cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
pseudoscience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈs(j)uː.dəʊ.saɪ.əns/
Forms: form: pseudosciences
form: pseudo-science
Etymology: From pseudo- + science, first attested in 1796, in reference to alchemy.
Senses: examples: text: The fantastical pseudo-science of alchemy has in all ages had its numerous votaries …
ref: 1796, James Pettit Andrews, Robert Henry, History of Great Britain, from the death of Henry viii. to the accession of James vi. of Scotland to the crown of England, page 87:
text: We had enough to do in this world. Life was a beautiful thing. The man who appreciated its real duties and beauties would have sufficient to employ him without dabbling in pseudo sciences which had their roots in frauds, exposed already a hundred times and yet finding fresh crowds of foolish devotees whose insane credulity and irrational prejudice made them impervious to all argument.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
coordinate_terms: science#Noun
glosses: Any body of knowledge that purports to be scientific or to be supported by science (or may appear to be scientific) but which fails to comply with the scientific method (or rather, is not true science).
examples: text: It pulls together first-rate pseudo-science and high-grade detective meller of the Spillane school (but entirely clean) and the result is fine read-and-forget entertainment.
ref: 1952 November 24, Groff Conklin, Galaxy Science Fiction, page 122, column 1:
glosses: Fictitious science as portrayed in science fiction.
Hyponyms: acupuncture
alchemy
animal magnetism
astrology
Ayurveda
cargo cult science
chiropractic
creation science
crystal healing
dianetics
dowsing
fengshui
flat-earthism
free energy
geocentrism
ghosthunting
graphology
homeopathy
ley lines
neuro-linguistic programming
numerology
orgone
palmistry
perpetual motion
phrenology
psychoanalysis
qigong
reiki
scientific racism
traditional Chinese medicine
ufology
wuxing
Derived terms: pseudoscientific
pseudoscientifically
pseudoscientist
Related terms: parascience
Darwin fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Darwin fishes
form: Darwin fish
Etymology: A combination of the name of evolutionary scientist Charles Darwin, and the Christian fish symbol (Jesus fish).
Senses: examples: text: The Jesus fish has become a symbol of modern Christianity, depicted on bumper stickers and jewelry to show that the owner is a Christian. The symbol has spawned a variety of spin-offs, and some argument, including the Darwin Fish^([sic]), the gefilte fish, fish and chips, lutefisk, and Jesus fish eating Darwin fish.
ref: 2011, Gene Helfman, Bruce Collette, Fishes: The Animal Answer Guide, Johns Hopkins University Press, →ISBN, page 132:
glosses: A symbol, portrayed as a fish with legs, used to indicate support for the scientific theory of evolution as being the cause of species diversification, rather than biblical creationism.
wikipedia: Charles Darwin
Related terms: Jesus fish
stubbie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stubbies
form: stubby
Etymology: From stub + -ie.
Senses: examples: text: 2006, Tom Conyers, Morse Code for Cats, 2008, Zeus Publications, Australia, page 59,
Joe drank his lone stubbie of light beer like it was poison – which isn′t far wrong.
text: Every time you throw your Coke can or your stubbie, or leave your McDonald′s wrapper on the beach, you spoil our beautiful pristine coastline.
ref: 2002, Patsy McCarthy, Caroline Hatcher, Presentation Skills: The Essential Guide for Students, Australia: Allen & Unwin, page 99:
text: The communal area is constantly cruisey, whether you′re slung low in a hammock or sipping your BYO stubbie in the cool, cushioned area with a frayed map in hand.
ref: 2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 384:
text: In PNG we would buy beer wholesale at around 10 cents per stubbie or can, and sell it to ourselves at 20 cents per stubbie or can.
ref: 2011, S. J. Waddell, Exploration Days: An a to Z of Ways of Dying in Mineral Exploration, Xlibris, page 76:
glosses: A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape; a stubby.
Derived terms: stubbie holder
in loco parentis
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪn ˌləʊkəʊ pəˈɹɛntɪs/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin in locō parentis (“in place of a parent”).
Senses: examples: text: All persons in loco parentis have a responsibility to care for the child.
topics: law
glosses: Assuming the place or position of a parent.
Related terms: in loco parentum
belleek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: belleeks
Senses: examples: text: Beyond this, to produce belleek, ground flint glass is introduced.
ref: 1901, William Clayton, “Testimony of Mr. William Clayton”, in United States. Industrial Commission, editor, Reports of the Industrial Commission on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and Labor employed in Manufactures and General Business, page 643:
text: No deposit work is done here, but some belleek is obtained from this establishment for that kind of work.
ref: 1910, The Pottery & Glass Salesman - Volume 2, page 25:
text: A belleek body is one of the mysteries of modern Ceramics.
ref: 1922, Harold Thornton Coss, Development of a Colored Belleek Body, page 1:
glosses: Alternative form of Belleek.
dulce
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /dʌls/
Forms: form: more dulce
form: most dulce
Etymology: Alteration of earlier douce, from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce. Doublet of dolce, douce, and doux.
Senses: glosses: sweet
Derived terms: dulceness
Related terms: dulciferous
dulce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dʌls/
Etymology: Alteration of earlier douce, from Middle English douce, from Old French douz, douce. Doublet of dolce, douce, and doux.
Senses: glosses: sweetness
dulce
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /dʌls/
Forms: form: dulces
form: dulcing
form: dulced
form: dulced
Etymology: From Middle English doucen, from the adjective (see above).
Senses: glosses: To make sweet; to soothe.
dulce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /dʌls/
Forms: form: dulces
Etymology: Alteration of dulse.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of dulse.
glosses: seaweed; kelp
palla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian palla (“ball”). Doublet of ball.
Senses: glosses: A traditional Tuscan ball game played in the street.
palla
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pallae
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin palla. Doublet of pall.
Senses: glosses: A rectangular piece of cloth worn by ladies in Ancient Rome and fastened with brooches.
lunch meat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunch meats
form: lunchmeat
Senses: glosses: Any processed, prepackaged molded meat served sliced for consumption in sandwiches or salads.
Synonyms: luncheon meat
Hyponyms: spam
Related terms: packed lunch
chill
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪl/
note: Tanglish, colloquial
ipa: /d͡ʒil(lɯ)/
homophone: jill
Forms: form: more chill
form: most chill
Etymology: From Middle English chele, chile, from Old English ċiele, ċele (“cold; coldness”), from Proto-West Germanic *kali, from Proto-Germanic *kaliz, from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to be cold”). Closely related with Dutch kil. Also akin to cool, cold, gel, and congeal, which see.
Senses: examples: text: A chill wind was blowing down the street.
text: Noisome winds, and blasting vapours chill.
ref: 1634, John Milton, “Arcades”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
glosses: Moderately cold or chilly.
examples: text: Arriving late at the wedding, we were met with a chill reception.
glosses: Unwelcoming; not cordial.
examples: text: The teacher is really chill and doesn't care if you use your phone during class.
text: Paint-your-own ceramics studios are a chill way to express yourself while learning more about your date's right brain.
text: “I might put it on if someone’s asking me a question I don’t want to answer. It’s like playing the character of an obnoxious, but chill, girl.”
ref: 2023 May 15, Alaina Demopoulos, “Why are so many young Americans adopting fake British accents?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: laid-back
word: unconcerned
word: airy
word: at ease
word: at peace
word: carefree
word: careless
word: casual
word: chill
word: cool
word: devil-may-care
word: easy-breezy
word: easygoing
word: happy-go-lucky
word: indifferent
word: insouciant
word: laid-back
word: leisurely
word: lighthearted
word: loose
word: mellow
word: nonchalant
word: pococurante
word: relaxed
word: serene
word: solute
word: tranquil
word: unanxious
word: unbothered
word: unconcerned
word: undisturbed
word: unruffled
word: untroubled
word: unworried
word: wanton
glosses: Calm, relaxed, easygoing.
examples: text: That new movie was chill, man.
synonyms: cool
glosses: "Cool"; meeting a certain hip standard or garnering the approval of a certain peer group.
examples: text: Sorry about that. —It's chill.
glosses: Okay, not a problem.
chill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪl/
note: Tanglish, colloquial
ipa: /d͡ʒil(lɯ)/
homophone: jill
Forms: form: chills
form: chilling
form: chilled
form: chilled
Etymology: From Middle English chillen, from Old English ċilian (“to be cold”), from Proto-West Germanic *kilēn (“to be cold”). Cognate with Middle Dutch killen (“to be cold”), Dutch killen (“to be cold, shiver”).
Senses: examples: text: Chill before serving.
glosses: To lower the temperature of something; to cool.
examples: text: In the wind he chilled quickly.
glosses: To become cold.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To harden a metal surface by sudden cooling.
topics: engineering
metallurgy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To become hard by rapid cooling.
examples: text: Chill, man, we've got a whole week to do it; no sense in getting worked up.
text: The new gym teacher really has to chill or he's gonna blow a gasket.
text: A time to live and a time to die / A time to break and a time to chill / To act civilized or act real ill
ref: 1979, “Rapper's Delight”, performed by Sugarhill Gang:
glosses: To relax; to lie back; to take things easy.
examples: text: Hey, we should chill this weekend.
text: He likes to chill with his friends on Saturdays.
synonyms: chill out
glosses: To "hang", hang out; to spend time with another person or group.
examples: text: On Friday night do you wanna chill?
glosses: To smoke marijuana.
examples: text: Censorship chills public discourse.
glosses: To discourage, depress.
Derived terms: achill
blood-chilling
chillable
chilled
chiller
chilling
chill it with
chill to the bone
Netflix and chill
overchill
prechill
rechill
unchill
chillax
chilliness
chilling effect
chill out
chillout
chill pill
chilly
libel chill
send chills
cast a chill
chill
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Pronunciation: ipa: /t͡ʃɪl/
note: Tanglish, colloquial
ipa: /d͡ʒil(lɯ)/
homophone: jill
Forms: form: ch'ill
form: 'chill
Etymology: From Middle English ichille, equivalent to ch- + will, from ich + will.
Senses: examples: text: Chill not let go, zir, without vurther 'casion
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, King Lear, act 4, scene 6, line 226; republished as The Tragedy of King Lear, Cambridge University Press, 2005, →ISBN, page 232:
text: Yet since their eyes make hart so sore, hey ho, chill love no more.
ref: 1588, anon. or William Byrd, Though Amaryllis Daunce in Greene:
synonyms: I'll
glosses: I will
bite the bullet
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bites the bullet
form: biting the bullet
form: bit the bullet
form: bitten the bullet
Etymology: Possibly from the reported practice of soldiers biting a bullet to avoid crying out in pain, usually during a medical procedure or punishment. See the Wikipedia article Bite the bullet for a further discussion of possible etymologies.
Senses: examples: text: The tenant was annoyed by the proposed rent increase, but the cost of moving would be even higher, so he bit the bullet and signed the new lease.
glosses: To accept a negative aspect of a situation in order to proceed.
examples: text: With respect to the status of infants and those suffering from dementia, the critic might bite the bullet and just accept the fact that human dignity does not extend to them, or else argue that the fact that infants and those suffering mental breakdown are part of a species whose members typically possess rationality merits them a special respect, even if they lack this quality as individuals.
ref: 2014 June 12, C. Stephen Evans, David Baggett, “Moral Arguments for the Existence of God”, in Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: To accept an undesirable or counterintuitive implication of an argument or view.
Related terms: bit between one's teeth
grit one's teeth
suck it up
take it like a man
take one's medicine
Asia Minor
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Asia Minor (“lesser Asia”), distinguishing it from Asia Major (i.e., Asia as a whole).
Senses: examples: Holonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye < West Asia < Asia < Earth
Meronym: Central Anatolia
Near-synonyms: Turkey, Türkiye, Turkiye
synonyms: Anatolia
Lesser Asia
glosses: A large peninsula, mostly coterminous with Anatolia, between the Mediterranean Sea, the Aegean Sea and the Black Sea; it makes up the Asian part of Turkey.
chilly
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪli/
rhymes: -ɪli
homophone: Chile
homophone: chile
homophone: chili
homophone: chilli
Forms: form: chillies
Etymology: See chili.
Senses: examples: text: Capsicum—the dried ripe fruit of Capsicum fastigiatum—is also known as Chilly pepper, Chillies, Guinea, or pod pepper, and is chiefly brought from Zanzibar. The several varieties differ in shape and size, are of a red colour, and filled with numerous red-brown, pungent seeds.
ref: 1874, Finlay Dun, “Peppers”, in Veterinary Medicines: Their Actions and Uses, 4th edition, New York, N.Y.: William Wood & Company, →OCLC, pages 442–443:
text: Kolhapur: This region is famous for its spicy meat curries, Mahalakshmi temples and palaces. Popularly called Matnacha Rassa, red hot meat dish is served with robust chappatis, white gravy to dilute its pungency and a chilly gravy.
ref: 2009, Shashank R. Joshi, Jaideep Shinde, “Region-based Diets in India”, in Anoop Mishra, editor, ECAB Clinical Update: Diabetology: Dietary Considerations in Diabetes, Gurgaon, Haryan: Elsevier, →ISBN, pages 81–82:
text: "Piment Rouge" in called in English, "Red Chilly Pepper", […] Red Chilly Pepper is native to Haiti. Whatever its color; green, red, orange, yellow, it is hot in flavor. The seeds are the hottest part of the pepper; take away the seeds, and you have a very aromatic, tasty spice. […] The chilly pepper is used to reinforce flavor.
ref: 2012, Nicole Jean-Louis, “Le Piment Rouge (20in × 24in)”, in History and Culture of Haiti: Journey through Visual Art, [Bloomington, Ind.]: [Xlibris], →ISBN, part VII (Daily Life – Urban and Rural):
text: Kama Indian Bistro, […] Everything is made from scratch, including the spice blends and sauces; the ingredients are quality; and the heat is no-holds-barred. Planks of crispy, "chilly" potatoes and elegant, delicately flavored shrimp Sunnaina in white-wine garlic-tomato concassé are hits.
ref: 2014, Jennifer Olvera, “Suburban Stunners, Stalwarts & Surprises”, in Amy Lyons, editor, Food Lovers’ Guide to Chicago: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings (Food Lovers’ Series), 2nd edition, Guilford, Conn.: Globe Pequot Press, →ISBN, page 187:
glosses: Alternative spelling of chili.
chilling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ
Forms: form: more chilling
form: most chilling
Etymology: From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: As they reached the street the ‘Duchess’ caught a swirling hem of lace about her chilling ankles.
ref: 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber, published 2007, page 22:
glosses: Becoming cold.
glosses: Causing cold.
examples: text: It was a chilling story, but the children enjoyed it.
text: 22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Hunger Gameshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-hunger-games,71293/
Displaying a sturdy professionalism throughout that stops just short of artistry, director Gary Ross, who co-scripted with Collins and Billy Ray, does his strongest work in the early scenes, which set up the stakes with chilling efficiency.
glosses: Causing mild fear.
Derived terms: blast chilling
chilling effect
chillingly
chillingness
chilling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English chilling, chelling, chyllinge, chillynge, chillande, equivalent to chill + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of chill
Derived terms: bone-chilling
chilling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈt͡ʃɪlɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪlɪŋ
Forms: form: chillings
Etymology: From Middle English chilling, chillyng, chyllynge, equivalent to chill + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
ref: 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73:
glosses: The act by which something is chilled.
fifth slip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fifth slips
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The slip fielding position beyond the fourth slip.
fine leg
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fine legs
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A fielding position on the leg side, behind square and near the boundary.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The fielder in that position.
finger spin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A style of bowling in which the bowler imparts spin to the ball by running his fingers down its side as he releases it; off spin for a right handed bowler and left arm orthodox spin for a left-handed one.
Shakespeare
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/
Forms: form: Shakespeares
form: Shakespere
form: Shakspeare
form: Shakspere
Etymology: A common Middle English surname meaning spearman, corresponding to shake (“to brandish a weapon”) + spear.
Senses: examples: text: The name Shakespeare occurs from the 13th century on in the records of various English counties. The first Shakespeare as yet discovered in Warwickshire is one Thomas, a felon, who fled from the law in 1359. Toward the end of the fourteenth century there were landed Shakespeares at Baddesley, and this family held its own into the sixteenth.
ref: 1913, Katharine Lee Bates, Lilla Weed, compilers, Shakespeare: Selective Bibliography and Biographical Notes, [Wellesley, Mass.]: Wellesley College, page 33:
glosses: A surname.
synonyms: the Bard
Shakey
glosses: William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.
examples: text: He is reading Shakespeare.
text: I'm surprised that even the allusion to Hamlet flew over his head. Even someone who barely knows Shakespeare might catch that one!
glosses: His works or media adaptations of his works.
glosses: A place name:
A village in Perth East township, Ontario, Canada, named after the playwright.
glosses: A place name:
A ghost town in Hidalgo County, New Mexico, United States.
Derived terms: Bacon-Shakespearean
Shakespearean
Shakespeareana
Shakespeareanism
Shakespeareanize
Shakespeareanly
Shakespeareanness
Shakespearean sonnet
Shakespearemania
Shakespearese
Shakespearism
Shakespearize
Shakespearolater
Shakespearolatry
Shakespearologist
Shakespearology
Shakey
unShakespearean
Shakespeare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/
Forms: form: Shakespeares
form: Shakespere
form: Shakspeare
form: Shakspere
Etymology: A common Middle English surname meaning spearman, corresponding to shake (“to brandish a weapon”) + spear.
Senses: examples: text: This may not be poetry, but in competition with "Ryan has good velocity and excellent location" it is pure Shakespeare.
ref: 1979 October 10, Russell Maker, “Highbrows Ruin Baseball's Language”, in Toledo Blade:
glosses: Any form or style of language that is eloquent, especially in English; poetry.
examples: text: Caine, he said, might be a budding Shakespeare but in Shakespeare's time all it took to put on a play was a barn, a crude stage, […]
ref: 1997, Vivien Allen, Hall Caine: portrait of a Victorian romancer:
glosses: A playwright of the standing of William Shakespeare.
Shakespeare
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪɹ/
ipa: /ˈʃeɪkspɪə/
Forms: form: Shakespeares
form: Shakespearing
form: Shakespeared
form: Shakespeared
form: Shakespere
form: Shakspeare
form: Shakspere
Etymology: A common Middle English surname meaning spearman, corresponding to shake (“to brandish a weapon”) + spear.
Senses: glosses: To act or perform in a play of the works of Shakespeare.
first class
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: first-class
Senses: examples: text: That was a first class restaurant.
text: The admirable smoothness of the riding also reflected the greatest credit on those who, despite the difficulties caused by the shortage of men and materials, have succeeded in maintaining the track in such first-class order.
ref: 1946 July and August, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 213:
glosses: Belonging to the best or top group in a system of classification.
examples: text: We travelled first class to New York.
glosses: Of, or relating to the most luxurious and expensive class of accommodation on a train, ship, hotel, etc.
examples: text: First class stamps are now more expensive.
glosses: Of, or relating to a class of mail to be delivered before second class.
examples: text: - How was your holiday? - It was first class.
glosses: Great, very enjoyable.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Of or relating to a first class match.
examples: text: Java has no first-class functions, so function objects are usually expressed by an interface with a single method.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to a treatment like that for a first-class object.
first class
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first classes
Senses: examples: text: sat in first class; attained first class in the Boy Scouts
text: In comparing these services with the exclusive trains-de-luxe of former days, however, it must be remembered that when the original first class was abolished on the Continent and second and third class were promoted to first and second respectively, it meant a considerable reduction in first class fares.
ref: 1962 August, Mercury, “The fastest trains on the Continent, 1962: II—Western Germany”, in Modern Railways, page 126:
qualifier: A status; section; etc which is of; A status; section; etc which is of
glosses: premier rank.
glosses: The third year of primary school, following after the junior and senior infant levels.
glosses: One of two classes of city government in the U.S. state of Kentucky, in which cities elect a mayor and aldermen.
Coordinate terms: sense: the Kentucky city class
word: home rule class
word: cabin class
smallpox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsmɔːlpɒks/
ipa: /ˈsmɔlpɑks/
Forms: form: smallpoxes
Etymology: From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).
Senses: examples: text: The Europeans brought new diseases such as smallpox, measles, dysentery, influenza, syphilis and leprosy.
text: We know that the most deadly of the early epidemics in America were those of the eruptive fevers—smallpox, measles, typhus, and so on. The first to arrive and the deadliest, said contemporaries, was smallpox.
ref: 1973, Alfred W. Crosby, The Columbian Exchange, Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, →ISBN, page 42:
text: Can't make it in today, Mr. Smithers; I have smallpox. Well it wasn't wiped out in my house!
ref: 1998 February 15, David X. Cohen, “Das Bus”, in The Simpsons, season 9, episode 14, spoken by Homer:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: variola
glosses: An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
Derived terms: antismallpox
first session
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first sessions
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The session of a day's play between start of play and lunch.
Synonyms: morning session
Related terms: second session
third session
first slip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first slips
Senses: topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The slip fielding position closest to the wicket keeper
get out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: gets out
form: getting out
form: got out
form: got out
form: gotten out
Senses: examples: text: In case of fire, get out by the nearest exit.
text: You have to get out on a bull to succeed in a rodeo.
text: ‘It is grim reading,’ he said. ‘I fear their end was cruel. Listen! We cannot get out. We cannot get out. They have taken the Bridge and second hall. Frár and Lóni and Náli fell there. Then there are four lines smeared so that I can only read went 5 days ago. The last lines run the pool is up to the wall at Westgate. The Watcher in the Water took Óin. We cannot get out. The end comes, and then drums, drums in the deep. I wonder what that means. The last thing written is in a trailing scrawl of elf-letters: they are coming. There is nothing more.’ Gandalf paused and stood in silent thought.
ref: 1954, J[ohn] R[onald] R[euel] Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings, London: George Allen & Unwin, →OCLC, page https://books.google.com/books?id=LRD9EAAAQBAJ&pg=PT434:
glosses: To leave or escape.
examples: text: Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
glosses: To come out of a situation; to escape a fate.
examples: text: He's been in prison for six months, but he gets out next week.
glosses: To be released, especially from hospital or prison.
examples: text: I think copper prices will plummet this fall, so I'm getting out while I can.
glosses: To remove one's money from an investment; to end an investment.
examples: text: We must get the children out first.
glosses: To help (someone) leave.
examples: text: Get the playing cards out and we'll have a game of snap.
text: It's time to get the Christmas decorations out.
glosses: To take (something) from its container or storage place, so as to use or display it.
examples: text: I'll get out at the end of the road and walk from there.
glosses: To leave the inside of a vehicle such as a car. (Note: for public transport, get off is more common.)
examples: text: Somehow the secret got out.
text: We have to act before that fact gets out on us.
glosses: To become known.
examples: text: You work too hard. You should get out more.
glosses: To spend free time out of the house.
examples: text: The organization has just gotten their newsletter out.
text: This candidate is struggling to get her message out.
glosses: To publish or make available; to disseminate.
examples: text: He could hardly get the words out for the tears.
glosses: To say with difficulty.
examples: text: This detergent will get most household stains out.
glosses: To remove or eliminate (dirt or stains).
examples: text: School gets out in the afternoon.
glosses: To end.
Synonyms: sense: leave or escape
word: exit
sense: leave or escape
word: go out
sense: help someone leave
word: remove
sense: take something from its container
word: take out
sense: take something from its container
word: extract
sense: become known
word: transpire
sense: clean, eliminate dirt or stains
word: remove
Derived terms: word: get-out
get out
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: Get out! I never want to see you in here again!
glosses: Commanding a person to leave.
examples: text: "Giants in armour, sir. Hundred feet high. Three legs and a body like 'luminium, with a mighty great head in a hood, sir." "Get out!" said the lieutenant. "What confounded nonsense!".
ref: 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 91:
glosses: Indicating incredulity.
examples: text: Just get out.
glosses: Expressing disapproval or disgust, especially after a bad joke.
Related terms: as all get out
get away
get out of here
get out of it
get out of town
prudish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹuːdɪʃ/
Forms: form: more prudish
form: most prudish
Etymology: From prude + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: prim, priggish, prissy; straight-laced; puritanical
text: Young people who are close to writing off the Democratic Party as a dinosaur, as a gerontocracy of prudish abuelos who gave birth by immaculate conception, may be in for a pleasant surprise.
ref: 2017 April 3, Dr A W Niloc, “Resistance Songs for Day 75 - Sex Appeal”, in Daily Kos:
glosses: Of excessive propriety; easily offended or shocked, especially by sexual matters.
Derived terms: prudishly
prudishness
unprudish
Related terms: prudery
prudishness
fatty acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fatty acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of aliphatic carboxylic acids, of general formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₁COOH, that occur combined with glycerol as animal or vegetable oils and fats. Only those with an even number of carbon atoms are normally found in natural fats.
Synonyms: word: fatty acid
Hypernyms: word: carboxylic acid
word: acid
Hyponyms: word: essential fatty acid
word: unsaturated fatty acid
word: saturated fatty acid
word: polyunsaturated fatty acid
word: 10-undecenoic acid
word: arachidic acid
word: butyric acid
word: capric acid
word: caproic acid
word: caprylic acid
word: cerotic acid
word: decanoic acid
word: isobutyric acid
word: nervonic acid
word: octadecanoic acid
word: palmitic acid
word: palmitoleic acid
word: ricinoleic acid
word: stearate
word: stearic acid
word: undecylenic acid
Derived terms: nitrofatty acid
Related terms: word: acetic acid - C2
word: butyric acid - C4
word: caproic acid - C6
word: caprylic acid - C8
word: capric acid - C10
word: lauric acid - C12
word: myristic acid - C14
word: palmitic acid - C16
word: stearic acid - C18
word: arachidic acid - C20
word: obtusilic acid
english: C10 unsaturated
translation: C10 unsaturated
word: caproleic acid
word: lauroleic acid
english: C12 unsaturated
translation: C12 unsaturated
word: linderic acid
word: myristoleic acid
word: physeteric acid
english: C14 unsaturated
translation: C14 unsaturated
word: tsuzuic acid
english: C16 unsaturated
translation: C16 unsaturated
word: palmitoleic acid
word: petroselinic acid
word: oleic acid
english: C18 unsaturated
translation: C18 unsaturated
word: vaccenic acid
word: gadoleic acid
english: C20 unsaturated
translation: C20 unsaturated
word: gondoic acid
word: cetoleic acid
english: C22 unsaturated
translation: C22 unsaturated
word: erucic acid
english: C24 unsaturated
translation: C24 unsaturated
word: nervonic acid
english: C18 trans-unsaturated
translation: C18 trans-unsaturated
word: elaidic acid
word: linoleic acid - C18 diunsaturated
english: C18 polyunsaturated
translation: C18 polyunsaturated
word: linolenic acid
english: C20 polyunsaturated
translation: C20 polyunsaturated
word: arachidonic acid
word: :Category:Fatty acids
carboxylic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carboxylic acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of organic compounds containing a carboxyl functional group.
Synonyms: word: carboxylic acid
Hypernyms: word: acid
word: organic acid
word: organic compound
Hyponyms: word: fatty acid
word: propionic acid
word: butyric acid
word: valeric acid
word: caproic acid
word: enanthic acid
word: caprylic acid
word: pelargonic acid
word: capric acid
word: lauric acid
word: myristic acid
word: palmitic acid
word: stearic acid
word: arachidic acid
word: sugar acid
Derived terms: arbaprostil
cefminox
cicloxolone
deloxolone
dicarboxylic acid
enoxolone
foscarnet
hexacarboxylic acid
ketocarboxylic acid
nalidixic acid
polycarboxylic acid
tetracarboxylic acid
thiocarboxylic acid
tricarboxylic acid
Related terms: ester
fatty acid
carboxylic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to the carboxyl functional group.
Derived terms: carboxylate
carboxylic acid
dicarboxylic
hydrocarboxylic
hydroxycarboxylic
monocarboxylic
noncarboxylic
oxocarboxylic
polycarboxylic
tetracarboxylic
thiocarboxylic
tricarboxylic
enrapture
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈɹæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ɛnˈɹæpt͡ʃə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -æptʃə(ɹ)
Forms: form: enraptures
form: enrapturing
form: enraptured
form: enraptured
Etymology: From en- + rapture.
Senses: examples: text: Her song enraptured the audience with vivid images of the Scandinavian landscapes.
text: The pace came off the match as the first half continued, with the occasional frenetic moment down the flanks enlivening what otherwise became a chess-like tactical battle. But as is the magic of football, this beautiful game that enraptures so many of us, that it only took one of those split-second moments to change everything.
ref: 2023 August 7, Kieran Pender, “Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso fire Australia into quarter-finals with win over Denmark”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To fill with great delight or joy; to fascinate or captivate.
Derived terms: enrapturement
enrapturer
Related terms: rapture
functional group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: functional groups
Senses: examples: text: Various functional groups often occur in biomolecules.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A specific grouping of elements that is characteristic of a class of compounds, and determines some properties and reactions of that class.
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: A collection of organisms of specific morphological, physiological, behavioral, biochemical properties.
Weisheit
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Weisheits
Etymology: Borrowed from German Weisheit.
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
carboxyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈbɒksɪl/
ipa: /kɑː(ɹ)ˈbɒksaɪl/
Forms: form: carboxyls
Etymology: Blend of carbonyl + hydroxyl
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A univalent functional group consisting of a carbonyl and a hydroxyl functional group (-CO.OH); characteristic of carboxylic acids.
Derived terms: carboxy-
carboxylase
carboxylate
carboxylesterase
carboxylic
carboxyl methyltransferase
carboxylterminal
carboxyltransferase
dicarboxylyl
isocarboxazid
thiocarboxyl
tricarballylic acid
carbonyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)bənɪl/
ipa: /ˈkɑː(ɹ)bənaɪl/
Forms: form: carbonyls
Etymology: From carbon + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A divalent functional group, (-CO-), characteristic of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, amides, carboxylic acid anhydrides, carbonyl halides, esters and others.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound of a metal with carbon monoxide, such as nickel carbonyl, Ni(CO)₄.
Derived terms: azodicarbonyl
carbonylate
carbonylation
carbonyl chloride
carbonyl cyanide
carbonyldiamine
carbonylhemoglobin
carbonylic
carbonyl stretch
carbonylsulfide
carbonyl sulfide, carbonyl sulphide
carboxyl
decacarbonyl
dicarbonyl
hexacarbonyl
hydrocarbonyl
metal carbonyl
molybdenum carbonyl
monocarbonyl
nickel carbonyl
pentacarbonyl
sulfocarbonyl, sulphocarbonyl
tetracarbonyl
thiocarbonyl
tricarbonyl
tungsten carbonyl
bivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /baɪˈveɪlənt/
/ˈbɪvələnt/
Forms: form: more bivalent
form: most bivalent
Etymology: From bi- + -valent.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Having a valence of 2; having two ligands
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to a pair of homologous synapsed chromosomes that occur during meiosis.
glosses: Protecting against two different viruses.
raw_tags: of a vaccine
Derived terms: bivalence
bivalency
bivalently
homobivalent
interbivalent
intrabivalent
midbivalent
pseudobivalent
Related terms: univalent
polyvalent
bivalent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /baɪˈveɪlənt/
/ˈbɪvələnt/
Forms: form: bivalents
Etymology: From bi- + -valent.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Any bivalent chromosome.
valence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪl(ə)ns/
ipa: /ˈveɪləns/
rhymes: -eɪləns
Forms: form: valences
form: valency
Etymology: Sense 1.1 (“combining capacity of an atom”) and sense 3 (“one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state”) are borrowed from German Valenz + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the condition or state of’). Valenz is a clipping of Quantivalenz (“(archaic) valence in chemistry”), from English quantivalence, from Latin quantus (“how much”) + English -i- (interfix inserted between morphemes of Latin origin for ease of pronunciation) + Latin valentia (“bodily strength; health; vigour”) (whence Late Middle English valence (“medicinal preparation made from plants”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- (“to rule; powerful, strong”)). Quantivalence was coined by F. O. Ward who communicated it to the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818–1892), leading him to coin the German word Quantivalenz. Doublet of value.
Sense 2 (“number of arguments a verb can have”) was formed by analogy to the use of the word in chemistry: see above.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: atomicity
word: quantivalence
word: quantivalency
word: valency
glosses: The combining capacity of an atom, functional group, or radical determined by the number of atoms of hydrogen with which it will unite, or the number of electrons that it will gain, lose, or share when it combines with other atoms, etc.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The number of binding sites of a molecule, such as an antibody or antigen.
examples: text: In this assignment you will analyze each of the following sentences and determine the valence of the highlighted verb.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
synonyms: valency
glosses: The number of arguments that a verb can have, including its subject, ranging from zero to three or, less commonly, four.
examples: text: anger and fear have negative valence
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A one-dimensional value assigned by a person to an object, situation, or state, that can usually be positive (causing a feeling of attraction) or negative (repulsion).
topics: human-sciences
sciences
social-science
sociology
glosses: The value which a person places on something.
Derived terms: ambivalence
bivalence
equivalence
hexavalence
monovalence
multivalence
pentavalence
polyvalence
primary valence
quadrivalence
secondary valence
social valence
tetravalence
trivalence
valence band
valence bond
valence electron
valence isomer
valence issue
valence shell
valence window
Related terms: word: quantivalence
word: valent
word: -valent
sense: number of arguments that a verb can have
word: ambitransitivity
sense: number of arguments that a verb can have
word: ditransitivity
sense: number of arguments that a verb can have
word: intransitivity
sense: number of arguments that a verb can have
word: transitivity
valence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈveɪl(ə)ns/
ipa: /ˈveɪləns/
rhymes: -eɪləns
ipa: /ˈvæl(ə)ns/
ipa: /ˈvæləns/
rhymes: -æləns
ipa: /ˈveɪl(ə)ns/
ipa: /ˈveɪləns/
rhymes: -eɪləns
Forms: form: valences
Etymology: A variant of valance.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of valance.
grouping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːpɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of group
grouping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹuːpɪŋ/
rhymes: -uːpɪŋ
Forms: form: groupings
Senses: examples: text: In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green surges.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby Dick:
glosses: A collection of things or people united as a group.
glosses: Combining into groups.
glosses: Shot grouping.
Derived terms: ability grouping
family grouping
intergrouping
intragrouping
phenogrouping
phylogrouping
platoon grouping
supergrouping
unfold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfoʊld/
ipa: /ʌnˈfəʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: unfolds
form: unfolding
form: unfolded
form: unfolded
Etymology: From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold.
Senses: examples: text: to unfold a map; to unfold a tablecloth; She unpacks the new dress and unfolds it carefully.
text: Unfold thy forehead gathered into frowns.
ref: [1633], George Herbert, edited by [Nicholas Ferrar], The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel; and are to be sold by Francis Green, […], →OCLC:
text: Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost. She took the policeman's helmet and placed it on a chair, and unfolded his tunic to shake it and fold it up again for him.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: To undo a folding.
examples: text: The curtains unfolded to reveal the stage.
glosses: To become unfolded.
examples: text: Events unfolded in an unexpected way.
text: Memento unfolds over 22 scenes—or, more accurately, 22 strands of time, the main strand (in color) moving backward in increments, and another strand (in black and white) going forward, though the two overlap profoundly.
ref: 2012 November 8, Scott Tobias, “Memento’s puzzle structure hides big twists and bigger profundities”, in The AV Club:
text: The protests in Brazil are unfolding just as its long and heralded economic boom may be coming to an end.
ref: 2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in The New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013:
glosses: To turn out; to happen; to develop.
examples: text: to unfold one's designs; to unfold the principles of a science
text: Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall unfold.
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v]:
text: Unfold the passion of my love.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv]:
glosses: To lay open to view or contemplation; to bring out in all the details, or by successive development; to reveal.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: fold
glosses: To reassemble a line of text that was split across multiple lines.
Synonyms: sense: to reveal
word: expose
word: uncover
word: reveal
unfold
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfoʊld/
ipa: /ʌnˈfəʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: unfolds
Etymology: From Middle English unfolden, from Old English unfealdan (“to unfold”), equivalent to un- + fold.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: In functional programming, a kind of higher-order function that is the opposite of a fold.
unfold
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfoʊld/
ipa: /ʌnˈfəʊld/
rhymes: -əʊld
Forms: form: unfolds
form: unfolding
form: unfolded
form: unfolded
Etymology: From un- + fold (“to confine into a fold or pen”).
Senses: examples: text: to unfold sheep
glosses: To release from a fold or pen.
morphological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɔːfəˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
ipa: /ˌmɔɹfəˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
Etymology: From morphology + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: In much the same way, morphological competence is reflected in the native speaker's intuitions about morphological well-formedness and structure. For example, native speakers of English know that van and can have the respective plural forms vans and cans, but that the plural of man is men and not *mans. [...]
ref: 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational Grammar, Cambridge: University Press, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Before I simply create a root meaning X, is there any way I can use Ithkuil morphological categories or the 150 or so suffix categories to derive this word from a more general or primary word?
ref: 2006, “Ithkuil Q & A”, in The Conlanger's Library, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2025, page 3:
glosses: Of, or pertaining to, morphology.
Derived terms: agromorphological
biomorphological
clinicomorphological
cytomorphological
ecomorphological
electroclinico-morphological
exomorphological
extramorphological
geomorphological
histomorphological
hydromorphological
ichnomorphological
immunomorphological
lexicomorphological
macromorphological
metamorphological
micromorphological
monomorphological
morphological dictionary
morphological freedom
morphologicalized
morphologically
morphological pattern
neuromorphological
nonmorphological
osteomorphological
pathomorphological
pedomorphological
photomorphological
phytomorphological
radiomorphological
sonomorphological
stereomorphological
tectonomorphological
tonomorphological
topomorphological
ultramorphological
unmorphological
zoomorphological
Related terms: word: morph
word: morpheme
word: morphology
word: morphologist