cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
deaerate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈeəɹeɪt/
Forms: form: deaerates
form: deaerating
form: deaerated
form: deaerated
Etymology: From de- + aerate.
Senses: examples: Near-synonyms: deair, degas
antonyms: reaerate
coordinate_terms: deflate
glosses: To remove the air or gas from the interstices of something, such as a liquid or solid.
Derived terms: deaerator
Related terms: deaeration
deaerator
deazapurine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: deazapurines
Etymology: From de- + aza- + purine.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of several bicyclic heterocycles formally derived from purine by replacing a nitrogen atom with one of carbon.
futhermore
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of furthermore.
ellipticity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ellipticities
Etymology: From elliptic + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being elliptical (flattened from perfect circular or spherical form)
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A measure of this flattening that is a function of the ellipse's equatorial and polar radii
Derived terms: hypoellipticity
microellipticity
subellipticity
Related terms: oblate
prolate
pass by
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɑːs ˈbaɪ/
ipa: /pæs ˈbaɪ/
Forms: form: passes by
form: passing by
form: passed by
form: passed by
Senses: examples: text: I noticed my wife pass by with a bag of shopping.
text: I can hear them whisper as we pass by
It's a bad sign, bad sign
ref: 2014 October 27, Taylor Swift, Ryan Tedder, “I Know Places (Taylor's Version)”, in 1989 (Taylor's Version), performed by Taylor Swift, published 27 October 2023:
glosses: To travel past without stopping.
examples: text: I had the distinct worry that happiness would pass me by.
text: Though these notes have no pretensions to being a comprehensive catalogue, we cannot pass Euston by. Euston is not a typically English station.
ref: 1941 August, C. Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 358:
glosses: To travel past (something) without stopping; to ignore, to disregard.
examples: text: Nearly a year has passed by since I first laid eyes on him.
glosses: To elapse.
raw_tags: of a period of time
glosses: To drop by.
Synonyms: sense: to travel past
word: go by
sense: to ignore
word: misregard
word: ignore
sense: to elapse
word: pass
word: elapse
word: fly by
word: forpass
word: forthglide
word: overgo
word: pass by
word: roll on
word: slip by
word: transpass
Hypernyms: word: move
word: transit
Hab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Habs
Etymology: Back-formation from Habs.
Senses: topics: hobbies
ice-hockey
lifestyle
skating
sports
glosses: A member of the Montreal Canadiens hockey team.
hunt down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hunts down
form: hunting down
form: hunted down
form: hunted down
Etymology: hunt + down
Senses: glosses: To hunt something and capture or kill it.
glosses: To destroy by persecution or violence.
examples: text: I managed to hunt down a surviving copy of the magazine.
text: The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
ref: 2013 July 26, Nick Miroff, “Mexico gets a taste for eating insects …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 32:
glosses: To find with difficulty.
glugging
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of glug
glugging
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: gluggings
Senses: glosses: A sound that glugs.
FSN
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Fox Sports Network.
Mustapha
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Mustafa.
threeway
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: threeways
Etymology: From three + way.
Senses: topics: lifestyle
sex
sexuality
glosses: Alternative spelling of three-way (“sexual act involving three people”).
Derived terms: devil's threeway
phrag
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fɹæɡ/
homophone: frag
rhymes: -æɡ
Etymology: Shortening of Phragmites, genus of Phragmites australis.
Senses: examples: text: "Phrag is a monoculture that squeezes out all other species."
The two phrag programs have been so successful that funding for similar-scale projects is targeting other locations in the tidelands.
ref: 2008, Jim Collins, “Connecticut Tidelands”, in Yankee Magazine, page 34:
glosses: Phragmites australis, a monoculture reed grass.
Synonyms: sense: Phragmites australis
word: common reed
vaginalitis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From vaginal + -itis.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Vaginitis of the tunica vaginalis testis.
fireman's carry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fireman's carries
Senses: synonyms: firefighter's carry
fireman's lift
glosses: A technique that allows a person to carry another person on the shoulders without assistance.
Related terms: piggyback
ventrally
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvɛntɹəli/
Etymology: From ventral + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a ventral manner or orientation.
Derived terms: anteroventrally
antroventrally
caudoventrally
cranioventrally
distoventrally
dorsiventrally
dorso-ventrally
dorsoventrally
lateroventrally
medioventrally
mesioventrally
mesoventrally
midventrally
posterolateroventrally
posteroventrally
proximoventrally
rostroventrally
subventrally
vertebræ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vertebra
vocalise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊkəlaɪz/
Forms: form: vocalises
form: vocalising
form: vocalised
form: vocalised
Etymology: From vocal + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of vocalize.
vocalise
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈvəʊkəlaɪz/
/vəʊkəˈliːz/
/ˈvəʊkəlaɪz/
Forms: form: vocalises
Etymology: From French.
Senses: glosses: A vocal exercise performed by singing one or more vowels without actually forming any words.
vocalises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vocalizes
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vocalise
vocalising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vocalizing
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of vocalise
vocalised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: vocalized
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of vocalise
unreturnable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unreturnable
form: most unreturnable
Etymology: From un- + returnable.
Senses: examples: text: But for Native people in this country, all over the Americas, it’s been developed over, buried ancestral land, glass and concrete and wire and steel, unreturnable covered memory.
ref: 2018, Tommy Orange, There There, Harvill Secker, page 39:
glosses: That is not able to be returned.
glosses: That is not designed to be returned; nonreturnable.
moosey
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more moosey
form: most moosey
Etymology: From moose + -y.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a moose.
examples: text: It is all mossy and moosey.
ref: 1893, Henry David Thoreau, The Writings of Henry David Thoreau, page 377:
glosses: Having an abundance of moose.
Derived terms: mooseyness
mooseyness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From moosey + -ness.
Senses: examples: text: As you gradually arrive at that third stage of comprehension — appreciating the moose in all its mooseyness — notice how it has evolved exquisitely for its habitat.
ref: 2008, Wayne Curtis, “Moose Country”, in Yankee Magazine, page 136:
glosses: The condition of being moosey.
air brakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air brake
turns into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of turn into
turning into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of turn into
turned into
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of turn into
jizzing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of jizz
Moabites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of Moabite
evaluator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: evaluators
Etymology: From evaluate + -or.
Senses: examples: text: They were asked to program an expression evaluator that could determine the value of a numeric expression.
glosses: Agent noun of evaluate; one who evaluates.
Coordinate terms: evaluand
evaluatee
evaluators
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of evaluator
triers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trier
trier of fact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: triers of fact
Senses: topics: law
synonyms: finder of fact
glosses: A person or group of people given the responsibility of determining the facts of a case from evidence presented in a legal proceeding.
lc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of lower case.
relier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reliers
Etymology: From rely + -er.
Senses: glosses: One who relies.
FCB
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: FCBs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of file control block.
FCB
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of FC Barcelona, a famous Spanish sports club from Barcelona, best known for its football (soccer) section; from Catalan FCB (“Futbol Club Barcelona”).
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of FC Bayern Munich, a famous German football (soccer) team from Munich.
Synonyms: topics: football
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: Barça
topics: football
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: Barca
topics: football
ball-games
games
sports
hobbies
lifestyle
word: Bayern
Hypernyms: sense: football (soccer)
word: FC
chronotaxis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chronotaxes
Etymology: From chrono- + taxis.
Senses: glosses: A list or table, sorted in chronological order, of people who held an office. Mostly used for the succession of bishops.
Calder
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Cumbric *caled (“hard”) + *duvr (“water”)
Senses: glosses: A number of rivers:
A river in West Yorkshire, England, which flows into the River Aire.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A river in Cumbria, England, which flows into the Irish Sea at Sellafield.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A river in Lancashire, England, which joins the River Ribble.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A river in Lancashire which joins the River Wyre at Catterall.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A tributary of the River Spey in Highland council area, Scotland.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A river in Renfrewshire council area, Scotland, which flows into Castle Semple Loch.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A short river in Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A short river in Victoria, Australia.
glosses: A number of rivers:
A river in Kimberley, Western Australia which flows into the Indian Ocean.
glosses: A number of other places:
A hamlet in Ponsonby parish, Cumberland, Cumbria, England, previously in Copeland borough (OS grid ref SY0303).
glosses: A number of other places:
A neighbourhood in north-west Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
glosses: A number of other places:
A village in Saskatchewan, Canada, within the rural municipality below.
glosses: A number of other places:
A rural municipality in south-east Saskatchewan; in full, the Rural Municipality of Calder No. 241.
glosses: A number of other places:
A town on Saint Vincent, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
glosses: A number of other places:
A rural locality in Waratah-Wynyard council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A surname.
Derived terms: Calderdale
Calder Grove
Calder Valley
Mid Calder
West Calder
Camus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From the French surname, from the adjective camus (“flat-nosed”). This also appears as Spanish and Catalan camús, cognate with the French word.
Senses: glosses: A surname from French.
glosses: Albert Camus, French author and philosopher
combat armor suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combat armor suits
form: combat armour suit
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: a powered, armed and armored exoskeleton, in fiction and military research
Synonyms: word: CAS
Derived terms: word: CAS
Related terms: topics: science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: mobile suit
topics: science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: mecha
topics: science-fiction
literature
publishing
media
word: mech
pizzetta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizzettas
form: pizzette
form: pizzette
Etymology: From Italian pizzetta (“small pizza”).
Senses: glosses: a small pizza
militiate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /mɪˈlɪʃieɪt/
Forms: form: militiates
form: militiating
form: militiated
form: militiated
Etymology: From militia + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: examples: November 16 1759, Horace Walpole, letter to Sir Horace Mann
We continue to militiate , and to raise light troops , and when we have armed every apprentice in England , I suppose we shall translate our fears to Germany
glosses: To raise a militia; to wage, or prepare for, war.
positivity
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pŏz'ĭtĭvʹĭti
ipa: /ˌpɒz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
enpr: pŏ'zĭtĭvʹĭti
ipa: /ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
ipa: [ˌpɑ.zɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi]
ipa: /ˌpɔz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ti/
ipa: [ˌpɔz.ɪˈtɪv.ɪ.ɾi]
Forms: form: positivities
Etymology: From positive + -ity.
Senses: glosses: The condition of being positive (in all senses); positivism. Optimism.
glosses: The result of being positive.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The characteristic of possessing a positive electric charge
Synonyms: positiveness
Derived terms: body positivity
copositivity
copropositivity
electropositivity
homopositivity
immunopositivity
nonpositivity
positivity effect
positivity rate
semipositivity
seropositivity
sex positivity
sex-positivity
toxic positivity
rail gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail guns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of railgun.
railgun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɹeɪl.ɡʌn/
/ˈɹeɪ.jəl.ɡʌn/
[ˈɹeɪɫ.ɡʌn]
[ˈɹeɪ.jəɫ.ɡʌn]
Forms: form: railguns
form: rail gun
Etymology: From rail + gun.
* (railway gun): From being a gun mounted on a rail car, and being railroad-mobile.
* (EM gun): From being a projectile ejecting device with a pair of electric conducting rails that a launch sled runs along, which shoots the projectile.
Senses: glosses: An electromagnetic gun that uses a large electrical current to propel a projectile down a track of two parallel conductive rails.
glosses: A railway gun.
glosses: A benchrest rifle.
Related terms: coilgun
electric gun
coil gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coil guns
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of coilgun.
Gauss gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Gauss guns
Senses: glosses: A coilgun.
railroad gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railroad guns
Senses: glosses: a railway gun
railway gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: railway guns
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A massive and heavy mobile artillery gun, built, transported by, and fired from a specially designed rail car.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: An ironclad railway wagon with turrets mounted on it, as part of an armoured train.
Synonyms: railroad gun
rail gun
rail car
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rail cars
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of railcar.
electric gun
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electric guns
Senses: glosses: An electroshock gun; a taser; a stun gun.
glosses: A gun with electrically powered components, such as the reloader or barrel rotator.
glosses: A gun that uses electricity to vaporize water as the propulsive force on the ballistic projectile.
glosses: A gun that uses electromagnetic, electric or magnetic force to propel a projectile.
A railgun (electric propulsion gun).
glosses: A gun that uses electromagnetic, electric or magnetic force to propel a projectile.
A coilgun (magnetic propulsion gun).
glosses: A type of ray gun
combat armour suit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: combat armour suits
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of combat armor suit.
have a crack at
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: has a crack at
form: having a crack at
form: had a crack at
form: had a crack at
Senses: examples: text: Let me have a crack at it.
glosses: To attempt (something); to try to do (something).
Synonyms: give it a go
take a crack at
take a stab at
contrafact
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: contrafacts
Senses: glosses: A new musical composition built out of an already existing one, most often a new melody overlaid on a familiar harmonic structure. An important part of the development of bebop. Contrafacts are not to be confused with musical quotations, which borrow rhythms or melodies from an existing composition.
don'tcha
Language: English
Part of speech: contraction
Forms: form: doncha
form: dontcha
form: don't cha
Etymology: Written form of a reduction of don't you
Senses: examples: text: What's the matter? Don'tcha believe me?
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of don't you.
wikipedia: reduction (linguistics)
spalpeen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /spalˈpiːn/
Forms: form: spalpeens
Etymology: A late 18th-century term, from Irish spailpín.
Senses: examples: text: "And they stood you before the magistrates, like a spalpeen or a tinker." / "Sure the French wouldn't bring with them barrels of coppers for the spalpeens of Connaught. It is murder and bloodshed they would bring."
ref: 1979, Thomas Flanagan, The Year of the French, New York, N.Y.: The New York Review of Books:
text: The men were mainly evicted farmers from Connaught and West Cork, beggared spalpeens from Carlow and Waterford; a cooper, some farriers, a horse-knacker from Kerry; a couple of Galway fishermen who had managed to sell their nets.
ref: 2002, Joseph O’Conner, Star of the Sea, Vintage, published 2003, page 25:
glosses: A poor migratory farm worker in Ireland, often viewed as a rascal or mischievous and cunning person.
examples: text: [A] fortunate accident […] happened to me when I was a very little boy. A good-hearted old Irish nurse (whom I shall not forget in my will) took me up one day by the heels, when I was making more noise than was necessary, and, swinging me round two or three times, d——d my eyes for "a skreeking little spalpeen," and then knocked my head into a cocked hat against the bed-post. This, I say, decided my fate, and made my fortune.
ref: 1840 February, Edgar A[llan] Poe, “Peter Pendulum, the Business Man”, in William E[vans] Burton, Edgar Allan Poe, editors, Burton’s Gentleman’s Magazine and American Monthly Review, volume VI, number II, Philadelphia, Pa.: William E. Burton, […], →OCLC, page 87:
glosses: A good-for-nothing person.
Related terms: culchie
guttersnipe
xenophoby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Dated form of xenophobia.
pigmentate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: pigmentates
form: pigmentating
form: pigmentated
form: pigmentated
Etymology: From pigment + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Senses: glosses: To colour with pigments.
goat's cheese
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: goat's cheeses
Senses: examples: text: […]it may easily become so to an enlarged extent when goat′s cheese shall be offered in our markets.
ref: 1905, United States Bureau of Animal Industry, Annual Report of the Bureau of Animal Industry, page 340:
text: 2002, New Statesman, Volume 131, Issues 4577-4585, page 47,
On the other hand, goat′s cheeses made by the British equivalents of Mme Blondeau, though you feel you ought to like them, never seem as inspired as their French counterparts.
text: Place goat′s cheese parcels alongsise the roast tomatoes
ref: 2007, Yvonne Short, Conservation Corporation Africa, A Kitchen Safari: Stories & Recipes from the African Wilderness, page 42:
text: 2010, Amelia Thomas, Michael Kohn, Miriam Raphael, Dan Savery Raz, Israel & the Palestinian Territories, Lonely Planet, page 164,
Shai Seltzer, Israel′s most famous goat′s cheese maker, emerged wearing a white frock and thick white beard, an arrangement that made him appear like Charlton Heston when he played Moses in The Ten Commandments.
glosses: Alternative form of goat cheese.
unsecure
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unsecure
form: most unsecure
Etymology: From un- + secure. Piecewise doublet of insecure and unsure, as well as of etymology 2.
Senses: examples: text: All great concernments must delays endure;
ref: 1668, John Denham, Of Prudence (poem)
roman: Rashness and haste make all things unsecure.
text: Has my Goodnes
Clemencie, loue, and fauour gratious raysed thee
From a Condition next to popular labour
Tooke thee from all the dubitable hazards
Of Fortune, her most unsecure aduentures
And grafted thee into a Branch of honor […]
ref: 1624, Thomas Middleton, A Game at Chesse:
text: […] [the elevator] was in operation when it fell; its fall was due to the settling of the piers and the unsecure foundation of the elevator […]
ref: 1883, N. Y. Supreme Court, page 43:
text: In this chapter, you examine methods for encrypting data before it is sent across an unsecure network such as the Internet.
ref: 2004, Stephen Walther, ASP.NET unleashed 2003, page 923:
text: Unsecure networks pose a substantial security risk to your systems or data.
ref: 2007, Brian Koerner, Windows Vista Security for Dummies, page 223:
glosses: insecure
unsecure
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unsecures
form: unsecuring
form: unsecured
form: unsecured
Etymology: From un- + secure. Piecewise doublet of insecure and unsure, as well as of etymology 1.
Senses: glosses: To make insecure or less secure.
pizzette
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pizzettes
Etymology: From Italian pizzette, plural of pizzetta.
Senses: glosses: pizzetta (a small pizza)
indomite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more indomite
form: most indomite
Etymology: From Latin indomitus.
Senses: examples: text: No Lion so terrible, no Elephant so mighty, no Tiger so fierce, no Fowle so rauening, no Whale so monstrous, no not any creature so indomite, but that it was subiect vnto mans dominion, while man was subiect to his Lord and Maker.
ref: 1617, John Salkeld, A Treatise of Paradise:
glosses: untamed; savage; wild
erythemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From erythema + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to, or causing erythema
Derived terms: suberythemal
ferrioxalate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ferrioxalates
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The anion Fe(C₂O₄)₃³⁻ or any salt containing this anion; potassium ferrioxalate is used as a standard in actinometry
fluorometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From fluorometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or measured using fluorometry.
Derived terms: cytofluorometric
fluorometrically
microfluorometric
nonfluorometric
furyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: furyls
Etymology: From furan + -yl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: The univalent radical derived from furan
Derived terms: cefuracetime
cefuroxime
furosemide
halfwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: half-width
Etymology: From half + width.
Senses: examples: text: This would convert any half-width katakana characters to full-width katakana.
ref: 1993, GO Corporation, Penpoint Application Writing Guide:
text: ...and half-width (zenkaku, hankaku) alphabets are regarded as separate...
ref: 1998, Rick Jelliffe, The XML & SGML Cookbook:
text: The half-width characters have normal character spacing...
ref: 2002, Cay S Horstmann, Gary Cornell, Core Java 2:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
publishing
sciences
typography
glosses: Of a text character, occupying the space of half of a fullwidth character, or one "normal" text column.
halfwidth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: halfwidths
form: half-width
Etymology: From half + width.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The width of a spectroscopic peak at half its height.
hematoporphyrin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hematoporphyrins
Etymology: From hemato- + porphyrin.
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The porphyrin portion of heme (minus the iron atom)
joulemeter
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: joulemeters
Etymology: From joule + -meter.
Senses: glosses: Any of various devices used to measure energy (especially electrical energy) in joules
unambiguousness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From unambiguous + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The property of being unambiguous.
unfertile
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + fertile.
Senses: glosses: Not fertile.
Related terms: infertile
ungenerously
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more ungenerously
form: most ungenerously
Etymology: From ungenerous + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In an ungenerous manner.
ungerminated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From un- + germinated.
Senses: glosses: Not having germinated.
unhemmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: The unhemmed skirt would soon unravel, but it would last long enough.
glosses: Lacking a hem.
unhemmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unhem
unhem
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: unhems
form: unhemming
form: unhemmed
form: unhemmed
Etymology: From un- + hem.
Senses: glosses: To remove a hem; to undo the process of hemming.
unhems
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unhem
unhemming
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unhem
unicolored
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: unicoloured
Etymology: From uni- + color + -ed.
Senses: glosses: Being only one color.
unknit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Forms: form: unknits
form: unknitting
form: unknit
form: unknit
form: unknitted
form: unknitted
Etymology: From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.
Senses: examples: text: Exhaustion will unknit even the ordered mind.
text: Fie, fie, vnknit that thretaning vnkinde brovv, / And dart not ſcornefull glances from thoſe eies, / To vvound thy Lord, thy King, thy Gouernour.
ref: c. 1590–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii], page 229, column 1:
text: [S]he unknit her fingers from those of the King, and rose and stood before him.
ref: 1904 Christmas, Laura Dayton Fessenden, chapter I, in Hatsu: A Story of Egypt, Highland Park, Ill.: The Canterbury Press, part I, page 4:
glosses: To unravel.
glosses: To undo knitted stitches by reversing the knitting motion.
Synonyms: sense: undo knitted stitches
word: tink
unknit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɪt
Etymology: From Middle English unknitten, unknetten, uncnütten, from Old English uncnyttan, equivalent to un- + knit.
Senses: glosses: Not knitted.
unknits
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of unknit
unknitting
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of unknit
unknitted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unknit
unknitted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: It appeared that Lady Jane had by this time become so inextricably entangled in unknitted wool that the only way she could disentangle herself was by coming up to town to continue there with proper help the preparation of mittens against the winter cold.
ref: 1920, Compton Mackenzie, chapter 6, in The Vanity Girl, New York & London: Harper & Brothers, page 351:
text: There was no eyebrow left unknitted.
ref: 2004, Andrea Levy, chapter 11, in Small Island, London: Review, page 128:
glosses: Not knitted.
unknowledgeable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unknowledgeable
form: most unknowledgeable
Etymology: From un- + knowledgeable.
Senses: synonyms: word: uninformed
word: benighted
word: cimmerian
word: clueless
word: foolish
word: ignorant
word: ill-informed
word: illiterate
word: innocent
word: lack-learning
word: lay
word: lewd
word: loreless
word: nescient
word: oblivious
word: philistine
word: unaware
word: uncultivated
word: uncultured
word: uneducated
word: unenlightened
word: unerudite
word: uninformed
word: unknowing
word: unknowledgeable
word: unlearned
word: unlearnt
word: unlettered
word: unmindful
word: unread
word: unscholarly
word: unschooled
word: untaught
word: untrained
word: untutored
word: unwitting
antonyms: knowledgeable
;
nonignorant
unignorant
informed
coordinate_terms: foolish
stupid
glosses: Lacking knowledge: ignorant, naive, or both.
broken consort
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: broken consorts
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: an instrumental ensemble that developed in Europe during the Renaissance.
Synonyms: English consort
Morley consort
voidance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: voidances
Senses: glosses: The act of voiding, of defecating or removing.
glosses: The quality of being void.
voidances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of voidance
broken consorts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of broken consort
gullibly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈɡʌlɪbli/
Forms: form: more gullibly
form: most gullibly
Etymology: From gullible + -ly.
Senses: glosses: In a gullible way or manner.
leucocyanide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucocyanides
Etymology: From leuco- + cyanide.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of various colourless cyanide compounds that are readily converted to coloured forms, most often by exposure to light.
manometric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From manometry + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to manometry, or measured using a manometer
Derived terms: manometrically
micromanometric
sphygmomanometric
tubomanometric
manometry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: manometries
Etymology: From Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + -metry.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The measurement of pressure using a manometer
Derived terms: micromanometry
rhinomanometry
tubomanometry
videomanometry
Related terms: manometric
microelectrochemical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From micro- + electrochemical.
Senses: glosses: Describing any very small electrochemical device or procedure
glosses: Relating to microelectrochemistry
microheterogeneous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more microheterogeneous
form: most microheterogeneous
Etymology: From micro- + heterogeneous.
Senses: glosses: That is heterogeneous only on a very small scale.
nonirradiated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + irradiated.
Senses: glosses: That has not been irradiated.
nonphotolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + photolyzed.
Senses: glosses: Not photolyzed.
photolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photolyzed
form: most photolyzed
Senses: glosses: That has been subjected to photolysis.
Derived terms: nonphotolyzed
unphotolyzed
photolyzed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of photolyze
nonpolarized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + polarized.
Senses: glosses: Not polarized
nonreacted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + reacted.
Senses: glosses: Not reacted; unreacted
photoaquation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoaquations
Etymology: From photo- + aquation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical aquation
photoconversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoconversions
Etymology: From photo- + conversion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical conversion
photocycloreversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photocycloreversions
Etymology: From photo- + cycloreversion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical cycloreversion
cycloreversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cycloreversions
Etymology: From cyclo- + reversion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The reversal of any cycloaddition reaction; cycloelimination
Derived terms: photocycloreversion
photodamage
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photodamages
Etymology: From photo- + damage.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical damage
Derived terms: antiphotodamage
photodamaging
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photodamaging
form: most photodamaging
Etymology: From photo- + damaging.
Senses: glosses: That causes photodamage.
photodecolouration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photodecolourations
Etymology: From photo- + decolouration.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical decolouration
decolouration
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˌkʌləˈɹeɪʃən/
ipa: /diːˌkʊləˈɹeɪʃən/
Forms: form: decolourations
form: decoloration
Senses: glosses: The reversal of colouration; bleaching
Derived terms: photodecolouration
photoelimination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoeliminations
Etymology: From photo- + elimination.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical elimination
photoexchange
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoexchanges
Etymology: From photo- + exchange.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical exchange
photofading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + fading.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical fading
photohydrolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photohydrolyses
Etymology: From photo- + hydrolysis.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical hydrolysis
photoreversion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoreversions
Etymology: From photo- + reversion.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical reversion
phototransformation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: phototransformations
Etymology: From photo- + transformation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: photochemical transformation
photoelectronic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoelectronic
form: most photoelectronic
Etymology: From photo- + electronic.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Describing any electronic effect or device that is affected by light
kotow
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˈtaʊ/
Forms: form: kotows
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kowtow.
kotow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈkoʊˈtaʊ/
Forms: form: kotows
form: kotowing
form: kotowed
form: kotowed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of kowtow.
kotowing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of kotow
kotowing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kotowings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of kowtowing.
kotowed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of kotow
kotows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of kotow
kotows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of kotow
leade
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leades
Senses: examples: text: The bullet must then jump some distance before it enters the leade of the rifling in the barrel. There is always some tendency for skidding to occur before the rifling fully engages […]
ref: 2004, Tom A. Warlow, Firearms, The Law And Forensic Ballistics, page 117:
glosses: That portion of a firearm's barrel immediately in front of the chamber where the bullet travels prior to contacting the rifling.
party animal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: party animals
Senses: examples: text: . . . Tad Allagash, a stripling adman and Manhattan party animal with inexhaustible supplies of Bolivian Marching Powder (coy for cocaine).
ref: 1987 October 19, R. Z. Sheppard, “Yuppie Lit: Publicize or Perish”, in Time:
glosses: A person known for frequent, enthusiastic attendance at parties, especially one whose partying behavior is exuberant or excessive.
Synonyms: life of the party
carouser
reveller
exotic dancer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: exotic dancers
Senses: examples: text: So you want to date a stripper? If you've answered yes, you've already made a big mistake. The woman you want to date is an “exotic dancer.” If you call a dancer a stripper, you've immediately insulted her.
ref: 2004, Valentine Selena, How to Date an Exotic Dancer: For Men Who Prefer Extraordinary Women, Island Waves, LLC, →ISBN, page 9:
text: The U.S. has thousands of strip clubs that, some reports say, collectively take in as much as $6 billion every year. […] I spoke with Liza[…] about how she became an exotic dancer, how the adult-entertainment industry is changing with increasing priority of the internet, and why people don’t consider her job respectable.
ref: 2016 October 19, Adrienne Green, “What It’s Like to Work as an Exotic Dancer”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A stripper.
glosses: A pole dancer.
glosses: A belly dancer.
self-selection
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: self-selections
Etymology: From self- + selection.
Senses: glosses: Selecting oneself for something.
examples: text: “I think some of you might decide that this place isn’t for you, and that self-selection is OK with me,” Mr. Zuckerberg said.
ref: 2022 July 26, Mike Isaac, quoting Mark Zuckerberg, “‘Operating With Increased Intensity’: Zuckerberg Leads Meta Into Next Phase”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Selecting something for oneself.
glosses: An item selected by oneself.
glosses: Self-selection bias; the selection of items in a way that creates a bias.
Related terms: adverse selection
ornithosis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ornithoses
Etymology: From ornitho- + -osis.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A zoonotic infectious disease (of birds) caused by a bacterium called Chlamydia psittaci, it can be transmitted to humans and other animals. When carried by any species of bird belonging to the Psittacidae family (parrots), it is called psittacosis or parrot fever.
Synonyms: avian chlamydiosis
parrot disease
parrot fever
psittacosis
Derived terms: ornithotic
parrot disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: psittacosis
housemaster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: housemasters
Etymology: From house + master.
Senses: glosses: A teacher who is in charge of a house at a boarding school.
Derived terms: housemastership
Related terms: houseparent
housemistress
housemasters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of housemaster
pharmaco-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek φάρμακον (phármakon, “drug”).
Senses: glosses: medication
Related terms: pharma-
pharmaceuticals
pharmaceutical
pharmacy
pharmacist
Ter Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the languages spoken by the Sami people, now moribund.
Kemi Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the languages once spoken by the Sami people, now extinct.
Ume Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the languages spoken by the Sami people, now moribund.
Pite Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: One of the languages spoken by the Sami people, now moribund.
Akkala Sami
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: A language, once spoken by the Sami people, that became extinct in 2003.
catflap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: catflaps
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cat flap.
PMG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PMGs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Postmaster General.
asana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsənə/
Forms: form: asanas
Etymology: Borrowed from Sanskrit आसन (ā́sana, āsaná, “sitting down”), from आस्ते (ā́ste, “to sit down”).
Senses: examples: text: She had taught him several yoga asanas and now every morning he obediently performed them while he thought of her sitting somewhere out among the olives beyond the tower in the lotus pose which seemed to cost her no effort at all, intoning the Aum […]
ref: 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 414:
glosses: A body position, typically associated with the practice of yoga.
glosses: A moth of species Melese asana, of tropical South America.
asana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsənə/
Forms: form: asanas
Etymology: From Tagalog
Senses: glosses: Pterocarpus indicus (syn. Pterocarpus echinatus), found from southeastern Asia to northern Australia, the Solomon Islands, and the Ryukyu Islands.
glosses: The wood of such trees, sometimes sold as Philippine mahogany.
Synonyms: sense: Pterocarpus indicus
word: angsana
sense: Pterocarpus indicus
word: Pterocarpus indicus f. echinatus
asana
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈɑːsənə/
Etymology: Alteration of asna
Senses: glosses: Indian laurel, asna (Terminalia elliptica, syn. Terminalia tomentosa), Terminalia alata, of south and southeastern Asia.
photoelement
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoelements
Etymology: From photo- + element.
Senses: glosses: The part of a photoelectric device that converts light energy into electricity
photoisomerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more photoisomerized
form: most photoisomerized
Etymology: From photo- + isomerized.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: photochemically isomerized
isomerized
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more isomerized
form: most isomerized
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: converted from one isomer to another
Derived terms: nonisomerized
photoisomerized
pranayama
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pranayamas
Etymology: From Sanskrit प्राणायाम (prāṇāyāma), from प्राण (prāṇá, “life force, vital energy, the breath”) (whence also English prana) + आयाम (āyāma, “lengthening, extending, stretching”).
Senses: glosses: Breathing techniques; breath control, often synchronized with movements between asanas in yoga.
photokinetics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From photo- + kinetics.
Senses: glosses: The study of photokinesis
Related terms: photokinetic
photoproduced
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From photo- + produced.
Senses: glosses: produced by light, especially by photochemical action.
photoreactor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: photoreactors
Etymology: From photo- + reactor.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Any vessel in which a photochemical reaction takes place
Derived terms: biophotoreactor
nice and
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: /ˈnaɪsənd/
Senses: examples: text: The pie came out of the oven nice and hot.
text: Everything they're doing is nice and legal, thanks to the tireless work of their lobbyists. [sarcastic tone of approval]
text: so be sure to lace their boots up nice and tight for maximum ankle support.
ref: 1997 March, Jonathan Dorn, “Boots for little feet”, in Backpacker, volume 25, number 2, page 212:
text: Keep those bass notes nice and steady, and you'll be in good shape.
ref: 1996, Arlen Roth, Hot guitar:
coordinate_terms: good and
;
all too
qualifier: degree
glosses: Pleasingly; adequately.
Related terms: hendiadys
lovely and
repoussé
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpuːseɪ/
ipa: /ɹəˌpuːˈseɪ/
Etymology: Borrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from Latin pulsare (“to push”).
Senses: examples: text: […] the extraordinary thinness of the walls of these vases, which reminds us of the finest china, or even of Venetian glass. Some of them have elements in their designs stamped out into low relief to represent the repoussé ornament natural to such metal-work.
ref: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 60:
glosses: A metalworking technique in which a malleable metal is ornamented or shaped by hammering from the reverse side.
Related terms: repoussage
repoussé
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹəˈpuːseɪ/
ipa: /ɹəˌpuːˈseɪ/
Forms: form: repoussés
form: repousséing
form: repousséed
form: repousséed
form: repousséd
form: repousséd
Etymology: Borrowed from French repoussé (“pushed up”), ultimately from Latin pulsare (“to push”).
Senses: glosses: To use this metalworking technique.
that's the ticket
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Etymology: Ellipsis of that's the ticket for soup, from the 1820s.
Senses: examples: text: I'll admit, I like how you kick it / Now you're talkin' baby, that's the ticket
ref: 1992, “I Got a Man”, in The Skills Dat Pay Da Bills, performed by Positive K:
glosses: That's just right; that's just what is needed.