cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
high-level
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ ˈlɛv.əl/
Forms: form: higher-level
form: highest-level
Etymology: From high + level.
Senses: examples: text: It remains a key part of the busy Strathclyde railway system, with its high-level platforms served by trains to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and England, and its low-level platforms a key artery at the heart of the busiest commuter network outside London.
ref: 2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Glasgow Central - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47:
antonyms: low-level
glosses: Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
glosses: Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
examples: text: high-level conference
text: Within 22 minutes of the high-level decision at 1.38 a.m. on the Sunday morning to withdraw the electric trains, a special control had been established at Glasgow North headquarters to organise the return to steam working.
ref: 1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130:
glosses: Consisting of such people.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Consisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
raw_tags: of a programming language
examples: "To begin, a need or want is simply a broad definition of the overall requirements: the high-level description, the 30,000-foot view, and so on, of the problem without identifying any specifics." https://www.google.com/books/edition/Additive_Manufacturing_Handbook/H1kkDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT92
topics: business
glosses: A summary that provides a general overview and omits nearly all details.
topics: video-games
qualifier: roleplaying games
glosses: At (or associated with) an advanced level within the context of a game's progression system.
Coordinate terms: mid-level
mid-range
mid-tier
Derived terms: high-level language
high-level synthesis
algorithmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: ăl'gərĭth'mĭk
ipa: /ˌælɡəˈɹɪðmɪk/
Etymology: From algorithm + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In an age when the charts have become an algorithmic spaghetti of streaming plays, radio and downloads, the purest way of measuring who is up and who is down in pop might be the Billboard Social 50, a sub-chart that measures reach across social networks.
ref: 2017 May 23, Gavin Haynes, “Why BTS are the K-pop kings of social media”, in The Guardian:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of, relating to, or being an algorithm.
Derived terms: algorave
algorithmically
algorithmic art
algorithmic complexity
algorithmic composition
algorithmic efficiency
algorithmic entropy
algorithmic game theory
algorithmic information theory
algorithmicize
algorithmic learning theory
algorithmic medium
algorithmic number theory
algorithmic probability
algorithmic randomness
algorithmic trading
multialgorithmic
neuroalgorithmic
nonalgorithmic
unalgorithmic
Related terms: algorithmicity
Alkaid
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic القَائِدُ لبَنَاتِ النَعْش (“the leader of the girls at the bier”), from قَائِد (qāʔid, “leader”) + بَنَات (banāt) plural of بِنْت (bint, “girl”) + نَعْش (naʕš, “bier”). With reference to the mourners at the funeral of Calypso (who became the Great Bear).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A star in the constellation of Ursa Major, the easternmost star of the Plough.
Synonyms: word: Eta Ursae Majoris
word: Benetnash
roman: marīci tārā
word: मरीचि तारा
Holmes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /hoʊmz/
ipa: /həʊmz/
note: spelling pronunciation
ipa: /hoʊlmz/
note: spelling pronunciation
other: /həʊlmz/
rhymes: -oʊmz
rhymes: -əʊmz
rhymes: -oʊlmz
rhymes: -əʊlmz
Etymology: From holme, variant of holm (“islet”).
Senses: glosses: A northern English surname from Middle English, variant of Holme.
glosses: A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald.
Sherlock Holmes, fictional detective.
glosses: A Scottish habitational surname from the place near Dundonald.
by extension, someone acting like, or showing the ability of Sherlock Holmes.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname.
glosses: A hamlet in Tarleton parish, West Lancashire district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD4319).
glosses: A suburb of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4192).
glosses: A suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Humboldt County, California.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Wright County, Iowa.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Adair County, Kentucky.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Menominee County, Michigan.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A hamlet in the town of Pawling, Dutchess County, New York.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
A township in Crawford County, Ohio.
glosses: A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
Derived terms: Holmes County
Holmesian
Holmesish
Holmes-Rahe scale
Holmes rebound phenomenon
Mirhosseini-Holmes-Walton syndrome
Related terms: Holmes Chapel
mills
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Senses: glosses: plural of mill
mills
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɪlz/
rhymes: -ɪlz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of mill
Alphard
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic الفَرْد (al-fard, “the solitary one”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An orange giant star in the constellation of Hydra; Alpha (α) Hydrae.
disaffected
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈfɛktɪd/
Etymology: From disaffect + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disaffect
disaffected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪsəˈfɛktɪd/
Forms: form: more disaffected
form: most disaffected
Etymology: From disaffect + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: The main reason for this state of affairs is probably that, for the exceptionally able man who accepts the present order of society, a multitude of other avenues to influence and power are open, while to the disaffected and dissatisfied an intellectual career is the most promising path to both influence and the power to contribute to the achievement of his ideals.
ref: 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 427:
text: Joe Biden is making a clear attempt to appeal to disaffected Republicans and independent voters in the final weeks of the election, promising he’d be a president that would work hard not just for those who support him, but also for those who do not.
ref: 2020 October 10, Sarah Mucha, “‘A moment to put country above party’: Biden makes appeal to disaffected Republican and independent voters”, in CNN:
glosses: Alienated or estranged, often with hostile effect; rebellious, resentful; disloyal; malcontent.
glosses: Affected with disease.
Derived terms: disaffectedly
disaffectedness
Alpheratz
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ælˈfɪəræts/
enpr: ăl-fĕ-rătsʹ
Forms: form: Alpherat
Etymology: From Arabic سُرَّةُ الْفَرَس (surratu l-faras, “the horse's navel”) (referring to Pegasus), from سُرَّة (surra, “navel”) + فَرَس (faras, “horse, steed”). Not related to alpha.
Senses: examples: text: In the head of Andromeda, there is a star of the second magnitude called Alpheratz and is one of those which form the square of Pegasus[…]. Alpheratz is on an imaginary line drawn from the north-easternmost star in the square of the Great Bear, through the north polar star, and distant from the latter about 61 degrees.
ref: 1821, Thomas Kerigan, The Young Navigator's Guide to the Sidereal and Planetary Parts of Nautical Astronomy: Being the Theory and Practice of Finding the Latitude, the Longitude, and the Variation of the Compass by the Fixed Stars and Planets. […], London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, page 67:
text: [Alpheratz, Alpherat, and Sirrah are from the Arabians' Al Surrat al Faras, the Horse's Navel, as this star formerly was associated with Pegasus, whence it was transferred to the Woman's hair; and some one has strangely called it Umbilicus Andromedae. But in all late Arabian astronomy taken from Ptolemy it was described as Al Rās al Mar'ah al Musalsalah, the Head of the Woman in Chains.]
ref: 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 35:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A spectroscopic binary, visible as a second-magnitude blue-white star marking the head of the chained woman in the northern constellation of Andromeda (formerly seen as part of Pegasus), one of four stars in the asterism of the Great Square of Pegasus.
Synonyms: roman: alpha
english: primary designation
translation: primary designation
word: α Andromedae
english: abbreviated form
translation: abbreviated form
word: α And
english: Latinized form
translation: Latinized form
word: Alpha Andromedae
roman: delta
english: historical designation
translation: historical designation
word: δ Pegasi
english: abbreviated form
translation: abbreviated form
word: δ Peg
english: Latinized form
translation: Latinized form
word: Delta Pegasi
word: Sirrah
Alshain
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic اَلشَّاهِين (aš-šāhīn, “the falcon”), from Persian شاهین (šâhin, “falcon / pointer of a scale”).
Senses: glosses: Beta Aquilae, a star in the constellation Aquila
Deneb Kaitos
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْكَيْتُوس (ḏanab al-kaytūs, “Cetus's tail”), from ذنب (“tail”) + an Arabization of Cetus.
Senses: glosses: The brightest star in the constellation Cetus.
Synonyms: Beta Ceti
Diphda
Diphda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic الضِفْدَع الثَانِي (aḍ-ḍifdaʕ aṯ-ṯānī, “the second frog”), from ضِفْدَع (ḍifdaʕ, “frog”) + ثَانٍ (ṯānin, “second”).
Senses: synonyms: Beta Ceti
Deneb Kaitos
glosses: The brightest star in the constellation of Cetus.
Denebokab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic ذَنَب اَلْعُقَاب (ḏanab al-ʕuqāb, “the eagle's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + عُقَاب (ʕuqāb, “eagle”).
Senses: glosses: Eta Aquilae, a supergiant star in the constellation of Aquila.
mamma mia
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: mŭ'mə mēʹə
ipa: /ˌmʌmə ˈmiːə/
enpr: mŏ'mə mēʹə
ipa: /ˌmɑmə ˈmiə/
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Italian mamma mia.
Senses: glosses: A mild expression of surprise, supposedly used by Italians.
mama mia
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of mamma mia.
Denebola
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Arabic ذَنَب اَلْأَسَد (ḏanab al-ʔasad, “the lion's tail”), from ذَنَب (ḏanab, “tail”) + أَسَد (ʔasad, “lion”).
Senses: glosses: Beta Leonis, the second-brightest star in the constellation of Leo.
supinate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsuː.pəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈsjuː.pəˌneɪt/
ipa: /ˈsuː.pəˌneɪt/
Forms: form: supinates
form: supinating
form: supinated
form: supinated
Etymology: From Latin supīnō (“turn up, turn over”).
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: To twist the forearm so as to turn the palm of the hand backwards if the forearm is pointing up, upwards if the forearm is horizontal, or forwards if the arm is pointing down; to twist the forearm by contracting the biceps brachii; to twist the right forearm clockwise or the left forearm counterclockwise.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: To twist the foot so the weight is on the outer edge.
Derived terms: oversupinate
Related terms: supinated
supine
chaparral
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/
ipa: /ˌt͡ʃæp.əˈɹæl/
ipa: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹæl/
ipa: /ˌʃæp.əˈɹɛl/
ipa: [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)æl]
ipa: [ˌʃæp.ɚˈ(ɹ)ɛl]
rhymes: -æl
rhymes: -ɛl
Forms: form: chaparrals
Etymology: From Spanish chaparral, from chaparro (“evergreen oak”) + -al, from Basque txaparro, from txapar, from sapar.
Senses: examples: text: It was quite dark when, after an arduous climb, the sheriff made his tortuous way through the chaparral to the point where Anthony Garland should be stationed.
ref: 1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart:
text: Have you ever been south of Monterey? / Barrancas carve the coastline / And the chaparral flows to the sea / 'Neath waves of golden sunshine
ref: 1973, Al Jardine, “California Saga (California)”, in Holland, performed by The Beach Boys:
text: “Look at all the chaparral on California’s coast — it’s all about surviving that kind of fire cycle.”
ref: 2021 February 10, Grayson Haver Currin, quoting Chuck Johnson, “Chuck Johnson’s Ode to What’s Been Lost in California’s Fires”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
coordinate_terms: macchia
glosses: A region of shrubs, typically dry in the summer and rainy in the winter. The coast of the Mediterranean is such a region.
glosses: The foliage of creosote bush, Larrea divaricata, when used as a medicinal herb.
Derived terms: chaparral bird
chaparral cock
chaparral hen
chaparral yucca
scandals
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of scandal
limerent
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈlɪməɹənt/
Forms: form: more limerent
form: most limerent
Senses: glosses: In a state of limerence.
glosses: In love, Infatuated.
examples: text: limerent object
text: limerent experience
glosses: Related by limerence.
Derived terms: nonlimerent
Related terms: limerence
contrecoup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrecoups
Etymology: Borrowed from French contrecoup, from contre (Latin contra) + coup a blow.
Senses: examples: text: These injuries, known as contrecoup injuries, appear on the opposite side of the brain from the point of impact because the brain is flung against its own protective (or in this case not-so-protective) casing.
ref: 2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 79:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: A bruising of the brain caused by a blow, appearing on the opposite side to that on which the blow was struck.
whites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(h)waɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: plural of white
whites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(h)waɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: examples: text: He walked somewhat mincingly, thin, in soiled whites, his brief-case under his arm.
ref: 1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 444:
glosses: A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
glosses: A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
The white uniform of a chef.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
Cricket whites.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A set of white clothes, especially as a uniform.
A white uniform formerly worn by officers of United States Marine Corps.
glosses: Linen, especially laundry, that is white.
glosses: leukorrhea.
Derived terms: forest whites
pearly whites
tight whites
whites
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /(h)waɪts/
rhymes: -aɪts
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of white
Dschubba
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic اَلْجَبْهَة (al-jabha, “the forehead”).
Senses: glosses: A star in the constellation Scorpio.
Synonyms: Delta Scorpii
Iclarcrau
isotone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotones
Etymology: Reinterpretation of the p in isotope as standing for proton, leading to a replacement with the letter n for neutron. Coined by German physicist Kurt Guggenheimer in 1934.
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: Any of a number of nuclides of different elements that have the same number of neutrons.
Related terms: isotonic
isobar
isotope
isotone
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: monotone nondecreasing.
Dubhe
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the Arabic phrase اَلْظَهْرُ اَلْدُبِّ اَلْأَكْبَر (al-ẓahru l-dubbi l-ʔakbar, “the back of the great bear [i.e. Ursa Major]”), from ظَهْر (ẓahr, “back”) + دُبّ (dubb, “bear”) + أَكْبَر (ʔakbar, “great”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A multiple star in the constellation of Ursa Major and part of the Plough; Alpha (α) Ursae Majoris.
kumbaya
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌkum.baɪˈjɑ/
ipa: /ˌkum.bɑˈjɑ/
ipa: /ˈkʌm.baː.jə/
Forms: form: kum ba yah
form: kumbayah
form: Kumbaya
Etymology: From Gullah. Apparently a corruption of the English phrase “come by here” in a spiritual song.
Senses: examples: text: Dr. Hoffman told me the word kumbaya was originally an African American spiritual, a song that was also a prayer asking for divine intervention, asking for help in dire times, and that then the hippies in the sixties took it and sang it to mean unity amid protest, and then it got played out and became a stand-in for corniness about togetherness.
ref: 2024, Tommy Orange, Wandering Stars, Harvill Secker, page 163:
glosses: Used to evoke spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony, with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm, as referring to the folk song.
Derived terms: sing Kumbaya
isotope dilution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotope dilutions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any technique that involves the addition to a sample of an isotopically labelled compound.
Synonyms: isotopic dilution
isotopic dilution
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotopic dilutions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: any technique that involves the addition to a sample of an isotopically labelled compound
Synonyms: isotope dilution
isotope shift
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: isotope shifts
Senses: qualifier: nuclear physics
glosses: a small difference in the transition energies of isotopes that corresponds to a given spectral line transition
spectral line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: spectral lines
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a dark or bright line in an otherwise continuous spectrum caused by the absorption or emission of light, at a single wavelength, by the movement of electrons between energy levels of an atom or molecule
Related terms: absorption line
emission line
linebroadening
energy level
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: energy levels
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Any of the discrete stable energies that a quantum mechanical system (such as the electrons of an atom) can have.
examples: text: My energy levels have dropped since I stopped exercising.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see energy, level.
Elnath
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛlˈnæθ/
rhymes: -æθ
Etymology: From Arabic النَّطْح (an-naṭḥ, “the butting [one]”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The second-brightest star in the constellation of Taurus.
Synonyms: Beta Tauri
Gamma Aurigae
non-existant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nonexistent.
Enif
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic أَنْف (ʔanf, “nose”) (i.e. of Pegasus).
Senses: examples: text: [Enif, Enf, and Enir, all titles for this, are from Al Anf, the Nose, by which the Arabians designated it.]
ref: 1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and Their Meanings, New York: G. E. Stechert, page 327:
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A type-LC irregular variable supergiant, visible as a second-magnitude orange star, or telescopically as an apparent triple star, marking the nose of the horse in the northern constellation of Pegasus.
Synonyms: roman: epsilon
english: primary designation
translation: primary designation
word: ε Pegasi
english: abbreviated form
translation: abbreviated form
word: ε Peg
english: Latinized form
translation: Latinized form
word: Epsilon Pegasi
att
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: atts
form: att
Etymology: From Lao ອັດ (ʼat).
Senses: glosses: A subdivision of currency, equal to one hundredth of a Lao kip.
att
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of at.
Eltanin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Etamin
form: Etanim
form: Ettanin
Etymology: From the Arabic رَأْس اَلتِّنِّين (raʔs at-tinnīn, “the dragon’s head”), from رَأْس (raʔs, “head”) + تِنِّين (tinnīn, “dragon”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An orange giant star, the brightest in the constellation of Draco.
Synonyms: Gamma Draconis
digenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪˈdʒɛnɪsɪs/
Forms: form: digeneses
Etymology: From di- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The alternation of sexual and asexual methods of reproduction.
Synonyms: metagenesis
Derived terms: digenetic
Related terms: parthenogenesis
desu
Language: English
Part of speech: particle
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɛsuː/
ipa: /dɛs/
rhymes: -ɛsuː
rhymes: -ɛs
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese です (desu, “be”), the polite form of the Japanese copula, found most often at the end of a sentence. Know Your Meme attributes its spread to 4chan memes of the Rozen Maiden character Suiseiseki who ends every sentence with desu (see also キャラ語尾).
Senses: examples: text: this desu
translation: this, tbh
english: this, tbh
bold_translation_offsets: 6
9
text: My contribution desu.
ref: 2002 March 20, Mahoronyan [username], “Re: I was wrong about Kokoro Library...”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: Freaky desu.
ref: 2003 January 30, Ethan Hammond, “Re: Nuku Nuku DVD Impressions”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
text: Awww, but it was just getting fun, desu.
ref: 2006 February 22, sanjian [username], “Re: FMA 47 - Sealing the Homunculus”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet):
topics: lifestyle
glosses: Used at the end of a sentence as an assertive particle.
wikipedia: Rozen Maiden
Fomalhaut
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic فَمُ الْحُوت (famu l-ḥūt, literally “the fish mouth”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The brightest star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus and one of the brightest stars in the night sky; Alpha (α) Piscis Austrini.
Synonyms: Lonely Star of Autumn
digenetic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dʌɪ.dʒɪˈnɛt.ɪk/
ipa: /daɪ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Etymology: From digenesis + -ic, from di- (“two”) + genesis.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a subclass (Digenea) of trematode worms in which sexual reproduction as an internal parasite of a vertebrate alternates with asexual reproduction in a mollusk.
Synonyms: heteroxenous
metagenetic
Related terms: Digenea
digenic
Algiedi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic اَلْجَدْي (al-jady, “the kid-goat”).
Senses: glosses: Alpha Capricorni, a double star in the constellation of Capricorn.
disgorged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of disgorge
Kochab
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Arabic كَوْكَب (kawkab, “star”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: β Ursae Minoris, the second-brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor, formerly a dual North Star with Pherkad from about 1000 BC to about AD 300.
Synonyms: Beta Ursae Minoris
β Ursae Minoris
Hypernyms: North Star
Mirfak
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic مِرْفَق (mirfaq, “elbow”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: Alpha Persei, a yellow supergiant star in the constellation of Perseus.
Synonyms: sense: Alpha Persei
word: Algenib
Menkar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Arabic مَنْخَر (manḵar, “nostril (i.e. of the whale)”).
Senses: glosses: Alpha Ceti, a red giant star in the constellation of Cetus
akathisia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /æ.kəˈθɪ.si.ə/
Forms: form: akathisias
form: acathisia
Etymology: From a- + Ancient Greek κάθισις (káthisis, “sitting”) + -ia. See also κᾰθῐ́ζω (kăthĭ́zō, “to sit down”).
Senses: examples: text: Haskowic first described this condition last November and applied the term "Akathisia" to it. The subject can seat himself and remain seated a few minutes, but then the contortions begin, and unless he gets up he suffers actual torture.
ref: 1903, American Medical Association, The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 40, section 1, page 544:
text: Central Nervous System Effects: Neuromuscular (extrapyramidal) reactions: These are usually dosage-related and may be of three forms: (1) pseudoparkinsonism, (2) akathisia (motor restlessness), and (3) dystonias.
ref: 1973, Arthur Osol, Robertson Pratt, The United States Dispensatory, volume 27, J.B. Lippincott Company, page 305:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A sensation of restlessness characterized by an inability to sit still/down or remain motionless/seated, arising from a subjective need or desire to move, often coinciding with the sensation of twitching of muscles, often as a side effect of psychiatric medications.
Derived terms: akathisic
Horologium
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: See horologium. As a location in Rome, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Augustī (“Sundial of Augustus”). As a constellation, a clipping of Latin Hōrologium Oscillitorium (“Pendulum Clock”), coined in 1763 by the French astronomer De Lacaille to honor the Dutch astronomer and mathematician Christian Huygens, who had written a major work by that name.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.
synonyms: word: Tower of the Winds
extra: a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials
glosses: Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.
synonyms: word: Solarium
extra: a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.
topics: Christianity
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.
Derived terms: Horologii
horologium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɔɹəˈloʊd͡ʒiəm/
ipa: /hɔɹəˈloʊɡiəm/
ipa: /hɒɹəˈləʊd͡ʒɪəm/
ipa: /hɒɹəˈləʊɡɪəm/
Forms: form: horologiums
form: horologia
form: Horologium
Etymology: From Latin horologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). In reference to Eastern Orthodoxy, via its Byzantine Greek development. See menologium. Doublet of horologe.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of chronometer or clock, a timekeeping device.
synonyms: word: chronometer or clock
extra: a timekeeping device
glosses: Synonym of astronomical clock.
synonyms: word: astronomical clock
topics: Christianity
glosses: Synonym of horologion, the book of hours in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism.
synonyms: word: horologion
extra: the book of hours in Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholicism
Related terms: horologic
horological
horologically
horologist
horologium florae
horology
gangling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more gangling
form: most gangling
Etymology: Perhaps from gangle, from the dialectal gang (“to go, to walk, to proceed”). Compare Swedish gänglig.
Senses: examples: text: A gangling teenager.
glosses: Awkwardly tall and thin, ungraceful.
Derived terms: ganglingly
Related terms: gangly
lanky
rangy
gangling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ganglings
Etymology: From gang + -ling.
Senses: examples: text: "Well, we'll meet in New York and you can see what's left of me! Bon voyage" the ganglings smirked & just beyond Grand, bang into not — da.
ref: 2007, Edward Estlin Cummings, Eimi:
glosses: A member of a gang.
Mintaka
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic مِنْطَقَة (minṭaqa, “belt”).
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A multiple star in the constellation of Orion; Delta (δ) Orionis, one of the three stars that form Orion's Belt.
Related terms: Alnilam
Alnitak
thrombin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθɹɒmbɪn/
Forms: form: thrombins
Etymology: From thromb- + -in.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: Thr
synonyms: factor II
glosses: An enzyme in blood that facilitates blood clotting by converting fibrinogen to fibrin (by means of ionized calcium).
Derived terms: meizothrombin
prethrombin
prothrombin
thrombin clotting time
thrombin time
Related terms: lipoic acid
thrombus
picaroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: picaroons
form: pickaroon
form: pickeroon
Etymology: From Spanish picarón, from pícaro (“rogue”).
Senses: glosses: A pirate or picaro.
glosses: A pirate ship.
glosses: A rogue.
Synonyms: sense: pirate
word: corsair
word: pirate
sense: pirate ship
word: corsair
sense: pirate ship
word: privateer
sense: rogue
word: brigand
sense: rogue
word: knave
sense: rogue
word: rogue
picaroon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: picaroons
form: picarooning
form: picarooned
form: picarooned
form: pickaroon
form: pickeroon
Etymology: From Spanish picarón, from pícaro (“rogue”).
Senses: glosses: To behave as a pirate.
Synonyms: loot
pillage
picaroon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɪkəˈɹuːn/
rhymes: -uːn
Forms: form: picaroons
form: pickaroon
form: pickeroon
Etymology: From French piqueron, from pique (“pike”) + -oon
Senses: glosses: A tool consisting of a curved spike or hook, fitted to a long shaft, used in logging and fishing to snag, move and hold.
Hyponyms: sappie
hookaroon
Phecda
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Arabic فَخِذ (faḵiḏ, “thigh”).
Senses: glosses: Gamma Ursae Majoris, a star in the constellation of Ursa Major.
jaked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪkt
Forms: form: more jaked
form: most jaked
Senses: glosses: drunk, intoxicated
Synonyms: drunk
jaked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪkt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of jake
burlin'
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more burlin'
form: most burlin'
Senses: qualifier: Glasgow
glosses: drunk, intoxicated
Ras Algethi
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Arabic رَأْس اَلْجَاثِي (raʔs al-jāṯī, “the kneeler's head”), from رَأْس (raʔs, “head”) and الجَاثِي (al-jāṯī, “the kneeler, Hercules”).
Senses: glosses: Alpha Herculis, the brightest star in the constellation of Hercules
emotive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈməʊtɪv/
ipa: /ɪˈmoʊtɪv/
Forms: form: more emotive
form: most emotive
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to emotion.
examples: text: He was the kind of man to whom some human object for pouring out his heart upon—were it emotive or were it choleric—was almost a necessity.
ref: 1886, Thomas Hardy, chapter XIX, in The Mayor of Casterbridge:
glosses: Appealing to the emotions.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Expressing an emotion.
Derived terms: emotive hardcore
emotively
emotiveness
emotivism
emotivist
emotivity
hyperemotive
nonemotive
overemotive
unemotive
emotive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈməʊtɪv/
ipa: /ɪˈmoʊtɪv/
Forms: form: emotives
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A word or construct that expresses an emotion.
xenocentricism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From xenocentric + -ism.
Senses: glosses: The belief that the products, styles, or ideas of another society are better than those of one's own culture.
separates
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of separate
separates
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of separate
incommunicado
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɪnkəmjunɨˈkɑːdoʊ]
Etymology: From Spanish incomunicado, with spelling influenced by such English words as communicate.
Senses: examples: text: The father of a woman living in the incommunicado world of the Big Brother house in Australia has died but his daughter has not been told.
ref: 2007 May 25, “Dreadful news awaits housemate”, in Times Online, London, retrieved 29 Jun 2007:
text: As the storm, described by the National Hurricane Center as “potentially catastrophic,” moved toward the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico on Tuesday, little could be learned about the conditions on Dominica. By early Tuesday morning, phone and internet signals on Dominica appeared to be down, leaving the island virtually incommunicado.
ref: 2017 August 19, “Hurricane Maria Does ‘Mind-Boggling’ Damage to Dominica, Leader Says”, in The New York Times, Mexico City, retrieved 21 Aug 2017:
text: Navalny, who has been sentenced to nearly three decades in prison, disappeared from a prison in the Vladimir region near Moscow last week, and was suspected to have been transferred into a “special regime” colony, where he could be held incommunicado under Russia’s harshest prison regime for years.
ref: 2023 December 18, Andrew Roth, “Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after jailed activist disappears”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: He is believed to be holed up, incommunicado, for the fear of being assassinated by Israel. Even top government officials apparently have had no contact with him.
ref: 2025 June 26, Kasra Naji, “When Iran's supreme leader emerges from hiding he will find a very different nation”, in BBC:
glosses: In a state or condition of inability or unwillingness to communicate.
Hyponyms: off the grid
Derived terms: word: incommunicada
word: miscommunicado
incommunicado
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: [ɪnkəmjunɨˈkɑːdoʊ]
Etymology: From Spanish incomunicado, with spelling influenced by such English words as communicate.
Senses: examples: 2004, Ben Westhoff, "Making Traks," Riverfront Times, St. Louis MO, 7 Apr,
The Starz seem most comfortable when they're in the studio, where they can work incommunicado.
glosses: In a manner in which communication with outsiders is not possible, for either voluntary or involuntary reasons, especially due to confinement or reclusiveness.
Related terms: incommunicate
palmprint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palmprints
Etymology: From palm + print.
Senses: glosses: The integumentary pattern of the palm of the hand, sometimes also including that of the fingers. It may be used for identification purposes.
coverall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkʌv.ə.ɹɔːl/
ipa: /ˈkʌv.ɚ.ɔl/
ipa: /ˈkʌv.ɚ.ɑl/
Forms: form: coveralls
Etymology: From cover + all.
Senses: glosses: A loose-fitting jumpsuit-style protective garment worn over other clothing.
Synonyms: word: overall
Derived terms: coveralled
userpass
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: userpasses
Etymology: From user + pass.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A combination of username and password.
carbonade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæɹbɒneɪd/
rhymes: -eɪd
Forms: form: carbonades
form: carbonnade
Etymology: Borrowed from French carbonnade. Doublet of carbonado.
Senses: glosses: a stew of meat cooked in beer
glosses: broiled meat or fish; carbonado
carbonnade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carbonnades
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carbonade.
turn away
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: turns away
form: turning away
form: turned away
form: turned away
Senses: examples: text: Thereat the Elfe did blush in priuitee, / And turnd his face away; but she the same / Dissembled faire, and faynd to ouersee.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “(please specify the book)”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: To rotate so as not to face someone or something.
glosses: To rotate oneself so as not to face someone or something.
glosses: To bend or turn from a fixed course.
examples: text: He met Luis Suarez's cross at the far post, only for Chelsea keeper Petr Cech to show brilliant reflexes to deflect his header on to the bar. Carroll turned away to lead Liverpool's insistent protests that the ball had crossed the line but referee Phil Dowd and assistant referee Andrew Garratt waved play on, with even a succession of replays proving inconclusive.
ref: 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To bend or turn from a fixed course.
examples: text: He was turned away at the border because he didn't have a valid visa.
text: The referee turned away the players' protests.
text: For heauen doth know (ſo ſhall the world perceiue)
That I haue turn'd away my former Selfe,
So will I thoſe that kept me Companie.
ref: c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v], page 100:
synonyms: turn back
coordinate_terms: kick out
glosses: To refuse to admit someone or accept something.
examples: text: to turn away disaster
glosses: To avert or ward off the occurrence or effects of.
examples: text: to turn away a servant
glosses: To dismiss from service.
examples: text: He turned away from his old comrades.
text: She increasingly turned away from politics.
text: Some people donate what they can, while others simply turn away.
synonyms: turn one's back
glosses: To forsake or refuse an association or commitment.
Derived terms: word: turnaway
clastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Made up of parts that are easily removable.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
raw_tags: of rock
Derived terms: acetoclastic
bioclastic
clast
cytoclastic
epiclastic
karyoclastic
nonclastic
organoclastic
pyroclastic
vitroclastic
volcaniclastic
Related terms: iconoclast
clastic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈklæstɪk/
rhymes: -æstɪk
Forms: form: clastics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek κλαστός (klastós, “broken in pieces”), from κλάω (kláō, “to break”) + -ic.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A rock made from fragments of pre-existing rocks.
turtleback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: turtlebacks
form: turtle-back
Etymology: From turtle + back.
Senses: examples: text: Up he went on concrete stairs that were eroded to turtlebacks and slippery with evening's frost […]
ref: 1975, Poul Anderson, The Winter of the World:
glosses: Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell).
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: An armor layout with an armored deck which slopes downwards towards the sides of the ship and connects to the lower edge of the main belt armor, designed to deflect shells striking the ship on trajectories close to horizontal.
glosses: A primitive stone celt of a form suggesting the back of a turtle.
examples: text: When you order Turtleback Books from Baker & Taylor, you can be assured you get Turtlebacks!
ref: 1995, The Georgia Librarian, volumes 32-34:
glosses: A library binding of a mass market paperback with a generic hardcover.
glosses: Any plant of the genus Psathyrotes of annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America.
Synonyms: turtle-deck
Related terms: turtle-backed
turtle-back scale
come of age
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: comes of age
form: coming of age
form: came of age
form: come of age
Senses: glosses: To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
examples: text: Eager to find a better life, you joined the Alliance military when you came of age. You volunteered for an expedition to Akuze: a lush world on the outskirts of Alliance space that had suddenly dropped out of contact.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Profile Codex entry:
glosses: To mature, or become fully developed.
tropophobia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊbiə
Etymology: From tropo- + -phobia.
Senses: glosses: The fear of moving or of making changes.
decadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkædɪk/
rhymes: -ædɪk
Etymology: From deca- + -adic.
Senses: glosses: of or relating to a decimal system
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: to the base ten
raw_tags: of a logarithm
Derived terms: decadic dialing
decadic dialling
decadic dialling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Pulse dialing.
DLO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DLOs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of dead letter office.
dead letter office
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: dead letter offices
Senses: glosses: The postal facility that deals with mail that cannot be delivered.
examples: text: The whole world is a Dead Letter Office. No one's listening to us. Our words vanish in the wind.
ref: 2009, Mike Hockney, The Last Bling King, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 101:
text: The agriculture department was merely a dead letter office until the present Minister gave it life and usefulness
ref: 1890 April 19, “Farm Topics”, in The Leader: A Weekly Journal of News, Politics, Agriculture, Literature, Science and Sport, Melbourne, Victoria, page 10:
glosses: A channel of communications for which the recipient neither acknowledges nor acts upon any messages sent.
dodecadic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ædɪk
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to the number twelve.
glosses: Consisting of twelve things.
docimastic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æstɪk
Senses: glosses: of, or relating to an experiment, test or assay
Derived terms: docimastically
Related terms: docimastics
docimasy
domal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊməl/
rhymes: -əʊməl
Etymology: From dome + -al.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to a dome.
glosses: In the shape of a dome.
domal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdəʊməl/
rhymes: -əʊməl
Etymology: From Latin domus (“house”).
Senses: topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to an astrological house.
tricolon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricolons
form: tricola
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τρικωλος (trikōlos, “having three parts”).
Senses: hypernyms: isocolon
glosses: A sentence with three clearly defined parts of equal length, usually independent clauses.
Derived terms: tricolon crescens
tricolon diminuens
tricolon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tricolons
Etymology: From tri- + colon.
Senses: glosses: The symbol ⁝, a colon with three dots instead of two.
diaeretic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /daɪəˈɹɛtɪk/
homophone: diuretic
homophone: diarrhetic
rhymes: -ɛtɪk
Forms: form: more diaeretic
form: most diaeretic
form: dieretic
form: diæretic
Senses: examples: text: The word create is dieretic, whereas creature is synaeretic.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Featuring diaeresis.
examples: text: Some words have many spellings: Take, for example, coordinate, which also has a hyphenated spelling variant — co-ordinate — and a dieretic one, coördinate.
glosses: Written with a diaeresis.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
philosophy
sciences
glosses: Separative.
intolerance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈtɒl.ə.ɹəns/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɑ.lə.ɹəns/
ipa: /ɪnˈtɔl.ə.ɹəns/
Forms: form: intolerances
Etymology: From French intolérance, from Latin intolerantia.
Morphologically in- + tolerance.
Senses: examples: text: Religious intolerance is a serious problem in Brazil.
text: By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect.
ref: 1921, Ben Travers, chapter 4, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
glosses: The state of being intolerant.
examples: text: lactose intolerance
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Extreme sensitivity to a food or drug; of a food that is generally considered edible, an individual inability to digest it.
Hyponyms: topics: medicine
sciences
word: food intolerance
Derived terms: heat intolerance
lactose intolerance
systemic exertion intolerance disease
Related terms: allergy
throw a wobbly
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: throws a wobbly
form: throwing a wobbly
form: threw a wobbly
form: thrown a wobbly
Senses: glosses: To throw a tantrum.
Derived terms: throw wobblies
repulsion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈpʌlʃən/
Forms: form: repulsions
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French répulsion, from Late Latin repulsio, repulsionem, from Latin repulsus.
Senses: glosses: The act of repelling or the condition of being repelled.
examples: text: All this was extraordinarily distasteful to Churchill. It was ugly, gross. Never before had he felt such repulsion when the vicar displayed his characteristic bluntness or coarseness of speech. In the present connexion[…] such talk had been distressingly out of place.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
glosses: An extreme dislike of something, or hostility to something.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The repulsive force acting between bodies of the same electric charge or magnetic polarity.
Derived terms: chemorepulsion
Coulomb repulsion
electrorepulsion
repulsion motor
Related terms: repel
repulse
repulsive
repellent
stateless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From state + -less.
Senses: examples: text: A stateless server treats each request independently.
topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
science
sciences
glosses: Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions.
glosses: Without state or pomp.
examples: text: UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
text: The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
ref: 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 68:
topics: law
glosses: Without a state or nationality; not subject to any state.
topics: government
human-sciences
philosophy
politics
sciences
glosses: Neither believing in nor supporting the idea of nations.
Synonyms: citizenshipless
countryless
nationless
Derived terms: stateless capitalism
statelessness
stateless person