cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
mucopolysaccharide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mucopolysaccharides
Etymology: From muco- + polysaccharide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polysaccharide consisting of alternating units of uronic acids and glycosamines, sometimes esterified with sulfuric acid.
Derived terms: mucopolysaccharidosis
naphthene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthenes
Etymology: From naphtha + -ene.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cycloalkane (or alkyl derivative).
Derived terms: naphthenic
naphthenic acid
nonanaphthene
octonaphthene
Tamara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑmɑɹə/
ipa: /təmæɹə/
ipa: /təmɛɹə/
Etymology: Of Slavic origin, mainly from Russian Тама́ра (Tamára), name of a 12th-century saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church, cognate with English biblical Tamar, from Hebrew תמר (tāmār, “date palm”).
Senses: examples: text: Best Version Media shared a statement about the death of Tamara Durand, the wife of the executive chairman and founder, Dave Durand.
ref: 2022 October 26, Christina Zdanowicz, Claudia Dominguez, Lauren M. Johnson and Sara Smart, “The Waukesha victims included an 8-year-old boy, a loving grandmother and a woman excited to make her debut in the Dancing Grannies”, in CNN:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, regularly used in English since the mid-twentieth century.
Related terms: word: Tamar
word: Tamarah
word: Tamera
word: Tamra
sense: pet forms
word: Tammi
sense: pet forms
word: Tammie
sense: pet forms
word: Tammy
ariki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arikis
Etymology: Borrowed from Maori ariki, Proto-Polynesian *qariki.
Senses: glosses: A person having a hereditary chiefly or noble rank in Polynesia.
naphthenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: naphthenic acids
Etymology: From naphthene + -ic + acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any carboxylic acid derived from a naphthene
Derived terms: naphthenate
showbread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: showbreads
form: shew bread
form: show bread
Etymology: From show + bread.
Senses: examples: text: There is sett on the Board a high heap of Soule-cakes lyeing one upon another like the picture of the Sew-Bread in the old Bibles.
ref: 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 23:
topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: The twelve loaves of bread placed daily by the Jewish priests in the Holy Place on the table.
Related terms: the bread of the Presence
the continual bread
the layer bread
Holy bread
the bread of presentation
Bartholomew
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑːˈθɒləmjuː/
ipa: /ˈbɑːtəlmi/
ipa: /bɑɹˈθɑləmju/
ipa: /bɑɹˈtɑləmi/
Forms: form: Bartholomews
Etymology: From Latin Bartholomaeus, from Ancient Greek Βαρθολομαῖος (Bartholomaîos), from Aramaic בר תלמי (bar tolmai, “son of Talmai; son of Ptolemy”), from בר (bar, “son”) and תלמי (tolmai, “Talmai; Ptolemy”). It has long been unclear whether the Apostle's father was named after the biblical Talmai, king of Geshur, or one of the Greek Ptolemies, as the two originally unrelated names were conflated in Jewish Aramaic.
The name's pronunciation was changed to match the spelling; contrast French Barthélemy from the same source.
Senses: examples: text: Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Lebbaeus, whose surname was Thaddaeus; Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
ref: Matthew 10: 2 - 4
glosses: An Apostle, identified with Nathanael. (biblical character)
glosses: A male given name from Aramaic of biblical origin.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Bartholomew baby
Bartholomewtide
Related terms: Bart
Bartholow
Bartlett
Bate
Bates
Bateson
Batey
Batson
Batt
Battey
Batts
Batty
Battye
Beatson
perahu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɑː.huː/
rhymes: -ɑːhu
Forms: form: perahus
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of proa (“sailing vessel”).
nitramine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitramines
Etymology: From nitro- + amine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any amine having a nitro group substituted for a hydrogen atom; an amide of nitric acid R-NH-NO₂.
nitrimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrimines
form: nitroimine
Etymology: From nitro- + imine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound of general formula R₂C=NNO₂
nitroimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitroimines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative form of nitrimine.
nitrolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrolic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound having the general formula RC(=NOH)NO₂
nitronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitronic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: azinic acid
breccia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(ɪ.)ə/
ipa: /ˈbɹɛt͡ʃ.(i.)ə/
ipa: /ˈbɹɛʃ.i.ə/
Forms: form: breccias
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian breccia, from French brèche, from Middle French breche, from Old French breche, from Vulgar Latin *breca, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *breka.
Senses: examples: text: Courses of angular boulders line the rim of the volcano, the remains of its last explosive phase, resulting in a volcanic breccia.
ref: 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 24:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
petrology
glosses: A rock composed of angular fragments in a matrix that may be of a similar or a different material.
Derived terms: breccial
brecciate
brecciation
breccioid
megabreccia
microbreccia
pseudobreccia
tuff breccia
VSO
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
coordinate_terms: SVO
SOV
OSV
VOS
glosses: Initialism of verb–subject–object [word order]: a language is VSO if a typical sentence starts with a verb, followed by the subject, followed by the object.
raw_tags: of a language
Related terms: sense: verb-subject-object
word: anastrophe
VSO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Initialism of violin-shaped object, referring to a violin that is of very low quality.
VSO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Voluntary Service Overseas.
showmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃəʊ.mən.ʃɪp/
Forms: form: showmanships
Etymology: From showman + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: The act was clean and well-rehearsed, but the performers lacked the showmanship that would have made it great.
synonyms: showmanism
showmanry
glosses: The quality or skill of giving an engaging or compelling performance; a stage presence.
petticoat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/
ipa: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/
ipa: [ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt]
ipa: /ˈpet.ɪ.kəʉt/
ipa: [ˈpeɾ.ɪ.kəʉt]
ipa: /ˈpɛtɪkət/
Forms: form: petticoats
Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.
Senses: glosses: A tight, usually padded undercoat worn by women over a shirt and under the doublet.
glosses: A woman's undercoat, worn to be displayed beneath an open gown.
glosses: A fisherman's loose canvas or oilcloth skirt.
glosses: A type of ornamental skirt or underskirt, often displayed below a dress; chiefly in plural, designating a woman's skirts collectively.
examples: text: “Yes, and her petticoat; I hope you saw her petticoat, six inches deep in mud, I am absolutely certain; and the gown which had been let down to hide it not doing its office.”
“Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.”
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter VIII, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume I, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, pages 76–77:
glosses: A light woman's undergarment worn under a dress or skirt, and hanging either from the shoulders or (now especially) from the waist; a kind of slip, worn to make the skirt fuller, or for extra warmth.
glosses: A woman.
glosses: A bell-mouthed piece over the exhaust nozzles in the smokebox of a locomotive, strengthening and equalising the draught through the boiler-tubes.
Synonyms: underskirt
Derived terms: petticoat breeches
petticoat discipline
petticoated
petticoatery
petticoat government
petticoating
petticoatless
petticoat pipe
petticoat punishment
petticoat tail
pettiloon
pettipants
pettiskirt
underpetticoat
petticoat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/
ipa: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/
ipa: [ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt]
ipa: /ˈpet.ɪ.kəʉt/
ipa: [ˈpeɾ.ɪ.kəʉt]
ipa: /ˈpɛtɪkət/
Forms: form: petticoats
form: petticoating
form: petticoated
form: petticoated
Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.
Senses: glosses: To dress in a petticoat.
petticoat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.kəʊt/
ipa: /ˈpɛt.ɪ.koʊt/
ipa: [ˈpɛɾ.ɪ.koʊt]
ipa: /ˈpet.ɪ.kəʉt/
ipa: [ˈpeɾ.ɪ.kəʉt]
ipa: /ˈpɛtɪkət/
Etymology: From Middle English petticote, petycote, peticote, petite cote, equivalent to petty + coat.
Senses: examples: text: petticoat influence
text: a petticoat affair
text: Phœb[us]. Know you the Reaſon of this preſent Summons? […] / Merc[ury]. And Venus may know more than both of us, / For 'tis ſome Petticoat Affair I gueſs.
ref: 1690, [John] Dryden, Amphitryon; or, The Two Sosia’s. […], London: […] J[acob] Tonson, […]; and M. Tonson […], published 1691, →OCLC, Act I, page 1:
glosses: Feminine; female; involving a woman.
swayed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sweɪd/
ipa: /sweːd/
rhymes: -eɪd
homophone: suede (except Scotland)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sway
swayed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sweɪd/
ipa: /sweːd/
rhymes: -eɪd
homophone: suede (except Scotland)
Forms: form: more swayed
form: most swayed
Senses: glosses: Bent backwards, as in swayback
overlooked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʊkt
Forms: form: more overlooked
form: most overlooked
Etymology: From over- + looked.
Senses: examples: text: Jealousy: It's all the feelings that come over you when you think you're being overlooked by others. It comes from inside, from your insecurities and fears—fear of loss, fear of betrayal, and fear of hurt.
ref: 2021, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, “What is... jealousy?”, in Let's Talk About It, →ISBN, page 189:
glosses: Missed, unnoticed.
Derived terms: unoverlooked
overlooked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʊkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of overlook
attentively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more attentively
form: most attentively
Etymology: From Middle English attentifly, attentifli, equivalent to attentive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'It's a very clean cut,' said the Rat, examining it again attentively.
ref: 1908 October, Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC:
text: When Major saw that they had all made themselves comfortable and were waiting attentively, he cleared his throat and began
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: In an attentive manner.
Derived terms: preattentively
scholars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scholar
promoted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of promote
periods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of period
substances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of substance
heirs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of heir
critics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of critic
information science
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information sciences
Senses: qualifier: applied science
glosses: A broad and interdisciplinary science that deals with the gathering, classification, storage, manipulation, retrieval and analysis of information as an organized resource.
Synonyms: information studies
Hyponyms: geographic information science
library and information science
quantum information science
Related terms: computer science
informatics
information theory
library science
allies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælaɪz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of ally
allies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈælaɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of ally
safe conduct
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safe-conduct
Etymology: Attested as early as the 14th century in Robert of Gloucerster's chronicles written in Middle English; ultimately a calque of Old French sauf-conduit.
Senses: glosses: The security given by authority of a government to a stranger for his quietly coming into and passing out of the territories over which said government has jurisdiction or control.
wikipedia: Robert of Gloucester (historian)
nitrosamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any N-nitroso amide
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the unstable compound H₂N-NO and any of its hydrocarbyl derivatives; the nitrosamines
nitrosimine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosimines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound of general formula R₂C=N-N=O, the N-nitroso imines
nitroso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Ultimately from Latin nitrōsus. Doublet of nitrous.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical and functional group -N=O
Derived terms: nitrosamine
nitrosate
nitrosation
nitrosobenzene
nitrosocysteine
nitrosodimethylamine
nitrosoethylurea
nitrosoguanidine
nitrosourea
nitrosolic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nitrosolic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any compound of general formula R-C(=NOH)NO
safety stock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safety stocks
Senses: topics: management
synonyms: buffer stock
qualifier: supply chain
glosses: Additional inventory planned to buffer against the variability in supply and demand plans, that could otherwise result in inventory shortages.
Related terms: inventoryless
inventory management
just-in-time
JIT
nor-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: An abbreviation of normal.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A compound derived from another by removal of a radical, especially by removal of methyl or methylene.
Related terms: homo-
Saikat
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Transliteration of Bengali সৈকত (śōikot, “seashore, sandbank”), from Sanskrit सैकत (saikata), from सिकता (sikatā, “gravel, sand”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Bengali used in India.
glosses: A Bengali place name
Sailesh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from India, meaning god or lord of the mountain.
osazone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osazones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any glycoside of an aldose or 2-ketose formed by reaction with excess of an aryl-hydrazine
Derived terms: phenylosazone
osone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osones
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any 1,2-ketoaldose, especially one derived by hydrolysis of an osazone
osotriazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osotriazoles
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any 1,2,3-triazole formed by oxidation of an osazone
triazole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triazoles
Etymology: From tri- + azole.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of two isomeric heterocyclic compounds having a five-membered ring with three nitrogen atoms and two double bonds in the ring; any organic derivative of these compounds.
Derived terms: triazolate
triazolic
Santhosh
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Goddess Santhoshi Mata. It also mean happiness in many Indian languages including Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, and Hindi.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from India, of Indian usage.
Sapan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hindi [Term?] (“dream”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hindi used in India.
Related terms: word: Sapna
oxylium ion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxylium ions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any cation of general formula R-O⁺.
Derived terms: methoxylium – CH3O+
hydroxylium – HO+
damn the torpedoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: damns the torpedoes
form: damning the torpedoes
form: damned the torpedoes
form: damned the torpedoes
Etymology: From "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!", a famous order issued by Admiral David Farragut during the Battle of Mobile Bay, a paraphrase of the actual order, "Damn the torpedoes! Four bells. Captain Drayton, go ahead! Jouett, full speed!".
Senses: examples: text: There's too much attention paid to the wrong issues. Let's just damn the torpedoes and get it done.
ref: 1991 January 27, “Did Hollywood Sit on 'Fences'?”, in New York Times:
glosses: Used to dismiss the risks of a dangerous action.
wikipedia: Battle of Mobile Bay
David Farragut
Related terms: burn one's boats
paddlane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: paddlanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any tricyclic saturated hydrocarbon having two bridgehead carbon atoms joined by four bridges.
Related terms: octahedrane
propellane
propellane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propellanes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any tricyclic saturated hydrocarbon having two bridgehead carbon atoms joined by three bridges and a direct link.
Related terms: paddlane
phenolate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenolates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phenoxide
Derived terms: nitrophenolate
scratch
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: skrăch
ipa: /skɹæt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ætʃ
Etymology: From Middle English scracchen, of uncertain origin. Probably a blend of Middle English scratten (“to scratch”) and cracchen (“to scratch”). More at scrat and cratch.
Senses: examples: text: This is scratch paper, so go ahead and scribble whatever you want on it.
glosses: For or consisting of preliminary or tentative, incomplete, etc. work.
examples: text: A scratch company of two innocuous youths and a pacified veteran was therefore what now offered itself to Mrs. Stringham, who rustled in a little breathless and full of the compunction of having had to come alone.
ref: 1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove:
text: Bluecoats began crossing the James on June 14 and next day two corps approached Petersburg, which was held by Beauregard with a scratch force of 2,500.
ref: 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford, published 2004, page 740:
glosses: Hastily assembled, arranged or constructed, from whatever materials are to hand, with little or no preparation
examples: scratch memory
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Relating to a scratchpad, a data structure or recording medium attached to a machine for testing or temporary use.
examples: text: ... the shot that does most to make a genuine scratch golfer is the mashie shot up to the pin — not merely up to the green.
ref: 1964, Charles Price, The American golfer, page 48:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: (of a player) Of a standard high enough to play without a handicap, i.e. to compete without the benefit of a variation in scoring based on ability.
Derived terms: scratch pad
scratch paper
scratch sheet
scratch tape
phenoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phenoxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any metallic salt of a phenol
Derived terms: biphenoxide
weakened
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiː.kənd/
ipa: /ˈwi.kənd/
ipa: /ˈwiː.kənd/
rhymes: -iːkənd
homophone: weekend stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Forms: form: more weakened
form: most weakened
Senses: examples: text: His weakened immune system couldn't cope with the infection.
glosses: Reduced; made less strong.
weakened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwiː.kənd/
ipa: /ˈwi.kənd/
ipa: /ˈwiː.kənd/
rhymes: -iːkənd
homophone: weekend stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weaken
idealism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌɪˈdɪəlɪz(ə)m/
ipa: /ʌɪˈdiːəlɪz(ə)m/
Forms: form: idealisms
Etymology: First attested 1796, from ideal + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The property of a person of having high ideals that are usually unrealizable or at odds with practical life.
glosses: The practice or habit of giving or attributing ideal form or character to things; treatment of things in art or literature according to ideal standards or patterns;—opposed to realism.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: philosophical idealism
antonyms: materialism
glosses: An approach to philosophical enquiry, which asserts that direct and immediate knowledge can only be had of ideas or mental pictures.
Derived terms: absolute idealism
epistemological idealism
metaphysical idealism
overidealism
transcendental idealism
unidealism
Related terms: idealist
idealistic
idealistically
perfectionism
realism
pragmatism
materialism
physicalism
voles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vole
security market line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: security market lines
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: A line representing the relationship between expected return and systematic risk, thus a graphical representation of the CAPM. It is valid both for portfolios and individual assets.
Zoloft
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A marketing coinage.
Senses: examples: text: And I might need Zoloft, but for now, these Xannies'll do / Hear the sound, a manic depressive
ref: 2018, “OSOM”, in Redemption, performed by Jay Rock ft. J. Cole:
synonyms: word: Lustral
glosses: The antidepressant medicine sertraline.
haku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Hawaiian haku (“to braid a lei”).
Senses: glosses: A three-ply braid incorporating additional materials, used in making lei.
Related terms: haku lei
haku
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Maori haku.
Senses: glosses: The yellowtail amberjack (Seriola lalandi).
alarum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɑɹəm/
note: Indic
ipa: /əˈlɑɾəm/
rhymes: -ɑːɹəm
Forms: form: alarums
form: alaruming
form: alarumed
form: alarumed
form: allarum
Etymology: From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”).
Senses: examples: text: Now o're the one halfe World / Nature ſeemes dead, and wicked Dreames abuſe / The Curtain'd ſleepe: Witchcraft celebrates / Pale Heccats Offrings: and wither'd Murther, / Alarum'd by his Centinell, the Wolfe, / Whoſe howle's his Watch, thus with his ſtealthy pace, / With Tarquins rauiſhing ſides, towards his deſigne / Moues like a Ghoſt.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 136, column 1:
glosses: To sound alarums, to sound an alarm.
Related terms: alarm
car battery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: car batteries
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: automotive battery
automobile battery
starter battery
hypernyms: battery
electrochemical battery
rechargeable battery
coordinate_terms: accessory battery
traction battery
glosses: A 12-volt battery used to run the electric starter motor in order to ignite the internal combustion engine of an automobile, and power accessories when the engine is off and the alternator is not turning.
DH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DHs
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of designated hitter.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of decision height.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of heavy destroyer, a variant of the destroyer type of warship.
glosses: Initialism of deputy head.
glosses: Initialism of dear/darling husband.
glosses: Initialism of domestic helper.
DH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Department of Health.
glosses: Abbreviation of Diffie–Hellman (key exchange).
glosses: Abbreviation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.
sewadar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sewadars
Etymology: From Punjabi ਸੇਵਾਦਾਰ (sevādār, “attendant, servant”).
Senses: glosses: A volunteer who offers his or her help to a gurdwara or to the community, for religious reasons.
sd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sds
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of SD (“standard deviation”).
coals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊlz/
ipa: /kɔʊlz/
ipa: /koʊlz/
homophone: kohls
homophone: coles
rhymes: -əʊlz
Senses: glosses: plural of coal
coals
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəʊlz/
ipa: /kɔʊlz/
ipa: /koʊlz/
homophone: kohls
homophone: coles
rhymes: -əʊlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coal
nervously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more nervously
form: most nervously
Etymology: From nervous + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He paced nervously as he waited for the important phone call.
text: Then he could see the modest bookseller, somewhat clammy in his extremities and lost within his academic robe and hood, nervously fidgeting his mortar-board, haled forward by ushers, and tottering rubescent before the chancellor, provost, president (or whoever it might be) who hands out the diploma.
ref: 1919, Christopher Morley, The Haunted Bookshop, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers, →OCLC, page 171:
glosses: In a nervous manner; feeling or displaying nervousness.
blackness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblæknəs/
rhymes: -æknəs
Forms: form: blacknesses
form: Blackness
form: blacknesse
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English blaknesse, equivalent to black + -ness. Sense 5 most likely both originated from the masque The Masque of Blackness by Ben Jonson and later changed to its current positive sense.
Senses: examples: text: The blackness of outer space comes from the lack of anything to reflect light rather than the absence of light.
text: The lights of Luluabourg disappeared, and we were in the blackness of the African night, which was continuously pierced by the showers of red sparks ejected skywards and red hot ashes deposited on the track as the fireman rocked his fire.
ref: 1958 February 24, Arthur F. Beckenham, “A Journey in the Belgian Congo”, in Railway Magazine, page 93:
glosses: The state or quality of being black in colour.
examples: text: Out of the blackness came some flickers of light.
glosses: Any space that such colour pervades.
glosses: Darkness, gloominess; depression.
examples: text: She had seen so much of the blacker side of human nature that blackness no longer startled her as it should do.
ref: 1860 January – 1861 April, Anthony Trollope, Framley Parsonage. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published April 1861, →OCLC:
glosses: The quality of being evil or dismal.
examples: text: “Black Panther” is a stunning visual and cultural achievement that takes superhero cinema where it’s never gone before by not being afraid to embrace its blackness.
ref: 2018 February 12, David Betancourt, “‘Black Panther’ fully embraces its blackness—and that's what makes it unforgettable”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 12 Feb 2018:
glosses: The state of being of African descent.
glosses: The experiences and culture of African-American people.
Hypernyms: word: darkness
word: dark
Coordinate terms: blackenedness
blackishness
Derived terms: antiblackness
blackness studies
pitch blackness
pitch-blackness
political blackness
postblackness
problackness
barred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
homophone: bard
Senses: examples: text: He barred the door at evening.
glosses: simple past and past participle of bar
barred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
homophone: bard
Forms: form: more barred
form: most barred
Senses: examples: text: Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Having bars; striped.
examples: text: He is barred by term limits from running for a third term in office.
glosses: Prevented, either by a physical barrier or by conditions.
examples: text: The majority of the first 114 puzzles were of a 15 x 15 design, since when all the puzzles have been on a 14 x 14 barred grid, with one exception.
ref: 1976, Games & Puzzles:
text: In this section of a barred crossword, the positions of 12 across and 9 down are highlighted.
ref: 2012 October 15, Denise Sutherland, Solving Cryptic Crosswords For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 115:
text: In general the number of unchecked letters is greater in a blocked grid than in a barred one.
ref: 2012 September 7, Chambers, The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
antonyms: blocked
qualifier: crosswording
glosses: Indicating the start and end of words using thicker lines instead of black squares.
glosses: High on Xanax.
Derived terms: barred knifejaw
nonbarred
overbarred
time-barred
tribarred
barred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑː(ɹ)d/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)d
homophone: bard
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of barr
moods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mood
treadplate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treadplates
Etymology: From tread + plate.
Senses: glosses: Metal flooring, often made from aluminium or similar alloy, having a pattern of squares of crisscross lines that serve as decoration and reduce slipping.
phosphanylidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphanylidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any substituted phosphorus analogue of carbenes having general formula R-P
Synonyms: phosphinidene
phosphinidene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phosphinidenes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: phosphanylidene
bagged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæɡd/
rhymes: -æɡd
Senses: examples: text: The groceries had already been bagged.
glosses: simple past and past participle of bag
bagged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bæɡd/
rhymes: -æɡd
Senses: examples: text: By arrangement with B.R., I.C.I. undertakes the cleaning and examination of the empty vans for leaks or other defects that might damage the bagged fertiliser, and also the labelling and marshalling of the loaded vans into trains.
ref: 1960 September, G. Freeman Allen, “I.C.I. fertiliser goes by rail from Tees-side”, in Trains Illustrated, page 535:
text: I started general cartage work and hauling bagged cement to Pine Creek, south of Darwin.
ref: 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 21:
glosses: Having been placed in a bag.
glosses: Having been caught or successfully hunted.
Derived terms: prebagged
unbagged
bandanna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bandannas
Senses: examples: text: Little children were playing in the drowsy river sunset; girls were going by with bandannas and cotton blouses and bare legs.
ref: 1957, Jack Kerouac, On the Road, Viking Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bandana.
designated hitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: designated hitters
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A batter who is permitted to substitute for a pitcher in the batting rotation for the duration of a baseball game.
glosses: A person who is asked to substitute for another in handling a portion of a task for which the other is less capable.
Synonyms: word: DH
Related terms: pinch hitter
hitter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪtə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈhɪtɚ/
ipa: [ˈhɪɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: hitters
Etymology: From hit + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).
Senses: examples: text: The boxer was renowned as a hard hitter.
glosses: One who or that which hits.
examples: text: Death was Halston's business; he had brought it to eighteen men and six women in his career as an independent hitter.
ref: 2008, Stephen King, Just After Sunset:
glosses: An assassin for hire; a hitman.
examples: text: He struck out six of the last seven batters, striking out the side in the eighth and fanning two hitters in the ninth.
ref: 1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: One who comes up to bat.
examples: text: Mike Flanagan (1-2) hurled a four-hitter in 50-degree weather made colder by wind gusting up to 25 miles an hour. […] Ross Baumgarten (2-1) combined with Lamarr Hoyt on a seven-hitter to hand Detroit its sixth straight loss.
ref: 1981 April 26, UPI, “Royals Top Brewers on Gura's 3-Hitter, 4-2”, in The New York Times:
text: Witt, who had thrown three two-hitters in his career, was in control throughout and showed no signs of fatigue.
ref: 1994 June 24, The Associated Press, “BASEBALL; A's Witt, Nearly Perfect, Says It's Ump Who Wasn't”, in The New York Times:
text: You’ve never pitched a no-hitter or a one-hitter or a two-hitter or a three-hitter, because you’ve never pitched nine innings.
ref: 2021 May 5, Tyler Kepner, “With No-Hitter, John Means Opens Up a World of Possibilities”, in The New York Times:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A game with a team making a specified number of hits.
Derived terms: banjo hitter
big hitter
cleanup hitter
contact hitter
designated hitter
heavy-hitter
heavy hitter
leadoff hitter
no-hitter
one-hitter
pinch hitter
pinch-hitter
pipe-hitter
power hitter
pull hitter
switch-hitter
switch hitter
trail hitter
hitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hitter
up to bat
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Preparing to have or having one's turn to attempt to hit the ball.
glosses: In the state of being called upon to perform a task, particularly one for which the performer will be required to demonstrate skill to succeed.
Related terms: step up to the plate
window detector
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: window detectors
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A special type of comparator which provides an indication of whether the input voltage is within a specified range.
work spouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: work spouses
Senses: glosses: A man or woman in the workplace with whom one shares a special relationship similar to marriage, with confidences, loyalties, shared jokes and experiences, and an unusual degree of honesty or openness.
Related terms: work husband
work marriage
work wife
don't get your meat where you get your bread
shinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪnə/
ipa: /ˈʃɪnəɹ/
Forms: form: shinners
Etymology: An approximation of the pronunciation of Irish sinn (/ʃɪnʲ/) written using English orthography, with -er.
Senses: glosses: a member or supporter of Sinn Féin.
anthropogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæn θrə pəˈdʒɛn ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛnɪk
Etymology: From anthropo- + -genic, attested 1889.
Senses: examples: 1952 The cosmogonic and anthropogenic myths are of secondary importance in Yahwistic religiosity. (H. H. Gerth & D. A. Martindale (trans.), M. Weber's Ancient Judaism ix. 227)
glosses: Pertaining to the origin of man, or anthropogeny; anthropogonic.
examples: text: anthropogenic climate change
text: Wastewater is any water that has been adversely affected in quality by anthropogenic influence.
text: The approximately 4,000 remaining adult birds in this species are also threatened by the usual palette of anthropogenic factors, including habitat destruction, oil and gas drilling and disruption of fish movement by dams.
ref: 2021, Peter Cavanagh, “1. Eagles”, in 100 Flying Birds: Photographing the Mechanics of Flight, →ISBN, page 20: Steller's Sea-Eagle:
glosses: Having its origin in the influence of human activity on nature.
Synonyms: anthropogenous
Derived terms: anthropogenically
anthropogenicity
nonanthropogenic
Related terms: Anthropocene
anthropocenic
Clemens
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Late Latin Clēmēns (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmēns (“merciful”). Doublet of Clement and San Clemente.
Senses: examples: text: Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me."
ref: 1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A male given name, equivalent to English Clement.
Derived terms: Mount Clemens
struggles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of struggle
struggles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of struggle
mero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part, portion”), from μείρομαι (meíromai, “I take”).
Senses: glosses: part
glosses: partial
mero-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μηρός (mērós, “thigh”).
Senses: examples: meralgia; merocele
glosses: thigh
diplomatic relations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Diplomatic intercourse between nations, including the mutual presence of diplomatic missions.
diplomatic mission
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diplomatic missions
Senses: glosses: A group of people (including diplomats) from one nation present in another as authorized representatives of the first, a foreign mission.
Synonyms: word: delegation
word: legation
word: mission
word: representative
Hyponyms: word: consulate
word: embassy
word: High Commission
word: people's bureau
word: nunciature
Meronyms: word: ambassador
word: chancery
word: chargé d'affaires
word: consul
word: corps
word: High Commissioner
word: nuncio
Related terms: embassy
consulate
legation
desirability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: desirabilities
Etymology: Morphologically desirable + -ity and desire + -ability.
Senses: examples: text: Many a RP podcaster, blogger, and Youtuber have fired up their livesteaming software, to arrogantly beat their chests, boasting that men reach their “peak SMV” (“Sexual Marketplace Value”, or desirability to women) in their late 30s.
ref: 2024 February 1, “When Men’s Dating Options Hit The Wall”, in Salt Lake Single Guy, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2024:
glosses: The state of being desirable.
Synonyms: appetibility
CPG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of consumer packaged goods.
CPG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: Catholicism
Christianity
glosses: Initialism of Catholic Police Guild.
FMCG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: advertising
business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of fast-moving consumer goods.
managing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of manage
managing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: managings
Senses: examples: text: […] a just story of learning, containing the antiquities and originals of knowledges and their sects, their inventions, their traditions, their diverse administrations and managings, […]
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
glosses: management
Related terms: managing editor
multichotomous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: multichotomy + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Dividing into three or more alternative pieces
IJS
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Initialism of I'm just saying: indicates that the accompanying statement is merely a helpful comment of some kind, and not intended to be the last word on the topic.
IKIWISI
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: information overload situations; user differences of opinion on preferred displays or interaction styles; or a number of users saying such things as, "I can't really tell you what I need, but I'll know it when I see it (IKIWISI)."
ref: 1989, Software risk management, page 125:
text: Another sort of prototype helps in the situation where you are not even sure what behaviour you want - the ikiwisi' syndrome (I'll know it when I see it). This is the sort of prototype that is built for evaluating user interfaces. Prototyping is therefore experimentation designed to yield information for the development process
ref: 1990, Strategies for software engineering: the management of risk and quality:
text: customers or users do not always know what they want or what they need. Before the arrival of the microcomputer, for example, very few customers would have been capable of expressing their need for a microcomputer. The needs and segments covered only appear clearly once the product or service is on the market - this is known as the 'ikiwisi' syndrome (I'll know it when I see it). But what are the needs of the customer?
ref: 1991, Managing Quality Dynamics, page 26:
text: Users also often find it difficult to define what they want in abstract or verbal terms independent of some working system : I'll know it when I see it' (IKIWISI). A prototype provides a means for users to say more precisely what they do or do not want. The general idea, then, is to construct a series of prototypes, to allow prospective users to examine each one, and say what changes they want in the next one.
ref: 1991, Towards a Theory of Cognition and Computing, page 175:
text: An acronym has been coined in this industry to express the "I'll know it when I see it" phenomena: IKIWISI.
ref: 1995, Electronic Document Management Systems: A Portable Consultant:
text: One of the fundamental difficulties of creating computer systems is the IKIWISI principle. I find it hard to envisage what it is I want, but I am sure that I'll know it when I see it. This principle describes the behaviour of users, who find it far easier to assess a working model than to review a technical document
ref: 1997 Design, Specification and Verification of Interactive Systems ’97: Proceedings of the Eurographics Workshop in Granada, Spain, June 4–6, 1997 (2012 reprint)
glosses: Acronym of I'll know it when I see it.
Related terms: Potter Stewart test
IMUX
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IMUXes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of inverse multiplexer. It re-aggregates split sub-channels in a data stream into a single channel.
Related terms: ISDN
make waves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes waves
form: making waves
form: made waves
form: made waves
Etymology: Derived from disruptions caused by waves in water.
Senses: glosses: To cause a disturbance.
glosses: To upset the status quo.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, wave.
Synonyms: sense: upset the status quo
word: rock the boat
word: nonconform
Related terms: ruffle some feathers
idiosyncratic reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idiosyncratic reactions
Senses: examples: text: The conclusion was that Mr Shakoor had experienced a rare and unpredictable idiosyncratic reaction to them.
ref: 2001, Margaret Fordham, “The Standard of Care Applicable to Practitioners of Alternative Medicine: Shakoor v Situ”, in Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, page 4:
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: A reaction to a medication that is unusual and unpredictable, specific to a particular person. Unlike allergy, it can occur on first exposure to the medication; unlike a side effect, it affects only very few individuals.
incident report
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: incident reports
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: word: IR
glosses: A commonly used description for law enforcement or help desk events.
ngoma
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ngomas
Etymology: From Swahili ngoma (“dance”).
Senses: glosses: A large social dancing event in parts of Africa.
Derived terms: ngoma drum
iPodification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From iPod + -ification.
Senses: glosses: The process of making technology simpler or easier to use by reducing the complexity of a device or its user interface
isochromatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From iso- + chromatic.
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
optics
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Having the same colour or wavelength.
examples: perception of depth in isochromatic stereograms containing random dots of color
a purely isochromatic stimulus
glosses: Of or corresponding to constant colour.
glosses: Of uniform colour.
Derived terms: pseudoisochromatic
fas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fa
fas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fases
Etymology: From Middle English fas, from Old English fæs.
Senses: glosses: A border or fringe.
examples: text: Not worth a fas
glosses: A thing represented as being worthless.
dysthymic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dysthymics
Etymology: From dysthym(ia) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A person diagnosed with dysthymia, or dysthymic depression.
dysthymic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more dysthymic
form: most dysthymic
Etymology: From dysthym(ia) + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: John has always had a dysthymic personality.
glosses: Having or relating to dysthymia.