cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
ice cream maker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ice cream makers
form: ice-cream maker
form: icecream maker
form: ice-cream-maker
form: icecream-maker
Senses: synonyms: ice creamer
ice cream freezer
sorbetière
glosses: A machine used to make homemade ice cream.
examples: text: If your ice cream maker gives your laboratory analyst a sample of the complete mix at 8 o’clock, in just forty minutes the operator can tell him the exact butter fat and total solids content in the mix.
ref: 1922, Ice Cream Trade Journal, page 103:
text: The ice cream maker gave particular attention to the Progress ammonia or direct expansion freezer in 50 and 100 quart capacities shown in this booth and a new 60 quart H. Atkinson brine freezer.
ref: 1923, Milk Plant Monthly, page 55:
text: An ice cream maker gives local school children a firsthand look at the ice cream process.
ref: 1985, Restaurant Business, page 176:
text: Ben & Jerry’s, the ice cream maker, gives away 7 1/2 percent of its pretax profits in support of environmental preservation.
ref: 1995, Lila B. Stair, Careers in Marketing, VGM Career Horizons, →ISBN, page 9:
glosses: A company or person that makes ice cream.
icemaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: icemakers
Etymology: From ice + maker.
Senses: glosses: A device found in a freezer that is used to make ice.
hahaha
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: haha (an onomatopoeic representation of laughter).
under arrest
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Arrested by the police.
up a creek
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of up the creek.
NAND
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NANDs
Etymology: Blend of NOT + AND, by analogy with NOR reinterpreted as NOT + OR or negation + OR
Senses: examples: text: The associativity of OR and AND is not at all obvious. It is tempting to assume that because OR and AND are commutative that they must be associative also. This is not the case, however, and some commutative Boolean operators are not associative. Examples include NAND and NOR.
ref: 2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A binary operator composite of NOT AND; negation of AND function.
Derived terms: XNAND
Related terms: AND
OR
NOR
NOT
XOR
XNOR
NOR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NORs
Etymology: From nor. Reinterpreted as NOT + OR or negation + OR (see also NAND, formed analogically).
Senses: examples: text: 0 NOR 0 is 1; 1 NOR anything is 0.
text: The associativity of OR and AND is not at all obvious. It is tempting to assume that because OR and AND are commutative that they must be associative also. This is not the case, however, and some commutative Boolean operators are not associative. Examples include NAND and NOR.
ref: 2022 August 4, William Bahn, “Boolean Algebra Laws—Delving Into Boolean Identities”, in All About Circuits:
text: The output state of the NOR gate will be high (1) when all the inputs are low (0). NOR gate returns the complement result of the OR gate.
ref: 2025 August 30, “Logic Gates - Definition, Types, Uses”, in GeeksforGeeks, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025:
glosses: A binary operator composite of NOT OR; negation of OR function.
glosses: Acronym of nucleolus organiser region.
Derived terms: XNOR
Related terms: AND
OR
NAND
NOT
XOR
artificially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more artificially
form: most artificially
Etymology: From artificial + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The actor spoke his lines artificially, with too much intonation.
text: These albuminous substances, whether found as normal products or created artificially in the blood, are distinguished as antitoxins, protective proteïds, vaccines, or alexines; physiologically they have been divided into sozines, those found in animals naturally immune, and phylaxines, those found in animals which by subcutaneous injections have artificially been made immune.
ref: 1895, Frantz Peckel Möller, Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry, page 442:
glosses: In an artificial manner.
examples: text: The chocolate was flavoured artificially.
text: This lake had been artificially made by the damming up of the stream that had previously wasted itself unornamentally, […]
ref: 1926, E. F. Benson, Peter:
text: Images taken from an electron microscope reveal the way the gold atoms have formed into a highly organised lattice. Other images show gold nanoseaweed that has been artificially coloured.
ref: 2019 August 6, “Scientists create the world's thinnest gold”, in Phys.org, archived from the original on 06 Jul 2024, page 5:
glosses: By or because of human effort.
Derived terms: artificially intelligent
artificially intelligently
artificially sweetened
amae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese あまえ.
Senses: glosses: Childlike behaviour aimed at inducing another (such as a parent, spouse, teacher or boss) to take care of one.
simulated annealing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: simulated annealings
Senses: examples: text: For this problem, the simulated annealing-based heuristic provides a near-optimal solution.
glosses: A probabilistic technique for approximating the global optimum of a given function, analogous to the metalworking process of annealing.
wikipedia: simulated annealing
calorific value
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calorific values
Senses: examples: text: The engine was fired with Welsh (Bedwas) coal having a calorific value of 13,800 B.T.U. per lb. as received, and 13,970 B.T.U. per lb. in the dry condition.
ref: 1960 March, “Testing a rebuilt "Merchant Navy" Pacific of the S.R.”, in Trains Illustrated, page 168:
glosses: The amount of energy produced by the complete combustion of a material or fuel. Measured in units of energy per amount of material, e.g. kJ/kg.
glosses: The amount of energy available from an item of food when digested, mostly from carbohydrates and fats
Related terms: enthalpy
annealing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annealings
Senses: examples: text: Without annealing, the quality of our metal products will diminish.
glosses: The heating of solid metal or glass to high temperatures and cooling it slowly so that its particles arrange into a defined lattice to remove residual stress.
Coordinate terms: tempering
Derived terms: simulated annealing
annealing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of anneal
longeron
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɒnʒəɹɒn/
Forms: form: longerons
Etymology: Borrowed from French longeron.
Senses: glosses: A thin strip of wood or metal, to which the skin of an aircraft is fastened.
fend off
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fends off
form: fending off
form: fended off
form: fended off
Etymology: fend + off
Senses: examples: text: They tried citronella to fend off the mosquitos, to no avail.
text: France spent large portions of the opening half in England territory and despite scoring the pick of the first-half tries - when Menager fended off Jess Breach to finish off a superb backs move - struggled to convert their chances.
ref: 2024 April 27, Alastair Telfer, “England beat France to seal Grand Slam hat-trick”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: turn away
drive away
ward off
glosses: To defend against; to repel with force or effort
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To prevent (a vessel) from running against anything with too much violence.
Related terms: defend
defense
fend and prove
fend away
fender
fend for oneself
forfend
hold off
in the first place
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst pleɪs/
ipa: /ɪn ðə ˈfɝst pleɪs/
ipa: /ɪn ðə ˈfɜːst plæɪs/
Senses: examples: text: The question is not whether I still enjoy the job, when I never enjoyed it in the first place.
glosses: To begin with; earlier; firstly; originally; at the start.
examples: text: Why does this exist in the first place?
glosses: At all, even (typically in non-negated statements).
Related terms: above all
first of all
tabu search
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tabu searches
Etymology: From tabu (“sacred, not to be touched”), in reference to the prohibition against revisiting earlier rejected solutions.
Senses: examples: text: Compared to simulated annealing, the tabu search heuristic performed well.
glosses: A combinatorial search technique used to solve optimization problems by tracking and guiding the search.
makespan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: makespans
Etymology: From make + span.
Senses: examples: text: If we don't reduce the makespan of that product, the order won't be shipped on time.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: The time difference between the start and finish of a sequence of jobs or tasks.
golden handcuffs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The stock plan really served as golden handcuffs for the executives.
glosses: Any arrangement or agreement designed to provide extremely favorable benefits or pay, so as to discourage a participant from choosing to leave it, especially to retain a choice employee in a role that is unpleasant to them.
Related terms: golden handshake
golden hello
golden parachute
job lock
velvet handcuffs
in one's element
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: You can tell he's completely in his element when he's talking about fossils.
text: And finally it's time, and he's out there, under the spot, in his element. The first piece of the night is Shostakovich. Its first movement is a sedate, haunting, almost melodramatic nocturne, but before too long the concerto changes gear and becomes energetic, discordant, feral.
ref: 2019 April 10, qntm, “CASE HATE RED”, in There Is No Antimemetics Division, →ISBN, page 137:
synonyms: at home
antonyms: out of one's element
glosses: In a situation which is entirely suitable, familiar, or enjoyable.
Related terms: like a duck takes to water
up someone's alley
out of one's depth
counselee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: counselees
Etymology: From counsel + -ee.
Senses: glosses: A person receiving counselling.
Related terms: counsellor
monoclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒn.əˈkləʊ.nəl/
ipa: /ˌmɑn.əˈkloʊ.nəl/
rhymes: -əʊnəl
Etymology: From mono- + clonal.
Senses: examples: text: One of the first examples of the immunogenicity of recombinantly derived antibodies was with murine anti-CD3 monoclonal antibody (OKT3) used in the induction of immunosupression after organ transplantation.
ref: 2002, Gilbert S. Banker, Christopher T. Rhodes, Modern Pharmaceutics, 4th edition, Informa Health Care, →ISBN, page 699:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: genetically engineered from a single clone; used especially of a protein or antibody
Derived terms: amonoclonal
antimonoclonal
monoclonal antibody
monoclonality
monoclonally
nonmonoclonal
Related terms: oligoclonal
monoclonal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɒn.əˈkləʊ.nəl/
ipa: /ˌmɑn.əˈkloʊ.nəl/
rhymes: -əʊnəl
Forms: form: monoclonals
Etymology: From mono- + clonal.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
immunochemistry
immunology
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: something produced from a single clone, especially a monoclonal antibody
monoclonal antibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monoclonal antibodies
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A protein genetically engineered from a single clone of a B cell, especially one produced by fusion with a tumor cell and intended for use as a drug.
Synonyms: mAb
moAb
Derived terms: agonistic monoclonal antibody
mAb
moAb
muromonab
B cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: B cells
form: B-cell
Etymology: From b(ursa) + cell.
Senses: examples: text: Mature B cells produce complex proteins called immunoglobins which combine to form antibodies, each capable of binding to a specific molecular structure.
ref: 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 89:
topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A lymphocyte, developed in the bursa of birds and the bone marrow of other animals, that produces antibodies and is co-responsible for the immune system.
Synonyms: B lymphocyte
bursacyte
Hypernyms: leucocyte = leukocyte = white blood cell = WBC > agranulocyte > lymphocyte
Hyponyms: word: memory B cell
english: plasma cell
translation: plasma cell
word: plasmacyte = plasmocyte
Coordinate terms: natural killer cell
T cell
Derived terms: diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
T cell
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: T cells
form: T-cell
Etymology: Clipping of thymus + cell.
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A lymphocyte, from the thymus, that can recognise specific antigens and can activate or deactivate other immune cells.
Synonyms: T lymphocyte
Hypernyms: leucocyte = leukocyte = white blood cell = WBC > agranulocyte > lymphocyte
Hyponyms: cytolytic T cell
cytotoxic T cell
helper T cell
killer T cell
memory T cell
Coordinate terms: word: natural killer cell
english: B cell
translation: B cell
word: B lymphocyte = bursacyte
Related terms: B cell
thymocyte
fanciest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of fancy: most fancy
allemande
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: allemandes
Etymology: Borrowed from French allemande (“German (dance)”).
Senses: examples: text: […] sweet to us it is to behold delightful dancing, be it the stately splendour of the Pavane which progresseth as large clouds at sun-down that pass by in splendour; or the graceful Allemande; or the Fandango, which goeth by degrees from languorous beauty to the swiftness and passion of Bacchanals dancing on the high lawns under a summer moon that hangeth in the pine trees; or the joyous maze of the Galliard; or the Gigue, dear to the Foliots.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 33:
glosses: A popular instrumental dance form in Baroque music, and a standard element of a suite, generally the first or second movement.
Synonyms: sense: instrumental dance form
word: allemanda
sense: instrumental dance form
word: almain
sense: instrumental dance form
word: alman
Derived terms: allemande left
allemande
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: allemandes
form: allemanding
form: allemanded
form: allemanded
Etymology: Borrowed from French allemande (“German (dance)”).
Senses: examples: text: The gaudy splashes of lightning made it seem that some weird dance was going on, one where you threw your partner into the nearest tree instead of allemanding her, or dug your knee into his crotch instead of doing a do-si-do.
ref: 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:
glosses: To perform this dance.
Related terms: alamand
alamande
allemande sauce
ichnologic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ichnology + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to ichnology.
Derived terms: palaeoichnologic
ichnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From ichnology + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Relating to ichnology
Derived terms: neoichnological
paleoichnological
ichnologist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichnologists
Etymology: From ichnology + -ist.
Senses: glosses: One who studies trace fossils.
Derived terms: paleoichnologist
ichnite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ichnites
Etymology: From ichno- + -ite.
Senses: glosses: A fossilized footprint or track of an animal.
Derived terms: ornithichnite
ornithoidichnite
fossilized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: fossilised
Senses: glosses: In a state of fossilization; preserved in rock.
glosses: Old-fashioned, outmoded, or rigidly fixed in a way that is resistant to change.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Having become a fossil; no longer productive.
fossilized
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: fossilised
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of fossilize
Synonyms: sense: outmoded
word: antiquated
word: disused
word: outdated
word: obsolete
word: unfashionable
Derived terms: fossilized lightning
nonfossilized
prefossilized
semifossilized
subfossilized
unfossilized
Related terms: fossil word
fossilised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fossilized.
agonistic monoclonal antibody
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: agonistic monoclonal antibodies
Senses: topics: immunology
medicine
sciences
glosses: A monoclonal antibody that aims to boost the human immune system either to fight infection or cancer.
monetary instrument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monetary instruments
Senses: glosses: A coin or other item of currency.
examples: (defined in 31 USC § 5312(a)(3)(C))
glosses: A coin or currency item of a foreign country, such as travelers' checks, bearer negotiable instruments, bearer investment securities, bearer securities, stock on which title is passed on delivery, and similar material or checks, drafts, notes, money orders, and other similar instruments which are drawn on or by a foreign financial institution and are not in bearer form.
Related terms: money
uncial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncial
form: most uncial
Etymology: Attested 1650, from Latin uncia (“a twelfth part, ounce, inch”).
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an ounce, or an inch, especially to letters printed an inch high.
uncial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌn.si.əl/
other: /ˈʌn.ʃi.əl/
other: /ˈʌn.ʃəl/
Etymology: Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.
Senses: examples: text: This, also written in black letter, we found inscribed on a second parchment that was in the coffer, apparently somewhat older in date than that on which was inscribed the mediæval Latin translation of the uncial Greek of which I shall speak presently.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
glosses: Of or relating to a majuscule style of writing with unjoined, rounded letters, originally used in the 4th–9th centuries.
uncial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌn.si.əl/
other: /ˈʌn.ʃi.əl/
other: /ˈʌn.ʃəl/
Forms: form: uncials
Etymology: Attested 1712, from Late Latin unciales (“uncials”), unciales litterae (“uncial letters”) (Jerome), plural of uncialis (“pertaining to one twelfth part, ounce, or inch”), from uncia (“one twelfth part, ounce, inch”). The literal meaning is unclear: some references indicate "inch-high letters", but see “Uncial script” in Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: A style of writing using uncial letters.
glosses: A letter in this style.
glosses: A manuscript in this style.
Derived terms: semi-uncial
half-uncial
Related terms: uncia
ounce
inch
Jeremiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Forms: form: Jer.
form: Jerem.
Etymology: From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).
Senses: examples: text: And Ieremiah lamented for Ioſiah, and all the ſinging men and the ſinging women ſpake of Ioſiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Iſrael; and beholde, they are written in the Lamentations.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Chronicles 35:25, column 1:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
examples: text: The man whom you call Diarmaid when you speak Irish, a low, pernicious, un-Irish, detestable custom, begot by slavery, and propagated by cringing, and fostered by flunkeyism, forces you to call Jeremiah when you speak English, or as a concession, Darby.
ref: 2000, David Pierce, Irish Writing in the Twentieth Century: A Reader, . Cork University Press., →ISBN, page 8:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Derived terms: Epistle of Jeremiah
Letter of Jeremiah
Related terms: Yeremei
Jeremy
Jeremiah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Forms: form: Jeremiahs
form: Jer.
form: Jerem.
Etymology: From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).
Senses: glosses: A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
Derived terms: jeremiad
Related terms: Jeremias
Jeremy
Jerry
Cassandra
Jeremiah
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒɛɹəˈmaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Forms: form: Jer.
form: Jerem.
Etymology: From Latin Jeremias, from Ancient Greek Ἰερεμίας (Ieremías), from Hebrew יִרְמְיָה (yirm'yá, “Jeremiah”, literally “Yahweh exalt”).
Senses: glosses: Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.
with young
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: glosses: Pregnant.
raw_tags: of a female animal
Related terms: with child
Ezekiel
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈziːkiəl/
Forms: form: Ezek.
Etymology: From Koine Greek Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (Y'ḥezqēl, “God strengthens”).
Senses: glosses: A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
examples: The word of the Lord came expressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the hand of the Lord was there upon him.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A prophet mentioned in the Bible and in the Quran.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. First used by Puritans in the 17th century; rare today.
Derived terms: Ezekiel bread
Zeke
Hosea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhoʊˈziːə/
ipa: /ˌhoʊˈzeɪə/
rhymes: -iːə
rhymes: -eɪə
Etymology: From Latin Hōsēās, from Ancient Greek Ὡσηέ (Hōsēé), from Biblical Hebrew הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”), from the masculine singular imperative of הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).
Senses: synonyms: word: Hos.
glosses: A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A prophet.
examples: text: As mesmerizing as it is to watch Kristen Kish whip up bacon and cinnamon waffles with boysenberry and strawberry jam, imagine playing poker with Hosea Rosenberg.
ref: 2014 September 11, Pam Grout, “Really? 10 unexpected cruise activities”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Amos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪ.məs/
rhymes: -eɪməs
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew עמוס (Amos, “to carry; a burden”).
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A prophet, author of the book of Amos.
glosses: A surname.
glosses: A town in Abitibi Regional County Municipality, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Quebec, Canada.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Allen County, Kentucky.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Vernon County, Missouri.
glosses: A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, Nevada.
Obadiah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Etymology: From Hebrew עובדיה (Ovadya, “servant of Yahweh”); comparable to Arabic عبد اللّٰه (ʕabd-allah, “servant of God”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Obad.
glosses: A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
examples: The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A minor prophet.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew, of biblical origin.
Related terms: Obed
Abdias
Jonah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/
rhymes: -əʊnə
Etymology: From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.
Senses: examples: text: 'It's Jonah,' Ted says.
Simmy considers this. 'As in the whale?'
'Yep.'
'You know,' Simmy says, 'that people are going to say that to him for ever more?'
'What? The whale thing?'
'Yes.'
Ted shrugs again. 'Well. He'll get used to it. All names have got some associations. Anyway, he looks like a Jonah. And I like the name Jonah—'
'Obviously,' Simmy cuts in, 'since you chose it.'
ref: 2010, Maggie O'Farrell, The Hand That First Held Mine, Headline, →ISBN, page 165:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
examples: So they took up Jonah, and cast him forth into the sea: and the sea ceased from her raging.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A minor prophet who was cast into the sea and swallowed by a great fish.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
glosses: The 10th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Derived terms: Jonah fishing
Jonahism
Related terms: Jonas
Jonasen
Jonasohn
Jonassen
Jonassohn
Jonasson
Jonah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒoʊnə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒəʊnə/
rhymes: -əʊnə
Forms: form: Jonahs
Etymology: From the Hebrew יוֹנָה (yônâh, “dove”). Doublet of Jonas.
Senses: examples: text: Superstitious sailors regarded a clergyman as an unlucky shipmate, a Jonah whose presence would never be welcome.
ref: 2008, Richard Blake, Evangelicals in the Royal Navy, 1775-1815: Blue Lights & Psalm-singers:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A person who brings a ship bad luck.
examples: text: ‘My first agent, and he's dead. It's incredible. I feel like a complete Jonah.’
ref: 1979, John Le Carré, Smiley's People, Folio Society, published 2010, page 61:
glosses: Any person or object which is deemed to cause bad luck; a jinx.
Nahum
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˈneɪəm/
/ˈneɪhʌm/
Etymology: Derived from Hebrew נַחוּם (nakhúm, “consolation”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Nah.
glosses: A book of the Tanakh / the Old Testament of the Bible.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The minor prophet who wrote that book.
examples: text: Nahum Tate's grandfather and father were both clergymen.
ref: 1853, Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph, The Lives of the Poets-Laureate, page 197:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Related terms: Nehemiah
Habakkuk
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /həˈbæk.ək/
ipa: /ˈhæb.ə.kʊk/
ipa: /ˈhæb.ə.kək/
Forms: form: Hab.
form: Habacuc
Etymology: Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew חֲבַקּוּק (ḥăḇaqqūq). The name perhaps comes from חָבַק (ḥāḇaq, “embrace”), or perhaps from Akkadian 𒄩𒄠𒁀𒄣𒄣 (ḫambaqūqu [ḫa-am-ba-qu-qu], “garden herb”).
Senses: examples: 1988, Robert D. Haak, ""Poetry" in Habakkuk 1:1–2:4?". Journal of the American Oriental Society 108 (3): 437–444.
The present study concentrates on the various types of parallelism which may be observed within the prophetic text Habakkuk 1:1–2:4.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A prophetic book in the Old Testament of the Bible, one of the minor prophets; or the eighth part of the Tere Asar in the Jewish Tanakh.
examples: text: Of Habakkuk's personal life nothing is known with certainty, though it has been inferred, from the fact that he is termed specifically 'the prophet,' that he held a recognized position as prophet[…], and belonged, consequently, to the tribe of Levi.
ref: 1906, S. R. Driver, The Minor Prophets: Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi, The Century Bible, page 49:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Jewish prophet of the Old Testament; author of the book that bears his name.
examples: text: It would be Bowditch's last voyage. He had been lucky: a younger brother William died on a voyage to Trinidad in 1799, and an older brother Habakkuk drowned in Boston Harbor in 1800.
ref: 2009, Jeff Suzuki, Mathematics in Historical Context, page 315:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Derived terms: Habakkuk thesis
abiocoen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From abio- + Ancient Greek κοινός (koinós, “shared”). Confer holocoen.
Senses: glosses: The non-living components of an environment, such as water, soil, air, etc.
non-living
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + living.
Senses: glosses: Not living; inanimate.
macrofaunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more macrofaunal
form: most macrofaunal
Etymology: From macro- + faunal.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a macrofauna.
glosses: Produced by, or indicative of large animals.
Zephaniah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /zɛfəˈnaɪə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Senses: synonyms: word: Zeph.
glosses: A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Zephaniah
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
meiofaunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more meiofaunal
form: most meiofaunal
Etymology: From meiofauna + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a meiofauna.
microfaunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + faunal.
Senses: glosses: Of, or relating to, a microfauna.
Haggai
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhæɡaɪ/
rhymes: -æɡaɪ
Etymology: From Hebrew חַגַּי.
Senses: synonyms: word: Hag.
glosses: A book of the Old Testament of the Bible and the Tanakh.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: Hebrew prophet associated with the Book of Haggai.
Zechariah
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: zĕk'ə-rīʹə
ipa: /ˌzɛkəˈɹaɪ.ə/
rhymes: -aɪə
Forms: form: Zachariah
form: Zacharias
form: Zecharia
form: Zakariah
Etymology: From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).
Senses: topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A king of Israel mentioned in the second book of Kings.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
synonyms: word: Zech.
glosses: A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Hebrew prophet traditionally considered the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the Twelve Minor Prophets.
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A Hebrew priest, the father of John the Baptist.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
Related terms: Zachary
faunal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fauna (“animals”) + -al (“pertaining to”).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to animals.
glosses: Pertaining to a specific fauna of a given region or time.
Hyponyms: bestial
Derived terms: aerofaunal
archaeofaunal
cryptofaunal
endofaunal
faunal assemblage
faunally
faunalturbation
herpetofaunal
ichnofaunal
ichthyofaunal
macrofaunal
mastofaunal
meiofaunal
mesofaunal
microfaunal
nematofaunal
nonfaunal
palaeofaunal
paleofaunal
blow-dryer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blow-dryers
form: blow drier
form: blow-drier
form: blowdrier
form: blow dryer
form: blowdryer
Senses: glosses: A handheld electrical device used for drying hair.
Synonyms: hair dryer
hairdryer
hair-dryer
Related terms: blow-dry
TV dinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TV dinners
Etymology: Originally used for a brand of packaged meal (TV Brand Frozen Dinner) developed in 1953 for Swanson & Sons.
Senses: examples: text: Like foil-tray frozen meals, which were used by airlines before Swanson branded them as “TV dinners,” Twitter was not initially invented to be an adjunct to the tube.
ref: 2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times:
synonyms: frozen dinner
microwave meal
ready meal
glosses: A prepackaged meal purchased frozen and heated at home.
frozen dinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frozen dinners
Senses: glosses: A prepared meal that is stored in the freezer and then cooked in a microwave oven.
Synonyms: TV dinner
microwave meal
ready meal
microwave meal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microwave meals
Senses: glosses: A pre-cooked meal that is purchased frozen and then cooked in a microwave oven.
Synonyms: frozen dinner
ready meal
TV dinner
tuckered out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tucker out
tuckered out
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more tuckered out
form: most tuckered out
Senses: examples: text: After a day of hauling concrete, she was pretty well tuckered out.
text: She staggered through the reeds to the island ahead and flattened on the ground. Didn’t know how long she had been running. Panting and tuckered out.
ref: 2016, Colson Whitehead, The Underground Railroad, Fleet (2017), page 352:
synonyms: word: bleareyed
word: bleary
word: bleary-eyed
word: bone-tired
word: bushed
word: tired out
word: spent
word: drained
word: dog-tired
word: dog-weary
word: exhausted
word: fatigued
word: forfairn
word: forlagen
word: forworn
word: heavyeyed
word: jaded
word: languid
word: enervated
word: out of gas
word: played out
word: run-down
word: shattered
word: shot
word: sleepy
word: stuffed
word: tired
word: washed out
word: weariful
word: weary
word: whacked
word: whipped
word: worn
word: worn out
word: banjaxed
word: beat
word: buggered
word: busted
word: dead tired
word: cream crackered
word: done
word: done in
word: done up
word: fagged out
word: fried
word: fucked
word: gassed
word: jiggered
word: Kerry Packered
word: knacked
word: knackered
word: nadgered
word: pooped
word: pooped out
word: pumped
word: shagged
word: shagged out
word: tuckered
word: tuckered out
word: wappened
word: zonked
glosses: Tired, exhausted, worn out; spent.
carphologia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Ancient Greek καρφολογία (karphología), from κάρφος (kárphos, “dry small thing”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: picking at bedding and clothing, or at the lips, or of perceived invisible objects
Synonyms: floccillation
theme park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈθiːm pɑːk/
ipa: /ˈθim ˌpɑɹk/
Forms: form: theme parks
form: themepark
Senses: glosses: An amusement park that bases its structures and attractions around a central theme.
Derived terms: theme parking
theme-parking
Related terms: amusement park
fun park
holiday park
Irishmen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Irishman
yellow-green
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow-greens
Etymology: From yellow + green.
Senses: glosses: A yellowish-green colour.
yellow-green
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more yellow-green
form: most yellow-green
Etymology: From yellow + green.
Senses: glosses: A yellowish-green colour.
Derived terms: yellow-green alga
yellow-green brushfinch
yellow-green vireo
Related terms: blue-green
bubby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊbi/
ipa: /ˈbʌbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: bubbies
Etymology: Likely a babble word; compare dialectal German Bübbi (“teat”). Some older references connected the word to French poupe, but this is considered "very doubtful" by the OED. Compare Latin pūpa (“little girl”).
Senses: examples: text: Chlo: What do you mean (uncivil as you are) / To touch my breaſts and leave my boſome bare? / Daph: Theſe pretty bubbies firſt I make my own.
ref: 1685, John Dryden, Sylvae:
text: Mr. Douglas got up from the couch, shucked down his pants, and then knelt down beside my mother. He reached out and grabbed her big round bubbies, and began to squeeze and play with them, while he teased her by prodding his cock against her red behind.
ref: 2009, Arlene Gorey, My Spanking Diary:
synonyms: bub
glosses: A woman's breast.
Synonyms: breasts
Derived terms: booby
bubby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊbi/
ipa: /ˈbʌbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
ipa: /ˈbʊbi/
ipa: /ˈbʌbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: bubbies
Etymology: Perhaps from brother, as pronounced by young children who are not yet able to properly pronounce its complex consonants, but alternatively perhaps from Pennsylvania German; see bub. Compare sissy.
Senses: examples: text: Mother sent me to hunt you; she is dying, and sissy and bubby are hungry and the baby is crying, and we're afraid the cross man will come.
ref: 1862, Caroline Augusta White Soule, Wine or water; a tale of New England, →OCLC, page 78:
coordinate_terms: sissy
glosses: Familiar term of address for a boy; bub; bubba.
bubby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʊbi/
ipa: /ˈbʌbi/
rhymes: -ʌbi
Forms: form: bubbies
Etymology: Variant spelling. (From Yiddish.)
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bubbe (“grandmother”).
Related terms: bubby bush
whirring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɜːɹɪŋ
Forms: form: whirrings
Senses: glosses: A whirr, the sounds of a whirr.
whirring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɜːɹɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of whirr
whirring
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɜːɹɪŋ
Forms: form: more whirring
form: most whirring
Senses: glosses: Spinning rapidly.
examples: text: From inside the mill there came a whizzing, whirring, and clashing sound, and now and then a bright saw-blade flashed in the air, as if in combat with the spirits of the night, to cut the stumps and uneven ends off the logs.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 154:
glosses: Producing a whirr; giving off a whirring noise.
Bostonian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒsˈtəʊniən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Forms: form: Bostonians
Etymology: From Boston + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Bostonians eagerly await the arrival of spring after a long, cold, snowy winter.
text: Single-sex clusters of Bostonians made their boisterous way through the streets, hoping to collide with their opposite numbers.
ref: 2005, Zadie Smith, On Beauty, Penguin Books (2006), page 61:
synonyms: Bostoner
Bostonite
Hubbite
;
bean-eater
glosses: A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
glosses: A person who was born in or who lives in Boston, Lincolnshire.
Bostonian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɒsˈtəʊniən/
rhymes: -əʊniən
Etymology: From Boston + -ian.
Senses: examples: text: Bostonian fashions are reserved, even dull, when compared to California style.
glosses: Related to, characteristic of, or residing in Boston, Massachusetts.
glosses: Related to, characteristic of, or residing in Boston, Lincolnshire.
easy come, easy go
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌiːzi ˈkʌm ˌiːzi ˈɡoʊ/
Senses: examples: text: They took $200 with them into the casino, and regarded their winnings as easy come, easy go.
text: Ridin' high when I was king / Played it hard and fast cause I had everything / Walked away, wonderin' then / But easy come and easy go and it would end
ref: 1967, Bob Gaudio, Peggy Farina, “Beggin'”, performed by The Four Seasons:
text: I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy / Because I'm easy come, easy go / Little high, little low
ref: 1975, Freddie Mercury, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, performed by Queen:
glosses: Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
Related terms: here today, gone tomorrow
swings and roundabouts
all-in wrestling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: all-in + wrestling
Senses: glosses: A style of wrestling with few rules or restrictions
Related terms: no holds barred
lunge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnd͡ʒ/
ipa: /lɐnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: lunges
form: longe
Etymology: From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus. Doublet of allonge.
Senses: examples: text: A moment of madness from double goalscorer Kalinic put Rovers' fate back in the balance when the Croat caught Scharner with a late, dangerous lunge and was shown a straight red card by referee Phil Dowd.
ref: 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:
glosses: A sudden forward movement, especially with a sword.
glosses: A long rope or flat web line, more commonly referred to as a lunge line, approximately 20–30 feet long, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse and used to control the animal while lungeing.
glosses: An exercise performed by stepping forward one leg while kneeling with the other leg, then returning to a standing position.
glosses: A fish, the namaycush.
Derived terms: lunge whip
lunge
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /lʌnd͡ʒ/
ipa: /lɐnd͡ʒ/
rhymes: -ʌndʒ
Forms: form: lunges
form: lungeing
form: lunging
form: lunged
form: lunged
form: longe
Etymology: From French allonge, from Old French alonge, from alongier, from Vulgar Latin *allongare, from ad + Late Latin longare, from Latin longus. Doublet of allonge.
Senses: examples: text: I lunged at the police officer and made a grab for her gun.
text: With savage desperation the Indian lunged his horse straight at Hopalong and, knife in hand, leaped for him!
ref: 2004, Louis L'Amour, Rustlers of West Fork:
glosses: To (cause to) make a sudden forward movement (present participle: lunging).
glosses: To longe or work a horse in a circle around a handler (present participle: lunging or lungeing).
Derived terms: lungeing cavesson
lungeing rein
bradoon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bradoons
Senses: glosses: A type of snaffle bit, with small rings, usually used on a double bridle in conjunction with a curb bit.
Synonyms: bridoon
bradoon bit
Derived terms: bradoon rein
bradoon bridle
double bridle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double bridles
Senses: topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: A Weymouth bridle, which uses both a bradoon, held by a sliphead, and a curb bit, and is used with two reins.
Synonyms: Weymouth bridle
curb bit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curb bits
form: curb-bit
Senses: topics: equestrianism
hobbies
horses
lifestyle
pets
sports
glosses: A type of bit used on a bridle, which works by leverage and has shanks and a curb chain.
three day eventing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A three-phase equestrian sport consisting of dressage, cross country, and show jumping.
complementary colour
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: complementary colours
form: complementary color
Senses: topics: color
colour
science
sciences
glosses: Either of two colours which, when mixed, produce a white or grey.
topics: art
arts
glosses: A colour which is regarded as the opposite of another, so that the two colours together form a pleasing contrast.
kaliophilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kaliophilites
Etymology: From Latin kalium + -o- + -philite.
Senses: glosses: a rare mineral, a form of KAlSiO₄, found in volcanic rocks in parts of Italy
kalsilite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kalsilites
Etymology: From the chemical symbols for potassium (K), aluminium (Al) and silicon (Si), and -lite.
Senses: glosses: a rare mineral, a form of KAlSiO₄, found in volcanic rocks in parts of Uganda
Derived terms: megakalsilite
lunge line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lunge lines
form: longe line
form: lungeing rein
Senses: glosses: A rope-like piece of equipment, usually 20 feet or longer in length, attached to the bridle, lungeing cavesson, or halter of a horse to provide control while lungeing.
skollie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: skollies
Etymology: Borrowed from Afrikaans skollie, from Dutch schoelje, from Middle Dutch schoelie.
Senses: examples: text: ‘You check my records, okay? You'll see. Always, every week, some bergie or skollies causing trouble for me. What are my customers supposed to do?’
ref: 2008, Lauren Beukes, Moxyland, Jacana Media, →ISBN, page 103:
glosses: A hoodlum, a petty criminal.
culm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌlm/
rhymes: -ʌlm
Forms: form: culms
Etymology: From Middle English culme, colme (“fragments of coal”), of uncertain origin. Probably from Old English *colm, related to Old English col (“coal”). Alternatively, perhaps from Welsh cwlm (“knot or tie”), applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales.
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: spoils, tailings
text: Here he lay down on a place soft with culm, to take his contemplated rest, and, before he was aware of it, sleep had descended on him, overpowered him, and bound him fast.
ref: 1887, Homer Greene, chapter XXI, in Burnham Breaker:
synonyms: slack#Etymology_5
hypernyms: spoils#Noun
glosses: Waste coal, used as a poor quality fuel.
examples: text: culm dump
text: culm pile
text: Q. (By Mr. Manager FLOYD.) Mr. Rittenhouse, what do you mean in your report by the slush pile?—A. I mean the waste that goes through the finest mesh that they use. It is called tailings; it is called slush.
Q. State the origin and meaning of the word "culm" of the term "culm dump."—A. Culm meant and means anything that is waste. Back in the early days it was called culm when they put chestnut in the pile; it was all the waste rock and the material that was thrown out in the breaker; rough coal and slate were thrown indiscriminately on this pile, and it was called culm pile. As the years went by and they used chestnut coal, when that was taken up the coal before it went to the culm dump. It was the same way with pea coal; following that, buckwheat No. 1; then again No. 2, and again No. 8; so that now what represents culm or culm pile, as it goes by, is the finest sand or silt as it goes through three thirty-seconds or the eighth of an inch or the sixteenth of an inch mesh, whatever they happen to use. Sometimes that is separated, and when it is separated and the slate in larger pieces is not mixed with it it is a slush.
Q. In the common acceptation of the term a culm dump is the material in the dump made from coal mines, including particles of coal and other waste, is it?—A. Yes, sir.
ref: 1913 [1912 December 9], United States Senate, “Congressional Record—Senate”, in Congressional Record: Containing the Proceedings and Debates of the Sixty-Second Congress, Third Session, volume XLIX, page 321:
synonyms: tailings#Noun[Appendix:Glossary#strict|precisely]] coordinate>
glosses: The spoils from which such low-quality coal can be retrieved.
glosses: Anthracite, especially when found in small masses.
Derived terms: culmiferous
Related terms: coom
culm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌlm/
rhymes: -ʌlm
Forms: form: culms
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin culmus. Doublet of calame, calamus, and haulm; further related to caramel, chalumeau and shawm.
Senses: examples: text: […] because, upon hearing him out, she sank down on the lawn in an impossible posture, examining a grass culm and frowning, he had taken his words back at once; […]
ref: 1962, Vladimir Nabokov, Pale Fire, page 150:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The stem of a plant, especially of grass or sedge.
Derived terms: culmiferous