cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
silicon monoxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A chemical compound with the formula SiO. In the atmosphere it oxidizes quickly into SiO₂, but has been detected in stellar objects and has been described as the most common oxide of silicon in the universe.
exhaustibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: We must accept the exhaustibility of our supply of oil.
text: The prime numbers are infinite, therefore any proof that depends on their exhaustibility is flawed.
glosses: The property of being exhaustible.
hyperboloid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperboloids
Etymology: From hyperbola + -oid.
Senses: glosses: A particular surface in three-dimensional Euclidean space, the graph of a quadratic with all three variables squared and their coefficients not all of the same sign.
Hypernyms: quadric surface
quadric
Derived terms: hyperboloidal
hyperboloid of revolution
hyperboloids
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hyperboloid
prep schools
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of prep school
Archimedes
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: är′kə-mēʹdēz
ipa: /ˌɑɹ.kəˈmiː.diːz/
ipa: /ˌɑːkɪˈmiːdiːz/
ipa: /ˌɑːɹkɪˈmiːdiːz/
note: Ghana
ipa: /ɐˈkɪ.mi.diːz/
Forms: form: Arkhimedes
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin Archimēdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs).
Senses: glosses: A transliteration of the Ancient Greek male given name Ἀρχιμήδης (Arkhimḗdēs), notably borne by Archimedes of Syracuse, an Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist and engineer (c. 287–212 BCE).
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A large lunar impact crater on the eastern edges of the Mare Imbrium.
Derived terms: Archimedean
Archimedes number
trammel of Archimedes
Related terms: Aristotle
Plato
Pythagoras
Socrates
encyclopædic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more encyclopædic
form: most encyclopædic
Senses: glosses: Dated spelling of encyclopaedic.
Derived terms: encyclopædical
encyclopædically
nepo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɛp.oʊ/
Etymology: Clipping of nepotism, probably after nepo baby.
Senses: examples: text: The problem here is that not all the threads of this story are equally entertaining: the sequences featuring sinister President MacPhail (Will Keen, father of Dafne, perhaps the first “nepo daddy”), vicious Father Gomez (Jamie Ward), and the rest of the Magisterium, are particularly listless.
ref: 2022 December 17, Nick Hilton, “His Dark Materials season three review: Well-acted and exquisitely designed, but plodding and humourless”, in The Independent:
text: Soon, the NBA nepo phenomenon will reach its apotheosis: Bronny James, LeBron James’s son, is slated to declare for the NBA draft in 2024. LeBron, this generation’s eminent GOAT contender, has long expressed his desire to play professional basketball with his son, and that’s almost guaranteed to happen.
ref: 2022 December 19, Nicholas Quah, “Can There Be Nepotism in Sports? Just Look at the NBA.”, in Vulture:
glosses: Clipping of nepotism.
Derived terms: nepo baby
nepo friend
nepo kid
midnight feast
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: midnight feasts
Senses: examples: text: I think we ought to have a midnight feast every term, you know! School doesn't seem really complete without that!
ref: 1944, Enid Blyton, The Second Form at St. Clare's:
glosses: An informal meal of various snack foods, eaten at or around midnight, typically arranged and held in secret by children.
Related terms: midnight snack
midnight feasts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of midnight feast
biopolymers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of biopolymer
iron oxides
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of iron oxide
estruses
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of estrus
choli
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cholis
Etymology: from Hindi चोली (colī, “bodice, blouse”)
Senses: topics: fashion
lifestyle
glosses: A short-sleeved blouse worn under a sari; an Indian underbodice.
panelled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: paneled
Etymology: From panel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having panels.
Derived terms: multipanelled
unpanelled
panelled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: paneled
Etymology: From panel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of panel
paneled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: panelled
Etymology: From panel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Having panels.
Derived terms: multipaneled
paneled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: panelled
Etymology: From panel + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of panel
piraña
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pirañas
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of piranha.
steganographic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From steganography + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, if Bob and Alice communicate using cipher text, suspicion can easily be raised and thus the steganographic goal will be defeated.
ref: 2016, Abdelrahman Desoky, Noiseless Steganography, page 4:
glosses: Of or pertaining to steganography.
Related terms: steganography
steganographer
steganographer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: steganographers
Senses: glosses: one that practices or studies steganography
Related terms: steganography
steganographic
sedimentate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sedimentates
form: sedimentating
form: sedimentated
form: sedimentated
Senses: glosses: To form a sediment
sedimentate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sedimentates
Senses: glosses: A sediment
Chavista
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Chavistas
Etymology: From Spanish chavista.
Senses: glosses: A follower of Hugo Chávez or Chavism.
Related terms: Chávez
Chavism
Chavismo
Chavist
criticizable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more criticizable
form: most criticizable
Etymology: From criticize + -able.
Senses: glosses: Able to be criticized.
Derived terms: criticizability
uncriticizable
Related terms: falsifiable
refutable
data rate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: data rates
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The speed at which data is sent over a data link or channel; generally expressed in bytes per second.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
telephony
glosses: The fee that a cell phone customer is charged for data traffic (sending and receiving data).
OPC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of oligomeric proanthocyanidin.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of oropharyngeal cancer.
examples: text: Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) is the world's most common form of cement. The blue plaque dedicated to inventor Joseph Aspdin describes OPC as "one of mankind's most important manufactured materials".
ref: 2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “Building a greener future”, in RAIL, number 999, page 36:
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: Initialism of ordinary portland cement.
OPC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: communication
communications
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Open Platform Communications.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Open Packaging Conventions.
Hyponyms: topics: communication
communications
programming
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: OPC AE
topics: communication
communications
programming
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: OPC DA
topics: communication
communications
programming
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: OPC HDA
topics: communication
communications
programming
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: OPC UA
Related terms: topics: communication
communications
programming
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: OPC Client
topics: communication
communications
programming
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: OPC Server
proanthocyanidin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: proanthocyanidins
Etymology: From pro- + anthocyanidin.
Senses: glosses: An antioxidant flavonoid with possible health benefits, found in many plant sources, including apples, bilberry, grapeseed, pine bark, and black chokeberry.
Synonyms: procyanidin oligomeric proanthocyanidin
OPC
pycnogenol
leukocyanidin
leucoanthocyanin
demultiplex
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: demultiplexes
form: demultiplexing
form: demultiplexed
form: demultiplexed
Etymology: From de- + multiplex.
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: demux
glosses: To separate signals that were previously multiplexed (combined using a multiplexer)
Derived terms: demultiplexer
Related terms: demultiply
remultiplex
emotivism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: emotivisms
Etymology: From emotive + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Another important meta-ethical theory is known as emotivism or non-cognitivism. Emotivists ... claim that all ethical statements are literally meaningless.
ref: 1999, Nigel Warburton, Philosophy: The Basics:
topics: ethics
human-sciences
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The meta-ethical stance that ethical judgments, such as those containing the words "should" and "ought to", are primarily expressions of one's own attitude and imperatives meant to change the attitudes and actions of another.
Related terms: emotionalism
noncognitivism
distichs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distich
western capercaillie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: western capercaillies
Senses: glosses: A bird of species Tetrao urogallus.
Synonyms: heather cock
wood grouse
Eurasian capercaillie
cock-of-the-woods
capercaillie
distiches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of distich
bandstration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: bandstrations
Etymology: Blend of band + orchestration
Senses: glosses: the arrangement of music for performance by a band
glosses: a composition that has been bandstrated
intellectualist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: intellectualists
Etymology: From intellectual + -ist.
Senses: glosses: An adherent of one of the forms of intellectualism.
Derived terms: anti-intellectualist
intellectualistic
intuitional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From intuition + -al.
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to, derived from, or perceived by, intuition; intuitive.
Derived terms: intuitionalism
intuitionalist
Related terms: intuition
intuitionally
intuitive
intuit
first truth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first truths
Senses: examples: text: These are the principles also treated of, in a former work, under the name of First Truths. They are not, like our knowledge of the other kind, the result of any process either of investigation or of reasoning; and, for the possession of them, no man either depends upon his observation, or has recourse to that of other men.
ref: 1836, John Abercrombie, Jacob Abbott, The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings:
glosses: A statement that is not proved but rather supposed or held as obvious, forming together with other such statements the basis of a system of statements obtained from them by inference; an axiom.
Related terms: first principle
Jeannie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: Genie
Etymology: From Jean + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the female given name Jean.
first principle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: first principles
Senses: glosses: A basic, foundational proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption.
Related terms: first truth
axiom
postulate
hydrocyanic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hydro- + cyanic.
Senses: synonyms: prussic
glosses: Of or pertaining to hydrocyanic acid or its compounds
Lontara
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A syllabary used in writing the Buginese language.
Buginese
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A Malayo-Polynesian language spoken in parts of Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Related terms: Wiktionary’s coverage of Buginese terms
glycolic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glycol + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to glycolic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: diglycolic
glycolate
glycollate
polyglycolic
thioglycolic
gluconic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From glucose.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to gluconic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: gluconate
glutaric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɡluːˈtæɹ.ɪk/
ipa: /ɡluˈtæɹ.ɪk/
ipa: [ɡluˈtɛɹ.ɪk]
ipa: /-ˈtɑɹ.-/
rhymes: -æɹɪk
Etymology: Blend of glutamic + tartaric
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to glutaric acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: glutaconic acid
glutarate
glutaryl
ketoglutaric
rainbow-colored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more rainbow-colored
form: most rainbow-colored
form: rainbow-coloured
form: rainbow coloured
form: rainbow colored
Senses: glosses: Having many colors, reminiscent of those in the rainbow.
Synonyms: motley
multicolored
polychromatic
eddied
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of eddy
symplasia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: symplasias
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Fused growth of cells or tissue.
feeling one's oats
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of feel one's oats
sea monster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sea monsters
form: sea-monster
form: seamonster
Senses: examples: text: “However it occurred, my sword had killed
nine sea-monsters.”
ref: 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 20:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A large and aggressive creature of the sea that attacks ships.
glosses: Any huge marine animal.
Synonyms: mermonster
Hyponyms: Charybdis
Kraken
leviathan
lusca
merhorse
mermaid
Scylla
sea serpent
wasserman
manyplies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manyplies
form: monyplies
Etymology: From many + plies.
Senses: examples: text: Now, in the process of returning the macerated food for re-mastication, it is the cud-duct, together with the shut termination of the gullet approached to the shut inlet of the manyplies, which forms the pellets.
ref: 1855, The Plough, the Loom, and the Anvil, Volume 7, page 343:
text: Through this contact the œsophageal pillars shorten so as to draw up the opening into the manyplies nearer to the reticulum, at the same time turning spirally on their own axes, the lefthand pillar being extended downward and to the right.
ref: 1890, Robert Meade Smith, The Physiology of the Domestic Animals, F. A. Davis, page 377:
text: The reticulum opens into the psalterium or manyplies (the third compartment) by a small aperture, and its lining membrane is thrown into longitudinal folds resembling the leaves of a book. The fourth compartment, into which the manyplies opens, is called the abomasum or rennet.
ref: 1896, “Ruminantia”, in R. W. Egerton Eastwick, editor, The Oracle Encyclopaedia, Volume 5, George Newnes Limited, page 111:
glosses: Synonym of omasum (“compartment of the stomach of a ruminant”).
synonyms: word: omasum
extra: compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
omasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of omasum
Wenecja
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A village in Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland.
glosses: A village in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.
psalteria
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɪəɹiə
Senses: glosses: plural of psalterium
psalterium
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɒlˈtɪəriəm/
ipa: /sɔːlˈtɪəriəm/
ipa: /sɔlˈtɪriəm/
ipa: /sɑlˈtɪriəm/
rhymes: -ɪəɹiəm
Forms: form: psalteria
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin psalterium, from Ancient Greek ψαλτήριον (psaltḗrion). Doublet of psalter, psalterion, and psaltery.
Senses: glosses: An omasum.
glosses: A psaltery (zither-like musical instrument)
Derived terms: psalterial
honeycomb stomach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: honeycomb stomachs
Senses: glosses: The reticulum (the second stomach of a ruminant).
rennet stomach
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rennet stomachs
Senses: glosses: The fourth stomach of a ruminant, the abomasum.
chargé d'affaires
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʃɑrˌʒeɪdəˈfɛɹ/
Forms: form: chargés d'affaires
form: charge d'affaires
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French chargé d'affaires (literally “[one] charged with matters”).
Senses: topics: diplomacy
government
politics
glosses: A diplomat, ranking below an ambassador, who heads a diplomatic mission when no ambassador is present, either temporarily (in the interim between the departure of one ambassador and the accreditation of another) or for an extended time.
wikipedia: chargé d'affaires
Related terms: english: if the diplomat is female
translation: if the diplomat is female
word: chargée d'affaires
slave code
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: slave codes
Senses: glosses: Any of several laws that regulated slavery
slave codes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slave code
hyaluronic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: See hyaluronic.
Senses: examples: text: Or had he succumbed to the trend for dermal filler, a shot of hyaluronic acid that is injected to enhance one's cheekbone and, apparently, improve the symmetry of one's face.
ref: 2025 October 11, Jo Ellison, “The forever 35 face of fashion”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 23:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A mucopolysaccharide (a kind of polymer) that forms a gel-like substance within animal connective tissue.
hyaluronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hyaloid + uronic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: hyaluronate
iodic acid
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
hypernyms: oxyacid#Noun
<
acid#Noun
<
compound
<
substance#Noun
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: hydroiodic acid
english: its hydracid counterpart
translation: its hydracid counterpart
word: ;
english: its other oxyacid counterparts
translation: its other oxyacid counterparts
word: chloric acid
word: bromic acid
word: fluoric acid
english: its other hydracid counterparts
translation: its other hydracid counterparts
word: ;
word: hydrochloric acid
word: hydrobromic acid
word: hydrofluoric acid
glosses: The oxyacid of iodine, HIO₃.
Derived terms: hydriodic
oxiodic
periodic acid
purple gas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From purple + gas.
Senses: qualifier: Prairies
glosses: Gasoline priced with reduced taxes for farm use, identified by adding purple dye.
fall upon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls upon
form: falling upon
form: fell upon
form: fallen upon
form: fall on
Senses: examples: text: With the rise of the Internet, some media fell upon hard times.
text: Then came a maid with hand-bag and shawls, and after her a tall young lady. She stood for a moment holding her skirt above the grimy steps,[…], and the light of the reflector fell full upon her.
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:
glosses: To experience; to suffer.
examples: text: It fell upon the day of full moon of the fourth month, the second year, in the era of Established Calm (AD 168), that Emperor Ling went in state to the Hall of Virtue.
ref: 1925, Charles Henry Brewitt-Taylor, chapter 1, in Romance of the Three Kingdoms:
glosses: To occur at some particular point in time.
examples: text: If the Duke, with the other dukes, come not to composition with the king of Hungary, why then all the dukes fall upon the king.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], lines 1-3:
glosses: To set upon; to attack suddenly; to invade.
examples: text: If we dig deeply into why it was so important for mainstream USA (and the rest that followed) to smear Jackson, we may fall upon the same reasons why more attention has been paid to Black women making anti-Semitic remarks than white women.
ref: 1985 February 2, Malkah Barrsey Feldman, “Blacks & Jews: Vulnerability & Values”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 28, page 14:
glosses: To happen upon, find.
fall on
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: falls on
form: falling on
form: fell on
form: fallen on
Senses: examples: text: With the rise of the Internet, some media fell on hard times.
text: Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh (Shadow Transport Secretary for heaven's sake!) initially lambasted TOCs before the handful of specialist rail commentators fell on her tweets and she changed her tune, refocusing her fire on Government.
ref: 2023 August 9, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Disinterested and dishonest”, in RAIL, number 989, page 3:
glosses: To experience; to suffer; to fall upon.
examples: text: This decision is important, and it falls on you to make it.
glosses: To be assigned to; to acquire a new responsibility, duty or burden.
examples: text: The first day of spring this year will fall on a Tuesday.
glosses: To occur on a particular day.
raw_tags: of a holiday or event
glosses: Of the eyes or gaze: to alight upon.
glosses: To attack (someone); to join an attack on (someone), especially a surprise attack.
false economy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: false economies
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, when money is saved and the efficiency of the school is injured, that is a false economy.
ref: 1943, Ward Glen Reeder, A First Course in Education:
text: "If the suggestion is merely to delay the opening of Euston, then you may save some money in the very short term. But by delaying works, allowing more inflation to creep in, you will actually add to the overall cost. It would be a totally false economy."
ref: 2023 February 8, Paul Stephen, “Network News: Hunt dismisses rumours that HS2 will not go to Euston”, in RAIL, number 976, page 25:
glosses: An attempt to economize that fails because the less expensive approach is inferior in some way, or ultimately wastes more money than was saved.
Related terms: buy cheap, buy twice
good work ain't cheap, cheap work ain't good
if you pay bananas, you get monkeys
if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
you buy cheap, you get cheap
you get what you pay for
Dolomites
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdoʊl.əˌmaɪts/
ipa: /ˈdɒl.əˌmaɪts/
Etymology: From the mineral dolomite.
Senses: synonyms: Dolomite Mountains
glosses: A mountain range of the Alps in north-eastern Italy.
Related terms: dolomite
bêtises
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bêtise
natalizumab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From [Term?] + -li- (“immunomodulating”) + -zumab (“humanized monoclonal antibody”).
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: A humanized monoclonal antibody used in the treatment of multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease.
jill
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /d͡ʒɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: jills
form: jilling
form: jilled
form: jilled
Etymology: From the female name Jill.
* (to masturbate): By analogy with jack (off). See Jack (“male name”).
* (gill): Paired with jack (from the male name Jack) as terms for alcohol measurements.
* (pelvic protector): By analogy with jock, Jock being a male name.
Senses: examples: text: Sue was fingering herself in my bed. IN MY BED. I couldn't believe it. I tried to pretend that I was still asleep but she caught me peeking as she was jilling herself.
ref: 1997 June 21, 1st try. Sex with mom's friend (teenM/olderF), in alt.sex.stories, Usenet
text: I jilled while babysitting, having found a cache of skeezy porno mags hidden at the bottom of a big basket of magazines in one family's master bathroom.
ref: 2002, Hanne Blank, Unruly Appetites: Erotic Stories, page xiv:
glosses: To masturbate.
raw_tags: of a female
Synonyms: word: jill off
word: masturbate
aminate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: aminates
form: aminating
form: aminated
form: aminated
Etymology: From amino + -ate.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: To introduce one or more amino groups into a compound, in the process of amination
Derived terms: deaminate
polyaminate
springhare
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: springhares
Senses: glosses: Any of the genus Pedetes of generally nocturnal, herbivorous African rodents that dig burrows.
Hyponyms: East African springhare
South African springhare
springhaas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Afrikaans springhaas.
Senses: glosses: A South African springhare.
lacrimators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lacrimator
repossessor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: repossessors
Etymology: From repossess + -or.
Senses: glosses: Agent noun of repossess; one who repossesses.
repossessors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of repossessor
S.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of Southern District Used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the southern part of a multi-district state.
topics: law
glosses: Initialism of South Dakota: a state of the United States, as used in case citations.
Related terms: C.D.
E.D.
M.D.
N.D.
W.D.
S.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: education
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Science.
N.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of North Dakota: a state of the United States.
N.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine, an academic degree and title in naturopathic medicine
topics: law
glosses: Northern District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States federal courts designated to cover the northern part of a multi-district state
Related terms: C.D.
E.D.
M.D.
S.D.
W.D.
W.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Western District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the western part of a multi-district state.
Related terms: C.D.
E.D.
M.D.
N.D.
S.D.
C.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Central District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the central part of a multi-district state.
Related terms: E.D.
M.D.
N.D.
S.D.
W.D.
C.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: C.D.s
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of CD.
E.D.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Initialism of Eastern District, used in case citations to identify courts, particularly United States Federal courts designated to cover the eastern part of a multi-district state.
Related terms: C.D.
M.D.
N.D.
S.D.
W.D.
pronouncer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pronouncers
Etymology: From pronounce + -er.
Senses: examples: text: Moreover, it is to be remembered that a poor speller is a poor pronouncer. The ear does not mark the sound any more exactly than the eye marks the letters.
ref: 1881, The Western: A Journal of Literature, Education, and Art:
glosses: One who pronounces.
glosses: The official who gives out words to be spelled at a spelling bee and answers questions about their definition, use in a sentence and etymology.
examples: 2019, Carl Hausman, Philip G. Benoit, Fritz Messere, Announcing for Broadcasting and the Internet
Pronouncers are shown in all wire service copy destined for broadcast use. If you are doubtful about a word and don't have a pronouncer, try looking them up on one of the many helpful pronunciation guides available online […]
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: A phonetic representation of the pronunciation of a word, to aid the presenter.
pronouncers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of pronouncer
carrick
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carricks
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of carrack.
examples: text: […] here there was little hairy Pushkin in a fur carrick, and ratlike Gogol in a flamboyant waistcoat, and old little Tolstoy with his fat nose […]
ref: 1959, Dmitri Nabokov (translator), Vladimir Nabokov, Invitation to a Beheading:
text: A poor man is robbed of his overcoat (Gogol's "The Greatcoat," or more correctly "The Carrick") […]
ref: c. 1948, Vladimir Nabokov, "Lecture on The Metamorphosis" (reprinted in Lectures on Literature, 1980)
glosses: A greatcoat.
Derived terms: carrick bend
attorney of record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: attorneys of record
Senses: topics: law
glosses: In a legal proceeding, an attorney who has submitted his name to the court or tribunal as the person responsible for representation of the client, irrespective of which attorneys perform work for that client.
attorneys of record
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attorney of record
Carrick
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Karrick
Etymology: Anglicised version of Irish carraig, Scottish Gaelic carraig or Cornish karrek, all meaning rock. Doublet of Craig.
Senses: glosses: A surname from Irish.
glosses: A surname from Scottish Gaelic.
glosses: A census-designated place in Siskiyou County, California, United States.
glosses: A former local government district of Cornwall, England, named after the fjord-like Carrick Roads estuary; it was abolished on 31 March 2009.
examples: text: (describing a siren seen in a group of otherwise decrepit old witches dancing) There was ae winsome wench and waulie / That night enlisted in the core, / Lang after ken'd on Carrick shore; / (For mony a beast to dead she shot, / And perish'd mony a bonie boat, ...)
ref: 1791, Robert Burns, “Tam o'Shanter”Edinburgh Magazine:
english: There was one beautiful and vivacious young woman / That night enlisted in the corps [of dancers] / Long remembered on the shore of Carrick / (For she had caused many large animals to slip down [the cliffs] to their deaths, / And fatally lured many good boats [onto the rocks], ...)
translation: There was one beautiful and vivacious young woman / That night enlisted in the corps [of dancers] / Long remembered on the shore of Carrick / (For she had caused many large animals to slip down [the cliffs] to their deaths, / And fatally lured many good boats [onto the rocks], ...)
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glosses: A rocky coastal district now in in South Ayrshire, Scotland and part of the Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Scottish Parliament constituency and the eponymous UK Parliament constituency.
glosses: A Scottish earldom bestowed on the heir apparent to the reigning monarchs first of Scotland (since Robert the Bruce in 1292) and later of the United Kingdom.
Derived terms: Carrick bend
Carrick-on-Shannon
Carrick-on-Suir
unconstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌʌnkənˈstɹʌktɪv/
Forms: form: more unconstructive
form: most unconstructive
Etymology: From un- + constructive.
Senses: glosses: Not constructive; unhelpful.
Synonyms: inconstructive
nonconstructive
Derived terms: unconstructively
deconstructive
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʌktɪv/
ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʊktɪv/
Forms: form: more deconstructive
form: most deconstructive
Etymology: From de- + constructive.
Senses: glosses: Tending to deconstruct; of or relating to deconstruction.
Derived terms: deconstructively
deconstructiveness
deconstructivism
deconstructivity
postdeconstructive
cassoulet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cassoulets
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French cassoulet, from Occitan caçolet.
Senses: examples: text: He’d made cassoulet, rich with pork and duck and lamb, glistening with oil and so delicious and sinful that everyone in the room let out audible sighs after their first bites.
ref: 2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 64:
glosses: A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.
wikipedia: Avignon
Related terms: cassole
cassolette
deconstructively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʌktɪvli/
ipa: /diːkənˈstɹʊktɪvli/
Forms: form: more deconstructively
form: most deconstructively
Etymology: From deconstructive + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a deconstructive manner.
violative
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more violative
form: most violative
Etymology: From violate + -ive.
Senses: examples: text: If a restaurant had a policy that two blacks or two Catholics could not sit together, everyone would understand that that policy is unacceptable and illegal. Similarly, we feel that insisting that two people of the same sex cannot sit together is also violative of the law.
ref: 1983 August 20, Sue Hyde, quoting Gloria Allred, “'Romantic Dinners' For Hets Only?”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 2:
text: If YouTube finds fewer videos to be violative — and therefore removes fewer of them — the percentage of violative video views may decrease. And none of the data is subject to an independent audit, although the company did not rule that out in the future.
ref: 2021 April 6, Daisuke Wakabayashi, “YouTube discloses the percentage of views going to videos that break its rules.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Tending to violate; constituting a violation; of or relating to violation.
chemisette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˌʃɛmɪˈzɛt/
/ʃəˌmiˈzɛt/
Forms: form: chemisettes
Etymology: Borrowed from French chemisette.
Senses: examples: text: [Of Italian peasants] And then their dress—the fine plaited chemisette close round the throat—the long gold ear-rings, those indispensables of their toilette—the black velvet boddice, showing the figure to such advantage, laced with gold and coloured silks—the full petticoat—the apron trimmed with gay ribands; all put on so neatly, and with such a fine taste for harmony of colouring.
ref: 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VIII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 122:
glosses: An item of women's clothing, popular in the 1860s and 1870s, worn to fill in the front and neckline of any garment.
Derived terms: chemisetted
citration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: citrations
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The act of citrating.
fibery
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more fibery
form: most fibery
Etymology: From fiber + -y.
Senses: glosses: Fibrous; having an appearance of fibers.
fibration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fibrations
Senses: topics: algebraic-topology
mathematics
sciences
topology
glosses: A continuous mapping satisfying the homotopy lifting property with respect to any space.
Derived terms: cofibration
fibrational
Related terms: fibrant
doffer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: doffers
Etymology: From doff + -er.
Senses: qualifier: textile manufacturing
glosses: In a carding machine, a device such as a revolving cylinder or a vibrating bar with teeth, that doffs, that is to say strips off, the carded cotton or other fiber from the cards; or a hand tool for the same function in smaller machines or in manual carding.
glosses: A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames. The job was often done by children.
Derived terms: doffer shaft
ring doffer
Related terms: doffing comb
carding machine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: carding machines
Senses: qualifier: textile manufacturing
glosses: A machine used for carding fibres.
eygre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eygres
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of eagre.
one swallow doesn't make a summer
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of one swallow does not a summer make.
n-ary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˈɛnəɹi/
Forms: form: m-ary
Etymology: From n (“an arbitrary number”) + -ary.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of, or relating to, n entities (where n is an arbitrary or large number).
Highveld
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪfɛlt/
ipa: /ˈhʌɪvɛld/
ipa: /ˈhʌɪfɛlt/
Forms: form: highveld
Etymology: From high + veld, after Dutch hoogeveld.
Senses: examples: text: Somewhere early in her childhood, on the farm on the highveld, ‘Matty’ had been created by her as an act of survival.
ref: 1969, Doris Lessing, The Four-Gated City, HarperCollins, published 1993, page 13:
text: The Ben Schoeman highway, a wide barren lane in the mist without any glimpse of the yellow highveld landscape […].
ref: 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 30:
glosses: The inland plateau of South Africa and neighbouring countries, containing greater Johannesburg.
flopper
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: floppers
Etymology: From flop + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who flops.
glosses: The knocking down of all nine pins in one go.
examples: text: According to the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail," professional "floppers" are making good livings out of American insurance companies.
ref: 1928, The Post Magazine and Insurance Monitor:
glosses: A person who deliberately falls down on a slippery floor or in front of an automobile etc. so as to claim compensation.
Related terms: belly flopper
flip-flopper
∆
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ∆s
Etymology: From translingual ∆ (“change”).
Senses: examples: text: In Figure 3, we report the fraction of comments that received a ∆ for each treatment condition. […] Meanwhile, ∆s can be awarded to any type of comment, without restrictions.
ref: 2025 April 24, “Can AI Change Your View? Evidence from a Large-Scale Online Field Experiment”, in University of Zurich, pages 2, 5:
glosses: An award given to someone who successfully convinces someone to change their viewpoint.
hypobromous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + bromous.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hypobromous acid.
Related terms: bromic
brominous
bromous
hydrobromic
hypofluorous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hypo- + fluorous, in analogy to chlorous.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hypofluorous acid
indenize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: indenizes
form: indenizing
form: indenized
form: indenized
Etymology: See denizen.
Senses: glosses: To naturalize.
ratiocinations
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ratiocination
hippuric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From hipp- + uric.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to hippuric acid or its derivatives
Derived terms: hippurate
hippuricase
jasmonic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From jasmine + -one + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to jasmonic acid or its derivatives, the jasmonates
kainic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From Japanese 海人草 (kaininsō, “the red alga Digenea simplex”) + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to kainic acid or its derivatives.
Derived terms: kainate
TDMAGe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Tetrakis(dimethylamino)germanium, a metalorganic source for germanium nitride (GeN) in MOCVD of semiconductors. It grows GeN instead of Ge, and is used at either high temperatures (600-800 C) or with plasma because of its very low vapor pressure and higher decomposition temperature.
erotomane
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: erotomanes
Etymology: From eroto- + -mane.
Senses: glosses: A person with excessive sexual desire.
Related terms: erotomania
erotomaniac
guest books
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of guest book
formalistic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more formalistic
form: most formalistic
Etymology: From formalist + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: By 1900, many of the young who grew up in the Hirschian community had dropped out and even among those who remained committed, their religious observance was rather formalistic and arid.
ref: 2006 February 28, YM, “Rabbi Wein on Robert Auman and parshas Vayishlach”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):
glosses: Formalist.
Derived terms: antiformalistic
formalistically
nonformalistic
pochoir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pochoirs
Etymology: Borrowed from French pochoir.
Senses: glosses: A technique in visual art consisting of applying various stencils (perforated templates).
templet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: templets
Senses: glosses: Archaic form of template.
misandric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more misandric
form: most misandric
Etymology: From misandry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Exhibiting or pertaining to misandry: hating or prejudiced against men.
Synonyms: misandristic
misandrist
misandrous
Coordinate terms: misogynic
misandric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: misandrics
Etymology: From misandry + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: Sentimental misandrics, for example, focus attention on the warm and cosy features of womanhood, contrasting them pointedly with the sinister and threatening features of manhood.
ref: 2001, Paul Nathanson, Katherine K. Young, Spreading Misandry: The Teaching of Contempt for Men in Popular Culture, page 277:
text: By turning Shakti into an odd misandric, the patriarchal order is maintained as her field of action is limited to only women in distress.
ref: 2018 April, Vartikka Kaul, “Of goddesses and women: Towards a super-empowered female hero”, in Studies in South Asian Film & Media, volume 9, number 1:
text: However, expressing anguish over crime against women and being a misandric are two different things.
ref: 2019 October 30, “In a world of her own”, in Orissa Post:
glosses: One who professes misandry; a hater of men, or one prejudiced against men.
Synonyms: misandrist
Related terms: misogynistic
misanthropic
frits
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of frit
frits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of frit
aurora-colored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more aurora-colored
form: most aurora-colored
form: aurora-coloured
Senses: glosses: Having many colors, reminiscent of those in an aurora.
Synonyms: motley
multicolored
polychromatic
Caty
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Catie
form: Katie
form: Katy
Senses: glosses: A less common spelling of Katie, diminutive of the female given name Catherine and related names.
BOCAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of Baghdad Operations Command Advisory Team.
to the day
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Senses: examples: text: It was a year ago to the day that I first met him.
glosses: Of temporal measurements or comparisons: exactly; measured on the level of days, rather than more loosely by weeks, months etc.
set-theoretical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of set-theoretic.
adaptin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adaptins
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of proteins that interact with membrane-bound receptors to assemble clathrin-coated vesicles
cytolytic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /ˌsaɪtəˈlɪtɪk/
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to cytolysis
Derived terms: anticytolytic
autocytolytic
cytolytically
cytolytic T cell
noncytolytic
subcytolytic
derepression
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: derepressions
Etymology: From de- + repression.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The inactivation of a repressor gene.
topics: human-sciences
medicine
psychiatry
psychology
sciences
glosses: The cessation of repression of a belief, memory, etc.
Related terms: derepressible
dileucine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From di- + leucine.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A dipeptide consisting of two leucine molecules joined via a peptide bond.
myogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From myo- + -genesis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: The formation of muscle tissue during the development of an embryo
Derived terms: angiomyogenesis
cardiomyogenesis
Related terms: myogenic
myogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /mʌɪəˈdʒɛnɪk/
Forms: form: more myogenic
form: most myogenic
Etymology: From myo- + -genic, after French myogénique.
Senses: topics: embryology
medicine
sciences
glosses: Forming muscle fibres; pertaining to myogenesis.
examples: text: Gaskell, using frogs' hearts, proved that the heartbeat was, as Haller had suggested, of myogenic origin.
ref: 1997, Roy Porter, The Greatest Benefit to Mankind, Folio Society, published 2016, page 558:
topics: medicine
physiology
sciences
glosses: Originating in muscle tissue; specifically, pertaining to contractile activity that is produced by the muscles independent of any neural mechanism.
Derived terms: angiomyogenic
electromyogenic
micromyogenic
myogenically
nonmyogenic
photomyogenic
premyogenic
promyogenic
materials handling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: material handling
Senses: examples: text: In the material handling standard, 1910.176, OSHA only addresses the environment in which material handling occurs. Training is not addressed, but how can you ensure employees know the ins and outs of safe material handling? Awareness through training is the answer. Training will help employees focus on getting ahead instead of making unnecessary mistakes that put everyone behind.
ref: 2022 September 1, Holly Pups, “Handling Material Handlers: Training Beyond PIT Requirements”, in OH&S, United States, archived from the original on 11 Sep 2025:
glosses: The receiving, moving, storing, packing and shipping of raw materials, components and finished products in a warehouse; sometimes together with forecasting requirements and the disposal of scrap.
Louie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluː.i/
rhymes: -uːi
homophone: Lewy
homophone: Louis
Etymology: Diminutives + -ie.
Senses: glosses: A diminutive of the male given name Louis.
glosses: A diminutive of the female given names Louise or Louisa.
Derived terms: hang a Louie
Related terms: Lou
Lewy
Louie
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈluː.i/
rhymes: -uːi
homophone: Lewy
homophone: Louis
Etymology: From Cantonese 雷 (leoi4).
Senses: glosses: A surname from Chinese.