cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
sporange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spəˈɹænd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈspəʊɹ.ænd͡ʒ/
ipa: /spəˈɹænd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈspoʊɹ.ænd͡ʒ/
ipa: /spɑɹ.ɪ̈nd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ændʒ
Forms: form: sporanges
Senses: examples: text: The most immature of the sporanges have few or no papillae on them.
ref: 1880, John Nietner, The Coffee Tree and its Enemies, page 28:
text: If this were the cause we should expect to find the layer of denser plasm at the base of the sporange as well as on the sides and top, as we have no evidence that evaporation does not go on from the part of the sporange just around the sporangiophore as well as from the rest of its surface.
ref: 1901, Deane Bret Swingle, Formation of spores in the sporanges of Rhizopus Nigricans, page 25:
glosses: A sporangium.
Fraser
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹeɪzə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -eɪzə(ɹ)
Forms: form: Frasers
form: Frazer
Etymology: Scottish surname thought to be from Norman, but not corresponding to any obvious places in France; perhaps a corrupted transcription of a Middle Irish name. More at Fraser.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Old French thought to be of Norman origin.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in Canada.
A river in British Columbia that flows from the Rocky Mountains into the Strait of Georgia, named after Simon Fraser (explorer).
glosses: A placename
A number of places in Canada.
A location on the Klondike Highway in north-west British Columbia.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in Canada.
A neighbourhood in north-east Edmonton, Alberta.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Grand County, Colorado.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A former unincorporated community near Greer, Clearwater County, Idaho.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Macomb County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Bay County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Martin County, Minnesota.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in Delhi, Delaware County, New York.
glosses: A placename
A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in York, Livingston County, New York.
glosses: A placename
A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
Derived terms: Fraser alphabet
Fraserburgh
Fraser Coast
Fraser fir
Fraser-Fort George
Fraserian
Fraser Island
Fraser script
Related terms: Frasier
Frazer
Frazier
stodgier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of stodgy: more stodgy
non-governmental organization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-governmental organizations
form: NGO
Senses: antonyms: governmental organization
glosses: A legally constituted non-commercial organization (created by natural or legal persons) with no direct control, participation or representation of a state or government, whose funding, however, may be largely public (which creates the possibility of indirect control).
Hypernyms: organization
Related terms: third sector
lichened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: likened
Forms: form: more lichened
form: most lichened
Etymology: From lichen + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The main knotty trunk seems to be made up of craggy granite boulders like those on which it stands, being about the same color as the mossy, lichened boulders and about as rough.
ref: 1912, John Muir, chapter 5, in The Yosemite:
text: Two particularly attractive cottages, roofed with mossy and lichened slates, stand at the churchyard's eastern gate, looking up a long avenue of yew trees.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 127:
glosses: Covered with lichen.
Derived terms: unlichened
record chart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record charts
Senses: examples: text: His 1952 Blue Tango, featuring 50 violins, became the first instrumental to top the record charts.
ref: 1975 June 2, Time, archived from the original on 22 Jan 2011:
text: An album of songs culled from the program has made a high-speed chase up the record charts, selling more than 3 million copies in a month.
ref: 1985 November 11, “Business Notes Entertainment”, in Time, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2008:
text: The record chart and the No. 1 song have lost some of their stature in radio, a development lamented in a column last year by Sean Ross, vice president of music and programming at Edison Media Research.
ref: 2004 August 26, Bill Virgin, “Radio Beat: Record charts and countdowns are dusty, but not dead yet”, in Seattle Post-Intelligencer:
glosses: A ranking of music (songs, albums, etc.) according to popularity during a given period of time.
Synonyms: music chart
Related terms: chart-topper
music chart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: music charts
Senses: glosses: A ranking of music (songs, albums etc) according to popularity during a given period of time.
Synonyms: record chart
reclamation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)ɹɛkləˈmeɪʃn̩/
enpr: rĕk'lə-mā′shn
ipa: /ˌɹɛkləˈmeɪʃn̩/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: reclamations
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French réclamation, from Latin reclamatio. Equivalent to reclaim + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: Ignoring international law, the Chinese have claimed sovereignty over most of the South China Sea and are embarked upon a massive land reclamation and construction program to bolster these claims.
ref: 2015, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America, Threshold Editions, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 222:
text: From there, the material will be transported by rail to three sites across the country, to be used for land reclamation.
ref: 2023 March 8, Chris Howe, “Building the platform for Old Oak Common's platforms”, in RAIL, number 978, page 60:
glosses: The act of reclaiming or the state of being reclaimed.
glosses: The recovery of a wasteland, or of flooded land so it can be cultivated.
Related terms: reclaim
annexing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈænɛksɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of annex
annexing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈænɛksɪŋ/
Forms: form: annexings
Senses: glosses: An annexation.
contumaciously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more contumaciously
form: most contumaciously
Etymology: From contumacious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Curate of Lobourne sent in a report that Master Richard's lessons were contumaciously disregarded …
ref: 1859, George Meredith, chapter 4, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
glosses: In a contumacious manner.
Related terms: contumacious
contumaciousness
contumacy
contumely
FTIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FTIRs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of frustrated total internal reflection.
hat hair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.
ref: 2003 February 17, Elissa Gootman, “A Chill Most Bitter: Learning to Accept Hat Hair”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
text: Beanie hair: Officially the worst hat hair to have: flat, fuzzy and drab.
ref: 2012 December 7, Zara, “The Measure: what's hot and what's not”, in The Guardian, retrieved 13 Mar 2018:
glosses: An accidental messy hairdo resulting from the wearing of a hat.
FLIR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FLIRs
Senses: qualifier: imaging
glosses: Acronym of forward-looking infrared, a thermal imaging technology.
Related terms: sense: infrared
word: IR
sense: infrared
word: NIRS
New Jersey Plan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the New Jersey Plan
Senses: glosses: A 1787 proposal for the structure of the United States government.
unclad
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + clad.
Senses: glosses: Without clothing or other covering.
dalmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dalˈmatɪk/
Forms: form: dalmatics
form: Dalmatic
form: dalmatique
Etymology: From Middle French dalmatique, from Ecclesiastical Latin, derived ultimately from the name of the province of Dalmatia.
Senses: examples: text: He had [...] dalmatics of white satin and pink silk damask, decorated with tulips and dolphins and fleurs-de-lis [...].
ref: 1890, Oscar Wilde, chapter XI, in The Picture of Dorian Gray:
glosses: A long wide-sleeved tunic, which serves as a liturgical vestment in the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and is worn by a deacon at the Eucharist or Mass and, although infrequently, by bishops as an undergarment above the alb.
Synonyms: dalmatica
Related terms: Dalmatia
Dalmatian
chasuble
sakkos
sticharion
vestment
dalmatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dalˈmatɪk/
Forms: form: more dalmatic
form: most dalmatic
form: Dalmatic
form: dalmatique
Etymology: From Middle French dalmatique, from Ecclesiastical Latin, derived ultimately from the name of the province of Dalmatia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Dalmatic.
dalmatics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dalmatic
incruental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪŋkɹuːˈɛntəl/
rhymes: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: more incruental
form: most incruental
Etymology: From Latin incruentus.
Senses: examples: text: The herbal treatment served as an incruental alternative to surgery.
glosses: Bloodless; characterized by no blood loss or very little bleeding.
examples: text: The battle was surprisingly incruental.
glosses: Characterized by very little or no bloodshed.
examples: text: How incruental an act for him, to simply drop a quarter in the poor woman's cup each morning.
glosses: Characteristic of a small, living sacrifice.
Synonyms: sense: bloodless
word: unbloody
just what the doctor ordered
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒʌst ʍɒt ðə ˈdɒktə ˌɔːdəd/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒʌst ʍɑt ðə ˈdɑktɚ ˌɔɹdɚd/
ipa: [-wɑt-]
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of what the doctor ordered.
what the doctor ordered
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʍɒt ðə ˈdɒktə ˌɔːdəd/
ipa: /ˌʍɑt ðə ˈdɑktɚ ˌɔɹdɚd/
ipa: [ˌwɑt-]
Forms: form: just what the doctor ordered
Etymology: A reference to a doctor prescribing treatment to alleviate a patient’s illness, or a course of action (exercise, a healthy diet, relaxation, etc.) that will be beneficial to the patient’s health.
Senses: glosses: Exactly what is necessary or useful in a given situation; something very beneficial or desirable.
Related terms: doctor's orders
you are the doctor
you're the doctor
teabagging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of teabag
teabagging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teabaggings
Senses: examples: text: Oh, I thought you meant "teabagging", when you hold a guy's balls in your mouth.
ref: 2003 August 17, Jenny Bicks, “A Woman's Right to Shoes”, in Sex and the City, season 6, episode 9, spoken by Samantha:
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: The act of a man inserting his scrotum in another person's mouth, in a similar motion as when a tea bag is juiced into a mug.
examples: text: They are infamous in gaming for their glitchy behaviors, leading to gamer innovations such as teabagging ...
ref: 2019, Nina B Huntemann, How to Play Video Games, NYU Press, →ISBN, page 145:
text: There are no penalties for teabagging, however, and other informal forms of hazing or humiliation.
ref: 2013, David Grondin, War Beyond the Battlefield, Routledge, →ISBN:
topics: video-games
glosses: The act of simulating the above sex act in a video game (usually by crouching).
Derived terms: teabagger
teabagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of teabag
logiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of logy: most logy
crorepati
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crorepatis
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani करोड़पति / کروڑ پتی (karoṛpati).
Senses: glosses: Someone whose net worth is greater than one crore (ten million) rupees or other local currency.
Coordinate terms: millionaire
billionaire
perfluorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: By surface analysis, perfluorinate + -ed, or, by surface analysis, per- + fluorinated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perfluorinate
perfluorinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: By surface analysis, perfluorinate + -ed, or, by surface analysis, per- + fluorinated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: perhalogenated
;
fluorinated
;
halogenated
coordinate_terms: perchlorinated
perbrominated
periodinated
glosses: Thoroughly fluorinated: reacted with fluorine such that many hydrogen atoms have been replaced with fluorine.
Related terms: perfluoric acid
perfluorinate
perfluorination
perfluoroacetic acid
perfluoroalkyl
perfluoroalkyl substance
PFAS
PFOA
perfluorooctanoic acid
PFOS
perfluorooctanesulfonic acid
polyfluoroalkyl
polyfluoroalkyl substance
rencontre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rencontres
form: rencounter
Etymology: From Middle French rencontre.
Senses: examples: text: In the entrance hall I was somewhat surprised, and my fair companion still more so, when we met Rashleigh Osbaldistone, who could not help shewing equal wonder at our rencontre.
ref: 1817 December 31 (indicated as 1818), [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Rob Roy. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co. […]; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC, page 165:
text: Mr. Gadsden hesitated, jealous and scrupulous now in his actions where ladies were concerned, and more especially anxious on that day that the two circumstances, the rencontre of the morning and the visit of the evening, should not be coupled together by the Northington people.
ref: 1842, [Katherine] Thomson, chapter IV, in Widows and Widowers. A Romance of Real Life., volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 52:
text: Fancy our late monarch George III when he heard of the revolt of the North American colonies: fancy brazen Goliath when little David stepped forward and claimed a meeting; and you have the feelings of Mr. Reginald Cuff when this rencontre was proposed to him.
ref: 1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 5, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC:
glosses: A chance or unexpected meeting or encounter.
rencontre
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rencontres
form: rencontring
form: rencontred
form: rencontred
Etymology: From Middle English rencontren, from Middle French rencontrer.
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of rencounter.
copy number variation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copy number variations
form: CNV
form: copy-number variation
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The variation of the number of copies (normally two) of a gene, or of sequences of DNA, in the genome of a specific individual; has been linked to some diseases
Related terms: copy number polymorphism
copy number polymorphism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: copy number polymorphisms
form: CNP
form: copy-number polymorphism
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The normal variation in the number of copies (normally two) of a gene, or of sequences of DNA, in the genome of a specific individual
Related terms: copy number variation
euchromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From euchromatin + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to euchromatin.
euchromatin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: euchromatins
Etymology: From eu- + chromatin.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: uncoiled dispersed threads of chromosomal material that occurs during interphase; it stains lightly with basic dyes
Derived terms: euchromatic
euchromatinic
euchromatinization
euchromatinize
Related terms: chromatin
heterochromatin
interphase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interphases
Etymology: From inter- + phase.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
meronyms: interkinesis
glosses: The stage in the life cycle of a cell between two successive mitotic or meiotic divisions.
examples: text: Strain transfer will inevitably occur through an interphase between the fibres and the matrix so this region is of obvious importance to the performance of a composite.
ref: 2002, M.S. Found, Experimental Techniques and Design in Composite Materials, →ISBN:
text: This book addresses several aspects and methodologies related to the micromechanics of contact and interphase layers, ranging from the rigorous method of asymptotic expansions to the practical application of the finite element method.
ref: 2007, S. Stupkiewicz, Micromechanics of Contact and Interphase Layers, →ISBN, page 171:
text: The metal part of the interphase probably consists of several layers of ions embedded in the electron "cloud" of the metal.
ref: 2012, Ilana Fried, The Chemistry of Electrode Processes, →ISBN, page 66:
topics: engineering
mechanical
mechanical-engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An indistinct region in the interface between two substances in composite materials.
Synonyms: sense: region of composite material
word: interface
Derived terms: interphasic
interphase
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more interphase
form: most interphase
Etymology: From inter- + phase.
Senses: examples: text: As the work of adhesion is equal to the sum of surface tensions of both phases minus the interphase tension on the interface, its increase is evidence of lowering of exactly the interphase tension, as the surface tension of slag is practically independent of the partial pressure of oxygen P_(O2) in the gas phase and P_(O2) influence on adhesion is entirely determined by the features of the metal-slag interface.
ref: 1998, V. R. Ryabov, Surface Phenomena in Welding and Surfacing, →ISBN, page 23:
text: The interphase mass transfer processes between the gas and the liquid phases together with chemical transformations are applied for syntheses of new materials [2], separations of gas mixtures by absorption [3] and for heat potential augmentation in the heat pumps.
ref: 2000, C.B. Boyadjiev, V.N. Babak, Non-Linear Mass Transfer and Hydrodynamic Stability, →ISBN, page 171:
text: The main conclusions are that interphase spacers prevent flashovers due to galloping and ice loads and that there are still galloping displacements and the resulting dynamic loads but large amplitude motions appear to have been eliminated.
ref: 2008, Masoud Farzaneh, Atmospheric Icing of Power Networks, →ISBN, page 214:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Between phases
Related terms: intraphase
interkinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: interkineses
Etymology: From inter- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The second stage of interphase, during which there is no DNA replication, but the spindles of the first meiotic division disassemble and the microtubules reassemble into two new spindles for the second meiotic division.
mitotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈtɒtɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to mitosis.
Derived terms: antimitotic
endomitotic
hypermitotic
intermitotic
mitotically
mitotic spindle
nonmitotic
polymitotic
postmitotic
premitotic
transmitotic
meiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: maiotic
Etymology: Coined by British biologists John Bretland Farmer and by John Edmund Sharrock Moore in 1905 as maiotic in a paper in the Quarterly Journal of Microscopic Science, with the spelling corrected on etymological grounds later that year. Equivalent to meio- + -tic.
Senses: antonyms: nonmeiotic
glosses: Of or pertaining to meiosis.
Derived terms: ameiotic
apomeiotic
intrameiotic
meiotically
postmeiotic
premeiotic
pseudomeiotic
transmeiotic
larns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of larn
inversion pair
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inversion pairs
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: a pair of integers (i,j) is an inversion pair of some permutation σ if iσ(j).
larnin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of larn
larned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of larn
larnt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)nt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of larn
neurosteroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurosteroids
Etymology: From neuro- + steroid.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
neuroscience
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A neuroactive steroid
Derived terms: neurosteroidogenesis
Related terms: neurosteroidal
neurosterol
neuroactive steroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neuroactive steroids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
neuroscience
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any of several steroids, synthesized in the myelinating glial cells, which alter neuronal excitability through interaction with neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.
cytosolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cytosolic
form: most cytosolic
Etymology: From cytosol + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the cytosol.
Derived terms: cytosolically
cytosolic degradation
extracytosolic
intracytosolic
noncytosolic
nucleocytosolic
Polo kinase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Polo kinases
form: polo kinase
Etymology: From the Polo/polo gene in Drosophila melanogaster.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme that regulates cell cycle progression.
unexpurgated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + expurgated.
Senses: examples: text: Suddenly she stopped short, and disengaged herself from her companion.
'Oh, I sy,' she said, 'this is too bloomin' slow; it gives me the sick.'
That is not precisely what she said, but it is impossible always to give the exact unexpurgated words of Liza and the other personages of the story, the reader is therefore entreated with his thoughts to piece out the necessary imperfections of the dialogue.
ref: 1897, W.S. Maugham, Lisa of Lambeth, chapter 1
text: No remark of Mr. Murphy's can be printed here in unexpurgated form, but his observations about relations between the sexes are nothing if not keen.
ref: 1987 December 19, Janet Maslin, “The Movies: 'Eddie Murphy Raw'”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Not expurgated, not having had anything objectionable removed
Synonyms: unabridged
uncensored
telltale compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: telltale compasses
form: tell-tale compass
Senses: examples: To my great surprise, however, when I emerged from my state-room and caught a glimpse of the tell-tale compass hanging in gimbals in the skylight opening of the main cabin, I saw that the ship was heading to the eastward! — Harry Collingwood, "The Pirate Slaver", 1895
The captain was quick enough, racing back to the companion and down the stairs in two bounds, where, although the cabin was half full of water, he contrived to wrench away the "tell-tale" compass that swung over the saloon-table; and he was on the poop again with it in an instant. The instrument, however, was heavy, but he had hard work to carry it with both hands; and he managed to get to the side with it. — J.C. Hutcheson, "Teddy", 1887
topics: nautical
transport
synonyms: cabin compass
glosses: A compass installed in the cabin so that the captain or other officer may check the course of a ship without going to the deck; often upturned and suspended from the ceiling.
tell-tale compass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tell-tale compasses
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of telltale compass.
tell-tale
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tell-tale
form: most tell-tale
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of telltale.
tell-tale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tell-tales
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of telltale.
Derived terms: tell tales
heaven-sent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
The guy was absolutely the greatest. Heaven-sent. A pretty youngman into both men & women, but not in their traditional roles!
glosses: fortunate, appropriate, opportune or providential, as if ordained by God
châteaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Very active at the moment is “Les Relais de Champagne,” a group of sixty-four hotels, auberges, châteaus, and manor houses scattered all over France."
ref: 1966, Samuel Chamberlain, 'Bouquet de France: an epicurean tour of the French provinces, page 455:
text: "Well, I'm sorry to shatter your dreams, but most châteaus are not like that at all."
ref: 2005, Kevin Zraly, 'Windows On The World Complete Wine Course 2006, page 110:
text: "The green Michelin called Châteaux of the Loire is the other essential volume. ... There is even recommended reading and a list of the châteaus that have son et lumière — sound and light — performances."
ref: 2005, James Salter, 'There & Then: The Travel Writings of James Salter, page 90:
glosses: plural of château
Synonyms: châteaux
chateaus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chateaux
form: châteaux
form: châteaus
Senses: glosses: plural of chateau
speciose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more speciose
form: most speciose
form: specious
Etymology: From species + -ose.
Senses: examples: 1991, David M. Raup, Extinction: Bad genes or bad luck?, W. W. Norton and Company, pp 55-56,
The most speciose living mammal genus (a small insectivore) has about 160 species.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
synonyms: species-rich
glosses: Rich in species, such as when many species are members of a single genus.
Derived terms: unspeciose
filamentous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more filamentous
form: most filamentous
Etymology: From filament + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having the form of threads or filaments; filamented.
Derived terms: filamentously
granulofilamentous
hyperfilamentous
hypofilamentous
interfilamentous
microfilamentous
monofilamentous
multifilamentous
myofilamentous
neurofilamentous
nonfilamentous
profilamentous
pseudofilamentous
tubulofilamentous
unfilamentous
entwine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtwaɪn/
enpr: ĭn-twīnʹ
ipa: /ɪnˈtwaɪn/
rhymes: -aɪn
Forms: form: entwines
form: entwining
form: entwined
form: entwined
form: intwine
Etymology: From en- + twine (verb).
Senses: examples: text: Twilight, ascending slowly from the east, / Entwin'd in duskier wreaths her braided locks / O'er the fair front and radiant eyes of day; […]
ref: 1815 September 10 – December 14, Percy Bysshe Shelley, “Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude”, in Alastor; or, The Spirit of Solitude: And Other Poems, London: […] Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, […]; and Carpenter and Son, […] [b]y S[amuel] Hamilton, […], published 1816, →OCLC, page 24:
text: Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths.
ref: 2013 June 14, Sam Leith, “Where the profound meets the profane”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 37:
text: And with the story of the booking office, we have a fortune deeply entwined with the stations encasing them.
ref: 2024 March 6, Dr Joseph Brennan, “England's booking offices of distinction”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 61:
glosses: To twist or twine around something (or one another).
Synonyms: sense: twine around one another
word: betwine
sense: twine around one another
word: intertwine
Derived terms: word: disentwine
word: entwinement
word: entwining
word: entwining
word: entwiningly
non-committal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more non-committal
form: most non-committal
Senses: examples: text: On her preparedness to return to Labour's front bench under new Leader of the Opposition Sir Kier Starmer, she is non-committal.
ref: 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 35:
glosses: Alternative spelling of noncommittal.
hubbly bubbly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hubbly bubblies
Senses: glosses: A hookah, a bong (a pipe).
Related terms: hookah
hubble-bubble
narghile
shisha
civil power
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: civil powers
Senses: glosses: The collective power of the people or the commonwealth.
diorthoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dī-ôrʹthō-sēz'
Senses: glosses: plural of diorthosis
paradiorthoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pă'rə-dī-ôrʹthō-sēz'
Senses: glosses: plural of paradiorthosis
diorthosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dī-ôrʹthō-sĭs
Forms: form: diorthoses
Etymology: From Greek διορθώσις (rectification), from διορθόω (to set right) from ορθός (straight).
Senses: glosses: The act of setting a fracture or dislocation.
glosses: A critical revision of a text.
Derived terms: paradiorthosis
paradiorthosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpæɹəˌdaɪɔː(ɹ)ˈθoʊsɪs/
enpr: pă'rə-dī'ôr-thōʹsĭs
Forms: form: paradiorthoses
Etymology: From para- (“false”) + diorthosis (“correction”).
Senses: glosses: A false correction.
Synonyms: incorrection
orally disintegrating tablet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orally disintegrating tablets
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A pill designed to disintegrate in the mouth.
Cili
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: tsûʹlēʹ
Etymology: From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 慈利 (Cílì).
Senses: glosses: A county of Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China.
Cairu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Portuguese Cairu.
Senses: glosses: A municipality of Bahia, Brazil.
cibi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A traditional Fijian war dance, commonly used in sports
ceremonially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ceremonially
form: most ceremonially
Etymology: From ceremonial + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ceremonial manner.
puppyish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more puppyish
form: most puppyish
Etymology: From puppy + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: He found his subordinate's puppyish enthusiasm a trifle wearing.
glosses: With the playful, innocent, eager-to-please or energetic qualities of a puppy.
puppyishly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more puppyishly
form: most puppyishly
Etymology: From puppyish + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a puppyish manner.
high-flown
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-flown
form: most high-flown
Senses: examples: text: Red River Settlement is, to use a high-flown expression, an oasis in the desert, and may be likened to a spot upon the moon or a solitary ship upon the ocean. In plain English, it is an isolated settlement on the borders of one of the vast prairies of North America.
ref: 1850, R.M. Ballantyne, Hudson Bay:
glosses: pretentiously eloquent; highly figurative
examples: text: It seems to me he makes troubles, by expecting every one else to be as quixotic as himself. He is not likely to find high-flown notions among ordinary business men!
ref: 1905, Mrs George de Horne Vaizey, A Houseful of Girls:
glosses: lofty, extravagant, refined
Synonyms: sense: eloquent
word: bombastic
sense: lofty
word: high-minded
word: highfalutin
limousin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: limousins
Etymology: From French limousine.
Senses: glosses: A breed of beef cattle.
Related terms: limousine
flees
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfliːz/
rhymes: -iːz
homophone: fleas
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flee
fleas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfliːz/
homophone: flees
rhymes: -iːz
Senses: glosses: plural of flea
fleas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfliːz/
homophone: flees
rhymes: -iːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flea
jumbo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌmboʊ/
rhymes: -ʌmbəʊ
Etymology: From Jumbo (1860–1885), the name given to a large African elephant from East Africa that was purchased in 1882 by American showman P. T. Barnum (1810–1891) for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Compare Swahili jambo (“matter, thing”) and jumbe (“chief, headman”).
Senses: examples: text: At Bucyrus, Ohio, M. C. Coulter this season has demonstrated that he can grow a nice crop of the jumbo variety of peanuts.
ref: 1919 May, Peanut Promoter, volume 2, number 6, Chicago, Ill.: Lightner Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 102, column 2:
text: Of the receipts of unshelled peanuts only a few extras are now being bought, the remainder being divided rather equally between jumbo and fancy grades.
ref: 1941 September, Harold J[ohnson] Clay, “Secondary Distribution”, in Marketing Peanuts and Peanut Products (Miscellaneous Publication; no. 416), Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 58:
text: Not only did Jumbo-mania make [Phineas Taylor] Barnum a jumbo profit, but the word "jumbo" entered the English language.
ref: 1989 May, Nino Lo Bello, “Jumbo the Great Saves a Friend”, in William B. McMorris, editor, Boys’ Life, Irving, Tx.: Boy Scouts of America, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11, columns 2–3:
text: As the number of judges on an appellate court increases, the court evolves into what I call a "jumbo court." First, the dynamics of a jumbo court are such that, as the court grows larger, the productivity of individual judges on the court declines.
ref: 1993 July, Gerald Bard Tjoflat, “More Judges, Less Justice: The Case against Expansion of the Federal Judiciary”, in ABA Journal: The Lawyer’s Magazine, volume 79, Chicago, Ill.: American Bar Association, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: As the name suggests, jumbo frames are frames with a larger size compared to the standard MTU [maximum transmission unit]. Sending data in jumbo frames means there are fewer frames sent through the network, resulting in fewer IRQs [interrupt requests] at the receiving end. This obviously generates big improvements in terms of bandwidth and CPU [central processing unit] cycles.
ref: 2015, Zafar Gilani, Abdul Salam, Salman Ul Haq, “Diagnosis and Performance Monitoring”, in Deploying and Managing a Cloud Infrastructure: Real World Skills for the CompTIA Cloud+™ Certification and Beyond, Indianapolis, Ind.: Sybex, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, pages 134–135:
glosses: Especially large or powerful.
Derived terms: dumbo
jumbo daikon
jumbo flying squid
jumbo frame
jumboisation
jumboization
jumboise
jumboize
jumboism
jumbo jet
jumbo mortgage
jumbo slice
jumbo squid
jumbotron
jumbrella
superjumbo
jumbo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌmbəʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌmboʊ/
rhymes: -ʌmbəʊ
Forms: form: jumbos
Etymology: From (mumbo) jumbo.
Senses: examples: text: Returning to the villa, we were greeted by a party which frightened the boys. It was the Moco Jumbo and his suite. The Jumbo was on stilts, with a head, mounted on the actor's head, which was concealed: the music was from two baskets, like strawberry baskets, with little bells within, shook in time. The swordsman danced with an air of menace, the musician was comical, and Jumbo assumed the "antic terrible," and was very active on his stilts.
ref: 1806, William Young, “A Tour through the Several Islands of Barbadoes, St. Vincent, Antigua, Tobago, and Grenada, in the Years 1791 & 1792”, in Bryan Edwards, The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies. […] In Four Volumes, volume IV, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed and sold by James Humphreys, […], →OCLC, page 257:
text: [A]nother Krooman came hurrying up, holding out a wooden image with a few bits of grass round its neck, and exclaiming, "Wurra! Wurra! Jumbo hang in fetische-house, sure he make much finish die." […] Jumbo was an uncouthly-carved figure of a man, about a foot in height, sitting cross-legged like a tailor, with ears preposterously large, the Kroo mark down the forehead and nose, and a piece of looking-glass fixed in the thorax and abdomen.
ref: 1845 April, “Delta” [pseudonym], “Krooman versus Boobie. A Scene at Fernando Po.”, in P. L. Simmonds, editor, Simmond’s Colonial Magazine and Foreign Miscellany, volume IV, number 16, London: Simmonds & Ward, […], →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 487–488:
topics: lifestyle
paganism
religion
glosses: Ellipsis of mumbo jumbo (“a deity or other supernatural being worshipped by certain West African peoples; an idol representing such a being”).
raden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 螺鈿.
Senses: glosses: The Japanese technique of inserting a board-like material, a cut-out part of the mother-of-pearl inside the shell, into the carved surface of lacquer or wood.
raden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch raden.
Senses: glosses: plural of raad
dolichocephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dolichocephalic
form: most dolichocephalic
Etymology: From dolicho- + cephalic, hence literally roughly “long-headed”.
Senses: examples: text: Just how cosmopolitan the town was is clear from the fact that two different races are found buried in the graves: the dolichocephalic Eurafrican, and the brachycephalic Proto-Mediterranean.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 153:
glosses: Having a head that is long from front to back (relative to its width from left to right).
raw_tags: of a person or animal
Derived terms: subdolichocephalic
ultradolichocephalic
dolichocephalic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dolichocephalics
Etymology: From dolicho- + cephalic, hence literally roughly “long-headed”.
Senses: glosses: A dolichocephalic person.
Related terms: dolichocephaly
dolichocephalism
dolichocephalous
famines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of famine
collaborators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of collaborator
Ionian Island
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ionian Islands
Senses: glosses: Any of the seven Ionian Islands: Corfu, Ithaca, Kefallonia, Kythira, Lefkada, Paxoi and Zante.
inured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnjʊɹd/
Forms: form: more inured
form: most inured
Derived terms: inuredness
uninured
inured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈnjʊɹd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of inure
gooseneck barnacle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gooseneck barnacles
Senses: synonyms: goose barnacle
glosses: Any of the species Pollicipes pollicipes or its close relatives, filter-feeding crustaceans that live attached to hard surfaces of rocks and flotsam in the ocean intertidal zone, with a long and muscular stalk, which is edible and considered a delicacy in several Mediterranean countries.
glosses: Any barnacle in the superseded order Pedunculata, now all or most of infraclass Thoracica, most of which are filter-feeders that attach to surfaces by a long stalk, though some are parasites.
Related terms: goose barnacle
barnacle goose
Waheed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Vahid
form: Wahed
form: Wahid
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic وَحِيد (waḥīd).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
lone wolf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lone wolves
Senses: examples: text: They knew what it meant; even Joan had heard the cry of the lone wolf hunting in the lean time of winter, and of all things sad, all things lonely, all things demoniacal, the howl of a wolf stands alone.
ref: 1921, Max Brand, chapter XIII, in The Seventh Man:
glosses: A wolf that is not part of a pack.
examples: text: I am a lone wolf, a solitary man, wandering through a world in which I have no part. I am wifeless—childless—who is it speaks of the childless as the dead twigs on the tree of life?
ref: 1899, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter I, in The Sleeper Awakes:
text: You'll never mix in. You'll be a lone wolf. I seen that right off. Wal, if a man can stand the loneliness, an' if he's quick on the draw, mebbe lone-wolfin' it is the best.
ref: 1915, Zane Grey, The Lone Star Ranger:
glosses: A person who avoids the company of others; a loner; an independent or solitary person.
examples: text: Paddock's motives remain unclear. Las Vegas Sheriff Joe Lombardo described the shooting as a "lone wolf" attack. "We have no idea what his belief system was," he said.
ref: 2017 October 2, "Las Vegas shooting: At least 58 dead at Mandalay Bay Hotel", in bbc.com, BBC
text: A Tunisian man who killed two Swedish citizens in a terrorist attack in Brussels was “probably a lone wolf”, the Belgian prime minister has said, as Sweden and Italy called for security at Europe’s borders to be tightened.
ref: 2023 October 17, Lisa O'Carroll, Miranda Bryant, Lorenzo Tondo, “Killing of two Swedish football fans in Brussels ‘probably lone wolf’ attack”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: A criminal who acts alone, not as part of a group.
Derived terms: lone wolfer
lone-wolfing
kluge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kluːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -uːdʒ
Forms: form: kluges
Etymology: From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.)
According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge.
Compare kludge.
Senses: glosses: Something that should not work, but does.
glosses: A device assembled from components intended for disparate purposes.
Synonyms: sense: something that should not work but does
word: workaround
Derived terms: klugey
kluge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kluːd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -uːdʒ
Forms: form: kluges
form: kluging
form: kluged
form: kluged
Etymology: From US military slang, possibly from German klug (“clever”), or perhaps from Dutch Low Saxon klütje (“(little) dumpling, clod”), Jutland Danish klyt (“piece of bad workmanship, klud(g)e”); compare standard Danish kludder (“mess, disorder”). (Compare English klutz.)
According to the OED, an "invented word" influenced by bodge and fudge.
Compare kludge.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kludge.
roborant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒbəɹənt/
ipa: /ˈɹɑːbəɹənt/
Forms: form: more roborant
form: most roborant
Etymology: From Latin rōborāns, present participle of rōborō (“I strengthen”).
Senses: glosses: That strengthens or energizes.
roborant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɒbəɹənt/
ipa: /ˈɹɑːbəɹənt/
Forms: form: roborants
Etymology: From Latin rōborāns, present participle of rōborō (“I strengthen”).
Senses: glosses: A restorative tonic.
Related terms: corroborate
robust
VFR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VFRs
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of visual flight rules, a set of rules allowing a pilot to fly and navigate by sight references, rather than by relying on instruments.
examples: text: The airline's business travel went up six percent, but VFR went up nine percent.
text: Risk awareness and risk perception also differ between VFRs and most tourist travellers, resulting in a lower uptake by VFRs of pre-departure vaccinations or malaria prophylaxis.
ref: 2008, World Health Organization, International Travel and Health: Situation as on 1 January 2008:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of (a person) visiting friends and relatives/relations.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
qualifier: video compression
glosses: Initialism of variable frame rate.
Coordinate terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: IFR
topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: SVFR
Derived terms: topics: aviation
aeronautics
aerospace
engineering
business
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: VFR direct
Related terms: sense: variable frame rate
word: HFR
Muir
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: r
enpr: myo͝oə
ipa: /mjʊə(ɹ)/
ipa: /mɪɚ/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Scots muir (“moor”). A derivation from Scottish Gaelic muir (“ocean”) has also been suggested.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Scots.
glosses: A neighbourhood of Willits, Mendocino County, California, United States.
glosses: A village in Ionia County, Michigan, United States.
glosses: A census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States.
glosses: A community in Norwich township, Oxford County, Ontario, Canada.
Derived terms: Muir-Torre syndrome
Related terms: Muir Beach
Muirhead
Muir of Ord
Muirhead
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /mjʊə(ɹ)hɛd/
enpr: myo͝oə(r)hĕd
ipa: /mɪɚhɛd/
Forms: form: Moorehead
form: Morehead
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname.
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A village in Angus council area, north-west of Dundee (OS grid ref NO3434).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A hamlet north of Glenrothes, Fife council area (OS grid ref NO2805).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A village east of Stepps, North Lanarkshire council area (OS grid ref NS6869).
glosses: A place in Scotland:
A village east of Troon, South Ayrshire council area (OS grid ref NS3331).
glosses: An unincorporated community in Raritan Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States.
glosses: A northern suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
Related terms: Muir
Damian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪmɪən/
Etymology: From the Ancient Greek name Δαμιανός (Damianós) which was derived from δαμάω (damáō, “to tame”) (see δαμάζω (damázō)). Name known in Ancient Greece, later borne by Christian saints.
Senses: examples: text: A similar idiocy occurred in November 1993, when Clive Kirke, a vicar of Litherland, England, objected to baptizing Gaynor Brennan's son Damian because it was the demon's name in the Omen films.
ref: 1996, Fortean Times, Strange Days #1, Cader Books, →ISBN, page 30:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek.
Related terms: Damien
Damon
Gunn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡʌn/
homophone: gun
rhymes: -ʌn
Etymology: From Old Norse Gunnr.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Old Norse.
glosses: A hamlet in Lac Ste. Anne County, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.
Derived terms: Gunn diode
Gunn effect
Marcus Gunn phenomenon
McAdam
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Macadam
form: MacAdam
form: McKeggie
Etymology: Anglicised from a Scottish Gaelic surname meaning "son of Adam", equivalent to Mc- + Adam.
Senses: glosses: A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic.
Derived terms: macadam