cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Abdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abdons
Etymology: From Hebrew עבדון (abdon, “servant”). Compare Arabic عَبْد (ʕabd) (as in Abdullah), which also means servant.
Senses: examples: text: And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Israel. And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged Israel eight years.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Judges 12:13-14:
glosses: The tenth judge of Israel. (biblical character)
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Abdon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abdons
Etymology: The placename is from the Old English personal name Abba + tūn (“settlement”). The surname is habitational from the village in Shropshire, but it is also borrowed from Spanish Abdón. The surname is mostly found in the Philippines.
Senses: glosses: A village in Abdon and Heath parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO576863).
glosses: A surname.
it's too late for sorry
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: The grieving mother who lost her daughter in an accident told the drunk driver "It's too late for sorry!" after he tried to apologize.
glosses: An expression of anger or disgust uttered toward someone who offers an apology after causing great harm.
Related terms: it's too late to apologize
too little, too late
memory page
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: memory pages
Senses: glosses: A page in a book (e.g., a scrapbook) where one can write down special memories and insert mementoes.
examples: text: The yearbook had a nice memory page for the teenaged girl who died in a car accident this past winter.
glosses: A page in an annual publication (e.g., a high-school yearbook) honoring the memory of a person who died during the past year. It may contain photographs, life dates, and writings such as verse.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A fixed-length contiguous block of virtual memory, representing the smallest division of a page table.
get laid
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets laid
form: getting laid
form: got laid
form: got laid
form: gotten laid
Senses: examples: text: The teenage boy boasted that he was going to get laid by the homecoming queen, because she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen.
text: 2000, "I Got Laid on James Joyce's Grave", Black 47, Trouble in the Land.
I got laid on James Joyce's grave / I was hoping his genius would rub off on me
glosses: To have sex, especially with a new partner or after a period of abstinence.
examples: text: Dave hasn't even touched a woman in three months. We have to get him laid.
glosses: To cause to have sex.
Synonyms: sense: to have sex
word: get busy
word: get it on
word: get some
word: copulate
15 minutes of fame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First appears c. 1968, although a use in French appears as early as 1821 in Histoire de l'Assemblée constituante by Charles Lacretelle. Often misattributed to Andy Warhol, in a catalogue of an exhibition of his art in Stockholm: “In the future everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.”
Senses: examples: text: […] Paula [Jones] was, even to her lawyers, a loose cannon—as prepared to risk her marriage and her well-being to get the president to confess his original sin as she was intent on making big money and getting her fifteen minutes of fame.
ref: 2007, Nigel Hamilton, Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency, New York: PublicAffairs, →ISBN, page 274:
text: In the next chapter, we'll meet twenty-five hopefuls who have already begun to experience their fifteen minutes of fame as a result of exposure on YouTube.
ref: 2008, Frederick Levy, 15 Minutes of Fame: Becoming A Star In The YouTube Revolution, Alpha Books, →ISBN:
text: By the time we went to Central Park, someone walking in the park said they had just seen us on Fox that morning. It was like being a rock star with a whole fifteen minutes of fame. So it was fun for a time.
ref: 2014, Kip Harding, Mona Lisa Harding, chapter 19, in The Brainy Bunch […] , Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 188:
text: After just a month on television, this ordinary chap from Catford, south London, was an overnight superstar, ready to milk his 15 minutes of fame.
ref: 2016 January 31, Anna Williamson, “The flip side of instant fame”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2016:
text: One day in early January 1970, Michael James Brody Jr. stepped off a Pan Am jet at John F. Kennedy Airport and into what would be one of the new decade’s shortest, strangest 15 minutes of fame.
ref: 2022 April 27, Jennifer Schuessler, “An Heir, a $25 Million Giveaway and 30,000 Unopened Letters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 30 Apr 2022:
related: word: fifteen minutes of fame
synonyms: 15 minutes
fifteen minutes
moment in the sun
glosses: A very short time in the spotlight or brief flurry with fame, after which the person or subject involved is quickly forgotten.
wikipedia: Andy Warhol
Derived terms: word: 15 megabytes of fame
word: 15 minutes
english: by ellipsis
translation: by ellipsis
word: fifteen minutes
word: 15 minutes of shame
Related terms: legend in one's own lunchtime
nine-day wonder
one-hit wonder
Mayberry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Maberry
form: Maybury
Etymology: From Old English mere (“lake”) + Old English byriġ (“fortified place”).
Senses: glosses: A surname.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Hamilton County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wayne County, Illinois.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pawnee County, Nebraska.
glosses: A place in the United States:
A township in Montour County, Pennsylvania.
Mayberry
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the main town in the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.
Senses: examples: text: The young couple thought of the small town they chose to live in as Mayberry, especially because of its low crime rate and excellent schools.
glosses: A utopian setting, such as a small town; a perfect place to live.
Mayberry
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From the main town in the 1960s television sitcom The Andy Griffith Show.
Senses: examples: text: He often talked about coming from a Mayberry type of town.
glosses: Utopian; perfect for dwelling.
raw_tags: of a place
Abey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Abe + -y.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Abraham, from Hebrew.
glosses: A surname.
party bus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party buses
Senses: examples: text: The party bus will take the bogans to many, many bogan venues over the course of four hours, charging the bogan great amounts of money for what is in effect a large, smelly taxi.
ref: 2010, Michael Jayfox, E. Chas McSween, Intravenus DeMilo, Enron Hubbard, Hunter McKenzie-Smythe, Flash Johnson, Things Bogans Like, Sydney: Hachette, page 276:
glosses: A bus, often a converted school bus, or other large motor vehicle designed to transport groups of people for recreational purposes.
Adolphe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adolphes
Etymology: Borrowed from French Adolphe; this surname is predominantly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Adolpho
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, of rare usage, variant of Adolph.
Adolphus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Adolphus. Doublet of Adolph.
Senses: examples: text: Would any man named Adolphus - any man called Dolly! - object to being called something else?
ref: 1906, George Bernard Shaw, Major Barbara: Act III:
text: Sometimes as a child I used to wonder why my brother was called after the man whose very name we were later taught to fear. But then who knows what goes on inside the minds of ambitious, proud Ibo fathers? As most Ibo boys born around that time were called Adolphus after the German leader, Adol is still a fairly common name among the Ibos of Nigeria.
ref: 1986, Buchi Emecheta, Head Above Water. An Autobiography. p.11:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages, a Latinized variant of Adolph.
give someone enough rope
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gives someone enough rope
form: giving someone enough rope
form: gave someone enough rope
form: given someone enough rope
Senses: glosses: To allow one to function unhindered, or without further overbearing oversight.
glosses: To allow an enemy to function unhindered in the belief that they will end up harming or discrediting themself.
Synonyms: cut someone some slack
Derived terms: give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself
Related terms: short leash
Adrien
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Adriens
Etymology: Patronymic surname, borrowed from French Adrien. This surname is mostly found in Haiti.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Abram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/
Forms: form: Abrams
Etymology: From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām).
Senses: examples: text: And Abram took Sarai his wife, and Lot his brother's son, and all their substance that they had gathered, and the souls that they had gotten in Haran; and they went forth to go into the land of Canaan; and into the land of Canaan they came.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 12:5:
text: O father Abram, what these Christians are,
Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
The thoughts of others! […]
ref: c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
text: Abram took Sarai his wife, Lot his brother’s son, and all their possessions that they had accumulated, and the people that they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan. They came to the land of Canaan.
ref: 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 12:5
text: No longer will your name be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations.
ref: 2005–2014, Modern English Version (MEV), Gen. 17:5
synonyms: Abraham
glosses: Abraham (prophet in the Old Testament).
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A surname from Hebrew [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Derived terms: Abram-Village
Abram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/
Forms: form: Abrams
Etymology: From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām).
Senses: qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: Synonym of Abraham man
synonyms: word: Abraham man
Derived terms: sham Abram
Abram
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/
Etymology: From Hebrew אַבְרָם (ʾaḇrām).
Senses: examples: text: He maunds Abram, he begs as a madde man.
ref: c. 1608–1610, Samuel Rid, Martin Mark-all, Beadle of Bridewell:
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: insane; mad
examples: text: She's all Abram
qualifier: thieves' cant
glosses: naked.
Derived terms: sense: naked
english: poor or naked man
translation: poor or naked man
word: Abram cove
Abram
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.bɹəm/
Forms: form: Abrams
Etymology: From Old English Eadburh's (a woman's name) hām.
Senses: glosses: A large village in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom (OS grid ref SD6001).
glosses: A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms: Abramsky
Abramson
Absalon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Ondine's curse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Undine's curse
Etymology: According to French and German mythology, the nymph Ondine/Undine discovered that her husband had committed adultery. Because he had promised his every waking breath to her, she cursed him that so long as he was awake he could breathe, but if he ever fell asleep he would stop breathing and die.
Senses: examples: text: Ondine’s curse—more appropriately known as congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, or CCHS—is a rare, severe form of sleep apnea in which an individual completely stops breathing when falling asleep.
ref: 2020 June 9, Brandon Peters, MD, “What Is Ondine's Curse?”, in Ondine's Curse Symptoms and Treatment:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A medical condition marked by malfunction of the nerves that control involuntary body functions, causing breathing to require conscious effort and therefore meaning patients will die if they fall asleep.
sexual relations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sexual relation
sexual relations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky.
ref: 1998, Bill Clinton, televised speech (part of Clinton–Lewinsky scandal)
synonyms: adult relations
glosses: Sexual activity.
Aiden
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Irish, variant of Aidan.
glosses: A female given name.
Allistair
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Scottish Gaelic Alasdair (“Alexander”). A rare spelling of Alistair.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Scottish Gaelic.
shoeicide bomber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shoeicide bombers
Etymology: Blend of shoe + suicide bomber
Senses: examples: text: Tamil Tiger rebels who see suicide bombing as a privilege have protected their leader from potential “shoeicide” bombers. A hardcore group had to remove shoes worn for at least nine hours by journalists and sniff socks.
ref: 2002, Tamils get toey, in the Herald Sun, April 16, 2002
text: Reid is the would-be ‘shoeicide’ bomber who was apprehended in midair during early 2002 when he (almost comically) attempted to ignite a fuse in his shoes that were laden with plasitic explosives.
ref: 2004, Matthew Sussex, European Security After 9/11
glosses: A suicide bomber who conceals explosive devices within his or her shoes.
Alejandro
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌalɪˈhandɹəʊ/
ipa: /ˌæləˈhɑndɹoʊ/
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Alejandro, from Ancient Greek Ἀλέξανδρος (Aléxandros, literally “defender of man”), an epithet of the goddess Hera. Doublet of Alexander.
Senses: examples: text: The objective of the review, the memo says, is not to “arbitrarily reduce” the number of security clearances and/or access but to ensure that current clearance and access levels are still required for official duties and missions. The effort comes at the direction of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the memo says.
ref: 2023 May 16, Priscilla Alvarez, “DHS directs review of personnel with access to classified material in wake of Pentagon leak”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Spanish, equivalent to English Alexander.
wikipedia: Hera Alexandros
misrepresent
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɪsˌɹɛpɹəˈzɛnt/
ipa: /ˌmɪsˌɹepɹəˈzent/
ipa: /ˌməsˌɹepɹəˈzent/
Forms: form: misrepresents
form: misrepresenting
form: misrepresented
form: misrepresented
Etymology: From mis- + represent.
Senses: examples: text: The fraudster misrepresented himself as a lawyer.
text: Here perhaps one of you might interrupt me and say, 'But what is it that you do, Socrates? How is it that you have been misrepresented like this? Surely all this talk and gossip about you would never have arisen if you had confined yourself to ordinary activities, but only if your behaviour was abnormal. Give us the explanation, if you do not want us to draw our own conclusions.'
ref: 1993, Plato, translated by Hugh Tredennick and Harold Tarrant, “Justice and Duty (i): Socrates Speaks at his Trial: the Apology”, in The Last Days of Socrates (Penguin Classics), revised edition, London; New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 41:
glosses: To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
Derived terms: misrepresentation
misrepresenter
embellishes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of embellish
double penetration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: synonyms: DP
double-dick
glosses: The simultaneous sexual penetration of one or more orifices of one person by two other people or objects.
Derived terms: double penetration dildo
MMF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MMFs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of magnetomotive force.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Initialism of money market fund; a type of mutual fund.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of multimode fibre; a type of an optical fibre which is designed to carry a variety rays of light.
topics: business
marketing
glosses: Initialism of minimum marketable feature; the smallest piece of functionality providing value to customers.
topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: Initialism of male male female (“a sexual act between two males and one female”).
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of mycophenolate mofetil; an immunosuppressant.
Fountain of Youth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Fountain of Youth
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A legendary spring of water with the magical property of restoring youth and health to those who bathe or drink from it.
family planning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Birth control, especially when carried out by monogamous heterosexual couples.
creampie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹiːmˈpaɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɹiːmˌpaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: creampies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cream pie.
examples: text: There was a recent post about Christy doing a creampie (internal cumshot). That never happened but the scene with Eric Edwards in this movie is close, as he cums on her puss.
ref: 1999 January 26, Stan Stewart, “help:christy letting a guy cum in her mouth”, in alt.fan.christy-canyon (Usenet):
text: […] the “creampie” or “internal cum shot,” in which semen is photographed as it drips from a vagina (Cream Pie 1999).
ref: 2000, Michael Thomas Carroll, Popular Modernity in America: Experience, Technology, Mythohistory, Albany, New York: State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 119:
text: Add new girl "Shannon" to the list of anal creampie girls--I did one with her last week for the January release of Knee Pad Nymphos, Vol 5.
ref: 2002 October 6, Dave Cummings, “Best Creampie Ever”, in rec.arts.movies.erotica (Usenet):
text: Alright, AFAB porn performers: we're all doubling our scene rates for creampie scenes, right?
ref: 2022 June 24, Siri Dahl, Twitter, archived from the original on 15 Dec 2022:
topics: lifestyle
media
pornography
sexuality
glosses: Semen visibly displayed after ejaculation in the vagina or anus.
synonyms: breeding
;
nakadashi
glosses: The ejaculation of semen into the vagina or anus.
Derived terms: mouthpie
creampie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹiːmˈpaɪ/
ipa: /ˈkɹiːmˌpaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: creampies
form: creampieing
form: creampied
form: creampied
Senses: examples: text: He creampied into her asshole.
text: Bridgerton might not be on the level of a “click this and try not to cum” hentai pop-up ad, but a plot revolving around whether or not a man will or won’t creampie his wife isn’t exactly prudish.
ref: 2022 May 12, Noelle Perdue, “Naked Lie”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:
glosses: To visibly ejaculate in the vagina or anus.
obiter
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obiter.
Senses: examples: text: I will not here stand to discuss obiter, whether stars be causes, or signs; or to apologize for judicial astrology.
ref: , New York, 2001, p.206
glosses: Incidentally; in passing.
obiter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: obiters
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin obiter.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: An obiter dictum; a statement from the bench commenting on a point of law which is not necessary for the judgment at hand and therefore has no judicial weight, as opposed to ratio decidendi.
Coordinate terms: ratio decidendi
ratio
Related terms: obiter scriptum
information system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: information systems
Senses: glosses: Any data processing system, either manual or computerized.
glosses: Any telecommunications system whose primary function is to transmit and/or display data.
data processing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Any of many techniques in which data is retrieved, stored, classified, manipulated, transmitted and/or reported in such a way as to generate information; especially such processing using computers.
Related terms: data management
data modeling
data science
ETL
get one's end away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets one's end away
form: getting one's end away
form: got one's end away
form: got one's end away
form: gotten one's end away
Senses: glosses: To have sex.
Synonyms: do it
get one's groove on
get one's leg over
copulate
ratio decidendi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rationes decidendi
Etymology: Borrowed from Medieval Latin ratiō dēcidendī, from ratiō (“reckoning, method, reasoning”) + dēcidendī, genitive singular of dēcidendus, gerund of dēcidere (“to settle”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The legal principle or rationale on which a judicial decision is based.
Related terms: obiter
obiter dictum
serial music
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Music, especially from the 20th century, in which the themes are based on a definite order of notes of an equal-tempered scale.
Synonyms: serialism
Ypres
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːpɹə/
Etymology: Borrowed from French Ypres.
Senses: examples: text: Ypres was not the actual start of the front; that distinction belongs to Nieuport, a city on the North Sea twentyodd miles down the river Yser from Ypres.
ref: 1986 November 24, Jack Beatty, “Along the Western Front”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 18 Jul 2022:
glosses: A city in West Flanders, Belgium.
glosses: The municipality containing this city.
glosses: Any of several battles fought near this city during the First World War.
Related terms: yperite
Ypresian
Yprois
Wipers
chyazic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From its constituents carbon, hydrogen and azote (“nitrogen”), + -ic, acid.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: hydrogen cyanide
chyazic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From its constituents carbon, hydrogen and azote (“nitrogen”), + -ic.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: of, or derived from chyazic acid
Derived terms: chyazate
bicarbonate of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Synonym of sodium bicarbonate.
synonyms: word: sodium bicarbonate
Related terms: soda bread
soda siphon
soda water
muriate of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: halite, rock salt
hypernyms: muriate#Noun
chloride#Noun
coordinate_terms: muriate of potash
glosses: Synonym of sodium chloride; Synonym of salt.
synonyms: word: sodium chloride
extra: Synonym of salt
hydrosulfite of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sodium dithionite.
hydrosulphite of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Sodium dithionite.
hydrosulphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosulphites
Etymology: From hydro- + sulphite.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hydrosulfite.
hydrosulfite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrosulfites
Etymology: From hydro- + sulfite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: dithionite
Derived terms: hydrosulfite of soda
dithionite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dithionites
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any salt or ester of dithionous acid, H₂S₂O₄
Synonyms: hydrosulfite
dithionous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the unstable acid H₂S₂O₄, known only as its derivatives, the dithionites
Synonyms: hydrosulfurous acid
nitrate of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sodium nitrate
sulfate of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sodium sulfate
sulfite of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphite of soda
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sodium sulfite
dithionites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: plural of dithionite
sulphate of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfate of soda.
sulphite of soda
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfite of soda.
soda lye
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sodium hydroxide
sodamide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodamides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: sodium amide
sodium amide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sodium amides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white solid, NaNH₂ obtained by reacting ammonia with metallic sodium; it is used in the production of hydrazine, and indigo dyes.
Synonyms: sodamide
soda niter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sodium nitrate
soda nitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sodium nitrate
soda prairie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda prairies
Senses: glosses: Any of several barren tracts of level ground, in the southwestern United States, covered with a layer of natron.
soda process
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda processes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any of several industrial processes that either use or manufacture sodium hydroxide, but especially a method of making paper from wood pulp
Related terms: ammonia-soda process
cryolite soda process
LeBlanc soda process
Solvay process
soda pulp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a pulp made by reacting wood with sodium hydroxide; used to prepare white paper
soda waste
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the alkaline waste material that is a byproduct of the Leblanc process
Leblanc process
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Leblanc process
Etymology: From Nicolas Leblanc, French chemist and surgeon.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An early industrial method of producing sodium carbonate. It involved two stages: production of sodium sulfate from sodium chloride, followed by reaction of the sodium sulfate with coal and calcium carbonate to produce sodium carbonate.
wikipedia: Nicolas Leblanc
Related terms: Deacon process
galligu
Solvay process
soda paper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: soda papers
Senses: glosses: White paper, made using soda pulp.
desulphur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desulphurs
form: desulphuring
form: desulphured
form: desulphured
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of desulfur.
sulphured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sulphur
sulphuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of sulphur
disulphur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + sulphur.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of disulfur.
flowers of sulphur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of flowers of sulfur.
potash of sulphur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of potash of sulfur.
sulphonium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphoniums
Etymology: From sulpho- + onium.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfonium.
Derived terms: sulphonio-
sulphonio
sulphurate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sulphurates
form: sulphurating
form: sulphurated
form: sulphurated
Etymology: From sulphur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfurate.
sulphurate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sulphurate
form: most sulphurate
Etymology: From sulphur + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: text: a pale sulphurate colour
ref: 1660, H[enry] More, An Explanation of the Grand Mystery of Godliness; […], London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for W[illiam] Morden […], →OCLC:
glosses: sulphurous
sulphur acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur acid.
sulphur alcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur alcohol.
sulphur bacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur bath.
sulphur bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur baths
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur bath.
sulphur-bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur-bottom.
sulphur-bottom whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur-bottom whales
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur-bottom whale.
sulphur butterfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur butterflies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur butterfly.
sulphur cast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur cast.
sulphur cockatoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur cockatoo.
sulphur-colour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur-color.
sulphur cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur cone.
sulphur cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur cycle.
sulphur-crested cockatoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur-crested cockatoos
form: sulfur-crested cockatoo
Senses: examples: text: [A] mob of sulphur-crested cockatoos took roost above her inspiration of Wordsworth's latest rewriting of The Prelude […].
ref: 2001, Richard Flanagan, Gould's Book of Fish, Vintage, published 2016, page 223:
glosses: A large Australian cockatoo, Cacatua galerita, with a yellow erectile crest.
hypostases
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hypostasis
dunches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dunch
keep schtum
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps schtum
form: keeping schtum
form: kept schtum
form: kept schtum
Senses: examples: Hawkeye v2, 7: 3/3 (2013-03-01), New York: Marvel Enterprises, →ISBN
And, hey maybe we keep it schtum on the "Avenger" stuff some, yeah? It gets around I'm living in this building and you guys are all targets...
glosses: Alternative form of keep shtum.
dunchin
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle of dunch
dunched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dunch
jocularly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more jocularly
form: most jocularly
Etymology: From jocular + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He was in such a good mood that he even managed to take out the rubbish jocularly.
text: She was not embarrassed at all so she told the story jocularly.
text: Sullenly, jocularly, resentfully, or derisively, names and addresses were extorted from the company, and each member given a jerk of the head to get out of this.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 160:
glosses: In a jocular manner; humorously.
Synonyms: humorously
amusingly
jokingly
humourously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more humourously
form: most humourously
Etymology: From humourous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of humorously.
analvos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: analavos
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀναλαβός (analabós).
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Part of the habit of a senior monk in the Eastern Orthodox Church, similar to a scapular.
desulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desulfurs
form: desulfuring
form: desulfured
form: desulfured
form: desulphur
Etymology: From de- + sulfur.
Senses: glosses: to remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases)
Synonyms: desulfurize
desulfurize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: desulfurizes
form: desulfurizing
form: desulfurized
form: desulfurized
form: desulphurise
form: desulphurize
Etymology: From de- + sulfurize.
Senses: glosses: To remove the sulfur from something (such as petroleum or flue gases).
Synonyms: desulfur
Derived terms: desulfurization
hydrodesulfurize
disulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + sulfur.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Two atoms of sulfur in a compound.
glosses: A diatomic molecule of sulfur, S₂
Derived terms: disulfur decafluoride
disulfur dichloride
disulfur monoxide
flowers of sulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: yellow flakes of elemental sulfur, either as mined from a fumarole etc, or obtained by distillation
Related terms: prill sulfur
hydrodesulfurization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hydrodesulfurizations
Etymology: From hydro- + desulfurization.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a process for lowering the sulfur content of petroleum and similar products by catalytic hydrogenation, sulfur compounds being converted to hydrogen sulfide
hydrohydrodesulphurization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the hydrodesulfurization of gases (such as town gas) that contain hydrogen
hydrohydrodesulphurisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of hydrohydrodesulphurization.
ulema
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈʊləmə/
/ˈuːlɪmə/
/uːləˈmɑː/
Forms: form: ulama
form: ‘ulama’
form: directly from Arabic
form: olema
Etymology: Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish علما (ulemâ), from Arabic عُلَمَاء (ʕulamāʔ, plural of عَالِم (ʕālim, “learned one”)). Doublet of ulama and olema.
Senses: examples: text: In process of time, the whole monopoly of the ulema centred in a certain number of families; and their constant residence at the capital, to which they return at the expiration of their term of office, has maintained their power to the present day.
ref: 1850, Archibald Alison, The Decline of Turkey: Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, volume 2, page 458:
text: Perhaps surprisingly, ulema families were less likely to intermarry with other ulema families than merchant families were to intermarry with other merchant families.
ref: 1999, Margaret L. Meriwether., The Kin Who Count: Family and Society in Ottoman Aleppo, 1770-1840, page 145:
text: For the time being, the faithful must follow their own consciences and learn to distinguish good from evil by themselves, instead of relying on the ulema.
ref: 2000, Karen Armstrong, The Battle for God, Harper, published 2004, page 131:
text: The problem of sources can be offset by limiting the scope of generalisation - not all ulema, for example, but those who are retrievable or in some way representative of the sources if not of society.
ref: 2006, Madeline C. Zilfi, “10: The Ottoman ulema”, in Suraiya Faroqhi, editor, The Cambridge History of Turkey, page 209:
text: By virtue of their influence and their historical allegiance to the royal household, the ulema form one of three power centers of the kingdom, alongside the members of the royal court and the heads of the major tribes.
ref: 2009, Ron Eduard Hassner, War on Sacred Grounds, page 143:
glosses: plural of alim; the guardians of legal and religious tradition in Islam; clerics.
clerics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cleric
potash of sulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: potassium sulfate
sulfurate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sulfurates
form: sulfurating
form: sulfurated
form: sulfurated
Etymology: From sulfur + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: sulphurate
word: sulfuret
word: sulphuret
synonyms: sulfurize
sulphurise
sulfurise
sulphurize
glosses: To treat or to combine something with sulfur.
topics: beverages
food
lifestyle
oenology
wine
related: word: sulphurate
word: sulfuret
word: sulphuret
synonyms: sulfurize
sulphurise
sulfurise
sulphurize
glosses: To treat with sulfur compound (usually a sulfite).
topics: agriculture
business
lifestyle
related: word: sulphurate
word: sulfuret
word: sulphuret
synonyms: sulfurize
sulphurise
sulfurise
sulphurize
glosses: to spray/dust with sulfur.
Derived terms: sulfuration
sulfur acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: sulfuric acid
sulfur alcohol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur alcohols
Senses: glosses: a thiol or mercaptan
sulfur bacterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur bacteria
Senses: glosses: Any of several bacteria which oxidize inorganic sulfur compounds, especially those bacteria of the genus Thiobacillus
sulfur bacteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sulfur bacterium
sulfur bath
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur baths
Senses: glosses: a curative bath in which the water used has sulfates dissolved in it; especially one in which the source of the water is a natural hot spring
sulfur-bottom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur-bottoms
Senses: glosses: the blue whale
sulfur-bottom whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur-bottom whales
form: sulphur bottom whale
form: sulphur-bottom whale
form: sulfur bottom whale
Senses: glosses: Synonym of blue whale.
synonyms: word: blue whale
sulfur butterfly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur butterflies
Senses: glosses: the cloudless sulfur
cloudless sulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloudless sulfurs
Senses: topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
glosses: A yellow pierid butterfly, Phoebis sennae, found in the Americas.
cloudless sulphur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloudless sulphurs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cloudless sulfur.
opificer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: opificers
Etymology: From Latin opifex.
Senses: examples: text: can it eſcape your penetration,—I defy it,—that ſo many play-wrights, and opificers of chit chat have ever ſince been working upon Trims and my uncle Tobys pattern.
ref: 1761, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XXIV, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume III, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], →OCLC, pages 123–124:
glosses: A person who creates or makes something.
Related terms: artificer
Abramo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Abramos
Etymology: Etymology tree
Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm)bor.
Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám)bor.
Late Latin Ābrahāmlbor.
Italian Abramobor.
English Abramo
Borrowed from Italian Abramo, a learned borrowing from Late Latin Ābrahām, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀβραάμ (Abraám), borrowed from Biblical Hebrew אַבְרָהָם (ʔaḇrɔhɔm).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Italian.
contrist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɹɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
Forms: form: contrists
form: contristing
form: contristed
form: contristed
Etymology: From Old French (and modern French) contrister, from Latin contrīstō, from con- + tristis (“sad”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of contristate.
Senses: examples: text: with such weak nerves and spirits, and in the condition I am in at present, ’twould be as much as my life was worth, to deject and contrist myself with so bad and melancholy an account
ref: 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 3, Penguin, published 2003, page 179:
glosses: To make sad, to upset.
sulfur cast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur casts
Senses: glosses: a cast made by pouring prill sulfur into a depression; used forensically to take casts of prints in snow
prill sulfur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: elemental sulfur in nugget form
Related terms: flowers of sulfur
sulphur bottom whale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur bottom whales
Senses: examples: text: Another retiring gentleman with a brimstone belly doubtless got by scraping along the Tartarian tiles in some of his profounder divings. He is seldom seen; at least I have never seen him except in the remoter southern seas, and then always at too great a distance to study his countenance. He is never chased; he would run away with rope-walks of line. Prodgeis are told of him. Adieu Sulpher Bottom. I can say nothing more that is true of ye, nor can the oldest Nantucketer.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick, page 127:
glosses: Alternative form of sulfur-bottom whale.
sulfur cockatoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur cockatoos
Senses: glosses: the sulfur-crested cockatoo
sulfur-crested cockatoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulphur-crested cockatoo.
sulphur-coloured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sulfur-colored.
sulfur-colored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having a yellow color similar to that of sulfur.
sulfur-color
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: a yellow color similar to that of sulfur
sulfur cone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulfur cones
Senses: glosses: a conical deposit of sulfur condensed from a fumarole
début
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: débuts
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of debut.
début
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: débuts
form: débuting
form: débuted
form: débuted
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of debut.
sulfur cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the natural cycle which includes the mineralization of organic sulfur to sulfide, oxidation of this to sulfate, and reduction of this to sulfide followed by microbial incorporation of this into organic compounds
sulfured
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of sulfur
sulfured
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sulfured
form: most sulfured
Senses: glosses: treated with sulfur
débutant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛb.jə.tant/
ipa: /deɪb(j)utɑn/
Forms: form: débutants
form: debutant
Etymology: Borrowed from French débutant, present participle of débuter (“begin, start, lead off”).
Senses: glosses: A male who débuts.
Coordinate terms: débutante
Related terms: word: début
word: débutante
befuddles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of befuddle
papillon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæpɪjɒ̃/
ipa: /ˌpæpiˈɒn/
ipa: /ˈpæpɪlɒn/
ipa: /pəˈpɪliən/
Forms: form: papillons
form: Papillon
Etymology: From French papillon (“butterfly”), from Latin pāpiliō (“butterfly, moth”). Doublet of papilio and pavilion.
Senses: examples: text: The researchers tested various breeds, including border collies, golden retrievers, pit bulls, labradors and even Jackson's own little papillon.
ref: 2014 November 29, Rachel Nuwer, “Lassie gets an upgrade”, in New Scientist, number 2997, page 47:
glosses: A small dog of a certain breed having large ears.
veganist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: veganists
Etymology: From vegan + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A vegan.
glosses: A vegan activist, one who campaigns for change regarding animal rights and vegan issues.
Related terms: activism
veganism
vegetarianism
veganists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of veganist
nubuck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nubucks
Etymology: Perhaps from new and buck (as in buckskin).
Senses: glosses: A type of brushed, soft calf leather, similar to suede. Differs from suede in that while suede is created from the flesh (inner) side of a hide, nubuck is created using the grain (outer) side, giving it added strength and durability.
National Socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: National Socialists
form: national socialist
Etymology: Calque of German Nationalsozialist (noun) and nationalsozialistisch (adjective), respectively.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of National Socialism; a Nazi.
National Socialist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more National Socialist
form: most National Socialist
form: national socialist
Etymology: Calque of German Nationalsozialist (noun) and nationalsozialistisch (adjective), respectively.
Senses: glosses: Supporting or pertaining to the policies or ideals of National Socialism.
presenter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹɪˈzɛntə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)
Forms: form: presenters
Etymology: From present + -er.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
radio
television
glosses: Someone who presents a broadcast programme; a compere or master of ceremonies.
glosses: Someone who presents a thing or person to someone else.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A small handheld device used to remotely control a computerised slide show.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: A conceptual layer in GUI-based software that assumes the functionality of the "middleman".
Synonyms: word: host
Derived terms: topics: software
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: model-view-presenter
word: visual presenter
Dijon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from French Dijon, from the Roman name, Latin Diviō, from the name Divius (“godly, divine”); see divus.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Côte-d'Or department, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Derived terms: Dijon mustard
Perrigny-lès-Dijon
Plombières-lès-Dijon
Dijon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Dijons
Etymology: Borrowed from French Dijon, from the Roman name, Latin Diviō, from the name Divius (“godly, divine”); see divus.
Senses: glosses: Short for Dijon mustard
Angers
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Angerses
Etymology: Borrowed from French Angers.
Senses: glosses: A city, the capital of Maine-et-Loire department, Pays de la Loire, France.
glosses: A habitational surname from French.
Toulouse
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /təˈluːz/
ipa: /tuːˈluːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Etymology: From French Toulouse, from Latin Tolōsa, probably of Gaulish origin. Compare Welsh twl (tumulus), Irish tulach, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (“to swell”).
Senses: glosses: The capital city of Haute-Garonne department and of the larger Occitania region, France.
glosses: A surname from French
Related terms: Capitol
capitoul
capitoulate
capitoulat