cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
one-horse town
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: one-horse towns
Etymology: The term “one-horse” originated as an agricultural phrase, meaning ‘to be drawn/worked by a single horse.’ This led to the use of this phrase in a metaphorical sense as something that is small or insignificant.
Charles Dickens explained in his publication All the Year Round (1871):
‘One horse’ is an agricultural phrase, applied to anything small or insignificant, or to any inconsiderable or contemptible person: as a ‘one-horse town,’ a ‘one-horse bank,’ a ‘one-horse hotel,’ a ‘one-horse lawyer’, [etc.]
Senses: examples: text: It's surrounded by beautiful wilderness, but otherwise it's just a one-horse town.
text: The journey took 48 hours with a stopover in a Bates-style motel in the one-horse town of Marblemount – the last services for 70 wild miles of boscage and bears.
ref: 2021 February 16, Dan Richards, “Peak cabin: a fire-spotter's lonely vantage point in Washington state”, in The Guardian:
synonyms: word: jerkwater town
word: one-blink town
word: Podunk
word: Isolated town
word: bump in the road
word: jerkwater
word: jerk-water
word: jerkwater town
word: one-horse town
word: wide spot in the road
word: Isolated place
word: arse end of nowhere
word: back of beyond
word: back forty
word: backcountry
word: backwater
word: backwoods
word: beyond the black stump
word: boondock
word: boondocks
word: boonies
word: bumfuck middle of nowhere
word: bumfuck nowhere
word: dullsville
word: edge of the earth
word: edge of the world
word: ends of the earth
word: ends of the world
word: hinterland
word: middle of nowhere
word: north forty
word: off the beaten track
word: out of the way
word: sticks
word: the sticks
word: Actual places
word: back o' Bourke
word: Outer Mongolia
word: Timbuktu
word: Tuktoyaktuk
word: Fictional places
word: Anytown
word: BFE
word: Bumblefuck
word: Bumfuck
word: Egypt
word: Idaho
word: Iowa
word: Kansas
word: Minnesota
word: Nowhere
word: Ohio
word: Buttfuck
word: East Bumfuck
word: East Jesus
word: Hicksville
word: Nowheresville
word: Podunk
word: Squedunk
word: Whateverville
word: wop-wops
word: Woop Woop
glosses: A very small town, especially one of a rural nature and/or offering very few or no attractions.
toonie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtuːni/
Forms: form: toonies
form: twonie
form: twoonie
Etymology: Blend of two + loonie
Senses: glosses: A Canadian two-dollar coin.
Synonyms: doubloon
doubloonie
superflu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: superflus
Etymology: From super- + flu.
Senses: examples: text: In the wake of the superflus and cataclysmic events, male writers tend to jump to that unholy trinity of rape, murder and cannibalism.
ref: 2015 July 23, Sloane Crosley, “It’s the End of the World as She Knows It”, in New York Times:
glosses: Any strain of flu that spreads unusually quickly, is unusually virulent, or is unusually unresponsive to treatment.
in cold blood
Language: English
Part of speech: prep_phrase
Etymology: From a specialized meaning of cold, referring to lack of empathy.
Senses: examples: text: It was not a suicide! He was murdered in cold blood.
text: Police have arrested a suspect in the murder-robbery of a gold shop in Lop Buri two weeks ago, in which a young child and two adults were killed in cold blood.
ref: 2020 January 22, “Suspect in Lop Buri gold robbery-murders arrested”, in Bangkok Post, Bangkok: Bangkok Post Public Company Limited, retrieved 22 Jan 2020:
glosses: In a ruthless and unfeeling manner, particularly as applied to first-degree murder committed without provocation and with malice aforethought.
Related terms: cold-blooded
reputable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛpjʊtəbəl/
ipa: /ˈɹɛpjətəbəl/
Forms: form: more reputable
form: most reputable
Etymology: From repute + -able.
Senses: examples: text: She was a reputable businesswoman.
glosses: Having a good reputation; honourable.
Derived terms: irreputable
non-reputable
stiffie
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: stiffies
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of stiffy.
vinyasa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɪnˈjɑːsə/
Forms: form: vinyasas
Etymology: From Sanskrit विन्यास (vinyāsa, “disposition (of limbs)”).
Senses: qualifier: yoga
glosses: The transition between poses executed in succession, often timed with regular breathing.
examples: text: The occasional vinyasa class had made her more attentive to her bones. She let them give.
ref: 2020, Rumaan Alam, Leave the World Behind, Bloomsbury (2023), page 22:
glosses: A style of yoga based on a flow between sequential poses and coordinated breathing.
sortie
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɔːti/
ipa: /ˈsɔɹti/
ipa: [-ɾi]
rhymes: -ɔːti
Forms: form: sorties
form: sortieing
form: sortied
form: sortied
Etymology: PIE word
 *upó
The noun is borrowed from French sortie (“act of exiting; exit, way out; (military) sally, sortie”), the feminine past participle of sortir (“to exit, go out”), from Old French sortir, from Latin sortīrī, the present active infinitive of sortior (“to cast or draw lots; to choose, select; to distribute, divide; to obtain, receive; to share”), from sors (“something used to determine chances, a lot; casting or drawing of lots; decision by lot; a share”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, tie together; a thread”)), possibly influenced by surrēctus (“arisen, having been caused to arise; gotten up, having been gotten up”), the perfect passive participle of surgō (“to arise, get up, rise”), from subrigō (“to lift up; to straighten”), from sub- (prefix meaning ‘beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, guide, steer; to govern, rule; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”)).
The verb is derived from the noun.
Senses: examples: text: Five Italian warships identified as two cruisers and three destroyers, sortied down the Albanian coast during the morning of 4 March and commenced shelling the coastal road near Himara and Port Palermo, under cover of a strong fighter escort of G.50bis and CR 42s from the 24º Gruppo CT.
ref: 1987, Christopher Shores, Brian Cull, with Nicola Malizia, “The Battles of Spring”, in Air War for Yugoslavia, Greece and Crete 1940–41, London: Grub Street, →ISBN, pages 99–100:
glosses: To carry out a sortie; to sally.
Derived terms: word: sortieing
stinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɪŋ.ə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈstɪŋ.ɚ/
rhymes: -ɪŋə(ɹ)
Forms: form: stingers
Etymology: From sting + -er. Both figurative and literal senses appeared in the 16th century.
Senses: synonyms: sting
glosses: A pointed portion of an insect or arachnid used for attack.
examples: text: The thing stopped then and looked at me a moment as much as to say: "Why this thing has a stinger! I must be careful." And then it reached out its long neck and opened its mighty jaws and grabbed for me; but I wasn't there.
ref: 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter IV, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
glosses: Anything that is used to sting, as a means of attack.
glosses: Anything, such as an insult, that stings mentally or psychologically.
glosses: A cocktail of brandy and crème de menthe.
synonyms: spike strip
glosses: A portable bed of nails to puncture car tires, used by police and military forces.
glosses: A minor neurological injury of the spine characterized by a shooting or stinging pain down one arm, followed by numbness and weakness.
glosses: A station identifier on television or radio played between shows.
glosses: A scene shown on films or television shows after the credits.
glosses: A nonlethal grenade using rubber instead of shrapnel, more commonly called a sting grenade.
glosses: A short musical phrase or chord used non-diegetically to dramatic or emphatic effect.
glosses: A final note played at the end of a military march.
topics: broadcasting
film
media
television
glosses: An extension cord.
qualifier: Bristol
glosses: A stinging nettle.
glosses: Chironex fleckeri, an extremely venomous Australian box jellyfish.
glosses: An improvised heating element used to boil or heat water in prison.
Derived terms: horse-stinger
marine stinger
mauve stinger
gallivant
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/
ipa: /ˈɡæl.ɪ.vænt/
ipa: /ˌɡæl.əˈvænt/
rhymes: -ænt
Forms: form: gallivants
form: gallivanting
form: gallivanted
form: gallivanted
form: galavant
form: gallavant
Etymology: 1809, from gallant (“wooing women”), originally in sense “to flirt”, broadened to mean “roaming without plan”.
Senses: examples: text: Bertram, it is true, when he heard of the plan, rebelled, and asserted that what Billy needed was a rest, an entire rest from care and labor. In fact, what he wanted her to do, he said, was to gallivant – to gallivant all day long.
ref: 1914, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 18, in Miss Billy – Married, page 214:
text: Rather than sit and gawk at my nonadoring mother and sister, I gallivanted outdoors until it was time to hit the sack.
ref: 2003, Bric Blastard Had It All, page 36:
text: The episode also opens with an inspired bit of business for Homer, who blithely refuses to acquiesce to an elderly neighbor’s utterly reasonable request that he help make the process of selling her house easier by wearing pants when he gallivants about in front of windows, throw out his impressive collection of rotting Jack-O-Lanterns from previous Halloweens and take out his garbage, as it’s attracting wildlife (cue moose and Northern Exposure theme song).
ref: 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, in The Onion AV Club:
text: When she wasn't gallivanting about the globe, gathering interesting tidbits for her travel blog, she adored holing up for days at a time with a few pints of Häagen-Dazs, leaving only to go for a dip in the rooftop pool or for a workout in the building's fitness club.
ref: 2012, Debbi Rawlins, Barefoot Blue Jean Night, page 22:
synonyms: gad
glosses: To roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
glosses: To flirt, to romance.
Derived terms: gallivanter
high-strung
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more high-strung
form: most high-strung
Senses: examples: text: Three cups of coffee made him a fidgety and high-strung lecturer.
text: "Why, you're shakin' all over!" "I suppose I wouldn't be a medium if I wasn't high strung."
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:
glosses: Nervous; anxious; excited or excitable.
let alone
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Senses: examples: text: He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight.
text: My last run this month is an amazing performance of an "A2/3" Pacific, No. 60524, Herringbone (could there possibly be a more infelicitous name for a locomotive than this, let alone for the unhappy horse which first had to bear it?), […].
ref: 1953 December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Performance and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 838:
glosses: Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
raw_tags: in the negative
examples: text: At the end of another ten years, let alone sixty, we are likely to see a very different pattern in the realm of British passenger locomotive power.
ref: 1957 July 24, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Performance and Performance during Sixty Years”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:
glosses: Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.
raw_tags: in the positive
Related terms: a fortiori
let alone
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lets alone
form: letting alone
form: let alone
form: let alone
Senses: examples: text: I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.
synonyms: leave alone
glosses: To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering.
examples: text: Oh! let him alone for that. He's the boy that can get out of a scrape.
ref: 1838, Marguerite Countess of Blessington, The Works of Lady Blessington (page 223)
text: "It's not easy gettin' as good," rejoined the old woman, "an' you ought to be very glad to win him, if you can."
"Let me alone for that," said Sally.
ref: 1849, William Carleton, Tales and Sketches, page 81:
glosses: To rely on (a person) to do something.
Derived terms: let it alone
take a dim view of
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: takes a dim view of
form: taking a dim view of
form: took a dim view of
form: taken a dim view of
Senses: examples: text: Philip takes a dim view of people calling him "Flip".
text: The creepy man was only using the same vehicle for catching rats that he did for frying burgers! Zoe was no expert, but was pretty sure the government’s Food Standard Agency would take a very dim view of this.
ref: 2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:
glosses: To dislike; to regard with skepticism, disbelief, disfavor, etc.
insomniac
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɒm.ni.æk/
rhymes: -æk
Forms: form: insomniacs
Etymology: From insomnia + -ac.
Senses: glosses: One who suffers an inability or difficulty sleeping; a sufferer from insomnia.
insomniac
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˈsɒm.ni.æk/
rhymes: -æk
Etymology: From insomnia + -ac.
Senses: glosses: Suffering from or pertaining to insomnia.
BART
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑɹt/
ipa: /bɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: Bart
homophone: baht (non-rhotic)
Senses: examples: text: I walk down to the BART station and catch the train back to the city and it’s night by the time it rises up from the tunnels under Oakland.
ref: 2022, Namwali Serpell, The Furrows, Hogarth, page 187:
text: “Oakland Airport Connector service is running limited service due to a power outage. Shuttles will depart every 18 minutes,” BART said in a 2:38 p.m. PST update.
ref: 2023 February 19, Michelle Watson, “Bay Area Rapid Transit running limited service to Oakland Airport due to power outage”, in CNN:
glosses: Acronym of Bay Area Rapid Transit.
BART
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɑɹt/
ipa: /bɑːt/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)t
homophone: Bart
homophone: baht (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: BARTs
form: BARTing
form: BARTed
form: BARTed
Senses: glosses: To use Bay Area Rapid Transit, to ride on BART.
pur
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: purs
Senses: examples: text: The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium.
ref: 1895, Jacob Mendes Da Costa, Medical diagnosis, page 294:
glosses: Dated form of purr (“low murmuring sound as of a cat”).
pur
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: purs
form: purring
form: purred
form: purred
Senses: examples: text: a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River
And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
text: It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur.
ref: 1840, The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor, page 182:
glosses: Dated form of purr.
Related terms: life estate pur autre vie
pur sang
sida
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sidas
Etymology: From the genus name, translingual Sida.
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: any of the flowering plants of the genus Sida in the mallow family
caped
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkeɪpt/
rhymes: -eɪpt
Etymology: From cape + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: One of Batman’s aliases is "the Caped Crusader".
glosses: Wearing a cape or capes.
examples: text: Hella looked about delightedly at all of it, the cafés, the self-contained people, the violent snarl of the traffic, the blue-caped traffic policeman and his white, gleaming club.
ref: 1956, James Baldwin, Giovanni’s Room, Penguin, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 4:
glosses: Wearing a cape of a specified kind.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: cancelled
Synonyms: sense: wearing a cape
word: becaped
Derived terms: caped crusader
cazique
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: caziques
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of cacique.
wayzgoose
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈweɪz.ɡuːs/
Forms: form: wayzgooses
form: waygoose
form: wayzegoose
form: wayz-goose
Etymology: Disputed; see discussion at Wikipedia.
Senses: glosses: a holiday or party for the benefit of printers, traditionally held in August
Related terms: beanfeast
bresaola
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /bɹɛˈsəʊlə/
ipa: /bɹɪˈzəʊlə/
ipa: /bɹɛˈsoʊlə/
ipa: /bɹɪˈzoʊlə/
Etymology: From Italian bresaola, from French braiser (“to braise”).
Senses: examples: text: In memory, all the food they brought us first was red: the bresaola, the fat tongues of roasted peppers laid on goat's cheese, the radicchio, the white china bowl of radish coronets.
ref: 1997, Ian McEwan, Enduring Love, Vintage (1998), page 163:
glosses: Air-dried salt-cured beef fillet that has been aged about 2-3 months until it becomes very hard and a dark red, almost purple colour.
tumble dry
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tumble dries
form: tumble drying
form: tumble dried
form: tumble dried
form: tumble-dry
Senses: examples: text: hand wash only; tumble dry low
glosses: To make or become dry by rolling about in the heated rotating drum of a clothes dryer.
glosses: To dry by spinning with hot air inside a cylinder.
decriminalization
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dēkrĭ"mĭnəlīzā'shən
ipa: /diːˌkɹɪmɪnəlaɪzˈeɪʃən/
Forms: form: decriminalisation
Etymology: From de- + criminalization or decriminalize + -ation.
Senses: examples: text: the decriminalization of all plant-based psychedelics
text: Some opponents also said federal decriminalization would contribute to more death and injury from impaired drivers using marijuana.
ref: 2020 April 12, Deirdre Walsh, “House Approves Decriminalizing Marijuana; Bill To Stall In Senate”, in NPR:
glosses: The act of making an activity or substance no longer criminalized (no longer a crime, subject to criminal penalties, to perform or possess). (Compare legalization, which often implies regulation.)
examples: ref: 2006, Mark R. Munetz, Patricia M. Griffin, “Use of the Sequential Intercept Model as an approach to decriminalization of people with serious mental illness”, in Psychiatric Services, 57(4), 544-549:
text: Most sex work feminists support either the legalization or the decriminalization of sex workers.
ref: 2012, Sverre Molland, The Perfect Business? Anti-Trafficking and the Sex Trade along the Mekong, University of Hawaii Press, →ISBN, page 38:
glosses: The act of ceasing to treat a person as a criminal, by making their activities legal or no longer subjecting them to the criminal justice system (but instead possibly the mental healthcare system, etc).
Hypernyms: legal reclassification
Related terms: legalization
decriminalisation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -eɪʃən
Etymology: From de- + criminalisation.
Senses: examples: text: In February, Gaughan and a delegation of other government and health officials from the ACT travelled to Vancouver, San Francisco and Portland to see how decriminalisation worked in these jurisdictions.
ref: 2023 February 9, Nino Bucci, “A haven for ‘drug tourism’ or beacon of hope? The rhetoric around decriminalisation in the ACT”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of decriminalization.
Stinger
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Stingers
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The FIM-92 portable infra-red homing surface-to-air missile.
normalization
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˌnɔː.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: [ˈnɔː.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: /ˌnɔɹ.mə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: /ˌnɔɹ.məˌlaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
ipa: [ˌnoː.məˌlɑɪˈzæɪ.ʃn̩]
ipa: [ˈnoː.mə.ləˈzæɪ.ʃn̩]
Forms: form: normalisation
Etymology: From normal + -ization or normalize + -ation.
Senses: topics: government
politics
glosses: Peace efforts and treaties between the Arab League and Israel. See Arab–Israeli normalization.
first normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: Abbreviation: 1NF
topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which repeating groups and attributes have been eliminated by putting each into a separate table connected by a primary-key/foreign-key relationship.
Related terms: second normal form
third normal form
fourth normal form
fifth normal form
Boyce-Codd normal form
second normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: second normal forms
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which it is in first normal form and every non-key attribute is dependent upon the entire primary key.
Related terms: first normal form
third normal form
fourth normal form
fifth normal form
Boyce-Codd normal form
third normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: third normal forms
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in second normal form and all non-key attributes are mutually independent (no transient dependencies.)
Related terms: first normal form
fourth normal form
fifth normal form
Boyce-Codd normal form
Boyce-Codd normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Developed in 1974 by Raymond F. Boyce and Edgar F. Codd.
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in third normal form and all determinants are candidate keys.
Synonyms: BCNF
Related terms: first normal form
second normal form
fourth normal form
fifth normal form
grating
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ]
homophone: grading
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Etymology: From grat(e) + -ing.
Senses: examples: grating vocals
qualifier: typically of a voice
glosses: Harsh and unpleasant.
glosses: Abrasive; tending to annoy.
Derived terms: gratingly
gratingness
grism
micrograting
nanograting
supergrating
ungrating
grating
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ]
homophone: grading
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Forms: form: gratings
Etymology: From grat(e) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: A barrier that has parallel or crossed bars blocking a passage but admitting air.
glosses: A frame of iron bars to hold a fire.
examples: text: Add a few gratings of nutmeg to the hot milk.
glosses: The loose material that comes from something being grated.
glosses: An optical system of close equidistant and parallel lines or bars, especially lines ruled on a polished surface, used for producing spectra by diffraction.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: The strong wooden lattice used to cover a hatch, admitting light and air; also, a movable lattice used for the flooring of boats.
examples: text: If, with these symptoms, are heard gratings of the teeth, irregular appetite, and sudden ebullitions of temper we may reasonably conclude that parasites are irritating the intestines and should be gotten rid of.
ref: 1901, Melville Cox Keith, Keith's Domestic Practice and Botanic Handbook:
coordinate_terms: rasp
glosses: The sound made by something that grates against something else.
Synonyms: grill
Derived terms: diffraction grating
echelle grating
Related terms: grate
grating
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɹeɪtɪŋ/
ipa: [ˈɡɹeɪ̯ɾɪŋ]
homophone: grading
rhymes: -eɪtɪŋ
Etymology: From grat(e) + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of grate
fourth normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in Boyce-Codd normal form and all multi-valued dependencies are functional dependencies.
Related terms: first normal form
second normal form
third normal form
fifth normal form
fifth normal form
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A stage in the normalization of a relational database in which a database is in fourth normal form and every join dependency is implied by the candidate keys.
Related terms: first normal form
second normal form
third normal form
Boyce-Codd normal form
fourth normal form
relational database
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: relational databases
Etymology: From the use of relation to denote a set of ordered tuples, i.e. a table in the context of a relational database.
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.
Related terms: hierarchical database
normalization
SQL
relational model
relational attribute
LEO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LEOs
Senses: examples: text: I got the impression he’d been in the military somewhere in his past. But then at least a third of all LEOs were estimated to be veterans.
ref: 2022, Ben Aaronovitch, Winter’s Gifts, Orion Fiction, page 62:
hypernyms: officer#Noun
<
person#Noun
glosses: Acronym of law enforcement officer.
hypernyms: orbit#Noun
<
path#Noun
coordinate_terms: VLEO
MEO
HEO
glosses: Acronym of low Earth orbit.
LEO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Lyons Electronic Office, an early British computer.
hierarchical database
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hierarchical databases
Senses: topics: computing
databases
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A database whose records are linked in a tree-like structure, each child record having a single primary parent.
Related terms: relational database
hierarchical data model
mathematically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more mathematically
form: most mathematically
Etymology: From mathematical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: It is mathematically impossible to divide by zero.
text: It was a figure quite out of key with that lonely landscape, for it wore a panama hat and a neat dark suit, cut to the order of present day dandyism, which required coats to be tight-waisted up to the armpits and trousers belted in that they might bulge out into extra wide mathematically squared bags.
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 63:
glosses: According to or using mathematics.
millennia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of millennium
millennia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: millennia
form: millennias
Senses: examples: text: Could its existence mean the ancient Greeks knew the Earth moved round the Sun more than a millennia before Copernicus brought it to the world in the sixteenth century?
ref: 2006, “Unearthing Mysteries”, in Radio 4, retrieved 15 Aug 2024:
text: In ancient Egypt, at the turn of the first millennia, animal mummies were produced in vast numbers as offerings to the pantheon of gods.
ref: 2015 September 30, Lidija McKnight, “The crocodile with eight heads”, in The Guardian, retrieved 15 Aug 2024:
glosses: a single period of 1000 years, a millennium
Related terms: millenniums
megabucks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: mega- + bucks
Senses: examples: text: He is making megabucks with his business venture.
text: Years later I went to see The Wall; it was a great show with megabucks spent on the production, but it didn't have that basic essence, there was a lack of theatre.
ref: 2007, Mike Oldfield, Changeling: The Autobiography, page 81:
text: To anyone observing the state of cinema in 2023, it should be a point of utmost clarity that the might of these megabucks companies can do nothing but crush the smaller people.
ref: 2023 July 19, Caspar Salmon, “Has Barbie killed the indie director? Why credible film-makers are selling out”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Collectively, a very large amount of money (whether in dollars or other currency).
glosses: plural of megabuck
Derived terms: megabuck
neurogenic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From neuro- + -genic.
Senses: glosses: Originating in, or caused by, the nervous system
Derived terms: antineurogenic
hyperneurogenic
neurogenically
neurogenicity
neurogenic placode
neurogenic shock
nonneurogenic
preneurogenic
proneurogenic
neurogenic shock
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: neurogenic shocks
Senses: glosses: Shock caused by extreme excitability of the parasympathetic nervous system. This hyperexcitability is caused by severe pain and results in an extreme slowing of heartbeat and pulse, leading to a dangerous drop in blood pressure and hence shock.
seat belt
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: seat belts
form: seatbelt
Senses: examples: "Wearing a seat belt for drivers and front seat occupants reduces the risk of death by 45 to 50%. Just think about that for a moment. A 50% more chance of staying alive. Who wouldn't go for that?" Michelle Yeoh, Reckless driving has 'immense' human and economic toll, Brussels, Euronews, Jorge Liboreiro, 20/9/2023
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
glosses: A restraining belt attached to a vehicle seat and fastened around occupants in order to keep them in place and decelerate them smoothly rather than suddenly in an accident, mitigating the risk of injury from uncontrolled impact with injurious objects.
Synonyms: safety belt
Derived terms: lap sash seatbelt
seat belt sign
seat belt syndrome
would you mind putting on your seat belt
Related terms: lap belt
three-point restraint system
five-point restraint system
filo pastry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: filo pastries
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of phyllo pastry.
apple strudel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: apple strudels
Etymology: Partial calque of German Apfelstrudel, equivalent to apple + strudel.
Senses: examples: text: On each plate lay a slice of apple strudel so small one could not be sure it was there.
ref: 1950, Story Parade, volume 15, page 21, column 2:
synonyms: apfelstrudel
glosses: An Austrian pastry of apples, sugar, raisins, spice, etc in thin strudel dough or filo pastry.
punster
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: punsters
Etymology: From pun + -ster.
Senses: examples: text: Waglings and punsters — a vile race, / Who grin and jeer in any case!
ref: 1838, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, page 404:
glosses: A person who makes puns.
punsters
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of punster
puns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnz/
rhymes: -ʌnz
Senses: glosses: plural of pun
puns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pʌnz/
rhymes: -ʌnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of pun
TOE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TOEs
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
synonyms: ToE
coordinate_terms: GUT
glosses: Initialism of theory of everything.
glosses: Initialism of table of organization and equipment.
synonyms: ToE
glosses: Initialism of terms of employment.
topics: medicine
sciences
synonyms: word: TEE
alt: US, Canada
glosses: Initialism of transoesophageal echocardiogram.
unemployment insurance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unemployment insurances
Senses: glosses: Insurance against loss of earnings during the time that an able-bodied worker is involuntarily unemployed.
XSLT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: computer-languages
computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of Extensible Style Sheet Language Transformations.
Related terms: XLink
XML
XPointer
XQuery
Gnosticism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈnɒstɪsɪzəm/
ipa: /ˈnɑstəsɪzəm/
Forms: form: Gnosticisms
Etymology: From Gnostic + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: Another contemporary scholar of Gnosticism, C. G. Jung, has taken this notion of the twin ray and applied it to his own model of the contrasexual nature of the self.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 31:
glosses: A wide variety of Jewish and early Christian sects having an interest in gnosis, or divine knowledge, and generally holding the belief that there is a god greater than the Demiurge, or the creator of the world.
epistolary
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈpɪst(ə)ˌl(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ɛ-/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /ɛpɪˈstɒləɹi/
ipa: /ɪˈpɪstəˌlɛɹi/
ipa: /ˌɛpəˈstɑləɹi/
Forms: form: more epistolary
form: most epistolary
Etymology: 1620s, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie.
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to letters, or the writing of letters.
examples: text: an epistolary relationship
glosses: Carried on by written correspondence.
examples: text: epistolary style
text: an epistolary novel
text: Bram Stoker's novel Dracula (1897) is written in epistolary style.
text: But Sir Jasper has a great talent for epistolary correspondence—to be sure he has nothing else to do; but my time is of great importance.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Request Refused”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 297:
glosses: In the manner of written correspondence.
Derived terms: epistolarily
unepistolary
Related terms: epistle
epistology
dialectic
dialogue
epistolary
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈpɪst(ə)ˌl(ə)ɹi/
ipa: /ɛ-/
ipa: /ə-/
ipa: /ɛpɪˈstɒləɹi/
ipa: /ɪˈpɪstəˌlɛɹi/
ipa: /ˌɛpəˈstɑləɹi/
Forms: form: epistolaries
Etymology: 1620s, from Latin epistolārius, from epistola (“letter”) (English epistle) + -ārius, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ) from ἐπιστέλλω (epistéllō, “I send a message”) from ἐπί (epí, “upon”) + στέλλω (stéllō, “I prepare, send”). For the noun, compare Middle English pistelarie and Old English pistelari, both from Medieval Latin epistolārium, possibly via an unattested *epistelari, *epistolarie.
Senses: topics: Christianity
glosses: A Christian liturgical book containing set readings for church services from the New Testament Epistles.
goggle
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒɡəl/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɡəl/
rhymes: -ɒɡəl
homophone: gargle (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
Forms: form: goggles
form: goggling
form: goggled
form: goggled
Etymology: From 14th century Middle English gogelen (“to roll (eyes), to look sideways”). Earlier source is unknown. The noun is attested from the 17th century. Compare Irish gog (“a nod, a slight motion”).
Senses: examples: text: [...] she frowned a displeased frown and told me for heaven's sake to stop goggling like a dead halibut. [...] She left me fogged and groping for the inner meaning, and I could see from Aunt Dahlia's goggling eyes that the basic idea hadn't got across with her either. [...] I didn't want to be hampered by an audience. When you're pushing someone into a lake, nothing embarrasses you more than having the front seats filled up with goggling spectators.
ref: 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, “IV, XII, AND XV”, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
text: the rational pleas of astronomer Dr. Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and grad student Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) for the public to trust science and understand the seriousness of the coming disaster will sound uncomfortably familiar to anyone who has goggled in disbelief at COVID and/or vaccine denialism.
ref: 2021 December 7, Jesse Hassenger, “Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence cope with disaster in the despairing satire Don’t Look Up”, in AV Club:
synonyms: gape
glosses: To stare (at something) with wide eyes.
examples: text: Inflam’d all over with Disgrace, / To be seen by her in such a Place; / Which made him hang his Head, and scoul, / And wink, and goggle like an Owl
ref: 1662 (indicated as 1663), [Samuel Butler], “[The First Part of Hudibras]”, in Hudibras. The First and Second Parts. […], London: […] John Martyn and Henry Herringman, […], published 1678; republished in A[lfred] R[ayney] Waller, editor, Hudibras: Written in the Time of the Late Wars, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1905, →OCLC, page 108:
glosses: To roll the eyes.
Derived terms: agoggle
goggle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɡɒɡəl/
ipa: /ˈɡɑɡəl/
rhymes: -ɒɡəl
homophone: gargle (non-rhotic, father-bother merger)
Forms: form: goggles
Etymology: From 14th century Middle English gogelen (“to roll (eyes), to look sideways”). Earlier source is unknown. The noun is attested from the 17th century. Compare Irish gog (“a nod, a slight motion”).
Senses: examples: text: Come and have a goggle at Fauzia’s new car!
glosses: A wide-eyed stare or affected rolling of the eye.
glosses: A pair of protective eyeglasses.
Derived terms: beer goggles
begoggled
croggle
goggle box
goggle-eye
goggle-eyed
goggle-eyed plover
goggleless
goggler
gogglesome
goggly
love goggles
hung over
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more hung over
form: most hung over
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hungover.
hung over
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of hang over
hope chest
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hope chests
Senses: glosses: A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future married life.
Synonyms: wedding chest
glory box
Related terms: dowry
trousseau
longhorn beetle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: longhorn beetles
form: long-horned beetle
form: longhorn
Senses: glosses: Any beetle from the Cerambycidae family, notable for their extremely long antennae.
Synonyms: longicorn
cerambycid
Hyponyms: flat-faced longhorn
Derived terms: cactus longhorn beetle
NIMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of National Incident Management System.
bearhug
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bearhugs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of bear hug.
bearhug
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: bearhugs
form: bearhugging
form: bearhugged
form: bearhugged
Senses: examples: text: All around the Giants are signs and symbols of change and progression, from the once-isolated head coach, who was spotted Sunday night triumphantly bearhugging a player, to the acutely boyish quarterback, who stepped to the podium wearing the flattering look of whiskered grunge.
ref: 2008 January 15, Harvey Araton, “In Big Ways and Small, the Giants Grew Into a Team”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022:
glosses: To embrace in a bear hug.
Ahmedabad
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani اَحْمَد آباد (aḥmad ābād) / अहमदाबाद (ahmadābād). Named after the ruler of the Gujarat Sultanate, Ahmad Shah I (reigned 1411 - 1442). Romanized form Ahmed + -abad.
Senses: synonyms: Karnavati
glosses: The largest city in Gujarat, India.
Related terms: avadavat
derby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑː.bi/
ipa: /ˈdɜɹ.bi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)bi
Forms: form: derbies
Etymology: From Epsom Derby horse race, named after Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby. Ultimately from Derby.
Senses: glosses: Any of several annual horse races.
examples: text: a donkey derby
glosses: Any organized race.
examples: text: He began to fan her with his hat. That was successful, for he struck her nose with the brim of his derby and she opened her eyes.
ref: 1906, O. Henry, The Green Door:
glosses: A bowler hat.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A sports match between rival teams.
examples: text: Defeat sees Forest remain a point outside the top six with a derby against Leicester up next.
ref: 2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2 - 1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport:
text: The left-back had been a selection concern because of an injury niggle but his first goal since last March swung this derby decisively in United’s favour, extending their club record unbeaten run away from home in the Premier League to 22 games and torpedoing City’s sequence of 21 straight wins in all competitions.
ref: 2021 March 7, David Hytner, “Manchester United catch City cold as Fernandes and Shaw end winning run”, in The Guardian:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A local derby.
Derived terms: demolition derby
derby dog
duck derby
local derby
merby
roller derby
tar derby
tin derby
trench derby
consolidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Having undergone consolidation.
topics: business
finance
glosses: Including financial data of the parent and all subsidiary companies.
Derived terms: con
consol
consolidated fund
overconsolidated
preconsolidated
semiconsolidated
unconsolidated
underconsolidated
consolidated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of consolidate
Rumplestiltskin
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Rumpelstiltskin.
wheedled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of wheedle
red fox
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: red foxes
Senses: glosses: A common species of fox, Vulpes vulpes native to North America, Asia, Europe and North Africa; small, with reddish fur, but larger than the arctic fox.
examples: text: The other All-America winners were the Peter Pan Orange zinnia, Red Fox celosia, Magic Charms dianthus, and Diablo cosmos
ref: 1975, “Britannica Book of the Year”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), Encyclopaedia Britannica, Incorporated, page 321:
text: Celosia Red Fox won for its breeder—T. Sakata, C>P>O> Box 11, Yokohama, Japan—a Bronze Medal
ref: 1971, Pennsylvania Flower Growers, Bulletin, numbers 236-268:
text: CELOSIA or COCKSCOMB Cockscomb (crested) and plumosa (feathered) are the common names for the two most common celosias . ... Popular varieties include: Jewel Box', Lilliput, Empress, Gladiator, Red Fox, and Crusader
ref: 1978, Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes and Gardens Editors, editor, Better Homes and Gardens Container Plants You Can Grow, page 37:
text: There are two kinds of celosia. Both are tender annuals […] For intermediate height and stems long enough to cut for flower arrangements, grow 'Red Fox', 19 inches high
ref: 1983, Derek Fell, Annuals: How to Select, Grow and Enjoy, page 77:
text: Celosia argentea CELOSIA Centaurea cyanus and C. moschata BACHELOR'S BUTTON and SWEET SULTAN COMMON […] The most useful plumed varieties are Apricot Brandy, Forest Fire, Red Fox and accidental light yellow colors.
ref: 1992, Mark Silber, Terry Silber, The Complete Book of Everlastings, page 49:
glosses: Certain varieties of species of the plant genus Celosia, such as of Celosia argentea.
Synonyms: sense: Vulpes vulpes
word: common fox
sense: Celosia argentea
word: plumed cockscomb
sense: Celosia argentea
word: wool flower
Hypernyms: sense: Vulpes vulpes
word: fox
horserace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horseraces
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of horse race.
cycadean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more cycadean
form: most cycadean
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Pertaining to the cycad.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Belonging to the same taxonomic order as the cycad.
Derby
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːbi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Derby, from Old English Dēorby, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse Djúra-bý (“village of the deer”), from dýr (“deer”) + bǿr (“settlement”). Influenced by British Latin Derventio, the Roman site predating Derby, and possibly also the Celtic river name Derwent.
Senses: glosses: A city and unitary authority of Derbyshire in the East Midlands, England; formerly the county town.
glosses: A suburb of Barnstaple, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS5633).
glosses: A small town in Tasmania, Australia.
glosses: A town in Kimberley, Western Australia.
glosses: A locality in Langley district municipality, in southwestern British Columbia, Canada.
glosses: A parish and community therein, in Northumberland County, New Brunswick, Canada.
glosses: A small town in North West province, South Africa.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
A census-designated place in Adams County, Colorado; much of Derby was annexed by Commerce City in 1962.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
A city in New Haven County, Connecticut.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Ford County, Illinois.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Mountain Township, Saline County, Illinois.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Union Township, Perry County, Indiana.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
A tiny city in Lucas County, Iowa.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
A city in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in St. Francois County, Missouri.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Frio County, Texas.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
A town in Orleans County, Vermont.
glosses: Various places in the United States:
An unincorporated community and coal town in Wise County, Virginia.
Derived terms: West Derby
Derby
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdɑːbi/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)bi
Forms: form: Derbys
Etymology: Inherited from Middle English Derby, from Old English Dēorby, of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin, from Old Norse Djúra-bý (“village of the deer”), from dýr (“deer”) + bǿr (“settlement”). Influenced by British Latin Derventio, the Roman site predating Derby, and possibly also the Celtic river name Derwent.
Senses: glosses: A type of cheese made in Derby, England.
Related terms: Sage Derby
bowler hat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bowler hats
Etymology: From the name of the hatmakers Thomas and William Bowler, associated with early production.
Senses: examples: text: It takes a special arrogance to snort at an oral report on the origins (and proper tipping) of the bowler hat, but there’s Nathanial, giggling his way through the presentation before offering up his report on the more rarefied 14th-century Norwegian derby.
ref: 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, “Cabin Boy”, in AV Club:
synonyms: bowler
Coke hat
derby
glosses: A hard round black felt hat with a narrow brim, formerly worn by men.
Derived terms: bowler hat out
bowlered
bowler-hatted