cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
unfavourable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfavourable
form: most unfavourable
form: unfavorable
Etymology: From un- + favourable.
Senses: examples: text: The shade of a dense pine wood, is more unfavorable to the springing up of pines of the same species than of oaks within it.
ref: 1863, Henry David Thoreau, chapter 6, in Excursions:
antonyms: favourable
glosses: Serving to hinder or oppose; adverse, disadvantageous, inconducive, unsuitable.
examples: text: Elizabeth was now most heartily sorry that she had, from the distress of the moment, been led to make Mr. Darcy acquainted with their fears for her sister; for since her marriage would so shortly give the proper termination to the elopement, they might hope to conceal its unfavourable beginning from all those who were not immediately on the spot.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 148:
text: The fact that the bride went through the ceremony without her bridal bouquet is looked upon by many as an unfavorable omen.
ref: 1903, Anna Katharine Green, chapter 6, in The Filigree Ball:
synonyms: word: inauspicious
word: unfortunate
word: down on one's luck
word: fortuneless
word: ill-boding
word: ill-fated
word: ill-starred
word: inauspicious
word: infelicitous
word: infortunate
word: hapless
word: luckless
word: misadventurous
word: mischanceful
word: misfortuned
word: peak
word: snakebit
word: thwart
word: unchancy
word: unfavourable
word: unfortunate
word: unhappy
word: unpropitious
word: unlucky
word: wanchancy
antonyms: word: favourable
word: fortunate
word: cursed
word: unfortunate
word: unlucky
glosses: Not auspicious; ill-boding.
examples: text: [Y]et the thing she most dreaded was to offend the gypsies, by betraying her extremely unfavourable opinion of them, [...]
ref: 1860, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], “Maggie Tries to Run Away from Her Shadow”, in The Mill on the Floss […], volume I, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book I (Boy and Girl), pages 208–209:
synonyms: favourable
glosses: Of a belief, state of mind, etc.: not favourable; disapproving.
examples: text: The wind was right under the land, the tide unfavorable.
ref: 1855, Herman Melville, chapter 17, in Israel Potter:
glosses: Of wind or weather: causing delay or obstacles; not conducive to travel or work; inclement.
Derived terms: unfavourability
unfavourableness
unfavourably
unfavourable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unfavourables
form: unfavorable
Etymology: From un- + favourable.
Senses: examples: text: As of Friday, RealClearPolitics puts Biden's favourables at 51 per cent and his unfavourables at 44 per cent.
ref: 2020 October 17, Éric Grenier, “How U.S. polls got it wrong in 2016 — and why they're more likely to get it right this time”, in CBC:
glosses: Unfavourability ratings, percentage of people in opposition
contra
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒntɹə/
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin contrā.
Senses: glosses: Against; contrary or opposed to; in opposition or contrast to.
Synonyms: against
anti
Related terms: contra-
contra proferentem
per contra
semen contra
contra
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒntɹə/
Forms: form: more contra
form: most contra
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin contrā.
Senses: examples: text: […] it is useless to pray “Thy kingdom come” and vote contra or stay away from the polls; […]
ref: 1893 November 30, “The W.C.T.U. Convention. Interesting Reports Considered in Relation to the Several Departments of the Work. Suggested Lines of Development—Programme for the Closing Day.”, in The Daily Colonist, volume LXX, number 148, Victoria, B.C., page 3, column 1:
glosses: Contrary to something.
contra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒntɹə/
Forms: form: contras
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin contrā.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A deal to swap goods or services.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A conservative; originally tied to Nicaraguan counter-revolutionaries.
examples: text: a contra position; a contra entry
text: The sum for each contra account is shown in the last column.
topics: accounting
business
finance
synonyms: counterentry
glosses: An entry (or account) that cancels another entry (or account).
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Any of the musical instruments in the contrabass range, e.g. contrabassoon, contrabass clarinet or, especially, double bass.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A contra dance.
examples: text: Folk histories record that contras were gradually displaced by the introduction of the quadrille and the new couple dances.
ref: 2001, Ellen Koskoff, editor, The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America, Garland Publishing, page 232:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A country dance.
Derived terms: anticontra
contra
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒntɹə/
Forms: form: contras
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin contrā.
Senses: examples: text: to contra a position (an entry)
topics: accounting
business
finance
glosses: To undo; to reverse.
percussion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈkʌʃən/
rhymes: -ʌʃən
Forms: form: percussions
Etymology: From Middle English percussioun, from Middle French, Old French percussion, from Latin percussiō (“striking”), from percutiō (“I strike”).
Senses: glosses: The collision of two bodies in order to produce a sound.
glosses: The sound so produced.
glosses: The detonation of a percussion cap in a firearm.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The tapping of the body as an aid to medical diagnosis.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The section of an orchestra or band containing percussion instruments; such instruments considered as a group; in bands, may be separate from drum kits.
examples: text: Moreover, a perfect Medal has its Profile and out-ſtroaks ſharp (Nummus aſper) and by no means rugged; the Figures clean and well poliſh'd; the Contours neatly trimm'd, and exactly round and carefully preſerv'd; that the Extancy and Relievos correſpond with the Ingraving, and have not ſuffer'd in Percuſſion; in all which, there is a certain Spirit of Antiquity and Excellency to be diſcern'd in Antient Medals almoſt inimitable.
ref: 1697, J[ohn] Evelyn, “Instructions How to Collect, and Procure such Medals as are Antique, and Rare; and to Distinguish the True from the False, for the Prevention of Frauds and Impostures”, in Numismata. A Discourse of Medals, Antient and Modern. […], London: […] Benj[amin] Tooke […], →OCLC, page 201:
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The repeated striking of an object to break or shape it, as in percussion drilling.
qualifier: palmistry
glosses: The outer side of the hand.
Derived terms: hand percussion
percussional
percussion break
percussion bullet
percussion cap
percussion fuse
percussion hammer
percussion idiophone
percussion instrument
percussionist
percussion lock
percussively
Related terms: quash
unfavorable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unfavorable
form: most unfavorable
Etymology: From un- + favorable.
Senses: examples: text: Microrefugia are sites that support populations of species when their ranges contract during unfavorable climate episodes.
ref: 2015 January 9, Kristoffer Hylander, Johan Ehrlén, Miska Luoto, Eric Meineri, “Microrefugia: Not for everyone”, in Ambio, volume 44 (supplement 1), →DOI, →PMID, pages 60–8:
text: Alternatively, unfavorable outcome with severe or even fatal consequences for the organism would be the development of fibrolipid plaque which would be prone to plaque rupture and thrombus formation [ 23 ].
ref: 2015 June 9, Alexander N. Orekhov et al., “Development of Antiatherosclerotic Drugs on the basis of Natural Products Using Cell Model Approach”, in Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity, volume 2015, →DOI:
glosses: US standard spelling of unfavourable.
taquito
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑˈki.toʊ/
rhymes: -iːtəʊ
Forms: form: taquitos
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish taquito.
Senses: examples: text: She preferred taquitos to regular tacos because she found them less messy.
glosses: A fried corn or flour tortilla, filled usually with beef or chicken and cheese, rolled up, and dipped in a form of salsa, or guacamole.
taquería
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: taquerías
Senses: examples: text: There was an icehouse and a billiard parlor, a wine room, a lunch and eating counter, gambling saloons and taquerías.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 225:
glosses: Alternative spelling of taqueria.
taqueria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtɑkəˈɹiːə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: taquerias
form: taquería
Etymology: From Spanish taquería.
Senses: examples: text: But as soon as I walked past the nearest taqueria, as I felt the grease settle on my skin, and heard the scrape of spatulas on the grill, as soon as I ordered and felt the immensity of my relief—I think I knew.
ref: 2023, C Pam Zhang, Land of Milk and Honey, Hutchinson Heinemann, page 50:
glosses: A restaurant specializing in tacos and other Mexican food.
trick-or-treater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trick-
form: -treaters
Etymology: From trick-or-treat + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Those darn trick-or-treaters egged my car.
glosses: One who goes trick-or-treating on Halloween, usually a child dressed in a costume.
Related terms: trick-or-treat
Sesame Street
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: She parked the car on Rogers Avenue, which she called "Sesame Street," "for the unpredictable theatrics of its inhabitants."
ref: 1996, Laurie Gunst, Born Fi' Dead: A Journey Through the Jamaican Posse Underworld, page 171:
text: A friend of mine described it as "Sesame Street" for adults and that's not a bad characterization.
ref: 2002, Joan Elizabeth Lloyd, If it Feels Good: Using the Five Senses to Enhance Your Lovemaking, page 39:
text: The Sesame Street Generation, as some teachers are calling the group of children now in high school, know their numbers and the letters of the alphabet.
ref: 2003, William C. Doster, Elizabeth Schmid, Adrian W. Poitras, Ruth Ward, How to Prepare for the CLEP, page 96:
text: "You can't do that if your time is consumed with patty-cake and Sesame Street." Summer turned toward Tessa. "I'm too old for Sesame Street. I know my ABCs."
ref: 2003, Vonette Z. Bright, Nancy Moser, The Sister Circle, page 124:
text: It means that even when we go to Mars, we have to look like the cast of Sesame Street.
ref: a'''. 2005, Alex Irvine, "Pictures from an Expedition", in Gordon Van Gelder, ed., Fourth Planet from the Sun: Tales of Mars from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (2005), page 253
text: Bridget slipped into the room, which had been decorated with a Sesame Street motif.
ref: 2005, Kevin O'Brien, The Last Victim, page 86:
text: The task looks as simple as a "sesame street" exercise. Study pairs of Easter eggs on a computer screen and memorize how the computer has arranged them [].
ref: 2007 October 24, Benedict Carey, “New studies suggest sleep is vital to learning and memory”, in International Herald Tribune, France:
text: "i wanted 'sesame street' on acid and that's pretty much what i got."
ref: 2007 November 9, gay.com > music: emerging artists > watch now: cazwell's "watch my ...Gay.com UK
text: [I]n Sesame Street style one kept saying “pea” while the other countered “nut” both words just began to blend until they came up with “peanut”.
ref: 2007 November 13, SUN Weekend (Antigua and Barbuda)
text: Find the park's western edge and spill out into aptly named Park Slope -- a crown jewel of Brooklyn neighborhoods. Its tree-lined streets, romantic brownstones and cozy cafes emanate a family-friendly, Sesame Street vibe.
ref: 2007 November 18 (Sunday), Joann Klimkiewicz, "Fugheddaboud what you think you know about Brooklyn", The Hartford Courant
glosses: A television show for children on PBS.
Related terms: Oscar the Grouch
Cookie Monster
busy work
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: busywork
form: busy-work
Senses: examples: text: Until we have a system clearly established, entering more data is just busy work.
glosses: Work or activity performed with the intention or result of occupying time, and not necessarily to accomplish something productive; routine work of low priority undertaken for the sake of avoiding idleness.
Related terms: make-work
durst
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɝst/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)st
Senses: examples: text: Traditional rhyme
Four and twenty tailors went to kill a snail; the best man among them durst not touch her tail.
text: Pretty soul! She durst not lie / Near this lack-love, this kill-courtesy.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], lines 82-83:
text: That thou durst, Arcite!
ref: 1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act I, scene iii, page 2:
text: Who durst defy th' omnipotent to arms.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book IV”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 49:
text: And they durst not steal, for fear of the law, for such were punished; neither durst they rob, nor murder, for he that murdered was punished unto death.
ref: 1830, The Book of Mormon:
text: Coming home, therefore, I sat me down secretly under the Shrine of St. Edmund, fearing lest our Lord Abbot should seize and imprison me, though I had done no mischief; nor was there a monk who durst speak to me, nor a laic who durst bring me food except by stealth.
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “6, Monk Samson”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
text: Captain Smollett, the squire, and Dr. Livesey were talking together on the quarter-deck, and, anxious as I was to tell them my story, I durst not interrupt them openly.
ref: 1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC:
text: Others, I am not the first,
Have willed more mischief than they durst
ref: 1896, A. E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad, XXX, lines 1-2
glosses: simple past and past participle of dare
Derived terms: durstn't
dursn't
dursen't
secco
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.
Senses: examples: text: Secco painting, or painting in secco, is painting on dry plaster, as distinguished from fresco painting, on wet or fresh plaster.
topics: art
arts
glosses: dry
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: dry – sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance
secco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seccos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian secco (“dry”). Doublet of sec.
Senses: examples: text: The Roman frescoes are generally robust, but the Chinese and Egyptian seccos are inherently weak […]
ref: 1987, James Black, Recent Advances in the Conservation and Analysis of Artifacts, page 289:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A work painted on dry plaster, as distinguished from a fresco.
secco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seccos
Etymology: Clipping of section commander + -o.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Section commander, an infantry soldier responsible for about 8 other soldiers.
saline solution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: saline solutions
Senses: glosses: A solution composed of sodium chloride (NaCl) and water.
Synonyms: saline
busywork
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: It's a beautiful afternoon! I'm not going to waste it doing ridiculous busywork for school!
ref: 1995 October 4, Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes (comic):
glosses: Alternative form of busy work.
prosthesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒsˈθiːsɪs/
ipa: /ˈpɹɒsθəsɪs/
Forms: form: prostheses
Etymology: Via Latin, from Ancient Greek πρόσθεσις (prósthesis, “addition”), from προστίθημι (prostíthēmi, “I add”), from πρός (prós, “towards”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “I place”), from Proto-Indo-European *próti, *préti + *dʰédʰeh₁ti (“to be putting, to be placing”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An artificial replacement for a body part, either internal or external.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Prothesis.
Related terms: prosthetic
prosthetics
prosthodontics
prothesis
prosthologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prosthologists
Senses: glosses: Someone skilled in the design, manufacture and fitting of prostheses.
elpee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -iː
Forms: form: elpees
Senses: examples: text: And another thing — there's a new elpee from The Supa anytime now. The B-side here features new singer Puddy Roots, well worth a listen.
ref: 1983, Black Music & Jazz Review, volume 6:
glosses: An LP.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
form: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
form: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
form: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Senses: examples: text: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may be the largest, but dozens of other religious groups also trace themselves to Mr. Smith.
ref: 2019 June 29, Elizabeth Dias, “‘Mormon’ No More: Faithful Reflect on Church’s Move to Scrap a Moniker”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 Jun 2019:
glosses: The major denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, founded in the United States by Joseph Smith; the Mormon Church.
Synonyms: LDS
LDS Church
Mormon Church
Hypernyms: LDS
LDS Movement
Mormon Church
Mormonism
Christianity
Abrahamic religion
Coordinate terms: Mormon
Derived terms: FLDS
FLDS Church
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Asperger's syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæspɜːɡəz ˈsɪndɹəʊm/
ipa: /ˈæspɜːdʒəz ˈsɪndɹəʊm/
ipa: /ˈæspɝɡɚz ˈsɪndɹoʊm/
Forms: form: Asperger syndrome
Etymology: Named after Austrian pediatrician Hans Asperger (1906–1980).
Senses: topics: medicine
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: word: AS
word: Asperger's
word: autistic psychopathy
hypernyms: pervasive developmental disorder
autism spectrum disorder
coordinate_terms: Kanner's syndrome
glosses: An autism-related developmental disorder characterised by sustained impairment in social interaction and nonverbal communication and by repetitive behaviour as well as restricted interests and routines.
Derived terms: Aspergerian
Asperger's
Aspergian
Aspergic
aspie
Assburgers
sperg
Related terms: autism
learning disability
PDD
pervasive developmental disorder
Balkan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɔːlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɔlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɑlkən/
rhymes: -ɒlkən
rhymes: -ɔːlkən
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”).
Senses: examples: text: A man shot dead 12 people in a rampage in a small town in Montenegro before dying from self-inflicted injuries early on Thursday, authorities said, in one of the tiny Balkan nation’s worst mass killings.
ref: 2025 January 1, Reuters, “Suspect in Montenegro shooting dies from self-inflicted injuries after killing at least 12 people”, in CNN:
glosses: Of or relating to the Balkan Peninsula.
glosses: Of or relating to the Balkan Mountains.
glosses: Of or relating to the Balkan countries and their inhabitants.
Synonyms: Balkanic
Balkanian
Derived terms: Balkan Egyptian
Balkan endemic nephropathy
Balkaner
Balkan heath
Balkanian
Balkanic
Balkanization
Balkan pine
Paleo-Balkan
Balkan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɔːlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɔlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɑlkən/
rhymes: -ɒlkən
rhymes: -ɔːlkən
Etymology: From Ottoman Turkish بالقان, modern Turkish balkan (“wooded, craggy mountain range”).
Senses: glosses: The Balkans. (This form is often used in international contexts perhaps because the languages native to the region also use a singular form.)
Balkan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɒlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɔːlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɔlkən/
ipa: /ˈbɑlkən/
rhymes: -ɒlkən
rhymes: -ɔːlkən
Senses: glosses: A region of Turkmenistan.
Christie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɪsti/
rhymes: -ɪsti
Forms: form: Christy
form: Kristi
form: Kristie
form: Kristy
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Christine and of its variant forms; fairly common as a formal female given name in the 20th century.
glosses: A mostly Scottish and Irish diminutive of the male given name Christopher.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Christopher or Christian.
Derived terms: Agatha Christie-esque
Christiesque
Related terms: Agatha Christie
English writer
Moore's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Moore's Law
Etymology: Named after Intel co-founder Gordon Moore.
Senses: examples: text: The pocket calculator’s fortunes have fallen ever since. It is a victim of “Moore’s Law,” the theory that the number of transistors that can be squeezed on to a microchip will roughly double every two years, thereby increasing computing power at the same rate.
ref: 2012 March 4, Alice Rawsthorn, “Farewell, Pocket Calculator?”, in The New York Times:
text: How will industries and enterprises dependent upon and accustomed to Moore's Law continue to thrive? What might this disruption mean for society? And will the certainty of continued exponential change enshrined in Moore's Law ever become standard again?
ref: 2015, Arnold Thackray, David C. Brock, Rachel Jones, Moore's Law: The Life of Gordon Moore, Silicon Valley's Quiet Revolutionary, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An empirical observation that the density of transistors on a chip doubles every two years.
Derived terms: Eroom's law
Moore
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /mʊə(ɹ)/
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /mɔː(ɹ)/
ipa: /mʊɹ/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
homophone: moor
Etymology: The surname has converged from several different meanings; see Moore on Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
glosses: Many toponymic place names, or parts of place names, derived from moor.
A village in Halton borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ5784).
examples: text: On the invitation list: Govs. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, Tim Walz of Minnesota, J.B. Pritzker of Illinois, Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan, Tony Evers of Wisconsin, Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania, Roy Cooper of North Carolina, Wes Moore of Maryland and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico.
ref: 2024 February 7, Edward-Isaac Dovere, “Harris set to host Democratic governors this weekend to discuss 2024 campaign”, in CNN:
glosses: A surname from English or Irish, similarly derived.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A rural town and locality in Somerset Region, Queensland, Australia.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in Butte County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in DeKalb County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Fergus County, Montana.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
A locality in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
A city in Cleveland County, Oklahoma.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
A township in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Frio County, Texas.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Emery County, Utah.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
An extinct town in Chelan County, Washington.
glosses: A number of places with their names taken from the surname:
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Tucker County, West Virginia.
glosses: Alternative spelling of More (“a Volta-Congo language”).
Derived terms: Boyer-Moore-Horspool algorithm
Eilenberg-Moore category
Moorean
Moore County
Moorefield
Moore Haven
Moore machine
Moore neighborhood
Moore neighbourhood
Moore's law
topographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to topography.
Synonyms: word: topographical
word: topographic
Meronyms: word: alpine
word: montane
word: montuous
word: orographic
word: piedmont
word: subalpine
word: submontane
word: bathymetric
word: lacustrine
word: oceanic
word: insular
word: coastal
word: intertidal
word: littoral
word: sylvan
word: sylvatic
word: palustral
Related terms: word: areal
word: cartographic
word: locational
word: mensural
toponymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From toponym + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: The endonym is the basic toponymic exemplar and as such it needs to be understood properly. To do so we need to appreciate the context of space and place that produces it. Most endonyms arise from the elemental human relationship with space and place, and possess an intrinsic and enduring value which cannot normally be either bestowed or removed by political arbitrariness.
ref: 2009 May 24, Paul Woodman, “The Nature of the Endonym”, in UN, page 2:
glosses: Of, relating to, or being a toponym, as:
Named after a geographical place.
glosses: Of, relating to, or being a toponym, as:
Named after an anatomical place (region or site).
qualifier: occasionally
Synonyms: toponymous
Related terms: topical
topography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈpɒɡɹəfi/
ipa: /təˈpɑɡɹəfi/
rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: topographies
Etymology: First attested in 1432. From Middle English topographye, from Latin topographia, from Ancient Greek τοπογραφία (topographía), from τόπος (tópos, “place”) + γράφω (gráphō, “I write”).
Senses: glosses: A precise description of a place.
glosses: A detailed graphic representation of the surface features of a place or object.
glosses: The features themselves; terrain.
glosses: The surveying of the features.
examples: text: With good humor if predictably, the emotional topography of the faire facilitates a kind of liberation from both the closet and the cruelty of high school cliquedom.
ref: 2014, Rachel Lee Rubin, Well Met: Renaissance Faires and the American Counterculture, page 283:
glosses: A figurative landscape; a structure of interrelated ideas, etc.
Related terms: basin and range topography
topograph
topographer
topographically
topographic prominence
topographic
topographical
topology
topometry
toponymy
seastar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seastars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sea star.
cat burglar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæt ˈbɜːɡlə/
ipa: /ˈkæt ˌbɝɡlɚ/
Forms: form: cat burglars
Etymology: From cat + burglar.
Senses: examples: text: The police were baffled by the exploits of a cat burglar who only stole from the upper floors of high-rise apartments.
glosses: A particularly stealthy burglar, especially one who gains undetected entry through the use of agility.
Derived terms: cat-burglar
cat-burglarize
cat burglary
cat-burgle
burglarproof
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɝɡlɚˌpɹuf/
Etymology: From burglar + -proof.
Senses: glosses: as secure as possible against burglary
devise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈvaɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Forms: form: devises
Etymology: From Middle French devise. Doublet of device.
Senses: glosses: The act of leaving real property in a will.
examples: text: Fines upon devises were still exacted.
ref: 1834–1874, George Bancroft, History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent, volume (please specify |volume=I to X), Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company [et al.], →OCLC:
glosses: Such a will, or a clause in such a will.
glosses: The real property left in such a will.
examples: text: I don't know how I got to be so sour on life, but I'm constantly in solitary confinement of my own devise, […]
ref: 2010, Carl Anderson, Fragments of a Scattered Brain, →ISBN, page 83:
glosses: Design, devising.
Derived terms: point-devise
residuary devise
Related terms: device
devising
ocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒkə/
rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ockers
Etymology: From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). More at oker.
Senses: glosses: Interest on money; usury; increase.
ocker
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒkə/
rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ockers
form: ockering
form: ockered
form: ockered
Etymology: From Middle English ocker, oker, from Old Norse ókr (“usury”), from Proto-Germanic *wōkraz (“progeny, earnings, profit”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weg- (“to add, increase”). More at oker.
Senses: glosses: To increase (in price); add to.
Derived terms: ockerer
ockering
ocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒkə/
rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ockers
Etymology: From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname.
Senses: examples: text: But Willesee was finding that entertaining ockers were in short supply. Ockers who could fart and belch and drop their trousers were plentiful. There was no shortage of ockers who could sing bawdy songs and abuse Poms and chunder on cue.
ref: 1987, James Oram, Hogan: The Story of a Son of Oz, page 69:
text: In terms of formal ‘experimentation’ Williamson proved to be the most conservative; Don′s Party was the most realist of contemporary texts. Here, an entire tribe of Ockers may be observed within the confines of the suburban sprawl.
ref: 1990, “Meanjin”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 49, University of Melbourne, page 139:
text: For many Australians, the screen persona of the character actor Bill Hunter, who has died of cancer aged 71, was the archetypal "ocker", an uncultivated Australian working man who enjoys beer, "barbies", Aussie rules football and V8 supercars.
ref: 2011 May 23, Ronald Bergan, The Guardian:
glosses: A boorish or uncultivated Australian.
Derived terms: ockerdom
ockerette
ockerina
ockering
ockerisation
ockerise
ockerised
ockerish
ockerism
ockerist
ockerland
ocker up
ocker
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒkə/
rhymes: -ɒkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: more ocker
form: most ocker
Etymology: From Ocker, pet form of the name Oscar; popularised in a series of television sketches where the word was used as a general nickname.
Senses: examples: text: page 44: What a contrast was Jack Hibberd's next exercise—from highbrow obscurantism to a show that was to spray the audiences of a score of theatres with the ockerest of ocker humour and set them going off to tell their friends. It was a play destined to set Jack Hibberd on the road to legendary popularity and financial wealth (in playwright terms, anyway).
ref: 1973, Leslie Rees, A History of Australian Drama: Australian drama in the 1970s, Sydney: Angus & Robertson:
text: I sidled up to a particularly Ocker character on the edge of a group and nervously explained my mission.
ref: 1984, Sandra Jobson, Blokes, page 11:
text: ‘Non-erotic male bonding, that’s the thing isn’t it; what our ocker cousins call “mateyness”.’
ref: 1992Will Self, Cock and Bull, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Dave comes across like an ocker Australian.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, page 182:
text: In addition to these specialist skills he showed his individuality at school where he preferred karate to rugby and when his more ocker classmates went to celebrate in pubs he went with a friend to Chinese restaurants.
ref: 2007, Phillip William Hughes, Opening Doors to the Future: Stories of Prominent Australians and the Influence of Teachers, page 133:
text: Singo′s subsequent campaigns became more creative, developing a louder, brasher, and decidedly more ocker image in the process.
ref: 2008, Robert Crawford, But Wait, There's More!: A History of Australian Advertising, 1900-2000, page 179:
text: His name is Bob Snapes, and you don′t get any more ocker than him.
ref: 2008, David P. Reiter, Primary Instinct, page 93:
text: Melbourne surf shop Mordy Surf triggered outrage after posting the YouTube clip, in which an ocker man says he is "gonna get a glass and smash it on some poof", on its website.
ref: 2011 January 25, Emily Portell, Herald Sun, Melbourne:
glosses: Uncultivated; boorish.
Related terms: Ocker
leave someone to their own devices
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: leaves someone to their own devices
form: leaving someone to their own devices
form: left someone to their own devices
form: left someone to their own devices
Senses: examples: text: Left to my own devices, I'll spend hours staring into space, just thinking.
text: Let's leave her to her own devices and see what she comes up with.
text: ‘Forgive me,’ he said to the girl, ‘while I telephone to the Dubernes. I must arrange my rendezvous for dinner tonight. Are you sure you won't mind being left to your own devices this evening?’
ref: 1953, Ian Fleming, Casino Royale, page 32:
text: But surely one of the most often-heard complaints this past year or so, not only from passengers and traders, but from many of these selfsame railwaymen, is that the latter are left too much to their own devices to sort out their problems as best they can; [...].
ref: 1963 February, “Nobody runs this railway, mate”, in Modern Railways, page 75:
glosses: to leave alone, unsupervised, without assistance.
Related terms: fend for oneself
unsupervised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsupervised
form: most unsupervised
Etymology: From un- + supervised.
Senses: examples: text: unsupervised learning
text: Stop letting your children run around unsupervised!
text: A reminder:
Students are not allowed to visit each other's quarters, or to meet in rooms unsupervised by staff. Students are also forbidden from extranet communication without approval by senior staff members.
ref: 2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Lesuss:
glosses: Not supervised; not being constantly observed.
handheld
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: All three listened intently as the tech guy demonstrated where to find the on-off switch on the handheld microphone.
ref: 2022, Jane Harper, Exiles, page 123:
glosses: Alternative form of hand-held.
Derived terms: handheld console
handheld terminal
handheld
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: handhelds
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hand-held.
user name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: user names
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of username.
TLD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TLDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of top-level domain.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of thermoluminescent detector.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of thermoluminescent device.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of thermoluminescent dosimeter.
Derived terms: ccTLD
geoTLD
grTLD
gTLD
pseudo-TLD
sTLD
tTLD
Côte d'Ivoire
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkəʊt diːˈvwɑː/
ipa: /ˌkoʊt diˈvwɑɹ/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French Côte d'Ivoire.
Senses: glosses: The Ivory Coast, a country in West Africa.
Synonyms: sense: Ivory Coast
word: Republic of Côte d'Ivoire
Hypernyms: Subsahara
Derived terms: Côte d'Ivoirian
Related terms: word: Ivorian
english: citizen or resident
translation: citizen or resident
word: Ivoirian
white elephant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: white elephants
Etymology: In Siam, elephants were working animals. However, white (albino) elephants were considered sacred and therefore were not to be put to work. The owner was then left to feed the elephant but could get no work from it. It is said that the King of Siam used to make a present of a white elephant to courtiers he wanted to ruin.
Senses: glosses: An albino elephant.
examples: text: South Australia's "white elephant" was really going to prove a valuable possession after all!
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 140:
text: Some of the stadiums being built for the World Cup soccer tournament, scheduled for next year, have also been criticized for delays and cost overruns, and have become subjects of derision as protesters question whether they will become white elephants.
ref: 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013:
text: In your story about Chinese success, you spend a lot of time on the shadow side of these big projects. Some of these projects look like white elephants. They look like airports built when there aren’t enough people flying or apartment blocks built that lots of people don’t want to live in.
ref: 2025 September 4, Ross Douthat, “This Is Why America Is Losing to China”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: A possession that is unwanted or is a financial burden; an unprofitable investment.
Derived terms: white elephant exchange
white elephant sale
Related terms: english: unprofitable program
translation: unprofitable program
word: boondoggle
‘
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: examples: text: PRINTED FOR RICHARD PHILLIPS, BRIDGE STREET, BLACKFRIARS, BY B. M‘MILLAN, BOW STREET, COVENT GARDEN.
ref: 1809, A Voyage to the Demerary, Containing a Statistical Account of the Settlements there, and of Those on the Essequebo, the Berbice, and Other Contiguous Rivers of Guyana, London, →OCLC:
text: So saying, she sate down at a little distance upon the bench on which Allan M‘Aulay was placed, and tuning her clairshach, a small harp, about thirty inches in height, she accompanied it with her voice.
ref: 1819, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter VI, in Tales of My Landlord, Third Series. […], volume III (A Legend of Montrose), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 274:
text: An’ Willie, the poet, o’ paper run scant, / Has spoilt a’ his auld minnie’s wa’s wi’ his scribblery, / Wi’ a burned stick end he has written a rant— / They’re black as the deevil wi’ Meggie M‘Givelry.
ref: 1847, John Halliday, “Meggie M‘Givelry”, in The Rustic Bard, or, A Voice from the People; Being Miscellaneous Poems and Songs, Galashiels: James Brown, […], page 319:
glosses: Indicating the omission of the letters ac in the patronymic Mac-, or the letter c in the patronymic Mc-.
’
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: examples: tho’, they’ll, ’65, ’ospital
glosses: Indicating the omission of letters or digits.
tantalic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the hydrated form of tantalum oxide, Ta₂O₅
Related terms: tantalate
tartaric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tartaric acids
Etymology: From Medieval Latin tartarum (“tartar”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The aldaric acid, 2,3 dihydroxy-succinic acid, that occurs naturally in many plants, in wine and in tamarind; it is used as the salts cream of tartar and Rochelle salt.
Synonyms: word: erythraric acid
word: uvic acid
word: E334 when used as an antioxidant
Related terms: tartrate
escapade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕs'kə-pād'
ipa: /ˈɛskəˌpeɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: escapades
Etymology: Borrowed from French escapade (“the act of escaping; a trick”), itself borrowed from Old Spanish escapada, from escapar (“to escape”), from Vulgar Latin *excappāre.
Senses: examples: text: The Manner of living among the Portugueze here is, with the utmost Frugality and Temperance. […] The beſt of them (excepting the Governor now and then) neither pay nor receive any Viſits of Eſcapade or Recreation; […]
ref: 1724, Charles Johnson [pseudonym], “Of Captain Howel Davis, and His Crew”, in A General History of the Pyrates, […], 2nd edition, London: Printed for, and sold by T. Warner, […], →OCLC, page 202:
text: [Nobody] stood more confounded than Oldbuck at this sudden escapade of his nephew. "Is the devil in him," was his first exclamation, "to go to disturb the brute?"
ref: 1816, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 9, in The Antiquary - Volume II:
text: He is always doing something to make himself notorious. There was that breach-of-promise case, and that fight at the political meeting, and his escapades at Monte Carlo.
ref: 1918, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 1, in Piccadilly Jim:
text: Glass breaks, the dimming lights / Sweat, heat and profane debate / The smart ones stay on the outside / While drunken heads and arms erupt / Centered man swings a punch / Spits a tooth, postures odd / A punk rock escapade / Five bucks a head to be king dick in the crowd / We are the ones who must sport the position / Cheap beer, trendy clicks / Lesbian love is accepted and right / Shaved heads meet hair in the mix / Blending the 80's and 90's with hate
ref: 1996, “The Underground in America”, in Pantera (music), The Great Southern Trendkill, performed by Pantera, track 10:
text: He seems on the verge of winning the New York Senate election when the New York Post runs a photo of David’s exposed butt in a mooning escapade from his college days.
ref: 2011 March 4, Richard Corliss, "The Adjustment Bureau" (film review), Time (retrieved 23 March 2014)
glosses: A daring or adventurous act; an undertaking which goes against convention.
Derived terms: sexcapade
Related terms: escape
tartrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tartrates
Etymology: From tartaric acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of tartaric acid.
Derived terms: calcium tartrate
detartrate
hemitartrate
potassium antimonyl tartrate
sodium tartrate
tartaric
cream of tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Potassium hydrogen tartrate (also called potassium bitartrate), a byproduct of wine manufacture, used in baking powder and in cooking to stabilize beaten egg whites.
Derived terms: cream of tartar bread
cream of tartar tree
tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tärʹ-tər
ipa: /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/
enpr: tärʹ-tər
ipa: /ˈtɑː.tə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
homophone: tarter
Forms: form: tartars
Etymology: From Old French tartre, from Medieval Latin tartarum, from Byzantine Greek τάρταρον (tártaron), said to be from Arabic دُرْدِيّ (durdiyy), though it is already found in Pelagonius’s Ars veterinaria 46 in the adjective tartarālis, if the reading is correct. Arabic etymon from Persian درد (dord, “dreg”) from Proto-Iranian *dr̥ti- (“manure, feces”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰṛ-to-, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreyd- (“to have diarrhea”), whence also doublet of dirt.
Senses: glosses: A red compound deposited during wine making; mostly potassium hydrogen tartrate — a source of cream of tartar.
glosses: A hard yellow deposit on the teeth, formed from dental plaque.
Derived terms: cream of tartar
cream of tartar bread
detartrate
hemitartrate
salt of tartar
tartar emetic
tartareous
tartaric
tartarine
tartarization
tartarize
tartaroborate
tartarous
tartralic
tartramic
tartramide
tartrate
tartrazine
tartrelic
tartronate
tartronic
tartronyl
tartrovinic
tartar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tärʹ-tər
ipa: /ˈtɑɹ.tɚ/
enpr: tärʹ-tər
ipa: /ˈtɑː.tə/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
homophone: tarter
Forms: form: tartars
Etymology: From figurative use of Tartar.
Senses: examples: text: Mrs. Begg said she liked Mrs. Dain, who was a sensible woman and a first-rate housewife, but that Gabrielle was a tartar.
ref: 1929, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 3, in The Dain Curse, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 28:
glosses: A fearsome or angrily violent person.
Derived terms: tartar sauce
baking powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baking powders
form: baking-powder
Senses: glosses: A dry leavening agent used in baking; a mixture of baking soda, an acid (often cream of tartar) and starch to keep it dry; when wetted, carbon dioxide is released.
Related terms: self-raising flour
leavening agent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leavening agents
Senses: synonyms: leaven
leavening
raising agent
glosses: Any organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked.
Related terms: leavened
unleavened
self-raising flour
sour mash
starter
leavening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of leaven
leavening
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leavenings
Senses: examples: text: For these lighter leavenings of the heavy dough of debate, members were in Sir Winston's debt.
ref: 1956, Charlie Lewis Broad, Winston Churchill, Architect of Victory and of Peace, page 623:
glosses: The process by which something is leavened.
glosses: Synonym of leavening agent.
synonyms: word: leavening agent
Related terms: leaven
unleavened
leavening
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Making light by aeration.
vertical bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vertical bars
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
synonyms: bar
pipe
pipe key
vertical line
virgule
glosses: The symbol |.
Hyponyms: Sheffer stroke
Derived terms: broken vertical bar
Related terms: broken bar