cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
joviality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒoʊviˈælɪti/
rhymes: -ælɪti
Forms: form: jovialities
Etymology: From French jovialité.
Senses: examples: text: 1651, Fulgenzio Micanzio, The Life of the Most Learned Father Paul, Of the Order of the Servie, translator not credited, London: Humphrey Moseley and Richard Marriot, p. 13,
The Duke […] willingly interposed the pleasures of wit and facetiousnesse with the grave cares of his government, tempering wisely his troubles with Joviality of words and actions […]
text: I noticed that Mr. Pumblechook in his hospitality appeared to forget that he had made a present of the wine, but took the bottle from Mrs. Joe and had all the credit of handing it about in a gush of joviality.
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter V, in Great Expectations […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC:
text: This remark sobered the father’s joviality, and brought his mind to business.
ref: 1881, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter 10, in The Prince and the Pauper: A Tale for Young People of All Ages, Montreal, Que.: Dawson Brothers, →OCLC:
text: By the joviality of their insults Babbitt knew that he had been taken back to their hearts, and happily he rose.
ref: 1922, Sinclair Lewis, chapter XXIV, in Babbitt, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Company, →OCLC, section IV:
text: Joviality fled from the table, Shekhar studied his cards. Owad frowned at his. His foot was tapping on the concrete floor. More watchers came.
ref: 1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 6:
text: Success on social media tends to instil in the early career academics and postgraduates who achieve it, after merciless encouragement from outreach and impact gurus in HE management, a kind of unwavering, po-faced self-belief in their own genius and thus the vital urgency of their research, the overall effect being a strange mixture of corporate cynicism and uneasy joviality.
ref: 2014 November 6, Benjamin Poore, “Carry on campus: The satirical needling deflates the high-minded ideals of the groves of academy”, in The Independent:
synonyms: word: jolliness
word: jovialness
word: blitheness
word: blithesomeness
word: cheerfulness
word: cheeriness
word: contentness
word: contentedness
word: delight
word: delightedness
word: elatedness
word: elation
word: exuberance
word: exuberantness
word: felicity
word: gaiety
word: gayness
word: gayfulness
word: gladness
word: gladsomeness
word: glee
word: gleefulness
word: gleesomeness
word: happiness
word: high spirits
word: hilarity
word: jolliness
word: jollity
word: joviality
word: jovialness
word: joy
word: joyfulness
word: joyousness
word: liss
word: merriment
word: merriness
word: mirth
word: mirthfulness
word: pleasedness
glosses: The state of being jovial; jollity or conviviality.
joyrider
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joyriders
Etymology: From joyride + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who goes on a joyride.
tempo mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tempo marks
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A mark placed on the score by the composer describing at what speed the passage should be played.
Synonyms: tempo marking
accompagnato
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: accompagnatos
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian accompagnato, past participle of accompagnare (“to accompany”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A tempo mark directing that a recitative is to be accompanied by the orchestra.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A passage having this mark.
accompagnato
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian accompagnato, past participle of accompagnare (“to accompany”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Accompanied by the orchestra.
accompagnato
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian accompagnato, past participle of accompagnare (“to accompany”).
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Describing a passage having this mark.
always-on
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: continuously connected to the Internet e.g. by broadband
Related terms: dial-up
dial-up
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: dialup
Senses: examples: text: dial-up networking
text: In dial-up networking, both your PC and the remote system run network-protocol (called TCP/IP) software. When your PC dials up and sets up a communication path, the network protocols exchange data packets over that dial-up connection.
ref: 2004, Naba Barkakati, “Setting Up Dial-Up Networking”, in Red Hat Fedora Linux 2 All-in-One Desk Reference For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 285:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Requiring a telephone number to be dialed.
raw_tags: of a connection to a network
dial-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dial-ups
form: dialup
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A network connection that requires a telephone number to be dialed.
Related terms: always-on
dial-in
bioinformatician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bioinformaticians
Etymology: From bio- + informatician.
Senses: glosses: A practitioner of bioinformatics
cybersquatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From cyber- + squatting.
Senses: examples: text: Maybe a little broad in your interpretation? Dilution would not have existed in this case if Toeppen were not in the "business" of cybersquatting? The statute does not allow noncommercial use to "dilute", but when a domain name owner suggests money may be taken for the domain name, a problem is created for the DNO, right? This may be a large trap for attorneys advising in this area.
ref: 1996, Jeff Kuester, “re: They want to take scooby.com away!”, in misc.int-property (Usenet):
glosses: The registration of a well-known brand or company name as an Internet domain name in the hope of selling it at a later date.
examples: text: The day after the issuance of the interlocutory injunction he was interviewed by a StarPhoenix reporter as part of a larger article on "Cybersquatting" as the domain name game has come to be called.
ref: 2003, D'Anne Davis, Maria Koroneos, “Property” (chapter VIII), in Business Law in Canada Casebok, 4th edition, Toronto, Canada: Prentice Hall (Pearson), →ISBN, Passing Off (section 3), page 211:
glosses: A form of passing off, often with the intent referred to in the first sense above.
Coordinate terms: typosquatting
Related terms: cybersquatter
E-day
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ēʹdā
ipa: /ˈiːdeɪ/
enpr: ēʹdā'
enpr: iʹdā'
ipa: /ˈiˌdeɪ/
rhymes: -iːdeɪ
Etymology: E(uro) + day, on the pattern of D-Day
Senses: glosses: The day on which the euro became the official currency in much of Europe — 1st January 2002.
glosses: Election Day.
Related terms: Eurozone
gastropub
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gastropubs
Etymology: From gastro- + pub.
Senses: glosses: A public house that serves high-quality food.
Derived terms: gastropubby
Mary Bell order
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mary Bell orders
Etymology: Named after Mary Bell, a child tried for manslaughter in 1968.
Senses: glosses: A court order forbidding publication of any information that could identify a child involved in legal proceedings.
wikipedia: Mary Bell
mattifier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mattifiers
Etymology: From mattify + -er.
Senses: glosses: A cosmetic designed to give the skin a matt or less shiny appearance
Related terms: mattify
mattifying
microbrowser
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microbrowsers
Etymology: From micro- + browser.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: minibrowser
glosses: Any relatively small web browser designed for use on a mobile phone or similar technology
mini-me
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnimiː/
Forms: form: mini-mes
Etymology: From mini- + me, later popularised by the name of a character in the comedy spy film Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).
Senses: examples: text: Now Boris Yeltsin Has His Own 'Mini-Me'.
ref: 1999, Tony Karon, Time, (headline), 9 Aug 1999
text: One motive for procreating is to 'reproduce yourself'—to create a 'mini-me'.
ref: 2005, Sue Richardson, Margot R. Prior, No Time to Lose: The Wellbeing of Australia's Children, →ISBN, page 71:
text: The latest in the production line of ruthless royal officials, Edward Belknap was cut from Dudley's cloth, a ‘mini-me’ of the most obnoxious variety.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 324:
glosses: A person who is a miniature, but otherwise identical, version of a particular person.
wikipedia: Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Mitchell principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Mitchell principles
Etymology: From George J. Mitchell, US Senator.
Senses: glosses: Any of the six recommendations that arose from an investigation of decommissioning of weapons in Northern Ireland in 1996, urging all parties involved in the conflict to renounce violence and agree to disarmament before entering into all-party negotiations.
wikipedia: George J. Mitchell
mixy-matchy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more mixy-matchy
form: most mixy-matchy
Etymology: mix and match + -y.
Senses: glosses: Made from a blend of harmonious styles.
raw_tags: of clothing or decor
Related terms: matchy-matchy
modelizer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: modelizers
Etymology: From model + -izer, based on womanizer.
Senses: examples: text: Modelizers are obsessed not with women, but with models, who in most cities are safely confined to billboards and magazines, but in Manhattan actually run wild on the streets, turning the city into a virtual model country safari where men can pet the creatures in their natural habitat.
ref: 1998 June 14, Darren Star, “Models and Mortals”, in Sex and the City, season 1, episode 2, spoken by Carrie:
glosses: A man who associates habitually with models.
mountainboard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountainboards
Etymology: From mountain + board.
Senses: glosses: A form of all-terrain skateboard derived from a snowboard.
mountainboard
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: mountainboards
form: mountainboarding
form: mountainboarded
form: mountainboarded
Etymology: From mountain + board.
Senses: glosses: To practice mountainboarding.
mountainboarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mountain boarding
Senses: glosses: The sport of riding mountainboards down slopes.
mountain boarding
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mountainboarding.
OLED
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊlɛd/
ipa: /ˌəʊ ˌɛl ˌiː ˈdiː/
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: OLEDs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of organic light-emitting diode.
Derived terms: AMOLED
OLEDoS
POLED
QD-OLED
organic light-emitting diode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: organic light-emitting diodes
Senses: glosses: A light-emitting diode constructed from a thin film of an organic compound.
Synonyms: OLED
Padanian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Padanians
Etymology: From Padania + -an.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Padania
glosses: A person who supports the independence of this region
Padanian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Padania + -an.
Senses: glosses: of, or pertaining to Padania
glosses: supporting the independence of this region
Padania
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian Padania.
Senses: glosses: A region in northern Italy, centered on the valley of the river Po.
Derived terms: Padanian
polygonate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From polygon + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: polygonal
unmistakable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unmistakable
form: most unmistakable
form: unmistakeable
Etymology: From un- + mistake + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Now, I still think that for this box of matches to have escaped the wear of time for immemorial years was a strange, and for me, a most fortunate thing. Yet oddly enough I found here a far more unlikely substance, and that was camphor. I found it in a sealed jar, that, by chance, I supposed had been really hermetically sealed. I fancied at first the stuff was paraffin wax, and smashed the jar accordingly. But the odor of camphor was unmistakable.
ref: 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter X, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:
text: Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area.
ref: 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:
text: And while that number is expected to shift back slightly into positive territory over this decade, fewer children today establishes an unmistakable implication for tomorrow: fewer adults available as consumers, workers and taxpayers.
ref: 2021 April 23, Ronald Brownstein, “The racist ‘replacement theory’ has it all backward”, in CNN:
antonyms: mistakable
glosses: Unique, such that it cannot be mistaken for something else.
Popoloca
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Popoluca
Etymology: Borrowed from Nahuatl popoloca (“speak unintelligibly”).
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Popoluca.
Popoloca
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Popoluca
Etymology: Borrowed from Nahuatl popoloca (“speak unintelligibly”).
Senses: glosses: Any of several different indigenous languages of Mexico, including languages of the Mixe-Zoquean family and the Oto-Manguean family.
Derived terms: Popolocan
southpaws
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of southpaw
zorbing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From zorb + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A sport in which a participant is secured inside a zorb and rolled downhill.
zorbing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From zorb + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of zorb
cybersquatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cybersquatters
form: cyber squatter
Etymology: From cyber- + squatter.
Senses: synonyms: websquatter
glosses: One who participates in cybersquatting.
curricula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɪkjʊlə
Senses: glosses: plural of curriculum
e-tailer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-tailers
Etymology: Blend of e- + retailer
Senses: glosses: A company that does business via electronic media, especially via the Internet
Related terms: e-tailing
e-tailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blend of e- + retailing
Senses: glosses: The conducting of retail business via electronic media, especially via the Internet
Related terms: e-tailer
e-ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: e-tickets
Etymology: From e- + ticket.
Senses: glosses: A virtual ticket, especially for a flight, that is issued electronically.
Synonyms: word: ETKT
Related terms: e-ticketing
paper ticket
e-ticketing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From e- + ticketing.
Senses: glosses: The generation, recording and issuing of e-tickets instead of conventional tickets
extranet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: extranets
Etymology: From extra- + net.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A private computer network that uses Internet protocols and can be accessed by authorized individuals via the Internet.
Related terms: intranet
Internet
leptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɛptɪn/
Forms: form: leptins
Etymology: Ancient Greek λεπτός (leptós, “thin”) + -in
Senses: examples: text: If we could control leptin, then presumably we could help people to control their weight.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 171:
text: That is because sleep affects two appetite-controlling hormones, leptin and ghrelin.
ref: 2022 February 26, Ruth Alexander, “The surprising links between what you eat and how well you sleep”, in BBC News, BBC, retrieved 27 Feb 2022:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A protein hormone produced in adipose tissue; it plays a role in regulating appetite and metabolism.
Derived terms: leptinemia
leptinergic
Lollywood
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɒ.li.wʊd/
ipa: /ˈlɑ.li.wʊd/
rhymes: -ɒliwʊd
Etymology: Blend of Lahore + Hollywood, possibly originally formed as Urdu لالیوڈ (lālīvuḍ).
Senses: examples: text: During the 1990s, Lollywood further suffered because of the easily available and more resourceful Indian movies, which were now being watched on the cable networks.
ref: 2006, Iftikhar Haider Malik, Culture and Customs of Pakistan, page 181:
glosses: The cinema industry of Pakistan based in Lahore.
Macarena
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmækəˈɹeɪnə/
enpr: măʹkərī'nə
ipa: /ˌmɑkəˈɹeɪnə/
enpr: mäʹkərā'nə
Forms: form: Macarenas
form: macarena
Etymology: From the Spanish female given name Macarena, which is the title of a well-known song from 1993 by Spanish duo Los del Río.
Senses: examples: text: Oh yeah, they were doing the Macarena up and down Saint Peter’s back in twelve ninety-two.
ref: 2000 January 15, Peter Sagal, “Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!”, in National Public Radio:
qualifier: often preceded by definite article
glosses: A particular line dance with a set of simple arm movements and exaggerated hip motion performed to a fast Latin rhythm.
wikipedia: Los del Río
Macarena (song)
bombsight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: bombsite
Forms: form: bombsights
Etymology: From bomb + sight.
Senses: glosses: A device which allows bombs to be accurately dropped from moving aircraft so as to hit a desired target.
Derived terms: Norden bombsight
militician
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: militicians
Etymology: Blend of military + politician
Senses: glosses: An outwardly democratic politician who gained, and retains power with the help of a military establishment
raw_tags: in West Africa
mobe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mobes
Etymology: From mobile, shortened to its first syllable.
Senses: glosses: A mobile phone.
Synonyms: mobey
excoriated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of excoriate
M-theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Abbreviation of membrane theory.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A generalized theory of eleven-dimensional supergravity that attempts to unify the five superstring theories
Hypernyms: theory
Hyponyms: string theory
supergravity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ævɪti
Forms: form: supergravities
Etymology: From super- + gravity.
Senses: qualifier: quantum mechanics; relativity; quantum mechanics; relativity
glosses: A field theory combining supersymmetry and general relativity.
Synonyms: word: SUGRA
supersymmetry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: supersymmetries
Etymology: From super- + symmetry. In the modern physics sense, coined by Pakistani physicist Abdus Salam and by American physicist John Strathdee in 1974 as super-symmetry, in a paper in Physics Letters B as a simplification of super-gauge symmetry used by Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino.
Senses: examples: text: We suggest therefore that the expression "super-symmetry" might be more appropriate for the global concept and reserve the word "gauge" for local symmetries.
ref: 1974, A Salam, “Super-symmetry and non-Abelian gauges”, in Physics Letters B:
text: Supersymmetry is the concept that known particles – such as electrons, quarks and photons – have a heavier and as-yet-undetected "superpartner".
ref: 2013 November 22, Alok Jha, “Stephen Hawking: physics would be 'more interesting' if Higgs boson hadn't been found”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 24, page 32:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A theory that attempts to unify the fundamental physical forces and which proposes a physical symmetry between bosons and fermions.
wikipedia: Physics Letters B
Synonyms: word: SUSY
eleven-dimensional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Possessing eleven geometric dimensions.
superstring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superstrings
Etymology: From super- + string. In physics sense: Back-formation from superstring theory, which is a shorthand for supersymmetric string theory.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a hypothetical object consisting of a very small one-dimensional string that vibrates in ten (or more) dimensions
examples: text: Given the superstring "cathode", we can extract the substrings "cat", "hod", and "ode".
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The string (sequence of text characters) that contains a substring.
mullered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʊləd/
ipa: /ˈmʌl-/
ipa: /ˈmʊləɹd/
ipa: /ˈmʌl-/
Etymology: From muller (“to destroy; to beat or thrash; to utterly defeat or outplay”) + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs). Muller is probably derived from Angloromani mul-, the preterite stem of mer- (“to die”) (compare mullered, mullo (“dead”, adjective); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (“to die; to disappear”)) + English -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs).
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of muller
mullered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʊləd/
ipa: /ˈmʌl-/
ipa: /ˈmʊləɹd/
ipa: /ˈmʌl-/
Forms: form: more mullered
form: most mullered
Etymology: A variant of mouldered, from moulder (“to decay, rot”) + -ed (suffix forming past tense and past participle forms of regular verbs). Moulder is derived from mould (“loose friable soil; rotting earth regarded as the substance of the human body”) + -er (suffix forming frequentative verbs), probably influenced by mould (“furry growth of fungi”); and mould is from Middle English mold, molde (“loose friable soil, dirt, earth; earth as the substance out of which God made man, and to which the human body decays into after death”), from Old English molde (“earth, soil”), from Proto-Germanic *muldō (“dirt, soil; furry growth of fungi, mould”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (“to crush, grind”).
Senses: examples: text: I have often thought in my melancholy days, these years bygone, that if it might be supposed, that the souls of our worthies were come from heaven, and the dust of their mullered bodies from their graves, and reunite again, […]
ref: 1728 (date written), P[atrick] W[alker], “Preface”, in Some Remarkable Passages of the Life and Death of Mr. Alexander Peden, Late Minister of the Gospel at New Glenluce in Galloway. […], Pittsburgh, Pa.: […] [F]or Alexander M’Queen, by Robert Ferguson and Co., published 1815, →OCLC, page xxii:
glosses: Synonym of mouldered (“turned to dust; crumbled, decayed, rotted”).
synonyms: word: mouldered
extra: turned to dust; crumbled, decayed, rotted
OFEX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Ofex
Etymology: From off-exchange.
Senses: glosses: A facility used for trading in stocks that are not quoted on any London stock exchange
Ofex
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of OFEX.
phen-fen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of fen-phen.
fen-phen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɛnfɛn/
rhymes: -ɛn
Forms: form: phen-fen
form: fen/phen
form: phen/fen
Etymology: Blend of fenfluramine + phentermine, from the initial syllables of the two drugs.
Senses: examples: text: It is hard to recall the last time a drug so excited the general public. Fen-phen in the 1990s, maybe? Viagra or Botox in the 2000s? Each had amazing hype cycles but none as explosive as Ozempic.
ref: 2023 October 9, Tressie McMillan Cottom, “Ozempic Can’t Fix What Our Culture Has Broken”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A combination of the drugs fenfluramine and phentermine, formerly prescribed for weight loss.
Synonyms: fenfluramine/phentermine
fenfluramine-phentermine
phentermine/fenfluramine
phentermine-fenfluramine
Coordinate terms: semaglutide
picture messaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The transmission of picture messages between mobile phones
picture message
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: picture messages
Senses: glosses: An image used to convey an idea or concept.
glosses: An image that is transmitted electronically as a form of interpersonal communication, especially between mobile phones.
Related terms: picture messaging
urethral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /jʊˈɹiːθɹəl/
Etymology: From urethra + -al. By surface analysis, urethr- + -al.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the urethra.
Derived terms: bulbourethral
endourethral
external urethral orifice
intraurethral
midurethral
nonurethral
paraurethral
periurethral
prostatourethral
pubourethral
rectourethral
retrourethral
suburethral
transurethral
urethral bulb
urethral fold
urethrally
urethral meatus
urethral sphincter
urethral sponge
urethral syndrome
vesicourethral
crooners
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crooner
dudettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dudette
aspirins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of aspirin
dust bin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dust bins
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dustbin.
dustbins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustbin
dust bins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dustbins
ecstasies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ecstasy
scags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scag
scags
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of scag
calceus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /kælˈseɪəs/
Forms: form: calceuses
form: calcei
Etymology: From Latin calceus, substantive use of calx (“heel”) + -eus (“-y: forming adjectives”).
Senses: examples: text: In its earliest form the calceus was a low-cut model of the Greek endromis, a snug-fitting ankle-high boot, the front finished in a tongue to facilitate drawing on the shoe.
ref: 1948, Ruth Turner Wilcox, The Mode in Footwear..., page 32:
text: In comparison with the soccus and the solea, the calceus was a more formal footwear. We do not not usually find it in scenes of private life... We never find it with banquets, where the soccus and the solea prevail. It was probably only put on when leaving the house or, in the case of men, when receiving guests in a formal manner.
ref: 2022, Jan Radicke, Roman Women's Dress..., p. 99
glosses: A kind of low leather Roman boot or hightop shoe.
hemps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hemp
enclaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of enclave
junkies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of junkie
glosses: plural of junky
obelisks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of obelisk
webcam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbˌkæm/
Forms: form: webcams
Etymology: From Web + cam, shortened from camera.
Senses: examples: text: And while the Webcams focused on street scenes and other public gathering spots do seem to occupy an uncertain status as a new medium, they perhaps raise an ethical question: Is this the cinéma vérité of cyberspace or is it private surveillance?
ref: 1996 April 29, Steve Lohr, “Dining Out in Manhattan: How to See and Be Seen”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, page D24:
text: As Covid-19 lockdowns took effect around the world, millions turned to remote working and organising virtual hangouts with friends. Overnight, webcams went from mundane computer accessories to gold dust.
ref: 2020 July 25, Chris Baraniuk, “No end to Covid-19 webcam shortage”, in BBC News:
topics: arts
computing
engineering
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
photography
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A video camera whose output may be viewed in real time over a computer network, originally the World Wide Web.
Hypernyms: netcam
webcam
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɛbˌkæm/
Forms: form: webcams
form: webcamming
form: webcammed
form: webcammed
Etymology: From Web + cam, shortened from camera.
Senses: examples: text: I got on his computer and wrote the note. I swear there was nothing on his screen like he was webcamming with her but she must have been recording.
ref: 2014, Robert K. Tanenbaum, Fatal Conceit, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 178:
glosses: To take part in a video communication using a webcam.
examples: text: We should webcam it.
ref: 2010, Mick Herron, Slow Horses, page 139:
glosses: To film and broadcast with a webcam.
webcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of webcast
webcasting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webcastings
Senses: glosses: Broadcasting over the World Wide Web, especially by using a webcam.
glosses: Spreading information over the Internet using push technology.
clodpole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clodpoles
form: clodpoll
form: clotpoll
Etymology: From clod + pole (“head”).
Senses: examples: text: […]this letter, being so excellently ignorant, will breed no terror in the youth: he will find it comes from a clodpole.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
text: ‘Show the dullest clodpole,’ says my invaluable German friend, ‘show the haughtiest feather-head, that a soul higher than himself is here; were his knees stiffened into brass, he must down and worship.’
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “VI, ’’The Landed’’”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book IV (Horoscope):
text: There lay Tom; hobnail Tom! a bacon-munching, reckless, beer-swilling animal! and yet a man; a dear brave human heart notwithstanding; capable of devotion and unselfishness. The boy's better spirit was touched, and it kindled his imagination to realize the abject figure of poor clodpole Tom, and surround it with a halo of mournful light.
ref: 1859, George Meredith, chapter 9, in The Ordeal of Richard Feverel. A History of Father and Son. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC:
glosses: A stupid person; blockhead.
Derived terms: clodpolish
Related terms: tadpole
dopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dope
dopes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of dope
oracles
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of oracle
oracles
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of oracle
webliography
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒɡɹəfi
Forms: form: webliographies
Etymology: Blend of Web + bibliography
Senses: examples: text: Currently, there is no standard and specific format for developing a webliography. Some existing webliographies simply include a number of Web links that appear as “patchworks.”
ref: 2008, Lawrence A. Tomei, Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration, IGI Global, →ISBN, page 959:
text: (The O.E.D. might have gone overboard by including a couple of iffy web-words: webliography, for a Web-based bibliography, and webmeister, a silly alternative to webmaster.)
ref: [2010 November 11, Ben Zimmer, “Web”, in The New York Times Magazine:
glosses: A list of electronic documents or websites that relate to a particular subject, especially one used in a scholarly work.
doping
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/
Etymology: From dope + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of dope
doping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdoʊpɪŋ/
Forms: form: dopings
Etymology: From dope + -ing.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
hypernyms: cheating#Noun
glosses: The use of drugs to improve athletic performance.
glosses: The addition of small quantities of an element (a dopant) to a semiconductor to change its characteristics.
hypernyms: coating#Noun
glosses: The applying of dope to a substrate such as airplane fabric, or the coating thus produced.
Derived terms: anti-doping
bidoping
codoping
dedoping
doping out
financial doping
link doping
monodoping
outdoping
overdoping
photodoping
tridoping
underdoping
undoping
Related terms: english: performance-enhancing drug
translation: performance-enhancing drug
word: PED
grassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹæsiŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grass
grassing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹæsiŋ/
Forms: form: grassings
Senses: glosses: An area of grassland available as pasture for cattle.
examples: text: […] four weeks' exposure on grass, two immersions in bleaching liquor with various supplementary boilings and grassings.
ref: 1876, The Textile Colourist, volume 1, page 70:
glosses: The exposing of linen in fields to air and light for bleaching purposes.
glosses: The covering of land with grass.
Related terms: shieling
weblogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The design and editing of a weblog; blogging
Synonyms: word: bloggage
doped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəʊpt/
ipa: /doʊpt/
rhymes: -əʊpt
Forms: form: more doped
form: most doped
Senses: examples: text: He was so doped after the surgery that it took him 2 hours to remember his name.
glosses: Drugged.
examples: text: The silicon was doped with boron to make a p-type semiconductor.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing a semiconductor that has had small amounts of elements added to create charge carriers.
examples: text: The doped fabric covering the Hindenburg was very flammable.
glosses: Covered with dope, a glue- or paint-like pore filler.
Derived terms: bidoped
codoped
monodoped
nondoped
overdoped
photodoped
tridoped
undoped
doped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dəʊpt/
ipa: /doʊpt/
rhymes: -əʊpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dope
grassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of grass
grassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: a grassed open space
text: They came out together on the grassed slope of the headland, with Cora walking her usual pace behind Bradly, following his broad back with unconscious docility.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 194:
text: The field was roofed by tall, thin pine trees. The ground underneath was clear and grassed.
ref: 1942, Emily Carr, “Sunday”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:
glosses: Covered with grass; having a surface on which grass is growing.
Derived terms: overgrassed
ungrassed
blogging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: blŏ′-gēng
ipa: /ˈblɑ.ɡiŋ/
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: bloggage
bloggery
glosses: The design and editing of a blog; weblogging.
Derived terms: biblioblogging
catblogging
j-blogging
microblogging
nonblogging
phlogging
photoblogging
vidblogging
videoblogging
warblogging
blogging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: blŏ′-gēng
ipa: /ˈblɑ.ɡiŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of blog
ottomans
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ottoman
weeded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of weed
nastygram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnæstiˌɡɹæm/
Forms: form: nastygrams
form: nasty gram
form: nasty-gram
Etymology: Blend of nasty + -gram. Possibly a playful variation of candygram.
Senses: examples: text: Ordinary people might find a "nasty gram" in the mail, a notice from a lender who has not received payment from a borrower.
ref: 1987 January 24, Steve Kerch, “Realty Terminology: Bird dogs to fat cats”, in Chicago Tribune, page 7:
text: "Okay, before we over-react... Ennesby, are you one hundred percent sure that General Xinchub was responsible for that bomb?" "A hundred percent? No. But I am sure that he got my nasty-gram."
ref: 2003 May 21, Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary, archived from the original on 07 Dec 2023:
text: Virgin Media, one of the UK's largest ISPs, has agreed to forward British music industry nastygrams to subscribers suspected of illegal file-swapping.
ref: 2008 June 16, Nate Anderson, “Cash, not idealism, behind ISP embrace of music biz”, in Ars Technica, retrieved 10 Feb 2009:
glosses: A written communication containing unpleasant material, especially one that criticizes, insults, or intimidates the recipient.
Related terms: candygram
penicillins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of penicillin
apple green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple greens
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of apple-green.
orbits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of orbit
orbits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of orbit
orbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of orbit
orbiting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: social media
glosses: The act or practice of ceasing communication with another person, but continuing to follow them or interact with them on social media.
Related terms: breadcrumbing
cushioning
ghosting
zombieing
orbited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of orbit
outposts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of outpost
lunches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ʌntʃɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of lunch
lunches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlʌnt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -ʌntʃɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of lunch
coaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coach
coaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of coach
roaches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of roach
roaches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of roach
webcams
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of webcam
webcams
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of webcam
judgeship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: judgeships
Etymology: From judge + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Jolijo has helped review and select appointments to Jidada’s pivotal ministries, governorships, judgeships, top army ranks, and such positions as critical to the Seat of Power.
ref: 2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 256:
synonyms: word: judicature
word: justiciary
glosses: The office or status of a judge.
Related terms: judgedom
judicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətəɹi/
ipa: /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətɹi/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːdɪˈkeɪtəɹi/
ipa: /d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkəˌtɔɹi/
Forms: form: more judicatory
form: most judicatory
Etymology: From Latin iūdicātōrius.
Senses: examples: text: judicatory tribunals
ref: 1869, The Journal of Jurisprudence, volume 13:
text: power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way
ref: 1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Diverse Practical Cases of Conscience:
glosses: Pertaining to judgement, or to passing a sentence.
examples: text: To judge of the apparances that we receive of subjects, we had need have a judicatorie instrument: to verifie this instrument we should have demonstration; and to approve demonstration, an instrument; thus are we ever turning round.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
glosses: By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical.
Related terms: adjudication
adjudicatory
judge
judicator
judicial
judicatory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətəɹi/
ipa: /d͡ʒuːˈdɪkətɹi/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒuːdɪˈkeɪtəɹi/
ipa: /d͡ʒuˈdɪkəˌtɔɹi/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkəˌtɔɹi/
Forms: form: judicatories
Etymology: From Latin iūdicātōrius.
Senses: topics: Christianity
examples: Holonym: judiciary
glosses: A court or tribunal.
raw_tags: in Scotland
glosses: judicature
jugful
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jugfuls
form: jugsful
Etymology: From jug + -ful.
Senses: glosses: As much as a jug will hold.
juggler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌɡl̩ə(ɹ)/
Senses: examples: text: The defensive system they were playing hampered them from going for the juggler.
ref: 2016 January 29, “Ulster now the only provincial title that means anything — John Gildea”, in Donegal Now:
text: [They] declare that Kashmir is their juggler vein.
ref: 2016 August 28, “Unrest in Kashmir”, in Asian Tribune:
glosses: Misspelling of jugular.
jugglery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: juggleries
Etymology: From Old French juglerie, jouglerie, from jouglere (“juggler”).
Senses: examples: text: Omens were expounded, dreams were interpreted, and other tricks of jugglery perhaps resorted to, by which the pretended adepts of the period deceived and fascinated their deluded followers.
ref: 1819, Sir Walter Scott, chapter 31, in The Bride of Lammermoor:
text: [T]he vessel swarmed with the most hideous apparitions. […] But Huldbrand was indignant at such unsightly jugglery [translating Gaukeleien].
ref: 1867, Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, translated by FE Bunnett, Undine:
glosses: Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
examples: text: What they call the Great War is over […] and yet what do we see around us? Nothing but strife and juggleries and hatred and contempt and discord wherever you look.
ref: 1942, Walter de la Mare, “All Hallows”, in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare:
glosses: Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
Related terms: juggling
juiced
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From juice + -d.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of juice
vitamin V
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From the initial of the name brand Viagra.
Senses: glosses: The drug sildenafil citrate, used to treat erectile dysfunction.
junketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: junketeers
Etymology: From junket + -eer.
Senses: examples: text: Junketeer jokes and junketeer chuckles all around the table.
ref: 2001, Colson Whitehead, John Henry Days:
glosses: A junketer.
junketeer
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: junketeers
form: junketeering
form: junketeered
form: junketeered
Etymology: From junket + -eer.
Senses: glosses: To take part in a junket or banquet etc.
junketer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junketers
Etymology: From junket + -er.
Senses: glosses: Someone taking part in a junket or banquet etc; a partygoer.
jurisdictional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From jurisdiction + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to jurisdiction.
Derived terms: cross-jurisdictional
interjurisdictional
jurisdictionalism
jurisdictionally
multijurisdictional
transjurisdictional
trans-jurisdictional
juristic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Calque of obsolete Dutch juristisch.
Senses: qualifier: Scots law
glosses: legal, juridical, pertaining to the law and jurisprudence
Synonyms: legal
juridical
Derived terms: juristic act
juristically
juristic person
nonjuristic
juristics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The theory of law, or its study.
Related terms: jurist
juristic
enthalpy of vaporization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: enthalpies of vaporization
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The amount of energy required to change 1 gram of liquid to gas at its boiling point.
Lord's Prayer
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: The Lord's Prayer
Senses: examples: text: He sat down in the middle of the floor, took his chalk out and marked a large ring around him, and round about this he wrote the Lord's Prayer, and then he did not feel afraid even if Old Nick himself should come.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 158:
synonyms: Our Father
paternoster
glosses: The prayer which, according to the New Testament of the Bible, Jesus Christ taught his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount.
numberless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From number + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The stars are as numberless as the grains of sand on a beach.
text: The lunch […] consisted […] of […] lobster mayonnaise, cold game sausages, an immense veal and ham pie farced with eggs, truffles, and numberless delicious flavours; besides kickshaws, creams and sweetmeats.
ref: 1923, Walter de la Mare, Seaton's Aunt:
glosses: Without number; having too many to count.
Synonyms: sense: without number
word: countless
word: endless
word: innumerable
Derived terms: numberlessly
numberlessness