cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
passionfruit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: passionfruits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of passion fruit.
away with the fairies
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈweɪ wɪð ðə ˈfɛəɹɪːz/
Forms: form: away with the pixies
form: off with the fairies
Etymology: Based around the common belief in Celtic and British Isles folklore that fairies were prone to either kidnapping people or robbing them of their wits.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I know the story is away with the fairies, but he produces a body and I take him down to the station to talk to the detectives.
ref: 2000, Peter Watt, Cry of the Curlew:
text: That was so ridiculous I laughed. A smile would crack Alison's poetic persona so she looked serious. She put her thin hand to her cheek like a lady writer in a photograph with eyes that could penetrate surfaces. She was certainly away with the fairies.
ref: 2001, Finola Moorhead, Darkness More Visible:
text: Hobday was wild, mad, and totally away with the fairies.
ref: 2005, Ben Wright, Michael Patrick Shiels, Good Bounces and Bad Lies:
text: Don't believe a word he says, pet. He's away with the fairies.
ref: 2013, Santa Montefiore, Secrets of the Lighthouse, →ISBN, page 34:
glosses: Not all there; slightly crazy.
examples: text: Goodness, you were away with the fairies then! Did you hear me? I asked if you wanted another cup of tea?
ref: 2012, Hannah Richell, Secrets of the Tides, →ISBN, page 106:
text: Shaunna was suddenly in front of him, her voice bringing him back from wherever he'd been. “Hm?” “Are you all right, hun?” “Yeah. Why?” “You were away with the fairies there. Are you making tea?”
ref: 2014, Debbie McGowan, Crying in the Rain, →ISBN, page 55:
text: Mohandas Lakesh Singh's thoughts were far away when Donald Bry placed the report on his desk. Lakesh responded with a jump of sudden surprise. “I'm sorry,” Bry apologized. “I didn't realize you were—” “Think nothing of it, Donald,” Lakesh assured with a dismissive wave of his hand. “I was just...away with the fairies.”
ref: 2015, James Axler, Terminal White, →ISBN, page 198:
glosses: Synonym of lost in thought; distracted or daydreaming.
synonyms: word: lost in thought
extra: distracted or daydreaming
glosses: fast asleep
pagenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of paginate.
exciting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
ipa: /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of excite
exciting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
ipa: /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: more exciting
form: most exciting
Senses: examples: text: Some of the most exciting games ever played have ended in draws.
ref: 1955 January, “Chess Caviar”, in Chess Review:
glosses: Creating or producing excitement.
examples: text: Among the Turks, an exciting compound consists of olibanum, myrrh, camphor, musk, in pulverized form. The resultant perfume is said to affect the genitals.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 168:
glosses: Sexually stimulating.
Synonyms: word: absorbing
word: alacrifying
word: awesome
word: banging
word: bracing
word: compelling
word: distracting
word: dramatic
word: edge-of-the-seat
word: engrossing
word: electric
word: electrifying
word: enlivening
word: enthralling
word: exciteful
word: exciting
word: exhilarating
word: exhilarative
word: explosive
word: fascinating
word: hair-curling
word: hair-raising
word: heady
word: heart-pounding
word: heartstopping
word: heartswelling
word: intoxicating
word: gripping
word: impressive
word: inspiring
word: invigorating
word: jiggy
word: kicky
word: mind-blowing
word: moving
word: off the chain
word: pulse-pounding
word: pulsating
word: rip-roaring
word: riveting
word: rousing
word: sensational
word: shocking
word: sizzling
word: slam-bang
word: spine-tingling
word: startling
word: stimulating
word: stirring
word: stonking
word: thrilling
word: thrilly
word: warm
Hyponyms: word: action-packed
word: arousing
word: eggciting
word: exotic
word: juicy
word: page-turny
word: provocative
word: titillating
Derived terms: eggciting
excitingly
excitingness
hyperexciting
nonexciting
unexciting
Related terms: word: enthusiastic
word: thrill
exciting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
ipa: /ɛkˈsʌɪtɪŋ/
Forms: form: excitings
Senses: examples: text: But parents and masters should make haste in this, as to a great purchase for their children and servants; which while they defer, both sides suffer; the one, in wanting many excitings of grace, the other, in being worse served and obeyed.
ref: 1855, George Herbert, The Complete Works of George Herbert:
glosses: The process of something becoming excited; excitation.
routing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹutɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːtɪŋ
rhymes: (US) -aʊtɪŋ
Forms: form: routings
form: routeing
Etymology: From route + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: the optimal routing of delivery vehicles
glosses: The assignment of a route to anything.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a network such as the Internet, along which information can be passed.
Derived terms: hot-potato routing
onion routing
routing leak
routing number
routing slip
source routing
routing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹutɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːtɪŋ
rhymes: (US) -aʊtɪŋ
Forms: form: routeing
Etymology: From route + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of route
routing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹutɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːtɪŋ
rhymes: (US) -aʊtɪŋ
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊtɪŋ
ipa: /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹutɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːtɪŋ
rhymes: (US) -aʊtɪŋ
Etymology: From rout + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rout
routing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹutɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːtɪŋ
rhymes: (US) -aʊtɪŋ
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊtɪŋ
ipa: /ˈɹuːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹutɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈɹaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːtɪŋ
rhymes: (US) -aʊtɪŋ
Forms: form: routings
Etymology: From rout + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A channel cut in a material such as wood with a router or gouge.
exiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of exit
glosses: Misspelling of exciting.
exiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exitings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who exits; a departure.
cornerstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cornerstones
form: corner stone
Etymology: From Middle English corner ston; equivalent to corner + stone. The figurative sense is in part after Psalm 118:22, and is also quoted several times in the New Testament.
Senses: examples: text: Clutch it like a cornerstone
Otherwise it all comes down
Justify denials and
Grip 'em to the lonesome end
ref: 2001, “The Grudge”, performed by Tool:
glosses: A stone forming the base at the corner of a building.
examples: text: The cornerstone on the Flatiron Building is set on the Fifth Avenue facade.
glosses: Such a stone used ceremonially, often inscribed with the architect's and owner's names, dates and other details.
examples: text: Exceptional service is the cornerstone of the hospitality industry.
text: That is the cornerstone of any meaningful debate about budgets and projects, regulations and policies.
text: Jewish immigrants came together with other foreign-born groups in organizations like the Industrial Workers of the World, helping to create one of the cornerstones of the American left.
ref: 2019 July 15, Greg Afinogenov, “The Jewish Case for Open Borders”, in Jewish Currents, number Summer 2019:
glosses: That which is prominent, fundamental, noteworthy, or central.
Coordinate terms: capstone
foundation stone
keystone
milestone
quoin
touchstone
cornea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔː(ɹ)ni.ə/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)niə
Forms: form: corneas
form: corneae
form: corneæ
Etymology: From Latin cornea tela (“horny tissue”), from cornu (“horn”).
Senses: examples: text: Or instead of treating them with the developing solution, the corneæ may be removed to a warm, concentrated solution of tartaric acid and remain there at the temperature of an incubating stove until the gold is fully reduced.
ref: 1885, Arthur Bolles Lee, chapter XI, in The Microtomist’s Vade‐Mecum, P. Blakiston, Son & Co, page 93:
text: In the lateral view (fig. 26) the corneae seemed very flat, their convexity not exceeding that of the bulbi (cornea plana?);
ref: 1969, P. P. H. Alkemade, Dysgenesis Mesodermalis of the Iris and the Cornea: A Study of Rieger’s Syndrome and Peter’s Anomaly, page 119:
text: The corneae were swollen without major infiltrates similar to longstanding disciform edema.
ref: 1981, R. Sundmacher, D. Neumann-Haefelin, A. Mattes, K. Cantell, “Connatal Monosymptomatic Corneal Endotheliitis by Cytomegalovirus”, in Herpetic Eye Diseases, J.F. Bergmann Verlag, →ISBN, page 501:
text: It is well known that in clinical practice the corneae from eyes enucleated for malignant melanoma of posterior choroid are usually utilized for corneal grafting. This research refers to cases of posterior melanomas which extended anteriorly, in which the utilization of the corneae for grafting was doubtful.
ref: 1983, A. Loffredo, G. Cennamo, A. De Lellis, A. Sammartino, A. Del Prete, “Echographic Pattern Evaluation of Eyes with Choroid Melanoma for Corneal Graft Utilization”, in Jeffrey S. Hillman, Malcolm M. Le May, editors, Ophthalmic Ultrasonography: Proceedings of the 9th SIDUO Congress, Leeds, U.K. July 20-23, 1982, Dr W. Junk Publishers, Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, →ISBN, page 43:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The transparent layer making up the outermost front part of the eye, covering the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber.
Derived terms: corneal
corneal neuralgia
corneitis
ectocornea
megalocornea
microcornea
sclerocornea
Related terms: luna cornea
iris
pupil
sclera
bed and breakfast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed and breakfasts
form: bed-and-breakfast
form: bed & breakfast
Etymology: From bed + breakfast, from having a bed for the night and breakfast in the morning on offer.
Senses: synonyms: word: B&B
word: hotel
word: inn
word: lodging
word: lodging house
coordinate_terms: pension
motel
hotel
inn
;
room and board
glosses: A private home, guesthouse, small hotel etc. where guests are provided overnight accommodations and served breakfast but usually no other meals.
Derived terms: bed-and-breakfast deal
bed-and-breakfasting
bed-and-breakfast transaction
bed and breakfast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bed and breakfasts
form: bed-and-breakfast
form: bed & breakfast
Etymology: From the notion that two shillings and sixpence was once the price of lodging and breakfast in an inn.
Senses: examples: text: The language of darts is a combination of hybrid Cockney slang, metaphor and phrases that “stuck” for no apparent reason except they sounded good. […] Bed ’n’ breakfast—the number 26 when scored by hitting a 20, 5, and 1; comes from the price of a bed and breakfast in Olde England which was 2/6d, two shillings and sixpence.
ref: [1978 April, Dan Wheeler, Tom Jansing, “Mugs away!”, in All Hands, page 11:
text: This can be a lengthy procedure when neither team can do better than ‘bed and breakfast’ (26).
ref: 1984, Ivan L. Brackin, William Fitzgerald, Darts, page 72:
topics: darts
games
synonyms: word: B&B
glosses: A score of 26, made up of a score of 20, 1 and 5 in any order.
examples: text: Bingo calls that might leave the budding old-timer generally baffled include:[…] 26 ― Bed and breakfast. Traditionally it would cost two and six – two shillings and six pence. Now its £180 a night but you get biscuits.
ref: [2008, Marcus Waring, The Deranged Book for Old Timers, page 68:
topics: bingo
games
glosses: The number 26.
B&B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B&Bs
Senses: examples: text: Finally, after passing more lochs and calling at several delightful little stations such as Dalmally (a well-preserved Victorian gem housing a B&B), we swing around the back of Oban to arrive at the harbourside station and journey's end - seven days and 81 trains after first leaving Halifax!
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 9&!, page 79:
text: “With the dogs, pigs, geese, chickens, B&B guests, farm shop and everything else, we don’t get time to go away together, ever,” Mr. Soar said. In four decades, the longest stretch they’ve managed away from the house was four nights, he said, “and that was our honeymoon.”
ref: 2023 March 22, Ben West, “This 835-Year-Old English Manor Needs Some Modern Love”, in The New York Times:
related: word: B & B
word: BnB
glosses: Initialism of bed and breakfast (“guesthouse”).
hydrocyanic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrocyanic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a solution of hydrogen cyanide, HCN, in water; a weak poisonous acid, used as a fumigant
Synonyms: prussic acid
Related terms: Zyklon B
prussic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Hydrocyanic acid.
Related terms: prussiate
Zyklon B
prussiate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: prussiates
Senses: examples: text: The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
ref: 1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A ferricyanide, ferrocyanide or cyanide.
Derived terms: ferroprussiate
Zyklon B
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: a pesticide consisting of hydrocyanic acid absorbed on pellets of diatomaceous earth; when exposed to the air hydrogen cyanide is released; used most infamously during the Nazi Holocaust in some gas chambers.
gas chamber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gas chambers
Senses: examples: text: There was this boy I sent to the gas chamber at Huntsville here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killed a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again.
ref: 2007, Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, No Country for Old Men (motion picture), spoken by Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones):
glosses: A sealed chamber in which people are executed with poison gas.
Hypernyms: death chamber
hydrogen cyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless, very poisonous, volatile liquid, HCN, used in the production of dyes, plastics and fumigants; it dissolves in water to form hydrocyanic acid and reacts with bases to form cyanides, and with some organic compounds to form nitriles.
Synonyms: chyazic acid
formonitrile
Nevada gas
Related terms: hydrocyanic acid
nitrile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnaɪtɹaɪl/
Forms: form: nitriles
Etymology: Derived from benzonitrile which contains the −C≡N group. Benzonitrile was discovered and named by Hermann Fehling in 1844.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyano functional group −C≡N; they are named as derivatives of the appropriate carboxylic acid.
examples: text: Sitting in a box under my bed are the nitrile gloves that I bought to practise with my forensic kit.
ref: 2021, Ben Aaronovitch, What Abigail Did That Summer, Gollancz, page 96:
glosses: A type of synthetic rubber formed by the copolymerization of acrylonitrile and butadiene: nitrile rubber.
Derived terms: acetonitrile
acrylonitrile
aminonitrile
arenonitrile
azonitrile
butyronitrile
carbonitrile
cefacetrile
cefivitril
chloronitrile
dinitrile
formonitrile
glutaronitrile
halonitrile
isonitrile
lergotrile
malonitrile
manitimus
nitrilase
nitrilate
nitrile imide
nitrile rubber
nitrilic
nitrilium
nitrilotriacetic
phosphonitrile
piperonylonitrile
propenenitrile
trilostane
verapamil
cyano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cyanos
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a univalent functional group, -CN, consisting of a carbon and a nitrogen atom joined with a triple bond; organic compounds containing a cyano group are nitriles
Derived terms: sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cianopramine
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanide
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanoacetic
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanoalkyl
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanobenzaldehyde
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanocarboxylate
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanochromone
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanoformic acid
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanogen
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanophenyl
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanophosphorylation
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanopolyyne
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: cyanopyridine
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: dicyano
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: hexacyanonickelate
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: tetracyano
sense: some may be derived from prefix cyano-, but
 at the end of the day, it amounts to the same...
word: tetracyanonickelate
hydrosulphurous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hydrosulfurous acid.
hydrosulfurous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: an alternative name for hyposulfurous acid
hyposulfurous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An unstable acid, H₂S₂O₂, only known in solution, used as a reducing agent; its salts are hyposulfites).
Synonyms: word: hyposulphurous acid
word: hydrosulfurous acid
word: hydrosulphurous acid
Related terms: thiosulfuric acid
hyposulphurous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of hyposulfurous acid.
blinking
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
Senses: examples: a blinking light
glosses: That blinks.
examples: text: The blinking telly isn't working again.
text: It's right here in the blinkin' papers! Pictures and all!
ref: 1961, 101 Dalmatians:
glosses: bloody
Synonyms: sense: that blinks
word: winking
sense: euphemism: bloody
word: blasted
word: blimming
word: blooming
blinking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blink
blinking
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪŋkɪŋ
Forms: form: blinkings
Senses: examples: the steady blinkings of lights on the console
glosses: The act of something that blinks.
Derived terms: blinkingly
nonblinking
photoblinking
unblinking
thiosulfuric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiosulphuric acid
Etymology: From thio- + sulfuric acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An unstable acid, H₂S₂O₃, formally derived from sulfuric acid by the substitution of a sulfur atom in the place of an oxygen one; it is known only in solution or as its salts and esters, the thiosulfates.
thiosulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiosulfates
form: thiosulphate
Etymology: From thio- + sulfate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any salt or ester of thiosulfuric acid
Synonyms: english: use in photography
translation: use in photography
word: hypo
Derived terms: ammonium thiosulfate
sodium thiosulfate
hypo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ.pəʊ/
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.poʊ/
rhymes: -aɪpəʊ
Forms: form: hypos
Etymology: Clipping of various terms beginning with hypo-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”).
Senses: examples: text: 1711 "I have a better Stomach tha usuall and have perfectly forgot what the Hyppo means",Joseph Collett, merchant, writing from Rio de Janeiro, Oct 15, 1711, in his Private Letter Books, edited by H. H. Dodwell in 1933. (cited by Eric Partidge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventinoal English
text: 1837 Abraham Lincoln: Tell your sister I dont want to hear any more about selling out and moving. That gives me the hypo whenever I think of it. (Letter to Mary S. Owens, May 7. 1837, Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln. Volume 1.
text: whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knocking people's hats off--then, I account it high time to get to sea as soon as I can. (Chapter 1, "Loomings")
But thou sayest, methinks that white-lead chapter about whiteness is but a white flag hung out from a craven soul; thou surrenderest to a hypo, Ishmael. (Chapter 42, "The Whiteness of the Whale")
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
glosses: Melancholy; a fit of hypochondria; a morbid depression.
examples: text: Certainly no one can accuse a bunch of hypos of lying dormant during the noon-hour. The activity, inside and out, is simply terrific. To us, personally, by far the most interesting group of hypochondriacs in attendance at this particular emporium […]
ref: 1953, General Motors Acceptance Corporation, General Exchange Insurance Corporation, Motors Insurance Corporation, News and Views, page 30:
glosses: A hypochondriac.
topics: arts
hobbies
lifestyle
photography
glosses: Sodium thiosulfate (also called hyposulfite of soda), a photographic fixing agent.
glosses: A hypoglycaemia attack in a person with diabetes.
glosses: A hypodermic syringe or injection.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Hypothecation.
topics: law
glosses: A hypothetical case.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: A hypomelanistic snake.
Derived terms: hypostain
hypo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ.pəʊ/
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.poʊ/
rhymes: -aɪpəʊ
Forms: form: hypos
form: hypoing
form: hypoed
form: hypoed
Etymology: Clipping of various terms beginning with hypo-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό (hupó, “under”).
Senses: examples: text: My top lip tingles, and I'm clearly hypoing but I don't know what my sugar level is, it was 9.8 when I went to bed, which is fine. I've hypoed a lot lately.
ref: 2019, Charlotte Bates, quoting Alice, Vital Bodies: Living with Illness, Bristol: Policy Press, →ISBN, page unknown:
glosses: To have a hypoglycaemia attack.
examples: text: Bacterium and virus count—as usual. Lots of it. Apparently not too dangerous. Not with every single soul hypoed and immunized and hormoned to his eyebrows.
ref: 1956, Clifford Simak, Strangers in the Universe, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 113:
glosses: To administer a hypodermic injection to.
examples: text: Stations across the country hypoed the Beatle excitement with offers of fan club cards, free records. Beatle contests of all sorts, and a continual push on the Capitol, Swan, Vee Jay and MGM releases by the group.
ref: 1964 February 29, Jack Maher, “Beatles Bug As They Command Air”, in Billboard, volume 76, number 9, page 8:
glosses: To stimulate or boost, as if by administering a hypodermic injection. (Compare hype.)
examples: text: In the last three peacetime years before the Vietnam War expenditures began to hypo the economy, 1961, 1962, and 1963, unemployment in those years averaged six percent.
ref: 1971, Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, volume 29, page 1727:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: To stimulate or boost (the economy) by the injection of cash, such as with quantitative easing
Related terms: hypo-
blood eagle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blood eagles
Senses: examples: text: Blood eagle
Blood eagle is the destroyer
Blood eagle will set the wicked free
Rip the body from the bone now
Spread the heavens' wings
Show Valhalla glory and memory
Let ‘em, let ‘em
Let the Christians sing
ref: 2019, “Blood Eagle”, performed by Periphery:
glosses: A method of Viking ritual execution, in which the ribs are opened from the back, and the lungs pulled out and arranged to resemble wings.
data mining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data-mining
form: datamining
Senses: examples: text: Serious application of data mining involves thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of individual cases.
ref: 2005, Ian H. Witten, Eibe Frank, Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques, 2nd edition, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 10:
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A technique for searching large-scale databases for patterns; used mainly to find previously unknown correlations between variables that may be commercially useful.
data mining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: data-mining
form: datamining
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of data mine
routeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: routing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of route
routeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: routeings
form: routing
Senses: examples: text: The department organising the run-out will send its preferred routeing to the relevant NR national planning team, who will then try to deliver the specification as close as possible to the requested routes and times.
ref: 2022 December 14, Pip Dunn, “Caroline is ready for inspection...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 52:
glosses: A method of finding paths from origins to destinations in a transport network.
Related terms: router
ferment
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈmɛnt/
ipa: /fɚˈmɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
ipa: /ˈfɜː.mɛnt/
ipa: /ˈfɚ.mɛnt/
Forms: form: ferments
form: fermenting
form: fermented
form: fermented
Etymology: From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervēre (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent.
Senses: examples: text: The cleanup job would turn out to be possibly second only to body-recovery duty in terms of being a job that nobody wanted to get assigned to. Imagine, for a moment, a thick soup of oil, paper, ink, clothing, raw meat and other fresh provisions, and worse, that had all been left to collect together in semi-warm water, all enclosed in a large metal container that had then been subjected to heating by first fire and then repeated warm Hawaiian days, and then left to ferment for over a month, and then with most of the water drained away and all the remaining solid and semi-liquid mass collecting together in pools and heaps across multiple decks, still in a relatively-enclosed environment.
ref: 2020 November 18, Drachinifel, 6:21 from the start, in The Salvage of Pearl Harbor Pt 2 - Up She Rises!, archived from the original on 22 Oct 2022:
glosses: To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
examples: text: Ye vigorous swains! while youth ferments your blood.
ref: 1713, [Alexander] Pope, Windsor-Forest. […], London: […] Bernard Lintott […], →OCLC:
text: Pleas'd have I wander'd thro' your rough domain; / Trod the pure virgin-ſnows, myſelf as pure; / Heard the winds roar, and the big torrent burſt; / Or ſeen the deep fermenting tempeſt brew'd, / In the grim evening ſky.
ref: a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC, page 165, lines 10–14:
glosses: To stir up, agitate, cause unrest or excitement in.
Synonyms: word: yeast
Derived terms: apoferment
coferment
fermentability
fermentable
fermental
fermentarian
fermentate
fermentative
fermenter
fermentic
fermentome
fermentor
lactoferment
nonfermenting
overferment
preferment
referment
re-ferment
underferment
unfermenting
ferment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈmɛnt/
ipa: /fɚˈmɛnt/
rhymes: -ɛnt
ipa: /ˈfɜː.mɛnt/
ipa: /ˈfɚ.mɛnt/
Forms: form: ferments
Etymology: From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), from fervēre (“to boil, seethe”). See also fervent.
Senses: glosses: Something, such as a yeast or barm, that causes fermentation.
examples: text: Subdue and cool the ferment of desire.
ref: a. 1729, John Rogers, The Difficulties of Obtaining Salvation:
text: 14 November, 1770, Junius, letter to the Right Honourable Lord Mansfield
The nation is in a ferment.
text: Clad in a Persian-Renaissance gown and a widow's tiara of white batiste, Mrs Thoroughfare, in all the ferment of a Marriage-Christening, left her chamber on vapoury autumn day and descending a few stairs, and climbing a few others, knocked a trifle brusquely at her son's wife's door.
ref: 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, Duckworth, hardback edition, page 104
text: Proponents of the broken windows theory assume that [disorder] means a neighborhood has lost control and doesn't care about crime. But surely there are other plausible meanings. It could signal artistic ferment, a youth hangout, rebellion, or an alternative lifestyle.
ref: 2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order:
glosses: A state of agitation or of turbulent change.
examples: text: A Rage of Pleaſure madden'd every Breaſt, / Down to the loweſt Lees the Ferment ran: [...]
ref: 1748, James Thomson, “Canto II”, in The Castle of Indolence: […], London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, stanza XXX, page 56:
glosses: A gentle internal motion of the constituent parts of a fluid; fermentation.
glosses: A catalyst.
Related terms: foment
desecrate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/
ipa: /ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t/
Forms: form: desecrates
form: desecrating
form: desecrated
form: desecrated
Etymology: From de- + stem of consecrate.
Senses: examples: text: It's reform -- reform! You're going to 'turn over a new leaf,' and all that, and sign the pledge, and quit cigars, and go to work, and pay your debts, and gravitate back into Sunday-school, where you can make love to the preacher's daughter under the guise of religion, and desecrate the sanctity of the innermost pale of the church by confessions at Class of your 'thorough conversion'!
ref: 1916, James Whitcomb Riley, The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley, volume 10:
text: Tonight nothing is too sacred, we desecrate and live in sin
ref: 1984, Quorthon, “Necromansy”:
glosses: To profane or violate the sacredness or sanctity of something.
glosses: To remove the consecration from someone or something; to deconsecrate.
examples: text: A subsequent owner has desecrated the main hall and robbed it of its grandeur by putting in a floor just beneath the circular windows in order to make an upper room over the hall.
ref: 1913, William Alexander Lambeth, Warren H. Manning, Thomas Jefferson as an Architect and a Designer of Landscapes.:
text: Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: To change in an inappropriate and destructive manner.
Synonyms: sense: profane or violate sacredness
word: defile
word: unhallow
sense: remove the consecration
word: deconsecrate
sense: remove the consecration
word: desanctify
sense: inappropriately change
word: pervert
word: corrupt
word: desecrate
word: profane
word: pollute
word: sully
word: tarnish
word: violate
Hypernyms: word: exaugurate
word: deconsecrate
word: desacralize
word: desanctify
word: disconsecrate
word: secularize
word: unconsecrate
word: unhallow
Derived terms: desecrated
desecrater
desecration
desecrative
desecrator
undesecrate
desecrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛs.ɪ.kɹeɪ̯t/
ipa: /ˈdɛs.ə.kɹeɪ̯t/
Forms: form: more desecrate
form: most desecrate
Etymology: From de- + stem of consecrate.
Senses: examples: text: Here are the very nooks where the unwashed most abound—here are the temples most desecrate.
ref: 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Myster of Marie Rogêt:
glosses: Desecrated.
disrespect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: disrespects
Etymology: From dis- + respect.
Senses: examples: text: [S]he uſed many arguments both to excuſe her ſelf and divert their intentions, yet adding ſtill more fierceneſs to their former behaviour, as they would not ſeem at all to be ſatisfied either with her language or her tears (notwithſtanding they proceeded more from her apprehenſion of their diſreſpects to her perſon, than out of any ſenſe ſhe had of her own preſent danger) […]
ref: 1665, The Princesse Cloria: or, The Royal Romance. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Edward Man […], page 360:
text: This was a champion team out of kilter, stung by what was arguably an act of disrespect to their opponents, a failure to appreciate their threat and the fine planning of Carlos Osorio, and never really able to regain its balance.
ref: 2018 June 17, Barney Ronay, “Mexico’s Hirving Lozano stuns world champions Germany for brilliant win”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2019:
glosses: A lack of respect, esteem or courteous behaviour.
Synonyms: misrespect
unrespect
disrespect
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsɹɪˈspɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: disrespects
form: disrespecting
form: disrespected
form: disrespected
Etymology: From dis- + respect.
Senses: glosses: To show a lack of respect to someone or something.
Synonyms: dis
insult
misbid
misrespect
Derived terms: disrespecter
disrespector
impiety
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪɪti
Forms: form: impieties
Etymology: From Old French impieté, from Latin impietas, from in- (“not”) + pietas (“piety”), from pius (“pious, devout”) + -tās (“-ty, -dom”). By surface analysis, impious + -ety.
Senses: glosses: The state of being impious.
examples: text: [I]f the world and motion were not from Eternity, then God was Idle; were all the Aſſertions of Ariſtotle, which Theology pronounceth impieties. Which yet we need not ſtrange at from one, of whom a Father ſaith, Nec Deum coluit nec curavit [he neither worshipped nor cared for God]: […]
ref: 1661, Joseph Glanvill, chapter XIX, in The Vanity of Dogmatizing: Or Confidence in Opinions. […], London: […] E. C[otes] for Henry Eversden […], →OCLC, page 184:
glosses: An impious act.
glosses: The lack of respect for a god or something sacred.
Synonyms: sense: state of being impious
word: ungodliness
sense: impious behavior
word: ungodliness
sense: lack of respect
word: disrespect
sense: lack of respect
english: more general
translation: more general
word: disregard
impious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪmpi.əs/
ipa: /ɪmˈpaɪəs/
Forms: form: more impious
form: most impious
Etymology: From Latin impius.
Senses: glosses: Not pious.
examples: text: […] surfaces too great to belong to anything right or proper for this earth, and impious with horrible images and hieroglyphs.
ref: 1928 February, H[oward] P[hillips] Lovecraft, “The Call of Cthulhu”, in Farnsworth Wright, editor, Weird Tales: A Magazine of the Bizarre and Unusual, volume 11, number 2, Indianapolis, Ind.: Popular Fiction Pub. Co., →OCLC, pages 159–178 and 287:
glosses: Lacking reverence or respect, especially towards a god.
Synonyms: irreverent
ungodly
unholy
Derived terms: impiously
impiousness
Related terms: impiety
sacrilege
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsækɹɪlɪd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈsækɹəlɪd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: sacrileges
form: sacriledge
Etymology: Circa 1300, original sense “stealing something sacred”. From Middle English sacrilege, from Old French sacrilege, from Latin sacrilegium, from sacrilegus (“sacrilegious”). Sense of “profanation” from late 14th century.
Senses: examples: text: I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.
ref: 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, pages 703-704:
glosses: Desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred.
Derived terms: sacrilegious
profanation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɒfəˈneɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: form: profanations
Etymology: From Middle French prophanation, profanation, and its source, Late Latin profanatio, from the participle stem of Latin profānāre.
Senses: examples: text: those which mocke and condemne it, intend neverthelesse to wrong this noble vertue; but onely to condemne the abuse and profanation of so sacred a title[…].
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 37, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: […] but there is a time and a season for all things, and we look upon such attempts as that before us, with a certain portion of respect for a good intention, but as a lamentable want of judgment and good taste, not to speak of a familiarity with the phraseology of Scripture, little short of profanation.
ref: 1826-06, The Gentleman's Magazine, page 528
glosses: The act of profaning; desecration, blasphemous behaviour, defilement.
Related terms: profane
backbencher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backbenchers
form: back-bencher
Etymology: From backbench + -er.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: A Member of Parliament who does not have cabinet rank, and who therefore sits on one of the backbenches or in one of the back rows of the legislature.
examples: text: Classmates naturally turn to look at the backbencher, who must acknowledge his presence, with some embarrassment.
ref: 1978, Ralph Canada, Charles Cheatham, Tony Licata, Surviving the first year of law school, page 37:
text: The teacher also gets an idea of the "backbenchers" or the slow students since he can see which desk is still to send an answer.
ref: 2000 March, Renu Sahni, Nandita Satsangee, Vishal Sahni, Soami P. Satangee, “Intelligent Class Rooms of the Future”, in Proceedings of the National Seminar on Applied Systems Engineering and Soft Computing, →ISBN, page 630:
text: When I was in a primary school, I was a backbencher student.
ref: 2014, Jill Brown, Navigating International Academia: Research Student Narratives, →ISBN, page 630:
topics: education
glosses: A student who does not perform well, especially one who sits at the back of the classroom.
examples: text: During 1994, the national team players were away for a game in January and again during the season-ending league championship tournament in April. The “backbenchers” won all these games.
ref: 2000, Nancy Theberge, Higher Goals: Women's Ice Hockey and the Politics of Gender, →ISBN, page 39:
text: The plucky backbencher began his life in hockey as a player, breaking into the professional game with the Pacific Coast Hockey Association's Portland Rosebuds in 1916– 17, but turned amateur again the following season.
ref: 2009, Doug Lennox, Now You Know Big Book of Sports, →ISBN, page 35:
text: By the second scrimmage of the season he was a backbencher, suspended from the game for disciplinary reasons.
ref: 2014, Paul Gionfriddo, Losing Tim: How Our Health and Education Systems Failed My Son with Schizophrenia, →ISBN:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A member of a team who does not usually play, but who is held in reserve.
examples: text: As we stated in previous chapters, counselors and other student support personnel have been backbenchers in the ongoing drama of school reform.
ref: 2006, Karen Seashore Louis, Molly F. Gordon, Aligning Student Support With Achievement Goals, →ISBN:
text: Mayorga was no backbencher in the dirty war. He had been chief of the naval base in Trelew in 1972, when one of the first massacres took place.
ref: 2015, W. John Green, A History of Political Murder in Latin America, →ISBN, page 122:
text: But, Jack was a backbencher in the committee. His main function was to keep an eye on the theatre's income.
ref: 2017, Edward Dayes, So cause her downfall, →ISBN, page 90:
glosses: Someone who does not play an active role in a process.
Coordinate terms: frontbencher
papacy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pāʹ-pə-sē
ipa: /ˈpeɪ.pə.si/
rhymes: -eɪpəsi
Forms: form: papacies
Etymology: Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).
Senses: glosses: The office of a pope.
examples: text: The Vatican defends the primacy of the papacy.
glosses: The office of a pope.
The office of the pope of Rome, who is the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
examples: text: The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.
glosses: The period of a particular pope's reign.
glosses: Roman Catholicism generally: synonym of popery.
Derived terms: antipapacy
caesaropapacy
Related terms: word: papal
word: papism
word: pope
word: popishness
sense: the state of being a father or a father figure
word: abbacy
sense: the state of being a father or a father figure
word: fatherness
sense: the state of being a father or a father figure
word: paternity
backbench
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: back bench
form: back-bench
Etymology: From back + bench.
Senses: examples: text: He prefers to be a backbench MP.
glosses: relating to the back benches in parliament
examples: text: Cold preservation is a component of the donor organ resection procedure, not the backbench preparation.
ref: 2009, Michelle Green, 3-2-1 Code It!, →ISBN, page 523:
text: Regardless of the origin of the kidney graft, LD or deceased donor, backbench preparation for robotic implantation follows some specific steps.
ref: 2013, A. Osama Gaber, Current Topics in Transplantation, An Issue of Surgical Clinics, →ISBN:
text: The transplant procedure involves obtaining the graft to be transplanted (from a cadaver or living donor), backbench work (special preparation of the graft before transplantation), and transplantation into the recipient.
ref: 2014, Carol J. Buck, Step-by-Step Medical Coding, →ISBN, page 702:
glosses: Pertaining to the preparation of a donor organ prior to transplantation.
examples: text: In contrast, the less able, the backbench players, tend to stick around, and if they're in a position of power, they are also inclined to hire and promote other also-rans or, worse, people incapable of even finishing the race.
ref: 2011, Jack Griffin, How to Say It: Be Indispensable at Work, →ISBN:
text: In view of this, it is clear why internet service providers (ISPs) are inclined to play a backbench role when it comes to combating file sharing.
ref: 2012, S. Allegrezza, A. Dubrocard, Internet Econometrics, →ISBN:
glosses: Secondary or inactive.
Member of Parliament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Members of Parliament
form: MPs
form: member of parliament
Senses: glosses: A representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a house of a parliament.
Related terms: word: representative
Members of Parliament
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Member of Parliament
House of Commons
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the House of Commons
Etymology: In this term, house means a deliberative assembly, while the Commons stands for the common people, as opposed to nobility.
Senses: examples: text: When the legislation was debated by the House of Commons, Labour Deputy Leader Angela Rayner said it was "riddled with holes", while former Conservative Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said it was "badly written".
ref: 2024 March 20, Conrad Landin, “"Farcical" Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act isn't working”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 25:
topics: government
politics
glosses: The lower house of the British Parliament.
topics: government
politics
glosses: The lower house of the Canadian Parliament.
Synonyms: word: Commons
word: Commons House
Related terms: House of Lords
Houses of Parliament
Member of Parliament
Prime Minister
House of Commons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Houses of Commons
form: house of commons
Etymology: In this term, house means a deliberative assembly, while the Commons stands for the common people, as opposed to nobility.
Senses: examples: text: Reckoning from 1802 till November 15, 1837, there were thirteen Houses of Commons
ref: 1842, William Chambers et al., Chambers's Information for the People, page 178:
glosses: A session of the House of Commons.
examples: text: Right across western Canada, the "house of commons" is the biffey. Now that should tell you something about the way westerners feel about the goings-on in Ottawa.
ref: 1987, Chris Thain, Cold as a Bay Street Banker's Heart, page 86:
glosses: An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory.
Synonyms: commons
common house
outhouse
House of Lords
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the House of Lords
Senses: examples: text: He has just become Lord Hendy, and will take his place in the House of Lords on December 12. He will be a Crossbencher, which means he will not represent a political party.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Hendy drops GBR name but reform plans proceed”, in RAIL, number 971, page 12:
glosses: The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament.
Synonyms: Gilded Chamber