cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
crossgrade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: crossgrades
form: crossgrading
form: crossgraded
form: crossgraded
form: cross-grade
Etymology: Blend of cross- + upgrade
Senses: examples: text: Also if you are “crossgrading” from another platform such as Apple Logic, Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU) Digital Performer, or Steinberg Cubase, you may be looking for features or trying to use keyboard commands that you are used to and wondering where these are in Pro Tools.
ref: 2009, Mike Collins, Pro Tools 8, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 7:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: downgrade
upgrade
glosses: To upgrade (a software application) so that it is able to run on a different platform.
topics: business
glosses: To switch from an existing subscription to one at the same price or service level.
crossgrade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossgrades
form: cross-grade
Etymology: Blend of cross- + upgrade
Senses: examples: text: If you install the upgrade or cross-grade first and then perform your migration, you may accidentally wind up with corrupted application settings.
ref: 2009, Elna Tymes, Charles Prael, Switching to Microsoft Windows 7, Que Publishing, →ISBN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An upgrade of a software application that enables it to run on a different platform.
topics: business
glosses: A switch from an existing subscription to one at the same price or service level.
abstract idea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: abstract ideas
Senses: qualifier: metaphysics
glosses: An idea separated from a complex object, or from other ideas which naturally accompany it; as the solidity of marble when contemplated apart from its color or figure.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see abstract, idea.
Esther
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕsʹtər
ipa: /ˈɛstə/
enpr: ĕsʹtər
ipa: /ˈɛstɚ/
rhymes: -ɛstə(ɹ)
homophone: ester
homophone: str
Forms: form: Ester
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ (Esthḗr), from Biblical Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר (ʾestēr). Has been connected to Old Persian 𐎠𐎿𐎫𐎼 (a-s-t-r /⁠star-⁠/, “star”) (whence Middle Persian 𐭮𐭲𐭫 (stl /⁠star⁠/, “star”), 𐭮𐭲𐭠𐭫𐭪 (stʾlk /⁠stārag⁠/, “star”), Persian ستاره (sitāra /setâre, “star”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (if so, a distant doublet of star); or else to Akkadian 𒀭𒈹 (Ištar, “Ishtar”) (Hebrew עִשְׁתָּר (ʿištār)).
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Persian.
glosses: A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
examples: text: And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Esther 2:7:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The heroine of the Book of Esther.
Derived terms: Estherville
Related terms: Essie
Hester
Hettie
Hetty
Vanessa
subscription
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/
Forms: form: subscriptions
Etymology: From Latin subscriptiō.
Senses: examples: text: subscription fee
text: I have a monthly subscription to the Daily Telegraph newspaper.
text: My library subscription is about to expire.
text: The Society, which is a non-profit-making organisation, is inviting enthusiasts to become members at a minimum annual subscription of £1.
ref: 1951 April, “Preservation of the Talyllyn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 218:
text: Cancel my subscription to the Resurrection / Send my credentials to the House of Detention / I got some friends inside
ref: 1967, “When the Music’s Over”, in Strange Days, performed by The Doors:
glosses: Access to a resource for a period of time, generally for payment.
glosses: The formal acceptance of something, especially when verified with a signature.
glosses: The signing of one's name.
glosses: Contributing or promising to contribute money to a common fund.
Derived terms: subscription box
subscription trap
horticulture
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔː.tɪˌkʌl.tʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhɔɹ.tɪˌkʌl.t͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: horticultures
Etymology: 17th century, from the Latin word hortus (“garden”) + culture (on the model of agriculture).
Senses: examples: text: Let any one compare the fruit of one of the largest varieties exhibited at our Shows with that of the wild wood strawberry, or, which will be a fairer comparison, with the somewhat larger fruit of the wild American Virginian Strawberry, and he will see what prodigies horticulture has effected.
ref: 1868, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 351:
glosses: The art or science of cultivating gardens; gardening.
glosses: Small-scale agriculture.
Derived terms: agrohorticulture
horsiculture
horticultural
horticulturally
horticulturism
horticulturist
horticultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more horticultural
form: most horticultural
Etymology: From horticulture + -al.
Senses: examples: text: Throughout the garden there was, indeed, much arrangement, and much art; from the water-jet, trained to fling its silvery cascade, to the yew trees shaped into peacocks; still it was arrangement prompted by taste, and art that loved the nature which it guided. And if the horticultural skill, on which Mrs Churchill piqued herself, might have escaped the stranger's observation, the little knot now gathered before her terrace would inevitably have caught his attention.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, pages 34–35:
glosses: Of or pertaining to horticulture; connected with gardening.
Derived terms: agrihorticultural
agrohorticultural
horticulturalism
horticulturalist
horticulturally
horticultural vinegar
nonhorticultural
Related terms: horticulturist
horticulture
horticulturally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From horticultural + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Ripeness can be trusted. Young women are green. I spoke horticulturally. My metaphor was drawn from fruits.
ref: 1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest […] , [Act II]:
glosses: With respect to horticulture.
Related terms: horticulturist
horticultural
horticulture
horticulturist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horticulturists
Etymology: From horticulture + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: […] [I]nfected tulips are weakened by the viruses that cause the very patterns and swirls that fascinated horticulturists and investors in the first place.
ref: 2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening):
synonyms: horticultor
glosses: A gardener; a person interested in or practicing horticulture.
Related terms: horticultural
horticulturally
horticulture
horticulturism
horticulturalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horticulturalists
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of horticulturist.
abstract terms
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abstract term
positive sense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: referring to an RNA strand that can serve directly as messenger RNA and be transcribed into DNA.
abstract numbers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abstract number
basso profondo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basso profondos
Etymology: From Italian basso profondo (“deep bass”).
Senses: examples: text: I am normally a low baritone, almost basso profundo [sic], but under certain kinds of provocations my voice disappears into the higher registers, perhaps into the bat range.
ref: 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 40:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A singer with a bass voice of the lowest range.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A bass voice of the lowest range.
glasshouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡlɑːshaʊs/
ipa: /ˈɡlæshaʊs/
enpr: glăsʹhous
Forms: form: glasshouses
Etymology: From Middle English glasehows, glashous, glashows; equivalent to glass + house.
Senses: glosses: A greenhouse, especially one for commercial use.
examples: text: The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: A building where glass or glassware is manufactured.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A military prison.
Synonyms: english: chiefly domestic
translation: chiefly domestic
word: greenhouse
Related terms: people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
Irish Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A sea in British Isles, Europe in the Atlantic. A sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland; bordered to the north by the North Channel and to the south by St George's Channel and the Celtic Sea.
glosses: A sea area corresponding to this sea.
basso cantante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A voice with an upper range that is more developed than that of the basso profundo.
exfoliate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛksˈfoʊlieɪt/
ipa: /ɛksˈfəʊlieɪt/
Forms: form: exfoliates
form: exfoliating
form: exfoliated
form: exfoliated
Etymology: From Late Latin exfoliō (“I strip of leaves”), from ex- (“out of”) + folium (“leaf”); compare effoliate and French exfolier.
Senses: glosses: To remove the leaves from a plant.
glosses: To remove a layer of skin, as in cosmetic preparation.
topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To split into scales, especially to become converted into scales as the result of heat or decomposition.
Derived terms: exfoliable
exfoliant
exfoliatin
exfoliating
exfoliation
exfoliative
exfoliator
foliate
foliation
overexfoliate
unexfoliated
2moz
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Nonstandard spelling of tomorrow.
Davy
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪvi/
rhymes: -eɪvi
Forms: form: Davie
Senses: examples: text: Tell him, I'll knock his leek about his pate
Upon Saint Davy's day.
ref: 1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name David.
glosses: A surname originating as a patronymic derived from David.
Derived terms: Davy Crockett
Davy Jones
Davy Jones's locker
Davy lamp
Davy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪvi/
rhymes: -eɪvi
Forms: form: Davies
form: Davys
form: Davie
Senses: examples: text: […] the experience of more than one of the best-regulated collieries of the north of England, where a vast number of Davies are in daily use.
ref: 1845, The Literary Gazette:
glosses: A Davy lamp.
Manx Gaelic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mæŋks ˈɡælɪk/
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Manx (Goidelic language)
synonyms: word: Manx
extra: Goidelic language
sopranino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sopraninos
form: sopranini
Etymology: From Italian soprano + -ino (diminutive).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: a musical instrument, especially a saxophone or recorder, that is a pitch higher than the soprano instrument of its class
Derived terms: sopranino recorder
sopranino sax
sopranino saxophone
sopranino saxophonist
Davy Jones
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Davey Jones
form: Davie Jones
Etymology: Uncertain. See more at Davy Jones' Locker on Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: The spirit of the sea.
examples: text: The pirates made him walk the plank, sent him down to Davy Jones.
text: He got so frightened about his plaguy soul, that he shrinked and sheered away from whales, for fear of after-claps, in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: The sea bed, bottom of the ocean.
Related terms: Davy Jones's locker
clavichord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæv.ɪˌkɔːd/
ipa: /ˈklæv.ɪˌkɔɹd/
Forms: form: clavichords
Etymology: From German Klavichord, from Renaissance Latin clavichordium, from clāvis (“key”) + chorda (“cord, string”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: manichord
glosses: An early keyboard instrument producing a soft sound by means of metal blades (called tangents) attached to the inner ends of the keys gently striking the strings.
Coordinate terms: sense: instrument
word: harpsichord
sense: instrument
word: piano
sense: instrument
word: spinet
Derived terms: clavichordist
clavinet
Davy's locker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Davy Jones's locker.
British Crown dependency
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: possessions of the British Crown that are not overseas territories or colonies
Hyponyms: Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey
Davy lamp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Davy lamps
Etymology: Named after British chemist and inventor Humphry Davy (1778–1829), its inventor.
Senses: topics: business
mining
glosses: A miners' lamp or safety lamp used in coal mines to prevent explosions.
Coordinate terms: Geordie lamp
pyrokinesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpaɪroʊkɪˈniːsɪs/
Etymology: From pyro- + -kinesis.
Senses: topics: fantasy
literature
media
parapsychology
pseudoscience
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The ability to set objects or people on fire or to supernaturally project fire from one's own being through the concentration of psychic power; the power to control fire.
Related terms: pyrokinetic
pyrokinetically
dyb
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪb/
rhymes: -ɪb
homophone: dib
Forms: form: dybs
form: dybbing
form: dybbed
form: dybbed
form: dib
Etymology: Short for do your best. dyb (or dib) and dob were used as abbreviated forms of do your best and do our best in certain Scout chants.
Senses: examples: text: I used to get through the dibbing and dobbing all right but during the howling I usually rolled over backwards.
ref: 2009, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs, page 54:
text: 'I'm a scout,' she smiled at him. The boy, in his turn, stared at Sam. He'd heard somewhere that scouting had got more trendy lately, that it was more snowboarding and surfing than dib-dib-dibbing and doing old ladies' gardens.
ref: 2009, Wendy Holden, Beautiful People:
text: Why were there 212 fatalities at the first boy scout camp? There wasn't much dybbing and dobbing at Robert Baden-Powell's first scout camp as the camp in question was in Mafeking and took place during a particularly nasty siege[…]
ref: 2009, Justin Pollard, The Interesting Bits:
qualifier: scouting
glosses: In the scouting movement, to chant dyb, meaning "do your best" (to follow the scouting laws).
Bragg scattering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bragg scatterings
Etymology: Named after William Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg, who proposed the idea in 1913.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the diffraction phenomenon exhibited by a crystal bombarded with X-rays in such a way that each plane of the crystal lattice acts as a reflector.
Related terms: Bragg's law
negative sense
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: of an RNA strand that is complementary to the positive sense and not transcribed into DNA.
Synonyms: antisense
niqab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪˈkɑːb/
ipa: /nɪˈkæb/
rhymes: -ɑːb
rhymes: -æb
Forms: form: niqabs
form: nikab
form: niqaab
form: niqāb
Etymology: From Arabic نِقَاب (niqāb).
Senses: examples: text: Holonym: hijab
text: Full face veils, known as the niqab, are banned in all French public spaces including public transport and parks, streets and administrative buildings.
ref: 2022 June 21, Joseph Ataman and Tara Subramaniam, “French court confirms ban on ‘burkinis’ in city’s swimming pools”, in CNN:
synonyms: yashmak
coordinate_terms: abaya
burqa
chador
shayla
glosses: A veil which covers the face (except for the eyes), worn by some Muslim women as a part of sartorial hijab.
Derived terms: niqabed
Bragg's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Bragg diffraction was first proposed by Lawrence Bragg and his father William Henry Bragg in 1913.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A law that equates the angle (θ) between the incident and scattered ray to the spacing (d) between the crystal planes and the wavelength (λ) of the radiation - nλ=2d sin (θ),
Related terms: Bragg scattering
Bragg angle
aniconism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ænˈaɪkənɪzəm/
Etymology: From an- + icon + -ism.
Senses: glosses: A prohibition against artists depicting religious figures such as divinities, prophets, or anything that can be worshiped.
glosses: More broadly, a prohibition against all forms of visual artwork and photography.
Related terms: aniconic
aniconist
iconism
iconoclasm
platinum arsenide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An opaque white mineral, PtAs₂.
Synonyms: sperrylite
fishbowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fishbowls
Etymology: From fish + bowl.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fish bowl.
simpler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪm.pəl.ə/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.plə/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.pəl.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.plɚ/
Senses: examples: text: During the first year or so of British Railways, some of the simpler and more obvious inter-regional transfers of outlying sections were effected, such as those of the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway from the London Midland Region to the Eastern Region; the South Wales lines of the former L.M.S.R. to the Western Region; the Carlisle-Silloth branch (an L.N.E.R. legacy of a North British "border raid") to the London Midland, and so on.
ref: 1951 April, D. S. Barrie, “British Railways: A Survey, 1948-1950”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 224:
glosses: comparative form of simple: more simple, less complicated or challenging.
simpler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪm.pəl.ə/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.plə/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.pəl.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈsɪm.plɚ/
Forms: form: simplers
Senses: examples: text: One of the great pleasures in botany is, to produce a rather uncommon plant to those who know it to be curious; but the English botanist will not have much satisfaction in shewing it to a simpler, who is not acquainted with it under the name given by Gerard or Ray.
ref: 1781, Daines Barrington, Miscellanies, Essay VII, On the Linnæan System, page 273
text: … may with no great impropriety be termed going a simpling; but with this special difference, that your field simpler never picks up a nettle for a marsh-mallow; a mistake which your tour simpler is very liable to.
ref: 1833, William Hogarth, Anecdotes of William Hogarth: written by himself, page 48:
glosses: One who grows or gathers simples (medicinal herbs).
Synonyms: simplist
bang on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bang on
form: most bang on
form: bang-on
Senses: examples: text: So I can truly say that God's Perfect Timing is more bang-on than GMT or IST or EST or any other manmade time —He is never too early and He is never too late!
ref: 2005, June A. Valladares, Ideate with June A. Valladares, page 77:
text: “[…]A case of gambling addiction — what could be more bang on in a place like Las Vegas?”
ref: 2009, Steven Manners, Valley of Fire, page 22:
synonyms: on the mark
on the money
spot on
glosses: Precisely accurate; exactly appropriate or fitting; spot on.
bang on
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: bang-on
Senses: examples: text: I managed to arrive bang on five o’clock.
text: She’s bang on the dot, as usual.
glosses: Exactly at
Derived terms: bang on the money
bang on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bangs on
form: banging on
form: banged on
form: banged on
form: bang-on
Senses: examples: text: I started recycling, just so she’d stop banging on about it.
text: Give it a rest! You've been banging on all day.
text: Morgan said: ‘Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarising, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it.'
ref: 2014 February 24, “CNN axes Piers Morgan Live with final show due to air next month as British presenter admits Americans 'tired of hearing me bang on about gun control'”, in Daily Mail, retrieved 29 Jul 2014:
glosses: To talk about something constantly and tiresomely.
corolla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈɹoʊlə/
ipa: /kəˈɹɑlə/
ipa: /kəˈɹəʊlə/
ipa: /kəˈɹɒlə/
Forms: form: corollas
form: corollae
form: corollæ
Etymology: From Latin corōlla (“small garland, chaplet or wreath”), diminutive of corōna (“garland, chaplet, wreath”).
Senses: examples: text: Our wet fingers touched and we formed a circle like the corolla of a flower, floating into the silence of the desert dawn with the ancient sun on our bodies.
ref: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 125:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The outermost-but-one whorl of a flower, composed of petals, when it is not the same in appearance as the outermost whorl (the calyx); it usually comprises the petal, which may be fused.
Derived terms: corollet
corolliferous
corolliform
paracorolla
Related terms: corolline
corollate
corollaceous
petal
perianth
tepal
calyx
sepal
culpability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkʌlpəˈbɪləti/
Forms: form: culpabilities
Etymology: From Middle French culpabilité.
Senses: glosses: The degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offence.
glosses: The amount of liability for a fault or wrongdoing.
Derived terms: inculpability
Related terms: culpable
tepal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: tĕp'(ə)l
ipa: /ˈtɛp(ə)l/
ipa: /ˈtiːp(ə)l/
rhymes: -ɛpəl
rhymes: -iːpəl
Forms: form: tepals
Etymology: From French tépale, from New Latin tēpalum, coined 1827 by transposition of French pétale (“petal”).
Senses: examples: text: 1982, H. Q. Varekamp (translator and editor), Z. Botschantzeva, Tulips: Taxonomy, Morphology, cytology, phytogeography and physiology, page 27,
In Tulipa the pubescent tips of the tepals are quite interesting in particular those of T. fosteriana. The top of the tepal is initiated and develops before the reflexed, lateral parts.
text: The species bears creamy white flowers with a yellow base and tepals often streaked with rose-pink.
ref: 2001, Barbara W. Ellis, Taylor's Guide to Bulbs, page 400:
text: In our material of T. bulbosa, the abaxial outer tepal was larger at its inception than the lateral ones (Fig 8.4C), whereas the primordia of the outer tepals are of nearly equal size in both T. barrelieri (Fig 8.5E) and T. palustris (not shown).
ref: 2013, Margarita V. Remizowa, Dmitry D. Sokoloff, Paula J. Rudall, “8: Patterns of bract reduction in racemose inflorescences of early-divergent monocots”, in Paul Wilkin, Simon J. Mayo, editors, Early Events in Monocot Evolution, page 194:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any component of the perianth (outermost whorls of flower parts, not involved in reproduction), especially when the components are not distinguished into sepals and petals.
Related terms: petal
sepal
calyx
corolla
superscript
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superscripts
Etymology: From Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus (“written above”). By surface analysis, super- + script.
Senses: examples: text: In x², the 2 written in superscript means “to the power of two”.
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: A type of lettering form that appears as a number, figure, or symbol above the normal line of type, located at the right or left of another symbol or text.
superscript
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus (“written above”). By surface analysis, super- + script.
Senses: glosses: Placed above the normal line of text.
superscript
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: superscripts
form: superscripting
form: superscripted
form: superscripted
Etymology: From Middle French superscript, from Latin superscriptus (“written above”). By surface analysis, super- + script.
Senses: examples: text: The ambient or unsaturated value of a variable is superscripted with a "*".
ref: 1987, Pragasen Pillay, “Permanent magnet synchronous motor drives and brushless DC motor drives for servo applications”, Conference Record of the 1987 IEEE Industry Applications Society Annual Meeting (Part I), IEEE, page 387
topics: mathematics
media
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: To provide with a superscript.
raw_tags: of a variable
examples: text: Select the number or letter you want to superscript and, in the Font dialog box, enter an Offset percentage to tell PowerPoint how high to raise the number or letter.
ref: 2011, Peter Weverka, PowerPoint 2007 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies:
topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: To convert to a superscript form.
raw_tags: of a text
Related terms: word: ª
word: º
roman: superscript n
word: ⁿ
roman: superscript 1
word: ¹
roman: superscript 2
word: ²
roman: superscript 3
word: ³
word: reference mark
Marta
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑː(ɹ)tə/
Senses: glosses: A female given name, variant of Martha.
glosses: A transliteration of the Macedonian, Russian, or Ukrainian female given name Ма́рта (Márta)
Derived terms: Santa Marta
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
orchiectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ôr'kē-ĕk'tə-mē
ipa: /ˌɔːɹkiːˈɛktəmi/
rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: orchiectomies
form: orchidectomy
form: orchie
form: orchi
Etymology: From Latin orchis + -ectomy.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
synonyms: word: testectomy
word: castration
english: not necessarily surgical or medical
translation: not necessarily surgical or medical
word: gelding
raw_tags: of an animal
glosses: The surgical removal of one or both testes.
Hypernyms: bottom surgery
gonadectomy
neutering
sterilization
Derived terms: orchiectomize
postorchiectomy
Related terms: testiclectomy
naira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nairas
form: naira
Etymology: A contraction of Nigeria, coined by Federal Commissioner for Finance Obafemi Awolowo.
Senses: examples: text: "We will not tolerate this. We gave them enough time to purchase helmets. Six months ago the price of helmets was below 800 naira so complaints about non-availability and high prices are no excuse," he told Reuters.
ref: 2009 January 7, Mike Oboh, “Nigerian bikers wear fruit shells to avoid helmet law”, in Reuters:
text: ‘Five naira for one small cup. The big one is ten naira.’
ref: 2019, Chigozie Obioma, An Orchestra of Minorities, Abacus (2019), page 37:
related: word: mul:₦
glosses: The official currency of Nigeria. Equal to 100 kobo. (The naira replaced the pound in 1973.)
wikipedia: Obafemi Awolowo
accelerating force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accelerating forces
Senses: glosses: The force which causes accelerated motion.
accelerated motion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accelerated motions
Senses: topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Motion with a continually increasing velocity.
Frenched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Frenched
form: most Frenched
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Pertaining to servings of meat that have stylishly exposed bone protruding from them (meat with bones that have been French trimmed)
Frenched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of French
Frenching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of French
Frenching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of frenching (“disease of cotton”).
Frenches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of French
abastardize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /eɪˈbæs.tɚˌdaɪz/
Forms: form: abastardizes
form: abastardizing
form: abastardized
form: abastardized
form: abastardise
Etymology: From Middle French abastardir, from Old French a- + bastart (“bastard”).
Senses: glosses: To stigmatize as a bastard; debase.
abastardizing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abastardize
abastardizes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abastardize
abastardized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abastardize
abastard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: abastards
form: abastarding
form: abastarded
form: abastarded
Senses: glosses: To abastardize.
abastarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abastard
abastards
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abastard
abastarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abastard
abduced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əbˈdjuːst/
ipa: /æbˈdust/
ipa: /æbˈdjust/
ipa: /əbˈdust/
ipa: /əbˈdjust/
rhymes: -uːst
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abduce
abducing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /abˈdju.sɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abduce
abduces
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /æbˈduˈsəs/
ipa: /æbˈdjuˈsəs/
ipa: /əbˈduˈsəs/
ipa: /əbˈdjuˈsəs/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abduce
abears
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abear
abears
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abear
abeared
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abear
aberred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aberr
aberring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aberr
aberrs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aberr
gymnastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪmˈnæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: gymnastick
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gymnasticus. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gymnastics.
examples: text: gymnastic dialogues
glosses: Of or pertaining to the gymnasia (ancient Greek schools).
Derived terms: gymnastically
hydrogymnastic
nongymnastic
swimnastic
ungymnastic
gymnastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪmˈnæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: gymnastics
form: gymnastick
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin gymnasticus. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A gymnast.
aberrating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of aberrate
aberrates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of aberrate
aberrated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The most distressing cases are those where the patch assumes a different colour from that of the trousers (dissimilitas coloris). In this instance the mind of the patient is found to be in a sadly aberrated condition.
ref: 1910, Stephen Leacock, Literary Lapses, A New Pathology:
glosses: abnormal; irregular; atypical
Derived terms: nonaberrant
aberrated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of aberrate
abjected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abject
abjected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That has been cast off or rejected.
Derived terms: abjectedness
abjecting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abject
abjects
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abject
abjects
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abject
leisurewear
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From leisure + -wear.
Senses: synonyms: word: playclothes
glosses: Clothing worn for leisure or as general casual wear.
Derived terms: athleisurewear
ablaqueating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ablaqueate
ablaqueates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ablaqueate
ablaqueated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ablaqueate
remanded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of remand
remanding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of remand
remands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of remand
remands
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of remand
abled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.bl̩d/
Forms: form: more abled
form: most abled
Etymology: Back-formation from disabled.
Senses: glosses: Having a range of physical powers as specified.
Derived terms: abledness
differently abled
interabled
otherly abled
transabled
abled
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.bl̩d/
Forms: form: ableds
Etymology: Back-formation from disabled.
Senses: examples: text: As a disabled person, there are many days I can't leave the house looking how I want to look, and I also have tics that make me look distinctly odd to ableds.
ref: 2022, Laura Erickson-Schroth, Trans Bodies, Trans Selves, page 87:
qualifier: among disabled people
glosses: A person who has no disability.
abled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.bl̩d/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of able
abling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of able
ables
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of able
abluting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of ablute
ablutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ablute
abluted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ablute
backformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backformations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of back-formation.
ablute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbluːt/
ipa: /əˈblut/
rhymes: -uːt
Forms: form: ablutes
form: abluting
form: abluted
form: abluted
Etymology: Back-formation from ablution.
Senses: glosses: To wash oneself.
glosses: To wash.
Derived terms: ablutive
unabluted
abnegates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of abnegate
abnegating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of abnegate
abnegated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of abnegate
bishoprick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bishopricks
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of bishopric.
protectionism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈtɛk.ʃə.nɪ.zəm/
rhymes: -ɛkʃənɪzəm
Forms: form: protectionisms
Etymology: Borrowed from French protectionnisme, equivalent to protection + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Take the New Right's full-throated embrace of protectionism and industrial policy. This romance with protectionism started in the 1990s with former GOP presidential candidate Pat Buchanan, gained enormous traction under former President Donald Trump, and is still going strong today.
ref: 2024 March 20, Veronique de Rugy, “The Political Right Has Luxury Beliefs, Too”, in Reason:
topics: economics
government
politics
sciences
glosses: A system or policy of protecting the domestic producers of a product from foreign competition by imposing tariffs, quotas, duties or other barriers on importations.
glosses: Linguistic purism.
Related terms: protectionist
missionary position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: missionary positions
Etymology: Supposed to have been originated by natives of the Trobriand Islands (who considered it improper), popularized by Alfred Kinsey.
Senses: synonyms: word: mish
glosses: A position for sexual intercourse in which the man and woman face each other, with the man on top.
wikipedia: Alfred Kinsey
giz
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡɪz/
rhymes: -ɪz
Senses: glosses: Pronunciation spelling of give us.
Related terms: gissa
gizza
gizzit
-ling
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪŋ/
Forms: form: -lyng
form: -lin
Etymology: From Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling, from Proto-West Germanic *-ling, from Proto-Germanic *-lingaz, a nominal suffix, probably composed of Proto-Germanic *-ilaz (agent/instrumental/diminutive suffix) + Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (patronymic suffix).
Akin to Dutch -ling, German -ling, Icelandic -lingur, Gothic -𐌻𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍃 (-liggs). More at -le, -ing.
Senses: glosses: small, immature, miniature
glosses: follower or resident
Derived terms: buckling
castling
darling
daughterling
doeling
duckling
earthling
fatling
fingerling
fledgling
fondling
goatling
godling
gosling
lambling
lordling
pigling
princeling
puffling
spiderling
sportling
swanling
vetchling
cageling
changeling
darkling
endling
firstling
foundling
hatchling
hireling
kindling
nestling
overling
ridgeling
sapling
seedling
shaveling
starveling
stripling
suckling
underling
weakling
wildling
witling
wordling
worldling
yearling
youngling
-ling
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪŋ/
Forms: form: -lings
form: -lin
Etymology: From Middle English -ling, from Old English -ling, -linga, -lunga (adverbial suffix). Compare -long.
Senses: glosses: An adverbial suffix denoting manner, direction or position.
Derived terms: darkling
flatling
headling
sideling
sunderling
Related terms: -en
-le
-ock
CEI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Central European Initiative.
glosses: Initialism of Cycle Engineers' Institute, one of three screw thread standards contributing to the Whitworth threads standards set.
CEI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: ref: 2014, “Erotic Girl 4 ALL Your Pleasures Are You SERIOUS About EDGING? JOI ? CEI ? Let's See How Much Will Power You Have”, in alt.penthouse.sex.femdom:
ref: 2015 May 23, Humiliate You, “Are You A Little Dick Man?? WANT Little Dick Humiliation - JOI with A Side of CEI”, in alt.sex.femdom (Usenet), retrieved 02 Feb 2022:
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of cum-eating instructions: written or recorded instructions directing a submissive to consume semen.
examples: text: Past operations, such as those that took down the child exploitation site Playpen, or current efforts to arrest purveyors of CEI on Freenet, seek to chase out what one Dark Web site admin called the “true black sheep” of these networks.
ref: 2018, Robert W. Gehl, Weaving the Dark Web: Legitimacy on Freenet, Tor, and I2P, Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, →ISBN, page 228:
glosses: Initialism of child exploitation images.
BSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of British Standard Fine, one of three screw thread standards contributing to the Whitworth threads standards set.
God Almighty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A calque of Hebrew אֵל שַׁדַּי (ʼĒl Shaddạy, “God Almighty”). See also god and almighty.
Senses: glosses: almighty God, omnipotent God, God the all-powerful
Synonyms: the Almighty
God Almighty
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: A calque of Hebrew אֵל שַׁדַּי (ʼĒl Shaddạy, “God Almighty”). See also god and almighty.
Senses: glosses: An exclamation of surprise or astonishment.
glosses: An exclamation of annoyance.
qualifier: drawn; last syllable held at same tone as penultimate; drawn; last syllable held at same tone as penultimate
glosses: An expression of resignation or spite.
raw_tags: with little emphasis
Synonyms: word: good God
word: Christ almighty
sense: expression of surprise
word: wow
doobie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈduːbi/
rhymes: -uːbi
Forms: form: doobies
Etymology: From doob + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: YO! Youse guys need to turn those frowns upside down, and I got just the thing for that… we call it… DOOBIE SNACKS!
ref: 2001, Kevin Smith, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, spoken by Jay (Jason Mewes):
text: In parts of the state, enjoying an occasional doobie is nowadays considered little different from sipping a Pinot Noir.
ref: 2010 October 14, “An altered state”, in The Economist:
text: [The] atmosphere […] was one part oxygen, four parts nitrogen, and seventeen parts doobie vapor.
ref: 2012 April 20, Dave Barry, Classic Dave Barry:
synonyms: word: joint
word: bifta
word: bifter
word: blunt
word: bogie
word: bomber
word: bone
word: bun
word: Camberwell carrot
word: doink
word: doinker
word: doob
word: doober
word: doobie
word: exotic cheroot
word: fatty
word: giggle stick
word: hogger
word: hooter
word: J
word: jazz cigarette
word: jay
word: jimmy
word: joint
word: juju
word: left-handed cigarette
word: muggle
word: number
word: phattie
word: reefer
word: roach
word: spiff
word: spliff
word: toke tube
word: torpedo
word: zol
word: zoot
glosses: A marijuana cigarette.
glosses: A cobbler-like fruit dessert.
imparting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of impart
imparting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: impartings
Senses: glosses: communication (a giving or sharing of information etc)
glosses: distribution (a sharing or division of something)
assimilating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: It was delightful to have so much to communicate, and yet to be so well understood. Then the contrast between the two gave that variety which attracts without assimilating.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 92–93:
glosses: present participle and gerund of assimilate
assimilating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: That assimilates
Derived terms: nonassimilating
unassimilating
caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæps/
rhymes: -æps
Senses: glosses: plural of cap
examples: text: device caps
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of capabilities.
caps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæps/
rhymes: -æps
Senses: glosses: Capital letters; capitals.
Derived terms: all caps
alternating caps
caps and small caps
capslock
initial caps
small caps
studly caps
caps
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæps/
rhymes: -æps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cap
pecking order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pecking orders
Etymology: Calque of German Hackordnung.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
glosses: The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings.
Synonyms: sense: societal structure
word: hierarchy
amateurish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæ.mə.t͡ʃʊɚ.ɪʃ/
ipa: /ˈæ.mə.tjʊɚ.ɪʃ/
Forms: form: more amateurish
form: most amateurish
Etymology: From amateur + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the photographs are new and interesting, but many captions are amateurish, uninformative or simply careless.
ref: 1964 September 24, “New Books: The History of Railways. By Erwin Berghaus. Barrie & Rockcliff. 35s.”, in Modern Railways, page 222:
text: Behind her on the wall was an amateurish painting of an old lady, set in an ornate antique frame.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 55:
text: Moreover, Trump’s use of obvious disinformation — the amateurish video he showed Ramaphosa, and his accompanying statements about the “over a thousand” killings of white farmers — to try and make his case has uprooted whatever U.S. credibility had survived over the last several months.
ref: 2025 May 27, Thomas Carothers, “A new low on US democracy support”, in POLITICO:
glosses: Suggesting or reflecting the efforts of an amateur; not seeming professional or polished.
Derived terms: amateurishly
amateurishness
unamateurish
Suzane
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, of rare usage, variant of Suzanne.
sour grapes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Aesop's fable The Fox and the Grapes, in which a fox, unable to reach grapes it is seeking, convinces itself that they must have been unripe (therefore, sour) all along and so not worth trying for in the first place.
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sour, grapes.
glosses: Things that somebody pretends to despise because they cannot obtain or have them.
examples: text: I think his comments about that new car are just sour grapes because he can't afford it.
text: Despite the egos of individual scientists, the jealousies and the sour grapes, science had worked pretty much the way it was supposed to.
ref: 2010, Naomi Oreskes, Erik M. Conway, chapter 2, in Merchants of Doubt:
text: His absence was a grievous setback for Liverpool, who had looked the more dangerous team until that point, and it would not be sour grapes for the losers to think that was the moment the game started to swing away from them.
ref: 2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: A putting down or expression of disdain about something that one desires but cannot have.
Related terms: accismus
backward rationalization
verjuice
bogged down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past of bog down