cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
disembodied
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsɪmˈbɒdiːd/
Forms: form: more disembodied
form: most disembodied
Senses: examples: text: Silence has sometimes a remarkable power of showing itself as the disembodied soul of feeling wandering without its carcase, and it is then more impressive than speech.
ref: 1874, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIX, in Far from the Madding Crowd. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder & Co., […], →OCLC:
text: “[W]hen it's over you feel so extraordinarily pure. You feel like a disembodied spirit, immaterial; and you seem to be able to touch beauty as though it were a palpable thing; and you feel an intimate communion with the breeze, and with the trees breaking into leaf, and with the iridescence of the river. […]”
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXI, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: You'd have thought that this Wickham would have learned at her mother's knee that the last thing a fellow in a highly nervous condition wants, when he's searching someone's room, is a disembodied voice in his immediate ear asking him how he's getting on. The upshot, I need scarcely say, was that I came down like a sack of coals.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter VIII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: Fans who weren't able to get to the Vladimir Horowitz concert at Carnegie Hall might still be able to hear Mr. Horowitz “live,”—if the maestro were willing to play on the computerized piano. Later audiences could sit in the hall and listen to the same piano repeat the same performance by a now-disembodied performer.
ref: 1988 June 2, “Disembodied Melodies”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Information is a wonderful, valuable, disembodied commodity, but it is typically stored in a desktop computer that, as of 1997, was made from 55 pounds of plastic, metal, glass, and silicon; […]
ref: 2004, Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, Dennis Meadows, “The Driving Force: Exponential Growth”, in Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update, →ISBN:
glosses: Having no material body, immaterial; incorporeal or insubstantial.
examples: text: Disembodied ringlets from hair that look like yours
ref: 1997, Harvey Danger, “Old Hat”, in Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?:
glosses: Of a body part, separated from the body.
Derived terms: disembodiedly
disembodiedness
defilade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛfɪˈleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: defilades
form: defilading
form: defiladed
form: defiladed
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: word: defile
glosses: To fortify (something) as a protection from enfilading fire.
defilade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛfɪˈleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: defilades
Senses: antonyms: enfilade
glosses: A fortification having such protection.
Siraiki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Saraiki.
Siraiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Saraiki.
Saraiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹaɪ.kiː/
ipa: /səˈɹaɪ.ki/
rhymes: -aɪki
Forms: form: Seraiki
form: Siraiki
Etymology: From Saraiki سرائیکی (sarā'īkī), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:
* From Sindhi سِرو (sirō, “up-river, north”).
* From Sanskrit सौवीर (sauvīra, “Sauvira”).
Senses: glosses: A linguistic community of central Pakistan.
Saraiki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /səˈɹaɪ.kiː/
ipa: /səˈɹaɪ.ki/
rhymes: -aɪki
Forms: form: Seraiki
form: Siraiki
Etymology: From Saraiki سرائیکی (sarā'īkī), further etymology is disputed. There are multiple interpretations of this name's origin:
* From Sindhi سِرو (sirō, “up-river, north”).
* From Sanskrit सौवीर (sauvīra, “Sauvira”).
Senses: glosses: The Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Saraiki people.
Seraiki
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Saraiki.
Seraiki
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Saraiki.
hickory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɪkəɹiː/
ipa: /ˈhɪkɹiː/
rhymes: -ɪkəɹi
Forms: form: hickories
form: pokickery
form: hiccory
form: hickery
form: hickry
Etymology: A shortening of pockerchicory/pokickery/pohickery, from Powhatan pawcohiccora.
Senses: examples: text: [H]e came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump
And said, "Boy, let me tell you what."
ref: 1979, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia”, in Charlie Daniels, Tom Crain, "Taz" DiGregorio, Fred Edwards, Charles Hayward, James W. Marshall (lyrics), Million Mile Reflections, performed by The Charlie Daniels Band:
glosses: Any of various deciduous hardwood trees of the genera Carya and Annamocarya, one species of which, Carya illinoinensis, is the source of pecan nuts.
glosses: The wood of these trees.
examples: text: The loggers wore hickory shirts.
glosses: A coarse, durable cotton fabric.
examples: text: What you find out is, if you have good hickories, you can play anywhere from 5,300 yards to 6,100 with no problem.
ref: 2012, Lee Pace, The Golden Age of Pinehurst: The Story of the Rebirth of No. 2, page 117:
text: I still had in my possession thirteen sets of hickories and a good stock of gutty golf balls, […]
ref: 2013, Alfie Ward, Fairways! What Fairways?, page 182:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A club with a head made from hickory wood.
Derived terms: banded hickory borer
beaked hickory
black hickory
hican
hickory elm
hickory eucalyptus
hickory girdler
hickory golf
hickory horned devil
hickoryite
hickory oak
hickory-pickery
Hickory Point
hickory wattle
shagbark hickory
shellbark hickory
water hickory
brown hickory
hickory cloth
Hickory County
hickory nut
hickory shad
swamp hickory
eBooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of eBook
colly
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒli/
ipa: /ˈkɑli/
homophone: collie
homophone: cauli
Forms: form: collier
form: colliest
Etymology: From Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivalent to coal + -y. Doublet of coaly.
Senses: examples: text: four colly birds
ref: 1780, unknown author, Twelve Days of Christmas:
glosses: Black as coal.
Derived terms: colliness
colly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒli/
ipa: /ˈkɑli/
homophone: collie
homophone: cauli
Forms: form: collies
form: collying
form: collied
form: collied
form: kelly
Etymology: From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow.
Senses: examples: text: Thou hast not collied thy face enough, stinkard
ref: 1601, Ben Jonson, Poetaster or The Arraignment: […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for M[atthew] L[ownes] […], published 1602, →OCLC, Act I, scene iv:
text: Brief as the lighting in the collied night.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Not as I could find i' my heart to let him stay i' the coal-hole more nor a minute, but it was enough to colly him all over. . . .
ref: 1861, George Eliot, “Chapter 14”, in Silas Marner:
glosses: To make black, as with coal.
colly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒli/
ipa: /ˈkɑli/
homophone: collie
homophone: cauli
Forms: form: collies
form: kelly
Etymology: From Middle English *colien, variant of *colwen (attested in Middle English colwed and colwinge), from Old English *colgian. More at collow.
Senses: examples: text: besmeared with soot , colly
ref: 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
glosses: Soot.
glosses: A blackbird
examples: text: Can a Whig lick the feet o' the tyrant wha usurps oor Lord's throne, and accept o' ane indulgence frae him, hurled to him as a bane to a colly dog, binding himself to think as he thinks, and to preach as he wulls it; and to flatter tyranny in church and state, to win a paltry boon!
ref: 1833, William Craig Brownlee, The Whigs of Scotland: Or, The Last of the Stuarts, vol. 2, page 30:
text: On the moors and mountains of Scotland the shepherd sends out his colly with the sheep, far out of his sight, conscious that when he sets out to look for them, they will be found herded safely together.
ref: 1847, Thomas Miller, The Boy's Country Book, page 80:
text: Colly dog's early training is a rude one, but I think that it is mutual, and that the shepherd picks up a good deal of dog during the process.
ref: 1861, Francis Galton, Vacation Tourists and Notes of Travel in 1860, page 139:
glosses: Alternative spelling of collie.
Related terms: collywobbles
formularisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of formularization.
federated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛdəɹeɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of federate
federated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈfɛdəɹeɪtɪd/
Senses: examples: text: As one of the results of these systems we have agrarian rule in nearly all the federated states of Germany.
ref: 1990, Frank Mecklenburg, Manfred Stassen, German Essays on Socialism in the Nineteenth Centuryhttps://books.google.com/books?id=Ytk4sONUc80C&pg=PA191&dq=%22federated+states+of+germany%22
glosses: United, as a federation, under a central government
topics: communications
computing
electrical-engineering
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Interconnected, as a federation or supernetwork of independent and interoperable services.
Derived terms: federated database
federated directory
federated learning
Federated States of Micronesia
nonfederated
unfederated
fist-fight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fist-fights
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fistfight.
fistfight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪstˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: fistfights
form: fist-fight
form: fist fight
Etymology: From fist + fight.
Senses: glosses: A fight using bare fists.
Synonyms: fisticuffs
bare-hand boxing
barehanded boxing
bare-knuckle boxing
duking it out
hand-to-hand combat
fistfight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪstˌfaɪt/
Forms: form: fistfights
form: fistfighting
form: fistfought
form: fistfought
form: fist-fight
form: fist fight
Etymology: From fist + fight.
Senses: glosses: To fight using bare fists.
Synonyms: duke it out
formative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːmətɪv/
ipa: /ˈfoɹmətɪv/
ipa: [-ɾɪv]
ipa: /ˈfoːmətɪv/
ipa: [-ɾɪv]
ipa: /ˈfoːmətəv/
ipa: [-ɾəv]
Forms: form: more formative
form: most formative
Etymology: From Middle English formatyve, formatif (“having the ability to form”), from Old French formatif, formative (modern French formatif), from Medieval Latin formātīvus, from Latin fōrmātus + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘doing’ or ‘related to doing’). Fōrmātus is the perfect passive participle of fōrmō (“to form, to shape”), from fōrma (“a form, shape”); further etymology uncertain, possibly related to Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “a form, shape”) (see further at that entry). By surface analysis, form + -ative.
Senses: examples: text: [I]ts thought, that, in the Seed are alvvaies potentially ſeuerall indiuiduating Qualities deriu'd from diuers of the neere Anceſtors, vvhich by the formatiue povver of the Parents may be expreſt in the Children, vvith reſpectiue habitude to either Sex; […]
ref: 1614, John Selden, “The Preface”, in Titles of Honor, London: […] William Stansby for Iohn Helme, […], →OCLC, signature [b4], recto:
text: Hybrids, […] have their reproductive organs functionally impotent, as may be clearly seen in the state of the male element in both plants and animals; though the formative organs themselves are perfect in structure, as far as the microscope reveals.
ref: 1866, Charles Darwin, “Hybridism”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, […], 4th edition, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 293:
synonyms: creant
poietic
antonyms: unformative
glosses: Capable of forming something.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: creant
poietic
antonyms: unformative
glosses: Capable of forming something.
Capable of producing new tissue.
topics: human-sciences
linguistic-morphology
linguistics
morphology
sciences
synonyms: creant
poietic
antonyms: unformative
glosses: Capable of forming something.
Pertaining to the formation of words; specifically, of an affix: forming words through inflection.
examples: text: My formative years were spent in an inner city.
antonyms: unformative
glosses: Of or pertaining to the formation and subsequent growth of something.
topics: education
coordinate_terms: summative
glosses: Of a form of assessment: used to guide learning rather than to quantify educational outcomes.
Derived terms: formatively
formativeness
neoformative
neuroformative
postformative
preformative
reformative
unformative
vasoformative
Related terms: formulative
informative
formative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɔːmətɪv/
ipa: /ˈfoɹmətɪv/
ipa: [-ɾɪv]
ipa: /ˈfoːmətɪv/
ipa: [-ɾɪv]
ipa: /ˈfoːmətəv/
ipa: [-ɾəv]
Forms: form: formatives
Etymology: Sense 1 (“thing which causes formation to occur”) is derived from the noun.
Sense 2.1 (“language unit”) is borrowed from German Formativ, a noun use of formativ (adjective), from Middle French formatif, from Old French formatif (see etymology 1).
Senses: examples: text: [T]his museum of the state of flux [Newmarket, Suffolk] has a climate unrivalled for the production of the British temperament. Not without a due proportion of that essential formative of character, east wind, it has at once the hottest sun, the coldest blizzards, the wettest rain, of any place of its size in 'the three kingdoms.'
ref: 1907, John Galsworthy, “The Happy Hunting-ground”, in The Country House, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, part I, page 33:
glosses: A thing which causes formation to occur.
topics: human-sciences
linguistic-morphology
linguistics
morphology
sciences
synonyms: formans
formant
hyponyms: affix
glosses: A language unit, typically a morph, that has a morphological function (that is, forming a word from a root or another word).
topics: human-sciences
linguistic-morphology
linguistics
morphology
sciences
synonyms: word: descendant#Noun
word: reflex
word: derivative
extra: a word that derives from another one
glosses: Synonym of derivative (“a word that derives from another one”).
fish food
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Food for fish that are kept in aquaria; sprinkled on the surface of the water, usually in the form of dry flakes.
examples: text: Carlucci grimaced. He mumbled, 'She's gonna be fish food, I swear it.'
ref: 2015, George R. R. Martin, Wild Cards 4-7: The Puppetman Quartet:
glosses: A person who dies by drowning.
Related terms: fish feed
food fish
aquaria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈkwɛə.ɹi.ə/
ipa: /əˈkwɛ.ɹi.ə/
rhymes: -ɛəɹi.ə
Senses: synonyms: aquariums
glosses: plural of aquarium
fairground
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɛə(ɹ)ɡɹaʊnd/
Forms: form: fairgrounds
form: fairgrounds
Etymology: From fair + ground.
Senses: glosses: An area where a fair (an event for public entertainment) or other public event is held; a showground.
glosses: A commercially-operated collection of rides, games and other entertainment attractions; an amusement park.
Hypernyms: ground
formalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: formalisations
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of formalization.
formalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: formalizations
Etymology: From formal + -ization.
Senses: examples: text: Adhocracy means that the different parts of an organization are temporarily assembled to meet the requirements and needs which apply at any particular point in time. […] [Henry] Mintzberg considers that adhocracy is characterized by an organic structure, a low degree of formalization, a high degree of horizontal work specialization based on formal training and specialist competence, a tendency to group specialized personnel in functional units to facilitate administration and personal development ("housekeeping purposes"), while employing them in small, market-based project groups in work organizations.
ref: 1995, Mats Alvesson, Management of Knowledge-intensive Companies (De Gruyter Studies in Organization; 61), Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 93:
glosses: The act of formalizing something.
Derived terms: semiformalization
Related terms: formalize
toad-in-the-hole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: toads-in-the-hole
form: toad-in-the-holes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of toad in the hole.
fusilli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfuːˈziːli/
ipa: /ˌfuːˈsiːli/
Forms: form: fusilli
form: fusillis
Etymology: From Italian fusilli, plural of fusillo, diminutive of fuso (“spindle”).
Senses: examples: text: Fusilli is very good served with classic tomato sauces.
ref: 2010, Christine Ingram, “Pasta, Noodles and Wrappers”, in Cooking Ingredients: A Practical Guide to Choosing and Using World Foods, London: Hermes House, →ISBN, page 329, column 3:
synonyms: corkscrew pasta
eliche
glosses: Pasta in the shape of short spirals.
sunny side up
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: sunny-side up
form: sunnyside up
Senses: glosses: Of an egg: fried on one side, served with the unbroken relatively soft yolk on the top.
glosses: Born with the head facing upward, as opposed to the normal downward-facing birth.
sunny side up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sunny-side up
form: sunnyside up
Senses: glosses: Of an egg: fried sunny side up.
Synonyms: sunny
Coordinate terms: sunny side down
over easy
over medium
over hard
gravy boat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gravy boats
Senses: synonyms: sauceboat
glosses: A dish with a handle and spout, used to serve gravy or other sauces.
examples: text: Not only have suggestions for their elimination evoked a great hue and cry of protest, but other pressure groups are plugging diligently in an effort to get aboard the "gravy boat."
ref: 1946, The Magazine of Wall Street and Business Analyst:
text: Everybody had climbed aboard the "gravy boat”—except the landlord; and he wanted to get in, too.
ref: 1949, United States. Congress, Congressional Record:
text: Through drawing attention to that, many organisations which had never previously put in an application for assistance had tried to get on the gravy boat.
ref: 1963, New Zealand. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates - Volume 332, page 2086:
text: This herd behavior in not wanting to miss the gravy boat led to a collective lowering of standards that ended with the 2008 financial implosion.
ref: 2011, Albino Barrera, Market Complicity and Christian Ethics, page 154:
synonyms: gravy train
glosses: A source of easily obtained money or benefits.
fusillade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: fusillades
Etymology: From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”).
Senses: glosses: The simultaneous firing of a number of firearms.
examples: text: But her husband was on his hands and knees groping wildly on the floor in search of the paw. If he could only find it before the thing outside got in. A perfect fusillade of knocks reverberated through the house, and he heard the scraping of a chair as his wife put it down in the passage against the door.
ref: 1901, W. W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw:
glosses: A rapid burst.
fusillade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfjuːsɪˌleɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: fusillades
form: fusillading
form: fusilladed
form: fusilladed
Etymology: From French fusillade, from fusiller (“shoot with a firearm”), from fusil (“rifle, gun”).
Senses: glosses: To fire, or attack with, a fusillade.
firm up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: firms up
form: firming up
form: firmed up
form: firmed up
Senses: examples: text: Can we firm up plans for the barbecue Sunday?
text: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Just got a call from Falces office firming up my hospital date.
text: Sometime soon (if it isn't happening already), Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer and his team will be firming up plans for what they want to do in the crucial first 100 days of a new government.
ref: 2023 September 6, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Leaderless and rudderless”, in RAIL, number 991, page 3:
glosses: To make (tentative plans) more definite.
examples: text: Let me know as soon as your plans firm up.
glosses: To become more definite.
raw_tags: of tentative plans
examples: text: He hopes to firm up his biceps a bit before meeting the girls.
glosses: To make (muscles) more toned through physical exercise.
examples: text: After weeks of working out, his biceps finally began to firm up a bit.
glosses: To become more toned through physical exercise.
raw_tags: of muscles
examples: text: Cook the omelet until the top has started to firm up.
glosses: To become firmer in consistency.
crossbowmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crossbowman
napkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnæp.kɪn/
Forms: form: napkins
Etymology: From Middle English napkyn, equivalent to nape (“cloth”) + -kin.
Senses: glosses: A serviette; a (usually rectangular) piece of cloth or paper used at the table for wiping the mouth and hands for cleanliness while eating.
glosses: A nappy (UK), a diaper (American).
glosses: A small scarf worn on the head by Christian women (chiefly Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox) when entering a church, as a token of modesty.
glosses: Ellipsis of sanitary napkin.
Derived terms: back-of-the-napkin
fapkin
lapkin
napkinette
napkinless
napkinlike
napkin math
napkinned
napkin rash
napkin ring
sanitary napkin
tail-napkin
feathered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Covered with feathers.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
rowing
sports
glosses: Having the blades of oars or propellers parallel to the direction of motion.
topics: business
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a finely bevelled edge.
glosses: Badly beaten.
examples: text: a blue-feathered bird
glosses: Having a specific type or number of feathers.
glosses: Swift, like the flight of a feathered creature.
examples: text: […]when at night he sees moon and stars, mountain ridges feathered with pines, jutting white capes, bold promontories[…]
ref: 1869, Mark Twain, chapter XLVIII, in The Innocents Abroad, page 508:
glosses: Covered or adorned with something, as if with feathers.
Synonyms: befeathered
Derived terms: feathered folk
feathered friend
featheredness
feathered oof-bird
fine-feathered friend
nonfeathered
pinfeathered
protofeathered
unfeathered
feathered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of feather
insidiously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsɪdi.əsli/
Forms: form: more insidiously
form: most insidiously
Etymology: From insidious + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in an insidious manner
back-stabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more back-stabbing
form: most back-stabbing
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of backstabbing.
crossbowman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: crossbowmen
form: crossbowsman
Etymology: From crossbow + man.
Senses: examples: text: Why did Richard I die at the hands of a crossbowman, clutching a frying pan, on the outskirts of Limoges?
ref: 2021, Otto English, Fake History, page 73:
synonyms: arbalest
glosses: Someone (usually a soldier) equipped with a crossbow.
Turkologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Turkologists
Etymology: From Turkology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A scholar specializing in the languages, history or cultures of Turkic peoples, including for example Turkish, Kazakh, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Tuvan, Altai, Shor, and Karakalpak.
bookshelves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bookshelf
bookshelves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bookshelve
Related terms: bookcase
backstabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of backstab
backstabbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: backstabbings
Senses: glosses: The act of one who backstabs.
backstage
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bækˈsteɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Etymology: From back + stage.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or situated in the area behind a stage.
glosses: Secret, concealed from the public.
Derived terms: backstage Johnny
backstage pass
backstager
backstage
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /bækˈsteɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: more backstage
form: most backstage
Etymology: From back + stage.
Senses: glosses: Towards the area behind the stage.
examples: text: Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry / You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little
ref: 1966, “Backstage”, performed by Gene Pitney:
glosses: Out of view of the public.
backstage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bækˈsteɪd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -eɪdʒ
Forms: form: backstages
Etymology: From back + stage.
Senses: glosses: The area behind a stage out of view of the audience where performers wait to give their show; especially that of the dressing rooms.
examples: text: Another broad issue regarding the physical setting involves decisions about the setting's frontstage and backstage.
ref: 2013, Raymond Fisk, Stephen Grove, Joby John, Services Marketing Interactive Approach, →ISBN, page 73:
glosses: The private portion of the space used by a business or enterprise.
advisers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of adviser
see the back of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sees the back of
form: seeing the back of
form: saw the back of
form: seen the back of
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see see, back.
examples: text: Jen: Yeah, I think I'll say yes. I think I have to. You guys'll probably be glad to see the back of me... Wow. You're just gonna let that hang there.
ref: 2007 September 28, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 2, Episode 6
text: Today we are glad to see the back of such horrors.
ref: 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, page 278:
text: After his mother-in-law stayed for two weeks, he was glad to see the back of her.
glosses: To be rid of.
convalescence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: convalescences
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French convalescence, from Late Latin convalēscentia (“regaining of health”), from Latin convalēscēn(t-)s, present participle of convalēscere (“to become strong or well”); see convalesce.
Senses: glosses: A gradual healing after illness or injury.
glosses: The period of time spent healing.
Derived terms: postconvalescence
reconvalescence
Related terms: sense: terms derived from the same Latin verb
word: convalesce
sense: terms derived from the same Latin verb
word: convalescency
sense: terms derived from the same Latin verb
english: adjective/noun
translation: adjective/noun
word: convalescent
anastasis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: anastases
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”).
Senses: glosses: a recovery from a debilitating condition, especially irradiation of human tissue
glosses: rebirth
topics: Christianity
glosses: resurrection, especially the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Derived terms: anastasic
recovery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkʌvəɹi/
ipa: /ɹɪˈkʌvɹi/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ɹəˈkʌvəɹi/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ɹəˈkʌvɹi/
Forms: form: recoveries
form: recovre
Etymology: From Middle English recoveree, from Old French recovree, from recovrer (“recover”).
Senses: glosses: The act or process of regaining or repossession of something lost.
synonyms: recuperation
glosses: A return to normal health.
glosses: A return to former status or position.
The act of regaining the natural position after curtseying.
glosses: A return to former status or position.
The act of regaining the position of guard after making an attack, in fencing, sparring, etc.
examples: text: Byford said: "There is no UK recovery from the pandemic without a London recovery, and there is no London recovery without a properly funded transport network.
ref: 2022 January 12, “Network News: Further extension to Transport for London emergency funding”, in RAIL, number 948, page 8:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Renewed growth after a slump.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The recovery of debt.
topics: law
glosses: A verdict giving somebody the right to recover debts or costs.
topics: business
mining
glosses: The extraction of an ore from a mine, or of a metal from an ore
topics: games
gaming
glosses: The ability to recover or regain health.
Derived terms: advanced meat recovery
common recovery
data recovery
elastic recovery
materials recovery facility
meeting recovery syndrome
recovery boiler
recovery CD
recovery moment
recovery position
recovery room
recovery time
recovery truck
recovery vehicle
Related terms: recover
SPSO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of scale payment sub office, a sub-sorting post office.
MSPO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MSPOs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of modified sub post office, a large sorting post office.
anglicized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more anglicized
form: most anglicized
Senses: examples: text: They communicate comfortably with your anglicized accent, and you reproduce it assiduously, although you still mutilate some of the diphthongs.
ref: 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 279:
glosses: Alternative spelling of anglicised.
Derived terms: unanglicized
anglicized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of anglicize
mazel tov
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaz(ə)l ˌtɒf/
ipa: /ˈmaz(ə)l ˌtɒv/
ipa: /ˈmɑz(ə)lˌtɔf/
ipa: /ˈmɑz(ə)lˌtɔv/
ipa: /ˈmɑz(ə)lˌtɑf/
ipa: /ˈmɑz(ə)lˌtɑv/
Forms: form: mazeltov
form: mazal tov
form: mazaltov
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish מזל־טובֿ (mazl tov), from Hebrew מַזָּל (mazál, “star, constellation; fate, luck”), from Akkadian 𒌓𒁕 (manzaltum) + Hebrew טוֹב (tov, “good”); literally “good stars, good luck”.
Senses: glosses: Used to express congratulations or good wishes, especially at weddings.
raw_tags: in a Jewish context
firehosing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From firehose + -ing.
Senses: glosses: The act of dousing a fire, as a firefighter might put down a fire by dousing it with a large amount of water.
glosses: Extensive and possibly excessive criticism of an idea by presenting an overwhelming number of arguments against it.
topics: arts
broadcasting
film
hobbies
lifestyle
media
photography
television
videography
glosses: Video camera movement intended to record as much of a scene as possible, such as by swinging the camera from side to side, usually in a way that makes the resulting footage worthless.
bioroid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.əʊˌdɹɔɪd/
ipa: /ˈbaɪ.oʊˌdɹɔɪd/
Forms: form: bioroids
Etymology: Blend of bio- + android
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A cybernetic or fully biological organism created by artificial means.
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A genetically engineered humanoid-like organism created for the purpose of enslavement.
Synonyms: biorobot
replicant
Related terms: biobot
biorobotics
biot
cyborg
genetic engineering
nanobot
aqueous phase
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aqueous phases
Senses: glosses: The homogeneous part of a heterogeneous system that consists of water or a solution in water of a substance.
Related terms: liquid phase
rear end
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rear ends
Senses: glosses: The back or hindmost part of anything, such as a car.
examples: text: Sure, Homer and Marge being caught naked in front of the town is funny, but why not make it total humiliation? Why not have Homer dragged ass-first over a church’s glass ceiling and force the pastor to give praise to God’s floors? Why not have Homer’s rear end block a game-winning field goal?
ref: 2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: The buttocks.
Synonyms: tail end
pendentive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pendentives
Etymology: From French pendentif.
Senses: topics: architecture
glosses: The concave triangular sections of vaulting that provide the transition between a dome and the square base on which it is set and transfer the weight of the dome.
Related terms: squinch
ruffed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌft/
rhymes: -ʌft
homophone: roughed
homophone: ruft
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ruff
ruffed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹʌft/
rhymes: -ʌft
homophone: roughed
homophone: ruft
Senses: glosses: Having a ruff.
Derived terms: black-and-white ruffed lemur
ruffed grouse
ruffed lemur
APCD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: APCDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of air pollution control district.
AQMD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AQMDs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of air quality management district.
buses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bus
buses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bus
ruffed grouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ruffed grouses
Senses: glosses: An American game bird, Bonasa umbellus; the male makes drumming sounds with its wings
rafsi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rafsi
Etymology: From Lojban rafsi.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: An abbreviated form of a gismu (Lojban root word), used as an affix to make lujvo (Lojban compound words).
silicone rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: silicone rubbers
Senses: glosses: A variety of synthetic polymeric silicones having physical properties similar to natural rubber but increased chemical stability
silicon rubber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of silicone rubber.
scads
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scad
key into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keys into
form: keying into
form: keyed into
form: keyed into
Senses: glosses: To put (someone) into (a particular state, emotion etc.).
examples: text: [T]he sheer insistence here on these myths of Greek victory, and the repeated variations on the theme through different legendary cycles, key into the idea of the Parthenon as a monument of Athenian triumph.
ref: 2002, Mary Beard, The Parthenon, Profile Books, published 2010, page 144:
glosses: To cohere with; to accord with, to be in keeping with.
examples: text: Walter wasn't on the same page as the rest of us at first, but we talked about it and keyed him into it.
glosses: To make (someone) focus or concentrate on (something); to make (someone) understand.
make hay while the sun shines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: makes hay while the sun shines
form: making hay while the sun shines
form: made hay while the sun shone
form: made hay while the sun shone
Etymology: Hay harvest can be spoiled by wet weather. It is important that farmers seize the opportunity of dry weather for haymaking tasks (cutting, drying, gathering), more so in medieval times, when forecasting the weather was more difficult. Attested since 1546, originally a Tudor expression, and used figuratively since 1673.
Senses: examples: text: Until the mid-2010s, the ROSCOs 'made hay while the sun shone', taking advantage of growing passenger demand and expanding services to find homes for their rolling assets - in some cases, well beyond their expected design lives.
ref: 2023 June 28, Ben Jones, “Are we getting rid of our (still useful) rolling stock too early?”, in RAIL, number 986, page 28:
glosses: To act while an opportunity exists; to take action while a situation is favorable.
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
qualifier: literal
glosses: To make hay during favourable (dry) weather.
Related terms: grasp the nettle
strike while the iron is hot
take time by the forelock
misalignment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪnmənt
Forms: form: misalignments
Etymology: From mis- + alignment.
Senses: glosses: the state, or an instance, of being misaligned
scatterbrained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskætə(ɹ)ˌbɹeɪnd/
Forms: form: more scatterbrained
form: most scatterbrained
Etymology: From scatter + brained.
Senses: glosses: Having the qualities of a scatterbrain: absent-minded, forgetful, easily distracted.
Derived terms: scatterbrainedness
Related terms: go haywire
accoutred
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Supplied with essential equipments for a certain intention, particularly military.
glosses: Provided with vital supplies for a precise aim, more specifically for the armed forces.
accoutred
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of accoutre
Synonyms: equipped
fitted
rumint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RUMINT
Etymology: From rumor and intelligence; apparently a pun on HUMINT.
Senses: glosses: Information of dubious veracity, particularly when grounded in rumor
Synonyms: buzz
aerial ladder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerial ladders
Senses: topics: firefighting
government
glosses: A mechanically-extendable ladder mounted to a fire engine.
Synonyms: extension ladder
merman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)mən
Forms: form: mermen
Etymology: From Middle English mereman, from Old English *meremann (“merman”) (suggested by Old English meremenn, meremennen, meremenin (“mermaid, siren”)), equivalent to mer- + man. Cognate with Dutch meerman (“merman”), German Meermann (“merman”).
Senses: examples: text: The meer man hath no feet but fins
 And this hath legs you see and shins.
ref: 1653, The Loves of Hero and Leander: A Mock Poem, London, page 19:
glosses: A legendary creature, human male from the waist up, fishlike from the waist down.
Synonyms: word: merguy
Hypernyms: merperson
Hyponyms: merboy
merfather
Related terms: mermaid
merfolk
Elvis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlvɪs/
Etymology: From the anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe (Saint Elvis), also known as Saint Eilfyw or Eilfw. Ultimate origin is uncertain.
Senses: glosses: A male given name.
glosses: Elvis Presley (1935-1977), a popular American rock-and-roll singer.
Derived terms: 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong
Elvis country
Elvisdom
Elvisesque
Elvis has left the building
Elvis impersonator
Elvis operator
Elvis sandwich
Elvis syndrome
Elvis taxon
Elvisy
Elvis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛlvɪs/
Forms: form: Elvises
form: Elvii
Etymology: From the anglicisation of the Irish name of Saint Ailbe (Saint Elvis), also known as Saint Eilfyw or Eilfw. Ultimate origin is uncertain.
Senses: glosses: An impersonator of Elvis Presley.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: An Elvis operator.
mother fucker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mother fuckers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of motherfucker.
Cheddar cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Cheddar cheeses
Senses: examples: text: Hundreds of examples remain, still following the same general pattern—maroon, green or chocolate brown, for example, from ground to waist level, then a stale Cheddar cheese shade of cream above.
ref: 1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 253:
glosses: A variety of hard, pale yellow cheese originally produced in the region around Cheddar in Somerset, England.
glosses: Any similar cheese made anywhere in the world.
Synonyms: english: Cheddar cheese; cheese; shortening from by dropping
translation: Cheddar cheese; cheese; shortening from by dropping
word: Cheddar
word: cheddar cheese
word: cheddar
Derived terms: Cheddar
cheddaring
CLAF
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of change look and feel.
CLAF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of custom look and feel.
battle-axe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: battle-axes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of battle axe.
beta blocker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bā'-tə blôk'-ər
ipa: /ˈbeɪ.tə ˈblɔk.ɚ/
Forms: form: beta blockers
form: betablocker
form: beta-blocker
form: β-blocker
Etymology: From action of drug which blocks beta-adrenergic receptors.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A blocking agent, one of a class of drugs used to treat hypertension and control the rate at which the heart beats.
Betamax
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: According to Sony, the name had a double meaning: beta is the Japanese word used to describe the way in which signals are recorded on the tape; and the shape of the Greek letter beta β resembles the course of the tape through the transport. The suffix -max, from maximum, was added to suggest greatness.
Senses: synonyms: Beta
glosses: A home videocassette recording format developed by Sony in 1975, now known for having lost the format war to VHS.
Betamax
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: Betamaxes
form: Betamaxing
form: Betamaxed
form: Betamaxed
Etymology: According to Sony, the name had a double meaning: beta is the Japanese word used to describe the way in which signals are recorded on the tape; and the shape of the Greek letter beta β resembles the course of the tape through the transport. The suffix -max, from maximum, was added to suggest greatness.
Senses: examples: text: If you don’t want to get Betamaxed, or stuck with a dated technology, it might be a good idea to purchase the latest, fastest computer available.
ref: 2006, Ian David Aronson, DV Filmmaking: From Start to Finish, volume 1, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 98:
text: DRM can't stop piracy, but it can prevent anyone from Betamaxing another industry, commercializing disruptive technology development without content-industry sanction.
ref: 2008, Chris DiBona, Mark Stone, and Danese Cooper, Open Sources 2.0: The Continuing Evolution, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 159:
text: CRIMM RDRAM offered dramatic possibilities for high-speed PCs but ran into three roadblocks that Betamaxed it.
ref: 2012, Michael Meyers, CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, edition 8, McGraw Hill Professional, →ISBN, page 253:
glosses: To make (something) obsolete.
Related terms: -maxx
VHS
EVM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EVMs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of electronic voting machine.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of error vector magnitude.
topics: business
cryptocurrencies
cryptocurrency
finance
glosses: Initialism of Ethereum virtual machine.
HSDPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of High Speed Downlink Packet Access (in UMTS).
Related terms: urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org
HS-DSCH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: High Speed Downlink Shared Channel (in UMTS).
Related terms: word: UMTS
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org
HS-PDSCH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of High Speed Physical Downlink Shared Channel (in UMTS).
Related terms: word: UMTS
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org
HS-SCCH
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of High Speed Shared Control Channel (in UMTS).
Related terms: word: UMTS
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org
CQI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Chartered Quality Institute.
CQI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CQIs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of certified quality inspector.
topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of channel quality indicator.
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of continuous quality improvement.
Synonyms: CQMS
Related terms: word: UMTS
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org
DPDCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of dedicated physical data channel.
Related terms: word: UMTS
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org
DPCCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Abbreviation of dedicated physical control channel.
Related terms: word: UMTS
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org
DPCH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: business
communication
communications
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Acronym of dedicated physical channel.
Related terms: word: UMTS
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: http:
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
urls: http://www.3gpp.org
word: www.3gpp.org