cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
clerestory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: klîr'-stôr-ē
ipa: /ˈklɪəɹ.stɔːɹi/
Forms: form: clerestories
form: clearstory
form: clerstory
Etymology: From Middle English clerestory, from clere (“clear: light, lighted”) + story (“storey/story: level of a building”).
Senses: examples: text: Following these signs, he beheld three or four men with bent bows, leaning from the clerestory gallery.
ref: 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “In the Abbey Church”, in The Black Arrow:
text: On the Visby-Västerhejde Railway there is a steam car. [...] The upperworks consist of a short clerestory coach body with end platforms and the engine chimney protruding from the roof like a stovepipe.
ref: 1939 July, “Overseas Railways: Baltic Island Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 49:
text: The cars built before 1913 had clerestory roofs, after the American style, and also were provided with gates and end vestibule platforms requiring gatemen.
ref: 1951 January, “The Inner Circle and its Rolling Stock”, in Railway Magazine, page 59:
topics: architecture
glosses: The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.
Derived terms: clerestoried
Related terms: triforium
Teletext
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From tele- + text.
Senses: glosses: A text-based information retrieval system using television sets with a suitable decoder; developed by the BBC.
Related terms: Aertel
Ceefax
videotex
catch a falling knife
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: catches a falling knife
form: catching a falling knife
form: caught a falling knife
form: caught a falling knife
Senses: examples: text: Buying that stock now would be catching a falling knife. Wait until you see capitulation.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: To buy an instrument whose price is falling rapidly.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: To buy an instrument with the unconfirmed assumption that its price will reverse.
fight the tape
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fights the tape
form: fighting the tape
form: fought the tape
form: fought the tape
Etymology: From the early 20th-century practice of printing stock prices on ticker tape.
Senses: examples: text: I kept buying hoping the price would go up, but I eventually decided I was fighting the tape.
topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: To make a trade contrary to the overall tendency of prices, i.e., to buy when prices are generally falling or sell when prices are generally rising.
ticker tape
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ticker tapes
Senses: topics: business
finance
trading
glosses: Paper tape on which a stock ticker, news ticker or similar device would print incoming information.
glosses: Any device used for displaying usually sideways scrolling news or updates.
Synonyms: club tape
Derived terms: tape
ticker tape parade
ticker tape parade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ticker tape parades
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of ticker-tape parade.
stock ticker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stock tickers
form: stock-ticker
form: stockticker
Senses: examples: text: ... whose instruments are located directly on the floor of the Exchange, who transmit them instantly to the quotation companies, and in a few seconds the prices are carried by the stock-ticker into the brokers' office, the banks, banking houses...
ref: 1893, Clarence W. Barron, Joseph Gregory Martin, The Boston Stock Exchange:
glosses: A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed prices and volumes of stock trades on paper tape as the data became available.
glosses: Any device or display showing price and volumes of stock trades as the data become available.
Derived terms: stock ticker symbol
Related terms: news ticker
ticker tape
ticker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪkə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tickers
Etymology: From tick + -er.
Senses: examples: text: A teacher now is a typist, a printer, a laboratory assistant, a designer of work sheets and booklets, a form-filler, a ticker of boxes and a sender of returns to faculty heads, to head teachers, to education authorities and to the Ministers […]
ref: 1992, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard):
glosses: One who makes a tick mark.
examples: text: The ticker was showing an increased rate of flow.
glosses: A measuring or reporting device, particularly one which makes a ticking sound as the measured events occur.
examples: text: I checked the prices on the ticker one last time before placing the trade.
text: To my surprise, the ticker showed that the deal had already gone through.
glosses: A ticker tape, either the traditional paper kind or a scrolling message on a screen.
examples: text: My ticker gave out and I had to go to the hospital for surgery.
glosses: A heart, especially a human one.
examples: text: A right nice ticker it was. Real gold.
ref: 2011, Maggie MacKeever, The Tyburn Waltz:
glosses: A watch (timepiece).
topics: biology
birdwatching
natural-sciences
ornithology
glosses: A birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible.
examples: text: My weekday visit found a great mix of luncheoners, locals and real ale tickers.
ref: 2006, Richard Stedman, The Football and Real Ale Guide 2006-07: Division 1, →ISBN, page 5:
text: This book has not been written with the goal of pleasing beer geeks, tickers, fetishists, raters or advocates.
ref: 2015, Max Bahnson, Prague: A Pisshead's Pub Guide, →ISBN, page 5:
text: Today's tickers are equipped with smartphones with downloaded apps like Untappd. I've seen tickers peruse beer lists for new beers they haven't tried.
ref: 2019, Michael Ian Borer, Vegas Brews: Craft Beer and the Birth of a Local Scene, →ISBN, page 168:
glosses: A beer drinker who aims to try as many different beers as possible and keeps a record of all the beers they have drunk.
Derived terms: news ticker
stock ticker
ticker symbol
news ticker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: news tickers
Senses: examples: text: Supplementing the quotation tickers are the news tickers. These operate on the same principle as the former, but print current news having stock market value on a band of paper about six inches wide.
ref: 1929, Alliston Cragg, Understanding the stock market: a handbook for the investor:
glosses: A device, used primarily in the 20th century, which printed out incoming news stories on paper tape.
examples: text: My new cell phone has a news ticker feature.
glosses: Any device for displaying incoming news stories.
glosses: A line of text that moves across the lower part of a television screen or monitor, showing the latest news.
Synonyms: sense: line of text on screen
word: news crawl
Related terms: lower third
stock ticker
charlie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: charlies
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Charlie.
wald
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɔːld/
rhymes: -ɔːld
Forms: form: walds
form: walding
form: walded
form: walded
form: wauld
Etymology: From Northern Middle English walde, from Old English wealdan (“to rule, control, determine, direct, command, govern, possess, wield, exercise, cause, bring about”), from Proto-West Germanic *waldan, from Proto-Germanic *waldaną (“to reign”), from Proto-Indo-European *waldʰ- (“to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess”).
Cognates
Cognate with German walten (“to prevail, reign, dominate”), Danish volde (“to cause”), Icelandic valda (“to cause”), Lithuanian valda (“land property”), Lithuanian valdyti (“to rule”).
Senses: glosses: To govern; inherit.
wald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɔːld/
rhymes: -ɔːld
Forms: form: walds
form: wauld
Etymology: From Northern Middle English wald, from Old English weald (“power, authority”), from Proto-Germanic *waldą (“power”), from Proto-Indo-European *waldʰ- (“to be strong, be powerful, prevail, possess”). Cognate with German Gewalt (“force, power, control, violence”), Swedish våld (“force, violence”).
Senses: glosses: Power; strength.
glosses: Command; control; possession.
Related terms: wield
wald
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɔːld/
rhymes: -ɔːld
Forms: form: walds
form: wauld
Etymology: From Northern Middle English wald, from Old English weald (“high land covered with wood, woods, forest”), from Proto-West Germanic *walþu, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz, whence also Old High German wald (German Wald) and Old Norse vǫllr (Faroese vøllur, Norwegian voll, Icelandic völlur).
Senses: examples: text: … we still recognize the ancient traditions of the Goths, concerning the wald-elven,…
ref: 1812, Walter Scott, Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Digitized edition, page 124:
text: the romantic pass of the "wald path," along which runs a spur of an old Roman road
ref: 1853, Robert Simpson, History of Sanquhar, page 16:
text: MARDEN and STAPLEHURST—All this part of the line, through the Weald of Kent, i.e., the wald or forest, which still prevails here.
ref: 1857, George Bradshaw, Bradshaw's illustrated hand-book to Switzerland and the Tyrol, Digitized edition, published 2006, page 1:
glosses: Forest; woods.
Related terms: weald
wold
autism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: ôʹtĭzəm
ipa: /ˈɔːtɪzəm/
note: note that the /t/ is never flapped
ipa: /ˈɑtɪzəm/
Forms: form: autisms
Etymology: Borrowed from German Autismus, coined by Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler, first usage dated to 1907 attributed by Carl Jung as an alternative of his for "auto-erotism", although Bleuler himself differentiates the terms in his book Dementia Praecox, first published 1911. From Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + -ισμός (-ismós, “-ism”).
Senses: examples: text: Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
ref: 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jul 2023, pages 72–3:
topics: clinical-psychology
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication patterns (e.g., differences in body language or eye contact), delayed language development, and sensory processing sensitivities.
topics: clinical-psychology
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A pervasive neurological condition that is observable in early childhood and persists throughout the lifespan, characterised by atypical communication patterns (e.g., differences in body language or eye contact), delayed language development, and sensory processing sensitivities.
Synonym of autism spectrum; a range of disorders.
synonyms: word: autism spectrum
extra: a range of disorders
topics: clinical-psychology
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A diagnosis involving a pathological tendency to engage in self-centered fantasy thinking, historically considered a symptom of insanity or schizophrenia.
examples: text: weaponized autism
qualifier: derogatory or self-deprecatory
glosses: Abnormal and unhealthy focus or persistence, stereotypically coupled with low self-awareness and unhealthy hatred of opposition or criticism.
Synonyms: sense: autism spectrum
word: autistic spectrum
Hypernyms: autism spectrum
autistic spectrum
autism spectrum disorder
autistic spectrum disorder
neurodivergence
neurodiversity
Hyponyms: Asperger syndrome
Asperger's syndrome
Asperger's
Asperger
Coordinate terms: on the spectrum
Derived terms: atypical autism
AuDHD
autismal
autism creature
autismland
autism spectrum
autism spectrum condition
autism spectrum disorder
autist
autistic
autistic spectrum
autistic spectrum disorder
autmisia
digital autism
high-functioning autism
low-functioning autism
tautism
'tism
virtual autism
Related terms: alt: PDD
word: pervasive developmental disorder
word: PDD-NOS
word: disability
word: handicap
word: mutism
word: selective mutism
word: special education
word: schizothymia
word: schizoid personality disorder
word: schizotypal personality disorder
vibrato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪˈbɹɑːtoʊ/
rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ
Forms: form: vibratos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian vibrato m, past participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”).
Senses: examples: text: He felt his teeth methodically, one after the other, with a vibrato movement of finger and thumb.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 429:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The musical effect or technique where the pitch or frequency of a note or sound is quickly and repeatedly raised and lowered over a small distance for the duration of that note or sound.
wikipedia: vibrato
Related terms: vibrant
vibrate
vibratile
vibration
vibratiuncle
vibrative
vibrator
tremolo
lucerne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from French luzerne.
Senses: examples: text: The duration of lucerne is 6 to 10 years; though it sometimes, like clover, suffers from the winter. To make lucerne into hay, it should lie in the swath to wilt, and then be put into small grass-cocks with a fork (not rolled) to cure. After standing a day or two, the cocks may be opened two or three hours under a bright sun, the hay turned, and soon after housed. If spread like ordinary grass, the leaves dry and crumble ere the haulm or stalks are cured, and thus the best part of the fodder is lost. I have mixed lucerne, partially cured, in alternate strata with dry barley-straw on the mow, and found that cattle greedily consumed both in winter, when fed out in the yard. Lucerne may be sown till the 15th of May, at the rate of sixteen pounds to the acre. The soil should be dry and loose, rich and clean, and the subsoil pervious, so that the tap-roots may extend down […]
ref: 1841, Jesse Buel, The Farmers' Instructor. Consisting of Essays, Practical Directions, and Hints for the Management of the Farm and the Garden. Originally Published in the Cultivator; Selected and Revised for the School District Library, volume 1, Harper and Brothers, pages 202-203:
glosses: Alfalfa.
Derived terms: tree lucerne moth
espressivo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian espressivo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To be played in an expressive manner.
fortississimo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more fortississimo
form: most fortississimo
Etymology: Pseudo-Italianism, derived from fortissimo with an additional -iss-, instead of the expected Italian fortissimissimo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
related: word: fff
synonyms: blastissimo
antonyms: pianississimo
glosses: Indicating that the piece is to be played more loudly than fortissimo.
fortississimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fortississimos
form: fortississimi
Etymology: Pseudo-Italianism, derived from fortissimo with an additional -iss-, instead of the expected Italian fortissimissimo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played more loudly than fortissimo.
pianississimo
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more pianississimo
form: most pianississimo
Etymology: Pseudo-Italianism, derived from pianissimo with an additional -iss-, instead of the expected Italian pianissimissimo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
related: word: ppp
antonyms: fortississimo
glosses: Indicating that the piece is to be played more softly than pianissimo.
pianississimo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pianississimos
form: pianississimi
Etymology: Pseudo-Italianism, derived from pianissimo with an additional -iss-, instead of the expected Italian pianissimissimo.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: The dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played more softly than pianissimo.
stewed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stuːd/
rhymes: -uːd
Etymology: From stew + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of stew
AMA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: A.M.A.
form: A. M. A.
Senses: examples: text: “While there is still time, we urge Florida to reconsider this change to help prevent a rise of infectious disease outbreaks that put health and lives at risk,” said Dr. Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, an AMA trustee.
ref: 2025 September 3, Curt Anderson, “Florida plans to become first state to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates”, in AP News, archived from the original on 05 Sep 2025:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of American Medical Association.
glosses: Initialism of Alberta Motor Association.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Australian Medical Association.
glosses: Initialism of American Motorcyclist Association.
AMA
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: A.M.A.
form: A. M. A.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of ask me anything: usually attached to the end of a prompt in an “ask me anything” interview session.
AMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: AMAs
form: A.M.A.
form: A. M. A.
Senses: examples: text: We did this after the company abruptly terminated Victoria Taylor, a Reddit employee who worked extensively with us as well as with other moderator teams on facilitating A.M.A.s. […] When the company removed her without warning or providing alternative resources, it effectively hindered every community that hosts the wildly popular A.M.A.s that have made Reddit a part of the mainstream media conversation. […] We received news of Ms. Taylor’s termination in a chaotic way: Someone who was scheduled to conduct an A.M.A. flew to New York to visit the Reddit office and discovered a canceled appointment and no backup support.
ref: 2015 July 8, Brian Lynch, Courtnie Swearingen, “Why We Shut Down Reddit’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ Forum”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2020:
text: While Obama’s AMA ended up being a bit bland, the experiences and knowledge shared by the vacuum repair man made it one of the most popular and memorable AMAs ever hosted.
ref: 2016 October 10, Will Cenci, “Why scientists should learn to love Reddit”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2017:
glosses: Initialism of ask me anything.
AMA
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Forms: form: A.M.A.
form: A. M. A.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
related: word: A.M.A.
word: A. M. A.
word: a.m.a.
word: a. m. a.
word: ama
glosses: Initialism of against medical advice.
Related terms: sense: against medical advice
word: DAMA
sense: against medical advice
word: LAMA
CB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CBs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of citizens' band.
glosses: Abbreviation of citizens' band radio.
glosses: Initialism of competition best or championship best.
glosses: Initialism of conduction band.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The United States Navy hull classification symbol for a large cruiser.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of construction battalion.
topics: government
military
politics
war
coordinate_terms: jankers
fatigues
glosses: Initialism of confined to barracks.
glosses: Initialism of continental breakfast.
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of centre-back, a defensive position.
topics: American-football
ball-games
football
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
qualifier: Gaelic football; hurling; Gaelic football; hurling
glosses: Initialism of cornerback.
topics: business
manufacturing
sewing
textiles
glosses: Initialism of center back, a line marking the center on the back side of a piece of clothing.
topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Cajal body.
glosses: Initialism of circuit breaker.
glosses: Abbreviation of Companion of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
glosses: Initialism of cruise boost.
glosses: Initialism of cheebai.
Related terms: CB radio
NCB
CB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: ‘Twenty days C.B.,’ said one. ‘Twenty years, more likely,’ said another.
ref: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page, New York, published 2007, page 133:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: confined to barracks (a punishment in the army).
glosses: Initialism of chemical and biological.
CB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: C.B.
form: C. B.
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Cape Breton.
epistropheus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The union of the atlas and epistropheus is described in this section because (1) there is often a direct communication between the synovial cavity of the transverse epistropic and the occipito-atlantal joints; (2) the rotatory movements of the head take place around the dens (odontoid process); and (3) important ligaments from the dens pass over the atlas to the occiput.
ref: 1914, Human Anatomy: A Complete Systematic Treatise, page 215:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The second cervical vertebra of the spine which forms the pivot upon which the first cervical vertebra (the atlas), which carries the head, rotates.
Synonyms: axis
vertebra dentata
CDT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Central Daylight Time.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of C/C++ Development Toolkit (a component of Eclipse)
CDT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CDTs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of causal decision theory.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of clock draw task.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of craft, design, and technology.
DV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DVs
Senses: examples: text: Vincent opened it and found a video camera, a Panasonic. She recognized it as one of the new kind that took DV tapes, but it still had an unexpected weight.
ref: 2020, Emily St. John Mandel, The Glass Hotel, Picador (2021), page 67:
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of digital video.
glosses: Initialism of domestic violence.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Initialism of described video.
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Initialism of daily value.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Doctors Vote.
Related terms: topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: CC
topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: SAP
topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: DVB
topics: television
broadcasting
media
word: DTV
DV
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Deo volente (God willing).
DOA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
ref: 1995, “I'll Be There for You”, performed by The Rembrandts:
text: Mess around, be D.O.A., be on your way / 'Cause it ain't enough time here
ref: 1997, “Mo Money Mo Problems”, in Life After Death, performed by The Notorious B.I.G. ft. Ma$e and Diddy:
glosses: Initialism of dead on arrival.
glosses: Initialism of defective on arrival.
CST
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: For example, triskaidekaphobes like to point out the fate of the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission, blaming its near-disastrous outcome on its number and the time it launched, 13:13 CST.
ref: 2017 October 12, Albert Garcia, “What is the word for fear of the number 13? Triskaidekaphobia”, in Calliope Magazine, page 3:
glosses: Initialism of Central Standard Time.
glosses: Initialism of China Standard Time.
CST
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CSTs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of concrete syntax tree.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of convulsive shock treatment.
glosses: Abbreviation of constable.
qualifier: postnominal qualification
glosses: Initialism of certified sex therapist.
CSA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: space flight
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Space Agency.
synonyms: C.S.A.
C. S. A.
CESA
C.E.S.A.
C. E. S. A.
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Standards Association.
synonyms: C.S.A.
C. S. A.
C.S.
C. S.
CS
Confederate States
glosses: Initialism of Confederate States of America.
glosses: Initialism of Child Support Agency.
glosses: Initialism of Central Services Agency.
examples: text: Similarly, alcohol and tobacco are not scheduled under the CSA. These two substances are descheduled. […] NORML believes that a similar descheduling option – where the federal government and state governments both possess varying degrees of regulatory authority over the production, marketing, and taxation of the product, is appropriate for cannabis.
ref: 2019 May 19, “How to End Marijuana Prohibition With Regard to the Controlled Substances Act”, in NORML:
glosses: Initialism of Controlled Substances Act.
CSA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CSAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of combined statistical area.
glosses: Initialism of community service announcement.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: Lie theory
glosses: Initialism of Cartan subalgebra.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
qualifier: ring theory
glosses: Initialism of central simple algebra.
glosses: Initialism of community-supported agriculture.
hypernyms: SA
glosses: Initialism of child sexual abuse.
ABA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Basketball Association.
glosses: Initialism of Amateur Boxing Association.
examples: text: The rare outburst comes as the ABA is under continued attack from conservatives who question its methodology and argue that the group that has rated potential nominees for decades is biased against conservatives.
ref: 2019 October 30, Ariane de Vogue and Alex Rogers, “‘Not qualified’ rating and accusation from American Bar Association moves Trump nominee to tears”, in CNN:
text: Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said in an internal memo obtained by CNN that department attorneys cannot travel to, or speak at, ABA events in their official capacity. Career employees, however, are still able to maintain their ABA membership.
ref: 2025 April 9, Devan Cole, Donald Judd, Hannah Rabinowitz and Evan Perez, “Trump targets two first-term critics, a law firm and the American Bar Association”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of American Bar Association.
glosses: Initialism of American Booksellers Association.
examples: text: Energy drink manufacturers will not sell or market their energy drink products in K-12 schools, in accordance with the industry’s School Beverage Guidelines and in the ABA statement regarding the Sale of Energy Drinks in Schools.
ref: 2014 November 24, “ABA Guidance for the Responsible Labeling and Marketing of Energy Drinks”, in CNN en Español, page 1:
glosses: Initialism of American Beverage Association.
ABA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The company has calculated that, in some states, this reduction could impact more than two-fifths of its ABA therapy provider groups in network and up to 19% of its patients in therapy.
ref: 2024 December 14, Annie Waldman, “UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of applied behavior analysis.
FDA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: This week, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) for a a monoclonal antibody combination for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients
ref: 2021 February 12, “Coronavirus (COVID-19) update”, in U.S. Food & Drug Administration:
text: In the United States, some apps are getting recognized by the F.D.A. and are in trials to be designated as clinical interventions. Whatever you might think of them, they are fast becoming a part of global mental health care.
ref: 2022 September 27, Barclay Bram, “My Therapist, the Robot”, in The New York Times:
text: “If the FDA grants traditional approval CMS is prepared to ensure anyone with Medicare Part B who meets the criteria is covered,” CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a statement.
ref: 2023 June 1, Carma Hassan, “FDA-approved Alzheimer’s drugs will be covered by Medicare, with some limitations, CMS says”, in CNN:
synonyms: US FDA
glosses: Initialism of Food and Drug Administration, a United States federal regulatory body.
glosses: Initialism of Food and Drug Administration, a Philippine regulatory agency.
HDTV
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HDTVs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of high-definition television.
Related terms: SDTV
DTV
DVB
ATSC
TWA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Trans World Airlines.
TWA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TWAs
Senses: examples: 1956 "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" (Lyrics) - Chuck Berry
Flying across the desert in a TWA, / I saw a woman walking across the sand / She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay. / To get a brown-eyed handsome man
glosses: An airliner of Trans World Airlines.
glosses: Initialism of teeny-weeny afro (“a short afro hairstyle”).
glosses: Initialism of typical white asshole.
place name
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: place names
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of placename.
orgulous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔːɡjʊləs/
ipa: /ˈɔɹɡjələs/
Forms: form: more orgulous
form: most orgulous
form: orgueilous
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English orgulous, orgeilous, derived from Old French orgueilleus, orgoillus (“proud”), from orgoill, orgueil (“pride”), from Old Dutch *urgol (“pride”). Cognate with Old High German urguol (“excellent”), Old English orgol (“pride”). Perhaps from a Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju, equivalent to or- (“out”) *gōl (“boast; showiness; pomp; splendor”), related to Old English galan (“to sing”) (whence Modern English gale).
Also, possibly, in part from Old French orgoill, derived from Vulgar Latin *orgōllia, *orgōlla, from Proto-West Germanic *orgōllja, from the same Proto-Germanic source. Cognate with Old High German urguol, urguoli, urgilo (“pride”), Italian orgoglio, Spanish orgullo, Portuguese orgulho, among many other Romance cognates.
Senses: examples: text: At that time there was a knight, the which was the king's son of Ireland, and his name was Lanceor, the which was an orgulous knight, and counted himself one of the best of the court; and he had great despite at Balin for the achieving of the sword, that any should be accounted more hardy, or of more prowess.
ref: 1470–1485 (date produced), Thomas Malory, “Capitulum IV”, in [Le Morte Darthur], book II, [London: […] by William Caxton], published 31 July 1485, →OCLC; republished as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, Le Morte Darthur […], London: David Nutt, […], 1889, →OCLC, page 52:
text: Then spoke young Stephen orgulous of mother Church that would cast him out of her bosom.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 1: Telemachus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part I [Telemachia], page 14:
text: Her nephew describes her as 'an orgulous and despotic woman', and it is clear that he noticed and resented her numerous unkindnesses.
ref: 1966, Eric Walter White, Stravinsky the Composer and his Works, University of California Press, page 5:
text: They knew that my lord of Arundel had grown so orgulous that he had lately dared to marry the Earl of March's sister, without license.
ref: 1975, Georgette Heyer, My Lord John, Arrow Books, published 2011, →ISBN, pages 14–15:
glosses: Proud; haughty; disdainful.
glosses: Ostentatious; showy.
examples: text: 1967, John T. Sladek, Masterson and the Clerks, reprinted in Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, edited by Michael Moorcock
The smile became an orange balloon, orgulous and threatening.
glosses: Swollen; augmented; excessive.
glosses: Threatening; dangerous.
Derived terms: orgulously
Related terms: orgueil
hydric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: One of several systematic acid names for water, H₂O.
Synonyms: water
antitoxin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antitoxins
Etymology: From anti- + toxin.
Senses: examples: text: Through the needle-hole thus stained with dye it was possible to "superinject" antitoxin, using a slightly wider needle avoid back leak along the old needle track, and thus to ensure a distribution of both toxin and antitoxin solutions from the same point the skin.
ref: 1949 August 24, The British Journal of Experimental Pathology 1949-08: Vol 30 Iss 4:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medicine able to neutralize a toxin.
examples: text: These albuminous substances, whether found as normal products or created artificially in the blood, are distinguished as antitoxins, protective proteïds, vaccines, or alexines; physiologically they have been divided into sozines, those found in animals naturally immune, and phylaxines, those found in animals which by subcutaneous injections have artificially been made immune.
ref: 1895, Frantz Peckel Möller, Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry, page 442:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: An antibody capable of neutralizing specific toxins.
Hyponyms: sense: medicine to neutralize toxins
english: against venoms
translation: against venoms
word: antidote and antivenom
sense: medicine to neutralize toxins
english: derived from animal fluids
translation: derived from animal fluids
word: antiserum
Derived terms: antiantitoxin
Related terms: immunity
seminar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/
Forms: form: seminars
Etymology: From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.
Senses: examples: text: Students attended a seminar on climate change.
text: She gave a guest lecture during the philosophy seminar.
glosses: A class held for advanced studies in which students meet regularly to discuss original research, under the guidance of a professor.
examples: text: The company hosted a training seminar for new employees.
glosses: A meeting held for the exchange of useful information by members of a common business community.
Synonyms: word: ovular
Derived terms: e-seminar
proseminar
webinar
Related terms: semen
seminary
seminar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛmɪnɑɹ/
ipa: /ˈsɛmɪnɑː/
Forms: form: seminars
form: seminaring
form: seminared
form: seminared
Etymology: From German Seminar, from Latin sēminārium, from sēmen (“seed”). Compare seminary.
Senses: glosses: To participate in or lead a seminar.
dette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dettes
Senses: examples: text: But in deede, the ſecret cauſe that brought Ageſilaus to conſent vnto this practiſe, was the greatnes of his dette which he ought, of the which he hoped to be diſcharged by chaunging of the ſtate and common wealth.
ref: 1579, Plutarke of Chæronea [i.e., Plutarch], “Agis and Cleomenes”, in Thomas North, transl., The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, […], London: […] Richard Field, →OCLC, page 851:
glosses: Obsolete form of debt.
womankind
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Middle English wommankynde. By surface analysis, woman + -kind.
Senses: examples: text: The infinite simplicity and silliness of mankind and womankind at large were too well known to the Serjeant to cause him dismay, let them be shown in ever so egregious a fashion.
ref: 1871 (date written), Anthony Trollope, “It isn’t Law”, in Lady Anna. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1874, →OCLC, page 111:
related: word: womenkind
synonyms: petticoats
skirts
monstrous regiment
hypernyms: mankind
glosses: Women, taken collectively.
gleba
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: glebae
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin glēba (“lump, mass”). Doublet of glebe.
Senses: topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: The fleshy, spore-bearing inner mass of certain fungi.
Derived terms: glebal
dimpsey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: She sat telling with the old Jane a good two hours, for 'twas getting dimpsey when she started up hill to Grange, and that she took easy as she was getting a bit stoutish, and it made her bad to hurry.
ref: 1896, Gratiana Longworth Knocker, “Of the Evil Doings of Nance Darvel”, in The Witch of Withyford, page 11:
text: If we two poor wayfarers could have sat quietly beside each other and chatted in 'e dimpsey light, it would not have been a bit bad, but there was something eternally doing.
ref: 1910, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Mary Findlater, Jane Findlater, Allan McAulay, chapter VI, in The Affair at the Inn:
text: There was the river: woodland paths skirting in the evening a world of silver and grey, across which bats sketched zigzag flights. Very nice in the dimpsey light, but stuffy in the daytime.
ref: 1915, Sir Lewis Anselm da Costa Ritchie, “An Off-Shore Wind”, in A Tall Ship:
qualifier: Somerset
glosses: The time in the evening just before dusk.
martial art
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: martial arts
Etymology: Calque of Japanese 武術 (bujutsu), which is itself borrowed from Chinese 武術 /武术 (wǔshù).
However this term has been already mentioned in Pope's Iliad (1715, 4.360), and in Sotheby's Iliad (1831, book 6).
Senses: glosses: Any of several fighting styles which contain systematized methods of training for combat, both armed and unarmed; often practiced as a sport, e.g. boxing, karate, judo, silat, wrestling, or Muay Thai.
examples: text: […] of all the modes by which the advantage of his country may be secured, the martial arts and valour are those by which a Swiss the most hopes to promote it.
ref: 1832, Richard Chenevix, An Essay Upon National Character: 4. On patriotism, p. 481
glosses: Military skills, proficiency in military strategy, prowess in warfare.
Synonyms: combat sport
Hypernyms: art
Hyponyms: mixed martial arts
Derived terms: martial artist
bonnie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: bonnier
form: more bonnie
form: bonniest
form: most bonnie
form: bonny
form: bonie
Etymology: From Middle English *bonie (attested only rarely as bon, boun), probably from Old French bon, feminine bonne (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). See bounty, and compare bonus, boon.
Senses: examples: text: Be you blithe and bonny
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.
ref: 1598–1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
synonyms: frolicsome
cheerful
blithe
gay
glosses: Merry; happy.
examples: text: O once I lov'd a bonnie lass, / Aye, and I love her still
ref: 1774, “Handsome Nell”, Robert Burns (lyrics), published 1803:
glosses: Beautiful; pretty; attractive; handsome.
examples: text: My bonnie friend, come over here.
glosses: Fine, good (often used ironically).
Derived terms: Inchbonnie
bonnie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bonnies
form: bonny
form: bonie
Etymology: Clipping of bonfire.
Senses: glosses: A bonfire; chiefly one several storeys tall and burned to celebrate Eleventh Night.
martial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːʃəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
homophone: marshal
homophone: Marshall
homophone: Martial
Forms: form: martials
form: Martial
Etymology: From Middle English martial, marcial, mercial, mercialle (“relating to war, warlike; military; for use in fighting or warfare; brave, hardy; combative, fierce; ruthless, vicious; domineering, overbearing”), from Middle French martial (modern French martial (“martial”)), or directly from its etymon Latin mārtiālis (“of or pertaining to Mars, the Roman god of war”), from Mārtius (“of or pertaining to Mars”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship). The English word is cognate with Italian marziale (“martial”), Portuguese marcial (“martial”), Spanish marcial (“martial”).
Senses: examples: text: The martials (this is the name of my pirates) will pass in her eyes for an honest family of fishermen; I will go on your account, and make two or three visits to your young lady; I will order her certain potions, and at the end of eight days she will make acquaintance with the cemetery of Asnieres.
ref: c. 1850, Eugène Sue, “The Conversation”, in Charles Rochford, transl., The Mysteries of Paris, Translated from the French, London: Charles Daly, […], →OCLC, part II, page 213:
glosses: A soldier, a warrior.
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A celestial object under the astrological influence of the planet Mars.
examples: text: The Martials, if there be Martials in any sense in which there are terrestrials on our own planet, may have no eyes at all; their whole civilisation, if they have say, may depend on senses of which we have absolutely no trace, [...]
ref: 1892, The Spectator: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature, Theology, and Art, volume LXIX, London: F. C. Westley, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 218, column 2:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Synonym of Martian (“inhabitant of the planet Mars”).
synonyms: word: Martian
extra: inhabitant of the planet Mars
Martial
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːʃəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
homophone: marshal
homophone: martial
Etymology: From Latin Martialis (“Roman cognomen”), from martiālis (“belonging or dedicated to the Mars, the Roman god of war, or to war”), from Mārs (“the god Mars; the planet Mars”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns).
Senses: examples: text: Saint Martial was the first bishop of Limoges, circa 250
glosses: A male given name from Latin, narrowly applied to certain historic persons (but some of its foreign cognates are modern given names).
glosses: An Anglicized cognomen or given name of the Roman poet Marcus Valerius Martialis, born in Spain in the first century AD and noted for his epigrams.
Related terms: Marcus and many descendants
e.g.
Mark
Martinus and many descendants
Martin
martial
Martial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːʃəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
homophone: marshal
homophone: martial
Etymology: From Latin Martialis (“Roman cognomen”), from martiālis (“belonging or dedicated to the Mars, the Roman god of war, or to war”), from Mārs (“the god Mars; the planet Mars”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns).
Senses: examples: text: For, having found out by a careful series of observations, the parts of Mars' orbit where the planet entered upon its various seasons, he [William Herschel] noted that, soon after mid-winter of the northern hemisphere, the northern white spot attained its greatest dimensions, while the southern was reduced to a tiny oval of light; whereas half a Martial year later, the southern spot was at its largest, and the northern a mere speck when compared with its winter appearance.
ref: 1869 February 6, “The Planet of War”, in E[neas] S[weetland] Dallas, editor, Once a Week, volume III, number 58 (New Series), London: Bradbury, Evans, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 74, column 1:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of martial (“of or relating to the planet Mars”).
Martial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːʃəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
homophone: marshal
homophone: martial
Forms: form: Martials
Etymology: From Latin Martialis (“Roman cognomen”), from martiālis (“belonging or dedicated to the Mars, the Roman god of war, or to war”), from Mārs (“the god Mars; the planet Mars”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship from nouns).
Senses: examples: text: The Martials, if there be Martials in any sense in which there are terrestrials on our own planet, may have no eyes at all; their whole civilisation, if they have say, may depend on senses of which we have absolutely no trace, […]
ref: 1892, The Spectator: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature, Theology, and Art, volume LXIX, London: F. C. Westley, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 218, column 2:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of martial (“inhabitant of the planet Mars; Martian”).
bonny
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɒni
Forms: form: bonnier
form: more bonny
form: bonniest
form: most bonny
Etymology: From Middle English *boni (attested only rarely as bon, boun), probably from Old French bon, feminine bonne (“good”), from Latin bonus (“good”). See bounty, and compare bonus, boon.
Senses: examples: text: “[…]report speaks you a bonny monk, that would hear the mattin chime ere he quitted his bowl[…]”
ref: 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 96:
text: “ A good heart will help you to a bonny face, my lad,”
ref: 1847 December, Ellis Bell [pseudonym; Emily Brontë], chapter VII, in Wuthering Heights: […], volume I, London: Thomas Cautley Newby, […], →OCLC, page 125:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bonnie (“attractive”).
Derived terms: bonnily
bonniness
unbonny
bonny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒni
Forms: form: bonnies
Etymology: Clipping of bonfire.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bonnie (“bonfire”).
sesamoid bone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesamoid bones
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A small bone embedded within a tendon, typically found in locations where a tendon passes over a joint.
Synonyms: os sesamoideum
Derived terms: sesamoiditis
sesamoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sesamoid
form: most sesamoid
Etymology: From sesame + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Resembling a sesame seed in size or shape.
glosses: Of or relating to a sesamoid bone.
sesamoid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sesamoids
Etymology: From sesame + -oid.
Senses: examples: text: There are also at least two examples of more complex ectopic digits. The first is in the aye-aye, a Madagascan lemur, which has a distinct pseudothumb on its forelimb consisting of a bony part that is an expanded radial sesamoid and a dense cartilaginous extension (Hartstone-Rose et al., 2019).
ref: 2021, Jonathan Bard, Evolution: The Origins and Mechanisms of Diversity, page 257:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A sesamoid bone or sesamoid cartilage.
Derived terms: sesamoidal
sesamoiditis
Aertel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: The Teletext-like system used in Ireland by the state broadcaster RTÉ.