cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
straticulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The thick-bedded dolostone's straticulate character was brought out as fine etched parallel grooves on the broken surfaces by weathering.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Said of sedimentary rock exhibiting thin layers, whether or not they control how the rock breaks. Compare with laminated.
Related terms: strata
semidiameter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: semidiameters
Etymology: From Middle English semidiametre, semydiametre, from Medieval Latin sēmidiameter, equivalent to semi- + diameter.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The apparent radius of a star etc, when viewed from Earth.
examples: text: [B]etweene the ſphere of Saturne and the Firmament, there is ſuch an incredible and vaſt ſpace or diſtance (7000000. ſemidiameters of the earth, as Tycho [Brahe] calculates) void of ſtarres: [...]
ref: 1638, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Ayre Rectified. With a Digression of the Ayre.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy. […], 5th edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] [Robert Young, Miles Flesher, and Leonard Lichfield and William Turner] for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition 2, section 2, member 3, page 254:
glosses: A radius: half of a diameter.
Derived terms: semidiameter correction
sensitometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sensitometers
Senses: topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: An instrument used to measure the sensitivity of photographic film to light.
Related terms: sensitometric
sensitometry
solarimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solarimeters
Senses: glosses: A pyranometer.
pyranometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pyranometers
Senses: synonyms: solarimeter
glosses: An actinometer used to measure solar radiation incident on a surface.
sonometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sonometers
Etymology: From sono- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An audiometer (device for gauging the hearing).
glosses: An instrument for measuring sounds or their intervals by means of a sounding board with strings stretched above it, movable bridges, and weights for varying the tension.
spectrophotometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spectrophotometers
Etymology: From spectro- + photometer.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An instrument used to measure the intensity of electromagnetic radiation at different wavelengths.
Related terms: spectrometer
spectrophotometric
spectrophotometry
spectrophotometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From spectro- + photometric.
Senses: qualifier: analytical chemistry
glosses: Of, or relating to spectrophotometry, or measured by a spectrophotometer.
speedometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spɪˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /spiːˈdɒm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /spɪˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
ipa: /spiˈdɑ.mɪ.tɚ/
ipa: /spɪˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: /spiːˈdɔm.ɪ.tə(ɹ)/
note: Indic
ipa: /spiɖ.o.miʈə(r)/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: speedometers
form: speedometre
Etymology: From speed + -o- + -meter; by surface analysis, speed + -ometer.
Senses: examples: text: Although it might be thought that drivers would naturally refer constantly to the speedometer, older drivers who come to diesel driving after years of steam experience without the help of speedometers, as well as those on steam engines which have been equipped with speedometers in recent years, have not accustomed themselves to the constant use of this instrument.
ref: 1962 December 24, “Talking of Trains: Derailment at Lincoln”, in Modern Railways, page 375:
text: But even Apple, the company that cast aside tradition when it reinvented phones, music players and headphones, bows to convention when it comes to speedometers. It displayed a classically-styled speedometer that reached 160 mph, an auto industry norm.
That’s nearly twice the highest posted speed limit in the United States, 85 mph, on a stretch of highway in Texas. Why do our speedometers stretch to a speed that’s illegal, and only race-car drivers will ever reach?
ref: 2022 September 10, Matt McFarland, “Why your car’s speedometer goes up to 160 mph (even when your car can’t)”, in CNN Business:
synonyms: speedo
velocimeter
hypernyms: instrument
gauge
coordinate_terms: tachometer
tachograph
;
tach#Noun
tacho#Noun
glosses: An instrument located within the dashboard of a vehicle that measures and indicates the current speed of the vehicle.
glosses: Such a device incorporating an odometer.
Related terms: speeder
speeding
speed limit
spherometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spherometers
Etymology: From sphero- + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: More precisely, a spherometer directly measures a sagitta (distance between a point and a chord), allowing the radius of curvature to be calculated.
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A device used to measure the curvature of a surface, such as a lens.
spirometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spʌɪˈɹɒm.ɪt.ə/
ipa: /spaɪˈɹɑm.ət.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɒmɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spirometers
Etymology: From Latin spīro (“to breathe”) + -meter.
Senses: examples: text: In humans, a spirometer can be used to record and measure lung volumes and oxygen consumption (illustration 1).
ref: 2000, Michael Roberts, Michael Jonathan Reiss, Grace Monger, Advanced Biology, Nelson, page 170:
text: 2002, H. Nancy Holmes (editorial director), Illustrated Manual of Nursing Practice, Wolters Kluwer Health (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins), 3rd Edition, page 154,
While all spirometers encourage slow, sustained maximal inspiration, they can be divided into two types: flow incentive and volume incentive.
text: Wet-type spirometers (such as the classical bell spirometer with a water seal) are simple and accurate but are no longer in use as they have a hygiene problem; they are distinguished from dry-type spirometers (e.g., bellows or piston spirometer).
ref: 2005, E. Eber, M. S. Zach, “Spirometry: Volume-Time and Flow-Volume Curves”, in Jürg Hammer, Ernst Eber, editors, Paediatric Pulmonary Function Testing, Karger Publishers, page 95:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An instrument for measuring the air capacity of the lungs.
Related terms: spirometric
spirometry
pneumatometer
pneumometer
strainometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: strainometers
Etymology: From strain + -o- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An extensometer.
tellurometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tellurometers
Etymology: From telluro- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: A surveying instrument that uses radar to measure distances.
tensimeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tensimeters
Senses: glosses: A form of manometer used to measure differences in vapour pressure.
tensiometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tensiometers
form: tensometer
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure the moisture content of soil.
glosses: An instrument used to measure the tension in a wire or yarn, or its tensile strength.
glosses: An instrument used to measure the surface tension of a liquid.
Related terms: tensiometric
tensiometry
yachtswomen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of yachtswoman
snorkeller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: snorkellers
form: snorkeler
Etymology: From snorkel + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who uses a snorkel to do snorkelling.
tonometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tonometers
Etymology: From tono- + -meter.
Senses: glosses: An instrument used to measure tension or pressure, especially inside the eye.
Synonyms: tonograph
Related terms: tonogram
tonography
tonometric
tonometry
diving board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diving boards
form: diving-board
Senses: examples: text: The spring diving board is four feet above the water, but there is another diving board five feet higher than this one.
ref: 1875, The Herald of Health, page 77:
text: when a laminated wood diving board begins to split at the seams, there's just one thing to do: cut it apart and glue it back together.
ref: 1961 May 24, Popular Science, volume 178, number 5, page 173:
text: A piece of equipment (e.g., a sport surface or a diving board) stores energy when deformed and releases this energy when the deformation restores.
ref: 2000, Benno Maurus Nigg, Biomechanics and Biology of Movement, page 54:
coordinate_terms: diving platform
glosses: A springboard used for diving into water.
paraglide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paraglides
form: paragliding
form: paraglided
form: paraglided
Etymology: From para- + glide.
Senses: glosses: To take part in paragliding.
paraglider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paragliders
Senses: synonyms: paraglider pilot
pilot
glosses: One who paraglides.
glosses: A lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.
The complete equipment used for paragliding, consisting of a paraglider wing and a harness.
glosses: A lightweight, free-flying, foot-launched glider aircraft with no rigid primary structure.
The wing used for paragliding, which can be separated from the harness.
Derived terms: paragliding
bodyboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodyboards
Etymology: From body + board.
Senses: glosses: A piece of foam, usually rectangular in shape, upon which one sits or lies when bodyboarding.
Related terms: bodyboarder
bodyboarding
bodyboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bodyboards
form: bodyboarding
form: bodyboarded
form: bodyboarded
Etymology: From body + board.
Senses: glosses: To surf riding a bodyboard
bodyboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bodyboard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A water sport, similar to surfing, in which one kneels or lies on a bodyboard and is carried by breaking waves.
bodyboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From bodyboard + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bodyboard
bodyboarder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bodyboarders
Etymology: From bodyboard + -er or body + boarder.
Senses: glosses: Someone who bodyboards.
aerial runway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerial runways
Senses: glosses: Synonym of zipline.
synonyms: word: zipline
ciguatoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ciguatoxins
Etymology: From ciguatera + toxin.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
toxicology
synonyms: ciguateratoxin
glosses: Any of several closely related toxins, having a complex structure including a row of thirteen connected heterocyclic rings, produced by algae that are eaten by many fish; causes ciguatera poisoning in humans.
pharmacophore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pharmacophores
Etymology: From pharmaco- + -phore.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: The molecular framework responsible for a drug's biological activity
Derived terms: antipharmacophore
pharmacophoric
Related terms: pharmacophorous
BASE jumping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B.A.S.E. jumping
form: base jumping
Etymology: From BASE (“Building, Antenna, Span, Earth”) + jumping, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An extreme sport consisting of jumping from a fixed structure on land, using a parachute.
BASE jumping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: B.A.S.E. jumping
form: base jumping
Etymology: From BASE (“Building, Antenna, Span, Earth”) + jumping, four categories of fixed objects from which one can jump.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of BASE jump
Related terms: BASE jumper
parachuter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parachuters
Etymology: From parachute + -er.
Senses: examples: text: If you want to coordinate your bathing, beach walks and concession and boardwalk excursions with the show, keep in mind that the Army’s Golden Knights parachute team is scheduled to come by at 10:28; the Navy Leap Frogs parachuters at 11:16 and a B-1 bomber at 11:48.
ref: 2007 May 25, “Spare Times”, in New York Times:
glosses: One who uses a parachute; a parachutist.
bouncy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaʊnsi/
ipa: /ˈbaʊnsɪ/
ipa: /ˈbaʊnsi/
rhymes: -aʊnsi
Forms: form: bouncier
form: bounciest
Etymology: From bounce + -y.
Senses: examples: text: You can’t play tennis without a bouncy ball.
glosses: Easily bounced.
examples: text: bouncy music
text: She’s a very bouncy character.
glosses: Lively, exuberant, energetic.
Derived terms: bouncily
bounciness
bouncy ball
bouncy-bouncy
bouncy castle
bouncy house
unbouncy
bounceable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bounceable
form: most bounceable
Etymology: From bounce + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be bounced.
examples: text: […] to those who are unacquainted with his writings, and of whom I will not say worse luck, for it might appear bounceable, […]
ref: 1867, The Savage-Club Papers, volume 1, page 57:
text: That Boy's a bit too bounceable; he'll find / Swelling brings dizziness.
ref: 1881, Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch (volumes 80-81, page 234)
glosses: Boastful.
Derived terms: bounceably
Related terms: bouncy
incubator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.tə(ɹ)/
ipa: [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾɚ]
ipa: [ˈɪn.kjuːˌbeɪ.ɾə(ɹ)]
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: incubators
Etymology: From incubate + -or.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a reaction.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: brooder
glosses: An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for a newborn baby.
synonyms: brooder
glosses: An apparatus used to maintain environmental conditions suitable for the hatching of eggs.
glosses: A place to maintain the culturing of bacteria at a steady temperature.
examples: text: So the question that is commonly asked is, why put a media incubator in a media desert and have it managed by a civil servant? This gets to the heart of the institutional support problem in Wales.
ref: 2006, Philip N. Cooke, Creative Industries in Wales: Potential and Pitfalls, page 34:
text: Tech City is very big on "incubators" – places where startups are supposed to grow out of a collection of adjacent desks in a huge barracks of other adjacent desks – and on luring big firms to the East End of London.
ref: 2014 March 10, Cory Doctorow, “The slow death of Silicon Roundabout”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: business
glosses: A support programme for the development of entrepreneurial companies.
Derived terms: bioincubator
microincubator
Related terms: incubate
incubation
incubative
homosexuals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of homosexual
homeroom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhoʊmˌɹum/
Forms: form: homerooms
Etymology: From home + room.
Senses: synonyms: form class
(UK) form room
tutor room
tutor
glosses: A classroom where school pupils of the same age gather for registration, or for other purposes that are unrelated to class content.
synonyms: group base
(UK) form
tutor group
tutor
glosses: The collection of pupils who gather in such a room.
feng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fengs
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The Latin-script letter ʩ, used to transcribe a voiceless velopharyngeal fricative in the context of disordered speech.
feng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fengs
Senses: examples: text: In China, the phoenix is known as the Feng-huang; in its "feng" aspect it is a male, solar sybol, while as "huang", it is a female and lunar, making it an embodiment of the union of yin and yang.
ref: 2012 May, Hui-Chih Yu [于惠之], “The Cross-cultural Symbolism of Birds - An Approach to Arousing Students' Interest in Learning English [論不同文化中鳥的象徵意義 — 激發學生學習英語興趣之途徑]”, in STUST Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences [南台人文社會學報], number 7, Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Nov 2023, page 157:
english: 南台人文社會學報
translation: 南台人文社會學報
text: One of them would be chosen by the ancient chimera bird, Feng-Huang, which resided atop of the mighty Kunlun mountain range of which Bayan Har Shan formed part. These mountains, which Ji Shi had reportedly sprung from, seemed to be a hotbed of supernatural activity. The legendary bird had a male aspect, Feng, and a female aspect, Huang, and presided over every other bird in the land ... it was known to have the beak of a rooster, the face of a swallow, the forehead of a fowl, the neck of a snake, the breast of a goose, the back of a tortoise, the hindquarters of a stag and the tail of a fish. Feng-Huang would only appear in the most harmonious and joyous of situations. Its coming always heralded the beginning of a new era of imperial rule, and bestowed the perfect balance of yin and yang upon heaven’s mandate.
ref: 2013, Traci Harding, “The Rite of Gao Mei”, in Dreaming of Zhou Gong, HarperVoyager, published 2014, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 363:
glosses: Alternative form of fum (“fabulous Chinese bird”).
Related terms: fenghuang
feng
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A kind of Eurasian curry.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: feng shui
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: feng-huang
english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: Hai-feng
contender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɛn.dɚ/
rhymes: -ɛndə(ɹ)
Forms: form: contenders
Etymology: From contend + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone who competes with one or more other people.
examples: text: In April 2014, towards the end of Özil’s first season at Arsenal – which had been marked by highs and lows – Wenger predicted the German would be a contender for the player of the year awards in 2014‑15.
ref: 2016 January 1, David Hytner, The Guardian:
glosses: Someone who has a viable chance of winning a competition.
Derived terms: contendership
noncontender
Related terms: contestant
pleasantries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pleasantry
pleasantries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: exchanging pleasantries
glosses: A short polite conversation before a serious conversation.
examples: text: Signora Caterina thought it could. Weak, yet cunning—vain, yet conscious of having outlived her attractions—with one of those tempers which we conceive to be the true interpretation of the old fairy tale, where out of the mouth of the party proceeded snakes, toads, locusts, and other pleasantries.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XI, in Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 221:
glosses: For bad language as a euphemism.
Related terms: formalities
centigramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛntɪˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: centigrammes
Etymology: From French centigramme; equivalent to centi- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of centigram.
Pilgrims
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Pilgrim
Boise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔɪsiː/
Etymology: From French la rivière boisée (“the wooded river”).
Senses: glosses: A river in Idaho; flowing 102 miles from the confluence of the North and Middle forks in the Sawtooth Range into the Snake near Parma.
glosses: The capital and largest city of Idaho, United States, and the county seat of Ada County; probably named for the river.
glosses: A ghost town in Texas.
Derived terms: Boise City
Boise County
Boise
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔɪsiː/
Senses: glosses: An English habitational surname from Old French, a variant of Boyce.
glosses: A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon; named for American judge Reuben P. Boise.
Denver
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛnvɚ/
Etymology: Named after James W. Denver. The surname Denver ultimately derives from Old English Dene-fær ("crossing or passing of the Danes"), from Dene + fær; or alternatively from den-ōfer ("valley-bank"), from denu + ofer.
Senses: examples: text: (informal)
text: Mrs. Eisenhower said she was not disappointed at the rainy weather in Denver during her visit, and said, in fact, she hoped to return to the Mile High City soon.
ref: 1958 May 15, “Mrs. Eisenhower Leaves Denver”, in The Deseret News:
text: Bespoke elevators and autowalks installed by Montgomery Kone at Denver International Airport
ref: 1999, World Architecture, volumes 73-75, page 121:
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
The capital and largest city of Colorado.
synonyms: Mile High City
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Harmony Township, Hancock County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Richland County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Miami County, Indiana.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A town in Bremer County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and coal town in Johnson County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Isabella County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Newaygo County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Rock County, Minnesota.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A village in Worth County, Missouri.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Adams County, Nebraska.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Lincoln County, North Carolina.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Huntington Township, Ross County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wood County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
glosses: A community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A town in the Shire of Hepburn, Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A village and civil parish in King's Lynn and West Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TF6101).
glosses: An English surname from Old English.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the place name or surname.
Derived terms: City and County of Denver
Denver sandwich
Denverite
New Denver
Little Rock
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈlɪtəl ˌɹɒk/
Etymology: Derived from a rock formation on the Arkansas River, where the city is located, called the "Little Rock", which was used by early river traffic as a landmark. It is also a calque of French La Petite-Roche, the original name of the rock formation.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Arkansas, United States, and county seat of Pulaski County.
wikipedia: Arkansas River
Derived terms: North Little Rock
Lansing
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlænsɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Michigan, United States, in Ingham County.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in DeSoto County, Florida.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A village in Cook County, Illinois.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A minor city and township in Allamakee County, Iowa.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A city in Leavenworth County, Kansas; a suburb of Kansas City.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A charter township in Ingham County, Michigan.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A township and census-designated place therein, in Mower County, Minnesota.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A town and village in Tompkins County, New York.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A town in Ashe County, North Carolina.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Belmont County, Ohio.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
A neighborhood of Salem, Oregon.
glosses: Other places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Fayette County, West Virginia.
glosses: A neighborhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: East Lansing
Oklahoma City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Oklahoma, United States, and the county seat of Oklahoma County.
Carson City
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Nevada, United States. It is an independent city, and the former Ormsby County was merged with the city in 1969.
glosses: A small city in Montcalm County, Michigan, United States.
flugelhorns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of flugelhorn
polises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of polis
Costain gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Costain guns
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A gun that fired a small rocket with a line attached, used to rig a breeches buoy.
instead of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: in stead of
form: in the stead of
Etymology: From Middle English in stede of, in stude of (“instead of”, literally “in stead of, in place of”), equivalent to in + stead + of (cf. in one's stead). Cognate with Saterland Frisian insteede, ansteede (“instead of”), West Frisian ynstee (“instead of”), Dutch instede (“instead of”), German anstatt (von) (“instead of”), Danish i stedet (“instead of”).
Senses: examples: text: He walked to school instead of taking the car.
text: And he shall be thy spokesman unto the people: and he shall be, even he shall be to thee instead of a mouth, and thou shalt be to him instead of God.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 4:16:
text: Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
glosses: In lieu of; in place of; rather than.
octarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: octarchies
Etymology: From octo- + -archy, on the pattern of heptarchy etc.
Senses: glosses: A group of eight states.
glosses: A government of eight people.
Synonyms: government
Coordinate terms: government
Derived terms: octarchic
cow hitch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cow hitches
Senses: synonyms: lark's head
coordinate_terms: clove hitch
glosses: A hitch knot used to attach a rope to an object, comprising a pair of half hitches tied in opposing directions.
glosses: Any hitch or bend which slips because it is wrongly tied.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Any knot which is not a recognised maritime knot as used at sea.
moral order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: moral orders
Senses: glosses: A body of unwritten social mores and conventions which serve to maintain societal order.
space age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: space ages
form: Space Age
Etymology: Compound of space + age.
Senses: examples: text: Just as we were beginning to feel comfortable about living in the space age, bold headlines in an I.B.M. advertisement told us “there's growing agreement that” we now are in the information age.
ref: 1977 June 9, George McGovern, “The Information Age”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: There are six other Ballard stories and a fragment that deal with space in the early stories, but most of them confirm Ballard's own opinion that the space age is over in the public imagination.
ref: 1985, Peter Brigg, J.G. Ballard, page 25:
text: When the space age ended, the alien age began. In the early 1990s, the Disney Corporation decided to close down its Mission to Mars ride
ref: 2006, Gerard J. De Groot, Dark Side of the Moon: The Magnificent Madness of the American Lunar Quest, page 259:
text: But for now, it's hard not to feel like the space age is over. It never really looked anything like the Jetsons promised.
ref: 2011 July 21, “Good-bye to the Space Age?”, in New York Magazine:
coordinate_terms: Jet Age
glosses: The period from the about the time of the launch of Sputnik in 1957 to the present day, during which people ventured into space.
space age
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more space age
form: most space age
form: Space Age
Etymology: Compound of space + age.
Senses: examples: text: A nation on the move needed a space age motif to express its enthusiasm.
ref: 2001, Frank A. Salamone, Popular culture in the fifties, page 142:
text: With its retro 1950s image of Space Age design, Maloof hopes his hotel-casino will become the city's latest hot spot
ref: 2001 November 11, “Smooth operator”, in Las Vegas Review-Journal:
text: Finally, we may point to a rather narrower but truly space-age application.
ref: 2003, Herbert Aron David, Haikady Navada Nagaraja, Order Statistics, 3rd edition, Wiley Interscience, page 3:
text: The Dodge Dart has long held a place in automotive lore for its sleek, space-age design and 16-year run as Chrysler's ultimate compact car, ending in 1976.
ref: 2012 January 9, “Dodge Dart returns at Detroit Auto Show, 36 years after...”, in Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: Redolent of the space age; appearing futuristic or modern.
clever-clever
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈklɛvəklɛvə/
/klɛvəˈklɛvə/
Forms: form: more clever-clever
form: most clever-clever
Etymology: Reduplication of clever.
Senses: examples: text: The difference between clever-clever talk and the appearance of a real awareness is desperately fine, and I do not guarantee to be right in my diagnosis every time.
ref: 1994, Christmas Humphreys, Zen Comes West, Routledge, page 107:
text: You used to know where you stood with musicals. There were the old traditionals with scores by Rodgers and Hammerstein; the clever-clever shows with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; and the bombastic 'supermusicals', with sub-operatic numbers.
ref: 2007 July 15, Sarah Hughes, The Observer:
text: England have tried a couple of clever-clever short corners tonight, and both of them have ended in total farce. England have many strengths, but clever-clever is not an option in their back pocket.
ref: 2013 November 14, Scott Murray, The Guardian:
glosses: Showily or ostentatiously clever.
walking wounded
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: the walking wounded
Senses: glosses: Those casualties whose wounds do not require them to be moved on a stretcher but that can walk to medical treatment.
raw_tags: in triage
posed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊzd/
ipa: /poʊzd/
rhymes: -əʊzd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pose
glosses: Alternative spelling of supposed.
posed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəʊzd/
ipa: /poʊzd/
rhymes: -əʊzd
Senses: glosses: Firm; determined; fixed.
glosses: Holding a certain pose
raw_tags: in combinations
Derived terms: ill-posed
posedness
unposed
well-posed
ignomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ignomies
Etymology: Syncopic form of ignominy.
Senses: examples: text: Adieu! and take thy praise with thee to heaven,
Thy ignomy sleep with thee in the grave,
But not remember’d in thy epitaph!
ref: c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iv]:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of ignominy.
heteroradical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌhɛtɜɹəˈɹædɪkəl/
Forms: form: heteroradicals
Etymology: From hetero- + radical; ultimately from Ancient Greek ἕτερος (héteros, “different”) and Latin radix (“root”).
Senses: glosses: Either of a pair of homonyms that have different roots
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An organic radical in which the unpaired electron is on an atom other than carbon
caliginous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈlɪdʒɪnəs/
enpr: kə-lĭjʹə-nəs
enpr: -lĭjʹĭ-
ipa: /kəˈlɪd͡ʒənəs/
ipa: /-ˈlɪdʒɪ-/
rhymes: -ɪdʒɪnəs
rhymes: -ɪdʒənəs
Forms: form: more caliginous
form: most caliginous
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French caligineux (“misty; obscure”), or directly from its Latin etymon cālīginōsus (“misty; dark, obscure”). Cālīginōsus is derived from cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog, mist, vapour; darkness, gloom”)) + -ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of, prone to’ forming adjectives from nouns).
Senses: examples: text: Hierapolis is ſeated over-againſt Laodicea, where are to be ſeen baths of hot waters, and the Plutonium. [...] The Plutonium is under the brow of the hill, the entrance into which is no wider than that a man can thruſt himſelf through; yet it is very deep within, of a quadrangular form, containing about the compaſs of half an acre, and is filled with ſuch a thick and caliginous air, that the ground cannot be ſeen.
ref: 1809, Edward Wells, “Of St. Paul’s Travels and Voyages into Phrygia, Galatia, Mysia, Troas, Macedonia, Achaia, &c. till His Fourth Return to Jerusalem, after His Conversion”, in An Historical Geography of the Old and New Testament: In Two Volumes, volume II, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, section I (Of St. Paul’s Travels, from His Leaving Jerusalem, after the Council there Held, to His Departure out of the Asiatic Continent for Europe), page 258:
text: By the time breakfast was announced, the land had faded into a thin caliginous streak; and, except passing a huge unwieldy Chinese junk, which lay at anchor, though her lateen sails were hoisted, nothing worthy of note occurred during the day.
ref: 1869 November, “The Land of the Malay: A Record of Travel in the Oriental Tropics”, in [Thomas] Mayne Reid, editor, Onward: A Magazine for the Young Manhood of America, New York, N.Y.: Onward Publishing Office, →OCLC, page 491:
text: Inside the atmosphere was rank and caliginous: fumes rose from puddles, groans sifted through the shadows.
ref: 1981, T[homas] Coraghessan Boyle, “The Niger”, in Water Music, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown, →ISBN; republished London: Granta Books, 1998, →ISBN, page 155:
text: They say the darkest hour is just before the dawn, and caliginous thoughts often swirled through his murky, insomniac mind as he lay awake [...]
ref: 2010, Francis Wheen, Strange Days Indeed: The Golden Age of Paranoia, paperback edition, London: Fourth Estate, HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 21:
synonyms: word: blear
word: caliginous
word: cimmerian
word: crepuscular
word: dark
word: darksome
word: darkling
word: dim
word: dimpsy
word: dingy
word: dull
word: dusky
word: fuliginous
word: gloomy
word: leaden
word: lightless
word: mirksome
word: murky
word: murksome
word: obscure
word: shady
word: somber
word: sombrous
word: stygian
word: sunless
word: swarthy
word: tenebrous
word: twilightish
word: umbrageous
word: unilluminated
antonyms: word: dark
glosses: Dark, obscure; murky.
Derived terms: caliginosity
caliginously
caliginousness
Related terms: caligation
caligo
pademelons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pademelon
excarnation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: excarnations
Senses: glosses: The act of removing flesh.
examples: text: Vultures seem to have been used for a funeral practice of excarnation: after the flesh had been cleaned from the bones, the bones were interred in the shrines.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 144:
glosses: The burial practice of removing (or causing to be removed) the flesh and organs of the dead, leaving only the bones, especially the practice of laying out corpses for vultures to strip bare.
Related terms: excarnate
excarnate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Deprived or stripped of flesh.
excarnate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: excarnates
form: excarnating
form: excarnated
form: excarnated
Senses: glosses: To deprive or strip of flesh.
Related terms: excarnation
incarnate
hand job
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand jobs
form: handjob
Etymology: From hand + job.
Senses: examples: text: I tried it once and she knows it ... I was screwing one night and she lay like a log and I said I could do better jerking off ... a hand job, […]
ref: 1968, James Arnold Brussel, Casebook of a Crime Psychiatrist, Bernard Geis Associates (distributed by Grove Press), page 179
coordinate_terms: fingering
glosses: The stimulation of another person's penis using the hand as a sexual act.
Related terms: blow job
boob job
foot job
manual sex
excandescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkskænˈdɛsəns/
/ˌɛkskənˈdɛsəns/
Senses: glosses: The state of being excandescent, of glowing with heat.
glosses: Heat of passion; violent anger.
francolin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋkəlɪn/
Forms: form: francolins
Etymology: From French francolin, from Italian francolino, of unknown origin.
Senses: glosses: Any of various terrestrial birds of several genera in family Phasianidae, principally in tribe Gallini.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Francolinus francolinus
word: black francolin
taxonomic: Francolinus pintadeanus
word: Burmese francolin
alt: Pternistis camerunensis
word: Cameroon francolin
taxonomic: Francolinus pintadeanus
word: Chinese francolin
alt: Pternistis clappertoni
word: Clapperton's francolin
alt: Campocolinus coqui
word: Coqui francolin
alt: Ortygornis sephaena
word: crested francolin
alt: Pternistis ochropectus
word: Djibouti francolin
alt: Pternistis erckelii
word: Erckel's francolin
alt: Scleroptila finschi
word: Finsch's francolin
alt: Peliperdix lathami
word: forest francolin
word: gray francolin
alt: Ortygornis pondicerianus
word: grey francolin
alt: Scleroptila afra
word: grey-winged francolin
alt: Pternistis nobilis
word: handsome francolin
alt: Pternistis icterorhynchus
word: Heuglin's francolin
alt: Pternistis hildebrandti
word: Hildebrandt's francolin
taxonomic: Francolinus jacksoni
alt: syn. Pternistis jacksoni
word: Jackson's francolin
alt: Peliperdix lathami
word: Latham's francolin
alt: Scleroptila psilolaema
word: moorland francolin
alt: Pternistis camerunensis
word: Mount Cameroon francolin
taxonomic: Ptilopachus nahani
word: Nahan's francolin
alt: Pternistis natalensis
word: Natal francolin
alt: Pternistis ochropectus
word: ochre-breasted francolin
alt: Scleroptila gutturalis
word: Orange River francolin
taxonomic: Francolinus pictus
word: painted francolin
alt: Pternistis ochropectus
word: pale-bellied francolin
alt: Pternistis afer
word: red-necked francolin
alt: Scleroptila levaillantii
word: red-winged francolin
alt: Scleroptila streptophora
word: ring-necked francolin
alt: Pternistis squamatus
word: scaly francolin
alt: Scleroptila shelleyi
word: Shelley's francolin
alt: Ortygornis gularis
word: swamp francolin
alt: Campocolinus albogularis
word: white-throated francolin
alt: Pternistis leucoscepus
word: yellow-necked francolin
embattled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/
ipa: /ɪm-/
ipa: /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/
ipa: /ɪm-/
ipa: [-ɾ(ə)ld]
Etymology: From embattle (“to equip as for battle”) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of embattle
embattled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/
ipa: /ɪm-/
ipa: /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/
ipa: /ɪm-/
ipa: [-ɾ(ə)ld]
Forms: form: more embattled
form: most embattled
Etymology: From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The lofty towers of the Castle overhang the western approach to the Bridge, and the line passes into Conway through an opening pierced in the embattled wall, which entirely surrounds the town. These fortifications are in good preservation, and rank among the most perfect examples of the strongholds of the thirteenth century.
ref: 1850, Edwin Clark, “The Masonry and Scaffolding”, in The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges. […], volume II, London: […] Day and Son, […]; and John Weale, […], →OCLC, section VI (Details of Construction of the Bridges), page 534:
topics: architecture
glosses: Of a fortress or other building, a wall, etc.: having battlements or crenellations; battlemented, crenellated.
examples: text: Argent, a Feſs embattled and tvvo Eſtoils in Chief, Sable, is born by the Name of Tvvyne, and vvas atteſted to belong (and vvas confirm'd) to Tvvyne of Preſton in the County of Lancaſter, Eſquire, […]
ref: 1724, John Guillim, chapter II, in A Display of Heraldry. […], 6th edition, London: […] T. W. for R. and J. Bonwicke and R. Wilkin, […] [a]nd J. Walthoe and Tho[mas] Ward, […], →OCLC, 2nd part (Honor Civil), [part I […]], page 87, column 1:
text: All theſe bearings have different Epithets, ſerving either to expreſs their Poſition, Diſpoſition, or Make, viz. […] Tovvers covered, embattled, &c. […]
ref: 1765, Mark Anthony Porny [pseudonym; Antoine Pyron du Martre], “Of Common Charges Born in Coats-of-arms. Article II. Of Artificial Figures Born in Coats-of-arms.”, in The Elements of Heraldry, […], London: […] J[ohn] Newbery, […], →OCLC, pages 147–148:
text: There are but three irregular lines mentioned in Glover's Roll, viz: 1. Undée (ondée) or wavy, 2. Engrailed, and 3. Indented or Dancettée. Later heralds have added three more: Invecked (the exact converse of Engrailed), Nebulée, and Embattled.
ref: 1852, J[ames] R[obinson] Planché, “Subordinate Ordinaries”, in The Pursuivant of Arms, or Heraldry Founded upon Facts, London: W. N. Wright, […], →OCLC, page 60:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
synonyms: crénelé
coordinate_terms: counterembattled
glosses: Having an upper edge or outline of alternating square indentations and extensions like battlements, unless the embattled item is a pale, cross or saltire, in which case it has the crenelations on all sides.
embattled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbætl̩d/
ipa: /ɪm-/
ipa: /ɛmˈbæt(ə)ld/
ipa: /ɪm-/
ipa: [-ɾ(ə)ld]
Etymology: From embattle (“to furnish with battlements”) + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of embattle
embattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbæ.təl/
other: /ɪmˈbæ.təl/
ipa: [əmˈbæ.ɾəl]
ipa: /ɛmˈbæt.əl/
ipa: /ɪmˈbæt.əl/
Forms: form: embattles
form: embattling
form: embattled
form: embattled
Etymology: From Middle English enbatelen, embatailen, from Old French embataillier (“to array for battle”), from em- (Latin in) + bataille (“battle”).
Senses: glosses: To arrange in order of battle; to array for battle.
examples: text: In behalf of the dignity of whaling, I would fain advance naught but substantiated facts. But after embattling his facts, an advocate who should wholly suppress a not unreasonable surmise, which might tell eloquently upon his cause — such an advocate, would he not be blameworthy ?
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter XXV, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 124:
glosses: To prepare or arm for battle; to equip as for battle.
glosses: To be arrayed for battle.
Synonyms: sense: to prepare or arm for battle, to equip as for battle
word: fortify
Derived terms: embattled
embattlement
embattle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbæ.təl/
other: /ɪmˈbæ.təl/
ipa: [əmˈbæ.ɾəl]
ipa: /ɛmˈbæt.əl/
ipa: /ɪmˈbæt.əl/
Forms: form: embattles
form: embattling
form: embattled
form: embattled
Etymology: From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.
Senses: examples: text: to embattle a wall
glosses: To furnish with battlements; to give the form of battlements to.
Derived terms: embattled
embattle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmˈbæ.təl/
other: /ɪmˈbæ.təl/
ipa: [əmˈbæ.ɾəl]
ipa: /ɛmˈbæt.əl/
ipa: /ɪmˈbæt.əl/
Forms: form: embattles
Etymology: From Middle English enbatelen, enbatailen, from Old French *embastiller ("to fortify"; > Middle Latin imbataliare, imbattajare), from en- + + bastiller (“to build, fortify, embattle”). More at baste.
Senses: examples: text: Again, it can be drawn with the angle of the limbs being greater or less than a right angle, but they will appear to conflict with the embattles which have to be rectangular. In some ordinaries such as the fess, there must be an odd number of embattles, otherwise it will start high and end low [...]
ref: 1996, Anthony Wood, Heraldic Art and Design, page 53:
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A merlon, or a single one of the series of solid projections of a battlement.
sphexide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sphexides
Senses: glosses: Any wasp of the genus Sphex; the digger wasp
digger wasp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: digger wasps
Senses: glosses: Any of several solitary, predatory wasps, of the families Sphecidae or Crabronidae, that nest in the soil.
Synonyms: sphexide
solipsist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From solipsism + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Of, or pertaining to, solipsism.
Synonyms: solipsistic
solipsist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: solipsists
Etymology: From solipsism + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: Some of this grandiosity is to be expected. Innovators tend to be solipsists. They often want to cram every stray fact and experience into their new model.
ref: 2010 September 27, Malcolm Gladwell, “Small Change”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: One who adheres to self-absorption and an ignorance of the views or needs of others.
courseware
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: 'kôrswâr
ipa: /ˈkɔɹswɛɹ/
Forms: form: coursewares
Etymology: From course + -ware.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Educational software or documents in computerized form that facilitate course-based learning and teaching.