cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trade unions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trade union
umbrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of umbrella
umbrellas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of umbrella
chairmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chairman
cunts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kʌnts/
rhymes: -ʌnts
Senses: glosses: plural of cunt
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ossa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒsə
Senses: glosses: plural of os
jiffies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jiffy
bots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bot
bots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bot
flutes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluːts/
rhymes: -uːts
Senses: glosses: plural of flute
flutes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /fluːts/
rhymes: -uːts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flute
denominative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”). It originally had the meaning “derived”, but in its grammatical sense, it has developed the meaning “from a noun”, perhaps a reinterpretation of the Latin morphemes that it consists of: the preposition dē (“from”) and the stem of nōmen (“name, noun”).
Senses: examples: text: From the fact that this was the most noticeable feature in their costume, the name came naturally to be the denominative term of the tribe.
ref: 1885, William Philo Clark, The Indian Sign Language, page 283:
glosses: Being a name.
examples: text: The least denominative part of time is a second.
ref: 1678, J. Hawkins, Cocker's Arithm., ii. 29:
glosses: Possessing, or capable of possessing, a distinct denomination or designation; denominable.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Deriving from a noun, or from an adjective, such as the verb destruct from the noun destruction.
Synonyms: topics: grammar
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
word: denominal
Derived terms: denominatively
denominative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: denominatives
Etymology: From Late Latin dēnōminātīvus, a calque of Ancient Greek παρώνυμος (parṓnumos, “derivative”). It originally had the meaning “derived”, but in its grammatical sense, it has developed the meaning “from a noun”, perhaps a reinterpretation of the Latin morphemes that it consists of: the preposition dē (“from”) and the stem of nōmen (“name, noun”).
Senses: glosses: A word, often a verb, that is derived from a noun or adjective.
Synonyms: denominal
Related terms: deadjective
denominal
desubstantive
deverbal
deverbative
what the heck
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with.
ref: 1974, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture, Agriculture and the Fuel Crisis: Hearings..., page 88:
text: - Eggman: What else? I shall take Gizoid back and fulfill my plans to take over the world! Once I have Gizoid acquire my ultimate weapon, "Final Egg Blaster,"… I’ll be able to use it as my final weapon of destruction!!
- Knuckles: What the heck is the "Final Egg Blaster"?!
ref: 2003, Sonic Team, Sonic Battle, Sega, published 2003, Game Boy Advance, level/area: Knuckles’ Story:
text: I started gambling when you were about four. Your mom and I were pretty tight for cash and I thought what the heck, it could get us some quick money.
ref: 2015, Melissa Pearl, Poker Face:
glosses: What the hell.
multiversal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌltɪˈvɜːsl̩/
ipa: /ˌmʌltɪˈvɝsl̩/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səl
Etymology: From multiverse + -al.
Senses: examples: text: If the Universe is a true multiversal continuum, in contradistinction to the synechistic continuum) then it is not homogeneous of any one particular conceptual or biological series thruout; it would be heterogeneous, to be sure, but not necessarily discordant or conflicting, it would be knowable severally rather than wholly, each to each rather than all to all.
ref: 1927, Paul Carus, The Open Court, Open Court Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 43:
text: The Originators, creators of the multiversal seeding ground for their successors.
ref: 1963 May, Michael Moorcock, “The Blood Red Game”, in Science Fiction Adventures, volume 6, number 32, London: Nova Publications:
text: The edge appears as a boundary of razor-sharp obsidian glass with a hazy gray area of nothingness extending a few feet beyond it. This gray, a strain on the eyes, should look familiar to any player character accustomed to multiversal travel; this is the nothingness between the planes of reality.
ref: 1980, TSR, Dungeons & Dragons 1st Edition, page 52:
text: ‘Not by such a name.” Buglet shook her head. ‘She was trying to design a new sort of being, greater than the stargods, with a better control of the multiversal environment and a stronger love for all the older races. But she had to rush her work, because she was afraid the jealous young gods would try to wreck it, to defend their own supremacy.
ref: 1981, Jack Williamson, Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods, Sphere Books, →ISBN, page 22:
text: How many fashions in insanity, do you think, have been set by mentally disturbed temporal adventures? We shall never know! ’ She laughed. ‘Captain Bastable, for instance, was an inadvertent traveller (it sometimes happens), and was on the borders of madness before we were able to rescue him. First one finds it is the future which does not correspond, and this is frightening enough, if you are not expecting it. But it is worse when you return - to discover that your past has changed. You two, I take it, are fixed to a single band. Count yourselves lucky, if you do not know what to expect of multiversal time-travelling.’
ref: 1984, Michael Moorcock, The Open Court, Panther, →ISBN, page 392:
text: The music video for Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia,” in which the star steps out of a Pre-Raphaelite painting and proceeds to clip through space and time, taking on different guises along the way, is meant to be a confident visual statement of the Swift franchise’s multiversal power[…].
ref: 2025 October 16, Mitch Therieau, “Taylor Swift Is Our Biggest Cinematic Universe. But the Magic Is Fading.”, in The New York Times Magazine, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or pertaining to the multiverse.
Derived terms: intermultiversal
railways
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪlˌweɪz/
Senses: glosses: plural of railway
morphemes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of morpheme
brassieres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of brassiere
jitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪtɚz/
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of jitter
jitters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪtɚz/
rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of jitter
conjunctions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kənˈd͡ʒʌŋkʃəns/
Senses: glosses: plural of conjunction
lifetimes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifetime
deficits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of deficit
opens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ōʹpənz
ipa: /ˈoʊ.pənz/
enpr: ōʹpənz
ipa: /ˈəʊ.pənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of open
opens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ōʹpənz
ipa: /ˈoʊ.pənz/
enpr: ōʹpənz
ipa: /ˈəʊ.pənz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of open
mammals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of mammal
webmasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webmaster
such-and-such
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: such-and-suches
form: such and such
Senses: examples: text: It's a poor system, because if you want to do such-and-such, you must first find that function in a long and disorderly list.
text: […] it has answered numerous questions as to what such-and-such a locomotive designer would have done, to keep pace with increasing demand for tractive power, had he held office for just a little longer.
ref: 1941 June, “Great Northern 0-6-2 Tanks”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:
text: We always rub our hands too much / We know the reasons, but such and such
ref: 2006, “Master of None”, performed by Beach House:
glosses: A placeholder or generic thing.
Related terms: so-and-so
so and so
x-and-x
x and x
such-and-such
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Forms: form: such and such
Senses: examples: text: I am troubled by the rush of young researchers attempting to prove that females are not inferior to males in such-and-such an ability or such-and-such a trait, especially when it is by no means clear what difference it makes.
glosses: indefinite; some or other, not stated
Related terms: so-and-so
thus and such
thus and so
thus and such
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thus and suches
Senses: examples: text: Anytime he said thus and such, she said the opposite.
glosses: A placeholder or generic name for something.
Related terms: so-and-so
such-and-such
this and that
thus and so
governments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡʌvɚ(n)mənts/
ipa: /ˈɡʌvə(n)mənts/
Senses: glosses: plural of government
thus and so
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thus and sos
form: thus-and-so
Senses: glosses: A generic thing; a placeholder name.
Synonyms: sense: generic thing, placeholder name
word: so-and-so
sense: generic thing, placeholder name
word: such-and-such
sense: generic thing, placeholder name
word: thus and such
thus and so
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: thus-and-so
Senses: examples: text: He wants everything to be thus and so.
glosses: in such a way; in some manner (generic).
Mexicans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Mexican
and so on
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: Put things where you will use them: sponges next to the sink, knives next to the cutting board, and so on.
text: The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about "creating compelling content", or offering services that let you "stay up to date with what your friends are doing", "share the things you love with the world" and so on.
ref: 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27:
text: During Destroy Dick December, "you masturbate until completion in a quantity in relation to the date." This means that you must nut once on Dec. 1, twice on Dec. 2, and so on until you reach 31 times on Dec. 31.
ref: 2021 November 1, Kelly Corbett, “No Nut November Is Here! Here's How This Bizarre Abstinence Challenge Started”, in Distractify:
text: […] It could ensure that the labour force is on board with a scheme to make the railways a key area of skills development - not just in engineering, but in other aspects of railway operation, just as it was under BR. And so on. But at the moment, all we are hearing are vague plans to 'renationalise the railways', whereas what is needed is a well-worked-out strategy for a public-owned railway.
ref: 2023 March 8, Christian Wolmar, “Labour passes up the chance to deliver a forceful rail policy”, in RAIL, number 978, page 35:
synonyms: and so forth
etc.
et cetera
you name it
glosses: Used to indicate that a list continues in a similar manner.
Related terms: and a partridge in a pear tree
and so forth
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: asf
Etymology: Dates back at least to Old English and swā forþ.
Senses: examples: text: Don't forget to pack weather items appropriate for the climate: sunscreen, rain gear, and so forth.
text: [David] Wain packs They Came Together with supporting characters, most of them variations on stock rom-com archetypes—the exes, the siblings, the co-workers, the yuppie parents, and so forth.
ref: 2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2017:
synonyms: and so on
etc.
et cetera
glosses: Indicates that a list continues in a similar manner.
Related terms: and a partridge in a pear tree
clock in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clocks in
form: clocking in
form: clocked in
form: clocked in
Senses: examples: text: We clocked in at 7:30, but didn't actually do any work until at least 8.
glosses: To begin working time, especially by punching in (entering a workplace by punching a time card with the time clock).
examples: text: Big Joe clocks in at 384 pounds, far outweighing his opponent.
text: Night falls and on come the Grateful Dead, who begin with St Stephen, a pretty song, largely instrumental, that clocks in at two minutes
ref: 2019 August 15, Bob Stanley, “'Groovy, groovy, groovy': listening to Woodstock 50 years on – all 38 discs”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To be measured at.
Synonyms: sense: begin working time
word: clock on
sense: begin working time
word: punch in
sense: to be measured at
word: tip the scales at
Related terms: clock on
on the clock
off the clock
punch in
punch out
clock out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clocks out
form: clocking out
form: clocked out
form: clocked out
Senses: examples: text: If we clock out now we can be at the bar by happy hour.
text: They stated that the reason they were late was because their relief did not arrive in time for them to return to the guard house and clock out.
ref: 1946, American Labor Arbitration Awards:
glosses: To end work; to officially record a time when one terminates a period of work.
examples: text: I've got to beat the rush. Do me a favor and clock me out.
text: I clocked myself out as soon as I could.
glosses: To officially record a work-termination time for.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To transmit individual bits of data under the control of a clock.
glosses: To die.
Synonyms: sense: end work
word: punch out
sense: end work
word: clock off
sense: end work
word: go off the clock
accommodations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of accommodation.
clock off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clocks off
form: clocking off
form: clocked off
form: clocked off
Senses: examples: text: Most of the staff have already clocked off for the night, you should do the same.
text: Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work' after being mocked by his colleagues for not wanting to head out to the pub after clocking off
ref: 2022 November 24, T. Brown, “Frenchman wins the 'legal right to be boring at work'”, in Daily Mail Online, Associated Newspapers, retrieved 27 Nov 2022:
glosses: to leave work, especially by recording the leaving time on a machine
Synonyms: clock out
punch out
Related terms: off the clock
clock in
clock on
punch in
paleness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palenesses
Etymology: From pale + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The cold weather intensified the paleness of the landscape.
glosses: The condition or degree of being pale or of lacking color.
Synonyms: pallidity
pallor
wanness
kernel hacker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kernel hackers
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A developer who maintains the Linux kernel code.
Harvard format
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: So named because Harvard University was a place where its use was common, at a time when today's generic names for referencing systems (author-date and author-number) hadn't yet acquired any degree of establishment.
Senses: hypernyms: referencing#Noun
;
format
;
style
;
method
glosses: The author-date method of parenthetical referencing, one of several standard formats for citing information from any source bibliographically.
wikipedia: Harvard University
goolies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡuːliz/
rhymes: -uːliz
Forms: form: gooly
Etymology: Probably from Hindi गोली (golī, “ball; pill; bullet”) or a cognate in other Indian languages.
Senses: examples: text: "They should hang him by the goolies from the yardarm." Ouch!
ref: 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 198:
text: "My oath," he said, "here's a man got his goolie chit. And I left mine behind. How fat can you get?"
"I've got mine," said Ward quietly, tapping his pocket."
"It's not your goolies I'm worried about," said Curnow.
ref: 2012, Ralph Barker, Down in the Drink:
text: Marcus: Sorry, your "gooly"?
Stylax: Yeah.
Marcus: You can't have one "gooly". It's just your "goolies".
Stylax: No, no, no, no. The whole thing is your goolies, all three of them, but if you're talking about one in particular, you say "gooly".
ref: 2013 April 8, “The Herpes Cat”, in Plebs:
synonyms: balls
nads
nuts
glosses: The testicles.
glosses: plural of gooly: pebbles, small rocks.
Synonyms: sense: testicles
word: testicles & Thesaurus:male genitalia
variations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃənz/
ipa: /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃənz/
Senses: glosses: plural of variation
radios
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of radio
radios
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of radio
barcodes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of barcode
epidemics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of epidemic
commas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of comma
commas
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of comma
skills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skill
skills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of skill
computers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpjuːtəz/
ipa: /kəmˈpjutɚz/
Senses: glosses: plural of computer
computers
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəmˈpjuːtəz/
ipa: /kəmˈpjutɚz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of computer
absences
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absence
abstergents
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abstergent
abstractions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of abstraction
absurds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of absurd
academics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪks/
Forms: form: acads
Senses: glosses: plural of academic
academics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌækəˈdɛmɪks/
Forms: form: acads
Senses: glosses: Academia.
acanthi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkæn.θaɪ/
ipa: /əˈkæn.θi/
rhymes: -ænθaɪ
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthus
acanthuses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of acanthus
have one's wits about one
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has one's wits about one
form: having one's wits about one
form: had one's wits about one
form: had one's wits about one
form: keep one's wits about one
Senses: examples: text: He was confused, half elated, half disappointed, and had not his wits about him.
ref: 1869, Anthony Trollope, chapter 3, in Phineas Finn:
text: Luke alone seemed to have his wits about him. He saw that there was not a moment to lose, and, gathering up his strength, dashed to the old lady's assistance.
ref: 1889, Horatio Alger, chapter 10, in Luke Walton:
text: And if you think he won't have his wits about him, just you try to fool him on some deal, and see.
ref: 1908, Upton Sinclair, chapter 10, in The Moneychangers:
text: And so this woman from across the hills, a soft-spoken creature with her wits about her, and by name Oline, she stayed with them a couple of days, and had the little room to sleep in.
ref: 1917, Knut Hamsun, Growth of the Soil, Book 1, Ch.3, at p.27
glosses: To remain calm, composed, focused, or aware.
Synonyms: keep one's cool
Related terms: have one's mind about one
clue stick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clue sticks
form: cluestick
Etymology: From clue + stick.
Senses: examples: text: Leadbetter needs to be thwacked with a legal clue stick. The law he's talking about applies only to Internet service providers, not reporters.
ref: 2003 October 10, Declan McCullagh, “My letter from the FBI”, in ZDNet, retrieved 14 Apr 2009:
text: I think the author needs a good whack with the clue stick.
ref: 2009 April 6, William Hurley, “Does the cloud really need a manifesto?”, in InfoWorld, retrieved 14 Apr 2009:
glosses: A metaphorical stick used to beat information or understanding into a slow learner.
Synonyms: cluebat
clue-by-four
concussion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈkʌʃən/
ipa: /kənˈkʌʃn̩/
rhymes: -ʌʃən
Forms: form: concussions
Etymology: From Latin concussiō. Equivalent to concuss + -ion.
Senses: examples: text: It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air.
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
text: [Water vapour bubbles] hit againſt the ſides of the more eminent and Mountainous Places, of the Globe, and by this Concuſſion are condenſed, and thus become heavier than the Air they ſvvom in, and ſo gleet dovvn the rocky Caverns of theſe Mountains, […]
ref: 1705, George Cheyne, “Of the Existence of a Deity”, in Philosophical Principles of Natural Religion: […], London: […] George Strahan […], →OCLC, § XXIX, page 184:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
seismology
glosses: A violent collision or shock.
glosses: An injury to part of the body, most especially the brain, caused by a violent blow, followed by loss of function.
raw_tags: in Canada
in Commonwealth
examples: text: Then Concussion, Rapine, Pillories, / Their Catalogue of Accusations fill.
ref: 1595, Samuel Daniel, “(please specify the folio number)”, in The First Fowre Bookes of the Ciuile Wars between the Two Houses of Lancaster and Yorke, London: […] P[eter] Short for Simon Waterson, →OCLC:
topics: law
glosses: The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.
Derived terms: concussional
concussion fuse
concussion grenade
concussionlike
immaculate concussion
postconcussion
post-concussion syndrome
subconcussion
Related terms: concuss
quash
metallurgical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛtəˈlɜː(ɹ)dʒɪkəl/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒɪkəl
Forms: form: more metallurgical
form: most metallurgical
Etymology: From metallurgy + -ical.
Senses: topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: metallurgic
glosses: Of or relating to metallurgy, the study of metals and their properties.
Derived terms: archaeometallurgical
archeometallurgical
electrometallurgical
hydrometallurgical
metallurgical coal
metallurgically
nonmetallurgical
pyrometallurgical
unmetallurgical
B.C.E.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of BCE.
B.C.E.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B.C.E.s
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of bachelor of civil engineering.
syntopical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From syntopic(on) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: After finishing his syntopical reading of the leaders' speeches, he wrote an essay comparing the language used by Reagan, Carter, Gorbachev, and Qaddafi.
text: A good college, if it does nothing else, ought to produce competent syntopical readers. A college degree ought to represent general competence in reading such that a graduate could read any kind of material for general readers and be able to undertake independent research on almost any subject (for that is what syntopical reading, among other things, enables you to do).
ref: 1972, Mortimer J. Adler with Charles Van Doren, chapter 3, in How to Read a Book, Touchstone September 2014 edition, New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, →OCLC, pages 28, 29:
text: (...) and it is their words and wisdom, accumulated over long periods of syntopical reading, that make up this text.
ref: 1997, Dhun H. Sethna, Investing Smart:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a type of analysis in which different works are compared and contrasted.
Related terms: syntopic
synoptic
blow out of the water
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows out of the water
form: blowing out of the water
form: blew out of the water
form: blown out of the water
Senses: examples: text: This turn of events sheds a whole new light on the case. Destiny's attorneys seem to have a new pep in their step. They get busy making phone calls and assuring the family that things are about to turn in their favor. "We now have information to blow them out of the water!" the lead attorney asserts vigorously.
ref: 2011, G. George, Another Job, page 166:
glosses: To trounce; to defeat thoroughly, as at a game or in battle.
examples: text: […]And if I open fire - again, reading into the fact they've come clearly cleared for action and there is a mutual defense pact in place - well, I might survive a few fractions of a second longer than I would if I pointed my guns straight at them, but I'm still not really gonna be coming out of this intact, so... I'm not suicidal; I'm not gonna actually fulfill any of my mission objectives by getting myself blown out of the water; so, yeah, I - I would be frantically radioing the Kriegsmarine headquarters, saying "please, could I have some new orders, or, if I am going to have to die, can you please confirm that that's the case?"[…]
ref: 2020 May 3, Drachinifel, 39:34 from the start, in The Drydock - Episode 092, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2022:
text: The somewhat-shattered San Francisco also managed to make it out, although not before she'd come within seconds of being blown out of the water by Helena, as the two had lost contact in the dark and the flagship had loomed back out of the murk with no one and nothing available to answer the light cruiser's challenge - the radio, the whistle, the signal lights, the flags, et cetera, had all been destroyed. Luckily, one of the few surviving signalmen found a small handheld signal light and managed to blink out the ship's hull number.
ref: 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 27:16 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To rapidly destroy (a vessel) with overwhelming weapons fire.
fubby
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: more fubby
form: most fubby
Etymology: From fub + -y.
Senses: synonyms: fubsy
glosses: plump or chubby
sheepshagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sheepshaggers
form: sheep-shagger
form: sheep shagger
Etymology: From sheep + shagger; originally military slang. First used in the 1950s.
Senses: examples: text: "Landlord, you're a lowlander and a sheep-shagger and you come from Gerrard's Cross. Goodnight."
ref: 1958, John Le Carré, The Naive and Sentimental Lover:
text: I used to know a Rockburn once... He was in the Sheep Shaggers.
ref: 1958, Mark Bence-Jones, Paradise Escaped, iv. 73:
text: She is now back and planning a Victory Parade not to mention her own visit to the newly reconquered territories to receive the homage of the grateful sheepshaggers, all fifty-nine of them.
ref: 1982, Private Eye, 2 July, 11/1:
text: Who are you calling a sheepshagger?
ref: 1992, Ian Pattison, More Rab C. Nesbitt Scripts, section 62:
text: ...he'd yelled from his window, giving each sheep-shagger and country bumpkin the finger as he got on the mobile...
ref: 2003, Ian Rankin, The Falls:
glosses: A man who engages in sexual intercourse with sheep; usually used as a slur for a rural person seen as unsophisticated.
examples: text: Shaun: It's so easy to have a go at a bloke who looks like you, you're just easy pickings, and it's... [trails off and shakes his head]
Darren: "Sheepshagger" they've said sometimes as well.
Shaun: I thought "sheepshagger" was Welsh.
Darren: No, it can be Bristol as well.
ref: 2007, Extras (TV series), Christmas Special:
glosses: A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
A person from Wales.
glosses: A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
A person from New Zealand.
glosses: A term of abuse for inhabitants of various countries or regions which have large populations of sheep.
A supporter of Derby County F.C., a reference to the club nickname of The Rams.
Related terms: goatfucker
woolly back
fire dogs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The metal frame in a fireplace, used to hold the logs, or to support the poker and other tools.
fire guard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire guards
Senses: glosses: A mesh screen placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping.
Synonyms: fire screen
fire screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fire screens
form: firescreen
Etymology: From Middle English fire screnne. By surface analysis, fire + screen.
Senses: glosses: a mesh grill placed in front of a fire to prevent sparks escaping.
Synonyms: fire guard
backburn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backburns
Etymology: From back + burn.
Senses: glosses: A controlled burn, lit in the path of a wildfire, in order to deprive it of combustible material.
backburn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: backburns
form: backburning
form: backburned
form: backburned
form: backburnt
form: backburnt
Etymology: From back + burn.
Senses: glosses: To light a fire for this reason.
shearer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪəɹə/
ipa: /ˈʃɪɹɚ/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈʃɪəɹə(ɹ)/
note: without the mirror–nearer merger
ipa: /ˈʃiɹə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈʃiəɹə/
ipa: /ˈʃiɹəɹ/
note: East Anglia, cheer–chair merger
ipa: /ˈʃɛːɹə/
rhymes: -ɪəɹə(ɹ)
homophone: sharer (cheer–chair merger)
Forms: form: shearers
Etymology: From shear + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person employed to remove the wool from animals, such as sheep. using shears.
glosses: A person employed in a roller mill to shear off the uneven side of the hot metal plate.
glosses: A piece of industrial equipment used to grind up long shafts of coal in underground mines.
Derived terms: gun shearer
steal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: stēl
ipa: /stiːl/
homophone: steel
homophone: stele
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: steals
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *stelaną
Proto-West Germanic *stelan
Old English stelan
Middle English stelen
English steal
Inherited from Middle English stelen, from Old English stelan, from Proto-West Germanic *stelan, from Proto-Germanic *stelaną.
Cognate with Bavarian stöhn (“to steal”), Dutch stelen (“to steal”), German, Low German stehlen (“to steal”), Luxembourgish stielen (“to steal”), Danish stjæle (“to steal”), Faroese stjala (“to steal”), Icelandic stela (“to steal”), Norwegian Bokmål stjele (“to steal”), Norwegian Nynorsk stela, stele (“to steal”), Swedish stjäla (“to steal”), Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌻𐌰𐌽 (stilan, “to steal”). For the meaning development compare with Russian красть (krastʹ, “to steal”) and Russian кра́сться (krástʹsja, “to stalk, to prowl, to slink”).
etymology notes
Proposed etymologies beyond Germanic are numerous and include
* Proto-Indo-European *ster-: compare Welsh herw (“theft, raid”), Ancient Greek στερέω (steréō, “to deprive of”)
* Proto-Indo-European *stel(H)- (“to stretch”): compare Albanian pë/mbështjell (“I confuse, mess up, mix, wrap up”), Old Church Slavonic стєлѭ (steljǫ, “I spread out (bed, roof)”), Ancient Greek τηλία (tēlía, “playing table”)
* Proto-Indo-European *tsel- (“to sneak”): compare Sanskrit त्सरति (tsárati, “creep, sneak up on”) and other forms under Pokorny 5. *sel- "schleichen, kriechen"
Senses: glosses: The act of stealing.
examples: text: Near-synonyms: bargain, good value, value for money
text: At this price, this car is a steal.
text: He got that thing for just twenty bucks? What a steal!
antonyms: rip-off
glosses: A piece of merchandise available at a very low, attractive price; the act of buying it.
topics: ball-games
basketball
games
hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A situation in which a defensive player actively takes possession of the ball or puck from the opponent's team.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A stolen base.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Scoring in an end without the hammer.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A policy in database systems that a database follows which allows a transaction to be written on nonvolatile storage before its commit occurs.
wainscot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪnskɒt/
ipa: /ˈwɛnskət/
ipa: /ˈweɪnskət/
Forms: form: wainscots
Etymology: From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”).
Senses: examples: text: […] this fellow will but join you together as they join wainscot; then one of you will prove a shrunk panel, and like green timber, warp, warp.
ref: 1598, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, act 3, scene 3:
text: Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, chapter 3, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC, page 11:
topics: architecture
glosses: An area of wooden (especially oaken) panelling on the lower part of a room’s walls.
glosses: Any of various noctuid moths.
Synonyms: word: panelling
Derived terms: wainscot veneer
wainscot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈweɪnskɒt/
ipa: /ˈwɛnskət/
ipa: /ˈweɪnskət/
Forms: form: wainscots
form: wainscoting
form: wainscotting
form: wainscoted
form: wainscoted
form: wainscotted
form: wainscotted
Etymology: From Middle English waynscot, from Middle Low German wagenschot or Middle Dutch waghenscote, assumed to be from wagen (“wagon”) (from Old Saxon wagan) + schot, meaning “partition, crossbar," which is from or related to skiotan (“to shoot”).
Senses: glosses: To decorate a wall with a wainscot.
horologe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɔɹəˌloʊd͡ʒ/
ipa: /ˈhɒrəlɒd͡ʒ/
Forms: form: horologes
Etymology: From Middle English orloge, from Norman oriloge, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). Cognate with French horloge, Italian orologio, and Spanish reloj. Doublet of Horologium and horologium.
Senses: examples: text: He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iii]:
text: A SOUL is not like wind (spiritus, or breath) contained within a capsule; the ALMIGHTY MAKER is not like a Clockmaker that once, in old immemorial ages, having made his Horologe of a Universe, sits ever since and sees it go! Not at all. Hence comes Atheism; come, as we say, many other isms […]
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. II, Gospel of Mammonism”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern Worker):
text: The custodian of the horologe at Ely (1291) was paid 3s. annually for looking after something, which cannot have been a trifling object, for many labourers would gladly have done a month's hard work for that sum.
ref: 2007, John North, God's Clockmaker, page 167:
glosses: Synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day.
synonyms: word: sundial or clock
extra: a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day
Derived terms: horologer
horologion
tourbillon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌtʊə(ɹ)bɪˈjɒn/
Forms: form: tourbillons
Etymology: Borrowed from French tourbillon (“whirlwind”).
Senses: examples: text: Time was vulnerable to the force of gravity. So Breguet came up with the tourbillon, which isolated the balance wheel and escarpment off on a little platform of their own, geared to the third wheel, rotating about once a minute, assuming in the course of the day most positions in 3-D space relative to the gravity of the Earth, so the errors would cancel out and make time impervious to gravity.
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Bilocations”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 457:
text: In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.
ref: 2023 May 28, Brian Ng, “Is one of these students the next Breguet?”, in FT Weekend, HTSI, page 43:
topics: hobbies
horology
lifestyle
glosses: A rotating frame, containing the escapement of a clock or watch, that attempts to compensate for the effects of gravity.
glosses: A whirlwind.
glosses: A kind of firework that gyrates in the air.
glosses: Any part of a machine with a spiral movement.
minute repeater
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: minute repeaters
Senses: glosses: a device, in a watch, in which the current time is announced by means of a combination of sounds that represent the hour, quarter hour, and minute; usually activated by a button
canopic jar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canopic jars
Etymology: From Latin Canōpicus, from Canopus + -icus.
Senses: examples: text: Had Radulph Tubbs such luck with tombs it is probable that he […] would have uncovered only the four canopic jars containing, respectively, the large intestines, small intestines, heart, and liver.
ref: 1993, Rikki Ducornet, The Jade Cabinet, Dalkey Archive Press, page 120:
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
synonyms: Canopus
glosses: An Egyptian pottery container in which the entrails of a mummy have been placed.
canopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: At the formal level of public communication it has been the practice with the Forest Departments in recent years to state that the needed massive regeneration of forestry with the objectives of extending canopic coverage cannot[…]
ref: 1989, Buddhadeb Chaudhuri, Asok Kumar Maiti, Forest and Forest Development in India, South Asia Books:
text: For quotations using this term, see Citations:canopic.
glosses: Relating to a forest canopy.
canopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Canopic (“from the ancient city of Canopus”).
Derived terms: canopic jar
obambulate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /əˈbæmbjʊˌleɪt/
/ɑˈbæmbjʊˌleɪt/
Forms: form: obambulates
form: obambulating
form: obambulated
form: obambulated
Etymology: From Latin obambulare; compare ob-, ambulate.
Senses: examples: text: While we, alas! must still obambulate, Sequacious of the court and courtier's fate : O most infaust who optates there to live! An aulic life no solid joys can give.
ref: 1989, François Rabelais, “An Epistle by Pantagruel's Limosin”, in The Complete Works of Doctor François Rabelais:
text: Dreaming of success, wealth and luxury, Deetee obambulated around the set in a leisurely manner.
ref: 2018, Hulta Gertrude, Operation Selector:
glosses: To walk about; to wander aimlessly
glosses: To walk or go up to, so as or as if to meet.
Derived terms: obambulation
carminic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: a phenolic quinone that is the main constituent of cochineal
Synonyms: carmine
E120
Related terms: carminate
Ursa Major
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɝsə ˈmeɪdʒɚ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin ursa maior (“greater bear”).
Senses: examples: text: My father compounded with my mother under the dragon's tail, and my nativity was under ursa major.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A large circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism the Big Dipper and the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid.
Derived terms: Ursae Majoris
Related terms: UMa
Big Dipper
Charles' Wain
Great Bear
Ursa Minor
orcein
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orceins
Etymology: From French orcéine, modification of orcinol. See also orchil.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a dye, related to litmus, that is extracted from the lichen Rocella tinctoria; used as a microscopic stain and as a food colouring
Synonyms: E121
orchil
Derived terms: acetoorcein
aceto-orcein
leucoorcein
Ursa Minor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɝsə ˈmaɪnɚ/
Etymology: From Latin ursa minor (“(the) lesser bear”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a bear. It includes the familiar asterism of the Little Dipper and, as part of it, the northern pole star Polaris, as well as Kochab.
Synonyms: Little Bear
Lesser Bear
Derived terms: Ursae Minoris
Related terms: UMi
Kochab
Polaris
Little Dipper
Ursa Major
orchil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orchils
form: archil
form: archall
form: orchel
form: orchal
Etymology: From Middle English orchell, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa. The name of the dye was influenced by the visual resemblance of the lichen used in production to a small ear.
Senses: glosses: Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
glosses: The purple dye, orcein, extracted from them (especially Lecanora tartarea) and often used as substitute for Tyrian purple.
Synonyms: sense: lichen
word: orchella weed
sense: lichen
word: archil lichen
sense: dye
word: lacmus
sense: dye
word: orcein
Related terms: cudbear
ahemeral day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ahemeral days
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A light-dark cycle that has more or less than 24 hours created artificially for testing the rhythms of organisms.
Related terms: circadian rhythm
Big Dipper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Big Dipper
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: Charles' Wain
word: Drinking Gourd
word: Northern Ladle
english: Asia
translation: Asia
word: Northern Waggoner
word: Plough
word: Wain
word: Wagon
word: Great Wagon
word: Bandwagon
word: Saptarishi
word: Saucepan
word: triones
glosses: A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart, and a part of the constellation Ursa Major which includes the stars Mizar, Dubhe, and Alkaid. The other stars comprising it are Alioth, Megrez, Merak, and Phecda.
Related terms: Little Dipper
septentrion
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Little Dipper
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Little Dipper
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A bright circumpolar asterism of the northern sky, said to resemble a ladle or cart. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and includes the northern pole star Polaris.
Related terms: Polaris
Ursa Major
Ursa Minor
Big Dipper
Mizar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic مِئْزَر (miʔzar).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
synonyms: Zeta Ursae Majoris
glosses: A binary star in the constellation Ursa Major; Zeta (ζ) Ursae Majoris.
ahemeral days
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ahemeral day
anoia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔɪ.ə
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄνοια (ánoia).
Senses: glosses: Extreme mental deficiency.
glosses: Mindlessness.
Related terms: anoesis
eunoia
paranoia
anomalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anomalisms
Senses: glosses: the state or quality of being anomalous.
glosses: an anomaly.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: the theory that language was arbitrary in its origin, or without any natural analogy between names and the things named.
Related terms: anomalist
swinecote
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: swinecotes
Etymology: From swine + cote.
Senses: glosses: A pigsty.
Halacha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /həˈlʌhə/
/həlɑːˈhɑː/
/ˌhɑːlɑːˈxɑː/
Forms: form: Halachot
form: Halachoth
form: Halachos
form: Halachas
form: halacha
form: halachah
form: halakah
form: halakha
form: halakhah
form: Halachah
form: Halakha
form: Halakhah
Etymology: From Hebrew הֲלָכָה (halakhá), from the root הלך (“to walk”).
Senses: glosses: A law or tradition by which Jews live. They are derived from the Torah and from later rabbinic literature.
glosses: A law or tradition established by the Halacha.
Halacha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /həˈlʌhə/
/həlɑːˈhɑː/
/ˌhɑːlɑːˈxɑː/
Forms: form: halacha
form: halachah
form: halakah
form: halakha
form: halakhah
form: Halachah
form: Halakha
form: Halakhah
Etymology: From Hebrew הֲלָכָה (halakhá), from the root הלך (“to walk”).
Senses: glosses: Jewish law, taken as a whole
Derived terms: halachic
Talmudic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tælˈmʊdɪk/
ipa: /tælˈmʊdɪk/
ipa: /tɑl-/
Forms: form: talmudic
form: Talmudick
Etymology: From Talmud + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Talmudic tradition (Shabbat 92a) connects them with a hekesh, teaching that both reached full stature: “Just as the mishkan was ten cubits tall, so too the altar was ten cubits tall.”
ref: 2006, Abraham Isaac Kook, Gold from the Land of Israel, Chanan Morrison, →ISBN, page 150:
text: Various textual analyses are provided by a criminologist, an anthropologist, a researcher in lexicometry and a Talmudic exegete.
ref: 2009 May 8, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:
synonyms: Talmudical
coordinate_terms: Tanakhic
glosses: Of or relating to the Talmud.
examples: text: the Talmudic period
text: post-Talmudic writers
topics: history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the era of Jewish history, immediately following the destruction of the Second Temple, during which the Talmud was being compiled (c. 70–500 AD).
synonyms: word: Jesuitic
glosses: Making extremely fine distinctions in a manner reminiscent of the Talmud; hairsplitting.