cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
serenate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: serenates
form: serenating
form: serenated
form: serenated
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of serenade.
carnet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː(ɹ).neɪ/
Forms: form: carnets
Etymology: From French carnet (“notebook”), from Middle French quernet (“group of four sheets”).
Senses: examples: text: Rather than buy each ticket individually, you can buy a carnet of ten tickets for a lower price.
glosses: A ticket book, a collection of tickets in the form of a booklet often sold at a discount to single tickets.
examples: text: If you plan to sell your car, of course, a carnet is the last thing you need: if the vehicle isn't correctly stamped in and out of each country you'll lose your deposit.
ref: 2003, Jim Hudgens et al., The Rough Guide to West Africa, →ISBN, page 20:
topics: law
glosses: A customs document that allows the temporary duty-free importation of a particular article
glosses: An admission pass.
sicario
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈkɑːɹi.əʊ/
ipa: /sɪˈkɑːɹi.oʊ/
ipa: /səˈ-/
Forms: form: sicarios
Etymology: From Spanish sicario.
Senses: examples: text: The traffickers created a Frankenstein's monster that gradually slipped out of their control: the sicarios.
ref: 1992, Tina Rosenberg, Children of Cain: Violence and the Violent in Latin America, page 34:
glosses: hitman, hired killer (especially when referring to Latin American drug cartels)
Related terms: sicaria
harras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈhæɹəs/
Forms: form: harrases
Etymology: From Middle English haras (“herd of stud horses, enclosure for a herd of stud horses”), from Old French haras, haraz.
Senses: glosses: A herd of stud horses.
Proto-Balto-Slavic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: PBS
glosses: The hypothetical ancestor language or protolanguage of Baltic and Slavic languages, descending from Proto-Indo-European.
Related terms: Balto-Slavic
Proto-Baltic
Baltic
Proto-Slavic
Slavic
sirene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Bulgarian сирене (sirene), from Proto-Slavic *syřenьje (“curdling”), from Proto-Indo-European *súHros, whence also English sour, German sauer.
Senses: examples: text: […] then the potato pieces were layered on top and the mess was doused with olive oil and spices and cooked for an hour. Vlado made a tomato salad, also, with sirene cheese.
ref: 2006, M. H. Wolfe, Gone Away, page 65:
text: My curiosity was now satisfied: nothing, other than potatoes, bread, garlic and sirene cheese.
ref: 2008, Martin Miller-Yianni, Simple Treasures in Bulgaria, page 209:
text: A strudel-like banitsa (pastry) is eaten, which is an interlayering of sirene cheese with phyllo pastry—though it may also contain leeks or spinach […]
ref: 2011, Ken Albala, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia, page 66:
glosses: A slightly crumbly brined cheese made of cow, sheep, or goatmilk, similar to feta; popular in the Balkan Peninsula.
sirene
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sirenes
form: sirena
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of siren.
snoops
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of snoop
snoops
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of snoop
screw thread
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screw threads
Senses: examples: text: An internal screw thread is cut with a "tap", while external screw threads are cut with a "die".
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points.
Related terms: die
tap
heteronormativity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heteronormativities
Etymology: From hetero- + normativity.
Senses: glosses: The assumption that all human beings are either male or female in both sex and gender, and that sexual and romantic attraction and activity only occurs, or is only normal, between people of different sexes.
Coordinate terms: word: cisnormativity
english: see there for more
translation: see there for more
word: homonormativity
Related terms: heteronormative
heterosexism
cisnormative
homonormative
Good Samaritan law
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Good Samaritan laws
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A law that exempts from legal liability a person who attempts to give reasonable aid to another person who is injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
examples: text: It was not immediately clear what those charges could be, and Mr. Bernhardt said he did not want to speculate. He added that Pennsylvania does not have a good Samaritan law and said it would be “very difficult to bring charges against those” who witnessed the attack but did not intervene.
ref: 2021 October 17, Eduardo Medina, “As a Woman Was Raped, Train Riders Failed to Intervene, Police Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: law
glosses: A law that requires able persons, without putting themselves at risk, to provide reasonable aid to persons who are injured, ill, or otherwise imperiled.
to what end
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: to what ends
Senses: examples: text: To what end are you spending so much time reading the newspaper?
text: They put so much effort into it, but to what end?
glosses: For what purpose, what for, why.
grass widowhood
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: His inconsolable better half has to spend the whole of her time during this distressing grass-widowhood here.
ref: 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 17:
glosses: The state of being a grass widow.
quarter of
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: "It's 2:30 now; let's meet in 15 minutes." "Okay, see you at quarter of."
glosses: Synonym of quarter to; fifteen minutes before a certain hour.
synonyms: word: quarter to
extra: fifteen minutes before a certain hour
Related terms: half past
birds of a feather
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: c1710, Jonathan Swift, "A Conference," lines 11-12,
And since we're so near, like birds of a feather,
Let's e'en, as they say, set our horses together.
text: Birds of a feather do fall out sometimes.
ref: 1876, Anthony Trollope, chapter 51, in The Prime Minister:
text: Paul Blanshard has two bogeymen of almost equal fearsomeness: one dwells in the Kremlin, the other in the Vatican.... Blanshard has satisfied himself that Stalin and the Pope are pretty much birds of a feather.
ref: 1951 May 21, “As Bad or Worse?”, in Time:
glosses: People having similar characters, backgrounds, interests, or beliefs.
glosses: Ellipsis of birds of a feather flock together.
Related terms: birds of a feather flock together
birds-of-a-feather session
close-quarter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: In a confined space.
Related terms: close quarter
close quarters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkləʊs ˈkwɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)z/
Etymology: See close quarter.
Senses: glosses: plural of close quarter
close quarters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌkləʊs ˈkwɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)z/
Etymology: See close quarter.
Senses: examples: text: They were fighting at close quarters.
text: Four-to-a-room is living in close quarters.
text: I was also advised to put on a belt and carry a short cudgel or bludgeon in it, for, as Jack truly remarked, the sling would be of little use if we should chance to come to close quarters with any wild animal.
ref: 1857, Robert Michael Ballantyne, The Coral Island:
text: One can love one's neighbours in the abstract, or even at a distance, but at close quarters it's almost impossible.
ref: 1880, Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, The Brothers Karamazov:
text: With a sword and shield he could have let his enemies come to very close quarters with perfect impunity to himself and then have run them through with infinite ease.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Cave Girl:
text: He was able to watch some of the younger players he introduced into the squad at close quarters and may be able to see them in England action once more against the Danes.
ref: 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Very near proximity; cramped conditions.
Synonyms: CQ
Derived terms: alt: CQB
word: close-quarters battle
alt: CQBW
word: close-quarters battle weapon
alt: CQC
word: close-quarters combat
opo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opos
Senses: synonyms: opo squash
calabash
bottle gourd
glosses: The calabash or bottle gourd.
cabin boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabin boys
form: cabin-boy
Senses: synonyms: ship's boy
shipboy
glosses: A boy or young man who is employed to serve as an attendant for passengers or crew members on a ship.
glosses: A male flight attendant.
cabin-boy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cabin-boys
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cabin boy.
kpm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kpm
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: typing; data entry; typing; data entry
glosses: Initialism of key per minute.
squaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more squaloid
form: most squaloid
Etymology: From Latin squālus (“a large sea fish; a shark”) + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: The old man cracked a squaloid smile full of toothblack and breakfast scraps.
ref: 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 169:
glosses: Characteristic of a shark or dogfish
squaloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squaloids
Etymology: From Latin squālus (“a large sea fish; a shark”) + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: Several species of squaloids have light-emitting organs, but none can glow as brightly as the monotypical Isistius brasiliensis.
ref: 1983, Richard Ellis, The Book of Sharks, Knopf, →ISBN, page 136:
glosses: Any dogfish (family Squalidae).
cue mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cue marks
Senses: glosses: A visual indicator, placed in an upper corner of a frame of a motion picture, to signal the projectionist to change reels
contributer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contributers
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of contributor.
contributers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of contributors.
screw threads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of screw thread
edit war
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: edit wars
Etymology: From edit + war.
Senses: examples: text: As with dinner-table discussions, it is best to avoid editing articles about politics or religion unless one wishes to become entrenched in a perpetual edit war.
text: An unproductive edit war results as editors change the page back and forth between two incompatible versions, without troubling to engage in discussions.
ref: 2008, Phoebe Ayers, Charles Matthews, Ben Yates, How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It, No Starch Press, →ISBN, page 388:
text: In 2008, doubters of the official account of the attacks — sometimes called truthers — were told by the arbitration committee not to edit the main page on the attacks after so-called edit wars over what should be included there.
ref: 2011 September 12, Noam Cohen, “On Wikipedia, Echoes of 9/11 ‘Edit Wars’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Edit wars—about everything from Roseanne Barr to the Minneapolis suburb of Edina to the Death Star’s size to whether tigers are in fact “the most powerful living cat”—have been part of Wikipedia since its beginning.
ref: 2018 August 7, Alexis C. Madrigal, “Wikipedia, the Last Bastion of Shared Reality”, in The Atlantic:
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: A dispute over the content of a page on a wiki or other editable work where opposing editors continually change the page without discussion.
edit war
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: edit wars
form: edit warring
form: edit warred
form: edit warred
form: edit-war
Etymology: From edit + war.
Senses: examples: text: When a dispute arises, it is common to see a page protected to avoid edit warring.
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: To engage in an edit war.
Related terms: edit warrior
parablepsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpæɹəˌblɛpsɪ/
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of parablepsis.
iolite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈaɪəˌlaɪt/
Forms: form: iolites
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) + -lite.
Senses: topics: gemology
geography
geology
jewelry
lifestyle
natural-sciences
glosses: The clear variety of cordierite, sometimes used as a gem.
Hypernyms: cordierite
dichroite
accident of birth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accidents of birth
Senses: examples: text: [H]e said to himself that he was a very good-looking man, and could have adorned a much higher sphere in life than that in which the accident of birth had placed him.
ref: 1899, Charles W. Chesnutt, “Uncle Wellington's Wives”, in The Wife of his Youth and Other Stories:
text: "You're no brother of mine," she broke in. "At most it is an accident of birth I disown. I'll have no relationship with you of any sort."
ref: 1910, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 4, in A Texas Ranger:
text: An accident of birth had made him a citizen of the United States—his father having owned a ranch which lay north instead of south of the Rio Grande.
ref: 1915, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 9, in Heart of the Sunset:
glosses: A fact, situation, or personal characteristic, which may be desirable or undesirable, resulting from the circumstances into which a person was born, and which is therefore entirely beyond their control.
new wave
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more new wave
form: most new wave
Senses: synonyms: trendy
faddish
glosses: Representing the latest and most advanced style.
new wave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: New York to east California / There's a new wave coming, I warn ya
ref: 1981, “Kids in America”, performed by Kim Wilde:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: An alternative and broad pop and rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the early to mid-1980s, incorporating punk sensibilities and/or other forms of music, but made with more accessibility.
Derived terms: new-wave
new waver
new-wavish
no wave
one-eyed trouser snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-eyed trouser snakes
Senses: examples: text: Christ, I’ve gotta go and shake the old one-eyed trouser snake, meself.
ref: 1970, Derek Maitland, The Only War We've Got, page 140:
glosses: The penis.
stoven
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: past participle of stave
-ve
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: −ve
Etymology: Abbreviation, using the minus sign.
Senses: examples: text: A typical result for a CD4 T lymphocyte population is shown: CD3, CD4 +ve; CD8, CD13, CD34, CD19 −ve.
ref: 2002, “Haematology” (chapter 3), in Drew Provan, Andrew Krentz, editors, Oxford Handbook of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 225:
antonyms: +ve
glosses: Abbreviation of negative.
uncolored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: uncolor’d
form: uncolour’d
form: uncoloured
Etymology: From un- + colored.
Senses: glosses: Having no color; not treated with a dye or other color.
uncolored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: uncolor’d
form: uncolour’d
form: uncoloured
Etymology: From un- + colored.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncolor
uncombined
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + combined.
Senses: glosses: Not combined with another
uncompensated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + compensated.
Senses: glosses: Not compensated; having no compensation.
examples: text: Would the site’s community of decentralized, uncompensated editors continue to govern it according to its principles of openness, transparency, and neutrality, or would a handful of highly paid NGO technocrats re-orient Wikipedia toward endorsing and promoting the ever-shifting currents of the Western elite social justice regime?
ref: 2024 August 5, Ashley Rindsberg, “How the Regime Captured Wikipedia”, in Pirate Wires, archived from the original on 16 Jan 2025:
glosses: Not paid for one's work.
Derived terms: uncompensated acidosis
uncompensated alkalosis
uncomplaining
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncomplaining
form: most uncomplaining
Etymology: From un- + complaining.
Senses: examples: text: One can hardly write of Suvla without a word of admiration for that patient and uncomplaining hero the Indian drabi, not forgetting his mules.
ref: 1929, Sir William Marshall, Memories of Four Fronts, page 133:
glosses: Without complaint; patient and tolerant.
Derived terms: uncomplainingly
unconsolidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + consolidated.
Senses: examples: text: unconsolidated backfill
text: unconsolidated rock
text: an unconsolidated subsidiary
antonyms: consolidated
glosses: Not consolidated.
Related terms: unconsolidation
unconsolidated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unconsolidate
uncross
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɒs
Forms: form: uncrosses
form: uncrossing
form: uncrossed
form: uncrossed
Etymology: From un- + cross.
Senses: glosses: To move something, especially one's arms or legs, from a crossed position.
examples: text: I want nothing more than to run through the crowd of people and throw myself into his arms, but I can't. You can't rewrite the past, and once lines have been crossed, you can't uncross them.
ref: 2014, DeAnna Holland, No Place Like Home:
text: “Don't call me stupid. I mean it. My parents don't ever call each other names. Name-calling and being nasty just breaks things and crosses lines you can't uncross.”
ref: 2015, Abigail Tarttelin, Flick, page 201:
glosses: To undo the crossing or traversal of.
annihilationists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of annihilationist
Amadeus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæməˈdeɪəs/
rhymes: -eɪəs
ipa: /ˌɑməˈdeɪʊs/
Etymology: From Latin Amadeus, from Latin amo (“love”) + deus (“god”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Latin.
Derived terms: Amadea
Related terms: Amade
Amadea
Amadee
Amadei
Amadeo
Amadeu
Amadeusz
Amadi
Amadio
Amadios
Amede
Amedea
Amedee
Amedei
Amedeo
Amedeu
Amedeus
Amedeusz
Amedi
Amedios
Amodei
Amodeo
Godlove
Gottlieb
Liebgott
Lovegod
Merveilleuse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɜːveɪˈjɜːz/
Forms: form: Merveilleuses
Etymology: Borrowed from French Merveilleuse.
Senses: examples: text: There were the mad fashions sported by the extraordinarily (by turns over- and under-) dressed Incroyables and Merveilleuses, the guzzling of champagne, and the ingestion of bountiful meals in smart restaurants (a recent invention).
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 542:
text: You are the reason I arrived indecently late at Madame de Volanges's and had all the old ladies thinking I was a Merveilleuse.
ref: 2007, Helen Constantine, translating Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons (1782), Penguin 2007, p. 111
text: The female equivalents were called Merveilleuses and adopted Greek dress and espoused a neo-classical nostalgia.
ref: 2006, Andrew Hussey, Paris: The Secret History, Penguin, published 2007, page 270:
glosses: A fashionable young Frenchwoman of the late 18th-century, characterized by extravagant dress sense and anti-revolutionary ideas.
Winzer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Winzers
Etymology: In some cases from German Winzer (“winemaker”). In others perhaps from Windsor.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
chef d'oeuvre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chefs d'oeuvre
Etymology: Borrowed from French chef-d’œuvre.
Senses: examples: text: Indeed I will explain Danceny's note. The occasion of it is my own doing, and I like to think it is my chef d'oeuvre.
ref: 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 130:
glosses: Alternative form of chef d'œuvre (a masterpiece).
block hour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: block hours
Senses: examples: text: Some airlines average more than twelve block hours a day from their long-haul aircraft.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The time from the an aircraft pushes back from the gate at departure of a revenue flight, until the moment the aircraft makes its final stop at the arrival gate following its landing. Equal to flight hours plus taxi time.
annihilationist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annihilationists
Etymology: From annihilation + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A person who believes in annihilationism: that eternal punishment is the annihilation of both the body and the soul.
glosses: A person who advocates or practices annihilationism (the annihilation of a group): an eliminationist.
annihilationist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more annihilationist
form: most annihilationist
Etymology: From annihilation + -ist.
Senses: examples: text: This negation has sometimes been no less “annihilationist” than classical anti-Semitism, because, at least potentially, it serves to justify the elimination of the State of Israel.
ref: 2010, Elhanan Yakira, Post-Zionism, Post-Holocaust: Three Essays, →ISBN, page 36:
text: At times, though, his more economic approach to Jewish policy conflicted with the more annihilationist bent of the SS.
ref: 2014, Waitman Wade Beorn, Marching into Darkness, →ISBN:
synonyms: eliminationist
glosses: Advocating annihilationism; advocating the annihilation of a group of people.
floristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From flora + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: The Lowland Fynbos is located at the southwestern tip of the African continent where it forms part of the Cape Floristic Region.
glosses: Describing a region with a relatively uniform composition of plant species.
examples: text: There is now such an immense "microliterature" on hepatics that, beyond a certain point I have given up trying to integrate (and evaluate) every minor paper published—especially narrowly floristic papers.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii:
glosses: Of or pertaining to floristics.
Derived terms: ecofloristic
floristically
floristic province
nonfloristic
paleofloristic
epigenomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From epigenome + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Describing a representation of the gene expression, DNA methylation and histone modification status of a particular genomic region.
Derived terms: epigenomic map
nutriepigenomic
pharmacoepigenome
designated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛzɪɡneɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈdezɪɡnæɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of designate
designated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛzɪɡneɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈdezɪɡnæɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: Having a specified designation
Derived terms: census-designated place
designated agent
designated driver
designated hitter
designated marksman
designated milk
designated patient
designated person
designated runner
designated service
designated survivor
designated value
designated volume
nondesignated
undesignated
unseeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unseeable
form: most unseeable
Etymology: From Middle English unseable, equivalent to un- + seeable.
Senses: glosses: invisible
glosses: unimaginable
thiazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thiazolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated heterocyclic compound containing a five-membered ring, one double bond, one nitrogen and one sulfur atom; any derivative of this compound
Derived terms: thiazolinone
Related terms: oxazoline
oxazoline
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oxazolines
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated heterocyclic compound containing a five-membered ring, one double bond, one nitrogen and one oxygen atom; any derivative of this compound
Derived terms: bisoxazoline
desoxazoline
isooxazoline
isoxazoline
polyoxazoline
sulfanyloxazoline
Related terms: thiazoline
overspin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊvɚˌspɪn/
Etymology: From over- + spin.
Senses: examples: text: Jumping from side to side like a cat, three times he volleyed fine volleys of his opponents, and at length netted a magnificent lift-drive by Wilding the overspin of which made it dive for the ground.
ref: 1916, A. Wallis Myers, “Davis Cup Memories”, in Captain Anthony Wilding, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 185:
text: Because of its construction, the putter is said to eliminate the underspin, sidespin, skipping and skidding of the ball that other putters put on the ball. Instead, Dalton says, it puts 44 degrees of overspin on the ball before it ever hits the ground.
ref: 2000 April 12, Victoria Sun, “New putter gets some positive spin”, in Las Vegas Sun:
glosses: An excessive amount of spin applied to a projectile such that its nose does not turn down at the summit of the trajectory.
examples: text: What is wanted is just the reverse - i.e top or overspin, which causes the ball to revolve in the direction in which it is going.
ref: 1886, E.T.Sachs, The Boys Own Annual: Lawn-Tennis of the Present, volume 9, page 778:
text: Then may come that particular feature of Tennis—the Cut. In this one does not strike the ball fair and square as at Cricket and Racquets; still less does one give the ball what may be called the overspin, to make it fly quicker and to give it pace over the ground, as one does at Lawn Tennis.
ref: 1905, Eustace Miles, “Tennis and its Popularisation”, in F. G. Aflalo, editor, The Sports of the World, London: Cassell and Company, page 227:
glosses: A rotational motion, especially that given to a ball, in which the upper surface spins in the direction of motion; topspin;top.
overspin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊvɚˌspɪn/
Forms: form: overspins
form: overspinning
form: overspun
form: overspun
Etymology: From over- + spin.
Senses: examples: text: In my enthusiasm I overspun the handle of the microfilm reading machine and went a few pages further than I intended.
ref: 2002, Paul David Nelson, Fredrick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912, page xx:
glosses: To spin too much or too far.
transcriptional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From transcription + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to transcription, especially to the transcription of genetic information
Derived terms: posttranscriptional
rewiring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of rewire
rewiring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪəɹɪŋ
Forms: form: rewirings
Senses: examples: text: The work involved a complete rewiring of the system, while the addition of four higher-capacity Mechan jacks and the increased length of the new train meant the entire floor (the length of four train carriages) had to be dug up, levelled and strengthened to meet tolerance requirements.
ref: 2020 August 12, “Network News: Four new jacks at Clacton depot”, in Rail, page 18:
glosses: A new wiring
glosses: A new configuration of neurons in the brain.
Related terms: recabling
socie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: socies
Etymology: From socialist + -ie.
Senses: glosses: Diminutive of socialist.
bokking
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bok
Pia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name from Latin.
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Pia carry
Pia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town and commune of Pyrénées-Orientales department, Occitania, France, historically part of Northern Catalonia.
maatje
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maatjes
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch maatje.
Senses: examples: text: The maatje herrin' were very popular over in Germany. That was a very light cure with just a fine sprinkling o' salt.
ref: 1987, David Butcher, Following the fishing:
text: […] with Charles making quite a good shot at playing the obliging husband, I seized the chance of buying and eating a maatje.
ref: 1997, John Bayley, The red hat:
glosses: A fermented herring.
Rickard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From a medieval variant of Richard.
Senses: glosses: A surname transferred from the given name.
Nestor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛstə/
ipa: /ˈnɛstɚ/
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νέστωρ (Néstōr), possibly from νέομαι (néomai, “to return safely”), νόστος (nóstos, “homecoming”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An old and wise king in Homer's Iliad.
examples: text: Standing in her entrance, two men in white silk suits and butterfly-looking lace bow ties, black instrument cases by their side and black-brimmed white hats in their hands–my father, Nestor Castillo, thin and broad-shouldered, and Uncle Cesar, thickset and immense.
ref: 1989, Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: A male given name from Ancient Greek, rare in English.
glosses: A surname
Derived terms: Nestorian
Nestor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛstə/
ipa: /ˈnɛstɚ/
Forms: form: Nestors
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Νέστωρ (Néstōr), possibly from νέομαι (néomai, “to return safely”), νόστος (nóstos, “homecoming”).
Senses: glosses: A wise old man, especially one who serves as a counselor or adviser.
Related terms: english: legend
translation: legend
word: Nestor in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
neopagan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of neo-pagan.
neopagan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neopagans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of neo-pagan.
neopaganism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neo-paganism
form: Neopaganism
form: Neo-paganism
form: Neo-Paganism
Etymology: From neo- + paganism.
Senses: glosses: A modern or revived form of paganism; modern pagan religion.
Related terms: neo-pagan
sackung
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sackungs
form: sackungen
Etymology: Borrowed from German Sackung.
Senses: examples: 1985, G. Holmes and J. J. Jarvis, “Large-scale toppling within a sackung type deformation at Ben Attow, Scotland”, Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology and Hydrogeology, volume 18, number 3 (August 1985), pages 287–289.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A large-scale landslide with a scarp that may be mistaken for a fault. More specifically- a deep fracture with uphill facing scarps induced by gravitational sliding. Often found near the top of some mountain ranges.
lenders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lender
hyperconnectivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperconnectivities
Etymology: From hyper- + connectivity.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The state of a network in which the number of nodes is far in excess of the number of users.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: The state of the brain, in schizophrenia or epileptic seizure, in which an excessive number of connections are made between neurons.
glosses: Increased connectedness of human beings through social media, etc.
Synonyms: sense: excessive connections between neurons
word: hyperconnection
sense: increased connectedness of human beings
word: hyperconnectedness
lugeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lugeons
Etymology: For Maurice Lugeon, Swiss geologist.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A unit of measurement of permeability, equal to one foot per year.
wikipedia: Maurice Lugeon
lapels
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lapel
noncredit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + credit.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Describing a course that does not contribute credits towards an academic degree.
examples: noncredit decisions
topics: business
finance
glosses: Not related to financial credit.
noncriminal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + criminal.
Senses: examples: text: The police department was enjoined from conducting any surveillance of non-criminal activity of gay people, from maintaining files dealing with non-criminal activity, and from harassing the plaintiffs or other gay people in the absence of any actual criminal activity.
ref: 1978 April 8, “Gay Victory in Texas”, in Gay Community News, page 3:
topics: law
glosses: Not criminal; civil.
noncriminal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: noncriminals
Etymology: From non- + criminal.
Senses: glosses: One who is not a criminal.
noncritical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-critical
Etymology: From non- + critical.
Senses: glosses: Not critical.
Especially, synonym of noncrucial.
synonyms: word: noncrucial
glosses: Not critical.
Uncritical.
noncustodial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + custodial.
Senses: glosses: Not having custody of a child.
raw_tags: of a parent
glosses: That does not involve a term in prison.
raw_tags: of a trial sentence
Derived terms: noncustodial parent
nondelivery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnɒndɪˈlɪvəɹi/
rhymes: -ɪvəɹi
Forms: form: nondeliveries
Etymology: From non- + delivery.
Senses: glosses: A failure to deliver.
nondemocratic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + democratic.
Senses: glosses: Not based upon democratic principles
Derived terms: nondemocratically
nondepartmental
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɛntəl
Forms: form: non-departmental
Etymology: From non- + departmental.
Senses: glosses: Not related to a specific department or discipline.
nondepreciating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more nondepreciating
form: most nondepreciating
Etymology: From non- + depreciating.
Senses: glosses: That is not losing value.
raw_tags: of an asset
nondestructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-destructive
Etymology: From non- + destructive.
Senses: glosses: That does not result in destruction or damage.
Derived terms: nondestructively
nondetachable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: non-detachable
Etymology: From non- + detachable.
Senses: glosses: Not capable of being detached.
stochastically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /stəˈkæstɪkli/
ipa: /stəˈkæstɪkəli/
Forms: form: more stochastically
form: most stochastically
Etymology: From stochastic + -ally.
Senses: examples: text: That is when we have no clear and distinct conception of the truth of a proposition (which is the knowledge of it and can never be false) we may notwithstanding, extend our assents further and judge stochastically, that is opine, this way or that way concerning it, and that sometimes with a great deal of confidence and assurance too.
ref: 1838, Ralph Cudworth, edited by John Allen, A Treatise of Freewill, … Now First Edited, from the Original MS., and with Notes, London: John W[illiam] Parker, West Strand, →OCLC, pages 39–40:
text: In the table the scores from group A are stochastically smaller than those for B, C, or D because group A always has at least as many scores at or below a particular number as any of the other groups. Similarly, the scores from group B are stochastically smaller than those from group C.
ref: 1954, Gordon W[illard] Allport, “Selective Quantitative Techniques”, in Gardner Lindzey, editor, Handbook of Social Psychology, volumes 1 (Theory and Method), Reading, Mass.: Addison-Wesley, →OCLC, page 317, column 2:
text: In still other cases, the state of the system is stochastically determined or else assumed to be stochastically determined, that is, determined by a random factor.
ref: 1973 October, J[ames] C[lement] I. Dooge, “Lecture 1. Hydrologic Systems.”, in Linear Theory of Hydrologic Systems (Technical Bulletin; no. 1468), Washington, D.C.: Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture, →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: In a stochastic manner; by means of a process involving a randomly determined sequence of events.
ground effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground effects
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any aerodynamic effects occurring due to a vehicle's body or appendages moving in close proximity to the ground.
Synonyms: wing in ground effect
spinate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈspaɪneɪt/
Forms: form: more spinate
form: most spinate
Etymology: From spine + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Bearing a spine; spiniform.
glosses: Covered in spine-like processes.
Saab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Initialism of Swedish Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (“Swedish Aeroplane Company”).
Senses: glosses: A Swedish aerospace and defence company, which formerly also produced automobiles.
Saab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Saabs
Etymology: Initialism of Swedish Svenska Aeroplan Aktiebolaget (“Swedish Aeroplane Company”).
Senses: examples: text: His mom shakes her head at her silly little boy as she dashes to her Saab, which is missing its bumper— Sticky’s doing, no doubt.
ref: 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 178:
glosses: A Saab car or plane.
alkoholism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from German Alkoholismus, Polish alkoholizm, or Russian алкоголизм (alkogolizm).
Senses: examples: text: Yes, it is called alkoholism.
ref: 1997 June 19, Klaus Günther Beck, “KZ-DEATH: PCHYSOMATIC DISEASE (NOT GAS)”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:
text: What do you think about lonely drinking. Is it a sign of alkoholism ?
ref: 1998 February 25, Elzbieta Maslak, “Lonely drinking”, in rec.food.drink (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:
text: Diagnosis are said to be meningitis/alkoholism/syphilis/eardamage-from-fall-in-prison
ref: 1998 March 5, Bo Warming, “Moral Relativism: kz-Wilde and sado-masochism”, in alt.revisionism (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:
text: You're surely must know that americans mostly quiting smoking for now. And alkoholism is russian national problem.
ref: 1999 June 27, Micke Ionas, “American vs Russian”, in fido7.ru.talk.english (Usenet), retrieved 22 May 2022:
qualifier: non-native speakers' English
glosses: Misspelling of alcoholism.
lexically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From lexical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is important to note that connotation is different from an unambiguous “double meaning” or “pun.” With a pun both meanings have to be lexically current but with connotation it is the multiple, even ambiguous, associations of each word that are important.)
ref: 2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 118:
topics: manner
glosses: In a lexical manner.
qualifier: domain
glosses: In terms of a lexicon.
Derived terms: lexically scoped
prelexically
sublexically
stili
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of stilus
crank angle degrees
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crank angle degree
butches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of butch
butches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of butch
helluv
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From "hell of (a)", like hella (originally Northern California slang). See also Wikipedia:Hella (word).
Senses: examples: text: Hey, if you guys get the munchies, there's helluv candy in the cupboard.
text: […] and all of the other people I have met who show me helluv love when I come through your town.
ref: 2006, Joylynn Jossel, When Souls Mate:
glosses: Intensifier, signifies an abundance of a thing; much or many.
Synonyms: mad
helluv
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From "hell of (a)", like hella (originally Northern California slang). See also Wikipedia:Hella (word).
Senses: examples: text: Dude, I helluv want to go to the show with you, but I'm soooo grounded.
text: “[…]. This helluv hurts.” We grownups burst out laughing, and I hugged her bony adolescent shoulders.
ref: 2002, Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife, page 225:
glosses: Intensifier (modifies verbs); to a large extent; totally; very much.
examples: text: That new girl is helluv sexy.
text: “We had the baby, like two minutes ago. It was helluv icy. […] Naeema was so brave, just hellabitchin', and I delivered the baby myself 'cause we have this hellafresh midwife who taught me how to do it.”
ref: 2002, Peggy Vincent, Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a Modern Midwife, page 226:
text: “Man, if I had never been to California and read that magazine, I would be helluv scared to come out there!”
ref: 2003, Adrienne Anderson, Word: Rap, Politics and Feminism, page 14:
glosses: Intensifier (modifies adjectives); to a large degree; extremely; exceedingly.
Synonyms: sense: extremely, modifies adjectives
english: NE US
translation: NE US
word: wicked
helluv
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Etymology: From "hell of (a)", like hella (originally Northern California slang). See also Wikipedia:Hella (word).
Senses: examples: text: "Hey, you wanna come to the concert tonight?" "Oh, helluv!"
glosses: For sure; totally; hell yeah; used as a strong affirmation of something that was just said, accomplished, or revealed.
Related terms: helluva
hella
hell
the hell
helluv
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Etymology: Shortened form, or elision, of phrases like "hell of" or "hell have", approximating casual speech in writing.
Senses: examples: text: Oh, you goddam-betcha, Julie, it's one helluva lot better — one HELLUV A lot better — to be born dirt-poor. Course then you get to stay that way the rest of your life.
ref: 1977, Curt Johnson, The Morning Light, page 214:
text: “That's the helluv it — beggin' yer pardon, miss...”
ref: 1997, Kat Martin, Innocence Undone, page 297:
glosses: Elision of "hell of".
examples: text: “Helluv it is,” he grumbled. “I was thinking of marrying her myself. Wrote her a letter, but it didn't get posted in time.”
ref: 1997, Kat Martin, Innocence Undone, page 173:
glosses: Elision of "the hell of".
examples: text: Where the helluv you been?
ref: 1973, Richard Cowper, Clone, page 99:
glosses: Elision of "hell have"
neutralise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: neutralises
form: neutralising
form: neutralised
form: neutralised
Etymology: From French neutraliser (first attested in 1642). By surface analysis, neutral + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: It’s all based on immobilising your opponent, rather than punching or kicking them, which means you learn how to neutralise, for example, a stranger grabbing your wrist.
ref: 2019 September 14, Charles Negromonte Santos, “Fitness tips: three benefits of Brazilian jiu-jitsu”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard form of neutralize.
Derived terms: immunoneutralise
immunoneutralised
seroneutralise
unneutralised
neutralises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of neutralise
neutralising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: Experiments on steep inclines in the United States showed that washing the rails with a detergent to remove oil and grease resulted in a marked improvement; but conditioning the rails with a special neutralising chemical completely eliminated slipping on a bank on which it was so common as to necessitate restriction of trainloads.
ref: 1956 May, “Eliminating Slipping of Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 280:
glosses: Present participle and gerund of neutralise.
neutralised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of neutralise
renegotiates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of renegotiate
gas stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of gas station
petrol stations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of petrol station
full breakfasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of full breakfast
unsticks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unstick
nongranular
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + granular.
Senses: glosses: Not granular; not in the form of grains.
unfetter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfɛtɚ/
ipa: [ʌnˈfɛɾɚ]
rhymes: -ɛtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: unfetters
form: unfettering
form: unfettered
form: unfettered
Etymology: From un- + fetter.
Senses: examples: text: He saw the same Turnkey unfetter a man / With but little expedition
ref: 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86:
glosses: To release from fetters; to unchain; to let loose; to free.
unfetters
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unfetter
unfettering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unfetter
unquestioning
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unquestioning
form: most unquestioning
Etymology: From un- + questioning.
Senses: synonyms: faithful
doubtless
glosses: Believing without question; having absolute loyalty.
examples: text: unquestioning faith
glosses: Naive, blind, uncritical.
Derived terms: unquestioningly