cstr/en-wiktionary-extracted-all huggingface dataset:
beck and call
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beckon call
Senses: examples: text: At his beck and call, he had a small fleet of waiters and servants.
text: The Traffic Regulating Officer thus has at his beck and call the assistance which he requires in deciding the extent to which restrictions on the acceptance and despatch of traffic are necessary.
ref: 1942 May-June, “Notes and News: L.N.E.R. Traffic Regulating Office”, in Railway Magazine, page 187:
text: As his employee, I would be at his beck and call, day and night.
ref: 2025 October 15, Virginia Giuffre, “‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the hands of Epstein, Maxwell and the king’s brother”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Summons and control, in a position of servitude or as an attendant.
Related terms: under one's thumb
wrap around one's little finger
IT
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: ITs
Senses: examples: text: Hello, IT. Have you tried turning it off and turning it on again? Ok. Well, are you sure that it's plugged in?
ref: 2006 Feb. 17, Graham Linehan, The IT Crowd, Season 1, Episode 4
text: Sources tell WIRED that Bobba, Coristine, Farritor, and Shaotran all currently have working GSA emails and A-suite level clearance at the GSA, which means that they work out of the agency’s top floor and have access to all physical spaces and IT systems, according a source with knowledge of the GSA’s clearance protocols.
ref: 2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2025:
topics: computing
engineering
informatics
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
synonyms: info tech
hypernyms: tech
technology#Noun
glosses: Initialism of information technology.
glosses: Initialism of inclusive tour.
topics: geography
geology
natural-sciences
glosses: Initialism of intercept-time method.
Derived terms: topics: informatics
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: IT/OT
topics: informatics
computing
engineering
mathematics
sciences
physical-sciences
natural-sciences
word: shadow IT
IT
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: medicine
pharmacology
sciences
glosses: Initialism of intrathecal.
headstart
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: headstarts
Etymology: From head + start.
Senses: examples: text: Some of the outrage is no doubt deserved—I have no patience for bigots myself, […] As a presumed lifetime beneficiary of demographic headstarts, I’m often implicated by definition myself, a situation I can live with. But I rarely entertain an urge to either pile on or argue back.
ref: 2016, Chuck Eddy, “’10s”, in Terminated for Reasons of Taste: Other Ways to Hear Essential and Inessential Music, Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, →ISBN, page 244:
glosses: Alternative spelling of head start.
resembling
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzɛmblɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: present participle and gerund of resemble
resembling
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈzɛmblɪŋ/
Senses: glosses: The action of the verb to resemble.
-logical
Language: English
Part of speech: suffix
Etymology: From -logy + -ical.
Senses: glosses: Used to form adjectival forms of nouns ending in -logy.
Derived terms: -logy#Derived terms
genealogy
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/
ipa: /ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/
ipa: /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/
ipa: /ˌdʒiːniˈɒlədʒi/
Forms: form: genealogies
form: geneology
Etymology: From Middle English genealogie, genologie, genelogie, from Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).
Senses: examples: text: The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
glosses: A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
glosses: The study, and formal recording of such descents.
Synonyms: pedigree
Related terms: genealogical
genealogically
genealogist
genealogize
family history
lineage
genealogical
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more genealogical
form: most genealogical
Etymology: From French généalogique + -al, equivalent to genealogy + -ical.
Senses: examples: text: The new book enlarges the genealogical pyramid, connecting it to Rabbi Jehiel Lurie, head of the 13th-century rabbinical court in Brest-Litovsk, then back to Rashi and beyond.
ref: 2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
glosses: Of or relating to genealogy.
qualifier: systematics
glosses: Of the relationships among individuals within a species.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: Genetic (based on shared membership in a linguistic family).
Synonyms: sense: systematics
word: tokogenetic
Derived terms: anthropogenealogical
biogenealogical
genealogically
nongenealogical
family history
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: family histories
Senses: examples: text: Family history puts flesh on the bones of genealogy.
glosses: An extension to genealogy in which the life and times of the people concerned are investigated.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: Information concerning the disorders suffered by the direct relatives of a patient; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.
Related terms: family historian
medical history
family tree
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: family trees
Senses: qualifier: genealogy
glosses: A diagrammatic representation of a pedigree, illustrating the connections between a person's ancestors, offspring and other relatives.
examples: text: Heredity and environment are not the absolute arbiters of what will be, as Jesus' genealogy details in the first chapter of Matthew's Gospel. As Gardner Taylor, an African-American preacher in Brooklyn, noted, Rahab the prostitute is in the family tree of Jesus Christ.
ref: 1997, Doug Adams, The Prostitute in the Family Tree: Discovering Humor and Irony in the Bible, →ISBN, page 3:
text: We're from the family tree of old school hip-hop / Kick off your shoes and relax your socks
ref: 1998, “Intergalactic”, performed by Beastie Boys:
text: As the years have passed, Barack Obama's family tree has grown.
ref: 2010, Amelie von Zumbusch, Barack Obama's Family Tree: Roots of Achievement, →ISBN, page 22:
text: It's never been discussed whether or not there is mental illness in my family tree but I know a great aunt committed suicide years before using paracetamol.
ref: 2011, Suzannah Knight, Black Magic, →ISBN, page 18:
text: Brigitte Macron has not spoken publicly on the false gender claims since 2022, when she told French radio, RTL, the allegations were an “impossible” attack on her parents’ family tree.
ref: 2025 October 27, Angelique Chrisafis, “Ten people go on trial in Paris for online harassment of Brigitte Macron”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: The totality of someone's ancestors and offspring.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: A model or diagram showing the relationships and evolution of specified languages over time.
topics: agriculture
business
horticulture
lifestyle
glosses: A grafting technique involving the joining of different varieties of plants onto a single tree or plant.
topics: computing
computing-theory
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A data structure that organizes resources or machines in a distributed system, consisting of nodes connected by edges, in which each node may also contain a subnode.
Hypernyms: tree
Related terms: genealogy
family historian
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: family historians
Senses: glosses: a genealogist or historian who studies family history
ormolu
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː(ɹ)məˌluː/
ipa: /ˈɔɹməˌlu/
Forms: form: ormolus
form: or-molu
Etymology: From French or moulu (literally “ground gold”).
Senses: examples: text: Had he deemed it "wisest, best," Mr. O'Donagough was not without the means of furnishing a splendid mansion in very showy style, and yet not leaving a single morsel of lacker, or or-molu, unpaid for.
ref: 1840, Frances Trollope, “Practical Information Carefully Obtained, and Promptly Acted upon— […]”, in The Widow Married; […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 2:
text: It is an old-fashioned space of pink-and-green trellis carpet and French ormolu, half-concealed by heavy brocade curtains.
ref: 2023 September 23, Lauren Indvik, “God is in the details”, in FT Weekend, Life & Arts, page 3:
glosses: Golden or gilded brass or bronze used for decorative purposes.
ormolu
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː(ɹ)məˌluː/
ipa: /ˈɔɹməˌlu/
Forms: form: or-molu
Etymology: From French or moulu (literally “ground gold”).
Senses: examples: text: At one of the ormolu tables, near a lamp with a pink shade, Gaston insisted on making at least a partial statement.
ref: 1888, Henry James, The Reverberator, Macmillan and Co.:
text: "He [R. L. Stevenson] took his mother?" I repeated, off guard, and he replied, turning a quick back flip of satisfaction, "Yeah, and his ormolu clock, and all his furniture from Edinburgh."
ref: 1997 May 17, Marianne Macdonald, “Who is Paul Theroux?”, in Independent (UK):
glosses: Made from golden or gilded brass or bronze.
ormolu
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɔː(ɹ)məˌluː/
ipa: /ˈɔɹməˌlu/
Forms: form: ormolus
form: ormoluing
form: ormolued
form: ormolued
form: or-molu
Etymology: From French or moulu (literally “ground gold”).
Senses: examples: text: But I have seen apartments in the tenure of Americans—men of exceedingly moderate means yet rara aves of good taste—which, in negative merit at least, might vie with any of the or-molued cabinets of our friends across the water.
ref: 1840, Edgar Allan Poe, The Philosophy of Furniture:
glosses: To decorate with gilded ormolu articles.
hematology
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌhiməˈtɒləd͡ʒi/
Forms: form: hematologies
form: haematology
form: hæmatology
Etymology: From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms: hemato- + -logy = hemat- + -ology; morphologically parallel with haematology.
Senses: qualifier: life sciences as basic research
glosses: The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The medical specialty dealing with the health and diseases of blood and blood-producing organs.
Hypernyms: study
specialty
Derived terms: hematologic
hematological
hematologically
hematologist
immunohematology
oncohematology
Related terms: hemopathology
Anglosphere
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈæŋ.ɡləˌsfɪɹ/
Forms: form: the Anglosphere
form: anglosphere
Etymology: From Anglo- + -sphere. Coined by American science fiction writer Neal Stephenson in his book The Diamond Age, published in 1995.
Senses: examples: text: The tiny old houses and flats of this once impoverished quarter had mostly been refurbished into toeholds for young Atlantans from all around the Anglosphere, poor in equity but rich in expectations, who had come to the great city to incubate their careers.
ref: 1995, Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age […] , New York: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 373:
text: These norms have survived, at least as residues, in the traditions of public speaking and “good writing” in many European languages in modern times. But not in the Anglosphere.
ref: 2012, Anna Wierzbicka, “The history of English seen as the history of ideas”, in The Oxford Handbook of the History of English, page 439:
glosses: The totality of Anglophone countries, the geographical or cultural realm of native English-speakers.
Derived terms: Anglospherian
Anglospheric
Anglospherism
Cockney
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒk.ni/
rhymes: -ɒkni
Forms: form: cockney
Etymology: First attested in Samuel Rowland's 1600 The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine as "a Bowe-bell Cockney", from Middle English cokenay (“a spoiled child; a milksop, an effeminate man”), used in the 16th c. by English country folk as a term of disparagement for city dwellers, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Middle English cokeney (“a small, misshapen egg”), from coken (“cocks'(rooster’s)”) + ey (“egg”) or from Cockney and Cocknay, variants of Cockaigne, a mythical land of luxury (first attested in 1305) eventually used as a humorous epithet of London. Compare cocker (“to spoil a child”).
Senses: glosses: From the East End of London, or London generally.
glosses: Of or relating to people from this area or their speech style.
Cockney
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒk.ni/
rhymes: -ɒkni
Forms: form: Cockneys
form: cockney
Etymology: First attested in Samuel Rowland's 1600 The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine as "a Bowe-bell Cockney", from Middle English cokenay (“a spoiled child; a milksop, an effeminate man”), used in the 16th c. by English country folk as a term of disparagement for city dwellers, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Middle English cokeney (“a small, misshapen egg”), from coken (“cocks'(rooster’s)”) + ey (“egg”) or from Cockney and Cocknay, variants of Cockaigne, a mythical land of luxury (first attested in 1305) eventually used as a humorous epithet of London. Compare cocker (“to spoil a child”).
Senses: examples: text: COCKNEY, a native of London. An ancient nickname implying effeminacy, used by the oldest English writers, and derived from the imaginary fool's paradise, or lubberland, Cockaygne.
ref: 1859, J.C. Hotten, A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words, section 22:
glosses: Any Londoner.
examples: text: Londoners, and all within the sound of Bow Bell, are in reproach called Cockneys.
ref: 1617, Fynes Moryson, An Itinerary:
text: A Cockney or Cocksie, applied only to one born within the sound of Bow bell, that is in the City of London.
ref: 1617, John Minsheu, Ductor in Linguas:
text: “Charming place, ma’am,” said he, bowing to the widow; “noble prospect—delightful to us Cocknies, who seldom see anything but Pall Mall.”
ref: 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 26, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
text: Parkinson: You made films before, but the part that really made your name was Zulu, wasn't it […] and there of course—against type—you played the toff, you played the officer.
Caine: I played the officer, yeah, and everybody thought I was like that. Everyone was so shocked when they met me, this like Cockney guy had played this toffee-nosed git.
ref: 2000 December 18, BBC and Bafta Tribute to Michael Caine, 16:43-17:05:
glosses: A Londoner born within earshot of the city's Bow Bells, or (now generically) any working-class Londoner.
Cockney
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈkɒk.ni/
rhymes: -ɒkni
Forms: form: cockney
Etymology: First attested in Samuel Rowland's 1600 The Letting of Humours Blood in the Head-Vaine as "a Bowe-bell Cockney", from Middle English cokenay (“a spoiled child; a milksop, an effeminate man”), used in the 16th c. by English country folk as a term of disparagement for city dwellers, of uncertain etymology. Possibly from Middle English cokeney (“a small, misshapen egg”), from coken (“cocks'(rooster’s)”) + ey (“egg”) or from Cockney and Cocknay, variants of Cockaigne, a mythical land of luxury (first attested in 1305) eventually used as a humorous epithet of London. Compare cocker (“to spoil a child”).
Senses: glosses: The dialect or accent of such Londoners.
Derived terms: mockney
Sylheti Cockney
seeing
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Etymology: From see + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.
ref: 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
glosses: present participle and gerund of see
Derived terms: all-seeing
far-seeing
farseeing
seeing-eye dog
seeing to
seeing
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Etymology: From see + -ing.
Senses: glosses: Having vision; not blind.
Synonyms: sighted
seeing
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Forms: form: seeings
Etymology: From see + -ing.
Senses: examples: text: To such perceivings we give names like these: seeings, hearings, smellings, chillings and burnings, pleasures and pains, desires […]
ref: 2004, Timothy D. J. Chappell, Reading Plato's Theaetetus, page 73:
glosses: The act or fact of perceiving something with the eyes; eyesight.
topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: The movement or distortion of a telescopic image as a result of turbulence in the Earth's atmosphere.
Derived terms: believing is seeing
hard of seeing
seeing is believing
seeing
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈsiːɪŋ/
rhymes: -iːɪŋ
Etymology: Probably an elision of "seeing that" or "seeing as".
Senses: examples: text: Seeing the boss wasn't around, we took it easy.
glosses: Inasmuch as; in view of the fact that.
inasmuch as
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Forms: form: in as much as
Etymology: From Middle English in as muche as, in as muchel as (“as far as, as much as, seeing that, since, as long as, so that”).
Senses: examples: text: Which it certainly was. Admiration was the universal sentiment, though some objected that the reply to "Is it a bear?" ought to have been "Yes;" inasmuch as an answer in the negative was sufficient to have diverted their thoughts from Mr. Scrooge, supposing they had ever had any tendency that way.
ref: 1843 December 19, Charles Dickens, “(please specify the page number)”, in A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC:
text: This was a hardship in as much as inquiry showed that even in vegetarian restaurants many courses used to contain eggs. This meant that unless I knew what was what, I had to go through the awkward process of ascertaining whether a particular course contained eggs or no, for many puddings and cakes were not free from them.
ref: 1940 [1925–29], Mahadev Desai, chapter 27, in The Story of My Experiments with Truth, part 1, translation of original by M.K. Gandhi:
text: This employee was engaged to direct asphalt plants and inasmuch as the work for which he had been employed was completed, he was surplused and his return travel was approved […]
ref: 1952, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations, Moroccan air base construction. 2 v, page 618:
synonyms: word: as
word: for
word: given that
word: insomuch as
word: as
word: as long as
word: because
word: being
word: being as
word: being that
word: due to the fact that
word: for
word: for that
word: forasmuch as
word: forthy
word: forwhy
word: given that
word: in regard
word: in that
word: inasmuch as
word: now that
word: on account of
word: seeing that
word: since
word: sith
word: sithence
word: when
word: ∵
glosses: Because of the fact that; since.
examples: text: You will improve, but only inasmuch as you practise.
synonyms: inasfar as
insofar as
glosses: To the extent that; insofar as.
Antoniadi scale
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: Named for Eugène Michel Antoniadi (1870-1944), who invented it.
Senses: topics: astronomy
natural-sciences
glosses: a scale of seeing conditions used by amateur astronomers.
affinal
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: -aɪnəl
Etymology: From Latin affīnis (“kindred”) + -al.
Senses: examples: text: The names of their affinal relatives must be avoided in speaking either to a man or woman, or even when speaking in their presence.
ref: 2018, Daniel Elazar, Kinship in the Admiralty Islands, Routledge, →ISBN:
topics: anthropology
human-sciences
sciences
antonyms: consanguine
glosses: Of a family relationship by marriage of a relative (or through affinity), as opposed to consanguinity; in-law.
etouffee
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: etouffees
Senses: glosses: Alternative spelling of étouffée.
govorn
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Misspelling of govern.
verboten
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˌvəˈbəʊtn̩/
ipa: /fə-/
ipa: /ˌfəɹˈboʊt(ə)n/
ipa: /ˌvəɹ-/
ipa: [-ɾ(ə)n]
rhymes: -əʊtən
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from German verboten (“banned, forbidden, prohibited”). Doublet of forbidden.
Senses: examples: text: Before that, students and professors could date whomever we wanted; the next day we were off-limits to one another—verboten, traife, dangerous (and perhaps, therefore, all the more alluring).
ref: 2015 February 27, Laura Kipnis, “Sexual paranoia strikes academe”, in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.: Chronicle of Higher Education Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2020:
text: Or was it because he [Mark Zuckerberg] has since been steeped in the relentless positivity of Silicon Valley, where it is verboten to imagine a bad outcome?
ref: 2018 August 2, Kara Swisher, “The expensive education of Mark Zuckerberg and Silicon Valley”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Feb 2024:
glosses: (Strictly) forbidden or prohibited.
'cause
Language: English
Part of speech: conj
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɔz/
ipa: /kɒz/
ipa: /kəz/
enpr: kŭz
ipa: /kʌz/
rhymes: -ɔz
rhymes: -ɒz
rhymes: -ʌz
Forms: form: cause
form: cos
form: 'cos
form: cus
form: 'cus
form: coz
form: 'coz
form: cuz
form: 'cuz
Etymology: From Middle English cause; aphetic form of because; first used in the 15th century.
Senses: examples: text: I'me forc'd to love thee now,
'Cause thou provid'st so carefully for my honor
ref: 1622 (first performance), Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, The Changeling: […], London: […] [Thomas Newcombe] for Humphrey Moseley, […], published 1653, →OCLC, Act V, signature H2, verso:
text: “[…] if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there’ll be trouble. It’s bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that ’cause I’m paid for it. […]”
ref: 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
text: D.B. Woodside as Amenadiel: "Something Charlotte said made me think. Maybe celestial beings and humans, Luci maybe they aren't that different."
Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar: "What, are we talking in bed? 'Cause we know all know my skills are preternatural. But I suppose you on the other hand..."
ref: 2018, “Quintessential Deckerstar”, in Lucifer:
glosses: Aphetic form of because.
Derived terms: talk to the hand 'cause the face ain't listening
Scáthach
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Etymology: From Irish Scáthach.
Senses: topics: human-sciences
mysticism
mythology
philosophy
sciences
glosses: The female warrior who trains Cúchulainn in the arts of war in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology.
degree Fahrenheit
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: degrees Fahrenheit
Senses: examples: text: melts at X degrees Fahrenheit
text: boils at X degrees Fahrenheit
text: They were telling us how many degrees it gets up to on sunny days, but they were talking about degrees Fahrenheit, and I don't remember the numbers.
text: Temperatures in Bangkok fell as low as 59.3 degrees Fahrenheit (15.2 degrees Celsius) on Monday, the lowest the capital has seen in years, as the country’s weather agency warned cool conditions could persist through mid-February.
ref: 2025 January 14, Jay Ganglani and Kocha Olarn, “59 degrees Fahrenheit might not sound that chilly. In Thailand’s capital, it’s a shock to the system”, in CNN:
related: word: mul:°F
word: mul:℉
word: ;
word: ° Fahrenheit
hypernyms: degree
mul:°
coordinate_terms: degree Celsius
degree centigrade
mul:°C
mul:℃
;
kelvin
mul:K
degree Kelvin
degree absolute
mul:°K
glosses: A degree on the Fahrenheit scale for measuring temperature.
standoffish
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /stænˈdɒf.ɪʃ/
ipa: /stænˈdɔː.fɪʃ/
enpr: ŏf
ipa: /stænˈdɔ.fɪʃ/
ipa: /stænˈdɑ.fɪʃ/
ipa: [steənˈdɑ.fɪʃ]
Forms: form: more standoffish
form: most standoffish
form: stand-offish
Etymology: From stand off + -ish.
Senses: examples: text: He was stand-offish with the other agents. They on their side said he was the manager’s spy upon them.
ref: 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 213, columns 1–2:
text: His initial impression was that he was a bit standoffish or not over effusive […]
ref: 1922 February, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 611:
text: They were always a haughty family, stand-offish in a way, as they've a right to be.
ref: 1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter VII, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 96:
synonyms: word: cold
word: distant
word: aloof
word: cool
word: distant
word: frosty
word: hankty
word: hard-to-get
word: offish
word: quiet
word: remote
word: reserved
word: standoffish
word: strange
word: thorny
word: touch-me-not-ish
word: unapproachable
word: unbending
word: undemonstrative
word: unimpressionable
word: uninvolved
glosses: Aloof; reserved; unsociable and unfriendly.
Derived terms: standoffishly
standoffishness
Related terms: standoff
stand off
DA
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: DAs
form: DA's
Senses: glosses: Initialism of district attorney.
examples: 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
Went to a new haircutters, told him I wanted a DA and sideburns, and that "your ultimate goal is to make me look like a boy".
glosses: Initialism of duck's arse (“type of haircut”).
glosses: Initialism of Doctor of Arts.
glosses: Initialism of domain administration.
glosses: Initialism of dairy association.
topics: biochemistry
biology
chemistry
microbiology
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of dopamine.
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Initialism of domoic acid.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
related: word: DAo
glosses: Initialism of descending aorta.
topics: anatomy
medicine
sciences
glosses: Initialism of ductus arteriosus.
glosses: Initialism of domain authority.
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of devolved administration.
glosses: Initialism of direct action.
Derived terms: sense: district attorney
english: assistant district attorney
translation: assistant district attorney
word: ADA
sense: district attorney
english: assistant district attorney
translation: assistant district attorney
word: A.D.A.
sense: district attorney
english: assistant district attorney
translation: assistant district attorney
word: A. D. A.
sense: district attorney
english: executive assistant district attorney
translation: executive assistant district attorney
word: EADA
sense: district attorney
english: executive assistant district attorney
translation: executive assistant district attorney
word: E.A.D.A.
sense: district attorney
english: executive assistant district attorney
translation: executive assistant district attorney
word: E. A. D. A.
DA
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Senses: glosses: Initialism of Department of the Army.
glosses: Initialism of Department of Agriculture.
examples: text: Once all the votes are counted, if the ANC remains below 50% it will be forced to enter a coalition with one or more parties. Depending on how low its support dips, it may need to form a deal with one of the larger opposition parties such as the DA or EFF to remain in power.
ref: 2024 May 30, Sarah Dean and David McKenzie, “First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift since apartheid”, in CNN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Initialism of Democratic Alliance.
topics: rail-transport
railways
transport
glosses: The station code of Dhaka railway station in Bangladesh.
glosses: Initialism of doomsday argument.
DA
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Senses: topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: Initialism of double action.
raw_tags: of a revolver
DA
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Senses: glosses: Abbreviation of disassociate.
Charlie Foxtrot
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: Charlie Foxtrots
Etymology: From clusterfuck, abbreviated as CF and expressed in the NATO phonetic alphabet.
Senses: examples: text: That commission's project has become a huge Charlie Foxtrot; who's in charge over there?
text: Charlie Foxtrot! Tower One approach has active Triple-A!
ref: 2007 September 25, Bungie, Halo 3, spoken by Hocus (Debra Wilson Skelton), Microsoft Game Studios, Xbox 360, level/area: The Covenant:
text: […]he quotes Tim Dugan, a civilian interrogator at Abu Ghraib, as saying: “It was Charlie Foxtrot without a doubt without a doubt^([sic]). I’ve never seen anything like that, and I never thought that I would see American soldiers so depressed, and morale so low.”
ref: 2008 May 14, Michiko Kakutani, “How Abu Ghraib Became the Anything-Goes Prison”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
topics: government
military
politics
war
synonyms: CF
glosses: Clusterfuck.
Related terms: clusterfuck
dilapidated
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtəd/
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of dilapidate
dilapidated
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈlæpɪdeɪtəd/
Forms: form: more dilapidated
form: most dilapidated
Senses: examples: text: Their stately offices—their pleasant gardens—the magnificent cloisters constructed for their recreation, were all dilapidated and ruinous; […]
ref: 1820, [Walter Scott], chapter XIII, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, pages 271–272:
text: It was a strange scene, the contrasts which met in that large but dilapidated chamber. It had been the banqueting-hall in the ancient palace of the La Franchi, but the revelry and the splendour had long since passed away.
ref: 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 6:
text: The Glenbrook Community Center is in disrepair and has been closed for a number of years, which means it is the exact kind of dilapidated and blighted building CAVE People will do everything to protect.
ref: 2022 October 7, Arthur Augustyn, “Opinion: Stamford is a cultural hellhole. What do the people want?”, in Stamford Advocate, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2024:
glosses: Having fallen into a state of disrepair or deterioration, especially through neglect.
Synonyms: ramshackle
Derived terms: dilapidatedly
dilapidatedness
semidilapidated
undilapidated
Indus Valley Civilization
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: enpr: ĭn′dəs văl′ē cĭvĭlīzā′shŏn
ipa: /ˈɪn.dəs ˈvæl.i ˌsɪ.vɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
Forms: form: the Indus Valley Civilization
form: Indus Valley Civilisation
Senses: synonyms: Harappan Civilization
Indus Civilization
IVC
glosses: A Bronze Age civilization from the Indus river valley; the Harappan civilization.
Apuleius
Language: English
Part of speech: name
Pronunciation: /ˌæpjuˈli.əs/
Etymology: From Latin Apuleius.
Senses: glosses: An author in the Roman Empire, Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis.
Related terms: Apuleius on Wikiquote
stratagem
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈstɹæt.ə.d͡ʒəm/
Forms: form: stratagems
Etymology: From Middle English stratageme, from Old French stratageme, from Latin strategema, from Ancient Greek στρατήγημα (stratḗgēma, “the act of a general, a piece of generalship”), from στρατηγέω (stratēgéō, “to be a general, command an army”), from στρατηγός (stratēgós, “a general, the leader or commander of an army”). See strategy.
Senses: examples: text: Near-synonyms: ploy, ruse
text: Tis pollicie and ſtratageme muſt doo / That you affect, and ſo muſt you reſolue, / That vvhat you cannot as you vvould atchiue, / You muſt perforce accompliſh as you may: […]
ref: c. 1588–1593 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The Most Lamentable Romaine Tragedie of Titus Andronicus: […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, and are to be sold by Edward White & Thomas Millington, […], published 1594, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], signature [C4], verso:
text: She will not yet be permitted to return to the Manor House: it is too convenient for 'treasons, stratagems,' &c.; and it is as well not to be put in the way of temptation: but she will be allowed perfect liberty in London.
ref: 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Friend at Court”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 265:
text: While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love becomes a stratagem and growing up is a matter of basic survival.
ref: 2012 March 22, Scott Tobias, AV Club, The Hunger Games:
glosses: A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand, especially one involving underhanded dealings or deception.
examples: text: His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth.
As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme:
Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts.
To pull the triple headed dog from hell.
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 I, scene ii:
glosses: Specifically, such a tactic or artifice in military operation.
glosses: Military deception or artifice.
glosses: Cunning and artifice in general.
glosses: A violent deed.
Derived terms: North Carolina stratagem
Related terms: strategic
strategist
strategy
windfall
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: enpr: wĭndʹfôl
ipa: /ˈwɪnd.fɔːl/
enpr: wĭndʹfôl
ipa: /ˈwɪnd.fɔl/
enpr: wĭndʹfäl
ipa: /ˈwɪnd.fɑl/
ipa: /ˈwɪnd.fo(ː)l/
Forms: form: windfalls
Etymology: From Middle English windfal, wyndfall, equivalent to wind + fall. Cognate with Middle High German wintval, wintfal, German Windfall.
Senses: glosses: Something that has been blown down by the wind.
examples: text: The danger from windfall is greatest to trees developed in dense stands, which are tall and have slender stems, and increases with the age of the stand.
ref: 1911, United States. Forest Service, Bulletin, numbers 94-103, page 15:
glosses: The act of something being blown down by wind.
examples: text: They couldn't reach the branches, so they ate the windfalls.
glosses: A fruit that has fallen from a tree naturally, as from wind.
examples: text: Businessmen rushed to get every last commodity aboard a departing ship, hoping for a windfall once the world realized these would be the very last sacks of flour available, thus driving up prices.
ref: 2004, Chris Wallace, Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage:
text: One of six siblings who’d been raised by a single mother, the client had earned a windfall of around $400,000 after going viral in 2021.
ref: 2023 October 19, Brendan I. Koerner, “Watch This Guy Work, and You’ll Finally Understand the TikTok Era”, in Wired, →ISSN:
text: In addition to following the lead of Newcastle and Crystal Palace in making this a season of glory for clubs who rarely, if ever, win a trophy, Tottenham are also set to benefit from a £100m windfall after qualifying for next season's Champions League.
ref: 2025 May 21, Simon Stone, “Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 Manchester United”, in BBC Sport:
synonyms: godsend
boon
glosses: A sudden large benefit; especially, a sudden or unexpected large amount of money, as from lottery or sweepstakes winnings or an unexpected inheritance or gift.
Derived terms: windfall profit
windfall profits tax
windfall shares
windfall tax
Related terms: serendipity
windthrow
influx
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnˌflʌks/
Forms: form: influxes
Etymology: From Latin īnflūxus (“inflow; influence”), from īnfluō (“flow or run into”).
Senses: examples: text: I'll buy a new computer when I get an influx of cash.
text: the general influx of Greek into modern languages
ref: 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:
text: But despite the President’s offer, it’s unlikely that an influx of Norwegians will begin to settle in the US anytime soon.
ref: 2018 January 12, Kara Fox, “Norwegians aren’t likely to move to the US, even if they’re welcome”, in CNN:
text: By the 1880s, the pretty harbour village of Lynmouth was enjoying an influx of holidaymakers brought by paddle steamers from the likes of Bristol and Swansea.
ref: 2021 January 13, Dr Joseph Brennan, “Spectacular funiculars”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 53:
synonyms: inflood
inflow
infusion
intromission
introduction
importation
glosses: A flow inward or into something; a coming in.
examples: text: The influx of food into the Celtic region, however, was far from keeping pace with the influx of consumers.
ref: 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XVII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
glosses: That which flows or comes in.
examples: text: A continued influx of the Divine Goodness
ref: 1677, Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature:
glosses: influence; power.
Synonyms: instreaming
Derived terms: influxious
influxive
inward
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnwəd/
homophone: n-word
Forms: form: more inward
form: most inward
Etymology: From Middle English inward, from Old English inweard, corresponding to in + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Situated on the inside; that is within, inner; belonging to the inside.
examples: text: Noble and milde this Perſean ſeemes to be,
If outward habit Iudge the inward man.
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 I, scene ii:
glosses: Not superficially obvious, inner, not expressed, especially relating to mental or spiritual faculties as opposed to external ones.
glosses: Moving or tending toward the inside.
glosses: Not directed toward the outside world, and thus quiet or indistinct.
raw_tags: of a voice
glosses: Internal to a particular place or country; not foreign, domestic.
glosses: Secret, private, kept hidden.
glosses: Coming from one’s inmost or sincerest feelings; heartfelt, earnest.
examples: text: There is nothing can be added unto the daintinesse of Fulvius wives death, who was so inward with Augustus.
ref: 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 3, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
text: All my inward friends abhorred me.
ref: 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Job 19:19:
text: He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life.
ref: a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
english: The New Arcadia
translation: The New Arcadia
glosses: Intimate, closely acquainted; familiar, close.
glosses: Devoted to spiritual matters, pious, devout.
glosses: Tame.
raw_tags: of animals
glosses: Internal; applied through the stomach by being swallowed.
raw_tags: of medicines
Derived terms: direct inward dialing
inward-looking
inwardly
inwardmost
inwardness
inwards
inward
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnwəd/
homophone: n-word
Etymology: From Middle English inward, from Old English inweard, corresponding to in + -ward.
Senses: glosses: Towards the inside.
examples: text: So much the rather, thou Celestial Light, / Shine inward.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book III”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
text: You also may experience feelings of guilt, which is anger turned inward on yourself.
ref: 2005, Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, David Kessler, On Grief and Grieving, →ISBN, page 16:
glosses: Towards one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.
glosses: On the inside, within, inside.
glosses: In one’s mind, thoughts, or internal self.
topics: nautical
transport
glosses: Towards home.
Synonyms: withinward
inwards
inward
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈɪnwəd/
homophone: n-word
Forms: form: inwards
Etymology: From Middle English inward, from Old English inweard, corresponding to in + -ward.
Senses: examples: text: [T]his man is a servant of the eyes of men, and offers parchment or a white skin in sacrifice, but the flesh and the inwards he leaves to be consumed by a stranger fire.
ref: 1653, Jeremy Taylor, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon XII. Of Lukewarmness and Zeal; or, Spiritual Fervour. Part I.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume V, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, page 176:
text: Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat.
ref: 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
glosses: That which is inward or within; the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera.
glosses: The mental faculties or other characteristics not immediately apparent.
examples: text: I was an inward of his.
ref: c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Measure for Measure”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
glosses: A familiar friend or acquaintance.
betavoltaic effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: betavoltaic effects
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: The creation of excess electron-hole pairs, triggered by impinging beta particles.
Related terms: beta particle
beta radiation
beta ray
betavoltaic
betavoltaics
β
photovoltaic effect
beta particle
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Forms: form: beta particles
form: β-particle
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An energetic electron or positron produced as the result of a nuclear reaction or nuclear decay.
Related terms: β
beta
beta ray
beta radiation
photovoltaic effect
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Senses: topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: the conversion of electromagnetic radiation into electric power through absorption by a semiconducting material
Related terms: betavoltaic effect
photovoltaic cell
extensively
Language: English
Part of speech: adv
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv.li/
ipa: /ɪkˈstɛn.sɪv.li/
note: rare, maybe erroneous
ipa: /ɛkˈstɛn.sɪv.li/
ipa: /ɪkˈsten.sɪv.li/
ipa: /əkˈsten.səv.li/
Forms: form: more extensively
form: most extensively
Etymology: From extensive + -ly.
Senses: examples: text: He has read and traveled extensively.
glosses: In an extensive manner, widely.
examples: text: He became more extensively involved than he intended.
text: The White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, has cooperated extensively in the special counsel investigation, sharing detailed accounts about the episodes at the heart of the inquiry into whether President Trump obstructed justice, […]
ref: 2018 August 18, Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman, “White House Counsel, Don McGahn, Has Cooperated Extensively in Mueller Inquiry”, in The New York Times:
glosses: To a great extent.
returns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɜːnz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈtɝnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
Senses: glosses: plural of return
returns
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɜːnz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈtɝnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
Senses: examples: text: The number of unsold books that booksellers return to publishers (called the rate of returns) has been averaging between 25 per cent and 35 per cent.
ref: 2002, Irina Dunn, The writer's guide^(http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CwKUuUcdBPgC&pg=PA129&dq=%22average+rate+of+returns+(unsold+books)%22), page 129:
glosses: Merchandise returned to the retailer, wholesaler or supplier.
glosses: A mild, light-coloured kind of tobacco.
topics: law
glosses: The rendering back of a writ to the proper officer.
topics: government
military
politics
war
glosses: The return of the soldiers fit for duty.
Derived terms: diminishing returns
law of diminishing returns
no returns
returns to scale
returns
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈtɜːnz/
ipa: /ɹɪˈtɝnz/
rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)nz
Senses: glosses: third-person singular simple present indicative of return
Related terms: many happy returns
ranked
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: more ranked
form: most ranked
Etymology: From rank + -ed.
Senses: examples: text: After over 80 hours of grueling gameplay, the tank main was able to complete the incredible Overwatch challenge in its final ranked season, but it took quite a toll on him having dealt with stream snipers and disconnections along the way.
ref: 2022 September 6, Michael Gwilliam, “Overwatch streamer goes from unranked to GM with no sound or HUD”, in Dexerto:
glosses: That has been arranged or organized in ranks or by rank.
Derived terms: ranked ballot
ranked choice
ranked voting
two-ranked
ranked
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Etymology: From rank + -ed.
Senses: glosses: simple past and past participle of rank
elitism
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪˈliːtɪzəm/
ipa: /eɪˈliːtɪzəm/
Forms: form: elitisms
form: élitism
Etymology: From elite + -ism. First attested in the 1930s.
Senses: glosses: The belief that a society or system should be run by an elite.
examples: text: Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.
ref: 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in The Guardian:
glosses: The superior attitude or behaviour associated with an elite.
Derived terms: antielitism
nonelitism
Related terms: elitist