cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
betel palm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betel palms
Senses: synonyms: word: areca palm
word: opeh
glosses: An Asiatic palm, Areca catechu, whose seeds are betel nuts.
betel pepper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betel peppers
Senses: glosses: An Asiatic plant, Piper betle, whose leaves are used to wrap betel nuts for chewing.
bicarb
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈbaɪˌkɑɹb/
Forms: form: bicarbs
Etymology: Clipping of bicarbonate.
Senses: glosses: Bicarbonate.
Derived terms: bicarb soda
sodium bicarb
Zoltan
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Hungarian Zoltán, from szultán (“sultan”), from Ottoman Turkish سلطان (sultan), from Arabic سُلْطَان (sulṭān, “ruler”). Doublet of sultan.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Hungarian Zoltán.
bimetallism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimetallisms
Etymology: From bi- + metallism.
Senses: examples: text: As in China, bi-metallism exacerbated rural unrest in Nguyen Vietnam.
ref: 2016, Christopher Goscha, The Penguin History of Modern Vietnam, Penguin, published 2017, page 34:
topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The use of a monetary standard based upon two different metals, traditionally gold and silver usually in a fixed ratio of values.
Related terms: bimetallist
bimetallistic
monometallism
bimetallist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bimetallists
Etymology: From bi- + metal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An advocate of bimetallism
bimetallist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more bimetallist
form: most bimetallist
Etymology: From bi- + metal + -ist.
Senses: glosses: Advocating bimetallism
bindweed
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪndwiːd/
Forms: form: bindweeds
Etymology: From bind + weed.
Senses: examples: text: the slender bindweed wound about with its pale and delicate flowers—so delicate, yet so deadly; and one or two late flowers yet put forth their wan blossoms, pining as if gentle exiles of the spring, and yet very, very lovely.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 79–80:
glosses: Any of several trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers:
true bindweed (Convolvulus).
glosses: Any of several trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers:
false bindweed (Calystegia).
glosses: Any of several trailing vine-like plants in the family Convolvulaceae with funnel-shaped flowers:
slender bindweed (Polymeria calycina).
glosses: Any of several plants of species in other families with similar appearance:
black bindweed (Fallopia convolvulus).
glosses: Any of several plants of species in other families with similar appearance:
bittersweet nightshade, blue bindweed (Solanum dulcamara).
Derived terms: english: Tamus communis
translation: Tamus communis
taxonomic: Fallopia convolvulus
word: black bindweed
taxonomic: Solanum dulcamara
word: blue bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus spithamaeus
word: bracted bindweed
taxonomic: Fallopia convolvulus
word: climbing bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus arvensis
word: corn bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus arvensis
word: European bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus arvensis
word: field bindweed
taxonomic: Calystegia silvatica
word: giant bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus sepium
word: great bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus sepium
word: greater bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus sepium
word: hedge bindweed
taxonomic: Fallopia convolvulus
word: ivy bindweed
taxonomic: Fallopia convolvulus
word: knot bindweed
taxonomic: Calystegia silvatica
word: large bindweed
taxonomic: Calystegia sepium
word: larger bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus arvensis
word: lesser bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus spithamaeus
word: low bindweed
taxonomic: Rivea corymbosa
word: Mexican bindweed
taxonomic: Soldanella spp.
word: mountain bindweed
taxonomic: Calystegia tuguriorum
word: New Zealand bindweed
taxonomic: Smilax aspera
word: rough bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus soldanella
word: sea bindweed
taxonomic: Polymeria calycina
word: slender bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus arvensis
word: small bindweed
taxonomic: Convolvulus coelesyriacus
word: Syrian bindweed
taxonomic: Calystegia marginata
word: white bindweed
biochemically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biochemical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: With reference to biochemistry.
biochemist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)ˈkɛmɪst/
Forms: form: biochemists
Etymology: Back-formation from biochemistry.
Senses: glosses: A chemist whose speciality is biochemistry
Derived terms: nonbiochemist
biodegradability
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biodegradabilities
Etymology: From biodegradable + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The capacity of a material to decompose over time as a result of biological activity, especially to be broken down by microorganisms.
Derived terms: nonbiodegradability
Related terms: biodegradable
biodegradation
biodegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)baɪoʊdəˈɡɹeɪdəbl̩/
ipa: /(ˌ)baɪədəˈɡɹeɪdəbl̩/
Forms: form: more biodegradable
form: most biodegradable
form: bio-degradable
Etymology: From bio- + degradable.
Senses: examples: text: Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
ref: 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
glosses: Capable of being decomposed by biological activity, especially by microorganisms.
Derived terms: biodegradability
biodegradably
nonbiodegradable
oxobiodegradable
oxybiodegradable
unbiodegradable
Related terms: biodegradation
biodegrade
biodegradable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /(ˌ)baɪoʊdəˈɡɹeɪdəbl̩/
ipa: /(ˌ)baɪədəˈɡɹeɪdəbl̩/
Forms: form: biodegradables
form: bio-degradable
Etymology: From bio- + degradable.
Senses: glosses: Any material that can be decomposed by biological activity.
biodegrade
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: biodegrades
form: biodegrading
form: biodegraded
form: biodegraded
Etymology: From bio- + degrade.
Senses: glosses: to decompose as a result of biological action, especially by microorganisms
bioethics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From bio- + ethics.
Senses: examples: text: This graded appreciation of the developing moral status of human life, especially during its prenatal stages, is deeply relevant to some of the most important bioethics debates of our day.
ref: 1999, Ronald M. Green, “Jewish Teaching on the Sanctity and Quality of Life”, in Edmund D. Pellegrino, Alan I. Faden, editors, Jewish and Catholic Bioethics: An Ecumenical Dialogue, page 33:
text: 2006, Florencia Luna, Arleen L. F. Salles, One: Latin American Bioethics: Some Reflections, Florencia Luna (editor), Bioethics and Vulnerability: A Latin American View, page 9,
Bioethics has been defined as the critical and systematic reflection on ethical issues in healthcare, biological and medical research, and public health. […] In the United States, the emergence of modern bioethics has been characterized by a shift away from the religious and medical considerations that initially dominated the discourse to more philosophical and legal concepts.
text: Despite the enormous breadth of bioethics, which ranges from interpersonal conflicts in medical practice, to ethical issues in animal and human subjects research, to policy formation in health care and the sciences, the bioethics field may be united by two common characteristics.
First, bioethics is by nature a highly interdisciplinary activity.[…]Secondly, biothics tends to be practiced today along the main modalities of the ethics of modernity.
ref: 2013, Insoo Hyun, “x2”, in Bioethics and the Future of Stem Cell Research, page 14:
topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The branch of ethics that studies the implications of biological and biomedical advances.
Related terms: bioethical
bioethically
bioethicist
biomedical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
ipa: /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
ipa: /ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/
ipa: /ˌbɑɪɐʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/
Etymology: From bio- + medical.
Senses: examples: text: The research problem was biomedical in nature but the research approach adopted was multidisciplinary, with biomedical, psychological and anthropological aspects. Despite joint efforts, our biomedical colleagues felt that [...]
ref: 2006, Mwenda Ntarangwi, David Mills, Mustafa H. M. Babiker (editors), African anthropologies: history, critique, and practice, page 253:
text: Alzheimer's disease and related dementias have come to be defined as biomedical in nature.
ref: 2007, Athena McLean, The person in dementia: a study in nursing home care in the US, page 28:
text: Clearly, some research undertaken by children's nurses is biomedical in nature although a significant amount of contemporary research is qualitative focusing on children's experiences and evaluating services.
ref: 2011, Gosia M. Brykczyńska, Joan Simons, Ethical and Philosophical Aspects of Nursing Children and Young People, page 208:
text: Even outside openSNP, the largest use case for DTC genetic data was not biomedical research or research in big pharma.
ref: 2025 March 31, Bastian Greshake Tzovaras, “Sunsetting openSNP - a personal retrospective”, in Bastian Greshake Tzovaras:
glosses: Of or pertaining to biomedicine.
Derived terms: biomed
biomedicalization
biomedicalize
biomedically
nanobiomedical
nonbiomedical
biomedical
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbaɪəʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
ipa: /ˌbaɪoʊˈmɛdɪk(ə)l/
ipa: /ˌbɑɪəʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/
ipa: /ˌbɑɪɐʉˈmedɪk(ə)l/
Forms: form: biomedicals
Etymology: From bio- + medical.
Senses: glosses: A product of the biomedicine industry.
biomedicine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biomedicines
Etymology: From bio- + medicine.
Senses: glosses: The application of biology and physiology to clinical medicine.
glosses: The branch of medicine that studies the effects of environmental stress on organisms (most often in space travel).
glosses: A medicine created with the use of living organisms.
Pub. L.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of public law.
EFL
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: ESL (broadly synonymous), EAL
coordinate_terms: E1L
EIL
glosses: Initialism of English as a foreign language.
Related terms: ELL
NNES
NNSE
TEFL
TESL
TESOL
TOEFL
EFL
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of English Football League.
pancakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpænkeɪks/
Senses: glosses: plural of pancake
diphthongal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪfˈθɔŋɡəl/
Etymology: From diphthong + -al.
Senses: examples: text: ‘This,’ the colonel said […] ‘is a lampshade. It looks like an ordinary lampshade. It was taken from the bedside lamp of Frau Koch. It’s genuine human skin.’ It sounded more gruesome spoken in his diphthongal southern manner—skee-ern.
ref: 1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 56, in Earthly Powers, Penguin, published 1981, page 456:
glosses: Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
Derived terms: diphthongally
nondiphthongal
biofeedback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪoʊ.fiːdˌbæk/
Forms: form: biofeedbacks
Etymology: From bio- + feedback. First appears c. 1970 in the Journal of Transpersonal Psychology.
Senses: examples: text: Biotics must develop conscious control over their nervous systems, sending specific electrical impulses to the element zero nodules embedded in their nerves. They are taught to use their implants and amps with biofeedback devices and physical mnemonics. Specific gestures or muscle movements fire the proper sequence of nerves to activate a certain skill.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Training Codex entry:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
physiology
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: A technique of gaining greater awareness of the many physiological functions of one's own body by using electronic or other instruments, and with the goal of being able to manipulate the body's systems at will.
wikipedia: Journal of Transpersonal Psychology
biologically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From biological + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Working with a concept formulated in New Jersey, Open Marsh Water Management, techniques were developed that controlled mosquitoes biologically, rather than chemically, resulting in minimal physical impacts to the treated marshes, […]
ref: 1985, Technologies to Benefit Agriculture and Wildlife: Workshop Proceedings, page 101:
text: ... and have built vast greenhouses dedicated to breeding and harvesting ladybirds to control pests biologically rather than chemically.
ref: 2017, David B. Grant, Chee Yew Wong, Alexander Trautrims, Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Principles and Practices for Sustainable Operations and Management, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 55:
glosses: In a biological manner.
glosses: With regard to biology.
Derived terms: astrobiologically
mechanobiologically
pathobiologically
unbiologically
bionically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪɒnɪklɪi/
Forms: form: more bionically
form: most bionically
Etymology: From bionic + -ally.
Senses: glosses: in a bionic manner
glosses: with regard to bionics
biophysical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪəʊˌfɪzɪkəl/
Etymology: From bio- + physical.
Senses: examples: text: We would conclude our remarks upon Dr. Harris’s work by simply saying that it is interesting and suggestive, and well worthy of careful perusal, not only by those interested in the many observations relating to the phenomena of the latent period accompanying the stimulation of living matter, but also by those interested in the larger if less accurately conditioned field of biophysical philosophy.
ref: 1908, Norman Lockyer, Nature, Macmillan Journals Limited, page 96:
text: As to the immediate results of operation we find in our earlier series the mortality was formidably high, but that in our last 108 cases of gastroenterostomy and resection we have adopted methods of management and of technic based on biophysical concepts elsewhere published, embracing in particular anticipatory intervention — that is, treatment and management to forestall danger — the indication being based on statistical probabilities rather than on established indication of the case in hand.
ref: 1922, George W. Crile, Annals of Surgery, Philadelphia J. B Lippincott Company, page 466:
text: THE chemistry of photo-reception remains obscure in spite of a vast literature, particularly rich in biophysical data ; indeed it is doubtful whether on the chemical side present theories are more than the merest scaffolding. Recent statements by wellknown workers display a confidence about the nature of visual purple (rhodopsin) which it is not easy to share.
ref: 1944, D. M. S. Watson, Nature, Volume 153, Macmillan Journals Limited, page 69:
glosses: Of or pertaining to a combination of biology and physics.
glosses: Of or pertaining to biophysics.
Derived terms: biophysically
nanobiophysical
photobiophysical
biophysicist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biophysicists
Etymology: From bio- + physicist.
Senses: glosses: A biologist or physicist whose speciality is biophysics.
Related terms: biophysics
biorhythm
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪ.oʊˌɹɪð.əm/
Forms: form: biorhythms
Etymology: First coined 1960, from bio- + rhythm
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Any cyclic biological or physiological pattern or activity.
examples: text: Gay Biorhythms. Be Sure, Be Safe. Biorhythms charted for 1 year. Graphs or calendar. For more information write GCN Box 706.
ref: 1977 February 5, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 32, page 14:
topics: pseudoscience
glosses: Any of three sinusoidal graphs, normally plotted by computer, having a person's birthdate as origin, that are claimed to give meaningful information about emotional levels, physical energy levels, and mental/psychic sensitivity.
Derived terms: biorhythmic
biorhythmics
Related terms: circadian rhythm
menstrual cycle
biotechnological
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbaɪəʊˌtɛk.nə.lɒdʒ.ɪk.əl/
Etymology: From biotechnology + -ical or bio- + technological.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to biotechnology.
Derived terms: agrobiotechnological
biotechnologically
cryobiotechnological
biretta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birettas
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian biretta, berretta. Doublet of beret.
Senses: examples: text: It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter X, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: To right and left, embedded in their stalls, the other canons sit reverently engrossed, birettas hung on the walls behind; […]
ref: 1964, Jan Morris, Spain, Faber and Faber, published 2008, →ISBN:
glosses: A square cap, originally with four ridges across the top, surmounted by a tuft, worn by Roman Catholic clergy (and by some in the Anglican Church). A three-sided biretta is worn by Roman Catholic clergy for liturgical celebrations.
Derived terms: biretta'd
Anglican Church
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Anglican Church
Senses: glosses: Any of the churches worldwide that are in communion with the Church of England, have the same doctrine, and have the Archbishop of Canterbury as supreme head.
glosses: A church that practices Anglicanism.
Synonyms: Anglican Communion
Hypernyms: church
Related terms: Episcopal Church in the United States of America
Scottish Episcopalian Church
The Church of Ireland
birthstone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: birthstones
Etymology: From birth + stone.
Senses: glosses: Any of twelve gemstones traditionally associated with the month of one's birth.
glosses: Any of a similar list of less costly substitutes.
black-tie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: There is black-tie dinner at the Castle this evening.
text: The event was originally planned to take place as a black-tie dinner and awards ceremony at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London's Park Lane, as in previous years.
ref: 2020 August 26, “Registrations reach 250 for virtual National Rail Awards 2020”, in Rail, page 23:
glosses: Moderately formal; usually requiring a dinner jacket (tuxedo) for men.
Related terms: white-tie
white-tie
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Of an event: very formal; usually requiring a tailcoat for men.
Related terms: black-tie
blaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈblɑːs.tə/
ipa: /ˈblæs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɑːstə(ɹ)
rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: blasters
form: blastor
Etymology: From blast + -er.
Senses: examples: text: infrared blaster
glosses: Anything that, or anyone who blasts.
glosses: A device to detonate an explosive, often consisting of a box with a handle to be pressed down.
examples: text: Blast out the lakes and canals—whittle down the peaks and mounds with atomic blasters—file them into the shape of gigantic buildings.
ref: 1938 April, Henry Kuttner, “Hollywood on the Moon”, in Thrilling Wonder Stories, volume 11, number 2, page 26:
text: One slender hand clung near a singular jewel, like a great white snow crystal, that hung from her throat. And the other, with a practiced and familiar grip, held a barytron blaster of the newest legion design. An unwilling little glisten had come into the violet eyes. Her blond head flung angrily. She caught her breath, and lifted the barytron blaster. Its bright tube pointed straight between his shoulders. He would never even know.
ref: 1939 June, Jack Williamson, “One Against the Legion”, in Astounding Science-Fiction, volume 23, number 4, page 138:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: An unspecified powerful hand weapon, usually one that fires an energy pulse or beam.
examples: text: The "blaster" type of club has been blamed for doing its share in making golf courses look ridiculous, […]
ref: 1948, Henry Cotton, This Game of Golf, page 119:
text: The person who has a sand wedge - the blaster - for these shots has a distinct advantage.
ref: 1962, Gary Player, Golf Secrets, page 61:
topics: golf
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sand wedge.
Hypernyms: topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: energy weapon
topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: ray gun
Coordinate terms: topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: death ray
topics: weapon
weaponry
military
tools
engineering
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
war
government
politics
science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: phaser
Derived terms: border blaster
ghetto blaster
microblaster
sandblaster
hens
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hen
blini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blinis
form: blini
form: blin
form: bliny
Etymology: From Russian блины́ (bliný), plural of блин (blin, “pancake”).
Senses: glosses: A small pancake, of Russian origin, made from buckwheat flour; traditionally served with melted butter, sour cream and caviar or smoked salmon.
Related terms: blinchik
blintsi
blintz
blini
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blin
form: bliny
Etymology: From Russian блины́ (bliný), plural of блин (blin, “pancake”).
Senses: glosses: plural of blin
blintze
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blintzes
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of blintz.
bloomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bloomer
Etymology: Named after American women's-rights activist Amelia Bloomer (1818–1894).
Senses: examples: text: Fanny, knowing this, had made up her mind to go straight to Horn & Udell. Now, Horn & Udell are responsible for the bloomers your small daughter wears under her play frock, in place of the troublesome and extravagant petticoat of the old days.
ref: 1917, Edna Ferber, Fanny Herself:
text: Moreover, the family realized perfectly that Alix would have clipped her thick hair, and taken to bloomers or knickerbockers outright, […]
ref: c. 1920, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Sisters:
text: Yet so radioactive were her nerves[…] that she was more energetic than any of the hulking young women who, with calves bulging in heavy-ribbed woolen stockings beneath decorous blue serge bloomers, thuddingly galloped across the floor of the “gym” in practise for the Blodgett Ladies' Basket-Ball Team.
ref: 1920, Sinclair Lewis, chapter I, in Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott, New York, N.Y.: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, →OCLC:
text: Ladies’ grey flannelette bloomers, three shillings a pair, astonishing bargain. Plain and loved, loved for ever, they say.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: But the truth was, her pantaloons came down to her ankles, and when she got the leg of one caught in a twig, she nearly fainted [...] "If you will be in these sort of adventures, you should wear bloomers."
ref: 1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 19:
glosses: Any of several forms of women’s divided garment for the lower body.
glosses: Women’s underpants with short legs; knickers or drawers.
Related terms: Bloomerism
pantalettes
bloomers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloomer
bongos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bongo
bongos
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of bongo
botanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈtæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Forms: form: botanick
Etymology: From the Medieval Latin botanicus, perhaps via the French botanique, from the Ancient Greek βοτανικός (botanikós), from βοτάνη (botánē, “herb, pasture”).
Senses: synonyms: botanical
glosses: Of or pertaining to botany.
Derived terms: botanic garden
ethnobotanic
geobotanic
palaeobotanic
botanic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈtæn.ɪk/
rhymes: -ænɪk
Forms: form: botanics
form: botanick
Etymology: From the Medieval Latin botanicus, perhaps via the French botanique, from the Ancient Greek βοτανικός (botanikós), from βοτάνη (botánē, “herb, pasture”).
Senses: examples: the use of botanics in cosmetic products
glosses: Any substance of botanical origin.
botanically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From botanical + -ly.
Senses: glosses: in a botanical manner
glosses: regarding botany
Derived terms: archaeobotanically
paleobotanically
bougainvillea
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbuː.ɡənˈvɪl.ɪ.ə/
ipa: /ˌbu.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/
ipa: /ˌboʊ.ɡənˈvɪl.jə/
Forms: form: bougainvilleas
form: bougainvillaea
form: bougainvillia
Etymology: From taxonomic name Bougainvillea, from French Bougainville + -a. Named after French admiral and explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729–1811).
Senses: examples: text: He is outside in his garden, surrounded by bougainvillea bursting with color.
ref: 2019, Maaza Mengiste, The Shadow King, Canongate Books (2020), page 129:
glosses: Any of several South American flowering shrubs or lianas, of the genus Bougainvillea, having three showy, colorful bracts attached below each group of three inconspicuous flowers.
end of day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EOD
Senses: glosses: The time when a project should be completed; e.g. 5 pm
glosses: The period when banking transactions are cleared
Synonyms: close of business
COB
quitting time
Related terms: word: end of days
word: clock out
word: punch out
suprarenal gland
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: suprarenal glands
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The adrenal gland, which is located just above the kidney in humans.
ravisher
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ravishers
Etymology: From ravish + -er.
Senses: examples: text: […] and saw with the eyes of memory kind gentlewomen in Covent Garden wooing from their balconies with sucking mouths and the pox fouled wenches of the taverns and young wives that, gaily yielding to their ravishers, clipped and clipped again.
ref: 1916 December 29, James Joyce, chapter V, in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC, page 274:
text: Tonight she wanted to be the ravisher and the ravishee. She wanted to throw her hands up in the air and say “I am woman, hear me roar.” And she wanted to swallow the gorgeous guy moving toward them whole.
ref: 2001, Tori Carrington, You Only Love Once (Magnificent McCoy Men):
glosses: One who ravishes.
rawness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rawnesses
Etymology: From raw + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow.
ref: 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter I, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 1:
text: Now, in spite of all sorts of defects, all sorts of woollinesses and rawnesses, the American novel is superior to either the English or the French; it is indeed superior, I think, to any European novel […]
ref: 1939, Forum, volume 102, page 226:
glosses: The property of being raw.
raucously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more raucously
form: most raucously
Etymology: From raucous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a raucous manner; loudly.
ratings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of rating
raspy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɑː.spɪ/
ipa: /ˈɹæsp.i/
Forms: form: raspier
form: raspiest
Etymology: From rasp + -y.
Senses: examples: text: His incessant coughing made his voice sound raspy.
text: “This,” [Ambassador Robert Lighthizer] stressed in his raspy voice, “is the key economic policy battle of patriotic Americans in the upcoming generation.”
ref: 2024 November 15, Ann Scott Tyson, Laurent Belsie, “Trump prepares for ‘economic warfare’ with China”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
qualifier: especially vocal quality
glosses: Rough, raw.
raw_tags: of sound
examples: text: I don't wish to get raspy, so let's change the subject.
ref: 1869, Louisa May Alcott, Little Women Wedded:
glosses: Irritable.
Synonyms: sense: rough, raw
word: grating
sense: rough, raw
word: harsh
sense: rough, raw
word: hoarse
sense: rough, raw
word: rough
sense: irritable
word: irritable
Derived terms: raspily
raspiness
go south
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: goes south
form: going south
form: went south
form: gone south
Etymology: (become worse): The origin is unclear. Common belief attributes it to the standard orientation of maps, where south is the downwards direction; in this regard, compare also go downhill, decline, and drop off. Alternatively, it could stem from a euphemism used by some Native Americans for dying.
Senses: examples: text: I should have walked away from the casino when my luck went south, but I stayed and ended up in the hole.
text: I still had 5 miles (8 km) or so to go to cross the river when all of the controls went south. The bird pitched up, shuddered, rolled right like it was going to spin […]
ref: 1967, Bill Sparks, Wild Weasel mission 5 November 1967
text: There was only one more guard between her and her goal, and despite her preparation, it almost all went south. The woman walked out of a door Fina hadn't even known was there, nearly bowling her over, and it was all she could do to bring the butt of the rifle up to smash the insurgent's nose in. She cried out, and Fina brought the butt 'round again, and this time the bone must have pierced the brain because the body went limp with a final, plaintive gurgle.
ref: 2023 October 12, HarryBlank, “Fire in the Hole”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 22 May 2024:
synonyms: word: go downhill
word: go left
word: head south
word: move south
word: turn south
word: atrophy
word: break down
word: crack
word: decline
word: deteriorate
word: degenerate
word: devolve
word: fade
word: fall off
word: go bad
word: go downhill
word: go left
word: go off
word: go pear-shaped
word: go sideways
word: go south
word: go to hell
word: go to pot
word: go to seed
word: go to the dogs
word: go wrong
word: lapse
word: molder
word: pejorate
word: retrograde
word: suffer
word: spend
word: sweal
word: shrivel
word: tabefy
word: wither
word: wither away
word: wane
word: wanse
word: worsen
glosses: To become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.
examples: text: He won! A disbeliever, from childhood, in the frequency of miracles, he gathered up seven hundred and forty dollars and "went south" with it.
ref: 1929, Peter B. Kyne, The Parson of Panamint and Other Stories, page 197:
text: […]she decided to tape the DVD off to VHS and give that to the kids -- that way she could make a fresh VHS copy when the first one went south.
ref: 2004, Cory Doctorow, Microsoft Research DRM talk:
glosses: To make an escape; to disappear.
glosses: To give somebody oral sex.
topics: card-games
poker
glosses: To rathole: to take chips off the table in a cash game without exiting the game completely, especially with the intention of limiting losses.
ashtanga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ashtangas
form: astanga
form: asthanga
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit अष्टाङ्ग (aṣṭāṅga, “having eight parts”, literally “eight limbs”).
Senses: glosses: The classical system of yoga described in the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali.
glosses: Any of several styles of yoga, including ashtanga vinyasa yoga.
maundering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/
Forms: form: maunderings
Senses: examples: text: "But this is madness!" protested Trocero. "The maunderings of a heretical priest, the mumblings of a mad witch-woman."
ref: 1935-36, Robert E. Howard, The Hour of the Dragon, chapter 11
text: Alas, it looked yesterday, when the Legislature returned to business, as if Premier Dalton McGuinty's peculiar maunderings and ponderings of the past several weeks risk making him just that.
ref: 2009 February 18, Jim Coyle, “Spoofing of premier a bad omen”, in Toronto Star:
glosses: A rambling or pointless discourse.
maundering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈmɔːndəɹɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈmɑːndəɹɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of maunder
Related terms: maunder
beginning of day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The start of the workday.
glosses: The time that a project is scheduled to start.
qualifier: occasionally
glosses: Daybreak; dawn; sunrise.
Related terms: word: clock in
word: punch in
word: dawn of a new day
word: new dawn
kecks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: keks
form: kegs
form: kaks
Etymology: From earlier kicks (“breeches”).
Senses: glosses: Trousers.
examples: text: - See if the feelings transfer tae yir everyday life, then call it love. Love's no jist for weekenders.
- The things is, Nukes, ah'm changin the keks everyday^([sic]) and cleanin under the helmet.
Nukes raised his eyebrow and smiled, - Must be love then, he said, then he added, - Oan your side, right enough.
ref: 1996, Irvine Welsh, Ecstasy: Three Tales of Chemical Romance:
glosses: Underpants.
Derived terms: dekeck
underkecks
nearly never bulled a cow
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: synonyms: nearly never won the race
close only counts in horseshoes
a miss is as good as a mile
almost doesn't count
glosses: Near enough is not good enough.
Related terms: close, but no cigar
Mull of Kintyre rule
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Mull of Kintyre test
Etymology: From the shape of the Mull of Kintyre peninsula in Scotland, which somewhat resembles a flaccid penis.
Senses: glosses: According to an urban legend, an unofficial guideline used by publishers and the media in the United Kingdom to decide to what degree of erection an image of a penis can be shown.
Mull of Kintyre test
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Mull of Kintyre rule.
synonyms: word: Mull of Kintyre rule
ready-to-wear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: ready + to + wear
Senses: examples: text: "Prêt-à-porter" is a French borrowing that refers to ready-to-wear clothing.
glosses: Describing apparel that does not need any tailoring (for example hemming) before it can be worn.
Synonyms: also: Thesaurus:custom-made
off-the-peg
off-the-rack
prêt-à-porter
RTW
Related terms: wash-and-wear
SFA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Scottish Football Association.
glosses: Initialism of Stephen F. Austin State University.
glosses: Initialism of Simple Features Access, a set of standards for geographic features.
SFA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of sweet Fanny Adams.
examples: text: John asked for a raise, but he ended up with SFA.
glosses: Initialism of sweet fuck all.
tailoring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of tailor
tailoring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tailorings
Senses: examples: text: A man got up in all the outward trappings of a gentleman: an extensive display of snowy linen, unimpeachable tailoring, ganté, botté, in perfection; nothing overdone.
ref: 1873, Grace Ramsay, A Salon in the Last Days of the Empire, and Other Sketches, London: Richard Bentley and Son, page 4:
glosses: Work done by a tailor.
glosses: Any modification or ornamentation.
Derived terms: narrow tailoring
tailored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Now that she had rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety. She looked cool in a grey tailored cotton dress with a terracotta scarf and shoes and her hair a black silk helmet.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 2, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Adjusted by a tailor, fitted.
examples: text: His expensive tailored shirts didn't look that much better than off-the-rack, but they lasted much longer.
glosses: Made by a tailor.
Derived terms: man-tailored
well-tailored
tailored
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of tailor
hemming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of hem
hemming
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛmɪŋ
Forms: form: hemmings
Senses: examples: text: Blushing and stammering, awkward pauses, hemmings and hawings, tremblings of voice, and confusion in all its shapes there were between them […]
ref: 1847, The University Magazine: A Literary and Philosophic Review, page 285:
glosses: The act of saying "hem", in intermission or hesitation of speech.
hemmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hem
steamroll
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstiːmˌɹoʊl/
Forms: form: steamrolls
form: steamrolling
form: steamrolled
form: steamrolled
Etymology: From steam + roll.
Senses: examples: text: The service had one small break when it was suspended between October, 1904, and April, 1905, owing to the refusal of the Helston Rural District Council to steam roll the road. At this time there was no steam roller in use anywhere west of Plymouth, and the railway company loaned one of its steam rollers to the Cornwall County Council, to secure an improvement in the road conditions.
ref: 1952 September, A. E. C. Dent, “Early G.W.R. Road Services”, in Railway Magazine, page 631:
glosses: To flatten, as if with a steamroller.
examples: text: I tried to participate in a sports tournament, but got steamrolled by the better players there.
text: In The Trial of Henry Kissinger the late British journalist, best known for his Vanity Fair columns, his deliberately provocative opinion that women aren’t funny and his penchant for booze and fags, steamrolls the former US National Security Advisor and Secretary of State for Presidents Nixon and Ford with a polemical brilliance so assured it cancels out the occasional flashes of arrogance and pomposity.
ref: 2019, John O’Connell, chapter 8, in Bowie's Bookshelf, →ISBN:
glosses: To ruthlessly crush or overwhelm.
quantitating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of quantitate
remediate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈmiːdieɪt/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmiːdieɪt/
Forms: form: remediates
form: remediating
form: remediated
form: remediated
Etymology: From Latin remediare.
Senses: examples: text: Network Rail's busy Easter included a ten-day closure of the main trans-Pennine route between Manchester and Leeds, for work to install a new bridge deck at Huddersfield, remediate mining works at Ravensthorpe and Huddersfield, and to lay new track at Deighton and Mirfield.
ref: 2024 April 17, Howard Johnston, “Network News: Easter buses as NR engages in 493 engineering projects”, in RAIL, number 1007, page 21, photo caption:
glosses: To correct or improve (a deficiency or problem).
Synonyms: sense: correct a deficiency
word: rectify
sense: correct a deficiency
word: remedy
Derived terms: remediation
remediate
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈmɛdi.ət/
ipa: /ɹəˈmiːdi.ət/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmiːdi.ət/
Forms: form: more remediate
form: most remediate
Etymology: From Latin remediare.
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Intended to correct or improve deficient skills in some subject.
examples: text: Be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iv]:
glosses: Remedial.
Synonyms: remedial
appendixes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: appendices
Senses: glosses: plural of appendix
bungler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bunglers
Etymology: From bungle + -er.
Senses: examples: text: "What you mean, comparing me to them botchers and bunglers? There ain't anybody but me in the furniture restoring line."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 77:
text: Noble Prophet of Truth, this has gone on long enough. Make an example of this bungler. The Council demands it.
ref: 2004 November 9, Bungie, Halo 2, spoken by High Prophet of Regret (Robin Atkin Downes), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox, level/area: The Heretic:
glosses: Someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence.
Synonyms: blunderer
fuckup
schlemiel
unskilled person
Related terms: bungle
bungling
comminute
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒ.mɪ.njuːt/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.mɪ.njuːt/
Forms: form: comminutes
form: comminuting
form: comminuted
form: comminuted
Etymology: From Latin comminūtus (“crumbled, lessened”).
Senses: examples: text: High temperatures required for reaction between components can result in loss of volatile oxides, while milling may not comminute powders sufficiently for complete reaction to occur on calcination.
ref: 1991, David Segal, Chemical Synthesis of Advanced Ceramic Materials, page 20:
text: Collagen may cause shrinkage of comminuted meat products, especially when cooked to high temperatures, or interfere in binding between meat pieces in formed products.
ref: 2000, Denise M. Smith, “Chapter Eleven: Functional properties of muscle proteins in processed poultry products”, in Alan R. Sams, editor, Poultry Meat Processing, 2nd edition, page 186:
text: High pressure directly ahead of and beside the projectile nose comminute and fracture the sand media, forming a rigid, conical false nose on the front of the projectile.
ref: 2011, William L. Cooper, “Communication of Stresses by Chains of Grains in High-Speed Particulate Media Impacts”, in Tom Proulx, editor, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Volume 1: Proceedings of the 2011 Annual Conference on Experimental and Applied Mathematics, page 100:
text: Such mills are used for comminuting relatively soft materials, such as fruit and vegetable matter.
ref: 2012, James G. Brennan, “11: Mixing, Emulsification, and Size Reduction”, in James G. Brennan, Alistair S. Grandison, editors, Food Processing Handbook, 2nd edition, unnumbered page:
glosses: To pulverize; to smash.
examples: text: For example, comminuting fractures on ribs 4–8 along the rib angle most likely are associated to shots through the scapula, whereas injuries through or near to the costochondral articulation of the first rib could also be associated to wounds of the sternum or clavicle.
ref: 2008, Erin H. Kimmerle, Jose Pablo Baraybar, Skeletal Trauma: Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights Abuse and Armed Conflict, page 410:
text: In the past, there have been controversies over the use of bone graft in comminuted fractures of the forearm.
ref: 2011, S. John Ham, Matthijs R. Krijnen, Rudolf W. Poolman, “48: Forearm Fractures, Including Galeazzi Fractures”, in Mohit Bhandari, editor, Evidence-based Orthopedics, page 419:
text: When using reduction forceps, care must be taken to prevent comminuting the medial epicondylar fragment.
ref: 2011, Sean D. Early, Vernon T. Tolo, “9: Pediatric Elbow Fractures”, in Raffy Mirzayan, John M. Itamura, editors, Shoulder and Elbow Trauma, page 127:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To cause fragmentation (of bone).
glosses: To break into smaller portions.
Derived terms: comminuter
Related terms: comminuible
comminuted
comminution
comminutor
comminute
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒ.mɪ.njuːt/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.mɪ.njuːt/
Forms: form: comminutes
Etymology: From Latin comminūtus (“crumbled, lessened”).
Senses: examples: text: The drink contains lemon comminute.
text: A method of making a restructured meat product in the form of small pieces from a comminute of raw meat, comprising:[…].
ref: 1975, Hallie B. North, Commercial Food Patents, U.S. 1975, page 166:
text: Fruit flavour may be added as juice, as a comminute (in the case of citrus fruit) or as an essence.[…]Citrus comminutes are made from the whole fruit, in contrast to juice which is expressed from the pericarp.
ref: 1994, A. Varnam, J.M. Sutherland, Beverages: Technology, Chemistry and Microbiology, page 81:
text: The typical concentrated juices and comminutes used by the industry for manufacturing dilutable drinks are shown in Table 6.3.
ref: 2008, P. R. Ashurst, “6: Non-carbonated beverages”, in Philip R. Ashurst, editor, Chemistry and Technology of Soft Drinks and Fruit Juices, page 132:
glosses: Pulverized material.
procuring
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of procure
procuring
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: procurings
Senses: examples: text: Procurings of unginned cotton by December 1 were reported to have amounted to 9,833,000 bales or the equivalent of 3,048,000 bales of ginned cotton of approximately 478 pounds net.
ref: 1937, The Cotton Situation, volumes 3-39, page 12:
glosses: The act of procuring, or amount procured.
harassed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harassed
form: most harassed
Etymology: From harass + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes,[…]. And at last I began to realize in my harassed soul that all elusion was futile, and to take such holidays as I could get, when he was off with a girl, in a spirit of thankfulness.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, page 46:
glosses: Subject to harassment.
Derived terms: harassedly
unharassed
harassed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From harass + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of harass
harasses
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of harass
harassing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more harassing
form: most harassing
Senses: glosses: Characterized by harassment; pestering, intimidating, besetting.
Synonyms: besetting
harassing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of harass
harassing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: harassings
Senses: examples: text: Sometimes we observe these wretched peasants, driven to despair by the harassings of the Boyars, commit the useless imprudence of going to the capital, and, under the windows of the prince, with loud cries, require him to hear their claims.
ref: 1826, Charles Swan, Journal of a voyage up the Mediterranean:
glosses: Harassment.
wikified
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wikify
foilist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foilists
Etymology: From foil + -ist.
Senses: topics: fencing
government
hobbies
lifestyle
martial-arts
military
politics
sports
war
glosses: A fencer who fights with a foil.
reviews
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of review
reviews
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of review