cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
Indus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn′dəs
ipa: /ˈɪn.dəs/
ipa: /ˈən.dəs/
ipa: /ˈɪn.ɖəs/
rhymes: -ɪndəs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿduš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh).
Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".
Senses: examples: text: The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt.
ref: 2022 August 28, “Pakistan's south braces for another deluge as northern rivers swell”, in France 24, archived from the original on 28 Aug 2022, Asia / Pacific:
text: Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland.
ref: 2023 August 29, “Pakistan raises flood alert in eastern region as over 128,000 evacuated”, in EFE, archived from the original on 24 Apr 2024:
glosses: A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
Derived terms: Indus River dolphin
Indus Valley bullfrog
Indus Valley Civilization
Related terms: Indian
Indies
Indus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn′dəs
ipa: /ˈɪn.dəs/
ipa: /ˈən.dəs/
ipa: /ˈɪn.ɖəs/
rhymes: -ɪndəs
Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. From Latin Indus (“Indian”), commemorating American Indians.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: A constellation of the southern sky between Grus and Pavo.
Derived terms: Indi
Indus
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn′dəs
ipa: /ˈɪn.dəs/
ipa: /ˈən.dəs/
ipa: /ˈɪn.ɖəs/
rhymes: -ɪndəs
Etymology: Clipping of industry.
Senses: glosses: A hamlet in Alberta, Canada.
transilience
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transiliences
Etymology: Latin transiliens, present participle of transilire to leap across or over.
Senses: glosses: something transilient
glosses: a leap across something, or from one thing to another
transilient
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: jumping across, or passing over something
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: of the cortical association fibres that pass between nonadjacent convolutions of the brain
Related terms: transilience
stupor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstjuː.pə/
ipa: /ˈstu.pɚ/
ipa: /ˈstju.pɚ/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stupors
form: stupour
Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Senses: examples: text: He fell into a drunken stupor.
text: She woke from a deep stupor after the medication.
text: The shock left him in a stupor of disbelief.
text: The heat drove the workers into a midday stupor.
text: He sat in a dazed stupor on the couch.
text: The team stumbled off the field in a stupor of exhaustion.
glosses: A state of greatly dulled or completely suspended consciousness or sensibility; (particularly medicine) a chiefly mental condition marked by absence of spontaneous movement, greatly diminished responsiveness to stimulation, and usually impaired consciousness.
synonyms: daze
glosses: A state of extreme apathy or torpor resulting often from stress or shock.
Related terms: stupefy
stupefaction
stupendous
stupid
stupor mundi
stupor
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstjuː.pə/
ipa: /ˈstu.pɚ/
ipa: /ˈstju.pɚ/
rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stupors
form: stuporing
form: stupored
form: stupored
form: stupour
Etymology: Late Middle English, borrowed from Latin stupor (“insensibility, numbness, dullness”). Distantly related (from Proto-Indo-European, via Proto-Germanic) to stint, stub, and steep.
Senses: glosses: To place into a stupor; to stupefy.
OEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OEMs
Etymology: Initialism of original equipment manufacturer.
Senses: glosses: A company that produces parts to be sold under another company's brand.
glosses: A value-added reseller; company selling goods assembled from other companies' parts.
glosses: All makers prior to initial retail sale, in contrast to aftermarket.
Coordinate terms: english: original equipment equivalent
translation: original equipment equivalent
word: OEE
OEM
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Initialism of original equipment manufacturer.
Senses: topics: business
glosses: describing goods sold by or to an OEM
Synonyms: sense: goods sold under another company's brand
word: white label
OEM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: OEMs
Etymology: Abbreviation
Senses: qualifier: emergency services
glosses: Initialism of Office of Emergency Management.
spectator
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: spĕk.tāʹtə
ipa: /spɛkˈteɪtə/
enpr: spĕkʹtā.tər
ipa: /ˈspɛkteɪtɚ/
rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)
Forms: form: spectators
form: spectatour
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin spectātor, from frequentative verb spectō (“watch”), from speciō (“look at”). Equivalent to spectate + -or. Doublet of speculator.
Senses: examples: text: The cheering spectators watched the fireworks.
text: Bart spies an opportunity to make a quick buck so he channels his inner carny and posits his sinking house as a natural wonder of the world and its inhabitants as freaks, barking to dazzled spectators, “Behold the horrors of the Slanty Shanty! See the twisted creatures that dwell within! Meet Cue-Ball, the man with no hair!”
ref: 2012 May 20, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Marge Gets A Job” (season 4, episode 7; originally aired 11/05/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
glosses: One who watches an event; especially, an event held outdoors.
examples: text: The ſpring diſplaying her elegant taſte, the proud walk of the gold-feathered pheaſant, the light tread of the ſmall-hoofed hind, and the dancing of the ſtar-trained peacock, infuſed joy into the ſoul of the ſpectator of the aſtoniſhing works of the Creator.
ref: 1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page v:
glosses: One who observes, sees, or views something; an observer.
Synonyms: audience
observer
crowd
Derived terms: spect-actor
spectate
spectator chair
spectator ion
spectator ligand
spectatorship
spectator sport
lake dwelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: lake dwellings
Senses: glosses: A prehistoric structure, built over shallow waters, such as a lake or marsh, supported on piles or artificial mounds of earth or wood.
Related terms: lake village
draftee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: drăf-tē'
rhymes: -iː
Forms: form: draftees
Etymology: From draft + -ee.
Senses: examples: text: During a televised interview on Wednesday, Shoigu said Russia would be targeting 300,000 draftees, mainly those with recent military experience.
ref: 2022 September 22, Andrew Roth, “‘It’s a 100% mobilisation’: day one of Russia’s drive to build its army”, in The Guardian:
glosses: One who is drafted (into a military service, etc).
compulsorily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more compulsorily
form: most compulsorily
Etymology: From compulsory + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: Soldiers were drafted compulsorily.
text: These Governments [of Ireland and Northern Ireland] have now announced their intention to introduce measures enabling them compulsorily to purchase the railway.
ref: 1951 April, “Notes and News: The Fate of the G.N.R. (I.)”, in Railway Magazine, number 600, page 281:
glosses: In a compulsory manner.
conscript
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kŏn'skrĭpt
ipa: /ˈkɑnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kän'skrĭpt
enpr: kən'skrĭpt
ipa: /kənˈskɹɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Forms: form: conscripts
Etymology: From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).
Senses: examples: text: The soldier was a conscript.
glosses: One who is compulsorily enrolled, often into a military service; a draftee.
conscript
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kŏn'skrĭpt
ipa: /ˈkɑnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kän'skrĭpt
enpr: kən'skrĭpt
ipa: /kənˈskɹɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Etymology: From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).
Senses: glosses: Drafted into a military service or similar.
glosses: Enrolled; written; registered.
conscript
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kŏn'skrĭpt
ipa: /ˈkɑnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kän'skrĭpt
enpr: kən'skrĭpt
ipa: /kənˈskɹɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Forms: form: conscripts
form: conscripting
form: conscripted
form: conscripted
Etymology: From Latin cōnscriptus, perfect passive participle of cōnscrībō (“write together; enroll”).
Senses: examples: text: Other rich families are being accused of sending their sons abroad before they can be conscripted. Every Taiwanese man must spend three years in the army and another 20 in the reserves.
ref: 1996 March 15, Jonathan Mirsky, “Taiwan President visits islanders to bolster morale”, in The Times, number 65,528, →ISSN, →OCLC, Overseas News, page 15, column 3:
synonyms: draft
induct
glosses: To enroll compulsorily; to draft; to induct.
Derived terms: conscriptable
conscriptee
conscriptive
reconscript
unconscripted
Related terms: conscription
conscript father
conscript
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kŏn'skrĭpt
ipa: /ˈkɑnskɹɪpt/
enpr: kän'skrĭpt
enpr: kən'skrĭpt
ipa: /kənˈskɹɪpt/
rhymes: -ɪpt
Forms: form: conscripts
Etymology: From con- (“constructed”) + script.
Senses: synonyms: neography
glosses: A constructed script or writing system, especially for use with a conlang or spelling reform.
italicise
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ɪˈtæl.ɪ.saɪz/
Forms: form: italicises
form: italicising
form: italicised
form: italicised
Etymology: From italic + -ise.
Senses: glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of italicize.
Derived terms: italicisation
unitalicise
unitalicised
transistor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹænˈzɪs.tɚ/
rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Forms: form: transistors
Etymology: Blend of transfer + resistor. Said to have been coined by American engineer John Robinson Pierce in 1947.
Senses: examples: text: Switches and transistors control the flow of electricity like valves and faucets control water. Resistors limit the flow of electricity. […] Light is transmitted from the color LED, through the fiber optic cable, to control the NPN transistor (Q2) and red LED (D1).
ref: 2017 October 24, “Snap Circuits Light”, in Snap Circuits, Elenco, pages 9, 59:
qualifier: semiconductors
glosses: A solid-state semiconductor device, with three terminals, which can be used for amplification, switching, voltage stabilization, signal modulation, and many other functions.
examples: text: Turn your transistor on and let the music play
ref: 1978, Billy Joel, Half a Mile Away:
glosses: A transistor radio.
Derived terms: FET
junction transistor
pass transistor
post-transistor
silicon planar epitaxial transistor
TFT
thin-film transistor
transistorize
transistorized
transistor radio
UJT
transistor radio
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: transistor radios
Senses: glosses: A (typically small and portable) radio receiver having transistors rather than thermionic valves; popular from the late 1950s.
thermionic valve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermionic valves
Senses: examples: text: The age of electronics began in 1906 with Lee De Forest's invention of the vacuum tube, or, as the British (led by John Ambrose Fleming, whose work preceded De Forest's) described it, the thermionic valve.
ref: 2012, George Dyson, Turing's Cathedral, Penguin, published 2013, page 65:
synonyms: vacuum tube
glosses: An electronic device incorporating electrons from a glowing cathode inside an evacuated glass tube, functioning as a switch, amplifier etc.
Derived terms: valve amplifier
thermionic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Involving the emission of electrons from a heated electrode.
Related terms: thermion
thermionic tube
thermionic valve
thermion
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: thermions
Etymology: From therm- + ion.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrically charged particle, either an electron or an ion, emitted by a conducting material at high temperatures
electrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/
ipa: /iˈlɛk.tɹəʊd/
Forms: form: electrodes
Etymology: Coined by British scientist Michael Faraday in 1833, first used in his Diary (laboratory notebook) from the Ancient Greek words ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”) (from which the word electricity is derived) and ὁδός (hodós, “way”). By surface analysis, electro- + -ode
Senses: examples: text: From my laboratory in the Castle east
To the master bedroom, where the vampires feast
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes
To get a jolt from my electrodes
They did the Mash
They did the Monster Mash.
ref: 1962, “Monster Mash”, Bobby "Boris" Pickett and Lenny Capizzi (lyrics), performed by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and The Crypt-Kickers:
glosses: The terminal through which electric current passes between metallic and nonmetallic parts of an electric circuit.
glosses: A collector or emitter of electric charge in a semiconducting device.
Derived terms: anelectrode
bioelectrode
calomel electrode
catelectrode
Clark electrode
counterelectrode
electrodeless
electrode potential
electrodic
glass electrode
hydrogen electrode
hydrogen gas electrode
immunoelectrode
interelectrode
intraelectrode
ion selective electrode
ion-selective electrode
macroelectrode
microelectrode
minielectrode
multielectrode
nanoelectrode
normal hydrogen electrode
optoelectrode
optrode
perielectrode
photoelectrode
polytrode
potassium selective electrode
reference electrode
standard electrode potential
standard hydrogen electrode
stereotrode
tweezertrodes
ultramicroelectrode
Related terms: cathode
anode
-ode
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ὁδός (hodós, “way”).
Senses: glosses: way, path
Related terms: electrode
anode
cathode
diode
triode
tetrode
pentode
hexode
heptode
octode
ode
reference electrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: reference electrodes
Etymology: reference + electrode
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrode with a stable and accurately known electrode potential.
Related terms: calomel electrode
hydrogen electrode
electrode potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: electrode potentials
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: the potential difference of a half-reaction which occurs across a reversible cell made up of any electrode and a standard hydrogen electrode
Nuu-chah-nulth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /nuːˈtʃɑːnʊlθ/
Forms: form: Nuuchahnulth
form: Nuuchahnnulth
Etymology: From Nootka nuučaan̓uł (“all along the mountains”).
Senses: synonyms: Nootka
glosses: A people indigenous to Vancouver Island in western Canada.
Nuu-chah-nulth
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /nuːˈtʃɑːnʊlθ/
Forms: form: Nuuchahnulth
form: Nuuchahnnulth
Etymology: From Nootka nuučaan̓uł (“all along the mountains”).
Senses: examples: text: Bus stop signs at all 36 B.C. Transit stops in Tofino, Ucluelet, Long Beach, hitaću, Esowista and Ty-histanis now include both English and Nuu-chah-nulth wording.
ref: 2025 March 9, “Indigenous language now included on Ucluelet bus stop signs — a first for B.C. Transit”, in CBC News:
synonyms: Nootka
glosses: The polysynthetic Nuu-chah-nulth language, Nootka, which belongs to the Wakashan language group and is spoken by about 500 people.
standard hydrogen electrode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard hydrogen electrodes
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An electrode with a standard electrode potential of zero; used as a standard against which other electrodes are measured.
Synonyms: normal hydrogen electrode
Derived terms: word: SHE
standard electrode potential
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: standard electrode potentials
Senses: glosses: an electrode potential measured under standard conditions; a temperature or 298K, 1 atmosphere pressure and at 1 mole of the activity of redox participants of the half-reaction.
half-reaction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: half-reactions
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Either the oxidation or the reduction component of a redox reaction
redox
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːdɒks/
ipa: /ˈɹɛdɒks/
Etymology: Shortening of reduction and oxidation.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Of or relating to any reaction in which oxidation and reduction occur simultaneously.
Derived terms: conjugate redox pair
redox indicator
redox potential
redox reaction
redox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːdɒks/
ipa: /ˈɹɛdɒks/
Etymology: Shortening of reduction and oxidation.
Senses: examples: text: Can you have too much redox? Definitely.
ref: 2001, Robert M. Fenner, The conscientious marine aquarist:
text: This will tell us whether redox is occurring, and if so, what is oxidized and reduced.
ref: 2009, James E. Brady, Fred Senese, Chemistry: The Study of Matter and Its Changes:
glosses: (chemistry) A reaction in which an oxidation and a reduction occur simultaneously; a reaction in which electrons are transferred.
Derived terms: auto-redox
redox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːdɒks/
ipa: /ˈɹɛdɒks/
Forms: form: redoxes
form: redoxing
form: redoxed
form: redoxed
Etymology: Shortening of reduction and oxidation.
Senses: glosses: To subject to a redox reaction.
Related terms: reducing agent
oxidizing agent
macroeconomics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌiː.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/
ipa: /ˌmæk.ɹoʊˌɛ.kəˈnɒ.mɪks/
Etymology: From macro- (“large scale”) + economics. The first published use of the term was by the Norwegian economist Ragnar Frisch (1895–1973) in 1933.
Senses: antonyms: microeconomics
glosses: The study of the entire economy in terms of the total amount of goods and services produced, total income earned, the level of employment of productive resources, and the general behavior of prices.
wikipedia: Allen & Unwin
Ragnar Frisch
Related terms: word: econometrics
english: in current sense
translation: in current sense
word: also coined by Frisch
touch screen
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtʌtʃ ˌskɹiːn/
enpr: /tûch skrēn/
Forms: form: touch screens
form: touchscreen
form: touch-screen
Etymology: From touch + screen.
Senses: topics: computer-hardware
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: An input and output device that allows the user to interact with the computer by touching the display screen.
EGR
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of exhaust gas recirculation.
topics: gymnastics
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: Initialism of element group requirements.
scouting
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈskaʊtɪŋ/
rhymes: -aʊtɪŋ
Forms: form: scoutings
form: Scouting
Senses: examples: text: Careful scoutings by the State Department of Agriculture and Markets were made in 1935, to determine the limits of invasion[…]
ref: 1935, State Publication, numbers 136-145, page 73:
glosses: The act of one who scouts.
glosses: The Scout Movement.
glosses: The activities of boy scouts and girl scouts.
xenocide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈzɛnəsaɪd/
ipa: /ˈziːnəsaɪd/
Forms: form: xenocides
Etymology: From xeno- + -cide.
Senses: examples: text: As notorious examples of ritual xenocide, suffice it to mention the foreigners sacrificed on the altar of the goddess Artemis in Colchis, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, 4.45) as well as the ritual of beheading strangers when the reaping season drew to a close, performed by the legendary Lityerses, king of Phyrgia. [...] [In] an act of ritual xenocide in a Cossack villafe [...] Cossacks kill a Turkish woman[.]
ref: 2009, Andrei Oisteanu, Inventing the Jew: Antisemitic Stereotypes:
glosses: The killing of a stranger or foreigner.
examples: text: The age that began with one xenocide attempted had now ended with other xenocides prevented or, at least, postponed.
ref: 1996, Orson Scott Card, Children of the Mind:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: The genocide of an entire alien species.
glosses: The intentional killing of an entire foreign (plant or animal) species.
Derived terms: xenocidal
marijauna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of marijuana.
-trix
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹɪks/
rhymes: -ɪks
Forms: form: -trices
form: -trixes
Etymology: From Latin -trīx.
Senses: qualifier: plural usually -trices
glosses: Found on the end of words, chiefly female agent nouns.
topics: BDSM
lifestyle
sexuality
qualifier: plural usually -trixes
glosses: Forms nouns defining women who engage in specific forms of sexual dominance (by analogy with dominatrix)
Synonyms: -a
-ess
-ette
-ine
-ress
she-
Derived terms: Most of these derived terms were borrowed directly from Latin
rather than formed in English
advotrix
alienatrix
amatrix
ambulatrix
assestrix
cantatrix
causatrix
co-executrix
compilatrix
compotrix
conciliatrix
concionatrix
concitatrix
confessatrix
congregatrix
consultrix
contemplatrix
co-operatrix
corruptrix
dedicatrix
devoratrix
dispositrix
divinatrix
educatrix
effectrix
electrix
embassatrix
expenditrix
explicatrix
expugnatrix
fabricatrix
fautrix
ianitrix
inductrix
insultatrix
interpolatrix
lavatrix
liberatrix
novatrix
nutrix
observatrix
ornatrix
perspectrix
perturbatrix
pontificatrix
prætrix
praetrix
premeditatrix
preservatrix
projectrix
pulveratrix
reconciliatrix
regulatrix
renovatrix
sarcomatrix
sequestratrix
sermocinatrix
syntractrix
tractatrix
triumphatrix
writrix
CID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Forms: form: CIDs
Senses: glosses: caller identification; a feature that identifies the phone number of the caller.
glosses: Abbreviation of combat identification; compare IFF.
glosses: Acronym of center/centre instrument display.
glosses: Initialism of criminal investigation/investigative division/department.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: Initialism of cubic inches displacement; cubic inches of displacement.
CID
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /sɪd/
rhymes: -ɪd
Senses: topics: government
law-enforcement
glosses: Scotland Yard Criminal Investigation Department
topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command
topics: government
law-enforcement
military
politics
war
glosses: Former name of NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigation Division).
peeler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːlɚ/
ipa: /ˈpiːlə/
rhymes: -iːlə(ɹ)
Forms: form: peelers
form: Peeler
Etymology: From the surname of Sir Robert Peel, who established the Irish constabulary and London's police force; compare bobby, from the given name.
Senses: examples: text: A peeler man who heard the din came in to see the show;
He tried to run the bushman in, but he refused to go.
And when at last the barber spoke, and said "'Twas all in fun—
'Twas just a little harmless joke, a trifle overdone."
ref: 1892, Banjo Paterson, The Man from Ironbark:
text: I’d covered pretty nearly two miles before I came across a peeler, — and when I did the man was cracked — and he thought me mad, or drunk, or both. By the time I’d got myself within nodding distance of being run in for obstructing the police in the execution of their duty, […] Holt was out of sight.
ref: 1897, Richard Marsh, The Beetle:
text: I was standin' there and the car came down the street with the two peelers comin' after them and I'm standin' here with [my son] in my arms.
ref: 2004, Alice McIntyre, Women in Belfast: How Violence Shapes Identity, →ISBN, page 57:
text: How do you fight back to get your right back to walk free down the street when your name and address singles you out for every Peeler on the beat?
ref: 2004, “Don’t Hand Me Over”, in The Box Set 1964-2004(2004) No.2, performed by Christy Moore:
text: Special Irish Branch was looking for Fenians in South Kensington; going from there to a Catholic church for Easter Mass was very nearly the stupidest thing Eliza could do, short of walking into Scotland Yard and cursing the peelers out in Irish.
ref: 2011, Marie Brennan, With Fate Conspire, →ISBN:
text: It was Jem and Georgie that was in mortal danger, true, but there was not one of us that wanted the peelers asking us questions.
ref: 2013, James Benmore, Dodger, →ISBN:
glosses: A police officer.
Synonyms: police officer
Related terms: bobby
dominatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/
Forms: form: dominatrices
form: dominatrixes
Etymology: From Latin dominātrīx. By surface analysis, dominate + -trix.
Senses: glosses: A dominating woman; a female dominator.
examples: text: Shadowy masked dominatrixes in stiletto-heeled hip boots snap commands and whips with equal fury.
ref: 2003, Lora Shaner, Madam: Inside a Nevada Brothel, page 296:
text: But even as movies depicting successful madams, freelance hookers, and dominatrices were celebrating prostitution as a marketplace expression of the new sexual freedom, doubts were emerging, a backlash growing.
ref: 2006, Russell Campbell, Marked Women: Prostitutes and Prostitution in the Cinema, page 226:
text: I've always maintained that the dominatrix is as much a misogynistic caricature as the virginal, asexual "good" girl or the disgusting "nymphomaniac/slut." The so-called dominant woman is a dark, eerie version of the woman on a pedestal.
ref: 2010, H. A. Carson, A Roaring Girl: An Interview with the Thinking Man's Hooker, page 134:
glosses: A dominant female in sadomasochistic practices.
Synonyms: domina
domme
Derived terms: dominatrixlike
humiliatrix
dominatrix
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɒmɪˈneɪtɹɪks/
Forms: form: dominatrixes
form: dominatrixing
form: dominatrixed
form: dominatrixed
Etymology: From Latin dominātrīx. By surface analysis, dominate + -trix.
Senses: examples: text: Cara, when you reach 18, maybe you will take up "dominatrixing" for a living.
ref: 1999 September 1, cara, quoting Brian Pez, “The most boring character on Road Rules”, in alt.tv.road-rules (Usenet):
text: Not one single nod is given to the fact is might be something a woman would ever do for the sheer blissy hot of it. Nah, nah, nah, nah, NAH! In fact, in this context, that would probably be beyond horridious. And isn’t that kind of weird. Dominatrixing for money is far more okay (and even kind of family friendly) than dominatrixing for sexual kicks. And you’ve got to wonder why that might be.
ref: 2009 March 25, “Foxy (not a reference to the dumper bound DJ Dr Fox – in case you were wondering)”, in Bitchy Jones's Diary:
glosses: To act as a dominatrix, especially professionally.
accelerating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of accelerate
accelerating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: acceleratings
Senses: examples: the acceleratings and brakings of a vehicle
glosses: An act of acceleration.
dominitrix
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of dominatrix.
æra
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: æras
Senses: examples: text: It is desirable that all people should adopt one and the same æra, independant of moral revolutions, and founded solely on astronomical phænomena.
ref: 1798, Pierre Simon La Place, “Exposition du Système du Monde [On the System of the World]”, in The Monthly Review, new and improved, →ISBN, page 500:
english: On the System of the World
translation: On the System of the World
text: In the fourth century of our æra we find this word made plural, and even feminine, and used as the equivalent of Parcæ.
ref: 1892, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, London: George Bell and Sons, page 5:
glosses: Archaic spelling of era.
euphoric
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈfɒɹɪk/
ipa: /juˈfɔɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɒɹɪk
Forms: form: more euphoric
form: most euphoric
Etymology: From euphoria + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: In this moment, I am euphoric.
synonyms: word: ecstatic
word: joyful
word: air-headed
word: blissed out
word: blissful
word: cock-a-hoop
word: delighted
word: ecstatic
word: elated
word: euphoric
word: exultant
word: filled with happiness
word: giddy
word: gladsome
word: gleeful
word: greatly pleased
word: joyful
word: joyous
word: lighthearted
word: orgasmic
word: on cloud nine
word: over the moon
word: overjoyed
word: thrilled
word: walking on air
antonyms: dysphoric
glosses: Feeling great well-being or elation or intense happiness; characterized by euphoria
examples: text: Heroin is the most euphoric drug in use today.
ref: 1973, United States. Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse, Treatment and rehabilitation, page 31:
text: Lin gathered herself, took a moment to rehearse the words in her mind, contacted the L.A. number, and delivered her euphoric news to her agent in person
ref: 1989, Stanley Morgan, Raven, →ISBN:
synonyms: joyful
antonyms: dysphoric
glosses: Productive of euphoria, causing great joy.
Derived terms: euphorically
euphoric
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /juːˈfɒɹɪk/
ipa: /juˈfɔɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɒɹɪk
Forms: form: euphorics
Etymology: From euphoria + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A drug that causes euphoria; a euphoriant.
mystical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪstɪkəl/
ipa: /ˈmɪstɪkl̩/
Forms: form: more mystical
form: most mystical
form: mysticall
form: mystickal
Etymology: From mystic + -al.
Senses: glosses: Relating to mystics or mysticism.
examples: text: Becoming more aware of the progress that scientists have made on behavioral fronts can reduce the risk that other natural scientists will resort to mystical agential accounts when they exceed the limits of their own disciplinary training.
ref: 2012 January 24, Stephen Ledoux, “Behaviorism at 100”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 1, archived from the original on 10 Nov 2013, page 60:
glosses: Having a spiritual or magical significance that transcends human understanding.
glosses: Inspiring a sense of spiritual mystery, awe, and fascination.
Derived terms: hypermystical
mysticalize
mystically
mysto
nonmystical
pseudomystical
religiomystical
semimystical
unmystical
Related terms: mysterious
mystery
mystic
mysticality
mysticalness
mysticism
mystify
mystique
ñame
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ñames
Senses: glosses: Synonym of name (“yam”).
synonyms: word: name
extra: yam
naught
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Pronunciation: enpr: nôt
ipa: /nɔːt/
enpr: nôt
ipa: /nɔt/
enpr: nät
ipa: /nɑt/
homophone: not
homophone: knot (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɔːt
Forms: form: nought
Etymology: From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.
Senses: examples: text: Naught can come of this, you mark my words.
text: Eat! Drink! Love! for all else is naught.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 215:
text: My day starts where yesterday's had finished - at St Pancras, only this time on Thameslink and the subterranean station I first visited when it was naught but an empty box. Now it's a vital cross-London interchange.
ref: 2022 November 16, Paul Bigland, “From rural branches to high-speed arteries”, in RAIL, number 970, page 56:
glosses: Nothing.
Derived terms: aleph-naught
bring to naught
come to naught
do-naught
fearnaught
good-for-naught
more often than naught
set at naught
naught
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: nôt
ipa: /nɔːt/
enpr: nôt
ipa: /nɔt/
enpr: nät
ipa: /nɑt/
homophone: not
homophone: knot (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɔːt
Forms: form: naughts
form: nought
Etymology: From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.
Senses: glosses: Nothingness.
glosses: Alternative spelling of nought.
Derived terms: naughty
naught
Language: English
Part of speech: num
Pronunciation: enpr: nôt
ipa: /nɔːt/
enpr: nôt
ipa: /nɔt/
enpr: nät
ipa: /nɑt/
homophone: not
homophone: knot (cot–caught merger)
rhymes: -ɔːt
Forms: form: nought
Etymology: From the Middle English naught, nought, naht, nawiht, from Old English nawiht. Cognate with West Frisian neat (“nothing, naught”). Doublet of nought. Equivalent to ne + aught.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of nought (“zero”).
Related terms: aught
Naughties
naw
negative
no
noot
not
nought
nowt
ought
zip
trading
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of trade
trading
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: more trading
form: most trading
Senses: examples: text: a trading company
glosses: Carrying on trade or commerce; engaged in trade.
examples: text: they on the trading flood
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: Frequented by traders.
examples: text: a trading politician
glosses: Venal; corrupt; jobbing.
trading
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹeɪdɪŋ/
rhymes: -eɪdɪŋ
Forms: form: tradings
Senses: glosses: The carrying on of trade.
Derived terms: carbon emissions trading
carbon trading
contra-trading
copy trading
emissions trading
e-trading
high-frequency trading
horse trading
horse-trading
in-and-out trading
insider trading
inside trading
programme trading
program trading
proprietary trading
pyramid trading
responsible trading
shadow trading
social trading
switch trading
thin trading
trading card
trading curb
trading estate
trading floor
trading in influence
trading partner
trading pit
trading post
trading stamp
trading turret
turtle trading
wash trading
boy toy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɔɪˌtɔɪ/
Forms: form: boy toys
form: boytoy
form: boy-toy
Etymology: Compound of boy + toy.
Senses: glosses: A toy meant to be played with by a boy.
synonyms: word: toyboy
word: bedfellow
word: bedmate
word: fuck
word: hookup
word: lover
word: paramour
word: mate
word: root
word: sex partner
word: sexual partner
glosses: A gigolo or younger man who is sexually pursued by an older person.
examples: text: HEY DADDY! Boy, 35, is looking for you. Submissive, hairy, eager. Love to serve and service aggressive, verbal, mature man. SM/BD, spanking etc. Couple or daddy who shares his boy toys especially welcome.
ref: 1990 December 9, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 21, page 12:
hypernyms: fucktoy
glosses: A young man that is viewed or used similarly to a sex toy.
Synonyms: word: boy toy
word: dolly-boy
word: manstress
word: toyboy
Hypernyms: word: man
word: sexual partner
desire line
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈzaɪə laɪn/
ipa: /dɪˈzaɪɹ laɪn/
ipa: /di-/
ipa: /-ˈzaɪɚ/
Forms: form: desire lines
Senses: examples: text: The grouping of like trips for all passenger cars, taxi-cabs and trucks resulted in 3580 desire lines, varying in volume from one trip to 5200 trips. It is obvious that if all the desire lines were illustrated graphically on one chart the result would be a maze of lines that would be confusing.
ref: 1947, Missouri State Highway Department; Public Roads Administration, Federal Works Agency [United States], A Traffic Survey of St. Louis Metropolitan Area, [Jefferson, Mo.]: The Department, →OCLC, page 24, column 2:
text: Study participants also drew charts of pedestrian traffic to take note of what are delightfully termed "desire lines" – paths actually made by walkers as opposed to those created on the drawing board.
ref: 1987 August, Thomas Frick, “Rebuilding Central Park”, in Technology Review, Cambridge, Mass.: Association of Alumni and Alumnae of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, →ISSN, →OCLC:
text: In areas with no sidewalks, beaten-down paths in the grass, known as "desire lines" in planning-speak, indicate yearning, said John La Plante, the chief traffic engineer for T. Y. Lin International, an engineering firm.
ref: 2003 January 5, Patricia Leigh Brown, “Whose sidewalk is it, anyway?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015:
synonyms: desire path
glosses: A path that pedestrians or vehicles take informally rather than taking a sidewalk or set route, for example, a well-worn ribbon of dirt cutting across a patch of grass, or a path in the snow.
Related terms: trailway
DILLIGAFF
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Acronym of does it look like I give a flying fuck?.
unbridled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unbridled
form: most unbridled
Etymology: From un- + bridled.
Senses: examples: text: an unbridled horse
glosses: Not fitted with a bridle.
examples: text: unbridled capitalism
text: She jumped into the project with unbridled enthusiasm.
text: The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:
text: In a very precise voice, Miss Marley said to Jasper, "No, Jasper, I would never submit myself to the unbridled transports of passion."
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 128:
text: Unbridled competition between the different means of transport is eliminated by a licensing system, to which all transport concerns, whether by land or water, are subjected for both regular and occasional transport.
ref: 1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I: The economic development of the Netherlands Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 170:
text: His contempt was totally unbridled, as though my goal was a personal affront to him and all humanity.
ref: 2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131:
text: Postecoglou, who said he would "never be a clown" in his pre-match address, brought smiles and unbridled joy to the faces of the 15,000 official, and many unofficial, Tottenham fans in Bilbao's San Mames Stadium.
ref: 2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: Without restraint or limit.
unbridled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From un- + bridled.
Senses: glosses: simple past of unbridle
easy street
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈiːzi ˌstɹiːt/
ipa: /ˈizi ˌstɹit/
Forms: form: Easy Street
Etymology: From easy (“at ease, comfortable”) + street.
Senses: examples: text: Stocks are light, while packers will be able to get financial aid, which will, so far as that is concerned, place them on "easy street."
ref: 1813, Financial Year Book of the Daily Commercial News, San Francisco, Calif.: Commercial News Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 55, column 2:
text: Once after this I asked the "pardners" if Jimsey's mascot was bringing him luck. / "Yes, lady," said Tom, "we walks on de shady side of de street now—don't we, Jimsey?" / "Yes, we lives on Easy street."
ref: 1890 August, Marie L[ouise] Marsh, “[The Sketch Book—Character in Outline] Jimsey’s Mascot”, in Current Literature: A Magazine of Record and Review, volume V, number 2, New York, N.Y.: The Current Literature Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 121, column 2:
text: There was big money in it—the fellows who did that job might live on Easy Street the rest of their lives.
ref: 1919, Upton Sinclair, “Jimmie Higgins Puts His Foot in It”, in Jimmie Higgins […], Pasadena, Calif.: Upton Sinclair, →OCLC, section II, page 83:
text: Honestly, Sally, it's the chance of a lifetime. It would put you right on easy street. Isn't there really any way you could get your money out of this other thing and take on this deal?
ref: 1921 October 8 – December 31, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIV, in Mostly Sally [The Adventures of Sally], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, published 23 March 1923, →OCLC, section II, page 256:
english: The Adventures of Sally
translation: The Adventures of Sally
text: Sometimes I'm tired and I wonder / What's so all-fired important / About being someplace at some time / Oh, but I don't really mind / 'Cause I could be on Easy Street
ref: 1972 October, Carole King, “Bitter with the Sweet”, in Rhymes & Reasons:
text: Easy street, easy street / Where the rich folks play (yeah, yeah, yeah) / Move them feet to easy street / When you get there, stay
ref: 1977, “Easy Street”, in Martin Charnin (lyrics), Charles Strouse (music), Annie (soundtrack):
glosses: Chiefly preceded by on: a carefree lifestyle, especially as a result of becoming wealthy, or an easy situation.
Related terms: have it made
epornitic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: epiornithic
Etymology: From epi- + ornith- + -ic.
Senses: glosses: Attacking many birds in a region at the same time.
glosses: Pertaining to a disease of high morbidity that is occasionally present in a bird population.
epornitic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: epornitics
form: epiornithic
Etymology: From epi- + ornith- + -ic.
Senses: coordinate_terms: epidemic
epizootic
glosses: An outbreak of disease in a bird population.
equivalent variation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: equivalent variations
Senses: topics: economics
sciences
glosses: The measure of how much money a consumer would pay before a price increase, to avoid the price increase.
pogonotrophy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpoʊɡəˈnɑtɹəfi/
Etymology: From pogono- + -trophy.
Senses: glosses: The act of cultivating, or growing and grooming, a mustache, beard, sideburns or other facial hair.
planogram
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: planograms
form: plan-o-gram
Etymology: From plan + -o- + -gram, originally a company name.
Senses: synonyms: POG
glosses: A predetermined computer-generated plan for displaying merchandise on the shelves of a supermarket; normally fine-tuned for each store
planogram
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: planograms
form: planogramming
form: planogrammed
form: planogrammed
form: plan-o-gram
Etymology: From plan + -o- + -gram, originally a company name.
Senses: glosses: To arrange goods in a store according to a planogram.
restraint
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈstɹeɪnt/
rhymes: -eɪnt
Forms: form: restraints
Etymology: From Middle English restreynte, from Old French restreinte; more at restrain.
Senses: examples: text: Make sure all the restraints are tight.
glosses: something that restrains, ties, fastens or secures
examples: text: Try to exercise restraint when talking to your boss.
text: City will feel nonplussed when they review the tape and Pellegrini had to summon all his restraint in the post-match interviews.
ref: November 2 2014, Daniel Taylor, “Sergio Agüero strike wins derby for Manchester City against 10-man United”, in guardian.co.uk:
glosses: control or caution; reserve
Derived terms: chemical restraint
child restraint
head restraint
judicial restraint
prior restraint
restraint of trade
self-restraint
supplemental restraint system
Related terms: constraint
restrain
restrict
Marianne
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmɛɹiˈæn/
ipa: /ˌmɛɚiˈæn/
ipa: /ˌmæɹiˈæn/
rhymes: -æn
Etymology: From French Marianne.
Senses: glosses: The personification of France, a woman symbolizing liberty and reason and appearing on French coins, stamps, etc.
glosses: A female given name from French.
Related terms: Marianna
Maryann
Marian
solid state
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of solid-state.
amplification
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌæmplɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: amplifications
Etymology: From Latin amplificātiō, from amplificō (“I amplify”); see amplify.
Etymology tree
Latin amplus
Latin -ficō
Latin amplificō
Latin -tiō
Latin amplificātiōlbor.
English amplification
Senses: glosses: The act, or result of amplifying, enlarging, extending or adding.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The act, or result of independently increasing some quantity, especially voltage, power or current.
topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Gain.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The using of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for isolating and exponentially amplifying a fragment or sequence of DNA.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A procedure used in the nomenclature of complex organic compounds in which the superatoms of a basic structure (a phane) are replaced by cyclic structures (amplificants).
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
glosses: A translation technique that involves adding content that is not present in the source text to the target text, usually to improve the fluency of the translation.
Derived terms: amplificational
amplimer
autoamplification
bioamplification
coamplification
microamplification
misamplification
nonamplification
overamplification
postamplification
preamplification
Raman amplification
reamplification
somatosensory amplification
underamplification
Related terms: ample
amplifiable
amplificatory
amplifier
amplify
amplitude