indian and Save the Child'. Example: […] he looked like the housemaster [Shaun] had so hated during his time at boarding school.
Word: hexabromide Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs Proto-Hellenic *hwéks Ancient Greek ἕξ (héx) Ancient Greek ἑξα- (hexa-)der. Latin hexa-der. English hexa- English bromide English hexabromide From hexa- + bromide. 1. any bromide containing six bromine atoms in each molecule
Word: monobromide 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 bromide English monobromide From mono- + bromide. 1. any bromide containing a single bromine atom in each molecule
Word: derrickman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From derrick + man. 1. A member of an oil drilling rig who works on a derrick suspended above the rig floor, manhandling the drillpipe. Example: There was a movement high in the derrick; the derrickman had come off the monkey board; he was half jumping, half sliding down the ladder.
Word: roughneck Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job". Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌfˌnɛk/ 1. A labourer on an oil rig or in the oilpatch, either skilled or semiskilled. Labels: US, colloquial Example: This first ship had a small geophysical-type drilling rig mounted over the side of the ship with a steel grid runround for the roughnecks, who stood in knee-deep water while making connections or pulling the drill string. Example: As for the minerals, there has been a good deal of drilling along the big river; trucks and roughnecks no longer garner any notice. 2. A dirty or low-paid worker, a labourer; an ironworker in an ironworks or a steelworker in a steelworks. Labels: US, colloquial, dated 3. Someone with rough manners; a rowdy or uncouth person. Labels: US, colloquial Example: LaTisha has long wanted to show Carole sheʼs not the roughneck she used to be, the roughneck who wasnʼt good enough to be her friend.
Word: roughneck Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From rough + neck, originally "someone who works a manual labour job". Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌfˌnɛk/ 1. To work as a laborer on an oil rig. Example: There was a time not long ago when this region appeared as some enduring mystification, its citizenry best known for roughnecking on the North Slope […]
Word: dogsledding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of dogsled Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: dogsled Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dog + sled. 1. A sled, pulled by dogs over ice and snow. Example: His body was jammed so tightly in the carryall of the dog sled that I had difficulty slipping my arm under him.
Word: dogsled Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From dog + sled. 1. To ride on a dogsled. Labels: intransitive 2. To race dogsleds. Labels: intransitive
Word: dirgeful Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From dirge + -ful. Pronunciation: [ˈdɜːd͡ʒfəɫ] 1. having the qualities of a dirge; moaning 2. funereal
Word: oxycarbonate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ-der.? Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)bor. English oxy- English carbonate English oxycarbonate From oxy- + carbonate. 1. Any substance which is both an oxide and a carbonate
Word: hoplophobe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: First attested in 1977: hoplo- (“weapon, arms”) + -phobe (“one who fears”). 1. Someone who has an irrational fear of guns. Labels: derogatory, rare Example: To return to guns, one of the most avid hoplophobe senators issued a list of nations which did not lose too many of its citizens through villainous saltpeter. England featured, and so did other lands like Japan, where murder is rare except with cold steel.
Word: wis Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wis (“certain, sure”), from an aphetic form of Middle English iwis, ywis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), or of North Germanic origin, cognate with Icelandic viss (“certain, sure”), Dutch gewis (“certain, sure”), and German gewiss (“certain, sure”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. More at iwis. Pronunciation: /waɪs/ 1. Certainly, surely. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, rare Example: So I wis would the Dragon under him […] 2. Really, truly. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, rare 3. Indeed. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, rare Example: As wis God help me.
Word: wis Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wis (“certain, sure”), from an aphetic form of Middle English iwis, ywis (“certain, sure”) (from Old English ġewiss (“certain, sure”)), or of North Germanic origin, cognate with Icelandic viss (“certain, sure”), Dutch gewis (“certain, sure”), and German gewiss (“certain, sure”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *gawissaz. More at iwis. Pronunciation: /waɪs/ 1. Certain. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, rare 2. Sure. Labels: dialectal, obsolete, rare Example: He was wis on his word. Example: I am wis that it will happen.
Word: wis Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From an incorrect division, mistaking iwis (“certain”) for I wis (“I know”). See ywis for more information. The German verb wissen may appear similar, but in fact corresponds etymologically to the English verb wit; both of those verbs ultimately descend from the same Proto-Indo-European root as this one. Pronunciation: /waɪs/ 1. To know. Labels: archaic, no-past, no-present-participle, obsolete Example: "The fire seven times tried this: / Seven times tried that judgement is, / That did never choose amiss. / Some there be that shadows kiss: / Such have but a shadow's bliss. / There be fools alive, I wis, / Silver'd o'er; and so was this. / I will ever be your head: / So be gone: you are sped." 2. To think, suppose. Labels: archaic, no-past, no-present-participle, obsolete Example: Howe'er you wis. 3. To imagine, ween; to deem. Labels: archaic, no-past, no-present-participle, obsolete Example: And oh, that I should see that star remote / Yet His near Glory miss / Whereto the sun itself and stars do float / As motes, I wis! Example: As sure as Heaven shall rescue me, / I have no thought what men they be; / Nor do I know how long it is / (For I have lain in fits, I wis) […]
Word: eaglehawk Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From eagle + hawk. 1. Any large bird of prey, especially the wedge-tailed eagle, Aquila audax. Labels: Australia Example: As they turn a wedge-tail and black body shows. They are eaglehawks. Example: We needed to hear the birds chirping, the eaglehawk crying out something from the thermals high above, but the eery silence lingered on.
Word: ferrosilicon Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree substratebor. Old Latin *fersom Latin ferrum English ferro- Latin silex Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ium New Latin siliciumlbor. English silicium English -on English silicon English ferrosilicon From ferro- + silicon. 1. An alloy of iron and silicon used in steelmaking.
Word: float-zone silicon Part of Speech: noun 1. a very pure form of crystalline silicon, made by vertical zone melting Labels: uncountable
Word: Silicon Alley Part of Speech: name 1. An area of Manhattan, New York, which is home to a group of Internet-related companies.
Word: silicon-based Part of Speech: adj 1. Based on silicon. Example: silicon-based life Example: Core samples rich with the fossils of simple silicon-based organisms indicate Therum was more habitable in the past than it is at present.
Word: silicon chip Part of Speech: noun 1. A wafer of silicon on which an integrated circuit has been built; a microchip Example: The silicon chip inside her head / gets switched to overload
Word: silicon-controlled rectifier Part of Speech: noun 1. a form of thyristor
Word: silicon alkoxide Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound of general formula Si(OR)₄, the tetraalkyl orthosilicates; they react with water to for aerogels of silica.
Word: orthosilicate Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor. English ortho- English silicic acid English -ate English silicate English orthosilicate From ortho- + silicate. 1. Any salt or ester of orthosilicic acid, (M⁺)₄SiO₄⁴⁻ or Si(OR)₄. 2. Any silicate mineral, such as garnet or olivine, in which the SiO₄ tetrahedra do not share oxygen atoms with each other.
Word: orthosilicic acid Part of Speech: noun 1. The hypothetical compound Si(OH)₄; it is only known as the orthosilicate salts or esters.
Word: orthosilicic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From ortho- + silicic. 1. Of, relating to or derived from orthosilicic acid. Labels: not-comparable
Word: brolga Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Gamilaraay burralga. 1. A large grey crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda), of northern and eastern Australia. Example: But he did not value Red Ochre simply as a grazing-lease. At times it was to him six hundred square miles where grazing grew and brolgas danced in the painted sunset and emus ran to the silver dawn […]. Example: We wade through the delicate water, the moon spilling on our colourless bodies. Brolgas ruffling their wings against water ribbons, making the muddy bath flinch in coiling waves.
Word: native companion Part of Speech: noun 1. The brolga or Australian crane (Antigone rubicunda, syn. Grus rubicunda). Labels: dated
Word: silicon ester Part of Speech: noun 1. Any compound of silicon containing multiple alkoxide groups.
Word: fesnyng Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From business by a series of misprints and copying errors; hence, a ghost word. It has been mentioned written as *feamyng, too. Pronunciation: /ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/, /ˈfɛz.nɪŋ/ 1. A group (of ferrets); a business; the collective noun for ferrets. Example: ... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept Example: Ferrets are fiercely solitary animals. They are no more likely to get together in a fesnyng that you or I are. […] 'Well, there was a fesnyng in your bathtub..."
Word: doxycycline Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of d(e)oxy- + oxy(tetra)cycline. Pronunciation: /ˌdɒk.sɪˈsʌɪ.kliːn/, /ˌdak.siˈsaɪːklin/, /ˌdak.siˈsəɪːklin/ 1. A broad-spectrum antibiotic C₂₂H₂₄N₂O₈ of the tetracycline class, which has a long half-life in the body and used orally to treat various bacterial infections. Labels: uncountable Example: When his symptoms didnʼt improve, he was admitted to a local hospital and given doxycycline, a drug for tick-bite infections.
Word: dracunculiasis Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Dracunculus + -iasis 1. an infection caused by an infestation of the parasite Dracunculus medinensis Labels: uncountable
Word: drawing room Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Shortening of withdrawing room. 1. Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room. Labels: UK Example: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. 2. A multifunctional room that can be used for any purpose in a palace or castle. Labels: UK 3. A levée where ladies are presented at court or to society. Labels: UK Example: The concluding ceremony came off at twelve o’clock on the day of departure; when Miss Twinkleton, supported by Mrs. Tisher, held a drawing-room in her own apartment (the globes already covered with brown Holland), where glasses of white-wine and plates of cut pound-cake were discovered on the table. Example: [A] great deal of conversation had taken place about the drawing-room, and whether or not young ladies wore powder as well as hoops when presented, and whether she was to have that honour: to the Lord Mayor's ball she knew she was to go. 4. A private room on a railroad sleeping car. Labels: US
Word: drawing room Part of Speech: noun 1. A room where engineers draw up plans and patterns.
Word: duodecimo Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Latin ablative of duodecimus (“twelfth”) (from duodecim 'twelve', from duo 'two' + decem 'ten') 1. A size of paper, so called because it is originally made by folding and cutting a single sheet from a printing press into 12 leaves; (5 by 7¾ inches): 6.5 to 7.5 inches high, approximately 4.5 inches wide. 2. A sheet or page of that size. 3. A book having pages of that size. Example: In recent years, I have taken to reading while walking. I believe the Romantics were guilty of such behavior; a duodecimo was small enough to fit into a jacket pocket.
Word: wrang Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹæŋ/ 1. simple past of wring Labels: archaic, dialectal, form-of, past
Word: unified Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ̯d/, [ˈjʊu̯nɪfaɪ̯d], /ˈjuːnəfaɪ̯d/, [ˈjʊu̯nəfaɪ̯d] 1. simple past and past participle of unify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: unified Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ˈjuːnɪfaɪ̯d/, [ˈjʊu̯nɪfaɪ̯d], /ˈjuːnəfaɪ̯d/, [ˈjʊu̯nəfaɪ̯d] 1. united into a whole Labels: not-comparable Example: British Railways are, however, pressing on with the introduction of standard equipment, and in this, the fourth year of unified working, standard locomotives and rolling stock will be coming into service in considerable numbers. 2. that operates as a single entity Labels: not-comparable 3. that serves all grade levels between kindergarten and twelfth grade. Labels: US, not-comparable
Word: evocative Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin ēvocātīvus (“pertaining to summoning”). By surface analysis, evoke + -ative. Pronunciation: /ɪˈvɒk.ə.tɪv/ 1. That evokes (brings to mind) a memory, mood, idea, feeling, or image; redolent or reminiscent. Example: Using loose but evocative language, one might say that player 2 is threatening to play R' if player 1 plays R. Example: Imperfect themes aside, what the first Zootopia had going for it was its gorgeous animation and evocative character design. From the clever visual worldbuilding of its city to the lush colors and textures of a nighttime chase through the Rainforest District, Zootopia was part of a wave of projects that proved CG animation could have the same depth and expressivity as a classic hand-drawn film.
Word: dysmnesia Part of Speech: noun 1. poor memory Labels: uncountable
Word: dyslipidemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From dys- + lipid + -emia. 1. an imbalance of lipids (especially cholesterol) in the blood; hypercholesterolemia Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: hypercholesterolemia Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From hyper- + cholesterol + -emia. 1. An excess of cholesterol in the blood. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: An inherited predisposition to heart disease, called familial hypercholesterolaemia, results from a rare ‘spelling change’ in the gene for cholesterol receptors.
Word: earflap Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From ear + flap. 1. either of two flaps attached to a cap that cover the ears
Word: ellipsometer Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English ellipse Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der. Latin -o-bor. English -o- English -meter English ellipsometer From ellipse + -o- + -meter. 1. an instrument that uses polarized light to investigate the surface layers of semiconductor wafers etc. Used in ellipsometry.
Word: English saddle Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several saddles which, unlike a Western saddle, do not have a horn, but have padded panels so do not need a separate saddle blanket.
Word: ensconced Part of Speech: adj 1. Placed in a secure environment. Labels: not-comparable Example: Even if you are ensconced in a pandemic pod with a romantic partner or family members, you can still feel lonely — often camouflaged as sadness, irritability, anger and lethargy — because you’re not getting the full range of human interactions that you need, almost like not eating a balanced diet. 2. Settled comfortably. Labels: not-comparable Example: Ensconced, each in a large fauteuil, wrapped in loose, white dressing-gowns, the hair only gathered with a single riband, sat the two friends. Example: I have caught them under my pillow and on my head; while in every box, and under every board which has lain for some days undisturbed, little scorpions are sure to be found snugly ensconced, with their formidable tails quickly turned up ready for attack or defence.
Word: ensconced Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of ensconce Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: evening wrap Part of Speech: noun 1. An elegant shawl worn in the evening. 2. The last of a series of news programmes broadcast in the evening.
Word: examining room Part of Speech: noun 1. A small room in a hospital etc where a physician may examine a patient with some privacy.
Word: excursion steamer Part of Speech: noun 1. A steamboat used to take people on coastal, lake or river pleasure-trips.
Word: facial expression Part of Speech: noun 1. configuration of the facial muscles that conveys certain emotions or intentions. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: But the yokel, being a yokel, was not good at the reading of facial expression, and only knew that a remarkably fine woman had gone by smiling. Example: The theory does not propose that facial expressions are more important than thoughts or memories in prompting emotions. But it points to the physiology of facial expression as a cause of emotions in its own right.
Word: facially Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Proto-Italic *-jēs Latin -iēs Latin faciēs Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Medieval Latin faciālisbor. English facial Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English facially From facial + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈfeɪʃəli/, /ˈfeɪʃli/ 1. Using or involving the face. Labels: not-comparable Example: "The results showed that women were significantly more facially expressive than men for all emotion clips." 2. In a facial manner; on its face; as something appears to an initial impression, prior to a deeper analysis. Labels: especially, not-comparable Example: Near-synonym: superficially Example: If a judicial authorization is facially valid, the party challenging it will have the burden of proving that it was invalid.
Word: choate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: By back-formation from inchoate. 1. Complete, fully formed. Example: 1988 [Routledge], Anthony O'Hear, The Element of Fire: Science, Art and the Human World, 2014, Taylor & Francis (Routledge Revivals), page 119, The abandonment of style in art is less likely to lead to an authentic expression of one's actual feelings than to a self-dramatising display of adolescent brutality, in which one screams because, deprived of the stylistic means to express anything more choate, or articulated, one simply expresses that. Example: Unlike this particular image of Emerson's, however, Bloom's visions are more particularized and more choate in the grimness of his tone.
Word: façonné Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French façonné (“fashioned”). 1. A fabric having a pattern woven into it, especially one in which the pattern stands out from a sheer background. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. The pattern itself. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: faconne Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of façonné. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: fade to white Part of Speech: verb 1. To employ a form of film punctuation in which the picture brightens until it is completely white.
Word: fade to white Part of Speech: noun 1. An ending of this kind.
Word: color fade Part of Speech: noun 1. a film punctuation in which the picture brightens until it is completely a single color
Word: film punctuation Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of several techniques to form transitions between scenes in a film. Labels: uncountable
Word: cut to black Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of film punctuation in which the picture is instantaneously darkened.
Word: direct cut Part of Speech: noun 1. A film punctuation in which there is a direct instantaneous transition between one scene and the next.
Word: cash machine Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of automated teller machine. Example: I need to find a cash machine. I paid the tab at lunch, and now I have no cash left. 2. Any person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash. Labels: figuratively Example: Near-synonym: money bag Example: They say he's her boyfriend, but I think he's mostly just her cash machine. 3. Any person or thing alleged to be an easy source of cash. Labels: figuratively Example: These hustle-life influencers are portraying landlording as a cash machine, but really, more specifically, slumlording is what they're hyping.
Word: fair copy Part of Speech: noun 1. A handwritten document that has been written neatly and correctly without scratch-outs and revisions.
Word: far be it Part of Speech: phrase Etymology: Calque of Latin absit ("may it be away"), found in the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible as part of the phrase absit hoc a me ("may this [thing] be away from me") at 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 22:15 and 2 Samuel 20:20. Wyclif translated the phrase "Fer be this fro me"; the King James Version at 2 Samuel 20:20 has "Far be it from me". 1. A disclaimer stating that something should not come to pass, or that a person would never do or think a certain thing. Labels: idiomatic Example: Samuel 20:20, And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy. Example: October 1761, Oliver Cromwell, letter to Mr. Storie Far be it that soe much guilt should sticke to your hands, who live in a citye so renowned for the clere shininge light of the Gospell.
Word: fatherlike Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From father + -like. Doublet of fatherly. 1. having the qualities of a father
Word: ferreting Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of ferret Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: ferreting Part of Speech: noun 1. Hunting with ferrets. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. ferret (tape used to tie documents) Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: cool it Part of Speech: verb 1. Calm down, relax, take a time out. Labels: informal Example: We did tell him to cool it but he just got more and more irate. Example: MCDERMOTT: Oh my God, Bateman, you want me to fry you up some fucking potato pancakes? Some latkes? BATEMAN: No, just cool it with the antisemitic remarks. 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cool, it.
Word: rough and ready Part of Speech: adj 1. Crude or unpolished, but still fit for use; good enough. Labels: idiomatic Example: [A] dozen Americans could, at any time, construct a house, the ‘rough and ready’ habits of the people usually teaching them, in a rude way, a good deal of a great many other arts, besides this of the carpenter. Example: There was a rough and ready rule-of-thumb test of truth[…]
Word: rough around the edges Part of Speech: adj 1. In need of refinement; unsophisticated. Labels: idiomatic Example: While rough around the edges, the church is really a wonderful place to be. Example: The north side of town is a less expensive, rougher round the edges choice for a young family.
Word: tiger kidnap Part of Speech: verb 1. To abduct someone, or to hold someone hostage, in order to persuade someone else to assist in a crime. Labels: UK, slang
Word: tiger kidnap Part of Speech: noun 1. An abduction or hostage-taking of this kind. Labels: UK, slang
Word: cramp someone's style Part of Speech: verb Etymology: In 1819, Charles Lamb wrote in a letter to Wordsworth: “I will never write another letter with alternate inks. You cannot imagine how it cramps the flow of the style.” Lamb’s letters were published in book form in 1837 and saw several editions and reprints. The letter was also included in volume 7 of the 12-volume book The Life and Works of Charles Lamb, thus appearing again in print at the beginning of the 20th century. It was again included in volume 6 of The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb, which was first published in 1905. It is possible that the idiomatic use, which dates from the early 1900s, originated with this passage by Lamb. 1. To restrict someone's free action or expression. Labels: idiomatic, informal Example: I don't want my Mum to go to the party: she'd really cramp my style. Example: What are you doing? I'm trying to get a date, you're cramping my style!
Word: Internet address Part of Speech: noun 1. Any address that is used to identify a place or resource on the Internet, such as a URL, an IP address, or a domain name. Labels: Internet
Word: break the bank Part of Speech: verb 1. At a casino etc., to win all the money that is available to be paid. Labels: intransitive Example: Or, similarly, consider the man determined to break the bank at Monte Carlo by studying the frequencies with which a certain roulette wheel lands in the red 2. To exhaust one's financial resources. Labels: idiomatic, intransitive Example: Home Security Doesn't Have to Break the Bank
Word: preamplifier Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin amplificārebor. Old French amplifierbor. Middle English amplifiyen English amplify Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English amplifier English preamplifier From pre- + amplifier. 1. A voltage amplifier for amplifying a low-level input signal; its output is the input to a higher-level amplifier.
Word: I'm in love with you Part of Speech: phrase 1. A declaration of passion or romantic feeling. Example: ‘I’m in love with you, Michael,’ Camilla said longingly.
Word: prebiotic organic synthesis Part of Speech: noun 1. Any plausible pathway by which the molecular precursors of life (amino acids, bases and ribose phosphates) may have been formed in the early Earth.
Word: prebiotic Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English biotic English prebiotic From pre- + biotic. Pronunciation: /pɹiːbaɪˈɒtɪk/ 1. Before the advent of life. Labels: not-comparable Example: There are three compelling reasons that suggest that the first set of prebiotic coding sequences to be translated were repeats of base oligomers, the numbers of bases in oligomeric units not being multiples of three. Example: As a result, studies of uncoded peptide bond formation are founded in using NCAs as substrates (even when obtained as the reactive species of the non-prebiotic CDI activation) for mimicking prebiotic processes. 2. Of a food, not digestible, but beneficial. Labels: not-comparable Example: The table below includes plant foods we consider to be prebiotic “stars” since they are the foods listed in the scientific literature as sources of prebiotics. Example: Evidence of the prebiotic properties of polydextrose (PDX), resistant maltodextrin (RMD), and other soluble fiber sources are slowly emerging, but the body of evidence is small compared to the gold standard of fructo oligosaccharides (FOS) and inulin.
Word: prebiotic Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English biotic English prebiotic From pre- + biotic. Pronunciation: /pɹiːbaɪˈɒtɪk/ 1. A substance in food that is hard to digest and promotes the growth of beneficial intestinal microorganisms. Labels: in-plural Example: The table below includes plant foods we consider to be prebiotic “stars” since they are the foods listed in the scientific literature as sources of prebiotics. Example: Prebiotics are nowhere near as well researched as probiotics, although there are already some sound results pertaining to how they work.
Word: precipitin test Part of Speech: noun 1. any of several tests to measure a specific reaction between antigen and antibody which results in a visible precipitate
Word: precipitin Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English precipitate Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Italic *-īnos Latin -īnusder. Old French -inbor. Middle English -in English -ineclip. English -in English precipitin From precipitate + -in. 1. Any antibody that reacts with an antigen to form a precipitate.
Word: prehnite Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Named after Dutch colonial governor of Cape of Good Hope Hendrik van Prehn in 1788, Dutch colonial governor. This was the first mineral to be named after a person. 1. A mineral, a basic calcium, aluminium and iron aluminosilicate, which occurs in stalactitic aggregates or curved crystals, Ca₂Al₂Si₃O₁₀(OH)₂. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prestressed concrete Part of Speech: noun 1. concrete with stresses induced in it before use so as to counteract stresses that will be produced by load; often contains stretched steel bars or wires called tendons Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prestressed Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English stressed English prestressed From pre- + stressed. 1. having been stressed before use 2. Standing before a stressed syllable.
Word: prilling Part of Speech: noun 1. The solidification of droplets of molten material falling against an upward stream of air; used especially to agglomerate ammonium nitrate and urea for use as a fertilizer. Labels: uncountable Example: In air prilling, molten sulphur is sprayed from the top of a tower against an upward flow of air. As the sulphur falls, the sulphur droplets break into small droplets and cools into prills.
Word: prill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: A variant of purl, 17th century. Pronunciation: /pɹɪl/ 1. to flow, spurt Example: the Thames, prillingfrom her naked breast
Word: prill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: A variant of purl, 17th century. Pronunciation: /pɹɪl/ 1. a rill, a small stream Example: Each silver Prill gliding on golden Sand 2. a spinning top Labels: obsolete
Word: prill Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English. Pronunciation: /pɹɪl/ 1. a pellet, a granule, a small bead Example: Prills are free-flowing pellets developed for fertilizer as a coarse product with little setting tendency that can be spread easily and smoothly. Example: The resulting solution is evaporated and converted into prills, i.e. dense flakes or grains, of solid ammonium nitrate. 2. rich copper ore remaining after removal of low-grade material; a droplet of copper suspended in molten slag 3. A nugget of virgin metal. 4. The button of metal from an assay.
Word: prill Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Unknown. OED mentions Cornish pryl (“sheep-droppings”) as a likely loan from English. Pronunciation: /pɹɪl/ 1. to produce pellets by forming a molten substance into droplets which solidify while falling
Word: prill Part of Speech: noun Pronunciation: /pɹɪl/ 1. The brill, a kind of flatfish.
Word: prill Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /pɹɪl/ 1. To grow sour. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive 2. To become tipsy. Labels: UK, dialectal, intransitive
Word: prilling tower Part of Speech: noun 1. the device used for producing prill agglomerates
Word: prime mover Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Originally in translation of Latin primum mobile. 1. The initial agent that is the cause of all things. 2. A machine, such as a water wheel or steam engine, that receives and modifies energy as supplied by some natural source or fuel and transforms it into mechanical work 3. Tractor unit. Or, more specifically, the front part of a semi-trailer type truck, i.e., the tractor to which the trailer part attaches. 4. A military or heavy construction vehicle. Labels: US 5. A person or thing that is seminal and influential. Example: "I need not remind this audience that, though Professor Summerlee, as the head of the Committee of Investigation, has been put up to speak to-night, still it is I who am the real prime mover in this business, and that it is mainly to me that any successful result must be ascribed." Example: Seeger was a prime mover in the folk-music revival and was accepted by collegians and young people outside the South, regardless of his alleged Communist sympathies […]
Word: private branch exchange Part of Speech: noun 1. A telecommunications switching system, physically located at a customer's place of business, that provides internal communication between users and also access to outside (trunk) telephone lines.
Word: revered Part of Speech: verb Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)d/ 1. simple past and past participle of revere Labels: form-of, participle, past Example: The villagers revered their religious leader for his example of pious conduct.
Word: revered Part of Speech: adj Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈvɪə(ɹ)d/ 1. Respected or given reverence. Example: Near-synonyms: reverend, estimable; see also Thesaurus:respectable Example: The scholar kept his revered books in a special part of the library.
Word: clockwork universe Part of Speech: noun 1. A universe in which all of the actions of matter and energy operate as reactions according to predetermined rules set down by a creator, like the movements of a clock.
Word: clockwork universes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of clockwork universe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: universes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of universe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: full tilt Part of Speech: adv Etymology: From tilt (“encounter in jousting”). 1. As quickly as possible; very rapidly. Labels: idiomatic, not-comparable Example: She can type 65 words per minute, and sometimes as much as 80, if she's going at it full tilt.
Word: actinobiology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓κτῑ́ς (ăktī́s)der. English actino- Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor. Latin -logia New Latin biologialbor. English biology English actinobiology From actino- + biology. 1. The study of the effects of radiation upon living organisms. Labels: uncountable
Word: actinology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From actino- + -logy. Pronunciation: /ˌæk.tɪˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌæk.təˈnɒ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌæk.tɪˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, /ˌæk.təˈnɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the effect of light on chemicals. Labels: uncountable
Word: allergology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: By surface analysis, allergy + -ology. Pronunciation: /ˌæ.ləɹˈd͡ʒɑ.le.d͡ʒi/, /ˌæ.ləɹˈɡɑ.le.d͡ʒi/ 1. The study of the causes and treatment of allergies. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: archaeozoology Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρχαῖος (ărkhaîos)der. English archaeo- English zoology English archaeozoology From archaeo- + zoology. 1. The study of relationships between humans and animals over time. Labels: uncountable
Word: prochirality Part of Speech: noun 1. The property exhibited by a prochiral molecule or other entity; protostereoisomerism. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: prochiral Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From pro- + chiral. 1. having two constitutionally identical ligands (atoms or groups), replacement of either one by a different ligand making the molecule chiral Labels: not-comparable
Word: projective geometry Part of Speech: noun 1. The branch of mathematics that investigates those properties of figures that are invariant under homographies, special kinds of spaces called projective spaces, and the geometric structures that inhabit them. Labels: uncountable
Word: domain name service Part of Speech: noun 1. A service provided by the Domain Name System, allowing domain names to be resolved to IP addresses. Labels: Internet
Word: breakfast in bed Part of Speech: noun 1. Breakfast served to one in bed upon waking, commonly to show appreciation for the receiver. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: The children made their mother breakfast in bed on her birthday. Example: You may choose to provide the option of breakfast in bed to guests celebrating special occasions. (Consider that accidents will occur and permanent food stains may result to comforters, blankets, or carpets.) 2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see breakfast, in, bed. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: I ate breakfast in bed this morning.
Word: breakfast in bed Part of Speech: verb 1. To eat one's breakfast while in bed. Labels: intransitive Example: Not that I "go in" for breakfasting in bed. It is a lazy, ignoble habit. A man ought to divide his life fairly between bed and board.
Word: domain name server Part of Speech: noun 1. A computer that provides domain name information to a network; a computer that is part of the Domain Name System. Labels: Internet
Word: DNS server Part of Speech: noun 1. Synonym of domain name server.
Word: projective Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Formed by the suffixation of prōiect- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Classical Latin prōiciō, whence the English verb project) with the English -ive, forming project + -ive; however, compare the post-Classical Latin prōiectīvus (“relating to purging”). 1. projecting outward 2. of, relating to, or caused by a projection 3. Of or related to projective geometry: Labels: usually Example: Hence the non-Euclidean angle is measured by one-half the logarithm of the cross-ratio of four rays. Although the Euclidean point of view has been adopted for simplicity, the final result, depending as it does only on the cross-ratio, is projective; it is therefore independent of the particular assumptions that the rays α and β are perpendicular and that the initial line bisects the angle between them. 4. Of or related to projective geometry: Labels: usually 5. In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects: 6. In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects: 7. In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects: 8. In a technical sense, general (but not necessarily so general as to be free); involving such objects:
Word: projective Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Formed by the suffixation of prōiect- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Classical Latin prōiciō, whence the English verb project) with the English -ive, forming project + -ive; however, compare the post-Classical Latin prōiectīvus (“relating to purging”). 1. An assessment test that presents subjects with some sort of stimulus to which they react by projecting or imagining details. Example: The projectives suggested considerable difficulty with women and a conflict between sexual preoccupation and hostility. Example: For example, using projectives as a psychometric technique allows one to compare a person's score with those from a normative group, or with those from some relevant clinic group, or with some other clinically important criterion (e.g., response to treatment). 2. A projective member of a category. Example: By 2.2 we see that this is a full, contravariant imbedding, and by 2.3 the image of A in (A, G) is a generating set of small projectives. Example: In particular our assumptions hold if B is an abelian category with enough projectives. 3. A statement about a conditional or potential state of affairs, as opposed to one about a situation that actually exists or existed. Example: There was no basis for expecting differences in the frequency of projectives or turnabouts as a function of partner. Example: The volitive moods (also called volitives, volitional forms, modals, or projectives) are the imperative, jussive, and cohortative.
Word: protandry Part of Speech: noun 1. The condition in which an organism begins life as a male and then changes into a female. Labels: uncountable 2. The condition of flowers whose male parts mature before the female ones. Labels: uncountable 3. The emergence of males before females from dormancy, or more rapid development of male brood leading to their appearance earlier in a season. Labels: uncountable 4. The arrival of males before females at a mating site. Labels: uncountable