cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Neuchâtel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɜːʃæˈtɛl/
ipa: /ˌnɜːʃɑːˈtɛl/
ipa: /ˌnjuːʃəˈtɛl/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Neuchâtel.
Senses: synonyms: canton of Neuchâtel
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: The capital city of Neuchâtel canton, Switzerland.
Derived terms: Lake Neuchâtel
Nidwalden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: canton of Nidwalden
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
Related terms: Obwalden
Obwalden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: canton of Obwalden
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
Related terms: Nidwalden
Schaffhausen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: canton of Schaffhausen
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: The capital city of Schaffhausen canton, Switzerland.
Schwyz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Schwyz.
Senses: synonyms: canton of Schwyz
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: A town, the capital of Schwyz canton, Switzerland.
Solothurn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Roman name, Latin Salodurum.
Senses: synonyms: canton of Solothurn
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: The capital city of Solothurn canton, Switzerland.
St. Gallen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: St Gallen
form: Saint Gallen
Etymology: From Latin Gallus (“Gallic; Gaul”).
Senses: synonyms: canton of St. Gallen
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: The capital city of St. Gallen canton, Switzerland.
Synonyms: word: Saint Gall
word: St. Gall
Derived terms: Gallish
Thurgau
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
Synonyms: word: canton of Thurgau
word: Thurgovia
english: the anglicised name
translation: the anglicised name
word: canton of Thurgovia
Thurgovia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Anglicised version of the German name.
Senses: glosses: Thurgau (a canton of Switzerland).
Ticino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: A left tributary of the Po in Switzerland and Italy.
Synonyms: word: Tessin
word: canton of Ticino
topics: officialese
government
word: Republic and Canton of Ticino
finite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
ipa: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
note: Canadian raising
ipa: [ˈfaɪ.nʌɪt]
ipa: /ˈfɑe.nɑet/
ipa: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
ipa: [ˈfɑe̯.nɑe̯t]
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: more finite
form: most finite
Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: synonyms: limited
glosses: Having an end or limit; (of a quantity) constrained by bounds; (of a set) whose number of elements is a natural number.
examples: text: The "goes" in "he goes" is a finite form of a verb, the third-person singular.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: infinite
nonfinite
glosses: Limited by (i.e. inflected for) person or number.
qualifier: ring theory
glosses: finitely generated (as a module).
raw_tags: of a module (or algebra) over a ring
Derived terms: cofinite
finite automaton
finite capacity planning
finite continued fraction
finite deterrence
finite difference
finite-dimensional
finite element
finite field
finite generator
finite geometry
finiteless
finitely
finitely generated
finiteness
finite set
finite-state automaton
finite-state machine
finite state machine
finitise
finitism
finitist
finitization
finitize
hyperfinite
locally finite
metafinite
nonfinite
non-finite
non-finite verb
profinite
pseudofinite
quasifinite
semifinite
superfinite
unfinite
σ-finite measure
Related terms: word: finis
word: finitude
word: finity
sense: terms derived from finite (adjective)
word: finitely
sense: terms derived from finite (adjective)
word: finiteness
sense: terms derived from finite (adjective)
word: finite verb
sense: terms derived from finite (adjective)
word: infinite
sense: terms derived from finite (adjective)
word: infiniteness
sense: terms derived from finite (adjective)
word: infinitude
sense: terms derived from finite (adjective)
word: transfinite
finite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
ipa: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
note: Canadian raising
ipa: [ˈfaɪ.nʌɪt]
ipa: /ˈfɑe.nɑet/
ipa: /ˈfaɪ.naɪt/
ipa: [ˈfɑe̯.nɑe̯t]
rhymes: -aɪt
Forms: form: finites
Etymology: The adjective is derived from Middle English fynyte, finit, from Latin fīnītus, perfect passive participle of fīniō (“to finish; to terminate”), from fīnis (“boundary”). The word displaced Old English ġeendodlīċ.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
Senses: examples: text: Diſagreement in Subſtance or Eſſence […] may be called Diſproportion, as, there is a Diſproportion betvveen Finites and Infinites, i.e. there is no Proportion betvveen them.
ref: 1733, I[saac] W[atts], “A Brief Scheme of Ontology: Or The Science of Being in General; […]. Chap[ter] XIII. Of Agreement and Difference, of Sameness, and the Doctrine of Opposites.”, in Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, […], London: […] Richard Ford […], and Richard Hett […], →OCLC, pages 384–385:
glosses: A thing which has an end or limit.
Uri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuːɹi/
rhymes: -uːɹi
Etymology: From Medieval Latin Uronia, possibly from Latin ora (“edge, brim”), or from the pre-Roman substrate hydronym [Term?] (“water”) + the Latin suffix -n-. More at Uri.
Senses: synonyms: canton of Uri
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: A city in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Uri
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈuːɹi/
rhymes: -uːɹi
ipa: /ˈjuːɹi/
rhymes: -uːɹi
ipa: /ˈuːɹi/
rhymes: -uːɹi
Etymology: From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
infinite
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnfᵻnɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪnˈfaɪnaɪʈ/
Etymology: From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.
Senses: glosses: Infinitely many.
infinite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnfᵻnɪt/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɪnˈfaɪnaɪʈ/
Forms: form: infinites
Etymology: From Middle English infinite, from Old French infinit and its etymon Latin īnfīnītus, from in- (“not”) + fīnis (“end”) + the perfect passive participle ending -ītus. By surface analysis, in- + finite. Doublet of infinito. Displaced native Old English unġeendodlīċ.
Senses: examples: text: Sooner Earth / Might go round Heaven, and the strait girth of Time / Inswathe the fulness of Eternity, / Than language grasp the infinite of Love.
ref: 1827–1879 (date written), Alfred Tennyson, “Part I”, in The Lover’s Tale, London: C[harles] Kegan Paul & Co., […], published 1879, →OCLC, pages 34–35:
text: Cautiously, Hobbes avoided asserting the equality of these infinites, and explicitly characterized the relation between them as non-inequality.
ref: 2004, Teun Koetsier, Luc Bergmans, Mathematics and the Divine: A Historical Study, page 449:
glosses: Something that is infinite in nature.
examples: text: […] prevents overpowered combos and infinites […]
ref: 2007, Adam Deats, Joe Epstein, Virtua Fighter 5, page 14:
topics: video-games
glosses: A combo that can be used repeatedly without interruption.
Valais
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /væˈleɪ/
ipa: /ˈvæleɪ/
rhymes: (US) -eɪ
rhymes: (UK) -æleɪ
Etymology: Borrowed from French Valais.
Senses: synonyms: word: canton of Valais
word: Wallis
english: the German name
translation: the German name
word: canton of Wallis
glosses: A canton of Switzerland (the French name)
Wallis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒlɪs/
rhymes: -ɒlɪs
homophone: Wallace
Forms: form: Wallises
Etymology: * (surname): The surname is an Old English byname for a Welshman or Breton, from Old French waleis (“foreign”). The Welsh hamlet may be derived from this.
Senses: glosses: An English ethnic surname transferred from the nickname for someone with Welsh ancestry.
glosses: A female given name.
glosses: An unincorporated community in Forrest County, Mississippi, United States.
glosses: A city in Austin County, Texas, United States, named after railroad director J. E. Wallis.
glosses: A hamlet in Ambleston community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SN0125).
Derived terms: Wallis and Futuna
Wallis-Zieff-Goldblatt syndrome
Related terms: Wallace
Wallis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɒlɪs/
rhymes: -ɒlɪs
homophone: Wallace
Etymology: Borrowed from German Wallis.
Senses: synonyms: word: canton of Wallis
word: Valais
english: the French name
translation: the French name
word: canton of Valais
glosses: A canton of Switzerland (the German name)
Vaud
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Through German Waadt or French Vaud, named after the Waldense sect.
Senses: synonyms: canton of Vaud
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
Zug
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From German Zug.
Senses: synonyms: canton of Zug
glosses: A canton of Switzerland.
glosses: The capital city of Zug canton, Switzerland.
Zürich
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Zurich (“largest city in Switzerland”).
glosses: Alternative form of Zurich (“canton of Switzerland”).
Derived terms: Zürich number
FOSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɒs/
rhymes: -ɒs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: FLOSS
OSS
glosses: Initialism of Free and Open Source Software.
Derived terms: FOSSer
FOSSie
feral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛrəl/
ipa: /ˈfɪərəl/
rhymes: -ɛɹəl
rhymes: -ɪəɹəl
homophone: ferrule
homophone: ferryl
homophone: Farrell stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: more feral
form: most feral
Etymology: From Latin fērālis (“funereal”), from Proto-Italic *fēz-ālis, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁s (“god, sacred place”).
Senses: glosses: Deadly, fatal.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal.
feral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛrəl/
ipa: /ˈfɪərəl/
rhymes: -ɛɹəl
rhymes: -ɪəɹəl
homophone: ferrule
homophone: ferryl
homophone: Farrell stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Etymology: Homophone.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ferrule.
neo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈniːəʊ/
ipa: /ˈnioʊ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek prefix νεο- (neo-), from νέος (néos, “new, young”).
Senses: glosses: new
glosses: contemporary
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a structure, similar to that of neopentane, in which each hydrogen atom of a methyl group has been replaced by an alkyl group
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Being a newly-discovered or -synthesized variant of an existing compound
examples: text: neo- + penis → neopenis
text: neo- + labia → neolabia
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: surgically created
raw_tags: of genitals
Synonyms: sense: new
word: ceno-
sense: new
word: nov-
Derived terms: neo-evangelicalism
Neo Hasidism
neolithic
neologism
neonate
neo-Nazi
neophyte
neoteny
naso-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /neɪ.zə(ʊ)/
ipa: /neɪ.zoʊ/
ipa: /neɪ.zə/
Etymology: From Latin nāsus (“nose”) + -o-.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: rhino-
glosses: Relating to the nose.
necro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛk.ɹəʊ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νεκρός (nekrós, “dead body”), from the Proto-Indo-European suffixed full-grade *nekro- of *neḱ- (“perish, disappear”); see also Middle Welsh angheu (“death”), Breton ankou, Old Irish éc, Latin noxius (“harmful”), nocēo (“to hurt, harm”), nex (“murder, violent death”) (as opposed to mors), Old Persian 𐎻𐎴𐎰𐎹𐎫𐎹 (vi-n-θ-y-t-y /⁠vi-nathayatiy⁠/, “he injures”), Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬌𐬌𐬈𐬌𐬙𐬌 (nasiieⁱti, “disappears”), 𐬥𐬀𐬯𐬎- (nasu-, “corpse”), Sanskrit नश्यति (naśyati, “disappear, perish”).
Senses: glosses: death or dead tissue.
hypno-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪp.nəʊ-/
ipa: /ˈhɪp.noʊ-/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos, “sleep”).
Senses: glosses: Related to sleep.
examples: text: IN HYPNO-VISION
ref: 1999 April, Matt Groening, “Episode Two: The Series Has Landed”, in Futurama, season 1, episode 2, opening title:
glosses: Related to hypnosis, often in the form of hypnotherapy.
geo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒi.oʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiː.əʉ/
rhymes: -iəʊ
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γεω- (geō-), combining form of γῆ (gê, “earth”).
Senses: hypernyms: planeto-
glosses: Earth
glosses: geography
Derived terms: geo-adapting
geo-block
geo-blocking
geocaching
geocentric
geo-cloning
geocontent
geode
geodesic
geodesy
geofabric
geofence
geofencing
geographer
geographic
geographical
geography
geo-imputation
geologer
geological
geologist
geology
geomancy
geomap
geomembrane
geometer
geometric
geometrical
geometry
geo-military
geomorphology
geophysics
geopolitical
geopolitics
geopressure
geospatial
geostationary
geotechnical
geotextile
geothermal
geotropism
Related terms: english: the Sun
translation: the Sun
word: helio-
english: Mercury
translation: Mercury
word: hermeo-
english: the Moon
translation: the Moon
word: seleno-
english: Mars
translation: Mars
word: areo-
english: Jupiter
translation: Jupiter
word: zeno-
english: Saturn
translation: Saturn
word: crono-
english: Uranus
translation: Uranus
word: urano-
biblio-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βιβλίον (biblíon, “paper, document, tablet, small book”) or its descendant Latin Biblia (“the Bible”).
Senses: glosses: book
glosses: Bible
Synonyms: sense: book
word: libro-
Related terms: bibliographer
bibliographic
bibliography
bibliology
bibliomancy
bibliophile
aero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: aer-
form: aëro-
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀέρος (aéros), the genitive singular of ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”).
Senses: glosses: air or aircraft
Derived terms: aerobic
aerodrag
aerodrome
aerodynamic
aerodynamics
aerofoil
aeronautics
aeroneurosis
aeronomy
aerophagy
aeroplane
aerosol
political prisoner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: political prisoners
Senses: examples: text: Section 2 directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of War to furnish to the judges of the circuit and district courts of the United States and of the District of Columbia, a list of the names of all persons, citizens of loyal States, held as State or political prisoners of the United States, in any for, arsenal, or other place […]
ref: 1864, Edward McPherson, The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great Rebellion, from November 6, 1860, to July 4, 1864:
text: The political prisoner, however, undergoes cross-examination, as do all other prisoners, at the hands of the Court on the threshold of the trial, before any evidence on the part of the prosecution or the defense has been adduced.
ref: 1920 December 24, The World Tomorrow, volume 3, page 377:
text: This is the first major study that examines the community of Palestinian political prisoners in the Israeli prison system.
ref: 2008, Esmail Nashif, Palestinian Political Prisoners: Identity and Community, page ii:
glosses: A person imprisoned for their political views or political activism.
Related terms: prisoner of conscience
concentration camp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: concentration camps
Etymology: From concentration + camp. In later use partly after German Konzentrationslager, itself a calque of the English term.
Senses: examples: text: A concentration camp is a place, near the scene of intended operations or near an embarkation point, where troops are assembled for immediate use against the enemy or for transport to an over-sea theater of operations.
ref: 1913, General Staff Corps, Field Service Regulations, United States Army - Page 223
text: 1930, Winston S. Churchill, My Early Life, Chapter XIV
The 21st Lancers… …journey forward by nine days' march to the advanced concentration camp just north of the Shabluka Cataract.
glosses: A camp where troops are assembled, prior to combat or transport.
examples: text: All Cubans (men, women, and children) were ordered to move into garrisoned Spanish towns or concentration camps.
ref: 1927, Charles E. Chapman, A History of the Cuban Republic, IV.81:
text: In 1945, overseen by Alfred Hitchcock, a crack team of British film-makers went to Germany to document the horror of the concentration camps.
ref: 2015 January 9, The Guardian:
text: What we should be doing with China is understanding they are a superpower, they are a strong economy. We want to be working with them. We certainly don't want a Cold War. But we should be speaking out against human rights abuses. When you put into concentration camps, you know, or at least lock up, I don't know, a million Muslims there, somebody's got to speak out about that.
ref: 2019, Bernie Sanders, Full interview: Bernie Sanders meets with the Register's editorial board (12.6.19)DesMoines Register, 6 December, at 37:13
glosses: A camp where large numbers of people, especially political prisoners, prisoners of war, refugees etc., are detained for the purpose of confining them in one place, typically with inadequate or inhumane facilities.
examples: text: The UN inspector stated that the Australian government's migrant detention facilities were in effect concentration camps.
glosses: A situation of overcrowding and extremely harsh conditions.
Hyponyms: death camp
extermination camp
internment camp
astro-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄστρον (ástron, “celestial body”).
Senses: glosses: celestial bodies: fixed stars, wandering stars (planets), etc.; space; astronomy
examples: astro- + centric → astrocentric
glosses: stars
Derived terms: astrogation
astrolabe
astrologer
astrology
astronaut
astronautics
astronomical
astronomer
astronomy
astrophysics
Related terms: aster
aqua-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Senses: glosses: water
Related terms: aquarium
aquatic
an-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Forms: form: on-
form: a-
Etymology: From Middle English an-, from Old English an-, on- (“on-”), from Proto-West Germanic *ana-, from Proto-Germanic *ana- (“on”). More at on.
Senses: examples: ancome, aneal, anent
glosses: Alternative form of on-.
an-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-). Doublet of un- and in- .
Senses: glosses: not; used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. Used with stems that begin with vowels and "h".
examples: text: anoxia (without oxygen), anandrous (without male parts)
glosses: Without, lacking.
Synonyms: sense: not
word: a-
sense: not
word: dys-
sense: not
word: i-
sense: not
word: il-
sense: not
word: im-
sense: not
word: in-
sense: not
word: ir-
sense: not
word: mal-
sense: not
word: non-
sense: not
word: un-
sense: without
word: ex-
sense: without
word: -less
sense: without
word: -free
Related terms: a-
anti-
in-
non-
un-
black magic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: black art
cacomagic
dark magic
antonyms: white magic
coordinate_terms: gray magic
glosses: Magic derived from evil forces, as distinct from good or benign forces; or magic performed with the intention of doing harm.
examples: text: This is the fact of a new and vitally interesting experiment in the realm of physics, psychology, and art. There is no trick to this, as tricks go, except the mathematical magic of simple physics. Of course, simple physics for one man is black magic for another.
ref: 1920, “Two Pictures on a Single Canvas”, in Technology Review, page 579:
text: The NCFLI will provide a step-by-step explanation of the processes involved. This should be done in order to dispel, to the extent possible, the notion that computerized production of legal texts and reports is "black magic," or that a hard copy of the processed text is something quite mysterious.
ref: 1970, Charles Nasem, The National Center for Law Information concept: a discussion, page 16:
synonyms: black art
coordinate_terms: black box#English:_input, mystery, output
glosses: Occult or secret magic; magic (or, by extension or comparison, technology etc) that is mysterious, not known to or understood by many.
Derived terms: black magical
black magician
Related terms: sense: evil spiritualism
word: Black Mass
sense: evil spiritualism
word: black Sabbath
word: black hat
word: white hat
word: gray hat
picture-perfect
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more picture-perfect
form: most picture-perfect
form: picture perfect
Senses: examples: text: With Swift, Spice, Lively and Avignone hugging each other, it was a picture-perfect visual summery^([sic]) of Swift’s brand: manufactured empowerment, a celebration of pop feminist girl power.
ref: 2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Perfect in appearance as with the subjects in paintings or photographs, without the common imperfections of real life.
Related terms: letter-perfect
pitch-perfect
pixel-perfect
whisky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪski/
ipa: /ˈʍɪski/
rhymes: -ɪski
Forms: form: whiskies
Etymology: Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh (compare obsolete whiskybae), from Scottish Gaelic uisge-beatha (“water of life”), calque of Medieval Latin aqua vitae. Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source.
Senses: examples: text: That the young Mr. Churchills liked—but they did not like him coming round of an evening and drinking weak whisky-and-water while he held forth on railway debentures and corporation loans. Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what he desired.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
synonyms: usquebaugh
glosses: Alternative form of whiskey, an alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented grain, usually aged in oak barrels, (particularly) Scotch; a drink of this liquor.
Derived terms: grain whisky
hot whisky
malt whisky
single malt whisky
sorghum whisky
tim-whisky
whisky butter
whisky-jack
whisky jack
whisky seat
whisky tango foxtrot
whiskytini
whisky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪski/
ipa: /ˈʍɪski/
rhymes: -ɪski
Forms: form: whiskies
Etymology: From whisk + -y.
Senses: examples: text: 1768, Ignatius Sancho, letter to Mr. M—, in Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, London: J. Nichols, 3rd edition, 1784, pp. 7-8,
Look into old age, you will see avarice joined to poverty—letchery, gout, impotency, like three monkeys, or London bucks, in a one-horse whisky, driving to the Devil.
text: At the appointed time Mr. Kettering’s one-horse chaise, or rather whisky, drove up to the door; for, as it was principally intended for him to visit his patients, when disinclined to mount his horse, it was built in the lightest manner, and without a head, that it might move with the greater expedition.
ref: 1797, Charlotte Lennox, chapter 4, in The History of Sir George Warrington, volume 1, London: J. Bell, page 46:
glosses: Alternative form of whiskey (“a light gig or carriage”).
Derived terms: tim-whisky
whiskey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪski/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈʍɪski/
rhymes: -ɪski
Forms: form: whiskeys
form: whiskies
form: whisky
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *wed-
Proto-Indo-European *-r̥
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥der.
Proto-Celtic *udenskyos
Old Irish uisce
Irish uisce
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós
Proto-Celtic *biwos
Proto-Celtic *-tūts
Proto-Celtic *biwotūts
Old Irish bethu
Irish beatha
Medieval Latin aqua vītae
Irish uisce beathabor.
Old Irish uisce
Scottish Gaelic uisge
Old Irish bethu
Scottish Gaelic beatha
Medieval Latin aqua vītae
Scottish Gaelic uisge-beathabor.
English usquebaugh
English usque
English whiskey
Variant of usque, abbreviation of usquebaugh, from Irish uisce beatha, calque of Medieval Latin aqua vītae (“water of life”). Compare akvavit, aquavit, aqua vitae, eau de vie, and water of life from the same source and vodka from a Russian diminutive for water in reference to the dilution of pure grain spirits.
Senses: examples: text: The exceſſive drinking of ſpirituous liquours, eſpecially whiſkey, is now become ſo common, that more people are killed by them, than by ſmall-pox, fevers, broken limbs, accidents, and all other diſtempers put together. And we are credibly informed, that in one dram ſhop only in this town, there are 120 gallons of that accurſed ſpirit, whiſkey, ſold.
ref: 1753 September 24, “Historical Chronicle”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume XXIII, number VIII, London, page 391:
synonyms: usquebaugh
glosses: A liquor distilled from the fermented mash of grain (as rye, corn, or barley).
glosses: A drink of whiskey.
qualifier: international standards
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Whiskey from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Derived terms: blockade whiskey
Bourbon whiskey
corn whiskey
grain whiskey
Guthrie's sweet whiskey
hot whiskey
if-by-whiskey
Irish whiskey
malt whiskey
sorghum whiskey
sweet whiskey
whiskey butter
whiskey dick
whiskey fungus
whiskey glass
whiskey grass
whiskey-jack
whiskey jack
Whiskeyleaks
whiskey seat
whiskey sour
whiskey stone
whiskey tango foxtrot
whiskeytini
whiskey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪski/
note: without the wine–whine merger
ipa: /ˈʍɪski/
rhymes: -ɪski
Forms: form: whiskeys
form: whisky
Etymology: From whisk + -ey.
Senses: examples: text: Ye Ladies of Lapland who beesoms bestride,
Or, pair’d in Witch Whiskeys, aslant the Moon slide;
ref: 1772, George Alexander Stevens, “The Portrait”, in Songs, Comic, and Satyrical, Oxford, page 202:
synonyms: tim-whiskey
glosses: A light gig or carriage drawn by one horse.
Derived terms: tim-whiskey
-ly
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /li/
ipa: [liː]
ipa: [lɪ]
ipa: [li]
ipa: [ɫiː]
Etymology: From Middle English -ly, -li, -lik, -lich, -like, from Old English -līċ, from Proto-West Germanic *-līk, from Proto-Germanic *-līkaz (“having the body or form of”), from *līką (“body”) (whence lich). In form, probably influenced by Old Norse -ligr (“-ly”) (Norwegian Bokmål -lig, Faroese -ligur, Icelandic -legur). Cognate with Dutch -lijk, German -lich, Danish -lig and Swedish -lig. Doublet of -like, more at like.
Senses: examples: text: man + -ly → manly
text: comrade + -ly → comradely
glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun" Similar in meaning to -like but most often paired with animate nouns.
examples: text: bloom + -ly → bloomly
text: muscle + -ly → muscly
glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "appearing like, resembling, or having the likeness of what is denoted by the noun".
examples: text: month + -ly → monthly
text: day + -ly → daily
glosses: Used to form adjectives from nouns specifying time intervals, the adjectives having the sense of "occurring at such intervals".
Synonyms: word: -ish
word: -like
word: -y
sense: suggesting degree
word: -ous
sense: suggesting degree
word: -some
sense: likeness or resemblance
word: -oid
word: quasi-
word: para-
word: -form
word: -iform
word: -esque
word: -some
sense: restricted to casual registers
word: -ass
sense: forms adjectives from nouns only
word: -like
Derived terms: sense: typical of a noun
word: beastly
sense: typical of a noun
word: friendly
sense: typical of a noun
word: manly
sense: resembling a noun
word: bloomly
sense: resembling a noun
word: priestly
sense: occurring at intervals
word: bimonthly
sense: occurring at intervals
word: biweekly
sense: occurring at intervals
word: daily
sense: occurring at intervals
word: fortnightly
sense: occurring at intervals
word: hourly
sense: occurring at intervals
word: monthly
sense: occurring at intervals
word: weekly
sense: occurring at intervals
word: yearly
-ly
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /li/
ipa: [liː]
ipa: [lɪ]
ipa: [li]
ipa: [ɫiː]
Etymology: From Middle English -ly, -li, -liche, from Old English -līċe.
Senses: examples: text: sudden + -ly → suddenly
text: eerie + -ly → eerily
text: year + -ly → yearly
text: gluey + -ly → gluily
text: docile + -ly → docilely
text: irretrievable + -ly → irretrievably
text: sly + -ly → slyly
text: whole + -ly → wholly
text: ugly + -ly → uglily
text: ill + -ly → illy
text: subtle + -ly → subtly
text: disheartening + -ly → dishearteningly
glosses: Used to form adverbs from adjectives and nouns.
Derived terms: -ally
-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪn/
ipa: /ən/
note: southern North West England, northern West Midlands, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Kent
ipa: /ɪŋɡ/
ipa: /ɪŋk/
ipa: /ɪŋɡ/
homophone: ink
ipa: /in/
ipa: /iŋ/
homophone: een
Forms: form: -in'
form: -in
form: -ïng
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English -ynge, -yng, -ing, from Old English -ing, -ung (“-ing”, suffix forming nouns from verbs), from Proto-West Germanic *-ingu, *-ungu, from Proto-Germanic *-ingō, *-ungō. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -enge (“-ing”), West Frisian -ing (“-ing”), Dutch -ing (“-ing”), Low German -ung, -ing, -ink (“-ing”), German -ung (“-ing”), Danish -ing (“-ing”), Swedish -ing (“-ing”), Icelandic -ing (“-ing”).
Unrelated to Brahui -اِنْگ (-iṅg, “-ing”).
Senses: examples: text: My hearing is not good.
text: I have had several meetings with him.
glosses: Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
As true nouns.
examples: text: Smoking marijuana cigarettes daily is bad for your health.
text: She has a habit of sleeping late.
text: I like meeting people.
glosses: Used to form nouns or noun-like words (or elements of noun phrases) from verbs, denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action.
As gerunds.
examples: text: Roofing is material that is used to roof.
text: Clothing is material with which one is clothed.
text: The piping is a system of pipes considered collectively.
glosses: Used to form nouns denoting materials or systems of objects which are used or employed in an action, or considered collectively.
Synonyms: sense: act of doing something, action
word: -tion
sense: act of doing something, action
word: -ment
sense: activity
word: -ery
sense: activity
word: -ment
sense: collection
word: -age
sense: collection
word: -ery
Derived terms: batting
bunting
carpeting
lining
packing
piping
roofing
siding
ticking
tubing
wadding
wiring
Related terms: sense: collection
word: work
-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪn/
ipa: /ən/
note: southern North West England, northern West Midlands, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Kent
ipa: /ɪŋɡ/
ipa: /ɪŋk/
ipa: /ɪŋɡ/
homophone: ink
ipa: /in/
ipa: /iŋ/
homophone: een
Forms: form: -in'
form: -in
form: -ïng
Etymology: From Middle English -inge, -ynge, alteration of earlier -inde, -ende, -and (see -and), from Old English -ende (present participle ending), from Proto-West Germanic *-andī, from Proto-Germanic *-andz (present participle ending), from Proto-Indo-European *-onts.
Cognate with West Frisian -end, Dutch -end, Afrikaans -ende, German -end, Low German -end, Danish -ende, Swedish -ande, Icelandic -andi, Gothic -𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍃 (-ands), -𐍉𐌽𐌳𐍃 (-ōnds), Latin -ans, -ant-, Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Sanskrit -अन्त् (-ant), Polish -ący, -ąc, Czech -oucí, Ukrainian -учий (-učyj), Serbo-Croatian -ući/-ући. More at -and.
Senses: examples: text: Rolling stones gather no moss.
text: My new cabin, which is going to look over the lake, is getting a brand new roof this winter.
text: I wondered what time the play was starting.
text: Anybody touching this wire will get a deadly shock.
text: When it occurred, I was flying to New York a great deal.
text: We were boogieing from midnight until three o’clock in the morning.
text: a. 2001, Brian Hall, “Beej's Guide to Network Programming”, “Using Internet Sockets”
If you are connect()ing to a remote machine […] you can simply call connect(), it'll check to see if the socket is unworthy, and will bind() it to an unused local port if necessary.
glosses: Used to form present participles of verbs.
-ing
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪŋ/
ipa: /ɪn/
ipa: /ən/
note: southern North West England, northern West Midlands, Derbyshire, South Yorkshire, Kent
ipa: /ɪŋɡ/
ipa: /ɪŋk/
ipa: /ɪŋɡ/
homophone: ink
ipa: /in/
ipa: /iŋ/
homophone: een
Forms: form: -in'
form: -in
form: -ïng
Etymology: From Middle English -ynge, from Old English -ing, from Proto-West Germanic *-ing, from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz. Akin to Old Norse -ingr.
Senses: examples: text: Ealing, Dorking, Reading, Worthing
text: Browning, Channing, Ewing
text: Middle English *bunt + -ing → bunting
text: skill + -ing → shilling
text: fourth + -ing → farthing
glosses: Forming derivative nouns (originally masculine), with the sense ‘son of, belonging to’, as in placenames, patronymics or diminutives; -ite.
examples: text: sweet + -ing → sweeting
text: white + -ing → whiting
text: geld + -ing → gelding
glosses: Forming nouns having a specified quality, characteristic, or nature; of the kind of
Related terms: -ed
oxen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑksən/
ipa: /ˈɒksən/
rhymes: (General American) -ɑksən
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒksən
Etymology: From Middle English oxen, from Old English oxan, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsan, from Proto-Germanic *uhsniz, nominative and accusative plural of *uhsô (“ox”), equivalent to ox + -en (plural ending).
Senses: glosses: plural of ox
Derived terms: oxengate
oxenkind
oxenless
oxen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑksən/
ipa: /ˈɒksən/
rhymes: (General American) -ɑksən
rhymes: (Received Pronunciation) -ɒksən
Etymology: From Middle English oxen, from Old English oxan, from Proto-West Germanic *ohsan, from Proto-Germanic *uhsniz, nominative and accusative plural of *uhsô (“ox”), equivalent to ox + -en (plural ending).
Senses: examples: text: These included the adze, saws of different sizes with, very likely, different size teeth or cutting edges, axe, chisels of various sizes, drills with various size drill bits, a square, plumb line, hammer, maul, and awl, plus a sharpening stone of slate and an oxen horn used as an oil flask.
ref: 2010, Gayle A. McCoy, GOD’S GOLDEN BOX: The Ark of the Covenant - Page 100:
text: He also had a tail like an oxen tail only with a razor sharp bard that he used in conflict to stab or slice his victims.
ref: 2013, Michael Wayne Snider, Memoirs of a Dragon Slayer - Page 22:
text: He took a great gulp of wine from an oxen horn goblet and with a sigh slammed it down on the conference table. “Warriors!” he bellowed, gazing about as if daring anyone to challenge him.
ref: 2015, Amulon Theophilus, Elomaneck: Duraban Rebels:
text: Kvigr walked the oxen cart between the huts. There were many markings on each of the huts.
ref: 2015, Christian Bullock, Deathstalker: Of the Line of Mer:
glosses: Of, relating to, or resembling an ox; oxlike
Related terms: olly olly oxen free
geese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: gēs
ipa: /ˈɡiːs/
rhymes: -iːs
Senses: glosses: plural of goose
light year
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlaɪt.jɪə/
enpr: lītyîr
ipa: /ˈlaɪt.jɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈläːt.jøː/
note: Wales, other regions
ipa: /ˈlaɪt.jɜː/
Forms: form: light years
form: lightyear
form: light-year
Senses: examples: text: We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.
ref: 2012 January 24, Robert L. Dorit, “Rereading Darwin”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2012, page 23:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A unit of length (abbreviation ly; equal to just under 10 trillion kilometres (10¹⁶ metres)) equal to the distance light travels in one Julian year; used to measure extremely large distances.
examples: text: The marathon runner in the lead is light years ahead of the one at the back.
text: Now that they've graduated, they'll have to make some mature decisions in their future. One of which? Settling on their signature scent that is lightyears away from the $10 body spray they had throughout school.
ref: 2024 May 10, Hannah Oh, Daisy Maldonado, “50 College Graduation Gifts That Say, “I’m So Effing Proud of You!””, in Cosmopolitan:
glosses: A very long way.
examples: text: Some of Leonardo da Vinci’s inventions were light years ahead of their time.
glosses: A very long time.
Derived terms: gigalightyear
Gly
kilolightyear
kly
Kly
ly
megalightyear
Mly
Related terms: light
light aeon
light century
light day
light decade
light eon
light hour
light millennium
light minute
light month
light second
lightspeed
light week
year
astronomical unit
AU
parsec
pc
psc
clockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: enpr: klŏk'wīz
ipa: /ˈklɒkwaɪz/
rhymes: -ɒkwaɪz
Etymology: From clock + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: Turn the handle clockwise to open it.
text: The main — or cooking — kitchen is an inhumanly immaculate expanse of burner rings and countertops where, according to tradition, the stations move clockwise from canapé to entremetier.
ref: 2009 May 28, Alan Feuer, “In the Gilded World of Per Se’s Kitchen”, in The New York Times:
glosses: In a curve or twist corresponding to the movement of the hands of a clock.
Synonyms: CW
dextrorotatory
sunwise
deasil
clockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: klŏk'wīz
ipa: /ˈklɒkwaɪz/
rhymes: -ɒkwaɪz
Etymology: From clock + -wise.
Senses: examples: text: In the southern hemisphere the flow of air around a low-pressure system is clockwise.
text: The clockwise beating of cilia results in a net flow of extraembryonic fluid leftwards […]
ref: 2006, Manfred Schliwa, Molecular Motors, page 359:
glosses: Moving clockwise; having rotary motion in the manner of a clock.
Derived terms: clockwisely
clockwiseness
contraclockwise
anticlockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/
enpr: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz
enpr: ăn'tīkläkʹwīz
ipa: /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/
ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈklɑkˌwaɪz/
ipa: /ˌænˌtaɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/
ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈklɔk.wɑɪz/
Etymology: From anti- + clockwise.
Senses: glosses: In a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the hands of an analog clock.
raw_tags: of movement
Synonyms: word: counterclockwise
word: counter-clockwise
topics: chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: laevorotatory
topics: chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: levorotatory
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
word: positive
Derived terms: anticlockwisely
anticlockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/
enpr: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz
enpr: ăn'tīkläkʹwīz
ipa: /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/
ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈklɑkˌwaɪz/
ipa: /ˌænˌtaɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/
ipa: /ˌæn.tiˈklɔk.wɑɪz/
Etymology: From anti- + clockwise.
Senses: glosses: In an anticlockwise fashion.
Synonyms: word: counterclockwise
word: counter-clockwise
english: particularly on a sundial
translation: particularly on a sundial
word: widdershins
english: particularly on a sundial
translation: particularly on a sundial
word: withershins
parsec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑɹ.sɛk/
ipa: /ˈpɑː.sɛk/
Forms: form: parsecs
Etymology: Contraction of parallax second.
Senses: examples: text: Han Solo: Fast ship? You've never heard of the Millennium Falcon?
Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi: Should I have?
Han Solo: It's the ship that made the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. I've outrun Imperial starships. Not the local bulk cruisers mind you, I'm talking about the big Corellian ships now. She's fast enough for you old man.
ref: 1977, Star Wars, spoken by Han Solo and Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi (Harrison Ford and Alec Guinness), →OCLC:
topics: astronomy
metrology
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: pc
word: psc
word: second of parallax
glosses: Syllabic abbreviation of parallax second.
Derived terms: sense: Compound words
word: microparsec
sense: Compound words
word: kiloparsec
sense: Compound words
word: megaparsec
sense: Compound words
word: gigaparsec
sense: Compound words
word: teraparsec
sense: Compound words
word: petaparsec
sense: Compound words
word: exaparsec
sense: Compound words
word: zettaparsec
sense: Compound words
word: yottaparsec
sense: Compound words
word: ronnaparsec
sense: Compound words
word: quettaparsec
sense: other terms
word: attoparsec
sense: other terms
word: decaparsec
sense: other terms
word: final parsec problem
sense: other terms
word: last parsec problem
sense: other terms
word: milliparsec
sense: other terms
word: subparsec
Related terms: light year
counter-clockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Counterclockwise; anticlockwise.
counter-clockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more counter-clockwise
form: most counter-clockwise
Senses: glosses: Counterclockwise; anticlockwise.
counter clockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of counterclockwise.
counter clockwise
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of counter-clockwise.
Thor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɔː/
ipa: /θɔɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
Forms: form: Þor
Etymology: Representing Old Norse Þórr. Cognate with Old English Þunor, Swedish Tor.
Senses: examples: text: So likewise a day comes when the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo-Jumbo and Indian Pawpaw be utterly abolished.
ref: 1831, Thomas Carlyle, “Symbols”, in Sartor Resartus: The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh. […], London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, 3rd book, page 155:
text: There’s the Thor fly in tribute of the God of Thunder, played in Marvel by Chris Hemsworth. Its scientific name is “Daptolestes bronteflavus,” which is derived from Latin like most scientific names – and translates to “blond thunder.”
ref: 2020 July 29, Jessie Yeung, “Australia names new species after Deadpool, Thor, and other Marvel favorites”, in CNN:
topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
mysticism
mythology
paganism
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: A hammer-wielding god associated with thunder, lightning, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, and the protection of mankind.
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally borrowed from Scandinavia.
glosses: A mountain on Baffin Island, Canada.
Derived terms: thorate
thorian
thoriate
thoric
thorite
thorium
thoron
thorotrast
Related terms: Thursday
thunder
overgrowth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overgrowths
Etymology: From over- + growth.
Senses: glosses: A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
examples: text: In desolate places where dank moisture breeds / The pipy Hemlock to strange overgrowth
ref: 1818, John Keats, “Book I”, in Endymion: A Poetic Romance, London: […] T[homas] Miller, […] for Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC, page 14, line 241:
glosses: A usually abundant, luxuriant growth over or on something else.
A tangle of growth occurring at the top of trees involving vines and branches, common in jungles.
glosses: An excessive growth or increase in numbers, as in a population of weeds or microbes.
glosses: Excessive size; usually caused by over-production of growth hormone from the pituitary gland.
Synonyms: hyperplasia
hypertrophy
gigantism
microfortnight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfortnights
Etymology: From micro- + fortnight.
Senses: examples: text: DWORD (big-endian) microfortnights between pings
ref: 1994, Ralf D. Brown, Jim Kyle, Network interrupts: a programmer's reference to network APIs:
text: A microfortnight is treated as equivalent to a second.
ref: 1994, Ruth E Goldenberg, Saro Saravanan, OpenVMS AXP internals and data structures: version 1.5:
text: “[…] The whole thing takes about a microfortnight.” ¶ “What’s a microfortnight?” I asked. ¶ “About one-point-two seconds,” DiFrancesco answered, as if I were the stupidest man alive. […]
ref: 2001, Colin Harrison, Bodies Electric, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 115:
ref: 2009, nev young, “Hey ... Just hang on a microfortnight”, in uk.rec.sheds (Usenet):
glosses: A period of time equal to one millionth of a fortnight, or exactly 1.2096 seconds.
Related terms: Wikipedia on Strange Units
battle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbætl̩/
ipa: [ˈbatʰɫ̩]
enpr: băt'l
ipa: /ˈbætl̩/
ipa: [ˈbæɾɫ̩]
ipa: [bætɫ̩]
rhymes: -ætəl
Forms: form: battles
form: battling
form: battled
form: battled
form: batail
form: battel
form: battell
Etymology: From Middle English batel, batell, batelle, batayle, bataylle, borrowed from Old French bataille, from Late Latin battālia, variant of battuālia (“fighting and fencing exercises”) from Latin battuō (“to strike, hit, beat, fight”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from a Gaulish or Proto-Germanic root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰedʰ- (“to stab, dig”), related to Old English beado (“battle”); or possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to hit, strike, beat”). Doublet of battalia and battel. Displaced native Old English ġefeoht, beado, camp, and wīg (“battle”), among others.
Senses: examples: text: Scientists always battle over theories.
text: She has been battling against cancer for years.
text: Hard work is required from men and machines as I was to experience later when footplating Lambton No 5 on five bogies battling its way up Newtondale.
ref: 1979 August, Michael Harris, “A line for all reasons: the North Yorkshire Moors Railway”, in Railway World, page 415:
glosses: To join in battle; to contend in fight
examples: text: She has been battling cancer for years.
glosses: To fight or struggle; to enter into a battle with.
Derived terms: battle it out
outbattle
Related terms: embattle
battle
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbætl̩/
ipa: [ˈbatʰɫ̩]
enpr: băt'l
ipa: /ˈbætl̩/
ipa: [ˈbæɾɫ̩]
ipa: [bætɫ̩]
rhymes: -ætəl
Forms: form: more battle
form: most battle
form: battil
form: battill
form: battel
form: baittle
form: bettle
form: batwell
Etymology: From Early Modern English batell, probably from Middle English *batel (“flourishing”), from Old English *batol (“improving, tending to be good”), from batian (“to get better, improve”) + -ol ( + -le).
Senses: examples: text: battle grass    battle pasture
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
synonyms: word: batten
word: improving
glosses: Of grass or pasture: nutritious to cattle or sheep; fattening, nourishing.
examples: text: battle land    battle soil
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
synonyms: word: batten
glosses: Of land (originally pastureland) or soil: fertile, fruitful.
Derived terms: overbattle