cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
coleopterists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of coleopterist
-self
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈsɛlf]
ipa: /ˈsɛl/
rhymes: -ɛlf
Forms: form: -selves
Etymology: From Middle English -self, from Old English self; compare Dutch -zelf.
Senses: glosses: Used in forming intensive and reflexive forms of the singular personal pronouns.
Derived terms: word: herself
word: himself
word: itself
word: meself
word: myself
word: oneself
word: ourself
word: theeself
word: themself
word: thyself
word: yourself
Related terms: -selves
-selves
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlvz/
ipa: /ˈsɛlz/
Senses: glosses: Used in forming intensive and reflexive forms of the plural personal pronouns.
glosses: plural of -self.
Related terms: -self
doozies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of doozy
glosses: plural of doozie
disburdens
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of disburden
disburdening
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of disburden
disburdened
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disburden
aponeurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌap.ə.njʊˈɹəʊ.sɪs/
ipa: /ˌæp.ə.nʊˈɹoʊ.sɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: aponeuroses
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin aponeurōsis.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A flattened pearly white fibrous membrane taking the place of a tendon that binds together and forms the terminations and attachments of muscles or connects them to other body parts like skin or bone.
Derived terms: aponeurology
aponeurotic
epicranial aponeurosis
palatine aponeurosis
pecksniffian
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more pecksniffian
form: most pecksniffian
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pecksniffian.
sparingness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From sparing + -ness.
Senses: synonyms: economy
efficiency
frugality
parsimony
glosses: The property of being sparing.
frugalness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From frugal + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being frugal.
Synonyms: frugality
parsimony
thriftyness
cheapness
thriftyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of thriftiness.
lingulate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lingulate
form: most lingulate
Senses: examples: text: The infaunal benthic community was dominated by a number of suspension- or deposit-feeding forms, such as lingulate brachiopods, as well as some primary consumers, such as the priapulid worm Maotianshania and the worm-like Facivermis.
ref: 2002, David J. Bottjer, Exceptional Fossil Preservation: A Unique View on the Evolution of Marine Life, →ISBN, page 53:
glosses: In the shape of a tongue
Related terms: lingulated
G-notes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of G-note
ghost islands
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ghost island
crosshatches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of crosshatch
crosshatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of crosshatch
crosshatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of crosshatch
cross-hatch
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cross-hatches
Etymology: From cross- + hatch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crosshatch.
cross-hatch
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cross-hatches
form: cross-hatching
form: cross-hatched
form: cross-hatched
Etymology: From cross- + hatch.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of crosshatch.
cross-hatches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cross-hatch
cross-hatched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of cross-hatch
perfidies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of perfidy
ha'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of half.
Derived terms: ha'penny
ha'porth
ha'
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
note: GP
ipa: /hæ/
rhymes: -æ
ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
Senses: examples: text: Well, girls have queer fancies ! Who'd ha' thought she'd ha' fancied Robin ! — though he's a brave sound-hearted little fellow […]
ref: 1833, S. C. Hall, The Buccaneer, volumes 1-2, page 182:
glosses: Alternative spelling of a (“have”).
ha'
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /heɪ/
rhymes: -eɪ
note: GP
ipa: /hæ/
rhymes: -æ
Forms: form: ha's
Senses: glosses: hall
clamp down on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: clamps down on
form: clamping down on
form: clamped down on
form: clamped down on
Senses: examples: text: The government aims to clamp down on underage drinking.
text: American referee Mike Geiger's failure to clamp down on early misdemeanours led to him losing control of a game that Colombia seemed determined to turn into a battle.
ref: 2018 July 3, Phil McNulty, “Colombia 1 - 1 England”, in BBC Sport:
text: A few chilling examples of what GPT-4 can do — or, more accurately, what it did do, before OpenAI clamped down on it — can be found in a document released by OpenAI this week.
ref: 2023 March 15, Kevin Roose, “GPT-4 Is Exciting and Scary”, in The New York Times:
coordinate_terms: crack down#Verb
put a damper on
glosses: To take measures to stop (something); to put an end to (something); to exert tighter control of (something); to treat (someone or something) more harshly.
Derived terms: word: clampdown
Related terms: clamp off
rubber plant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rubber plants
Senses: glosses: Any tree which produces latex, a rubber tree, formerly used to produce natural rubber.
Ficus elastica, a tropical tree used as a houseplant, native to Asia.
glosses: Any tree which produces latex, a rubber tree, formerly used to produce natural rubber.
Hevea brasiliensis.
dandelions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of dandelion
nanomaterials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of nanomaterial
nanomaterial
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nanomaterials
Etymology: From nano- + material.
Senses: examples: text: The Environmental Protection Agency detailed its plans on Tuesday for research into the possible health and environmental risks of nanomaterials, tiny substances that are finding growing use in products like sunscreens and industrial adhesives.
ref: 2009 September 30, Cornelia Dean, “Nanomaterials Under Study by the E.P.A.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: Nanomaterials, substances broken down by technology into molecule-size particles, are starting to enter the food chain through well-known food products and their packaging, but there is little acknowledgment by the companies using them, according to a new report from a nonprofit group that works to enhance corporate accountability.
ref: 2013 February 6, Stephanie Strom, “Study Looks at Particles Used in Food”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
text: […] This method could innovate nanomaterial manufacturing.”
ref: 2019 August 6, Ashley Strickland, “Scientists just created the world’s thinnest gold and it’s two atoms thick”, in CNN:
glosses: Any material having a structure that has been designed at the nanoscale.
Derived terms: bionanomaterial
record locator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: record locators
Senses: qualifier: aviation/travel
glosses: The six-digit alphanumeric identifier of a PNR.
Synonyms: reservation number
mineralization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mineralizations
form: mineralisation
Etymology: From mineral + -ization.
Senses: glosses: A form of fossilization in which the organic parts of an organism are replaced by minerals.
glosses: The breakdown of organic matter in the soil to form soluble inorganic compounds.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The deposition of calcium salts as a normal process in bone metabolism.
topics: biology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The deposition of calcium salts in abnormal parts of the skeleton.
glosses: The addition of minerals to water to make a mineral water.
Coordinate terms: demineralization
remineralization
Derived terms: antimineralization
biomineralization
hypermineralization
hypomineralization
organomineralization
permineralization
photomineralization
postmineralization
undermineralization
Related terms: mineralize
bioorganic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bio- + organic.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to the role of organic compounds in biological processes.
micrometers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of micrometer
microstructures
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of microstructure
bronchiolitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bronchiole + -itis.
Senses: examples: text: These included multilobular consolidation with histiological lesions of bronchiolitis with epithelial necrosis and syncytia [14 ].
ref: 2015 November 17, “Single Pathogen Challenge with Agents of the Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Inflammation of the bronchioles; especially common in young children.
Derived terms: alt: BO
word: bronchiolitis obliterans
alt: BOOP
word: bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia
word: obliterative bronchiolitis
word: panbronchiolitis
word: parabronchiolitis
Related terms: bronchitis
marionettes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: And here in Spain I am a Spaniard / I will be buried with my marionettes / Countess and courtesan / Have fallen 'neath my tender hand / When their husbands were not around
ref: 2002, The Decemberists, “Here I Dreamt I Was an Architect”, in Castaways and Cutouts, performed by The Decemberists, track 1:
glosses: plural of marionette
marinades
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of marinade
marinades
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of marinade
marinates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of marinate
marinating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of marinate
marinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of marinate
marinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Infused with sauce.
raw_tags: of a food
Derived terms: overmarinated
unmarinated
undiagnosed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊzd/
Etymology: From un- + diagnosed.
Senses: examples: text: After the accident, a sleep study identified that the GBRf driver had previously undiagnosed severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.
ref: 2023 August 23, “Network News: RAIB cites driver fatigue as factor in 28mph collision”, in RAIL, number 990, page 12:
text: But what if you have an odd or quirky symptom besides snoring? You and your loved ones may have no idea that you are in danger, and the condition could go undiagnosed for years.
ref: 2023 November 27, Sandee LaMotte, “Five weird signs of sleep apnea”, in CNN:
text: The chronic condition affects around 8% to 13% of women and girls of reproductive age worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, but as many as 70% could be experiencing PCOS while undiagnosed.
ref: 2024 January 31, Kristen Rogers, “Condition affecting at least 1 in 10 women linked with cognitive decline, study finds”, in CNN:
glosses: That had not been diagnosed.
raw_tags: of a disease or condition
undiagnosed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnˌdaɪəɡˈnəʊzd/
Etymology: From un- + diagnosed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of undiagnose
Related terms: subclinical
personalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of personalise
personalised
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more personalised
form: most personalised
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of personalized.
Derived terms: nonpersonalised
personalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: personalises
form: personalising
form: personalised
form: personalised
Etymology: From personal + -ise.
Senses: examples: text: The seven hampers for four boys and three girls were personalised to each patient, including overnight hotel stays, colouring books and self care items.
ref: 2024 December 23, “Cancer survivor makes hampers for young patients”, in BBC:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of personalize.
Derived terms: personalisable
personalisation
diacetyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + acetyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Two acetyl groups in a compound
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of butanedione.
synonyms: word: butanedione
Derived terms: dacisteine
diacetylmorphine
diacetylnalorphine
diacetylurea
Related terms: english: a condition caused by inhaling diacetyl
translation: a condition caused by inhaling diacetyl
word: popcorn lung
english: the flavoring derived from diacetyl
translation: the flavoring derived from diacetyl
word: artificial butter flavor
mallee fowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mallee fowls
form: mallee fowl
form: malleefowl
Senses: examples: text: He found a couple of mallee fowl who opened their mound each morning to let the autumn sun warm their eggs […].
ref: 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 401:
synonyms: gnow
lowan
glosses: An Australian ground-dwelling bird, Leipoa ocellata, in the megapode family.
maiden voyage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: maiden voyages
Etymology: See maiden (adjective).
Senses: examples: text: The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage.
text: For one thing, it was a maiden voyage, which always meant both passengers and staff were a little giddier, a little looser, than usual.
ref: 1998, Cynthia Bass, Maiden Voyage, Random House Publishing Group, →ISBN:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The first trip of a vessel in its intended duty.
malleefowls
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of malleefowl
alcoholometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From alcohol + -o- + -metric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to the measurement of the alcohol content of beers, wines and spirits
Related terms: alcoholometer
alcoholometry
frizzante
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Italian frizzante.
Senses: glosses: Lightly sparkling.
raw_tags: of wines
frizzante
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: frizzantes
Etymology: From Italian frizzante.
Senses: glosses: A lightly sparkling wine.
hyracoids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyracoid
applicative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /əˈplɪkətɪv/
Forms: form: more applicative
form: most applicative
Etymology: From applicate.
Senses: glosses: Having practical application; applicable.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
glosses: Involving the application of an operator on an operand.
Derived terms: applicatively
applicative
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /əˈplɪkətɪv/
Forms: form: applicatives
Etymology: From applicate.
Senses: examples: text: It remains a puzzle why some languages allow multiple applicatives while others prohibit them. In Salish, examples of multiple applicatives are attested in Columbian, Lushootseed, Tillamook, and the three Northern Interior languages.
ref: 2010, Kaoru Kiyosawa, Donna Gerdts, Salish Applicatives, page 370:
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
Valpolicella
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Valpolicellas
Senses: glosses: A dry red wine made in the region of Verona, Italy, from various local grape varieties and consequently of variable quality.
trebbiano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɛbiˈɑːnəʊ/
Forms: form: trebbianos
form: Trebbiano
Etymology: From Italian trebbiano.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the 2016 Éxilé rosé from Lise et Bertrand Jousset in the Loire Valley, made mostly of gamay, was yeasty let light and lithe, while the 2016 Indigeno from Ancarani in Emilia-Romagna, made of trebbiano, was taut and earthy.
ref: 2018 March 8, Eric Asimov, “Bubbles, With Joy: Pétillant Naturel’s Triumphant Return”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A widely cultivated Italian grape variety of high acidity, used in the production of white wine and brandy.
glosses: A variety of dry white wine made from this grape.
sangiovese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sangiovese
form: sangioveses
Etymology: From Italian sangiovese.
Senses: glosses: Either of two grape varieties grown in Tuscany and Romagna.
glosses: Any of several red wines made from these grapes.
barbera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barberas
Etymology: From Italian barbera.
Senses: examples: text: This barbera grape, one of the predominant varieties in Italy's northwest Piemonte region, is grown in the town of Alba.
ref: 2003 May 9, Laura Levy Shatkin, “Wine and Dine”, in Chicago Reader:
text: (Your barbera will do nicely.)
ref: 2007 May 30, Florence Fabricant, “An Earthy Mushroom Pasta Sauce With Piquant Cheese for an Earthy, Truffly Wine”, in New York Times:
glosses: An Italian grape variety grown for use in red wine, or a wine made from such grapes.
antbirds
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of antbird
nebbiolo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nebbiolos
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Nebbiolo.
pinot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːnoʊ/
ipa: /ˈpinoʊ/
rhymes: -iːnəʊ
Forms: form: pinots
Etymology: Borrowed from French pinot, a type of vine, from earlier pineau.
Senses: examples: text: You see, the reason that this region is so good for pinot, is that the cold air off the Pacific flows in at night and it just cools down the berries. Pinot's a very thin-skinned grape. It doesn't like constant heat or humidity. Very delicate.
ref: 2004, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Sideways, spoken by Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti):
text: “Grant, today you're going to crush the pinot grapes in the fermenters outside.” I clapped my hands together, excited to be really making wine and said, “Okay… show me what I have to do.”
ref: 2012, Grant Achatz, Nick Kokonas, Life, on the Line, Penguin, →ISBN:
glosses: Any of several grape varieties grown in Europe and North America.
examples: text: How much funkiness makes a pinot taste desirably complex, and how much more really is too much? Is a pinot good if it does not taste more like fruit than stones?
ref: 2004, John Winthrop Haeger, North American Pinot Noir, Univ of California Press, →ISBN, page 150:
text: Most good pinot noir is not cheap, so it’s worth looking out for special offers, especially on New Zealand pinots, which are more widely stocked by supermarkets.
ref: 2022 September 2, Fiona Beckett, “Pinots that won’t break the bank”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Any of several wines made from these grapes, in particular pinot noir.
Related terms: pinot blanc
pinot bianco
pinot gris
pinot grigio
pinot noir
pinot nero
annate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: annates
Etymology: See ann.
Senses: examples: text: When he brings into the Commons a bill to suspend the payment of annates to Rome, he suggests a division of the House.
ref: 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate, published 2010, page 342:
glosses: The first year's profits of a Catholic benefice, as traditionally paid directly to the Pope.
qualifier: Scots law
glosses: The half-year's stipend payable for the vacant half-year after the death of a parish minister, to which his family or nearest of kin have right under an act of 1672.
sound barriers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sound barrier
increasement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: increasements
Etymology: From Middle English encresement; equivalent to increase + -ment.
Senses: glosses: An increase; growth.
examples: text: ... diminishing the velocity with decreasements like to the increasements acquired in the descent
ref: 1662, Thomas Salusbury, Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems, Dialogue 2:
glosses: An increment; an addition; augmentation.
Related terms: decreasement
phylloxera
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɪˈlɒksəɹə/
Forms: form: phylloxeras
form: phylloxerae
Etymology: From the original, superseded genus name translingual Phylloxera, from Ancient Greek φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”) + ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
Senses: examples: text: thirty-five years later the coming of phylloxera to France launched the Algerian wine industry, and by the mid-twentieth century it had grown to be one of the Mediterranean's biggest producers.
ref: 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 32:
glosses: An insect, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae of the family Phylloxeridae (not the genus Phylloxera), that is very destructive to grape vines; also, the diseased condition of a vine caused by this insect.
Synonyms: english: invalid
translation: invalid
word: Phylloxera vastatrix
Related terms: phylloxeric
oidium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oidia
Etymology: From New Latin ōidium, equivalent to Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg”) + -idium.
Senses: examples: text: • Oidia are hyaline, small and thin-walled unicellular sections or fragments of the mycelium.
• Oidia may be uni- or binucleate as whether they are produced by the breaking up of the primary or secondary mycelium.
ref: 2003 August, Competition Science Vision, page 802:
text: However, in some forms mainly some Hymenomycetes it occurs by the formation of oidia. The oidia are of two main types.
ref: 2004, P.D. Sharma, The Fungi, page 241:
text: Later the pods become covered completely with white powdery mass composed of mycelium, oidiophores and oidia of the fungus.
ref: 2006, A. V. S. S. Sambamurty, A Textbook of Plant Pathology, page 239:
glosses: A fragile spore produced by some fungi.
glosses: The fungus Erysiphe necator (= Uncinula necator), which produces powdery mildew in grapes.
Coordinate terms: conidium
Related terms: oidial
oidiomycosis
oidiophore
save up
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: saves up
form: saving up
form: saved up
form: saved up
Senses: examples: text: I'm saving up my tips for a new guitar.
text: She knows she must save up for college.
glosses: To accumulate money, especially for a specific, planned expenditure.
conchas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of concha
boka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bokas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of buka (“kangaroo-skin cloak”).
fermentate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mənteɪt/
Forms: form: fermentates
form: fermentating
form: fermentated
form: fermentated
Etymology: From Latin fermentātus, past participle of fermentō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Alternatively, back-formation from fermentation.
Senses: glosses: To cause to ferment
fermentate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈfɜː(ɹ)mənteɪt/
Forms: form: fermentates
Etymology: Either from ferment + -ate (forms nouns with perfect meaning, as if: "fermentated") or a back-formation from fermentation, on the basis of the same suffix. Compare kryptonate.
Senses: glosses: A product made by fermentation
dacryohemorrhea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdækɹɪəʊhɛməˈɹɪə/
Etymology: From dacryo- + hemorrhea.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The discharge of tears mixed with blood; a hemorrhagic discharge from the lacrimal sac.
glosses: Bloody tears; bleeding from the tear ducts while crying; crying blood.
bamboo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: băm-bo͞oʹ
ipa: /bæmˈbu/
ipa: /ˈbambu/
Forms: form: bambou
form: bambu
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu)bor.
Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu)bor.
Malay bambubor.
Portuguese bambubor.
Dutch bamboebor.
English bamboo
Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu), variant form of ಬೇವು (bēvu). Cognate with Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Telugu వేప (vēpa), from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”).
Senses: glosses: Made of the wood of the bamboo.
bamboo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: băm-bo͞oʹ
ipa: /bæmˈbu/
ipa: /ˈbambu/
Forms: form: bamboos
form: bambooing
form: bambooed
form: bambooed
form: bambou
form: bambu
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
Tamil வேம்பு (vēmpu)bor.
Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu
Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu)bor.
Malay bambubor.
Portuguese bambubor.
Dutch bamboebor.
English bamboo
Borrowed from Dutch bamboe, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu), variant form of ಬೇವು (bēvu). Cognate with Malayalam വേപ്പ് (vēppŭ), Telugu వేప (vēpa), from Proto-Dravidian *wēmpu (“neem”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the beadle is punished by fine, and sometimes bambooed, if robberies are too frequent within his jurisdiction, or if he fails to secure the person of any malefactor particularly wanted by his superior officers.
ref: 1880, Herbert Giles, transl., Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, London: Thomas de la Rue & Co., Vol. II, p. 18, footnote:
glosses: To flog with a bamboo cane.
examples: text: The craze for bambooing furniture and accessories was one of many popular paint techniques in the 18th century and early Victorian era.
ref: 1994, Penny Swift, The Complete Book of Paint Techniques, New Holland, page 67:
glosses: To paint (furniture, etc.) to give it the appearance of bamboo.
examples: text: If you're just a girl from Lucknow, with no fluid cash, you'll be just one more among thousands going from producer to producer by auto-rickshaw, and every photographer who agrees to take a picture for your portfolio will want to introduce you to his bed upstairs in the loft. And what you'll get out of all this in the end is a lot of bambooing and maybe a dance or two in his videos.
ref: 2006, Vikram Chandra, Sacred Games, Penguin, published 2008:
text: One scene of attachment and intimacy shows Vijay careening into their shared apartment dead drunk and insulting a praying Ajay for his devotion to the household god, Hanuman […], saying that instead of being rescued Ajay will be "bamboo-ed," a popular slang for anal penetration.
ref: 2013, Nandini Bhattacharya, chapter 5, in Hindi Cinema: Repeating the Subject, London: Routledge:
glosses: To penetrate sexually.
jardins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of jardin
barn burner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: barn burners
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of barnburner.
pommes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pomme
haematidrosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /hiːmətaɪˈdɹəʊsɪs/
Forms: form: haematidroses
form: hematidrosis
form: hematohidrosis
form: hæmatidrosis
form: haematohidrosis
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἵμᾰτ- (haímăt-, “blood”) + ἵδρωσις (hídrōsis, “sweating”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A very rare disorder in which the patient sweats blood and/or blood pigments, usually resulting from extreme physical and/or mental stress.
glosses: Bloody sweat; sweating blood.
Synonyms: hematohidrosis
better late than never
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: Perhaps a calque of Latin potius sero quam numquam from the 4th book of Ab Urbe condita (History of Rome) by Titus Livius, around 27 BC.
Senses: examples: ref: c. 27 BCE, Livy, Ab Urbe Condita [From the Founding of the City], published 1996:
english: Their insolence and recklessness must be opposed, and better late than never.
translation: Their insolence and recklessness must be opposed, and better late than never.
bold_translation_offsets: 54
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text: [after seeing the ghost of the Titanic arrive in New York Harbor] Well, better late than never.
ref: 1989 June 16, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, directed by Ivan Reitman, Ghostbusters II, spoken by Dock Supervisor (Cheech Marin):
glosses: It is better to do something late, than to never do it at all.
Related terms: better safe than sorry
communicable scale
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: communicable scales
Senses: glosses: A model of designation for comparing an activity through oral descriptions.
glosses: A tool used to describe a situation and or event in numerical or graphical data.
consonance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑn.sə.nəns/
ipa: /ˈkɒn.sə.nəns/
Forms: form: consonances
Etymology: From Middle English consonance, from Middle French consonance, from Latin cōnsonantia. Doublet of consonancy. By surface analysis, con- + son- + -ance.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
synonyms: consonant rhyme
pararhyme
antonyms: perfect rhyme
exact rhyme
full rhyme
hypernyms: imperfect rhyme
;
rhyme
;
concord
coordinate_terms: assonance
vowel rhyme
glosses: A form of rhyme having the same consonants but different vowels.
examples: text: Like a musical string, the optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance, while it refuses to be excited by others of almost infinitely greater energy, whose period of recurrence are not in unison with its own.
ref: 1865, John Tyndall, On Radiation: The "Rede" Lecture, Delivered in the Senate-house Before the University of Cambridge on Tuesday, May 16, 1865, page 33
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: concord
concordance
antonyms: dissonance
cacophony
glosses: Harmony; agreement; absence of discordance.
Derived terms: inconsonance
hemianesthesia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hemianaesthesia
form: hemianæsthesia
Etymology: From hemi- + anesthesia.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The inability to feel sensations from touch on one side of the body.
Synonyms: unilateral anesthesia
ingenui
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In civil law, a class of freemen who were born free. They were distinguished from the class known as liberti or libertini who, born slaves, had afterwards legally obtained their freedom.
Tribulation
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Proprialization from tribulation.
Senses: qualifier: Christian eschatology
glosses: (A period of) persecution before the Second Coming, lasting seven years, which Christians will experience worldwide which will purify and strengthen them.
Related terms: trials and tribulations
Apocalypse
end times
Final Judgment
Millennium
Rapture
Revelation
Second Coming
greenlight
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹiːnlaɪt/
Forms: form: greenlights
form: greenlighting
form: greenlighted
form: greenlighted
form: greenlit
form: greenlit
form: green-light
Etymology: From green light.
Senses: examples: text: Labour's Shadow Chancellor Anneliese Dodds hit back at Sunak and said that his failure to greenlight major projects such as Northern Powerhouse Rail showed that government claims of levelling up the country were "not supported by the evidence".
ref: 2020 December 2, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Sunak focuses on jobs, infrastructure and 'levelling up'”, in Rail, page 7:
text: The United Kingdom (UK) is reportedly waiting for US approval before greenlighting Ukrainian forces to use UK-provided Storm Shadow missiles for long-range strikes against military targets in Russia.
ref: 2024 August 11, Riley Bailey, Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Grace Mappes, Davit Gasparyan, Frederick W. Kagan, “Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, August 17, 2024”, in Ukraine Project, The Institute for the Study of War:
glosses: To approve; to permit to proceed.
glosses: To approve or requisition the harming or death of; to put a hit out on.
Synonyms: sense: approve
word: allow
sense: approve
word: approve
sense: approve
word: give the go-ahead
sense: approve
word: give the green light
sense: approve
word: permit
sense: approve
word: rubber stamp
sense: approve
word: wave through
Derived terms: greenlighter
musclebrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: musclebrains
Etymology: From muscle + brain.
Senses: glosses: A person who actively participates in physical sports, possibly highly skilled in sports, but does not do well in academic activities, like math and science.
glosses: A large, strong, but inept, bumbling, buffoonish or unintelligent man.
Synonyms: sense: participant in physical sports
word: athlete
sense: participant in physical sports
word: jock
sense: idiot
word: bruiser
sense: idiot
word: dumbbell
sense: idiot
word: moron
sense: idiot
word: buffoon
sense: idiot
word: dimwit
sense: idiot
word: pinhead
sense: idiot
word: meathead
sense: idiot
word: birdbrain
sense: idiot
word: peabrain
sense: idiot
word: goon
sense: idiot
word: dummy
sense: idiot
word: dipstick
sense: idiot
word: idiot
NRFB
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Initialism of never removed from box.
green lights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of green light
green lights
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of green light
grow op
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grow ops
form: grow-op
Etymology: First use appears c. 1998. A clipping of grow operation.
Senses: examples: text: Police sweep massive grow op: ‘Sophisticated organized crime’ behind pot: Police
ref: 1998 Aug. 21, Province (Vancouver, Canada), final edition, p. A8 [headline]
glosses: Synonym of grow operation.
synonyms: word: grow operation
Related terms: grow house
syllabogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: syllabograms
Senses: examples: text: There are over 83 syllabograms in the Maya script.
glosses: A symbol that represents a syllable.
papal infallibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Before examining specific interpretations of papal infallibility, we will first give a general introduction to the doctrine. This chapter begins with an overview of the pontificate of Pius IX and the historical setting of Vatican I. This overview is ...
ref: 2009, Mark E. Powell, Papal Infallibility: A Protestant Evaluation of an Ecumenical Issue, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, →ISBN, page 20:
topics: Catholicism
Christianity
Roman-Catholicism
glosses: The concept that the Pope, under certain circumstance (when making a statement on faith or morals, etc.) is protected by the Holy Spirit from being able to make a mistake.
patrilateral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpætɹɪˈlæt(ə)ɹəl/
rhymes: -ætəɹəl
Forms: form: more patrilateral
form: most patrilateral
Etymology: From patri- + lateral.
Senses: examples: text: Jim's blond hair is one of his patrilateral traits.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: From kin 'on the father's side' (related to the father).
Derived terms: patrilaterally
Related terms: patrilineal
nutty as a fruitcake
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nutty as a fruit cake
Etymology: First use appears c. 1911 or 1912. See cite below.
Senses: examples: text: ... and assuming that the defendant's Aunt Jane, in Wilkes-Barre, was as nutty as a fruitcake, and his grandfather, in Oskaloosa, had to wear cotton in his ears ...
ref: 1912, G. Graham (publisher), The Saturday Evening Post - Volume 185, Part 1, page 10:
text: 2003, William Safire / NY Times News Service, "Fruitcake: A word that gets the US Congress to call the cops", Taipei Times, 10 Aug, p. 9,
Eugene O'Neill, in his 1914 play, The Movie Man, coined a memorable simile: "We sure are as nutty as a fruitcake or we wouldn't be here."
qualifier: simile
glosses: Behaving in an eccentric, foolish, or kooky manner; very nutty.
Synonyms: nuttier than squirrel shit
barmy
crazy
daffy
dotty
loopy
mad
wacky
zany
slant bar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slant bars
Senses: glosses: A forward slash or virgule.
slashes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slash
slashes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slash
green-light
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: green-lights
form: green-lighting
form: green-lit
form: green-lit
form: green-lighted
form: green-lighted
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of greenlight.
BFD
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: “As Biden would say, it’s a B.F.D.,” said Adam Riess, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore.
ref: 2024 April 4, Dennis Overbye, quoting Adam Riess, “A Tantalizing ‘Hint’ That Astronomers Got Dark Energy All Wrong”, in Thew New York Times:
glosses: Initialism of big fucking deal.
go by the board
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes by the board
form: going by the board
form: went by the board
form: gone by the board
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: To fall or to go overboard; to be cast over the side of a ship.
examples: text: How many cups of tea I drank, because Dora made it, I don’t know. But, I perfectly remember that I sat swilling tea until my whole nervous system, if I had had any in those days, must have gone by the board.
ref: 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC:
glosses: To be superseded, rejected, or obliterated; to pass by with little consequence; to amount to nothing.
Num Lock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Num Locks
form: num lock
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A key on a standard extended keyboard which, when pressed, toggles the keys of the numeric keypad between cursor control functions and numeric digits.
naked as a jay
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of naked as a jaybird.
Final Judgment
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Final Judgment
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
glosses: Synonym of judgement day.
synonyms: word: judgement day
genet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/
rhymes: -ɛnɪt
homophone: jennet
Forms: form: genets
Etymology: From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
glosses: The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Genetta abyssinica
word: Abyssinian genet
taxonomic: Genetta angolensis
word: Angolan genet
taxonomic: Genetta piscivora
word: aquatic genet
taxonomic: Genetta bourlonii
word: Bourlon's genet
taxonomic: Genetta tigrina
word: Cape genet
taxonomic: Genetta genetta
word: common genet
taxonomic: Genetta abyssinica
word: Ethiopian genet
taxonomic: Genetta genetta
word: European genet
word: giant genet
taxonomic: Genetta victoriae
word: giant forest genet
taxonomic: Genetta thierryi
word: Hausa genet
taxonomic: Genetta johnstoni
word: Johnston's genet
taxonomic: Genetta poensis
word: king genet
taxonomic: Genetta tigrina
word: large-spotted genet
taxonomic: Genetta angolensis
word: miombo genet
taxonomic: Genetta maculata
word: panther genet
taxonomic: Genetta pardina
word: pardine genet
taxonomic: Genetta maculata
word: rusty-spotted genet
taxonomic: Genetta servalina
word: servaline genet
taxonomic: Genetta genetta
word: small-spotted genet
genet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/
rhymes: -ɛnɪt
homophone: jennet
Forms: form: genets
Etymology: Coined in the 20th century from gene + -et.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: A group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria etc.) that have grown in a given location, all originating from asexual reproduction of a single ancestor; a group of ramets.
Related terms: ortet
ramet
genet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/
rhymes: -ɛnɪt
homophone: jennet
Forms: form: genets
Etymology: See jennet.
Senses: examples: text: Because we come to do you service and you think we are ruffians, you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse. You’ll have your nephews neigh to you. You’ll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germans.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 109-113:
glosses: A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
Replogle tube
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Replogle tubes
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: neonatal medicine
glosses: A multi-lumen orogastric tube that functions as a sump tube with one lumen providing suction and the other providing irrigation or venting. It is safer than conventional suction because it reduces the risk of adherence to the gastric lining and subsequent damage.
second coming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second comings
form: Second Coming
Senses: examples: text: When the time of Christ's second coming is at hand, there will be but a very little faith in the world. And the Lord knows that there be many, who are now as high as Lucifer, that at that day, for want of faith, will be thrown down to the sides of the pit; even in the very belly of hell.
ref: a. 1689 (date written), John Bunyan, “ Some Gospel Truths Opened”, in Henry Stebbing, editor, The Entire Works of John Bunyan, […], volume I, London: James S[prent] Virtue, […], published 1863, →OCLC, page 75:
text: When Malone next looked round he was gone. "He is one of these Second-coming fanatics," he whispered to Enid. There are a lot of them—Christadelphians, Russellites, Bible Students and what-not.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Which Describes an Evening in Strange Company”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
topics: Christianity
synonyms: parousia
second advent
glosses: The prophesied return of Jesus Christ.
Related terms: apocalypse
apocatastasis
armageddon
day of reckoning
judgment day
Last Judgment
scintillae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skinˈtilːai/
ipa: /skinˈtilːɛː/
ipa: /sɪnˈtɪlaɪ/
Senses: glosses: plural of scintilla
apicomplexan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Apicomplexa + -n.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Describing protists of the phylum Apicomplexa.
apicomplexan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apicomplexans
Etymology: From Apicomplexa + -n.
Senses: glosses: Any protist of the phylum Apicomplexa.
predicts
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of predict
clinching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of clinch
clinching
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more clinching
form: most clinching
Senses: examples: text: ‘Yes,’ said Dick, with such a clinching period at the end that it seemed he was never going to add another word.
ref: 1872, [Thomas Hardy], “VIII. Dick Meets His Father”, in Under the Greenwood Tree: A Rural Painting of the Dutch School, volume II, London: Tinsley Brothers, →OCLC, part II, page 16:
text: There were no dreams,
No phantoms in her future any more:
One clinching revelation of what was
One by-flash of irrevocable chance,
Had acridly but honestly foretold
The mystical fulfilment of a life
That might have once … But that was all gone by
ref: 1921, Edwin Arlington Robinson, “Imogen”, in Collected Poems, lines 113–119:
text: He shocked his hearers by urging them not to fast during Ramadan, which begins Feb. 29. As a clinching argument, Bourguiba recalled that even Mohammed, when inconveniently overtaken by Ramadan on his march to Mecca, counseled his soldiers: “Break the fast, and you will be stronger to confront the enemy.”
ref: 1960 February 22, “Breaking the Fast”, in Time:
glosses: That settles something (such as an argument) definitely and conclusively.
Derived terms: clinchingly
clinching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: clinchings
Senses: examples: text: Though there are no kissings and clinchings, […]
ref: 1937, Motion Picture Herald, volume 127, numbers 1-6, page 42:
glosses: A clinch; a passionate embrace.
examples: text: Only six weeks into the season, the top-ranked Bulldogs were undefeated at 60, but more important to Louisiana Tech was one of the earliest clinchings of a conference title in the annals of college football.
ref: 2015, George Becnel, The Southland Conference: Small College Football, Big Dreams:
glosses: A making certain or finalizing.
examples: text: This “clinching” can distort the tape by causing a series of creases or folds in the surface and may produce read errors.
ref: 1985, Alvin C. Larson, Computer Operator (AFSC 51150), page 87:
text: Computer magnetic tape is designed primarily for its storage capacity, speed, and capacity to be repeatedly erased and written over. […] Bad binder can cause holes in the oxide, loose particles, or clinching of tape.
ref: 1987, Conservation Administration News, numbers 28-35, page 29:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The distortion of computer tape by wrinkling.
positrons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of positron
positronium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒzɪˈtɹɒniəm/
ipa: /ˌpɒzɪˈtɹoʊniəm/
Forms: form: positroniums
form: positronia
Etymology: From positron + -ium.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
related: word: mul:Ps
glosses: An exotic atom (specifically, an onium) consisting of a positron (antielectron) and an electron, as a particle–anti-particle bound pair with no nucleus.
Derived terms: dipositronium
orthopositronium
parapositronium
positronium hydride
Related terms: muonium
muononium
tauonium
toponium
pionium
furball
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furballs
Etymology: From fur + ball.
Senses: synonyms: hairball
glosses: A ball of fur, especially one coughed up by a cat.
glosses: A particularly furry person or animal.
examples: text: […]But, as with the furball that had broken out around San Francisco, things escalated once again, as Teruzuki rolled better on her perception check, ambushing Sterett and blowing enough holes in her to force the U.S. destroyer to withdraw.
ref: 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 22:21 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN), archived from the original on 07 Nov 2022:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
government
military
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
politics
transport
war
glosses: A large, disorganized battle involving many different aircraft (especially fighters) or warships.
Related terms: dogfight
heartbreaks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heartbreak
ha'pennies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ha'penny
rosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹəʊzi.ə(ɹ)/
Senses: glosses: comparative form of rosy: more rosy