cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
thole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θəʊl/
ipa: /θoʊl/
rhymes: -əʊl
Forms: form: tholes
form: thowel
form: thowl
Etymology: From Middle English thō̆le (“a peg”), from Old English þol, þoll (“oar-pin, rowlock; thole”), from Proto-West Germanic *þoll, from Proto-Germanic *þullaz, *þullō (“beam; thole”), from Proto-Indo-European *tūl-, *twel- (“bush; sphere”). The word is cognate with Danish told (“thole”), Dutch dol (“thole; oarlock”), Low German Doll (“thole; oarlock”).
Senses: examples: text: Swiftly they glided away, like the shade of a cloud on the prairie. / After the sound of their oars on the tholes had died in the distance, / As from a magic trance the sleepers awoke, [...]
ref: 1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, chapter II, in Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, part II, page 101, lines 841–842:
text: The oars squeaked against the tholes, the blades dipped with a steady beat, and the sun beat down: the boat crept across the sea.
ref: 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise (Aubrey–Maturin series; 3), London: Collins, →ISBN:
glosses: A pin in the side of a boat which acts as a fulcrum for the oars.
examples: text: The nature of my invention consists in curving forward that portion of the scythe snath below the right nib or thole, to such an extent as to form an obtuse angle between the scythe and snath at the point where they are joined, and also in such a manner as to equalize the labor between the right and left hands; whereas, in snaths now in use, the greatest amount of labor falls upon the right arm.
ref: 1850 May, “[List of American Patents which issued in November, 1849, with Exemplifications by Charles M. Keller, late Chief Examiner of Patents in the U.S. Patent Office.] 38. For an Improvement in Scythe Snaths; Luther Cole, Lafayette, Onondaga county, New York, November 20.”, in John F[ries] Frazer, editor, Journal of the Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, volume XIX (Third Series; volume XLIX overall), number 5, Philadelphia, Pa.: Published by the Franklin Institute, at their hall, →OCLC, page 313:
text: For my own stature, which is five feet eight inches, I find that two feet six inches from the heel to the lower thole, just right, and the tholes should be eighteen inches apart. For smooth land, the scythe should be three feet nine inches' shorter for lodged clover and rough ground. The point should be set three feet five inches from the upper thole.
ref: 1870 July 9, Phinehas Field, “Mowing, and Things”, in Simon Brown, Stilman Fletcher, editors, The New England Farmer: Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and Kindred Arts, volume IV (New Series), number 9, Boston, Mass.: R. P. Eaton & Co., publishers, office, 24 Merchants' Row, published September 1870, →OCLC, page 424, column 2:
glosses: A pin, or handle, of the snath (shaft) of a scythe.
Synonyms: sense: pin for oars
word: oarlock
sense: pin for oars
word: rowlock
sense: pin for oars
word: tholepin
sense: pin of the snath of a scythe
word: nib
Derived terms: tholepin
thole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θəʊl/
ipa: /θoʊl/
rhymes: -əʊl
Forms: form: tholes
Etymology: Anglicization of Latin tholus (“cupola, dome, rotunda”), from Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome, vault”), further etymology uncertain but possibly cognate with θᾰ́λᾰμος (thắlămos, “bedroom; inner chamber”) and/or English dale. Doublet of tholus and tholos.
Senses: examples: text: Philostratus relates that the king's house in Babylon had a roof of brass, which shone like lightning, and that in that house there was a chamber, whose ceiling was a thole (that is, a concave hemisphere) made in imitation of some system of the heaven, and with sapphire-coloured stones, […] and from the thole were suspended four golden doves, or iynges, who were called the Tongues of the Gods.
ref: 1828, [Algernon Herbert], “Ba-bel”, in Nimrod: A Discourse on Certain Passages of History and Fable, volume I, London: Printed [by Thomas Davison] for Richard Priestley, →OCLC, page 206:
topics: architecture
glosses: A cupola, a dome, a rotunda; a tholus.
Related terms: tholobate
tepe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tepes
Etymology: Borrowed from Turkish tepe.
Senses: topics: archaeology
history
human-sciences
sciences
glosses: hill, tell
tholos
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθɒlɒs/
Forms: form: tholoi
Etymology: From Ancient Greek θόλος (thólos, “dome”). Doublet of tholus and thole.
Senses: examples: text: On the way they pointed out the tennis court and the old summerhouse, a mock tholos, Doric by way of Pompeii, and Stanford White, and (said Francis, who was scornful of this Victorian effort at classicism) D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. De Mille.
ref: 1992, Donna Tartt, A Secret History:
glosses: A dome, or domed building; a cupola.
glosses: A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece.
tholoi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of tholos
perinatal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more perinatal
form: most perinatal
Etymology: From peri- + natal.
Senses: examples: text: Perinatal HIV infection of infants is a problem in sub-Saharan Africa.
glosses: Of or pertaining to the time around birth.
Derived terms: nonperinatal
perinatality
perinatally
Related terms: antenatal
natal
neonatal
prenatal
postnatal
maha
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The natives, who designate the latter as the Maha, or Great Wanderu, to distinguish it from the Kala, or Black one […]
ref: 1896, Richard Lydekker, A Geographical History of Mammals:
glosses: A kind of monkey; the wanderoo.
sinne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sinnes
Senses: examples: text: "Therefore the Apoſtle ſaith: Then when luſt hath conceiued, it bringeth forth, firſt ſinne, then death."
ref: 1592, Richard Turnbull, An Exposition Vpon the Canonicall Epistle of Saint Iames, Chap. 1, Sermon 5:
glosses: Obsolete spelling of sin.
sinne
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: sinnes
form: sinning
form: sinned
form: sinned
Senses: glosses: Obsolete spelling of sin.
thrasonical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: /θɹəˈsɒnɪkəl/
Forms: form: more thrasonical
form: most thrasonical
Etymology: From Latin Thrasō, Thrason-, the name of a boastful soldier in the play Eunuchus by Terence. The name is derived from Ancient Greek θρασύς (thrasús, “bold, audacious”).
Senses: examples: text: The Sorbonicall clamours (which at Paris I haue ſene in time paſt whē poperie moſt raigned) might be worthily thought in compariſon of thys traſonicall oſtentation to haue had much modeſtie.
ref: 1556, Nicholas Ridley, bishop of London, quoted by John Fox in Acts & Monuments
text: His humour is loftie, his diſcourſe peremptorie: his tongue fyled, his eye ambitious, his gate maieſticall and his general behauiour vaine, rediculous, & thraſonicall. He is too picked, too ſpruce, too affected, to od, as it were, too peregrinat as I may call it.
ref: c. 1595–1596 (date written), W. Shakespere [i.e., William Shakespeare], A Pleasant Conceited Comedie Called, Loues Labors Lost. […] (First Quarto), London: […] W[illiam] W[hite] for Cut[h]bert Burby, published 1598, →OCLC; republished as Shakspere’s Loves Labours Lost (Shakspere-Quarto Facsimiles; no. 5), London: W[illiam] Griggs, […], [1880], →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:
text: In amongst his general thrasonical ranting and ravings concerning his own merits, Skogan had promised the company that tomorrow the world would know how good his verses were – when he read aloud at the court gate some poem which he had written in honour of the birthday of Thomas, Duke of Clarence.
ref: 1976, Robert Nye, Falstaff:
glosses: Boastful, bragging, vainglorious.
Derived terms: thrasonically
kora
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: koras
Etymology: From Bambara kɔ́ra.
Senses: examples: text: He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).
ref: 2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A type of harp played in West Africa.
Derived terms: koraist
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: kora-kora
threne
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /θɹiːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: threnes
Etymology: From Latin threnus, from Ancient Greek θρῆνος (thrênos, “funeral lament”).
Senses: examples: text: 1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, XXI
That City's sombre Patroness and Queen,
In bronze sublimity she gazes forth
Over her Capital of teen and threne
text: A truce to threnes and trentals and jeremies and all such congenital defunctive music.
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
glosses: a dirge or lamentation
Related terms: threnody
coronach
lament
elegy
dirge
thurible
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈθjʊəɹɪbəl/
Forms: form: thuribles
Etymology: Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English turrible, from thoryble, from Latin thūribulum (“censer”), equivalent to thūs (“incense”) (root: thūr-) (from Ancient Greek θύος (thúos, “burnt offering”)) + -bulum (“instrumental suffix”).
Senses: examples: text: […] and then Father Conroy handed the thurible to Canon O’Hanlon and he put in the incense and censed the Blessed Sacrament […].
ref: 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
text: 1981, Dennis G. Michno, A Manual for Acolytes, Episcopal Church (Morehouse Publishing), page 55,
The celebrant may fill the thurible with incense before the entrance, or may instruct the thurifer to do so.
text: The young priest took the thurible from the altar boy and moved along the coffin. The metal of the container chinked against the chains at each flicking movement. Although the blue smoke disappeared quickly, Catherine smelled it all around her in the porch.
ref: 1997, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Grace Notes' (novel), (Part 1, at page 57 in the 1998 Vintage paperback edition)
text: 1998, David Philippart, Serve God with Gladness: A Manual for Servers, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago (Liturgy Training Publications), page 41,
If you are carrying a bowl thurible, hold it with both hands. Hold it away from your body. Gently move it back and forth to send the smoke up.
If you are carrying a thurible on a chain in procession, let it swing gently at your side.
glosses: A censer, especially one hanging on a chain.
Related terms: thurifer
thyrsi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of thyrsus
rengas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of renga
tilak
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɪlək/
rhymes: -ɪlək
Forms: form: tilaks
form: teeka
form: tika
form: tikka
form: tilaka
form: tilka
Etymology: From Sanskrit तिलक (tilaka).
Senses: examples: text: I wore these spots of shine and silver like tilaks, the marks of colour that we Hindus wear on our foreheads as symbols of the divine.
ref: 2001, Yann Martel, Life of Pi:
text: He dressed in a dhoti, had a wispy white beard that trailed down to his waist, and regularly smeared across his forehead a tilaka, a pitchfork-shaped design that signifies enlightenment.
ref: 2012 April 30, Jake Halpern, “The Secret of the Temple”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: A mark or symbol worn on the forehead by Hindus, ornamentally or as an indication of status.
timenoguy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪmɪnɒɡi/
Forms: form: timenoguys
Etymology: Probably ultimately based on Old French Old French timon (“tiller”) + English guy.
Senses: examples: text: But there is nothing so tedious as sitting by when two old shipmates are calling out, ‘Do you remember the three days’ blow in the Mona Passage? – Do you remember Wilkins and his timenoguy?’
ref: 1973, Patrick O'Brian, HMS Surprise:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A rope used on a ship to prevent other lines and riggings tangling with each other.
paras
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of para
tinaja
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /tɪˈnɑːhə/
Forms: form: tinajas
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish tinaja.
Senses: examples: text: The horse limped down to the edge of the water and stood and he stood in the dark tinaja with the rifle over his shoulder holding the brand above him till it burned out and then he stood holding the crooked orange ember of it, still talking to the horse.
ref: 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:
glosses: A small pool in a rocky hollow.
titubate
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈtɪtjʊbeɪt/
Forms: form: titubates
form: titubating
form: titubated
form: titubated
Etymology: From Latin titubatus, past participle of titubare (“to stagger, totter”).
Senses: glosses: To stagger
glosses: To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane.
examples: text: They must let us alone here, we govern ourselves, we are by way of being totally autonomous. (The plethora of t’s there made his tongue titubate, but it was a brave show.)
ref: 1993, Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford:
glosses: To stutter, stammer.
Related terms: titubation
Abbas
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈbɑːs/
rhymes: -ɑːs
Forms: form: Abbases
Etymology: From Arabic عَبَّاس (ʕabbās, “one who frowns a lot; untamed lion”), from عَبَسَ (ʕabasa, “to frown”), the title of the eightieth sura of the Qur'an.
Senses: glosses: A male given name from Arabic.
examples: text: There were harsher comments from Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas: "The negotiations are in a state of paralysis, and the result of Israel's intransigence and America's backpedalling is that there is no hope of negotiations on the horizon."
ref: 2009 November 2, Ian Black, “Arab anger as Hillary Clinton backs Israel on settlements”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A surname from Arabic.
examples: text: [It] comprises the out-parishes of Holy Trinity, St. James and Peter, the parishes of Cawn, St. Rumbold Motcomb, East Stower, Stower Provost, Todbere, Melbury Abbas, Compton Abbas[.]
ref: 1832, George Crabb, The Reformer’s Guide: Part the Second : Being a Comprehensive Analysis of the Boundary Act (2 & 3 GUL.IV.c.64), Thomas Kelly:
qualifier: Dorset
glosses: A placename affix, denoting previous ownership by an abbey
Derived terms: Abbasid
Related terms: abazi
abbasi
Abbasi
Abbas and Templecombe
Abbas Combe
Cerne Abbas
Itchen Abbas
Milton Abbas
MiG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MiGs
Etymology: From Russian МиГ (MiG), from Микоя́н (Mikoján) (from Armenian Միկոյան (Mikoyan)) + Гуре́вич (Gurévič), the names of the original designers: Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich.
Senses: glosses: Any of a series of Soviet and Russian fighter aircraft.
wikipedia: Artem Mikoyan
Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)
Synonyms: Mikoyan
palindromic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From palindrome + -ic.
Senses: examples: text: "Madam I'm Adam" is a palindromic phrase.
text: Palindromic prime numbers are those which read the same backwards as forwards.
glosses: Of, relating to, or being a palindrome.
examples: text: palindromic rheumatism
glosses: Beginning and ending in a similar way.
Derived terms: nonpalindromic
palindromicity
pseudopalindromic
quasipalindromic
palindromic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: palindromics
Etymology: From palindrome + -ic.
Senses: glosses: A palindromic polynomial.
NIE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: NIEs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Intelligence Estimate.
glosses: Initialism of National Interest Exemption.
metric foot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: metric feet
Senses: glosses: A unit of length (30 cm) used to sell wood in the United Kingdom.
Coordinate terms: American foot
English foot
foot
French foot
international foot
U.S. foot
U.S. survey foot
Related terms: metrical foot
microfibril
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: microfibrils
Etymology: From micro- + fibril.
Senses: glosses: A bundle of cellulose polymer chains held together by weak bonds.
Related terms: macrofibril
midrib
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɪdrɪb/
Forms: form: midribs
Etymology: mid- + rib
Senses: topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: middle rib
midvein
glosses: The strengthened vein down the middle of a flower petal or simple leaf or leaflet.
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
synonyms: middle rib
rachis
glosses: The continuation of the petiole of a pinnately compound leaf around which the leaflets attach.
Synonyms: midnerve
midvein
Derived terms: midribbed
mindstream
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mindstreams
Etymology: From mind + stream.
Senses: topics: Buddhism
Buddhist
human-sciences
lifestyle
philosophy
religion
sciences
glosses: The succession of moments of consciousness proceeding endlessly from lifetime to lifetime.
mineshaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmaɪnˌʃæft/
Forms: form: mineshafts
form: mine shaft
Etymology: From mine + shaft.
Senses: glosses: A vertical hole through the strata to reach the mineral which is being mined.
miotic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈɒtɪk/
homophone: meiotic
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Forms: form: myotic
Senses: examples: text: Opium is a miotic drug.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: Causing miosis (the constriction of the pupil of the eye).
miotic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /maɪˈɒtɪk/
homophone: meiotic
rhymes: -ɒtɪk
Forms: form: miotics
form: myotic
Senses: glosses: Any drug that causes miosis.
mocktail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɒk.teɪl/
ipa: /ˈmɑk.teɪl/
ipa: /ˈmɔk.tæɪl/
Forms: form: mocktails
Etymology: Blend of mock + cocktail
Senses: glosses: A non-alcoholic cocktail.
Synonyms: kiddie cocktail
virgin cocktail
monospecific
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more monospecific
form: most monospecific
Etymology: From mono- + specific.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
taxonomy
qualifier: Of a genus
glosses: containing only one known species.
topics: biology
microbiology
natural-sciences
qualifier: Of a group of antibodies
glosses: with affinity for the same antigen.
Derived terms: monospecificity
morning zoo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: morning zoos
Senses: glosses: A morning radio show format with plenty of wackiness and zaniness.
mousehole
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mouseholes
form: mouse-hole
Etymology: From Middle English mosse hole, mowse hole; equivalent to mouse + hole.
Senses: glosses: A hole through which a mouse enters a room.
glosses: Any small hole or opening.
qualifier: oil industry; drilling; oil industry; drilling
glosses: The storage area on a drilling rig where the next joint of drilling pipe is held until needed.
Derived terms: mouseholing
mycophagous
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: mī-kŏfʹə-gəs
Etymology: From myco- + -phagous.
Senses: glosses: fungus-eating.
Synonyms: fungivorous
Derived terms: sapromycophagous
myocardial ischaemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The loss of blood flow to a part of the heart muscle tissue.
adminship
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: adminships
Etymology: From admin (“administrator”) + -ship.
Senses: examples: text: Someone nominated him for adminship.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The role of an administrator; administratorship.
Hypernyms: english: any kind of administrator, not just computing contexts
translation: any kind of administrator, not just computing contexts
word: administratorship
kile
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kaɪl/
rhymes: -aɪl
homophone: chyle
homophone: kyle
homophone: Kyle
Forms: form: kiles
Etymology: From Middle English kile, kyle, kylle, from Old Norse kýli (“boil”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ, *kūlijǭ (“boil”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel, bowl, ball”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Icelandic kýli (“wen, boil”), Swedish kula (“boil, bulge; pit”), Danish kule (“boil, bump; pit”), German Keule (“club”), German Kuhle (“hollow”), Dutch kuil (“pit, hole”). See also keel.
Senses: glosses: An ulcer; sore.
kis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of ki
CSP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of California Society of Printmakers.
CSP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CSPs
form: C.S.P.
form: C. S. P.
form: C S P
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of content security policy.
qualifier: solar energy
glosses: Abbreviation of concentrated solar power.
topics: government
law-enforcement
synonyms: Ch. Supt.
Ch Supt
CS
coordinate_terms: SSP
SP
supt.
DSupt
DCS
glosses: Initialism of chief superintendent (a police rank).
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of communications service provider (“telecommunications company or telco”).
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of communicating sequential processes.
glosses: Initialism of constraint satisfaction problem.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of circumsporozoite protein.
caffeinated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more caffeinated
form: most caffeinated
Etymology: Back-formation from decaffeinated.
Senses: examples: text: But to address the question in theoretical terms, it turns out that yes, caffeinated soap might perk you up, but it would depend on how long you stayed in the shower, and how long you spent rubbing the soap against your skin.
ref: 2003 November 27, David Adam, “Can showering with caffeinated soap perk you up?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Containing caffeine naturally (e.g., coffee, tea, and cacao) or as an additive (e.g., soft drinks, sports drinks, or energy drinks).
examples: text: For most of us, to be caffeinated to one degree or another has simply become baseline human consciousness.
ref: 2021 July 6, Michael Pollan, “The invisible addiction: is it time to give up caffeine?”, in The Guardian:
glosses: Overly peppy or energetic; stimulated by caffeine.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: word: caffeinic
english: energy drinks
translation: energy drinks
word: juiced
word: leaded
english: coffee
translation: coffee
word: regular
Derived terms: hypercaffeinated
noncaffeinated
overcaffeinated
precaffeinated
supercaffeinated
uncaffeinated
undercaffeinated
caffeinated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: Back-formation from decaffeinated.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of caffeinate
kinner
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: ... the chair drew the kinner to them, each wanting a ride. Being such gut kinner they all waited their turn. Barbie watched with a warm heart.
ref: 2018, Patty Stansell, The Ladies of Lancaster County, book 5:
text: "... do more babies mean so very much to you?" "Babies are blessings!" he'd said. "Patience, what is a marriage without kinner to bind you? You'll see - you'll want to have kinner of your own. And the kinner will want babies.
ref: 2020, Carrie Lighte, Her Amish Suitor's Secret:
glosses: Children.
raw_tags: in representations of Amish speech
magnetic reversal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic reversals
Senses: glosses: Any of several reversals in the polarity of the Earth's magnetic field (such that a compass points South) that have happened over geologic time.
magnetic susceptibility
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic susceptibilities
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a measure of the magnetization of a material per unit of applied magnetic field
magnetic thermometer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetic thermometers
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: a thermometer whose operation is based upon Curie's law; typically used to measure temperatures below 1 K
pendeloque
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɒndəˈlɒk/
ipa: /ˌpɛndəˈloʊk/
ipa: /-ˈlɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
rhymes: -oʊk
Forms: form: pendeloques
Etymology: Borrowed from French pendeloque (“hanging object; religious medallion, probably in pendant form; jewel hanging from an earring; small crystal piece, especially one hanging from a chandelier”) [and other forms], from Old French pendeloche (“penis”) (apparently a hapax legomenon), from pendeler (“to dangle”) + -oche (suffix forming nouns from verbs), with the ending possibly influenced by breloque (“charm for a bracelet”). Pendeler is derived from pendre (“to hang”) + -eler (frequentative suffix); and pendre from Latin pendere, the present active infinitive of pendeō (“to hang (down)”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to stretch”).
Senses: examples: text: [M]y eye was caught by the flashing of the emerald in my sister's ear, for she wore that day the suit of emeralds which had belonged to Jeanne de Consteil, who had married Raval de Pont de Vaux, which were of the brightest colour, and without flaw. A happy thought struck me; perhaps the urchin would exchange his draught for the pendeloque belonging to the ear-ring.
ref: 1850, “an ex-hanger on of royalty” [pseudonym], “Souvenirs of Versailles, St. Cloud, Neuilly, and the Tuileries”, in Bentley’s Miscellany, volume XXVII, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 176:
text: "For payment of 3,000 thalers by me due, I have sold to M. de Voltaire, at the price costing by estimation and tax, with 2 per cent for my commission" […] "the following Diamonds, taxed […] as here adjoined; viz."—seven pieces of jewelry, pendeloques, &c., with price affixed, […]
ref: 1864, Thomas Carlyle, “M. de Voltaire has a Painful Jew-lawsuit”, in History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Called Frederick the Great, volume IV, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, book XVI, page 353:
text: The other forms given to faceted stones are not of sufficient importance to need description; the star-cut and the pendeloque may just be named as patterns sometimes followed in the cutting of diamonds.
ref: 1882, A[rthur] H[erbert] Church, “Cutting and Fashioning Precious Stones”, in Precious Stones: Considered in Their Scientific and Artistic Relations. […], London: Chapman and Hall for the Committee of the Council on Education, published 1883, →OCLC, page 23:
glosses: A drop-shaped diamond or other gem used as a pendant; also, a piece of jewellery in pendant form.
Curie's law
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: After Pierre Curie, French physicist.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: A law which shows that the magnetic susceptibility of a paramagnetic dipole is inversely proportional to the absolute temperature; the basis of operation of magnetic thermometers.
wikipedia: Pierre Curie
inversely proportional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
coordinate_terms: directly proportional
glosses: Proportional to the reciprocal of the independent variable.
tele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Forms: form: teles
Etymology: Clipping of television.
Senses: examples: text: All three tele skeins are pitching furiously to snag the super Easter Day tele show to be bankrolled by Frigidaire, […]
ref: 1950, Billboard, volume 62, number 9:
text: They were up late, talking and watching television. Peter will never forget what happened just after they had gone to bed. 'It's like it was yesterday. We'd just been watching tele and went to bed at about 2.30 am. […]
ref: 2019, Helen Thomas, Murder on Easey Street: Melbourne’s Most Notorious Cold Case:
glosses: Alternative spelling of telly (“television, telegraph, telephone, teleport, telecommunication”).
tele
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɛli/
rhymes: -ɛli
Senses: glosses: According to Jacob L. Moreno, a mutual connection or rapport between people that is not a mere one-way process like empathy or transference.
vadas
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of vada
Star Trek
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈstɑɹ trĕk]
ipa: [ˈstɑ˞ tɹɛk]
Senses: examples: text: We all went into the National Space Society reception, which they'd been looking forward to, since some of the cast of Star Trek had been invited.
ref: 1994, Dan Quayle, Standing Firm: A Vice-Presidential Memoir, 1st edition, HarperCollins, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 253:
glosses: A popular sci-fi media franchise set in the future, primarily focusing on the adventures of the personnel of a space navy of an interstellar political federation of which Earth is a charter member.
Derived terms: Star Trek Day
Star Trekker
Star Trekkian
Star Trekkish
Star Trekky
Trek
Trekker
Trekkie
Trekkish
Trekky
Treknical
Treknobabble
Treknology
Related terms: Borg
First Contact Day
Klingon
phaser
Prime Directive
transporter
tricorder
Vulcan
warp drive
Star Trek
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈstɑɹ trĕk]
ipa: [ˈstɑ˞ tɹɛk]
Forms: form: more Star Trek
form: most Star Trek
Senses: examples: text: Sounds very Star Trek, but Virtual Reality technology exists right now.
ref: 1992, Faith Popcorn, The Popcorn Report: Faith Popcorn on the Future of Your Company, Your World, Your Life, New York: Doubleday, →ISBN, →OL, page 110:
text: 'This is very Star Trek,' Bryan pipes up as he examines the sketches of the space suits.
ref: 2002, Eddie Rowley, Westlife on Tour, Ebury, published 2011, →ISBN, →OL:
text: Older vampires learned how to dissemble and reassemble their bodies in a way that was very Star Trek.
ref: 2007 July 3, Michele Bardsley, Don't Talk Back to Your Vampire, Signet Eclipse, →ISBN, →OL, page 121:
text: Such portfolios lie on the so-called efficient frontier, which sounds very Star Trek, and is shown in Exhibit 12.2.
ref: 2008 August 4, David M. Darst, The Little Book that Saves Your Assets: What the Rich Continue to Do to Stay Wealthy in Up and Down Markets, Hoboken: Wiley, →ISBN, →OL, page 154:
text: The next century will be more Star Trek than anyone could have imagined. All the untapped channels and stations or frequencies (apps you can download) in the brain will become the new final frontier to explore.
ref: 2012 August 29, D. Crawford, Nirvana in the Garden of Eden: The Quantum Leap and Evolution of 2012, Bloomington: AuthorHouse, →ISBN, →OL, page 33:
glosses: Futuristic, particularly with respect to things similar in appearance or effect to technology in the Star Trek franchise.
mester
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mesters
Senses: glosses: Obsolete form of mister (“employment, trade”).
Derived terms: little mester
telt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From Middle English telt, dialectal first and third person singular past indicative of Middle English tellen, equivalent to tell + -t.
Senses: examples: Get him telt he's tae come hame noo
you'll dae as yer mam's telt ya
glosses: simple past and past participle of tell
Synonyms: told
chemosignal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chemosignals
Etymology: From chemo- + signal.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
glosses: a pheromone
Derived terms: chemosignaling
kapa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: kapas
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of tapa (“Polynesian cloth”).
Related terms: kapa haka
tarka
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɑː(ɹ)kə/
Forms: form: tadka
Etymology: Borrowed from Hindustani तड़का / تڑکا (taṛkā).
Senses: topics: cooking
food
lifestyle
glosses: Heated oil or ghee in which spices and onion, etc. are well-stirred and browned.
Derived terms: tarka dal
nyuk
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Forms: form: hyuk
form: hyuck
form: nyuck
Etymology: Introduced by Curly (Jerome Horwitz) of The Three Stooges in the 1930's.
Senses: examples: text: Nyuk nyuk nyuk!
glosses: An exaggerated laugh.
chieftess
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: chieftesses
Etymology: An irregular form from chief or chieftain + -ess.
Senses: examples: "This heroine was ever after treated by her nation as their deliverer, and made a chieftess in her own right, with the liberty to entail the same honour on her descendants ..." New travels among the Indians of North America, William Fisher, ed., p. 294; attributed to Rev. J. Hubbard. http://books.google.com/books?id=xcIRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA294&dq=chieftess&hl=en&ei=lUkqTMDcDsL58AaetZ3SCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false
Loved by a Maori Chieftess (title of a 1913 film from New Zealand)
glosses: Synonym of chieftainess: a female chieftain or the wife of a chief.
synonyms: word: chieftainess
extra: a female chieftain or the wife of a chief
magnetocaloric effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: magnetocaloric effects
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the reversible change in temperature that accompanies the change of magnetization of a ferromagnetic or paramagnetic material
magnetochemistry
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magneto- + chemistry.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The branch of chemistry that studies the effect of a magnetic field on atomic or molecular structures.
Related terms: magnetochemist
magnetohydrodynamics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From magneto- + hydrodynamics.
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the study of the interaction of electrically conducting fluids with magnetic fields; as in the Earth's core
topics: engineering
natural-sciences
nautical
physical-sciences
transport
glosses: the study of the interaction of water with magnetic fields and its application
Synonyms: word: MHD
Derived terms: word: electromagnetohydrodynamics
word: magnetohydrodynamic
word: MHD
Related terms: magnetodynamics
magnetofluiddynamics
magnetoplasmadynamics
electrohydrodynamics
hydrodynamics
heavenly bodies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of heavenly body
-el
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /əl/
/l̩/
Forms: form: -le
form: -al
Etymology: From Middle English -el, from Old English -el, from Proto-Germanic *-ilaz.
Senses: examples: runnel, shovel, dotel
glosses: Suffix forming nouns, originally denoting an instrument, from verbs, usually spelt -le except after n and e.
examples: hatchel, hovel, gomeral
glosses: Diminutive suffix in words of Germanic origin.
-el
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: /əl/
/l̩/
Etymology: From Middle English -el, a merger of two suffixes:
* Old English -el (diminutive suffix)
* Old French -el (diminutive suffix), from Latin -ellus
Senses: examples: cupel, chapel, tunnel
glosses: Suffix, originally diminutive, in words of mostly Romance origin.
rape oil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rape oils
Etymology: From Middle English rape oyle.
Senses: examples: text: Rape oyle that is used in Lampes and therefore called Lampe Oyle.
ref: 1640, John Parkinson, Theatrum botanicum: the theater of plants, or an herball of a large extent, page 861:
text: Rape-Oil is sweet, and on the contrary the Linseed bitter.
ref: 1712, Pierre Pomet, A Compleat History of Druggs, page 10:
text: The number of seconds taken by the oil to flow up to the 50 c.c. mark on the flask is noted, and the results brought into comparison with the viscosity of rape oil, that being the oil with which the apparatus is standardised.
ref: 1913, Vivian Byam Lewes, Oil Fuel, page 177:
glosses: Synonym of rapeseed oil.
synonyms: word: rapeseed oil
-es
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /əz/
ipa: /ɪz/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /iːz/
Etymology: From Middle English -es, from Old English -as. More at -s.
Senses: glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
ch, when pronounced as /tʃ/: glitch→glitches (but psych→psychs)
glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
j: hajj→hajjes (j is only final in loan words raj, hajj)
glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
s: bus→buses, Jones → Joneses; waltz → waltzes; yes → yeses.
glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
x: box→boxes; crux → cruces
glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
z: buzz → buzzes
glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a sibilant (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/, /t͡ʃ/, or /d͡ʒ/), such as:
sh: ash→ashes
examples: lady→ladies, soliloquy→soliloquies (but key→keys)
glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in a consonant (or qu) + y
examples: tomato→tomatoes (but soprano→sopranos)
glosses: Used for form the plural of some nouns that end in a consonant + o
examples: post→postes /ˈpəʊstɪz/, /ˈpoʊstɪz/ (standard posts)
glosses: Used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in /sp/, /st/, /sk/
-es
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /əz/
ipa: /ɪz/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /iːz/
Etymology: From Middle English -es, -is, from Old English -es, -as, Northern variants of -est, -ast (second person singular indicative ending). Replaced Middle English -eth, from Old English -eþ, -aþ. The falling together of the second and third person singular verb forms in Old English is believed to be due to Scandinavian influence, where the employment of the same verbal endings for both 2nd and 3rd singular indicative follows a similar pattern to that seen in Old Norse (e.g. þú masar, hann masar; þú þekkir, hann þekkir; etc.).
Senses: glosses: Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
that end in (t)ch pronounced as /tʃ/: impeach→impeaches (but psych→psychs)
glosses: Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
that end in (s)s: miss → misses, yes → yesses; bus → buses; buss → busses
glosses: Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
that end in x: tax → taxes; rendezvous → rendezvouses.
glosses: Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
that end in (z)z: fizz→fizzes;
glosses: Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
that end in consonant + o in some cases: go→goes (but radio→radios)
glosses: Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
that end in sh: wish→wishes
glosses: Used to form the third person singular present indicative of regular verbs:
that end in consonant (or qu) + y: cry→cries (but buy→buys)
-es
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: ipa: /əz/
ipa: /ɪz/
ipa: /z/
ipa: /iːz/
Etymology: See -s, -'s.
Senses: examples: text: ... whereupon king Henry his sonne, as it may appeare by the later clause of this chapter, recouered diuers eschet[s] of lande within this Realme holden by Normans, whiche after they began to adhere to the French king, the kinges enimy[…]
ref: 1573, An exposition of the kinges prerogative, collected out of the great Abridgement of Justice Fitzherbert and other olde writers of the lawes of England, page 38:
glosses: Possessive marker; see -s, -'s.
eye bank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: eye banks
Senses: examples: text: The surgeon places a request for tissue with an eye bank expecting that high-quality corneal transplant tissue will be procured, processed, and delivered to the operating room on schedule.
ref: 2009, Frederick S. Brightbill, Corneal Surgery: Theory, Technique and Tissue:
glosses: A reserve store of human corneas kept for treatment of the blind.
skins
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
Forms: form: the skins
head_nr: 2
Senses: head_nr: 1
glosses: plural of skin
examples: text: If I had my rathers I'd make up my own band. Art Blakey on the skins, Charlie Mingus on the bass, John Coltrane on the sax, Harry Edison on the horn-
ref: 1973, Chester B. Himes, Black on Black, Baby Sister and Selected Writings, page 46:
text: Two women sat whacking the skins with long whippy sticks, whining a song
ref: 2005, Jonathan Falla, Poor Mercy: A Novel, Birlinn, page 195:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
head_nr: 2
glosses: The drums.
Related terms: shirts and skins
skins
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /skɪnz/
rhymes: -ɪnz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of skin
sections
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of section
sections
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of section
canoes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: plural of canoe
canoes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈnuːz/
rhymes: -uːz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of canoe
motions
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of motion
motions
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of motion
slopes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of slope
slopes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of slope
flocks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒks/
ipa: /flɔks/
homophone: Flox
homophone: phlox
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: plural of flock
flocks
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /flɒks/
ipa: /flɔks/
homophone: Flox
homophone: phlox
rhymes: -ɒks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of flock
cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪks/
rhymes: -eɪks
Senses: glosses: plural of cake
Derived terms: babycakes
bitchcakes
shitcakes
sweetcakes
cakes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /keɪks/
rhymes: -eɪks
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of cake
attributes
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of attribute
attributes
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of attribute
vows
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊz
Senses: glosses: plural of vow
vows
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -aʊz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of vow
geal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: jēl'
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒiːl/
rhymes: -iːl
Forms: form: geals
form: gealing
form: gealed
form: gealed
Etymology: From Middle English gelen, from Old French geler, from Latin gelāre, from gelu. See gelid. Scots jeel, geal.
Senses: glosses: To congeal.
bulemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of bulimia.
horribly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhɒɹɪbli/
ipa: /ˈhɔɹəbli/
ipa: /ˈhɑɹəbli/
Forms: form: more horribly
form: most horribly
Etymology: From Middle English horribly, horribely, horribliche, horriblelyche, equivalent to horrible + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The beginning art students displayed their horribly executed paintings with hopeful faces.
text: Looking back at the 2020s from our vantage point in 2030, the first great event was the complete destruction of Donald Trump’s Republican Party. As the former Republican consultant Mike Murphy had noticed, there were roughly 300 state and federal elections during the Trump years and Republicans did horribly in most of them.
ref: 2020 January 2, David Brooks, “A Ridiculously Optimistic History of the Next Decade”, in The New York Times:
topics: manner
glosses: In a horrible way; very badly.
examples: text: Then everything went horribly wrong.
text: The man was horribly nice, yet she still wouldn't marry him.
qualifier: degree
glosses: To an extreme degree or extent.
raw_tags: modifying a negative adverb or adjective
examples: text: Horribly, as he was dying, his eyes reddened.
qualifier: evaluative
glosses: With a very bad effect.
Synonyms: sense: all senses
word: dreadfully
sense: all senses
word: frightfully
sense: all senses
word: grisly
sense: all senses
word: horrifyingly
sense: all senses
word: terribly
sense: all senses
word: terrifyingly
sense: very, to an extreme degree or extent
word: very
sense: very, to an extreme degree or extent
word: horrendously
sense: very, to an extreme degree or extent
word: terribly
sense: very, to an extreme degree or extent
word: awfully
Derived terms: go horribly right
inga
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ingas
Etymology: Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ingá, borrowed from Old Tupi ingá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *iŋa.
Senses: examples: text: Here are the mimosas, the ingas, the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango.
ref: 1838, The British cyclopaedia, page 605:
text: Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.
ref: 1989, “Lost crops of the Incas”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 279:
topics: biology
botany
natural-sciences
glosses: Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
amusing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈmjuːzɪŋ/
Etymology: By surface analysis, amuse + -ing.
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of amuse