cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
binary arithmetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binary arithmetics
Senses: examples: text: Note that all correctly rounding arithmetics satisfy property A1, as do those with properly truncating addition. All faithful binary arithmetics and all arithmetics with either properly truncating or correctly chopping addition satisfy property A2.
ref: 1992, Douglas M. Priest, On Properties of Floating Point Arithmetics, University of California, Berkeley, page 17:
topics: arithmetic
glosses: arithmetic using binary numbers
decimal arithmetic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: arithmetic
glosses: Arithmetic using decimal numbers.
fulmine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfʌlmɪn/
ipa: /ˈfʊlmɪn/
Forms: form: fulmines
form: fulmining
form: fulmined
form: fulmined
Etymology: Borrowed from French fulminer, from Latin fulminō (“lighten, illuminate”). More at fulminate.
Senses: examples: text: And ever and anone the rosy red
 Flasht through her face, as it had been a flake
 Of lightning through bright heven fulmined […]
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To thunder or lightning.
examples: text: She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique.
ref: 1847, Alfred Tennyson, “(please specify the page number, or |part=Prologue, I to VII, or conclusion)”, in The Princess: A Medley, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To utter with authority or vehemence; fulminate.
Derived terms: fulmination
brode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brodes
form: broding
form: broded
form: broded
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of broddle.
brodo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: brodos
form: brodi
Etymology: Italian brodo
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: A broth or stock in Italian cookery.
kursi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kursis
Etymology: Arabic كرسي (literally “chair, seat, throne”)
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A stand for holding the Qur'an for readings.
Timbuktoo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /tɪmbʌkˈtuː/
Senses: examples: 1964, In 1823, Belzoni made another voyage of exploration, this time in search of the city of Timbuktoo. — Robert Silverberg, Great Adventures in Archaeology (University of Nebraska 1997, p. 7)
2000, Touareg, Blue People, rode by on camels along the caravan route from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco, through the edge of the Sahel, to Timbuktoo on the plains of Mali, and on to the Sudanese Nile. — John Argo, This Shoal of Space (Saint Ronan Street Atelier 2002, p. 306)
2004, There are many “types” that emerge from the people working in entertainment who have made the long trek from Timbuktoo — Kristin M Burke, Going Hollywood (iUniverse 2004, p. 5)
glosses: Alternative spelling of Timbuktu.
dispatcher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɪs.pætʃ.ə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ætʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: dispatchers
Etymology: From dispatch + -er.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
examples: text: The organization of Decline to Sign involved trained teams sent out to where 608/610 supporters were gathering signatures, alerted by dispatchers operating a hotline to which anyone could call in—from a mall, the ferry terminals, holiday events, etc. when signature gatherers were sighted.
ref: 1994 October, Richard Isaac, “Bigot Busters v. Religious Right: Bigot Busters Win”, in Gay Community News, page 6:
glosses: In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
examples: text: First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […]
ref: 1897, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's Complete Hoyle, page 565:
text: He also knew, with another proficient glance, that the dice the youngster jiggled were likely a pair of dispatchers—so named because they effectively "dispatched" their intended targets: suckers.
ref: 2013, Lisa Plumley, The Honor-Bound Gambler, page 9:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
dispatchers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dispatcher
terbang
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: terbangs
Senses: glosses: A Malay tambourine used in Islamic devotional music in Southeast Asia.
amused
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmjuːzd/
rhymes: -uːzd
Etymology: From amuse + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: While waiting for the bus, I amused myself by performing a mime interpretation of the Gettysburg Address.
glosses: simple past and past participle of amuse
amused
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmjuːzd/
rhymes: -uːzd
Forms: form: more amused
form: most amused
Etymology: From amuse + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The children chased one another in a circle in front of their amused parents.
glosses: Pleasurably entertained.
glosses: Displaying amusement.
examples: text: He was very amused to note the disarray of his opponents.
text: He was very much amused by the lyrics.
text: She was much amused with their antics.
text: The entertainers parodied his speech. He was not amused.
glosses: Enjoying humor aspects (of something).
raw_tags: with a complement
Derived terms: amusedly
amusedness
unamused
ta-ra
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tara.
ta ta
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːtɑː/
ipa: /tətɑː/
ipa: /təˈtɑː/
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: ta-ta
form: tata
form: ta tah
form: ta-tah
form: tah tah
form: tah-tah
Etymology: Probably hypocoristic, circa 1823.
Senses: examples: text: “[…]Well, ta-ta, sweetheart! Don′t expect me back to lunch.”
ref: 1917, Henry Handel Richardson, Australia Felix, The Echo Library, published 2007, page 229:
text: 1923 (recorded 1900), Ed Smith (Cranbrook Courier), Reminiscences of Kootenay Pioneers, recalling an event claimed to be the origin of the place name Ta Ta Creek; viewed in British Columbia archives),
Red put the spurs to his horse and galloped away: “Ta ta, friends, I′ve business up the trail.”
text: ‘No more questions? Then I′ll be off. Ta-ta.’
ref: 1967, Joan Lindsay, Picnic at Hanging Rock, page 55:
glosses: Goodbye.
Synonyms: sense: goodbye
word: bye
word: goodbye
word: hooroo
Related terms: ta
tara
ta ta for now
TTFN
ta-ta
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ta ta.
ta-ta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: ta-tas
Senses: glosses: A woman's breast.
Related terms: ta-ta theory
utas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: utis
Etymology: Reduced form of plural utaves. Compare octave.
Senses: examples: text: NOw leue we of Lucius the emperour and speke we of kynge Arthur / that commaunded alle them of his retenue to be redy atte vtas of hyllary for to holde a parlement at yorke / And at that parlement was concluded to areste alle the nauye of the lond and to be redy within xv dayes at sandwyche
ref: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book V:
topics: Christianity
glosses: The octave, or seventh day after a festival (i.e., the eighth day counting inclusively, in the ancient Roman way).
utas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of uta
Kathleen Mavourneen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkæθliːn məˈvɔːniːn/
Etymology: With reference to a popular Irish ballad, Kathleen Mavourneen, which includes the line “It may be for years, and it may be forever.”
Senses: examples: text: There is a sort of loan with which I have been made familiar that might be called a Kathleen Mavourneen loan — it may be for a year and it may be forever, but the promises made by the Huguenots were for a year and were forever and were redeemed every day.
ref: 1888, Chauncey M. Depew, in a speech published in Orations, Addresses and Speeches in 1910 by John Denison Champlin (editor)
text: And now, thought I, as I recovered Alf's saddle and bridle, heaven grant that that parting may be a Kathleen Mavourneen one; and let me have some other class of difficulty to deal with next time.
ref: 1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins:
text: [I...] thank the Prime Minister for his remarks, which were very clear; but it does sound very much to me like a Kathleen Mavourneen proposition. The eventual removal will take place, but when is a question that no one can answer as yet. It will be done some time in the future.
ref: 1952, Debates: Official Report, volume 5, Canada's House of Commons:
text: The Hon. F. R. H. Lavery: That is a Kathleen Mavourneen undertaking.
The Hon. A. F. GRIFFITH: It is not.
The Hon. F. R. H. Lavery: Past experience has shown that so many things have been promised but have not eventuated.
ref: 1965, Parliamentary Debates of the Western Australia parliament
text: [...] and rode to varsity on a bike, which was considered 'infra dig.' for nice girls. Not that she cared about appearances. She earned extra money when she could and in her third year had a ‘Kathleen Mavourneen’ loan arranged through the registrar. ‘Kathleen Mavourneen’? The tag had currency from an Irish song popular at community sings, with the punch line ‘It may be for years and it may be for ever.’ Such a loan was interest-free, but Kath wasn't the sort to leave it for ever.
ref: 1981, Elsie Locke, Student at the Gates:
glosses: indefinite; which may not have an end for years, if ever
wikipedia: Kathleen Mavourneen
metamorphoses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of metamorphosis
metamorphoses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of metamorphose
practiced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: prăkʹtĭst
ipa: /ˈpɹæktɪst/
Forms: form: more practiced
form: most practiced
form: practised
raw_tags: of Nations
Senses: examples: text: [T]he driver was delayed there by a skimpy little woman with a thin piping voice practised in the art of defeating escape from it by a ceaseless stream of gabble.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 26:
glosses: skillful, proficient, knowledgeable or expert as a result of practice
Derived terms: practicedness
practiced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: prăkʹtĭst
ipa: /ˈpɹæktɪst/
Forms: form: practised
raw_tags: of Nations
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of practice
multiplied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of multiply
byrnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɜːni/
ipa: /ˈbɝni/
Forms: form: byrnies
form: byrny
Etymology: From Middle English brinie, burne (whence also, without metathesis, obsolete English brinie), from Old Norse brynja. Cognates include Old English byrne, Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌽𐌾𐍉 (brunjō) (whence Old Church Slavonic брънѩ (brŭnję)), German Brünne, French broigne.
Senses: examples: text: […] those that walked armed before the Witches’ booths, six in company, harnessed as for battle in byrnies of shining bronze, with greaves and shields of bronze and helms that glanced in the sun.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 17:
text: It was the Viking habit. Even as a man plowed his field or chopped trees in the woods, his byrnie and his sword were always at hand.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 33:
text: Unferth stood beside him, his huge arms folded on his byrnie.
ref: 1972, John Gardner, Grendel, André Deutsch, page 97:
text: The mail-coat, or byrnie, was made of iron links that probably were cut out of sheet metal with a die, or from flat hammered wire cut into short lengths.
ref: 1992, Calvin B Kendall, Voyage to the Other World, University of Minnesota, page 19:
glosses: A short chain mail shirt, covering from the upper arms to the upper thighs.
Coordinate terms: haubergeon
hauberk
fetched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fetch
Derived terms: far-fetched
short-fetched
unfetched
zat
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: Marie-Louise emerged from the girls' tent, wrapped in a fleece. She sat down by Jess. "It is wonderfool now zat Jodie is feelingue bettair," she said.
ref: 2009, Sue Limb, Girl, Barely 15: Flirting for England, page 195:
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of that, usually signifying a foreign accent, often French.
zat
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of izzat.
achieved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈt͡ʃiːvd/
rhymes: -iːvd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of achieve
achieved
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈt͡ʃiːvd/
rhymes: -iːvd
Senses: glosses: Having been reached, attained or accomplished.
raw_tags: of a goal or status
Derived terms: achieved status
nonachieved
unachieved
transformed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: trănsfômdʹ
enpr: tränsfômdʹ
ipa: /tɹænsˈfɔːmd/
ipa: /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːmd/
enpr: trănsfôrmdʹ
ipa: /tɹænsˈfɔɹmd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transform
transformed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: trănsfômdʹ
enpr: tränsfômdʹ
ipa: /tɹænsˈfɔːmd/
ipa: /tɹɑːnsˈfɔːmd/
enpr: trănsfôrmdʹ
ipa: /tɹænsˈfɔɹmd/
Senses: glosses: Given a completely different form or appearance.
shortened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɔːtənd/
ipa: /ˈʃɔɹtənd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of shorten
mandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay mandi (“to take a bath”).
Senses: glosses: A traditional style of washing oneself in Indonesia and Malaysia, using a small container to scoop water out of a larger container and pour it over the body.
mandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandis
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Arabic مندي (“a Yemeni dish of spiced meat and rice”), itself from the Arabic word ندى (nada), meaning "dew", reflecting the moist ('dewy') texture of the meat.
Senses: qualifier: Arabia
glosses: A traditional Yemeni culinary dish of spiced meat and rice cooked in a pit. Now a popular staple in most areas of the Arabian Peninsula, it originates from Hadhramaut.
mandi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mandis
Senses: glosses: a Mandaean building that serves as a community center and place of worship.
manis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mani
manis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪnɪs/
Forms: form: manises
Senses: glosses: The pangolin.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: kecap manis
insured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊəd/
ipa: /ɪnˈʃɔːd/
ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊɚd/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: Covered by an insurance policy.
Derived terms: noninsured
underinsured
uninsured
insured
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊəd/
ipa: /ɪnˈʃɔːd/
ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊɚd/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Forms: form: insureds
Senses: topics: business
insurance
synonyms: insuree
insurant
glosses: The person or persons whose interests are protected by an insurance policy.
insured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊəd/
ipa: /ɪnˈʃɔːd/
ipa: /ɪnˈʃʊɚd/
rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)d
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of insure
condensed milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: condensed milks
Senses: examples: text: She holds the condensed milk tin over the first mug and watches the pale yellow milk stream down in a thin, viscous line.
ref: 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 86:
hypernyms: milk#Noun
<
dairy product
coordinate_terms: evaporated milk
powdered milk
glosses: Milk that has been reduced and sweetened to the consistency of syrup.
evaporated milk
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evaporated milks
Senses: hypernyms: milk#Noun
<
dairy product
coordinate_terms: condensed milk
powdered milk
glosses: Milk that has been concentrated by evaporation, often sold canned.
impi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɪmpi/
Forms: form: impis
Etymology: From Zulu impi.
Senses: examples: text: And in the end he, as well as three of his four children, shared Retief's fate in the massacre of Trekkers by the Zulu impis of Dingane.
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 212:
text: But as grizzled as Chief Joyi often seemed, the decades fell off him when he spoke of the impis, or warriors, in the army of King Ngangelizwe.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, London: Abacus, published 2010, page 26:
glosses: A group of Zulu (or other Bantu) warriors; a detachment of armed men.
muda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Japanese 無駄 (muda).
Senses: topics: business
coordinate_terms: mura
muri
glosses: A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work is performed that does not add value for the customer.
mula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of moola.
milk powder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: milk powders
Senses: synonyms: powdered milk
dried milk
hypernyms: milk#Noun
<
dairy product
coordinate_terms: evaporated milk
condensed milk
glosses: Pulverized milk solids, produced by evaporating all liquid from milk.
nabi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nabis
form: anbiya'
Etymology: From Arabic نَبِيّ (nabiyy, “prophet”).
Senses: topics: Islam
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A prophet of Islam.
naga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːɡə/
rhymes: -ɑːɡə
Forms: form: nagas
Etymology: From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna nākā (“dress, covering”)
Senses: examples: text: Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]
ref: 1926 October 30, The Sydney Morning Herald:
text: […] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter II, in Capricornia, page 22:
text: PAUL RUNDLE: Backstage, they were just asking us, "Where are you from," and all that. And they were touching us and all that there, and I was just there with my little naga and, yeah. And plus we had no ochre, so we had to use sunscreen.
ref: 2006, Message Stick, ABC1, Friday, 30 June, 2006
text: 2008, Derrick Tomlinson, "Too white to be regarded as Aborigines: An historical analysis of policies for the protection of Aborigines and the assimilation of Aborigines of mixed descent, and the role of Chief Protectors of Aborigines in the formulation and implementation of those policies, in Western Australia from 1898 to 1940" (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Notre Dame Australia.
They doesn’t dress like people doing the Law this time, walking in shirt and tie, they used to have naga and really truly paint up, real tribal way, you know?
glosses: A loincloth.
naga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɑːɡə/
rhymes: -ɑːɡə
Forms: form: nagas
form: nāga
form: Nāga
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “serpent, snake”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nogʷós (“naked”) and cognate with naked.
Senses: examples: text: The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.
ref: 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 257:
qualifier: Indian mythology
glosses: A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
oto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: otos
Etymology: Clipping of otocinclus.
Senses: examples: text: All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine.
There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.
ref: 1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc (Usenet):
glosses: An otocinclus (freshwater fish, genus Otocinclus).
Derived terms: word: dwarf oto
taxonomic: Otocinclus cocama
word: tiger oto
taxonomic: Otocinclus cocama
word: zebra oto
oleh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: olehs
form: olim
Etymology: Borrowed from Hebrew עוֹלֶה (olé).
Senses: glosses: A Jew who has recently made aliyah to Israel; an immigrant to Israel.
examples: text: The benediction recited by the oleh before reading the portion of the Torah.
ref: 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 106:
glosses: Someone who makes an aliyah for a Torah-reading.
Related terms: olah
budgies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbʌd͡ʒiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of budgie
nock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: knock
Forms: form: nocks
Etymology: From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
Senses: examples: text: Meanwhile there had been bustle and preparation in all parts of the great vessel. The archers stood in groups about the decks, new-stringing their bows, and testing that they were firm at the nocks.
ref: 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
text: Each drew his string from its waterproof case and bent the huge arc of his war-bow as he fitted it into the nocks.
ref: 1905–1906, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Nigel, London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], published January 1906, →OCLC:
glosses: Either of the two grooves in a bow that hold the bowstring.
examples: text: He took his arrow by the nock.
ref: [1611?], Homer, “(please specify |book=I to XXIV)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume (please specify the book number), London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: The notch at the rear of an arrow that fits on the bowstring.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The upper fore corner of a boom sail or trysail.
Derived terms: nockless
nock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: knock
Forms: form: nocks
form: nocking
form: nocked
form: nocked
Etymology: From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
Senses: examples: text: Then taking up his own good stout bow and nocking an arrow with care, he shot with his very greatest skill.
ref: 1883, Howard Pyle, The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood […], New York, N.Y.: […] Charles Scribner’s Sons […], →OCLC:
synonyms: notch
glosses: To fit (an arrow) against the bowstring of a bow or crossbow.
examples: text: It is a Scotch bow, I see, for the upper nock is without and the lower within. By the black rood! it is a good piece of yew, well nocked, well strung, well waxed, and very joyful to the feel.
ref: 1891, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, The White Company, New York, N.Y.; Boston, Mass.: Thomas Y[oung] Crowell & Company […], →OCLC:
glosses: To cut a nock in (usually in an arrow's base or the tips of a bow).
nock
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: knock
Forms: form: nock!
Etymology: From Middle English nokke, attested since the 14th century, probably from a Scandinavian/North Germanic language (compare Swedish nock (“notch”), but compare Dutch nok, from Middle Dutch nocke (“tip, point”). Both could be related to nook (“corner, recess”).
Senses: topics: archery
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: Fit the arrow to your bowstring.
nock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: knock
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of knock.
nock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒk/
rhymes: -ɒk
homophone: knock
Senses: examples: text: I put my hair up, and was just finished, when mother nocked. It was terrable^([sic]).
ref: 1917, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Bab: A Sub-Deb:
glosses: Misspelling of knock.
whispering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪspəɹɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whisper
whispering
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪspəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: more whispering
form: most whispering
Senses: glosses: That whispers.
glosses: Associated with whispers.
Derived terms: whispering gallery
Whispering Jack
whispering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈ(h)wɪspəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: whisperings
Senses: glosses: Something that is whispered; gossip; a rumor.
examples: text: The tendency of modern science is to close this gate—though it can never stop the search for it—the vague desire after some kind of communication, some kind of poetic identification with the soul that reveals itself through the rolling year, the mysterious presence that is felt to lie behind the outbuddings of spring, the wealth and greenery of summer, with all its whisperings and music and rippling laughter, the blue of autumn, with its fruitage, its expansive horizons, its glory veiling temporary decay.
ref: 1889 March, Walter Besant, “The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, volume 266, number 1899, page 259:
glosses: The sound of whispers;
Derived terms: horse-whispering
whispering campaign
suppedaneum
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sʌpɪˈdeɪnɪəm/
Forms: form: suppedanea
Etymology: From Late Latin suppedāneum, neuter of suppedāneus (“under the feet”), composed of sup- (“under”) + ped- (“foot”) + -aneus (“-aneous”).
Senses: examples: 2002: At the center of the O, a nimbed Christ is fixed to a cross with a large serpent coiled at its base, his feet on a suppedaneum. — Celia Chazell, Reading Medieval Images, ed. Thelma Thomas & Elizabeth Sears (University of Michigan 2005, p. 27)
glosses: a foot-support for a crucified person, projecting from the base of the cross
glosses: the platform in front of the altar on which celebrating priest stands
blue flu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blue flus
Etymology: In reference to blue police uniforms.
Senses: glosses: An industrial action taken by members of the police, claiming sickness en masse.
Hypernyms: sickout
Related terms: thin blue line
streaming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Forms: form: more streaming
form: most streaming
Etymology: From Middle English stremyng, stremynge, stremande, equivalent to stream + -ing.
Senses: synonyms: word: fluent
word: onrushing
word: flowing
word: fluent
word: fluid
word: fluminous
word: fluxive
word: free-flowing
word: onrushing
word: quick
word: running
word: streaming
glosses: Flowing or moving in continuous succession, like fluid in a stream.
streaming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English stremyng, stremynge, stremande, equivalent to stream + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of stream
streaming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹiːmɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːmɪŋ
Forms: form: streamings
Etymology: From Middle English stremynge, equivalent to stream + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Movement as a stream.
examples: text: Streaming has a dirty secret. The carbon footprint produced by fans watching a month of Netflix’s top 10 global TV hits is equivalent to driving a car a hefty distance beyond Saturn.
ref: 2021 October 29, Mark Sweney, “Streaming’s dirty secret: how viewing Netflix top 10 creates vast quantity of CO2”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: The entertainment industry is trying to figure out the economics of streaming. It’s also facing angst over a tech-powered future and fighting to stay culturally dominant.
ref: 2023 July 15, Brooks Barnes, “In Hollywood, the Strikes Are Just Part of the Problem”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The transmission of digital audio or video, or the reception or playback of such data without first storing it.
glosses: Synonym of livestreaming.
synonyms: word: livestreaming
examples: text: Imagine a country where children do nothing but play until they start compulsory schooling at age seven. Then, without exception, they attend comprehensives until the age of 16. Charging school fees is illegal, and so is sorting pupils into ability groups by streaming or setting.
ref: 2013 July 19, Peter Wilby, “Finland spreads word on schools”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 6, page 30:
topics: education
synonyms: tracking
glosses: Division of classes into academic streams.
glosses: The working of alluvial deposits to obtain ore.
Derived terms: cytoplasmic streaming
direct-to-streaming
order streaming
streaming data
streaming encoder
streaming media
streaming movement
streaming radio
streaming server
streaming service
streaming tape
streaming video
streaming XML
Related terms: stream
faeder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: faeders
form: fæder
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Old English fæder (“father”). Doublet of ayr, father, padre, pater, and père.
Senses: examples: text: Here, we describe a rare female-like morph of ruffs: the ‘missing’ third alternative mating strategy, which we have called ‘faeder’. Faeders are slightly larger than females and in late April have testes 2.5 time the size of testes of normal males.
ref: 2006 June 22, Joop Jukema, “Permanent female mimics in a lekking shorebird”, in Biology Letters:
text: Faeders, male ruffs that mimic females in plumage and "sneak" copulations at leks, secrete monoesters like other males.
ref: 2007, Jeroen Willem Hendrik Reneerkens, Functional aspects of seasonal variation in preen wax composition of sandpipers (Scolopacidae), page 49:
text: It has recently been discovered that a third mating strategy exists for males - the 'faeder' or 'sneaker', which number only about 1% of the Ruff population.
ref: 2009, Richard J. Chandler, Shorebirds of North America, Europe, and Asia: A Photographic Guide:
text: These “faeder” males, as they are called, were found to have testes 2.5 times larger than those of normal males during the peak breeding time of late April and are delightfully termed “sneakers.”
ref: 2016, Clifford B. Frith, Charles Darwin's Life With Birds: His Complete Ornithology:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A male ruff (bird, Philomachus pugnax, syn. Calidris pugnax) that permanently mimics a female so as to gain access to mating territories and "steal" matings.
straightway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: straightways
form: straightaway
Etymology: From straight + way.
Senses: glosses: A straight section of a racetrack.
slovenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslʌv.ən.li/
ipa: /ˈslʌv.ən.li/
ipa: /ˈslɒv.ən.li/
Forms: form: slovenlier
form: slovenliest
Etymology: From sloven + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The same marks of indolence appeared in the care of his person; for every part of his dress was generally in disorder; and, though he was well made and handsome, yet his slovenly appearance made him disgustful to every one.
ref: 1796, “The Unexpected Reformation”, in The Blossoms of Morality, page 35:
text: Which would you sooner employ, a boy who was plainly, yet neatly clad, or one who had a slovenly appearance, though dressed in fine clothes?
ref: 1857, M[arcellus] F. Cowdery, “Lesson XVI. Be Neat.”, in Elementary Moral Lessons For Schools and Families, Philadelphia: H. Cowperthwait & Co., page 132:
glosses: Having an untidy appearance; unkempt.
glosses: Dirty, unwashed; disorderly.
examples: text: You say my pamphlet betrays the most slovenly rashness. But where is your proof?
ref: 1848 April 24, Joseph Barker, The Christian, volume IV, number XC/XCI:
text: British goods have often been despatched in such careless and slovenly fashion that they arrived half broken. The same goods supplied by Germans were packed with such admirable care that they reached their destination quite safely.
ref: 1909 June 24, “Character Sketch. Sir Robert Stout; or, 'Tis Forty-Six Years Since.”, in W. T. Stead, editor, The Review of Reviews, volume XXXIX, →OCLC:
glosses: Careless or negligent; sloppy.
Derived terms: slovenliness
slovenly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈslʌv.ən.li/
ipa: /ˈslʌv.ən.li/
ipa: /ˈslɒv.ən.li/
Forms: form: more slovenly
form: most slovenly
Etymology: From sloven + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a slovenly manner.
preserving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: preserveing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of preserve
preserving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: preservings
form: preserveing
Senses: examples: text: Some preservings of foods, indeed, can scarcely be done to advantage except on a large scale.
ref: 1924, Wilbur Olin Hedrick, The Economics of a Food Supply, page 26:
glosses: preservation
Derived terms: preserving melon
perceiving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈsivɪŋ/
ipa: /pəˈsiːvɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of perceive
perceiving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɚˈsivɪŋ/
ipa: /pəˈsiːvɪŋ/
Forms: form: perceivings
Senses: examples: text: To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
ref: 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73:
glosses: The act by which something is perceived.
granting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -æntɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grant
granting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æntɪŋ
Forms: form: grantings
Senses: examples: text: […] after grantings, revokings, and re-grantings, of the liberty of Yarmouth […]
ref: 1854, Henry Manship (the Younger), The History of Great Yarmouth (page 138)
text: We want to make it clear that […] the Department of Agriculture has no responsibility and takes no position with regard to the grantings of individual export licenses or to whom such licenses are granted.
ref: 1947, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services, Hearings Before Committee on Armed Services of the House of Representatives on Sundry Legislation Affecting the Naval and Military Establishments, 1947 (Eightieth Congress, First Session, volume 2, issues 101–150, page 1858)
glosses: The act by which something is granted.
flourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/
Forms: form: more flourishing
form: most flourishing
Senses: examples: a flourishing economy
glosses: Growing, thriving, prospering.
Synonyms: fortunate
prosperous
successful
Derived terms: flourishingly
unflourishing
flourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of flourish
flourishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflɝɪʃɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈflʌɹɪʃɪŋ/
Forms: form: flourishings
Senses: glosses: An act or instance of thriving or flowering.
examples: text: Maud took an active part in the drive, and with her cries and flourishings of the broken oar was of considerable assistance. I noticed, though, that whenever one looked tired and lagged, she let it slip past. But I noticed, also, whenever one, with a show of fight, tried to break past, that her eyes glinted and showed bright, and she rapped it smartly with her club.
ref: 1904, Jack London, chapter 30, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC:
glosses: A bold, sweeping movement.
glosses: A period of greatest influence.
glosses: A boasting or bragging.
glosses: The brandishing of a weapon.
diminishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more diminishing
form: most diminishing
Senses: glosses: becoming smaller
Derived terms: diminishingly
law of diminishing marginal utility
law of diminishing returns
undiminishing
diminishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of diminish
diminishing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diminishings
Senses: glosses: A diminishment.
degrading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/
rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of degrade
degrading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/
rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: more degrading
form: most degrading
Senses: examples: text: Retrieving my dropped possessions from the mud was a degrading experience.
glosses: Causing or likely to cause someone to feel degraded.
Derived terms: degradingly
degradingness
undegrading
degrading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈɡɹeɪdɪŋ(ɡ)/
rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: degradings
Senses: glosses: An act or process of degradation.
country mile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkʌntɹi ˈmaɪl/
Forms: form: country miles
Etymology: From country + mile. So named due to the winding, twisting nature of country roads, a country mile appears to take much longer to travel than a mile in the city, where the roads are straighter. First use appears c. 1717, in the publications of M. Dutton.
Senses: examples: text: by a country mile
text: ’Twas long indeed, a country mile;
ref: 1829, Frederick de Kruger, “The Villager’s Tale.”, in The Pirate, and Other Poems, London, England, United Kingdom: Liddell and Son, page 63:
text: I liked to imagine that my father had been a pretty fair country ballplayer who didn't pay attention to his batting average but could hit the ball a country mile and run like the wind.
ref: 2000, Steve Holt, A Day at the Ballpark, Xlibris, page 13:
text: Once I got in gear and took off, I was the only car left! I won by a country mile, Bro!
ref: 2004, Intelligent Systems, translated by Nintendo of America, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nintendo, GameCube, level/area: Rogueport:
text: But the passengers we spoke to seemed very happy with the trains - and yes, they are an improvement on the Class 170 by a country mile.
ref: 2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 57:
glosses: A long way, a great distance.
converting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of convert
alarming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/
ipa: /əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of alarm
alarming
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɑːm.ɪŋ/
ipa: /əˈlɑɹm.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: more alarming
form: most alarming
Senses: examples: text: Another stop at the 731-yard Sharpthorne Tunnel allowed the apprentices to see how a combination of water and a "chemical soup" is destroying the rails at an alarming rate.
ref: 2024 March 20, Richard Foster, “Vital experience in an open-air classroom”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 60:
glosses: Causing apprehension, fear or alarm; frightening.
Synonyms: word: concerning
word: distressful
word: distressing
word: troubling
word: worrisome
word: worrying
word: nagging
word: unsettling
Derived terms: alarmingly
alarmingness
nonalarming
unalarming
spooked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more spooked
form: most spooked
Senses: glosses: A little scared; worried by a feeling or event. Describing the unsettling feeling there being another unknown ghostly presence.
glosses: Being spied upon by security or intelligence services.
glosses: Taken off guard; astonished; surprised.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Duped into believing a spook.
spooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of spook
ta ta for now
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˌtɑː fə ˈnaʊ/
Forms: form: ta-ta for now
form: tata for now
Etymology: From ta ta with the addition of for now to emphasise hope that the parting will not be permanent.
Senses: examples: 1974: Tigger (voiced by Paul Winchell) in Unbouncing Tigger
Well, I gotta go, now! I got a lot of bouncing to do! Hoo-hoo-hoo! TTFN! Ta ta for now!
glosses: see ya, laters, (less formal version of) au revoir or till we meet again
Synonyms: ya
laters
Derived terms: TTFN
enslaved
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of enslave
joy ride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joy rides
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of joyride.
joy ride
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: joy rides
form: joy riding
form: joy rode
form: joy ridden
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of joyride.
earned media
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: advertising
business
government
marketing
politics
glosses: Publicitiy for political campaigns gained through newspaper articles, TV news stories, web news, letters to the editor, op-ed pieces, and "fast polls" on TV and the Web.
Synonyms: free media
ecky-becky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ecky-beckies
Etymology: Borrowed from Bajan ecky-becky. According to Bajan lore, the word ecky-becky is of African origin and can be traced back to a time before Africans came to Barbados. In one Igbo community in West Africa a French man allegedly named Equé Bequé, or something similar, attempted to settle there and colonize the village, but failed, as he had no money or army. From then on, the Igbo people called any poor Caucasian "Ecky-becky." This word would later be taken by these people to Barbados when they were captured along with other African tribes and brought into slavery.
Senses: glosses: A poor white person. Specifically, a lower-class descendant of the whites who worked the land before the arrival of African slaves.
Related terms: poor white trash
profundities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of profundity
sitrep
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtˌɹɛp/
Forms: form: sitreps
form: SITREP
form: SitRep
Etymology: Clipping of situation report.
Senses: examples: text: Anyone in the barracks, I need a sitrep. Now!
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Miranda Keyes (Justis Bolding), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: Crow's Nest:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A situation report: a periodic report on the current military situation.
examples: text: I didn’t appreciate it yet, but the bike I’d bought was a little too big for me and I wasn’t sitting in the optimal position. One day, a few weeks in, I posted a sitrep: ‘Frustrating day with delays, crazy truck drivers, no room at the inn, comms playing up — but covered over 110km!’
ref: 2016, Chris Graham, Five Minutes of Amazing: My Journey Through Dementia, London: Sphere, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: An update or report on the status of something or someone.
Related terms: fitrep
rep
edubba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edubbas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Sumerian 𒂍𒁾𒁀𒀀 (e₂-dub-ba-a /⁠edubak⁠/, “school”, literally “house of tablets”).
Senses: glosses: A Sumerian 'house of tablets', a place of learning where archives and literature were stored on clay tablets. A school and repository of knowledge.
ejit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eejit (A fool or idiot)
eloge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eloges
Etymology: From French éloge, from Latin ēlogium. Doublet of elogy.
Senses: glosses: An expression of praise.
examples: text: In a later éloge, Georges Cuvier called it, with pardonable exaggeration, ‘in some respects the last words of a dying Plato’.
ref: 2008, Richard Holmes, The Age of Wonder, HarperPress, published 2009, page 430:
glosses: A statement or disquisition in praise of someone who has died.
glosses: Specifically, the statement made by a new member of the French Academy about his predecessor.
emotional age
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emotional ages
Senses: glosses: The chronological age of individuals of the same maturity as the person in question.
empirical data
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Data derived from reliable measurement or observation.
aggregation number
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aggregation numbers
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the number of molecules that are associated together to form a micelle
Enobakhare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Edo, literally "the edict of the king."
Senses: glosses: A male given name in Nigeria.
glosses: A surname.
degree of ionization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degrees of ionization
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the ratio of the number of ions of a solute to the total number of molecules of that solute in a solution
refractive index
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: refractive indices
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The ratio of the speed of light in air or vacuum to that in another medium.
escalope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛskəˌlɒp/
ipa: /ˌɛskəˈloʊp/
ipa: /ˈɛskəˌloʊp/
Forms: form: escalopes
Etymology: Borrowed from French escalope. Doublet of scallop.
Senses: examples: text: Both the escalope de veau Normande and a special of the day, veal Orloff, seemed to be cut from the same veal roast, not thin escalopes at all, but thick chop-like slices. Only the sauces differed.
ref: 1980 November 23, Patricia Brooks, “French Dining in an Unlikely Setting”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: scallop
glosses: A thin slice of meat, especially veal or poultry.
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: A charge (depiction) of the scallop.
ethnophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ethnophobias
Etymology: From ethno- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The irrational fear and hatred of one's own nation
glosses: The hatred of any race or ethnicity different to one's own.
eupepsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eupepsy
Etymology: From Ancient Greek εὔπεπτος (eúpeptos, “easy of digestion”).
Senses: glosses: Good digestion.
evaluand
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evaluands
Senses: examples: text: Cultural competence requires an attitude of respect for the evaluand and its diverse consumers, providers, and other stakeholders.
ref: 2008, Michael Morris, Evaluation Ethics for Best Practice, →ISBN, page 47:
glosses: The subject of an evaluation, typically a program or system rather than a person
Related terms: evaluatee
evaluant
eventer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eventers
Etymology: From event + -er.
Senses: glosses: A horse or type of horse used in the equestrian sport of eventing.
topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: The rider of a horse used in eventing.