cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
trafficked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From traffic + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: Possessed of many thinly trafficked lines and dual-purpose assignments for engines, CPR commonsensically employed Pacifics as all-purpose engines, bought 4-6-2's until dieselization.
ref: 1959, David P. Morgan, editor, Steam's Finest Hour, Kalmbach Publishing Co., page 114:
text: The questionnaire was mainly referred to the white marble and was carried out at two sites, the more soiled North façade (FN), very trafficked area and the cleaner South façade (FS) (pedestrian area).
ref: 2004, C. Saiz-Jimenez, Air Pollution and Cultural Heritage, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 202:
text: We see a very trafficked big cross in Roma. Cars and people running everywhere. Camera holds on Emma standing on the pavement, like a statue, alone with her big suitcase.
ref: 2016, Irv Bauer, Screenwriting Fundamentals: The Art and Craft of Visual Writing, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 158:
text: 2018, Jonathan Moeller, Sevenfold Sword: Serpent, Azure Flame Media
Likely this portion of the causeway was far more trafficked than the more remote regions.
text: In a somewhat relieved tone, he shows that the heaviest trafficked routes for freight also happen to be the busiest passenger routes, enabling a concentration of services to use a small number of lines.
ref: 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:
glosses: Carrying traffic; subject to traffic.
trafficked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From traffic + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of traffic
glosses: simple past and past participle of traffick
traffics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæfɪks/
Senses: glosses: plural of traffic
traffics
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtɹæfɪks/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of traffic
mercenarily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mercenarily
form: most mercenarily
Etymology: From mercenary + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: I accused her in set terms of giving me the heave-ho in order that she could mercenarily marry a richer man.
ref: 1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter X:
glosses: In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
treadmiller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: treadmillers
Etymology: From treadmill + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person who uses or is on a treadmill.
bunchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of bunchy: most bunchy
treadmillers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of treadmiller
bunchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of bunchy: more bunchy
trepanning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /tɹɪˈpænɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trepan
trepanning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɪˈpænɪŋ/
Forms: form: trepannings
Senses: examples: text: "I believe in the good old British public. Slow and stupid, but sound at the core. They will not stand for injustice if you can get the truth into their heads." "They damned well need trepanning before you can get it there," said the solicitor.
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
text: Ms. Feilding, who was known as Lady Mindbender and the Crackpot Countess, once drilled a tiny hole in her skull to increase blood flow, a medieval practice called trepanning. […] Eager to stretch the boundaries of her mind further, Ms. Feilding became obsessed with trepanning, believing that puncturing the skull relieved pressure and increased blood flow, perhaps creating a permanent high.
ref: 2025 June 12, Michael S. Rosenwald, “Amanda Feilding, Eccentric Countess Who Backed Psychedelic Meds, Dies at 82”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: The act of one who trepans.
Synonyms: trepanation
trephination
trephining
trepaning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trepan
trepaning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trepanings
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of trepanning.
trepanned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trepan
trepaned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trepan
trephine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɹɪˈfaɪn/
Forms: form: trephines
Etymology: Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.
Senses: examples: They removed a core of bone as well as took a bone marrow aspirate from my right hip using a trephine to exclude me having a blood cancer, causing a blood- and serum-stained shirt, a whopping hematoma and a great deal of mental anguish and physical pain in the process!
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A surgical instrument with a cylindrical blade used to remove a circular section of tissue, such as bone or cornea; a trepan.
Synonyms: word: trepan
trephine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /tɹɪˈfaɪn/
Forms: form: trephines
form: trephining
form: trephined
form: trephined
Etymology: Borrowed from French tréphine, from Latin trepanum, from Ancient Greek τρύπανον (trúpanon, “auger, borer”). Doublet of trepan.
Senses: examples: text: "We shall wait," said Van Helsing, "just long enough to fix the best spot for trephining, so that we may most quickly and perfectly remove the blood clot, for it is evident that the haemorrhage is increasing."
ref: 1897, Bram Stoker, chapter 21, in Dracula:
glosses: To use a trephine during surgery.
examples: text: The pony was cast, and trephined, a middle-sized trephine (or bone saw) being used, which removed a circular piece of bone about the size of a two shilling piece, from the face immediately over the air cavity.
ref: 1901 August 16, “Veterinary Departmental Report for May, 1901”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, number 12, page 382:
glosses: To perforate with a trephine.
burblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of burbly: more burbly
trephines
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trephine
trephines
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trephine
burbliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of burbly: most burbly
butterier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of buttery: more buttery
butteriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of buttery: most buttery
tolerances
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: This is known as the law of tolerances. Tolerances range along a continuum [...]. Some organisms have wide ranges of tolerances and others have narrow ones.
ref: 2000, Donald G. Kaufman, Cecilia M. Franz, Biosphere 2000: Protecting Our Global Environment, page 64:
glosses: plural of tolerance
tolerances
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of tolerance
sublevel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sublevels
Etymology: From sub- + level.
Senses: glosses: An intermediate level between others in a mine
examples: text: When they completed their sweep of the fourth sublevel, they had to exit the office and walk across the parking garage to catch a different elevator to the rest of the building. Sublevels three through one were all parking lots, giving the appearance to those above that there was nothing further below.
ref: 2020, Andre Gonzalez, Followed East:
glosses: An underground level of a building.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A subshell
topics: video-games
glosses: A level making up part of a larger level.
sublevel
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From sub- + level.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Having a lesser constant value than a related level set
conventional wisdom
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: conventional wisdoms
Senses: examples: text: It will be convenient to have a name for the ideas which are esteemed at any time for their acceptability, and it should be a term that emphasizes this predictability. I shall refer to these ideas henceforth as the conventional wisdom.
ref: 1958, John Kenneth Galbraith, The Affluent Society:
text: So many Americans accept “zero population growth” as a new canon of conventional wisdom that it comes as a surprise to hear the notion disputed.
ref: 1971 May 17, “Week’s Watch”, in Time:
text: Well, during our short staycation at Humberston Fitties, just south of Cleethorpes, we cycled through the very unspoilt Lincolnshire Wolds, which are by no means flat and boring as conventional wisdom about the county suggests.
ref: 2021 July 28, Christian Wolmar, “Forgotten by the railways, but ripe for the exploring”, in RAIL, number 936, page 35:
text: Though conventional wisdom has held that stringing out the war would favor Russia, it also carries risks for Mr. Putin, doing more damage to his economy and bringing more Western weaponry to bear[…]
ref: 2022 August 26, Andrew E. Kramer, Anton Troianovski, Helene Cooper, “Ukraine Weighs a Risky Offensive to Break Out of a Stalemate”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: A belief or set of beliefs that is widely accepted, especially one which may be questionable on close examination.
Synonyms: received wisdom
Related terms: antiproverb
as the man says
common knowledge
common sense
idée reçue
sortilegi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sortilegus
cavernicolous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cavernicolous
form: most cavernicolous
Etymology: From cavern + -colous.
Senses: synonyms: cave-dwelling
troglodytic
glosses: That inhabits caverns or caves.
cattier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of catty: more catty
cattiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of catty: most catty
chalkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chalky: most chalky
chalkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chalky: more chalky
chancier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chancy: more chancy
chanciest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chancy: most chancy
chattier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chatty: more chatty
chattiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chatty: most chatty
cheerier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cheery: more cheery
cheeriest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cheery: most cheery
chillier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chilly: more chilly
chilliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chilly: most chilly
chirpier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chirpy: more chirpy
chirpiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chirpy: most chirpy
choosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of choosy: more choosy
choosiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of choosy: most choosy
choppier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of choppy: more choppy
choppiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of choppy: most choppy
chummier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chummy: more chummy
chummiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chummy: most chummy
chunkier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of chunky: more chunky
chunkiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of chunky: most chunky
SLPP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Simple Loop Prevention Protocol a loop prevention protocol designed by Nortel (now Avaya).
Related terms: SMLT
RSMLT
MLT
arter
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Senses: examples: text: "[…]His right name was Compeyson; and that's the man, dear boy, what you see me a-pounding in the ditch, according to what you truly told your comrade arter I was gone last night.[…]"
ref: 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter III, in Great Expectations […], volume III, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 45:
text: […]It was the money left me, and the gains of the first few year wot I sent home to Mr. Jaggers — all for you — when he first come arter you, agreeable to my letter.[…]
ref: Ibid., chapter XX, volume II, page 344
text: "Is he asleep at last?"...
ref: 2000, Alexander Kent, Colours Aloft!, McBooks Press, →ISBN, page 115:
english: "Aye, sir. So 'e should, arter what I put in 'is Madeira!"
translation: "Aye, sir. So 'e should, arter what I put in 'is Madeira!"
bold_translation_offsets: 25
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glosses: Pronunciation spelling of after.
DSMLT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Distributed Split Multi-Link Trunking: a distributed link aggregation protocol.
Related terms: MLT
SMLT
RSMLT
SLPP
trephining
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trephine
trephining
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trephinings
Senses: glosses: The use of a trephine.
Synonyms: trepanation
trepanning
trephination
trephined
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of trephine
non-cut
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of noncut (“not having been cut”).
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Synonym of no-cut (“allowing an unlimited number of participants”).
synonyms: word: no-cut
extra: allowing an unlimited number of participants
you get what you pay for
Language: English
Part of speech: proverb
Senses: examples: text: You get what you pay for. If you want a lower price, you can go to Motel 6..
ref: 1991 October 28, Janice Castro, Richard Woodbury, “The Man Who Fired a Dog To Save a Buck”, in Time, retrieved 04 Nov 2018:
synonyms: YGWYPF
glosses: In commercial transactions, the prices increase, as the quality of goods and services increases, i.e., the more one pays, the higher-quality the merchandise.
Related terms: if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
money's worth
value for money
who pays the piper calls the tune
you buy cheap, you get cheap
you pays your money and you takes your choice
taira
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tairas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tayra.
spendier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of spendy: more spendy
spendiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of spendy: most spendy
saddlebags
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of saddlebag
safeguarded
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of safeguard
pouches
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaʊt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -aʊtʃɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of pouch
pouches
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpaʊt͡ʃɪz/
rhymes: -aʊtʃɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pouch
pouched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /paʊt͡ʃt/
ipa: /pʌʊt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -aʊtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pouch
pouched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /paʊt͡ʃt/
ipa: /pʌʊt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -aʊtʃt
Senses: glosses: Having a pouch or pouches.
Derived terms: pouched badger
pouched dog
pouched frog
pouched gopher
pouched lamprey
pouched mouse
pouched rat
pouched squirrel
unpouched
pouching
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pouchings
Derived terms: outpouching
pouching
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of pouch
sacristies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacristy
sacs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /sæks/
Senses: glosses: plural of sac
safe-conducts
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safe-conduct
safety valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of safety valve
safety valves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of safety-valves (third-person singular simple present indicative of safety-valve)
safety-valves
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of safety valves (plural of safety-valve)
safety-valves
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: safety valves
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of safety-valve
trimotor
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Etymology: From tri- + motor.
Senses: glosses: That has three motors, especially an aircraft with three piston engines.
trimotor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -əʊtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: trimotors
Etymology: From tri- + motor.
Senses: glosses: An aircraft with three piston motors.
Related terms: trijet
sackings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sacking
trimotors
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trimotor
trijet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: trijets
Etymology: From tri- + jet.
Senses: topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: An aircraft powered by three jet engines.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Three jets of particles from an event or source.
Hypernyms: multijet
Coordinate terms: monojet
quadjet
twinjet
trijets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trijet
sack out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sacks out
form: sacking out
form: sacked out
form: sacked out
Etymology: Outgrowth of the earlier idiom, to hit the sack, with possible influences from other senses of to sack (“tackle, pillage”, verb), and to sock (“hit, slam”, verb), providing an implication that sleep has been thrust upon a person.
Senses: examples: text: The kids sacked out in the back seat before we made it home.
glosses: To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.
Synonyms: drop off
doze off
fall asleep
Related terms: sack
saintlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of saintly: more saintly
saintliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of saintly: most saintly
samovars
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of samovar
saner
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: However, in 1844, saner counsels prevailed, and Edgeley became the principal station—the directors eating their words once more by retaining the older station, which was renamed Heaton Norris.
ref: 1957 September 24, M. D. Greville and G. O. Holt, “Railway Development in Manchester—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 618:
glosses: comparative form of sane: more sane
sailings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of sailing
air cadet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: air cadets
Senses: glosses: A member of the Air Cadet Organisation.
air cadets
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of air cadet
mi.
Language: English
Part of speech: symbol
Senses: related: word: mi
word: m.
coordinate_terms: mul:nmi
glosses: Abbreviation of mile.
artsy-craftsy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more artsy-craftsy
form: most artsy-craftsy
form: arty-crafty
Etymology: From arts and crafts + -y. Equivalent to artsy + craftsy.
Senses: examples: an artsy-craftsy student
glosses: Related to, or taking part in, arts and crafts.
glosses: Crafted in an excessively decorated manner; trivial or affected in design or execution (in comparison to other artistic products).
Synonyms: sense: related to arts and crafts, crafted by an artisan
word: handmade
sense: crafted in an excessively decorated manner
word: artsy
sense: crafted in an excessively decorated manner
word: arty
sense: crafted in an excessively decorated manner
word: cutesy
sense: crafted in an excessively decorated manner
word: precious
adrenal cortex
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adrenal cortexes
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: The outer portion of the adrenal glands that produces hormones essential to homeostasis.
move it
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moves it
form: moving it
form: moved it
form: moved it
Senses: examples: text: You'd better move it if you want to get there on time.
glosses: To hurry; to hurry up
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see move, it.
hindbrain
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hindbrains
Etymology: A compound of hind + brain.
Senses: topics: anatomy
medicine
neuroanatomy
neurology
neuroscience
sciences
glosses: The posterior part of the brain, comprising the cerebellum, pons and medulla, the rhombencephalon
Synonyms: rhombencephalon
Meronyms: cerebellum
pons
medulla
Related terms: afterbrain
forebrain
midbrain
move out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: moves out
form: moving out
form: moved out
form: moved out
Senses: examples: text: Alright, troops, line up and move out!
glosses: To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place.
examples: text: We must move out before the end of the month or we'll be paying extra rent.
text: Who needs a house out in Hackensack?
Is that all you get for your money?
... If that's movin' up then I'm movin' out.
ref: 1977, Billy Joel, “Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)”, The Stranger, Columbia Records
synonyms: quit
glosses: To vacate one's place of residence or employment.
Derived terms: move out to move up
golden syrup
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: golden syrups
Senses: synonyms: refiner's syrup
glosses: A pale amber-coloured treacle produced as part of the process of refining cane sugar, used in cooking and as a spread.
MacGuffin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡʌf.ɪn/
Forms: form: MacGuffins
form: McGuffin
Etymology: Used by Alfred Hitchcock, as an arbitrary Scottish surname. The actual name comes from Ulster: Mc- (“son of”) + Irish dubh (“black”) + Irish Fionn (literally “fairheaded”).
See also Wikipedia's MacGuffin § History and use.
Senses: examples: text: " […] But we wound up realizing you really can't top yourself. You just tell a different story and hope the new MacGuffin is as compelling as the last MacGuffin."
ref: 2000, Steven Spielberg, Lester D. Friedman, Brent Notbohm, Steven Spielberg: Interviews:
text: A paleontologist lately returned from an expedition to Wyoming, where he unearthed the bones of the first brontosaurus (and supplied guns to the Indians on behalf of the Foreign Office, which had succeeded in its policy of balkanizing the North American continent) Mallory comes into possession of the MacGuffin during a Derby Day encounter with Byron's daughter (and Babbage's protégée) Ada. Thereafter he is hounded by a whole rogue's gallery of villains bent on reclaiming the MacGuffin.
ref: 2005, Thomas M. Disch, On SF:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
narratology
sciences
glosses: A plot element or other device used to catch the audience's attention and maintain suspense, but whose exact nature has fairly little influence over the storyline.
Related terms: red herring
MacGuffin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /məˈɡʌf.ɪn/
Forms: form: MacGuffins
form: McGuffin
Etymology: Used by Alfred Hitchcock, as an arbitrary Scottish surname. The actual name comes from Ulster: Mc- (“son of”) + Irish dubh (“black”) + Irish Fionn (literally “fairheaded”).
See also Wikipedia's MacGuffin § History and use.
Senses: glosses: A surname.
magnesium hydroxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: milk of magnesia
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The base Mg(OH)₂ that occurs naturally as brucite; it is used as an antacid and in many industrial processes.
Related terms: magnesium oxide
potassium chloride
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: mul:KCl
muriate of potash
MOP
hypernyms: halide#Noun
<
salt
<
compound
<
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: potassium iodide
mul:KI
;
sodium chloride
NaCl
;
sodium iodide
glosses: The potassium salt of hydrochloric acid, KCl; it is used as a salt substitute for table salt, a medication, a fertilizer, and a feedstock.
topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
medicine
natural-sciences
pharmacology
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: mul:KCl
muriate of potash
MOP
hypernyms: halide#Noun
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salt
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compound
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material#Noun
coordinate_terms: potassium iodide
mul:KI
;
sodium chloride
NaCl
;
sodium iodide
glosses: The potassium salt of hydrochloric acid, KCl; it is used as a salt substitute for table salt, a medication, a fertilizer, and a feedstock.
A preparation of this salt for use as a supplement or medication.
apps
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of app
chamberpot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chamberpots
Etymology: From chamber + pot, from its usual use in one's chamber (i.e., bedroom).
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of chamber pot.
aluminium oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aluminum oxide
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The solid, Al₂O₃, commonly known as alumina; it occurs as bauxite, sapphire, ruby and other forms; it is used in the manufacture of ceramics
fielding position
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fielding positions
Senses: topics: ball-games
baseball
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Any of many named parts of the field of play at which fielders traditionally stand
anglos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of anglo
lifeguards
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of lifeguard
longshot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longshots
Etymology: From long + shot.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of long shot.
long shots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of long shot
longshots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of longshot
Related terms: long shot
criollo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: criollos
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Criollo.
monkey trap
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monkey traps
Senses: glosses: A cage containing a banana with a hole large enough for a monkey's hand to fit in, but not large enough for a monkey's fist (clutching a banana) to come out; anecdotally used to catch monkeys that lack the intellect to let go of the banana and run away.
glosses: A clever trap of any sort, that owes its success to the ineptitude or gullibility of the victim.
Synonyms: monkey jar
category killer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: category killers
Senses: topics: business
glosses: A retailer that offers a wider selection of merchandise in a category than existing retailers, at lower prices, thereby gaining substantial share of the market and "killing" the existing retailers.
glosses: A speedrun so fast that beating it is considered unattainable, thereby "killing" the category it became the record for.
Related terms: Home Depot
category killers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of category killer
commercialise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: commercialises
form: commercialising
form: commercialised
form: commercialised
Etymology: From commercial + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of commercialize.
commercialising
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of commercialise
commercialised
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of commercialise
commercialises
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of commercialise
bill of materials
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bills of materials
Senses: topics: arts
business
design
engineering
manufacturing
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
related: word: bill of material
word: ;
word: BOM
word: B/M
glosses: A list of materials and components used in a manufactured item.
Related terms: word: bill of exchange
word: bill of goods
word: bill of lading
word: bill of quantities
english: material requirements planning
translation: material requirements planning
word: MRP
english: parts list
translation: parts list
word: P/L
word: picklist
english: software bill of materials
translation: software bill of materials
word: SBOM
hellcats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hellcat
Reformer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Reformers
Etymology: From Reform (Party) + -er.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of reformer (“one involved in the Reformation”).
glosses: A member of the Reform movement in 19th-century Canada.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member of the Reform Party of Canada, which existed from 1987 to 2000.
topics: government
politics
glosses: A member or supporter of Reform UK.
thwock
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thock.
thwock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thwocks
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thock.
thwock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: thwocks
form: thwocking
form: thwocked
form: thwocked
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of thock.
Related terms: thwack
rusa deer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rusa deer
Senses: glosses: Cervus timorensis, a species of deer native to the islands of Java.
Synonyms: sense: Cervus timorensis
word: Sunda sambar
coisogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From co- + isogenic.
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Genetically identical to an inbred strain except for a mutation at a specific locus.
Related terms: congenic
foreign exchange market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: foreign exchange markets
Senses: glosses: A market for trading one currency for another.
Synonyms: forex market
mincer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪnsɚ/
Forms: form: mincers
Etymology: From mince + -er.
Senses: glosses: A kitchen utensil used for mincing meat, etc.
glosses: Someone who minces.
glosses: A homosexual male.
Derived terms: word-mincer
capital market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: capital markets
Senses: topics: business
finance
glosses: The market for long-term securities, including the stock market and the bond market.
Related terms: money market
bond market
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bond markets
Senses: glosses: A financial market where participants buy and sell debt securities, usually in the form of bonds.
curly bracket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: curly brackets
Senses: glosses: Either { or }, having various uses in math, music, computer programming and chemistry.
Synonyms: accolade
brace
curly brace
hooked bracket
mustache
squiggly
pregnant parentheses
Hypernyms: bracket
Derived terms: curly-bracket language
Molisch's reagent
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Named after Austrian botanist Hans Molisch.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: α-naphthol (C₁₀H₈OH) dissolved in ethanol (C₂H₅OH). It is used in Molisch's test for the detection of carbohydrates.
BAs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of BA
bleepers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bleeper
indispose
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: indisposes
form: indisposing
form: indisposed
form: indisposed
Etymology: From Middle French indisposer, equivalent to in- + dispose.
Senses: glosses: To render unfit or unsuited; to disqualify.
glosses: To make indisposed, or slightly unwell.
examples: text: A love of pleasure indisposes the mind to severe study.
glosses: To disincline.
entomophagy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛntəˈmɒfəd͡ʒi/
ipa: /ɛntəˈmɑfəd͡ʒi/
Etymology: From entomo- + -phagy.
Senses: examples: text: Despite our cultural distaste for entomophagy, in recent years the idea that we should eat bugs has been gaining currency.
ref: 2008, Tim Dowling, The Guardian, G2, 17 Jan 2008, p. 3:
synonyms: entomophagia
glosses: The eating of insects.
Related terms: entomophagic
entomophagous
birthplaces
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthplace
birthmarks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthmark
birthrights
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of birthright
bloaters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bloater
entomo-
Language: English
Part of speech: prefix
Etymology: Combining form of Ancient Greek ἔντομον (éntomon, “insect”).
Senses: glosses: insect
Derived terms: entomometer
entomophagan
blighters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blighter
blobs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blob
blobs
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of blob
blitzkriegs
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blitzkrieg
oviposit
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: oviposits
form: ovipositing
form: oviposited
form: oviposited
Etymology: From ovi- (“egg”) + Latin pōsitus (“placed”), perfect passive participle of pōnere (“to place”).
Senses: qualifier: zoology or paraphilia
glosses: To lay eggs.
Derived terms: oviposition
unoviposited
Related terms: ovipositor
blotters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of blotter
beetroots
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of beetroot
beetroots
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of beetroot
bereavements
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bereavement
bill-hooks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bill-hook
bedsitters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bedsitter
bed-baths
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of bed-bath
all-rounders
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of all-rounder
allayers
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of allayer
clammiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of clammy: most clammy
clammier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of clammy: more clammy
cockier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cocky: more cocky
erythemas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of erythema
cockiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cocky: most cocky
nullisomic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nullisomics
Senses: topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: A genetic condition involving the lack of one of the normal chromosomal pairs for a species (2n-2)
nullisomic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Relating to this condition.
Related terms: nullisome
nullisomy
trappose
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more trappose
form: most trappose
Etymology: From trap + -ose.
Senses: topics: chemistry
geography
geology
mineralogy
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to trap.
Synonyms: trappous
trappy
classiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of classy: most classy
coarsest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of coarse: most coarse
comelier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of comely: more comely
comeliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of comely: most comely
comfier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of comfy: more comfy
comfiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They are not the comfiest seats known to man, but nor are they overly hard or uncomfortable.
ref: 2023 April 5, Pip Dunn, “'196s' giving commuters a smoother ride”, in RAIL, number 980, page 54:
glosses: superlative form of comfy: most comfy
cornier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of corny: more corny
corniest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of corny: most corny
costlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of costly: more costly
calcium phosphate
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: calcium phosphates
Senses: topics: chemistry
inorganic-chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The calcium salt of phosphoric acid, Ca₃(PO₄)₂, or of several related acids; it is the main mineral of bone
costliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of costly: most costly
cosiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cosy: most cosy
cosier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cosy: more cosy
cosier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cosiers
Etymology: Compare Old French coussier (“maker of mattresses”), or couseor (“tailor”).
Senses: examples: text: Do you make an alehouse of my lady’s house, that you squeak out your coziers' catches without any mitigation or remorse of voice?
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: A cobbler.
courtlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of courtly: more courtly
courtliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of courtly: most courtly
crankier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cranky: more cranky
crankiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cranky: most cranky
creakiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of creaky: most creaky
creamier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: [...] the more expensive and creamier Jersey or South Devon milk, for example, is kept apart from Friesian milk, with its low butter content.
ref: 1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155:
glosses: comparative form of creamy: more creamy
crispest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crisp: most crisp
crispier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crispy: more crispy
crispiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crispy: most crispy
cruder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crude: more crude
crudest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crude: most crude
crueller
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cruel: more cruel
cruellest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cruel: most cruel
crumblier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crumbly: more crumbly
crumbliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crumbly: most crumbly
crummier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crummy: more crummy
crummiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crummy: most crummy
crunchier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of crunchy: more crunchy
crunchiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of crunchy: most crunchy
cuddlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cuddly: more cuddly
cuddliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cuddly: most cuddly
curtest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of curt: most curt
cushier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cushy: more cushy
cushiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cushy: most cushy
cagiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of cagy: most cagy
cagier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of cagey: more cagey
curlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of curly: more curly
curliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of curly: most curly
adverser
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Comparative form of adverse: more adverse.
adversest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Superlative form of adverse: most adverse.
agiler
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of agile: more agile
agilest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of agile: most agile
ancienter
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ancient: more ancient
Pampango
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Pampangos
Etymology: From Spanish pampango, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”) + -o.
Senses: glosses: A native or inhabitant of Pampanga.
Pampango
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Spanish pampango, from Kapampangan pampang (“river bank”) + -o.
Senses: glosses: The language of these people.
Synonyms: Kapampangan
ancientest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ancient: most ancient
antsiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of antsy: most antsy
archest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of arch: most arch
archest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: second-person singular simple present indicative of arch
arider
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of arid: more arid
aridest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of arid: most arid
artier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of arty: more arty
artier
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: artiers
Senses: examples: text: An vncouth paine torments my grieued ſoule,
And death arreſts the organe of my voyce.
Who entring at the breach thy ſword hath made,
Sackes euery vaine and artier of my heart, […]
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
glosses: Obsolete form of artery.
artiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of arty: most arty
ashier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of ashy: more ashy
ashiest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of ashy: most ashy
auguster
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of august: more august
augustest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of august: most august
auntliest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of auntly: most auntly
auntlier
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of auntly: more auntly
austerer
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of austere: more austere
austerest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of austere: most austere
awfuller
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: comparative form of awful: more awful
LANAP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: Acronym of laser-assisted new attachment procedure.
hand truck
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hand trucks
form: handtruck
Senses: synonyms: word: bag barrow
word: luggage barrow
word: sack barrow
word: sack truck
word: stack truck
word: trolley
word: hand trolley
glosses: An L-shaped box-moving handcart with handles at one end, wheels at the base, with a small ledge to set objects on, flat against the floor when the hand-truck is upright. It makes otherwise bulky and heavy objects easier to move.
glosses: Synonym of pallet jack.
synonyms: word: pallet jack
Related terms: baggage cart
dolly
wheelbarrow
hand trucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of hand truck
trolleys
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trolley
trolleys
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of trolley
trollies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of trolley
glosses: plural of trolly
validifying
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of validify
awfullest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of awful: most awful
validify
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /vəˈlɪdɪfaɪ/
Forms: form: validifies
form: validifying
form: validified
form: validified
Etymology: From valid + -ify.
Senses: examples: text: I would have never come here, under the pretext of academic freedom, if I knew this humiliating meeting would ever be necessary. I refuse to have to validify myself as a human being to such a pretentious group of students.
ref: 1977 February 5, Cynthia Adams, quotee, “Clark University Gays Block Ouster Attempt”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 32, page 4:
glosses: To validate.
awkwarder
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: Nothing can be awkwarder than the first evening spent together by the different members of a family united after long absence...
ref: 1841, Catherine Grace Frances, Cecil: or, The adventures of a coxcomb: a novel, Volume 2:
text: Couldn't have happened at an awkwarder time, this couldn't. Just when I was getting things taped. Now I'll have to start all over again, I suppose.
ref: 1950, Richard Llewellyn, A few flowers for Shiner:
text: She was almost as tall as I, even awkwarder — and I think wore braces on her teeth.
ref: 1961, Ralph Ingersoll, Point of departure: an adventure in autobiography:
glosses: comparative form of awkward: more awkward
awkwardest
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: superlative form of awkward: most awkward