cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
reconquest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reconquests
Etymology: From re- + conquest (noun), probably after either the verb and reconquer, or Middle French reconquest, reconqueste (modern French reconquête).
Senses: examples: text: the reconquest of Spain
text: On the other hand, the nationalitarian phenomenon is one in which the struggle against the imperialist powers of occupation has as its object, beyond the clearing of the national territory, the independence and sovereignty of the national State, uprooting in depth the positions of the ex-colonial power— the reconquest of the power of decision in all domains of national life, the prelude to that reconquest of identity which is at the heart of the renaissance undertaken on the basis of fundamental national demands, and ceaselessly contested, by every means available, on every level, and notably on the internal level'.
ref: 1981, Anouar Abdel-Malek, Social Dialectics: Nation and Revolution, page 13:
glosses: The act or process of conquering something again, such as a territory.
Related terms: reconquer
reconquest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: reconquests
form: reconquesting
form: reconquested
form: reconquested
Etymology: From Middle English reconquesten, equivalent to re- + conquest (verb), after either Latin reconquestō or Middle French reconquester.
Senses: examples: text: Many excellente parſonages are condemned in Englande, beinge wholy reconqueſted to the Pope.
ref: 1560 October 5 (Gregorian calendar), [Johannes] Sleidanus, translated by Ihon Daus, “The Argument of the xxv. Booke”, in A Famouse Cronicle of Oure Time, Called Sleidanes Commentaries, Concerning the State of Religion and Common Wealth, during the Raigne of the Emperour Charles the Fift, […], London: […] Ihon Daye, for Abraham Veale, and Nicholas England, →OCLC, 15th book ([…]), folio cccc.xvij., verso:
text: The tables being taken vp, the Emperoꝛ pꝛaid the king of Theſſalie to retire himſelfe to the Queen his deare wife, ſéeing the time did then require to be a little together without any beholders to ſtand by. Whervnto he willingly accoꝛded, as well to gratifie him therein, as to quench the deſire which might ſtirre him foꝛward to reconqueſt the place, […]
ref: 1596, “The Honest and Gratious Conference Had betweene Marcomyr, the Emperour, the Empresse, and Diocles: […]”, in The Deligtful History of Celestina the Faire. […], London: […] A[dam] I[slip] for William Barley, […], →OCLC, page 226:
text: There is no doubt that Ravenna, as an imperial capital (fifth century) and as the Byzantine provincial capital (sixth-seventh centuries), had its influence, whether it was through the Arianism introduced with the conquest of Theodoric, or through the influences of the Byzantine Empire after being reconquested by Belisarion the Byzantine until it fell to the Lombards in 751.
ref: 1997, Gabriel Ramis, translated by Lisa Twomey, “Liturgical Families in the West”, in Pontifical Liturgical Institute, edited by Anscar J[avier] Chupungco, Handbook for Liturgical Studies (A Pueblo Book), volume I (Introduction to the Liturgy), Collegeville, Minn.: The Liturgical Press, →ISBN, part I (Preliminary Notions), page 31:
glosses: Synonym of reconquer.
synonyms: word: reconquer
non-exclusive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: nonexclusive
Etymology: From non- + exclusive.
Senses: glosses: Not exclusive; general.
examples: text: The examples [in Figure 33] are non-exclusive.
ref: 2008, Kay Müller, Investing in Private Equity Partnerships, Springer, →ISBN, page 115:
glosses: Not exclusive; non-exhaustive; partial, incomplete.
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trifid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin trifidus, from tri- (“three”) + -fidus, form of findere (“to split”).
Senses: examples: text: The leafits are four or five pairs, with a trifid terminal leafit.
ref: 1850, George Luxford, Edward Newman, The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany, page 1058:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Divided into three lobes.
Coordinate terms: bifid
quadrifid
quinquefid
sexfid
sexifid
octofid
novemfid
decemfid
duodecimfid
centifidous
multifid
multifidous
Derived terms: trifid cipher
landscapist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: landscapists
Etymology: From landscape + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An artist who paints landscapes.
glosses: A landscape gardener.
Related terms: landscapism
indoctrinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of indoctrination
Xanatos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Alternative spelling of Thanatos.
extra base hits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of extra base hit
ontological argument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ontological arguments
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
synonyms: ontological proof
hypernyms: argument
glosses: A type of argument which maintains that the existence of God can be deduced from an analysis of the concept of God.
Related terms: cosmological argument
teleological argument
APIPA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of automatic private IP addressing: a safety mechanism in dynamic host client processing to assign IP addresses within a given range when the main DHCP mechanism fails.
ontological arguments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ontological argument
elemi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: elemis
Senses: glosses: A tree, Canarium luzonicum, native to the Philippines.
glosses: A resin harvested from the tree.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Canarium schweinfurthii
word: African elemi
word: elemicin
orlop deck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: orlop decks
Etymology: orlop + deck
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: An orlop, the lowest deck in a ship.
houseboi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housebois
form: houseboy
Etymology: From house + boi.
Senses: examples: text: “‘Dear Chief: The bearer of this letter, Chow Lan Chu, my houseboi, is a great thief and steals whatever he can lay his hands on. […]’”
ref: 1922, Stephen Piero Sergius Rudinger de Rodyenko, Small Me: A Story of Shanghai Life, The James A. McCann Company, page 36:
text: […] While still a pup, / You put him in a sack, then beat it / With a stick. When howls and yelpings die, / You send the houseboi out to set him free.
ref: 1969, Louis Johnson, “The Way to Train a Dog” (poem), reprinted in Louis Johnson (poet), Terry Sturm (editor), Selected Poems, Victoria University Press (2000), page 101
text: […] he seduces his houseboi’s wife, his Mary, and fires the houseboi. […] ¶ “You’ve got no authority over my private life. What about your wife, she’s a bit on the dark side, isn't she?” ¶ “I didn’t steal my wife from my houseboi. And we’re legally married.”
ref: 1992, Angelika Fremd, The Glass Inferno, University of Queensland Press, →ISBN, pages 123–4:
text: For most colonial wives, the houseboi, the domestic servant, was the first real contact with a native.
ref: 2007, Anne Dickson-Waiko, “Colonial Enclaves and Domestic Spaces in British New Guinea”, in Kate Darian-Smith et al., editors, Britishness abroad: transnational movements and imperial cultures, Melbourne University Press, →ISBN, page 222:
glosses: A domestic manservant, particularly colonial.
Related terms: boi
puppy dog eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: puppy-dog eyes
Senses: synonyms: puppy eyes
glosses: A facial expression showing credulous or unsophisticated innocence or naivety.
Related terms: doggy dinner bowl look
goo-goo eyes
puppy-dog eyes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of puppy dog eyes.
beef jerky
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beef jerkies
Etymology: From beef + jerky.
Senses: glosses: Jerked meat of bovine origin.
antimonite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: antimonites
Etymology: From antimony + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: stibnite
glosses: A grey mineral, antimony sulfide (Sb₂S₃) that is the main source of antimony; stibnite
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several oxyanions of antimony such as H₂SbO₃⁻; any salt containing this ion
herber
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: herbers
Etymology: From Middle English herber, erber (“pleasure garden; herb garden”). Doublet of arbour.
Senses: glosses: A garden in which herbs and vegetables are grown; a herbarium
hyposulfite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyposulfites
form: hyposulphite
Etymology: From hypo- + sulfite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The SO₂²⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this ion
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The thiosulfate anion and salts
Derived terms: hyposulfite of soda
Related terms: hyposulfurous
hyposulphite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyposulphites
Etymology: From hypo- + sulphite.
Senses: examples: text: The new fulminate consists of a mixture of chlorate of potash, with the prussiates, soluble or unsoluble, the hyposulphites, the hypophosphites, the phosphides, the amorphous phosphorus, alone or combined.
ref: 1867, Edmund Ronalds, Thomas Richardson, Chemical Technology, page 696:
glosses: Alternative spelling of hyposulfite.
perrhenate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: perrhenates
Etymology: From per- + rhenate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The ReO₄⁻ oxyanion; any salt containing this anion
plumbite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plumbites
Etymology: From plumb- + -ite.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The PbO₂²⁻ oxyanion or hydrated forms; any salt containing this anion
bimmy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimmies
Senses: glosses: A sennet whip.
sennet whip
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sennet whips
Etymology: From sennet + whip.
Senses: glosses: An implement for informal corporal punishment, usually consisting of about 18 inches of rope, made heavier and more brittle by dipping in hot tar, usually with a knot in the receiving end, or simulated by pleating leather shoelaces to form a single length as a thin whip.
Synonyms: bimmy
teazer
togey
teazer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtiːzə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: teazers
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of teaser, referring to it being lighter than formal punitive instruments.
Senses: glosses: sennet whip, an implement for informal corporal punishment, formerly used in the Royal Navy.
teazer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtiːzə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: teazers
Etymology: Corrupted from French tiser (“to feed a fire”).
Senses: examples: text: The above four sets of workmen, with a teazer and lear man, changing every six hours, constitute the complement for one furnace
ref: 1849, Apsley Pellatt, Curiosities of Glass Making:
glosses: The stoker or fireman of a furnace, as in glassworking.
gallica
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gallicas
Senses: glosses: Any plant of the fragrant rose species Rosa gallica, or of the class of cultivars developed from it.
glosses: The flower of such a plant.
togey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: togeys
Senses: glosses: sennet whip
sennet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪt/
Forms: form: sennets
Etymology: Probably an alteration of the obsolete signet (“signal”)
Senses: glosses: a signal call given on a cornet or trumpet for entrance or exit on a theatrical stage
glosses: The barracuda.
Derived terms: southern sennet
sennet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛnɪt/
Forms: form: sennets
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of sennit.
Derived terms: sennet whip
happy families
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A children's card game played with a pack of 44 picture cards that depict a father, mother son and daughter of 11 families mostly having occupational surnames (e.g. Mr Bun the Baker); players have to collect entire families
suspective
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more suspective
form: most suspective
Etymology: From suspect + -ive.
Senses: glosses: Arousing or based on suspicion.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
qualifier: Korean language
glosses: Being or relating to a specific Korean verb form usually formed with the suffix -지 (-ji, “-ji”), and typically used to deny or qualify something said by another.
sennit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sennits
form: sennet
form: sinnet
form: sinnate
Etymology: Perhaps from French coussinet, diminutive of coussin (“cushion”) because it is used to protect cables from fraying
Senses: glosses: braided cord or fabric of such small stuff as plaited rope yarns
examples: text: In the 19th century British sailors wore sennit or sennet hats. Originally made by the sailors themselves they could be waterproofed with tar.
glosses: plaited or braided straw or grass which is used for making hats and for a variety of ornamental crafts
tenue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɪˈnjuː/
Forms: form: tenues
Etymology: From French.
Senses: glosses: bearing, carriage, deportment
glosses: mode of dress
Related terms: tenue de ville
rope yarn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rope yarns
Senses: examples: text: Sideways leaning, we sideways darted; every ropeyarn tingling like a wire; the two tall masts buckling like Indian canes in land tornadoes.
ref: 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 13”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
glosses: The yarn or thread composing the strands of a rope.
examples: text: That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
glosses: A yarn of fibers, twisted up loosely and right-handedly.
Derived terms: Rope Yarn Sunday
sizzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪzləɹ/
rhymes: -ɪzlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: sizzlers
Etymology: From sizzle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The cannelloni ($5.50) bubbles and hisses, a creamy sizzler with a blanket of fresh chopped parsley covering that lovely noodle dough; its forcemeat of pork and chicken is both rich and mild, and the Alfredo sauce isn't overcheesed.
ref: 1980, New York Magazine, volume 13, number 38, page 38:
glosses: One who, or that which, sizzles.
glosses: A person who is very sexually attractive.
glosses: An Indian dish of meat and vegetables served sizzling on a hot plate.
examples: text: Today's a real sizzler, so it would be wise to put on sunscreen.
synonyms: scorcher
stinker
glosses: A very hot day.
sensorial
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɛnˈsɔː.ɹi.əl/
rhymes: -ɔːɹiəl
Forms: form: more sensorial
form: most sensorial
Etymology: Either sensorium + -al or sensory + -al. Ultimately from Latin sentiō.
Senses: examples: text: Esquivel invites the reader to re-assess conventional approaches to literature and to experience the pleasure, through flagrant sight-gags, such as when Tita drops the apricots on Pedro’s head (38), and, especially, through the sensorial stimuli—the scents, tastes, colors and textures—induced by food.
ref: 1995, Kristine Ibsen, “On Recipes, Reading and Revolution: Postboom Parody in Como agua para chocolate”, in Hispanic Review, volume 63, number 2, →JSTOR, page 138:
text: Five years ago, I began to create a mixture of print/digital work that emerged as a popular series called “Reactive Books.” In this endeavor, I focused on developing not just “interactive” media, but “reactive” media, where the interaction hits at a more sensorial level.
ref: 1998 June 1, John Maeda, “The South Face of the Mountain”, in MIT Technology Review:
text: Combined with the scent of stale air inside the tent and the snores of another person nearby, the sensorial collage conjured memories of brighter days camping with his father the king… even hunting trips with his younger brother before Dolvek had become so insufferable.
ref: 2017, J. F. Lewis, “Royal Contingencies”, in Oathkeeper:
glosses: Of or pertaining to sensation or the senses; sensory.
Derived terms: intersensorial
multisensorial
neurosensorial
psychosensorial
sensorially
somatosensorial
viscerosensorial
just in case
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/
Senses: examples: text: I'll take an umbrella, just in case.
synonyms: to be on the safe side
glosses: To provide for a possible event as a precaution.
just in case
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdʒʌst ɪn ˈkeɪs/
Senses: examples: text: I'll take an umbrella, just in case it rains.
text: 1629, Roger Williams et al., The Correspondence of Roger Williams, Brown University Press (reprinted 1988, →ISBN, page 204,
Dudley and his council "gave no credit to these suspicions" but decided to strengthen the colony's defenses just in case the rumors turned out to be true.
text: 1981, John H. G. Pell, "General George Washington's Visit to Fort Ticonderoga in July 1783", Bulletin of the Fort Ticonderoga Museum, Volume XIV, Number 1, Summer 1981, Fort Ticonderoga Museum, page 260,
Throughout 1782 and most of 1783 there was a mixture of defacto [sic] peace but preparedness for war just in case it should be resumed, a sort of cold war.
synonyms: in the event that
glosses: To provide for the possible event that.
examples: text: The negation of a disjunction is true just in case both disjuncts are false.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Synonym of if and only if.
synonyms: word: if and only if
vocate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vocates
form: vocating
form: vocated
form: vocated
Senses: examples: text: That if Mr. Henop, your present minister, should approve of the aforesaid vocation, your congregation be at perfect liberty to vocate any minister who is a member of the synod; as likewise the minister, being thus vocated, is authorised to accept the vocation.
ref: 1818, Thomas Harris (Jr.), John McHenry, Maryland Reports:
text: Yet in the remote parishes it would be mearly impossible to find medical men of superior talent to vocate for want of adequate practice.
ref: 1840, Report of the Poor Law Commissioners to the Most Noble the Marquis of Normanby:
text: The congregation has the right and duty to vocate a pastor, who must be of the Evangelical Lutheran confession, to honor him, to submit to his official acts as long as they are based on the Word of God.
ref: 1899, The Pacific Reporter - Volume 58, page 974:
glosses: To appoint to a religious office.
viticultural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From viticulture + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to viticulture.
fermentations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fermentation
novate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈveɪt/
Forms: form: novates
form: novating
form: novated
form: novated
Etymology: First attested in 1611; borrowed from Latin novātus, perfect passive participle of novō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To replace something with something new
topics: law
glosses: To replace a contract (especially a financial contract) with one or more new contracts.
Related terms: innovate
novation
renovate
keirin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keirins
Etymology: From Japanese 競輪 (keirin, “racing cycles”).
Senses: examples: text: The keirin is one of the few track cycling events not originating in the West, having been developed in Japan. […] Keirin is extrememly popular in Japan, in particular because of gambling on the races.
ref: 2011, Bill Mallon, Jeroen Heijmans, Historical Dictionary of Cycling, Scarecrow Press, →ISBN, page 113:
text: Japan, however, has developed the distinctive cycling subculture of Keirin racing. Launched in Japanese velodromes in 1948 as a state regulated system designed to cream-off a percentage of stake money to support Japan's newly reconstituted bicycle industry […]
ref: 2016, Glen Norcliffe, Critical Geographies of Cycling: History, Political Economy and Culture, Routledge, →ISBN:
qualifier: cycle racing
glosses: A form of track cycling originating in Japan, where riders must initially race behind a motorised pace-setter, the derny.
Related terms: derny
blancmange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bləˈmɒndʒ/
ipa: /bləˈmɒnʒ/
ipa: /bləˈmɑndʒ/
ipa: /bləˈmɑnʒ/
Forms: form: blancmanges
form: blanc manger
form: blanc-manger
form: blancmanger
Etymology: From Middle English blancmanger, blomanger, from Old French blanc mangier (“white food”). The pudding evolved from the chicken dish. Compare French blanc-manger.
Senses: examples: text: “That looks too pretty to eat,” he said, smiling with pleasure, as Jo uncovered the dish, and showed the blanc-mange
ref: 1868, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women:
text: I was a snarler. I prided myself on being a snarler. I would go to great lengths to avoid stereotypical feminine behaviour. I thought that in being outrageous or out of control, which I viewed as synonymous, I was thumbing my nose at the patriarchy. My biggest fear about AA was that I would lose my edge. Turn into blancmange.
ref: 2010, Kate Jennings, Trouble: Evolution of a Radical: Selected Writings 1970-2010, page 36:
text: Yet the shootout was only part of the story against tough, obdurate opponents – “animals” according to Chris Waddle in his radio commentary – on a night when Colombia’s supporters had filled this stadium in swathes of bright yellow, bouncing and swaying like human blancmange and creating a raucous din.
ref: 2018 July 3, Daniel Taylor, “England knock Colombia out of World Cup in last-16 penalty shootout”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
examples: text: Chaucer's Cook made blancmange with the best of them, according to the Prologue to the Tales. There were two versions of this popular dish in Chaucer's day, one made with fish and the other with capon or chicken.
ref: 2011, Annette Hope, Londoners' Larder: English Cuisine from Chaucer to the Present, →ISBN:
glosses: A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.
Derived terms: blancmange curve
blancmangey
Bardolino
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A town in Verona, Veneto.
Bardolino
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Bardolinos
Senses: glosses: A light red wine from the region around this town; similar to Valpolicella.
lemon meringue pie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lemon meringue pies
Senses: examples: text: On the plate was a tall, glistening slice of lemon meringue pie, vivid yellow and fluffy white.
ref: 2022, Rachel Linden, The Magic of Lemon Drop Pie, Berkley, →ISBN, page 325:
synonyms: lemon meringue
glosses: A pie made of meringue, pastry and lemon curd.
Related terms: A recipe on Wikibooks
ephah
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephahs
form: epha
form: ephi
Etymology: From Hebrew אֵיפָה (eifá), from Egyptian jpt (“oipe, a dry measure of volume about 19.2 liters”). Doublet of oipe.
Senses: examples: text: Ye shall have just balances, and a just ephah, and a just bath. The ephah and the bath shall be of one measure, that the bath may contain the tenth part of an homer, and the ephah the tenth part of an homer: the measure thereof shall be after the homer.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ezekiel 45:10–11:
topics: units-of-measure
glosses: A former Hebrew unit of dry volume (about 23 L).
Meronyms: cab
kab (1⁄18 ephah)
omer
issaron (1⁄10 ephah)
seah (1⁄3 ephah)
lethek
lethech (5 ephahs)
homer
chomer
cor
kor (10 ephahs)
teleological argument
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: teleological arguments
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
synonyms: argument from design
hypernyms: argument
glosses: A type of argument for the existence of God, stating that orderliness of nature is evidence of design, therefore also of a designer.
Related terms: cosmological argument
intelligent design
ontological argument
physicotheology
epha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ephas
Senses: topics: units-of-measure
glosses: Alternative spelling of ephah.
argument from design
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: arguments from design
Senses: topics: lifestyle
religion
theology
glosses: A teleological argument.
Related terms: intelligent design
malvasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmalvəˈsɪə/
ipa: /ˌmælvəˈsi.ə/
ipa: /ˌmælvəˈzi.ə/
rhymes: -iːə
Forms: form: malvasias
Etymology: From Italian, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.
Senses: glosses: A variety of grape, originally from the region of the Aegean, now used to make malmsey wine.
wikipedia: Monemvasia
oolith
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊəlɪθ/
ipa: /ˈoʊəˌlɪθ/
Forms: form: ooliths
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin oolithus; the Latin word was coined by the German doctor and mineralogist Franz Ernst Brückmann (1697–1753) as a translation of German Rogenstein (“oolite”) (Rogen (“fish roe”) + Stein (“stone”)). Oolithus is derived from Ancient Greek ᾠόν (ōión, “egg; seed”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew- (“to clothe oneself, dress; to be dressed”), in the sense of a bird being clothed in feathers) + λῐ́θος (lĭ́thos, “a stone; stone as a substance”) (see further at that entry), analysable as oo- + -lith.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
synonyms: word: oolite
glosses: A spherical granule of which oolite is composed, formed by concentric accretion of thin layers of a mineral (usually calcium carbonate (limestone) but also others such as dolomite and silica) around a core; an ooid.
glosses: Oolite.
Related terms: word: oolite
word: oolithic
word: oolitic
word: oolitiferous
first cause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first causes
form: First Cause
Senses: topics: human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
theology
glosses: An initial cause from which all other causes and effects follow.
Synonyms: first mover
prime mover
primum mobile
teleological arguments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleological argument
cosmological arguments
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of cosmological argument
First Cause
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: First Causes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of first cause.
coleopterist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coleopterists
Senses: examples: text: Recently, another coleopterist collected Brachys barberi—more typically a southwestern species—on Quercus harvardii (shinnery oak) at this spot.
ref: 2022 May 14, Ted C. MacRae, Cupressaceae:
topics: biology
entomology
natural-sciences
synonyms: coleopterologist
glosses: One who studies beetles.
Related terms: coleopterological
coleopterologist
coleopterology
merogamy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /mɪˈɹɒɡəmi/
Etymology: From French mérogamie, corresponding to mero- + -gamy.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Merogony.
teleologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of teleology
cheesery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: chēʹzər-ē
ipa: /t͡ʃiːˈzər.iː/
ipa: /t͡ʃiˈzər.i/
Forms: form: cheeseries
Etymology: From cheese + -ery.
Senses: glosses: A bakery, cooking house, plant or other factory that specializes in making cheese.
Related terms: dairy
tellurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named in 1849 because of its chemical composition.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A yellowish mineral, tellurium dioxide (TeO₂).
tellurite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tellurites
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion TeO₃²⁻ derived from tellurous acid; any salt containing this anion.
tetrahydroxyborate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrahydroxyborates
Etymology: From tetra- + hydroxy- + borate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion B(OH)₄⁻ obtained by the reaction of hydroxide with boric acid; any salt containing this ion
peroxomonosulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: peroxomonosulfates
form: peroxomonosulphate
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion SO₅²⁻; any salt containing this ion
tetrathionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetrathionates
Etymology: From tetrathionic acid + -ate (“derivative”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion S₄O₆²⁻ derived from tetrathionic acid; any salt containing this ion.
persulfate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: persulfates
form: persulphate
Etymology: From per- + sulfate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several oxyanions (and their associated salts) that have peroxide units linked to one or more sulfur atoms
Derived terms: monopersulfate
dithionate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dithionates
Etymology: From dithionic acid + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The oxyanion S₂O₆²⁻ derived from dithionic acid; any salt containing this ion
borky
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From bork + -y.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: broken
croyn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: croyns
form: croyning
form: croyned
form: croyned
Senses: glosses: Cry as deer do at rutting time; murmur deeply.
jaws of life
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: By analogy with an actual jaw and the fact that this mechanical device allows the possibility of preserving the life of the victim being rescued.
Senses: examples: text: 2005, Mary Gordon, Pearl
Isn't there some machine used in car wrecks to extricate people called the jaws of life?
text: The power of the “jaws of life” were shown first and set aside.
ref: 2005, Chuck McCann, Short, Shorter and Shorter Stories, Volume 1, page 388
text: 2009, Tony Evans, Tony Evan's Book of Illustrations
Even when drivers have had wrecks through no one's fault but their own, rescue crews still employ the "jaws of life" to get them out of trouble.
text: For the most terrible of car accidents, jaws of life have to be used to extricate the injured.
topics: firefighting
government
glosses: Emergency rescue equipment used to open a severely damaged passenger vehicle with a strong mechanical jaw function that forcibly pushes or pulls metal components apart, to quickly and somewhat safely extricate the trapped occupants.
jaws of death
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: "And then at last I see him, and behold, my chance is gone but by a hair's breadth even before I have it, for he is in the very jaws of death, whence no power of mine can draw him."
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
qualifier: cliche
glosses: A very narrowly avoided, or close to, fatal situation.
Related terms: gates of death
gates of Hell
impotable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From im- + potable.
Senses: synonyms: undrinkable
antonyms: drinkable
potable
glosses: not drinkable
NTL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of National Transportation Library, part of the United States Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics.
APTS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of Advanced Public Transportation Systems.
Related terms: IHVS
IHVS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of intelligent vehicle highway systems.
Related terms: APTS
CMAQ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of congestion mitigation and air quality.
AFCS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of automatic/automated fare collection system.
CAAA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Clean Air Amendment Act of 1990.
ISTEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act.
MDBF
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of mean distance between failures.
TWU
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: qualifier: labor union
glosses: Initialism of Transport Workers Union.
WBE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: WBEs
Senses: topics: business
glosses: Initialism of women's business enterprise.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Initialism of Web-based Engineering.
filmer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filmers
Etymology: From film + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who films with a camera.
glosses: One who copies media to microfilm.
TRB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Transportation Research Board.
glosses: Initialism of Toll Regulatory Board.
TRB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: Initialism of tap, rack, bang.
TRT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: transport
glosses: Initialism of Transportation Research Thesaurus.
TRT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of testosterone replacement therapy.
ski pole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ski poles
Senses: glosses: A slender stick used by skiers in both hands to improve speed and balance.
Synonyms: ski stick
BATF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (now the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives).
Derived terms: BATFE
BATFE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Related terms: BATF
USSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United States secret service.
CWA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Civil Works Administration.
examples: text: DOJ is asking for $64,618 per day, per violation of the CWA and $55,808 per day or $2,232 per barrel of oil or unit of hazardous substance, per violation of the CWA – but it was not immediately clear from the suit how many days the DOJ considered the violation to be applicable.
ref: 2023 March 31, Alisha Ebrahimji and Andi Babineau, “US Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern following train derailment in East Palestine”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Clean Water Act.
examples: text: But CWA is focused on upping investment in job creation, not just low prices. As part of the proposed merger, AT&T has agreed to make significant investment in new mobile broadband services which could lead to the creation of up to 96,000 new jobs.
ref: 2011 September 4, Will Marshall, “Why America Needs a New Deal for Labor and Business”, in The Atlantic:
text: In January, workers at Google formed a solidarity union in affiliation with CWA. The following month, Medium workers announced plans to unionize as well (the organization recently failed to win majority support in a third-party election and is momentarily pausing organizing activities).
ref: 2021 March 2, Brian Heater, “Following unionization, Glitch signs collective bargaining agreement”, in TechCrunch:
glosses: Initialism of Communications Workers of America.
glosses: Initialism of Country Women's Association.
FERA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Federal Emergency Relief Administration.
FWP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FWPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of first world problem.
FWP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Federal Writers' Project.
HOLC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Home Owners' Loan Corporation.
NYA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Youth Administration.
NIRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Industrial Recovery Act.
PRRA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Puerto Rico Reconstruction Administration.
USHA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of United States Housing Authority.
WPA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Woomera Prohibited Area.
qualifier: Wi-Fi
glosses: Initialism of Wi-Fi Protected Access.
examples: text: Sadie wears a big straw hat, and she has climbed up the ladder and set a wicker basket on the top step. She looks so fine and wholesome, like a girl in a WPA poster.
ref: 2022, Gabrielle Zevin, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, Vintage (2023), pages 364-365:
glosses: Initialism of Works Progress Administration.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Windows Product Activation.
Hyponyms: sense: Wi-Fi
word: WPA2
sense: Wi-Fi
word: WPA3
WBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of World Boxing Association.
glosses: Initialism of West Bromwich Albion, an English football team from West Bromwich.
WBO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of World Boxing Organization.
IBF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Boxing Federation.
IBA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of International Bartenders Association.
glosses: Initialism of InfiniBand Architecture.
glosses: Initialism of Institute of Business Administration.
glosses: Initialism of International Bank of Asia.
glosses: Initialism of International Bodyboarding Association.
glosses: Initialism of International Boxing Association (amateur)
examples: text: The IBA had been stripped of recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) over governance failures and therefore it was the IOC which ran – and set the entry criteria for – the Olympic boxing competitions in Paris.
ref: 2024 November 4, Jamie Gardner, “Mandatory genetic testing in sport ‘not justified, ethical or viable’, say academics”, in The Independent:
glosses: Initialism of International Boxing Association (professional)
glosses: Initialism of International Bryozoology Association.
glosses: Initialism of International Business Alliance.
glosses: Initialism of Iron Butt Association.
glosses: Initialism of Israel Broadcasting Authority.
glosses: Initialism of International Basketball Association.
glosses: Initialism of International Bar Association.
glosses: Initialism of Independent Broadcasting Authority.
IBA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: IBAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Important Bird Area.
glosses: Initialism of incinerator bottom ash.
glosses: Initialism of indole-3-butyric acid - auxin, a plant "rooting hormone".
glosses: Initialism of ion beam analysis, an analytical technique.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of Interceptor Body Armor.
Related terms: Iba
phasianid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪʃənɪd/
ipa: /ˈfeɪʃənəd/
Forms: form: more phasianid
form: most phasianid
Etymology: New Latin phasianida from Latin phasianus (“pheasant”).
Senses: examples: text: The chukar, a bird of the phasianid family, is distributed in Israel across a sharp climatic cline from Mediterranean regions in the north to extremely arid areas only ~200 km away in the Negev Desert.
glosses: Of or relating to semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds, such as pheasants, quails, peafowl, junglefowl, and guinea fowl.
examples: text: The megapode is viewed as a ‘specialised’ galliform, having extended the phasianid incubation period and producing superprecocial hatchlings that have developed in the egg for a further four weeks.
glosses: Specifically, belonging to the zoologic family Phasianidae, or associated with species falling under that taxonomic hierarchy.
Synonyms: sense: belonging to the Phasianidae
word: phasianous
phasianid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪʃənɪd/
ipa: /ˈfeɪʃənəd/
Forms: form: phasianids
Etymology: New Latin phasianida from Latin phasianus (“pheasant”).
Senses: examples: text: It is a medium-sized phasianid: males can weight even 600 grams and are bigger than the females. Moreover, unlike the females, they have ergots on the claws.
text: Typical of many phasianid birds, guinea fowl are capable runners that have strong burst-flight capacities but little endurance in flight.
glosses: Any semiflightless, gallinaceous game bird.
bulldozing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of bulldoze
bulldozing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bulldozings
Senses: examples: text: With the exception of approximately 130 acres which were treated in 1948, all of the bulldozings were carried out from April, 1946, to July, 1947.
ref: 1948, Pennsylvania Game News, volumes 19-20, page 180:
glosses: An act of demolition with a bulldozer.
calving
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkævɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkɑːvɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of calve
calving
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkævɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈkɑːvɪŋ/
Forms: form: calvings
Senses: glosses: The act of giving birth to a calf
glosses: The breaking away of a mass of ice from a glacier, iceberg etc.
glosses: The process by which an iceberg is formed.
Derived terms: calving jack
biobank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biobanks
Etymology: From bio- + bank.
Senses: examples: 2016, Alysson Bessani et al, "BiobankCloud: A Platform for the Secure Storage, Sharing, and Processing of Large Biomedical Data Sets" (abstract), Biomedical Data Management and Graph Online Querying.
Biobanks store and catalog human biological material that is increasingly being digitized using next-generation sequencing (NGS).
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of several types of repository of biological material (e.g. seeds) or information (e.g. DNA).
Derived terms: biobanker
biobanking
biobank
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biobanks
form: biobanking
form: biobanked
form: biobanked
Etymology: From bio- + bank.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: To store (biological material) in a biobank.
skeptics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of skeptic
biologists
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biologist
predators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of predator
bursaries
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bursary
junglefowl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: junglefowl
form: junglefowls
form: jungle fowl
Etymology: From jungle + fowl.
Senses: examples: text: The red junglefowl is said to be the original “chicken” from which all domestic chickens are descended, based on comments and observations made by Darwin.
glosses: Any of four semiflightless, gallinaceous game birds of the genus Gallus, native to southeast Asia, including the red junglefowl or domestic chicken.
Hyponyms: chicken
Derived terms: taxonomic: Gallus varius
word: green junglefowl
taxonomic: Gallus sonneratii
word: grey junglefowl
taxonomic: Gallus gallus
word: red junglefowl
word: Sri Lanka junglefowl
taxonomic: Gallus lafayettii
word: Sri Lankan junglefowl
atomistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌætəˈmɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more atomistic
form: most atomistic
Etymology: From atom + -istic.
Senses: examples: text: It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.
ref: 1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend:
glosses: Of or pertaining to atoms or to atomism.
antonyms: holistic
glosses: Divided into separate elements; not holistic.
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: Of a market: divided such that no single actor can noticeably affect market-wide values such as the price; competitive.
Derived terms: atomistically
nonatomistic
atomism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atomisms
Etymology: From atom + -ism.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The ancient Greek theory that all matter is composed of very small indestructible and indivisible particles.
topics: human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The doctrine that society arises from individuals and that larger structures are unimportant.
Derived terms: logical atomism
Related terms: atomistic
2D
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: coordinate_terms: 1D
3D
4D
glosses: Abbreviation of two-dimensional.
examples: text: 2D food always looks so delicious.
topics: lifestyle
coordinate_terms: 3D
glosses: In an anime, as opposed to real life.
invaginates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of invaginate
invaginating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of invaginate
invaginated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of invaginate
invaginations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of invagination
invacuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: invacuates
form: invacuating
form: invacuated
form: invacuated
Etymology: Based on evacuate, with in- inserted instead of its opposite, e-.
Senses: glosses: to confine (people) to a closed area in an emergency situation
Derived terms: invacuation
invacuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of invacuate
invacuating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of invacuate
invacuated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of invacuate
evacuates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of evacuate
Invernesses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Inverness
whale oils
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of whale oil
nonautomotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + automotive.
Senses: glosses: Not automotive; not relating to automobiles.
rear-end
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: rear-ends
form: rear-ending
form: rear-ended
form: rear-ended
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Of a vehicle, to strike (another vehicle) from behind.
incudes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of incus
cloud burst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cloud bursts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of cloudburst.
copepods
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of copepod