cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
dord
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dords
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish dord (“buzz, drone; dord”).
Senses: examples: text: […] there, after digging to a good depth, they find the Dord or great war-horn of Fionn, a blast on which brings “a flock of furious gigantic birds,” and a thigh of one of them is found to be as big as a sheep’s.
ref: 1869, “Folk-lore: Myths and Tales of Various Peoples”, in The London Quarterly & Holborn Review, volume 31, pages 62–63:
text: […] the first album on which the dord and the didgeridoo could be heard together was entitled: ‘Two stories in One: (Natural Symphonies)’.
ref: 1994, Dirk Schellberg, Didgeridoo: Ritual Origins and Playing Techniques, →ISBN, page 46:
text: The dord, a form of horn with a sound like the Australian Aborigine’s didgeridoo, was clearly a sacred instrument of the Bronze Age […]
ref: 2002, Philip Carr-Gomm, Druid Mysteries: Ancient Wisdom for the 21st Century, →ISBN, page 64:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of ancient Irish war-horn.
betrayal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɪˈtɹeɪəl/
rhymes: -eɪəl
Forms: form: betrayals
Etymology: From betray + -al.
Senses: examples: text: But by the same token, an exclusive menu of betrayals is likely to be a starvation diet.
ref: 1995 May 3, Robert Grudin, “Treasonable Matter”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: The betrayal of our friends in Taiwan began with President Carter’s decision to terminate the mutual defense treaty with Taiwan that Congress had ratified in 1954.
ref: 2005, Jesse Helms, Here's Where I Stand: A Memoir, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:
text: One of our own has joined with the alien. If you see him, do not hesitate to let him know what the Roekaar think of this betrayal.
ref: 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Received message: A Traitor:
glosses: The act of betraying.
Synonyms: perfidiousness
perfidy
treacherousness
treachery
treason
Derived terms: counterbetrayal
nonbetrayal
rebetrayal
self-betrayal
Related terms: betray
accelerative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt.ɪv/
ipa: /ækˈsɛl.əˌɹeɪt.ɪv/
Forms: form: more accelerative
form: most accelerative
Etymology: From accelerate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: The accelerative powers of a diesel unit like this are such that allowances for delays must be less than those with steam power: [...]
ref: 1960 April, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 210–211:
glosses: Relating to acceleration; adding to velocity; quickening.
Derived terms: acceleratively
accelerant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛləɹ(ə)nt/
ipa: /æk-/
ipa: /əkˈsɛləɹənt/
ipa: /æk-/
Forms: form: accelerants
Etymology: From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs).
Senses: examples: text: Accelerant was poured across the beds where the two daughters of a family in Cheshire, Conn., had been tied before a fire during a home invasion in 2007, a fire investigator told jurors on Friday.
ref: 2010 September 25, William Glaberson, “Accelerant Was on Girls’ Beds, Witness Tells a Connecticut Jury”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.
In the context of fire protection, a substance that accelerates the development of a fire, especially some hydrocarbon-based fuel used to spread a fire caused by arson.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substance that can bond or mix with, or disturb, another substance and cause an increase in the speed of a natural or artificial chemical process.
A substance used to catalyze the vulcanization of rubber.
examples: text: Hello Neighbor’s experience reflects the rise of video sites like YouTube as an accelerant for the video game business.
ref: 2017 August 16, Laura Hudson, “Using YouTube as an Accelerant for Video Games”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: [Mike] Skinner can be credited with pouring lots of accelerant on pop in his time. In his absence, Caribbean-derived UK bass music became the de facto sound of British youth.
ref: 2019 January 26, Kitty Empire [pseudonym], “The Streets review – the agony and ecstasy of a great everyman”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2019:
text: But the brutal killing did not capture widespread attention until the security footage was released on Friday, at which point it became an accelerant for conservative arguments about crime, race and the perceived failings of big-city justice systems and mainstream news outlets in the Trump era.
ref: 2025 September 9, “A Gruesome Murder in North Carolina Ignites a Firestorm on the Right”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: Something that speeds up a process or the uptake of something else.
Related terms: word: accelerate
word: accelerated
word: accelerating
word: acceleration
word: accelerator
word: nonaccelerated
word: nonaccelerating
word: unaccelerate
word: unaccelerated
word: unaccelerating
word: catalyst
accelerant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əkˈsɛləɹ(ə)nt/
ipa: /æk-/
ipa: /əkˈsɛləɹənt/
ipa: /æk-/
Forms: form: more accelerant
form: most accelerant
Etymology: From accelerate + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, or forming adjectives with senses of being prone or tending to do the actions of verbs).
Senses: glosses: Causing acceleration or speeding up; accelerating.
acceleratory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: accelerative
Derived terms: cardioacceleratory
accelerograph
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accelerographs
Etymology: From accelero- + -graph.
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An apparatus for studying the combustion of powder in guns, etc.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: An instrument used to record the acceleration of the ground during an earthquake.
accelerometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
ipa: [ækˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ]
ipa: /ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.tɚ/
ipa: [ɪkˌsɛl.əˈɹɑ.mə.ɾɚ]
Forms: form: accelerometers
Etymology: From accelerate + -o- + -meter.
Senses: hypernyms: instrument
coordinate_terms: velocimeter
;
speedometer
;
tachometer
glosses: An instrument for measuring acceleration.
examples: text: Near-synonym: vibrometer
text: Working with NR, ScotRail and Porterbrook, Perpetuum has fitted sensors with gyroscopes and accelerometers to trains that are already in passenger service.
ref: 2022 March 23, “Network News: Hitachi on-train track monitoring trial expands to Scottish routes”, in RAIL, number 953, page 13:
hypernyms: instrument
glosses: An instrument made for detecting and measuring vibrations.
Hyponyms: microaccelerometer
piezoaccelerometer
Derived terms: microaccelerometer
piezoaccelerometer
auspicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈspɪ.ʃəs/
ipa: /ɔˈspɪʃ.əs/
ipa: /ɑˈspɪʃ.əs/
rhymes: -ɪʃəs
Forms: form: more auspicious
form: most auspicious
form: auspitious
Etymology: From auspice + -ious, from Latin auspicium (“augury”), from auspex (“augur”), possibly via French.
Senses: examples: text: It was a boast of Napoleon, that the very weather owned the influence of his auspicious star—his triumphal entry, his procession, or his fête, were always marked by sunshine.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 130:
text: Backed by the Salsoul Orchestra, Carol's auspicious single debut, "More," was one of the very first commercially-available 12" singles and was a smash, reaching the upper regions of the disco charts in 1976.
ref: 2013, James Arena, First Ladies of Disco - 32 Stars Discuss the Era and Their Singing Careers, page 232:
text: Losing nearly a third of the heavy cruisers, including Admiral Kurita's flagship, the Atago, was not an especially-auspicious start to the operation, especially with the admiral himself having to be fished out of the water by a destroyer.
ref: 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 5:34 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
glosses: Of good omen; indicating future success.
examples: text: This is an auspicious day.
synonyms: favourable
favorable
promising
propitious
fortunate
lucky
glosses: Conducive to success.
examples: text: Therefore our ſometimes Siſter, novv our Queen, / Th’ imperiall Ioyntreſſe of this vvarlike State, / Haue vve, as ’tvvere, vvith a defeated ioy, / VVith one Auſpicious, and one Dropping eye, / VVith mirth in Funerall, and vvith Dirge in Marriage, / In equall Scale vveighing Delight and Dole / Taken to VVife […]
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 153, column 2, lines 8–14:
text: Sure, ſuch a Day as this vvas never ſeen! / The Sun himſelf, on this auſpicious Day, / Shines like a Beau in a nevv Birth-Day Suit: […]
ref: 1730 May 5 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), Henry Fielding, Tom Thumb. A Tragedy. […], London: […] J. Roberts […], published 1730, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:
synonyms: lucky
fortunate
glosses: Marked by success; prosperous.
Synonyms: word: auspicial
word: auspicious
word: favorable
word: fortunate
word: fortuitous
word: lucky
word: propitious
word: prosperous
word: serendipitous
word: teratical
Hypernyms: word: augural
word: fated
word: fateful
word: prophetic
Derived terms: auspiciously
auspiciousness
unauspicious
Related terms: word: promising
links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɪŋks
homophone: lynx
Etymology: See link.
Senses: glosses: plural of link
links
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɪŋks
homophone: lynx
Etymology: See link.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of link
links
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lɪŋks/
rhymes: -ɪŋks
homophone: lynx
Forms: form: links
Etymology: From Scots links (“sandy, rolling ground near seashore”), linkis, from Old English hlincas (“rising grounds, hills”).
Senses: examples: text: but what worthy golf links is not intolerably hard of access?
ref: 1894, “The Golfer in Search of a Climate”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, page 570:
text: The royal and ancient game of golf may now claim to be the universal game of the world, as in every part of the habitable globe links are to be found.
ref: 1919, Harold H. Hilton, “Golf Courses at Home and Abroad”, in The Windsor Magazine, number 296, page 173:
text: All over the country, links are scattered — club links, public links, and private links — and every year the number grows.
ref: 1920, Walter Hines Page, The World’s Work, page 393:
text: The links are the property of the town, the Courses being under the management of a joint committee representing the R. & A. Golf Club and the City.
ref: 1967, Litellus Russell Muirhead, Scotland, page 278:
text: A true links is built on linksland […]
ref: 2002, Forrest L. Richardson, Routing the Golf Course: The Art & Science That Forms the Golf Journey, page 95:
text: A links is best when it’s really firm and when the wind is really up.
ref: 2003, Lorne Rubenstein, A Season in Dornoch: Golf and Life in the Scottish Highlands, page 168:
glosses: A golf course, especially one situated on dunes by the sea.
Derived terms: linksland
linksman
linkster
linkswoman
linksy
Lundin Links
PC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpiː ˈsiː/
Forms: form: more PC
form: most PC
Senses: glosses: Initialism of partially continuous.
glosses: Initialism of politically correct.
glosses: Initialism of pro-choice.
glosses: Initialism of Progressive Conservative.
Derived terms: sense: politically correct
word: PCness
sense: politically correct
word: PCism
sense: politically correct
word: post-PC
PC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpiː ˈsiː/
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Proto-Celtic.
glosses: Initialism of Penn Central.
topics: government
military
navy
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Coastal Patrol.
glosses: Initialism of Phrozen Crew.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Plaid Cymru.
glosses: Initialism of Presbyterian Church.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Progressive Canadian Party.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Progressive Conservative Party.
topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Initialism of Philippine Constabulary.
PC
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpiː ˈsiː/
Forms: form: PCs
form: PCing
form: PCed
form: PCed
Senses: examples: text: 1991 December, Renée Gearhart Levy, “PC’ed Out,” Syracuse University Magazine, quoted in Steven Mailloux, Reception Histories, Cornell University Press (1998), →ISBN, page 169.
text: However, the process of ‘PC’ing’ cheese on toast was too much for me.
ref: a. 2005, John Donoghue, Shakespeare My Butt, Second edition, Troubador Publishing Ltd, published 2005, →ISBN, page 193:
text: Becoming up in arms against the ACLU and others who are PCing Christmas really will amount to nothing in the end.
ref: 2005, Matthew Coker, Explanations 2005, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 272:
text: Zii: Weren’t they purple, though?
Gary: That was the cartoon. Hanna-Barbera PCed it up for Amer…
ref: 2008, Giz, Ménage à 3:
glosses: To make politically correct.
Related terms: sense: policing
word: supt.
sense: policing
word: DCI
sense: policing
word: DI
sense: policing
word: DS
sense: policing
word: DC
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Mac
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: desktop computer
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: home computer
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: personal workstation
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: microcomputer
topics: politics
government
word: CPC
topics: politics
government
word: RCAP
topics: politics
government
word: CA
topics: politics
government
word: LPC
topics: politics
government
word: NDP
topics: politics
government
word: CCF
topics: politics
government
word: BQ
imprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪmpɹɪnt
Forms: form: imprints
Etymology: From Old French empreinte, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
Senses: examples: text: The day left an imprint in my mind.
text: It was the moment everyone knew the Champions League trophy was on its way back to the Bernabéu and, once again, that the four-times Ballon d’Or winner had left his imprint on another final.
ref: 2017 June 3, Daniel Taylor, “Real Madrid win Champions League as Cristiano Ronaldo double defeats Juv”, in The Guardian (London):
glosses: An impression; the mark left behind by printing something.
examples: text: From their Belmont Avenue address they issued such memorable titles as I Peddle Jazz, Camera Bait, Our Flesh Was Cheap, Lesbian Twins, and His Sex, His Problem under at least four different imprints—Saber, Fabian, Vega, and National Library Books.
ref: 2001, Susan Stryker, Queer Pulp, page 19:
glosses: The name and details of a publisher or printer, as printed in a book etc.; a publishing house.
examples: text: The shirts bore the company imprint on the right sleeve.
glosses: A distinctive marking, symbol or logo.
Derived terms: imprimery
imprintable
imprintee
imprinter
imprintome
misimprint
reimprint
unimprint
imprint
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪmpɹɪnt
ipa: /ɪmˈpɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪnt
ipa: /ˈɪm.pɹɪnt/
rhymes: -ɪmpɹɪnt
Forms: form: imprints
form: imprinting
form: imprinted
form: imprinted
Etymology: From Middle English emprinten, enprinten, from Old French empreinter, from the past participle of empreindre, from Latin imprimere.
Senses: examples: text: For a fee, they can imprint the envelopes with a monogram.
text: For though a Child quickly aſſent to this Propoſition, That an Apple is not Fire; when, by familiar Acquaintance, he has got the Idea's of thoſe two different things diſtinctly imprinted on his Mind, and has learnt that the names Apple and Fire ſtand for them; yet it will be ſome years after, perhaps, before the ſame Child will aſſent to this Propoſition, That it is impoſſible for the ſame thing to be, and not to be.
ref: 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “No Innate Principles in the Mind”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC, book I, § 23, page 12:
text: Him great in peace and wealth fair Deva knows; / For ſhe amidſt his ſpacious meadows flows; / Inclines her urn upon his fatten'd lands; / And ſees his num'rous herd imprint her ſands.
ref: 1709, Matthew Prior, “Henry and Emma. […]”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume I, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC, page 259:
text: Nature imprints upon whate'er we ſee / That has a heart and life in it, be free; [...]
ref: 1782, William Cowper, “Charity”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 189:
glosses: To leave a print, impression, image, etc.
examples: text: That is, by way of this initial imprinting the young animal becomes a socialized member of its species. Animals misimprinted to other species show a variety of abnormal social behaviors as adults.
ref: 1977, Dorothy Rogers, Issues in child psychology, page 62:
glosses: To learn something indelibly at a particular stage of life, such as who one's parents are.
glosses: To mark a gene as being from a particular parent so that only one of the two copies of the gene is expressed.
Derived terms: imprimery
imprintable
imprintee
imprinter
imprintome
imprint on
misimprint
reimprint
unimprint
kana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːnə/
ipa: [ˈkʰɑːnə]
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Forms: form: kana
form: kanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 仮名(かな) (kana, “phonetic character”, literally “borrowed character”, from the way that kana were originally Chinese characters "borrowed" for their phonetic values).
Senses: glosses: The hiragana and katakana syllabaries. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji.
glosses: A hiragana or katakana character.
Related terms: furigana
hiragana
kana-majiri
katakana
manyogana
kana
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑːnə/
ipa: [ˈkʰɑːnə]
rhymes: -ɑːnə
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kena.
solubility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɔljuˈbɪlɪti/
Forms: form: solubilities
Senses: glosses: The condition of being soluble.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The amount of a substance that will dissolve in a given amount of a solvent, to give a saturated solution, under specified conditions.
Derived terms: aqueous solubility
Hildebrand solubility parameter
solubility product
invertebrate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/
Forms: form: invertebrates
Etymology: From in- + vertebrate.
Senses: examples: text: Yet despite sounding inhospitable, grasslands such as this are home to a huge variety of smaller herbs and wildflowers, including some of the UK's rarest orchids and invertebrates, in addition to being home to butterfly species such as the Chalkhill Blue.
ref: 2024 March 20, Chris Howe, “High speed underneath the Chilterns...”, in RAIL, number 1005, page 33:
glosses: An animal without vertebrae, i.e. backbone.
glosses: A spineless person; a coward.
Synonyms: word: invertebrate
Hypernyms: word: animal
Hyponyms: word: earthworm
word: leech
word: polychaete
word: arthropod
word: insect
word: arachnid
word: crustacean
word: jellyfish
word: coral
word: sea anemone
word: hydra
word: sea star
word: sea urchin
word: sea cucumber
word: mollusc
word: squid
word: snail
word: bivalve
word: sponge
Derived terms: macroinvertebrate
microinvertebrate
invertebrate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈvəːtɪbrət/
Etymology: From in- + vertebrate.
Senses: examples: text: Tear it up, and put a fragment under the microscope, and, wonder of wonders! see the maze of geometric forms exhibited in the bones of the creature; for who can help regarding the spicules as bones, even though a sponge be invertebrate?
ref: 1860, Recreative Science, page 110:
glosses: Lacking a backbone; without vertebrae.
examples: text: This week Fifa’s morally invertebrate president, Gianni Infantino, gave a speech that attempted to paint his World Cup as a marker of a grand struggle between the bright new world and corrupt old Europe, with Infantino himself the Mandela at its centre.
ref: 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: spineless
glosses: Cowardly, uncourageous; lacking character.
Related terms: english: not to be confused
translation: not to be confused
word: inveterate
SIL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SILs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of sibling-in-law.
glosses: Initialism of sister-in-law.
glosses: Initialism of safety integrity level.
Coordinate terms: BIL
SIL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Summer Institute of Linguistics.
Related terms: SIL code
language code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: language codes
Senses: examples: text: af is the two-letter language code for Afrikaans.
glosses: A short alphabetic or numeric identifier assigned to a language.
Related terms: codepage
country code
currency code
glottocode
AI
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ā′ī′
ipa: /ˌeɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeɪ̯ˈʌɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌæɪ̯ˈɑe̯/
ipa: /ˌæɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈʌi̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈəi̯/
ipa: /ˌeːˈaj/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: AIs
form: AIing
form: AIed
form: AIed
form: A.I.
Senses: glosses: To use artificial intelligence to search for or generate content.
AI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ā′ī′
ipa: /ˌeɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeɪ̯ˈʌɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌæɪ̯ˈɑe̯/
ipa: /ˌæɪ̯ˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈaɪ̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈʌi̯/
ipa: /ˌeˈəi̯/
ipa: /ˌeːˈaj/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: A.I.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Air India.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of American Idol.
glosses: Initialism of Amnesty International.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Adobe Illustrator.
country code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: country codes
Senses: glosses: A short alphabetic or numeric geographical code representing a specific country or area.
rhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: rheas
Etymology: Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Rhea, from Ancient Greek Ῥέα (Rhéa, “the mother of Zeus in Greek mythology”).
Senses: glosses: A large flightless bird of the order Rheiformes, native to South America.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Rhea americana
word: American rhea
taxonomic: Rhea americana
word: common rhea
taxonomic: Rhea pennata
word: Darwin's rhea
taxonomic: Rhea americana
word: greater rhea
word: grey rhea
taxonomic: Rhea pennata
word: lesser rhea
taxonomic: Rhea tarapacensis
word: puna rhea
rhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːə/
rhymes: -iːə
Etymology: From Assamese ৰিহা (riha, “rihā”).
Senses: glosses: Ramie (Boehmeria nivea), a fiber-yielding plant.
exobiology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exobiologies
Etymology: From exo- + biology, coined by American molecular biologist Joshua Lederberg.
Senses: examples: text: Biology has lately given rise to a new discipline: exobiology, the study of extraterrestrial life. Ever since 1959, when analysis of a piece of meteor substance showed traces of organic compounds, a controversy has raged as to whether these compounds came into the atmosphere with the meteorite or whether they originate on earth.
ref: 1973, Lyall Watson, Supernature, page ix. 310:
topics: biology
literature
media
natural-sciences
publishing
science-fiction
synonyms: xenobiology
hypernyms: astrobiology
glosses: The branch of biology dealing with lifeforms originating a different planet.
cassowary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæs.əˌwɛɹ.i/
Forms: form: cassowaries
form: kasuari
Etymology: From Malay kasuari.
Senses: glosses: Any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius that is native to Australia and New Guinea, has a characteristic bony crest on its head, and can be very dangerous.
Derived terms: Bennett's cassowary
Cassowary Coast
cassowary plum
cassowary tree
double-wattled cassowary
dwarf cassowary
northern cassowary
single-wattled cassowary
southern cassowary
two-wattled cassowary
emu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːmjuː/
ipa: /ˈim(j)u/
rhymes: -iːmjuː
ipa: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/
ipa: /ˈiːmjuː/
ipa: /ˈim(j)u/
rhymes: -iːmjuː
Forms: form: emu
Etymology: From e(lectro)m(agnetic) u(nit).
Senses: examples: text: A bar magnet NS has poles of strength 144 emu, 5 cm apart.
ref: 1941, Henry A[ugustus Perkins], edited by E[dward] U[hler] Condon, College Physics (Prentice-Hall Physics Series), New York, N.Y.: Prentice-Hall, →OCLC, page 403:
text: Rock Magnetic Properties as Related to a Magnetometer Profile for Serpentines, Sierra Nevada, California / DuBOIS, ROBERT L., Dept. Geology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz. / The remanent magnetism of a suite of specimens from a serpentine mass in the Sierra Nevada, California, has a declination of N. 32°E. and an inclination of plus 84°. The average intensity is 80 × 10⁻⁵ emu/cc.
ref: 1962, “Abstracts of Papers Submitted for the Meeting in Houston: November 12–14, 1962”, in Geological Society of America: Abstracts for 1962: Abstracts of Papers Submitted for Six Meetings with which the Society was Associated (Special GSA Papers; no. 73), New York, N.Y.: Geological Society of America, published 1963, →OCLC, page 141:
text: The amount of charge named by one emu is that which produces a unit magnetic effect when flowing in a current at one unit length per second.
ref: 1974, William Berkson, “Maxwell’s Field Theory”, in Fields of Force: The Development of a World View from Faraday to Einstein, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, →ISBN; republished Abingdon, Oxon.; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, 2014, →ISBN, page 168:
text: Early investigations showed no detectable magnetic intensity in tektite glass, at the level of about 10⁻⁴ emu/g. (To convert measurements in emu/g to S.I., multiply by 10³.)
ref: 1976, John Aloysius O’Keefe, Tektites and Their Origin (Developments in Petrology; 4), Amsterdam; New York, N.Y.: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 109:
text: Experimentally the magnetic moment is usually given in units of emu/g, emu/cm³ or emu/mole.
ref: 2005, Peter Mohn, “Experimental Basis of Ferromagnetism”, in Magnetism in the Solid State: An Introduction (Solid-State Sciences), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 39:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: EMU
glosses: Initialism of electromagnetic unit.
emu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːmjuː/
ipa: /ˈim(j)u/
rhymes: -iːmjuː
ipa: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/
ipa: /ˈɛmjuː/
ipa: /ˈɛmju/
ipa: /ˈiːmjuː/
ipa: /ˈim(j)u/
rhymes: -iːmjuː
ipa: /ˈiːɛmˌjuː/
Forms: form: emus
Etymology: From emu(lator).
Senses: examples: text: Saw this article for playing downloadable games on GBA. It's an official Nintendo product in Japan, and thought it might be useful for Nintendo to release actual emus and some of their older game properties (beyond the $20 classic series).
ref: 2005 February 24, Dane L. Galden, “Could this be used for classic emus on GBA?”, in rec.games.video.classic (Usenet), message-ID <9XkTd.5830$Ba3.2608@newsread2.news.atl.earthlink.net>:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
video-games
glosses: Clipping of emulator.
Derived terms: emuscene
extraterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/
Forms: form: more extraterrestrial
form: most extraterrestrial
form: extra-terrestrial
Etymology: From extra- + terrestrial.
Senses: examples: text: Residents of the city of Voronezh insisted today that lanky, three-eyed extraterrestrial creatures had indeed landed in a local park and gone for a stroll and that a seemingly fantastic report about the event carried Monday by the official press agency Tass was absolutely true.
ref: 1989 October 11, Esther B. Fein, “U.F.O. Landing Is Fact, Not Fantasy, the Russians Insist”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Oct 2012, Section A, page 6:
glosses: Originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; alien to Earth or its environment.
Derived terms: extraterrestrial dust
extraterrestrialization
extraterrestrially
extraterrestrialness
extraterrestrial religion
nonextraterrestrial
extraterrestrial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛk.stɹə.təˈɹɛs.tɹi.əl/
Forms: form: extraterrestrials
form: extra-terrestrial
Etymology: From extra- + terrestrial.
Senses: examples: text: Smith returns in Men In Black 3 as a veteran agent of a secret organization dedicated to policing the earth’s many extraterrestrials.
ref: 2012 May 24, Nathan Rabin, “Film: Reviews: Men In Black 3”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: A being originating from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet; an alien.
Synonyms: word: alien
word: extraterrestrial
word: ET
word: little green man
word: LGM
word: xenomorph
Hypernyms: word: creature
word: being
Hyponyms: word: Betelgeusian
word: Callistan
word: Callistoan
word: Europan
word: Ganymedean
word: gray
word: grey
word: insectoid
word: Jovian
word: Lunarian
word: Martian
word: Mercurian
word: Neptunian
word: Plutonian
word: reptiloid
word: reptoid
word: Rigellian
word: Saturnian
word: Selenite
word: Sirian
word: Solarian
word: Titanean
word: Titanian
word: Uranian
word: Venusian
Related terms: word: ET
word: alien
word: angel
word: celestial
word: spirit
word: star visitor
word: time traveler
word: little green man
word: :Category:en:Celestial inhabitants
na
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑː/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: From Middle English na, from Old English nā, from Old English ne (“not”) + ā (“ever”). More at no.
Senses: glosses: Not.
glosses: No.
na
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑː/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: Development of Etymology 1, above; compare nah.
Senses: examples: text: Na, yor wrang.
text: Na, ye cannet watch telly.
text: “Divn’t yee like milk?” “Na.”
glosses: No.
na
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑː/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɑː
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of noun animate.
na
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑː/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: Borrowed from Tagalog na.
Senses: examples: text: You need to sleep na.
text: I have to go na.
glosses: Now; already.
na
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɑː/
text: Audio (US)
rhymes: -ɑː
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi ना (nā).
Senses: examples: text: It is far na?
glosses: Isn't it?
Related terms: nad
ni
nid
nah
na-na
na-na na-na boo-boo
na-adjective
si
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /siː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: C
homophone: cee
homophone: sea
homophone: see
Forms: form: sis
form: ti
Etymology: From Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon; thus, also an initialism of Sāncte Iohannēs.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
wikipedia: Ut queant laxis
Related terms: si liao
ar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈaɹ/
ipa: /ˈäːɹ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈɑɹə/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɑɹ
rhymes: -ɔɹ
rhymes: -ɑɹə
Forms: form: ars
Etymology: From Middle English *ar, arres pl, from earlier *er.
Senses: examples: text: All the ars in the inscription.
text: I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
ref: 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
text: RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".
ref: 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
glosses: The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.
Derived terms: ar-dropping
arless
Jay Ar
ar
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈaɹ/
ipa: /ˈäːɹ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈɑɹə/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɑɹ
rhymes: -ɔɹ
rhymes: -ɑɹə
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arr.
Derived terms: oh ar
ar
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈaɹ/
ipa: /ˈäːɹ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈɑɹə/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɑɹ
rhymes: -ɔɹ
rhymes: -ɑɹə
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of arr.
ar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈaɹ/
ipa: /ˈäːɹ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈɑɹə/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɑɹ
rhymes: -ɔɹ
rhymes: -ɑɹə
Senses: examples: text: But commonlie, the fairest bodies, ar bestowed on the foulest purposes.
ref: 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of are.
ar
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈaɹ/
ipa: /ˈäːɹ/
note: African-American Vernacular
ipa: /ˈɑɹə/
rhymes: -ɑː
rhymes: -ɑɹ
rhymes: -ɔɹ
rhymes: -ɑɹə
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ah (question particle).
ca
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ca..
Sc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
qualifier: chiefly US/Canada
glosses: The Scott catalogue of stamp values.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of subcosta.
ti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: tee
Forms: form: tis
Etymology: Coined by English music educator Sarah Anna Glover in 1812 as an alteration of si for her solmization, made so that every note of solfège would begin with a different letter, from Middle English si (“seventh degree or note of Guido of Arezzo's hexachordal scales”), Italian si in the solmization of Guido of Arezzo, from the initials of Latin Sāncte Iohannēs (“Saint John (the Baptist)”) in the lyrics of the scale-ascending hymn Ut queant laxis by Paulus Deacon.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A syllable used in solfège to represent the seventh note of a major scale.
Synonyms: topics: music
entertainment
lifestyle
word: si
ti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tiː/
rhymes: -iː
homophone: T
homophone: te
homophone: tea
homophone: tee
Forms: form: tis
form: ki
Etymology: From a Polynesian language, related to Hawaiian kī.
Senses: glosses: A good luck plant (Cordyline fruticosa), an evergreen shrub.
Related terms: ti bon ange
ti ko pek
ti lok
ti-tree
Cr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of creatine.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of creatinine.
glosses: Abbreviation of Councillor.
Related terms: sense: creatine
word: PCr
sense: creatinine
word: CrCl
sense: creatinine
word: SCr
Mn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Monday.
co
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: kō
ipa: /kəʊ/
enpr: kō
ipa: /koʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: cos
form: co.
form: Co
form: Co.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of company.
glosses: Abbreviation of company, companies, or etc..
Derived terms: newco
yield co
co
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: kō
ipa: /kəʊ/
enpr: kō
ipa: /koʊ/
rhymes: -əʊ
Forms: form: coself
Etymology: Coined by feminist writer Mary Orovan in 1970; in common usage in intentional communities of the Federation of Egalitarian Communities.
Senses: examples: text: Co consistently does less than cos share of the Community work. 4. Co absents coself from the Community for more than three weeks [...]
ref: 1983, Ingrid Komar, Living the Dream: A Documentary Study of Twin Oaks Community:
text: At the very least, an individual might have to use different terms to describe coself in a heterosexual context than co uses in a sexual minority context and different terms in a Euro-American cultural context than in other racial and ethnic contexts.
ref: 1996, Beemyn, Brett; Elianon, Mickey, Queer studies: A Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Anthology, page 74:
text: A youngster of my own introduction had been rejected by an object of preadolescent craving and had killed coself by leaping at the ceiling of co's quarters. Co was a rising Large Game star, her spring was powerful, our gravity flux was low - co's head struck the surface with enough force to kill on impact.
ref: 2004 April 1, Pieira dos Lobos, “Fern's Story two”, in alt.magick.serious (Usenet):
glosses: Gender-neutral subject pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns he and she.
glosses: Gender-neutral object pronoun, coordinate with gendered pronouns him and her.
Derived terms: cos
coself
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: co-wash
Cu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of cubitus.
ge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ges
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian гэ (gɛ).
Senses: glosses: The name of the Cyrillic script letter Г / г.
se
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛ/
rhymes: -ɛ
Forms: form: ses
Etymology: From Mandarin 瑟 (sè).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of ancient Chinese plucked zither.
Br
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Belarusian.
glosses: Alternative spelling of Br. (brother)
Br
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Belarusian.
Kr
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Kr.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Kumar.
lil'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪl
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of li'l.
pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏt
ipa: /pɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
enpr: pät
ipa: /pɑt/
Etymology: Possibly a shortened form of Mexican Spanish potiguaya or potaguaya (“cannabis leaves”), or potación de guaya (literally “drink of grief”), supposedly denoting a drink of wine or brandy in which marijuana buds were steeped, from pota + de + guaya (see guayar (“to lament”)).
Senses: examples: text: The way we figure it, ma'am, if everybody walked around naked, smoked pot and listened to rock'n'roll, there wouldn't be any more wars!
ref: 1968 July, Shel Silverstein, “Silverstein's Hippies”, in Playboy Magazine, page 189:
synonyms: word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
glosses: Marijuana.
Derived terms: potender
pothead
pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏt
ipa: /pɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
enpr: pät
ipa: /pɑt/
Forms: form: pots
Etymology: Clipping of potentiometer.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A simple electromechanical device used to control resistance or voltage (often to adjust sound volume) in an electronic device by rotating or sliding when manipulated by a human thumb, screwdriver, etc.
Derived terms: english: a sliding (linear) potentiometer typically designed to be manipulated by a thumb or finger
translation: a sliding (linear) potentiometer typically designed to be manipulated by a thumb or finger
word: slide pot
english: a rotating potentiometer designed to be turned by a thumb or finger
translation: a rotating potentiometer designed to be turned by a thumb or finger
word: thumb pot
pot
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏt
ipa: /pɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
enpr: pät
ipa: /pɑt/
Forms: form: pots
form: potting
form: potted
form: potted
Etymology: Clipping of potentiometer.
Senses: examples: text: While the announcer is talking, the select switch on the mixing board for the microphone input is selected, and the microphone is “potted up.”
ref: 1999, A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-engineers, page 23:
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: To fade volume in or out by means of a potentiometer.
pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏt
ipa: /pɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
enpr: pät
ipa: /pɑt/
Forms: form: pots
Etymology: Clipping of potion.
Senses: topics: video-games
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: Clipping of potion.
cookbook
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʊkˌbʊk/
Forms: form: cookbooks
form: cook book
Etymology: From cook + book; possibly also a calque of German Kochbuch, from kochen (“cook”) + Buch (“book”).
Senses: examples: text: They inherited an interesting nineteenth-century cookbook from their grandparents. It tells how to render lard.
synonyms: cookery book
recipe book
glosses: A book or an encyclopedia of recipes and cookery tips.
examples: text: Near-synonym: playbook
text: The Anarchist Cookbook
text: Reading business biographies is interesting, but they are not cookbooks that can teach hacks how to be greats.
glosses: Any book or set of strategies and tips.
Derived terms: cookbookery
cookbookish
almanac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈɔl.mə.næk]
ipa: [ˈæl-]
ipa: [ˈɑl.mə.næk]
ipa: [ˈæl-]
ipa: [ˈɔːl.mə.næk]
ipa: [ˈɒl-]
Forms: form: almanacs
form: almanack
Etymology: From Middle English almenak, from Old French almanach, from Medieval Latin almanachus, from Andalusian Arabic الْمَنَاخ (al-manāḵ, “almanac, calendar”), from Arabic الْمُنَاخ (al-munāḵ, “climate”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
qualifier: navigation
glosses: A book or table listing nautical, astronomical, astrological or other events for the year; sometimes, but not essentially, containing historical and statistical information.
glosses: A handbook, typically published annually, containing information on a particular subject.
glosses: A GPS signal consisting of coarse orbit and status information for each satellite in a satellite constellation.
Derived terms: clog almanac
OF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Old French.
glosses: Initialism of Old Frisian.
glosses: Abbreviation of OnlyFans.
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: Initialism of Ordinary Form.
OF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OFs
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of outfield.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Abbreviation of outfielder.
Derived terms: OFer
OE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: An example of this is the word Os—'a god', which was often used as an initial element in OE personal names[…]
ref: 1945, E[lizabeth] G[idley] Withycombe, “Introduction”, in The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page xii:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Old English.
glosses: Initialism of Overseas Experience.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Outlook Express.
OE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: In a thread on the Overemployed subreddit, one poster who pondered the divide between anti-work proponents and the overemployed received a response saying, "Antiwork and OE have an overlap. Antiwork talks about how the system is against the workers and we should tear that system down. OE thinks the system is against the workers and says 'let's exploit it.'"
ref: 2022 September 27, Fadeke Adegbuyi, “The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2023:
text: Overemployment, or 'OE' to those in the community, can open up lucrative opportunities to those who know how to play the game well. But is doubling your workload the answer to a rapidly volatile job climate, or is it a legally dubious practice that puts employers on the back foot?
ref: [2022 October 7, Isobel O'Sullivan, “Overemployment: Why Are People Choosing to Work Two Jobs?”, in Tech.co, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2023:
glosses: Abbreviation of overemployment.
glosses: Initialism of operating experience.
OE
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Isaac has two full-time programming positions at tech companies, a contract job, and he also runs Overemployed, which he likens to an online "campfire" where fellow "OE" workers swap advice on how best to balance multiple jobs and not get caught.
ref: 2022 August 27, Danny Fortson, “The rise of WFH staff secretly working for more than one firm”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Aug 2022:
text: Rallying on reddit, Minute-Lock6073 says, "I started telling recruiters about my interest in a second job," the cloud computing specialist explains. "Both of my managers know that I am 'OE'".
ref: 2022 October 17, Chris Westfall, “Troubling Trend Of Overemployment: Can A Side Hustle Get You Fired?”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Mar 2023:
glosses: Abbreviation of overemployed.