cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
compressor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɛsə(ɹ)
Forms: form: compressors
Etymology: From compress + -or, or from New Latin compressor.
Senses: glosses: A device that produces pressure, such as a gas compressor that produces pressurized gas.
glosses: A device that squeezes (compresses).
An instrument for compressing an artery (especially the femoral artery) or other part.
glosses: A device that squeezes (compresses).
An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; a compressorium.
glosses: A device that squeezes (compresses).
A machine for compressing gases, especially an air compressor.
topics: audio
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: A device that reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: A muscle that compresses certain parts.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A program or algorithm for compressing data.
Derived terms: compander
compandor
compressorless
microcompressor
supercompressor
thermocompressor
turbocompressor
Related terms: pressure
cobble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.bəl/
ipa: [ˈkɑ.bl̩]
ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɔb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
rhymes: -ɒbəl
Forms: form: cobbles
Etymology: From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le.
Senses: examples: text: The narrow streets that twist and turn through the compact heart of Dent are surfaced with cobbles which, in the absence of pavements, spread right across from doorstep to doorstep.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 150:
glosses: A cobblestone.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: A particle from 64 to 256 mm in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
examples: text: These men are located near the rolls in a pulpit, which is usually completely inclosed with heavy close-meshed netting or boiler plate, so that if a cobble occurs they will be protected from the rods which fly in all directions on such occasions.
ref: 1913, Report on Conditions of Employment in the Iron and Steel Industry in the United States, United States Bureau of Labor:
text: The ideal control which they offer the reversing motor is such, when a cobble might be made in the steel mill, the metal can be handled gently, and very often the ingot saved.
ref: 1915, Proceedings of Association of Iron & Steel Electrical:
text: In practical mill work a roller often has to wait days and sometimes weeks before he can catch this condition, as he could not consider the stopping of production while he made a cobble in some particular roll pass that was giving him trouble, and it is mainly by studying the cobbles that the action of the steel can be observed and studied.
ref: 1919 April, “Rolling Mill Research Laboratory Founded”, in Blast Furnace and Steel Plant, volume 7:
text: Cameras pointed between stands could be saved for 5 or 7 days, enough to troubleshoot cobble or off-level mills.
ref: 2009, Vladimir B. Ginzburg, Flat-Rolled Steel Processes: Advanced Technologies, page 231:
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: A piece of steel that becomes malformed during its manufacture or rolling.
Derived terms: cobbly
cobble
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.bəl/
ipa: [ˈkɑ.bl̩]
ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɔb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
rhymes: -ɒbəl
Forms: form: cobbles
form: cobbling
form: cobbled
form: cobbled
Etymology: From Middle English cobill, kobill (used in various combinations with ston, stan (“stone”), note, nutt (“nut”), etc.), probably a diminutive of Middle English *cob, *cobb, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kubb- (“lump; round object”). Equivalent to cob + -le.
Senses: glosses: To make shoes (what a cobbler does).
examples: text: I cobbled something together to get us through till morning.
glosses: To assemble in an improvised way.
glosses: To use cobblestones to pave a road, walkway, etc.
Derived terms: cobble together
cobble up
recobble
cobble
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɑ.bəl/
ipa: [ˈkɑ.bl̩]
ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɔb.əl/
ipa: /ˈkɒb.əl/
rhymes: -ɒbəl
Forms: form: cobbles
Etymology: See coble.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of coble (“a kind of fishing-boat”).
cobblestone
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɑbl̩ˌstoʊn/
ipa: /ˈkɒbl̩ˌstəʊn/
Forms: form: cobblestones
form: cobble-stone
Etymology: From Middle English cobylstone, cobyllstone, kobilstane, kobill-stane, equivalent to cobble + stone. Compare Old Norse köppusteinn (“boulder”), Danish kampesten (“boulder”).
Senses: examples: text: In restless dreams I walked alone / Narrow streets of cobblestone
ref: 1964, “The Sound of Silence”, in Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M., performed by Simon & Garfunkel:
synonyms: cobble
glosses: A rounded stone from a river bed, fit for use as ballast in ships and for paving roads.
examples: text: The road was paved in cobblestone.
glosses: Cobblestones viewed as a building or paving material.
Derived terms: cobblestoned
cobblestone ice
cobblestoning
compadre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: compadres
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish compadre (“joint father, godfather, friend”). Doublet of compeer, compere, and goombah.
Senses: examples: text: Whenever he had a compadre or a friend, it was his bounden duty to do him some service.
ref: 1839, J. P., W. P. Robertson, Letters from Paraguay, comprising an account of four years residence in that republic, under the dictator Francia, London: John Murray, page 339:
text: He looks like a solid guy. Hiro leans into him. "Compadre, who is the guy with the antenna? A friend of yours?"
ref: 1992, Neal Stephenson, Snow Crash, page 367:
glosses: A friend or companion.
cameo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæm.iː.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈkæm.i.oʊ/
Forms: form: cameos
form: cameoes
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin. The movie sense is short for “cameo role” referring to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch — a low-relief carving of a person’s head or bust — the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, it has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself. Doublet of camaieu.
Senses: examples: text: Aarfy's buxom trollop had vanished with her smutty cameo ring, and Nurse Duckett was ashamed of him because he had refused to fly more combat missions and would cause a scandal.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Eternal City”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 433:
glosses: A piece of jewelry, etc., carved in relief.
examples: text: Famous comic book writer Stan Lee had a cameo in the Spider-Man movie. He was on screen for perhaps ten seconds, but aficionados distinctly remember him.
text: As they turned into Hertford Street they startled a robin from the poet's head on a barren fountain, and he fled away with a cameo note.
ref: 1922, Michael Arlen, “Ep./4/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days:
text: Southgate will have been delighted to give Foden the first of many England caps while Greenwood will also have enjoyed his taste of international action during his cameo after coming on as a substitute for Kane.
ref: 2020 September 5, Phil McNulty, “Iceland 0-1 England”, in BBC Sport:
text: Dr. Helen O’Connell, Australia’s first female urologist, recalled that in her own medical training, the clitoris barely made a cameo.
ref: 2022 October 17, Rachel E. Gross, “Half the World Has a Clitoris. Why Don’t Doctors Study It?”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A single very brief appearance, especially by a prominent celebrity in a movie or song.
Derived terms: cameo conch
cameo lighting
cameo ware
cameo
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkæm.iː.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈkæm.i.oʊ/
Forms: form: cameos
form: cameoing
form: cameoed
form: cameoed
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian cammeo, from Medieval Latin camaeus, of unknown origin. The movie sense is short for “cameo role” referring to a famous person who was playing no character, but him or herself. Like a cameo brooch — a low-relief carving of a person’s head or bust — the actor or celebrity is instantly recognizable. More recently, it has come to refer to any short appearances, whether as a character or as oneself. Doublet of camaieu.
Senses: glosses: To appear in a cameo role.
hairpiece
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hairpieces
Etymology: From hair + piece.
Senses: glosses: A false substitute for a person's hair; a toupee or wig.
Synonyms: word: rug
word: syrup
word: syrup of figs
word: toupe
word: toupee
word: toupet
word: wig
Related terms: merkin
toupe
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tuːˈpeɪ/
ipa: /tuːp/
rhymes: -eɪ
rhymes: -uːp
Forms: form: toupes
form: toupee
form: toupée
form: toupet
Senses: glosses: A hairpiece to cover partial baldness.
meddlesome
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɛdəlsəm/
rhymes: -ɛdəlsəm
Forms: form: more meddlesome
form: most meddlesome
Etymology: From meddle + -some.
Senses: examples: text: If those meddlesome kids hadn't turned me in, I'd have gotten away with my nefarious scheme!
text: As this was well before the meddlesome days in which we now live, can Mr. Cox explain why this plan was never carried out?
ref: 1953 June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 395:
text: The help tended to be officious, the rules, if heeded, restrictive, and the management meddlesome.
ref: 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 168:
glosses: Characterized or marked by meddling; inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business.
Synonyms: sense: inclined to meddle or interfere
word: interfering
sense: inclined to meddle or interfere
word: kibitzing
sense: inclined to meddle or interfere
word: nosy
sense: inclined to meddle or interfere
word: meddling
sense: inclined to meddle or interfere
word: officious
Derived terms: meddlesomely
meddlesome Mattie
meddlesomeness
unmeddlesome
xenomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -eɪniə
Etymology: From xeno- + -mania. The components are of Ancient Greek origin. When used in the context of Greece, the word is likely borrowed from modern Greek ξενομανία (xenomanía).
Senses: antonyms: xenophobia
glosses: A strong or excessive preference for foreigners or for foreign customs, manners, or institutions.
Related terms: multiculturalism
xenophilia
murder one
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Murder in the first degree.
cognizant
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: kŏg'nǐzənt
ipa: /ˈkɒɡnɪzənt/
ipa: /ˈkɑɡnɪzənt/
ipa: /ˈkɔɡnɪzənt/
enpr: kŏ'nĭzənt
ipa: /ˈkɒnɪzənt/
Forms: form: more cognizant
form: most cognizant
form: cognisant
Etymology: A new formation from cognizance + -ant; first attested in the 19th century. Compare Old French conoissant (present participle of conoistre; modern French connaissant), from Latin cognōscentem (accusative singular present participle of cōgnōscō).
Senses: examples: text: The defendant is cognizant that this is a serious charge.
text: And now the memory has so far regained its dominion, that, in some measure, I am cognizant of my state.
ref: 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, “The Premature Burial”, in The Works of the Late Edgar Allan Poe, volume I, New York: J. S. Redfield, published 1850, page 336:
text: At the same time, we were cognisant that careful scholars should never solely rely on their own impressionistic observations, and, that our own impressions were inexact and not capable of being quantified.
ref: 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 7:
glosses: Aware; fully informed; having understanding of a fact.
examples: text: It is important to note that zombies are not cognizant life forms. As such, they cannot be deterred or reasoned with in any way. However, there are zombie-inducing forces that can be deterred form^([sic]) further action.
ref: 2011 April 30, United States Strategic Command, CONPLAN 8888-11 "COUNTER-ZOMBIE DOMINANCE" (PDF), archived from the original on 15 Mar 2023, CONPLAN PHASES:
glosses: Sapient; self-aware.
Derived terms: cognizantly
incognizant
miscognizant
noncognizant
precognizant
uncognizant
Related terms: cognisant
cognize
defrock
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːˈfɹɒk/
ipa: /diˈfɹɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Forms: form: defrocks
form: defrocking
form: defrocked
form: defrocked
Etymology: From French défroquer, from dé- + froc. By surface analysis, de- + frock.
Senses: glosses: To divest of a frock.
examples: text: The defrocked priest may no longer perform rites.
text: The Vatican has defrocked the anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” as well as “persistent disobedience” of his bishop.
ref: 2022 December 18, AP, “Anti-abortion US priest Frank Pavone defrocked by Vatican”, in The Guardian:
glosses: To formally remove the rights and authority of a member of the clergy.
examples: text: There are refugees and black marketers, defrocked bankers and resistance fighters, gamblers, floozies, French colonial policemen, American and Spanish entertainers, and, eventually, Nazi officers (who in reality never set foot in Casablanca).
ref: 2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker:
glosses: To formally remove the rights and authority of someone, e.g. a government official or a medical practitioner.
Synonyms: disfrock
unfrock
late unpleasantness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: late unpleasantnesses
Senses: examples: text: It is unlikely that anyone with significant knowledge of the Army or the late unpleasantness in Southeast Asia, upon reading these two sentences, would respond other than with a scatological barnyard expletive or some more genteel utterance representing the same level of acceptance.
ref: 2003, Zane E. Finkelstein (referring to the Vietnam War), (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 28 Aug 2005:
glosses: A recent war, especially (historical) the American Civil War.
decontamination
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /diːkənˌtæmɪˈneɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: decontaminations
Etymology: From de- + contamination.
Senses: glosses: The process of removing contamination, particularly the cleaning off of dangerous materials.
Derived terms: autodecontamination
biodecontamination
Related terms: contamination
decontaminate
horseherd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: horseherds
Etymology: From Middle English horshirde, hors-horde; equivalent to horse + herd.
Senses: glosses: A person who tends to horses.
Related terms: word: bearherd
word: cowherd
word: goatherd
word: gooseherd
word: herd
word: herder
word: herding dog
word: herd instinct
word: herdsman
alt: the constellation Boötes
word: Herdsman
word: herdswoman
word: hogherd
word: neatherd
word: oxherd
word: shepherd
word: swanherd
word: swineherd
swineherd
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈswaɪnˌhɜːd/
Forms: form: swineherds
Etymology: From Middle English swynherde, from Old English swīnhierde. Cognate with German Schweinehirt.
Senses: examples: text: But what of that vast number of the human kind who were always in the background? What of the hewers of wood and drawers of water, the swineherds, the shepherds, the carpenters, the hedgers and cobblers?
ref: 1922, Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, The Old English Herbals, London: Longmans, Green and Co., page 13:
glosses: A person who herds and tends swine, a keeper of swine (pigs).
Related terms: word: bearherd
word: cowherd
word: goatherd
word: gooseherd
word: herd
word: herder
word: herding dog
word: herd instinct
word: herdsman
alt: the constellation Boötes
word: Herdsman
word: herdswoman
word: hogherd
word: horseherd
word: neatherd
word: oxherd
word: shepherd
word: swanherd
pig in a blanket
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pigs in a blanket
form: pigs in blankets
Senses: glosses: A small sausage, usually a short hot dog, wrapped in dough and baked.
glosses: A (generally pork) sausage wrapped in bacon, most common at Christmas.
glosses: Oysters wrapped in bacon.
glosses: An uncircumcised penis.
Related terms: sausage roll
corn dog
fava bean
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: fava beans
Etymology: From fava + bean, from Italian fava.
Senses: glosses: An edible bean (Vicia faba) native to Africa and Southwest Asia with a long tradition of cultivation.
Synonyms: sense: Vicia faba
word: broad bean
sense: Vicia faba
word: faba bean
sense: Vicia faba
word: horse bean
sense: Vicia faba
word: field bean
sense: Vicia faba
word: tic bean
sense: Vicia faba
word: bell bean
sense: Vicia faba
word: Windsor bean
Derived terms: favism
dipsomania
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌdɪpsə(ʊ)ˈmeɪnɪə/
rhymes: -eɪniə
Forms: form: dipsomanias
Etymology: From dipso- (“thirst; drinking”) + -mania.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Addiction to alcohol.
glosses: Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.
examples: text: A most ingenuous youth was Master Snape, round-eyed, round-cheeked, with an ever ready smooth and round unvarnished tale—a youth afflicted with a dipsomania for information.
ref: 1883 November 10, Basil [pseudonym; Richard Ashe King], “A Drawn Game”, in Charles Dickens, editor, All the Year Round, volume XXXII, number 780, page 507, column 1:
text: "You must regard my passion for painting," he began once more, "as a sort of dipsomania—I really can't help myself."
ref: 1919 March 31, W[ilhelm] N[ero] P[ilate] Barbellion [pseudonym; Bruce Frederick Cummings], “[1914] November 20”, in The Journal of a Disappointed Man, London: Chatto & Windus, published 27 April 1920 (5th impression), →OCLC, part II (In London), page 155:
text: Such a negative outcome seemed impossible to investors experiencing dot-com dipsomania in late 1999 and early 2000.
ref: 2010, Scott Patterson, The Quants: How a Small Band of Math Wizards Took Over Wall St. And Nearly Destroyed It, New York, N.Y.: Crown Business, →ISBN, pages 199–200:
glosses: A strong craving for something.
Baton Rouge
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌbætən ˈɹuːʒ/
ipa: [̩bʰæ.ʔn̩ ˈɹuːʒ]
Etymology: From the French bâton rouge ("red stick"); so named because of a red painted pole placed on its original site by Native Americans.
Senses: glosses: The capital city of the state of Louisiana in the United States and the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Derived terms: East Baton Rouge Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish
jeweller's rouge
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: A mild red polishing abrasive made from finely ground iron oxide (rust), used by jewellers and lens-makers for finishing surfaces, and as a red pigment in paints.
Synonyms: Venetian red
jeweler
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuːələ(ɹ)/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒ(u)welːa(ɾ)/
Forms: form: jewelers
form: jeweller
Etymology: From Middle English jueler, from Anglo-Norman jueler, or Old French juelier. By surface analysis, jewel + -er.
Senses: glosses: A person whose job is making, repairing or selling jewelry.
Related terms: jewel
jewellery
jewelry
jeweller's shop
iron oxide
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: iron oxides
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
synonyms: E172[food coloring]]>
glosses: Either of two compounds obtained by the reaction of oxygen on iron. Generally known as rust when hydrated.
jeweller
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: jewellers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of jeweler.
Derived terms: jeweller's shop
walk in the park
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: walks in the park
Senses: examples: text: High school was difficult, but it was a walk in the park compared to college engineering classes.
synonyms: piece of cake
glosses: Something easy or pleasant.
examples: text: I love to walk when it's sunny–let's go for a walk in the park, shall we?
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: A recreational walk in a park.
aerial surveying
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: aerial surveyings
Senses: glosses: Any type of information-gathering accomplished from an aerospace vehicle in flight.
pseudogout
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From pseudo- + gout.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical condition with symptoms resembling gout but caused by precipitation of calcium pyrophosphate crystals in the joints instead of monosodium urate crystals.
CPPD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease.
Related terms: pseudogout
calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate deposition disease
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: A medical condition, also called pseudogout or CPPD, which resembles gout but results from precipitation of crystals in the joints by a different compound.
file out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: files out
form: filing out
form: filed out
form: filed out
Senses: examples: text: The recruits filed out of the hall.
glosses: To exit in one or more single file lines.
single file
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: single files
Senses: examples: text: They walked in a single file.
glosses: A line or queue one person wide.
single file
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: examples: text: They walked in a single file line.
text: Single file traffic
glosses: One person wide.
raw_tags: of a line or queue
single file
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: They walked single file.
glosses: In a line or queue one person wide.
plasmolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plasmolyses
Etymology: From plasm + -o- + -lysis.
Senses: topics: biology
natural-sciences
synonyms: cytoplasmolysis
glosses: the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss.
Related terms: cytolysis
lysis
dehydration
osmosis
file in
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: files in
form: filing in
form: filed in
form: filed in
Senses: glosses: To enter in single file.
cytolysis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ɒlɪsɪs
Forms: form: cytolyses
Etymology: From cyto- + -lysis.
Senses: glosses: The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
Derived terms: adipocytolysis
autocytolysis
erythrocytolysis
hepatocytolysis
myocytolysis
neocytolysis
Related terms: cytolysate
cytolytic
cytoplasmolysis
lysable
lysis
plasmolysis
roller docker
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: roller dockers
Senses: glosses: A food preparation utensil resembling a small rolling pin with spikes, used to pierce dough to prevent overrising or blistering.
sulkily
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Forms: form: more sulkily
form: most sulkily
Etymology: From sulky + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: But the pretty milk-maid was much too vexed to make any answer. She picked up the leg sulkily and led her cow away, the poor animal limping on three legs.
ref: 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, “The Dainty China Country”, in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC, page 230:
text: By hammering trenchantly on that point, Podson was induced to say sulkily, "Oh, all right, if you're so set on it...I never mentioned it. Hang it, I'm not likely to mention it to anybody, am I?"
ref: 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 88:
glosses: In a sulky manner.
pregnant chad
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pregnant chads
Senses: glosses: a chad that is bulging or pierced but is still attached to the voting ballot at all four corners
nonaligned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: From non- + aligned.
Senses: synonyms: neutral
unaligned
glosses: Not allied with any particular nation, or with any side in a dispute.
synonyms: word: disinterested
word: indifferent
word: candid
word: cold
word: clinical
word: detached
word: egal
word: equal
word: equitable
word: evenhanded
word: fairhanded
word: fair-minded
word: disinterested
word: dispassionate
word: impartial
word: imprejudicate
word: indifferent
word: indistinguishing
word: neuter
word: neutral
word: nonaligned
word: nonpartial
word: nonpartisan
word: nonpersonal
word: objective
word: unbiased
word: unbigoted
word: uninterested
word: unpartial
word: unpartisan
word: unprejudiced
word: unprepossessed
glosses: Neutral; impartial.
being-for-itself
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: The nihilation of being-in-itself
glosses: Consciousness conceived as a lack of being, a desire for being, a relation to being.
glosses: The origin of negation and destruction.
Related terms: being-in-itself
facticity
transcendence
being-in-itself
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: existentialism
human-sciences
phenomenology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The self-contained and fully realized being or existence of objects.
Related terms: being-for-itself
finitude
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: finitudes
Etymology: From finite + -tude, or from Renaissance Latin finitūdō (“signifying a noun of state”).
Senses: examples: text: Matter expresses the finitude of time-space; in this world of limitation a new way of knowing becomes possible, and this way is language.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 15:
text: A one-car life is one of finitude and limitations.
ref: 2025 January 30, Zachary Przystup, “Is 2 cars too many? Lamenting life in the fast lane.”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
glosses: The state or characteristic of being finite; limitedness.
Synonyms: sense: state or characteristic of being finite
word: finiteness
word: finity
word: limitedness
Jahbulon
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Yahbulon
form: Jabulon
Etymology: Various etymologies of this word are found; as a mystic word it may be deliberately obscure, though the first syllable is invariably given as being Hebrew יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”). Some theories often cited:
* First, that it is a compound of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + בּעל (bul, “on high, in heaven”) + אוֹן (’on, “strength”).
* Second, that it may have been a blend of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + זְבוּלוּן (Zəbūlūn, “Zebulun or Zabulon, son of Jacob”).
* Third, it is explained as being a combination of יָהּ (Yah, “Yahweh”) + בּעל (bul, “Baal”) + אוֹן (’On, “Heliopolis”), a city of Egypt, explained as a reference to Osiris, perhaps as a misunderstanding of Genesis 46:20. Stephen Knight in The Brotherhood and Martin Short in Inside the Brotherhood argued that Jahbulon is a trinity consisting of Yahweh, God of the Jews, Baal, God of the Phoenicians and Celts, and Osiris, an Egyptian God.
Senses: examples: text: To this name, as the Royal Arch Masons to that of Jabulon, they attributed the most wonderful powers; and it could only be the subject of silent but pleasing contemplation, for its pronunciation was said to make earth and heaven tremble, and even the angels of heaven to quake with fear.
ref: 1875, Charles William Heckethorn, Secret Societies of All Ages and Countries:
text: In the ritual of exaltation, the name of the Great Architect of the Universe is revealed as JAH-BUL-ON – not a general umbrella term open to any interpretation an individual Freemason might choose, but a precise designation that describes a specific supernatural being – a compound deity composed of three separate personalities fused in one.
ref: 1984, Stephen Knight, The Brotherhood:
text: For the Masons, as for the Hermeticists, the name of the Hidden God was too sacred or magically powerful to be revealed even to the lower grades, the craft. This name was Jahbulon, and—not surprisingly—it is a triple name, its first two syllables being Ja for Yahwe, the God of Israel, and Bul for the Canaanite Baʿal.
ref: 1987, Martin Bernal, Black Athena:
text: “JAH-BUL-ON” was laid out on an altar that also displayed the Hebrew letters aleph, beth, and lamed (A, B, L).
ref: 2001, Gareth J Medway, Lure of the Sinister:
text: The complexity of the ceremonies in the Craft and the inclusion of the now defunct key word ‘jahbulon’ in Chapter, which I believe was the ultimate Masons word, means that the authors of Freemasonry in the 18th century were extremely well informed as to the importance and contents of the Rosslyn Chapel.
ref: 2003, Leon Davin, The Ritual:
text: Thus, the final translation of the masonic god-name Jahbulon or Yahbulon could well be ‘Thoth, Lord of Heliopolis’, or perhaps even the ‘Thoth Pyramid of Heliopolis’.
ref: 2004, Ralph Ellis, Eden in Egypt:
topics: Freemasonry
freemasonry
lifestyle
glosses: A symbolic or ceremonial name for God associated by some writers with certain Masonic rites or passwords.
royalist
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more royalist
form: most royalist
Etymology: From royal + -ist, also capitalised as Royalist.
Senses: examples: text: For a time, it was the only Royalist stronghold between London and Exeter, but it fell at last when a member of the garrison turned traitor and admitted the Parliamentary besiegers who destroyed it with gunpowder.
ref: 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 134, about Corfe Castle:
glosses: royalistic
Derived terms: more royalist than the king
royalist
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: royalists
Etymology: From royal + -ist, also capitalised as Royalist.
Senses: glosses: A monarchist (supporter of monarchy) or supporter of a particular royal régime.
glosses: A legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially:
a Cavalier, a supporter of King Charles I of England during the English Civil War.
glosses: A legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially:
a supporter of the House of Bourbon, in France since the 18th century and especially during the French Revolution.
glosses: A legitimist, a supporter of a particular royal line, especially one in danger of being dispossessed of a throne or actually dispossessed of such, and claiming to have the better claim to the throne on the basis of line of descent; especially:
a supporter of Ferdinand VII of Spain in Spanish South America during the South American Wars of Independence of the 1810s and 1820s.
Synonyms: sense: basilean (obsolete)
word: supporter of a royal régime
Related terms: royalism
Δ
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: law
glosses: Abbreviation of defendant.
hotbox
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hotboxes
form: hotboxing
form: hotboxed
form: hotboxed
Etymology: From hot + box.
Senses: examples: text: Jane hotboxed the tent earlier.
glosses: To smoke marijuana in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car, until it is full of smoke, thereby intensifying the drug's effects.
glosses: To put out a cigarette just before entering a vehicle, then expel smoke in the vehicle.
glosses: To smoke a cigarette vigorously and rapidly.
glosses: To fart in a small confined area, such as the inside of a car.
Synonyms: sense: smoke in a confined area
word: clambake
sense: smoke in a confined area
word: box out
propeller shaft
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: propeller shafts
Senses: glosses: The shaft which transmits the rotary motion from an engine to a propeller, as on a ship or aircraft.
topics: automotive
transport
vehicles
synonyms: propshaft
glosses: the shaft which connects the gearbox to the differential on the axle of a rear-wheel-drive or four-wheel-drive vehicle.
occiput
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɒk.sɪ.pʌt/
ipa: /ˈɑk.səˌpʌt/
ipa: /ˈɑk.səp.ət/
Forms: form: occipita
form: occiputs
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin occiput (“the back part of the head”). Compare sinciput.
Senses: examples: text: And then came Turbor, who sat quietly and unemotionally through the fifteen minute process, and Munn, who jerked at the first touch of the electrodes, and then spent the session rolling his eyes as though he wished he could turn them backwards and watch through a hole in his occiput.
ref: 1953, Isaac Asimov, “9: The Conspirators”, in Second Foundation (Foundation Series), Panther Books Ltd, Part II: Search by the Foundation, page 95:
text: He wore a large white cotton Nubian shirt, trimmed with red pompons, and shaved his head, except for one lock at the occiput ‘by which Mohammed lifts you up on Judgement Day’.
ref: 2002, Alain de Botton, The Art of Travel, published 2008:
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
antonyms: sinciput
glosses: The back part of the head or skull.
Derived terms: word: basiocciput
word: occipital
word: occipito-
word: occipit-
word: supraocciput
Related terms: occipital bone
lay to rest
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: lays to rest
form: laying to rest
form: laid to rest
form: laid to rest
Senses: examples: text: He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.
glosses: To bury someone who has died.
examples: text: Payment of the court-imposed fine should finally lay this matter to rest.
text: TIn front of a record women's rugby crowd of 81,885, the Red Roses, who had lost the previous two finals to New Zealand, laid that ghost to rest with an assured display built on their power up front and ferocious defence.
ref: 2025 September 27, Alastair Telfer, “England overpower Canada to win Women's World Cup”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To close (a matter of dispute).
Synonyms: sense: to bury one who has died
word: entomb
sense: to bury one who has died
word: inhume
sense: to bury one who has died
word: inter
sense: to bury one who has died
word: bury
sense: to bury one who has died
word: grave
-oma
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Pronunciation: enpr: ō′mə
ipa: /ˈəʊ.mə/
ipa: /ˈoʊ.mə/
ipa: /ˈəʉ.mə/
ipa: /ˈɐʉ.mə/
ipa: /ˈo.mə/
ipa: /ˈoː.mə/
Forms: form: -omata
form: -omas
Etymology: From Ancient Greek -ωμα (-ōma), from verbs in -όω (-óō) + -μα (-ma) (from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥), which lengthens a preceding vowel.
Senses: topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Forming nouns indicating disease or morbidity.
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
synonyms: -cele
-coele
glosses: Forming nouns indicating tumors or masses, which may be non-neoplastic or (more often) neoplastic, and (if the latter) either benign or malignant (cancerous); in accord with present-day understanding of histopathology, the suffix is now nonproductive for non-neoplastic senses.
environmentalism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: environmentalisms
Etymology: From environmental + -ism.
Senses: examples: text: The first is that the present work in no sense represents a relapse toward the old environmentalism which believed it could find the causes of culture in environment.
ref: 1939, Alfred L. Kroeber, “Objectives”, in Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America, published 1963, page 1:
topics: human-sciences
medicine
sciences
social-science
social-sciences
glosses: A theory that views environment, rather than heredity or culture, as the important factor in the development of an individual or group.
examples: text: The need for environmentalisms engaged with the commons rather than relegated to the individual consumer or tied to the middle-class principles of private property.
ref: 2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 196:
topics: government
politics
glosses: A political and social ideology that seeks to prevent the environment from degradation by human activity.
Hyponyms: ecocapitalism
ecosocialism
Related terms: antienvironmentalism
enviro-
environment
environmental
environmentalist
Davy Jones' locker
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of Davy Jones's locker.
heav'n
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /hɛvn/
rhymes: -ɛvn
Forms: form: heav'ns
Senses: glosses: Contraction of heaven.
ding dong
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪŋ(ɡ)ˈdɒŋ(ɡ)/
Etymology: See ding-dong
Senses: examples: raw_tags: Traditional English nursery rhyme
text: Ding dong bell, pussy's in the well! / Who put her in? Little Johnny Thin. / Who pulled her out? Little Tommy Stout.
glosses: The sound made by a bell; especially, that made by a doorbell.
examples: text: — Here's a photo of my new girlfriend. — Ding dong!
text: Ding dong, you're not wrong.
ref: 1959, Norman Hudis, 0:44:35 from the start, in Carry On Nurse (motion picture), spoken by Jack Bell (Leslie Phillips), Anglo-Amalgamated Film Distributors, →OCLC, retrieved 10 Nov 2017:
glosses: A general exclamation of surprise or approval.
Related terms: ding, ding, ding, we have a winner
can'st
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: O Christmas Tree! O Christmas Tree! Much pleasure thou can'st give me
glosses: Obsolete form of canst.
-st
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From Middle English -st; see -est.
Senses: examples: text: Thou com'st to use thy tongue.
ref: c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene v]:
glosses: Verb suffix for the second-person singular; Alternative form of -est.
-st
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From the written form of first; see further etymology there.
Senses: examples: text: the 21st century
glosses: Marks ordinals written in digits when the final term of the spelled number is "first"
Coordinate terms: -nd
-rd
-th
-st
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From -s + -t of excrescent suffixes, with -s sometimes genitive.
Senses: examples: text: among + -st → amongst
text: mid + -st → midst
text: while + -st → whilst
glosses: Excrescent suffix (adding sound but largely not changing the meaning).
Derived terms: against
alongst
amongst
beknownst
midst
unbeknownst
whilst
whomst
fourth person
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A variety of the third person sometimes used for indefinite referents, such as one, as in one shouldn't do that.
examples: The man saw the dog as he was leaving. (if he is the third person, or proximate, it refers to the man; if he is the fourth person, or obviative, it refers to the dog)
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: grammatical person in some languages distinct from first, second, and third persons, semantically translated by one of them in English. For example, in Ojibwe, it is a variety of the third person used for a secondary, or obviative, third person.
Synonyms: obviative
myrrh
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: mûr
ipa: /mɜːɹ/
ipa: [mɜː]
ipa: [mɝ]
ipa: [mɪr]
ipa: [møː]
note: Liverpool, fair–fur merger
ipa: [meː]
note: Humberside, Teesside, fair–fur merger
ipa: [mɛː]
note: Lancashire, fair–fur merger
ipa: [mɜː(ɹ)]
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
homophone: murr
homophone: murre (both fern–fir–fur merger)
homophone: mare (fair–fur merger)
Forms: form: myrrhs
Etymology: From Middle English mirre, from Old English myrre, from Latin myrrha, from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), from Semitic. Compare Arabic مُرّ (murr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”), Hebrew מור / מֹר (mōr, “myrrh”, literally “bitterness”). Compare מרור : maror.
Senses: examples: text: The glories of Mary held his soul captive: spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.
ref: 1916, James Joyce, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 98:
text: A compound of eggs boiled with myrrh, pepper, and cinnamon, taken on several successive days, is recommended by Arabs for strengthening amorous vigor.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162:
glosses: A red-brown resinous material, the dried sap of a tree of the species Commiphora myrrha, used as perfume, incense or medicine.
glosses: Synonym of chrism.
synonyms: word: chrism
glosses: The herb chervil.
Derived terms: African myrrh
common myrrh
heerabol myrrh
herabol myrrh
hirabol myrrh
myrrhbearer
myrrhed
myrrhic
myrrhin
myrrhine
myrrhlike
myrrhol
myrrhy
frankincense
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɹæŋkənˌsɛns/
Forms: form: frankincenses
Etymology: From Old French franc encens (“noble incense”).
Senses: examples: text: The glories of Mary held his soul captive : spikenard and myrrh and frankincense, symbolising the preciousness of God's gifts to her soul, rich garments, symbolising her royal lineage, her emblems, the lateflowering plant and lateblossoming tree, symbolising the agelong gradual growth of her cultus among men.
ref: 1916 December 29, James Joyce, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, New York, N.Y.: B[enjamin] W. Huebsch, →OCLC:
text: Frankincense, Frankenstein, Francophile, Philistine / Frankly, we are killing time
ref: 2019, “Keep Moving Don't Move”, in The Book of Traps and Lessons, performed by Kae Tempest:
glosses: A type of incense obtained from the Boswellia thurifera tree.
Synonyms: olibanum
Derived terms: Jew's frankincense
semper fi
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Pronunciation: /ˌsɛmpɚ ˈfaɪ/
/ˈsɛmpɚ ˌfaɪ/
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Abbreviation of semper fidelis.
maketh
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: /ˈmeɪkɪθ/
Senses: examples: text: He maketh me to lie downe in greene paſtures: he leadeth mee beſide the ſtill waters.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 23:2, column 1:
text: [']I have lived, oh stranger, with my memories, and my memories are in a grave that mine own hands hollowed, for truly hath it been said that the child of man maketh his own path evil;' and her beautiful voice quivered, and broke in a note as soft as any wood-bird's.
ref: 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “‘She’”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 143:
glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of make
heedless
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhiːdləs/
Forms: form: more heedless
form: most heedless
Etymology: From heed + -less.
Senses: examples: text: Sing we joyous, all together, heedless of the wind and weather.
text: Brutes […] / Ruminate heedleſs of the ſcene outſpread / Beneath, beyond, and ſtretching far away / From inland regions to the diſtant main.
ref: 1785, William Cowper, “Book V. The Winter Morning Walk.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 221:
text: "A fine man, that Dunwody, yonder," commented the young captain, as they parted, and as he turned to his prisoner. "We'll see him on in Washington some day. He is strengthening his forces now against Mr. Benton out there. A strong man—a strong one; and a heedless."
ref: 1910, Emerson Hough, “The Gateway, and Some who Passed”, in The Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 21:
antonyms: heedful
glosses: Unaware; without noticing; careless; inattentive.
Derived terms: heedlessly
heedlessness
wassailing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of wassail
wassailing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: wassailings
Senses: examples: text: I had rather kiss you than the tumbler, my dear / If there’s death in the cup, let us kiss before bier. / Our lips close with a cling / Undespondingly bring, / Then two happiest pairs to a good wassailing.
ref: 1898, “Canto VII.”, in an Apologist, editor, The Epic of Humanity; or, The Quest of the Ideal, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., […], →OCLC, page 382:
glosses: The act of performing a wassail.
webisode
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: webisodes
Etymology: Blend of Web + episode, coined to describe Scott Zakarin's The Spot (1995–1997).
Senses: examples: text: 2012, J. C. Calciano, quoted in 2012, Suzanne Lyons, Independent Film Producing: The Craft of Low Budget Filmmaking, unnumbered page,
I've build a fan-base on the Internet to market my movies through my webisodes. I started the webisode a year before my first movie, and within two years, each of my webisodes average between 20,000 to 50,000 views a day.
text: Webisodes such as the '6 beers of separation' described in the IMC Challenge at the start of the chapter are online episodes or chapters of an ongoing story. One of the best early examples is the BMW webisode where well-known people such as Guy Ritchie tell engaging stories involving BMW cars.
ref: 2012, Nigel Barker, Michael Valos, Terence A Shimp, Integrated Marketing Communications, page 230:
glosses: A short audio or video presentation on an Internet site.
examples: text: With the pilot webisode Fault Effect done and the additional character concepts prepared, it was time to start laying the groundwork for the initial batch of future webisodes.
ref: 2010, Michael Scaramozzino, Creating a 3D Animated CGI Short: The Making of the Autiton Archives: Fault Effect - Pilot Episode, page 524:
text: Overall, through an analysis of the structure, content, and context of these Web series, this chapter assesses the power of the webisode as a tool for the expression of Black voices, as empowerment for Black creative forces, and as a potential site for creating Black community.
ref: 2013, Christine Acham, “4: Blacks in the Future: Braving the Frontier of the Web Series”, in Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, editor, Watching While Black: Centering the Television of Black Audiences, page 65:
glosses: An episode of an Internet-based movie etc.
examples: text: n most cases, what was referred to as an episode or a webisode wasn't even a complete scene but instead an unfinished thought. A typical Seventh Portal webisode would set up its characters and present a conflict. Then, just as the conflict arose, the webisode reached its designated time limit and the audience was left hanging, rubbing its collective head and wondering, what the heck was that?
ref: 2002, Ibis Fernández, Macromedia Flash Animation & Cartooning: A Creative Guide, page 346:
text: The webisodes made clear: Jammer betrayed the Resistance.[…]The webisodes reveal not only character details, but aspects of the narrative arc of the series as well. In Webisode Five, Viper pilot and new husband Duck cries when his wife is killed in a Cylon raid on New Caprica.
ref: 2013, Paul Booth, “2: Frak-tured Postmodern Lives, Or, How I Found Out I Was a Cylon”, in Josef Steiff, Tristan Tamplin, editors, Battlestar Galactica and Philosophy: Mission Accomplished or Mission Frakked Up?, unnumbered page:
glosses: An episode of a television show that is only aired online.
Related terms: appisode
webisodic