cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
insist
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɪst/
rhymes: -ɪst
homophone: encyst
Forms: form: insists
form: insisting
form: insisted
form: insisted
Etymology: Partly from Middle French insister, from Latin īnsistere; and partly from a back-formation from insistence.
Senses: examples: text: The defendant insisted on his innocence.
text: I insist that my secretary dresses nicely.
text: But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud,[…]. We began to tell her about Mohair and the cotillon, and of our point of observation from the Florentine galleried porch, and she insisted she would join us there.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
text: Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.
ref: 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:
qualifier: with on or upon
glosses: To hold up a claim emphatically.
raw_tags: with (that + indicative) or intransitive
examples: text: The Prime Minister insisted on his Chancellor's resignation.
text: The Prime Minister insisted that his Chancellor resign.
text: I insist that my secretary dress nicely.
text: I know I promised to pay you back tomorrow, but it's not very convenient for me. Can we put it off to Friday? —I'm afraid I have to insist on what we agreed.
qualifier: with on or upon
glosses: To demand continually that something happen or be done; to reiterate a demand despite requests to abandon it.
raw_tags: with (that + subjunctive) or intransitive
examples: text: Angles likewise which insist on the Diameter, are all Right Angles.
ref: 1709, Venturus Mandey, Synopsis Mathematica Universalis:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: To stand (on); to rest (upon); to lean (upon).
basic balance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: basic balances
Senses: glosses: The net balance of the combination of the current account and the capital account in a balance of payments.
beehive shelf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beehive shelves
Etymology: The squat circular shape resembles early beehives called skeps.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A round piece of laboratory equipment used mostly in school demonstrations to support a gas jar whilst a gas is being collected over water.
biometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biometries
Etymology: From bio- + -metry.
Senses: glosses: The measurement of biological data.
glosses: The analysis of biological statistics; biostatistics.
glosses: The application of biostatistics to security; biometrics.
Derived terms: biometric
biorobot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biorobots
Etymology: From bio- + robot.
Senses: topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A biological organism that has been created and designed by artificial means.
glosses: A person who performs robot-like tasks, or performs tasks in place of a robot.
Related terms: biobot
biorobotics
bioroid
biot
cyborg
genetic engineering
nanobot
replicant
blanket loan
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blanket loans
Senses: glosses: A loan, or mortgage, for multiple subdivisions of a single tract of land.
blaze orange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blaze oranges
Senses: glosses: A bright shade of orange.
blogcast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: blogcasts
Etymology: From blog + -cast, from broadcast.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a short video and/or audio clip published within a blog
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a podcast
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: a multi-participant, conversational blog
bluesnarfing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Blue(tooth) + snarfing.
Senses: examples: text: Bluejacking and bluesnarfing are the two forms of new intrusion. Bluejacking is a technique of sending anonymous messages to Bluetooth enabled device and bluesnarfing allows attackers to hack in and download data stored in mobile phones such as contact details and diary entries without leaving any trace [7].
ref: 2005, Teck Sung Yap and Hong Tat Ewe, A Mobile Phone Malicious Software Detection Model with Behavior Checker, in Web and Communication Technologies and Internet-Related Social Issues — HSI 2005: 3rd International Conference on Human.Society@Internet — Tokyo, Japan, July 2005: Proceedings (edited by Shinji Shimojo, Shingo Ichii, Tok Wang Ling, and Kwan-Ho Song; →ISBN (10) (13)), page 58
text: Stealing calendar and contact information via bluesnarfing requires both Bluetooth devices be on and available. The quickest and easiest way to avoid bluesnarfing (which requires about two to three minutes of continuous connection time) is to disable Bluetooth when not specifically in use.
ref: 2006 December 2, Eric Cole, Sandra Ring, Insider Threat: Protecting the Enterprise from Sabotage, Spying, and Theft →ISBN (10) (13)), chapter 12: “Wireless Security Project Plan”, page 462
text: “Bluesnarfing”, sometimes also called Bluejacking and Podslurping, is the exploitation of Bluetooth-enabled devices. [[ […] ]] The most infamous instance of Bluesnarfing occurred in February 2005, when a Sidekick II mobile communication device owned by the celebrity Paris Hilton was compromised. Information contained on the device, including data and images, was stolen. Bluesnarfing occurs when an individual in relatively close proximity to the victim uses a Bluetooth-enabled device to remove data from a victim with another Bluetooth-enabled device.
ref: 2007, James M. Byrne, Donald J. Rebovich (editors), The New Technology of Crime, Law and Social Control →ISBN (10) (13)), pages 29–30
glosses: Unauthorized access to the information on a wireless device through a Bluetooth connection, often between phones, desktops, laptops, or PDAs.
Related terms: bluebugging
bluejacking
bratva
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bratvas
Etymology: Borrowed from Russian братва (bratva, “brothers; brotherhood”).
Senses: synonyms: mafiya
glosses: A Russian organized crime syndicate/family.
glosses: Russian organized crime collectively.
raw_tags: as "the bratva"
Coordinate terms: english: Latin American organized crime syndicate
translation: Latin American organized crime syndicate
word: cartel
english: Italian organized crime syndicate
translation: Italian organized crime syndicate
word: mafia
english: organized crime syndicate
translation: organized crime syndicate
word: mob
english: Chinese organized crime syndicate
translation: Chinese organized crime syndicate
word: tong
english: Southeast Asian organized crime syndicate
translation: Southeast Asian organized crime syndicate
word: triad
english: Japanese organized crime syndicate
translation: Japanese organized crime syndicate
word: yakuza
bobby-dazzler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bobby-dazzlers
form: bobby dazzler
form: bobbydazzler
Etymology: From bobby + dazzler. Unknown. Originated in 19th century in the dialects of Lancashire and Yorkshire.
Senses: examples: text: Suddenly she appeared in the inner doorway rather shyly. She had got a new cotton blouse on. Paul jumped up and went forward.
"Oh, my stars!" he exclaimed. "What a bobby-dazzler!"
She sniffed in a little haughty way, and put her head up.
"It's not a bobby-dazzler at all!" she replied. "It's very quiet."
ref: 1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 6”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC:
glosses: An attractive or excellent thing or person.
Synonyms: beautiful person
bread knife
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread knives
form: breadknife
Senses: glosses: A knife, with a serrated edge, designed to cut bread; sometimes slots into a breadboard.
breadbox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹɛd.bɒks/
enpr: bäks
ipa: /ˈbɹɛd.bɑks/
rhymes: -ɒks
Forms: form: breadboxes
form: bread box
form: bread-box
Etymology: From bread + box.
Senses: synonyms: bread bin
glosses: a container for storing bread or other baked goods to keep them fresh
bredrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bredrins
Etymology: From brethren.
Senses: examples: text: Everybody smiling and relax like they was all bredrin now.
ref: 2022, Ayanna Lloyd Banwo, When We Were Birds, Hamish Hamilton, page 25:
glosses: A close male friend, family member, or comrade.
Coordinate terms: sistren
Derived terms: bredder
commend
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: commends
form: commending
form: commended
form: commended
Etymology: From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.
Senses: examples: text: The schoolboy was commended for raising the alarm about the burning building.
glosses: To congratulate or reward.
examples: text: The new law has little to commend it: it even worsens the legal certainty of the nation.
text: 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book X, Chapter xliiij, leaf 242v
Thenne Quene Gueneuer commended hym and soo dyd alle other good knyghtes made moche of hym excepte sire Gawayns bretheren /
"Then Queen Guenever commended him, and so did all other good knights make much of him, except Sir Gawaine’s brethren."
text: Segrais on this Subject of a Heroe's ſhedding Tears, obſerves that Hiſtorians commend Alexander for weeping, when he read the mighty Actions of Achilles.
ref: 1697, Virgil, “[Dedication of the Æneis]”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page [166]:
glosses: To praise or acclaim.
examples: text: After being imprisoned, I had to commend my kids to my mom's safekeeping.
text: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Luke 23:46:
glosses: To entrust or commit to the care of someone else.
examples: text: Commend me to my brother.
ref: 1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
glosses: To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and goodwill; give regards from
examples: text: Among the objects of knowledge, two especially […] commend themselves to our contemplation.
ref: a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
text: I commend vnto you Phebe our sister, which is a seruant of the Church which is at Cenchrea:
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 16:1:
glosses: To recommend.
glosses: To adorn; to set off.
Derived terms: commendability
commender
commendingly
commendment
discommend
overcommend
uncommended
Related terms: commendable
commendation
commendatory
recommend
suggest
consider
approval
commend
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmɛnd/
rhymes: -ɛnd
Forms: form: commends
Etymology: From Middle English commenden, from Old French comender, from Latin commendō (“commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”), from com- + mandō (“to commit, intrust, enjoin”), from manus (“hand”) + dō (“to put”). Doublet of command.
Senses: examples: text: He had need meane better, then his outward ſhew
Can any way ſpeake in his iuſt commend:
ref: c. 1607–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, [George Wilkins?], The Late, and Much Admired Play, Called Pericles, Prince of Tyre. […], London: […] [William White and Thomas Creede] for Henry Gosson, […], published 1609, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
glosses: Commendation; praise.
examples: text: Hearty commends and much endeared love unto you.
ref: 1655, James Howell, “to Dr. Thomas Prichard at Worcester House”, in Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […], 3rd edition, volume (please specify the page), London: […] Humphrey Mos[e]ley, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Compliments; greetings.
expropriated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of expropriate
bajillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: bə-jĭl'yən
ipa: /bəˈd͡ʒɪljən/
Forms: form: bajillions
Etymology: See + -illion
Senses: examples: text: However, I have a bajillion cherry tomatoes. Is it worth it to try to make spaghetti sauce from them, or will it take 10 bajillion cherry tomatoes to make any quantity of sauce?
ref: 2003 August 27, connie, “Tomatoes . . .”, in rec.food.preserving (Usenet):
text: I’m glad Oasis are back together—a bajillion people singing “Wonderwall” live will be transcendent—but, I dunno, I’m sort of hoping for a bit of drama between the bros?
ref: 2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue:
glosses: An unspecified large number (of).
Derived terms: bajillionaire
bajillionth
jillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: jĭl′yən
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒɪljən/
homophone: gillion
homophone: Gillian
homophone: Jillian stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn
rhymes: -ɪljən
Forms: form: jillions
Etymology: See -illion.
Senses: examples: text: I know this has been asked a jillion times, but news server displays only one days^([sic]) worth of posts..
ref: 1995 December 29, Kreg Harrison, “11th hour- lecher where??”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.adventure (Usenet):
text: “One jillion dollars!”
ref: 1999 April 27, Patric M. Verrone, “A Fishful of Dollars” (11:00 from the start), in Futurama, season 1, episode 6 (television episode), spoken by Philip J. Fry (Billy West), United States, via FOX, 1ACV06:
glosses: An unspecified large number (of).
Derived terms: gigajillion
jillionth
kajillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈd͡ʒɪljən/
Forms: form: kajillions
Etymology: See + -illion, possibly influenced by the word kaiju (giant monster).
Senses: examples: text: I have now put 7 dragons on them, complete with a kajillion tiny scales ... I'm permanently cross-eyed from drawing a kajillion little scales ... and KNOTWORK ... there is a kajillion little lines crossing over and under and over and under . ...
ref: 2000 August 1, Maeve, “Re: Maeve et Al.....”, in rec.music.makers.bagpipe (Usenet):
glosses: An unspecified large number (of).
Derived terms: kajillionth
bazillion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bəˈzɪlɪən/
Forms: form: bazillions
Etymology: 1939. Variation of zillion. See + -illion.
Senses: examples: text: I second the need for a bazillion dollars. 'twould be nice. :-)
ref: 2000 February 19, Shad Laws, “Re: I Need A Bazillion Dollars”, in rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled (Usenet):
text: I wouldn't sleep with him in a bazillion years, but I'm not scared of him.
ref: 2001, Colin Harrison, Afterburn, St. Martin's Press, published 2001, →ISBN, page 278:
text: I have a bazillion of these kernel messages showing up in my logs...
ref: 2003 January 9, ukla, “Bazillion kernel messages?”, in sol.lists.freebsd.questions (Usenet):
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An unspecified large number (of).
Derived terms: bazillionaire
bronze race
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mestizo race formed in America from indigenous people and Spanish colonizers.
Cenovis
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Brand name.
Senses: glosses: A yeast extract similar to Vegemite and Marmite.
certified safety professional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: certified safety professionals
Senses: glosses: A person accredited by the American Board of Safety Professionals, the certification board for safety professionals in the United States, and designated by the letters CSP after his or her name.
flamen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfleɪmən/
rhymes: -eɪmən
homophone: flehmen
Forms: form: flamens
form: flamines
form: flamin
Senses: glosses: A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.
Derived terms: archflamen
flamenship
flaminical
apophysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpɒfɪsɪs/
ipa: /əˈpɑfɪsɪs/
Forms: form: apophyses
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀπόφυσις (apóphusis, “offshoot”), from ἀπό (apó) + φύω (phúō, “to bring forth”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to exist, to grow”). Equivalent to apo- + -physis.
Senses: examples: text: Every bone in the real duck had its representative in the automaton, and its wings were anatomically exact. Every cavity, apophysis, and curvature was imitated, and each bone executed its proper movements.
ref: 1836, E. A. Poe, Maelzel's Chess-Player:
text: In the male each palpal tibia shows a long narrow apophysis on the outerside.
ref: 1913, A. Randell Jackson, “On the British Spiders of the Genus Microneta”, in Transactions of the Natural History Society of Northumberland, page 128:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: The external part of a cone scale.
examples: text: Minor palingenetic magmas probably were generated at this time and intruded the mantling rocks in the form of small sills and apophyses; …
ref: 1980, U.S. Government Printing Office, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1119
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A branch of a dike or vein.
Derived terms: apophyseal
apophysitis
basapophysis
diapophysis
hemapophysis
hypapophysis
hyperapophysis
metapophysis
neurapophysis
parapophysis
pleurapophysis
synapophysis
zygapophysis
zygopophysis
bread-and-butter issue
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bread-and-butter issues
Etymology: See the themes covered at bread-and-butter § Etymology and kitchen table issue § Etymology.
Senses: topics: government
politics
synonyms: kitchen table issue
pocketbook issue
glosses: Any issue, such as inflation or prices, that affects ordinary people in their daily lives.
broad shoulders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: the ability to take criticism, or accept responsibility.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see broad, shoulders.
Related terms: go pear-shaped
call originator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: call originators
Senses: glosses: The person or machine placing a call to another subscriber on a telephone network.
canonical sequence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: canonical sequences
Senses: glosses: a sequence of DNA, RNA, or amino acids that reflects the most common choice of base or amino acid at each position.
Related terms: homology
cantonment
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kanˈtɒnmənt/
ipa: /kanˈtuːnmənt/
Forms: form: cantonments
Etymology: From French cantonnement.
Senses: examples: text: On the Umballa platform waited a detachment of officers discussing the latest news from the stricken cantonment, and it was here that Bobby learned the real condition of the Tail Twisters.
ref: 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “Only A Subaltern”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 145:
glosses: Temporary military living quarters.
examples: text: The cantonments, it transpired, were singularly ill-sited for defence, being built on low, marshy ground, overlooked by hills on all sides.
ref: 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 220:
glosses: A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters.
glosses: A permanent military station.
Negar
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Negār
Etymology: From Iranian Persian نگار (negâr, “sweetheart; painting”).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Persian female given name نگار (negâr).
Nigerian scam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Nigerian scams
Etymology: The scam messages usually claim to originate from Nigeria, though this is often a spoof.
Senses: examples: text: Even savvy Internet users have fallen victim to the ubiquitous Nigerian scam.
glosses: An attempt to defraud by sending out large numbers of emails, each stating that the recipient is entitled to receive a large amount of money, but will need to supply banking account details, or to send payment for fees, before the payment can be passed on.
Synonyms: 419 fraud
419 scam
advance fee scam
Related terms: Nigerian prince
Yahoo boy
spoofed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Parodied.
glosses: Made to appear to have come from someone other than the real sender.
raw_tags: of an email
spoofed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: 2005: Nowhere in “Spamalot” is traditional stage naturalism more brilliantly spoofed than when King Arthur and his faithful servant, the well-named Patsy (the excellent Michael McGrath), first ride into view. — The New Yorker, 28 March 2005
glosses: simple past and past participle of spoof
Ponzi scam
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Ponzi scams
form: ponzi scam
Etymology: Named after con artist Charles Ponzi (1882–1949).
Senses: glosses: Synonym of Ponzi scheme.
synonyms: word: Ponzi scheme
abiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.baɪˈɑt.ɪk/
Etymology: First attested in 1874. From a- + biotic, the first element from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and the second from Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós).
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: nonbiological, nonbiologic
glosses: Nonliving, inanimate, characterised by the absence of life; of inorganic matter.
glosses: Tending to inhibit or destroy life; antibiotic; incompatible with life.
Derived terms: abiotically
Related terms: abiogenesis
abiogenetic
abiogenic
abiosis
antibiosis
antibiotic
gnotobiotic
xenobiotic
abiotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌeɪ.baɪˈɑt.ɪk/
Forms: form: abiotics
Etymology: First attested in 1874. From a- + biotic, the first element from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) and the second from Ancient Greek βιωτικός (biōtikós, “of life”), from βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós).
Senses: glosses: Any such material
Vernon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɝnən/
ipa: /ˈvɜːnən/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nən
Etymology: From Transalpine Gaulish uerna (“alder”) (from Proto-Celtic *wernā, from Proto-Indo-European *wern-) + -o, -onis (locative suffix, literally “place of alder trees”).
Senses: glosses: A town in Eure department, Normandy, France.
glosses: A village in Ardèche department, Languedoc, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.
glosses: An English habitational surname from Anglo-Norman, originally a Norman baronial name, derived from the town in Normandy.
glosses: A male given name transferred from the surname, of 19th century and later usage.
glosses: A city in British Columbia, Canada; named for Forbes George Vernon, former MLA for British Columbia.
glosses: A neighborhood of Ottawa, Ontario.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Lamar County, Alabama.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A census-designated place in Arizona; named for American educator, minister and bishop William Tecumseh Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city in Los Angeles County, California.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A census-designated place in Colorado; named for a local minister.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Connecticut; named for George Washington's home, Mount Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Delaware.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city in Florida; named for Mount Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A village in Illinois; named for railroad official William Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town, the county seat of Jennings County, Indiana, also located in Vernon Township.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Kansas.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A village in Michigan; named for its township, itself for Mount Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Madison County, Mississippi.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Winston County, Mississippi.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town and village in New York.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Oklahoma; named for William Tecumseh Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A neighborhood of Portland, Oregon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Wilbarger County, Texas; named for Mount Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Utah; named for early settler Joseph Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Vermont; named for Mount Vernon.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
An unincorporated community in West Virginia.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A town in Wisconsin.
glosses: A locale in the United States.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Vernon Township.
Derived terms: Minshull Vernon
Mount Vernon
North Vernon
Vernon County
Vernon Parish
heavy roller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: heavy rollers
Senses: examples: text: Thommo pointed out on the radio that under normal circumstances the wicket retains moisture beneath a hard surface, and this water is brought to the surface by the heavy roller and causes problems on the first day of a game.
ref: 2003, David Mortimer, Classic Cricket Clangers, page 179:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The heavier of the rollers used for flattening the pitch between innings.
Related terms: light roller
flatten
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflæ.tən/
ipa: [ˈflæ.tn̩]
ipa: [flæ.ʔn̩]
rhymes: -ætən
Forms: form: flattens
form: flattening
form: flattened
form: flattened
Etymology: From flat + -en.
Senses: examples: text: As there was a lot of damage, we chose the heavy roller to flatten the pitch.
text: Mary would flatten the dough before rolling it into pretzels.
text: Attempting to block the police van's path, protesters periodically surrounded the vehicle and eventually flattened one of its tires.
ref: 1989 April 15, Michael Ambrosino, “Acting Up In The Northwest”, in Gay Community News, page 16:
glosses: To make something flat or flatter.
examples: text: With a bolt of fright he remembered that there was no bathroom in the Hob-house Room. He leapt along the corridor in a panic, stopping by the long-case clock at the end where he flattened himself against the wall.
ref: 1994, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Hippopotamus:
glosses: To press one's body tightly against a surface, such as a wall or floor, especially in order to avoid being seen or harmed.
examples: text: The prize fighter quickly flattened his challenger.
glosses: To knock down or lay low.
examples: text: Prices have flattened out.
glosses: To become flat or flatter; to plateau.
glosses: To be knocked down or laid low.
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: To lower by a semitone.
glosses: To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: To reduce (a data structure) to one that has fewer dimensions, e.g. a 2×2 array into a list of four elements.
topics: computer-graphics
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To combine (separate layers) into a single image.
Derived terms: flattenability
flattenable
flatten down
flattened rice
flattener
flatten out
flatten the curve
overflatten
unflatten
flatter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflætɚ/
ipa: [ˈflæɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈflætə/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Etymology: From flat + -er (comparative suffix). Compare Icelandic flatari (“flatter, more flat”).
Senses: glosses: comparative form of flat: more flat
flatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflætɚ/
ipa: [ˈflæɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈflætə/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flatters
Etymology: From flat (“to make flat, flatten”) + -er (agent suffix).
Senses: glosses: A type of set tool used by blacksmiths.
glosses: A flat-faced fulling hammer.
glosses: A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips such as watch springs.
glosses: Someone who flattens, purposely or accidentally. Also flattener.
flatter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈflætɚ/
ipa: [ˈflæɾɚ]
ipa: /ˈflætə/
rhymes: -ætə(ɹ)
Forms: form: flatters
Etymology: From flat (“dwelling, apartment”) + -er (residency suffix).
Senses: glosses: Someone who lives in a rented flat.
hit the ball twice
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: 34. Hit the ball twice
ref: 1992, Tony Pocock, Official Rules of Sports & Games, 1992-93, page 392:
text: Law 34 (Hit the ball twice) ...
ref: 2003, Marylebone Cricket Club, The official laws of cricket: Law 34 (Hit the ball twice) [online version], archived from the original on 20 Feb 2009:
text: 5 Hit the ball twice - lf a striker sees that the ball, which has just been hit, is going to be caught, it would be unfair to hit the ball for a second time.
ref: 2006, Julia Hickey, Understanding Cricket:
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A rule ("law" in cricket) which when invoked results in the dismissal of a batsman (out), whereby the batsman has deliberately hit the ball with his bat a second time for a reason other than to protect his wicket.
hit the ball twice
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: ... purely defensive second stroke, picked up the ball, and, pretending to aim at the wicket, purposely flung it wide, thereby beguiling the batsman into starting for a run, for which he was given out "hit the ball twice."
ref: 1904, The Windsor magazine, volume 20, page 406:
text: The striker, on appeal, shall be out hit the ball twice if, after the ball is struck [...]
ref: 1992, Tony Pocock, Official Rules of Sports & Games, 1992-93, page 392:
text: Law 34 (Hit the ball twice)
1. Out Hit the ball twice
(a) The striker is out Hit the ball twice if, while the ball is in play, it strikes any part of his person or is struck by his bat and, before the ball has been touched by a fielder, he wilfully strikes it again with his bat or person, other than a hand not holding the bat, except for the sole purpose of guarding his wicket.
ref: 2003, Marylebone Cricket Club, The official laws of cricket: Law 34 (Hit the ball twice) [online version], archived from the original on 20 Feb 2009:
glosses: In accordance with this rule against hitting the ball a second time.
Derived terms: out hit the ball twice
hit wicket
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: examples: text: He was hitwicketed on the third ball of the over.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Describing a method of dismissal of a batsman (out) in which the batsman hits his own wicket either with the bat or his body, usually while attempting to play the ball. A very rare event.
nomology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nəʊˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
ipa: /nəˈmɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: nomologies
Etymology: Formed as nom- + -o- + -logy, by analogy with the French nomologie.
Senses: glosses: The study of laws
glosses: The study of general physical and logical laws
examples: text: This nomology has obtained the name of Logic among other appellations, but not from Aristotle
ref: 1859–1860, William Hamilton, edited by H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC:
glosses: The science of the laws of the mind; rational psychology.
Derived terms: nomologic
nomological
nomologically
nomologist
bad hair day
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bad hair days
Etymology: Said to have been coined by British trichologist Philip Kingsley (1930–2016).
Senses: examples: text: Okay, girls, here's the plan. I'll call Jerry and tell him we need to get to Tahiti A.S.A.P. Clover, you free the Bees and restore their memories. Alex, you figure out how to put an end to this very, very, very bad hair day.
ref: 2002 March 23, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “The Black Widows”, in Totally Spies!, season 1, episode 16, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:
glosses: A day when one's hair seems unmanageable.
examples: text: What's the matter with Fred? Oh, he's just having a bad hair day.
text: Okay, girls, here’s the plan. I’ll call Jerry and tell him we need to get to Tahiti A.S.A.P. Clover, you free the Bees and restore their memories. Alex, you figure out how to end this very, very, very bad hair day.
ref: 2002 March 23, Michelle and Robert Lamoreaux, “The Black Widows”, in Totally Spies!, season 1, episode 16, spoken by Samantha “Sam” (Jennifer Hale), Marathon Media, via Teletoon:
glosses: A day when things seem to be unmanageable or go wrong.
Synonyms: sense: bad hair
word: hairmageddon
Related terms: one of those days
uncombable hair syndrome
morganatic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɔːɡəˈnætɪk/
ipa: /mɔɹɡəˈnætɪk/
Etymology: From New Latin morganāticus, from the Medieval Latin phrase mātrimōnium ad morganāticum, from Proto-Germanic *murgnagebō (“morning gift”) (whence Old English morgenġiefu).
Senses: examples: text: Francis Ferdinand's marriage was a morganatic alliance, and in consequence of a declaration which he made when contracting it, his children do not inherit his rights to the Austrian crown.
ref: 1914 June 29, “Assassination of the Austrian royal heir and wife”, in The Guardian:
text: we have this day repudiated our former spouse and have bestowed our royal hand upon the princess Selene, the splendour of the night. (The former morganatic spouse of Bloom is hastily removed in the Black Maria.)
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
text: Because of her noble birth, she bitterly resented her position as a morganatic wife.
ref: 1941, Rebecca West [pseudonym; Cicily Isabel Fairfield], Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: The Record of a Journey through Yugoslavia in 1937, volume I, London: Macmillan and Co., published 1946, →OCLC, page 380:
text: Louis's association with the pious widow, Madame de Maintenon (with whom he contracted a morganatic marriage in 1684) had led to a new tone of piety, even prudery, at court.
ref: 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 19:
text: This will not be a morganatic marriage—one where titles are not passed to any children—the prince and Mrs Parker Bowles being beyond the usual age of procreation and so unlikely to have new heirs to complicate matters.
ref: 2005 February 11, Stephen Bates, “For the Church of England, marriage comes as a relief”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: After her death, he arranged a morganatic marriage with Anna in 1757, which made him even more vulnerable to charges of sexual impropriety.
ref: 2006, Marsha Keith Schuchard, Why Mrs Blake Cried, Pimlico, published 2007, page 149:
glosses: Designating a marriage (or the wife involved) between a man of higher rank and a woman of lower rank, often having various legal repercussions (typically that such a wife has no claim on the husband's possessions or title). It was not an aspect of English law, but was common in other royal houses, especially in Germany.
Derived terms: morganatically
unaltered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + altered.
Senses: examples: text: "A first love is not easily extinguished, Mr. Allanson," said she. "You may guess from my appearance, that I have been fortunate in life; but, for all that, my first love for you has continued the same, unaltered and unchanged, and you must forgive the little freedoms I used to-day to try your affections, and the effects my appearance would have on you."
ref: 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
text: Pat found subject and scene of his wooing unaltered, but all his specious blandishments could not induce the matured matron of 'Gi' Away Nothin' 'All' to join fortunes, though his perseverance would have delighted Bruce's spider.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 187:
text: But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.
ref: 1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:
text: The new yearbooks at Wall Township High School in Wall, New Jersey – with the original, unaltered photos – will be available for students to pick up in about two weeks, Cheryl Dyer, the superintendent of Wall Township schools, said in a letter to students and parents.
ref: 2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN:
glosses: Remaining in its initial state; not changed.
Synonyms: unchanged
neurosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: n(y)o͝o-rō′sĭs
ipa: /n(j)ʊˈɹəʊ̯.sɪs/
ipa: /n(j)ʊˈɹoʊ̯.sɪs/
ipa: /n(j)ʊˈɹəʉ̯.sɪs/
ipa: /n(j)ʊˈɹɐʉ̯.səs/
ipa: /n(j)ʉˈɹo.sɪs/
ipa: /n(j)ʊˈɾoː.sɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
Forms: form: neuroses
Etymology: From neuro- + -sis.
Senses: examples: text: On inquiry it was found that this neurosis corresponded in time with the oncome of the catamenia.
ref: 1881, American journal of obstetrics and diseases of women and children, volume 14:
text: In the period from Spinoza to the end of the 19th century, the reading of design into nature received such devastating attacks from naturalists to non-naturalists alike that there developed an epistemological neurosis which Von Baer aptly termed “teleophobia.”
ref: 1952, D. Maurice Allan, “Towards a Natural Teleology”, in The Journal of Philosophy, volume 49, number 13, →DOI:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: psychoneurosis[Appendix:Glossary#dated|dated]]>
antonyms: physioneurosis
qualifier: current in psychology and philosophy
glosses: A mental disorder, less severe than psychosis, marked by anxiety or fear which differ from normal measures by their intensity, which disorder results from a failure to compromise or properly adjust during the developmental stages of life, between normal human instinctual impulses and the demands of human society.
Derived terms: accident neurosis
actual neurosis
aeroneurosis
angioneurosis
anxiety neurosis
character neurosis
compensation neurosis
neurosal
neurotic
neuroticism
physioneurosis
psychoneurosis
trophoneurosis
psychosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /saɪˈkəʊsɪs/
ipa: /saɪˈkoʊsɪs/
rhymes: -əʊsɪs
homophone: sycosis
Forms: form: psychoses
Etymology: From psych- + -osis or from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις (psúkhōsis, “animation, principle of life”).
Senses: examples: text: Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese[…]began to totter, slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated. The poisoning was irreversible, and soon ended in psychosis and death.
ref: 2014 April 21, “Subtle effects”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8884:
topics: human-sciences
psychology
sciences
glosses: A severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical damage to the brain, marked by a deranged personality and a distorted view of reality.
Derived terms: Korsakoff's psychosis
micropsychosis
nonpsychosis
nutmeg psychosis
prepsychosis
prepsychotic
prison psychosis
unitary psychosis
wendigo psychosis
5-O
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of five-o.
ozone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊzəʊn/
ipa: /ə(ʊ)ˈzəʊn/
ipa: /ˈoʊzoʊn/
Forms: form: ozones
Etymology: From German Ozon, coined 1840 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein, from Ancient Greek ὄζον (ózon), neuter participle of ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”), in reference to its pungent odour.
The “fresh air” sense is from an erroneous former belief that seaweed contains and releases ozone.
Senses: examples: text: Lightning flashed again, the thunder came a second later. It rained harder. The smell of ozone was strong. You could feel the charge in the air.
ref: 2018, Nnedi Okorafor, Who Fears Death, HarperVoyager, page 334:
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: greenhouse gas
glosses: An allotrope of oxygen (symbol O₃) having three atoms in the molecule instead of the usual two; it is a toxic gas, generated from oxygen by electrical discharge.
examples: text: A patent obtained in England, and specified far from clearly, for obtaining ozone by boiling seaweed,†† may be mentioned as a curiosity, and also the credulity with which ozone-baths, prepared in this manner, find a ready sale, in spite of, or perhaps rather on account of, their high price.
ref: 1875, William Crookes, The Chemical News, page 99:
text: To Ramsgate baths she sped, in quest / Of seaweed and ozone ; / For seaweed and ozone were best, / They said, to give her tone.
ref: 1888, L. T. Meade, A. Balfour Symington, Edwin Oliver, Atalanta, volume 1, page 674:
text: It's got the lot: fresh sea air, ozone, seaweed. You could cut the air with a knife.
ref: 2007, Robert Douglas, Tales of the Unexpected: Somewhere to Lay My Head, unnumbered page:
glosses: Fresh air, especially that breathed at the seaside and smelling of seaweed.
Derived terms: acetozone
antiozonant
antiozone
anti-ozone
antozone
bozone
iodozone
nonozone
ozonate
ozonation
ozonator
ozone bath
ozone-friendly
ozone hole
ozone layer
ozonelike
ozone-like
ozone paper
ozone resistance
ozone shield
ozone sickness
ozonesonde
ozone therapy
ozoney
ozonic
ozonide
ozoniferous
ozonification
ozonify
ozonisation
ozonise
ozoniser
ozonization
ozonize
ozonizer
ozonolysis
ozonometer
ozonometry
ozonosphere
ozonous
ozone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊzəʊn/
ipa: /ə(ʊ)ˈzəʊn/
ipa: /ˈoʊzoʊn/
Forms: form: ozones
form: ozoning
form: ozoned
form: ozoned
Etymology: From German Ozon, coined 1840 by Christian Friedrich Schönbein, from Ancient Greek ὄζον (ózon), neuter participle of ὄζω (ózō, “I smell”), in reference to its pungent odour.
The “fresh air” sense is from an erroneous former belief that seaweed contains and releases ozone.
Senses: examples: text: Whenever it exists, as it usually does, even where the tide water freshens at the ebb, it seems to have a purifying tendency, probably by ozoning the superincumbent atmosphere.
ref: 1868, Medical and Surgical Reporter, volume 19, page 392:
text: I worked nonstop to make the house safe. Periodically I ozoned the first-floor bathroom, but it still made us sick.
ref: 1997, Robert Sampson, Patricia Hughes, Breaking Out of Environmental Illness:
glosses: To treat with ozone.
ozone layer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ozone layers
Senses: synonyms: ozone shield
ozonosphere
glosses: A region of the stratosphere, between 15 and 30 kilometres in altitude, containing a relatively high concentration of ozone, which absorbs most solar ultraviolet radiation.
Derived terms: bozone layer
thealogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thealogies
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θεά (theá, “goddess”) + -logy.
Senses: glosses: The study of or reflection upon the or a goddess, or the feminine divine, e.g. from a feminist viewpoint.
Related terms: thealogian
theology
theologian
hassock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhasək/
rhymes: -æsək
Forms: form: hassocks
Etymology: From Old English hassoc, of uncertain origin.
Senses: glosses: A dense clump of grass or vegetation; a tussock.
examples: text: At the next service he found a flower on his hassock and a highly suggestive Catholic bookmarker tucked into his hymn-book.
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 357:
synonyms: kneeler
glosses: A cushion used primarily in churches for kneeling on while praying.
glosses: A thick cushion used as a seat; an ottoman or pouffe.
Derived terms: hassocked
hassocky
cardinal tetra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cardinal tetras
Senses: glosses: A freshwater fish (Paracheirodon axelrodi, family Characidae), native to rivers in South America, popular as an aquarium fish.
ottoman
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɑtəmən/
ipa: /ˈɒtəmən/
Forms: form: ottomans
Etymology: From Ottoman in the early 19th century; so named because reclining on a couch was associated with Middle Eastern customs.
Senses: examples: text: In the middle of the room there is a big ottoman; and this, with the carpet, the Morris wall-papers, and the Morris chintz window curtains and brocade covers of the ottoman and its cushions, supply all the ornament, and are much too handsome to be hidden by odds and ends of useless things.
ref: 1912 (date written), [George] Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act III, page 144:
text: These hefty features were on display together with dry-point engravings, marble busts, and mahogany whatnots, which the guests now squeezed between, plumping themselves down on over-stuffed ottomans beneath gleaming crystal electroliers.
ref: 2015 July 26, Will Self, “Original short story: Architectural Salvage, by Will Self”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
text: A 39-year-old British woman was killed when a malfunctioning ottoman bed fell on her neck and asphyxiated her, a coroner’s report said.
ref: 2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN:
topics: furniture
lifestyle
glosses: An upholstered sofa, without arms or a back, sometimes with a compartment for storing linen etc.
examples: text: This ottoman is set on casters, and is a great convenience for holding articles, while serving also as a seat.
ref: 1869, Catherine E. Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The American Woman’s Home:
topics: furniture
lifestyle
synonyms: footstool
hassock
pouffe
tuffet
tumpty
glosses: A low stool or thick cushion used to rest the feet or as a seat.
topics: business
manufacturing
textiles
glosses: A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.
Derived terms: ottomanlike
Related terms: chesago
pouffe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pouffes
Senses: examples: text: An aide walked on bearing a gold-embroidered leather pouffe. This, it turned out, was the Presidential Pouffe, there to prop up the plastered leg of winner Mwai Kibaki, who had survived the years in opposition only to be nearly killed in a campaign car crash.
ref: 2009, Michela Wrong, It’s Our Turn to Eat: The Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower:
glosses: Alternative form of pouf.
pouffe
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pouffes
form: pouffing
form: pouffed
form: pouffed
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of pouf.