cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Laurasia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -eɪʒə
Etymology: Blend of Laurentia + Eurasia
Senses: examples: text: A diverse collection of ankylosaurs once roamed in great numbers across Laurasia — the northern supercontinent that once contained North America and Asia.
ref: 2021 December 1, Asher Elbein, “This Dinosaur Found in Chile Had a Battle Ax for a Tail”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A supercontinent which included most of the landmasses making up today's continents of the Northern Hemisphere.
Related terms: Ur
Vaalbara
Kenorland
Rodinia
Pannotia
Pangaea
Gondwanaland
Gondwana
desiderata
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin.
Senses: glosses: plural of desideratum
wikipedia: desiderata
lexicology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌlɛksɪˈkɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌlɛksɪˈkɑləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: lexicologies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”). By surface analysis, lexico- + -logy.
Senses: examples: text: The fifth is devoted to doctrine; the sixth and seventh to remarks on syntax and lexicology respectively.
ref: 1949, Journal of Theological Studies:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
glosses: A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
Derived terms: computational lexicology
lexicological
lexicologically
lexicologist
Related terms: lexical
lexicography
lexicon
semantics
velociraptor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vəˌlɒsɪˈɹæptɚ/
/vəˈlɒsɪɹæptɚ/
Forms: form: velociraptors
Etymology: From New Latin Velociraptor genus name, from vēlōx (“swift”) + raptor (“thief”).
The application to Deinonychus came about because Gregory S. Paul proposed that Velociraptor and Deinonychus were the same genus and this idea was taken up in the book leading to the Jurassic Park film series.
Senses: examples: text: Bipedal hadrosaurs, great hulking lambeosaurs, certain rhino-like ceratopsians and relatives of the velociraptors - all large and probably able swimmers - had the greatest success.
ref: 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 31:
glosses: A small agile dinosaur, of the genus Velociraptor, having sickle-shaped claws. It is also thought to have had a feathered coat. Fossils have been found in Late Cretaceous deposits Mongolia and China (around 75-71 mya).
examples: text: This is my favorite velociraptor, and that is saying a lot....That this species is sunk into Velociraptor is rather unfortunate, because the name Deinonychus Ostrom 1969a is a fine one.
ref: 1988, Gregory S. Paul, Predatory Dinosaurs of the World, New York, London, Toronto, Sydney, Tokyo: Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, pages 366–7:
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
synonyms: deinonychus
glosses: Also Deinonychus.
menhaden
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɛn.heɪ.d(ə)n/
rhymes: -eɪdən
Forms: form: menhaden
form: menhadens
form: menhadden
form: manhaden
Etymology: From Narragansett munnawhatteaug (“they fertilize”), influenced by poghaden.
Senses: examples: text: Divergence of the largescaled menhadens from the small-scaled menhadens resulted either from geographic isolation or different habitat preferences.
ref: 1970, Bulletin of the Florida State Museum: Biological sciences, Florida State Museum:
synonyms: word: bunker
word: mossbanker
word: mossbunker
word: mossyback
word: pauhagen
word: poghaden
glosses: Any of several species of fish in the genera Brevoortia and Ethmidium, used for fish meal, fish oil, fertilizer, and bait.
Derived terms: menhaden oil
megafauna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: megafaunas
form: megafauna
Etymology: From mega- + fauna.
Senses: examples: text: The extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna had ended there long before it had in Europe, and so a "broad spectrum" of food collecting had been going on for some time.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 131:
glosses: The large animals of a given region or time, considered as a group.
glosses: A treatise on such a group of large animals.
Derived terms: megafaunal
charismatic megafauna
illuminative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more illuminative
form: most illuminative
Etymology: From illuminate + -ive?
Senses: glosses: of, capable of, or causing illumination
Derived terms: illuminatively
rasterize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rasterizes
form: rasterizing
form: rasterized
form: rasterized
form: rasterise
Etymology: From raster + -ize.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: vectorize
glosses: To convert (an image) into a grid of points, such as a bitmap, for display or printing.
Related terms: raster
rasterization
rasterized
rasterizer
bitmap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɪtˌmæp/
Forms: form: bitmaps
form: bit map
form: bit-map
Etymology: From bit + map.
Senses: examples: text: Using the hardware blitter to move bitmaps from VRAM to VRAM is much faster than moving them from system memory to VRAM.
ref: 2002, André LaMothe, Tricks of the Windows Game Programming Gurus, page 315:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: pixmap
raster
coordinate_terms: vector
glosses: A series of bits that represents a rasterized graphic image, each pixel being represented as a group of bits.
bit map
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bit maps
Senses: glosses: Dated form of bitmap.
warring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English werrynge. By surface analysis, war + -ing.
Senses: glosses: engaged in war; belligerent
warring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹɪŋ
Forms: form: warrings
Etymology: From Middle English werrynge. By surface analysis, war + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Worn out and wearied with the endless warrings of virulent sectarians […]
ref: 1842, The Church of England Magazine, volume 13, page 189:
glosses: The act of engaging in war or conflict.
warring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɔːɹɪŋ
Etymology: From Middle English werrynge. By surface analysis, war + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of war
recovered memory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: recovered memories
Senses: glosses: A repressed memory, sometimes one of sexual abuse.
Related terms: child abuse
false-memory syndrome
false-memory syndrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false‐memory syndrome
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of false memory syndrome.
tic-tac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tick-tack
form: tick tack
form: tictac
form: ticktack
Senses: glosses: A system of sign language used by bookmakers at racecourses to communicate odds and bets; an associated group of words for each sign.
racecourse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: racecourses
Etymology: From race + course.
Senses: examples: text: At one point they made a racecourse around the Sepulchre and some, almost in a state of nudity, danced about with frantic gestures, yelling and screaming as if possessed,
ref: 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 393:
glosses: A course over which races are run.
examples: text: By Savernake the train was 4½min early; we then had the thrill of sweeping through Newbury at 95 m.p.h.—and one wonders if any of the punters on the neighbouring racecourse had any eyes for our flying cavalcade as we swept by, for it was a race day—[...].
ref: 1964 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Modern Railways, page 387:
glosses: A racetrack where horse races are run.
odds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɑdz/
ipa: /ɒdz/
rhymes: -ɒdz
Etymology: From odd (“uneven, strange”).
Senses: glosses: plural of odd
Derived terms: against all odds
at all odds
at odds
beat the odds
by all odds
even odds
fixed odds
implied odds
lay odds
long odds
make no odds
may the odds be ever in your favor
odds against
odds and bods
odds and ends
odds and sods
odds are
oddsboard
odds bud
odds it
oddsmaker
oddsmaking
oddsman
odds match
odds on
odds-on
oddswise
over the odds
play the odds
pot odds
reverse implied odds
short odds
shout the odds
take odds
what are the odds
Related terms: even money
evens
probabilities
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of probability
repetitive strain injury
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repetitive strain injuries
form: RSI
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: injury to muscles and tendons caused by continuous repetitive use of particular muscle groups, especially in one's arms and hands, for example by using a keyboard and/or mouse, playing a musical instrument or working on an assembly line
reskill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reskills
form: reskilling
form: reskilled
form: reskilled
form: re-skill
Etymology: From re- + skill.
Senses: examples: text: In the existing work force also, not only among the new entrants, we are caught up in a treadmill of retraining, reskilling, retooling the current work force for job descriptions that are as narrow and as shortsighted as the ones they have just come from.
ref: 1989 April 16, Joseph Michalak, Stephen S. Pickering, Louis Uchitelle, quoting Harris L. Sussman, “Experts Divided On Jobs in the 90's”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: As the types of skills needed in the labour market change rapidly, individual workers will have to engage in life-long learning if they are to remain not just employable but are to achieve fulfilling and rewarding careers that allow them to maximize their employment opportunities. For companies, reskilling and upskilling strategies will be critical if they are to find the talent they need and to contribute to socially responsible approaches to the future of work.
ref: 2018 January, “Towards a Reskilling Revolution: A Future of Jobs”, in World Economic Forum:
text: There are plenty of stories of successful reskilling — optimists often cite a program in Kentucky that trained a small group of former coal miners to become computer programmers — but there is little evidence that it works at scale.
ref: 2019 January 25, Kevin Roose, “The Hidden Automation Agenda of the Davos Elite”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: To retrain workers in the skills needed by modern business, especially after redundancy.
examples: text: To maintain relevance and sustain marketable skills, IT professionals must reskill and reskill and reskill.
ref: 2015, Richard Eleftherios Boyatzis, Kylie Rochford, Scott N. Taylor, editors, The Impact of Shared Vision on Leadership, Engagement, Organizational Citizenship and Coaching, page 145:
glosses: To learn additional skills.
Related terms: deskill
skill up
upskill
re-skill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: re-skills
form: re-skilling
form: re-skilled
form: re-skilled
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of reskill.
reverse engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reverse engineers
form: reverse engineering
form: reverse engineered
form: reverse engineered
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reverse-engineer.
reverse engineer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reverse engineers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of reverse-engineer.
reverse engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The process of analyzing the construction and operation of a product in order to manufacture a similar one.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The process of analyzing the construction and operation of a product in order to manufacture a similar one.
Such analysis of an executable or other system in order to recreate its workings.
Synonyms: back engineering
Related terms: reverse-engineer
reverse engineering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reverse engineer
Related terms: word: reengineering
topics: organic-chemistry
chemistry
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: retrosynthesis
revisit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈvɪzɪt/
rhymes: -ɪzɪt
Forms: form: revisits
form: revisiting
form: revisited
form: revisited
Etymology: From Middle English revisite, from Middle French revisiter and Latin revīsitāre. By surface analysis, re + visit.
Senses: examples: text: [W]hat may this meane, / That thou, dead corſe, againe in compleate ſteele, / Reuiſſits thus the glimſes of the Moone, / Making night hideous, and vve fooles of nature, / So horridely to ſhake our diſpoſition, / VVith thoughts beyond the reaches of our ſoules?
ref: c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shake-speare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (First Quarto), London: […] [Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and Iohn Trundell, published 1603, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iv], signature C3, recto:
text: Thou, Kind Redeemer, toucht to ſee / So ſad a Sight, ſuch moving Miſery, / Didſt ſoon determine to diſpel / Theſe Shades of Death, and Gloom of Hell: / And ſo to reviſit with Thy Heav'nly Light / Loſt Man, bewilder'd in Infernal Night.
ref: 1703, [Richard Blackmore], A Hymn to the Light of the World. With a Short Description of the Cartons of Raphael Urbin, in the Gallery at Hampton-Court, London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 8:
text: On November 21 the restored Highland "Jones Goods" 4-6-0, No. 103, revisited its old haunts when it worked a Stephenson Locomotive Society special from Glasgow (Buchanan Street) to Blair Atholl and back; [...].
ref: 1960 February, “Motive Power Miscellany: Scottish Region”, in Trains Illustrated, page 122:
glosses: To visit again.
glosses: To reconsider or reexperience something.
revisit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈvɪzɪt/
rhymes: -ɪzɪt
Forms: form: revisits
Etymology: From Middle English revisite, from Middle French revisiter and Latin revīsitāre. By surface analysis, re + visit.
Senses: examples: text: On my revisit to the lady, I found her almost as much a sufferer of joy as she had sometimes been from grief […].
ref: 1748, [Samuel Richardson], “Letter CDXLVI”, in Clarissa. Or, The History of a Young Lady: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: […] S[amuel] Richardson; […], →OCLC:
glosses: An act of revisiting; a second or subsequent visit.
Derived terms: revisit time
ribozyme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹaɪbə(ʊ)ˌzaɪm/
Forms: form: ribozymes
Etymology: Blend of ribonucleic acid + enzyme.
Senses: hypernyms: biocatalyst
enzyme
coordinate_terms: enzyme
glosses: A fragment of RNA that can act as an enzyme.
Derived terms: hammerhead ribozyme
ringfence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ringfences
form: ring fence
Etymology: From ring + fence.
Senses: glosses: A fence which encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one enclosure.
ringfence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ringfences
form: ringfencing
form: ringfenced
form: ringfenced
form: ring-fence
Etymology: From ring + fence.
Senses: glosses: To guarantee the safety of funds or investment. In particular, to ensure some degree of distinction for monies, that may provide immunity against untoward financial claims.
glosses: To specify that funds may only be used for a specific purpose, especially government funds.
examples: text: As on the docks, a wartime Essential Work Order gave the miners a minimum weekly wage and 'ring-fenced' employment in the industry. This constraint was not removed until 1950.
ref: 1999, Becky Conekin, Frank Mort, Chris Waters, Moments of modernity: reconstructing Britain, 1945-1964, page 89:
text: Coalmining and agriculture were designated as 'ring-fenced' industries. As in wartime, the ministry was sparing in its use of legal sanctions, preferring to keep these powers in the background as far as possible. But in 1948, the ministry issued 302 directions, 288 of which required people to remain in mining or agriculture.
ref: 2000, David Price, Office of Hope: A History of the Public Employment Service in Great Britain, page 114:
glosses: To require workers to remain in (particular types of work), as during wartime.
Derived terms: ringfenced
ringfenced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: of funds, that may only be used for a previously specified purpose
ringfenced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of ringfence
Related terms: ringfence
ring-fence
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: ring-fences
form: ring-fencing
form: ring-fenced
form: ring-fenced
Senses: examples: text: It also wants to ring-fence NR's [Network Rail's] future funding for the East Coast Main Line improvements in Control Period 7.
ref: 2019 November 6, “Network News”, in Rail, page 22:
glosses: Alternative form of ringfence.
ring of steel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rings of steel
Senses: glosses: A form of civil protection (using closed-circuit television, control zones and restricted access) that effectively seals off city centres and financial districts; used in Northern Ireland and the City.
closed-circuit television
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: closed-circuit televisions
Senses: examples: text: Holborn Underground Station, on London Transport's Piccadilly and Central Lines, has been equipped with closed-circuit television to help control passenger movement.
ref: 1963 January, “News and comment”, in Modern Railways, page 14:
glosses: A system of television cameras, connected by cable to a control room, used for surveillance.
Synonyms: CCTV
humped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌmpt/
rhymes: -ʌmpt
Senses: glosses: past participle of hump
humped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /hʌmpt/
rhymes: -ʌmpt
Forms: form: more humped
form: most humped
Senses: examples: a humped cow, a humped curve, a two-humped camel
glosses: Having a hump or humps, or, in combination, a hump or humps of the specified number or type.
Derived terms: humpedness
red-humped caterpillar
roadkill
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊdˌkɪl/
Forms: form: roadkills
form: road kill
Etymology: From road + kill.
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: The killing of an animal by a road vehicle.
examples: text: The van was heading straight for her and travelling faster and faster by the second. Zoe had to do something or she would be roadkill.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: road pizza
glosses: The animal or animals so killed.
glosses: A helpless victim.
Derived terms: roadkilled
road rage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: road + rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:road rage.
topics: automotive
human-sciences
law
psychology
sciences
transport
vehicles
glosses: Uncontrollable aggressive behavior by the driver of a road vehicle, especially when caused by stress or frustration.
Derived terms: road rager
Related terms: roid rage
road rage
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: road rages
form: road raging
form: road raged
form: road raged
Etymology: road + rage. First use appears c. 1988 in the Orlando Sentinel.
Senses: glosses: To engage in such behavior.
AEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Association of European Airlines.
examples: text: Part of the "Alien and Sedition Acts," the AEA is the only remaining law from this deeply problematic set of statutes that targeted immigrants under the guise of national security.
ref: 2025 January 22, “Rep. Ilhan Omar Reintroduces the Neighbors Not Enemies Act to Repeal Alien Enemies Act”, in omar.house.gov:
text: For now, I am going to go out on a limb and predict a win for the administration in the ongoing round of AEA litigation in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
ref: 2025 July 7, Andrew C. McCarthy, “Trump Could See a Short-Lived Win on the Alien Enemies Act”, in National Review, archived from the original on 07 Jul 2025:
glosses: Initialism of Alien Enemies Act.
rolling news
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A 24-hour, continuously updated news service on radio or television.
Related terms: news cycle
directive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/
ipa: /dɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/
ipa: /dəˈɹɛk.tɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Etymology: From Middle French directif. The noun senses are from French directive (feminine form of the adjective).
Senses: examples: text: A directive management style is stronger among owners with 'lifestyle' as a business objective than among those with business/economic objectives.
ref: 2002, Colin Gray, Enterprise and Culture, page 54:
glosses: That which directs; serving to direct, indicate, or guide.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Relating to the directive case.
Derived terms: directively
directiveness
directivity
indirective
intradirective
misdirective
nondirective
Related terms: dirigible
directive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/
ipa: /dɪˈɹɛk.tɪv/
ipa: /dəˈɹɛk.tɪv/
rhymes: -ɛktɪv
Forms: form: directives
Etymology: From Middle French directif. The noun senses are from French directive (feminine form of the adjective).
Senses: glosses: An instruction or guideline that indicates how to perform an action or reach a goal.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: A construct in source code that indicates how it should be processed but is not necessarily part of the program to be run.
glosses: An authoritative decision from an official body, which may or may not have binding force.
topics: law
glosses: A form of legislative act addressed to the member states. The directive binds the member state to reach certain objectives in their national legislation.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: The directive case.
Derived terms: advance directive
airworthiness directive
framework directive
nondirective
prime directive
demonocracy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒkɹəsi
Forms: form: demonocracies
Etymology: From demono- + -cracy. The second sense is a pun on democracy. First use appears c. 1713.
Senses: examples: text: Demonocracy, the Government of Devils ...
ref: 1717, Elisha Coles, An English Dictionary - Explaining the Difficult Terms:
text: Thus we see, that while the theological and doctrinal poet inaugurated male supremacy in the person of the godhead in heaven, of humanity on earth, and of demonocracy in hell, so did the philosopher propound the universal prevalence, and irresistable omnipotence, of the male principle throughout the whole of existence.
ref: 1848, Frances Wright, England, The Civilizer: Her History Developed in its Principles:
text: […] a magic book printed in 1612, in which the various dignitaries of the demonocracy are described according to their rank and position.
ref: 1904, Julius Goebel, “The Etymology of Mephistopheles”, in Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, volume 35, page 148:
text: The effect of demonocracy in the wide world has become clear to you in some of the cases of the individual defendants.
ref: 2014, Bob Carruthers (editor), The Gestapo on Trial - Evidence from Nuremberg, page 303:
glosses: A government by or of (supernatural) demons, such as the government which in some mythologies exists in Hell.
examples: text: Tuning in, turning on, and dropping out are the politics of demonocracy, the counsel of despair leaving the field to adversaries, […]
ref: 1971, Sidney J. Slomich, The American Nightmare, page 206:
text: 2005-06, Matthew Bellamy, "Assassin", Black Holes and Revelations
Oppose and disagree, destroy demonocracy.
glosses: A democracy. (when regarded as resulting in, or being no better than, a government run by figurative demons (i.e., malevolent people), or when otherwise held in contempt).
Related terms: dumbocracy
tarragon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈtæɹəɡɑn/
note: without the Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈtæɹəɡən/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈtɛɹəɡɑn/
note: General American, Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈtɛɹəɡən/
ipa: /ˈtæɹəɡən/
Forms: form: tarragons
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French targon (cf. modern estragon), from Medieval Latin tragonia, from Arabic طَرْخُون (ṭarḵūn), ultimately from Ancient Greek δρακόντιον (drakóntion, “dragonwort, Dracunculus vulgaris”), from δράκων (drákōn, “dragon, serpent”). Doublet of estragon.
Senses: glosses: A perennial herb, the wormwood species Artemisia dracunculus, from Europe and parts of Asia.
examples: text: Herbs like tarragon are better preserved in vinegar, since tarragon loses its flavor when dried.
ref: 2016, Susan Belsinger, Arthur O. Tucker, The Culinary Herbal, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 299:
glosses: The leaves of this plant (either fresh, or preserved in a vinegar/oil mixture) used as a seasoning.
Synonyms: estragon
dragon's wort
French tarragon
Russian tarragon
silky wormwood
wild tarragon
Derived terms: Mexican tarragon
tularemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌt(j)uːləˈɹiːmɪə/
Forms: form: tularaemia
Etymology: Tulare County, California, where it was discovered, + -emia
Senses: examples: text: Tularemia, an infectious disease spread by ticks, kills 150 or so people a year in America.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 372:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: An infectious disease caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis.
Synonyms: deer fly fever
Ohara's fever
Pahvant Valley plague
rabbit fever
Derived terms: tularemic
Hegelian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪˈɡeɪlɪən/
ipa: /heɪˈɡiːlɪən/
ipa: /hɪˈɡiːlɪən/
ipa: /həˈɡeɪli.ən/
Forms: form: more Hegelian
form: most Hegelian
Etymology: From Hegel + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: The Germanic Tribes had told the whole world in all possible tones carrying conviction, the gently persuasive, the coldly logical; in tones Hegelian, Nietzschean, warlike, pious, cynical, inspired, what they were going to do to the inferior races of the earth, so full of sin and all unworthiness.
ref: 1921, Joseph Conrad, “The Crime of Partition”, in Notes on Life & Letters, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, pages 165–166:
text: As events such as 9/11, the Afghan and Iraq wars and the 2008 financial crisis took their toll on liberalism’s self-confidence, Fukuyama’s work was denounced as the height of Hegelian hubris.
ref: 2022 March 8, Andrew Anthony, “Liberalism and Its Discontents by Francis Fukuyama review – a defence of liberalism… from a former neocon”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or pertaining to the philosophical system of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831).
Hegelian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪˈɡeɪlɪən/
ipa: /heɪˈɡiːlɪən/
ipa: /hɪˈɡiːlɪən/
ipa: /həˈɡeɪli.ən/
Forms: form: Hegelians
Etymology: From Hegel + -ian.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Hegel's philosophy.
Related terms: anti-Hegelian
Hegelese
Hegelianism
numerology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌnjuːməˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˌnuməˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒi
Forms: form: numerologies
Etymology: From numero- + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of the purported mystical relationship between numbers (or the letters of words, represented by numbers) and the character or action of physical objects and living beings.
Hyponyms: gematria
Derived terms: numerological
numerologist
psychoanalysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: psychoanalyses
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, after German Psychoanalyse. By surface analysis, psycho- + analysis.
Senses: examples: text: To be sure, this much I may presume you do know, namely, that psychoanalysis is a method of treating nervous patients medically.
ref: 1920, Sigmund Freud, A General Introduction to Psychoanalysis:
text: Psychoanalysis has sprung many surprises on us, performed more than one volte face before our indignant eyes.
ref: 1921, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “Psychoanalysis vs. Morality”, in Psychoanalysis and the Unconscious, New York, N.Y.: Thomas Seltzer, →OCLC, page 9:
text: Psychoanalysis, the modern science of reading dreams, has taught us to take heed of these unsubstantial images. Also it has found a way to let them do their work.
ref: 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 8:
text: Because psychophobia is so endemic to human nature, the process of psychoanalysis involves a continual exploration of the patient’s resistance to knowing what is dreaded in the unconscious mind.
ref: 2000 May 28, Peter Wolson, “A World of Psychophobia”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 10 May 2025:
glosses: A family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes.
wikipedia: international scientific vocabulary
Hypernyms: psychotherapy
Derived terms: psychoanalyse
psychoanalyst
psychoanalytic
psychoanalytical
Related terms: ethnopsychoanalysis
neuropsychoanalysis
psychoanalyst
psychoanalytic
psychoanalytical
parsley
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑː(ɹ)sli/
Forms: form: parsleys
Etymology: From Middle English persely, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”). Displaced Old English petersiliġe, which goes back to the same root.
Senses: examples: text: Though the parsley seemed to have died, outside it started to regenerate. New crimped leaves came free from the sprigs and spread.
ref: 2022, Sara Baume, Seven Steeples, Tramp Press, page 100:
glosses: A bright green, biennial herb, Petroselinum crispum, having many cultivars.
glosses: The leaves of this plant used in Middle Eastern, European, and American cooking.
glosses: Any herb resembling parsley, such as cilantro (Chinese parsley) or chervil (French parsley).
Derived terms: taxonomic: Caucalis spp.
word: bastard parsley
taxonomic: Anthriscus cerefolium
word: beaked parsley
taxonomic: Thapsia decipiens
word: black parsley
taxonomic: Caucalis spp.
word: bur parsley
taxonomic: Coriandrum sativum
word: Chinese parsley
taxonomic: Petroselinum crispum
word: common parsley
taxonomic: Carum segetum
word: corn parsley
taxonomic: Anthriscus sylvestris
word: cow parsley
taxonomic: Aethusa cynapium
word: dog parsley
alt: Petroselinum crispum Neapolitanum Group
word: flat-leaved parsley
taxonomic: Aethusa cynapium
word: fool's parsley
taxonomic: Anthriscus cerefolium
word: French parsley
taxonomic: Petroselinum crispum
word: garden parsley
alt: Petroselinum crispum Radicosum Group
word: Hamburg parsley
taxonomic: Torilis spp.
word: hedge parsley
english: Conioselinum
translation: Conioselinum
word: hemlock parsley
taxonomic: Smyrnium olusatrum
word: horse parsley
alt: Petroselinum crispum Neapolitanum Group
word: Italian parsley
taxonomic: Peucedanum palustre
word: milk parsley
word: mountain parsley
taxonomic: Cryptogramma crispa
word: parsley fern
taxonomic: Pelodytes spp.
word: parsley frog
taxonomic: Crataegus marshallii
word: parsley haw
taxonomic: Crataegus marshallii
word: parsley-leaved hawthorn
word: parsleylike
english: Aphanes arvensis; Scleranthus spp.
translation: Aphanes arvensis; Scleranthus spp.
word: parsley piert
alt: Petroselinum crispum Radicosum Group
word: root parsley
taxonomic: Ligusticum scoticum
word: sea parsley
word: spring parsley
taxonomic: Carum heterophyllum
word: square parsley
alt: Sison amomum; Seseli libanotis
word: stone parsley
alt: Petroselinum crispum Radicosum Group
word: turnip-rooted parsley
word: Welsh parsley
parsley
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɑː(ɹ)sli/
Forms: form: parsleys
form: parsleying
form: parsleyed
form: parsleyed
Etymology: From Middle English persely, from Old French peresil, from Latin petroselīnum, from Ancient Greek πετροσέλῑνον (petrosélīnon, “parsley”), from πέτρος (pétros, “rock, stone”) + σέλῑνον (sélīnon, “celery”). Displaced Old English petersiliġe, which goes back to the same root.
Senses: examples: text: Put a layer of mashed potato on one side and also on the other after peppering, salting and finely-chopped parsleying it to taste.
ref: 1923, William Teignmouth Shore, My Cook Book, page 46:
glosses: To add parsley to.
unjustly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈd͡ʒʌstli/
Forms: form: more unjustly
form: most unjustly
Etymology: From unjust + -ly or un- + justly.
Senses: examples: text: unjustly punished
text: Nowe is iuſte iuſtice, ſo iotted out of iointe, / That ye here vniuſtely, ſtande at deniall, / To do me iuſtice, and wolde by power ryall: / Directe mine acquitall or condemnacion, / Euen as wyll in both: weith your acceptacion.
ref: 1556, John Heywood, chapter 24, in The Spider and the Flie. […], London: […] Tho[mas] Powell, →OCLC; republished as A[dolphus] W[illiam] Ward, editor, The Spider and the Flie. […] (Publications of the Spenser Society, New Series; 6), Manchester: […] [Charles E. Simms] for the Spenser Society, 1894, →OCLC, page 110:
text: I am satisfied that there are many convicts in this prison unprovenly or unjustly confined, and that should have relief.
ref: 1881, Texas. Superintendent of State Penitentiaries, Report, page 155:
synonyms: unfairly
antonyms: fairly
justly
glosses: In an unjust manner.
unjustified
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unjustified
form: most unjustified
Etymology: From un- + justified.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: unjustifiable
text: the unjustified killing of an innocent
text: Modern sceptical historians are happy to write Dark Age history without naming kings and warleaders of the period, and it seems quite unjustified to take Gildas to task for doing the same thing.
ref: 2005, Christopher Gidlow, Reign of Arthur: From History to Legend, The History Press, →ISBN:
text: US President Joe Biden condemned Russia’s “unprovoked and unjustified attack by Russian military forces” in a statement Wednesday evening following explosions in Ukraine.
ref: 2022 February 23, Jeremy Herb, Donald Judd and Phil Mattingly, “Biden condemns ‘Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified attack on Ukraine’”, in CNN:
antonyms: justified
glosses: Not justified, having no justification, unwarranted.
examples: text: unjustified text in a wordprocessor
topics: media
publishing
typography
antonyms: justified
glosses: Not justified (of text, arranged on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends of all lines within paragraphs are aligned)
unjustified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + justified.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unjustify
knish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnɪʃ/
ipa: /knɪʃ/
rhymes: -ɪʃ
Forms: form: knishes
Etymology: Borrowed from Yiddish קניש (knish), from Polish knysz and Ukrainian книш (knyš).
Senses: glosses: An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough
wikipedia: knish
Derived terms: knishery
penology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: penologies
form: pœnology
form: poenology
Etymology: From Latin poena (“penalty, punishment”) + -ology.
Senses: glosses: Study of the processes devised and adopted for the punishment and prevention of crime.
Related terms: penologic
penological
penologically
penologist
Lyndsey
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Lyndseys
form: Lindsay
form: Lindsey
Etymology: Spelling variant. A less common spelling of Lindsay or Lindsey.
Senses: glosses: A female given name transferred from the surname.
skyr
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɪə/
ipa: /skɪər/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: Borrowed from Icelandic skyr.
Senses: glosses: A yogurt-like product made of curdled milk, curds stored up for food; a thick dairy product unique to Icelandic cuisine.
saman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsaman/
ipa: [ˈsa˧man˦]
Forms: form: samans
Etymology: Borrowed from Malay saman (“fine, financial penalty”), from English summons. Doublet of summons.
Senses: examples: text: I pass thru this gantry at ecp without cashcard. why do i kena saman till $70?
ref: 2007 December 17, Jonnykato, “ERP Question”, in singaporebikes.com, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2017:
text: Technically parking outside the lot is illegal parking, doesn't matter if you put a coupon. The patrolling wardens can't saman you but parking in washing bay and bike lots are very easy targets for residents to complain about. Because of that no escape from getting saman after a quick call to the hotline.
ref: 2011 July 12, Fredd, “I am a parking warden”, in singaporebikes.com:
text: Not just 'saman' kings: Kind parking warden helps old woman alight from taxi.
ref: 2013 November 9, Mark, “Not just ‘saman’ kings: Kind parking warden helps old woman alight from taxi”, in stomp.sg, archived from the original on 25 Oct 2015:
text: I did not know that a permit was needed to set a tent. So this nparks people came and check and issued me a saman of $300!
ref: 2015 May 14, Presskit, “Kena saman nparks help please”, in forum.hardwarezone.com.sg:
text: “When the parking warden comes around, they shout: “Saman! Saman!” and drivers rush to their cars.”
ref: 2015 August 7, Dylan Tan, “SG Quirky: The A-Z of SG50”, in Business Times (Singapore):
text: When SG50 Saman Rider is on duty, no law breaker will get away!
ref: 2015 September 10, Nina Syahirah, “STGCC Celebrates SG50 with Custom Munnies”, in safra.sg:
glosses: A fine; a monetary penalty imposed for breaking the law.
rollover
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rollovers
form: roll-over
Etymology: Deverbal from roll over.
Senses: examples: text: For Donkey Kong, the rollover on board 117 causes a “kill screen”—Mario is simply not given enough time to complete the level before time runs out.
ref: 2011, Jeff Ryan, Super Mario: How Nintendo Conquered America:
glosses: The process of incrementing, especially back to an initial value.
examples: text: “They blink if I step on the brake at the same time, and anybody who don't step on his brakes when he's makin^([sic]) a turn is lookin^([sic]) to do a rollover.”
ref: 1980, Stephen King, Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game:
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A road traffic accident in which a vehicle overturns.
examples: text: Your Web site doesn't have to be full of the latest dropdowns, rollovers, superslick graphics, or Flash videos.
ref: 2007, Ray Foley, Heather Dismore, Running a Bar for Dummies, page 273:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
web-design
glosses: A graphic element that changes its appearance when the cursor moves over it.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A keyboard feature where each key is scanned independently, so that multiple simultaneous keypresses always register correctly.
topics: firefighting
government
synonyms: flameover
glosses: The sudden ignition of flammable gases (produced by pyrolysis in an oxygen-poor environment) near the ceiling of a room or other enclosed space.
topics: business
finance
glosses: The reinvestment of funds in a new issue of the same or similar investment.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A fee paid by a borrower in order to defer full repayment of a loan.
glosses: In the National or European lottery, the situation in which a jackpot that has not been won is carried over to the next week.
examples: text: One thing I hate about some pinball games is that they don't let you know your current objective, what happens when you hit specific targets or rollovers, or what targets you should be aiming for right now.
ref: 2010, Bob LeVitus, Incredible iPhone Apps For Dummies, page 78:
qualifier: pinball
glosses: A target on the pinball table that is activated when the ball rolls over it.
Derived terms: NKRO
rollover cable
rollover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: roll-over
Etymology: Deverbal from roll over.
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of roll over.
Rubisco
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ruːˈbiskoʊ/
Forms: form: RuBisCO
form: rubisco
Etymology: From RuBisCO
Senses: examples: text: To turn light into food takes several steps, but the key is an extremely inefficient enzyme called RuBisCO.
ref: 2022, Thomas Halliday, Otherworlds, Penguin, published 2023, page 29:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An enzyme (ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase oxygenase) which catalyzes both the fixing of atmospheric carbon dioxide during photosynthesis (and for a few chemioautotrophic bacteria) and the reverse process of photorespiration.
sparticle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sparticles
Etymology: From s- + particle.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any subatomic particle predicted by supersymmetry; the boson equivalent of a known fermion.
Related terms: chargino
gluino
gravitino
neutralino
selectron
slepton
sneutrino
squark
timeous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪməs/
Forms: form: timous
Etymology: From earlier timous, from Middle English tymous, *tymwos, *tymwis (“early”), equivalent to timewise. Cognate with Scots timeous (“timely”).
Senses: examples: text: We sincerely hope, however, that a timeous and speedy adoption of energetic and conciliatory measures will waft such a dreadful calamity far distant from our homes, and restore that confidence in society so necessary for the welfare of a commercial community.
ref: 1831, The Radical Reformer's Currycomb; Or, Scrub for Scrub, page 2:
text: Now, the pursuer avers that he sent timeous notice, in terms of the conditions, to the defender, the seller. Be it observed that the words are that the objection must be intimated to the auctioneers not later than 7 p.m. on the following Friday, not that the intimation must be received by them not later than that hour.
ref: 1919, The Scottish Law Review and Sheriff Court Reports, page 93:
glosses: In sufficient time; timely; in (its) proper time or season.
Synonyms: opportune
seasonable
timely
Derived terms: timeously
untimeous
untimous
Related terms: timesome
saddo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ædəʊ
Forms: form: saddos
form: saddoes
Etymology: From sad + -o.
Senses: synonyms: word: dork
word: flabbergast
word: flabagast
word: flabaghast
word: gink
word: nerd
word: Nigel
word: nosebleed
glosses: A pathetic or socially inept person; a nerd.
spurning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of spurn
spurning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Forms: form: spurnings
Senses: examples: text: But what are your foot-ploddings, your ambulating rejoicings, to the free etherealities which our courser's light bound and exultant spurnings of the dull earth bring to the spirit!
ref: 1842, Edward Bulwer Lytton, The Disowned, page 286:
glosses: The act of one who spurns.
safe haven
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: safe havens
form: safehaven
Senses: glosses: A place of safety or refuge.
glosses: A protected zone in a country, especially one designated for members of an ethnic or religious minority.
glosses: An investment that would lose little of its value in the event of a stock market crash.
glosses: A financially secure offshore bank or country during times of extreme uncertainty, or when domestic banks are suspected of becoming insolvent.
glosses: The hours of the day when it is permissible for broadcasting radio stations in the United States to broadcast profanity over radio waves without fear of retribution from the FCC.
safe sex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "Safe sex"—who would have ever thought those two words would exist in the same sentence?
ref: 1988, Wendy Goldman, Judy Toll, Casual Sex?, spoken by Stacy (Lea Thompson):
glosses: Sexual activity engaged in by people who have taken precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Synonyms: protected sex
Related terms: safer sex
antipsychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From anti- + psychotic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Preventing or counteracting psychosis.
Synonyms: neuroleptic
Derived terms: antipsychotically
antipsychotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antipsychotics
Etymology: From anti- + psychotic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Any of a group of drugs used to treat psychosis or other conditions, chiefly one that acts as an antagonist, partial agonist, or inverse agonist of dopamine receptors in the synapses.
Synonyms: word: neuroleptic
word: antipsychotic
Hypernyms: word: pharmaceutical
Hyponyms: word: butyrophenone
word: phenothiazine
word: thioxanthene
word: haloperidol
word: droperidol
word: chlorpromazine
word: fluphenazine
word: perphenazine
word: prochlorperazine
word: thioridazine
word: trifluoperazine
word: mesoridazine
word: periciazine
word: promazine
word: triflupromazine
word: levomepromazine
word: promethazine
word: pimozide
word: chlorprothixene
word: flupenthixol
word: thiothixene
word: zuclopenthixol
word: clozapine
word: olanzapine
word: risperidone
word: quetiapine
word: ziprasidone
word: amisulpride
word: asenapine
word: paliperidone
word: iloperidone
word: zotepine
word: sertindole
word: aripiprazole
word: cannabidiol
word: tetrabenazine
Derived terms: atypical antipsychotic
sexually transmitted disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sexually transmitted diseases
Senses: examples: text: SHEPARD: Have you got a minute to talk?
MORDIN: Perhaps later. Trying to determine how scale itch got onto Normandy. Sexually transmitted disease only carried by varren. Implications unpleasant.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: word: STD
word: gift that keeps on giving
glosses: Any of various diseases that are usually contracted through sexual contact.
Related terms: AIDS
chancroid
chlamydia
donovanosis
genital herpes
gonorrhea
syphilis
safe sex
safer sex
venereal disease
scratch card
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scratch cards
form: scratchcard
Senses: topics: gambling
games
synonyms: scratcher
scratch ticket
glosses: A lottery ticket containing sections covered with an opaque waxy film which may be removed by scratching to reveal symbols that show whether or not a prize has been won.
screen saver
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: screen savers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of screensaver.
scrollable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From scroll + -able.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: of text or images on a screen, that may be moved by the user to bring other parts of them into view
Related terms: scroll bar
scrollbar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: scrollbars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of scroll bar.