cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
w/o
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Abbreviation of emulsion of water in oil.
w/o
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Senses: examples: text: Once more significant differences were observed for CTR w/o LIF. (E)- Protein levels for Hexokinase I and II, GAPDH and PKM1/2 were determined by western Blot and quantified by densiometric evaluation.
ref: 2015 July 6, “Dichloroacetate, the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Complex and the Modulation of mESC Pluripotency”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
glosses: Abbreviation of without.
Related terms: w/
w/i
PET
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: PETs
Etymology: The name of the computer (sense 4) derives from the 1970s pet rock fad; the acronym was invented afterwards.
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
synonyms: PETE
hypernyms: polymer#Noun
<
plastic#Noun
<
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: Dacron
Terylene
PE
PEF
PETG
glosses: Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate.
examples: text: He [Rob Beanlands] is a founding director of the National Cardiac PET Centre, the first facility in Canada dedicated to the use of PET (positron-emission tomography) as a non-invasive cardiac diagnostic tool. PET technology can help determine whether areas of the heart muscle are receiving enough blood, if there is heart damage or scar tissue in the heart, or if there is a buildup of abnormal substances in the heart muscle.
ref: 2024 January 19, Elizabeth Payne, “Heart Institute a second family to new CEO […]”, in Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ont.: Postmedia, published 20 January 2024, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Jan 2024, page A4, column 2:
topics: medicine
sciences
hypernyms: tomography#Noun
<
imaging#Noun
glosses: Acronym of positron emission tomography.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
synonyms: ditag
hypernyms: tag#Noun
;
sequence#Noun
glosses: Acronym of paired-end tag.
examples: text: Why is the order of graphical characters in the PETSCII table so seemingly haphazard? The answer is that arrangement was dictated by the PET keyboard design, a hardware-driven decision.
ref: 2014, Nick Montfort et al., 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 225:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Acronym of personal electronic transactor, a line of personal computers produced by Commodore International.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of perineal ectopic testis (a rare congenital anomaly of the testis).
Derived terms: topics: computer
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: PETSCII
word: fPET
PET
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: The name of the computer (sense 4) derives from the 1970s pet rock fad; the acronym was invented afterwards.
Senses: examples: text: But Wright takes a rather contrarian position about the impact of emotionally charged Trudeaumania on PET’s astonishing political rise in 1968.
ref: 2016 November 20, “New books put Trudeaumania in fresh perspective”, in Toronto Star, archived from the original on 07 Aug 2017:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Pierre Elliott Trudeau.
HDPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: HDPEs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
hypernyms: PE
polyethylene
polyethene
<
polymer#Noun
plastic#Noun
<
substance#Noun
compound#Noun
material#Noun
coordinate_terms: word: PEX
english: forms of PE
translation: forms of PE
word: XPE
word: XLPE
word: LDPE
word: ;
english: other polymers used for plumbing pipes
translation: other polymers used for plumbing pipes
word: ABS
word: CPVC
word: PVC
glosses: Initialism of high-density polyethylene.
Related terms: sense: high-density polyethylene
word: HMWPE
sense: high-density polyethylene
word: HPPE
sense: high-density polyethylene
word: LDPE
sense: high-density polyethylene
word: PE
sense: high-density polyethylene
word: UHDPE
sense: high-density polyethylene
word: UHMWPE
sense: high-density polyethylene
word: ♴
LDPE
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: LDPEs
Senses: topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of low-density polyethylene.
Related terms: sense: low-density polyethylene
word: HDPE
sense: low-density polyethylene
word: HMWPE
sense: low-density polyethylene
word: PE
sense: low-density polyethylene
word: UHDPE
sense: low-density polyethylene
word: UHMWPE
sense: low-density polyethylene
word: ♶
CFC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Forms: form: CFK
Senses: topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: Initialism of Chelsea Football Club.
glosses: Initialism of Combined Federal Campaign.
CFC
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: CFCs
form: CFK
Senses: examples: text: Potential replacements for the chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) chemicals now extensively used as refrigerants, propellants, bubbles in plastic and cleaning fluids have already been identified.
ref: 1989 March 7, Malcolm W. Browne, “In Protecting the Atmosphere, Choices Are Costly and Complex”, in The New York Times:
text: Contrary to his assertion, however, virtually all relevant researchers say the link between CFCs and ozone depletion is based on unassailably solid scientific evidence.
ref: 1995, Ross Gelbspan, “The Heat Is On: The Warming of the World’s Climate Sparks a Blaze of Denial”, in Harper's Magazine, footnote 2:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of chlorofluorocarbon, a class of molecules containing chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of controlled foreign corporation.
Related terms: chlorocarbon
fluorocarbon
halocarbon
HC
HCFC
HFC
CFC
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: CFK
Senses: glosses: Initialism of cardiofaciocutaneous.
ECG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ECGs
Senses: topics: cardiology
medicine
sciences
synonyms: EKG
glosses: Initialism of electrocardiogram, electrocardiography, or electrocardiograph.
topics: broadcasting
media
glosses: Initialism of electronic character generator.
ECG
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of East Central German.
EEG
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EEGs
Senses: examples: text: Davide Valeriani, senior research officer at University of Essex’s BCI-NE Lab, is using an electroencephalogram (EEG)-based BCI to tap into the unconscious minds of people as they make decisions.
“Everyone who makes decisions wears the EEG cap, which is part of a BCI, a tool to help measure EEG activity ... it measures electrical activity to gather patterns associated with confident or non-confident decisions,” says Valeriani.
ref: 2018 January 1, Sarah Marsh, “Neurotechnology, Elon Musk and the goal of human enhancement”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of electroencephalogram.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of electroencephalograph.
examples: text: Indeed, while many philosophers of language in the 20th century proposed that we think in sentence-like strings of language, use of brain imaging technology like electroencephalography (EEG) and electrocorticography (ECoG) has since revealed that thinking more probably happens in a complex combination of images and associations.
ref: 2019 October 24, Oscar Schwartz, “Mind-reading tech? How private companies could gain access to our brains”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of electroencephalography.
GCC
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: * (GNU Compiler Collection): GCC was originally an acronym for "GNU C Compiler", now a backronym for "GNU Compiler Collection".
* (Gulf Cooperation Council): Initialism of Gulf Cooperation Council.
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Initialism of GNU Compiler Collection, a collection of compilers for C, C++, Fortran, etc. aiming to be standards-compliant and correct.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Gulf Cooperation Council, a multinational body of countries of the Persian Gulf area.
topics: business
glosses: Initialism of Governance Commission for Government-Owned or Controlled Corporations.
Related terms: urls: http://gcc.gnu.org/
word: GCC Official site:
EPROM
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: EPROMs
Senses: topics: business
electrical-engineering
electricity
electromagnetism
electronics
energy
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: Initialism of erasable programmable read-only memory.
Related terms: EEPROM
PROM
ROM
flash memory
ADH
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADHs
Senses: topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of antidiuretic hormone.
glosses: Initialism of alcohol dehydrogenase.
ADP
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ADPs
Senses: glosses: Initialism of adenosine diphosphate.
glosses: Abbreviation of adposition.
Coordinate terms: A
AMP
ATP
ADP
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: examples: text: It’s not uncommon for ADP and the BLS to arrive at quite different answers. At the same time, it’s not unusual for them to be similar. But they almost never arrive at the same exact number.
ref: 2023 September 4, Elisabeth Buchwald, “The Fed cares a lot about jobs data — but it may be getting mixed signals”, in CNN Business:
glosses: Initialism of Automatic Data Processing.
multiplication
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌmʌltɪplɪˈkeɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: multiplications
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Old French multiplicacion, from Latin multiplicatio, multiplicationem; ~equivalent to multiplicate + -ion.
Senses: topics: arithmetic
glosses: The process of computing the sum of an addition with one and the same number a specified number of times (i.e. 4 times 5 = [0 +] 5 + 5 + 5 + 5 = 20) or any other analogous binary operation that combines other mathematical objects.
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A calculation involving multiplication.
examples: text: If the lesser nobility have remained more numerous, it must be attributed partly to the gradual multiplication of letters of nobility, and partly to the state of indigence in which in some provinces vast numbers of the gentry lived, and which left them strangers to those habits of caution by which opulent families are governed.
ref: 1843, Journal of the Statistical Society of London, volume 6, page 191:
glosses: The process of multiplying or increasing in number; increase.
Synonyms: word: multiplication
Hypernyms: word: calculation
Hyponyms: word: duplication
word: triplication
word: quadruplication
word: quintuplication
word: noncuplication
word: centuplication
Coordinate terms: succession
addition
exponentiation
tetration
pentation
hexation
Meronyms: word: factor
word: multiplicand
word: multiplier
Derived terms: Comba multiplication
comultiplication
cross multiplication
cross-multiplication
demultiplication
Karatsuba multiplication
multiplicational
multiplication dance
multiplication sign
multiplication table
nonmultiplication
overmultiplication
photomultiplication
postmultiplication
premultiplication
pseudomultiplication
remultiplication
Russian peasant multiplication
scalar multiplication
Related terms: word: factor
word: multi-
word: multiplicand
word: multiplicative
word: multiplicity
word: multiply
word: product
word: addition
english: summation: +
translation: summation: +
alt: summand
word: + =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × = × =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: division
word: remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
word: multiplication: (multiplier) × (multiplicand) = (factor) × (factor) =
subtraction
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /səbˈtɹækʃən/
rhymes: -ækʃən
Forms: form: subtractions
form: substraction
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin subtractio, subtractionis. Can be decomposed to subtract + -ion.
Senses: topics: arithmetic
glosses: The process of subtracting a number from another.
examples: text: The teacher has set us ten subtractions to do by tomorrow.
topics: arithmetic
glosses: A calculation involving subtracting.
examples: text: The subtraction of the wealth from the economy will result in recession.
glosses: The removal of something.
Derived terms: missubtraction
Related terms: word: subtract
word: subtractive
word: addition
english: summation: +
translation: summation: +
alt: summand
word: + =
sense: subtraction
roman: subtrahend
english: difference
translation: difference
word: − =
sense: multiplication; multiplier
roman: multiplicand
english: factor; factor; product
translation: factor; factor; product
word: × = × =
sense: division; dividend
roman: quotient
word: ÷ =
sense: division
word: remainder left over if divisor does not divide dividend
word: minus sign
dev
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛv/
rhymes: -ɛv
Forms: form: devs
Etymology: Clipping.
Senses: examples: text: “Our goal with this update is to more tightly tie hitboxes and hurtboxes to our character’s animations,” devs explained in the blog post.
ref: 2022 August 9, Brad Norton, “MultiVersus patch 1.02 notes: Gizmo release, hitbox overhaul, Finn buffs, more”, in Dexerto:
text: Some fans, naturally, quizzed the Rockstar dev as to when they might expect a second trailer to drop. However, as is classic Rockstar, there are no answers on that front.
ref: 2024 April 9, Connor Bennett, “Rockstar dev claps back at GTA 6 fans finding “mistakes” in trailer”, in Dexerto:
glosses: Clipping of developer.
examples: text: game dev
glosses: Clipping of development.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Clipping of device.
Derived terms: /dev/null
devkit
gamedev
web dev
dev
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɛv/
rhymes: -ɛv
Forms: form: devs
Etymology: From Armenian դեւ (dew). Doublet of daeva.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A monster, dragon, serpent, or giant.
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: An immortal spirit who inhabits old ruins.
dame
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /deɪm/
rhymes: -eɪm
Forms: form: dames
form: daming
form: damed
form: damed
Etymology: From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address for a woman; the queen in card games and chess”), from Latin domina (“mistress of the house”), feminine form of dominus (“lord, master, ruler; owner of a residence”), or from Latin domus (“home, house”). Doublet of domina and donna.
Senses: examples: text: The French call simply Pawn, “la Dame qui n’est point Damée, et l’on n’appelle Dame proprement dite, que le Pion qui est Damé, et couvert d’un autre Pion,” which means “the Draught or Pawn which is not damed, and which is only termed Dame or Queen, when the Pawn which is damed, is covered with another Pawn.”
ref: 1805, Richard Twiss, “On Draughts”, in Miscellanies, volume II, London: […], page 162:
text: Jonathan’s first edition of Calais was signed by Dame Agatha [Christie]. Not as Dame Agatha, just plain Agatha. She got Damed later.
ref: 1995, H. Paul Jeffers, A Grand Night For Murder:
text: […]Joanna Lumley, both pros in their respective fields, and both Brits in their respective hearts, are now both newly knighted (damed, in Lumley’s case) by England’s Queen Lizzy.
ref: 1995, Mediaweek, page C-8:
text: Edna [Everage] was damed spontaneously, on camera, by the Socialist Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam.
ref: 2004, John Lahr, “Barry Humphries: Playing possum”, in Matthew Ricketson, editor, The Best Australian Profiles, Black Inc., →ISBN, page 215:
text: Peter Bradley, deputy leader of the Labour group, scoffed that she [Shirley Porter] had been ‘Damed with faint praise’ and further observed that every pantomime needs a Dame.
ref: 2006, Andrew Hosken, Nothing Like a Dame: The Scandals of Shirley Porter, London: Granta Books, →ISBN, page 289:
text: And then, of course, there was the dame-ing. It didn’t take much to be made a dame in the ’70s.
ref: 2013, Tracy Farr, Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt, Fremantle Press:
glosses: To make a dame.
sir
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: sûr
ipa: /sɜː(ɹ)/
ipa: /sɝ/
ipa: /sɪɹ/
ipa: /søː/
note: fair–fur merger
enpr: sâr
note: Liverpool
ipa: /seː/
note: Humberside, Teesside
ipa: /sɛː/
note: Tanglish
ipa: /sæɾ(ɯ)/
ipa: /sə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: sirs
form: saar
Etymology: From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire.
Senses: glosses: A man of a higher rank or position.
examples: text: Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.
ref: 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
glosses: A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position, particularly
examples: text: Just be careful. He gets whingy now if you don't address him as Sir John.
glosses: A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position
to a knight or other low member of the peerage.
examples: text: Sir, yes sir.
glosses: A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position
to a superior military officer.
coordinate_terms: ma'am
examples: text: Here's my report, sir.
glosses: A respectful term of address to a man of higher rank or position
to a teacher.
coordinate_terms: miss
examples: text: Excuse me, sir, do you know the way to the art museum?
text: Knowledge, sir, should be free to all!
ref: 1967 November 3, I, Mudd (Star Trek) (Science Fiction), Roger C. Carmel (actor), Paramount Domestic Television:
coordinate_terms: madam
ma'am
miss
glosses: A respectful term of address to an adult male (often older), especially if his name or proper title is unknown.
Derived terms: dear Sir
dear Sir or Madam
dear Sirs
don't call me sir, I work for a living
mamsir
nossuh
siree
siress
Sir Francis Drake Channel
Sir John Lack-Latin
sirrah
sirree
sir sandwich
yessuh
Related terms: senate
senex
senior
sire
sir
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: sûr
ipa: /sɜː(ɹ)/
ipa: /sɝ/
ipa: /sɪɹ/
ipa: /søː/
note: fair–fur merger
enpr: sâr
note: Liverpool
ipa: /seː/
note: Humberside, Teesside
ipa: /sɛː/
note: Tanglish
ipa: /sæɾ(ɯ)/
ipa: /sə(ɹ)/
Forms: form: sirs
form: sirring
form: sirred
form: sirred
form: saar
Etymology: From Middle English sir, unstressed form of sire, borrowed from Old French sire (“master, sir, lord”), from Latin senior (“older, elder”), from senex (“old”). Doublet of seigneur, seignior, senhor, senior, señor, senyor, signore, and sire.
Senses: examples: text: Sir, yes, sir! —Don't you sir me, private! I work for a living!
text: Don't "Sir" me, young man, you have no idea who you're dealing with!
ref: 1997, Ed Solomon, Men in Black, spoken by Agent K (Tommy Lee Jones):
coordinate_terms: ma'am
mam
glosses: To address another individual using "sir".
Related terms: lord
dud
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: dŭd
ipa: /dʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: duds
Etymology: From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”).
Senses: examples: text: The only amusing highlight was Gudgeon having managed to exploit U.S. codebreaking efforts to ambush and destroy the submarine I-173, albeit not for the lack of the Mark 14's trying to sabotage the effort, as the torpedo that had hit the sub had refused to detonate; it seemed, however, that the car-crash levels of kinetic energy involved in the dud simply ramming the sub had nonetheless done enough to fatally damage it.
ref: 2021 December 29, Drachinifel, 21:03 from the start, in The USN Pacific Submarine Campaign - The Dark Year (Dec'41 - Dec'42), archived from the original on 19 Jul 2022:
text: Alzheimer's Drug Aduhelm Went From Being Hailed A 'Game Changer' To A Dud
ref: 2024 February 1, Joshua P. Cohen, “Innovation - Healthcare”, in Forbes:
glosses: A device or machine that is useless because it does not work properly or has failed to work, such as a bomb, or explosive projectile.
examples: text: At the end of the day, the vast majority of primary schools are vibrant, friendly places and you may struggle to choose one because they all seem so great. Primary schools tend to have the feelgood factor. If you just aren't feeling it, this one's probably a dud.
ref: 2014 September 23, A teacher, “Choosing a primary school: a teacher's guide for parents”, in The Guardian:
glosses: A failure of any kind.
examples: text: "Now you can't fool me. Tom, I'm not one o' those duds that pay you a thick 'un for an hour in the dark."
ref: 1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:
glosses: A failure of any kind.
A loser; an unlucky person.
glosses: A failure of any kind.
A lottery ticket that does not give a payout.
glosses: Clothes, now always used in plural form duds.
Synonyms: sense: losing lottery ticket
word: blank
Derived terms: duddy
Related terms: wet firecracker
dud
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: enpr: dŭd
ipa: /dʌd/
rhymes: -ʌd
Forms: form: duddest
Etymology: From Middle English dudde (“cloak, mantle, kind of cloth; ragged clothing or cloth”), from Old English *dudda (attested only as personal name Dudda, part of modern English Dudley), akin to Old Norse dúði (“swaddling clothes”), Low German dudel. Possibly borrowed from the Old Norse word and related to dýja (“to shake, tremble”).
Senses: examples: text: […] they're flying in the duddest of dud weather to hold the Germans back.
ref: 2019, Max Hennessy, The Bright Blue Sky:
glosses: Useless; failing; ineffective.
dummy
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmi/
rhymes: -ʌmi
Forms: form: dummies
form: dummying
form: dummied
form: dummied
form: dumbie
form: dumby
Etymology: From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica.
Senses: examples: text: The carpenters dummied some props for the rehearsals.
glosses: To make a mock-up or prototype version of something, without some or all off its intended functionality.
examples: text: The more glamorous qualities usually associated with him are skill and pace and he used those to race on to a ball across him and dummy a defender before having a right-foot shot saved.
ref: 2011 February 1, Mandeep Sanghera, “Man Utd 3 - 1 Aston Villa”, in BBC:
text: For the first, the 30-year-old allowed Walcott space on the right to send in a pass that was expertly dummied by Samir Nasri, allowing Van Persie to swivel and smash right-footed past Robert Green.
ref: 2011 January 15, Kevin Darling, “West Ham 0 - 3 Arsenal”, in BBC:
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
synonyms: juke
glosses: To feint.
Derived terms: dummy out
dummy up
dummy
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdʌmi/
rhymes: -ʌmi
Forms: form: more dummy
form: most dummy
form: dumbie
form: dumby
Etymology: From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica.
Senses: examples: text: It's dummy hot outside.
glosses: Extremely.
elf
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: enpr: ĕlf
ipa: /ɛlf/
rhymes: -ɛlf
Forms: form: elfs
form: elfing
form: elfed
form: elfed
form: elve
Etymology: From Middle English elf, from Old English ielf, ælf, from Proto-West Germanic *albi, from Proto-Germanic *albiz. Ultimately probably derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂elbʰós (“white”). Doublet of alf, awf, and oaf. The modern fantasy literature sense was popularised by the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Senses: examples: text: My face I'll grime with filth, blanket my loins, elf all my hairs in knots, and with presented nakedness outface the winds and persecutions of the sky.
ref: c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
glosses: To twist into elflocks (of hair); to mat.
Related terms: dark elf & light elf
fairy
brownie
dwarf
hobbit
Eldar
eve
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /iːv/
rhymes: -iːv
homophone: eave
homophone: Eve
Forms: form: eves
Etymology: From a variant of the Middle English noun even (itself from Old English ǣfen), with a pre-1200 loss of the terminal '-n', which was mistaken for an inflection. See also the now archaic or poetic even (“evening”), from the same source.
In medieval Europe, days were considered to extend from sunset to sunset rather than midnight to midnight, so the night before a holiday was considered part of it, hence its "eve".
Senses: glosses: The day or night before, usually used for holidays, such as Christmas Eve.
examples: text: I love to see the shaking twig / Dance till the shut of eve
ref: Mid-19th century, John Clare, Autumn:
text: And has she tired of weeping / As she lies down at eve.
ref: 1896, A[lfred] E[dward] Housman, chapter XXVII, in A Shropshire Lad, lines 42–43:
text: Sitting on the dockside at Oban, watching the to-ing and fro-ing in the harbour on a perfect summer's eve, I reflect on a trip which has taken me through our busiest cities to traverse the country's main lines, as well as explore some of the furthest extremities that were literally out on a limb.
ref: 2022 November 30, Paul Bigland, “Destination Oban: a Sunday in Scotland”, in RAIL, number 971, page 79:
glosses: Evening, night.
examples: text: the eve of a scientific discovery
antonyms: evening
winter
glosses: The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced
Synonyms: sense: evening
word: een
word: eventide
word: forenight
word: evening
Derived terms: All Hallows' Eve
evejar
evetide
evetime
good eve
yestereve
Related terms: evening
even
nil
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Forms: form: nils
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See
nihilism, nihility.
Senses: examples: text: Sedatives, contrary to popular lay and medical opinion, are invaluable in those who are not aided by the simpler means. Bromides, barbital and its innumerable offspring may be used with success, their administration being supplemented with a word of warning as to the evasion of any advice from the community grandmothers contrary to its use. The danger of forming a habit is to my mind nil, except in the few instances in which patients have felt that if a little is good more is better. The necessity for not advising the patient of the nature of the remedy, except that it is not a “dope,” is obvious. An alternation of remedies is advisable in long standing cases, and its practice never reveals any tendency to habit formation.
ref: 1928 December 15, Frank J. Hirschboeck, “Treatment of Functional Heart Disease”, in The Journal of the American Medical Association, volume 91, number 24, →DOI, page 1855:
text: As to Aristotle's influence on him, we are left free to conjecture whatever seems to us most plausible. For my part, I should suppose it nil.
ref: 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.19:
glosses: Nothing; zero.
examples: text: The football match ended in a nil-nil draw.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A score of zero
Derived terms: nilable
niladic
nil by mouth
nil disease
nilium
nillionaire
nilmanifold
nil per os
nilpotent
nilprogression
nilradical
nilsequence
nilsoliton
nil
Language: English
Part of speech: det
Pronunciation: ipa: /nɪl/
rhymes: -ɪl
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin nīl, a contraction of nihil, nihilum (“nothing”). See
nihilism, nihility.
Senses: examples: text: But after two or three hours and nil results, you have to accept that the trail is cold and you can't justify that level of manpower.
ref: 1982, Gavin Lyall, Conduct of Major Maxim, Hodder & Stoughton Ltd:
glosses: No, not any.
Related terms: nihilism
eau de nil
null
nil desperandum
null
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /nʌl/
ipa: /nʌl/
ipa: /nʊl/
ipa: /nɐl/
ipa: /nal/
rhymes: -ʌl
rhymes: -ʊl
Forms: form: nulls
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.
Senses: glosses: A non-existent or empty value or set of values.
examples: text: The kindes of Cyphars, (beſides the Simple Cyphars with Changes, and the intermixtures of Nvlles, and Nonsignificants) are many, according to the Nature or Rule of infoulding : Wheele-Cyphars, Kay-Cyphars, Dovbles, &c.
ref: 1605, Francis Bacon, “The Second Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 61, recto:
glosses: Zero quantity of expressions; nothing.
glosses: Something that has no force or meaning.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The null character; the ASCII or Unicode character (␀), represented by a zero value, which indicates no character and is sometimes used as a string terminator.
examples: text: Since no date of birth was entered for the patient, his age is null.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The attribute of an entity that has no valid value.
glosses: One of the beads in nulled work.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: The null hypothesis.
null
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /nʌl/
ipa: /nʌl/
ipa: /nʊl/
ipa: /nɐl/
ipa: /nal/
rhymes: -ʌl
rhymes: -ʊl
Forms: form: nulls
form: nulling
form: nulled
form: nulled
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French nul, from Latin nūllus.
Senses: examples: text: Thy fair enchanted cup, and warbling charms / No more on me have pow’r, their force is null’d, / So much of Adders wiſdom I have learnt / To fence my ear againſt thy Sorceries.
ref: 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes”, in Paradise Regain’d, 5th edition, London: Jacob Tonson, published 1707, page 144:
glosses: To nullify; to annul.
examples: text: Three factors could ameliorate the effect of a bound input shaft and bearing. The first is the elasticity of the control system linkage that, against a definable load, will permit sufficient deformation of the otherwise rigid link feedback loop to null the MPCU servo valve. The second factor is the application of a load sufficient to break loose the binding between the input shaft and bearing. The third factor is a loss of torque of the bearing in the standby rudder actuator housing to permit the rotation of the bearing and shaft together within the housing to compensate for the bound shaft.
ref: 2001 March 27, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.3 Detail Examination and Tests of Standby Rudder Actuator Input Shaft and Bearing”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Uncontrolled Descent and Collision With Terrain, United Airlines Flight 585, Boeing 737-200, N999UA, 4 Miles South of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport, Colorado Springs, Colorado, March 3, 1991, archived from the original on 08 May 2022, page 63:
glosses: To return to the null position, setting, etc.
glosses: To form nulls, or into nulls, as in a lathe.
examples: text: A nulled or a cracked plugin is basically a hacked version of a paid plugin that offers its premium functionalities for free.
ref: 2020, Tejas Mayekar, Destroyed In Seconds: 10 Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Website, page 6:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To crack; to remove restrictions or limitations in (software).
Related terms: word: annul
word: nulled work
word: nil
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: \0
topics: linguistic-morphology
morphology
linguistics
human-sciences
sciences
set-theory
mathematics
sciences
word: ∅
void
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: voids
Etymology: From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.
Senses: examples: text: Nobody has crossed the void since one man died trying three hundred years ago; it's high time we had another go.
text: Pride, where Wit fails, steps in to our defence, / And fills up all the mighty void of Sense.
ref: 1711, Alexander Pope, “Part II”, in An Essay on Criticism, lines 9–10; republished in The Complete Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Boston, New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1902, page 70:
glosses: An empty space; a vacuum.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: An extended region of space containing no galaxies.
qualifier: materials science
glosses: A collection of adjacent vacancies inside a crystal lattice.
qualifier: fluid mechanics
glosses: A pocket of vapour inside a fluid flow, created by cavitation.
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
glosses: An empty space between floors or walls, including false separations and planned gaps between a building and its facade.
examples: text: My little void is so sweet sometimes.
antonyms: cloud
glosses: A black cat.
examples: text: From the logistics hub, the spoil will be taken by rail to Barrington in Cambridgeshire, Cliffe in Kent, and Rugby in Warwickshire. It will be used to fill voids at these locations which will then be used for housing developments.
ref: 2022 December 14, Paul Stephen, “HS2's Dorothy starts to dig second tunnel bore”, in RAIL, number 972, page 23:
glosses: An empty place; a location that has nothing useful.
topics: bridge
games
glosses: The lack of cards in a particular suit.
examples: text: A hidden void caused by a partially buried pipe being damaged by a tamper during routine maintenance led to the derailment of a passenger train. […] The Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) reported that a "large void" was found in the embankment, but had remained hidden until the train travelled over it.
ref: 2025 February 5, “Network News: "Large void" caused by damaged pipe led to Class 195 derailment”, in RAIL, number 1028, page 18:
glosses: A cavity or empty space caused by water erosion.
topics: medicine
sciences
urology
glosses: An instance of urination.
Synonyms: sense: (engineering) collection of vacancies
word: pore
sense: (engineering) pocket of vapour in fluid
word: bubble
Hyponyms: sense: (astronomy) An extended region of space containing no galaxies
word: Local Void
Derived terms: legal void
null and void
trial of void
void coefficient
void deck
void
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /vɔɪd/
rhymes: -ɔɪd
Forms: form: voids
Etymology: Alteration of voidee.
Senses: examples: text: Late on the final evening, as the customary ‘void’ – spiced wine and sweetmeats – was served, more elaborate disguisings in the great hall culminated in the release of a flock of white doves.
ref: 2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 68:
glosses: A voidee.
ping
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: pĭng
ipa: /pɪŋ/
rhymes: -ɪŋ
Forms: form: pings
Etymology: Partly onomatopoeic, and partly continuing Middle English pingen (“to push, shove, pierce, stab, prod, goad, urge, feel remorse, incite”), from Old English pyngan (“to prick”), in turn likely from pungere. Compare English pang.
Senses: examples: text: My car used to make an odd ping, but after the last oil change it went away.
text: With a sudden ping, there was a rabbit there in the black labyrinth with him[.]
ref: 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything, page 89:
coordinate_terms: beep
peep
glosses: A high-pitched, short and somewhat sharp sound.
examples: text: The submarine sent out a ping and got an echo from a battleship.
qualifier: submarine navigation
glosses: A pulse of high-pitched or ultrasonic sound whose echoes provide information about nearby objects and vessels.
examples: text: The network is overloaded from all the pings going out.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
coordinate_terms: heartbeat
ACK
glosses: A packet which a remote host is expected to echo, thus indicating its presence.
examples: text: I sent a ping to the insurance company to see if they received our claim.
glosses: An email or other message sent requesting acknowledgement.
examples: ref: 2000 April 4, CaPRubberchecks, “Low-Ping servers...YIKES!”, in alt.games.starsiege.tribes (Usenet):
text: "You low ping c**t, you only win cos of your ping!"
> > And other such insights into why I was winning.
ref: 2000 November 8, the_mad...@my-deja.com, “HL DM with a low ping.......”, in alt.games.half-life (Usenet):
ref: 2001 August 2, Asha, “high ping in cs low ping outside cs??”, in alt.games.half-life.counterstrike (Usenet):
text: Your best bet to negate lag is to go to a server using the zero ping mutator. This will compensate for your high ping when using a pistol, sniper or […]
ref: 2002 June 24, drip, “Bandwidth - Lagtime”, in alt.games.unreal.tournament (Usenet):
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Latency.
topics: video-games
glosses: A means of highlighting a feature on the game map so that allied players can see it.
taxonomic: Wikimedia jargon
glosses: A notification.
Derived terms: pingy
sping
Related terms: ghost-ping
pingdemic
ping pong
ping sweep
popty ping
tank
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tæŋk/
ipa: [ˈtʰeɪŋk]
rhymes: -æŋk
Forms: form: tanks
Senses: glosses: A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight.
glosses: A Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls.
wand
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /wɒnd/
ipa: /wɑnd/
ipa: /wɔnd/
rhymes: -ɒnd
Forms: form: wands
form: wanding
form: wanded
form: wanded
Etymology: From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).
Senses: glosses: To scan (e.g. a passenger at an airport) with a handheld metal detector.
glosses: To use a handheld vibrator (the sex toy) on (a person or body part).
Derived terms: handwand
ogre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈəʊ.ɡə/
enpr: ōʹgər
ipa: /ˈoʊ.ɡɚ/
rhymes: -əʊɡə(ɹ)
Forms: form: ogres
Etymology: First attested in the 18th century, borrowed from French ogre, from Latin Orcus (“god of the underworld”), from Ancient Greek Ὅρκος (Hórkos), the personified demon of oaths (ὅρκος (hórkos, “oath”)) who inflicts punishment upon oath-breakers. Doublet of orc and Orcus.
Senses: examples: text: And in the seventh tale of the third day of the same collection, when Corvetto had hidden himself under the Ogre's bed to steal his quilt, "he began to pull quite gently, when the Ogre awoke, and bid his wife not to pull the clothes that way, or she'd strip him, and he would get his death of cold." "Why, it's you that are stripping me," replied the Ogress, "and you have not left a stitch on me." "Where the devil is the quilt?" says the Ogre[.]
ref: 1828, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, volume II, page 237:
text: And the conquest of the ogres comes at the right moment: not in earliest youth, though the nicors are referred in Beowulf's geogoðfeore as a presage of the kind of hero we have to deal with[.]
ref: 1936, J. R. R. Tolkien, Beowulf: The Monsters and the Critics, Norwood, Pa.: Norwood Editions, published 1976, page 32:
text: From his end of the hall Beowulf watched the ogre, weighed his endowment, and waited to see how Grendel would strike.
ref: 1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 29:
topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: A type of brutish giant from folk tales that eats human flesh.
examples: text: People are going to think I'm an ogre if I refuse to buy coffee for my little brother!
glosses: A cruel person.
Derived terms: ogreism
ogrelike
Related terms: ogreish
ogrish
ogress
she-ogre
cord
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔɹd/
ipa: /kɔːd/
rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
homophone: chord
homophone: cored (horse–hoarse merger)
homophone: cawed (non-rhotic)
Forms: form: cords
form: cording
form: corded
form: corded
Etymology: From Middle English corde, from Old French corde, from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “string of gut, the string of a lyre”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- (“bowels, intestines”)). Doublet of chord and cuerda. More at yarn and hernia.
Senses: glosses: To furnish with cords.
glosses: To tie or fasten with cords.
glosses: To flatten a book during binding.
glosses: To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.
obi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊbi/
rhymes: -oʊbi
Forms: form: obi
form: obis
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 帯 (obi, “belt”).
Senses: examples: text: The broad obi tied around her middle was orange and yellow. I'd never seen such elegant clothing.
ref: 1997, Arthur Golden, Memoirs of a Geisha, Vintage, published 1998, page 29:
text: They had known nothing of woolen cloth, but now the popularity of obi made of imported grogram spread like wildfire. This popularity produced various stories in its wake.
ref: 2001, Kikue Yamakawa, Kate Wildman Nakai, Women of the Mito Domain: Recollections of Samurai Family Life:
glosses: A sash worn with a kimono.
glosses: A strip of paper looped around a book or other product.
obi
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈoʊbi/
rhymes: -oʊbi
Forms: form: obis
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of obeah.
Derived terms: obiism
kimono
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kəˈmoʊnoʊ/
ipa: /kəˈmoʊnə/
ipa: [kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯noʊ̯]
ipa: [kɪ̈ˈmoʊ̯nə]
ipa: /kɪˈməʊnəʊ/
rhymes: -əʊnəʊ
rhymes: -əʊnə
Forms: form: kimonos
form: kimono
form: kimona
Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese 着物(きもの) (kimono, “clothing”), which is from 着 (“wearing”) + 物(もの) (mono, “thing”).
Senses: examples: text: Presenting 84 kimonos dating as far back as the 1660s, the show traces how the kimono became a truly global garment worn, sold, riffed on and reinvented by artisans, designers and fashion-lovers around the world.
ref: 2020 March 6, Allyssia Alleyne, “What the kimono’s wide-reaching influence tells us about cultural appropriation”, in CNN:
coordinate_terms: yukata
glosses: A traditional Japanese T-shaped, wrapped-front garment with square sleeves and a rectangular body, now generally worn only on formal occasions.
glosses: A long robe-like garment in Western fashion, which may be open at the front, loosely inspired by the Japanese garment.
glosses: A bathrobe or dressing gown.
Derived terms: bath kimono
kimonoed
kimonolike
kimono sleeve
open the kimono
open up the kimono
under-kimono
underkimono
wooden kimono
Related terms: 👘
ta
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑː/
ipa: [tʰɑː]
rhymes: -ɑː
Forms: form: taa
Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly young child's pronunciation of thanks.
Alternatively, derived from Danish tak, from Old Norse þǫkk, from Proto-Germanic *þankō, *þankaz.
Senses: examples: text: Ta for the cup of tea.
glosses: Thanks.
examples: text: Mummy needs the bottle back. Ta!
glosses: give (imperative)
Related terms: ta everso
ta muchly
ta
Language: English
Part of speech: prep
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑː/
ipa: [tʰɑː]
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /tə/
ipa: /tɑː/
ipa: [tʰɑː]
rhymes: -ɑː
Senses: examples: hasta
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of to, representing the standard unstressed pronunciation before consonants.
ta
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /tɑː/
ipa: [tʰɑː]
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /tə/
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /tɑː/
ipa: [tʰɑː]
rhymes: -ɑː
ipa: /tə/
Etymology: Altered from si in the 19th century to prevent having two notes of the musical scale starting with the same letter, to become ti. vowel changed to 'a' to signify a flattened note.
Senses: topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
synonyms: te
B-flat
li
glosses: In solfège, the lowered seventh note of a major scale (the note B-flat in the fixed-do system): te.
Related terms: pok-ta-pok
ta-da
Yah-ta-hey
binary operation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: binary operations
Senses: examples: text: The "four rules" of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are examples of binary operations.
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: Any operation taking two operands.
Synonyms: dyadic operation
Related terms: unary operation
binary operator
duo
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈdjuː.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈd͡ʒuː.əʊ/
ipa: /ˈdu.oʊ/
ipa: /ˈdju.oʊ/
rhymes: -uːəʊ
Forms: form: duos
Etymology: PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From French duo or Italian duo, from Latin duo (“two”), from Proto-Italic *duō, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁. Doublet of two, which was inherited via Proto-Germanic.
Senses: glosses: Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially
glosses: Two people who work or collaborate together as partners; especially:
Two musicians who perform music together.
qualifier: musician group
glosses: Any pair of people.
glosses: Any cocktail consisting of a spirit and a liqueur.
examples: text: The duo of pork consisted of a smoked sausage and a shoulder joint.
glosses: A meal with two paired components.
examples: text: I noticed early on, in playing a duo with a violinist, that when a very cheesy synthesized violin sound plays in counterpoint with a real violin, it can quite convincingly seem as if two violins are playing.
ref: 2009, Roger T. Dean, The Oxford Handbook of Computer Music:
glosses: A song in two parts; a duet.
Synonyms: sense: pair of two people
word: couple
word: pair
word: twosome
word: brace
word: couplet
word: doublet
word: duad
word: duet
word: duo
word: duplet
word: dyad
word: twain
word: twinsome
Hypernyms: word: group
Hyponyms: word: dilogy
word: gruesome twosome
word: duology
word: twins
Coordinate terms: word: trio
word: quartet
word: quintet
word: sextet
Meronyms: word: twin
word: twindle
word: twinling
Derived terms: comedy duo
dufoil
duo euthanasia
lip duo
super-duo
Related terms: duet
trio
quartet
number