cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
KB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: KBs
Senses: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Initialism of knowledge base.
examples: text: […] has had a 'K.B.' (knock-back) by being turned down for parole is something which the prison staff have had to learn to deal with […]
ref: 1975, John Eryl Hall Williams, Changing Prisons, page 81:
text: My subsequent misconduct in prison had many inmate friends telling me that I would receive a knock-back. […] At least I feel the wheels are rolling onwards and if I get a KB I am passing time.
ref: 1989, Michael Bettsworth, Marking Time: A Prison Memoir, page 160:
glosses: Initialism of knockback.
glosses: Abbreviation of kine bud (High-grade marijuana.)
glosses: Initialism of Knowledge Bowl.
Synonyms: sense: marijuana
word: kine bud
sense: marijuana
word: KBs
sense: marijuana
word: heads
sense: marijuana
word: headies
Coordinate terms: mersh
regs
schwag
mids
middies
KB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of Kuiper Belt.
glosses: Initialism of West Kalimantan: a province of Indonesia.
FUSF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Federal Universal Service Fund.
black and white
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: black and whites
Etymology: The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars.
Senses: examples: text: [T]he news bunny ran up to him, saying, "Officer, did you have trouble catching up with Batman? Was it an exciting chase?" The surfer cop struck a semi-heroic pose for the camera and said, "Weak sauce." Then he quickly walked Batman to the black-and-white, where he was put into the backseat.
ref: 2006, Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Station […], New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 237:
topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: word: police vehicle
glosses: A police patrol car.
examples: text: Them punk motherfuckers in black and white ain't the only motherfuckers I gots to fight.
ref: 1992, “A Nigga Witta Gun”, in The Chronic, performed by Dr. Dre, Death Row Records:
glosses: The police, a police officer or the clothing they wear.
synonyms: half-moon
glosses: A type of giant cookie (about eight inches in diameter) with icing on the top side: half white, half dark chocolate.
glosses: A kind of ice cream soda with chocolate and vanilla flavors.
Related terms: Black Maria
black and white
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more black and white
form: most black and white
Etymology: The police car sense reflects a traditional livery scheme for such cars.
Senses: examples: text: The second segment is one of the most audacious and ambitious in “Treehouse Of Horror” history, and not just because it’s in black and white. It’s a parody of King Kong that works spectacularly well because Homer isn’t just ape-like and simian on the inside: he’s ape-like and simian on the outside as well, so it’s not too much of a stretch to imagine the rage-filled man-child as a giant ape with serious anger-control issues.
ref: 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: Alternative form of black-and-white (of an image, a video, etc: in black, white, and perhaps shades of grey, rather than in colour)
glosses: Easily divided into diametrically opposing camps or schools of thought.
Related terms: black hat
white hat
gray hat
gray area
us versus them
us-and-them
tetrarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛtɹɑːki/
ipa: /ˈtɛtɹɑɹki/
enpr: tĕtʹrärkē
Forms: form: tetrarchies
form: Tetrarchy
form: tetradarchy
Etymology: From Latin tetrarchia, from Ancient Greek τετραρχία (tetrarkhía), from τετρα- (tetra-, “four”) + -αρχία (-arkhía, “-archy: rule”), equivalent to tetra- + -archy.
Senses: examples: text: Constantius was not born to the purple and Maximianus was the only original member of the First Tetrarchy from whom Constantine could satisfactorily derive his rule.
ref: 1996, Sam Lieu, “2: Constantine's "Pagan" Vision: The anonymous panegyric on Constantine (310), Pan. Lat. VII(6)”, in Samuel N. C. Lieu, Dominic Montserrat, editors, From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views: A Source History, published 2003, page 66:
text: The abdication of Diocletian and Maximian in 305, whether long-planned or just the product of the senior emperor's recent ill health, created a second Tetrarchy, in which the dominant figure should have been Galerius.
ref: 2010, Roger Collins, Early Medieval Europe, 300-1000, 3rd edition, page 16:
text: His imperial reorganization saw authority divided between four rulers, the Tetrarchy, to oversee the recovery.
ref: 2015, David M. Gwynn, chapter I, in Christianity in the Later Roman Empire: A Sourcebook, page 15:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A government where power is shared by four people, especially (historical) the Herodian tetrarchy established in Judea after the death of Herod and the Tetrarchy of Diocletian which ruled the Roman Empire in the years 293-313.
examples: text: According to Josephus, Herod Agrippa, who succeeded Antipas in his Tetrarchy, died in the seventh year of his reign;[…].
ref: 1830, Edward Greswell, chapter I, in Dissertations Upon the Principles and Arrangement of a Harmony of the Gospels, volume 1, page 228:
text: This district was included with Galilee in the tetrarchy of Herod Antipas.
ref: 1863, James Hewitt, chapter I, in Scripture Geography, page 66:
text: After an adventurous career, Aristobulus' son Agrippa was appointed by Gaius, in 38 C.E., king of the former tetrarchies of Philip and Lysanias and was granted the praetorian ornamenta. Soon after, he was awarded the tetrarchy of his uncle and brother-in-law Herod Antipas[…].
ref: 1990, Seth Schwartz, chapter I, in Josephus and Judaean Politics, page 110:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: The land ruled by such a government, either together or separately.
Synonyms: government
Coordinate terms: government
Related terms: tetrarch
quantity surveyor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: quantity surveyors
Senses: glosses: A person who calculates the cost of materials and labour on a construction project based on an architect's plans.
turf accountant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turf accountants
Senses: glosses: A bookmaker (gambling)
geographic information system
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /gēōgrăfĭk ĭnfôrmāshŏn sĭstĭm/
Forms: form: geographic information systems
Senses: glosses: An electronic system used to store, process and display geographic information, especially maps
Synonyms: GIS
business plan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /bĭznĭs plăn/
Forms: form: business plans
Senses: examples: text: "Since I've been here, I've been given a fairly free hand by the GCR board to get on with things, properly understand the organisation from a different perspective, and develop a new business plan for the future," he tells RAIL.
ref: 2023 August 23, Malcom Holmes tells Paul Stephen, “A mission to develop GCR's legacy”, in RAIL, number 990, page 38:
topics: business
glosses: A summary of how a business owner, manager, or entrepreneur intends to organize an entrepreneurial endeavor and implement activities necessary and sufficient for the venture to succeed.
Related terms: business idea
flagger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -æɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flaggers
Etymology: From flag + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Between filling the sandwiches, Nicole Moy and Shazza McCormack collect donations for the flags and pass on quietly offered suggestions by local people, anxious about possible illegality, as to where the flaggers should visit next with their ladders and cherrypickers.
ref: 2025 September 14, Daniel Boffey, “Racism or celebration? What England’s flag-hoisters are saying – and what others are hearing”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: One who uses a flag or signal, as for example to direct traffic or to start a race.
Related terms: false flagger
keep an eye out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: keeps an eye out
form: keeping an eye out
form: kept an eye out
form: kept an eye out
Senses: examples: text: I think we're getting close, so keep an eye out for the next street.
glosses: To watch for or look out for.
Related terms: keep an eye peeled
manque
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɒŋˈkeɪ/
ipa: /mɑnˈkeː/
ipa: /mɑŋˈkeɪ/
Forms: form: manqué
Etymology: From French manqué.
Senses: examples: an artist manque
glosses: unable to fully realise one's ambitions; would-be
restless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: rĕstʹlĭs
ipa: /ˈɹɛstlɪs/
note: weak vowel merger
ipa: /ˈɹɛstləs/
Forms: form: more restless
form: most restless
Etymology: From Middle English restles, restelees, from Old English ræstlēas, equivalent to rest + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The night before his wedding was a restless one.
glosses: Not allowing or affording rest.
examples: text: He was a restless child.
text: She sat, restless and nervous, and tried to concentrate.
text: If that is the case, she recommends getting up, walking around the house and doing some stretches to ease the restless feeling before trying again to get to sleep.
ref: 2024 March 11, Madeline Holcombe, “What to do on the nights you are struggling with insomnia, according to experts”, in CNN:
synonyms: antsy
glosses: Without rest; unable to be still or quiet; uneasy; continually moving.
examples: text: A restless ambition.
glosses: Not satisfied to be at rest or in peace; averse to repose; eager for change; discontented.
examples: text: They remained restless, sitting by the window the entire night.
glosses: Deprived of rest or sleep.
Derived terms: restless cavy
restless flycatcher
restless genital syndrome
restless legs
restless legs syndrome
restless leg syndrome
restlessly
restlessness
the natives are getting restless
the natives are restless
sprinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: sprinkles
form: sprinkling
form: sprinkled
form: sprinkled
Etymology: From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle; dapple”), German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle”).
Senses: examples: text: The confectioner sprinkled icing sugar over the cakes.
text: And the priest shall[…]sprinkle of the oil with his finger seven times before the Lord.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Leviticus 14:16:
text: At twilight in the summer[…]the mice come out. They[…]eat the luncheon crumbs. Mr. Checkly, for instance, always brought his dinner in a paper parcel in his coat-tail pocket, and ate it when so disposed, sprinkling crumbs lavishly[…]on the floor.
ref: 1892, Walter Besant, chapter II, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
text: Over the centuries the movement of clans and tribes of people has provided the kind of crop that would emerge if a blind god had sprinkled seeds at random on a field[.]
ref: 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 137:
glosses: To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
examples: text: The confectioner sprinkled the cakes with icing sugar.
text: Most of the passengers watched from the enclosed promenade deck, but Sandra found her way to the higher, open promenade where she shivered and watched the city lights fade and the stars sprinkle themselves across a dark blue velvet sky.
ref: 2005, Justus Roux, Who's Your Daddy?, page 66:
glosses: To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
examples: text: It sprinkled outside all day long.
glosses: To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
examples: text: It sprinkled very early in the morning.
glosses: To rain very lightly outside.
examples: text: having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 10:22:
glosses: To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
Synonyms: dust
sift
Derived terms: besprinkle
sprinkler
sprinkle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈspɹɪŋkəl/
rhymes: -ɪŋkəl
Forms: form: sprinkles
Etymology: From Middle English sprenkelen, sprynklen, from Middle Dutch sprenkelen, equivalent to sprink + -le (frequentative suffix). Cognate with Dutch sprenkelen (“to sprinkle”), German Low German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle; dapple”), German sprenkeln (“to sprinkle”).
Senses: examples: text: He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
text: My memory leaves me with a constant and deep burning, my eyes stinging and red from short sprinkles of tears which have been sneaking up on me for days now.
ref: 1979 December 1, Ellen Brook Davis, “David Brill — In Memoriam”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 19, page 5:
glosses: A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
glosses: A light rain shower.
glosses: An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.
synonyms: jimmy
glosses: A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.
Synonyms: sense: light covering with a sprinkled substance
word: sprinkling
Derived terms: holy-water sprinkle
padres
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of padre
disappointment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/
ipa: /ˌdɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/
Forms: form: disappointments
Etymology: From disappoint + -ment.
Senses: examples: text: Even a trip to beautiful California can cause disappointment.
text: They remembered too keenly their pleasant credulity as to what to-morrow would bring forth, to dare indulge expectation of its pleasure; they had been disappointed once—so might they be again—for disappointment ever leaves fear behind.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 184:
text: Choking back his disappointment after his own team's splendid wins against Liverpool and Aston Villa, he said: "I've got to be humble and say we were beaten by a very good side."
ref: 1992, News Group Newspapers Ltd, Today:
glosses: The feeling or state of being disappointed: a feeling of sadness or frustration when something is not as good as one hoped or expected, or when something bad unexpectedly happens.
examples: text: The disappointment with our trip to California caused bickering.
text: For Liverpool, their season will now be regarded as a relative disappointment after failure to add the FA Cup to the Carling Cup and not mounting a challenge to reach the Champions League places.
ref: 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
text: As the disappointments crowded in — the economy, Rhodesia, strife within the trade-union movement — Wilson tried the expedient of a semi-formal inner Cabinet, or Parliamentary Committee, as he misleadingly liked to call it.
ref: 1990, Peter Hennessy, Cabinet, Basil Blackwell Ltd:
glosses: An example or the act of disappointing: a circumstance in which a positive expectation is not achieved.
examples: text: Even a trip to beautiful California can be a disappointment.
text: What a disappointment!
glosses: Something or someone that disappoints: that which causes disappointment.
Synonyms: let-down
setback
Derived terms: anticippointment
Cape Disappointment
Related terms: disappoint
jake brake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jake brakes
form: Jake brake
form: Jake Brake
form: jakebrake
form: JakeBrake
Etymology: From JakeBrake, an abbreviation for the Jacobs brand name of engine braking systems.
Senses: glosses: Especially on trucks, an engine compression release braking system that opens the exhaust valves in each cylinder near the top of their compression strokes in order to slow the vehicle; an engine retarder.
Synonyms: Jacobs brake
Coordinate terms: compression release engine brake
engine braking
Related terms: brake
jake
Jake
stick it out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sticks it out
form: sticking it out
form: stuck it out
form: stuck it out
Senses: examples: text: Plenty of people begin the training, but few stick it out for the year or two necessary to become proficient.
text: It is not that I predict a plea deal for Trump to withdraw, or a new stinginess among donors who see his legal bills mounting, or a health scare. But DeSantis must look at the historic record and see that a big part of becoming president is just sticking it out.
ref: 2023 August 8, Janan Ganesh, “The oneness of Ron DeSantis and Rishi Sunak”, in Financial Times:
glosses: To persist or continue to the end.
Related terms: stick out
mesoscopic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒpɪk
Forms: form: more mesoscopic
form: most mesoscopic
Etymology: From meso- + -scopic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: On a scale between microscopic and macroscopic
Derived terms: mesoscopically
Related terms: mesoscopy
disenfranchised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disenfranchise
disenfranchised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more disenfranchised
form: most disenfranchised
Senses: glosses: Not represented; especially, not having the right to vote.
Derived terms: nondisenfranchised
Related terms: underprivileged
disconcerting
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪskənˈsɜːtɪŋ/
ipa: /ˌdɪskənˈsɝtɪŋ/
Forms: form: more disconcerting
form: most disconcerting
Etymology: From disconcert + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Even with a safety harness, losing one's grip that high up is disconcerting.
text: "You must admit," he remarked, "that up to now our conversation has hardly proceeded along conventional lines. I am a complete stranger to you; another man who is a complete stranger to me speaks to you while we're at tea. You inform me that I shall probably have to kill him in the near future. The statement is, I think you will agree, a trifle disconcerting."
ref: 1920, Herman Cyril McNeile, chapter 1, in Bulldog Drummond:
synonyms: unsettling
troubling
upsetting
glosses: Tending to cause discomfort, uneasiness or alarm.
Derived terms: disconcertingly
disconcertingness
droplets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of droplet
complex ion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complex ions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ion containing more than one atom. e.g. sulphate as opposed to sulphide.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any ion in which a central metal atom (normally a transition element) is surrounded by a group of ions or molecules (ligands). e.g. ferricyanide.
Related terms: coordination compound
recto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/
Forms: form: rectos
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).
Senses: synonyms: front
antonyms: verso
flipside
glosses: The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
topics: media
printing
publishing
synonyms: front
antonyms: verso
flipside
verso
reverso
glosses: The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
topics: law
glosses: A writ of right.
Related terms: recto-
verso
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)səʊ
Forms: form: versos
Etymology: From Latin in versō foliō (“on the turned leaf, on the turned page”), the ablative case of the Latin versus (“turned, changed”) from the perfect passive participle of vertō (“turn”). Compare rēctus (“right”).
Senses: glosses: The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
topics: media
printing
publishing
glosses: The back side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal;
The left-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an even page number.
Synonyms: sense: back side of a flat object
word: back
sense: back side of a flat object
word: flipside
sense: back side of a flat object
word: backside
sense: back side of a flat object
word: reverse
sense: left-hand page of a book
word: reverso
left-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of, relating to, or located on the left.
examples: text: a left-hand bowler in the game of cricket
glosses: Using or designed for use by the left hand.
examples: a left-hand screw thread
glosses: Of opposite chirality to the standard.
Derived terms: left-hand drive
left-hander
left-handiness
left-hand path
left-handwise
Related terms: left-handed
right-hand
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: righthand
Etymology: From Middle English ryghte-hande, from Old English rihthand (“right-hand”), equivalent to right + hand.
Senses: examples: text: The train runs slowly with frequent slacks for bridge and culvert repairs. At one point occurs the changeover from left- to right-hand running.
ref: 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
glosses: Of, relating to, or located on the right.
examples: text: a right-hand bowler in the game of cricket
glosses: Using or designed for use by the right hand.
glosses: In the direction or orientation to the right-hand rule (a right-hand thread).
Derived terms: word: Fleming's right-hand rule
word: right-hand drive
alt: RHD
word: right-hand drive
word: right-hand path
word: right-hand rule
word: right-handwise
word: right-hand woman
Related terms: right-handed
complex compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complex compounds
Senses: glosses: Synonym of coordination compound.
synonyms: word: coordination compound
coordinated complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coordinated complexes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coordination compound.
metal complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metal complexes
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coordination compound.
Werner complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Werner complexes
Etymology: Named after Alfred Werner, who developed a model for their structure.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A coordination compound.
wikipedia: Alfred Werner
Related terms: primary valence
secondary valence
primary valence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: primary valences
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: in a coordination compound, the number of negative ions needed to satisfy the charge on the central metal ion
Related terms: secondary valence
Werner complex
secondary valence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: secondary valences
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: in a coordination compound, the number of ions or molecules that are coordinated to the central metal ion; its coordination number
Related terms: primary valence
Werner complex
sed
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛd/
homophone: said
Etymology: From stream editor.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.
sed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛd/
homophone: said
Forms: form: seds
form: sedding
form: sedded
form: sedded
Etymology: From stream editor.
Senses: examples: text: Can you sed out those trailing spaces, please?
glosses: To edit a file or stream of text using sed.
sed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛd/
homophone: said
Forms: form: seds
Senses: topics: fishing
hobbies
lifestyle
synonyms: snood
glosses: A line fastening a fish-hook.
sed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛd/
homophone: said
Senses: glosses: Eye dialect spelling of said.
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: sed rate
ferricyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferricyanides
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various salts containing the trivalent anion Fe(CN)₆³⁻; used in making blue pigments.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A complex ion in which a central ferric iron atom is surrounded by six cyanide ions.
Derived terms: ferrithiocyanide
ferrous ferricyanide
nitroferricyanide
potassium ferricyanide
Related terms: ferrocyanide
ferrocyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrocyanides
Etymology: From ferro- + cyanide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The complex ion Fe(CN)₆⁴⁻; any salt containing this ion; they are used in making blue pigments
Derived terms: potassium ferrocyanide
calcium ferrocyanide
Related terms: ferrocyanic acid
ferricyanide
Prussian blue
ferrous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: fĕr'əs
ipa: /ˈfɛɹəs/
rhymes: -ɛɹəs
Forms: form: more ferrous
form: most ferrous
Etymology: From Latin ferrum (“iron”).
Senses: examples: text: ferrous metals
text: ferrous scrap
synonyms: ferric
siderous
glosses: Of or containing iron.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: ferric
ferryl
glosses: Of compounds of iron in which it has a valence or oxidation number of +2.
examples: text: ferrous metals
glosses: Of an element: iron, or in certain ways similar to iron. (Said mainly of iron group elements, in any sense of that term.)
Derived terms: carbon-ferrous
diferrous
ferrous chloride
ferrous ferricyanide
ferrous fumarate
ferrous oxide
ferrous phosphate
ferrous sulfate
ferrous sulphate
ferrous sulfide
ferrous sulphide
monoferrous
non-ferrous
oxyferrous
Related terms: ferric
ferryl
ligand field theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a theory, a combination of the earlier crystal field theory with molecular orbital theory, that describes the structure of coordination compounds
chelate compound
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chelate compounds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A cyclic compound in which a metal atom is bonded to at least two other atoms.
Related terms: coordination compound
chelate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːleɪt/
Forms: form: more chelate
form: most chelate
Etymology: From chela + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Having chelae, or in the form of a chela.[from 19th c.]
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Relating to chelation.
chelate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːleɪt/
Forms: form: chelates
Etymology: From chela + -ate (forms nouns related to chemistry, mainly salts and esters of an acid).
Senses: examples: text: In the early 1960s, a study was conducted in which gestating rats were given diets containing the same mineral content of mineral salts or amino acid chelates.
ref: 2012, H. DeWayne Ashmead, Amino Acid Chelation in Human and Animal Nutrition, CRC Press, →ISBN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chelate compound.
chelate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkiːleɪt/
Forms: form: chelates
form: chelating
form: chelated
form: chelated
Etymology: From chelate compound + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: to form a chelate compound by combining a metal atom to form a ring.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: to remove heavy metals from the bloodstream using a chelate (such as EDTA).
Derived terms: achelate
chelatable
chelatase
chelate complex
chelater
chelation
chelator
dechelate
ferrochelate
metallochelate
monochelate
rechelate
semichelate
subchelate
transchelate
down antiquark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: down antiquarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the antiparticle of a down quark
up antiquark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: up antiquarks
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the antiparticle of an up quark
composite particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: composite particles
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: A subatomic particle that is not an elementary particle, i.e. a hadron or an atomic nucleus.
Synonyms: word: composite particle
Hyponyms: word: hadron
word: atomic nucleus
word: atom
word: molecule
Higgs boson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Higgs bosons
Etymology: From Higgs + boson; named after British physicist Peter Higgs, who is credited with proposing what is now called the Higgs mechanism. by Korean-American theoretical physicist Benjamin W. Lee is generally credited with having coined the term.
Senses: examples: text: The existence of a Higgs boson would be the simplest solution to the problem of electroweak symmetry breaking.
ref: 1987, Robert N. Cahn, “The Search for a Heavy Higgs Boson at the SSC”, in Orrin Fackler, J. Thanh Vân Trân, editors, New and Exotic Phenomena: Proceedings of the Seventh Moriond Workshop, page 468:
text: We also know other things about the Higgs boson. If it were much more massive, a problem would occur. Since Higgs bosons interact with particles with a large mass, Higgs bosons would also interact with themselves (as they have mass too). This “self interaction” puts an upper limit on the mass of the Higgs boson as less than about 500-1000 GeV.
ref: 2004, Don Lincoln, Understanding the Universe: From Quarks to the Cosmos, page 239:
text: In the higher Higgs boson mass domain, the Higgs boson decays dominantly to a pair of b-quarks.
ref: 2011, Christopher G. Tully, Elementary Particle Physics in a Nutshell, page 255:
text: Have you ever heard about the Higgs Boson Blues? / I'm going down to Geneva, baby / Gonna teach it to you
ref: 2013, “Higgs Boson Blues”, in Nick Cave (lyrics), Push the Sky Away, performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
related: word: mul:h
synonyms: God particle
Higgs particle
Higgson
higgson
glosses: An elementary particle in the Standard Model, namely a boson with zero spin, that gives mass to other particles.
Derived terms: Higgs bison
Higgsino
Related terms: Higgs
Higgs field
Higgsino
Higgs mechanism
Higgs particle
kie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪ/
rhymes: -aɪ
Forms: form: kee
form: kine
form: ky
form: kye
Etymology: From Middle English ky, from Old English cȳ (“cows”), plural of cū (“cow”).
Senses: examples: text: And if thou zawest any kie come royling through this grounde,
Or driven away, tell what he was and where they may be vownde.
ref: 1567, Ovid, “The Seconde Booke”, in Arthur Golding, transl., The XV. Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, Entytuled Metamorphosis, […], London: […] Willyam Seres […], →OCLC:
glosses: Alternative spelling of kye, plural of cow
deuteron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deuterons
Etymology: From deutero- + -on. From deuterium, from Ancient Greek δεύτερος (deúteros, “second”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the nucleus of deuterium, consisting of a proton and a neutron
Synonyms: english: deuterium ion; more correctly, 2H+
translation: deuterium ion; more correctly, 2H+
word: D+
Hypernyms: english: hydrogen ion
translation: hydrogen ion
word: H+
Coordinate terms: sense: bare nuclei of hydrogen
english: hydrogen-1 nucleus
translation: hydrogen-1 nucleus
word: proton
sense: bare nuclei of hydrogen
english: hydrogen-3 nucleus
translation: hydrogen-3 nucleus
word: triton
word: H+
english: protium ion
translation: protium ion
word: p
english: tritium ion
translation: tritium ion
word: T+
english: helium-3 nucleus
translation: helium-3 nucleus
word: h
Derived terms: antideuteron
deuteronic
deuteronlike
triton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tritons
Etymology: From trito- + -on. From tritium, from Ancient Greek τρίτος (trítos, “third”).
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the nucleus of a tritium atom, consisting of a proton and two neutrons.
Synonyms: english: tritium ion
translation: tritium ion
word: T+
Hypernyms: english: hydrogen ion
translation: hydrogen ion
word: H+
Coordinate terms: sense: bare nuclei of hydrogen
english: hydrogen-1 nucleus
translation: hydrogen-1 nucleus
word: proton
sense: bare nuclei of hydrogen
english: hydrogen-2 nucleus
translation: hydrogen-2 nucleus
word: deuteron
word: H+
english: protium ion
translation: protium ion
word: p
english: deuterium ion
translation: deuterium ion
word: D+
english: helium-3 nucleus
translation: helium-3 nucleus
word: h
triton
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tritons
Etymology: From Triton, who blows such a seashell like a trumpet.
Senses: glosses: Any of several marine gastropods of the family Ranellidae, which have a pointed spiral shell.
Triton
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹaɪtən/
rhymes: -aɪtən
Etymology: From Ancient Greek Τρίτων (Trítōn).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A god of the sea, son of Poseidon.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The seventh moon of Neptune.
Derived terms: Tritonian
Triton Island
nelson
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nelsons
Etymology: Cricket sense: origin disputed; supposedly from the belief that Lord Nelson had one eye, one arm and one leg.
Wrestling sense: Back-formation from full nelson.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A score of 111, sometimes considered to be unlucky.
topics: government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
wrestling
glosses: A wrestling hold in which a wrestler's arm is locked behind their back.
Derived terms: double nelson
half nelson
triple nelson
new ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: new balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A cricket ball never previously used in a match; a replacement new cricket ball taken by the captain of the bowling side at certain specified times during an innings.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
tennis
glosses: Any of a set of replacement tennis balls issued at specified times in the professional game.
nightwatchman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nightwatchmen
head_nr: 1
form: night watchman
Etymology: From night + watchman.
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: Someone who guards a premises at night.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
head_nr: 1
glosses: A batsman who is sent in to bat higher than his usual position near the end of a day's play (when light is poor), in order to protect better batsmen.
weasel words
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of weasel word
no ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no balls
Senses: examples: text: Henry bowled three no-balls in his spell of 3-78.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ball delivered by a bowler in violation of any of the various laws; the extra run then credited to the batting side; the signal, with an arm outstretched, then made by the umpire.
no ball
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: no balls
form: no balling
form: no balled
form: no balled
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To bowl a no ball.
raw_tags: of a bowler
examples: text: He almost no balled the full over due to his repetitive overstepping.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To call and signal a no ball.
raw_tags: of an umpire
no result
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no results
Senses: examples: text: The match between West Indies and India ended in a no result.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The result of a one-day match in which a side fails to complete their innings, or to bat the minimum number of overs, because of bad weather.
Related terms: draw
tied test
non-striker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: non-strikers
Etymology: From non- + striker.
Senses: glosses: One who is not participating in an industrial strike.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The batsman standing at the bowler's end of the pitch.
number eleven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: number elevens
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The batsman who bats last; usually the worst batsman in the side.
Coordinate terms: number ten
and so on
Derived terms: genuine number eleven
polyabolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyabolos
form: polyaboloes
Etymology: Blend of poly- + diabolo, from the resemblance of a diabolo in cross-section to two right isosceles triangles joined at the vertices of their right angles.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyform made by joining right isosceles triangles edge to edge in various arrangements.
Synonyms: polyomino
polytan
polytan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polytans
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyabolo.
polycube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polycubes
Etymology: From poly- + cube.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyform made by joining one or more cubes face to face in various arrangements.
Related terms: polyform
polydrafter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polydrafters
Etymology: From poly- + draft + -er, from drafting triangle.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyform made by joining N-2 triangles edge to edge in various arrangements, each of these triangles being a right triangle with angles 30°, 60° and 90°.
polyhex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyhexes
Etymology: From poly- + hex (“hexagon”).
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyform made by joining one or more regular hexagons edge to edge in various arrangements.
Related terms: dihex
heptahex
hexahex
monohex
pentahex
tetrahex
trihex
polyiamond
polyomino
polyiamond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polyiamonds
Etymology: Blend of poly- + diamond, the polyiamond made up of two triangles being a diamond or rhombus.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A polyform made by joining one or more equilateral triangles edge to edge in various arrangements. Every polyiamond corresponds to a polyhex,
Synonyms: n-iamond
Derived terms: diamond
hexiamond
moniamond
pentiamond
tetriamond
triamond
1
3
4
12
barrhomboid
crookclub
crown
sphinx
snake
yacht
chevronbat
signpostpistol
lobster
hookshoe
hexagon
butterfly
Related terms: diamond
polyomino
bar
butterfly
chevron
crook
crown
hexagon
hook
lobster
signpost
snake
sphinx
yacht
polystick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: polysticks
Etymology: From poly- + stick.
Senses: topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A figure made by joining line segments of equal length end to end at right angles.
obstruct the field
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: obstructs the field
form: obstructing the field
form: obstructed the field
form: obstructed the field
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To get out by deliberately obstructing a fielder in order to prevent him from making a catch or run out, or from gathering the ball (very rare).
off break
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off breaks
Senses: examples: text: His friend bowled an off break that was sent flying for six.
text: Bowling off breaks were a cup of tea for him.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A normal ball bowled by an off spin bowler, moving from off to leg (for a right-handed batsman).
Related terms: leg break
off drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off drives
form: off-drive
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid off.
off drive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: off drives
form: off driving
form: off drove
form: off driven
form: off-drive
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To play such a shot.
Related terms: square drive
cover drive
on drive
on drive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: on drives
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a type of batsman's shot played by swinging the bat vertically and hitting the ball along the ground in the direction of mid on.
on drive
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: on drives
form: on driving
form: on drove
form: on driven
Senses: glosses: To play such a shot.
Related terms: square drive
cover drive
off drive
off stump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: off stumps
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The stump on the off side of the batsman's wicket.
Related terms: leg stump
middle stump
leg stump
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leg stumps
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The stump on the leg side of the batsman's wicket.
Related terms: off stump
middle stump
old ball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: old balls
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A cricket ball that has been used in a previous match, or used in the current match for more than 30 overs.
Related terms: new ball
on strike
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Due to face the next delivery from the bowler.
raw_tags: of a batsman
topics: business
economics
sciences
glosses: Withholding labor as a protest, in order to effect change in management or government.
Related terms: people power
trade union
one-day cricket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A form of cricket, played on one day, in which each side bats only once. Each side's innings finishes when either their allotted number of overs has been completed, or all ten wickets have been lost.
Synonyms: limited overs cricket
Related terms: List A
one-day international
one-day international
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-day International
form: one-day internationals
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A one-day match played between teams representing the Test nations.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A similar match in a tournament such as the World Cup.
one-day match
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-day matches
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a game of cricket played on one day; each side batting once
Related terms: one-day international
one short
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The act of a batsman, running between the wickets, failing to ground himself or his bat behind the popping crease before turning for another run; the umpire's signal indicating this (the run does not count).
open the attack
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: opens the attack
form: opening the attack
form: opened the attack
form: opened the attack
Senses: glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see open, attack: to begin attacking, to commence battle.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of a bowler: to bowl one of the first two overs.
open the face
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: opens the face
form: opening the face
form: opened the face
form: opened the face
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To turn the face of the bat outwards in order to hit the ball on the off side.
Related terms: close the face
orthodox spin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: finger spin
pawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
ipa: /pɑl/
homophone: pall
homophone: Paul
Forms: form: pawls
form: pall
Etymology: 17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”).
Senses: examples: text: A pawl is a sort of catch that fits into a ratchet wheel and pushes it around, or it may be used as a catch to prevent the backward motion of a windlass or the wheel on a derrick.
ref: 1910, Victor Appleton, Tom Swift and his Motorcycle:
text: The nails in the rim of the wheel went ratcheting over the leather pawl and the wheel slowed and came to a stop and the woman turned to the crowd and smiled.
ref: 1994, Cormac McCarthy, The Crossing:
glosses: A pivoted catch designed to fall into a notch on a ratchet wheel so as to allow movement in only one direction (e.g. on a windlass or in a clock mechanism), or alternatively to move the wheel in one direction.
glosses: A similar device to prevent motion in other mechanisms besides ratchets.
Hypernyms: detent
Derived terms: pawl bitt
pawl rim
pawl
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
ipa: /pɑl/
homophone: pall
homophone: Paul
Forms: form: pawls
form: pawling
form: pawled
form: pawled
form: pall
Etymology: 17th c., perhaps from Low German or Dutch pal (“catch (mechanism)”), or from either French pal (“stake”) or épaule (“shoulder”).
Senses: glosses: To stop with a pawl.
Derived terms: pawl the capstan
pawl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɔːl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
ipa: /pɑl/
homophone: pall
homophone: Paul
Forms: form: pawls
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of paul (“kind of tent”).
outswinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: outswingers
Etymology: From outswing + -er.
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a ball that exhibits outswing
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: a bowler that uses outswing
overpitch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌəʊ.və(ɹ)ˈpɪt͡ʃ/
rhymes: -ɪtʃ
Forms: form: overpitches
form: overpitching
form: overpitched
form: overpitched
Etymology: From over- + pitch.
Senses: examples: to overpitch a note in music
glosses: To give too high a pitch to.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To bowl (the ball) so that it bounces closer to the batsman than a good length, allowing the batsman to hit it easily.