cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
puss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝os
ipa: /pʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
Forms: form: pusses
Etymology: Probably from Middle Low German pūse, pūskatte or Dutch poes (“puss, cat”, also slang for “vulva”), ultimately from a common Germanic word for cat, perhaps ultimately imitative of a sound made to get its attention (compare Arabic بسة (bissa)).
Akin to West Frisian poes, Low German Puus, Puuskatte, Danish pus, dialectal Swedish kattepus, Norwegian pus.
Found also in several other European, North African and Asian languages; compare Romanian pisică, Persian پیشی (piši), Tamil பூசை (pūcai), Tagalog pusa
and Sardinian pisittu.
Senses: examples: text: Our local theatre is showing Puss in Boots.
text: Come here, puss! I've got some milk for you.
glosses: A cat.
glosses: A girl or young woman, or any child.
examples: text: He then began to beat about, in the ſame Language, and in the ſame Manner, as if he had been beating for a Hare, and at laſt cried out, 'Soho! Puſs is not far off. Here's her Form, upon my Soul; I believe I may cry ſtole away.'
ref: 1749, Henry Fielding, “In which is seen a more moving Spectacle, than all the Blood in the Bodies of Thwackum and Blifil and of Twenty other such, is capable of producing”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume II, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book V, page 220:
text: '[…] It won't kill Puss any better for that.' / "'But, goodness gracious, what can that hare be made of?' I asked.
ref: 1881, P. Chr. Asbjörnsen [i.e., Peter Christen Asbjørnsen], “A Day with the Capercailzies”, in H. L. Brækstad, transl., Round the Yule Log. Norwegian Folk and Fairy Tales, London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, →OCLC, page 77:
topics: hobbies
hunting
lifestyle
glosses: A hare.
glosses: The vulva (female genitalia).
examples: text: So don't know! So, what are you gonna do? Sell your birthright for a little bit of puss?
ref: 1986, Tim Kazurinsky, Denise DeClue, About Last Night, spoken by Bernie (Jim Belushi):
glosses: Sex with a woman.
glosses: A coward; a wuss; someone who is unable to stand up for themselves.
Synonyms: sense: cat
word: moggie
sense: cat
word: moggy
Derived terms: glamourpuss
puss caterpillar
puss-gentleman
puss in a bag
puss in the corner
puss moth
puss out
puss-puss
sea-puss
sea puss
sour puss
Related terms: pussy
puss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝os
ipa: /pʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
Forms: form: pusses
Etymology: Of Celtic origin, from or akin to Irish pus (“mouth, lip”), from Middle Irish bus.
Senses: examples: text: Shut your puss before I shut it for you.
text: Hubbert has a rasping voice and a razory laugh, and he's busy and theatrical in the worst way — a noisy performing pro with whirlwind arms and a saturnine puss.
ref: 1991, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 21, page 62:
glosses: The mouth.
examples: text: She gave him a slap in the puss.
glosses: The face.
Synonyms: sense: mouth
word: cakehole
sense: mouth
word: gob
sense: mouth
word: mush
sense: mouth
word: trap
Derived terms: sourpuss
puss
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: po͝os
ipa: /pʊs/
rhymes: -ʊs
Senses: examples: text: It didn't move as much, and the same teary puss leaked from its eyes.
ref: 2010 Alien Purgatory page 40
text: People called him Puss Head because if you crossed him, he went to great lengths to make sure that before you died, puss leaked from your head.
ref: 2012 Southern Supposition page 132
text: Puss leaked out from beneath white gauze on his back and trickled down his spine.
ref: 2016 When Crickets Cry page 267
glosses: Alternative spelling of pus.
presunto
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: presuntos
Etymology: From Portuguese presunto.
Senses: glosses: A dry-cured Portuguese ham.
TID
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin ter in diē.
Senses: examples: text: It has been repeatedly documented that moving patients from a TID dosing regimen to BID or OD vastly improves compliance, and thus the medicine's effectiveness.
ref: 2014 April, Ken. Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review:
topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
coordinate_terms: QID
BID
glosses: thrice per day, consumed three times per day
TID
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: TIDs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of time-interval digitizer.
Related terms: VTID
QD
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: From Latin quāquē diē.
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: once per day
QD
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: QDs
Senses: topics: engineering
nanotechnology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of quantum dot.
Derived terms: QD-OLED
ALF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Animal Liberation Front (name used by animal rights activists engaging in direct action).
glosses: Initialism of automatic letter facing: mechanical postal system introduced in the UK in 1957 to align the stamps to the correct position for the franking machine.
glosses: Initialism of assisted living facility.
IAEA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: “We have achieved something very important today and the important thing is the IAEA is staying here – let the world know that the IAEA is staying at Zaporizhzhia,” Grossi said in a video from Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency.
ref: 2022 September 1, Jon Henley, quoting Rafael Grossi, “IAEA team plan to stay at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, chief says”, in The Guardian:
qualifier: UN
glosses: Initialism of International Atomic Energy Agency.
wikipedia: fi:Kansainvälinen atomienergiajärjestö
PRI
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Public Radio International.
PRI
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: -aɪ
Forms: form: PRIs
Senses: topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of primary rate interface.
qualifier: nutrition
glosses: Initialism of Population Reference Intake.
Related terms: sense: telecommunication
word: BRI
sense: telecommunication
word: ISDN
RSS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: R.S.S.
form: R. S. S.
Senses: examples: text: Another theory is that RSS was always too geeky for regular people. Even the New York Times, which seems to have been eager to adopt RSS and promote it to its audience, complained in 2006 that RSS is a “not particularly user friendly” acronym coined by “computer geeks.”
ref: 2019 January 9, Sinclair Target, “The Rise and Demise of RSS”, in Motherboard, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2019:
glosses: Initialism of Rich Site Summary / Really Simple Syndication (“mechanism to follow updates on other websites such as news, music, blogs, etc.”).
glosses: Initialism of RDF Site Summary.
topics: government
military
nautical
politics
transport
war
glosses: Initialism of Republic of Singapore Ship (“prefix of Navy ships belonging to the Republic of Singapore Navy”).
qualifier: Indian politics
glosses: Initialism of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (“Indian nationalist volunteer organization”).
Derived terms: RSS feed
RSS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: RSSes
form: R.S.S.
form: R. S. S.
Senses: topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of reusable spaceship.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of rapid response system.
topics: aerospace
astronautics
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of range safety system.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Initialism of residual sum of squares.
CMS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: topics: media
glosses: Initialism of Chicago Manual of Style.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: Initialism of Charlotte Motor Speedway.
glosses: Initialism of Church Mission Society (formerly Church Missionary Society).
examples: text: “If the FDA grants traditional approval CMS is prepared to ensure anyone with Medicare Part B who meets the criteria is covered,” CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure said in a statement.
ref: 2023 June 1, Carma Hassan, “FDA-approved Alzheimer’s drugs will be covered by Medicare, with some limitations, CMS says”, in CNN:
text: The notices sent to staffers in the office suggested that they contact the former director of the office if they had a complaint — but that director died late last year, Karen Shields, a former CMS executive, posted on LinkedIn on Tuesday morning.
ref: 2025 April 1, Nick Valencia, Brenda Goodman, Meg Tirrell, Tami Luhby and Sean Lyngaas, “‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
examples: text: Other groups have different messages: the National Policy Institute, fronted by Richard Spencer and designed to “elevate the consciousness of whites”; the Occidental Quarterly, run by CMS member Kevin MacDonald and presenting itself as a scholarly journal; American Third Position, later rebranded as the American Freedom Party, led by Johnson with “a platform that is predicated on the preservation of our traditional European roots.”
ref: 2022 May 20, Elle Reeve, “How White ‘replacement theory’ evolved from elderly racists to teens online to the alleged inspiration for another racist mass homicide”, in CNN:
glosses: Initialism of Charles Martel Society.
CMS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CMSes
form: CMSs
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of content management system.
topics: communications
electrical-engineering
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
telecommunications
glosses: Initialism of call management system.
topics: education
glosses: Initialism of career management skills.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of color management system.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of conversational monitor system.
topics: video-games
glosses: Initialism of construction and management simulation, a style of game that involves planning and managing a population of citizens in a town or similar, without direct control of characters.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
qualifier: atom
glosses: Initialism of compact muon solenoid.
qualifier: materials science
glosses: Initialism of carbon microsphere.
glosses: Initialism of congenital myasthenic syndrome.
PLO
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Palestine Liberation Organization.
PLO
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Initialism of pot-limit Omaha, a poker variant.
NPCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Paint and Coatings Association.
AAPS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists.
SCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Society of Cosmetic Chemists.
glosses: Initialism of Supreme Court of Canada.
SCC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: SCCs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of single-column centimetre (“a charging unit for advertising space in newspapers”).
examples: text: Ulcerated BCC may mimic SCC, and Bowen's disease may be misdiagnosed for the superficial and morphoeic forms.
ref: 1993, W. E. De Launey, Harvey Rotstein, W. A. Land, De Launey and Land Principles and Practice of Dermatology:
topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of squamous cell carcinoma.
glosses: Initialism of standard contractual clause.
examples: text: When metals are exposed to water containing salts, the strength of the metal can be severely compromised and lead to unexpected failure. An example of a SCC failure is the 2003 Kinder Morgan gasoline pipeline in Tucson, AZ.
ref: 2018 September 10, “Decoupling stress and corrosion to predict metal failure”, in Phys.org (press release from Arizona State University), archived from the original on 30 Oct 2021:
glosses: Initialism of stress corrosion cracking.
MRS
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Materials Research Society.
glosses: Initialism of Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.
MRS
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: MRSes
Senses: glosses: Initialism of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
glosses: Initialism of mandibular repositioning splint.
glosses: Initialism of marginal rate of substitution.
glosses: Initialism of metabolic risk score.
glosses: Ellipsis of MRS degree
NACD
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of National Association of Chemical Distributors.
CSCE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe.
glosses: Initialism of Canadian Society for Civil Engineering.
Related terms: OSCE
CSChE
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering.
EPCA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of European Petrochemical Association.
glosses: Initialism of Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
DCAT
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Acronym of Drug, Chemical and Associated Technologies Association.
ESF
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of European Science Foundation.
glosses: Initialism of European Students' Forum.
bldg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bldg
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of building.
Off.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: qualifier: title
glosses: Officer.
glosses: Office.
Aust
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Australia.
glosses: Abbreviation of Australian.
Aust
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Latin Augusta.
Senses: glosses: A small village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire district, Gloucestershire, England, by the Severn Estuary (OS grid ref ST5789).
Aust
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: Austs
Etymology: * As a German surname, from Aust, shortened from August and Augustin.
* As an English surname, from the placename in England (see Etymology 2 above).
Senses: glosses: A surname from German.
Derived terms: Aust-Agder
sth
Language: English
Part of speech: pron
Forms: form: sth.
form: sthg
form: smth
Senses: examples: text: have something against [sth], have something against doing [sth].
glosses: Abbreviation of something.
mth
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mths
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of month.
mth
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɛmθ/
rhymes: -ɛmθ
Etymology: From m + -th (ordinal suffix).
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Occurring at position m in a sequence.
Related terms: nth
ith
ann
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /æn/
ipa: /an/
rhymes: -æn
rhymes: -an
homophone: an (stressed)
Forms: form: anns
form: annat
Etymology: From Latin annata (“income of a year; income of half a year”), from annus (“year”): compare French annate (“annats”), Spanish anata (“annats”).
Senses: glosses: An annate.
Related terms: hooley-ann
Cong.
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: -ɒŋ
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Congress.
glosses: Abbreviation of Congressman, Congresswoman, or Congressperson.
Cong
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔŋ/
rhymes: -ɒŋ
Senses: glosses: Clipping of Vietcong.
glosses: Clipping of Indian National Congress.
conf.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confs.
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of conference.
conf
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: confs
Senses: examples: text: Mass is sending delegates to the National Conference on Lesbian and Gay Rights, Apr 21-26 in LA. This conf will form the national coalition we've all been waiting for & will begin to fight the Right.
ref: 1981 April 18, “All Activists Read This (classified advertisement)”, in Gay Community News, page 14:
glosses: Abbreviation of conference.
intl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of international.
intl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of internationally.
natl.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of national.
mtg.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mtgs.
Senses: examples: 1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Left the GPU mtg tonite about ½ way thru.
glosses: Abbreviation of meeting.
glosses: Abbreviation of mortgage.
soc.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc.
translation: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society — ISO 4 abbreviated title
english: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society — ISO 4 abbreviated title
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glosses: Abbreviation of society.
soc.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of social.
soc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səʊʃ/
ipa: /soʊʃ/
rhymes: -əʊʃ
homophone: sosh
Forms: form: socs
form: Soc
Etymology: Abbreviation of sociology and social.
Senses: glosses: Sociology or social science.
examples: text: We get jumped by the Socs. I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.
ref: 1967, S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders, page 2:
glosses: Upper class youth.
soc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səʊʃ/
ipa: /soʊʃ/
rhymes: -əʊʃ
homophone: sosh
ipa: /sɒk/
ipa: /sɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
ipa: /səʊʃ/
ipa: /soʊʃ/
rhymes: -əʊʃ
homophone: sosh
Forms: form: socs
Etymology: Clipping of society.
Senses: examples: text: Are you part of any socs this year?
qualifier: university slang
glosses: A society (circle, club, interest group).
Derived terms: english: society-name-forming suffix
translation: society-name-forming suffix
word: -soc
soc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səʊʃ/
ipa: /soʊʃ/
rhymes: -əʊʃ
homophone: sosh
ipa: /sɒk/
ipa: /sɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
ipa: /sɒk/
ipa: /sɑk/
homophone: sock
ipa: /səʊʃ/
ipa: /soʊʃ/
rhymes: -əʊʃ
homophone: sosh
ipa: /sɒk/
ipa: /sɑk/
rhymes: -ɒk
Etymology: From Middle English soke, sok, soc, from Old English sōcn. More at soke.
Senses: examples: text: As proprietors of the soc, the lords claimed a great number of fees and perquisites, payable by all classes of people, whether free or servile, who negotiated any affairs within the soc, and which no doubt formed in themselves a considerable source of revenue.
ref: 1869, George Norton, Commentaries on the History, Constitution, and Chartered Franchises of the City of London, page 96:
text: Doubts have recently been cast upon Maitland's view that the Anglo-Saxon "sac and soc" included the right to hold a petty court, to compel tenants to attend it, and to take profits from it.
ref: 2001, Theodore Frank Thomas Plucknett, A Concise History of the Common Law, page 96:
topics: law
synonyms: soke
glosses: The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
glosses: An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
Derived terms: soc and sac
sac and soc
Soc
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Socs
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of soc (“upper class youth”).
symp.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of symposium.
inst.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of institute.
examples: text: My dearest son, I have at hand your letter of the 26th inst., telling of the termination of your employment.
ref: 1979, William Styron, chapter 2, in Sophie’s Choice, London: Vintage, published 2004, →ISBN, page 32:
glosses: Abbreviation of instant: of the current month.
glosses: Abbreviation of instrumental.
inst
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: insts
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of inst..
sq.
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: sq
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of square in units of measure.
Derived terms: sq. ft.
sq. in.
sq.
Language: English
Part of speech: phrase
Forms: form: sq
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of seq.: "and those which follow"
tallyho
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæliˈhoʊ/
ipa: [ˌtʰæliˑˈhoʊ̯]
ipa: /ˌtæliˈhəʊ/
Forms: form: tally-ho
Etymology: 1772, UK, probably alteration of French taïaut (interjection used in deer-hunting), from Middle French tahou, tayo, from Old French taho, ta ho, tielau (interjection given to hounds to return) (second half of 13th century), composed of ta (particle used to prod animals) + ho ! (“halt!, hold!”). More at ho.
Senses: examples: There he is! Coming out of that coppice! Tallyho tallyho tallyho!
glosses: Used to urge on a fox hunt, especially when the fox is sighted.
examples: text: Here goes the Lord with one of his famous "Tallyho" pullouts. Tallyho!
ref: 1966, Bruce Brown, director, The Endless Summer:
glosses: A cry used to signify encouragement when embarking on any somewhat daring endeavour.
examples: text: Tallyho, chaps! What's the time, anybody?
glosses: A simple greeting, primarily used by the upper classes.
examples: (Air Traffic Control): Speedbird 123, New York, traffic at two o’clock, seven miles, a Boeing 737, west-bound, at 4000 feet.”
(Pilot): New York, Speedbird 123, tallyho.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
broadcasting
business
engineering
media
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
radio
glosses: Target sighted.
Synonyms: sense: target sighted
word: tally
Derived terms: tally
tallyho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæliˈhoʊ/
ipa: [ˌtʰæliˑˈhoʊ̯]
ipa: /ˌtæliˈhəʊ/
Forms: form: tallyhos
form: tallyhoes
form: tally-ho
Etymology: 1772, UK, probably alteration of French taïaut (interjection used in deer-hunting), from Middle French tahou, tayo, from Old French taho, ta ho, tielau (interjection given to hounds to return) (second half of 13th century), composed of ta (particle used to prod animals) + ho ! (“halt!, hold!”). More at ho.
Senses: examples: text: Alright, I'll give them the old tallyho.
glosses: An instance of the interjection.
examples: text: They could not come to-day; there would have been hardly room for them in the tallyho.
ref: 1900, Rebecca Sophia Clarke, Jimmy, Lucy, and All:
glosses: A pleasure coach.
tallyho
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæliˈhoʊ/
ipa: [ˌtʰæliˑˈhoʊ̯]
ipa: /ˌtæliˈhəʊ/
Forms: form: tallyhos
form: tallyhoing
form: tallyhoed
form: tallyhoed
form: tally-ho
Etymology: 1772, UK, probably alteration of French taïaut (interjection used in deer-hunting), from Middle French tahou, tayo, from Old French taho, ta ho, tielau (interjection given to hounds to return) (second half of 13th century), composed of ta (particle used to prod animals) + ho ! (“halt!, hold!”). More at ho.
Senses: examples: text: I'll tallyho once we've got to the top.
glosses: To articulate the interjection.
fl.
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of floor.
glosses: Abbreviation of florin.
fl.
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: examples: text: John Lane (fl. 1600–1630)
glosses: Abbreviation of floruit (“flourished”).
Related terms: fl. oz.
tally-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tallyho.
tally-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tally-hos
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tallyho.
tally-ho
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: tally-hos
form: tally-hoing
form: tally-hoed
form: tally-hoed
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of tallyho.
fl
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: media
publishing
typography
glosses: Initialism of flush left.
Fl
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of Florida; Alternative form of FL.
talon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: rhymes: -ælən
ipa: /ˈtælən/
Forms: form: talons
Etymology: From Middle English talon, taloun, from Old French talon (“heel, spur”), from Medieval Latin tālōnem, from Vulgar Latin *tālōnis, from Latin tālus (“ankle”).
Senses: examples: text: and now doth gaſtly death
With greedie talients gripe my bleeding hart,
And like a Harpye tires on my life.
ref: c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene vii:
text: It may be tried also whether birds may not have something done to them when they are young , whereby they may be made to have greater or longer bills , or greater and longer talons ?
ref: 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “VIII. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
glosses: A sharp, hooked claw of a bird of prey or other predatory animal.
topics: biology
natural-sciences
zoology
glosses: One of certain small prominences on the hind part of the face of an elephant's tooth.
topics: architecture
glosses: A kind of moulding, concave at the bottom and convex at the top; an ogee. (When the concave part is at the top, it is called an inverted talon.)
examples: text: The locks were constructed with two or three levers, and sometimes with a common tumbler. The talon is the secret; for after locking the bolt out, the key is turned round again quietly to catch the nib and force the talon up
ref: 1856, George Price, A Treatise on Fire and Thief-proof Depositories, and Locks:
glosses: The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
topics: card-games
games
glosses: The remaining stock of undealt cards.
topics: business
finance
glosses: A document that could be detached and presented in exchange for a block of further coupons on a bond, when the original block had been used up.
Derived terms: taloned
Related terms: english: etymologically unrelated
translation: etymologically unrelated
word: Coed-talon
tambourine
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/
Forms: form: tambourines
Etymology: From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
Senses: glosses: A percussion instrument consisting of a small, usually wooden, hoop closed on one side with a drum frame and featuring jingling metal disks on the tread; it is most often held in the hand and shaken rhythmically; by extension, any frame drum.
examples: text: Tambourines are shy birds and do not tame easily.
ref: 2006, Gayle Soucek, Doves, page 78:
glosses: A tambourine dove.
glosses: A kind of Provençal dance.
glosses: The music for this dance.
Derived terms: tambourinist
tambourine
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌtæm.bəˈɹiːn/
Forms: form: tambourines
form: tambourining
form: tambourined
form: tambourined
Etymology: From French tambourin (“little drum”), from French tambour (“drum”). Ultimately from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see it and Persian تنبور for more.
Senses: glosses: To play the tambourine.
examples: text: Rain tambourined on the stately square.
ref: 1995, Henri Cole, The Look of Things, page 23:
glosses: To make a sound like a tambourine.
corvine
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more corvine
form: most corvine
Etymology: From Latin corvīnus.
Senses: glosses: Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of crows or ravens.
tameness
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tamenesses
Etymology: From tame + -ness.
Senses: glosses: The state or quality of being tame.
glosses: The result or product of being tame.
Derived terms: hand-tameness
insular tameness
island tameness
tampon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈtʰæmpɒn]
ipa: [ˈtʰæmpɑn]
rhymes: -æmpɑn
Forms: form: tampons
Etymology: First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampon, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). Doublet of tampion. More at tap.
Senses: examples: text: The only apparent difference between Playtex deodorant and nondeodorant tampons was the deodorant, yet the deodorant tampons did not stimulate the production of TSST-1.
ref: 1987, Amy C Lee Wong, Factors affecting growth of Staphylococcus aureus and production of toxic shock syndrome-1:
text: I examined a tampon, from the outside only without removing the wrapper because I did not want to waste one, and considered aloud the consequences of pushing the offensively shaped object into my vagina.
ref: 1988, Tsitsi Dangarembga, Nervous Conditions, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 145:
glosses: A plug of cotton or other absorbent material inserted into a body cavity or wound to absorb fluid, especially one inserted in the vagina during menstruation.
glosses: A double-headed drumstick primarily for the bass drum.
glosses: An inking pad used in lithographic printing.
Synonyms: sense: intravaginal plug used to absorb menstrual blood
word: vampire's teabag
Derived terms: emotional tampon
nasal tampon
tampo
tampography
Tampon Tim
tampon
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: [ˈtʰæmpɒn]
ipa: [ˈtʰæmpɑn]
rhymes: -æmpɑn
Forms: form: tampons
form: tamponing
form: tamponning
form: tamponed
form: tamponed
form: tamponned
form: tamponned
Etymology: First attested in 1848. Borrowed from French tampon, from Middle French tampon, a nasalised variant of tapon, a diminutive or augmented form of Old French tape (“plug, bung, tap”), from Frankish *tappō (“stopper, plug”), from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“plug, tap”). Cognate with Old High German zapfo (“stopper”), Old English tæppa (“stopper”). Doublet of tampion. More at tap.
Senses: topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: To plug (a wound) with a tampon or compress.
Related terms: sanitary napkin
sanitary towel
tampion
sanitary towel
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitary towels
Senses: glosses: Standard form of sanitary napkin (“a pad of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow”).
sanitary napkin
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: sanitary napkins
form: sanitary pad
form: sanitary towel
Senses: glosses: Synonym of menstrual pad: a pad of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow.
synonyms: word: menstrual pad
extra: a pad of absorbent material used to absorb menstrual flow
tangy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæŋiː/
rhymes: -æŋi
Forms: form: tangier
form: tangiest
Etymology: From tang + -y.
Senses: examples: text: Christmas queen Mary Berry's aubergine five-nut roast, from her Christmas Collection, is, as the name suggests, rather more focused on the nut side of things. Breadcrumbs play second fiddle to a medley of almonds, Brazils, chestnuts, pine nuts and pistachios which, although tangy with lemon juice and garlic, is outrageously dense. A single slice of this could leave you supine in front of the Queen's speech without even the wherewithal to reach for the remote control.
ref: 2011 December 15, Felicity Cloake, “How to cook the perfect nut roast”, in Guardian:
glosses: Having a sharp, pungent flavor.
Derived terms: tangily
tanginess
tankard
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæŋkɚd/
ipa: /ˈtæŋkəd/
Forms: form: tankards
Etymology: From Middle English tan(c)kard(e), denoting 'a large tub for carrying liquid', perhaps related to Dutch tanckaert, from Middle Dutch tanckaert, meaning the same thing, but of uncertain ultimate origin. The OED suggests an alteration of Medieval Latin *kantard, from Latin cantharus (“tankard”). Klein suggests French tant quart (“as much of a quarter”).
Meaning "drinking vessel" is first recorded late 15th century.
Senses: examples: text: I sure would be much happier with a tankard of mead right about now.
text: It was a miserable evening; outside it was snowing and blowing, and in the squire's parlour the candle burned so dimly that you could scarcely distinguish anything in the room but a clock-case with some Chinese ornaments, a large mirror in an old-fashioned frame, and a silver family tankard.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 249:
glosses: A large drinking vessel, sometimes of pewter, sometimes with a glass base, with one handle and often a hinged cover.
Derived terms: cool tankard
peg tankard
Related terms: stein
flagon
goblet
tantalize
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈtæntəlaɪz/
Forms: form: tantalizes
form: tantalizing
form: tantalized
form: tantalized
form: tantalise
Etymology: From Tantalus (Ancient Greek Τάνταλος (Tántalos)) in Greek mythology, who was condemned to Tartarus in the underworld. There, he had to stand for eternity in water that receded from him when he stooped to drink, beneath fruit trees whose branches were always out of reach. Derived as Tantalus + -ize.
Senses: examples: text: The poore people in Corinth did ſee, and ſmell, vvhat the rich men taſted, Tantalizing all the vvhile, and having their penury doubled by the Antiperiſtaſis of others plenty; yea, ryot and exceſſe, for ſome of them vvere drunken.
ref: 1640, Thomas Fuller, “A Comment on 1 Cor. II. 20. 21.”, in Ioseph’s Partie-coloured Coat: Containing, a Comment on Part of the II. Chapter of the I. Epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthians. […], London: […] Iohn Dawson, for Iohn Williams, […], →OCLC, page 24:
glosses: To tease (someone) by offering something desirable but keeping it out of reach.
glosses: To bait (someone) by showing something desirable but leaving them unsatisfied.
Related terms: tantalizing
tape measure
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tape measures
Senses: examples: text: Reappearing, tape-measure in hand, he went into the bedroom and took slow and accurate measurements, whistling delightedly to find that his pre-mortem theoretical calculations and post-mortem practical measurements hardly varied.
ref: 1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 126:
glosses: A graduated flexible ribbon used for measuring lengths.
Synonyms: measuring tape
tape recorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: tape recorders
Senses: examples: text: A cabled despatch is better than nothing, but a voicecast of tolerable quality is preferable, and in certain types of story a voicecast with live or recorded actuality is best of all. Correspondents all have portable tape recorders.
ref: 1964, European Broadcasting Union, EBU Review: Programmes, Administration, Law, volume 83, page 22:
synonyms: cassette deck
tape deck
qualifier: sound engineering
glosses: An electromechanical device use to record and play back sound, etc.
Derived terms: reel-to-reel tape recorder
Related terms: video recorder
nympholept
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: nympholepts
Etymology: From Ancient Greek νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos, “caught by nymphs, frenzied”), from νύμφη (númphē) + λαμβάνω (lambánō, “I take”).
Senses: examples: text: Dark faery, / Modern, unissued, instinctive America, / Your nascent faery people / Lurking among the deeps of your industrial thicket, / Allure me till I am beside myself, / A nympholept.
ref: 1922, D.H. Lawrence, The Evening Land:
text: "I don't mind young nympholepts, but I draw the line at a paint-raddled old bitch of - " He had not noticed Rita, hidden in the big leather chair with its back to him, but as she moved to look round at him, he arrested his whisky at the moment of tossing it off to say "Oh, sorry, Grimsby, I didn't know you had a visitor."
ref: 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 87:
glosses: A person in a state of nympholepsy.
nympholepsy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: /ˈnɪmfəˌlɛpsi/
Forms: form: nympholepsies
Etymology: From nympho- + -lepsy, after Ancient Greek νυμφόληπτος (numphólēptos, “frenzied by the nymphs”, adjective).
Senses: examples: text: If young persons of both sexes were brought together in the honest practical relations of organized labor, we should see no more of these fond nympholepsies
ref: 1852, Mary Edgewood Lazarus, Love Vs. Marriage: Part 1, page 292:
glosses: A frenzied state of (usually erotic) emotion, especially concerning something or someone unattainable.
Related terms: nympholept
protoplasmic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -æzmɪk
Etymology: From protoplasm + -ic.
Senses: topics: biology
cytology
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to protoplasm.
Synonyms: protoplasmal
protoplasmatic
Derived terms: intraprotoplasmic
PITA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpiːtə/
rhymes: -iːtə
homophone: PETA (US)
homophone: Peter
homophone: peter (non-rhotic)
homophone: pita (US)
Forms: form: PITAs
Senses: glosses: Acronym of pain in the ass/arse.
mutable
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjuːtəbəl/
ipa: [ˈmjuːtəbl̩]
homophone: muteable
Forms: form: more mutable
form: most mutable
Etymology: From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Vndoughtedly constaunce is an honourable vertue, as inconstance is reprochefull and odious. Wherfore that man whiche is mutable for euerye occasyon, muste nedes often repente hym, and in moche repentance is nat only moche foly, but also great detriment: whiche euery wyse man wyll eschue if he can.
ref: 1531, Thomas Elyot, “Of Constance or Stabilitie”, in The boke named the gouernour, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2018, book III, page e4v:
text: For the mutable ranke-ſented Meynie, / Let them regard me, as I doe not flatter, / And therein behold themſelues.
ref: c. 1608–1609 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Coriolanus”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
text: Maſters commands come with a power reſiſtleſs / To ſuch as owe them abſolute ſubjection; / And for a life who will not change his purpoſe? / (So mutable are all the ways of men) / Yet this be ſure, in nothing to comply / Scandalous or forbidden in our Law.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 83, lines 415–420:
text: It is in vain to interpose the explanation that the sonship was mutable. The Broad School do not say so ; and in so far they are consistent, for they recognise no power to produce the mutation.
ref: 1864, Rob S. Candlish, “The Fatherhood of God”, in The British and Foreign Evangelical Review, volume XIV, London: James Nisbet & Co., published 1865, page 748:
glosses: Changeable, dynamic, evolutive; inclined to change, evolve, mutate.
examples: text: A value of a mutable type can change. Objects and arrays are mutable: a JavaScript program can change the values of object properties and array elements. Numbers, booleans, null, and undefined are immutable.
ref: 2011, David Flanagan, JavaScript: The Definitive Guide:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
glosses: Having a value that is changeable during program execution.
raw_tags: of a variable
topics: astrology
human-sciences
mysticism
philosophy
sciences
synonyms: bicorporeal
coordinate_terms: cardinal
fixed
glosses: Being one of the signs Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius and Pisces, associated with adaptability, flexibility and sympathy.
Synonyms: word: abateable
word: alterable
word: changeable
word: dynamic
word: editable
word: inconstant
word: modifiable
word: mutable
word: variable
Hypernyms: word: unsteady
Derived terms: epimutable
hypermutable
hypomutable
mutability
mutableness
mutably
nonmutable
paramutable
unmutable
Related terms: alterable
nonimmutable
mutable
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmjuːtəbəl/
ipa: [ˈmjuːtəbl̩]
homophone: muteable
Forms: form: mutables
Etymology: From Middle English mutable, from Old French mutable, from Latin mutabilis (“liable to change”). By surface analysis, muta- + -able.
Senses: examples: text: Hypothesis 6.14: Entropy levels within the social group may vary but must be maintained below maximum entropy on certain relevant variables (e.g., on the six globals and five mutables).
ref: 1990, Kenneth D. Bailey, Social Entropy Theory, page 281:
glosses: Something mutable; a variable or value that can change.
personal video recorder
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: personal video recorders
head_nr: 2
Senses: topics: broadcasting
media
television
head_nr: 2
glosses: A device that can record broadcast television programmes, or the images from a video camera, for subsequent playback through a television set
Synonyms: word: digital video recorder
word: digital personal video recorder
word: PVR
Square Mile
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: the Square Mile
Etymology: From square mile
* (London): The City's land area is about 1.12 square miles and roughly square in shape.
* (Montreal): Ellipsis of Golden Square Mile. From having a land area of roughly a mile square.
Senses: glosses: Synonym of City of London.
synonyms: word: City of London
glosses: Synonym of Golden Square Mile.
synonyms: word: Golden Square Mile
unagi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 鰻 (unagi, “eel”).
Senses: glosses: A type of sushi made from freshwater eel.
decrepit
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈkɹɛp.ɪt/
ipa: /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/
ipa: /dəˈkɹɛp.ɪd/
Forms: form: more decrepit
form: most decrepit
form: decrepid
Etymology: From Middle English decrepyt (ante 1439), from Middle French décrépit, from Latin dēcrepitus (“very old”), from crepō (“to creak”).
Senses: examples: text: Sorrow is subdued by strong necessity; there is no cause why life should be lengthened for our love; and we feel that the worn and the decrepit do but go down into that grave which had received youth, health, beauty,—all that made existence precious—long before.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 79–80:
text: Two entrants shared this award for their work on two quite different stations, but with the same purpose of bringing a redundant station building back into use for the benefit of the community, with the added result of conserving an historic building. Saltash Town Council bought Saltash station building after it had become very decrepit and 'an eyesore' - such that it was nearly pulled down to make way for housing.
ref: 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
glosses: Weakened or worn out from age or wear.
Synonyms: aged
timeworn
withered
old
deteriorated
Derived terms: decrepitly
decrepitness
decrepitude
Related terms: decrepitate
Sudeten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Etymology: Via German Sudeten-; the name was used by Ptolemy as Σούδητα ὄρη (Soúdēta órē), but is of uncertain origin. Illyrian has been suggested.
Senses: glosses: Of or pertaining to Sudeten.
Synonyms: Sudetian
Sudetic
Sudetish
Sudetan
Derived terms: Sudeten German
Sudeten
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Via German Sudeten-; the name was used by Ptolemy as Σούδητα ὄρη (Soúdēta órē), but is of uncertain origin. Illyrian has been suggested.
Senses: synonyms: Sudetes
glosses: A mountain range in Central Europe (Czech Republic, Poland, Germany).
Derived terms: Sudetenland
zeon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Etymology: From Byzantine Greek ζέον (zéon, “zeon; boiling”), from Ancient Greek ζέω (zéō, “boil”).
Senses: glosses: the hot water added to the chalice by the priest during the Byzantine Eucharist to commemorate the water that flowed from the crucified Christ's side when pierced by the spear
escheat
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /əsˈt͡ʃiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: escheats
Etymology: From Middle English eschete, from Anglo-Norman escheat, Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), from the past participle of escheoir (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *excadēre, from Latin ex + cadere (“fall”).
Senses: topics: law
glosses: The return of property of a deceased person to the state (originally to a feudal lord) where there are no legal heirs or claimants.
topics: law
glosses: The property so reverted.
examples: text: Approching, with bold words and bitter threat, / Bad that same boaster, as he mote, on high / To leaue to him that Lady for excheat, / Or bide him battell without further treat.
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto VIII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
glosses: Plunder, booty.
examples: text: And by my ruines thinkes to make them great: / To make one great by others losse, is bad excheat
ref: 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 25:
glosses: That which falls to one; a reversion or return.
escheat
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /əsˈt͡ʃiːt/
rhymes: -iːt
Forms: form: escheats
form: escheating
form: escheated
form: escheated
Etymology: From Middle English eschete, from Anglo-Norman escheat, Old French eschet, escheit, escheoit (“that which falls to one”), from the past participle of escheoir (“to fall”), from Vulgar Latin *excadēre, from Latin ex + cadere (“fall”).
Senses: examples: text: Arms are very rigidly controlled in Scotland by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. […] Under an Act of 1592, Lyon King of Arms can escheat to the Sovereign all goods unlawfully displaying arms.
ref: 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, page 477:
text: Failure to perform duties opened the culprit to charges of ‘felony’ (felonia), providing grounds for the king to escheat the fief.
ref: 2016, Peter H. Wilson, The Holy Roman Empire, Penguin, published 2017, page 329:
glosses: To put (land, property) in escheat; to confiscate.
glosses: To revert to a state or lord because its previous owner died without an heir.
Derived terms: cheater
escheatable
escheatage
unescheated
Related terms: escheatery
escheator
escheatment
calm down
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: calms down
form: calming down
form: calmed down
form: calmed down
Senses: examples: text: Calm down before you hurt somebody.
glosses: To become less excited, intense, or angry.
glosses: To cause to become less excited, intense, or angry.
Synonyms: sense: to become less excited
word: be still my heart
sense: to become less excited
word: chill
sense: to become less excited
word: chill out
sense: to become less excited
word: chillax
sense: to become less excited
word: pull in one's horns
sense: to become less excited
word: relax
sense: to become less excited
word: unwind
sense: to cause become less excited
word: chill out
sense: to cause become less excited
word: relax
sense: to cause become less excited
word: hose down
sense: to cause become less excited
word: cool one's jets
sense: to cause become less excited
word: slow one's roll