cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
swat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɒt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /swɑt/
note: of the US
ipa: /swɒt/
ipa: /swɔt/
ipa: /swɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: SWAT
Forms: form: swats
Etymology: Alteration of squat.
Senses: glosses: A hard stroke, hit or blow, e.g., as part of a spanking.
examples: text: These seemed to be talking very vehemently about something they called " swat." One of these young gentlemen who had black hair and a pimpled face, seeing Peregrine, turned round and asked him "how far had he gone?" "Where" asked Peregrine, hastily. "In swat!" said the pimple-faced boy. "What's swat?" asked Peregrine Pultuney. "In your studies," said he of the pimples.
ref: 1844, John William Kaye, chapter 3, in Peregrine Pultuney: or, Life in India, volume I, Adelaide Street, Trafalgar Square, London: John Mortimer, retrieved 08 Jan 2020, page 73:
text: There is work enough—and too much—without this voluntary labor. The confinement during the bright sunny hours of the day is irksome and dispiriting; and it may be fairly questioned whether less would be learnt, if the study hours were reduced from nine to seven—especially as the greater part of these nine long hours is devoted to Mathematics. The cadets have a shorter word for it; they call it swat—a monosyllable which may puzzle the etimologists; but we believe it to be a corruption of the word sweat, and as signifying that a knowledge of mathematics is only to be acquired with much toil—with much sweat of the brow—a sufficiently expressive, word it must be acknowledged.
ref: 1844, “Rules and Regulations of the Honorable East India Company's Seminary at Addiscombe, 1834”, in John William Kaye, editor, Calcutta Review, volume II, No. 4 Tank Square, Calcutta: Sanders and Cones, retrieved 08 Jan 2020, page 136:
glosses: Alternative spelling of swot: vigorous study at an educational institution.
Derived terms: fly swat
Related terms: flyswatter
swat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /swɒt/
note: of Canada
ipa: /swɑt/
note: of the US
ipa: /swɒt/
ipa: /swɔt/
ipa: /swɒt/
rhymes: -ɒt
homophone: SWAT
Forms: form: swats
form: swatting
form: swatted
form: swatted
Etymology: See SWAT.
Senses: examples: text: The conspiracy, as alleged, began in November 2002, and has resulted in hundreds of harassing and swatting calls being made, both nationally and internationally, with hundreds of thousands of dollars in losses and the disruption hundreds of victims’ lives.
ref: 2007 November 30, ““Swatters” Plead Guilty to Conspiracy”, in Federal Bureau of Investigation Dallas Field Division, archived from the original on 26 Dec 2007:
text: “You've just been swatted.” “What?” Sophia asked. “A spoofed call to police, claiming an emergency, to get a SWAT response,” Evelyn said. Realizing why the SWAT officer had noticed the controller, she guessed, […]
ref: 2017, Elizabeth Heiter, Stalked, MIRA, →ISBN:
text: “Gonna need the instagram account … or i will continue to swat and harass you and your family,” Mr. Sonderman or one of his co-conspirators wrote in March 2020, according to court documents.
ref: 2021 July 24, Maria Cramer, “A Grandfather Died in ‘Swatting’ Over His Twitter Handle, Officials Say”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To illegitimately provoke a SWAT assault upon (someone).
nixer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nixers
Etymology: From nix + -er.
Senses: examples: 2000, Patricia Scanlan, City Lives, Random House (Bantam Books), page 385,
'Ciara, you were getting very well paid. Over the odds in fact. And doing the odd nixer is a hell of a lot different from defrauding your employers,' Devlin retorted angrily.
2002 [Ashgate Publishing], Ullrich Kockel, Regional Culture and Economic Development, 2017, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 51,
Although this advice was given with a view to allowing Séamus to continue in farming while maintaining his factory job, the success of this innovation, which was largely financed by savings facilitated through ‘nixers’ and poteen sales – was such that Séamus quit his job, and is now enjoying a higher level of total income than before: His flock productivity has almost doubled, and quality improved considerably as the weaning rate rose.
2024, Seamus O'Rourke, Leaning on Gates, Gill (Gill Books), unnumbered page,
He asked me if I was interested in doing a nixer. I didn't know what a nixer was. I was so sheltered in my little safe nine-to-five working world that I didn't realise there was another world out there with less emphasis on clock-watching and more on making money.
'A nixer – a couple of evenings' work for cash.'
'Oh,' I said, 'that sounds good to me.'
glosses: A job or income which is in addition to one's normal employment, generally done in the evening or on weekends; originally, work for payment that was not declared for taxation, now any work that is not part of one's regular job.
Related terms: under the counter
off the books
side hustle
bitterness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪtənəs/
Forms: form: bitternesses
Etymology: From Middle English bitternesse, biternesse, from Old English biternes (“bitterness; grief”), equivalent to bitter + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The quality of having a bitter taste.
examples: text: the bitterness of his words
text: She kept her bitterness about her mistreatment for the rest of her life.
text: She suspected that during the summer her father had mentioned Brian’s windfall to Billy and that father and son had then traded snidenesses and bitternesses about the W—— Corporation and bourgeois Robin and leisure-class Brian.
ref: 2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections:
text: Speaking of the guest list, though, it is most disappointing to find some of the third tier European princelings unable to hide their bitterness at being NFI.
ref: 2011 April 23, Marina Hyde, The Guardian:
glosses: The quality of feeling bitter; acrimony, resentment; the quality of exhibiting such feelings.
examples: text: Nothing could assuage the bitterness of their defeat.
glosses: The quality of eliciting a bitter, humiliating or harsh feeling.
examples: text: The bitterness of the winter caught us all by surprise.
glosses: Harsh cold.
Synonyms: sense: quality of being bitter in taste
word: acerbicness
sense: quality of being bitter in taste
word: acridity
sense: quality of being bitter in taste
word: acridness
sense: quality of feeling bitter
word: acrimony
sense: quality of feeling bitter
word: gall
sense: quality of feeling bitter
word: rancor
sense: quality of feeling bitter
word: resentment
word: acerbity
word: alkalinity
word: astringency
word: bitterness
word: wormwood
Hypernyms: word: flavour
Related terms: word: bitter
Navan Fort
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An ancient monument in County Armagh, Northern Ireland.
ceremonial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛɹɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˌsɛɹɪˈmoʊniəl/
ipa: /ˌseɹɪˈməʉniəl/
ipa: /ˌseɹɪˈmɐʉniəl/
rhymes: -əʊniəl
Forms: form: more ceremonial
form: most ceremonial
form: cæremonial
Etymology: From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.
Senses: examples: text: What mockery will it be / To want the bridegroom when the priest attends / To speak the ceremonial rites of marriage!
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
text: His merit introduced him to ſplendid tables and elegant acquaintance, but he did not find himſelf alvvays qualified to join in the converſation. He vvas diſtreſſed by civilities, vvhich he knevv not hovv to repay, and entangled in many ceremonial perplexities, from vvhich his books and diagrams could not extricate him.
ref: 1751 December 14 (Gregorian calendar), Samuel Johnson, “No. 179. Tuesday, December 3. 1751.”, in The Rambler, volume VII, Edinburgh: […] Sands, Murray, and Cochran; sold by W. Gordon, C. Wright, J. Yair, […], published 1752, →OCLC, page 53:
text: [T]his change in ceremonial observances and outward show was trifling when compared to that in the objects of worship […]
ref: 1827, Henry Hallam, chapter II, in The Constitutional History of England from the Accession of Henry VII. to the Death of George II. […], volume I, London: John Murray, […], →OCLC:
text: Philomena Guinea's black Cadillac eased through the tight, five o'clock traffic like a ceremonial car.
ref: 1963, Sylvia Plath, chapter 15, in The Bell Jar, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published 1972, page 151:
synonyms: ceremonious
formal
ritual
ritualistic
glosses: Of, relating to, consisting of, or used in a ceremony.
glosses: Used only for the purpose of ceremony; symbolic.
examples: text: Oh monstrous, superstitious puritan, / Of refin’d manners, yet ceremoniall man, […]
ref: c. 1593–1597, J[ohn] Donne, “Satyre I”, in Poems, […] with Elegies on the Authors Death, London: […] M[iles] F[lesher] for Iohn Marriot, […], published 1633, →OCLC, page 326:
text: [W]ith dumb Pride, and a set formal Face, / He moves, in the dull Ceremonial track, […]
ref: 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Tenth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 193, lines 56-57:
glosses: Synonym of ceremonious (“of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious”).
synonyms: word: ceremonious
extra: of a person: fond of ceremony or ritual, or of observing strict etiquette or formality; punctilious
Derived terms: anticeremonial
ceremonial county
ceremonial first pitch
ceremonialise
ceremonialism
ceremonialist
ceremonially
ceremonialness
nonceremonial
preceremonial
semiceremonial
unceremonial
ceremonial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌsɛɹɪˈməʊnɪ.əl/
ipa: /ˌsɛɹɪˈmoʊniəl/
ipa: /ˌseɹɪˈməʉniəl/
ipa: /ˌseɹɪˈmɐʉniəl/
rhymes: -əʊniəl
Forms: form: ceremonials
form: cæremonial
Etymology: From Middle English cerymonial, from Latin caerimōniālis. Morphologically ceremony + -al or -ial.
Senses: examples: text: Curt’sies, and the usual Ceremonials between Women who are Strangers to each other being past, Sophia said, ‘I have not the Pleasure to know you, Madam.’
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, chapter 6, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book XVII, page 257:
text: Public ceremonies, such as ordinations, the installation of magistrates, and all that could give majesty to the forms in which a new government manifested itself to the people, were, as a matter of policy, marked by a stately and well-conducted ceremonial, and a sombre, but yet a studied magnificence.
ref: 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, “chapter 5”, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC:
text: There was little ceremonial to mark the opening of the completed railway beyond the fact that a decorated train left Paddington at 8 a.m. on the morning of June 30 a hundred years ago and, passing the beflagged ends of Box tunnel, arrived at Bristol at noon.
ref: 1941 November, “Notes and News: G.W.R. Main-Line Centenary”, in Railway Magazine, page 521:
text: I have been in favour of ceremonial and patterns all my life, and I have no desire to break the funeral pattern.
ref: 1972, Robertson Davies, chapter 5, in The Manticore, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, published 2015:
glosses: A ceremony, or series of ceremonies, prescribed by ritual.
haemophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiːməˈfɪliə
ipa: -ˈfiːliə/
rhymes: -ɪliə
rhymes: -iːliə
Forms: form: haemophilias
form: hæmophilia
form: hemophilia
Etymology: From haemo- + -philia, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + φιλία (philía, “friendship”). Originally called haemorrhaphilia, probably from the word haemorrhage.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any of several hereditary illnesses that impair the body's ability to control bleeding, usually passed from mother to son.
Synonyms: bleeder's disease
bleeding sickness
Christmas disease
Derived terms: antihaemophilia
haemophile
haemophilia A
haemophilia B
haemophiliac
haemophilic
Related terms: haemorrhagic diathesis
hemophilia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemophilias
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: hemo- + -philia; more at haemophilia.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of haemophilia.
wikipedia: classical compound
international scientific vocabulary
Derived terms: pseudohemophilia
dyspepsia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈpɛp.si.ə/
Forms: form: dyspepsias
Etymology: From dys- + Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”) + -ia.
Senses: examples: text: He divides dyspepsias into accidental, temporary (indigestions) and habitual.
text: It is not my strength of mind (exert it as I may) that will prevent me from experiencing dyspepsia, if such follies as these are exhibited before me.
ref: 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter XLIII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 253:
text: "And the cramps when my body - like a badly articulated skeleton - would all get twisted into one rigid tangle! But now, except some dyspepsia and urticaria of the palms, I am free from pain."
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:
text: I've never hunted myself, but I understand that half the battle is being able to make noises like some jungle animal with dyspepsia, and I believe that Aunt Dahlia in her prime could lift fellow-members of the Quorn and Pytchley out of their saddles with a single yip, though separated from them by two ploughed fields and a spinney.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Any mild disorder of digestion characterised by stomach pain, discomfort, heartburn, and nausea, often following a meal.
Synonyms: indigestion
Derived terms: word: dyspeptic
word: Pepsi
english: partly
translation: partly
word: pepsi
vanishing point
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vanishing points
Senses: examples: text: These formulae . . . give for the vanishing point of a set of parallel lines whose common azimuth is α and declivity δ: η=d tan α, ζ=d tan δ sec α.
ref: 1884, Wm. M. Thornton, “Construction of Perspective Projections”, in The Annals of Mathematics, volume 1, number 1, page 13:
glosses: The point in a perspective drawing at which parallel lines receding from an observer seem to converge.
examples: text: At 8h 35' 4", the least dent possible, quite black, appeared in the sun's limb. And at 8h 35' 6", the limb was restored to its perfect form, there having been a small trembling light, between the narrow watery border of Venus and the vanishing point of contact in the sun's limb for these two seconds of time.
ref: 1762, Samuel Dunn, “Some Observations of the Planet Venus, on the Disk of the Sun, June 6th, 1761,”, in Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), volume 52, page 192:
text: It might cut the tuberculosis deathrate to the vanishing point.
ref: 1923 June 25, “Tuberculosis at Bay”, in Time:
text: It hit 100 m.p.h. with ease and sped toward the vanishing point down Highway 93A.
ref: 2003 August 25, Sally B. Donnelly, “The Need for Speed”, in Time:
glosses: The situation in which, place where, or point in time when some object or phenomenon is no longer observable or notable.
Related terms: point at infinity
sensory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈsen.sə.ɹi/
rhymes: -ɛnsəɹi
Forms: form: sensoric
Etymology: From sense + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: The Species of things are perceived rather there whereto they are carried. But every ſenſory Nerve each in its place carries the Species to the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow, and therefore each in their place are judged and received by the Soul, in the beginning of the ſpinal Marrow.
ref: 1665, Thomas Bartholin, chapter VI, in anonymous translator, Bartholinus Anatomy, London: Nich. Culpeper and Abdiah Cole, translation of Anatomia (in New Latin), page 142:
text: It is evident that in the ancestor of these two groups the first pair of appendages became early adapted for purely sensory purposes, and were naturally projected far in advance of the mouth, forming the antennæ.
ref: 1873, Alpheus Spring Packard, “Hints on the Ancestry of Insects”, in Our Common Insects: A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses, Salem: Naturalists’ Agency, page 174:
text: Findings of the sensory analysis panel at NWFSC [the Northwest Fisheries Science Center], which tested and classified flesh characteristics of both Pacific and giant grenadier, are averaged and summarized in Table 10.
ref: 1991, Tetsuo Matsui, Susumu Kato, Susan E. Smith, “Biology and Potential Use of Pacific Grenadier, Coryphaenoides acrolepis, off California”, in Marine Fisheries Review, volume 52, number 3, →ISSN, page 13:
glosses: Of the physical senses or sensation.
examples: text: sensory neurons
topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
synonyms: afferent
glosses: Conveying nerve impulses from the sense organs to the nerve centers.
Synonyms: word: sensely
word: sensible
word: sensory
word: sensual
word: sensuous
word: sensatory
word: sensorial
Hyponyms: word: auditory
word: gustatory
word: haptic
word: ocular
word: olfactory
word: visual
Derived terms: audiosensory
autonomous sensory meridian response
biosensory
bisensory
chemosensory
dual sensory impaired
electrosensory
extrasensory
genitosensory
hemisensory
hygrosensory
intersensory
laterosensory
magnetosensory
mechanosensory
metabosensory
monosensory
multisensory
neurosensory
nonsensory
orosensory
osmosensory
parasensory
photosensory
polysensory
prosensory
psychosensory
sensori-
sensorily
sensory bin
sensory dep
sensory deprivation
sensory garden
sensory gating
sensory hypersensitivity
sensory memory
sensory neuron
sensory overload
sensory play
sensory processing sensitivity
sensory recall
sensory receptor
sensory root
somatic sensory cortex
somatosensory
subsensory
supersensory
suprasensory
thermosensory
trisensory
unisensory
viscerosensory
visuosensory
Wartenberg's migrant sensory neuritis
Wartenberg's migratory sensory neuropathy
Related terms: sensible
sensual
sensuous
sensory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛn.sə.ɹi/
ipa: /ˈsen.sə.ɹi/
rhymes: -ɛnsəɹi
Forms: form: sensories
form: sensoric
Etymology: From sense + -ory.
Senses: examples: text: Is not the Senſory of Animals that place to which the ſenſitive Subſtance is preſent, and into which the ſenſible Species of Things are carried through the Nerves and Brain, that there they may be perceived by their immediate preſence to that ſubſtance ?
ref: 1704, Sir Isaac Newton, Opticks, 3rd edition, London: W. and J. Innys, published 1721, page 344:
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The sensorium.
examples: text: BOth of them ſpread themſelues in Round, and fill a whole Floare or Orbe, vnto certaine Limits : and are carried a great way : And doe languiſh and leſſen by degrees, according to the Diſtance of the Obiects from the Senſories.
ref: a. 1626, Francis Bacon, “Consent of Visibles, and Audibles”, in Sylva Sylvarvm: Or, A Naturall Historie, 3rd edition, London: William Rawley, published 1631, page 68:
text: Dr. Burnet, late Bishop of Sarum, on 4 Heb. v. 13, anatomically describing the texture of the eye[…]so God who made this sensorie, did with the greatest ease and at once see all that was don thro’ the vast universe, even to the very thought as well as action.
ref: 1689–90, John Evelyn, edited by William Bray, Memoirs of John Evelyn, new edition, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, published 1827, page 292:
glosses: An organ or faculty of sense.
Derived terms: sensorial
extrasensory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkstɹəˈsɛnsəɹi/
rhymes: -ɛnsəɹi
Forms: form: extra-sensory
Etymology: From extra- + sensory.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to extrasensory perception.
Derived terms: extrasensorily
Related terms: ESP
extrasensory perception
extrasensory perception
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɛkstɹəˈsɛnsəɹi pəˈsɛpʃən/
Forms: form: extra-sensory perception
Senses: synonyms: ESP
glosses: The supposed ability to obtain information without the use of normal sensory channels.
retrocognition
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌɹɛtɹəʊkɒɡˈnɪʃən/
Forms: form: retrocognitions
Etymology: From retro- + cognition.
Senses: topics: parapsychology
pseudoscience
glosses: extrasensory knowledge of past events.
extra-sensory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of extrasensory.
vanishing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
ref: 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
glosses: That vanishes.
Derived terms: vanishing bile duct syndrome
vanishing caloric density
vanishing cream
vanishing grade
vanishing island
vanishing locus
vanishingly
vanishing puzzle
vanishing trick
vanishing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vanish
inadvertently
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From inadvertent + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: 'Dear me! I may have inadvertently touched the handle,' said he.
ref: 1929, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Disintegration Machine:
text: Neven Subotic hooked a volley wide after Ramsey inadvertently headed a Reus free-kick back into the danger zone, and Blaszczykowski was also off target when he met Kevin Grosskreutz's cross.
ref: 2013 November 6, Chris Bevan, “Borussia Dortmund 0-1 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
text: for the living human, who in grief may share deeply personal data with the commercial entity that owns the bot, but also for the ghost, which might inadvertently reveal a n old family secret from beyond the grave.
ref: 2025 March 5, Patricia Clarke, “You and me, we gonna live forever … as avatars, at least”, in The Observer:
glosses: Unintentionally; because of an oversight.
Synonyms: unawares
Related terms: inadvertent
inadvert
indigence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪndɪd͡ʒəns/
Forms: form: indigences
Etymology: From Middle English indigence, late 14th century, from Old French indigence (13th century), from Latin indigentia, from indigentem, form of indigēre (“to need”), from indu (“in, within”) + egēre (“be in need, want”).
Only relation to antonym affluence is common Latinate suffix + -ence.
Senses: examples: text: On Professor Solanka’s street, well-heeled white youths lounged in baggy garments on roseate stoops, stylishly simulating indigence while they waited for the billionairedom that would surely be along sometime soon.
ref: 2001, Salman Rushdie, Fury: A Novel, London: Jonathan Cape, →ISBN, page 4:
synonyms: indigency
antonyms: affluence
glosses: Extreme poverty or destitution.
Related terms: indigent
indeterminate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/
Forms: form: more indeterminate
form: most indeterminate
Senses: examples: text: Four miles to the east of Warmington, the River Cherwell flows into Cropredy under a bridge that in 1644 was the scene of another Civil War battle - with an equally indeterminate result.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 396:
glosses: Not accurately determined or determinable.
glosses: Imprecise or vague.
topics: mathematical-analysis
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Not definitively or precisely determined, because of the presence of infinity or zero symbols used in any of several improper combinations.
raw_tags: of certain forms of limit
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: With no genetically defined end, and thus theoretically limitless.
raw_tags: of growth
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Not topped with some form of terminal bud.
raw_tags: of inflorescences
glosses: Intersex.
examples: text: It bears an affinity to the problem of indeterminate architecture—the indeterminate residential area.
ref: 2014, David Oakley, The Phenomenon of Architecture in Cultures in Change, page 196:
topics: architecture
glosses: Designed to allow the incorporation of future changes whose nature is not yet known.
Synonyms: indeterminant
Derived terms: indeterminate equation
indeterminate form
indeterminate growth
indeterminate imperfective
indeterminately
indeterminateness
indeterminate state
indeterminate system
indeterminate verb
seroindeterminate
statically indeterminate
Related terms: indeterminacy
indeterminate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪndɪˈtɜː(ɹ)mɪnət/
Forms: form: indeterminates
Senses: examples: 1862, H. J. Stephen Smith, Report on the Theory of Numbers—Part III, Report of the 31st Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, British Association for the Advancement of Science, page 292,
The form is linear, quadratic, cubic, biquadratic or quartic, quintic, &c., according to its order in respect of the indeterminates it contains; and binary, ternary, quaternary, &c., according to the number of its indeterminates. Thus x²+y² is a binary quadratic form, x³+y³+z³-3xyz is a ternary cubic form.
1892, Henry B. Fine, Kronecker and His Arithmetical Theory of the Algebraic Equation, Thomas S. Fiske, Harold Jacoby (editors), Bulletin of the New York Mathematical Society, Volume 1, New York Mathematical Society, page 179,
Such a factor is therefore an integral function of x and the indeterminates u_1,u_2,…u_n with coefficients belonging to the domain of rationality (R',R,..) and may be represented by g(x,u_1,u_2,..u_n).
2006, Alexander B. Levin, Difference Algebra, M. Hazewinkel, Handbook of Algebra, page 251,
Let T=T_σ and let S be the polynomial R-algebra in the set of indeterminates y_i,τ_(i∈I,τ∈T) with indices from the set I×T.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value;
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: A symbol that resembles a variable or parameter but is used purely formally and neither signifies nor is ever assigned a particular value;
(loose sense) a variable.
a variable.
qualifier: loose sense
Related terms: indefinite
undetermined
incongruity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnkɑŋˈɡɹuɪti/
ipa: /ɪnkɒŋˈɡɹuːɪti/
Forms: form: incongruities
Etymology: From Middle French incongruité, from Medieval Latin incongruitās, from Latin incongruus.
Senses: examples: text: I was told that the Australian Government had had to send my name to London before agreeing to my appointment. My credentials were actually addressed to Her Majesty, despite the fact that the Government of the United Kingdom had recognized the Chinese Communist regime in Peking as early as 1950. No one, however, seemed to notice the incongruity of such an arrangement.
ref: 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Rejoining the Government”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally, Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 42:
synonyms: incongruence
incongruency
antonyms: congruence
congruency
congruity
glosses: The state of being incongruous, or lacking congruence.
synonyms: dissimilarity
discrepancy
inconsistency
glosses: An instance or point of disagreement.
glosses: A thing that is incongruous.
implode
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: implodes
form: imploding
form: imploded
form: imploded
Etymology: Back-formation from implosion.
Senses: examples: text: The submarine imploded as it sank below its crush depth.
antonyms: explode
glosses: To collapse or burst inward violently.
examples: text: Ragusa's campaign imploded after she confused coal mining with oil drilling during a speech.
topics: government
politics
antonyms: explode
glosses: To collapse or burst inward violently.
To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
glosses: To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
examples: text: I'm looking for some code that will implode data using the PKZIP method.. and explode it. PKWare sells an object that you can link with that does the job, and we have licensed this, but we are now writing 32 bit code for MS-DOS and the PKWare stuff won't work […]
ref: 1992, Steve Tibbett, “PKZIP Implode compression/decompression.”, in comp.compression (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: explode
glosses: To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
Derived terms: imploder
impermeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɝmɪəbəl/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɝmiəbəl/
ipa: /ɪmˈpɜːmɪəbəl/
Forms: form: more impermeable
form: most impermeable
Etymology: Apparently from im- + permeable. Compare French imperméable, from Latin impermeābilis, from im- + permeābilis (“permeable”).
Senses: glosses: Impossible to permeate.
glosses: Not allowing passage, especially of liquids; waterproof.
Synonyms: nonpermeable
sealed
Derived terms: impermeableness
impermeably
Related terms: impermeability
permeability
hermetically sealed
impenetrable
crocked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒkt/
ipa: /ˈkɹɒkɪd/
rhymes: -ɒkt
rhymes: -ɒkɪd
Etymology: See crock (verb)
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crock
crocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒkt/
ipa: /ˈkɹɒkɪd/
rhymes: -ɒkt
rhymes: -ɒkɪd
Forms: form: more crocked
form: most crocked
Etymology: See crock (verb)
Senses: examples: text: St Johnstone boss Derek McInnes had made two changes, with Callum Davidson, who has now recovered from injury, the replacement for crocked fellow defender David McCracken and David Robertson taking the place of Chris Millar in midfield.
ref: 2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1 - 2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: injured (of a person)
glosses: broken (of a thing)
Synonyms: sense: injured
word: hurt
word: imbrued
word: injured
word: wounded
sense: broken
word: busted
word: inoperative
word: knackered
word: out of order
crocked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɹɒkt/
ipa: /ˈkɹɒkɪd/
rhymes: -ɒkt
rhymes: -ɒkɪd
ipa: /ˈkɹɒkt/
rhymes: -ɒkt
ipa: /ˈkɹɒkt/
ipa: /ˈkɹɒkɪd/
rhymes: -ɒkt
rhymes: -ɒkɪd
Forms: form: more crocked
form: most crocked
Senses: glosses: drunk (of a person)
Synonyms: blotto
plastered
sottish
drunk
judicious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʒuˈdɪʃ.əs/
rhymes: -ɪʃəs
Forms: form: more judicious
form: most judicious
Etymology: From French judicieux, ultimately derived from Latin iudico. Related to judge, judicial.
Senses: examples: text: Such practices as Theſe, too groſs to lye / Long unobſerv'd by each diſcerning Eye, / The more judicious Iſraelites Unſpell'd, / Though ſtill the Charm the giddy Rabble held, [...]
ref: 1682, [Nahum Tate; John Dryden], The Second Part of Absalom and Achitophel. A Poem. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 5:
text: One hall called Civil Law Hall or School, flouriſhed about this time (though in its buildings decayed) by the care of the learned and judicious Dr. Will. Warham Principal or Moderator thereof [...]
ref: 1792, Anthony à Wood, “An. Dom. 1503, 18–19 Hen. VII”, in The History and Antiquities of the University of Oxford: […], volume I, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Gutch, →OCLC, page 661:
text: This project has stripped away modern PVCu and aluminium shop fronts to reveal original or 1930s Art Deco work, with judicious repairs and replacements as necessary, plus stonework repairs and the restoration of traditional London Transport signage.
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Great Western Railway Craft Skills Award: Victoria Arcade”, in RAIL, number 946, page 59:
synonyms: sagacious
glosses: Having, characterized by, or done with good judgment or sound thinking.
Derived terms: injudicious
judiciously
judiciousness
overjudicious
unjudicious
pantyhose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpæntɪhəuz/
Forms: form: pantie hose
form: pantie-hose
form: pantihose
form: panty hose
form: panty-hose
Etymology: From panty + hose.
Senses: examples: text: The last stall on the left is oversized, big enough for two people. Y.T.’s mom goes in, followed by the proctor, who closes and locks the door. Y.T.’s mom pulls down her panty hose, pulls up her skirt, squats over a pan, pees.
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 270:
synonyms: word: tights
english: British, always plural
translation: British, always plural
glosses: Thin nylon tights worn over the legs, usually tan in color.
Derived terms: mantyhose
pantyhosed
imbrute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: imbrutes
form: imbruting
form: imbruted
form: imbruted
Etymology: From im- + brute. Akin to Italian imbruttire, Spanish embrutecer, Catalan embrutar.
Senses: examples: text: It was his belief in his father's indifference or dislike that hardened and imbruted him; it is only when he hears how that father loved him that I now melt his pride and curb his passions.
ref: 1849, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Caxtons, Complete:
glosses: To make brutal
examples: text: How deep was the change, made upon the imbruted Asiatics, we may perhaps question.
ref: 1905, Various, The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 2:
text: So imbruted and stupefied by slavery was this old woman, that she seemed to think the selling her boy away from her a perfectly humane, Christian and proper act, while all her indignation was turned against me, who had merely afforded the boy an opportunity of securing his freedom!
ref: 1855, Daniel Drayton, Personal Memoir Of Daniel Drayton:
text: Notwithstanding all that has been said, the solitary is a man imbruted, vegetating, deprived of his crown.
ref: 1851, Joseph Xavier Saintine, The Solitary of Juan Fernandez, or The Real Robinson Crusoe:
glosses: To degrade to the state of a brute
Derived terms: imbrutement
internecine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪntəˈniːsaɪn/
ipa: /-sɪn/
ipa: /ˌɪntɚˈnɛsin/
ipa: /ˌɪntɚˈnisin/
ipa: /ˌɪntɚˈnɛsən/
rhymes: -iːn
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin internecīnus (“deadly”), from internecium (“a massacre, bloodbath; an eradication”) + -īnus. In Latin, the sememe 'between' was here not expressed by the prefix, it instead either had a somewhat emphatic meaning or meant "down, under", comparable to its use in other Latin terms related to death: see interficiō and intereō. The English current sense is thus a reanalysis of the Latin through English inter-.
Senses: examples: text: Internecine strife in Gaza claimed its most senior victim yesterday when militants assassinated one of the most hated security chiefs there.
glosses: Mutually destructive; most often applied to warfare.
examples: text: The Mongol people were plagued by internecine conflict until Genghis Khan unified them by focusing their aggression outwards on other peoples.
text: During the year of my engagement — 1869 — while I was out on the lecture platform, the daily letter that came for me generally brought me news from the front — by which expression I refer to the internecine war that was always going on in a friendly way between these two orthographists about the spelling of words.
ref: c. 1900, Mark Twain, Autobiography of Mark Twain, published 2010:
text: Having survived “The Long Night,” Daenerys will now be turning her attention back to the problem that originally vexed her: Cersei Lannister. It will be interesting to see how the show tries to raise the stakes of an internecine squabble between competing monarchs when compared to an existential threat to humanity’s very existence, but this series has always excelled when it goes deep on the machinations of political chicanery.
ref: 2019 April 28, Alex McLevy, “Game Of Thrones Suffers the Fog of War in the Battle against the Dead (Newbies)”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 31 May 2021:
glosses: Characterized by struggle within a group, usually applied to an ethnic or familial relationship.
Related terms: mutual assured destruction
cigars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪˈɡɑɹz/
ipa: /sɪˈɡɑːz/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)z
Senses: glosses: plural of cigar
bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊlts/
ipa: /bɒlts/
ipa: /boʊlts/
rhymes: -əʊlts
rhymes: -ɒlts
Senses: glosses: plural of bolt
bolts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəʊlts/
ipa: /bɒlts/
ipa: /boʊlts/
rhymes: -əʊlts
rhymes: -ɒlts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bolt
paise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪseɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of paisa
paise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈpaɪseɪ/
/peɪz/
/ˈpaɪseɪ/
Forms: form: paises
Senses: examples: text: Amongst the high munition heap, a mighty marble stone
Lay highest, near the pinnacle, a stone of such a paise
That one of this time's strongest men with both hands could not raise.
ref: [1611?], Homer, “Book XII”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., The Iliads of Homer Prince of Poets. […], London: […] Nathaniell Butter, →OCLC; republished as The Iliads of Homer, Prince of Poets, […], new edition, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., […], 1843, →OCLC:
glosses: Obsolete form of poise.
bolting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bolt
bolting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boltings
Senses: glosses: An act of bolting or running away.
glosses: A sifting, as of flour or meal.
topics: law
glosses: A private arguing of cases for practice by students, as in the Inns of Court.
Derived terms: bolting cloth
leuco form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leuco forms
Senses: glosses: The 'colorless' form of a dye created as a result of its insoluble form interacting with an alkaline liquor. Color returns to the dye upon oxidation.
cozy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: cozier
form: coziest
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cosy.
Derived terms: cozen
cozily
coziness
koozie
supercozy
uncozy
cozy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cozies
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cosy.
cozy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cozies
form: cozying
form: cozied
form: cozied
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cosy.
reactor scram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reactor scrams
Senses: glosses: An automatic safety feature of nuclear reactors where the control rods are automatically dropped into the reactor core when any of several emergency conditions are reached.
glosses: The process of dropping the control rods into the reactor core.
glosses: The procedure technicians follow in the hours following the instantaneous event of the rods dropping.
Related terms: scram
PAYGO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of pay-as-you-go.
ground out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: grounds out
form: grounding out
form: grounded out
form: grounded out
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: To provide proper grounding for a circuit.
examples: text: Jones grounded out to lead off the third.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To become out by hitting a ground ball which is fielded and leads to a force or tag of a runner.
ground out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ground outs
form: groundout
Senses: examples: text: A ground out was recorded on the scorecard.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An instance of grounding out.
ground out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grind out
gan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæn/
rhymes: -æn
Forms: form: gans
form: gannin
form: went
form: gan
form: ganned
form: gone
form: ganned
form: gang
Etymology: Probably a variant of gang, from Middle English gangen, from Old English gangan (“to step; walk; go”).
Senses: examples: text: The one problem I had here was my broad Geordie accent which the teachers tried their hardest to make me lose. I couldn't understand their problem with it because I could understand myself. Whenever I told them, "Am gannin yem", they would say, "No, Christopher. It's not "am gannin yem", it's "I am going home".
ref: 2011, Chris Dockerty, Ramblings of a Geordie:
glosses: To go.
gan
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡæn/
rhymes: -æn
Senses: glosses: simple past of gin
lamprey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlæm.pɹi/
ipa: /ˈlæm.pɹeɪ/
Forms: form: lampreys
Etymology: From Middle English laumprei, from Old French lampreie (modern French lamproie), from Medieval Latin lampreda, possibly alteration of Late Latin lampetra (“lamprey”), whose further origin is unknown, though it is traditionally thought to be a combination of lambō (“I lick, lap”) + petra (“stone, rock”). Doublet of limpet, which derives from Latin.
Senses: glosses: Any long slender primitive eel-like freshwater and saltwater fish of the order Petromyzontiformes, having a sucking mouth with rasping teeth but no jaw.
Derived terms: brook lamprey
European river lamprey
lampricide
pouched lamprey
river lamprey
sea lamprey
southern lamprey
southern topeyed lamprey
late innings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: He is at his best in the late innings.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The seventh, eighth, and ninth innings of a game.
punch out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: punches out
form: punching out
form: punched out
form: punched out
Senses: glosses: To repeatedly hit a person.
examples: text: I'm going to punch out that SOB and leave him lying on the ground bleeding.
glosses: To hit a person so that they become unconscious (knocked out).
examples: text: I spent all day punching out the die cut decals.
glosses: To use a punch to remove a piece of material or to remove a piece already scored.
examples: text: I'm going to punch out a bit early today.
antonyms: clock in#Verb
clock on#Verb
punch in#Verb
glosses: To leave a workplace by punching a timecard.
glosses: To leave a workplace.
examples: text: With the engine on fire he had to punch out and hit the silk.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: To eject from an airplane.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To extract data from a computer by the use of a keyboard.
examples: text: The ump punched out the batter with relish to close out the game.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.
examples: text: Jones punched out the batter to start in the sixth.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To throw a called third strike; to strike (someone) out.
raw_tags: of a pitcher
Derived terms: word: punch-out
word: punch-out
word: punchout
Related terms: kick out
knock out
punch out
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punch outs
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Nonstandard spelling of punchout.
pay-as-you-go
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pay + as you go (“while one progresses”).
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: A financial policy by which capital projects are financed from current revenue in the operating budget rather than through borrowing.
examples: text: From January 2, passengers will be able to use contactless pay-as-you-go between London and Reading.
ref: 2020 January 2, “First official Transport for London trains operate to Reading”, in RAIL, page 10:
glosses: A payment method where the charge of a service is taken automatically, usually in small amounts, after the usage, in contrast of paying before usage. Used especially of mobile phones and transport ticketing.
Synonyms: PAYG
ofer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈoʊfɚ/
Forms: form: ofers
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of oh for.
oh for
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oh fors
form: ofer
form: o-fer
form: oh fer
form: ohfer
form: ofor
form: o-for
form: ohfor
Etymology: From oh (“zero”).
Senses: examples: text: Jones has gone oh for on his scoring opportunities this season.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A game or time period in which a player did not manage to sustain a particular attainment.
examples: text: Yesterday's oh for made him overly aggressive today at the plate.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An instance in which a player did not get a hit in a game.
Related terms: O for
o-fer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: o-fers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of oh for.
ride the pine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rides the pine
form: riding the pine
form: rode the pine
form: ridden the pine
Senses: examples: text: Jones rode the pine much of the season.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To sit on the bench, to not be used in a game.
Synonyms: ride the bench
vintner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɪntnɚ/
ipa: /ˈvɪntnə/
Forms: form: vintners
Etymology: From Middle English vyntener, variant of viniter, from Old French vineter, vinetier (“wine-merchant, grape-harvester”), from Medieval Latin vīnētārius (“wine dealer”), from vīnētum (“vineyard”), from vīnum (“wine”).
Senses: synonyms: winemerchant
glosses: A seller of wine.
synonyms: winemaker
glosses: A manufacturer of wine.
pinch hit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pinch hits
Senses: examples: text: Jones drove in a run with a pinch hit for Smith in the sixth.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A hit made by a pinch hitter.
pine tar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pine tars
Senses: glosses: A dark viscous substance obtained from the destructive distillation of pine wood.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: This or a similar material used by batters to improve their grip.
transmogrified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of transmogrify
transmogrified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more transmogrified
form: most transmogrified
Senses: glosses: Altered, transformed, or mutated into a form that is grotesque or amusing.
Related terms: transmogrification
panicked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From panic + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of panic
panicked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more panicked
form: most panicked
Etymology: From panic + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: I really wasn’t panicked. Despite the four feet of aluminum pole dangling like a misplaced tail, I knew I wasn’t attached to some demon, but had slipped the grip of the man, who then raced after me, yelling invectives guaranteed to emphasize his mistake rather than my escape.
ref: 2010, Susan Wilson, chapter 9, in One Good Dog, Large Print edition, Waterville, Me.: Wheeler Publishing, →ISBN, page 84:
glosses: Experiencing or in a state of panic.
Derived terms: unpanicked