cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
smirt
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /smɜː(ɹ)t/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
Forms: form: smirts
form: smirting
form: smirted
form: smirted
Etymology: Blend of smoke + flirt. Apparently coined in Ireland following the ban on smoking in pubs.
Senses: examples: text: Smirting - a cross between smoking and flirting - is already a huge hit in Dublin where the ban has been in place for two years
ref: 2006 March 25, “BURNING PASSION IN CIGGIE SHELTERS”, in The Scottish Daily Record:
text: I have dated three guys that I smirted with, and one of them is now my current boyfriend.
ref: 2007 July 2, Clover Stroud, “Smoke signals: new dating paths?”, in Daily Mail:
text: Smirting is believed to have started in Temple Bar, Dublin, in 2004
ref: 2008 July 1, “Unintended consequences of the smoking ban”, in BBC NEWS:
text: As a result, despite the ban, the smoking rate in Ireland has been stuck at around 28% and the expected decline in cigarette consumption never materialized. A new social practice quickly emerged called “smirting”, where young Dubliners smoke and flirt with members of the opposite sex
ref: 2012, GN Connolly, “How Society Treats Smoking”, in Israel Journal of Health Policy Research:
glosses: To chat up or flirt with (someone) while smoking outside a pub.
myriagramme
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myriagrammes
Etymology: From myria- + gramme.
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of myriagram.
myriametre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myriametres
form: myriameter
Etymology: From myria- + metre.
Senses: glosses: A unit of length of ten thousand metres, or ten kilometres.
unexpected
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/
Forms: form: more unexpected
form: most unexpected
Etymology: From un- + expected.
Senses: examples: text: She was a fat, round little woman, richly apparelled in velvet and lace, […]; and the way she laughed, cackling like a hen, the way she talked to the waiters and the maid,[…]—all these unexpected phenomena impelled one to hysterical mirth, and made one class her with such immortally ludicrous types as Ally Sloper, the Widow Twankey, or Miss Moucher.
ref: 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter II, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
text: But the latest Santa Fe development, while not spurring the Rock Island to any further acceleration, has drawn fire from a totally unexpected quarter.
ref: 1940 May, “Overseas Railways: Acceleration Proceeds in U.S.A.”, in Railway Magazine, page 298:
text: The windmill presented unexpected difficulties.
ref: 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
text: Providing accommodation is a significant constraint, and an unexpected development from the restoration of services to Okehampton is demand from the Exeter student population to rent local properties.
ref: 2024 August 21, 'Industry Insider', “The value of rail reopenings”, in RAIL, number 1016, page 68:
glosses: Not expected, anticipated or foreseen.
Synonyms: surprising
Derived terms: expect the unexpected
sudden unexpected death syndrome
unexpected hanging paradox
unexpectedly
unexpectedness
unexpected red theory
Related terms: unplanned
incidental
contingent
bolt from the blue
out of the blue
unexpected
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnɪkˈspɛktɪd/
Forms: form: unexpecteds
Etymology: From un- + expected.
Senses: glosses: Someone or something unexpected.
unchanged
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/
Forms: form: more unchanged
form: most unchanged
form: unch.
Etymology: From un- + changed.
Senses: examples: text: "A first love is not easily extinguished, Mr. Allanson," said she. "You may guess from my appearance, that I have been fortunate in life; but, for all that, my first love for you has continued the same, unaltered and unchanged, and you must forgive the little freedoms I used to-day to try your affections, and the effects my appearance would have on you."
ref: 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:
text: All seven cities saw an increase in air pollution during January-May. Readings assessed showed an average concentration of hazardous airborne particles - known as PM2.5 - up by as much as 14.8% in Taiyuan, the provincial capital, and by 16.3% in Shuozhou.[…]
According to the latest data, average rates of PM2.5 in 337 cities nationwide stood at 44 micrograms per cubic meter in the first five months of the year, unchanged from 2018, with 118 cities reaching the national standard of 35 micrograms or below.
ref: 2019 June 20, David Stanway, “China coal hub Shanxi slams seven cities for pollution spike in 2019”, in Sherry Jacob-Phillips, editor, Reuters, archived from the original on 21 Jun 2019, Environment:
text: Adults disapprove of the way Trump is handling tariffs by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, unchanged from the poll in April, which was done days after Trump first announced far-reaching tariffs and promised they would soon force trade agreements that would boost the economy.
ref: 2025 September 19, Patrick Svitek, Emily Guskin and Scott Clement, “Most Americans critical of Trump on crime, economy and other issues, poll finds”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2025:
glosses: Not changed or altered; remaining in an original state.
unchanged
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒd/
Forms: form: unch.
Etymology: From un- + changed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unchange
myrialitre
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: myrialitres
form: myrialiter
Etymology: From myria- + litre.
Senses: glosses: A unit of volume of ten thousand litres
unchecked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈt͡ʃɛkt/
rhymes: -ɛkt
Forms: form: uncheckt
Etymology: See uncheck.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of uncheck.
check box
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: check boxes
Senses: topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: Alternative form of checkbox.
régime
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: régimes
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French régime.
Senses: examples: 1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, pages 5 and 46 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN
There are many “Foucaults” — whether they are all texts, or features in a network of institutional power, a régime of truth and knowledge, or the discourse of the author and his works.
Personalities like Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) silenced condemnation of madness. He abolished régimes of silence that reformers had employed. He made the mad talk. But he also developed the structure which included the medical personage — him — as omnipotent and quasi-divine.
glosses: Alternative spelling of regime.
unclean
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkliːn/
rhymes: -iːn
Forms: form: uncleaner
form: uncleanest
Etymology: From Middle English unclene, from Old English unclǣne, equivalent to un- + clean.
Senses: examples: text: They were gnawing, like beasts, upon unclean food. A pot boiled upon the edge of the fire, and out of it one of the creatures would occasionally drag a hunk of meat with a sharpened stick.
ref: 1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 194:
glosses: Dirty, soiled or foul.
glosses: Not moral or chaste.
glosses: Ritually or ceremonially impure or unfit.
Synonyms: word: befouled
word: besmirched
word: clarty
word: cruddy
word: dirtsome
word: dirty
word: foul
word: grotty
word: grubby
word: horry
word: icky
word: manky
word: nasty
word: seamy
word: soiled
word: sordid
word: squalid
word: sullied
word: unclean
word: unwashed
word: yucky
Hypernyms: word: impure
Hyponyms: word: discolored
word: unkempt
word: begrimed
word: contaminated
word: dusty
word: feculent
word: filthy
word: greasy
word: grimy
word: gungy
word: lutose
word: mucky
word: muddy
word: polluted
word: slimy
word: smutty
word: sooty
word: dirty-handed
word: unpurified
word: unscoured
word: unstrained
word: unswept
word: unwiped
Derived terms: unclean hands
Related terms: word: corrupt
word: defiled
word: despicable
unclear
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈklɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ʌnˈklɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: unclearer
form: more unclear
form: unclearest
form: most unclear
Etymology: From Middle English unclere, equivalent to un- + clear. Compare Saterland Frisian uunkloor (“unclear”), West Frisian ûnklear (“inoperative, broken”), Dutch onklaar (“out of order, defective, broken”), German unklar (“unclear”), Danish uklar (“unclear”), Swedish oklar (“unclear”).
Senses: examples: text: The remark she made comparing her life with that of a fish was unclear.
glosses: Ambiguous; liable to more than one interpretation.
glosses: Not clearly or explicitly defined.
examples: text: From such a long distance away, the name on the signpost was unclear.
glosses: Not easy to see or read; indecipherable or unreadable.
examples: text: I'm still unclear about what she meant by that remark.
glosses: Not having a clear idea; uncertain.
Derived terms: word: unclear medicine
word: unclearly
unclear
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈklɪə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ʌnˈklɪɚ/
rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
Forms: form: unclears
form: unclearing
form: uncleared
form: uncleared
Etymology: From Middle English unclere, equivalent to un- + clear. Compare Saterland Frisian uunkloor (“unclear”), West Frisian ûnklear (“inoperative, broken”), Dutch onklaar (“out of order, defective, broken”), German unklar (“unclear”), Danish uklar (“unclear”), Swedish oklar (“unclear”).
Senses: examples: text: Clearing, unclearing and deleting activities
ref: 1998, Jeffrey J. Mayer, ACT! 4 for Windows for Dummies, page xx:
text: […] finally [the block] would be cleared and remain that way until moved. Although this clearing and unclearing can occur repeatedly, the current BAGGER algorithm is unable to generalize number within unwindable subproofs.
ref: 2012, Gerald DeJong, Investigating Explanation-Based Learning, page 108:
glosses: To undo the process of clearing.
unclothed
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊðd
Forms: form: uncloathed
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of unclothe
unclothed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: rhymes: -əʊðd
Forms: form: more unclothed
form: most unclothed
form: uncloathed
Senses: glosses: Not wearing clothes; nude or naked; with the clothes removed; stripped.
uncoil
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ʌnˈkɔɪəl/
rhymes: -ɔɪəl
Forms: form: uncoils
form: uncoiling
form: uncoiled
form: uncoiled
Etymology: From un- + coil.
Senses: examples: text: Can you help me uncoil this rope?
text: I was walking up and down, putting her to sleep one evening, when I found myself treading on something most repulsively soft; and as I did so, the reptile uncoiled itself and quietly glided off the verandah.
ref: 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 174:
glosses: To unwind or untwist (something).
examples: text: The snake uncoiled and prepared to strike.
glosses: To unwind or untwist oneself.
examples: text: Indians defecate everywhere. They defecate, mostly, beside the railway tracks. But they also defecate on the beaches; they defecate on the hills; they defecate on the river banks; they defecate on the streets; they never look for cover ... the one thing we can and must learn from the West is the science of municipal sanitation.' They do uncoil anywhere and everywhere. It is a great mingling of cow, dog, goat and human feces. sh!t dust is in the air.
ref: 2009 June 24, Gul N. Khan, “india has toilets, u.n. honors bharat ratna narendra modi”, in aus.politics (Usenet):
text: Ah the remittance power is slowly going to die a slow death, but the only impact will be that street shitter slumdogs will go up also. From 70% to 90% will uncoil on side walks and railway tracks. The rest 10% will either die of starvation or escape the paradise to live in Christian or a Muslim country. America has already cancelled H1 visas and is deporting illegal Hindus back to the Indian paradise. EU including UK must do the same so should the remaining Arab states.
ref: 2020 July 6, Araya, “Kuwait to deport 800,000 Indian Hindus.”, in soc.culture.uk (Usenet):
text: Ugh, my brother used to say uncoil a butt snake
ref: 2023, DilettanteGonePro, Reddit:
glosses: To defecate.
diæresis
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: diæreses
Senses: examples: text: Diæreſis is vvhen tvvo points ouer a vovvell diuide it from another vovvel, as bouë, queuë, read bou-e, queu-e, not bo-ue, que-ue.
ref: 1611, Randle Cotgrave, compiler, “Briefe Directions for Such as Desire to Learne the French Tongue. And First, of the Vowels, and Diphthongs.”, in A Dictionarie of the French and English Tongues, London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC, signature Nnnn, recto, column 2:
text: There are four manners of performing the Diæreſis: viz. by Cutting, Pricking, Tearing, Dravving, and Burning.
ref: 1728, E[phraim] Chambers, “Diæresis”, in Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […] In Two Volumes, volumes I (A–H), London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, page 211, column 1:
text: The Diæresis is used to divide a diphthong into two syllables; as, Creätor.
ref: 1841, William Corry, “Grammatical Terms, with Their Respective Marks and Explanations”, in An English Spelling Book, with Reading Lessons; for the Use of the Parish and Other Schools of New Brunswick, St. John, N.B.: […] Henry Chubb, […], →OCLC, page 8:
glosses: Archaic form of diaeresis.
uncompromising
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more uncompromising
form: most uncompromising
Etymology: From un- + compromising.
Senses: examples: text: But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.
ref: 1959, Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, in The Unknown Ajax:
text: THE WINDS CALL: Cruises Near and Far (Scribner’s, $8.95), and for over twenty years the winds have been calling Carleton Mitchell, and this is his grateful response—a collection of salty (or at any rate saline) autobiographical essays covering the peripatetic cruises of a man who lives on a boat and is an uncompromising sealubber.
ref: 1971 December 19, B. J. Kahn Jr., “Twenty‐Four Titles for the World Traveler’s Book Bag”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 21 Feb 2018:
text: The visitors, who surprisingly dropped their talismanic record goalscorer Robbie Keane from their starting line-up for a competitive game for the first time in 13 years, adopted a direct and uncompromising approach.
ref: 2014 November 14, Stephen Halliday, “Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero”, in The Scotsman:
text: “Her work is uncompromising and written in plain language, scraped clean,” Anders Olsson of the Swedish Academy said on Thursday as he announced her accolade.
ref: 2022 October 6, Rob Picheta, “Annie Ernaux wins Nobel Prize in literature for her ‘uncompromising’ work on family, class and gender”, in CNN:
glosses: Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions.
glosses: Principled.
unconcealed
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more unconcealed
form: most unconcealed
Etymology: From un- + concealed.
Senses: examples: text: An amusing incident on the first of these journeys was the checking by signal of the flyer about 3 miles out of Paris, with the result that it was overhauled by the 6.25 p.m. semi-fast from Paris to Montargis, to the unconcealed delight of passengers in the latter.
ref: 1952 December, 'Mercury', “Modern French Locomotive Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 808-809:
text: Dr. Beeching's obvious intent is that if Scottish—and similarly unprofitable English and Welsh—railways are to be maintained, it must be done by an unconcealed subsidy; he is determined that the railways shall no longer be preoccupied with—and derided for—immense deficits which include the burden of social services the State must openly underwrite, if it wants them.
ref: 1962 October, “Talking of Trains: Passed to you, Mr. Macmillan”, in Modern Railways, page 220:
glosses: open to view; not hidden or concealed
unconcern
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: unconcerns
Etymology: From un- + concern, around 1660–1670.
Senses: examples: text: Elizabeth took up some needlework, and was sufficiently amused in attending to what passed between Darcy and his companion. The perpetual commendations of the lady, either on his handwriting, or on the evenness of his lines, or on the length of his letter, with the perfect unconcern with which her praises were received, formed a curious dialogue, and was exactly in union with her opinion of each.
ref: 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], Pride and Prejudice: […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
glosses: Lack of interest or care; indifference or apathy.
examples: text: [Albert, about Bear asleep:] A soft smile of lovin' unconcern on his friendly face as he dozes on.
ref: 1959 February 8, Walt Kelly, Pogo, comic strip, →ISBN, page 220:
glosses: Freedom from worry or apprehensiveness; insouciance or nonchalance.
Related terms: unconcerned
real world
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of real-world.
real world
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: real worlds
Senses: examples: text: It's time to relocate this experiment from the laboratory into the real world.
text: If you’re not in business yet, but plan to launch an Internet business, you’ll ignore the real world at your peril. Notice that all the large Web businesses advertise in the real world.
ref: 2001, Peter Kent, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet, page 243:
text: And again, real-world poker makes demands on a player that Internet poker does not. [...] Stamina, then, is an asset to your play in the real world.
ref: 2003, John Vorhaus, Killer Poker Online:
text: Bureau of Ordnance's first reaction when they learned of this was to recommend disciplinary action against any U.S. Navy officer who'd made alterations, ostensibly for "improper maintenance" of the Mark 14, which, they continued to insist, was absolutely fine. Meanwhile, back in the real world, the newly-promoted Rear Admiral Lockwood had taken over command of U.S. submarine efforts in the most active part of the Pacific Campaign. With summer of 1942 approaching, his forces had fired off more than a year's production of Mark 14s in around six months, and had precious little to show for it.
ref: 2020 February 12, Drachinifel, 15:22 from the start, in The Mark 14 Torpedo - Failure is Like Onions, archived from the original on 24 Nov 2022:
glosses: The realm of human experience comprising physical objects, and excluding theoretical constructs, hypotheses, artificial environments, and "virtual" worlds such as the Internet, computer simulations, or the imagination.
Derived terms: real-worlder
real-world time
Related terms: real-world
real life
mareschal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: mareschals
Etymology: A variant of marshal remodelled on its etymon, Old French mareschal.
Senses: glosses: An officer of an household.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: A man of the highest military rank in certain countries.
glosses: A herald.
basicly
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Etymology: basic + -ly
Senses: examples: 1924, United States. Department of Commerce, The Annual Report of the Secretary of Commerce
Basicly, the industry has made substantial progress toward stability.
glosses: Misspelling of basically.
marshal
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːʃəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
homophone: Marshall
homophone: martial
Forms: form: marshals
form: marshall
form: mareschal
Etymology: From Middle English marschal, from Anglo-Norman mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from Frankish *marhaskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk.
Senses: glosses: A high-ranking officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord, who was originally in charge of the cavalry and later the military forces in general.
examples: text: Where stands Marshal Chiang Kai-shek in this conflict of opinion concerning the tactics which China should adopt towards the aggressor? Chiang Kai-shek, according to officials who know his mind with whom I have talked, is all for resistance- as soon as he thinks he can win!
ref: 1936, H. Hessell Tiltman, The Far East Comes Nearer, Jarrolds, page 249:
glosses: A military officer of the highest rank in several countries, including France and the former Soviet Union; equivalent to a general of the army in the United States. See also field marshal.
glosses: A person in charge of the ceremonial arrangement and management of a gathering.
glosses: A federal lawman.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
motor-racing
racing
sports
glosses: An official responsible for signalling track conditions to drivers (through use of flags), extinguishing fires, removing damaged cars from the track, and sometimes providing emergency first aid.
Derived terms: air chief marshal
air marshal
air vice-marshal
archmarshal
court-marshal
earl marshal
field marshal
fire marshal
knight marshal
marshalate
marshalcy
marshaless
marshal of the air force
marshal of the RAF
marshalship
marshal together
provost marshal
sky marshal
submarshal
velt-marshal
marshal
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈmɑːʃəl/
ipa: /ˈmɑɹʃəl/
rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃəl
homophone: Marshall
homophone: martial
Forms: form: marshals
form: marshaling
form: marshalling
form: marshaled
form: marshaled
form: marshalled
form: marshalled
form: marshall
form: mareschal
Etymology: From Middle English marschal, from Anglo-Norman mareschal (“farrier; military commander”), from Medieval Latin mariscalcus (“groom, army commander, court dignitary”), either from Frankish *marhaskalk, or Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare English mare + shalk.
Senses: examples: text: Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.
ref: 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
glosses: To arrange (troops, etc.) in line for inspection or a parade.
examples: text: Within a blue garter inscribed "Great Northern Railway Ireland" is a shield, on which are marshalled the arms of the principal towns in the company's area. The shield is divided quarterly with the arms of Dublin in the first quarter, Londonderry in the second quarter, Enniskillen in the third, and Belfast in the fourth; and overall is a gold inescutcheon (a small shield placed in the centre of the large shield) charged with the red left hand of Ulster.
ref: 1956 July, Col. H. C. B. Rogers, “Railway Heraldry”, in Railway Magazine, pages 476-477:
text: This train is formed only of "Blue Spot" wagons for London; vans for Mac Fisheries Finsbury Park depot are marshalled at the rear to be detached at Finsbury Park.
ref: 1963 December, “The fish traffic of Aberdeen”, in Modern Railways, page 389:
glosses: To arrange (facts, etc.) in some methodical order.
examples: text: Our conquering ſwords ſhal marſhal vs the way
UUe vſe to martch vpon the ſlaughtered foe:
Trampling their bowels with our horſes hoofes: […]
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 III, scene iii:
glosses: To ceremoniously guide, conduct or usher.
glosses: To gather data for transmission.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: To serialize an object into a marshalled state represented by a sequence of bytes that can later be converted back into an object with equivalent properties.
Synonyms: sense: serialize computing data
word: serialize
sense: serialize computing data
word: encode
Derived terms: marshaler
remarshal
cañon
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cañons
form: cañones
Senses: examples: text: […]we walked some little distance up the cañon on the frozen river[…]
ref: 1879, Arthur Pendarves Vivian, Wanderings in the western land:
text: He was only proving what the sage-riders had long said of this labyrinthine system of deceitful cañons and valleys—trails led down into Deception Pass, but no rider had ever followed them.
ref: 1912 January, Zane Grey, chapter 5, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC:
text: Steadily it ascended toward the mountains, into which they filed through a narrow cañon close to noon.
ref: 1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Numa ‘El Adrea’”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 122:
text: The morning after this decision, I started up the cañon of Tenaya, caring little about the quantity of bread I carried; for, I thought, a fast and a storm and a difficult cañon were just the medicine I needed.
ref: 1918, John Muir, “A Geologist's Winter Walk”, in Steep Trails:
text: the cañons and upland pine parks and snowy peaks and cliff dwellings round Flagstaff
ref: 2010, Agnes C Laut, Through Our Unknown Southwest (Illustrated Edition), page 100:
glosses: Alternative spelling of canyon.
Derived terms: Cañon City
leucocythemia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: leucocythemias
form: leucocythaemia
Senses: topics: medicine
oncology
sciences
glosses: A disease in which there is a vastly increased number of white blood cells in the blood.
Related terms: leukemia
haemal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːməl
Forms: form: hemal
form: hæmal
Etymology: From Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”).
Senses: glosses: Pertaining to the blood or blood vessels.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Ventral rather than neural.
Derived terms: dermohaemal
haemal arch
haemal cavity
interhaemal
neurohaemal
pseudohaemal
hæmal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -iːməl
Forms: form: more hæmal
form: most hæmal
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of haemal.
proprætor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prōprēʹtôr
ipa: /pɹəʊˈpɹiːtɔː/
Forms: form: proprætors
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of propraetor.
propraetor
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: prōprēʹtôr
ipa: /pɹəʊˈpɹiːtɔː/
Forms: form: propraetors
form: proprætor
Etymology: From the Latin prōpraetor.
Senses: glosses: A magistrate of ancient Rome who governed a province after serving as a praetor in Rome.
Derived terms: propraetorship
propraetorial
cry for help
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: cries for help
Senses: examples: text: We heard the drowning woman's cries for help and ran to assist.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cry, for, help.
examples: text: In her second year at the school Alexis stopped doing her homework and would often scribble on walls. Her teachers wondered whether this was a cry for help, or if she was simply misbehaving.
text: Tucker Carlson (also a jacket and tie guy) picked up on the hoo-ha on his Fox News show, calling the hoodie-jacket combination a “cry for help” and inviting Roger Stone, the disgraced former political operative and author of his own “Best and Worst dressed List,” to comment.
ref: 2023 February 20, Vanessa Friedman, quoting Tucker Carlson, “Don Lemon, Nikki Haley and the Lessons of a Hoodie”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
glosses: Acting out as a means of displaying a subconscious desire for attention or help.
hermeneutics
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: hûrˌ-mə-n(y)o͞oˈ-tĭks
enpr: -mĭ-
ipa: /ˌhɜːmɪˈnjuːtɪks/
ipa: /ˌhɜːrməˌn(j)uːtɪks/
Forms: form: hermeneutics
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἑρμηνευτῐκός (hermēneutĭkós, “of or for interpreting”), from ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneúō, “translate, interpret”), from ἑρμηνεύς (hermēneús, “translator, interpreter”); sometimes ascribed as a Carian loanword. Folk etymology suggests a connection with Hermes. The term was introduced c. 360 BCE by Aristotle in his text Perì Hermeneías (On Interpretation).
Senses: examples: text: SAUNDERS or SANDERS, RICHARD (1613–1687?), astrologer, a native of Warwickshire, was born in 1613, commenced the study of hermeneutics about 1647, and practised astrology and cheiromancy during the golden age of the pseudo-sciences in England.
ref: 1885, Thomas Seccombe, “Saunders, Richard (1613-1687?)”, in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, volume 50:
text: 1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor), Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: Series I,
I have included in this volume the four books of St. Augustin On Christian Doctrine. It is the first and best patristic work on biblical Hermeneutics, and continued for a thousand years, together with the Prefaces of Jerome, to be the chief exegetical guide. Although it is superseded as a scientific work by modern Hermeneutics and Critical Introductions to the Old and New Testaments, it is not surpassed for originality, depth and spiritual insight.
text: Usage has restricted the meaning of hermeneutics to the science of Biblical exegesis, that is, to the collection of rules which govern the right interpretation of Sacred Scripture. Exegesis is therefore related to hermeneutics, as language is to grammar, or as reasoning is to logic.
ref: 1913, Anthony John Maas, “Hermeneutics”, in Catholic Encyclopedia (1913):
glosses: The study of interpretation, particularly concerning texts, meaning, and understanding. It originates from classical exegesis but was significantly developed in the modern period, especially in relation to phenomenology and existentialism. At its core, hermeneutics addresses the conditions of understanding and the processes by which meaning is constructed.
wikipedia: Carian language
Derived terms: hermeneutical
hermeneuticist
Related terms: hermeneut
hermeneutic
bulkhead
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbʌlk.hɛd/
Forms: form: bulkheads
Etymology: From bulk + head.
Senses: examples: text: Lastly, Lundberg went belowdecks to inspect the boat's bulkheads and hull—for what, it was not clear, since he had absolutely no knowledge of steamboat design.
ref: 2003, Edward T. O'Donnell, Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum, page 54:
topics: nautical
transport
coordinate_terms: deckhead
glosses: A vertical partition dividing the hull into separate compartments; often made watertight to prevent excessive flooding if the ship's hull is breached.
topics: aerospace
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A similar partition in an aircraft or spacecraft.
topics: engineering
mechanical-engineering
mechanics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: A partition or panel through which connectors pass, or a connector designed to pass through a partition.
glosses: A pressure-resistant sealed barrier to any fluid in a large structure.
glosses: A retaining wall along a waterfront.
examples: text: She bumped her noggin on the bulkhead above the doorway, smiled in apology for her presumed clumsiness.
ref: 2003, John Farris, The Fury and the Power:
qualifier: Rhode Island; Massachusetts; Rhode Island; Massachusetts
glosses: A cellar hatchway.
Derived terms: bulkheaded
bulkheading
bulkhead line
collision bulkhead
forepeak bulkhead
nonbulkhead
bull rope
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: bull ropes
Senses: topics: nautical
transport
glosses: a rope used for hoisting a topmast or topgallant mast in a square-rigged ship; it is rove from the cap of the lower mast, through a sheave in the foot of the topmast and then back through a block on the lower masthead, with the hauling part led to the deck
airmail
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə.meɪl/
Forms: form: airmails
form: air mail
Etymology: From air + mail.
Senses: examples: text: to send a letter by airmail
glosses: The system of conveying mail using aircraft.
glosses: The items of mail so carried.
airmail
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɛə.meɪl/
Forms: form: airmails
form: airmailing
form: airmailed
form: airmailed
form: air mail
Etymology: From air + mail.
Senses: glosses: To send mail by air.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.
act one's age
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: acts one's age
form: acting one's age
form: acted one's age
form: acted one's age
Senses: synonyms: behave one's age
glosses: To behave in a manner appropriate to one's age.
examples: text: Act your age and stop fiddling with that pen – you’re showing us up.
glosses: To behave in a mature manner; to avoid being childish.
Derived terms: act one's age, not one's shoe size
breakdance
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪk.dɑːns/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪk.dæns/
Forms: form: breakdances
form: break-dance
form: break dance
Etymology: From break + dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music.
Senses: examples: text: B-boys -- or breakdance boys -- have been spotted in Coca-Cola and Sprite advertisements.
ref: 1998 July 6, Lola Ogunnaike, “NOTICED; Breakdancing Regains Its Footing”, in The New York Times:
glosses: The art, or an instance, of breakdancing.
breakdance
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɹeɪk.dɑːns/
ipa: /ˈbɹeɪk.dæns/
Forms: form: breakdances
form: breakdancing
form: breakdanced
form: breakdanced
form: break-dance
form: break dance
Etymology: From break + dance, in reference to the instrumental break sections of music.
Senses: glosses: To dance in this style.
Georgian planet
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Georgium Sidus, after King George III.
Senses: glosses: The planet Uranus.
breakdancing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: break dancing
form: break-dancing
Etymology: From break + dancing.
Influenced by breakdown (the percussion break of songs chosen by a DJ for use in hip-hop music) -- breakdancers were originally those who danced to a breakdown.
Senses: examples: text: Hollywood made movies about breakdancing, dancers performed at the White House and the sky seemed the limit.
ref: 1998 July 6, Lola Ogunnaike, “NOTICED; Breakdancing Regains Its Footing”, in The New York Times:
topics: dance
dancing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: An urban style of acrobatic street dance that originated in the hip hop culture of New York City in the late 20th century.
Synonyms: b-boying
b-girling
breaking
hip hop
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: glosses: Alternative form of hip-hop.
bartender
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈbɑːˌtɛndə(ɹ)/
ipa: /ˈbɑɹˌtɛndɚ/
Forms: form: bartenders
form: bar-tender
Etymology: From bar + tender.
Senses: examples: text: He observed as the sad bartender ritually played canasta with two bored and customerless dancers...
ref: 2008, Rachel Kushner, Telex from Cuba:
text: They weren't all just sexpats and drifters and former disgraced officers or old bartenders, none of which he should have mentioned.
ref: 2010, Erich R. Sysak, Water Heart:
glosses: One who tends a bar or pub; a person preparing and serving drinks at a bar.
Synonyms: barkeep
barkeeper
mixologist
Hyponyms: barmaid
barman
Coordinate terms: barback
barista
Derived terms: beertender
budtender
cheftender
flair bartender
potender
Related terms: alewife
knight of the spigot
publican
tapper
tapster
taverner
victualler
rappa
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: rappas
Senses: examples: text: Or like a female rappa who knows no other/way of selling work w/o her body / […]
ref: 2001, Nzinga Regtuinah Chavis, “enter(f*#@ckin)tained” (poem), in Tony Medina and Louis Reyes Rivera (editors), Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Random House, page 224
glosses: Pronunciation spelling of rapper.
echolalia
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌɛkə(ʊ)ˈleɪlɪə/
ipa: /ˌɛkoʊˈleɪliə/
rhymes: -eɪliə
Forms: form: echolalias
Etymology: From echo- + -lalia; echo- ultimately from Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ, “reflected sound, echo”), -lalia from λαλιά (laliá, “talk, chat”).
Senses: examples: text: Their echolalic responses may be much more extensive than the single words or short phrases that are characteristic of normal echolalia. Thus, a pseudoverbal autistic child may respond to "Do you want a cookie, Jimmy?" with a replication of the very same words.
ref: 1984, Jon Eisenson, Aphasia and related disorders in children, page 30:
topics: clinical-psychology
human-sciences
psychology
sciences
hyponyms: movie talk
TV talk
qualifier: autism
glosses: The involuntary repetitive echoing of words or phrases spoken by another person; either immediate or delayed.
glosses: An infant's repetitive imitation of vocal sounds spoken by another person, occurring naturally during childhood development.
examples: text: There was the boom of a bass drum, and the voice of the orchestra leader rang out suddenly above the echolalia of the garden.
ref: 1926, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Penguin, published 2000, page 50:
glosses: Any apparently meaningless, repetitious noises, especially voices.
Derived terms: autoecholalia
echolalic
group theory
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: group theories
form: theory of groups
Senses: examples: text: THE feeling seems to be developing among physicists that group theory can be used as and when required, as many other techniques already are, without its being necessary for everyone to study all the whys and wherefores of the mathematical details involved.
ref: 1968, Arthur P. Cracknell, editor, Applied Group Theory: Selected Readings in Physics, Pergamon Press, page ix:
text: Planar cis and/or trans internal rotation tunnelling have been discussed in terms of group theory, leading to theoretical spectra which have been compared to experimental work.
ref: 1995, Jean Brocas, “Chapter 4: The Use of Group Theory in the Study of Non-Rigid Molecules”, in Danail Bonchev, D. H. Rouvray, editors, Chemical Group Theory: Techniques and Applications, Gordon and Breach, page 133:
topics: algebra
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The mathematical theory of groups.
examples: 2007, Hedley G. Dimock, Rachel R. Kass, How to Observe Your Group, Captus Press, 4th Edition, page 3,
After you have read over the seven group theories you'll be clearer about what makes the most sense to you for the groups with which you want to use your observation skills.
2012, Stéphanie Delaune, Steve Kremer, Daniel Pasaila, Security Protocols, Constraint Systems, and Group Theories, Bernhard Gramlich, Dale Miller, Ulrike Sattler (editors), Automated Reasoning: 6th International Joint Conference, Springer, LNAI 7364, page 165,
In particular we study the case where cryptographic primitives are modelled using a group theory. Group theories are a special case of monoidal theories which have been extensively studied by F. Baader and W. Nutt [20,6] who have provided a complete survey of unification in these theories. Group theories include theories for exclusive or and Abelian groups.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see group, theory; a theory about (particular kinds of) groups.
Related terms: group theoretical
Möbius group
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Möbius groups
form: Moebius group
form: Mobius group
Etymology: Eponymous for August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), a German mathematician and theoretical astronomer.
Senses: topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The projective general linear group mathbf PGL(2,ℂ): the group of Möbius transformations on the Riemann sphere.
topics: group-theory
mathematics
sciences
glosses: For a given dimension n, the group of projective transformations leaving a particular hypersphere invariant.
Hypernyms: Lie group
Meronyms: Möbius transformation
Related terms: Möbius strip
Möbius transformation
hypersphere
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈhaɪ.pəˌsfɪə/
ipa: /-ˌsfɪː/
ipa: /ˈhaɪ.pəˌsfɪɹ/
Forms: form: hyperspheres
form: hyper-sphere
Etymology: From hyper- + sphere.
Senses: examples: text: The timing and location of these battles have not been established. “Sphere” in this context is a hypersphere made up of complexes of two and three-D surfaces, or membranes, shortened in this translation to “branes,” extending into higher dimensions that combine vectors of transit, but also scalar tactical probabilities—a difficult concept to grasp, but essential to understanding Forerunner warfare.
ref: 2013 March 19, Greg Bear, String 25, in Halo: Silentium (Forerunner Saga; 3), New York: Tor, →ISBN, page 211:
text: To prove that the hypersphere is a manifold we wish to divide it into polyhedral solids.
ref: 2014, Donald W. Blackett, Elementary Topology: A Combinatorial and Algebraic Approach, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 198:
topics: geometry
mathematics
sciences
glosses: The set of all points in a given hyperspace that are at a given distance from a given point; a generalization of a sphere in four or more dimensions.
topics: hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A zorb; the act of zorbing, entering a zorbing ball, strapping into a harness, and rolling down a hill.
Derived terms: hyperspherical
Related terms: hyperball
n-sphere
pyrrhic
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪk
Etymology: From Latin pyrrhichius, from Ancient Greek πυρρίχιος (purrhíkhios), from πυρρίχη (purrhíkhē, “war dance”).
Senses: topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: Of or characterized by pyrrhics (metrical feet with two short syllables).
glosses: Relating to Pyrrhus, a Macedonian king, or some of his costly victories he had while fighting Rome.
examples: text: Huwawa is slain; the victors triumph, but the victory is to be a pyrrhic one for Gilgamesh, for the gods have met in counsel and decreed that Enkidu should die.
ref: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 199:
text: In the ministry, it is important to avoid pyrrhic victories. What really is a pyrrhic victory? A pyrrhic victory is a victory that comes with such devastating cost that ultimately nullifies the victory that has been achieved.
ref: 2015, Dag Heward-Mills, A Good General, Dag Heward-Mills, →ISBN:
glosses: Alternative letter-case form of Pyrrhic (“achieved at too great a cost”).
pyrrhic
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈpɪ.ɹɪk/
rhymes: -ɪɹɪk
Forms: form: pyrrhics
Etymology: From Latin pyrrhichius, from Ancient Greek πυρρίχιος (purrhíkhios), from πυρρίχη (purrhíkhē, “war dance”).
Senses: glosses: An Ancient Greek war dance.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
phonology
prosody
sciences
glosses: A metric foot with two short or unaccented syllables.
hyperspace
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: hyperspaces
form: hyper space
form: hyper-space
Etymology: From hyper- + space.
Senses: topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: An n-dimensional Euclidian space with n > 3.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: A Euclidian space of unspecified dimension.
examples: text: We can only get to the Nimrodian Galaxy if we go through hyperspace.
text: I'm in command of 18 competitively selected super-perfect physical specimens with an average age of 24.6 who have been locked up in hyperspace for 378 days.
ref: 1956, Cyril Hume, Forbidden Planet, spoken by Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen):
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: A notional space orthogonal to the usual dimensions of space-time often used for faster-than-light travel.
Related terms: hyperspace drive
hyperspatial
off in hyperspace
hyperspace
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Forms: form: hyperspaces
form: hyperspacing
form: hyperspaced
form: hyperspaced
form: hyper space
form: hyper-space
Etymology: From hyper- + space.
Senses: examples: text: If she hyperspaced out to Tionisla or Lave the Courier would simply follow through her witchspace wormhole.
ref: 2010, Drew Wagar, Status Quo (Oolite Saga), Drew Wagar, →ISBN:
topics: literature
media
publishing
science-fiction
glosses: To travel or transport into hyperspace.
umbral
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈʌmbɹəl/
rhymes: -ʌmbɹəl
homophone: umbrel
Senses: glosses: Of or relating to an umbra.
topics: mathematics
sciences
glosses: Of or relating to umbral calculus.
Derived terms: umbral algebra
umbral calculus
umbral moonshine
pearly whites
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: examples: text: The least you can do is keep your pearly whites squeaky clean with a cutting-edge electric toothbrush.
ref: 2009 July 31, Ben Patterson, “High-Tech Helpers: Philips Sonicare FlexCare”, in Time:
glosses: Teeth.
Related terms: pearl white
ghost writer
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ghost writers
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of ghostwriter.
fiddlesticks
Language: English
Part of speech: intj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/
Forms: form: fiddlestick
Etymology: Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).
Senses: examples: text: Fiddlesticks! It's nothing but smoke and mirrors!
text: Golden pleasures! golden fiddlesticks!—What d'ye tell me of your canting stuff?
ref: 1701, George Farquhar, Sir Harry Wildair, act 4, scene 2; republished in The Dramatic Works of George Farquhar, volume 1, London: John C. Nimmo, 1892, page 295:
text: "Taken the veil—taken fiddlesticks!" said the old man, merrily; "why she lives near Lincoln, is married to a substantial man, the junior partner of one of the wealthiest bankers in the county […]
ref: 1840, Henry Downes Miles, Dick Turpin:
text: 'Safe? Fiddlesticks! There is no safe. Mr Lavington is an intelligent man. You will see, he will have devised a hiding-place much more intelligent than a safe. A safe is the first thing everyone looks for.'
ref: 1923 October 6, Agatha Christie, “The Case of the Veiled Lady”, in The Sketch, number 1601:
text: “Fiddlesticks,” Miss Jenny said. “The war just gave John a good excuse to get himself killed. If it hadn’t been that, it would have been some other way that would have been a bother to everybody around.”
ref: 1964 [1929], William Faulkner, Sartoris (The Collected Works of William Faulkner), London: Chatto & Windus, page 23:
glosses: Nonsense! Expresses dismissal or disdain.
examples: text: Oh, fiddlesticks! I locked my keys in the car.
qualifier: now sometimes specifically interpreted as a euphemism for 'fuck'
glosses: Darn! Expresses mild dismay or annoyance.
Synonyms: sense: expresses dismissal
word: bullshit
sense: expresses annoyance
word: dammit
fiddlesticks
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɪdl̩.stɪks/
Forms: form: fiddlestick
Etymology: Circa 1600, England. From fiddlestick, from the late Middle English fidillstyk (“violin bow”).
Senses: glosses: plural of fiddlestick