cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
coöriginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kō'ərĭjʹə.nəl
ipa: /ˌkəʊəˈɹɪdʒənəl/
enpr: kō'ərĭjʹə.nəl
ipa: /ˌkoʊəˈɹɪd͡ʒənəl/
Forms: form: co-original
form: cooriginal
Etymology: From co- + original.
Senses: examples: text: It would doubtless be out of place to enter here into any investigation in regard to the origin of our ideas; but I think it will be apparent, that the notion of continuity is coöriginal with that of personal identity, and therefore, antecedent to argumentation[.]
ref: 1848, George Clinton Whitlock, Elements of Geometry, Theoretical and Practical, part 1, book 2, § 1, page 63:
text: Others again deny the evidence of consciousness to the equipoise of the subject and object as coördinate and coöriginal elements; and as the balance is inclined in favor of the one relative or the other, two opposite schemes of psychology are determined.
ref: 1859, Sir William Hamilton [lect.] and Henry Longueville Mansel and John Vietch (editors), Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic, volume 1: “Metaphysics”, lecture XVI: “Consciousness, — Violations of Its Authority”, page 206
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Existing together ab initio; equiprimordial.
examples: text: In operations on lines in space, it is convenient to substitute for some of the given lines other lines, equal, and therefore parallel, to the given ones, but passing through a point in space common to themselves and the other given lines; so that all the lines may be coöriginal.
ref: 1859 October (pub. 1860 October), John Daniel Runkle (editor), The Mathematical Monthly, volume II, № I, pages 29–31: W.P.G. Bartlett, “The Elements of Quaternions”, part I: “Lines”, § 4
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Originating from the same point in space.
raw_tags: of a line
co-original
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coöriginal.
cooriginal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coöriginal.
lignum vitae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lignum vitaes
Etymology: From Latin lignum (“wood”) vitae (“of life”).
Senses: glosses: guaiacum trees, of species Guaiacum officinale and Guaiacum sanctum.
examples: text: The steamer Lee Yuen, when about 30 miles from Foochow, abreast of Fuhyan, on her passage from this port to Foochow, carried away the lignum vitæ bush in the stern tube. She was beached for one tide under the lee of Matsu Island, for temporary repairs, and then proceeded to Foochow, where she has gone into dock.
ref: 1875 January 21, “Summary of News”, in North-China Herald and Supreme Court & Consular Gazette, volume XIV, number 402, Shanghai, →OCLC, page 47, column 2:
glosses: The wood or resin from such trees.
Synonyms: guaiacum
guayacan
herry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: herries
form: herrying
form: herried
form: herried
form: herye
Etymology: From Middle English heryen, herien, from Old English herian (“to extol, praise, commend, help”), from Proto-West Germanic *haʀjan, from Proto-Germanic *hazjaną (“to call, praise”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to speak in a florid, solemn style, attest, witness”). Cognate with Middle High German haren (“to call, shout”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (hazjan, “to praise”), Sanskrit शंसति (śáṃsati, “to announce; to praise, extol, commend”), Latin cēnseō (“inspect, appraise, estimate”, verb), Latin cēnsus (“estimation”). See censor, census.
Senses: examples: text: Thenceforth it firmely was eſtabliſhed, / And for Apolloes temple highly herried.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 365:
glosses: To honour, praise or celebrate.
Derived terms: herrier
herrying
herry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: herries
form: herrying
form: herried
form: herried
form: hery
Etymology: From earlier hery, from Middle English herien, herȝen, herwen, from Old English hergian (“to ravage, plunder, lay waste, harry; seize, take, capture”), from Proto-Germanic *harjōną (“to devastate, lay waste”). More at harry.
Senses: examples: text: In the Spring of the Year thereafter, this inteſtine War, within the Bowels of this Commonweal, began to increase ay more and more; and ſo continued two Years; during the which Time, the Douglaſſes burnt and herried all Lands pertaining to the King and his Aſſiſters; and alſo to them that were not plain on his Faction.
ref: 1728, Robert Lindsay, Robert Freebairn, The History of Scotland: From 21 February, 1436, to March, 1565, page 44:
text: The heroic Sim flew to horse, and desired all that were friends to the Scots to follow, while Laidlaw addressed his compeers, saying, "Up, lads, and let us ride; our host must not be herried while we are under his roof."
ref: 1822, James Hogg, The Three Perils of Man; Or, War, Women, and Witchcraft, page 228:
text: The victories of Inverlochy, of Alderne, and of Alford, the herrying of Argyleshire, and the sacking of Dundee, could scarcely make up for the terrible toils encountered in climhing the bleak precipices of the west, in wading through drifts of snow among the mountains during the depths of winter,[…].
ref: c. 1830, Andrew Picken, The Deer-Stalkers of Glenskiach, published 1840, page 38:
glosses: Alternative form of harry.
Derived terms: herrier
herrying
herriment
herryment
herry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: herries
form: herrying
form: herried
form: herried
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of hurry
Derived terms: herry up
oligodendroglion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oligodendroglia
Etymology: Back-formation from oligodendroglia., after ganglion.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A glial cell smaller than an astrocyte, that forms the myelin sheath for many axons
Related terms: oligodendrogliosis
nemmine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈnɛ.maɪn/
Senses: examples: text: [Owl:] You recalls one year we went into the business of makin' resolutions for folks—
 [Turtle:] Yep an' we near got killed.
 [Owl:] Nemmine that...
ref: 1959 January 2, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 3:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of never mind.
akton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of actinon.
shipset
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shipsets
Etymology: From ship + set.
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The full complement of parts of a system required to equip an individual aerospace vehicle.
irrespirable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: îrĭspīr'əbəl
enpr: îrĕ'spĭrəbəl
ipa: /ɪɹɪˈspaɪɹəb(ə)l/
ipa: /ɪˈɹɛspɪɹəb(ə)l/
Etymology: Either:
* from ir- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + respirable; or
* borrowed from French irrespirable, from Late Latin irrespīrābilis, from Latin ir- (a variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + respīrāre + -ābilis (suffix meaning ‘able to be’). Respīrāre is the present active infinitive of respīrō (“to blow or breathe back; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again; back, backwards’) + spīrō (“to blow; to breathe, respire; to breathe out, exhale”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow; to breathe”)).
Senses: examples: text: The air was growing fouler and more irrespirable, with a thick, sodden quality, as if from a sediment of material rottenness; and we had about decided to turn back.
ref: 1932 May, Clark Ashton Smith, “The Vaults of Yoh-Vombis”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume XIX, number 5, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 604, column 1:
synonyms: nonrespirable
unrespirable
antonyms: breathable
respirable
glosses: Not respirable; not suitable for breathing; unbreathable.
Related terms: respiration
respirator
respiratory
respire
Blekinge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical province in southeastern Sweden.
Gästrikland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Gästrikland.
Senses: glosses: A province of Gävleborg County, in central Sweden.
Halland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical province in western Sweden.
glosses: A village in Wealden district, East Sussex, England.
Härjedalen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Härjedalen.
Senses: glosses: A province and municipality in Jämtland County, central Sweden.
Jämtland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Jämtland.
Senses: glosses: A province and county in central Sweden.
Medelpad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Medelpad.
Senses: glosses: A province of Västernorrland County, in central Sweden.
Småland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical province in southeastern Sweden.
Södermanland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Swedish Södermanland, from Old Swedish Suþermannaland.
Senses: glosses: A historical province in central Sweden.
glosses: A county in Sweden.
Uppland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical province in central Sweden.
Västerbotten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Västerbotten, from väster (“western”) + botten (“bottom, basin”).
Senses: glosses: A historical province and county in northern Sweden.
Synonyms: West Bothnia
Westrobothnia
Related terms: Gulf of Bothnia
East Bothnia
Västergötland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical province in western Sweden.
Ångermanland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Ångermanland.
Senses: glosses: A province of Västernorrland County, in central Sweden.
Östergötland
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A historical province in eastern Sweden.
glosses: A county in Östergötland province, Sweden.
positura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɒzɪˈtjʊəɹə/
ipa: /pɒzɪˈtʃʊəɹə/
ipa: /pɑzəˈtʊəɹə/
Forms: form: positurae
Etymology: From Medieval Latin positūra, feminine noun formed from positūrus (“about to place”). Doublet of posture.
Senses: examples: text: The positurae mark those pauses in the text which require the celebrant to inflect the recitation tone[…]
ref: 1993, Malcolm Beckwith Parkes, Pause and Effect, Plates and Commentaries, page 197:
text: The positurae thus indicated not only the "appropriate melodic formula", but also a pause and therefore a rhythmical and syntactic break which it is the primary function of punctuation to mark.
ref: 2011 July 22, Tadao Kudouchi, edited by Akio Oizumi and Jacek Fisiak, English Historical Linguistics and Philology in Japan, De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 172:
text: After all, it was the revision of the Cistercian liturgy that helped facilitate the widespread use of positurae, particularly the punctus flexus and punctus elevatus.
ref: 2015, Benjamin Pohl, Dudo of Saint-Quentin's Historia Normannorum: Tradition, Innovation and Memory, York Medieval Press, →ISBN, Introduction, page 19:
glosses: A stroke added to a medieval punctus; a punctuation mark created by addition of such a stroke.
positurae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of positura
positure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positures
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of posture.
all-Americans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of all-American
konite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of conite.
skee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skees
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ski.
skee
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: skees
form: skeeing
form: skeed
form: skeed
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of ski.
Related terms: skee ball
Gorsuch
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the hamlet of Gorsuch in Lancashire.
Senses: examples: text: So now that the Republicans have used the nuclear option to kill the poor filibuster to clear the way for the elevation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, we can lose perspective.
ref: 2017 April 5, Steven Waldman, “Learning to Love the Nuclear Option”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2020:
glosses: A surname from Middle English.
equiprimordially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From equiprimordial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Heidegger's Being is the groundless play of Being. Far from being a plenum of intelligibility, it is equiprimordially unintelligible.
ref: 1986, [1978], John D. Caputo, The Mystical Element in Heidegger's Thought, page 247:
topics: manner
glosses: In a way that is equiprimordial.
warming centers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of warming center
eneolithic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Eneolithic.
intonator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intonators
Senses: glosses: A device for adding intonation to synthesized speech.
raconteuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of raconteuse
raconteuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: raconteuses
Etymology: Borrowed from French raconteuse.
Senses: examples: text: There is a fascinating passage in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing where four Canadians on their way up a river in the wilderness come upon a heron someone preceding them has killed and strung from a tree. Having surveyed its disgusting remains, the raconteuse asks herself "Why had they strung it up like a lynch victim, why didn't they just throw it away like the trash?"
ref: 1978, William Peter Archibald, Social psychology as political economy, page 229:
text: Tom's mother was a superb raconteuse with the enviable gift of painting a verbal canvas of enchanting colours, transporting her audience into a realm of her own making that invariably enhanced the core of the tale.
ref: 2012, Tom Edwards, Tom:
text: So, Shasta had reflected at once, Aunt Lily, by acclamation the family raconteuse, had certainly piqued her concern and puzzlement, if not exactly her surprise.
ref: 2012, William Penn, Love in the Time of Flowers, →ISBN, page 51:
glosses: A female storyteller.
Nemetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Nemetic
form: most Nemetic
Senses: examples: text: She transfixes us by the destiny that came with Zeus' offense of her mother, awesome Nemesis, who knew the comportment proper to the limitations of all events. With Nemetic wisdom, however, we might find the manners that must accord with her daughter and accord in such a way that we let her appear without the violations of possessive force.
ref: 2004, Charles E. Scott, “Helen, Heidegger, and the Wisdom of Nemesis”, in Albert A. Anderson, Steven V. Hicks, Lech Witkowski, editors, Mythos and Logos: How to Regain the Love of Wisdom, pages 11–12:
glosses: Of or relating to the goddess Nemesis.
uncurses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of uncurse
Baba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Babas
Etymology: From Malay Baba or baba.
Senses: glosses: A male Peranakan.
Related terms: Nyonya
Ali Baba
Ali Baba bag
Baba Ana
Baba Jaga
Baba Yaga
Baba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Set (“Egyptian god”).
synonyms: word: Set
extra: Egyptian god
puss in the corner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It sounded, as this young lady thought it over, very much like puss-in-the-corner, and she could only wonder if the distribution of parties would lead to a rushing to and fro and a changing of places.
ref: 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
synonyms: kitty wants a corner
pussy wants a corner
glosses: A children's game in which someone in the centre tries to capture other players' bases as they change places.
glosses: A solitaire card game with four waste piles located at the corners of a square of the four aces.
in one's sights
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: the pilot had the enemy plane in his sights
glosses: Being seen or targeted, often through the sights of a weapon.
examples: text: all through medical school she kept her dream of being a doctor in her sights
glosses: The target or object of one's efforts or ambitions.
examples: text: with a win in the semifinals the championship remained firmly in their sights
text: But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
ref: 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: Still achievable.
in contention
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: But Chelsea, who left Didier Drogba on the bench as coach Carlo Ancelotti favoured Fernando Torres, staged a stirring fightback to move up to fourth and keep United in their sights on a night when nothing other than victory would have kept the Blues in contention.
ref: 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Contending for a title or championship.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see in, contention.
stand-out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Deverbal from stand out.
Senses: examples: text: Luiz was Chelsea's stand-out performer, although Ferguson also had a case when he questioned how the £21m defender escaped a red card after the break for a hack at Rooney, with the Brazilian having already been booked.
ref: 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
text: This is the stand-out lesson of Carmont. We MUST respond to extreme weather not only much more rapidly, but also on a more granular basis.
ref: 2022 March 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Drains, trains and Control”, in RAIL, number 953, page 3:
glosses: Alternative form of standout.
lose one's way
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: loses one's way
form: losing one's way
form: lost one's way
form: lost one's way
Senses: examples: text: It was certainly rare to see a Juventus team lose their way so badly bearing in mind it was 1-1 at the break and, if anything, Massimiliano Allegri’s players had looked the more rounded side.
ref: 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London):
text: This was a wonderful advert for the Premier League, with both Chelsea and United intent on all-out attack - but Ferguson will be concerned at how his side lost their way after imperiously controlling much of the first period.
ref: 2011 March 1, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
glosses: To become lost; to lose one's bearings, or idea of where one is.
examples: text: The band lost their way after their second album, and split up after a string of failures.
glosses: To cease to succeed or to follow the right path; to fail.
tri-quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From tri- + quarter.
Senses: glosses: three-quarter(s)
compound machines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of compound machine
fraked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /fɹeɪkt/
/fɹeɪkəd/
Forms: form: more fraked
form: most fraked
Etymology: From Middle English fraked, from Old English fracod, fracoþ, fracuþ (“vile, bad, base, wicked, criminal, impious, filthy, abominable, useless, worthless”), from Proto-West Germanic frakunþ, from Proto-Germanic *frakunþaz, See also Middle English forcouth, English frakel.
Senses: glosses: Bad; vile; shameful.
frakel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frakel
form: most frakel
form: frekel
Etymology: From Middle English frakel, variation (with -el suffix) of fraked. More at fraked.
Senses: glosses: Fraked.
frekel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more frekel
form: most frekel
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of frakel.
clothes-pegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of clothes-peg
Pinocchio illusion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pinocchio illusions
Etymology: In reference to the literary character Pinocchio, whose nose grew when he told a lie.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: The illusion of proprioception that one's nose is growing longer.
wikipedia: Pinocchio
medibles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of medible
XXXs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of XXX
XXXing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of XXX
book it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: books it
form: booking it
form: booked it
form: booked it
Etymology: Possibly from earlier onomatopoeic bookity-book.
Senses: examples: text: “But if I’m not around? Book it. Run away, not toward it like you did today.”
ref: 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 169:
glosses: To take off quickly; to leave in a hurry.
iPSC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iPSC
form: iPSCs
Senses: examples: text: The fact that only a small fraction of cells infected with the reprogramming factors form iPSC colonies indicates that direct reprogramming is a stochastic process.
ref: 2009, Essentials of stem cell biology, edition 2, Robert Paul Lanza (editor), page 30
text: One of the most promising routes in this regard is the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC) by reprogramming cells.
ref: 2010, Michael Roßbach, Manal Hadenfeld, Oliver Brüstle, “Industrial Applications of Stem Cells”, in Kristina Hug, Göran Hermerén, editors, Translational Stem Cell Research: Issues Beyond the Debate, page 91:
text: ECs Derived from ESC and iPSC
ref: 2010, G. Sun et al., edited by Krishnendu Roy, Biomaterials as Stem Cell Niche, page 202:
text: [...] the propensity of stem cells to form teratoma following transplantation is still another major obstacle in using iPSC for disease therapy.
ref: 2011, M. A. Hayat, editor, Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells: Therapeutic Applications in Disease and Injury, volume 1, page 10:
text: The preparation of somatic cells, their reprogramming and the subsequent verification of iPSC pluripotency are laborious, manual processes [....]
ref: 2015, Paull, D. et al., "Automated, high-throughput derivation, characterization and differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells", Nature Methods, vol. 12, no. 9, pg. 885 (abstract)
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of induced pluripotent stem cell.
Synonyms: induced pluripotent stem cell
iPS cell
Derived terms: english: human induced pluripotent stem cell
translation: human induced pluripotent stem cell
word: hiPSC
english: protein-induced pluripotent stem cell
translation: protein-induced pluripotent stem cell
word: piPSC
Related terms: word: PSC
english: pluripotent stem cell
translation: pluripotent stem cell
word: PS cell
english: stem cell
translation: stem cell
word: SC
word: ESC
english: embryonic stem cell
translation: embryonic stem cell
word: ES cell
word: somatic stem cell
greces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of grece
wind-swept
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more wind-swept
form: most wind-swept
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of windswept.
obley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obleys
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman obblé, oblei et al., Old French oblee, obleie et al., from Late Latin oblata (“light pastry; communion wafer”), noun use of the feminine past participle of Latin offerre (“to offer”).
Senses: examples: text: And than the bysshop made sembelaunte as thoughe he wolde have gone to the sakeryng of a Masse, and than he toke an obley which was made in lyknesse of brede [...].
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
glosses: A communion wafer.
obleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obley
unsiker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsiker
form: most unsiker
Etymology: From un- + siker.
Senses: glosses: Unsafe, insecure.
examples: text: ‘Also, Sir Launcelot, Sir Galahad prayde you to remembir of thys unsyker worlde, as ye behyght hym whan ye were togydirs more than halffe a yere.’
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII:
glosses: Uncertain, unreliable.
TF-IDF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tf-idf
form: TF*IDF
form: TF.IDF
form: TFIDF
Etymology: Abbreviation of “term frequency over inverse document frequency”.
Senses: examples: text: The relevance of a document to a given search query can be guessed using the TF-IDF of each word they have in common.
text: And this distribution of word frequencies will ensure that your TF-IDF scores are more uniformly distributed.
ref: 2019, Hobson Lane, Cole Howard, Hannes Max Hapke, Natural Language Processing In Action […] , Shelter Island: Manning, →ISBN:
qualifier: information retrieval
glosses: A mathematical approximation to the importance of a particular word in a given piece of text.
almery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: almeries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ambry.
aumbry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aumbries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ambry.
voragines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: vŏrāʹjĭnēz
enpr: vŏrăʹjĭnēz
ipa: /vɒˈɹeɪdʒɪniːz/
ipa: /vɒˈɹædʒɪniːz/
Etymology: From the Latin vorāginēs.
Senses: glosses: plural of vorago
Sunbitterns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Sunbittern
ChCh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Chch.
qualifier: Oxford University slang
glosses: Initialism of Christ Church, Oxford.
ball-playing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: ballplaying
Senses: glosses: Taking part in ball games; being a ball player.
examples: text: Irish debutant Conor Henderson - another ball-playing midfielder - probed for a gap through the back-line and the 19-year-old's deflected pass was pounced on by Tomas Rosicky, who sped to the byeline to clip a square ball through the legs of Charlie Daniels across the box.
ref: 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC:
text: And despite his terrific form, it was always going to be Sterling making way especially against a ball-playing team away from home when we'd have to absorb a lot of pressure.
ref: 2014, Neil Collins, Make Us Dream: A Fan's View of the 2013/14 Season, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 290:
text: Barcelona have recognised that a ball-playing midfielder is a more effective centre-half than a John Terry-style centre-half given they rarely encounter an attacking threat that warrants a traditional back four.
ref: 2014, anonymous author, The Secret Footballer's Guide to the Modern Game: Tips and Tactics from the Ultimate Insider, Faber & Faber, →ISBN:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Focused on attacking and progressing down the field.
Related terms: ball player
sour note
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sour notes
Senses: examples: text: One sour note was the withdrawal of Rosicky, who suffered concussion after a heavy collision.
ref: 2011 March 2, Chris Whyatt, “Arsenal 5 - 0 Leyton Orient”, in BBC:
glosses: A negative aspect to something mostly positive.
byeline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: byelines
Senses: examples: text: Diouf rounded Zaluska near the byeline and crossed but Daniel Majstorovic headed away and Celtic eventually mopped up the danger.
ref: 2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, in BBC:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Alternative spelling of byline.
try one's luck
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tries one's luck
form: trying one's luck
form: tried one's luck
form: tried one's luck
Senses: examples: text: Why don't you try your luck at the blackjack tables?
text: Ki Sung-Yeung tried his luck from distance with a fierce left-foot shot but the attempt was always rising over the top.
ref: 2011 March 2, Andy Campbell, “Celtic 1 - 0 Rangers”, in BBC:
info_templates: extra_data: words: at
expansion: [with at]
synonyms: have a go
have a shot
try out
glosses: To make a risky attempt.
Related terms: try one's hand
push one's luck
autochthonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒnɪk
Etymology: From autochthon + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: I argue that Indian law exceptionalism generally follows from the autochthonic understanding of Native sovereignty and that Indian law assimilationism generally follows from the heterochthonic understanding of Native sovereignty.
ref: 2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, page 270:
glosses: Existing where it was formed or born; native, aboriginal, indigenous.
Synonyms: autochthonous
autochthonal
Related terms: sense: see
word: autochthonous
comeupance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: comeupances
Senses: examples: text: Once again, what followed was a shocking comeupance for the right-wing press.
ref: 1990, George Sirgiovanni, An Undercurrent of Suspicion: Anti-communism in America During World War II, page 131:
text: I have a very strong personal grudge against my ex-husband, and I'd love to see him finally get his comeupance.
ref: 2001, Oswald G. Ragatz, Reunion with Murder, page 26:
text: When a nineteenth-century English performer tried presenting a more moral puppet show, with Punch getting his comeupance, audiences would have none of it.
ref: 2005, Eileen Blumenthal, Puppetry: A World History, page 153:
glosses: Alternative form of comeuppance.
laesura
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: laesurae
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The suture line that shows how spores or grains separated.
Derived terms: laesural
laesurae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of laesura
marching orders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑɹtʃɪŋˌɔɹɾɹ̩z/
Senses: examples: text: I get my marching orders directly from the president.
glosses: Instructions for action.
examples: text: Riled by a decision that went against him, Ziv kicked his displaced boot at the assistant referee and, after a short consultation between the officials, he was given his marching orders and the loudest cheer of the night.
ref: 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: word: walking papers
word: walking ticket
glosses: A dismissal: an instruction to leave.
Derived terms: get one's marching orders
64-pounder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: 64-pounders
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A muzzleloading gun capable of firing shells weighing sixty-four pounds
Germanosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Germano- + -sphere, by analogy with Anglosphere.
Senses: examples: text: Anyway, both Messerli, Messerle, and Meserle (possibly even Mehserle with that very orthography) are demonstrably existing family names in the Germanosphere.
ref: , Panu , “Re: The name Mehserle”, in sci.lang (Usenet):
glosses: The collection of German-speaking countries
Monte Carlo methods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Monte Carlo method
lowercasify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lowercasifies
form: lowercasifying
form: lowercasified
form: lowercasified
Etymology: From lower case + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: Well, actually, my host is REALLY called "X", but I've already been advised to lowercasify it.
ref: 1984 September 15, John Woods, “Local site "x"”, in net.news.newsite (Usenet):
text: To think of it, propably I need to a) add a section about testing into smtpserver(8) man-page, and also b) lowercasify the lookup key of "aliases".
ref: 2000 November 18, Matti Aarnio, “ORBS Problem”, in muc.lists.zmailer (Usenet):
text: Press it again (or press it when there's already a period there) and it will remove any punctuation and spaces, insert a single space, and lowercasify the following word (unless it's a word that should always be capitalized)
ref: 2006 July 9, Keith F. Lynch, “Momentarily verbal (was Re: Talking of old jokes)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To make lower case.
Synonyms: word: to make lowercase
lowercasifies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lowercasify
lowercasifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of lowercasify
lowercasified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of lowercasify
frover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: frovers
form: frovering
form: frovered
form: frovered
Etymology: From Middle English frovre, frofre (“comfort”), from Old English frōfor (“consolation, joy, refuge, compensation, help, benefit”), from Proto-West Germanic *frōbru (“solace”), from Proto-Indo-European *trep-, *terp- (“to have good food, prosper, satiate, enjoy”). Cognate with Old Saxon frōvra, frōfra (“consolation, comfort, help”), Old High German fluobara (“consolation, comfort, help, assistance”).
Senses: glosses: To comfort; solace.
Related terms: frevere
frother
foredeem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foredeems
form: foredeeming
form: foredeemed
form: foredeemed
form: foredeme
Etymology: From Middle English *foredemen, from Old English foredēman (“to prejudge”), equivalent to fore- + deem.
Senses: examples: text: Which [maid] could guess and foredeem of things past, present, and to come.
ref: 1560, Geneva Bible:
glosses: To judge, form a judgement of, or declare beforehand; foretell; forecast; presage.
examples: text: And of a beste, then fordeme the worst frende it was more standing with humanitee and gentlenesse to hope the best, then to foredeme the worste
ref: 1564, Nicholas Udall, Apophthegmatum opus (originally by Erasmus)
text: Laugh at your misery, as foredeeming you / An idle meteor.
ref: 1612, John Webster, The White Devil:
text: The doctor was as curious to learn how his suggestions would affect the conduct of Mrs. Radford when she should report to Blackwood, and he rightly foredeemed an early conference at the Lexington Avenue residence.
ref: 1918, John Duncan Quackenbos, Magnhild: a tale of psychic love:
glosses: To deem or account in advance; consider; take for granted; expect.
Synonyms: sense: to deem beforehand
word: forehold
sense: to deem beforehand
word: prejudge
Related terms: foredoom
fordeem
belt loops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of belt loop
stargazy pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stargazy pie
squab pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squab pies
Senses: glosses: A traditional English pie containing mutton and apple.
squab pies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of squab pie
comeupances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comeupance
normally black
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From normally (“no voltage”) + black (“opaque”).
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
antonyms: normally white
glosses: for LCD to be opaque and thus black when voltage is not applied to a pixel electrode and transparent and thus white when voltage is applied.
Related terms: backlight
LCD
liquid crystal
transparency
normally white
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From normally (“no voltage”) + white (“transparent”).
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
antonyms: normally black
glosses: for LCD to be transparent and thus white when voltage is not applied to a pixel electrode and opaque and thus black when voltage is applied.
Related terms: backlight
LCD
liquid crystal
transparency
stride piano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A style of piano playing in which the left hand plays a four-beat harmony involving large intervals
rock along
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rocks along
form: rocking along
form: rocked along
form: rocked along
Senses: examples: text: The renovations for our house are rocking along nicely.
glosses: To progress in a smooth fashion.
Synonyms: come along
self-doubts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of self-doubt
sad-faced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sad-faced
form: most sad-faced
Senses: glosses: Having a sad facial expression
manual laborers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of manual laborer
Ingrian
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Ingria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A Finno-Ugric language spoken by the Izhorian people of Ingria.
Ingrian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ingrians
Etymology: From Ingria + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Ingria.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Ingrian terms
turnt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜːnt/
ipa: /ˈtɝnt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nt
Etymology: From Middle English turnet, turnit, (variants to Middle English turnde, turned, etc.), from Old English tyrnde, ġetyrned, etc., past tenses of Old English tyrnan (“to turn, cause to turn”), equivalent to turn + -t.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn
turnt
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɜːnt/
ipa: /ˈtɝnt/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nt
Forms: form: more turnt
form: most turnt
Etymology: From Middle English turnet, turnit, (variants to Middle English turnde, turned, etc.), from Old English tyrnde, ġetyrned, etc., past tenses of Old English tyrnan (“to turn, cause to turn”), equivalent to turn + -t.
Senses: glosses: energetic, happy, or excited, especially as a result of alcohol or drugs
Derived terms: turnt up
sommers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sommer
meanin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of meaning.
killin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪlən
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of killing.
ozs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oz; ounces
happen'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of happen
sigh'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sign
thynges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thynge
thynge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thynges
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of thing.
yds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yd; yards
elegancies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of elegancy
silke
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silkes
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of silk.
intirely
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: [O]bſerving [...] abundance of Matter floating in the Urine like Bran, with a great Number of Recrements like Cuttings of Hair, ſome above an Inch long, which Subſtances were found in all the Water that I made in above Twelve Months; for which I could get no Remedy: I was adviſed to drink Water, which in about half a Year did intirely free me from thoſe Symptoms, [...]
ref: 1723, John Smith, The Curiosities of Common Water: Or The Advantages thereof in Preventing and Curing Many Distempers. […], 5th edition, London: […] John and Barham Clark, […], →OCLC, pages 9–10:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of entirely.
glosses: Misspelling of entirely.
counsell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counsells
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of counsel.
Perpignan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɜːpɪnjɒn/
ipa: /-jɒŋ/
ipa: /ˌpɝpiˈnjɑn/
ipa: /ˌpɝpɪnjɑn/
ipa: /-ˈjɑŋ/
rhymes: -ɒn
rhymes: -ɒŋ
rhymes: -ɑːn
Etymology: Borrowed from French Perpignan, from Latin Perpenniānum, from the given name Perpenna.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, formerly in Languedoc-Roussillon.
perswaded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of perswade
dretful
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dretful
form: most dretful
Senses: glosses: dreadful
dretful
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: dreadfully, extremely
wrong'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wrong
wearin'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of wearing.
heav'nly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more heav'nly
form: most heav'nly
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of heavenly.
fail'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fail
stopp'd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stop
dacent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪsənt/
Forms: form: more dacent
form: most dacent
Senses: glosses: awesome, really good
supremer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of supreme: more supreme
supremest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of supreme: most supreme
contrast ratio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrast ratios
Etymology: contrast meaning the difference of white and black + ratio.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: ratio of the luminance of white to that of black of a display. A higher value means a higher contrast of white and black.
Related terms: display
LCD
transparency
callest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: call'st
Etymology: call + -est
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of call
lebetes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lebes
lecythus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lecythi
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of lekythos.
lecythi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lecythus
shippage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shippages
Etymology: From ship + -age, with doubled ‘p’ to clarify pronunciation.
Senses: synonyms: shipping#Noun
coordinate_terms: boatage#Noun
cranage#Noun
demurrage#Noun
dockage#Noun
shorage#Noun
tonnage#Noun
wharfage#Noun
glosses: Shipment of goods, especially on a ship (large marine vessel).
synonyms: shipping#Noun
hypernyms: fee#Noun
cost#Noun
price#Noun
glosses: Charge for such shipment.
bits and bats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: bits and bobs
glosses: Miscellaneous items.
landlordism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landlordisms
Etymology: From landlord + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: What if all the poor people should refuse to pay rent and shelter themselves under the American flag? Landlordism would go crumbling.
ref: 1908 February 19, Jack London, The Iron Heel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., →OCLC:
glosses: An economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and rent it to tenants.
examples: text: […] including the racialized landlordisms to which it gives rise.
ref: Reclaiming the land: the resurgence of rural movements in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, edited by Sam Moyo and Paris Yeros, page 33
glosses: A specific variation or implementation of such a system.
examples: text: Yet his account also implies the carelessness of his landlordism before now and the invisibility to him of those beneath his social horizon (even if they are paying him rent).
ref: 2014, John Mullan, What Matters in Jane Austen?, page 196:
glosses: The actions and behavior of a landlord.
Related terms: capitalism
socialism
communism
merism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmɛrɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: merisms
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μερισμός (merismós). Compare μέρος (méros, “part”).
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A reference to something by its polar extremes, as in "we searched high and low".
topics: literature
media
publishing
glosses: A reference to something by a list of its parts.
tiglon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tiglons
Senses: glosses: A fertile hybrid cross between a male tiger (Panthera tigris) and a lioness (Panthera leo).
tiglons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tiglon
other virginity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The state of having never participated in anal sex.
forslow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forslows
form: forslowing
form: forslowed
form: forslowed
form: forsloe
form: foreslow
form: fore-slow
Etymology: From Middle English forslowen, forslewen (“to neglect”), from Old English forslāwian, forslǣwan (“to be slow, unwilling, delay, put off”), equivalent to for- + slow.
Senses: examples: text: [I]f you can thinke vpon any preſent meanes for his deliuerie, doe not forſlow it.
ref: 1599 (first performance), B. I. [i.e., Ben Jonson], The Comicall Satyre of Euery Man out of His Humor. […], London: […] [Adam Islip] for William Holme, […], published 1600, →OCLC, Act V, scene iii, signature [Q iiij], recto:
glosses: To be dilatory about; put off; postpone; neglect; omit.
examples: text: But by no meanes my way I would forslow / For ought that ever she could doe or say […]
ref: 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
text: The wond'ring Nereids, though they rais'd no storm, / Foreslow'd her passage, to behold her form.
ref: 1682, John Dryden, Epistles, section XIII:
glosses: To delay; hinder; impede; obstruct.
examples: text: Foreslow no longer, make we hence amaine.
ref: c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To be slow or dilatory; loiter.
fore-slow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fore-slows
form: fore-slowing
form: fore-slowed
form: fore-slowed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forslow.
λ/4 film
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: λ/4 films
Etymology: λ (“wavelength”).
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technology
glosses: Film having a retardation of a quarter of a specified wavelength, used with a polarizer film to lower the reflectance of a display significantly.
Synonyms: quarter-wavelength film
quarter-wave plate
λ/4 plate
forslug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forslugs
form: forslugging
form: forslugged
form: forslugged
Etymology: From Middle English forsluggen, equivalent to for- + slug.
Senses: glosses: To lose, neglect, or destroy by sluggishness.
forshame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: forshames
form: forshaming
form: forshamed
form: forshamed
form: foreshame
Etymology: From Middle English forshamen, from Old English forscamian (“to make ashamed, be ashamed, be modest”); equivalent to for- + shame.
Senses: glosses: To be ashamed; be greatly ashamed.
glosses: To shame; bring reproach on.
glosses: To dare; presume; have the face to.
foreshame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: foreshames
form: foreshaming
form: foreshamed
form: foreshamed
Etymology: Meaning unrelated to fore-, but spelling influenced by this prefix.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of forshame.
λ/4 films
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of λ/4 film