cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thereabouts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈðɛəɹəbaʊts/
ipa: /ˈðɛɹəˌbaʊts/
Etymology: The adverb is derived from Middle English there-aboutes, þare aboutes (“of a place or an object: around there, in its vicinity; of time: about then, around that time”) [and other forms], from ther (“in that place, in those places, there; on that; thither, to that place; from there, thence; at that time; thereupon; in that situation, under those circumstances; in that case, with regard to that”) (from Old English þǣr (“there”)) + aboutes (“in all directions, around”, adverb), aboutes (“in all directions from, on all sides of; near; concerned with”, preposition) (from aboute, abouten (“so as to surround; so as to cover; on the border or edge; as measured around the outside; to as to travel around something; so as to revolve about an axis or centre; aside; in all directions; in the vicinity; in connection with something; in several places; everywhere, throughout; to all or everyone; almost, approximately; concerning; in succession; so as to be or happen”, adverb), aboute, abouten (“surrounding; covering; over; upon; on the border of; in all directions; in the vicinity of, near to; in several places; everywhere, throughout; almost, approximately; concerning; engaged in; on behalf of”, preposition) (from Old English abūtan, onbūtan (“about; round about; on; on the outside”)) + -s (suffix forming adverbs)); see further at thereabout. The English word is analysable as thereabout + -s (suffix forming adverbs).
The noun may result from a confusion of thereabouts with whereabouts.
The word is attested later than thereabout.
Senses: examples: text: True, he had stopped at Langston Bucket by chance, and there was no reason why Mr. Boke should theorise as to his thereabouts.
ref: 1905, Robert Ernest Vernède, The Pursuit of Mr. Faviel, page 89:
text: My companions are not far off, and are aware of my thereabouts.
ref: 2014, Dave Duncan, The Stricken Field:
qualifier: possibly erroneous
glosses: Location; whereabouts.
infield hit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: infield hits
Senses: examples: text: Jones got an infield hit when the ball tipped off of the outstretched glove of the diving shortstop.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: When a batter reaches base with a ground ball that does not leave the infield or shallow outfield.
Related terms: ground ball
fly ball
line drive
hit
shortstop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: shortstops
Etymology: From short + stop.
Senses: examples: text: The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.
text: “Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient marineress, she would not let go. She meant the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm teams.
ref: 2016, Mike Westphal, Cloud of Expectation; Book One: The In America Series, Xlibris, →ISBN:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.
examples: text: I'll play shortstop when we make our proposal.
glosses: A nimble defender.
examples: text: The shortstops and desperados were not permitted to play in this marker crap game.
ref: 1981, Sam Grafstein, Dice Doctor:
topics: gambling
games
glosses: A player who is short of money.
Related terms: catcher
pitcher
first baseman
second baseman
third baseman
infielder
outfielder
shortstop
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: shortstops
form: shortstopping
form: shortstopped
form: shortstopped
Etymology: From short + stop.
Senses: examples: text: He captained the Tecumsehs of London, Ontario, (International Association) in 1878; shortstopped for Cincinnati in 1879; stayed out of baseball in 1880; and finished as shortstop for Boston (NL) in 1881.
ref: 2012, Robert L. Tiemann, Mark Rucker, Joseph M. Overfield, Nineteenth Century Stars, page 20:
text: Managed and shortstopped by George Wright and full of league stalwarts—Joe Start, Paul Hines, and Jim O'rourke—they also had 1-year-old phenom Monte Ward as primary moundsman (teams now generally used multiple pitchers).
ref: 2017, Brandon Isleib, Playing for a Winner, page 77:
text: He shortstopped for a few years for the Houston Astros when they won the World Series twice in a row.
ref: 2017, Susan Forest, Lucas K. Law, Juliet Marillier, The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound:
glosses: Alternative form of short-stop (to play shortstop).
examples: text: They will be shortstopped in the port for lease by the government, then continue their journey by military train.
ref: 1978, Carol D. Jori, “Container Revolution in Bremerhaven”, in Sealift, page 18:
text: In the polymerization of BD by Ti-, Co- and Ni-based catalyst systems the polymerization has to be shortstopped at a specific monomer conversion in order to avoid the formation of gel.
ref: 2006, Oskar Nuyken, Neodymium Based Ziegler Catalysts - Fundamental Chemistry, page 64:
text: Although he successfully shortstopped the assault on his two teammates, the enemy soldiers now concentrated their fire directly on him.
ref: 2008, Gary Linderer, Phantom Warriors, page 148:
glosses: Alternative form of short-stop (to cause to stop short).
consequential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɑnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
ipa: /ˌkɒnsɪˈkwɛnʃəl/
Forms: form: more consequential
form: most consequential
Etymology: From consequent + -ial.
Senses: glosses: Following as a result.
examples: text: The more profound and consequential the issue, the more stubborn our denial.
ref: 2023 September 18, Charles Hugh Smith, The Peculiar Power of Denial:
glosses: Having significant consequences; of importance.
glosses: Important or significant.
examples: text: He was a very short, fat little man, with immensely long grey side-whiskers, and a most consequential manner.
ref: 1919, Lord Frederic Hamilton, The Vanished Pomps of Yesterday, page 69:
glosses: Self-important.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: sense: having significant consequences
word: considerable
sense: having significant consequences
word: important
Derived terms: consequentialism
consequentialist
consequentialistic
consequentiality
consequentialize
consequentially
consequential mark
consequentialness
inconsequential
nonconsequential
unconsequential
cry over spilt milk
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: cries over spilt milk
form: crying over spilt milk
form: cried over spilt milk
form: cried over spilt milk
form: cry over spilled milk
Senses: examples: text: 'Tis a Folly to cry for spilt Milk.
ref: 1738, Jonathan Swift, A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation:
text: The Willington Mare, when she started so fast, Ah! we little thought then that the race was her last: Accurst be the stake that was stained with her blood! But, why cry for spilt milk?—May the next be as good.
ref: 1833, Mr. Warburton, The Sportsman's Cabinet, and Town and Country Magazine, volumes 1-2, page 376:
text: There's no more time for crying over spilled milk
Now it's time for crying in your beer
ref: 1985, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Dare to Be Stupid”, in Dare to Be Stupid, performed by "Weird Al" Yankovic:
text: Don't you bloody dare cry over spilt milk. You only have yourself to blame.
ref: 2016, Barbara Hannay, The Grazier's Wife, Penguin Group Australia, →ISBN:
glosses: To worry about unfortunate events which have already happened and which cannot be changed.
Related terms: spilt milk
what's done is done
consequentiality
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: consequentialities
Etymology: From consequential + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The property of being consequential.
consequentialness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From consequential + -ness.
Senses: glosses: the quality or state of being consequential
first baseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first basemen
Etymology: From first base + -man.
Senses: examples: text: First basemen are usually left-handed.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The infield defensive player that stands near first base.
Related terms: catcher
pitcher
second baseman
third baseman
shortstop
infielder
outfielder
consequentially
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more consequentially
form: most consequentially
Etymology: From consequential + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a consequential manner; with consequence or significance.
second baseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second basemen
Etymology: From second base + -man.
Senses: examples: text: The second baseman started the 4-6-3 double play.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The infield defensive player that stands between the first baseman and the shortstop, normally on the right field side of second base.
Related terms: catcher
pitcher
first baseman
third baseman
shortstop
infielder
outfielder
third baseman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third basemen
Etymology: From third base + -man.
Senses: examples: text: The third baseman charged in to field the bunt.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The infield defensive player that stands near third base.
Related terms: catcher
pitcher
first baseman
second baseman
shortstop
infielder
outfielder
at-bat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: at-bats
Senses: examples: text: This is his third at-bat of the night.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An opportunity to hit.
examples: text: He only had 220 at-bats this season because of injury.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: official at-bats. Batting opportunities minus walks, hit by pitches, and sacrifices
Related terms: line drive
on deck
pitcher
pop-up
home plate
allegoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more allegoric
form: most allegoric
Etymology: From allegory + -ic.
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to allegory
Synonyms: allegorical
Related terms: allegorically
allegorically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /æl.əˈɡɒɹ.ɪk.(ə.)li/
Forms: form: more allegorically
form: most allegorically
Etymology: From allegorical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an allegorical manner.
Related terms: allegory
allegoric
burns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːnz/
ipa: /bɝnz/
ipa: /bɔːnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of burn
burns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɜːnz/
ipa: /bɝnz/
ipa: /bɔːnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
Senses: glosses: plural of burn
Caracalla
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌkærəˈkælə/
Etymology: From Latin; Caracalla's agnomen was named after a Gaulish cloak he favored.
Senses: glosses: A Roman emperor who ruled from 211 to 217 C.E.
shinny
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪni/
Forms: form: shinnies
form: shinnying
form: shinnied
form: shinnied
Etymology: From shin (noun) + -y.
Senses: glosses: To climb in an awkward manner.
Synonyms: word: shimmy
word: shin
shinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪni/
Forms: form: shinny
form: shinny hockey
Etymology: Variation of shinty.
Senses: examples: text: In shinny, everyone wins. Though rules are scaled back, the game is not loosened beyond all form, and the driving competitive element remains.
ref: 2010, Jason Blake, Canadian Hockey Literature: A Thematic Study, University of Toronto Press (cloth-bound) (paperback), chapter two: “The Hockey Dream: Hockey as Escape, Freedom, Utopia”, page 63
text: Hockey fiction shows that the focus on ludus in organized hockey threatens to strangle the primal play spirit, which is why shinny is more easily romanticized than versions of the game that seem to require fighting, that motivate parents to violence, and, at the highest level, give rise to lockouts and strikes. In shinny the playful core of hockey is retained, while the overly confining rules and restrictions are discarded.
ref: 2010, ibidem, page 70:
glosses: An informal game of pickup hockey played with minimal equipment: skates, sticks and a puck or ball.
glosses: Street hockey.
glosses: Hockey.
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A hockey-like game played by American Indians.
shinny
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʃɪni/
Senses: examples: text: Miss Maudie Atkinson baked a Lane cake so loaded with shinny it made me tight;....
ref: 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
text: He sent them packing next day armed with their charts and five quarts of shinny in their saddlebags—two apiece and one for the Governor.
ref: 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
glosses: Moonshine. (illegal alcohol)
chemicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of chemical
chemicals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The chemical industry.
automatism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɔːˈtɒmətɪzəm/
Forms: form: automatisms
Etymology: From automat(on) + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Automatic or involuntary action.
glosses: The power of initiating vital processes from within the cell, organ, or organism, independent of external stimulus.
glosses: The doctrine that animals are automata, operating according to mechanical laws.
examples: text: Overcoming the gravity of representation and the figurative, automatism and acquired reflexes, she mixes brute force and translucid emotions to paint an ontological, disquieting, enigmatic human figure free from artifice, universal in its expression.
ref: 2013, Alice Fabre, Metal Language:
topics: art
arts
glosses: A surrealist painting technique whereby one attempts to move the brush, pen etc. without conscious control over it.
examples: text: [G]eneralising this phenomenon, Mr. Myers has given the name of automatism, sensory or motor, emotional or intellectual, to this whole sphere of effects, due to 'uprushes' into the ordinary consciousness of energies originating in the subliminal parts of the mind. The simplest instance of an automatism is the phenomenon of post-hypnotic suggestion, so-called.
ref: 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 234:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
synonyms: telergy
glosses: An action performed subconsciously, without any apparent direction from the mind; a thought which appears spontaneously in one's consciousness.
Related terms: automaticism
surautomatism
molecular genetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mōlĕkŭlâr jēnētīks/
Senses: glosses: A field of biology which studies the structure and function of genes at a molecular level.
Related terms: molecular
genetics
arty-farty
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: artsy-fartsy
form: artyfarty
Senses: examples: text: I've had enough of this arty-farty modern sculpture!
text: The rather disappointing—although unsurprising—message of the Economist article was that tattoos are no longer the edgy insignia of the free spirited but the arty-farty must-have accessory of the middle classes.
ref: 2008 June 9, Shirley Dent, “Written on the body: literary tattoos”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Pretentiously artistic; self-important or self-indulgent, especially when describing an artistic project.
Related terms: fancy-schmancy
hoity-toity
highfalutin
tushery
arty-farty
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arty-farties
form: artsy-fartsy
form: artyfarty
Senses: examples: text: The Mersey Sound, an anthology featuring the works of poets Roger McGough, Brian Patten and Adrian Henri, became a best-seller in 1967 and encouraged thousands of working-class teenagers to read poetry; prior to its publication they probably thought poems were for middle-class arty-farties.
ref: 2009, Tommy Smith, Anfield Iron, page 85:
text: Gave parties for all the campus arty-farties to come and drink up my booze and patronize me. . . . I could have had you that first night I brought you here.
ref: 2013, Marge Piercy, Braided Lives: A Novel, page 217:
text: 'Probably some rich arty-farty built it for his kids,' said Barney casually.
ref: 2015, Jen Storer, The Fourteenth Summer of Angus Jack:
glosses: Someone who is arty-farty.
butterfly fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: butterfly fish
form: butterfly fishes
Senses: glosses: Any fish of the family Chaetodontidae.
glosses: Pantodon buchholzi, a small brown fish of western African streams, often found in aquariums.
glosses: The butterfly cod (Pterois volitans).
glosses: The ocellated blenny (Opisthocentrus ocellatus).
glosses: The flying gurnard (Dactyloptena orientalis).
glosses: Exocoetus volitans, a flying fish of the Atlantic.
glosses: A chiton, a mollusc of the class Polyplacophora.
glosses: Any of several brightly colored fishes
Related terms: english: Chaetodontidae
translation: Chaetodontidae
word: Chaetodontidae on Wikipedia
word: Pantodon buchholzi on Wikipedia. - Pantodon buchholzi
word: Pterois volitans on Wikipedia. - Pterois volitans
english: Stichaeidae
translation: Stichaeidae
word: Prickleback on Wikipedia
word: Dactyloptena orientalis on Wikipedia. - Dactyloptena orientalis
word: Exocoetus volitans on Wikipedia. - Exocoetus volitans
english: Polyplacophora
translation: Polyplacophora
word: Polyplacophora on Wikipedia
Aegean Sea
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: əjē'ən sī
ipa: /əˈdʒi.ən ˈsi/
Forms: form: the Aegean Sea
form: Aegaean Sea
form: Ægæan Sea
Etymology: Partial calque of Latin Aegaeum mare, itself a partial calque of Ancient Greek Αἰγαῖον πέλαγος (Aigaîon pélagos).
Senses: glosses: A sea in the northeastern part of the Mediterranean.
catsup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkætsəp/
Forms: form: catsups
Senses: examples: text: She ate Roger's French fries, drenched in catsup.
ref: 2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 171:
glosses: Alternative form of ketchup.
prosecute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒsɪkjuːt/
Forms: form: prosecutes
form: prosecuting
form: prosecuted
form: prosecuted
form: prosequte
form: prosequute
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin prōsecūtus, perfect participle of prōsequor. Doublet of pursue, from Old French. Compare also persecute.
Senses: examples: text: to prosecute a man for trespass, or for a riot
text: To acquit themſelves and proſecute their foes
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 56, line 898:
topics: law
glosses: To start criminal proceedings against.
examples: text: The Vigilante is prosecuted in Federal Court under a lynch bill and winds up in a Federal Nut House specially designed for the containment of ghosts […]
ref: 1962 [1959], William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, New York: Grove Press, page 8:
topics: law
glosses: To charge, try.
examples: text: to prosecute a right or a claim in a court of law
glosses: To seek to obtain by legal process.
examples: text: to prosecute a scheme, hope, or an investigation
text: I am beloved of beauteous Hermia; / Why should not I, then, prosecute my right?
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
text: Nor do we believe that a country that prosecuted two wars in China in the 19th century to force the Chinese to accept opium imports has any moral right to lecture Asians on drugs.
ref: 2022 October 22, “Ministry of Home Affairs' Response to Sir Richard Branson's Blog Post on 10 October 2022”, in Ministry of Home Affairs (Singapore):
glosses: To pursue something to the end.
Derived terms: prosecutable
winsome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwɪn.səm/
other: /ˈwɪnt.səm/
rhymes: -ɪnsəm
Forms: form: winsomer
form: winsomest
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English wynsom, winsom, winsome, winsum, wunsum (“beautiful; agreeable, gracious, pleasant; generous; of situations: favourable, propitious”), from Old English wynsum (“joyful, merry, pleasant; winsome”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunnjusam (“joyful”). By surface analysis, winne (“delight, joy, pleasure”) + -some.
Senses: examples: text: […] lifting her winsome eyes to my face with that sort of look which turns off bad temper, even when one has all the right in the world to indulge it.
ref: 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter IX, in Wuthering Heights:
text: Will ye keep your troth to me, / Winsome Annie Ramsay? / Will ye keep your troth to me, / Winsome Annie Ramsay? / Will ye keep your troth to me? / My ain true luve will ye be? / Then meet me at the trysting tree, / Winsome Annie Ramsay.
ref: 1851 October, Jonathan Freke Slingsby [pseudonym; John Francis Waller], “Slingsby in Scotland. Part II.—Conclusion.”, in The Dublin University Magazine, a Literary and Political Journal, volume XXXVIII, number CCXXVI, Dublin: James McGlashan, 50 Upper Sackville-St.; London: W[illia]m S[omerville] Orr, →OCLC, stanza I, page 494:
text: Gerty MacDowell who was seated near her companions, lost in thought, gazing far away into the distance was in very truth as fair a specimen of winsome Irish girlhood as one could wish to see.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 13, Nausicaa]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 333:
text: He [Ching Keng Lee] is a man of fine physique and above the height of the average Straits-born, with a shrewd business head, and affable and winsome manners, and continues to take a keen interest in public affairs.
ref: 1923, Song Ong Siang, “The Ninth Decade (1899–1909): Second Part”, in One Hundred Years’ History of the Chinese in Singapore: […], London: John Murray, […], →OCLC, page 377:
text: The pink wallpaper of the nursery was decorated with a Noah's Ark of friendly lions and comical giraffes and winsome elephants.
ref: 1961, David Alexander, “When the Rain Stops”, in Hangman’s Dozen, New York, N.Y.: Roy Publishers, →OCLC, page 216:
text: “We have to begin to step up and communicate this message in ways that are winsome and compelling,” he added.
ref: 2025 April 24, Elizabeth Dias, Ruth Graham, quoting Sean W. Rowe, “After Pope Francis, Progressive Christians Feel Vulnerable”, in The New York Times, New York City, retrieved 24 Apr 2025:
glosses: Charming, engaging, winning; inspiring approval and trust, especially if in an innocent manner.
Related terms: winly
winne
winsomely
winsomeness
flava
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfleɪvə/
homophone: flavor (non-rhotic accents)
Forms: form: flavas
Etymology: Derhotacization of flavor.
Senses: glosses: flavor
Derived terms: bongo flava
Zenji flava
nigra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪɡɹə/
Forms: form: nigras
Etymology: A collateral form of negro with colloquial reduction of unstressed /oʊ/, /əʊ/ to /ə/ as in fella.
Senses: examples: text: She used the term nigger and its close South Carolina cognate nigra only when quoting others with disapproval.
ref: 2012, Karen Fields, Barbara J. Fields, “Authors' Note”, in Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life, Verso Books, →ISBN:
glosses: A black person.
Related terms: linea nigra
substantia nigra
daybreak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdeɪbɹeɪk/
Forms: form: daybreaks
Etymology: From day + break.
Senses: examples: text: Osnabrück, reached at daybreak, is a remarkable two-level station on the lines of Willesden Junction.
ref: 1949 September and October, “The "Nord Express"”, in Railway Magazine, page 336:
glosses: The beginning of the day; the first moment of daylight.
Synonyms: dawn
break of dawn
break of day
crack of dawn
sunrise
carob
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹəb/
Forms: form: carobs
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French carobe, from Arabic خَرُّوب (ḵarrūb), from Classical Syriac ܚܪܘܒܐ (ḥarrūḇā).
Senses: synonyms: St. John's bread
glosses: An evergreen shrub or tree, Ceratonia siliqua, native to the Mediterranean region.
meronyms: locust bean
glosses: The fruit of that tree.
glosses: A sweet chocolate-like confection made with the pulp of the fruit.
Derived terms: black carob
carob bean
carob gum
magnetic resonance imaging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic resonance imagings
Senses: related: word: magnetic-resonance imaging
synonyms: MRI
hypernyms: imaging#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: US
english: other imaging modalities
translation: other imaging modalities
word: ultrasonography
word: CT
word: computed tomography
word: PET
word: positron emission tomography
word: SPECT
word: w:single-photon emission computed tomography
word: fluoroscopy
word: radiography
glosses: A technique that uses nuclear magnetic resonance to form cross sectional images of the human body for diagnostic purposes.
examples: text: Confirmation of the condition is made through radiographs, bone scans, or magnetic resonance imagings (MRI’s).
ref: 1995, Marcia K. Anderson, Susan J. Hall, “Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease”, in Sports Injury Management, Media, Pa.: Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, section III (Injuries to the Lower Extremity), chapter 9 (Thigh, Hip, and Pelvis Injuries), page 339, column 2:
text: I had blood tests for HIV, hepatitis and scores of other illnesses, and two MRIs (magnetic resonance imagings, which show internal organs) to rule out cancer.
ref: 1998 April, Sharon Andrzejewski, as told to Wendy Marston, “‘For five years, I was exhausted, feverish and sick. The doctors said it was stress. I knew it was more’”, in Elizabeth Crow, editor, Mademoiselle, New York, N.Y.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 170, column 1:
text: Follow-up magnetic resonance imagings showed some shrinkage of the tumor in one patient, but no complete radiological remission.
ref: 2006, M. Marberger, Y. K. Fong, “Extracorporeal Tissue Tripsy in Urology”, in Inderbir S[ingh] Gill, editor, Textbook of Laparoscopic Urology, New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire: Informa, →ISBN, section XI (The Future), page 1086:
related: word: magnetic-resonance imaging
synonyms: MRI
hypernyms: image#Noun
scan#Noun
glosses: An instance of this technique being used; an image made using this technique.
Derived terms: functional magnetic resonance imaging
Related terms: english: the natural phenomenon that this imaging mode makes use of
translation: the natural phenomenon that this imaging mode makes use of
word: nuclear magnetic resonance
cd
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of could.
chocoholic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocoholics
Etymology: Etymology tree
Classical Nahuatl chocolatlbor.
Spanish chocolatebor.
English chocolate
Middle English alcofol
English alcohol
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English alcoholic
English -holic
English chocoholic
From chocolate + -holic.
Senses: examples: text: Chocoholics are confessing at the rate of the nuns of Loudon to demonic possession.
ref: 1983, Betty Fussell, Masters of American Cookery, University of Nebraska Press, published 2005, →ISBN, part 3, 367:
synonyms: chocomaniac
glosses: Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.
Related terms: chocoholism
chocoholic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more chocoholic
form: most chocoholic
Etymology: Etymology tree
Classical Nahuatl chocolatlbor.
Spanish chocolatebor.
English chocolate
Middle English alcofol
English alcohol
Proto-Indo-European *-kos
Proto-Italic *-kos
Latin -cus
Latin -icuslbor.
Old French -iquebor.
Middle English -ik
English -ic
English alcoholic
English -holic
English chocoholic
From chocolate + -holic.
Senses: examples: text: At tonight’s table, there are two couples, both here because the man had bought the session for his chocoholic partner as a present […]
ref: 2008 February 16, Jess Cartner-Morley, “The family challenge”, in The Guardian:
text: 2014, Suzanne Loudermilk Haughey, “What’s In a Name?” baltimoremagazine.net, 5 June, 2014,
A wedge of chocolate-ganache cake with Kahlua and whipped cream will satisfy any chocoholic cravings.
glosses: Addicted or seemingly addicted to chocolate; characteristic of a chocoholic.
chocolate chip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chocolate chips
form: choc chip
form: chocochip
Senses: examples: text: I poured a bag of chocolate chips into the cookie dough mixture.
glosses: A small, usually near-conical piece of chocolate.
Derived terms: chocolate chippie
chocolate-chippy
chocolate chipper
chocolate chocolate chip
mint chocolate chip
puta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Spanish puta.
Senses: examples: text: Mastrosimone's (antiheroine?) Marjorie lets in a man who quickly drops the small talk, slams her to the floor, and almost smothers her with a pillow as he commands her to say "thank you," "I love you," and "I am your puta."
ref: 1988 February 12, Lawrence Bommer, “Extremeties/Talking With . . .”, in Chicago Reader:
text: And we told you, man, we have not seen your puta sister.
ref: 2005, Eric Bogosian, Wasted Beauty, page 63:
qualifier: chiefly US Hispanic
glosses: A prostitute, whore, slut, bitch, etc.
puta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Dzongkha པུ་ཏ (pu ta).
Senses: examples: text: At high altitudes wheat and buckwheat are the staples. In Bumthang, khule (buckwheat pancakes) and puta (buckwheat noodles) replace rice as the foundation of many meals. Dessert is most often a modest presentation of fruit -apple, banana, pineapple or orange, depending on the season.
ref: 2024, Bradley Mayhew, Lindsay Fegent-Brown, Galey Tenzin, Bhutan, Lonely Planet, →ISBN:
glosses: A Bhutanese noodle dish.
access code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: access codes
Senses: glosses: A typically alphanumeric sequence that permits access to a secure service or network.
house mouse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: house mice
Senses: glosses: The universally common mouse of the species Mus musculus.
nose flute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nose flutes
Senses: hyponyms: poogyee
glosses: A flute playing by blowing through one's nose.
musculus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmʌ.skjʊl.əs/
ipa: /ˈmʌ.skjəl.əs/
homophone: musculous
rhymes: -ʌskjʊləs
Forms: form: musculi
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin mūsculus (“a little mouse; a muscle”), diminutive of mūs (“a mouse”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle.
Derived terms: musculus papillaris
Related terms: muscular
musculous
chiromancy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkaɪ.ɹə(ʊ).mæn.si/
ipa: /ˈkaɪ.ɹoʊ.mæn.si/
Forms: form: chiromancies
form: cheiromancy
form: chiromancie
form: chyromancia
form: chyromancie
form: chyromancy
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English ciromancie, from Middle French chiromantie, chiromancie, from Latin chīromantīa, from Ancient Greek χειρομαντεία (kheiromanteía), from χειρο- (kheiro-, “hand-”) + μαντεία (manteía, “divination, fortune-telling”). Equivalent to chiro- + -mancy.
Senses: examples: text: If they fore-tell things that shall happen by signes that they see in lines of a mans hand; then it is called Chyromancie...
ref: 1620, J. Melton Astrologaster, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: Modern palmistry differs from the ancient methods in concentrating on what is called chirognomy at the expense of chiromancy.
ref: 1995, C. Walker Encyc, Secret Knowledge:
glosses: Synonym of palmistry: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand.
synonyms: word: palmistry
extra: fortune-telling performed by reading another's hand
Related terms: chiromancer
chiromantic
chiromantical
sang-froid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: For all this sang-froid, Professor Frankfurt was heartfelt in his philosophical pursuits.
ref: 2023 July 17, James Ryerson, “Harry G. Frankfurt, Philosopher With a Surprise Best Seller, Dies at 94”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Alternative spelling of sangfroid.
Ava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪvə/
homophone: aver (noun sense, RP)
rhymes: -eɪvə
Senses: examples: text: Ava Haynes, the oldest daughter, was a warm friend of Lillie Calhoun, whom she soon sought and led quickly into the conservatory.
ref: 1881, Mary E. Jackson, The Spy of Osawatomie; or, The Mysterious Companions of Old John Brown, W.S.Bryan, page 57:
text: My mother named me Ava because she liked how the English letters looked - the big A a beak pointed upward, the v a sharp slash of wings, the small a round and flat as a parrot's eye.
ref: 2004, Gayle Brandeis, The Book of Dead Birds: A Novel, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 5:
glosses: A female given name from Hebrew, a variant of Eva.
glosses: A female given name from Irish, an anglicization of Aoife.
glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages, from a Germanic root *avi of uncertain meaning.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city in Illinois.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Douglas County, Missouri.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Alabama.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Arkansas.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Ohio.
Ava
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈeɪvə/
homophone: aver (noun sense, RP)
rhymes: -eɪvə
ipa: /ˈɑːvə/
ipa: /ˈeɪvə/
homophone: aver (noun sense, RP)
rhymes: -eɪvə
Forms: form: Awa
form: Inwa
form: Innwa
Etymology: From Portuguese, from the Upper Burmese pronunciation of အင်းဝ (ang:wa. /⁠ăwá⁠/).
Senses: glosses: An abandoned city in central Burma, formerly the capital of the country.
glosses: A town in New York, United States; named for the Kingdom of Ava.
WLAN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌbəlju.læn/
Forms: form: WLANs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of wireless local area network.
Related terms: Wi-Fi
rule nisi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ɹuːl ˈnaɪsaɪ/
Forms: form: rules nisi
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A decree issued by the court that becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not.
Synonyms: decree nisi
Related terms: decree absolute
rule absolute
ab initio
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæb ɪˈnɪʃ.i.oʊ/
ipa: /ˌæb əˈnɪt.i.oʊ/
ipa: /ˌɑb əˈnɪt.i.oʊ/
Forms: form: ab init
Etymology: From Latin ab (“from”) + initiō, ablative singular of initium (“beginning”).
Senses: examples: text: As the Act was passed without the required quorum, the constitutional court struck down the Act and declared it to be void ab initio
text: Any child marriage solemnised in contravention of an injunction order issued under section 13, whether interim or final, shall be void ab initio.
ref: 2007, Parliament of India, “Section 14”, in Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006, page 4:
topics: law
glosses: From the time when a law, legal right or decree, contract, ownership interest, partnership (etc.) comes into force.
examples: text: […] this soul does not exist ab initio, as orthodox Christianity teaches; it has to be brought into existence by a process of guided self-observation. However, this is rarely achieved, owing to man's unique ability to be distracted from spiritual matters by everyday trivia.
ref: 1983, Monty Python, The meaning of life, at about 1h 15'
topics: sciences
glosses: Calculated from first principles, i.e. from basic laws without any further additional assumptions.
glosses: Taken with no prior qualifications.
raw_tags: of an academic course
amicus curiae
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈæm.ɪ.kəs ˈkjʊɹ(.i)ˌaɪ/
/əˈmi.kəs-/
/-ˈkjʊɹ(.i)ˌeɪ/
Forms: form: amici curiae
form: amica curiae
Etymology: From Latin, amīcus (“friend”) + cūriae (“of the court”), genitive singular of cūria (“court”).
Senses: examples: BANNATYNE v BANNATYNE (COMMISSION FOR GENDER EQUALITY, AS AMICUS CURIAE) 2003 (2) SA 363 (CC) "The Court admitted as amicus curiae the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) which lodged empirical data on the state of the maintenance system in South Africa and its effect on the rights of women and children in seeking effective relief pursuant to the Maintenance Act (the Act)."
MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS v FOURIE (DOCTORS FOR LIFE INTERNATIONAL AND OTHERS, AMICI CURIAE)LESBIAN AND GAY EQUALITY PROJECT AND OTHERS v MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS 2006 (1) SA 524 (CC): "Prior to the hearing, applications were made by Doctors For Life International and its legal representative Mr John Smyth, to be admitted as amici curiae.
topics: law
glosses: A person or entity who has been allowed by the court to plead or make submissions but who is not directly involved in the action.
topics: law
glosses: An independent lawyer, not retained by any party, whom the court has ordered to provide legal submissions regarding the matter in dispute; for example, to provide submissions regarding the situation of an unrepresented litigant or accused person.
Synonyms: word: amicus
topics: law
sense: sense 1
word: intervenor
estoppel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: estoppels
Etymology: From Middle English *estoppel (found only as stoppel, stoppell, stopple, etc.), probably from Old French estoupail, estopail, estopaille, a bung made of oakum (étoupe), from Latin stuppa ("flax, tow"), from Ancient Greek στύππη (stuppē).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A legal principle in the law of equity that prevents a party from asserting otherwise valid legal rights against another party because of conduct by the first party, or circumstances to which the first party has knowingly contributed, making it unjust for those rights to be asserted.
Derived terms: collateral estoppel
estoppel by deed
partner by estoppel
proprietary estoppel
prosecution history estoppel
Related terms: estop
grantee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grantees
Etymology: From Middle English grauntees pl, from Old French granté, participle of granter, equivalent to grant + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: HHS regulations stipulate that there are only limited circumstances in which a grant can be canceled: for cause, such as when the grant fails to comply with the terms and conditions of the award, or with the consent of the grantee.
ref: 2025 April 2, Jen Christensen, “Scholars, groups sue Trump administration over canceled NIH research funding”, in CNN:
text: The cancellations, which claimed that the more than 350 already-distributed grants “no longer effectuates the program goals or agency priorities,” sent shockwaves through grantee organizations. […] When news of the cuts first surfaced Tuesday, dozens of grantees gathered on a videoconference to discuss their options, including whether to take legal action.
ref: 2025 April 24, Hannah Rabinowitz and Danny Freeman, “Justice Department axes hundreds of grants that help crime victims and fight opioid abuse”, in CNN:
glosses: The person to whom something is granted.
grantor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grantors
form: grantour
Etymology: Borrowed from Anglo-Norman grantour.
Senses: topics: law
glosses: A person who grants something.
Related terms: grantee
grant
tortfeasor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɔːtˌfiːzə/
ipa: /ˈtɔɹtˌfiːzɚ/
Forms: form: tortfeasors
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman tortfeasor, from Old French tortfesor, tort-faiseur, torfesor, torzfesor (“wrongdoer”), from tort (“a misdeed, a wrong”) + fesor, faiseur (“doer”).
Senses: examples: text: […] there is an exception “in the cases of heir and executor, who may plead a release to the ancestor or testator whom they respectively represent; so also with respect to several tortfeasors, for in all these cases there is a privity between the parties which constitutes an identity of person”.
ref: 1881, Oliver Wendell Holmes, The Common Law:
text: Damages paid by the settling tortfeasor which are greater than the pro rata amount can easily be attributed to his desire to avoid legal fees and bad press, or misspeculation about the merits and likely outcome of the case.
ref: 1992, Moot Court Casebook - Volume 16, pages 9-23:
topics: law
glosses: A person who commits a tort.
Derived terms: cotortfeasor
Related terms: tortfeasance
housewarming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housewarmings
form: house warming
form: house-warming
Etymology: From house + warming.
Senses: examples: text: In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete. The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
synonyms: word: house-heating
glosses: A party to celebrate moving into a new home.
examples: text: a housewarming gift
text: They had their first argument on the evening Gadney moved in, their housewarming spat, he later called it.
ref: 2004, Jacob M Appel, “Gadney's Immunity”, in Southwest Review, volume 89, number 4, page 580:
text: Fortunately, Dave had left them a packet of rollie tobacco and papers for a housewarming
ref: 2011, John Kinsella, The Offering:
glosses: The act of welcoming a person/family to their newly purchased or newly rented home.
Derived terms: housewarming party
Related terms: infare
APY
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: APYs
Senses: topics: banking
business
glosses: Initialism of annual percentage yield.
APY
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: APY Lands
Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara
glosses: Abbreviation of Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara; A local government area of Far North, South Australia, Australia; an Aboriginal Australian governing area.
strident
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/
ipa: [ˈstɹaɪ.dn̩t]
ipa: /ˈstɹɑe.dənt/
ipa: [ˈstɹɑe̯.dn̩t]
ipa: /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/
ipa: [ˈstɹɑe̯.dn̩t]
Forms: form: more strident
form: most strident
Etymology: From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.
Senses: examples: text: The trumpet sounded strident against the string orchestra.
text: But as they were upon going forth, a trumpet was sounded without, three strident blasts.
ref: 1922, E[ric] R[ücker] Eddison, The Worm Ouroboros: A Romance, London: Jonathan Cape […], →OCLC, page 7:
glosses: Loud; shrill, piercing, high-pitched; rough-sounding.
examples: text: The artist chose a strident mixture of colors.
text: If Demandt's essay served as a strident example of the German desire for normalcy, a more subtle example was provided by a brief allohistorical depiction of a Nazi victory in World War II written by German historian Michael Salewski in 1999.
ref: 2005 May 23, Gavriel D. Rosenfeld, The World Hitler Never Made: Alternate History and the Memory of Nazism, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: Grating or obnoxious.
examples: text: The impact of [Jimmy Carter's] anger [at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan] on his attitude is confirmed by the moderation in his attitude that occurred. Once the president's anger began to subside, he became less strident in his pronouncements and more uncertain of Soviet motives.
ref: 2019 March 8, Dan Caldwell, Diplomacy, Force, And Leadership: Essays In Honor Of Alexander L. George, Routledge, →ISBN:
coordinate_terms: vociferous
glosses: Forceful (typically in a negative way) or obtrusive.
examples: text: Under David Taylor's stewardship, the SFA has made strident progress.
ref: 2003 November 6, Stuart Cosgrove, “Taylor slagging Saddam shame.”, in Daily Record, Glasgow, archived from the original on 12 Nov 2012:
glosses: Vigorous; making strides; forceful in a positive way.
Derived terms: stridently
stridency
Related terms: stridor
stridulous
strident
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/
ipa: [ˈstɹaɪ.dn̩t]
ipa: /ˈstɹɑe.dənt/
ipa: [ˈstɹɑe̯.dn̩t]
ipa: /ˈstɹaɪ.dənt/
ipa: [ˈstɹɑe̯.dn̩t]
Forms: form: stridents
Etymology: From French strident, from Latin strīdēns, present active participle of strīdō.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
hypernyms: fricative
glosses: One of a class of s-like fricatives produced by an airstream directed at the upper teeth.
EIN
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EINs
Senses: topics: economics
government
sciences
taxation
hypernyms: TIN
glosses: Initialism of Employer Identification Number.
grp
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grps
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of group.
disjointed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsˈdʒɔɪn.tɪd/
Forms: form: more disjointed
form: most disjointed
Senses: examples: text: The hours of his illness were disjointed and confusing as he drifted in and out of consciousness.
text: England can look forward to a quarter-final next weekend against a similarly struggling France, a reward they scarcely deserve on the evidence of this disjointed display.
ref: 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Not connected, coherent, or continuous.
examples: text: a lion disjointed
topics: government
heraldry
hobbies
lifestyle
monarchy
nobility
politics
glosses: Having the paws and head (but not the tail) detached from the body.
Synonyms: word: disconnected
word: fragmented
word: discontiguous
word: disunited
word: divided
word: split
word: unconnected
word: scattered
Derived terms: disjointedly
disjointedness
nondisjointed
undisjointed
Related terms: word: disjoin
word: disjoined
givens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɪ.vənz/
rhymes: -ɪvənz
Senses: glosses: plural of given