cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
apprehended
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛndɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of apprehend
apprehended
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛndɪd
Forms: form: more apprehended
form: most apprehended
Senses: examples: an apprehended criminal
glosses: Taken; seized.
examples: an apprehended concept
glosses: Conceived; understood.
glosses: Having come to accept an understanding of something.
Derived terms: unapprehended
Apr.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: related: word: Jan.
word: Feb.
word: Mar.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Aug.
word: Sep.
word: Oct.
word: Nov.
word: Dec.
glosses: Abbreviation of April.
Aquila
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈækwɪlə/
ipa: /ˈækwələ/
ipa: /ˈɑːkwələ/
Etymology: From Latin aquila (“eagle”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A summer constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble an eagle. It includes the star Altair.
examples: text: Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the household of Onesiphorus.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Timothy 4:19:
glosses: An early Christian, the husband of Priscilla.
Derived terms: Aquilae
Related terms: aquiline
Ar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ars
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of ar.
Arabisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Arabisations
form: Arabization
Senses: glosses: that which has been Arabised
glosses: the process of Arabising
Arcadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ən/
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Forms: form: Arcadians
Etymology: From Latin Arcadius.
Senses: glosses: An inhabitant of ancient Arcadia.
glosses: An ideal rustic.
Arcadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ən/
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Forms: form: more Arcadian
form: most Arcadian
Etymology: From Latin Arcadius.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to ancient Arcadia.
glosses: Ideally rustic.
Coordinate terms: Mantuanesque
Arcadian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ən/
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Forms: form: Arcadians
Etymology: From Arcadia + -n.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Arcadia (in modern Greece)
glosses: A native or inhabitant of Arcadia (in the US) or its suburbs.
Arcadian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑː(ɹ)ˈkeɪ.di.ən/
ipa: /ɑɹˈkeɪ.di.ən/
rhymes: -eɪdiən
Forms: form: more Arcadian
form: most Arcadian
Etymology: From Arcadia + -n.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to Arcadia (modern Greece).
glosses: Pertaining to Arcadia (US).
Archangel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: We bore her down to the boat and aboard our vessel, and then getting up anchor we sailed away across the White Sea until the spires of Archangel sank down behind the horizon.
ref: 1885, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Man From Archangel:
glosses: Dated form of Arkhangelsk: a city in northwestern Russia.
Derived terms: Archangel tar
Archer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
Forms: form: the Archer
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of Sagittarius.
synonyms: word: Sagittarius
Archer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹt͡ʃɚ/
Senses: glosses: A surname from Anglo-Norman [in turn originating as an occupation] for a bowman.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of modern usage.
glosses: A suburb of Palmerston, Northern Territory, Australia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A city in Alachua County, Florida, named after James T. Archer.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Idaho.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Curran Township, Sangamon County, Illinois.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A minor city in O'Brien County, Iowa, named after townsite owner John Archer.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Merrick County, Nebraska, named after Robert T. Archer.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Harrison County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Marshall County, Tennessee, named after Archer Beasley.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Archer City
Archer County
Archimedean screw
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Archimedean screws
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Archimedes' screw.
synonyms: word: Archimedes' screw
Arctic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(k)tɪk/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ(k)tɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk
Forms: form: arctic
Etymology: From Middle French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the celestial north pole, or to the pole star.
examples: text: What neede the artick people loue star-light,
To whom the sunne shines both by day and night.
ref: 1594, Christopher Marlow[e], The Troublesome Raigne and Lamentable Death of Edward the Second, King of England: […], London: […] [Eliot’s Court Press] for Henry Bell, […], published 1622, →OCLC, (please specify the page):
text: […] on th’ other side
Incenc’t with indignation Satan stood
Unterrifi’d, and like a Comet burn’d,
That fires the length of Ophiucus huge
In th’ Artick Sky, and from his horrid hair
Shakes Pestilence and Warr.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 706-711:
text: See FREEDOM smiling thro’ the realms of frost,
And glow on Labradore’s inclement coast,
Tho’ darkness sheds deep night thro’ half the year,
And snow invests the clime,—that clime is dear,
For there fair LIBERTY resides, and there
At large the native breasts the searching air,
Where blows the arctic tempests icy gale,
And famine seizes on the spermy whale,
ref: 1788, Samuel Jackson Pratt, Humanity, or the Rights of Nature, London: T. Cadell, Book 2, p. 96:
text: A medical examination determined who was to be sent on to Norilsk in the Arctic.
ref: 1968, Robert Conquest, “A Nation in Torment”, in The Great Terror: Stalin's Purge of the Thirties, Macmillan Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 327:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the northern polar region of the planet, characterised by extreme cold and an icy landscape.
examples: text: ‘Could you close that window, please!’ Strickland called, dialling again. ‘It's bloody arctic down this end.’
ref: 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 45:
glosses: Extremely cold, snowy, or having other properties of extreme winter associated with the Arctic.
glosses: Designed for use in very cold conditions.
Arctic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(k)tɪk/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ(k)tɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk
Forms: form: arctic
Etymology: From Middle French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.
Senses: glosses: The north celestial pole.
examples: text: I’ve visited the world from arctic to ecliptic, as a surgeon does a hospital, and find all men sick of some distemper […]
ref: 1772, Richard Cumberland, The Fashionable Lover, London: W. Griffin, act IV, page 46:
glosses: A continental region consisting of the portion of the Earth north of the Arctic Circle, containing the North Pole.
Derived terms: word: Arctic blue
word: Arctic blues
taxonomic: Salvelinus alpinus
word: Arctic char
word: Arctic Circle
taxonomic: Boreogadus saida
word: Arctic cod
word: Arctic conditions
word: Arctic dog disease
taxonomic: Vulpes lagopus
word: Arctic fox
word: Arctic ground squirrel
taxonomic: Lepus arcticus
word: Arctic hare
word: Arctic haze
taxonomic: Gavia arctica
word: Arctic loon
word: Arctic Ocean
word: Arctic Sea
taxonomic: Stercorarius parasiticus
word: Arctic skua
taxonomic: Sterna paradisaea
word: Arctic tern
word: Arctic warbler
taxonomic: Pardosa glacialis
word: Arctic wolf spider
word: Northwest Arctic Borough
word: subarctic
Arctic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(k)tɪk/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ(k)tɪk/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪk
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ktɪk
Forms: form: Arctics
form: arctic
Etymology: From Middle French artique (with -c- reintroduced after Latin in the 17th century), from Latin arcticus, from Ancient Greek ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “northern, of the (Great) Bear”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear, Ursa Major”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos (“bear”). Cognate with Latin ursus.
Senses: glosses: A warm waterproof overshoe.
glosses: Any of various butterflies of the genus Oeneis.
Are
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Estonian Are.
Senses: glosses: A village in Saaremaa, Saare County, Estonia.
Argentine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.dʒən.taɪn/
ipa: /ˈɑː.dʒən.tiːn/
Etymology: From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Senses: examples: text: Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low.
ref: 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: word: Argentinan
word: Argentinean
word: Argentinian
glosses: Of, from, or pertaining to Argentina or its people.
Derived terms: Argentine nightshade
Argentine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.dʒən.taɪn/
ipa: /ˈɑː.dʒən.tiːn/
Forms: form: Argentines
Etymology: From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Senses: examples: text: "Rich as an Argentine" was a phrase my Brooklyn grandfather often repeated to my bewilderment.
ref: 2006 June 11, Jonathan Kandell, “Buenos Aires Beef, on Hoof and on Plates”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
synonyms: word: Argentinan
word: Argentinean
word: Argentinian
glosses: A citizen or descendant abroad of Argentina.
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Ellipsis of Argentine tango.
Argentine
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː.dʒən.taɪn/
ipa: /ˈɑː.dʒən.tiːn/
Etymology: From Old French argentin (“silvery”), from Latin argentum (“silver”).
Senses: glosses: Argentina.
examples: text: The first inuenter thereof (as most agree) is thought to be a Germaine, dwellyng first in Argentine, afterward Citizen of Mentz, named John Faustus, a goldsmith.
ref: 1610 October, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments of Matters Most Speciall and Memorable, Happening in the Church, with an Vniuersall Historie of the Same. […], 6th edition, volume I, London: […] [Humphrey Lownes] for the Company of Stationers, →OCLC, book VI, page 650, column 1:
text: […] and the Ambassadour for the Citie of Argentine was not suffered to sit in the Councell, because that Cittie had disanulled the Masse.
ref: 1624, Patrick Symson, The Historie of the Church Since the Dayes of Our Saviour Iesus Christ untill this present Age […], page 178:
text: […] they deemed no remedy more commodious, effectuall, and opportune, than if his Holines, by the Emperours consent, would call a godly, free, and Christian Councell, so soone as it were possible, in some conuenient place in Germanie; that is, in Argentine, in Mentz, Collen, or Metz, […]
ref: 1629 [1619], Paolo Sarpi, translated by Nathaniel Brent, The Historie of the Councel of Trent […], London: Bonham Norton and John Bill, →OCLC, book 1, paragraph 61, page 27:
glosses: Strasbourg (city in France).
glosses: A current place name:
A neighbourhood of Kansas City, Kansas, named after a silver smeltery.
glosses: A current place name:
A township and census-designated place therein, in Genesee County, Michigan.
glosses: A current place name:
A township in Fall River County, South Dakota.
glosses: A current place name:
A commune in Savoie department, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
Derived terms: Argentinean
Argentine black and white tegu
Argentine giant tegu
Argentine Sea
Argentinian
Argentino
Related terms: Argentina
Argo
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑɹɡoʊ/
Etymology: From Latin Argō, from Ancient Greek Ἀργώ (Argṓ), the mythical ship of the Argonauts.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The ship in which Jason and the Argonauts sailed on their quest for the Golden Fleece.
raw_tags: with the
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Argo Navis, a large constellation in the southern hemisphere, now divided into Carina, Puppis, and Vela.
Derived terms: Argean
Argoan
Argonia
Related terms: Argonaut
argonaut
Argo Navis
Argos
Argonaut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Argonauta, from Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs). By surface analysis, Argo + -naut.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: One of the members of the Argo who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece.
glosses: Any of several ships and submarines of the British and US navies.
topics: ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A team member for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League.
examples: text: The Olivutsa’s surveys led to the conclusion that Argonaut Island must be Ulleungdo and that the incorrect position of Argonaut Island should be discarded, thereby putting an end to the confusion that had lasted for years.
ref: 2016, Choi Seo-myeon, “Dokdo as Illustrated on Maps”, in Historical, Geographical and Legal Analyses on Dokdo, Northeast Asian History Foundation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 58:
glosses: Synonym of Ulleungdo.
synonyms: word: Ulleungdo
Argonaut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑː(ɹ).ɡəˌnɔːt/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɔt/
ipa: /ˈɑɹ.ɡəˌnɑt/
Forms: form: Argonauts
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Argonauta, from Ancient Greek Ἀργοναύτης (Argonaútēs). By surface analysis, Argo + -naut.
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of argonaut.
Aries
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə.ɹiːz/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.iz/
homophone: Ares
rhymes: -ɛəɹiz
Forms: form: ♈︎
Etymology: From Latin Aries, from aries (“ram”), calque of Ancient Greek Κριός (Kriós), calque of Akkadian 𒅈𒌺𒊑𒈨 (immeru, “sheep”).
Senses: examples: text: The Bull, being gall’d, gave Aries such a knock / That down fell both the Ram’s horns in the court.
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Lamentable Tragedy of Titus Andronicus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the zodiac supposedly shaped like a ram.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
antonyms: Libra
glosses: The zodiac sign for the ram, ruled by Mars and covering March 20 – April 20 (tropical astrology) or April 15 – May 15 (sidereal astrology).
Synonyms: word: Aries
word: Ram
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Hamal
word: Sheratan
word: Mesarthim
word: Botein
word: Bharani
Derived terms: Arian
first point of Aries
Related terms: arietate
arietation
Arietian
arietiform
arietine
Aries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə.ɹiːz/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.iz/
homophone: Ares
rhymes: -ɛəɹiz
Forms: form: Aries
Etymology: From Latin Aries, from aries (“ram”), calque of Ancient Greek Κριός (Kriós), calque of Akkadian 𒅈𒌺𒊑𒈨 (immeru, “sheep”).
Senses: synonyms: Arian
Arietian
glosses: Someone with an Aries star sign.
Aries
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə.ɹiːz/
ipa: /ˈɛɹ.iz/
homophone: Ares
rhymes: -ɛəɹiz
Forms: form: Arieses
Etymology: Two main origins:
* Scottish habitational surname from either of two minor places in Kirkcudbrightshire.
* Borrowed from French Ariès, from the medieval personal name Yrieix.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Synonyms: word: Aries
word: Ram
Hypernyms: word: constellation
Meronyms: word: Hamal
word: Sheratan
word: Mesarthim
word: Botein
word: Bharani
Ark
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The boat built by the Biblical Noah to carry himself and the animals of the planet during the Flood.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The chest carried by the Hebrews containing the stone tablets carved with the Ten Commandments.
Related terms: Ark of the Covenant
Noah's ark
Arm
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Armenian.
Art
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)t
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Arthur, from the Celtic languages.
Artist
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Artists
Etymology: Variant of Artis.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
As
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She went from getting Cs and Ds to earning straight As.
glosses: plural of A
Asatru
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ásatrú
Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic Ásatrú.
Senses: examples: text: 2004, Gundula E. Rommel, Asgard in America: Inventing European Ethnic Identity in a Post-industrial Pluralist Culture, Thesis (M.A.), page 8,
Presenting themselves as deeply religious and, at the same time, open to scientific testing methods that would physically damage the revered bones, the Asatru claimants occupied an interesting middle ground between the opposing sides.
text: Lenz felt Parker was "disrespecting the gods" and "saying that he was teaching Asatru but what he was teaching was not Asatru."
ref: 2008, Michelangelo Delfino, Mary E. Day, Death Penalty USA: 2005 - 2006, page 296:
text: Many people have not heard of Asatru or Heathenry...or they have a mistaken or distorted view of what it is. By offering classes and workshops on Asatru 101, the Gods, the Ancestors, the Vaettir, and the Runes...you can educate people about Asatru and raise interest in Asatru in your area.
ref: 2009, Mark Ludwig Stinson, Heathen Gods, page 51:
glosses: A neopagan religion, reconstructed from old Norse religion, which honors the Æsir and/or other Norse gods and spirits.
Synonyms: Asatruism
Coordinate terms: english: a follower of Asatru
translation: a follower of Asatru
word: Asatruar
Derived terms: alt: chauvinistic version of the modern Norse religion
word: Brosatru
english: an Asatruar priest
translation: an Asatruar priest
word: godi
english: an Asatruar temple
translation: an Asatruar temple
word: hof
alt: racist or neo-Nazi themed versions of the modern Norse religion
word: Nazitru
alt: syncretism of Wicca and Germanic neopaganism
word: Wiccatru
Related terms: english: venerator of Loki
translation: venerator of Loki
word: Lokean
english: veneration of Odin
translation: veneration of Odin
word: Odinism
english: veneration of the underworld gods, such as Loki, Angrboda, Fenrir, and Hel
translation: veneration of the underworld gods, such as Loki, Angrboda, Fenrir, and Hel
word: Rokkatru
english: Anglo-Saxon neopaganism
translation: Anglo-Saxon neopaganism
word: Theodism
english: veneration of the Vanir gods
translation: veneration of the Vanir gods
word: Vanatru
Ash
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /æʃ/
rhymes: -æʃ
Forms: form: Ashes
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The Egyptian god of oases.
glosses: Oisc, also spelled Æsc or Ash, an Anglo-Saxon king of Kent
glosses: A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near ash trees.
glosses: A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A diminutive of the unisex given names Ashley or Ashleigh.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Ashlie, Ashlee, Ashly, or Ashanti.
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A civil parish in South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire.
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A hamlet in Stoke Fleming parish, South Hams district, Devon (OS grid ref SX8349).
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A hamlet in Stourpaine parish, Dorset (OS grid ref ST8610).
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Dover district, Kent (OS grid ref TR2858).
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A small village in Ash-cum-Ridley parish, Sevenoaks district, Kent (OS grid ref TQ6064).
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A village and civil parish in Somerset, previously in South Somerset district (OS grid ref ST4720).
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A hamlet in Thornfalcon parish, Somerset, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2822).
glosses: A place name:
A place in England:
A town and civil parish in Guildford borough, Surrey, near Aldershot (OS grid ref SU8950).
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
A township in Monroe County, Michigan.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
A township in Barry County, Missouri.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Monroe County, Missouri.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Brunswick County, North Carolina.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Houston County, Texas.
glosses: A place name:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia.
Derived terms: Ash-cum-Ridley
Ash Green
Ash Hill
Ash Vale
Cold Ash
New Ash Green
Asiago
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Italian Asiago (Venetan Axiago), from Medieval Latin Axiglagum, a predial name from a name like Asellius or Acilius. The Cimbrian name is Slege and the German name is Schlägen, both also deriving from the Latin (Aselago → Selago → Slago → Slege).
Senses: glosses: A township near Vicenza in the Veneto, Italy.
Derived terms: Asiago cheese
asiago
Ask
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The first male human, according to the Poetic Edda.
Ask
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Asks
Etymology: Borrowed from Swedish Ask, from ask (“ash tree”), ultimately also from askr (“ash tree”). Doublet of Ash.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Swedish.
Aslan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Aslans
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish Aslan.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Turkish.
Aspen
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for its aspen trees.
Senses: glosses: A ski-resort town, the county seat of Pitkin County, Colorado.
glosses: A small community in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia.
glosses: A female given name from English of modern usage, denominated for the aspen tree.
glosses: A surname.
Related terms: Asp
Aspen Mountain
Aspirin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈæspɹɪn/
/ˈæspɪɹɪn/
Etymology: From the German trademark Aspirin, from acetylierte Spirsäure (“acetylated spiræic acid”); more at aspirin § Etymology.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A marketed variety of acetylsalicylic acid.
Coordinate terms: Tylenol
Derived terms: english: the genericized trademark meaning acetylsalicylic acid
translation: the genericized trademark meaning acetylsalicylic acid
word: aspirin
Assembly
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: Nevada Assembly
text: New York State Assembly
topics: government
politics
glosses: The lower legislative body of each of a number of states of the United States.
Assembly Language
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of assembly language.
Associate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Associates
Senses: glosses: An associate's degree.
Asti
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A province in Piedmont, Italy.
glosses: A comune, the capital of Asti province, Piedmont, Italy.
Asti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Astis
Senses: synonyms: Asti Spumante
glosses: A sparkling white wine made in Asti or its vicinity.
Atem
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of Atum.
Athletic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Athletics
Senses: examples: text: Smith became an Athletic as a result of a pre-season trade.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A player on the team Oakland Athletics.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Short for Athletic Club, a Spanish professional club more often known in English as Athletic Bilbao.
Athletics
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The team The Oakland Athletics, previously Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Nickname for many athletic teams whose full name includes "Athletics".
Atlas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætləs/
rhymes: -ætləs
homophone: atlas
Forms: form: Atlases
Etymology: From Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pike County, Illinois.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
A township in Genesee County, Michigan.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Lamar County, Texas.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Upshur County, West Virginia.
glosses: A placename:
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Laketown, Polk County, Wisconsin.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A placename:
A moon of Saturn.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A placename:
A crater in the last quadrant of the moon.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A placename:
A triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster (M45) also known as 27 Tauri.
glosses: A surname.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: An SM-65, an early ICBM, soon developed into a long-lived orbital launch vehicle series.
Derived terms: Atlantean
Atlas beetle
Atlas cedar
Atlas complex
Atlas-like
Atlas wheatear
Related terms: Atlas Mountains
Atlas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætləs/
rhymes: -ætləs
homophone: atlas
Forms: form: Atlases
Etymology: From Latin Ā̆tlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas), either from ἁ- (ha-, copulative prefix) + Proto-Indo-European *telh₂- (“bear, undergo, endure”) or of Pre-Greek origin.
Senses: topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
war
glosses: A particular model or individual specimen of the Atlas missile and launch vehicle line.
Atlas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætləs/
rhymes: -ætləs
homophone: atlas
Forms: form: Atlases
Senses: glosses: A subgroup of the Berber languages.
Related terms: Central Atlas Tamazight
Atom
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Manipuri ꯑꯇꯣꯝ (ʼatom).
Senses: glosses: A Meitei surname from Manipuri
Related terms: Atomcha
Attic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
homophone: attic
Forms: form: more Attic
form: most Attic
Etymology: From Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped Athens + -ic. Doublet of Atticus.
Senses: glosses: Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Synonym of Athenian, of or related to the culture of ancient Athens.
synonyms: word: Athenian
word: of or related to the culture of ancient Athens
topics: architecture
glosses: Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Of or related to ancient Athenian architecture.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Of or related to Attica, ancient Athens and its hinterland
Of or related to Attic Greek.
glosses: Marked by the qualities traditionally considered characteristic of the ancient Athenians: classical, refined.
Derived terms: Attic base
Attic salt
Attic
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈætɪk/
rhymes: -ætɪk
homophone: attic
Etymology: From Latin Atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós), from some Pre-Greek demonym or toponym for Athens and its hinterland of Attica + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic: forming adjectives”). Equivalent to a modified and clipped Athens + -ic. Doublet of Atticus.
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Attic Greek, the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coast of the Aegean Sea.
Derived terms: Atticism
Atticist
Atticistic
Atticize
Au
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language spoken in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Au terms
Au
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Cantonese 歐／欧 (ou1) or 區／区 (ou1) (Doublet of Ao), or from German Au.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
Aug.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: A third man, Rodolfo Godinez, 24, a legal resident who immigrated from Nicaragua, and three teenagers also face murder and robbery charges for the shooting deaths of Iofemi Hightower, 20; Dashon Harvey, 20; and Terrance Aeriel, 18, on Aug. 4 behind the Mount Vernon School. Mr. Aeriel’s sister Natasha, 19, was also shot, but survived.
ref: 2007 August 21, Kareem Fahim, “Presidential Candidate Blames Killings on Newark Sanctuary Policy”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 30 Aug 2019:
related: word: Jan.
word: Feb.
word: Mar.
word: Apr.
word: May
word: Jun.
word: Jul.
word: Sep.
word: Oct.
word: Nov.
word: Dec.
glosses: Abbreviation of August.
Aug.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Augustan.
Auger
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /oʊˈʒeɪ/
ipa: /ˈɔːʒɚ/
ipa: /ˈaʊd͡ʒɚ/
other: /ˈaʊɡɚ/
other: /ˈɔ.ɡɚ/
Forms: form: Augers
Etymology: * As a French surname, borrowed from French Auger.
* As a German surname, a variant of Auer, with the -g- said to reflect a West Frisian influence.
* As an English surname, variant of Alger.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Derived terms: Auger effect
Auger electron
Auger electron spectroscopy
Auger-Meitner effect
Auger recombination
Auger shower
August
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ôʹgəst
ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡəst/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɪst/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡəst/
Forms: form: Augusts
form: Aug
form: Aug.
form: Aguste
form: Augost
Etymology: Early Middle English August(us), re-Latinized from Old English Agustus, from Late Latin Agustus, from Latin augustus (“month of August”), from the agnomen Augustus (“venerable”) of Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus, possibly from either Old Latin *augos (“increase”), from Proto-Italic *augos, from Proto-Indo-European base *h₂ewg- (“to increase”); or Latin avis (“bird”), referring to divination by observing bird flights, singing, feeding or entrails + garrīre (“to chatter”).
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: calendar year; year
text: The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams, the boards giving back the clatter of our horses' feet:[…].
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter VIII, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Trump’s July 8 announcement of a 50% tariff on copper imports beginning August 1 sent prices surging 13% in one day, up to a record high of $5.69 per pound.
ref: 2025 July 17, John Towfighi, “Copper prices have surged to record highs — and they could jump higher. Here’s why”, in CNN Business:
related: word: Aug
word: Aug.
word: AUG
word: mul:8
word: January
word: February
word: March
word: April
word: May
word: June
word: July
word: September
word: October
word: November
word: December
glosses: The eighth month of the Roman, Julian, and Gregorian calendars, following July and preceding September.
examples: text: August, Charis named her, because that's when she was born. Warm breezes, baby powder, languorous heat, the smell of mown hay. Such a soft name. Too soft for her daughter, who has added an a. Augusta, she is now — a very different resonance. Marble statues, Roman noses, tight-lipped commanding mouths.
ref: 1993, Margaret Atwood, Robber Bride, Virago Press, published 2013, →ISBN, page 48:
text: AUGUST[ 2017]: [Mark] Zuckerberg and [Priscilla] Chan's second daughter, August, is born.
ref: 2018, George Beahm, editor, Mark Zuckerberg: In His Own Words, Agate Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from English derived from the month (of birth).
Synonyms: english: chiefly early Roman contexts
translation: chiefly early Roman contexts
word: Sextilis
english: early Roman contexts
translation: early Roman contexts
word: Sextile
Derived terms: word: august
word: August Bank Holiday
word: August plum
word: August rooster
word: mid-August
Related terms: Augustal
Augustan
Augustean
augusteity
Augustin
Augustine
Augustinian
augustious
Augustus
Austin
August
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ôʹgəst
ipa: /ˈɔː.ɡəst/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡəst/
ipa: /ˈɔ.ɡɪst/
ipa: /ˈɑ.ɡəst/
Etymology: In some cases a month name from English. In other cases inspired by the common German given name August, from Latin Augustus.
Senses: examples: text: Thirteen year old August is the eldest; he begins to pull the kite downward. Like his sister and brother, June and July, he has been named after the month in which he was born.
ref: 1974, Witi Ihimaera, Whanau, Heinemann, page 76:
glosses: A male given name from Latin.
glosses: A surname from Latin.
glosses: A census-designated place in San Joaquin County, California, United States.
Auntie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The BBC.
glosses: The ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission).
Synonyms: sense: BBC
word: the Beeb
sense: BBC
word: Auntie Beeb
Aura
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Auras
form: Ora
Senses: examples: text: Aura Lea, Aura Lea, / Maid with golden hair;
ref: 1861 W. W. Fosdick - George R. Poulton, Aura Lea (a song)
glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Aurelia, from Latin.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A minor female deity.
Auriga
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ɔːˈɹaɪɡə/
Etymology: From Latin aurīga m (“charioteer”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A winter constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a charioteer. It includes the star Capella.
Derived terms: Aurigae
Aurigid
Aus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Australia.
Australasian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Australasia + -an.
Senses: examples: text: Much more diffuse affinities occur to the Australasian monotypic Goebeliellaceae.
ref: 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page 4:
glosses: Relating to Australia and its surrounding regions of New Guinea, Indonesia, and the south west Pacific Ocean.
Synonyms: Oceanian
Derived terms: Australasian figbird
Australasian pig-nose turtle
Australasian robin
Australasian slimwing
Australasian swamphen
Australasian treecreeper
Australasian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Australasians
Etymology: From Australasia + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Australasia.
Auto
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
Autumn
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Autumns
Senses: glosses: A female given name from English of modern usage, from autumn, the name of the season.
Av
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hebrew אָב (āv), from Akkadian 𒉈 (Abu).
Senses: glosses: The eleventh month of the civil year and the fifth month of the ecclesiastical year in the Jewish calendar, after Tammuz and before Elul.
Avatar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Sanskrit अवतार (avatāra).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
Ave
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑːveɪ/
ipa: /ˈæveɪ/
ipa: /ˈeɪvi/
rhymes: -ɑːveɪ
rhymes: -æveɪ
rhymes: -eɪvi
Forms: form: Aves
Senses: examples: text: Ogier, thinkiag it is the Virgin Mary, commences an Ave; but the lady tells him she is Morgue la faye, who at his birth had kissed him, and retained him for her loyal amoureux, though forgotten by him.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 78:
glosses: An Ave Maria.
Avril
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈævɹɪl/
Forms: form: Avrils
Etymology: 20th-century invention from French avril (“April”).
Senses: examples: text: Avril Lavigne is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
text: Granny Byrne never failed to explain that Avril had been given her name because she was born in April.
ref: 1996, Maeve Binchy, This Year It Will Be Different: A Christmas Treasury, Hachette UK, published 2008, →ISBN:
glosses: A female given name from French, equivalent to English April.
Coordinate terms: April
Avril
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈævɹɪl/
Forms: form: Avrils
Etymology: From French Avril.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
Axel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæk.səl/
homophone: axel
homophone: axil
homophone: axle
Forms: form: Axels
Etymology: From Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128–1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell, from Old Norse "god" + "cauldron, helmet", and Absalon was chosen as the nearest-sounding Christian equivalent, leading to the exchange of the middle consonants.
Senses: examples: text: The riots began after misinformation circulated widely online about the identity and motives of the suspect in the Southport murders, who was named on Thursday as 17-year-old Axel Rudakubana. The media had been unable to name the teenager, who was born in Cardiff to Rwandan parents, because he is under 18.
ref: 2024 August 1, Josh Halliday, Neha Gohil, “Police in England urged to protect mosques as far right plans more rallies”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A male given name from the Germanic languages in quiet use since the 19th century.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Axel Heiberg Island
Axis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The alliance (in effect before and during World War II) of Germany, Italy, Japan, and several minor allied countries, which opposed the Allies.
Synonyms: the Axis Powers
Äynu
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language of China with elements of Turkic grammar and Iranian vocabulary, usually classified as Turkic.
Azalea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A female given name.
Aziz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz, “dear”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
Aztec
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæz.tɛk/
Forms: form: Aztecs
form: Aztec
Etymology: From Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).
Senses: examples: text: The lords of Tlatelolco were greatly angered over this and said, one to another, "These Aztecs believe that we are of an alien lineage. Do they not know that we are Aztecs like them[?]
(= los señores de Tlatelulco, recibieron mucho enojo y pesadumbre, y dixeron entre sí mesmos: estos mexicanos imaginan que nosotros somos de diferente generacion quellos; no saben que somo mexicanos) [1867 edition]
ref: 1994, Diego Durán, translated by Doris Heyden, The History of the Indies of New Spain:
glosses: A Mexica.
examples: text: Although united culturally, the Aztecs thought of themselves in terms of their particular tribal affiliations: as Mexica, Tetzcoca, Culhua, Tepaneca, etc.
ref: 1989, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Incarnations of the Aztec Supernatural: The Image of Huitzilopochtli in Mexico and Europe:
glosses: A Nahua.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A hybrid defensive back position combining aspects of the safety, nickelback and linebacker positions.
Synonyms: word: Mexica
word: Mexican
word: Nahua
Aztec
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæz.tɛk/
Etymology: From Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).
Senses: glosses: The Nahuatl language.
glosses: A city, the county seat of San Juan County, New Mexico, United States.
Synonyms: word: Nahuatl
word: Mexican
Aztec
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæz.tɛk/
Forms: form: more Aztec
form: most Aztec
Etymology: From Spanish azteca, from Classical Nahuatl aztēcah, plural of aztēcatl (“inhabitant of Aztlán”).
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the Mexica people.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Nahuas.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the Nahuatl language.
Synonyms: word: Aztecan
word: Mexica
word: Mexican
word: Nahua
word: Nahuatl
word: Nahuatl
word: Mexican
Derived terms: Aztecan
Aztec broccoli
Aztec Empire
Aztec lily
Aztec marigold
Aztec tobacco
Aztec Triple Alliance
Aztec two-step
Aztequism
Uto-Aztec
B
Language: English
Part of speech: character
Pronunciation: ipa: /b/
ipa: /biː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: b
form: Bs
form: B's
Etymology: From the Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (b, beorc).
Senses: examples: text: Boxer could not get beyond the letter D. He would trace out A, B, C, D, in the dust with his great hoof […]
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
glosses: The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
Related terms: word: letter
word: A
word: a
word: B
word: b
word: C
word: c
word: D
word: d
word: E
word: e
word: F
word: f
word: G
word: g
word: H
word: h
word: I
word: i
word: J
word: j
word: K
word: k
word: L
word: l
word: M
word: m
word: N
word: n
word: O
word: o
word: P
word: p
word: Q
word: q
word: R
word: r
word: S
word: s
word: T
word: t
word: U
word: u
word: V
word: v
word: W
word: w
word: X
word: x
word: Y
word: y
word: Z
word: z
B
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /b/
ipa: /biː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: b
Etymology: From the Old English letter B, from 7th century replacement by Latin B of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᛒ (b, beorc).
Senses: glosses: The ordinal number second, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
raw_tags: number
B
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Pronunciation: ipa: /b/
ipa: /biː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
* (billion): abbreviation of billion
* (cricket): abbreviation of balls
* (bitch): abbreviation of bitch
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: byte
Derived terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: Bps
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: B/s
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: kB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: MB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: GB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: TB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: PB
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: EB
Related terms: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
english: bit
translation: bit
word: b
B
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /b/
ipa: /biː/
rhymes: -iː
Etymology: From abbreviations of various terms beginning with or containing the letter ‘B’.
* (billion): abbreviation of billion
* (cricket): abbreviation of balls
* (bitch): abbreviation of bitch
Senses: glosses: A suffix ending in -ble, optionally with a preceding vowel (-ible, -able).
Derived terms: english: -ably; -ibly; or
translation: -ably; -ibly; or
word: Bl
B
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /b/
ipa: /biː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: Bs
Etymology: From the use of the letter ‘B’ as an arbitrary label among other letter labels.
* (personality type): from contrast with the letter ‘A’ and its corresponding personality type
* (academic grade): from the position of the letter ‘B’ in the English alphabet
Senses: glosses: A personality type describing people who are relaxed and easygoing and able to engage in leisure activities without worrying about work.
glosses: An academic grade, better than a C and worse than an A.
examples: text: The television studio revived some of its B characters for the spinoff.
text: The baddest of the Bs, then, are a rare, precious mix of jerry-built production values and jazzed-up creative juices. But that’s not to say that even with a budget, a B movie can’t still bounce way off the wall, […]
ref: 1999, Michael Sauter, The Worst Movies of All Time, Or, What Were They Thinking?, page 268:
glosses: Signifies a second-tier or second class of a given commodity, group, or category, as in B-movie, B-list, etc.
glosses: The alternate or secondary part, such as the back side of a phonograph record. Contrasted with ‘A’, which is the primary part.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The seventh note in the C major scale.
Related terms: A-B power
A-B powering
antihemophilic factor B
basic B
B-factory
B-heptomino
B-list
B meson
B-reel
B-sheaf
B-side
B story
B virus
B vitamin
Facey B
Lake Bordeaux B
peyssonol B
plan B
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B
prothromboplastin B
there is no Planet B
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