cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
tariff
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæɹɪf/
ipa: /ˈtæɹəf/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈtɛɹəf/
ipa: /ˈtæɹəf/
Forms: form: tariffs
Etymology: From French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه (ta'rife), from Classical Persian تَعْرِفَه (ta'rifa), from Arabic تَعْرِفَة (taʕrifa, “tariff, rate”), from the root ع ر ف (ʕ r f).
Senses: examples: text: For the sake of this support, the party advocated for agricultural tariffs, for antimargarine laws, and for restrictions on meat importation.
ref: 2004, Michael B Gross, The war against Catholicism:
text: Possibly Wallonians bought goods in Flanders that they could have obtained cheaper in Holland if it were not for the tariff.
ref: 2012, Bert van Selm, The Economics of Soviet Breakup:
text: It’s been nearly four years since China put tariffs on American-grown soybeans during a tit-for-tat trade war with then-President Donald Trump – and they remain in place despite the change in administrations.
ref: 2022 May 8, Katie Lobosco, “Trump’s trade war looms over soybean farmers 4 years later”, in CNN:
text: Speaking to press in the Oval Office on Friday after signing executive orders, Trump said the tariff would apply to any phone maker selling devices in the US.
ref: 2025 May 23, David Goldman and Clare Duffy, “Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple and says Samsung and other tech companies could be next”, in CNN:
glosses: A system of government-imposed duties levied on imported or exported goods; a list of such duties, or the duties themselves.
examples: text: Under a peak/off-peak electricity tariff, you pay a lower rate for the power when demand is less.
text: There is a tariff in every carriage, and most of them also have taxometers.
ref: 1906, Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Manufactures, Monthly Consular and Trade Reports (number 313, page 75)
glosses: A schedule of rates, fees or prices.
glosses: A sentence determined according to a scale of standard penalties for certain categories of crime.
Derived terms: countertariff
non-tariff
nontariff
social tariff
tariff barrier
tariffless
whole life tariff
tariff
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæɹɪf/
ipa: /ˈtæɹəf/
note: Mary–marry–merry merger
ipa: /ˈtɛɹəf/
ipa: /ˈtæɹəf/
Forms: form: tariffs
form: tariffing
form: tariffed
form: tariffed
Etymology: From French tarif, from Italian tariffa, from Ottoman Turkish تعرفه (ta'rife), from Classical Persian تَعْرِفَه (ta'rifa), from Arabic تَعْرِفَة (taʕrifa, “tariff, rate”), from the root ع ر ف (ʕ r f).
Senses: examples: text: From the perspective of foreign producers, it is more difficult to export tariffed goods to the US because US importers have to pay the tariff.
ref: 2024 December 5, Madison Minges, “Understanding Trump Tariffs 2.0”, in American University:
glosses: To levy a duty on (something).
levied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of levy
tartare sauce
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tartare sauces
form: tartar sauce
Etymology: From French sauce tartare.
Senses: glosses: A sauce made from mayonnaise and a chopped mixture of pickled gherkins, capers, olives and shallots; traditionally served with fish or other seafood.
task-force
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: task-forces
Senses: glosses: a temporary group of military units brought together, under a single commander, to accomplish a specific objective
glosses: a similar group of individuals assigned a task
Galliano
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gallianos
Senses: glosses: Liquore Galliano L'Autentico, a bright yellow Italian liqueur flavoured with herbs, star anise and vanilla, and used in several cocktails including Harvey Wallbanger
D.Sc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Science.
DMA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DMAs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Musical Arts.
glosses: Initialism of direct marketing association.
glosses: Initialism of designated market area.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of direct memory access.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of direct memory addressing.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Initialism of direct market access.
DMA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: The other law announced by the European Commission on Tuesday, the Digital Markets Act (DMA), is closer to antitrust legislation.
ref: 2020 December 15, Billy Perrigo, “European Union Announces New Big Tech Regulations”, in Time:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Digital Markets Act.
D.Arch.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Doctor of Architecture.
Related terms: Ph.D.
Harari
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Hararis
form: Harari
Senses: examples: text: After taking over leadership of the town, Amir Abdullahi, a Harari, attempted to spread Islam among the rural Oromo, and he strictly enforced Islamic laws in the town, efforts that earned him an honored position in Harari historical recollections.
ref: 2004, Tim Carmichael, “Religion, Language, and Nationalism: Harari Muslims in Christian Ethiopia”, in R. Michael Feener, editor, Islam in World Cultures. Comparative Perspectives, Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio, →ISBN, page 222:
synonyms: word: Geyusu
glosses: One of an ethnic people of Ethiopia.
Harari
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more Harari
form: most Harari
Senses: glosses: Relating to the Harari people of Ethiopia.
Harari
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: synonyms: Hararese
glosses: The Ethiosemitic language of these people.
glosses: A small region of Ethiopia, located inside the region of Oromia
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Harari terms
tasteless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈteɪstləs/
Forms: form: more tasteless
form: most tasteless
form: tastelesse
Etymology: From taste + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: untasteable
text: They accused the cook of being a hack, claiming that the soup was tasteless.
hypernyms: untasty
coordinate_terms: distasteful
glosses: Having no flavour; bland; insipid.
examples: text: They accused the designer of being a tasteless hack.
text: That was a rather tasteless attack on the designer, especially given that many people like the design.
synonyms: word: untasteful
word: bedizened
word: blatant
word: blingish
word: brash
word: catchpenny
word: chichi
word: chintzy
word: crass
word: crude
word: flashy
word: flaunting
word: florid
word: flossy
word: froufrou
word: garish
word: gauche
word: gaudy
word: gay
word: glaring
word: gross
word: gussied up
word: hideous
word: kitschy
word: loud
word: meretricious
word: obtrusive
word: ostentatious
word: pizazzy
word: pretentious
word: ritzy
word: raffish
word: showy
word: snazzy
word: splendiferous
word: tacky
word: tasteless
word: tawdry
word: tinselly
word: too much
word: unbecoming
word: untasteful
word: vain
word: whorish
word: zesty
antonyms: tasteful
glosses: Lacking delicacy, refinement, and good taste; unbecoming; crass.
Derived terms: tastelessness
tastelessly
Related terms: all one's taste is in one's mouth
tattered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætəd/
ipa: /ˈtætɚd/
Forms: form: tottered
Etymology: From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse tǫturr. Originally, it was derived from the noun, but it was later reanalysed as a past participle (tatter + -ed), whereafter the verb came into being. Compare tatter.
Senses: examples: text: The chattering, irrational brute of the subconscious clothes itself in the tattered garments of rationality and idealism.
ref: 1919, Boris Sidis, The Source and Aim of Human Progress:
synonyms: raggedy
ragtag
tatterdemalion
glosses: Rent in tatters, torn, hanging in rags; ragged.
examples: text: This is the Prieſt all ſhaven and ſhorn, that married the man all tattered and torn[.]
ref: 1784, The House that Jack Built, page 8:
text: The tattered man waved his hand.
ref: 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter X, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, page 101:
synonyms: word: raggy
word: bedraggled
word: blowsy
word: dishevelled
word: dowdy
word: dowdyish
word: down at heel
word: downgone
word: qualifier
word: draggle-tailed
word: draggled
word: frowsy
word: frumpy
word: grotty
word: grufty
word: grungy
word: hashy
word: mangy
word: mean
word: out at the heels
word: piggy
word: ragtag
word: ribby
word: schleppy
word: schlumpy
word: scratty
word: scrofulous
word: scroungy
word: scruffy
word: scrungy
word: seedy
word: shabby
word: slammocky
word: slatternly
word: slobbish
word: slobby
word: sloppy
word: slovenlike
word: slovenly
word: slummocky
word: sluttish
word: tacky
word: tore up
word: trampish
word: unfine
word: unkemmed
word: unkempt
word: unshaven
glosses: Dressed in tatters or rags; ragged.
synonyms: word: clapped out
word: damaged
word: defective
word: deteriorated
word: dilapidated
word: effete
word: faulty
word: munted
word: outworn
word: passé
word: raddled
word: ragged
word: ravaged
word: rinky-dink
word: shabby
word: unimproved
word: wasted
word: weakened
word: wrecked
word: wrecksome
word: worn
word: worn-out
word: worsened
word: shabby
word: tacky
word: scroungy
word: beat
word: beat up
word: beaten up
word: bedraggled
word: broken-down
word: crumbling
word: derelict
word: dilapidated
word: draggled
word: neglected
word: ramshackle
word: ruinous
word: run-down
word: seedy
word: tatterdemalion
word: timeworn
word: tumbledown
glosses: Dilapidated; showing gaps or breaks; jagged; broken.
Related terms: tatty
tatterdemalion
tattered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætəd/
ipa: /ˈtætɚd/
Forms: form: tottered
Etymology: From Middle English tatered, tatird, from Old Norse tǫturr. Originally, it was derived from the noun, but it was later reanalysed as a past participle (tatter + -ed), whereafter the verb came into being. Compare tatter.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tatter
tatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tatters
Etymology: From Middle English tater, from Old Norse tǫturr, from Proto-Germanic *tat(t)uraz (“tuft, patch”). Cognate with Icelandic tötur (“rag, tatter”).
Senses: examples: text: You can’t – you shan’t – you don’t – you won’t – you thing of rag and tatter, O!
ref: 1896, “Well You're a Pretty Kind of Fellow”, William S. Gilbert (lyrics), Sir Arthur Sullivan (music):
glosses: A shred of torn cloth; an individual item of torn and ragged clothing.
tatter
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tatters
form: tattering
form: tattered
form: tattered
Etymology: From Middle English tater, from Old Norse tǫturr, from Proto-Germanic *tat(t)uraz (“tuft, patch”). Cognate with Icelandic tötur (“rag, tatter”).
Senses: glosses: To destroy an article of clothing etc. by shredding.
glosses: To fall into tatters.
tatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætə(ɹ)/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: tatters
Etymology: From tat + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person engaged in tatting.
IP SAN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Internet Protocol Storage Area Network, a SAN that is transports its SCSI packets over a TCP/IP network.
tatting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætɪŋ/
rhymes: -ætɪŋ
Forms: form: tattings
Etymology: Unknown. The noun appears earlier than the verb. Attested since the mid-19th century.
Senses: examples: text: Best and largest collection of tatting work, not less than seven different articles, five dollars; best tatting collar, two dollars; […] best three tatting doylies, two dollars, Mrs. J. M. Junkin, Fairfield.
ref: 1888, Mrs. C. E. Barron, “Report of Committees. Class No. 196—Tatting Work”, in Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Iowa State Agricultural Society, page 234:
glosses: A form of looped and knotted lace needlework made from a single thread.
examples: text: While crocheting is the most popular feature in art needle work, tatting has now entered the field with such vigor that crocheting does not monopolize the situation.
ref: 1915, “Tatting and crocheting”, in Dry Goods Reporter, page 49:
glosses: The art of making such lace.
tatting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtætɪŋ/
rhymes: -ætɪŋ
Etymology: Unknown. The noun appears earlier than the verb. Attested since the mid-19th century.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tat
Related terms: tat
Small Computer Systems Interface
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: SCSI
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A standard interface and command set for transferring data between devices on a bus.
Synonyms: word: SCSI
Derived terms: iSCSI
SCSI
SAS
rat-a-tat-tat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -æt
Forms: form: rat-a-tat-tats
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: examples: text: A man, the source of the lamentation, appears and as he walks across the stage, his cries transmute into song, and the slow snare drum rat-a-tat-tat of Ravel’s composition begins.
ref: 2023 April 14, Rosyln Sulcas, “Review: Grief and Mourning, Delivered With Ecstatic Vitality”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon.
rat-a-tat-tat
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: -æt
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
Senses: glosses: A series of short, sharp taps, especially made by knocking on a door, beating a drum, or firing an automatic weapon.
CBIRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CBIRSs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of content-based image retrieval system.
cautery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɔːtəɹi/
Forms: form: cauteries
Etymology: From Latin cauterium (“branding iron”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The process of using either extreme heat or extreme cold to either cut or seal body tissue.
topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: A device used for cutting or sealing body tissue.
Derived terms: chemocautery
cryocautery
electrocautery
galvanocautery
microcautery
radiocautery
thermocautery
Related terms: cauterise
cauterisation
cauterant
cumshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌm.ʃɒt/
Forms: form: cumshots
form: cum shot
Etymology: From cum + shot.
Senses: examples: text: The focus here is on Blow Job’s seeming deviations from one of hard-core pornography's staples, the cum shot or money shot--that is, the ejaculation outside the sex partner's body as visual proof for the camera that male satisfaction has been achieved.
ref: 2003, Roy Grundmann, Andy Warhol's Blow Job, page 24:
text: The cum shot forms hardcore's pinnacle. It depicts ejaculation in close-up, always occurring outside the body of the sexual partner.
ref: 2004, Mieke Bal, Narrative Theory: Political narratology, page 297:
text: I began by specifying the conventions of the cum shot. In feature porn, ejaculation achieves its prominence under several precise conditions. [...] The first simply demands that ejaculation be visible. It is shown in the closest of possible close-ups. As the camera zooms in, the male performer withdraws from the body of his co-star, proceeds to masturbate, and ejaculates over his or her face, chest, belly, back or buttocks.
ref: 2007, Murat Aydemir, Images of bliss: ejaculation, masculinity, meaning, page 95:
glosses: A sex act in pornographic films in which a person ejaculates onto their partner's body.
glosses: The portrayal of ejaculation.
glosses: A trail or splodge of semen.
Related terms: facial
bukkake
money shot
underside
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌndɚsaɪd/
Forms: form: undersides
Etymology: From under- + side.
Senses: examples: text: A correspondent suggested that the superior riding qualities of the latter were due to the absence of piston-valve chests above the cylinders, which made it possible to bring the underside of the water-tanks to a lower level than that of the "Rivers", so minimising the unsteadying effect of water surging in the tanks.
ref: 1944 May and June, “Notes and News: Tank Engine Stability”, in Railway Magazine, page 185:
text: [...] and the neat reading lamps on the underside of the luggage racks, under passenger control, are an attractive feature of the first class compartments.
ref: 1963 March, “The Clacton express electric multiple-units enter service”, in Modern Railways, page 173:
text: The Eagles then hit the woodwork twice in a matter of seconds as Scott Dann headed Jason Puncheon's free-kick against the underside of the bar, before substitute Mile Jedinak also hit the crossbar with a shot on the turn.
ref: 2016 January 23, Michael Emons, “Crystal Palace 1–3 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: The side that is below or underneath, the bottom.
wished
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪʃt/
rhymes: -ɪʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wish
JIT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: In JIT compilation, the running program is reflectively modified by an embedded compiler, which only uses two reflective operations […]
ref: 2024, Egon Börger, Vincenzo Gervasi, Structures of Computing: A Guide to Practice-Oriented Theory, page 108:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
qualifier: operations
glosses: Initialism of just-in-time.
JIT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: JITs
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of joint investigation team.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
software
glosses: Abbreviation of just-in-time compiler.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of just-in-time compilation.
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: Abbreviation of just-in-time manufacturing.
JIT
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: JITs
form: JITing
form: JITed
form: JITed
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To perform a just-in-time operation (usually compiling).
mizzenmast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪz.ənˌmɑːst/
ipa: /ˈmɪz.ənˌmæst/
Forms: form: mizzenmasts
form: mizzen-mast
form: mizenmast
Etymology: From mizzen + mast.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The aftmost mast on a ship having three masts; the third-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The third-foremost mast on a ship having more than three masts.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The second mast of a ship having two masts where the second one is shorter, such as a ketch or yawl.
Synonyms: mizzen
Related terms: foremast
mainmast
jiggermast
spankermast
hwyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Welsh hwyl.
Senses: glosses: A melodic chanting style of Welsh preaching.
judder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌdə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌdɚ/
rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: judders
Senses: glosses: A spasmodic shaking.
topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: Jerky playback caused by converting between frame rates; telecine judder
Derived terms: judder bar
juddery
judder
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌdə/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒʌdɚ/
rhymes: -ʌdə(ɹ)
Forms: form: judders
form: juddering
form: juddered
form: juddered
Senses: examples: text: Captain McGarrigle, however, seemed to be in trouble. He was breathing stertorously, his throat and chest juddering like those of an asthmatic.
ref: 2000, Mark Gatiss, “chapter 20”, in Last of the Gaderene:
glosses: To spasm or shake violently.
examples: text: To judder to a halt
glosses: To move with a stop-start motion, as if experiencing a strong resistance or when decelerating brusquely.
Derived terms: judderingly
Related terms: shudder
Exd.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Exodus, a book of the Bible.
Act.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Acts.
derrick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪk
homophone: Derek
Forms: form: derricks
Etymology: Named after British executioner Thomas Derrick, who invented the framework arrangement commonly known by this name to aid in the conduct of executions. First use appears c. 1600 in the publication Ballad Death Earl Essex.
Senses: examples: text: They count their ships full tale— / Their corn and oil and wine, / Derrick and loom and bale, / And rampart’s gun-flecked line; / City by City they hail: / “Hast aught to match with mine?”
ref: 1894, Rudyard Kipling, To the City of Bombay:
text: At some places it is possible to load or discharge a vessel without any expenditure on docks or wharves, by dealing with the cargo by hand, or by the ships derricks, or by means of floating discharging appliances while the vessel it moored to buoys in a tideway. […] At low tide it may be impracticable to use a ship's derricks [at a berth].
ref: 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, pages 9, 10:
glosses: A device that is used for lifting and moving large objects.
synonyms: oil derrick
glosses: A framework that is constructed over a mine or oil well for the purpose of boring or lowering pipes.
glosses: An executioner responsible for hanging convicts; a hangman.
Derived terms: derrickhand
derrickman
Scotch derrick
Related terms: crane
derrick
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɛɹɪk
homophone: Derek
Forms: form: derricks
form: derricking
form: derricked
form: derricked
Etymology: Named after British executioner Thomas Derrick, who invented the framework arrangement commonly known by this name to aid in the conduct of executions. First use appears c. 1600 in the publication Ballad Death Earl Essex.
Senses: glosses: To hoist with, or as if with, a derrick.
examples: text: Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.
ref: 2012, Ray Robinson, High and Tight:
text: As a rule, when the twirler is derricked, it is because the members of the opposition are beginning to take undue familiarity with his offerings. But this is not always the reason.
ref: 2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page 96:
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To remove (a pitcher).
anagoge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.ə.ɡoʊ.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈæn.ə.ɡɑd͡ʒ.i/
ipa: /æn.əˈɡɒd͡ʒ.i/
ipa: /æn.əˈɡəʊ.d͡ʒi/
ipa: /ˈæn.ə.ɡɒd͡ʒ.i/
ipa: /ˈæn.ə.ɡəʊ.d͡ʒi/
rhymes: -ɒdʒi
rhymes: -əʊdʒi
Forms: form: anagoges
form: anagogy
Etymology: From Latin anagōgē, from Ancient Greek ἀναγωγή (anagōgḗ, “elevation”).
Senses: glosses: The spiritual or mystical interpretation of a word or passage beyond the literal, allegorical or moral sense (especially in Biblical criticism).
Related terms: anagogic
anagogical
simper
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmpə/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: simpers
form: simpering
form: simpered
form: simpered
Etymology: Uncertain; compare (probably from) Danish simper / semper (“coy”), German zimper (“elegant, dainty”).
Senses: examples: text: How the fools kotowed and simpered while I looked over their jewels and speculated upon how much I could get for them!
ref: 1915, Harold MacGrath, chapter 24, in The Voice In The Fog:
text: a whimpering, simpering child
ref: 1940, “Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered”, Lorenz Hart (lyrics), Richard Rodgers (music):
text: But where daft Nell simpers at him and tries to muss his slicked hair and pull it forward over his broad, Christian brow, my little Dot is looking nowhere but at the ground, still praying, praying even while she stands, and Rick has actually to touch her forearm with his finger in order to alert her to his Godlike nearness.
ref: 1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy:
glosses: To smile in a foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, coy, obsequious, or smug manner.
examples: text: Yet can I mark how stars above / Simper and shine.
ref: 1633, George Herbert, The Search:
glosses: To glimmer; to twinkle.
Derived terms: simper out
simper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪmpə/
ipa: /ˈsɪmpɚ/
rhymes: -ɪmpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: simpers
Etymology: Uncertain; compare (probably from) Danish simper / semper (“coy”), German zimper (“elegant, dainty”).
Senses: examples: text: Yes, another world it was, when these black ruins, white in their new mortar and fresh chiselling, first saw the sun as walls, long ago. Gauge not, with thy dilettante compasses, with that placid dilettante simper, the Heaven's—Watchtower of our Fathers, the fallen God's—Houses, the Golgotha of true Souls departed!
ref: 1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “Ch. 2, St. Edmundsbury”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book II (The Ancient Monk):
text: He paused, and then a strange expression appeared on his lips. It was very like a simper.
ref: 1972, Eric Ambler, The Levanter, published 2009, →ISBN, page 158:
glosses: A foolish, frivolous, self-conscious, or affected smile; a smirk.
Related terms: smirk
shit-eating grin
Serbocroatian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Serbo-Croatian.
yellow jack
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: yellow jacks
Senses: glosses: Synonym of yellow fever.
synonyms: word: yellow fever
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A yellow flag used by ships as a warning of disease.
synonyms: coolihoo
glosses: A fish of species Carangoides bartholomaei, of warm western Atlantic waters.
Alanna
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: A feminine form of Alan; variant spelling of Alana. Compare also Alannah.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Celtic languages.
allegorical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæl.ɪˈɡɔɹ.ɪ.kəl/
Forms: form: more allegorical
form: most allegorical
Senses: examples: text: c. 1717, Alexander Pope, remarks on Thomas Parnell's Battle of the Frogs and Mice
An allegorical application.
text: Allegorical being […] that kind of language which says one thing, but means another.
ref: 1861, Friedrich Max Müller, Lectures on the Science of Language:
synonyms: allegoric
glosses: of, relating to, or containing allegory
Derived terms: allegoricality
allegorically
allegoricalness
nonallegorical
unallegorical
REXX
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Restructured Extended Executor.
Senses: glosses: A structured high-level programming language which was designed by IBM to be both easy to learn and easy to read.
vicus
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: vici
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vīcus (“village”). Doublet of wick.
Senses: examples: text: The compital shrines stood at primary crossroads in the vici and received sacrifices during the annual Compitalia Festival.
ref: 2011, Brenda Longfellow, Roman Imperialism and Civic Patronage:
glosses: A small civilian settlement outside a Roman fort.
mushroom cloud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mushroom clouds
Senses: examples: text: This is Radio Clash underneath a mushroom cloud
ref: 1981, “This Is Radio Clash”, performed by The Clash:
text: It's Christmas at ground zero / There's panic in the crowd / We can dodge debris / While we trim the tree / Underneath a mushroom cloud
ref: 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic, “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!:
glosses: A large cloud of smoke, flame and debris that rises into the sky as a result of a large explosion, especially after a nuclear explosion, characterized by a long shaft rising from the ground into a much-larger or more-spread-out top, reminiscent of a mushroom in shape.
wikipedia: Castle Bravo
Upshot-Knothole Grable
mushroom cloud
lobster thermidor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Lobster Thermidor.
mizen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mizens
Senses: examples: text: But presently, catching hold of the mizen shrouds, he swings himself to the deck, and in an even, unexhilarated voice, saying, "Dinner, Mr. Starbuck," disappears into the cabin.
ref: 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
glosses: Alternative spelling of mizzen.
Derived terms: mizenmast
mizenmast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mizenmasts
Etymology: From mizen + mast.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of mizzenmast.
mizzen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪ.zən/
rhymes: -ɪzən
Forms: form: mizzens
form: mizen
form: missen
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French misaine, modified from Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), from Old Catalan mitjana, feminine of mitjan, ultimately from Latin medianus. Doublet of mean and median.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Mizzenmast.
examples: text: Finding it was like to overblow, we took in our Sprit-ſail, and ſtood by to hand the Fore-ſail; but making foul Weather, we look'd the Guns were all faſt, and handed the Miſſen.
ref: 1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], “A Great Storm Described, the Long-Boat Sent to Fetch Water, the Author Goes with It to Discover the Country. […]”, in Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume I, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part II (A Voyage to Brobdingnag), page 151:
text: "'Oh yes, that's all very well, but we haven't done with it yet,' said the lad, 'we shall have it worse directly,' and he ordered them to furl every rag but the mizen."
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 191:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A fore-and-aft sail set on a mizzenmast.
Derived terms: mizzen course
mizzenmast
mizzensail
mizzentop
mizzen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪ.zən/
rhymes: -ɪzən
Forms: form: mizen
form: missen
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French misaine, modified from Old French migenne (through influence from Italian mezzana), from Old Catalan mitjana, feminine of mitjan, ultimately from Latin medianus. Doublet of mean and median.
Senses: examples: the mizzen shrouds, sails, etc.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Hindmost; nearest the stern.
encore
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒŋkɔː/
ipa: /ˈɒ̃kɔː/
ipa: /ˈɑnkoɹ/
ipa: /ˈɑŋkoɹ/
Forms: form: encores
Etymology: Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
Senses: examples: text: To play an encore.
text: Can I get an encore? We want more!
glosses: A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
examples: text: The encores were numerous.
glosses: A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
encore
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒŋkɔː/
ipa: /ˈɒ̃kɔː/
ipa: /ˈɑnkoɹ/
ipa: /ˈɑŋkoɹ/
Forms: form: encore!
Etymology: Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
Senses: glosses: Please perform again!
raw_tags: said by audience members after a performance
encore
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒŋkɔː/
ipa: /ˈɒ̃kɔː/
ipa: /ˈɑnkoɹ/
ipa: /ˈɑŋkoɹ/
Forms: form: encores
form: encoring
form: encored
form: encored
Etymology: Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
Senses: examples: text: to encore a performer
text: to encore a song
glosses: To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
glosses: To call for an encore.
examples: text: In youth we encore the sentiment, 'Oh, bless my country, Heaven! he said, and died:' but, as we advance in life, we think, 'How weak it is to pity Cato's case, Who might have lived, and had a handsome place!'
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Allusion to the Past”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 49:
text: They encored with a cover of the Beatles' “Blackbird,” “The Bigger You Love” in 1970, and “Ha Ha Ha” in early '71.
ref: 2011, Bill Dahl, Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs, page 304:
text: Truly unbelievable. Left us all gasping for breath, and wanting more. I think they encored twice, but twenty encores would have been too few.
ref: 2011, Smitty Herron, Music's Golden Frontier:
glosses: To perform an encore.
Derived terms: unencored
slaves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sleɪvz/
rhymes: -eɪvz
Senses: glosses: plural of slave
slaves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /sleɪvz/
rhymes: -eɪvz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slave
bellicose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɛlɪkoʊs/
ipa: /ˈbɛləkoʊs/
Forms: form: more bellicose
form: most bellicose
Etymology: From Middle English bellicose, from Latin bellicosus.
Senses: examples: text: CHINA sent both bellicose and conciliatory signals yesterday as tension continued in the Taiwan Strait over Chinese military exercises and the deployment of US naval battle groups.
ref: 1996 March 15, James Pringle, “Peking sends out mixed signals”, in The Times, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 14, column 8:
text: The core Ice Age cast—wooly mammoth Manny (Ray Romano), sabertooth tiger Diego (Denis Leary), and sloth Sid (John Leguizamo)—are set adrift, sailing the high seas on a chunk of ice until they collide with a bellicose primate (Peter Dinklage).
ref: 2012 July 12, Sam Adams, “Ice Age: Continental Drift”, in AV Club:
text: [Greenland's current Prime Minister Múte] Egede has insisted that Greenland is not for sale and he framed the polling partly as a referendum on Trump's seemingly bellicose bullying, saying the election was a "fateful choice."
ref: 2025 March 13, Scott Neuman, Willem Marx, “https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5325949/greenland-elections-trump-independence”, in NPR:
glosses: Warlike in nature; aggressive; hostile.
glosses: Showing or having the impulse to be combative.
Coordinate terms: trigger-happy
warmonger
Derived terms: antibellicose
bellicosely
bellicoseness
nonbellicose
unbellicose
Related terms: antebellum
bellicism
bellicosity
belligerent
Bellona
postbellum
rebel
rebellion
anoxic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌæˈnɑːk.sɪk/
Etymology: From an- + oxygen + -ic.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Suffering from a reduced supply of oxygen.
examples: text: The inner logic of metabolism... part stems from the vicissitudes of life itself, which forced evolution down improbable paths, while transforming our geologically restless globe from a sterile, anoxic planet into the living, high-octane world of today.
ref: 2022, Nick Lane, Transformer, page 22:
glosses: Lacking oxygen.
Derived terms: anoxically
anoxic event
postanoxic
Related terms: anoxia
hypoxic
normoxic
hyperoxic
cicatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɪ.kəˌtɹɪks/
ipa: /sɪˈkeɪ.tɹɪks/
Forms: form: cicatrixes
form: cicatrices
Etymology: From Latin cicatrix.
Senses: examples: text: Here the boy was made to strip, and the commissioner, Mr Symonds, found a large cicatrix likely to have been occasioned by such an instrument...
ref: 1853, John C. Cobden, The White Slaves of England, Cincinnati: Derby, page 33:
text: He stopped to stare at two old men who sat beside the fire, naked and daubed with red and white ochre and adorned about arms and legs and breasts with elaborate systems of cicatrix.
ref: 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter II, in Capricornia, page 21:
glosses: A scar that remains after the development of new tissue over a recovering wound or sore (also used figuratively).
Derived terms: cicatricial
cicatrize
agonistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /aɡəˈnɪstɪk/
Forms: form: more agonistic
form: most agonistic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀγωνιστικός (agōnistikós).
Senses: examples: text: These words, with what follow, are for the most part agonistic, referring to the customes of the Grecian exercices, in their games. The words [translated] apprehended, signifie to catch, or apprehend the Crown, that hung over the Goal: so also [the word translated] perfect, is an Agonistic word that signifies the being crowned, or receiving the reward:
ref: 1673, Theophilus Gale, A Discourse of Christ’s Coming, London: John Hancock Senior and Junior, Chapter 2, Section 4, p. 70:
text: Joys of the solitary walk, the spirit bow’d yet proud, the suffering and the struggle?
The agonistic throes, the ecstasies, joys of the solemn musings day or night?
ref: 1881, Walt Whitman, “A Song of Joys”, in Leaves of Grass, London: David Bogue, page 147:
glosses: Of or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
examples: text: Although most agonistic interactions consist of signals of threat and submission, symbolic aggression is effective only because the possibility of escalation exists […]
ref: 1978, Donald Symons, “The Question of Function: Dominance and Play”, in Euclid O. Smith, editor, Social Play in Primates, New York: Academic Press, page 207:
text: This was clearly such an event, but like the ancient religion of Israel, it was also deeply agonistic.
ref: 2006, Karen Armstrong, The Great Transformation, Atlantic Books, published 2007, page 66:
text: Sociality swung wildly between extremes of collective affiliation and agonistic striving for dominance.
ref: 2014, Lucas Bessire, Behold the Black Caiman: A Chronicle of Ayoreo Life, The University of Chicago Press, Introduction, p. 8:
topics: anthropology
biology
human-sciences
natural-sciences
sciences
zoology
glosses: Characterised by conflict or hostility.
examples: text: Sharply Frank said, “A place like this is a crimp in your plan, isn’t it?”
Boone’s gaze returned to him. The surrounding crowd slipped away, sensing the agonistic nature of the exchange.
ref: 1992, Kim Stanley Robinson, Red Mars, New York: Bantam, published 1993, Part 1, p. 15:
glosses: Argumentative; combative.
glosses: Struggling to achieve an effect; strained and contrived.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
medicine
microbiology
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Pertaining to an agonist.
Derived terms: agonistically
agonistic buffer
agonistic monoclonal antibody
agonistic muscle
agonistic pluralism
agonistic threat display
nonagonistic
superagonistic
Related terms: agonistical
cosmopolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/
ipa: /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/
Forms: form: more cosmopolitan
form: most cosmopolitan
Etymology: From cosmopolit(e) + -an. Compare metropolitan and megalopolitan.
Senses: glosses: Inclusive; affecting the whole world.
glosses: Composed of people from all over the world.
raw_tags: of a place or institution
examples: text: The philosophy of cosmopolitanism underlies theories of global citizenship. Cosmopolitanism is the ability to balance a local and global identity. A cosmopolitan individual engages meaningfully with different cultures and feels at home in the world.
ref: 2013 November 25, Caroline Ferguson, “What kind of global citizens are teachers creating?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: At ease in any part of the world; having a wide experience with many cultures.
raw_tags: of a person
examples: text: Domestication and the evolution of anthrophilic traits in houseflies and some drosophilids have allowed certain species to attain cosmopolitan status.
ref: 2005, David K. Yeates, Brian M. Wiegmann, The Evolutionary Biology of Flies, page 372:
topics: biology
ecology
natural-sciences
glosses: Growing or living in many parts of the world; widely distributed.
Derived terms: Afrocosmopolitan
Afropolitan
cosmopolitanise
cosmopolitanism
cosmopolitanist
cosmopolitanize
cosmopolitanly
cosmopolitanness
countrypolitan
noncosmopolitan
subcosmopolitan
ultracosmopolitan
cosmopolitan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkɒz.məˈpɒl.ɪ.tən/
ipa: /ˌkɑz.məˈpɑl.ɪ.tən/
Forms: form: cosmopolitans
Etymology: From cosmopolit(e) + -an. Compare metropolitan and megalopolitan.
Senses: examples: text: 'She is extremely rich. A cosmopolitan.'
ref: 1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 3, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 25:
glosses: A cosmopolitan person; a cosmopolite.
synonyms: word: cosmo
glosses: A cocktail containing vodka, triple sec, lime juice and cranberry juice.
synonyms: cosmopolite
painted lady
glosses: A butterfly of species Vanessa cardui.
glosses: A moth of species Leucania loreyi.
Derived terms: rootless cosmopolitan
beaker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbiːkə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈbiːkɚ/
rhymes: -iːkə(ɹ)
Forms: form: beakers
Etymology: From Middle English bekyr, biker, from Old Norse bikarr (“cup”), from Old Saxon bikeri (“cup”), from Proto-West Germanic *bikārī, from Late Latin bīcārium (“wine vat, jug”), of disputed origin. Possibly from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “earthenware jug, wine jar”), or from Latin bacarium (“wine vat, vase”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Bieker (“mug, cup, beaker”), Dutch beker (“beaker, cup”), German Becher (“beaker, cup, goblet”), Danish bæger (“beaker”), Italian bicchiere (“cup, glass (for drink)”). Doublet of pitcher.
Senses: glosses: A flat-bottomed, straight-sided, glass vessel, with a lip and often a small spout, used as a laboratory container.
examples: text: The beakers of mead spilled in huge puddles.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 30:
glosses: A drinking vessel without a handle.
glosses: A mug.
topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: An ancient bell-shaped ceramic pot with a wide mouth, narrow neck, and flaring body, used by the Beaker people during the late Neolithic and early Bronze Age.
examples: text: […] at every meal break he shambled into the galley black-fingered and smelling of engine-grease and concrete floors, to contemplate over his meal the beakers at their round tables chatting away, completely oblivious […]
ref: 2008, Kim Stanley Robinson, Antarctica, page 52:
qualifier: Antarctica
glosses: A scientist.
Hyponyms: sense: drinking vessel without a handle
word: glass (2nd definition)
sense: drinking vessel without a handle
word: tumbler
Derived terms: beakerful
beaker people
beaker folk
fleaker
antimatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæn.tiˌmæt.ɚ/
ipa: /ˈænˌtaɪˌmæt.ɚ/
ipa: [ˈæn.tiˌmæ.ɾɚ]
ipa: [ˈæ.ɾ̃iˌmæ.ɾɚ]
ipa: [ˈæ.niˌmæ.ɾɚ]
Forms: form: antimatters
form: anti-matter
Etymology: From anti- + matter. Coined by British physicist Arthur Schuster in 1898 to describe matter that resists gravity in a jocular article in Nature titled "Potential Matter.—A Holiday Dream", but not used in a modern sense until the 1940s.
Senses: examples: text: But most theories predict that equal amounts of matter and antimatter should have been produced during the big bang, and the mystery of what happened to all the antimatter is a central question in fundamental physics.
ref: 2023 September 27, Hannah Devlin, “Scientists find antimatter is subject to gravity”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Matter that is composed of the antiparticles of those that constitute normal matter.
examples: text: Particles of matter and antimatter are identical, except for an opposite electrical charge. An electron has a negative charge whereas its antiparticle, the positron, has a positive charge, and both have an identical mass.
ref: 2010 November 19, Alok Jha, “We can't see antimatter but it really does matter”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A form of matter that has a key property, such as charge, opposite to that of ordinary matter.
Derived terms: antimatter rocket
Related terms: antiparticle
philosophistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more philosophistic
form: most philosophistic
Etymology: From philo- + sophistic.
Senses: examples: text: That many philosophistic and superstitious conceits have been mixed with it, in process of time, proves nothing against the general fact as stated.
ref: 1845, Moses Stuart, A Commentary on the Apocalypse - Volume 2, page 420:
text: A philosophy of the French Revolution should take care to avoid such philosphistic procedures.
ref: 1993, Vincent Descombes, The Barometer of Modern Reason: On the Philosophies of Current Events, page 45:
text: This premodern pitilessness Pettigrew deprecated, but he was less enthusiastic about aspects of modernity other than compassion, like “atheism, deism, and philosophistic religion, so prevalent in the soi-disant enlightened countries.
ref: 2010, Michael O'Brien, Intellectual Life and the American South, 1810-1860, →ISBN:
text: The real epochs are not exempt from philosophistic caprices; the ideal sometimes become converted into a mythology (though full of profound meanings).
ref: 2017, Benedetto Croce, Logic as the Science of the pure Concept, →ISBN:
glosses: Exhibiting a love of or tendency toward sophistry; pertaining to spurious philosophy.
fistula
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/
ipa: /ˈfɪs.tʃʊ.lə/
ipa: /ˈfɪs.tjə.lə/
ipa: /ˈfɪs.t͡ʃu.lə/
Forms: form: fistulas
form: fistulae
form: fistulæ
form: fistule
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin fistula (“pipe, ulcer, catheter”). Doublet of fester.
Senses: examples: text: communicating fistula
text: blind fistula
text: Small fistulæ are to be closed bilaterally in an antero-posterior line[…]
ref: 1903, William Rice Pryor, Gynæcology, page 113:
text: There are several reasons why a manual on this disease should be a part of the veterinary literature of the day, the chief one being that fistula of the withers is a very prevalent disease of horses and thus exacts a big toll from the horse industry.
ref: 1917, Louis Adolph Merillat, Fistula of the Withers and Poll-Evil, page 5:
text: Fistulas are abnormal communications between two epithelialized surfaces. The causes of enterocutaneous fistulas can be remembered using the mnemonic FRIEND: Foreign body, Radiation, Inflammation/Infection/Inflammatory bowel disease, Epithelialization, Neoplasm, and Distal obstruction. Fifteen to twenty-five percent of enterocutaneous fistulas arise spontaneously as in, for example, Crohn’s disease or cancer.
ref: 1998, Scott Fisher, “Enterocutaneous Fistulas”, in Theodore J. Saclarides, Keith W. Millikan, editors, Common Surgical Diseases: An Algorithmic Approach to Problem Solving, page 164:
text: An intestinal fistula is an unwanted pathway from intestines to other organs (e.g., the bladder).
ref: 2008, Sylvia Escott-Stump, Nutrition and Diagnosis-related Care, page 405:
topics: medicine
sciences
coordinate_terms: anastomosis
glosses: An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
glosses: A tube, a pipe, or a hole.
topics: Christianity
synonyms: calamus
glosses: The tube through which the wine of the Eucharist was once sucked from the chalice in certain ceremonies (such as papal Masses).
Derived terms: anal fistula
fistula-in-ano
arteriovenous fistula
fistular
fistulate
fistulation
fistuliform
fistulization
fistulize
fistulogram
fistulotomy
fistulous
pancreatic fistula
vesicovaginal fistula