Electroluminescence (ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns)

Meaning of electroluminescence in English:

electroluminescence

NOUN

mass noun
Chemistry

Luminescence produced electrically, especially by the application of a voltage.

Pronunciation /ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns/

‘Much of the research into red OLEDs has been directed toward overcoming concentration-quenching problems, a decrease in electroluminescence that can occur at dopant concentrations as low as 2%.’
‘In the darkened second gallery were two book-like works involving electroluminescence or fiber-optic light.’
‘The electroluminescence wavelength is 650 to 660 nm and describes the maximum emission at the wafer center.’
‘These electroluminescence immunoassays have an analytical sensitivity of 0.01 ng/mL for cTnT.’

Electroluminescence (ɪˌlɛktrəʊlu mɪˈnɛs(ə)ns)

Traa-Dy-Liooar (ˌtreɪ-də-ˈlu ə)

Meaning of traa dy liooar in English:

traa dy liooar

NOUN

(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
‘Time enough’. Used to express or assert that something can (or should) be postponed, or that there is no need to hurry.

ADJECTIVE

(also traa dy lioor)
dialect British
Characterized by a tendency to postpone things or not hurry, especially (in early use) as a result of an (overly) cautious or conservative nature; procrastinating.

Origin
Mid 19th century. From Manx traa dy liooar time enough, plenty of time from traa time (Early Irish tráth period of time, point in time, canonical hour, of uncertain origin) + dy liooar, cognate with or formed similarly to Irish go leór enough (Early Irish co lór).

Pronunciation
traa dy liooar
/ˌtrɛ də ˈlu ə/ /ˌtreɪ də ˈlu ə/

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Traa-Dy-Liooar (ˌtreɪ-də-ˈlu ə)

Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)

Meaning of pizzeria in English:

pizzeria

NOUN

A place where pizzas are made or sold; a pizza restaurant.

Origin
Italian.

Pronunciation
pizzeria
/ˌpi tsəˈri ə/ /ˈpɪtsəri ə/

‘Corsica is a popular holiday destination in the summer, particularly with French and German tourists, and the small towns are crammed with cafes, bars, pizzerias and restaurants.’
‘The chain pizzerias like Pizza Hut and Sbarro are few and far-between for such a populated area; it's as though they have the decorum to lay low in one of the world's pizza capitals.’
‘His foodservice customers primarily consist of distributors, hotels, pizzerias and national account restaurants.’
‘This translates into millions of pizzas ordered from pizzerias - more than 7,000 outlets in all - strung out in a chain across the country.’
‘We rode past small shops and street vendors, restaurants and pizzerias, drinking the atmosphere in with the occasional whiff of good food.’
‘The patties are familiar to New Yorkers who order bland commercial versions sold at numerous pizzerias.’
‘For food, the two would go to fancy restaurants or pizzerias, all within walking distance.’
‘Most of those quaint and charming bookstores have sold out to pizzerias and chain stores.’
‘I enquired politely whether it was possible to buy a pizza at the pizzeria - not an entirely unreasonable request - but was met by a gentle shaking of the head.’
‘The most popular restaurants are steak houses and pizzerias.’
‘Although a meal in smart restaurants such as Nobu and Il Teatro may inflict a heart attack on your bank manager, eating and drinking need not be restricted to cafés and pizzerias.’

Pizzaria (ˈpɪtsəri ə)

Rhynchokinesis (ˌrɪŋkə(ʊ)kʌɪˈni sɪs)

Meaning of rhynchokinesis in English:

rhynchokinesis

NOUN

Zoology

A form of upper jaw mobility, found in some birds, in which the terminal part of the upper jaw may be raised or lowered independently of the rest of it by the bending of the nasal or premaxillary bones.

Origin
1960s. From rhyncho- + kinesis, after rhynchokinetic.

Pronunciation
rhynchokinesis
/ˌrɪŋkə(ʊ)kɪˈni sɪs/ /ˌrɪŋkə(ʊ)kʌɪˈni sɪs/

How to use Rhynchokinesis (ˌrɪŋkə(ʊ)kʌɪˈni sɪs) in a sentence is still unknown.

Rhynchokinesis (ˌrɪŋkə(ʊ)kʌɪˈni sɪs)

Alberti, Leon Battista (älˈbertē/ɑlˈbərdi)

Definition of Alberti, Leon Battista in English:
Alberti, Leon Battista

PROPER NOUN

(1404–72), Italian architect, humanist, painter, and art critic. He wrote On Painting (1435), which was the first account of the theory of perspective in the Renaissance.

Pronunciation
Alberti, Leon Battista
/älˈbertē/ /ɑlˈbərdi/

'Hey! I met Alberti, Leon Battista!'

Alberti, Leon Battista (älˈbertē/ɑlˈbərdi)

Hypnotize (ˈhɪpnətʌɪz)

Meaning of hypnotize in English:

hypnotize

VERB

(also British hypnotise)
WITH OBJECT
1Produce a state of hypnosis in (someone)
1.1Capture the whole attention of (someone); fascinate.
‘she gazed down, hypnotized by the swirling tide’

Pronunciation /ˈhɪpnətʌɪz/

‘I didn't hypnotize her, she hypnotized herself, I just helped her along.’
‘Without any telepathic powers, Dani could not hypnotise someone that did not wish to be hypnotised, but Carl had opened himself completely to her.’
‘He sees his therapist, who hypnotises him.’
‘What we'll do is Dani will hypnotise you and keep you under while I use my telepathy to get into your mind.’
‘Or had the man with a cough, for his own nefarious purposes, mesmerised or hypnotised me, and to some extent succeeded?’
‘It seems like he's hypnotized, I read once that hypnotized people have an internal clock.’
‘I should mention that I was hypnotized earlier today, and I'm in a mental state altogether new to me.’
‘I was hypnotised by the rhythm of his politeness.’
‘Her eyes wandered in the circular motion of the black coffee, the trace amounts of sugar swirling inside of it hypnotizing her.’
‘I gulped, and then looked away quickly before the power of Jonas' gaze hypnotized me into a stammering idiot.’
‘I was fascinated by them, hypnotised by them - until you wake up and realise they're nuts.’
‘I stared at the cross and officer's badge hanging from ribbons on the rearview mirror, rather hypnotized the whole way.’

Hypnotize (ˈhɪpnətʌɪz)

Pulchritudinous (ˌpʌlkrɪˈtʃu dɪnəs)

Meaning of pulchritudinous in English:

pulchritudinous

ADJECTIVE

literary
Beautiful.

Pronunciation /ˌpʌlkrɪˈtʃu dɪnəs/

‘Dan gazed admiringly at the pulchritudinous brunette’

Pulchritudinous (ˌpʌlkrɪˈtʃu dɪnəs)