cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
no way
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: no ways
Senses: examples: text: There is no way that I would trust him.
text: Miranda: I'll admit it, Shepard. I'm impressed. You got us here. Are you ready?
Shepard: We're going in blind, and we don't even know if we'll survive the trip. No way in hell we're ready... but we don't have a choice.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, way.; not any possibility.
Related terms: way out
packages
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of package
packages
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of package
rattletrap
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From rattle + trap.
Senses: examples: text: 2006, Paul McGeough, Bush 'palace' shielded from Iraqi storm, theage.com.au, August 26, http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/bush-palace-shielded-from-iraqi-storm/2006/08/25/1156012740594.html,
All services for the biggest embassy in the world will operate independently from the rattletrap utilities of the Iraqi capital. (speaking of the new US Embassy in Baghdad)
text: Every cultural instinct and previous experience tells you that when you travel this far you should find, at the very least, people on camels. There should be unrecognizable lettering on the signs, and swarthy men in robes drinking coffee from thimble-sized cups and puffing on hookahs, and rattletrap buses and potholes in the road and a real possibility of disease on everything you touch—but no, it's not like that at all.
ref: 2000, Bill Bryson, In a Sunburned Country, page 10:
text: BLANCHE:What you are talking about is brutal desire--just--Desire!--the name of that rattle-trap streetcar that bangs through the Quarter, up one old narrow street and down another...
ref: 1947, Tennessee Williams, A Streetcar Named Desire, Scene Four:
glosses: Mechanically unreliable or in disrepair.
rattletrap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rattletraps
Etymology: From rattle + trap.
Senses: examples: text: Mom always worried about our safety in my friend's rattletrap. I told her not to worry, as it can't go fast enough to be dangerous.
synonyms: word: banger
word: bucket of bolts
word: banger
word: beater
word: bucket of bolts
word: bucket of rust
word: clunker
word: crate
word: crock
word: flivver
word: hooptie
word: jalopy
word: junker
word: lemon
word: old banger
word: rattletrap
word: rustbucket
word: shed
word: shitbox
word: shitpot
word: shitcan
word: shitbucket
word: tin Lizzie
word: wreck
glosses: A mechanical device, particularly an automobile, that is worn out, run down, or mechanically unreliable as indicated by noises it makes in operation.
examples: text: And they tumbled about the rattletraps under the cupboard, and rummaged the drawers in search of the sacred volume.
ref: 1863, Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Churchyard:
glosses: Any piece of miscellaneous equipment or junk.
glosses: A type of noisemaker in which the teeth of a gear repeatedly bend and release a stiff tongue.
examples: text: Shut your rattletrap!
synonyms: trap
yap
glosses: A person's mouth.
take the heat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes the heat
form: taking the heat
form: took the heat
form: taken the heat
Senses: examples: text: If this decision turns out to be a bad one, I'll take the heat for it.
text: For entirely self-serving reasons, ministers and civil servants never dispelled the public belief that uncaring 'fat cat' privateers or foreign state railways were in control, ramping up fares and creaming off profits which either enriched shareholders or subsidised European rail fares. DfT left train operators to 'take the heat' - which they dutifully did, fearful of speaking up and 'biting the hand that feeds'.
ref: 2020 September 23, Nigel Harris, “Comment: We MUST seize the moment”, in Rail, page 3:
text: Despite hopes that the story would dissipate over the August recess, the White House is preparing for Trump to take more heat from Republicans in the weeks ahead.
ref: 2025 August 7, Jonathan Lemire, “Things Aren’t Going Donald Trump’s Way”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: To take the blame; to be the focus of anger or scrutiny; to take the consequences.
examples: text: I can take the heat, baby, best believe
That's the moment I shine
ref: 2023 May 25, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, “Dance the Night”, in Barbie the Album, performed by Dua Lipa:
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, heat.
Related terms: take the rap
chew out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: chews out
form: chewing out
form: chewed out
form: chewed out
Senses: examples: text: His dad chewed him out after seeing his poor grades.
synonyms: bawl out
glosses: To lecture, scold, reprimand, or rebuke, especially in an angry tone of voice.
Related terms: chewing out
10q
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: glosses: thank you.
10x
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: enpr: thăngks
ipa: /θæŋks/
homophone: thanks
rhymes: -æŋks
Etymology: From the similarity in pronunciation of ten + /ks/ to thanks.
Senses: qualifier: sensational spelling
glosses: Alternative spelling of thanks.
Related terms: thanx
thx
10Xer
224
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of today, tomorrow, forever.
2mrw
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of tomorrow.
4tw
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: FTW
Senses: examples: text: "Andrew" wrote in news:h4JIf.43735 $mf2....@newsfe6-win.ntli.net:
>> >> its to show u who is boss, state power 4tw
>> >> if they were really worried […]
ref: 2006 February 15, Andrew, quoted by Devoto, “Re: Smoking ban”, in alt.sports.soccer.sunderland (Usenet):
glosses: Abbreviation of for the win.
X-junction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: X-junctions
Senses: examples: text: Linear molecules containing the same sequences are not bound, and one X-junction successfully competes with another for binding whereas linear duplexes do not compete.
ref: 1998, Jac A. Nickoloff, Merl F. Hoekstra, DNA Damage and Repair: Volume I: DNA Repair in Prokaryotes and Lower Eukaryotes, page 197:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A non-linear strand of DNA where certain cruciform binding proteins can compete for binding.
middle of the road
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: middle-of-the-road
Senses: examples: text: A typical middle of the road compromise is to leave the problem as it is.
text: Despite her massive mandate, [Jacinda] Ardern's agenda will be resolutely middle of the road [title]
ref: 2020 November 12, Tova O'Brien, “Despite her mandate, Ardern's agenda will be resolutely middle of the road”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: moderate
word: reasonable
word: measured
word: mellow
word: middle of the road
word: mild
word: moderate
word: nonexcessive
word: nonextreme
word: nonfanatic
word: proper
word: reasonable
word: reasonous
word: sober
word: temperate
word: tempered
word: unexcessive
word: unextreme
glosses: Having a centrist attitude or philosophy; not extreme, especially politically.
examples: text: Damon Albarn has disappointed fans expecting the third Adele album to take a drill’n’bass direction by saying that the tracks he has heard are “very middle of the road”.
ref: 2015 September 10, Damon Albarn, quotee, “Damon Albarn suggests new Adele album is ‘very middle of the road’”, in The Guardian:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: Of a type of melodic popular music that has wide appeal.
Derived terms: middle-of-the-roadness
middle of the road
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: middle-of-the-road
Senses: examples: text: If us two competed together, we'd probably score just barely under the middle of the road.
glosses: The middle; the average.
crapola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæˈpoʊlə/
ipa: /kɹæˈpəʊlə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Etymology: From crap + -ola.
Senses: examples: text: My junk drawer is full of all sorts of crapola.
synonyms: crap
kipple
glosses: Items or material of poor quality or little importance.
crapola
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹæˈpoʊlə/
ipa: /kɹæˈpəʊlə/
rhymes: -əʊlə
Etymology: From crap + -ola.
Senses: examples: text: You can eat badly and feel crapola or eat healthily and feel great. The choice is yours...
ref: 2005, Cathy Hopkins, The Mates, Dates Guide to Life, Love, and Looking Luscious:
glosses: Feeling sick or bad.
stripped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Senses: examples: text: Here the stripped panelling was warmly gold and the pictures, mostly of the English school, were mellow and gentle in the afternoon light.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Made of strips.
glosses: Having undergone stripping; laid bare.
Derived terms: stripped down
stripped-envelope supernova
stripped
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /stɹɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of strip
resulted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzʌltɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of result
darted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑɹtɪd/
ipa: /ˈdɑːtɪd/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dart
solicited
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /səˈlɪsɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of solicit
rewarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈwɔɹdɪd/
ipa: /ɹɪˈwɔːdɪd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)dɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of reward
endo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
Etymology: Originally used to refer to the bottom tips of the marijuana plant which accumulate the most resin and crystals after being hung to dry, probably from end + -o.
Senses: examples: text: rollin' down the street smokin' endo / sippin' on gin and juice
ref: 1998, Snoop Dogg, Gin and Juice:
text: So as I drive home / I roll my window up / And my endo up in the same motion
ref: 1994, Nas, Jungle Jay:
synonyms: word: bhang
word: benj
word: boo
word: broccoli
word: bud
word: buddha
word: cannabis
word: cheeba
word: choof
word: daccha
word: dank
word: devil's lettuce
word: djamba
word: doja
word: doobage
word: dope
word: endo
word: gage
word: ganja
word: ganj
word: grass
word: green
word: greenery
word: hash
word: hashish
word: hemp
word: herb
word: Mary Jane
word: MJ
word: marihoochie
word: marijuana
word: Mary Joanna
word: method
word: mezz
word: muggle
word: mull
word: pot
word: puff
word: reefer
word: sens
word: sensimillia
word: sensimilla
word: shit
word: sweetleaf
word: tea
word: Texas tea
word: trees
word: twig
word: wacky tobaccy
word: weed
word: yarndie
word: zaza
word: zombie
glosses: Marijuana.
endo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
Forms: form: endos
Etymology: From end over end.
Senses: topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: stoppie
front wheelie
glosses: A bicycle or motorcycle trick where the bike is ridden on the front wheel.
examples: text: Midway down a winding descent on a dry, rocky trail during a mountain bike race in Maui, I tried to avoid a large rock, jammed on my front brakes and went flying over the handlebars – a judo-style fall known as an "endo". […] To avoid future "endos" on precipitous descents, I stood with my weight over the rear wheel, gripping the seat with my thighs.
ref: 2000 November 17, Joe Glickman, “High in the Saddle for a Rousing Ride That's Bumpy, Bruising and Scary”, in The New York Times:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A crash in which the back wheel of the bicycle lifts off the ground and the cyclist is hurtled over the handlebars.
endo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
Forms: form: endos
form: endoing
form: endoed
form: endoed
Etymology: From end over end.
Senses: examples: text: I remember when disc brakes became a worthwhile investment; from this point on, following Clive became extremely dangerous. He just kept endoing everywhere! Down a steep bank, through a stile, on his dad's bed… […] Clive endos smoothly into the corner while swinging the back wheel out, drops into the switchback and he's away.
ref: 2011, Clive Forth, The Mountain Biking Pocket Guide: Your Slope Saviour, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 8:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To perform an endo (trick).
examples: text: Pro athletes are expected to be Very Online. Some polish their profiles to a high shine; Courtney rides her own line. There are the obligatory golden-hour shots, but her Insta also has quirky strength-training videos and footage of total yard sales—like her endoing on a training ride this spring.
ref: 2019 December 9, “The 2019 Outsiders of the Year”, in Outside:
topics: cycling
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To suffer an endo (crash).
Related terms: wheelie
endo
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
Etymology: Clippings, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”). Compare the prefix endo-.
Senses: qualifier: multiplicity slang
glosses: Clipping of endogenic.
endo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
Forms: form: endos
Etymology: Clippings, ultimately from Ancient Greek ἔνδον (éndon, “inner; internal”). Compare the prefix endo-.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of endocrinology.
examples: text: Since my endo did not practice at the hospital I delivered at, I did not have the oversight I needed to adjust my fluctuating sugars […]
ref: 2010, Cheryl Alkon, Balancing Pregnancy with Pre-existing Diabetes, page 150:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of endocrinologist.
examples: text: Endo Days is a self-described cabaret, comedy and “singing support group”. Libby Trainor Parker, a festival weekly award winner, highlights the reality of comfy pyjamas, wheat bags and suppositories for women living with endo.
ref: 2021 March 15, Kylie Maslen, “The conversation about endometriosis and invisible illness has finally reached the arts”, in The Guardian:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of endometriosis.
examples: text: I question dentists about the services they actually provide in their offices. Do you do crown and bridge and restorative dentistry? “Of course.” Do you do endodontics? “No, I never really liked endo.”
ref: 2022 August 19, Louis Malcmacher, “Learn something new: Incorporating Botox and dermal fillers into your practice”, in Dental Economics:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of endodontics.
examples: text: Supraeruption happens. Gingival inflammation happens. Pulpal inflammation happens. Traditionally, we can “work through” these problems. We can grind crowns into place. We anesthetize and use hemostatics on the gingiva. We do endos. But we shouldn’t have to do those things, especially with digital dentistry.
ref: 2021 October 25, Joshua Austin, “Pearls for Your Practice: 3-Day Polished Zirconia Crowns by 38 Smiles Dental Lab”, in Dental Economics:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Clipping of endodontic treatment.
examples: text: i love endos, all plural folks are so fucking valid, but also i feel like my actual legitimate DID is so much more severe than it is for all of my friends and it does get a bit isolating
ref: 2022 May 21, @archusRevya, Twitter, archived from the original on 06 Oct 2024:
qualifier: multiplicity slang
glosses: Clipping of endogenic system.
glosses: Clipping of endosomatophilia.
endo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛndəʊ/
rhymes: -ɛndəʊ
Forms: form: endos
Etymology: Coined from end of contract, as used on the contracts given to workers under the system.
Senses: examples: text: The landmark measure meant to eliminate 'endo' or the practice subcontracting of labor.
ref: 2019 July 27, Virgil Lopez, “Panelo corrects self on veto of Security of Tenure bill”, in GMA News Online, retrieved 26 Jul 2019:
text: [...] 13 local and foreign business chambers asked "the president to veto the security of tenure bill" since it "is redundant as there are previously approved laws that already protects workers from 'endo' (end of contract scheme), [...]"
ref: 2019 July 27, Vann Marlo M. Villegas, “Duterte strikes down measure tightening labor contracting rules”, in BusinessWorld, retrieved 26 Jul 2019:
ref: 2019 July 27, Virgil Lopez, “Palace: Duterte to pursue promise to stop 'endo' within his term”, in GMA News Online, retrieved 26 Jul 2019:
glosses: A labor contracting system where workers are hired by employment agencies to work for a specific period of time until being replaced and prohibited from being re-hired.
examples: text: […] Labor Day is just around the corner, hence, it is timely to examine the current and hot issues affecting the workers’ sector. One such issue concerns the matter of endos, contractuals and contractualized employees. / Endos, contractuals and contractualized employees do not enjoy full security of tenure rights as guaranteed by the Constitution and the Labor Code.
ref: 2018 April 26, Art Amansec, “Of ‘endos,’ contractuals and contractualized employees”, in BusinessMirror:
glosses: A person employed under this system.
patriarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpejtɹiɑɹki/
ipa: /ˈpeɪ̯tɹɪɑːkɪ/
ipa: /ˈpætɹɪɑːkɪ/
ipa: /ˈpɛjtɹɪjɑːkɪj/
Forms: form: patriarchies
Etymology: From Latin patriarchia, from Byzantine Greek πατριαρχία (patriarkhía), from Koine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “patriarch”), from πατρία (patría) and ἄρχω (árkhō). By surface analysis, patri- + -archy.
Senses: topics: anthropology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: A social system in which the father is head of the household, having authority over women and children, and in which lineage is traced through the male line.
examples: text: England is under the rule of a patriarchy.
ref: 1929, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own:
glosses: A power structure in which men are dominant.
topics: Christianity
glosses: The office of a patriarch; a patriarchate.
Derived terms: antipatriarchy
batriarchy
cisheteropatriarchy
cispatriarchy
heteropatriarchy
homopatriarchy
neopatriarchy
patriarchial
postpatriarchy
transpatriarchy
Related terms: patriarch
patriarchate
patriarchal
matriarchy
matriarchy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: matriarchies
Etymology: Coined after patriarchy, from Latin māter (“mother”) and Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō, “I rule”). By surface analysis, matri- + -archy.
Senses: examples: text: The difficulty is that when a man thinks of matriarchy, he thinks of a patriarchy with women in the place of men; he does not stop to consider that matriarchy may be a complete mirror-image. Where patriarchy establishes law, matriarchy establishes custom; where patriarchy establishes military power, matriarchy establishes religious authority; where patriarchy encourages the aresteia of the individual warrior, matriarchy encourages the tradition-bound cohesion of the collective. When, therefore, one envisions a matriarchy, one should not conjure up visions of a gang of Amazons lopping off breasts and testicles to rule by force of arms.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 149:
glosses: A social system in which the mother is head of household, having authority over men and children, and lineage is traced through the female line.
glosses: A system of government by females (particularly as a kind of polity).
glosses: The dominance of women in social or cultural systems.
Synonyms: matriarchate
gynarchy
gynecocracy
Derived terms: matriarchial
matriarchist
Related terms: matriarchal
patriarchy
leetspeek
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of leetspeak.
limivorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Latin līmus (“mud”) + -vorous
Senses: examples: text: The earthworm is a limivorous creature.
glosses: Eating mud or soil for organic matter in it.
lithoid
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lithoid
form: most lithoid
Etymology: From lith- + -oid.
Senses: glosses: Stone-like in texture, appearance or other characteristic.
sinuate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sinuates
form: sinuating
form: sinuated
form: sinuated
Etymology: From Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (“to wind, bend”), from sinus (“a bend”). See also sine, from Latin sinus.
Senses: examples: text: A road that sinuates through the valley.
glosses: To advance in wavy or curvy manner, to bend, to curve, to wind in and out
sinuate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more sinuate
form: most sinuate
Etymology: From Latin sinuatus, past participle of sinuare (“to wind, bend”), from sinus (“a bend”). See also sine, from Latin sinus.
Senses: glosses: sinuous
glosses: Having wavy indentation on its border or edge.
examples: text: In this group of mushrooms, the attachment of the gills to the stipe is sinuate.
topics: biology
mycology
natural-sciences
glosses: Roughly the same height for most of its length, becoming much shallower and then curving back towards the stem before reaching the attachment point.
raw_tags: of gills
sulfur mustard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sulphur mustard
Senses: topics: engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
technical
glosses: Mustard gas.
Synonyms: word: mustard gas
word: yperite
-coccus
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -cocci
Etymology: From New Latin coccus, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
Senses: glosses: any spherical microorganism
Derived terms: cryptococcus
diplococcus
macrococcus
ovococcus
protococcus
spermococcus
staphylococcus
Related terms: coccus
-coel
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Forms: form: -coele
form: -cele
Etymology: Via Latin, from Ancient Greek κοῖλος (koîlos, “hollow”).
Senses: glosses: A cavity.
Derived terms: blastocoel
enterocoele
haemocoel
hemocoel
pseudocoel
spongocoel
-coel
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: See -cele.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of -cele (“tumor; hernia”).
-coele
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of -coel.
glosses: Alternative spelling of -cele.
-colous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Latin -col(a) (“inhabitor”) + -ous. By surface analysis, -col(e) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: Having a specified habitat.
arenicolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Latin arēna, harēna (“sand”) + -colous.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Living or burrowing in sand.
-derm
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).
Senses: glosses: skin or covering
Related terms: -derma
-dermatous
-derma
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).
Senses: glosses: skin or skin disease
Related terms: -derm
-dermatous
-dermatous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma, “skin”), genitive δέρματος (dérmatos) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: having a specified type skin
Derived terms: echinodermatous
pachydermatous
sclerodermatous
syphilodermatous
Related terms: -derm
-derma
-dromous
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “race, running”) + -ous.
Senses: glosses: running or moving in a specified manner
unfasten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈfɑːs(ə)n/
Forms: form: unfastens
form: unfastening
form: unfastened
form: unfastened
Etymology: From un- + fasten.
Senses: examples: text: He doth unfasten so and shake a friend.
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 IV, scene i]:
glosses: To detach from any connecting agency or link; to disconnect.
glosses: To come unloosed or untied.
Synonyms: undo
Hyponyms: unbutton
untie
unzip
flavoxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: a xanthophyll pigment, 5,8-monoepoxylutein, found in the petals of marigolds and other plants
Synonyms: E161a when used as a food colouring
cryptoxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cryptoxanthins
Etymology: From crypto- + xanthin.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A xanthophyll pigment (a hydroxy derivative of carotene) that occurs widely in nature.
Synonyms: E161c when used as a food colouring
rubixanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A monocyclic xanthophyll pigment found in rose hips and elsewhere.
Synonyms: E161d when used as a food colouring
violaxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: violaxanthins
Senses: examples: text: It can be assumed that the sinensiaxanthins and sinensiachromes represent degradation products of the violaxanthins, luteoxanthins and auroxanthins which are found in considerable amounts in yellow roses.
ref: 2012, N.I. Krinsky, Carotenoids: Chemistry and Biology, page 11:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A xanthophyll pigment (a di-epoxide, derived from zeaxanthin) that occurs in many plants.
Synonyms: E161e when used as a food colouring
Related terms: violaxanthal
rhodoxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A xanthophyll pigment found in many plants, and in bird feathers.
Synonyms: E161f when used as a food colouring
canthaxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canthaxanthins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A xanthophyll pigment found in many plants and animals.
Synonyms: E161g when used as a food colouring
citranaxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A synthetic monocyclic xanthophyll pigment, 5',6'-dihydro-5'-apo-18'-nor-beta-caroten-6'-one.
Synonyms: E161i when used as a food colouring
astaxanthin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æstəˈzænθɪn/
ipa: /æstəˈzænθɪn/
ipa: [æstəˈzɛənθɪn]
Forms: form: astaxanthins
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: E161j
glosses: A xanthophyll pigment that occurs widely in plants and animals, especially crustaceans.
tramadol
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæm.əˌdɔl/
Etymology: From trama (“the fleshy portion of a basidiocarp”) + -adol (“an analgesic”).
Senses: examples: text: A nod from Rhona as she popped two tramadol and lay down on the couch again.
ref: 2021, Jenni Fagan, Luckenbooth, William Heinemann, page 247:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A synthetic opioid analgesic administered orally in the form of its hydrochloride C₁₆H₂₅NO₂·HCl to treat moderate to severe pain.
Derived terms: desmetramadol
tramadol hydrochloride
red ochre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red ochres
form: red ocher
Senses: synonyms: kokowai
coordinate_terms: brown ochre
purple ochre
yellow ochre
glosses: A claylike material containing ferric oxide, used as a pigment.
Tainter gate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Tainter gates
Etymology: Named after American structural engineer Jeremiah Burnham Tainter of Wisconsin.
Senses: glosses: A type of radial-arm floodgate used in dams and canal locks to control water flow.
Coordinate terms: beartrap gate
crest gate
radial gate
stoplog
proper nouns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of proper noun
baby seat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: baby seats
Senses: glosses: Synonym of child safety seat, a car seat for babies.
synonyms: word: child safety seat
extra: a car seat for babies
glosses: Synonym of highchair, a seat for babies to eat from.
synonyms: word: highchair
extra: a seat for babies to eat from
jellybean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jellybeans
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jelly bean.
jellybean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: These were mainly used to implement glue logic, and it was possible to replace fifty or more jellybean devices with a single ASIC.
ref: 2008, Clive Maxfield, Bebop to the Boolean Boogie:
topics: business
computing
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
programming
sciences
glosses: of an electronic component, or software algorithm: generic, standard, vanilla, easy to find
Related terms: jellybean part
parvorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: parvorders
Etymology: From parvo- + order.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
glosses: A specific taxonomic category above superfamily and below infraorder.
head to wind
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Having the bow of a boat facing directly into the wind
Synonyms: in irons
squirrel monkey
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: squirrel monkeys
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: Any of several small New World monkeys, of the genus Saimiri, that live in southern Central America and northern South America.
Derived terms: taxonomic: Saimiri ustus
word: bare-eared squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri boliviensis
word: black-capped squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri vanzolinii
word: black squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri boliviensis boliviensis
word: Bolivian squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri oerstedii
word: Central American squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri collinsi
word: Collins' squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri sciureus
word: common squirrel monkey
alt: Saimiri cassiquiarensis macrodon or Saimiri sciureus macrodon
word: Ecuadorian squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri sciureus
word: Guianan squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri cassiquiarensis
word: Humboldt's squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri boliviensis peruviensis
word: Peruvian squirrel monkey
taxonomic: Saimiri sciureus
word: South American squirrel monkey
holiday homes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of holiday home
radical line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radical lines
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: The line containing the locus of points from which the segments respectively tangent to two given circles have equal length.
Synonyms: radical axis
Related terms: radical center
Plimsoll mark
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Plimsoll marks
form: Plimsoll's mark
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Plimsoll line.
synonyms: word: Plimsoll line
slane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sleɪn/
ipa: /slɑːn/
rhymes: -eɪn
homophone: slain
Forms: form: slanes
form: slean
Etymology: Borrowed from Irish sleán, sleaghán.
Senses: examples: text: Little McTiernan at the Door is giving out short-handl’d Peat-Cutters styl’d, by the Irish, ‘Slanes’.
ref: 1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon:
glosses: A one-eared spade for cutting turf or peat, consisting of an iron flat-bladed head and a long wooden shaft.
Axis powers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Axis power
tea-urn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea-urns
form: tea urn
Senses: examples: text: With the money that you have in hand, you may purchase, my dear, at your most convenient time, a tea-urn; that which we have at present having never been handsome, and being now old and patched.
ref: 1836, William Cowper, The Works of William Cowper, Esq., Comprising His Poems, Correspondence, and Translations, With a Life of the Author, page 44:
glosses: An urn or pot, with a gravity-fed tap at the bottom, used to hold hot water, hot tea or hot coffee.
Related terms: samovar
tea trolley
tea wagon
teaware
tea-water
tea-wine
tea-wrap
tea yellows
tea urn
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tea urns
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tea-urn.
nineth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of ninth.
experiential
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛkˌspɪəɹiˈɛnʃəl/
ipa: /ɪkˌspɪəɹiˈɛnʃəl/
enpr: ĭk-spîr'ē-ĕnʹshəl
ipa: /ɪkˌspɪɹiˈɛnʃəl/
Forms: form: more experiential
form: most experiential
Etymology: From Latin experientiālis, from experientia + -ālis.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonym: empirical
text: Atheists argue that there is no experiential confirmation for the existence of a god.
text: Each color has a unique experiential quality.
text: The changes you're talking about here are experiential.
ref: 2024 June 26, Andrew Limbong, “Stuck in a rut? How to appreciate your life again, according to science”, in NPR:
antonyms: nonexperiential
unexperiential
;
theoretical
coordinate_terms: superempirical
glosses: Of, related to, encountered in, or derived from experience.
Derived terms: experiential advertising
experiential education
experiential innovation
experientialism
experientialist
experientiality
experiential knowledge
experientially
experiential philosopher
experiential philosophy
experiential platform
experiential world
interexperiential
nonexperiential
panexperiential
postexperiential
unexperiential
ninteenth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nineteenth.
ninteenth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of nineteenth.
-eer
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪə(ɹ)/
homophone: ear
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Etymology: From Middle French -ier, doublet of -ary, -yer, -ar, and -ier.
Senses: glosses: Used to create an agent noun denoting someone associated with, concerned with, or engaged in a specified activity.
Related terms: -er
especially Etymology 4
do one's darnedest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's darnedest
form: doing one's darnedest
form: did one's darnedest
form: done one's darnedest
Senses: examples: text: I don't think he'll succeed, but he's doing his darnedest to build a working spaceship.
glosses: To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.
Related terms: do one's damnedest
do one's damnedest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: does one's damnedest
form: doing one's damnedest
form: did one's damnedest
form: done one's damnedest
Senses: examples: text: I think he'll do his damnedest to become CEO one day.
glosses: To do one's utmost; to make every effort or to try every possible approach or way.
Related terms: do one's darnedest
statistical mechanics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Coined by American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs in 1884, with a presentation to the American Association for the Advancement of Science titled "On the Fundamental Formula of Statistical Mechanics, with Applications to Astronomy and Thermodynamics". He attributed the choice of the word "statistical" to James Clerk Maxwell.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The branch of physics that uses statistical laws to make theoretical predictions about macroscopic systems of particles.
wikipedia: American Association for the Advancement of Science
James Clerk Maxwell
Synonyms: statistical thermodynamics
Related terms: Boltzmannian
not a chance
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Do I think she'll go out with him? Not a chance.
synonyms: no chance
not on your life
by no means
no fear
no way
nothing doing
fat chance
chance'd be a fine thing
glosses: Absolutely not; no way.
Related terms: no dice
prohibitive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
Forms: form: more prohibitive
form: most prohibitive
Etymology: From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: Some countries are more prohibitive than others when it comes to hot topics like euthanasia and cloning.
glosses: Tending to prohibit, preclude, or disallow.
glosses: Requiring an unreasonable or impractical effort.
examples: text: I'd like to visit Europe someday, but the cost is prohibitive right now.
text: The economics of rebuilding all the stations covered by the electrification would be prohibitive, but to help bring home to the Glasgow public that their North Clyde suburban service has been transformed, not merely re-equipped with new trains, stations have at least been associated psychologically with the rolling stock by a common colour scheme.
ref: 1960 December, “The Glasgow Suburban Electrification is opened”, in Trains Illustrated, page 714:
text: Hendy has come out as something of an evangelist for discontinuous electrification. For Waterloo-Exeter, this could make real sense on a route where the high capital cost of wiring or third rail all the way to Devon would be prohibitive. But what about his vocal support for it on East West Rail, which is effectively a brand new line?
ref: 2025 February 19, Paul Clifton, “I am absolutely committed to reforming the railway”, in RAIL, number 1029, page 41:
synonyms: extortionate
glosses: Costly to the extreme; beyond budget.
examples: text: “I think there’s no question about that. I think he’s the prohibitive favorite if he gets in,” Dennis Lennox, a Michigan-based Republican political consultant, told Politico.
ref: 2017 July 23, Olivia Beavers, “GOP consultant:Kid Rock would be prohibitive favorite if he enters Michigan Senate race.”, in The Hill, 2020 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., archived from the original on 24 Jul 2017:
text: [B]ut the math says Joe is our prohibitive nominee, we need to bring the party together[.]
ref: 2020, 00:00:20 from the start, in Andrew Yang endorses Joe Biden, and delivers message to Bernie Sanders supporters, CNN, published 2020, archived from the original on 15 Mar 2020:
glosses: Being the presumptive or likely winner of a contest.
Derived terms: cost-prohibitive
prohibitive mood
prohibitive
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈhɪbɪtɪv/
Forms: form: prohibitives
Etymology: From Middle English prohibitif, prohibityve, from Medieval Latin prohibitīvus, from prohibit-, past-participle stem of Latin prohibēre. By surface analysis, prohibit + -ive.
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A negative imperative.
big deal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: big deals
Senses: examples: text: It's a big deal to him to get this promotion.
text: It's no big deal if you don't finish it today.
text: Why do you always have to make such a big deal of tiny punctuation errors?
glosses: Something very important or difficult; a matter of great concern; a considerable feat or achievement.
examples: text: She's a big deal in music in Spain.
synonyms: big, fat, hairy deal
glosses: Someone very important; a VIP.
Derived terms: make a big deal of
make a big deal out of
big deal
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: examples: text: He can run a mile in six minutes? Big deal! Some people can do it in four.
text: So you beat the worst team in the league. Big deal, call the TV crews.
glosses: Indicates that something is not important or impressive; so what.
servlet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: servlets
Etymology: Blend of server + applet
Senses: examples: The difference between servlets and JSP is that servlets typically embed HTML inside Java code, while JSPs embed Java code in HTML.
qualifier: object-oriented programming
glosses: A Java program running on an Internet server that generates web content dynamically in response to requests from clients.
Synonyms: serverlet
Hypernyms: program
Hyponyms: english: specific to the ZK Studio
translation: specific to the ZK Studio
word: richlet
Related terms: facelet
CGI script
JSP
web content
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Elements making up a web page as delivered to the client, including text, images, hyperlinks, audio and video content; may be generated statically or dynamically.
applet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: applets
Etymology: From app + -let, but perhaps also influenced by Apple (the term originated in AppleScript).
Senses: examples: text: Holonyms: app, application, program
text: If a component must run on different kinds of client systems and if the limitations imposed by sandboxing are acceptable or outright desirable, then building that component as a Java applet makes sense.
ref: 1996, Network World, volume 13, number 22, page 48:
text: You can also configure a hot corner to open the Expo screen, or install the Expo applet.
ref: 2021, Richard Petersen, Linux Mint 20.2: Desktops and Administration:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: utility#Noun
worklet#Noun
;
trustlet#Noun
glosses: A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.
Derived terms: crapplet
Related terms: LIBlet
MIDlet
servlet
Xlet
put-on
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: put-ons
Senses: examples: text: I think this is all a big put-on.
glosses: A deception, hoax, or practical joke.
Related terms: word: put on
photophone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photophones
Etymology: From photo- + -phone.
Senses: glosses: A device that transmitted sound on a beam of light.
glosses: A home phone with integral picture frame
coordinate_terms: videophone
featurephone
selfie camera
cellphone
mobile phone
glosses: A stills-only cameraphone. Used to distinguish from video-capable camera cellphones and camera-less cellphones.
coordinate_terms: cameraphone
smartphone
cellphone
mobile phone
mobile device
mobile
DSLR
ZLR
mirrorless camera
glosses: A combination highly-capable digital camera and smartphone
Derived terms: sense: lightbeam-based wireless phone
word: photophonic
sense: lightbeam-based wireless phone
word: photophony
radiotelephone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: radiotelephones
form: radio-telephone
Etymology: From radio + telephone.
Senses: examples: text: The patrol cop with the radiotelephone remained outside the bar, as the rest of the cops entered the club shouting: "Police! We're taking the place!"
ref: 2006 May 25, Leslie Feinberg, “Cops raid the Stonewall Inn”, in Workers World:
glosses: A device that allows two-way communication via radio.
Related terms: radiotelephony
radiotelephone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: radiotelephones
form: radiotelephoning
form: radiotelephoned
form: radiotelephoned
form: radio-telephone
Etymology: From radio + telephone.
Senses: glosses: To communicate via such a device
Related terms: CB radio
walkie-talkie
set in one's ways
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: He's as set in his ways now as a little old man.
ref: 1913, E. Phillips Oppenheim, chapter 20, in The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton:
glosses: Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
Synonyms: word: groovy
word: headstrong
word: inflexible
laceration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /læsəˈɹeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: lacerations
Senses: examples: text: The doctor sewed up the laceration in his arm.
text: Survivors of the crash suffered injuries ranging from broken bones to lacerations, permanent disfigurements, and psychiatric trauma.
ref: 2023 October 18, “Network News: Carmont: NR pays nearly £1m in out-of-court settlements”, in RAIL, number 994, page 15:
glosses: An irregular open wound caused by a blunt impact to soft tissue.
glosses: The act of lacerating or tearing.
Related terms: lacerate
laborsaving
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more laborsaving
form: most laborsaving
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of labor-saving.
laconically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more laconically
form: most laconically
Etymology: From laconic + -ally; from Laconia, the section of Ancient Greece that the Spartans came from; they were notoriously short of speech.
Senses: examples: text: The "King" responded well to this treatment and would have maintained 60 m.p.h. up the steepest part had it not been for a brief bout of slipping, which was quickly corrected by Driver Bailes ("Autumn leaves", he remarked laconically).
ref: 1960 February, R. C. Riley, “The London-Birmingham services - Part, Present and Future”, in Trains Illustrated, page 105:
glosses: In a terse manner, given to using few words.
enough to choke a horse
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: You didn't have to buy enough wrapping paper to choke a horse, just because it was on sale.
text: There's poison underneath the sink, of course.
There's also enough formaldehyde to choke a horse.
ref: 1999, Tom Waits, “What's He Building?”, in Mule Variations:
synonyms: enough to choke a snake
glosses: An excessive quantity.
notoriously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəˈtɔːɹɪəsli/
Forms: form: more notoriously
form: most notoriously
Etymology: From Middle English notoryously, equivalent to notorious + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The Hempshocks' sheep were notoriously the finest for miles around: shaggy-coated and intelligent (for sheep), with curling horns and sharp hooves.
ref: 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, Perennial, published 2001, page 30:
text: Orton himself notoriously defaced library books before starting to write books himself.
ref: 2011, Alan Bennett, “Baffled at a Bookcase”, in London Review of Books, XXXIII.15:
text: Johnson's contract expires in November, and four weeks as memorable for scandals off the pitch as any achievements on it will do little to appease the notoriously twitchy committee-men at the Rugby Football Union.
ref: 2011 October 8, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France”, in BBC Sport:
text: Jointed track will be replaced, with standard ballast instead of shingle beneath, to stabilise the rails and improve the notoriously dreadful ride quality.
ref: 2021 January 13, Paul Clifton, “Island Line bids farewell to 1930s "icon of transport"...”, in Rail, pages 8–9:
glosses: In a notorious or notable manner; as is commonly known.
labor-intensive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more labor-intensive
form: most labor-intensive
form: labour-intensive
Etymology: From labor + intensive. Compare work-intensive.
Senses: examples: text: Picking beans is a very labor-intensive activity, there's no machine made that can do it.
glosses: Requiring a great deal of work, especially physical and manual effort versus capital.
Synonyms: work-intensive
Derived terms: labor-intensiveness
lacteal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more lacteal
form: most lacteal
Etymology: lacto- + -al
Senses: glosses: Relating to milk.
examples: text: lacteal ducts in the breasts
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Relating to milk production.
examples: text: the lacteal vessels
glosses: Relating to, or containing, chyle.
Derived terms: lacteally
prelacteal
protolacteal
Related terms: lactating
lactation
lacteal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lacteals
Etymology: lacto- + -al
Senses: examples: text: These ‘veins’ must have been the lacteals or chyle-vessels, whose function was explained by Aselli some two thousand years later.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 65:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Each of the lymphatic vessels which convey chyle from the mesentery to the thoracic duct.
glosses: One of the lactiferous ducts or other components of milk-producing organs.