nandhakumarms/qualc-wiktionary-en huggingface dataset:
Word: scholarliness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English scholarly Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English scholarliness From scholarly + -ness. 1. The state or condition of being scholarly. Labels: uncountable
Word: scruffily Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English scruffy Middle English -ly English -ly English scruffily From scruffy + -ly. Pronunciation: /ˈskɹʌfɪli/ 1. In a scruffy way.
Word: reproductory Part of Speech: adj 1. Relating to reproduction. Labels: not-comparable
Word: high frequency gravitational wave Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of high-frequency gravitational wave. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: destigmatize Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg-der. Proto-Hellenic *stiďďō Ancient Greek στῐ́ζω (stĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma) Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ίζω (-ízō) Ancient Greek στιγματίζω (stigmatízō)bor. Medieval Latin stigmatizōbor. English stigmatize English destigmatize From de- + stigmatize. Pronunciation: /diːˈstɪɡmətaɪz/ 1. To remove the disgraceful or ignominious characterization; to remove stigma or stigmata. Labels: transitive Example: Judy Rappaport's "The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Washing," about obsessive-compulsive disorder, brought this disorder out of the closet to the point where we've destigmatized it. Example: Like any other literary form, pathography can be good or bad, Dr. Kramer said. When it is good, "it destigmatizes an illness. It's refreshing. It can show that depression or attention deficit disorder doesn't disqualify anyone from the full range of social behavior."
Word: destigmatization Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English stigmatization English destigmatization From de- + stigmatization. 1. The process or act of destigmatizing. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: respectless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English respect Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English respectless From respect + -less. 1. Without respect; disrespectful. 2. Regardless. Labels: obsolete
Word: resummon Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English summon English resummon From re- + summon. 1. To summon again. Example: We resummoned the waiter when we realized our food was too salty to eat.
Word: resummons Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resummon Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resummons Part of Speech: noun 1. A second or subsequent summons.
Word: resummoning Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resummon Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resummoned Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of resummon Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: rhymable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English rhyme Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English rhymable From rhyme + -able. 1. For which a rhyme can be found. Labels: not-comparable Example: "Depth" is not a rhymable word: nothing rhymes with it.
Word: rose golds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rose gold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rosegold Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of rose gold. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: rosegolds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rosegold Labels: form-of, plural
Word: resiliant Part of Speech: adj 1. Misspelling of resilient. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: resay Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English say English resay From re- + say. 1. To say again, to repeat, to reiterate. Example: If we say something and people reject it because they don't like that it is true then we must resay it, and keep resaying it, until the truth is heard. Example: He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.
Word: resays Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of resay Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: resaying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of resay Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: resaid Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English said English resaid From re- + said. 1. simple past and past participle of resay Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: reflow Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English flow English reflow From re- + flow. 1. To flow back again; to flow once more. Labels: intransitive Example: The sea flows and reflows. Example: Such an act, you may conceive, had its due weight upon my feelings; but, alas! though it reminded me of the loss I had sustained, and caused my tears to reflow, the remains of my departed husband were not there,—they were left upon a foreign shore. 2. To cause to flow again, to remelt. Labels: transitive Example: Reflowing solder is a common form of rework in the manufacture of printed circuit boards: you heat up the solder and it flows where it should have flowed the first time. 3. To modify the layout of text around other objects in a document. Labels: transitive Example: The latter option will reflow text to even out the spacing within each paragraph.
Word: reflow Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English flow English reflow From re- + flow. 1. A flowing back again. Example: the flow and reflow of the tide 2. The process of recreating the layout of a document when some of its component elements have changed.
Word: reflows Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of reflow Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: reflowing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of reflow Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: reflowing Part of Speech: noun 1. A flowing again or back.
Word: reflowed Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of reflow Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: senilities Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of senility Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rebear Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der.? Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰwer-der. Proto-Germanic *berô Proto-West Germanic *berō Old English bera Middle English bere English bear English rebear From re- + bear. 1. To bear again.
Word: rebears Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rebear Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rebearing Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rebear Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: industrial schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of industrial school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: requirable Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English require Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English requirable From require + -able. 1. Capable of being required. Labels: not-comparable Example: Proof of citizenship is requirable for some services but not for all.
Word: rigidify Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *Hreyǵ-der. Proto-Italic *rigēō Latin rigeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin rigidusder. Middle English rigide English rigid Latin -i- 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 -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English rigidify From rigid + -ify. 1. To make rigid, to cause to be or become rigid.
Word: rigidifies Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of rigidify Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Word: rigidifying Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of rigidify Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: rigidified Part of Speech: verb 1. simple past and past participle of rigidify Labels: form-of, participle, past
Word: RDX Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Short for "research department explosive". 1. A high explosive used by the military and industry. Labels: uncountable
Word: rhetoritician Part of Speech: noun 1. Misspelling of rhetorician. Labels: alt-of, misspelling
Word: tax lots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of tax lot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: rhetoriticians Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of rhetoritician Labels: form-of, plural
Word: stolen bases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of stolen base Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nubber Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From nub + -er. 1. A batted ball that travels slowly and not very far.
Word: nubbers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of nubber Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adjutator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Latin adiūtāre + -or. 1. Alternative spelling of agitator. Labels: alt-of, alternative, archaic
Word: adjutators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of adjutator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: adimensional Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English a- Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- Proto-Italic *mētis Latin mētior Latin dīmētior Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin dīmēnsiōder. English dimension English -al English dimensional English adimensional From a- + dimensional. 1. Without dimensions. Labels: not-comparable
Word: bases loaded Part of Speech: noun 1. Having a baserunner on first base, second base, and third base at the same time. Labels: uncountable Example: He's had four hits this week with the bases loaded.
Word: no room at the inn Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Biblical story of the birth of Jesus (Luke 2). 1. A situation in which an ineffective pitcher is pitching with the bases loaded. Example: The pitcher is struggling to throw strikes but there's no room at the inn.
Word: wergild Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of wergeld. Labels: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
Word: wergilds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wergild Labels: form-of, plural
Word: station-to-station Part of Speech: noun 1. A contranym which may mean: Labels: uncountable 2. A contranym which may mean: Labels: uncountable 3. A method of placing a telephone call in which the calling party will accept the placed call irrespective of respondent. This connection method has largely been superseded by direct dial connections. Labels: uncountable 4. The procession by devotees along successive stations in the Stations of the Cross. Labels: uncountable
Word: station to station Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of station-to-station. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: aquiferous Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From aqui- + -ferous. Pronunciation: /əˈkwɪfəɹəs/, /æˈkwɪfəɹəs/ 1. Of or pertaining to an aquifer 2. Carrying water
Word: double bills Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double bill Labels: form-of, plural
Word: untrustworthiness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English untrustworthy Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English untrustworthiness From untrustworthy + -ness. 1. The state or quality of being untrustworthy. Labels: uncountable
Word: L-kick Part of Speech: noun 1. In capoeira and breakdancing (and other dance forms), a movement executed by throwing the body into a cartwheel, and before completing the wheel, flexing the body while supported by one hand on the ground. One leg is brought downwards and forwards in a kicking motion while the other remains in the air.
Word: bakeoff Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of bake-off. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: bake-offs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bake-off Labels: form-of, plural
Word: bakeoffs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bakeoff Labels: form-of, plural
Word: one swallow does not make a summer Part of Speech: proverb 1. Alternative form of one swallow does not a summer make. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: chon Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of jun. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: faal Part of Speech: adj 1. Ugly; foul; evil. Labels: Yorkshire Example: 'And again, “If she ben’t one o’ th’ handsomest, she’s noan faâl and varry good-natured; and i’ his een she’s fair beautiful, onybody may see that.”
Word: static random access memory Part of Speech: noun 1. A type of semiconductor memory that uses bistable latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit.
Word: dynamic random access memory Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of random access memory that requires fewer transistors per bit than SRAM, but in which each bit needs to be refreshed regularly to retain its contents. Labels: uncountable, usually Example: DRAM is typically slower but much less expensive than SRAM, and is therefore often used as the main memory in a computer system.
Word: antibudget Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From anti- + budget. 1. Acting against or opposing a budget. Example: The effort is being made with more than the usual level of cooperation between House and Senate Republicans, with Republican leaders of the two chambers appearing in tandem and lawmakers repeating their antibudget criticism almost as a mantra.
Word: kroons Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of kroon Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mentoniere Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative form of mentonnière. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: anecdotage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English anecdote Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English anecdotage From anecdote + -age. 1. Anecdotes considered as a group Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: anecdotage Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of anecdote + dotage. 1. Garrulous old age Labels: uncountable
Word: charidee Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the Mid-Atlantic English pronunciation of charity. First popularized by Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse in their "Smashie and Nicey" sketches from the BBC sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme. 1. Conspicuous charity, seen as being driven by a non-altruistic (especially self-promotional) motive. Labels: UK, humorous, informal, uncountable
Word: cornerman Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From corner + -man. 1. A coach, trainer or other assistant who attends to a boxer between rounds. 2. A player who can play both the small forward and power forward positions. 3. A policeman assigned to an intersection to direct the traffic. Labels: US, historical Example: This cornerman is taking time out to provide directions to a driver. Their easily recognizable white hats and regular presence on their corners made these officers readily accessible […] 4. Synonym of endman (“type of stock minstrel character”).
Word: fairweather Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of fair-weather. Labels: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
Word: chaloupe Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from French chaloupe. 1. A launch (type of boat). Labels: obsolete
Word: chaloupes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of chaloupe Labels: form-of, plural
Word: hotpots Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of hotpot Labels: form-of, plural
Word: innercity Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative spelling of inner-city. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: lavatorial Part of Speech: adj Etymology: From Latin lavātōrius + -al. By surface analysis, lavatory + -al. 1. Of or pertaining to a lavatory Example: The station interiors were also suffering. "The universal lavatorial glazed tiling is dirty and cracked, the paint is peeling, and there is a general air of decay," Guardian journalist Charles Cook wrote in a 1974 feature. But as Cook himself discovered, this decrepitness disguised the positives of Underground travel. 2. scatological
Word: organogram Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of organigram. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: predicator Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From predicate + -or. 1. That which predicates; that designates a property or relationship
Word: predicators Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of predicator Labels: form-of, plural
Word: leylandii Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From the name of the species, Cupressus × leylandii. 1. Leyland cypress, especially when part of a large hedge. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Leyland cypress Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Leyland, a town in Lancashire, England. 1. A fast-growing evergreen tree (Cupressus × leylandii) used for hedges and screens that is a hybrid of the Monterey cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, and the Alaskan cypress, Cupressus nootkatensis.
Word: Savo Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Savo. 1. A surname from Italian.
Word: Häme Part of Speech: name Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Finnish Häme. 1. A historical region of Finland.
Word: party wall Part of Speech: noun 1. A commonly shared wall dividing two properties within a row house (or terrace).
Word: party walls Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of party wall Labels: form-of, plural
Word: eyasses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of eyass Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Domodossola Part of Speech: name Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Domodossola. 1. A town in Piedmont, Italy, close to the border with Switzerland.
Word: bycause Part of Speech: conj Etymology: From by + cause. 1. Obsolete spelling of because. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: . called animal, bycause it is the first instrument of the soule, which the Latins call animam .”
Word: kursaal Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Borrowed from German Kursaal, from Kur (“cure”) + Saal (“hall”). 1. A public hall or building for the use of visitors at health resorts or spas; a casino Example: It was not the polished serenity of fashionable kursaals, the impassive languor of aristocratic gaming-tables, the self-destruction taken with a light word, of the salles of Baden, of Homburg, of Monaco; it was gambling in all its unreined fever, […] Example: Use your eyes, man. Look at the Kursaal, its luxuries, its gardens, its gilding, its attractions, all of them cheap, except the one that pays for all; all these delights, and the rents, and the croupiers, and the servants, and the income and liveries of an unprincipled prince, who would otherwise be a poor but honest gentleman with one bonne, instead of thirty blazing lackeys, all come from the gains of the bank, which are the losses of the players, especially of those that have got a system.
Word: Otranto Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Italian Otranto, from Latin Hydruntum, from Ancient Greek Ὑδροῦς (Hudroûs). Doublet of Hydruntum and hydrous. Pronunciation: /ˈoʊtɹɑntoʊ/ 1. A town in Apulia, Italy.
Word: little bluestem Part of Speech: noun 1. A grass, Schizachyrium scoparium, native to North America, and others of the genus Schizachyrium. Labels: uncountable Example: Ornamental grasses (all requiring sun), like Festuca glauca and little bluestem.
Word: bal-chatri Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Hindi बाल छतरी (bāl chatrī), from बाल (bāl, “child”) + छतरी (chatrī, “umbrella”) meaning "small umbrella", because of its shape. 1. A trap for catching hunting birds, consisting of a cage with bait and a slip noose.
Word: bal-chatris Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of bal-chatri Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basis points Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basis point Labels: form-of, plural
Word: slip noose Part of Speech: noun 1. A noose made by tying a slip knot and often used to trap an animal, bird, or person by the feet.
Word: slip nooses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of slip noose Labels: form-of, plural
Word: building societies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of building society Labels: form-of, plural
Word: buyer's markets Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of buyer's market Labels: form-of, plural
Word: big bluestem Part of Speech: noun 1. A tall bunchgrass, of species Andropogon gerardi, native to the North American prairies. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: branchers Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of brancher Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gamma decay Part of Speech: noun 1. A nuclear reaction with the emission of a gamma ray. Labels: countable 2. A third-order measure of derivative price sensitivity, expressed as the rate of change of gamma with respect to time, or equivalently the rate of change of charm with respect to changes in the underlying asset price. Labels: uncountable
Word: alpha particles Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of alpha particle Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gamma decays Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of gamma decay Labels: form-of, plural
Word: creance Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Middle English creaunce, from Old French creance. See credence. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːəns/ 1. faith; belief; creed Labels: obsolete 2. A long leash, or lightweight cord used to prevent escape of a hawk during training flights. Example: Even as horses led by hand doe sometimes bound and start out of the way, but no further then their halters length, and neverthelesse follow ever his steps that leadeth them; And as a Hawke takes his flight but under the limits of hir cranes or twyne.
Word: creance Part of Speech: verb Etymology: From Middle English creaunce, from Old French creance. See credence. Pronunciation: /ˈkɹiːəns/ 1. To get on credit; to borrow. Labels: obsolete, transitive
Word: creances Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of creance Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double steal Part of Speech: noun 1. A situation in which two baserunners attempt to steal a base simultaneously. This is usually called by the manager when there are runners on first base and second base. Example: The team is known to try the double steal because it has so many speedsters. 2. The successful completion of a double steal. Example: This pair have seven double steals this season.
Word: double steals Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double steal Labels: form-of, plural Example: The team has pulled off three double steals in this game.
Word: credit report Part of Speech: noun 1. A document of the history and current status of a borrower's credit standing, which may include identifying information, credit information, public records information, recent inquiries and credit score.
Word: infield shift Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From infield and shift. Originally called the Williams shift or Boudreau shift, respectively named for Ted Williams and Lou Boudreau, and first used during the 1946 World Series by St. Louis Cardinals manager Eddie Dyer as a defensive gimmick. In the late 1990s, the strategy was revived, using the more generic infield shift, which has been used exclusively since then. 1. A defensive alignment in which the third baseman, shortstop and second baseman positionally shift to their left when a left-handed batter is in the batter's box. Used primarily when the batter is an extreme pull hitter.
Word: written all over someone's face Part of Speech: phrase 1. Very obvious, from someone's facial expression. Labels: idiomatic
Word: grad school Part of Speech: noun 1. Clipping of graduate school. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: pregnancy school Part of Speech: noun 1. A school exclusively for pregnant girls.
Word: gaelscoil Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Irish, from Gael (“Gael, Gaelic person”) + scoil (“school”). 1. A school in which Irish is the working language. Labels: Ireland
Word: med school Part of Speech: noun 1. Medical school. Labels: countable, informal, uncountable Example: "I was given the monicker in med school, because my name was John and I did a certain amount of night-tripping."
Word: medical school Part of Speech: noun 1. A school that teaches medicine. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: It's close to the sprawling University of Birmingham campus and the ever-growing Queen Elizabeth Hospital site, which also includes a large medical school.
Word: herkie Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Herkimer + -ie, after Lawrence R. Herkimer, founder of the NCA. 1. A jump with one leg straight out to the side and the other bent flat beneath the body.
Word: NCA Part of Speech: name 1. Initialism of National Cheerleaders Association. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism 2. Initialism of National Command Authority. Labels: US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, obsolete 3. Initialism of National Crime Agency. Labels: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Example: The NCA is worth listening to. It has chalked up some eye-catching successes in the battle against cyber crime.
Word: NCA Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of nickel-cobalt-aluminum, a type of lithium cell chemistry. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable 2. Initialism of national capital area. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable
Word: basket toss Part of Speech: noun 1. A stunt in which three or more bases toss a flyer into the air.
Word: certificates of deposit Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of certificate of deposit Labels: form-of, plural
Word: DIPS Part of Speech: noun 1. Initialism of defense-independent pitching statistics. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, plural, plural-only
Word: defense-independent pitching statistics Part of Speech: noun 1. A measure of a pitcher's effectiveness based only on plays that do not involve fielders. Originally included only hit-by-pitch, walks, strikeouts, and home runs allowed, but more recently incorporates fly ball percentage, ground ball percentage, and line drive percentage. Labels: plural, plural-only
Word: herkies Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of herkie Labels: form-of, plural
Word: multidisc Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos)der. Latin discusbor. French disquebor. English disc English multidisc From multi- + disc. 1. Composed of multiple discs Labels: not-comparable Example: Yet recording companies, especially classical ones, continue to churn out CDs, and not just single discs but multidisc boxed sets.
Word: peatiest Part of Speech: adj 1. superlative form of peaty: most peaty Labels: form-of, superlative
Word: peatier Part of Speech: adj 1. comparative form of peaty: more peaty Labels: comparative, form-of
Word: PAs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of PA Labels: form-of, plural
Word: nailbiter Part of Speech: noun 1. Alternative spelling of nail biter. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: condomless Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree English condom Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English condomless From condom + -less. 1. Without a condom. Labels: not-comparable Example: That's exactly how Beethoven and Dvorak worked Lady GaGa explains, "When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time."
Word: manats Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of manat Labels: form-of, plural
Word: extra inning Part of Speech: noun 1. An additional inning of play required to break a tie. Labels: plural-normally Example: We'll have to play another extra inning in this game.
Word: throw smoke Part of Speech: verb 1. To consistently pitch fastballs that are difficult to hit. Labels: intransitive, slang Example: He has been throwing smoke all game.
Word: Manc Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Clipping of Mancunian. Pronunciation: /mæŋk/ 1. Someone from the English city of Manchester Labels: colloquial
Word: climate-changing Part of Speech: adj 1. That contributes to climate change
Word: condescendence Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From French condescendance, from condescendre, from Late Latin condescendere (“to let oneself down, stoop, condescend”), from Latin com- (“together”) + descendere (“to come down”). See condescend. 1. The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors, condescension. Labels: countable, uncountable 2. An articulate statement annexed to a summons, setting forth the allegations in fact upon which an action is founded. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: glucanase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English glucan Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English glucanase From glucan + -ase. 1. Any enzyme that breaks down a glucan
Word: glucoamylase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek γλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)der. New Latinder. English gluco- English amylase English glucoamylase From gluco- + amylase. 1. Any enzyme that hydrolyzes the glucoside bond in starches and dextrins
Word: glucosidase Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English glucoside Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwísder. Ancient Greek διά (diá) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ- (dĭă-) Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Hellenic *hístāmi Ancient Greek ῐ̔́στημῐ (hĭ́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐῐ̈́στημῐ (dĭĭ̈́stēmĭ) Ancient Greek δῐᾰ́στᾰσῐς (dĭắstăsĭs) English diastase English -ase English glucosidase From glucoside + -ase. 1. Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides
Word: user charge Part of Speech: noun 1. A fee for government-provided goods or services, charged to the user.
Word: lactose intolerance Part of Speech: noun 1. Inability to fully metabolize lactose. Labels: uncountable, usually
Word: lactose intolerant Part of Speech: adj 1. Unable to fully metabolize lactose.
Word: frosten Part of Speech: verb Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *prews- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *prustós Proto-Germanic *frustaz Proto-West Germanic *frost Old English frost Middle English frost English frost English -en English frosten From frost + -en. 1. To make or become frosted Labels: ambitransitive Example: For myself, I can entertain no fears that it will be otherwise. Around me and before me are to be seen the wise, the good and the great of our Fraternity; the grave and reverend countenances of the age, whose half-century of skill and experience have polished the shafts and adorned the capitals of each upreared column in the long vista of the past; those of middle age, upon whom time has yet laid lightly its frostening fingers; and the youthful, the generous and the warm-hearted, fresh from the quarry, and the ashlar all imbued with one common purpose, to do good. Example: Her appearance was extremely neat. Her dark brown hair laid neatly upon either side of a high fair brow — and Time had kindly refused to frosten one single thread of it.
Word: Bay Street Part of Speech: name 1. A street in Toronto where many banks and other financial institutions are based. 2. Financial interests in Canada, especially in Toronto. Labels: Canada, broadly
Word: gross anatomy Part of Speech: noun 1. The study of large-scale anatomy, especially that which may be seen by the unaided eye (macroscopic features). Labels: uncountable Example: The old joke about gross anatomy is that it is not only gross (macroscopic) but also often gross (revolting).
Word: transmission electron microscope Part of Speech: noun 1. A form of electron microscope in which a beam of electrons is transmitted through a thin layer of sample.
Word: transmission electron microscopes Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of transmission electron microscope Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cell-mediated immunity Part of Speech: noun 1. Immunity as a result of a cell-mediated immune response. Labels: countable, uncountable
Word: Freudianly Part of Speech: adv Etymology: Etymology tree English Freudian Middle English -ly English -ly English Freudianly From Freudian + -ly. 1. In a Freudian manner. Example: Harry in the flesh, in his baggy, black designer jeans with their stupid overgrown turn-ups, in his big-heeled boots and his Indiana Jones rip-off battered leather coat, sitting there, trowel stuck Freudianly through his belt, dramatically half lit in his poshy university office, with his tossily clever PostModern collection of artefacts behind him: […]
Word: wood duck Part of Speech: noun 1. A colorful North American duck, Aix sponsa, that nests in hollow trees.
Word: wood cudweed Part of Speech: noun 1. A weedy plant of species Gnaphalium sylvaticum, found in the north temperate zone. Labels: uncountable
Word: cell-mediated immune response Part of Speech: noun 1. An immune response produced by the lymphokines secreted when sensitized T cells directly attack foreign antigens
Word: wood drake Part of Speech: noun 1. a male wood duck
Word: cinnamon fern Part of Speech: noun 1. A coarse fern, Osmundastrum cinnamomeum, found primarily in wet areas.
Word: consol Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Abbreviation of consolidated annuity: A perpetual bond issued by the United Kingdom, from the 18th century. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, historical Example: Since it was arguably the most successful bond ever issued, it is worth pausing to look more closely at the famed British consol. 2. Clipping of consolidation, only used in names of corporations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Word: consol Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Abbreviation 1. Clipping of consolidated, only used in names of corporations. Labels: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
Word: consols Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of consol Labels: form-of, plural
Word: gnaborretni Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From interrobang spelled backwards. Pronunciation: /(ɡ)næbəˈɹɛtni/, /(ɡ)næˈbɒɹətni/, /ɲɑ(ː)bɔɹɛtni(ː)/ 1. The symbol ⸘ (an inverted superimposed exclamation point and question mark), used in place of ¡¿ in Spanish, Galician, and Leonese. Labels: rare Example: This is why we still need the Interobang on keyboards, not the gnaborretni . Example: Butbutbut, what other articles link to the interrobang article, and how else would I have discovered the gnaborretni‽
Word: Sussex Drive Part of Speech: name Etymology: From Sussex + drive. The road was named after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843). Pronunciation: /ˌsʌsɪks ˈdɹaɪv/ 1. A street in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, on which the official residence of the prime minister of Canada, and that of the governor general of Canada, are located.
Word: Sussex Drive Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ellipsis of 24 Sussex Drive, the street address of the prime minister's residence, formerly 24 Sussex Street. Pronunciation: /ˌsʌsɪks ˈdɹaɪv/ 1. The Canadian prime minister, or the federal government of Canada. Labels: Canada, idiomatic Example: 2009: Elizabeth Payne, “Cooking is a skill that is becoming essential”, Ottawa Citizen, undated. Campaigns are underway to persuade households, including even those at 10 Downing Street and the White House (no word on Sussex Drive), to plant vegetable gardens this year as buffers against dismal economic times.
Word: perpetual bonds Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of perpetual bond Labels: form-of, plural
Word: wood ducks Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of wood duck Labels: form-of, plural
Word: user charges Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of user charge Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glucanases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glucanase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: glucoamylases Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of glucoamylase Labels: form-of, plural
Word: Mancs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of Manc Labels: form-of, plural
Word: basket tosses Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of basket toss Labels: form-of, plural
Word: pregnancy schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of pregnancy school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: med schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of med school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: grad schools Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of grad school Labels: form-of, plural
Word: big bluestems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of big bluestem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: little bluestems Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of little bluestem Labels: form-of, plural
Word: cornermen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of cornerman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: organograms Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of organogram Labels: form-of, plural
Word: 24 Sussex Drive Part of Speech: name Etymology: From 24 + Sussex Drive. Until about 1958, 24 Sussex Street (see also drive). The street address of the Canadian prime minister's official residence, since 1951, although since 2015 prime ministers have not lived there because of poor condition needing repair. The road was named in the early 19th century, after Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex (1773–1843). 1. The office of Prime Minister of Canada. Labels: Canada Example: So I guess he figured that if he kept on plugging away as he had down there, the same formula would get him into 24 Sussex Drive. But it didn't. Example: By 1965 Pierre Trudeau, en route to Ottawa and 24 Sussex Drive, had concluded that advocates of an associate state or special status were ‘those who do not feel capable of saying they are separatists and carrying their thinking to its logical conclusion.’ 2. The Canadian Prime Minister's Office or the federal government of Canada. Labels: metonymically
Word: long bone Part of Speech: noun 1. Any of the relatively slender bones of the upper and lower extremities.
Word: long bones Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of long bone Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mouchoirs Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of mouchoir Labels: form-of, plural
Word: that's what I'm talking about Part of Speech: phrase 1. Used to express enthusiastic support for an object or person that has just been referenced or for an event that has just occurred. Labels: slang Example: Daisy Mae just says that the Fiendo-Monster wanted to be sure everybody could see his whole face so he shaved off his mustache. [Larry] There! That's what I'm talking about. When he turns around he's going to look like me. Example: Yeah, you know what I'm talking 'bout / Yeah, get on with it, baby / That's what I'm talking 'bout / Now dig this!
Word: reasonable doubt Part of Speech: noun 1. A degree of uncertainty to which a reason can be assigned; in those jurisdictions influenced by English common law, the minimum degree of uncertainty required to acquit a defendant. Labels: countable, uncountable Example: “[Michael Cohen]’s the human embodiment of reasonable doubt,” said [Todd] Blanche when capping off his list of 10 reasons why the jury should not convict his client.
Word: odonym Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “road”) + ὄνυμα (ónuma, “name”), equivalent to odo- + -onym. Compare French odonyme and Italian odonimo. 1. An identifying name given to a street; a street name.
Word: Chinovela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Chinese + telenovela. 1. A soap opera of Chinese origin. Labels: Philippines
Word: Koreanovela Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of Korean + telenovela. 1. A soap opera originating in Korea. Labels: Philippines Example: Prime time on Philippine television has become the time of "Koreanovelas,” said one media watcher. Example: In the Philippines over the last fifteen years, Koreanovelas have replaced South American telenovelas in popularity, spawning the Philippines' own soap opera industry.
Word: incontinents Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of incontinent Labels: form-of, plural
Word: twin quasar Part of Speech: noun 1. a pair of quasar images formed by gravitational lensing of a single physical quasar
Word: twin quasars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of twin quasar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double quasars Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of double quasar Labels: form-of, plural
Word: double quasar Part of Speech: noun 1. Two quasars that form a system, such that they gravitationally interact, or are part of the same cluster of galaxies; a binary quasar. 2. Two quasars that appear to be paired when seen in an image, either because they orbit one another (binary quasars) or happen to be in the same line of sight even though they are separated by a great distance.
Word: slipstick Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From slip + stick. 1. A slide rule. Labels: informal
Word: fole Part of Speech: noun 1. Obsolete spelling of foal. Labels: alt-of, obsolete Example: In candent ire the solar splendor flames; The foles, languescent, pend from arid rames; His humid front the cive, anheling, wipes, And dreams of erring on ventiferous ripes.
Word: blanding Part of Speech: verb 1. present participle and gerund of bland Labels: form-of, gerund, participle, present
Word: blanding Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Blend of bland + branding. 1. The development of a brand that is characterless and unappealing. Labels: informal, uncountable Example: There would have been revisions, more testing, and more revisions until the joy and spontaneity would have been squeezed from the design: blanding as opposed to branding. Example: The Blanding of Branding Cause marketing isn't the only thing we see too much of today; we see too much of everything. A typical grocery store carries 61 varieties of sunscreen, […]
Word: galantine Part of Speech: noun Etymology: From Old French galentine, galantine, variant of galatine, from Latin gelāta (“frozen”) + Old French -ine. Compare gelatin. Pronunciation: /ˈɡaləntiːn/, /ɡalənˈtiːn/ 1. A spiced, thickened sauce served with fish or poultry. Labels: historical Example: ‘Have some galantine. I'm going to. Your sole's cold.’ 2. A dish of boned, often stuffed meat (or fish) that has been boiled, and is served cold with its jelly. Example: Of how many creams, jellies, salads, peaches, white soups, grapes, pates, galantines, cups of tea, champagne, and so forth, Lady Clavering partook, it does not become us to say. Example: By nine o’clock plates of food were displayed for sale at prices ranging from three to five sous, their contents comprising slices of meat, scraps of game, heads and tails of fishes, bits of galantine, stray vegetables, and, by way of dessert, cakes scarcely cut into, and other confectionery.
Word: gesturality Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English gestural Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English gesturality From gestural + -ity. 1. The capacity to communicate using gesture. Labels: uncountable 2. The gestures used by a person (in a specific situation). Labels: countable
Word: immolations Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of immolation Labels: form-of, plural
Word: mephistophelean Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative letter-case form of Mephistophelean. Labels: alt-of
Word: overmighty Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English mighty English overmighty From over- + mighty. 1. Excessively mighty. Example: Contrariwise, if he leaned to Antiochus, as he must be partaker in his overthrow, so was he sure to be oppressed by him, as by an overmighty neighbour, if he happened to win the victor. Example: “In addition to our manifest and indisputable right to the soil of the Oregon Territory — a right derived at once from discovery, from exploration, from occupation, and from solemn treaty stipulations— in addition to all this overmighty hold upon the region, in the resistless affinity lo us and to our institutions of the population which 13 growing tip within its limits. There ore rumors in the public journals that a temporary and provisional government has already been e; tablishicd by the [dwellers on the Oregon. Such a government can he merely temporary ’and provisional. The offspring of necessity, it will, we are assured, gladly give place to the protection of the federal constitution. The men who have made that government will he prompt to remember their right to the name of American citizens. As American citizens, they went to Oregon — ns such, they have lived there, on American soil — as such, they are now under the protecting eye of this nation — and as such, ere long, they are to come into our confederation.”
Word: uninterrogated Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English interrogated English uninterrogated From un- + interrogated. 1. Not interrogated. 2. unquestioned.
Word: Suren Part of Speech: name Etymology: Ultimately from Parthian 𐭎𐭅𐭓𐭉𐭍 (swryn /⁠Sūrēn⁠/). 1. Surname of a Parthian noble family. 2. A general from this family. 3. A transliteration of the Armenian male given name Սուրեն (Suren).
Word: orbitar Part of Speech: adj Etymology: Compare French orbitaire. 1. orbital. Labels: not-comparable, obsolete
Word: inbornness Part of Speech: noun Etymology: Etymology tree English inborn Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inbornness From inborn + -ness. 1. The quality or state of being inborn. Labels: uncountable
Word: larvate Part of Speech: adj Etymology: First attested in 1846; borrowed from Latin larvātus, from larva (“a mask”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. Concealed; obscure; being a masked or doubtful case of disease. Labels: not-comparable Example: larvate epilepsy Example: There is much talk about "larvate" forms of malaria - i. e., forms where the organism cannot be found; many of these are undoubtedly not cases of malaria at all, and many are not sufficiently studied
Word: larvate Part of Speech: verb Etymology: First attested in 1846; borrowed from Latin larvātus, from larva (“a mask”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix). 1. To develop into larvae. Example: Thus, approximately 20.0 % of eggs larvated but failed to hatch. Failure of the eggs to develop into infective larvae in E. coli or fecal cultures at 5 C. agrees generally with the reports of […] Example: These common roundworms are passed as eggs in feces. The eggs larvate and become infectious after 1 to 3 weeks. The infectious eggs can survive in the environment for months and are the primary source of human infection.
Word: Pan-European Part of Speech: adj 1. Alternative form of pan-European. Labels: alt-of, alternative
Word: first basemen Part of Speech: noun 1. plural of first baseman Labels: form-of, plural
Word: doubles up Part of Speech: verb 1. third-person singular simple present indicative of double up Labels: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person