cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
polychlorinated biphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpoʊliˌklɔrəˌneɪtəd ˈbaɪfənɪl/
ipa: /ˌpɒlɪˌklɔːrɪneɪtɪd ˈbaɪfənɪl/
Forms: form: polychlorinated biphenyls
Senses: examples: text: Another environmental factor thought to be affecting some coastal birds, although comparatively little is yet known about its extent or origin, is the presence of marine pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and toxic heavy metals.
ref: 1986, Valerie M. Thom, “Coastal habitats”, in Birds in Scotland, London: T & AD Poyser, published 2011, →ISBN, page 25:
text: The microbes devoured the chlorides in the earth; as metabolic byproducts, they produced toxic polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). By the time the infestation was contained an area of nearly 30 square kilometers had been effectively turned into a toxic waste dump.
ref: 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Nepyma:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: PCB
glosses: Any of a class of aromatic organic compounds formed by the chlorination of the hydrocarbon biphenyl; they have many industrial applications but are now considered persistent organic pollutants.
Coordinate terms: decachlorobiphenyl
dichlorobiphenyl
heptachlorobiphenyl
hexachlorobiphenyl
monochlorobiphenyl
nonachlorobiphenyl
octachlorobiphenyl
pentachlorobiphenyl
tetrachlorobiphenyl
trichlorobiphenyl
pilot fish
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: pilot fish
form: pilot fishes
Etymology: So called from its having been supposed to guide sharks to their prey.
Senses: glosses: A marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.
coral snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: coral snakes
Senses: glosses: Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.
Over 65 recognized species of New World coral snakes in three genera (Leptomicrurus, Micruroides, Micrurus), native to tropical South America and Southern USA, having bright bands of red, yellow and black.
glosses: Any of various venomous snakes of six genera in family Elapidae, many displaying distinctive color bands.
About 16 species of Old World coral snakes in three genera (Calliophis, Hemibungarus, Sinomicrurus), some banded.
grass snake
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: grass snakes
Senses: glosses: A nonvenomous snake of species Natrix natrix, native to Europe, with a yellow collar.
glosses: A snake of either of the two species of the nonvenomous green snake, Opheodrys, of North America:
A smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis)
glosses: A snake of either of the two species of the nonvenomous green snake, Opheodrys, of North America:
A rough green snake (Opheodrys aestivus)
Derived terms: taxonomic: Natrix helvetica
word: barred grass snake
taxonomic: Natrix natrix
word: European grass snake
taxonomic: Rhabdophis swinhonis
word: Swinhoe's grass snake
taxonomic: Natrix maura
word: viperine grass snake
Related terms: snake in the grass
meeple
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmiːpəl/
rhymes: -iːpəl
Forms: form: meeples
form: meeple
Etymology: Blend of my + people. Coined by Alison Hansel in November 2000 during a game of Carcassonne on the South Shore of Massachusetts.
Senses: examples: For quotations using this term, see Citations:meeple.
glosses: A small person-shaped figure used as a player's token in a board game.
wikipedia: Carcassonne (board game)
Carcassonne_(board_game)
Synonyms: board game piece
leatherback
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈlɛ.ðɚ.bæk/
Forms: form: leatherbacks
Etymology: From leather + back.
Senses: glosses: A large sea turtle, Dermochelys coriacea, with a leathery back.
monitor lizard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: monitor lizards
Etymology: From the obsolete taxa Monitor and Lacerta monitor now displaced by Varanus within the single-genus family Varanidae. The word Monitor is a calque of German Warner, which is a loanword from Arabic وَرَن (waran). The conflation of the two words was encouraged by the lizards' habit of standing on their hind legs and appearing to monitor their surroundings.
Senses: synonyms: safeguard
glosses: Any of various large carnivorous lizards of the family Varanidae, all of whose extant species are of genus Varanus, native to Africa, Asia and Australia.
glosses: Also: the earless monitor lizard, Lanthanotus borneensis; the sole member of the family Lanthanotidae.
Derived terms: earless monitor lizard
Related terms: goanna
Komodo dragon
goanna
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -ænə
Forms: form: goannas
Etymology: A respelling in Australia of guana, from iguana. Rhyming slang sense rhyming on colloquial pronunciation 'pianner'.
Senses: examples: text: Four goannas ran up the tree, and the animals of the bush had preyed so very lavishly on the remains of mortality that the thorax and other parts of the neck, together with various portions of flesh from the body, were missing.
ref: 1832, Coroner's Inquest, November 15, The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser, p. 3
text: Hello! There's a goanna; that's a good sized one; but nothing to the one that I tumbled over when I was coming from the Big River.
ref: 1849, The Ring, April 21, Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer, p. 2
text: I'll think of how the kids come alive walking around sandplains / reading tracks, looking for goannas, digging up witchetty grubs / collecting berries, branches of bush medicines.
ref: 2022, Meg Mooney, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 33:
glosses: Any of various monitor lizards native to Australia.
glosses: A piano.
Hyponyms: perentie
Derived terms: racehorse goanna
sand goanna
biphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: biphenyls
Etymology: From bi- + phenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: A colourless solid hydrocarbon, C₁₂H₁₀, consisting of two benzene rings linked together by a single bond.
examples: text: halogenated biphenyls
text: Another environmental factor thought to be affecting some coastal birds, although comparatively little is yet known about its extent or origin, is the presence of marine pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and toxic heavy metals.
ref: 1986, Valerie M. Thom, “Coastal habitats”, in Birds in Scotland, London: T & AD Poyser, published 2011, →ISBN, page 25:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any substituted or otherwise altered version of biphenyl, such as PCBs.
Synonyms: diphenyl
E230 when used as a preservative
lemonene
Derived terms: aminobiphenyl
chlorobiphenyl
cyanobiphenyl
decachlorobiphenyl
dichlorobiphenyl
heptachlorobiphenyl
hexachlorobiphenyl
monochlorobiphenyl
nonachlorobiphenyl
octachlorobiphenyl
pentachlorobiphenyl
polybrominated biphenyl
polychlorinated biphenyl
tetrachlorobiphenyl
trichlorobiphenyl
Related terms: terphenyl
diphenyl
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [daɪˈfiːnaɪɫ]
Forms: form: diphenyls
Etymology: From di- + phenyl.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Synonym of biphenyl.
synonyms: word: biphenyl
Derived terms: denagliptin
denaverine
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
diphenhydramine
diphenoxylate
diphenylacetylene
diphenylamide
diphenylbutadiene
diphenylcyanoarsine
diphenylcyclopropenone
diphenyl ether
diphenylguanidine
diphenylketone
diphenylmethane
diphenylmethanol
diphenyltetrazolium
diphenylurea
fenpiverinium
methadone
polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
Gulf Stream
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Gulf Stream
Senses: glosses: The warm ocean current issuing from the Gulf of Mexico, flowing northeastwards along the coast of North America to the Grand Banks where it breaks eastwards across the Atlantic Ocean and helps to maintain warm temperatures along the western coasts of the British Isles.
photog
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəˈtɒɡ/
Forms: form: photogs
Etymology: Clipping of photographer
Senses: glosses: A photographer, especially a professional one.
Synonyms: lensman
lenswoman
tog
pitched
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɪtʃt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of pitch
pitched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɪt͡ʃt/
rhymes: -ɪtʃt
Forms: form: more pitched
form: most pitched
Senses: examples: text: a pitched roof
text: The roofs up there are pitched heavier because of the snowfalls.
text: If you look closely, you can see that this whole patio is pitched at a quarter-inch to the foot.
glosses: Having a slope, whether shallow, steep, or intermediate.
examples: text: a high-pitched scream
glosses: Having a specified tonal range.
examples: text: a pitched battle
text: nowhere was the battle more pitched than in Ocean City, where protestors maintained a constant picket around city hall
qualifier: fight; etc; fight; etc
glosses: Fought at a particular place and time, at which opposing forces anticipate and commit to fighting; (later especially) involving sustained, intense military (or by extension, political, legal etc.) fighting.
raw_tags: of a battle
examples: text: He had his tea and hot rolls in a morning, while we were battening upon our quarter-of-a-penny loaf — our crug — moistened with attenuated small beer, in wooden piggings, smacking of the pitched leathern jack it was poured from.
ref: 1823, Charles Lamb, Essays of Elia:
glosses: Covered in pitch.
Derived terms: fever-pitched
high-pitched
low-pitched
pitched battle
pitched market
pitched roof
unpitched
low-pitched
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: lower-pitched
form: more low-pitched
form: lowest-pitched
form: most low-pitched
Senses: glosses: Of a sound, having a comparatively low pitch.
Synonyms: low
Benguela Current
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Benguela (“a town in Angola”) + current.
Senses: glosses: A cold ocean current originating in the Southern Ocean surrounding Antarctica, thence flowing northwards up the west coast of Africa as far as Angola. It provides nutrients for the sea life in the fishing grounds off the Cape of Good Hope.
parked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)kt
Senses: examples: text: a row of parked cars
glosses: Left somewhere when not in use.
Derived terms: misparked
parked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: -ɑː(ɹ)kt
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of park
prebooked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -ʊkt
Forms: form: pre-booked
Etymology: From pre- + booked.
Senses: glosses: booked in advance
Southern Ocean
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Southern Ocean
Etymology: Formally adopted by the International Hydrographic Bureau's Limits of Oceans and Seas in 1928. (Omitted from the current 3rd edition, but restored in the draft 4th edition awaiting ratification.)
Senses: synonyms: Antarctic Ocean
Austral Ocean
Great Southern Ocean
Southern Icy Ocean
South Polar Ocean
South-Polar Ocean
South Sea
glosses: The portion of the World Ocean surrounding Antarctica, variously taken as the waters south of the Antarctic Circle, the waters south of 60° S, or the waters bounded by the Antarctic Convergence.
prototypical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌpɹəʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹəʊtəʊ-/
ipa: /-əkəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹoʊtəˈtɪpɪkəl/
ipa: /ˌpɹoʊtoʊ-/
ipa: /-əkəl/
Forms: form: more prototypical
form: most prototypical
Etymology: From prototype + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The fourth model is called the enlightment model: Actors are seen to be responsible for problems but unable or unwilling to provide solutions. They are believed to need discipline provided by authoritative guidance. The Alcoholic Anonymous^([sic]) groups are considered prototypical for this model.
ref: 2013 June 29, Leo Montada, “Coping with Life Stress”, in Herman Steensma, Riël Vermunt, editors, Social Justice in Human Relations Volume 2: Societal and Psychological Consequences of Justice and Injustice, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 26:
synonyms: archetypal
archetypic
archetypical
prototypic
glosses: Constituting or representing an original type of something that others are modelled on or derived from.
Derived terms: prototypically
Related terms: stereotypical
providence
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɹɒvɪdəns/
ipa: /ˈpɹɑvɪdəns/
Forms: form: providences
Etymology: From Middle English providence, from Anglo-Norman providence, Middle French providence, and their source, Latin prōvidentia (“providence, foresight”), from the present participle of prōvidēre (“to provide”). By surface analysis, provide + -ence. Displaced native Old English foresċēawung.
Senses: glosses: Preparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
examples: text: WHEREAS it is expedient to amend the law relating to the government of Her Majesty’s Navy, whereon, under the good Providence of God, the wealth, safety and strength of the Kingdom so much depend:
ref: 1957, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Preamble”, in Naval Discipline Act 1957, page 1:
text: Constraining the area of a UAS’ operation does not provide protection to the public when there is no guarantee that a UA will remain within these confines. In this case the UA entered controlled airspace used by commercial aircraft and it could have crashed in a nearby densely populated area or at a large public event, both with a high potential for fatalities. As there was no control or influence over where it crashed, it was only down to providence that it crashed in a field 40 m away from occupied houses.
ref: 2021 February 18, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “Public Safety”, in AAIB investigation to Alauda Airspeeder Mk II, (UAS, registration n/a) 040719, archived from the original on 19 Sep 2023:
glosses: The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature, etc.).
examples: text: The idea was that a complete list of fully documented providences should be compiled as a cooperative venture which would cross denominational barriers.
ref: 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic, Folio Society, published 2012, page 91:
glosses: A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention.
examples: text: His providence in saving for his old age is exemplary.
glosses: Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality.
Derived terms: Lake Providence
Related terms: provident
divine
provisional
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/
Etymology: From provision + -al, or else from Middle French provisionnal (modern French provisionnel). Compare Latin prōvīsiōnālis.
Senses: examples: text: Marsden and Jones were named in the provisional squad for the European Championships, to be confirmed before the 30 June deadline.
text: The provisional date for the wedding is April 2, but it is subject to confirmation at the church.
glosses: Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.
Synonyms: provisionary
Derived terms: nonprovisional
provisional government
provisional job
provisional license
provisionality
provisionally
provisionalness
provisional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/
Forms: form: provisionals
Etymology: From provision + -al, or else from Middle French provisionnal (modern French provisionnel). Compare Latin prōvīsiōnālis.
Senses: topics: hobbies
lifestyle
philately
synonyms: provisory
glosses: A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.
examples: text: If this was not possible, then alternatives including provisionalizing with a complete denture or a tooth-supported fixed provisional and a staged treatment protocol should have been considered.
ref: 2015, Stuart J. Froum, Dental Implant Complications, page 518:
topics: dentistry
medicine
sciences
glosses: An interim denture.
Derived terms: provisionalize
Provisional
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Provisionals
form: Provo
Senses: glosses: a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
physically
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪz.ɪ.kli/
Forms: form: more physically
form: most physically
Etymology: From physic + -ally or physical + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: “And whatʼs more,” the voice went on triumphantly, “the patient is both physically and neurally whole.”
ref: 1952, Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man, Penguin Books (2014), page 236:
text: Oh, yeah? Well, that's not physically possible for me to do! So there!
ref: 2007, Curious George:
text: In good times and bad, in sickness and health, the benefits of friendships between women are physically and psychologically undeniable.
ref: 2024 August 4, Terry Ward, “Fragile and complex, female friendships hinge on the three S’s, a new book says”, in CNN:
glosses: In a physical manner.
glosses: According to the laws of physics.
glosses: Using physical force.
examples: text: After the software updated, I had to go in and physically change all the settings back to the way I wanted them.
glosses: Directly, rather than automatically or similar.
glosses: According to the rules of medicine.
Derived terms: nonphysically
physically challenged
physically unclonable function
opposed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpoʊzd/
ipa: /əˈpəʊzd/
Senses: glosses: Acting in opposition; opposing.
glosses: Being, of having an opponent; not unopposed.
examples: text: The diagonally opposed driving positions in the cab are identical.
ref: 1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, page 381:
glosses: Opposite.
Derived terms: as opposed to
nonopposed
opposed cylinder
opposedly
opposedness
opposed piston opposed cylinder
opposed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈpoʊzd/
ipa: /əˈpəʊzd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of oppose
located
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ləʊˈkeɪtɪd/
ipa: /ləˈkeɪtɪd/
ipa: /ˈloʊkeɪtɪd/
ipa: [ˈloʊkeɪɾɪd]
ipa: /loʊˈkeɪtɪd/
ipa: [loʊˈkeɪɾɪd]
rhymes: -eɪtɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of locate
controlled
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɹəʊld/
ipa: /kənˈtɹoʊld/
Forms: form: more controlled
form: most controlled
Senses: glosses: Inhibited or restrained in one's words and actions.
glosses: Subjected to regulation or direction.
examples: text: A randomized, controlled trial (RCT).
topics: medicine
sciences
qualifier: research
glosses: Resulting from a comparison with control samples; including a comparison (control) group. (describing clinical trials)
examples: text: The history of the Anglo-Indian Community in British-controlled India is one of many ups and downs, of vicissitudes and prosperity, of security and insecurity.
ref: 1973, Noel Pitts Gist, Roy Dean Wright, Marginality and Identity, page 150:
glosses: Under the control of the specified entity.
Hyponyms: climate-controlled
Derived terms: autocontrolled
computer-controlled timing
controlled-access highway
controlled atmosphere
controlled burn
controlled chaos
controlled drug
controlled explosion
controlled flight into terrain
controlledly
controlledness
controlled opposition
controlled-release
controlled substance
controlled variable time
controlled vocabulary
enantiocontrolled
government-owned and controlled corporation
hypercontrolled
microcontrolled
myocontrolled
neurocontrolled
non-controlled
noncontrolled
paracontrolled
placebo-controlled
radio-controlled
radio-controlled car
regiocontrolled
rent-controlled
self-controlled
semicontrolled
servocontrolled
silicon-controlled rectifier
stereocontrolled
supercontrolled
thermocontrolled
thought-controlled
uncontrolled
undercontrolled
voluntary controlled school
controlled
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈtɹəʊld/
ipa: /kənˈtɹoʊld/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of control
glosses: simple past and past participle of controll
Derived terms: remote-controlled
annoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of annoy
annoyed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /əˈnɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: more annoyed
form: most annoyed
Senses: examples: Judy is annoyed at Jim because he forgot to put the bins out again.
glosses: Troubled, irritated by something unwanted or unliked (an annoyance); vexed.
Synonyms: word: annoyed
word: angry
word: aggravated
word: agitated
word: bothered
word: exasperated
word: frustrated
word: irritable
word: irritated
word: irked
word: peeved
word: pestered
word: pissy
word: ratty
word: shitty
word: sore
word: tired
word: vexed
word: bee in one's bonnet
word: have it in for
word: hot and bothered
word: hold a grudge
word: brassed off
word: browned off
word: cheesed off
word: peed off
word: pissed off
word: PO'd
word: teed off
word: ticked off
Hypernyms: word: emotional
word: emotionful
Hyponyms: word: fed up
word: fed up to the back teeth
word: fed up to the teeth
word: gatvol
word: pig-sick
word: scundered
word: sick
word: sick and tired
word: sick to the back teeth
word: weary
Derived terms: annoyedly
unannoyed
Related terms: word: snippy
word: anger
word: annoy
word: annoyance
word: beleaguered
word: enrage
separated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd/
Forms: form: more separated
form: most separated
Senses: glosses: Detached; not connected or joined; two or more things stand apart.
examples: text: my parents are separated
glosses: Estranged; living apart but not divorced.
raw_tags: of spouses
Derived terms: comma-separated
grade-separated
mechanically separated meat
separated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛpəɹeɪtɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of separate
planned
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /plænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of plan
planned
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /plænd/
rhymes: -ænd
Senses: glosses: Existing or designed according to a plan.
glosses: at or through the planning stage, but not yet implemented or started.
Synonyms: word: advised
word: calculated
word: contrived
word: designed
word: planned
word: staged
word: thought-out
word: well-thought-out
Hyponyms: word: premeditated
Derived terms: centrally planned economy
overplanned
plandid
planned community
planned economist
planned economy
planned language
previously-planned
semi-planned
well-planned
Related terms: planned change
planned obsolescence
planned parenthood
cat-o'-nine-tails
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cats-o'-nine-tails
form: cat-o'-nine
Etymology: From cat + o' + nine + tails, cat referring to the inflicted wounds resembling the scratches of a cat. First attested in 1695.
Senses: examples: text: But I do tell you one thing, if you ſhould give ſuch Language at Sea, you'd have a Cat o' Nine-tails laid croſs your Shoulders.
ref: 1695, [William] Congreve, Love for Love: A Comedy. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, Act III, scene vii, page 44:
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: A scourge (multi-tail whip) having nine, often knotted, whipcords, formerly used for flogging as naval punishment.
glosses: A similarly constructed leather nine-tail whip, as used in British penal colonies and certain armies.
Hypernyms: scourge
confirmed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfɜːmd/
ipa: /kənˈfɝmd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of confirm
confirmed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kənˈfɜːmd/
ipa: /kənˈfɝmd/
Senses: examples: text: a confirmed liar
text: a confirmed opium-smoker
glosses: Having a settled habit; inveterate or habitual.
examples: text: a confirmed treaty
glosses: Verified or ratified.
examples: text: a confirmed Catholic
topics: Christianity
glosses: Having received the rite of confirmation.
Derived terms: autoconfirmed
confirmed bachelor
confirmedly
confirmedness
nonconfirmed
unconfirmed
trained
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Forms: form: more trained
form: most trained
Senses: examples: text: fully trained troops
text: As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
glosses: Having undergone a course of training (sometimes in combination).
examples: text: trained fruit trees
glosses: Manipulated in shape or habit.
Derived terms: foretrained
house-trained
law-trained
potty-trained
toilet-trained
trained
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɹeɪnd/
rhymes: -eɪnd
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of train
Manicheanism
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Manichean + -ism.
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of Manichaeism.
restricted
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of restrict
restricted
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈstɹɪktɪd/
Forms: form: more restricted
form: most restricted
Senses: glosses: Limited within bounds.
examples: text: restricted area
text: restricted access
text: a restricted military document
glosses: Available only to certain authorized groups of people.
examples: text: This hotel is restricted: no Blacks.
glosses: Only available to customers who do not belong to racial, ethnic or religious minorities.
Derived terms: calorie-restricted
gauge-restricted
restricted area
restricted byway
restricted demon
restricted function
restricted security
restricted stock
restricted stock unit
registered
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪs.tɚd/
ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪs.təd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of register
registered
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪs.tɚd/
ipa: /ˈɹɛd͡ʒ.ɪs.təd/
Senses: examples: text: a registered nurse
text: a registered voter
glosses: Having had one's name added to an official list or entered into a register
qualifier: mail service
glosses: Having a mailed item recorded in a register to enable its location to be tracked, sometimes with added insurance to cover loss.
Derived terms: registered bond
registered email
registered mail
registered nurse
registered post
registered trademark
excessively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈsɛsɪvli/
Forms: form: more excessively
form: most excessively
Etymology: From excessive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: The application form was excessively complicated.
text: While Rabbit is described by Milne as being excessively “captainish” or bossy, he also receives warm praise, he has frequent visits from Pooh.
ref: 2012, Daniel Eckstein, The Couple’S Match Book:
glosses: To an excessive degree.
examples: text: He smoked excessively.
text: Acidotic animals go off their feed, pant and salivate excessively, paw and scratch their bellies, and eat dirt.
ref: 2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 78:
glosses: In excess.
wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪŋz/
rhymes: -ɪŋz
Senses: glosses: plural of wing
wings
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪŋz/
rhymes: -ɪŋz
Senses: glosses: A type of scuba harness with an attached buoyancy compensation device: see wikipedia:Backplate and wing
glosses: A flip (hairstyle)
wings
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɪŋz/
rhymes: -ɪŋz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of wing
ask out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: asks out
form: asking out
form: asked out
form: asked out
Senses: examples: text: How do I ask her out?
text: How do I get a shy man to ask me out?
text: Kevin wants to ask Esther out on a date.
coordinate_terms: ask back
glosses: To invite somebody, especially on a date.
plutocrat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: plutocrats
form: ploutocrat
Etymology: From pluto- + -crat, after plutocracy, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth, riches”) + κράτος (krátos, “power, might”).
Senses: examples: Near-synonym: oligarch
synonyms: tycoonocrat
glosses: Someone who rules by virtue of his or her wealth.
Related terms: plutocracy
plutocratic
plutocrats
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: plural of plutocrat
cellar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɛlɚ/
rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
homophone: sellar
homophone: seller
Forms: form: cellars
form: seller
Etymology: From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
Senses: examples: text: The farmhouse has several additions, added over many decades; it has three cellars, and one of them is older than the other two.
glosses: An enclosed underground space, often under a building, used for storage or shelter.
examples: text: The insurance company valued his cellar at $27,000, largely on the strength of his bottles of 1972 Château Hypothetica.
glosses: A wine collection, especially when stored in a cellar.
examples: text: The Tigers have been in the cellar all year long, and I'm tired of it.
glosses: Last place in a league or competition; some rank near last place.
examples: text: Most of my tools and hardware are in the garage, but I keep some tools in the cellar, too, mainly for convenience.
glosses: A basement.
Derived terms: beer cellar
cellarable
cellarage
cellar door
cellar-door
cellar dweller
cellarer
cellaress
cellaret
cellarette
cellar flap
cellarful
cellarist
cellarless
cellarlike
cellarman
cellarmaster
cellarous
cellar spider
cellarway
cellary
cyclone cellar
down cellar
night-cellar
root cellar
salt cellar
salt-cellar
storm cellar
subcellar
undercellar
wine cellar
cellar
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɛlɚ/
rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
homophone: sellar
homophone: seller
Forms: form: cellars
form: cellaring
form: cellared
form: cellared
form: seller
Etymology: From Middle English celer, seler, from Anglo-Norman celer, Old French celier (modern cellier), from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella. Doublet of cellarium.
Senses: examples: text: Mr. VandenBerghe says he’s cellared such memorable bottles as the Batch 1 Adam from Hair of the Dog, a 14-year-old ale from Portland, Ore., that’s 10 percent alcohol, and the Trappistes Rochefort 10, a Quadrupel Belgian ale that peaks around age 10.
ref: 2008 June 25, Lucy Burningham, “Beer Lovers Make Room for Brews Worth a Wait”, in New York Times:
hypernyms: store#Verb
;
keep#Verb
;
save#Verb
;
lay by#Verb
lay in#Verb
glosses: To store (something, especially food or wine) in a cellar.
cellar
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsɛlə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈsɛlɚ/
rhymes: -ɛlə(ɹ)
homophone: sellar
homophone: seller
Forms: form: cellars
form: seller
Etymology: From 15th century English saler, from French salière, from Latin salarius (“relating to salt”), from Latin sal (“salt”).
Senses: glosses: salt cellar
blow out
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: blows out
form: blowing out
form: blew out
form: blown out
Etymology: From Middle English blow out, blowe out, dissimilated forms of earlier Middle English outblowen, ut-blawen (> English outblow), equivalent to blow + out. Compare West Frisian útblaze (“to blow out”), Dutch uitblazen (“to blow out”), German ausblähen and ausblasen (“to blow out”), Danish blæse ud (“to blow out”), Swedish blåsa ut (“to blow out”).
Senses: examples: text: He blows out the match.
text: The wind blew the candle out.
glosses: To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
examples: text: I blew out a tire on some hard cornering.
text: I blew out an LED when I cranked up the power.
text: I blew out my shoulder when I grabbed a heavy box in a careless way.
coordinate_terms: blow away
blow up
blow down
glosses: To destroy or degrade (something) quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely; for example, to deflate (a tire) by puncturing it, to burn out a light bulb by overcurrent, or to injure a bodily joint.
examples: text: The tire blew out on some hard cornering.
text: An LED blew out when I cranked up the power.
text: My shoulder blew out when I grabbed a heavy box in a careless way.
coordinate_terms: blow away
blow up
blow down
glosses: To be destroyed or degraded quickly, especially inadvertently and prematurely.
examples: text: The No. 1-rated football team proceeded to blow out its undermanned opponent.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: In a sporting contest, to dominate and defeat an opposing team, especially by a large scoring margin.
examples: text: And although they were pushed harder than even Lennon might have expected on a night of galeforce winds, they clung on to the lead Ledley gave them for all they were worth until their rivals had blown themselves out and surrendered top spot.
ref: 2011 December 29, Keith Jackson, “SPL: Celtic 1 Rangers 0”, in Daily Record:
glosses: To exhaust; to physically tire.
examples: text: [T]he blast that followed knocked off his fire helmet and blew out the doors and windows of his home nearby.
ref: 2013 April 18, “Dozens injured in Texas fertilizer plant explosion”, in NDTV, archived from the original on 01 Oct 2019:
glosses: To force open or out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
examples: text: A steam cock or valve sometimes blows out.
glosses: To be driven out by the expansive force of a gas or vapour.
glosses: To talk violently or abusively.
glosses: To sing out, sing out loud.
examples: text: There's also an abundance of sky bars for an expensive drink with an awesome view. If you're looking to blow out in style then try one of them.
ref: 2014, Martha Stone, Oli Lynch, London: An Insiders Budget Guide:
glosses: To spend a lot of money; to splurge.
Derived terms: word: blow-out
word: blowout
word: blow out of the water
word: BTFO
Related terms: [Term?]
favorite
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/
rhymes: -eɪvɹɪt
Forms: form: more favorite
form: most favorite
form: fav'rite
Senses: examples: text: Mom made her favorite oatmeal no-bakes and Rice Krispies treats. The good thing about being sick was she could eat anything she wanted.
ref: 2003, Kristen Heitzmann, The Still of Night, page 84:
glosses: US standard spelling of favourite.
favorite
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/
rhymes: -eɪvɹɪt
Forms: form: favorites
form: fav'rite
Senses: examples: text: Has direct links to update good and bad lists, customized favorites with childsafe sites, easy installation from one CD.
ref: 1998, Barry Leonard, Cyber Risk '97: Conference Proceedings:
glosses: US standard spelling of favourite.
favorite
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfeɪv.ɹɪt/
rhymes: -eɪvɹɪt
Forms: form: favorites
form: favoriting
form: favorited
form: favorited
form: fav'rite
Senses: examples: text: While I myself have no problems as far as favoriting instead of commenting is concerned, since a lot of deviants are like this, I thought it was right to tell people how to comment correctly.
ref: 2009, Grekkikay, post on how to critique art; quoted in Linda Vigdor, “Constructing Learning through the Creative Evaluation of Visual Arts Production”, in Hiesun Cecilia Suhr, editor, Online Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts (Routledge Studies in New Media and Cyberculture), New York, N.Y.; London: Routledge, 2015, section “Creative Evaluation as Practiced in Three Critique Environments”, exhibit 2 (DeviantArt.com), pages 87–88:
text: On Twitter, Eric Trump, one of the president’s sons, favorited a tweet, which was later deleted, that referred to Ms. Harris as a “whorendous pick.”
ref: 2020 August 12, Annie Karni, Jeremy W. Peters, “Her Voice? Her Name? G.O.P.’s Raw Personal Attacks on Kamala Harris”, in The New York Times:
glosses: US standard spelling of favourite.
Derived terms: cofavorite
favo
favoritest
favoritism
favoritize
nonfavorite
unfavorite
travelling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtɹæv.ə.lɪŋ/
Forms: form: traveling
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of travel
travelling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtɹæv.ə.lɪŋ/
Forms: form: travellings
form: traveling
Senses: examples: text: Hoisting, derricking, slewing, and travelling are by means of independent 600-volt motors through reduction gearing.
ref: 1956 May, “London Transport Diesel-Electric Cranes”, in Railway Magazine, page 337:
glosses: The act of one who travels; a journey.
Derived terms: time-travelling
travelling
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtɹæv.lɪŋ/
ipa: /ˈtɹæv.ə.lɪŋ/
Forms: form: traveling
Senses: examples: text: a travelling companion
glosses: That travels (with one).
examples: text: a travelling funfair
glosses: That travels habitually.
Derived terms: travelling bag
travelling carriage
travelling crane
travelling dress
travelling post office
travelling salesman
travelling salesman problem
travelling-salesman problem
travelling wave
travelling wave tube
travelling-wave tube
reasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːzənɪŋ/
Forms: form: reasonings
Senses: examples: text: Her reasoning was clear and logical.
text: I don’t follow your reasoning on this issue.
text: Good reasoning helps solve complex problems.
glosses: The deduction of inferences or interpretations from premises, abstract thought, ratiocination; (countable) any instance of this, especially as a process leading to an action, motive.
glosses: A Rastafari meeting held for the purposes of chanting, prayer and discussion.
Synonyms: sense: deduction of inferences
word: ratiocination
sense: deduction of inferences
word: rationale
sense: deduction of inferences
word: reasons
sense: deduction of inferences
word: rationalization
Derived terms: abductive reasoning
case-based reasoning
deductive reasoning
emotional reasoning
forward reasoning
inductive reasoning
motivated reasoning
reasoning
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɹiːzənɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of reason
folks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəʊks/
ipa: /foʊks/
ipa: /foʊlks/
rhymes: -əʊks
Senses: examples: text: My folks visit us at Christmas.
glosses: The members of one's immediate family, especially one's parents
examples: text: Wilson: He's right. They endorse Royce, fine, 'the hell else they gonna do? But what they say and don't say from the pulpit the Sunday before the primary we still got a dog in that fight.
Carcetti: I do this right, they respect it.
Wilson: An' if they don't, at least they get to see a beggin'-ass white man on his knees. Always a feel-good moment for the folks.
ref: 2006 Oct. 1, Dennis Lehane, "Refugees", The Wire, 00:32:06
text: Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.
glosses: People in general; everybody or anybody.
glosses: The police.
Derived terms: congressfolks
folksy
gentlefolks
grandfolks
ladyfolks
menfolks
old folks
showfolks
folks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəʊks/
ipa: /foʊks/
ipa: /foʊlks/
rhymes: -əʊks
Senses: glosses: plural of folk
Derived terms: but seriously folks
different strokes for different folks
just folks
just-folks
just plain folks
regular folks
that's all, folks
Related terms: folk
folks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /fəʊks/
ipa: /foʊks/
ipa: /foʊlks/
rhymes: -əʊks
Etymology: Coined by California historian Kevin Starr.
Senses: examples: text: McPherson's healing ministry, in fact. was at the core of her success, since so many of the Folks had come to Southern California in late middle or old age in the hope of regaining lost health.
ref: 2007, Kevin Starr, California: A History, Modern Library, →ISBN, page 182:
glosses: Late 19th and early 20th century migrants to California from Iowa and other parts of the Midwestern United States.
bring forward
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: brings forward
form: bringing forward
form: brought forward
form: brought forward
Senses: examples: text: Unsurprisingly, the Group was highly critical of the BTC's organisation and finances, and this prompted Marples to bring forward the Transport Act 1962, which created BR as a standalone entity with its own Board, headed by a full-time chairman. Beeching accepted this latter position, and initially became the BTC chairman in June 1961.
ref: 2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 43:
glosses: To call up for consideration.
examples: text: The meeting has been brought forward by one day.
glosses: To make something happen earlier than originally planned.
entering
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.təɹ.ɪŋ/
Senses: examples: text: From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
ref: 2013 June 8, “The new masters and commanders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 52:
glosses: present participle and gerund of enter
entering
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛn.təɹ.ɪŋ/
Forms: form: enterings
Senses: examples: text: The term “sale” does not include grants or purchases of options, exercises of call options, or enterings into contracts that require delivery of personal property or an interest therein.
ref: 1987, Code of Federal Regulations: 1985-1999, page 473:
glosses: action of the verb to enter
Derived terms: breaking and entering
supplies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: səplīzʹ
ipa: /səˈplaɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of supply
supplies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: səplīzʹ
ipa: /səˈplaɪz/
rhymes: -aɪz
Senses: glosses: plural of supply
topics: law
glosses: Financial resources supplied, often for a particular purpose.
epeirogenesis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἤπειρος (ḗpeiros, “land”) + -genesis.
Senses: topics: geography
geology
geomorphology
natural-sciences
glosses: Formation of continents, ocean basins and plateaus via movements of earth's crust.
summons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌ.mənz/
Forms: form: summonses
Etymology: From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).
Senses: examples: text: He sent to summon the seditious, and to offer pardon[…]; but neither summons nor pardon was any thing regarded.
ref: 1630, John Hayward, The Life and Raigne of King Edward VI:
text: this summons […] unfit either to dispute or disobey
ref: 1661, John Fell, The Life of the Most Learned, Reverend and Pious Dr. H. Hammond:
text: special summonses by the king
ref: 1818, Henry Hallam, View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages:
glosses: A call to do something, especially to come.
examples: text: Four summonses were brought recently on behalf of St. Pancras Borough Council against the British Transport Commission in respect of the emission of smoke by locomotives standing at Camden Motive Power Depot. (The summonses were dismissed)
ref: 1955 December, “Emission of Smoke by Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 812:
topics: law
glosses: A notice summoning someone to appear in court, as a defendant, juror or witness.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A demand for surrender.
Derived terms: alias summons
originating summons
pluries summons
writ of summons
summons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌ.mənz/
Forms: form: summonses
form: summonsing
form: summonsed
form: summonsed
Etymology: From Middle English somouns (“order or command to do something”), borrowed from Old French sumunce (modern French semonce), from Vulgar Latin *summonsa, a noun use of the feminine past participle of summoneō, summonēre (“to summon”).
Senses: examples: text: It proposes that those held in the prototype Selfridges cells be kept for a maximum of four hours to have their identity confirmed and be charged, summonsed or given a fine.
ref: 2007 March 15, The Guardian, page 1:
glosses: To serve someone with a summons.
summons
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌ.mənz/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: plural of summon
summons
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsʌ.mənz/
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of summon
studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌdiz/
Senses: glosses: plural of study
studies
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌdiz/
Senses: examples: text: My boyfriend is taking media studies.
text: Technology studies is not yet well established as an academic discipline in its own right but a serious body of both scholarly and popular literature in the field is now emerging.
ref: 1990, Kelvin W[ayne] Willoughby, “Prolegomena: The Rise of Technology Studies”, in Technology Choice: A Critique of the Appropriate Technology Movement, Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press; London: Intermediate Technology Publications, →ISBN, part 1 (Conceptual Groundwork), chapter 1 (Introduction: The Concept of Technology Choice), page 5:
glosses: An academic field of study concerning the given subject.
Derived terms: American studies
Arabic studies
area studies
Armenian studies
Australian studies
Balkan studies
Bengal studies
Black studies
business studies
Byzantine studies
Canadian studies
Celtic studies
Chicana studies
Chicano studies
Chinese studies
classical studies
combined studies
communication studies
complementary studies
consciousness studies
Croatian studies
cultural studies
Czech studies
Dunhuang studies
English studies
ethnic studies
European studies
female studies
feminist studies
film studies
future studies
game studies
gender studies
general studies
genre studies
Georgian studies
German studies
global studies
grievance studies
Hungarian studies
Indian studies
Indo-European studies
international studies
Iranian studies
Japanese studies
Kartvelian studies
Korean studies
Latin American studies
legal studies
literary studies
Manipur studies
media studies
medieval studies
Meitei studies
men's studies
modern studies
New Zealand studies
Oriental studies
Polish studies
postcolonial studies
queer studies
religious studies
Romani studies
Russian studies
Scandinavian studies
scheme of studies
sexuality studies
Slavic studies
Slavonic studies
social studies
South Asian studies
Spanish studies
subaltern studies
Syriac studies
Taiwan studies
television studies
translation studies
Ukrainian studies
urban studies
Vietnamese studies
whiteness studies
women's studies
studies
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstʌdiz/
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of study