mineralogy |
1. n. (petrology) The branch of petrology that studies minerals. | |
2. n. Its mineral materials. | |
3. n. A treatise on mineralogy. | |
the |
1. art. Definite grammatical article that implies necessarily that an entity it articulates is presupposed; something already mentioned, or completely specified later in that same sentence, or assumed already | |
I’m reading the book. (Compare I’m reading a book.) | |
The street in front of your house. (Compare A street in Paris.) | |
The men and women watched the man give the birdseed to the bird. | |
2. art. Used before a noun modified by a restrictive relative clause, indicating that the noun refers to a single referent defined by the relative clause. | |
The street that runs through my hometown. | |
3. art. Used before an object considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time. | |
No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe. | |
God save the Queen! | |
4. art. Used before a superlative or an ordinal number modifying a noun, to indicate that the noun refers to a single item. | |
That was the best apple pie ever. | |
5. art. Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive. | |
That apple pie was the best. | |
6. art. Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class. | |
7. art. Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective. | |
Feed the hungry, clothe the naked, comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable. | |
8. art. Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar. | |
No one in the whole country had seen it before. | |
I don't think I'll get to it until the morning. | |
9. art. Used before a body part (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun. | |
A stone hit him on the head. (= “A stone hit him on his head.”) | |
10. art. When stressed, indicates that it describes an object which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention. | |
That is the hospital to go to for heart surgery. | |
11. adv. 1=With a comparative ormore and a verb phrase, establishes a parallel with one or more other such comparatives. | |
The hotter the better. | |
The more I think about it, the weaker it looks. | |
The more money donated, the more books purchased, and the more happy children. | |
It looks weaker and weaker, the more I think about it. | |
12. adv. 1=With a comparative, and often withfor it, indicates a result more like said comparative. This can be negated withnone. | |
It was a difficult time, but I’m the wiser for it. | |
It was a difficult time, and I’m none the wiser for it. | |
I'm much the wiser for having had a difficult time like that. | |
tendency |
1. n. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward. | |
Denim has a tendency to fade. | |
2. n. (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation. | |
of |
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion. | |
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off". | |
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.). | |
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.). | |
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage. | |
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to. | |
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three. | |
6. prep. Expressing separation. | |
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.) | |
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband. | |
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.) | |
He seemed devoid of human feelings. | |
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.) | |
10. prep. Expressing origin. | |
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.) | |
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin. | |
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of. | |
The invention was born of necessity. | |
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.) | |
It is said that she died of a broken heart. | |
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.) | |
I am tired of all this nonsense. | |
15. prep. Expressing agency. | |
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).) | |
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea. | |
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below). | |
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties. | |
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.) | |
It was very brave of you to speak out like that. | |
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance. | |
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.) | |
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic. | |
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.) | |
She wore a dress of silk. | |
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.) | |
What a lot of nonsense! | |
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.) | |
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich. | |
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also". | |
I'm not driving this wreck of a car. | |
25. prep. Introducing subject matter. | |
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma | |
I'm always thinking of you. | |
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning. | |
He told us the story of his journey to India. | |
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.) | |
This behaviour is typical of teenagers. | |
29. prep. Having partitive effect. | |
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among". | |
Most of these apples are rotten. | |
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.) | |
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of. | |
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort. | |
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).) | |
He is a friend of mine. | |
34. prep. Expressing possession. | |
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above. | |
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century. | |
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it. | |
The owner of the nightclub was arrested. | |
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter | |
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames. | |
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive". | |
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.) | |
She had a profound distrust of the police. | |
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics. | |
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards. | |
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner. | |
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by". | |
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain. | |
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.) | |
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%. | |
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod | |
It's not that big of a deal. | |
45. prep. Expressing a point in time. | |
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity. | |
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river. | |
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time). | |
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while. | |
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.) | |
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off. | |
a |
1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. | |
There was a man here looking for you yesterday. | |
2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. | |
I've seen it happen a hundred times. | |
3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) | |
We've received an interesting letter from a Mrs. Miggins of London. | |
4. art. The same; one. | |
We are of a mind on matters of morals. | |
5. art. Any, every; used before a noun which has become modified to limit its scope; also used with a negative to indicate not a single one.Lindberg, Christine A. (2007) | |
A man who dies intestate leaves his children troubles and difficulties. | |
He fell all that way, and hasn't a bump on his head? | |
6. art. Used before plural nouns modified by few, good many, couple, great many, etc. | |
7. art. Someone or something like; similar to; Used before a proper noun to create an example out of it. | |
The center of the village was becoming a Times Square. | |
8. prep. (archaic) To do with position or direction; In, on, at, by, towards, onto. | |
Stand a tiptoe. | |
9. prep. To do with separation; In, into. | |
Torn a pieces. | |
10. prep. To do with time; Each, per, in, on, by. | |
I brush my teeth twice a day. | |
11. prep. (obsolete) To do with method; In, with. | |
12. prep. (obsolete) To do with role or capacity; In. | |
A God’s name. | |
13. prep. To do with status; In. | |
King James Bible (II Chronicles 2:18) | |
To set the people a worke. | |
14. prep. (archaic) To do with process, with a passive verb; In the course of, experiencing. | |
1964, Bob Dylan, The Times They Are a-Changin’ | |
The times, they are a-changin'. | |
15. prep. (archaic) To do with an action, an active verb; Engaged in. | |
1611, King James Bible, Hebrews 11-21 | |
Jacob, when he was a dying | |
16. prep. (archaic) To do with an action/movement; To, into. | |
17. v. (archaic, or slang) Have. | |
I'd a come, if you'd a asked. | |
18. pron. (obsolete, outside, England, and Scotland dialects) He. | |
19. interj. A meaningless syllable; ah. | |
20. prep. (archaic, slang) Of. | |
The name of John a Gaunt. | |
21. adv. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
22. adj. (chiefly Scotland) All. | |
crystal |
1. n. A solid composed of an array of atoms or molecules possessing long-range order and arranged in a pattern which is periodic in three dimensions. | |
2. n. A piece of glimmering, shining mineral resembling ice or glass. | |
3. n. A fine type of glassware, or the material used to make it. | |
4. n. (slang) Crystal meth: methamphetamine hydrochloride. | |
5. n. The glass over the dial of a watch case. | |
6. adj. Very clear. | |
"Do I make myself clear?" / "Crystal.". | |
to |
1. part. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive. | |
I want to leave. | |
He asked me what to do. | |
I don’t know how to say it. | |
I have places to go and people to see. | |
2. part. As above, with the verb implied. | |
"Did you visit the museum?" "I wanted to, but it was closed.". | |
If he hasn't read it yet, he ought to. | |
3. part. A particle used to create phrasal verbs. | |
I have to do laundry today. | |
4. prep. Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at. | |
We are walking to the shop. | |
5. prep. Used to indicate purpose. | |
He devoted himself to education. | |
They drank to his health. | |
6. prep. Used to indicate result of action. | |
His face was beaten to a pulp. | |
7. prep. Used after an adjective to indicate its application. | |
similar to ..., relevant to ..., pertinent to ..., I was nice to him, he was cruel to her, I am used to walking. | |
8. prep. (obsolete,) As a. | |
With God to friend (with God as a friend); with The Devil to fiend (with the Devil as a foe); lambs slaughtered to lake (lambs slaughtered as a sacrifice); t | |
9. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate a ratio or comparison. | |
one to one = 1:1 | |
ten to one = 10:1. | |
I have ten dollars to your four. | |
10. prep. (arithmetic) Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation. | |
Three squared or three to the second power is nine. | |
Three to the power of two is nine. | |
Three to the second is nine. | |
11. prep. Used to indicate the indirect object. | |
I gave the book to him. | |
12. prep. (time) Preceding. | |
ten to ten = 9:50; We're going to leave at ten to (the hour). | |
13. prep. Used to describe what something consists of or contains. | |
Anyone could do this job; there's nothing to it. | |
There's a lot of sense to what he says. | |
14. prep. (Canada, UK, Newfoundland, West Midlands) At. | |
Stay where you're to and I'll come find you, b'y. | |
15. adv. Toward a closed, touching or engaging position. | |
Please push the door to. | |
16. adv. (nautical) Into the wind. | |
17. adv. misspelling of too | |
split |
1. adj. Divided. | |
Republicans appear split on the centerpiece of Mr. Obama's economic recovery plan. | |
2. adj. (algebra, of a short exact sequence) Having the middle group equal to the direct product of the others. | |
3. adj. (of coffee) Comprising half decaffeinated and half caffeinated espresso. | |
4. adj. (stock exchange, of an order, sale, etc.) Divided so as to be done or executed part at one time or price and part at another time or price. | |
5. adj. (stock exchange, historical, of quotations) Given in sixteenths rather than the usual eighths. | |
10\frac316 is a split quotation. | |
6. adj. (London stock exchange) Designating ordinary stock that has been divided into preferred ordinary and deferred ordinary. | |
7. n. A crack or longitudinal fissure. | |
8. n. A breach or separation, as in a political party; a division. | |
9. n. A piece that is split off, or made thin, by splitting; a splinter; a fragment. | |
10. n. (leather manufacture) One of the sections of a skin made by dividing it into two or more thicknesses. | |
11. n. (gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, usually in the phrase “to do the splits”) A maneuver of spreading or sliding the feet apart until the legs are flat on the floor 180 degrees apart, either sideways to | |
12. n. (baseball, slang) A split-finger fastball. | |
He’s got a nasty split. | |
13. n. (bowling) A result of a first throw that leaves two or more pins standing with one or more pins between them knocked down. | |
14. n. A split shot or split stroke. | |
15. n. A dessert or confection resembling a banana split. | |
16. n. A unit of measure used for champagne or other spirits: 18.75 centiliter or 1/4 quarter of a standard .75 liter bottle. Commercially comparable to 1/20th (US) gallon, which is 1/2 of a fifth. | |
17. n. A bottle of wine containing 0.375 liters, 1/2 the volume of a standard .75 liter bottle; a demi. | |
18. n. (athletics) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a race. | |
In the 3000m race, his 800m split was 1:45.32 | |
19. n. (video games) The elapsed time at specific intermediate points in a speedrun. | |
20. n. (construction) A tear resulting from tensile stresses. | |
21. n. (gambling) A division of a stake happening when two cards of the kind on which the stake is laid are dealt in the same turn. | |
22. n. (music) A recording containing songs by multiple artists. | |
23. v. (transitive, ergative) Of something solid, to divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line. | |
He has split his lip. | |
24. v. (intransitive) Of something solid particularly wood, to break along the grain fully or partly along a more or less straight line. | |
25. v. To share; to divide. | |
We split the money among three people. | |
26. v. (slang) To leave. | |
Let's split this scene and see if we can find a real party. | |
27. v. To separate or break up. | |
Did you hear Dick and Jane split? They'll probably get a divorce. | |
28. v. (algebra, transitive, and intransitive, acts on a polynomial) To factor into linear factors. | |
29. v. To be broken; to be dashed to pieces. | |
30. v. To burst out laughing. | |
31. v. (slang) To divulge a secret; to betray confidence; to peach. | |
32. v. (sports) In athletics (esp. baseball), when both teams involved in a doubleheader each win one game and lose another game. | |
Boston split with Philadelphia in a doubleheader, winning the first game 3-1 before losing 2-0 in the nightcap. | |
along |
1. prep. By the length of; in a line with the length of; lengthwise next to. | |
2. prep. In a line with, with a progressive motion on; onward on; forward on. | |
3. adv. In company; together. | |
John played the piano and everyone sang along. | |
4. adv. Onward, forward, with progressive action. | |
Don't stop here. Just move along. | |
specific |
1. adj. explicit or definite | |
2. adj. (sciences) Pertaining to a species. | |
3. adj. (taxonomy) pertaining to a taxon at the rank of species | |
4. adj. special, distinctive or unique | |
5. adj. intended for, or applying to a particular thing | |
6. adj. being a remedy for a particular disease | |
Quinine is a specific medicine in cases of malaria. | |
7. adj. (immunology) limited to a particular antibody or antigen | |
8. adj. (physics) of a value divided by mass (e.g. specific orbital energy) | |
9. adj. (physics) similarly referring to a value divided by any measure which acts to standardize it (e.g. thrust specific fuel consumption, referring to fuel consumption divided by thrust) | |
10. adj. (physics) a measure compared with a standard reference value by division, to produce a ratio without unit or dimension (e.g. specific refractive index is a pure number, and is relative to that of air) | |
11. n. A distinguishing attribute or quality. | |
12. n. A remedy for a specific disease or condition. | |
13. n. Specification | |
14. n. (in the plural) The details; particulars. | |
planes |
1. n. plural of plane | |
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of plane | |
plane |
1. adj. Of a surface: flat or level. | |
2. n. A level or flat surface. | |
3. n. (geometry) A flat surface extending infinitely in all directions (e.g. horizontal or vertical plane). | |
4. n. A level of existence or development. (eg, astral plane) | |
5. n. A roughly flat, thin, often moveable structure used to create lateral force by the flow of air or water over its surface, found on aircraft, submarines, etc. | |
6. n. (computing, Unicode) Any of a number of designated ranges of sequential code points. | |
7. n. (anatomy) An imaginary plane which divides the body into two portions. | |
8. n. A tool for smoothing wood by removing thin layers from the surface. | |
9. v. To smooth (wood) with a plane. | |
10. n. An airplane; an aeroplane. | |
11. v. (nautical) To move in a way that lifts the bow of a boat out of the water. | |
12. v. To glide or soar. | |
13. n. A deciduous tree of the genus Platanus. | |
14. n. (Northern UK) A sycamore. | |