cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
retrace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹiːˈtɹeɪs/
ipa: /ˈɹiːtɹeɪs/
rhymes: -eɪs
Forms: form: retraces
Etymology: From French retracer, from Middle French retracier.
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
glosses: The period when the beam of the cathode-ray tube returns to its initial horizontal position in order to start the next line of the display.
topics: business
finance
glosses: An instance of retracement.
NDE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NDEs
Senses: examples: text: Ring sees both the NDE and UFOE as modern day shamanic initiations in which the journeyer (NDEer or UFOer) enters an "imaginal" reality, an alternative reality that coexists with physical reality and that is equally real.
ref: 1992, Spirited Women Book Company (publisher), At the Crossroads, page 48:
text: However, Dr Rommer believed that despite the NDEs being distressing, it still had positive, life-changing effects such as the NDEr becoming less judgemental and feeling an increased love of life and heightened sense of morality.
ref: 2014, Penny Sartori, Wisdom of Near-Death Experiences, Watkins Media Limited, →ISBN:
glosses: Initialism of near-death experience.
glosses: Initialism of nondestructive evaluation.
Derived terms: NDEer
vitamin B complex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A group of water-soluble vitamins, once thought to be a single vitamin, occurring in yeast, liver, eggs etc.
Related terms: word: vitamin B1 - thiamine
english: riboflavin
translation: riboflavin
word: vitamin B2
word: vitamin B3 - niacin
word: vitamin B4 - adenine
english: pantothenic acid
translation: pantothenic acid
word: vitamin B5
word: vitamin B6 - pyridoxine
word: vitamin B7 - biotin
english: folic acid
translation: folic acid
word: vitamin B9
word: vitamin B12 - cobalamin
word: cyanocobalamin
english: folic acid
translation: folic acid
word: vitamin Bc
word: inositol
mansard
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Borrowed from French mansarde, from Francois Mansart, French architect.
Senses: glosses: having two slopes on each side, the lower being steeper than the upper
raw_tags: of a roof
mansard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mansards
Etymology: Borrowed from French mansarde, from Francois Mansart, French architect.
Senses: glosses: A mansard roof
glosses: The upper storey of a building, surrounded by such a roof
Derived terms: mansarded
mansard roof
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mansard roofs
Senses: examples: text: My parents live in Chisipite (in Shona, the local language, it means "spring," after the water source there), an outer suburb of the city, in a rather austere 1950s house, with a Dutch-style mansard roof, in an astonishingly fecund acre of garden.
ref: 2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa:
glosses: A roof having two slopes on each side, the lower one having a steeper pitch than the upper; this increases the volume of the enclosed space.
examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:mansard roof.
glosses: A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point.
folic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Latin folium (“leaf”), from its occurrence in leafy vegetables.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: vitamin B9
vitamin Bc
vitamin M
pteroylglutamic acid
glosses: A polycyclic heterocyclic carboxylic acid, one of the vitamin B complex, essential for cell growth and reproduction
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: folate
folate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: folates
Etymology: From folic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A salt or ester of folic acid, especially one present in the vitamin B complex.
Derived terms: antifolate
tetrafolate
tetrahydrofolate
nitrous acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A weak acid, HNO₂, known only in solution, or as its salts and esters, the nitrites; it has a linear structure, H-O-N=O
Related terms: nitric acid
vitamin R
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Ritalin, an amphetamine-like psychopharmaceutical, prescribed for ADHD.
nitrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nī'trīt
ipa: /ˈnaɪ.tɹaɪt/
rhymes: -aɪtɹaɪt
Forms: form: nitrites
Senses: examples: text: John Birdsall, a scientist for the American Meat Institute, said that there were no industry qualms about trying to lower the nitrite amounts even farther. For centuries, some form of nitrites have been used to cure and to preserve bacon and to give it a pink color.
ref: 1978 May 16, Seth S. King, “Nitrate Reduction Ordered in Bacon”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt or ester of nitrous acid.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical -NO₂, and the anion NO₂⁻
Derived terms: alkyl nitrite
amyl nitrite
butyl nitrite
cyclohexyl nitrite
ethyl nitrite
hyponitrite
isoamyl nitrite
isopropyl nitrite
nitrite reductase
nitritoid
nitrituria
potassium nitrite
sodium nitrite
sulfonitrite
sulphonitrite
Ugricist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ugricists
Etymology: From Ugric + -ist.
Senses: glosses: A linguist specializing in the Ugric family of languages.
Related terms: Altaicist
Americanist
Arabist
Balticist
baltologist
Esperantist
Finno-Ugricist
Germanicist
Hebraist
Indo-Europeanist
Klingonist
Lojbanist
Slavicist
Tocharianist
tocharologist
Turkologist
Uralicist
alkyl nitrite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alkyl nitrites
Senses: glosses: Any of a class of inhalant recreational drugs, originally developed for the treatment of angina.
Related terms: amyl nitrite
butyl nitrite
ethyl nitrite
isopropyl nitrite
cyclohexyl nitrite
Wikipedia has articles on the following specific nitrites
inhalant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From inhale + -ant.
Senses: glosses: Intended for inhaling.
inhalant
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: inhalants
Etymology: From inhale + -ant.
Senses: examples: text: There are three theories about what caused the cardiac arrest, Kramp said: The inhalant could have oversensitized the patient’s heart, which can make any subsequent stress, like getting caught by a parent, cause cardiac arrest. Also, inhalants decrease the strength of contraction of the heart muscle.
ref: 2018 November 15, Nina Avramova, “19-year-old dies after inhaling deodorant spray to get high”, in CNN:
text: On social media and beyond, many have taken to using the brand’s name in a more colloquial fashion, with “Galaxy Gas” being used as a catchall for nitrous oxide inhalants at large, regardless of whether they are actually Galaxy Gas products or not.
ref: 2024 September 23, Trace William Cowen, “What the Hell Is Galaxy Gas?”, in Complex:
glosses: Something, especially a medication, that is inhaled.
Derived terms: polyinhalant
Related terms: solvent abuse
alf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: alfs
Etymology: From Danish and Swedish alf, from Old Norse alfr; see also Dutch alf. Doublet of elf, awf, and oaf.
Senses: examples: text: As the Scandinavians were at that time still worshippers of Thor and Odin, the belief in Alfs and Dwarfs accompanied them to their new abodes, and there, as elsewhere, survived the introduction of Christianity.
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 248:
text: [T]he charm suggests rather that the Ases had sunk to a level where they could be counted together with witches and lesser wights, than that the alfs were seen as godly beings at the time the charm was composed.
ref: 2023, Kveldulf Gundarsson, Elves, Wights & Trolls, The Three Little Sisters, page 83:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A supernatural being similar to an elf; one of the Dǫkkálfar or Ljósalfar.
Ron
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɑn/
ipa: /ɹɒn/
rhymes: -ɒn
Etymology: Clipping of Ronald.
Senses: examples: text: Former United Nations ambassador and current GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley slammed fellow Republicans former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday in a campaign letter highlighting Haley’s first quarter accomplishments.
ref: 2023 April 11 [2023 April 10], Sarah Elbeshbishi, “Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley slams Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis in campaign letter”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2023:
glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Ronald.
glosses: A male given name from Hebrew of Hebrew origin, meaning "Song of Joy".
dried
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹaɪd/
ipa: [dɹaɪd]
ipa: [d͡ʒɹaɪd]
rhymes: -aɪd
Senses: glosses: Without water or moisture, said of something that has previously been wet or moist; resulting from the process of drying.
examples: dried fish; dried fruit
glosses: Usually of foods: cured, preserved by drying.
examples: dried lentils
glosses: Sold raw and unprocessed.
Synonyms: sense: without water
word: anhydrous
sense: without water
word: desiccated
sense: preserved
word: dehydrated
Derived terms: cut and dried
dried-fish woman
dried fruit
dried milk
driedness
dried out
dried plum
dried up
drum-dried
freeze-dried
low-dried
predried
self-dried
semidried
spin-dried
sun-dried
undried
dried
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɹaɪd/
ipa: [dɹaɪd]
ipa: [d͡ʒɹaɪd]
rhymes: -aɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dry
Hansard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhænsəd/
ipa: /ˈhænsɚd/
Etymology: PIE word
 *ḱóm
From Middle English hansard (“merchant or citizen of a Hanseatic town; member of a merchant guild; a surname”), from hanse, hansze, hanze, haunse (“merchant guild; the Hanseatic League; member of the Hanseatic League; membership fee for a merchant guild; payment in general”) + -ard (suffix forming adjectives and nouns). Hanse is derived from Old French hanse (“merchant guild; membership fee for a merchant guild”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; with; along”) + *sed- (“to sit”). The English word is analysable as Hanse (“merchant guild; the Hanseatic League”) + -ard (suffix forming agent nouns, especially pejorative ones).
Senses: examples: text: The Armes of a very ancient Family, ſettled at Kelſey in the County, which came to them by the Marriage of the Heireſs of Hanſard.
ref: 1726, Samuel Kent, “Of Whole-footed Beasts”, in The Banner Display’d: Or, An Abridgment of Guillim: Being a Compleat System of Heraldry, in All Its Parts. […] In Two Volumes, volume I, London: Printed for Thomas Cox, […], →OCLC, section III, pages 328–329:
text: Walworth, (Durham,) near Heighington, was anciently the ſeat of the Nevils; from whom it paſſed by marriage to the Hanſards, one of the baron-families of the Bpk [bishoprick].
ref: 1751, Stephen Whatley, “Walworth”, in England’s Gazetteer; or, An Accurate Description of All the Cities, Towns, and Villages of the Kingdom. […], volume II, Printed for J. and P. Knapton, D. Browne, A[ndrew] Millar, J. Whiston and B[enjamin] White, →OCLC, column 1:
text: Composition Inking-rollers came in with cylinder printing-machines. The success of the new machines depended on the rollers. According to Hansard, they were first made by Forster of Weybridge, England, who derived his knowledge of the value of a mixture of glue and molasses as a receiver and transferrer of ink from the Staffordshire potteries, where it was used as an aid in the decoration of crockery.
ref: 1896 August, Joseph Moxon, Theo[dore] L[ow] De Vinne, “Notes”, in Moxon’s Mechanick Exercises, or, The Doctrine of Handy-works Applied to the Art of Printing: A Literal Reprint in Two Volumes of the First Edition Published in the Year 1683, volume II, New York, N.Y.: The Typothetae of the city of New-York, →OCLC, paragraph 319, page 427:
glosses: A surname.
idiot board
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: idiot boards
Etymology: Implying that reading from a board, rather than thinking up things to say, does not require much intelligence.
Senses: glosses: A board held off camera during a live television broadcast to prompt the presenter.
Synonyms: autocue
teleprompter
Related terms: idiot girl
LOVC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LOVCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of loss of vehicle and crew (“a type of accident”).
care of
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: ℅
form: c/-
form: c/o
Etymology: Short for in the care of or similar phrase.
Senses: examples: text: Could you please send this package to Mr. John Smith, care of the Northwest Shelter?
qualifier: postal
glosses: For distribution by (the named intermediary).
c/o
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Forms: form: ℅
form: c/-
Senses: examples: text: 1976-1977, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Sunday I penned my letter, Monday I mailed it c/o the high school.
text: Anna c/o Bob
translation: Anna at Bob's address
english: Anna at Bob's address
text: Send your mail to me c/o Mr. John Smith.
text: “But he sent it to you, didn't he?” “No, he sent it to himself c/o me.”
topics: economics
sciences
shipping
transport
glosses: Abbreviation of care of, used to identify an intermediary who is responsible for transferring a piece of mail between the postal system and the final addressee.
examples: text: She was admitted to the hospital 6 days ago with c/o nausea, vomiting, and RUQ [right upper quadrant of the abdomen] pain. Her diet has not advanced beyond clear liquids, which she failed to tolerate on two attempts. Roa continues to c/o nausea and RUQ pain.
ref: 2009, Carol J. Rollins, “Adult Enteral Nutrition”, in Terry L. Schinghammer, Julia M. Koehler, editors, Pharmacotherapy Casebook: A Patient-Focused Approach, 7th edition, McGraw Hill, →DOI, →ISBN, page 366:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of complain of, used to identify symptoms described by a patient.
glosses: Abbreviation of corner of; frequently used especially in Namibia for physical addresses.
c/o
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: c/o's
form: c/os
form: C/O
form: CO
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
shipping
transport
glosses: Initialism of certificate of origin, a document describing a product's country of origin.
Related terms: english: daughter of
translation: daughter of
word: d/o
english: son of
translation: son of
word: s/o
bower bird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bower birds
form: bowerbird
Etymology: From bower + bird.
Senses: glosses: Any bird of the Australasian family Ptilonorhynchidae noted for building display structures (bowers) and decorating them with bright objects such as shells, glass, flowers, etc.
glosses: A person who collects objects for display.
bowerbird
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowerbirds
Senses: examples: text: Unlike those flamboyant bowerbirds, a worm might simply decide that it is better off without us, and retire from public life.
ref: 2007 April 22, Amy Stewart, “How the Worm Turns”, in New York Times:
glosses: Alternative spelling of bower bird.
Derived terms: gardener bowerbird
satin bowerbird
spotted bowerbird
Vogelkop bowerbird
bower
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
-aʊə(ɹ)
-əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bowers
form: bowering
form: bowered
form: bowered
Etymology: From Middle English bour, from Old English būr, from Proto-West Germanic *būr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą (“room, abode”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Búur (“storage room, utility room; cage”), German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr (“cage”) (Danish bur, Norwegian Bokmål bur, Swedish bur).
Senses: examples: text: O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell / When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend / In mortal paradise of such sweet flesh?
ref: c. 1591–1595, William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, act 3, scene 2, lines 80–82:
text: […]belts of thin white mist streaked the brown plough land in the hollow where Appleby could see the pale shine of a winding river. Across that in turn, meadow and coppice rolled away past the white walls of a village bowered in orchards,[…]
ref: 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
glosses: To embower; to enclose.
examples: text: Flora now calleth forth each flower,
And bids make readie Maias bower
ref: 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “March. Ægloga Tertia.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:
glosses: To lodge.
Derived terms: imbower
overbowering
bower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
-aʊə(ɹ)
-əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bowers
Etymology: From Middle English boueer, from Old English būr, ġebūr (“freeholder of the lowest class, peasant, farmer”) and Middle Dutch bouwer (“farmer, builder, peasant”); both from Proto-Germanic *būraz (“dweller”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰōw- (“to dwell”). Cognate with German Bauer (“peasant, farmer”), Dutch boer, buur, and Albanian burrë (“man, husband”). Doublet of bauer, Boer, and boor. More at neighbour.
Senses: glosses: A peasant; a farmer.
bower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
-aʊə(ɹ)
-əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bowers
Etymology: From German Bauer. A doublet of etymology 2 and of the German-origin surname Bauer.
Senses: examples: text: Yet the cards they were stocked / In a way that I grieve, / And my feelings were shocked / At the state of Nye's sleeve, / Which was stuffed full of aces and bowers, / And the same with intent to deceive.
ref: 1870, Bret Harte, Plain Language from Truthful James:
glosses: Either of the two highest trumps in the card games euchre and five hundred (where the joker is omitted).
Derived terms: best bower
left bower
right bower
bower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
-aʊə(ɹ)
-əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bowers
Etymology: From the bow of a ship + -er.
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A type of ship's anchor, carried at the bow.
Derived terms: best bower
bower anchor
small bower
bower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
-aʊə(ɹ)
-əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bowers
Etymology: From bow (verb) + -er.
Senses: examples: text: The bower aims his display straight at the dominant figure, who may reciprocate with a milder version of the same action.
ref: 1977, Desmond Morris, Manwatching: A Field Guide to Human Behavior, page 144:
glosses: One who bows or bends.
examples: text: His rawbone armes, whose mighty brawned bowrs / Were wont to riue steele plates, and helmets hew
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: A muscle that bends a limb, especially the arm.
bower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
-aʊə(ɹ)
-əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bowers
Etymology: From bow (noun) + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who plays any of several bow instruments, such as the musical bow or diddley bow.
Derived terms: diddley bower
bower
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aʊ.ə(ɹ)
-aʊə(ɹ)
-əʊə(ɹ)
Forms: form: bowers
form: bougher
Etymology: From bough + -er, compare brancher.
Senses: topics: falconry
hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A young hawk, when it begins to leave the nest.
Related terms: Bower Ashton
clips
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪps/
rhymes: -ɪps
Senses: glosses: plural of clip
clips
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /klɪps/
rhymes: -ɪps
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of clip
fluoro
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fluoros
Etymology: From fluor(escent) + -o.
Senses: examples: text: She held her grey felt hat in her hand, slapping the flat brim lightly against her leg as she walked, her tinted hair gleaming under the fluoros.
ref: 2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 27:
text: About one in 20 epilepsy sufferers are sensitive to flashing lights, which can include strobe lighting or flickering fluoros[…].
ref: 2009 January 25, Dr Cindy Pan, “Living with epilepsy”, in Herald Sun:
glosses: A fluorescent light.
fluoro
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fluoro
form: most fluoro
Etymology: From fluor(escent) + -o.
Senses: examples: text: And yes, as he peers beyond a boulder, down in the hollow he can make out two figures in khaki moving around a fluoro orange tent.
ref: 1999, Julia Leigh, The Hunter, Faber & Faber 2012, p. 150
glosses: Fluorescent.
Related terms: bromochlorofluoroiodomethane
bromodifluoromethane
bromofluoromethane
chlorotetrafluorosilicate
dibromodifluoromethane
dichlorodifluorosilane
difluoro
fluoroboric
hexafluoro
hexafluorodisilane
hydrofluoroolefin
octafluoro
perfluoro
polyfluoro
tetrafluoro
tetrafluoroethylene
trifluoroiodomethane
fluoro acid air
euphobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From eu- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: Fear of hearing good news.
InChI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Acronym of International Chemical Identifier.
oleic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: oleïc acid
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated fatty acid, having 18 carbon atoms and one double bond, found in olive oil and very many other vegetable and animal oils and fats; it is used for making soap, cosmetics etc.
Synonyms: cis-octadecenoic acid
Derived terms: azoleic acid
linoleic
oleate
ricinoleic acid
Related terms: petroselinic acid
Easter egg hunt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Easter egg hunts
form: Easter-egg hunt
Senses: examples: text: I was a little chunky anyway, and slow, so slow that I was once the only kid at an Easter egg hunt who didn’t get a single egg, not because I couldn’t find them but because I couldn’t get to them fast enough.
ref: 2004, Bill Clinton, My Life:
synonyms: word: egg hunt
glosses: A common festive activity held at Easter, where Easter eggs are hidden outdoors or indoors for children to run around and seek (sometimes held as a contest to see who can collect the most eggs).
petroselinic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: An unsaturated fatty acid cis-6-octadecenoic acid found in many members of the family Apiaceae (e.g. parsley seed oil); it is a positional isomer of oleic acid, the double bond being in position 6 instead of 9.
positional isomer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: positional isomers
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any isomer that differs from another isomer only in the position of a substituent, or of a double or triple bond
palmitic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From being an acid discovered in saponified palm oils. From French palmite (“pith of the palm tree”) + -ic. From Latin palma (“palm tree”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: One of the most common saturated fatty acids; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.
Synonyms: hexadecanoic acid
Derived terms: isopalmitic acid
palmitate
palmitin
palmitoyl
fagotti
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of fagotto
stearic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: octadecanoic acid; the most common saturated fatty acid; it is found in all animal and most vegetable oils and fats; it is used in the manufacture of soap etc.
Synonyms: word: E570
word: octadecanoic acid
Coordinate terms: english: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
translation: coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution
word: stearate
word: octadecanoate
omega-3 fatty acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omega-3 fatty acids
form: ω-3 fatty acid
Senses: examples: text: Both types of fish are available in cans, but unlike tuna, salmon is loaded with fat — healthy omega-3 fatty acids.
ref: 2010, Anthony Marcelus, “Fix Your Fare”, in Reps!, 17:73:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any polyunsaturated fatty acid having a double bond between the third and fourth carbon atoms from the end of the molecule farthest from the carboxylic acid; they are found in green vegetables and in the oils of fish such as salmon and mackerel; they are essential fatty acids, and seem to be beneficial in reducing the risk of heart disease.
omega-6 fatty acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: omega-6 fatty acids
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any polyunsaturated fatty acid having a double bond between the sixth and seventh carbon atoms from the end of the molecule farthest from the carboxylic acid; although they are essential fatty acids, there is evidence that excess levels can cause a number of diseases
essential fatty acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: essential fatty acids
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: any fatty acid required for human metabolism that cannot be synthesized by the body and must be present in the diet; originally designated as vitamin F
Related terms: omega-3 fatty acid
omega-6 fatty acid
inconspicuous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɪn.kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
Forms: form: more inconspicuous
form: most inconspicuous
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin incōnspicuus. Equivalent to in- + conspicuous.
Senses: antonyms: visible
glosses: Invisible.
examples: text: Approaching danger, whether from octopus, fish or man, arouses caution in a small mollusk and it becomes as inconspicuous as it can.
ref: 2004, Shell Oil Company, Let's Collect Rocks and Shells, Kessinger Publishing Co., page 9:
antonyms: conspicuous
glosses: Not prominent nor easily noticeable.
Derived terms: inconspicuously
inconspicuousness
Related terms: obscure
unnoticeable
gnomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gnomic
form: most gnomic
Etymology: From French gnomique, ultimately from Ancient Greek γνωμικός (gnōmikós), from γνώμη (gnṓmē, “thought, judgement”), akin to γιγνώσκω (gignṓskō, “know”). By surface analysis, gnome + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: His birth-place was Colophon, an Ionian city of Asia-Minor; a city long famous as the seat of elegiac and gnomic poetry, and ranking the poet Minmermus amongst its celebrated men.
ref: 1845, G.H. Lewes, A Biographical History of Philosophy, volume I, London: Charles Knight and Co., page 72:
text: Old English culture was threaded through with riddles, cryptograms, gnomic verses, charms and riddling modes of speech such as litotes, just as Modern English culture is (if you will forgive me) riddled with jokes and catch-phrases, crosswords and quizzes, irony and sarcasm.
ref: 2013, Adam Roberts, The Riddles of The Hobbit, Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN, page 17:
glosses: Of, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
examples: text: He always makes gnomic utterances.
text: The gnomic belief that the world is conditioned by love is no idle apothegm.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page i:
text: In his part gnomic, part mechanic’s style, Mr. Pirsig’s narrator declares that the real world is a seamless continuum of the material and metaphysical.
ref: 2017 April 24, Paul Vitello, “Robert M. Pirsig, Author of ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance,’ Dies at 88”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Mysterious and often incomprehensible yet seemingly wise.
raw_tags: of a saying or aphorism
examples: text: gnomic aspect
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Expressing general truths or aphorisms.
Derived terms: gnomically
metagnomic
Related terms: gnome
osmic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A supposed acid formed from osmium tetroxide but known only as osmate salts.
Derived terms: osmicate
osmate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: osmates
Etymology: From osmic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any salt of osmic acid.
Synonyms: osmiate
Derived terms: perosmate
potassium osmate
Alicia
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈliːsi.ə/
ipa: /əˈliːʃə/
ipa: /əˈliːʃ(j)ə/
Forms: form: Aleshia
form: Alisha
form: Alyshia
form: Alyssa
form: Alycia
form: Alissia
form: Alisia
Etymology: A Latinization of Alice, which is in turn from Old French Adelais, Germanic Adalheid.
Senses: glosses: A female given name from the Germanic languages.
osmium tetroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An oxide of the metal osmium, OsO₄; it is very poisonous, has a pungent smell and can cause blindness; it is a powerful oxidizing agent, and is used to stain biological materials.
Synonyms: osmic acid
CAIB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /keɪb/
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Columbia Accident Investigation Board, a panel that investigated the 2003 LOVC of the Space Shuttle Columbia.
monoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈnɒksʌɪd/
Forms: form: monoxides
Etymology: Formed as mon- + oxide; compare the earlier dioxide, pentoxide, and tetroxide.
Senses: examples: text: A process for preparing normally solid high molecular weight, hydrocarbon polymers which comprises heating and reacting carbon monoxide with hydrogen at a temperature of 125 ° to 350 °C, under a pressure of at least 30 atmospheres and in contact with a phosphomolybdic compound represented by the formula P₂Mo_(20–24)O_(2–60).
ref: 1959, The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights, volume 87, page 6658:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxide containing a single oxygen atom in each molecule or formula unit.
Derived terms: arsenic monoxide
arsenic monoxide monochloride
bromine monoxide
carbon monoxide
dichlorine monoxide
dihydrogen monoxide
dinitrogen monoxide
diprotium monoxide
hydrogen monoxide
lead monoxide
nitrogen monoxide
silicon monoxide
sulfur monoxide
sulphur monoxide
dioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈɒksaɪd/
ipa: /ˈdaɪɔksaɪd/
Forms: form: dioxides
form: dinoxide
Etymology: From di- + oxide.
Senses: examples: text: Discoid lesions and minor subacute involvement may be controlled by freezing with carbon dioxide or a course of atabrine.
ref: 1954 February 15, Henry E. Michelson, “The Syndrome of Lupus Erythematosus”, in Modern Medicine, volume 22, number 4, Minneapolis, Minn.: Modern Medicine Publications, Inc., page 96:
text: Kruban is a tidally-locked Venusian hothouse, its surface perpetually obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxides.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kruban:
text: Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy.
ref: 2013 September–October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist, archived from the original on 03 Sep 2013:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: word: binoxide
word: deutoxide
glosses: Any oxide containing two oxygen atoms in each molecule.
Derived terms: americium dioxide
berkelium dioxide
calcium dioxide
carbon dioxide
carbon dioxide snow
cerium dioxide
chlorine dioxide
chromium dioxide
curium dioxide
diazoxide
germanium dioxide
hafnium dioxide
hydrogen dioxide
lead dioxide
manganese dioxide
nitrogen dioxide
pentacarbon dioxide
plumbic dioxide
plutonium dioxide
ruthenium dioxide
selenium dioxide
silicon dioxide
sulfur dioxide
sulphur dioxide
tellurium dioxide
tetracarbon dioxide
thiazide
thorium dioxide
tin dioxide
titanium dioxide
tricarbon dioxide
uranium dioxide
vanadium dioxide
zirconium dioxide
trioxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /trʌɪˈɒksʌɪd/
Forms: form: trioxides
Etymology: From tri- + oxide.
Senses: examples: text: Zeona has a thin atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and trioxide, created by volcanic outgassing. There are traces of water vapor in the atmosphere, but over the last five centuries of observation particle counts have decreased 4%.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Zeona, Elysta System:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any oxide containing three oxygen atoms in each molecule.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any organic compound of general formula R-OOO-R', derived from trioxidane.
Derived terms: antimony trioxide
arsenic trioxide
berkelium trioxide
bismuth trioxide
boron trioxide
chromium trioxide
curium trioxide
dinitrogen trioxide
hydrotrioxide
molybdenum trioxide
sulfur trioxide
sulphur trioxide
titanium trioxide
tungsten trioxide
uranium trioxide
xenon trioxide
tetroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tetroxides
Etymology: From tetr- + oxide.
Senses: examples: text: In the case of nitric acid, however, the employment of the aræometer introduces far greater errors than when it is used for sulphuric acid, hydrochloric acid, and in most other cases, as the concentrated nitric acids as a rule always contain nitrogen tetroxide in solution, the quantity being seldom less than 1 per cent., but more generally several per cent., which makes its strength when taken with the aræometer seem greater than it actually is.
ref: 1905, Georg Lunge, Alfred Isaac Cohn, Techno‐Chemical Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, pages 57–58:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any oxide containing four oxygen atoms in each molecule.
Derived terms: antimony tetroxide
dinitrogen tetroxide
lead tetroxide
nitrogen tetroxide
osmium tetroxide
ruthenium tetroxide
xenon tetroxide
pentoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pentoxides
Etymology: From penta- + oxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any oxide containing five oxygen atoms in each molecule
Derived terms: antimonic pentoxide
antimony pentoxide
arsenic pentoxide
bismuth pentoxide
dinitrogen pentoxide
diphosphorus pentoxide
nitrogen pentoxide
phosphorus pentoxide
vanadium pentoxide
one-upsmanship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-upsmanships
Etymology: From one-up + -s- + -manship.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one-upmanship.
VFD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: VFDs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of vacuum fluorescent display.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of variable-frequency drive.
glosses: Initialism of volunteer fire department.
take a back seat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a back seat
form: taking a back seat
form: took a back seat
form: taken a back seat
Etymology: From take a seat and back seat.
Senses: examples: text: The new chairman is happy to take a back seat when it comes to day-to-day operations.
glosses: To adopt a position of noninvolvement.
examples: text: 2004, My Life by Bill Clinton
But as with most kids, politics took a backseat to daily life.
text: The bluntness of King Vajiralongkorn's intervention—and the determination it reveals to resist relatively small checks on royal power—is both a snub to the junta and a worry for democrats, some of whom had dared hope that the new king might be happy to take a back seat in public life.
ref: 2017 January 14, “Thailand's new king rejects the army's proposed constitution”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2020:
text: Mr. August, a screenwriter for movies like “Charlie’s Angels” and “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” said that while artificial intelligence had taken a back seat to compensation in the Writers Guild negotiation, the union was making two key demands on the subject of automation.
ref: 2023 April 29, Noam Scheiber, John Koblin, “Will a Chatbot Write the Next ‘Succession’?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023:
antonyms: take the front seat
glosses: To be second to someone or something; to be less important or have a lower priority.
Related terms: in the driver's seat
on the back burner
second fiddle
take a number
cystectomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ɛktəmi
Forms: form: cystectomies
Etymology: From cyst (“bladder”) + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
surgery
glosses: The removal of the bladder; the removal of a cyst
Derived terms: endocystectomy
hemicystectomy
pericystectomy
precystectomy
Related terms: cystectomized
paillette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pælˈjɛt/
ipa: /paɪˈjɛt/
rhymes: -ɛt
Forms: form: paillettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French paillette, from paille (“straw”) + -ette.
Senses: examples: text: A plump and energetic chanteuse of some ten summers, incandescently blond, now emerged from a back recess wearing a gown of artificial golden paillettes sewn, not to any underlying fabric but only—precariously—to one another
ref: 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 450:
glosses: A sequin or spangle.
Derived terms: pailletted
taj
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑːdʒ/
note: hyperforeign
ipa: /tɑːʒ/
rhymes: -ɑːdʒ
Forms: form: tajs
form: tajes
Etymology: Arabic تَاج (tāj) from Classical Persian تاج (tāj, “crown”). Doublet of tag.
Senses: glosses: A tall brimless hat, usually conical or curved on top, worn in Muslim countries as a sign of distinction and prestige.
glosses: A crown worn by Indian princes as a sign of high rank.
Related terms: Taj Mahal
APO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Air Post Office (both Army and Air Force)
glosses: Army Post Office
glosses: Air Force Post Office
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of acute pulmonary oedema.
Related terms: FPO
BFPO
FPO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FPOs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
coordinate_terms: FP
glosses: Initialism of frame pointer omission.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: FP
glosses: Initialism of floating point operation.
coordinate_terms: APO
PO
glosses: Initialism of fleet post office (mailing address for Navy and Marines, sometimes APO is substituted.)
topics: business
finance
coordinate_terms: IPO
PO
glosses: Initialism of follow-on public offering.
peroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈrɒksʌɪd/
Forms: form: peroxides
Etymology: From per- + oxide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A divalent radical or anion containing two oxygen atoms linked by a covalent bond; any substance containing this group yields hydrogen peroxide when treated with an acid.
glosses: Hydrogen peroxide, especially when in an aqueous solution used as a bleach.
examples: text: Thus far, Dr. Petrakis said, he had found that in women with […] extractable breast fluid, the amount of lipid peroxides in the fluid was on the average seven times higher in Caucasian women than in women of Chinese de[s]cent. In addition, women with cystic breast disease, who face a higher than usual risk of breast cancer, appear to have more peroxides in their breast fluid than women with normal breasts.
ref: 1975 March 23, Jane Brody, “Clue to Cancer Found in Breast Fluid”, in The New York Times:
text: The O–O bond in benzoyl peroxide and the C–N bonds in AIBN homolyze under thermal or photochemical conditions.
ref: 2007, Robert B. Grossman, The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms, →ISBN:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any compound containing the functional group R-O-O-R'.
Derived terms: acetone peroxide
benzole peroxide
benzoyl peroxide
calcium peroxide
endoperoxide
high-test peroxide
hydrogen peroxide
hydroperoxide
hydroxyperoxide
iodoperoxidase
lipoperoxide
lithium peroxide
magnesium peroxide
methyl ethyl ketone peroxide
organoperoxide
peroxidability
peroxidable
peroxidase
peroxidation
peroxide blond
peroxide blonde
peroxide process
peroxidic
peroxidise
peroxidize
peroxydation
peroxyl
plumbic peroxide
potassium peroxide
sodium peroxide
terbium peroxide
thioperoxide
triperoxide
Related terms: peroxidase
peroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pəˈrɒksʌɪd/
Forms: form: peroxides
form: peroxiding
form: peroxided
form: peroxided
Etymology: From per- + oxide.
Senses: glosses: To treat (something) with hydrogen peroxide, especially hair in order to bleach it.
Marte
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Martes
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish Marte. This surname is mostly found in the Dominican Republic.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Spanish.
metonomy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of metonymy.
thanatosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thanatoses
Etymology: From New Latin; by surface analysis, thanato- + -osis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
synonyms: apparent death
glosses: The act of feigning death.
synonyms: necrosis
glosses: The death of part of an organism.
Related terms: word: thanatopsis
word: thanatotic
sense: act of feigning death
word: deathliness
sight unseen
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: sīt′-ŭn-sēn
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: unsight unseen
Etymology: Absolute construction reportedly first attested 1892.
Senses: examples: text: When she wrote, asking me to take charge of her house while she went to Europe, I gladly consented, sight unseen.
ref: 1902, Myrtle Reed, chapter 5, in Lavender and Old Lace:
text: More than $300 million worth of condominiums were sold in the new Time Warner complex sight unseen while the building was still under construction.
ref: 2005 August 2, Michiko Kakutani, “They'll Take Manhattan, for a Million or More”, in The New York Times, retrieved 01 Sep 2008:
glosses: Not having seen the object beforehand.
Related terms: pig in a poke
wider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪdɚ/
ipa: /ˈwaɪdə/
rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English widder, widdur, widere, from Old English widdra; equivalent to wide + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wide: more wide
wider
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈwaɪdɚ/
ipa: /ˈwaɪdə/
rhymes: -aɪdə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle English widder, widdur, widere, from Old English widdra; equivalent to wide + -er.
Senses: glosses: comparative form of wide: more wide
strategic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹəˈtiː.d͡ʒɪk/
ipa: /stɹəˈti.d͡ʒɪk/
rhymes: -iːdʒɪk
Forms: form: more strategic
form: most strategic
Etymology: From Ancient Greek στρατηγικός (stratēgikós, “of or for a general", also "a treatise on strategy”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “the leader or commander of an army, a general”), from στρατός (stratós, “army”) + ἄγω (ágō, “I lead, I conduct”).
Senses: synonyms: word: strategical
word: strategetic
word: strategetical
glosses: Of or pertaining to strategy.
examples: text: a strategic nuclear weapon
text: a strategic bomber aircraft
glosses: Of or relating to military operations that are more large-scale or long-range than local or tactical ones.
Derived terms: e-strategic
nonstrategic
strategical
strategically
strategic competence
strategic depth
strategic management
strategic material
strategicness
strategic pluralism
strategic submarine
strategic warning
technologies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɛkˈnɑləd͡ʒiz/
rhymes: -ɒlədʒiz
Senses: glosses: plural of technology
French horn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: French horns
Etymology: From French + horn.
Senses: examples: text: Using the “endangered species” model employed by the World Wide Fund for Nature, campaigners are highlighting the scarcity of bassoonists and paving the way for the promotion of some other orchestral instruments that are under threat, such as the oboe, French horn, viola, trombone and double bass.
ref: 2015 August 1, Vanessa Thorpe, “Musicians launch campaign to save the bassoon as shortage threatens orchestra”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A coiled brass musical instrument, derived from the French hunting horn, which has rotary valves.
Derived terms: French hornist
Related terms: double horn
trumpet
lowest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊ.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈloʊ.ɪst/
Senses: examples: text: Yang says he remembers being able to see the glacier’s lowest edge from his home village. But that time has passed.
glosses: superlative form of low: most low
Derived terms: lowest common denominator
lowest common multiple
lowest of the low
lowest
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈləʊ.ɪst/
ipa: /ˈloʊ.ɪst/
Senses: examples: text: Whoever bends lowest will will the limbo tournament.
glosses: superlative form of low: most low
spermophile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈspɜː(ɹ)məfaɪl/
Forms: form: spermophiles
Etymology: From Spermophilus from σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”) + φιλέω (philéō, “love”), hence, "seed-lover". This genus formerly included most of the terrestrial squirrels, but all of the North American species have been split off into separate genera.
Senses: examples: text: Your cousin, Seek Seek the Spermophile, sometimes called Gopher Squirrel, who lives on the open plains of the West where there are no rocks or stones. He likes best the flat, open country. He is called Spermophile because that means seed-eater, and he lives largely on seeds, especially on grain.
ref: 1920, Thornton W. Burgess, “Striped Chipmunk and his Cousins”, in The Burgess Animal Book for Children:
glosses: A terrestrial burrowing rodent; ground squirrel.
Synonyms: suslik
souslik
ground squirrel
gopher
Derived terms: leopard-spermophile
sacra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacrum
sacra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sacrae
Senses: glosses: sacral artery
Related terms: quoad sacra
sacra conversazione
rediscover
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ʌvə(ɹ)
Forms: form: rediscovers
form: rediscovering
form: rediscovered
form: rediscovered
Etymology: From re- + discover.
Senses: examples: text: She rediscovered her faith in religion.
glosses: To discover again; especially something previously lost or forgotten.
Derived terms: rediscover fire