cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
colourless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌlə(ɹ).ləs/
Forms: form: more colourless
form: most colourless
form: colorless
Etymology: From colour + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
ref: 1867, Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], chapter I, in Eugene Schuyler, transl., Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC, page 1:
text: Behind him the hills are open, the sun blazes down upon fields so large as to give an unenclosed character to the landscape, the lanes are white, the hedges low and plashed, the atmosphere colourless.
ref: 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 14:
text: The wide prospect up stream was grey and lowering, the long still-distant waterfront of Dundee, and the Fife shore were alike colourless, and there was ample evidence of rough weather not far ahead.
ref: 1947 January and February, O. S. Nock, “"The Aberdonian" in Wartime”, in Railway Magazine, page 7:
synonyms: word: dull
word: dingy
word: achromatic
word: colorless
word: colourless
word: hueless
word: bland
word: colourless
word: dim
word: dingy
word: dull
word: faint
word: lackluster
word: leaden
word: muddy
word: sad
word: sober
word: uncolorful
word: unholiday
word: wan
glosses: Having little or no colour.
synonyms: word: clear
word: waterlike
word: clear
word: clear as crystal
word: crystalline
word: diaphanous
word: glassy
word: hyaline
word: hyaloid
word: limpid
word: lucid
word: pellucid
word: perspicuous
word: see-through
word: serene
word: transparent
word: transpicuous
word: vitreous
glosses: Water white.
raw_tags: of a liquid
synonyms: word: drab
word: dull
word: banal
word: beat
word: blah
word: bland
word: boring
word: cold
word: colourless
word: drab
word: dreich
word: drowsy
word: dull
word: dull as dishwater
word: flat
word: ho-hum
word: humdrum
word: insipid
word: lackluster
word: lame
word: languid
word: lifeless
word: longsome
word: monotonous
word: mundane
word: no fun at parties
word: plain
word: plodding
word: prosaic
word: prosy
word: pedantic
word: pedestrian
word: static
word: straightforward
word: snoozeworthy
word: soporific
word: tedious
word: uncool
word: wan
word: weaksauce
word: wooden
word: uninteresting
word: stodgy
word: vapid
word: vanilla
glosses: Lacking in interest or variety.
examples: text: They cannot, of course, assume a colourless position because they cater to the radical rank and file and would be branded renegades.
ref: 1926, David Joseph Saposs, Left Wing Unionism: A Study of Radical Policies and Tactics, page 73:
topics: government
politics
synonyms: moderate
glosses: Neutral in opinion or allegiance; centrist
Derived terms: colourlessly
colourlessness
colorless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌl.ə.ləs/
ipa: /ˈkʌl.ɚ.ləs/
Forms: form: more colorless
form: most colorless
Etymology: From color + -less.
Senses: examples: text: The servant to whom he put this question was a young fellow with chubby cheeks, small, dull eyes, and a round chin, covered with a colorless down.
ref: 1867, Ivan Sergheïevitch Turgenef [i.e., Ivan Turgenev], chapter I, in Eugene Schuyler, transl., Fathers and Sons […], New York, N.Y.: Leypoldt and Holt, →OCLC, page 1:
glosses: US standard spelling of colourless.
Derived terms: colorless green ideas sleep furiously
colorlessly
colorlessness
water white
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: related: word: water-white
hypernyms: white#Adjective
coordinate_terms: snow white
snow-white
glosses: Colourless and transparent like pure water.
raw_tags: of a liquid
Related terms: white water
adipic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline dicarboxylic acid, C₄H₈(COOH)₂; it has many industrial applications; when condensed with hexamethylene diamine it produces nylon.
Synonyms: word: E355 when used as an acidity regulator
word: hexanedioic acid
word: butane-1,4-dicarboxylic acid
word: butanedicarboxylic acid
Derived terms: aminoadipic acid
ketoadipic acid
alginic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˌdʒɪn.ɪk ˈæs.ɪd/
Forms: form: alginic acids
Etymology: From algin + -ic and acid.
Senses: examples: text: For the long-stalked kelps that sway in dusky forests just below the level of the spring tides, survival in the surf zone is largely a matter of chemistry. Their tissues contain large amounts of alginic acid and its salts, which create a tensile strength and elasticity able to withstand the pulling and pounding of the waves.
ref: 1955, Rachel Carson, chapter 2, in The Edge of the Sea, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 17:
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An insoluble colloidal acid (C₆H₈O₆)ₙ that in the form of its salts is a constituent of the cell walls of brown algae and is used as a food additive.
Synonyms: E400
Derived terms: alginate
carboxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of carboxylate
carboxylated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more carboxylated
form: most carboxylated
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Converted into a carboxylic acid, normally by the oxidation of an alcohol or aldehyde.
Derived terms: dicarboxylated
thiocarboxylated
uncarboxylated
undercarboxylated
arachidic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A long-chain fatty acid, CH₃(CH₂)₁₈COOH, found in groundnut oil
Derived terms: arachidate
Related terms: arachidonic acid
groundnut
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: groundnuts
Etymology: From ground + nut. Compare Icelandic jarðhneta, German Erdnuss (both cognate with earthnut) and Hungarian földimogyoró.
Senses: glosses: A climbing vine, Apios americana, of eastern North America, having fragrant brownish flowers and small edible tubers.
glosses: Any similar plant having underground tubers.
glosses: The nutlike tuber of such a plant, especially peanuts.
glosses: A plant which bears its nutlike seeds underground, such as a peanut (Arachis hypogaea) or a Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea).
Related terms: earthnut
tree nut
arachidonic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, having 20 carbon atoms and four double bonds, found in animal fats; it is essential for human nutrition, being a precursor to the production of prostaglandins.
Related terms: arachidic acid
polyunsaturated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From poly- + unsaturated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to long chain organic compounds that have multiple double bonds; polyunsaturated fatty acids are essential to human nutrition.
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Having a chemical structure that does not easily change into cholesterol (a substance containing a lot of fat thought to be an important cause of heart disease).
raw_tags: of a fat or oil
Derived terms: polyunsaturated fat
polyunsaturated fatty acid
unpolyunsaturated
Related terms: monounsaturated
saturated fat
collimate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒlɪmeɪt/
Forms: form: collimates
form: collimating
form: collimated
form: collimated
Etymology: First attested in 1623; borrowed from Latin collimātus, perfect passive participle of collīmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), itself originating from a misreading of collīniō, collīneō.
Senses: examples: text: Lead bricks were placed around the radioactive source so that the escaping gamma rays would be limited to a collimated beam rather than filling the lab.
text: I need to collimate my telescope so that the images are clearer.
text: However, after a bit of experience, the collimating chore can become routine.[…]Of course, if manufacturers made telescopes whose optics did not move around, you would only have to collimate a telescope once.
ref: 2006, Martin Mobberley, Lunar and Planetary Webcam User's Guide, page 22:
text: Binoculars can be collimated by either eccentric rings on the objective lenses or by tilting the prisms with grub screws (set screws).[…]Always collimate binoculars outdoors, or indoors by looking through an open window.
ref: 2007, Stephen Tonkin, Binocular Astronomy, page 69:
text: When calculating the size of the spot created on the retina by the lens of the eye when focusing the energy from a collimated source, the eye is generally considered to be ideal and diffraction limited.
ref: 2008, Roberto Ramirez-Iniguez, Sevia M. Idrus, Ziran Sun, Optical Wireless Communications: IR for Wireless Connectivity, page 61:
glosses: To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam.
Derived terms: autocollimating
recollimate
Related terms: collimation
decollimation
collimator
a chicken in every pot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: First stated by Henry IV of France as, "I want there to be no peasant in my realm so poor that he will not have a chicken in his pot every Sunday," and later associated with United States president Herbert Hoover's 1928 campaign as part of an advertisement, placed by a local committee. Because of the advertisement, the phrase is often attributed to Hoover, although he never made such a statement.
Senses: examples: text: At least nowadays we have a chicken in every pot, and a car in every garage to boot!
glosses: something suggestive of general welfare or prosperity
double bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: double bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: triple bond
glosses: A covalent bond in which two electron pairs (instead of the usual one) are shared between two atoms; most common between carbon atoms and carbon, oxygen or nitrogen atoms, but several other forms are known.
cut above
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuts above
Senses: examples: text: As a speaker, he is a cut above.
qualifier: almost always preceded by a
glosses: Superior to the norm.
examples: text: He is a cut above the rest in his public speaking.
qualifier: almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun or noun phrase; almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun or noun phrase
glosses: Superior to.
cut below
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cuts below
Senses: examples: text: As a speaker, he is a cut below.
qualifier: almost always preceded by a
glosses: Inferior to the norm.
examples: text: He is a cut below the rest in his public speaking.
qualifier: almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun phrase; almost always preceded by a; always followed by a noun phrase
glosses: Inferior to.
vicegerent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹənt/
Forms: form: vicegerents
Etymology: From Latin vicegerens.
Senses: examples: 1644, Samuel Rutherford, Lex Rex, or The Law and the Prince, 1846, The Presbyterian's Armoury, Volume 3, 211,
But why are not the kings, even Nero, Julian, Nebuchadnezzar, and Belshazzar, vicegerents of Christ, as mediator, as priest, as redeemer, as prophet, as advocate, presenting our prayers to God his father?
1876, The Month, volume 25, 139,
In 1574, James, Cardinal Savelli, the Cardinal Vicar, a prelate most exact in sacred and ecclesiastical ceremonies, appointed him his suffragan, or as it would now be termed, Vicegerent.
1944, Raphael Lemkin, Axis Rule in Occupied Europe, 2005 (with new introduction), The Lawbook Exchange, page 100,
The Vicegerent was appointed by royal Italian decree of April 22, 1939. He represents in Albania the absent King and exercises in his name the rights of sovereignty.
1994, Syed Nawab Haider Naqvi, Islam, Economics, and Society, 2013, Taylor & Francis Group (Routledge), page 25,
By virtue of his freedom, man can either realize his theomorphic virtuality of being God's vicegerent on earth or deny himself this exalted niche by making the wrong choice.
glosses: The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
Related terms: vicegerency
vicegeral
gerent
vicegerent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹənt/
Etymology: From Latin vicegerens.
Senses: examples: text: But whom ſend I to judge them? whom but thee / Vicegerent Son, to thee I have transferr'd / All Judgement whether in Heav'n, or Earth, or Hell
ref: 1674, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], 2nd edition, London: […] S[amuel] Simmons […], →OCLC, page 253:
glosses: Having or exercising delegated power; acting by substitution, or in the place of another.
high on the hog
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: higher on the hog
form: highest on the hog
form: high off the hog
Etymology: An allusion to the best and costliest cuts of meat from a hog, considered to be parts above the belly such as the loin, rather than lower parts such as the feet, knuckles, hocks, belly, and jowls. US, late 1800s; popularized 1940s. The variant forms – live/eat and on/off – are attested since at least the 1930s. However, decades earlier is the phrase on the hog, originally on the hog train meaning someone living on little expense.
Senses: examples: text: Ever since his promotion, they’ve been living high on the hog.
text: With all the tenderloin, spareribs and backbones, we lived “high off the hog”.
ref: 1912, George S. Jack, Edward Boyle Jacobs, History of Roanoke County,, page 29:
text: Down our way there is a favorite expression used quite often—“eating high on the hog”. That is what our competitors have been doing…
ref: 1927, Allegheny Regional Advisory Board, Proceedings of the regular meeting,, page 21:
text: The synthetic belle wins the prize and her creators are eating high off the hog until the nation’s Press demands a look at the original.
ref: 1934, Time, Volume 24, p. 68
text: If she was pulling this scam off all that time, I think she'd be living a little higher on the hog, don't you?
ref: 2006, Julia Spencer-Fleming, All Mortal Flesh: A Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Mystery:
glosses: Well off; living comfortably or extravagantly due to great wealth or financial security.
Related terms: cream of the crop
high life
live large
upper crust
well to do
triple bond
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triple bonds
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
coordinate_terms: single bond
double bond
glosses: A covalent bond in which three electron pairs (instead of the usual one) are shared between two atoms; most common between carbon atoms and carbon or nitrogen atoms, but a few other forms are known. Symbolized in formulae as ≡.
thirty-two
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɝtiˈtu/
ipa: /ˌθɜːtiˈtuː/
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number after thirty-one and before thirty-three.
Synonyms: word: 32
word: XXXII
Derived terms: 32-county
thirty-two
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌθɝtiˈtu/
ipa: /ˌθɜːtiˈtuː/
Forms: form: thirty-twos
Senses: glosses: Teeth.
arsenic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A poisonous, white crystalline compound, H₃AsO₄, formed from arsenic pentoxide and water; it has the same structure as phosphoric acid, and is used in the manufacture of arsenates.
thirty-three
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number after thirty-two and before thirty-four.
Synonyms: word: 33
word: XXXIII
thirty-three
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thirty-threes
Senses: glosses: A phonograph record that rotates at 33+¹⁄₃ revolutions per minute; especially an LP
vicegeral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹəl/
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to a vicegerent or vicegerency.
Related terms: viceregal
cock-up
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cock-ups
Etymology: A deverbal from cock up.
Senses: examples: text: And I'm sorry for all the cock-ups, my cabinet are absolute crap. We'll have to do better next year.
ref: 2003, Richard Curtis, Love Actually, spoken by Prime Minister (Hugh Grant):
text: In over a quarter of a century of writing this column, there has been no end of scandals, mishaps, errors and general cock-ups resulting from ministerial incompetence.
ref: 2023 November 15, Christian Wolmar, “Ministers should carry the can for ticket office fiasco”, in RAIL, number 996, page 46:
synonyms: word: screw-up
word: fuck-up
word: aberration
word: barbarism
word: bloomer
word: blooper
word: blunder
word: boner
word: boo-boo
word: break
word: clanger
word: cock-up
word: error
word: fault
word: faux pas
word: floater
word: flub
word: fluff
word: fuckup
word: gaffe
word: goof
word: howler
word: inaccuracy
word: lapse
word: lapsus
word: mess-up
word: misstep
word: mistake
word: oopsy
word: screwup
word: slip
word: slip-up
word: slipup
word: stumble
word: thinko
word: wrength
word: solecism
word: erroneity
glosses: A mistake.
examples: text: The first word of every section or chapter is generally put in small capitals, after a small neat cock-up letter.
ref: 1824, John Johnson, Typographia, volume 2, page 33:
qualifier: printers' slang
glosses: A superior letter; a lower-case letter placed above the baseline and made smaller than ordinary script; traditionally used in abbreviations.
examples: text: Cockernonie, a gathering up of the hair of women, after a fashion similar to that of the modern "chignon," and sometimes called a "cock-up." Mr. Kirkton, of Edinburgh, preaching against "cock-ups"—of which chignons were the representatives a quarter of a century ago—said: "I have been all this year preaching against the vanity of women, yet I see my own daughter in the kirk even now with as high a 'cock-up' as any one of you all."
ref: 1888, Charles Mackay, A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch, page 30:
glosses: A roll or twist of hair worn at the nape of the neck; a bun.
Synonyms: sense: mistake
word: balls-up
sense: mistake
word: foul-up
sense: mistake
word: fuck-up
sense: mistake
word: screw-up
topics: hairstyle
hairdressing
crafts
arts
hobbies
lifestyle
word: bun
topics: hairstyle
hairdressing
crafts
arts
hobbies
lifestyle
word: chignon
Related terms: cock up
cocked-up
cock up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cocks up
form: cocking up
form: cocked up
form: cocked up
Etymology: The first citation in the Oxford English Dictionary is from the Dictionary of Forces’ Slang (1948). The OED suggests that it derives ultimately from the noun cock, but gives no further detail. The nature of the earliest citation suggests that this expression entered the wider language from military slang, making etymologies from typesetting or archery (see below) seem unlikely. The term is sometimes attributed to the days of manual typesetting, when a letter that had become wedged slightly higher than the other letters on the line was said to be “cocked up”. Another claim relates to medieval archery. One of the three feathers on an arrow is a cock’s feather. If the arrow was incorrectly placed on the bow for drawing and release, the arrow would go off course because of the cock’s feather being up and therefore the arrow positioned wrongly on the bow. This was then known as a “cock up”.
Senses: examples: text: It was cocking her up with gimcrack notions about ladies till she'd be ashamed to look at her own hands after she had done a day's work with them.
ref: 1876 May – 1877 July, Anthony Trollope, “‘Wonderful Bird!’”, in The American Senator […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1877, →OCLC, page 282:
text: I'd take the stick to his back and beat him while I could stand over him—as I done many a time before. The mother, you know, she cocks him up with this and that. . . .
ref: 1904–1907 (date written), James Joyce, “Ivy Day in the Committee Room”, in Dubliners, London: Grant Richards, published June 1914, →OCLC, page 146:
synonyms: word: balls up
word: bollocks up
word: bugger up
word: fuck up
word: mess up
word: muck up
word: screw up
glosses: To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.
Derived terms: word: cock-up
word: cockup
arsenious
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or containing arsenic with a valence of 3.
Derived terms: arsenio-
arsenious acid
arsenious anhydride
arsenious oxide
iodarsenious
sulfarsenious acid
sulpharsenious acid
sulfoarsenious acid
sulphoarsenious acid
Related terms: word: arsenic
thirty-four
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-three and preceding thirty-five.
Synonyms: word: 34
word: XXXIV
thirty-five
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: Scattered around the contemporary city are thirty other plaques with passages from the Comedy , evoking a range of places Dante had known and moments and persons he had known or heard about in his thirty-five years of Florentine life:
ref: 2001 July 29, R. W. B. Lewis, “'Dante'”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Apr 2022:
glosses: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-four and preceding thirty-six.
Synonyms: word: Arabic numerals 35
word: XXXV
white water
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: whitewater
form: white-water
Senses: examples: text: The boat's wake left two strands of white water that glistened in the moonlight.
coordinate_terms: flatwater
quickwater
glosses: Any turbulent, frothy water as found in river rapids or surf.
coordinate_terms: blackwater
clearwater
glosses: The turbid, sediment-rich water of certain rivers.
glosses: Turbulent conditions.
Derived terms: white-water canoeing
whitewater rafting
thirty-six
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: enpr: thŭr'tē sĭks′
ipa: /ˌθɝtiˈsɪks/
ipa: /ˌθɜːtiˈsɪks/
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-five and preceding thirty-seven.
Synonyms: word: 36
word: XXXVI
ascorbic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A white crystalline organic compound, C₆H₈O₆, found in citrus fruits and many vegetables; it is an antioxidant and an efficient scavenger of free radicals.
Synonyms: alt: as antioxidant
word: E300
word: vitamin C
word: hexuronic acid
Derived terms: ascorbate
isoascorbic acid
Related terms: word: antiscorbutic
word: scurvy
thirty-seven
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: ‘You know [...] when people are asked to choose a number between one and a hundred, most people choose thirty-seven.’
ref: 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 297:
glosses: The cardinal number occurring after thirty-six and before thirty-eight.
Synonyms: word: 37
word: XXXVII
vitamin C
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrus fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy.
Synonyms: E300 when used as an antioxidant
Leviticus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ləˈvɪtɪkəs/
Etymology: Derived from the Latin Liber Lēvīticus which is from the Ancient Greek το Λευιτικόν (to Leuitikón), "of the Levites [priestly class]". In Jewish writings it is customary to cite the book by its first word, וַיִּקְרָא (Vayikrá, “and he called”).
Senses: synonyms: word: Lev.
glosses: The third of the Books of Moses in the Old Testament of the Bible; the third book in the Torah.
Related terms: Levi
Levite
levitical
Levitican
thirty-nine
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following thirty-eight and preceding forty.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 39
word: XXXIX
stereoisomerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌstɛɹɪəʊaɪˈsɒməɹɪzəm/
Forms: form: stereoisomerisms
Etymology: From stereo- + isomerism.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: optical isomerism
glosses: A form of isomerism in which atoms are arranged differently about a chiral centre (or centre of asymmetry). They exhibit optical activity, and in a molecule with a single chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers) are mirror images of each other whereas in a molecule with multiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers) are not normally mirror images.
Related terms: structural isomerism
geometric isomerism
isomerism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isomerisms
Etymology: From isomer + -ism.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the interconversion of isomers
qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: nuclear isomerism, the phenomenon of the existence of nuclear isomers.
Coordinate terms: tautomerism
Derived terms: alloisomerism
atropisomerism
cis-trans isomerism
conformational isomerism
geometric isomerism
optical isomerism
photoisomerism
stereoisomerism
structural isomerism
molecular formulae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of molecular formula
aspartic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: aspartate, asparaginate
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: mul:Asp
word: mul:D
synonyms: asparaginic acid
hypernyms: amino acid
coordinate_terms: asparagine
aspargine
asparaginate
mul:Asn
mul:N
glosses: A nonessential amino acid, L-α-amino-succinic acid, aminobutanedioic acid, found in animal protein and in sugar beet etc (C₄H₇NO₄).
Related terms: asparaginase
asparaginyl
asparagus
asparagusate
asparagusic acid
isoasparagine
polyasparagine
forty-one
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following forty and preceding forty-two.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 41
word: XLI
Derived terms: forty-first
succinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂COOH)₂, that occurs naturally in amber and is important in the metabolic Krebs cycle.
Synonyms: E363 when used as an acidity regulator
overclock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: overclocks
form: overclocking
form: overclocked
form: overclocked
form: over-clock
Etymology: From over- + clock.
Senses: examples: text: “You need to know something else,” Cora said. “In order for us to survive this, SAM-E is going to...” What was the best word? “Overclock my system. For a short time, I will be a human wrecking ball. One that will hopefully get us through this facility.”
ref: 2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 12, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 215:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
antonyms: underclock
glosses: To run a processor (CPU), or any electronic logic device, at a speed higher than is recommended by the manufacturer.
Derived terms: overclockable
overclocker
overclock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: overclocks
form: over-clock
Etymology: From over- + clock.
Senses: examples: text: […] your overclock was too aggressive. The best way to ensure that your overclock is stable is to stress the hell out of your PC.
ref: 2006, Maximum PC, page 48:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The act of overclocking.
Related terms: overdrive
silicon lottery
vicegerency
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /vaɪsˈd͡ʒɪəɹən(t)si/
Forms: form: vicegerencies
Etymology: From vice- + gerency.
Senses: glosses: The office or position of a vicegerent.
glosses: The area ruled by a vicegerent.
Related terms: vicegeral
viceregency
citric acid cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪtɹɪk ˌæsɪd ˈsaɪkəl/
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The Krebs cycle.
Synonyms: word: CAC
Krebs cycle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after German biochemist and physician Hans Adolf Krebs.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: citrate cycle
citric acid cycle
TCA cycle
tricarboxylic acid cycle
glosses: A series of enzymatic reactions that occurs in all aerobic organisms, involving the oxidative metabolism of acetyl units, and serving as the main source of cellular energy.
forty-three
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following forty-two and preceding forty-four.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 43
word: XLIII
forty-four
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following forty-three and preceding forty-five.
Synonyms: word: 44
word: XLIV
forty-four
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forty-fours
Senses: glosses: A .44 Magnum handgun.
forty-four
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: I went back home and I went to bed;
With a forty-four revolver under my head.
ref: 1936 July 24, The Journal of American Folklore, volume 40, number 193, page 221:
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: (Of a gun) firing a 0.44 inch calibre bullet.
bile acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bile acids
Senses: glosses: any of the steroid acids produced by the liver, such as cholic acid, that occur in bile as sodium salts and serve to neutralize the contents of the stomach as they enter the duodenum and to aid the emulsification and absorption of fats
Related terms: bile salt
forty-six
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following forty-five and preceding forty-seven.
Synonyms: word: 46
word: XLVI
forty-seven
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: Shanghai is situated on this river, about twelve miles above Woosung; and the river is navigable for steam-boats forty-seven miles higher up—to the point where it issues from the small lake on the south of the canal.
ref: 1842 November 26, “GEOGRAPHY OF THE DESPATCHES.”, in The Spectator, number 752, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1139, column 2:
glosses: The cardinal number immediately following forty-six and preceding forty-eight.
Synonyms: word: 47
word: XLVII
forty-eight
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following forty-seven and preceding forty-nine.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 48
word: XLVIII
Derived terms: forty-eighter
forty-eightmo
forty-eight
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: forty-eights
Senses: examples: text: They had their ten-day leaves and regular forty-eights from behind the nets of Bantry Bay and Scapa Flow […]
ref: 1919, Our Navy, the Standard Publication of the U.S. Navy:
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A period of 48 hours' leave, i.e. two days.
boric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: boric acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: H₃BO₃; B(OH)₃; a white crystalline solid, soluble in hot water to form a weak acid. Used as a mild antiseptic, flame retardant, insecticide, and in the manufacture of borax and other borate salts.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A hydrate of boric oxide, specifically any of the three acids orthoboric acid, metaboric acid, or pyroboric acid.
Synonyms: sense: White crystalline solid soluble as a weak acid
word: Acidum Boricum
word: boracic acid
word: E284
word: orthoboric acid
forty-nine
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following forty-eight and preceding fifty.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 49
word: XLIX
bromic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: oxyacid#Noun
<
acid#Noun
<
compound
<
substance#Noun
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: hydrobromic acid
english: its hydracid counterpart
translation: its hydracid counterpart
word: ;
english: its other oxyacid counterparts
translation: its other oxyacid counterparts
word: chloric acid
word: iodic acid
word: fluoric acid
english: its other hydracid counterparts
translation: its other hydracid counterparts
word: ;
word: hydrochloric acid
word: hydroiodic acid
word: hydrofluoric acid
glosses: A corrosive colourless liquid, HBrO₃; it is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals and some dyes; it reacts with bases to form bromates.
Related terms: hydrobromic acid
bromate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹoʊ.meɪt/
rhymes: -oʊmeɪt
Forms: form: bromates
Etymology: From bromic acid + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the anion BrO₃⁻¹, derived from bromic acid; any salt containing this anion
Derived terms: bromatian
caesium bromate
cesium bromate
copper bromate hexahydrate
dibromate
hydrobromate
lithium bromate
mercury bromate
perbromate
potassium bromate
silver bromate
sodium bromate
Related terms: bromic
bromide
bromate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹoʊ.meɪt/
rhymes: -oʊmeɪt
Forms: form: bromates
form: bromating
form: bromated
form: bromated
Etymology: From bromic acid + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To treat with bromic acid or a bromate
pharmaceutical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɑɹməˈs(j)utɪkl̩/
ipa: /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/
ipa: /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/
Etymology: From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).
Senses: examples: text: pharmaceutical industry
text: pharmaceutical company
text: pharmaceutical research
text: The company specializes in pharmaceutical research.
text: She works for a major pharmaceutical firm.
text: Pharmaceutical products must be tested for safety.
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
synonyms: pharmaceutic
pharmacic
pharmic
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: Of or relating to pharmacy or pharmacists.
Derived terms: behaviorceutical
biopharmaceutical
chemicopharmaceutical
cosmeceutical
ethnopharmaceutical
farmaceutical
immunopharmaceutical
medicopharmaceutical
metallopharmaceutical
nanopharmaceutical
neuropharmaceutical
nonpharmaceutical
nutraceutical
nutriceutical
parapharmaceutical
pharmaceutical chemistry
pharmaceutical grade
pharmaceutical industry
pharmaceuticalization
pharmaceuticalize
pharmaceutically
pharmaceutical sciences
Pharmageddon
phytopharmaceutical
polypharmaceutical
pseudopharmaceutical
psychopharmaceutical
radiopharmaceutical
sexuopharmaceutical
pharmaceutical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɑɹməˈs(j)utɪkl̩/
ipa: /ˌfɑː.məˈs(j)uː.tɪ.kl̩/
ipa: /ˌfɑː.məˈkjuː.tɪ.kl̩/
Forms: form: pharmaceuticals
Etymology: From Latin pharmaceuticus (“of drugs”) + -al, from Ancient Greek φαρμακευτικός (pharmakeutikós, “of or by means of drugs or pharmacy”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
qualifier: pharmacy
glosses: A pharmaceutical or pharmacological preparation or product; a drug.
Synonyms: word: pharmaceutical
word: drug
word: medication
word: medicine
word: medicament
word: pharmaceutical drug
Hypernyms: word: agent
word: substance
Hyponyms: word: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug
word: antibiotic
word: antipyretic
word: analgesic
word: tocolytic
word: antihistamine
word: antidepressant
word: anxiolytic
word: antipsychotic
word: neuroleptic
word: sedative
word: hypnotic
word: soporific
word: tranquilizer
word: anticonvulsant
Derived terms: pharm
pharma-
pharma
recreational pharmaceutical
Related terms: word: pill
word: capsule
word: tablet
word: injection
word: intravenous
word: :Category:Pharmaceutical drugs
fifty-one
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: note: Parts of the US and Canada
ipa: /ˌfɪfti wʌn/
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty and preceding fifty-two.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 51
word: LI
fifty-two
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-one and preceding fifty-three.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 52
word: LII
butyric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butyric acids
Etymology: From Ancient Greek βούτυρος (boúturos, “butter”), from which it can be isolated.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Either of the two isomeric carboxylic acids, normal butyric acid and isobutyric acid, with the chemical formula C₃H₇COOH, occurring in animal milk fat.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Solely the straight chain isomer of the above, normal butyric acid or n-butyric acid, CH₃(CH₂)₂COOH, a short chain fatty acid; its glyceride is one of the principal components of the flavour of butter.
Synonyms: butanoic acid
Derived terms: but-
butyrate
hydroxybutyric acid
phenibut
phenobutiodil
isobutyric acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: 2-methyl-propanoic acid, (CH₃)₂CHCOOH, an isomer of butyric acid, that occurs in carob beans and croton oil.
fifty-three
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-two and preceding fifty-four.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 53
word: LIII
fifty-four
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-three and preceding fifty-five.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 54
word: LIV
word: LIIII
Japanophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jə-păn'ə-fīl'
enpr: jə-păn'ō-fīl'
ipa: /dʒəˌpænə(ʊ)ˈfaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
Forms: form: Japanophiles
Etymology: From Japan + -o- + -phile.
Senses: examples: text: I am convinced that this book is not solely of interest to Japanophiles. The quality of Sado Hasegawa's work shines through and the book should prove to be a valued asset to any home library and is beautiful for display.
ref: 1990 December 9, Brian Scott Carr, “Erotic Art From Japan”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 8:
synonyms: Nipponophile
antonyms: Japanophobe
Nipponophobe
glosses: A person who loves the country, culture, or people of Japan.
Related terms: Japanologist
Japanophilia
Japanophilic
xenophile
fifty-five
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-four and preceding fifty-six.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 55
word: LV
fifty-six
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-five and preceding fifty-seven.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 56
word: LVI
fifty-seven
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌfɪftiˈsɛvn̩/
ipa: /ˌfɪftiˈsɛvən/
rhymes: -ɛvən
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-six and preceding fifty-eight.
Synonyms: word: 57
word: LVII
Derived terms: Heinz 57
Joshua
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/
Forms: form: Josue
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).
Senses: synonyms: word: Josh.
glosses: The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
examples: text: So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 11:23:
topics: biblical
lifestyle
religion
glosses: The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
examples: text: "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua, which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name,
ref: 1835, “The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey”, in Strand, London: T. Cadell, page 33:
text: The shooter believed to be responsible for the incident was identified as Joshua Jahn, according to three sources familiar with the case.
ref: 2025 September 25, Amanda Musa, Priscilla Alvarez, Leigh Waldman, “A detainee is dead after officials say a shooter fired ‘indiscriminately’ at a Texas ICE facility. Here’s what we know”, in CNN:
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew.
glosses: A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.
Related terms: Jesus
Jeshua
Jason
Joshua
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/
Forms: form: Joshuas
form: Josue
Etymology: From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).
Senses: examples: text: Isolated Joshua trees appear at 75.1 m. among the mesquite and sage, increasing rapidly in number until they form a forest on both sides. […] The age of the Joshuas is popularly compared to that of the Sequoias.
ref: 2011, United States Federal Writers Project, WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels, Southern California:
glosses: A Joshua tree.
fifty-eight
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-seven and preceding fifty-nine.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 58
word: LVIII
fifty-nine
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following fifty-eight and preceding sixty.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 59
word: LIX
word: LVIIII
judges
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ʌdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of judge
judges
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌd͡ʒɪz/
rhymes: -ʌdʒɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of judge
sixty-one
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following sixty and preceding sixty-two.
Synonyms: word: 61
word: LXI
sixty-one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sixty-ones
Senses: glosses: A police officer's report detailing a crime reported by a civilian.
sixty-two
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: examples: text: "The guy that just left—what's he got in his lungs?" / "Well, I'm not very sure. But the two best candidates are uranium-233 and plutonium-239, one or both." / "They're in his bones too, aren't they?" / "Yeah, they're both boneseekers. And they've got half-lives of one hundred sixty-two thousand and twenty-four thousand years respectively. So they stay hot for a long time."
ref: 1985, Michael Swanwick, “Boneseeker”, in In the Drift (New Ace Science Fiction Specials; series 3), New York, N.Y.: Ace Science Fiction Books, →ISBN; republished New York, N.Y.: Dover Publications, 2017, →ISBN, page 80:
glosses: The cardinal number immediately following sixty-one and preceding sixty-three.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 62
word: LXII
sixty-three
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Senses: glosses: The cardinal number immediately following sixty-two and preceding sixty-four.
raw_tags: number
Synonyms: word: 63
word: LXIII
ceilidh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪli/
ipa: /ˈkeːli/
rhymes: -eɪli
ipa: /ˈkeɪliən/
ipa: /ˈkeːliən/
Forms: form: ceilidhs
form: ceilidhing
form: ceilidhed
form: ceilidhed
Etymology: The noun is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidh (“a pilgrimage; a social call, visit; a sojourn; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”) and Irish célidhe (archaic), céilí (“a social call, visit; a social gathering with dancing, etc., ceilidh”), both from Old Irish célide (“social call, visit”), from céile (“companion, fellow; neighbour”) (ultimately from Proto-Celtic *kēiliyos (“companion; servant”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to settle”)) + -ide.
The plural form ceilidhean is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic cèilidhean.
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Captain Mac was certainly making the most of his enforced stay at safe anchorage. He had told Fergus he would ceilidh the night away with the help of Tam McKinnon's home-brewed malt whisky. From the sound of it one half of the ceilidh was on board ship, the other half no doubt in Tam McKinnon's cottage.
ref: 1983, Christine Marion Fraser, chapter 1, in Children of Rhanna, London: Fontana, HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, part I (Winter 1941), page 7:
text: Some nights we went ceilidhing to the home of Danny and Paddy. Their mother was a beautiful singer and she taught many of us how to dance while Danny played the accordion. There were nights when we all sat around the hearth fire singing the old Irish songs and locally composed ballads which are long since forgotten.
ref: 1988, William K. Parke, “Escape from the Village”, in A Fermanagh Childhood, Belfast, Northern Ireland: The Friar’s Bush Press, →ISBN, page 102:
glosses: To attend a ceilidh (noun sense 1).
examples: text: Nightly the scratch of fiddles and the thud of a reel-set staccatoed the timbers [of the ship sailing from Londonderry to Boston], as the peasant Irish ceilidhed their way to 'Amerikay'.
ref: 2001, Brendan Graham, chapter 5, in The Element of Fire, London: HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN, page 27:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To dance a ceilidh dance.